they were almanacs used by priests to plan rituals. the bars and dots are numbers -- a dot for one, a bar for five. these two symbols formed the basis of a highly sophisticated mathematical system. it was used to record the movements of venus and of the moon and sun. astronomical events were linked to events on earth through elaborate calculations of time. stuart: they were operating with a fairly complicated kind of calendar. it counted the days in several systems. there was a 260-day cycle, a 365-day cycle, and then there was the great overriding cycle by which they really tamed eternity. and that was the long count. keach: with the long count the maya measured time from a beginning point thousands of years in the past. on this stela, or freestanding monument at copan, long count glyphs compute the passage of 1,403,800 days since the maya calendar began. beyond the long count, the maya also noted this date in ritual, lunar and solar calendars. all of this to record a single day. and when was that on the western calendar ? archaeologi

was and whether they were involved in any kind of ritual when they committed their sex crimes. >> theyed with requests for dna samples. they complied with exemplar requests for hairs. they also submitted to polygraph examinations that were conducted by the woodbridge police department. and they all were eliminated as suspects in the crime. >> melissa's boyfriend, who had stayed with her children, was also eliminated. >> eventually, things started to appear that we have an unsolved homicide with no suspect to pursue. >> eight months later, 500 miles away in maine, there was another assault strikingly similar to melissa padilla's. this crime was bold and brazen, but the perpetrator made a mistake in choosing his victim. she was a state trooper. ready for another reason to switch to t-mobile. get 2 lines of unlimited 4g lte data for just $100 bucks a month. it's america's best unlimited family plan. and it's only at t-mobile. if yand you're talking toevere rheumyour rheumatologiste me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from

(narrator) music plays a strong role in ceremonies and rituals of all kinds.hern africa the medicine dance of the kung is a ceremony that is usually held once a week to heal the sick and ward off evil. (brown) among the kung music itself is a medicine which heals people physically. it heals their ailments, and that is testament to the power of music. [chanting and wailing] the kung are also known as bushmen. they are a people who live in namibia and botswana in southern africa. they live in a semi-arid or desert region. it's a very tough environment in which to survive. and they are hunter-gatherers. they are people who live o the land. people survive really on the margins in that envinment. it's very easy to go across the line and to get into real trouble through sickness. so the alleviation of sickness and suffering is a regular need that has to be addressed. the healing ceremonies that the kung perform are one way of addressing those needs of restoring balance and harmony and health. the sound of the music itself is a healing sound. the music comes to peopl

the tapings occurred at a ritual bath at a georgetown synagogue. so far freundel charged with six counts of voyeurism. we'll be in the courtroom today. watch for the nbc news coming through our nbc washington app later today for any breaking updates from that hearin >>> and right now the u.s. postal service is negotiating a new contract. back to richard jordan for that. good morning again. >> hi barbara. good morning. the negotiations starting today, expected to take a few weeks and a postal worker's union getting star is a frort actor danny glover. >> i come here as the child of postal employees who worked their most all their entire life as employees of the u.s. postal service. and i come here as their son, and i also come here as a customer. >> glover says he even worked briefly for the postal service. the union wants to expand postal services including notary and licensing services.

. >> asÍ iniciaba el ritual.os, por momentos un tanto violentos... y tal que era pausado, tras presenciar y escuchar la mÚsica, le daba pie. >> existen o no existen los espÍritus? >> para mi existen los espÍritus porque yo desde que tengo uso de razÓn sentÍa espÍritus. >> buscamos una explicaciÓn profesional. >> yo trabajo con presos, muchas veces tienen compaÑeros que sÓlo los ven ellos pero no estÁn locos. la gente habla de esto porque en verdad ellos sienten 90 espÍritus pero no es que viene de afuera hacia adentro. va de adentro hacia afuera, uno proyecta la imagen. >> la ciencia explica que el cerebro tiene cuatro procesos, primero capta un objeto o persona, segundo funciona como cÁmara fotogrÁfica, tercerola mente le da un valor en algunos casos muy fuerte para finalmente recordarlo y proyectarlo a travÉs de la memoria. >> en cualquiera de sus cuatro procesos puede haber alguna falla pero sobre todo si la falla estÁ en la captaciÓn, empieza a sacar fotos solas, son alucinaciones. una enfermedad mental que h

