robin bell's eye-catching creations are cast on buildings here in d.c. ained a following on social media now. news4's derrick ward talks to bell about why he's protesting this way. >> reporter: they at night, when you can see them best, images, statements and quotes, they've been showing up on buildings. is it art, is it political protest? >> it's both. >> reporter: robin bell is the man behind the projector. doing visual shows for bands and deejays, but of late he's broaden his audience and subject matter. >> we're trying to process information just like the viewer. we're trying to understand what's going on. so i don't see a separation between politics and art. >> reporter: authorities don't see a crime, it's not like it's an indelible message. that's been done, and that's a crime. he said he vetted his idea before he began projects. >> we talked to lawyers, experts, police, it's not trespass. >> reporter: he also says he's not partisan. he takes on issues and people at the center of those issues. there were similar displays under the obama administrati

derrick ward caught up with the artist, whose name is robin bell. this is a cool story, getting a lot of attention downtown. >> and in fact, derrick talked about this on facebook with me. we have it posted on my site and on the nbc washington site. he's going to take you inside the studio where this guy creates his work and talks about the messages that he's trying to send out there. >> plus, we're following the latest developments in the president trump and russia investigation. >> we'll have a live report from saudi arabia. kristen welker is already there ahead of the president. she'll be joining us to talk about the events of the day. we'll see you soon with those stories and more. >> busy friday. >> sure is. >> thanks, jim, wendy. i shared this one because it's happened to me. seems like every week, there's shop. so what do you do with those worthless gift cards. >> nbc4 responds to some customers who wanted to cash theirs in. susan hogan is working for you with what you need to know. >> well, chances are, you have a gift card in your wallet tha

robin bell claiming credit for this. a kkk outat this time is there. >>> it is now 6:50. let's check in with erika gonzalez breaking news in the district. >> reporter: eun, good morning. we are following some developing news this morning. we are hearing out of prince george's county that an unoccupied prince george's ambulance has been reported stolen from the prince george's county hospital. local police agencies are in pursuit. again, a pgfd ambulance reported stolen from the prince george's hospital, and local police are pursuing this. we're trying to see if we've got some video from the ground yet. not yet. sorry. we're going to try to get and we'll be tweeting this out as soon as we get it. developing story in prince george's county. >> thank you, erika. >>> times scaquare is back open >> we're learning what charges the police say the man is facing. 26-year-old richard rojas is charged with one count of murder and 20 counts of attempted murder. this is what it looked like when police say his car jumped the curve and

robin bell uses a projector and computer program to meld art and protest. >> we're trying to processhe information just like the viewer. we're trying to understand what's going on. so i don't see a separation between politics and ar >> reporter: the images are up for a short time. at night when they can be seen the best. unlike the graffiti that appeared to the trump hotel a while back, these projectors down run afoul of the law. we talked to lawyers, experts, police. it's not trespass. >> reporter: it started in galleries and clubs where he'd create videos for bands and advances in technology meant that he could throw light and shade at the powers that be. >> no matter what side of any issue you're on, you're upset and so we're really trying to make sure our projections are non-partisan. >> reporter: he doesn't want it to seem it's all about trump. >> it's a whole institution, it's a whole system that, you know, in order for it to work, we have to look at corruption, and we have to look at the issues that are affecting everybody. >> reporter: he was preparing to focus on the hillary

the message reads, sessionsus robin bell is claiming credit for that stunt. is the same person who projected messages on trump international hotel earlier this week. >>> this morning president trump will begin his first foreign trip since taking office. >> he'll head to the middle east, the vatican and the south. the president is also scheduled to meet with more than 40 world leaders to focus on his campaign promise of defeating radical islamic terrorists. >>> the president left after a contentious news conference yesterday afternoon. in it he claimed again that the russia investigation was a witch hunt. coming up in just a few minutes we'll hear from news 4's edward lawrence on capitol hill. he has information about what vice president knew about the investigation and when. >>> this is how dc water crews had to get to the valves on wednesday. we learned that macarthur boulevard may not reopen until monday. the cast iron main that broke was installed back in the 1860s. that's common among d.c. water pipes. every month since 2016 d.c. water customers pay an ad

robin bell is claiming credit for this stuff. bell is the same person who projected messages on the trump international hotel earlier this week. >>> right now, president donald trump is preparing for his first foreign trip since being elected. >>> he is taking baggage with him. the questions become over who will be the next fbi director. david lawrence has more on what is happening at the white house. >> reporter: standing next to the president of colombia, president donald trump answered questions about the evolving russian investigation and the decision to appoint former fbi director robert mueller as special counsel. >> respectable, but the entire thing has been a there lab no collusion certainly between myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. >> reporter: the president again denying he asked former fbi director james comey to end the investigation into national security adviser michael flynn for firing comey. >> no, no, next question. >> reporter: but questions still remain on the motiv

