he quit his job during the investigation, yet, he immediately found work here, thomas johnson middlearyland where he taught for more than three years. dwight francis's daughter was one of his students -- >> was hiring him a failure by prince georges county schools? >> okay. anybody with that kind of background, yes. absolutely. >> a news 4 i-team investigation found his case revealed a possible series of errors. arlington child protective services failed to notify the school district that they found state and engaged in sexual misconduct. they failed to notify the state to revoke his teaching license. as required under state law. >> allowing someone to continue to work and have access to other children is just a very egregious situation because we have the safety of children to consider. >> the virginia teaching license wasn't revoked until may year, arlington child protective services said it can't answer its question about why a mistake was made or about a specific case. but parents in thomas johnson middle have a different question, why weren't they told when prince georges school

but parents at thomas johnson middle have a different question. they told when prince george's schools learned about stayton's past. do parents know what he was accused of doing? >> not until i was contacted by you all, we didn't receive a letter or robo call, anything like that. >> reporter: stayton quit his job in january 2017. parents say they were never told why, which raises a risk, experts say. >> if i'm a parent in a school where someone has been found to have a sexual abuse background, i need to know that so that i can have a conversation with my child. >> reporter: prince george's county schools complete state and fbi background checks on all employees and follow up with phone calls for employees who worked in other school districts. sources say they did call arlington school to ask about stayton and were told there were no problems with i am had. arlington says they don't keep records of phone notified parents about this case telling parents to contact authorities if they have concerns. stayton's attorney says his client has denied the a

moved to a nearby cemetery with the is that chew of the maryland first governor and slave owner thomas johnson. michelle: moment of defiance in durham, north carolina. the protesters there tearing down confederate memorial statue outside the courthouse. now, though, criminal charges, prosecutors are charging the woman seen climbing a ladder to help topple the statue with vandalism. charges against other protesters are possible. at this hour, the national park service is working to clean a national treasure. earlier this morning someone and havized the lincoln memorial -- and havized the lincoln memorial. it had -- vandalized the lincoln memorial. it's the third time vandals struck the memorial. alison: take a good look now. fairfax county police want you to see this. this is the sketch of a guy they believe grabbed a 5-year-old girl on sunday and sexually salted her. the child disappeared from a playground in alexandria and was returned a short time later. family what happened. now she is getting counseling and medical care. police want to hear from you if you know anything about this. michell

for years across state line to thomas johnson middle school. that loophole allows teachers who appeal their cases to keep teaching and keep their teaching licenses during the appeals and keep their names off a state child abuse registry that would normally prevent them from working in a school. some of the appeals we found last year. >> this is worthy of our attention. we have to come up with a way that protects our children, as well as protects the rights of the accused. >> why this could impact kids in every local school district. the statewide alert september out because of our reporting. that's today at 6:00. news 4 i-team. >>> you can check out the i-team half-hour special, slipping through the cracks. breaking down the investigation into teacher miss conducts cases. visit our nbc washington app for more information. >>> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> on "news4 today," are you ready for school and the backups it will bring. thousands of kids head back to the class today. how it will impact your commute? >>

found to have engaged in sexual abuse managed to keep teaching for years, across state lines in thomas johnsonmiddle school. that loop holes allows them to appeal cases and keep their licenses and teaching during the appeal and keep their names off a registry that would normally prevent them from working in schools. some of those 'peals, we found, last years. >> this is worthy of our attention. we have to come up wit that protects our children as well as protects the rights of the accused. >> reporter: why this could aload children in all districts, that's tonight at news4 at 6:00. >>> be sure to check out the i-team's special half hour, "slipping through the cracks." just visit our app for that report. >>> big days typically mean some big deals. >> we are running down the deals aroundtown, >>> this morning jerry lewis is being remembered as a comedy icon and philanthropist. the tributes continue to pour in from celebrities and fans. nbc's craig melvin looks back at the funny man's career. >> you said you loved me. >> reporter: this morning tributes are pouring in no comedy legend jerry lewis,

