along 210, megan mcgrath, news 4. >>> now from the roads to the rails. a train traveling too fast, two trains on the same track, that's pretty unsettling to think about. but now a rail agency in our area is using a new safety device thathould prevent those kinds of incidents. transportation reporter adam usk has an inside look at how vre is using this system known as positive train control. >> reporte this is a significant sety milestone. one you hope that's never actually needed. >> people are human, obviously, they make isstakes. ths to catch thingsn that a engineer may not catch. >> reporter: for example, going too fast around a curve or two trainsn e same track, even workers ahead on the tracks.in positive traontrol is a safety layer that takes over to prevent these incidents. doug allen is the head vre. >> with technology, this system will override and slow trains down or stop trains as necessary. >> reporter: you may remember that awful deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia a few years ago. that train was going over 100 miles an hour around a curve,

. >> nes4's megan mcgrath at the scene now with more on what the robbers left behind. megan? >> reporter: the robbers left behind the atm. they weren't able to get it out of there. i'll step out of the way soee y can shat's happening. the problem was that the trucky that the used to back into the 7-eleven through the plate glass front, it got stuck. we've had two different tow ucks on the scene for well over an hour. they been trying to pull the truck out. erit's wedged in th and they just haven't been able to use it. now we have seen this crime a lot recently. in fact, this is the fifth robbery or attempted robbery of an atm in the area since rc mid- and there have been nine such attempt or robberies since the first of the year. many have happened in prince georgeri county. t here live, if you come back to us, they just got the truck out. many of them have happened in prince george's county, others gave happened here in d.c. certainly investirs are possibility the that some of these may be connected. they're just trying to piece it together. we've h a lot of the scenarios, a

y one famurning the loss of their mother and 13-year-old niece who were killed in the fire. >> megan mcgrath has reaction from family members of those who died. megan? >> reporter: bell, good morning. just a tragic story. to give you some perspective mhere, look over shoulder. this is what t row of town homes looked lfire. these are located next door. right behind the chesapeake beach water this is whatst l cpletefe.park . five town homes burned to the ground. there is not a single wall standing. a woman and her 13-year-o -yea- granddaughter died when they could not gt, they were trapped inside. this video was shot by chopper 4. you see the moment when one of the towhomes actually separated from the unit next door and then collapsed. my colleague, shamari stone, spoke to kathleen link. she says her mother, wendy welsh and her nie were on the phone with 911 trying to get help, but they just couldn't get out of their burning home in time. >> told her to jump out the window. they said the house collapsed on her, and the phone went dead. they were together. they said that they found both of them

. >> megan mcgrath with more on fan reaction. but we begin with news4 sports, sharree burruss, who looks back at one hard-fight game. >> reporter: the caps led the series. in game seven they led by two goals twice. they let it all slip away in double overtime. carolina crushing dreams of back to back. second period,aps up 2-1. the wicked wrist shot. caps lead 3-1 and look to be soaring into the next round. canes come back and tie. in the second overtime, former cap justin williams throws the puck toward the net. brock mcginn tips it in. they had a 4-3 loss. >> they played a very aggressive game, and it's not easy. it's not easy. we didn't expect it to be easy. and certainly disappointed by the outcome. >> disappointed. frustrating. especially after last year. >> didn't envision this happening. i don't know. tough right now. >> reporter: the deflating loss a reminder of just how hard it is to repeat as champions and how special last year really was. from capital one ana, sharree burruss, news4 sports. >>> megan mcgrath is live now

news4's megan mcgrath is live with new details. megan? >> reporter: good mo the voting ended at midnight, and the results are in. georgetown university students approving a -- passing a referendumalling for a new student fee of $27.20 per semester with the money going to the descendants of slaves sold by georgetown universityack in 1838. now it is important to note that this referendum is nonbinding. the university ds not have to actually institute the fee. the final decision will be made by the board of trustees. shepherd thomas, though, is a student here at georgetown, his cestors forced to work as slaves. he was in favor of the referendum and says thaten stud need to pressure the university to do the right thing. >> to challenge the university. we the studenir, we're the step. someone has to take the initiative. whenever you want change at a university, it's up to you, in my opinion. >> reporter: georgetown everyone reased a statement saying in part, saying in part, thety univeralues the engagement of our students, it goes on to say th

