let's go back out to the streets and brad bell is still there. brad was there where the police actually were beginning to move to another location. brad, what's go on there right now? brad: yeah we've moved about a block, leon and right now, i would say that things are calm. a moment ago i actually saw somebody throwing something up the street. what's going on now is the police here are starting to load up, round them up load up head out and go into different trouble spots around the city. the vans speeding off in a variety of directions to where the trouble spots are now and we're hearing reports that, you know, that the problems are moving downtown. and that's the direction you're looking. that is downtown. down reisterstown road. they're allow now some traffic, it would seem to come up reisterstown road and those people are laying on their horns at that police officer who is out there directing traffic. i can't say that the people in those cars are the ones that were throwing rocks. but they certainly are angry enough that they're going to lay

city in crisis here with maryland bureau chief brad bell. kevin lewis is also here with us as is horace holmes. let's get things started this hour with brad

hansen creek apartments brad bell, abc 7 news. scott: right now, we are monitoring a developing story out of fairfax county where prosecutors say they'll convene a grand jury in the wrongful death suit against police. the decision comes one day after the board of supervisors announced a settlement with john geer's family. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live at fairfax county courthouse to explain. jeff? jeff: well scott i spoke with county attorney prosecutor ray morrow this afternoon who basically said it's a coincidence that his officers are moving forward with a decision to convene a grand jury one day after the county settled a wrongful death suit with the family of john geer for nearly $3 million. morrow says the evidence simply was not ready to move forward until today. morrow says his office was already leaning in this direction to go forward but it wasn't until today, this week rather, that the commonwealth's attorney from faquier county who is the special prosecutor reviewing this case presented morrow's

our brad bell is still standing by in the thick of it. brad, you likely heard some of what the police had to say. what's the latest out there? brad: actually, i heard very little of what the police had to say other than there were seven injuries and they certainly don't want this lawlessness. what's happened since we last spoke is the police have moved in on this group that has been throwing rocks and bricks. take a pan to the right and to the left you can see the maryland state police troopers are moving in as well. the police have been showing incredible restraint, if i may say. incredible restraint. they've had people just throwing stones, throwing rocks, they've been hitting the shields. they've been throwing the rocks up and over these officers. take a look over here john and a few moments ago they basically had enough and they moved towards the young people who were throwing the stones from down the street. and couple of officers pulled their tasers out of their holsters and went back down north monroe and ironically this is above th

jummy: ok brad bell live for us in baltimore. thank you. as you saw there in brad's live shot, the violence has calmed down and the big scene is the cleanup being done by baltimore resident who's are sad to see what's happening in their community. our john gonzalez has been in baltimore all morning and he is still there now with how people are responding today. john? john: jummy, we are live here on west pratt street about 10 miles from where brad was just reporting live just to give you a sense of how widespread the destruction and the damage is. it has been reported more than 140 car fires, more than a dozen buildings set ablaze. and dozens more looted like this beauty supply shop. take a look inside. i mean, it is just absolutely destroyed. this happened we're told around 1:00 morning, some of the merchants here some of the business owners saying they heard gunshots and then they saw large crowds breaking the windows, breaking the doors and coming in and absolutely ransacking these businesses. you can see all of the destruction here. it i

in baltimore, brad bell, abc 7 news. maureen: thank you, brad. a first hand look at what a store owner saw the night that looters destroyed his business. still ahead in our continuing coverage, what the store owner says upset him the most as he watched hundreds pillage his store. during the rioting earlier this week, one baltimore man protected his workplace with a machete. brian woodyard lives a few blocks from a bar where he works as a bouncer. as the situation deteriorated on monday woodyard grabbed a machete, put on a mask and helped his boss fend off looters. vince then neighbors have been calling him the baltimore batman. >> i mean but a lot of us did defend our homes, defend our storefronts, defend our bars and i mean, we did our best. maureen: while some looters made their way inside woodyard was able to keep a large number out. an ex-convict, woodyard said he wanted to stand up for the people who gave him a second chance. a baltimore city councilman is standing by his push to stop using a word to describe the rioters. a word used by many

in baltimore, brad bell abc 7 news. maureen: thank you brad. a virginia beach police officer is accused of -- is facing accusations that he used excessive force during a traffic stop. in the january 10th incident that officers used pepper spray on one in the car and immediately use a stun gun on him. virginia beach police chief says the officer should have given the pepper spray more time to work before turning to a stun gun. the officer is on administrative duty. a d.c. judge has released -- ordered the release of the latest man accused of jumping the white house fence. secret service agents captured 54-year-old jerome hunt last night moments after agents say he jumped the fence. the sacramento california man is charged with unlawful entry. as part of his release, hunt must undergo a mental health evaluation and wear a g.p.s. monitor. he's due back in court next month. a passionate defense from the man who landed his gyrocopter outside the u.s. capitol. doug hughes says he has no regrets about last night's flight. hughes told abc news his only

