northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry got to tag along.y end up learning so much more than just racing go karts. >> reporter: they start small at the beginning of the school year with the basics, learning to use power tools. at first, creating tiny go-kart prototypes out of cardboard. >> sort of give them a 3d representation of their objects. plywood into these, racing machines. each complete with a custom paint job. >> this is the steering wheel. this is the break. back here is the back tire. >> steve ellis runs the after school program. with the heck of the tech ed department, the downhill derby club was created three years ago to give the kids something fun to do, but it's become much more. >> i just like the experience of hands on working with something. >> i never imagined i'd be making a car with working brakes and working steering. so it just amazes me how much you can actually do. >> and more than half the teams here are girls. >> out of the way! >> it proves that girls can do what guys can do. >> what's been building all along her

julie kerry has his story. >> reporter: he loved his family and loved being a police officer and lovedd a police buddy were on a boat in the water on the morning of pentagon. their peaceful outing suddenly ended. >> we saw a flame. i mean it must have gone 300 feet in the air, 400 feet and we were -- we were on the water in my boat and literally the water shook. >> reporter: they quickly learned it was a terrorist attack and both hurried to work and hurried toward danger. he was sent to the pentagon and i was sent to the traffic post, close by but off-site to help evacuate. >> reporter: snook began the terrible task of insisting through the rubble. >> he called me that day and said you're not going to believe have melted right off. >> reporter: it was the chemicals. later wearing protective suit. back in his pennsylvania hometown, snookz mom worried a little about the hazardous work. >> i was proud that he was there helping them and this is what he loved to do. i'm doing what i love to do. >> reporter: as the years rolled on he became a canine officer, was promoted to corporal, he mean

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i was told by northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry just before this broadcast, that there is ancy appeal, attempt for a stay of that so she is not deported. but the governor's pardon doesn't go to you pardon therefore you can stay in the country, it's the first step. >> and this is just an example of the immigration issue that's playing out in cities and counties and states all across the country. >> all right. we're going to continue our talk right after this. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> as many local immigrants worry about changes in immigration rules, montgomery county launched a new citizenship initiative. it's part of a national program to help one million people become u.s. citizens across the country in the next year. this is your story this week, chris, so what are the rules and the requirements? who's eligible? >> well, anyone with a green card. and county executive says that would include about 60,000 residents of montgomery county. and he urges them to begin the process which costs $725 to apply, and then you have to go through a whole, you know, civics rev

julie kerry is here to tell us more about harvey snook and why his death was different from most. >>o the pentagon on 9/11 like so many first responders. it was that dangerous duty that led to his death at the young age of 49. he loved policing and fishing. he were fishing near the pentagon the morning of 9/11. they felt the water shake as the plane hit the building, sought flames shoot in to the sky and both responded by heading to work. snook was sent straight into the pentagon to look for evidence and human remains. on that okay ot tick day they weren't wearing protective gear and the soles of his boot were melted by the chemicals. snook worked on the chemical recovery mission several more times in the coming weeks. fast-forward to 2014 and snook now a corporal with the police was diagnosed cancer that doctors determined was linked to his work at the pentagon. his closest friend who was fishing with him on 9/11 glad to see snook now get this important recognition. >> this is long-term. it was very long in coming but it's the same thing to me. he was -- whether he died on 9/11 or d

. >>> coming up this afternoon, news 4's julie kerry will talk about his life and service to arlingtoncounty. >> coming down south capital street. the orioles are in town to play the nats. so far the o's are winning this pseudo series. they won both games against the nationals. tonight and tomorrow the nats have home field advantage. the nationals asked real fans to help them with their ad campaign, called we are one. chase bar kroft answered the team's call and now you will see his adorablee busy metra station. chase is joining us to tell us about the photos. how old are you? >> five and a half. >> only five and a half? we're both nats fans. fwhaef in common, right? both wearing red. how excited were you when you found out you were going to be a part of this ad? >> um, very, very happy. >> what did you think about the whole thing? >> um -- >> pretty cool, right? >> cool. >> let's look at the ads now, what was it like too shoot these pictures. they have to take a lot of your pictures, right? what was that like. look? you love baseball. >> i love baseball and the nats are the best name

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july 5th. in jupiter, florida, kerry sanders, nbc news. >>> you probably saw the pictures of the bryce harper going after hubter strickland. the nats and giants play each other again tonight. >> and we still don't know who exactly will be on the field. let's take you through what happened. toward the end of the game, hunter strickland threw that fast ball and then harper threw his helmet, as you saw, and then everything starts flying, the punches, the hair. a comedy of errors. there were so many ridiculous moments of this fight. >> of course, everybody pours out of the dugout to hold their guys out. after that, the nationals defended what they did. >> you know, a baseball is a weapon and to be able to use that to his advantage, what do you want to do in that you never want to get suspended or anything like that but sometimes you've got to go and get them. >> it looks like it was intentional to me and what's a man supposed to do? and, you know, he's not a punching bag. >> so the last time that harper and strickland faced off was three years ago in the playoffs. you can see some of that video here. h

july 5th. in jupiter, florida, kerry sanders, nbc news. >> the latest rescue that has the coast guard responding. >>> and getting off your flight may be a little faster than you thought. the new way that southwest is trying to help out passengers de-plane in the south bay. >>> plus, the biggest aircraft in the entire world is coming to mountain view. we'll explain coming up in business and tech. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us business and tech. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> all right. we mentioned that had sean spicer, the president's press secretary, is going to be having a briefing. he's talking right now, and this, of course, comes at the same time that had a major change is happening in the communications department for the white house. let's listen. >> radicalization in all of its forms. the visit also

july. >> all right. kerry, thank you.omes a high profile example of the growing problem in the u.s. which is drugged and driving. >> recent data shows drugs are involved in more fatal accidents than alcohol alone. what do you need to know about your medications and how they might affect you on the road? dr. oz is with us. good to see you. no alcohol involved in this. it was 0.000 on the scale. he admits he was taking vicodin. let's start there. how powerful a drug is that? it turns out the raw material in vicodin, if you look at other medications, it's frequently found. number one most prescribed product in america now. more than thyroid medications, and i just checked before we went on the air. 800 other major drugs it interacts with. 800. you could be takiing vicodin wih a back pain problem. that's what we prescribe. and you might take an overcounter medication you didn't think he was going to be an issue, and you're falling asleep on the side of the road. >> is that the type of reaction you might fear if you mix it wit

july. his arrest was captured on a police dash cam video, expected to be released tomorrow. kerry sanders, nbc news, jupiter, florida. >>> former panamanian dictator, manuel nor yago, has died. a one-time u.s. ally his brutal reign was brought to an end by an american invasion in 1989. he spent the rest of his life in prison. he suffered from prostate cancer and was weakened from several strokes. he was 83 years old. >>> still ahead, the new warning for home buyers. the scam thieves are using to steal your money just before you're ready to close. some victims losing life savings with one click. >>> and a hollywood star speaking out at the cannes film festival. >>> we're back now with an alert about a about a growing scam that's turning the american dream of owning a home into a nightmare. cyber thieves are targeting buyers as they're closing on a home by intercepting e-mail and stealing their payments. some lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. nbc business correspondent jolene kent on what to look out for. >> reporter: from the fbi office in minneapolis, a new warning for home b

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