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mowed down a bus driver. amy has been going through the recordin l she ie close to where all of this went down, amy.ic >> reporter: p say it all started when that woman illegally passed the bus. the bus driver tolder you're a crazy driver. you need to get off the road. that was just the beginning. watch asom this w uses a tire aaron to a smash greyhound bus. after the damage is done the woman tosses the jack in her car and try to leave. the man in the blue shirt is the bus driver. the woman appear to try to r him over. you canhe see man filming the video run to go help. >> leave him alone. leave him alone. >> calm down. >> she later shoves the bus
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driver out of the way. >> just move from hut of car so you don't get hurt. >> you can hearystanders stopping. hetried one l time hopping onto the hood of the car. this time she speeds away. the whole thing happening within blocks of the d.c. police station. >> are you all right, man? >> come on, man. t >> reporter: at woman has not yet been arrested. police say they are still looking f her. they have also not yet released her name. news 4. washington says good-bye to an states man and an american hero. right nowourners are paying respects to john mccain. his family including his widow and his daughter waited outside th capitol this morning. a light rain fell as an honor guard carried the casket into the capitol.
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lawmakers attended that emotional ceremony. they spoke about decades of service to our >> in every generation there are those that put countryf self-who summon idealism from a nynical age. john mcc was such a man. >> the public will be able to pay respects at the rot:0da until tonight. and all day long there has been a steady stre, as you can imagine. people heading into theme capit. lined up as early as 5:00 this morning. who can blame them. >> reporter: indeed they did. those folksnave got through. they are moving through with some efficiency.
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this is all about saying farewell. re is what they said. it is one of those times people come together and transcend the things that tend to a divide find common ground here. here it is a man that came to be known as a maverick and a hero. >> he stood up for the country. he was a true american. >> he was a brother in arms or just a partner inal princ >> as a veteran, three years in the navy, i felt a kinship and brothe ship with senator mccain. i had to be there. >> reporter: there were those that worked on the mccain campaign or volunteered for one of the causes. >> mostly the positions were
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clean noncorrupt government. i think ths somethinge deeply deeply need right now. >> public viewing got aroundway under high temperatures. for most thi is a chance to say farewell to s theator who some say is the lasttewart of civility. >> it is very heartbreaking far lot ofs to see him at the time most.we need him >> reporter: this line is still going on. they will be breaking itown at 9:00. they will take the last person who is in line at 9:00 toake su the folks that did stand out hereid noto it all in vain. we are live, book you.
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>> all right. thank you. senator mccain will make one final stop tomorrow at the vietnam veterans memorial at 8:30 in the morning. a number of rd closures are already in place. most of them are downtown. you can findut more about those in our nbc washington app. we invite you to tune ins to n 4 today at 9:00 tomorrow morning for full coveragef that service. nbc meet the press moderator chuck todd will be anchoring from the grounds of the nional cathedral. we turn to the remembrance of aretha franklin. capping off four days of celebrating her life and legendary career. her musicouched people around the world. you can see the scene where the channeng of the guard t into a tribute. members playing the hit song,
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respect. we have a closer look at some of today's tributes to the queen of soul. ♪ >> she was fir detroit's then america's then the world's. >> people always ask me what is it like to be aretha franklin's granddaughter? i would always shrug my shoulders and go i don't know. it's just my grandma. >> we don't all agree on evything.
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. >> i hope you will forgive me, when the casket was still open i said wonder what my friend's got on today. >> we have a gallery of pictures ofhe queen of soul. you find that on the nbc washington app byeahing aretha franklin. we'll go live where the city is celebrating the music legend. >> iovethat? that is so great. it shows you how deep her roots are across our globe. >> everywhere. >> yeah. >>de wul. well, changing tune a little bit a school bus driver is accuuad of sy abusing four more children. in a letter to the parents they say he assaulted the students on his bus rou between may a june. he has been indicted on 14 do t
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counts. >> he is in jail without bond. >> in fairfax county jurors dleb ratin deliberating a sentence.y timos found guilty on all counts of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student in a shop room clo it happened four years ago when the victim was 14 and he taught at the middle school. he admted to inappropriate conduct but denied a full relationship. we'll l you know these encing when jurors come to a decision. a lot of people hd today beach for the lay bar dlabor da weekenthd.at cothrrecert? >> reporter: you know it. that was the first thing. we hit up thrashers.