our brad bell has been in these streets as well.'s check in with him and see what he's been seeing and hearing from his vantage point. brad? brad: leon i'm about 150 yards and two police lines away from you and i am in a crowd that is peaceful. it's almost a holiday atmosphere. almost a celebratory atmosphere. you can take a look back there. this group right here is playing music. they have been out here for a long time. every now and then folks get up and

in annapolis, brad bell abc 7 news. jummy? jummy: brad coming up here at noon new developments in a police involved shooting death in tulsa, oklahoma. the next step for the 73-year-old volunteer deputy after he confused a taser with a real gun. and a health alert this noon, how taking pain relievers could impact your mental well being. and new and improved metrocards make their debut today. up close look at the high-tech features you should know about. in the weather department more unsettled weather in the forecast. doug back with the best time for outdoor plans this week. we'll be right back. jummy: new developments this afternoon in the north carolina community college shooting. police say the deadly incident is now being investigated as a hate crime. they arrested 20-year-old kenneth stancil. he was taken into custody early this morning in florida. he was actually spotted sleeping on a beach in daytona, florida. stancil is accused of shooting and killing the school's print shop director. authorities in oklahoma say a volunt

brad bell, abc 7 news. maureen: a funeral for freddie gray is planned for monday at new shilo baptist church in baltimore. his wake will be sunday afternoon at vaughn green funeral home. issues of race and the police will be the topics at a day long symposium sponsored by the smithsonian tomorrow much at least two of the sessions will be on the impact of the protests in ferguson, missouri, on american history. all the events are sold out. those events in ferguson sparked a surge in demand for police body cameras and that's had a major impact on camera maker taser international. since august 8th, the day before the shooting death of michael brown, the stock's value has nearly tripled in value. it closed today just under $30 a share. taser international's other major product is the stun gun and it is being shelved at fairfax county's jail. the move is considered temporary while the department investigates the death of a 37-year-old woman after she was stunned during an altercation with guards in february. a c

brad bell first broke this as breaking news right here on "good morning washington" today and has latest from anne arundel county where cadets are searching for new evidence. brad: this will give you an idea of how intense an investigation this is. this is the anne arundel police recruit class and you can see that they're going shoulder to shoulder right now searching for any clue that can help detectives get the man who shot an officer behind bars. it's 2:20 a.m. when the anne arundel officer patrolling his beat pulls into this 7-eleven. someone in the store tells him about a suspicious character lurking outside. the officer approaches the man in a dark hoodie. that's when things go bad. >> we know there was some sort of scuffle and some sort of struggle ensued where the suspect ran from the officer. officer ran after him. brad: witnesses at the store hear a shot much the officer is down. unable to call for help. a second arriving patrolman finds the officer who is transported to a hospital in critical condition. >> he did have his bulletproof vest but this wasn't a wound that hit the v

leon: we get started with maryland bureau chief brad bell. you were standing by for a statement? brad: yeah, that is happening right now at the shiloh church. a quick look at the family. i think perhaps we can play a sound bite from a moment ago. the family is pleading with the city for peacce. >> this is a wonderful coming together tonight, and my main interest is facilitating this. everybody has been asking us everybody wants to know. now you know. now, these ministers appear, men from all walks of life, they came together because to a person they are interested in stopping the violence, and they are to a person they are interested in police brutality and to a person -- let me ask you all a question -- how any of you know somebody close to you or yourself have been victims of police brutality, please raise your hand. look all around. look all around you. brad: ok, that is the attorney who represents the family. we heard from freddie gray's mother a little while ago and she is pleading with the city to stop the violence, saying this is not what freddie would have wanted. this has

our brad bell has been in these streets as well. let's check in with him and see what he's been seeing and hearing from his vantage point. brad? brad: leon i'm about 150 yards and two police lines away from you and i am in a crowd that is peaceful. it's almost a holiday atmosphere. almost a celebratory atmosphere. you can take a look back there. this group right here is playing music. they have been out here for a long time. every now and then folks get up and dance. it has been, as we said peaceful. we could show you more video of what it's been like all day long. people coming out in peaceful protests saying there needs to be justice. things do need to change. and their demands need to be heard. there has been tension out here. one we caught on camera, man got a little bit agitated. not sure what happened. police decided to go out and grab him and bring him back into custody. we've seen a cleanup across town. but for the most part what we have seen is people calling for change in a peaceful way saying what happened last night was n

