new bedford was his base. the peculiarities of new bedford let gerry studds into the next aspect of his congressional work, that is quite odd. because new bedford was portuguese. in 1974 there was a revolution in portugal and an uprising in portugal's african colonies and it became a global issue. studs was the only portuguese speaker and the only person with a portuguese base. the foreign affairs committee asked him to join the committee and to portugal, advocated strongly the united states should not assist in maintenance of a portuguese empire in africa. while he was on that committee a revolution broke out in nicaragua and el salvador in central america in 1979 and in 1980. this became a highly contentious during the reagan administration. reagan attempted to overthrow the left-wing government in nicaragua and maintain the right-wing government, sears military dictatorship in el salvador. use the archbishop romero who was assassinated in march 1980, everyone knew who did this and the assassins swept with i

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news 4's darcy spencer will be at the courthouse tomorrow in bedford county, virginia. watch for breaking news alerts can in our nbc washington app. >>> form matomorrow many of us take time to celebrate the life of our friend and long-time colleague jim vance. and we invite you to celebrate with us on nbc 4 as well. a memorial starts at 10:00 a.m. at the washington national cathedral. tickets for the service have already been distributed but we know many more of you would like to take part in some way. that's why we're providing live coverage here on nbc 4. on nbcwashington.com. and in our app as well. again, that service starts at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. >>> next on news 4 at 11:00 tonight, steve bannon pulling no punches today. now the white house responds to and his comments about the firing of fbi director james comey. >>> apple getting ready to unveil its newest toy in a matter of hours. everybody wants to know what's a $1,000 iphone look like? >> too much for me. >>> and a couple down at the national guard born and raised incian, dr. rrural virginia went to vmi. an ar

bedford sir virginia and last week fox learned the trial was withdrawn. today's proceedings will be i motion's hearing. our paul wagner that broke the news last week will number bedford this morning to bring us the latest developments. >> green belt employment these needs your help type a missing little girl. jayla smith was last seen 11:30 when she left green bell community center, 5'", 08 pounds and know on green jacket and capry leggings. >> and "fox5" fol he owes case of missing teenager. laura wallen's family is offering reward phone her disapierce. she was last heard september 4 the day before and scheduled to begin teaching classes wild lake high school. >> 6:05 now. tucker is with us. >> good morning. >> tell me what i missed. >> little storm. >> oh, >> couple of them. >> yeah. >> what happened to that last storm after carlos is that katia or not katia. >> katia fell apart and we're talking about jose. >> jose. >> jose. >> we'll watch jose for the weekend. looks like it will be offshore but close call. let's get to it. there's lots to talk about in the weather world. today not much. we're starting day with and we'll have a shower

news 4 darcy spencer watched it unfold today in a bedford county courthouse. >> reporter: it was a very brief court appearance here at the bedford county courthouse. lloyd welsh appeared in an orange jail uniform. his head was shaved and he was wearing glasses. he was very quiet throut proceeding, looking down. we were able to have a camera in the courtroom and we heard him plead guilty in his own words. >> what do you plead to the indictment? >> guilty of -- >> reporter: welsh was sentenced to 48 years in prison. he won't be eligible for parole until he's in his 80s. he pled guilty to two counts of felony murder and the deaths of sisters kathryn and sheila lion. the girls disappeared back in 1975 after walking to whee ton mall. welsh claims he didn't kill or sexually abuse the girls. the girls' father john lion spoke with reporters. he thanked cold case investigators for bringing lloyd to justice. >> they treated sheila and kate as if they were their own sisters or daughters. it's a tremendous display of performance, professional performance. but even more beautiful, emotional investme

