right now on "news4 midday new information on the man suspected of attacking new mosques in new zealand killing 49 people. >> we have undoubtedly experienced an attack that's unprecedented, unlike anything we've experienced before. >> the suspected attacker may have wrote a manifesto before the attack. we'll have the latest on this ng story. and for the second day in a row, students walking out of class to get the attention of lawmakers. this time as part of our worldwide movement. a another mild day out there but i'm keeping a close are on storm team form r because we could see a shower or

two out there. mypdated forecas soon. announcer:stnews4 midday" ts now. >> good morning i'm melissa mollet. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. we continue to follow the latest developments out ofd. new zeal nearly 50 people are dead and 40 hurt following what off are calling a well-planned terrorist attack. a gunman opened fire at two mosques tt were filled with friday worshippers. the violence has shocked t world. the shooting happened in christ chur christchurch on the east of new zealand's south island. one man has been charged with murder. police say he wa motivated by hate. nbc bill neely has more on the investigation into how this hateened. >> rep minutes after the massacre, a stream of wounded begin arriving at city hospitals, many with multiple gun shot wounds. armed police still hunting fore gunmtill unsure if the

attacks are over and dazed survnors who had b through unimaginable horror. this man saw the killer. >> hhad glasses and he was dressed inmitary. he had guns. > reporter: minutes after t shooting, police were filmed arresting a man. they later held two other armed men and w aan and found two explosive devices attached to cars. >> so far, one person, a male in his late 20s has been charged with epmurder. >> rorter: police say he was not o any new zealand terror watch list. s they the man streamed his massacre live from a body camera and left along anti-immigrant document. >> this is one of new zeald's darkest days. clearly what hasappened here is an extraordinary and

unprecedented act of violence. >> reporter: police are advising new zealanders to avoid all mosques a aftern attack that has stunned this normally peaceful country. police sources have told our partners that the killer is 28-year-old brenten tarret and he calmly reloaded his weapon during the massacre. now re raiding homes right and they're investigating a threat to the islamic community the killer posted on facebook before the attack. its a terrible irony that many of those killed were refugees from war zones seeking peace in what was one of the world'scoun bill kneely nbc news, london. >> president trump offed condolences via twitter. 49 innocent peoe have so senselessly died. the u.s. stands bynd new zea for anything we can do, end quote. coming , megan mcgrath will

have a live report from the counsel onmerica islamic relations, the nation's largest muslim organization will hold a news conference t respond to today's killings at mosque and it will call for an end to islamaphobia, wte supremacist and anti-immigrant bigotry arou the world. new this morning, students take to the streets in d.c. to urge increased action to combat climate change. this is part of a worldwide movement. the coordinated school strikes were inspired by a 16-year-old swedish activist after she delivered a powerful speech at the united nations climate summit in december. all right. let's switch gears now. weake turn to our weather. we're headed into the weekend and we're watching for rain. give us the update on the timing of this rain. i have my umbrella. i'm tready. good news is, i think for us in the metro area, just ar spotty shor two. south and east of washington we could be dealing with some

thunder storms,ome impressive rain fall and strong gusty winds in the late afternoonin and ev hours. here's the latest. i've also added the satellite on here so you can see the clouds. much more cloudiness around the i-81 corridor. here's a look at the bigger picture where you can see this broken line of showers. this is going to be heading our way. it could touch off a showe in the metro area but as it advances into southern maryland, down around fredericksburg, we could see some impressive thunderstorms develop with all we're heating that getting out ahead of this system. here's the latest on future we 1her. this i0 p.m. we're still dry across the area. we hit about t 2:00, theret shower activity in the metro area. as this front advances toward the east with the late afternoon and evening hours, this is 7:00 p.m. notice t bright colors. that's the potential for thunderstorms in southern marynd down around the northern neck. we could see some gusty winds

