kiersten has been to two in d.c. and is a big fan. >> loud music drumming in your ears in the morning and just an excuse to get sweaty and move your body before you sit down for work all day. >> reporter: reporting in northeast d.c., zachary kiesch, news4. >> that's a trend that's just going to get bigger. that's all for "news4 this week." thanks for joining us. until next time, be safe, be kind, be happy. do you like the passaaadd? it's a good looking car. this is the model rear end event. the model year end sales event. it's year end! it's the rear end event. year end, rear end, check it out. talk about turbocharging my engine. you're gorgeous. what kind of car do you like? new, or many miles on it? get a $1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015 passat models. or lease a 2015 passat limited edition for $189 a month after a $1000 bonus. >>> announcer: news 4 today begins with wreaking news. >> we begin with breaking news. two men are dead after a shooting in southeast d.c. this comes in the middle of what's suppo

. >> d.c.lic schools open their doors again. that day isn't far away for other students. >> transportation reporter, adam tuss has more on a change drivers in arlington are going to notice as their kids return to class. >> reporter: by now, you are familiar, stop sign goes out on the bus and the camera starts recording. you are not used to that in arlington. >> this gives us a chance to utilize new technology and make our students safer. >> reporter: this is the head of arlington county's stop arm camera program. if you pass the school bus stop sign when it's out, you will be caught. >> they detect motion. they will take still pictures and video. >> reporter: not every bus is getting the cameras, but 15% of the fleet will have them. buying them is not cheap, 250 bucks. >> hopefully compliance will be great and we won't have to add cameras. >> reporter: school systems around the area like montgomery and frederick have done this. what if the road you are on is separated by a median, do you still

d.c. police investigating two shootings that happened hours ago. one on florida avenue in southeast d.c., a man was shot on frederick douglas place. molette green has more on the violent night. she is at police headquarters. molette? >> reporter: yeah, aaron, two shootings as you mentioned coming just hours after the police chief's latest appeal to the public to help put an end to this wave of violence in the city. d.c. police telling us the man shot in southeast was hit in the stomach, was conscious and was breathing when he went to the hospital. no word on suspects. police scoured that scene there in southeast d.c., frederick douglas place where all of this happened. then around the same time, another shooting in northeast on florida avenue. that victim was conscious and breathing when they found him. we had a chance to look over the numbers that d.c. police put out about the numbers of murders this year alone. 94 in the capital city compared to 72 last year around the same time. d.c. po

d.c.? said there was a family wedding. >> reporter: and the records backed that up. when robyn arias looked at jim's cell phone, it never left florida. diana's phone records checked out, too. where was diana's phone during that time? >> in d.c. >> reporter: that's it? didn't move. >> did not move. the phone went to d.c., went back to florida. >> reporter: reasonable to assume that diana never left d.c.? >> absolutely. >> reporter: but you're smiling. >> there was just a break. the pattern just was off. >> reporter: diana's records were speaking to arias, and detectives were about to get a break that would shift the direction of the entire investigation. let's just say, this case was about to go south. >>> coming up -- that secret burner phone, who bought it? who used it? get ready for a whole new circle of suspects. >> so what's going on here? how many people are involved in this? >> that's the question of the day. when "dateline" continues. get ready to show your roots... ...with root touc

jonathan: d.c. now has the first human case of the west nile virus. d.c. department of health says the person that got the virus is doing just fine and is in constant contact with the health officials. this is the third straight year a person contracted the virus. symptoms are similar to the flu. most people who get the virus don't show symptoms. kimberly: pretty bad news for the redskins. quarterback robert griffin iii suffering a concussion in last night's preseason game against the lions. jonathan: the big question is will the redskins ever get a break, do you think? ever? kimberly: of course they will. if you remember to the super bowl days in 1980 -- what was it? jonathan: long time ago. get robert burton in here. shoulder injury, and now a con -- concussion. robert: it was a concussion. was i born then? kimberly: i got to get out of cool and go to the super bowl. robert: wow! long time ago. last night we watched rgiii take hit after hit after hit. the offensive line was nonexistent. the rgiii is a in washington continues. all too familiar storyline.

