the computer brain that controls erika's functions presents a different challenge how many different programs as erika run at the same time i like to think of it as one ok but it's many erica has her basic core program we call it which means consciousness in japanese and that manages all of her memory and her perception as well as her motor control and things like matching you know lip movements to her speech and things like that we have another program which allows us to script out complex hierarchical flows of sort of social interaction behaviors so kind of like flow charts that kind of tell are ok in this situation this is what you need to do then she has others programs that do perception so looking at the skeleton you know the shapes of people in the room figuring out who is where who's looking at or who's talking and fusing that data together. but in the end i think of it as just one program really erika's hardware allows her to hear and see she can track objects around the room she uses a common videogame sensor the x. box connect inside those flower pots or her ears project g

the computer brain that controls erika's functions presents a different challenge how many different programs as erica run at the same time i like to think of it as one ok but it's many erika has her basic core program we call it which means consciousness in japanese and that manages all of her memory and her perception as well as her motor control and things like matching you know lip movements to her speech and things like that we have another program which allows us to script out complex hierarchical flows of sort of social interaction behaviors so kind of like flow charts that kind of tell are ok in this situation this is what you need to do then she has others programs that do perception so looking at the skeleton you know the shapes of people in the room figuring out who is where who's looking at or who's talking and fusing that data together. but in the end i think of it as just one program really erika's hardware allows her to hear and see she can track objects around the room she uses a common videogame sensor the x. box connect. inside those flower pots are her ears project

good evening, i'm erika gonzales. and now there are questions about why thisra-new plane with a good safety record crashed. nbc's sara harvin has the breaking details. >> reporr: this was a new plane, less than a year old. on board, 149 passengers and 8 crew members traveling from ethiopia to kenya's capital, winairobi. radang the flight lost contact just six minutes after takeoff, the plane crashing 30 miles from the airport. it's unclear what caused the crash, but the model i question, a boeing 737 max8 is the se involved in the indonesi indonesian l indonesi indonesian line air jet disaster. boeing offerin to help with the investigation. ethiopian airlines has a good safety record and theof reputatn eing one of the best airlines in africa with a modern, n fleet of planes. sarah harman,bc news, london. >> there is more information on this tragedy. boeing is facing new questions about its 737 max8. days after the crash in indones indonesia that killed nearly 190 people, boeing sent a notice to airlines tha fault info

erika gonzalez in our news room any announcement yet, erika? >> this has just come into the news room producer in th courtroom keeping track of this. he's reporting that judge ell has declined to give paul manafort any credit for acceptance of liresponsi. there is now a 15-minute recess in that courtroom. so we should be hearing something relatively soon. it's 5:05 right now. so hang with us for a few minutes. what we can tell you is the judge and the legal tes have been going back and forth. they were arg about whether manafort should get the credit for accepting responsibility. now we knowhat the judge has to say about that. the special counsel's office said he should not because the case went to trial. thirformer trump campaign c is facing a sentence that could carry double digits in years. d be looking at .pending the rest of his life behind bars the charges against manafort do not stem from his time with the trump campaign. they are related to hisin lobbyg ukraine. nbc news has a team inside the courthouse and has said that the judge hased

good evening, i'm erika gonzalez. more on what nghbors heard as flames and smoke barreled through the mcclain home. >> reporter: crews stay on the scene for hours here in the 1400 block of brookhaven drive. knocking down hot spots after the two-alarm fire that began before noon and after a shock to neighbors. >> we first heard the sirens with the first responders on the way. and we went to the door because it seemed like a large amot d then we heard an enormous exteosion. >> rep some neighbors told us that oxygen tanks had been delivered to the home earlier in the day and lts cause of theas firet been determined but the blast was powerful. >> it isreike when you at a concert and your heart pounds, that is what it sounded like. power companyhe shut off electricity to the wood-framed house, crews prepared to search inside. once that houseas deemedru sturally sound enough. crews fm all other northern virginia and including firefighters from dunn loring and alexandria and vienna, made for frightening moments for neighbors

back to you, erika. >> all right, wendy. thank you so very much. >>> an important consumer alert fo pet owners. >> certain recalled today for salmonella concerns. >>> plus we are helping youet your garden ready for spring. tips from the experts. >>> and mother nature giving us some good things for the garden as well. a lot of sunshinendarmer temperatures. today still on the cool side. relatively we should be closer to 60 this time of year. we'll sho you when the temperatures start moving ithen >>> all right, we are back with a live look it is a sunny day. still a little chilly out there. doug says we areunng about 5 degrees positive average for this time of year. and he's back with a big warmup as well and our next chances for rain. >>> and that sun means it's time to get busy ie garden. now's the perfect time to start planting your spring garden. now, if you've never done it before gardening can be a bit intimidati. some tip from master gardeners who can tell you how to get in there and dig it up and plant it in the soil an

was teaching you a little bit about how she works tell me about the first time you interacted with erika what was that like the first time i interacted with her. it's kind of weird i think most people's first impressions of erica she's kind of creepy. it's really you you get used to her after a while. these robots are the brainchild of professor hiroshi she gyuto he created erica after extensive work on his clone robot gemini two hiroshi is often called the godfather of the humanoid he's considered one of the top programmers in the world and his robots are among the most advanced. we you mean by studying the human so by creating a body c'mon like robots are we talking about human robot interactions why is it important for the robots to look human because you know the human brain has a million function to roman as humans so if they weave coins to do the best into place for the human is a human that is clear the human brain has a function to recall when those human voice human face right there for you know the human life a robot can be idea interferes for the humans in trying to create a r

scott has an importantnopdate >> erika, good evening. the legislation would require school districts inaryland to perform better, deeper background checks when they hire teachers, checking with all prior employers, not simply he calling most recent prior employer when they background a job applicant. a 2018 i-team report revealed a teaching sending sexually inappropriate text messages to a student when heorked in florida evaded detection and he later landed two jobs in two different maryland school districts. both districts admitted to the i-team it did not and often do t contact all prior employers when hiring. a maryland state delegate saw a report. he drafted a bill top beef u the requirements. the state association of school boards and the teachers union it maryland say they support it. the bill has just passed unanimously in the state senate and in the hou ways in means committee there are still procedural hurdles left in the house before it's given to the governor for his signature. we'll keepating. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team.