our brad bell has been in baltimore all week and he is live right now with the latest on the city in crisis. brad? brad: yeah jummy a week ago -- a week and a half ago the police said they would complete their investigation by tomorrow. and as you said they have now released the fact that they have completed that investigation and handed the results over to the state's attorney today, a day early. they did not reveal anything about that investigation other than that there was an additional van stop for freddie gray. we can show you the video. you can recall during the riots we were doing stories about the arrest of freddie gray. he was picked up in west baltimore. handled seemingly roughly in the video by police and put in the back of a transport van. well, the police have said they knew that he was ok going into the back of that van. and when he came out, well he was near death. police revealed today there was one additional van stop that they didn't know about before before freddie gray got medical attention. the bottom line from the commissioner, he says, their report is now in the

brad: brad bell, abc 7 news. alison: brad tells us oceana did not name any of the restaurants in the area. it cannot say for certain where in the supply chain the switch was made. leon: it appears you can't say that people taste the difference. can you? doug: one thing to watch for being a native marylander and beware, if you're looking for crab meat you know, whole crab meat, make your own if it says blue swimming crab that's not it. the chesapeake bay blue crab is the only species that is maryland blue crab. if calenektu sapidose. leon: did you learn that in second grade or third grade? doug: i love my crabs. i love blue skies, too look at this. sunshine looking live at the capitol. couple of clouds that we have will dissipate tonight. that's in the process right now as we cool off a bit. cooling from the 50's to around 60. 61 at the moment at reagan national. north-northwesterly winds at 16 miles an hour. the area is very dry. that's good news for us. drop quite a bit of the heat that we build up during the day

maryland bureau chief brad bell live in baltimore where the chief of police just talked about the case. brad? brad: yeah, press conference wrapped up just about 10 minutes ago, leon. this is baltimore city police headquarters. it's quiet here right now. police are maintaining a strong presence here where they might not normally have patrol officers out and about. the concern is tomorrow as you said, large protests. now, we can show you some video of what things looked like today. video of the street where freddie gray was arrested by police april 12th. of course he died seven days later. very quiet out there today. we did spot one small protest outside city hall. a group of maybe 70 80 people or so quietly airing their grievances. inside city hall at the same time the mayor appearing with a group of pastors from the city. basically, getting them on her side. she's getting on their side and trying to tell everyone in town to keep things peaceful ahead of tomorrow's protests. the mayor says justice will be done. >> we will determine exactly how this death occurred. if necessary, we will

i'm brad bell. when we come back why authorities say there may be dozens mor alison: prosecutors say he stalked his victims at beer pong tournaments. leon: tonight, he learned his fate after being dubbed the beer pong rapist. brad bell has more developments from today's sentencing. brad? brad: big sentence today, leon. the judge has sent joey poindexter, 40 years old now to prison for 150 years and the judge says keeping him in prison for the rest of his life is the only way to protect the community. prosecutors claim and the judge agreed that joey poindexter is the worst and most prolific rapist in the history of montgomery county. >> he hunted human beings. brad: poindexter devoted his life to playing beer pong with college aged men looking for victims, befreniending them and getting them drunk. this catches him in action leaped an 18-year-old clearly intoxicated young man out of a college park bar. that victim taken to poindexter's home in gait again and again. he had the courage to go to police.

brad bell investigates. brad: down at the d.c.food war, -- wharf people are angry. >> i feel like pete bowler getting scammed -- i feel like people are getting scammed. brad: if you water a maryland blue crab crab cake from a restaurant in our area, more than a third of the time it will be fake. >> if it's maryland crab labeled, it is fraud. brad: when they test it 90 crabcakes from 86 restaurants from d.c. to ocean city, they often found the main ingredient to be meat from the asian swimming crab, from the other side of the planet. >> the impact with the waterman, seafood businesses, and the ocean. brad: this is what you should be getting if you order maryland blue crab. that familiar shape and beautiful blue color. and buying crabmeat, read the label carefully. in a restaurant, there is no way to know if it is local seafood. that is why oceania is sounding the alarm. >> give me what i paid for. >> if you are advertising maryland crab cakes, you should be selling maryland crab cakes. kimberly: oceania did not name the restaurants