paul wag they are that broke that news last week will number bedford to bring us developments. >> andst in missing pregnant teacher. lauren wallen her family is offering a $25,000 reward for information on her disappearances. wallen was last heard from september 4 the day gr she was scheduled to begin khass at wild lake high school. >> tracking metro this mor morning. maryland governor larry hogan is offering extra 500 million if d.c. and federal fox do same things. a letter governor hogan september top d.c. he proposed funding increase no save me metro. >> and time 5:51 we're back with what is hot on the web and the stories you're engaging with most on social media. >> good morning to both passed tengs are high in the florida keys and this is people are writing to get back to homes and they're turned away by thor is and say it is not safe to go back. that prompted heated debates with police about why some seem to have access to the keys and others did not and residents take they're not h heving. single bridge that connect them to florida is expect to reopen today. >> national guardsm

welcome him for the first time, the editor in chief of "the daily caller"'s foundation, chris bedford is here, his new book, "the art of the donald" hits bookstores october 10th. welcome, great to have you. >> it is busy in d.c. >> harris: do you know where you are right now? >> outnumbered, and very lucky. it's going we will start with the news, president trump is in the spotlight as he gears up for his first address to the u.n. general assembly, a big focus of his speech is expected to be a call for the world to act tough on north korea as it steps up its missile and nuclear testing. earlier today as a first order of business, the president not holding back as he called on the u.n. to change its ways during a meeting on reform. here it is. >> that is why we commend the secretary general and his call for the united nations to focus more on people and less on bureaucracy. we seek the united nations that were against the trust of the people around the world in order to achieve this, the united nations must hold every level of management accountable, protect whistle-blowers, and focus on results instead

. >> liz: joining me now the news foundation editor in chief christopher bedford.d to see you christopher. >> good to see you. >> liz: senator grassley said senator mccain was warned about russian medaling when running for president back in 2008. mccain is denying that ever happened. what's going on here? >> john mccain's furious that its been brought up because john mccain prides himself rightfully so as a fierce fierce critic of vladimir putin so to say he's had any trouble or he's associated with people who have associated with friends of putin which it looks like he has and that was reported out in 2008 really does bug him and that's another thing about when you want to fight enemies abroad you often have to make friendships and deal with people who might be considered rather unsavory and newt gingrich is correct, when he says that americans should be fearful but what i think he misses is the fbi is decades old. they've been doing the bidding of presidents or at least of themselves for decades about its worked out they've chosen winner s and losers basically si

in bedford county, virginia, darcy spencer, news 4. >> and just into our newsroom the engineer involved in the amtrak crash that killed eight people will not be facing any charges. a judge has dismissed the case against it accelerated to 106 miles an hour on a curve. that was more than double the speed limit. the train which started in d.c. derailed in philadelphia. more than 200 people were injured. investigators believe the engineer lost his bearings when he became distracted by an incident with another train. >> they prey on the vulnerable. that's how an investigator tells us a self-proclaimed psychic was able to con a bethesda woman out of $82,000. this happened over the course of six months. tonight the suspect is behind bars. news 4's megan fitzgerald is working for you tonight, talking to an expert about how innocent people could get caught up in these schemes. >> it was roughly 82,000, including credit cards and cash money. >> reporter: the question so many want to know is how someone could be ripped off to the tune of more than $82,000. it happened to this woman who we vulnerab

. >> reporter: in bedford county, virginia, darcy spencer, news 4. >> only on news 4, the parents of a missing 12-year-old maryland girl are talking about the emotional pain they are feeling. >> words can't describe it and we're devastated. as a mother, you know your heart goes out. you don't know where your child, your baby is. >> jayla smith was last seen yesterday around lunch time. tonight her parents are hoping you might be able to help bring her home. prince georges county bureau chief tracy wilkins has that story. tracy? >> reporter: here at the community center there are pictures of her everywhere. this is the last place she was seen before she came out of the community center, ran that way toward a bus, a parents want to know where she is. >> has she eaten? is she warm? is she safe. >> reporter: what else can you say, what can you think when you're the mother of a missing child? >> i couldn't sleep all night. i don't know where my baby is. >> reporter: police say 12-year-old jayla smith was at the greenbelt community center with her mom around 11:30 yesterday morning when fo

