let's begin with mark segraves. mark. is is a major security operation.there's a lot of police stations at the metro station and re at lafayette park and here's what's going to happen sunday afternoon. all the counterprotesters rallying dow to the east on pennsylvania avenue to freedom mazza and will mar up here to plaza square at the same time hat the white supremacists will be gathering atggy bottom to the west. they will march up pennsylvania avenue from that direction, and thiss where the two sides will seet. this i what d.c. officials are worng to avoid, the unite the right rally in charlottesville one year ago that turned deadly. today d.or may muriel bowser sent a message to the protesters on both sidnd everyone in d.c. and around the country. to e want people to be able exercise their rights, whether we agree with th or not. >> reporter: butced.c.'s pol chief with another message for anyone thinking of doing anything beyond free >>speech. f you come here with the intent to hurt somebody or break soething we're going to place you ur

in southwest, mark segraves, news4.nk >> tyou, mark. mark segraves was the first to break this story earlier this year. we have continuing coverage in the nbc washington app, including a look at photos from the crime screen. >>> other breaking news right now, with week dominated by tape recmdings fhen ex-white-house staffer, president trump announced he is revoking the security clearance of former cia director john brennan. >> any access granted to our nation's secrets should be in furtherance of national, not personal interests. for this reason, i havegu also to review the more general question of the access to classified infmationy government officials. >>s that white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders reading a statement from the president. sanders says that brennan's clearance was revoked because of his, quote, erratic behavior. brennan, by the way, has harshly criticized the president recently. sands says mr. trump is looking at possibly revoking other clearances including former fbi director james comey and former direct

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >>> if the government wants your property, even your home, they can take it in something called eminent domain. it is causing people along i-66 home. as virginia plans to improve the interstate, we spoke with homeowners who feel like their voices areeing muffled. >> when we spent hours commuting like this,ou understand why his short walk is appealing. >> across the street is the metro il, which take to work every day. >> we followed him to the met station, four minutes. >> we need to be moved to an equivalent home. >> reporter: his wife, sue, is depending on it, too. >> tomorrow's i-66 will serve more people. >> reporter: the delegat says there are benefits to a wide road. >> v-dot and contractors are nickel and diming my fair tuents over the market price home they are chasing. >> this home is f slated demolition as well. he's lived her 47 years and v-dot wants her out by the end of the year. >> it puts us in limbo. we don't know what's happening. >> reporter: her daughte traveling in from texas to help her mother. >> she is elderly, about to unde

in thetrict, mark segraves. news 4. >>> f the government wants your property, even your home, they could sometimes take it with something called imminen domain and that issue is causing people along i-66 to scramble to find a new home. as virginia plans to expand the interstate, homeowners feel like their voices are being muffled. >> when we spend hours commuting like this, you may understand why this walk is so appealing. >> acros the street is the metro rail station which i take to work every rday. >>orter: we followed along fromis cul-de-sac to the dunn loring metro station. four minutes. >> we need to be moved to a functionally equivalent home. >> his wif sue is relying on v-dot for the next home because the current house along with the four homes next door will be wiped out as part of the v-dot i-66 expansion project. >> tomorrow's i-66 will move more people and serve the needs of >>travelers. hey acknowledge there are benefits to a hide -- for a wider highway here but for those in >> they are nickel and di

. >> as mark segraves shows us tonight, the pare is off for now.e is on. >> reporter: this early morning tweet from president donald trump did not sit well with d.c. mayor murie bowser. >> certainly you was offended by the notion that we were kind of goofing the numbers and would exaggerate the numatrs. as not been how we conducted ourselves in dealing with this president or the last or the one before that. >> reporter: since attending this military parade in france earlier thi year, president trump has been planning to have a miller parad here in d.c. but last night, an spokesperson for the department of defense said the parade scheduled for this november has been postponed until sometime next year. then this morning, theresident tweeted that the reason for postponing was the fault of local politicians in d.c. who ho accusef inflating the costs. within an hour, mayor bowser eeted back. yep, i'm the local politician who finally got through to the reality star in th white house with the realities of parades and demonstrations in trump america. press

year after that supremacist rally that erupted in deadly vall in charlottesville. >> news 4's mark segravesas a look the plan to keep our city safe. mark. >> e mayor signed that executive order this afternoon. what's going to happen on sunday ternoon? there's going to be counterprotesters who will gather down at freedom plaza to the east and march here to lafayette square. at the same time the white w supremacisll be gathering at foggy bottom and to the west matching here toth laughe square right behind me at the white house where the two sides will come face to face. his is what d.c. officials are

