mayor bowser opens up about adopting with "today's" hoda kotb. break, hoda joins us live with a preview of that interview. >>> good morning, everybody. time to take the dog out for as walk t morning. clyde is available for adoption at the humane rescue line.ou ifeed a buddy, there's clyde available for you there. best time to walk the dog, no doubt, rig away. as soon as n ts 4ay is over, of course. ten-day forecast coming up. >>> rht now, brand-new problem on 270. chopper 4 ahead. de >>> 16 before the hour right now. breaking news at this hour. sources telling news 4 that tyler tessier was found dead this morning in a facility in rockville, maryland. a jury selection was set to get under way for t trial this morning. he was accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend. it was about a year when the teacher in howard county went missing. >> after a week of searching, her body was found in a shallow grave in montgomery county. shortly after that,as tessier w arrested. we'll have more on this breaking story thrghout the day. >>> at 6:45. d.c.'s mayor

as i researched his life, i was keen to learn everything i could about mary bowser. what i learned, trying to follow this tenuous trail of evidence, is that the woman all these years that we had remembered as mary bowser, was in fact mary jane richards. the records of the american colonization society, and the freedmen's bureau, demonstrated that it was a slave girl named mary richards whom the family was sent north to be read dictated and sent to liberia, then summoned to richmond. this mary richards stayed one step ahead of the authorities as she worked in the richmond underground by using a series of aliases, including mary henley and mary jones. fast-forward to reconstruction, we have letters in richard's own hand revealing to the freedmen's bureau that she had served as a federal agent during the war. in other words, i was able to corroborate mary richards story and map it onto the bowser story. but interestingly, this is the object lesson in what historians do and our joys and pitfalls, the most striking single piece of evidence on mary richards did not come to

bowser administration is working to move allho of families to permanent housing. in the district, mark seagraves. news >> that's a treat to see the baby, right? look at her. how adorable is she. the mayor adopted miranda back in may. she took a little time off. she's been talking about it. sheold hoda about the challenges of balanng work and life. we all know that. it's not easy. >> it's tough. and we're not the mor of.c. >> no, no. although, you know, this is hard. it's reallyd. h >>> well, i love thisext story. look at this guy. this injured turtle now has his very own wheelchair made of legos. i it. this turtle is recovering at the maryland zoo after he was found with fractures to the bottom of his shell. after surgery, a veterinary stent at the university of maryland sketched a customized wheelchair and sent it to a friend who built the chao out of leg bricks. i love this. the frame surrounds the turtle's shell and sits on four wheels. look at him >> and he'll never get a flat tire. >> and h doesn't have to move that fast. >> what if he gets stuck in th mud an

-- mary elizabeth bowser as a white house spy public in a 1911 article in harper's monthly. so as i researched van lew's life i was keen to learn as you can well imagine everything i could about mary bowser. and what i learned trying to follow this tenuous trail of evidence is that the woman all these years that we had remembered as mary bowser was in fact one mary jane richards. the records of the american colonization society and the friedman boar with other sources demonstrated that it was a slave girl named mary richards whom the van lews sent north to be educated. and then sent to liberia and then summoned back to richmond on the eve of the war. and this mary richards stayed one step ahead of the authorities as she worked in the richmond underground by using a series of aliases, including mary henley and mary jones. we fast forward to reconstruction. there we have letters in richards' own hand revealing to the friedman bureau that she had indeed served as a federal agent during the war. in other words, i was able to corroborate mary richards' story and map it on to the

gutl >>> and this is mayor bowser's ba girl making her tv debut. the mayor is talking about motherhood and why he is embracing being a single (announcer) there's a freedom about asheville. an unspoken invitation to discover who you really are. come up for air. asheville. discovery, inside and out. >>>he death toll is expected to climb in northern japan where a powerful earthquake killed at least nine people. the earthquake struck early this morning and triggered landslides where dozens of people are still missing. also, the power is out for millions of there are conflicting reports on the strength of the earthquake. some say 6.6 while others report 6.7. just days ago a typhoon hit japan killing at least 11 people. >>> now, on the heels of a new book detailing dysfunction inside the white house comes >>other blow. an anonymous senior administration official tells "the new york times" there is a resistance against president trump. news4's tracie potts has reaction now from capitol hi. >> reporter: "the new york time headline reads i am part of the re

