>> meanwhile, big boost to the spirits of those in annapolis, a chance for the folks of the "capital gazette" to smile because they got a chance to pose for pictures with the stanley cup. long-time capitals equipment w manageroody lives in annapolis and woody got his day with the cup. he decided to a take itll over the city sold fans cou come out and see it and pose for pictures, and he included a stop at the "capital gazette" temporary offices. >>> back in the d.c. area, there were dozens of neighborhood parades for the 4 th of july including festivities at the national mall and one of those has been a tradition for two decades. o generations for washingtonians watching th pa palisades parade. >> reporter: it has marched along macarthur boulevard and the past 52 years, neighbors young and old have come here to watch. and in e case of these two budding entrepreneurs, to make a little money. and while the tua grwo agree th were selling the best lemonade at the parade, they wer divided what to do with the money they made.yo >> come ge lemonade so you can geton le for charity, everybody. >> rep

the capital ga gazette -- the capital-gazette met with the police and they have been worried about him for a long time. >> he has been on the radar. but they decided that time five years ago, they decided to arrest him at the time would exacerbate the situation since they didn't have enough to hold him for any length of time. it's very difficult situation. howie: there has been a lot of talk about the environment created by attacks on the press. but it seems to be the case after gunman with a grudge against this newspaper. >> it was. this an action of personal vengeance. was he influenced in any way by the hostile attitude surrounding the press on the national level? i don't know. i can't get inside his head. i can't tell you that. but i'm sceptical. i think this is a very specific local grudge case. >> you wrote in a guest column that will be appearing. you write, i'm supposed to be detached from the stories i cover, but this one hit my soul. it probably hit the soul of a lot of people in the community. >> it has. i don't say that casually or often. but i was very affected by this and

only a short time earlier, the "capital gazette" shared new details from survivors at the attack, who hid, who were paralyzed in fear and shock, and those who were able to esc e because of what wendid. di >> slowing them down and giving the police time to saving lives. >> reporter: recently wendi recently attended an active shooter training at her church,r which showedhe options of fighting.hiding or a saint to so many here, now clenching hands, hugging, crying, remembering etwendi, s stories of her, who she was to them and what she did. >> thank you, wendi. >> nicole jacobseporting there. anne arundel county police say this is still very much an ongoing investigation. >>> happening now, u.s. military leaders are investigating an attack in afghanistan that left a u.s. service member dead. two others were wounded. this happened in part of the country yesterday. not many details have been releas but here's what we do know. the incident is being called an insider attack and the two service membe who survived remain in the hospital. the nameon of the peho was killed has not been named. >>

staffers of the "capital gazette." shining light on wrongs and fighting injustice is what we do. we are journalists. yes, we bring values and brief to our work. we believe in truth. we believe in speaking for those who don't have the power to speak for themselves. we believe in questioning authority. our community is rallied around us to show they understand who we are and that we're not the enemy of the people. we are your neighbors, your friends. we are you. you night not always like what we write or the photos we shoot or the videos we produce. most days we suspect most of you will. every day the staff of this news organization will report on the news of annapolis in arundel county. now that rebecca, wendi, john and gerald are gone. until then, keep reading. we've only just begun. there are multiples on the table: one is cash, three are fha, one is va. so what can you do? will will buy this house. but you got this! rocket mortgage by quicken loans makes the complex simple. understand the details and get approved in

step a step closer to healing. >> and memorial services are planned this week for two of the capital gazettea memorial at the irvine nature center. and ther >>> meanwhile we're learning more about suspected gunman jared ramos, the former publisher of the capital was well aware of him. ramos sued the b paperause they published a story about him after he was convicted of woman.ing a police records show that detectives thought ramos did not pose aat th the paper refused to press charges becau it was like putting a stick in a beehive. >>> several peopl waking up tonight after their home was destroyed by .flam according to their twitter page, the fire broke out on lawrence street a a rooming house, they eventually got the flames put out, nobody got hurt, but the red ross is trying to find 15 people find a place to state. >>> a u.p.s. driver is in critical condition after being attacked near daniels road and old frederi road the driver of the suv hit the victim as the man was out of his truck delivering packages. they need your help tracking down a older model white suv that could have a broken re

in baltimore, nicole jacobs, news4. >>> memorial services for two of the "capital gazette"mpyers are being planned for this week, tomorrow a service will be held for rob hiaasen, and on saturday, the will be a memorial service for reporter and editor wendi winters. that's going to be at the international church of annapolis. >>> the publisher of t "capital gazette" was well aware of ramos. he sued the paper after they printed a story about im after he pleaded guilty about harassing a woman. the paper took the threat seriously, but a police detective believed ramos did not pose a threat. the paper refused t press charges because it would be like putting a stick in a behive. >>> one march in annandaline ha been targeted seven times by crooks and >>vandals. bethlehem lutheran church, parishioners are packing the sanctuary right now. hi, derick. >> reporter: if you look by the, doou can see that some of the damage is still there, it prepared.o be folks are going to be coming and sitting on slashed benches, some of that damage that was done during the last sinvandalism he at this simple.

