i'm jim handly. chris and pat, back to you. >>> crash investigators trying to figure out why a driver jumped the curb, hitting the side of this apartment building. chopper 4 capturing the scene in hyattsville just a short time ago on bright seat road. no word on any injuries. >>> back to shootings in the district that put a police facility on heightened alert today. >> these happened just a few minutes apart. pat collins is live in southeast this afternoon with new details. >> reporter: two shooting incidents around lunchtime here in distance of the metro. around 11:50, a bullet pierces a window at the park police headquarters on anacostia drive. it appears the shot came from a parking garage of the nearby metro station. it became a shelter in place situation as police went out and tried to locate the shooter. nothing found. then a few minutes later on stanton road a burst of bullets in the air. look at all the shell casings here. witnesses told me two young men got into a running gunfight. one was s

i'm wendy rieger. >> and i am jim handly.lso hearing very strong words from president obama as the investigation takes several new turns. here's where it stands now. all 49 victims who died have been identified and another 33 remain hospitalized. >> now nbc news is reporting that the gunman's wife may have driven the shooter to the nightclub so that he could scope it today the president called on congress to reinstate the ban on assault weapons, blasted donald trump for his proposed ban on muslims. >> enough talking about being tough on terrorism. actually be tough on terrorism, but there's no magic to the phrase radical islam, and the reason i am careful about how i describe this threat has nothing to do with political correctness and everything to do with actually defeating extremism. we don't have religious tests here, and if we ever abandon those values, we would not only make it a lot easier to radicalize people here and around the world, but we would have betrayed the very things we are trying to protect. >>> for the fi

i'm jim handly. vance, back to you. >> thanks, jim. >>> a former military lawyer could be facing decades in prison when he's sentenced later today. a jury found andrew schmuhl guilty of the near deadly home invasion attack on a couple in mclean, virginia. >> julie carey was in the fairfax county courtroom when that verdict was read. >> well, a statement just issued by the victim's law firm says this verdict marx t of closure for leo fisher and his wife sue duncan and both victims were left with permanent injuries as a result of the attackvr;= and it brings consoln that he'll spend many years behind bars. >> no react as jurors found him guilty of all seven charges including abduction and aggravated malicious wounding. >> victim leo fisher who still bears the scars of the attack sat quietly, but once the jury left the courtroom he embraced family and friends. the other victim, sue duncan, was not present. jurors clearly reekt jed the unusual involuntary intoxication defense. that he was so heavily medi

i'm jim handly in tonight for erika. a beautiful day on our national mall, but it was disrupted when over injuring two people. good samaritans came to the rescue. darcy spencer talked to a driver who was affected by this freak crash and joins us now live from the scene. darcy? >> reporter: jim, this tree branch was so large many people initially believe that the entire tree had fallen down here. take a look at where we are on 9th street northwest on constitution avenue. one lane is blocked off. two people were taken to the hospital. we caught up with one man who was driving through the area when the tree crashed on top of his car. what were you thinking when this happened? this man was driving here on 9th street headed toward 395 when he heard the branch crack. >> all of a sudden, the tree was falling down and just crushed my get out of the way and neither could the pedestrians who were standing here at 9th and constitution at the national mall. the branch fell on two of them. good samaritans lifted the branch and freed

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i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger in for doreen tonight. tomorrow the president plans to meet with survivors and families of the victims. the white house says he plans to meet with first responders to thank them for the dozens of lives they saved. a senate committee asked the fbi to hand over the materials from investigations in to this gunman. they also continue to search for a motive in this mass shooting. we have team coverage on the aftermath of the terror. we begin with nbc's jay gray live in orlando. jay? >> reporter: hey there, jim. investigators are still inside of the pulse nightclub here but the fbi is focused on data pulled from the alleged gunman's phone and laptop, looking for any clue that may help understand how and why this happened. new cell phone video tonight. an explosion of gun fire as police storm the pulse nightclub. >> went toe to toe and face to face with a mass murderer. >> bodies laying around, stacked up and then you see that amount of death, that's pretty horrific. >> horror carried out, police say, by 29-year-o

