news4's corey smith was just feet away from where was going down.ou had a front row seat to there.t tell us w you've learned tonight. >> reporter: erica, we found out exactly what happened in the encounter between that suspect and the emp here at the starbucks before they came running outside. as you can see behind me, the businesses have closed fortnight. everyone has gone home. police left around 9:00 havinge arreheir suspect after a lengthy negotiation that all began with that bomb threat. this was the climactic end to a stand i don't find that just before 4:00 this evening. police say this man was intoxicated when he walked into thstarbucks. he told employees he had a bomb in his bag. two hours later he emerged from the back of the store and surrendered to officers. >> i don't come over here this happens. just crazy. >> reporter: erika had just arrived to grab cfee and immediately knew something was wronging. > everybody running out saying there's a gnse with a bomb. >> reporter: she started run >> too. ith the suspect in custody, police moved o

corey smith talked with band sembers. >> reporter: toda announcement brought many band members to tears. yes, they c a performin on a limited basis, but what hurts most is thef losseir director, dr. adolph wright. bandmateshe watchedress conference after meeting with the university president as a he says dr. wright was more than a band leader. >> for myself who has lost male figure in my biological family, dr. wright is the leader for me. he is the male figure in my fe. and a bunch of other people can say the same thing. university's the investigation found hazing is prevalent in the band. violations included constitution outlining discipline misconduct, requiring new band memrs to do certain acts of service for other members, harassment and alleged >> it was definitely hazing. >> reporter: band they say knew about it. she says the university must now change that. >> when you begin to create tt cultur of dependency where people lose their individuality and it is about the group. and you s the grou and we have to come back from thatnd and help them understand thatt is a culture that is n

corey smith, news 4. o the fbi, ording some of clark's social media posts implied that he knew about the synagogue shooting before happened. but investigators in pittsburgh ty there is no evidence that he was involved ort he had prior knowledge. >>> lawmakers are back onca tol hill for a lame duck session today and they are already taking votes when it comes to party leadership for the next sscong mitch mcconnell appeared with six incoming republican members today. they included florida's rick scott in a race that is currently still undergoing that recount down there. former presidential hopeful mitt romney is set to represent utah. and marsha blackburn is set to be the firstro female senator tennessee. the gop also picked its leaders today with a newly expanded majority of at least 51 seats, mitch mcconnell will maintain control. south dakota's john thune replaces jn cornyn who has been term limited as the next majority whip. and in the house, kevin mccarthy beat out jim jordan to be minority leader. ste

we're imo bal, corey smith, news 4. >>> the bishops did take time this meening to with abuse victimsch the conference will continue through wednesday. >>> sheriff's investigators in fauquier count i areo working solve a double murder mystery. a man and his young dult son were found shot to death in morning.e on friday bureau chief julie carey is learning more about the victims and investigation. >> reporter: friends tell me the man found dead here along with his son is an immigrant success story. he was so proud to be in this country he named his children america and virginia. now those friends are struggling to figure out whyomeone would kill him and his son. the bodies off 61-year-old man and his son america were found friday morning after a family member traveling abroad asked the sherifs office to check on their welfare. >> the autopsy indicated that both had suffered gunshot wound. >> reporter: two women, his wife and daughter, also live here, but they were away visiting a sick relative in vietnam. son america was last heard from wednesday evening when he communicated with someone

corey smith has new surveillance pictures for you. >> do not look the funny looking disguises fool youltway bank bandit is no joke. since last year he's been a aadache for the washington field office,nd investigators like assistant special agent in charge terry d. patteason. >> our concern is the serial nature of the offenses. so again, responsiblenk for 14 ba robberies in the area over the course of 11 months. he is using notes to alert the bankye emp that he is committing a robbery. >> his first target was this bb&t bank in fairfax in december of last year. he slipped a note to a teller and was in and out in a flash. his next attempt this now shuttered bank. the bandit went to maryland where he hit seven banks seven months before crossing back into virginia and hitting another bb&t bank, this o in alexandria. and finally, his most recent stop, thisank of america in springfield, virginia, same m.o., same result. the fbi says he's walked away with nrly0,000. >>nd him, then we will have solved many of our unsolved cases here in the metro area. >> patterson says so far the bandit hasn't