knew this is my kind of person. >> reporter: mcnamara was killed four of his colleagues at the "capital gazette" shootings on june 28th. paulas gillespie in the newsroom during the shooting rampage. >> we lost john as well as mhe family members at the capital. tragic. you know, it's a huge hole in our hearts. you know,s going to be hard to fill. i don't know if we'll ever fill it. >> reporter: at tths service at university of maryland memorial chapel, one of mcnamara's friends said journalism is under sge. >> by raising your hand, how many members of the media working i know back there, but otherwise, journalists, how many journalists do we have here in the building? god bless you a m. >>amara is known for his passionate coverage of maryland basketball. he was a purist about the game. he just didn't care who won, wr lost who played well. it was how well the game was played. >> as a coach, you like when guys understand your game. and john understood our game. so he was just a wonderful man that always made me feel great and he's gng to be missed. >> reporter: john mcnamara went to school here a

in baltimore, nicole jacobs, news4. >> memorial services are planned this week for two othe "capital gazette" employees. tomorrow a service will be held for gazette editor rob hiaasen. >>> meanwhile we a learning more about the suspected gunman gerald ramos. the publi -- jarrod ramos. he sued the newspaper and police records shows a detective believed ramos didn't pose a threat. the paper refused to press charges because of, quote, putting a stick in a behive. >>> at 9:04 on this sunday morning, disturbing andde ructive acts taking place at a place of worship. >> bethlehem lutheran church has been hit seven times since may by vandals and particulburglars. despite the damage, service is expected to begin there in about an hour.de ck? >> reporter: indeed, lots of churches will be having services this morning, but the one here bethlehem lutheran is probably a little bit more special, because this church ha. the last time was thworst, they tore all the cushions and painted swastikas and racial epithets on the walls. all the h damage been confined to the basement. in one of those incidents a chur

he's among the five people killed in last week's shooting ramp average at t "capital gazette." he worked as writer and assistant manager adir for "the capital." his wife liked t think of h as the gentle giant. despite being 6'5" she said lekt hat her husband had an tablt ability child and being a mentor to young journalists at the paper meant the world to him. >> he did t best with a taffe that was cut and cut, and that's st the nature of journalism and prints, and they put out a oduct that he was proud of, and i'm proud ofll of his efforts, and i'm proud of the man that he was and still is to me. the memory of rob hiaasen will live on, and i know that. positive force. >> hiaasen's death came the week birthdaife's they just recently celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary. >>> an upcoming metro shutdown could affect you even if don't use the metro system. the rhode island avenue and brookland stations will be closed from july 21st until after labor day weekend. transportation reporter adam tuss is atd the rhode isl avenue station tonight to show us why this work is needed. >>

the messages h ofte against "the capital gazette." and for the first time, we're hearing from the woman who was stalked by the suspect. >>> and new video of an explosion in paradise. a boat rippeda aprt by flames i he bahamas. what we're learning about the americans onboard. >>> and more success ahead for d.c. sports teams. d.c. united lands a deal with a soccer star. we'll tell you all about him before his official welcome to washington. >> news 4 today starts now. >> first, as we approach0, 4: a live look outside, on another hot, muggy morning. it's day four of the heat wave. if you have the a.c. cranked up inse, you're going feel this as soon as you step outside. good morning, everybody.a jackor is joining us, too, watching the roads in first 4 traffic. >> we want to get back to the forecast with sheena parveen. >> it's warm and humid outside. you're going to feel that. you see all of the orange behind me. this is the heat advisory from noon to 8:00 p.m. today. all of the orange is feling like 105 spots in the afternoon. along with

check on the elderly >>> today, a memorial service or one of the five "capital gazette" staffers. family and friends are gatherinm tober rob hiaason. thursday, there will be a memorial service foren winters. >>> you can help the families victims and survivors, the parent company announced "the capital gazette" family fund. it will be for select universitn stud at college park. two of the victims graduated from there. >>> this morning, it's not clear what caused a boato burst into flames on the potomac river o the maryland/virginia shoreline. with the help ofco loudon ty, crews put out the fire. but investigators tell us the they can pull r it to shore. >>> emergency on the tarmac forced passengers reaga national to evacuate their airplane. video was shot by a "washington post" reporter, juowing people ing on the chute on the tarmac after reports of smoke in the cabin. the flight to houston had to be delayed as a result of this. the smoke in the cabin was p ted. and emergency personnel responded to the aircraft. all passengers and crew ouevacuated via slides wi incident and returne