and some heavy rainfall. i'll have much mor on this and how it impacts the weekend at 11:20. >> thank you. bullets fly in a crowded part of northwest d.c. leaving one man dead. the gunfire was first reported around 6:30 thursday evening on columbia road not far from the station. police say a man with a gun walked up to the victim, shot himnd just walked off. we are told this was a targeted shting and not random. investigators believe they saw the shooter on a surveillance camera. he's described as a slim man wearing an all-black top with a hood. developing in the district over ight, gunfire southeast d.c. hits two women. the shooting happened just before midnight on 30 street. police say both women were conscious and breathing when ems arrived. new information about a body und on saturday in statford, virginia. it was a 16-year-old who attended falls church high school. jackie benson spoke to his

thursday. arents she has more from falls church. >> reporter: for the safety of jackson's mother and her remaining family we're not identifying her. she spoke to u in spani describing her grief at a text she received this weekend, a picture of aloody tattoo on a man's forearm. she said she knew it meant her son was dead. she told us jackson was certain that the price of leaving the gang he was involve with was death and he recently begun living in a house in prince george's county to spare his family and siblings. she says heold them, kill me instead. because police believe that jackson was killed atha house in prince george's coty, detectives from prince george's are the lead investigative agency. in falls church, jackie benson,

news4. alsos because offic believe he was killed in prijs, the police there will take over as she just mentioned as the investigators for this murder case. this morning we know the police officer and the woman involved in this crash in manassas are both expected to be okay. this happened here noekzville road. the prince william countyea officer ad to have the right-of-way and was turning when the womant barreled strai into the cruiser. the officer had to be pulled from the car but they are expected to be okay. he was supposed to be helping people in need,ut admitted to taking thousands in bribes. >> prosecutors say d.c. government case worker took cash and sex in exchangeor socia services. justin finch has the shocking details. >> reporter: prosecutors were ableo crack this case wide-open exposing this case worker's con that cost a d.c. department of human services well over a million dollars.

the prosecution naming millan as the master mind in this case. he did plead guilty i yesterday federal court. now he was a case worker with a d.um department of services and he was therefore about 13 years but it was between last april and july of last year that began to raise some red the fed says he signed off on a number of fraudulent benefit payments of food stamps and welfare benefits and we're talking about hundreds of the each worth about $1,000. theer recipients were mostly women and for some of those women, prosecutors say that he did solicit sexuas favors well as about $380,000 in cash kickbacks, that's on top of close to $1.5 milln in squandered food stamps and welfare benefits. it is nourprise that this led to serious changes in d.c.'s human serces department. >> we have certainly tighten our contro since those activities

occurred last july. we have lowered the paymentol thre we have changed the controls and thorizations in how we issue irregular payments and we made our reportingep andt analysis much more sophisticated. >> reporter: investigators also found about $75,000 in cash in mcmillan's home. heill be sentenced in june and prosecutors say they may go after some of those recipients who took those benefits. in northwest, i'm justin finch, news4. >> you. today there will be a big celebration on the steps of the supreme court. >> fans of justice ruth bader ginsberg will beor hg her 86 birthday by exercising. a plank-like rbg event will be held this afternoon at 5:00. organizers say they were inspired by a recent interview where she called her trainer the most important person in her life. more than 2,000 people expressed interest on the facebook inve an more than 500 have committed

and confirmed they're attendance. it's going to be fun. >> and hard. this morning president trump is reacting to a group of senate publicans who voted against his national emergency. what he plans to do? ne and new information from radio recordings from a plane that crashed in ethiopia. the crash hase led to grounding of the boeing max 737's around the world. more details coming up. [music playing] (sashimi) psst. hey, you! the one with the designer dog collar.i wondering hograded to this sweet pad? a 1,200-square-foot bathroom, and my very own spa. all i had to do was give my human "the look". with wells fargo's 3% down payment on a fixed-rate loan

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now to the latest in the investigation into the plane crash in ethiopia tha prompted the grounding of boeing's 737 maxes. e black box are now in paris and french and american investigators are beginning their analysis. in the meantime, three u.s. based airlines are still juggling schedulo make up for the ground aircraft. tom costello reports.

