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breaking news out of prince georgia county. >> we have the verdict of two cops caught on tape beating a student at the university of maryland. >> reporter: the jury had been deliberating for hours, since 3:00 this afternoon, shortly before ten tonight. the one guilty verdict came down for officer james
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harrison. found guilty of 2nd degree assault and not guilty of other charges. regional baker was found not guilty of both charges. stemming from the march 2010 beating of student john mckenna taken down and repeatedly hit with batons following a basketball game celebration. shortly after the verdict, john mckenna spoke to reporters and here is what he said. >> i am glad that some justice has been done. it has been a long two years for me and my family. there is a broader crime committed here. for the two cops in the trial and we hope the department of justice continues the investigation. >> emotions still raw for all of those involved. the pring georgia's county
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state attorney and mark mcgraw addressed reporters saying they respect the verdict handed down by the jury. harrison's sentence is scheduled next month and he could face up to ten years in prison. >> what about the officer acquitted does go back to work. >> officer baker, it is not clear if he wants his job back, but if he does chief mcgraw will go before an appeals board and enters the board and they will reinvestigate the claim and look at the evidence and determine if he's suited to return back to the streets. both of these officers are still technically classified as being suspended with pay. they have been paid receiving payment this entire time. that is the significance with officer baker. we have got more breaking news. the fbi is searching what is believed to be the arlington participate of leon, jr.
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>> accused of three ag molotov cocktail at an apartment complex. >> the wood bury complex in the 1100 block of arlington. what the fbi calls a response team and bomb squad began the search of the 2nd degree floor apartment at 5:00. about three hours after the initial appearance in federal court of suspect leon trail, 29 arrested after police say he tried to ignite a molotov cocktail. it did not explode. >> it was a rude, crude device. >> reporter: police said he left in a backpack three similar devices. appearing in federal court charged with arson, he said nothing. the fbi says right now it
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anticipates no other arrests. >> that could potentially change depending on what he has found here. the affidavit in support of this search warrant is sealed which means the fbi does not want to you see what it is in it. if convicted he could face five to 25 years in prison. right now emergency crews are on the scene of a deadly accident that involved a metro bus. shortly before ten, a car crashed into the side after bus. this happened near the addison road metro station in prince george's county. the victim that died was in the car. eight other on the bus have been taken to the hospital but told their injuries are not life-threatening. new information sur rounding the murder of chris stevens the ambassador to libya. documents show stevens had requested more security from the state department weeks before he and three other americans were killed by militants that attacked the u.s. consulate in benghazi.
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he asked for a extension of personnel and that would be the military security team with expertise in counterterrorism. august2nd stevens asked for body guards saying that the security in libya what violent. the council came under attack september 11th, the new documents will come up monday at president obama and mitt romney square off in the final debate focusing on foreign policy. we are your go to debate station. teaming up with usa today and starting at nine on the website, we will be live blogging about what the candidates say. you can join the conversation via facebook or twitter and on 2 news@11:00, we check the statements with the usa today fact checking team. a nitta. new tonight, two navy sailors will be charged with the prostitution scandal involving the secret service and military members preparing for the president's vis to it
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columbia. a senior mill official say the two sailors will be charged for firing a prostitute and drinking within 8 hours. several armed soldiers and three marines got punishment and three others requested court marshall. another driver called the crash that killed one of their own, an officer on his way home from work. that accident happened in clinton kill off-duty officer kevin bowden, a woman in an suv crossed self lanes of traffic and hit bowden's cruiser slicing it into a utility pole. little be up to the state attorney everywhere to decide whether any action will be taken. bowden was speeding and not wearing seat belts. george zimmerman sat silently today as a judge subpoenaed tray von martin's
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school records and his facebook accounts. the records could reveal the teenager's state of mind leading up to the shooting. >> it is horrible to come before you and say i want to go after the victim's reputation. that is simply what the sixth amendment tells us we have to do in mr. zimmerman's defense. >> trayvon's school records are not relevant in this case. i feel that george zimmerman's medical records are very relevant to the case. >> the judge granted the prosecutor's request for access to zimmerman's medical records. he shot martin after he called the shots and described martin as suspicious. the trial will began next june. the pakistan team that survived a talibannian attack wants to thank people for support. photos were released ten days after a bullet was put in this
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woman's head. the 15-year-old is out after could -- cell phone c -- coma and back on her feet. she was shot from pointblank range. >> she was struck around here, just above the back of the left eye. and the bullet went down through the side of her jaw damaging the skull. >> doctors say it is going to be a few more weeks before they can start rebuilding her skull, they need to get rid of the infection caused by the bullets that came within inches of murdering her. she was speaking out for the rights of girls to get an education. we all know sunscreen is supposed to protect your skin from frying and remember putting it on and catching on fire. that is what happened to a handful of people.
