. >>> i'm pat comes back at the united medical center in southeast. ou may recall that the united medical center in is the only hospital in our city that doesn't have a traffic light and crosswalk at its entrance. you may recall that two women leaving the hospital this year were struck and killed by hit and run drivers and you may remember that many people have been waiting for years to get some crossing help here. well today, action. crosswalk. united medical center. they have a small army of people out here trying to make it happen. they are building the crosswalk. they are gonna put in flashing pedestrian crossing signs. and, yes, there's a plan to put in a pedestrian-activated traffic light. i will have all the details coming up at 5:00. >>> we have another encouraging milestone to tell you about for the baby panda at the national zoo. zoo officials say they are starting to see the cub's trademark black markings. tweeted out these photos over the weekend. hard to get a glimpse of him though, because mei xiang has only put her cub down twice in the

this comes after two separate hit and run crashes just outside the united medical center. this is where we find pat collins on the story. >> why doesn't the united medical center have a traffic light and crosswalk at its entrance? all the other hospitals do. tonight word from the mayor's office of a possible tentative fix. neck year. -- next year. >> this is ricardo robinson crossing southern avenue at the entrance to the united medical center. he says getting from here to there can be dangerous. >> the cars are not being controlled by the speed limit they supposed to be driving. they like racing. >> unlike most hospitals in our city, there is no traffic light or crosswalk at the entrance to the united medical center. so far this year, two women have been struck and killed by hit and run drivers here. one of the victims faith pines, simone jordan is her daughter. >> if you had a chaps to talk to leaders of the city what would you tell them? >> you need to put a stop sign or light to save those people's lives. you need to do something. >> council member charles says it shoul

we're talking about southern avenue in front of united medical center. in the past few months we have seen two women killed in hit and run crashes. >> why is there no traffic light and crosswalk at the united medical center here? there have been two fatal hit and runs here since april and the daughter of one of the victims says a traffic light has made a big difference. >> do you think there was a traffic light at the entrance of the united medical center your mother might be alive today? >> i do. i really do. >> last friday, another woman, a physicians assistant at the hospital struck and killed trying to cross the street at the very same spot. you see, unlike other hospitas s if you want to get from there to here, you're on your own. and she cannot understand why there is no traffic light here. >> what would you tell them? >> you need to get out there and put a stop sign out there or a stoplight to save those people's lives. >> they take publicses transportation to the hospital. >> would you put one there? >> we're going to look at it. >> can you promis

>> reporter: doreen, finally, finally, finally, a crosswalk here at the united medical center. it could be a life saveer. there was a lot of construction noise today outside the united medical center but nobody seemed to be complaining. happy to see it? >> yes. to see it in progress, make me want to cry. >> reporter: you see the united medical center is the only hospital in our city without a crosswalk and traffic light at its entrance. how long you been waiting for a crosswalk here? >> at least 30 years. i've been living here 30 years. and i seen a lot happen in them 30 years. [ sirens whoop ] >> reporter: time and again, we see how dangerous this crossing can be, people dodging fast-moving cars to get from here to there. [ tires screeching ] you saw it this morning, what did you think? >> i was surprised, shocked and happy. surprised, shocked and happy. and hope that nobody else has to lose their lives. >> reporter: this year, two women were struck and killed by hit and run drivers as they were trying to leave the hospital and cross southern avenue. one of the victims, emma be

for years, emma bet worked here at the united medical center. she was a highly regarded medical professional. >> you can feel her absence. it's kind of hard to believe she's not gonna be there anymore. and i'm not quite sure, you know, how we're gonna do without her. >> reporter: it was just last april that 68-year-old faith pines was struck and killed by a hit and run driver on southern avenue at almost the exact same spot. [ sirens ] now at the entrance of the united medical center, there is no traffic light. there is no crosswalk. what's it gonna take to get a traffic light here? more on that coming up at 6:00. live in southeast, pat collins, news4. >> as pat just mentioned ed ie reference, the second time in just a matter of months someone was killed in a hit and run crash outside of united medical that woman named faith pipes hit and killed when she tried to cross southern avenue in april. she had been to visit a friend at a hospital. and a woman who worked at a nearby apartment complex is charged in that case. see pat's previous story about