if they're in d.c.eral, we need to know where that. >> don't get lost in the cracks. >> they will not get lost in the cracks and this is our goal 100% of the time. i think you know that we continue to search and that we will continue to do that. >> housing. you often said you can't -- about the housing program. when will people see that? >> every day. because we put out what we call a nofa -- a notice of funding ability for $100 billion. so we inherited a balance in the housing trust fund which our team is issuing every day. but this $100 million is a notice to nonprofit developers and developers to tell us about the projects they're working on so this $100 million can fill the gaps. so we'll make some decisions around that nofa around this fall and get the money out the door as soon as the projects are ready. >> good. we have to take another break for one more commercial. thank you very much. stay with us. mayor muriel bowser. because 100% whole grain oats are incredibly good for you. because they're h

the idea that washington d.c. should be telling us how to deliver health care is nonsense. the idea that washington d.c. should tell us how to do transportation infrastructure should be left to the states. because if washington would take a look at the constitution and read the bill of rights, it would get up to the tent of amendment that says the powers not delegated to the government by the constitution are reserved to the states or for the individual. let's get back to being a constitutional country. believe in the constitution. apply the constitution. [applause] that is what we have to do. we need a president of the united states that has a record of delivering. listen, you're going to hear a lot of people stand on this stage, and they are going to tell you a lot of good things. but all too often it is just rhetoric. i think it is time and i hope you agree that we have a president -- we will have eight years of a young inexperienced united states senator that i think has gotten us into the ditch economically a

well, d.c. council member mary shea says she's pleased with the progress school leaders have made to get ready for the new year in the district. she carried out her annual readiness tour through schools in ward three. she said that things are much better compared to just nine years ago, when she was often find missing books, chairs, other classroom needs at start of the school year. august 24th is the first day of school for d.c. students. >>> well, families taking in a game at nats park have a new way to join us. the nationals opened up a family lounge. it features comfortable chairs for moms to nurse and pump, even diaper changing stations, a playing area and game area. the lounge is just off the first base line near section 223. >>> millions of people marked a somber milestone this week. 70 years ago, the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb. in japan, people marked a moment of silence. a bell tolled at the time the bomb detonated and people released dozens of lanterns. tom sherwood has more to the st

this evening d.c. police revealed they are searching for this man. 19-year-old marcus king, wanted on second-degree murder charges. earlier today, king's family members connected him by phone with news4's mark see graves because they said he wants to maintain his innocence in the murder. >> so tell me, did you have anything to do with that shaw murder? >> no, sir. >> why do they think that you're involved? >> because i was right there in the area. i was right outside the barber shop. >> reporter: police have. they believe the gunfire was retaliation for a shooting a few days earlier. the previous tuesday, there was a shooting at seventh and o streets in which three young men were injured. king acknowledged, he had been shot in the face a few days before the death. >> you had just been shot? >> i got shot three days before it happen. >> a couple weeks ago we had three guys that were shot. >> the 30% increase in the district's murder rate prompted charlie, an amc commissioner from neighboring logan circl

i liken d.c. to this urban upper south. a lot of people have connections to washington, d.c. there are a number of institutions that employ black women. there is an opportunity to work as a teacher. you have howard university, one of the most prestigious institutions at the time. and you have the heart of the federal government that is already desegregated. so you have a white collar economy that black women can go into. susan swain, host: the story of ida mckinley can best be told so you have a white collar economy that black women can go into. there is domestic work available there your and a long established left community that has been there since the late 18th century. so there were already churches and businesses and doctors and all kinds of services. so even though the city is largely segregated, there were spaces that created affluent communities and new migrants and settlers were looking for those kinds of opportunities. a lot of women were coming from the midsouth, north carolina, south carolina, virginia. you have some coming from georgette. but predominantly you w

d.c. it is chuck brown day. look. a free concert. have a live report coming up. newschannel 8 news at 6:00. >> the national zoo welcoming a cub.aby mei-xiang, the giant panda, has just given birth in the last 30 minutes. this.h excitement about >> there was and you'll have to take my word for it. there were cheers here. actually a few tears. some waited since 8:00 a.m. and see a few waiting for a panda cam to come back. were excited when this happened at that moment of 5:34. her water broke at 5:00 tonight but she was in labor early this morning and she was having contractions. going back, you remember she was artificially inseminated back in weekspril twice and two ago her hormone levels began to rise and she was sleeping more, cradling objects, signs of pregnancy. on wednesday, the vets believed tohat they be a fetus during ultrasound so dedicated fans began heading to the zoo and for many, to watch was the birth experience of a lifetime. >> she just got up and bent over out.t popped lik

d.c.'s most accurate. >> 6:00 a, if you see rain this afternoon, just know that may be the beginning. >> one of the heaviest this morning. we did have a couple showers this morning, we're going to have a cup showers sprinkled throughout the day. later on today where the heavy rain will come on through and track some thunderstorms with this approaching front that is going to set us up for a gorgeous weekend. hold on, it's all worth it. a little wet at times for the day and really tonight. these showers pushing through are quickly exiting the region, annapolis to chesapeake bay bridge, you'll see some showers. flash flood watch in place between baltimore, d.c., its surrounding areas. this is where we are expecting the heaviest rain fall to occur. not saying it will rain other areas, we will see the heaviest between baltimore and d.c. as this front approaches. 77 degrees, it's cloudy. setting the stage for showers to pop up throughout the day. ahead of the line of thunderstorms that will form.

