erika gonzalez has that. >> changes you'll see the white house next time you're down there. if you go down there and to the sidewalk along the south side of the grounds is now off limits. used to be that it was just closed overnight. not anymore. the pretty pictures, you're still going to have access to those. agents say the move is supposed to help with monitoring the area. now, remember, the north side of the white house is where that higher fence is supposed to be going up. at the live desk. i'm erika gonzalez, back to you. >>> foreign policy will be a big focus for president trump today. he will meet with italian prime minister at the white house. the president will likely face questions on some of the foreign policy decisions his administration has made in the last several days. >>> and one of those questions will likely focus on iran. it comes after some tough talk from secretary of state rex tillerson who called the iran nuclear deal a failure yesterday. news 4's tracie potts will have details on what that can mean for the future of the deal coming up. >>> former pres

erika gonzalez with the details. >> good morning, aaron and eun. another execution in the state of arkansas. 38-year-old kenneth death just after 11:00 last night. up until a few minutes before his death the court was reviewing documents. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. to this developing story in the district. police want you on the lookout for a green car, possibly a mazda, they say it was involved in some type of an incident on pomeroy road that left a police cruiser damaged on the right side. >>> police arrested a man they say sexually assaulted a woman in the middle of the day in a busy area in silver springs. they arrested 33-year-old antonio komara. a man dragged her into a wooded area, sexually assaulted her and took her money. he remains all week we've been focusing on missing children in the district and the new steps d.c. leaders are taking to find them. last night the d.c. democratic women's club invited people to a meeting in northeast to bring attention this issue. the group says it understands some of the young people are run

erika gonzalez has more on a death inside an arlington jail. erika, what happened? >> we're getting information about a death that happened inside an arlington county detention center. bernie is 40 years old. he was given a short leave. time, by 2:00, 2:30 in the afternoon and a couple of hours later he was found dead. so now there's an investigation into his death. again, we're just getting this information about this. it happened yesterday inside the arlington county detention facility. so as soon as we hear a few more details before this broadcast ends. >> erica, 6:30. a falls church woman is back in the u.s. after being detained by egypt for three years. >> now she's headed to the white house this afternoon after the trump administration helped bring her home. she is going to meet with the president today. the robert f. kennedy human rights center thanked president trump for helping negotiate her release. she was accused of abusing children through an organization she founded to help kids. she was found not guilty. the acc zbruls this morning we're monitoring a

he will regularly anchor the weekend evening newscast with erika gonzalez. leon. >>> 6:51. turn right to first four traffic with problems on 95. >> brand-new problem that just happened here. southbound 95 at 619 triangle. new crash the left side of the roadway is blocked. hoping to get that out of the way. perhaps headed out of town this weekend, inner loop and outer loop of the beltway okay this morning. there. top of the beltway on the outer loop. chopper 4 at randolph road, that way getting reports of malfunctioning traffic lights through the area right now. 39 southbound at stewart lane, still have that disabled vehicle in the center lane causing some slowdowns and this closure on 197 between bw parkway and powder mill road. you can take powder mill instead to get by that. live look 66. waples mill. you can see a little bit of a slowdown. fairfax county parkway, 95 north looking okay. 270 southbound and the top of the beltway no major issues. remember to listen to wtop 105 f.m. when you hop in your car. hi, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. it is friday.

erika gonzalez is at the live desk with details. >> right. facing charges of burglary and arson after two separate fires at the trump international hotel in vegas. they say the fires were started in piles of totes or other items that had the president's name on it. one of them was in the bathroom, the other on the 17th floor. we know that one person is hurt, we just don't know how badly. again, one personal taken into custody. >> it's 5:15 thousand. president trump says his tax plan will benefit large corporations, small businesses and you. how that -- how is it mathematically possible. we want to give you a look here. the plan shrinks individual tax brackets so you pay 10, 25, or 35%. it doubles the standard deduction for married couple that amounts to $24,000 instead of 12. it eliminates all itemized tax deductions except mortgage interest and charitable contributions. now it also flashes -- get that to work. it flaslashes the corporate inc tax rate to 15%. one big question, how do we pay for it? >> we will be back here with very firm detai