. >> he is accused of secretly videotaping six women during a ritual bath. >> there are six victims we know of. are there any more we're hearing about? >> reporter: a lot more. prosecutors have poured through these secret tapes and are now telling us 152 women were victimized by the rabbi, and that is new evidence that will be presented in court today. the ran eye's -- the rabbi's hearing is at 10:00 a.m. when he appears in court, he will see some of those victims, some of the women and victim advocates will be here staging a rally outside of court and they're even going inside the courtroom wearing all blue in support of all the women prosecutors say the 63-year-old rabbi secretly videotaped as they prepared for a ritual cleansing bath known as a mikvah. get this. the rabbi will not face charges in all of those new cases. i'll tell you why coming up at 6:30. back to you in the studio. >>> disabled people are going to protest in annapolis today. they're calling on lawmakers to restore funding cut from the stage bucket. >> they're concerned how cuts are affecting developmentally disable

more fallout for a rabbi who secretly recorded women during a ritual bath. and a calm start to the weekend, but changes are on the way. get ready for more winter weather. we begin with winter weather alerts, some of us could see a winter remix tomorrow. road crew spent part of the day pretreating the roadways ahead of the trucks going out in the morning to clear the messy roads. steve rudin has a timeline of what to expect. steve: it will be messy, especially late tomorrow morning into the early afternoon. the temperatures well below freezing dulles 27, same gaithersburg, 30 reagan national andrews at 30. a satellite radar, this weather maker is approaching from the east. -- approaching towards the east. it will impact our weather in the morning. dry conditions through the evening. the temperatures will begin to fall other quickly, into the 20's by 11:00 tonight. tomorrow morning waking up early, heading out to grab a cup of coffee, walking the dog, you will want to take it easy. heaviest snow will be north and west of d.c., western maryland north of frederi

prosecutors say he recorded more than 150 women at a jewish ritual bath. he taut at georgetown and town sen university as well as the university of maryland. and new details at what led to a stabbing death of a lawyer in new york. david sent a text message to his wife saying he would be home around 8:30 monday night. the post says that by about 2:00 a.m. she called police. at this hour they're looking for a person of interest. there's a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >> a triple murder in north carolina leads to nax the district. the f.b.i.'s looking into the death of three young muslim americans was a hate crime. that prompted the council on american care. >> nearly 300 miles from chapel hill, north carolina dozens gathered in d.c.' du pont circumstance to remember three promising lives. they lit candles few tears this -- in this community. all three were shot in the head execution style tuesday evening. police have charged their neighbor craig steven hicks with their murder. at the vigil it's an explanation most aren't buying. >> fo

through song, ceremony and ritual music maintains tradition, reinforces identity, and serves as an important means for storing and sharing memories. (man) when you want to recount history one way in which you could do it would be to just talk as i'm talking now. when you use a musical instrument you focus people's attention on the matter that you have at hand, and you entertain them. so you open them up emotionally. the music has a way of reaching people on a nonverbal, emotional level. [low hum and sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] [woman singing in native dialect] (man) we all have musical memories. they go back to our earliest childhood. they form a large part of how we feel about time. as our life unfolds, we connect the dots with musical memories very often. ♪ my momma told me, if i was good, ♪ so, in the personal sense, we stitch together our lives with music in a very direct way. [rock music] i don't think that most people can tell you where they were ten years ago, but if you sing a song from that summer, they can tell you exactly where they were, who they were dating what ca

bernard pleaded guilty to 52 counts of secretly video taping women as they undressed for a jewish ritual bath. admitting to court today to filming 100 more. >> debra alfarone was in that courtroom and she joins us live from dc superior court with why. >> reporter: derek and lesli, they say they found 152 videos on hard drives, flash drives, hidden cameras and computers when they searched robert bernard's home and also his office. but of those 152, 52 were a part of the plea deal today and the u.s. attorney's office would only say that the plea covers up those who came forward that were i.d. ad and wanted their cases prosecuted. that is all rabbi bernard said to the cameras as they left dc superior court with their lawyers after pleading guilty to 52 counts of video taping women as they got undressed to get in that ritual. they say that the former prominent catcher and the religious leader wanted to get this over with to move on with their life, even though that the 63-year-old now faces up to 52 years in prison. >> and he has engaged in a number of activity building years such as for nih

