jackie bensen is in tacoma park with the latest. >> reporter: it was 4:40 p.m. broad daylight and that is when the suspect approached a man just walking down the street here. the scene showed the aftermath of a brief but bloody confrontation steps from an auto parts store. witnesses told tacoma park police that the suspect approached the victim and at knife point demanded the man's backpack. the victim received several deep cuts to his arms before the suspect fled with his backpack. >> at this point we don't think that they knew each other. that will come along with the investigation. but at this point it looks like a random armed robbery. >> reporter: the robber ran from the scene. officers searched nearby streets, wooded areas and dumpsters. >> it is usually cool out here. >> this is like, rare, because you know a lot of people stay to their self and it is real busy. a lot of stores and people coming back and forth. >> the victim was flown to a local hospital by helicopter and he is expected to survive his injuries. reporting live, jackie bensen, news4. >>> a

. >>> tonight police say they have identified the remains of a tacoma park teenager, but as we report, they aren't closing the door on this case. >> reporter: two police departments, two mistries. in tacoma park, it was april 3rd, 1980 when cindy gastel left her home for a job interview and never came back. >> cindy was a beautiful and vibrant soul, a gift to our family. 32 years ago she walked out of our home in tacoma park never to return. >> reporter: two years later another mystery, this times for prince william county police, excel cat remains were found in a wooded area at the base of bull run mountain. these were the clothes and jewelry found at the scenes. over the years, model and sketches were made to try to identify the remains. news4 even featured the mystery in a 2006 cold case story. some 30 years later the mysteries have merged. a special type of dna test that's only been reesely used has been made the connection. the prince william county remains are those of cindy gastel, and now both police depends and her family want to find her killer. >> that hope is gone and our

including tacoma wellness center on blair road in tacoma, one block south of the tacoma metro.he next someone herbal alternatives on 20th street three blocks south of du pont circle and venture fourth center city care is on north capital street, way down here near new york avenue. this is the only applicant to receive both a cultivation center license and a dispensary license, which mean it is can grow and sell medical marijuana. they will be selling down here but they are actually going to be growing up in this area near rhode island avenue. the health department says all four now have to get a business license and building permit before they can officially register as a dispensery. as for the plants no one has actually started growing anything yet but the health department hopes the program will be in full swing by this fall. so, what do you think of these locations? sound off on our facebook page. >>> a 74-year-old man was viciously attacked by two dogs in northeast d.c. witnesses say the animals escaped from the yard of a towing company and then mauled that man as he was wa

hopefully the clouds are breaking up what is it like at tacoma park? >> yeah.ok forward to seeing something as the clouds break up. >> uh-huh. >> and -- there are people taking pictures with the cell phones and the sun, three, four inches a part and venus moving across to the sun. >> are you going to have people invited out to the planetarium, dr. williams, to watch with you? >> they on the roof of the parking garage. >> okay. >> and that is about a block from here. >> tell us why this is something -- >> well, otherwise they wouldn't know the distance between the earth and sun. if we didn't know that distance, we wouldn't have the speed of light and 1600, and we wouldn't know the gal aes or the size of the universe or the size of anything but on the earth. >> that is really exciting. >> and -- . >> yeah, go ahead. >> okay. >> we have a delay going, folks. that is what is holding us up. i want to mention, quickly, doctor, can you address safe viewing of this terrific phenomenon? >> well, you can't look at the sun and you won't be able to see it through solar ecl

. >> tacoma park is a suburb of about 18,000 people. the area where the crime is right where prince george, and district come together. thought crimes like this are rare here in period -- here. it happened with a lot of around and write on of a busy new ave just as afternoon rush-hour was starting. police say they have plenty of witnesses but none have been lead them to the suspect. the victim was stabbed multiple but police expect him to survive. late are monitoring developments tonight where the former president mubarak is being kept alive on life support following a stroke. thousands of protesters demonstrated. mubarak left office just over a year ago. he has been serving a life to stop the failing killing of protesters against his rule last year. >> of the race to face president fall, the presumptive nominee denies reports that is out of the his runningecome mate. >> there are only two people in country who know who are .eing vetted .eth meyers and myself story is false. marco rubio is being vetted. >> the rumor was that he was not