. >> thanks, erika. >> thanks, erika. >>> still ahead, country star erin morris opens up about the start to heringing career. >>> another blow for facebook. >>> despite the rain todaywe're talking spring basebal y why won't have to wait >>> >>> it was the forest gump sequel that never happened.fl i'm tommy m with your celebrity 60. but first, singer erin morris says that she basically was turned down from every single singing competition show early in her career. talking with andy cohen on "watch what happens live". cou courtney cox was in new york city and stopped by the outside shot of her friend's apartment. >>> and eric roth the writer of forest gump tells yahoo news that he and tom hanks put the finishing touches on a sequel the day before 9/11/2001. he said the next day the movie had no meaning. > we know former president bah ram on bama lovesim so basketball. here's a look at his men's bracket. he has maryland headed to the sweet 16 before loving to michigan.fo his final r, duke, michigan, tennessee, norh carolina. he has duke battling unc for the championship, i think that would

let's bring in erika gonzalez. two peopl found shot on suitland parkway, what do we aow? >> this hoot in broad daylight and a major stretch of roadwa we have vid to show you from the sne on suitland parkway. police say two peopleere shot inside a vehicle, it sounds like they'll survive the injuries. who opened firend why that's now being investigated by u.s. park police. of course, this has the potentia to cause a big traffic mess on friday outside, outbound is now closed at nailer road. >>> thank you, erika, keep us posted. >>> to the weather alert. seems the entire area saw a wintery x of rain, sleet or snow or perhaps all three. we found themeretreatment s to work on the roads, but there were s se slipperyts out there. > it wasn't as bad as we were fearing. frederick county also got a wintery mix. schools there opened after a two-hour long delay. >> now another storm is moving in tonight and doug is tracking a bigger storm for sunday. so, doug, you got a lot to talk about. >> that storm system moved out earlier this morning. r snowfall map perfect for that storm earlie

the hearing continues tomorrow. >>> erika, thank you. this evening we're learning new details about a deadly fire i the district. a vietnam war hero and his cat killed after fire broke outside in their apartment. pat collins joins us with details. pat? >> reporter: jim, a blind man trapped in a fire in his me. it had deadly consequences. now as you walk along this complex, it's hard to notice anything wrong here. until you look up. until you get a chance to look inside that aparent. e melted plasma tv. the charred binets. the sged cat scratching post. inside the apartment evidence of the smoke and heat from this deadly fire. this fire that took the life of a 70-year-old man and his belod cat. a cat he named pugel. on the steps outside, the man's slipper left behind. there theresa benjamin lives nearby. d you see them carry him out. >> i did. >> tell me what it wasfulike. >> i busted out crying. it was terrible. you could see he wasburnt. you could see it, he was burnt. he was burnt real bad. >> didn't have achance? >> didn't look like it

from the live desk i'm erika gonzalez.endy and jim back to you in the studio. >>> australian officials are describing the shooter as, quote, extremist right wing violent terrorist. he posted a manifesto online po edly. >> it's not been verifd by n but it references president trump. a reporter today asked president trump if white nationalism is a rising threat around the world handicapped placa. here's his answer. >> i don't think so. i think it's a small group of people that have problems. you look at new zealand, perhaps that's a case, i don't know enough about it yet, just learning about the person. but it's certainly a terrible thing. >> justice correspondent pete williams joins us now. is it a small group as the president said? are we able to track these people? sometimes they're reay underground it's hard to count them. >> according to the experts on this, and this would include law enforcemt and intelligence in the u.s. the threat of this kind of right wing white supremism is growing around t world. more attacks are

i'm erika yonzales. than for joining us. the president celebrating the findings from robert mueller's report, but despite the white house claims, mueller's investigation did notne ete mr. trump. democrats are calling for the full report to be released. and in the bstering statement senator chuck schumer and speaker nancy pelosi accused the attorney general of bias and said that he couldn't be objectiv about the report. nbc's jennifer johnsg is gettaction now on capitol hill. >> president trump decring victory. >> it was a complete and total exoneration. it's a shame that our country ha to go through this. to be honest, it's a shame that your president has had to go rough this. >> reporter: after a week in review, attorney general william bar released a summary. mueller didn't draw a conclusion one way or another on whether the president obstructed justice. but barr says the mueller reporc des the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired o coordinated with the russian government in its elec