sunday is when the d.c. police union will tally the results of a surae of its members, known as a vote of no confidence on chief cathy lanier. during the past few months as the district's homicide rate climbed to 40% higher than the same time last year, the chief and the union have become increasingly at odds over a solution. rank and file officers question the dismantling of vice units, and take issue with what is known as posts that prevent them from leaving a certain area. >> i take it seriously. i talk to officers every single day. i've been in this department for 25 years. i don't think the union speaks for every police officer, but they are the representation for police members. so it is their right to implement the survey and see what residents think. >> reporter: at least one member gave a thumbs-up to the show of force. ben goodman tweeted seven cop cars in my neighborhood tonight. no incident, just d.c. police introducing themselves. appreciated. and to put this in perspective, one year ago, chief

live at d.c. police headquarters where the mayor and chief of police just wrapped up a news conference. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, debra and mike, really some incredible police work here. police just had the description of a burgundy chrysler 300. they were able to track that to a series of burglaries and now they're out with this surveillance tape. >> royals the three individuals that you see. >> reporter: police were able to track down theburg -- the burgundy chrysler 300 that led to a series of burglaries including this one shown on surveillance tape in argyle terrace in d.c. august 12th. the suspects apparently were unaware that their every move was being caught on camera. there is also surveillance tape from the shaw neighborhood, the shooting scene, again dramatic pictures and the chief of police says this was a running gunbattle. >> we have six persons of interest in two vehicles. even though we've recovered the chrysler 300 we wanted to put that video out there in case somebody may have see

at d.c. superior court where that 17-year-old has already had his first court appearance and learned he will be detained until his trial begins next month. a source familiar with the case says the teen was also charged with three counts related to possessing a gun and ammo unlawfully. former mpd detective jim trainer. >> this is one of those things where somebody didn't intend for this to happen, but they were sloppy. first off they shouldn't have had the gun to begin with. second, they stored the gun improperly and in an unsafe manner. >> reporter: dalis cox's father told me today he knows the teen but declined to say how. >> i miss my daughter and i just think what's going on here as far as, you know, arrests and things, that's not helping anything. i don't agree with this. about. >> reporter: cox said for had he -- with this. >> reporter: cox said for he and his family a trial will only slow down the process of healing and trying to move forward. >> my daughter has been laid to rest. i wan

d.c., now the closures go into effect one minute after midnight tonight. if you're a regular metro rider take note. a lot of track work is happening. you'll want to take note at some of these closures. take a look right here. we're talking about the potomac avenue metro station, stadium armory, minnesota avenue and deanwood. green, blue, silver lines run about every 15 minutes and the red line will run about every 20 minutes. one other thing that you will see here on sunday, here at stadium armory, a full stadium drill. it is really designed to simulate smoke and fire in the tunnel. we are talking about some of the things we saw at l'enfant plaza about a year ago. so you will see that here at stadium armory on sunday. don't be alarmed. it will be just a drill. reporting live, zachary kiesch. back to you guys in the stadium. >> thank you. >>> today, a woman who was shot by a d.c. police officer after she refused to drop a knife is back in court. renita nettles will have a mental observation

recently d.c. fire and ems has come u uer a lot of pressure to imove, especially when it comemes to response times. for the last eight years, life has been a struggle. in 2 2007 he was hit by a drunk driver and paralyzed. >> my life changed dramatically. chris: now he relies on his family and full-time aide. he also relies on emergency services tradeast month he needed help when in the middle of a heat wave. the 45-year-old's body seized up. phone records indicate he first dialed 911 at 8:15, then again at 8:25 and 8:28. it. fire ems told the i-team has no record of t these calls even though they lastedd a combined 12 months. and amulets did arrive at 8:30 7, 22 minutes after his first cry for help. all this with the fire station three blocks away. slow response times have recently made headlines. in march, two stabbing victi and a young boy choking on a grape had e extended waits. the boy y later died. do you feel public safy is being jeopardized? >> i do. says the29 year emt problem is that 85% o

sam: among the evacuees flown from fema to d.c. where they stayed at the d.c. armory. women leading the families out by car remember how kind people were along the highways. >> realized he gave us four brand new tires. free. and $20. sam: for the man who told lowe there was no gasoline available in the town. >> he looked inside, saw my parents and saw the kids and went take my car. just take my car. i have a full tank of gas. wherever you can, you can return it. >> i was like no, sir. i can't do that. i can't do that to your car. sam: murphy stayed in the superdome two weeks remembers the worst. >> seeing people commit suicide, seeing what people got, the females got raped. sam: they never went back. she worked for ten years in the apartment complex in maryland. she got a job in virginia, met a man and remarried. she is also a grand mother now. he married a woman here, lives in laurel and works as a security guard in d.c. but new orleans is still a big part of their lives. lowe's art made from katrina abandoned cars. lee's mardi gras stuff, the gumbo and the saints. to

