international meagan's law makes sense. to alert law enforcement authorities in destination countries will allow our law enforcement partners worldwide to be more vigilant when known american child sex offenders are entering their countries. sometimes for legitimate travel, but too often for repeat offenses of child crimes, sex parties, and sex tours. and it will also provide law enforcement at the federal state, and local level here in the united states a much better chance to prevent domestic times when convicted child sexual abusers from other countries enter u.s. territory. fighting human trafficking is not a republican issue or a democrat issue. it is a humanitarian issue. it transcends any political difference or ideological divides. its devastating reach grasps all walks of life and needs a united front for us to find success and give hope to victims and survivors worldwide. i would urge the senate and anyone listening to this hearing to support passage of this law and others aimed at cushing and eventually ending ch

joining us now is sister meagan rice.gan, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you so much for having me. >> your life is clearly a mission driven, purpose driven life, why did you decide to do that? >> having been out of the country most of my life, nearly 40 years of it, and expecting to stay in west africa, i was called to come back, and i knew that if i had to live in the united states full time that i had to do something about nuclear weapons, or join those who are doing things to control and reverse the manufacture of nuclear weapons. >> when you engage in activism about nuclear weapons, how do you know you're doing the right thing? not how do you know you're trying to do the right thing, how do you know it's working? >> because i know the science of it, and from a very young age, i've been exposed to the reality of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. >> you have spent two years in federal prison. did you know that that was a real prospect when you engaged in this? >> absolutely. >> not just getting arrested b

news4's meagan fitzgerald joins us live. meagan?> reporter: well, the family tells us that they believe the men were targeted because they weren't driving fast enough for the suspects. now, we decided not to reveal the identity of the only surviving victim or to show his picture and to only use his son's first name for the family's safety. for 23-year-old miguel, the last 24 hours have been surreal. he can't understand why anyone would want to harm his father and his 50-year-old uncle pedro alvarado. miguel says they didn't have enemies and worked hard as maintain men maintenance men every day. miguel's father spoke to him from his hospital bed with a bullet lodged in the side of his face. it's unable to be removed because it's too close to a saliva gland. his uncle pedro was killed on the scene. miguel says his father told him he and alvarado noticed a black pickup truck trailing behind them for several minutes after they crossed the woodrow wilson bridge thursday morning. the vehicle passed them and then returned, spraying their s

international meagan's law makes sense. to alert law enforcement authorities in destination countries will allow our law enforcement partners worldwide to be more vigilant when known american child sex offenders are entering their countries. sometimes for legitimate travel, but too often for repeat offenses of child crimes sex parties, and sex tours. and it will also provide law enforcement at the federal, state, and local level here in the united states a much better chance to prevent domestic times when convicted child sexual abusers from other countries enter u.s. territory. fighting human trafficking is not a republican issue or a democrat issue. it is a humanitarian issue. it transcends any political difference or ideological divides. its devastating reach grasps all walks of life and needs a united front for us to find success and give hope to victims and survivors worldwide. i would urge the senate and anyone listening to this hearing to support passage of this law and others aimed at cushing and eventually ending ch

meagan is next. please remember the spin stops here. >>> breaking tonight, angry new questions about who is protecting the investment of american lives spent to help iraq. as a terror group the president once described as junior varsity wracks up a major win in that country. good evening. i'm meagan kelly. tonight, the flag of the terror army isis flies over the center of town. the iraqis struggled to hold ramadi over months but over the weekend the islamic state group moved through. it is what has become the terror group's trademark after capturing a city. despite the money and training the u.s. spent on the iraqi military when the islamic state break through came the cameras captured the iraqi vehicles racing out of town. once again, they cut and ran. now thousands of iraqis maybe tens of thousands can be seen trying to escape on foot looking for safety after leaving a city where 200 american soldiers gave up their lives in the iraq war. recall this terrible scene from april 6, 2004 and we warn you

our new reporter meagan fitzgerald has that angle on this coverage. >> reporter: good evening. for those passengers getting d.c. quickly this morning, they didn't have many alternatives. taxi or uber. but because of high demand uber increased the rates to nearly five times the average costs which means some travelers are left with a hefty bill. >> a significant delay. you can take a shuttle bus. >> reporter: hearing the announcements and signs of delays isn't how anyone wants to start their monday morning commute. >> four hours to get to foggy bottom. >> reporter: some people didn't have time to wait four hours. but some of the other alternatives weren't any better. >> i tried to take a uber but fare was 4.8. >> reporter: that's right. nearly five times more than what it usually costs to ride. >> basically, it was high demand that early in the morning. >> reporter: high demand which means bills upwards of $100 for those who say they were forced to ride with uber. >> i was like debating if i was going to go take a taxi or not. >> reporter: taking a cab was an option if you were

meagan fitzgerald has the reaction. hi. >> reporter: good evening. it is very likely according to these documents that the chief voided that mayor's tickets for his own personal or political gain. we did talk to the chief today. he is not suspended. he is still on the job and many residents in the community say if in fact those charges are true they have a big problem with this chief. >> reporter: it is a small and usually quiet town. >> we don't have any problem. the police department is in my backyard. >> reporter: lately the problems are swirling around the police department's chief. one of his officers issued a parking ticket to mayor gant in 2014 when she was a councilwoman. a month later, the document says he leemillegally voided the ticket because she was an official. >> they get paid to provide a service for the community. >> reporter: the patrol officers were apparently providing a service and noticed several time that gant's car registration was expired. according to investigators, the chief sent out a memo telling them not to enforce regul