corey smith want the administration to reconsider the desion to suspendhe school's marchi band. >> reporter: for students on the campus, the sound ofilence is deafening. >> you can hear there's something missing. that's why i feel people are upset. >> reporter: upset that, the marching band. on they told field whe the halftime whistle blows. >> i'm there for the music. >> reporter: they'll tell you the symphony of soul marching band is an integral part of the campus life. not just on saturday. >> when they practice in the morning and the evening. serv looking out the window. >>eporter: the university is not sharing details but says the allegations are serioushe and suspension was needed to ensure the continued safety students. tonight, law enforcement was involved. >> the band is doing hazing. >> what? >>ow an effort is underway to get the bandback. they have more than 400 signatures. >> i don't feel as if the entire congregation should be punished for the actions of a handful of people. >> students hoping the momentary pause isn't permanent. news4. >> because of the suspension, the symphon

corey smith found oute the cou had a lot of friends. >>> what happened inside t home remains a mystery. many neighbors,truggling to understand how a couple that seemed so happy could get into an altercation that ended in gunfire and tyrone drake dead. >> reporter: isaac has lived next to them for more than two decades. he would often share laughs with tyrone in the front yard. >> just an outstanding person. talk and talk and talk. >> the couple was involve in a dispute. he was alpe. i remembers is a herd of cop cars. then his heart sank when he s rene's picture on the news. >> no, no, no. you know, he was aays kidding me. wash my lars and stuffe that. >> reporter: others stay couple was very friendly. mrs. drake was often seen running in the neighd and mr. drake always tending to his yard. eporter: as more information comes out, he says the information proves to him behind closed doors y can never truly know your neighbors. >> you don't know that. >>> and questioning climate change. today president trump's administration release ad report that contradicts him and warns ondisasters will

. >> students tell corey smith, they want the administration to reconsider the decision to spend theol's marching band. >> reporter: lele historically black colleges, when the halftime whistle blows at the bowie game, the real show starts. >> it's a band. i'm there for the music. talk to students and they'll tell you, the symphony of soul marching band is an integral part. >> it is the soul of our campus, literally. when they practice morning and o evening, everydy is looking out. >> reporter: today the eerie silence is the result of a hazing investigation. the university has not shared the details but says the allegations are serious and to continue, they areed suspe without notice. >> they work tirelessly. it really hurt me because continuing energy they bring to the school. >> reporter: students were notified in a campus wide e-mail. >> the band is hazing? >> reporter: now an effort is underway to get the band back. they have 4 signatures hoping to get it back. >> i don't feel the entire congregation should be punished for the actions of a handful of people. >> reporter: tonight,

. >> reporter: corey smith is in crystal city. what is the answer to that question in. >> reporter: this is it. national we all said where is national landing? this is it. a somewhat of a rebranding. where is? we have a map that will further explain the location and the name. national landing is basically at the door step of reagan national airport. national landing there? i guess so. it is a rebranding of sorts for the neighborhood encompassing parts of crystal city, potomac yard and pentagon city. you probably know those areas separately but now it is landing. the tech giant is here to stay. will nationalg? land that's the question. >> it has more cache than crystal city. to me, it does. national landing! wow, that says something. crystal city? tired, worn. start fresh. start new. it's amazon, ma >> reporter: in a couple years, when they say where did amazon build their headquarters, what will you say? city.al >> yeah. >> reporter: we got a lot of that. putting the name aside, everyone is for the most par happy that amazon chose

corey smith went to the area. >> reporter: neal has lived in the neighborhood for 30 years. takes d it is a diverse community, people living peacefully side by side. so it is hard for him to imagine that jeffrey clark jr. was among his neighbors. >> kind of strange. you never know who you live epbeside. >> rter: we ran into clark's father. e didn't havch to say about his son's arrest. neighbors y of his are talking. >> i had no clue. no inkling.he >> reporter:bi says clark admitted to being a member of whites nationals gro and also says that he had contact on social media with the pittsburgh synagogue shooter whom he praised as a ho. according to the fbi, those words were enough for clark's own family members to take his guns and alert authorities. neighbors like this wom didn't want to go on camera can't help but wonder if another attack was prevented. >> i'm s graduateful that thteft imagine the inner turmoil of giving up your o child. >> reporter: hard to imagine so much hate could be so close. and he feels it is aio refle on the current state of the country. >> i don't k

