. >>> for years people in hyattsville maryland have had to travel to other cities in prince george's county to honor the fallen at veterans' memorials. the city tried to get its own years ago but there wasn't enough support. now that's about to change. as mikea turner reports, plans are in motion to bring the hyattsville veterans memorial to the gateway arch district where the wall of an old pumping station will be transformed off route 1. >> vietnam veteran walks along this trail often and says bringing the hyattsville veterans memorial to this spot will give him more reason to come here. >> it's about time hyattsville should have some memorial to honor veterans and li to support thede some felt like it would memorialize war, but that view has changed and now like landover hills, riverdale park and college park, cities that have a special place to honor the fallen, hyattsville will too with a memorial that could look like this or this. >> the plan is to use the existing retaining wall to define the space. >> stewart eisenburg is executive director of the hyattsville community develo

this is on baltimore avenue in hyattsville in the park area.ese are non-life threatening injuries. we understand that three people that got out safely were university of maryland students and one of them spoke to our megan mcgrath on the scene about losing her cap and gown ahead of graduation. >> all of my school work. so the entire five years of school was just burnt up, but my gown, my cap, my hood, my kords, my medals. i believe my graduation dress also now was burnt in the fire. >> if you'll do us a favor and share the story on social media, we're hoping we can do this good and get the cap and gown to her. two firefighters injured in this partial collapse at the house fire but we are told, again, they're nonlife threatening injuries. >>> erika, thank you. 6:35. in just a few hours president trump will head off for his first foreign trip since taking office. >> he'll board air force one for the trip just one day after a contentious news conference. he ms investigation was a witch hunt. nbc's keir alexander has more on what the president may

autria: back to court today, stemming from a court -- a fire in hyattsville when two men got into a fight with paid career firefighters. they said they didn't want to help and try to physically block them from putting out the fire that they were responding to. defense attorneys try to get them to throw the case out because of lack of evidence. larry: the capitals dominated the penguins last night, forcing a winner take all game seven in round two of the stanley cup have -- stanley cup playoffs. a potential classic game seven at the verizon center tomorrow moving on tonner the eastern conference finals. beltway, one to forget for gio gonzalez, who gave up three home runs in the evening. the first frame of fireworks. gamerioles took the first of the series, 6-4. news thisre breaking morning, a desperate search as severe weather sweeps across the country. plus, timing out the return of spring, when will we feel warm again? veronica: breaking right now, separate searches for two men believed to be missing in a landslide. take a look at canada, this nasty weather stretching down to upstate new

here's it's from last summer in hyattsville. hernandez was charged with second degree assault. he's accused and you see here of ramming his police cruiser into a threeing suspect. the suspect turned victim here 22-year-old eulrich. >> let's follow behind in the car. the police chief said this was not reflective of the community or department. >> meantime the justice department appointed a special council to oversee a federal investigation into the probe of russian influence in the presidential election. former fbi director robert mueller named suspected council. it gives him muller who led it through fbi terror attacks whether they fluided will the kremlin. >> and simple traffic stop ends with one suspect shot, two officers taken to the hospital. officers pulled our a car on walked to the car the officer hit someone with they are vehicle and he was taken to presidential hospital with light level eping injuries. >> now their officer was treating the same. >> breaking news from the district. a 6-year-old boy killed in a hit and run crash 3300 block of livingston southeast. lauren

department of social services building in the 6500 block of -- security building -- the 400 block also hyattsvilleisited she department several times are coming here to children's national medical center. measles does result a reminder including running no, radars, coughing, and a sort wrote the rest will begin to spread at one point and rule up here the rest of the body. from post signs, and you have been to any location we've just mentioned committees should seek medical care right away. .nna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news graduation weekend is supposed to be a festive time of any college campus. though at the university of maryland, rhetoric spoke up rateocking news, a murder on campus. nick carter joins us live -- where police say the victim -- mike, what did you find out? >> kimberly, it happened in the middle of the night not far from the surveillance camera, multiple cameras for the police say capture the entire incident. what to the more shocking and frankly confusing, police say the victim say it's a -- they have no prior relationship, this is totally relation -- random. to find out someone was k

