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and wheelchairs riders to make configurations for wheelchair users and having some table events. lastly we are working to host a technology conference. right now people are using their smartphones or apps. we want to tap into applications that people are using right now and see how we can apply it to bart to make it more accessible. if you are using a speech to text or if you have hearing, maybe you can go to a designated speaker so it translates for deaf passengers. or, we are also looking at indoor navigation system like indoors. but sfo where you can be directed. it's 30 feet wide. so we can't have the features that sf 0 has but the key features. that's it for my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. i would like to start with council member roland wong. >> thank you, mr. franklin. i have two comments. one of them is when we deploy the first phase of the new bart cars, i think it may get very confusing when you have two older existing cars with two doors and the new cars with three doors. i can't really picture how people can actually navi

feel giving your old wheelchair to joshua? >> well i -- i feel happy. >> thank emanuel for donating the wheelchair for joshua. he's really happy to use it. >>> prince georges county police say the thief who stole joshua's wheelchair is heartless and they will continue to search for that person. >>> well there's not really a good way to lead into this next story. former d.c. council member jim graham is going into the nude dancing nightclub business. tom sherwood got the scoop on the new business venture from graham himself. >> reporter: you know this jim graham on the d.c. council 16 years, defeated for re-election. out of office last january. what did he do next? well cue the music. ♪ >> which one would you like? >> reporter: cue the laser lights and the fog machine. that's right. jim graham is becoming a nude dancing imbpersario. >> i decided to go into the night dance club industry. >> reporter: in his old ward starting sunday graham will host sunday night male nude dancers for gay men and thursday night male nude dancers f

thank you, emanuel, for donating the wheelchair for joshua. he's really happy to use it. >> reporter: so what does emanuel have to say about all of this? you'll hear from him on news4 at 6:00, how he feels about giving his wheelchair to joshua. that's the latest live in langley park. jim back to you. >> great turn. see you at 6. thank you, chris. >>> a violent road rage incident has landed a loudoun county man in jail tonight. leesburg police tell us this happened on the ramp from the route 7 bypass to south king street just before 1:00. the driver of this box truck says he was trying to stay away from the incident but as he got on the ramp, the porsche tried to pass him on the shoulder. the driver, david godfrey was going too fast and hit the truck. then he started ramming it repeatedly near the fuel tank. no one was hurt in the crash. >>> 30 years in jail tonight for a maryland woman who tried to kill her ex-boyfriend's 8-year-old son. helen newsom confessed to trying to smother the child and hit him on the head with dumbbells back in 2013.

then they brought out the man's motor motorized wheelchair. when the people saw the redskins bag on the back, they knew exactly who it was. they say he's a regular on u-street. this woman says she rides the subway with him every day. she didn't want her face shown. >> it's sad. i mean if he's falling off tracks, maybe somebody needs to be with him. maybe he's to a point where he can't be by himself before. >> reporter: joe the pizza guy says he knows the wheelchair man, too. he says he gives him samples just about every day. >> good timing i tell you that. good timing. the guy was -- he's a regular down here as well, you know. we see him all the time, you know. comes to have pizza. he's a good guy. i'm glad they rescued him, took care of him. >> reporter: an incredible save by two brave metro riders. wendy back to you. >> pat, thanks so much. >>> an alexandria is taking another step to revitalize its waterfront. the city council has approved the redevelopment of the water terminal south warehouse. it will become a used development, 96 town hom

. >> how do you feel giving your old wheelchair to joshua? >> well i feel happy. >> thank you, emmanuel, for donating the wheelchair for joshua. he's really happy to use it. >> prince george county police officials say the thief who stole the wheelchair is a heartless man, and they are still out there looking for him. >>> thousands of people will jam the national mall tomorrow to rock out with some of the biggest names in music. the earth day concert starts at 11:00 in the morning, but some lucky fans got to see no doubt rehearsing this afternoon. some of the other headliners include train, usher, fallout boy and mary j. blige. united nations secretary general ban ki-moon is also expected to address the crowd. go to our nbc washington app to read more about the show including metro schedules and which roads are going to be closed. >>> all right. next weekend the white house will open its grounds and gardens to the public. you have to get a ticket first, but the good news is it's completely free. next saturday and sunday the national park serv