meagan fitzgerald news 4. >>> we post aid profile of brandon on our nbc wall app just search 19-year-old mayor. pat? >> virginia is one of four states that require high school students study personal finances. tonight that requirement is paying off at mt. vernon high school in the alexander area of fairfax county. students operate an apple federal credit union branch right in the school. they say it helps gain confidence about their money management skills. >> i was really unaware about things but as i was becoming an employee i learned not only what customers do but how the employees help the customers so i got both sides of it. >> reporter: and apple's survey of student the find most learn their money management skills at school. a spokesman is encourage parents to talk about financial matters with their kids. >>> president obama maybe ans official choice today for the site of his library. >> new tonight why he chose the south side of chica >>> the judge deciding whether john hinkley should be dismissed from a hospital. it's been 30 years since he tried to kill president reagan. govern

news 4's meagan fitzgerald has more on that. >> reporter: many folks in the community say they're still shocked to hear that the suspect daron wint who lives in this house behind me accused of doing this horrific crime. now, we did speak with a source close to the family saying that a key witness in this case hasn't been seen since the family and the housekeeper were found dead inside their home. exclusive surveillance video by sister station in new york shows several law enforcement officers raiding a girlfriend's home in brooklyn last week working quickly to capture him. hours later on thursday night, wint was arrested in northwest d.c. these unsealed court documents revealing details of the homicide. >> you never know when's living around you really. >> reporter: investigators say wint beat theadults. a neighbor on westview lane didn't feel safe going on cam are and disgusted by the details. >> no amount on somebody's life but $10,000 a pop, he should be under the jail if he did it under the jail. >> reporter: the affidavit says savvas savopoulos' assistant interviewed by police afte

. >> even if he didn't understand that first question from meagan kelly, he's modified five times thispolitical people are scratching their heads because of course he knew coming in that his brother would be a problem. sometimes his father is a problem. most politicians, you may ask them where is iraq going tomorrow and they want to talk about yesterday and he should have given that answer right out the box. and if his goal was to say, knowing what we know now i would not have gone in why didn't he do that right out of the box. and that's why they are stunned boo ithis and they think this is a warning sign at a time when he has other fundamental problems with the republican base and at a time laugh at it if you want but christie had a good week. so, it's mess eyy at the beginning. it's not a good sign. >> do you think he misunderstood it family loyalty, or c, he really believed his answer. ium not sure of the other alternative. >> you can go down the alfuphabet. one is loyalty to his family as you point out, that's a very big thing for him and another thing is he's being tugged by his

reporting in southeast, meagan fitzgerald, news4. >>> well, we are learning some new kind of blockbuster information about that indictment of the former house speaker dennis hastert. a federal law enforcement official is telling nbc news that hastert paid a man to conceal sexual misconduct that happened while hastert was a teacher at a high school in illinois before he joined congress. the man was a student at the time. hastert was indicted yesterday on charges that he structured bank withdrawals to avoid federal scrutiny. and he later lied about it to the fbi. >> joining us is "meet the press" moderator chuck todd. denny hastert's indictment, did this catch people who knew him here by surprise? >> i talked to a couple of his former colleagues and couple of former stafrs. one said you could have knocked me over with a feather. it was so shocking to them. the whole reason he got plucked out of obscurity to become speaker of the house, remember double sex scandals essentially at the time that was going on, the mishandling the gingrich, newt gingrich hand will elled the lewinsky scandal, th

jenna: new information on meagan grunwald taking the stand.s charged with murder of a deputy breaking down recalling the day of the shoeing. her boyfriend paired fired the shot but and later died in a shootout with police. prosecutors say she drove the getaway car and is also responsible. fred tecce joins me with criminal defense attorney eric gunster. she was 17 at the sometime this happened. >> right. jenna: she is only witness still alive. one of the questions we're raising for prosecutors who continue their cross-examination is, how do they cast doubt on her telling of this event without coming across like a bully, and making sure that they say, they proved that the fact that she was part of this not just a victim? >> well, couple, three basic points. first of all when you're a trial lawyer in the courtroom you have to use the right demeanor for the right witness. this woman is charged with being part after homicide that killed one police officer and seriously wounded another. and when she takes the witness stand the judge will instruct th

with an international meagan's law and attended mrkts eded mous and bilat ral agreements gaut ss guatemalaalvador could have warned us about the monster within our midst. the experience we have in the u.s. and readily shared to operations like underground railroad there never would have been a victor rax coming to utah as they could have handled his case in his country of origin. the rax case opened my eyes to the violations being perpetrated upon some of our most vulnerable. we have cigsignificantly increased in our state the number of investigations and prosecutions of trafficking cases during my administration. just within the past two weeks i participated with my strike force team on an undercover sting and raid of a massage parlor we believe to be a front for sex trafficking. it was a site that i personally surveilled over a period of a year with my men. in utah we have worked closely with legislators to enhance penalties for trafficking and treat victims as victims rather than perpetrateors. during the rax case i heard of an organization based in utah called operation underground rai