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me. we were able to go to scene and confirm. >> was the child in her car seat? >> yes. the child was in her car seat. when we got to the scene,at the car as on scene as well. >> reporter: now police are still looking for the vehicle, and they have a description here. it's a dark colored 2013 chevy travse. licee plate 4cm 8301, maryland plate. they are expecting two suspects to be in that vehicle. we're told by police there were multiple cameras at the gas station and around the area that helped them see what direction the vehicle went in and gave them a description of the vehicle they're looking for. told mother and the 1-year-old are just fine. they were checked out at the gas station andwa taken in an ambulance. the police are following up with them and they'll be releasedef >> what a re we will stay on top of this story for you as it develops
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throughout the evening. if you can't follow the coverage on your tv we'll post updates o our nbc washington app. search baby. now to a growing investigation, this is into social mediand sexting at several schools. police are callingt a child porn investigation because naked pictures of underage girls were shared on snapchat. police say at least four students were involved. and the probescnvolves five ols in fairfax. cory smith is livekith a l at how this all worked and how a tudent helped them crack this case. >> reporter: that's right. this search warrant details exactly how this all allegedly went down. it was nearly two weeks ago when a student here at robinson hool approached a police officer and told him he was in a snaouhat where they were posting naked photos of underage girls
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and asking fors naked phoof underage girls from other schools in the district. tonight parents are angry. >> it surprises me this happens, that kids are stupid enough to do it. >> reporter: police have identified the student who owns the account. but there are also three others s sociated with it. police say a message was posted to the group asking for pictures of female stunts from four other high schools. parents we spoke tois say this another unfortunate example of the dangers of social media. >> anything you put out there will be out there forever. it'll never go way. you never want to share anhing like that. when your young your concentration must be on studies. these are one of the negative aspect of inrnet. >> reporter: now wendy, police tell us they have
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searched multiple cell phones, they have questioned multiple students and they areki l for more potential suspects and more potential victims but so farno one has b charged in this case. we also reached out to fairfax public schoolsnd all they would tell us is that they are aware of this invtigation and it's a police matter so they will not comment any further. >>'m suret's a stressful time now for parents outhe. thank you, cory. this is not the first time students in our area have been involved in sexting last may police busted nearl a dozen students, in 2014, a mcclain p high schoolted arrested for posting more than 50 images students online. child porn charges carry a minimum of five years. but most of the cases ended with the defendant pleading to a lesser charge.
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it's 5:00 a.m. in vietnam, where liler president trump have dinner with kim jong-un. the president arrived this morning for the second official summit with kim on. thursday before leaving d.c. he s d his goal once again is denuclearization. but also said he's not in any rush. the last meeting did not result in any enforceable agreement surrounding that is ahead in our next half hour, at 5:30 halckson joins us live from vietnam with a closer lo at what is on the table this time around. right now lawmakers are preparing to take upre a mea that could potentially block president trump from getting extra money foris proposed wall on the southern border. the house is set to vot within the hour on his emergency declaration. leon harris is in the news room withhat and the other thing that is underway on capitol hill. >> the hill isg. hopp that's for sure. house speaker nancy pelosi says this is about stopping executive overreach. the president declaring aal
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natimergency to get billions more than congress appropriatedth for a sn border barrier. now a live look -- there's nancy pelosi speaking there on the house floor. the vote is set to take place shortly as we said. the resolution is expected to pass easilyhere in the house. it is cat governorized as privileged, whi means that the senate is going to be required to take it up and vote on it there. demo and republicans say they have concerns about the president's move. >> this is the most consequential vote we've taken with respect to the separation ofn powers probably decades. and with respect to the balance of power and t constitution between the president and congress. >> this is about making sure that we respect the lines and the les of authorities that are laid out in the constitution. >> now even if this measure does pass the senate, the president is prepared to use his first ever veto we hear.