>> reporter: from miami to dallas, chicago to l.a., the 737 max groundings have got american and ssthwest airli scrambling, canceling some flights, finding replacement planes for others. 20,000 passengers effected. >> our first reaction was, what are we goi to do now, because we knew we going to miss our connection >>flights. eporter: meanwhile, this morning the "new york times" has the final radio conversation between the panicked captain of ethiopian flight 302 and air-traffic controllers. brake, brake. request back to home the captain radioed. request vector for landing. the pilots were struggling to control thelane and the faa says there are striking similarities with the lion air max 8 crash in indonesia last october. satellite data shows the lion air plane experiencedrric vertical speed readings after taking off, up and down over seven minutes, climbing at 1,500 feet per minute then

descending at 1,500 feet per minute. data from the ethiopian plane i similar, up and down, then up d again over a very volatile two minutes. investigators are looking at whether a software glitch may have mistakenly pushed the nose of the lion airplane down with the pilot's fighting to pull the nose up. id the same thing happen in ethiopia? former air canada pilot says reacting fastn to inflight emergency requires intense trainingnd experience. >> somehow this has slipped through the training for some of the pilo. this is a training issue because you should know how to deactivate that system but if you're not even aware that the systems exists, youev wouldn't think of it. >> reporter: the airline captain was just 29 years old with 8,000 flying hours. the copilot had very littleus experience jt 200 hours. this morning ntsb and french investigators are beginning to

analyze the plane's badly damaged black boxes. as the faa faces backlash for only grounding the 737 max in e u.s. after the rest of the world had acted first. >> of course, they didn't act quick enough. they should have been the first up to bat on this. they should have been the first one out of the gate. >> and tom costello also reports that the black boxes are so damaged, french investigators are worried about further damaging the recordings so they plan to move very slowly. the initial analysis could take days, even weeks. president trump is at the pentagon. the president and vice president, mike pence will meet with acting defense secretary patrickn shanaha along with other top officials. the meeting comes one day after shanahan was grilled by lawmakers on president trump's plan to use military funding for his proposed border wall. that funding was put in question by members of the idprt's own party. the senate passed a resolution yesterday to termina the

president's national emergency o declar tracie potts explains what happened and what it all means. >> are there any senators wishing to change their vote? >> reporter: a republican revolt. 12 members of the esident's own party joined democrats to denounce what they consider apo r grab. president trump declaring a national emergency to pay for a border wall after congres said no. >> this is not about the president or about border . securi this is a constitutional issue. >> reporter: the constitution says congress, not the president, decides how to spend tax dollars. >> so now he's violating the constitution to steal money that has been appropriated by this branch. >> reporter: some republicans are concerned it sets aad precedent and could backfire on them. >> already democrat presidential candidates are saying they would declare emergencies toake down e existing border wall, to take away guns. >> reporter: the block from congress will for mr.trump's

first esidential veto. >> i'll do a veto. >> president trump will prevail. his veto will be sustained. >> reporter: still democrats are hopeful. >> my hope is republicans n e how this president is and understand that it is ion possible, in fact, courageous to stand up him. >> reporter: unlikely allies across party lines but for how long? s house democra they'll try to override this veto. it doesn't look like they have the votes to do so. what's even tougher in the senate where they'd have to get eight more republicans to go against president trump. tractts, nbc news, washington. the college admission scandal is growing. aer stanford univty student says the degree she's earning won't be worth ash muc following the scandal. ca leah woods is suing the eight universities involved. the case could become a class action lawsuit involving more than 1 million students. the civil complaint is also been

filed by a mother who said the scandal kept her child from being admitted to certain schools. william singer pleaded guilty to king millions ofollars from the country's rich, fams and powerful to get their children into elite schools. accused ori lachlan is of paying half a million dollars to get her girls into usc. it's costing her family big money. channel the hallmark fired her who's won of its best known stars. her daughter was also dropped by e forra and tres may hair care an investigation has led to a new law to protect students in virginia. 9-year-old wesley died when he was caught in a motorized room partition at eranconamentary school last year. a news4 consumer investigadon fo that of the 21 school districts in the d.c. area, 17 of them had no formal written policies on who is allowed to operate those motorized part iions.