robin bell used projector to put a message on the bill said pay trump bribes here on hotel with arrowo entrance. hotel staff intervened and the artist was asked to leave. >> jimmy kimmel said to host academy awards last year. last year ratings were lowest since 2008. kimmel joked he would never be asked back. oscars will be held march 4 in la. >> making history veteran broadcaster seth mounds is first ever to call a regular season gam first inn prim primetime. she will join rex ryan to call the chargers, broncos, monday night game for espn. it would mark nearly 30 years sint last timing a woman called nfl regular season g game. >> and five guys just unseeded no in own outburgers as best burger shape according to new poll. the poll asked diners to rate burger chains on brand familiarity and quality and how likely they areo this is the first year five gaze received the top stop in the annual poll. in and out was second. followed by shake shack, wendys and kulvers. >> someone gained control of monitors at the station and replaced train information with pornography. this happened twice re

stephen: visual attarrist robin bell wanted to bring attention to the white house burgeoning problemsnt is a tricky word to say so we are trying to get it understood what it is meant. stephen: the emolument clause that talks about his cozy relation with russia. >> i imagine it got to trump. >> we checked with the d.c. attorney general about whether or not it's so we tried d.c. police. as far as they know there is no trespassing involved, no property damaged, to graffiti. so they are not sure if it's legal or not. stephen tschida, abc7 news. nancy: all right. we are back in the weather center with doug. gorgeous day. it look like we have high temperatures coming our way. doug: we have a real taste of the mid-summer weather. humidity levels creep up. temperatures in the lower 90's but it's beautiful now. congressional country club. nancy: let's ditch it and go golfing. doug: if we could get away with it. this is a quick hit. a few days. make no mistake it will feel like mid-summer. this is beautiful out there. the sunshine 77 at reagan national. dew point is 52. that tells us that the a

now robin bell is credit for these projects.go and we need to see the memo. >> ♪ >> 5:35 is our time right now. we're kicking off the weekend. summer today, back to spring tomorrow. >> back to spring tomorrow, yup. and kind of a mixture of clouds and sun this weekend. not as much sun as we had the last few days. could use a little bit of a break. >> okay. >> already, it's just three days. [laughter] >> and you need a break. >> sensitive skin, sunburn. >> got you. okay. >> one more day of sunscreen and summer like weather before we get the springtime temperatures back in here really for the second half of may here we're going to kind of round things out without too much heat and humidity. satellite and radar showing what is actually a cold front off to our north. kind of hard to see this morning but it's there through northern portions of pennsylvania. that's sliding southward later today and could once again kick up some 'cause they are high. 68-degree dewpoint in d.c. means there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere which mean

friday, life-styles of the rich and famous himself, robin leach, live right here on the "countdown to the closing bellng of famous, getting a jump on all action in vegas is fbn's, charlie gasparino. charlie, are you going to the pool? can i come? >> i will go to the pool. i love robin leach. i can't wait for that. liz: me too. >> when are you getting into town, trish? [laughter] liz: i know, ralph peters, the colonel, this happens to all of us by the way. people call her liz and melissa gets called. once okay, a second time i thought viewers would say, why aren't you correcting him? >> i get called vito all the time for some reason. liz: stop. what is the mood at salt? let's get to that. >> to be honest with you, the agenda looks impressive. i was at the milken conference earlier, two weeks ago. liz: yeah. >> they had five or six trump administration officials there. treasury secretary steve mnuchin was there. there is not one, at least, unless donald trump does a surprise visit to this, there is not one single trump administration official here. liz: mnuchin came here. >> anthony scaramucci obvious c

last night earnings from red robin, makes gourmet burgers, and jack-in-the-box higher today. even. demise of retail is ag is -- exaggerated. after the bell up. from housing to wages and corporate profit and investment there are remarkable things that are happening to the economy, nobody will talk about it. i will. and i think that liz peek will, she is joining me now. liz, you comb through the numbers you compare where we were a year ago. and it is hopeful, this is not things that are done on a whim. you don't build an iron ore factory on a whim. >> no. based on premise that trump would undo a lot of the obama regulation tha he slapped on industry, and tax reform that would be helpful to investors, and to small business owners, and big business. where are we now? that is translated to real activity. we've seen a jump in industrial production, it is accelerating. it goes to real wages, accelerating on a rising rate of increase. that is where you get the better restaurants, numbers, that is where you get a lot of hard data, to earnings up almost 14% in first quarter. we'll have a good second quarter earnings number. it is exciting. charles

bell went off. that's how i knew someone was in our building. >> reporter: she said it may have been a homeless woman from an encampment near the school. a community is responding. robin janice has a child at the school. she started a go fund me page. >> we've had tons of the participation and donations from families that had kids here 10, 12 years ago. amazing response, and that makes me look at the good in all of this sadness. >> reporter: the cool is hoping to reopen by tuesday. if you you'd like to help, we've set up a link to the go fund me page on our website, abc7news.com. in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. >> so happy to report that after seeing matt's story earlier today, the san jose public library tweeted matt kindly offering to help replace the books that were damaged. a >> partial settlement reached in the balcony collapse that killed six students in berkeley nearly two years ago, according to the irish times, defendants involved in the design and construction of the balcony could pay as much as $20 million if the families of the six students who died and to the seven who were injured. a city investigation revealed that the wooden beams supporting the b

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