he here, not the united medical center on southern avenue and it's having deadly consequences. southern avenue, where many cars travel at a high rate of speed, where people coming to and from the hospital often find themselves in harm's watch >> crossing the streets. >> very dangerous. >> without a doubt, always have been treacherous. >> reporter: last april, 68-year-old faith pines struck and killed by a hit and run driver as she was leaving the hospital. last friday, 56-year-old emma bet cab bay day, hit and killed by a driver almost at the same spot. emma bet a long-time physician's assistant at united medical center was leaving work when it happened. she comes from a large and loving family. >> my mother was the kindest american you will ever meet in your entire life. she was the most hard working person i have ever known. >> reporter: this is the entrance to the unite medical enter. this is the bus stop many people use to get from here to the hospital over there. the nearest traffic light, the nearest safe crosswalk is way down the street, nearly two blocks down the street

year, two women have been struck and killed by hit and run drivers as they were leaving the united medical center trying to cross southern avenue. and for years, people here have been waiting for some crossing help. david thompson is with the united medical center. >> this is like a blessing and the short -- the short way to say it's a blessing because we need a traffic light here, a crosswalk, we need something that's gonna help the people cross to come to the hospital, employees and patients and visitors. >> reporter: now they have deployed a small army of people to make this happen. two bus stops are being moved to make room for the crosswalk, which will be ada compliant. robert hort isn't ddot project manager. this is on the fast track? >> yeah. boy say it's on the fast track. the good thing about this, it will make it a lot easier for the residents and folks who visit the hospital to get across the street back and forth. >> reporter: by wednesday, the crosswalk and flashing pedestrian signs will be in place. a pedestrian-activated traffic light is scheduled to be installed here by december.

patients and coworkers at united medical center are heartbroken. she had worked at the hospital for years. dozens of friends and family members, many overcome with grief, came together to mourn the sudden loss of their friend. >> i lost my partner of 31 years. my wife, my best half. a wonderful person. roz: friday evening, she was hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver. she had just left work. she was crossing southern avenue, on her way to metro. supervisor said she worked at the hospital for 10 years as a physician assistant, often caring for the indigent. >> she was so dedicated to all the underprivileged patients. i'm so humbled to have worked with her. active inas also their ethiopian community, often helping others get settled. >> she made america beautiful. she was like a mother to the second generation. z: friday, police released this photo of a person of interest. wasvehicle that struck her a newer model black chevy tahoe. her family now wants to see justice served. >> i don't want people to die senseless. we are human beings. roz: d.c. po

many of you were worried about crossing the road outside of the united medical center in southeast washington. hundreds of you including many hospital employees attended a vigil last night, calling for a crosswalk to be installed there. a 56-year-old died friday after a driver hit her on the busy southern avenue. the driver did not stop. it is the second fatal accident this year. the mayor's office told news4 earlier this week they'll try to get a crosswalk installed by early next year. >>> 4:48 your time now. the presidential race stopping in our area today. maryland governor larry hogan is holding a fund-raiser for new jersey governor chris christie in annapolis this afternoon. christie is running for president or the republican nomination. he was a big supporter of hogan last year. hillary clinton opening up about the possibility of joe biden joining the race. he has a difficult decision and that she always expected a competitive campaign. she said she made a bad choice using a personal e-mail for work while she was secretary of state. in a new report from the associated press, the a.p. sa

. >>> new tonight, hundreds of people came together to call for a crosswalk outside the united medical centerutheast washington. 56-year-old emma bet kabiti died friday after a driver hit her on busy southern avenue. that driver did not stop. it's the second fatal accident this year. many hospital employees attended the vigil tonight, say thanksgiving have to fight the traffic to get to work every day. the mayor's office told us yesterday, you saw, that they will try to get a crosswalk installed by early next year. >>> for the first time in a week, we're not talking about calming your financial fears. wall street had its best day since 2011 today. the dow closed up more than 600 points. the s&p and nasdaq jumped up about 4% each. it follows six straight days of massive declines, and there is still a lot of ground to make up. the dow lost more than 1900 points over that six-day slide. >>> this week, the gulf coast is pausing to remember hurricane katrina. tomorrow president obama will mark ten years since the storm ravaged new orleans. more than 1800 people were killed, and a million others di

muriel bowser now says tonight she hopes to add a stoplight and crosswalk in front of the united medical center the mayor's office tells us tonight they hope to get it installed on southern avenue by early next year. right now, there is a bus stop across the street, but the closest traffic light and crosswalk about two blocks away. >>> next at 11, a healthy local mom makes a decision for the good of her family. >> i couldn't even handle or even think about my kids growing up without a mom. >> why she says that meant having her stomach surgically removed. >>> a hero's return to america. hear from the family of one of the men who stopped a potential massacre in france. >>> seems quiet. but we're talking about a nice stretch followed by a heatwave and the latest on tropical storm erika. >>> one of the americans who helped wrestle a gunman to the ground on a french train is back home tonight. college student anthony sadler and his family were flown to oregon on a private jet owned by the ceo of columbia sportswear. he is now back in his hometown of sacramento, california. before leaving, sadler, ai