maryland bureau chief brad bell explains why prince george's county executive or sean baker is throwing her support behind him. >> i am supporting chris van hollen as the next senator for the state of maryland because he will fight for prince george's county. brad: baker without announcement surprise some, who thought he would support another person running for the seat from prince george's county for stop baker says he is and forcing the best candidate. >> i'm endorsing a person who understands prince george's county. : brad baker says that race is not his primary concern. >> i know it is in the best interest of the county and state. brad: ike leggett speaks of his history in the civil rights movement and says that van hollen shares his values. >>'s leadership on all these issues we fought for his impeccable. brad: van hollen already has a huge fundraising lead in this will make raising more campaign money easier. van hollen: i'm grateful for the incredible work these leaders do every day on behalf of our communities. :brad: we reached out to the other candidate, but she did not respon

brad bell is live in temple hills with the video you'll see only on 7. brad? brad: yeah alison it is a violent video and it took place early this morning 1:00 a.m. over here at the hansen creek apartments and as you said the victim alleges a pattern of harassment beginning with the lease violations written up by a particular security guard. the man says he complained yesterday and he believes last night that guard was looking for a confrontation. the cell phone video shows two security guards kicking and punching deion giles after he has crumbled to the floor. his eyes already burning from pepper spray. >> i couldn't breathe. i thought i was going to die. brad: it got worse. the video also shows the security guards identified by their employer as michael bell and jabari bishop using a stun gun repeatedly on giles. today, his eyes are still burning. >> they tased me once and tased me here and tased me in my back. brad: the allegations was that he was driving the car in the complex without a permit. >> those officers are placed on administrative suspension witho

in waldorf, brad bell, abc 7 news. alison: brad, thank you. a fairfax county police officer is being held without bond tonight charged with possessing child pornography and now investigators are setting up a hotline specifically related to the bud walker case. to find out if there are anymore potential victims, northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg first reported walker's arrest last night at 5:00 and he is live in alexandria with more on how the center for missing and exploited children helped start this investigation. jeff? jeff: it really did. a tip came into the center here in alexandria and after that point, fairfax county police got involved. bud walker was arraigned today in a courtroom in fairfax county. no comment from his attorney. but now, the investigation into the former public information officer is moving forward. the arrest of bud walker has hit hard in fairfax county from everyday citizens -- >> shocked about it. reporter: to the chief of police. >> this matter is disappointing to all of us. jeff: and it all started her

brad bell is live at that scene and the latest with the investigation. brad? brad: yes scott, it's been an all day effort. this crash happened at 7:00 a.m., as you said, and just in the last half-hour, they got this road open and you can see that the tracks are -- the cars are now moving over the area where the crash was. you can see that the disturbed area, that was it. the work that was going on now and environmental crew out here cleaning up some of the oil that was spilled. this was a massive crash. the two big rigs are barely recognizable. in the foreground, the burned out remains of the truck which had been headed eastbound with a load of lumber. state police found the body of a male driver in there. behind it that twisted mess is the cab of the westbound truck. a man and his female passenger killed in there as the trucks hit head on at highway speeds. >> the impact was -- it was a devastating impact. brad: the state police investigation is just getting started but it appears that it was the westbound truck which fails to stay in its lane. this tractor-t

brad bell has more. brad: the international spy museum has been hugely popular. people are willing to pay to see exhibits like 50 years of james bond villians. >> we've had great visitorship particularly the last few weeks during the spring break period. that is our busiest every year. brad: it's so successful, in fact, that the museum has been looking for a bigger home for years. now, comes word that a possible new location has been identified. l'enfant plaza across the street from the u.s. postal service headquarters. the building will stand on this piece of ground and will be six stories tall and 100,000 square feet. it will feature a ground floor open atrium and a rooftop terrace and room for the spy museum to grow its exhibits. >> we don't really have too much out here so think it would be nice to have something. brad: the spy museum spokesperson cautions it's too early to call it a done deal. >> eventually it's our long term plan to find a more permanent home for the museum. we don't know where that's going to be. we're excited towards the prospects we're w

in baltimore, brad bell, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, brad. demonstrations over the death of freddie gray has spread to other cities as well. they are going to vernon square for two hours for a rally and march to the white house. last night, two people were shot during protests in ferguson missouri and today, the new u.s. attorney general called for calm. >> these senseless acts of violence are not only a grave danger to the community and they must stop but they are also counterproductive to the ultimate goal here which is developing a respectable conversation within the baltimore community and across the nation about the way our law enforcement officers interact with the residents that we are charged to serve and to protect. leon: there was scrutiny on those with that charge in baltimore for many quarters. maryland's attorney general is investigating the baltimore police department's actions in freddie gray's death. alison? alison: this week's violence, of course, led to an historic day at camden yard as a baseball game was being played witho

