northeast washington. we've got her now where just a few minutes ago a teenager was shot in the back. >> reporter: jim, apologies for those difficulties here being able to hear us. i hope you can hear us now. we want to show you this scene here at third and t streets northeast where we understand that the young man was shot just a short time ago, maybe half an hour, maybe 40 minutes ago as he was walking home from dunbar high school. some of his friends have gathered here, very, very concerned about him. we understand that he was shot in the lower part of his back. police are here on the scene. i can tell you that they have taken a young man into custody. now, i don't know whether this young man is a reluctant witnesses, whether he might be a suspect in this. i cannot tell you at that point. now, you can see up there just a little bit up ahead on the street by that police 1u6suv

detectives and police officials on the steps leading up to that small apartment building there. there is a sizeable police presence here, but a little hard to see from the angle where we're at. now, right now all i know is that the young man is conscious and breathing. we understand that he was shot in the back, the lower part of the back, and transported to a local hospital. but his friends who are here at the scene tell me that he was, indeed, just walking home from dunbar high school this afternoon when he was shot. now, we understand that police are looking for two men. there's not much of a description of those men. and they are also looking for a vehicle described as a gray honda. at this time, i cannot tell you much more about the honda. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >> jackie bensen, thank you. >> now we want to return to our top story and it has to do with dusty paker, a household name in the sports world here. he will no longer be with the nats this next

>> that's right. this is still a developing story right now. chris miles is in the newsroom gathering reaction. so, what are we hearing not only from the sports world but from the community in general, chris? >> jim, erika, they say that attitude reflects leadership. well, dusty baker is well known for his jovial demeanor. after all, he gets credited for inventing the high five in 1977. current nationals players murphy went on record saying they wanted to play for baker next season. well, they did not get their wish. dusty and his coaching staff are out, and two years at the helm baker had the highest winning percentage in nats history. despite that regular season success, baker now joins the six other nationals managers who have failed to win a post-season series. this afternoon baker spoke with usa today about the change saying, quote, i'm surprised and disappointed. they told me they would get back to me and i told them i was leaving town yesterday. and they waited ten days to tell me. i

we'll hear from some of those aforementioned nats players who supported bringing baker back, also have an update on daniel murphy who had knee surgery today. jim, erika? >> all right, chris, thank you. >> people living near a major field leak could put their lives at risk. 5,000 gallons leaked in the 4300 block of king street in alexandria. chris gordon is on the scene working for you. chris, residents there are concerned how this could quite possibly impact their health. >> reporter: erika, absolutely. and this is the key to the clean-up. it's called a frack tank and it holds 23,000 gal tons of water in the pipes in the apartment behind me. water that was contaminated with gas lien, causing the residents here to fear that their lives may be in danger. crews are burying pipes using

beneath two apartment buildings and an office building with a health club. a resident sending us these pictures of an underground parking level which was off limits while crews worked to remove gas vapors. >> i smell about that, but after they already talk to the office, so they asked me to take our cars out of the parking, especially in garage 4 and 3. >> reporter: some residents worry the gas leak could endanger their lives. theresa spoke to us from work using face time. >> is it possible that this gasoline could ignite and blow us? the fumes have been horrible for the last several months and we've been breathing it in every day. >> reporter: most of the gasoline that leaked here at the liberty gas station on king street still must be located and removed. today i got a briefing on the scene from alexandria deputy fire

how long is this whole process going to take to clean up? >> quite frankly it could take months. >> reporter: why, why so long? >> well, the biggest thing we're dealing with now is the unknown. the unknown as it relates to where that gas has -- that fuel has pooled. >> reporter: the big job that lies ahead, here they have to dig holes into the pavement. the pavement you see leading up to these gas pumps here at the liberty station, they have to dig down, locate and remove thousands of gallons of gasoline. that's the latest live in alexandria. erika, back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. >> well, it's that time of year, folks, to run with the marines. the 42nd annual marine corps marathon is this sunday. but some events have already kicked off, and we've got you covered with everything you need to know. but first here's 23450

