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concerning cousin offers a great city i love it it's not as bad as it's being portrayed one of the things that often doesn't do it they'd do they do not fill all of their police positions the sheriff points to a lack of funding from the city as the main factor behind the vacancies. he claims it upwards of fifty positions are unfilled leaving officers to resort to a hot spot policing methods we don't have the positions we have to pull policeman from one area to another to solve things we don't have enough people in the gang's y to workout in between his work in schools but a response from city leaders disputes with sheriff mccabe claims they say officers are equipped with resources and training needed and hot spot policing is a nationally recognized strategy that is not related to staffing needs and doesn't diminish resources from other says this is an issue he feels needs to be discussed as city budget discussions approach this is something that we need to bring it to the forefront the city says only approximately twenty to twenty five positions are vacant on average due to officers retiring transitioning from law enforcement and cross over from recruiting class is not

rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. new developements in a big debate in portsmouth over a confederate monument. this morning, governor terry mcauliffe is reviewing a bill that could impact on monuments across virginia. house bill 587 passed the house and senate this week. portsmouth mayor kenny wright, who opposes the monument in olde town, says he's asked the bill. a law from 1998 already bans local governments from removing war monuments, but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would protect all war monuments, no matter when they were built. the norfolk school board is giving an elementary school building back to the city. board members voted unanimously to turn over oakwood elementary school, off central business park spokeswoman says the city requested the property because it has a buyer. a city spokersperson would only say, the city is talking with a private company about expanding its bus

and figure out to postpone the ab 10 last year until this year it is good that the city is taking an opposed less position, however, it is a little bit narrow for us we need to san francisco public works and the city of san francisco to take the lead to help protect community choice for all communities in 70 southern california by doing much stronger things the process the reality i'll be blunt about this assembly phil thanking as has worked with the ab 25 and the utility or more which it is supposed to be a watchdog of pg&e co-ludicrous with pg&e to attack clean power and they've done that with ab 1110 and doing it now with the net metering standards that the cpuc california public utilities commission we got them to institute good metering and now the loyalists are attacking this is what this legislation represents beyond having the issues that were laid out we need you all to help to push for community choices programs for a certain number of years to adjust to the standards 5 years the small ones we feed to make sure that rooftop solar panes are included in the ab 1110 is written that won't be you'll

folks in elizabeth city say they )re encouraged by the positive news and hope the trend will continue. " :00 ( elizabeth city recently started another program aimed at reducing violent crime in the city. next at 11 - trip of a lifetime. a cancer patient decides to hit the road. another look at the super tuesday primary results - with nearly all precincts reporting -- donald trump winning the commonwealth with 35 percent. hillary captured virginia early - news agencies called it right after the polls closed, at seven. clinton with 64 percent of the new at 11 an amazing story about a grandma who isn t letting cancer slow her down. norma is the woman in the wheelchair in this picture. just days after her husband passed away, she was diagnosed with cancer over the summer.. the 90 year old decided against surgery and chemo. she just wanted to hit the road. norma along with her son and daughter in law have been traveling the country in an r-v. they )ve been to the rocky mountains, disney world, and everywhere in between. her son says he believes the trip is actually helping norma get better

rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. this morning, we have new information about which local sports authority stores are closing. this after the company filed for bankruptcy. the store on coliseum drive in hampton, the one at janaf in norfolk, and the one near lynnhaven mall in virginia beach are among the 140 across the country that are shuttering. sports authority used to be the largest sporting goods retailer in the country. the norfolk school board is giving an elementary school building back to the city. unanimously to turn over oakwood elementary school, off central business park drive. a school spokeswoman says the city requested the property because it has a buyer. a city spokersperson would only say, the city is talking with a private company about expanding its business. if the deal goes through, the company would tear the school down. the students who go to oakwood would move to richard bowling elementary, a fe

rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. a big debate in portsmouth is over the confederate monument. this morning, governor terry mcauliffe is reviewing a bill that could impact on monuments across virginia. house bill 587 passed the house and senate this week. portsmouth mayor kenny wright, who opposes the monument in olde town, says he's asked the governor to veto the bill. bans local governments from removing war monuments, but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would protect all war monuments, no matter when they were built. the norfolk school board is giving an elementary school building back to the city. board members voted oakwood elementary school, off central business park spokeswoman says the city requested the property because it has a buyer. a city spokersperson would only say, the city is talking with a private company about expanding its business. if the deal goes through, the company

rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. a big debate in portsmouth is over the confederate monument. this morning, governor terry mcauliffe is reviewing a bill that could impact on monuments across virginia. house bill 587 passed the week. portsmouth mayor kenny wright, who opposes the monument in olde town, says he's asked the governor to veto the bill. a law from 1998 already bans local governments from removing war monuments, but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would protect all war monuments, no matter when they were built. the norfolk school board is giving an elementary school building back to the city. board members voted unanimously to turn over oakwood elementary school, off central business park drive. a school spokeswoman says the city requested the property because it has a buyer. a city spokersperson would only say, the city is talking with a private company about expanding its busi

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city hall. a new program is bringing 100 new positions to the city, just in time for the summer. >>> ahead in thealf hour, there's a bidding war of sorts over chris christie. we'll show you how you can rather own a rather personal item that once belonged to the new jersey governor. >>> john the conversation in the morning. we'd love to talk to you. we talk right from the set. we tweet all the time. follow us on twitter , our addresses are right there on the screen. read our posts, tweet us and we'll tweet you right back.ç >>> 4:23. 64 degrees outside. good morning, south philadelphia. breezy conditions as you can see from the turbines high atop lincoln financial field. rain is on the way this morning. we'll get an update on the time with meteorologist bill henley in just a minute. >>> philadelphia school officials are crunching the numbers to try to figure out how much money the district could get this year. pennsylvania's governor announced this week that he won't veto the current budget from republican lawmakers. he let it become law even though it's not the plan that he wants. that freeze up

. >>> and syrian government forces have advanced into palmyra taking control of isil positions at the edge of the cityoperation was backed by syrian and russian air strikes. isil has held palmyra since may, demolishing several structures and artifacts. the troops advance has been slowed by land mines planted by isil fighters. let's speak to [ inaudible ] on the turkey syria border. tell us a bit more about the significance of palmyra and what retaking it would mean for the syrian government. >> reporter: well, lauren, before coming on moments ago one of my colleagues was looking at updates in syria, and showed me a video posted by isil, by their media group, if you will, and they are saying that they are still in palmyra, so they are denying the reports, what the government is saying that they have entered palmyra. the significance of palmyra is that, first it is located in the center of syria to the north of palmyra you have raqqa. raqqa is an isil strong hold. so you have a road between palmyra and raqqa and that is key for isil, and that's why the government wants to cut that road off. and to the e

the city of norfolk has responded to claims linking this weekend's violence to unfilled positions in the police department. city officials say there are always between 20-25 vacancies posted to account for things like retirement and recruiting the city says it does not leave them empty to save money, as sheriff bob mccabe, a candidate for mayor, suggested today. sot - sheriff bob mccabe, norfolk mayoral candidate - clip 1 6:25:07 we need to make sure we fully find our police department 6:25:11 so that they can address different things that are happening in our city. 6:25:15 fellow mayoral candidates, councilman andy protogyrou and state senator kenny alexander disagreed with mccabe -- sot - andy protogyrou, norfolk mayoral candidate - clip 6 6:38:21 there are no unfunded or left open positions to make budget. the city's never done it police funding. 6:38:31 phoner board/senator kenny alexander, norfolk mayoral candidate 17:02:27 if there are additional needs in equipment and resources. and if so that request should come from the current police chief and the city manager. norfolk resid

bob mccabe, norfolk mayoral candidate - clip 1 6:28:34 i think that the city needs to look at prioritizing to fill those positions maybe before there's other budget items that money on. 6:28:46 mccabe saye he believes vacancies on the police department are purposely unfilled to save the city money. but mayoral candidate and current city councilman andy protogyrou says that's not true. norfolk mayoral candidate - clip 6 6:38:21 there are no unfunded or left open positions to make budget. the city's never done it with regards to its police funding. 6:38:31 sheriff mccabe says residents are put at risk becasue of the vacancies. accoridng to him when officers are pulled from a neighborhood to address crime in another, some communitites are left vulnerable. sot - sheriff bob mccabe, norfolk mayoral candidate - clip 1 6:25:19 its concerning when the police department is not fully staffed. if they were then i think that we'd be able to address those thigns when they do come up 6:25:28 but councilman protogyrou says the crime problems should be addressed with young people themselves. sot - andy protogyrou, norfolk mayora

