the suspect, michael hilliard, people are asking themselves why is he out on the streets. why is he not in jail? 70 aest ares, 300 charges over his life span for such crimes as sexual assault and kidnapping. d.c. detectives released thi photo of michael hilliard when they were looking for him two years ago. he was accused of groping three women in logan circle in northwest d.c.he as released from jail the nexreday and orded to undergo a mental evaluation and to stay away from the victims. less than two weeks later, he groped another woman. >> this individual has been committing thesetypes of offenses for more than two decades. he has well over -- more than 70 arrests,or20 or m which are for sexual offenses. >> reporter:ew n interviewed lieutenant john hains two years ago. >> we're doing our part trying to protect theun commy. and then literally, you know, friday, someone's arrested. saturday morning they're backou and recommitting within a day or eptwo. >> rter: police called him a serial groper back then. his latest charge, repeatedly shoving a 8 1/2 month pregnant woman

police havederibed michael hilliard.olice put out this pick of him back in 2017 when he was accused of groping three women in logan circle. theas arrested and released very next day and one week later arrested again for groping yet another woman in shaw. >> it's alarming. it really is alarming. >> reporter: today folks in logan circle reacting to the news of hilliard's arrest and says they can't believehe keeps getting released from jail. >> it's important to find out fundamentally wrong rather thanhi lettinback on the streets to assault women. >> reporter: these pages show hundreds of charges going back to th'90s, one of the charge includes kidnapping and now adding a new charge to the list, simple assault for pushing that pregnant woman. >> that's really, really sad. that's horrible and should never happen to anyone. i mean, i's scary. it just makes you want to be like more aware where you're walking. youyoeed to be aware of surroundings and what's going on around you and stuff like that. >> reporter:he woman is expect

attorney's office and find out why michael hilliard keeps getting released from jail, but we've not yet heprd back. wendy. big question. okay, thank you, aimee. >>> we're following some breaking news for you this evening. >> a breaking newspd e. >> 16 active duty service members at camp pendleton in california arrested as part of a human smuggling investigation. eight others were detained and questioned on alleg drug charges. now the 16 marines were arrested in front of theirti en unit today. they are accused of being part of an organization that illegally smuggled people over the u.s.-mexico border. the investigation started after the arrests of two camp pendleton marines earlier this month. military officials say undocumented immigrants told nvestigators they paid the two marines $8,000 to take them from the border to los angeles. he here. s what happened next >> reporter: the 16 taken in, they will be in the usmj which is the court ofil mary justice as opposed to the civilian justice system. we're waiting to see if we get s charge sheeon them to see t the charges are and then we'll s

. >> police released this photo of michael hilliard three years ago. this latest charge is pushing an 8 1/2-month pregnant on a sidewalk e logan circle and w are told she is recovering at home but hilliard is back on the street and that includes more than 20 charges of sexual violence.p s police referred to him as a serial groper. the community wants to know why he keeps getting released.olice serial groper. the community wants to know why nt keeps getting released. >> really importahat we find out what is fundamentally wrong instead of letting somehee back on t streets assaulting women multiple times. >> hilliard is expected toe back in court august 21st. >>> a man who beat another man ca death over a dinged door will spend eight years in prison. thomas hughes you see here was sentenced yesterday. state prosecutors say he severely beat 21-yead nicholas keys in june of 2018. the two men were arguing in a arking lot at the bowie town center after hughes' girlfriend dinged keys' car with her car door. keys' mother saiapshe is not with the sentencing. >>

the suspect michael hilliard has been arrested dozens of times. h in 20 was arrested and charged are groping four women. >> school bus drivers in stafford county are going to start the new year with some new ttrategies to keep students safe. ay the sheriff's office helped train them to deal with some scary situations, scenarioe such as intru trying to get on the bus, students bringing guns on to the bus. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey hasore on what they learned. >> the problem is that he's bullied on the bus. >> in her 20 years as a sfford school bus driver jenna brown has never had to confront a threatening parent, but after today she will know how to respond. the angry parent here is really a role-playing stafford sheriff's deputy. >> why can't i take to you from here? i'm not hurting anybody. >> you're trespassing. back off the bus. >> tress pag, i my kids ride on the boss. >> a sign down there says you're trespassing. back off the bus, meese. >> reporter: and drivers were asked to practice something really basic and that's importa

joining us, michael emily and john hilliard. michael, you've been covering joe biden for years.the strategy going into tonight? >> reporter: stephanie, you talked about a fascinating debate of the democratic party, where they need to position themselves idealogically to win that election. that's a debate that joe biden would very much like to be a part of, but it's not the debate his campaign is preparing him for tonight. they expect it will get more personal just like it did in that first debate where he was on the defensive, especially on kamala harris's attacks on busing. he said he's not afraid to punch back if he's targeted tonight. he needs to show he's a fighter that he is, in fact, the best person to take on donald trump. that's what voters in the first debate were beginning to question. he does want to use that opportunity to talk about where he stands on the issues, his campaign today actually releasing a video on medicare for all. joe biden not taking that position. wants to talk about building on the affordable care act, obviously a major accomplishment of the obama