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>> a moving moment at the white house. the golf great credits with helping him turn around his game and his life. >> pain, ngling, numbness, all symptoms of possible nerve m damage bla on fitness tracker a doctor details how to protect your body. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> good evening. developing right now, that suv is still under water tonight. we have watched all night as crews prepared to pull it out of the potomac river here near rooseveltla . >> divers have been in the water since sunrise after reports an suv skidded off the road last night. the search is coming to a end, but the mystery of who is inside remains. news 4's jackie benson joins us from the scene more than 24 hours after this investigation began. jackie? >> reporter: doreen,ap hening right now here, a very
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nerve-racking, tense situationr foirst responders. about 6:00 tonight, they located that vehicle, that suv in the water. what's been going on since then is the efforto get that vehicle out, up that rocky incline, through trees, you know, a very, very difficult situation because obviously they needed to bring in som heavy equipment to do that after they locaatd where th vehicle is. now, if you can come out here and take a look behind me, i've switched around. this is the g.w. parkway here. take a look at these two large cranes here. they are standing by, and itd coulbe sometime here so th they can pull that vehicle that we understand is at the mddy shoreline right now, pull itso that it -- obviously the remains thbe are inside ca recovered and that it can be tak t away fromhis area. but i do kow that the divers who are down there for most of the day, i've spoken to them before.
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they tell me when they're in the eetomac, they can't s their hand in front of their face, so they were literally down there mostlo of the day feeling ang the bottom of the river trying to locate thiscl vehi which they did tonight, and this rgoing operation recovery operation you sight now. back to you. >> all right. jackie benson reporting. thank you, jackie. a developing story tonight, d.c. councilmember jack evansc ld learn more about his future tomorrow. a closed metro boardtb' meeting could finalize the outcome of its investigation. d.c. council reprimand evans over allegations that he used his positions on the council and metro for personal gain. federal investigators are looking into a similar matter with the ward 2nc coumember. evans represents the metro on the council board. >> there could be a legal battle brewing over president trump's tax returns. today treasuryecretary steve mnuchin said the department will not handm the over to the house. mnuchin said the ways and means
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committee's request for documents laced, ote, legitimate legislative purpose. he says he took advice from the justice department to make ms. decision. now the democrats are lft with a few options. they can subpoena the irs for the returns or file a lawsuit. >> a judge denied a young man's bond today. the 19-year-old will stay behind bars. he's a former homeless d.c. high school foot ball player. he's charged now with murdering his girlfriend last month. jamal speaks was kicked off the football team at d.c.'s bell yu high school last year because they couldn't verify his address. he was later reinstated. last month, detectives say they found his girlfriend, 18-year-old sanaia floyd dead from a gunshot wound inside a fort washington home. detectives say speaks tried to make it look like she accidentally shot herself. today news 4 was the only station to speak with floyd's stepmothr.
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>> they makeem it se like something we knew it wasn't. it's just sad. it's just sad. they took an angel from us. >> temple university recruited y speaks, but said today they never offered him a scholarship. and hesn't currently enrolled at the university. >> doesn't get much lower than this story. a mother and sr in pce george's county accused of stealing thousands from an elderly neighbor. prosecutors say terrence and barbara stevens took advantage of the woman while doing a relative a favor. they were supposed to collect their neighbor's mail and deliver it to herfamily. instead, they used her bank statements to get account information. hey allegedly used that to steal thousands of dollars to pay their own bills. the stevens are both charged with theft and conspiracy. the man accused of killing two youngun fairfax co residents more than two years ago is back on u.s. soil tonight and behinds
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the victims were found dead in springfield. you may recall back in december of 2016 shortly after the murders, police say the killer escaped to ethiopia.l we friday night, a special fbi plane brought him back to dulles airport. it is the first time in decades ethiopia agreed to extradite a suspected criminal back to the u.s. >> only on news 4, the depp of housing and urban development a says it will controversial training video. >> be kind to your brothers. >> theol decades- video uses an experiment to demonstrate the effects of racism, but several employees complained because the "n" word is used by young students in the video. >> it's wrong. people of color have come a long way. to still in this day and age think it's okay to say that word. >> hud says th portions of the video will be edited out.
