he was a student here at sidwell friends in the fifth grade. he was studying and living in sri lanka on a leave of absence, but he was sked tould cochedule back in theal keer an w kier kieran was passionate about learning and adored his friends and he was incredibly excited about returning to sidwell friends. coming school. we areor s not to get the the tunity welcome him to middle school. in his letter he say this may be the first time any of these students have lost someone close to them. they also plan t have grief counselors available tomorrow. >> a heartbreaking stork thu so am, amy who. >> right now in sri lanka, a state of emergency is in effect as government officials try to get a handle on public security. the fbi is on theround the helping local investigators. officials say a little known domestic groupin is beh the coordinatored bombings. it has no hftory o actually carrying out attack there is. authorities say that means they likely had help from an international terror network. nbc news has learned the government wasarned weeks ago

he was expected to return to sidwell this fall. bombing took the life of nearly 300 people. >>> four days after congresre ceived that redacted version of the mueller report, democrats are conducting the conference call to determi their next steps. in the meantime, the housedi juciary committee just sent a subpoena to former white house counsel don mcgahn.n he's bee ordered to testify on the 21st. mcgahn told special counsel team that president trump directed him to fire mueller just weeks after the investigation began. >>> neighbors credit neighbors for keeping a deadly centerville apartment fire from getting even worse. one man is dead and several families are without homes after the early morning fire on bent tree. circle some who live in the billing say they were alerted to the fire by their ngghbors poundin on their door. >>> now to a closer look at our changing climb as we celebrate earth day here. one of the largest contributors to green house gas emissions comes from our srs. >> that'here metro comes into play as our transpo

back at sidwell friends, students are also mourning loss. the school says they'll have grief counselors for the students tomorrow. anhe principal here at sidwell friends said they also plan to meet with theer fifth grad tomorrow to talk about this tragedy. >> such a sad time for those kids and teachers as well. e >>> now to th latest, they had today. blast it's still the middle of the night there where curfew has been imposed. members of the fbi and interpol e trenelp wh t investigation. the officials received attacks on possible churches nearly two weeks ago. officials in that country say they never expected anything of that magnitude. they're blaming a small islamic group. given the coordination of these attacks authorities believe they had help a from outside terror network. keep is here for all the latest as this story develops. >>> an update on breaking news that we brought you at 4:00. thecleanup now complete on the outer loop where that dump truck had goverturned spill its load of dirt on two lanes between allentown road and route 4.

he was on leave ofabscience from sidwell friends -- absence from sidwell friends. most people we spoke with at the vigil in loudoun county had a friend or family member affected by the attacks. >> my niece's classmate, she's only 11-years-old. after the easter services she went to the hotel. no news about them. presumed dead. >> today sidwell will have counselors available for students and staff. for more informaon how head, head to the nbc washington app. yocan also learn more about the security warning in funding. search "sri lanka." >>> we'reollowing two developing situations in prince george's county, with iin milesf each thher. e was a double shooting last night near 75th avenue and landover road in hyattsville. it appears to be an apartment nmplex. no word on theames of the victims. on allison es away street, two people were stabbed. there this is -- this is child support video.ot police have n released information on their conditions, and they do not believe the stabbingstere connecd. we'll bring you details as we get em. >>> this morning, a prostitution sca

presumed dead. >> today sidwell will have counselors on hand to talk with about kieran's death. for more on how to help, go to the nbc washington app. you can learn more about the security warning, just shnkla" >>> we're following two developing story in prince george's county, both occurred within milesanrom one her. take a look. chopper 4 ge us a look at the police response to the scene of a double shooting lastgh nit. this was near 75th avenue and landover road in hyattsville. it appears to be an apartme complex. no word on the names of the victims. >>> a few miles awa on allison street in hyattsville, two people were stabbed. here's video from chopper 4 over the scene lastnight. pli prince george's county police have not released information on their conditions be do not behe stabbings are connected. we'll bring you details as we. get them >>> developing this morning, a prostitution scandal has driven the mayor of ft. royal -- front royal, virginia, out of office. mayor hollis tharpe is resigning may 2nd. he was indicted for soliciting a prosti nte. he tolds4 the charges ste