. >> there has been a ritual aspect to confrontation in korean society.es with korea as a relatively new democracy is that this is not really a political culture in which debate and compromise are prized. >> since 2004 the south korean parliament has dissolved numerous times into uncontrolled mass brawls. >> 2004 was a year in which we saw major change in the composition of the national assembly. it became younger. there was the introduction of a new labor party. and they brought with them the street protest tradition, to a certain extent they brought the street into the national assembly. >> whether the subject is education reform or impeachment, free trade deals or government relocation, you can be sure that fists will be raised and punches will be thrown. >> a lot of pushing and shoving, a lot of competition to really gain control over the physical instruments of power, for instance, the speaker's podium or the gavel. hammers and fire extinguishers. there were draft bills being thrown. there were cameras in the national assembly. paper actually makes a

at one restaurant staff take to the street for a ritual led by the owner.ao yuan is around a province 1,000 kilometers from beijing. he owns seven restaurants on guijie street and with 400 employees he's become the area's most successful entrepreneur. this is a weekly meeting. it's meant to motivate employees and foster a sense of belonging. his business model has changed drastically over the last ten years. by 7:00 p.m., customers are lining up to get into the restaurant. summer is guijie street's busiest season. the restaurant's most popular dish is cray fish with hot peppers and chinese peppers. he revamps the menu every two months predikcting what customes will want, always taking initiative and setting new trends. this spicy hot crawfish dish was a hot just as he predicted approximate although he's out performed the competition for ten years, he can't let his guard down. although he's out performed the competition for ten years, he can't let his guard down. although he's out performed the competition for ten years, he can't let his guard down. although

now prosecutors say he recorded more than 100 and the women at a jewish ritual bath. he taught at georgetown and towson university's as well as the university of maryland. new details about what led to a death at a hotel. david sent a message to his wife saying he would be home around 8:30 on monday night. by 2:00 a.m., she called police. police are looking for a person of interest. there is a $25,000 reward for information that will lead to an arrest. for people who have diabetes having a jewel that signals highs and lows is key. many are turning to diabetic alert dogs. some say that they are nothing more than overpriced pets. josie explains why. >> the flores family was hoping that lotus would offer more than love. >> maybe i should have been smarter. you are looking for any hope. >> hope advertise on the website for a virginia company advertising miracles. she e-mailed seven other side calling them priceless with dogs that immediately alert and save my child more times than i can count. >> anytime i am not paying attention to my blood sugar, he is imperative to me

. >> he realized how much of islam he didn't know ritually. >> the actual experience of the ritual wasg, and transformative. >> since i went to mecca and reported that the religion of islam is a religion of brotherhood, which includes all man kind, it caused a great deal of wrath in the heart and mind of elijah muhammad, who has been teaching that the white race is a race of devils. >> the tensions at homes are amping up with the nation of islam, in part because of some of malcolm's words, right? and the attention he's receiving from law enforcement, from the fbi, domestically, from the cia internationally. it's also increasing. >> but he also knows that the nation of islam was very upset with him. >> why are they threatening your life? >> well, primarily because they're afraid that i will tell the real reason that they've been -- that i'm out of the black muslim movement, which i've never told, i kept to myself. but the real reason is that elijah muhammad, the head of the movement, is the father of eight children by six different teenage girls, six different teenage girls who were his

fbarry freundel and minute recording women during a ritual bath. he faces 26 years in jail. a man pled guilty today to second-degree murder in the death of a howard university student. he admitted shooting the man during a robbery in 2013. prosecutors dropped eight charges as part of the plea deal. he faces 30 years in prison when sentenced in may. fairfax county chairman sharon bulova is promoting a commission -- promoting a commission to review the police practices of fairfax county and how information is released to the public. they will also look at use of force training, threat assessment, and the internal affairs division. the department was criticized for its handling of the shooting death of john geer and the dissemination of information afterwards. the police say they are one step closer to finding the driver who killed a man on the bw parkway. jay korff has the details. >> this right here is so much love. >> she holds dear a cherished memory of her son. scores of friends signed the memory card at his funeral last week. >> i love my son and i miss them with all my h

they admit that secretly filming 152 women as they got undressed to get in to a jewish ritual. why he only plead guilty to 52 of them coming up. >>> a deep freeze is about to get a whole lot deeper. thank you for joining us, i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty as we are in for the temperatures below freezing for the next few days. the big question is how cold for how long. great temps, not the windchills. these are current temperatures right now without the wind. 14 in leesburg, 12 in manassas. as we suspected today, the high temperature is 21. occurring at midnight as they have done nothing, but fall all day. it is 10 in gaithersburg, 14 in frederick. feels like 3 below in manassas and leesburg and five below at windchill. let's talk about the windchill. it will feel like 18 below in andrews and 16 below as far south as la platta. the good news is by 1:00 that the winds have subsided somewhat. i mean it will still be very cold and now windchills anywhere from two below to about eight above down