back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. >>> now the same storm system bringing damage and closures to our area wreaked havoc across the south. at lerst eight peoplee killed by the storms here. i tornado touched down in troydo -- a tor touched down in troy, alabama. in texas, tornadoes carved a path of destruction while stroying several homes. officials in louisiana say one of the fatalities there was a 13-year-old boy. >>> in the day ahead, front royal mayor hslis tharpe expected in a warrencourtroom. he tells us he was indicted friday and charged with soliciting a prostitute last may. tharpe tells news4 the situation is embarrassing and the charge are baseless. as> sheriff's deputies need help solving a sexuault inside of a nightclub in loudoun county. the alleged attack happenet the rio cantina in sterling early sunday morning. a w aan says man she didn't know began kissing and groping her in astairwell and pulled her into a private room. call the loudoun county nyeriff's office if you have information. >>> police continue looking for suspects after a deadly shooting in suitland.

. >> megan mcgrath on more on fan reaction cing up. we begin with news4 sports sharree burruss who looks back at one hard-fight game. >> reporter: the caps led the series. in game seven they led by two goals twice. they let it all slip away in double overtime. carolina crushing dreams of back to back. second peri caps up 2-1. the wicked wrist shot. caps lead 3-1 and looko be soaring into the next round. canes come back and tie. in the second rovertime, forme cap justin williams throws the puck toward the net. brock mcginn tips it in. they had a 4-3 loss. >> it's not easy. it's not easy. we didn't expect it to be easy. and certainly disappointed by the outcome. >> disappointed. frustrating. especially after last year. >> didn't envision this happening. i don't know. tough right now. >> reporter: the deflating loss a reminder of just how hard it is to repeat as champions and how special last year reall was. from capital one arena, sharree burruss, news4 sports. >>> megan mcgrath is live now outside of capital one arena. so megan, not a w

megan mcgrath, thank you. that severe weather is causing a mess in the district. >> nicole jacobs picks up the team coverage now. she's live along d tennessee southeast. what are you seeing? >> reporter: i can tell you this section is very much asleep after storms rolled through in the early morning hours. look at the damage here. you canon see strg winds broke off this large branch from a tree, sending i toppling over power lines. this is the00 37 block of t street. i can certainly imagine that this road is blocked off for a while until they're able to clear that t. it will definitely take resident by surprise when they awake to find this. back to you. >> nicole jacobs, live in southeast. k you. >>> the same system that brought the severe weather to the d.c. region last a path of destruction across the south. take a look. killed.t eight have been a tornado touched down in troy, alabama, yesterday, and mississippi is recovering from line of severe storms. in texas, concerns carved a path of destruction destroy

news4's megan mcgrath has more on what's happening today. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, guys. yeah, there's going to be a town hall meeting later tonight to talk about the controversy surrounding the amusic,s well s other issues affecting this changing neighborhood. now all is quiet right here at 7th and florida avenues. no music playing right now. come business ho going to change. the speakers there will again play go-go music. the store was forced to stop following a complaint from a neighbor to t-mobile, the corporate owner here of metro pcs. they had to stop playing the music for about a month. but the silcing of what has become a staple in the neighborhood prompted a social dia movement with the hash tag of #dontmutedc. it put a spotlight on genttrician and theomnity interaction it can cause. the ceo came out and announced that a compromise had been reached. the music would be back, and the store would work with neighbors on the volume. d.c. leaders say it's the right thing to do. >> go-go music is part of the city and