for the city manager position the assistant city manager has stepped up and will fill the role for now. >> jesse gary, thank you. >>> a jury in sonoma county convicted a colorado man of three counts of first-degree murder today. the killings took place during a marijuana deal in forestville in 2014. three people were shot execution style. 50-year-old mark capayo was found gil. the sentence is life in prison without the possibility of parole. the codefendants made a plea deal for lighter sentences. >>> a british tourist has died at san francisco's general more than a month after he was mug on the street and stabbed in the head. san francisco police released surveillance video. the man was walking with his niece near post and franklin. police say they were approached by a man and a woman that tried to steal the man's bag but the victim hung onto it. you can see the suspect and the hoodie chased after him and around the car in the street and attacked him when he falls. the victim is 48-year-old paul tamm and died unfortunately last night. there were cars in the area and the police officer

rowe was ousted from the city manager's position after a city council vote in april 2015. at the time, mayor wright said it was because of rowe's proposed tax increase to close a budget gap. students seem to like the redesigned s-a-t. the college entrance exam goes national saturday. but some students took it early, and they're giving it good reviews. some said -- the exam is more straightforward and shorter. on real-world learning and analysis. also, students no longer will be penalized for guessing. and the essay is now optional. more than 450-thousand test-takers signed up to take the new sat in march. that's up slightly from a year ago. virginia is moving put federal pollution place. virginia's republican controlled senate wanted to overturn mcauliffe's veto of their bill - which would give the general assembly power to sign off on how the clean power plan is implemented. republicans say they originally put the bill in to protect the virgnia economy particularly the coal mining industry in southwest virginia. governor mcaullife didn't see it that way and vetoed the bil

this after city councilor katie wright house to roll from his position as city manager that controversial firing sparked a movement to recall mayor wright which is still in the works right now there are currently three candidates running for mayor portsmouth katie wright john rowe and local businessmen shannon glover when asked to comment on the race never told us quote john rowan county right are the architects of the public distrust we have in portsmouth today right now we're waiting to hear from virginia beach officials about the future of light rail sees any of the city virginia beach is expected to draft a memorandum of understanding with the hampton roads transit and the state department of rail and public transportation it's part of a stipulation laid out by the state transportation board the board is formulating its years and it needs to know if virginia beach is actually commited to this expansion project the city council vote is set for april if our eyes we turn our attention to the weather the wet weather we had this morning it's gone there's a little bit of snow in the next pa

. >>> it should target teachers, entry level management positions in the city of san jose so that you can buy a home at a reduced price. >> the debate went to the supreme court that declined the case and let the lower court ruling stand. the building industry led the billion dollars -- battle against the ordinance. won't take effect until july 1st. >>> cal state faculty preparing to strike. >> it will happen unless they meet the five percent demand and incremental pay increases that we requested. >>> up next the new report calling for higher pay as fact members move closer to the picket line. >>> following developing news. a fire near facebook headquarters. >>> we have been tracking hail storms and a little bit of thunder showing up in the east bay. i will let you know when you can expect to see more showers and when it will end and warm up. >>> a shooting at the us capitol does not appear to be related to terrorism. a man at a security check point at a capitol visitor center pulled a gun on officers 2:40 this afternoon. one officer opened fire striking the gunman. he has been identif

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positive an ohio city is taking an unusual step to find forever homes for animals in shelters or with rescue groups. the grove city, city council last night passed an ordinanance requiring businesses that sell animals to get them from.. or in cooperation with... animal rescues or shelters. in addition.. an pet store must wait until the animal is at least eight weeks old before it can put it up for sale. supporters say they're trying to prevent the sale of dogs and cats obtained from puppy and kitten mills. the largest employer in ohio is giving pay raises to 44- thousand employees this week. that employer is walmart.ten- thousand workers in the cincinnati and dayton markets will be among those getting bigger paychecks. the change means mean all associates hired before the start of 2016 earn at least $10 an hour.the increases are part of walmart's two- year program to increase pay and training for its employees. weather and sports are ahead, what do you guys have coming up? would you pay to stay in jail? sot "i think it's a good idea" an innovative new project to keep history alive, th