. >> translator: these rights and rituals that my family have performed, i'm pleading to the gods to take us back to our lands. >> lack of proper facilities and ostable technical have been difficult. >> translator: even when they go to play our children are identified as camp kids. no matter how well they do in school the label sticks. and they always belittled. >> sri lanka's new president has promised to give people their lands back if they've not been used to safeguard national security. >> people here are cawrks. cautious. they've heard this promise before. now there's hope, hope that the president they voted in would deliver. >> part of its campaign promise the government has announced that it will give back around 400 hectares of land. >> no way but any land that is in excess of of the land they are using, and if that land is utilized directly by the government the said land will be given back. >> the announcement came a few days ahead of the president's visit to india. there are tens of thousands of sri lankan refugees in india. like gabrielle and his family who returned a few

the recordings happened inside a ritual bath.r freundel has been charged with six counts of voyeurism. chris gore didilid not gordon will be in the courtroom. >>> we're learning new information about the mysterious murder of an attorney in d.c.. zachary kiesch is at the donovan hotel with new details on what police found in the hotel room of the victim. >> reporter: good morning. for a lot of young professionals in the area it's known as donovan house, a popular hotel just off of 14th street just south of thomas circle here in northwest d.c. known for having great rooms and great rooftop bar and pool. not the kind of place that you'd associate with a crime scene. and that's exactly what happened earlier this month. we is more information about david messerschmitt, a lawyer found stabbed in his fourth floor room. police say they found wallet cell phone, computer and a condom in that room. and they also want to know who this person might be. if take you a look at the surveillance video, this is the person of interest. they do not h

a lot of us who are former athletes really fascinated by the ritual of always playing for the next city of the next date. a figure with the recalled. >> primaries. >> exactly. so if you can elaborate number one if it actually was a ritual or just let off a lot of stephen pressure on the campaign trail your feelings about going up against hillary clinton and the things they were saying about you guys and how he was telling you to respond nicely, not to disrespect senator clinton. and i can't recall my last question. >> question. >> i can start on those two. basketball had sort of different meanings throughout the campaign and white house. it just definitely has been really really important. and i try to sort of elaborate on to elements of it. the it. the physical playing in an is also the bond or the chatter in the talk to you have about the game itself. and sometimes is not about nba games. sometimes there is -- sometimes it's about the games we actually play a knew play well and who didn't. so i remember we played basketball on the day of the iowa caucus. i was really really nervous be

. >> far from the capital in the peaceful hills on the dead sea public rituals of condolence. this is the hometown of the murdered pilot. anxious people pay their respects and share the grief to embrace, pray, and grapple with the horror. >> the father will spend much of the next days in this tent and will meet a great many well-wishers and hear a great number of questions. how can jordan punish those responsible for the death and what should the role be in the coalition against islamic state? >> you said that you are not sure that this was jordan's fight. do you still feel that way? >> i'm certain that jordan must fight in the hideouts because they are coming for us and we must fight them before they reach us. >> before that, a gesture of revenge. a nondescript pre-dawn convoy carries out the death penalty is. best death penalties. the king returned some from washington and it was the spontaneous. it was heartfelt. the country rallied together at a time of wounded pride. jordan says they are fighting back and the king spoke of a relentless war to protect faith values, and hum

police also found a book on how to kill with your bare hands and a notebook on satanic rituals. tim bradford's mother told police that her son practiced devil worship. also suspicious was tim bradford's behavior during tina's disappearance. an atm security camera captured pictures showing tim bradford withdrawing money from tina mott's bank account after she disappeared. investigators also learned that tim bradford occasionally used drugs. >> we know from statements that tina had supposedly told people she worked with she was afraid of tim because of his drug usage. i'm speculating here, but when he is using drugs that his violent temper is a little more flammable, you know, that he erupts a little bit quicker and has a shorter fuse and that's why she's afraid of him. >> next, police searched the couple's apartment. inside, they conducted a luminol test. a chemical is sprayed on a surface. it can reveal blood that has been cleaned up with water and detergents. on the living room carpet, investigators found an area believed to be human blood. they also found blood on the bathroom