>> well,erika, the gunfire erupted inside this house early this morning. yighbors tell me t had seen the suspect here recently. he wasut helping doing chores around the house. they had no idea what was to come. >> they're very good friends. i've done cried and cried and cried. >> they w fe neighbors more than 20 years here. overnight, her or's house became a crime scene. the 69-year-old was shot and killed. a woman was shot and wounded. >> this is the bullet hole. house?llet hit your >> she points out that a bullet triggeringr siding her house alarm and a police response in the middle of the night. >> i know forensic had something to do with death. but i never realized it was him. i neverli rd it was him. i never realized it was him. >> she found out about the murder many hours later when the daughter came home. >> she broke down crying and i broke down crying and she said my daddy. my daddy. my daddy is dead. >>olice say their suspect in the double shooting is the man's own nephew. he lived in gaithersburg.s recohow he was on probation for a gun possessio

erika. >>> news4 is on blossom wat and the blooms are opening up pretty fast. now on stage 4 with hin of pink. stage five is puffy. and sge 6 is the peak bloom. when cherry blossoms are iag four they could be pretty susceptible to freezing. but doug is here talking about the weather looking like it w l cooperat >> yeah, and i think tonight and tomorrow night next coldest nights. but they are right by the water. so the thing is they need temperatures above 60 degrees and we have it coming and moved the forecast up a couple of days because we think it'megoing to p this weekend. let's take a look show you whaesz happening right now. very mild night, mild day earlier. high temperatures into the low 60s. right now 47. winds out of the northeast 16 miles an hour. we have rain coming down from the north and that has allowed temperatureso cool. northern 41 in frederick. once we see c the clouder get out of here, temperatures will fall pretty quick and you'll be looking at fairly cool morning. not much t in way of showers on the radar right now. we've had a couple up to

i'm erika nzalez. >> iat lawson muse. in just a few hours former trump caaign chairman paul manafort will learn his prison sentence. he was convicted of several financial crimes a failing to report for and lobbying. >> thencing guidelines for those crimes could put manafort away for more than 20 years and for a man that turns 70 next month that could be a life sentencett >> tracie pos has more fm capitol hill. >> reporter: 69-year-old paul manafort finds out today if he'll get the maximum, 24 years after a federal jury in virginia found him guilty of failing to report $16.5 million in consulting fees with a ukrainian government. the justice department say manafort repeatedly and brazenly violated the law. he cut a deal but lost it after lying in witness tampering while on bail. next week in washington, manafort faces another ten years on similar charges, none of it connected to the trump campaign. meantime, former trumpmi lawyer ael cohen delayed reporting to prison to finish testifying privately aout efforts build a trum

erika? >>hi we told you earlier month about a group of burglars who had tried and failed twice to steal atms from area sto as. but polic now looking into the possibility those same guys may have managed to pull off the theft at a few locations in the dmv. a couple of pretty unforgettable scenes, eppat? >>ter: erika, i thought i'd never see these guys again. i mean, after all they were like 0 for february when i came to atm thefts, but now it appears they're back in business. t .ns time -- this time it's paying o remember the three guys who bungled that atm robbery last month at a 7-eleven in montgomery county? the one where the g away driver left the suspects behind on the scene? the one where the atm fell on one of the suspects? well, police believe the three thieves are bk at work again. but this time with more success. they say this morning they used a stolen pickup to smash through the glass at a 7 leven and there they made off with the atm. and police sources say the suspects are good f

. >> all right, thank you, erika. >>> now to some breaking nths here i district. a young man on a dirt bike shot and wounded in a brazen daytime shooting. >> those shots rang out around busy good hope road this froob. and p nowice are shutting down several blocks in that area. >> news 4's pat collins has been talking to people in the area and he joins us live in southeast with details. >> reporter: you canve see we an extensive crime scene here. police tape, bac and forth across the road, blocked off for aumber of streets here. you know, neighbors say night dirt bikes zoong d.dow terhie r ey say they started buzzing up and down the road this afternoon. and then --th and, gunfire. we got to the scene early, and this is what wetwaw. shell casings in the roadway. down the street and around the corner a dirtike on its side. good hope road taped off for blocks as cops investigate this broad daylight shooting. the victim, a young man hit at once. neighbors say dirt bikes continually zoom up andod down hope road. today for some reason it got violent. joyce saucier, she l

drew, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, erika, good morning. that vigil just wrapped up but still an investigation is ongoing. look in front of the school right now and there's an added police presence at great mills high school today because they are following up on investigation into threats made just thismeeek on sociaa all leading up to this day where a vigil is taking place to member the life of a young girl who was kille here just one year ago today. buses file into great mills high school and on this cold morning a chilly memory in the shooting inside these hallways one year ago. >> the stronger because i know the school would come together and help each other and i think the community as well. >> reporter: a year ago, a cold d rainy day when 16-year-old jalen willie was shot. she died a few days later. desmond barnes 14 years old at the time was shot too hit by the same bullet that killed willie police say the shooter was willie's ex-boyfriend, then-y r-old austin barnes. the school resource officer running toward the danger and sho sho

erika flores nos importa. este es el vÍdeo amenazante que dice jorge gonzÁlez. voy a mandar a matar. pueden a forma muy agresiva, muy fuerte. >> o crear un perfil digital, es obvio que tienen sus perfiles abiertos, pero tener un nÚmero de negocios para ese tipo de casos. presentadora un dos informaron que un aviÓn procedente de china llegÓ a venezuela cargado con medicina y equipos mÉdicos. anticipan que serÍa el primero de varios cargamentos que china enviarÁ a venezuela como parte de una entre ambos paÍses. protesta luego de un acuerdo firmado entre el rÉgimen de daniel ortega y la alianza cÍvica. boca liberarÁ presos polÍticos arrestados. >> tambiÉn la forma de utilizaciÓn de armas de alto calibre. presentadora: la cruz roja de vera tener una lista de los presos polÍticos. claudia useda desde washington tienen los detalles. "el chapo" quiere mostrar que algunos miembros del jurado violaron las reglas y que se dejaron influir por informaciÓn publicada en la prensa y las redes sociales. sus asesores son conscientes de que... >> ningÚn juez va adarle una segunda