the city's housing director says that means families earning $90,000 a year would be able to buy them. >> which would really target teachers, entry level management positions in the city of san jose so you could buy a home at a reduced price. >>> developers fought this proposal three years. they say more housing at all income levels is needed in the silicon valley. for every home being built there are five jobs being created. that's putting pressure on everyone who wants to buy a home. >>> one of two developers who put in a bid to develop the concorde naval weapon station is withdrawing. they claim the competitor improper lobbied city council members. that leaves only urban in the running to develop the property. the city is supposed to make its decision next week. according to the paper the council could decide to start the bidding process all over again. >>> the plan to raise california's minimum wage to $15 an hour is getting push back from small business owners. proposal announced by the governor will have hourly wages increased by 50-cents an hour during the first two years. after that it will go up a dollar a year until 2022. small businesses say the

. >>> syrian government forces retake control of two isil positions in the ancient city of palmyra. >>> verdict is due in the genocide trial of former bosnian serb leader. >> i'll have all the sport, including a sad day for football, a former player passes away at the age of 68. >>> it's been two days since the bombings in brussels airport and a crowded metro station claimed the lives of 31 and injured hundreds of others. a minute's silence will be held nationwide this hour as the country continues to observe three days have mourning, the hunt is still on for one of the suspected bombers seen on a security camera in brussels airport. >> saleh abdeslam was arrested in the brussels neighborhood of malenbeek last week and told police he had plans to carry out a suicide bombing in parseries during the attacks loft november but then back tracked. >> i think we have to communicate that he wants to be extra dated to france as soon as possible. the case here is a small piece of the puzzle and he wants to explain himself in france, which is a very good thing. it will only take two weeks for hi

the state ethics commission leadges rob misused her position by ordering city staffers to issue a beach park sticker to her r stor and arrange for a street sweep per to clean her church parking lot. you're not getting anything from meme i have noin for ages. don'touch me. when i first talk tried to talk was late 20 14. she grabbed my wris wrist and asked ble to leave. would you please get out of here. thethics commission won't be so easy to dismissments depending on the raiflts hearing it could fine mayor rob or remove her from office. carmel cafiero. 7 news. >> craig: the mayor's attorney says he is co confident once the evidence comes out, she will be vindicated. >>> >> belkeys: parts of the country swamped. torrential rain wreak havoc in several states and drivers ending up in danger. the ground already saturated lead tying flood of trouble. ierksz storms also frosk deadly. 7's lynn martinez in the plex. lynn. >> danielle: well, craig and belkeys, a slow moving system is pummeling mississippi and louisiana. now the state of emergency is dise claird where the storm actually hit. >>> >

today mayor de blasio made new york city's position on bathrooms known. >> reporter: a trip to a public bathroom is generally a stress free part of the day for people. >> a few years ago i was prohibited from using a women's bathroom at a restaurant. >> reporter: bathrooms in city buildings are open to anyone. based on which gender they identify as, not the gender they may appear to be. >> too many transgender and gender nonconforming new yorkers have been harrassed. >> reporter: city buildings will be required to post signs outside the bathrooms extraining theygender neutral. >> people need to recognize and now they do. that's good. >> anything we can do as a city to make the city more accommodating to them is fantastic. >> reporter: this order applies buildings and businesses were already obligated by law to allow people into the bathroom of their choice. officials say this campaign is about education and reenthe force ren enforcing the law. stt employers could face fines as high as $250,000 in extreme cases. >>> if a new jersey assemblyman gets his way, casinos might have to pay a ta

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a former city manager -- fired from him position now wants to get back in city government. and he will be running against one john rowe -- running for mayor. the former city manager is expected to make the announcement in the next few minutes. we )re live in portsmouth with the latest. and back in the u-s-a. astronaut mark kelly back in the states after a towering accomplishment on the new frontier. winter is not over yet -- more cold weather today. the first warning storm team is also tracking more rain and the chance for some snow in the forecast. good evening and welcome to newschannel three at 5-30 i m laila muhammad - in for beverly kidd. and i m les smith. more cold weather moving into hampton roads ahead of some more rain and snow for parts of our area. but we also have the details on another warm up on the way for your weekend. meteorologist dominic brown first warning storm team forecast. tracking rain, snow and gusty winds....we re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that will move in from the west tonight. as the low approaches the area, scattered rain will