may 8, the department of social services building in hyattsville. and then the social security building insulin. may 9 through the 13th, he or she visited the prince george's center before going to children's national medical center. the concern is mostly for those who have not received the measles vaccine. >> if they think sure if they are fully vaccinated, they should seek care from their physician before they get symptoms. anna-lysa: symptoms include fever, runny nose, coughing, itchy eyes, and a sore throat. a rash may also appear on the face in other parts of the body. symptoms, develop they should let people know they were potentially exposed to the measles. anna-lysa: kimberly, due to patient confidentiality, very little is known about the patient in terms of age or where they are from. if anyone would like a closer look at the locations, dates, and times, go to our website, wjla.com. live outside prince georges hospital center, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. kimberly: thank you. coming up -- left to rot. tweet caught a d.c. official's attentio

neighbors told firefighters that people were trapped in a burning h it happened on avalon place in hyattsville. the fire gutted the house. firefighters got word of possible people trapped and went into the burning house. all the searches were negative and no one was inside. minutes ago, the homeowner who raced to the scene from work told us that he lives in the house alone. how the fire started has not been determined. inders of the top airlines the country are testifying on capitol hill about customer service issues. the most notable name is the united ceo oscar munoz. he addressed the house transportation committee about that incident involving a passenger who was dragged off a plane last month. suzanne kennedy has more on those capitol hill hotseat. >> lawmakers on capitol hill says this is all about restoring cap -- customer service to an industry that has lost it as part of its business model. members of the house this is an issue that is not going away and the airlines will be held accountable. airlines, the major including united, alaska, southwest, and american, testified today. lawmak

that incident happened last sumner hyattsville.was all caught on dashcam video. >> ♪ yes, it's the middle of may and it is already 71 degrees. >> it feels like the middle of july, doesn't it. >> right. >> instead of the middle of may. another day in the 90's coming up. little summer time preview. by the weekend we'll have cooler air moving back in but for today and tomorrow we have 90's in the forecast. because the air hasn't moved too much we're under a code orange air quality alert. this just means it's unhealthy air for the sensitive groups so the very young, the very old those with allergy or asthma issues you'll want to limit your time outdoors later this afternoon. satellite and radar showing some clouds out there to start the day. those will break up and we'll get back into the sunshine by the afternoon and things quickly heat up as holly just mentioned look at these temperatures to start the day. 71 degrees but look annapolis, 77, 74 for gaithersburg, 77 at quantico, leonardtown good morning 73. few 60's out there and when

and the incident happened in june last summer in hyattsville. and her and suspects who were potentially tarmd and take a look. >> i was upset when i saw the in car camera footage of this events. i fully expect my community to be upset when you see the in car camera footage of this events. the fact that footage exhibits serves as a testament to the transportation paerpsy of this ask. this does not represent constitutional policing as a good one. >> this is police chief hank stewwinski it was lorted by officer hernandez supervisor ander is than dez was us is spented june 13, 2016 they began an internal investigation looking into whether hernandez's actions were criminal. it was at that point the -- were turned over to the state attorney office who charge 800 block of fairview avenue we're told three help were arguing one reportedly and the other two threatened to shoot him. as an officer was checking for weapons and patting down the individual 22-year-old you'll rick bateu ran away. officer ran dez pulled up to close and saw behind and that's when

christopher kelly was accused of attacking two colleagues at the scene of a house fire in hyattsville in 2015. prosecutors say they attacked two female career firefighters. the chief later described the incident as a turf battle. defense lawyers say this cell phone video tells a different story and shows the a jury acquitted the volunteer firefighters after a four-day trial. >>> all right. well, you better believe police believe this boy is a hero. >> yeah. 9-year-old boy in a cape has made it his mission to thank officers across the country with donuts. his super hero name is donut boy. how's that? >> excellent. excellent. >> his secret identity is tyler. he wears his motto on his back actually. i do not need a reason to thank a cop. get it? >> i get it. >> he's from florida. he made a stop at the alexandrea police department. he staged a roll call. donut boy started visiting police departments last year as a way to give back. >> wonderful. >> pretty awesome. >> this is what -- it starts where they're young, at 9 wanting to give back. has a bright future. >> i've never seen a policem