back to you, erika. >> somara, thank you. >>> we're just getting rain here in the district. if you head rth, you'll actually see snow there. for now, mainly sticking to the grassyfa ss. let's check in with nicole jacobs live along route 15 in frederick, maryland, for us. nicole? >> reporter: erika, the precipitation has c over the last hour or so from a rain to a rain/sleet/snow mix and now appears to just be scceting. it isulating on the ground here but not accumulating on the roadway. i can tell you in frederick the temperature is slightly above freezing. it's hovering aroundgr3 s, and it's expected to inch up a couple of degrees int the night. but many people say while the snow is fun and it's good to get out of work and school every now and then, they are over it and ready for spring. >> it's a wet snow. but, yeah, just enough to cause a little bit of an issue. but not too bad. >> if it sticks a lot more, i'll ri won't have to into work tomorrow. that would be nice, too. >> reporter: we have seen a few plow trucks here on route 15. with their plows not down, ho ver, but

i'm erika gonzalez. no i'm pat lawson muse. we had a little this morning. let's check in first with amelia draper. how are things looking on the radar right now? >> as you can see,rm seam 4 radar drawing across the area right now and little is the keyword there. we saw aboutti c to around two inches across the region. just a few meager showers down in parts of maryland and a few flurries just north o frederick city. as we head into the evening, rain is going to start to develop and wit surface temperatures at higher elevations right at freezing, we cod be dealingith some frr for the counties here in purple. that's why the national weather service has issued a new winter weather advisory. this is for the i-81 corridor as well as frederick, carroll counties and maryland. is f gredethrick county in maryland. it goes until 7:00 a.m. elsewhere it expires earlier at 1:00 a.m. it's mainly at that hig r elevation. think of places like braddock heights. we could see anywhere fm about inch. ng to .2th of an you want to be cautious for slick spots as we head into the

i'm erika gonzalez and we begin this morning with a weather alert. we are under aed into watch this morning and more rain is headed this way and it could be heavy at times. meteorologist amelia draper joins us now. there's a very active radar we've got going on. >> absolutely. we'll see this rain continue on into the afteron and evening hours. there's a flood watch for pretty much everybody. this is in effect until midnight. you could still see isolated flooding issues if you're not in the flood watch. one to two inches o rain is likely across the entire area today. washington already seeing over a half of an inch as the storm system pulls out, overnight tonight, weee strong winds behind it. those persist not only tomorrow but on in to saturday as well. here's a close-up look of storm team form radar where i'm seeing some of the heaviest rain. we head to the district where we're seeing moderat rain moving in from the south. here's a look at the overall storm syste and you canee the yellows, the oranges and red are going to be the heavier pockets of r

. >>> i'm erika gonzalez. wenge still wor this breaking news. a bald eagle rescue on the metro. let'sou take up to chopper 4 providing you of the best view of the situation. you can see the bald eagle there nestled up next to track and turning its head left and right. this is nrhe addison road pleasant metro stop. silver line trains are being rerouted to new carolton. metro tweeted a close up photo of the birds well. wildlife officials have been called to the scene to rescue eagle we're still waiting for them to arrive, and we don't know the condition of the bird yee. so it tuned right here to news 4. back to you all at the studio. >> i'm hoping he stays way from that leelectrified third rl there. >>> thieves using a truck to smash through the 7-eleven. tonight we've learned this may be a group of burglars who we've shone you before. news 4 pat collins live at police headquarters with the story. pat? >> reporter: leon, these guys just won't give up. i mean, they were like 0 for february when it came to atm thefts, b now in march three successful heists in a row. t remember tee g

. >> sreenivasan: erika skiff took out $70,00in loans to earn a bachelor's degree in nursing from st.eph's college. >> it's a littleverwhelming when you go through school, and it's-- you don't thinkbout it, and then you graduate, and it's like, oh, i have to pay all this inck now. and, yes, it's dely overwhelming each month. >> sreenivan: this summer, she and her husband, elias, had their first child. erika maternity leave from her nursin6 job, aof her normal pay. >> that 33% has left a pretty significant dent in the nances. >> sreenivasan: using the educational tax credit, erika receives $4,500 a year. >> that credit allows us a little more ggle room than we would normally have. i'm able to stay home without feeling the burden so much of not having the pay that i normally would have atk. >> student debt is a huge issue here in maine, just like it is across the count . >> sreenivasan: nate wildes markets the tax cred for a campaign called live and work in maine. we walked through downtownla port as he explained how important a post-secondary degree can be to employers. >> the commitme

