bureau chief tracee wilkins explains why leadersecided to stick with the local favorite even after a nationde search. >> i am so proud to announce, without reservation, my appointment of dr. monica goldson as the permanent chief executive officer of -- >> reporter: there were plenty of standing ovations after r. monicaoldson was named the new c.e.o. of the prince george's county public school st sym. goldson has been serving as interim c.e.o. for the past 11 months. she was appoint today that position after former c.e.o. kevin maximwell decided to step do o after years controversy. underma xwell's leadershipment school was divided, lost money and was entangled in a scandal thato led t oversight of the system. >> it is a new day. from july 23rd, i will continue to do that. >> reporter: the county school system is in need of stability. it's had some eight leaders in the last 20 years. goldson was among 20 national candidates. the selection process lasted a month and a half. some question how quickly it moved. >> it was only one public hearing. there was a little bit more time and a lit

i'm tracee wilkins. if you have notlayed this game, you're going to want to. he grand opening was today at national harbor. >> that was straight at the pin. awesome swing as we take a look at your temperature trend. the average high, 86. so enjoytomorrow,sunday, because after that, the heat is on. ♪ ♪ ♪ rhythm is a dancer ♪ it's a soul companion ♪ you caneel it everywhere s ♪ lift your hands and ♪ free your mind and join us ♪ you can feel it in the air ♪ oh sorry, we were running late. . no problem, come on in ♪ a5wz z16fz y3a5wy y16fy . >>> a former metro transit police officer convicted of helping isis will still serve 15 years in prison despite somear chs tossed out. he was charged with obstruction and providing materiel support ta terroristgroup. instead the appeals court dropped two of the convictions. today the judge reimposed the 15-year term saying his conduct remains troubling. >>> fairfax county schoo are changing the age in which they warn students about texting. sixth graders will now be taught the dangers. ninth graders will learn how pornography

tracee wilkins is standing by with a live report. >>> first to breaking news in virgdeia. justice vered in the murder of a teenage fairfax county girl. minutes ago her ex-boyfriend pleaded guilty in her killing. jholie was 16 years old when she disappea back in january 18. h body was found nearly two weeks later. chris gordon is live outside the court. he has reaction. >>porter: he raised his hand in court and swore to tell the truth and before the judge he admitted he killed his ex-girlfriend and hid her body. the prosecutor said this was the final act in an abusive relationship. he killed her a in racontrollable ge, the 18-year-old admitted in court he straned his girlfriend, 16-year-old jholie moussa as if he was possessed. he said he ld her from her mt. vernon home to a nearby park. she texted her sister she was ing to a party in norfolk, virginia. when she didn't come home, her family reported herin miss police first treated it as a ibrahim had previously been convicted of assaulting her by slapping her and once choking her to the point she passed out. he said he was

in largo,'m tracee wilkins, news 4. bracing of people are for the amazon impact in northern virginia as we get closer to the tech giant moving into the region. but you don't have to look hard to find visible signs of change. especially when it comes to transportation in places like crystal city. transportation reporter adam tuss explains how your commute is going to change. >> reporter: smart and cutting. banginjackhammering. lifting and hauling. >> sometimes you have to walk away from the window. so you can actually focus. >> reporter: she works on the 9th floor of the nearby building in crystal city. all the changes have been, well t. let's just say lunch hour hasn't been the same. >> this one that i see so fr down. it's the past couple of months. >> reporter: this is truly a&m area being retrofithed. look at south clark bridge next to route 1. they demolished. the car is n the main focus here in crystal city. so often we do stories about bridges coming together. not every day you is coming apart and will stay apart f

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rose hudson—wilkin will take over as the bishop of dover in november. chaplain to the speaker of the house of commons. she has previously spoken out about the church's senior clergy needing to be more ethnically diverse. demolition teams have blown up what remains of a motorway bridge in the italian city of genoa, nearly a year after it partially collapsed, killing 43 people. thousands of nearby residents were evacuated from their homes before the explosive tear down. james reynolds reports. at nine o'clock this morning, 6enoa got ready to bring down the remains of the morandi bridge. there was a short delay because of reports that a man was found refusing to leave his home near the structure. officials sorted it out, water cannon was switched on ready to catch the dust, and then demolition experts pressed the button. explosion. it was all over in just a few seconds. explosion. the pile of dust covered the entire area. the operation was a success. translation: at 9:37 the bridge came down, procedures have been strictly followed, and plans are on track.