the incident happened last summer in hyattsville and was caught on dashcam video. hernandez was reported to his supervisor and suspended that very same day. >> we hope that today's verdict will affirm the public's trust us in that when we see things that are opposite of the values of this community that we will act on them. >> the man who hernandez hit was not hurt. hernandez worked for the department for 11 years. >> ♪ >> 4:34 is the time right now. warm yesterday. a little warm day. i think we are in the midst. >> warm? it was hot. >> yeah, this is where it's supposed to be right, mike. >> no, actually we're well above where we're supposed to be. >> we are? >> we should be in the mid 70's. we were in the low 90's yesterday. so, we're a little early. >> he's still loopy. >> i'm always loopy. [laughter] >> guys, it's a summer like feel again today. it's going to feel more like mi temperatures heading into the 90's. we have some clouds out there. and those clouds are helping to hold temperatures up during the overnight hours. we still have a few locations out there

jeff miller and chris kelly were at a house fire in hyattsville back in 20-15. they allegedly tried to prevent career firefighters from going in to save the house, claiming the fire was theirs. the career firefighters called police, and an investigation was launched. miller and kelly are charged with second-degree assault, interfering with a firefighter, and misconduct in office. the capitals have clawed their way back forcing a winner take all game 7 against the pittsburgh penguins. we want to know -- wh for game 7. it's the subject of this morning's instapoll - go to wjla dot com slash vote now and let us know .. now to the game -- with their backs against the wall facing elimination on the road in pittsburgh. the caps came out swinging..jumping out to an early 2 nothing lead and they never looked back. after three quarters the caps led 5 to nothing and went on to blow out pittsburgh 5 to 2. they force a pivotal game 7..wednesday at the phone booth. the winner advances to the eastern conference finals. another day you'll want to grab that jacket. chilly temper

kelly and jeffrey miller were accused of attacking two colleagues at the scene of a house fire in hyattsville in december of 2015. prosecutors said the two men attacked two female career firefighters in what the chief later described as a turf battle. defense lawyers say this cell phone video tells a different story. shows the women trying to push past the men. a jury acquitted the volunteer firefighters after a four-day trial. there are new details about a serious bus crash in maryland. 26 children and f rushed to the hospital. this happened this morning on i-95. the middle school students were headed from philadelphia to the district for a field trip. police say the driver of a car lost control, hit the bus, causing it to drive up an embankment and flip. a group of philadelphia police recruits who were on a commercial bus witnessed this accident and then stopped to help. >> i'm very glad they were there because they were very helpful. they seemed to want to be helpful and once we got there, they took their cues of what we needed them to do to help out with that. >> reporter: one child and o

. >> the men are accused of blocking two career firefighters from going into a fire in hyattsville andem out of the way. they say the fight did not significantly delay the response to the house fire. >> 6:48. former acting attorney general sally yates heads to capitol hill. she'll speak publicly about michael flynn's contacts with russia's ambaad about concerns she had. you might remember yates was fired by the trump administration by refusing to work with the travel ban. >>> house speaker paul ryan acknowledges that the upper chamber is likely to make changes to the bill. house republicans have faced heavy criticism on how their plan affects people with pre-existing conditions. >>> 6:49 now. while you were sleeping emmanuel macron started his first day as president-elect of france. let's check in with angie. >> we just learned his inauguration is going to happen on sun. that was from the outgoing president. that happened this morning and it is the first time winning the presidency that they appeared side by side. back to you, eun. >> thank you. >>> the wizards and the capitals gave fa

. >> we have new information on this massive fire in hyattsville. students from the university of maryland, you will hear how the school is helping students who lost nearly everything. >>> it is going to be the last 90 degree day we will have for quite a while. it will be hot, we have massive thunderstorms. we will show you the timing and a news4 midday 4 mid-day starts now. >> thank you for joining us. >> and we gin with this dramatic video. we aired this while police were chasing this ambulance down. they say the driver is now in custody. >>> we are told he stole an ambulance and drove it out from the area into prince george county. news4 midday 4 was on another story when he saw this first thing unfold. he is live in camp springs right now. justin, what a wild morning. >> reporter: erica, a wild morning, indeed, we are wrapping up our last report and we heard sirens and an ambulance flanked by what appeared to be more than a dozen police cruisers. it has the look of a very high profile emergency transport. county police chief says that is not wha

