reporting live in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins.k to you live in the studio. >>> for the first time we're seeing the mug shot of the stanford university swimmer accused of raping an unconscious woman. a judge gave 22-year-old brock turner six months in jail for the crime. prosecutors had asked for six years behind bars. the lenient sentence sparked outrage. many argued the judge was lenient because of turner's connection to stanford where the judge was also an athlete. turner's father received criticism for a letter he sent to the judge saying his son's life shouldn't be ruined for, quote, 20 minutes of action. >>> the d.c. council voted today to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 by the year the increase puts the district in a small group of cities and states with the higher minimum wage. >> reporter: there were handshakes and hugs to be had. lots of hugs. >> isn't this a great day in the nation's capitol? the fight for 15! it lives! >> reporter: the d.c. council easily passed the minimum wage bill that would gradually raise the

. >> let's go right to tracee wilkins with details on what happened and why. tracee? >> reporter: pat, this story as changed quite a bit today. earlier we were told that what had happened here is that someone -- that they had planned a drill for inside the medical center and while they were preparing for that, someone reported an active shooter. now what the drill was planned for the other side of the base. so what actually happened here, you're seeing people who are leaving the hospital and some of them had their hands up, some of them were taken out by guards. this is in reaction to the report of an active shooter there on joint base andrews. this is not the drill but people who were being evacuated and taken out of the medical hospital while they tried to search for floors and make sure there was an all-clear here. someone secured security personnel doing a regular check of that hospital as a possible gunman and called the operations center. that is andrews -- that is the base's first line of defense for first responders, like their 911. now, the statement was rele

i'm tracee wilkins. ce george's county police say they have video of the man who shot five people killing three inside of a district heights home. we hear from family members and friends who react to the loss of their loved ones. >>> and new plans to expand a maryland casino. details behind the $200 million project that could bring in hundreds of new jobs. >> those stories and more coming up at 6:30. here's doug, though, with a check on our forecast. is it raining yet? >>> yes. we're seeing rain downtown and starting to see it move on in. most of it is on the light side. the nats game kicks off in 40 minutes. a little bit in the way of light rain there on the field in 20 to temperaturewise, we're at 84. heat index, 88. a warm and humid atmosphere. temperature also cool with the rain. these are all very light showers but they are enhancing a bit. heavier showers and storms have been back towards the west and that's where they continue to be. you can see the rain falling along i-95 and into montgomery count

tracee wilkins is in hyattsville with what we know about the victim and the murder investigation. ? >> reporter: prince george's county police chief called this a senseless homicide. we know this is an active investigation proof by what we witnessed here today just a few hours ago. our cameras rolled as police swarmed, cornering a group of men hyattsville. two were placed in detective's vehicles. police say they're questioning the men, but are not calling them suspects in yesterday's murder of 21-year-old conrad cole. he said yesterday's violence was so unusual that he couldn't imagine someone had been shot on his block. >> i saw him running, but i didn't realize he was shot until i got closer. >> reporter: cole was a resident at a nearby transitional group home. he was headed to a nearby basketball court with another home resident and two counsellors when words were exchanged with someone in a parked car. police say the driver of the vehicle fired at cole. the passenger tried assisting until police sirens got closer to the scene. police want to talk to that person. >> i'm reaching

tracee wilkins.nk you. >>> fairfax county police want you to take a look at this picture. they believe this person is connected to a groping incident over the weekend at the target store on district avenue. an 11-year-old girl said a man touched her bottom and the surveillance video backs her story up. the suspect left the area driving a burgundy ford mustang. >>> a series of changes brought on by a shooting have received fine approval in fairfax county. it is the way officers are trained and the way the department communicates with the public. most of the changes were recommendations from a commission formed after a man named john gear was shot and killed by an officer back in 2013. officers are receiving more training now on how to de-escalate situations and there are new guidelines for transparency in the department. >>> it's a story that you are still talking about on facebook tonight. activists protesting outside the national rifle association headquarters in fairfax calling for an end to gun vi

bureau chief, tracee wilkins has our report.eigh in on review conducted by an independent task force. >> i hear that the task force made several recommendations. >> this after deonte carraway, a former teacher's aide was charged with creating child porn with 17 elementary school students. >> my question primarily is how are you going to ensure compliance with the recommendations? >> reporter: more than 300 parents participated in the telephone conference last night allowing them to speak directly with the school ceo dr. kevin maxwell and dr. charlene dukes at prince georges community college. she chaired the task force. >> the report says that quite frankly, we need to understand that it's a 21st century. attention to that. >> reporter: maxwell says he's not buying that there was confusion about how or if to report complaints by students about carraway's questionable behavior and accusations of sexual assault. >> i started my career teaching in the system, and i guarantee you that i knew absolutely that i was to report and i loo