. >> megan mcgrath, thank >you. >> 5:04. this morning we're working to learn more about a local teen who was shot and rushed to the l hospit >> the 17-year-old was shot before 6:00 p.m. in bright leaf court in dale city. chopper 4 was there as the teen was loaded into a medevac helicopter. we are still waiting on word of his condition. this appears to have happened in the parking lot outside of town comes. prince george's ty police spent the evening collecting evidence and looking for witnesses. so far, no word on as. arrest >>> police have arrested the s n violently attacked a 94 -year-old woman in d.c. last week. 53-year-old jonathan little isf accused attacking the woman while she h walked toer car. this happen at 11:00 p.m. little snatcheer purse and stabbed her. the woman survived and sayra sh is gteful a suspect has been arrested. s very rewarding to hear that they were socessful so quickly. i'm eupset at th whole thing. part of it isetting my identity and property ck. >> d.c. police say little recently robbed two othe

. >> megan mcgrath is live along the road in ft. washington with more on the safety changes. hi, megan. >> reporter: good morning, guys. it has been a grass root efforts. a group of citizens tired of the accidents and deaths coming together and calling for change. and thanks to their efforts, more speedameras and other safety enhancements are coming to indian head highway. route 210, indian heahi ghway, one of the most dangerous roads in the dmv. jazzin knows that well. her daughter was killed trying to cross the street to cch the bus. determined to bring change, duncan and a diverse group of citizens met in the evenings after work and kept up the pressure for safety improvements and their efforts have paid off. three new speed cameras are coming in june. >> i am humbled, i am thankful. my personal journey is to do whatever i can so that no other family ever experiences what myself and so many other falies have gone through. >> reporter: and there are other safety enhancements coming, including rumble strips and improved lighting intersections and changes to make traffic signa

megan mcgrath live with reaction from family members of those who died. ood morning, megan. >> reporter: well, good morning. just a devastating fire. if you look behind me here, this is what the row of town homes looked like. if we pan over, this is this rn g. complete destruction. not a single wall is standing in this row. everything just burned to the ground, five townhouse units. now woman and her 13-year-old granddaughter died in this fire. they could not get out of the burning home. video was shot bpp c 4. and you see the moment when one of the town homes actually sepates from the unit next to it and collapses. it crashes to the ground. my colleague, shamari stone spoke to kathleen link. her mother, wendy welch, and her niece, stephanie welch, were on the phone with 911. they wereet trying to help but could not get out in time. >> told her to jump out the window. they said the how collapsed o her and the phone went dead. they were together, they said they found both of them tthether heir arms around each other. >> repornr: kathlink also lived in the t

megan mcgrath is working 4 you showing all the ways to save at e pump. >> reporter: the honeymoons over. gas prices have soar, and drivers are feeling it in their wallets. >> fill up -- no one fills up anymore. you get enough. >> it hurts your pocket. >> gas prices have increased 5 cents a gallon since the first day of the year. and they are trending higher. >> reporter: the reality is most of us have to drive. so what can we do to save a buck? first of all, consider where you're buying your gasoline. joining a warehouse club might make sense. as a member,ou get discounted gas. or you could shop around. >> there are some gas stations that offer special incentives on a tuesday or thursday. there are others that if you pay ncth cash, it's much cheaper. and then in some, every one of us has to shop for groceries. use the gas-saving account with your grocery store, and that can save you 10 to 20 cents a gallon, too.r: >> reporte consider the grade. check the manual. do you need the higher price for premium? and the condition of your car and how you drive matters, too.d slown. it improves ga

back to you. >> megan mcgrath forhi us t morning. thank you. >>> 5:07. we now know that the justice department will release its redacted version of special counsel robert mueller's russia report on thursday. it will first be sent to congress and then made to the public. don't plan on seeing all 400 pages. attorney general william barr says the justice deparent will black out sensitive information. mueller concluded his investigation last month, and bar released a four-page summary of mueller'sey finding.an democrats wt the entire report released to congress. > police have charged a man in the o deathf a 3-month-old girl in southeast d.c. an arrest warrant is out for 25-year-old cornell holton. he hit schuyler newman s hard she passed out and died three dice later. there's a reward for tips leading to the arrest and conviction. >>> after two students in two monthsere caught with guns on campus at la plata high school, the school is hosting a public meeting. parents are asked to attend. it wilbe held at:00 in the school's auditorium. the head of security w

