stamp: the governor in maryland recognized that when he took office folks all over the state of maryland -- communities were being damaged by this drug crisis. he came up with a series of recommendations and implemented them. the crisis so is tearing families apart. he activated the emergency response system. he recognizes that the very organizational system that we have in this country to coordinate emergencies would work well in this crisis meaning you need to get the right people , develop balanced strategies. , the center is a platform where 14 different agencies are working together to try to reduce open -- overdoses from opioids. it is also designed to educate on a real-time basis in support of our local organizations. and at the local level, there are local jurisdictional bodies. a high level of effort in the area of prevention. that is a balanced approach that is so it -- that is so meaningful. maryland is using the national response framework to rally people around this platform. deaths related to opioids last year. tell us about the work that you do. we have seen with this cris

we're seeing in maryland. municipal governments, county governments, aligning themselves up to hold corporations responsible to help them help us combat this crisis. is engaged. i expect we're going to see resources, our way in the future which will be critical to help us with sustainability. this is not a crisis like a hurricane or a flood where you have a clear start and end. this is a crisis we are battling for some time. host: the state's attorney general is suing pharmaceuticals over this issue, or is that pending? guest: he is in the process of lightning us up to join that effort, that national effort. about the prescribers? those doctors. does the governor see a need to directly impact or effect how they prescribed? guest: an interesting question and spot on. i've talked about the enforcement. making sure we hope her scriber's responsible. there's a couple points relative to that. we want to make sure they prescribed properly. we don't want the pendulum to swing too far the other way and people truly in

will expand that to maryland. we will get a federal perspective and the perspective of first responders. we want to hear from you. give us a call and give us your thoughts. (202) 748-8000 if you are impacted by the opioid crisis. (202) 748-8001 for all others. health care for the homeless is where our guests will be base we willd. hear from them 25 minutes from now . we will hear more from its leadership and the people who work there looking at their perspective on the opioid crisis is well. baltimore, maryland is where we will start on our line for others. caller: good morning. ron, and i'm calling out of baltimore. i'm a manager for one of the largest inpatient units in maryland. i will say that the state of maryland is making moves in regards to addressing the opiate addiction. it is never too late to do that. if it wasn't for narcan, the rates as far as the deaths would be a lot higher than they are now. yourhing that i hope callers will talk about is the hope act and how hospitals have to align with that init

i rise in support of h.r. 4890 which designates the post office in upper marlboro, maryland, in maryland's fourth congressional district, the wayne k. curry post office in honor of our late county executive. mr. brown: wayne curry was born in new york and grew up in a racially segregated neighborhood in maryland. his family was one of the first nonwhite families to integrate the community in the 1950's and he and his brother were the rst to integrate their elementary school he began his public service from 1975 to 1978. through his devotion and tireless work ethic to make a better prince georges county, he quickly rose through the ranks of county ghovement went on to serve in various roles, including community affairs assistant, administrative assistant to the county chief, senior assistant. he commuted nightly into baltimore eventually graduating with honors from maryland law school. from 1980 to 1938 he worked as counsel for a large real estate development company and later destide start his own practice in 1984. forerved as general counsel high profile clients. ough he was a partner in

things looking real nice in southern maryland. as you come up through brandi brandywine on cl. quiet 210 through accokeek a well as fort washington looking good. not seeing any problems out the beltway in maryland, bw parkway, 95 route one looking good.things on 32 in columbia quiet.270 at speed. seeing very nice cowditions right on the beltway, entire sch, no problems onthe an a of ourrea bridges. and also really nices conditions aou make your way outlv on peania avenue. secondaries in upper marlboro. if you have any questions at tterin fox5 d.c. oner. maouayocop you updated but n ns outinmpla this thursday morninghe gettire you need to be. more traffic in just a few ♪ >> ♪ c (bhirping, a running brook,) c ahh. the new deer park sparkling is made with real spring water. ♪ it's so refreshing and delicious, you don't need slo-mo models to sell it. real spring water, real fruit flavors and refreshing bubbles.w justt's refreshingly real. z2vpcz z16fz y2vpcy y16fy >> ♪ >> two breaking newsri sto. stormy daniels arrested a strip club.

expand the numbers statewide to maryland, the number of overdoses jumps to over 2000.pisode of washington journal, we will have several guests from the city, state, and federal level joining us to talk about their various perspectives . in our first half-hour, we want to hear your perspective on the opioid crisis. let us know.ou can if you have been impacted by opioids in any way and want to give us your perspective, (202) 748-8000. all others, (202) 748-8001. post on ourto twitter feed about this topic, it is @cspanwj. if you go to our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan, you can post there as well. if you take a look across the country, in the papers, that represents cities and states across those countries, opioids are a problem there as well. this is the seattle times from july 26, statistics showing a people a day in one county, people- eight a day in one county. this is possibly because stricter rules for prescribing officials.or health a weeklong survey of opioid overdoses showed 57 incidents in that district reported on wednesday, an average of about eight per