behind some of the runners. it's a day of inspiration. mark? >> reporter: yeah, good evening, jim. this is national harbor where everybody ask coming to pickup their race packets, their bib numbers, their t-shirts. we've all heard stories, inspirational stories of runners competing a marathon and with 26,000 runners on sunday, there are probably 26,000 great stories. but let me introduce you to two men. one who is running his very first marine corps marathon, and the other who after sunday will become the only person to have run all 42 marine corps marathons. al richmond, the former marine, is retired now living in northern virginia. he'll be wearing bib number 42 on sunday morning because he's running his 42nd marine corps marathon. he's the last person known as the ground pounders to have run every single marine corps marathon. >> i'm sad the others aren't, you know, and it's just -- i don't know whether this could be my last one also. we'll just have to see

>> reporter: for chris cook, this will be his first marine corps marathon, and could be the first person ever to do the race on a skateboard. born with no legs or arms, skateboarding is how chris gets around. >> i've had a lot of people come up to me and say, hey, you will know what, i really was out of gas, and then i saw you come around the corner and was like, yeah, no, i have to keep going. it's pretty awesome. i mean, you've been able bodied runners to other able bodied runners are so supportive and encouraging. it is an amazing community for sure. >> reporter: lots of events all weekend long. you've got the kids run, the 10 k sunday morning and the 42nd annual marine corps marathon. mitchell will open 6:00 a.m. sunday morning to get you to the race line on time. we have everything you need to know at the nbc washington app. that's the very latest out here from race headquarters. erika, back to you. >> all right, mark segraves, thank you so very much. want to wish a good luck to all

and you know, unlike years past, this year looks like the weather is shaping up to be beautiful, just perfect conditions for the runners out there. with more on that, want to send it to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. not going to be out there with layers having to take everything off. it's cold in the morning. it looks great. >> as a run eaner, i've heard, e heard you want cool start times, cool start temperatures. that's what we have. show you what we've got out there as you make your way to the marine corps marathon. no problems. in the morning starting off at 5:00 a.m., because you have to get up and get out the door early. 56 degrees at that time, 55 by 6:00 a.m., again starting at the pentagon, sunrise is at 7:24. that's when we'll start to see the temperatures go up. 57 degrees at the start time at 7:55. by the time most people are done noon, 1:00, temperatures will get back into the 70s so heads up there. temperatures will be very close to twr they are today into the mid 70s across the region. we'll talk much more about that forecast, the weekend an

next chance of rain, a big storm heading our way early next week. >> a taste of some of the sights and sounds at yardfest, the big concert is now underway on the campus of howard university. kicking off the big home coming weekend and the crowd is growing by the minute, folks. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is there for us with a closer look at the celebration. >> reporter: howard's home coming means a little something different to everyone. >> being around friends and family. this is a part of my family. >> reporter: for the alumni. >> there's just this magical connection that you can't really put into words. >> what's up, baby? >> reporter: it's a chance to reconnect with freiends and old classmates that they haven't seen in years. for the freshmen and current students, it's one big party. >> i love the experience. i never really encounts erred anything like this in my life.

>> reporter: the grills are hot and vendors are serving up food. >> we've got ribs. we've got jerk chicken. >> reporter: but most would say the live entertainment is one of the best parts of yardfest. >> i heard that rick russell is coming. >> reporter: rap artist rick ross and duggy fresh are among the headlineers this year. but with a crowd of 22,000 expected, university president dr. wayne frederick says security is a top priority. >> we had a security plan. we had a security plan as we always do. all that has done is just to make sure we had a chance to revise that again. >> reporter: but most of the folks we spoke with weren't too worried about safety. their focus is on having a good time. >> that was our meagan fitzgerald reporting. well, it is a scary turn of events for a couple on vacation. they find hidden cameras in their newly rented airbnb. ahead, what you can do to protect yourself in rentals and hotels.