he left his position at city coy yeah and vows to clear his name.matter is purely personal and has no connection to sequoia or my years of work at sequoia. i with work on clearing my name and vigorously pursuing justice. >>> a cal under investigation. the school fired yan for harassing a sports reporter. the head coach had this reaction. >> i'm disappointed because again i'm the captain of the ship. and i have to make sure everything flows right, goes right. this is where it starts and ends. >> this is at least the fourth high profile sexual harassment case at cal over the last year. the coach is the first one to get fired. >>> bay area highways are still feeling the burn of weekend storms. in napa county heavy rains caused highway 121 to sink by three feet. the stretch from route 128 to wooden valley remains closed as crews come up with a fix. no word on how long repairs will take. check this out. this baby's r us is shut down after a massive chunk of the roof caved in. it happened during business hours but no one was hurt. no word on when the stor

this after city council and mayor kenny wright house to grow from his position as city manager that controversial firing sparked a movement to recall mayor wright which is still in the works right now and there are currently three candidates in the running for mayor of portsmouth. kenny wright row and local businessmen shannon glover when asked to comment on the race glover told us quote are the architects of the public distrust we have in portsmouth today market investors will be watching eight thirty this morning that's when the federal government will release the february jobs report average hourly earnings are expected to go up point two percent average weekly hours worked. should hit almost thirty five and nonfarm payrolls should top one hundred and ninety five thousand this is the key number for the feds the payroll numbers could impact the path of federal interest rates in the next couple of months while nobody likes finding a gray hair. no we don't but scientists now say they're one step closer to being able to slow down or even stop the process altogether. plus the woman tries to outsmar

city. they will be positioned so that if needed, they can respond to take you to the hospital. now, you call 911, a d.c. fire and ems response will happen. d.c. fire ambulance will show up with the emt. but if it's determined that you're not critical or you don't need immediate transport to a hospital, they will call one of those private ambulances and they would be positioned based on the frequency of calls to the specific area and the traffic in that area to maximize that response. now, this is a pilot program put in place by the fire chief. it will last for about a year, thil actually works. and if it does, they may actually expand the program and it may be the new way of doing things here when it comes to fire and ems responses in the district. derrick ward, news 4. >>> and the stafford county fire and rescue department is also working on improving its response time. that department will enact a new set of policies this comes after two firefighters were suspended last month for taking a child to the hospital in a fire truck. the policies include having all ems workers certi

positions in the ancient city of palmyra. month long cessation of hostilities have saved around 3,000 lives. belgian police may not be hunting one but actually two fugitives in connection with tuesday'tuesday's attacks on tho in brussels. >>> israeli soldiers said they shot and killed two palestine yants who tried tianwho tried t. according to knowledge video, v. >> other soldiers stand around, then suddenly, one soldier takes aim and appears to shoot the injured palestinian in the head. video recorded by the palestinian rights group, hebron is a microcosm of the intense conflibt. conflict. palestinians complain of constant harassment from the settlers. many incidents in the last six months of unrest have taken place in hebron. around 40 palestinians have been shot dead after allegedly stabbing israelis. videos of this one will only strengthen the belief of palestinians that israeli soldiers shoot to kill. no questions asked. breebreach of army values. a military investigation is underway. stefanie dekker, al jazeera, west je

. >> well, it could be very positive for cities, that they're actually blooming during the time of spring break. so, lots of people have more flexibility. >> the blossom festival will take place as scheduled, but some coincide with the peak bloom. >>> so, amelia, you were at the tidal basin this morning. how's it looking down there? >> well, the pat, the buds are on the trees. i posted a few pictures on my instagram, twitter and facebook pages, where you can actually see exactly what they look like, but they're still very, very tight. but of course, this 80-degree weather is going to help, not just the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin, but blossoms everywhere, and buds continuing to come up. here's a live look outside right now, the capitol building. you can kind of see that hazy sunshine out there, and this will continue to be the case for the remainder of today. dining out tonight, simply spectacular. it's march, we'll take it. temperatures this evening will be in the 70s during the earlier evening hours and falling into the 60s. so, if you are going to be out a little bit later, migh

