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reporting live in temple hills, i'm tracee wilkins, bah to you all in the studio. >> so frustrating, thank you, tracee. >>> developing a an attack on a popular local trail. a woman grabbed from behind in the middle of the day. the suspect who was just 18 is in custody. and police believe there could be other victims out there. news 4 pat collins is live for us along the homes run trail in alexandria with the latest, pat. >> reporter: if you're walking down a trail and a guy jumps you from behind, tries to rob you, tries to assault you, what would you do? >> whatever he wants i'll get it, throw it the other way and run the opposite direction. >> that's your strategy. >> that is my strategy. >> will it work. >> of course, i'm a fast runner. >> hit him where it hurts. >> yes, i would try my best to do that. >> if he was holding me down i would try to defend myself, but otherwise i would probably run and call the poli. >> i'll fall to the ground and yell fire. >> reporter: here now, the story of two women victims in alexandria. crime scene number one, the homes run trail, monday august 14

and tracee wilkins is on the case, what she found is this could happen outside of your home, as well. and the fix isn't cheap. it's a storey you'll only see on news 4. >> beneath this plywood is a pretty big -- >> this is weird. >> first, it kind of went down a little and then the second hard rain came and it flipped over. and that's deep. >> that's deep. >> she slept here since 1977 and never see this before. >> and the lot of rain. >> the department of environment said it's good when water goes to storm drains, but bad when it seeps into the ground and uncovers what we can't see. >> a lot of times when neighborhoods are being developed. they'll store materials or dump things on to the ground. in this case i found out that there was medals and other material that rusted and degraded faster than the soil and that's what caused it in this case. >> mrs. robinson is keeping this sinkhole cover for now until she figures out her next steps. so far, it doesn't look like anyone else was impacted on the street, but the county's department of environment says neighbors should pay attention to

tracee wilkins working for you and we'll have much more on purple line impasse in our next half hour. >>> after tweeting of the storm on the texas gulf, he's expected to make his first public remarks about the damage and what happens next. >> news conference expected to begin any minute now. we'll bring it to you live when that start. whole foods just got a little less expensive. >> we're working for you to tell you how much ist' >>> we're back now with a live look, tropical storm harvey far. >> flooding that's left hundreds of people stranded, thousands more already know, their homes are gone. >> now the president is set to discuss the situation there in just a few moments there. you're looking here live picture at the east room at the white house there you're seeing there are his chief of staff john kelly coming in who plans on visiting texas tomorrow as the latest word we've gotten from the white house. we'll bring the remarks live. >> want to switch gears now, first at 4:00, price cut coming to your local whole foods. amazon bought the grocery chain. i know you saw this on social

tracee wilkins is work frg you to find out why this stretch of her report is coming up in the next half hour. >>> an escape from the congestion that is northern virginia. folks are wondering what sparked a deadly encounter between an employee and his boss. our bureau reporter david culver is at the cvs pharmacy where the motive remains a mystery. >> reporter: you look behind me you can see the cvs referencing. there is a ruby tuesday and then if you go farther up the strip you have several more chains and restaurants and stores. don't be fooled. warrenton is a place that still has the local small town feel. it's a feel that for tonight for many regular customers has been shattered by this murder. >> really was. >> it's sad. it's not typical for around here. >> small town america. >> reporte the town of warrenton don't see crime too often. murder seems so foreign. >> he was a very, very nice, kind person. i feel very bad for his family. >> reporter: penny davis is talking about 64-year-old rex olsen. he managed this cvs since 2008. >> he was a very nice guy. there was nothing ever wrong

prince georges county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live outside of the hospital. tracee, how is he doing this afternoon? >> my understanding is that he is still in icu but that he is responding to questions. he is speaking. he is breathing on his own, all very good signs. he has a long road to recovery and there are a lot of officers and folks in prince georges county who are praying for the county's youngest chief of police. now, martin just came in to this position in october of . he's the native son that's where he grew up and took part in a number of policing organizations for youth when he was just a kid. a organization in sea pleasant and also one for the prince josh georges county office. has been serving as a mentor for him as he's been on the job for seek pleasant. it was last night on martin luther king highway where he had this horrible accident. he was riding on a newly issued motorcycle when there was a crash with another vehicle that stayed on the scene, the cause of that crash is still under investigation, but folks are wrapping their arms around th

tracee wilkins have >> reporter: the statute of thurgood marshall, the first african-american supreme court justice stands at the back to balance the legacy of maryland's first supreme court justice, roger btaney his statute sits at the front of the state house. >> i can't sleep at night knowing that that statute that symbolizes everything i'm against is on a pedestal. >> reporter: former maryland delegate who represents the county has fought to have taney's statute removed since 2007. >> i got a lot of push back from people in leadership who kept trying to tell me about history and how we couldn't erase history. >> but today there's been a change. maryland governor larry hogan released a statement that reads, i believe removing the justice roger b.tane yerks statu-- tane the right thing to do. roger supreme court justice, he wrote the decision that said african-americans were not citizens of this country and had no protections under the law. this every scott unsuccessfully sued to gain freedom for himself and the family. there was a renewed push to remove the statute after the violen