monday morning d.c.ic school students head back to class and as if you need a reminder, there was a tweet sent out wishing everybody a happy end of summer. we'll be getting your ready for the big day. you can watch for special coverage next week on news 4 today. we start monday morning. >>> frederick county heading back monday. and we remember when a gyrocopter made its way into d.c. air space. why you could see an >>> temperatures in the set70s 80s. further back west, petersburg at a comfortable 73 degrees. mostly sunny skies. it will stay that way throughout the day. a high temperature in washington of 87. the suburbs a touch cooler. highs across the area in the low to mid 80s. outside of the beltway, the weekend looking good. saturday a high of 88. a little bit warmer with a little bit more cloud cover on sunday. high temperature around 90 degrees. monday, a bit humid. hot, a high of 93. for the most part, kids going back to school, looking good as they're waiting for the bus. recess looking good on m

d.c. but then step out once again, kind of similar to yesterday morning. we are talking about mid 50s in the shenandoah valley. cool throughout the morning, but then we'll warm up rather nicely. we'll warm up to around 90 degrees in some spots. but enjoy the morning. and again, temperatures moving nicely through the 60s. we have your seven day forecast coming up in a few minutes. maybe a little bit of rain. guys? >> all right. >>> waking up to a panda update. that is all new this morning. we now know that perhaps when you went to bed last night, you likely knew that zookeepers were caring for a baby panda, and overnight we learned there are twins. that's right. mei xiang gave birth to two baby pandas at the national zoo. all right. don't worry, that squealing is a good thing. it's the first of two baby cubs born yesterday. the second came late last night. the zookeepers said the noise is a good sign, but they're still being cautious. >> in 2012, we lost a cub after six days. so let's keep

d.c. app right now. right now, it's a pretty good option, 95. two lanes blocked ramp from southbound gw parkway to inbound key bridge that is shut down starting today through friday. take the roosevelt bridge instead. 100 eastbound at route 1, a crash there as well. see slowdowns there. innerloop and outer loop, no major problems. more on this problem on the beltway coming up, eun. >> thank you, melissa. developing this morning. you won't be able to go to the washington monument when it opens today. there is a problem with the elevator. news4's molette green is live outside the white house to decide what is being done to fix the problem. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, no operating elevator means no visiting the washington monument. they're standing by waiting on a repair crew set to arrive sometime this morning to get to work on this latest elevator problem. this had malfunction, the elevator it happened last night just before 10:00 last night. two pregnant women were am

reporting live at d.c. superior court, mark segraves, news4. >>> after some storms, heavy rain moved through the area yesterday evening that cleared us up for beautiful weather today, lower humidity, plenty of sunshine. great news, nice weather continues on into the weekend. it will be hot and a bit humid on monday, but a weak cold front moved through the area monday night, what does that mean, tuesday through friday, low humidity and plenty of sun. temperatures right now in the low to middle 80s, 82, leesburg, college park, 83 in washington. more on what you can expect this evening, doug will be joining me in a minute at the montgomery county fair. let's take a look outside our studios here in northwest washington, just spectacular. see calm winds based on the flag, our front circle. lows tonight, clear skies in place and dry air, going to dip to around 60 degrees outside of the beltway, so you're going to be out late tonight, early tomorrow morning, keep that in mind, get chilly easy, grab a light jack he

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d.c. hit its 100th om hide. one of three violent scenes were following. >>> a barricade situation is in the 19th hour in prook redskin. investigators in bouie, maryland. >> it could become the 101st homicide of the year. tough news to wake up to on this saturday, august 22nd. we are glad to be with you. good morning, i'm david culver. >> i'm angie gosk. thank you for joining us. we want to get to the three stories. we start with the district eesz 100th homicide this year. someone shot a man on 54th street in northeast. police say the man was shot several times and died at the scene. no word on who may have done this or why. again, this is d.c.s 100th homicide, so far, this year. that's a 36% spike from the same time last year. in fact, in all of 2014, we saw a total of 105 murders. >>> developing in the district, a barricade situation in the brooklyn neighborhood. a man locked himself inside a home on 18th street, shot and killed a family member, a woman in her 60s. he shot her around 11:0

