nicole jacobs says thatfficer said he was violently attacked. nicole? >> this is wre it all happened. where the federal officer says he was beaten by three men who tried to steal his motor scooter here. it happened, he says, at a led right, when he was stopped. cameras captured the images of the suspects. the three men, the officer wants to sustain consequences. scrapes and uses. up.attackers gav but not before an intense struggle. over.y pushed me i fell down. the scooter went down. my head hit the ground. i ok my helmet off and began struggling with them, and prevent them from stealing the c ter. they repeated to assault me. >> reporter: the officer said this happened in broad daylight while many people sat back and watched. he i hoping someone recognizes the images and will come forward. >> thank you. >>>resident trump made the first public comments about the death of senator john mccain. he said the country appreciates mccain's service. the presidenthomoke at a white house dinner for evangelical leaders. he flag is flying at half-staff. it was raise

the gentlemen arrested will face a judge here. >> nicole jacobs outside of d.c.uperior court. >>> as more students return to the classroom, the i-team isfo workinyou, asking how protected are your schools. >> they are looking where school resource officers are in our district. there's a growing number ofs offict fewer than safety advocates say are needed. >> reporter: the d. region has hundreds ofrechool ource police officers. from fauquier county to d.c. many counties are hoping to add more. but many major localchool districts are falling below a national standard.al the nation association of school resource officers at recommends every school have an officer and one full-time resource officer for every 1,000 students. the i-team found nearly 40 local high schools are close to that recommendation, having more than 2,000 kids and just 1 police of icer on the beat. >> the reality is, we need so many more of these officers. our school system continues to grow and our populatio continues to extoode. >> repo apaf our full i-team news investigation, we go on the beat

news 4 nicole jacobs tells us about a new program at medstar georgetown unive ityhospital. >> reporterlil layla is lyears old and almost spent in and out of hospitals. now at medstar georgetown university after multiple organ transplant and diagnosis. far from the home but a no-brainer for lori to step in and help. her son henry died at 7 years old of a rare genetic disease. >> for the last two and a half years of his life he lived in hospitals. >> reporter: through her traendy hope for hry was born and now a partnership with dormfy and they spruce up hospital rooms for kids. >> it changes the mood. it changes the way you feel seout where you are. >> reporter: becor little ones like jackson and even 12-year-old michael rubio, time in the hospital can linger on and on. >> nervous andry s because you don't know what is going to happen. >> reporter: stickers on walls, pictf friends and family brighten up the space a smile o kids can focus on being just that, a kid. even when life throws them adult-like circumstances a lessons. >> trying to make the most of your life. >> reporter: nicole j

nicole jacobs is live where a o tree crashed i two homes. nicole, good morning. >> reporter: eun, can tellou the downpours have been relentless as you well know. in many cases it's caused some damage. just as in this ca. you can see the red caution tape as well as the debris left behind here. want to get you to video iving you a closer look of exactly what happened. you can see the tree completely toppled over. gy're told it is the result of the s ground giving way to this tree. we spoke with the homeowner who ofls us the timing of all this will hit her in the wallet. >> from what i can see from here, it appears that that whole side of the house is damaged. d i p this addition in not too long ago. >> reporter: so she had jus renovated that portion of her house. the good news, no one injured in all of this. i can tell you, though, the tree did even more damage not just to her home, but to a neighbor's home. we'll have more on that in the next half hour. aaron, eun, back to you. >> nicole, thank you. >>> there'sng we're follo breaking news. mor

angie and aaron, back to you. >> nicole jacobs live inor town, thank you. >>> it's 5:05. a travel alert if y're taking amtrak. there could be residual delays because of a fire that happened near the tracks yesterday. service was suspended in philadelphia for a few hours. right now two out of four tracks are open.co ing to amtrak, train updates will be given in less than an hour, at 6:00 this morning. a >>o today. watch that led foot on route 1 alexandria. the speed limit is reduced between slaters lane and four mile run. officials say it's in an effort reduce traffic deaths in alexandria by 2028. >>> breaking news at 5:06, shots fired outside the u.s. embassy in turkey. chris lawrence is at the live desk with this. the important thing to note here, the embassy was closed for the start of a musm holiday. officials say no one was injured. nbc news is bei told someone fired six gunshots from a moving car. they were aiming at a security booth outside the u.s. embassy intu ey's capital of ankara. nbc news has reached out to the state department spokes person. we wi, of course,

