we're here in memory of the seven uss fitzgerald sailors. douglas, hernandez, nok, martin, reim, rigsby, rictor, and suvayan. and the uss john mccain sailors. we're very grateful that today, we have ms. rachel echols with us, we send you our deepest simp sympathie sympathies. and i want to especially recognize, we have with us the committee chairman, chairman thornberry. the leader of efforts to mitigate the military readiness challenges. and i thank him for being here today. i also want to send a warm welcome to congresswoman elizabeth estes. -- and full committee members have had an opportunity to ask questions. is there an objection? as we begin today's unkplaclassd hearing, i have no doubt that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. but these recent tragic events only reinforce our committee's concern about the challenges the navy faces. i'm especially concerned about the shortfalls in the structure and whether the tempo of a reduced 277-ship navy may have contributed to these events. i also believe that the first responsibilit

one of the fitzgerald, the other on the mccain. toould like to pay tribute the electronic technician second class and senior technician or class both from connecticut. their families mourn him and all of a sudden connecticut are struck by the sadness and grief of their passing. andtheir courage in joining devoting their lives to the defense of our nation. so we really know them an investigation that is not only thorough and comprehensive but also is prompted possible. -- it has prompted as possible. i am struck by the questions and answers elicited so far. this intensely human tragedy in such an abstract way, which maybe makes but i think address most americans find these crashes incomprehensible. begin by asking you, admiral, is there any indications of fire that there far-- any indication so that there was an equipment failure on the fitzgerald or the mccain? >> we're looking at that and it will be part of the investigative results when they come up. it is premature to say conclusively. it is not only the operating status of the

included in company s ranks was robert george fitzgerald, born october 24, 1840 in newcastle county, delaware, to thomas fitzgerald, a slave whose ethnicity was of irish and african extraction along with his wife sarah burton fitzgerald, sarah being of caucasian descent and at a young age the family would relocate to chester county, pennsylvania, where robert's brothers richard and william worked in the father's brickyard and attended quaker school. as the war progressed through 1864 and january of 1864, robert would serve a stint in the union navy with the u.s.s. north carolina, the u.s.s. william g. anderson and the u.s.s. circasian. at 23 years of age would leave the service of the navy and on january 15, 1864 enlist into the newly formed massachusetts cavalry regiment. company i held one of the more noteworthy african-american soldiers of the period. private charles r. douglas, a 19-year-old printer from west roxbury, massachusetts. the son of prominent abolitionists, frederick douglass, charles had been transferred to the fifth massachusetts cavalry from the 554th massachusetts

lake sham plain, "uss fitzgerald," and "uss john s. mccain" as well as the grounding of uss an teet tomb. we welcome or witness, the on able richard spencer secretary of the navy, admiral john richardson, chief of naval operations, and mr. john pendleton, director of defense for structure and readiness issues at the government accountability office. i'd like to take a moment to recognize family members who lost loved ones in the fitzgerald and mccain collisions who are here with us today as our honored guests. from the fitzgerald, eric rooem, the wife of chief petty officer gary reem. steven ritzco and show know douglas parents and brother of petty officer third class shingo douglas. senior chief petty officer victor and carmen shah boy yn -- sa buyian, and they're son luke. parents and growth of petty officer first class carlosvictor sa buy on. wayne and nikki rigsby, father and stepmother of seaman dakota rigsby. darryl martin, chief -- father of petty officer first class xavier martin. and from the mccain, jennifer simon, wife of pe

on either the fitzgerald or the mccain?>> with taking a look at all of that, and that will be part of the investigation, investigate and results. be part it's premature to say conclusively whether thatcome u. contributed. it's not only the operating status of the equipment but howt it was operative, was a being. wa operated properly in accordance with the procedures. all of these things will be part of the result of that investigative look. o i do also have two comment on how absolutely human this is to us.w everyone of those sailors is like a son to me. and the opportunity to be with their families when they see them come back in these coffins, it makes it intensely human. and so we're going to get after this. >> by the way, i did not mean to imply that anybody on this panel, tickle you, admiral, who has devoted your life to the navy and service and sacrifice would feel anything but the most intense pain and grief as a result in having a son who has served in the navy and another in the marine corps, i know that as a dad,

