outrage after reports of explosive comments he used to describe haiti and african countries. 18 hours later addressing the controversy on twitter. here at home a look at suspect's thursday double stabbi stabbing at a local high school. how the schools are reporting today. and big changes as we go into the weekend. wait until you see what the temperatures are going to do. news4 midday starts now. good morning i'm pat larson muse. >> and i'm

we want to get to the latest to taublg about trump how he described the curse word for haiti and african nations. this morning he denied it. admitting though his words were tough. but now democrat senator dick durbin said he was in the room and heard the president use the words multiple times. news4 tracie potts has the latest on the hill. >> reporter: at a meeting democrat aide said this used this language expletive countries saying why they should admit these people instead of places like norway. >> can you think of any employer walking into and saying this and not being fired? >> reporter: he says the language was tough, but this was not the language used. never said anything

torey against haitians except it is a poor country. >> denied using those words. it is not true. he said these hate filled things and said them repeatedly. >> reporter: saying the president should apologize. >> should we have an n word to be a racist. >> reporter: it comes amid protecting 800 immigrants in march. >> off track. >> reporter: also off track the president's tweet criticizing a government surveillance program just as they were to renew it. >> president is supporting the vote today. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: mr. trump tweeted a correction and the white house blamed the media. lawmakers did say they were close to a deal after what was reportedly said in the m

meantime the hay ee ambassador are getting lotsd of emails saying that's whatnot what they think about haiti. tracie potts, nbc4 washington. shocking and shame fuful, t say if the comments are true as described there is no other word for this but racist. he also said the comments go against the values that the world has been striving for since world war ii and the holocaust. we will continue to follow this story on the president's alleged controversial comments. you can also led to the nbc app for the latest. new this morning we are getting a look at the suspect in the double stabbing. >> he's been accusing of assault and attempted murder. >> police say the stabbing happened in a fight over a female student. this morning the prince

county ceo and police chief greeted students walking into the school. >> tracee wilkins who was there when the officials arrived. tracy, what's happening there. >> reporter: the superintendent along with the cheech came back here to central high school walking the hallways. it is a very different scene now from what we had here yesterday morning when police were all around the outside of this school, parents were concerned, trying to reach their kids. all thu knee is that there had been a stabbing inside of the school. . police chief and the superintendent of schools walked the hallways of central high school today. >> and i felt we needed to be reassuring to the staff and parents and kids that everything was fine and safe. >> reporter: this after a knife fight. and assault and weapons charge. police say it started with a fight over a girl that escalated. it appears martinez

a fight became so vicious that the person felt like they had to take a weapon into that. >> reporter: the two injured students who began the altercation are african-american, they said last year they had tension between african-american and latino students. >> there has been a couple of times where there has been some issues there, but we've done interventions and work here at the school. >> reporter: the school once named one of the nation's best is still according to the superintendent. >> i've talked to some of the folks on my team to see what we need to do, if anything, to work with students to make sure that everything is fine. >> reporter: the superintendent is saying that while of course he is not happy that this unfolded inside of the school, he is pleased at the way the police department and principal responded. he wants parents to believe that everything is back to normal inside of thati

reporting live in capital heights oim tracy wilson. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, tracy. turning to the weather there, you can see the wind blowing and rain coming down. >> yeah, wet out there. ce sheena, looks like it might be wet all day. >> yeah, spotty showers unless you are on maryland and shore, grab the umbrella before they left today. most of the rain up in charles county, near annapolis as well and along the eastern shore. you can see yellow along prince george county. aside from that, look at the temperatures, enjoy them, mid-60s. wait until you see what happens this weekend. i'll show you a cool down coming up ahead. >> ts,