tracee wilkins, very sad story. thank you. >>> other top stories on this monday, prosecutors plan to move forward with their case against a teacher's aide convicted of sex abuse in pri county. a judge sentenced him to 75 years behind bars on federal charges today. earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to taping or abusing at least 20 children, some as young as nine years old. he goes on trial in prince georges county next month. >>> bond denied for the man accused of car rampage. kelly robinson smashed into a dozen cars along little river turnpike in a shopping center parking lot. he appeared in court today where he's accused of stealing a car and slashing a security guard who confronted him. his girlfriend tells news 4 believes robinson suffers from ptsd and that that may have caused his behavior that day. >>> a new strategy in afghanistan, president trump will address the nation in just a matter of a few hours, setting out his vision for the future of the nation's longest war. nbcblayne alexander joins us from the

. >> bureau chief, tracee wilkins has been going through a lengthny indictment after spending much of her day and one of those -- >> carpet, plywood and boxes upon boxes, just some of what the fbi brought out of this rented home in temple hills. it's evidence and big federal case. >> who is that agent coming here and sitting and watching and watching. >> neighbors who did not want to be identified tell me they knew something was coming. fb out of a temple hills home in the 2,400 block of saint claire drive. the home was being rented by rodriguez norman. he's one of 12 people facing charges for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. according to 77 -- norman his coconspirators stole credit card numbers off line, made fake cards and bought and sold illegal cigarettes. >> the fbi won't confirm that, but dogs weren't taken from the house this morning. >> oh my god, he had some beautiful animals. beautiful. it was -- it was a couple of pits, he was -- he bred these things here and they use them just like that. >> after hours in the temple hills home, agents left po poles. it's cal

reporting lye in charles county, tracee wilkins. >>> when he confronted the suspect early this morning in the parking lot, the man drove off but he was dragging the officer with him. the officer tells investigators that he feared for his life. >>> right now members of the senate are debating the appointment of the next fbi director, christopher ray is we are expecting the vote on this confirmation to begin within the hour. ray served as assistant attorney general during george w. bush's administration. he also worked in the justice department's criminal division, along with james comey and robert mueller. when he left the government he went into law. ray also served as new jersey governor's personal attorney during the bridge gate scandal. >>> another move to decriminalize pot here. new jersey senator just introduced a new bill that will legalize marijuana at the federal live. people already in federal prison serving time for marijuana related offenses could be resentenced under this new legislation or have their convictions tossed out and federal funds would be used to encourage state

tracee wilkins caught up with one family dealing with another challenge, as well. the new school just around the corner. tracee is live with the latest. tracee. >> leon, this fence here, has been placed here to keep this property secure. come into the apartments, what's going to happen. you're going to be stopped right here by prince georges county police. they're going to check their list to make sure. here behind me, their family still packing up u haul trucks and getting their stuff out but people still cannot live here. >> she'll start the new school year -- this wasn't >> it will at least try to give me a little more time to figure out, you know, where we're going to stay and this is what we're going to do. >> on wednesday, gayle was one of the last families to live. visible mold, water damage and water code violations rendered to building unsafe and unlivable. >> the water was off like a month previous to my coming here. the first thing they did was got in the tub, like -- oh, mommy, shower, we're want to take shower, mom. >> this hotel room prepro vieded by s

tracee wilkins has been in college park all d >> tracee, they're getting threats there?r: absolutely. when they made this proposal, they figured it will be strong opinions from folks who live in the city of college park. they figured it would come from people within city park. this has gotten national attention and some threats, as well. that's why prince georges county police are making their presence felt at tonight's meeting. >> if you're not a citizen of this country, you cannot vote in anything. period. >> whether nonu.s. citizens should vote, since the council proposed allowing undocumented immigrants to vote in their city, it's learning just how serious it can get. >> we are investigating threats at this point, it's our homeland security bureau prince georges county police that are investigating these threats. we are going to be adding extra patrols to that meeting. >> reporter: marry cook said she began noticing e-mails and calls coming from outside of park. >> i did have two people call me directly today on my cell phone and they were concerned that about the vo