no honor of young wesley, virginia governor ralph northam had signed a bill to set safety standards for tse of those motorized partitions. virginiaow joins new york as the only two states with laws requiring safety devices to be used with those partitions. now to the latest on the alleged damascus locker room assault. a 15-year-old boy accused of raping fellow members of his il football teambe tried as a juvenile. the teen is one of five charged last fall. he's the third of the teens who's case has been moved this year from adult court t juvenile court. a psychologist report says the 15-year-old was thef victim a similar attack the previous year. >> he said he didn't report it becaus he didn't wan to be able a snitch or a punk. >> one other s 15-year-oldtill is charged as an adult. prosecutors say they will fight to keep his case i adult court. this morning an exclusive look at a deeply personales pr we're taking you inside the

fairfax county adult detention center where people arerying to find sobriety. it's a unique program that's turng a jail sentence into addict >> david culver now with that story. >> reporter: how'd you end up here? >> the decisions i made. >> reporter: it has taken several flock-ups aaron myers to take ownership of his actions. this most recent incarceration started1 months ago for drug possession and intent to distribute. do you think this ishe last time you'll be incarcerated? >> i can't -- i mean that's the goal. i can't say yes or no i don't know. i mean, i've been taught to stay in the all i have is today. >> reporter: it is a profound self-areness that aaron, now 32, learned here. >> you are then next generat of people in recovery. >> reporter: he's one of about a dozen inmates taking part in a pilot program. >> they named is star.

>> reporter: the sheriff brought tthe program the adult detention centers. >> these are volunteers. nobody told them you have to be this program. >> reporter: the participants must apply and be accepted into the progra they live in the same qrters and spend their days dnderstanding the deep roo trauma that led to the addiction. do you think this is a life chprging ram? >> yes. i'm blessed to have the opportunity to be apart of this, because it's not just about us, but about people that are going to come after us. >> reporter: including aaron's 8-yearld son who he hopes to become a role model for. >> it's definitely motivating when he lights up when he sees me. >> and to have your son or daughter say, dad, i'm proud of you, it's huge. it's huge. >> reporter: using a jail sentence to create a lasting sobriety. newsirfax, david culver, teens sit down to talk about the use of social media.

coming up, what they say they wish their parents would do. and a travel expert gives us advice you probably have never hear before, including what seat you should pick on your next

welcome back. 11:25 and we're talking about thunderstorms -- >> not rig now. later today. >> there's the chance later today we're seeing some sunshin rightnow. we have warm air in place, colder air is moving in. all of those ingredients coming together to potentially lead to a few thunderstorms out there today, soto the prediction center has issued a marginal risk for some actually severe thunderstorms for parts of the area. you'll see, we have two colors of green here on the map. the lighter color just means we could see or hear a rumble of thunder. really notorried about severe weather. notice for the darker area of green is, a though,ng and east

of i-95, this continues off toward the easte shore. so in this area, this is where we could see some thunderstorms developing that could potentially be strong to severe. when i say that, i mean, we could see very r heavynfall and strong gusty winds. heads up if you're in parts of southern maryland down through the northern neck today at around the fredericksburg area, evenst ford, king george counties. i can't rule out some impressiv, thunderstoo the first time we're talking about it this season. currently our tperatures are warm. we're already in the low 70s for the most part. 72 degrees in washington. we have this warm air in place and we have nice strong winds throughout the atmosphere ands thishy i am worried about some of those stronger thunderstorms east of i-95 mainly between about 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. here in the d.c. area, i think we're just maybe going to see a few hitwe and miss s out there, not even a guarantee here inside of the beltway that we see ny rain atall. we're seeing peeks of sunshine