. >> it's great for the city to have all the people come down here. >> it could be very positive for the city that they're blooming during the time of spring break. >> reporter: positive, indeed. revenue expectations usually hover around $150 million in cherry blossom related spending but locals can factor in longer commute times if the commutes carry them through this part of town and what little close-in parking there is won't be there either but that shouldn't keep folks away. >> if more people come, obviously it's better. >> reporter: so remember now, the new peak bloom period is between march 18th and the 23rd. the actual festival starts march 20th and runs through april 17th, and the d.c. circulator will start its summer hours on march 20th. it may help alleviate traffic. there's always metro. derrick ward, news4. >>> attorney general loretta lynch, a federal judge in miami. the all three have told president obama they do not want to be considered for the opening on the nation's highest court. steve handelsman is outside the supreme court right now with the new poll that suggest

mahi resigned from his position here in the city ofof doral. he is presumed innocent on these charges, gets his day in court. the court documents indicate that he is helping the fbi and thfederal authorities continue to investigate this. this isn't the only case across that the feds believe is taking place. we're live tonight in doral. willard shepard, nbc 6 news. >>> breaking news out of miami beach. chopper 6 live over a building right now where there is a possible carbon monoxide poisoning. it all started with a call from an elderly woman who hadn't been feeling well for days. >> they found slightly higher levels of carbon monoxide on the upper floors. ttse residents have beenoved down as a precaution until theyy pinpoint the location of that carbon monoxide. the building as of right now has not been evacuated. that could be changed. the elderly woman was taken to the hospital as a precaution. this is happening at 700 block of west avenue. we will continue to follow this breakiki news story. yoy can always go to our nbc 6 news and weather ap

the city's position on the rnc seems to be this. >> is the city ready? we stay ready. we will be ready. >> to give you an idea police sources in the chicago area and local departments with f.b.i. and homeland security for a full year before that city's g-8 summit in 2012. we got an e-mail from the city council at 3:30 this afternoon saying 4 to 5,000 officers will be in the area from unnamed agencies and are confident people in cleveland will be safe. >> denise: all right, dani, thank you. >>> a repeat poll by baldwin wallace in northeast ohio says the city of cleveland needs to focus on security for the rnc more than anything else right now. what are the other concerns? we will have the story coming up at 6:00. >> dan: speaking of the republican convention, the latest cnn orc poll shows donald trump is still the g.o.p.'s top choice. 47% of republicans say they would most likely see trump win the party's nomination. on the democratic side of things hillary clinton tops bernie sanders in the race for their party's nod. 51% are most likely to see the former secretary of

the city of norfolk has responded to claims linking this weekend's violence to unfilled positions in the police department. city officials say there are always between 20-25 vacancies posted to account for things like retirement and recruiting efforts. the city says it does not leave them empty to save mccabe, a candidate for mayor, suggested today. sot - sheriff bob mccabe, - clip 1 6:25:07 we need to make sure we fully find our police department 6:25:11 so that they can address different things that are happening in our city. 6:25:15 fellow mayoral candidates, councilman andy protogyrou and state senator kenny alexander disagreed with mccabe -- sot - andy protogyrou, budget. the city's never done it with regards to its police funding. 6:38:31 (butt) phoner board/senator kenny alexander, norfolk mayoral candidate 17:02:27 if there are additional needs in equipment and resources. and if so that request should come from the current police chief and the city manager. norfolk residents will pick the next mayor may 3rd. firefighters in hampton say a man has to find another place to stay.

. >> so there are 11 cities in new jersey that tested positive higher than what was allowed? >> it is the big problem especially with children with older cities with lead pipes underground one house may not but the house next to it might it is also true with schools and other institutions especially the most of vulnerable. it is an expensive problem to fix and that is the part the people are not talking about. is a very expensive problem but we will pay either way. >> no question but how much the price is so much bigger than anyone thinks there is 1,000 other feet to fall. lead was basically the standard nationwide as putting in water systems and has been that way for decades wait until everybody starts to get on this is a nationwide problem. >> but should this be put on the schools with the infrastructures? a lot of plugger said how many are testing positive? it has to with water at home. >> the irony in the tragedy is that they were facing doubt lead. -- phasing out lead. but now with political corruption. >> so you go back and look at the council in did you have the superin

the indictment claims he used his position as a city official to make business deals. the group wants him recalled from office. " :00 ( andrew sacks, burfoot s lawyer, calls the petition efforts he also calls the effort politically motivated. activists were also out with petitions to recall mayor kenny wright in portsmouth. the mayor was arrested on felony eluding charges--- following a heated confrontation with sheriff bill watson in january. those activists are calling for a new mayor. in norfolk: police are looking for two men involved in a late night armed robbery. officers were called to the 7- eleven on granby street just after midnight. they say two men were armed when they walked into the store. no one was hurt. police are still looking for them if you have any information call the crime line. later today: the man accused of killing u-v-a student hannah graham, and virginia tech student morgan harrington - is expected to plead guilty to those murders. jesse matthew faces the death penalty if convicted for the murder of hannah graham. under the plea deal, his li

