at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4. >> all right, chris. at least one person is dead after an awful crash in springfield. >> this video is just in to our newsroom. a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer collided near the intersection of back lick road and fuller ton road. we are still working right now to find out how it happened and who was killed. . >> two weeks after a deadly house fire, news 4 was on the scene as explosives teams returned to search the home. we have also learned that tunnels have been found on the property. news 4's chris gordon live outside the house on danbury road in bethesda with more.

are spending time in the yard. are they digging? >> reporter: they're focused on the yard. they are collecting evidence. there are two large dumpsters outside of this chain link fence and police tape still up. they are taking this very seriously. they returned here this afternoon. they've been here every day. we are told it is a bunker-like situation in the basement with a tunnel with bedding, chemicals and gasoline being stored. these are making for challenging conditions for the investigators who are coming here every day trying to determine the cause of this fatal fire. >> this has been an incredibly complicated fire scene for our investigators. >> reporter: investigators are finding underground tunnels dug around the house. a piece of heavy earth moving equipment sits in the backyard. investigators are collecting and testing chemicals that are stored here. they are finding electrical wiring and hoarding

all kinds of materials. fire fighters with chain saws are cutting trees and bamboo to clear the backyard, looking for clues. but more than two weeks after the fatal fire that killed a man trapped in the basement of this bethesda home, investigators are still seeking answers. >> they think they have narrowed down the area of origin, tried to identify what in that area could have ignited the fire. >> reporter: the resident of the home got out and yelled for help. he suffered injuries and was treated at a local hospital and released. the flames were too intense to get to the man who died inside the house. police investigating the death say they need the results of the autopsy. >> we are waiting on results from the medical examiner regard to cause of death and other information as well. >> reporter: now, behind me you see a montgomery county police cruiser with an officer inside. there has been a

here every day since september tenth because if criminal charges result from this fatal fire, they want to make sure they have preserved the scene. that's the latest. live in bethesda, pat back to you. >> thank you, chris gordon. thank you, chris. president trump says puerto rico is in deep trouble and needs help after hurricane maria. those comments on twitter came as the president announced he's going to make a trip to the territory next tuesday. the president says he can't go any earlier because it would disrupt recovery operations. today he also said that he may visit the u.s. virgin islands hit hard by maria and irma. puerto ri puerto ricans are struggling to find supplies. most stores are still closed because there is no power. puerto rico's governor says some ports are beginning to reopen. that will get much needed aid to the island. >>t

still a monster. churning off in the atlantic just off the carolina coast, the question is is that going to impact us in any way? amelia draper in the storm center with a word on that. amelia. >> well, leon, any clouds we saw today were from maria. still a category 1 hurricane but i suspect in the 5:00 update issued by the national hurricane center the storm will be downgraded to a tropical storm, no longer hurricane. take a look. i'm showing you our local radar. just so you know it's completely dry in our area. but notice when i add on the clouds with the satellite, you can see there's maria. pretty hard to miss. bringing some clouds into the area. right now especially east of 95, areas of southern maryland, over to the beaches, seeing some clouds. even some rain down around the norfolk area and around the outer banks. all of that is due to maria. here's the latest track. max winds at 75 miles an hour, it's still moving really slowly to the north at 7 miles an hour. you can see it is during the day tomorrow that it is going to start to make that nice easy

we'll finally be done with the storm system by either late tomorrow or early thursday and we'll start to see the surf calm down. i'll have more on what you can expect here humidity wise when we see the return of fall. and we leave kind of the 90s behind, leon. >> see you in just a bit. his voice lit up the judge's chairs. now the star is here. he's going to talk with us live and tell us why this young brother is having a good year on and off the stage. >> plus, shopping, dining and now a homeless shelter, the plan for a local mall that is generating a bit of controversy. >> can you imagine go to school and finding comedians in your classroom? world class comedians by the way. and only our cameras were there like dave chappelle visited his

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every day you see comedians jerry seinfeld and dave chappelle walking together in d.c. they were spotted going to duke ellington school of the arts where chappelle attended school. the comedians are in the district shooting seinfeld's show comedians getting cars and coffee. they were spotted grabbing, what else, coffee in adams morgan. ♪ ♪ >> he's a local english teacher. he is also now a member of team adam. brandon competed on last night's season premiere of nbc's voice. he teaches at ken more middle school in arlington. three judges turned their heads during his performance, but brandon chose team adam. and brandon is here with us in our studio this afternoon. congratulations. >> thank you so much.