many metro riders were late. >> it happened about 24 hours after board came preliminary approval to a refund plan. metro station with updates. so riders already asking for the money back? >> reporter: that's right. you better believe it. passengers were demanding refunds this morning. i talked to some who were late, 45 minutes, maybe an hour for them time is money. but they have to understand, they are not going to be getting their money back from today because this proposal has not yet been voted on by the full metro board. an emergency response in bet da, fire officials say smoke into the tunnel, train stopped for a short period of time. caused delays hand single tracking on the red line during the commute. >> i love the metro but when it goes down it goes down. >> reporter:er

hour, making them late for work and doctor's appointments at the medical center. >> i should have been here an hour ago. it impacted me big, so i'll probably have to reschedule my appointme appointment. >> i'm trying to get to work. >> reporter: and you are late. >> i've been late an hour. >> reporter: on thursday a metro board committee approved a rush-hour promise to refund passengers delayed in these types of emergencies. >> it boils down to this, if you are delayed for more than 15 minutes your trip is on us. >> reporter: they wish that policy was in effect right now. >> i need a reimbursement and free lunch. yes, absolutely. >> i've been on tra trahat trai almost an hour, a whole hour, i want my money back. >> reporter: now, heard that from some other passengers as well today, i want my money back. now metro board is expected to vote on this proposal in two weeks. if it passes, and you

automatically get credited on your smart trip card. it's important to note you have to register your card. register your card right now so you are ready to get that refund when and if it passes. >> if it dos i have a feeling they'll be hearing a lot more of that. thank you so much. a vehicle hit a high school student this morning and now montgomery county police looking for a driver who left the scene. paramedics took him to the hospital although injuries weren't that bad. happened near cynical valley high school. crossing middle brook road and crystal rock drive. last week news4 i-team told you about plans for safety around the schools. they are considering a review of pedestrian safety. >> pedestrian is also a second person killed in just two days. police tell us suv hit a woman working near iverson street.

investigators say the suv driver did stay at the scene. >> and now we know the name of the man killed wednesday night on branch avenue just a couple of blocks away. shawn sims died at the hospital after his car collided with another vehicle near saint barn a bus road. the woman was critically injured. now in maryland hospital they were speaking out the they did after the video went viral allegedly a woman walking the street homeless and alone. plus not only the president's comments, we have new details about his former adviser lawyering about in the administration allege he had collusion with russia.

i'm melissa mollet with a look at traffic. this weekend every 15 minutes on the green light. again single tracking. every 12 to 15 on the yellow line, service between huntington line. here this weekend,

monday martin luther king, we do have a different service plan operating on metro from 5:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. parking free. >> thanks, melissa. >> someone saw this young woman wandering outside hospital in baltimore and admit she was discharged and couldn't communicate. the hospital has released a statement saying it takes the matter seriously. and is conducting a thorough review of what happened. former white house adviser steve bannon is set to testify before the house intelligence committee next week. this is part of the investigation into russian meddling in our election. sources say nbc news it will happen next tuesday. bannon ran the trump campai

served as president's top adviser until he was fired in august. last week, that new book, fire and fury quoted bannon referring to a meeting between russians and donald trump junior during the 2016 campaign as treasonous. days later, bannon left his job at breitbart news. and some new information about the death of an ivy league student. >> calling it a homicide. >> learning more about the friend that was with him the night he disappeared. nbc reports. >> reporter: parents are searching for answers after body found in lake forest, california, in a park. >> we want to see resolution. >> reporter:le they said last week he met up with a friend and drove to the park late at night. according to a search warrant obtained by orange county

that friend who said just before midnight bernstein walked into the park by himself. unidentified fied friend he told authorities he waited about an hour and tried to contact bernstein at snapchat then 1:00 a.m. returned to his girlfriend's house and after returning to the park 3:40 a.m. detectives noticed the friends hands had several small scratches and an abrasions which he said was from a fight club. investigato investigators noticed what appeared to be dirt under the fingernails. he said in a fight. and during another investigator every friend the door had to touch, he pulled his jacket over his hand to prevent touching any doors. >> we interviewed the friend several times. that person is not in