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but as this folds, we're also seeing another spectacle. president trump's long-time fixer, michael cohen is in his first of three days of tretimony he in washington. today behind closed doors s wit theate intelligence committee. cohen is in the spotlight tomorrow as he answers questions publically from house oversight committeeme ers. nbc news learned that cohen plans to testify about what he believes to be criminal conduct by the president both prior to and since he took office. jim, back to you. >> a big week on the hill. leon, thanks so much. a dramatic shooting caught a cam inside a d.c. nightclub here. we want to warn you what you're about see may be disturbing. and this surveillance footage you can clearly see three suspects involvehere. news4 mark segraves has our report. >> reporter: according to a f manage the restaurant who didn't want to go on camera.
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after the restaurant closed that saturday night, a private p moteer put on a party here with a deejay and thet's where trouble started. therwere postings on social media advertising a party with drink specials. security cameras captured much of what happened. >> it's absolutely horrible offense, which is why we have the video out there. we're asking the community to come forward and assist us in identifying these suspects. >> reporter: it started with an exchange of words. then you can see as people try to separate the two men who were arguing. then t s firstuspect pulls out a handgunes and fir one shot. then he pushes his wth through crowd firing at least four more shots as the victim lay on the floor. the victim is then seene floor leaning against the bar bleeding from his leg. the suspect then returns trying ctim.ck and stomp the at one point beating the victim with a chair as two other suspects watch. the first suspect is then seen
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walking towardhe door. the victim then lungs at a second suspe and the two men struggle. then that second suspect throws a bar stoolvi on the ctim. later the female suspect wearing a backpack comes back to look for the gun, which she finds. she'seen putting it into her backpack and heading tard the door. >> the victim waso transported local hospital for treatment and is recovering from his injuries. >> reporter: police closedau th rent for four days after the shooting which happened in january it has since been allowed to reopen. shomari stone is heading to loudon county where the school board meeting could get heated. earlier this month kids at madison trust elementary took part in a physical obstacle course that was meant to imitate
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the slave experience on the underground railroad look for the latest on the meeting at 11:00. a lawmaker has been stripped of her com leadership for saing a racial slur. delegate mary ann i apologized to the legislative black caucus today a said she's agreed to takein par sensitivity training. "the washington post" said she used it during a conversation with a colleague at a cigar bar in annapolis. a story you'll see only on news4 tonight, the owner of a security firm accused of killing his girlfriend and the question a at lead tene outside the courthouse. i'm doreen gentzler wh a rare look inside d.c.'s forensic lab. see how space is opening up new frontiers in crime fighting.
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plus how distant relatives can become genetic informants, potentially exposing everyone o e family tree. big pharma takes on congress. >> you control more of the market, wouldn't that bring down your price? i learned that in economics 101. >> the surprising admission today from one of the nation's biggest drug makers when asked why you're paying so much fores iptions. a nice day here. 51 d.c., 42 hagerstown. 28 just to the north. much warmer to the south.we 're right in th e
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we are learning new information tonight about ang distur discovery made right around this time yesterday. a body found by a bus stop along busy old georgetown road in bethesda just outside the
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beltaway. thin the past hour the police tell us the victim in this case is a man. news4 chris gdon has our story. >> reporter: police say it is now a homicide investigat,n. the vict a man, his age and identity appartly unknown. the woman who found the bag with his body in it beside the bus stop asked that we not use her name or shower face. >> i was terrified at first. it's not something that you want to see. but i stayed as calm as i could. and i knew that i needed ce call the po >> reporter: shealled 911 from the j-2 bus. she said she was last at that bus stop friday morning at 10:30 a.m. and there was no bag there at the time. she didn't notice if there monday morning when she arrived for work. she said monday evening at 5:30 the bag for the first time. >> it was a black tarp or bag of
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some sort. it was some type of covering. and it had the draw string on it. and it -- it wa kind of open so that's when i pulled it back and i saw the two legs. >> you saw two legs? >> um-hum. >> any clothing. >> no. >> reporter: detectives did not open the bag or examine the body on the scene because it wa windy and they wanted to preserve the evidence. they sent the bag to the medical examiner's office receiving the report that the male victim was apparently murdered somewhere else and dumped at the bus stop. n>> it is unusual place, that's why we're hoping that be nuse of theber of people that traverse that area we're hihoping somebody saw som and can give us a call. >> reporter: police are offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arres in this murder. now ahead tonight we will hear from a neighborhood here in bethesda who says he was riding
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his bicycle on that sidewalk past that bus stop just an hour before the body bag was discovered. we'll hear what he saw ahead tonight on news4 at 6:00. that's the latest live inth da. wendy, back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you chris. those popular home dna test kits, they are opening a new frontier in crime fighting. doreen gentzler is here to show us how police are using family members to catch criminals and track down new leads in cold cases. doreen. >> reporter: wendy we're seeing this more often. it's a mix of science and skill with detectives zeroing in on a suspect through a relative's dna, even someone who has never taken a genetic test could be exposed. it starts with a swap of your cheek or a tube of your saliva. that's all you need to dig into your uniqu dna for clues to your health and heritage.