loved ones tell tracee wilkins they hope today's surface will be a step towards healing. >> it's a saddy that happened. >> reporter: hundreds gathered to say good bye. her brother told police he killed her in a devastating triple murder. >> to see a young child go i feel for the family. >> reporter: 6-year-old withers and her cousins who were visiting from out found stabbed and murdered in the home. the family is trying to find a way to come back together. >> it's just so sad. >> reporter: this woman is aunt to both. >> what are you hoping? >> peace. peace. because that's what we need. >> reporter: she says their mother is suffering. >> she's not doing good at all. >> it's sad because i lost a child. and that's something that you never get over. >> reporter: sympathy for the mother's pain is what brought a complete stranger to today's services. >> you lost two kids. you lost one to the system and one to death. it's just a tragedy. >> reporter: judy fuller says she believes something went very wrong with her nephew for him to allegedly tyke such precious lives. >> i hope they see he did

prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is working to get those answers. >> reporter: this is the fifth person to die on indian head highway this year, the fourth motorcyclist to die on this road in four years. aaa is calling it the deadliest road in the d.c. region. the question for people who live at this road every day is what to do about it. 210 is a long stretch of road and also pretty flat. so because of that aa people are drawn to speeding on the road. they see acts of aggressive behavior. prince george's police say they have problems with drinking and driving. they say the road is not to blame for poor driver behavior. here is what people who live in the area say need to be done to help 210. >> they need to redesign the way the traffic is flowing. >> doing one thing good putting that overpass down on kirby road. that will be a good start. >> i think they need cameras on the 210. like cameras that take pictures. not just cameras for viewing. i think that will stop some of the racing and things going down on 210. >> reporter: do you get nervous? does this road make yo

. >> our bureau chief, tracee wilkins is working for you tonight with more on the of this project. . >> when it gets down here, it's going to be elevated. it's going to make quick right turn and go straight down the center. some people have lost their front yards. some folks have lost their homes, altogether. this business, no longer sells gas and soon the business owner may lose his garage. -- >> the rest of the region questioned the light rail system will ever been a reality, some still land to lose front yards. >> way too much stress on the house. >> the home will sit directly across the street from the purple line the train will go down the center just steps from her front door. >> it's doing to do a lot of damage on the house. just the traffic itself does a lot of damage. you feel the whole house shake, i'm sure it will end up being condemned. >> she wonders if the new pole means the government will ask for some of her property. >> i guess you can't stop progress. >> reporter: there was a plan to take some of the lanes that's no longer the plan. but they are expecting construct

tracee wilkins is live. tracee, really intense moments today in court. >> absolutely, when you're dealing with a case like this that is as emotional and difficult as this one. there is no telling what you're going to find inside of the courtroom. this was suppose to be a competency hearing and first appearance, for williams. we're looking at three dead little girls here. his little sister, a six-year-old and cousin, six-year-old and nine-year-old. all three of them allegedly stabbed to death by him. we're had both sets of parents who appear to be on sides of the courtroom here, again, no one prepared for what we're experienced inside of that courtroom. >> when antonio williams first entered the courtroom, he was yelling and that's my mom. that's my mom. after he was seated, he said, he's here, no, no, no, no, no. the judge asked williams to focus and she tried to begin the hearing, that's when he begin repeating, i'm not the one you're looking for, i'm not the one you're looking for. the judge ruled for menta

bureau chief tracee wilkins is in temple hill with new reaction from a resident there and a look at why they have no legal protections, tracee. >> doreen, i remember when all of these buildings were full of people. now we're down to about 70 residents. prince georges kouny has their department of social services stationed here in the parking find someplace else to live by noon tomorrow. >> there's no help for me. >> reporter: she volunteered to sit all night. the fire alarms don't work here. if there was a fire, she would have yelled for people to get out. >> they asked us to be out here taking care of what they asked to take care of and it wasn't good enough for them they gave us three days thoets notice to done. >> after morning of inspections the fire code violations. >> we've got it. >> the decision was made. >> residents will have 24 hours to remove their belongings. >> i live here. i have nowhere to go. for 24 hours, what is that going to do for me. >> once again, the residents of are looking at 24 hours to find somewhere else to live. >> we're had some problems in the past, but f

prince georges county bureau chief tracee wilkins tells us her story, tracee. >>. >> reporter: well thereis one patient named in this class action suit the attorney filing it believes there are many more out there. >> former anesthesiologist is accused of sexually assaulting patients filed today in an upper marlboro courthouse. >> if you were a patient of dr. williams, wouldn't you want to know that dr. williams had been accuse -- if dr. williams had been accused of sexual misconduct. >> one inappropriately touched patients and abused them for physical examinations. he worked at the largo and kaiser locations from 2010, he was dismissed in 2014. >> it makes this even worse and more tragic is that kaiser did despite their moral legal ethical obligations. >> williams was investigated by the maryland board of physicians and lost his license in 2016. the attorney filing the class action suit believes there are more victims. >> we know from the board of physicians report that this was a vast and significant problem. >> kaiser released a statement that reads in part, in this case we determine t

