. >> reporter: he's not only a postman, he's a pastor. he prayed out loud for the gunmen to let him go. his prayers answered. he is a popular postman. >> my mom adores him. >> been around for years. >> reporter: when they heard what happened to him, people in the neighborhood most upset. >> it's sad to see something like that happen. >> when we heard about it, we devastated. >> why harm him? >> reporter: this is how police and sources familiar with the case tell the story. the scene, the 200 block of webster street northeast. the pastor postman that neighbors call "the rev" is out delivering mail when all of a sudden a van pulls up behind him. two guys get out of that van. they have a mask on and they have a gun and force the rev out of the van. you know what we want, they say. what did you do with the package? what did you take out of the package? the rev doesn't know what they're talking about. they start hitting him in the head with that gun. one of them takes the muzzle of the gun and puts it up to the face of the rev and says, i'm go

they got the postman's wallet, $35 in cash, and some credit cards. the post office is offering a $50,000 reward in this case. live in northeast, pat collins, news4. >>> take a look. police say the two men in this surveillance video are linked to several robberies in prince george's unty. this video is from the robbery of a liquor store on old anapa lis road last week and robbed two gas stations in bowie and during one the men sped off on a black motorcycle. >>> there's a $10,000 reward being offered to find these guys, persons of interest on an armed carjacking on the busy u-street corridor near 70th and u-street northwest. >>> new details on the alleged attack on the wife of a virginia state delegate. scott is live. >>> school science teacher is in jail for attacking the wife of leader there. they rested claire kennedy ogleby for the attack. og ogleby struck her in the head several times and is in the hospital and expected to recover. ogleby has been suspended from her job and police charged her with burglary and malicious wounding. the two did know

thank you for delivering it. >> reporter: rahim feels very proud of his job as a postman. he's committed not only to delivering letters, but also to training younger postmen. heil mohammed is 30 years old. when he was a boy he looked out for the mail carriers on their bicycles and dreamed of becoming one. now his dream has come true. he seeks advice from the more experienced rahim. >> translator: shop owners and elderss know a lot. if that doesn't work, you can go to a mosque and ask. >> reporter: mohammed asked for directions, but had a hard time finding the place. he continued to search for one hour. but he had no luck this time. >> translator: it's a lot of work but i would like to keep at it. my job is to do my best for others. >> reporter: the afghan government announced last year that it will allocate addresses to all households in kabul. but progress is painfully slow. >> we can never tell exactly how many working days it's going to take. there's always possibility that it can delay. >> reporter: the postal workers of kabul are doing their best to deliver letters, f

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. >> they robbed the postman. >> you have to watch your surroundings. >> reporter: and he was just doing his job. >> i am hurt by that. i am. >> reporter: how now as we mentioned the postal carrier was taken to the hospital by ambulance and information on the condition is not available at this time, but we are told that the u.s. postal inspector supervisor is headed to the scene to provide was more information. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you, jackie. that comes three months after a letter carrier was shot and killed on the job in prince george's county. 28-year-old tyson barnett was shot on his route on reed street in the fairmount heights area, and that murder is still unsolved. >>> another chance of snow coming our way tomorrow morning and big puffy flakes gave a fresh coat to the frees and the grass, but it did not stick to the morning roads, but, doug, tomorrow, the storm could have a bigger impact on the commute than what we saw this morning? >> yes, doreen. because of the timing of this, it is going to start overnight when the sun is down and start

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the postman pat today we can join the conversation on facebook and twitter are packed and two for today. let's go straight to the crimean the province there in the capital and douglas herbert of what is the latest at this point. ok one thing us why if you're not an ethnic russian or you're not a russian speaker. it's a pretty intimidating mood tonight you know one of the walking too much around the streets at least in the center of central pole essentially right now rusted phones the russian speakers up and dominate today are in control of the center of the city in control in the sense that you do not see any ukrainian from the street i've not seen any top cars on the streets which we saw thousands of them yesterday during those of skirmishes and from the parliament they've been practically invisible from the center of the city. we've had in their places to wrap it to a large contingent of russian speakers to writing from various parts of this province of crimea notably from the town of set but still pull the port town with the russian fleet is based they've been coming by bus is they'v