in 2013 they responded to a house fire in hyattsville. when they got there a career company was on scene. the trial is expected to last about four days. >>> heather cook was driving drunk and texting when she hit and killed a bicyclist. she was supposed to spend seventy-three seven years in jail. the former episcopal bishop was sentenced two years ago in that deadly crash. supporters of the victim's family told our baltimore affiliate that they're angry she could be released so early in her sentence. >>> working for you to shine a light on the growing problem of human trafficking. it can affect every family. have the internet in your house, your child could be talking to a predator right now. running away, skipping school and having a cell phone that you did not purchase are just a few of the warning signs to look out for. those who work with victims of sex trafficking say these warning signs are often mistaken for bad behavior. >> it's often happening under the radar, under the lens. that's a run away kid. that's a bad kid. she wants to

hyattsville regeneral -- hyatts regency and they will clear out later tonight.t's 75 at reagan national airport. 72 in winchester. the upper 70's to 80 this hour. fredericksburg. going to the nats game is looking good. on the cool side. moving in the seventh inning stretch. toward the end of the game, the temperatures are in the middle 60's. night jacket for later in the game. but in the beginning it looks gorgeous. the temperatures in town falling to the lower 60's. we may see showers tomorrow morning the early morning hours. this is what the freshly updated future cast looks like. the showers that try to roll in 7:00. we are not expecting much. better chance of the thunderstorms. moving in the afternoon hours and the early everything. the storms are to the south and the east of d.c. the beach forecast. a lot going on. ocean city to 70 and 75. better chance of storms moving toward the end of the wee home we are in the upper 70's to the lower 8 o's on memorial day with a chance of thunderstorms. definitely not a washout. ten-day outlook shows better condition on

. >>> prince george's county trying to figure out what caused a house fire in hyattsville.ound 2:00 a.m. in large home that had several apartments not far from the university of maryland. everyone thankfully was able to get out safely but two firefighters were hurt while battlng the flames. both are expected to be ok, but five students are now displaced. >>> have you seen dc waterfront, it's exploding with development. the navy yard to the new warm front development. many moving closer to the water, there's a push to keep the waters clean. of we went to a ride on two new bo service to tackle the trash that never ends. they're like any other boat you may have have seen, looks like large metal jaw that is dip down into the water, open up and appear to swallow the trash on the surface. they're bigger so we'lling able to take more trash and much harderier. less maintenance cost. >> the new half billion dollars dc water skimmer boats immediately went to work. the amount of trash collected on our area rivers is simply stunning. >> horrifying in some respects. of we don't get all

live desk, where we're working to learn more about a homicide investigation happening right now in hyattsville, on newton street, not far from landover road in the bw parkway. officers found a man dead inside a home. they say he does have signs of trauma. we'll bring you any details as soon as we get them. >> thank you, chris. >>> a new controversy surrounding d.c. schools, what the mayor has to say about a report that hundreds of teachers have quit. >>> and the concerns right now in virginia about a proposal to tapand the s republican leaders are to affordable health care. i'm tom perriello and in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that a million virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. now i'm running for governor because it's wrong that most virginia incomes haven't gone up in 20 years. raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. and we'll make sure this never happens in virginia. >>> and right now, we have two storms we're looking at. they're not severe yet. one is the bigger one here now coming right into central fauquier coun

the incident happened last summer in hyattsville. it was all caught on dashcam video.as immediately reported to his supervisor and suspended that very same day. >> we hope that today's verdict will affirm the public's trust us in that when we see things that are in opposite of the values of this community, that we will act on them. >> the man who hernandez hit was not hurt amazingly. hernandez worked for the department for 11 years. >>> new affordable housing is coming to d.c. today d.c. mayor muriel bowser will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for south capitol street apartments in ward eight. the new apartments will have 195 units for lower income families. >>> well, an early return of cicadas to the d.c. area. they normally appear between every 13 and 17 years and they weren't expected back until at least 2021. climate change one theory as to the cause of thi out break. you shouldn't have any problems if you have a garden just watch where you step. you see those little cicada carcasses. back to you with that cheerful noise. >> going to be everywhere. thanks

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