i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> we've got some breaking news in the russia investigation here.he special council is asking if president trump tried to hide the purpose of that meeting between his son and the russian lawyer with connections to the russian government. the meeting happened during the campaign back in june of 2016. more than a year later the washington post reported that the president himself helped to draft an explanation for that meeting, claiming it was about discussing adoption policies between russia and the u.s. the series of e-mails that trump, jr. thought it was about digging up dirt on hillary clinton. in fact, he said he loved it if >>> and there's so many great storylines for the nationals tonight. of course, the nats starting the series with the marlins. jayson werth is back. >> strike a pose, got to capture the moment. werth is back after missing every game since june 3rd tonight batting seven. led to longer than expected coverage of the 38-year-old. he's a man on a mission, and his season goals remain unchanged. >> i feel good. i'm here to help. you k

reporting live in port washington i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> you do see those extra resources out there. >>> right now storm team 4 radar shows strong storms are just missing us. however, we are not out of the woods. >> nothing like last night when they were just region, doug kammerer. what we have is storms around the baltimore area. you notice where the storms are just north and east of d.c. most of the rest of the region on the dry side. baltimore getting pommelled. some storms south and east of baltimore right along i-95. notice pretty good storm along savage. one other shower developing to the east. i'm tracking these. these are moving off to the north and east. still a chance we may see one or two in the region. most of us remain on the dry side. you can see activity to the north and west. next couple of days continue hot and humid. cooler for the weekend. we are talking pretty nice weekend. we will have much more on that and tracking our next storm >>> we can provide -- it's okay. she cannot do it anymore. i

the tragedy tore up that family but as tracee wilkins shows us tonight relatives hope they will be ablefind the strength to recover. >> reporter: hundreds gathered to say good bye to a little girl taken too soon allegedly at the hands of her older brother. >> to see a young child go i feel for the family. >> reporter: 6-year-old withers who were visiting from out of town were found stabbed and murdered. police say the older brother is the killer. the family is trying to find a way to come back together. >> just so sad. >> what are you hoping? >> peace. peace. that's what we need. >> she says their mother, her sister is suffering. >> she's not doing good at all. >> it's sad because i lost a child and that's something that you never get over. >> sympathy for the mother's pain is what brought sandra mitchell to today's services. >> you lost two kids. you lost one to the system and one to death. it's just a tragedy. another aunt to both suspect and victim says she believes something went very wrong with her nephew for him to allegedly take such precious lives. i didn't do it just something

bureau chief tracee wilkins is working for you looking into the cause and cost of sinkholes. rain we got last week left this hole. . she says she has never seen anything like this. the repair will mean digging out what's in the hole and filng could cost thousands. the cheese peek region we gets a lot of rain, that water goes somewhere. >> adam director says the county is not responsible for repairs here. he likened it to a basement over flowing. >> when neighborhoods are being developed, they'll store materials or dump things under the ground. in this case i found out that there was metals there were other materials that rusted and degraded faster than the soil. >> i'm like devastated. like i say, i don't know what to do. >> mrs. robinson is keeping this sinkhole covered for now. it doesn't like anyone else was impacted on the street. but the county's department of environment saying neighbors should pay attention to potential changes in their yards here. >> it looks like it's going to continue, you know, to cave in. >> but the county's part in all of this, robinson to a web

. >> tracee wilkins joins us with reaction from parents who trusted bell with their children and the dramatic changes that came after his arrest, tracee. forwapd and tell their stories, they're not going to be able to prosecute bell the way they would like to. they're asking parents to have these hard conversations with their kids, if they've had any contact with bell, for some families that is easier said than done. >> i met the guy before. i had no idea anything was going on. >> the father and daughter are asking themselves how did they miss what carlos bell was capable of. bell was his daughter's track coach here at ben ja man stoddard middle school. he's now facing 114 -- i think i'm a good judge of character, military and all that, i wasn't with him. >> he's always messed with us and joked with us. i didn't know he was that type of person. >> predators are often magnetic and charismatic. that is how they get their prey next to them. >> hard time getting victims to come forward in the bell case. she says, there are many reasons why. >> so parents may actually just not want to come

i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> you will hear this story, hackers target a local family.t happened, what you can learn from their mistake. >> watch out silicon valley. our region ranks among the best in the country for up next how >>> it could happen to anyone buying or refinancing their house. sophisticated computer hacking scheme cost a d.c. couple more than a million dollars when they set out to buy their dream home. mark segraves is working for you to make sure something like this doesn't happen to you. >> reporter: they knew they could never afford this home on government salaries but an inheritance made it possible for their young family. computer hackers nearly took their dream home away. >> it's a pretty big scam. >> reporter: a mortgage banker says hackers aren't just targeting home buyers. they are doing the same thing to mortgage kaechs >> what the predators will do is basically jump into an e-mail chain and it will look like it is coming from the realtor or title company and a couple days before closing will say we need to have the money wired to another accou

