todd caldwell responded to one in april.ointed the finger at his young neighbor. >> i can't remember names. >> seth, seth techel. >> seth techel? >> yup. >> torkel? >> techel. >> techel. >> yeah, his dad owns champion bowl. okay. >> and i'll tell -- i just -- they're good people. they really are. >> reporter: now this guy, brian tate, does he know that you're the father-in-law of the neighbor? >> no, and i don't want to tell him that because i don't want that to affect maybe what he does or doesn't do. >> and he thinks that's the source of his trouble? >> right. >> reporter: those people over in the trailer property across the way? >> yeah. >> well, if you can, let us deal with it. >> what if -- what if -- what if i'm the one who's gotta catch him? >> reporter: brian tate told todd that dog feces and rocks had been hurled at his home. he then showed todd the evidence. he described the vandalism of his home in stark terms. >> he says that he thinks these are acts of terrorism and, you know, kind of a bell goes off like, terro

caldwell and perkins say they would like to make a career out of dancing beyond city sidewalks. is much more coming up on good morning washington. suzanne kennedy, what are you working on for 5 0-clock. new york. a dozen people dead-- as flames rip through a crowded apartment building. and more breaking news in maryland. a 2-alarm fire forcing dozens of families out of their

caldwell said he took ballet. perkins homeless sometimes stays at the covenant house says this is his life. >> you come out here and make zero dollars in two hours or be here for two hours and make $304. >> we can do anything but dance helps us stayed focus. >> often at the metro stations or the tourist spots seven days a week. they attracted the attention of the producers of the mcdonald's commercial, discovery channel and the public. >> artistic and flexible. i'm too old for that. >> keep doing what you are doing. >> make sure you interact with the people. if you don't interact with the people it's just dancing. make them feel what you are feeling. >> this is a growing thing in the transit police get after them if they dance on the metro platforms but so far without arrest. >> i want to go back to school. focus on the business part of dance. >> five years from now they definitely don't plan to be doing this. but right now at ages 19 and 20, they are having a ball. reporting from chinatown, i'm sam ford. abc7 new

a golf when the women's one point five kilometer freestyle sprint she edged out american sophie caldwell and norwegian mike in cast person. meanwhile in the men's event circuit in steel golf of russia beat out italy's better rico pelligrino and frenchman lucas shot of the tour this continues on sunday with a ten kilometer classic interval start. to tennis now or serena williams is back on the hard court just four months after giving birth to her first child she put up a fight but ended up losing to french open champion yellen asta penco at an exhibition tournament in aboud dobby williams lost her first set six two she did strike back to claim the second set and nearly set up a dream come back when but also penco wasn't on that plan dispatching the seven time wimbledon champion in a match deciding tie break. thanks for watching t w news will leave you now with some images of the more attractive sides of wintry weather footage from the world's largest ice sculpture festival and harbin china enjoy. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you how german soccer

joining us now, gianno caldwell.lso with us, mark pym, former chief strategist for the hillary clinton 2008 campaign and the 98 bill clinton campaign. thanks for being with us. generally, democrats have poo-pooed the notion of building a wall on the southern border. the president made a big part of its campaign. if he ties it to the daca thing, are democrats willing to go along? >> i don't see any evidence that the democrats are going to go along with the wall. i think there's more evidence that what trump really wants is added border security and something that could be called a "wall." the question is, will he find a way to save face? at the same time, i think democrats will hold quite a strong on the wall issue. they will want daca for sure. without 60 votes, none of this is going anywhere. >> jon: most republicans evening say that it's a decision that helps a so-called dreamers, the people that were brought here as children by their children, no fault of their own. most americans seem to feel that they should be

antonio caldwell and amelia wadell are charged with unlawful entry. this time the judge dent release them. while they claim to be moorish nationalists, the actual moorish temple of america disavows the couple and others they call fringe radicals making these false claims across the country. we spoke by phone with brother azim hopkins bay, a spokesperson for the temple. >> it has nothing to do with taking people's houses or driving without driver's licenses and claiming that the government has no jurisdiction over you. that has no, no ties or connection with the the moorish temple of america and the founder. >> reporter: as for caldwell and waddell, they are once again in jail for trying to steal someone's home. now this time the judge ordered the couple held without bond. they'll stay in jail at least until next week when they have their next court appearance. and while they are only facing charges of unlawful entry at the two locations, they will also have to face charges of failure to appear in court and prosecutors told the victims in the first cas

lord caldwell and peter perkins -- ages 19 and 20 -- are street dancers. perkins is also homeless.hance you can see them perform their hip-hop moves -- which they call "flex" -- on a street corner or metro platform. they're out there seven days a week -- and have attracted the attention of producers of a mcdonald's commercial, and the discovery channel. >> everything is burned. the deadliest fire in a generation in new york city. children are among the dead. the inferno firefighters are calling shocker -- calling shocking. adrianna: winter blast. weighing in, trump his comments on global warming going viral. i am larry smith. adrianna: it is