they will look for a scout, find somebody, the fitzgerald case where comey brought in the god father to his children,, fitzgerald, in order to appoint him a special counsel when they knew there was no crime, because in fact, valerie planck had already come was no longer a protected then at the cia and they knew whodunit, richard amitabh had leaked it. they still appointed and him a tenet counsel who probably decide his mission was to get dick cheney. it is the most grotesque example of a mischaracterization of justice and the danger of the power of the government. the back and look at the case. that's what i'm very worried about robert mueller, now these bad person, he's a patriot, a guy who served with great distinctive did not. i have no doubt he is a person who's going to do his best but he is surrounding himself with a collective group of people were going to engage in a witchhunt and i encourage everybody to actually arthur miller's the crucible which is about the witchcraft trials and late 17th century in salem. that's the mentality of the left. the left is engaged in the salem

thank you very much, tracy. >>> megan fitzgerald here at theb live deck. breaking news out of india. we are learning 22 people were killed at a friday morning rush at a pedestrian bridge in mumbai. officials say another 27 were injured in a stampede. people have been taking to social media offering prayers an condolences for those killed. many people are also upset saying there needs to be more t avoid this type of tragedy. of course, we will update you on this story as we learn more. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> president trump promised to drain the swamp. now one of his cabinet members is taming the people back. health and human price to him price apologized for using planes 24 times on your dime. politico reports price cost taxpayers more than $1 million in travel since may. yesterday price said he would write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for his seat on those planes. >>> house majority whip steve scalise is back at work. what a homecoming. >> yesterday, he made really an emotional return to the house floor, creating rare uplifting mom

the incident involving the "uss fitzgerald" and the "mccain" were tragic events. and i wish we had never gotten to this point. and my thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who are lost and those who are injured. and we're all anxious to get to the bottom of what happened. but this appears to be a symptom of a larger problem. i know we touched this in many different capacities here today, but the u.s. navy has, my understanding of all this, has moved training out of the schoolhouses and instead embraced an on-the-job training model, which is what sailors do, operate with little sleep and without a singular focus on learning. so in an attempt to meet the high up tempo demanded by the navy which only increases, we have left structural choices that have left us with short side training infrastructure, and we're hindering our ability to keep our sailors safe, in my view. would you agree with this assessment, and how do you believe we can reinvigorate training initiatives to make sure any incidents such as these are not of our own making. >> yes, sir. i'll

i too lost a constituent, navy son technician on the fitzgerald fitzgerald.as his birthday and the family basically surmised by checking s facebook feed. and when the responses to his birthday wishes stopped coming, they began to get woied. so my cus also as a member of the veterans committee is thinking about what we owe those who serve and so my focus is very much going to be on the human side, not so much the equipment but rather the huema side because much of what has een reportetoday has to do with leadership, training ana culture of safety. say this as a daughter of navy man, it does make me think about what we can do better as so many of my colleagues have said, that we owe it as members of congress to provide you with those resources. we need to ask yoso say when we're asking too much with what you havand to be willing and able to say we cannot do what you are asking us to do without putting the lives of men and women at risk. and we need to know that from you. and i understand that's ainst your culture. but it is required because of the commment thes

back to you. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> d.c. police now confirm two people died following a double stabbing late last night. we are told one of the victims was a man and the other victim was a 16-year-old boy. this is video from that scene at the intersection of 13th and downing streets northeast. at last check, police don't have any suspect information and the victims' names have not yet been released. but check our nbc washington app for updates on this story as the day continues >>> there were a lot of upset passengers on metro this morning. metro sent out an alert there would be fewer eight-car t concern with the union. passengers noticed the overcrowded trains immediately. there were lots of tweets complaining about the crowds and long waits between trains. metro has suspended mechanical inspections on 7,000 series rail cars which means they can't operate. metro is hoping to resolve the issue today during a meeting with the union and rail car manufacturers >>> and we are waiting to find out what the new name of jeb stuart h

fitzgerald warned the teenager how dangerous it was and she returned to tell authorities.tarted spreading and fitzgerald said the teen and his friends who were filming didn't seem fazed. >> do you realize you just started a forest fire? the kid who videotaped it said, what are we supposed to do about it now? >> fitzgerald says that the teens initially fled the scene but investigators managed to catch up with them for interviews. police are hoping other witnesses come forward to give accounts of what happened. >>> right now, the mission fire in the sierra foothills posts a threat to hundreds of homes. crews have been using helicopters to drop water on the fire plus air tankers to prevent as much property damage as possible. 500 firefighters are working to crush the flames. the fire has burned nearly 1,000 acres and remains just 10% contained. >>> and back here in the bay area, we have learned that one firefighter got hurt trying to stop the spread of these flames in gilroy. air quality in the area is becoming a source of concern due to the wildfire smoke. crews fear that th

