good news, live desk, leon harris. back to you. >> that is good news.but also now at 5:30, a doctor from our area accused of violating a patient's trust and much more and patient is now suing her former doctor. prince georges county bureau chief tracee wilkins tells us her story, tracee. >>. >> reporter: well there is one patient named in this class action suit the attorney filing it believes there are many more out there. >> former anesthesiologist is accused of sexually assaulting patients filed today in an upper marlboro courthouse. >> if you were a patient of dr. williams, wouldn't you want to know that dr. williams had been accuse -- if dr. williams had been accused of sexual misconduct. >> one inappropriately touched patients and abused them for physical examinations. he worked at the largo and kaiser locations from 2010, he was dismissed in 2014. >> it makes this even worse and more tragic is that kaiser did despite their moral legal ethical obligations. >> williams was investigated by the maryland board of physicians and lost his license in 2016

i'm leon harris. the story of the week was out of this world. we're talking, of course, about that amazing solar eclipse. by now you've seen some of the amazing images from towns along the path of totality acrs images from celebrities, families, co-workers and perhaps the most emotional responses were those that work with science every day. our chief meteorologist doug kammerer was in south carolina. he and chuck bell witnessed the eclipse firsthand. >> this is just -- wow! >> we can see the corona, chuck. look at the corona. >> that is so cool. we have venus out to the right of the sun. just to the left you can see the star just to the left of the sun. >> oh, yeah. >> they turned into a couple of little kids. so there you see how the pros reacted. so what about the pros in training? news4's kristin wright got some reaction from some of our youngest sun gazers and those who are young at heart. >> a once in a lifetime moment. >> it was amazing. it was just joy. they are so speechless. >> it was beautiful. i think it's, you know, almost the totali

leon harris gives a look now at the new cole field house. >> from this -- to this -- to this. >> this building is a game changer for us. >> three, two, one. >> a first look inside the new cole field house. this historic building transformed. it's not only a state of the art practice facility for the football team, but now it will be home medicine, as well. a living laboratory of research and innovation, with a big focus on something that's been in the news a lot, brain injuries and neuroscience. >> the headlines are scary. they are alarming. but i'm glad they've gotten our attention, because they should, and because the questions they raise are exactly the questions we'll start answering here at cole. we love our terps. we love our sports. but we love our athletes even more. >> what the new cole field house will do is a 21st century porch that brings together not just athletics, but its integrates with neuroscience, research on the brain, brain recovery, and larger human health. >> $the 155 million renovation is expected to be fully leon harris, nbc4. >> looks spiffy there. if you're

news4's leon harris joins us now. leon, so much has week. >> i know, what a week that town has lived through. they started out on a simmer, went to seething and tonight everything is solemn. so much has happened and yet there's still so much we don't know about what happens next. still up in the air tonight is the future of that robert e. lee statue in emancipation park that was such a draw for so many. charlottesville mayor says today that he wants a special session of the state legislature to debate its removal. but governor terry mcauliffe is saying that won't help out because the issue is so tied up in court because after a city vote to remove the statue earlier this year. another statue getting attention in richmond, this will not be the sight of any demonstrations any time soon. this video -- governor mcauliffe issued an executive order that temporarily bans rallies and protests there. >>> meanwhile more charges were issued for the man police say rammed a car in counterprotesters saturday. james fields is already

leon harris in our newsroom, with more on the march on google. uses as recent firing.ormal google engineer was fired by the company after he wrote and distributed a memo questioning the abilities of women in tech jobs the posed saying, quote we condemn in the strongest possible terms any display of hatred and bigotry from any side it has no place in america, no citizens should ever fear for their safety and security in our society. there's a chance that the protest may not actually happen. usa today is reporting that no one has applied for any permits to hold the demonstration there on saturday, back to you. >> leon harris, thanks, leon. >>> let's head overseas where survivors of these deadly mudslides in sierra leon's capitol are describing what they heard and felt when that mud and boulders flooded into their neighborhood. one resident said it sounded like an earthquake. >>> it's a rare site indeed, so rare you might be surprised to hear how long you have to wait to see a total solar eclipse here in washington. >>> hopefully the weather will be okay for that eclipse.

