tessier was engaged to and living with w anotheran who complained to him about laura. tessier texted s hering i could kill her. >> we were robbed of the trial, but we were also robbed of not having a trial for our grandson who was also murdered. >> reporter: prosecute are tors say laura was pregnant with testier's baby boy. the family named him reed. he died when laura was killed. >> until the day i die, i will have had two daughters and three grandsons. reed being our third grandson. >> reporter: tyler tessier was found hanging from a sheet from the top berth of a bed about 5:00 this morning at the detention center. i askedoh prosecutor mccarthyo visited the cell how tessier could have committed suicide there. >> only thing that i can tell you is there is not information that i am aware of that would have indicated that mr. tessite was clating doing this. >> reporter: nows mccarthy s that in the jail cell today, they found notesritten by tessier that were not the sent to family and friends indicating that he had been thinking about taking his life forome time. that is

police found notes in tessier' cell. in them, he contemplated suicide. those notes will be released. >>> breaking news on two, large earthquakes we're learning about. >> one in south america and the othehe in japan, families are recovering from a typhoon. nos japan hit again by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake. ght now, rescue workersre trying to find survivors. the quake caused landslides in the northern island of hokkaido. 16 people areead, 20 to 30 others still missing. >> alittle trouble with chris' microphone there. >>> right now, we turn to capitol hill where tensions are running high on the final day oo irmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. yesterday, cory booker said he planned to release a document about kavanaugh and racial profiling. that document datin back to the days of the george w. bush white house. that was despite the fact that its w releasld violate senate rules. republicans fired back with a dig at senator booker's apparent political ambitions. >> i'm going to release the e-mail about racial rprofiling. ning for presi

murder of a beloved teacher from maryland >> tyler tessier found hanging in his jail cell just before his trial was set to begin. amid the shock, there are questions tonight abo it happened. >> scott macfarlane is takg a closer look the grow beining suicide attempts. but chris gordon is first. >> reporter:el prosecutorsve that tyler tessier took his own life because his day of reckoning rarrived. they say if he facedre trial they would have buried him beneath an avalanche of his own lies. so they say he took the coward's way out. prosecutors didn't get to deliver their opening statement in court, but they laid out their case for the media against 33-year-ol tyler tessier. they say he admitted to police that he shot his pregnant girl friend laura wallen in the head and buried her in the field. but his apparent suicide today end theed the trial on the very day it was supposed to begin. >> we were robbed this morning of opportunity to allow the public to know the true nature and details of this crime. >> reporter: prosecutors displayed evidence to prove tessier lied to laura wallen throu

tessier on september 13th the day that he was arrested where he admitted he shot miss wall in the back of the head with a .22 caliber weapon. >> reporter: prosecutors who were denied thehance to make their opening statement showed the news media their evidence.la a wallen's evidence says it is grateful to finally hear all evidence against tessier. >> laura was a wonderful remarkable woman. and i don't believe that there is such a thing as closure. >> reporte ura's sister spoke through tears. >> laura, i love you and miss you every day. i was so looking forward to experiencing t incredible journey of motherhood with you and for me finally becoming an aunt. >> reporter: so the familys not only remembering laura, but wthe baby who died when s killed. they have named him reed. and they say he will always be part of their family. that is the latest live at the montgory county courthouse. back to you. >> thank you, chris. >>> suicide attempts playing jails nationwide. and an investigation bytt s macfarlane and the news 4 iteam shows this deatht was least the 43rd suicide in local jails and p

tyler tessier was found dead hours before heas set to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. official from tepartment of corrections said earlier yesterday morning he hanged himself using a bedsheet. he said that he woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for he was given breakfast 45 minutes later and was found dead ten minutes after that. this is the second suicide at the jail this year. >> anytime you have a that's a problem, hanging is the most prevalent way thauicide is committed inside a correctional environment. anytime there's a loss of life in our facilities, we take that very serisly. >> officials say police found notes in tessier's ll. in them, he contemplated suicide. eventually the notes will be released. we'll hear from laura wallen's family. she's the one tessier is accused killin >>> breaking news, we're learning about two large rthquakes. >> one in south america, the other in japan.e families wrecovering from jebi.on now, japan's been hit againy a 6.7 earthquake. and rescuers are using trained dogs to try to find survivors. at least 16 people are dead with

and then that guard on his next set of rounds found tessier dead. he wasanging from the top bunk in his cell, hanging from a bed shee so a press conference getting under way we're told right around noon. we are t expecting hear from the prosecutor as well as potentially the victim's family. back to you. >> all right, megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. icide attempts are rampant in jails and prisons. a news4 i-team investigation shows more than 400 attempts in local jails in the past three years alow. >> scott mcfarlane continues our coverage with how a major facility like the one in montgomery county htr been ng to reduce the risk of these things happening. scott. >> good morning, aaron. in july the director of the montgomery county department of corrections told the if an inmate is intent on harming himself or her self, it akes just a brief moment or second to doit. using public records requests, they have responded to 100 suicide attempts in the larger jail and the smaller detention center they have. two of those attempts resulted in thees deaths of