>> reporter: investigators say bernstein was probably killed the night he disappeared but wouldn't say how he died. during a candle light vigil grandfather told friends and neighbors that heavy rains helped expose the teens body. >> uncovered the grave. he wouldn't be left in limbo for years. and we thank everybody here. a dog that was near death is now standing on his own again of the in fairfax counterjust over a month ago the police found dog named max. he didn't have a collar or chip. and he couldn't stand on his own. police officers think the retriever had been kept in a cajun has a long recovery ahead of him. >> it was hard. it was hard to look at him. and not be able to do anything. it was just waiting, waiting to see if the medications would

waiting to see if he had it in him to fight. >> despite or deal, he has plenty of quite. police are still hoping to find out what happened to this little guy. still has a lot of recovering to do before he goes to his forever home. his foster family. we'll have the first opportunity to adopt max. >> what a difference a month can make. he's already looking really good. >> yeah. he's made quite a recovery. >> reporter: an already devastating situation in california getting worse. >> talking of course about the mud slide near los angeles. we are hoping to learn more about the people killed. those still missing. and the massive cleanup effort alrea under way. dy

this morning rescue crews are hoping for miracles as they search for mud slide survivors in california. at this point that search is getting more desperate by the hour. more than 40 people are missing and mudslides have killed 17 people from an 89-year-old man died with his wife to 3-year-old girl. mud and debris crashed through homes and boulders as big as cars on the road. after the mud poured in. >> we had no idea what a flash flood was until i saw this horrid raging river coming down with cars

homes and damaged four to five hundred more. 101 freeway is shut down and won't reopen until monday. >> still hard to believe all that devastation. >> that damage. >> yeah. 63-year-old former chef is going back to school at georgetown university. >> yes. and, yes, she is living in a dorm. she started her journey back to the classroom last year after georgetown apologized for selling slaves in the 1800s to raise money for the university. news4 jackie benson has more. >> reporter: >> right down there in that cemetery are the graves of the men who thought it was a good idea to sell my family. >> reporter: from her dorm room. >> this is the tiny condo. >> reporter: she can look down on the graves of the jesuit priests who owned her ancestors

2016 and after much prompts from students, georgetown university publicly apologized for ugly history of slave ownership. shore ka lone a chef remembers reading about something in the newspaper. but it was only last year after getting a call from a gene logical researcher that she learned her great grandparents were among the slaves sold to plantation owners in louisiana by the jesuits in 1838 to raise money for georgetown university. >> to be able to connect in america who owned your family, who sold your family, and why, to it be able to put that together, never associating it with my family. >> reporter: when she learned part of slavery reparations, she

hesitated, but then she thought it would be great to see them going through their life. >> well, my grandmother always told me i was a queen. and she knew her grandmother, mary ellen queen. >> reporter: she says she feels their spirit cheering her on. >> i couldn't do this or be here without feeling them. >> reporter: she has a little bit of time before she has to declare ha major, but right now she says she's leaning towards history. jackie benson, news4. >> what a story. pretty darn inspiring as well. >> well, turning to the weather and rain, how much of this stuff will we get, sheena. >> we'll get more this afternoon and mainly tonight. i have to applaud chris he actually brought his umbrella today. >> she told me she would laugh at me all day if i didn't. >> so good thing you te

involved. >> you're welcome. because you needed it this morning. right now not looking at too much around the district but later today more rain moving in. 62 right now. look at how mild it is outside. over cast skies with spotty rain. most of the rain is in maryland. buie breaking out of that heavier rain, but calvert county pretty heavy rain currently. this is all making its way from south to north. so that rain in the forecast. if you are east of the district. otherwise a little bit of a break before rain this afternoon and evening. look at the back side, a lot of cold air rushing in. we have a wintry mix with pink and then snow on the very back edge of it. parts of the area early snow showers. mainly pretty far west and north. i'll show you that. as we go through the afternoon we

rain afternoon drive. more as we go over night tonight. here's 5:00 tomorrow morning still spotty showers. take a look as we look across 81, wintry mix there possible. maybe some brief snow showers. quickly clears out and then we go into saturday afternoon and temperatures falling. so in the morning we'll be right around 40 degrees, but then go through the day we'll be dropping around freezing. most of your saute though nice and dry after the morning hours. sunday will be cold. 29 degrees. mostly sunny. and looking next week a couple snow chances we're watching. >> thank you. like a roller coaster looking at that forecast. how an online conversation turned into a real life murder. plus continuing coverage of the president's remarks about haiti on the same day the country marks a devastating chapter in its history .

