it was so dangerous that it cost ernie fitzgerald his job. that's why i like to call ernie fitzgerald the father of whistle-blowing. the cartoon also depicts the infamous $640 toilet seat that made history back in those days as one example of the terrible waste at the defense department. that happened in 1985 when i as a first-term senator began watchdogging the pentagon after a report uncovered the $640 toilet seat and a $400 hammer, i began asking very tough questions. something like how could the bureaucrats possibly justify paying such exorbitant prices? i'm still waiting for a straight answer. a lot has changed since the 1980's. the internet, which was in its infancy in the 1980's, is now part of everyday life. mobile phones back then were once the size of bricks. now those mobile phones can fit in the palm of your hand and do a lot more work in helping you make telephone calls. but one thing hasn't changed in all those decades -- wasteful department of defense procurement practices. since i began my work on this issue, there have been s

now fitzgerald has run as a democrat here before and lost. republicans here say they don't believe he represents their party. reporting live in walnut creek. >> thank you. we are also following breaking news that a lot of people will be talking about tomorrow. stormy daniels has been arrested according to a tweet from her attorney late tonight. the porn star is an international figure after she alleged she had an affair withn arrested in columbus, ohio performing the same act she performed at nearly 100 strip clup clubs and adds it was a set up and politically motivated. as soon as we get more details, we will bring it to you. >> she is still missing. investigators are working a new lead for hernandez. she was on the way to southern california from oregon and was stopping in half moon bay to get some sleep. the next day she told the family she was back on the road. no one has heart from her since. she was driving a white jeep patriot. they are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. >> a street race that turned l

the call supports john fitzgerald.ristina rendon says fitzgerald says the anti- semitic calls aren't coming from him and he says they are a smear campaign. >> end the jewish takeover of america and restore our democracy by voting john fitzgerald for u.s. congress. >> reporter: that call -- that robo call caught robert by surprise. he is a business development director for the east bay express and was at work when his cell rang. >> i was shocked when i heard the voice that was immediately racist and i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: the tweet about the call ended up on fitzgerald's website. he is running for congress against democratic incumbent mark desaulnier who represents contra costa county. fitzgerald's site says the robo call is unauthorized, not from him. but his site also has headlines denying the holocaust and is filled with conspiracy theories about jews. >> it seemed to be the same things that he is talking about and he believes in. >> your vote for john fitzgerald means no more u.s. wars for israel based

some say candidate john fitzgerald is racist. and an anti-semitic robocall backing his campaign is causing concern. in an e-mail, fitzgerald said he did not authorize the call and does not support the message, but the chair of the contra costa republican party who is jewish says that the california republican party does not endorse fitzgerald because of his racist views. you can check out the candida candidate's website at social media pages reveal he's a holocaust denier and while republicans do not endorse fitzgerald, 36,000 people voted for him in the june primary. and he will be on the ballot in november. >> it's really, really unfortunate that this happened. our party is going to take action in the general election to see that this doesn't happen again. >> and the republican party says it's sending fitzgerald a letter saying he is not welcome in their organization. they're also working on a strategy to inform voters about his views before they cast a ballot in november. >> it's 4:35 right now. peninsula congress woman jackie

fitzgerald resisted the pentagon's never-ending effort to silence him and his career. from the fight that they put upe you would've thought that the defense department was facing down a mortal enemy but whatever we asked ernie to come to capitol hill. i had to go to the pentagon, once myself in 1985 , too serve him a subpoena just so he could testify before mike subcommittee. ernie's work and life have greatly inspired this senator. his entire time in government ernie relentlessly pursued the facts and courageously told the truth. when he retired i said that of him. ernie's work was about keeping faith with the taxpayers. that is what oversight is all about. keeping faith and keeping faith with the taxpayers and keeping faith with we, the people. it means working as hard as you can to get people confidence that their government either plays by the rules or is held accountable. in the last two weeks my committee has pulled out all the stops of shining a light on waste and misconduct and in the other branches but last week we took and we looked at the department of justi

but this is ernie fitzgerald. this is the famous $700 toilet seat that was representative of defense waste in the 1980's when i early got involved in -- in ove sight and whistle blowing. he was called ernie. you probably never heard of him. if you did, ernie's reputation preceeded him even way back before i knew him. in 1968, ernie testified before senator william proxmier's committee about the air force c-5 aircraft program. that testimony changed ernie's life and brought a lot of attention to whistleblowers. the c-5 aircraft was an important military priority. but it took longer and cost more than planned. the government did not want anybody to know that. all though he knew it might damage his career, ernie testified before congress that this prized program cost the taxpayers $2 billion more than the pentagon would admit. $2 billion. that was 1968. in today's dollars that would be more than $14.5 billion. ernie's audacity to commit truth earned him the absolute fleury of the president of -- fury of the president