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the beach looking quite flies. not a lot of people ton beach. a lot of people on the board walk here. we have sunshine. eeing showers and thunderstorms. it will be the rest of the area. we have a flash flood watch in effect. we'll see much more at all as far as rain or thunderstorms go. r theest of the weekends that same thing can't be said. could we see another flash flood watch tomorrow? it is possible. we have a better chances of storms tomorrow. we'll talk much more about that. imback in a few >> thanks.
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two women were run over and one of them killed. it is in a letter tohe washington archdiocese. police arresting their suspect and today spending much of the day going in and out of
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>> sadness, anger in the district after a driver t hit women, killing one of them and keeps going. sharon presly was killed. herefamily s this pick cher withs. we are live with the search on the hit-and-runer dr >> reporter: this is one of the busy areas of the city. 295 is that way. this is right here. this is the crosswalk where these womener hit. many friends are trying to figure out how thi could have happened. >> i don't know what to say. it is so hot.
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>> they areg mourn the loss of one friend and praying for others. they never made it. presly died. her friend seriously injured. the driver took >> that's my friend. i love her. i hope she will be okay. i will pray her every day. >> her mom told me she loved er people and family and was iy to trying to get baco accounting. >> hard if i have to come out of surgery or whatever. a lot of pain. >> what would you like to say for her right now?
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>> by eastern avenue when the women were hit. driver are outraged the didn't stop. >> i really hope they catch this guy. he should have been man enough to stop and admit what he d wrong. he has to live with this the rest of h. li >> reporter: she said he lives about four hours from here. friends tell me they plan to come right here to the scene at 6: this evening for a candle light vigil. back to you. >> thank you. lateoday david cull ver was in court as the suspect faced a judge for the first time. >> veronica, smiling through
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page >> jholie's family knew right away something wasn't right. they were frustrated as some reported jholie as a run away. >> you get all of these negative con notations of a child that is wild and loose andly un it is so not our child. >> telling the family andpo ers they were determined to find jholie from the start. >> from the moment we got this calle did not stop to find jholie her livlyer body cov bid debris.so developed a p of interest. it was not until thursday of this week did they formall arrest her exboyfriend.
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>> using the tragedy to help others from being labeled as run aways. >> all we want is for the world to understandam her is jholie and she did not run away. >> a young victim wloz alleged killer is now behinds. b news 4. scheduled to be back in court. until then he will be kept hind bars. wl be meeting with priests amid calls for his resignation. he is also calling on priestslko
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bout his situation at mass this weekend. a recent grandury report criticized wuerl for way he handle abusive priest. he said i ask you for forgiveness, for my inadequacies and also for your acceptance of for any suffering i have caused as well as finding ways of healing and ways of offering fruitful guidance in this darkness. just time for college football season you can bet on your favor rit team in west virginia. it's the fifth state and earlier they approved forts betting at the five. casinos the first legal wager wasla pd yesterday. labor day weekend marks a deadly time of year. now there is a spotlight on a new issue causing drivers to be
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impaired and a new tool helping police catch them. and tracking the weather for you labor day weekend.
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>> if you forgot to take today off you can do what doug a did go report from the beach. >> that's right. it is in my contract. i have to goown every memorial day and every labor day. it is right the. right nowt is beautiful down here. we have seen the wind going off of the ocean. that has really helped to cool things too. got here about 1:00 this afternoon. it was ton hot side. really quite flienice. you having fun here? >> r:s. >> reportey kids happened to meet their friends that came down too. blake say hi. >> hi. >> we got brook over here. we met them. they were one of the first people that we met. i met this guy when these two were in taekwondo together? >> yeah. >> are you still in it? >> i didnno. >> i didn't think so. >> everybody say hello. >> hi. >> reporter: we have people from
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everywhere. you're excited because you said you have been f watching long time! where you do you live? >> in savage, maryland. >> you want to say thoi grandma? >> i loven maryland. >> reporter: you live in maryland? >> me too. i live in maryland too. we want to talk about the wetoher. we haves to the north. i am sending it back inside to you. we are tracking the storms right now. they are all to the north. the rest of the are high a dry. >> exactly. we are seeing thunderstorms here. flash flood warnings are in effect. storms to the south. in our area right now we arell virt dry across the entire region. completelystaying dry overnight tonight. it will stay muggy wit patchy fog. by 11:00 p.m. we are down to 79 degrees. overnight lows will fall in the
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60s to 70s across the ar. there is chance for scattered showers. mostly cloudy skies as we move into the midday and afternoon hours. we start t see sunshine develop. it will fuel showers and itthunderstorms. s not a wash out. plenty of dry time.ee we could heavier storms causing isolated flooding issues in any part of the area. notice 6:00 p.m. here putting out heavy rain. u want to be weather ready tomorrow. about 60% that you're dealing for the most part it's looking nice and the water temperature even tter. >> reporter: all right. we got this. all right. thanks. i appreciate that. ard ready for rides on the walk? >> yeah. orter: you ready for school on tuesday? >> no. >> reporter: kind of what i thought i would get. yes with the rides and no for school. guys.send it back to you
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actually i have to take a look at the forecast. tomorrow is thet bance for rain here at the beaches. they could be there as early a 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 and we see sunshine in the afternoon. sunday and monday d here at the beaches. can't rule out a storm. the next ten days the biggest thing you notice is the heat returning. tomorrow a good chance for storms. through next week we areab talkg t highs in the 90s. a nice little heat wave as all of the kids are getting back to school. we'll send it back to you guys. book you, stan. >> back to you, stan. >> reporter: no, really loud. it's not stanment i don't flow where you gothat nam from. up?ow come stan didn't show even stan has the day off. >> reporter: is stan off? >> everyone is off.
