shomari stone is at theex com with how residents are holding up tonight. shomari? >> reporter: good g. we have an update for you. dominion power is expected to bring two new transformers here to thisin building b me. as you can see, there are condos and they are not t litight because there is no power. right now the residents are either staying at a hotel, with family, friendsltr s provided by the red cross. new cell phone video shows a fire breaking out this morning at the skyline plaza complex in bailey's crossroads. fire investigators tell me that 26-story building's transformer caught on fire.jo powell lives on the sixth floor. >> it's frustrating, and at this point it's kind of overwhelming right now. >> reporter: she is one of about a thousd people who can't live here tonight, the thick smoke seeping into the building, forcing firefighters to evacuate everyone. >> the alarm went o and we smelled smoke, and it was no big first.t but then we started smelling smoke and we started out. >> reporter:o one woman had walk down from the 21stfloor. in a phone interview

shomari. >> reporter: good evening. this is the type of story has you scratching your head asking what on earth is the world coming to. this woman is 94 years old, supposed in theol gn years of her life, only to be attacked near connecticut avenue northwest and porter street. tonight she is courageously speaking out in hopes of putting her attacker in jail. >> i feel kind of angry that he got away with it. >> reporter: this 94-year-old woman is scared to tell you her name or show her fe on camera as she heals from stab wounds inside her apartment. this all started mday night. i got off the metro and was going to get in my car and come home. >> reporter: take a look at this video. there she is with paramedics after she was violently robbed. the trouble started when she walked to her rental car on the 2900-block of porter street near connecticut avenue northwest around 11:15. suddenly sheays aan grabbed her from behind >> he got my arm gripped behindi me, and sd he had a gun and i want your orcash. >> repter: he snatched

shomari? >> reporr: good evening. the students who we talked to say that they are disappointed and saddened about what happened and say that this is isola dd ands not reflect on the inclusion, the welcoming nature here at walt whitman high school. the principal sent home a letter to parents basically saying that the image was deeply disturbing for students, staff, and the parents in this community. >> reporter: controversy surrounds walt whitman hh school in bethesda, maryland. two students posted a photo of themselves in blackface, with the n-word superimposed over it. the photo was posted on a private social mediaaccount, but was shared, gained traction, and school officia say many students saw it. in a letter to parents, the principal says, quote, racist incidents have a profoundly negative impact on how our students of color a their families perceive the safety, education, and support our school has to offer. again, want to reiterate that acts of racism are unacceptable and will not be toleratedlt at wa whitman. w

in gaitrsburg, shomari stone, news4. >>> tonight the cdc is warning about a multistate e. coli outbreak that includes virginia. so far 72 people across five states have reported being i have other cases reported in kentucky, ohio, tennessee and gegia. eigh people have been hospitalized. no deaths have been reported. officials have not been able to find i specificm as the source. symptoms include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea a vomiting. >>> a warning for parents or guardians of infants. fisher price and safety officials say babies should not be put into the rock andlay sleeper. once the child is able to roe over, usually about three months over, fisher-price reports ten infa is have diedthe device in the last four years after they rolled to their stomach o side. none of them was restrained by the three-pointharness. >>> the end of an era for garden center that first took ot in the community nearly 90 years ago. hnky nurseries is closing up shop. it hasblossomed, becoming one of the most popular nurseries in our region. bey're closiause they don't have anyone else to run

in northwest d.c., i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> doug and i had a tough day at the office. take a look at our beautiful location on the csapeake bay at sunset for an earth day special report on climate change. >> s mething tells doug picked what day to go, right? >> yes, he had something to do with it. >> our wheel, in fact, at nbc 4 is working on th. we're already experiencing some effects of climate change and we want to discuss what to about it. >> doug, can we hope for another gorgeousrrpring day to? >> it really was gorgeous today. yeah, i think we'll see another day rrto. cooler, we're on the eastern shore, a lot cooler than it was d.c. because of the westerly component to the wind. 72 degrees right now, that was the high temperature today. r average high today is 64, so we're well above that. 68n hagerstown, 76 towards richmond. all eyes on a big storm to the west. we're tracking thatrm system making its way our way, eventually getting here on friday heret is, blizzard conditions, big time snows, and a line of thunderstorms. eventually those showers and storms move o