>> i'm julie carey in loudoun county where a man accused of shooting the mother of his children just 11 days after she got a protective order, pleads guilty to

♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all right. we continue to follow breaking news. that story that we first told you about at the top of the hour, a teenager has been shot walking home from school in

northeast d.c. investigators tell us the boy is 16 years old and may not have been the intended target. he was wounded near third and t streets. police say that he was walking home from dunbar high school. our jackie bensen continues to work the scene. we're going to bring you live updates as soon as we get some more. >> you may behave differently when you know you're being recorded. but it seems d.c. police don't. news 4's derrick ward is digging into a study that shows interactions between police and the public haven't changed much since body cameras came online. >> come on. >> she's disabled. >> reporter: captured life saves and lives lost. it's been ruined a year. the deputy mayor saying a study looking at what the city's officers do and don't do is important moving forward. they looked at 1200 officers with the cameras and 1200 without. >> so, we looked at use of force. we looked at whether there is more

example, tickets issued for people who have cameras on. and we looked at whether there's more complaints. >> reporter: what did they find? >> the body cameras were not have proven to fundamentally change police. >> reporter: there wasn't much difference in the group with cameras and the group without. michael tobin, the officer of police complaints, there is an effect the study doesn't show. >> having the cameras there and third-party witness interaction improves community trust. >> reporter: a spokesman for the police union shows cameras by and large d.c. police are doing what they should whether there is a camera or not. before the study was released, a camera program was expanded with all officers set to get them soon. and they'll be looking at another evaluation in the next six months. but for now officials say what's changed most is the expectation that that extra eye drastically changes what happens on the street. derrick ward, news 4. >> the family of a pregnant teacher allegedly killed by her boyfriend will have to wait until the spri

trial. tyler tessier's trial will begin april 9th of next year. tessier is accused of shooting and killing laura wallen. the howard county teacher was 14 weeks pregnant when she was murdered last month. if convicted, tessier faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> she got a protective order guinness an abusive ex-boyfriend. the father of two of her children. ten days later, he shot her to death. today derek lewis pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of christina fisher of leesburg. prosecutors say he was upset because she didn't come to a birthday party for their son. as bureau chief julie carey reports, some of the victims' friends have turned their grief into action. >> reporter: derrick summers was a childhood friend of christina fishers. as adults they mostly kept in touch on social media. but her death, the murder, hit him hard. >> i don't know if

children's pain, if it's just the loss of a friend. every facet i know about this is like -- it angers me. >> reporter: somers was warned anger could lead to trouble so he and some of fisher's other friends decided to spread the word about resources for domestic violence victims. >> it quickly became not so much how we feel, but how do we make sure no one feels like this again. >> reporter: they created it takes our village, and connected their group at the loudoun abused women's shelter nicknamed laws. they organized annex poe to get information to abused women and raised money. christina fisher's death clearly a tragedy, but those in loudoun county who work with battered women say they were really jolted back in 2014. that's when there were four domestic violence homicides in a single year. the county responded by starting something called the lethality assessment program or lap. when law enforcement responds to domestic violence calls they now ask a set of specific questions. women who answer yes to

immediately connected with services. >> we have counseling, individual counseling, group counseling. we provide shelter. we have advocates. we have free attorneys for protective orders as well as family law. and we also have prevention programs. >> reporter: since its beginning, 400 women have been flagged as high danger, but right now all can be counted as domestic violence survivors. in loudoun county, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> a grave situation, a local couple prepaid for their cemetery plots so they could be buried right next to their loved ones. but when they went to visit the cemetery about a year later, you're not going to believe what they found. consumer reporter susan hogan telds us what happens. >> they get a lot of complaints about cemeteries and funeral homes. this one is sno exception. funerals are expensive, $10,000 on average. so, when this couple didn't get what they paid for,

answers. steve cramer and his daughter katie visit her grandparents' graves often, their resting place, so peacefully protected under these massive trees. >> we are supposed to be right where i literally stand. >> reporter: steve wanted the same for him and his wife. so, in 1999 they bought the plot right next to his in-laws for $7500. ot at mount comfort cemetery in alexandria, they even have plot drawings as proof. but when steve went to visit his in-laws a year later he noticed someone else was buried in his spot. >> there's no way you can put that marker in that space. >> reporter: steve and his wife was so upset they knew there was no way the cemetery could fit two more grave sites in a small space. they asked for a refund. over the years, though, the cemetery changed owners, multiple times, and steve said he couldn't get any answers. >> called them again, went out. we'll take care