there's new violence against the newspaper. >> reporter: guys, you can see of "thememorial outside capital gazetteoffice has se grown overal days. as the outpouring of support continues, "the capital" newspaper is dealing with death threats. that's according to an editorial in sunday's paper. since thursday, the paper has received threats and e-mails celebrating the shooiang. the edit goes on to say, we won't forget being called any en the people and pledges to cover the news saying, we are journalists. we areeang from the woman who was stalked by ramos. she talked exclusively to "today." still living in fear, she asked that her identity be protected. everyone is safe. it has changed the fiber of being. >> and you can hear more f that interview later on "today." meanwhile, the life of one of the victims is being celebrated later today. a privatee memorialice is being held for rob hiaasen in owings millslater tonight. >> megan, thank you. >>> president trump is narrowing down his list of potential supreme court nominees. >> this comes as democrats call for confirmation hearings toe put on hold unti

march. >> he did not deserve it, our community didn't deserve it. >> reporter: also speaking, capital gazette reporter -- >> no one can understand what i'm going through. i want you to try grieving for five different people at once. try doing that whe the last memories you have of them are their violent deaths.or >> rr: some showed support with signs, others listened, all braving today's rain in hopes of a better tomorrow. >> the shooting at t capital gazette and great mills high school have to be the last shootings that this state and our people will ever have to go thteugh. >> rep in annapolis, aimee cho, news4. oforganizers say the point today's rally is to get the attention of governor larry hogan. they're demanding more transparency from his office when it comes to gun reform measures. >>> the virginia senate hopefuls square off in their first >> a first debate in front of are virginia association crowd in hot springs, virginia, about an hounorth of roanoke. corey stewart attacked tim kaine as a constan opponent of president trump's policies. senator kaine painted stewart as ampubber s f

an outpouringf support since the shooting of "the capital gazette" in annapolis. the life of rob hiaasen. amily and friends gathered in owensville,maryland. the father of three, a dedicated journalist who made people laugh. his son, ben, read fro father's journal. >> i think about my kids a lot, when i'm at work. i called home to make sure everyone is safe. sometimes awful things come to my mind and i get so scared. >> in response to where to make donations, the family released a list. it includes the aclu, the chesapeake bay foundation and planned parentod. >>> we're learning the suspected gunman sent threatening letters the same day of the attack. amodjaenos re t srspathpe investigators say he made it look like an officiao t document. inside, ramos t targe judge who threw out his defamation suit against ga"the capital tte." welcome to your unexpected legacy. h you shoule died. he signed it, quote, friends, forever. >>> several roads will be closed because of major events t happening on fourth of july. anywhere around the mall will be restricted. you can lk forwa

the "capital gazette" shared new details from the survivors of the "capital gazette."ock. >>owlowing him dn and giving the police time to arrive, saving lives. it. >> reporter: recently wendi had atnded an active shooter training. > our love and admiration for wendy, could easily lead us to create an image of her as saint wendi. >> reporter: a sai to so many, now clutching hands, hugging, crying, remembering wendi, sweet stories of r, remembering who she was, and what she did. >> thank you, wendi. >> nicole jacobs reporting there. >>> anne arundel police say this is still a very muongoing investigation. >>> having now u.s. military leaders are investigating an attack in afghanistan that left wu.s. service member dead. two otherse wounded. this happened in the southern part of the country not many details have been released but here's what we know. the incident is being called an insiderck at the name of the person who was killed has not been made >blic. his morning, north korea is slamming u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo who spent yesterday meeting with the country

the "capital gazette" wrote an article aut it. afterwards, ramos sued the paper for defamation. his lawsuit was dismissed in 2015. but ramos continued to write threatening messages about the paper and its employees on social aymedia. lori she's speaking up now because she wants to empower her stalking victims. >> one thing that i do feel now is that he can no longer silence me. t>> we should let you knot nbc news did reach out to jarrod ramos' attorney for comment, but so far, has not heard back. >>> new video this morning from atlanta where an-i.c.e. protests turned violent. immigration and customs agents moved in on an illegal tent cy that demonstrators set up overnight. several protesters started fighting the agents, even throwing frozen water bottles at them. one was arrested. this follows nationwide protests against president trump's rmigration policies o the weekend. >>> here in washington, i president trum tearing down his list of potential supreme co tnominees. >> yeah, because as chris pallone report democrats are demanding that confirmation hearing be put on hold until

ent trump reversing his decision and opting his hon to honor those gunned down at the "capital gazettes gordoked to two of the men right to be governor of maryland and asking them what the state can do to prevent another mass shooting. >> reporter: in the days after the killing of five people at "capital gazette" in the annapolis, some are asking what can lawmakers do to prevent maso ngs? the maryland governor larry hogan says a new law that takes effect this fall will allow people ag raise red rell stricting access to guns and people found to be a risk to themselves or others. >> we just passed tougher legislation that maybed coul have helped. >> reporter: democratic candidate for governor ben jealous is a former journalist at a newspaper in mississippi that he says was burned down four times and shot up once in the 1980s and '90s. >> and as governor i'll do everything th i can to ma sure that we move beyond this painful moment in americ history where mass shootings have become so common. >> reporter: jealous says he offers a complete contrast tor gover hogan. free college and medicar