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live in northwest, tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. >>> now to a story you will see only on fox 5 >> racist flyers popping up in fairfax county. >> reporter: senators forced to denounce hate speech and groups after the controversial flyers popped up in fairfax county. we have reaction and why police are saying that they could be investigated but hate crime. the story next. >>> the season opener is on the way, the redskins preparing for sunday's kickoff. could they be down a flare? we'll be right back. he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam. born and raised in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away. . >>> disturbing flyers depicting virginia politician corey stewart for popping up across fairfax county >> they s

[ glass thuds ] fitzgerald. fitz?[ footsteps depart ] [ door closes ] what's going on? did... she-- she knew about the jurors? cyrus. mellie came to you. i know that. you went to the cia. i know that, too. you arrested olivia. you released maya. you worked with the man who killed my son. i know everything. so don't lie to me. sir-- do not lie to me! and do not tell me you were trying to protect me. sir, please-- you're fired. [ door opens ] [ door closes ] [ camera shutter clicking ] [ lock turns ]

several parents who lost a son on either the uss mccain or uss fitzgerald were on capitol hill.man who says she is desperate for answers. she wants to know why her son died and what is being done to prevent these crashes from happening. >>> it wasn't easy for these hearing, but many says it is absolutely necessary. >> i talked to you yesterday about the seriousness of this investigation. >> reporter: and senators didn't mince words when questioning navy admiral john richardson and secretary richard spencer. >> it's our obligation to operate that ship safely and effectively. >> reporter: in june the uss fitzgerald collided over the coast of japan. 7 sailors lost their lives. then two months later in august, the uss mccain collides with a merchant vessel killing ten sailors, including rachel he can olz' son timothy. she and many other parents listened closely at times, wiping away tears while navy leaders were grilled for answers. >> any intrusion or tammer palominoing. >> reporter: two investigations and studies are going on to determine why the ships crashed. but the admiral adm

news 4's meagan fitzgerald shows us the effort to make this road safer. >> reporter: v dot has made a number of changes on watson road to make things safer after that latest crash. for instance, they say they've made this sign right here bigger and closer to the intersection to warn drivers that there's a stop sign ahead. they also say that they've cleared the debris and the brush around that stop sign to make it more visible. they're hoping this helps them prevent another tragedy. you sdroent to look far to find someone concerned about this intersection in loudoun county. >> watson road, especially, that intersection is terrible. >> i would love something done. >> neighbors want action after last week's crash killed their friend and injured her three children and their grandmother. v dot engineers are studying the traffic signal. >> i'm going to head in there. >> meanwhile, throughout the day, neighbors have been in and out of the kaplan home. >> we've all come together within the community to help them out in a time of need. i feel like we've had the support from our community in br

we're ' live near tom fitzgerald, fox5 local news. >> thank you, fits. meantime late this afternoon president trump he weighed in in on his decision to end daca. well, i have a great heart for the folks we're talking about. a great love for them and people think in terms of children but they're really young adults. i have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly and i can tell you in speaking to members of congress they want to be able to do something and do it right and really we have no choice. we have to be able to do something than a i think it's going to work out very well and long term it's going to be the right solution. >> of course you you may recall this was all set in motion by rm toker president barack oh bam a. he signed this making this legal . former president obama release a statement today criticizing the president's move to end daca. he said ultimately this is about basic dwiesance i this is with b whether we hopeful young striefers out of america. it's about who we are as people an

. >> tom fitzgerald is on this story. fitz. >> reporter: almost 500 in all across the country but does this have implications on how the trump administration is handling controversy in virginia, we'll tell you why coming up. coming up. caribbean. >>> this is fox 5 local news at 5:00. >>> breaking news out of charles county maryland, skyfox over the scene where a motorcycle struck a tree in waldorf, it happened before 4:30 this afternoon, you can see the wreckage there, the white and blue material in the center of your screen, we know the driver was thrown to the hospital, we're being told life-threatening injuries, as for the area in waldorf closed between leonardtown piney church road >> police are looking for a blue lexus in connection with a triple shooting. three men were shot. two in the leg the third in the arm or back, at this time, there is no suspect information out there. again, police believe that a blue lexus is connected to the crime. >>> in prince william's county, several people there looking for a place to