a fifth grader at sidwell friends school.ice a leave of absence studying and and living in sri lanka. we are mourning his death along with those of huneds killed in the bombings. i want to show what's going on out people have. >> by to way their reayects, to pl flowers. the flag remains at half staff. if you can't push in on one of the notes here, it says "our hearts a with you." that is just a sample of the outpouring of support that has taken place since sunday's bombings. it will continue at the yep embassy. -- at the embassy. they will allow people to sign a heok. remembrances for t victims. that is going to be happening between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. today. again, here in northwest at then, if you want to pay your respects, you can. they will have a book that you can see. and we want to tell you being gak to the death, sidwell friends will be able to go ballpark. they can get things off theirch t. keihappen w aerritt kelly, he adored his friends and learning at sidwell. and was very much looking forward bo gettingk int

prestigious sidwell friends school to study inri lanka, now among the youngest victims killed in the bombing. >> he was a very special young man. very special. >> reporter: kieran was having breakfast with mother and grandmother at a hotel when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the buffet. he texted his dad just mfoutes be the attack. >> now he's never going to be a teenager. he was going to do great t for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >> reporter: most those killed on sund wereri lanka attending easter services but this is a hub for business and tourism. the lobbies ofur three lux hotels attacked were packed with foreigners. from at 30 people least a dozen different countries lost their lives. diedra kowalski was one of four americans killed. the 40-year-old from denver was described as big-heartednd selfless was traveling for work. writing on facebook, just before he left, and the fun begins, love these wk trips. 24 hours of flying. see you soon, sri lanka. he checked into his hotel shortly before. at tack >> i just kind of feel numb. like he'

the boy was a 5th grader at the prestigious sidwell school in washington, d.c.. the school said he had taken a leave of absence to live and study in sri lanka. stay with us here on morning morning as we continue to follow the latest developments on the bottoming throughout the morning and online any time of day at ktvu.com. >>> our time is 4:04. back at home happening today the san francisco port commission due to vote on the fate of a new homele navigation center along the embarcadero, the center of what is now a parking lot owned by the port commission. mayor london breed scaled back her original plan to have more than 200 beds there. she scaled it back to 130 but the number could go up over time. the mayor made concessions after strong pushbacks from people that live in the waterfront neighborhood. navigation supporters hope the commission will approve the new proposal today. >> the question is will they punt, add more time and delay. it is embarrassing. i mean, we are abandoning or fellow citizens on the streets. >> i am sorry, london breed is not going to co

he attended sidwell friends, which we know in d.c. as a very prestigious school.aughters, chelsea clinton went to this school. so many in the past 24 hours have been talking about the bright future this young man had. and so we're just thinking about the victims. obviously the investigation is ongoing. scary moments even in the past few hours there in that area as they're on high alert. so just really frightening. >>> moving on to politics, one of the top democrats running for president is weighing in on impeachment. >> california senator kamala harris says she supports congress moving toward impeachment of president trump, but other democrats, including top leadership, don't agree. she made the comments during a cnn town hall just hours ago. support for impeachment has been growing since the release of the mueller report which the president was asked about on monday. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: president trump flatly rejected a central theme of the mueller report, that time and time again his own top advisers refused to do what he asked. >> are you

the blast killed 300 people including a fifth grader who attends the sidwell friends school in washington, d.c. >>> also in washington, a lot of chatter about impeachment, comes after the release of the failure mueller report. president trump and the first lady spent some of the day with the white house easter egg roll. after they had a chance to digest the redacted version of the mueller report, democrats are getting a lot of questions about impeachment. >> if proven, some of this would be impeachable, yes. obstruction of justice, i provable, would be. >> are you worried about impeachment, mr. president? >> not even a little bit says the president. speak speaker pelosi held a conference call and said to be cautious while getting more information. they're seeking subpoena seeking years of financial records from his businesses. >>> the move to pass a statewide soda tax in california has dried up, at least for now. the california assembly member pushing for the tax as proposed two cent tax on sugary drinks is stalled in committees. it has links to diabetes and obesity. they spent $12 millio