i'm tracee wilkins, back you to all in thest udio. >> certainly a story to follow. thank you, tracee. >>> the bodies of age prince rge's county couple are back here in the u.s. today. news 4 was first to report the deat nathaniel holmes and cynthia day in the dominican republic. their bodies found inside a hotel room at the bahia report last months. it says they died of generalized organ failure. family members say they want another autopsy done because onesre skeptical about the done by the dominican authorities. >>> as reports continue to surface about american deaths in the dominican, more people are coming forward with their own suspicions. a widow from brandywine maryland is one of those people now asking questions. her husband david harrison died at the hard rock hotel and casino last year. pole blamed respiratory failure and a buildup of fluid in his lungs. but after recent stories, she's questioning whether thoser orts are correct. talking to harrison's wife right now.stacog ne occupy ws 4. >>> former red sox slugger david ortiz is rovering from surgery. he

tracee wilkins is at police headquarters tonight. she's got the latest details. tracee. >> reporter: as you said, leon, police are very concerned aout this second murder because as you mentioned,ot there was ar murder in that area recently. the latest victim police say is 23-year-old zspears. she was found shot and killed and her body found just off of eastern avenue and 59th avenue. police say the tnsgender woman had been shot multiple times. in march just a few blocks away another transgender woman was found shot to death. he murder is still unsolved. the two women knew each other according to prince george's county police, but they say it's too early to say the two murders are connected. >> what i can say to you, tracee, is that it's unusual like e had two murders this in a couple blocks of each other. what we will say to the community that's out there and look out for each other. i still can't say that these two cases are related to each other. it's something that we e looking at very closely. but the key to that is that the women that are out there i know fr

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rose hudson—wilkin will take over as the bishop of dover in november.n to the queen and currently serves as the chaplain to the speaker of the house of commons. she has previously spoken out about the church's senior clergy needing to be more ethnically diverse. in the united states, the democratic party's leading presidential hopeful, joe biden, endured a tough time in a televised debate. nine fellow democrats also seeking the party's nomination took him to task on a series of key issues. in the second round of televised debates, mr biden was challenged on his age, as well as his record on race issues. gary 0'donoghue reports from miami. side by side, but in many ways poles apart politically. tonight saw four of the front runners take to the stage in this second nbc debate. the man who's dominated the race so far, 76—year—old former vice president to barack 0bama, joe biden, has fashioned himself as a centrist and the best candidate to beat donald trump. donald trump has put us in a horrible situation. we do have enormous income inequality and the one

tracee wilkins also on h way to the elementary.he tweeted that school was he dismissed t about 1:55. so this would have happened well after that. >>ce and polire setting up a perimeter. we're going to stay on top of this. we will go live to tracy as soon as we can. >>> meanwhile, the manager of a reeiaurant is b held without bond this evening accused of sexually assaulting one of his juvenile employees. >> this happened at the fair oaks mall. the suspect was a manager at the chick-fil-a there. >> julie carey joins us live from the mall with details of this. jules. >> reporter: hey, wendy and jim. the troubling allegations are laid out in this search warrant document. this says it all started when that store manager allegedly asked one of his employees, a female juvenile, to sendn his e photos of herself. worried that she'd lose her job, she eventually complied and then things got even worse. he was the manager at the far oaks mall, chick-fil-a. he's under arrest now facing charges of solicitation and taking indecntiberties with a m

