se convertiria en el primer hispano que ocupara un escaÑo en el concejo de herndon...daniel alvarado busca representar a los inmigrantes en una ciudad que rige medidas contra los indocumentados... "tenemos que revertir lo que esta sucediendo aqui, nos estan viendo como delincuentes, nos estan viendo como criminales" el ambiente anti-inmigrante que se vive en la ciudad es constante dice esta latina.... y se necesita un cambio... "preocupa porque son personas que estan buscando un medio para sobrevivir y pues, preocupa y que los anden persiguiendo como delincuentes" alvarado de origen peruano, reconoce los retos.... como es el caso del programa federal 287g... que permite a los oficiales de policia de herndon arrestar a indocumentados...dice que luchara para que la policia suspenda su colaboracion con el servicio de inmigracion y control de aduanas... "no tenemos que gastar mas dinero en que la policia de herndon siga enforzando esa ley, hasta ahorita no tenemos datos exactos de cuantos millones se han gastado en enforzar esa

. >> man accused is omar is he also of herndon, virginia. the incident happened at a hotel near the seattle international airport. john schriffen has the story. >> reporter: every day thousands of armed federal air mayortials fly the skies to protect the skies. washington state officials say a federal air marshal from right here in herndon, virginia, abused his power and is now behind bars, accused of first-degree rape. according to the court documents, settles during an overnight stay in seattle last friday hired a woman off backpage.com to perform an erotic show in his hotel room. the woman alleges after money exchanged she went into the bathroom to change. when she came out the woman claims settles was standing there naked only wearing a top badge, holding a gun and said, quote, u.s. marshal, have you to do what i tell to you do. it is then the woman claims settles raped her and when he was done, demanded his $180 back. after the woman called authorities settles who was identified because he was completely shaven was arrested this past sa

a gorgeous day taking shape with beautiful sunshine out there and a few high clouds. 65 down in herndon right now. leesburg at 70. the wind blowing across the cool waters, look at the tip that is happening in the day. it is only around 50 degrees right now. 60's and 70's today, a little bit cooler. later in the week things will start to shift. tomorrow, sunshine and low 70's. by friday, clouds will be thinking -- thickening and a storm as possible on saturday. let's look at the afternoon, though 70's isolated storms -- low 70's, isolated storms. tomorrow, partly to mostly sunny, 70's a gorgeous friday. and a storm system moves in on saturday and it could be next tuesday before it moves out. >> sarah palin's oldest daughter took the stand yesterday telling the jury she was terrified after someone broke into her mother's e-mail and posted her cellphone number on line. she suddenly started receiving threatening calls and e-mails from a college student who is accused of breaking into sarah palin's private e-mail during the 2008 campaign. an investigation uncovered details about congressiona

first, west herndon, va., 62 degrees, high of 79.lafayette elementary school, upper northwest, 62 degrees. the final stop, beltsville, 56, high of 76. call this morning, 47 degrees. the almanac page, mid-70s, 74 at reagan national, 79 at dulles. normally, temperatures around 61, well above average. are your allergies bothering you? the trees are and a high category. no worries with grass and weeds, mold and the low category. the tree pollen will stick around another couple weeks. temperatures dropping, 62 at reagan national, 51 at balkans, west virginia. chicago, ill., broke a record, 83 degrees, currently 72. high pressure across the mid- atlantic means sunshine tomorrow, nice southwesterly wind. around 80 degrees. a repeat performance expected through the weekend. no clouds to speak of. if you are going to the delmarva beaches, just a few clouds, but nothing that will cause problems, definitely no rain in the forecast at least for the next five, six days. a high pressure offshore, record-breaking high temperatures across western ma

