lawmakers will begin a special session called by governor ralph northam. he ordered the session shortly after the virginia beach massacre in may. the governor is calling on lawmakers to vote on measures, including universal background checks, assault weapons ban and one gun per month limit. there is plenty of support and opposition to this special session. julie carey will have live reports later today on news4. >>> in a matter of hours, d.c. councilmember jack evans, the council is voting whether to strip him of finance committee chairmanship and decide whether to hire a law firm to see if evans violated council rules by benefit is his own. evans has been forced to resign from the metro board. >>> we are proud of you! >> the family of an international teenage phenom shouting their support. coco gauff lost in the fourth round yesterday and surprised the world by making i far as e e did and rising to famlast week after beating a superstar and one of her idols venus williams. you can hear from lr. she wil be doing a live interview today herews on ne during t

govern ralph northam called the actions shameful and disappointing. >> d.c.eed help identifying the woman caught on surveillance camera smashing a car with a bat. this happened back on june 24th. a woman said she found about $1,000 worth of damage done to her car. >>> the building that was once d.c.'s providence hospital will reopen today as an urgent care facility. operations shut down in april fter years of financial trouble. the new center will operate seven days a week. providence had been the district's oldest hospital. >>> take a look. max scherzer received a special introduction from the band at all-star game ue last week. the american league beat the l nationalgue for the seventh-straight year. they have to do something differently. you can't lose seven years n a row, right? >> something has to change. >>> 5:37. still ahead,d.c.'s attorney general files a lawsuit against the company behind a popular hotel chain. we'll tell you why. >>> plus, howe th arrest of new york billionaireeffrey epstein is causing controversy for the trump administration. news

. >> and governor ralph northam caesled the special ssion after 12 people were killed in a mass shootmunicipal ilding recently. well, now angry democrats and gun control activists are promising to get even at the polls. >> our northern virginia bureau chief julierey is live for us in richmond where she's been watching the drama unfold. julie? >> well, jim and wendy, quiet here and earlier today gun control activists warn the capital that they were optimistic and confident that the rece mass shooting in virginia beach might mean gun restriction measures that have stalled out here for yearsgould a vote and their hopes quickly dashed this. session was over when it began afterut 90 min when republicans called it off. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: gun control activists brought high hopes and noisy chants to the capitol, hoping that they might finally get the votes in the house and senate. >> we need to be a leader on this issue. virginia really needs to step up, and i think it's time to step up. >> reporter: democratic wmakers red we emotional speeches about the latest mass shooting th

governor ralph northam huddling for twours with c african-amerian leaders in dumfries, the first meetingsince some here called for the governor's resignation after the racist photo on his yearbook page. >> what happened here hurt a lot of people here in virginia. i regret the way we haled that and what it did to virginia. >> reporter: northam's renewed focus, reducing inequities. >> the more io know the mre i can do so today is st another example of that have. >> reportr: northam and his aides say these sessions have already led to new initiatives. earlier today the governor spotlighting the new law hestoring driving privileges to those who had teir licenses suspended becau of unpaid court fees. dumfries vice mayor says she will be watcng now to how the governor responds to what he heard in her town. >> this is a listening tower and he's listeni and while i appreciate that, what's important to me for my constituents is action, and whar i'm looking is his accountability and take what you heard and put it into action. >> reporter: som african-american players say northam is ignoring his ha

. >> virginia governor ralph northam called response to the recent massacre in virginia beach. city employee killed, a do people inside a municipal building in late mayas and w later killed by police. yesterday, governor northam released a list of bills that h plans to introduce next week and they included mandatory background checks, assault style weapo ban ena so-called red flag law that would let law enforcement temporarily remove a person's f if they exhibit dangerous behavior. >>> a pla in virginia is replacing slave owner thomasever. the city council voteemove april 13th is founding father's birthday a paid holiday but instead march 3rd celebrate. ever's hometown was ed rlottesville and he he start the university of virginia. >>> thsc news4 t macfarlane was first to report a new probe into the decision to cancel the move in theua fbi headqers out of d.c. an internal justice watchdog will interview why thevo fbi d and decided to keep the j. edgar hoover building downtown. president trump may have opposed the move because he didn'tnt developers to take over the property and