. >> good afternoon, supervisors, corey smith on behalf of the san francisco housing coalition, also in support. i won't really repeat my comments from the last time we gave comments on this but just one added component of the development economics, as you all know it's incredibly expensive to build housing -- or sorry, parking spots, it's expensive to build housing too, but that's a different conversation. we are talking about $75,000 per underground stall. this is a huge, huge cost for home builders to include it. often times we always try to encourage to do bike parking and as many transit options as possible. no-brainer, i think is the word i used last time and reiterating that today. please support it and move it forward. thank you. >> hello, supervisors, my name is scott feeney. i am mission resident, i'm with -- mobility, also in support of the legislation. i want to thank supervisor kim for writing this and paul chasan for running the meeting, i think it's great work. this accomplishes two great goals for climate action. one by lowering the cost. also enabling us to move away

. >> news4's corey smith is working the story.is look for reports ahead. from the live desk, erika gonzalez. >>> now to a brutal kling that sparked outrage within the local muslim community. today t young victim's father says they have at last gotten etirtri forra irfax. >> reporter: accused of murdering and raping a young muslim teen, today he pled guilty to the crime in fairfax county court. june of01 nabra hassanen was walking with a group of friends followin ramadan prayers. martinez torres drove up to the group and got gitated with them. he drove his car after them and eet out with a bat. nabra couldn't up with her friends and prosecutors say martinez t ares hit her put her in his car, raped her, and dropped her bodyn a lake. nabra's father was in court listening to the painful details today. i remember her every day. every single day. i miss her. with all my heart, i don't know what i can do. notgky can do. nabra, she don't come back, i guese. to but i never forget her. never, ever. >> reporter: prosecutors worked discuss a's family to the penalty in

corey smith, news 4. >>> now an update on a story you saw first on news 4. you may remember traffic was miserable friday night near reagan metropolitan airport. milder temperatus and supporter reporter has been trying to get answers about what happened a led to that big mess there. what did you learn, leon? >> everybody knew that this was come and itpe still hapned and the explanation g weot was too many people weifying outf the friday is a day we would like to forget. how did the situation get so bad and how about no one have any solutions? there were actually a number of flyers at the airport friday. mix that together with e rain d the metro closures for station repairs and, well -- >> it was a perfect storm of factors that led to the gridlock that we hoped to never see repeated again. >> reporter: zones like this broke out quickly. elizabeth disc four wheels and walking herself and her baby to the airport. >> inried to get a uber, it was like $7 and i had to catch a flight like in an hour and 20 minutes and i started hoofing it hopingo catch a taxi. orhav

corey smith, news 4. >> by the way, the district has acd the cold monk plan with overnight warming sheltero for who need a warm place. >> susan despite tr bit temperatures and high wind the annual macynk tiving day parade rolled through. the crowds went out and lined the seets seeing the marching bands and singers. and the famous giant balloons. strong winds forced them to the keep the balloons close to the tround. but that did dampen the mood. >> the atmosphere is nice even though balloons aren't that>> high. the floats are so cool. >> we thought it was going to be cold and windy and went and got long hnjo >> this was the coldest since 1901, the 92nd year the parade is held. beginning back in 1924. >>> and celebrating family and prayin those who may be alone during the holidays. that was t message at the thanksgiving mass in arlington. people gathering at theed cathl. elling hop of arlington the congregation that thanksgiving is a holiday inn in which we come together to celebrate the changing of the seasons and share what we have with those in need. >> well the residence who survived that

corey smith, news 4. >>> tonight we'reetting a look at one of the incriminating instragram posts from jamesel . he is the man accused of running down and killing a charlottesvilleon stwratdemonst last summer. this poster shows a car plowing in to a grouphe sayingn i see protesters blocking. fields made the post two months before heis drove from home to charlottesville to attend the rally. ors will sign that he came to charlottesville intending to do harm. heather heyer was killed when he drove into the crowd there. >>> charles county sheriff is celebrating a new termtonight, a swearing in ceremony was held for troy berry. he made history in 2017 when he became the first african-american to lead the department. berry has been withhe charles county share wriferifsheriff's entirer in law enforcement. >>> all of us here at nbc 4 are working to help change minds about mental illness and also the goal of third annualenl health and faith conference in prince george's county. and i was t honored take part in that conference today in iw bowie. luded a panel discussion about the best ways to en

