frustrated and impatricia patient and maybe people may not be the right fix that will pull out jim collins book it is great i read sometimes that reminds me it's not about the people but the right people on the bus so the program has to fit with what we want to do and accomplish i started my comments not all t f a is bad not this moment in time all 7 of us have said something wrong we need to be patient and find the right entities because i can't reiterate to put a big dents i wake up in september and take a leave of absence to go in a classroom then i'll do it televised it means that much to me this model didn't work for us commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell and we need to close this. >> i like to see a larger strategy and have a larger strategy conversation i don't think that we're having this conversation for hire for next year and i don't think we're - i'm not prepared to take that away until i know what is going to replace it so, yes we need to have something different not taping into so many other organizations and if t f a is what you guys want out this is not a push for t f a but a pus

collin. >> caller: jim, how you doing, buddy? >> pretty good. how about you? >> caller: all right.uestion about the best of the worst. coal energy stocks. >> you're right. it is the best of the worst. why buy the best of the worst when you can buy the best of the best. that's not my game. christopher in indiana. >> caller: booyah from the had hoiser state. >> nice what's happening? >> caller: not much. i need your help with rdsa. >> my charitable trust decided to sell and buy more growth oils. we feel this acquisition they made they paid too much for. so i am no longer a fan of royal dutch shell. >> big college booyah. >> love it. we're getting the college guys going lately. >> caller: love the show and i have a question for you about netflix. >> well, netflix, we have to take a page off the old trading floor here. netflix, you missed it. there was a time to buy netflix. that was before the quarter. now you have to wait for it to come in again. the train has left the station without you. let's go to chris in illinois. chris. >> caller: booyah jim. another one i hope seaworld. >> se

jim, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. >>> police searching for a local park now for clues after an attack on a woman this morning. this happened here in long branch-arliss park in silver spring. that's where chris gordon joins us. >> reporter: this is a recreational area. you can see the playground behind me. there's a basketball court. people walk their dogs. but this morning something happened in the woods behind that tennis court. something that police are investigate investigating as a report of a sexual assault. montgomery county police combed through the crime scene. they are investigating along with the maryland national capitol park police who have jurisdiction here. at 9:15 this morning they got a call that a woman had been sexually assaulted in these woods. she was transported to a local hospital to be treated and interviewed. three men were taken into custody for questioning. rob and his partner play tennis here once a week. >> woods, general lay lot of homeless people sleep there. they don't have a place to go. periodically the neighborhood people come in and clean i

jim. let's bring in john collin now professor at the school of criminal justice at rutgers university. also a former police officer. lauren robins. a professor at george mason university. welcome to you both. john, i want to start with you as a former police officer, the difference between a gun and a taser, i have talked to people who say, if you have the right training, the minute you touch that, you're going to know which is which. >> from my experience having used both a firearm and taser. it's difficult for me to figure out why were they confused. these are circumstances that aren't very controlled. somewhat odd to me that you would have a reserved officer in that situation. why does a reserved officer has a taser? one questions from this circumstance that we have to look at, are too many sferprs officers provided tasers? >> and there's also, there have been nine incidents confusing tasers and weapons, you think they would change something or look at it. laurie, do we have enough data of what's going on? do we really know what is going on? we're inundated with these videos now, pe

i spoke with jim davidson, he's climber from fort collin was, colorado.survived the earthquake and the avalanche. >> camp one, 19,800 feet on the glacier. we are safe and hanging tough in here but it is kind of nerve wracking being up here with all these earthquakes and avalanches coming down around us. >> take me back to the moment of the initial quake. what was it like? >> well we had done a tough lime five or six hours up to camp one, got in here had a little food and water and were resting just about noontime and then all of a sudden we heard an avalanche sound off to our left just a couple hundred yards away there's a mile-high wall. we heard the avalanche sound. we started to get ready to scramble out the tent. and before we could gather the rest of our clothes and step outside, the tent started bouncing up and down vertically about six inches and we thought the weight the avalanche, we had nowhere to run. we were surrounded three to four sides. we had to stand there. and pray. >> have you been feeling the aftershocks? >> yes, we have. we felt four

pat collins at the inner harbor. pat? >> reporter: jimter what happened, there's a sense of heartache in the city of baltimore. but the sight of the national guard seems to have eased some of that pain. this is the inner harbor like you've probably never seen it before. the occupation of baltimore. national guard soldiers up and down, all around. it seemed like everyone here had his or her personal guard. after what happened yesterday they were taking no chances. in some cases, it got emotional. >> our city is a great city, and people love each other here. yes, we have problems. yes, we have problems. but this is a great city. let's keep it that way. >> reporter: the inner harbor is to baltimore what the mall is to washington. it's a promenade with a lot of things to see a lot of things to do. today not so much. because of what happened yesterday, the aquarium was closed, the big ships closed, phillip's crab house closed. so the troops became the attraction posing for pictures, when, of course, they weren't guarding the harbor. they seeme