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tracee wilkins has more. tracee? >> reporter: jim, this was a false alarm but we have covered and have seen across the country what happens when his or her way onto a military base. it made for some very, very scary moments. without information, you know, it sends you into a safety mode. >> reporter: a contractor with joint base andrews describes what it was like when the report of an active shooter went out. >> we have to sit underneath our desk on the floor. >> reporter: people were taken out of the med ka facility, some with their hands up. there was no gunman adding to the confusion when the report was made of an active shooter. joint base andrews released a statement describing what unfolded this way. "joint base andrews was scheduled toon active shooter exercise. however, reports of a real-world active shooter situation at the medical facility were miscommunicated before the exercise was able to begin. there was a misidentification of the security forces emergency services team who were conducting a routine ins

in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, news4. >>> there is more fallout from the so-called brexit vote. thousands of young people converged in london today to protest the results of the recent referendum. they say their parents voted to leave the european union and she did not. they told prime minister david cameron that they should look at leaving as soon as possible so the remaining unions can move on. >>> the dow jones industrial average, nasdaq, s&p 500, all of them closed higher monday. some volatility is possible in the days and weeks to come. >>> we're updating breaking news we have been bringing you from istanbul but this is not the number that we wanted to see. the associated press is now quoting a senior turkish official and saying 50 people, 50 people have now died from the attacks at the istanbul airport. doctors are now treating and assessing people and a lot of their injuries more serious than we initially believed. officials say three suicide bombers detonated outside the international arrivals area no terrorist group has taken responsibility so far but the attack fits th

tracee wilkins has a look at what's next. >> prince george's county attorney says she's never seen anyes in this amount since she's been in counts. the child sexual abuse charges could land him a life sentence. he's looking at 40 of those. we've spoken with one of the victims who is named in this indictment and that victim and his mother told us that this is just the beginning of their fight. >> i want to see him punished for it. as well, he needs to not ever by around children again. as far as i'm concern, he's where he needs to be right now. >> he's looking at federal charges, but the states attorney says it's very important that he be held accountable and have a trial here in prince george's county where these crimes were created. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins. >>> an ohio football player with ties to the area is dead after he was involved in a crash. miles leboy, a football player at wittenberg university monday afternoon. the other students in the crash are expected to recover. the crash remains under investigation. >>> we're learning more details this morning about two de

coming up at 5:00, what families can expect once inside the door i'm tracee wilkins. >>> firefightersoun county have launched a fundraiser to help a fellow firefighter. engelhart and his young son were injured in an accident in pennsylvania. he could be out of work for nearly a year. they launched a go fund me campaign to raise money for his recovery. if you would like to help out with that, you can head over to the nbc washington app and search firefighter. >>> i'm in northwest with developing news about an emergency community meeting that's been called by police in the wake of a quadruple shooting in from the big ben liquors. police returned to the scene early this morning. they were here passing out fliers, letting people know about this meeting, and asking people for information about what happened. now the meeting is happening tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the fifth district community room. police are going to be they are also looking for help in identifying this man. take a look at this surveillance video. police want to talk to the person in this video. now the images are not the gre

reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins.ack to you all in the studio. >>> several bear sightings by people who live and work in silver springs have put people on high alert. there it is after they spotted it running around thursday morning. montgomery county police say they have received several calls about the bear. one man said it look like a cub and weighs maybe 200 pounds. >> the bear didn't look that large to me, so i wasn't really afraid of it. i was more so watching it, making sure it was going away from me and not coming toward me so i could get out of the car. it's weird. i've never seen a bear before. it was kind of cool to see one live in front of me as they've been lot lately. >> he has a great attitude about it. a bear has been spotted around montgomery and prince george's county over the last several weeks and police believe it is the same animal. >>> father's day is this weekend. we wanted to know how you planned to celebrate. most people said together with family at home. others are going out to eat or just l

