Transcripts For WRC News4 Midday 20170508

It was in 50s. Its like we have march in may. And then april was warm. May is cool. Im eun yang. Welcome to midday news. A man sexually assaulted a woman while pose iing as a maintenanc guy. Take a look at your screen. These are brand new pictures from police of the suspect. Melissa mollet is live following the search for him. You have been following this all morning. Whats new . Reporter we just got those surveillance images, as you said, from police. In some of them, you can clearly see the man police are looking for appears to be looking right at the camera. Now detectives are here. We spotted them here this morni morning. They are expected to stay here throughout the day continuing to do their work. We talked to one resident. She didnt want to go on camera, but she very surprising because theres so much visible security here. Clear images of the man Arlington County police are looking for in connection with a Sexual Assault at the atrium condo. Captured on surveillance footage, inside the building you see him wearing a gray sweatshirt and carrying an underarmor backpack. Poli people say they are disturbed to hear what happened inside these luxury condos. Youre not thinking somebody is here to bother me or hurt me. Reporter detectives returned to key boulevard this morning. The attacker i guess gi backed his way in through a resident to gain access. Reportedly through the garage. This happened sunday morning. The man knocked on doors on one particular floor maintenance worker. When a woman answered police say there was a struggle and then she was swaexually assaulted. They give me the keys for the garage. It was quite surprising. Because its a safe area. Walked here all times of the day. Never felt worried or anything suspicious really happen. Now we reached out to the Management Office here inside the atrium but have not heard back yet. If you know anything about this case that can help police bring a resolution to it, give Arlington County police a call right away. Were live this morning in arlington. Back to you. D. C. Police say four men attack ed a couple people in d. This morning. Police say it was unusual it. According to police, the suspects tried to steal from two men but they didnt get away. Police say the suspects are all between 18 and 20 years old. The d. C. Council is holding a hearing on a plan to give First Responders a tax break. The measure would exclude the entire salaries of Police Officers and firefighters from local income taxes. However, they would have to live in the district. The proposal is is meant to encourage more First Responders to live in d. C. And route commutes. Its time to check on the weather now with a really chilly morning. Especially for may. Are we going to stay dry . We are going to stay nice and dry. This morning, chilly normally. Our lows in the mid50s. But right now were in the mid50s. This morning we were in the 40s. We are seeing a little bit of a breeze here and there, but chilly side. 55 in leesburg. If youre having lunch outside, its going to stay breezy and cool. Long sleeves today if youre exercising. Dry roads. Its going to get chilly. If you needed a jacket, youre going to need it tomorrow morning. Well take a look at the cool pattern thats going to be set in it all week and our next big rain chance the timing of it right around your weekend again thp thats straight ahead. A federal Appeals Court in virginia will hear arguments on President Trumps revised travel plan. They are urging the court to lift a stay imposed by a federal judge in maryland that blocked the madministration from carryig out that executive order. Hes called for a ban as the candidate is at the heart of that challenge. The full courts appeal which bypasses the first step. Also today former attorney general sally yates will be on capitol hill to speak publicly for the first time about Michael Flynns contacts with the russian ambassador. Shes expected to tell lawmakers about the concerns she raised with the white house about the issue. Tracie potts takes a look. Reporter sally yates goes before a senate panel to talk about fired National Security advisers mike flynns ties to russia. She has some information as to who knew what when that shes willing to share. Yates was fired early on in the Trump Administration. Republicans today are expected to accuse her of politicizing the issue. Were going to determine whether there was conclusion. The senate starting from scratch. The house got rid of obamacare. Republican senators will not let the American People down. Its up to the senate. It faces an uphill battle. With lawmakers back home already explaining their votes. None of this effects you. The Trump Administration says they are fixing limited options. One Insurance Plan or none available in some states. It looks like this is already getting political. They have been trying to save obamacare. Starting today, a half Million Ad Campaign targeting 24 republicans who voted for that right now, the road in alexandria is closed because of a water main break. You could get a ticket for park wrg you shouldnt in d. C. Were talking about the Central Business