with over 6,000 hotels across the country, a great hotel by wyndham is closer than yothink. visit wyndhamhotels.com. rights now on "news4 this week," safe at work. in thef wake o the virginia beach shooting, an alarming new look at how americans feel about the safety of their places of employment. driving smart. talk to helps your car the world around you. news4 transportation reporter adatuss gets a firsthand look at how it works and how it could make the roads safer. and right to vote. it's been a hundred years since women were first allowed to enter the voting booth. y we show how that milestone was celebrated n ournation's capital. >> announcer: welcome to "news4 this week." hello, everyone,m leon harris. the recent mass shooting at a virginia beach municipal cans ing has many ame asking a very simple question. am i safe at work?

more and more people, one in seven in fact now, sa the answer is no. that's according to a study done by the society for human resource management. as news4's derrick ward reports, that study was conducted months ago, but in the wake of the shooting at virginia beach, it's nding new resonance. >> reporter: the study was done in march by the alexandriaalexad society for resource management. johnny c. taylor says there were already some alarming trends before the latest incident. >> we've seen anuptick in workplace violence generally, and that's people fighting. that's people pstabbing, peole throwing things at each other. i actually was alarmed about a recent incident where someone was poisoned. >> reporter: taylor says this industry and sector has changed. shat's because we've moved from postal tings to the more common incidents of workplace violence. e said that's part of a broader societal shift aell. >> in our broader culture, people disagree and realize people now don't think they can

disagree without being disagreeable. >> reporter: but he says teis l incident in virginia beach just confounds all of the current knowledge and guidance on what to look fowa >> he not being terminated, there was no disciplinary action. he actually resigned earlier that day. and so, you know, it came out of apparently nowhere. >> reporter: and as the vestigation continues a more is revealed, it may mean rethinking the indicators, the red flags. heylor also says's another thing to take away from this latest incident, and that's not to overreact. >> you've had a bad day, right? it happens to all of us. ou raise your voice. does that meanyou should be on our watch list? s>> reporter: that,s taylor, is the balancing act personnel and security leaders must inform and it's harder to strike with each tragedy. derrick ward, news4. >> even though american work places are among the safest in the world, workers feel they aren't as safe as they could be, or should be. your smartphone could soon

do a lot more than just make calls, texts and posts to social media. it could communicate direct with the cars all around you. automakers are racing now to noploy new techlogy that allows cars to talk to everything around them. this week news4 got an up close onlook and transportati reporter adam tuss went along for the rsde. >> reporter: ca are getting smarter, we know that. but how about cars that not onlt ta one another and talk to traffic signals, but they also talk to you. for instance, as the scooter comes from out of sight -- >> so we can't necessarily see who's coming from the side. as we pull up here, you can see that we got a message here on our system. there was lots of beeping. you can see on our heads-up display there depending on the light that there's a scooter that we needed to avoid. >> reporter: this is ford's la,st rollout which should be in cars in about threeye rs. it's called cv to x. >> it stands for cellular vehicle to everything

technology. >> reporter: everything around you like a lane closed for construction or a pedestrian that simply wants to cross the road, all talking to the car. and it can also help with some, let's just say, less than cordial situations: all right. we've all been in this scenario where you come to a four-wa stop and nobody knows who should go first. that one gets theo green dot t tell this one to go. hise gets the green dot and tells it go because those cars were here before we were in the intersection. we're stil told to stop. now we get the go. we get to go through and everybody is safe. and these connected car drivers are being asked to enter into an agreement not to break the rules, or else they could possibly be reported. we got a firsthand look on a closed d.c. parking lot. ford insist this isn'ie in the sky, but there are still some hurdles to clear. >> one of the reasons that we're here in d.c. is to talk with policy makers, the fcc for instance, because our technology

is not allowed to operate within the spectrum. today a sign of the changing times as the car industry shifts into next gear. in the district, adam tuss, news4. 100 years ago this week, congress approved the 19th iendment, finally giv women the right to vote. to mark the milestone the #19th and 100 is trending.me gan fitzgerald has more on how people celebrated this. he >> reporter: t artifacts and pictures reminds us of an important time in american history. >> we actually talk a lotbout the early lobbying methods of the national women's party. >> 100 years ago today on june4 , 1919, the u.s. senate passed what will become the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. >> reporter: it was a fight that took more than 100 years. this building is the national women's partyad hearters, where women organized to fight

for equality. jennifer is the deputy director. >> scores of been through this house learn how to lobby their congressmen, to use this as their home base to visit the senate and capitol and lobbyfor women's equality. >> reporter: these images help tell the story of the sacrifice women made. many were jailed and forced to sleep on the ground of their cells. strikes.t on hunger these ladies were the first to ever protest in front of the white house. >> theright to vote, like i said, created this door through which all of the other rits that we enjoy today were empene to th >> indivisible with liberty and justice forall. >> reporter: an all-girl boy scout troop madder in front of the capitol,olding flags commemorating the day. >> we get to lead, we get to learn w to work with others with a way that we wouldn't otherwise. >> reporter: while these young girls appreciate the freedoms they have, they also are reminded on this day there's more work that needs to

be done.tz break, a special honor for a young life lost to senseless gun violence in the district. plus t-rex making a comeback. a popular museum exhibit back open after a multi-year open after a multi-year renovation and we've got a sneak

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a new permanent reminder of a life lost to senseless gun violence. a mural in congress heights now memorializesli the of 15-year-old maurice scott. someone shot that teen outside of a convenience store on memorial day weekend. this mural is paint on the side of that store. scott was an honor student at somerset prep. police say they believe he was hit by a stray bullet. even if you haven't been inside it, you're probably familiar with the newspaper front pages outside the museum. well, this t weekse pages went black in memory of journalists

killed in the past year. the museum dedicated its exhibit to add 21 names, including fived people kill last june in the capitol gazette shooting. the capital's editor spokeveat this e stressing the importance of local publications. the society will recognize an importance of a variety oes voic in the news media. we need not only the giants, but small voices you can find nowhere else but in community journalism. >> also honored jamal khashoggi, "the washington post" columnist who was murdeyed last r. both the cia and senate concluded that the saudi crown r prince had ale in khashoggi's death. who says dinosaurs are extinct? we'll take you inside awl ne renovated exhibition.