detectives still working to identify a murder victim in waldorf. >> women discovered last night on old washington road but didn't have any id. megan mcgraph talking to

investigators. >> reporter: returned to the scene to canvas the area where the victim's body was found. they are looking for any clue that might help them identify her. at this point they simply don't know who she is and they really need some help from the public here. it was about 9:00 last night when a person driving by, this is old washington road here, right by the park and ride, near the intersection of small wood drive, a car was driving by, and that's when they found the victim's body lying in the road. unfortunately no identification on her. no purse. no wallet. no id. so they do not know who she s estimate she's between 40 and 50 years old. black female with long braids. but that's all that they know about her at this point. now the hope here is that someone from the public will recognize her tattoos and her earrings and perhaps give them the break they need in this case. >> she was wirg

sweater, gray eleggings. she did have tattoos a cheerub angel. >> so the key here they believe is really getting help from the public. anyone who recognizes the tattoos or perhaps the earrings and can make some sort of connection, give them a call and help make an id. in waldorf, megan mcgraph, news4. today makes 8 years since a massive earthquake rocked the island nation of high tee. the magnitude 7 quake impacted nearly 3 million people leaving as many as 150,000 people dead. the haitian people are still recovering from the damage. and

these people is the explosive president's words. reporting that he used expletive to describe those countries. >> getting a lot of coverage. cnn don lennon and cooper. take a listen when he gets somewhat emotional. >> i was there when a 5-year-old boy named moni was rescued after being buried for seven days. do you know what it takes after being buried for seven days? >> meanwhile calling president the racist. the remarks was disgusting. the president has denied calling other countries by that expletive. well, we have valuable resource right here amongst us, chris, you covered the

earthquake for cnn eight years ago. you were on the ground for quite some time and you saw how it devastated the people many of whom are still suffering. >> yeah, it's hard to know where to start. i think you learn a lot about people when you see them at their absolute worse. and as much as haiti had experienced, this by far was the worst. it was overwhelming, i mean, i can't even describe to you the smell of those bodies piled there in the streets, street after street after street. and a lot of those families living there trying to live there, you know, their relatives, dead relatives literally rotting on the streets next to them. i saw people with bloody knuckles and hands, clawing through the wreckage trying to dig people out. i saw haitian doctors

in doing what they could. i remember at one point they had to bring in dump trucks to move the bodies out, as in humane as that sounds, it was a public health hazard to have these bodies on the street. they didn't have any where to put them or anywhere to go. and i just remember seeing just these people with nothing. their homes completely leveled. nothing. and not being able to get food and water in initially. and still going out to dig through the rubble. still trying to help the elderly and do what they could. so i can't speak to any of the political stuff that's going on, but i can tell you from what i saw, i saw a heck of a lot of dignity in the face of an unimaginable tragedy. >> yeah. and of course, you know, haiti is a country where earthquake was worse than a hurricane because many of those structures just were not

>> yeah, hurricanes down there, they were not expecting the earthquake. >> thank you so much for your perspective there. well, keeping you fit in the new year, a lot of people are working on that. >> yeah, a lot of folks in our area. molette green climbs on a bike and also hits the pool at the same time. sounds a bit strange, you heard it right. stay wi we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. we did a lot of research online. we just need to have a designer put it all together. mmm hmm. so, it's really nice when clients come in and have... done some of their own research. what do you think about these chairs and that table? working with a bassett designer was really easy. us being young professionals, we're so busy... there's no way we could've designed it ourselves. no. we love it!