i look and don't see wheelchair emblem on those and special doors to get the wheelchair people into them. 2 months ago the renter-if you rent in the city and you increase you get 2 months. they went 2 thousand to 8 thousand. i would like to give the buses that arrive in the city 2 months to make their buzzes wheelchair accessible and everyone that isn't accessible at the stop they get a thousand dollar fine. they are a billion dollar corporations. and also when they stop they can pick up muney riders. it is a sharing economy. thank you >> thank you very much. any other member thofz public that like to provide public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk can we go to the adaungz >> item is 40-46 considered for immediate adoption without committee adoption. a single roll call vote [inaudible] >> supervisor ferrule. sfr visorarve lose. 40 and 41 please on item 43-46 madam clerk can you call the roll rr >> item 43 -46, breed aye. compose, aye. christensen, aye. co00, aye. ferrule, aye. kim, aye. mar, aye. tank, aye. wiener aye. yee aye was avalos, aye. >> m

then they brought out the man's motorized wheelchair. and when the people here saw the redskins bag on the back, they knew exactly who it was. they say he's a regular on "u" street. this woman says she rides the subway with him every day. she didn't want her face shown. >> it's sad. i mean if he's falling off tracks, maybe somebody needs to be with him the whole time. maybe he's getting to a point where he can't be by himself anymore. >> reporter: joe the pizza guy says he knows the wheelchair man, too. he says he gives him samples just about every day. >> good timing i tell you that. good timing. the guy is a regular down here as well you know. we see him all the time comes in and to have pizza. he's a good guy. i'm glad they rescued him and took care of him. >> reporter: metro acknowledges that the save by these good samaritans was heroic, but they say it's best to wait for the station manager to cut the power to the third rail before you venture onto the tracks. but, boy, this is a metro trip that these men will not soon forget. live

. >>> a thief steals a wheelchair from a 4-year-old. now an 11-year-old came to the family's rescue with a great idea. >>> called out for promoetting quack treatments. how dr. oz. is kings hockey player is waking up in jail accused of being in possession of cocaine and exsta si. he was arrested last night in las vegas. he was arrested at the wet republic pool at the mgm brand. his hearing will be held today. >>> that is the sound of frustrated passengers on eweunited airlines plane. the flight was supposed to be heading from kansas city to denver. severe weather diverted that plane to an hour outside of denver in colorado springs. that is where passengers say they were kept on the tarmac for six hours. people were told if they got off the plane, they wouldn't be able to make it to their final destination. >> they ran out of supplies in the bathroom, it smelled foul it was just bad circumstances. we got. half a cup of water, little crackers nothing. >> the airport says it's not sure why united did not dock the plane at one of the several

someone stole a little boy's wheelchair last weekend. thanks to an enormous show of support, he got a new one yesterday and chris gordon was there when it was delivered. >> reporter: prince georges county police delivered a replacement wheelchair to the 4-year-old youngster who had his wheelchair stolen. this surveillance video showing the thief rolling it across the parking lot outside the family's apartment resulted in the donation. >> from the bottom of my heart, i'm very grateful. >> reporter: police announced that the wheelchair was donated by the mother of 11-year-old emanuel marshal, who had outgrown it and wanted to help by donating it to joshua. >> i honestly shed a tear. it was because the situation was so similar, it really hit home. >> how do you feel giving your old wheelchair to joshua? >> i feel happy. >> reporter: police want you to look closely at this video and call them if you can help identify the thief stealing joshua's wheelchair. >> it's disturbing to actually have seen that happen and watch that video. he doesn't

because accessing a taxicab has been an issue for people with wheelchairs, being able to get their wheelchairinto the cab. having a certain percentage that are the right size and can accommodate a person in a wheelchair is a new rule they have instituted through the help of advocates in the community who have worked with the commission including people from statewide independent living commission who sit on the taxicab commission. >> lawyer ark, how is the city's parking meter policy working? >> it had some challenges initially, but the red top program, it has had a lot of evaluation. it does seem to be working. the office of disability rights who is also in the district government they work closely with the department of public works and transportation to make sure they are working, they are in the right places there's enough of them. but you know while the community, i think, the at large community had a bit of a reaction to it initially, it does seem to be successful. >> and there are still those who complain that people who are not living with disabilities sometimes park in those places.