. >> ahora vamos con noticias de la farÁndula y espectaculo con erika y francisco. >> no entiendo quÉa resuelto todo el problema del robo de las joyas y ahora es notificado que estaba siendo demandado 15 minutos antes del concierto del "movistar arena" de chile, por incumplimiento de contrato y fue entregada a Él delante de su esposa y esto paÓo el viernes. >> en octubre pasado, daddy yankee tenÍa que dar conciertos con luis fonsi y los cancelÓ la compaÑÍa organizadora puso la demanda y de hecho en exclusiva hablamos con el seÑor que puso la demanda y tambiÉn con su abogado y les preguntamos en qÉe se basa todo esto, escuchen. >> no solamente nos perjudicÓ el hecho de haber tenido la quiebra en nuestra empresa sino que ademÁs nuestra reputaciÓn e imagen, sino que tras los 52 conciertos internacionales no habÍamos tenido cancelaciÓn ni problema con los artistas siendo una de las principales agencias que trabaja con artistas de reggaetÓn trayendolos a todos a chile. >> escuchÉ bien y dijo que su compaÑÍa habia quebrado por culpa de la cancelaciÓn de estos conciertos. >> wow! >> una de l

dos adolescente por asesinar a su madre las dos confesaron apuñalar a su madre al frente de la casa Érika la seráse desconoce razones >> su familia dice vivir una pesadilla, nos cuenta que dicen pueden hacer para que no los separen >> la mañana del 25 de febrero vivió la peor pesadilla de su vida >> le doy de comer >> su esposo nunca llegó tras ser detenido por agentes de inmigración mientras salía al trabajo, horas después recibió una llamada de josé >> josé contreras fue deportado cuando vivía en chicago pero había regresado al país de forma ilegal por lo que una orden de deportación fue emitida en su contra >> no hace drogas no vende drogas, trabaja vendiendo >> entró de forma ilegal se convierte en un cargo criminal ayer la familia finalmente pudo contratar a un abogado para que les ayude a evitar una deportación ya han hecho todo lo posible >> que los suelten >> bryan mendoza >> en washington organizaciones emitieron carta a la alcaldesa por el incremento de fondos para inmigrantes en el presupuesto del año fiscal y enfrentan la deportación si la alcaldesa accede entraría a votación

erika edwards reports. >> where do you get your information? >> from not >>facebook.ool senior ethan lindenberger telling a committee how he pursued scientific facts about vaccines and mad the decision to become fully i knock lated when t hened 18, defying his mother, who ethanaid developed strong anti-vaccine views from social media. >> it was used to push a false distress and these sources that read misinformation should be the concern of the american people. >> reporter: it comes amid the ongoing outbreak of measles. so far the cdc has reported 206 cases of measles in 11 states with outbreaksn illinois, new york, texas and washington state. tuesday's senate hearing had one voice of decent. senator rand paul w did not ask questions, using the time to argue against mandatory vaccinations. >> i believe the benefits outweigh the risks but i do not favor giving up on liberty for a false sense of security. o reporter: yet another huge study, this of nearly 700,000 children has once again debunked the claim that there is any link between the vaccine for measles and mumps

. >>> erika gonzalez at the live desk with the family's response. >> this is a story we've been followinglosely. today we are told they have filed an updated complaint to include the officers' names. today they confirmed the officers'names. he was killed after a 2017 car chase on the washiton parkway. his family said he was unarmed when police shot h in the head three times. authorities have not released formation on the case. chuck grassry of iowa sent a letter to the fbi asking why the investigation was so long. in a statement y,to quote, after almost 500 days of the doc and the u.s.ark police fiercely protecting the privacy of these men so they could live their lives, we now know their names, end quote. >>> for the second week in a row, president trump is spending the weekend in florida. >> he spent a couple of hours in the ever glades today. >> he toured the herbert hoover dike project and promised t accelerate repairs to the infrastructure. and threatened to seal the southern border. >> reporter: it's something that he floated last night at that rally in michigan and it'sn idea that'

>> rep pter: that's right, and erika. you're going to hear from them just a moment. but here we are six hours into this investigation. just look over my shoulder. you can see crime scene units are still on scene going through that home. this incidt was contained to that home. they have not made any mention of any suspects o any search for any suspects leaving open the possibility that this was a murder suicide. but that possibility has neighbors here even more tunned. >> it's bad neway for us. >> reporter: for them it's too mucho take. >> my heart just broke. i'm in shock, actually. >> it hasn't sunk in. >> no, no. they're people, normal people. >> reporter: she's referring to the couple that lived in thise. ho a husband and wife and at least two teenage children and alongw a grandmother live here. the family used to help take care of rahel's daughter. >> it's tough, and i cannot believe it. tthis is last thing that i expected. >> so i heard like, boom. >> reporter: neighbors heard gunshots just after 10:00 this morning. >> i heard like a -- >> reporter: prince willi

erika, back to you. >> our pat collins live along good hope road in southeast. thank you, pat. >>> big changes are coming to thbw parkway. those massive strips of the potholes are going to finally address all of that. he national park service said today it will starepairs this weekend, but it's going to involve closing a setch of the parkway both friday and saturday night. and a permanent fix is still a few more weeks away. news 4's cory smith will joinwis details live on that coming up at 60. >> but now to the future of sports betting in the district. to haveders had hoped it up and running in time for baseball's opening day, which is tomorr. and that won't happen. but news 4 has learned when you will be able to place your bs. mark seagraves, he's live and it capital arena, will be starting on one of the opening days. >> reporter: the lottery officials tell us september now will be the soonest you'll be able to place a bet. if you want to use that mobile app on your phone, well, you're going to wait until next year. sporig betting is b money and will mean milli

erika no mostrÓ documento donde beatles autoridades que padece diabetes. >> me preguntaron si padecÍa este temor tan grande. me regresan a un lugar donde vivÍ algo que no se lo deseo a nadie. >> activistas de conocer los lineamientos que hacen autorÍa en estados unidos. >> que en lo que estÁn viendo ellos para tratar de evitar. >> que los centroamericanos sigan siendo regresados a tijuana simplemente por su aspecto fÍsico. >> la administraciÓn del presidente trump busca incluir una pregunta en el censo programadost par podrÍa intimid familias de migrantes y distorsionar los resultados del conteo poblacional. hoy por segunda vez a rechazo esta media clarificando ladel caprichosa y arbitraria. >> para la corte federal de san francisco le dice no al gobierno de trump. respondiendo a una demanda elevada por california dijo que incluye la pregunta en el censo amenaza la base de nuestro sistema democrÁtico. alegando inclusiÓn de la pronta es saÑa fue un mero pretexto y la definiciÓn de una acciÓn caprichosa y arbitraria del gobierno. defensores de derechos civiles aplauden las palabras del

