>>> hello, i'm pat lawson muse. many local students are already at school. for others, summer vacation starts later this month. this morning on news 4 your sunday, we're talking with four organizations planningle a who lot of fun and educational programs for their summer campers. all four non-profits are partf the catalog. joining me is zachary clark who is executive directorf 826 d.c. welcome. >> happy to be here. d.c. what is 826 >> you wouldn't know it by the name but we're a writing center and publishing house for d.c.yo uth. we work with more than 3,000 youth teaching writing in schools andn our writing center in columbia heights and publishing their work in books. focused. eracy >> yes. it's hard to learn writing, right? we think that it sort of comes naturally but it takes a lot of work and practice and so what we offer tond students a teachers across the district is t opportunity to develop writing as aractice and life long skill. >> who do you teach? >> 300 students. half stundents come to the center. we teach writing workshops and weave field trips

i am pat lawson muse. how muc do you know about scare yo derma. it's a chronic connective tissue disease generally classifieds a one of the auto immune diseases. it never goes away, but it can be tated and you can manage the symptoms. joining us now to tell us mor are tiffany justice, and sharon fine is president of the chapter. thank you for talking to usou ab this disease many people don't know a lot about. tell us what it is bond what i just said. >> it's aiv connecte tissue disease, a patients have exce excess collagen. it's a connective tissue where you don't want it so the people that have the most severe cases, and typically women of color tll have the m severe cases, and the clagen builds up in the lungs and heart and kidneys and hands, and they will have hands that become clase bec the skin, which is actually the largest organ in the body will become thick and dense so they can't use their hands and they will have massive organ failure. one of our board members is on a list of lung replacement because her lungs have failed. >> tiffany, yo

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i'm pat lawson muse. some consider the anacostia river a socioeconomic dividing line. on one side there is a scale housing, chic restaurant, boutique farmers and craft fares. on ter side of the river, neighborhoods where redevelopment is coming, but much more slowly. some of in communities where most residents dr. still renters. however, the nonprofit building bridges across the river is working to level the playing field and improve the quality of life joining us now is rasan bernard who is president of building bridges across the river. good to have you on the program. >> thank y d. >> you'reng such exciting things. i can't wait to share this with our viewers. you're auaressing the qty of life issue on several fronts, and you have several wonderful projects in the works. tell us all, though, how bbar got start. >>well, it began with the w.c. smith company, an organization that purchased properties,es villag of parkland back in the '90s and sought a place for families to go. and because of that, they created what i consider a right now at all the ark,he t town hall re

. >> i am pat lawson muse. what do youo when life crushes you, when there's an event or experience in your life that is so devastating that you feel like everything is falng apart? our guest today knows that experience well. he's the founder of the 30,000-member potter's house church in dallas, texas, and television program, "the potter's touch" watched weekly more than 3 million viewers, and he has produced films and been a preacher and teacher and a speaker and lecturer and intrapreneur and number one "new york times" best-selling autho. welcome >> thank you. it's a real pleasure to be here with you, pat. >> i know you are here promoting your new book, "crushing." the book takes then reader o a journey, the day where you had the experience that your 13-year-old daughter was pregnant, and this was many years ago. tell us about that day.th >> was a tough day and a shocking day. there was no warning. there was nothing in her behavior that would suggest thaf we wouldnd ourselves in that situation. i am used to mi

pat lawson. >> you might love the fac that barbara and pat lawson muse were the first pair of african-americanoredhe news together. there they are in 1982. >> hi, gerard. i'm so glad to see you. >> or maybe it's her devotion to children. notably those on foster care, hundreds and hundreds of children went to bed in a permanent home because of barbara and hw nesday's child program. >> i can be here and happy in foster care than somewhere lost alone. >> barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. >> and how wonderful it's been to see those wednesday's children as adults telling barbara how thankful they are for what she's done. >> i came a long way. >> but to her nbc 4 family, it's her enduring spirit that leaves the greatest impressions. i can tell you that after more than 35 years of working with barbara, she's always been the same, professionals, delightly and thorough. >> she's thrown parties for our ilestones and given heartfelt gifts. sometimes just because. >> she mentored many young staff members and stayed in touch with them after theyoved on. and always tirelessly working at her d