i'm jim handly. >> a large group of people showed up to protest at nra headquarters in fairfax county after the senate failed to pass new legislation to curb gun sales. >> the senate will come to order. >> reporter: senate democrats demanded tougher gun laws in the wake of orlando. >> and my republican friends do nothing! >> reporter: but republicans oppose nun >> what we should be making this about is the fight to eliminate the islamic extremism that is the root cause for what happened in orlando. >> reporter: four proposals failed. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: democrats urged voters to punish republicans and the nra. >> mr. and mrs. america, you have to stand up. >> reporter: democrats back ending gun sales without background checks, banning sales to anyone on no fly or watch lists. in orlando, the killer, omar mateen had been taken off the watch list before he bought his assault weapon. trump said friday good people at the club should have had hand guns. >> strapped right here to their waist or to their ankle and go boom, boom, you know what? that would have been a

. >> and i'm jim handly.k happened in the middle of the night in a popular neighborhood in arlington. police tell us a woman woke up to a man with a knife in her apartment on fourth street. pat collins is live in arlington with details on how the victim managed to get help. pat? >> reporter: jim, you can imagine the kind of fear something like this brings with it. questions. how did the guy who broke into the apartment know that a woman lived there? and how did he know she was there all alone? at the place where it happened, a steady at the place where it happened, fingerprint dust near the point of entry into the apartment. at this place, the place where it happened, people are talking about that early morning assault. >> it was just pretty scary that that could have happened here. >> reporter: britney hayes out walking her dogs today at the boston park apartments. she heard about what happened here. in fact, she talked to the cops about it. has it changed the way you live? >> i don't want to say that i'm fe

i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. an armed patrol led to a lockdown at joint base andrews. tracie potts is joining us. tr -- tracee wilkins is joining us. a.m., people were taken out of the base, some with their hands up. >> i have a report of an active shooter. don't know much than anybody else. >> reporter: he was locked out of the base due to the shutdown. >> i'm praying for my colleagues in their barricaded behind locked doors. >> reporter: it was soon discovered that there was no gunman. they were preparing for an active shooter drill adding to the confusion when the report was made of an active shooter. joint base andrews released a statement describing what unfolded this way. "joint base andrews was scheduled to conduct a no-notice active shooter exercise. however, reports of a real-world active shooter situation at the medical facility were miscommunicated before the exercise was to begin. there was a misidentification of the security forces emergency services team who were conducting a routi of the medical facility, which caused the distress call." base officials a

i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. an armed patrol led to a lockdown at joint base andrews.e potts is joining us. tr -- tracee wilkins is joining us.

i'm jim handly. >> and i'm erika gonzalez.ements are rolling in just a couple of hours before sanders' rally here in the district after a pivotal meeting with the president in the oval office, senator sanders will speak to his supporters at 7:00 tonight about the future of his campaign. tom sherwood is already getting reaction from sanders' supporters. he join us live near rfk. tom? >> reporter: let me first show you this crowd here. this is a big crowd right here. the white tents are the security station. beyond that is a small area where the flags are. that's where bernie sanders will be speaking, but this is only part of the crowd. right over here is another segment of the crowd waiting to be allowed into the parking lot. and this crowd wraps all the way around the block for hundreds of more people. the democratic primary campaign for president may be still fired up. the crowd for bernie had started growing early outside rfk. this baltimore man came at 7:30 this morning, ten hours ahead of time. >> i want to hear it from hi

i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger.s are demanding a vote on the so-called no fly, no buy measure before congress takes a recess. >> rise up, democrats. rise up, americans. >> georgia congressman john lewis is leading the sit-in, upset after four separate measures on gun control failed to garner any traction. tim kaine spoke just after he at that protest. >> we're not going to stop. there shouldn't be a gag rule that prohibits gun safety from being meaningfully discussed in this body. >> here's a live look right now of the house floor. some members of congress are streaming the protest with their smartphones because cameras on the phone have been turned off. let's get the latest. >> reporter: congressional democrats took a stand on gun control with a sit-in on the house floor. >> let us vote. we came here to do our job. we came here to work. >> reporter: congressman john lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement, led the rare, if not unprecedented, demonstration. >> gentlemen's time has expired. >> reporter: it was