john fitzgerald is a concord businessman and a conspiracy theories.e says the calls aren't coming from him. and that this is all a smear campaign. cristina rendon reports. >> reporter: even our "2 investigates" team received them by voicemail yesterday. people say they are disturbing calls filled with hate messages. >> the jewish takeover every america and restore our democracy by voting john fitzgerald for u.s. congress. >> reporter: that robo call caught robert by surprise. he is a business development director for the east bay express and was at work when his cell rang. >> i was shocked when i heard the voice that was immediately racist and i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: the tweet about the call ended up on fitzgerald's website. he is running for congress against democratic incumbent mark desaulnier who represents contra costa county. fitzgerald's site says the robo call is unauthorized, not from him. but his site also has headlines denying the holocaust and is filled with conspiracy theories about jews. >> it seemed to be the same things that

fitzgerald said i have no affiliation to road to power nor will i never the future. rhetoric in the robocall is consistent with what fitzgerald said last month in a podcast with the realist report. >> i started with what i call jewish control and supremacy and that lovely state country called israel that does all these astros tis and vilifies everybody else. >> in contra costa county, people are open-minded, to rant good people. >> the republican party has reing jer rejected his candidacy from the beginning. >> to anyone who didn't know will now know that he's an anti-semite. that's a good thing i guess in a way. >> he strerd as a republican only a couple of years ago. he ran as a democrat in 2010 and 2012. >> thank you. developing news, the owner of papa john's used the n-word on a conference call back in may and has resigned. they announced the ibd pent directors of the company had accepted his resignation. he apologized for his comments later in the day. he had founded panda jopd papa . >> abc news was at san francisco hall this morning when she became the first a

while republicans don't endorse john fitzgerald 36,000 people voted for him in the june primary.ll be on the ballot in november challenging incumbent. >> it is really unfortunate that this happened. i can tell you that our party will take action in the general election to see that this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: the republican party says it is sending fitzgerald a letter saying he is not welcome in their organization and working on a strategy to inform voters about his views before they cast a ballot. >> he has run for office as a democrat before and lost. the republican party president does not believe he represents their party. >>> happening today london breed attends an event as mayor of san francisco. hundreds of supporters gathered to watch breed take the oath to become the city's first-ever black female mayor. she attends an emergency preparedness meet wg first responders. >>> and lessons learned during the experiment in the primary. five counties tried this. there was a lot of confusion here. the sacramento registrar says there needs to be a better outreach effort

my patients lead so muchad ser. >> megan fitzgerald, news >>> it's now 4:25. coming up, all-star excitement. d.c. is hosting and showing off our own. the gnat nats who made the kwu. >> we are back mo aday morning. back to work everybody. fourhings to knowbout the weather. all that nice. it will be a magnificent monday night. a little humidity vacation is here. typically hot. it is julyal after l. we'll talk about our next chance for rain, coming up. >>> plus, we're tracking the greaking news. the world is watchescue efforts, continuing in t >>> breaking rig now on "news 4 today," forceout by fire. new video oflas in a row home. >>> plus, a warm weekend t a high ek, the return of temperatures. what you should know before you head out the door. >>> and preparing to flay ball, from hometown stars to all-stars, as d.c. hosts next week's big game. we'll tell you hich familiar faces will be playing on their home field. >>> and new, overnight, dony this at home. a maryld man makes motorcycle history. a look at that wild jump that sent him intohe daredevil record book

. >> john fitzgerald says he has nothing to do with the call despite his own anti-semitic views. >> fitzgerald denies the holocaust ever happened and he says that israel uses congress and american soldiers in their quest for world domination. abc 7 news reporter lilian kim has more. >> republican john fitzgerald of concord is hoping to unseat another congressman. many have never heard from him. when voter ann nicholson listened to a call supporting his candidacy, it brought her tears. >> unfortunately, our world is going in the way of big lies right now. it's very troubling time to be alive. >> the robo call says it was paid for by the road to power.com which has had racist messages in the past. he said i have no affiliation to road to power or any of his, their affiliates or organizations. >> the rhetoric is similar to what he said last month in a podcast. >> it all started with what i'd say jewish control and supremacy and that lovely state, country called israel that does all these horrible atrocities and blames them on everybody else and vilifies everybody else. >> it's not going to resona