our pat collins is live with our report. pat? >> reporter: jim, it was a robbery that turned into a murder. for what? according to court documents, $40 in cash and a metro fare card. 19-year-old dominique johnson leaving superior court. she's under high intensity supervision with a gps tracking device attached to her leg. she looked a lot different in court in her red hoodie. in court where she was officially charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in the david messerschmitt murder case. in fact, they say after the murder johnson used messerschmitt's stolen metro-card for weeks to travel around town. johnson is the roommate of accused killer jamyra gallmon. they live in this apartment on good hope road in southeast. they're described as very close friends. david messerschmitt, a 30-year-old attorney stabbed to death in a room at the donovan hotel. according to court documents messerschmitt went online to solicit other men. jamyra gallmon posed as a man and went to messerschmitt's room to rob him. it turned into a case of murder. now, according

collins is outside d.c. superior court downtown. pat? >> reporter: jim, according to court documents the murder victim david messersmith, went on craigslist soliciting other men. he actually got in a back and forth with another person. but the person who showed up at that hotel room wasn't a man at all. it was a woman, and that secret meeting, that cost him his life. jamira gallman arrested yesterday at her southeast apartment and charged with the donovan hotel murder back on february the 9th. the victim 30-year-old david messersmith, an attorney with the powerhouse law firm downtown he was found inside a fourth-floor hotel room. he'd been stabbed a number of times in the back. now shortly after the murder, police released surveillance video of a so-called person of interest in the case. today that person of interest has been identified as murder suspect jamira gallman. she's 21 years old. police sources say messersmith met goalman online. they say he was looking for a rendezvous. they say gallman came to the hotel, attackeds meer smith, and robbed him.

pat collins is at police headquarters tonight with more. pat? >> reporter: jim, we have the foundation of the charges against the new suspect. but when she appears in court tomorrow, the whole story. from the day the lawyer's body was found in that fourth floor hotel room, investigators wondered whether or not this person of interest was acting alone or whether she may have had some help. today a second arrest. 19-year-old dominique johnson, the roommate of accused killer jamyra gallmon charged today not with murder but with conspiracy to rob david messerschmitt, the lawyer found stabbed to death at the donovan hotel on february 10th. sources say that gallmon and johnson were roommates, that they lived in this apartment in southeast. they are said to be very closeces tell news4 that dominique johnson had prior knowledge about the robbery plot at the donovan hotel, that she was with the accused killer jamyra gallmon before the incident, that she was with gallmon after the murder, and that she benefitted from the items stolen from david messerschmitt's room. it wa

pat collins live with details in the case of murder. pat? >> reporter: jim, we now know and it's official. this is a case of murder. but there's still a lot of questions and police are out in force looking for those answers. they were here all day friday. they were here over the weekend. and back again today. arlington county crime techs looking for clues and evidence in what they're now calling a case of murder. >> the cause of death is? >> a stabbing. >> reporter: the victim 42-year-old dr. bonnie black. a psychologist who did contract work for the fbi. she was the mother of two children a 3-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl. it was last friday that her children were found distraught in their pajamas in the street in front of the house. when police came to their aid, they found dr. black's body inside. dr. black was separated from her husband. he does home renovations. friday police towed his work truck away from the scene. the couple was involved in a volatile divorce. in fact it was a court hearing scheduled in the case for tomorrow. dr. black's lawyer

news4's pat collins live along southern avenue in the district with details. pat? >> reporter: jim she was just trying to cross the street. just trying to get from there to over here. but it was not to be. she was run down by a driver who kept on going and left her to die here on southern avenue. this is a story about faith pines. her family's so big it's hard to get them all in the same picture, 5 children, 17 grandchildren and 2 great-grands. faith pines struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she was trying to cross southern avenue. it happened tuesday night. she'd been to the hospital here to visit a friend. as she went to cross the street she was run down. samoan jordan is faith pines' daughter. she just took this picture with her mom a couple of days ago. she has a message for that hit-and-run driver. >> why would you do that? i know you have a mother. i know you would not let your mother just die like that. you wouldn't have left the scene. why would you have left her? just to die right there? >> reporter: faith pines. she was 68 years old, but she led an active life. s