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. we continue to follow the latest developments out ofd. new zeal nearly 50 people are dead and 40 hurt following what off are calling a well-planned terrorist attack. a gunman opened fire at two mosques tt were filled with friday worshippers. the violence has shocked t world. the shooting happened in christ chur christchurch on the east of new zealand's south island. one man has been charged with murder. police say he wa motivated by hate. nbc bill neely has more on the investigation into how this hateened. >> rep minutes after the massacre, a stream of wounded begin arriving at city hospitals, many with multiple gun shot wounds. armed police still hunting fore gunmtill unsure if the attacks are over and dazed survnors who had b through unimaginable horror. this man saw the killer. >> hhad glasses and he was dressed inmitary. he had guns. > reporter: minutes after t shooting, police were filmed arresting a man. they later held two other armed men and w aan and found two explosive devices attached to cars. >> so far, one person, a male in h

in the news room i'm erika gonzalez. >>> mental health struggles can affect anyone at any time. and many find it a difficult issue to discuss with others, and that is whyew is shining a light on the subject. we have information in the nbc washington app. just search changing minds. >>> a mental health eluation is ordered tonight for a man who shot an alexandria police officer six years ago now and more recently was charged with setting fires targeting mental health workers. a see bashiras founding in for shooting and nearly killing police officer peter laboy. t last year he was found to be well enough to be released from a treatment facility. now he's back behind bars after ing fires. in ari h today his lawyers asked for a mental health evaluation before the new case mos ahead. >>> to a story you'll see only on news4. >> a fairfax county school board member is a taking actioner the death of a third grader. wesley died las may after helping a teacher operate a d motori partition. virginia's governor signed a new law adding protections for students. but we learned fairfax county c

erika and leon, -guys, i wanyou to meet someone. this is jamie.you're going to be seeing a lot more of him now. -i'm not calling him "dad." -oh, n-no. -look, [sighs] i get it. some new guy comesn helping your mom bundle and save with progressive, but hey, we're all in ts together. right, champ? -i'm getting more nuggets. -how about some carrots? you don't want ruin your dinner. -you're not my dad! -that's fair. overstepped. >>> 30 years ago this mth alexandria police corporal charles hill was part of a s.w.a.t. unit responding for man holding five people hostage at gunpoint. all five hostages eventually made it to safety but not before corporal hill was shot and killed. news 4's jackie benson was there as the mayor of alexandria presented a proclamation he named charlie hill's day. it story you'll see only on news 4.te >> repor when alexandria mayor asked corporal's family to come forward in the city kuns ilchambers to be w presentedith theproclamation, his other family spontaneously moved forward as if the frank them in safety. on one side the cu

. >>> i'm erika nzalez here at e live desk with breaking news. the catholic news agency is reporting that pope francis is ready to appoint d.c.'s next arch bishop. it's wilton gregory, he the seventh arch bishop of washington. cre's what we know about him. he'srently the arch bishop of atlanta and has been since 2005. he's 71 years of age and has been in the priesthoodor nearly half a century. he grew up in chicago. we have not confirmed that he's accepted the appointment. a formal announcement could come as early as nextweek. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, erika. >>> breaking news now at 4:30, thevening commute slows to a crawl. >> the inner loop closed at the american legion bridge. that's causing delays not just on thebeltway. >> mark segraves has finally made it to the scene. mark? >> reporter: as you said, traffic everywhere in the area is just jamm up, the clara barton parkway and thegw parkway. you can see right now first responders are trying to funnel thsome o traffic one lane of the traffic is now open. what they're trying to

. >>> thanks, erika. >>> now to breaking news following in the district. >> d.c.rence right now. investigators giving out new information about three separate cases. and news4's cory smith has been listening in, he joins us live from d.c. police headquarters. >> reporter: the press conference just wrapped up aew nutes ago. we'll start with the most recent one. the murder of aan w on d street. we have been told that the suspect y arrestedterday in prince george's county, lamont stephenson, who had been on the fbi's most wantedst, has been charged with her murder. police identifie t victim as natina kiah she was found dead in her apartment on d street after prince george's county police arrested stephenson for a warrant in connection to a murder in. new jers they notified metro police, they eslked to stephenson and from there they filed c against him for the murder of natina kiah. the other case that was talked about today was the shooting that happened at a bar on eighth street. you probably remember the video from that shooting. it was an after-hours party at an e

. >>> i'm erika gonzalez. sentencing for paul manafort. he's back in court for a second sentencing hearing in as many weeks. manafort faces up to ten years for conspiracy. against the u and witness tampering. the charges are part of special counsel robert mueller's investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia.ud today's is likely to take into account allegations by prosecutors thatan mort tampered with witnesses after he was charged andhat heied to investigators even after he had pled guilty and pledg to cooperate. nbc news is reporting thatn manafort court today in a suit saying, i'm sorryor what i have done and for all the activities that have gotten us here today. so as soon as the sentence i handed down, we'll update you on the velopments. > developing right now, a search for a killer in prince george's county. >> this is after w aan was found shot to death at an apartment building in hyattsvilat ville. >> justin finch has been tracking the case all morning and joins us live from the scene. justin? >> reporter: erika,