everywhere. it's brey out there. we stay breezy throughout the day today but throughout the day tomorrow. we have a high temperature of at 73. i think we're warming to about 75, 76 degrees. make sure to enjoy the mild air today. you can download our nbc washington app and get t radar right there on your phone so you can still head out and enjoy thr mild weand check to see if there is any rain on the radar or any thunderstorms. here's a lookt your weekend. 43 to start off the day tomorrow. 56 but with the winds it will feel much cooler. i'll be talking about the windchills on saturday and sunday morning,t is just a down right cold start out there with a temperature of 33. more on those windchills coming up in 15 minutes, ladies. >> thank you, >ma'am. trict rules are in place for truckers traveling hundreds of miles. r thoses are meant to keep us all safe, but now selksdriving trre being tested. a look at how safety is being addressed in those big rigs. and we're staying on top of that developing story out of new zealand. a deadly terror attack at two

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you're watchg "news4 midday." >> and we continue to follow the latest developments out of new zealand. the country is in mourning following a deadly terror attack. the prime ministerd it one of her country's darkest days. 49 people are dead andt at le 40 hurt after a mass shooting at two moues. e man has been charged with murder. police say he was motivated by anti-immigrant sentiments. two other people also in custody at this time. none of the suspect o were any terror watch list. this is the deadliest shootin in new zealand's history. and reaction to the terror attack is pouring in from the world and from religious groups right here in our area. >> the nation's largest muslim civil rights and advocacy group is holding a press conference on

capitol hill. >> megan m icgrath there with reaction to the mosque attacks in new zealand. megan? >> reporter: well, that press conference got under way a half hour ago. they're getting ready to wrap up here rather soon. the mass shootingst those two mosques in new zealand have sent shockwaves throu the muslim community here in our area. the centerme forrican islamic relations known as c.a.r.e. has condemned the attack. the group is calling o people worldwide to speak out against hate and those who would such acts of violence. i also talked this morning with the imam, the nation's mosque in northwest, dr. talib says he is deeply saddened by the attack and he urges muslims and other groups targeted by those to spread hate to stand together. >> never lose faith. e we are peo of faith and if you're not -- faith is somethinw you shah others. our holy book has christians,

muslims and jews and others in ae scriptural reading. we're together. >> and we tell our community, do not be afraid and do not abandon your mosques. not today. not ever. >> reporter: and the metropolitan police department here in d.c. has increasedty securound the mosques in the area. now police say that they are nor of any specific threat here in washington, but as always they urge people to report any suspicious activity they may see. back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. keep it here on news4 form updates f new zealand and the response here in the u.s. also look for updates on the nbc washington app. all right. so here's the sry that should come as no surprise to absolutely nobody. a majorit of america are afraid to ride in a self-driving car. >> this comes friday triple a,

y% of people sur say they're sceptical or afraid of the technology. only 19% say they would allow a child or other family member to ride in a self-driving car. the study did find many people feel positively about the idea of technology being used in places like theme parks a airports, despite that fear, gadichrtz shows us self-driving cars, and trucks, are becoming very close to reality. >> reporter: it's 2019 and the truck driver of the future is a female robot. >> she c talk. >> reporter: moving downrohe at 65 miles an hour you'd never know it but a computer is actually in the driver seat. og this techn created by a company called too simple relies on a min yum of five carries there's a safety driver, safety engineer in herut with us b you can see no one's touching the wheel no one's touching the brakes. how does too simple work? >> we're tracking objects 360

degrees around the vehicle out over half mile in fnt of the vehicle. >> reporter: currently the truck industry has no federal regulation. it's a state by state issue. hewe're in arizona this program is being piloted. now watch as the truck gets to work attempting a complex merge one highway. >> all right. the moment of truth. >> yep, can we make this rturn? eporter: the cameras and sensors are warning about construction on the shoulder. >> i'mnervous. >> reporter: within seconds, we're on the highway. wow. and no one touchedee the whl. > no one has touched the wheel yet. >> reporter: the company saying it's making the roads a lot safer for everyone >> this tru doesn't text. this truck doesn't fall asleep. this truck is never distracted. >> reporter: already operating five autonomous trucks. the industry is already getting crowded. tesla, waymo and even amazon all taking the new tech out forsp a in. gadi schwartz, nbc news, tucson, arizona. for 20 years i've been traveling the world and the