there's no crosswalk or stop walk to the entrance of united medical center on center avenue. you can see from this video, people just dart across the road. and she died friday night trying to do just that. news4 took this issue to muriel bowser. and she said she will consider adding a stop light to the crosswalk. >>> the 14-year-old held 27 classmates hostage. you can see the school went into lockdown. police then negotiated with that teenager. he let everyone go and no one was hurt. >> when they took us to the football field, that's when i realized this was actually happening. >> thank god that none of our students was hurt. it's been a drying day for schools students and kids. >> it's not clear whether the teenager will be charged with anything. >>> curtis smith was shot and killed in chester county courthouse in pennsylvania. smith was facing similarly, assault, and harassment charges after jumping the white house fence back in had march. there's no word on why he was at district court yesterday. the deputy hurt his arm and hand but is expected to be okay. >>> it is 6:36.

two women died walking near the united medical center in southeast. there's no crosswalk or stop light. people just dart across the busy southern avenue. you can see from this video. police say a vehicle hit and killed one of the victims friday. other victim's daughter has this message for city leaders. >> you need to get out there and put a stop sign out there or stop light to save those people's lives. they're going to work, they're trying to get the bus. you need to do something. >> we asked muriel bowser about this issue, and she said she will consider adding a stop light in front of the medical center. >>> in news4 your health, what you wear to visit a newborn may be dangerous. researchers in australia found that clothing worn to neonatal care units may put babies to respiratory problems. respiratory virus, rsv as it's known, officials agree anyone visiting a newborn should be asked to wear a separate sterilized gown. >> treatment beds will be added for addicts on the shore. the state will spend $10 million to the initial state response on the gr

. >>> well, many of you are worried about crossing the record outside of the united medical center in southeast d.c. hundreds of people including hospital employees attended a vigil last night, calling for a crosswalk to be installed. 56-year-old emebet kebede died after she was struck. it's the second fatal accident there this year. news4 was told that a crosswalk will be installed by next year. >>> a man who fly a gyrocopter inside the d.c. restricted air space is headed to court. he is asking a judge if he can hire a special first amendment lawyer. hughs said he flew the gyrocopter as an act of civil disobedience back in april. he was protesting special interest money in politics. >>> an oklahoma day care closed for allegedly drugging children to help them go to sleep. this woman says herb 6-month-old son could barely keep his eyes open after coming home from the day care. it turns out that day care was allegedly giving children benadryl. benadryl should not be given to infants unless ordered by a doctor. it can cause small children to stop breathing. >> what she was doing was mess

it happened just outside the united medical center on friday evening, an area where there is no crosswalk and there is no stoplights. the victim's daughter called her mother an incredibly kind and hard working woman. >> her only goal in life was to see her family happy and to see her family be able to live well and to help as many people as she could. >> police did release this image of a man considered a person of interest in this crash. we are told they have identified him. they have recovered the vehicle that's involved but at this point, no one is facing any charges. >>> stopping a possible terrorist in his tracks, how three americans were honored today overseas. >>> a major fast food chain announces it is going to be hiring thousands of workers in the coming weeks. we will tell you how you can get your foot in the door. >>> and we are on panda watch. why caring for the new cubs is touch and go. >>> we are now following some breaking news in new york. a casino bus has crashed into a building in queens. our sister station in new york says six people have been injured. the chopper saw s

this involved the united medical center southern avenue, we saw the channel 4 broadcast of people dodging cars. i was amazed that this was the only hospital in the city that didn't have a crosswalk so that people could get back and forth across a major thoroughfare. >> i think what the video did and what the unfortunate story of two people being killed trying to cross that street does too, it sort of isolates and maybe supports those in ward 8 who say, listen, we're not getting is the services or the protection or the attention that the other wards are getting. i know that muriel bowser one of her big issues when she was running for mayor was, listen, i'm going to have a representative in ward 8. i'm going to know about the issues going on there. channel 4 had to press her about getting a light there. it will happen. still, how quickly can it happen? it doesn't sound any time immediate. >> you know what i like about this story is what we saw on channel 4, the legendary pat collins doing performance art as journalism. showing this was a problem, putting a spotlight on it and then making th