nlice foundes in tessier's cell. in them, he contemplated suicide. >>> back in the breaking news in baltimore. a huge fire destroyed a 150-year-old business overnight. gchris lawrence trackhis from the live desk. >> look at the video of the massive this is on south broadway, in thef hearte fells point neighborhood, in baltimore, near the inneror harb fire officials have had to call in o dozensf crews to try to knk this fire down it started inai shop. and now, we're told the fire has spread to a nearby church. want to show yohe now, view chopper 4.y from it gives you a clear idea of how big this is. this area is in a national historic district. some of these buildings date back over 200 years. thisives you an idea of how powerful the fire is. the entire area is blocked off. we did with one person, a resident, who lives near this evacuated.ad to be listen to what they say. >> it's not that scary because i got ou i was worried about a couple of residents that are there because we have older people. >> obviously, that's

the state's attorne says tessier woke up at 4:00 a.m. to prepare for trial.given breakfast at 4:45 and was found dead in his cell tenut m later. life saving measures stopped at 5:30. green says police found notes of his contemplating suicide in his cell, the second suicide at the jail there year. officials tell us 35 years tiery nixulf hanged him on july 5th. >> is there a problem at this jail? >> anyti you have a suicide, that's a problem. hanging is the most prevalent way thats suicide committed inside a correctional environment. >> reporter: tessier accused of killing his girlfriend lauren wall len who was 13 weeks pregnant. john mccarthy called him a psychopath. >> lying was like breathing. he ld about everything. >> reporter: her family talked about the stunning end to this tragedy. >> i don't believe that the is such a thing as closure. and miss i love you you every single day. >> reporter: a family heart broken over the loss as they try to move forward day by day. while remembering theirov one. shomari stone, news4. the news 4 iteam has reported on sev

we know what happened just minutes before tyler tessier wai found dead his cell. he is a man charged in the death of his pregnant girlfriend, who was a teacher in howard county a year ago. montgomery couy department of rrections officials say tessier woke up and had breakfast 45 m later and was found dead ten minutes after that. they say he hanged himself using aet beds >>> new details on a death of two children and a woman in herndon this week. what we're hearing, the woman was the boys' mother and is suspected of killing them and then herself. the father found his two sons dead on wednesday night. all three victims died from gunshot wounds. >>> today, 28 experts are expected to testify on the final day of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. yesterday was kavanaugh's last day in the hot seat. and for-s the thiaight day capitol police arrested nearly 70 proteste. last night, president trump praised kavanaugh's progress toward confirmation and slammed "the new york time coming up, tracie potts will have the latest from capitol omhill. >

shortly after that,as tessier w arrested.e more on this breaking story thrghout the day. >>> at 6:45. d.c.'s mayor, muriel bowser is opening up about being a new mother after adopting a baby gi about threeonths ago. >> she is sharing her story with hoda take a look. >> what did you see? >> i saw my baby girl. i had no hesitation. no -- the feelingas that it would be the two of us. and we would make it in the world. >> joining us now is hoda kotb from new york. >> hi, hoda. this will be the first time -- >> oh, my. >> -- for mayor bowser to share. and of course, she chose you. this makes sense. >> i felted walking in there. >> you did? >> i melted. yes. you know, i arrived home. and she's holding that little girl in her arms. and it looked like it just fit. everything just fit. and i got to tell you guys, it was effortless. i know she's running the nation's capital. but sometimes a baby can throw yourorld upside-down. i was surprised how at home she seemed. she was just doing her thing with baby miranda and it was so touching.

she was pregnant with tessier's child when she died. she disappeared last september and was found buriedn a field in montgomery county. >> the d.c. school district is admitting to a potential mistakes that exposedts studen' perm information online. the school district sent a letter home to parents that say th spreadsheet was mistakenly posted on the d.c. couil website. it has students' names, birth dates, i.d. numbers and school and grade levels. al i of thatormation was exposed between february and last month. the school chancellor says that spreadsheet and link have since been destroyed. no word yet on how many students were impact,. >>> wellt was a sweaty start to the school year for a lot of students in college park. four dorms at the oniversity maryland are without air conditioning. school officials have placed fans in spots and students say they provide little relief. the university leaders blame the age of the dorms saying their old wearing can'tth handle e. a c. students are now sleeping on mattresses and lungs trying to keep co