judges really. how did it feel when adam levine slammed that button and turned around? you depth miss a beat. >> honestly -- my heart, my heart missed that beat, but i kept it together outside. yeah, so it's all good. all the work that was put into it and, you know, my family supporting me and my wife being there. it just all paid off. when i saw adam hit the button, i went for it after that. >> we understand you sing on cruise ships. how in the world did you get into that? >> well, after i graduated from georgetown university i went on an audition spree. anything that i could getty wanted so luckily enough i went and auditioned for a caribbean cruise lines and they accepted me. for eight months i was out to sea doing that so it was greats. >> that is awesome. we said you're an english teacher. what i didn't know and was surprise tod surprised to know you have kids who didn't know you sing. >> i live two different lives. when i'm in class and i'm i

singing all over the place. my kids quickly found out this is what i do as well, i sing. >> meaning your students. >> yes, i call them my kids. >> so, two of the other judges really wanted you, jennifer hudson pleaded with you because she also performed on cruise ships. and miley cyrus wanted you, too. why did you choose adam? >> honestly, when i went into the audition, i either wanted jennifer or adam. so the fact that both turned was hard for me, but i didn't choose jennifer or miley simply because adam said all the right things. he said what i wanted to hear and i feel as though we connected a little more and i think he'll take me far on the show. >> and even with all of this going on in your life, you found time to get married over the summer. >> absolutely, yeah. that was the plan anyway, to get married. >> everything else -- >> everything else fit in there. i did my blind audition and three days later we went and got married. it was a beautiful ceremony and of course we just had two things to celebrate there. it was great, it was perfect. >> you recently celebrated a bi

>> i'm 27 now, yeah. i know. >> getting on up there. >> getting up there, yeah. >> what do you want to do ultimately? >> i love to do this full time. >> you want a contract? >> i want a record deal, i would like to tour, i would love to show my wife the world and be able to give her that opportunity to do that and be able to share my gift through music. >> if you ask me, you're on your way so you get my vote and you get the votes of a lot of folks here in your hometown. >> that's what i'm asking for. please keep supporting, brandon, team adam. >> brandon, thanks for being with us this afternoon. >> thank you. >> and the voice kicks off an action pact night here on nbc 4. it all starts at 8:00 followed by the season premiere of this is us. that happens at 9:00. the premiere of law and order true crime 10:00. join us for news 4 at 11:00 after that. >> can't believe you kicked jennifer hudson to the curb. tell the truth, your wife told you to do that. didn't you? you didn't want him anywhere

>> she's very beautiful and talented. >> would have been a great mentor for him. >> all right, good luck, friend. the calendar says it's fall, but it still feels like summer outside, folks. we still have that hurricane just off the coast. amelia draper is tracking all of that for us this evening. amelia. >> yeah, and i have to say, leon, when pat was saying all the shows are are starting again, it certainly seems like it should be faum. but this weather is feeling more like mid july. it is going to continue to feel like summer. for tomorrow only, after that we do finally start to feel more comfortable and more fall like around here. take a look at your weather head lines. tomorrow with the humidity levels and they are still very high, it is going to feel like mid 90s during the afternoon hours. by thursday, it is breezy and more comfortable. fall is back friday on into the weekend. i said it yesterday, i'll say it today, we could have some 40s in the forecast on sunday morning in the suburbs. you do want to keep that in mind. right now temperatures coming in in the low to mid-'80s. 82 in

park. 84 in reston. a nice summer like evening out there. when i talk about the humidity, we measure the humid with the dewpoint temperatures. dewpoint around 65. we start to say it is a little humid out there. when we get close to 70 that's when it's muggy. 75 would be tropical-like moisture. we're definitely noticing that humidity and kind of unusual for late september. not out of the question, but just not an everyday occurrence. take a look at your planner tomorrow. very similar to today as far as temperatures are concerned. but we'll have plenty of sunshine from start to finish. just some clouds around tomorrow morning from maria but as it pulls away from the coast, we're going to see the sunshine increasing. by lunch time we'll have 82 degrees for temperature. highs tomorrow near 90. by 7:00 still humid, 84. maybe an isolated shower tomorrow afternoon, mainly east of 95. weather having a pretty low impact on your wednesday. out the door tomorrow, it's mild and it's dry so good news there. if you want to have lunch outside it's almost too hot.