. >> the state confined the interview and thomas johnson in january. coming up tonight at 11:00, more on our investigation including how parents at maryland school say they found out about this man's class and what the school principle did just today because of our report. >> wow. just to clarify. 2013 when he filed for an appeal. he didn't win that appeal and yet his name was still not published. >> the loophole is, you're off the child abuse registry and your license stays intact while you appeal, not if you win the appeal. he ended up losing it yet because of the mistake that was made. >> two years later he lost it. but again he kept the license because the mistake modeled the loophole. >> so hard for children to report these thingsnd of interviewing with police and all of that, which is much worse when they do a report and nothing happens. >> when these things take years, the children have to be ready to participate in the process. >> awful. >> scott mcfarlane, thank you. >>> coming up on sunday august 123th at 11:30 a.m. they'll walk you step by s

four years in thomas johnson middle school in lan tham. teachers to keep teaching and keep their teaching licenses during the appeals. and keep their names off a state child abuse recommending industry that would normally prevent them from working in a school. some of the appeals we found, last year's. >> this is worthy of our attention. we have to come up with a way that protects our children as well as protects the rights of the accused. >> why this could i a statewide alert september through virginia because of our reporting. that's tonight on news 4 at 6:00. scott mcfarlane, news 4 i-team. >>> you can also check out the i-team's half hour special, slipping through the cracks. breaking down their investigation into teacher misconduct cases. visit our nbc washington app for more information. >>> it is 6:55. here are four things to know today. all eyes will be on the sky today as we prepare for the first solar eclipse in decades. check out the nbc washington app. we have everything you need to know about watching the eclipse safely. our s

the news 4 i-team information kept on teaching, and thomas johnson middle school until of his students >> it gives me fuming in my stomach, do i need to talk to my child in a certain type of way to try and find out if anything may or may not have happened. >> he was able to keep teaching in part because of a loophole that virginia law. it allows teachers with a founded piece of child abuse to keep its licenses and remain off the child abuse registry if they appealed their cases to state officials. . they'd hired a man facing accusations of sex assault. >> i found your report very disturbing. i think school systems need full information before they hire somebody. >> state senator barbara, who the state legislative commission on child safety has formerly asked the virginia department of social services to consider changes to their regulations, to tighten the restrictions on teachers who are appealing of sex assault on kids. >> this is worthy of our up with a way that protects our children, as well as protects the rights of the accused. >> that loophole wasn't the only reason they were ab

thomas johnson middle school, that loophole allows teachers who appeal their cases to keep teaching and keep their teaching licenses during the appeals. and keep their names off a state child abuse registry that would normally prevent them from working in a school. >>> some of those appeals we found last year's. >> this is worthy of our attention and we have to co children as well as protects the rights of the accused. >> why this could impact kid in every local school district. the statewide alert september throughout virginia because of our reporting. that's tonight on news 4 at 6:00 ziemt ifrnlts you can check out the special, slipping through the cracks. it breaks down the investigation into teacher misconduct cases. visit our nbc washington app for that. >>> this is what it looks like when a young woman gets behind the wheel and live streams while driving. it is so dangerous, but the 18-year-old's sister was killed because of it. sanchez is remorseful after her car flipped over throwing a friend and her sister from the car. the woman spoke from jail saying this is not the first tim

karen and thomas >> could hold a key piece of evidence, lauren johnson at police headquarters, thank. >>> this morning, president trump facing a lot of criminal for his remarks on the violence in virginia. kelly wright has the latest this morning. >> we condemn, in the strongest possible term this egregious display of hatred bigot ry and violence on both side. >> reporter: president trump not strong enough according to critics. >> to call this white supremacism, this white nationalism evil and let the country hear it and the world is something that needs to come from the oval office. >> reporter: clashes erupted during a white nationalist rally. 32-year-old woman died when one car hit another ramming into a crowd. two state troopers are also killed when their helicopter crashed. the president is under fire for failing to call out any of the supremacist groups by name. >> he missed an opportunity to be very explicit here. these groups seem to believe they have a friend in donald trump in white house. of. >> reporter: the administration attempting to add some meat to the president's br

they can find out about the shooter and, of course, the motive, karen and thomas >> witnesses play a vital role. lauren johnsonpresident trump facing a lot of criticism for his remarks on the violence in virginia. fox kelly has the latest in new york. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred big tree and violence on many sides. >> reporter: the statement on the deadly race fueled violence in virginia, no the strong enough according to critics. >> call this white nationalism evil and let the world hear it something that needs to come from the oval office >> a 32-year-old woman died when one car hit another, ramming into a crowd. two state troopers were also killed when their helicopter crashed. the president is under fire for failing to call out any of the supremists groups by name >> he missed an opportunity to be very explicit here. these groups seem to believe they have a friend in donald trump in the white house. >> reporter: the administration is attempting to add meat to the president's brief remark, statement said the president con dems all forms of violence and quot