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winter's coworker janel cooley, who survived the attack, told the "capital gazette" that she watchedr her desk as winters confronted the man using a trash can, shouting something like, "no! you stop that!" and, "you get out of here." the woman's daughter, montana geimer, spoke about that gruesome day before singing at her mother's service saturday. >> on thursday, june 28th, 2018 there was no song in the world that could have captured how i felt. today, even though i'm sad and confused and angry and devastated... how can i keep from singing? ♪ ♪ >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed tonight with winter's church, that she did, in fact, take part in an active shooter training course just weeks before the shooting rampage that cost her her own life. elaine? >> quijano: demarco morgan, thank you. coming up, the at-home fertility test for women who waited to have children. does it work? and later, a look at "the a- team," the cave divers thai officials called as soon as they heard the soccer team was missing. >> quijano: c.d.c. figures show, for the first time ever, women in their 30s are h

. >>> the nightmare continuing for the "capital gazette."ournalists wrote letters to staff before that attack. we will speak with the former editor who received a copy of the letter. he joins us next. at crowne plaza, we know business travel isn't just business. there's this. a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which is what we do. crowne plaza. we're all business, mostly. "capital gazette." cnn has obtained one of three papers he sent. in one letter sent to a judge, the suspected gunman wrote he had gone to "capital gazette" with the objective of killing every person present. five people were killed in the attack. as for those letters, they were dated june 28, the day of the shooting. they arrived just yesterday. joining me is the former editor of the "capital gazette" who received a copy of one of the letters. thanks for taking the time to be with us. you learned about these letters, as i understand it, when you were on your way to a memorial service for rob hiaasen. >> our attorney sent a me

. >>> the suspected "capital gazette" shooter sent threatening letters on the same day of the attack. jarrod ramos sent them to the law office of the paper's former attorney. ade it look like an official court document. he ites, welcome, mr. moylan, to your unexpected legacy. you should have died. >>> this morning, d.c. police have reseriesed surveillance video. that video shows two person ofr inst in the death of jonathan grady last week. that videows sho two men running across pennsylvania avenue southeast, june 28th. f the mera picks up one men holding something that looks like a knife. >>> a maryland man will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering his fiancee and unborn child. prosecutors say he killed them because he didn't want to be a father. he stabbed hisnc f inside their apartment several years ago. montgomery county police realized something didn't add up based o the evidence. >> there was a blood trail in the crimecene that showed, she struggled from the bathroom to the bedroom to the livg room, trying to make her escape. >> prosecutors say this murder is part

the event marks one month since the massacre at the capital gazette. we know good charlottere wi be tnd joel and benji from the waldorf area. >> i had no idea. yeah. >> nice weather, too. >> beautiful for that. it begins at noon. no humidnty and p of sunshine. >> we'll take it. thanks for joining us everybody. we'll be back at 8:00. >> that's right. until then, have a g >>> good morning. monster wildfire. that massive blaze in california burning out of control overnight destroying hundreds of homes and threatening others. residents running for their lives. >> i hear the cops pounding on the front door. >> intenseea and winds fuelling the flames in dozens of fire across 13 states. we're live on the fire lines. >>> timeline of a tragedy. details released overnight about the final moments of the horrific duck boat accident that killed 17 people. the ntsb revealed what the t captain tolhe passengers about the weather and life jackets and what happened when the raging water srt

tonight, there will be a private memorial service for rob hiaasen, the managing editor of the "capital gazette. he's amonghe five people killed in last week's attack at the paper's headquarters. hiaasen was known for his commitment to high journalistic rds and for mentoring young journalist. he and his wife had just celebrated their 33rd anniversary. meantime in annapolis, people are trying tir get tives back together, and the office building that houses the "capital gazette" has reopened. for many it felt a lot like coming face to face with last week's tragedy. news 4's tracee wilkins joi us live from annapolis. a pretty tough day for some we would imagine? >> reporter: a very toughe day. crpe is down and people able to go inside the building for the first time sin the shooting. they had to replace walls and windows. this is very difficult. for many who frequent this office building, this is going octo be a s, and that process began when they got to go back through those doors today. >> it just hit close to home. >> reporter: they say they had to pay tir respects a a memorial created to honor