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tonight a banana boat is pulling a half million bottles of spray on sunscreen off of the shelves. zig walked over to his grill and moved a brick around and flames went moving up his arm. >> i web into complete panic mode and screamed. i never experienced pain like that in my life. >> anybody would have panicked with that one. these pictures from the burn unit show the extent of the 2nd degree burn os his chest and his back and on his body. you can see the lines where he sprayed on the sunscreen. again banana boat is pulling a half million cans off of the shelves tonight. a texas landmark went up in flames today. check out big tech as he burned. for 60 years this giant metal cowboy has greeted visitors in dallas. the fire started at ten this morning. they plan to rebuild him next
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year in time for the fair. do you think sex is big? you haven't met this guy, wait until you hear about the shoe shopping. we had storms roll through during the afternoon rush hour but now the weather is improving quickly. take a look at your wakeup weather tomorrow. a little bit chillier than what we woke up to this morning. details coming up. stay with us. in. >> here is today's facts from face the be right back.
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we have our talker of the day. >> reporter: a story that caught our eye in the newsroom, about a firm that told their employees to put down the smart firm and get rid of the ipad and don't check work e-mails. we went to the source, the advisory company on m street. the executive wants employees to shut down and have the work- life balance. we got there past five and he left. jonathan that works in finance ... >> you're not going to check your e-mail. >> a little bit to make sure nothing mainly but no i am not expecting anything. >> reporter: are we too connected in this busy city we hit a happy hour, in the west end, friday to find out. >> absolutely, i check my work e-mail after work and on the weekends and when i wake up. i check it all of the time. >> i got a timer here, let's see how long it takes you to whip out your blackberry and iphone and ...
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and go. >> here we go. one, two, let's see, let's see. and we are still doing this. and he is looking. and there it is. nine seconds. let's go, let's see how much it take me to get my wusa e-mail. the pressure is on. i got to go, 11 seconds. done. >> from the west end wusa9. i'm guilty of this. >> i think we all are. just to make sure that all of you are not complaining. we do care what our facebook friends have to say. >> as a matter of fact we want to know, they are always plugged into work. laura writes i am committed to my clients. tonya says i am on maternity leave and check e-mails and john says it is not a healthy
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way to work or live. you need balance in life. john, do you check your e- mails, that is what you want to know. we know it is not good. by the way we want to hear. go to facebook and join the commerce station. the jacksons are back tonight. jackie, tito and germane kicked off a unity tour. they paid tribute tonight to michael. that is nice. i like that. is this yucky rain, let's get it out of here. >> we are done with the rain, we had thunderstorms, the timing could not have been worse. right as people are heading home from work. nonsevere thunderstorms. in our immediate area there was a funnel cloud spotted just to the north of the city of baltimore. there was also some one inch sized hail. let's take a look with the
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weather cam. 60degrees, things have calmed down out there. the dew point in the mid-50s. the winds are light out of the southwest. we are expecting the improving conditions to continue. not cloud cover at reagan national. we are in the clear at the moment. and your weather headlines, we have a great weekend on tap. we will see a return of the sunshine. we are going to see fall-like humidity come back in the forecast. along with cooler temperatures and the sunshine will stay with us not only through the weekend but as we head into next week. the temperatures are going to get warmer as we head into the work week as well. right now we had seasonably cool stuff, 54 in martinsburg and 57 at andrews air force base and 67 in eastton. still mild. the storm system is pulling away to the northeast and that will allow the dryer air to come in from the west.
