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for kids to get in the garden. >> announcer: news 4 at 4:00 starts now. first at 4:00, we start with a grizzly discovery generating a lot of concerns about safety for local families. >> questions are swirling about a possible gang hit on the banks of the potomac. some viewers may find details about this disturbing. a man's body was found over the weekend a half mile down river from the chain bridge. the body wasliced up. one hand was missing. news 4 mark segraves just got an update from police. mark joins us with the very latest. what do we know now? >> eeporter: goodning, leon. you see d.c. police are still tre on scene at chain bridge. we have seen this type of violence kind of altered violence in the suburbs related to ms 13 and gangs like that. we askedetectives if they thought this incident here, this murder beneath the bridge was related to ms 13 and they said
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it'soo soon to tell what this murder is related to but they are reaching out to police jurisdictions who have seen this type of violence before. the crime scene tape stretches beneath the bridge, through the woods along the potomac river just a few yards from where fishermen gather every day. it was the fisherman who mad the discover of the dead body. who the victim is is part of the mystery. >> we have not identified him at this time. we do believe he is a hispanic n male bethe ages of 16 and 30 years of age. >> reporter: law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation say the suspects used something like a machete to bludgeon the victim to death. a cadav p dog andice cadets were brought in today to search the area for more clue, inuding a murder weapon.
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now, police are asking for the public's help. they want to talk to anybody who may have been down here beneath chain bridge along this section of the river either hing or fishing. also, if you might know the vehicle. he was wearing a gray hoody, blue jeans, and white sneakers. again, a hispanic male between the ages of 16 and 30 years old. that's the latest from chain bridge. mark graves, news 4. >> thank you, mark. just horrific. breaking news from california. the fbi says it has thwarted a potential terror plot in los angeles. >> news 4 scott macfarlane monitored developments from the live desk. scott, what are we learning? >> we are monitoring an fbi news conference. agents say they've arrested a man who wanted to carom out se sort of attack in the los angeles area. they've been following him since march after seeing comments in a private messaging app. undercover agents then acted as potential accomplices and the s manrted talking about setting off explosives at a number of different targets
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across l.a. he finally settled on long beach pier. they coaked the man into buying materials and then arrested him. for now, back you to. >> thank you, scott. he horrors of hate have once again rattled people in this country. on saturday a gunman murdered a woman and woundedee thr others inside a synagogue near san diego during the last day of passover. new this afternoon, the suspect's family released a powerful statement saying in part, quote,at to our gre shame, he is now part of the history of evil that has been perpetrated against jewish pple for centuries. there was a funeral today for lori gilbert kaye, the woman killed in the shooting. ahead we'll hav more on the here -- heroic actions of the
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rabbi. today people gathered to remember the horrors of more than 7years ago and the new rice rise of hate in america. derrick ward spoke from thebb rai in pittsburgh who survived an attack at his synagogue six months ago. >> in the wake of the shooting, a survivor of a similar attack shares his sentiment. >> shock, dismay, outrage and resolve to soldier on. >> reporter: the rabbi was at the pittsburgh six months ago when it was attacked. today he was part of the ceremony honoring the victims of the holocaust. as candles were lit and o namesf the dead were read, meyers acknowledged his membership in a survivors. >> i wish i didn't have to say
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this, how do we share our expertise and what we learned. we know what it's like those first days, so we're just trying to identify whatan we do that's best that doesn't overwhelm us. >> we hope that the future there will more poeace than war and that's all we c hope for, but we have to do something about it. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. our news 4 digital team has a compilation of video, pictures and stiories from this weekend' strate in southern california. go to our site and search synagogue for continuing coverage. now to the measles. the oeak has hit another troubled milestone. there has now been 704 confirmed cases in 22 states. that's the highest number since 1994 when there were more than 900 cases of the disease. this latest couy includes 44 people who caught measles while traveling to another coun some of those triggeredak
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outbres here at home. most of those infected were children or teenagers.en there have beo deaths reported so far. let's turn now to the forecast. a chilly start today, but we're ha a big time warmup coming in. >> let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer in cthe stormenter. how warm? >> we're talking about a little bit of roller coaster the next couple of days. tomorrow very warm by about 20 degrees, but this is the scenario that plays out all week long. take a look at what we've got right now. we've got w ct's calledold air damning. that's cold air along the mountas. 61 in d.c. only 52 in ocean city, but 80 back here around charleston, west vegginia. 81es right now. that warm air makes its way our way and then cooler a comes right back in on wednesday. a little bit of a roller coaster of the next couple days. we're also tracking a chance for some strong stormsom trow. here's a strong system that will brin in the warmth tomorrow, a chance for storms and then the