the long time capital gazette reporter was killed in that i newsroom rampa annapolis. this week family and friends came together and remembered mcnamara at a m orial service at the university of maryland. news 4's chris gordonas there. >> reporter: john mcnamara is remembered for being devoted to his family, his writing, and his friends. >> everybody loved john mcnamara. as sooet as you him,y immediatel you knew this is my kind of person. >> reporter: mcnamara was killed along with four of his colleagues at the "capital gazette" shootings on june 28. paul gillespie was in the newsroom during the shooting rampage. >> we lost john as well as my other m familbers at the capital. tragic. you know, it's a huge hole in our hearts. you know, it's going to be hard to fill. i don't know if we'll ever fill it. >> reporter: at this service at the university of maryland memorial chapel, one of cnamara's friends said journalism is under siege. >> by raising your hand, how many members of the media woing i know backthere, but otherwise, journalists, how many journalists do we have h

one of the journalists in the capital gazette shooting died to help others. they describe the act that saved lives. >>> mike pompeo sees progress in nuclear talks. north korea? not so much. >>> and famy members desperate to find a missing virginia mom, how another high tro file disappearance in our area could help bri the woman home. >>> a tribute tay for the journalist who sacrificed her life to save herle cues in the capital gazette news room. my mom picked up her trash can and charged at a coward who shot her in the chest. >>> good evening. nearly half of the people in the annapolis news room wereed ki the survivors may owe their lives to wendy winters. at her memorial today we learnrd for the first time that she confronted the gunman and helped others aescape. joined with today's >> survivors of the attack believe wendy winters' actions stalled e gunman distracting him for enough time so they could escape. fo that, many are calling her a hero. >> don't forget to a yourself what would wendy do. >> reporter: that is an quest many are asking as details emerg

how did the "capital gazette" mass shooting suspect get a gun?and governor larry hogan says complaints against jarrod ramos were apparently not enough under the law to prevent ramos from buying a pump action shotgun. >> apparently this guy went to court quite a while ago for stalking. he was pled down to a lower charge and had his record expunged so the's no recordof it. how that happened in the court system i don't know but we need an answer. >> reporter: democratic candidate for governor ben alous is a former reporter and newspaper editor. he calls the victims of the et "capital g" shootings his heroes. >> but the fact that those th journalists hacourage and the entire institution to take on a dangerous stalker on behalf of the women and families and mench anne arundel count de. as a resident of anne arundel i'm grateful for. >> reporter: ben jeals is challenging governor hogan with a progressive platform including free collegetuion. governor hogan says it sounds like a great idea but how do you pay for it? >> we cam up a proposal to help peopl

gilchrist. >> in the news this morning, a memorial service for one of the five victims kled in the capital gazette and friends will gather this evening to remember gazette editor rob hiaasen. >> d.c. police are searching for the person who stabbed a lyft driver. this happened early saturday morning in southeast. police say there was some sorth of a fig between the driver and one of two passengers. the victim is expected toe b okay. >> let's turn to wtop's jack taylor for a look at your traffic. jack. >> good morning, guys. a traffic alert in arlington. columbia pike closed right now unfortunately between green briar and south dim witty street. good news, in rockville, 270 southbound and 28 crash on the left shoulder gone. and the delays sort of easing. southbound on the rock creek park way, a crashn the left side of the roadway. about an hour ago, it was described as a head-on collision. back to you. >> a check of your forecast coming up next. duke's is the anrfect companion for sothings. it makes a tomato taste more like a tomato. it makesbaacon taste more like n. it's a unique flavor. the textur

last week, a gunman killed five people inside the capital gazette newsroom in annapolis.chilling detail, fellow staffer paul gillespie describes how split second decisions likely saved his life. here is chip reid. >> reporter: paul gillespie has been a photojournalist here at for almost 18 years. he says journalism is in his blood, and that's why he felt compelled to tell his story. >> i was, you know, saying i can't believe this is happening, i can't believe i'm going to die here. >> reporter: you thought you were going to die? >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: what kept paul ciakinthe s of thettack. >> i heard a loud pop and i heard the glass smash. i stood up and turned around, as soon as i saw him, i dove under hea ather gunshot.heard, you >> reporter: after firing through the capital gazette's front entrance at about 2:30, the gunman stormed into the newsroom with 11 people inside. sales assistant rebecca smith was shot first. gillespie curled under a desk in the middle of the office at the shooter began aiming at more of his colleagues. >> wendi sat on j