in the shade if you do want to dine outdoors. take a bit of fresh air for your lunch break. and after school activities again, 340emost of us are dry. make sure kids have the water bottle in their bag with the heat and humidity. that's your transition day. noticing a breeze on thursday. friday in the mid 70s and then, guys, for the weekend saturday and sunday low 70s with october beginning on sunday. 71 for a high on sunday. >> amelia, first time we're seeing 50s? >> well, not the first time we're necessarily seeing 50s, but i would have to check our weather kald. i think it might be the first time we're seeing 40s in the suburbs as we head on into the cooler months. i'll look that up. i've been taking vacation time lately. i'll check on that. >> the slide begins. >> that's what i was getting to. well, forget the flowers, forget the cake. hear about the groom who stopped his wng

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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >> well, the one time leader of the free world offers us some leadership advice to his daughters. those words of visa mong the tuesday trends we're going to talk about now, joining us vic jagger from 103.2. what are his words of wisdom? >> i call him my forever president. when he speaks, we listen. three pieces of advice is being responsible is an enormous privilege. that is first. then there are a lot of different ways to make a contribution. you don't have to lead a protest is what he's saying. use your strength and make a difference that way. finally, change takes time. be patient, but persistent. >> do you know if he was down on one knee when he gave them this advice? >> i don't know. i don't know if he did all that, but i think everyone could use that advice, okay? >> i'll give you that. how about this example. a groom in canada, for him the wedding wasro

happened that day. he really literally saved the day. tell us about that. >> this is a really feel good story. so, they were taking photos after the wedding and three kids were following them like cheering them on. and then he just so happened to look and one young boy was struggling to swim. i don't know how he got in the pond, but he got in there. and the groom jumps in -- >> we're seeing the pictures now. look at that. >> yeah. such a -- and his new wife, new wife was like, listen, i thought it was a joke until the photographer turned the camera on them and started taking pictures. so, yes, a really feel good story. >> nice going, brother, nice going, nice going. and pretty woman, the movie that made julia roberts famous that we realize is 30 years old now, is moving to broadway? >> i can't wait. that is one of my favorite movies of all time. julia roberts and richard gear, of course. >> really? >> yes. what do you

be dressed as for halloween now? [ laughter ] >> i'm kidding. it is coming to broadway. but first they're going to do a spring one in chicago. and then we can go see it on broadway 2018, fall 2018. i can't wait. >> i'm going to guess. >> i might get that outfit, yep. >> oh, richard gear, you're going to dress up like richard gear? >> no, julia roberts. >> whatever works. you got it. vic jagger, always good to see you. take it easy. >> thanks. >> pat, over to you. >> thank you both. back to back hurricanes have left a lot of people in need, and now it looks like someone is taking advantage of them. who would steal from hurricane victims? how you can help catch these thieves. plus, as we track hurricane maria just off the coast, we are also tracking the dire situation in puerto rico. the big way people from our area are about to step up and help.

now at 4:30, dead on arrival, a change of plans for the controversial health care overhaul as the deadline approaches. so, what happens now? >> a local mall doubling as a homeless shelter? we'll take you inside the controversial proposal. >> crisis in puerto rico, the rush to send in help after

nearly everything in its path. >> we begin at 4:30 with breaking news in the effort to help the people of puerto rico. >> first responders from the district are now joining the massive relief effort in san juan. ten d.c. police officers are leaving in the morning. >> and we've just learned that eight of them are either from puerto rico or have family and friends on the island. we caught up with the chief of police about 15 minutes ago. >> as the chief of the metropolitan police department, i could not be more proud of these folks that stand behind me, willing to go to another country to help. >> these officers will be helping the state police force in puerto rico. no word on how long they'll be there. chief newsome says they are planning to bring supplies and that all the officers will have satellite phones to help them km communicate. >> right now the national guard is rushing aid to puerto rico trying to help people that have no power. they have no gas, in some cases no water

hurricane maria. >> and with every passing day there are growing concerns that thousands of people may permanently flee the island for the u.s. main land. nbc's gabe gutierrez is watching the feverish rush to help the territory. >> reporter: this morning growing signs throughout puerto rico of another crisis. already ravaged by the most powerful hurricane to hit the island in decades, it could soon face a huge migration. puerto ricans by the tens of thousands leaving what's left of their homes and coming to the u.s. main land. the governor sounding the alarm. are you expect a mass exodus of puerto ricans to the u.s. main land? >> if conditions are inhospitable, if we don't have the resources to rebuild properly, then yes. and this is going to cause a problem for puerto rico, but of course it is going to cause a problem for the main land as well. >> reporter: all over the u.s. territories, these american citizens are struggling to survive. no running water. gas is scarce and they could be without power for months. nbc's lester