>> reporter: brian ditsler is vice-president of consumers alliance of maryland. >> we advocate on behalf of the consumer. >> reporter: although brian isn't helping steve with his case, he says in general there isn't enough enforcement to honor prepaid agreements. in maryland there is the office of cemetery oversight, virginia a board, and d.c. department of consumer and regulatory affairs which takes complaints for every and any consumer problem. >> but each of them will readily admit that all they can do is to get the consumer together with the business and try to have them come to some agreement. but that's not really an acceptable course of action, but that's the way the law exists. >> reporter: while people like steve think prepaying is a good idea -- >> take a lot of pressure off the kids if something happens. >> reporter: brian says pre-plan, but don't prepay. >> don't buy items in advance because too often you'll change location -- you'll move away or

may change or close their business or die. >> reporter: have you ever really gotten a response as to whether or not your gravesite is shrinking? >> not really, no. now we're just kind of regroup and redo something. >> reporter: now, we reached out, of course, to dignity, that's the company that owns mount comfort cemetery. it told us it guards the privacy of families and does not discuss specific client matters with the media. steve did tell us this afternoon he still never received a refund. you can find more information to help you when planning a funeral and burial on our nbc washington app. and we even have a pricing checklist for you to search cemetery. jim? >> good story. susan, thank you. a rash of burglaries puts some local homeowners on edge. coming up, what police tell us those homeowners are doing to make themselves targets. >> and doug is coming back with a time line for some

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♪ ♪ ♪ all right, doug joining us now with a check of the forecast because things are going to be gorgeous this weekend. and then the bottom falls out of the forecast. >> we need it to. >> we do? >> we've been very dry, over 3 inches a rain below average, since september 1st. we really do need to see some rain. there's not much in the fo

ten days. one chance, and that's a pretty big potent storm system we're going to be mentioning here in just a second. first take a look outside. and notice some of the trees starting to see some fall color action here. it's still going to be about two weeks away. excuse me. before we start to get peak color in around the d.c. area, but starting to see that back towards the mountains. 75 degrees the current temperature, winds out of the northwest 10 miles an hour, a glorious afternoon on our friday. i like to call it fantastic friday because that's what it is. 76 a knappe sis, 76 in fredericksburg, cool est spot winchester and gaithersburg, extremely nice there, too. there's the radar, storm team 4 radar, dry, it will stay that way right on through the weekend and early next week. best chance of rain coming on monday from a storm system now that is way back here toward the northwest, up towards portland and boise. they're seeing mountain snows. for us we're going to wait for it to move across the country, dip way down to the southeast, pe

into our region and give us much needed rainfall that we do need. most likely see on tuesday. but ligright now we're talking l nights, warm afternoons. not nearly as cool. early we are this week we were in 30s, low 30s talking about frost. that will not be the case tonight. 46 winchester and culpepper, 44 manassas, 57 in the city. waking up tomorrow morning to a very nice day. if your kids have sports, if they have games, maybe you've goat got some games yourself, 69 degrees at 9:00 a.m. 12:30 the late game, 73 degrees. don't forget the water tomorrow. it will be warm with a lot of sunshine. tomorrow may actually be a day that you take the umbrella out for yourself so that you can shade yourself as a result of the sun going out there. 75 degrees by 3:00 if you have an even later game than that, you're really going to need to keep that water with you for sure. 77 for a high temperature, more sunshine and another beauty. really will be quite nice on saturday, but do it one better. if we

78 on sunday, and on monday we're we go on tuesday. that's the day of showers, and right now it looks like a pretty good chance to moderate to heavy rain at times. half inch to inch of rain. that's what i'm expecting right now because this is a changing scenario. one thing for sure behind it, we do cool considerably back down into the low 60s by next wednesday and thursday. that puts some of you in the suburbs only in the 50s, but we rebound by next week. but again, guys, we need the rain. >> yeah, we do. thank you, doug. >> a local woman wins a car through a radio station contest and what she does afterwards has neighbors talking. >> plus we're going to talk about a recruiting crunch. police departments stretched too thin, ahead how the change in seasons is bringing a new challenge. >> reporter: a few neighborhoods in northern virginia have a problem on their hands. thieves who go into unlocked cars, grab the garage door remote, and let themselves in.