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>> nice night for a stroll after that weekeniof heavy ra >> yeah, we needed a nice day. people were out this evening here in alexandria enjoying the nice weather. >> chief meteorologist doug kammerer here in the storm center. doug, do we need to keep that umbrella handy this>> week? on't put it too far away. you won't need it tomorrow. tomorrow another beautiful day. by wednesday, the chances of rai really start to go up, especially thursday into friday. out there today, just gorgeous. a gorgeous night around our ea, too, with the beautiful crescent moon going on in our western sky. oemperatures tonight up t 78. on the maphe warm est today right there in d.c. a beautiful afternoon there. tracking a couple ofsystems, though. nothing around our region now. but tracking some systems back to the west, we're talking abous stormin in the middle part of the country. that's going to bring us one big thing tomorrow and something completely different we may not like on wednesday.u we'll talk mch more about it. see you back here in a few minutes. >> all right. you've got our attention, doug. thank you. several weeks ago tiger woods won his fifth masters.
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well, today he found himself at the white house. president trump awarding him the presidential medal of freedom. now, woods joins an elite group of past recipients including anti-apartheid activist desmond tutu, bob dylan and civil rights congressman john lewis. lee i don't know harris joins us with woods' emotional day here in the capital. jim? >> it was interesting. weaven't seen tiger emotional like this in public very often. the presidential medal of freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. it's given by the president and it honorsop pele who have made huge contributions, whether it's in sports, music or culture in this society. now, of course, we all know mr. trump is a big golfer. we've seen him on the links. we've seen him out there with tiger in the past. woods and the president walked into the rose garden tonight and woods spoke about the emotion of winning the 1997 masters and what it meant to have his mother and hisen two childrith him today at the ceremony at the white house. >> my dad is no longer here, but
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my mom is here. i love you, mom. tnk you. [ applause ] sam and charlie for all your love and support, i love you guys so much. >>ev this ening's ceremony is the second time in less than six months that mr. trump has o awarded meda freedom. woods now becomes the fourth professional golfer to receive the medal along with jackau nic, arnold palmer and charlie sifford. woods is not only friends with the preside, but also a business partner. that's raised a few eyebrows. trump also named a villa after woods at his resort near miami. oreen, over to you. >> all right, leon, thank you. well wishes continue to pour in for the newest royal.nc pri harry couldn't contain his excitement when announcing he and wife meghan markle's son was born this morning.4 >> this little thing is, is absolutely to die for. i'm just over the moon. >> baby sussex arrived early th morning weighing 7 pounds 3
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ounces. harry says mother and baby boy are doing great. we're still waiting to hear his name. it will probably be few days before we get to see video of the happy family together. >> until weust call him sussex, right? >> for the time being. london is five hours ahead of us, by the way. if any royal news breaks overnight, the news 4 crew wile be sur to tell you about it in the morning. 4:00 a.m.ay starts at >> crabbing is going to be a whole lot more fun this year, folks. that's because there is plenty to go around. the bluecrab population in chesapeake bay is thriving. check it out. it has hit the highest level in seven years. it's estimated there are nearly 600 million crabacross the bay. an annual survey estimates current crab population up 60% over last year. we're going to be o.d.-ing on
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dip and california rolls. >> the crabbing will be fun, so will the eating. we are working for your health tonight with a warning for those of you who wear the fitness trackers around your wrist. >> and myand was so numb that i actually had to switch the put on to the other hand. then i really started to get very concerned. >> why some people experience pain and numbness, and what you eep it from happening to you. >> plus, four years ago today, a local firefighter lost his life in the line ofduty. we're going to show you how his death moved a fellow rescue worker to take steps
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firefighter gave his life in the line of duty,ut t fire didn't kill lieute nt kevin mccree. he had a heart. atta now fellow firefighter jonathan tate is trying to educate firefighters on heart disease. he started a non-profit aimed to educate about healthy .eati tate took the healthy life-style movement a step further by building a new gym inside mccree's old firehoe. >> we wanted to honor him, but we also wanted to do it as a reminder to other firefighters that you have to be proactive about your health. >> on behalf of the whole mcrae family, we are overwhelmed by the thought that somebody could dedicate a whole gym to my dad. >> tate says he hopes to build more gs in other firehouses. doreen? >> we have a potential health alert for tho of youho like to wear those fitness trackers around your wrist. they are causing some people serious pain. an now the make a popular
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device has advice on the best and the safest way to wear it. interest of tracking my steps, and you get to that magic number 10,000. >> rich likes to stay active and he used a fitness tracker to count his steps. after a year of starting to wear his new fitbit charge 2, he says he developed serious pain and numbness in his left wrist. >> i went to turn my ist, and it kind of locked up and i had to kind of twist it back to get it to release. >> he says the pain was so bad, it was difficult to do simple tasks, like brush his hair. >> aha my hand was so numb i actually had to switch the hairbrush to the other hand. and then i really tarted get very concerned. >> williams had had a nch that his fitness tracker might have something to do with his pain, so he went online and was surprised to learn he wasn't alone. >> when ioogled fitbit wrist pain and saw there was a whole
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world out there of people thatw e experiencing the same amsues at different levels, here's one, said sthing happened to me. pain.like nerve >> dr. omliver works at washington hospital center. he knows what nerve damage looks lie. he thinks people are wearing their fitness devices too tightly. >> when you have tracker on your wrist and that nerve is being compressed 24 hours a day, it's just a matter of time before that nerve is going to start to act up. hence, pain, numbness or tingling or weakness going down into the hand. >> if youee start to f pain, the solution may be as simple as taking the fitness tracker off. >> number one, take it off for a couple days and just give the nerve ti to rest. >> in a statement to news 4, fitbit had this advice. we encourage anyone wearing a watch or other device on the wrist, regardless of the brand, to follow four key elements for the best experience. keep it clean. keep it dry.
