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like a machete to bludgeon the victim to death. >> he was suffering from 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. there's not to suggest that
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this was a random attack. >> reporter: now, police areg lookint the possibility of if it was gang related. they want your help. they say the victim was wearing a blue hoody, bluea j and white sneakers. if you recognize the description, they'd like to hear from you or if you were fishing down here onsaturday, they'd also like to hear from you. that's the latest. wend back to you. >> thank you, mark. also the fbi says they have thwarted a potential terrorist plot in the los angeles area. s at the liveane desk with some new developments in this. scotew >> several n details since 4:00 on this story. e're now learning the man's name. mark domingo. he wanted retribution for the new zealand mosque attacks. federal prosecutors thwarted the arrest on friday and court papers say he discussed several types of attacks with an fbi informant targeting jews, churches and police officers. he ultimately settled on
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planting a bomb at at nazi rsuly ay in long beach, california. the fbi's informant got domingo to buy materials for a bomb, but they wer monitoring the whole time and there was never any threat to the public. he's charged with proding terial support to terrorists. i'm scott macfarlane. back to you. >> scott, thank you. we've got some new informatn this evening about the moments leading up to the deadly synagogue shooting in south e southern california. the fbi got tips about a threatening media post just five minutes before the attack. but it was too late to identify theuspect. the post contained anti-semitic andm anti-musli rhetoric. the alleged writer and gunman a teenager who police say st and killed lori grte. song statement today, hisle family cal the shooting an evil and despicable act saying, quote, our sadness appeals in
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comparison t the griefnd anwia anguish our son has caused.ea rnest is due in court on wednesday. today here hundreds gathered at the u.s. capital to mk holocaust remembrance week. survivors lit candles today to remember the millions of people around the worlder murded, but the recent rise of hate in america weighed heavily on everyone's minds here. news 4errick ward spoke to the pittsburgh rabbi who survived that attack in his synagogue six months ago. note note. >> reporter: a solemn entrance. a martial entrance for the lab r -- liberators. time to honor the victims of the holocaust. also a time remember victims of a more recent tragedy, the shooting at the california
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synagogue. the rabbi says trage isn't the right word for it. >> it's a horror. it requires an extreme vocabulary because this is an extreme act. >> reporter: remember back anotherix months and there is the tree of life at the pittsburgh synagogue where the rabbi was the spiritual leader. shock and outrage are the immediate reaction at what happened in california. the next question, how best to respo respond? >> we've been through it. we have to share, i wish i didn't have to say this, our expertise. >> reporter: lessons were at the center of the service for those who survived. >> we allope the future will be more peace than war. and that's all we can hope for. but we have to something about it. >> reporter: the holocaust memorial museum director quoted the wor of scholar whose work led to this observance in the museum. >> the enemy succeeded in
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dividing and separating, in splitting human society and not enough people cared. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. >> atay's ceremony, an unscripted moment. one of the survivorsas heard saying aloud this will never happen again. a maryland man accus of planning an isis style terror attack pleaded not guilty. rondell henry was arrested last month. authorities say he stole a u-haul van in virginia, intended to use it to run into the crowd inational rbor. he is charged with interstate transportation of a stolen far he has not been charged with any terrorism related offenses. breaking now, the man accused of killing five people "the capital gazette" newspaper in maryland is now changing his plea. attorneys for jared ramos say he's pleading not criminally
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responsible by reason of insanity. his lawyers say ramos suffered from a mental disorder leading up to the attack. he previously guilty.d not his trial is set for november. in the district police a hope that surveillance video will help them solve a deadly stabbing that occurred outside a metro station. a man waske attac late last night by the potomacvenue station in southeast and it appears this may have started as a robliry. scott c is live at that scene this afternoon. pat. >> reporter: wendy, tee suspects, three teenagers. two males. one female. they say they jumped a man, robbed a man, and then stabbed him to death. the scene, extensive. crime scene markers in that little park across the street. more markers on the sidewalk. s bloodins on the pavement.
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still more markers over there. evidence of an ongoing fight or struggle. and it didn't end up here. the body of the victim found near the locked gates of the potomac avenue metro station. you see the station had closed minutes before this all went. down they say there's evidence that he was stabbed a number of times. evidence that he's been robbed. and video evidence of some of the people who may be responsible for this. tilice connued to work theca . the suspects described as three teenagers, two malesone femaor. investigat looking into the possibility that they made their getaway on a metro bus. when something like this happens it makes you wonder what do you do to stay safe when you walk the streets of our city?