antonio bay and mia caldwell were caught on camera. the couple was in court yesterday. prosecutors told a judge they are likely to try a third time and asked for them to stay in jail until their trial. jt let them go because neither has criminal records. >>> president trump is arguably twitter's most high-profile users. >> according to stats, none of his tweets made the wendy's for free chicken nuggets. they said okay if he could get 18 million retweets. he didn't quite get to that but he got the most retweets, surpassing ellen's famous selfie -- >> i think wendy's should have given them to him. president obama had the top third. >> and his farewell and well wishes to john mccain. >> one top ten involved president trump but it was lebron james with a response after mr. trump rescinded steph curry's invitation to the white house. >>> 5:53. back to breaking news on the roads. >> we're following an accident on a very busy road for commuters. what happened? >> we just found out from was a fatal crash before 2:00 a.m. this morning. a couple hours ago. this means georgia aven

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antonio caldwell and mia waddell never showed up to court yesterday. police say they went looking for them and found them trespassing in another home. this time on lanier place in adams morgan. they're moorish nationalists and have sovereign rights to the property they said. the homeowner from the first >> i'm terrified they could come back here. they're very scary people. >> that was the interview the original homeowner did with our mark segraves. they've been arrested again and will now be facing new charges. >>> back to the breaking news in gaithersburg. road closure that could impact your commute today. >> melissa, this is a big problem. >> this is a big problem for a lot of folks. this is north frederick avenue at chestnut street. this looks like a mangled mess and it is. it is an suv on its side here taking out a pole. we have wires down. you can see the crews there on the scene trying to get the right quickly. this is close to gaithersburg high school. just a little north of there. the problem is working through the neighborhoods is not easy. an

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, north caldwell, new jersey. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that's "nightly news" for this wednesday night. i'm craig melvin in for lester. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> i put myself out there to try to tackle this tough issue, and that's what i hope we continue to try to do. >> right now at 6:00, political backlash to a homeless situation. a south bay councilman being threated threatened with a recall for supporting san jose homeless issue. >>> good evening. the news at 6:00 starts now. thanks for joining us. >> jessica and raj are off tonight. san jose's plan to set up tiny homes for the homeless is generating a big out cry and calls to remove one council member who supports that plan in a story you'll see only on nbc bay area. robert handa joins us from one of the possible sites to tell us about a recall. >> reporter: we're hear at an empty lot off monterey road, a potential site for tiny homes. this could be an interesting public battle because many add v -- advocates would like to see

jenna caldwell is a fox news political analyst. and michael is a democratic strategist. >> i'm disgusted with white liberals that label something racist that is innocuous. there are racist things, like the 94 crime bill with hilary clinton. >> there are issues that are distracted from the country. >> i think we can talk about gentryification. i think it's lazy and does a disservice to everyone. >> >> it's craziness out of academia. another woman purchased the first class seat. somebody else had taken her seat. what? like it takes a leap of faith to understand. >> i think sheila jackson lee is doing a disservice to the black congress. i think it's a disservice. we have come to a place where they may call my shoes racist because the bottom of them happen to be black. i'm walking on my shoes and that could be racist. the passenger i would have complained to, i'm going to complain. i'm going to get on twitter. i'm going to discuss it. >> 2018, i hope both sides, democrat or republic, you can choose your words carefully. >> sounds like

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, north caldwell, new jersey. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evenings" for this wednesday night. i'm craig melvin in for lester. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. ♪ extra extra. >>> now on "extra." john legend and chrissy teigen on the flight from hell. the live twitter play by play aboard a jet bound for japan forced to turn around. >> a scary travel alert. how did the wrong passenger get on the plane. >>> oprah in hawaii, cindy crawford, new photos of the stars on vacation. >>> tragedy for rihanna, her cousin murdered. b

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, north caldwell, new jersey. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evenings" for this wednesday night. i'm craig melvin in for lester. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. us here at thbc news, >>> there are always haters. >> that was not the best song on the record. ♪ ♪ >> i'm buying jay-z, but you know what, i'm old. >> did jay-z top taylor for performer of 2017. we talk music. >> i'm happy that

. >> fairfield's michelle caldwell was going out holiday shopping this past weekend when her money wasall the money i had for christmas, she wrote. i have no money. this is the atm. it's located at the us bank in fairfield. >> their atm malfunctions and it printed me out a receipt saying they couldn't return my deposit and they couldn't put my deposit in the bank and i had to calling a 1-800 number. i called the number immediately and they told me that i had to file a claim and it would be ten days before i got my money back. i said, well, you know, christmas is in eight days, right? i have four kids i have to provide christmas for. that was all my money. i'm a single mom. i need my money. >> uh-oh. we met up with michelle at her workplace today. she's a caregiver in this fairfield home. everyone here was rooting for michelle and her family. now, michelle went down to the local bank branch, made phone calls and went to my facebook page too. after seeing her note, we talked with michelle, then the bank and the next day, the money arrived. christmas will be okay? >> christmas is going to