she didn't feel safe on metro. >> that was tracee wilkins reporting.to identify the suspects through their cameras and believe they are close to making an arrest. prince george's county and d.c. police calling this group a gang and say that they are familiar with them. >>> this morning, we're learning more about how a giant fire started in manassas. we're also hearing from one of the folks who rushed to save himself as well as his family. vep investigators say it started when someone tried to put out a cigarette in a pot with dried soil. the soil started to smolder and the complex caught fire. right now, thankful for his friends' support. >> overwhelmed by the generosity, the love and the caring that they're giving me. ♪ >> the reason we're showing you this video is because cardenas is the redskins bandleader. his home was gutted. one of 40 people the red cross is providing temporary housing for. >>> it is one of the biggest drug busts in frederick county maryland's history. besides the mass amount of her yin, çfentanyl, cocaine and otr pills, there w

reporting live, tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> that's a tough one.hank you, tracee. >>> wall street has the brexit blues. u.s. stocks today fell for a second trading day today as the uk's vote to leave the european union continues to shake financial markets here and around the world. the dow fell 1.5% today while the s&p 500 fell nearly 2% and nasdaq fell nearly 2.5%. >>> maryland live to stay and pl all night and then stay the night at the hotel. the 17-story hotel will have more than 300 luxury rooms and a spa. it's scheduled to open at end of 2017. >> okay. so do you want the good or bad news? here we go. the good, the nats are back home and they are coming off a win. >> here's the bad. the team won 3-7 and that includes seven straight losses. carol maloney has more about the homestand coming up. >> reporter: what you need to know, just this afternoon i spoke with manager dusty baker. the nats are calling out there top prospects. in fact, lucas giolito is considered to be the top prospect. he's going to make his debut here tomorrow versus the we'r

trails ci tracee wilkins has details. >> reporter: it's supposed to be a one stop shop for all needs dealing with domestic violence, teen relationship, child families in crisis need and need quickly. inside of this building, there will be folks to help out on the law said, the court side, there will be social services, as well as nonprofit organizations all working with that the 13,000 square foot building 100 yards from the courthouse. now, this is something that the county has been working on for the past 7 year, multiple partners helped to put it together. considering the rise of domestic violence issues in prince george's county, it couldn't have come at a better time. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> so they knew she was coming, but had no clue she would be so generous. oprah winfrey recognized the n street village shelter. she not only served as keynote speaker, but she surprise aed the shelter with a $1 million donation. . the d.c. shelter supports women in a crisis situaon. no one is turned away. the agency provides sh it serves 1400 women a year. big thank you i'm sure went t

check at washin tracee wilkins is outside the base. what are you hearing? >> we are standing by for a press conference. there's a bank of microphones to my right waiting for someone to come and explain to us exactly what happened and why there was an apparent breakdown in communication between the folks who handle security for base andrews and then also for prince georges police department as well. there are going to be definitely folks we hear from from here. still no word if we'll hear from anybody from joint base andrews. to point to how serious this was, there were folks who were not able to get on to the base while it was on lockdown. hear now from a lieutenant colonel i spoke to just outside of the base's fences. we just have a report of an active shooter, just praying for my colleagues who are locked down behind closed doors at this point. >> reporter: you can see everyone taking this very seriously. i am joined by my colleague chris gordon who was on the scene when the news bre. talk about how this impacted people who were on the base. >> they were

i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> a change is coming to the national cathedral.mages of the confederate battle flag will be removed from the stain glassed windows. those windows show generals. they were installed in 1953, b a task force recommended they be removed. there will be public discussions to talk about slavery, race, and justice and to revisit the question of how to treat other civil war images. >>> imagine a homeowner's surprise when she learned the identity of a trespasser caught on her surveillance video. a young boy put his bike down so he could make a quick sprint into her garage to hug her dog. the homeowner posted this video on facebook to see if neighbors could identify him. another mom recognized the boy because it was her son, josh. now he has a standing invitation to visit the dog whose name is duchess. >> he is such a kid too. he runs away like he's something wrong, so egregious. >> at 9 years old, he's learning about the power of social media already. >> great stuff. >>> we've got some heat coming our way, huh? >> yeah, some heat after one m