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cooler air in behind. . a little bit of a roller coaster just about all week long. we'll show you which side wins out later this week. we are learning some new information about a deadly stabbing in the district. a man attacked late lt night just use of the potomac avenue metro station in southeast. now investigators are reviewing surveillance video to see if it may have captured anything. let's get right to news 4 pat collins who's live at the scene. what have you learned there today, pat? >> reporter: well, pat, a man is jumped by three teenagers. two males and a female. it started asut a robbery, it ended in a case of murder. the sidewalk in front of the potomac avenue metro station in southeast. the time, about 11:45 p.m the victim, a man. a man still not officially
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>>identified. e believe he's probably in his 40s, maybe 35 to 45 years of age as it appears. >> neighborhood? >> not sure of that right now. >> reporter: the body of the victim found near the gate of the potom avenue metro station. thetation has closed minutes before this all went down. they say there's evidence that he was stared a numbe of times. evidence that he had been robbed. ncd video evide of some of the people who may be responsible for this. now, for people in the neighborhood, this cold-blooded murder most unnerving. in a word? >> very scary. >> it's a tragedy. >> it's sad. >> reporter: now, with something like this it makes you wonder what can you do to stay safe when you walk the streets of our hocity? some tughts on that coming up at 5:00.
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pat, back to you. >> all right. something everybody who rides the metro might want to know out. thank you, pat. members of congress just returned from a two-week long break and a lot has changed since they left. just before they went away, the attorney general william barr released the redacted form o the mueller report along with his conclusion that many critics are finding misleading. now house democrats want to hear from barr at length and they're threatening a subpoena if he balks. blayne alexander breaks it down. >> reporter: congress is back and already battling over attorney general william barr's planne testimony this week. set for two days of grilling before the senate and house judiciary committees following the release of special counsel robert muell's redacted russia report which left democrats unsatisfieo >> we have tet to the bottom of these issues. that's why we called him in. >> reporter: but barr threatening to skip the house appearance because of a fight over format. committee chair democrat jerry nadler wants bar to answer
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questions from committee lawyers. >> i'm enabling staff counsel to question the witness for half an hour makes it much more effective at getting the answers. >> reporter: but a spokes woman sayser the attorney gen agreed to appear before congress. therefore, members of congress should be the ones doing the questioning. >> frankly, they're just acting really childish. it's almost embarrassing to the house democrats the way that they're beng. >> reporter: it is the latest flash point in the growing fight between the house and house democrats who say barr is not acting independently of the president who appointed him. nadler also wants the committee to question barr behind closed doors to ask about portions of mueller's redacted report and he is threatening to issue a subpoe s if barrps the hearing. that would add to the growing list the president has promised to >>resist. e're fighting all the subpoenas. >> reporter: setting two branches of government on a
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constitutional collision cours backo the possible barr subpoena, it would not carry that much weight. short of charging barr with a crime or literally dragging hto capitol hill, both of which are highly unlikely, lawmakers do not have a lot of power to make him appear. >> very interesting. we'll haveo see howhis plays out. thank you, blayne. blayne alexander. r we have some sad news about john singleton. his family says he's been t len ofe support. singleton suffered a stroke earlier this month and has been in a medically induced coma. he directed a number of iconic films that examined the complexities of inner-city life and the coming of age for african-americans. singleton was nominated for an academy award for directing "boys in the hood". he's got a lot of people wishing him and his family the very best right now. just ahead, his family explains their agonizing
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decision thao they're having t deal with right now. we talk live with scott evans about singleton's pioneering career. and then a 4:30, safety in the skies. boeing's ceone questiod publicly for the first time since thosea de crashes. the issue he struggles to answer. >> but first, local church giveaways. the life changing surprise for a the life changing surprise for a few singlem mothers fro yoooh, hello yellow! at ross and you find... that's yes for less. spring forward with the latest brand-name styles at 20 tome0 percent off departnt store prices. at ross. yes for less.