. >>> one month ago, life changed forever fororkers at the capital gazette. a shooter killed five today hope and unity in the form of news4's derrick ward with a benefit concert in annapolis that went beyond the tragedy of last month's shooting. >> reporter: there was a mix of emotions at the >> it's all good. all good in terms of the response. all bad in terms of what happened. >> reporter: part tribute, part celebration, all born out of the tragedy andadss of the events that took the lives of five journalists gunned down at the headquarters of the capital gazette. and today's one month since the strategy and we feel that we can't forget what happened, and thatn't forget the people died. >> reporter: the day-long event, dubbed annapolis rising, got under way with maryland bass guitar maker paul's rend iggedz of the star spangled banner. the event raised money for the families and survivors of the mass shooting, but the intention was also to raise awareness about the importancef a free press. a pillar of the republic and a cause for which the victims made the

one month ago, five employees at the capital gazette were gunned down.mday a way to honor them through music andbrance. ♪ ♪ >> children and adultintook part plmusic this afternoon. the day-long event was dubbed annapolis rising. there were presentations to the families and the survivors of the shooting. the event also raised money for the families. >> all goo all good in terms of the response. all bad in tert of w happened. >> i think it's important to be here.ld it imagine doing anything else today. >>nt thetion was to also eaise awareness about the importance of f press. a cause for which the victims de the ultimate sacrifice. >>> new video released tonight of a cityus that hit a uilding and kept going in milwaukee. a warning, what you are about to hear is the driver yelling. >> this hpened back inmay. you can see the sheer terror on the bus driver's face. the crash injured five passengers on board. authorities say the bus driver accidentally hit the accelerator. the driver has been suspended for six months. mandatory evacuations in northern california

the "baltimore sun" owns the "capital gazette."nd this photo -- the newspaper shooting shows the widening use of face recognition technology by authorities. when the police apprehended a suspectfor the shooting in the "capital gazette" newsroom, he refused to give his name. in using antified different technology -- face recognition technology. it shows how quickly officials can pinpoint a suspect using a technology- using a that is increasingly pervasive in law enforcement. over the past three years, facial recognition has been quietly adopted by the authorities across the united states, including at the local policing level and become part of the standard law enforcement toolkit. 16 states let the federal bureau of investigation use the technology to compare the faces of suspected criminals to drivers licenses and id photos. and things to recent improvements, its influence in policing is likely to grow. "the economist" explaining just how this works. >[video clip] >> in 2018, machines that can read your face will go mainstream, ch

so many there were thinking the the deadly attack at capital gazette last week.taffers at the newspaper walked in the parad carrying a banner and cheers echoed throughout the parade as they walked by. some even marched in solidarity with them. news4 explains how this year's fourth of july parade honored the victim. a >> such tragedy that it's hard to celebrate sometimes. >> reporter: karen mcilwain began her independence day by bringing bal ons to the memorial for the five people killed in the shootings at the capital gazette last thursday. she is watering thes,flow which are already wilting, and knows she's not alone, thinking of the victims this independence da >> for me, it makes it sadder. but t community comes together and everyone will celebrate a honor the victims. and hopefully their families. >> reporter: this cple from philadelphia has been coming to annapolis for the last ten summers. >> and my thoughts cingown here this particula weekend bring sadness to my heart to see these people had to give their lives doing their job every day. >> we knew we were

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meanwhile hundreds lined the city's pier to remember the five "capital gazette" employees killed in thatute played out at camden yards with the crowd holding a moment of silence. the paper issued this open letter thanking well wishers writing in part, quote, we will never be the same as we were now that rebecca, wendy, john, gerrold, and rob are gone. >>> rescue teams in thailand continuing their desperate search for 12 missing boys and their soccer coach who disappeared inside a flooded underground cave over a week on signs of month degrees a team of s.e.a.l. divers waded through the murky waters to a passageway that could lead them to where the boys may have taken shelter. parents continue to keep up their long vigil at the mouth of the cave and pope francis has said he is also praying for them. with a break in the rain easing flooding, rescue efforts have picked up again. officials say there still hasn't been any contact with the missing teen. >>> as many of us hit the road for the july fourth holiday, maybe -- i don't know if you're family's going to do that -- gas prices are somethi

but we do know a reporter who used to work for the capital-gazette wadho ramos h sued now works for theginian pilot. norfolk police have turned the fletter over to thebi and police have said ramos actually sent several threatening letters the day of the annapolis shooting. >> ♪ >> 4:35 is the time right now. time to check weather and traffic aith erin comnd mike thomas. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> happy friday. >> happy friday. so, what's up? well,. [laughter] >> let's get right to it. no time to waste. we're starting t day off inin. literaly, it's the sameav temperature e the past thre days in a row. >> it fee tls warmern 80 outside. >> that's because themi's more dity in place put that's the sign of a cold front about to move through the region. >> okay. >> you just wait until the weekend. >> oh really, how cool is it going to get. >> oh god i need a joke for this but by the time you wake up tomorrow it's going to be infeelat way. >> 81 degrees but it feels like 87 outside. nice and humid. ld front on the way though that's going to bring us relief first off in the form of