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we are the only people here. they told us turn offig thes when we left. see you in a bit. >> i heard erin is in. staying ton top of everythin kids, way to protect them from e online risk. and details from the documents obtained showing possible
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a look at some of our top stories. paying their respects to senator john mccain. tomorrow morning mccain's funeral procession will stop at the vietnamemeteransial before heading to the national cathedral far formal memorial dservice. ome going service to celebrate the queen of soul. families and dignitaries and a thousand others pay respects to aretha franklin. that service is still going on. a woman smashing in the window of of a greyhound bus ans hitting driver with the car when he try today stop her from gettin away.
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>> we are learning thatos utors discovered $105 in cash in the pant pocket of one of the victims. >> some legal experts say it raises more questions about othert items tha could have been missed. now we plain concerns here. >> we are now days away from the start of the mansion murder trial, a tragedy thataunted an entire community for more than threeea after he, his wife and son and house keep are were ly murdered. news 4 obtained this document where the prosecution ison reng to the defense team we are learning prosecutors checked the pant pocket that he
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was wearing day he was murdered. $105 was recovered. a former federal prosecutor. he said it was a misstep. legal experts say this mistak could be used. he recalled sees a screwdriver holding up aasementindow. >> it suggests there's more than one person involved. of course you see the screwdriver and swipe dna on it and do fingerprint analysis on
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it. >> itas a shotty investigation. >> and of course keep in minday prosecutorshey do have dna evidence that link it to thee cr scene. we contacted the police department and we are told they are unable to comment about a report because of spending litigation. all the defense has to do is create reasonable doubt. >> yeah. absolutely. >> so that's scary. >> it will beo fascinating see. as we just mentioned there is dna that linked him to the crime
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butng see a lot of doubt there as well as far as how this evidence was collecte when does the trial again in. >> september 5th. >> expecting a verdict to come. >> and you'll be there the whole time. >> thank you. is news 4 working fordiou deeph murder mystery, the clues left behind. >> join us at 6:30 for mansion murders inside the investigation. this is something you'll want to see. the man accused ofli hng anti hispanic slurs against the school crossing guard appeared in courtudoday. the ordered him to stay aby from the crossing gouuard a lafayette elementary school. witnesses telling police that he threaten todayhoot or run over guard.ossing he told him he shouldn't be
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working withte w children. according to the charging documents he admits to making the slurs, denies threatening to shoot the guard. days before the new school year starts students spent some timeetting ready, free haircuts, dental screenings, backpacks given out there. this was among the groups donatingchool supplies there. and cafeteria food we all just loved, getting an upgrade. students will be able tost ize their meems similar to what you get at the fast cual restaurants. the fast casual pilot programed rout earlier this year in arlington. it is expanding to schools in alexandria. they can choose from caribbean food. the company that designed the cuisine says it will help combat fatigue. we know the new school year
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is here. officials say now is the te for fooem family to prepare a plan. we are f working you with important advice from fema. >> [ no audio ] >> with back to school it's back to the daily routine. a series of steps you can put in e event orf a of a school shooting. one of the leaders says start b updating your contact list. who they re they know are going to call if they have a problem. you can't always rely on voice kplun cases ton phone and that
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texts mig texts might be easier. so maybe hav eloaded texts they could shoot off if they needed to. >> next pick out a safe meeting place. it could be a neighbor or friend's home. you'll also want to examine your insurance. know what you're covered forend what you not. do an inventory of your household goods. take photos in case you need to make claims once your plan is there place practice makeserfect. some drama happening about 200 miles above the earth. >> that's not good. >> i thi they will be okay. >> apple gets ready for the grand unveiling, we
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the let the astronaut sleep. the crews spranghe into actio next morning. they we venn chueventually foun a small tear. apple plans to unveil the newest iphone at an event in vept. there are already leake
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pictures of the device. we have a look at what we can expect, susan. >> that's right. larger design. three new iphones and the color gold. apple reveals they are always highly anticipated events and this one is probably low disappoint either. so they are sharing the first look at the new 5.8 inch iphones. both likely called t iphone 10s. a gold option will also be offered. apple is also expect today launch an lcd scree an aluminum frame instead of stainless steel. apple wicl ol i unvail it and likely reveal it before the end of september to you. >> that looks pretty sexy. i'm wondering if it is the phone r the picture of the ear on it that --