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hat do you do to protect yourself? >> come in the daytime. >> >> reporter: ant at night? >> no. >> stay in your own lane. keep looking around. be aware of your surroundings. >> use common sense. >> reporter: police say the victim here appears to be a man in his 40s.he has not been officially identified. wendy, back to you. >> that is a tough one. thank you, pat. it is the first big campaign kickoff event. joe biden held a rally today in a stateresident trump carried in 2016. addressing a crowd here in pittsburgh telling them that he is a unapologetic juniunio man. he's running for three main reasons. to restore the soul of the country, rebuild its backbone andle unify peop. he wanted to start in ptsburgh
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cause he considers the middle class the backbone of the countr >> i also came here because quite frankly, folks, if i'm going to be able to beat donald trump t in 2020, it's going happen here. >> folks, we are still about nine months out from the iowa icucuses, but former vice president did p up a big endorsement today t fromhe international association of firefighters. let's look at this weather. it was a little bit chilly today. we are having a swing in temperatures still coming our way. doug kammerer is joining us from the sto starting to actually feel like spring. >> i know. this is the battle of the seasons. that's exactly what's going on right now. we've got very cool numbers around our region, very warm numbers just to the west. take aoo l look at these numbers. 61 d.c. 55 virginia beach. 53 ocean city. 58 richmond. just to the west, west of the
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mountains, that's where the heat is. near 80 in charleston. back towards kentucky that warmer air will make its way tomorrow. the cooler air then comes right ba in. we've got a lot going on. kind of an unsettled week. you can see the cloud cover associated with the o shore flow coming off the ocean. tomorrow, however, this front, this storm will allow the fomw to more out of the sought. that gives us the warmer air. it doesn't stick around. once again, a very unsettled week. if ye got plans this week, i've got your forecast. it's a tough one. >> we'll be looking for you then. doug, thank you. we're just getting started on news 4 at 5:00, her son died inra a csh with a police cr ser. a week later officers showed up property.her coming up next, why police are now the focus of a lawsuit in connection to this case. and a crackdown on homeless camps around our city. it's costing you hundreds of thousands of dollars. what do you want?
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click, call or visit a store today. p ablem plaguing many cities. the district is trying to figure out how to humanely deal with the homeless. me have thousands in the area, many of then the streets. >> i think if there were easier answers, like this is a problem we would solve right now. s >> but it' the news 4 i-team discovered weekly efforts are leading to curbside showwns, unting bills for taxpayers, and even a lawsuit. >> as scott macfarlane reports tonight, that has some asking is there a better way?
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>> on any given night in the nation's capital, thousands of homeless people are staying in shelters. they close their eyes at the end of the day sleeping on the streets. >> we all stick together and everybody help ch other. >> people like thomas we found on a park bench. he's been homeless for nine years. says heeeels safer h than in a shelter, althougeh ssle iepn >> people take it and then you've got to start all over again. >> whiel the hs population is down 17%, they're aullso seeg this, rows and rows of tents. >> the tents are popping up more and more often. >> an attorney who represents the homeless says amid a shortage of affordable housing, homeless encampments are increasing leading to tougher crackdowns. >> they were out clearing an encampment somewhere in the city. >> it requires workers to complete theseencampment
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removals. we wanted to know how often they're happening and filed an open records request. found 220 in just the past two years. this february removal is just one of at least two dozen cleanups from this sidewalk in just the past year. the district couldn't tell us ho much these sweeps cost, but internal reports from 2015, 2016 estimate cleanups cost nearly a onquarter of a milli dollars a year. >> what we're trying to do is make sure that we're removing health hazards. >> chrissy runs the district's ouncil on homelessness and admits it can be a sensitive test but necessary for health concerns. >> what do you nt to remove? >> trash and litter. if people are taking care of their activities of daily living, that they have food and trash. >> human waste. >> absolutely. >> food. >> the d.c. government is required to post signs two weeks prior to the sweeps. our cameras roll out to follow