in an e-mail, fitzgerald said he did not authorize the calls and does not support the message. the chair of the contra costa republican party who is jewish says that the california republican party does not endorse fitzgerald because of his views, racist views, they say. a check of the candidate's website and social media pages reveals he's a holocaust denying. while republicans do not endorse fitzgerald, 36,000 people voted for him in the june prime air, and he will be on the ballot in november. >> it's really, really unfortunate this happened. our party is going to take action in the general election to see it doesn't happen again. >> the republican party says it's sending fitzgerald a letter saying he's not welcome with their organization. also working on a strategy to inform voters about his views before the november election. >> happening today, london breed attends her first public event as the first black woman mayor of san francisco. hundreds of supporters gathered outside city hall to take the oath to become the city's first ever black female mayor. this afternoon, she

some say the candidate, john fitzgerald, is racist.nd an anti-semitic robocall backing him, well, they say it's causing concern this morning. in an e-mail, fitzgerald says he does not authorize those calls and he doesn't support the message. but the chair of the contra costa republican party, who is jewish, says that the california republican party does not endorse fitzgerald because of his racist views. a check of the candidate's website and social media pages revealed he's a holocaust denier. while republicans do not endorse fitzgerald, 36,000 people voted for him in the june primary. and he will be on the ballot in november. >> it's really, really unfortunate this happened and i can tell you our party is going to take action in the general election to see this doesn't happen again. >> the republican party says it's sending fitzgerald a letter saying he's not welcome in their organization. they're also working on a strategy to inform voters about his views before the november vote. >> it's 5:34, and happening today, london breed atte

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coming up at 4:30, news s meagan fitzgerald talks with father john ensler who has known cavanaugh sinceung was an altar boy. >>> now we turn to the crisis at e border. today is the court-order dead line for the trump adnistration to reunite 100 children upped the age of 5 with their migrant parentson this afterno roughly half of them are still separated. the justice department says that 54 children are back with their families. five others are undergoing final background checks. reunions will be a bit more difficult for the rest some of the parents have already been deported. president trump blamed the parents for that earlier today. >> ewell, i h a solution. tell people not to come to our untry illegally. that's the solution. don't come to our country illegally. the department of justice has until july 26th to reunite all famiates sep at the border by president trump's zero tolerance policy. >>> right now an urgent search is underway in prince william county for aissing teenage girl. 15-year-old anna mariai hernanez-rodriguez has last seen last thursday. call police if you know where s

fitzgerald fox 5 local news >>> now to l theest on potential looming strik metro.nion leaders met for thed sess ait's over allegedecve bargain agreement and meeting is set between uni lea this monday. >>> northern virginia taxi drivers say they're getting hammered by ride sharing companies like uber and lt prosecuted in crystal city. about two dozen gathered t outse of metropolitan airport authorities wrachtes reagan and dulles airports, ther say thees and regulations are skewed to favor the companies esp tiallyse under construction, the airport's authority said uber and lyft count for more than half of the curb side pickups and drop-offs >> 20% has been given to the uber and lyft drivers. that'sss,e' are reg conversations with taxingabng c basis make sure we're able to hear the won crn worke similar fashion they have been g previously from theages and waing pick up p upsassngecer they're se commercially licensed they're fully insured unlike st moide sha amazon selli white national questions bezos, a closer look at that story and all the days politican headlines he

but yet they were to succeed like anyone. >> megan fitzgerald.ews4. >>> one teacher can make a lot ofdierence. there will be nearl -- you can get information o how to buy tickets on our nbc washington app. just search eastern choir. >> amazing. >>> security camer footage of an accused drunk driver slamming into a house p innsylvania state. police say they tried to pull over cameron smith for speeding in an unregistered mini cooper. he led them to ahase and eventually, blitzed directly into that brick house. police arrested and charged smith with dui and other violatio. no one was injured. >>> incredible pictures out of arona night. a dust cloud blew through the phoenix areahis evening. visibility was so low, highways down.o be shut and about the same time the national weather service said it was 114 degrees at sky harbor airport. >>> wow! >> so someni ovt issues, huh? >> some scattered showers overnight. and there's theti pot for some pockets of heavy rain to devep. an isolated chance of flash flooding. >> there's developing in montgomery you guy

news 4's megan fitzgerald talked to them just before th reunion. ♪ >> reporter: to achieve greatness,takes waivering commitment, desire -- >> monica, which foot do you start on? >> reporter: and inspirational leader. like dr. joyce garret. for more than 30 years, she's been the director of the eastern high school choir in northern east d.c. >> in 1988, the eastern choir we to vienna austria and participated in an international music tstival. why came home, they had won the second placey. tro ♪ >> it was a huge deal n because one expected these students who came from an areag struggl with poverty and drug violence to be singing for presidents and celebrities. >> the inner city schoolgohoir o vienna and end up winning in a classicalusal competition. ♪ >> reporter: it was a question so many would ask. but dr. garret will be the first to tell you it started with a drea she was determined to make sure every student who entered her classroom knew that excellence was required every day. >> tnagers like to do whatever is the in thing. so i figured i needed to make being successful the in thin