he was a fifth grader alt sidwell friends in d.c. this year he was studying abroad in sri lan. >> he would inspire everyone around him to be their best. le >> reporter: ander aero is his father. in an interview he said he called his son on easter morning. >> he texted, can't talk now, dad, because he was, it turns out, i didn't know at the time, in theto eleva of the cinnamon grand hotel going down to the buffet. t >> reporter: it would be the last time he heard from his son. less than an hour later a suicide bomber in the buffet line would blow up a backpack. kieran wouldn't survive. >> what a wonderful boy he was. what joy he brought to my life, lives. he was a very special young man. very special. >> we want kieran's story to be known that he was going to be,oi he was g to do great things for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >>orter: and what he also wants people to know about his son, that kieran loved learning and was always up for a challenge. >> he would insist we would take breaks from our fu

among the dead a fifth grade student karen from sidwell friend school in washington d.c. and the richest man in denmark fashion billionaire lost three of his four children. the first blast at a church captured on dashcam video. inside carnage. a statute of jesus spattered with blood. victims dead and injured were praying here when they were blown up by a suicide bomber. >> i just heard the explosion. i had never heard an explosion like that. >> reporter: what follow coordinated. six targets bombed within half an hour. in the capital a church and three luxury hotels, two more churches hit in two other cities. no one has yet claimed the attacks. the worst on christians in asia in living memory. u.s. intelligence officials say isis may have inspired this but there's no evidence yet that they were directly involved. a state of emergency just begun here, a country in shock and in fear. lester? >> all right. bill neely, thank you. >>> tonight there are a flurry of new developments in the fallout from the mueller report. a growing divide among democrats whether to begin impeachm

we understand that the cabinet secretary and national security adviser to the government sir mike sidwellday that no deal to all of our constituencies. we understand that the cabinet was warned that food prices will go up to 2% and the events of no deal and again, i am glad that they listen to the advice because that would have a huge i recognise across the house that there are members who quite genuinely did not want to leave the eu. they believe the best interest of our country lies as a member of that union, and that is a perfectly honourable position. but what i find objectionable is those quite deliberately seeking to frustrate the will of the british people, so clearly demonstrated injune 2016. in my constituency, we have the second biggest financial sector in the united kingdom, we have two major universities, and i have many businesses, small and large that are very concerned about the impact of the no—deal brexit. there are problems with the speed of this passage, problems with constitutional principle, there is problems with government —— operationally it will interact with any

and 11-year-old kieran shafritz de zoysa who was to start seventh grade at sidwell friends in washington, d.c. his father remembering his son. >> a brilliant mind, who was going to be a neuroscientist. and now he won't make it to his 12th birthday. >> reporter: 24 people are under arrest. soldiers scaled the walls of this apartment building where they believe the attacks were planned. moments later, another explosion. three officers killed. >> another very tense day there. james longman joins us live tonight from sri lanka. and james, this evening, authorities are pointing to a local islamic extremist group for the attacks. bull as you reported, authorities were warned ten days before the attacks, and epeople all over the world are wondering, why wasn't there more security? >> reporter: people here are astounded at that, david, and authorities say this group must have had help from abroad, such was the level of sophistication and coordination of these attacks. it's possible they were inspired by isis, but the big question, was isis involved in carrying them out? david? >> james longman o