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now with the popularity of 23 and me, ancestry.com, forensic gene yolg has been a tool fighting crime. >> if a family member puts their dna in these data bases, law enforcement can make a connection. >> reporter: the technique got attention last year after the golden state killer was captured in california nearly 40 years after his reign of terror began. the big break in the case, dna from a distant relative on a public genealogy website police didn't need a warrant to tap into it. >> there are no scific parameters for going into those data bases, the companies themselves have certain restrictions. >> as home dna kits get m e popular, the data bases are
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growing larger. >> any time you smoke a cigarette, drink a cupping with eat with a awe tensile, those are all potentially sources of s ur dna. >> t a look inside d.c.'s crime lab. e work here every day has helped solve sex assats, murders and cold cases. what's more it could prevent future crime. dr. jennifer smith is the director of d.c.'s department of foreitic sciences decades of past experience working at the fbi. she's seen the science evolve. >> in a that day age we needed a sta the size of a nickel. now we can get dna from very, very small ains. we had a case where an individual was wearing a hat and they went into a store, they shot someone. when they came out, the hat tlew ofir head, we were able to retrieve the hat and from the inside of that hat we were able to get that alindivi dna and
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through the data base comparison we were able to fin that individual. >> as for what's next? >> in the future we're going to be able to perhaps predict what a pers's hair color is or eye color is. we might be able to determine what the ancestry is. >> reporter: critics say it raises significant questions about privacy. but for those in law enforcement, t safety aspect outweighs those concerns. >> apprehending criminals to me is the highest priority to consider. if it's working within the law and gets t case solved, then all the better. >> reporter: just know this. by takin any of those genetic tests you'rein essentially g up the rights to your dna, potentially becoming a getic informant for officers and exposing everyone on your family tree. maryland and d.c. right now are the only two jurisdictions in the country that bic the p from using familial dna searches
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to solve crimes. just last month a maryland lawmaker took it a step further introducing a bill that would prohibit maryland officers from searching public gene yolg bases. more than 60% of people with european ancestry can be identified using data bases even if they never submitted their dna. 60% because of these dna tests. >> everyone is doing this. yes. to find out their heritage. >> sure. >> you can see both sides to this. >> yeah. interesting debate. >> more tomorrow night. >> thanks, doreen. the reward for the so called belt way d banditbled to $10,000 tonight. the fbi tells us he has robbed 20 banks so far over the last ar. look at these newly released surveillance pictures. the most c recente happened this month in arlington, the fbi
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one more reason - you've given us a reason not to look forward to the weekend.s. congratulati >> again! >> thanks a lot. >> we haven't had many dry weekends at all. i went back and onl two dry weekends so far. last year not too many either. wendy,ou didn't get the memo apparently? >> the purple memo, ishat it? >> i'll wear my purple tie tomorrow. >> all rit. >> banda na. >> hello. let's look out there right now, what are we dealing with? a nice afternoon. a lot of people thinking spring has sprung, but thas not the case. sunshine yes, temperatures on the nice side, yes. 53 was the temperature earlier now dow to 51 winds out of the northeast 5
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miles per hour. we're cool to the north. 42 degrees hagerstown. 54 fredericksburg. 62 in charlottesville. a 20-degree temperature difference across our entire region. that's amazing. much colder to the north and warmer south. nothing on the radar right now. we're not going to see anything either. we're all clear. a fewlouds but that's it. the wider picture depicting a couple storms one to the north across lake michigan in chicagon then r showers down to the south. these systems will move right around us so we stay dry for the next couple days. that's good news we need a dry period as we move through the next couple days. school day tomorrow out at the bus stop, 33 degrees. kes, it will be chilly for the kids. ure they have the jackets for sure. 45 at recess. picking up the kids around 48 degrees. so not a bad day, temperatures on theool side. speaking of kids, the bus stop, i want to say hello to t can
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kids at shell elementar school. this was the third grade class. i want to say hello to them. these are special kids had a great time wit them, a lot of great questions and they were able to answer my questions to them. a couple pop quizes they did fantastic on. so thank you for having me out ery county ntg today. march bringing in the cold. the kids want to know how much more snow we're going to have. a couple good areas. mild to the south, cold to the north. we're in the middle of that starting march we change, we got back to the cold,atch the cold air move in for the entire first week maybe twoks w of march. we watch storms moving into the regike, possibly this w coming up the coast. that's a good chance for snowfall. a chance coming up on friday, that's a small chance, a small storm if if anything happens at all. 49 onur wednesday, 50 on ay.