> ipex president-elect a nice big party where our restaurant hotels and our city make very good money. >> we it was a positivethe city. it was successful. however, there's some people that say that there was way too much in the city. it kept them away from the city. there were businesses especially small businesses who were affected. >> the secret service is in charge of the security. but there are things that the city can push back and i think the last administration didn't push back enough on some of the security details. however, the real important thing is that no one was hurt and there was no terrorist activity or anything like that. >> we have very little time, mayor, but my folks would not forgive me if i don't ask you about immigration. >> we are a sanctuary city. i'm proud of it. people choose to come to this city and live. we are not going the work of the federal government. the homeland security folks in the past have basically acted in an inappropriate way when it come to interaction with our immigrant citizens. you have to remember, i'm an american of irish descent. when the irish came here in th

90s, which had a demonstrated a result in terms of lowering the crime rate, giving positive, proactive things for inner-cityids to do and to get involved in, especially sports. provides a lot of structure, and i think that's an important argument for the mayor. >> and, by the way, we're really dealing with the breakdown of the family and joblessness and lack of education and its effects, which are pronounced over time. we're dealing with the problem at the end, where it's horribly expensive and difficult. and the mayor's saying, "start at the front, where you have better prospects over a lifetime." >> you know, sam, you've watched a lot of people come and go through city hall. as i look at -- >> i only missed one of them. [ laughter ] >> as i look overall at mayor kenney, you know, there are people who've started to come out against what he's saying, but it's been very muted when you think about how hard people came out against mayor nutter -- demonstrations in city hall, all kinds of things going on. it's been oddly quiet, almost. is this telling us something about -- giving us a look at kenney going forwa

the city's housing director says that means families earning $90,000 a year would be able to buy them. >> which would really target teachers, entry level management positions in the city of san jose so you could buy a home at a reduced price. >> developers fought this proposal three years. they say more housing at all income levels is needed in the silicon valley. for every home being built there are five jobs being created. that's putting pressure on everyone who wants to buy a home. >>> one of two developers who put in a bid to develop the concorde naval weapon station is withdrawing. according to the contra costa times they are dropping out. they claim the competitor improper lobbied city council members. and violated the terms of a negotiating agreement both companies signed. that leaves only urban in the running to develop the property. the city is supposed to make its decision next week. according to the paper the council could decide to start the bidding process all over again. >>> five people died. 15 others hospitalized in sacramento. coming up in 20 minutes the overdoses under investigation linked to a powerful street drug. >>> first, still addin

the increase in homicides is having the chief asking the city council for 125 additional police officers and 80 support staff positions. it is a $17 million request. city council members are still putting together a budget. they do not know how they would pay for it. it is searching for an attempted murder suspect that cut off his electronic monitor. officers are looking for christopher crittenton. they say he cut off his monitor around the university city boulevard area last night. he was ordered to wear it on a condition of his pretrial release. >>> along with the attempted first-degree murder charge, he faces robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery charles. >>> there are new developments in the fly dubai plane that crashed in russia. specialists say the flight just take a look at nis. you can see right there. the snowy conditions crews work in as they gather evidence. the runway remains closed. bad weather could be the primary reason the plane crashed killing all the 62 people on board. carolina held a vigil for a police officer that was killed in the line of duty last week. it shows how allen jacobs' patrol car w

patrick's day parade, that they will be safe and that it will be a positive event for the city. now, we will have more live reports on this story coming up tonight at cleveland 19 at 4:00. >> live in cleveland, dani carlson, cleveland 19. >> thank you so much for that. you know a lot of people around this time, they want to get out there and have lunch. maybe they want go get a corned beef sandwich. now. >> very windy. in some areas, tia, we're seeing wind gusts almost 50 miles an hour, so it's crazy windy and some of you are still seeing some rainfall i want to take you straight to the maps and show you moving through far northeastern ohio out towards ashtabula. produced some small hail and we radar. really the only thing left is a little down pour. that may also be producing some small hail as it pushes out into the lake. but the hail threat should start to diminish over the course of the next couple of hours. down around sandusky and seneca counties we also have some scattered showers, nothing severe and you'll notice off to our north and west there's rain coming through mich

