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pat lawson-muse is in the newsroom for us. pat? >> reporter: jim, there's a switch problem outside stadium armory which is causing delays for the blue orange and silver lines. metro already warned evening commuters that the ride could be slow on the same three lines following smoke in a rail tunnel this morning. transportation reporter adam tuss reported arking insulators caused the smoke. the three lines shut down because the issue, the problem was in the middle of a tunnel under the potomac river. that shut down forced commuters to find different ways to get to work and led to some frustrating starts for this work week. >> i've been on the metro for four hours trying to get here and should only take 20, 30 minutes on a regular day. >> the delays unimaginable. inexcusable. >> metro apologized for the delays and the inconvenience in a statement and says the shutdown was necessary to keep passengers safe. wendy? >> all right. thank you, pat. >>> smoke and fire issues like the ones we saw today are a continuing problem for transit sy

. >>> i'm pat lawson-muse at the live desk. six police officers charged in the death of freddie gray are asking that the charges be dropped. our affiliate in baltimore say lawyers filed a joint motion to have all the charges dismissed. a motion was also filed asking state's attorney marilyn mosby to recuse herself from the case. her husband is a city council and attorney for the freddie gray family also doen doe natenated to her campaign. the driver of the van faces the most serious charge second-degree murder. i'm pat lawson-muse. >>> a car came through the back of the wall. i don't know how this happened. >> new at 5:00 tonight, we just obtained the 911 call from a frightening crash at a local physical therapy center. >>> first for this family. local teenager makes his mother and dad proud. why he is crediting a police officer with helping him get to college. >>> plus you've seen the most popular baby names for 2014. now find out where jim and wendy land on that list. news 4 at 5:00 is coming right back. stay with us. (music)

. >>> and our team coverage continues with pat lawson muse a and she joins us with details about the train's engineer. what are you learning pat? >> at this point, an attorney for the engineer brandon bostian says his client doesn't have any memory of the crash. he says that he had not used any drugs or alcohol, and that he the turned over his cell phone to the police, and consented to questioning, but he suffered from a concession and has 14 staples in his head. ntsb wants to interview him, but they want to gifve him a day or two to get over the shock of the crash. the data shows that the train was going 106 miles per hour leading up to the curve. the lawyer told nbc that he remembers driving to the train the, and going to the area generally, but he has no recollection of the incident or anything unusual. according to bosian's linkedn page page, he worked as an engineer before becoming an engineer in 2010. >>> an ntsb member says that the control would have likely prevent ed prevented the accident, because it would have forced the train to stay below the speed limit. this technology

how deflate-gate is changing another spor >>> i'm pat lawson muse. the death toll from the second massive earthquake to hit nepal keep on climbing. at least 42 people confirmed dead and 1100 injured. today, 7.3 magnitude quake was centered in a remote area between kathmandu and mt. everest. there have been at least six strong aftershocks today. this quake comes less than three weeks after a massive quake killed more than 8,000 people in nepal. a search and rescue team from fairfax county is there, we're told they were not hurt today. the team was set to come home but it's not clear if those plans have changed. >>> bob mcdonnell back in a richmond courtroom, lawyers from both sides had a half hour to convince a panel of judges to throw out or hold on to the governor's corruption conviction. news4's julie carey also in the courtroom, here to explain what happened and what comes next. hi julie. >> reporter: i just talked to former governor bob mb donecdonnell and tells me this is one of most important days in his life. his attorneys made oral arguments

news 4's pat lawson muse is following the developments. >> reporter: the u.s.ndicted 14 world soccer officials accused of taking part in a widespread corruption scheme that spanned two decades. federal agents raided the con if i had r-- confederation of north central american and caribbean association this morning in miami. the current and former presidents are charged with racketeering and bribery. the justice department says this case involves tournaments played in the u.s. and latin america. >> instead they rupt it had business of worldwide soccer to serve their entrusts and to enrich themselves. this department of justice is determined to end these practices, root root out corruption and bring wrongdoers to justice. prosecutors the world cup will be held in 2008 and 2022. fifa says those games will be played as planned. also fifa is holding elections that take place on friday. the current fifa president is expected to easily win a fifth term. >>> hazy hot and humid with temperatures in the upper 80s, expect scatted showers and downpours. i'm tracking this a