d.c. surpasses 100 now. 24 hours after a man allegedly shot and killed a woman. he remains barricaded in a home in northeast d.c. >>> a shocking case of child abuse. parents arrested in the death of a 10 week old baby. >>> i am going to make this country bigger and stronger and better. >> and trump on the stump. under the friday night lights, thousands turn out to hear the gop front-runner in alabama. >>> i'm erica grow. more of the great weather we had yesterday lies haze in the first alert 7-day forecast. >>> i'm mike hydeck. >> and i'm erica grow. >>> we want to start with the breaking news. the total number of homicides in the district is now 101. the first occurred in northeast dc in the 300 block of 54th street. and the second in the 1300 block of stevens road in southeast d.c., both victims are male and died from multiple gunshot wounds. another man is in serious condition in the hospital. and 20 hours plus after a man barricaded himself inside a northeast d.c. home he is is keeping

in the last 15 minutes d.c.ased new surveillance video of three persons of interest in connection with the murder of matt shah lon kirk is the 23-year-old shot and killed in broad daylight saturday near the shaw metro. >> yeah. we just learned that the people inside that burgundy chrysler that was seen speeding away from that scene, the driver or the people inside confronted several other drivers and actually fired shots along fourth street. police are still holding a news conference. we want to send you right back there now. >> the district of columbia, the following day on the 12th, and that's up in the oregon terrace area of northwest. and then the next time you see that car is during the course of this shooting homicide down at 7th and s street over the weekend on saturday. that's the tie-in between the case and why he wanted to walk you through the video many times and why we are asking for different people to be identified. >> chief? >> yes. >> i'm interested in your bigger picture stuff here, 52 people ar

d.c. a local deejay was stabbed multiple names du pont circle, even after he gave his wallet to his assailant. mark segraves is live with how this attack happened. mark? >> reporter: he is known as dj nestor and he is popular in local night club and on the radio here in d.c. after he was attacked leaving this club in dupont circle, his friend, colleagues and people in this neighborhood are concerned it could happen to them next. today on the radio the deejays were telling listeners what happened to their friend and colleague. dj nestor, as he was known. >> immediately, you think that happened to him it could happen to me. >> reporter: nester is a part time deejay and he mixes music at local night club. he has already developed a loyal following at a very young age. >> nestor is the kid, the new counted block that we all think is the greatest new talent. >> reporter: nestor was leaving this club in du pont circle on thursday when a man put a knife to his throat as he got into his car and he

go back 20 years, there was a murder a day in d.c. so, anybody who is saying today's violence takes us back to the bad old days, the numbers just don't support that >> they don't support that. there are still some serious issues but we definitely have made some strides. people are saying to me, when you talk about the black lives moe movement, this is a great opportunity to tie both of these things in, much bigger than just police brutality. it is also about making sure that our communities are completely safe. all right, troy, great stuff. thank you. >> thanks. >>> ands here the latest check of storm team4 radar tracking some scattered areas of rain well south of the district, down around areas like fredericksburg and warrenton. this activity heading north-northeast, so generally tonight, those of you west of i-95, western montgomery county especially, parts of fairfax, prince william, fauquier county, west of this line have a best chance of dealing with a shower, maybe a thunderstorm. if you're east of this line, this does include t

d.c. however, the road is open again right now. one of the people had to be flown to the hospital with life threatening injuries and we're working to learn their condition right now. >>> a family and two dogs are safe after a house fire in prince george's county. you see them there, doing all right. you can see the dogs there that were rescued from the home in the video here. firefighters were called to the house from lake arbor way in largo overnight. no word on what caused the fire. >>> new this morning at the live desk, since we talked with you at the top of the show, we found out more about what happened to three firefighters killed battling a wildfire in washington state. we found out that it was the wind. they suddenly changed direction unexpectedly and turned back on the firefighters. they got into the crash and the fire overtook their vehicle. these three firefighters were with the u.s. forestry service. back to you. >>> right now, we need to head out and we'll break down the equip

the steps that d.c. is taking to make sure that drivers are watching out for those kids. >>> a live lookout side at national harbor. you see the capitol wheel there. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your child's bus stop forecast at 6:31. >>> breaking news right now on the rails. we're talking vre. talking about the freder >>> breaking news and some big problems on vre this morning. the fredericksburg line all trains about two hours behind because of police activity down near fredericksburg. manassas, this just popped up right now, it's topped because of an engine issue. we could start seeing slowdowns on the manassas line as well. southbound at old georgetown road at democracy, a slowdown because of a crash in the intersection. b.w. parkway, southbound, we're pretty slow as you're headed southbound because of a crash. those delays are building. 270 at old hundred road, a bit of volume. nothing terrible this morning. and we still have the blue line delays to largo this morning. eun? >> thanks, m

