at the live desk i'm jim handly. >> thank you, jim. this started with students throwing rocks and bottles outside of the mondawmin mall as officers were protecting themselves with shields. >> at least 15 baltimore city police officers are recovering from injuries tonight. chopper 4 captured video of one of the officers with what appeared to be a head wound being carried away by one of his fellow officers. one officer was knocked unconscious and one has broken bones. several of prince george's officers were injured but none seriously. transit police say people attacked one of their lieutenants. >> and baltimore police are on high alert after warning today that three notoriously violent gangs had teamed up to target law enforcement officers. the department called this a credible threat. they named the black guerrilla family the bloods and the crips as the possible members and other law enforcement agencies were warned to take appropriate precautions. >>> more than 100 police officers from the d.c. area are in baltimore tonight. they are

at the live desk, i'm jim handly. >> thanks 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 intervie

jim handly at our live desk with reaction to the verdict today. >> we just got a new interview fed in from boston with the mother of two bombing survivors. her name is liz norden. she's one of many family members who pack the courtroom to hear the verdict today. 30 times today dzhokhar tsarnaev heard that he was guilty. norden's sons were injured in the blast and spent months in the hospital. >> i just wanted to know what happened to them, you know. i got the call that no parent ever wants to get. i wanted to see what kind of a person could do this. i don't think there will ever be closure, but i definitely feel like there was a weight lifted off my shoulders today. >> now, coming up in just minutes, jay gray joins us live from boston and takes us unside the courtroom to give us an idea of what it was like when that verdict was read. doreen? >>> we've just learned about a previous complaint against a white police officer now charged in the murder of an unarmed black man in north charleston, south carolina. another black man filed the complaint against patrolman michael flager for usin

. >>> i'm jim handly. all of the students who survived the terror attack on a kenyan college have been accounted for tonight. 147 people most of them students, were killed in the 13-hour attack tongaon the garissa college in northern kenya. four attackers from al shabab were strapped with explosives and when police shot them the bombs went off, causing even more damage. the death toll is by far the highest of any attack by al shabab on kenyan soil. u.s. intelligence sources say tonight it appears the attack had been in the works for a long time and that it was carried out by the group's elite special ops unit. at the live desk i'm jim handly. >>> indiana and arkansas both have new and revised religious freedom laws tonight just days after sparking a national firestorm with their older ones. critics said the laws open the door to discrimination against gays and lesbians. then came criticism from major business leaders. both states rushed to modify their laws and late this afternoon arkansas governor asa hut

i'm jim handly. welcome to "viewpoint." on this easter sunday our focus is faith and how it influences our day today lives. our guests are familiar to many of you, monsignor charles pope, reverend dr. ronald braxton from ame church and pastor karen brown of luther place memorial place also in northwest d.c. happy easter to you all. welcome back to "viewpoint." the "today" show this week has spent every day talking about faith and the role religion plays in our lives today. let's start with that. how does place influence our day-to-day lives and how should it? >> i think that's one of the on going questions we have as faith leaders and the people we serve as member of our faith communities. i think oftentimes the temptation can be that church is a sunday thing and you just practice it when you're together in the sanctuary and then you're done after you leave. so i think it's been a challenge for a long time and it continues to be. i think one of the important things that we see today is that people are now talking about it i

right now jim handly is joining us with yet even more information and some rather startling images. >> reporter: we got a timeline of stills we put together the images keep coming in and they will stay with us and the residents of baltimore for some time come. i want to take you back to 3:30 this afternoon. students were getting out of the frederick douglass high school. officers in riot gear were around the shopping mall. bottles, bricks rocks were thrown at the officer. it wasn't long before we saw this image of a city police cruiser the windows shattered, people jumping on the roof of the car and bashing it in. crowds gathered around that car. no officer was inside. in the sandtown area at a popular metro stop at north baltimore and pennsylvania avenue a maryland transit authority cruiser and a small bus from mta go up in flames. three metro stops around it are closed. a popular waiting point for people in that neighborhood. eight officers as we mentioned received injuries. this officer coming up was carried away by about a dozen officers. he was said to be unresponsive at this poi