a more dominant fashion cost leaving school and jobs to go on to live up to nine minutes when mr postman missed a penalty. thirty minutes late to chesney was all cuttlebug i've read about missed the resulting penalty fine when told to take from its launch in japan numeric superiority. claudio this ad for the first fifteen minutes also played unbelievably. you cannot change the game without the ball he said. an optional play the eagles impulses between themselves it was impossible for us to play well but anything can happen. elsewhere after the madrid hit the target lie told to bring peace to my loved one there were some sarah didn't cost us what a stunning have a seven minutes from time to get the spot as the starter had at the potomac in two weeks' time. brazilian president in the russo has officially on sale the world cup stadium and the solvency of the aforesaid agree on thursday. originally built in nineteen sixty nine the diarrhea stadium underwent major renovations in me says his bill estimated to amount to just go to the one hundred million years from two hundred years with the ph

the postman is also a pastor. yesterday while on his rounds on webster street northeast a bunch of masked men jumped out and forced him into their van then demanded to know what happened to a package. the pastor insisted that he didn't know what they were talking about. so the men beat him and held a gun to his head. that's when police say the mailman started praying out loud. the men who tied him up duct taped him and dumped him to the street. >>> now to our weather. the snow is gone but the bitter cold will be around for a while. check out this time lapse video from reston. you can see the conditions change hour by hour. by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, windchills will be in the single digits. let's go to doug kammerer in storm center 4. wow, that's a lot, doug. >>> it is a lot, doreen. we're talking about the coldest3 for most of us has been a fairly cold month. cold month. today's weatherb j 19 kily inc0 college park, 28 down towards the airport, 19 po yÑ that@á: towards huntingtown and temperatures w

at times the competition resembled the postman's creed, athletes delivering performances in snow, rainheat. the snow held for julia mancuso in the super combined. andrew weibrecht in the super g. and ted ligety in a precise run to giant slalom gold. >> awesome feeling. >> reporter: there were problems that became social media punch lines. the faulty snowflake. tricky bathroom doors. and water the color of a bronze medal. but one picture posted by silver medalist gus ken worthy started an outreach program to adopt some of sochi's stray dogs. >> i fell in love with them and felt if i could do anything to help them, i really wanted to try. >> reporter: we say good-bye to rosa couture and the coastal cluster, to hockey heartbreak, and ice dancing delight. we say hello to memories that will have to last four more years in the next winter games. >> the closing ceremony is coming up at 8:00 tonight on nbc bay area. san jose olympian paulina edmunds was there. she snapped this fellow with jason brown after they marched with team usa. paulina missed the opening ceremony because she was training

i came to deliver just like the postman. temperatures are looking good. 49 in san francisco, 46. grab your coat. it's going to be cold even in the heat of the day at 2:00 p.m. when the highs come in only in the mid to upper 50s all across the board. so, we had about 30 days of above average weather. warmest january ever for san francisco and san jose. now we're flipping right into the opposite pattern. cooler than average weather all week, a fair amount of cloud cover each and every morning. and that will make way to a sunny finish most of the days. we're going to bring the rain back as we head throughout late wednesday into thursday. that's just the first round of systems that we're expecting as we head throughout the next couple days. let's time that out for you. look at all that snowfall headed toward sierra nevada. even more today, about six additional inches of powder before that cutoff low heads out. that's great news. for us today we're going to continue to stay dry, holding off on the showers until 2:00 p.m. on wednesday. but hey, we're getting into the 72-hour range. rai

the squeaky not only to get the lead actors but also to try a new younger postman while muhammad was fifteen years old. and when he was a ball. look after the mail carriers on the advice. and dreamed of becoming one of the sudden alp's dream has come to this image. as he seeks advice from the morning's mizrahi. i grew up shop owners and builders know a lot. that test. you can go to a mosque in the i'm not asking for directions. but about how behind finding the place he continued to search for one hour. but he had no luck this time. it's a lot of work but i would like to keep at it my job is to do my best for others. the afghan government announced last year that the bill allocates after c's to all households in kabul progress is painfully slow you see. we can never tell exactly how many working visa thingy. there's always a possibility they can do that coastal waters of coffee to india next to daddy villages filled with a rainbow of emotions. even if sometimes they have a cool idea where to stop. but despite plans to make a life of the gold etf it seems inquest will continue for some