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so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all. >> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 5:00. >> now at 5:30, we continue to follow that breaking news. a teenager shot walking home from dunbar high school in northeast washington this afternoon. this happened near third and t street. police tell us the boy is 16 and may not have been the intended target. we'll continue to follow this and bring you updates as they come in to news 4. p

lock up everything tonight, even their garage door openers. >> they learned the hard way. a string of 12 robberies in sterling, the bad guys targeting unlocked cars and getting right into their garages, even inside their homes. >> scary. >> news 4's kristin wright is live with more from neighbors who want it to stop. kristin? >> reporter: you know what, a lot of this comes down to simply bringing the garage remote into the house with you and locking the car door when you go in. this suv here, thieves got into it in the middle of the night. they simply got in, grabbed the garage remote and click. >> wakes me up, i'm startled, saying that she had heard the garage door open. >> reporter: bill said it took only seconds to become a victim of a fast and easy crime. >> the next thing i hear is my wife yelling that somebody just left the garage on a bike, on one of our

>> reporter: the calvo home in sterling an unfortunate dot on this map. a thief or thieves hit 12 houses this week. every time grabbing the garage door opener from an unlocked car. she heard her garage door in the middle of the night but thought it was her niece. they ran sacked her car. >> i feel like, you know, intrude my privacy. that's what i feel. and a little scared, yeah, because a lot of things could happen. >> reporter: he also hit one of these town houses and it wasn't hard. he found a car door unlocked, went in grabbed the garage door remote, opened up the garage, went in, went inside the door to the house. it, too, was unlocked. he went right upstairs and took an ipad and a purse and was gone. bill tried to catch the guy but he was off to the next garage. >> i turned right, to see if he went that way, tried a couple different routes, but couldn't catch him. he was gone. >> reporter: also make sure that you keep that interior door of th

that locked as well. i think a lot of people have a bad habit of leaving that open. back to you. >> it's true, some of those things you don't think about. kristin wright, that's so scary, but really thank you. >> reporter: yeah, right? >> yes, it is. thanks for that, kristin. >> a second shooting in a week foertsed a campus lockdown overnight at virginia state university. an officer found a student shot in a small parking lot here around 11:00 last night. he was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. chester field county, the peters burg area, the police there are handling the investigation and they have not released that student's name. last saturday someone shot a man outside the football stadium after their home coming game. virginia state's police chief says those shootings are not connected. >> somebody set off an ied in colonial williamsburg. detectives are trying to figure out who did it and why. witnesses called 911 reporting a car fire last night. police say they found an explosive next to the car. the good news her

nobody was hurt, but investigators don't believe there is any threat to the area. the scene is just feet from the campus of the college of william and mary. news 4's david culver is in williamsburg ahead of the school's home coming weekend. >> reporter: we know that the fbi and atf are here as well. williamsburg police, they're taking the lead. they said they're not going to give too many details, but they are stepping up security when it comes to protecting some of the folks who are coming into town. we know a lot of people are coming into town from the d.c. area so they're going to be mindful of that and planning to keep everyone safe as they hopefully enjoy this home coming weekend. that's the latest here in williamsburg, virginia. i'm david culver, news 4. >> david, thank you. it will be a big weekend outdoors for many of us. but especially so in maryland. bear hunting season will draw people from around our region, including police, who will watch out for poachers or injuries. as scott macfarlane reports now, those police are already facing challenges of their own. scott? >> that's right,

maryland's natural resources police who patrol the woods expect a lot of one-man patrol next week. a news 4 i-team of agency records shows natural resources police have been grappling with dozens of retirements and it's leaving many officers alone on duty. the agency is dealing with this crunch by running 100 of its officers through advance self-defense training at an academy undisclosed location on the eastern shore. resources police official says the tactics have already saved two officers from attack in the past year. >> because of the type of work we do in remote locations and the officers being by themselves, it's extremely important that they can be self-reliant on their own skills. >> a news 4 i-team investigation earlier tonight showed more than a dozen local police agencies are operating with fewer officers than they're authorized to have, or plan to have. several said it's no threat to the public, but there are others, including d.c., frederick county, and charles