says his girlfriend, alexandra dire is disfigured and undergoing treatment at the burn unit at cornell medical center. the 59-year-old was leaving her job in sunny side queens wednesday evening when a man called to her, then tossed a chemical gel-like mixture in her face. >> open the ice. she can see. you know. literally like nothing. >> her face is burned. >> yeah. bad. maybe going to need some operations. >> dire is the executive director of healing arts initiative. a nonprofit that brings art to the less fortunate. she also became ordained under the roman catholic women priests. >> she said she has been called to the priest hood since she is 7. she is highly significant to the nonprofits she serves and significant to the people. >> as police continue for the man who put dire in the hospital, her neighbors in queens say keeping her in their thoughts. >> she can keep pushing through it. yeah, her parents may be altered, but she is still, hopefully she still has that heart to love. >> in sunny side queens, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> there are new calls tonight for changes in times square. mayor d

he has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit at university medical center in stony brook where doctors have struggled to keep him alive. this is the head of team. >> as of right now his liver appears to be improving, his kidneys being supported by dialysis that we provide, but we are not going to know for days or even weeks whether his kidneys will ever come back. >> reporter: experts say nicholas' case of heat stroke was caused by extremely hot temperatures and dehydration. james pacey is the team physician for stony brook university. >> it falls back on the athletes at some point. the athletes have to take some stake in this game and they have to speak up when something difficult. we have a warrior code culture with our athletes for sure and athletes don't want to be seen as a complainer and trying to get off the field. but they have to realize that they have to take some initiative here and look out for themselves and look out for their teammates. >> reporter: heat stroke begins with muscle cramps in the legs or abdomen, a headache, very heavy sweating, cool, moist skin, it

medical center. >> reporter: those people injured were construction workers working in that science lab. they were rushed here to jacobi medical center's level one trauma unit. we're told one is in critical condition. two others in serious condition. want to take you to video from an hour ago that shows a family member or friend, we're not sure which, rushing into the er, frantic, no doubt, to talk to doctors about the condition of her loved one. we talked to a man inside the er when one of te workers was brought in on a stretcher. he said the man had burns to his arms and the hospital personnel mobilized quickly around the injured worker. fdny commissioner speaking at the scene of the explosion described where the workers were amidst the rubble and the efforts by first responders to save their lives. >> these victims had gotten out of the area of the explosion. our folks found them. one was more seriously injured than the other two. they were all immediately being treated by fire department members and transported rather quickly. >> reporter: again, those three people injured, construction workers working at jfk high school. one is in critical condition, a

it happened at about 3:30 this afternoon, on the unit block of bunting lane. 291 year-old was rushed to crozer-chester medical center in critical condition but the the boyfriend, who has not yet been identified, is behind bars tonight. >>> police in philadelphia are investigating a terrifying home invasion, in the northeast, late last night. it happened at about 11:00 o'clock on the 2200 block of diston street. a couple and their two children were home at the time when two masked men burst through their door. they threatened to shoot the woman and her son, unless the husband handed over money. he gave the thieves $480 and they took off. now police track down one suspect a short time later. the other remains on the loose tonight. >>> a car crashed in bensalem ended with a death of the eight two-year old man and his wife in serious condition. it happened at the about 1:00 this afternoon on the night nights road, investigators say the elderly man simply lost control and flipped the vehicle. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> well, believe it or not, it is almost time to go back to school. am i smiling? i'm sorry.

reporting live over nyu medical center, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a united airlines passenger under arrest. he went ballistic when he was told to turn off his cell phone. police say adam kelling refused to turn off the phone, walked to the front of the plane then punched another passenger. that's when chicago police officers came on board and wrestled him to the ground. police say he hit one of the officers. >>> the woman behind an embryo battle is speaking exclusively to abc news about her year long battle. dr. mimi lee and her husband decided to get married in 2010 after knowing each other for a decade. before the wedding breast cancer treatment. five embryos were frozen. the marriage went south and lee wants the embryos but he is arguing that the consent form said the embryos would be destroyed if the couple split should be a legally binding document. >> so personal and from a friend that i trusted for so long. it's really disappointing. >> findlay says he is afraid that lee will finally manipulate the situation if she winds up having the children. lee says if she

