, predominant my somali, can move freely largely undetected by the kenyon government.re are thousands of soft targets. it's an open society. it makes it easier to attack than in nairobi where they would be more closely monitored. they could still pup it off but would be more difficult in nairobi. >> ifill: how does this attack compare to the west gate mall attack we paid so close attention to not so long ago? >> west gate was more earth shaking for kenyans because it occurred in the heart of the capital and lasted four days. this is more lethal but because it's occurring in a peripheral zone in the country in northern kenya, it might not have as much impact on the kenyon psyche as did west gait but it will have a major effect on tourism, business investments. this area was and still is slated to be part of a major infrastructure development project of $26 billion. those kinds of investments could be thrown into question if this kind of violence continues there. >> ifill: there are some reports there was some advanced warning, flyers around the college cam public works

the fire started before 6:30 this morning in the 1000 block of kenyon street in northwest. neighbors realized what was going on and say they began pounding on the doors yelling for everyone to get out of the burning home. one neighbor said people even threw rocks at the upstairs windows just in case the people were upstairs asleep in that upper room. they say the flames and the smoke, though were just too intense for them to go inside and they had no choice but to wait for the fire department to arrive. >> the flames were coming -- completely out of the out of the window and the flames were jetting up 15 20 feet in the air. and then, you know we got out. >> reporter: and there was damage to the homes on either side as well. no word on the identity of the person who has died or what caused this fire. back to you in the studio. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. a live view of the tidal basin from our city camera. the first cherry blossoms now appearing, and they are showing a little pink tinge as well, farther to the north side but the south side the ones that a

they're kenyons who are not ethnic ethnically somali. smeiomali kenyonan . >> dramatic developments once again out of kenya where malcomb webb has been speaking to witnesses who say that the remaining hostages inside the university have been killed. this happened during -- we don't know whether it was during a fire fight with the kenyan security forces who were inside the university. al shabaab gunmen had taken hostage several students inside the campus located northeast of kenya. many managed to escape but many more remained inside. we'll bring you more information on this breaking news story out of kenya if and when we have it. right now we're going to take a short break. short break. >>> i'm thinking that -- it wasn't really their fault because the decision was -- at a time where really the fear was real because at the time the decision was being made don't forget that up to 300 to 400 people a day were dying because of the disease. there were lots of flights being canceled from west africa and considering that the african league of n

and this is the kind of concern that we have, especially the kenyons. they're still asking many questions. it is when when the this has happened. there has never been any closure on the issues so kenyans can have complete confidence so security improved in the country. we haven't seen that. instead, we have seen statements and statements being made by senior government officials, including the president himself who has spoken now not less than--not only condemning the incident of terror attack. but also indicating to kenyons in a foreign way that everything will be done. but this is not happening. of we see a sense until al-shabab day by day making statements not to the government of kenya but the people of kenya. this is something that we saw especially what we saw yesterday. it's very chilling, it is very horrifying. it's a terrifying incident that should not happen. you want to take the opportunity to console those who lost their lives and those who were injured, and their families as well. we want to appeal to the government moving forward there is

a man thought to be one of the gunmen in the attack on a kenyon college is the son of a government officer. his father says he report lisson missing one year ago. he had feared he had gone to somalia. kenya's president says he will take harsh measures against islamic militant groups as family members continue to sfri to trace relative whose are presumed dead. the somalia-based group al shabaab says there will be more attacks. the country's president says those responsible for killing 148 people will be punished. the attack happened on thursday at a university in kenya. five people have been arrested in connection with the attack. >>> you've been commenting on this story on the nbc washington facebook page. the major league baseball all-star game is coming to d.c. in 2018. several sources confirm that the league will officially award the game to the nationals tomorrow. the team submitted a bid earlier this year to host the game. >> the cherry blossom festival is in full swing. today officials of the u.s. and japan will come together for the stone lantern lighting ceremony. this event commem

defense attorneys and ward 5 council member kenyon mcduffie had fought to have the shackles removed while balancing the need for safety. >> 12 other states across the country have statutes or decisions which ban the indiscriminate shackling of youth. >> mcduffie called the shackling unnecessary and demeaning. >>> new security procedures are in place at national zoo. those measures are aimed to curb violence at the zoo on the heavily crowded days. last year a shooting on easter monday left two people injured. the extra security controls could include bag searches, securities screenings, maybe even limits on the number of people in the zoo at one time. >>> the latest on this massive fire at aing if rei in kentucky. >> put -- at a factory in kentucky. >> put the umbrellas up, heavy activity still south and west of us, leesburg and warrenton. we'll talk about the prospect of that becoming >>> if you are just getting home, here's the headlines we're following. fire crews have contained a luge fire that's destroyed a general electric appliance -- huge fire that's destroyed a general electric ap