ra marrow, the 4-year-old youngster who had his wheelchair stolen. this surveillance video shows the thief rolling it across the parking lot outside the family's apartment resulted in the donation. >> from the bottom of my heart, i'm very thankful. >> reporter: prince george's county police announced that the wheelchair was donated by the mother of 11-year-old emanuel marshall who had outgrown it and wanted to help by donating it to joshua. >> i honestly shed a tear. it was because the situation was so similar, it really hit home. >> reporter: offers of help came from as far away as florida. >> a child in a vulnerable position, and when you have people akproscross your county calling the police department to help, it means so much to everyone who is working these cases to try to help joshua. >> nbc washington this morning has a story about a 4-year-old boy's wheelchair that was stolen from -- >> reporter: radio host cain of hot 99.5 says when he saw the news story this morning he made an on-air appeal. and within five minutes a medical adult day care

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he's confined to a wheelchair. he cannot speak. he was left in the woods for four days in the rain and cold. parlor's charged with attempted murder. >>> denied request to be released on bond. white will remain in prison on felony child abuse. they found noah's body lost month after he went missing. his father is also locked up on the same charges. prosecutors are awaiting the results oh results of an autopsy to determine how the boy died. >>> being referred to as a hero. he woke up to a house filled with smoke. firefighters say everything he did after that moment helped to save him and his sister's life. today they gave marcus and his sister awards. he pulled his sister in close and stayed calm after calling 911. will he followed every direction perfectly, even helping firefighters find the right room in the house. he didn't realize this was particularly brave and he doesn't feel any different even though so many are singing his praises. >> i didn't think i was that brave. just tried to call and get help and get out. >> i just feel

he's the 4-year-old langley park youngster who had his wheelchair stolen. this surveillance video shows the thief rolling it across the parking lot outside the family's apartment resulted in the donation. >> from the bottom of my heart, i'm very thankful. >> this is emanuel marshall. >> reporter: prince george's county police announced the wheelchair was donated bye mother of 11-year-old emanuel marshall, who had outgrown it and wanted to help by d >> i honestly shed a tear. it was because the situation was so similar. it really hit home. >> reporter: how do you feel giving your old wheelchair to joshua? >> well, i feel happy. >> reporter: police want you to look closely at this video and call them if you can help identify the thief stealing joshua's wheelchair. >> it's disturbing to actually have seen that happen and watch that video. he doesn't look uncomfortable in anything he did and i think that doesn't sit well me and hopefully doesn't sit well members of the community. >> reporter: the new wheelchair has given joshua back his sense of independence an

they want to recover that other wheelchair. so if anybody recognizes the person in the video, police ask you give them a call. as for the donors of the wheelchair, they say they hope they find the original one as well. so now he can have a spare. in langley park, brad bell, abc 7 news. leon: that would be good. thank you, brad. let's turn to the weather now. boy, another gorgeous day outside. alison: started out that way. a few changes are going on though. some storms or at least rain popping up around the area. right, doug? doug: few showers pop up every now and then get a lightning strike but that's about it. partly sunny skies and very warm temperatures. get you started at a look at what's happening around the area right now from the rooftop camera. clouds and sun pretty typical across the viewing area at this hour. most of the rain continues to be to the west and southwest of metro washington. it is moving to the southeast towards the bottom right-hand side of your screen so if that trend continues and nothing new pops up i

this can snap want to any wheelchair. obama: this is outstanding. >> my partner and i have been working on this for about three. it is entirely 3-d principle. -- printable. it goes around and locks on the opposite way, and it has two gears on top of each other. it can go forward and backward. you can try it out. obama: you sure? ok. >> hold on to that. obama: i think it came out. it is too loose. >> then you can look at the backup. we can put this one on. obama: i can get a sense that this will work. what is amazing is the fact that you can save so much money compared to what the current vcost is. >> it is less than 1% of current cost. we were researching attachments for the wheelchairs. we realize that those would require a completely new wheelchair to go up and down stairs. what we ended up doing was make attachments for it a accessible for everyone. obama: excellent. let's take a picture. both juniors? the junior years are busy. very proud of you. congratulations. how are you, sir? good to see you. what do we have? >>