with the national guard flying into san juan with desperately needed supplies. >> people talk about how bad it is, but you really don't see it until you see it. >> reporter: overnight, president trump tweeting because of its broken infrastructure and massive debt, puerto rico is in deep trouble. much of the island was destroyed with billions of dollars owed to wall street and the banks which sadly must be dealt with. of course puerto rico's ballooning debt crisis has already forced many people to leave this island. about half a million people over the last decade. but now there are concerns that the widespread devastation from hurricane maria could speed up that process. and the governor now urging the federal government to step in to help stop the bleeding. back to you. >> thank you for that, gabe gutierrez. hurricane maria still just sitting out there on the atlantic. >> amelia draper is keeping an eye on it. so, amelia, how much is it going to impact us and when does this storm dissipate? >> we are finally going to see the storm pull away from the area tomorrow morningo

been saying all along, at this point now along the outer banks. you can see all the areas here in red are under tropical storm warnings. these actually go through friday now, although i think some of them will be canceled a little bit earlier. but about 10,000 people have evacuated. parts of the outer banks. you can see this morning stretches up from around norfolk down to route surf city just north of wilmington, north carolina. the clouds you see painted in the sky right now, those are actually from maria. having a very low impact here. 85 degrees right now. by 6:00 p.m. it is still warm with temperatures in the low 80s. 83. 8:00 we're a mild 79. by 10:00 tonight 77 degrees. so as we close out our tuesday and look forward to our wednesday, what can you expect at the bus stop and what is the pollen looking like? somara theodore joins us in about 15 minutes, pat. >> we feel the pollen in our

where the devastation from hurricane maria has been described as apocalyptic. hurricane recovery is just one of the items on his agenda with north korea and the failure of health care reform also looming large. blayne alexander is tracking it all on capitol hill for us. blayne? >> reporter: well, pat, you're absolutely right. today in a wide ranging news conference, president trump talked about those relief efforts in puerto rico and north korea, but threatening to overshadow all of that his controversial comments on the nfl. today president trump said that talking about that is just as much a part of his job as anything else. president trump while holding a joint news conference with the prime minister of spain leveling a new threat against north korea when asked about possible military action. >> not a preferred option, but if we take that option, it will be devastating, i can tell you that. devastating for north korea. >> reporter: but mixed in with talk of terror a

criticism that he used his office to divide the nation over nfl players kneeling during the national anthem. >> to me the nfl situation is a very important situation. i've heard that before about was i preoccupied. not at all, not at all. i have plenty of time on my hands. all i do is work. and to be honest with you, that is an important function of work. it's called respect for our country. >> reporter: the president announcing he will visit puerto rico next tuesday. more than a week after it was ravaged by hurricane maria, pushing back on criticism that his administration is not doing enough. >> i think we've done a really good job. we are continuing to. we are literally unloading on an hourly basis water, food supplies. >> reporter: as the president spoke, republicans on capitol hill announcing they are pulling the plug on a bill that may be their last shot at repealing obamacare. >> we don't have the votes. >> reporter: earlier with house members a frustrated president trump lashing out at fellow republicans. >> we are disappointed at

>> reporter: republicans who are already moving on to their next challenge, tax reform. and on tax reform, republicans are expected to reveal a framework for their plan sometime tomorrow and that will be their new focus now on capitol hill, pat, after the failure of health care, they are hoping for a win on this one. back to you. >> hey, blayne, rur also following some breaking news from capitol hill, a key senator we learned is not seeking reelection. >> reporter: yeah, you're right, pat. just within the past hour or so, senator bob corker from tennessee announced via statement he will not seek reelection in 2018. now, that means he will have served two terms in the senate. but senator corker is the chairman of the rather powerful foreign relations committee. he is somebody who has been very vocal on a number of issues. he said most recently he kind of got into a tiff with president trump, but he said in a statement that he never planned on serving more than two terms and he didn't want to go back on s

>> all right, fresh news from the hill. blayne alexander, thank you. >> thank you, blayne. a chemical in your coffee? the the concerns about what is in some kinds of coffee that could cause cancer. >> plus new at 5:00, police officers lives on the line in the sky because of what someone was doing on the g

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foods, it is a natural by product of the coffee roasting process. they want coffee makers to remove this chemical, much like potato chip makers agreed to do ten years ago. the lawsuit is based on california laws and would only apply to the golden state. >> but that same coffee would be sold everywhere, right? >> maybe california will start a movement. >> could be. would you stop? >> i'm not going to give up -- i can't give up coffee. when you go to the mall, you expect stores, restaurants, but what about a homeless shelter? >> why one local mall might be opening up its doors in a whole new kind of way. but without controversy. >> i'm adam tuss. metro says it wants in on bringing amazon to our region. it says it has this to offer. what's the c atwe are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. from scandalous romance, to ridiculous plot twists. (gasping) son?