. >> and i'm pat lawson muse. amelia draper is monitoring storms moving in. >> right now just tracking showers out there. the activity into parts of ia prince willand fauquier and friend rick county and maryland and washington county as well. intthe early afternoon hours, just a few isolated showers out there. most of us stay dry. and we'll see peeks of sunshine. depending on how much sun we see develop, it is going to determine how strong our storms are thison afterno more sun equals stronger storms and more clouds we might not see that much in the way of storms later today. but as i put on the satellite and the radar, notice the breaks in the cloud cover around th as idor and the blue ridge well. so we're getting in on some sunshine and i think we'll see a few thunderstorms today. mainly between about 3:00 and the biggest concern is heavy rainfall, after that some strong gustyindshat could lead to wind damage and maybe a bit of hail. again, the times between about 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. bu i'm going to get more spec

. >> m pat lawson muse. we begin with breaking news. police are investigating a possible abduction of a 16-year-old girl in langley park. >> prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkinsis vea lti can you tell us? >> reporter: well, as you can l e, detectives are st working behind me. they are trying to figure out if this was an abduction. still calling it a possible abduction of a 16-year-old girl here in the 8100 block of 15th avenue in langley park. there is a picture of a vehicle police want you to pay close rdattentloonr t iand to.hey want to talk to the driver of the vehicle as soon as possible. this is a dark color 2005 ford explorer c this is allnected to the possible abduction of a 16-year-old girl this morning before 8:00 a.m. accordng to prince george's police witnesses are reporting that two males in all black wearing a ski mask possibly pulled the 16-year-old into a vehicle, took off. they're stll trying verify that. and again, want to speak to the person who is driving the suv that you just saw a picture f. live in la

i'm pat lawson muse. let's get to our fday forecast now with stormam te 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts tracking the teams. i andt is a little cool out . th >> it is. and the temperatures will stay belowormal for daytime highs. looking like a postcard out there now. the cars are ms ing so a live picture from our city camera. but a beautiful day. it is going to be gorgeous all throughout the day. now one thing you probably can't see are the winds that are blowing around. but temperatures in the 60s. making it feel mighty cool out there for june. we're coming in t low to mid-60s in the shenandoah valley and 75 around the i-95 corridor bu factor in the winds that are gusting up about 30 miles per hour at times, and you're feeling a little bit of the wichill out there. 78 is our daytime high today. again, plebnty of sunshine. and d dyingwn after about 6:00 p.m. tonight. let's talk about father's day because we do have rain in thec fore and we'll time it out coming up. >> thank you, lauryn. >>> developing this

news 4's pat lawson muse has at story. >> that's areat h g to bury and hide the fact that my brotherteommit suicide. >> i would go back and replay the instances that i had in my fe where i was raped and molested as achild. i was depressed. i wanted to self-harm and i was suicidal. >> these women are on a journey to find the positive in some pretty tough circumstances. >> the deaths of my immediate family, i have four siblings, my mom and dad to go back-to-back-to-back. >> me and my mother were struck by a drunk driver and my mother passed away in the. >> they're part of a group o learning t replace feelings of loss, depression, anger and insecurity with expressions of gratitude. >> it improves one's mental health, physiological health. >> the pastor, a p city ofaise family ministry, has put the principle into practice. >> don't ever forget the number one. look back and tell god thank you. >> in january of 2018, she did a fort facebook live broadcast encouraginglowers to practice gratitude as a way to change their response to the circumstances in their lives. >> instead of everybody bei

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm leon harris. this is the second time where someone has been killed in an area where sex workers are known to frequent. the victim in this is transgender woman. police fnd her late last night. tracee wilkins is at police headquarters tonight. she's got the latest details. tracee. >> reporter: as you said, leon, police are very concerned aout this second murder because as you mentioned,ot there was ar murder in that area recently. the latest victim police say is 23-year-old zspears. she was found shot and killed and her body found just off of eastern avenue and 59th avenue. police say the tnsgender woman had been shot multiple times. in march just a few blocks away another transgender woman was found shot to death. he murder is still unsolved. the two women knew each other according to prince george's county police, but they say it's too early to say the two murders are connected. >> what i can say to you, tracee, is that it's unusual like e had two murders this in a couple blocks of each other. wha