he was a fifth grader at the prestigious sidwell friends private school in washington, d.c.. the school said he had taken a leave of absence from the school this year to live and study in sri lanka. stay with us here on mornings on 2 as we continue to follow the latest developments on the bottoming in sri lanka throughout the morning and any time of day on ktvu.com. >>> the time is 5:05. here at home protestors here in san francisco concerned about growing student debt. they are expected to demonstrate this morning at the first ever bay area student debt summit. ktvu fox 2 news' alex savage is joining us live -- elissa harrington joining us live outside the federal reserve desk. >> reporter: yes. the summit will include researchers and policymakers speaking on student debt and the financial hardships of students struggling to pay their loans while living in the bare. it will also focus on how mounting debt from student loans impacts low income residents and communities of color. the presidential hopeful, elizabeth warren, proposed a solution to i will limb dating debt for mil

he was passionate about learning and adored his friends and couldn't wade to return to sidwell friends. shep? >> shepard: thanks, alicia acuna. the white house is looking to increase the squeeze on iran's economy. this time they're doing it by targeting any country that tries to buy iranian oil. now we're hearing from the iranians themselves. we'll have that coming up. and the special counsel robert mueller left some conclusions to congress in his report. but will lawmakers take any action? we just got new words from nancy pelosi. we'll let you know what's up there. house democrats get set for one heck of a conference call today. that's coming up as reporting continues on this monday afternoon. everyone's got to listen to mom. when it comes to reducing the sugar in your family's diet, coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels and reminders to think balance. because we know mom wants what's best. more beverage choices, smaller portio

say a fifth grader from the prestigious sidwell friends school was among the victims in the easter bombi lanka. the sri lanka bombing, the latest in a global wave of violence over the last two years prompting heightened security at many churches, synagogues and mosques around the area. lauren green is live outside st. patrick's cathedral in new york with more. lauren? >> reporter: hey, dana. there has been 16 violent attacks on houses of worship, places of worship just in the last two years along. the sri lanka bombing related to a sad history. it has forced houses of worship to seek better ways of protecting themselves. uniformed officers and automatic rifles are greeting people here at st. patrick's. it puts police on high alert because terrorists know they can perform lots of damage and loss of life. christians remain the most persecuted and targeted religious group in the world. across the country many houses of worship lack resources and knowledge about security, unknown there are millions in grant money that could help fund protection efforts. one security expert we talked with sa

kieran shafritz de zoysa was a fifth grader at the prestigious sidwell school at washington, d.c.. he had taken a leave of absence from the school this year so he could live and study? sri lanka. stay with us here on mornings on 2. we will continue to follow the latest on the bottomings in sri lanka throughout the morning and also on our website at ktvu.com. tvu.com. >>> well, student debt continues to be a huge issue for millions of people across the country. today that issue will be discussed at the first ever bay area student debt summit. ktvu's elissa harrington joins us now with the details from san francisco. good morning! >> reporter: good morning. yes, it is hard for just about anybody to pay off student debt, but for people here in the bay area when you add in rent and cost of living it becomes impossible for some people, some of the big issues expected to be discussed today. the house student loan debt is growing because people can't make their payments and those people end up being charged with late fees and hit with other costs so the costs can spiral out of control. re

kiran stafford from sidwell school in washington d.c the richest man in denmark, fashion billionairest three of his four children the first blast at a church captured on dash cam video inside carnage statue of jesus spattered with blood. nearly half of all the victims dead and injured were praying here when they were blown up by a suicide bomber >> i just heard that explosion i had never heard an explosion like that. >> what followed was coordinated. six targets bombed within half an hour. in the capital a church and three luxury hotels. two more churches hit in two other cities no one has yet claimed the attacks. the worst on christians in asia in living memory >> u.s. intelligence officials say isis may have inspired this, but there is no evidence yet that they were directly involved the state of emergency has just begun here a nation in shock and in fear. bill kneely, nbc news, sri lanka. >>> indeed a tragic story also coming up on the show, herman cain takes his hat out of the ring for a seat on the fed board. stay with us >>> plus, the former white house counsel don mcgann is su

