jermaine hailes, the man convicted faces life plus 20 years. reporting from prince george's county, maryland, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: let's talk tennis. tennis star maria sharapova is planning to appeal a two-year ban that has been handed down this morning. the international tennis federation instituted the ban after the russian star failed a drug test back in january. that is when she tested positive for meldonium at the australian open. sharapova has been taking the medicine since 2006. but the substance was banned this year. jonathan: there is another sports star that will be missing missing in action who is a shame because he is fun to watch play. he is pulling out for health reasons. tiger woods says he will not tee it up in the u.s. open or the quicken loans national. the former world number one golfer says he is getting better but he is still not full back surgeries. although he won't play, tiger does say he will be in town to host quicken loans national. he will be here. alison: that helps. just knowing he is in town helps th

unusual murder trial in prince george's county ended in a guilty verdict, convicting 25- year-old jermaine hails of killing melvin paint. prosecutors say hails shot paint back in 2010 during a gun robbery. during a photo lineup he identified his shooter just by blinking his eye. pate later died from his injuries but this week prosecutors used that eye blink as evidence. hails will be sentenced in august. >>> tracking metro tonight on this third commuting day of this major safety makeover. more riders are becoming drivers. some commuters from virginia say their drive is now 20 minutes longer. they tweeted photos of gridlock here on route 29 traffic has slowed down significantly. >> trying to be content with it, knowing that it's for a decent cause, but at the same time worried about my ability to be patient with this over 10 months. >> metro says ridership is down. west of ballston where trains are slowest, there are 27% fewer riders. you can get all the bullet points on metro's safetrack plan on our free wusa9 app along with live traffic maps showing you the trouble spots out there on the roads.

but the jurors saw a video of pate identifying jermaine hailes by blinking at his photo. hailes' attorneys objected to the use of that video but the maryland court of appeals ruled it a dying declaration so it was able to be used in court. hailes will be sentenced in august. maureen: changes are coming to the stained glass windows at the washington national cathedral. representations of the confederate flag will be removed. plain glass will replace them. work will start at the end of summer. the changes come nearly a year after south carolina's governor ordered the confederate flag removed from statehouse grounds. that was triggered by a deadly shooting at a black church in south carolina by a white suspect known for embracing the image. once the confederate flag glass is removed, it will be used as a centerpiece to trigger a national conversation about racism in the church. leon: it felt like spr today outside across the metro area. when is the heat and the humidity that we deserve going to come back? we'll find out when doug comes in with the forecast coming up next. >>

a jury convicted 25-year-old jermaine hails of killing melven pate, hails shot pate in 2010 during a drug robbery. pate survived but was left paralyzed. during a photo line up, he identified his shooter, with not a nod, but with the blink of an eye, pate later died from injuries but prosecutors used the eye blink as evidence. hails will be sentenced in august. >>> bernie sanders with met by crowds of supporters back in burlington, vermont. sanders heads to dc tomorrow and will meet with the president at the white house. sanders still has not taken himself out of the race. >> after declaring victory over sanders, hillary clinton is focused on november. clinton said donald trump's personal attacks are classic behavior by a demagogue. clintold press trump plays to the lowest common denominator, and that it shouldn't be tolerated. >>> on the republican side, again, trump will host a large number of campaign donors at trump tower in new york tomorrow, followed by lunch at 4 seize vens, this is all the beginning of donald trump's amped up fund raising efforts. friday evening he is expected

. >> the victim was paralyzed by the shooting but he identify ie jermaine hailes by blinking to indict him. for the first time ever in maryland, a judge ruled in melvin pate's favor. >>> and we have a developing story out of michigan after a truck driver slammed into a group of bicyclists. five people were killed. now this happened in cooper township. you're looking at the scene after this accident. four others we know are recovering from serious they were trying to track down the driver of the truck reportedly driving erratically. after the driver crashed, he took off on foot and crews were able to catch the 50-year-old man shortly thereafter. so far no charges have been filed. we'll stay on top of the story. eun? >>> 4:38 now and happening today, the prime minister of india will address a joint meeting of congress. this comes at the invitation of house speaker paul ryan. the prime minister met with president obama at the white house on tuesday. the leaders discussed clean energy, security and economic issues. >>> tickets now available for mohommad t mohommad ali's service are going t