let's bring in tom fitzgerald to break this all down for us. >>reporter: shawn, i'm not formally trained as a political science, but 96 percent is a lot of democrats who say that they are going to go to the polls. remember, these are likely voters because they do not like donald trump. clearly on the face of it this means the bit of donald trump problem on his hands as he tries to become the virginia governor. when you look at this poll that was re lease today by the christopher newport university it also shows that there may be some trouble brewing on the democratic horizon for candidate ralph north em as well. a lot of virginia voters who say they are likely voters are at odds with his stand. where does this leave this? virginia as we know is a purple state. threes a lot of red, there's a lot of blue of the both sides have to appeal to the others to get that election tied up. however, some of the experts who have been looking at this poll today, one of them virginia tech's and contact deem and says what she sees are some signs that both repub

tom fitzgerald is live tonight at ice headquarters and itz this did not go the way she hoped it wo did it? tony this went off the rails today here's why. involveing a big part this is this building right here. this is immigration and customs enforcement headquarters here in southwest d.c.. tell them about the progress she's making with president trump and negotiating and extension of democratic national convention deal, delayed action for childhood arrivals turneds out the crowd some of them in the conference today didn't want to hear from nancy pelosi and they had a lot to say for themselves. take a look at this scene today. this was the conference. former speaker nancy pelosi is in there and talking about daca and these negotiations and with the president and all of a sudden that group right there the one with the red bannerer, they come out in front of nancy pelosi and basically news conference. why were they protesting well they say they are are not dreamers, they are not people who are benefiting from daca. and they want to know why the democratic party isn't doing anything in the

and i just been telling myself that i am so blessed. >> meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> amazing what one act of kindness can accomplish. >>> as you get up this morning and you walk out the door, the first thing you notice is how muggy it is out there. >> absolutely right, chris. if you have an umbrella to share, you may need to share it for your thursday plans. rain is a big part of our forecast for today. but, we have showers to deal with today, rain chances will be falling away as we get closer and closer to the weekend. otherwise, here's a check of storm team 4 radar, cloudy skies this rn through now. another chance for showers on the i-81 corridor. these waves of rain chances will keep coming through over and over during the course of the day. don't expect a lot of rain. a tenth of an inch to quarter of an inch. manassas, towards fairfax and chan still i till i towards dulles airport, you can see this first wave. this one will roll o on through. next showers in two hours. every two to three hours of continuous rain chances through the day. future weather, there's a little chance goin

fox5's tom fitzgerald joins us live with the highlights from trump's speech. >>reporter: this was really a remarkable scene in new york city he today. if the north korea diplomats that were sit ting in that front row did not get the message today they may not have been listening. so take a look at thissen scoo. un general assembly today in new york. the nations of the world surrounding the president of the united states delivin very first general assembly address as president. the president didn't only called about north korea, he called out iran calling a country that has become a rogue state and warned not to continue to threaten its neighbors otherwise the president might pull the plug on the the nuclear deal. in essence, if north korea starts a war, president trump says the united states will end north korea. the you united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defense its itself for its allies we'll have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. rocket man of c

meagan fitzgerald spoke to the woman in fairfax who told me her family is running out of time. >> i'm scared for them. i'm scared because i know that it's not good -- >> for the last week, paloma has been desperately trying to rescue her family trapped on the devastated island of puerto rico. >> people talk about how bad it is, but you really don't see it until you see it. >> time is running out. >> want to get them here. her health is what we are most concerned about. >> paloma's 28-year-old sister-in-law is almost nine months pregnant. her husband and family members are doing everything they can to comfort her. but hurricane everywhere and resources are quickly running low. >> they have no electricity, no water. there's a big concern for gas because there's humongous lines that take hours. >> paloma's father took these pictures of the devastation near their home, an hour outside of san juan. entire chunks of roadways are gone. neighborhoods surrounded by water and thick piles of mud. even young children are helping to capture rainwater so they can survive. but people are becoming de