prince georges county bureau chief tracy wilkins shows us why. >> i love golf.g golf balls in a lounge while someone brings you food and drinks, a while complete strangers cheer lfr you. >> hhe people that walk into a topgolf venue across the u.s. have never played golf. they're here for the social aspect. >> bring your own o clubs use what they have. but leave your balls. theirs are high tech. >> it has how fast it hit, the lag time. >> it began in the uk and opened itfirst u.s. location in alexandria, virginia 14 years ago. this is their 55th location. topgols national harbor in prince georges county. >> we hired over 500 associates. it's incredible to bring to ge prince geors county, to bring to the d.c. area. >> there are all kinds of games you can play while driving the ball. there's also a bar and restaurant. most of the guests we met today were first timers like eddy celebrating his 12thrt biay here. >> playing since you were 6, you turned 12 today. that makes you a pro. >> i guess. >> it's a lot cooler and the atmosphere is better than sitting on the gol

reporting live, tracee wilkins, back you to all in the studio. >> tracee, hank you. >>> we've got some breaking news sympathizer hasto oursi been ordered jailed in d.c. news 4 i-team investigators scott macfarlane broke this today. he joins us now with more from ee live d. scott, what are you learning? >> good evening. we know the man's name is jeremy stmavenson. forly he's charged with dealing ugs, but late today the feds told a judge more whil askin be held in custody. the prosecutor said stevenson showed videos of isis on his cell phone in a crowded d.c. bar. th say he's made death threats and searched for phrases like how to join isis and isis police head cut off. the photos you're seeing were issued in court today showing drugs, phones and images of stevenson allegedly ming hand signals connected to isis. there are other crimes alleged in the court filings. the feds say stevenson called 911 and threatened to shoot police at the d.c. police seventh district. heads also accused and charged with dealing drugs and he's accused of cheating the fare on a metro bus at the oncostia statio

in benlatens burks i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> now the supreme court has more than a dozen outstandingrules. among the cases we're still waiting to hearings one involving alleged gerrymandering in maryland and another on whether the trump administration can add citizenship question to the 2020 census. wendy? >>ere locally we're following brking news. d.c. council member jack ans submitted his resignation from the metro boar effective one week from today. evans stepping down amid mounting pressure and new calls from prominent democrats for him to do so. ev s wascused of use his position on the board to solicit business for his private work. his lawyer tells e news 4vans did not want to be a furthe distraction to metro's success. his decision to step down the metro board does not affect his position on the d.c. council. >> a former drama teacher facing more charges after police tell us he secretly record students undress. former herndon high schoolteacher raphael sloksky is accused ofi hng recording devices inside the school, and today the school's principal is reaching out to the commun

rose hudson—wilkin will take over as the bishop of dover in november. and currently serves as the chaplain to the speaker of the house of commons. she has previously spoken out about the church's senior clergy needing to be more ethnically diverse. the england football team will face whoever wins tonight's quarterfinal between france and the titleholders usa. here is our correspondent. there are some things more precious than gold. here is a lucy bronze! yet again, lucy bronze has proved her worth to england. this was a headline grabbing performance against norway on a night when the whole team finally clicked. england are back in a world cup semifinal. whole team finally clicked. england are back in a world cup semifinallj are back in a world cup semifinal.” have been dreaming of playing in lyon and getting to that semifinal again. i had to wait four years and all that pressure and passion came out in that strike. today there was an extra buzz around the england camp but one player still dominated the discussion. it is lucy bronze all over. she makes u

. >> tracee wilkins is live with some more details on this. what have they found, tracee?ll, this is as sfar as we' allowed to get to th school.ed blockoff there. police are not allowed to village drive which lead you to where the elementary school is. what we're hearing from prince george's county police is that ty got a call for a possible active shooter. they approached the scene here and as you can see have shut down parts of route 301. they are now searching for the man who they believe was described as an active shooter. you can see special hear the police all around me. at this pcounty police are sayi they don't have any evidence of anyone being shot or injured. they do not have a weapon in hand, but they are looking for this person who entered the school and our understanding is ey believe this person may have taken off his clothes and poissibly has changed clothes. we don't know for sure. and is wandering the perimeter. i'm with diane webb who works with the community center that's tekted tect conned to the elementary school. you were hearing about this person. wh