. >> reporter: erika, i'll tell you, this is just tragic all the way around. that little boy's name was paxton davis. he had just celebrated his first birthday on february the 8th. i spoke to his parents. they are shocked, they are saddened, they are confused about how this chald have ened. let's show you pictures of paxton first as we detail what investigators told us today. according to police that 11ear-old girl admitted t assaulting paxton when her mother left to run an errand sunday morning. paxton's tarents sayy were initially told his injuries were caused by a fall, but upon further investigation police say it was clear to them that paxton had been assaulted. hisay parents he was beaten with something that caused severe injuries to his upper body and a skull fracture. davis and the 11-year-old girl are not related but their families do know each other. tonight the one question detectives are still trying to answer is why. >> it was clear from the beginning that the injuries that paxtonfe sd were not consistent with normal play of a 1-year-ot . i doow wh

from the live d'm erika gonzalez. back to you in the studio. >> we've got a lot goingda on >>> might as well throw the forecast in there too. let's go to chief meteorologist, doug kammerer in the storm center. >> tracking chances for rain anw then >> yeah we have a storm system making its way through the middle part of the country. yesterday brutal cold, out there now a little bit of a breeze, still talking wind chill, look at the numbers with 29 inur martin 32 gaithersburg.sterday and low 20s, this is much better. wind chill right now in the city at 39 degrees. so better wit sunshine and lighter wind. we're looking at better conditions across our area. nothing on the radarw, right rain or snow. we have to go back to the west, here it is, a storm system making its way our way, will bring us rain and snow on your friday, and then a biggerssue on sunday, but it's a good issue. i like it. i'll show it to you soon. >> we'll wait to hear about that, doug. thank you. >>> about 24 families are dealing with the lass of their

. >> reporter: fresh out of berkeley, erika cheung started working in the lab that processed patientsrtain portions of the lab so you couldn't see. when outside vendors would come in, like they always had to be escorted by security. >> reporter: at what point do you start to say something isn't right here? >> i think the transition happened when i started processing patient samples. >> reporter: so you basically start out with a base test. >> yes. >> reporter: you put that base test in your machine just to say okay, we know it's working. we know it's cleared. >> exactly. >> reporter: and what happened? >> and it kept failing and i kept running it over and over. and how it was handled totally blew me away. they took out data points and two out of six, the way we average things. >> reporter: so you're saying essentially that you were cherry picking. >> exactly. >> reporter: the information in order to make the information make sense. >> but the thing is we were still processing patients. >> reporter: meaning those patients were taking information that you were providing to them and maki

erika shych has the story that's uplifting his entire community. nats: "ready gavin? yeah i am." it's an unlikely friendship between thirteen year old gavin mabes--nats: "you want me to help you? yeah!"and five year old carter braconi. but the bond these two now share-- nats: "i want to see your coin again..."will make you smile. tuesday afternoon carter came to the south brunswick skate park to celebrate his fifth birthday on his scooter.what happened next is unforgettable. kristen braconi/carter's mom: "he thought he was going to have to leave because he's little and he thinks that bigger kids don't always want to play with little kids."but boy was he wrong.ánats of kids singing happy birthday."carter braconi /birthday boy: "they sang happy birthday to me!" this group of teens-- welcoming the five year old-- who has high functioning autism and a-d-h-d into their group.helping him go down the big ramps on his scooter-- erika shych/reporting: "you weren't scared at all?"carter braconi /birthday boy: "nuh-uh!"and even giving him and unexpected gift.carter braconi /birthday boy: "t

. >>> ella siguiente erika reportó la desaparición de su hermana. sin ser resueltas.te lunes en los condados de san francisco. el presidente donal trump está tratando este asunto de cuidado médico como si fuera el aÑo 1920 y aquí en california lo vamos a permitir. >>> la norma afectan directamente a (nombre en inglÉs). >>> líderes de california piden que cumpla en vez de amenazar. el presidente de la compaÑía cargo de procto calificó estas posibles acciones, injustificadas sin precedentes y perjudiciales para la gente y la economía del valle central y también del estado en general en total se están disputando más de $3,000,000,000 en este proyecto, en cancún méxico persona fuertemente armado disparan contra una camioneta, el pistolero bajo de un vehículo aprovechando el tráfico para disparar en contra de las personas dentro de la camioneta. dos hombres murieron a bordo camino al hospital y otrosmás resulto lesionado, pese los videos de la cámara de seguridad ninguno de los responsables ha sido capturado por la policía. >>> el presidente encargado de venezuela, juan gu

abstinencia, andrea aguirre habló con algunos católicos sobre algunos sacrificios que se hacen >>> mientras erikauso hasta que no se portaron tan mal y nos dice que habrá es algo que también hace con su hija cada sábado de gloria. >>> mal porque duele y mucho >>> a veces depende cómo me porte, ya m en verdad no me d suerte . >>> firma en lugar de ayunar está haciendo otro >>> puedo abstenerme de carne, pero carne mala >>> doña blanca pasará la cuaresma agradeciéndole a dios todas las bendiciones que han recibido preparándole algo muy especial para el prójimo >>> acabo de eliminar de hacer espinacas con hongos y >>> explica que muchos de sus clientes no podrán comer carn si la gente puede en un tamal puede ofrecer a dios el sacrificio de que no >>> eso sí, como sacrificio durante la cuaresma, preparan sus tamales sin escuchar música >>> estamos más en calma. >>> bueno, un reportaje de andrea aguirre. fíjese que una de las cosas que me llamó la atención es que las cenizas se ponen aquí en la cruz de la frente y el resultado de las quemas de las zonas del domingo de ramos anterior >>> cuando son las