. >> let's get you out to tom fitzgerald live on the au campus with more on fitz we've seen this happene on campus. >> reporter: jim, shawn, we were just talking about this kind of thing last week. at georgetown university when they found swastikas inside the bathroom of a dormitory on campus a couple of weeks ago. before that we were at georgia washington university where somebody had posted anti-muslim flyers. this is a problem not only on this campus but progressively, campuses across this country, people coming on to these campuses and doing things like this in this instance this was a flyer with a confederate flag on it that said the words haz ua dixie, there was also piece of cotton on that when we talked to the campus university police they want you to take a look at this. you see this guy, if this is a disguise, he was hiding in plain site. he got a bright yellow vest son's he's got a bright colorado shirt wearing camel pants in that unmistakable red helmet and jim and shawn this is what they're telling us about this. they don't think this was coincidence, these fires happened t

in june 7 sailors died after uss fitzgerald crashed off the coast of japan. last month ten died near singapore. >> florida governor rick scott is calling for change. 8 people died in seat seatbelterring nursing home in hollywood, california after irma knocked out power across the state. in the future nursing homes and assisted living facilities are required to have gen generators and must be capable of maintaining comfortable temperatures for 96 hours in the event of power loss and their denigrators must be up speingted 15 days in installation. >>> first it was u.c. berkley and now theological college of catholic university in d.c. seminary cancel ago appreance by jesuit priest who wrote a book about gays in the catholic church. here's bob barnard. >> theological college at catholic university is celebrating 100 anniversary with alumni reunion in early october. the seminary in northeast washington invited jesuit priest and author father james martin to visit the campus october 4 and speak about jesus. with the publication this summer of father martin's latest

. >> tom fitzgerald is working this story tonight.. >> jim, sarah this is about a student conservative group. they say they have been framed by a hate speech flier that turned up here on campus that they had nothing to do with. we'll tell what you they have to say about it and what they want the university to step in and take action about. ronica. >> thanks, tom, well, today's press briefing sarah sanders took questions for only nine minutes. but, let me tell you, there are highlights in that very short time. you do not want to miss. we'll tell what you you need to know. first, gary. >> thanks a lot, ronica. sue mentioned it. we have jose behind us. i thit say it, it's the next storm up. where is it going. do we know for sure where it's going yet? we'll talk about that coming nice evening. few clouds from irma more news on the other side of this break, stay with us. snv an update on that attack in cap tool hight are a man set his pregnant girlfriend on fire. andrea grinage set on fire. doctors delivered her baby who is also in critica

i want people to know that. >> reporter: reporting in fairfax county, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> we have more on that breaking news out o after a shooting in the 8100 block of gate house road in the falls church area. >> and we understand that there was some type of pre school nearby and parents are being reunited. now jackie benson is on the phone with us on scene. jackie what are you hearing? >> reporter: we're still enroute, but luckily i have new information for you that i have been able to gather from my various contacts and the good news is is that there is no longer a threat to anyone at that scene, according to police. second thing, there was some confusion as to whether this address is a fairfax county public school facility, this gate house road address is not. so this does not involve any type of school facility where children are. this is an office building. what we're told is that there was some type of shooting incident there. i cannot tell you right now whether there were any injuries. but my sources are telling that the gunman in this case is the deceased person that

. >> i'm megan fitzgerald at the national mall, where thousands of people are expected for events andoming up, a preview of what to expect. >>> plus, he turned his part time job into a presidential meeting. this is cool. you'll meet the northern virginia kid who mowed the white house lawn. >>> and we're watching those temperatures on the rise. temperatures already at 70 degrees here in d.c. we'll continue to take them up to the 80s. feeling more like summer today. we'll talk about the weekend forecast in a few. >>> and a story that warms the heart. an incredible goal reached how news 4 viewers, you all came together to give a baby girl the burial she deserves. >> this is a sweet story. we have a lot of good stories coming up this morning. plus, facebook live, right? >> that's right. we'll fire that up in 30 minutes or so. >> great. we'll be back on air in a moment. >> announcer: news 4 today starts now. >> as we come up on 8:30, d.c. police on high alert. three major rallies planned in our area today. we're working for you this morning. we'll walk you through the road and metro closur