as shomari stone reports, he went after mor women besides her. >> i'm upset at the whole thing. part oft is getting myid entity and property back. >> this 94-year-old woman doesn't want to us reveal her identity. she was attacked last week, leaving her with stab wounds on her hand. >> it was horrible of it was unexpected. >> the police arrested the suspect. 53-year-old jonathan little. and district heights a couple days ago. >> i think they did a wonderful job. i'm so thankful. >> this video shows the woman with paramedics after the violent robbery. she was walki to her car near the exxon gas station at porter street and connecticut avenue northwest. around 11:15 at night. police say he grabb her from behind, snatched her purse, emptied it out, stealing credit cards, cash, and iphone and car keys. then he allegedly stab her and took off running. detectives saye recently ronald two other women. one on the 600 block of massachusetts avenue northeast. and another on the 1600 block of potomac avenue in southeast. according to court docuc.nts, d.olice were able to track down jonathan

shomari stone is on his way down there. a report in the next half hour. >> have they caused you grief? relief for confusing damaged treet signs around the district you may remember hundreds and hundreds of complaints the city had rdaeived. the mayor announced a new effort to replace those signs. that's not all as mark se graves reports, the plan is also creating new jobs. >> reporter: driving around the district can at times be frustrating, whether damaged street signs or confusing layers of parking signs. >> if iant to park legally, which one of these takes precedent? we aren't trying to confuse anybody. >> reporter: today,ay muriel bowser announced good d.c.ai ca to let city drivers know when there are problems with street si >> it is important that signs make sense, they're in the right locations, when they're damaged, ey are rea placed. when they don't make sense, they are removed. b >> reporter:ser acknowledged there is a backlog of new signs that need to be installed. the district started training residents how to ins

our shomari stone that-of-hhas . for aorter: majeb praying man nearly killed 0 outside a maryland mask insb gaithg a couple weeks ago. >> it makes me feel good that at least we can feel some safety. >> reporter: montgomery county police tharged muhammad taha with the h theic hit in the parking lot outside of mosque. >> i saw someone in the ditchenditch en and he was hit. a big injury on his face one of his eyes andd his h also hurt with one finger broken. >> reporter: police say a couple date march 24th,am 66-year-olr-d's me.into this when she came outside to see what was going on, police say he ran her over with his car, killing her in manassas, virginia. prince william county police arrested him at a 7-eleven later on. police tell us they used surveillance video to link taha to the hit-and-run cases. they have not told us a motive. meanwhile,ma d prays for stice. muhammad taha is held without bond facing several charg ins colluding second-degree murder, felony hit-and-run andttempted murder. in gaithersburg, shomar

shomari st ne has tmission. >> i feel angry. every student deserves to feel safe. >> reporter: 16-year-old eden shane is upset about gun violen in ournation. >> because it's not right. there's solutions to this proble >> reporter: eden and four of her friends are trying to fix the problem. >> our printer isset. it's waiting for the product.te >> reporter: ale emmanuel in kensington, maryland, mar ym, a, and xrcalle new berg. >> we have a subtitle of what a ok is. >> reporter: designed a yearbook that confirms their jewish faith. >> this is whatsur book going to look like. >> reporter: the book es students that were year.red in shootings last >> the concept of memorializing, remembering, is an important value. >>eporter: they will pass out 5 yearbooks to members of congressn who arentrol of gul laws. the house judiciary committee passed a measure to require background checks. bu w the teet it to be law. >> if theal fedovernment steps in says, this is okay, it will decrease the amount of gun violence. >> i want it to be a law so i

. >> in northwest d.c., shomari stone, news4. >>> hundreds of protesters caused a huge traffic mess in northwest d.c. >> police had to block off part of a street because of it. some are upset about go-go music being played here outside in the shaw .neighborhood growing community back lash prompted the company's ceo to intervene earlier this month saying the musicno should t stop in d.c. the protest organizers say they want to preservehe culter of music in their neighborhood. >>> some of you may have seen some showers tonight. storm team 4 team meteorologist doug kammerer is shackingur next chance for rain. today was sure wonderful. >> today was gorgeous. the temperatures today well above average. our average is 69 degrees. we were at 82 today. 82 d.c. 83 in hagerstown. very warm all across our region. we are tracking a cold ifront. making its way our way w. right no you can see it clearly defined with some showers. we saw a couple of those showers toward the hagerstown area around frederick. nownt moving parts of virginia. we'll continue to watch as the front moves through. it will hav