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new health care legislation. in recent days the so-called graham/cassidy legislation lost support among gop senators. they were trying to beat a saturday deadline to pass it with a simple majority. president trump says he will travel to puerto rico next tuesday to see the devastation himself from hurricane maria. the situation on the island is dire with dwindling amounts of gas and food and safe water. >> this young woman from prince george's county has been missing for more than a week. 19-year-old ashanti billie graduated from henry wise high school, but attends school in virginia beach. that's where she was last seen september 18. the fbi offering a $10,000 reward for any information. and a student with a gun at a local high school caused a big security scare at potomac high in oxon hill. an alert teacher spotted a former student exchanging cash with a tenth grade boy who was then found with a hand gun.

>> four years, neighbors have been waiting for new shops and redevelopment at the lan mark mall in alexandria. >> they say immediate changes are coming but it is not exactly what people expected. >> a temporary homeless shelter will soon occupy a space where the landmark macy's store now sits vacant. news 4 meagan fitzgerald takes a look at this controversial plan. >> reporter: it's been nearly a year since folks walked through the doors of what was a macy's. now the city of alexandria says this area here will be taken over by the carpenter homeless shelter while they work to renovate their current location near old town. over the last several years the landmark mall has turned into a bit of an eyesore. >> it's just been unattended to. >> from a zoning perspective -- >> reporter: former alexandria mayor kerry donlly the chair of the carpenter homeless shelter came up with an idea a few months ago. >> we have been having conversations with howard hughes for like the last six

the owner of the building about using the macy's as a temporary shelter while they renovate the current shelter near old town. >> the time line seemed to match up in terms of their redevelopment plans and our need for a temporary site for our current shelter. >> reporter: donlly says the howard hughes company needs about two years to figure out how they will transform the mall into new retail shops and residential properties. so while they figure it out, the old macy's building will soon see new tenants. donlly says neighbors can expect anywhere between 60 and 80 residents to occupy this temporary homeless shelter. he says they will likely sign the lease in the next two weeks and they can expect residents to move in by the first of the year. reporting in alexandria, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> we have now some breaking news coming in on that case of a missing woman we were talking about. >> wendy rieger is in our newsroom. what have you learned, wendy? >> her family made an emotional plea for her return. the fbi is offering

reward money for information about her disappearance. they are releasing video of a woman who went missing from a naval base in virginia. tracee wilkins has more on the woman's prince george's county ties. that is coming up. also comedians dave chappelle and jerry seinfeld. they sent media abuzz. kristin wright was there as they visited schappelle's alma mater. they had a lot of cameras around them. and also death of a salesman is now open at ford's theater. it is the story of willie low man and the defeated willie lohman and the death of the american dream. but this time it's being done with a twist. the cast has some diversity to it so this is not just willie lohman is not just telling the story of the white man. it is going to be really interesting to see this and craig wallace, a great local actor is playing the role. i have a story on him. that is coming up also at

>> puts on a classic. thank you, wendy. >> see you in a bit. >> it is a busy afternoon for storm team 4. not only are we tracking hurricane maria just off the carolina coast, we are also tracking a pretty big change on the way here at home. >> yeah, amelia draper was talking to us just off camera about the changes in the frost prediction. >> yes. so i took a look back. you really got me thinking, pat, we've seen 40s in the suburbs yet during the cooler months in september at least. and the answer is yes toward the beginning of the month. if you guys think back we started off september it was really chilly. now things are kind of warming back up. eventually they'll cool back down. when you start thinking about your garden and getting ready for the colder months here's the average first frost date. i know this is a lot to digest. don't worry about trying to read it here. i'm going to post it on my facebook and twitter pages. what you need know is most of us see average first frost between october 21st and 31st. we have a little bit of time, but also something to point