african leaders wonder if northam is avoiding the most critical voices. >> reporter: governor ralph northam to huddle with l africanaders in dumfries, the first meeting of this kind since northam first apologized for this racist p on his yearbook page and theid sat wasn't him but did admit he once dressed up in blackface as part of a michael jackson costume. >>arhat happened in febru it hurt a lot of people in virginia, and -- and i the way we handled that. i rret what it did to virginia. >> reporter: northern's -- northam renewed ef of reducing inequities and he says these ssions have already led to new initiatives, but some african-american leaders say northam is avoiding his harshest chrissics, amonghem the fairfax county naacp who staged this protest back in april that fo northam to cancel a planned democratic fund raiser. >> i would say it's less of a listening tour and more of a photo o ortunity. he's met with people who are friendly with him and taken a lot of pictures but he hasn't met with the fair taxnt c naacp. >> i'm not avoiding anybody. my door is always open. >> reporter: her

the event they are celebrating, they slammed governor ralph northam for inviting the president. lieutenant governor justin fairfax plans to attend, releasing this statement, quote. the white house has not confirmed that the president will attend. >>> today, congressman jerry connolly will host a round table discussion at 11:00 this morning athe he wants to encourage participation by communities who may be fearful after president trump's failed push to add the shape question. >>> in puerto rico, the island's governor refuigd to over the weekend but he did say he will not seek re-election next year, and will step down as head of his political party. he addressed the situation on facebook following a week of protests down there. all of the troubles began after locaedia gave access to se of his private messages. they then published them. he had made profanit remarks. phobic >>> a fighter jet coming extremely close to a navy plane over the caribbean. the u.s. navy leader sayjehe was aggressively shadowing the u.s. fighter jet in u.s. space. the trump administrati announced it was san

lawmakers have returned for a special session called by governor ralph northam. he ordered the sessionhortly after the virginia beachship the governor wants t lawmakers vote a 0 a ries of measure including universal backgrohed ccks and assault weapons ban and one-gun per month limit. rn >>> this mog we are getting an early look at how amazon plans to expand into arlington county. >> so far it looks good for walkers, cyclist and public transit users. the first proposed buildings are 22-story towers at metropolitan park on southeast street in pentagon city.sh the wagton business journal ports that amazon expects 64% of hq employees to use metro rail, bus, or walk to towork an% will bike. 50 space, 58 showers and 750 locker rooms. the towers less than half a milp from thetagon city and crystal city metro stations and nearby bus stops, 16 of them and four new traffic snals to make that area more pedestrian friendly. >> really makng an effort to use public transportation. >>> still ahead this morning, i what you and mllions of other americans may not be eating enough

. >>> virginia governor ralph northam will call legislators back insises. the shooter used a silencer. he was shot and killed by police. northam is asking lawmakers to consider several gun safety proposals, including banning silencers, assault rifles, and adding universal background . checks republican leader say they will push forany mandatory minimum penalties. >>> today, building inspectors will be assessing damage in southern california. >> two major ethquakes last week, thursday and friday, and there is more cell phone video showing the terrifying moments. >> let's go! let's go! let's go! let's go! >> a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked southern california on the fourth of july. the next day, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the area near ridge crest which is a ltle os r two hours northeast of angeles. now some residents there are still on edge and choosing to sleep outsi rather than go back into their homes easement we are scared to think about the roof caving in on and not making it out on even making it to our kid. >> here is a look at the tent nigh

lawmakers begin a special session by governor ralph northam.e ordered after the virginia beach massacre may. the governor is calling lawmakers to vote onas es including universal background checks and assault weapons ban and a one gun per month limit. >> well, lots of support and certainly opposition as well to this special session, news 4's julie carey is in richmond. she's watching it all for us and she'll have live repts starting tomorrow right here on news 4. >> well, we are big fans, leon. -year-old tennis phenom coco gauff is handling life in the spotlight with confidence, grace, and an amazing maturity. she may have lost in today's fourth round of wimbledon, but she's already getting a lot of respect for what she's accomplished so far. tomorrow on the today show, savannah guthrie will speak with the american teenage tennis sensation. you know, we've got some tennis coming up this town. city open, how cool would that be if she joined? >> she would be a hit here. she would be -- >> everywhere. >> absolutely. well, things are nice now. what