meanwhile hundreds lined the city's pier to remember the five "capital gazette" employees who were killeded out in camden yards with a crowd holding a moment of silence. the paper writing in part, we will never be the same as we were now that rebecca, john, gerald, and rob are gone. someday we hope to be as good again. >>> john melendez, stuttering john from the howard stern show, says he was connected to president trump aboard air force one after pretending to be new jersey senator bob menendez's assistant. >> i go to the guys that i'm bob menendez's assistant. they didn't ask me one question. >> in an audio recording between two men the person who menendez says is trump discusses his views on immigration. the white house has not commented on that call. >>> in over 700 cities from coast to coast, people were taking to the streets to protest the separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern border. thousands of people participated in families belong together rallies and marched with a message aimed -- directed at president trump and his administration's zero tolerance

everybody loved john mcnamara. >> reporter: mcnamara was killed alonag with four cols at the "capital gazetteootings on june 28th. paul gillespie was in the newsram during the shooting rampage. >> losing john and all my oth family members at the capital, just tragic. a huge hole in our hrts, you know, that's going to be hard to fill. i don't know if we'll ever fill> it. ne of the speakers at this memorial service said john mcnamara was thea kind ouy who could be friends with anyone. >> 40 something years we've known each other, and we'll miss him, but we'll remember m. >> reporter: john mcnamara is remembered for being devoted to his family, to his friends and to his craft,m. journal reporting from the university of maryland, chris gordonnews 4. >> well, jeff isn't supposed -- chess isn't supposed to be a contact sport but car owners may dispute that. giant chess t piece size of a fire hydrant were tossed off of a building and landed o several cars shattering a windshield. police believe four people were involvedch the large chessboar and the beatses are part of this apartmentis ame and no ar

it was not signed, but it was addressed to eric hartley who used to work at the "capital gazette."rtley for years and named him in an unsuccessful report in an arta rafael cald "jarred wants to be your friendch" letters from ramos post marked thee day of th "capital gazette" shootings showed up earlier at the law office up in's former toernl. the delivery to hartley showed up onnc thursdayding a cd and a card saying smile, you're on camera, it's a big days. ramos is charged with five countries of first-degree murder. >> whether it's your apartment, office or hotel you're staying in overnight, there's aught that might have crossed your mind at some point. talking about getting trapped in an elevator. a boy in the heat wave got caught up inon >> reporter: this shows a d.c. rescue squad at work. 13-year-old michaelay settle he was in a panic and says on the fourth of july se gotck in the hot elevator on bin ladensburg road. >> i was kind of nauseous and my head was hurt and i was kind of scared and shooken up because i dn't believe i was stuck in the elevator. >> michael's mother call

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. >>> one month after fiveil peop wered in the capital gazette shooting, the tight-knit annapolis community is holding a benefitce c to help families and heal some emotional wounds. >>> welcomeon "news4 today" on the final weekend in july, if you can believe that. good morning to you. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff f than joining us. the rain has stopped in time for the weekend. we planned it this way. >> after the week we had, we need dry skies. lauryn ricketts is tracking your weekend forecast. >> absolutely. it's going to be a nice day to do that. nice weekef you can't do it today. plenty of sunshine and low humidity as well. take a look. it's b autiful day. you can see that sun in the n.ght corner of your scr again, a beautiful morning out there. the sun came up a little after 6:00 a.m. this morning. are dry rightnow. thank goodness we continue to stay dry. however, the rainhat passed through yesterday, you can see this line that goes all the way rough the atlantic ocean and comes down through the outer banks. thats the line ofrain. the frontal system that passed through yesterday

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in 2013, local police investigated online threats, that he made, against the capital gazette. investigating officer donated -- noted in the report that he did not believe he was a threat to employees. ultimately, the paper decided it would not press charges because it would be like putting a stick in a beehive. the attorney represented another woman who accused the shooter of stalking her. the moment he heard about the shooting, he knew it was jarrod ramos. >> he was going to do something violent. >> without journalism there is no history. >> reporter: on friday, hundreds attended vigils across annapolis to remember the victims. among them, the daughter of the special projects editor. >> this is far too soon to lose my mother. it was -- she was a fantastic woman. a great weather, an amazing reporter. she was doing her job. she was doing what she loved to do. >>> two leading contenders have now emerged as potential nominees to the supreme court. president trump is interviewing candidates to replace the retiring justice anthony kennedy. cbs news reports that the leading contende