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here they are, they have nothing other than this kind of ritualized bringing it up hoping they can pull enough stunts. that does not seem very likely to me. >> i think they were somehow hoping that some of the democratic senators would lose their nerve, but it is pretty easy to vote to stay with your party particularly after what the republicans have been doing to the president for the last four years. >> that is a very good point here too. we're 38 days into the congress and we're seeing the "i learned it from watching you dad" moment. they saw how effective in certain ways the mcconnell system of being in the senate minority was, which was block, block, block, obstruct. keep your people together. you all are doing it separately. and it has been effective. >> that's true. they're positioning themselves for the 2016 elections for sure. the democrats have a fairly good chance to take back the senate in 2016 just the way the math works. a huge turnout compared to what we had. a lot more blue states and -- excuse me red senators in blue states is what i'm trying to say, you know and a pres

. >> kenji goto jogo died in what haspm a familiar grotesque ritual. there was this reaction. >> translation: we are deeply saddened by this horrendous act of terrorism, and denounce it in the strongest term. we will never, never forgive you for the act. and we are going to cordiate request with the international community. japan will never defeat terrorism. >> reporter: this is a video recorded by kenji goto jogo before crossing from syria. >> he hopes to make the world helpfully with your support. >> here they had hope to see their pilot moaz al-kasasbeh alive again. they wanted evidence he was alive. the response was to kill kenji goto jogo. this was the suicide bomber at the center of the deal. sajida al-rishawi was offered up by jordan. jordanian journalist interviewed her through her lawyer and said she was in self imposed confinement confinement described as an illiterate woman. >> translation: if she was important, they would have asked for her before now. why would they ask for her release. >> what the death of kenji goto jogo means to the pro

it's a ritual for first timers making me an official alvinaut.work begins. >> when we found water coming out of some springs, nothing coming out of others and some of the other ones where nothing was coming out they started producing again. >> he said the discovery is that ocean vents are affected by high and low tides, caused by lunar cycles. what's amazing something two miles deep can be influenced by something 200,000 miles above. in the atlantis science lab researchers are working 24/7 bagging documenting and freezing samples. >> half of the air we breathe, implications for frg and also energy and also for climate change. >> scientists aren't the only ones interested in unique forges like the dorado outcropping. mining companies see this and they think minerals, metals and a whole lot of money. >> and that's coming up next. we want to hear what you think about these stories. join the conversation by following us on twitter and at aljazeera.com/"techknow." photos ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "techknow." we're talking deep ocean. it really is

prosecutors say that rabbi barry freundel secretly recorded 150 women using a jewish ritual bath. joce sterman has been following this case from the very beginning. she's live in northwest with more on today's plea. joce? >> well leon it's all spelled out right in these pages. four pages, that means victims can finally start to put this behind them and they could also send rabbi freundel to jail for more than 50 years. we have video of him today leaving the courthouse. he did not say a word other than cautioning photographers against the ice that was behind them while they tried to get video of him. basically, what happened today, he entered a guilty plea in this hearing answering only yes to questions asked of him by the judge. briefly turning around to look at the victims. many of whom were emotional. prosecutors tell us as many as 150 women were secretly recorded by the rabbi as they were naked or undressing as they prepared to enter that sacred ritual bath. we also learned a great deal about this situation for rabbi freundel. search warnranted that we obtained spelled out the

than the rabbi installed and operated recording devices at the national capital mikvah mikvah, e ritual cleansing bath for the purpose of recording women fully or partially undressed without their knowledge or consent. judge alprin asked rabbi freundel do you agree with the prosecutor's statement of facts? the rabbi replied, yes, your honor. his lawyer addressed the rabbi's future. >> his rabbinical career is going to be very hard to resurrect, but he's a scholar. >> reporter: class action civil lawsuits have been filed seeking money damages for the women the rabbi photographed naked. >> 152 were found to have been videotaped. many many more were in the mikvah ant don't know if they were one of the 152 because not every one of them have been identified. >> reporter: in the criminal case the rabbi will be sentenced on may 15th. now, prosecutors asked that he be ordered to wear a gps, a tracking device. his lawyer objected saying he's made every court appearance. the judge looked at the rabbi and said if i let you go without a gps, you won't make me look bad, will you? the rabbi said abso

freundel admitted to recording women at a ritual bath. he was suspected of videotaping more than 150 women but the statute of limitations on many of those cases has already expired. freundel faces up to 52 years in prison when he's sentenced in may. >> former virginia first lady maureen mcdonnell will be sentenced for corruption tomorrow. federal prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 18 months. that's less than the two years her husband, former governor bob mcdonnell received just last month. >> and people are bundling up around the region as we prepare for the coldest weather in more than 20 years. doug hill is in the weather center with the weather alert. >> it's been 19 years since the morning low temperature dropped into single digits at reagan national and i think that's a done deal for tomorrow morning. let's get started with what we're looking at right now. 10 degrees in gaithersburg. top that with winds and it's feeling very uncomfortable. these are the air temperatures we're forecasting overnight under mainly clear skies. 2