i'm jim handly. >>> yes. for all intents and purposes i am a woman. people look at me differently. they see you as this macho male but my heart and soul and everything i do in life it is part of me. >> bruce jenner is trending on twitter this morning. in an interview with diane sawyer the olympic gold medalist admitted he is transgender. jenner's famous family watched the family at home on twitter. jenner's daughter caylee and kendall posted their support. and kris jenner said not only was i able to call him husband for 25 years and father of my children i am now able to call him my hero. other stars and activists are also sending messages of support on twitter. ellen degeneres saying bruce is a beautiful, brave human being. sending him lots of love. oprah winfrey also sending out a tweet saying all of us deserve the right to be loved for who we are. bravo. so there you go. lots of support for bruce jenner. >> thank you. >>> looking at 8:40 right now. three words to brighten your morning. free prom dresses. where you can get your hands on one today. >>> and after a night out partyi

news4's jim handly will have those details in a report tonight at 11:00. >> announcer: next, strangers help a man attacked outside a busy metro station. what we're learning about the altercation that may have led to the crime. news4 hitting the road just to see how much time new changes to d.c. traffic lights will save you during your commute. and a virginia woman sharing her personal journey and giving support to local teens. how she says jufrlt a few words can change the lives of >> announcer: you're watching news4 at 6. >>> first at 6:30 tonight, the search for a man seen beating another guy on metro. it's an atrack violent enough to put the victim in the hospital. >> this is the surveillance video of the young man police are seeking. news4's mark segraves is at the eastern market metro station where it all happened with the latest on the search. mark? >> reporter: doreen, police are still interviewing witnesses and they say more and more witnesses continue to come forward. but the biggest witness is that video the surveillance video that captured just about the entire incident here

jim handly at our live desk with reaction to the verdict today. >> we just got a new interview fed inston with the mother of two bombing survivors. her name is liz norden. she's one of many family members who pack the courtroom to hear the verdict today. 30 times today dzhokhar tsarnaev heard that he was guilty. norden's sons were injured in the blast and spent months in the hospital. >> i just wanted to know what happened to them, you know. i got the call that no parent ever wants to get. i wanted to see

. >>> i'm jim handly new at 5 tonight, we'll show you the impact last night's riots had on local businessplain why residents are bracing for night fall again. here's where things stand right now. a citywide your few will take effect 10:00 tonight and will last until 5:00 tomorrow morning. baltimore police say more than 200 people have been arrested so far. of those, more than 30 were juveniles. and there is good reason why the fire department struggled to keep up last night. 144 vehicles and 15 buildings were settle on fire. >> maryland's governor larry hogan has moved his office from annapolis to baltimore so he can monitor everything going on there. for the first time in decades mare air's national guard is on the ground to help keep the peace in that city. speaking earlier this afternoon, president obama called the deaths of several black men by police a, quote, slow rolling crisis, but he did condemn the riots in baltimore. >> the violence that happened yesterday distracted from the fact that you had seen multiple days of peaceful protests that were focused on entirely legitimate conc

tomorrow a great day, possibly to get out and play a little golf, maybe a little bit of tennis, jim handly9:00 a.m. 61 at 11:00, 72 at 3:00 p.m. and simply beautiful on our wednesday. thursday, however, there's the rain coming in. temperatures around 65 that rain sticks with us and so does the wind, rather breezy on friday, highs only in the upper 50s to around 60. friday a raw day, but that gets out of here and saturday and sunday right now looking great. could see an isolated shower on saturday, temperature around 68 but sunday, monday and tuesday temperatures going in the right direction. straight on up. >> sounds good. >>> from tragedy to triumph, doreen joins us with the inspiring story of a young woman who didn't let a devastating disease discourage her from achieving her dreams. >> hi wendy. take a look at this beautiful young woman, walking a fashion runway in new york. she has a walker and she gets a standing ovation from the crowd. we caught up with her separate from the cat walk to a helicopter in maryland where she's still recovering from a rare disease that almost stopped her