biggest lesson i've learned is that e fry destinationrom a big city to a small village has a soul. >> and she's in our studio this orning to share what she's learned during those years of travel. welcome, the host of pbs's samantha brown, places to love. good morning. thank you for being here. >> great to be here. >> you have some things to make us think about a little bit that we might not have thought of before starting with creating a ritual when you travel. explain that. >> if you're in a m place fore than three or four days, do one placethe same time same every single day. for me it's a place i'm going to have a cup ofoffee every morning. it makes you feel like you're mo part of the local scheme. >> i like that. take a moment. >> take a moment. 're very harried when we're travel. >> i you don't have a child with you. >> exactly. take a moment. slow down. ti can be a bully. don't let it be a bully on your vacation. create a>> ritual.

ou like that. talk about bringing old sneakers. everyone wants to have a new, fancy thing. >> o sneakers or old shoes. bring them, use them, now leave them there. you have 20% for space i your luggage to come back. we always collect things on our travels. if we'rearrying on, you don't want it to be overstuffed. bring old shoes. people bring old sweaters. leave it there. now you have more room. >> that's good idea. >> and it might make you moread nturous with the shoes. >> of course. i don't care about my shoes. >> walk away from the busy tourist spots. >> to get a feel for a destination, go to that main tourist thoroughfare and just go one block the side streets and the parallel streets are where the locals are. you get local businesses it's a little bit more calm. there are people that you can tare to find out w you should go next. you don't have to go way off the beaten path to find tse local destinations. it's usually just one block over

from where everyone is going. >> what are a couple of your favote spots to get away a little bit? >> when people go to barcelona, this main throw fare and it's all just tourist shops. one block over, all the local shops. shops,ttle mom and pop the little restaurant. >> i like that. >> okay. you also say choose a window seat at the back of the plane. why? >> to get your luggage on, everyone worries about their luggage. bit starts when youk your seat for your plane. if you book a seat towards the frt of the plane, aisle seat, you will be in zone five unless you have status h if ye status you're probably fine. when you are booking your okat, window seat towards the back of the plane, you'll be in zone two or three, now your luggage gets on. every airline boards the plane fr the back to th front, window to the aisle. >> you're at the d.c. travel and adventure show this weekend, what can we expect? >> this saturuny andy opens up at 10:00. i'll give you more of my travel

. ps. there's 20 mo i've had 20 years of experience. i'm celebrating by giving people all thee tips that i h worked hard to earn myself. >> you've worked hard. i know yoeehave. you've all over the place, samantha brown, thank you so much. the d.c. traveldvture show is at the washington conventional center saturday and sunday. have fun. >> i will, definitely. >> what a nifty tip about the luggage. going beyond the badge. coming up, meet the d.c. police officer conne

coworkers may be a bit distracted as local teams push for a spot in march madness.fi t up, george mason university. th'll take on st. bon aventure after beating another local rival. the patriots knocked george washingtonniversity out of the a. 10 tournament yesterday.

tip-off is at 2:30. ve tonight uity of virginia takes on florida state in the acc tournament. in virg beat nc state yesterday to maket to the semifinals. the cavaliers tip-off tonight at 7:00. so sorry terpsfans,e are out of the running for the big ten tournament after losing to nebraska. keep in mind all this basketball igi only ing. the real madness begins next week so get your brackets ready. i haven't even done one. >> usually i'm into it and i beat my sband. it's awesome. time to talk about the weather. >> yeah. >> what are we thinking today? >> it's nice and mild out there. we're seeing sunshine right now but these warm ttures are going to help fuel some o understorms later this afternoon on ie early evening hours. here's the thing, though, the d.c./metro area, north and west, i don't thinke have any thunderstorms. maybe a shower or two. but it's east ofi-95 so southern maryland, king george county, you have the best chance