district. Justin finch has more on the changes for those who can park at the red hot meters. The goal is to give enabled drivers access to parking here. If you find yourself at a red top meter without permissions, you are at risk for a 250 fine. You can pay with coins or credit car cards. The cost is 2 pnlt 30 an hour up to four hours max. Thats twice the normal rate here. Also part of gwu. The rules were lacked a first, but it goes into effect and we are told that at some point the red top will expand beyond this Central Business district. Back to you. Justin finch reporting this morning. By this time tomorrow, we are going to know if the capitals are going to a winner take all game seven or if they are going home. Both our playoff teams are still alive. The caps are on the brink. It they lose to the penguins they will be eliminated. A different story tr for the wizards. They just tied up their playoff series. They play the wednesday. That game is in bosse to be. Home court has been big tr both teams and whoever wins two of the next three games moves on. Its crazy. Its amaze iing. Z. A new law that many are fighting. Hear why others are calling it an important step. Frances newly elected president. A look t Traffic Alert through downtown washington. A road closure near the Police Headquarters building until 3 00 this afternoon. D street, which becomes indiana avenue, will be closed from 3rd street to Fourth Street northwest. It will be closed because of the Law Enforcement Memorial Service that starts at 11 30. He was arrested last month. Now a High School Security official in Montgomery County is in even more trouble with the law. Police say he allegedly had sex with a 17yearold student who he was ordered to stay away from last month. Our News Partners report that the 57yearold was arrested for the second time on friday after multiple meetings with the same girl. Hes charged with sexual abuse he has been on administrative leave from his job at rich. Developing this morning, north korea detained another u. S. Citizen. He was detained on saturday as he was preparing to leave the country. According to the staterun news service, he was held for, quote, hostile acts against the republic. He had been working at the science ask technology university. Hes the fourth u. S. Citizen to be held by the country amidtensions with the u. S. Less than a week from now, he welcome be the next president of france. He made his first appearance today and hes a new politician for this country. Richard engel shows us what to expect from the new administration. Reporter in a resounding rejection, they elected the young former banker president. I will serve you in the name of our motto, quality and brotherhood, he told supporters in front of pariss louvre museum. He took over 66 of the vote. 30 more than marie le pen. Le pen had promised to close frances borders, leave the eu, drop the euro and was an open admirer of President Trump. In a tweet, President Trump congratulated macron. Aids were disappointed trump didnt call. European leaders were down right relieved. M macron wants to stay in the eu. While the polls had expected macron to win, his victory was never certain and isisinspired terrorist attack shook paris two and on friday a huge cache of documents was leaked. The terrorism and hacking did not appear to have much of an impact on this election. Today across france, they are commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the allied victory over the nazis in world war ii and at least here in paris, theres a feeling that once again europe was saved. Richard engel, nbc news, paris. Former president barack obama took center stage last night as he accepted the john f. Kennedy profile in courage award. This is given to politicians who demonstrate political courage. While he steered clear of partisan attack, he urged congress to show courage to help the sick and vulnerable. It doesnt take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful. Already comfortable, already and the sick and the unfirm. Hes the first democratic president to receive that award. Two republicans gerald ford and george bush have both received the honor. A a controversial new law was signed on facebook live. It bans socalled sanctuary cities in the state. The law goes into effect and requires local government and Law Enforcement officials to follow all federal immigration laws and requests to detain criminals. People protested outside the governors mansion. Opponents are vowing to challenge it in court. His death elected without one of the most influential and polarizing justices. Win o of Justice Scalias sons is reflecting on what this past year has been like for the scalia family. He sat down recently with david culver. Hes a arlington diocese. Hes someone i have known for much of my life. Yet we never talked about his dads high profile position on the high court. Recently he shared with us about his family life and upbringing in it Northern Virginia along with eight siblings. Despite traveling to tributes and memorials over the past year, hes written and released his first book. Its called that nothing may be lost. Reflections on catholic