>> no, what's the chances it will happen twice. >> reporter: mark segraves, news 4. >> a spokespersoorightings happen near st. mary's county. >> lightning does strike twice. you can get bitteagain. >> if it happened once, it can happen again. >> who would want to te a chance. >> her performance was one of the most memorable moments of president obama's inauguration back in 2009. >> though it was most likely her mostamous it wasn't aretha franklin's only time here in d.c. jim and wendy now with more onr ies to our community. >> reporter: big time. >> a lot. al star ter: internati with a real connection here in our area, and mark segraves got a c to talk with her about the time when she visited a few years . o. >> so co >> lucky man. we'll hear from him tonight at 5:00. mark will share what it was like to sit down with the icon, e an lains why this interview was one of the most memorable ones he's ever done. >> we also have a story of a singlehe m military vet gifted with what she thought her dream home, but it's turned into a nightmare. >> she says between the brown water and the sking

. >> we have live team coverage over the next three hours beginning with mark segraves. >> mark, d.c. police are hoping and trying with everything they have to preven what happened last year. >> yeah, that's right, jim. it's not just d.c. police. u.s. park police will be here p and fairfice over at virginia in the metro stations playing a big role in this, but, you know, d.c. mayor muriel bowser will actually be central america on a long planned trip that she plans to ee aheadwith, and she says she will beping a close eye on the sittion back other at home. this is the type of scene police in d.c. and virginia are working to avoid. the white supremacists clashing with counterotesters in charlottesville one year ago, a clash that turned deadly. yesterday d.c. mayor muriel bowser along with police briefed reporters on security plans for this weekend,seut b won't be here. she's going forward with a long plannedrip to el salvador. bowser was asked today who will be in charge whilehe's gone if the protests turn violent. >> i'm always in charge. i'm always the mayor, no matter where i am. >>

. >> mark segraves, thank you, mark. we sent a letter posted by archbishop wuerl. can you read that in ull and see more of his response in thundershower nbc washington app. >>> breaking this afternoon, the university of maryland says it's taking moral and legal responsibility for jordan mcnair's death. the football playerft died suffering heat stroke during a team practice. the school is also firing one member of its coaching staff. several other coaches aresp ded. news 4's tracee wilkins was made today in college park. tracee? >> reporter:he member of the coaching staff saying he resigned yesterday. the university put it that they have parted ways. this all during a press conference in whichhe president of the university of maryland pretty much fell on the sword here and said thatve they een doing an independent investigation and based on preliminary reports and what they have been hearing so far, they need to take, as you said, legal and moral responsibility. now that press conference wrapped up just l atle while ago. and during the press conference still from th

mark segraves, mark, thank you. pat? >> omarosa manaigault newman ha more recordings from her time she's been on a media blitz ahead of the release of her new book "unhinged" in which she levels a number of accusations against the president. leon harris with a closer look at what she's saying today. leon? >> pat, omarosa is saying thet presid himself talked often about the importance of taping his enemies well, we've now heard recording that she has shared with nbc, including a call withhe president, and another in which she says the chief of staff john kelly brought her to the situation room to fire her. >> i was really, really surprised that he would implicate himself. that's when you know someone is mentally challenged when they uld even jeopardize their own livelihood by saying thing that are just insanet times. >> so if the team pressed the president to lie to lester holt. >> they encouraged him to lie every day. >> the president told lester that he fired ed comey quote for the russia thing. when asked why if the pr

mark segraves, news 4. >> mark, thank you. stay safeuthere. breaking now, the white supremacists are returning to the vienna metro. they left d.c. even before the rally was scheduled to begin. earlier, northern virginia bureau chief was there when their leader explaid what he said this rally was about. >> reporter: police provide a protective escort for the unite the right contingent as they arrived at the vienna metro, their flags flying oead as their small group came down the sidewalk and headed into the station. counterprotestersoutnumbered e unite the right ralliers, shouting at them as they passed by. the organizer of the secondig unite the r rally, jason kessler, telling reporters his purpose is to stand up forree speech rights. >> people are attacking my supporters. they have their cars vandalized. they're threatened i social media kicking off people for hatech spee >> reporter: but counterprotesters see kessler's rally in a muc different wa as promoting hate. >> you're not welcome here. like, i don't want any of you -- a don't want of