life,esearched van lew's i was keen to learn everything i could about mary bowser, and what i learned, trying to follow this tenuous trail of evidence is the woman all these years that we had remembered as mary bowser was in fact was one mary jane richards. the records of the colonization society and the freedmen's bureau and other sources demonstrated it was a slave girl named mary richards the van lews sent north to be educated and to liberia and then summoned back to richmond on the eve of the war. stayed oneichards step ahead of the authorities as she worked in the richmond underground by using a series of aliases, including mary hanley and mary jones. we fast-forward to reconstruction and there we have letters in richmond's own hand revealing to the freedmen's bureau she had indeed served as a federal agent during the war. in other words i was able to corroborate mary richards' story. interestingly -- and this is an ,bject lesson for historians the joys and pitfalls of our work -- the most striking single piece of evidence on mary richards' wartime efforts did not come to light u

thre months o, mayor muriel bowser announced she was adopting a newborn and becoming a mom. >> mayor o bowserned up to the "today" show's hoda kotb about her bundle of joy but she talked to us first and w she's finally ready to introduce miranda to the world. >> reporter: this is the first time mayor bowser allowed news cameras to see her baby. >> we're settled in and miranda will be baptized on sunday. she'll have a party and then she's going back to being a normal baby, i bowser chose to hare her and miranda's story with the "today" show's hoda kotb. >> i enjoyed watching her on the "today" show. go to share how her story meant so muc me and a lot of women. >> there's a moment where that child is put in your arms.ha describe moment for me. >> i think the moment that really sticks out to me was literally looking down at miranda and those eyes looking back at me and knowing that i orwas her entire and when i had that feeling i knew we would be tonight forever. >> when she looked at you did you see? >> i saw my baby girl. ion had no hesita no -- the feeling was that it was going to be

s mayor muriel bowser there's more to life than the climb. there's the view. you've gotta stop and look around a little. come. shed life's layers in asheville. asheville. discovery, inside and out. >>> hot and humid conditions continue across ourmrea. lso tracking the tropics. what's left of tropical storg gordon makts way into parts of arkansas. flash flood watches there. florence.tching we've been talking about it the last couple of days. it's now a categoryca hur. much more on the path that that one -- that coming up in about ten minutes. >> that has gained some steam there. e'ug, thank you. >>> new tonight, learned a local school district is considering additional safety measures after the death of a third grer. >> 9-year-old wesley was killed last may after he w caught between a mechanical door and the wall in the gym of his school. consumer investigative reporter susan hogan is in our newsroom with details you're only going to see here on news 4. susan? >> wendy,hhis is s heart breaking story. the 9-year-old was helping a teacher operate the motorized pa

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life, i washed her keen to learn everything i could about mary bowser. what i learned, trying to follow is thatil of evidence, the woman all these years that we have remembered as mary bowser, was in fact mary jane richard. the records of the american colonization society and the freedmen's bureau along with that sources demonstrated it was a slave girl named mary richard. she was sent to liberia and summoned back to richmond. step ahead of the authorities as she worked in the richmond underground by using a series of aliases. including mary henley and mary jones. after reconstruction we have letters in her own hand revealing to the freedmen's bureau that she had served as a federal agent or in the war. clobber her story and map it on to the house her story. .his is an object lesson the most striking single piece of evidence on mary richards wartime exploits did not come to light after i published the book. published myter i book about van lou, someone of the state library in virginia sent me a newspaper article from a new york newspaper. one of the prem

mayor bowser announced in may she became a new mom through adoption.he says she brought miranda with her today so miranda could meet her ward four neighbors and see whahappens when a community comes together. >> she looks pretty. a little smile. >> that's a good baby. >>> bryce harper may have played his las game with the nats. so sad to imagine he'd be gone. >> last night he t k the field one more time this season against the miami marlins. before the game, he was recognized as nats player of the year. although he we hitlessith a the crowd ike outs, gave him a ton of love. whateverha team er signs with this summer, he h says heart lies in d.c. >> you never know what's going to happen. i didn't reafay want the well kind of treatment. i was able to go out there and enjoy that, i guess, and not really think about too much of it being my last game or it not being my last game. >> all right. he did talk about this sign, eight more years of 34. we hope it happens. we'll see. he thinks it's kind of short. maybe he'lle here for 15 years. >> who knows. >> it w

