near 18th street in loomis park. we are told the man is in critical condition.ook for updates on these stories and the nbc washington app. >>> police have been busy across our region this morning. >> chris lawrence is live with an investigation in college park. good morning, chris. >> susan, aaron, this is going on now. prince gorges county police still on the scene of an armed robbery near the university of mary campus on 36th avenue near metzarat road. officers went looking for the suspect but now think they left the area. the students are on winter break although some do stay in college park over the holiday. police are watching the neighborhood as the investigation continues. we'll bring you any updates as we get them. back to you. >> thanks, chris. >>> we first told you about the bus crash in mexico last week that left several members of one local family dead. today at 12:30 services will be held for anna bejar and her 11-year-old son daniel bejar at the temple in falls church. the family was on a cruise vacation and made a stop in mexico. they were headed

in loomis deduction for property taxes and state and local taxes to $10,000 for both combined.meowners in california where real estate prices are so high. also of interest the new bill deductions for interest paid on home loans. only for loans of up to $750,000 and on a mortgage is issued after january 1 of next year. the tax bill keeps the estate tax but doubles the current exemption levels.>>> discouraging picture for truck. -- child. a poll found just three in 10 americans think the country is heading in the right direction. 52% of those polled said the u.s. is worse off since trump became president. 23% think the president has kept his campaign promises. such as repealing obamacare and scrapping the iran nuclear deal. 30% and he has tried and failed to keep promises. 45% think he had to cut them at all.>>> according to mastercard spending plus u.s. retail spending was up 3.6% between november 1 and december 9 from the same period last year. online sales are up more than 16% since november. the retail federation expects americans to spend 4% more during the holiday season th

there are many manhattan project laboratories that grew up out of bad it was a huge radar that loomis headed at mit. there is a famous los alamos bomb which should be directed in new mexico. >> i want to invite -- to the group. she was one of the codiscoverer sufficient not been given the credit that i think is due when the others received the nobel prize. >> she have to verify the findings were true. she's the one that alerted neil and he traveled to america and arrived in america he held a press conference within days of arriving to announce that the adam had been split. she played a key role. >> host: the organization that i have a role in was a home for many of these discussions. your grandfather was later a contender for president of the academy. it links these people and then out of chicago. as i understand it tell her from the east coast lawrence from the west and -- from chicago right? >> these departments were small. most universities severely had a physics department. these men although each other they are tried to recruit one another. this is a small community of men that w

died on the scene near 18th street and loomis park. police have not released the man's name or possible motive. >>> also police investigating a shooting near the gallery place metro station. bullet holes were gist covered in ha building but don't know if any one was shot. police say they have surlt surveillance of the >> police say one of the victims had to be taken to the hospital. police are taking officers in that neighborhood as investigation continues. >>> a group of correctional officers will tell you they were just doing their jobs. but for the rest of us their actions make them heros. news4 explains what they did that gave them a special honor. >> reporter: every day correction officers report to work to keep people safe and every day remind people to be safe. but if you weeks ago it was a prisoner that needed to be saved. >> we had a detainee who hung himself. and we cut him down. >> reporter: several officers sprung into action performing cpr saving the man's life. this morning those officers being recognized for what they di

sort of near 18th street and loomis park. we're told the man who was shot is in critical condition.ice say they're looking for a man wearing a black hat and all black clothing. we'll be keeping an eye on this story as it develops to see if we can get more information for you. aaron, back to you. >>> 5:16 right now. learning more about the death of a young prince gorges county girl who was shot days before christmas. a young family member accidentally shot the night. there were adults at that home when the shooting happened. no word on when or if any charges will be filed. >>> two people tried to take advantage of shoppers looking for holiday deals selling fake macbook pro laptops. the plan went south when they tried selling one to an undercover cop. it happened at springfield mall. the plain clothes officer noticed the laptops did not look authentic and set up a meeting to buy one. that's when police arrested the 37-year-old caliente houston and kristin edmund. they found several fake laptops as well as drugs inside their car. >>> a d.c. woman said they bumped her out of her seat. g

. >> host: much in the say that al fret loomis had his first experience during world war i that led to his role in world war ii, seems your grandfather began his public service role in this manner, and probably also, as i recall, reading your book, had a not just a chemistry role but was responsible for leading many over the men who were helping to bring about this poison gas developments, and so perhaps also had his first taste of what it meant to lead a group of people in a common endeavor that would have served him well later at president of harvard and then later leading the manhattan project. >> guest: very similar. a life-changing experience for these men that had been in sort of rarefied worlds and well-educated and on track in their careers. and then world war i completely took them in a different direction, and threw them into a wartime situations, and the grandfather it was the poison gas laboratory in the case of albert lewis, the aberdeen training ground. in bows cases you had brilliant physicists and scientist brought together, making weapones, doing testing, doing researc

leasing at the property to provide some units to a corporate provider and the name of that tenant was loomie, and that corporate tenant had apartments in other projects, other than ours, throughout the city. and so in this case they had the nine apartments in at our project and they were in the process of -- we were in the process of actually rolling them out of those leases to house individuals, rather than corporate tenants, which is not our policy generally, but during the course of a lease, when you have a lot of vacancy it's typical to do to lease to a corporate tenant for a small portion of the building initially. >> supervisor kim: and those leases have expired? >> that's correct. >> supervisor kim: all right, thank you so much for being here and for answering all of our questions. >> sure, thank you. >> supervisor kim: so colleagues do we have any questions for our historic preservation staff, planning or the assessor-reporter on these items? super peskin. >> supervisor peskin: i'm not sure that i have questions and i have some kind of general policy observations that may lead to que

. >> much in the same way that alfred loomis had his first expense during world war i that then beenled to his role in world war ii sinjar grandfather began his public service role in this manner. and probably also as i recall reading a book, had a not just a chemistry go but he was responsible for leading many of the men who were helping to bring about these poison gas development. and so perhaps also had his first taste of what it meant to lead a group of people in a common endeavor that would woue served him well as president of harvard and then leading the manhattan project. >> guest: it was very similar. it was a life-changing experience for these men that have been in sort of rarefied worlds and well educated and on track in their careers, and then world war i completely taken in a different direction and threw them into more time situations, and my grandfather was a innate poison gas laboratory. you have brilliant businesses and scientists brought together making weapons, doing testing, doing research but at huge speed with all kinds of resources made available, discoveries be

credible candidate and gary trotter who only lost by one point in 2006 when he ran against barbara loomis similar environment right now. >> dana: do you think the bloom is off the road when it comes to steve bannon after those losses and now that president trump seems to be thinking that the more establishment republicans like mcconnell and ryan are in favor? >> you know, the proof will be in the pudding. but he still has donors that are supporting him. he obviously just pitched a huge profile of himself in a major magazine yesterday. and i think the five stories we read about the trump white house in meltdown over the midterms is a clear indicator that this has not been solved yet. >> dana: one of the things that the democrats are looking at is this huge booth of enthusiasm and turnout in alabama and virginia. but if the economics turned out to be in president trump's favor and it works out for the republicans, will that diminish the democratic turnout advantage? >> i don't think it will diminish our advantage. you have a base of democrats were obviously upset with the giveaways and the