>>amara is known for his passionate coverage of maryland basketball. he was a purist about the game. he just didn't care who won, wr lost who played well. it was how well the game was played. >> as a coach, you like when guys understand your game. and john understood our game. so he was just a wonderful man that always made me feel great and he's gng to be missed. >> reporter: john mcnamara went to school here a of maryland, graduated from the journalism school and covered all maryland sports. today was kind of a homecomg for t community to say godspeed. reporting from the university of maryland, chris gordon, news 4. >>> godspeed, indeed. >>> dr. gregory hutchings calls this a homecoming for him. the former t. williams high school student returning to the region as superintendent of alexandr city public schools. field reporter david culver explains how one teacher put him on the path to success. >> reporter: summe session for these students. >> i won't condone violence in our schools. >> reporter: the city's new school superintendent addressing stemmi

i've lived in maryland all of my life. i like to know how do you feel about the opiate epidemic, do you feel it has gotten worse in the past 20 years due to open borders? >> commissioner? >> open borders, i think what is happened is as a country we have an insatiable appetite for drugs, both licit and illicit. we need to take a fundamental approach in terms of how we reduce the level of demand. with the demand be in their drug trafficking groups are going to try to mediate. were seeing the high-spirited levels of fentanyl of all times as some of the lowest prices. that's a dangerous combination. then you throw on that this influx of fentanyl. >> commissioner, were going to hand your microphone so you can speak directly into that instead of the current headset. while you do that, chief you served as the city of the city manager, your fire chief in lincoln, nebraska, did you even see starts of that drug epidemic before you came to baltimore? >> not in this way. the drug issues in the other cities i've worked at have been dif

containers will be placed in 750 stores, 19 in maryland. cvs also donated to the police department across the state. launching this program will help use unused prescription drugs and medicine cabinets for they could be diverted or abuse. those tom davis. celia, of next from connecticut, hello. >> caller: good morning. i love your show. i love your audience. i want to say you need to stop the drugs and try to look at the chinese way. use massage, use acupuncture and use different kind of mild things, exercise like tai chi. you can cure yourself. you can get rid of the pain yourself which i did recently. thank you. >> your same by using these methods you did not have to use opiates or painkillers? >> no. no you don't. you do not. you use massage and acupuncture for the pain. you have no stress in your body you can cure you. so please try it. >> mike is in indiana. go ahead, your next. >> i'm gonna come at this from a different perspective. i was a chef for 45 years. to make extra money i poured concrete into demolition. i messed up my back s

bridge in bowie, maryland, but t county has so far been spared from any major flooding. coming up at 5:30, our tracee wilkin t shows us what county is doing now to stay ahead of the rain and how you can prepare ur home. wendy? >> well, now to a violent dispute that occurred inside a metro station. a worker at the station actuay abbed a passenger. when that b passengerame upset an confrontational about delays on the red line. news 4's pat collins outside the friendship heights station in upper northwest to give us the latest. pat? >> reporter: y, the train was late, and he was angry. he goes into the station nager's kiosk. now are that station manager, she has a knife. vit getslent. they say he hits her in the arm, and then she stabs him in the chest, and now he's in the hospital. a metro passenger is said to be in grave condition tonight after a violent confrontation were a station manager. >> this how they tel the story. it was about 22 minutesfter midnight. the red line train to shady grove was running late. a guy waiting in the friendship station was. ups he went to t

watch out software southern maryland to i-95. i think thi could be a big issue over the next couple of hours because they have seen so much rain. flashflood watch in effect for everyone until 2:00 a.m. wednesday morning. how much more rain? maybe 2 1/2 more inches. already seen 8 1/2 in washington the last week, 2-5 inches or more. some locations could pick up more through the day wednesday and when things should start to settle dn thursday and friday. a look at the pattern, follow the clouds, all the way from the bahamas, all the way up the east coast to canada, this is not just us, tremendous flooding in pesylvania, parts of new york, torbced parts of the valley area, d.c. and philadelphia, new york, flash flood watches the next couple of days. towards parts of the valley. more rain and the rain willue contust about all day long. take the umbrella with you. give yourself extra time in the area roadways. drown.ound, don't you will hear me say it a lot. the next computer model giving us wednesday night, 2 inches and d.c. area and