mayor bowser welcomes miranda to her >>mily. a single mom is a term that some peouse will shy away from. you have gone in head first and embraced >> the message that i hope to send is that families are made and n. all kiin all kinds of wa. and we should celebrate familyt in wr way children are loved. >> she is beautiful. hoda kotb did the interview. mayor bser says sherher emotion story helped inspire the mayor begin thept an process. >> what a cutie. >> she is beautiful. and mayor bowser looks just perfect holding her. >> she is beaming too. >>> a local s landmarkd, details behind the multi million dollar deal that could challenge and change theca lan in silver spring. s >> reporter: ae huge changes are coming to a bridge you may use every day for your t comme. i'll detail the work for you next.'m >>> and i tracking a hurricane out in the middle of the atlantic ocean, but making its way toward the east coast. the impacts we may be >>> the landmark disco iry buildi under new ownership tonight. the 10 story building has been a co

bowser says theon legislati would make it easier for police to arrest people who make and sell these synthetic drugs. >>> witnesses told police that the man suspected of killing a jogger last week in logan circle was an avid user of 2. not clear if anthony crawford llegedly the night he attacked wendy martinez. well, tonight crime meeting in martinez's availabneighborhood, police chief talked about the k-2 program. >> what we arehe seeing with k-2 use is we are seeing people who are becoming comatose and they're passing out. we're not seeing random violence with the-2. >> detectives say the attack on martinez appears to have been bo violent and random. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein may be thinking about his next job. he was not fired today during a visit to the white house, but whether he's employed by the end of this week is an open question. here were reports today that rosenstein was headed to the white house this morning to resign or be fired. but a very visible hand shahi with cef of staff john kelly changed that narrative today.il rosenstein meet directly with presi

mayor muriel bowser introduces us to her baby girl, the one she recently adopted. >>> catching up witow us why she is better than ever. yes, she is 72 years old. >> plus in pop start the moment that broht the cast together with actual band members from queen. >> but up next, monica lewinsky set to open up about yourr affai with bill clinton like never before. we have the details coming up right after this. let's go. bye, mom. thanks for breakfast, mom. love you, honey. with quality ingredients like roasted hazelnuts and cocoa, nutella is sure to bring a smile to breakfast time. nutella. spread the happy. your to-do list is crazy. which is why the online finance application at carmax.com is so convenient. get some of that finance stuff done from wherever you are, like at the doctor, karate or... back at the doctor. ha ha ha, yay kids! while expecting, jennifer discovered the chex mix combination of one corn chex, one wheat chex and three breadstick pieces. her little bundle of joy can't stand breadsticks, but what's he going to do? get born and then you can pick your own mix, baby! pic

washington, d.c., mayor muriel bowser, she's had a long and successful career in politics.adopted a baby girl back in may. she hasn't talked to anybody about it, but this week she did invite us to meet her brand-new daughter. >> come in, hoda! >> oh, my god. i don't know who to hug first, the mayor -- >> you look beautiful. thanks for coming. >> hi, little one! >> this is my baby, miranda. >> hi, little girl! >> she's looking forward to meeting you. >> at only 14 weeks old, miranda elizabeth bowser is already shaking up washington. she's yours. >> she's my baby. >> and giving mom, mayor muriel bowser, her most important job yet. you are running for re-election. >> yes. >> you're running a major city. >> yes. >> you have a new baby. >> i do. >> like, how are you handling this avalanche of goodness? >> well, it couldn't be more perfect, i have to tell you. >> mayor bowser started the adoption process late last year, keeping it private from most family and friends. and then in may, she broke the news. she was a mom. did you always kind of picture yourself as a mom? did you see

it hasn't gone unnoticed by mayor bowser. >>he chief gave me a briefing on what happened over the weekend which was dramatic, outrageous, and it happened in different places across the city. all nonrandom acts. all peopleikely who knew each other. most people who have been involved wh the criminal justice system. >> reporter: so far this year, 119 murders in our city. that's three more than all of last year. murder 119. eastn avenue, 2:00 in the morning, five shots fired. a young mannds up dead in this grassy area near that gas station. captain anthony is the head of the homicide squa >> so sad for a place i was born and raised >> what about the ten murders and five days? is there some sortf drug war or gang war going on? >> each murder does not appear to be related at all. >> reporter: the man killed here this morning has been identified 24-year-old anthony daniel lawson of southeast. there is a $25,000 reward posted the case. on eastern avenue. pat collins, news4. >>> cars hanging on in southeast washington. they were nearl

this is the first time that mayor bowser chose tohare her child with the dia. there's a moment where that child is put in your arms. describe that moment for >> the moment that sticks out to me is looking down at miranda and those eyes looking back at me and knowing i was her entire world. >> whatde a wul bond. excited to hear what she has to say. in our 6:00 hour, hoda will be joini u joining wit with a preview for the conversation with mor bowser. >>> why the sale of coffee and sandwiches may increase the me value of your >>> if you have the flu, you can be knocked out for days. but a game-changing drug promises to do just that. >>> thursday is here. it's no more than a c. minus today. unusably hot and humid temperatures. heat index is over 100 again this afternoon. it will nhi be hot tomorrow orver the o for tile, wood, and stone, come to the nationwide anw-price leader: floodecor. the prices are the lowest you will find. not only did we find lots of options, but we were like, oh my gosh, it's so affordable. it's affordable no matter what your budget. i save