expressed concerns, some saying it could hit response time or threaten officer safety. erika, back to you. >> scott macfarlane in the newsroom for us, thank you. a traffic alert for you as you head into the weekend. starting saturday morning there is going to be a major traffic pattern shift at the intersection of georgia avenue and randolph road in silver spring. crews say they're going to have to close lanes starting at 6:00 a.m. saturday and those lanes are not going to reopen until 7:00 saturday night. this is part of the new interchange project at georgia and randolph. people are asked to just avoid that area if at all possible. >> a new and urgent warning about electronics on planes. why the faa is now calling for a ban on laptops. >> after years of court battles, soon this memorial in bladensburg could be torn down. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news 4, the war over peace cross. >> and a

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officer william vogel says they're making significant progress in some areas, but there's a long road ahead. >> and in most of puerto rico still in the dark, too, 81% of the island still does not have power. it is breast cancer awareness month and in ward 8 they have hosted events for breast cancer survivors and their families. this has been called pink madness week. and tomorrow it ends with a big walk. news 4's molette green has a plea view. >> reporter: ward 8 goes pink. they're getting ready here at the bald eagle rec center for tomorrow's culminating event after a week long celebration and activities to fight breast cancer in ward 8. we've got our ward 8 angel right here. but i want to talk to john stokes with the department of parks and recreation for helping to put all of this together in ward 8 for tomorrow. and you know why it's very important. tell me. >> well, again, it's just really important. this is breast cancer awareness month and this is an event

sure everyone knows about breast cancer awareness. we want women to get checked. we want them to come out for the resources tomorrow. we want them to come out for the walk. we have something for everybody so we want everybody to come out in breast cancer awareness month. >> reporter: thank you so much, john. i want to point out this room is filled with folks who are survivors. 15-year survivors, one young lady who finished up her treatment. we have much more online about how you can register to take part tomorrow. in ward 8, molette green, news 4. >> and make sure you join news 4 today each weekday morning. our molette green is highlighting groups doing great work in the community. >> this saturday morning, the alexandria health department will offer free flu shots at the armstrong rec center on west reid avenue. it's that time of year, folks. it starts at 9:00 a.m. and runs through noon. we're told you do not need to show any i.d. or insurance. health officials plan to provide shots to adults and children over the age of six months.

a hidden camera in their newly rented airbnb. imagine. it's enough to creep you out and tick you off. but what you can do to protect yourself in rentals and hotels next. >> i would hit the road after that. plus the new addition to the popular

we've got a new warning for all of us planning to take a vacation. you may be watched on hidden cameras without even knowing it. worst of all, some cameras are so high-tech, you might never know you're being watched. it just happened to a couple on vacation in florida. police say it can happen to any of us. so, how can you tell if it's happening to you? nbc's jeff ross en shows us. >> good evening, i'm jeff rossen. a husband and wife in florida just got the surprise of their life. stunned when they rented an

detector above their bed, and turns out it was a hidden camera capturing their most private moments. so, what do you look for? how do you know if there's a hidden camera in your airbnb, in your hotel room? we're going to show you all the different little devices that these hidden cameras can hide in tonight on nightly news. plus, we're going to show you how to spot them. how to find them. the first thing to do when you rent a house, or go into a hotel room to make sure you're not being watched. you will not want to miss this one. a new important warning tonight on nbc nightly news. >> the federal aviation administration is calling for a worldwide ban on allowing passengers to fly with laptops in their checked luggage. the faa says when a laptop's rechargeable lithium ion battery overheats in close proximity to an aerosol spray, inside of a cargo hold, that can create an explosion so powerful it could bring the plane down. th

the proposed ban next week. >> one major airline has stopped selling tickets on many discount travel webb sites and this move may make it tougher for you to comparison shop. our consumer reporter susan hogan is here to tell us about that. susan, which airline is making this bold move? >> jim, we're talking about jetblue. this change according to the airline is the first step in revamping its system of selling tickets online, primarily to drive you to their own site. airlines in general, not just jetblue, want you to use their sites for obvious reasons. it saves them money on fees, the third-party travel websites charge. also getting you to their own website allows them to sell products like credit card, preferred seating and other upgrades. so, we reached out to airfare watch dog.com, an airfare alert site. they tell us jetblue isn't the first to stop selling on these travel

