in blacksburg, julily perry. news 4. >> stay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for continuing coverage on this story tonight. the school will gather for a candlelight vigil as julie mentioned to recognize students and faculty who were killed. >> we are following breaking news out of cleveland tonight. cleveland, ohio, where there is a man hunt for a suspect police say killed a person on facebook live. and then bragged about killing other people. this is steve stephens, a series of people on the facebook page complained about losing everything to gambling and at one point he wrote he killed 15 people. the other homicides have not been verified. the man's facebook account has since been taken off line. >> and if you're watching news 4 at 11:00 last night, i was talking about s afternoon. you're even seeing on storm team 4 radar still tracking some light rain during the early evening hours mainly in charlestown and king george county. this is pushing out of the area. we're mainly drying out tonight. i can't rul

julie kerr have i live in blacksburg where commemoration events are getting under way. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. well stage is set for what is certainly going to be an emotional and solemn remembrance memorial with it's 32 stones etched with the name was students and killed on what the university president recently described as an unthinkable tragedy. already early this morning, we found visitors coming by to the memorial. you can see a woman here dropping a flower at each one of the markers, other people stopping by. just in silent tribute. at the center of that memorial, a candle flickers. it was lit at midnight and burn tonight. it will represent a commitment to never forget those who were killed on that terrible day. now, hundreds are expected to gather around the me moral in just about a half hour for a ceremonial wreath laying. the governor will be on hand for that and then at 9:43 this morning. a statewide moment of silence to honor the victims. nearly all of the families who have lost loved ones who whose children were wounded and the survi

our grand prize winners are sisters from blacksburg, virginia.eschooled in the seventh-grade, mia lazar is in the ninth-grade. ther documentary is called tempest tossed. >> is not about what political party you are, it's about values and helping these people. >> as parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. i think that also drove them a little bit. on athey do some video topic that's personal for them, that helps a lot. >> the reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue, there is a plaque that has a following saying send it these hopeless -- homeless, tempest tossed to me. specifically for me, and we include it so we could show the values that america was founded on -- principles that everyone needs to understand it today. >> on a more personal scale i would suggest that the people that think that refugees are all terrorists, or who were afraid of them should spend a while meeting one. they are really amazing people. the right to be people in the united s

our grand prize winners are sisters from blacksburg, virginia.va lazar is homeschooled in the seventh grade. mia lazar is in the ninth-grade. their documentary on refugees and immigration policy is titled the tempest tossed. >> is not about what political party you are. it's more about values and helping these people. >> as parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. so i think that also drove them a little bit. when they do some video on a topic that's personal for them, that helps a lot. i think you saw the energy in that. >> the reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue of liberty, there is a plaque with a poem saying, send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me. i lift my lamp beside the golden door. this poem was written specifically for the statue of liberty, and we included it so we could show the values that america was founded on -- principles that everyone needs to understand today. >> on a more personal scale i would suggest that the people t

thetonight in blacksburg, 32 victims of the virginia tech shooting were honored for having lived their lives. >> ♪ and cherish every jeff: today's ten-year anniversary of the tragedy marked by a series of events at virginia tech. this morning at 9:34, the exact moment the shooting began, governor terry mcauliffe laid a wreath. later, the biographies of all 32 victims were led allowed. then governor of virginia, speaks about how this was the single worst day of his life. biographies inhe stories of each of these 32, i begin to have a sense of what the commonwealth lost, of what the country lost. "taps"]plays t also a sentiment of hope and to share the hokie spirit. cane as a hokie nation guarantee the memories of our fellow hokies will live on and we will never forget. jeff: last night, a candle was thiso mark the start of day of remembrance and today it into the hall on campus. 20,000mated 10,000 to people were expected to be on hand this week and for the memorial events. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. q: jeff, thank you. a crime alert and prince george's county. the police say that a woma

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in blacksburg justin ward, wdbj7. >> there will be a candlelight vigil to recognize the 32 students and faculty who lost their lives. >>> when we return, meteorologist howard bernstein says he's tracking a few showers this evening. so you don't want to miss that. >> and on this easter sunday meet the man who ha nearly 30 years of his life making music at the >>> cardinal donald woley celebrated easter mass at the shrine of the immaculate conception in northeast washington. this morning he celebrated easter mass at the cathedral of northwest d.c. >>> the man may never be seen who was responsible for the sacred music coming today from the national cathedral. the special instrument is hundreds of years old made up of 53 bells that can be heard miles away. we have the story from the cathedral's bell tower. [ bells chiming ] >> reporter: the carrilon has a tradition dating back 500 years. it's actually an older mechanism than the gallows. it is truly the best job there is and there's nothing i'd rather do than play the carrilon. it's like playing a huge piano on its side. there's no room for