tracee wilkins was in court today.he's live in upper marlboro with reaction from the victim's family and families of the co-defendants. >> reporter: this has been a long road to justice. october of 201 over-the-counter of the clarion hotel, holds a gun to a pregnant woman's head and demands cash. wings is serving a life sentence for that brazen robbery-turned murder. today, the lookout and getaway driver got their sentences, too. >> relief. we have waited almost three years. it's finally over. >> reporter: the driver received 30 years. the lookout who was 18 at the time received 25. >> someone's life was lost and now someone's life is lost through the system. >> reporter: the mothers of both defendants asked for mercy saying their sons were influenced by the gunman. >> my son wouldn't have committed the act by going in there and robbing a pregnant woman at gunpoint. >> he understands the importance of death and the significance of family and what death can my son is not a murderer at all. i'm sure of that. >> reporter:

i'm tracee wilkins. the latest in this still very active investigation. >>> and a new twist in the murder-suicide at ucla. another victim has been found 2,000 miles away from the crime scene on campus. >>> he is accused of torture and murder in his native country of somalia. >> tonight a local congressman is demanding answers about that. david culver has a report now on all of this including a report on what kind of access this guard had. >> reporter: vance and doreen, ali was not a tsa agent, but i did ask around inside dulles airport. as part of his job, he did patrol the tsa secured portion of the airport. tonight, congresswoman barbara comstock wonders how he got that job. >> right now, we're not getting answers from ice or from any of the agencies involved that explain to us what type of process they went through. >> reporter: the allegations against youssef ali aren't new. in fact in 1998, jim handly questioned the colonel on his military past in somalia. >> you've been accused of ordering the exec

i'm tracee wilkins. coming up, just 100 yards from the courthouse, what this new building is going to offer. >>> and today started off very cool in the morning. many areas in the upper 40 lower 50s, but by the weekend we're turning hot. say hello to the 90s. at subway, you'll love our mediterranean collection. it'll make anyone's day brighter. my girlfriend and i just broke up. ohh. i need something to make me feel better. ohhh, i just broke up with my boyfriend and i need something to celebrate with. bree? i thought it was mutual. yeahhh. the mediterranean collection. try with chicken or steak. topped with crumbled feta and creamy tzatziki sauce. i feel better. me too! >>> some fairfax county parents are getting word of an alarming away from school this week and get more than a mile away. a good samaritan called 911 and only on news4 the boy's father spoke to julie carey. she joins us live outside london town elementary. julie? >> reporter: well, a

tracee wilkins has more with what they want other parents to know. >> these two mothers who did not wanto be identified are sending a warning out to parents whose children ride metro. >> metro is not safe at all. i challenge somebody to tell me it's safe. it's not. >> earlier this month, their two daughters were inside the plaza metro on their way home from school when they were brutally beaten by a gang of teens they had never seen before. >> it was animal-like. to see how they pound on my ch l anything. >> it happened around 6:00 p.m. rush hour on a crowded platform. the assault lasted for minutes and then one of the victims was robbed of her cell phone. >> she didn't understand why so many adults around and no one helped them. >> this mother said what happened next shocked her. >> she said i found a video of the fight. i said, there was a video of the fight? >> she sd yeah. there were people filming. >> hours after the attack, video appeared on instagram. the victims are now left with the physical and emotional pain. >> the swelling has gone down but now the pain of the cracked bone i

bureau chief tracee wilkins has more. >> the orange line and the blue line and silver line are going to be shut down for prince george units. >> reporter: 60 to 70% of prince george's county residents need to find another way to get to work next week. they are making it clear that the stations won't carry the estimated 25,000 people who use metro in the county. >> if you have a bus bridge with 20, 30, even 40 buses, the numbers don't add up. >> reporter: jack evans visited to explain, among other things, the upcoming impact of the second surge of metro's safe track initiative. >> around the region, people are really trying to step up and figure out how to make this work. >> reporter: originally, prince george's told metro the company lacks the money necessary to move commuters around closed metro stations on the orange, blue and silver lines. >> our neighbors to the east and west of montgomery and then in virginia and d.c., they are running surpluses right now and we are not. so we have to be very vigilant about how we operate. >> but now the county is planning to offer a free shuttl