i'm pat lawson-muse. back to you. >> thank you. the future of reston national golf course before fairfax county court. the reston association is appeal appealing last month's decision by the zoning appeals to open the golf course to development. the association wants to ensure the area remains green space. a few days ago we asked reston's planner what he thinks should be done with the area where the golf course is now. >> it's ees's going to be a golf course as far as i'm concerned but if it's no longer a golf course, it should be a park. >> simon says he can't imagine residents accepting the loss of the green space and the appeal the association noted that the decision affects other acre age in the area, as well. the property owners told us there are no current plans to develop the golf course. >>> nearly two thirds of service members reporting sexual assault say they're also victims of retaliation according to a new report and released by human rights watch today. interviewing roughly 150 service members saying they have encounte

pat lawson muse in the newsroom with details and how you can find out if your car is included. pat? >> jim, air bag maker takata is doubling a recall making it the largest recall in the history of the auto industry. nearly 34 millionaire bags in the u.s. alone are part of this recall. the air bags can explode with too much force spraying passengers with sharp pieces of plastic and metal. here's how to find out if your vehicle is included. first, find your car's vin, the vehicle identification number. then open the nbc washington app and search air bag. we've posted a link that will use the vin to look up your vehicle and see if it's affected. automakers are still working to identify all of the cars impacted. so you'll want to check back in at the same site in about a week or so to see if your car has been added. >>> montgomery county school board will ask interim superintendent larry bowers to stay for another year. the board of education meets tomorrow to make its formal request. sources close to the decision tell scott macfarlane they want to keep bauer on. he would serve until ne

at the live desk, pat lawson muse. wendy? >>> a woman apparently lied and then came clean about a deadly hit-and-run that killed a mother in southeast d.c. knewly released charging documents accuse sha tar as johnson of reporting her brother-in-law mercedes as stolen just hours after that car hit the victim outside united medical center last month. johnson denied knowing about the hit-and-run, but the following day her brother-in-law told an officer that johnson was the driver. and johnson confessed. the victim was faith pine pictured here, 68 years old. >>> we must overcome preconceived notions and respect and value others especially those least like us. >> only with empathy can we have equality. and those are all prerequisites if we are to move from april think athink to action. >> that's the message gave at the university of maryland. foxworth is a fellow terp and former nfl player who now works at the nba's players association. during his speech he also told the more than 8000 grads to take a moment today to thank their p

i'm pat lawson muse. they are entering their 34th season and they are 250 voices strong. they performed at international aid conference human rights inaugural ball and the white house. they are the gay men chorus of washington and they are here this morning to share their latest project. welcome the assistant director. chase, executive director of the chorus and julia burn is a member of the chorus. welcome all of you to "viewpoint." the they first thing we want to do is hear you sing. let's take a look at this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the gay men's chorus of washington. beautiful. >> executive director, do you sing with the chorus? >> i don't actually. no no. >> do you sing at all? >> no. i play the violin though. >> so you are, we mentioned 250 voices strong and you've got quite a reputation in the nations capital, a very busy season. tell us about the performance we were watching. >> that was the iconic alleluia song. what's cool about it, it's used in churches. it was used in shrek the movie conferences for raising awareness. it very much speaks to what we do in terms of trying t

i'm pat lawson muse. during the month of may we celebrate and observe asian-american pacific islander heritage. we also join our corporate partners to help support nonprofits whose work is making a difference in our community. this morning on "viewpoint" we'd like to fouk focus on two groups that are making a big difference in our community. joining me now su chung, executive director of asian lead and janet land is program lead luminous. welcome to viewpoint. >> thank you for having us. >> like to start with you. last week an unprecedented event in washington. nearly 2,000 government officials and community leaders gathered at george washington university for first white house summit on pacific islanders. yours is a growing voice. >> a growing population. a lot of efforts to grow into the population and white house is part of that giving asian americans a voice in our country and feature unique tal enand skill sets our community is bringing for. >> an how about here in the washington community? >> i grew