or the area this chime has been committed-- >> crime has been committed good we believe he has hit herndon, montgomery county in maryland. >> reporter: until investigators camp the suspect, they are warning gym members to leave their valuables at home or locked up and hidden inside your vehicle. you saw the suspect in that video but we're going to give you a description here. he's described as a white male around 6'2", bald or short cropped hair. he was wearing a nike shirt, black tracks, running shoes and clearly you saw the new york yankees hit. >> wisdom martin in the newsroom tonight. >>> the news edge all over another big story tonight. we're learning new details about a deadly drive-by shooting in the district last month. four men are behind bars. one more is still on the loose. police aren't naming him but we have learned a lot more about his suspected role in the crime. roz plater here now with the details. >> reporter: we've learned detectives have been on the streets all day and well into the night looking for the fifth suspect. the chief is even appealing to him to turn himself

we have a range of temperatures. 40's in gaithersburg. 48 in herndon. your forecast today, mostly sunny skies. a few high clouds. temperatures will be in the mid and upper 70's. just a spectacular afterno. >> apectacular morning. overnight construction gone on the beltway near eisenhower avenue. spinning around the beltway in fi fashion. we're good on 66 and 95. nothing on 395 to worry about. good to get to 109. nothing on 95 in and out of baltimore. the baltimore-washington parkway it looks good. aire 4 is good to benchers' force base. good into clinton. -- good to panders bear for . >> we have so many people here to see our famous cherry blossoms. today it would be a great day. the blossoms are now in peak bloom. they are attracting people from all over the world. >> our parents used to take pictures. >> it is so amazing. he wanted to see the monuments and the smithsonian and i wanted to see the cherry blossoms. >> a beautiful day. >> the timing is so perfect. the festival runs through april 11. abc 7 is a proud sponsor every year of the national cher

marshal from our area has been fired after being charged with rape. 30-year-old lecheton settles of herndon was arrested near seattle. charging documents say that he answered and escorts at offering a massage and a share for $180. the rate, and at gunpoint after showing his dad. the tsa said the man has been with the agency less than a year. >>> investigators are trying to find a pair of armed robbers. they robbed iliads sports bar on u street. the video shows a struggle between the manager and the men. they escaped with some cash. anyone with information is asked to call d.c. police. still ahead, a financial reform fight moves from wall street -- i should say from washington to wall street. >> also, how the metro area is marking the 40th anniversary of the first birthday. >> early fall -- fog gives way to warmer temperatures. >> early fall -- fog gives way to warmer temperatures. >> is a morning, 5:09 a.m. it is earth day. there will be a dedication in roslyn across the street from our station. i guess you could call it an urban concrete jungle. there's going to be a garden in urban plazas

marshal from our area has been fired after being charged with rape. 30-year-old lecheton settles of herndon was arrested near seattle on thursday. he answered an escort at offering a massage and a chauffeur $180. he raped the woman at gunpoint. the transportation security administration said he had been with the agency less than a year. >>> investigators need your help find a pair of armed robbers caught on tape loading up the d.c. bar. the suspects robert nellie's sports bar on q street monday afternoon. the struggle between a manager antoine of the suspects. the manager was not hurt. the robbers escaped with cash. if anyone with information should call police. >> metro is working hard to make safety improvements these days. it was in the hot seat at a hearing on capitol hill yesterday. the federal transit administration told lawmakers that an audit of metro and the tristate oversight committee found major communication and management problems. the interim general manager richard sauls said the transit agency is working to implement the audit recommendations. this comes as metro is set to

this morning its 45 in fredericksburg, 45 in maryland, 48 in herndon. let's look at the maps. clouds will be sinking in. there will be a little early morning sunshine. if we will go to mostly cloudy skies through the midmorning. around lunchtime if we will have light rain. showers through southwestern pennsylvania and there are showers in cleveland this morning. they will be light in nature. the front that worked through yesterday will cause some moisture today. after we get through this evening, the most durable move out. it will be called tomorrow. hornbeck up on thursday and friday with sunshine. then some rain again. repetitive pattern through the week. perley sunshine and cloudy with a light midday rain. highs between 55 and 60 today. tomorrow in the 60's of sunshine. 70's on thursday and friday. light rain friday into early saturday. 60's on saturday and sunday. >> thank you very much. microsoft's answer to the iphone. and a new place to look forele a nook. >> microsoft has its two new phones aimed at social networking young people. they have a touch screen and are desig