units went to the scene. a spokesman for the vanderbilt university medical center does not know if the hospital received patients a the this time. we have no further information about injuries or possible fatalities. so once that information is given to us, we'll bring that to you. but to recap, a gunman entered a theater today in the middle of the day right outside of nashville, tennessee. engaged in a fire fight with police. s.w.a.t. team was called. that gunman appears to be deceased and the police engaging in two things. trying to investigate whether or not the backpacks that this gunman had may have explosives or dangerous. that is why the scene is sort of cornered off right now. they called in the bomb-sniffing dogs and trying to get to the bottom of that. other information from affili e affiliate, the first day of school in that part of tennessee. a lot of schools with half days and obviously another element here which poses some threat in the sense that a lot of anxious patie parents around that area. we'll have the most up to date information and right back here on msnbc for the latest on this movie the

agreed to talk to us because the delays prevent valley medical center from deliver much needed services. for example, entire physical rehabilitation unitposed to be moved into the new building. instead county says it has had to turn away patients daily because of the current facilitied limited capacity. new building was supposed to house an expansion of the burn unit and maternity department. today a spokesman for turner construction told me it was wrong to blame the construction company for all the delays and says it's not supported by the facts. he said the county actually accepted responsibility for many of the problems. but county executive jeffrey smith is not swayed and said the county has already put turner construction on notice. come up with a better explanation in seven days or lose the project. >> we can't afford to waste taxpayers' dollars. we can't afford to have a company who is playing gamesen charge of the schedule. >> so the county could fire turner within a week. >> right. >> things may not remain up in the air for very long. the future of turner construction's role as well as the future of the overall project could b

talk to us because the delays prevent valley medical center from delivering much-needed promised services. for example, the emts entire rehabilitation unitas supposed to be moved into the building. instead, the county says it has had to turn away patients daily because of the current facility's limited capacity. the new building was also suppose to house the expansion of the burn unit and maternity department. today, a spokesperson said it was wrong the blame the construction company for all the delays and says it is not supported by all the facts. he says the county accepted responsibility for many of the problems. but the county executive is not swayed and says that the county has already put turner construction on notice, come up with a better explanation in seven days or lose the project. >> we can't afford to lose taxpayers' dollars nor to have a company that is playing games in charge of the schedule. >> so the company could fire turner within a week? >> right. >> things may not remain up in the air for very long. the future of turner construction's role as well as the future of the overall project could be decided at a meeting bet

united states, has revealed he has cancer. carter who is 90 years old will undergo treatment at emory medical center. he lost his father and three siblings to pancreatic cancer. >>> for the first time in this election cycle it shows hillary clinton is losing a crucial primary state to bernie sanders. the poll comes from new hampshire where the same organization found, earlier this year, clinton with a double digit leads. to her left, sanders is generating a flurry of interest. >> as vermont senator bernie sanders was drawing massive crowds monday in los angeles and over the weekend in seattle and portland, oregon, a new poll was being conducted in the crucial first primary state of new hampshire. the results suggests sanders has just overtaken democratic front runner hillary clinton under likely primary voters. 44% to 37. six months ago when clinton began her campaign, the same poll showed her leading sanders, 44 to 8. the surge among democrats has been growing for months, fueled by his fight against wealth. >> you can't have it all. >> we caught up with the senator in washington, d.c. >> the beginni

units in those buildings. what's concerning is that it seems to have spread to lincoln medical center which is a hospital.sick people who are in that area and they're going to be more susceptible to catching any type of infection and actually potentially dying from it. so that's very concerning. >> then help us better understand how it is contracted. because, you know just hearing that there may be sort of flu-like symptoms as we heard in sara ganim's piece, really means anybody is susceptible. >> well that's true. i mean your immune system will fight it. so anything that weakens your immune system is going to make you more likely to get it or have more symptoms from it. generally speaking the bacteria has to get to your lungs. that's why you have to inhale it. whether it's through water mist and while you can't get it if you just drink clean water, because it's going to go through your gut, it's not going to go through your lungs unless you chuck, so basically it's got to kind of come in as a sort of mist into your lungs, and then there your immune system can fight it. but if you have a problem with your

medical crisis team who took her to the hospital to the psychiatric unit. so there is another that plaintiff here also representing the family law center saying that this behavior the disabilities. >> we'll continue to follow that. >>> coming up, an update on breaking news. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> new polling showing bernie sanders trailing hillary clinton by 6 points. also the ten republican prime time players have been named for the debate in cleveland. there they are. rick perry. six others did not make the cut and they'll have their debate earlier in the evening. we'll see you again later tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern. i hope you join us for that. the cnn special report a minor miracle, five years after the chilean rescue starts now. >>> a remote desert mine. a massive collapse. >> a huge chunk of the mountain slid down. >> 33 men sealed half a mile down. their survival defied all odds. >> there was never any sense they could have all made it.

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