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the case is so high profile the trial is being moved out of alexandria. julie carey tell us prosecutors pointed to his poetry about murder to prove their case. >> reporter: the hearing opened with the first of many outbursts from charles severance. he asked, can i be referred to as the accused instead of the defendant? but it was severence's chilling writings about murder and revenge that were soon spotlighted by prosecutors. defense attorneys are asking the judge to severe or separate the 2003 murder of the former sheriff's wife nancy dunning from the more recent killings. they argue there is no clear connection between the cases. but prosecutor brian porter fired back revealing key new evidence that will be used at trial. he points to passages from severence's writing, one seems to describe the way in which the murders were committed. all three victims were shot to death just inside their front door. wrote severence, knock, talk, enter, kill, exit, murder. prosecutors say severence had a longstanding distrust of public officials after losing custody of his so

alexandria. this is just in. our julie carey reports moments ago the judge in the case granted a change of venue. the defense argued this case was as intense as the sniper trial and the entire area lived in fear so it deserved to be moved. the prosecution argued if boston could see a jury in the boston marathon bombing case alexandria should be able to seat a jury in this case. in the end, the judge sided with the defense. the trial will take place in fairfax county. it was an interesting morning in court. check out with jewelry carey tweeted earlier. at one point severance shouted "your honor, i don't want a change in venue, may i sit behind that microphone?" >>> the metro is shutting down an entrance to a station on the red line run entrance to the van ness metro stop will be shut down for three years for escalator repairs. megan mcgrath is live with more on what we can expect to happen. megan? >> reporter: they're swapping out these escalators completely. here's one of them right here. they are 34 years old, date back t

reporting live from alexandria julie carrie news 4. >>> tonight, a first look at metro's sleek 7,000 series trains starting tomorrow. our transportation report adam tuss shows us all the bells and whistles riders can expect. >> reporter: everybody outside taking a look at the brand new 7,000 series rail car. well here we are inside. welcome to the new metro rail car of the future. this is a train for the riders. and metro making that clear. >> they will find cars unlike anything else they have seen on the system before. >> reporter: tomorrow morning the first new 7,000 series rail car set to leave the station travel through d.c. and end in maryland. well take a look. we are inside the brand new 7,000 series rail cars and making the way a open bright airy. got all sorts of new technology. take a look at the maps here. all sorts of digital displays going on. the announcements sound better in this rail car. the color scheme is better. there's no carpet. it is an all-around better feel on this train. a huge high profile crowd on hand to see the train and take a ride. >> i loved it. i lov

in alexandria, julie carey, news 4. >>> four families have to find another place to stay after a fire broke out in their apartment complex this morning in silver spring. this is manchester towers on wayne avenue. our chopper 4 video shows fire and smoke pouring out of the windows of an eighth floor apartment. witnesses say they heard an explosion and sow flames. the fire is out now. investigators are on the scene, trying to determine what caused it. damages could top $125,000. >>> a volunteer verify's deputy has turned himself in. robert bates faces manslaughter charges for his role in a deadly shooting in tulsa, oklahoma. he was booked and released after posting $25,000 bond. a video of the april 2nd incident shows deputies chase, then tackle a suspect. a gunshot rang out. bates said he mistook his gun for a taser and that the shooting was an accident. he's due to make his first court appearance next tuesday. >>> president obama met with iraq's prime minister today and pledged $200 million in humanitarian aid to help those displaced by isis militants. the president did not directly c

host: time for a quick final question from julie in alexandria, virginia, right up the road from mounternon and george washington's port city. george washington and george mason were very good friends. george mason had two wives. ann -- she passed away and then sarah. i was wondering what the relationship was between martha washington and either of george mason's wives. host: thank you. patricia: they were friendly neighbors. richard: as far as i know, they never became intimate friends. and, in fact, that friendship sadly was a political casualty. right. george mason and george washington who had been friends and collaborators in the period leading up to the revolution. but after the constitutional convention which, of course, washington sanctioned and mason refused to sign, it really spelled in many ways and end to their friendship. host: well, on twitter, someone said as, "george and martha washington quite the power couple." so, as we close out here just kind of bringing us full circle, what are the important things for people to know about the influence of martha washington? patri

it go ♪ >>> a big ribbon cutting ceremony was planned this weekend at alexandria's newest fire station but it's been canceled. julie joins us live to explain what went wrong. >> reporter: well, check it out. a brand-new fire station near the van dorn metro, badly needed in the rapidly growing southwest section of alexandria. just one problem here. there's no firefighters inside. right now just one paramedic crew is working out of the station, and it may be 2016 before the department can staff it with firefighters. there were initial plans to transfer some firefighters from a north old town station. but residents in that part of town were up in arms. the fire department also says it's had far more retirements expected, leaving them short of firefighters. with so much uncertainty, council members became uncomfortable with the idea of a festive ribbon cutting. >> i know some of us felt very reluctant about opening this with such enthusiasm because it's hard to be enthusiastic about opening a fire station firefighters. you've heard me say that it's like opening a library without the books. you don't do that. >> reporte

july. >>> charles severance, the man charged with killing three alexandria residents will not face trial in that city. the judge moved the case to fairfax county. she was concerned about seating an impartial jury in alexandria. severance is accused of killing nancy dunning in 2003, ronald kirby in 2013 and ruthanne lodato last year. both prosecutors and defense attorneys are requesting no cameras in the courtroom at trial. wusa9 has joined other media arguing to allow cameras, but there's still no word when the judge will rule on the matter. >>> coming up the marriage between comcast and time warner cable appears over before it started. >> also ahead prince george's county schools name the teacher of the year. >> cameras are supposed to be protected under the first amendment as freedom of expression. so why are police officers hassling some people taking pictures in front of d.c.'s >>> washington d.c. is a magnet for people who like to take pictures, but we've been getting complaints of people who have been told to stop taking pictures of very publickings while standing in very public --