nicole jacobs, nicole, thank you. probably don'tave to tell you it's a hot and humid day across our area with somesolated pop-up showers for many of you. storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer is here now checking out the radar. doug, what's in store for the rest our night? >> we're watching one storm, onr we saw one around gaithersburg and rockville a little while ago andhi tracking one storm right here in leesburg, and as i'm looking at this the another one starting toheop up in no parts of loudoun county. right around learnedion and reston. is has a lot of light associated with it around reston town center and over towds -- near the ashburni area. ant to take you to the reston live camera and show you what we're dealing with. visibility way down, heavy rainl isolated hey that's about it. the rest area not seeing much at all except for the heat andmi ty. more on that as it continues tomorrow and into wednesday and the chance. severe teather one ofse days. i'll be back here in 10 to is a minutes. >> all rig.

nicole jacobs is live outside d.c. superior court wit the latest. nicole? > eun and aaron, makiyah wilson's mother will have an opportunity to lay eyes on the man police believe was involved in her 10-year-old daughter's murder. investigators are making this arrest and issuing a parewarranr the arrest of this man. this is a previous mug shot of quentin michals. police released video of four men jumping out of a car and random sprayingullets into a crowd of people in northeast d.c. in july. 20-year-old quentin thomas was t arrestedday and will face a judge today. little makyiyah. there was outrage from the family and her community. her mother believess this a stop towards justice. >> keep fighting. keep don't give up on my baby. if anybody knows anything, come forward. i'm going to do everything as her mom t walk the streets and get justice for my baby. >> reporter: two gunmen ared expec be identified. back to you. >> nicole jacobs, live for us this morning. thank you. >>> we have breaigng news now at 6:35. earning new details in the death of homicide detect

news 4 nicole jacobs there live now with the latest. nicole? >> leon, the concerns are nothing new and, unfortunately, theangers aren't either. the victim was not in the crosswalk. montgomeryounty police have been trying to combat this issue for months now, if not they say at some point everyone has to do their part. before dawn friday morning, the flashing lights were all the indications. >> i heard the sirens and everything, i just didn't knowt what was. >> reporter: a pedestrian hit and killed here at the reedie drive and georgia avenue. >> it's bad. it's sad. >> reporter: shoes about and the hurearo. he died at the scene. a crash still under investigation and one of fouroun they in the last two weeks. >> it tells us we have a huge and the problem is everybody has to do their part to prevent these crashes fromoccurring. >> reporter: captain thomas runs the traffic division of montgomery county. he says in allour cases the pedestrians were not in the crosswalk. >> a car weighing 3,000 pounds going 30 miles an hour has way more force to kill y

nicole jacobs is outside d.c. superior court where thehe m could learn more today about what happened to her daughter. >> reporter: less than 48 hours after pol circulated the mug shot this second gunman, he has turned himselfin, we're told. now there are at least two other suspects, unidentified at this point, thatll police are s looking for. not that there is ever any reason to shoot and kill an innocent 10-year-old child. today in court we could learn why. anotheran arrested. 21-year-old quentin michaels, the second gunman police say murdered mckya wilson.y she was o0 and simply doing what most kids her age would do, going to an ice cream truck. but h the courtyard of her northeast d.c. home a brage of bullets. surveillance video showing the deadly encoumter. four menng out of this stolen car and firing. five people were shot. mckhe was only one killed. >> you can rest assured that we will not rest until all of them are held accountable for mckya's murder. >> reporter: saturday police arrested kuwan thomas. he

news 4's nicole jacobs is headed to the scene today. >>> one little girl in d.c. is rekoving after being shot. she was one of three people on 56th street southeast. a car circled the block and someone started shooting. police are looking for an older model axus or acura wit wing on the back. this isless th less than ten miy from where makahia wilson was shot. >>> this was around 8:30 last night. a man was shot in the legn michigan avenue in the parking lot of a rec center. you see the bullet holes hattered the wieow. th victim is expected to be ay. now, 40 minutes later, a man was shot o east capital street. >>> it's 4:32. we could learn more about the rson hit and killed in wheaton. the man was crossing to the metro straation when he was struck. the driver stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers. >>> new video from a developing story. protesters erupted in cheers after taking down a statue of a soldier.ate this was in chapel hill. rad roy cooper issued a statement. he says h understands that people are frustrated by the pace of change. but violent destru