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americans. dr. king's faith and love for humanity led him and so many other heros to courageously stand up for civil rights of african americans. through his bravery and sacrifice, dr. king opened the eyes and lifted the conscious of our nation. he stirred the hearts of our people to recognize the dignity written in every human soul. today we recognize him for standing up, no matter the color of our skin or place of our birth, we are all created equal by god. this april we will mark a half century since reverend king was so cruelly taken from us by an assassin's

but while he's no longer with us, his words and vision only grow stronger. today we mourn his loss and celebrate his legacy and pledge to drive for his equality, freedom, justice and peace. i'll now sign the proclamation making january 15th, 2018, the martin luther king jr. federal holiday and encourage all americans to observe this day with acts of civic work and community service in honor of dr. king's extraordinarily life. and it was extraordinary indeed. and his great legacy. thank you. god bless you all. and god bless america. and with that, i'd like to ask a great friend of mine, secretary carson, for remarks. and we are going to be signing

the very important proclamation. thank you very much. ben. >> thank you, mr. president. it's an honor to be here today celebrating this solemn occasion. and i thank you for signing legislation to designate the birth place, church, and tomb of dr. martin luther king as a national historic park. his monumental struggle has the same honor as mt. vernon and famous humble log cabin in illinois. this april we will observe the 50th anniversary of dr. king's assassination. i remember so vividly that day as a high school student in detroit. far from silencing his

death brought him immortal in the american heart. his message of equality, justice, and the common dignity of man resounds today urgently needed to heal the divisions of our age. today we honor the legacy of the man who marched on washington for jobs and freedom, achieving both for millions of americans of all races and backgrounds. but his legacy also causes us to remember where these ideas, equality, freedom, liberty, get their power. our good efforts alone are not enough to lend them meaning. for by what shall i be called equal to another man? it cannot be by wealth

will always be one richer for me. if cannot be by strength because there will always be one stronger than me. it cannot be by success, happiness or butte or any other pieces of the human condition which are distributed through prov providence. so perhaps providence alone is the answer. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. that they are endowed by their creator with certain unally ibl rights which among these are life, liberty and a pursuit of happiness. with these familiar words, our declaration of independence recognizes true author of our common dignity, one that is beyond every human law and institution. if we forget this source of our fundamental equality, then our fight to recognize it in our society will never be

this is a truth that dr. king carried with him from selma to montgomery, from a pulpit in atlanta to the steps of the lincoln memorial, from a cell in birmingham to the entire world. this world we will not remember his slaying as the ending, but as a beginning. as a moment when his truth rose stronger than hatred. and his cause larger than death. as a moment when he called to new life with his creator before whom all men shall one day stand in equal rank, bearing with them no riches, but the content of their character. if we keep this conviction at the center of our every word and action, if we look upon our country

shared home and a common destination, then instead of meaningless words rolling off of our tongue, we will truly create one nation under god, in divisible, with liberty and justice for all. and we are going to have a word from pastor isaac newton farce, a nephew of doctor martin luther king [ cheers and applause ] >> president trump, vice president pence, and to all assembled here, if my uncle were here today, the first thing he would say is what are we or what are you doing for others. andha

that my aunt scott king returned to the congress now about ten years ago and asked that the meaning of the holiday be changed. we did not want the king holiday just to it be a day of hero worship. as his nephew, i certainly think he was one of the greatest americans that we produced. but it should not be a day of hero worship. and that's why the congress agreed with my aunt, and also made it a day of service. so that we on that day, as a matter of fact, the king center we refer to it as a day on, not a day off. it's not a day to hang out in the park or pull out the barbecue grill, it's the day to do something to help someone else. and that can be as simple as delivering someone's trash or picking up the newspap