do you think u get some maryland folks here?l e time, yeah. >> reporter: in order to avoide scen like this one, prince georges county has made fireworks laws easy to remember. >> here in prince georges cooknty, , all fires are illegal. >> reporter: and that's tough with certain kinds of firewor legal next door in d.c. and many tands located close to the maryland border. >> while itay be legal to purchase it in a neighboring state, you cannot bring it back here into prince georges county. >> reporter: you can, however, attend a publ fireworks display like the one planned for green bell. >> people can picnic and grill heth. recommend you get early if you want to scope a place out because it does fill up rather quickly. liberty. ils, >> reporter: so while delonte knows the law he leaves it up to his custome to do the right thing. >> no fireworks allowed in maryland, don't go over the line. >> reporter: penalties can get really high. lks ask that residents reserve their fireworks displays to the legal ones set up by the communities

all stretches of it inner loop and outer loop through maryland and virnia.roblem free across the legionl bridge. area bridges including the key bridge roslyn into georgetown 11th street 14th street bridg everyth is looking pleasant right now. 95 coming up the entire stretch from fredericksburg& through stafford into lorton, we're in greats shape. any quesat erin fox5 d.c. on tw. more traffic to ce as we continue. 5 o'clockour coming right up. >> ♪ >> ♪ morning, attempts toes re 12 children trapped in an c undergrave a rescuer runs out of oxygenr du now we're learn, the kids may also beunniow on oxygen. >>> scott pruitt is out as the head of the epa but sever his replacement's record on the environment may actually be worse than pruitt's. >>> increased security. the nationa zoo is looking to make big changes to kee you safe. but thaou c have you spending a lot more iimen line. fox5 morning at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> good morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> gd you're with us. we're glad it's friday. >>or sure, right. everybody just exhale on this jul

clay stamp with the maryland operational command center. elijah cummings joining us talk about his legislative efforts for more money to cities and states for the opioid crisis. we want to thank an organization known as health care for the homeless for hosting our c-span cameras and guests today, treating those with opioid addictions. he spoke about, his message to washington toward treating addicts. >> one message is public policy matters. expansion, medicaid the percentage of our clients that health care for the homeless that gained access to care skyrocketed. in 201330 percent of those we serve every year had access to insurance. by 2014, 90% did. anddiately gained access primary services here, access to specialty services they needed. very transformative. organizationd our to focus as much attention on the housing that can stabilize our population and improve their health. we need to not think of treatment for specific diseases in isolation. we need to provide care in a whole person way. reality we applaud the that at every level of gov

and the vast majority of the warshed is in maryland. it's associated with washington, d.c., but it's actually a regional asset. there's a lot of folks who have a creek running in their backyard that's actually part of the watershed. >> many people don't know wheth anacostia watershed is, so explain that for us. we haveributaries and creeks that in prince george's and montgomery county, a all of these feed into the river. so it's really important that when we think about the watershed we think about the role that many of us have to play in ensuring that it's healthy and vibrant so that we can go out andnjoy the river and parklands that are adjacent, all apart of this anacostia watershed. >> what's the biggest challen now you'r facing? is it cleaning up the water, cleaning up the soil or cleaning up the parklands around the waters or waterwaysr all of it? >> i think it's pieces of all of it. the dt is working on cleaning up the sedimrts in the rind will be coming out with its report. we have a lot of different properties along the ways th

do you think you get some maryland folks other?th time, yeah. >> reporter: in order to avoid scenes like this up, prince geges county has made fireworks laws easy to remember. >> here in prince georges county, okay, all fireworks are illegal. cannot have any firewou that make a snap, pop or boom. >> reporter: and that's stuff with certain kinds of fireworks legal next door in d.c. andany stands located close to the maryland border. >> while it may be legal to purchase it in a neighboring state, you cannot bring it back here into g princerges county and use at firework. >> red devils, liberty. reality er: that's a rush is well aware of. his stands features fountains,r fire that don't least ground. they are legal in d.c. >> but no fireworks alwed in maryland. go over the line, get pulled ove locked up, whatever. >> reporter: while he knows the law he leaves it up to his customers to do the right thing. >> what can do. we can't tell where they live it. if they take that across the line, that's on them. we can't control that. >> report

we have no grouse left in maryland. no quail. they are disappearing from maryland and p.a. i'm in my late '40s and i watched this in a my generation. the lands are being cleared. we keep buying plastics and putting out chemicals, killing things that need to feed these animals. and i do believe it's up to the states. my children want to go hunting. there's no land left. pennsylvania deer has died at. there is elk but you can't get a license for elk hunting. >> guest: well, i mean, the sort of heartfelt feeling about the degradation to the environment is exactly what led to the o passage of the endanged species act of 1973. to some degree it lay behind the obama administration's decision to oppose the hunting rules that the park service land in 2015. and similar rules on fish and wildlife service land in alaska in 2016. this is a debate we've talked earlier with a calleder about, endangered species act relation changes proposed by the fish and wildlife service this week. the callers deeply felt concern about ecological degradation would be at the heart of that debate which is