leon harris gives us the first look inside. >> reporter: from this to this to this. >> this building is a game changer for us. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: a first look ificide the new cole fieldhouse. this historic building transf m transform transformed. now it will be home for center for sports medicine, as well, a living laboratory of research and innovation with a big focus on something in the news a lot, brain injuries and neuro science. >> the headlines are scary. they are alarming. but i'm glad they have gotten our attention because they should. and because the questions they raise are exactly the questions we'll start answering here at cole. >> we love our terps. we love our sports. but we love our athletes even more. >> what the new cole fieldhouse will do is a 21st century porch that brings together not just athletics, but it's integrated with neuro science, research on the brain, brain recovery and larger human health. >> reporter: the renovation is expected to be fully completed in 2019. leon harris, news 4. >>> news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >>> a new twist in a violent

leon harris is in the newsroom with details of this, leon. >> wendy, the attorney general says that referrals for investigations into alleged leakers have exploded. jeff sessions says that in the first six months of the trump administration, the doj has received as many potential cases as the previous three years combined. but not all leaks are created equal. the latest high profile release involves alleged transcripts of calls between president trump and his counterparts at mexico and australia. now, we've also seen a number of leaks involving the probe into russia. but in a number of cases, the administration complain about leaks, doesn't really involve classified information, rather rumors about staffers and the fighting that happens to be embarrassing. the president often tweets about leaking late last critical message about sessions calling him weak on the issue. doj is ramping up the efforts to crack down on the leaks. he says the fbi has a new unit focused on that and that he says, as well, they're reviewing policies regarding media subpoenas. >> we respect the important role that the

at the live desk, leon harris, news 4. >>> some places in our area are reminiscent, mark segraves are finding out how security forces in our area are trying to protect our so-called soft targets. the places you and your family like to visit. >>> we're have just learned the name of the man who went on a car crash rampage this morning. first, look at how his spree ended. it's video that you'll only see here on news 4. that man groaning on the ground is kelly robertson, from triangle. robertson is accused of leaving a trail of wreckage that began little river turnpike. his path stops a few blocks away. our bureau chief julie carey is live at the shopping center where it all came to an end, julie. >> reporter: hi, jim, well look over there. that use to match that brick pillar, but workers had to tear down the bricks after this guy crashed into it today. you think that would stop him, but he hit at least a dozen cars, including this one right here before he finally crashed his car in the parking lot. now, he is in the hospital tonight and what we're don't know is what caused him to drive h

first to leon harris at the live desk and the tragic look at what is happening now. >> what's happening in texas is just absolutely unimaginable. tonight, thousands more people now being moved because they're being under mandatory evacuation orders. but in downtown houston the question is where do you put the people? the convention ceer at least three people are confirmed dead including a woman who died when a tree fell on their trailer. a family of six are missing after their van was swept away by flood waters. there have been more than 3,000 rescues with 1,000 of those happening in just the last eight hours. tomorrow the president and first lady will be traveling to texas to see first hand some of the damage and the federal response. >> you're going to see very rapid action from congress, certainly from the president and get your funding. we expect to have requests on our desk fairly soon. we think that congress will feel very much the way i feel. texas is a unique place. it's a great, great state, great people and i think you'll be up and running very, very quickly. >> the president'

news 4's leon harris starts off from the live desk. >> the president says the united states will nott the approach to the war there in his own terms. >> we are not nation-building again. we are killing terrorists. >> in his address the president said the u.s. will operate under what he called a conditions-based approach. that means no publicized timetables or announced troop increases. one shift had to do with the u.s. relationship with pakistan. he called that country an ally but a safe haven for terrorists. >> we have been paying pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting. but that will have to change. and that will change immediately. >> the president said tonight that his original instinct was to pull completely out of the war in afghanistan but he said decisions are different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. john mccain also released a he has been a target of the president's criticism in recent weeks and he called the trump approach a big step in the right direction. back to you. >> thank y