dock rin. Devotion that got his family through the pain of the past year. Its been good, but its not easy. There have been many different memorials and awards given to my dad and things like that. The naming of the George Mason Law School after my father and its just owonderful to see my father honored in that way. Its wonderful to see how many peoples lives he influenced. With father scalia tonight at 6 00. Back to you. Thank you. Come iing up after the breaa story youre going to love. A superstar not afraid to share a little of her good fortune. How the giving started with a simple tweet. And testing for allergies. It can be itchy and painful, be but theres a a new alternative. Well e show you requests are still pouring in. Tz over the weekend they paid school bills for the biggest fans and it started on saturday when the star was answering questions on twit ter. One asked to pay for her tuition. Spriegzly she responded with show me straight as and ill pay it. Started pouring in after that. In just 30 minutes she promised more than 20,000 to more than a dozen fans. She will do it again in a few months. My kids need braces. Fans were being reasonable. The weather is going to be cooler through this week. Chilly mornings ahead. It you need the jacket this morning, tomorrow morning youre going to need one too. Wif showers later this week and were watching for weekend rain. We have another roubd on saturday. These temperatures are similar to where our morning lows should be. Its almost noon. Were just in the mid50s. 55 in frederick. 55 in dulles. If youre exercising today right around noon, we should start to get into the upper 50s. Still those long sleeves, it will be a chilly one. 4 00 p. M. To the 60s. Youll need the sunglasses. It will be nice and sunny. 37 we have a dry pattern set issing up into the middle of the week. So today and tomorrow, a a medium to high. Wednesday and thursday, much higher. As we go into friday, they are going to drop a bit with the rain chances moving in. Heres what future weather looks like. Nice and dry for wednesday. Then by thursday, we see the approach of our next weather system. Rain chances come on thursday. Continuing for friday. Theres the area of low pressure. That will be moving through as we go into saturday. We are looking at a rainy start to the weekend. If the timing stays right through the rest of the week, we could be looking at the all clearing out for sunday and sunday could be shaping up very nicely. For today, 64 degrees. Tomorrow were waking up with temperatures in the mid40s. We have a jacket. There you e see the rain chances. We dont get out t well take a closer look at your forecast. Well look at the weekend and see even chill ler temperatures. One of the most common ways doctors get true allergy tests is by doing the tests and could be uncomfortable and painful. Now theres a new test on the market that can identify more than 100 allergens with just a simple prick of the finger. 2yearold mia is the daughter of someone working for allergy pro. When she showed signs of allergies, they wanted this test. Until now, the only proven allergy test were to draw blood or do a scratch test which can be uncomfortable and irritating to kids and parents. Plus they each only test for 14 allergens. Try to figure out why you its only a finger prick. With these four drops, she can confirm up to 120 allergens. Skin testing is still the gold standard. Sometimes this is a screening test. And if they had a recent reaction to an allergen, you can get crucial data to find the root cause. Causes that can fall under these 70 allergens or 50 food allergens. No crying or tears and this is a world of difference, i think, between both. That was amazing. We all take steps to avoid traffic. Especially when it comes to living in this area. As most of you know, it comes down to that big word. Timing. So after the break, were going to help you out. The difference ten minutes will make. That your raining their ride. Hear wheer they are satisfied. Th we built our 100 Fiber Optic Network because we knew that in the future everybody would need fast, powerful internet and lots of it. And now were introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 mgs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. And the really incredible part, its 79. 99 a month for one year, and youll also get tv, hbo and multiroom dvr service. Comcast only offers 200 mg speeds with their 89. 99 triple play. Switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. Get fios gigabit connection for 79. 