. >> reporter: you can watch mayor bowser's entire interview in our nbc washington app. and miranda will be baptize sunday. next week mayor bowser will be hosting the district'ser first maternal and infant health summit focusing on providing all mothers and their babies with the care that they need. she is asw eetie. >> so adorable. >>> in "news 4 your health," a new study shows the probiotics in your smoothies oeo gur in ry be helping as you think. many healthy people were resistant to probioticseaning nge so-called good bacteria was doing nothi improve gut health. the study's author says proceed on the ticks are not a one size fits all treatment and may need to be tailored to each individual. >>> you know anybody who has asthma? you probably do. >> yeah, 26 million americans have it according to the asthma and allergy foundation. and in shington, it is especially a big problem. >> and doreen gensler is looking into a new alternative. >> yeah, one in ten people who live in d.c. have asthma. hardev to be medicines can control asthma, but lots of people who have it still

mayor muriel bowsers surprised with the violence. >> dramatic,ra oous and it happened across the city. all non-randomacts. all people lely who knew each other. >> as of this morning there have been at least 119 homicides in d.c. that numbe has already surpassed all the killings in 2017 when there were 116. >>> it's 434. today the jury will begin deliberating in the case of avi inia man accused of killing his wife and a police officer who tried to help. he opened fire on thefficers wh responded to the scene. prince williams county oicer ashley winden was killed. it was her first day on the job. o other officers were hurt. hamilton's attorney argued hisu client snapped and didn't intend to kill anyone. if convicted of capital murder hamilton could face the death penalty. >>> these are the stories we're following for you today. four people are in the hospital after a head-on crash in dale city. it shows the fire that started seconds after impact. a silver chrysler jumped the median and slammed head on into the jeep. good samaritans ran in to help the passengers. all four people seriously

changes following it to allowing it to take land from the white boat community without compensation bowser the descendants of dutch settlers who came to the country in the eighteenth century they currently own seventy percent of private farmland but president ramaphosa says that taking it back would undo a grave historical injustice so with the future unclear some farmers have looked for a solution and they found one in russia medina culture of medicine african family looking to resettle. after almost three hours of driving we finally god to this far and what we see here is just vast amounts of the land. of free where. when you take. your seat you can because i know get out at this extra quality two generations of the do twat family have a arrived in russia to see the farmlands that could be their future and after visiting here in the kaluga region they will have to south and russia they still feel that south africa is their real home but dire circumstances are forcing their hand and russia is offering them an olive branch we experience the pain in the hurt family members who have suffered

. >> our first look at mayorri bowser's new baby girl before an exclusive ierview the "today" show tomorrow morning. on her journey to motherhood next. (music throughout) about the man police say rammed his pickup truck into a dallas tv station during their morning newscatoday. police say michael frey was trying to bring aention to a friend who was shot by a scherff's deputy back in 2012. information about that shooting is what' on the dozens of scattered papers you see there. police don'tieve frey was directly tgeting the media. mi's been charged now with criminal hief. >>> imagine the feeling after a long overseas trip if several people on your flight gotck that happened on an air emirates flight thatd lan at jfk airport this the airline confirms at least 19 of the more than 500 people on ard the flight were sick. .bout 100 others reported feeling sick the flight arrived from dubai. medics and staff from the froms boarded theontrol plane to check on everyone. they took every passenger's temperature. the plane was quarantined for hours. wesome passenger upset that people were allowed to bo

>> there she is, three months ago mayor muriel bowser announced she was adopting a newborn and becoming a mother. >> and earlier this week she opened up to the "today" show's hoda kotb about her bundl of joy. but before that, who else did she talk with? she w talked about she's finally ready to introduce miranda to the world. >> this is the first time mayor muriel bowser has allowed fuse cameras to see her new baby. >> now we're happy to kind of be out and we're settled in and miranda will beaptized on sunday. she'll have a little party and then she's going back to being a normal little baby. >> reporter: bowser chose to share her and miranda's story with the "today" show's hoda kotb after kotb talked about her journey of being a single mom with a bus schedule. >> i enjoyed watching her on the "today" show, gotow to share her story meant so much to me and a lot of women. >> there'st a mom where that child is put in your arms. describe that moment f me. >> i think the moment that really sticks out to meas literally looking down at miranda and tho -- just those eyes looking back at me and