first in maryland. nvestigators are combing through the rubble for clues trying to figure out what caused ts bigpartment fire in greenbelt. >> the flames got so some folks jumped from a balcony to escape. firefighter almost fell through the rough there. dozens of families have been forced out because of all the damage. >>> our other big story tonight, the weather. clerk out the heavy rain in spots as storms roll through the region. >> we are in weather alert mode, tracking the potential for flooding. amelia and lauryn tracking it all from the storm center. i see the clouds moving in. >> i just pointed out the window to amelia because the winds are picking up as the storms barrel down on d.c. we do haveive pictures out of leesburg right now. the good news is that lineraf is starting to push through our area along i-95. that means some of the raindis enng to the west. still traing light showers but darker clouds ahead as our storm team 4 by 4 is heading to the >> east. you can see it's moving through ligh

maryland is a good example. >> the maryland case, the supreme court agreed earlier this year to hearcratic gerrymander of maryland's 6th congressional district. >> i was asked by one of the original plaintiffs in the case if i would consider joining their lawsuit for the congressional gerrymandering. it didn't take me long to make a decision. it's one of the reasons i fell in love with washington county. it's family and church oriented. it's a small agricultural community. it's different than the rest of the district. the 6th congressional district, including this area, has always been very conservative. then the gerrymander happened. i remember feeling so angry about it. how could they do this? >> when it came time to redraw the maps in 2011, democrats took republican voters out of the district and put them in other districts. then drew in very dense concentrations of democrats in the washington, d.c. area. so they managed to change the 6th congressional district from a reliably republican district into a reliably democratic district. >> the democrats won the congressional district

. >> earlier this year this maryland mother joid his fight. sandra johnson carter's son michael died after hitting an x light on the eastern shore in february. she started her own campaign to have them mremoved fro maryland's roads. she found support in one state lawmaker, but she won't need that anymore. the maryland state highway administration has now decided to replace all l xhts currently installed in the state. >> there are about a thousand of them. s it's all percentage of the y.,000 plus that we have out there to >> sha administrator greg slater says the work will begin el immedi he tells news4 that x lites on roads with a speed limit of 55 or faster will be removed first. he delered the news to johnson carter personally last friday during a mting at her home. >> they were sympathetic. they were warm. they were kind. they made itbout me, my family and my son in the removal of the x-lites put the icing on the top of the cake. >> i did a lot of listening. you know, i wanted to talk to mrs. carter and really learnab t michael. she is an a

akeormer maryland ball player is facing rape and assault charges. prosecutors say damonte dodd had sex with a drunk woman her will last halloween. tracee wilkins is live in college park withdeew lopments in this case. tracee? >> we have covered damonte dodd when h wasart of the university of maryland basketball team and was star andd a bit of a now it's looking at these serious charges for alleged rape, and as you sd he's accused of getting a girl drunk and then allegedly raping her. it all started here at this bar last year. now when d'mante dodd played here at the university of maryland before graduating in 2017, he considered one of the more outspokenplayers, a bit of a team leader. dodd is currently playing for ofessional basketball team in mexi . according to the prince george's county state's attorney's office row apartment in a friend's pin apartment. the basketball player wasre sted in atlanta last night on his way back from mexico and is expected to making his way to maryland shortly. here now from the state's attorney's office and dodd's a

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and state specific programs in terms of maryland reinsurance. the moratorium for 2019, that's 3% of the premium that you pay. and there is really a lot of uncertainty around some of the regulatory developments related to association plans and the short term plans. we've seen the rule or proposed rule. and we don't know how the market is going to respond to that and what that's going to mean from people that remain in the market. how healthy they are or not. so very interesting and i would hate to be a health plan actuary -- well, for a lot of reasons, but a lot of this is untested. we don't know how this is going to drive markets in specific states. so i think we've seen from the administration with the executive order from october a real policy shift to focus on regulatory actions and the regulatory actions are focused on one primary goal which is giving people alternatives to the aca coverage. i mean, that's sort of very clear goal in terms of the health plans and the short term plans. and it's important to know that all of the types of plans