news 4's corey smith talke abuse survivors who are accusing the church leaders of dragging their feet. >> reporter: paula came in protest. >>nt i'll never step a catholic church. >> reporter: carolame in prayer. >> we want to know what's going on with e bishops. >> reporter: what both women want from the u.s. conference oh ic bishops is change, changes in how they handlef charges sexual abuse in the diocese. >> the vatican causeded this problem and the vatican will have to be the oaks to the steps to solve it. >> reporter: the conference was expected to vote on seral items including a new code of conduct for bishops a o the creatia special commission to review complaints and protocols forbi handlinops who were resigned or were removed because of abuse but this morning the vatican stepped in and delayed the vote. >> we were all set to move to reach an action stage here this week. >> reporter: cardinal daniel dinardo called this a bump in the road. >> people in the church have a right to bendskeptical, a they also have a right to be hopeful. >> we just have to keep working through it, a

news4's corey smith live with the breaking new developments. >> reporter: this murder happened 46 years ago, but despite that passage of time samuel little w able to describe in vivid detail what happened all tse years ago. while there is no physical l evidenking him to this case, detectives here say after speaking with him there is no doubt he is their killer. >> i can truly cesay that he is true monster. he is every woman's ultimate niortmare. >> rr: according to police in the summer of 1972 samuel little picked up a woman at a greyhound station in d.c., drove her to prince george's county, and then strangled her. this afternoon police showed old photos of area where the woman's remains were found. he pointed out the exact location whereane sed her and dumped her body. the 78-year-old is currently serving three life terms for murder. since his conviction he opene up to investigators, confessing to 90 unsolv homicides. despite that, detectives have solve.ortant mystery to that's identifying who is woman is. alltle was able to tell them was that she may have been a young mother from mas

news 4 corey smith joins us now from the scene with the latest details for us. corey. >> reporter: jim, take a look behind me. you can see the extent of the damage done by that early morning fire. the charred outer shell of this home holds anio int that has been pretty much gutted. forrandolphs lived here many decades. so many thanksgiving days spent in bethea as a family. those memories are to him of mind for michael andolph the son and brother of the victim. he was gracious enough to speak us this afternoon. you have thanksgivings in this house in. >> i do. >> seated in front of the charres ru of his boyhood home. michael randolph wasn't overco with et motion and despair. it's too soon. eo i'm kind of numb. >> cell phone v taken by a neighbor shows flames spitting outoof the living window. that's where the body of jan ron dolph was discovered. e fire spread upstairs, where investigators found inga randolph. investigators say none of the smoke alarms were working. randolph isn't focused on what might have been. he's just thankful for the time they share here to

. >> news 4's corey smith has the story. >> reporter: according to police, the beginning of the end started3900 block of blaine street northeast. a man carjacked a man at gunpoint, crosshe the capital street bridge, got to the 1600 block of mass avenue in southeast. >> we hear sirens a lot, but it didn't stop. >> reporter: she moved to the area just four months ago. she had just put her 18 month old baby down to sleep noticed a parade of flashing red and blue lights. >> my husband looked out the front window and saw cars fly ,. epr:t sas spotlight of a d.c. police helicopter scanning the area. she pulhed out t phone and started recording. >> it was just doing circles arhend t backyard, which is really different, so it had that spotlight going, which was -- they were definitely tracking amething. >> reporter: ander ditching the car, the suspects streamed through therylley tg to outrun the police. they did notet far, though, caught and arrested for a number of crimes including six robberies, carjackings, and attempted robberies, and police say it happened within 24 hours. the outcome is much

corey smith on behalf of the san francisco housing action coalition. we are here in support of legislation. the two projects that were referenced were grandfathered in in the june 2015 prop c deal. both of them have essentially been sitting and waiting for a planning commission date to actually, you know, have numbers going forward. as the supervisor stated, this does push these two projects. construction costs are on the rise. obviously the supervisor is very familiar with how the economics of housing development work. we hope that these things end