. >> jim tonight the good samaritan says he reacted on instinct in a potentially deadly crisis but septa says his daring rescue was not necessary the man in the eagles jacket is john collins of south philadelphia look at the older man rob are the mcnamee, he take a misstep and stumbles on to the track and some horrified witnesses run and collins disregards his own safety and jumps on the track to bring collins to safety and others pulled them up. >> i saw him down and i jumped down and picked him up and two other guys picked him up and they got me out. collins suffered a minor leg injury but mcnamee's injuries are severe a broken back and shattered knee and broken ribs and a severe injury to his spleen that could require surgery. mcnamee went to the hospital to see -- septa says the actions were noble and courageous but prefer it to be handled north way. >> we prefer they go to the cashier book or the police they have means to stop the trains. >>> tonight charles collins tell me his cell phone was smashed when he jumped on to the train track even as he continues to search forever full-time employment. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> police found a

pat collins now with reaction from those who knew both the victim and the suspect. pat? >> reporter: jim, neighbors remember seeing the man. they remember seeing the little boy. they say they had no idea this would lead to a case of murder. police say the murder happened in this apartment on goodluck road. the victim 23-month-old anthony winfrey. cory dickerson lives in the apartment below. >> it's heartbreaking being that i have kids. my kids were here. you know what i'm saying? i knew the guy. i had conversations with him, exchanged phone numbers with him. jut to find out -- it's kind of scary. it's definitely kind of scary. >> reporter: the murder suspect, 29-year-old joshua riley, the boyfriend of the toddler's mom. in that apartment, police say he killed that little boy. emerson scarlet lives right above where it happened. >> i don't know. just shocked. like i did not see that coming at all, you know. you don't hear about that type of stuff too much around here. >> reporter: anthony winfrey on his mother's facebook page today is pictured with wings. the message, though there's pain

collins spoke with the victim's family today. he's at police headquarters in palmer park with the story. pat? >> reporter: jim, it's a case of murder. the cause of death a beating to the head. the murder suspect is 29 years old. the murder victim was just one month shy of his second birthday. the victim anthony william winfrey. they say his gentle smile could melt the hearts around him. he loved the color red and listening to the song "the wheels on the bus." anthony william winfrey, he was just 23 months old. they had a funeral for him monday at this catholic church in greenbelt. police say he was murdered by his mother's boyfriend at this apartment on goodluck road. on his mother's facebook page he's pictured with wings, the message though there's pain in our hearts we know we'll see you soon. john winfrey is the little boy's grandfather. >> anthony was my -- he was our grandson. that's, you know, a very deep part of our life. >> reporter: for something like this to happen. >> it's incomprehensible. >> reporter: police tell the story this way. they say it happened back on april 9th and anthony's mother came

collins just caught up with one of the man's friends. he's outside the "u" street station for us. pat? >> reporter: jim, what can you do in 30 seconds?ld you save a man's life? the man has no legs. he's wheelchair bound. he's falls onto the metro tracks. let's start the clock. a metro rider in a motorized wheelchair drifts offer ss off the platform at the u-street station. he appears to land facedown on the tracks. within 15 seconds a man in a suit realized what's happened. he drops a case from his hand, then jumps from the platform onto the tracks to try and save the handicapped man. he's joined quickly by a second man. in 30 seconds 30 seconds from the time of the fall, the man in the wheelchair is lifted back to safety, back to that platform. a short time later the men hoist the wheelchair off the tracks. now, at the time this happened the nearest train was three stations away but the third rail was hot. and those good samaritans wasted no time making that save. emergency workers arrive and tend to the man in the wheelchair. they say he was conscious and breathing and had some cuts to the face. then they brought out the man's moto

jim and wendy. >>> right now at 5, rescue on the tracks. a man in a wheelchair falls off a metro platform and witnesses jump to save him. pat collins video new tonight. >>> it is profound sadness and disbelief that we are here today. our hearts are simply broken. >> a final farewell today from family and friends, the funeral for a local college student. and what investigators are now saying about her murder. >>> and first tonight fairfax county hopes nearly $3 million will put an end to a painful and embarrassing wrongful death case. john geer's family will receive this money more than a year and a half after a confrontation with police. julie carey is live with the latest on this. >> reporter: well, john geer's father told me on the phone this afternoon that the settlement of this wrongful death lawsuit lifts a load from the family, but he reminds us they await and hope for criminal action against the officer that killed their son. that settlement was approved by the board of supervisors inside in a closed session this morning. chairwoman sharon bull avic tells me the board hopes this settlement will bring the geer family some clo

jim. >>> two young kids are with child protective services tonight after losing their mom. she was found dead in their home in south arlington. police say she was murdered. news4's pat collins is live at the scene on 18th street tonight. pat, what are you hearing? >> reporter: chris, when you see this story you'll have to worry about these two children. what did they see? what did they hear? what do they know? and what will they remember? the scene this rust-colored house in the aurora highland section of arlington. it was 7:50 a.m. two kids a 3-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl in their pajamas outside the house in the street. they were distraught. a passerby sees this and calls the police. inside the house they find the children's mother. she's dead. does it appear that her children may have witnessed this murder? >> we don't know. both children have been transported to child protective services by arlington county police at this time. you know, we don't know if we're going to interview them right away or if they're capable of being interviewed about this. a very traumatic event. wasn't them to be in a safe, comfortable environment. >> reporter: friends identify the victim