the eldridges say earthquake insurance was just too expensive for them. jim?axelrod: carter, thank you. the young man accusing actor kevin spacey of groping him testified in court today in ñ?a5ay end up being a win forony spacey. dean reynolds is following this story. >> reporter: the actor was not in court today as the case against him took a number of surprising turns. spacey is charged with groping a male teenager, now a 21-year-old man, at a bar in nantucket three years ago. the accuser says he captured the alleged assault with his cell phone camera. today his mother, heather unruh, described it. >> he had shot a video of kevin spacey sticking his hand inside his pants. >> reporter: the phone was given to the police, who later said they returned it to the family, but then it disappeared. spacey's lawyers contended its contents were edited to help the accuser's case, adding that it is a felony punishable by imprisonment. when asked about it, the accuser's father, nick little, tangled with both judge thomas barrett and spacey's lawyer. >> if you don't unders

ounty executive mark eldridge has seen the video and put out this response, quote. back live, we can tell you police, as their investigation continues, they want to hear from as many witnesses as possible to figure out what happened here an if the force used was justified. live in montgomery county, justin finch, "news4 today." back to you. >>> update on t story we brought you as breaking newsmoi the ing. a 2-year-old is back at home this morning. virginia state police issued an amber alert r raequon ashby and thought he was danger. they say he was kidnapped in warren county. yesterday, meone returned the boy to his home unharmed. they are searching for kashar ashby and believe he kidnapped the child. >>> a murder suspect search is on. >>> this morning the stafford county sheriff's office is investigating both the murder and attempted muhaer and it ened wednesday night at the 512 gas station on garrisonville road. 20-year-old troy barnett jr. was killed and 18-year-old laura guadalupe cruz was taken t. the hospital >>> police a shooting along telegraph road could be

the county executive mark eldridge said, quote. look for updates on this story on news4. >>> update on a story breaking new in the mornin a 2-year-old boy is back at home and safe this morning. virginia state police issued an amber alert for the toddler who they say was kidnapped before noon yesterday inn warre county is someone returned him to home unharmed. police are asking for jashar ashby who they believe kidnapped the toddler. >>> late wednesday night in the parking lot at the 512 gas station on garretsonvilleroad. one was killed and another one is in critical condition. police areoking for a dark colored sedan seen speeding from the parking lot. >>> this morning neighbors in a f arfax county communityre living in fear following a sseries ofotings this week. >> police tell us these shootings could be connected and could be gang-related. here is a look at the map where this happened. edrcy spencer reports t violence chang how residents celebrated july fourth. >> reporter: a bullet hole. hatteredglass. no kid on the playground

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burns tonight after rushing back into a burning house to save his niece incredible story here keith eldridgee from the hero and why he says. >>he'd do it all again. >>the knockout round. and the media brands and her him still has some gunvor she could get. >>with god's covering his face arms and back derrick bird want you to know how special his niece mercedes and nephews junior and rory are. that's why when fire broke out thursday morning at the aberdeen home. he jumped into action helping the kids mother kayla his sister think it i ran downstairs. even a government. >>the kids are a junior, and i got a way out the window but 8 year-old mercedes was afraid to jump in when her mom fell off the roof mercedes phil back into the burning room she was screaming my name so. >>i was going sit there and you and i'm used and i and ears ran right up stairs and then push straight to the fire right to fire at they get to bring me the person and then i got here took my shirt off the pair on their faces says she wasn't breaing in the smoke and i just carried her a kid or say these and 6 year-old junior ai

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the phrase came along when eldridge gerry was governor of massachusetts in the 1800s. he drew a district that looked like a salamander, hence gerrymandering. it has been around forever. did not say "we like partisan gerrymandering, it is swell, they said the framers in the constitution did not give judges a role. congress ineck by order to do anything if they wanted to. challengetutional speech to the representation about proportional representation. there was no measurable, reliable criteria that once you come up with to measure how much partisanship is too much. if you don't like partisan gerrymandering, that is fine. resort to congress and your state legislatures. senses,respect to the there was a question on our to 2000, the810 exception being one year in 1820, there was no citizenship question. of questions about race, gender, all kinds of preferences on the census. the court said this wasn't the violation of the constitution of the enumerations cause that it is supposed to be every 10 years . congress has the authority delegated to the secretary of commerce. the

all of his lieutenants from the major banks in the wall street area at the time as well as nelson eldridge who was the senate finance committee chair from rhode island they got together and they figured out how do we create a system all to milly that helps them they were afraid that there could be a panic or crisis and the wall street banks wouldn't have enough access to credit amongst themselves that was the entire point it was sold to the american population is a little help farmers because people in the midwest won't have to worry if there's a crisis on wall street because there's this ultimately federal reserve entity that's going to take care of all of the state's credit issues up all the state's finances shoes and all of the liquidity when and if necessary in the case of an emergency there was no war at that time of course a few years after that we had world war one and there was a lot of putting into action of that idea but to create money not necessarily to help other components in the country when the states were creating their own debt back before that banks were also creating th

came to light on twitter on wednesday andi it's calling the atte of the county executive here mark eldridge here and he is responding with this uoatement. q. montgomery county police looking into this video d to see if excessive force was used in this case. alsking for all witnesses who were there that day to come forward and share what they saw withtoheir investi we are live in montgomery county police headquarters, i'm justin finch, news4. back in to you. >> thank you. >>> update to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. a 2-year-old boy is back at home and safe this morning. virginia state police issued an amber alert for the toddler who they say was kidnapped before noon yesterday in warren county and someone returned him to his home unharmed. police are searching for jashar ashby who they believe kidnapped the toddler. >>> late wednesday night in the parking lot at the 512 gas station on garretsonville road. 20-year-old troy barnett jr. was killed and 18-year-old laura guadalupe cruz was taken to the hospital and in critical condition. police are looking for a dark