. >> yes and, as a matter of fact news 4's shomari stone will be joining you for the live the expanded fality, is it the grand opening? >> it is a celebration of the opening. we open our season in septemberr we open septe 26th, which is a thursday. just to bring everybody into the ilding and see it for the first time and show the different partnerships that we have wit a the students having the students perform. we're really excited about our opening reception and culminating friday, we have diffdent events on saturday we've got our blue birds blues festival and we hav this gre event close iing out th excited week of events a saturday we have a brunch we'll be doing with lake jazz arts festival. doing lots of great things. >> yes. >> as far as the showcase is m, concerned, tell us how to get in. >> absolutely. against that's 1voicegospelshowcase.com. the number one invoice gospel showcase.com. very simp the work will be getting your group and choir together and filming it. i encour everyone to consider put that much s or the america effort into it, upload your video and take a look at

shomari stone, news 4. >>> a manhunt for the suspected arsonist who set fire outside an american landmark. >> the story in the nbc washington app. scott macfarlane broke the new about the outside the national archives billing in washington. >> scott joins us from the live desk withe latest on this investigation. scott. watch your screen closely. you're about to see a person dresd in black wearing a hood or hat walking away from the outside of the archives. shortly after you'll see a glow of flames coming from the right side. a police report says the person ignited the gas c to cause the fire. security at the archivedn coul stop the flames, so they called d.c. t firefighter do so. a wider image fromnc surveile video shows the person making an escape, running across the busy road. the archives holds america treasures and it hosts tens of thousands of visitors. the billing's public museum had closed just two hours before this inciden somebody could have really gotten hurt. the billing could have got significant damage. we also have very important documents in the building, so obviously a fir

inorthwest d.c., shomari one, news 4. >>> a manhunt is underway this morning f a suspects arsonist who a fire outside the nationalarchives. the crime caught on video. you saw it first on the nbc washington app. a man in black walking away from outside the archives. a short time later notice an orange glow. that is from the flames. there it it is right there. police say that the man ignited a gas can, security could not stop the flames.al theyd the fire department and they were able to put it out before it spread into the building. a wider image shows the man making his escape. there he is right there. the archives is home to american treasures and hosts tens of thousands of visitors every year. the building the public museumc ed just two hours before all this happened. >> somebody could have really gotten hurt. the building could have gotten significant damage, if the fire wasn't put out so kwik quickly. we have very important documents in the building. obviously a fire isal detrime to that. >> the archives released still photos of the gas can used and we see some of the burnam de alon

. >> and airbnb officials tell shomari he is investigating and talking to the owner to try to resolvehe issue. d.c. police are offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest. >> that isnfiating. who can you trust? >>> well, a day after the go go musiceturned to a street corner, there is going to be a town hall meeting tonight to discuss changes in that neighborhood. we've been talking the muse ig ttsi -- music outsi metro pcs. they threatened to sue t-mobile if they didn't put an end t the music. that sparked an outcry. the ceo of the company said the music could continue. today's meeting is at check it enterprises on martin luther king avenue. >>> news has been helping you get fit for spring. >> you can check out the nbc 4 washington app for exercises that don't require a lot ofan te don't make you go to the gym. >> tomorrow you can join a workout in person. molette green will be at the westphalia communico center for unity boot camp. >> all you have to do is show up athe 5:30 in morning. you'll get a great work out. getting up at 5:30 is a workout. >> just ge

northwest d.c., shomari stone, news 4. >> what is the matter with people? >> i covered crime, you see crime. this is - 94. my grandmother is 94. i can't imagine. >> at least they got him. >> at least they got him. what is goinging inin inon in ? >>> 9:10. still to , a son fights for his 73-year-old mother she trying to get back into her house after a fire. >>> ahead, darcy spencer on why the worktill hasn't been completed after more than a year. time is 9:10. we'll be right back. i switched to liberty mutual, because they let me customize my insurance. e,and as a fitness junkii custo, like my bike, and my calves. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, >>> welcome back. this is an example of how newso4 is for you. a frustrated son contacted us wondering what he could do to get contractors to finishing work on his mother's prince george's county home. now, over a year ago, a fire swept through the house on eastern anue near the maryl

shomari stone shows us surveillance is clear and thieves may have a tough time hiding from police. >>n consignment near dupont circle. four men dressed in dark colored hooded sweatshirts walk up the stairs. suddenly one shatter as display case with a hammer and grab three expensive handbags. customers in there at the time are terrified. suspects cased ta and after the crime smashed the front door, and a photo catches them hopping into that getaway car. >> scariest part is we heard a bang and thought it was a n. >> the store is discombobulated. we're going to need to have it put back together. >> reporter: the store owner just celebrated 33 years in business. >> this is the first time anything like this has happened to us. >> reporter: first >>time? irst time in 33 years. >> reporter: she tells me an hour before the robbery the suspects cased the joint showing thr faces on camera. take a look at these photos. after the robbery, they smashed the frontoor and this photo captures them hopping in the getaway car. while police collect evidence -- and interview witnesses -- >> dirt on their

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