the city's housing director says that means families earning $90,000 a year would be able to buy them. >> which would really target teachers, entry level management positionssan jose so you could buy a home at a reduced price. >> developers fought this proposal three years. they say more housing at all income levels is needed in the silicon valley. for every home being built there are five jobs being created. that's putting pressure on everyone who wants to buy a home. >>> the plan to raise california's minimum wage to $15 an hour is getting push back from small business owners. proposal announced by the governor will have hourly wages increased by 50-cents an hour during the first two years. after that it will go up a dollar a year until 2022. small businesses say the wage increase will force them to raise prices which means fewer customers and that could mean they would have to close. one small business owner says it is the right thing to do. >> living costs in california in general has increased tremendously. we can not see our team members not being able to keep up with that. >> ken jacobs from the burkeley center of labor research says businesses bene

some snow by men with another i police said off before she was found after four hours at the main cities posit the child here near cleveland and missouri but this area more than a mile from the little girl's room on top of that she would've had to cross the railroad tracks that remember she's too enough she had wandered all this way she would've crossed a bunch of intersections and it would've also passed dozens and dozens of homes mom grateful for the search and happy ending even with the unsolved mystery. >> i'm glad that she's home and that we can finally start the healing get back to normal. >> thank you there are cleveland family rescued from the house fire by some brave police officers a people including four children were asleep inside the home across bern avenue the fire broke out about 4:00 a.m. and 18 -year-old inside was able to get nearly everyone else except for the 20 -year-old brother asleep in the basement cleveland police officers saw the smoke pouring from the home and were able to pull into safety the officers to care the victims until paramedics arrived. >> there's a lot go

he ended his short position back in december. today, city received new information. information he believes will cause the company's stock to fall. played a big role in his decision. >> when you associate a business with the word formaldehyde that's bad. they have just gone off a cliff. >> today so did the stock. shares of fell 15% to 11.77. >>> barnes and noble education posted a lost. same store sales at college big store operators which was spin off last year says it will out source operation for the digital textbook platform to save expenses and shares of barnes and noble education drops 15% in 9.69. >>> citigroup cfe says first quarter revenue is expected to drop 15% from a year ago. shares of citigroup down more than 3.5% to 41.05. sun edison's financial issues kept it from fulfilling the terms of the deal calling it a willful breech of the agreement. in july they agreed to buy vivint. shares fell 20% to 4.17. sun edison rose to $2. >>> general mills raises its quartzerly dividends to 46% per share. shares made fractional moves on the announcement which was iss

the ambulances positioned around the city waiting for dispatch.asked with arriving in ten minutes of being summoned. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". here is what is coming up at 6:00 -- changes to the way fees an the hot lane. the settlement in a major lawsuit. the new initiative that it will lead to. a long way down. more elevator problems at the washington monument. how many people were trapped and how they got down. breakin' news, the rescue underway after a building collapsed in virginia. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. leon: that breaking news in manassas right now. we have learned at least one person died at this scene and five others were injured after a collapse at the business. maureen: prince william county police say a freezer collapsed trapping workers inside. news chopper 7 was overhead in the rescue efforts. this ised a bald ford -- in this is off bald word road off 234. richard reeve just got there and joins us live. rich? richard: we are just getting word as you said. one person ha five people

it repulsive and that the average citizen would agree it does not reflect the position of ems or public safety or the city, to havesa employee in a position of authority and responsibility, to have have that content on the face of page totally unacceptable. >> we asked about a post last protesters in baltimore .. >> so what was done about that ended play a role in the firing ? the city not saying since this could end up before an arbitrator comeme reached out to him for comment as union president says that he is still investigating. >> madea they click review of his personnel file, several years ago because of prior disciplinary issues discipline issues that he had been on a last chance agreementrpl that hears that do not play a role here. >> a former poll worker pled not guilty to charges of pulling a gun on a coworker ongu primary day , they say allen bethea got into an argument with others on the west side and pulled a gun and said that someone is going elections board fired him, nd t he was given a 10,000-dollar cash bond. >> massillon woman faces charges of child endangering after her teenage daughte