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as fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the coast of japan. on july 10, a marine kc 130 crash in mississippi, killed all 16 troops on board. on august 21, ten sailors perished when the uss mccain collided with a tanker nearust singapore. on august 25, an army black hawk helicopter went missing during l training mission off the coast of yemen and one soldier died. just last week in nevada to air force a-10 aircraft crashed into each other.ec thagod the pilots were safely ejected by the claims -- the planes were lost at a cost of over $100 million. the two pacific fleet naval, collation ship repairs or as they do cost more than a half a billion dollars. the lives lost in each of these incidents is priceless. over the past three years, a total of 185 many women in uniform have been killedame noncombat accidents during the n same time, 44 servicemembers were killed in combat. the bottom line is, we're a killing more our own people in training that our enemies are in combat. and that did not happen by accident. it is a problem caused by this mindle

ten months earlier in june, the uss fitzgerald collided with a car cargo ship off the coast of japan.lors lost their lives. >> admiral richardson, i talked to you yesterday about the seriousness of this investigation. >> reporter: senators didn't mince words when questioning admiral richardson and secretary richard spencer. >> it's our obligation to operate that ship safely and effectively. >> reporter: two investigations and studies are going on to determine why the ships crashed, but the admiral admitted that many of these men and women are working 100 hours a week, which could have contributed to mistakes on the job. senator mccain urged navy leaders to immediately stop sailors from having to work 100 hours a week. but it's unclear if and when that will happen. in addition, navy leaders say delayed maintenance on ships, budget concerns and training gapsti readiness. echol and many other parents listened closely, at times wiping away tears while navy leaders were grilled for answers. >> no evidence of any kind of intrusion or tampering yet. we are continuing to investigate. >> repor

robert marriage of fitzgerald to cornelius smith would produce a granddaughter who became a nationally recognized writer, lawyer, and civil rights activist, and in 1977, the first black woman ordained and of his couple priest. sergeant joshua dunbar, 842 from troy, ohio, enlisted in company . before enlisting, dunbar had escaped from slavery and previous served with -- previously served with the massachusetts 55th infantry. life,eturning to civilian dunbar settled with his wife matilda, pictured here. matilda gave birth, in 1872, to a child who would become known as an african american poet, the renowned paul lawrence dunbar. he gained notoriety for numerous published works, songs, short including "columns of cabin and field" in 1899. he received acclaim for his writings of civil rights and the struggles of african-americans. in dayton ohio, where paul lawrence dunbar grew up, he graduated in 1890 from central high school's senior class. you notice in the doorway, there is a picture of orville wright, of orville and wilbur wright fame. they were classmates together. --relative, joseph

liz fitzgerald kept hiking, thinking everything would be fine.she ran into another couple and told themat happened. they had a similar story. "they said yeah we saw some kids up at punchbowl lighting firecrackers, we're heading down to rat them out." she turned back at that point...and noticed more smoke. she raced to the trailhead, saw the same kids along the way, and screamed at them. "do you realize you just started a forest fire. and the kid who had videotaped it said well what are we supposed to do about it now."at the trailhead, she found a forest service ranger and told him everything.moments later, a van drove by and liz just had a gut feeling."i said to him, i think that's them. and he said are you comfortable getting in the car and i said yes so we ran back to his car, i hopped in, he threw on the sirens, the kids blazed away." (steve) plus... a family is reunited with their newborn baby following hurricane harvey. hear why they needed to be separated up ahead. and... another hate crime at an east bay high school. hear how parents are responding after a noose was found on scho

operations admiral john richardson testified this morning about recent navy ship collisions the uss fitzgerald of the uss mccain were both hit by cargo ships. the senate armed services committee is looking into why and you can see that hearing tonight starting at 9:00 eastern. in houston, texas, recovery continues after -- we followed senators as they follow the really efforts. congressman jean greene spoke with volunteers and hurricane victims. >> background noises] background noises] >> background noises] background [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] >> good morning everyone. i am pastor clark and on behalf of our senior pastor doctor richard. good morning everyone. i am pastor clark and the senior pastor of our church, doctor richard welcomes you to question tabernacle. we want to let you know some things that are getting ready to happen. were getting ready to open in just a few moments and we know it is hot outside and will try to rapidly move you through the line. it is important that you pay close attention to all of the instructions because they are vitally impo

in fact, fuse 4's meagan fitzgerald is getting a local perspective of the importance of this upcoming film. >> people do forget. people do get complacent. >> reporter: scholars will be the first to tell you that if history is forgotten, it will likely be repeated. >> look at conference room two. >> reporter: that's why this woman became the president of the thurgood marshall trust. >> may i help you? >> reporter: determined to keep alive the legacy of the first black supreme court justice. >> this is marshall adjusting justice marshall's robe. >> reporter: he was fighting to ensure people of color receive justice under the law, forcing the university of maryland to integrate after winning a lawsuit not long after he was denied entry in 1930. >> he mentored young men in this building. he wrote portions of brown versus the board of education in this >> reporter: he argued that case before the supreme court and won, which made segregated schools unconstitutional. now his life will be remembered on the big screen. >> i only represent innocent people, people accused because of their race.