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thomas, back over to you. >>> lets get back to that scene, bob, we do begin with breaking news out of upper darby, 42 people injured after a train collision at 69th street terminal. our lauren johnson on the scene this morning, lauren. >> reporter: hi thomas, good morning. quiet here now at 69th street as passengers coming and going as usual but different scene earlier when that accident happened. train that was involved appears to be still on the tracks off in the distance. septa did confirm to bob kelly that an investigation is underway. lets go to the video from the scene just around 12:15 this morning an inbound train to 69th street station slammed into an unoccupied high speed line train, that was stopped here at the terminal. emergency crew from his upper darby, fire, in addition to several other agencies responded quickly here to the scene just to start rescuing passengers from that train and then quickly learned, dozens of people injured. >> inbound norristown high speed train came in the terminal and hit a station, car that was sitting in the terminal unoccupied, that car did move, and the passengers were injured and police, fire personnel and e ms from delaware county got

our lauren johnson on this story this morning, waist going on here, lauren? >> hey, thomas councilman, clergy, concerned citizens, together they gathered yesterday to raise their voices and their concerns over this property here, proposed medical marijuana facility. dozens gathered at a morning zoning meeting yesterday, in the city, all of them rattling off reasons why this is not a good idea. mainly, because there are too many unknowns. what happens to kids, what happens to crime, what happens to the neighborhood? what about parking and traffic? many of them pinpointing a nearby day care center, that has raised some concerns for people because this building is already received a permit to operate. worries that keep them from welcoming the idea, although the other side says they hope to be good neighbors. >> i don't have a problem with it per say. the problem is going to be these guys making a quick buck, robbing the people getting them medicinal march juan, a and crime will lead to other things, you know, are they caring guns, the police going to come chase them, because,

collision overnight, at 69th street very busy scene, lauren johnson on the scene this morning, >> reporter: thomas emergency response here ated it as a 59th street station. witnesses are applauding the first responders for their response time and rescue effort. septa investigation is on going in to exactly what cause that had crash, was it an engineer error or did equipment fail like brakes or signal lights. something caused incoming norristown high speed train to slam right into an unoccupied train car right here at the station, passengers were suffering minor injuries but a few suffering major traumatic injuries. >> inbound norristown high speed train came into the terminal and hit a station care terminal unoccupied, that did move and trolley itself passengers were injured and our police and fire personnel and e ms from delaware county hospital got them off the trains and out to area hospitals. >> i was talking to a guy at gulph mills. he is like that is not right, it never passes like that. i almost waited for the next train. we got to the terminal. i stood up to get off and get to my bus on ti

thomas? >> a tough one, hopefully they'll finds him. lauren johnson this morning, thank you. 5:05, in south jersey, new developments in the murder of 47 year old woman in gloucester county. michelle long was found dead in her swimming pool at her woolwich township home right here back in june. she died from blunt force trauma. prosecutors are going to announce new details in the case at a news conference which is scheduled for later this morning. >> the hunt continues to find the prime suspect in a shooting on the main line. police have identified him. they say he's arm and deadly. steve keeley, at southwest detective this morning, with the latest for us, steve? >> reporter: yes, thomas. this hunt for this guy is now national. because even though he had address cents here in southwest philly, where they looked yesterday, a girlfriends he was staying with, where he was getting mail, and then a house in kensington, where he was also living, they also know that he has contact outside of the state. now he is in a national crime base. here is his picture i

lauren johnson in margate this morning with the mess, hi there, lauren. >> reporter: hi thomas.eople are talking on social media, all over, crying out for help, trying to ask anyone who can listen to hear is what going on here. frank lobiondo saying he is aware of the situation and spoken to the army core of engineers and we have confirmed they will make a visit to margate at some point to bring a resolution to this issue. what is the issue? some are calling it lake chrissy, big body of water sitting between beach and beach front property. christie the fall guy after moving project along with the state's backing despite major opposition from people living out here. one reason they were begins beach revitalization project, the timing in the middle of the busy summer season. now meeting its plan to shut it down after last weeks heavy rainfall left a disaster on the dunes, all this while samples were taken for testing >> it has people walking their dogs on the beach, it has dog feces, sea gull feces, debris. it is not a place to be walking through. >> it is right clot sand, all of

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thomas >> as always a detailed investigation >>> multiple people have been injured in a shooting in the mantua section of the city. one victim is in critical condition >> let's go to police headquarters, lauren johnson the scene there with a whole lot of questions, lauren, good morning. >> yes, that's right, thomas and alex, so many questions this morning, how many shooters? how many victims? why the shooting even happened. a lot of those questions being answered by investigators this morning, here at police headquarters after two dozen bullets were sprayed a overnight. police arrived at the scene quickly because they were already in the neighborhood trying to break up a disorderly crowd when the shots started when they made it to 39th and melon shell casings where everywhere but no signs of a shooter, one victim on scene was a 24-year-old who had been shot all over his body. he was in critical condition, so officers had to rush him to presbyterian hospital, police later learned several other shooting victims showed up at the hospital to the back and arm, police were telling us people who suffered injuries from shattered glass. and now investigators are asking for your help with this investigation.