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co . back now with a look at our cre current temperatures. doug is tracking the warmest stuff. he's become in two minutes about our roller coaster temperatures. the aclu has filedit a lawsu against d.c. police and an officer accused much illegally searching a man's property. this video shows the officer searching t yard of denise price. people in the video can be heard multiple times asking for a warrant. days before the search price's son was on anatv when he collided with a d.c. police cruiser. police say jeffrey price was driving on the wrong side of the road. today lawyers explained the message they were trying to send with this lawsuit. >> so our concern here is about protecting the fourth amendment and also ensuring trit ms. p and her community and neighborhoods of color in the district have some -- have the ability to standp when officers invade their rights, invade their personal space, and
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treathem with disrespect. >> coming up at 5:00, news 4 darcy spencer spoke with denise price about this lawsuit and about the pain she feels about her son's death. here's an incredible story that we wanted to make sure y got a chance to see today. love this one. >> some single mothers dedicrced to chu and family got more than a spiritual blessing at services yesterday. they didn't go home from church the same way they gotth e. >> that's right. news 4 derrick ward reports now on a prigeorge's county community coming together to bless moms in need with some new wheels. >> reporter: it started out as an average sunday at first baptist church of glen arden, but there was a plan afoot. a single mother raising an 8-year-old son and the fact that they have to relooy on public ti transportaon. >> we decided to c give the to a single mother.
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>> reporter: within minutes she wasurrounded by the congregation and she got to sit behind the wheel. she knew this sunday would be special, but not this special. >> i thought my son was receiving a character award recognion, so i'm completely in awe and shocked right now. >> reporter: but that was just a quarter of the surprise of this church on this sunday. there wao three more cars t given away. there was wnother oneting for another single mothert the 10:00 service. she, too, was obviously taken a aback for the next few seconds, she didn't need a car to get around. her husband died a few years ago. she's raising eight children on her own. obviously an suv was order. >> this just means just keep believes, keep trusting god. >> reporter: this is a brand new program for sterling motor car as part of their community involvement and what better way and what better place to do it,
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to kick it all off than here. >> i think we're very happy with the success of this. >> reporter: and so are the family. >> some sundays we couldn't go. others we could. now we all can come to church. >> derek warick ward, news 4. >> that's great. >> good for firstap bst. doing great things for folks in the congregation. >> and a great move on behalf of sterling. and a great lesson for those kids involved in the stories as well. >> absolutely. you've got some pretty hot news yourself. >> yeah. kind of interesting today. yesterday was a pretty nice day. a little bit on the.ool saturday was pretty cool. today actually a lot cooler temperature wise and wotve g the cloud cover. tomorrow weo get on the hot side. it goes'r quick. wetalking about swings of 20 degrees tomorrow, back by 10 degrees, back up by 15. it's really going to be a lttle bif a roller coaster the next
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couple of days. look what we've got out there. we've got plenty of cloudov c. we've got temperatures sitting at 61. winds out of the southeast at 8 miles an hour all because of that easterly flow coming right off the ocean. much cooler conditions. our average high of 71. we're well belowaverage. that won't stay that way very long. we're at 60 right now. only 56 around the river. 61 in gaithersburg. 62 in culpeper. not much going on. you don't see a whole lot here on the radar, but when i put the satellite on, look at all the clouds. look at the low clouds. you folk out towards the shenandoah valley, you're clear. sun in winchester, sun towards parts of luray. i'm tracking a storm, this storm right here. it doesn't look all that big, but it's going to bring big things for us tomorrow as a result of bringing much warmer air in with it. how about this? right now sitting at 61. 85 in nashville. people waking up in chicago going whoa, 49 degrees.