. >>> new this morning out of maryland, four peopl were shot in port washington.prince george's county police tell us that all four people are expected to be okay. no arrests have been made and inotestigators are said what may have led to thathting. >>> we know this morning that a sideline reporter is ecering as a metal railing fell on her. our partner wpot said that that railing actlly grazed her headon and fell her shoulder there are reports of other railings falling but no one was hurt. soccer fans packed the multimillion dollar stadium in southwest d.c. many wered exci to see newp yer wayne rooms. >> it doesn't get better than this. >> and d.c. ended beating the vancouver white caps 20-1. their next game is on the 25th against the new york red bulls. >>> and with midterm elections right around the rner, lawmakers in maryland have some serious concerns aft learning that a russian billionaire has ties to russian software. he fbi told them friday that a russian billionaire boug a soft ware company that provides key services for maryland elections. the purchase ha

maryland roadways are going to be safe, and that makes me happy. these are tears of joy. >> reporter: so maryland now says it could take a couple of years to replf e alle x-lite. virginia is also in the process of removing x-lites from road where the speed limit is 55 or mc. does not use the x-lites. theer insists that the guardrail is not defective and says many factoo play i the outcome of the accidents. in the meantime this guy carter's 19th birthday is coming up next week, and to honor him his family has started a fund-raiser to provide clean water to families in need.go we'va link and the nbc washington app for you.st search marine. >> great work, susan. >> thank you. >> glad to see that change. >>> new details and some new questions after a murder in old town, alexandria. the medical examiner says the victim died from multiple blunt and sharp force injuries, but police aren't saying if a knife or other weapon was used. those who knew the victim are remembering aen friy presence biking around town. northern virginia bureauhief julia carey has

the shootings changed the course of history for maryland' capital. visitors like paul and sherpa brought their family fromed ick to spend independence day here. >> it's always great to be here with all thehe history . yeah, even in light of tragedy, really we need to celebrate what this country is all about. >> the first amendment rights are extremely important. the first bill of rights, freedom of press, absolute. >> meanwhile, big boost to the spirits of those in annapolis, a chance for the folks of the "capital gazette" to smile because they got a chance to pose for pictures with the stanley cup. long-time capitals equipment w manageroody lives in annapolis and woody got his day with the cup. he decided to a take itll over the city sold fans cou come out and see it and pose for pictures, and he included a stop at the "capital gazette" temporary offices. >>> back in the d.c. area, there were dozens of neighborhood parades for the 4 th of july including festivities at the national mall and one of those has been a tradition for two decades. o generat

e is of clinton, maryland. $1,540 million. for the business taxpayer, they owe close to $1.7 million. news 4. back to you. >> thank you. a warning from a federal judge after the government missed i deadline to reunite very young children wit migrant parents. president trump's administration fell far short to return about 100 children under the age of the judge said in his words, these are firm deadlines, not aspirational goals. here's gabe gutierrez. >> this morning, a 3-year-old boy is back with his honduran father after spending nearly two months apart. the father called the reunion an emotional moment. in michigan another little boy is all smiles back in his dad's arms. they are of the children the government had bee trying to reunite by tuesday's court ordered deadline, but an estimated 64 children are still sepa for reasons includingth parents criminal records. >> i have a solution. people not to come to o country illegally. >> nearly 3,000 separated children are in government custody. health and human services secretary

andu grd from the journalism school and covered all maryland sports. was kind of a homecoming for the community to say godspe f. reportingrom the university of maryland, chris gordon, news 4. > a baby boy with a story that people everywhere are sharing, and police say his nothing short of a miracle. the baby is 5 months old and the image of his little hand utching a stranger's finger gives you a hint of what he's been through. he was found half buried in a forest in missoula, mont da, fan in the dirt covered with sticks and debris. the temperature 46 degrees. a sheriff's deputy found him at 00 on sunday morning after a six-hourearch. some gray named francis carlton crowley is to blame according to the police. he and the baby got in car wreck in the woods on saturday, and he was walking to find help and he dided to put the baby down because the infant was crowley is now charged with criminal endangerment. his relationship to that baby not clear. >>> bac home and ready to lead. >> several areas, you know, throughout the country, and this is t only place

there is a contrast between maryland and washington. at the start of the aca, we had seven carriers in the individual market, now maryland is down to two. only one of them covers the entire state, and the everything -- the other one only covers the i-95 corridor. uninsured, now we are down to 6%. looking this year at the average rate requests in the individual market from the carriers to about 30% average, some of that is a little bit cute because you have a high request on one end other.eos -- hmos on the we have some individuals in the individual market, and they are significant issues. so trying to do some things to help out the individual market. the federal government is returning more control over the health care market to the states add greater health care access to individuals. in response, the general assembly in 2017 formed health care protection commissions. in 2017, the commission did a lot of fact-finding, and in 2018, there was some legislative action, mostly in the form of senate bill 387, touched on the three issues that