. >> your vote for john fitzgerald means no more wars for israel based on their lies like the jewish conducted attack on 9/11. >> reporter: the ad says it is paid for by the road to power.com, known to be -- anti- defamation league. >> it's a white supremacist group in idaho and they've been similar -- they've done similar robocalls on behalf of other candidates during the campaign season and they espouse lies and bigotry, mostly targeting the jewish community. >> reporter: she says the calls are part of a disturbing trend where white supremacist groups are using technology to spread hate messages during the campaign message -- season. the candidate said he believes the calls are meant to damage his reputation and he has no affiliation to the road to power and rights i am an ethical, principled and caring person who cares about all people and i believe about being -- believe in being honest about important although controversial or taboo subjects and doing so with integrity, civility and decency. >> reporter: to get a call like this where someone is just spewing racist hatred in the

. >> reporter: reporting in prince george's county,n meg fitzgerald, news 4. >>> that is going to beowerful performance. >>l you f it even in that piece. >> and there's going to be nearly00 alumni singing in that concert tonight. >> that's right. you want to go, find more about tickets on our nbc washingto app. search "eastern choir". zblrc >>> coming up, a holiday scare for a local girl. >> she was struck a bullet when someone fired a gun to celebrate the fourth of july. celebrate the fourth of july. we have details on the ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> happening today, rescue efforts continue in thailand. 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped i a cave. oxygen is running low and rains my flood the area. time is an issu one rescuer has died trying to help. >>> a 19-year-old andres giovanni per identified as the man shot and killed in greenbelt st night. he was found near the greenbelt middle school. >>> extreme heat

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. >> john fitzgerald says he has nothing to do with the call. however, he has ant semitic views. he denies the holocaust happened. the robo calls supporting his campaign says it was paid for by the road to power.com which has paid for similar racist messages in the past. the co-president of women of be nigh shalom says she received the call and it brought her to tears. >> unfortunately, it seems to me our world is going in the way of big lies right now. it's a very troubling time to be alive. >> in an e-mail to abc 7 news, fitzgerald said i have no affiliation to road to power nor their affiliates, organizations or otherwise, nor will i have a future. the republican party says it rejected fitzgerald's campaign from the very beginning. >>> new details on the thailand cave rescue. for the first time, we're hearing from te divers who pulled the boys out of that flooded cave. look at the new video showing the parents meeting the heroes who saved their sons' lives. divers around the world assisted in the rescue. many say it was the most challenging dive they have ever done. >> the job

. >> reporter: megan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> john mcnamara descred him my kind of guy. the long time capital gazette repo ter was killed int newsroom rampage in annapolis. this week family and frids me together and remembered mcnamara at a memorial service at the university of maryland. news 4's chris gordon was there. >> reporter: john mcnamara is ,emembered for being devoted to his famiis writing, and his friends. >> everybody loved johnar mcn as soon as you met him, immediately you 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, bu

live on pennsylvania avenue tonight, tom fitzgerald, fne5 lows. >> all right, thank you, fitz.uch more on that coming up tonighon 5 at 6:30. >> president trump's request for a military parade in d.c. will cost an estimated $12 million. that price tag is about as ch as the now canceledci joint exerses with south korea which the president had said was t emendouslyxpensive. it's set to take place november 10th on the evef tevens coinciding with the 100iv a thesa pentagon is still planning thalek a little bit more about that forecast. 86 degrees. i mean, not bad today. >> no, pretty comfortable as far as july goe nice evening and i think it will be really nice again tomorrow. the problem is getting into the it star s weekend itrts to a little unsettled. who doesn't have outdoor plans this weekend. >> right, right. >> pay attention to this and really even ing into next week as we'll see a big ,ange. you know the first half of wasje heavy rain onue pick up the steam clongase w,jo iy friday. it is llmidity, so it will bear to a. by the time you wake upsaturday, rain showers are moving