for dealing with the thunderstorm later today and that windows between 2:00 and 8:00. mo us getting out and about no problem. east of i-95 could be dealing with some storms. everybody, though is cooler for the weekend and then next week it's mainly dry and seasonably chilly out there. here's a quick snapshot of.m 8:00 tonight you can barely see it, but notice tort bright cg down there in parts of southern maryland down through the northern neck, that's whatlk i' g about where the threat for thunderstorms is really confined east of the d.c./metro area. for the weekend, tomorrow, a high of 56 grees. that's normal for this time of year, but compared to how nice it was yesterday and today as well with thetemperatures, it's going to feel much cooler and it's breezy as well. so when you factor in the winds, the windchills will be in the 30s and 40s throughout the day. sunday is cold from start to finish but especially during the morning hours. when we're talking about windchills, here

tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. with the winds. it will feel like we're in the 30s. as we move forward lunchtime it only feels lik we're in th 30s to low 40s across the area. romorrow night if you're going out for y saturday evening, make sure to grab a warmer jacket. with the winl wind chill temperature up about 46 and feeling in 43 in gaithersburg. then we move into sundays morning. is cold out there at 8:00 a.m. we have wind chill temperatures in the 20s, even feeling like 19 degrees back in cumberland as we look at your 10-day forecast. i'll have anofer peek this coming up at 11:55. maybe someri les, flurries, very early monday morning. low impact. just conversational and the f chan rain holds off until next thursday, guys. >> thanks, amelia. are you thinking green for st. paddy'day,ow that thought could improve your health? the impact of social media on teens. we have the result of a new study.

mental hlth issues are on the rise in young adults. electronics and social media may be partly to blame. a new study from researchers at san diego state and live data cans thousands of ame dating back to the early '70s, the rate of teens and young people saying they were depressed or had thoughts of suicide increased this recent years. savannah sellers sat downen wit and talked about their social media habits. >> if something's in your life making you feel this way, if it's making -- youe awa that you're more concerned about how it looks and feels, w don't you just step away from them? >> i've triedte to away from instagram and that lasted about twdays. >> reporter: does talking to your parents help? >> i don't know why -- like, i i wouldve begged her if have known to take my phone away

because now i don't know how to get off of it. >> wow. s there was nnificant increase in the number of adults over 26 years old with similar problems. researchers suspect electronic forms of communication are replacing face-to-face communication, we know that, which is crucial for mental and emotional development. d.c. police officer is leading a double life. our cameras were rolling and we wanted to followround officer evelyn rivera who's wearing two very different uforms as drew wilder reports, her side gig is actu building a new relationshipan between police d community. >> reporter: officer evelyn rivera works the metropolitan police department's fourth eistrict and she acknowledges police officers home work to do to build up community relationships. >> we're here to do o job, protect and serve, and we want them to know that we want to build that trust again. >> reporter: this 13 year veteran is doing that as a sort

of double agent. unmasked with a revealing slight of hand. >> the inspiration of magic to me makes people feel good. >> reporter: offduty, rivera trades in the badge and the gun for face paint and clown shoes. it gives people a sense of happiness because they smile. >> now let's see yourear. >> reporter: thursday she performed for students at the bridges academy in northwest. >> hum. >> reporter: she does this a few times each month, a 1 to 20 minute magic show and then reveals that she's a police officer. >> i am a metropolitan police officer. >> and when i give to the community, i give it my heart. >> reporter: except for that one

thing we always want to know. where did theuarter go? >> that's a secret of magician. >> reporter: i tried. reporting in northwest d.c., drew wilder. >> that's a sweet story. millions of people will celebrate st. icpas day. >> they're using the opportunity to remind everyoneou should seeing green year around on your plate. we're talking about veggies. it can lower the risk for cancer, heart disease and two diabetes. only 9% ofhe adults eit recommended two to three cups of vegetables per day. if you can't buy fresh produce consider frozen in some cases. they might actually be healthie by the time it's in the fresh section at your grocery s store, i been picked, you know, a while ago, whereas frozen vegetables are picked, cooked and blanched and frozen.