we've also learned of a fifth grader from the private school sidwell friends here in washington who died in the bombings. three of four children as well of denmark's richest man also died in the attack. danish media reports he hand his family were advice ilsri lanka over the holiday and other victims included a well-known tv chef in sri lanka and her daughter. this image you see there, this was posted online of the family having easter breakfast just before the explosions occurred and they were killed. now the precision and coordination of these attacks take terrorism to a whole new level. here to discuss this "washington post" foreign affairs reporter. thanks so much for joining me. now a u.s. official tells cnn that the initial intelligence review at least indicates that the group responsible was inspired by isis. now, you and others have h reported that the sri lankan government initially called this local. now, do you think this is a discrepancy that is just understandable in the aftermath of something like this, or is there something more to it? >> i don't think there's that much of

s prestigious sidwell friends to study in sri lanka now among the youngest victims killed in the bombings>> he was a very special young man. very special. >> reporter: he was having breakfast with his mother and grandmother at a hotel when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the buffet. he texted his dad just minutes before the attack. >> now he's never going to be a teenager. he was going to do great things for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >> reporter: most of those killed on sunday were sri lankans attending easter services, but the capital colombo is an international hub for business and tourism. the lobbies of three luxury hotels were packed with foreigners. more than 30 people from a dozen different countries lost their lives. the 40-year-old from denver described by friends as big hearted and selfless was traveling for work. writing on facebook just before he left. and the fun begins. love these work trips. 24 hours of flying. see you soon, sri lanka. he checked into his hotel shortly before the attack. >> i just kind of feel numb. like he's not

just 11 years s old, adent at sidwell friends school. w studying abroad at sri lanka. on easter morning he washiith mom and grandma at a breakfast buffet when one of the suicide bombers attacked. his mom and grandma survived. he did not. >> the terrorists have no idea who they were killing. >> alswrn dexander h is father. >> reporter: he said his son had dreams of being a neuro surgdn. >> he woul inspire everyone around him to their best because of his motivation was always to help other people h >> reporter: says kieran was studying mandarin and was the type of person who liked to make flash cards for fun. >> what a wonderful boy he was. what joy he brought to my life, to our lives. he was a very special young man. very special. >> reporter: we want kieran's story to be known that he was going to be -- he was going to do great things for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >> reporter: and over at the sri lankan embassy, aoom full of lo flowers and condolence books to remember kieran and all the other lives lost. y plan to y said t leave

he was a fifth grader at sidwell friends. he was studying abroad in sri lanka. >> he would inspire everyone around him to be their >> reporter: alexander arrow is kieran's father. in an interview with "the today show" he said he called his son on easter morning. >> he didn't pick up. he texted me. he was in the elevator of the g cinnamnd hotel going down to the breakfast buffet. >> reporter: it would be the last time he heard from his son. less than an hlar ter, a suicide bomber in the buffet line would blowup akp bk. kieranou wn't survive. >> what a wonderful boy he was. what joy he brought to my life, to our lives.er he was a special young man. very special. >> reporter: we want kieran's story to be known that he gos g to be -- he was going to do great things for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >> reporter: what he also wants people to know about his son, that kieran loved learning and was always up for a challenge. >> he would insist that we take breaks from our fun activities soe that hu

s prestigious sidwell friends school to study in sri lanka, now among the youngest victims killed in the bombings. >> he was a very special young man, very special. >> he was having breakfast with his mother and grandmother at a hotel when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the buffet. kieran texted his dad just minutes before the attack. >> now he's never going to be a teenager. he was going to do great things for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >> reporter: most of those killed on sunday were sri lankans attending easter services, but the capital colombo is an international hub for business and tourism. the lobbies of three luxury hotels attacked were packed with foreigners, more than 30 people from at least a dozen different countries lost their lives. deeter kowalski was another one of the four americans killed. the 40-year-old described by friends as big hearted and selfless was traveling for work writing on facebook just before he left, and the fun begins, love these work trips. 24 hours of flying, see you soon, sri lanka. d ir dieter checked

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