. >> reporter: justin eldridge, working hard in the 95-degree heat. loading up a rented uhaul. packing up his parents home in trona. >> it is very tough. you've been here 50 years and everything like that. then all of a sudden, this devastation comes around with the earthquake. you know? and you gotta come over and help your parents out. >> reporter: the three-bedroom, two-bath house, red-tagged by the county. they made it through thursday's 6.4 with minimal damage. but friday's 7.1. well, take a look. >> got cracks all over the place. no retaining wall. no fans. >> you have someplace to go? >> well, yeah. i have three kids. i might just bunk with them a time or two. >> the weekend bunks have been outside. but now, their oldest daughter from bakersfield is here to take mom and dad home with her for now. >> they're going to come up with me for a little bit. and to see what we can do. go back and forth. and decide what. and i think that's the hardest thing. >> meanwhile, it was tense outdoor mattresses, but not that many. emergency workers said only 26 people slept out overnight.

. >> the eldridge home rocked off its foundation. the family is moving out. >> if you think about it, you might get depressed. we have to keep working. >> instead of dwelling on the negative, anna suell drij would rather think about the positive, if that's possible when you see all the damage left behind by the earthquakes in trona. >> that's our sleeping quarters right there. the highrise. >> the truck. the red one. >> you've been sleeping there for the last four days? >> yeah. >> her home has been red tagged and sleeping under the stars has been safer. she's not the only one. >> teresa and her family are sleeping outside as well. even though everything inside hit the floor during the quakes. but their house is structurally okay. >> i can't believe that we've lost all of the contents almost of our entire household. >> this town of roughly 1700 people sits right on top of the quake's en center. right now, what everyone needs is water. the red cross is delivering food and water and the community is pulling together. >> we're trying to

justin eldridge wrdin the 95 degrees heat, loading up a rented u-haul, packing up his parents home in trona. >> it is devastating. >> reporter: the three bedroom two bath house is red tagged by the county, not safe to stay in. they made it through tuesday 6.4 with minimal damage but friday 7.1, take a look . >> it is all screwed up and cracks all over the police and now retaining wall, no fan . >> do have a place to go? >> well, yeah. i have 3 kids. i might just bunk with them a time or two. >> the weekend bunks have been outside but now they're all just daughter from bakersfield is here to take mom and dad home with her for now. >> they are going to come with me for little bit and see what we can do, go back and forth and decide what. i think that is the hardest thing . >> i don't know. i haven't had time to think about it but i don't know what to do right now . >> you built it? >> me and my father held it started in my senior year in high school. >> reporter: meantime as morning broken ridgecrest, it was tense, not outdoor mattresses but not that many. encouraged by city leaders to

here's mark eldridge. >> i think that last move was pretty excessive dropping in on guys. looked like he dropped him on his head with his knee, and 's thereo justification for that. >> reporter: now we have heard those same omntiments fr several other montgomery county leaders. now, this all comes as the county is searching for a new police chief, and all the leaders that i have spoken to today say whoever gets that job is going to have to face this issue head on a work diligently to improve the trust between the montgomery county police department and the communities of color that they protect and serve. ou will hear much more from acting police chief marcus jones at 5:00 and 6:00. but for now we're live out here in gaithersburg at police departmt headquarters. leon, back to you. >> all right. you got it. thank you so much. corey smith reporting live. >> pat? >> the late now on yesterday's flag-rning scuffles nearhe white house. two people have been arrested. one is charged with obstruction is aioolice investigat and resisting arrest. the arrest followed this chaotic scen

he was going back into the house to save his niece, the house was on fire yet we have keith eldridge he's more than a hero. well so show you right now why. some say that you know he's not only here, but he said he'd do it all over again. they've not got round. i think a a. >>are the media brand and her young man, still has some gunvor she could get. >>with cars covering his face arms and back derrick bird want you to know how special his niece mercedes and nephews junior and rory are. and that's why when fire broke out thursday morning at aberdeen home. he jumped into action helping the kids mother kayla his sister katie want get those uh i ran downstairs. even a government the kids i'm a junior. and i got a way out the window but 8 year-old mercedes was afraid to jump in when her mom fell off the roof mercedes phil back into the burning room she was screaming my name so. >>i was in a letter to sit and i'm used to and i and ears ran right up stairs and then push straight to the fire right to fire. thank you bringing me ocean and then i got here and took my shirt off the pair on their

doug eldridge on the mega-payouts stars are seeing.ng as a conservative definition but what's going on? >> it's amazing. any way you look at it. when free agency period opened yesterday at 6:00 p.m., by midnight, nearly $2.9 billion in free agency contracts had been negotiated. to put it in context, when you go back 35 years, the 1984-85 season, the nba salary cap was $3.6 million per team with an average salary of $340,000 a year. in 2019, the salary cap is $109 million, last year lebron made $35 million, kevin will clear over $40 million next year. any way you look at it, it does start to sound like monopoly money. neil: what's weird about it, in durant's case, help had an achilles tendon injury which will keep him out all next year. he still gets paid money next year, right? >> yes. that's correct. unfortunately, having been on the client side of achilles injuries, outside of the neck or spine injury, they are the most debilitating and difficult to return from. the key distinction i would point out here, you alluded to it in that st