. >>> and jermaine hailes was found guilty pate.for the first time in maryland, a judge ruled in their favor and hailes faces life plus 20 years in prison. >>> and an auto shop is dealing with more than parts. they discount sounds and security and dealing in stolen goods. they arrested tom van hunt who lists a favor of charges including distribution of felony heroin and trafficking stolen property. >>> a virginia couple accused of illegally flip iping their home brian jacobson and her wife bought a home from great falls, virginia. the hop guards are accusing of renovating properties without proper licenses and doing wo work, that we are going to see a fraction of what it will take to get the house that we had bought. >> to the extent that the restitution is not enough, we'll go right back to try to get more money. >> now they deny construction codes or any other wrongdoing. >>> and the montgomery board of education will review policies after controversy over last month's graduation ban. bethesda-chevy chase's principal banned six st

jermaine hail faces life in prison.cheduled to be sentenced this august. >>> five cyclists are dead. four others injured after they were hit by a truck. this crash happened in kalamazoo michigan. the driver is in custody after police say off from the scene. >>> maria sharapova will appeal her two-year suspension leveed by the tennis federation. officials say the grand slam champ tested positive. she didn't know that it was banned. >>> virginia senators mark warner and tim kaine are urging the pentagon to do more to protect service members from the zika virus. the disease is linked to serious birth defects. 11 service members rand two retirees have been infected with the virus since january. warner and kaine say the soldiers and families are at greater risk for contracting zika. >>> a father and son are recovering after a dramatic rescue in florida. they were pulled out of the gulf of mexico never sanibel island. the teen swam out to look at dolphins and got caught in the current. his son. >> i was kind of freaking out,

. >> jermaine hail has been found guilty of killing melvin pate.e was left paralyzed by that shooting and identified hail by blinking at a photo of him. tate died two years after that and prosecutor his to fight to get the blinking evidence admitted. it's the first time in maryland history that that type of evidence has been allowed in court after the victim had died. hail faces life, plus 20 years in prison. >> some good news for anyone commuting to the district. connecticut avenue is back open in northwest, d.c. >> crews shut it down in both directions after a man jumped off the bridge near street. he landed in the bushes and paramedics rushed him to the hospital and the man is expected to survive. >>> new to the impact of metro's safetrack program, the transit agency just released this video showing crews making repairs to the orange and silver line. it comes as the second evening rush of the safetrack surge gets under way. trains are single tracking between east falls church and boston. that's sending more people on to the roads and into the di

our bureau chief tracee wilkins reports jermaine hails has been found guilty of killing melvin tate.e was left ly by blinking. tate later died and they had to fight to get the blinking evidence admitted and it was the first time in history it was ruled admissible evidence in court. tate died about two years later and hail faces life >>> we have an update on a news 4 i-team investigation at a local cemetery. >> employees acc o for personal use. the i-team's tisha thompson is here with the latest on the cemetery. >> barbara, we've obtained the police report reflecting the investigation conducted by the frederick city police department following our stories into mount olivet. they found receipts dating from 2007 to 2013 showing how the cemetery's superintendent and deputy superintendent used the cemetery's tax-exempt credit cards for home improvement projects at their private homes, including a new roof, a new fence and thousands of dollars of appliances. according to the new police report, superintendent ron piercy admitted they did use the credit cards to, quote, make personal purchas

jermaine hails is accused of shooting before he died he identified hails by blinking at a photo lineup. the court ruled that video of pates blinking was admissible. >>> also today three men will be arraigned for the deadly shooting of an american university graduate. matthew shlonski was shot last august. marcus king, andre dudley and christopher proctor are all charged in his death. >>> and a man accused of taking photos up women's skirts has pleaded guilty. michael edwards took revealing photos and videos of women at the grocery store. he pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful filming and a sex offense. >>> 5:02 now. starting today your cost to park in the district just became more expensive. meter rates go up across the city to $2.30 per hour. that is a $1.55 increasor a 30-kecent increase for premiu spots and commercial drivers will pay an extra $2 an hour. >>> and verizon employees reached a new contract last week to give workers an 11% rate over four years. and it adds 1300 new call center jobs. the workers have been on strike since mid-april to vote on the agreement after retu

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