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they had snowesterday. amazing the cold air. but we're going to get in on the warm air at least for tomorrow. take a look at this. this is so cool. warm up up towards pittsburgh and then cold air all the way down the mountain. this is cold air damming. this happens all the time during the winter and spring. we can expect this a couple times over the next t eks. this is what i'm talking about. we've got a warm front around the area. cool weather on the east side. here comestorm number one bringing in very warm air tomorrow and with the front just to our north, a chance of showers, maybe thunderstorms. nyybe severe, but we're not talking about aind of outbreak. something i'll be tracking for you. then we watchtohe next s make its way through. this same storm brings a cold front through. we go back to the cool side again on wednesday. the warm air just down to the
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sought. when i say cool toth the nor and warm to the south, baltimore could be at 63 ere richmond could be 83. a temperature of grading. it's going to be quite big. 83 tomorrow. a much warmer chance of showers. it's not going to rain all day. as we make our way through the next couple day, 80 to 70 to 87 to 83. a chance of showers and a couple of thunderstorms just about each and every day. then we're back into the sef70s chance of showers during the weekend. another friday with rain. here we go. it's on there on that 10-day. forecast >> we know you love those forecasts. >> oh, yeah, sure. walmart fires back at amazon. sarky tweet. and why you can benefit as a buyer. first we go live to access where scott evans is standing by. we're going to take a look b at the life and accomplishments of dector john singleton.ir
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taken off life support. >> the director from "boys in the hood" suffered a stroke earlier this month. >> scott, when you talk about john tosingle you're talking about a trail blazer. he's the youngest person ever to be nominated for a best directing offer, the first african-american ever directed. this is such a sad day in hollywood. >> it is aad very s day in hollywood. these are the kinds of stories you hate to have to report on. singleton.tor john he has been in a coma after suffering a stroke on april 17th and was taken off of life support today. remember he gained worldwide attention directing991 "boys in the hood". the movie changed the way black stories were told and who could te them. at the age of 24, he became the youngest and first african-american ever to receive the best director oscar nonation. re's a little of john on our set. >> you went to film school at usc. >> usc, yeah. >> pretty much right away started working. >> i was shooting "boys in the
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hood" less than two months out of film school. i had a kid in college. i said i'm going to make you a movie star. he saidno really? i'm going to make you awe movie star. >> he made quite a few people a movie star. yo look down his imdb and see the kind of incredible work he's done. even more recently directing wsisodes of sho you've all seen that we've all loved. this is one of those that none of us saw really coming. and it hurts to report on tod. it sure does. >> he's the son of l.a. so the there, not just hollywood, but the entire city there has to feel really connected to him and his fily right now. >> and to see the people's response, celebrity response, just fan onse and response online has been incredible. somehow at somewhere, he definitely feels that love that's being poured out over him right now. y.>> absolutel that's what we have to hope for
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and pray for. >> what else do y have coming up? >> we've got a lot going on tonight. stage coach was over the weekend. kit just barely made it back. she's a little banged up. >> wait. what's coming up, a lot of times we can't remember. what's going on in d.c.? >> you're coming up with us. that's what we g coming up. >> and i bet you took a bunch of teenage girls to see stagecoach. >> i did. i had nine teenage girls and i tried to enjoy every moment. i had a head count. w >> s probably in the crowd. >> glad to see you survived. that really good to see you today, kit. >> it's a hard one. >> she looks good after all
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that. >> we love you all, and leon. >> we love you too. news 4 is rooted in the community. >> and we've been working withnt local elemeary students to keep up the community garden in maryland our progress so far as the kids share what they've learned. plus four tips to save next time you fill up on gas. and people of faith in mourning today. mu >> how a comty is responding eled e weekend's hate- synagogue attack as the otspected sho
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>> announcerg you're watchin news 4 at 4:00. now at 4:30, the recent rise of hate in america seems t know no end. >> today a funeral was held for a woman murdered inside a synagogue near san diego the nman opened fire saturday during the last day of passover. >> lori gilbert kaye wld later die. jay gray has more on the 60-year-old woman's life and the teenager accused in the rampage. >> reporter: horror has given way to heartache in san diego's jewish community. just two days after witnesses say 60-year-o lori gilbe gilbert kaye jumped in front of >> lori was the type of a calm angell angelic soul. >> gunfireled the synagogue.
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army veteran oscar stewart wasn praying whee heard the shot. rushing toward the gunman, chasing him from the temple driven he says by a higher power. >> i don't think any reason other than god gave me the courage. > reporter: the alleged gunman surrendered just after the shooting. the family calling the attack an evil and despicable act and saying our heavy hearts will forever go out to the victims and survivors. we prayor peace. the 19-year-old honor roll student and musician haso prior record, but the fbi says he posted an anti-estimate message online just minutes before theattack. in that message he said he was inspired by attacks on houses of orship in new zealand and pittsburgh. >> this individual planned this out for two months and he wrote very clearly he hates jews. what did the jews do? we're just sitting here praying.