. >>> and prince william police asking for your help and that is when cynthia disappeared from tacoma park. two years later, prince william county police found some skeletal remains in hey market and went unidentified for 30 years until last month and her murderer is on the loose. they believe he may have information about the case and hear from anyone who knew gastell. >>> straight ahead on the news edge six, what is in a name? apparently a lot. a major change coming to a popular metro stop. >>> dozens of wild fires are scorching the west. i'm anita vogel in los angeles. i will have the the latest coming up. >>> and that is a disaster out there. the rain is out of the picture and, boy, nice low humidity and we'll let you know how things are looking closer to the weekend and i'll bet the redskins appreciate the drop in humidity. >> and it's been nice out here, sue. coming up, leonard hankerson's hips don't lie. an update on his injury and the nationals, boy are they on a tear and tyler moore have a day. the rookie fire. those stories coming up in sports. laura. >>> 

the chp says a toyota tacoma was stolen in richmond and investigators believe the thieves put it in neutral and rolledded off the cliff and do not believe anyone was inside when it went over. >> alan: flight delays are expected all weekend long at san francisco international airport. they shut done one of the two main runways for arriving flights so construction crews can install new lights. the number of planes will be cut in half to 30 each hour. travelers are advised to check with their carrier about possible delays. >> ama: girls issues were the focus of a town hall meeting in san francisco. young people, their parents, educators and political leaders came to discuss the problems faced by girl tuesday in city and possible solutions. health and safety issues and education for women was on the agenda. the theme is, you can't be what you can't see. >> it's critical for women who are in leadership positions to be available to other women who are interested in serving in positions of leadership. >> ama: one of the organizers, a san francisco department on the status of women, says the city m

tacoma and olympia and through the peugeot sound we'll deal with wet weather. not that windy with this front but temperatures will be cool behind it. still chilly in boise and this afternoon we'll at least warm you up a little bit with sunshine in the upper 70s. look at these temperatures from portland and seattle you'll be lucky to hit 60 degrees. that's a look at nice. temperatures very comfortable in the low to mid-80s. 58, cloudy and rainy in portland. >> we feel sorry for them. coming up wall street zooms for at least one day. nasdaq offers up its facebook apology and the most fuel-efficient car on american roads today. your business headlines are straight ahead. she wrote a song about her times with him. now he's having his say. >> coming up the devils live for another day and the thunder roll into the nba finals. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here is some of the top headlines this morning. >>> federal agents arrested dozens of airline workers, baggage handlers at puerto rico's largest airpo

he is from seattle, i'm from tacoma, and we have that together.nown as a job as mayor and an innovation mayor for his focus on job creation and economic development. ladies and gentlemen, san francisco mayor, ed lee. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. good morning, everybody. welcome. it is great to be reunited with my long-lost brothers, separated at birth. david lee, his younger brother. i just wanted to welcome all of you. we have a great representation of the whole city family here today. commissioners from our port, staff from our ports, the recreation and park department, our planning department, we have our board of supervisors from hong all of the different districts. we have representatives from chinatown, bayview, sunset, bernal heights, ever with this city is committed to working with the warriors to make sure we have this i read a billed by the 2017 nba season, and we are very committed to getting that done. the warriors have in the bay area's basketball team for 50 years, and today sets the stage for the warriors to be our bay area team

faced a criminal assault charge in tacoma in 2002.he case was dismissed after he completed anger management classes. in 2008, police responded to a fight involving bales outside a bowling alley. but no charges resulted. and in the same year, bales crashed his mustang rounding this curve near his home. and fled into the woods. he was on the cell phone saying something like, man, i really screwed up, whoever he was talking to, i really screwed up. he said, do do you need help? it appears he had blood on his face, he was ignoring us and walking away from us, up the hill. >> no charges were brought falloying that accident. in march, cnn filed a freedom of information request with the army for details about steroid abuse by bales or at lewis mcchord. that request was denied. >> how was last night? maybe you had a romantic evening planned but everything fizzled or maybe it wasn't you. is a troubled economy causing troubles in the bedroom? we're going to ask dr. wendy walsh straight ahead. >>> and we want viewers to stay connected to cnn eve