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along. >> we scheduled at 10:00 a.m. it's pretty cold so we're not going to remove your tent. we watcheds they spoke one-on-one. >> everything needs to be gone if you don't want it. if it's still here, wwill remove it. >> we saw a different scene at other cleanups on slightly warmer days where our cameras remained out of sight. crews took down tents and used shels and pitch forks to throw items in the back o a garbage truck. >> what did they throwaway? >> clothes that i bought. mostly food. >> angry people like tony jackson. >> i lost my tent, my clothes. all my gifts i got for christmas. >> d.c. does have a protocol for conducting these sweeps. they won't discard functional tents or personal ids or docunts, but did not require
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crews to sort through items for safety reason. >> we would never want to dispose of something that's valuable or meaningful someone. >> two homeless women have sued the district saying theyossed out valuable records including vital records. they posted signs asking please try to restrain from taking re. >> weon't think it's an isolated incident. >> the district provided its own photos sho human waste. >> you see the workers with pitch forks to throw things in a dump truck. is there any other way to do it? >> a lot of really thoughtful people have been working on this and thinking about it for a long time. irehink if theere easier answerou this problem wld have been solved by now. >> the problem with no end in sight. within a couple hours of e sweeps, the i-team found most of the men and women moved right back to the safe spot. >> it's not solving theroblem to do these cleanups. >> the i-team surveyed other
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cities to find out how much they spent. some cities do publicly report the cost. last year in philadelphia managing four major homeless encampments cost abo $5 millio attle, 550 cleanups in the city? one year cost about $6 million. it's an ongoing cost for what is clearly an ongoing problem. >> for that money you could create housing. you could probably get them into apartments or something for that kind of money. >> the argument is maybe you spend more money towoud hng and less toward encampment cleanup, but there is no winners or loser. >> and so many of them don't want to be in shelter. >> because their stuff gets stolen, but being on the street the sets thrown away. >> we see them everywhere. scott macfarlane. thank you, scott. also the i-team has much more on our nbc washington app. you can get more details on this story i and thatludes that lawsuit that the city is facing. officials in seattle are
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checking the safety of dozens of building cranes all over the city after a deadly accident over the weekend. a car's dash cameraap ctured the crane here collapsing oay saturd afternoon. there it goes. four people were killed. two workers on the crane and two people inside the ground. the crane was being taken apart there were and powerful wind gusts. you see the dark skies there. more now seattle has cranes operating than any other american city. well, desperate housewife star felicity huffman will plead guilty on may 13th toes charg that she took part in that massive college cheating scam. huffman had been scheduled to ter her plea later inhe month, but today a judge moved up the hearing because the lead prosecutor is going to be out of town. authorities say theai actress $15,000 to have someone correct the answers on her daughter's s.a.t. test.g accord to the terms of the plea deal, huffman could spend between found ten months in on
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pris. a sentencing date will likely be set at the may hearing. a controversial jobpuisting a local company in the spotlight. what the ceis telling us about this linkedin b posting that sought a candidate who was preferably caucasian. tu> also ahead, doug is tracking some temperare swings for you and a big nwarmup o the wa y,
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crowloudy monday to start t week. >> going to be some rain tonight. >> we went from summer to spring again. >> and then right back to summer tomorrow. back to spring and then back to summer. >> roller coaster. >> welcome to washington. >> it happens thisime of year. 've got some very cool numbers with all the cloud coverrecross the a there's the clouds. yeah. it looks liesnice and springy w trees. greens on the winds out of the sought now. that's a good sign. winds out of the south at 12 miles an hour. g degrees. that's why we'veone up. 12 miles an hour out of the sought. it has been out of the east. that's why we have the clouds all day long. now we're actually seeing a shift in the wind. 63 leesburg. 59 in manassas.