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a couple dry days under mostly cloudy skies. friday 46. let's show you what we're looking at here's 1:00 a.m., 5:00 a.m., snow coming through but by 8:00 it's out of here. it does come through during the morning rush. chance of rain coming up on saturday. here is your wintery pattern as we head towards the first week of march. chance of rain or snow sunday, monday. watching that stormclosely. a couple more into next week. >> dougu. thank a high stakes meeting between president trump and the leader of north korea. live from the summit site in vietnam. she'll breake down what w can expect. plus stay with us, new details in the case of a security company owner accused of killing his girlfriend. what prosecutors say was the motive for murder. e's very sweet. whenever you call her, whenever
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>> announcer: inyou're wat news4 at 5:00. the big story at 5:30 now f you're just joining us tonight, a baby girl unharmed after she
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was kidnapped in a car theft in ince george's county. >> tracee wilkins first on the scene as the police took the girl to waiting vehicle to see her mother. she was kidnapped around 2:45 this aft gnoon at aas station on mlk highway in seat pleasant. the thieves dumped the girl just across the d.c. county line.>> police still searching for that stolen vehicle it's a dark grey chevy traverse with maryland license plate 4cm8371. in an alexandria courtroom today, prosecutors played a chilling cell phone video, it shows the moments justh. >> her boyfriend, and employer, a married man is charged if in her murder. in a storyl you only see on news4 we are hearing from some
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victim's close friends. >> julie carey has that story. >> reporter: she t came this country from egypt and began rking in security. her heart brokenay friends she looked out for them, too. this friend asked we not show her face. >> she's very sweet. enever you call her, need her, she's always there. >> reporter: but friends said her relationship with her employer had gotten rocky, she learned he was married and wanted to break things off. >> she was telling me like take the -- w they fight or argue, take the gun and squeeze it here like i'm going to kill you if you go out. >> reporter: police and prosecutors say kankum made good on that threat, on january 11 she was found dead in her apartment, she was shot once in the mouth.