. >> meagan fitzgerald takes s inside today's emotional memorial service. >> reporter: this is how an entire community says good-bye a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down on the steps of her own house. her casket carried by a horse-drawn carriage making its way to the neighborhood where makiyah wilson grew up and where she died. >> i think of her almost every day. because that was my cousin. i've been trying not to cry. ♪te >> rep songs were sing and t -- sung and the life of a beautiful little girl was remembered while ministers, pastors made a desperate plea o the congregation, asking the community to help police find the four gunmen who took away an innocent life. >> this is an outright violation -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the family says their prayer is that soon little girl gets the justice she deserves. >> she wanted to do basketball in fifth grade. i think she had a right to do that because i'm doing basketball and i think she could have done it. they're just messing with peoples dreams. >> reporter: reporting live, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> a violent confrontati that

lawmakers blasted the president for not being tougher with put in in russia's meddling fitzgerald is live on the hill tonight. fits, the president reporter: the white houseter. clearly in damage control with both fend and foe aligning. take this a look at this scene at the white house this afternoon. presiden trump sitting down with congressionalg leadersht in the middle l ofhis uproar his o performance during that ns conference yesterday in can i with vad michigan put in. the president tonight throwing the car in reverse on his comments which seemed to doubt u s intligence f thation russia did try to influence t lectio20n. tonight, the president now trying toarify boy strong aks had act on theutcome of i th mehe bhee sing that -- i've said this many times comm cclusion thateddlingit the6 co isti somm r today. he went o say he saidesterday he saw no r reaction whyussia would hack the reaction. today he said he wanted to that and he herie hy russia dithemainsffen that will quell the onoa capitral. republicans and democrats unitin the president's performanceoris questioning huestioning

meagan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> a tragedy this afterno a the weigh station on i-70. mes hobbes ofsalisbury, maryland, was under his tractor trailer fixing the brakes and state police say hobbes didn't put the parking brake on. e truck rolled over him killing him instantly. no one else was injured. >>> a woman stabbed a man inside an t arlington apartmes morning. police say that the man was attacked inside the apa oment washington boulevard and he suffered a wound to his xpoulder. he'sted to be okay. police arrested the womanor a time later. >> a gymnastics coach in loudoun was found guilty of slaulgt an 1 ear-old girl. brian nguyen of sterling was the arrested in january. the girl told her parents that inappropriately touched her while she was at mvgh gymnastics in ashburn and nguyen faces six years in prison. sentencing takes place in septem tr. >>ight some main roads are being reopened and major work still lies ahead. scott macfarlane joi us from the newsroom. scott? [ no audio ] >> having trouble hearing s ttt. back tt report in a minute. lots of questions after r

meag fitzgerald, news 4. >> happening tonight. thert supreme c decision. president trump getting set for the big reveal on his nominee for the supme court. everything can happen but the late guidance is that these four judges have made it into the final four. blaine alexander tracking the latest on the latest judge such right now. what is t latest right now? >> reporter: well, leon, as ofn this m president trump was reportedly still deciding who exactly would get the job, but many people in both parties have already clearly outlined how they plan tor respond, no mat who he chooses. this is the short list, four conservative appeal court judges said to n the running to fill an open seat on the supreme court. president trump set to a his pick tonight on primetime television framing the choice as the most important decision a u.s. psident can make. >> it's going to have a lasting impact on our juris prudence and on our country, and, therefore, youant to tryo avoid surprises. >> reporter: reportedly leading the pack, judge brett kavanaugh of d.c. and thomas har

news 4's meagan fitzgerald explfns how an offer assistance led to an arrest, dropped charges and then had a lawsuit. >> put your hands behind your back. >> reporter: many legal experts sayhis arrest should have never happened. >> i was ubering. i headedome south on jefferson davis highway. >> reporter: 27-year-old george wingate says he was on hisho wa to his family when his check engine loyalty came on and he pulled over on the side of the home. >> she's home waiting on me and i've got kids, you know, that i need to watch in the morning. >> reporter: but he didn't make it home that nig i april 2017. the stafford county sheriff dashcam video shows the moment that deputy fulfordul up and asked for the man's i.d. >> have i committed a crime? >> wavt's that? >> i committed a crime? >> i didn't say you did. >> all right then. >> you'red still requio identify yourself. >> am i free to go? >> not right n, no. >>m i being detained? >> you're not detained. >> so i'm free to go? >> no. >> reporter: not long ago deputy fulford arrests win gait for failing to identify himself, obstruction of jus

news 4's megan fitzgerald has the story of the eastern high school choir. ♪ . >> to achieve greatnessent, desire. >> monica, you start. >> reporter: and an inspirational lear. like dr. joyce garrett. for more than 30 years she's been the director of the eastern high school choir in northeast d.c. >> in 1988 the eastern choir went to vienna, austria and participated in an international music festival, and when they came home they had won the second place trophy. >> iwas a huge deal because no one expected these students who came from an area struggling with poverty and drug violence to be singing for president and celebrities. >> how does this inner city school go to vienna end up winning in competition?usic >> reporter: it was a question so many would ask,rrut dr. t would be the first to tell you it started with a dream. she was determined to make sure that every student who enter her classroom knew that excellence was required every day. >> trs like to do whatever is in, so i figured i needed to make being successful the in thing. >> and this included college. >> i met dr. garrett. i