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you can see the back side of this storm system. it rolled through on thursday. it will continue to move to the north and east. maybe just a trailing shower tomorrow. i think the best likelihood for that shower will be in the mountains and also up towards the mason-dixon line. overnight just partly cloudy and cooler with a low-down to 44 degrees. 53 down with the light winds out of the southwest. saturday, morning will be partly cloudy and pleasant with temperatures in the 50s as we head into saturday afternoon. that's when we have the chance for a sprinkle. if you get a sprinkle, it will be short lived. we are not looking at a lot of rain, nothing like we had today. the temperatures between 63 and 67 degrees with the southwest breeze at five to ten miles per hour. through the zones we will look at temperatures close to normal. 67 in leesburg and 66 in warrenton and 62 in come ber
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ton and to the beltway the temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. 68 in andrews air force base and 67 in baltimore. the temperatures won't move very much during the overnight hours and into tomorrow. partly cloudy for the it were's game and playing at nc state, 67 in college park. code green conditions, nice. 67 with lots of sunshine on sunday. 74 on monday. and temperatures get easy warmer from there. 78degrees on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. and that sunshine will continue. we don't have a chance for rain until next friday with approaching storm system. enjoy the warm, dry, almost summer-like weather. maybe a june kind of feel as we head towards halloween. >> the kids will be in shorts. >> it will be bizarre.
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not a costume. it was a tall order to fill but the tallest man in the country has got shoes and they asked him to sit. a team at reebok spent the last five months making the size 24, jackson, size 24. the last time this minnesota guy fit into a pair of reeboks, he was in the third grade. well, he has had numerous foot problems because along with his height, he is 7'8" it has kept him from leaving home. he is hoping these shoes will help him to recover and we are hoping so, too. >> you see how tall he was next to the reporter? >> that is two foot. this ray lewis jersey, you can win this jersey, last mon
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we had winners for an rg jersey. go to our facebook page and like us and tell us why you deserve the jersey and we will announce the winner on game on at 7:00 p.m. on w usa9. red skins leaving town with a little less coin. i will explain that. whoever sat through this monsoon, look at this guy, wow! deserve a coming up in sports.
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injuries during game days. after rg was blown up by shawn witherburg his return was called questionable but enough updated after a concussion. fined the team 20,000 bucks. college soccer, 7000 sat through that at college park. maryland, carolina the top two teams in the country, overtime, silllo, i call him hero. shello sumo. the it turp's beat the tar hills. 1-0. full allotment of folks in the studio tomorrow.
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and we tried to get her on some teams, and there were some coaches that would include her but she just never felt right about it. hitting the ball and then making the other kids wait, just wasn't her idea of what baseball was. we thought she would just have to settle for being a fan; until rotary stepped in. and they built this special field. they took an idea of just letting the kids play baseball and made it fit these kids, rather than trying to make the kids fit the field. lauren forgets about what she can't do, because they've given her the opportunity to do something that we never thought possible. when these kids get to play ball, their heart is there they're so excited and they just get to feel like regular kids. on the phone i heard her telling her grandmother that she was the luckiest kid in the world.
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next. it's time for usa today high school sports. presented by toyota. >> welcome back to week 8, thomas jefferson and george marshall in the spotlight. the combined records of the two teams won't blow you away but the rivalry where. two schools in fairfax go at it. why not add football? out to little river turnpike. raining a lot. marshall shot out of the gates. trayvon tim mons, your left, your left, your right. early and often. up in the game big and patrick o'conner taking over for big red. first a little shorty right here, get off of me. and then later from a little bit of distance here. nice cut. play that funky music boys. patrick o'conner with a fixer.
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thomas jefferson wins 42-18. >> battle with the chin tillly centerville. chantilly, show me the suction cup hands of harris. i am liking that. that sets up the chargers. ross simms, can you put it on the board? yes. taking it to the house just in time. chantilly looking good but then wild cats come back, in the wild cat. that is big scott walter banging it. centerville comes back 76 points on the board, centerville the winner 45-41. >> a pig out at west field, watch o pten mike wonden cut on it a dime and leave nine cent change. he gets it into the end zone, oldston
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