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in court prosecutors played a video from her cell phone made just before she died. in it she tells her drunk boyfriend to leave. he tells her, you're pissinge off. do you believe that your husband killed this woman or not? seconds later this friend tried to push away our camera. his defense attorneys also declining comment but in court they grilled one detective about the eight-hour long interrogation of their client, asking did mr. kankam ever say he shot somaya. the detecve, no. he denies it repeatedly? yes. still the judge said there's enough evidence to t move case to the next stage, to the grand jury. a former alexandria pastor is going to spend eight years in ison for cheating his
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congregation out of millions. sentencing wrapped up in the minutes. the pastor and his wife were convicted in 2017 in a fraud scheme that stole $2 million from members of the church and its investors. he served as the senr pastor ofvictoria's life church. his former con agr gats spoke at today's hearing. overseas where president trump will be meeting once again with north korean leader kim jong-un. the pair will have dinner ahead of a second summit and once utagain they the focus on denuclearization. hallie jackson is traveling with the president this week and joins us live. before leaving, mr. trump talked about the goal ofre a nuclear korea but seemed to temper expectations. would the white house consider a measure of success here? ha reporter: you nailed it, jim. the idea the white house is working to tamp down
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expectations to a degree.so what would the white house consider a success? kim giving something up, right? concession kind of ce it relates to his nuclear ll 23ish8s, officials inside the trump administration now say kim has not done what he said he would do as it relates to denucleization that he still does have the nuclear ambition. so what could come out of thisg? th there is some discussion that perhaps kim may, for example, offer up inspections to a nuclear facility in exchange for certain ccessions from th u.s. what might those carrots be? the incentives including for exple easing up on minor regime, s against the that might be one possibility. other could be the u.s. working to formally negotiating an end to th warko on than peninsula. so these are things that may come up in the discussion. you mentioned somethite sting that's going to happen, we're just heading into breakfast time here in hanoi, so
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at dinner time, when president trump and kim jong-un meet that'soing to a small group, mick mulvaney and mik pompeo will be in the room. before that, it's just president trump and kim jong-un, presumably their interpreters, meeting one on one set for 20 onnutes, to be a fly on the wall for that discus there could be x factors related to what these leaders talk about, what they may say, commit to each othe in that private discussion before the group a widens o dinner and then the summit the next day. there's a lot we're wating over the next 18 hours or so. the president is headed bac to his hotel after landing here in hanoi. over your time in washington is when the action is going to happen here. we'll have it all on nbc "nightly news." >> thanks so much. we'll see you on nightly edicated to fallen heroes but it also happens to be a cross.
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over if next few days into the weekend we have the chance to be impacted by three storms in our area, one on a friday two potentially over the weekend
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and they do involve some snow. do and i are going to be taking a closer look at potential delays, will school be impacted? all of that right around 5:50. the skyrocketing price of our prescriptionrugs today top executives were forced to answer to congress. ceos from seven major drug makers grilled for hours about the high cost of their medications. the executives do support some ideas from lawmakers that wodud the cost of drugs but they were hesitantlio lower thei prices. merks ceo admitted the poorest people often end up paying the most. >> in some ways the reimbursement system here is regress i've. the people who can lead afford it are paying the most. i do not. i can tell you that is toe the biggest problem that we have as a counted is we now have a system where the poorestnd the
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sickest are subsidizing others. >> so just how bad is the problem? let's look at some of the numbers. according to the consulting firm rx savings solutions in just the first two months of 2019 more than 650 drugs have seen price hikes. the c for those brands went up an average of 6% this year some as much as 9.5%. it's a special night at capital one arena, the capsat celeg black history in hockey and legends are taking the ice at the arena. sherree burruss is live with more on what we can expect. big night on tap. >> it is. we are just hours away from black history in hockey night as the capitals hosthe senators. civil rights leader and u.s. representa be taking part in a ceremonial puck dropit along hall of famer william oree, the first
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black player in the nhl with the boston bruins in 1958. the 83-year-old was a guest at the canadia embassy this morning, visiting the black hockey history tour mobile museum. he's blind in his right eye after getting hit with buc when he was younger and he said the advice of his older brothert is w got him through the older years. >> he said names will never hurt you unless you let them. besides being black and blind, i was faced with racism, prejudice, bigotry and ignorance. there wasn't a day that went by that i played that there weren't racial slurs and taunts towards me. i let it in one ear and out the other. >> do you feel there could be progress made with more african-americans in hockey? >> yes. hockeyore kids playing today than ever before,ore rinks constructed. hockey is a unique sport.