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cool for sure. we had some shower activity back to the west. some cloud cover really right along and east of the blue ridge here.th is is that damming cold air where the cooler air goes right up against the mountain and creates all the cloud cover. this front right here, this is going to bring through the ne mild air. that mild air is just back t the west. here's the storm system that will pass to the north. in its wake, we'll see nice mild teokeratures. lot these numbers. we're currently sitting at 73. 85 in nashville. the record high in nashville is 91. 84 degrees in atlanta. all of that warm air comes our way tomorrow. it doesn't stick around. this is why. again, very cool air to the north of the front right here. again, this is the way the fronu looks when yo talked about cold air. the warm front moves to the north. the warmer air comes on in. okay, good, we're nice and mild. even a chance for along this front.or
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so tme ofhust theerm could be s. watch what happens. as the cold front comes on through, the cool air comes right back in. on wednesday we could even along the front see some showers, maybe a thunderstorm. the interesting thing about wednesday is the front is right around our area. very warm to the south. very cool to the north to the po bt wheretimore might be at 63. and fredericksburg might be at 83. yeah. that's a big differee over a very small area, so that's what i'm going to be tracking for you duri the day on wednesday. tomorrow not bad. 83 degrees is what i'm going for. much warmer. one or two of those could be on the strong side. possibly severe although i'm not anticipating any kind of severe weather outbreak. another chance for someshows, maybe a rumble of thunder on wednesday. temperature around 70. 87 on thursday. 83 on friday. of any day, i think tomorrow and friday will be the best chance for some stronger storms here. you can see that roller coaster that we haere. h
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others are much warmer than that. the weekend also a little se unled. we'll talk about that weekend forecast if you've got weekend plan see you at 5:45. >> all right, doug. thanks. we are following breaking county. of fairfax chopper 4 over the serious -- this is a two-car crash on thi george waston parkway. two medivac choppers have been called to the scene. park police -- you can see the cars on the left are at a standstill. park police say this was a headn collision. several people are injured. we're going to bring you more information as itom bec available. again, between tulane drive and morning side lane. the gw serkway clo because of a serious two-car crash. >> this is a huge part of rush hour. the main artery right now for people heading out of the city.
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scottacfarlane with breaking news at the live desk. baltimore reports that rod rosenstein, the deputy u.s. attorney general will resign his postay 11th. rosenstein a high figure in t trump administration in part because he oversaw the mueller report and the mueller investigation as his former boss, jeff sessions,he attorney general recused himself. rosenstein a controversial figure during that time had been criticized at times by the president. also a local figure. a man from bethesda who was the lot serving u.s. attorney when he served in pmaryland. right now at 5:30, a mother whav says police no respect for her privacy or her property. now the aclu is suing the d.c. police on her behalf. >>'s the wild thing. just days after her son died in a crash with a police cruiser,
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officers showed up her house and searched her yard. they never even brought a search warrant and never gave an explanation. >> news 4 darcy spencer is live at police headquarters with the mesage this woman i trying to se darcy. >> reporter: wendy, that's nd ri.ght. this woman tells me that she wan at her o home gathered with family members, making funeral arrangements for her son and that's when the police showed up. she still to this day doesn't know why they were there. this video is part of a lawsuit against d.c. police and one of its officers. the aclu d.c. says in t suit the officer illegally searcd denise price's property in northeast last may. >> sir, sir, cany you leave property, please. >> reporter: you can hear price in the video asking the officer if he has a warrant to be on her property. and if he would leave.
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earlier price's son died in a rtt.ision with cru aicas peol on airt bike. denise price says she was making funeral plans for her son when police showed up. >> very intimidating. i was very shaken up by their actis. them being totally disrespectful, not communicating at all. >> reporter: the lawsuit claims police trespassed on price's property witho a warrant violating her civil rights. and they recovered nothing in the search. >> it's that sort of repeated intrusion into people's space, people's privac intopeople's homes and people's lives that creates a sense of disrespect and discomfort among residents of the district, particularly residents of color. been handled differently.ave she hopes the lawsuit leads to change. >>lehe who police force should be reformed, trained more on how to approach people i a
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mmunity with respect. >> reporter: now, i just spoke to a spokesperson for the d.c. police department. he's telling me that the department has not yet received copy of this lawsuit, so at this point they cannot comment on it, but he also confirms the officers involved the d.c. police union called the lawsuit baseless. jim, back to you. >> interesting. all right, darcy spencer. new fall out for embattled virginia governor ralph northam in a new resolution, the fairfax countyth chapter of naacp is calling on virginia democrats not to take any money fromno ham or have him appear at their events. this comes nearly three months after a photo surfaced from northam's medical school yearbook showing him in black face. the school is expectedo complete an investigation reviewing its past yearbooks. the naacp tells us no matter t