twras city tracee wilkins, news 4. >> goldson will receive a four year contract. the school board is expected to negotiate her contract andns comion package. her nomination will also have to be approved by the maryland state superintendent. >>> some republicans are calling for a hearing to look into the sexual assault allegations against the lieutenant governor and they want to use this upcoming special legislative session that will be held onn gus to double as a chance for a bipartisan hearing. two women accuse justin fairx of assault. he has denied any wrongdoing. last week the lieutenant governor told news 4 he opposed aearing but heid say that he asked his attorneys to reach out to the prosecutor's offices in two states and ask them to look in to the allegations, a move that he said would clear his name. >>> now you embattled d.c. council member jack evans fending himself once again today. it comes as a new report found multiple ethics violations. evans who is also the chair of the metro board is facing allegations of using his politalal position for person ga

i'm tracee wilkins, newsfá 4. >>> current and former major league baseball playe are all sending wellavidçóok ortiz,r known as big papi. just in the last few minutes the red sox have announced he's going to be flown to mass general ini] boston. ambush i the dominican republic. here'sb. graphic videoÑi of th shooting. the gunman approached him fro#( behind andpened the video. when you see the video, you see ortiz lurches backward and the bullet ooes outt( his back and out of his stomach. doctorst( had to remove his gallbladder, part of@ics intestines and his liver was damaged. he isq resting and he'll be out what prompted the shooting. >>> we are awaiting the decision during a capital pride. he made his first court appearance this afrnoon. cell phone videoó[ captures th after someone saw a man withw3 gun and some people thout they heardñr gunshots. turns out it was a okb fwrb gun. he told police he pulled it out on someone who was arguing with his wife and sprayed them both with4÷ mace. several people wereñr injured trying to getxd out of the crow >>> the new virginiajf tech innovati

i'm tracee wilkins. coming occu coming up on news 4, why it's time to focus >>> meet the local little girl whose quick thinking probably saved her mother's lifhe and tramatic moment caught on video. >>> just a beautiful day ut there on monday. we get a nice look at tuesday. the diat, hu, chance of storms all come back. today 76. today 76. beautiful. today 76. beautiful. (music throughout) z3a5wz z16 y3a5wy y16fy >>> tonight we celebrate an alliance that has helped to ensure the safetypecial prosperity of both r people for decades. and which i believe willfo endu many years to come. >> queen elizabeth speaking at the state banquet she hosted in honor of president trump. >> queen elizabeth ascended to the throne 67 years ago. she's hosted a lot world leaders and has seen a lot. >> but has she ever seen an american president tweeting personal insults at the mayor of london as air force one was touchg down on british il? not until today. not until mayor sadiq khan said president should not have a state visit

reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins. ou in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. >>> now to breaking news out of montgomery county this evening. news 4 has learned that some of the fourin suspects volve in a gunt shop heis have been arrested. we are still working to learn who they are. we're expecting more informatioo from gomery county police any moment now. the ners comes just hou after chris gordon sat down with acting police chief marcus jones. >> acting police chief marcus jones went to the united gun shop in the pre-dawn darkness to look it over for himself. five thieves fleeing in a stolen vehicle crashed into a police cruiser responding to a burglar alarm. damaging bo vehicles. the officer shot killing one of the suesects. jonelieves that all four of the other suspects will be caught and thatso they will al be tied into a similar gun store heist in laurel on wednesday. >> we'reeriously giving that a look and working hand in hand with howard county and agf because agf wasvolved in both of those investigations as well.

repng live, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> all right, tracee.t nk you for that. tonga turner is the first african-american elecsid as prent of the board of town kmige km commissioners in the town of upper marlboro. she's a member of the maryland black mayors association. the incorporated town of upper marlboro is less than a mile across and half a mile wide. as of the8 200census, it has 657 residents. >>> a suspected isis sympathizer is locked up in d.c. tonight. news 4 i-poam reer scott macfarlane broke this story on our app today. he joins us now to tell us how a recent metro trip led to this arrest. >> it sure did, jim. the man's name is jaire kneremy stevenson. formally he's charged with selling drugs. in the court filing the prosecutor said stevenson showed videos of isis on his cell phone in a crowded d.c. bar. they say he made death threats and searched the internet for phrases of how to join isis and isis police head cut off. photos you're seing were submitted to the court saying drugs