in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, news4. >>> and new fallout in the story that people can't stop talkingbout. the cincinnati zoo now says it will consider reinforcing the bar yeriers around a gorilla exhibit. the boy fell into the enclosure on saturday and was dragged by the gorilla. a trained response team shot and killed the gorilla. the zoo's director said the breach the enclosure's first since opening in 1978. >>> and a 19-year-old who fell from a rope swing into shallow waters is recovering from serious injuries this morning. the exact accident is what people subdivision have been warning people about for years. teenagers have been trespassing through the neighborhood to use the rope to plunge into goose creek. >> kids are having a great time but we all know it's just a matter of time before something bad happens and unfortunately yesterday it did. >> and neighbors hope this accident brings some changes. they want more patrols and cameras install in the area and they want the rope to be cut down. >>> and d.c. council members are set to vote on a revised minimum wage bill that would

our tracee wilkins is live in the neighborhood and she talked to the boy's father. tracee? >> reporter: we're just off of sheriff road here and if you see behind me this is the sign prince george's county police asking folks in the community to give them a call if they see any suspicious activity after what happened to the young child. the father tells us that the 7-year-old was in the bed with his mother when this happened when that arm came through the window and tried to pull him out of the window. his screaming alerted his mother. at first she was thinking maybe this is someone we know until she saw that person run off the porch and around the porch. >> it's real sad until it hits home. you see it on tv all of the time, but you don't feel it until it hit home. i would like to see whoever is runnin >> prince george's county police feel the same way thp there is a very vague description of this person at this point so we're not going to share that until prince george's county police have more information on that. they're going to be out here going door to door, canvassing

reporting live in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins.k to you all in the studio. >> a man is shot in front of his girlfriend who was carrying his child. >> what happened next was like a scene out of a movie and we'll tell you how the scene ended in the district. >>> a dog has aeen nos ke ♪ stand by me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> back to our breaking news, the gw parkway is shut down at this hour in the fort hunt mount vernon area. police tell us a tour bus overturned on the parkway at stratford lane. that's less than two miles from the mount vernon estate. there are injuries, but we don't know to what extent. medevac choppers have been injured out and there may be another car involved and we have crews headed to the scene and we'll have a live report at 6:00. >>> it is one

tracee wilkins is in court right now and will bring you the new developments in this groundbreaking case at 5:00 tonight. >>> an arlington woman accused tonight in a designer bag scheme. she is ordered held in jail a federal judge recorded her to be held. federal investigators tell us she bought hundreds of bags at local stores, then bought matching knockoff bags from overseas. she returned the cheaper ones at stores for refunds. then sold the real ones on ebay. >>> the big honor for a woman who led a secret life as a spy during world war ii. >> the woman whose life was like something right out of a movie. >>> a nice day across our region today. for the most part, everybody remaining dry. that's not the case for the next couple of days, including friday and part of the weekend. we'll explain. i have that whole forecast coming up in a minute. >>> we've got more breaking news for you at the live desk. chopper 4 on its way to what sounds like a horrific crash in gainesville. police say a trash truck and a crash at the intersection of lee highway and lake manassas drive. we understand that b

i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> we dodged the rain we were supposed to get last night.ks like there could be more coming our way though, right? >> the next chance of rain unfortunately holds off until the upcoming weekend. but don't worry. we have a spectacular string of weather days ahead of us. as far as the rain last night, we didn't get a lot here in the the ingredients were there, but we could have used a little bit more heat and humidity. if you were in d.c. wanting some storms, they did not deliver. they did north of town. friday we'll start to notice the humidity creeping back into the area just a little bit for saturday. it will be breezy and refreshing on wednesday. wait until you see the high temperature on the seven-day. tomorrow the weather having a low impact on your day. a mix of clouds and sun. we'll notice breezy conditions later in the day tomorrow. your evening planner. right now we're at 84 degrees. perfect this evening to fire up the grill. 7:00 p.m. the temperature around 80 to 9:00. partly to mostly cloudy skies 7:00 to 8:00. we'll a little bit mo

i'm tracee wilkins. >>> there's a new clue tonight in the search for a man who sexually assaulted a womanher home. police in arlington county released a sketch today. a woman says she woke up on sunday morning to a man standing over her with a knife inside her apartment in the boston neighborhood. he sexually assaulted her, but she managed to run to the bathroom and use her ipad to call for help. that neighborhood. they're asking people to lock their doors and their windows. >>> messages of hate spray painted all over a neighborhood. the vandals hit sometime this morning, but it may not be their first time. david culver joins us from the arlington neighborhood off arlington boulevard. >> reporter: hi there. i can tell you that neighbors here, they're working to clean up or at least cover up some of that vandalism. they're hoping to keep some of the young children that live in this community in seeing it, but their parents tell me it is too late for that. >> i'm actually disappointed. >> reporter: driving by the vulgar and obscene vandalism, disturbing. >> he goes, daddy, what's that. i sa