i'm leon harris. en, back to you. >> thank you, leon. >>> the justice department says it does not have broad plans to investigate whether university admission policies discriminate against white students based on race. this comes after a job pos course on affirmative action. civil rights organizations fear it will lead to legal action against universities for not admitting white students over minorities with similar qualifications. >> from each other in a university setting, and so if everyone is the same and if everyone comes from a like background, then what are we learning from each other? >> the justice department released a statement saying in part it's committed to protecting all americans from all forms of illegal race-based discrimination. >>> committee leaders in madison, oregon are talking about changes after eight drivers hit people in the street last june. three d.c. police officers were hurt in that collision. last night a road commission heard a proposal to close eighth street to all traf

. >>> leon harris with new information on the russia probe. tonight the "washington post" is reporting that president trump was responsible for his son's response to questions about a meeting with russians at trump tower. that response was seen as misleading and that is a move that could put the president in legal jeopardy. the president dictated his son's statement about that meeting. you remember that statement claimed the meeting was set up to talk about americans adopting russian children but e-mails later revealed that donald jr. accepted the meeting because the person was going to give damaging information about hillary clinton. >> striking about what we have learn is the president did not want to describe the actual story about what happened. and he had not just a hand in it but the most important hand in it. >> you will recall the special counsel robert mueller is looking at a possible obstruction of justice in the 2016 election. tonight the president's lawyer is calling this report in the post fake news. no response from the president

let begin with leon harris at the live desk. >> president trump was greeted by thousands of protesters in new york city who were upset with how he handled the violence in charlottesville over the weekend. this is what it looked like as president trump made his way to trump tower. thousands of people chanting "shame" as the president's motorcade drove by. a group of trump supporters numbering in the dozens also there. although there shouting there are no reports of violence. a ceo of under armour announced he is stepping down from the president's american manufacturing council saying they will promote unity and inclusion through sports. he now -- [ inaudible ] president trump -- the -- you can take a look here. look at that. that was the scene at a rally against racism in durham, north carolina. protesters pulled down a confederate statue, the group cheered and started hitting and kicking the statue as it fell to the groundre house wants a confederate statue removed here. the "baltimore sun" reports that the monument does not belong at the state house in annapolis. we'll see what happen

. >> leon harris, thank you. we learned tonight virginia governor jerry mcauliffe and wife will attend a memorial service starting tomorrow. a me marchial service for hel heather heyer will happen tomorrow. funerals for two virginia state troopers will also happen this week. their helicopter crashed while they were monitoring the weekend protest. it's still not clear what caused that crash. pilot lieutenant jay cull en will be laid to rest saturday in kmes tchester field, virgini. bates grew up in prince william county. today his brother told news 4 that trooper bates fell in love with flying when he was just 10 years old. >> the first lawsuits were filed today against the man who organized saturday's deadly protest and the man charged with running over and killing heather heyer. two women involved in that suit were right in the middle of the chaos. >> just by seeing somebody that much to the car, it brought me back to somebody trying to kill us. god really saved us. >> the $3 million lawsuit names the suspect ja

at the live desk, leon harris, back to you. >> leon, thank you. team coverage continues now with storm team 4 meteorologists amelia draper. >> she is in houston, now, with amazing stories of survival. i know it's got to be humble to see people banding together in the middle of so much tragedy. >> the stories that we're at this point we've had over 30 inches of rain fall here. flash flood warnings are in effect at least through wednesday, they can be extended flood warnings even longer than that. we wanted to get out today to show you guys pictures not just our location, all around the houston metropolitan area. we weren't able to make it more than five miles in any direction, the stories we saw just unbelievable. >> that's amazing. talk about how people are coming together to help each other. >> we'll be here all day and tomorrow. this is going to last a while. we're about to head north again. we just had to get gas. any way, let us keep going and go get what we've got to do. >> she lives here. we had to come and get her >> you know, coming up to