postman previously agreed to tune into these he struggled with drug addiction up to twenty three is being slave but he checked himself into rehab last minute of the developing addiction. the act ahead of the sixty film credits tues night. knew. he has a long way to go before becoming an olympic event but several hundred japanese over the weekend took part in an alternative form of exercise hole digging. across the country nearly three hundred teams each with a maximum of six members squared off in the campground to compete for cash prizes the golden shovel and become the japanese national polls dating champion. the rules are fairly straightforward each team is three minutes to be the deepest hole possible. forward is through them and that he wants to become a credit i don't like to think there is anywhere else in the wellesley conspiracy to go home so we thought that people would enjoy this event. that's their cause. going into the competition the team from two this city were the favourites having clinched last year's golden child. and once again this year they didn't disappoint digging a

their protest against corruption soaring crime and widespread poverty on russ to see them and the postman dollar country as the nation seems to be edging towards a security crisis artie's policy or reports. we're about to enter one of the most dangerous townships in one of the most dangerous cities in the world this is the south africa that mandela left behind there were no what to expect when you go out in the street some days will be quiet some days you just up and down there are a lot of downs in south africa now days away from the cameras all is not well in the land of mandela twenty six year old constable co-wrote burma later knows it all too well for five years he's been patrolling the streets of johannesburg to try and instill some sense of order. and now we're entering. there's a large majority of. poverty. a lot of the early hours to for a better life better way of the. crime where i am right and there few places in south africa today. and poverty more in demick than alexandra township twelve kilometers northeast of johannesburg it was once the headquarters of the african nationa

looking for money making bob knew who view on some of the parliament's this and get going on the postman. he does just as he did to the sanctity of the district is agony. gabby couple doubles the body's sake here's a little worn out hospital but should he have to stick with doodles. always putting the weather bottom and made them open. the idea off of touch and go to and often number of smart and these new political party is making the parliament last week to one took a call with your strategy against the cooler name. this done that and he has flaws forward into talks a lot going on to make it to the jordan united progressive alliance blog to be. and the opposition national democratic alliance on him. byzantine fourteen ft deep to find these businesses support the new indictments be have just discussed ball all we should take this forward and says to me the letter came today and even what opportunity to dedicate discussed with him liam made two men always so they wouldn't see him go and buy them and others. the move also comes days after the leaders of the two common despite these brit c

implementing it acknowledges that it's it's it's one of the examples is the nugget to protect immobile postman mail carriers now with the help of smart devices can accept payment of taxes utilities and no bus service does get the most important on it to predict that allows employees of kos post. upon delivery of packages to make it to the signature of the client in the future operations within the division expects to be simplified as well mature. went back and getting an integral part of paul newman ok computer. this year we're planning to begin the implementation of a so called slideshow. this will happen in the regions but when i am please scan to document the already known to reach pigeonhole to place the correspondence way excluding any handwritten paper work to romania to read of five copies of one sock and use the words of scripture and two. besides that she's into. when the club knowing. but he isn't endorsing this photo edition of the simplest company intends to fill up the heat as it turns the show logistics company for this purpose special attention to state increased its operational

lavrov warned ukraine should not be forced to make a choice on closer ties with the way he warned the postman. it is dangerous and counterproductive to try to force a choice when ukraine under the principle you i'd go with us or against us. then we are interested in ukraine being a part of a common european commonly in all meanings of the web the parliament in tf is trying to gain control of any situation the country the search is on for a transitional prime minister who can represent all parts of the country. and candidates are beginning to line up for the presidential election date me. tiny cake still has now made it official he will run for the nation's highest office we might as well as the whereabouts of deposed president viktor yanukovich are still unknown. mourners on my donkey and lead him from any gas. search for and has so far proved unsuccessful. ukrainian parliament want to get it right before the international court of justice in tahiti and from what we go live now to our correspondent markets for who is standing by for us in tx so marcus get a call that is gonna get. we still ha

of eliminating extravagance and combating corruption the commission also says political landlord postman organs must have a zero tolerance of disciplinary and legal violations the commission says it will publicize more examples of violations the cia and welcome supervision by the fresh chinese trade days there has been released by china's ministry of calmness and it's before costs showing the country's trade sector is picking up. total trade volume reached two point three four trillion yuan for some three hundred and ninety billion us dollars in january and has jumped seven point three percent on a monthly basis. the trade surplus widened further to nearly thirty three billion dollars meantime exports increased ten point six percent from the same period last year and the country imported one two small boats from one of the city's from december much better than them. betty a full cost of seven percent analysts say the result is thanks to the chinese new year during which the mind state. syrian negotiators of difference place to place meeting this month as the us and russian officials repa