. >>> we want to go back live toy muriel bowser's pre conference. >> we want to give you a briefing on the very significant fire we had here i want t acknowledge the presence of the ward 6 council member charles allen. earlier today, there were calls for smoke at thisng buil they arrived to find a building actively involved in fire. this is a 162-unit apartment building for seniors. 161 occupied units. our firefighters, members of the united states marine corps and neighbors bunt into this ding to make sure that everyone could g out safely. we have scanned this building and we believe that everyone has gotten out of the building. the building management has also contacted all a tenants and tenants have been accounted for. fire and ems wil go back in tomorrow when it's safe to do so to continue the search of the building. i want to thank all of our fire and ems personnel who went into a very dangerous situation and made sure that our residents could get out safely. i'm going to ask chief dean to give you the operations briefing for how this depard.ent respon >> good evening. so, the fir

. >> look at the social media shoutouts from may muriel bowser about them telling them their future is bright and council member charles allen praising them f representing d.c. so well. >> keep it up. you're doing well. >>> the numbersre still coming in from alex's lemon aid stand. folks jumped in to buy the frozen ice. they raised 500 bucks selling lemon ice. it's raised $173,000. >> everyit le bit counts. >> and clarence goodman, aka ite chocolate. everybody calls him that. nobody knows him by his real name. he's even a bigger star at the wharf. p we him on tv the friday before labor day. that story resonated big. arence says jesselo tay has never opened early in the 43 years we were there. >> i brought my own table and chairs. >> you can sit out there, lay the newspaper out and be hagood >> day you didn't come back to work. ou stayed out there all morning. >> i was working, angie. and quick update, they're not getting a lot of business because of the storm. once the storm's over, sho the guy some love down there, buy some clams. >> order double. >>> 6:19. letting you know before you

d the mayor bowser said fatal stabbing has outraged the community. >> we want people s to feele going about their normal activities. na woman joggingur street is a normal activity. >> reporter: now, murder suspecy anthrawford is expected to make his first court appearance before a judge h.ce at superior court in just minutes. we are learning new information from the charging documentsin cating the victim in this case, wendy martinez, was stabbedeven times. that there was a blood trail leading away from the crime scene. there were a pair of white socks found. and an aquaintancf the suspect was a user of synthetic ana and sometimes has unpredictable results. live in d.c. superior court. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> and we are working for with you ways to keep yourself safe before taking your next run.z erica gon has those two coming up. >>> let's get back to what we were doing 24 hours it was amazing. you watch it play out here on news4 at 4:00.ni t, firefighters are still out there sifting through rubble at the sior apartment complex. >> more than 80 seniors are homeless a

.> mayor mur yell bowser honoringes l lost at 9/11. she thanked them for making the sacrifices for the community and telling them the city stronger and safer because of them. >>> some new york city firefighte to their fallen firefighters by taking their day of serve to the south. traveling to north carolina to help prepare for the hurricane. the 82 firefighters are trained in urban search and rescue and disaster recovery and some had specialized water and boat operating training. >> they will likely be busy in the days to come. >> it looks like it is starting to t more south. >> yes, and that's huge news for us. we were looking at this yesterday and it looked like a isabel track. i was worried about the flooding into the potomac, annapolis, today that's not looking like that at all. >> no. we couldee some minor flooding, just because of how wet we've been. we're talking about next tuesday, maybe two t four inches of rain. >> we've seen so much of it. and it is looking like that. the clouds have been here a while. theye going totick aro

s may muriel bowser is concerned about what's been happening all over the city. >> dramatic.geous. and it happened in different city.s across the all non-random acts. all people likely who kw each other. >> as of this morning there have been at least 119omicides in d.c. that number has alreadysu rpassed all of the killings in last year when there were 116. > take a look at this e.scen a man braved this fire and smoke to save four sangers from a ba crash in dal city. it happened yesterday on ridgefield road. witnesses say a silver chrysler jumped the mediannd slammed head on into the jeep. david ayello was driving a jeep. he went through the sun roof to pull the driver from the burning jeep. >> we tore down the jeep's sun roof to get him out a he was just completely hurt. so far he had a broken leg. the steering wheel was compressed on his chest. he couldn't breathe. i hope everyone is okay and everyone wants to go back homed every >> ayella was able to pull the driver out of theer chry firefighters rescued the trapped passenger. all four people wer seriously hurt and medivace