brad bell abc 7 news. leon: and easter dinner leaves one couple with a bad taste in their mouths. >> i was embarrassed. he was embarrassed. and it just turned to just disgust. leon: yeah. you'll find out why. coming up ahead here what they were shocked to see on a television at a family restaurant. how the manager there is responding. leon: d.c. police say they need your help in finding a man caught on camera stealing a package from a home. the theft took place last friday outside of a home on ninth street northeast. the house surveillance camera captured a person taking the package off the porch and then walking away. if you know anything police want to hear from you. now, let's get back to the weather and let's get ready for another round of rain tonight. alison: yep, chief meteorologist doug hill joins us with a check of the forecast. how is it looking, doug? doug: it's coming our way. not a question of if just a question of when. we're tracking rain out west. doppler radar, live images and off to the w

in langley park, brad bell, abc 7 news. leon: that would be good. thank you, brad. let's turn to the weather now. boy, another gorgeous day outside. alison: started out that way. a few changes are going on though. some storms or at least rain popping up around the area. right, doug? doug: few showers pop up every now and then get a lightning strike but that's about it. partly sunny skies and very warm temperatures. get you started at a look at what's happening around the area right now from the rooftop camera. clouds and sun pretty typical across the viewing area at this hour. most of the rain continues to be to the west and southwest of metro washington. it is moving to the southeast towards the bottom right-hand side of your screen so if that trend continues and nothing new pops up it looks like most of this will in fact stay south-southwest and south of the district and those areas for the next several hours and will end later tonight. 75 in gaithersburg now and in quantico. 77 degrees in manassas and at andrews air force base. as we head through the evening hour

abc 7's brad bell broke the news of gray's injuries first on 7. brad is live in baltimore with what happened inside the van. brad? brad: a week and a half ago, police told us that freddie gray died of spinal cord injuries. and they said at that point that they believe the injuries happened inside the van and not out on the sidewalk. and now we know more about why they believe that. the sources very familiar with the investigation told me today that injuries have been discovered on freddie gray's head consistent that matches up with a bolt in the back of the police transport van into which he was put after his arrest. now, they tell us that freddie gray was handcuffed behind his back. that he was in leg shackles and the theory is that he was standing up in the van kind of like this and that he went flying for whatever reason his head contacting the wall and the injuries that he suffered to his spinal cord happening at some point in that fall. now, the police report was released today to the state's attorney. the state's attorney has announced that h

maryland bureau chief brad bell has reaction to today's sentencing. brad: we met the then 8-year-old in september of 2013 days after he survived being attacked by his father's ex-girlfriend. he still had staples in his scalp from being bludgeoned with a dumbbell. >> yeah i remember all of it. when i woke up, she was smothering me. brad: she was 26-year-old helen newsome. she pleaded guilty to the brutal attack back in january. in 2013 she had just broken up with jacob's dad. angry, she hid in a room in the home where jacob and his father often stayed. when the little boy was asleep under his red skins sheets, she attacked attacked. he fought back with a move he had seen on tv. >> i head butted her. brad: enraged, she hit him with a dumbbell. he fought her off again and called 911. >> ok. brad: today for her crime, a judge sentenced newsome to 30 years in prison. >> deserved every day of the 30 years, you break into a home and attempt to kill an innocent child, anybody who hurts a child deserves every day, every day that they get. brad: though victim im

brad bell is live in lanham to explain the story. brad? brad: this incident happened april 9th here in glendale apartments, first floor walkup. this man right here was supposed to be babysitting this 2-year-old little boy. whatever happened in the unit the child ended up deceased. anthony winfrey would have turned 2 next friday. he's a little boy that loved his toys and cuddling. that's what his obituary says. an obituary for a toddler allegedly murdered in his own apartment by a man he trusted. he was buried monday. today, his grandfather musters the strength to speak briefly of his family's pain. >> our family is just in the process of grieving and mourning over anthony. brad: this man joshua riley 29 is charged with murdering anthony. he lived with anthony's mother in lanham. back on april 9th rooly was babysitting the the boy. she found her son unresponsive and he died in the hospital six days later. when an autopsy showed the cause of death at blunt force trauma detectives charged riley. >> now my heart is racing. brad: he lives in th

abc 7's brad bell broke the news of gray's injuries first on 7.d is live in baltimore with what happened inside the van. brad? brad: a week and a half ago, police told us that freddie gray died of spinal cord injuries. and they said at that point that they believe the injuries happened inside the van and not out on the sidewalk. and now we know more about why they believe that. the sources very familiar with the investigation told me today that injuries have been discovered on freddie gray's head consistent that matches up with a bolt in the back of the police transport van into which he was put after his arrest. now, they tell us