i'm pat lawson muse. getting back into the game. d.c.or muriel p.o.w.ser has been using the name of washington's professional football team again. last year on the county council she called for many to change the name because many consider it a racial slur. recently she's been using the name in tv and radio interviews. she's mott denying reports she is talking the team about moving back to washington. vermonte why the turnaround with the name? >> let's see, washington's football team is very important. they are in landover and daniel snyder grew up a fan of the fema he now owns grew up a fan of the team at rk stadium, is from the nation's capital. i think she knows it's important to have the team in the nation's capital. i think she's weighing her options, what's more important, expediency drop this or getting back to washington, d.c. i think she's made a calculation to say, okay i flip-flopped on it but if i can get the team back in d.c. it matters. i do think it opens her up for criticism to say do you stand your ground have decisions

i'm pat lawson muse. thank you for being with us.with us for "news 4 today." >>> vice president joe biden's son died. we take a look at the former attorney general for delaware. >> time running out, some nsa spy programs unless senate takes action. they will meet in a rare sunday session. >>> news shaping up this sunday. good morning, i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. the very last day of may. >> can you believe it? >> feeling like jun july and august with the precipitation out there. >> don't think for a minute

i'm pat lawson muse. probing baltimore police. baltimore's mayor says everyone knows there's a fractured relationship between police or community. she wants to know if patterns of abuse or community policing helped foster that. asking the justice department to investigate in the wake of the unrest that followed freddie gray's funeral. already investigating whether gray's rights were violated by the officers charged in connection talk about what this probe would focus on. >> this is a separate probe. this the first time i can remember a sitting mayor asked for the department of justice to come in and looked to see if there's any civil rights violations police abuse. remember this is quite different than the mayor of ferguson who when the justice department did go in and filed a report he didn't expect the report. so i think that you've got, one, a mayor who is saying i need help. i've done some things to help clean up. you know what you want the department of justice to come in. this is also political because she's got to run for r

pat lawson muse has the latest. >> here's what we've learned about lieutenant mcrae. he is a 24-year veteran of the fire department and his death marks a sad milestone. he is the 100th d.c. firefighter to die in the line of duty. paramedic rushed him to the hospital but he didn't playing it. there were three other minor injuries after the fire and we still don't know what started the blaze. meanwhile he leaves behind a wife and three children. a medical examine her determine exact cause of death. >> thank you. when a firefighter dies in the line of duty it impacts every fire department in our region. first responders have been sharing their thoughts on social media. we want you to do the same of leave your condolences on our nbc washington facebook page. >>> a jury is deliberating the case of a d.c. police officer who is charged with attempted murder and assault. sam son is accused of trying to kill his wife at their home in 2013. he took the stand earlier today. tracee wilkins is in upper marlboro. >> reporter: he is at second-degree assault charges. he did take stan

i'm pat lawson muse.morning we begin with a tax hike backlash in prince george's county. county executive baker backed off a proposed 15% property tax hike after failing to get enough support tore that hike on the county council. he cut his request in half from $133 million to $65 million. additional funding barracker says he needs to improve schools. the compromise was a last-minute effort to save part of his improvement plan a plan he calls critical to attracting new residents and raising property values in prince george's. >>> bre monte bryant what is your take how it plays out. >> it's interesting how much political capital he has. you would have thought the county executive would have known how much support he had on the council before he put this out in front of the public. you can question how much his persuasive powers with the public. he puts it out there and tries it sell it to the public and realizes the public is not for this. a lot of things against him. property tax hike in a county with the

>>> i'm pat lawson muse with the presidential plan to make college free. news4 midday begins right now. >>> we are finally drying out after record-breaking rainfall in parts of maryland and west virginia. this is brock bridge road in anne arundel county back open after high water and a search. witnesses told police they saw a driver go into the didn't come out in the car. they didn't see anyone anyway. this happened between whiskey bottom road and route 32 in laurel. fortunately, no one was found but we could see more rain today. >> plenty of cloud outside. it's very warm and very humid. we're waiting on a change of air masses to come in later today with the pattage of a cold front that will take rain chances out of here for the rest of the week. cloudy sky, cold front itself just now moving into far western maryland. it will be on i-95 corridor by late this afternoon. it may be able to wring out more in the way of a rain chance. both bwi marshall and martinsburg, west virginia set daily rainfall records with more than inch in both locations. today, temper

