. right now on news 4his week. investigations going digital. how a local merriaryland county using digital to solve crime cases. also a witness to histoa. long-time journalist weflects. andomen giving back. a local organization helping to provide cthing for women and hoit inspired one woman to help others in need. welcome to news 4 this wk. hello, everyone. i'm leon harris. and there is a new team of cyber sleuths in charles county. the sheriff's office just opened up the doors to a new digital

lab. this new investigative tool is a result of lessons learned from a disturbing case in theou cy. >> as technology grows, the sheriff's office and law enforcement entities have to grow along with that technology. >> reporter:he tjust unveiled their new lab in waldorf. it's ma thless work. but this work results in big payoffs. >> from august 2018 through may 2019 our analysts have worked on approximately 255 cases and have examined nearly 500 devices covering all types of crimes. >> reporter: 20 of those cases were child investigations. one was a child abuse case that led to the creation of the unit. detectives learned this man, carlos bell had molested 42 children. he'd taken pictures of some of the acts on his cell phone. >> everybody is using their devices for everything. and the criminal element is no

different. eporter: but during the bell investigation, to get that critical evidence, charles county had to farm the work out to the state police lab, which means they had to get in line with other cases from all over maryland. it took six months. >> but we no longer have to wait for an outside source, and we can initie these searches immediatel ts sti takes time and officers have to get the proper warrant. but they can be called on 24 hours a day. they can also enhance digital video from surveillance cameras, another evolving technology, that's moving charles counsel my a safer future for its residents. >> the sheriff's sffices they also plan to use the new lab to assist other nearby counties like st. wmary'sh their cyber investigations. now, when it comes to the airport how early do you get there? do you give yourself plenty of time? or do you wait until the last

minute and walk onto the plane? that's something we've seen that can split a family apart. there are plenty of tralers on bo sides. >> reporter: there are two types of airport travelers in thiswo rld, those who get to the airport early. ah. and those who don't. oh, no! not going to make it, not going to make it! early or late, what is it? >> late, unfortunately. >> early, very early. my flight's at 5:30,'m here at what, 1:00? >> reporter: weep rt on this paradigm of punctuality. we had to take a sample here at reagan national airport. how early is early? hour, two hours? day before? >> i would say, i like to get ao ur and a half. >> reporter: donna's friend sue lippy is the opposite, lastte minu and listen to this situation she

found herself in while racing for a flight. >> the cab locked my baggage in the trunk. and they locked their key in the trunk. the policeman shot the trunk open. >> reporter: somehow she made the flight with her luggage. it's not that the early arriver is any different than the last-second sprinter. we're all trying to deal with a stressful situation like flying in different ways. we've learned of families like husbands and wives taking separate cars because one likes to arrive late and one early. she hasn't been burned yet. >> everybody thinks i'm ridiculous. >> reporte how close are we talking? do you ever walk straight to the plane? >> usually with about five or ten minutes to boarding. >> reporter: let's j st this. as for me, don't be surprised if you see me running through the

ainort. at reaga national, adam tusk, news 4. >> all right, just for reference sake, the officials at the airport say, who should know, they say you should be two hours rly for domestic flights and three hours early for international flights. when you donate clothing you often don't find out where it ends up or who it ends up helping. this week we introduce you to an organization and a story. women giving back. this week's harris's hero. inside this store in loudoun county, you'll find dresses, shoes, purses and incredible stories >> i struggle with 17-year drug addiction. i was pregnant with my twinsas d i tired of being tired anended up in the shelter. >> reporter: you come in here with, twins

twins. k-old >> when i first walked through the door, i was broken. >> reporter: even though many women who cde here fin themselves broken, the volunteers who work here are ready, willing and able to build them back up.>> we understand what clothing means, when it matters, how it can empower you and make you feel better. >> reporter: women giving back is a non-profit organization that provides free, quality clothing to women and their children. caseworkers refer the clients to the organization. the entire staff is made up of volunteers like rebecca geller. >> helping women look for clothes for jobs, for their careers, for their lives, for thr families. a lot of these are women who are violence. of domestic >> reporter: it's all about women helpingen wom setting them up for success. >> outfits and professional clothing does not come natural for someone. >> reporter: moms can also pick up toys and clothes for their

kids. >> she had a prom, so we were looking for a dress for her. and i end up getting for myself, too. >> it just eases their mind to help find a job and tak care of housing and the other things that they need to do that are really important to get ack.selves on >> reporter: nicole now works for this organization as a volunteer. she says this place was a divini interven for her life. >> for me, it was everything. women giving back is part current foundation. after i came, they stuck with me. >> rter: you came here to get clothes, but you left here with somethingor your soul. >> exactly, exactly. >> reporter: how cool is i that? >>s amazing. >> if you'd like to learn more about women giving back, search our website for "harris' heroes". we'll show you how d.c. poce are making some childrens' smer a little