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you nee to get on the ice to develop your skills and your talent. i think in the upcoming years you're going to see more players of color in the national hockey league. >> reporter: he was saying when heig did in games when he was in the national hockey league it wasn't because of th racial remarks, it was him trying to fight back some of the other guys if they hit him or check him during a game. >> there is fighting in hockey. we know that. what a icon and inspiration. so glad to see him here. peace cross was dedicated to honor soldiers who lost their lives at war but some say it's violation of church and state. coming up how the u.s. supreme court will decide its fate. a 72-year-old man was struck g near the this morn entrance to the onramp of
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tragedy tonight in tysons after a deadly hit and run. 72-year-old was hit and killed while walking home from work this morning. the man struck just feet from one of the gas stations where he worked along leesburg pike right next to the ramp along beltway. megan fitzgerald is live with the new information. >> reporter: police tell uss t crash happened around 6:00 this morning right near the onramp to the 495 south entrance here. i talked to this man'scoworker who saw him a couple minutes before he was struck and killed. >> he's very nice. you know, he's very gentleman. >> for nearly a year he worked at this shell gas station on leesburg pike in wt park
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drive. his coworker say he worked the overnight shi and saw him before he left this morning at 5:45. t he remembeir last conversation. >> he told me morning, mr. ali, can i have some -- i told yes, okay. you can take. i pay. >> reporter: then he started walk home as he does every day. but about an hour later, police owed up at his job. >> the officer came here to show me hispicture. and he told me it was accident. end, you know, it was so sad. >> reporter: somet after 6:15 police say they received a call that a body was found nea the crosswalk on route 7 near the onramp to 495 south. it was chundra, who coworkers say moved here from napal for a
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betterlife. police spent hours on scene investigating but so far no leads. >> very sad. so this is life. but i wish the can find the driver. >> reporter: police are really leaning on thet. public toni they're asking anyone who has information about this crash tx contact fairounty police right away. back to you. >> meganfitzgerald. thanks megan. 28 years after desert storm veterans are getting their o memorial on the national mall. a ceremony was heldoday at what will be the national desert storm and desert shield war memorial. the final location is a meaningful on steps from the vietnam memorial and in the shadow of the lincoln memorial. it's t expected open veterans day 20. today hundreds attended a
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service for pastor cherry. is congregation was one of the largest in the united states. he retired from the church last year and his son is nowleader. dr. cherry continued to focus on his international ministry until his unexpeed death last week. he passed away from complicat n complica procedure at the age of 79. this peace cross located in bladensburg has been here almost 100 years. it honors soldier who lost their lives in world war i, now it's at the center of a legal debate. as the supreme court prepares to hear the case tomorrow. news4 darcy spencer with a look at both sides of this controversial issue. >> reporter: peace cross is a towering memorial in bladensburg, dedicated to soldiers who lossed their lives in wlds war i but some view it asiotion of church and
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state. what's your issue. >> it's a religious symbol onan government ld being paid for taxplayers. >> reporter: fred edwards is a plaintiff in a lawsuit arguing that the cross doesn't belong here. the case made it up to the u.s. supreme court, which will hear arguments on wednesday. >> it's not about taking something down or destroying something. it about seeing to it that we honor all veterans equally. >> reporter: the 40-foot memorial was dedicated in 1925. it honors the livesf 49 prince george's county residents who died in the war. it's located in memorial park right at the busy css roads of baltimore avenue andbu blade road. she's filming a documentary on the fight to save it. >> they made up this lawsuit so these people can feel important and they can recruit people into their organization and
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fundamentally change the american -- our way of life. reporter: the mayor of bladensburg said the memorial is part of the town's history. >> we have a very diverse someation, some of fait who are not, some from very different backgrounds and cultures. the one thing i can tell you they doot sagree on is supporting this memorial. >> reporter: you can see there is a tarp on top because it's in needf some serious repairs, they're estimated at $100,000, that work is on hold until the fate of theemorial is decided. in bladensburg, darcy spencer news4. 10:00 a.m. arts at tomorrow. justices have allowed for more than one hour for arguments. well, let's look at our forecast, which was lovely today, but it is going to fee like a different region by this weekend? >> yeah. headed into march. we're moving from february to h, mao we're supposed to be getting on the warmer side of