get to the end of the driveway. bottom line, you are doing something that benefits someone other than yourself. that's the proper way to remember my uncle and the proper way to celebrate the king holiday. so president trump, thank you for taking the time to acknowledge this day. thank you for remembering that we are all americans. and on this day we should be united and love for all americans. thank you, mr. president. thank you, mr. vice president. [ applause ] >> this is a great and

day, martin luther king jr., federal holiday, 2018, by the president of the united states of america, a proclamation. congratulations to him and to everybody. >> thank you, mr. president. [ applause ] >> mr. president, will you give apology for the statement yesterday? >> mr. president, did you refer to haitians as -- >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> mr. president, will you respond to the serious

about the statements, sir? >> no. >> president trump signing a proclamation there at the white house to honor dr. martin luther king who will be celebrated on monday on the 89th anniversary of his birth and the year in which we commemorate the 50th anniversary of his assassination. >> you heard reporters trying to get a question in at the end. and we apologize we did hear the word in question that the president is alleged to have used in relation to talking about people from haiti and african nations as well. one thing jumped out to me when he talked about that no matter your place of birth, you should be treated with dignity. >> yes. and that dr. king's life and legacy and his work were driven by love for all mankind. >> yeah. another thing they mentioned too about that, not just taking it as a day to barbecue, but dayf

service, we at news4 are doing a day of servic and you wille,

the post now showing nationwide. the movie details the drama leading up to a decision on publishing the pentagon p

detailing u.s. involvement in the vietnam war. wto p entertainment editor jason joins us live. jason, all stopped by the post for a chat about this. tell us about it. >> hey, guys, happy friday. i absolutely love this movie. it's made for people like us so this is cat nip for us journalists but great movie. hard to believe that hangs and streep are in ha movie together. these two titans never appeared together. so great seeing them on screen together. so streep first movie with steel berg. but the movie itself is rip roaring tale and very timely. about publishing the pentagon papers in 1971 which sets the table for them to get the courage and the credibility to expose watergate and all the president's men. so

tom hanks ben bradley gritty editor rolling up the sleeves and wanting to break the story. but covers a lot of timely issues from feminism to the vietnam war to the first amendment. but i do want everyone to know admits all the teams it's a ton of fun to watch, so great defense of the free press and you'll walk out with big smile on our face and optimism for our democracy. >> that one is going to be tough to get tickets to this weekend. i think. if you are looking for something different, national symphony is hosting the next show in live series. >> yes. the kennedy center tonight has something called the classified, ben folds hosting it. he hosts it

quarterly. picks an artist to come with him. and sarah is going to sing her song like love song. and tear jerker on broadway. so you can see her tonight. tickets are hard but i did see some on some of the retail sites. but the series will continue on. and you'll get to see ben folds 80 with 80 musicians on stage with the new artist for declassified. don't miss it. >> all right. a couple of good options there. >> hoerks, boy, thoh, boy they . thanks so much. have a a good weekend. >> we'll get a check on the weather. >> yeah, sheena. >> right now a little bit of break across the area and across the bay that's where we see most of the current rainfall. but as we go through the rest of the day

like showers, more thisening ooh and overnight and some lasting early into tomorrow morning mostly before sunrise. brief period of maybe some snowfall then quickly clearing out f out. colder throughout the day saturday. by sunday high upper 20s. next week freezing and maybe below that with chance of snow a couple of days. so watching that closely. either way, enjoy the 60s for the rest of the day today because after that we are going to be feeling a lot more like winter around here. >> okay. we'll enjoy every minute of it. thanks. >> 18 degrees by sunday. >> yeah. >> my gosh. >> we have weather whiplash. >> that's news4 midday. we are back on the air with late breaking news and weather first

♪ we're live in five, four, three, two, one. so, i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! >> that says it all. >> i still get goose bumps. >> what a way to kick off the week. that got us uplifted and empowered. oprah giving that great speech. >> happy rose friday. >> great to see -- look at our great panel here. >> yes. >> a lot to get plugged into. analise and audra from celebrity page tv, always great to see you. >> let's talk about t