tr -- tracee wilkins is joining us. a.m., people were taken out of the base, some with their hands up. >> i have a report of an active shooter. don't know much than anybody else. >> reporter: he was locked out of the base due to the shutdown. >> i'm praying for my colleagues in their barricaded behind locked doors. >> reporter: it was soon discovered that there was no gunman. they were preparing for an active shooter drill adding to the confusion when the report was made of an active shooter. joint base andrews released a statement describing what unfolded this way. "joint base andrews was scheduled to conduct a no-notice active shooter exercise. however, reports of a real-world active shooter situation at the medical facility were miscommunicated before the exercise was to begin. there was a misidentification of the security forces emergency services team who were conducting a routi of the medical facility, which caused the distress call." base officials are not saying who made the call. the base is used by active and

. >> tracee wilkins live for us there as we cross the 10:00 hour now we've got our reporters now surroundingase on the outside trying to get a handle on what's going on. chris gordon with his base andrews. the car blocking the entrance with a single officer. i just ran up to him and said can i get on the base? he said, no, i've been told to divert all the traffic around the circle. as you. fire and rescue enter the entrance of joint base andrews. i've seen a federal protective servi service, federal police go in. i've seenño' prince george's poe vehicle pass by joint base andrews and not entering the base p. that's the situation right now at the entrance of joint base andrews, there are no lights flashing right now. there's one right in the middle seem to be an immediacy at the gate. i did see one state trooper, a cruiser, go by here just out in front of joint base andrews, but it did not enter the base. so what we have here is a situation where the maryland state police are trying to figure out if this is an exercise that had been planned. occasionally we're seeing cars and cruisers coming

tracee wilkins is in national harbor tonight with a look at the project. >> reporter: hi, doreen.haven't driven by lately, take a look over my shoulder. they are now touches to mgm national harbor here. they're saying that they're expecting to open up in december. that's going to mean lots of jobs for people in the d.c. region. there have been some special promises made to people who live in prince george's county. >> my nerves are killing me. >> reporter: she is hoping the chips won't be stacked against her when she auditions to be a dealer for mgm national harbor. >> they watch everything. you lose points for anything you're not doing. >> reporter: she is one of 200 students who participated in the first mgm dealer school learning blackjack. the opportunity to work for the new mgm national harbor was created for her and other prince george's county residents through an agreement the county made with the casino. >> we think it is one of those agreements that will be a model for communities around the country. and in that ag to 50% prince george's county residents and it's the rig

tracee wilkins reports from hyattsville. >> my son in particular has already suffered one injury with because it is just soil. >> reporter: this football mom is worried about the safety of her son and his teammates at western high school in prince george's county. >> we want to make sure all kids have good, safe conditions to play football. >> by the time the football season comes, it is going to be straight dirt. >> reporter: these student athletes say they want a better football field like they were promised. >> we were supposed to get turf last year. we were next up to get it this year. >> reporter: according to a maryland house bill that legislated the funding and planning of the new turf build, northwestern w artificial turf field. >> they tried to slip it past us again this year and we're not really going for that. >> reporter: students talked about the injuries they have sustained on the muddy and overused grass field. >> i sprained my achilles. >> i fell on my head on straight dirt. >> it's like paranoia. >> reporter: this as some of these rising seniors are working toward ath