. >> our county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live i hyattsville. she's got the latest on this story. update us on this. >> report county police just wrapped up an update just a few moments ago. they're saying tt 16-year-ol is safe. they are now in the process of interviewing her to find out exactly what happened here. let me take you back t earlier today. prince george's county police called a press conference to say that 16-year-old erica alva tez wasken from the 8100 block of 15th avenue in langley park. they also put out a descriptionr for a ck they were looking for as well saying that they want to talk to the driver of a 2005 fo explorer. what we have learned now is that erica was found thanks to social media and friends who were in contact with her. prince george's county police are asking h lot of questions. hear now from the public information officer >> she was located in prince george's county and again based on what our detectives were able to see, she does not appear to be physically harmed. but again, in terms of what actually happened

tracee wilkins spoke with dodd just moments after he heard the verdict. >> reporter: former university f maryland basketball player damonte dad says he's looking forward to his future after a jury found him not guilty on charges associated with an alleged rape near the university of maryland. >> the jury deliberated with all dig indigen diligence and care and came back with the appropriate verdict. >> iugs definitely been to because, you know, you talk to teams and stuff and you look up my name and it's the accusations. >> reporter: dodd was accused of meeting a college in a bar and raping her halloween night, 2017. during testimony his accuser admitted to being drunk before arriving at the bar, drinking more once she arrived, and snorting cocaine before spotting night. the bar that the two danced and left together. the state argued the alleged victim was too impaired to consent to sex with dodd. dodd maintained the sex was consensual. >> i think to this day and beyond, the victim will always believe that she truly is a victim of a sexual offense. the facts, the reality is that she was

tracee wilkins spoke dodd today. she joins us live in upper marlboro with his reaction to theerdict. tracee. >> reporter: well, this all happened just as dodd was moving atto his professional career. he says th these accusations pretty much brought that career to a halt. it took this jury just wo hours to decide that he was not guilty on all charges. >> next step is to get back to basketball. >> reporter: former university of maland basketball player damonte dodd says he's looking forward to his fure after a jury found him not guilty on all charges associated with an alleged rape near the university of maryland. >> we expected this verdict ath jury deliberated with all dig indigen c diligence ae and came back with the appropriate verdict. >> it's definitely been tough because, you know, you talk to teams and stuff and youook up my name and it's the accusations and they always ask what's going on with that. do >> reporter: was accused of meeting an 18-year-old freshman at a college park bar and raping her inside these

reporting lve from upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. > let's go to some more breaking news. actor cuba gooding jr. arrested in new york city. >> thhe breaking in t last few minutes. the 51-year-old oscar winner is accused of groping a woman in midtown in a bar or the weekend. oding's attorney told the associated press the video from the bar will prove he is isn't. gooding met with investigators in new york today. the actor won an a academyward back in 1997 for his role in "jerry maguire". >>> now to some breaking news from montgomery county where a worker has died at the solid waste transfer station in derwood. the work was trap under a large pile of brush including tree stumps and yard debris. rescuers were able to locate him when theyeard his two-way radio, but it was too late. authorities say the worker died there at the scene. >>> a d.c. police officer is charged withsex abuse. he is accused of sexually ng assaultihe victim monday during a therapeutic treatment. he has een withe d.c. police the past seven years. he works in 4d. his

in capital heights, i'm tracee wilkins. news >>> now we have reached out to popey and are waiting for a comment. >>>he t weather is lovely in a lot of parts, but there are some scattered showers out there and we are gettg some rain this weekend. let's get to doug kammerer. what's the timeline on that? >> the rain this weekend coming most likely sunday. isolated showers in our southern zone. the big deal today is the heat. high temperatustoday got up to 89 so far. we're waiting to see if we hit 90 officially. it's 85 in hagerstn. 87 in washington. 88 richmond. ocean city hit a high of 80. we've en a couplef showers. you can see them all south of fredericksburg moving down towards the northern neck. everyone else on the dry side. rather un settled weather to the south and west. to can see all the rain down the southwest. we'll track more of that as we maybe our way to the weekend. see you back here in a few minut n. >>> we ha details on the mysterious deaths of three people in spotsylvania county. the medical kpexaminerrenowo