. >> governor ralph northam says medicate expansion is a success. since it opened back in november, more than 300,000 virginians now have coverage. >> nobody in the richest country in the world should have to make a decision whether they stay home, put food on the table or go see a proceed provider. >> reportr: virginia ublicans say it will impact the commonwell's physical h. hea >> the fedu annonced an interest ate cut this afternoon. the stockmarket finished the day today with a 1% slide, its woft day since may. this came off fed chair jerome powell announced a quarter point reduction in interest rate powell says this would not be the start of a trend. he tweeted this. powell let us down, end quote. i am certainly not getting much help from the federal reserve. >> well, it's a growing problem facing police departments across the country, and right here in our region. not enough demand for officers. >> they're all short staffed but as reported now, d.c. police are working to change that. >> for wil smith, choosing the police department for a breer

. >> after the session, governor ralph northam tweeted that the gop action was, quote, shameful hed disappointing. >> one of t longest-serving electedficials in the district has been removed from a powerful position. the d.c.council voted to remove jack evans as chairman of its committee on finance and revenue. evans is accused of using his office f personal gain. thpp council sto short of removing evans from all council active tis. this comes less than a month after the fbi raid his home. he stepped downdrom the boar as well. >>> council approved a measure that will allow the same company thats operate the d.c lottery to also operate the city's future mobile betting app. evans sponsored the bill which came under some scrutiny becausn it didot allow competitive bidd ultimately it passed 7-5 which paved the way for b mobileetting to get up and running early next year and we could see in-person bettingat venues such as capital one arena. >>> 9/11 responders will finally get the peace of mind they had been fighting for. they lobbied congress for money to ensure that fund has enough money for those w

governor ralph northam called a special session after the mass shooting at virginia beach in may. the governor wants lawmakers to vote on several measures. including universal background checks. the republicans have criticized northam accused him of exploiting the virginia beach tragedy for political gain. back in the district now. union station is calm after somebody set off fireworks. > it happened as everyone was ending their july fourth weekend. news4 justin finch is live at union station with details on the scare. >> reporter: the silver lining is this store end with sighs of relief after a very real scare. those sound that many thought werethunfire sent people running for cover. his happened just before 5:00 p.m. onsunday. d.c. fire and police as you can see there racing here to the ene. this was on sunday as many were wrapping up their fourth of july holiday. so, of course, the station was busy but upon further investigation, they did find on the scene that fireworks were going off in the station but t tell that a witness we spoke to who was at johnny rockets when the strang

. >> virginia governor ralph northam called a special session in response to the recent massacre in virginiaeach. a zeity employee killed a do people inside a municipal building in late may and was later killed by police. yes, the governor released a list of bills that he plans to introduce next week and they include mandatory background checks, assault style weapons ban and a so-called red flag law that would let law em enforct temporarily remove a orrson's firearm if they exhibit dangerous behavi. >>> charlottesville is replacing a holiday celebrating thomas jeffern who owned slaves with a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery. the city council voted to remove april 13th, the founding er birthday as a paid holiday but instead they will observe freedom and liberation day on may 3rd. jefferson's hometown was charlottesville and he founded the university of virginia. >>> the news4 scott macfarlane has learned about a new probe into the decision to cancel the move in the fbi headquarters out f d.c. an internal justiceepartment watchdog will interview why the fbi voted and decided to keep

virginia governor ralph northam will ask for this when they are back in special session. northam is asking lawmakers to conside several gun safety proposals, including banning silencers, assault rifles, and adding universal backgr checks. >>> today, building inspece rs willassessing damage in southern california. >> two major earthquakes last week, thursday and friday, and erere is more cell phone video showing the trifying moments. >> let's go! >> let's go! let's go! let's go! >> a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked southern california on july fourth. the next day, a 7.1 magnitude quake rattled the ar c near ridgest which is a little over two hours northeast of los angeles. now some residents there are still on edge and choosing to sleep outside, rather than inside their homes. >> we are scared to think about the roof caving in on and not making it out on even making it to our kid. >> here is a look at the tent the family slept in last night. officials are still trying to figure out who is without water and power but the good news is everne survived. >>> another major story

