students at t.c. williams are mourning this week after one of their classmates fell from a building and died. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg joins us live from alexandria to tell us what happened. >> well maureen, yesterday, the principal of t.c. williams sent a letter home to family saying that grief counselors will be on hand for anyone in need and the school will be spending the next several months focusing on support for students and staff. meanwhile, the alexandria police department wants to set the record straight. the start of the weekend is typically a happy time at t.c. williams high school. but today is different. >> there's a lot of people walking around school like crying. >> hard to go through it. >> jamal hunt who was friends with the young man for many years says this loss comes as a total shock. >> he was kind. he was loving. you know like he was just fun to be around. >> according to alexandria police, at 7:45 yesterday morning, the 17-year-old was found dead beside this

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alexandria confirms he was a sophomore at t.c. williams high school. the principal sent a letter home to parents saying they'll have counselors provided for students and staff in the next few days. no word on how he died but police do not expect foul play. >>> he lost his bid for governor but today maryland's former lieutenant governor officially announced he will run for congress in 2016. anthony brown posted the announcement on his website and says he's running for donna edwards' house seat. representative edwards is running for the senate. broup's announcement comes one day after glen ivey announced his own candidacy. >>> plans for a new metro station are getting a closer look. board members took a look at proposals for bringing a stop to potomac yard. public hearings could start as soon as next month. it would be paid for by developers and those who live close toast the proposed station site. news4's derrick ward was at today's board meeting. at 5:00 he shows us the four different proposals for metro to consider. >>> an overnight murder has police

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alexandria schools confirm the victim was a sophomore at t.c. williams high school. police got a call around 7:45 this morning to go to the 2800 block of park city drive and they found the victim dead on the scene near the rear of a building. no word on the cause of death. police do not believe there was foul play. in a letter sent home to parents, the school's prince cal wrote, "today and over the coming days and weeks as needed we will have counselors psychologists and social workers to provide support and quiet places for students and staff." >>> divers are still trying to recover flight recorder from that chopper crash in florida. the military says they no longer believe the 11 marines and soldiers on board survived. their helicopter went down in a thick fog during a training exercise tuesday night. families have identified two as marcus bawol and kemp kemp. bawol was from michigan and he was about to get married in october. kech was from the state of washington and his daughter was just about to celebrate her first birthday. military families near the crash site

>> really sad time here at t.c. williams high school as students and staff are mourning the loss of the 17-year-old student. alexandria police say a lot of rumors are flying around the school and they are saying this is the result of a crime or something suspicious, that's simply not true. now, according to alexandria police yesterday morning at 7:45 they're saying that this taking place excuse me on park center drive in alexandria, the 17-year-old was found dead. the teen did not live in the building but police say he had a friend that used to live there and that he was familiar with the complex. authorities are characterizing the death as consistent with a descent from a building that happened from the rooftops. grief counselors and psychologists are on hand with everybody that's in pain. >> certainly police say they have a good understanding of the timetable and the whereabouts of this young man leading up to his death but they are asking for the members of the public or any students to come forward with any addi

. >> there was a viral video, 12-year-old t.c.aimed conservative posted to his facebook beige. regarding comments that mayor gg rudy giuliani made about barack obama. >> we have him here. nice to see you. >> better dressed than we are. nice to see you. what made you roll out of bed as you were at the time when you heard that mayor rudy giuliani was being criticized. what made you get on facebook and post that video. to hear mayor giuliani being called a racist and bigot. racist -- it angered me. to be honest i feel like a lot of americans feel the same way. to me, i had the urge to post this video. i rolled out of bed, i spoke to that camera and i posted the video. i think it was well received by many people who watched it. >> it certainly got a lot of attention. then your facebook page got shut down, what happened exactly? >> well, i went to the log-in on friday and it didn't allow me to login. i read about it i read about time and time again that they have shut down conservatives' accounts after they speak up. i thought if they'