he donated a wheelchair to 4-year-old joshua romero. someone stole romero's wheelchair from his langley park apartment complex. marshall and his mother saw the story and called the police and police made the delivery to the romero's this afternoon. >> i think it was a bad person. >> i thought that was just horrible and i started thinking if that would have happened to me. >> god bless her and her son because that's amazing. leon: that is amazing. the wheelchair emanuel donated is one he used when he was younger and has outgrown it. paying it forward. still ahead here, new victims come forward in a groping scandal involving the t.s.a. why one former agent is speaking out. apple fans clamoring for the new watch. leon: new evidence in the murder case against former rap mogul suge knight. the judge released video moment that suge allegedly plowed into the victim with his truck. it will likely be used as evidence by both sides. new developments in the aftermath of a t.s.a. scandal. two agents at denver international airport were busted for g

police donated this wheelchair a short time ago. the 4-year-old gets his independence back. >> from the bottom of my heart we are thankful and god bless mismarshall. >> reporter: the chair was donated why this boy, 11-year- old emmanuel marshall, who grew out of the chair through years ago. his mom is a stranger to joshua's family but after seeing the new's reports knew what to do. the video of the thief has gone viral but with police are still without a tip that may lead them to the guy that casually walked away with a custom medical device that cost $6,000 and took a year for insurance to approve. joshua only had it a month before it was taken. now grateful to be pushing his own wheels in the donated chair. police are hoping for a tip and the chair should not be hard to spot. it has joshua's name embroiders in one of the seats. scott broom, wusa9 news. >> the stolen wheelchair cost more than $6,000. >>> you may expect a few showers tonight, but after that we are talking a picture- perfect weekend. we have howard bernstein in. when

then hoists his wheelchair then themselves to safety. the entire thing lasts seconds, we asked what would you have done. >> you never know what you're going to do until you're in that situation. >> i would like to say that i would jump in to help. >> reporter: thankfully for that man. two metro riders now know how they would react without any hesitation. and from the platform that man was taken to an area hospital incredibly after that fall he suffered only minor cuts to his face. at the u street metro. >> pretty incredible he didn't suffer more injuries than that. the police are still investigating how or why that man fell on to the tracks and neither of the two people that jumped down to rescue him have come forward. >>> do you want better schools? you may have to pay more for the future. at an educational town hall meeting, baker was pushing to raise taxes by 15% to give schools a huge boost in funding. baker and kevin maxwell say if the neighbors back the tax hike they will take the school system from next to last in the state to the

someone took the wheelchair away from an apartment complex in langley park.ves the wheelchair in the lobby of the building every night so she can carry her son up to the second floor. when she went to get the chair on monday morning it was gene gone. >>> today, deeds will speak out about mental health. in 2013 his son attacked him and then killed himself. gus deeds suffered from bipolar disorder. he was denied treatment because the facility was full. since then, deeds has become a leader in the fight for mental health reform. today he'll talk about how the legal system can help those suffering from mental illness. >>> lawmakers in virginia will rework a bill that limits gifts that i can receive from lobbyist lobbyists. here's what happened. the bill originally called for limits of $100 per gift. governor terry mcauliffe then called for a limit of $100 per year in gifts. whip that change was made, it accidentally limited the gifts to $100 per lifetime. that's what lawmakers plan to fix today. the reforms stem from corruption charges levelled against bob mcdon

they saw -- they say the person saw the wheelchair first and then after seeing the wheelchair they saw the man laying here on this ground in the leaves. the grounded is damp from the amount of moisture we've had recently and overgrowth. this here was a blanket and a bible. you see the bible right there. he went up and called police. this person is 21 years old. he is nonverbal. he's a quadriplegic and he has cerebral palsy. investigators rushed him over to penn presbyterian immediately and then they started to try to find out exactly how he got here. as i said just here with these items and also his wheelchair. we have the video. let's take a look at that. they were able to remove the wheelchair and bring it back over to him at penn presbyterian hospital where he is right now. so now the question how did he get here? he's cared for only by his mother and that's who they're trying to talk to right now. >> he's not able to move. he can't help himself. it looks like he was laying in the wooded area with the blanket on him and the bible. with these weather conditions this is a sad, sad cas