tyler tessier is -- she was pregnant with his child she dis buried in a field in omery county. >>> it'now 4:35. the other top stories we're working for you this morning.to tropical gordon is blamed for the death of a child in pensacola, florida. the storm made landfall late iast night west of the alabama/mississiorder with wind up to 70 miles an hour. it knocked out power for thousands of people along the gulfecoast. storm is expected to weaken rapidly as it continues to move inland. >>> it is day two of the h confirmatirings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. expect democrats to ask about gun and abortion rights rulings. and whether kavanaugh believes a sitting president can be investigated. if confirmed, he will fill justice anthony kennedy's seat. >>> thousands of d.c. public school parents are learningha t their kids' personal information was posed online for nearly six months. officials tell us theas information inadvertently up loaded to the d.c. council website. includes students' names, birth dates and i.d. numbers.oc no sl security numbers were listed. >>> new this mornin

tyler tessier faces life in prison for allegedly killing the howard county elementary schoolteacher who was pregnant with tessier's baby when she died. >> usa gymnastics ceo carrie perry made an abrupt exit an months of criticism from former olympians andat currentnal team members. she replaced the former ceo who relined last year in the wake of the larry nassar sexual abuse scandal. perry has been heavily criticized for not taking enough action for hping make things better. >> the book "feared, trump in the white house" details how top players and aid routinely went behind the president's back to thwart him. in one account woodward says the president orderedam mattis to assassinate syrian dictator bashar al assad. mattis reportedly told the president he would proceed with the plan and then chose a much more measuredro ah instead. the president's former personal lawyer up a mock q and a to simulate a sit-down withpecial unsel robert mueller and woodward recorded the conversation with his president when he told him he was doing the book. >> i do, i do, and kelly ann went to somebody but

>>ody was discovered in a grave and shortly after that tessier was arrested.t tock cn your commute. how are the roads looking? >> southbound 95 north of the ver bridge we do have a vehicle off the roadway. northbound delays and southbound through that section. w waldorf a closure, utility work. purple means a shutdown. 270 southbound we arelow. southbound before montgomery village, broken down trucks. delays remain. >>> we' take a breaknd check your forecast next. >>> good morning. another storm team 4 weather alert to get you ahead of the heat waiting for you outside afternoon. today's high temperature near 95 degrees. only a tiny little chance for a thunder shower primarily in t sh shenando valley. heat index over 100 degrees. it's going to be an ugly hot day today. tomorrow rain chances will be increasing. there will be a chance for showers tomorrow.oi if you're g to the beach this weekend, kind of rainy. if you're here at home kind of on the rainy side too. >> back to "the today show" after this short break. >>> 7:30 now thursday morning. it is the 6th of

tyler tessier faces charges.ed and friend disapp was found buried in a field in montgomery county. >>> another democrat beat out a lo time incumbent. she beat out mike capuano in democratic pry mayor any massachusetts. he conceded the race less than an hour and a half after polls closed. the defeated congr sman said pressley will be a goodng sswoman and said that massachusetts will be well-served. >> on capitol hill, social media executives will be in the hot seat. sheryl sandberg and twitter chief jack dorsey will answer questions about fighting election interferce. less than two months until the midterm elections, they want to make sure users aren't manipulatedy foreign governments. >>> 6:36 now. we now k tw who washington mystics will face in their first-ever wnba finals. the storm beat t phoenix -- the mystics will head over to the other washington for the first game on friday. the mystics a topped theanta dream in game 5 last night of the semifinals. the seriesas tied at 2-2 whend d.c. pulleff the 86-81 win.

tylers tessier accused of killing his girlfriend. she disappeared late last september and was found buried in a field in montgomery county. >>> tropicastorm gordon is being blamed for the death of a child in pensacola, florida. the storm made landfall late last night. just west of the alabama/mississippi border with winds of up to 70 miles per hour. it knocked out powor thousands of people along the gulf coast. the storm is expected to weaken rapidly as it continues t move inland. >>> it is day two of the confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh. expect democrats to ask about guns and abortion rights rulings and whether kavanaugh believes a sitting president can be investigated. if confirmed, he'll fill the seat vacated by anthony kennedy. there's more on a book that sent president trump on a twitter rant cingup. >>> we now know who the washington mystics will face in their first-ever wnba finals. the seattle storm beat the phoenix mercury overnight to secure the second spot. the mystics will head to the other washington for their f

the tyler tessier faces life in prison for allegedly killing the teacher who was allegedly pregnantie with tesss child when she died. she disappeared last september and was found buried in a field in montgomery county. >> a woman is trapped inside a burning home but the d.c. firefighters crash as they head to her rescue and this is not theirst time something like this has happened as news 4's ma segraves reports the d.c. fire department is making hichanges. >>is where engines 8 and 19 were headed to a fire in this fourth story apartment in southeast washington. a woman was trapped inside. but this is as close as ey about two blocks away from the fire engine 19 ran in to engine 8ng it off the road and off this person's front yard. you can see the damage left behind to their retaining wall and fence and eight fire fighters were sent to the hospital. >> within hours of that accident the assistant of operations sent an e-mail changing therocedure f fire engines arriving at house fires. the e-mailt sent 110:00 a.m.s instruct that effective immediately all backup fire units sent to house fi