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>> reporter: prayers now offered up for the family of a friend and a hero. jay gray, nbc news. >> we have extensive coverage on he nbc washington app of the ooting. you learn more about the victims and b the investigati searching synagogues for continuing coverage. for the first time since two deadly plane crashes, boeing's ce oden n ceo dennis goldberg is talking about the tragedy. he apologized to the families involved and said the company is working to address faulty censors and an anti-stall system which may have caused the crash, but he struggled tors ans questions about why pilots didn't receive better training. >> we t knowt in both accidents there was a chain of events that occurred. ksone of the lin in that chain was the activation of the m-cast system because of erroneous
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data. >> why did you not tell the pilots that the angle of attack disagreed warning light wasde tivated? >> we've taken a look at reports that are out today, taken a look at the design of that original system. i can confi y for that going orward that angle of attack disagree signal will be standard on all 737 maxes. >> the comments come as a new lawsuit was announced on behalf of ten canadians killed in the ethiopian airlines crash. this afternoon officials in the safety checkin of dozens of construction cranes after a deadly accident over the weekend. a car's dash cam capurred this crane collapsing. four people were killed. two workers were on the crane andwo people in cars on the ground. the crane was being taken apart and there happens to be powerful wind gusts. right now seattle has more cranes operating than any other american city.re we rooted in the
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community and the spring growing season is up and running at oasis community garden in temple hills. the garden where gre thumbs from nbc 4 have been planting and local students are learning why it's good to grow your. own >> pick them out and then put them into the basket. knows, any good gardner before you start to plant, you've got to get rid of the s. weed >> some of the plants have long roots. >> sometimes you have to go deep. >> and if you break this enf, t will grow back up again. >> these hillcrest height elementary students and their teachers are digging in. >> we'll dig ait ltle deeper. >> what are you going to plant? >>to tamatoes, cabbage. >> he said you like salad. is that true? >> yeah.e' and put peppers. >> are you ready? >> yes. >> hillcrest heightsn one of the schools that oasis garden
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and farm, what they learn here they'll take back to thecl sroom. >> this is our first year. we want to build one at our school, so we are here to learn an then do so that we take it back to our school. >> we've got to be very mindful of what we're putting into ourea bodies anding this to our children. it's very essential. >> of course, the benefits of growing and eating healthy food isn't just a lesson for the young. >> i have done it one time before. i wasn't too successful. >> even the seasoned gardeners here had a pretty rough winter. >> if it had been a mild winter, these plants would have been nice and large. >> we are all hoping for a better harvest this time. our cucumbersd turne orange last nmmer. left o the vine too lbug. we are planting on.
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>> some ke, spinach, green beans. >> what are you going to put in that dirt once you get the weeds out? >> tomato. >> is it fun? >> yeah. and the best part is i get to help my community and i get to be on the news. >> see what happens when yound plant a grow your own? you get to be on the news. so we've got snap beans, spinach, cabbage, onion and broccoli in the ground so far. i'm going to plant the cucumbers, but you have to wait until you pass the frost stage. >> i think we're past the frost stage. >> it was a little cold over the weekend. our guard know has coarden has just since we shot that piece. let me know what you bthink abot my green thumb. >> you know you've got to share
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with a brother. >> eat your vegetables now. >> i'll eat yours. >> all right. coming up next at 4:00, b retail giantsattle it out. and you may be the big winner. consumer report susan hogan comes along to explain. plus measles cases in the u.s. hit a 25-yeaec rord. the latest figures on the arming surge and how agencies te are spping up their response. and i'm tracking a storm system back to our north and west that's going to bring big me changes tomorrow, wednesday, and unsettled weather really all week lonnow.
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64 belvoir. manassas and right there around that 60 degree mark. cool day for sure. no rain now in our ea, but you don't have to go too far north to find it. we have shower activity coming through parts of pennsylv tia. this is cold front that's going to move on through. as it does so, it's going to bring in some very mild air tomorrow.