99 a month and well give you tv, hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. So act fast. Go to fiosgigabit. Com metro is going to need a boost in Customer Service satisfaction. New numbers are below the transit agentagencys gnu is at 74 for the and 69 for the rails. Ridership is slump iing. Metro will talk about these numbers at a Board Meeting on thursday. Sglrvelgs this morning we are beginning transportation week here on news 4 where we will give you protips on how to improve your commute. Its so hard to do. This is news you can really use. Heres an easy one to start w h with. Did you ever think about leaving your house a little earlier. Adam tuss shows us that it can really make a huge difference. Reporter everybody wants an easier way to get to work. Heres something to think about. What did you started your commute just ten minutes earlier. How much of an impact would that have . For some comparison, lets go around the region. Check out the beltway at the crush of 9 00 a. M. Ten minutes earlier a bit easier. Rockville pike around 7 30 in the ten minutes earlier, free flowing. Connecticut avenue around 8 00 in the morning, ten minutes earlier free flowing. You can take charge of the commute by adding ten minutes to it by starting out early. A, a says how to get motivated ten minutes earlier. Its setting the alarm earlier and also preparing the night before. And that ten minutes can make all the difference in the world. One more for good measure, look at the off ramp here to the left to route 7. Slow going but ten minutes earlier moving along at the very least ten minutes earlier will take the extra stress of the morning commute away. Adam tuss, news 4. Also while were talking about the roads, one thing you may notice lower gas prices. The National Average for a regular tank of gas is 2. 35. Here in d. C. , that is about 252 a gallon. We have a look at whats driving down those prices. Lower prices at the pump as the cost of crude oil enters lower. A gallon sinking 5 cents over the past two weeks. But that price is still 14 cents higher than it was a year ago. Drivers in San Francisco paying the most in the lower 48 states. And a big win at the box office for guardians of the galaxy as it rocketed into first place. Bumping the fate of the furious to second. The director says hes already got plans to write and direct volume 3. Will be to that. Thats the musicianship washington youth choir. It takes the stage for its first spring concert this week. The artistic director is here. Good morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Tell us about this choir. I came on board in 2009. This is the fifth music director. For the last two years we have filmed the role as artistic director. Tell us about your role as a student conductor. I pretty much lead the choir alongside of greg watkins. So i have the experience to lead and be a leader if and also conduct myself as a student. And youre the choir manager. Tell us about how thats different. Basically, i just deal with the logistics. So getting the attire for a performance and making sure everyone has music. How did you get involved in this . I have known mr. Greg since the age of 6. I was in a musical theater camp. E he got me on board. Ive been here ever since. Five years ago, my dad had mr. Greg. I knew he was a director of the choir and had to join. It sounds like youre really inspiring young people. How do you make the most out of your students and get them to sing. Its difficult as it is, but to do it as a group and perform. I certainly love what i do. Its a passion. You can see how much i brag about the students know i really love what i do. Work with not only students but artistic students. I have been doing this for years. I try to be as transparent as i can, so not only use what they go through, but share my experience and how music has helped me. Its music that reinvents our focus. I love that. It resinates with so many people. Tell us about the performance. This is our annual spring concert at 7 00 p. M. At the Columbia Heights education camp campus. And so we look forward to this every year. Its our biggest fundraiser. So when our audience comes, they can get a chance to glean from broad way music pop, gospel, jazz. I have written and arranged some pieces. Can nel anyone can attend. We have three tiers of tickets. We have 15, 25, and folks to attend the reception. Then theres the vip seating which is 40 to attend. Thank you so much for joining us today. The time now is 11 36. As we look outside, what a beautiful monday. Plenty of sunshine. Still working to get out of the 50 whens. W are you actually about to scratch it rich at Mgm National Harbor . Of course you are. Because everyone who plays is an instant winner. So before you win your share of 1. 5 Million Dollars in prizes take these last few seconds to remember what life was like as a normal, everyday person. Because in an instant, that all could change. Join mlife rewards and play scratch it rich for your share of 1. 5 Million Dollars in prizes and freeplay®. This is monumental. Time is 11 38. 