. >> i'm pat lawson muse with new mystery in parts of the south. water rescues, evacuations and more rain. news 4 midday begins right now. >>> we're following a developing story out of utah where more live anthrax samples have been discovered. there's an army facility there where this originated. you will remember last week we told you about live anthrax samples that had been sent out fee ya via fedex to laboratories in nine different states. now a sample is found that had been irradiated in 2008. think know they have one live batch and they're checking to make sure a shipment from that batch sent to australia doesn't also contain live anthrax. both the army, the department of defense and the cdc now working to make sure no one becomes sick as a result of these samples that have been discovered. that's the latest from the live desk. back to youlert right now. the right lanes in both directions on the arlington memorial bridge are shut down. there's also new weight and pedestrian restrictions. megan mcgrath is live with more on why these lane closur

. >>> i'm pat lawson.mily of a cleveland 12-year-old hot and killed by police doesn't want a delay in the wrongful death lawsuit against police. while the criminal investigation is pending. the relatives questioning why it's taking so long to wrap up. police shot tamir rice last november. police were responding to a report of somebody holding a gun. the weapon tamir was holding was an airsoft gun. the authorities say it was indistinguishable from a deadly firearm. the family says it's tired of waiting for charges and for answers. >> less than a second my son is gone and i want the know how long i got to wait for justice. >> the officers involved asked the judge to delay the lawsuit until the investigation is completed and considered in court but the rice family attorneys have objected to that. at the live desk i'm pat muse. >> thank you. a storm system is bringing some powerful waves and dangero currents to the coast of california. of course this isn't stopping anyone from enjoying the water out there. tha

wendy, veronica johnson, pat lawson-muse, wendy and angie goff join us. >> we had a good time. >> daughters have a different take on their mothers than our brothers would. it's interesting. >> people will enjoy. >> your mother's tv appearance. >> yeah right. >>> all right. developing tonight, some weather extremes on opposite coasts. right now, a strong spring storm dumping snow in the san bernardino mountains in southern california. snow! it's also bringing much-needed rain to the lower elevations. >> on the east coast, hurricane season is getting an early start with subtropical storm an yaa, spinning off the coast of south carolina, kicking up the surf at myrtle beach. tropical storm warnings are up. beaches up into north carolina. the official start of hurricane season is still three weeks away. this is the first time we've name aid subtropical storm? >> no it happens quite often. you'll get those at the beginning and at the end of hurricane season a lot, when an area of low pressure becomes tropical starts taking on tropical characteristics. that's exactly what this storm has done. this

i'm pat lawson muse. we begin this morning with concerns about red at d.c. general.s 4 first reported blood tests on two children staying at the homeless shelter showed high level of led in their systems. one of the cafeterias subsequently tested positive for led forcing closure of the area where families had their meals. city health officials are testing the entire shelter. whether it's not clear whether those two children are exposed here, testing is being offered to all children living at the shelter. residents private rooms are being tested. your reaction to the testing and does it put pressure on the mayor to close. >> that was going through my mind as you went through the litany of problems. it's one more nail in the coffin to close. led poisoning is extremely serious. we have housing rules where you can't rent or have led chips in painting. this is a major, major problem. i think you're right, it's one more nail in the coffin to the facility. >> are you satisfied with the city's response to it? >> i think so. they are saying they don't know if the led in the h

i'm pat lawson muse. what's next in baltimore. order was restored in baltimore last week after the violent protest that followed the funeral of freddie gray who died in police custody. set off another round of protest dead manneding answers about his death. it may also focus attention not only on policing in baltimore city but conditions in the city's neighborhood and on the frustration and desperation of people who many consider forgotten. jim do you think the reaction to gray's debt will change anything or any town grappling with the same issues? >> it's going to have to. these are issues systemic. one of the problems we need to understand is that these are underserved communities. these are communities where divestment has happened, let alone the lack of investment. then there's the issue of the years, decades of over policing. what i mean by that is you had almost $6 million worth of agreements that cost the city. you actually had over 100 people killed by baltimore police. 70% of those killed were african-americans and less t