megan mcgrath is working 4 you showing the ways to save at the hmp. >> reporter: theeymoon is over. gas prices have soared, and drivers are feeling it in their wallets. >> fill up -- no one fills up anymore. you get enough. >> it hurts your pocket. >> gas prices have increased almost 85 cents a gallon since the first day of the year. and they are trending higher. >> r iorter: the reality most of us have to drive. so what can we do to save a buck? first of all, consider where you're buying your gasoline. joining a warehouse club might make sense. as a member, you get discounted gas. or you could shop around. >> there are some gas stations thater o special incentives on a tuesday or thursday. therthers that if you pay with cash, it's much cheaper. and then in some instances, every one of us has to shop for groceries. use the gas-saving account with your grocery store, and that cay saveou 10 to 20 cents a gallon, too. >> reporter: consider the grade. check the manual. do you need the higher price for premium? and the condition of your car and how you drive maers, too. slow down. it imp

. >> complaints had threatened to shut it downug t now things have been >> megan mcgrath is in the neighborhoodh details. hey, megan. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. well the metro pcs store opened at 10:00 this morning a as you could hear, the go-go music is playing once again after a period of silence. nowhe outdoor speakers came ceo on after the t-mobile intervened in a dispute about the volume. go-go music is once again playing over the outdoor speaker at met pcs, the way it has for ecades. eo of t-mobile,rphe coorate operator of the store, announcing that a compromise had been reached. the music would return with the store now consulting with the communitn the volume. >> it is a landmark. if i wanted to call somebody and say, meet me on 7th street, meet me at 7th street where they are playing the music at and you just know it. like th >> it is a stable for all of these years. stay on. it is part o d.c. >> reporter: the music was silenced for a time after a neighborhood resident upset about the nse threatened to sue t-moonle. the coversy focused attention on the issue of gentrificatio

news 4 megan mcgrath has more oh e safety changes on the way. >> route 210, indian head highway is one of the most dangerous roads in the dmv. jazz min duncan knows that all too well. her daughter was killed trying to cross the street to catch the bus. termined to bring change, duncan and a diverse group of citizens met in the evenings after work and kept up the pressure for safety improvement and their efforts have paid off. three new speed cameras are coming in jun >> i am humbled. i am thankful. my personal journey is to do whatever i cano that slyo other famiver experiences what myself and so many other families have gone. through >> and there are other safety enhancements coming including rumb rumble strips, improved lighting nd intersections changes to make traffic signals more visible. people who drive along 210 hope it help. >> as we know, there are always maccidents, unfortunatelyy fatalities. anything done to make it safer will be awesome. >> anytime i turn on the news i hear about some type of accident, either horrific or minor, so hopefully this will stop peoplfrom speeding

megan mcgrath is live at georgetown university and with more on the vote and the university's response. megan? >> repter: well, pat, the referendum calls for a new tudent fee and money would b used to help the decentents of families of slaves who were sold by georgetown university more than 181 years ago. now supporters are calling this a victory but at thist point is really symbolic. that is because the fee would ultimately have to be approved and brought along by the board of trustees. >> i'm ecstatic. >> reporter: for melli, it is a sweet vtory. not only a student at georgetown, the descendant of slaves sold by the university in 38. and she's thrilled that the referendum passed. >> our hopes at this will spread through the -- throu colleges and schools and america.ons across >> reporter: georgetown students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new studentfee, $27.20 per semester. the money going to a fund to help the descendants of those slaves sold by the school. the dollar amount of the fee is symbolic. >>ede setn a symbolic number of $27.20 to represent the people who were original