. >> but as bureau chief tracee wilkins shows, exotic dancers took their fight to the courts and won.> reporter: no employees are expected to live off of tips alone. it was illegal for this club and others to do that. now an appeals court is saying they owe some dancers some money. >> exotic dancers are employees. it's a major civil rights victory. >> reporter: for years many adult entertainment violated law by treating exotic dancers as contractors and not employees. >> they are entitled to the minimum wage. they should have been made more. >> reporter: the court of appeals has ruled in favor of a group of dancers, ruling they are owed wages and damages. >> it's not the first decision that dancers are supposed to be called employees and not contractors, but it is a major decision from the fourth circuit saying this is not in question anymore. >> reporter: the women first won their lawsuit in the first district court, but it was appealed and now they have won that too. >> if the club wants to tip employees, they have to pay the tip credit minimum wage. then they have to allow the danc

tracee wilkins is learning more about the victims.port in 30 minutes. >>> officials in alexandria are considering a temporary change to cab fares. at a meeting tonight, the parking and tracking board will consider a proposal to make a this would eliminate the charge for additional passengers taxied to the airport and the charge for items that are placed in the trunk. officials say they have received no opposition to the proposal from any cab drivers thus far. >>> for the first time in fairfax county, if you buy something online from someone else, you can now finalize the sale at a police station. it's called an exchange zone. the goal, of course, is to keep you safe. there are two places to do the exchange at the sully police station in chantilly and they are clearly marked. beware if someone is reluctant to meet you at the exchange zone. that could be a red flag. >> it's under 24-hour video surveillance. they pulled in and conducted the transaction. no need to come inside. they can call 911 or if they have a bad feeling, rather than

tracee wilkins reports from forestville. >> reporter: at prinjudy tally,s lived here for sometime, hasuggestions on what to focus on. >> we need resources that live here. >> reporter: he has ideas too. >> a lot of dumping goes on in the commercial area there. nobody knows who is dumping it. >> reporter: that's the idea behind baker's transforming neighborhoods initiativ entering office. >> this is a way you get government to respond to the people quickest. >> reporter: the county executive assigned members of his team to oversee each community, including langley park, river dale, suitland, hillcrest heights, and oxen hill. >> they've been open to us. we've been open to them. now there's work to do. >> reporter: they'll lead their own transformation as county officials plan to take on three new target areas. >> when we recalculated where our challenging areas in the county were, those were the areas that were coming up. >> reporter: in forestville, the issues range from school truancy to poor access to health care, all needs that tni has developed to help navigate. >> we try to do the b

s famed stadium club.ffk: in hyattsville, tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> and police hope surveillance videohelp track down a man they say followed a woman out of the new carrollton metro and into an office where he assaulted her. this happened on thda jacket with a distinctive red cross on the back and appears to walk with a limp in the video. call police if you recognize him. >>> for the latest in a murder trial of baltimore police officer cesar goodson. the medical examiner who performed freddie gray's autopsy testified friday saying she suffered a catastrophic neck injury disputing they were self-inflicted. goodson who droved the police van is charged with second-degree murder. on monday prosecutors are expected to call fellow officer william porter compelled to testify against goodson. porter the trial ended in a hung jury. >>> some big changes for students in prince george's county. they may be graded on a new scale when they get back from summer break. the school board now considering raising grades for high schoolers. instead of a zero, the lowest grade a student can earn in the firs

tracee wilkins live at the harbor with a look at what's available and how you can apply. >> reporter: you're looking at 3600 jobs here at mgm national harbor. it is coming along very quickly. they're looking at an opening date sometime in december. it is time to start training and hiring folks to fill these positions. with 3600 jobs available at mgm national harbor, workers have to be trained somewhere. the former thomas edison elementary school is where you go to learn the casino industry. today a tour of the former elementary school fully renovated by mgm. >> $5 million. several months. >> i remember what it was like before they took it over. it hadn't been used. >> reporter: baker says he's looking forward to what this employment center will mean for the county's future in gaming. >> we made it very clear to them we want them to hire locally, including in the top ranks. they have made a commitment to me that they're going to do that. >> reporter: while the dealer school has been opened for weeks, the new employment center fully opens this friday and will also teach hospitality clas

i'm tracee wilkins.atest in this still very active investigation. >>> and a new twist in the murder-suicide at ucla. another victim has been found 2,000 miles away from the crime scene on campus. >>> he is accused of torture and murder in his native country of somalia. >> tonight a local congressman is demanding answers about that. david culver has a report now on all of this including a report on what kind of access this guard had. >> reporter: vance and doreen, ali was not a tsa agent, but i did ask around inside dulles airport. as part of his job, he did patrol the tsa secured portion of the airport.