as prince george's bureau chief tracee wilkins reports they believe it may be working. >> reporter: theice chief of prince george's county started 12 hour shifts for all officers. when he did that there had been 12 homicides in as many days in prince george's county. now we are taking a look at whether the effort has helped. as we talk to community leaders in areas where homicides happen they are saying they feel much safer in their communities and seeing more police and the police department is saying that the situation has flag saying this is an ongoing process. >> take ten days, a look at ten days of 12 hour shifts. we can point to 20% drop in violent crime and 90 guns being taken off the streets. >> reporter: prince george's county police have made two arrests of suspects in the double homicide that happened here at popeyes. they are looking for a third suspect. the chief says he will not publicly say when the 12 hour shifts for officers is coming to an end. >>> right now the disk jockey accused of groping taylor swift is back on the stand for a second day. this picture is at the ce

twr tracee wilkins, officials say the building wasn't safe and residents were supposed to be gone 6 hours ago? >> reporter: yes, that's right. and this fence wasn't even here six hours ago, but they have gotten it up and con dose boado, but they just got their final warning to leave about 20 minutes ago. >> this property has been deeped unsafe for habitation. for your safety, you are being ordered to evacuate the property. wrrtd home >> reporter: home is changing today. what do you take when you only have hours? >> whatever fits in my car. >> reporter: the police are going door to door telling you time is up. what are you looking at here? >> my investment. what i spent to buy this place. >> reporter: work has already begun to secure the property. it's well past the deadline for people who live in the condominiums to leave. for the families -- >> my daughter and my granddaughter, she has a 2-year-old daughter and she's pregnant, so it's hard. >> reporter: a new home means new schools, new transportation plans and a new life that renters and owners didn't ask for because many of them can't

tracee wilkins is in annapolis tonight. she's got the response from the governor and others who want that statute taken down. tracee, what are you hearing. >> reporter: well, leon, a lot of people may not know where this statute is located. let me show you, it's here over my left shoulder, you can see how it's positioned in front of the maryland state house. it has been here since 1872. as you said, the governor just said in a statement released a little more than an hour ago it's time for this statute to come down. this is what governor larry hogan wrote. the time has come to make clear the difference between properly acknowledging our past and glorifying the of our history. i believe removing the justice statute from the state house grounds is the right thing to do. we will ask the state house trust to take that action immediately. as of 1857 that decision was made, he was an insulated african-american who was suing for his freedom, the freedom of his wife and his two daughters. roger wrote in his decision, he was the firs

tracee wilkins is live outside of the hospital. >> there was a great support for him and for also for the town of sea pleasant as they go through this. this is a young man who spent his entire life wanting to become a police officer and is now the top cop of the town he was raised in. right now, friend and family are by his officers from other jurisdictions are on the streets of sea pleasant. family friend and fellow officers are gathering around for seat pleasant after he was severely injured in an motorcycle accident. >> he's breathing on his own. he's responding to questions. >> you gene grant, mayor of seat pleasant has known him since he was 11 years old. growing up in the town for which he is now top cop. >> became a part of a couple of youth organizations. in fact, he was one of the first youth as a part of the seat pleasant junior police. >> martin, who was 28-year-olds was the youngest chief of police. after serving as an officer and few municipalities, he returned home where he served as chief in october of 2016. >> because of his love and admiration for policing and wanting

i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> imagine driving to work on a road covered with tar slush.what happened yesterday to dozens of prince william county drivers. tonight they are burning up v dot's phones. julie carey heard from one of them today. she has been working to find out what went wrong and what drivers can do about it. >> reporter: hi. this sign warns of the unmarked pavement but no warning for dr their cars would be coated with a tar-like substance that doesn't wash off. v dot tells me tonight they will do what it takes to make things right. matt goldman's pickup truck is normally a sparkling white. not anymore. not since his tuesday morning commute. rain was coming down, dark spray splashing up. >> it was black road spray coming up and that's when i started to try to move away from other people. i thought it was dirt until i got to the car wash yesterday. i had no idea it was tar. so -- it's not pretty. >> reporter: the woman at the car wash told him she had seen plenty other cars like his and this stuff wasn't coming off. he called v dot, so had 100 other drivers.