. >> alan: two kids in tacoma, washington, were severely sunburned during a school field trip because the teacher's were not allowed to put sun screen on them. they were so badly burned their mother had to rush them to the hospital. sow rehas a disease which makes her sun sensitive but most american schools do not allow sun screen without a doctor's note. dermatologist say its needs to be applied every two to three hours to be effective. >> i can't see any justification for any school to tell a child they're not allowed to apply sun screen. >> i think it's really dumb. >> alan: california is the only state that allows sun screen in school without a doctor's note. >> ama: very interesting. we're starting to get a lot more sunshine as the weather starts to warm up again. >> alan: put your send screen on. leigh glaser is here to tell us more about that. >> leigh: here's a live look from the high definition accept -- santa cruz cam. temperatures, 76 degrees. and you can see a few high cloud developing to the north coast. the bay area looking great. now, we have a strong westerly wind comp

parentally because the woman's toddler wouldn't stop crying. 9 confrontation happened yet morning in tacoma park. police say a man approached the woman and her 3-year-old son telling the mother to shut her kid up. the boy finned to cry, so police say the man pushed a child, purged the mother in the mouth and then he ran away. the mother and child are expected to be okay. police are still looking for the man who attacked them. th just one day after announcing changes to the u.s. immigration policy, the white house held a summit in maryland today that focused on hispanic issues. under the new immigration policy, the government will stop deporting illegal immigrants who are are brought here as children. they can apply to stay in the u.s. for two years at a time. democratic maryland congressman says it's good government. >> students who have gone through our school system side by side with other kids in the community, allow them to fully participate in what this can't has to offer, and the country can gain greatly from putting these individuals to work not in the shadows. >> the white house is

. >>> right now this story in tacoma, washington two kids were severely sunburned during a school field trip because the teachers were not allowed to put sunscreen on them. the 11-year-old and 9-year-old were so badly burned their mother rushed help to the hospital. they aren't just fair skinned zoe has a form of albinism. most schools do not allow sunscreen without a doctor's note. >> i can't see any justification for any school to tell a child they are not allowed to sunscreen. >> i think it is really -- >> really dumb. >> only state that allows sunscreen in school without a doctor's note is california. >>> filmmaker george lucas is donating one of his properties to a worthy cause. he's giving away a vacant building. the building will be demolished and turned into a park with bronze statues of indiana jones and yoda. the timeline for finishing the project will depend on how long the planning process takes. >>> hundreds of thousands hit streets for gay pride across the u.s. over the weekend. in san francisco revelers celebrated the 42nd anniversary in a very colorful way. sergio quinta

cindy vanished at the age of 18 from tacoma park, maryland. that was 30 years ago. skeleton remains were found two years later but recent dna testing positively identified the remains as hers. >> our hope now lies with you, our friends, our neighbors and the community. if you know anything at all about cindy's disappearance please come forward and help close cindy's case. >> police need help identifying this man who was once her boyfriend. he went by the name of mike or michael. >>> the lead singer of metallica is trying to find the killer of a virginia tech student. >> if you have seen the person in this sketch please contact your local police or submit your information online. >> a public service announcement is part of the effort to solve the morgan harrington case. she disappeared after a metallica concert in 2009. her remains were found in a field ten miles from the site of the concert. dna links the attacker to an assault in 2005. metallica is offering a $50,000 reward in the case. >>> president obama and mitt romney heading to ohio for duelling rallies. the p

the tacoma parents' retirement money. they say they're keeping a very locations that to that. >>> some rights some explanation why the judge in a priest abuse case suddenly sent the jury home today that happened after bayliss kicked out to women on the santa clara county hall of justice because they confronted followed father jerry lived there in the hallway one of those women the sister of the defendant william lynch did not guilty to be retired priests accused of sexually assaulting lynch and his brother when their kids. >>> when the priest, the elevator and the people that he accosted were there in the one to let him know they have power now they're no longer free of him. the guided unspeakable evil to many people in my cousin is on trial the priest abuse trials are expected to resume on monday. in a bombshell as jurors began deliberating the jury sandusky case one of his aum adopted sons is now saying that sandusky abused him. lawyers say that he met with prosecutors but he was never called to testify. jerry sandusky

trains are single tracking between tacoma and forest glen. and also single tracking on the green line between college bark and greenbelt. these will stay into effect until tonight. coming up at 6:30 -- two former college football players are dead after a shooting near a college campus. see what happened after more than a foot of rain fell on florida in less than a day. and next, what we can expect from a former football coach fin [ female announcer ] with xfinity you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework ♪ [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ ♪ ♪ >> lawyers and in state college, pennsylvania are busy at work this weekend. testimony is scheduled to begin monday in former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky's trial. he's charge