fire broke out inside of a row house near the corner of 11th and kenyon streets. diane cho is there tonight with what we just learned about the victims. diane? diane: police have confirmed that the 81-year-old who lived mere here was the woman who died here today. they spent the day trying to salvage what they could after a fire broke out at this home at kenyon street northwest and quickly spread next door. >> parts my room were on fire. die on: harrison says he was still asleep when he heard the smoke detector sounding throughout their home. >> kind of crazy seeing the neighbor's house is on fire and all of a sudden your house is filled with smoke. diane: police say the fire started at this row house where two people were rushed to a local hospital in critical condition. they say a woman did not survive. neighbors told police an older couple lived in that home but it's unclear if they were the victim in the fire. >> really sad. diane: police say when officers got to the scene, flames could be seen shooting out of the home that caught fire 20 feet in the air. mike

one person died and another was injured on kenyon avenue. our diane cho was there and spoke with the neighbors. what did they have to tell you? diane: leon the doors and windows have been boarded up at this house where the fire first started this morning. it affected these two homes next to it as well and firefighters are investigating exactly what caused this deadly fire earlier this morning. police tell us one person died and another in critical condition when the fire broke out here on kenyon street northwest. by the time they arrived, they saw flames shooting up 20 feet into the air at the home next door. after the flames quickly spread into a neighboring home we talked to two guys who live in a home next door and they say they heard their smoke detectors going off and later realized what was going on. >> i mean it was, you know 6:00 a.m. an hour before i was going to wake up and kind of crazy seeing that the neighbor's house is on fire and all of a sudden, your house is filled with smoke and you have to be out and grab the few things th

a woman from kenyon finished 15 minutes after desisa. 30,000 people lined the streets to cheer on the runners. there were no major problems reported. >>> the boston marathon bomber will be back in court tomorrow to start his sentencing phase. the same jurors who convicted dzhokhar tsarnaev will decide whether he should get life in prison or the death penalty. >>> a dedication ceremony was held today at the washington navy yard. >> at the building which a private contractor went on that deadly shooting rampage back in 2013. that building is the headquarters of the naval systems command. 12 people were killed there on september 16th, 2013. the renovated building features a memorial to those victims and once known as building 197 it's now been renamed the humphries building in honor of joshua humphries. >>> the fbi is admitting a huge mistake that may have sent hundreds of innocent people to partnerships and dozens to death row. i'm bruce leshan. we'll have a look coming up. >> people inadvertently get that poop in to their mouth. >> that's just one way your pet can make you sick. coming

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kenyon mcduffy raised concerns over the proposal to exempt the video from being released. it the includes language to keep the video from being released as part of a freedom of information request. mcduffy want to make sure there is a strong hearing on the issue before that law is passed. >> there are questions tonight about how much training a volunteer police deputy had when he shot and killed an unarmed blackmon. 73-year-old bob baits who is white is now charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of eric harris. bates an insurance broker who volunteers as a tulsa, oklahoma reserve deputy says he mistakenly pulled out his handgun instead of a taser during a sting operation. harris' family members say they don't believe him. >> if he as much training as he supposedly had, he would definitely know a .357 from a taser. >> a sheriff's office investigation recommended no charges against baits but about the district attorney disagreed. >> miss industry surrounding is the discovery of a body in southwest washington. a man's body was found bloating floating in the wash

away is a constant threat to kenya security kenyon's forces has to look over the grim task of loadingelan titus we had just started getting road and that's when she said since the shooting started >>: and started shooting shooting and then they'd try to give us a lecture. >> reporter: she said they gave her a religious shirt server sermon and shot them one by one in the head 20 man 20 when she sought die in front of her face. helen was rescued after 10 hours but most of her friends were not. many of the students said they fled with just the clothes on their backs to a hail of gunfire and explosions. they're being scattered like refugees. >>: >> reporter: this man fled with his four months also son the agassi said that this is the shooter said if you could recite as a segment of the grind they would survive if they could and then they shot them. but said that there were dozens of bodies was one building that said the pullout now the red cross is coming to do the final batch no one else's allowed in when the final bodies are removed this whole place will close down. >> reporter: and rig

much that's where firefighters are on the scene of a deadly row house fire on kenyon street. diane cho live in northwest this noon with a look at the damage. diane? diane: well jummy, firefighters still have this area blocked off right now and the fire started here at this row house right behind me where you can see that glass and debris below the second floor windows there and we're told the flames quickly spread to the home right next door where officers say they saw flames shooting up in the air 20 feet by the time they arrived at the scene this morning. officers say the fire started just before 6:30 and two people were rushed to a local hospital in critical condition at the home where it first broke out. a woman did not survivement she died at the hospital. neighbors told police there's an elderly couple that lived in that home. police told us they can't whether or not they were the victims taken to the hospital this morning. the victims have not been identified at this point, we talked to one man who had evacuate after the flames spreading to his home next door. he tells

and the traders say because of this reason kenyon coffee fetches as high a price as it can on the internationaly there are a number of factors between here and the exchange and the farmers that grow it that mean a lot of those farmers don't want to grow it anyanymore. nairobi's construction boom is part of it. the loss of coffee plants around the city have been pulled up and the land sold to developers. new properties didn't provide jobs in the long-term. nearby elizabeth is one of the farmers who is still growing it. she is 81. she says she gets a fair price and it provided her a steady income throughout most of her life. but she says many of her neighbors gave up. >> translator: sometimes the cooperative meals were not well organized. there were a few people who could help and advise so people opted out. >> reporter: back at the exchange he knows the business better than most. he's the ceo. >> price is not a problem. production is the problem. when you look at a -- the production capacity over a bush, it can go up to even above 40-kilos per bush. currently we are producing on average two-kilo