from the live desk i'm erika gonzalez. >>> 6:51.hopefully where the wins will continue to happen in the caps quest for the cup. >> news 4's megan mcgrath is live in northwest where the excitement is building for tonight's nhl playoff game. hi, megan. >> reporter: hey, good morning. excitement is definitely building all around town. we're actually in front of the hotel monaco right down the street from the verizon center where the game is happening. work crews were here all morning. they're putting up wires. they're pulling down big capitals banners that they're going to hang from the pillars. take a look at the video we had this morning. they rock the red. they've got red spotlights going along the side of the building. of course, getting fans excited about tonight's game. round two game one tonight. now crews at the verizon center, very busy last night. of course, the wizards played yet as well. they spent their time swapping out the floor from the hard wood to the ice in preparation for today. the capitals take on the pittsburgh p

from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. >>> here's a look at our other top stories this morning. 4:30. hagerstown police are investigating a fatal crash at the intersection of chestnut street and garrett street. that crash involved a motorcyclist and bicyclist. the bicyclist died. >>> a woman is in custody after a woman caused a scare at a metro station. she started to argue with another passenger. it happened around 9:00. she was arrested at the white flint station about 30 minutes later. none of the passengers were >>> and from metro to the mark train. everything is back to normal after a small fire forced passengers off of a mark train. chopper 4 over the scene last night. this was on the brunswick line in silver springs. vectors tell us the brakes overheated. >>> there may be hope that the government won't run out of money to pay the large number of federal employees that live in our area. that is now a one-week extension on the table. it would delay the deadline until next friday night at midnight giving lawmakers a chance to work out a longer-term deal. that o

we will air the news 4 power play anchored by erika gonzalez. we will have your news, sports getting you ready for caps and penguins game two at 8 p.m. carol maloney will report from inside the verizon center the wizards are back at it tomorrow. they can advance tomorrow with a win. >> we need that. >> we need a >>> talk show host ellen degeneres is celebrating the anniversary of her coming out on her sit calcom ellen. > around saying you are gay because they don't need to. so for those words to come out of my mouth for the very first time to say i'm gay even rehearsing it i would burst into tears. >> you can watch that episode here tomorrow at 3:00 in the afternoon. >> that does it for us. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- emma whatson, w. kamau bell, jersey pizza boys,

news4's erika gonzalez is live outside of prince george's call center with what you need to know about this tone. erika, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it may happen you that get that recorded message with that sound you're unfamiliar with it's meant for the hearing impaired. do not hang up. >> prince conference county 911. do not hang up. your call will be answered in the order it was received. please stay on the line. the following tones are for the hearing impaired. [ tones ] >> reporter: this weekend, in prince george's county, where 67-year-old william armstrong had a medical emergency and everybody around him called 911. but they were confused by the sound on they thought that they had been disconnected. help would eventually arrive and neighbors did stay on the phone through that tone. by this time, phyllis boone, a friend, was performing cpr. >> no one was ever on the other end. and i never got a chance to grieve. i never had a chance to cry, never had a chance to do anything because i had to keep it together. i got to keep it together because i got this man's life he

check in with erika gonzalez and the live desk. inmate put to death in arkansas. >> this is another execution in that state as they work to carry out another conviction. up until yesterday evening the supreme court was still reviewing last-minute documents filed on his behalf, all of which were rejected. williams is the fourth inmate to be executed in just the past eight days in the s arkansas. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. 5:06 now. we turn to a developing story in the district. police want you to be on the lookout with a green car. they say it was involved in some type of incident on pomeroy road southeast. no one was injured though. >>> police arrested a man they say sexually assaulted a woman in the middle of the day in a busy area in silver springs. the woman says she was walking along castle boulevard wednesday afternoon when a man dragged her into a wooded area, sexually assaulted her and then took her money. 33-year-old antonio comara was arrested yesterday and remains in jail. >>> section 5. people in the communit

erika gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: the state of arkansas executed a death row inmate. the first in a decade. dell lee was executed last night before midnight. this after the u.s. supreme court declined to hear five last-minute appeals by his attorney. sedation during the procedure and that the last meal he asked for was communion. lee was sentenced to death in '95 for the murder of a 26-year-old arkansas woman. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you, five minutes after the hour. >>> right now prince george's county police want people to be on the lookout for this missing 72-year-old woman. helen johnson hasn't been seen since april 7th. she may be driving a gray ford taurus that looks a lot like the one you see here. it has maryland tag 4 ald 25. >>> this morning a man is recovering from serious injuries after police say he was hit by a car. the crash happened near southeast street and commerce street in frederick, maryland, last night just before 9:00. it's near the frederick ves tore scene to call them right away. >>> raids happening in paris right