five people at the "capital gazette," as you know, were killed. in their op-ed, coworkers wrote this, normally we cover the fourth of july parade in annapolis. today, though, we will be among those faces. we want our readers and our community to see that we believe things will eventualn. be okay ag eventually. news 4's chris gordon is live no along the parade route. chris, tell us more about the paper's role in the parade today. >> reporter: well, pat, annapolis isra celng fidependence day with a sense of sadness. people killed just doing their jobs. delivering the news to this community.ri chriy stands in silence beside the memorial to the victims of the "capital gazett >> i came here to celebrate our independence. these reporters mean so much. they speak the truth and the help us to understand what's going on in the world, and so we ca make decisions and do the right thing. >> reporter: at the memorial, there a now four white crosses and a jewish star for the victims. people write messages on them. they write ineb nks and leave signs of support

backdoor of the newsroom before coheng in frontnd firing off ramos had air history of making threats capital gazette and employee and after the paper mos criminal onlinecle about harassment conviction in 2011 against a woman he went to high school with and had not mos sued paper for defamation and lost.t monday morning thaman spoke to the today show on nbc not want toling reveal her highty she says ramos reached out to her via email. at first things were friendly and after a few months she did not respond quickly enough and his become threatening. >> he said f'rt go kill you yourselfe going to need a protective order. he's very cold. she i he is very intelligent. >> well meanwhile the first funeral for one of the five raf'ctreimes fm the fu re bueay andtakg finplunacinalt policefo ainth more in the region yondz. what is trend hey, ngicink. >> here are the top stories at this hour. a body caooge show fimerefighraters riceing to put out a plays in california as th doused a fire consumeing a shevethey dred a dog chained in a keepel. they were able to rescue the dog an prevent t fire from spreading to o

and among the passionate cr d, was a "capital gazette" reporter. >> i want you to try grieving for five different people a once. try doing that when the last memory you have of theenare their videaths. >> these areists killed at the "capital gazette." >>> in virginia, u.s. senateac candidatesoff in their first debate yesterday. their first debate was in hot springs, virginia. aenator kaine painted stewart as rubber stamp. the two also exchanged jabs over the presidens recent summit with vladimir putin projected strethweakness. >> we were standing up to the russians, now we have senor kaine, who wants to declare the russians are enemies. he wants to imperil that relationship. if there' anything that demonstrates the difference between us, it's cory stewart standing up hereinnd s that president trump is standing up to the russians. esident trump is caving to the russians. >> well kaine is seeking his seco term in th senate, stewart is the incumbent. >>> a iva -- is not going as a smooth he planned. markhort was the president's legislative professor. "the washington post" reports an online

that community in mourning after the attack on the capital gazette in annapolis. here's gio benitez with the latest. >> reporter: tonight, the chilling oath revealed in court documents showing a years-long grudge against "the capital gazette" by the man who allegedly opened fire into its newsroom killing five. jarrod ramos writing in 2014 that he "has sworn a legal oath that he would like to kill" one of the paper's writers "and he still would." that writer three years earlier penning this article, "jarrod wants to be your friend." detailing the chilling online encounters between ramos and a high school classmate. that classmate, according to her attorney, leaving the state in fear. ramos pled guilty to harassment. >> he befriended her on facebook. and he would use all the information he gathered from her to attack her. >> reporter: ramos upset at the article lashing out on twitter. in this tweet writing that he wished two of the paper's editors would "cease breathing." >> we had actually contacted the police. >> reporter: police interviewed ramos but claim employ

it looks like sean hannity is blaming yesterday at tragedy at the "capital gazette" in maryland on aemocrats. let's watch him in action here. >> i've been saying now for days that something horrible is going to happen because of the rhetoric. really, maxine? you want people to create -- all your friends. get in their faces. obama said that too. get in their faces. call them out. all your friends. you know, get protesters. follow them into restaurants and shopping malls and wherever else she said. >> no connection between the horror yesterday and anything to do with politicians on either side of the aisle. hannity blames it on two democrats. >> yeah, and look, maxine waters is among a number of politicians who you could blame for contributing to this environment. but the main contributor is president trump. he's the one who calls the news organizations fake news, calls reporters disgusting and despicable. >> i don't think it had anything to do with politics. the roundtable is sticking with us. up next, these three will tell me something i don't know. you're watching "hardball." like,

a reporter with the capital gazette, gone too soon." at a coward who shot "she charged at a too soon. gazette, gone crowds packed the maryland hall for the creative arts..."everyone look around. standing room only, wendi." colleagues... friends... and family... all honoring wend winters."we've come here to remember wendi. to remember her as the caring, passionate, loving person that she was."a reporter with the capital gazette, gone too soon."she charged at a coward who shot her in the chest as she rushed him. slowing him down and giving the police time to arrive. doubtlessly, saving lives."her children sharing stories, memories, and heartache...."i think that losing someone you love makes you feel dizzy because even though your world has stopped, you have to watch everyone else's world continue to spin around you.""my mother will never get to meet any of her grandchildren or see her (jrstone) that was matt mcfarland reporting. the chief says luckily it doesn't appear that any of the injuries are life threatening. the city's licensing a