d.c.'s government sent a convoy of first responders and that included police, doctors, nurses, four buses to bring evacuees back to washington and to provide any support that they could, but that effort turned into an embarrassment. news4's mark segraves was the only reporter to travel with that d.c. team and he reported on how the con advice of unable to coordinate with local authorities in new orleans or with fema. medical personnel did provide help to some people they encountered but the overall effort failed. the d.c. team left new orleans with only one evacuee. eventually, the district took in hundreds of evac which is who were flown in from overburdened relief centers in arkansas. the d.c. armory housed those evacuees for weeks. >>> going out this evening? here's what you can expect. today, our temperatures topped out again in the low 80s cries the area. some neighbors stayed in the upper 70s, anacostia, there is like a lion village, alexandria. here is what you can expect, 7:45 this

d.c. has seen a sharp uptick in violent crime. more than 100 people have been killed in the district this year. happening right now, police in maryland are hunting down a convicted rapist. james norris jr. disappeared during a home visit in hyattsville. he was being held in a maryland state prison for a rain and assault -- rape and assault conviction in 1980's. he was last seen wearing black jacket with white stripe, blue jeans and new balance sneakers. the search to find norris is active. if you see him, police want to hear from you. developing tonight, from the national zoo. all that is left is to name the newest panda cub. the zoo revealed today that mei xiang's surviving cub is a male and fathered by tian tian. the cub's sibling is bao bao who just turned 2 years old. a smaller male cub also fired by tian tian died earlier this week. the surviving cub is healthy and gaining weight under mei xiang's care and will be named 100 days after his birth. coming up at 6:00, a focal point of the baltimore riots demolished. why the build

not the case for d.c.hool junior asia hill. >> when you started this, did you believe you were going to be involved in one of the biggest projects in the world? you're in high school still. >> no, i didn't know that the project was going to be so big. i thought it was going to be more of a -- teaching school teachers how to work in a lab. >> reporter: she is working on the global gee gnome project -- genome project. her focus, plants, her classroom one of the most advanced labs in the world, smithsonian's museum support center, that leaf she found, history making. an ancient version of a sunflower that no one has ever seen. >> we are kind of the first group to look at the whole genome and it's really exciting. >> first group ever? >> yes. >> high school students can do this. >> robert coss till low -- castillo oversees the genome project. >> how old do you have to be, how much experience do you have to do science? the answer is not very old and not much experience. if you're put in the right setting. >> re

leon: d.c. police are asking for the public's help to identify and locating a sexual assault suspect. this happened 6:00 saturday morning in the 600 block of park road and northwest at washington 689 near the med-star washington hospital. a woman told police she was approached by a man and sexually assaulted at gunpoint. investigators are working with a brief description of the suspect. kimberly: scramble mid-morning at the american university after the death of a civil rights icon. and a university professor. julian bond died and his death is reverberating in a neighborhood he called home. sam ford explains the university must decide how to move forward. sam: julian bond the civil rights activist was well-known to everyone. the georgia legislator denied the seat because he opposed the vietnam war. the long-time president of the naacp that helped the organization celebrate his 100th anniversary. he was a washingtonian in later years. >> he came and he wanted to talk about the music. retired teac

i'll break down the numbers as d.c. police officers say they have no confidence in their boss. >> and this last day of august, certainly feeling like summer. we have a little bit of humidity coming in from the remnants of tro tropical storm erika. a look at how much it may affect us. >> and the red skins made a game-changing announcement about their first game of the season. news 4 midday starts right now. >>> at the live desk, we start with a deloping story about d.c. police. the d.c. police union says more than 1,000 d.c. police officers have no confidence in the chief. that's about a third of the officers represented by the union who took the vote. the vote took place over the weekend. the union says it's a symbolic gesture but the status quo is not working. the vote came directly after an all hands on deck weekend. she pulled officers from desk du duty and vacation due to a spike in crime. she said her decision may have influenced the votes and when officers are fighting violent crime, they have to take the vow they

leon: d.c. police chief cathy lanier there adding details to the story we broke in with more information about a while ago about the shooting at 13th and savannah in southeast d.c. we understand that there are more details need to be put together. three people shot inside of an apartment there. one adult and two children. trying to figure out the relationship between all of them. kathy lanier saying they have all three in custody. not clear what that means but she said she believes they have the shooter in custody. the weapon involved was another illegal weapon in the district. kimberly: we here at abc7 wondering what kind of emergency measures the chief and the mayor are going to implement. abc7 did ask the chief if they plan to implement all hands on deck, which you will remember was done in the trinidad neighbor when they saw similar spate of deadly shootings. she said yes, the city will experience all hands on deck. although officers have been allowed to be on overtime and extra patrols to t

we're walking in d.c. to make a statement to let people know there are people actually out here who care about what's going on. >> reporter: when you get to d.c., what are you going to do? >> rest. we're just going to be welcomed by whoever is out there and let people know. we don't want to shout. we don't want anything. but we just want to bring awareness to what's going o300- men -- going on. 300 men march. >> reporter: these gentlemen have been walking since yesterday at about 6:30. they started in baltimore and they've been walking all morning going on 11 hours now. then they'll get to d.c. where they'll be at the white house hopefully getting their message out. they say they want to stop the violence. in laurel, i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> some encouraging news about the economy in prince george's county brought to you by county executive rushern baker. today he plans to announce the first major increase in county jobs and employment numbers in over a decade. this announcement is set for 10:30 this