violation one hundred and 69 complaint for upgrades 2 hundred and thirty and the director complaints and ritual inspectors one hundred and 54 for the commissioner courtney the number of hearings were 67 the order of abatements 25 the number of cases under advisement were 18 the number of cases abated were one hundred and 85 inspections performed one hundred and 87 cases referred to the city attorney were 4 and also provided thestasis status for each division. >> thank you dan on just on the this is above and beyond because obviously we're turning the corner on our violation the conversation is in the future portfolio whatever four and a half thousand possible unit i'm wondering if existing violations where the rehabs are going ton there when you're in your budget meetings those are the intelligence we're going a job i need to understand going forward with this new policy it wouldn't effect our hard work i peppering think it having should be on a spate sheet going forward by the way but to keep our good work in place. >> we can provide a separate sheet. >> any public comment on item the director

and the other one about a kid who is 16 years old who plays the chinese violin really, really good ritual on tv and part of the celebration this is the flier and this is the dump listing so i hope i hope julia can attend at hong kong restaurant i'm not here to brag about anything but this is the good thing good year in the year of the sheep. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello supervisors i'm speak also here to sit in solidarity i've been in san francisco for 5 years it's the best in the world i think it is really hard living in fear everyday wondering is today, the day i'll get stabbed on the bus attacked going into the clubs or groshdz as many people decided trans latinos in san francisco 70 percent feel unsafe walking around san francisco of all places in the daylight compared to 20 percent of the lgbtq population i'm here to demand no new jail we can invest in for housing and johns i believe that will uplift all people of color including the transgenders people that will make us safer than any jail could i'm here to recognize for more education startin

he admitted to recording women at a ritual bath. freundel faces 52 years in prison when he is sentenced in may. he was a rabbi in georgetown for more than 25 years. virginia's former first lady will be sentenced for corruption tomorrow. prosecutors are recommending that maureen mcdonnell serve 18 months in prison for taking gifts in exchange for favors. former governor bob mcdonnell was sentenced to two years, but he is free pending his appeal. we will have live team coverage from richmond tomorrow. leon: in abc 7 exclusive, the i-team discovered the district is on the book for more than $2 million of repairs after seven ladder trucks for the d.c. fire department failed inspections. chris papst explains that the cost could have easily been avoided. reporter: in a city with a skyline marked by cranes and the skyline they construct, they need ladder trucks for emergencies. >> we need the appropriate vehicles and told to do our jobs. we don't now. reporter: this past summer, 40% of the district's ladder trucks failed due to a lack of m

using a camera and videotaping more than 150 women with a camera hidden inside of a clock radio in a ritual bathing area inside the synagogue. >>> the rabbi pled guilty to his charged and will be sentenced march 15th. >>> a traveling nurse accused of sexually abusing several female patients at several hospitals and one in maryland as refused a deal offered by prosecutors. his lawyer told us today that he is innocent. >> mr. shrine innocent and we look forward to being exonerated. >> a patient at dw hospital that he touched her inappropriately in 2013. but they stay gw did not inform them of the incident and they did not start an investigation till another patient filed a complaint 7 months later. he is scheduled to be back in court may 19th to face trial on the charges. >>> new information on a california commuter rain crash. the driver is now charged in the incident. the train slammed into the truck northwest of l.a. it caused the train to slam the truck and burst into flames and then he abandoned his truck and he was found a couple miles away on his phone and seemed distressed and disorie

he is suspected of recording a total of 150 women using a jewish ritual bath. use a former teacher at georgetown and towson university's, as well as the university of maryland. -- he is a former teacher at georgetown and towson universities as well as the university of maryland. >> a lawsuit against the ferguson, missouri, police department may be in the works. cnn alleges that the will allege racial discrimination. the due year jay will follow suit if ferguson does not make changes on its own. federal charges are not expected against officer darren wilson in the fatal shooting of michael brown last year. >> the search for a pair of bank robbers that targeted a bb&t bank this afternoon, then the wells fargo in sterling. during that incident, one suspects threaten the teller with a gun. the fbi is investigating if they are tied with other bank robberies. if you have information, contact the authorities. >> a prince george's county man is accused of soliciting a 12-year-old girl for sex. investigators say that 21-year-old vincent hill sent explicit messages to th