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don't wear it too tightly. and give your wrist a rest. they recommend wearing the band loosely enough so that it can move back and forth on your rist. fitbit also offered to give rich williamson a refund in exchange for t.m device, but he decline. >> if you ask me, am i going to puy fitbit back on, the nswer wou be absolutely not. >> to bclear, this isn't just a problem with fitbit. ne re have been on complaints with other fitness trackers, too. doctors say you should be able to fit u one fingernder your watch or fitnessa tracker to sure it's not too tight and place it 2 inches away y frr wrist crease. as for rich williamson, he says the pain in hi wrist went away once he stopped wearing his fitness tracker. > it is rare, folks, that we use the term icon, but in this case it's more than deserved because of her impact on gender equality, social justice, and all sports. the onennd only billie jea
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king came to shall what wash to share her memories of winning 39 grand slams, and inspire a whole new generation of athletes. most of them not old enough to remember that historic battle of the sexes back in 73 when at 29 she beat bobby riggs as 90 million people watched. bigger than superbowl numbers. i had a chance to sit down and talkh king here as she was honored by the washington tennis and education foundation this weekend. they serve hundreds of children on and off the court every year in southeast dc. b.j.k., as she's known, talked about her personal tryu , public access to tennis and how women's sport in general needs to gro >> i can talk to the children, but i need t talk to the parents, too. because the parents are what we used to call helicopter or snow plow parents. doesn't work well. it really is so much pressure on the young people that they feel it. they feel their parents, they
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f l them warranting towin. you have to stop all that. my parents never asked my brother and i whetherwe won or anything like that, ever. never. and that's why randy and i loved sports.ssure in my parents were the opposite of helicopter parents. >> women j sports hast taken off in recent years. what are the challenges? where do you go from here and where do we stand right w with women's sports? >> girls, we've got a long way to go. we have to find out to makeit more valuable at the pro level. once that also inspires children, but it's really the grassroots that make the difference. that's where your true sheroes are.heroes they're the ones that make it happen for the children. >> i like that, sheroes.h by te way, king and her brother randy mayor's office a ran moffatt, a major league la baseball pr, grew up in the sports system.e young peoll only glow with greater accessibility to courts, fieldsing programs and edipment. een, as you heard the announcement, nine of the courts
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at the wtef center in southeast will be named this her oner and so will their initiative to keep young girls engaged on and off the court until their first day of college. that's their goal. >> icon is right. what an impressive woman she is. and people, it's hard to remember how much sports have changed since she pl the battle of the sexes and won. way before title 9 and all the t otherings that have happened since. >> a whole 'nother >> i wasn't born in '73. that was a good movie. that as a really good movie.o >> we cd have told you how it ended. >> i did have to wait until the end of the movie. is well, figure out for us what the weather going to be like tomorrow. >> tomorrow is a great day to get out there for tennisea it rlly is. wednesday okay. we're going to have cloud cover, but after that kind of put the acket away and head back inside. temperatures outside today 78. that was theigh temperature today. just a beautiful afternoon.