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as d as d.c. struggles to stop the onslaugt of gun some officers are trying to build relationships by building bikes. >> reporter: 100 bikes built by police from seven local jurisdiction. peter newsham gets down to the nuts and bolts, explaining why this is so important. >> all the things we do in the community, building bikes, the different things we do in the schools with theids are about building relationships with young kids at a young age. they look at police officers, and they know police officers are people too, a police officers can be their friend. >> reporter: this project is

responsib sponsored by an organization. most of these people have never built a bike before, and that's why they're working in tea trying to figure it out, but they all are hoping they can do some good when these pikes abik delivered to high-crime are throughout the district. phillip pannell tracks crime in ward eight. >> there are so many families in this community. they can't afford bicycles for the children. so i think it's a tremendous idea. >> reporter: these bikes, built here in the d.c. armory, could make a big difference m fory local youngsters this summer. chris gordon, news 4. f>> 1969. a time civil unrest in america. one of movements gaining momentum was the fight for

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in a small office in d.c., the washington blade became one f o theirst newspapers in the country dedicated to the life and concerns of the lgbt community. and it was in the midst of this surging civil rightsov ment that young reporter, lou chabaro would start writing. >> one of the stories i was covering was the problem wh gay people having their security clearances revoked if it came out that they were gay. >> reporter: he told their stories. but it was the coming plague that would decimate any save cover this community relied p upon. >> the issue of discrination and biasnd families disowning some of their loved ones when they find out that someone might be gay after the person learns theyave a life-threatening disease. the hardest part.

it's still emotional to me, unfortunately, is dealing with the dying. it became an art form for the blade. we hadn't done this ofbout writing obituaries. i mean, i just lost count of the countless numbersf o obituaries of people that we had to epwrit. >> rter: the aids crisis and the sw response the government ignited more activism in the gay community. and he told their stories, not as a gay reporter but as a reporter. >> one slogan we had at some point in the past was gay news, straight facts. >> reporter: for the lgbt community, these years have brought great victorin marriage, adoption, housing, employment. but he knows there are still stories to be told, like his most recent. a transgender woman murdered in presce georges county. >> her father, who was the legal next of kin, never had accepted

r as a transgender woman and considered her still his son. and, in the funeral, he directed the funeral parlor tose p this person as a man, rather than a woman, as she had been living her life for at least 15 years. >> reporter: for 50 years, so many words on so many pages, like footprints on a path, tell us where we are while, above a flower shop on 14th street, a new deb acade begins, and lou chibarro and the bla blade will tell its stories. >> you can raid moead more stor about the celebrations on our website, "pride guide." some who rely on meals

duringhe school year go hungry nurg t during the summer. >> we'll have around nine sites this summer where students can come out and enjoy meals. >> we found last year the kids who came stayed, they got librar cards and we see them all year round. >> you cet the locations for the summer food programs in your area by searching "summer food" in the nbc whington app. thousands of tour groups come to d.c. every year to tour the smithsonian museums. just ahead, the tour group from out of the country whose relatives helped create the smithsonian institution. eg

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england and canada, they have an ancestor who was central to the shaping of arica. news 4's derrick ward reports. d go at the smithsonian come capital, but this group has quite the connection to the institutio >> the more i'm here, the more i learn. >> reporter: he's among more than 30 distant relatives of james smithson. they started at the castle, robert's lineage is linked to that scientist. smithsch had no dren, but when a nephew died childless, too, the fortune was left to the burgeoning united states, a new frontier for knowledge, not beholden to the english titles and customs he'd grown-up with. >> it had none of that clutter, none of that ruck sack of ancient behavior and rituals. >> itee is the s of so many

wonderful things. and for the united states and for the world. so i just astounded. >> reporter: a few in the family had an inkling about a connection. it wasn't until they read a certain book that it all started together. author heather ewing didn't expect the kind of resonanceer ok would generate until hungerford started contacting her. >> they were raiding teading th enjoying it and thinking about coming to seehe smithsonian. >> it rslly so special to us >> reporter: also incredible, the fact that a few twists of fatend genealogy and the wishes of a man who never visited america had converged to mean so much for the nation. >> he was a hscientist, and want the knowledge, as a free commodity. >> and t institution is a shining example and memorial to that idea.r: >> reporteews 4. >> can you just imagine the kind of pride that family must have.

speaking of family, surprises can come in small packages and big ones, tfo. r a little fairfax county rl, one surprise came from overseas. >> our mysteryod reader tay is kaley's daddy! >> look at that face! lieutenant commander andrew yunkle surprised her daughter's class. usually it's a teacher w comes in and does it. yunkke, yunkle, a member of the coast guard took onhatole. >> you want to be present in il your chs life. it's hard not to be there day in and day out. >> hard to tell who had that oan more t them. kaley had a surise of her own,

telling her dad that there's a new dog at home. so the family is happy and growing. that's a for news 4 this week, i'm leon harris. thanks for joining us. have a great week.

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