they slammed governor ralph northam for inviting president. lieutenant governor justin fairfax plans to attend, releasing this statement, quote. the white house has not confirmed if the president will actually attend. >>> today, congressman jerry connolly will host a round table discussion at 11:0is morning he says he wants to encourage participation by communities who may be fearful afteruresident tr's failed push to add the the shape questi- citizenship question to the census. >>> fefighters battling triple temperatures and fire sparked on the roof of a two-story restaurant on 14th strt. d.c. firefighters said the heat impacted their ability to put it out quickly. nort one hu and no cause yet. >>> gnome the heat that marked this past weekend but severe storms as well. >> this morning, plenty of peple in our area are still cleaning up. strong winds, rain and lightning brought down a lot of trees and it even knocked out the power for some. news4 megan mcgrath joins us from montgomery county with a look at the damage left behind. i see that tre

the event they are celebrating, they slammed governor ralph northam for inviting the president.ieutenant governor justin fairfax plans to attend, releasing this statement, quote. the white house has not confirmed if the president will attend. >>> in puerto rico, thesland's e vernor refused to resign over the weekend but hdid say he will not seek re-election next year, and wi step down as head of his political party.or the govern ricardo addressed the situation on facebook following a week of prests in san juan. all of the troubles began after local media gained access to some of his private messages. they then published them. he had made profanity-laced and even homophobic remarks. >>> a deadly violence in the district. eight deadly shootings in d.c. since wednesday. >> today, d.c. mayor muriel bowser and police chief peter newsome will address all of this violence.s4 "newtoday" meagan fitzgerald is live where that news conference willhappen later on this morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's truly been a devastating an troubling last week here in the district. to give you so

virginia governor ralph northam called thepecial session in response to the workplace massacre in virginia beach. a city employee killed a dozen people in inside a municipal mabuild not guilty lateand was later killed by police. yesterday, governor northam released a list of bills that he plans to introduce next week, including mandatory background h ks, assault-style weapons ban and red flag law. it would let law enforcement temporarily remov a person's firearms if they exhibit dangerous behavior. >>> the news 4 eye team's scott mack far land learned about a new probe to cancel the move out of d.c. an internal justice department watchdog will review why the fbi chose to keep the hoover building downtown instead of moving it to prince george's or fairfax counties. house democrats say president trump may have opposed the move because he didn't want commercial developers to take over the property and compete directly with the trump hotel. they also feel the current fbi headquarters is aging and is too small. >>> we're learning new details about another shoppers foods set to close in our area

lawmakers return for a special session called by governor ralph northam.nts governors to vote on a series of measures including background checks a an assault weapons ban. >> many people are cleaning up after the flash flooding, fast moving water washed away roads and invaded houses yesterday. we have a feto gallery of all the flooding in the area n the nbc washington app. let's check on your commute with your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. adelphi outer loop, a brand-new crash there, also a situation at the bottom the beltway here. inner loop, the ramp to 95, an accident. taking a look elsewhere for a minute, silver spring, georgia avenue at seminary, dark lights repains through the morning rauch. >> we'll have a check on your forecast when we come - you're heading to moose creek for aunt trudy's 97th - yeah, it's definita flat. - [man in saouty vest] they said yl never make it. the kids are too wild, and the car's seen too many miles. (tire iron clanging) - (woman sighing) hang on. - but you know you'll get there because you have aaa. - okay, thanks s

governor ralph northam calledth special session after a municipal employee, you'll recall, fired off in virginia beach killing 12 co-workers. democratic lawmakers are outraged but republicans say they need more time to study the 30 plus bills being proposed. julie carey was in riff mony the drama played out today oi and will j us live in a few minutes no explain what happens next. >> right now our area is still drying out from yesterday's deluge. >> it's going to be a long road for some folks.re some people a getting, you know, and dealing with the aftermath. for the weeks it could take them and others have quite the story to tell, including these commuters who found themselves on top of these cars on canal road yesterday myning. todae've tracked down the young man in that pink shirt there. news 4's meagan fitzgerald has his story. >> one of the people stranded on top of their car just behind me here on can a.m. road was william diggs. he told meet water level rose so quickly there was nothing he could do to escape. >> lthk at is. >> monday morning is was perfect storm. >> the entire