nicole jacobs is live near the scene, which is not far from the mgm casino in oxon hill. >> reporter: wendy, police have been here on the scene roughly five hours ad we're t they'll likely continue to be here for some time as there are now tga invesons they're working. a murder investigation as well as an investigation of a police-involved sho getting you right to some video of the gun police say the suspect had and fired at them. i can tell you the liquor store at the corner of oxon hill road and livingston road is the center of this investigation. we're told an officer who was in the area on an unrelated issue heard shots, saw the commotion, got out his vehicle to see what was goingn. o that's when we're told that suspect allegedly ran toward the officer, firing hiseapon, ignoring cmands to stop. that's when the officer, we're told, had no other choice but to fire his weapon, shooting and killing the suspect. he then went insidend found the murder victim inside the liquor store. they're still trying to find out exactly what led up to all of this. >> at this point, we know the suspec

nicole jacobs is going to the scene. we get the live information coming up here.h >>> the sea continues for a pennsylvaniaan wanted for threatening to kill champion. authorities believe he has stolen two weeks. allegedly threatened to kill a district attorney in june. that's around time he threatened to shoot the president. he was spotted on saturday, driving a jeeper ee. then, driving a ston red pickup. the truck has a pennsylvania license platemb . zgl-2845. thers a $20,000 award that leads to his arrest. >>> apoompassionate re from the community. >> these guys are not leaving. i' going to walk through t back. >> that's a facebook live video posted on sunday. he is facingharges for threatening everyone he encountered that night and for refusing to let people in the mosque in springfield. we're told he began to ram in the parking lot. when police arrived, he allegedly drove toward the cruiser. apparently he has been coing the mosque since he was a child. the folks there sayomething is wrong. >> all humans make mistakes

ne4's nicole jacobs went digging for answers today. >> reporter: one look at washington, d.c.'abustl it's hard to imagine what could make it better, especially when it's described like this. >> bad and tting worse. >> reporter: new york had an idea andep voted to ke a cap on ride-sharing licenses for 12 months with hopes of minimizing traffic congestion among other thing it got us thinking would d.c. officials coider something ike that here? >> i don't think uber is likely to be contributing significantly to congestion in the district of columbia. >> on the weekends uber is my only way of transportation. i wou like to see little bit more regulation especially esring rush hour. >> reporter: witnrun the gamut, and uber officials aren't the slightest bit convinced a cap would ease congestion. > we think it's a great thing that washington has lots of options foreople to move around. si by all accounts new york is a special case, cred a mega city and statistics show new york dispatchers 80,000 vehicles per day and here in the district there's no licensing process for an exact number

the in southeast d.c., nicole jacobs, news 4. on the water. >> i saw something flipping around, didn't even k was at the time, and i walked out i saw the tth marks. >> did a shark bite that guy while he was paddleboaing on a local river? decide for yourself when you hear his story. >>> plus, n clu about what caused reagan national airport to go dark for hours. >> amanda hobbs says her dream home built by habitat for humanity has become a nightmare. i'm david cver in stafford county. i'll show you what she's dealing with, everything from foundation to water iueues. her qst for answers and to get just ahead right here on news 4. >> hot andda humid even more so for tomorrow. i'm tracking a chance of storms tomorrow, butor more intly for your weekend. see you back here in just a minute. >>> there are some new answers into the power outage that briefly paralyzed reagan national airport last night. dominion airline says lights in the terminals were flickering off. the airport's generators kicked in providi light for emergency services

t they honored winners in the first ever inmate creative writing contes news 4's nicole jacobs interduesesne writer who never knew he had the talent until now. >> some kind of cold metal bracelet. >> reporter: some never understand the power of words. >> it was a beautiful sunday morning. eporter: until their own words become healing. >> i'm the worsp that k. >> reporter: and putting pen to paper inmates have the arlington county detention facility speak their truth. >> i'mbo dreamingut the future and i dream about the past. >> reporter: nine winnersere chosen. >> i dream about the mountains and i dream about the sea. i dreamf all the places that i would rather be. >> reporter: this man 26 years old locked up forossession of heroin has been here before. >> now this isn't my first time it. i struggled with addiction for a while, but i'm trying to overcome it. >> reporter: but just recently he began writing. >> reporter: his fst place po written for his brother who is serving life. >> he pretty much tol me sometimes he feels wrong for having big dreams because he's no going to be able to ful