julie. >> reporter: well, the judge says it was the fear factor here in alexandria that convinced her to move this eventual trial, the fear that existed in this community a little over a year ago that you could hear a knock on the door and find someone shooting at you. that is how all three victims were killed. and now this triple murder case becomes a fairfax case. charles severance entered the courtroom and didn't even sit down before he started making demands, sometimes shouting them. can i be referred to as the accused rather than the defendant? he asked the judge. she agreed. later when his attorneys detailed some of the unflattering media accounts of his erratic behavior in the past, severence blurted out those statements are against my interest. and he told the judge, he was opposed to the change of venue requested. but in the intense fear experienced in the community after transportation planner ron kirby and music teacher ruth ann were gunned down in their front doors within months of each other and another ten years before, prosecutors turned to a different example in boston

alexandria. candidates for virginia's 45th district and for mayor are on the ballot there. election day is tuesday, july. >>> it will cost you and your child more to buy lunch at school in alexandria this fall. the district is raising the price by 20 cents in september. lunch at elementary schools will cost $2.65. all secondary schools it will be $2.85. and the district says the price hike is necessary to follow the federal regulations mandating the cost of paid meals in schools. >>> a georgetown university alum is donating $10 million to the school. that money will help launch a new center focused on global real estate. the center will offer career planning for students hands on learning through a real estate clinic and opportunities for consulting projects. >>> well it's not what one montgomery county police officer was expecting when he pulled over a speeding car in silver spring. when the driver rolled down the window he told officer campbell that his wife was in labor. they couldn't make it, so they pulled over for a second time and campbell jumped in to action. >> i could see that the baby was cro

alexandria. dawit say yum is being tried for the murder of d.c. corrections official carolyn cross. julieey heard that testimony, and she's live outside the courthouse. julie? >> reporter: well today's testimony is the first time we've heard from the family of victim carolyn cross. her daughter's description of finding her mother dead back on september 7th was so heartbreaking even some jurors were moved to tears. clarissa davis was the prosecutor's first witness as they build their first degree murder case against dawit sayeyoum seyoum. carolyn cross was due to leave town for a women's leadership conference the day she was killed. davis said she became alarmed when she drove to this high-rise to take her mom to the airport and she got no answer on the phone. she began sobbing as she told jurors what she found inside the apartment. i walked in and found my mother, she was laid out in front of me. and i screamed. i walked towards her and she had a plastic bag over her head and there was blood all over her head. that afternoon police responded to a 911 attempted suicide call at a neighborin

alexandria. as the daughter of a high ranking d.c. official described finding her mother dead. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from the courthouse with developments. julie? >> reporter: well, that emotional testimony came from the daughter of homicide victim carolyn cross. now, cross was a high ranking official in the d.c. department of corrections. prosecutors say she was at her apartment on the morning of september 7th preparing to go out of town to a leadership company when dawit seyoum targeted her and killed her. clarissa davis was composed when she left the court houshgs but on the witness stand the tears came quickly as she was shown a picture of her mother carolyn cross. on september 7th, davis drove to her mom's high-rise to take her to the apartment. she became worried when she didn't answer the phone. she went into the apartment telling jurors, as she sobbed i went in and saw my mother. she was laid out in front of me and i screamed. i walked towards her and she had a plastic bag over her head and there was blood all over her head. that afternoon police spofrnded to a 911 attemp

alexandria man accused of killing a d.c. corrections official last fall. the man faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of carol cross. julie carey is in the courtroom for the trial and says opening statements this morning the prosecutor said that cross was struck 15 times with a wrench before he duct taped a plastic bag over her head. he allegedly decided to kill someone after an argument with his mother. prorls said he didn't know cross and killed her, quote, because he didn't like the way she looked at him. after the crime, he slashed the wrists and called 911. he later confessed to the crime. the toernls say he was in the grips of acute psychosis and should not be found guilty of murder. julie carey will have more on news 4 this afternoon. >> thank you. >>> we are learning more about a story of washington state. a young couple and their baby were killed when a concrete slab of a project fell from a bridge on to their truck. the construction site is part of a project to make city sidewalks safer for pedestrians. crews were tearing down part of the existing bridge near tacoma last night when part of it fell. the road wasn

alexandria says that's going to take time and money. so a ribbon cutting ceremony this weekend has now been put on hold. northern virginia bureau chief juliearey is live with the story. julie? >> reporter: well this is fire station 210. we're near the van dorn metro along eisenhower avenue. it is badly need nded in this rapidly growing section of the city. but residents are upset to learn it could be a year and a half before it's fully staffed. a brand-new fire station, but it's dark inside except for a paramedic crew and its vehicles it's empty. the city does not have enough firefighters to staff it and may not until 2016. uneasy city council members are glad the weekend ribbon cutting was called off. >> what we realized is that this is probably not an appropriate time as long as we have so much up in the air as to how it's going to be staffed. >> reporter: council member dell pepper says staffing the new station is not just aif matter of money. the department had more retirements than expected leaving them short. residents in the growing southwest section of the city are upset to learn of the missing firefighters and especially worried b