leon harris has a closer look. >> we've heard politicians described as being misleading, inaccurate, not entirely true, but with this president, people are starting to say the word "liar." since the inauguration, the post has been tracking what they call false or misleading claims. the washington post says the president trump has surpassed 1,000 lies during his time in office. now, let me show you here a bar graft, this one represents all the claims from january through this month. there have been some lows. take a look at this spike here towards the end of july. the post reports that president trump made 29 false claims in just 26 hours. the report says, in fact, he's averaging nearly five misleading claims per day, more than 30 of those claims have been repeated ones. mike, he's talki haven't gone up for a long type, actually, they've been steadily rising the past few years, up more than 7% since 2014. now the false claim that he keeps going back to the most, is that obama care is dead or in a death spiral. he said that one 50 times. by the post count, the president, though, not qu

leon harris is here with developments, leon. >> apparently there is still some hate in those echos, death threats being made against the mother whose daughter was killed in charlottesville. heather heyer was run over and killed on saturday. they're saying that people are threatening her life. she said she has not returned phone calls for president trump. >> whether there was vai rens on both sides or not is irrelevant. the guy mowed my daughter down. and, you know, sorry, that's not excusable. >> susan says the white house has reached out to her at least three times but she said she missed the first few calls after turning off her phone that's because she was at her daughter's funeral. more tearful good-byes at another funeral today. this time from one of the virginia state troopers who was killed responding to the violence in charlottesville. he and lieutenant jay coleman died. being remembered a coach, father, husband and hero. >> steve bannon gets the boot, but who takes his place and will his exit bring order to the west wing. >> plus a huge fire at building under construction burned

i'm leon harris. >> we learned the victim is 38-year-old russell lee, jr. of montgomery village. police say he was riding his motorcycle when he crashed into the back of a car stopped at a red light. >> 12 days ago we told you about two men there after one drove the wrong way on that highway. so why is this particular stretch of road so dangerous? prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is working to get those answers. >> reporter: this is the fifth person to die on indian head highway this year, the fourth motorcyclist to die on this road in four years. aaa is calling it the deadliest road in the d.c. region. the question for people who live at this road every day is what to do about it. 210 is a long stretch of road and also pretty flat. so because of that aa people are drawn to speeding on the road. they see acts of aggressive behavior. prince george's police say they have problems with drinking and driving. they say the road is not to blame for poor driver behavior. here is what people who live in the area say need to be done to help 210. >> they need to redesign t

let's start with leon harris, he's at the live desk. >> the latest developments now concern a man who was shot and killed by police. local media reports the car knocked down two police officers at a traffic check point, but it's not clear, at this point, if that incident is related to the original attack. now, you're looking here at some new video from the van attack in barcelona. it appears to have been shot around the corner from the main incident there. you can see a camera there, screaming and scrambling to find a safe place. around dinner time, there, lo l locally, a van drove into a crowd, now, that area is sort of why barcelona's time square number of people killed in the attack is changed throughout the afternoon. it has just revised downward is standing at 13. moments ago, spain announced three days of mourning to honor their dead and that number could still rise. 15 of the 100 people hurt are considered as seriously injured. >> two people now under arrest but police say neither of them was driving the van. islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the van attack. as

>> leon harris is working for you tonight with the warning signs. >> the blurry vision might not come couple of days, hopefully most of you used the glasses and didn't look directly at the sun. you know, sometimes the urge to do that was just a little too great, even the president couldn't resist stealing a look from the white house balcony yesterday. when should you be concerned. generally, symptoms don't show up until about 12 hours after the damage has been done and that is the point. when you may start noticing some blurry vision, possibly dark spots in certain areas. most likely you're not going to feel any pain. that's because the retina doesn't have any pain fibers or pain receptors, that, could be a problem because it could mask real damage there is one way to test your eyes. you can printout this. it's call amzler grid. you look at this and you close each eye separately. focusing on that center dot and you look at it and see if the surrounding grid appears distorted in any way. let me show you what i mean by that. you see that, that means you need to go see an eye doctor. in

our team coverage begins now with leon harris at the live desk. >> the nation as flood waters keep rising officials there scrambling to open up another shelter as the convention center now is reaching capacity. there are also plans to evacuate one of the nation's busiest trauma centers. houston's 911 system receiving 75,000 calls since harvey inundated the city all of this as the first lady planned to visit texas tomorrow. surrounding areas also struggling. mandatory evacuation has been ordered, 30 miles outside of houston. look at these images. this was taken at a nursing home in the city. 15 residents there stranded in waist deep water before being rescued by the coast guard. >> well, we rolled out last year and it was okay. but this was more than we could imagine. >> over five feet in our house. we barely made it out. i'm just so grateful that they