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kgan fitzgerald spoke with people that remembanaugh as an excellent student and star athlete. >> 1983. and now most pronent member. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh is a hometown guy, growing up in bethes and graduating from georgetown prep where he was captain of his bketball tea >> when he does something, he throws himself into it. >> reporter: dr. stephen oaks was hisunior year history teacher. kavanaugh was a good student. >> one of his great qualities has been composure. in a tie game, when he is in a class debate.te >> r now he's being remembered for being part of his school's histy. kavanaugh could join his fellow classmail classmate ne gore hutsuch as supreme court justices. it's a proud moment for fhnher ensler. he called kavanaugh a friend a m dedicated to his wife and two young girls, even finding l me to coach their basketb team. >> the motto of my jesuit high school. he was there when he appointed kavanaugh to replace anthony kennedy on the bench. >> i'm a guys that been withhi i've known him the longest. maybe the most influence on him as well.t >> reporter: won't be an easy

the gunmen still haven't been caught.ws 4's meagan fitzgerald has more now on what -- how she's being remembered. >> reporter: family andds fri who knew makiyah wilson will tell you that she was their princess. so today with the help of an entire community, they made sure this 10-year-old girl received a fairytale farewell. her casket carried by a horse-drawnarriage making its way to the neighborhood where makiyah grew up and where she died. >> we reay are trying to hold strong because this is, like, this is a hard thingor us cause that's my little cousin. >> reporter: hundreds of family members and friends trying to stay strong while makiyah's life was remembered. id makiyah had a great love for sports, music and games. >> reporter: makiyah wilson had hopes and dreams for a future that was sure to be bright, but 6ton julyh, she was shot andki lled when four gunmen opened fire in the courtyard of her home. >> this is an outright violation and you should be held accountable for it, whoever they are. >> reporter: at her funeral, faith leaders urged the community te help pol find the men

news 4's meagan fitzgerald is outside a metro station connected to the string of violence. meagan? >> reporter: yh, doreen. police say in all three of these cases these women would get off at the metro station at the twinbrook station and walk home and the suspect would followe them bef he would attack. >> we had a total of three cases, one ranges, an attempted rapend then ultimately rape and murder of another female. >> reporter: all of these cases have been linked to this man, to the last is a madna-created of what investigators believe he looked like back in the '80. to the right is what they think heooks like now. >> we alw ss we had the child as big as her. >> reporter: one victim was this woman who neighbors say was a talented researcher hand musician. she was walking home from the metro one nightn october of 1914 and before she could make it inside her home. >> i remember coming home thatn eveninghere were cop cars. >> reporter: police say this suspecterttacked h at her doorstep before she was raped and killed. her body was found in backyard days later. >> but i always wonde

. >> news 4's megan fitzgerald has reaction. >> rorter: we decided to drive this stretch of road to get an idea of how dangerous it can be. i want you to take a look at this hill we're about to approach. for a brief moment, you can'te sehe road ahead of you. this is the exact location that police say the 17-year-old driver lost control. >> detectives were able to tell that thele veh actually went airborne before hitting the tree. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of therash that killed 17-year-old connor mcgowan, a lacrosse player for robertson secondary school and a friend to so many. police say connor was in the car with his teenage friends. police say the passenger in the front is now fighting for his life. >> so many of those roads in clifton are very windy. they're narrow. anything over the posted speed limit ire that is very dangerous. >> reporter: social media messages of support and devastation are pouring in. this one is from the athletic r' boos facebook page. the school's principal describes connor as an engaging young man who was well-liked by everyone and a member of his c

news 4's meagan fitzgerald reports how it led to an arrest, dropped charges then a lawsuit. >> reporter: take a look at this sheriff county's dashcam video. george wingate pulled over to the side of the road back in april of 2017 because he was having car problems. stafford county sheriff's deputy pulls up and asked him for his i.d. >> have i committed a crime? >> reporter: what's that? >> have i committed a crime. >> i didn't say you did. you're still required to identify yourself. >> are you free to go? >> not right now. >> am i being detained? >> then i'm not free to go. >> reporter: moments later he was arrested forwailing to s his i.d. and obstruction of justice and resisting arrest. >> put your handsbehind your back. all charges have been dropped and virginia-based criminal defense attorneys like t walls, sawall wallsh sees why. >> this called consensual contact. >> reporter: wingate believes he was targeted because of his race and that's why he's suing. a>> with officer civilians of our color and, you know, it's time that we stand up for our thits and, you know, do the right way.