our county bureau chief tracee wilkins live in hyattsville with some details. e acee. >> reporter: princorge's county police are interviewing her as we speak and they're saying that as it stands, ot there's still of questions and this is still a mystery. prince george's county police say they're getting to the bottom of the reported abduction of 16-ar-old erica alvarez. >> unfortunately i think this is going to be pretty frustrating for you and the community because we don't have a lot of onswers. >> witnesses t police she was grabbed by a masked man and pulled io this dark colored suv. police put aokout pr the vehicle and asked for the public's health. the 16-year-old was located thanks to help from social media and friends who knew alvarez. they say she appears to be safe. >> she was located in prince eorge's county and again based on what our detectives are able to see, she does not appear to be physically harmed. but again, in terms of what actually happened to her as 7:49 a.m. and 2:30 this afternoon, we are still trying to figure that out. >> alvarez was

tracy wilkins explains how goldstein was selected. >> reporter: there were plenty of standing ovations after dr. monica goldste n wased the new ceo. she has been serving as interim ceo for the past 11 months. she was appointed to thatsi poon after former ceo kevin maxwell decided to step down afofer years controversy. under maxwell's le ership, the school board was divided. the system lost millions in federal head start funding and was entangled in a graduation rate scandal that led to state oversight of the system. the county school system is in teed of stability. it had some eigh leaders in the last 20 years. goldson was among 20 nationaldi ctes the selection process lasted a year and a half. she awares of precedent she's setting. >> to serve a district i was a student in and to get to this point is amazing. i never thought in my wildest dreams that today was probable. >> reporter: now the board of education has to approve this nomination. the county executives is sing she's hoping to have all of this tied up in the next few weeks. >> eight minutes after 4: a.m. now. d.c. police cred

there wilkins conjectured, computerized the race problem? at the end of that essay, wilkins wrote this, after the computer has defined on tape the ideal holstein could it not then turn it impersonal, unprejudiced magic upon her agonizing race problem? could it not, after digesting the facts with whites and blacks fogged over for so long, give us an outline of our obligation? instead of being a measure of the negro's lag, and not the computer become a guidepost to interracial's justice and peace so i want to end with that today is a setup and backdrop for the world of discussion and expertise that we will confront and engage with over the course of the day, from some of the most, foremost experts on digital media technology. the have joined us here in this room. so thank you again, and at this time we will begin the transition to our first panel. so if i can have our panelist come to the stage. and i will start our introduction. while they are coming on the stage a couple of notes, when we get to the question and answer, please wait for a mic

in fo washington, i'mce trae wilkins, news4. >>> a scholarship program is helping dozens of seniors ithe . david ruben stein awarded nearly a milon dollars to students tonight. the students have to bet, brigh motivated, and have impressive academic achievements. >> i'm an independent student who's trying to live by myself. his scholarship has taken away a big burden. >> having those $20,000 is going to the university of california with a full ride. >> david rubenstein is a fancier, philanthropist, and the chairman of the smithsonian institution. >> that's exciting.ad big hetart there. >> nice opportunity for those young people. >>> so, dry here, but some pekple were getting a buchlf rain tonight. >> it was one of those instances where you saw rain develop over 'trtain areas and it just did move for a few hours. we saw two to 3 inches in those locations. most of us though were completely dry. now, tomorrow we're ing to be in storm team a 4 weatherrt mode. it's hot, it's humid, and we have a cold front moving through the area, that cold front acting as the trigger to fe up storms during th

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right to otracee wilkins. what's the word?> >porter: well, we're standing fwie hear from prince george's county police and when they are doing a press utside of the e district one in a little bit to update us. the good news is erica alvarez has been loecated safely. they are interviewing her and trying to put the pieces together. here's what police were telling us. they say that alvarez who is 16 years old was found the 8100 block of 15th avenue and thlaey'rey sa ying that at le oe suspect got out of the vehicle, pulled her into the car and that person was wearing a mask, wearing all black, s a male, and then took off with alvarez in the vehicle. now, prince george's county police say that she had been missing from d.c. since may 20th and that they have been seeing her here in langley park for some time. actually one person told us they had seen her haning around apartment complex going in and out of the laundry room and then today this apparent kidnapping. prince george's county police also told us at around 6:00 this morning