>> a good way to incorporate diet, mixies into your them in with a fruit smoothie. sharing is caring. studts at washington school of bethesda are putting those words to good use. >> the kids are ready d toate thousands of books to a very rthy cause. molette green catches us with the third graders as they prepare to make their delivery. >> reporter: what are we donating? >> books! >> reporter: how many books? >> tha >> reporter: about 4,000 books. so let's start packing them up because tod is pack up day and delivery. we're here at the washington school where those youngsters that you see right there and many more have spent weeks, right, donating a of these books for a worthy cause. i want to thank the teachers a the principal and the parents who have supported this effort. kathy ons is here.

all of this was part of a big learning effort, right, to get them more involved in the community. >> right. we care about uteducation, education is about social responsibility and what we can do to make a positive difference. these kids have done a great job. >> reporter: they certainly have and mark can talk about how these books will make a difference. circle with the wider that's your love, that's your charity that's close to your heart. where wl these books go? >> these book will go to kids who are in low income communies and going t schools that don't have enough resources throughout this region, so i cannot thank you enough. you guys are heroes today. >> reporter: you guys are heroes. right. that is the very latest from bethesda, back into you -- oh, yeah and give him the books. he's taking them with him. you. in to >> nice crowd there. coming up, a late night first. a youtube star making the transion to tv host. ti

new overnight, an announcement made here on news4 whilee you wereeping, nbc will soon have the only female host of a late night television show. lily singh broke the news on jimmy fallon last night. singh won't be replacing fallon or seth myer. she'll be taking over for carson

daily. she's excited to have a new audience. >> i'm so excited because i truly get to create a show from scratch. i get to make it inclusive and get to creat comedy segments and create something that i believe in. i'm so honored andull beld. >> seth meyers joined fallon in welcoming singh to the nbc late night line-up. lily singh will pmier this fall and it will take over the 1:35 time slot. so you may need to dvr that one. congratulations to her. in the last week most stories about colleges admissions have revolved around cheating and bribes. to >> this is a about a teen doing it the right way and beating the odds. kathy park has more. >> reporter: dylan has a tough decision to make, the high school senior is choosing between not one, but 17 colleges. >> were you excited each time you received one? yes. it was really exciting for me. >> reporter: it's the kind of opportunity this new jerseyag te never expected.

dylan mov from trinidad to new jersey when he was seven, raised by a single mom tre were man challenges. his younger twin brothers have a serious heart condition and the family struggl with homelessness. >> we're in a shelter forbout four months. >> reporter: those hardships turned into hard work. motivating him in the >>classro. the knowledge you have in your cbrain, nobodyan ever take that away. >> reporter: the honor student will be the first in his family to attend college. >> words can't describe it. words can't describe. >> reporter: and while we were with dylan he got even more good news. after hearing his story, strangers decided to pitch in an help pay for college. >> full tuition andoom and board. >> that's what he's saying. >> reporter: even thoughhe ds were against him. the numbers are now in his favor. perseverance pofing f. kathy park, nbc ne, jersey city, new jersey.

what a amazing story. as we take a look at your 10-day forecast, mild out there tay th the high temperature of i67 degrees and a few spotty showers. if you're even southern maryland down through the northern tarea i caule out a thunderstorm or two this afternoon on in to the evening hours if that thunderstorm does terialize, east of i-95 we could see heavy rain a gusty winds. for the weekend it's breezy and cold on saturday and cold on sunday as well, erika. >> thank you, ma'am. that's it for "news4 midday." thanks for joining us. we'll see you this afternoon at 4:00. >> you can get news weather updates any time with the app. have a great day and weekend.

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