and i am so glad. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> what an incredi s story. >> and that sheld find them. oh, my goodness. she just gets it. the woman just understands. she understands that sometimes it's just about a little mug. that's all it is. >>> hey, are you ready for the hottest thing to come to town in a long time? >> yes, baby. >> we're talking about my favorite restaurant opening up here in washington in d.c.'s west end on m street. >> there are 37 locations around the world that the chef and oscar winner robert de niro have opened. it's sushi food and more unique dishes coming to the d.c. location. >> and doug, you get an invite. >> she has one in october. >> i'm in. >> it's not cheap. >> i'm going to have to wait tables that nig pay for it. >> when does it open? >> it's opened next week but i couldn't get in until october. >> okay. we're going. taking the night off. >> you can get in ahead of me. >> your treat. >> you're taking me with you. >> you had the food right. sushi. let's tell you what is happening out there across the region. as you step outside for the b

tom fitzgerald is live ton tonight. >> reporter: you consider all the social media in your lives these days and consider your own home. how likely is it you would onen a door when someone knocks and how likely you take one of the phone calls you don't know the number. not likely. which means parades like this one in gaugeers burges on labor day are a very old-fashioned way and very important way for politicians to get out and cut through that noise. ♪ >> reporter: this is gaithersburg maryland, labor day, 2017. and for the 79 year in a row since fdr was president the streets are lined with po potential with paradeers. -- with pomp, paradeers and of course, with politicians. better than face to face physical contact because you really get to sense what a person is like. >> it's a chance to get to people and meet them one-on-one and look them in the eye and shake hands. >> they're running for all kinds of things here. governor, congressman. council seat. you name it. what's better about this than maybe having a web site or twitter feed or facebook feed. >> there's nothing butter than in

fitzgerald" and u.s.s. john s. mccain" that should get under way in the half hour, we expect to have that live for you as well. speaking of the hurricanes, we've been watching the briefings today of florida governor rick scott speaking about preparations being made in that state for the weekend hurricane that's expected. here's a look at the latest briefing from today from the florida governor as we wait to hear from president trump and the emir of kuwait. >> benita beach and florida keys. hurricane watch in effect for jupiter, southward around florida peninsula, florida keys, lake okeechobee and florida bay. right now the national hurricane center is reporting that hurricane irma remains a dangerous and life threatening category 5 storm with winds of 175 miles per hour. basically what we know now florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and life threatening winds. we can expect -- and we can expect this all along the east coast. the florida keys should be prepared to start feeling the effe

news 4 megan fitzgerald talked to some of them today at reagan national airport. >> the concern for florida continues to get stronger. >> we live there for about 18 months and made some really good frnd ones or connection to the state that's bracing for the possibility of catastrophic damage for hurricane irma, which is why so many people are worried about the potential for catastrophic damage for hurricane irma. >> it looks pretty bad for miami. >> the storm devastating parts of the caribbean, destroying homes, leaving thousands homeless and killing at least nine people. >> they're evacuating to jacksonville. >> so evacuations from florida to washington, d.c. and other locations continue as irma gets closer. >> it's too dangerous to stay. >> 86-year-old ann butler left her belongings behind to spent the next ten days with her son. >> i was in jacksonville visiting my daughter and my grand baby and my son-in-law. >> pam orlando was on vacation spending time with her 14 month old granddaughter but the trip was cut short. she ended up helping the couple pack up needed board up their home befo

and i've been telling myself that ever since and i'm so blessed. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> look at all of the things wreck wrecked behind her and she's got one thing to lift her spirits. >> and the beauty is that there's no limit or boundary on empathy. it's reached that far across. >> now,ti attack impacting almost all of half america. thens ralpand i sponsoredralph northam, canthis adfor governor narrator: ed gillespie says dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph northam was an army doctor and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law requiring concussion standards for school sports. the smoking ban in restaurants. and dr. northam is working to connect veterans to good paying jobs in virginia. ed gillespie is a washington dc he shows up for whoever pays him. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk. breaking news right now, a missing maryland teacher has been found dead. absolutely sad news. montgomery county police tweeted this a short time ago. they say they have recovered the body of laura wallen. they did not say where. t