if you're watching us on king 5 in seattle, washington, in tacoma, learn about the diversity of localches and how identify tide pool animals, maybe the starfish at explore the shore at point defiance zoo and that's your pacific event of the day. >> thanks so much. an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. another peek at lindsay lohan as liz taylor. lifetime released first official shot in the movie "liz and dick." grant bowler plays richard burton. by the time the movie premieres later this year may not be able to live up to the nonstop hype. >>> jury selection started monday in new orleans in a federal lawsuit in which stephen baldwin is suing kevin costner. >> bizarre. >> who would have thought? gets more bizarre. together they invested an oil separating device. used by bp during 2010's gulf of mexico oil spill cleanup. >> i remember that. >> who would have thought? the lawsuit claims costner and a business partner duped baldwin and a friend out of shares in an $18 million with bp. not just the movies apparently. actress betty white became the oldest celebrity eve

the bills was station near tacoma, washington which has been the target of previous steroid investigations. one former sergeant says these of widespread steroid abuse the iraq of 2004. >> it was there except will for people to use steroids groups that he says soldiers you have steroids the bulk of in prison for combat. resurveys of edson 0.5 percent of army personnel had been legally used steroids live past 12 months. medical experts tell cnn that stories of abuse can leave how to irritability modes land on market behavior. he faces a criminal assault charge in toccoa in 2002. the charge was dismissed after he attended in your mannesmann glasses. in this senior he crashed his was a running this qr near his home in got into an altercation outside a bowling alley off but no charges came of that. >>brian: a little bit of fog this morning but it cleared away very quickly. it made for a beautiful day. what a beautiful shot with blue skies overhead. now, the golden did from the other side. the marin headlands. in san francisco, another beautiful shot curia right there is tomorrow morning we will

. >> reporter: this tacoma school district is not alone in banning sunscreen because the fda regulatesn over-the-counter drug. many states don't allow it without a doctor's note. >> because so many additives in lotions and sunscreens cause children, you have to really monitor that. >> reporter: but it's a policy that baffles doctors. >> it's not like a peanut allergy where there's going to be respiratory problems. >> reporter: and seems to contradict federal recommendations that teachers promote sunscreen use in school. >> i can't see any justification for any school to tell a child that they are not allowed to apply sunscreen to protect themselves from harmful uv rays that we know cause skin cancer. there's just no reason for it. >> with summer camp season here, it's noornt parents check the individual policy at each camp. it does vary. >> it varies. that is important, doctors note in the backpack in school and camp. >> that's right. it covers all your bases. >> when we come back here tonight, it's one of the world east oldest and most intriguing mystery. why everything you thought yo

one of them is right near the tacoma metro station in northwest. >> it's going to be a very controlled and very well organized distribution that there is very little room or no room for -- [ inaudible ] >> three other approved sites for medical marijuana pharmacies are located along north capital street, northwest at 20th and m streets and 8th street southeast on capitol hill. >>> maryland lawmakers are expecting to make big money from the five casinos in the state but after the maryland live casino opened at anne arundel mills and reached capacity within the first 24 hours, some in annapolis are wondering if a sixth casino is in order. >> scott broom went to annapolis where they're crunching the numbers. >> reporter: everything following this believe there will abspecial session called in -- be a special session called in july. >> a sixth casino is viable in the the state. >> reporter: county executive rushern baker, once a gambling opponent, told a state group he's an enthusiastic supporter of gambling at national harbor now. what's changed in prince george's county? >> one, there wa

in tacoma park, scott broom, 9news now. >> montgomery county is among the top 15 wealthiest counties in the country, but the 33% of its kids in public school actually qualify for school lunch. >>> it is 4:53. it's time for the question of the morning. >> 55% of americans say they keep this in their car. what is it? is it a, a flashlight, b, toilet paper, or c, candy? >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. >>> welcome back. 4:55. your weather first on this wednesday morning. still very nice out there. we've got 50s and 60s even though it's 70 in d.c. away from water it's very pleasant. 82 by noon. a little bit after breeze out of the northwest -- of a breeze out of the northwest. highs mid- to upper 80s. got some heat coming by tomorrow. more on that in a few minutes. right now here's monika with a look at time saver traffic. >>> on the beltway outer loop side between the little river turnpike and braddock road, the three left lanes were closed overnight with construction still causing a bit of a delay. coming up in