. >> i'm leon harris. this all started with a security scare aboard their flight on the way to caribbean island, both women say they did nothing wrong but they were thrown into jail any way. they just returned to town here and they spoke only on news 4 kristin wright. >> a beautiful vacation destination. dc's special ed teacher, jennifer jones has been four times but says after a nightmare trick with her girlfriend dixon, she'll never go back. >> they flew southwest, somebody wrote the word bomb on a sickness bad in a bathroom on the flight. jones shot video of passengers surrounded by tsa and aruba police. >> apparently someone pointed me out saying i was the last one to use the rest room. >> the bathroom where the bag was found, i didn't even use that bathroom, i only used the one in the back and it was found in the front. >> a picture of dixon here as they both got hauled off for questioning and then thrown into two separate jails in aruba over night. >> it was just dismal. i literally slept on a concre

. >> leon harris is a look with the white house strategy. >> tremendous problem, the likes of which ouruntry has never seen. it starts with a dramatic push to prosecute drug offenders. >> the best way to prevent overdose is to prevent people from abusing drugs in the first place. if they don't start, they won't have a problem. if they do start, it's awfully tough to get off. >> according to cdc, 33,000 people died in 2015. the president said that while overdose deaths have quadrupled, prosecutions have gone down. the president's commission is called for expanded access to drug treatment, it's not clear where any funding for that wld it was money for opioid abuse. there's no telling when it will be resolved. >> thank you, leon. >>> well, the struggle to fight opioid addiction starts in our local communities. saint mary's counties will announce several indictments. say the dealers actions caused the death of six people. one mother in saint mary's lost her son to drug addiction. news for kristin wright talked to her about the changes that are needed to turn this fight around. >> i think ev

news 4 leon harris is here now with a look at the controversy up on the hill tonight, leon. >> thousands of tourists, including many school kids walk by confederate images and statutes every day, like most debates it's drawn out and complicated. they're currently now eight statutes in the sang ware hall collection, depicting confederate leaders or those who fought in the civil war. that's means robert e lee and west virginia submission of john ken na who served as a confederate soldier. now all of these statutes come from the direction of the state. each state gets to select and donate two sculptures and they have complete control over them. the federal government and capitol officials have zero say over where the statutes stay or go. only half of those have updated the contribution, by the way. last year florida removed the statute of the confederate general. in 2009 alabama replaced a confederate soldier with the statute of helen keller. there were a number of other portraits busts and images around the capitol complex. the architect say it does not have a comprehensive list, lady, jim

i'm leon harris. >> i'm erica gonzalez. so far first responders have rescued 2,000 people. many by air there are nearly 200 people who are still stranded. 55 homeless right now. many with the clothes on their backs. harvey is still stalled over southeastern texas. the national weather service warning there will be flooding in the region for the foreseeable future. >> now, we've got team coverage for you from here all the way to houston. let's begin with jay gray with a look at the rescue response. jay. >> reporter: t >> the people who have lived here, 25, 30, 40 years haven't seen anything like this. >> reporter: water swallowing entire neighborhoods, forcing its way into homes. >> this was more than we're could imagine. >> and more than many can bear. some areas have already taken on more than 20 inches of rain and before it's over, that number could double. >> this is a landmark event. we're had not seen an event like this. >> every member of the texas national guard have been deployed. joined by federal agents and volunteer navy all scrambling to pull thousands to hire g