. >>> jim handly is in the newsroom now with a look at the democratic race. >> california is the largest prize with 475 pledged delegates available, but with the current delegate math we could have a presumptive nominee before the polls close in the golden state. both candidates have both been up and down the california coast. earlier today, hillary clinton said she's excited about the possibility of becoming the first female nominee of a major party, but she's not losing focus on tomorrow. >> well, tomorrow is a really big day, everybody. yeah, well, that's it is. i would be deeply honored for it to be hillary day. that depends on you and your family and your friends and your colleagues. >> hillary clinton has a concert with john legend and others scheduled to appear. >>> at a press conference today, bernie sanders touted polls that show him doing better in a hypothetical matchup against donald trump. sanders says he believes a high turnout tomorrow could lead to a win. he says he will work hard to get sup superdelegates to change their allegiance to him. >> we are in private conversati

in fact in 1998, jim handly questioned the colonel on his military past in somalia. >> you've been accused of ordering the executions of more than a hundred people. do you deny that? >> reporter: the most recent claims against ali come from a somali man who says he was beaten, torture, shot and ultimately left for dead at the direction of youssef ali. in february, the court of appeals said it didn't have jurisdiction to rule. i spoke with ali's attorney. >> ali is entitled to immunity as an official or former official of the somali government. >> reporter: ali left somalia before the country's regime collapsed. he worked as a security guard in canada in the early 90s. ali for serious human rights abuses and then he came to the united states. >> if canada saying, no, you can't be here, why are we saying yes, you can? >> reporter: a cnn investigation found ali most recently worked as a security guard at dulles airport. the congresswoman wants to be sure the vetting process included social media searches. >> if you have a baby sitter you're going to high for your child, you go online. you may

. >> reporter: that was news4's jim handly questioning on his military past in somalia. 18 years later, those questions still being raised of the colonel. the victim alleging he was tortured and shot and left for dead at the direction of youssef ali. i spoke with ali's attorney. >> ali is entitled immunity an official or former official of the somali government. >> reporter: we found video of him working as a security guard in canada in the early 90s. the court found canada deported ali for serious human rights abuses. he then came to the united states. he most recently worked as a security guard at dulles airport contracted out by a third party. >> my observation is that it is an unfortunate effort i think to sensationalize the fact that he works at dulles airport. so what? >> it is very troubling and it causes a lot of questions about what kind of vetting was done. >> reporter: congresswoman barbara comstock wants to be briefed. >> he found his way back into the country. >> he is present in the united states legally. he hasga united states. >> reporter: i did receive a statement from

. >> wendy rieger and jim handly are standing by with more. >> this is a story that i think is interesting iwo jima memorial. one of the men in this flag raising was misidentified and the person who correctly was part of this group took the secret to his grave. we're going to find out how they figured that out and why he kept quiet. >> so much time has passed. another one we're talking about, you and have both rescued pets. always you do. we've got an nbc 4 responds story tonight that you're going to want to hear, but his bicycle stolen. this is a $2,000 roughly bike stolen. what's happening today is we depend on bikes now to get to and from work. his was stolen downtown. i'm assuming he took it to the work. we're going to find out what needs to be done to help protect your bike these days because it is a livelihood issue now. >> finally, we have a great consumer story from susan hogan about pets. we rescue our pets, but some go through breeders. a particular person lost some money and didn't get the pet. >> what you need to ask before you go online looking for a breeder because they're ou

jim handly is off. we're watching a very active radar system. some of you are getting some heavy rain right now. >> it could be a washout. amelia draper has the latest for you. >> we're tracking pockets of heavy rain this evening. tomorrow the better of the two weekend days. strong toer let's talk about what's happening right now. a live look outside our studio here in northwest washington. the skies darkening ran rain descends on our studio. some scattered heavy rain in parts of charles county, the northern neck, and around the fredericksburg area. the heaviest rain right now. after this moves through, we could see some scattered showers. here you can see very impressive moving through reston just entering bethesda right now. impacting parts of the beltway. if all also remains equal, heavy rain in manassas at 5:20. mount vernon 5:35.