the man also hoisted the wheelchair off the tracks. paramedics took the man to the hospital and people on the street recognized him by that wheelchair saying he's a familiar face along u street. >> the guy is a regular down here as well. we see him all the time you know. comes and have pizza, a good guy so i'm glad they rescued him and took care of him. >> he says the rescue workers are heros and still recommends waiting until the station manager disconnects the hot third rail before you jump on to the tracks. >>> all right. so getting a little bit cooler. >> yeah you know what? a lot cooler. yesterday, 82 degrees. it felt spectacular. we'll have a hard time reaching 60 i think over the next week. the exception tomorrow, before that really cool air moves in. take a look at this outside tonight. this was the site of a great game. man, what a great game in d.c. sports. i can't do any sports. that's diana's job and i just checked. >> let's do it anyhow. >> she's here. >> she will be here to talk about a little bit later and, man, what a g

i saw a wheelchair brand new wheelchair. i mean, brand new. >> it was a surprise discovery that turned out to be a real lifesaver. today, the good samaritan who found a disabled man left abandoned in a park. will he walk us through what happened? anderson made the discovery friday. today, he returned to the scene with nbc 10's cydney long. what did he have to say to you? >> reporter: he thanks god and mother nature. he said if it weren't for two deer he wanted to take cell phone photos of for his grandsons, he never would've stumbled upon this abandoned, disabled man has he described being wrapped up about 100 feet deep in the woods right here. >> as they saw me they took off right down the creek. i followed him. that's when i stumbled up on the wheelchair. >> it was friday night, 55-year-old custodian anderson on his walk home from the hospital wandered into the cobbs creek woods for a cell phone video of two deer. but p once a brand new wheelchair caught his eye, he walked further and showed us right where he discovered so

emanuel marshall donated a wheelchair to a four-year-old after somebody stole the four-year-old's wheelchairm his langley park apartment conflux. marshall and his mother saw the story and call the police, who made the delivery. >> i think it was a bad person. >> it was horrible, and i started thinking, if that would have happened to me. >> god bless her and her son. that's amazing. kimberly: the wheelchair that emanuel donated was one that he used when he was younger and has since outgrown. coming up -- flying hasslefree. what is changing at a major airport and how you can make sure that you get through security. and it's not just you. why this year has been so bad for everyone's allergies. eileen: after an absolutely stunning day today, changes tomorrow. the forecast coming up. kimberly: a new service promises faster screening at bwi airport. passengers can have their identity verified with iris or fingerprint scanning, part of the pre-check system that allows people to skip the lines and go directly to screening. new developments in the aftermath of a tsa scandal. two agents at denver inte

the mother says she left the child's wheelchair in the lobby and carried her son up which she's done before. when she came back down the next morning, it was gone. police say they are working with the foundation to replace that wheelchair but we were able to talk to some residents here and they said they're used to crime but this one is a little different. it's something i don't understand. it surprises me because it's a child. it surprises me to see this but something happens here almost every day. this is an ongoing investigation and police are going to hold a press conference at 1:00 this afternoon with some new information. but in the meantime if you know anything about this however small you think it might be police want to talk to you. reporting in prince george's county, jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. jummy: a man hunt is under way right now as police look for the suspect in an armed robbery at the shell gas station in silver spring. right near blair high school. a gas station employee was injured. this is the story we first brought you as breaking news this morning on "good morn

the judge said the wheelchair was used as a precaution. he collapsed due to a medical mermingcy last month. >>> 2015 movie award the emotion teen drama was named best movie of the year. shalene woodly picked up the award. bradley cooper won best male performance for portraying american sniper. >>> tonight "dancing with the stars" marks the halfway point of the competition, the biggest show, disney night. each couple perform also the songs from mary pop mary poppins and frozen. disney is the parent company of 6abc. >>> we have more news you didn't see last night. smoke and flames forced a family from their south jersey home, and a common appliance may be to blame. >>> we have a political feud in a delaware county community council members fire back at a fired borough council manager. we'll have that when "action news" comes right back. one of the cool perks of this place, is you can eat as much cereal as you want. you can go to any line that's running, and pull a box of cereal. alrighty. we just like cereal, we make it, eat it love it, live