thomas. >> what happened to him. >> i remember in the '80s were everybody was singing eddie murphy was sinking, don johnson was singing the studio and put out records. phyllis michael singing fish and chips won't do. anybody who had money would put out a record. >> what? >> and every guy was trying to sport the miami advice look. >> totally. >> totally in. >> now you have party all the time in my head. >> that was great song. >> eddie murphy. >> that was great song g really great? >> rick james and eddie murphy. party all the time. that was great song. ♪ >> listen to that. >> thank you, mack. >> now it will be philadelphia international airportly engrain. that was great. >> it was funny. i don't know how -- the thing especially when you get the fast and furious folks involved with miami vice you don't know what it will turn into it. >> it will be a fast and furious for tv. >> i didn't like the movie when james mow fox and colin,ing. >> that was bad. >> colin firth is that his name. >> colin firth. >> i didn't like the movie. it wasn't good. >> any way. >> messing with greatness. here's another song you might get stuck

active scene be lauren johnson on that scene this morning, hi, lauren. >> reporter: hi, thomas, in addition injuries, a lot of people displaced from this epa fire. earlier we showed you a septa bus trying to house those people sent out to have the can bury court apartment. red cross was on the scene, hopefully some of those families are being housed temporarily and maybe getting sleep after being displaced this morning, the fire under control now started on the second floor of this apartment building shortly after midnight, by 12:30 an aggressive fire attack was underway with about 80 firefighters on scene here, a woman who lived in the apartment, where the fire started was injured. she was taken to aria torres in critical condition, another person from a nearby apartment was also taken to nazareth hospital and we have learned firefighters suffered injuries and had to be hospitalized as well. >> one building that's affected and one apartment actually had the fire in it but however, we do have smoke damage throughout the building and water damage. that's why we have such a high number of dis

thomas, back over to you. >> bob, thank you. 4:03. to the breaking news we're following this morning, police are investigating a shooting at a gas station in delaware county. our lauren johnson joining us from the scene in chester this know. lauren, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, thomas. it is quiet here now. police say this was a crime scene about four hours ago. police tell us it was around midnight when bullet started flying at the sunoco gas station on the corner of edgemont avenue and east 22nd street in chester. gunman started shooting at someone who was parked here at the sunoco gas station, the person was hit, and so was the car, multiple times. all over the front, side and back. the windows, also shattered by the ammo. investigators were able to recover shell casings from the scene, which will help them determine the caliber weapon this was used. that of course is just a start as they now begin to search for that shooter. but also, helpful to the investigation, as you can see here live, cameras outside the gas station, so, we can see two cameras here, from our vantage point, both point in the different directions, and if the shooter never stepped fo

thomas cook pilots over a pay dispute. the dispute follows nearly eight months of negotiations over a pay rise which was due in april. the industrial action will happen on september the 8th. johnsonre than $400m to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using products such as baby powder. johnson &johnson has defended the products' safety and says it plans to appeal. this week we're looking at the business of death. not every new idea in silicon valley seeks to disrupt an industry. dave lee looks at a couple of novel ways using the latest chat bot technology to both prepare for our own death and remember loved ones once they're gone. thinking about death can be difficult and uncomfortable but i'm trying out a chatbot which takes you through some of the most important questions. do i want to be resuscitating, do i want family members to pray for me if i'm unconscious? the chatbot, named emily, is made by small start—up in 0akland called lifefolder. emily, is made by small start—up in oakland called lifefolder. you do it isaforum, oakland called lifefolder. you do it is a forum, there is a forum now, but these things are not easy to understand and it's easy to be taugh

johnson at 69th street terminal. the questions remain, good morning to you, lawyer glenn thomas, you speak of the injuries. thirty-two injuries to be exact, and investigators did determine from those rail cars, when they pulled them off the tracks yesterday, that the bottom did buckle slightly, so they have some concerns over that. the two rail cars involved have since been removed from the tracks and taken to the shop for more investigation. but team is looking into the integrity of the cars to determine how some of those injuries did occur. right now, it is too early to tell if speed was a factor, and investigator with the ntsb says that would be speculation at this point. but they do know when the incoming trains slammed into the parked unoccupied train it was fast enough to cause minimal damage, and minimal injuries. and now, they'll be looking into septa's practice of leaving unoccupied trains parked on the active tracks. the norristown line does have signals, so an investigator is examining that system. was it fully functional? did it operate properly yesterday? and until the most leading up to the c