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now l as in marylands well. ntgomery county.o wage in another law requiring annual training for school t so of a child sexual abuse. that is pretty important. also teacher that pay for out-of-pocket classroom experiences they'll be able to deduct up to 250 off taxes. hunters to skill atwn optionut there where you're ilout there, yl be allowed tor weaylight fluorescent pink as approved color for hunting out are wear. all laws are effective starting today. >>> we know bumper to bumper traffic. lookt some of those soonz. we're talking ab holiday travel even though the fouh not until wednesday it appears tge rusht out of town is well undyeway. >> , indeed, tisha lewiski ng down the numbers for us and look ago head to what's being dubbed as mourn full monday and terrible tuesday. good morning, tisha. >> good morning to you both. i've been asking when the fourth of july fls wednesday do you celebrate befor o wednesdayr after wednesday. it turns out a le of peopl ady to celebrate travelahysre ahead of 4th of july. trav

in southern maryland you had really strong thunderstorms earlier. as this final lin makes its way through to the east, looking at a lower threat for still the possibility for small hail out there. let me show you what i mean right now. it's this line here on storm team 4 radar. the heaviest rain in parts of montgomery unty, central and north earn parts of the county as well as howard county. this is moving to the east at 20 to 25 miles an hour. right now moving intoolney, clarksville at 6:10, and i'll have more on when the rain comes to a comple end acros the area tonight, leon, and what this moans for the weekend forecast. >> in the meantime you can stay top of t changes. download the nbc washington app. you can get alertsent right to your phone and use our interactive radar to monitor the conditions in your neighborhood any time ofhe day. doreen? >> now back to the breaking news of the massive fire in greenbelt. chopper 4 capturing the dam ue fr above, and the close call involving a firefighter. on the ground, a dangerous fire fight. pieces of deb

eporting from the university of maryland, chrisgordon, news 4. >>> godspeed, indeed. >>> dr. gregoryutchings calls this a homecoming for him. the former t.c. williams htuh schoolnt returning to the region as superintendent of alexandria city plic schools. field reporter david culver explains how one teacher p him on the path to success. >> reporter: summer session for th>>e students. won't condone violence in our schools. >> reporter: the city's new school superintendent addressing stming school violence to expanding vocational programs. >> success canlso mean'm going go into the military. success can also mean i'm going to go directly into the workforce. >> reporter: success for dr. agrengy hutchings jr. coincides with a homecoming. the school board chair calling him with good news a few months back. >> she told me i got the job. i was really excited. >> reporter: a dream job that dr. hutchings says began in alexandria in kindergarten with his teacher mrs. dorothy mckenzie. >> she, i believe, instilled in me that anything is.possib >> reporter: growing up in a single parent

city, the state of maryland, and the federal response. elijah cummings serves the seventh district including baltimore. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you give us your personal assessment of the federal response? beene federal response has weak. very anemic. thatwe consider the fact the trump administration has this crisis 2015 cost the american people $500 billion in that one year, it has only gotten to be more costly over subsequent years. it is clear we are not doing .nough we have 10% of people who need treatment for this disease. i emphasize disease. that is ridiculous. but we done a few things have only nibbled around the affects something that themost every single one of districts in our country. drug addiction has no boundaries. it has no boundaries with regard to race, color or creed. republican, democrat. it seems to me we ought to be doing more. it should be a bipartisan effort. host: on president trump sign toutedl this year, they $4 billion made for the opioid crisis. what do you think of that figure? how does

but we could not find records for her in new york or maryland. according to the bureau of licensing, they're not operaini licensed to operate. when you go into a salon, you should be able to see the licenses of tki folks w on your hair. tracee wilkins, news 4. >> if you feel a business is operating without a license, consumers can file complaints with thean mar board of cosmetologists online. we have the link on our nbc washington app. search salon complaints. always look for that license. neveeally thought about it. >> you'll have to live with whatever happens tlore for a time. >> let's get back to the forecast. it's a wild one, folks. >> amelia and lauryn standing by. inu told us about a new severe thunderstorm wa who is under that one right now? >> a new thuerstorm warning berkeley, west virginia and also portions of washington county in maryland. this is concentrated toward frederick and loudoun county. >> a lot of heavy rain. as we look tohe east, a lot of lightning around the baltimore area. here is the latest o this severe thunderstorm war

reporting from the university os maryland, c gordon, news 4.>>l, it looks like a chess game gone horribly wrong in southeast d.c., but police say this mess was the work of vandals. police say someone tossed giant ochess piece the roof of a building at a second ice street last night. the kings, queens and pawns smashed the windshields of several cars and littered the sidewalk. police are still looking for the people who threw those pieces. >>> we're just a few days away from a major league baseball all-star festivities taking over edc. security is ste up. metro adding more service and road closures around nats park and mayor muriel bowser believes the city is not only ready but safe. >> it's another big event. it is another great big sports event, and so we're getting more practice at doing big sports events. you heard chief talk about he's always scanning the nation and the world for information pertaining to d.c. not aware of anything in particular we need to be worried about so we'll prepare as we always do. very hyper in a security-focused w