>> are you on duty. >> a d.c. police officer appears to be sleeping on the job,ntil our government watch dog reporter walks up to her window. and a m man gunned down in capil heights. 7 on youd we want to hear from . call us any ti, and we'll do our best to help. thanks for joining us for this 7 "on your side" special. 7 "on your side" isn't just about eye team investigations and consumer reports. we also dedicated a reporter to help you fight back against crime. we look at a local cold case of a retired police officer's so and she's asking for your help in fiing a killer among us. >> this story just broke you heart. here we had a well-respected veteran d.c. police detective, who retired and the most painful case of violence in her life is unsolved. d the mother was so heart brokenen, she harardly remember anything the week herer son was kied. >> his e eyes were focusn the road ahead and never saw the bullets coming. e 22-year-old w was struck multiple times. the wounds he suffered that november morning in 200on c

d.c. we now know the names of three homicide victims. the cases happened within hours of each other yesterday. someone shot and killed amar'e jenkins outside the st. luke catholic church on east capital street. later, tanika fanatanel died in a shooting on savannah street in northeast. it also hurt her 12-year-old son. police found william connelly's body at 17th and ebart street northwest. the d.c. police chief says illegal guns are involved in all of the cases. you can see there's now a $1,000 reward for reporting an illegal gun. lanier also said they are adding lights and officers to neighborhoods to deal with the big increase in crime. >>> just in, a sketch of the man wanted for bombing a crowded shrine in bangkok. take a look. we got our hands on the picture within just the past half-hour. police just now releasing it. the sketch apparently based on that security camera video we've been showing you that shows the suspected bomber there with a backpack on. then he takes off the backpac

d.c. line. three people hurt there. one was flown to the hospital with life threatening injuries. >>> a montgomery county school community is in mourning today. wootton high school principal michael doran died yesterday just before the start of the new school year. news4's zachary kiesch is at the school this morning with more on what students are doing to honor him. zachary? >> reporter: good morning, erika. in his 12 years here at the school as principal, michael doran was the rock. he was the shoulder that people could lean on when things got tough. this morning, he is not here, both today and tomorrow grief counselors will be here trying to provide what relief they can after the school learned of the shocking death just yesterday. dr. doran was 64 years old, he was found in his bethesda apartment. police believe he died of natural causes. but what we do know is that he was just an unapologetic, fierce advocate of the students here. he really shined when things got tough. we had an oppo

d.c. police want your help to find several men they are considered persons of interest in a deadly shooting in northwest washington. it happened by the shaw metro station this past weekend. police say matt shlonsky was shot when he was caught in the middle of the gunfight. cathy lanier wants anyone who knows anything about what happened to come forward. >> to the people who know the individuals involved in this, they have to come forward. it's that neighbor today, it's somebody else's neighbor today. it's that child today, somebody else's child tomorrow. >> there are six people of interest in the case. police have recovered this burgundy chrysler, they say it was stolen last week. >>> today a controversial vote for lawmakers in frederick county, maryland. the county will vote on whether to revoke the english only ordinance. that requires business to be conducted in only english. it allows the county to avoid printing documents in multiple languages which saves money. >>> okay, another glas

a d.c. judge ordered a mental evaluation to see whether he is competent to stand trial. >>> a family in maryland lost everything in a fire today and the fire started by their pet. this is what's left of a home on du pont avenue in suitland. a cat knocked over a candle early this morning. it quickly set the mattress on fire and then just spread from there. the good news here is that nobody was hurt, but the fire wound up causing about $5,000 worth of damage and has left now two people without a home. >>> well, it was hot and it was humid today. is the heat going to stay with us though as we head into september? september, can you believe that? meteorologist lauren jiggetts up next. >>> and we have got a live look at haines point now. any minute, the blue angels set to fly over the district. if they take off during this newscast, we will plan on bringing it to you live. >>> going to be hard and just like since i get this, like, service dog, actually, there is hope. >>> and how a service dog is