that scheduled to go on trial next tuesday in bedford virginia where investigators believe the girls may have been killed and or buried decades ago but a newion shows the convicted sex officer fender is apparently willing to admit his involvement in the case that captivated this washington area 42 years ago. it's been more than two years since john and mary lyon the parents of katherine and sheila sat on a bench in a park near where their daughters disappeared and listened as prosecutors and police announced an indictment against lloyd welch a former carnival worker who implicated himself in the case during numerous interviews with detectives. welch's name came up early in the investigation back in the 70's but he was never considered a serious suspect until police assigned a new detective to the case. >> over the years many detectives, some who have long since been retired have worked on this case but in fact, it was a younger detective who finally saw the missing piece of the puzzle two years ago. >> reporter: that was police chief tom manger in the summer of 2015. by then a search had been conducted on a mountainside outside bedford whe

. ♪ >>> well we told i was few minutes ago we expected news from the courtroom in bedford v have a anyand we just got it. the news i think what a l people expected lloyd welch, jr., did in fact plead guilty to two counts of murder in the disappearance and deaths of sheila and catherine lyon. those young sisters vanished from wheat tan mall back in 1975. their bodies have still never been found. the parents of she'll land catherine were in the courtroom for the plea this morning and so is our paul wagner. he will join us shortly but again the heed line the breaking news, lloyd welch pleads guilty to two counts of murder in the death of the lyon sisters more than 40 years ago. >>> 9:22 is our time right now. allison is back with some of the other stories making headlines on this tuesday morning hey, al. >> hey, holly. first up just incredible video. this is out of connecticut. a pilot who apparently veered off course slammed into a tree then crashes into a parking lot. here it is. well a am amazingly 79-year-old pilot only had minor injuries. officials are trying figure out what caused t

news conference. go to c-span.org for more details. the two of them will inevitably face questions. william in bedford, ohio. democrat. comments have a couple . first about daca, then the hack, and the racism in the country. daca is a good thing. this country had ellis island , for whene day european immigrants were fleeing from europe for whatever reason. they were able to come here with , go throughsions been expedient process with their immigration, and europeans flooded new york city, and that's how we got the diverse and beautiful mix we have now. people have forgotten about that. in los angeles, on the flip side, with the spanish cultures that, from mexico. daca is a good thing. as far as the hack, your information will be on the darknet for 10 or 15 years. you will beat socially reengineered. you will have a sign of credit and life outside of your own that you have no idea about because your information has been out there for so long. they probably want to remember they were hacked five years ago. president trump will likely waive sanctions against iran. president trump must decide today whether to once again w

joining me now, heather higgison, and christopher bedford, editor-in-chief of the daily caller news foundation. nikki haley hinted or suggested there was no more room for sanctions. but china coming on board maybe suggests we may be able to find a diplomatic-economic solution. >> i don't know that it will be a solution but it's something that had to be tried. it's part of the trump m.o. this is what negotiating looks like. you put on the sanctions but say you are open to talking. sanctions historically have never stopped a nuclear power from developing nuclear weapons. the only thing that does that is regime change, fear of regime change or the is really-type strike that they did in syria? 2007. it's fundamentally a military or political problem. but it's necessary if we are going to try to keep this from becoming a hot war. we are technically in a state of war in north korea. we never moved to a peace deal. what north korea wants is a peace deal so they can take over south korea. charles: china. last year was the best economic year north korea had in 16 years and exports with china were up 30