the good samaritans also save the man's wheelchair. he was not seriously hurt, and there is no word on why the incident happened. first on 7, an emotional reunion between the maryland firefighters and the children they say. marcus and aliyah met the 911 operators. >> all i said it is you were both so brave and the, marcus, you saved her life. alison: they ruled release from children's medical center yesterday. -- they were released from the children's medical center yesterday. keeping the peace in tweets. how twitter will crack down on threading messages. scott: plus, redskins fans rejoice, the team is out with their sche wow. sweet new subaru, huh mitch? yep. you're selling the mitchmobile!? man, we had a lot of good times in this baby. what's your dad want for it? ..like a hundred and fifty grand, two hundred if they want that tape deck. you're not going to tell your dad about the time my hamster had babies in the backseat, are you?! that's just normal wear and tear, dude. (vo) subaru has the highest resale value of any brand... ...a

where are those children using a wheelchair, children using a walker, a blind child?y going to play and be part of their community? >> reporter: so she did something. after much research and planning and raising $4 million, most of it privately funded, the magical bridge playground in palo alto was born. a playground with a magical laser harp, where music is made simply by plucking imaginary strings in the air. >> whee! >> reporter: swings big enough, slides wide enough for all ages and sizes, not to mention a two- story tree house with a stage and bridge so anyone can play at an elevated height. >> check out this really cool feature. someone who is bound to a wheelchair like emily here, can easily go on this merry-go- round, strap her in securely and you can enjoy the ride. >> typically children with disabilities are playing on the sidelines. they are not in the center of things. here at the magical bridge playground, we want them to come out, want them to celebrate and to shine. >> reporter: it's not just for children, but adults in wheelchairs. for mother emily mcq

unfortunately i was the only wheelchair user that we couldn't do two simultaneously. but generally, the ramp is very good. you know, and they were able to move it the furthest. i don't know the measurement. the steps i'm referring to is the non-priority seating. and basically, many adults are sitting on the frame that's why it's forced to go up. i tried it and i said, i don't think, if a person was a senior or a person who has arthritis legs, they are going to have a hard time getting up those steps even though you already have it in the current hybrid buses, but i never noticed it because i don't go beyond that area. so it's just a concern that i noticed just out of lately. >> i think you bring up really good points about that and it probably has a lot to do with how the passengers arrange themselves on the bus because i would hope the people that need the lower level are given the priority to remain on the lower level and the people who don't need the lower level would go ahead and take that extra step and climb to the tire. >> yeah, that is like a learning cultural

she got a brand-new will wheelchair access this accessible van. >> : that god will show up at your deathis has been a big draw away in my life. >> reporter: she as tore ligaments from a back from a ticking up her wheelchair in and out of the divan-car. >> : it add to painful to live to him. >> reporter: emily ter www.kron4.com. >> pam: put to a website in click on. all right ballarat. >> reporter: you'll also see in pockets of heavy rain. quickly moving the grain system through tomorrow morning. but as a head to the south bay area is a different story is mostly clear mostly patches would like showers. debitor wise outside right now it's mild some 56 see some 59 and then all plant were sitting at 55 degrees and the big question is how long it's gonna last but it does still little bit cooler. winds are coming not from the south and the west depended on where our. by tamara should be dry now by midmorning . by sunday we are warming up. the mature what we should be in the '60s by sunday. you should be filled a gradual what. next week were not expecting any showers. but overall it's gonna be

prince george's county police are working with a foundation to replace the wheelchair. if you have any information, contact the police. leon: three firefighters were taken to the hospital after responding to a fire along new hampshire avenue in dupont circle. the buildings fire suppression system kicked in, making the air harmful for the firefighters to breathe. alison: rain showers arrive tonight and linger into tomorrow, but they will clear out before the weekend. steve rudin is here with the timeline. look's like a nice weekend, actually. steve: the first half looks really good. we have to do with the showers right now. live doppler radar, mainly north and west of the district montgomery county southern frederick county, fairfax loudon county, the general movement to the north and east. most of this will move out as we move through the overnight into early tomorrow morning. as we and the week, we talk about the temperatures eventually going to make it into the middle 50's as we move through the midmorning hours. by about noon we will have peaks of sunshine, 67 degree