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outcome, northam still must resign. in a statement today the organization expressed concern about other elected officials now backtracking on those calls saying, quote, it pretends a greater lack of moral compass within the democraticty par of virginia. some troubles for a northn virginiany compa. cynet systems taking a lot of heat for a job posting. it caught a candidate that was, quote, preferably causian. our northern virginiachureau f julie carey visited the company's headquarters to see what the ceo had to say. >> reporter: inside thequ headters in sterling, most eoof the employees are pple of color. so are the co-ceo bot from india, which makes this job posting the company created even more surprising. it asks for someone who is preferably caucasian. loud loudon county's naac president
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one of many to react with dismay and disappointment. >> this is the temperature and culture and climate of this country and it's manifesting itself in corporate america orn. >> repter: the cynet ceo declined an interview but answered my questions about what went wrong. ee said the posting was created by an emplo in india. soon management learned of the posting, it was taken, the fired.e an investigation continues to learn why someone else didn't catch it first. in a statement the company says cynet apologizes for the anger and frustration caused by the job post. l not reflect -- we will continue to serve our diverse communi community. michelle is not satisfy. >> we must put a stop to that. i'm not saying a stop to then of the company, but they need retooling. they have been caugh a in offense and they're doing business in loudon? we need to meet. >> reporter: thomas tells me she
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plans to visit company headquarters and wants them to disclose the name of the company that may have been looking for a preferably caucasian candidate. i'm jul carey, news 4. >> to read the complete statement open the washington app and search cynen. later this evening an amazon rep will be here to talk about the arrivalf hq2. that comes as the company posted some of the first jobs f the brand new headquarters. there are just five open positions so far, many more on the way. amazon says it plans to have 400 new jobs, this year 25,000 over the next decade. amazon has also rented temporary office space. they hope new employees will move in by this june. business is bming for companies like airbnb. coming up, marriott's plan for
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feature "boys in t hood". >> i don't thinkul we s do that. it will be better together. >> singleton went on birect othe films. he also helped launch the on-screen careers of today several mega stars. john singleton suffered from hypertension and had been in a coma since having a stroke earlier this monil. his famy removed him from lifeod support t. singleton was just 51 years old. a local 10-year-old who was bornh wit no hands is writing her own story. and it's a remarkable one. news 4's aimee cho introduces us to the newly crowned national handwriting champn. >> i try to concentrate on what i'm going to write and try not to mess up. >> reporter: when sarah puts pen topaper,ou bet every loop of
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every letter will be just right. this third g sder recentlyt a writing sample to a national handwriting contest and took home the top prize. >> when i got the reward, i was really happy and proud i got it. >> reporter: as she shows us her sheets of practice, when it comes to overcomin ok stabstacl all of us would do well to take a page from her book. she was born with no hands. she has no plans to use prosthetics. >> i think i don't really need it.i n do pretty much anything that people who does have hands could do. >> reporter: that doesn't just mean handwriting. it also means heighting the playground, climbing to the top of a rock wall and learning how >> she's always got a smile on her face. nothing holds her back. >> reporter: and this little learner alreadyah looking d to the future. >> i want to be a lawyer and then a president and then back
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to being a lawyer and then become a >> reporter: proof for anyone that when life throws you for a loop, you still get right back on track. >> by saying my story, they can see it's best not to give up and keep doing your hardest until you get to i. >> reporte frederick, aimee cho, news 4. >> just incredible. >> she is going to be busy. the president thing, i don't know. >> beautiful cursive. >> she's adorable. sarah beat out more than 100 people in her category. and she took home a $500 prize. well, measles scare stops a flight on the tarmac at a major airport. still to come, the rising concern as the number of casesc inues to grow. plus a father seeking answers after his son's alleged killer is sent home on house killer is sent home on house arrest.
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we have an update on that breaking news out of fairfax county. rmrk police confi that one person has died following that two-car crash head-on here on the george washington parkway. the parkway right now is closed between tulane drive and e morningsid lane. this is creating some big backups. these pictures just in from chopper 4 a short time ago. we'll bring you more information as it comes in to news 4. their son was murdered. the family says the pain of that loss is now managnified by a ojudge's decision t allow the accused killer to leave jail. why the alleged gunisn is back inwn home waiting for a trial. >> reporter: this old silver boo sick more than just a car to michael quarry. >> my son loved this car.