we've got our maryland bureau chief brad bell there so look for his report throughout the day. in the meantime we want to get to some news just in from baltimore city police. the police department just issued this memo saying they have received credible information that various gangs are partnering up to take out law enforcement. police are advising officers to take precautions to ensure their safety. any updates on this breaking detail coming up later on in this newscast. in the meantime right now, police on the scene of a homicide investigation in stafford county. detectives there say a man was shot multiple times on clint lane. abc 7's sam sweeney was first on the scene this morning and live there this noon with the latest from investigators. sam? sam: jummy, we just found out brand new information that the man who was shot and killed outside of his door 5:00 this morning was an employee of the f.b.i. we do not know his role within this organization but we are told that a representative from the f.b.i. is en route to the scene to brief us on what his role was with that organ

anchor: maryland bureau chief brad bell is live with the details. brad? brad: well dramatic time in court today as the judge read out the sentence adding 20 years to 20 years to 10 years to 20 years for each of the counts until he got to 150 year sentence. for now 40-year-old joey poindexter and we can show you some video of mr. poindexter. his mug shot and surveillance video of him leading a young man out of a college park bar back in 2013. you can see the young man clearly intoxicated. prosecutors proved in court that that was poindexter's m.o. he would go to beer pong tournaments, play beer pong with college aged men and get them drunk. in all likelihood drugged, and then bring them back to his gaithersburg home. where he would keep them drunk or drugged while he committed horrible sexual assaulting on his victims. this is what the state's attorney john mccarthy had to say after the sentence came down. >> an individual who i think clearly is a vial evil, depraved predator who coldly and premeditatedly for years preyed upon incapacitated and i do agree

in baltimore, brad bell, abc 7 news. alison: ok. thank you very much for that breaking news. riot stemming from frustration over this case led to a strict curfew, of course, in the city of baltimore and now there are questions about how this citywide bedtime could hurt businesses on what's expected to be a busy weekend there. kevin lewis live in baltimore with reaction from business owners today. kevin? kevin: hi there, alison. hull street cafe here in baltimore on locust point certainly feeling the financial pinch here. the owner here says about 50% of his business happens after sunset. needless to say many taps inside haven't been pouring many libations. it gets worse. a handful of bars in downtown baltimore purchased airing rights to the manny paquio vs. floyd mayweather boxing match. it isn't expected to start until 11:30 saturday night well after baltimore's 10:00 p.m. curfew. one bar shelled out 6 grand to air the match. a number of weddings have been canceled. one couple was going to say "i do" at the swanky waterfront kitchen at the inner harbor but called things off

but as maryland bureau chief brad bell reports, it looks a lot different than the bill the governor first proposed. brad: as he goes about the job of signing 120 newly passed bills into law, maryland governor larry hogan is boasting in his first few months on the job, he's delivered on his fundamental campaign promise. >> that maryland is finally headed in a new direction. brad: for hogan, that means two things. lower taxes and reduced state spending and all his battles with the democrat controlled legislature grew increasingly partisan republican hogan says mission partially accomplished. >> the streak of 40 consecutive tax increases over eight long years is finally broken. brad: one major sticking point, an 11th hour battle over school funds for counties including prince george's and montgomery. the legislature added money that the governor may not spend. not a popular stance with the teachers unions. >> the governor has a simple decision. he's either going to side with schools and our kids and public education and make that available or he's not. brad: with the legislature adjourned an

the story that brad bell broke first, i've on the scene with what he's learned. what is the latest? [no audio] ♪ brad: in dozens of videos posted to youtube, he would be performing about guns and violence. his way to encourage peace. >> people might look at the videos and say, i don't know. he was like our personal spike lee. brad: he was filming in this alleyway. he's starring in and erecting another of his videos. >> all he wanted to do was add videos. >brad: a gun likely used as a prop goes off. he is hit and killed. the cast and crew scatter. police find him alone in the parking lot. many being questioned by detectives who want to know if his death was an accident or a murderer. the latter a possibility his brother can't imagine. >> he never bothered nobody. for real. he was doing what he loved, man. that's what he loved. [no audio] leon: thank you, brad. detectives plan to canvass the area. they will be handing out flyers and looking for witnesses and any potential clues. alison: a major breakthrough in the nuclear in negotiations with iran. the framework of a deal is now in pla

brad bell has made his way down to camden yards and from what we have been told and had been hearing earlier, brad throughout the evening people were -- a lot of people were making their way down into that area. brad: if they were here, they left in a hurry. it's otherwise quiet. these fences have been put up to keep people from putting on. and now this is a bizarre sight.