. >> megan mcgrath is live where it happened and talked to family members still trying to comprehendhat happened there. so heartbreaking, megan. >> reporter: it is. and you could see how extensive the damage is. all of the townhomes are all gown and they burned to the grouy and the fire was not o destructive, it was deadly. a woman and her teenage granddaughter could not escape the flames. now taking a live look here, you could see that the maryland state fire marshals are on the scene and they are trying to figure out exactly what started this fire. neighbors embrace each other giving support in the wake of tragedy. as fire marshals begin their investigat cn, a familyes to grips with a terrible reality. >> i don't even know whatth to k right now. i just can't believe i'll never see either one of them agai >> reporter: kathleen link said her mother wendy welch ander niece 13-year-old stephanie link were trapped inside of the burning home. they were on the phone with 911 but the flames were so intse they could not escape. >> they told her to jump out of the window and the house collapsed

. >> megan mcgrath reports. >> i'm ecstatic. >> it's a sweet victory.ot only a student at georgetown, she is also the descendent of slaves sol by the university in 1838. she's thrilled that the referendum passed. >> our hope is th this will spread through education and colleges and schools and institutions across america. > georgetown students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new student fee. $27.20 per semester. the money going to a fund to help the descendents of those slaves sold by the school. the dlar amount of the fee is symbolic. >> we settled on a symbolic number of $27.20 to represent the people who were originally slated to be sold. 272 in all. >> while the student referendum passed, it is non-binding meaning the university does not have to implement the fee. the final decision is up to the board of trustees. georgetown released a statement saying that the university values the engagement of students and appreciates those whoade their voices heard, but at this point it's unclear if the board of trustees will institute such a fee. in georgeto

up >>> news4's megan mcgrath is live along the road in ft. washington with more information.od morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you look behind me, you see route 210. indian head highway. a live look ash rusur ramps up. this is one of most dangerous roads in the area. citizens met regularly and kept up the pressure for safety ov imprements. three new speed cameras are coming in june. the proceeds from the tickets nal injury the cri compensation fund, ton the state or county. that took a change in maryland law to happen. additional safety improvements include rumble strips, improved lightningin th tersections as well as changes to make tffic signals morebl visie. yasmin duncan lost her daughter last march. she was killed crossing 210 to catch a bus. duncan thinks that the new came cameras will make a difference. >> it's humbling to sri the outpou of love, support from the community, because it does take a village. it is bigger than one person or family that experienced the tragedy. >> reporter: speed often a factor in the deadly crashes. the he is that the new cameras as

. >> megan mcgrath live in shaw.hank you. >> hpening today, victor angry will be sworn into office. he's the first minerity to on the prince william county board of supervisors. angry won a special election vote on ly 75% of the tuesday night. that seat was held by longtime supervisor john jenkins w passed away earlier this year. angry will have to run in a primary in june in order to be the democratic pty nominee later this year. >>> it's 6:37. we're only hours awayth fro puck dropping. the caps' first playoff game. >> mollet greenve is t the medstar capitals ice plex with more. molette? >> reporter: the caps have giveaways. the caps have s.giveaw coming up, all the details on the giveaways and game day fun next on "news4 today." >>> hey there, and good thursday mornin to you. did the washingtonuuto show get o think about upgrading your vehicle? whether you're in the market for a new or used car, there are plenty of addons to coouider. plenty of addons to coouider. [ up-tempo music plays ] man: we don't just play mu

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. >> megan mcgrath is live with the latest on the murder investigation. megan? >> reporter: well, guys, literally within the last couple of minutes police wrapped things this e on the scene but investigation is far from over. two people are dead. ande there may third victim, a man who was found nearby ndffering from a gunshot w to the leg. at this point, police are still trying to figure out what happened and who is responsible. police cadets secure the perimeter around the scene of last night's double murder. investigators still looking for clues to help catch the gunman. it was just aer 8:00 p.m., residentstrlong nash st in northeast heard the sound of gunfire. fficers arrived they found two m i deadn the hallway of a building near ron brown high school. no arrtsave been made. the mayor is appealing to the public for iormation. >> we can't say anything about the victims or the motives or what could have led to this type of violence. but we do know that we have two livesnd snuffed out we want the public, if they heard anything, if they know anything, to please