i'm pat lawson muse. >> ani'm wendy rieger filling in for leon checked on a person in the home and found a wndan dead a ife. this all t uhanfolding along wn dawindem place. >> reporter: the police activity is just wrapping up. this block has been roped off all day long. this started about 9:30 this morning. police got a call to check on the welfare of someone in a house in the middle of the block. when they got here, th had to force their way into the house. once police got in the house, they saw the husband inside the household be a gun. chief newsham tellsli us poce did try to communicate with that man briefly, but almost instantly the man took his own life. at that point police started to search the home. that's whenehey found the wif in the house. she was dead of an apparent gunshot wound. here's what chief of police peer newsham had to say. >> preliminary investigation has shown this appearso a domestic murder/suicide. both of the victims are adults. and so that's where our investigation is leading us rightow. >> we can tell you this neighborhood has been on edge. community and it j

pat lawson muse standing by in the newsroom. she's got a closer look at the community's efforts to heal tonight. >> several churches have been holding services, memorials have been set up, and today many school kids in virginia beach wore blue at the show of unity. however, in terms of the llnvestigation, there's s many unknowns. investigators say the man who carried out thehoing rampage worked for the city for 15 years, but resigned via email earlier that day. thours later he wento the municipal complex with two 45 caliber pistols and opened fire appearing to shoot at random. 12 people were killed. 11 of them city workers. authorities call the resignatior email bf and unremarkable. the city manager says the gunman had been in good standing with his employer. for now the mayor of virginia beach says the focus is oncoming together. >> it's the people that make this city great. it's the people that work here that make the cty great. and through adversity, we are going to not only find opportunity, we are going to be a stronger com

pat lawson muse has that story. >> for so many years i had to bury and hide the fact that my brother>> i would go back and replay the incidents i had in my life where i was raped and ploe ed a as a child. i was depressed, wanted to self-harm a i was suicidal. >> these women are trying to find the positive in some pretty tough circumstances. >> the deaths in my immediate family. i had four blings, my mom and dad going back to back to back. >> reporter: they're part of a group learning to replace feelingings of loss, depression, anger andec insity with expressions of gratitude. >> it improves one's mental health. it improves one's physiological health. >> reporter: yolanda peoples put the principle into practice. >> don't forget. >> reporter: in january of 2018, she did a short facebook live broadcast, encouraging followers to practice gratitude as a way to change their response to the vercumstances in their lives. >> instead of ebody being angry and vengeful, let's startn a new cha of gratitude and holiness and love. >> reporter: after reading a letter from a woman in botswana, she kn

i'm pat lawson muse. "news 4 today" continues. >>> welcome back. your time is 6:29.a beach shooting. we are learning more about the victims killed in the workplace shooting. >>> a deadly house fire in lanham. we'll hear from a person who is dealing withbl a d tragedy this morning. >>> and remembering maurice. a d.c. teen gunned down just m blocks away is home, a community comes together to honor his life. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> do want to welcome youndn on this su morning at 6:30 on the dot. thank you for being with us. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. it is unday, june 2nd, 2019. yesterday was a beautiful day. seems like today might be a little bit different. >> can get a little tricky the afternoon. what do you say about the weather forecast, lauryn? >> we're going to see showers and thunderstorms, multiple lines of showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. anyme after about 2:00, until 10:00 p.m., we'll have pretty much good chunk of the day with chance for severe weather. not this morning, though. it looks great out there this morning

pat lawson. >> reporter: you might love the fact that barbara and pataw ln muse were the first pair of a can americanomen who co-anchored the news together. re the in other news today. >> there they a in 1982. >>i, gerard. i'm so glad to see you. >> maybe it's her devotion to children, notably those on foster care, hundreds and hundreds of children went to bed in a permanent home because of barbara and her wednesday's child program. >> i can go one or two ways, i can be happy or i can be in foster care somewhere lost alone. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesday's child. >> and how wonderful it's been lately to see the wednesday's children as adults, telling barbara how thankful they are for what she's done. >> i a long me way. >> but to her nbc 4 family it's her enduring spirit that leaves the greatest impression, and i can tell you that after more than 35 years of wthking w barbara she's always been the same, professional, warm, delightful and thorough. >> she's thrown parties for oure mistones and given heartfelt gifts, sometimes just >> she mentored so many young staff members and st