villages were able to get access to the best education they can go and that's a good thing well dr wilkins it's been quite a great pleasure talking to you i wish i could have asked you to get more questions but we have to leave it there thank you very much short term and i encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages out and hope to see you again same place same time here on worlds apart. live. please. play. lists lists lists. lists. playing. and very well might continue watching on since last. what is it calling the coin is magic and the new type of digital currency essential lies digital scarcity chancellor. second for bankers call that got us a lot for a reason to coin a civil disobedience a source of optimism because i can control my own financial destiny it's just a new way of coming to consensus it's a game changer in the human history and this is columbus discovering the new world this paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and finance in a heartbeat the apollo 11 landing. to the max and stacey. facebook and google started with a gr

. >>> ahead in our next half hour, tracee wilkins has reaction froh sides of this case from prince george's county. e president joe biden made a phone call to a presidential nrival, jersey senator cory booker. he did that to ease tensions between the two over a public back and forth over some comments biden made while campaigning. the controversy started tuesday when biden suggested that lawmakers on both sisls f t were more willing to reach a consensus when he senate back in the 1970. he j notoiedheed t that he ofte named two, both of whom were strong supporters of segregation. senator cory booker called on biden togize for what? cory should apologize. he knowson in my body. i've been involvedn civil rights my whole career period, period, period. >> the "new york times" reports that biden called booker several hours ater those comments l night. he did it to smooth things over but we're told that he did not apologize. >>> a reminder the first democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign is going to play out over two nights next week. aaron gilchrist is going to be covering the debate

let's return tojoanne nadlerformer tory spin doctor, and chris wilkins former head of strategy to theresay stewart and how he has electrified the campaign and brought it to life in the ayes of many, if he loses out tonight where to his votes go ? he loses out tonight where to his votes go? i think naturally you would think that some of his votes would think that some of his votes would go towards michael gove. what will probably happen if rory does lose out tonight, i suspect sajid javid might also consider dropping out and backing borisjohnson and then you get a straight fight between michael gove and jeremy hunt tomorrow. i think rory‘s votes would naturally go more towards michael thanjeremy naturally go more towards michael than jeremy but naturally go more towards michael thanjeremy but ultimately i think it is true to say boris would rather facejeremy it is true to say boris would rather face jeremy hunt in it is true to say boris would rather facejeremy hunt in the final two and he has enough votes that he can almost engineer it and lend votes to jeremy hunt in the final round to m

there with the 1st apology in 1909 right he worked on legislation the 1st date was delaware bernie wilkins and we just finished montana up this past year to defy has been difficult at times but we are not going to give up because of the importance of america to understand the relevance of juneteenth and its history is just as an important day as the 4th to july. do you feel that you know where when you talk to people every day americans you know they're sort of split one half is this you know we're past racism we're past all of this you know we we don't need to keep remembering it or you know this idea that we've moved past this idea every summer a post racial country and you have the other half or says nothing has changed and that we're still in that what is it what are the things that you know educators parents you know people can do what's the best way to observe juneteenth what are the things that we should make say as educators as journalists or anybody what are the the points that we should be making and how best do we do that will be the best way to observe. as we request for people

villages were able to get access to the best education they can now and that's a good thing well dr wilkins it's been good a great pleasure talking to you i wish i could have asked you to get more questions but we have to leave it there thank you very much short term and i encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to see you again same place same time here on worlds apart. what is the big call in the coin is magic internet money a new type of digital currency decentralized digital scarcity chancellor i'm bringing a 2nd for a bank that's called the genesis blog for reason because being a civil disobedience a source of optimism because i can control my own financial destiny it's just a new way of coming to consensus is a game changer in the human history and this is columbus discovering a new world this paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and finance in a heartbeat the apollo 11 landing on to the max and stacey. holmes who of them saw a movie. who was before. much of those who heard it's a preview of the. new we will. we will.