mayor bowser cut the rib don paed on the first of several new homeles shelters for families across the city with a surprise little guest. news 4 spoke to the mayor about new he wanted to bring her little baby miranda to the event. >> one, two, three! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: today's ribbon cutting was supposed to shine a light on the mayor and d.c.'s efforts to close the d.c. general family shelter.s >> it' past time to demolish d.c. general. >> reporter:aby miranda stole the show. the new shelter called the kennedy is off kennedy street northwest in ward 4, home to as many as 45 families offering modern living accommodations as well as recreation space, computer labs, and there's also going to be space for service providers that wilh help e family on their paths to housing. from this single mom living with her son in the d.c. general shelter for two years, she says there'somparison between the new shelters and where she's been living. l,>> d.c. gene the moment you walk in, it's kind of gloomy. just the way that it is set up, it's set up more -- >> rorter: this i quite a ga

yor bowser says she opens the arrest brings some calm to the community and to martinez's family and friends. >> we want people to feel safe going with their normal activities. and a woman jogging on our streets is a normal activity. >> reporter: and as you saw s there, so muport for the martinez family after what has happened here. going forward, crawford is being held without bond, he is facing a charge of sond degre murder. now, at this point you heard the chief say that they are looking his criminal past so far it has not turned up a he violent past, however, they havd learhat he may have a history of substance abuse. a tipster saying that they know that crawford was an avid using ofg synthetic d k-2, and they will also look at his mental health history t see if they can connect any cot dots betwee that and what happened re. i'm justin finch, news 4. back into you. >>> and we're following a siation in dupont circle, police say a pedestrian has been struck and taken life-threateni. the information that we havff fromials is that that man was on a scooter and was hit by an suv and was actua

least two different lists of residents and originally said everyone was accounted for.mayor muriel bowser's information, we already know one case, this case, where it didn't match up with what they said."once the man was found unidentified mayor's office staffer:"today they acknowledged that they had not laid eyes on him personally." the 74-year-old was taken to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries.allen kilsheimer/structural engineer: "very lucky man." (catherine) the mayor says that search crews will do one more sweep of the building, to make sure no one else is there. (catherine) among the victims of hurricane florence.....stranded animals. hundreds of them.....cats, dogs, chicken and others......were left in rough conditions.(vicki) some survived...some did not. it's happening in robson county...north carolina. a community about two hours east of charlotte. animal rescuers there say they found hundreds of animals left behind at the storm...in unbearable conditions.

. >>> a bowser's bundle of joy. >> looking down at miranda and just those eyes looking back at me and knowing that i was her entire world. >>> news 4 brings you your first look at the d.c. mayor's new baby. >> news 4 at 5:00 begins with breaking news. >>> yes, we're starting this hour with an update on this nasty crash in prince george county. >> check out these live pictures, folks, from chopper 4. a fuel tanker, a tow truck and cement truck all involved inis horrible wreck in upper particular marlboro. highway officials say it started when the cement truck hit the back of that fuel tanker. the cement truck then overturned on to those railroad tracks. no major injuriesor rd. we will keep you updated as we learn more about this. >>> plus a day more than three years in the making. the start of trial for the man charged in connection with the d.c. mansion murder >> today marked the start of jury selection, something that could pve to be pivotal for the lone suspect in this high-profile case. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald is at d.c. superior court with details on sometng that went down e

mayor muriel bowser says this in outraged community. the police chief, peter newsham, called this an unprovoked, attaery unsettling, very isolated in what he called a safe neighborhood. 35-year-old wendy martinez was an avid jogger. she was running tuesday night, west on "p street and at the intersection of 11th and "p" she was tabbed multipletimes. she came into the asian-american restaurant where cus in vain to save her. the suspect was captured on video. it appears that this was the same suspect we've been suwing n tv. he was wearing a very distinctive mustard-colored shirt and carrying a knife. we'll hear now from the mayor and police chief about today's -- about the arrest made yesterday. >> wendy's murder has been devastating to her family and friends. people in this neighborhood. and certainly damaging to all of our sses ofsafety. >> i live in this city. i think that it is unsettling for anyone who lives in this city to see something like this happen. is is a very isolated instance. you don't seee crimes l this very much, even du