governor ralph northam called a special session after the shooting in may. he wants lawmakers to vote on several measures, including universal background checks. republicans have criticized no ham, accusing him of exploiting the virginia beach tragedy for politicali ga >>> we are in weather alert mode. rain and flooding still a big problem out there. our chuck bell is back with an update. >>> plus, we have the latest one earthquake drom southern california. "news4 mid >>> welcome back. this is what canal road in northwest washingt looked like st a few hours ago. look at that. people just standing on top of their car, stranin high water, nowhere to go. the flooding was widespread this morning. joining us now on the phone is chief david publis from arlington fire. >> thank you very much. >> tell us about the problems ths morning. >> throughout the entire region, this dumped a lot of rain into an already saturated area. we have seen a lot of common flooding portions and all of the entire region flood and also some other intersections which normally would stay d

meanwhile democratic ralph northam, the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, is sleeping peacefully in the governor's mansion after his fellow democrats did not seem to care that he dressed up either in blackface or a ku klux klan outfit. i wonder if donald trump did that, how they would react. 2020 democrats are kissing the ring of al sharpton, known for anti-semitic, bigoted language. we played a lot of it last nigh night. hillary clinton's mentor, her mentor, robert byrd,en used to e in the ku klux klan. al gore's father tried to block the 1954 civil rights act, the historic legislation. lyndon johnson relied on republican support to get it passed. the democrats went through with a filibuster. the list goes on. we don't even have time to list all of the creepy, crazy, sleepy uncle joe's racist remarks and policies over the years. and let's talk about charges of sexual misconduct. again, selective.rs feigned moral outrage. only when it is a republican or donald trump or donald trump supporter or donald trump appointee. remember that the "i believers" in the kavanaugh hearings, the

the republicans in the state are still not budging after accusing democratic governor ralph northam of being politically motivated in calling the special session. >>which the governor called the session. the parson the man's for floor votes, the road shed all demonstrate to me how the whole thing is just an election year spot. we all share the goal reducing gun violence in for jen people in virginia. >>we need to know that we're here to make virginia say from they need to know where these legislators say on these issues. >>the debate centered around a background checks. one handgun a month long assault weapons bans and other issues. the legislators, legislation the legislature's what i'm trying to say won't meet again until november 18th northam responded in a statement saying quote i expected lawmakers to take this seriously. it calls a lack of action, shameful and disappointed. >>i think that there's something absolutely critical try as hard as you can. and let the chips fall where they may and that's exactly what i'm doing. >>my name's tom sermanni for president. >>area, bay's billi

as we have seen some others do in these cases, the attorney general in virginia comes to mind, ralph northamre completely different reason, people who after they watch this process play out for a while, decided i'm going to hang in there and now al franken wishes that he had buried >> i felt that way at the time. look at her previous allegations have been made against people, they usually get a chance to defend themselves. he was the victim of just infighting in the democratic party, but also, as you know, this movement, this idea that if an allegation is made, no matter what substantiation is there or not, it -- even if there is no substantiation, it must be believed. and this is not a good standard for us for holding people, wrongdoers, accountable. it's entirely possible given that there was photographic evidence in his case and a pattern of misconduct that he might not have survived, but maybe you should've gotten -- >> martha: it's important to point out here, i've said it several times and i will say it again that there are many of these cases that are obviously completely justified an

he says if they were truly concerned about racial animosity, wife virginia governor ralph northam stilladmitting to being in blackface or a kkk outfit in an old yearbook photo? chris. >> i called for him to resign that night on this air, not your show, but another show. a lot of democrats did and i don't know why he still there and if it was up to me be gone right now, but the president use -- i know you are but one of my kind of thing, that's not working here. he's the president of the united states. he needs to be better. he needs to not use racist things like go back to your home place, go back to your country. he needs to stop it right now. he needs to have grace. he's the leader of the free world. his words matter more than anybody else's words and talking about what anybody else said is irrelevant to this conversation. >> shannon: got to leave it there. there's plenty of heat and light on twitter at all the other social media platforms. grace is the idea. that's the word for tonight. chris and charlie, thank you both, your graceful appearances. thank you. puerto rico's embattled p