corey smith on behalf of the san francisco housing action coalition. we are here in support of legislation. the two projects that were referenced were grandfathered in in the june 2015 prop c deal. both of them have essentially been sitting and waiting for a planning commission date to actually, you know, have numbers going forward. as the supervisor stated, this does push these two projects. construction costs are on the rise. obviously the supervisor is very familiar with how the economics of housing development work. we hope that these things end up getting built because the continuing delays as construction costs continue to rise and as investments continue to become more and more risky, that is what does end up killing housing proposals and i stated by a number of people here earlier, people want housing and support housing in the community. we did attend both meetings. we organized for both meetings. i would say conservatively two thirds, probably upwards of 80% at both community meetings were supportive of housing and we knew that because we gav

. >> corey smith went to crystal city to find answers. >> where are we?pentagon city. >> where are we? >> crystal city. >> can you tell me how to get to landing? >> that the one over there? >> where is national landing? >> the look says it all. >> i'm not sure. that's a good question. >> reporter: it's what people across alexandria wanted to know after amazon chose northern virginia as its newest home. >> sounds like a runway at reagan. >> reporter: close, not quite. the neighborhood is a rebranding of potomac yard and crystal city inalexandria, right next to reagan national. >> like a runway landing? oh, my god, that's hilarious. >> reporter: is it necessary? do you think it was necessary? >> it's a little corny. >> reporter: you can count life longentagon city resident brandon marshall as skeptical but glen nevis, he lovesit. >> crystal city? tired, worn, start fresh, start new. it's amazon, r:n. >> repormazon is here to stay. as for national landing, that may takese getting to. >> if amazon comes in here and makes a huge splash, everybody tll be callin

corey stewart. the real vote total is starting to come in. >> martha: we can also now projected that republican south carolina governor, henry mcmaster, win his race against democrat james smith. >> bret: now remember, the two overarching questions of the night or whether democrats can take control of the house and whether republicans can keep control of the senate. it is honestly too early to make both important projections. we are also watching governor races around the country, and we'll have a big impact on "20/20", 20, as well. >> martha: so, the first polls up close, 7:00, coming in right now, any first impressions? >> interestingly enough, i think it is not particularly controversial, but virginia and what i suspect will be a landslide reelection victory by tim kaine over corey stewart, the republican, he was pretty far out there. he even at one point in the

least racist person you'll ever meet in your life -- why would he ever support a corey stewart, a roy moore, or a cindy hyde-smith? would you? >> i don't know cindy hyde-smith. >> you know what she said. >> i don't know that i would put her into that category. i know what she said was sloppy. it was stupid. and quite frankly, it is -- it is an insult to white mississippians who have come a long way. i know many of them who have come a long way and have turned the page on that kind of talk many, many, many years ago. but having said that, you know, so i don't want to -- what she said was wrong. it was offensive, and she should have apologized, and she did. i don't know that i would label her and put her into that category. >> what about sender her daughter -- what about the fact she attended a seg regularationist high school and then voluntarily elected to send her daughter to a -- i'm not calling cindy hyde-smith a racist, but i am saying there's some questionable things going on, and she's clearly not for all mississippians. on top of all of that, she was onboard with taking away pre-existing conditions. >> that

smith tomorrow. at the same time, we've seen democrats pull out their big guns so to speak. you had kamala harris and corey booker and joe biden offered his endorsement. what we're seeing in the turnout on the campaign trail is it seems like this is a little bit tighter of a race than some republicans thought it would be initially. >> of course, the democrats have been focussed on the south in this new approach that they came close in florida and georgia. maybe they'll come close in mississippi. sending a message, win ore -- win or lose to the country and republican party. >> what republicans are hoping for in the senate race they avoid what we saw happen in alabama last year. if you remember, it was senator jeff sessions a lock-held republican senate seat and the seat ultimately flipped and doug jones ended up winning was an embarrassment of sorts for the republican party. they're trying to avoid the same outcome tomorrow in hoping the seat really stays in cindy hyde-smith's hands and gives them more of a margin heading into the next congress. ji want to ask about the >> i want to ask about the margin. th