to be on stood which teams winning would receive the olympic gold medal now here's some of these postmanshipped to expect it went to the c.s. intense and fast just the way i stock he should be. and for the first time since the introduction of the school cd lympics the russian team moved to the un from ground something that the russian coach believes will change perceptions of the unity and of the missouri works but of him in the southern ukraine was more of these guys managed to prove to themselves their relatives and the entire society and that they are not people with disabilities people with unlimited ability these men and women would be showcasing the skills at the side of the stage and come this february and mock insult. to mum was a. lengthy stadiums are too. small right that doesn't for now but for the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash our to america and check out our website our to dot com slash usa and don't forget to follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez all say right back here at pm eastern. the chances are that. they're. going to finish line of the mara

once rather than testing on the poor people like mcdonald's does you know who knows what the chicken postman nuggets are doing to people will be testing the rich people so yeah and maybe we'll even be able to open up a market for healthy mitochondria and we can have an you know we can create a lot of. a bag of might come out again i don't know not like the options and this could be unlimited yeah absolutely thanks again our team producer and comedian and camp thanks thanks very. have you ever thought you might die from a broken heart turns out you're on to something according to a study by st georges university of london losing a loved one doubles the risk of heart failure or stroke author of the report doctors until saw that our study shows bereavement can have a direct effect on the health of the heart here's a perfect example of new york couple married for sixty years after being hospitalized for a deadly leg and three at hale was miles apart from his wife laura rena hale when she was hospitalized who for congestive heart failure with only hours left to live when ed heard of the news he i

of thee with the family murdered postman about the latest case of violence.ot again was the first thing that crossed the mind. another u.s. postal worker the victim of violence in the d.c. metro area, just three months after one was gunned down as he sat in his postal delivery truck in landover. >> it is hard to comprehend it happened. >> she spoke by phone from south carolina, where his entire family resides and where he was buried. reward, on $125,000 duty while delivering mail, his murder remains unsolved. just two days ago, a 50 four-year-old letter carrier was kidnapped off the streets of northeast bc while on his route -- of northeast d.c. was kidnapped while on his route. a were upset about a package, pistol whipping him, dumping him after he started calling out loud. last month that was a loud cry from a postal worker in the afternoon hours on the heels of a murder. the most recent kidnapping and murder happened in the afternoon. barnette said that letter carriers did not sign up to defend themselves on the street. >> they did not sign up for it, they

. >>> he's a postman and he's a pastor. he was kidnapped.was beaten and he was robbed and a prayer may have saved his life. i'm pat collins. the story coming up, news 4. >> yes. wouldn't you like a better ride on metro? well, some say you're about to get it. >>> a chase on capitol hill ended with a woman injured. she drove her car up to capitol hill. >> i think she was murdered in washington d.c. unarmed and in a car with her baby. at some point those officers saw that and repeatedly shot at her. >> reporter: valerie is angry how her sister, a 34-year-old dental hygienist was killed in our nation's capitol. now, after reviewing all the information available, her family has filed a $75 million claim against the federal government. >> it's been very hard for us. very hard. >> reporter: court documents explaining what did happen to carey remain under seal between nbc sources and a softwaearch wt obtained by her attorney knew she was driving her daughter around on a busy afternoon on a thursday when sheid not stop at a security post to the south

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. >> they robbed the postman. >> you have to watch your surroundings. >> reporter: and he was just doing i am hurt by that. i am. >> reporter: how now as we mentioned the postal carrier was taken to the hospital by ambulance and informatio t

. >> reporter: the mail was delivered again today in this northeast neighborhood where a postman was beaten up and robbed yesterday by two masked gunmen who tied him numb his truck. the postal -- up in his truck. the postal inspection service said his personal belongings were stolen and they retrieved coves that might have opened mailboxes. >> -- keys that might have opened mailboxes. >> reporter: you retrieved them meaning? >> we found them. >> reporter: the u.s. postal inspection service is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who can help them get an arrest and conviction on an attack on the postal worker here yesterday. there has been increased attention to crimes against postal workers since tyson barnett was attacked and killed while working his route after dark in prince george's county in november. >> we will not rest until the individuals who commit these crimes are brought to just tips. >> reporter: any indication these are related in any way? >> again, this is an ongoing investigation, but there's no reason to think that any of these crimes were connected. >> reporter: the