the man in the wheelchair suffered minor facial injuries.other two good samaritans well their injuries are unknown. >> coming up: a local first grader giving back to her community in a big way. the huge donation she is making to those in need. >> we will reminds you about shreading event from 7:00 in the 10:00. parx casino come out bring all of your paper that you need to be trashed, safely. >>> local little girl making a big difference, and many people's lives in our area, and only in first grade. six year old mattie made it her new years resolution to raise 20,000 pounds of food. this little girl got inspired to help other after she and her mom volunteered at philabundance last year. so far they've helped donate 15,000 pounds of food in the philadelphia area. mattie even donates her allowance, and portion of her birthday money to help buy some of the food. such big heart for such little girl. still ahead two backyards sliding into the delaware river. now the people living in those homes, may have to move out. we will tell you more about th

. >>> and thieves steal a wheelchair from a 4-year-old. how an 11-year-old came to the family's rescue with his idea. >>> called out for promoting

. >> she took him out of the wheelchair, laid him down and put a bible with him and put a blanket over of him. >> reporter: he lay there for five days unable to move. remember the weather this week not good at times cold and rainy. it wasn't until late in the day friday that he was discovered by someone walking in the park. >> walking down the walking path he sees the wheelchair so he goes to look at the wheelchair and sees this kid lying on the ground. >> reporter: the victim's absence was noted at the school he attends on monday but when that officials called his mother she said he was with her with her boyfriend in baltimore maryland. a arrest warrant will be issued soon and the mother will face charges. the vic imis recovering at the hospital with other family. he's dealing with malnutrition a large cut on his back dehydration and i sight issues but is expected to recover. meanwhile police call the alleged crime sickening. >> it's heartbreaking to see another human especially a mother can treat someone like that when you had all the opportunities in the world turn that kid over to

his wheelchair was nearby.1-year-old nyia parler left him there monday and visitorred her boyfriend. the 21-year-old is confined to a wheelchair and can not sleep. he was left in freezing conditions for a week. he was transported to chop where he received care for most of his life and doctorses -- doctors are familiar with him. the school became concerned when the boy did not come to school. the mother said she was with him in maryland. the police said she was not injured but taken to the hospital friday by authorities. saturday night philadelphia police issued a warrant for her arrest. >> our investigators have been in contact with philadelphia police department officials and investigators and that will continue until treatment is completed and she is deemed to be released. >> reporter: now nyia parler faces a slew of serious charges ranging from aggravated salt to neglect of a care dependent person. there's a 16-year-old that lives with nyia parler and the 21-year-old scon. loving family members are visiting

s subway system after a man in a wheelchair falls on to the track. surveillance video here shows that man tumbling, face first on to the track yesterday afternoon. two other passengers you can see people racing over and they jumped down to pull that man and his wheelchair back on the platform. there weren't any trays nearby but, officials say those men were only 2 feet away from the electrified rail. >>> frightening was that. >>> time to check your philadelphia jobs market report and here's cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. >> reporter: april is stress a awareness month. according to the american psychological association more than a third of americans, including almost 40 percent of people here in pennsylvania, say they are living with stress. 60 percent report that work is the source. the easiest place to begin reducing work-related stress may be in the way you deal with e-mail. researchers have coined a term, tell i pressure to describe our urge to respond immediately to e-mail. according to a recent study these fixated employees had poo

bound. >> i use my wheelchair for longer distances. >> reporter: she has every excuse in the world notto achieve, yet she manages to regardless. >> my mom passed away four years ago. going on to five. from cancer. >> reporter: after losing her mother, she ended up homeless with no money. her school where she's been for the past six years is the only place where she feels at home. >> i'm an overachiever. i don't like to just settle for everything. i like to excel. >> she's only 18 years old and the things she had to survive and go through. it doesn't stop her if anything the obstacles has motivated for her. >> reporter: winter is the worst for her, lately she's taken up sled hockey. she actually wants to be a pediatric oncologist. she's got very high ambitions and wants to kin to pursue her studies. she has applied to over 28 schools, she got into stoiny brook and hunter college. she got a scholarship for college, but she needs more. >> i wish to have a better future where i know i won't be in danger of having to live in a shelter with my family. >> how can we help her? >> i will be twe