tracee wilkins is working on this story and has more on the charges and details about the case. >> reporter: prince george's county police say that a prostitution sting happened here at the days inn motel and it ended with a fourth grade teacher in custody for doing what police are calling pimp-like activities. he's facing charges for human trafficking and also prostitution. 29-year-old martin brown, who was a teacher langley park, was taken into custody. he paid for the hotel room that a woman was using to solicit herself for sex. >> sometimes a prostitution scheme has many moving parts, and he was one of the cogs in this scheme. >> reporter: we talk to parents about this teacher facing these kinds of charges and hear what the prince george's county school system has to say about all this. >>> thousands of drivers and metro riders have been dealing with long-term projects for weeks now. where plans are in the works to avoid a mess when the delays move into new neighborhoods. >>> which artist will receive e oonf the greek flavors of our mediterranean collection.ve your choice of delicious c

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riders, a look at the unexpected impact from metro's safetrack program and what some bus >>> i'm tracee wilkins. coming up, a new book reveals new information in an unsolved murder of a prince george's county teenar. ge ♪ stand by me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> a local man accused of murdering his wife and then suicide. the testimony from the couple's oldest son that could be pivotal for the prosecution. >>> the author that spent mondays embedded with the police homicide unit. what he learned. >>> those stories and more coming up at 6:30, but first here's doug kammerer with a check on our forecast. doug? >> are you guys in the camp that we missed out on a little spring weather? >> yeah. >> i get that a lot on my facebook and twitter accounts, talking about where wheere the 70s. we didn't see that. now we have some may-like air com

tracee wilkins has a progress report. >> reporter: baker says soon after coming into office residentsave him a serious wake up call. >> when we call the police, they show up. when we call the fire department, they show up. it's the rest of your government that we have problems with. >> reporter: in response, he the government program focuses on some of the county's most troubled areas where there are fewer resources and higher crime rates. >> tni is about what can we do with the resources we have, how can we achieve the very best outcome now. >> reporter: the county executive assigned members of his executive team to oversee each targeted community including langley park, hillcrest heights, and oxen hill. >> they've been open to us. we've been open to them. there's a lot of work to do. >> reporter: people in live in those areas will lead their own transformation as county officials prepare to take on three new target areas. >> when we recal those were the areas that came up. >> reporter: it's how government should run. >> we are on to a new way of governing not just for prince george'

i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> is it going to rain on all those riders who are not going to be takingro saturday night? >> it is looking like we'll have some rain around on saturday night. maybe some pockets of heavy rain. a high likelihood that we're dealing with stronger storms and severe storms on sunday. this isn't going to be a tornado outbreak on sunday, but we'll be dealing with some heavy rain because of the heat and the humidity. it's looking like we could have some strong gusty winds that produce isolated wind damage and maybe hail. tomorrow the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day. it is looking like the better of the two weekend days. some rain looking likely overnight. you can see we're continuing to track some distinct areas of heavier rain. showers right now in the d.c. o rain. impressive rain moving on into loudoun and northern fauquier counties. some very heavy rain impacting parts of the northern neck, south of fredericksburg. taking a closer look at the d.c. metro area, showers moving out of the bethesda, fairfax, even the district with sunshine start

. >>> i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4, a teacher who taught at this prince george's county school is arrested for being a pimp. we'll tell you what happened in this unfortunate case. >>> hate words the mark of a vandal. why police are taking this investigation very seriously in northern virginia. >>> the historic sit-in by democrats comes to an end on capitol hill with this passionate plea. >> so don't give up. don't give in. >> woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. "dominion. depend on us for more than energy." ♪ stand by me. >>> right now at 5:00, a local teacher in some big trouble tonight. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. t

tracee wilkins in upper marlboro now where the county council was briefed on the project today. >> reporter is going to be a very big deal for commuters who go from prince george's county into d.c. this as a stoppage. not a single tracking event. a stoppage all together and metro wants to make sure riders are prepared. >> the orange line and the blue line and the silver line are going to be shut down for prince georgians. >> reporter: metro wants 60% to 70% of prince george's county residents to find another way to work next week. they're making it clear the bus bridge metro will offer around benning road and minnesota avenue stations won c estimated 25,000 people who use metro in the county. >> if you've got a bus bridge with 20 buses, even 40 buses, the numbers simply don't add up. >> reporter: the general manager and the board chair visited the prince george's county council to explain among other things the upcoming impact of the second surge. >> around the region, people are trying to step up and figure out how to make this work. >> reporter: a transportation spokesperson told metro th