let's get back to brad bell a couple of blocks away and seeing a lot of action and he's watching the police redeploy. what's going on now? brad: they have redeployed and left our area here. when i got here several hours ago, this was ground zero. this is where all the stone throwing was going on. the police have moved on. you were just talking about some clergy. just talked to a pastor from a church here who said that they had gotten word from the city that they wanted to go out and try to intercept these kids. they know a lot of these young people. now, you're describing some video of some folks that don't seem to be all that young but in this area, the pastors came out and they said they didn't get here quick enough. now, it got personal for us. i told you a little while ago when we came back to our car to get a memory chip that rocks were being thrown at us. now we've gotten back to our channel 7 vehicle here and you can see our windshield is among those broken out. the rock that was thrown right here. about 10 15 pound chunk of concrete. and that was thrown right through the back

brad bell, abc 7 news. alison: to man is charged with murder after he killed someone in annandale. abc 7 was there yesterday. investigators say both yanez and the victim knew each other. leon: mixed reactions from around the globe over the tentative deal of iran's nuclear program. iran is not allowed to keep its promises. reporter: iran's president addressed his nation on friday. president rouhani: at the same time we have taken's reps for the lifting --taken steps for the lifting of sanctions. reporter: the agreement outlines major points that will get fleshed out in a final deal by the end of june. over the next 15 years iran will have to reduce its number of centrifuges and stockpiles in low and rich uranium and stop enriching uranium at one of the biggest reactors. if they find iran and compliance, crippling sanctions against iran will be lifted. the white house is on the offense, selling the deal to congress. it has work to do overseas as well. benjamin netanyahu says the framework poses a grave threat to the world. >> such a deal paves the path. reporter: at least five have s

brad: it got worse. the video also shows the security guards identified by their employer as michael bell and jabari bishop using a stun gun repeatedly on giles. today, his eyes are still burning. >> they tased me once and tased me here and tased me in my back. brad: the allegations was that he was driving the car in the complex without a permit. >> those officers are placed on administrative suspension without pay. brad: he runs the security company for which both the men in the video work. when informed of what happened he invited us to his laurel office to view the security guard's body camera video of the incident. in his video, you can hear giles daring the guard to spray him while the guard challenges giles to fight back. and then the body cam video stops. we show craig what happens next on the cell phone video. >> i don't like it. i don't like the video because there wasn't a clear understanding of what you want that person to do. brad: the guard should have deescalated the conflict gotten in his car and called police. deion giles agrees. >> harassment. i'm being harassed. brad: after seeing the vid

but let's start with maryland bureau chief brad bell. he's live along north avenue. brad what's the latest this evening? brad: well leon a couple of headlines. first one is the scene here on north avenue is actually returning to normal. no real protesters and the police you can see have taken off their riot gear as part of a planned deescalation according to one of the commanding officers i've spoken to. and we have some breaking news. the police said they were going to go ahead and take two weeks to complete their investigation into the death of freddie gray. they gave themselves a deadline of this friday. we now know that the current plan is not to release the results of that investigation publicly but to hand them over to the state's attorney for a decision upon whether or not anyone will be charged. this news coming as we said as the city moves back to normalcy. baltimore's inner harbor glistens, as always. people stroll and jog. but it's under the watchful eye of national guard soldiers dressed for combat. they stand guard, too, at mondawmin mall, the place the r

maryland bureau chief brad bell in baltimore tonight where a news conference just wrapped up. what's the latest? what did you hear? brad: leon the baltimore police commissioner says this is a town on edge. the mayor says she's angry to have to be answering these questions dealing with the death of a young african-american man. as you said freddie gray arrested april 12th. he died yesterday. today, authorities are saying his autopsy showed he died as a result of spinal cord injuries. now, his arrest was caught on tape. we're going to show it to you. and as you watch it keep in mind police are now saying they do not believe that this man was injured during the arrest. they're now telling us they think that what killed him happened in the transport van that you're going to see on this video. >> that boy's legs are broke. his legs -- you're dragging him right dead. brad: that video from april 12 25-year-old freddie gray laid from police and he gave up and laid down. that's when according to sources, an officer plant the his right knee from gray's up baeshg. from another angle, cell