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>> i know. >> i should project one on looks periodically if it that good. >> yes. the rise ofat legaln in pot, drunk driving. ahead the new tool that could help police crack
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the supervisor is still employed. we have this story you'll only e on news 4. >> it is like a slap in the face. >> she went to work for the city
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of laurel in 2013. she said right away there was a problem with her boss. the city declined to let her excellent on this story. you know, my administration has had a record of streeting people fairly. >> i had so much tension. it was horrible. >> it was the department's director who explained what was going on. the department's director said she want today hire someone of a different race. >> when she told the dirtor she w fired by the city the next day. originally her complaint was thrown out of court but then it was upheld in appellate court the bathroo policy that only applied to her was a key point. >> i must tell her where ever i go, even the bathroom before i go. >> what did you think of that?
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>> i said to her, i said that's crazy. >> fourth circuit also found it strange saying durin the trial -- >> so you have to put timebody on , i got to pe and when you come back i'm shfi. you don't find that to be offensive? >> we don't do not agree. did the jor says they right thing here. >> we will use the process through the courts to tell our side of the story through the jury. i feel f confident we'l vindicated. >> they are scheduled to head to court in april. in laurel, news 4. >> she still works for the city. the mayor would n confirm if she was placed on administrative leave. high caffeine soft drinks.
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they say theyh come werious health concerns. the high levels of sugars anden gy drinks are linked to obesity. behavioral, the government has t decided what age it would begin but drinks with 150 milligrams of calf fee will be off limits. labor day is one of the deadlyi adlyist times of year on the road. a new message, specifically targeting drink living for the first time. >> drive high get a dui. >> in recent studies of the people tested, 42 had some impairing drugs in their system. >> law enforcement officers s they are seeing a sharp rise in drivers under the influence of
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marijuana now legal in states. a 2017 study showed almost of cannabis users drive high on a daily basis. >> they don't know they are impaired and they don't know it is illegal. >> it can be challenges for police to prove impairment relying on theame field sobriety tests of alcohol or blood and urine it makes it hard to prove the driver was impaired while they were operating the vehicle. >> this is a marijuana breathalyzer. >> we have developed new si scientific aproesh thproach. >> according to the research thc is only within three hours of conception. roadside testingeg will b in select cities this fall. for now traportation officials
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want to remind drivers. >> if you flfe drent you drive different. >> it could be the difference tween life and death. >> nbc news. let'set a check of our forecast because weerworried about rain and storms. is that still a threat? >> not really in our area. on the beaches some beaches continuing to see very heavy rainfall. you can see the lightning from the storm slowly moving towards the west. it is something we don't see very often. just about everything is dry. it has to be warm towards philadelphia. know they will be encountering rain and heavy rain. in the y temperatures 70s and 80s. it's labor day weekend. we have to show you the temperatures at our beaches. it is 80 in ocean city and 76 up
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in cape this weekend we will have thunderstorms at times, especially tomorrow much like today. there is a 20% chance tomorrowm ing. 73 degrees by 5:00 p.m. scattered showers and thunderstorms. once again heavy rain the possible. it is soupy out there your entire labor day weekend. it is 74 degrees. a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms sunday afternoon at a 50% with high around 90. the experts tell us to avoid late summer pruning. it could simulate new growth. if you're heading to the mountains this is what you can expect there. tomorrow it will stormy with a high around 78. chance for thunderstormsut ere again on sunday. labor day maybe a wepop-up s or thunderstorm. it is probably your best bet with temperatures sunday and
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monday in the low 80s. so not too bad there. what i love about the mountains too, the overflght lows will be in the 6s. if you're heading to the beaches you'll be heading to ocean city, maryland. it'santastic out there thi afternoon, evening i should say. >> it really is. you know, we have the breeze coming in. the sea breeze kicked in. we were in the upper 80s tond ar 90 a little earlier. really feeling beautiful out ere along the beaches and the boarond walk too. if you're about to drive down it is down along the area. ocean city looking pretty good. speakingf ocean city i tlouf int interview this guy. he is in the mayor. >> i'm a beach mayor.