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the storm actually goes this way. it first comes up with a warm front. then the coldront comes through tomorrow night. we've gotten a little bit of a roller coaster here. 61 here. 81 in charleston. first we get this wave of 80, then weav get the w coming back down. that's why we're going to be seeing those temperatures kind of fluctuate over the next couple of days. it's a rather unsettled week all week long. you probably need thea umbrell just about every single day at times. 59 degrees at the bus stop tomorrow morning. 75 by recess.ni rather . i really do think tomorrow around recess is going to be pretty nice. then we'll watch a wave moveal g. account produce some thunderstorm activity. storm chances there around the time we're u pickingp the kids. temperatures around 80 degrees tomorrow. we do warm drastically from where we are today by about 20 degrees. back down on wednesday, upper 60s to around 70. depending on where you are. some areas down to the south could be close to 80. while up to the north you could
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stay in the 50s. this is going to be a very tight one here as far as temperatures go d 70rees on wednesday. chance of storms again on thursday and on friday. both days a chance of storms. the better chance wld be friday afternoon with high temperature of 83. once again, i do not anticipe any washout. i do not anticipate any huge storms. but you can see here we're rather unsettled not the rest of the week. right on to the weekend too. temperatures in the 70s, but a chance of showers and storms both saturday and on sunday. before things start to calm a little bit. average high in the low 70s. that will be as we start off next week. but yeah, a little bit of a roller oaster. this roller coaster different than the roller coaster we see in january, which is 40s, 20s. i think we c deal with it, but you might need your umbrella at teams. >> we can handle that. >> yeah. >> thank you, doug. well,ea you've hrd that age is nothing but a number. proof. some sherry mobley is turning 70 this summer. this afternoon this grandmother
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from arkansas isn't counting candnts. she's coug rep. >> she's breaking some big-time records. she earned the nickname granny hulk by being able to dead lift, are you ready for this, more than 300ou ps. she began lifting and works out four days a week for two hours at a time. she said she's never been one to sit home and relax. i can see that. >> my motivation i k whatps me going. to sit at home, i couldn't do it. playing cards or reading or crocheting,t's just not my thing. >> apparently not. to up tst goal is number of squats she does. right now she's at 175, but she wants to get that up to 20n' >> i wouldt doubt her. you know what you eat as granny hulk? whatever granny hulk says you
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eat. > at may not be the best prescription for everybody, but, for now, whatever works you. >> don't try that at home. >> yeah. >> the other side of the age factor, we're going to tell but a 10-yeaold from our area proving she won't be held back by what the world perceives as a disatlity. >> jus ahead, aimee cho is going to introduce us to a third grader who was born without hands and yet she just won a national handwriting contest. we'll find out her secret to her success. plus a news 4 i-team report we've been telling you about all weekend intoitde crackdown on homeless camps. >> coming up, why some are concerd it's actually making the problem worse. we're going to see you soon with those stories and more at the top of the hou >> good stuff.
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>> reporter: the number of highly contagious measles cases is the highest it's been in years with 704 cases reported in 2019 alone according to the cdc. doctors are urging vaccinations. especially for people traveling outside the u.s. saying that without the measles, mumps, rubella, the outbreaks would be much worse. >> the reason there's only 700 is becausee of thvaccine that we have. >> reporter: most of the current cases are in pockets of vaccinated people like in new york state which is reportedse 4 cas so far this year. proposed legislation in new york would end all non-medical ccine exemptions in that state including ones based on religion. >> you have a first amendment right toractice your own religion, but you do not have the right to endanger your children or worse, other people's children.
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>> reporter: that'sfrhe message om a mother in england, a country experiencing similar measles outbreaks. jilly mos posted these photos of her infant daughter on facebook. she was too young to be vaccinated but caught the me measles and had to be hospitalized. the truth is this all could have been prevented if the protection layer of older kids above alba had been vacmenated. asles can cause a high fever, rash, pneumonia, brain inflammation and death. erica edwards, nbc news. now at 5:00, the history of evil. the messe tonight from the family of the man suspected in the shootin attack on the synagogue. >> the search for suspects this evening a an apparent robbery outside of a metro station turns into a case of murder. and the job listing that's causing a social media stir, what we found out w whene asked a company about a posting that
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included a, quote, preference for caucasians. >> announcer: news 4 at 5:00 starts now.co a disvery generating safety concerns for local family. >> questio are swirling about a possible gang hit on the banks of the potomac. we want t warn you some viewers may find details about this disturbing. >> a man's body was found over the weekendil a half m down river from the chain bridge. the body was sliced up. one hand was missing. >> mark segraves tells us d.c. police are asking for help. >> reporter: this is the cri scene. deep in the woods along the d.c. side of the potomac river where river alf a mile down from chain bridge. the gruesome disvery was made saturday evening. ut today investigators returned. law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation say whoever did this used something like a machete to bludgeon the victim to death. >> he was suffering from
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multiple traumatic injuries to his body,head, neck area. he was missing a hand. his other hand was so severely injured that it was barely still intact. >> reporter: the crime tape stretches a a far one can see. from beneath the chain bridge through the woods along the potomac river. just a few yards from where fishermen gather just about inevery day. fact, it was a fisherman who made the gruesome discovery of a dead body lying beneath this tree. who the victim is is part of the mystery. >> we have notdeified him at this time. we do believe he is a hispanic male, again, between the ages of 16 and 30 years of age. >> reporter: a cadaver dog and police cadets were brought in to sear area for more clues, including a murder weapon. >> hopefully this is just an isolated event. th
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