13 reasons why is getting a second condition season. It folks on a girl that committed suicide. They added a warning saying it glorified suicide. Others said the show was a good y children. Question for you. How far would you go for a cell phone . This is kind of crazy. What about your childs cell phone . A new jersey father proved hed go pretty deep. E he suited up and look at this. He did a little dumpster diving. The dad combed through this mountain of garbage after the teen threw his cell phone away at school. They used an app to track down the phone to a waste and Energy Facility and with some help from crews, they tracked down the phone in a 50foot pile of trash. I didnt really think this was actually real. I thought it was in the movies. The phrase teamwork is perfect tr this. Everybody worked together to get an outcome. Officials with the waste facility say they do a handful of searches each year. Phones are replaceable. I guess i should say thats resourceful, but come mess j a about how important your phone is. Im with you on that. He should buy a new phone with his own money. Too far. He was very calm. Id be so mad at my kid. There you go. Youre not getting another one. We were talking about it this morning. Its chilly. Everybody needed a jacket before they stepped outside. If you thought this morning was chilly, youre going to think tomorrow is chilly too. Jacket weather. We have quite a few cool mornings coming up. In fact, we have a cool weather pattern all week long. We expect to stay below normal tr this time of year. So just the pattern were under right now is keeping all the warm air to the south. It will start to move in next week. Were looking at below normal temperatures. Rain sbot weekend. Were watching that closely. A lot of people dont want rain because we had it this weekend. Were going to get another storm approaching on saturday. Currently in the district, 56 degrees. Chilly in the shade outside. 52 in front royal. If youre dining out today, its going to be breezy and chilly. Dinner time, cool, 62. Plenty of sunshine and staying nice and dry. Heres our normal high of 73. Look as we go through most of this week. Temperatures staying well below that. Were looking at 5 degrees below normal will be our warmest sayday. Were going to stay dry through wednesday. A chance of showers on thursday. Then you see low pressure going into saturday. If it moves out when it looks like it should, if the timing stay its right, 64 degrees, mostly sunny, cool and breezy at times. For the rest of the week, temperatures only in the 6 by saturday with the rain, we could only be around 60 degrees. Sunday we could be drying out. And finally the 70s return as we go into next week. Two games for the price of one. People are still talking about the never ending baseball game that showcased more than endurance. Were talking about what we like to do. Eat. When it comes to seafood, eat it alive. Were joined by a talented chef with the back to it is the perfect time for discovering wild seafood. We are celebrating the bounty this spring. So great to have you. This looks delicious. Its all fresh and local. Its a sgraet time. We have a lot of wonderful oyster farms and even wild oysters. We brought some oysters today. It sounds so pretty and looks so pretty as well. Youre going to shuck an oyster for us. I get a little intimidated. I worry about they are so sharp and is cutting yourself. What i do is i use this towel to protect my hand. I prop the oyster up like this to give it a l i use this from shucking a lot of oysters. Practice makes perfect. We protect ourselves. You wiggle the knife in the b k back. Its not about stretch. Its all about leverage and angle. Wiggle it in and pop it. Then we have it open. Once its open, you cut it off. That was so grateful. We cut that bottom muscle off. For the love story, what we do is we have this great sauce we make. Theres crab meat. Blue crab and the oyster. I love a dish with a good story. So what really when you talk about the ingredients, you mentioned the is a ra cha, as far as per tecting the sauce, whats ingredients. You have to have the best blue crab. This is an old recipe weve been using for a long time. Its the story of it and the fact you take two great ingredients from our local waters and put them together. Everybody loved a baked oyster. Its a type of a fish egg. Give it a little texture. Crab meat and chili garlic paste and mayon thaz. So all in all, not too many ingredients. When you put it in there to broil, 43 question is can you overbake an oyster. How do you know how much time to do it . I like to bake it until it gets a a golden brown on top. I like to see it bubbling. I expect it to come out bubbling crab dip. I want to see it bubble. Thats just my if you had to guess as far as time . Two minutes. Its so pretty. Obviously, very delicious. I want to talk about some other dishes. What do we have here . Another ingredient from the Chesapeake Bay we do well in this area. So i did clams and artichokes. Its traditional piaya. Very simple. I love to top it off with a dusty foothills hot sauce. Its a very group oriented thing you can do with a group of friends. We also have boiled shrimp. Freshness love summertime in this area. You work with everything local. Thats how you like to cook. You like to get your veggies and your her bs and fish and seafood. What are you working on next . I know you do a lot in Loudoun County. Ive been doing a lot of stuff out in Loudoun County but im coming to d. C. Soon. Im going to be opening up hanks at the wharf. I partnered with chef jamie and were going to open up a new restaurant at the water front property. Its beginning to be a big deal. We can never have too many of those around here in the city. Thats exciting. We have a treat for all of you. We have posted the Chesapeake Bay love story and the recipe in