in college park, nicole jacobs, news4. >>> you're always looking to shave time off your commute, especially with the traffic in the d.c. area. now vdotpis h out. they want to add three new lanes to part of i-95. it will be the stretch of 95 in fredericksburg between route 17 to route 3. news4's transportation rerter, adam tuss, with when this new relief could be coming. >> reporter: man, if you are one of the unlucky ones that has to deal with 95 all the time, you know that it ke pac most of the day. now, though, new relief could be ming in the fredericksburg area, but you are going to have to deal with some construction. nothing is ever easy on i-95. >> it's a nightmare. it actually is a nightmare. >> there's so many people now. what do you >> reporter: even during a ground-breaking ceremony to add new lanes, a whipping wind and rain seemed to ominously hang over this announcement. driver darcel blaggman sums it yp this way. >> not o pack a lunch, bring a chef because you're going to need it, i sweare. you ar >> reporter: but help could be on the way. virginia governor ralph northam on han

nicole jacobs is on scene for us. >> reporter: according to police, this is a man who posted on facebookwould kill an elected official in pennsylvania after killing president trump. l of these are accusations. i want you to get to a mughahot of richard christy. christy was spotted in maryland. he allegedly stole a pickup truck with tags. he could still be in that puckup truck at this point. criminal warrant that was issued in june for his arrest. unristy is described as a white man, 5'10", 160 with dark brown hair and a beard. he has a cross tattoo on his arm. he speaks with a noticeable lisp. he is considered armed and dangerous. believed to be in a red pickup truck with pennsylvania tags zgl-2845. there's a $20,000 award for any information leading to his arrest. back to you.>> hank you, nicole. >>> we begin our top stories with breaking nee from the whuse. the u.s. has deported the last known nazi collaborator living in the u.s. to germany. he was an armed guard in poland. he's been living in the u.s. since 1949. he claimed he was working on a farm and a factory.ai he admitted trning

in college park, nicole jacobs. news 4. >> and next on news 4 at 4:00. >> the redskins bringing in one of the nfl's all-time best to help their running back situation. sherree burruss has some break up. ews coming >> vegetables love rain, butm to h of a good thing can be bad for your garden. we've got tips on what to do b rightefore the fall harvest. >> and our clearhe shelters event was a hge success this wk, but there's one dog that still needs a home. >> and did you know it is d.c. spirit wk? find out about the week long toast. just hop right >>> well, not too hot and not much rain today, but we need you to get ready for the nxt 24 hours. storm team 4's amelia draper is back in two and a halftoinutes prepare us for tomorrow's weather alert. >> now let's go to some breaking news. the redskins making moves to replenish their backfield after losing derrius guice, and those plans now include a former nfl mvp. sherree burruss working the story from the newsroom. so all days coming to d.c.? bo he is, leon. we'll be tal

. >> reporter: in arlington, nicole jacobs, news 4. >> awesome. >>> virginia lift off. latest mission from the commonwealth and the payload. >>> heating up again. chuck's back th the latest on the >>> another successful rocket launch for nasa. this was hours ago. it carries eeriments from college students across the country. it reached more than 90 miles in altitude. very educational. hands on. >> absolutely. young budding rocket scientists all over the place. >>> don't you worry, heat and humidity lovers. it's not done. august is noth done w us just yet. it will be hot and humid probably add early add ritomorr. t now it's not a problem. winds out of the west at 13 miles an hour. that's keeping the atmosphere relatively dry. a temperature of only 80 degrees. it's a lovely day to be outside. there's the rain chance way out to our north. the rain chances will be closer to us. i showed you or short range model.er sh going before 5:00 especially up near the pennsylvania border. chances of hit and miss showers around the d.c. area between about 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. evening. fa

nicole jacobs isn scene for us. >> reporter: the fbi is on high alt after shawn richard christy was spottedaryland. i can tell you that he has a criminal warrant that was issued in june for his he's from pennsylvania and posted on facebook he wou kill elected officials there. ccordg to police, the 27-year-old was threatening to kill any law enforcement officers that try to arresthim. over the weekend, christy was seen in cumberland, maryland. acrding to lice, he is accused of stealing vehicles anh abandoning. christy is described as white man,5'10", 160 pounds with dark brown hair and a beard. he speaks with a noticeable lisp. he is considered armed ander das. believed to be in a red pickup truck with pennsylvania tags zgl-28 zgl-2845. there's a $20,000 award for any information leading to his arrest. back to you. >> thank you, nicole. >>> breaking news this morning coming from the white house. the u.s. has ported the last known nazi collaborator living in the u.s. to germany. he was an armed guard in poland. he's been living in the u.s. since 1949. he claimed he was working on a farm and a