our neighbors like peters burg and lou ray see their first frost on average between october 1st and the tenth and october 1st is on sunday. here's a look at radar right now. we are completely dry and we stay dry for the evening hours. but it is warm out there. temperatures are in the mid-'80s. 85, 88 in frederick. i personally happen to love this weather. aside from the fact that we're maybe dealing with a little bit of pollen in the air. with more on that we'll send it outside to somara. hi, somara. >> summer weather usually comes along with pollen. i understand it is fall but it does feel a lot like summer after taking a look at the numbers. take a look at this. your pollen report right now, we are seeing that the mold spores are a little bit elevated, moderate level. right now trees, grass and weeds are low. if you have allergies that's what's been tickling your nose. let's get a look now, having issues with the clicker here. nonetheless as we head throughout the next couple days we'll see this fall off. let's transition to your school bus forecast as we head into

muggy side tomorrow morning. the good news is fall is right around the corner. but as we head throughout tomorrow we're still going to be approaching 90 degrees, a lot of us in the upper 80s for your wednesday. overall looking like a good couple days ahead of us. when is it going to start feeling like fall, amelia? >> that's a great question. something we've been looking at all afternoon looking at the forecast. as we look to thursday the humidity starts to come down. by friday it is comfortable, it is gorgeous out there on friday especially if you want the taste of fall in the air. tomorrow a high of 89 like somara was saying. east of 95, most of us are dry. it is breezy on thursday with lowering humidity and then, guys, through the weekend we're in the 70s. after that we're in the 70s and that's right on track for this time of year. normally our high should be in the mid 70s. >> all right. just about time for the good weather to put out the mums. >> ye

i was driving into work yesterday and i noticed some mums out there and i thought, what color am i going to get this year? i don't know, i think everyone has a favorite mum color. >> orange, yellow and red. >> i like purple mums. >> leon is nope. >> it all works for me. money that that was supposed to be used to help hurricane harvey wound up in the hands of thieves in southern maryland. chick fill a was collectsing donations in a big jar at the front of the store. police released these photos of a group of men who stole the jar around 5:30 yesterday afternoon. investigators say they believe the group got away in a gray suv, possibly a toyota rav 4. that was supposed to help employees at a chick fill a in texas. >> too bad. >> that's just low. that is about as low as you can go. come on, guys. somebody

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by now you know there is a big push in our region to woo amazon's second headquarters to the d.c. area. even metro has jumped on the amazon train. transportation adam tuss takes a look at what metro has to offer the massive online retailer. >> reporter: metro wants in on amazon. specifically the transit agency says it has plenty of land and development opportunities around stations that it absolutely could accommodate a sprawling new headquarters for amazon. potentially 50,000 new employees would work at the location. >> it's a good idea. it will bring more jobs to our

not? >> reporter: just a few potential sites metro could offer with space to build, vienna, greenbelt, and shady grove. >> people need jobs because so many places are closing and another door opens. so, people allegation need jobs. a lot of people don't have jobs right now. >> reporter: here on the platform, amanda murry and frienda friend ally debating the issue. she says it wouldn't be wise to build around metro because it's expensive. >> that impacts people's ability to afford it and pay the commute to work. >> reporter: on social media many pointing to metro's ongoing issues. this man says if metro wants to giveaway land to amazon, great, because at least it will go to efficient hands. metro can't handle 50 k more riders. metro argues, however, that it is well positioned to help lure amazon, saying it provides direct access to trains and buses and ultimately the 50,000 employees would help boost ridership and revenue. back here at the greenbelt

all the cars and all the space that metro says it has to offer, now, amazon is going to be taking bids for the next couple of weeks and expects to make a final selection on a new headquarters next year. back to you. >> now at 5:00, a mother's emotional plea. >> please bring my baby home. >> after her daughter's mysterious disappearance, after praying for her return, this prince george's county family is begging for help to bring her home. >> also tonight, there isn't going to be a vote in that effort to repeal obamacare. so, what now in the fight over health care? >> and only on news 4, comedian dave chappelle goes back to high school here. >> this is your guy? >> this is our guy. >> and he's taking a legend in the world of comedy with him. >> we have breaking news on that desperate search for a missing maryland woman. >> the fbi just released t

they say it shows the car of 19-year-old ashanti billie entering and leaving joint expeditionary base little creek last monday. what isn't clear, who was driving the car as it left that base. police later found that car and ashanti's cell phone. so far no sign of her. >> the 19-year-old is originally from prince george's county and she was in the norfolk area to attend culinary school. our bureau chief tracee wilkins talked to her former teachers today in upper marlboro. tracee? >> reporter: just explain to you, wendy, the kind of girl this young woman is. she graduated in 2016 from wise high school but will still call her teachers to tell them how she's doing and will stop by from time to time to see if she can help out with anything here at the school. that is why so many people are saying it is extraordinarily unusual that no one has heard from her in more than a week. >> once a puma h,