it should abolish slavery in washington, d.c.uppress the slave trade, paid for the colonization of the immigration of free slaves to haiti or preferably to western territories where they would block the expansion of slavery and come into the union as free states. ndy did not ask that congress interfere with slavery in the states directly. call for an emancipation proclamation. he did not propose a 13th amendment. coherentanted was a set of federal policies that would stop slavery's expansion and encourage the states to begin to abolish slavery on around. process ofstart the state-by-state ebullition that had stopped unexpectedly with new jersey in 1804. movedl years later, lundy to baltimore and invited a protÉge to help him edit his anti-slavery newspaper. one young editor's name was of lloyd garrison. within a few years, garrison would become the most vocal and most famous abolitionist in the united states. yet, although he remained known for the militancy of his rhetoric and tactics, garrison's agenda was essentially the same

i'm outside the d.c. office of the attorney general. and i talked to some business owners, some people in the community. and they tell me that they are relieved that the offi of the attorney general is trying to crack down on businesses that sell synthetic drugs. the riyadh market is accused of selling more than cold drinks and ice cream on the 800 block of upsure street northwest. they call the store notorious. ten months ago, detectives seeds more than 500 pacts of illegal synthetic drugs inside. now the business is getting kicked out. it has to hand over its keys to the property owner by november 13. some business owners and people who live out here tell me synthetic drugs are a problem. some didn't know about the crackdown in the neighborhood. >> a lot of faith in our neighbors and a lot of trust in them. and this is a block that is really building pretty quickly right now. and, you know, we want to be -- we always want to keep open lines of communication with the businesses around here. >> now the term synthetic marijuana is a bit

d.c. police are trying to track down a burgundy chrysler in connection to a deadly shooting. matthew shlonsky died when he was caught in the middle of gunfire two days ago. shlonsky was not targeted according to police, instead he was on his way to meet a fraternity brother when it started. >> when you're down, he'd bring you up. and now he ended up being at the broken pipe yesterday when two of the trucks fell through the street. you can tell through the pictures. this is near the intersection of duncan avenue. it caused two small sinkholes. that's when the trucks fell in. we are told the broken main caused silt to wash into the pond. >>> five people are now dead after a jet and a plane collide. you can see the broken plane here, it's in a quarter mile area in san diego area. ntsb is saying that the planes were approaching the runway when they ran into each other. they were possibly all military contractors with bae and one person in the single engine cessna plane. >>> the press corps is

call d.c. you have any information. >>> the trial is underway for a machine accused of shooting a -- man accused of shooting a worker to death after a robbery of an oxon hill hotel. investigators say he shot the victim jessie chavez as he was attempting to stop the gunman from leaving the hotel in 2013. two other men face similar charges and are set to go on trial in october. >>> no cause for alarm if you're hearing gunshots and mayhem around bethesda. today and tomorrow there will be training exercises on campus of naval support activity bethesda. there will be paintball guns and actors to mimic real life battleground situations for medical students. the facility is making the drill plan well known this week after a report of shots fired during an exercise last month elicited a big response from law enforcement. >>> uva says its computer system is back up and running after cyber attackers infiltrated it. the system was down for two days. administrators say no personally identifiable informatio

why d.c. mayor decided to reopen a street after 40 years >> a family reunion 25 years in the making. i'm chris papst. coming up, the incredible story of how the grandfather and his brand daughters announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". kimberly: took a quarter century to happen but today a maryland grand father finally met for the first time his two granddaughters. a reunion "7 on your side" was not just there to document but one we helped make possible. chris papst has a story you will see only on 7. >> what are you feeling? nervous. >> exciting. chris: twins are ank,ly awaiting -- anxiously awaiting a special guest. >> i'm tingling. my heart is about to jump out and run away. chris: the sisters who are adopted are a minute away from meeting their biological grandfather, a reunion 25 years in the making. a moment "7 on your side" helmed create. >> thank you "7 on your side" for helping us. i didn't think it would happen chris: in the spring she saw a service and recognized this man's

leon: outrage over the murder of a d.c. mother. we first told you about the shooting case in southeast last night, one of a string of shootings in d.c. as the city approaches 100 homicides for the year. anger and heartbreak in the community and across the district. richard reeve has the emotional outpouring. richard? richard: leon, this neighborhood is heartbroken. some folks are still outside of apartment.lle some residents say they would like to see more police on the streets, but there is also talk of personal responsibility. even in their grief, people helping to try to solve the gun violence in the city. >> i know everybody loved my sister. grief, anger, sadness, all here this night. >> we ask that you strengthen the family, lord. richard: as hundreds came together to remember tenika fontanelle. y'all know what she did for the kids. richard: fontanelle was shot and killed tuesday after her 12-year-old and 17-year-old were shot a neighbor. she died of her wounds that night. that tenika was stressing and tired and he needed one