i'm erika gonzalez. the message you need to know to keep your family members out of harm's way. >>> how long will the cloiuds b locked in and a big warmup tomorrow. >>> first this morning, you may have seen the alert on your phone. >> aaron hernandez committed suicide. he was serving a life sentence. hernandez was found not guilty of another crime recently. >> reporter: just days after breaking down in tears following acquittal in a double-murder case, former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez was found dead in his cell at a massachusetts state prison overnight. the same prison where he was serving a life sentence for another murder four years ago. prison officials say hernandez hanged himself using a bed sheet that he attached to a cell window. hernandez was about to begin his third season with the patriots in june 2013 but the team cut him just days following his arrest for the shooting death of another man. for that murder, hernandez was the possibility of parole. nbc news. >>> right now,

. >> erika gonzalez has more on what's happening at the live desk. >> aaron, eun, good morning to youright now, a barricade situation that started last night still going on in delaware. this after that trooper, trooper ballard, was shot and killed at a wawa. that happened in the town of baer. two suspects were involved. one of them taken into on scene. the other fled to a home. we understand that a s.w.a.t. team has that area surrounded now. this is an ongoing barricade situation going on for several hours now. meanwhile, flags will be flown at half staff today in honor of trooper ballard who was an eight-year veteran. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. >>> here's a look at our other top stories this morning. 4:30. hagerstown police are investigating a fatal crash at the intersection of chestnut street and garrett street. that crash involved a motorcyclist and bicyclist. the bicyclist died. >>> a woman is in custody after a woman caused a scare at a metro station. she started to argue with another passenger. it happened around 9:00. she was arrested at the wh

erika gonzalez working the live >> reporter: changes impacting the way you'll see the white house the next time you are downtown. the sidewalk on the south side of the grounds is now off limits. used to be it was closed overnight. not anymore. pretty pictures, you'll still have them. this is going to help them monitor the area. the north side, that's going to be getting higher up and deter jumpers. >> erika, thank you. >>> 5:07 now. foreign policy will be a big focus for president trump today. he will meet with the italian prime minister at the white house and then the two leaders will hold a joint news conference. that's where the president will likely face questions on some of the foreign policy decisions that his administration has made in the last several days. one of those questions will likely focus on iran. this comes after some tough talk from secretary of state rex tillerson who called the iran nuclear deal yesterday, a failure. >>> former president george h.w. bush could be headed home any day now. he is recovering from a mild case of pneumonia. mr. bush is regaining strengt

news4's erika gonzalez is there. >> reporter: right.ll phone tower, aaron, would stand 100 foot tall and be right here on the property of eleanor roosevelt high school. this is an ongoing fight. this isn't the first time we've talked about this between community. t-mobile teaming up to meet demands and improve cell service adding that radiation from cell towers is well below limits said by the scc. but people are not happy. at a community meeting last night, residents voiced their concerns. >> it's dangerous. it's dangerous on behalf of children. it's dangerous to have property value. and it's jegenerally not accept by our community. >> reporter: as you mentioned, this is a story that we've long covered on news4. like the one that david culver reported on at crossfield elementary school in fairfax county where there's about a dozen cell towers on school property. back to the time line, there is no proposed plan when the cell tower could go up or how long the fight could last. i'm erica gonzalez in is expected to unrail his tax reform bl

. >> doing the weekends with erika gonzalez, but 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, you'll hear a lot about this, we'll be doing a caps power play special tomorrow. >> all righty, leon. >>> first at 4:00, the debate over your rights as an airline passenger is about to take center stage after several controversies caught on camera. >>> and michelle obama opening up, what we're hearing for the first time about her family's time in the white house. >>> and a mother arrested for shoplifting, now police prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. farm, crate, and store. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my giant. vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> congress plans to examine airline customer service aftera number

erika gonzalez has information now. >> reporter: good morning. we're right outside of glasgow middle school. there is police presence here this morning but this has nothing to do with the school. all faculty and all students are safe. there is no threat to the school. however, trying to piece together the explanation of the large police presence that we understand -- or i should say there is a police presence here this morning. but we understand this actually started last night. i spoke with my colleague, david culver, who said this all began with some sort of a tip. officers were called out here last night and apparently there was reason for them to come out here again this morning. so when we got here, we did see a few officers and a canine appear to be walking into a wooded area where we can see visible crime scene tape that so again, we do know from the principal here at glasgow middle that word was sent out to parents letting them know that there was police presence here on the scene for several hours, to not be alarmed, that this had nothin

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