news 4's mark segraves starts of. our covera >> the national park service now tells us that the pedestrian plaza that used to be pennsylvania avenue that runs in front of the white house as well as the sidewalks in front of the white house will be closed to the public all day sunday from 10:00 a.m. till sock p.10:00 p. police and first responders andc paramedicsan use that area as a stagingou gr. scene that type of police in d.c. and virginia are working to avoid, white supremacists clashing wh counterprotesters in charlottesville one year ago, a clash that turned deadly. yesterday d.c. mayor muriel bowser along with police briefed laporters on security p for this weekend, but bowser won't be here. she's going forward with a long planned trip to el salvador. bowser was asked today who will be in charge while she's gon if the protests turn violent? >> i'm always in i'm always the mayor, no matter where i am. >> reporter: bowser did say there are options should a crisis unfold whilehe's out of the country. >> in which c

new 4's mark segrave is in arlington tonight to explain how police caught him. >> reporter: since 2016,heolice in tistrict and virginia have been investigating incidents where a man would sneakp behind women and explosion himself and sometimes try to grab the women in their private areas. >> it's horrendous and disgusting. it's very good to get aharedator like off the street. >> reporte last week police arrested 34-year-oldti sano rodriguez campos after two d.c. police officers spotted him as he was sneaking up on a woman wearing a mask. after police caught him, they were able to get his dna which matched several open cases in d.c. and arlington. he's now been charged with four sexual ase cases in the district, two in d.c. from 2016 year.o from this he's also been charged with one case in arlington from 2017, but arguetown county police say he's a suspect in at least nine othe case >> obviously this is sub-who has been doing this behavior for a long time, so in addition to our detectives reviewing this, we're asking the public toome forward if they have any information about the activi

news4's mark segraves talk to one of his high school teachers and also got reaction from georgeto s. >> reporteh owen was his class co-valedictorian. last year his parents found out gay is owen's parents are strict christians and sent him to their church for conversion therapy. >> they're like you're not going to church, you can move out. reporter: owen found himself homeless and unable to pay the $22,000 a year that the georgetown scholarshn't cover. so he appealed to the university, asking they reconsider his fireanancial sta and grant him a full scholarship. georgetown said no. some of owen's teachersrt s a gofundme page. so far they've raised more than $80,000. i spoke by phone to owen's former high schoolteacher kim martin who helped start the gofundme effort. she hopes georgetown will reconsider. >> it's llmoste they don't care about his situation. it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: if the university does reverse its decision or owen m raises moreey than he needs for the four years of use that e plans to extra money to help other students in his same situation to pay their tuitio

news4's mark segraves has been following this story since the first remains werefound. he joins us with these new developments. mark? >> reporter: yeah, a lot of new clues for police to work with. first of all, they know the identities of these women. they know that they all lived in the neighborhood where the bodies were found. they were all about the same age. and they all disappeared in the same year, within eight months of one another back in 2006. as recently as last week, investigators were still digging in the woods behind this apartment building, lking for clues. now police have the best clues r. the names of the victims. >> jewel king, who was a 48-year-old female from southwest d.c. e second was verdell jefferson, she was a 41-year-old female. our third victim isot d butts, a 43-year-old female. >> reporter: it all began in late april whe a construction crew found aku human s while working in a crawl space of this uilding on wayne place in southeast. cadaver dogs were brought in. the skeletal remains of three women were discovered buried in and around this buil