at 90 degrees of herndon, high of 92. 90 degrees in the district on the campus of howard university, the temperature slowly dropping. the pollen count, mentioned this several times, big news, it is in the high range. it would probably be off the charts today we said, and there it is. i gess we could extend that column to the sky. 4000 was the reading for tree pollen, and that is about as high as we can measure it. the biologist at walter reed medical center said this is the highest reading we have seen it so early in the month of april. in addition, the high temperatures near 90, gaithersburg, leesburg, marshall 90 degrees, same culpeper, 89 la plata, 86 bowie. wilkes-barre, 90 degrees. 85 degrees, 90 degrees hagerstown. 70's across parts of the ohio valley and the great lakes. further west, the real drop in temperatures. this is the cold front. as that pushes it to the east, that will bring the cooler, seasonable temperatures and stir things up and give us a good chance of thunderstorms. the frontal system developing, the red dots with tornado watches and a thunderstorm watch is. as

que tal, muy buenas tardes les saluda maria rosa lucchini, un latino se postula para concejal de herndon. a los pequeños los encontraron muertos en la misma cama en que la mujer dormía una borrachera. por eso a ella no la dejaron acercarse, para que viera por última vez a sus bebés. y es que la fiscalía, comprobó que este boxeador zapata. los reventó golpeándolos como si se tratara de sacos de boxeo. con una frialdad que pone los pelos de punta, el ex boxeador, aceptó los cargos de homicidio. >>> ¿sí o no?. >>> su señoría acepto cargos. >>> con esta declaración el criminal quiere burlar a la justicia. >>> el aceptar cargos espera una rebaja y no parece justo de un tipo que mata a dos angelitos así, a sangre fría. y los tortura como quedaron torturados. merezca una rebaja de pena. >>> uno de los detalles más tristes de la historia, es que familiares y amigos, estaban convencidos que el triste final de brandon y kevin estaba anunciado. >>> siempre era grosera y búlgaro la forma de hablar. >>> trataba mal a los niños. >>> claro que los trataba muy mal, sí. >>> los cuidé un tiempo acá, porqu

>> he's facing rape charges. 30-year-old lecton settles of herndon was arrested in a seattle hotel onled an escort service from his room. then raped a woman at gun point. he reportedly denied the charges at first but changed his account after he was told the woman accurately described his body. >>> a woman who claims -- excuse me, a man who claims a priest abused him as a child has slapped the vatican with a lawsuit. he's accusing the catholic church of ignoring the sexual abuse of children. the vatican is fighting back. >> what we and every survivor want most and first now is action. >> reporter: and it is action they are taking against the vatican. a lawsuit filed thursday by an anonymous illinois man accuses the pope and other catholic officials of knowingly covering up sexual abuse by a priest at st. john school for the deaf in milwaukee. dean says he was also a student at that school and one of nearly 200 alleged victims. >> and now he wants to see sexual abuse stopped on children. >> reporter: in a statement the vatican calls the lawsuit a quote, "publicity stunt" and says the c

washington state officials say a federal air marshal from here in herndon, virginia, abused his power and is now behind bars, accused much first-degree rape. according to these court documents, 30-year-old settles dushg an overnight stay at seattle last friday hired a woman to perform an erotic show in his hotel room. the woman alleged after monday yes was exchanged, went into the bathroom to change. when she came out the woman claims settles was standing there naked, wearing a badge, holding a gun, and said, quote, u.s. marshal, you have to do what i tell to you do. it is then the woman claims settles raped her and when he was done, demanded his $180 back. after the woman called authorities, settles who was identified because he was completely shaven, was arrested this past saturday. the tsa released this statement. the transportation security administration holds all of its employees to the highest professional standards. he goes on to say the tsa is fully cooperating with local authorities to investigate this matter, end quote. passengers we spoke to said they are concerned. >> the