bedford, virginia. reporting live, stephen tschida, [music] -- stephen tschida, abc7 news. nancy: skytrak7 on the scene of howard county. that backup there is because a milk truck flipped over on the highway. this is in the traffic circle at route 16 and ice crystal drive. you can see the truck there. all the milk in the road. traffic now rerouted in the area. this is coming of course, at the peak of the evening rush hour. be aware of that if you are heading in that direction. no serious injuries reported here. larry: we have an update on christmas day involving police officers. no criminal charges are filed because in par captured on video. review of the body camera footage showed the man police killed hall had a knife. d.c. bureau chief sam ford has reaction tonight. >> it was at this house on walnut street in northeast on christmas day when the call 911 came to police and the man was beating his girlfriend who lived here. that he had a knife. that he had turned on all the burners in the house. when the police arrived it escalated. >> he has a knife. >> it ended with hall

welch was scheduled to go on trial next tuesday in bedford where investigators believe the girls may have been killed and or buried decades ago. but a newicted sex offende involvement in a case that captivated this washington area 42 years ago. it's been more than two years since john and mary lyon the parents of cath len and sheila sat in a bench in a park near where their daughters disappeared and listened as prosecutors announced an indictment against lloyd welch a former carnival worker who implicated himself in the case during numerous interviews with detectives. welch's name came up but he was never considered a serious suspect until police assigned a new detective to the case. over the years many detectives, some who have long since been retired have worked on this case. but in fact, it was a younger detective who finally saw the missing piece of the -- solved the missing piece of the puzzle two years ago. >> reporter: that was police chief tom manger in the summer of 2015. by then a search had been conducted on a mountainside outside bedford where investigators had information the girls may have been or burned. bedford commonwea

bedford county, virginia, he pled guilty to two murders back in 1975. for all of the virginia cases, welch has been sentenced to 48 years in prison. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, a major scare at yanke striking a toddler in the face. an update on her condition. plus, a goat checks itself into a hotel. find out how this kid got in. but first, carlos ramirez has a look at traffic. carlos: hey, good afternoon. yes, take a look at 270 right now. you can see not looking half bad. but well north of the point as you make your way southbound near 109 we are looking at a crash southbound blocking the left lane and left shoulder causing delays back near 80. so watch down for the slowdowns. near gain, as you can see montrose road. you can see the lane is blocked that is causing slowdowns back to the dulles toll road. elsewhere, take a look from virginia into the district, not too many issues along the 14th street bridge. and near 650 not looking too bad either. 495 on the inner loop from the springfield inner change looking great. that's a look at your traffic. back i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrato

notley service the new plans under her government have introduced. —— notley service. the people of bedfordng by the end of this parliament. given the important role that charities play in this task, we re that charities play in this task, were the prime ministerjoin me in paying tribute to the excellent charity crisis that is marking its anniversary. can i pay tribute to my honourable friend. i know this is an issue he cures about anti—court cheers the eight ppg on ending homelessness. we did have a commitment in relation to reducing rough sleeping, having it by 2022 and eliminating it by 20 27. £500 million has been allocated until 2020 to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. i am also happy in paying tribute to crisis as they mark their 50th anniversary. i will be hosting a reception to mark the anniversary in downing street later today. the university of bradford makes a compelling case for a medical school teaching all types of health professionals. can the prime minister confirm that those universities where the need is the most greeters will be given the opportunity to set up medi

among democrats, largely new york and california are liberal states but there are conservative lawmakers. look at congressman king out from a long island. maria: chris bedfordching what you are reporting. you have done a great job. thanks for breaking that, see you soon, tune in at 8:00 eastern, trish regan is live, she will take you to the president's speech in alabama. you will be here with trish at 8:00 pm as she navigates the president's support at the luther strange rally. forget deliveries on your doorstep, how about finding your online order on your kitchen table? walmart testing a new service that has us asking cool or creepy? back in a minute. millions of you are online right now, searching one topic. that will generate over 600 million results. and if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers like where to treat, can feel even more overwhelming. so start your search with a specialist at cancer treatment centers of america. start with teams of cancer treatment experts under one roof. start where specialists use advanced genomic testing to guide precision cancer treatment... ...that may lead to targeted therapies and more treatment op