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democratic governor ralph northam called the session after a may 31 shooting atck that killed a dozen people in virginia beach. but, majority republicacs put off anon until after the state's november elections. lifornia lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed new rulesv ton when police fire their weapons. they allow deadly force only ifh e is an immediate threat of death or serious injury to officers or bystanders. supporters touted the rules as some of the nation's toughest. nearly two dozen governors are joining california's fight agait easing fuel efficiency standards. the governors, mostly democrats, signed a pledge today. the trump administration wants to roll back obama-era rules, and to end california's authority to set its own standards. a federal court in whington has blocked the department of health and human services om making drug companies show prices in their tv ads. the mandate was to take effect today, in a bid to bring about lower prices. the court said congress never granted the power to enforce such a rule. wall street had a lackluster trading day. the dow jones indust

here's some other stories that were put before us, where there's been no consequence and governor ralph northam who was either the fellow in blackface or in a k.k.k. costume. no action taken othat -- on that that was a long time ago. i'm ok with looking at the man he is today. it was also a narrative the news media wanted to be true. i believe it's one of those two things seems to have a lot of legs. lieutenant governor justin fairfax, multiple accusations of sexual assault, no action. attorney general mike herring confessed he was in blackface no action down there. there's a stalemate in virginia no consequence for these three allegations in virginia. no consequence so far for jussie smollett. o consequence so far for erica thomas. i'll point out, i have not been critical of the statements made by members of congress, no matter how much press they have gotten, the quad squad has gotten a lot of press for certain statements. they do have the right to free tom of speech. th regard to a.o.c., rashida pressley, their statements are pretty stark. people to recognize we have the right to freedom of

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. >> governor ralph northam, thank you for being with us and congratulations again.e ranks, see the whole study right now at top states.cnbc.com. we'll have a lot more about this state and the other states and the bottom state, all throughout this day let's hear once more from old guard, fife and drum corps ♪ >> where was colorado? i thought it might be -- virginia wasn't in the top four, so i thought, well, maybe it will be number one but then i thought maybe it's colorado because colorado is usually up there too. >> top five last year. >> all right i like this. some people could get triggered but i like it. >>> coming up the markets will be paying close attention to fed chair powell could the fed cut rates sooner or later we'll talk about what investors are hoping to hear when "squawk box" comes right back. dear tech, dear tech, let's talk. we have a pretty good relationship. you've done a lot of good for the world. but i feel like you have the potential to do so much more. are you working for all of us, or just a few of us? can we build ai without bias? ai that fi

interestingly both virginia's governor ralph northam, lieutenant governor justin fairfax will take partout the week although it's a safe bet they will want to avoid handshake photo, being in the same room with the president on what is obviously a major historical event. still for the president, it is a chance not only to celebrate the incredible history, a chance to white house officials tell me to reflect on the great strides that our country has made all these many years later. we do expect to hear from the president in the 11:00 hour. he is also expected to take a bit of a tour. that should be interesting. for now, back to you. steve: kevin corke live in jamestown, virginia. kevin, they have you. should be a good today. brian: should be quite interesting. no small event on president's schedule ever. what he does before and after and at the actual event. steve: he had an event on the official calendar. some people is this damage control because what is going on with cummings and sharpton. dr. alveda king was there. a fathering in the oval room with members of the african-american fait

ralph northham called the special session in response to the workplace massacre on virginia beach back on may 31, a city engineer killed 12 people inside that municipal building. today governor northam released a list of bills. including mandatory background checks, assault-style weapons bans and a so-called red flag law that would let law enforcement temporarily remove a person's firearms if they exhibit dangerous behavior. >>> there's a new investigation into that controversial decision that canceled the fbi's move rom downtown d.c. to either fairfax or prince george's county. an internal justice department o watchdog is gg to row view the decision to keep thedi bu in downtn d.c. >> the trump administration surprised a lot of people around here in july 2017 when it called off the plans to move the fbi to springfield or to prince george's county. the agency and local communities had spent years planning the move and anticipating a big economic windfall from it. in a new letter to a u.s. house ntl icme investigators say they'll review the decision, why it was made. hse democrats allege the president intentionally opposed the move because it would have allowed commercial developers t