leon harris is here with the latest on the investigation. do we know more toonnight? >> police say that the 30-year-old woman from plano, texas died of suffocation after walking on to the beach ashley o'connor was in maryland but they got separated around 2:00 in the morning. her family contacted police and four hours later her body was found. she was buried with just an arm showing above the sand. the two big questions is did she fall into the hole or did she climb in? and how did that hole get there in the first place? police say they don't know how deep it was but they say the hole was significant. it is possible that she was run over by one of the tractors that comb the beach. her death ruled an accident. >>> tracking a couple of storms out there. storm team 4 radar. we have a couple in parts of our region. a new severe thunderstorm warning this one around the annapolis area. if you are thinking about heading out and have family members driving out you might want to give them a call. this is right over the severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:45. other st

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. >> i'm leon harris. let's go right now to mark seagraves. he's live and he's got details on the investigation and clean up effort. mark, what's the latest. >> reporter: we're looking at the front side of the lincoln memorial that most people are use to seeing where this graffiti happened is on the backside that overlooks the virginia and the patomic river, what the park service is telling us this happened about 4:30 this morning is this is when this was first reported. it's red spray paint on marble column. you can see that one expletive word is spray painted down the column and at the obama it appears to say the word "law." l-a-w. we can tell you that this is actually the second time in the past six months that this memorial here has been defaced. you'll recall in february soon marker also wrote on the lincoln memorial. we talked to the park service this afternoon about what this means to visitors and what this means to our country. here is what a spokesperson had to tell us. >> it's frustrating not only for the park service but certainly f

leon panetta calls them dangerous, so who's right? >> harris: all that plus our #oneluckyguy.sizzle, see you at the top of the hour. >> melissa: breaking right now, police in paris arresting a suspect in a car attack that injured six soldiers. >> jon: authorities caught up with the suspect in northern france, authorities say he was still driving the car used in the attack. >> melissa: benjamin hall is live in london with the latest. >> it took five hours for police to finally catch up with him after a massive manhunt in paris itself. while the motive of the attack is still unknown, ed's holding all of the hallmarks of previous attacks we've seen. when they did finally catch up with him and a dramatic scene, he was arrested on a highway north of paris. the black bmw riddled with bullets. the suspect was shot five times and one policeman was also wounded. he had been caught by a stray police bullet. the attack this morning took place around 8:00 a.m. and in northern paris district. it was a carefully timed ambush. the black bmw waiting in an alleyway until the soldiers left thei

harris: is forcing other people to treat the president like the president. his attorney general talks policy on several different fronts and the news hasn't been stepped on. >> melissa: leonk a short time ago and said i like john kelly and he went on to say why and he said he's got to be the chief of staff. >> david: he's got command in the field, he understands why you need that chain of command. it doesn't hamper, and makes it easier to get the job done. to your point, you're not stepping on the story, someone isn't going out of turn and the white house needs this order. >> kennedy: what kind of thing was reince priebus running? this attorney general is needed to impose order. >> sandra: exactly, what does that tell you about ivanka trump and jared kushner telling him when they want to be with the president? >> david: it was a lot looser. there is a staff structure that has to be in place. they can talk to dad anytime they want, but as the president of the united states and that oval office, there's a time when the priority goes to the attorney general, or whatever the case may be. >> harris: i caught something else in all of that when they were talking about the ancill

leon in galveston. >> arthel: thank you very much. >> eric: let's look at a live picture in houston. there's been a tornado damage in harris county.warning many tornado warnings of this is just one of the remnants of the weather that will get from harvey over the next few days. been talking about the landfall of the eye of the hurricane. now you have a tropical storm. now you have up to 3 feet of heavy still to come over the next three days. with that comes the possibility and probability of tornadoes. this local home in texas in harris county, one of the dangers and threats of the horrible stuff the folks are now going through. we are covering in trying to keep you up-to-date what is going on. we shall continue to do that throughout the next hour and throughout the evening at the fox news channel. one death has been reported, that in rockport and search and rescue teams are continuing in that area as you see damage from harvey. the rest of the day's news continues on the saturday evening. to get back to doing what you love. ensure, always be you. this inot this john smith.smith. or this john smith. or any of the other hundreds of