in lanham brad bell, abc 7 news. alison: new developments tonight in the case against charles severance, the man accused of killing three people in the city of alexandria will have his trial moved to fairfax. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg was in the courtroom as severance made faces at the judge and the attorneys during today's hearings. jeff, what was going on there? jeff: hey, alison, made faces at the judge, loudly interrupted and disagreed with his own attorney. even flipping the bird to the courtroom at one point. this is the behavior we've seen from charles severance in the past. but nothing quite like today. meanwhile, the judge is considering a motion from the defense attorneys basically arguing that the murder of nancy dunning should be tried separately from the other two arguing that 10 year gaps between the crimes negates any connection. for the first time today, the prosecution clearly stating its belief that charles severance was motivated to kill nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruthanne loda

abc 7's maryland bureau chief brad bell will have more on this story coming up at 5:00. scott: the man wanted in the murder of his wife at a dunkin' donuts in anne arundel county may have fled the country. police are still looking for many him. patel is charged in the april 12th death of his wife palek. her body was found in the hanover shop where the couple worked. "the capital gazette" reports that patel took a cab to newark international airport in new jersey after that mushed. -- murder. alison: we are an hour away from a rally and protest on the front lawn of the u.s. capitol. scott: this is the culmination of a nine day walk from new york to washington, d.c., call for an end to police brutality. suzanne kennedy has been with the protesters and joins us live with the latest. suzanne? suzanne: well, scott and alison, we're here on the west front of the capitol. take a look behind me and you can see the stage has been set for that rally which is scheduled to begin at 5:00 this evening. 70 people walked the 250 mile journey from manhattan to washington, d.c. through ci

i'm brad bell. coming up at 5:00 i'll tell you what you're really getting. alison: some terrifying moments for a 12-year-old locked inside his home with a burglar. he was alone at the time but he had one person helping him through the ordeal. >> did you see did he have a weapon in his hand or anything? >> i don't know. alison: the dispatcher talking to luke fornier who locked himself in his mother's bedroom after a man smashed a window and came inside. luke was whispering, as you could hear there, because he didn't obviously want to be heard. well, that's when the dispatcher came up with an idea. >> don't have to talk. one for yes and two for no ok? you're home alone? you're in a room? is it a bedroom? >> i had decided to go to the silent call procedure and continued to ask the questions to make him more comfortable. alison: this went on until the police arrived. when they got there the suspect was gone. thanks to luke not for long because his description led police right to that suspect. officers arrested him and they found various items they believe were s

so the report for brad bell from washington, the abc affiliate, he mentioned multiple sources said he's a serious reporter who has a background working in baltimore. i don't think he's guy that just scribbled down some notes from some cop. so i'm a little more believing of this. but i understand why other people are not. joy? >> reporter: well, chris, i'll tell you, now that we've done unfortunately so many stories like this the way this tends to go at least in my experience is that you get a leak from the police department or multiple leaks the from the police department, that tell the story that winds up being the story. and that these leaks tend to be what the defense is going to be. and it tends to work. and i think that you know, for african-americans, this is not a new thing. and i don't think people necessarily just believe that is the story that police are telling, but i think this is the preview to what is going to expull expullkate the officers. >> it could also be the truth. >> reporter: people here are not believing that. not even a fair amount of people are cynical, they're

. >>> let's get right to it with our "closing bell" exchange. brad mcmillan joins from us commonwealth financial network, doug gordon from russell investments, peter costa from empire executions and our very own rick santelli. lindsay, let me start with you. how bad is the first quarter gdp number going to be? and what's going on with the second quarter? are we getting much of a rebound here? >> as we saw in this morning's number, it was up 4%. not normally met by disappoint. the details, looking at that proxy for business spending we saw orders decline for the seventh consecutive month. down 4% year-over-year. down nearly 10%. this is significant weakness that cannot be discounted because of one-off disruptions and certainly not because of unseasonably colder winter weather. as we look out to the remaining nine months it's likely to continue to drag. consumer spending is down. housing is bouncing along. >> we have choppy economic numbers as she just referenced. what's going on with the old school tech names? when was the last time microsoft was up 1

brad of lincoln park. gentlemen, welcome to closing bell. >> thanks for having us.n a big investment. can you give us some hints? >> we're excited. we're a rock band we're not experts in finance or tech beyond the fact that we're experts in communicating with a global fan base. if we can engage directly with really smart people building companies that are innovating or are have potential to become a global category of one, this is just a way for us to support those organizations that we really care about. >> any further hints? that's pretty broad. >> we're working on four deals right now, they will be our first investments and we'll announce those in about a week or two. >> and mike i understand you're working as well in the advisory board of spotify, is that right? we're curious how spotify is in the middle of the changing music landscape and these streams wars we see going on. how significant has that been for you to be both a member of this band and now involved in the venture capital world? >> i'd say first of all my involvement with spotify came back before the

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