. >> bureau chief tracee wilkins talked with some parents who said this case has been a huge wake up call and it's made them change the way they talk to their children. tracee. >> reporter: absolutely. a lot of tough conversations happening right now between parents and their children. i've been told by multiple sources, close to this investigation, that they are having a very difficult time getting victims to come forward and parents to cooperate. if parents are not having the conversations they need to with their kids, now is the time. >> it's things like mr. bill that makes you hard to trust anybody. >> they're asking themselves, bell was capable of. bell was his daughter's track coach here at the middle school, he's now facing more than 100 counts for sexually assaulting 24 boys at her middle school. >> i think i'm a very good judge of character, military and all of that. but i wasn't with him. >> he was real cool. he always mess with us and joke with us. i didn't know he was that type of person. >> it's not uncommon that they would be the nice guy, that they would have a ka raz m

tracee wilkins, news 4. >> wow.it to watch them tonight. >>> a local school weighs into the controversy surrounding the redskins' team name. their effort to ban redskins' gear from their school halls this year. >>> doug is going to have more on how the remna giant has unbelievable pro tip produce prices. : so you'll never have to choose between your favorites. i thought i was your favorite. take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. >>> a busy tuesday for you. those waves kicking up. >> a lot of people at the beach. a lot are going to be heading to the beach. what are we looking for. >> this system is going to move out very quickly, though, that's the good news. then we look towards labor day weekend that's when so many of us head down towards the beaches or maybe have some plans around here, maybe going camping in the mountains, you need to know that forecast here nor'easter right there, all you need for nor'easter is a northeast component to the wind for long period of time, that's exactly what we

in temple hills, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you. >> all right. keep us posted. new at 4:00, we may be getting closer to getting answers on a woman who was buried alive at ocean city. we learned today police have wrapped up their investigation. we're working our sources to find out the done collusicon cc reached. there will be a news conference tomorrow morning. police earlier this month said the woman may have slipped into a hole. she was advicvisiting here from texas. >>> and james comey about to becohe heading up his own lecture series at howard university. the school says it's delighted. comey has been out of public eye since his firing in may. he just accepted an invitation to be the keynote speaker at howard's opening convocation next month for students. he will also conduct five lectures on campus and the school says comey is donating his $100,000 compensation to a scholarship. >>> president unplugged. mr. trump's unscripted remarks from his rally in phoenix last night still making waves today. the president taking aim once again at one of his favorite tar

prince georges county tracee wilkins is lye in temple hill. she's had a look at more of the misery thereat people who live there have to deal with. tracee. >> reporter: leon, we're looking at 70 residents who are going to have too find someplace else to go. they've got the stickers oun the door they put up saying these buildings are not safe. you take a look over here, residents are already packing up u haul trucks an finding someplace else to go. right over this way in the parking lot, prince georges county has their center set up here, a command post for folks to get help to go to ask questions about social services and to see what they can do to find someplace else to go. this is all after they did another round of inspections this morning at this complex. . and what the prince county fire department found were a number of violations. it was just last week that they said to the residents here, if these violations are not brought up to code, we're going to have to close this condominium. folks went to work. some of the people who lived here t

outside, i'm tracee wilkin (vo) there's more to life than the climb. there's the view. you've got to stop... ...and look around a little. remember who you are. let the child inside you out to play. come... shed life's layers in asheville. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. >> you can see a lot of lightning right now now to the east of the area, along 66. again, severe thunderstorm warning in this area. all of 66, though, continuing to deal with rain that's moving into the beltway now. i'm starting to see storm reports come in from that thunderstorm and that tornado warning, more importantly, that i was tracking from 6 to 6:30. take a look here i want to run through these pretty quickly. if you can safely do so, please let us do the damage to your area, what you saw, you can find us on twitter. we're seeing downed trees. mention those areas out by marshall then down by meadowville. also seeing a tree down on a car down and that's out by the broad run area. guys, we're starting to see storm reports come in from that tornado warning. we're goi

reporting live from college park, tracee wilkins. in studio. >> we'll see how things get out there. >>> you may want to tug on the front of the atm the next time you go to take out cash. fairfax county police say a skimmer was found on an atm at a 7-eleven store on south king's highway. they say this one had a pinhole camera that could record a hand tapping out p.i.n. numbers. here's some tips to avoid becoming a victim. police say you should pull on the card reader before you use it and see if it's loose or been tampered with in any way. and check for any signs of glue on the glue can be used to attach devices. you should also use atms within eyesight of a cashier. police believe those are less likely to be tampered with. >>> in news4 your health -- colon cancer is killing more young people than ever, according to the american cancer society. we talked to doctors at georgetown who say they're seeing lots of cases in younger patients but they don't know why. nbc's erika edwards explores whether screening guidelines should be changed.