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>> reporter: it's one of the last tangible reminders he had of his youngest son dustin. >> we haven't decided what we're going to do with it. i know it's painful, but it does have some pleasant memories to it also. >> reporter: almost two years agon july of 2017 dustin was murdered in the driver'sseat. >> this is the bullet hole right here. >> reporter: his father says he went to buy a gun from kalik and darius john thton. bo were charged with his usmurder. dari case went to trial. a hung jury led to a mistrial. on friday a judge ordered him to be released on house arrest until he'sried again in november. for corey and his family it was a devastating blow in their fight towards justle. >> we f terrible and my kid's mom, dustin's mom, she's been home congressdepressed all week
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>> i spoke with legal experts who sai prosecutors had a chance to make their case and jurors weren't convinced. placing a murder suspect on house arrest in this situation isn't unheard of. that means for now dustin ami can only wait and hope for a different verdict in november. >> i don't understand why this guy, if he's not been found nothing, he's not acquitted of his charge, how you let him go home. >> meaganfitzgerald, news 4. >> t prince george's county state's atto office says the man who took that plea deal will be sentenced in may. a msles scare led to a temporary quarantine on the tarmac at jfk in new york which has been among the hardest hit by this year's outbreak of the virus. the flight had been coming in from the dominican republic when official r gotort someone on board may have had the measles. health officials checkor everybodyiving the all clear. meanwhile, the cdc says cases
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nationwide have now topped 700 in 22 states. that's the highest level in 25 years. airbnb could be getting some unexpected competition from t marriott, world's largest hotel chain. marriott is getting into the home rental industry. "the wall stet journal" ports the company based in bethesda could roll out a new rental service e asarly as next mont customers would be able to rent homes or apartments for short-term stays and earn loyalty poi so far marriott is not commenting. the company operates 7,000 properties in 130countries. that includes the "w" hotel, t ritz carlton and thehet marriot courtyard brands. first it was amazon. now another major retailer is poisedo offer free one-day shipping for your online purchases. our consumer reporter susan hogan has the details for us. hi, susan. >> walmart appears to be
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considering one-day free shipping. this is of course in response to amazon's announcement just last week. so they sent a tweet that said n one-day free shipping without a membership fee? that would be groundbreaking. stay tuned. walmart clearly taking a job at amazon's prime subscription fee. it wouldn't be very difficult for walmart to make the move to one-dang shippi they'd only need to add a ndful of distribution centers across the country. while the company appears to want to offer one-day shipping without a subscription, they will likely require a minimum purchase. walmart currently requires a $35 purchase to gethat two-day free shipping. as the company said in that tweet, it's not clear when this free shippingrogram would tually start, so we'll just have to stay tuned. back to you. a sex crazed peacock is causing a ruira ruckus out in l
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county. his name is chip and he lives on a farm. chip flew the coop last week. he has been roaming the county, stealing cat food, and letting everyone know he's looking for a good time. he is a peacock after all.eo severale have been close to wrangling this exotic bird, but chip just flies into the trees. s, they do fly. to pursuers may use a female lure chip into a cage. don't try to catch chip yourself. becauseeacocks are notoriously aggressive. wnd territorial. they've been kno to attack their own reflection fearing it's another male coming to steal their lady. you go, chip. >> poor littl chip. >> poor little chip? poor loudon county. >> yeah. >> let c chip bep.
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>> #letitgo. of course, he's a peacock. not a mascot. >> you're right. all right. follow that, doug. what do y got? they don't like rain. and chip was telling me earlier he didn't like the cool weather this morning. it was really cold. >> it was cold. >> see that transition? >> nicely done. >> show you what's happening eaorier this mng. look how cool we were. 36 this morning in gaithersburg. 35 in martinsburg. threat manassas. a cold start to theay for sure. out there right now we're still quite cool for this time of year. 61 degrees wre the avera high is 71. we're well below that. temperatures will drop. could see shower activity as a cold front -- frontal boundary makes its wayhr tgh. 58 right now reston. petch down towards camp springs. some real cool numbers. no raincurrently. what i'm watching is this system up here. you have a little bit of a storm
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system. you've got cold fronthere, warm front draped across the area. we're going to see a chance of showers tonight. maybe a chance of a thunderstor tomorrow. look at the numbers. 61 here. 53 in ocean city. really cool air coming in off the ocean. backo theest much warmer in the 70s to 80 degrees. that's exactly where we will be tomorrow. we do get in the w mer air tomorrow. looking pretty good all in all. high temperature tomorrow into the 80 degree range. sun rise at 6:12. a nice start. temperatures will be about where they are now, but that's expected. that's actually a little above average. 75 degrees at recess tomorrow. i think we're pretty good early in the morning. you can probably get lunch outdoors. then we see a chance for showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two coming in late in the afternoon. when we're picking up the kids we could see thunderstorm activity during the afternoon. one or two strong possibly severe storms. i'm not calling tomorrow a weather alert day. i don'think it will be widespread, but it's something we will be watching for. here's the roller coaster.