johnson has defended the products' safety and says it plans to appeal. the british airline pilots' association says it's backed a strike by thomas cook pilots in a row overute comes after nearly eight months of negotiations over a pay rise that was due in april. pilots will walk out on september the 8th. shares in great wall motor company have been suspended on hong kong's hang seng index. the company admitted on monday that it was interested in making an approach to fiat chrysler automobiles, in particular itsjeep brand. the mining giant bhp has returned to profit — making almost $5.9bn over the past twelve months. it got a big boost from higher commodity prices, and that helped it bounce back from a big loss last year. hywel griffiths is in sydney. it's interesting because we have talked a lot recently about falling commodity prices and therefore the direct effect on companies like bhp is that they struggle. we have seen exactly the reverse this last few months? absolutely, after doom and gloom across australia which has benefitted a lot over the last decade from commodities, it could be back to the good times for companies like bhp who've made nearly

lauren johnson, at the 69th street terminal this morning, a lot of questions remain, lauren? >> absolutely, thomas. the most important what happened here and why. septa quickly turning over this investigation to the ntsb as you mention, the train off the tracks now, but that's not stopping them from trying to get to the bottom of what happened. so today, that train's conductor and engineer will be here to help answer some of the questions about what he experienced but the obvious answer is that there was a train crash yesterday around 12:15, when incoming norristown train slammed into an unoccupied train, several dozen passengers were injured, and taken to local hospitalization. the emergency response was swift and thorough. yesterday, shortly after the accident, the upper darby township mayor expressed concern saying he would spends the day on the phone with lawmakers technology to prevent this from happening again. can they get it installed here? overall, everyone now focused on the safety of riding septa. >> i think this is a tragedy. that's sad. because these trains, not the first time this ha

like ohio and kentucky, jefferson appointed thomas todd who was the chief justice of the kentucky supreme court and a staunch republican. all three, johnson, livingston, patterson or jefferson appointees, each of them becomes a valued contributor to the jers prude jurisprudence of the marshall court. they fall under marshall's spell. under his leadership, they come to view the court as an institution and have their contributions reflected silently in the unanimous decisions the chief justice announced. despite jefferson's best efforts, the court became what one author called a band of brother under marshall's leadership. as hobson summarizes the golden years of the marshall court, in a series of near unanimous decisions, the supreme court affirmed congress's implied power, broadly interpreted commerce, struck down state laws that conflicted the constitution against laws impairing the obligation of contract, a certificated broad jurisdiction to decide cases arising under the constitution and laws of the united states and sustained its appellate power. over state judiciaries. marshall's constitutional vision triumphed. marshall won over the

thomas jefferson drafted the declaration of independence lived in this district. chief justice marshall retired in this district. grant -- ended the civil war in this district. and the young girl, 16 years old named barbara johnson walked out of a racist school system to start this civil rights movement in the fifth district. >> kelly: let us not forget not far away was a young man by the name of doug wilder who wanted to become a hero during the korean war and ultimately emerged as a senator and the governor of virginia. >> again, i believe he was the first african-american governor in the nation coming from the very state were now we see her wristhorrific racist bigotry reg its ugly head. it's not who we are as americans. it's not who we are as residents of virginia. it shameful. we have montpelier, it's a wonderful place. these people are not from here, therefrom all over the country. it blows my mind that this many racist bigots actually exist in this country. but people need to understand, i'm a little fired up. people need to understand, how can you argue with all men are created equal, how can you argue with judging a person by their character content and not the color of their skin. what is wrong with th

thomas and the judge was asked to, by special invitation, give an amici argument that miranda should be overruled. >> i argued in defense of the 1968 statute, this is the history that it was disputed. president johnsond we're not going to enforce this law but president nixon said it should be argued in court. eventually i ended up arguing it as a friend of the court. one of the strange things that happened, the clinton administration refused to defend the law, even though there were very strong arguments that could be made on its behalf. that's one of the unfortunate things that set the stage for the ruling against it. if the clinton administration had sent their solicitor general to defend the law, perhaps things might have turned out differently. >> here's a bit of what chief rehnquist wrote. "we hold that miranda, being a constitutional decision of this court, may not be overruled by an act of congress and we decline to overrule miranda ourselves. we therefore hold that miranda govern the admissibility of statements made in both state and federal courts". >> it's a remarkable decision. chief rehnquist has said that miranda is a not a constitutional decision and would come up to the edge of overru