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is headed down to blacksburg to join us live at 9:00 tomorrow for a wreath-laying ceremony and a moment of silence on campus. >>> and switching gears, we'll get to the weather forecast. heating things up, summer-like tomorrow. >> yeah, indeed. but this morning you need a jacket and it is cool and cloudy. but tomorrow, shorts and flip-flops, you'll feel like a saturday morning, gray sky and we are going green. all the trees you see there near the capital and everything around the region going green quickly on this april morning, mid-april. there's the gray skies over this with our tower camera from upper northwest. temperatures right now are climbing, into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees in parts of the region. leesburg, 59. so is frederick. and sunshine in the mountains, but still a lot of clouds east of the blue ridge and east of the mountains to the bay. but they should be breaking up in another few hours. scanning the clouds, no rain here locally, just a few sprinkles south of cambridge and then as of 3:00 p.m., we have a few isolated shower

. >>> this sunday is the 10-year anniversary of the massacre at virginia tech in blacksburg, one of the deadliest school shootings in our history. >> 33 people died including the sharon. aaron peterson was one of the victims. her parents and another family sued virginia tech to push for answers. they believe the university should have issued a campuswide alert after two students were found shot to death in a dormitory. they won the case with jurors finding the state negligent. but the virginia supreme court overturned the verdict. >> my husband was adamant about getting to the truth because he didn't feel like the truth was being told. and he just wouldn't let it go and i think it also kind of was some way for him to channel his loss too. >> she says she is information came out that is now in the public domain. >>> what went wrong? that's what maryland state investigators are trying to answer after this heart stopping scene that we are monitoring at this time yesterday. 24 passengers stuck 80 feet above the ground on a roller coaster. now, this is new video of passengers being removed f

governor terry mcauliffe was in blacksburg to place wreaths at the memorial. this afternoon victims' fraems and survivors gathered as was read. rhema was a freshman and grew up in centreville. her parents say this weekend's events have given them comfort on this difficult occasion. >> this is a great meeting of our i call it our unintended family. that's how i kind of coined it, this tenth year anniversary down here. it's comforting to be together. >> i was hoping to find really peace within me and i found it. >> some of the other families say they'll keep working to improve campus safety across the country. >>> and now, here's storm team 4 forecast. >> and right now, on radar, i'm tracking this broken line of rain trying to move through the area. however, looking an the latest information, this sit just north of washington overnight tonight and tomorrow as the sun comes up, that's goingo reinvigorate this line. it will slowly start to sink south throughout the day tomorrow. i want to time it out with you on future weather. 7:00 a.m., notice the line really ha

ed this weekend, peter, and his wife will travel to blacksburg to mark the ten year anniversary of the tragedy. >> it seems like a lifetime. other ways it seems like yesterday. >> paul is the executive director of the virginia tech victim's outreach foundation. one of the effort of campaign 32, so those that are deemed to be a danger to themselves or others like the virginia tech shooter are entered in the national criminal background check system. >> peter feels the same way. he knows he is not alone. >> her legacy will be there to inspire us and help us. >> they begin tonight with a quire performance and run and picnic tomorrow. on sunday, the anniversary. many events will take place including a commemoration service that includes the reading of the biographyers of the 32 victims. >> it was remarkable. you talk about those impacted from the tragedy have formed family onto themselves. be they will find joy and comfort with one another. >> they share bond but they get strength. >> it's remarkable. there is optimism even going into a difficult weekend. jonathan: thank you. the daughter

i will be reporting from blacksburg on sunday.earn more or contribute, go to the nbc washington app, use the search term angel fund. >> thanks so much. what a difference they continue to make. >>> let's turn now to the weather which is pretty nice today. and what's it going to be like tonight? >> tonight it's going to be comfortably cool out there. i thought yesterday we'd have a shower, but it's going to be dry. now the rain doesn't always wash the pollen away, that was evident thursday when he had the severe storm and the dry air on friday and the winds what a beautiful day out there it turned out to be, and it's going to be a perfect evening. we have a few more clouds pushing in tonight, and more cloud cover for your saturday. maybe isolated showers here or there. and wait until easter, we'll have one of the warmest easters we've had since 2011. 86 degrees on sunday. didn't quite make this there today. temperatures around that 70-degree mark right now, just nice out there. if you're headed out for the evening, looking good. loo

northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry is headed down to blacksburg to join us tomorrow live at 9:00 a.m. for a wreath-laying ceremony as well as a moment of silence on campus. >>> all right. in shifting gears now, a lot of folks are focused on the weather and easter weekend. and hopefully enjoying some nice outdoor weather. >> do we have to wear a bonnet? >> you can do that any time you want. >> i gave those up a long time ago. >> me, too. >> thank you for asking. >> around the region, we have some clouds with us early this morning, but not producing any rain. so we're off to a dry start on this saturday morning. here's a live view from the storm team 4 city camera overlooking the potomac river. there's sunrise in ten minutes at 6:31. temperatures in the clouds are in the 50s everywhere. reagan national at 56 degrees. the trees are producing pollen, so the pollen count for trees, mostly oak pollen now, is in the high range. low for everything else. right now, all dry on storm team 4 radar. nats park this afternoon, they take on the nationals, first pitch in the upper 70s. later i

governor of virginia, and in the hours after the shooting, he rushed halfway around the world to be in blacksburg aaron gilchrist covered the shooting in 2007. he sat down with senator kaine for an emotional conversation. >> they talk about going into classrooms where bodies were littering the floor. and every body, there was a cell phone just ringing over and over again. because parents had seen on tv there's a shooting at virginia tech, and your natural instinct is to call they're safe. >> reporter: senator kaine fought back tears recalling conversations with first responders who rushed to the scene on april 16th, 2007. he remembers every name, every sight, every detail from the days after the attack. >> every hospital was filled up with people who were injured, and so we spent a couple days going around talking to some of these kids. >> reporter: on what kaine calls the worst day of his life, he was in japan on a business trip, asleep as the shooting started a world away. >> ron, who was the head of the security detail for the governor, said you gotta call back home, there's been a horrible sh

yesterday, there was a show of hoegy pride in blacksburg. students, faculty, community members taking part in a rera now today, a moment of silence is scheduled for 9:43 this morning. that marks the moment the shooter opened fire inside the hall. terry mcculloch will lay a wreath. former students are among honoring those lost this weekend. >> want them to see this and kind of grow up knowing what it means. >> and there's such a sense of community here. you can see it was, you know, there's not a word for it. >> university commemoration will take place at 2:30 this afternoon. that's followed bay candle light individual this will evening. and we should tell you, our bureau chief, julie kerry, she's going to be covering the day's events from the campus. we're going to be joined by her live at 9:00 this morning. >>> students are mourning the loss of a fellow student. samuel was shot and killed outside of his home in richld. his family and friends gathered in alexandria to remember his life. they say he was getting graduate with an engineering de

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. >> we are ten years after the mass shooting, i'm don champion in blacksburg virginia with what is comingl right, and so far in the wormed of travel, looking good, but we do have some construction out there that can slow you down. all of the updates coming up of the first a quick break, stay right where you are, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any at webuyanycar.com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car is hassle-free with just three easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying centre. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. so don't wait. get your free online valuation now. ♪ find out how much your car's worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com >>> good morning, just about 6:30, here's what you need to start your day in the morning minute. >>> we have incredible military. this was another very, very successful mission. >>> the us drops the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used by the n

some headlines based on the 10-year anniversary of the shooting rampage at virginia tech in the blacksburg, virginia. a day of remembrance held on sunday. there's a headline from "u.s.a. today." "we are virginia tech" is the t-shirt that christine smith wore at the remembrance event that was held yesterday. she's pictured there with her 10-year-old son. a few of the headlines about that this morning come from the "washington times." their story, a survivor now a dad aftermath of a tragedy 10 years later. scars of virginia tech shooting remain is the story there about virginia tech student kevin stern who was carried out of north hall on campus after the gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom. kevin stern also now working at virginia tech. the story about his journey over 10 years in the "washington times." and one other story to point you to on this topic today is an editorial from congressman bobby scott of virginia. his editorial today appearing in one of the virginian newspapers noting that despite calls for reforms in the nation's gun laws, congress has done little from fort hood t

our grand prize winners are sisters from blacksburg, virginia.