erika: cientos de kondo conductores fueron a paro laboral. >> hace dos semanas uber bajo la tarifa queta y saco $700 a la semana. lo que gano no alcanza para sobrevivir con mi familia. con la huelga ellos demandan un salario mÍnimo de $28 la hora. >> uber sÓlo nos da el pasajero. [habla en inglÉs] ramÓn: donald trump reacciona diciendo que no podÍan permitir que esto le pase otro presidente. muller concluyÓ que la campaÑa de donald trump no conspirÓ con prusia, pero no se llegÓ a la conclusión sobre si donald trump obstruyÓ la investigaciÓn. palmira dos puntos donald trump su campaÑa convertirÁn su resultado en la consigna. ramÓn: hablamos de las consecuencia polÍticas de este informe. >> el presidente presume su victoria, una victoria que lo estarÍa fortaleciendo polÍticamente. >> estoy satisfecho de que llegÓ a su fin. >> es una pieza importante para la casa blanca. asistentes del mandatario habÍan trazado un plan para animar a sus partidarios de cara a las elecciones del domingo 20. Éste analista piensa que esto ayuda a la reelecciÓn. >> sirve decir que tenÍan razÓn, que no habÍa na

i'm erika gonzalez. the summary says no collusion. but it does not exonerate mr. trump on o obstructi justice. the white house and congressional allies say the president is vindicated.mo crats argue attorney general william barr can't be trusted. nbc's jennifer johnson tells us they want the entire report public. >> president trump declaring victory. >> it was a complete and total exoneration. it's a shame that our country had to go through this. >> late sunday afternoon, attorney general william barr released a four page summary of robert mueller's investigation. mueller didn't dw a conclusion of whether the president obstructed justice but barr says the muller report concludes the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in it's election interference activities. mueldr's investigation las almost two years. he issued more than 2,800 subpoenas. >> this was illegal take down that failed. >> while the white house celebrates democrats are still onal ng several congres investigations. there

cardona, la pelota parada y todo tigre defiende, la arman y cardona usarÁ el disparo, filtra para erikaedo, se regenera la jugada del equipo de los tusos, erica aguirre se une con cardona, otra vez aguirre tiene que buscar la jugada por otro lado, el pase es muy malo y tiene que buscar a edwin. saque de manos para el equipo que os viste de rojo >> buena recuperaciÓn por parte de valencia, sigue en air frente a la porterÍa, ya no puede con murillo. le quitÓ la pelota sin faltano hay ninguna falta y por cierto hay diferencias de los dos equipos, los tigres bar a favorque tiene contra pachuca, ocho goles en contra en los partidos >> quiÑones, sigue quiÑones, bajo un poquito la guardia, otra vez con dueÑas y con juliÁn quiÑones. se apoya en rafael carioca por pizarro, aguanta la presiÓn por parte de franco para sus centrales y tiene cerca a la banda a aguirre . prefiere ir con valencia, el chaca vuelve a rescatarla, te juntany hay una pequeÑa flota ahora para limpiar la presiÓn de guido pizarro >> el canterano de tigres uno de los mÁs pluri funcionales del juego mexicano, establece contacto

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sÍ, si. >> mira, y mi flor lo sabe, felicidades. >> gracias. >> felicidades. >> erika, ven para acÁ.a selva. >> ¿ en serio?. >> sÍ. >> ¿ solo ellos?. >> no, los burritos tambiÉn, ahora vamos con paulina sodi cambiando de tema, vamos a algo muy serio, alarmantes arrestos 400 en cinco minutos, querida pau en texas, cuÉntanos esto por favor, buenos dÍas. >> es correcto, muy buenos dÍas, arrancamos con las noticias, vamos a empezar con esa informaciÓn, vamos con ello. >> ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >>>> como le adelantamos la patrulla fronteriza detuvo en texas 400 inmigrantes que cruzaron caminando la frontera, en su mayorÍa son centroamericanos que llegaron a el paso en dos grandes grupos, habÍa mujeres y niÑos pero tambiÉn menores de edno acompaÑados, la patrulla de el paso revelÓ que el Último mes a hater aceptado un promedio de 500 personas diarias y que se duplicÓ el flujo de 2018 y registrÓ rÉcord los Últimos 12 aÑos. este aumento en el flujo migratorio ha desbordado las prevision del gobierno al punto que los centros de detenciÓn se encuentran saturados por lo que el gobierno anunciÓ que a part

. >> reporter: erika rigo's son frankie santos jr., father of two, was stabbed to death outside his home in san jose on september 2nd. no arrests have been made. >> for something like this to happen to him, devastating. >> reporter: the reward for information is $30,000, thanks to a $10,000 donation from a foundation and from frankie's employer. >> we're hoping that this is going to make a big difference and someone's going to call. >> we can't allow a human being to just be stabbed to death while his children and wife are inside the home, six months go by, and nothing. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: santos' family started a foundation in his name to help the families and children of murder victims. for those holding on to hope for justice. and the picture of that truck is the last real update that we've had in this case. if you know what happened to frankie santos jr., call the sheriff's department here or call crime stoppers. >>> the protests continue in sacramento. tonight a crowd of about 200 people marched through the neighborhood where stephon clark was shot and killed by police offi