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this is what everybody else wears. why would i wear something different? >> absolutely. you were talking about what happened with july. you shtd it broug numbers down a little bit. >> we had the same wet weather everybody else didarly on in e summer. once the sun came out it's like wateri the plants. everything grows. everybody came to ocean city. it has been like that ever since. we had great crowds. this weekend looks like a fabulous labor day weekend. >> reporter: it is the first time kids are not going back to mschool. >> ie a big difference. we saw a lot more maryland license ptes thi past week. the th past week the board walk was crowded, the eating estaishments, that was a gre week. it wasn't something we saw before a couple of years ago. it was really timely. if you look at t weath we
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have had theyouchin been se kids home anyway. >> absolutely. that's why we are down here. we getn to come d here too. kids coming back here. let's show you what's happening here across the area. if you're heading down towards the beaches i expect rain toberrow. it wilost likely early in the day. it is as early as 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 in the afternoon. the great beach days will be monda and a pretty good beach weekend. as we look towards the next couplef days mayor talking about hot weather. we haveeven of the next ten days. 'lerage high temperature is now 85. be well above that. we have an extended heat wave. even the mid-80s or mid-90s as we are coming in too. look. look who is coming down the board walk here.
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we have jack sparrow. hes coming down here, guys. i'm not about t interview him. i wanted to show him to you and say heks loo good. >> bat man down here too. >> yea does look good. >> that's not weird at all. >> looks like he is walking to dier. she on a dinner break. >> he is looking far date. >> good luck with that. >> yeah. >> thank you. a click away from danger. we have a look at the n apps and web sites that could put your childrens security at risk. plus, smashing and crashinga a rage freak out on the streets of d.c. we'll explain what h e a look at your traffic for labor day weekend. talking aboutabor day travel, you want to travel early or late as possible.
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the worst time would binto travelg the middle f the day. gas prices really not seeming to matter here this d labor weekend here. if you're using 95 in virginia hit the road during the off peak times. try the express lanes. it will be northbound all day on monday. that's going to ulp. ant to avoid the beltway you could try part of 301 heading north it could be good. alternate to 95. because of the holiday most roadwork wilbe onl
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we look into the biggest threats to your children when they log on. >> coming up new way to trick and target your kids. >> we give them cell phones that could be se mump m dangerous than a knife or weapon yet we don't train them. >> they say staying safe online means going where the danger is. >> this technology is not secure bid default. it is u to you to manually go in and dohe work or run the risk of strangers being able to track and find your child.
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start with ane simple p check. go to the privacy settings, disable locationmaervices and sure your camera isn't being tracked. it will keeptranger seeing where a photo or video was taken. >> if i'm not in the room or monitoring i do worry how fast they can get on stuff they are not supposed to see. there wl it's a fun app, learning app or ga he advises to paying for an app. he freeou download version you are basically exclanging your child's information for that app. >> the father and author warnse mail is the number one wayal person information is stolen. it is also how child predators are hacking into cameras and phones. >> unless they are 100% sure it is correct don't click on the link. don't open the attachment.
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>> it is a good idea to see which ones have access and another tip, put a piece of tape or paper on your kid's device to protect them from being monitored just in case they click on a bad link. news 4. >> n >> now at 6:00, road rage caught on camera. a wom drives off with a man on her hood after she took out er frustration on a bus. huge crowds lined up to pay their vice presidents to john mccain. >> thee ical celebration for aretha franklin.
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♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ anchts l we'll are more on her funeral coming up. we are going to beginanith almost presidential farewell for senator john mccain. people still wouking through at this hour to pay their spects. is scheduled to last until 8:00 tonight but it may go nger. >> let's go now with some of the tributes to senator mn.aicc0 degrees this afternoon. swe saw rainwers this morning. neither of those weather conditions stopped thousands of people from coming, standing outside for hours all in hopes of saying their final good-byes. >> for senator joh mccain one final return to capitol hill. for 34 years he dedicated himself to

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