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we go up to 80, down to 70. many to the north will be in the 60s. tohe south, closer to 80. a real tight temperature range. 30% chance of showers. chance of storms on thursday. mostly north and west. really good chance on friday. i think thi cis the bestnce to see some stronger storms on friday. notice definitely unsettled here. a chance of showers each day. you want t make sure you have that umbrella handy. look at saturday and sunday. showers on saturday. another chance of storms on sunday. temperatures moderate back into the 70s. eventually we do get back to the 80s again. but take a loo at a rather unsettled week this week. get used to it. it's spring. we're trying to g to summer here in d.c. you know how it is. we'll be right back. well, coming up, with a lot more to come, a warning tonight for those of you who use metro. >> there i a big shutdown
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commuters are going to get a little bit of dress rehearsal. o it's about t get ugly. there will be track work on all stations south of reagan national airport. our transportation reporter tuss working for you with this preview. >> good morning. >> reporter: in the morning, it's freddy george to greet you at the braddock road metro station. >> about ten years now. >> repter: awesome. you've seen everybody. >> like a permanent fixture. >> reporter: pretty soon frey be greeting you on the rail. the braddock road a stationng with every other blue and yellow line station south of reagan national airport will be closed for tire summer. >> all you can do is grin and bear it. >> reporter: right now work tready under wayo get this set up for the closure. this weekend a trial un of sorts as the stations will close may 4th and may 5th so that equipmentovan be m into place. >> it's going to be an inconvenience for sure.
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>> reporter: jim rides the rail all the time but he's making other plans. >> i'll driveat unfortuny. >> reporter: that's a problem, though, right? more traffic. >> yeah. but i don't really know how the shuttle system is going to work. i may give that a shot. but i'll probably drivr: >> reporte that's a big concern as well. more people ditching metro to join the already clogged streets. free shuttle buses will be running, but anticipation for the major shutdown begins. again f you' again, if you're thinking about driving, the hov restrictions are going into place and this could impact you whether or not you're on the train. that first closure comes this weekend and then the longer closure after memorial day. back to you. >> you should know metro will be offering free parking at certain stations during this summer shutdown. >> and we have all tat informn about the shutdown app.r nbc washington just search metro shutdown. >> doreen and leon are next with
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news 4 at 6 okay. good e>ning. ow at 6:00, new information about the body found by fishermen over the weekend and what we know about possible connections to gang activity. hate rattles the country again. jewish leaders and holocaust survivors with a message after uee deadly attack in a california synag over the weekend. and the news 4 i-team digs into crackdowns on homeless camps. your money pays for them, but are they solving t problem or making it worse? >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 begins withre bing news. let's get first to that breaking news we've been following in northern virginia. a deadlyhead-on crash has shut down part of the gw parkway. >> chopper 4 can't get too close to the scene because of restricted air space. we're told one person is dead and three others are injured after two cars collided. >>dica helicopters were called
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in. his is on theparkw parkway -- this is going to have an impact on the evening rush. we're learning the cause of this crash and we'll keep you updated with what we learn. >> now to a grizzly discovery generating safety concerns for families tonight. >> questions are swirling about a possible gang hit on the bank of the potomac. we want to warn you some viewers may findut details abo this disturbing. >> a man's body was found over the weekend a half mile down river from the chain bridge. the body h been sliced up and one hand was missing. >> news mark segraves reports d.c. police are asking for help. >> reporter: law enforcement sources familiar with theat investigion say whoever did this used something like a machete to bludgeon the victim to death. >> he was suffering from multiple traatic injuries to as missinghead, neckhe area.
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