. >> listen to this, caldwell of los angeles lakers is playing basketball and serving a jail term atme. he was sentenced to 25 days in jail for violating his parole over the summer, he fail today submit to drug and alcohol test imposed after driving under the influence arrest, welk, back in march, under work release program called well pope can leave the jail facility for practice, he's not allowed to leave california which would result in missed games in houston, minneapolis but will be back at tonight's game in oakland. lauren: is that fair? >> very buzz -- bizarre. lauren: we have learned of passing of broadcast legend. >> another loss of 2017. jared: oh, my, those are the words. 82 year's old, rarely flashy, always classy and hard to think of another sports caster as beloved and broadcaster too. ucla basketball behind the microphones for 8 national championships, he covered the grand slam tennis event 28 times, covered ten super bowls, eight ncaa championships including with sports including san diego padres in baseball. that ended last year where we got to hear his signature cal

. >> fairfield's michelle caldwell was going out holiday shopping this past weekend when her money wasd by an atm. it was literally all the money i had for christmas, she wrote. i have no money. this is the atm. it's located at the us bank in fairfield. >> their atm malfunctions and it printed me out a receipt saying they couldn't return my deposit and tey couldn't put my deposit in the bank and i had to calling a 1-800 number. i called the number immediately and they told me that i had to file a claim and it would be ten days before i got my money back. i said, well, you know, christmas is in eight days, right? i have four kids i have to provide christmas for. that was all my money. i'm a single mom. i need my money. >> uh-oh. we met up with michelle at her workplace today. she's a caregiver in this fairfield home. everyone here was rooting for michelle and her family. now, michelle went down to the local bank branch, made phone calls and went to my facebook page too. after seeing her note, we talked with michelle, then the bank and the next day, the money arrived. christmas will be o

. >> fairfield's michelle caldwell was going out holiday shopping this past weekend when her money wasby an atm. it was literally all the money i had for christmas, she wrote. i have no money. this is the atm. it's located at the us bank in fairfield. >> their atm malfunctions and it printed me out a receipt saying they couldn't return my deposit and they couldn't put my deposit in the bank and i had to calling a 1-800 number. i called the number immediately and they told me that i had to file a claim and it would be ten days before i got my money back. i said, well, you know, christmas is in eight days, right? i have four kids i have to provide christmas for. that was all my money. i'm a single mom. i need my money. >> uh-oh. we met up with michelle at her workplace today. she's a caregiver in this fairfield home. everyone here was rooting for michelle and her family. now, michelle went down to the local bank branch, made phone calls and went to my facebook page too. after seeing her note, we talked with michelle, then the bank and the next day, the money arrived. christmas will be ok

antonio caldwell and mia waddell never showed up for court this week. they found them trespassing in another home. >> this time morgan. they say they have sovereign rights to the property. now they face more charges. >>> want to get back to that breaking news in first 4 traffic. >> what you need to know if montgomery county this morning. big problem, melissa. >> big problem in gaithersburg where we find the news. north frederick avenue at chestnut street, this is north of gaithersburg high school. frederick avenue shut down there this morning. probably until they say about 8:30 as they try to get this vehicle out of way an the tower pole back in place. just a mess for people. all lins blocked there. the purple means it's not moving at all. southbound 270 at the bridge, left side blocked by a crash. delays there. after observation drive in germantown. aoa outer loop before 123, cash blocking the left lane and p -- as far as travel times, we're looking okay in maryland and virginia. good morning, chuck bell >> good morning, melissa. now the big month of d

. >> melissa: joined me now as attorney and democratic commentator monique presley and jana caldwell, republican strategists. thanks to both of you for joining me. monique, i will let you go first. this looks pretty bad. >> it looks pretty bad to anyone who is looking for an excuse to derail and discredit the fbi. it's pretty obvious that the fbi agents are supposed to be apolitical. that doesn't mean that they don't have opinions. that doesn't mean that they don't have the right to vote. it just means that their opinions our house was to be publicly held. anyone who works in those positions certainly, internally, has opinions. that's all we are seeing coming to the fora here. >> melissa: it seems like it's a little bit more than that. what we are seeing is someone who in a text it says, "i hope that this president doesn't get elected, but i hope the plan that you laid out happens." at the same time, we will have a backup plan just in case. when you have that same person texting that they support one candidate over another and their is an actual one who is changing the text in this st

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antonio caldwell and mia waddell never showed up for court yesterday. police say they went looking for them and found them trespassing in another home. this time on lanier place and -- they say they're moorish nationalists and have sovereign rights to the property. they were arrested again and will now face new charges. >>> celebrations continue for las vegas massacre survivor, tina frost. she's celebrating her 28th birthday this weekend and her family is hover organize her with a series of fundraisers. the community can donate at gold's gym. there's an event at prados tomorrow. a go fund me account has exceeded $600,000. we have all that information as well as a full report on her recovery in the nbc washington app. >>> calling for communyers to resign. what's next for the chamber's longest serving lawmaker. >>> chopper 4 still monitoring the scene in gaithersburg. here's a live look now. north frederick avenue has been see holiday tradition in a whole new light. join in the joy of christmas town at busch gardens. with ov