. >> nicole jacobs, live for us io heast.ou. >>> today, a week ofemembrance services to honor aretha franklin. her body will rest in detroit for two days. the public will pay its respects. her funeral is set for friday at the greater grace temple. >>> a candidate for u.s. congressman in maryland is being treated for cancer. david troen is a democratic nominee from maryland's sixth district. he says doctors found a tumor on his urinary tract,ay before he won his primary. since then, he's undergone chemotherapy. the next step is surgeo remove a kidney. he says he will miss some days on the campaign trail but he expects to maka full recovery. >>> coming up, john mccain being remembered across the country. for thee first t since his death, we're hearing from the president about the man being remembered about an american hero. >>> plus, we're getting you ready for school at fairfaxco ty kids back to scol. mol e molette green at fairfax county high school. >> we have words of wisdom coming up. thein march band here at fairfax high

. >> nicole jacobs live in northet washington for , nicole, thank you. >>> and as nicole reported, the accusations against cardinal wuerl and the cover-up come from a grand jury report innn lvania. since the report was released, more victims have come forward. attorney general josh shapiro spoke about the new reports on the today show. >> we have received 733 calls to our special clergy abuse hotline. we're tracking down each and every onef those tip talking to each and every onef o calle. >> shapiro says they will try tn prosecute the cases if they are proven but could run into the problem of statute of limitation once again. >>> students at our area's largest school district are back in class today. new securit measures greet students as they return today. all classroom doors w locked at all times. the school board also approved the o hiring eight new school resource officers and 18 psychologists and social workers. also, this school year, students will take part in enhanced lockdown drills. some of those drills will not be announced ahead of time. >>> ana huge welcome at fairfax hig

. >> news 4 nicole jacobs is live for us at the scene. nicole, what are you today?g >> jim and wendy, montgomery county police are stillrying to get a handle on these dangs. they've launched several safety campaigns and another is starting in t coming weeks and drivers and pedestrians simply paying attention can make all the difference. >> people are always in a hurry. >> reporter: that rush mixed with more people, more rs, more congestion can be dangerous. >> it's not easyo get across. >> reporter: and for the fourth time in two weeks, this has been the scene. and, unfortunely, the same tcome. pedestrian hit and killed. the 41-year-old was the victim here. investigators say he was not in the crosswalk. the deadly trend is something montgomery county police have ed pinpoiince the spring. >> we had 11 fatal crashes since may 5th involving pedestrians. >> reporter: the traffic lights, the crosswalks, all the signs are in place for those who frequently walk see the danger first hand. >> sometimes peoplean disregard it because they're trying to hurry up and get across t

news 4's nicole jacobs joins us live from georgetown with why police weren't able to stop them in d.c. nicole? >> aaron and angie, you can imagine the spectacle made when dozens and dozens of atvs and dirt bikes take you over a city street. so many cameras captured this scene over the weekend, from georgetown to logan circle, all the way into arlington, satv and dirt bikes were speeding, popping wheelies, weaving through traffic. one atv crashednto a light pole in northeast d.c. police were able to i'm bound that one. that's the only action they were a able to take so farsecause ther no-chase policy in d.c. it did stop many motorists and pedestrians right in tracks. >> we actually ran into them twice tonight. ce was on another major artery, and theyit defy caused disruption in the local traffic. i was scared for some of the other drivers. if i was in that traffic, i wouldn't know what to do. >> reporter:ats and dirt bikes are illegal on city streets in the district. again, because of the no-chase r policy, they't able to g after those riders. at this point no arrests have be made. aar

our nicole jacobs will have their story.surrounding google after an investigation to discover the internet giant is tracking your location without your permission and even when you don't think it is. ahead at 5:00 tonight, how it's getting t information and what you may be able to doo not be tracked. i think you guysiore in the st the thing about tv, we always know where we are. >> we're easy to track. >> thanks a lot, jim i >> see you just a bit here. >> let's get back to our team coverage of the weathow. we're in weather alert mode. >> doug and amelia are monitoring severe thunderstorm warnings for some f you right now. where are they moving? >> continuing to tra these righ now and putting them in motion. we're watching them become severe aroundhe d.c. metro area. >> we're tracking very heavy wind outside our studios. two severe thunderstorm warnings out there rignd now tracking a flood warning back in pardons of madison and rappahannock and culpepper county. >> two severe thunderstorm warnings going until 5:0 and waiting