news s meagan fitzgerald explains how the encounter einvolved io anarrest, dropped charges and then a lawsuit. >> put your hands behind your pack. s >> reporter: t how a late-night drive home back in apl 2017 ended for 27-year-old george wingate. >> i was ubering and headed home on jefferson davis highway. >> reporter: his check enginee light cn and pulled over to the side of the road. moments later the stafford county dashcam vid captured when this officer came by and asked for i.d. >> did i commit a crime? >> you didn't. required toill identify yourself? >> am i free to go? >> not right now, no. >> am i beingde ined? >> you're not being detained. >> so you're free to go? >> lno. er the deputy arrested him for obstruction of justice and resisting arrest and all of those charges were lat dropped. >> if i'm not being detained i'm free to go. >> a virginia-based criminal attorney say he sees why the judge threw out the case. >> he walked up to the gentleman and keeps insisting on him identifying himself. it's called aua conse contact and a consensual contact is basically two people, doe

news's meagan fitzgerald has more from the emotional service: >> reporhe was a little princess. a and community made sure she had a fairytale farewell. makiyah wilson's family followed behind as her casket was carried in a horse-drawn carriage, leaving the church and headed to clay ter race, the neighborhood she gw up and where she died. an entire streets as her procession rolled by. >> i think of her almost every day. that was my c littlesin. i've been trying not to cry. >> reporter: hundreds of family members and friends trying t stay strong while makiyah's life was remembered. >> makiyah hadov a great for sports, music and video games. >> reporter: makiyah wilson had hopesnd dreams for a future that was sure to be bright, but on july 16th she was shot and killed when g fourmen opened fire in the courtyard of her home. >>his is an outright violation and you should be -- whoever they are,e can't sleep, we can't eat. >> reporter: at her funeral,de faith l urged the community to help police find the men who ended makiyah's life. >> some of you know them. no, no, no, not you but o

big results will come >> let's check in with tom fitzgerald and there's clearly n clean-up opee a white house. >> rorter: yesterday we were wondering -- how the correion tour would take, now we know less tha24 ho president not always sending on you the tweet about intelligencest that yo saw a minute ago but the other tweet and he only started at 5:45 this morning. the president writing that some people were very angry about the fact that he had been gettingel putin.l with vladimir you see it right there. and went on to say hs calls thi new t conditionrump derangement syndrome. then moved on toul a sed cabinet meeting. he began by talking about what he saw as the economics of his administration and also the diplomatic successes that he s during that nato meeting and during his summit with vladimir putin.se but tho were remarks, the esidentent off script at one point. w as asked if he thought that russia was still targeting the united state through cyber attacks. the presid answered no. >> we made incredible progress toward achieving greater peace, security and prosperity for america, for

no one was seriously injured, but as news 4's megan fitzgerald reports, it would have been worse. >>r: cell phone cameras were rollingi from nearbyce buildings, capturingnt the mom this food truck went up in flames during the busy rush hour. >> more and more fire and shooting out from all sides. >> reporter: momeasr firefighters were on scene. we were able to attack the fire and get it knocked down fairly w quickly a little scary. especially scary for the man who was working inside. he made it out with minor injuries but his truck is a stoatal loss. >> one of my employees call me and i don't understand that there was a fire. >> this man's food truck was parked just beend the on that caught on fire. he rushed over as soon as he got the call. >> the truck wa close by,so, i mean, like you see, the windows, i don't think we can drive t. >> reporter: there's some damage to his truck, and he says he'll likely close his business for a few days but he realizes that thi fire could have been much worse. reporting in southwest, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> one person is dead after this house ca

tom fitzgerald joins u now with the very latest about what cam out of this historic summ. fits?> reporter: good evening, tracking the reaction from hill, both democrats and republicans, to put it in shthands, the reviews have not been good about the president's news conference today, o this display betweid ent trump andsi prent putin was not compare it to how the president dealt with us allies in nato just last week, the scene was cents this. two leaders spent 90h minute with other. there was no staff. only twoet inters. what they talked about, in thatel meeting, w only they know for sure. when they came out to thes, camera vladmeere putin was ask about meddling, and he called it complete nonsense, the presidenteiterated that position, and said that putin sured him that russia was not involved. >>ould you name a single fact that would definitively proof the collusion,. >> this is utter nonsense. dnediere was no clues, i 't to collude with. thereo uswi e was. >> denials continued from there, at one point putin did saye that wantentpodin p the 20u election,se then candidate trump