. >> tracee wilkins explains why a judge ordered a mental evaluation for the suspect. >> reporter: we're could hear antonio williams shouting from the back of the courtroom and whesling with guards before we're could see him. he is accused of stabbing and skilling three little girls inside his family's clinton home on friday, including his little six-year-old sister, na deer ra withers an their two cousins, six and nine-year-old girls who were visiting from nj nlk. williams confessed to the murders and was arrested inside the home. toda to focus as she tried to begin a bond hearing that's when he began repeating, i'm not the one you're looking for. i'm not the one you're looking for. the judge ruled for a mental evaluation saying it was obvious that williams wasn't capable of a hearing today. the state believes williams is capable of standing trial. >> the judge today ordered competency hearing so that might be determined. it is our expectation that he will be found to be competent. >> as he was escorted out of the court, his mother yelled to him saying, mommy love you, i'm here. mommy i

our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins says you could feel the anger during the suspect's first hearing and you could also see it in a group attacked our photographer outside of court. >> get the camera out of our [ bleep ] face. >> before the confrontation, a judge ordered a mental evaluation for the suspects. williams repeatedly yelled out during his hearing. the state's attorney's office is not convicted. >> we're not aware of any mental health issue that he has. the judge today ordered a competency hearing to determine that. it is our expectation that he will be found to be competent competent sfwliefrmts williams admitted to stabbing his of-year-old sister and two cousins to death. the mother found the bodies at a family home in clinton. >>> 4:32 right now. more than two months after a maryland man was murdered, his family is finally getting answers. prince george's county police arrested two men forp and killing him back in june. here's a look at the suspects, jarrett and jerrell jackson. the two men had ongoing dispute before the shooting. they were charged with fir

tracee wilkins went to see what you think about officers working 12 hour shifts. >> the word on the streets don't go to suitland. so all the criminals knew don't come over here, you're going to jail. >> reporter: 12 hour shifts put more prince george's counties on the streets. >> we have to help these young people. >> reporter: community activist elsie jacobs says the violence perpetuated in cities like hers has a common theme. >> you have a lot of young people who don't have a purpose, they don't have a job, so the only thing that they can do is hang around, sell drugs and so on, so forth. >> reporter: prince george's county police spokesperson says the increased present made a measurable difference. homicide rate is now equal to last year. >>> look at ten days of 12 hour shifts. we can point to a 20% drop of violence crime, 90 guns were taken off the street. >> whoever came up with the because it definitely worked. but that is temporary. >> reporter: jacobs says if the county wants to go beyond stabilizing crime, more has to be done. >> we're going for keep hato ke spikes until somebody

good morning live in college park, tracee wilkins back to you all in the studio. >>> we have an investigation that you'll only see on news 4. the top law enforcement official accepted thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions. mark seagraves broke this storey. mark got a response from attorney general campaign's office telling him the excessive donations were oversights, they have been repaid. mark found out in all, the campaign has refunded $3,500 to its donors. >>> the dc office of campaign finance says it's investigating two dc council members who also contributions. today's findings come just two months after mayor was fined $13,000. >> today a training kamcamp, redskins foregoing their morning walk through, rod and dale earnhardt, jr.'s car at the racetrack. the players and for dale, jr., too. >> reporter: yeah, it was. today was the final practice for the redskins before their preseason game on thursday. but as you said, some of the players, including kirk cousins started where the mayor proclaimed today to be dale earnhardt, jr. day, because today is august 8, 8/8. he driv

i'm tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. >> we have new details tonight of the death of that texas woman who was buried alive suffocated in the sand of ocean city. police tells news 4 it is quite possible that the hole that ashley o'connor's body was found in monday morning had been doug by someone else. it's against city ordinance to leave a hole uncovered after you leave the beach. investigators say it's not clear whether o'connell fell into that large hole or whether she jumped into it. the sand caved in around her nonetheless and she suffocated. her death has been ruled an accident. >>> between uber, lyft and the other ride hailing services, we're spending more time in the backseat. >> new study is showing us how dangeroit overwhelming number of you took our facebook survey and said, of course you use seat belts. >> of course, you do. a few said sometimes, but not in taxis or in ride shares. news 4 chris lawrence is working for you to make sure you and your family members don't have a false sense of security. i know we all do. >> i mean, yeah, we let

something we'd use every day, credit cards, agents went into two homes today and our bureau chief, tracee wilkins spent much of her day in temple hills. she joins us now live with two details, tracee. >> neighbors here were trying to figure out we're saw the fbi and paying a lot of attention here in the back of this yard and going in and out of this basement door of this temple hill's home. come to find out, fbi was primarily focused on credit card fraud. >> that black car right there, who is that agent right there, have been coming in here and sitting and watching. >> neighbors who did not want to be identified tell me they knew something was coming. fbi agents carried boxes and boxes out of one temple hill's home. the home was being rented by rodriguez norman. he's one of 11 people facing charges for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. they raided homes, including this home on devin hills drive in fort washington. and this rented home on saint claire drive in temple hills. one neighbor and a few sources close to this investigation say dog fighting was also discovered at the temple h

reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> for the past two years, the news 4 i-team has been investigating sex abuse cases involving teachers around the area, including them allowed to keep their licenses for years after pleading guilty to assaulting students. >> tonight another failure, this time involving a local child protective service who did not alert a school district about its findings. scott mcfarlane joins us about a story. >> it involves a teacher who was pulled from the classroom in 2013. he quit his job at clairmont elementary in arlington, soon after police investigated and said there wasn't sufficient evidence to charge the man with a crime. the teacher denied the accusation throughout and still does. child protective services investigated and found he had engaged in a level 1 sex offense, the most serious kind. should have ultimately lost his license and placed on a state child abus unable to teach public schools again. we found he ultimately found assistant principal where he's worked for three-and-a-half years until early 2017. >> and how i

telling tracee wilkins they are trying to heal very deep family wounds. >> hundreds gathered to pay their respects to a young girl killed by her older brother. >> friends and family gathered to say good bye to 6-year-old withers. she and her 6 and 9 year old cousins were murdered in the ly police say the older brother is the killer. the family is trying to find a way to come back together. >> this woman's niece. williams is her nephew. >> what are you willing to get out? peace because that's what we need. >>. >> reporter: today's funeral service was private. there were people who wanted to pay their respects here. as for the family moving forward they have a bond hearing they have to go through for antonio williams once he is done with the mental evaluation. >> and only on news 4 we talked to the woman who threw a cup of her own urine. she tells us why she did it. >> and hurricane harvey could have significant political implications for congress later this year. we'll explain the impact it could have on a government shutdown. >> reporter: and i'm molette green barbecue. we got the food al

prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins says they plan to announce their crime crackdown was a success. for more information on this upcoming announcement, you can check twitter. >>> just in from our northern virginia bureau, a judge has decided that the man accused of shooting a woman during this road rage incident in alexandria will stay behind bars. last month, prosecutors say that he shot a woman after a confrontation here on the eisenhower connecter near the beltway. the woman who was shot is expected to be okay. >>> the next time you head to an atm, you may want to pay close attention to it and that's because fairfax county police say they're seeing more cases of atm skimmers. thieves use them to steal bank card numbers. the latest happened last week. it was accompanied by a pin-hole size camera that was capable of recording a hand tapping out the pin number. here are some tips to avoid becoming a victim of an atm skimmer. police say pull on the card reader to see if it's loose or tampered with. there could be signs of glue on the atm which is used to attach to the devi

in temple hills, tracee wilkins. back to you. >>> facing deportation because they were in the wrong place at the wrong final coming utime. coming up next, the two who say they were detained illegally. >>> and plus hillary clinton talking about an awkward moment during one of thoefs presidential debates. how she now says she wished she would have rct >>> and thousands of you lined up last year to get a whiff as one of the blossoms. the smelly corpse flowers are back. doug. >> i was super excited about the eclipse, but not too excited about that bug smebig smell dow there. most of us seeing a beautiful day. north and wednesday, we're gorgeous, but still showers in southern maryland. i'llhow you how s >>> imagine living each day in fear of being dragged from your home, your family, your life all because you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. that is the life for some residents of an apartment building in annandale after ace raids back in february. kristin wright reports on a lawsuit that could help ease some of

. >>> and tracee wilkins has been following this story for months.ek the former liquor board commissioner in the county was indicted by a federal grand jury. a new suit faces federal bribery charges. it's charged that he accepted bribes. he resigned from his position back in january. he faces 20 years in prison. >>> st. mary's county is facing the opioid crisis by going after drug dealers and charging them with murder for overdose deaths. you're looking at eight suspected drug dealers who thousand face mans slau now face manslaughter charges. already this year the total mary's county surpasses those in 2016 for the county. >>> meanwhile, the office of national drug control policy says that the white house has not ruled out declaring a national emergency in this opioid crisis. florida there is still a lot of concern for the rookie firefighter who was seriously hurt after being hit by a fire truck last week. today dane smothers jr.'s family will give us an update. dane was attempting to help put out a fire when he was hit. he is still in the hospital.

. >>> now to a story tracee wilkins and our prince george's county bureau following for months. the county's former liquor board commissioner has been indicted by a federal grand jury. he faces federal bribery charges. the u.s. attorney says he solicited and accepted bribes from lobbyists in exchange for help with liquor board matters. he was arrested and resigned from the board back in january. he now faces 20 years behind bars. >>> st. mary's county is taking aggressive steps to fight the opioid crisis by charging drug dealers with murder. eight suspected drug dealers are now facing manslaughter charges based on users who ov died. st. mary's has already seen more overdoses this year than all of 2016. and it's one of the few counties prosecuting suspected dealers in this way. the office of national drug control policy says the white house hasn't ruled out declaring the opioid crisis a national emergency. >>> the department of veterans affairs says it has been forced to rehire the long-time head of d.c.'s va medical center. they just fired him last week. scott mcfarland in the n