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things. >> not so fast. >> exactly right. we're going to get on the colder side for sures we head into the first week of march. day nice, temperatures in the low 50s. saw 40s to the north, upper 50s to near 60s to the south. right now the cloud coverage out there, 51 degrees. temperatures dropping through the next few hours as the sun makes its waydown. down to 41egrees by 11:00 tonight. cool night but not as cold. dry conditions over the next utuple days. i'm not worried a rainfall or snow wednesday or thursday. y.iday a different st we'll talk about that in a second. two storms one to the north, one he south. they're going to stay to the north and south, we're right in the middle. that means more cloud cover tomorrow and right on the difference between cold air -- look how much colder it is to the north. p intsburgh, 28 in state college. 62 in richmond. we would love to get ther warme
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coming in but that's not the case. the frontal boundary is sit here. 20 degrees difference between hagerstown and richmond. i think we'll see that again tomorrow. 49 degrees. we'll see some sun early and more clouds in the afternoon. cloud cover increasing on thursday with a high on50. chance of a mix on friday. most of this is snow early friday morning, if we see anything at all. this is something we're going to be watchin closely. it sets the trend here. we're not thinking much about this friday storm atall, are we amelia draper? >> no. t when we'king about any snow in the forecast we have to break out the bread meter, soid for , where does it land? based on what doug and i are seng right now, absolutely no worries out there. this isn't even up to go if your pantry is empty. you'll be able to get out thursday throughout the entire day and by friday afternoon no issues. so what to expect later this
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week? we're keeping a close eye on those temperatures on friday. overall the storm system is looking too warm to see much in the way ofmu action. talking about the best chance for snow to stick on grassy surfaces but anything falling from the sky could impact the commute, so your fridayorng commute could be a slow go with snow or rain out thane. accumulation is looking really minor. not seeing cancellions on friday. thursday throughout the day it is dry. even coming home thursday at 5:00 p.m. we're at 50 degrees with cloudysk s. 36 in washington, low 30s north and west oftown, with snow. maybe a bit of a mix by friday afternoon.e and the t to get snow is wearing out, although we have plenty of chaes for it on our ten day forecast. our average last snowfallth ove last 30 years february 24th. that was two days ago.
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our last snowfall on record, april 28, 1898.in >> we have oneof mild day with temperatures above average on saturday that comes with ra g. and w right back to winter. almost to january-like temperatures as we'll be ithe 30s and 20s. many of you in the teens. another possible storm monday andnoednesday ander on friday. >> got them lined up out there, doug thahe you. you ride it you're not exactly feeling the wind in your hair. >> no. it's a snail pace. but d.c. streetcar is sti popular with some riders. adam tuss reports on its impact as it celebrates three years in service. >> reporter: that's right a birthday party for the streetcar. i'm going to let you know where it goes next. new at 6:00, lawmakers aim to crack down on
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d.c.'sro streetcaram got off to a rocky start, it was years behind schedule millions of dollars behind budget. >> and some questioned whether it made any sense at al but today the streetcar celebrated its third birthday and h been drawing decent
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crowds. >> transportation reporter adam tuss who once out walked it is there to tell us where it's headed next. >> reporter: a birthday party fill with balloons, cake, smiles but this wasn't a celebrion for a person. it was a celebration for the d.c. streetcar. mayor muriel bowser praisingnhe of criticized 2.2 mile streetcar system o its third birthday. >> today we can look back on that day three years later and see what a success the d.c. streetcar has been. >> reporter: but while there arl ty of streetcar jokes to goar nd, i should know, i was involved in one where i beat tho streetca foot, talked to a lot of people riding the streetcar like derah. >> thr years, happy birthday. >> they say it's working for them. ey want it to expand. >> i like the convenience, i wish it was going to like northwest side.
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so h years it'll be in northwest. >> reporter: there are some preliminarylans to extend the streetcar but nothing close to final. the most recent internal numbers show that over 90,000 riders used it in december and at times erdesership has topped 100,000 a month o said it revitalized the eighth street corridor. >> it's easier to go from one side tthe other without getting on the bus. >> remember, it is still free for now, but on its third birthday, the streetcar keeps rolling. in northeast adam tuss, news breaking now at 6, a baby girl abducted. >> suspects entered the car and carjacked her car t with 1-year-old in it. >> the frantic moments between a car theft and a family's reunion. michael cohen's first marathon day of testimony. what we're learning about his
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revelation to senators behind closed doors. while the house votes to reject what they call ae fak energy. teenagers caught sharing naked pictures on apchat. police investigating it as a ld porn c a baby is back in her mother's arms tonight after arr ying ordeal today. >> the 1-year-old was kidnapped when two men stole her mother's car. that girl was found safe a few blocks away. our cameras were there when the little girl was placed safely in a police car.wi >> traceins is live where began.aos police are still hunting for the car jackers aren't they? >> reporter: they are still looking for the tse car jackers. we were first on scene here at the hijacking and wre the bab was foun

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