news 4's nicole jacob is liv in rockwell with what we're learning about this h.nicole? >> pat, the alleged crime was all caught on that school bus surveillance camera, and new from court today we've learned from prosecutor's that when thet ma suspect aware of these allegations that hely alleg purchased a plane ticket from newark, new jersey topi eth we'll get you right to a mug shot of the suspect here. this is etienne kabongo, a blic school bus driver and t school systems said he worked primarily with a special needs udents and it's alleged he touched this young girl ri inapprely when she screamed and cried. this all happened on july 31st. he n faces three felony charges including second-dege rape. investigators interviewed the oudents to confirm what investigators saw that video and she also we're told provided different details. the school superintendent s released t statement regarding kabongo owes arrest t.reads in part words cannot convey my anger,isgust a disappointment in the alleged behavior of mr. kabongo. abusing a position of trust and authority to take adva

. >> nicole jacobs for us in northwest d.c. thank you.li >>> from f trees to lightning.ay's storm caused quite a lot of damag in our area. six people had to be treated for residual effects of lightning strikes as they set up for a ntionalht out in ft. meade, maryland. they complained of headaches and tingling. the weather did not impact all of the national night outvents in the area. it aims to bu a better relationship between police and the communities they serve. >> tre were several events, including a big cookou put on by police and community organizers at objectionon run park in d. there was also a -- the -y r-old shot and killed three weeks ago. her family hopes eveike these help to end gun violence in d.c. no one has been arrested in her murder. >>> the historic run comes to an end for the little league team. >> the fst predominantly african american team to advance to the a mid-atlantic coming ohome. we're proud of them. they took on a team from maryland. while t hometown boys scored five runs in the first inning, theyould not hold on. the season may be over, but

. >> nicole jacobs, thank you. trial oftwo in the president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort, and just withias the lt hour manafort's longtime deputy took the stand.ti rick gates tfied that he had been involvedn criminal activity and that he committed crimes with manafort. this follows testimony fm manafort's former accountant who says she falsified documents for gates and what she believed that manafort.rom the direction of gates previously pleaded guilty to the charges in the special probe. manafort is on trial for tax evasion stories. >> and now more on the infamous meeting at tru tower and ove the weekend the president admitted via twe that the meeting was to get information on an on sent. originally the preside a said it wasbout russian adoptions. it's illegal for a campaign to accept help from foreign o governme from foreign nationals. >>> turning now to the forecast, outsideyou have ventured today, folks, you know it's a hot one. like atures are feeling they are in the triple digits because of

news 4 nicole jacobs is talking to witnesses right now.ve another live report coming up. >>> police are trying to track down three people in connection with a violent theft in montgomery county. surveillance video shows one of the suspectspe here p spraying employees inside of a wig shop in silver springs. we see them go back and forth before the man eventually grabs a wig and runs off. >>> racle in mexico. a plane carrying more than 100 people crashes duringd takeoff aneryone survived. the pla was leaving durango in northwest mexico when it took a dive, crashed a caught fire. one of the passengers was shooting video at the time. that dramatic story isin cg up on news 4 at 5:00. >>> as dry as it's been all day with the sun out most of the time, some roads in the area still cover up by rushing water. that's because the ground is so saturated there is nowhere else for the water to go.e drivers h been forced to turn around in placesl ike that. wear about the biggest trouble spots coming up. first, back to amelia draper in the center. >> it al

nicole jacobs went digging for answers. >> it l oneook at washington, d.c.'le and it's hard to imagine what could make it better, especially when it's described like this. >> bad and getting worse. >> reporter: but new york just had an idea and voted to put a cap on new ride sharing licenses. would d.c. officials consider something like that here? >> i don't think uber is likely to be contributing significantly to congestion. >> on the weekends, uber is my only formf transportation. >> reporter: opinions run the gamut and uber initials aren't the slightest bit convinced that the cap wouldie r congestion. by all accounts, new york is a special case, considered a megacity, and the city dispatches 80,000 vehicles a day. but according to uber, it's significantly less because there aren't as many full-time drivers. >> this is a part-time opportunity and people are doing it to supmeplement their income. >> reporter: the more options for getting around the district, the better, and free ride sharing licenses won't take the heat off the congestion in the capital. >>>

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