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it's something kids will talk about for years to come. the story of 3.7 billion years of life on earth displayed at the smithsonian natural history museum. and of crse the dinosaurs there. the five-year long renovation allowed our cory smith to be a kid again. >> reporter: remember being a kid and walking into the museum for the first time? the smile on your face as you gazed up in awe at creatures that seemed out of this world but once walked theette.t ae smithsonian's new dinosaur and fossil hall, you can go back, way back and feel like a kid again. >> as a kid i came to this museum. i remember the old fossil hall. it's amazing. it's a journey full circle. >> reporter: for the project manager the hall's reopening feels like anld friend

returning home. the hall's new exhibit takes visitors on a journey through deep time, using displays both big and small to tell a story that started 3.7 billion years ago. more than 700 fossil specimens arepln di, interactive elements invite users to travel through time. of course there's the stars of the show, the fossils. many of them posed in biologically accurate positions, like this t-rex enjoying its lunch. >> it's the difference between reading a book and living a booe >> reporr: and though the hall ines a light on the past, it also asks visitors to pondser the future, making it unlike any other exhibit in the country. >> they have a very clear message and that was not apparent in th previous hall renovations and that's very aparent. >> reporter: most imartant of they want your imagination

to take flight, leaving visitors young and old with new memories of a time long ago. cory smith, news4. if you live in maryland, the state will give you extra time to update your driver's license. the recall deadline on real i.d.s has been pushed back to july 3rd. hat's to help stop identity ke theft and.d.s. in october of next year if you haven't updated your driver's license, you won't be able to board a plane. search real i.d. in the nbc washington app to see if you need to update yours. when the goin gets tough, the change in attitude can make all the difference in the world. a localhe pastor took facebook followers on a year-long journey to discover the power of gratitude. pat lawson muse has the story. >> for so many years i had to bury d hide theact that my brother committed suicide. >> i would go back and replay the instances that i had in my life where i was raped and

molested as a child. i was depressed, i wanted to self harm and i was suicidal. >> reporter: these women are on aourney to find the positive in pretty tough circumstances. >> the deaths my immediate family. i had four siblings and my mom and dad to go back-to-back-to-back. >> my mother was struck by a drunk driver and passed away in that accident. >> reporter: they're part of a group learning to replace feelings lost, depression, aer, insecurity and expressions of > atitude. >it improves one's mental health. it improves one's physiological health. >> reporter: the city of prais family ministries has put the principle into practice. >> don'trg ever foet to tell god thank you. >> reporter: in january of 2018, peole shared a short facebook live broadcast, encouraging followers to practice gratitude as a way to change the response to the circumstances in their life. >> instead of everybody being

angry, start a new chain of gratitude and love. >> reporter: after reading a letter from a woan from botswana, people knew she was on to something. >> she opened her phone and my video popped up, and she watched it. in her letter she says it gave me hope to live. >> good evening, joyce. >> reporter: for the next 364 a s, peoples went live for full hour, sharing messages of hope. >> get off the ferris wheel of pain. make love your first response and your first choice. chooserg eness over all things. >> my name is denise holmes and i joined the movement. >> reporter: the group grew with so-called gratituders logging in all over the world and sharing their own posts. >> depression is just a name and then i can rise up from it. my injury and wheelchair no longer defines me. >> i can't tell you how much

is gratitude journey has ally changed and altered my life. >> reporter: last january, peoples held aon graduati ceremony complete with caps, gowns and diplomas for some 200 women who had faithfully tuned in to the daily broadcasts. >> they did homework. they wrote in their journal. they showed up for events. they deserved a graduation. >> reporter: they also formed a close bond, were stronger in their faith, and lenders arned e themselves differently. >> every day i look in the mirror and say, god, thank you. you gave me the eyes to see my a by, which is me. >> i think i have gotten healthier emotionally and mentally. i know i've gotten healthier physically. i've learned to love myself and forgive the people that hurt me. >> reporter: and they say practicing gratitude has made life a whole lot better. ♪ ♪ i'm better when i'm dancing ♪ yeah yeah ♪ i'm better when i'm dancing

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next door, she went two doors down to joe sharnock's home. >> joe joe, mommy is not breathing. >> reporter: joe is the fire chief in germantown and he runs alongside to try to save a life. >> i said, mommy, mommy, wake up but mommy was not waking up. >> and when she hands me the phone, the 911 operato and i identified myself what i was doing -- >> reporter: joe took the mother's vitals and thankfully h she was br medics arrived and she came to. disoriented but she was checked out and is > okay. >am proud. are you glad that i save you from not getting sick? >> reporter: mother and daughter together, joe says it's all thanks to the quick-thinking 6-yeis-old. >> th kid did exactly what we try to teachkids, why we teach them to dial 911. tell the operator where you're calling from. >> okay, okay. > reporter: as comfortable in

front of our camera as she is under pressure. reporting in montgomery county, drew wilder, news4. >> i think she has earned her ice cream for this week, that's for sure. that's all for "news4 this week." i'm leon harris.or thanks fjoining us. have a great week.

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