i'll keep their wheelchairs clean. the yard, push them back. >> but at the end of the day, armstrong still faces the grinding monotony of life in a small two-man cell. >> the emotional toll here, it's like water torture. i compare it to that. every day it's like a drip, drip, drip. it's like you got sentenced. if i got out of here tomorrow, i know i would not come back. i honestly say if i got there tomorrow i know i would not come back. i don't deserve to come back tomorrow. i can honestly tell you, unless i go to the parole board and i'm 43, i would tell them, i don't deserve to be back out there because i took a life. karma really has something to give me, i'm going to take it. >> armstrong may be killing time behind bars, but he hasn't lost his passion for current events. >> i read newspapers, magazines. i get "tv guide," "xxl," "rolling stone," "newsweek," "blender." i get nine periodicals. i was going to major in english and political science. if i didn't make it in basketball, i wanted to be a political columnis

. >> a man wheelchair plunging on to some tracks in a subway station. another man jumps down to try to save him but can't lift him. what it finally took to get the victim safety. >> dozens of chihuahuas and dozens of charges against their owner. why authorities just rescued them from a local home and how they say the situation got so out of control. >>> a promising young college student dies suddenly. some experts are blaming diet pills. why doctors say it's getting difficult to keep young people safe. >> later a family celebrateing two miracles. how this selflessness of strangers has changed the lives of two children right here in philadelphia. scott? >> lucy root now we're still looking at ultimate doppler. showers rumbles of thunder and gusty winds. when we're in the clear and how cold it gets next. >> we are watching the roads right now as rain and severe weather sweeps through. this is route 73 in evesham road in evesham, new jersey. so one side of the street obviously blocked with rush hour traffic but that's kind of the way it goes these days. so

allows her to do. >> the wheelchair maker ruf rolling.y were hoping to do the same for other pets in need. >> nice thing to do. >>> it was their last trip to kansas city. and it turned into a feisty weekend of baseball. with ejections and a late come back. it's all coming up next in sports. >>> and there's a chance of rain in the forecast believe it or not. meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking those chances coming up next. for over 60,000 california foster children a pair of new shoes is a small but important gift. to help, sleep train is collecting new shoes of all sizes. bring your gift to any sleep train and they'll be given to a local foster child in need. >>> felt like the middle of june with the microclimates making the come back. lots of fog near the coast keeping temperatures in the 60s. but inland of course a completely different story. take a look at the numbers from this afternoon. only in the upper 50s out toward pacifica and san francisco. temperatures inland lots of low 80s from inland. the low clouds rushing back into the

a guy steals a 4-year-old child's wheelchair. at least the 4-year-old while is back on wheels this evening. police delivered the donated chair a short time ago. joshua ramero, 4, gets his independence back, his mom, brenda, deeply touched. >> from the bottom of our hearts, god bless mr. marshall that donated the chair. >> reporter: the chair was donated by this boy, 11-year- old emmanuel marshall of upper marlboro who grey out of the chair two -- grew out of the chair two years ago. his mom, a stranger to joshua's family but saw the new's reports knew exactly what to do. >> the one thing i want emmanuel to understand, if he can do it himself, he should do it himself, and the wheelchairs are definitely a part of them doing something themselves. >> reporter: and the prince george's county police are still hoping this security video released late yesterday catching the thief in the act will lead to whoever stole joshua's chair. joshua mom says she left the nearly new chair in her apartment's stairwell sunday so she could carry their

the search for a child's stolen wheelchair. the good samaritans coming to his rescue. >>> it's beautiful now, then some thundershowers later this afternoon. i'm tom kierein. an up-and-down weekend on the way. >>> and i'm barbara harrison. an espn reporter's bad behavior caught on camera. what it means for her job. news 4 midday begins right now. >>> i'm melissa mollet in the newsroom. arlington police investigating something they're calling a suspicious death. this woman was found dead inside a home in the 1,100 block of 18th street early this morning. it was a neighbor who alerted police. right now police are saying her death is suspicious. we expect more information later this morning and we'll have more on this tonight on news 4 at 4:00 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a manhunt is under way in montgomery county for the suspect in a violent gas station robbery. chopper 4 captured the aftermath on tape and news 4's molette green joins us live with the latest from the scene. >> reporter: barbara good morning. yes, crime scene tape all gone