in thedi rict, mark segraves, news 4. >> now you should know metro mans to resume delivery of the new 7000 series cars from their manufacturer sometime next month. onstruction on the purple line is moving forward, so be prepared for a slowermute. one area to avoid, the eastbound side of east-west highway, specifically all of the right-hand lane. longerm construction is underway betwe kenworth avenue and mustang avenue and the light rail line will one between bethesda and the new carrollton metro stations and is expected four completed in about years. >>> a decades old hotel has been demolished to make room for marriott's new headquar 4 flyina courtrterme hot today. 61 years and now it's reduced to rubble. the property is part of the future marriott international headquarters just south of wisconsin. plans include aew hotel. this is a $6 million project, and it's expected to be done by a2022. >> qui sight in. >> it's an event aimed at building the bond between pice and t communities they serve. national night out and tonight d.c. politician are holding an event just a few blocks away f

mark segraves, news 4, in woodbridge. >> police say they don't believe there's a threat to the community overall. the victim was likely targeted, they say, and they believe he knew his killer. >>> we continu to follow the breaking news of a child apparently abducted from reagane airport and believe to be in danger according a live report coming up next. >> you've seenth all o debris along the beaches of the chesapeake bay. now new a questions being raised about the quality of the water ire. ths chris gord op in t napolis. a report straighead. >> training c and gender reveal areot exactly two things you would expect to hear in the same entence. sherree burruss is going to expln how they came togheai you ow when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them foless. at ross. yes for less. you know when you're at ross and you'rhello.... ...and then the price is like, helllooo! that's yes for less. find the latest trends and styles at prices t

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> a spokesperson for georgetown university tells news 4 the school is committed to meeting the financial needs of students. omile they can'tnt on individual cases, they say they do work with students whose financial circumstances changes after they'rettad. >>> a step towards success for some local kids in prince gege's county. the pre-k through eight graders graduating from the s.t.e.m. program at the summer bridge academy in beltsville with their parents tre to cheer them on. made possible thanks to a project innation grant that came from nbc 4 and telemundo 44. the annual backpack for kids drive is under way. we're working for you to make sure thattudents are ready for the next school year. august 8th, we're going to be a apple federal credit union in alexandria from 6:00 in theg mornntil noon, collecting donations of new backpacks and other school supplies. if you can't attend, make a secure online donion by going to nbcwashington.com and just search "backpacks". lert public health involving more than 2,000 wrap and salad products sold at m

in woodbridge, mark segraves, news 4. >> reporter: this is david culver in fairfax with a big honor for a local student whose you loss will bring gratitude. >> war isn't something that goes on from 9:00 to 5:00. it's 24/7, 365 daysar >> reporter: see how he's channeling his pain int somethinog >>> aficant change announced by the catholic church and a pope is strengthening the church's language against the death penalty calling it inadmissible. the new policy published today but was approved back in may. the previous church teaching allowed for capital punishment it was the only way of possibly fecting human lives against an unjust aggressor. this is an evolution of the former policy. >> what pope francis is saying that says hows griev the crime there's nothing so bad that it t takes away human dignity and certainly the church always teaches about reception,too, and some hope for redemption. >> pope francis has ong been against the death penalty and new york governor andrew cuomo is already using the announcement to spur policy change. he says he plans to introduce a bill to ban the deat

mark segraves, news 4. >> looik a dog bite. >> that's all we talked about all day.r something because we have stingrays in those waters. >> a spokesperson for natural resources police tell usost modern day shark sightings happen near st. mary's county tangier sound. >> but there have been historical sightings of sharks but it would have been a teeny shark. >> not a great white, a shark with an overbite because as we've noticed there's no like mark underneath. >> go figure. >> an old shark. >> okayor >> this is int. if you're planning to adopt a dog during saturday's clear the wshelter andre clearing the shelters this saturday, but you're not sure what breedswoou d like, we've got help for you. how about making it a mutt. look at this i go. this is a look at many so of the mixedreeds that will be available. sweet. nbc 4 is teaming up with the locaro shelters hout our area to offer free or highly discount adoptionfees. can you search clear the shelters in the nbc washington app to look at more of the animals available. i'll be at the alexandri spca so it's a good time

our partners first reported on the internal review. 4'ws mark segraves is working for you i digginto the latest problem plagug metro. >> while this new wiring problem with the 7000 series is not a safety concern, metro acknowledges it could cause unreliability. since they first hit the tracks ba in 2015, the7000 series rail cars have been touted as a critical part of metro's promise to improve safety and reliability, but this internal report fro metro's department of a qualityssurance found every one of the new cars has a wiring problem that has to be fixed. the report cited wire crimping defes that went undeforecasted by the manufacturer that could cause lengthy delies and poor reliabilities and all the cars have the dts. it's estimated it will take one far toix them all. the report found 200. new 7000 series cars hen additional problems that needs to be corrected. othat work is time-consuming that the entire staff at this rail yard ins green belt dedicated to working on it. that work is estimated to take two years topl comete. riders we spoke with today took the latest problems for