. >> and i'm jim handly.attack happened after police tell us a man followed a woman from the new carrollton station. this evening they hope surveillance video will help track him down. darcy spencer live for us details. darcy? >> reporter: well, jim, that attack did not happen on metro property. from what we understand, the woman had gotten off the metro here at the new carrollton station yesterday morning. she walked in this direction to a nearby office building and was attacked inside that building. late this afternoon we got a hold of surveillance video of the man they're looking for. take a look. the alleged attacker shown on the left side of your screen in a metro tunnel wearing a red jacket. police say he walks with a limp. he is wanted in connection of a sexual assault of a woman who was followed from the new carrollton station. >> anybody wearing that particular jacket, those particular pants, and walking around with that distinct limp, we would like to talk to that individual. >> reporter: the man wa

i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. this teacher was arrested during a prostitution sting.olice say he was a key player. martin brown is a teacher at langley park mccormick elementary school. police say he solicited a prostitute and then rented a room to be used for prostitution. we are live with details about this case. >> reporter: according to system he was hired in august of 2015. his first year teaching in the prince george's county school system. 29-year-old martin brown is a fourth grade teacher. it was what he was allegedly during after school that's landed him behind bars. >> sometimes a prostitution scheme has many moving parts and he was one of the cogs in this scheme. >> reporter: police found prostitutes posting ads for sex when they came across this ad. police arranged to meet the woman in this photo at the days inn. the woman was taken into custody shortly after and then police found that the room she was using was purchased by brown who was in another room a few days door from the prostitute. >> he was with other co-conspirators when we found him. >> repor h

. >> i'm jim handly. >> we'll every angle of the severe weather and we begin with chief meteorologistr with the up to the minute forecast. >> how are we looking, doug? >> the warnings continue, and they have been all across our region and the brand new severe thunderstorm warning and i told you about one two minutes ago and since then there's been a new one in washington county and frederick county, maryland. look at the split that's going on right here and another one down to the south around culpeper county and madison county. these storms all moving toward culpeper. culpeper county will get hit very hard here and this is the area right here that i'm really watching and there are three distinct storms and one here, one here and one back to the north. these two are separating and moving across the region here in toward portions of frederick county and montgomery county and this one right here with an extremely strong storm around the leesburg area just south and west of leesburg and

good afternoon, i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. confirmed tornado in west virginia and a severe thunderstorm warning for others. >> here's a live look. this is harper's ferry. doug has the latest at the top of the hour. you saw this thing coming about a half hour, 45 minutes ago. >> we've been tracking it ever since. i cannot reiterate enough this is going to be a very dangerous night. right now we have a couple of scattered storms. a line of storms move through and that is going to effect everyone. right now we have three severe thunderstorm warnings in effect. we have one down towards fredericksburg. stafford county. another one around leesburg. severe thunderstorm warning there. then the one that spawned a tornado right along route 9 around martinsburg. let's see what this is. i knew this was coming. a tornado warning now in effect for the spotsylvania county area around fredericksburg. stop that for me. hit the now button there. look at what's going on around fredericksbu fredericksburg. a tornado warning now in effect for spot

. >> i'm jim handly on a busy day in the news. first up, these storms that are kicking up on this tuesday around our region and doug kammerer has the first word on the weather and we've been tracking the showers and thunderstorms and some of them have become quite strong across the area and we're watching a line that's developed south and east of washington and you can see it on th fredericksburg and take a look, and you can see this line developing and what has happened here is we've had a couple of storms right here which is no longer there and actually sent out an outflow boundary and that's where all of these are now forming and all of them to the south of d.c. around fredericksburg over toward huntington and it's this storm right here which has a severe thunderstorm warning associated with it. this until 5:30 this evening and the biggest threat here and the only threat is going to be the potential for a very strong wind. upwards of 50 to 60 miles per hour and it's spotsylvania county and head's up if you're in this area from