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maryland was shot in maryland. >> a man was shot and killed on 19th street, southeast.a man was also shot and took himself to the hospital. d.c. police blame many of the shooting on illegal guns. >>> d.c. police open that reward money will lead to the killers of mahkayi.an survei saw the four gunman ooting in all directions the miltons hope makiyah's parents g their daughter. >> we share with greech were them, what they haven't done for if skiller has never been fought. >>> design port 3d public guns are going public tomorrow. starting tomorrow, a website will be anal to publish t blueprints online. 21 attorneys general from across the cub, asking for the move to be blocke >> these guns are produced without a serial number. the guns themselves aren't registered, more are ammunition, nor are the owners. that means the owners haven't gone back to print the guns.o in order actually make a 3d gun, you nd an advancedd printer. >>> in a few hours, jury selection will start against paul manmanafort. don't expect to hear anything siabout russian colluon in the room. manafort is charge ld for

>>e, meanwh another publicity headache for the university of maryland. todayhe school released document confirm it's gottenlt le subpoenas in relation to federal corruption. dave johnson wabl have more t the case later >>> turning now to our forecast and an end to our stringf 90-plus degree days. ameliarar is in the storm center with a look at what we can expect for our fridayen g. good looking night, huh? >> beautiful, jim. relief isoving into the area, and can you see it moving in and on the maps i'll show first one isolated shower out there around the shady side and diehl area. this already petering out. the wider image, usually don't draw fronts on this, but this is a cold front and it's humid and muggy north of the front. it's more comfort and and this th the w that we want after what we've had for the last eight days around the this front bringing more comfortable air to areas like frederick and herstown. these are the dew point temperatures and this is the humidity. we want dew point temperatus in the l to mid-60s and already getting that in hager

no mosquito-borne diseases have been reported so far t in maryland, but it's early. mosquito season runs through october. >>they love me. mosquitos love me! it is so disgusting. i wast the park the other day. i got about six mosquito bites in a minute because i stoed walking. >> but you keep going. >> i'm telling you. i know, i had to keep going. >> stay out of the park, sheen gentlem a. >> i have dogs. i have to walk them. >> it has to be something in our aublood. >> b my blood's sweet. i did look it up. >> definitely in your blood. >> duh! give me a second he, all right? >> i've seen other things like, i don't know, your skin or the perfume you're wearing o if you'resweating. >> yes. i've heard about the perfume. i believe the blood path, gh. but i will say, a lot of standing water, you have a lot a mosquitos. ays hope the cold winters just kill them all. i really do. the only thing i would not miss is the mosquitos. well, today, though, hopefully you don't encounter any mosquitos. we have showers in the forecast so expect more standing water. hopefully, you get ri

bit of quick history of the state of the market in maryland. there's a little bit of a contest between maryland and washington. with the start of the aca we had been down to two. only one of those carriers is the entire state and the other coverage is what we call the i-95 corridor. the uninsured rate at the beginning was 13% and we are down to 6% now. looking this year at the average rate request an individual market from the carrier it's about 30% average and some of that is a little bit skewed. we have some issues in the individual market and they are significant issues. so trying to do some things to help out the individual market. the federal government returning more control to the health care markets in the states which is greater access to health care for individuals. that has been the policy for the last couple of years in response to the general assembly in 2017 formed the health care protection commission. it was during the 2017 commission to did a lot of fact-finding and in 2018 there were some legislative action mostly in the form

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defend montana from maryland matt. >> maryland is okay with me, just to be clear. in that ad, maryland is not okay. >> again, it is smart politics. and republicans are worried. republicans are worried he's not the best candidate. they say they're grateful for the president because of his anger at tester. if you're tester, you can't run against president trump. so you try to say this guy is not one of us. >> no one likes a carpet baegge, especially in a state like montana, north dakota, south dakota. maybe that'll stick. >> and tester is polling well. the republicans i talked to are very focused on indiana and missouri. they sort of know tester will be hard to beat. >> that's key. if the president has noted had a good track record of stumping for people who have lost. he doesn't want to do that again because everybody is running in november. if it's not going so well for maryland matt or however people want to see him, maybe there won't be as many visits. >> i bet you're right about that. the president follows the numbers. i'm told he's agreed to go back two or thre