ticket sales to airlines to its own website. delta more recent will you broke ties with trip advisor. american airlines for a time actually blocked orbits from listing. the more airlines stop allowing the travel to stop selling their flights, it means a lot more homework on our end. >> susan hogan, thank you. first lady melania trump is ramping up her visible. she traveled to west virginia last month announcing her plan to give a voice to victims of the growing opioid epidemic. >> and she is making news today after being cited at two washington events in the past 24 hours. barbara harrison is here to tell us what she's been up to. heightened visibility for sure. >> absolutely. she is definitely had a busy last 24 hours. last night she spoke at the annual dinner for the kuwait america foundation, accompanied by her husband president trump. she was honored for what the foundationcr

dedication to causes affecting women and children in the u.s. and abroad. and while no press was invited for last night's dinner at the kuwait embassy, cameras were rolling as she arrived this morning at the smithsonian's museum of american history. she was there to officially add her inaugural gown, the popular exhibition that began over 1 14u7b yea -- 100 years ago. >> taft was the first lady to donate her inaugural began. that's when the collection began in 1912. >> the simple white gown belted in bright crimson red took center stage among the other inaugural and evening attire worn by first ladies ever since helen taft. mrs. trump's inaugural gown was designed by a french-born naturalized designer who said mrs. trump asked her to create something simple and elegant. >> and we show an array of dresses in the front to talk about why the public is so interested and how the

lady has used that interest in what she wears to sometimes use her clothes to actually make political or social statements. >> the dress becomes part of the exhibition that tells the history of families who have called the white house home. and in addition to the dresses, they also have china in the display. >> that's exactly right. back to nancy reagan and her china controversy. >> we remember that, absolutely. >> the dress was stunning. >> simple and elegant as she wanted. >> thank you, barbara. >> barbara, thank you. all right. this is how you really pay it forward. ava family turns down a free car. new york ci no, really. and they ask that the money be donated to a special school program. today she received a check for the cash value for the value of a nissan rogue. she and her husband already had two cars so she asked the owner of the dealership to make a small donation to

school's autism program. and today tim pohanka gave the school $10,000. >> we knew that this autism program was amazing and anything that we could do to help them is really a winning situation for all of us. >> we're going to be able to do some extraordinary things. without that donation, we wouldn't have been able to make it happen. >> birch says the autism program at conway elementary school has been transformative for her son. and funding for the program had recently been cut so this donation is really going to go a long ways. >> good for them. paying it forward. nice to hear. >> feel good friday. >> doug, it is just an incredible day. >> uh-huh. >> for everybody who is like shut in and watching us on this gorgeous day. i'm telling you, don't show them what's going on outside. >> yeah, if you're going to go out to dinner, you can't get a reservation until 7:01. >> there you go. >> you have to stay here with us until you get out to dinner because it's going to be a really nice night, guys. no matter what you're doing. same deal this weekend, if you're heading there as w

live camera, look down at the bottom portion of your screen, that is the reston silver line stop. reston wheelie stop there. new construction, a lot of new construction going on around that silver line now continuing down along the toll road. temperature wise we're sitting at 75 degrees, a very nice night. temperatures dropping but not all that fast. down to 63 by 11:00. it will be cool, but not nearly as chilly as it's been the last few nights. last night a lot warmer than the night before, lot warmer than the night before. remember we were in the 30s just a couple nights ago. 74 right now, rockville, 75 belvoir, 74 back towards dulles. no problems as far as rain is concerned. um not need the umbrella although i just told you a half hour ago you may want to talk the umbrella out tomorrow if you're going to watch the kids games. umbrella may be a good thing to keep the sun off you just a little bit. waking up tomorrow morning, sunrise at 7:24. normally i wake up right around this time. tomorrow i'm planning on waking up around this time. it's a saturday.