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we saw plenty of sunshine after morni clouds. we saw high temperature 5 degreesbove average. 73, we were hit the 78 mark. 66 now. winds out of the south 6 miles per hour. a really, really nice night. i was eating h dinner, dinner with my daughter tonight. 57 in martinsburg, 59 leesburg. 61 in honeytown. 63 down towards patuxent river. really nice everywhere. that means we're in for a good start early tomorrow. nothing on the radar picture. don't worry about this. we're not going to see any chances for rain all day tomorrow and really into wednesday. that's the day i'm really watcnong, though. much now, clear skies. here's the storm system back to the west. this storm system is going to bring us a couple of things. it's going to move across, we'll watch another one farther to the west actually come back thro h, and that will actually help to bring in cooler air during the day wednesday. first we get to thear w air. 80s to the south are trying to
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move our way. as they do so we will hit 80s iomorrow. going for a h of 84. 61 degrees, a nice start to the day. sunrise 6:04. 75 degreesy recess. a great day for the kids tomorrow. 84 degrees by the time you're picking up the kids. really nice for lunch outdos. maybe a little tomorrow might be one of those days i have people telling me, hey, it's a little bit too warm out there. come on, iknow. it is about ten degrees above average. don't worry, we go right back below average wednesdghy. a hiof only 70. many of you will stay in the upper 60s. it's that northeast flow we're going to be seeing. same deal on thursday ith a better chance of showers as the front tries to lift back to the north. now, as it does that, we get sector.o the warm that united states palomino us close to l 0 degrees. good chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day friday. one or two could be strong. i'm not looking for any severe weather. just something i'macking. right now i've got saturday dry. hoping it stays that way. maybe an all day rain sunday.
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this sunday looks pretty much like last sunday. next week we get really good. what's the difference between this sunday and last sunday? >> what, doug? >> mothers day. >> oh, yeah. >> so we're hoping -- >> i should have been able to answer that one right away. >> you should. i was wondering. i gave you the opportunity. >> thankou, doug. still ead, after a terrible ghtast night, the nationals had
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>> announcer: thisis the xfin sports desk. >> yeah, eight-hour tarmac delay, canceled fflight,ally got out of philadelphia this e morning and mit to milwaukee. but their eason has yetto take off. too manyinjuries, too many >]q losses, not enough runs. especially for matt sherzer. hs one and four. 9 na the nats he only scored six
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runs. talk about stuck in coach. bring coupons if you're matt sherzer. y. can't be hap add lack of sleep and you un derstand. howie tried to help him out. top of the first, kendrick b crushes thisll to left. that's gone. two-run shot. we like to see this.e ridith adam he's ton. 2-0.s up dan jennings pitching. lines it toward brian dozier. bobbles it in his throw to first. gammel thinks about going to second. tough play for dozier. bruins man on first. wasn't there long. this pitch getsa from curt suzuki. chgambles on the wild pit from jennings. that long night starting to take effect.ye late later where is that going? gets away from kendrick. turn your head away. they tie in the next play. nats problems not done. mike at the plate just gets a
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piece of it. suzuki misses it, they take the lead and the next atba a ruffining for the nationals. a rough flight last night or this morning. they lose to the brewers 5-3. i'm telling you, they're sinuck the middle seat in coach at the back. beautiful night in camden yards. orioles hosting the red sox. bottom of the first orioles hoping for a good start. jonathan p.r. looking to give it to them. martinez back, back at the wall, he can't make the play. oh, oh, a fan in the front row reaches er, makes contact with the ball. a double, but after review interference is called. he's out. but what do we say? if atu first yon't succeed, try again. second, bases loaded. he sends thisno one, oubt, over the wall. a gra slam for jonathan v.r. his fourth homer of the season. orioles go on to win 4-1. a nifty danz or whatever. albq ju hockey, the bruins a win away
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from the connarence fil. blue jackets try to stay alive. skip to the third here. bruins up 1-0. remember this guy johansson. bring t it uphe ice, shoots. somehow is one finds it in. mojo shot akbeats, bruins t a 2-0 lead. they win 3-0. thetake the series 4-2, advancing in their first eastern conferice final snce 2013. and they will now play the carolinaic hurres. so i guess the hockey playoffs go on even though we're not part of the appointment u no matter who yoe, it's important to go for an annual check-up, and when you do remember to be open and honest with your doctor about how you're feeling. because how you're doing emotionally, affects your physical health - and vice versa
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