. >> your vote for fitzgerald means no u.s. war for israel based on their lies like the jewish conducted attack of 9-1. 1. >>> this a white supremacist group based in idaho. they have been responsible for other similar robo calls on behalf of different candidates and during the campaign season and they spread lies and bigotry mostly targeting the jewish community. >> he says they're part of a disturbing trend where white supremacist groups are spreading hate. . >> he told ktvu by email he believes the calls are meant to damage his reputation and he has no affiliation to the road to power. . >> it is a shock for bay area residents on their phones to get a call like this wheris spe hatred. it's horrible. >> the california republican party have said they are not endorsing him because of his views. he received nearly 25 percent of the vote in the june primary. the two will face off in november. . >>> we are learning more about the three day music festival set for this weekend in antioch but has now been cancelled. that was supposed

county, in fairfax megan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> the principal at mcgowan school sent home a letter today telling pheents about tragedy. mcgowan's family says there will be a gathering tonight at 6:00. it's happening at the burke community pastors will be on hand there to help the grieving community. wendy? >>> paying a toll to get around traffic is a trend around these parts,er especially in nor virginia. now there is talk about putting even more tolls on one of our most notious roads. the beloved i-66 -- >>eloved? >> transportation reporter adam tuss to tell you what that's going to look like. >> reporter: ask drivers what they think about more tolls comingo i-66 and it usually goes something like this -- >> absolutely not. period. paragraph. >> reporter: by now, you probably know some of the tolls on 66 inside the beltway have gone skyhigh. 10 bucks, 20, 30, $40, near $50 for a one-way trip. >> it's expensive. it's a ripoff. in my mind, that's a ripoff. >>eporter: right now the tolls are only in the rush hour directions. in other words, inbound in the morning and outbound in the evenin

back for you. >> meagan fitzgerald, thanks. >>> d.c.are releasing new information in the search for relisha rudd. sh was 8 years old at the time. today d.c. police releasedhis age progression image of what she wouldy look like to at 12 years old. she was living at the d.c. homeless shelter and was left seen with jani khalil tatum who killed his wife and then himself during the search for relisha. searchers and volunteers were back out in the community handing outs missing pers photos and talking to residents. >>> a former uiversity of maryland basketball player has been lereased from custody after appearing in a prince george's county courtroom accused of raping a woman in ark college pa apartment on halloween, but his mother and his aunt today said he was raised in the church, and there is no way he could have done whate's charged with. dodd says the sex was consensual. he was released on his own recognizance and could not go near college park and had to surrender his passport. could not have any contact with witnesses. his tri f is se

that's where we find ag fitzgerald. >> reporter: neighbors around here are fed up. we're talking about a you girl who had just had her 10th birthday, gunned down playing outside just steps away from her home it happened on 53rd street here in northeast. investigators say that a car pulled up. four guys got out and they started shooting. right nowthey're trying to figure out a motive here. here's what we know. it happened just after 8:00. me 15-20 people in the community were outside enjoying the night when these men wearing masks walked into the courtyard of the community and started shooting. keep in mind, there's a playground not far away. when investigators arrived, thel found four p suffering from gunshot wounds, including t.t little gi mayor bowser and the police chief were also on scene. >> the people that did this, they did this indiscriminately. they came out in this community without regard to han life and opened fire. and we have to stand up as a community to say no more. ar- 10-yd girl lost her life today. all the hopes and dreams that her family had for

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. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> now to a frightening spike income drug overdoses. d.c. first respond others tell us crews are strained from getting so many calls for help. the numbers tell the story. d.c.'s fire chief says since saturday, his department has taken more than 100 overdose patients to the hospital. compare that to all of last july when there were 105 overdose calls for the entire month. we saw the emergency response firsthand today. fire and rescue tending to 11 people near the intersection of fourth and eeets northwest. they say a bad batch of synthetic marijuana or k2 is circulating the district. >> if you see people that are falling down, collapsing, ou uncons vomiting, call 911. allow us to come and assist them. >> chief dean tells us the overdoses are happeng all across the district, not a single neighborhood. >>s proteutside the white the third night in a row, demo against what they see as corruption. the sign reading trump is not above the these demonstrations kicked off the night he returned home from that controversial appkirance in he helsinki. to