>> reporter: along the banks of white marsh creek, mark segraves, news 4. >> okay.a very tiny baby shark. that was a little nibble there it looked like. i don't know, but it's your leg that got open like that. >>>>ll right. oming up, a mixed bag of weather as we track a chance for showers ands storms t weekend. doug has had a closer look for us on theiming and impact, too. >> as fans pay tribute to the l.een of s he went back into the archives to find aretha frklin's last interviews on news 4 from her life and legacy to the hat that captured all that when a new breast cancer patient comes to our breast cancer center, she's coming for the multimodal therapy ... these were people who were experts in their field. and for us, that was the best choice. learn more at cancercenter.com/philadelphia ♪ ♪ let it ring ♪ oh, let it ring ♪ all the way to the allegheny line ♪ ♪ let it ring >> an iconic performance from the queen o soul at president obama's inauguration in 2009. as tributesor aretha franklin pour in, we're looking back on her musical milestones here in d.c. >> our

news4'sha mark segraves has t angle of the story. >> reporter: there were tense e momentsn before the of white supremacists arrived at lafte square. as the unite t right leader jason kessler and about 15 of his supporters walked from foggy bottom metro to the white house, they were followed and harassed by a large group of counterprotesters. d.c. police formed a gauntlet to escort the group the eight blocks through the city. thousas of counterprotesters showed up today. the vast majority obeying police directions. but there were some un rprotesters, many dressed in all black and hiding their faces, who clashed with police. this skirmish happened more than an hour after the white supremacists had left the city. and a small group of protesters, some identifying as b lckes matter, fed off with police blocks from the white house near metro center. police deployed chemical spray to disperse the crowd. right outside of the white house, some protesters fired off bottle rockets at police. in the district, mark segres, news4. >> the man who organized the rally passed through the vienna metatio

let's go to news 4' mark segraves with the latest on that part of the story. mark? [ no audio ] >> reporter: the pennsylvania grand jury accuses 301 catholic priests of sexually abusing children over the past 70 years. up boy was forced to stand on a bed in a rectory, strip naked and posed as christ on the cross pr theests. they took photos of their ctim. adding them to a collection of child pornography. some of tho priests served while cardinal donald wuerl, now the archbishop of washington was the bishop of pittsburgh. the grand jury alleges that then shop wuerl allowed at least one known child abuser to transfer to another parish and wuerl approved hundreds of thousands in a confidentia settlement and that would you recall would refer to the policy hiding the facts from the public as, quote, the circle of secrecy. a spokesperson for wuerl adamantlyenies that the archbishop ever used or came up with the term circle of secrecy. wuerl hasis expressed continued compassion and sorrow for the victims. in a state he writes the diocese investigated all allegations of chi

. >> news 4's mark segraves was the only reporteroo in the when council members voted to have the public removed from the hyeting. so, mark, were you thrown out? >> reporter: well, it was at thc request ofef newsham. he said he was going to give the council members information that he dn't want the public to know about in regards to how they prepare for these types of protests. newsham came out and did speak to reporftrs briefly the meeting and he insisted that he is not going to let what happened in charlottville happen here in d.c. police in d.c. are hoping to ence repeat of the violati that broke out one year ago in rearlottesville when the same white scist group held a rally there and the protests turned deadly. >> our number one goal is to and sure nobody gets hurt no property gets destroyed. ri reporter: aftering members of the d.c. council behind closed dooret chief newsham was reluctant to provide any details about his plans for curity but tol reporters he learned two important lessons from what happened in charlottesville. >> the main criminals of wt happened in charlottesville,