our nbc washington app so you can get cracking on making this. All my favorite things. I know. Were going talk about a marathon 37 were not talking about running. A baseball game that started after 8 00 last night and didnt end until 2 00 in the morning. Can you believe that . You just saw the moment the cubs tied the yankees in the bottom of the ninth. Then they played another full nine innings. Its like two games. Thats the most ever for an interleague game. They set the record for strikeouts in the game. A lot of us cant wait for the excitement of the battle of the beltways. The nationals are facing the orioles for four straight games. The first two in baltimore. Then wednesday and thursday night, they are here at nats park. The teams have been great this season, so it should be a great matchup. They have almost the exact same record. Were helping you get ready for mothers day with Sweet Smelling flowers and sweet tasting treats. ll be right back. We are you actually about to scratch it rich at Mgm National Harbor . Of course you are. Because everyone who plays is an instant winner. So before you win your share of 1. 5 Million Dollars in prizes take these last few seconds to remember what life was like as a normal, everyday person. Because in an instant, that all could change. Join mlife rewards and play scratch it rich for your share of 1. 5 Million Dollars in prizes and freeplay®. This is monumental. Time is running out for the perfect gift for mothers day. So add some sweet treats to the flower basket and you have a lovely mothers day gift. Joining us is the chef and founder of rare sweets. Thank you for being here. Two of my favorites. Ill take one of everything. The whole table is beautiful. Tell me about were. Partnership youre doing for mothers day. So we were interested in putting together some big we think mom should be celebrated every day, but mothers day in particular. We wanted to kind of up our game and we talked to the folks at urban steps to bring beautiful bouquets. I love flowers. Theres no bad time to get them. Is there different bouquets yao doing in particular . You know every month we change and we have a theme to every product psychcycle. The theme is the jewel collection. So every bouquet is named after a different jewel. Which is great if youre getting a birthstone for mom. So this bouquet is the am this. It has peonnys. My favorites. This is the topaz, which is super bright and fun and beautiful garden roses. Really bright colors that tie in. Tell me about some of the special sweet treats youre creating as different price points. If youre looking for something quick and easy, we have our treat and tote. So we have our Farmers Market bag and a selection of mothers day and our classic cookies in there. And then we would do our sweet treats bag, which would include the topaz flower and then the Farmers Market bag and cookies as well. Ask if youre really to looking to up your game, we have the ultimate bed and breakfast. So we will bring butter milk biscuits or cinnamon rolls. They would come with the amethyst bouquet. What goes into this . This is it the take and bake cinnamon roll. E we would give it to you exactly like this with instructions and some glaze to put on top. Youd stick it in the oven for 350 for 20 breakfast and mom can sit there and have her coffee and look at her beautiful flowers. Can you mix and match in t m terms of the bouquets you order for this . Absolutely. So were combining the topaz with her pieces, but we also i wanted to mention the citrine is a great option. One of the thing its i love about it is it has an orchid in it, which will last for more than two weeks. Its delicious. We know the orders come fast. When is the last time before you cannot order . For us its wednesday at 5 00. You can go on the with website or give us a call or stop in the store. So this wednesday. Urban stems is on demand. And you can order tr us to 5 00 p. M. On sunday. So if you forgot about mothers day, emergency bow cay order. Order early because we tend to sell out. Get the order in early. But you can order until 5 00 p. M. On sunday. This is delicious. Thank you. Thanks so much. Happy mothers day. And you might want the jacket through the afternoon today. Sunny skies, cool about the mid to low 60s. A little breezy at times. Tomorrow morning is another chilly start. 46 for a morning low. We stay dry through wednesday. Thursday and trid, the rain chances increase going into the weekend. Rain does look likely on saturday. Its going to be chilly around 60 degrees. We should be drying out on sunday if the timing stays as it is now. We go into next week and finally well be getting into the 70s. Thank you so much. What a show. I want to eat some food now. We have the sweets and the oysters. Thank you for joining 4 00. Get the latt in the nbces stronand restoringding a a fathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Stand by, everyone. Were live in five, four, three, two, one. Oh, haley steinfeld. And shes wearing a bell dress. What a coincidence. No one will ever be the same oh, fantastic. That was mtvs beauty and the beast gang. I thought they did such a good job. Thats