now the kenyon government says that the it has been a hide out for al-shabab militants. that's where they're planning their attacks against kenya and they want them moved out. now a host of issues and a lot of international protocols that kenya is supposed to respect but they say their citizens come before respecting these protocols. >> but 600,000 people, you should move them, says kenya is kenya then say if you don't, we will forcebly move them out of the country? and if so, how? >> well, yes that is what the deputy president is saying. he says if the u.n. had not moved the refugees within that time then kenya will take matters within its own hands and move refugees out of the country and into somalia. the legality of that issue what is in doubt right now. there is absolutely no way that refugees who fled from a neighboring country could be returned back to that country when there is very little semblance of peace, law and order in somalia as of today. so that is a situation as it is right now and kenya seems to be say going to you don't move the refugees we'll do it o

it's on kenyon street in northwest.en knocked down the fire that affect adjacent homes. montgomery county police are investigating an overnight fight that broke out on circle a drive in germantown. one person was stabbed another was hit by a car. police say four people were hurt but everyone is expected to be ok. you can get your news, traffic and whether up eight on news channel eight and we will see you back here in another 25 minutes. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and sadie robertson speaking out this morning. >> i struggle to compare myself to other people. >> why her powerful message of faith, jealousy and body image has millions watching. ♪ >> and harry takes oz. the prince swarmed by fans this morning as new video emerges as harry head over heels high in the sky giving a big thumbs up days before he's an uncle again. ♪ can't stop ♪ >> and the shark speaks out. robert herjavec opening up on dancing, divorce and overcoming depression. >> it got to a point where there was no tomorrow for me. >> how he go

a man thought to be one of the gunmen in the attack on a kenyon college is the son of a government officer. his father says he report him missing one year ago. he feared he had gone to somalia. kenya's president says he will take harsh measures against is lattic militant groups as families try to trace relatives who are presumed dead. the somalia-based group al shabaab say there is will be more attacks. the country's president says those responsible for killing 148 people will be punished. >>> a look at the week ahead now. tomorrow the nats play their home opener against the new york mets. you'll have to walk through meddle detectors to get in the park. first pitch at 4:05. live coverage of opening day beginning on "news 4 today" at 4:26 tomorrow morning. also tomorrow, you can head over to the national zoo for easter monday. a washington family tradition. this year barriers are up to control crowds and you'll have to walk through a bag check to get inside the zoo. the new security measures are in response to past violence on easter monday at the zoo. on tuesday you can voice your opinion

to make sure to find out how this terrible attack could have happened, just under the eyes of the kenyonice. >> is there any suggestion that the policy cooperative in any way with al shabaab? >> um, it's not really, but it's not the first time in kenya an attack happens despite the security force watching what's happening here because in 2013 in nairobi in the capital, there was this big west attack where 76 people died. and now it just happened again. so the people in kenya are really disappointed in the security forces. >> indeed. rudolph, thank you. very tragic. straight ahead president obama took to the rose garden today saying the deal with iran is a good deal is congress buying it? the fight from the iran nuclear deal is far from over. our political panel is here next. >> listen up, greta talk is your new podcast destination. subscribe in on intunes, tune-in or stitcher. plus, greta gets real with your favorite fox personalities and shows you a side you never see on tv. listen and subscribe on i students, tune-in or stitcher now. ♪ (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't

. >> dennis kenyon, a former british royal air force pilot, is a legendary flyer who has logged thousandsurs aloft. >> i'm up to 14,000 flying hours. i've flown 124 different types of airplanes which includes 34 helicopters. >> his aeronautic skills are on display in numerous feature films. >> i've done, i don't know, probably a couple dozen feature films. i did "spy who loved me," "blackhawk down." >> and he serves as a flight safety expert. >> my job is to go around to shows and make certain they are safe, and watch the other pilots. >> what he's most famous for is helicopter aerobatic flying. since 1986, dennis has been a leading competitor, winning the world championship in 1992. >> one of the cups behind me is for the first place. >> dennis' skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, there's a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter is unfamiliar and it's heavier than he's used

. >> reporter: the survivor on the kenyon college attack says that there were signs before and is somethingt to pray. the islamic up the extremist group al-sabah disclaim responsibility for the attack it was the deadliest attack on kenya's stilwell says the u.s. embassy was bombed back in 1998. >> reporter: know this morning six survivors of the january kosher supermarkets season paris are suing a french media outlet. they say the media endanger their lives by broadcasting their location live during the siege. you may remember a militant stormed and the supermarket back in january 9th killing four people and taking several others hostage. he was later killed by police the market siege was the culmination of three days of terror in paris that began with the attack on shali have dealt satirical magazine. >> reporter: federal defense attorneys allege that drug- trafficking trafficking stains conducted in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhoods targeted individuals based on their race all 37 who were arrested between 2013 and 2014 for dealing small amounts of drugs during this week's notice op