. >> news 4's mark segraves has a look the plan to keep our city safe. mark. >> e mayor signed that executive order this afternoon. what's going to happen on sunday ternoon? there's going to be counterprotesters who will gather down at freedom plaza to the east and march here to lafayette square. at the same time the white w supremacisll be gathering at foggy bottom and to the west matching here toth laughe square right behind me at the white house where the two sides will come face to face. his is what d.c. officials are unite the avoid, the right rally in charlottesville ate year ago thurned deadly. day d.c. mayor muiruriel bowser sent a messagede to both sis. >> on sunday we have peop ming to our city for the sole purpose of spewing hail. we, the people of washington, d.c., say unequivocally that we denounce hate. >> reporter: d.c.'s police chief had a more direct message to the >> the rules are pretty simple. don't hurt anyone and don't break anything, and if you do police will have to take action. >> reporter: he says how things actually unfold on su

. >> news 4's mark segraves has been goi through the repor and joins us now with the details. mark? >>ah good evening, archbishop wuerl has put out several statements both to priests, parishioners and to the press denying some of the allegaons that come outf this grand jury report and reiterating what he says all 's done over his decade as a leader in the catholic church to help these victims. >> it was childl sexuse including rape committed by grown men. inst children. >> reporter: pennsylvania's attorney general says his two-year investigation into sexualcbuse in the catho church uncovered hundreds of what he called predator priests. >> priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of go were responsible for them not only did nothing, they hid it all. >> for d the pennsylvania grand jury accuses 30 is catholic briefs of sexually abusing children t over past 70 years. some of those accusedriests serve while cardinal donald wuerl the archbishop of washington was the bishop of pittsburgh. j the grandy alleges that then bishop wuerl allowed at least one known child abuser to

here at the foggy bottom metro, mark es. >> mark segraves reporting live. >>> $25 million is how much the ghaisar family wants from the fs. park police, and they have filed aeral lawsuit in court. they know the money will not bring back their son bijan, but they hope it will lead to answers. eight months after officers shot and killed the unarmed account an, news 4's david culver shares th family's emotional plea. >> reporter: tonight a family demanding answers while balancing a surge of emotions. >> he was my best friend, and i was so proud of him. >> reporter: eight months ago bijan ghaisar got rear-ended on the g.w. parkway and the simple crash turned into a deadly police pursuit.ir x county dashcam rolling as u.s. park police led the chase. ghaisar's jeep stopped twice and then continued on. at the last stop, two u.s. park police officers opened fire nine times. five of those shots ultimately killed the 25-year-old accountant. >> the reason bijan i notere right now is because two out-of-control overaggressive officers chose to shoot and kill tehim. >> rep in june the fbi was back

news 4's mark segraves starts of. covera >> the national park service now tells us that the pedestrian plaza that used to be pennsylvania avenue that runs in front of the white house as well as the sidewalks in front of the white house will be closed to theub

mark segraves is live this evening to tellut us a what occurred there. first off, what reason did they give to have the public removed? did they think this was too secret, too sensitive for the public t hear about it? >> reporter: yeah, in fact,f chewsham told the members of the council he didn't want the press or the public in this room for the briefing because he l information ev to the council members about how the police prepare for these types of protests and he didn't want to jeopardize any future ions for protests down the road. he said there was information he wouldtheveal , quote, unquote, he would never want revealed to the public. but he also sai to the members of the council and to reporters after the meeting that he assures the public that what happened in charlottesville will not happen here in d.c. police in d.cg are hop to avoid a repeate of th violence that broke out one year ago in chlottesville when the same group held aally there and the protests turned deadly. today members of the d.c. council were briefed by police chief peter newsh

news 4's mar segraves is live in arlington with more on this story. markhow did they get this guy? >> reporter: good old-fashioned police work, leon. two d.c. police officers who h a lookout description, a very vague description of a man. when they saw someone who fit that description he happened to be sneing up behind a woman who they think he was getting ready to attack. that's when they intervened and he ran off. police say he is now --e' been charged in five separate cases in maryland and virginia and d.c. they say he's a so apect in at least a dozen more cases, including three cases happened right here in this one block here of clarendon boulevard. since 2016 police in the district and virginia have been investigating incidents where a man would sneak up behind women, expose himse and sometimes try to grab the women in their private areas. >> horrendous and disgusting. it's very good to get a predator like that off the street. >> reporter: police arrested 34ear-old santiago campos after two d.c. police officers sneakingim as he w up on a woman wearing