herndon, virginia, you're waking up to 48 degrees in your backyard., maryland 46 degrees. leesburg, 45. chantilly, virginia, 45 degrees. jessup, maryland, also 45 degrees. a lot of spots in the mid-40s. high pressure is in charge so it's going to be a beauty of a day. temperatures up near 80 degrees. complete check of the seven day forecast coming up in ten minutes from now. >>> let's take a live look, chopper 4 over breaking news at this hour. up in montgomery county, randolph road and veers mill road, pedestrian accident. earlier reports from police indicate a male was hit by the vehicle. the vehicle that struck the person has stayed on the scene right now. police have the intersection completely closed. so what that means for your commute, randolph road and veers mill will all be closed all the way around. you see the vehicle off in the woods. again, randolph wood and veers mill road, pedestrian accident just now getting under investigation. authorities are on the scene. chopper 4 with those live pictures. 270 southbound crawling as you head south

prince george and herndon had empty houses. >> and it was said crime is down here and this has been better for our county. do you feel there is credence in that remark. >> i think they're missing 20,000 people and missing probably 2,000 businesses and i think their tax revenue is down and they've been cutting budget stuff, for them to say their quality of life has improved -- i think the facts speak otherwise. >> the people who are -- who say you're in this country, gain citizenship or don't be here, be here legally, how tough is it to make that jump when you come to the united states? educate those of us that don't know that? >> it's virtually impossible unless you come here during an existing program. if you came here undocumented its virtually impossible outside of marriage. the fees have increased to $75 and the tests have been made more difficult so many of us who were born here might have difficulty passing the test. >> what would the community like to see change with that? the president said if you have this patch work of laws across the country, that's a dangerous precedent to set

we do have high pollen out there today. 70 rht now out in hives so. 65 in herndon. your forecast for today does include dimension of showers and storms but not until the evening time. it will be muggy outside. low to mid 80's highs. after today, out goes the heat. in comes the cool. robin? bob? >> of course, it's a weekend. yeah. >> the heat is gone. >> thank you. >>> and coming up, "dancing with the stars" meets divorce court. why kate gosselin may go from the ballroom floor to a custody battle with her ex. >> just when you thought it was safe. >>> and with just one week until tax time, just one week, we're going to tell you how to avoid the five, biggest mistakes that could cost you big-time. don't worry. we'll tell you how. after your local news and weather. with egg whites. red onions... jalapenos... banana peppers... tomatoes... black forest ham... and sweet onion sauce. melted cheese all on english muffins... or flat bread... however you want it! [ male announcer ] spread the word -- subway now has breakfast! get the deliciousness just the way you want it, lik

. >> the concert was held yesterday in herndon.e musician met the 5-year-old several years ago when she was first diagnosed with a coner issous tumor developed from nerve tissue. the two became instant friends and since then concerts have been held to raise money to help find a cure. stay tuned, the news at 5:00 starts right now. >>> world leaders descend on washington for the nuclear summit but your commute today could be in a world of trouble because of it. >> police need your help finding a man they say killed two people including his own young daughter. >>> and tiger couldn't seal the deal in augusta but see why this was still a historic masters. good morning, everyone and welcome to "news4 today." i'm aaron gilchrist. joe krebs is off today. >> i'm eun yang. it is monday, april 12, 2010. we're taking a live look outside right now at 5:00 a.m. 56 degrees. quiet out there right now. but things are going to change. very busy week ahead of us. >> let's start with a look at our forecast. chuck bell is in strm center 4 for tom kiere

you i won't let up until the americans who want to find work can find work until all americans in herndon have to raise families and keep their businesses open. >> people have made to pack up and leave but more and more are losing jobs everyday but few are being fired. some are showing up for a single interview because it is their only hope. >> people are suffering. >> you never expected people in this town either about to lose a job or already jobless. >> i was very shocked when i found out i was laid off. actually it felt like a death and complete this belief that all major companies are reducing their sales force by almost half so i don't see if i get back in, it wanted. >> for some time in job takes a short amount of time but it's not and the jobs they're happiest in. many are settling for jobs they do not want. >> currently i'm working as a clerk for a law office and i do is answer phones and to scan in, so it's not anything i really trained for. i don't really enjoy it that much because it is just scanning and it's not anything along the lines of what i want to be doing. >> one add