welcome if you're just joining us this is the false and yet today are one of our discussion we saw a postman to report on and the difficulties of getting aids food it's desperately needed for some coffee from the camry border. two of them d and we ask me looked at the burnt out villages and soul of attention whether it was ethnic cleansing were talking about it which orbits the scope of the independence party of the central african republic. also the child's former foreign minister today the opposition. i see in him are up seventy five dollar retired eu in general is with us and said david brown the us state department's senior adviser on the central african republic who joins us from of washington summit is about time. you're from the south of the country. yes what's it like in your arms since the great schism what's it like in your part of south africa into something. something i recently read. we hung the jury be moved from nuisance. decking. and he's only been on going back to chad. benji and china. he is weary. open. thursday brown was saying before the break and religious leaders from

so you can't company the postman to get my letters without my knowledge. you have to come directly to me. and so that's really -- that's very important. it should be a very easy, commonsense reform. there was a petition that over 100,000 people signed for the white house, the president has not responded. you know, this is something that's easy for congress, for the administration, to show that they care about privacy. while dealing with more complicated issues. this is an easy step and they're stalling it because agencies still want to be able to read your e-mail without your knowledge. it's crazy. it's really -- that's just what it is. >> this doesn't apply to foreign nationals, either. and foreign governments. they are not protected under the fourth amendment of the constitution. the bill of rights strictly deals with american citizens. >> right down here in front, jerry. and just before you go, jerry, i would ask to let folks know that you're trying to get on the wi-fi the pass word is benjamin harrison, all one word, capital "b," capital "h." >> good m

but the russian foreign minister warned ukraine was being torn between the eu when russia the postman. it is dangerous and counterproductive to try to force ukraine to make the choice on the principle deal with as we gained status as the story will have an interest in seeing that ukraine continues to be cautious of one european country at every level demonstrators know much still needs to be done and got to keep an eye in the new government's among them one of the star protesters who gave president viktor yanukovich the ultimatum to resign. as minded politicians manipulate the country a washington think tank the whites. we will have questions for them. now civil society has managed in ukraine and control its government. with the presidential election set for me. some opposition leaders wasted no time keeping up their campaign former boxing champion vitali klitschko has already announced he would be running to replace the ousted president. while that of turkey's prime minister call follows an alleged leak phone conversation in which richard tucker to one asks his son be to allah. to ge

the postman canterbury can join the conversation on facebook and twitter ash that the two for today. those who marched in the pirates annual expressing to worry that the socialists are trying to undermine family values a word it's unfounded says the government however falkland knocked down and getting word this afternoon that's a bill that was supposed to be presented. on the reform of family values has been put on the backburner. we stayed for two thousand and fourteen your thoughts and assume it's just a new fictional will be saved from the beginning that's the good and i've come to me that an innocent and romantic way and it was the defending fonts and is seen at the front wheel spruced weeks. i have to step back to michigan use full wall of the film this weekend and for the moon to finance the week he knew the date of the last nine months. i'm pleased to see downtown worse when we make them too the insurance for one full for the future. i don't seem to be milked come back to the sea schubert for the time being be understood in the front of the timid the state government claims th

exam on france thank you for being with us and a political consultant will cast a new book about the postman pat today. this was taken to baylor you can weigh in on the conversation on facebook and twitter are stacked and two for today. once again at least he'd just the very latest in a long list of surprises that turkey has seen over the past few months and it didn't hurt that if i answer the one who attends members of the room the tape i seek financing the telephone recording posted on the internet sometimes i think is the office of the train instead by political rivals to love about reading it i don't see any allegations that i cannot answer. indeed the members of the anti latino on a blog you to buy the tracks to change the agenda. the north's directed to this day belonged to the controversial recording surfaced late on monday nights and an extent that someone told his son to dispose of large sums of money. it comes amid an ongoing investigation into corruption by governments his office released a statement calling the recordings fake and completely onto a disappointing to seize the oppo

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but it's always a fun fact for me to think about joe out there snow, ice, rain, and d of like the postman he is always there. thank you, joe. [applause] >> well thanks very much, deputy secretary. another good forum, and i think this is the 90th foreign or so, so we been around a long time. what i would like to do is do what i was too and that is go over the outlook for u.s. agriculture, switches reminded me that, as t the weather not my notes were from last year or the year before him and, frankly, you will see some similarities just because the trends we've seen over the last several years are still in place today. and, in fact, i'm going to start with a chart that i've used in the past. a few years ago i showed this chart and it essentially shows a major agricultural price, crop prices over the last several years deflated, that is, taken out the inflation affects taken a. you can see this long trend is downward over from about just after world war ii down to about 2000 or so where prices can with the exception of the spike in prices we saw in the '70s because of the grain sales to the