there was a bloody scene yesterday afternoon in the 63,000 block of new hampshire avenue in tacoma park, maryland. witnesses tell police the robber approached the victim who was in his 40s, demanding his backpack. there was a struggle. the robber pulled a knife and stabbed the victim several times. >> crazy. it's usually not like this around this area. you know what i'm saying? it's pretty cool out here. you know what i'm saying? >> this is like rare because a lot of people stay to themselves and it's real busy. a lot of stores and people coming back and forth. >> the robber took off with the backpack with a laptop computer inside. police searched nearby streets, wooded areas and even dumpsters but they did not find the robber. the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >>> this morning we're trying to learn more about how a man wanted for murdering a woman in dewey beach died. 26-year-old kumar was suspected of stabbing danielle. maids at the atlantic ocean side motel found his body in a room monday morning. sources say she was staying in the room with kumar. they foun

and when you have evidence -- i remember this, one of the first exchange programs at tacoma, washington, what they found was the needle exchange program was the principal point of source of recommendations into drug treatment. think about it. people come to a needle exchange program so they can safely use their drugs without getting an infection and spreading it to other people. there is no coercion involved. it is the most important you can have for someone who is a known drug user what that suggests is that when people need to get help, when people are trying to get better, what they most need is to have the opportunity to find their own dignity, their own self, their own worth. having a judge or prosecutor with a hammer over your head saying you better be clear or i'm throwing you in jail. you better give me clean urines or i'm throwing you in jail. that may work for some people but that's no reason to make it a one size fits all model. in fact, huge numbers do seek out treatment whether it's 12 step or anything else, if that treatment is respectful, if it's quality, if it has eviden

. >> in tacoma, two kids were severely sun burned during a field trip because the temperature was notd to put sunscreen on them. they were so badly burned their mothers had to rush them to the hospital. billy has a form of skin that makes her skin sensitive. most american schools don't allow sunscreen without a doctor's note. >> i can't see any justification to tell a child they are not allowed to buy sunscreen. >> i think it's really dumb. >> only state that allows sunscreen in school without a note is california. >>> a new high-tech car in the bay area this weekend. tesla made a few sports car, but now the company has the sights on the rest of us. >> meet the hottest new family car on the market. tesla's model hit the road in style. the only all electric luxury sedan available in the u.s. going to zero to 60 in a matter of seconds and very practically. >> i can probably get two to three cents a mile cost effect i have to drive the vehicle. >> more than 10,000 have been ordered with the first ten delivered this weekend. we decided to check it out at a new york showroom where hundreds

more on our headline news you can head to our tacoma tower website and here are some of the other offbeat stories available on line the u.s. president likes to keep things trim but his obsession over a looking slick goes so far that even flies his hometown barber known as a real live from chicago every ten days now more on about his surprising vein streak on our website plus. the online viral video series of the so-called russian climber continues as these guy brave strong winds to do press handstands and chin ups girder hundreds of meters in the air without any say what. the european commission has proposed more control of banks which means they will come under a much greater central oversight this comes after financial institutions of europe's economic baskin germany felt the global european squeeze following the downgrade by moody's on wednesday investment advisor patrick young says your business now paying a high price for turning a blind eye to problems which have long existed. we've really heard the truth that i think many in finance knew all along buying such as commerce spying the

. >> in tacoma, two kids were severely sun burned during a field trip because the temperature was noted to put sunscreen on them. they were so badly burned their mothers had to rush them to the hospital. billy has a form of skin that makes her skin sensitive. most american schools don't allow sunscreen without a doctor's note. >> i can't see any justification to tell a child they are not allowed to buy sunscreen. >> i think it's really dumb. >> only state that allows sunscreen in school without a note is california. >>> a new high-tech car in the bay area this weekend. tesla made a few sports car, but now the company has the sights on the rest of us. >> meet the hottest new family car on the market. tesla's model hit the road in style. the only all electric luxury sedan available in the u.s. going to zero to 60 in a matter of seconds and very practically. >> i can probably get two to three cents a mile cost effect i have to drive the vehicle. >> more than 10,000 have been ordered with the first ten delivered this weekend. we decided to check it out at a new york showroom where hundred