what about the rest of the day? let's go to somara. we're talking about the four-zone forecast, somara. [ inaudible ]. >> oh, somara. oh, somara's trying to get the microphone on. and she's trying to get it on and still going. all right, coming back to me. and we're back, everybody. sn somara having a microphone issue. a lot easier for me. as far as riverside high school goes, they asked me to come out for their pink out. they have a football game. i'm dressed in pink. they asked me to come to their game. i'm not able to come, but we're sending chopper 4 out there a little bit later. somara is ready now? i heard somara in my ear. i'm ready to give you the ten-day forecast. again, we're sending chopper

high school by around 6:45. tune in there, riverside high school in leesburg. 77 on your saturday, 78 on sunday. 78 on monday. three great days, tuesday high temperature of 74, 60% chance of some shower activity. if not plain rain, we need some rain. we're hoping to get it on tuesday. wednesday and thursday we are much cooler, but not cold. just on the cool side as we head towards the end of the week next weekend, also looking quite nice. all in all, guys, not a bad forecast. if there's one day to have rain, tuesday. >> tuesday. >> not a bad day. >> we're going to gear up. >> you don't want it on a saturday or sunday. >> i'll take it on monday, but tuesday is fine. >> thank you, doug. >> it's been a neighborhood landmark for close to 100 years. >> but a recent court ruling has put the future of the peace cross in prince george's county in doubt. the strong response tonight from maryland's governor to the ruling. >> and we continue to follow breaking news in northeast d.c., a boy shot in the back

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maryland's governor is adding his voice to the fight to save peace cross. a 40-foot cross-shaped war memorial built to honor 49 prince george's county residents who died in world war i. earlier this week, a court of appeals ruled peace cross is an

church and state and ordered it to be removed. but governor larry hogan doesn't agree. he calls it outrageous and vows his administration will, quote, fight this unacceptable overreach. enough is enough. there's now an online petition gathering signatures to try to prevent it from coming down. news 4's tracee wilkins has more now on the war over peace cross. >> reporter: here in the town of bladensburg people are proud of their history. >> the ports town area was a historical area in the first place. >> reporter: and they love their monuments, especially this one. >> everybody knows about peace cross. >> reporter: dedicated in 1925, peace cross is a local world war i memorial standing 40 feet high on a tiny section of maryland national capital park land. it honors the memory of prince george's county soldiers who lost their lives in the war. >> it's

ground for these people. >> it's been there for years. it's a great landmark. >> the downside is you get something that's discriminatory and the fact that it's been there for decades just makes that discrimination worse. >> reporter: since 2012 the american humanist association has been fighting to remove the memorial. earlier this week an appeals court ruled it an unconstitutional violation of church and state and ordered that peace cross be taken down. >> think about a memorials like vietnam memorial, it's inkretdably moving powerful memorial, but it doesn't have a religious perspective that it's trying to promote. >> reporter: maryland national capital parks released this statement. for now the case is still pending and the commission has no immediate plan to make any changes relating to the memorial. many in this town are hoping that soon there will be peace restored at the cross. >> take it down, it's preposterous. preposterous. it wouldn't be fair to those that died. >> reporter: there are still a few options here. the parks can appeal t

decision for this structure to come down. they can also appeal it up to the supreme court. no word yet on what they will or will not do. in bladensburg, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> a d.c. teenager shot and wounded as he was walking home from school. >> now, we sent a breaking news alert to your phone. we continue to work our sources as police search for clues and a motive in this case. >> news 4 jackie bensen joins us in northeast d.c. with the latest. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, friends tell me he was walking home from dunbar high school. now, we're told the young man who is just 16 years old was shot in the back, the lower part of his back. this happened just before 4:00 here in the 1900 block of third street in northeast washington. now, there is a large police presence here. it includes police

detectives and crime scene investigators. d.c. police tweeted out earlier that there is a lookout for two men, both of whom were dressed in black as well as a gray honda sedan with virginia license plates. they also believe that the young man -- rather, a young man was taken into custody here, but at this time we're not sure how he or if even he is connected to this. we are told that the 16-year-old was conscious and breathing when he was taken away from this area. again, as we were told by police, he was shot in the lower part of his back. right now an investigation is underway here. they're talking to people in nearby homes. investigators are talking to people who were standing out on the street at that time. they are also taking a police dog. i don't know if you can come out here and take a look at this live. a police dog around the area helping them search for evidence connected to the shooting of a 16-year-old young man who was