more rn for maryland, as well.s not raining everywhere all the time, your rain chances are at least 80%. we do that again for tomorrow and wednesday. there's no change coming in the pattern. after a rainingy commute, more thunderstorms will come between 3:00 and 5:00. be ready for the rain in the next couple of days. our next is chance for a dry day doesn't come until thursday. d >> i't love that. >>> a first 4 traffic alert. someroblems in germantown. you see the rain falling, all of the green here right now. father hurley boulevard, block for the massive sipghole. your alternate, take 118. in and out of the beltway, looking normal but this, southbound 270.bl the p has cleared. southbound here on 95, in maryland, this morning. southbound 5, a crash on t road. northbound, a crash there. and waldorf, 5 inbound before 301, a h.cr and northbound 295, water with a lane blocked. take into account that rain this morning. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >> we approach 6:56, here are four things to know

for marylanders i would say this is the most famous view of your beautiful state. it is seen by one million people a year who visit. tens of millions who commute to see the pristine expanse of the potomac curving along your shore. let your neighbors and your public service know this is under threat. encourage them to try to find a more suitable location for this industrial location. for all i say, you dearly love your tourism. know that george washington's home was asked for a little from you and is one of your most important sites and need your help. tell your public officials and your friends that we want this preserved at all costs. for americans, this is your first president's view. preserved by the latest association for 160 years in a place like on any in the country. it cannot be replicated or replaced once it is lost. let your public servants know this is a national call. this is a view that over 87 million people have enjoyed together as visitors. it is the same view george washington and rochambeau viewed when the contemplated final victory at yorktown fo

have the beautiful eastern shore of maryland, is the h-2b visa issue. >> reporter: maryland's eastern shore is represented by republican congressman andy harris, who sits on the subcommittee of the department of homeland security. >> they have to bring thosepr crabs to bessed somewhere because believe me, when you eat a crab cake, you're not eating the whole crab.se >> reporter: tisas are sitting with the department of homeland security, and the department of labor, ready to go, but the processing plants are sitting empty. >> it's a fairly lengthy process. it normally takes a couple of months, we're hoping that it cae shortened to, you know, only several weeks, but there is a process. >> reporter: 15,000 is woefully inadequate when you've had so many applications. they knew full well that this was coming. >> yeah, look, this is congress' oblem. congress has set the cap, congress delayed doing their omnibus bill, we included the fix in a late appropriations measure, and everything cascaded. it was a domino effect. >> reporter: congressman harris was one of 82 representatives to sign a

the gentlemen from maryland? >> i -- even though my heart wouldn't let me get out of here without telling you this. don't play with us. you said that you read the letter this morning about our request. and, um, time is short. you know back when mohammad ali was fighting, they used to do something called a rope-a-dope and i feel like you've rope rope-a-doped us a bit this morning. i'm just telling you how i feel. and it's quite -- you know, i wanted to walk out of the room and not say anything. but my heart won't let me do that. would you please give us the documents and don't play with us? i'm not -- you know, we're asking for something that is reasonable. we're simply trying to do our job. i know you said you've done all of these briefings and whatever. can you let us know when we're going to get the documents? >> sir, i need to go actually look and see what documents we haven't provided that you're still looking for. i have a job to do as well, and my job is to be as transparent as possible with -- >> there you

here's future weather. 5:00, the bubbling upf storms in northern maryland. that most likely time between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., to come through the i-95 corridor. most of the action on southern maryland in the eastern sh storms are likely very late this evening at the beach and drying weather for the weekend. that's welcome news. stay ahead of the weather. andra temres are in mid to ummer 70s around the city now. it will b a hot run today. 88 tomorrow 85 sunday and increasing chance of rain in the day sunday and high rain chances are back, starting on monday and going all the way through next week. melissa, we do not need another repeat of the week weust had. >> we really don't. it's been just a little wet. mylowers are good. the grass is good. in chevy chase, at connecticut avenue, a work z be iscking that right lane. that's not impacting things much at all. elis morning, you see the rest of theay is looking good. looking outer loop is good. as you're looking at 95 in maryland, 32 to the beltway. on time this morning. 65 miles per hour. it's going to take

try this at hom a maryland man makes motorcycle hitory. a look the wild jump that sends him into the daredevil record books. >> on a monday morning, everybody, humidity levels, which spent most of the month of july, between annoying and oppressive, we get a break in that for a day or so, in the comfy zone. dew points in the 50s this morning. >>> portichs of b drive are set to close and others are set to reopen. what this all could mean for yourommute. thanksaior the ride-along, ca i've never been in one of these before, even though geico has been- ohhh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying?oo . oh no no. maybe that geico has beeli proudly serving the ry for over 75 years? is that what you wanted tsay? mhmmm. i have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. you ok back there, buddy? i had life-treatening bleeding in my brain. but thanks ttethe virtual realitynology at gw hos, my surgeons we able to look inside my brain and plan for a successful suer

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