reporting live from palmer park, i'm tracee wilkins. >> tracee, thank you. >>> advocates and members of the lgbt community have been ounding alarm about violence against the transgender community for several years now. to make matters worse, the human rights campaign which tracks such cases says the majotty of victims are black transgender women. prior to last night's homicide, the advocacy group has tracked nine transgender murders this year in the u.s. all of those victims, black transgender women. there were 26 known transgender last year and 29 the year fore. >>> tonight president trump is walking back comments he made this week in an interview with a abc's george stephanopoulos. today the president calledto in his favorite morning show to practiceamage control. earlier this week his comments about accepting campaign help from russia or other foreign governments unleashed a storm of bipartisan criticism. craig boswell isth tracking e story first from the hill tonight. craig. >> the president today clarifying and contradicting saying he would still listen to what he calls oppositi

our tracee wilkins looks at thaew >>> plus concerns about the future of health care for system of ourrthe "news4" i-team learnser shutting down a v.a.hein t district. >>> and the look at a confession of a teenager pleadingguilty t murdering his girlfriend. those stories and more coming up at 5:00. >> ou'll see y in just a bit. >>> let's get a check of the traffic for the weekend. >> i'm melissa mollett with a ok downtown. we still have some road closures to think about. those closures from night night to mind sunday, almost into monday morning. pennsylvania avenue shut down between third and seventh. also portions will be closed. as for therails. summer shutdown under way.u yoave six stations south of reagan national and closed. as for the othe lines, regular service on orange, red, and silver, and the greeonn >>> when you're crossing the street, you may he noticed yellow flashing lights. these flashing beacons are designed to keep pedestrians safe. we have help from a high schooler. "news4's" aimee cho is oking. ttrs yre trying to cross the stree. they recently put up several new bea

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live in langley park, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in t >> thank you. >>> also a developing story in prince george's county. >> a man and woman found dead insi of a home on east bonawood turn in clinton. and the discovery made late last night. >> justin finch is live this morning with new information about this case. what have you learned, justin? >> reporter: pat, molette, good morning. disturbing new information ming in about this case. we can tell you as you're seeing right now sheriff's deputies and police have been at the home throughout the morning going back and forth. we've been speaking with police and neighbors in the case ande they'relling us that long before thercent was at this hom. butano one had idea on this quiet block that this story would end the way ithas. ernight a quiet clinton block cut off by crime tape. one townhouse door open. lights on, inside prince george's county police investigators. >> the neighbor contacted me and gave me a heads up what i was coming home to bcause it is not our norm. >> reporter: police say a welfare call led officers to this home

i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> news4 at 6:00 is next, with jim and doreen. >> news4 at 6:00 begins with >> first at 6:00, dozens of local studentsec were stly recorded while they undressed at school. >> that announcement just came s from police t afternoon and what's nyrse, ma students may not even know it yet. fairfax county police revealing today, a former drama teacher hid recording devices all over herndon high hool. rafael schklowsky is already behind bars on separate disturbing allegations. >> news4's drew wilder joins us with breaking new details on this case. police are calling heartbreaking. drew? >> it's a disgusting development doreen and jim. and now fatonight, rfax county detectives are going out into the community and they're delivering this horrible news to the affected families.th their child was recorded while they were undressing inside of a changing room at herndon high school. >> you drop your ki off at school, i have three in high school myself, you expect it to be a safe environment. >> p fairfax countyice already have former herndon drama teacher rafael schklowsky

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dominic williams -- wilkins who was known as the human highlight reel is the best story we have. he came back every bit as dominant and went on and the jury is still out on demarcus cousins who, among prominent players, has missed the most time. it has been more than a calendar year that it took them to come back. he is still a little bit and little not so it is going to be an interesting thing to see how he goes out the rest of his career. >> in the last few years we have seen how the warriors team has a strong bond so like they said, there are factors and it could be a fairytale ending for them. if they did win. it would be a great hollywood story together thing is i think this kind of bonding with the warriors organization, the way his fellow players responded, ownership, management have gone out of their way to show that "you are one of us" which has been expressed as something that he doubted earlier this season. i'm still on record as saying i would really be surprised if he wound up leaving the warriors. we will see how it plays out . >> i would be warrior -- nervous if i