But first, ingo rve his constituenn i means conduinne ia tent. The mayor oseast pitched his poobef on the lawn oci h claiming thcinc kked him out. Prince geo cbuau chief traceeilase what led to the. The offif yois still open reporter ndat, there was aboin 1, 2, 3. Reporterd offo what Seat Pleasant mayor eugene grant callsise yo campaign. We are hto th people of seatant, maryland. Brick and mortl t ld us back. Reporteristaed after the se pt ty council votto mayors permanficece two weeks a. This was amllnsf m creating a il environment r ee its the last ooin battle betwe s t cy council mem a mor the cityncvee past five tsis veeen stripping athrsf t mayor over ov or again. Reporter a cwdf supporters gher e mayors annoceoda among them was gloria sistrunk, a member of e eic committe the ethi ctt j is to investige ars against the tyilndhe mayor. But we wereeme and i dont uanwh reporter heplsan city administrator released this statement saying the city council simply voted to revoke mayor grants privilege of having a fulltime office space at city hall, a privilege that is not enjoyed by any other elected offiathcit mayor grant nn rre from using offacatit hall to meewistues. Indeed, may gaseyto city hall aasnu t meet with coti iid the mayor ss vti of injustice. It is a travesty of justice to remove the office of the mayor and not go to the people who voted for a mayor. Reporte tracee wilkins, news4. The controver continues. Well, the bus stop will be a favorite pla f kids in Prince Georges County this school year. 20 school buses will now have cameras. They wi c drivers who try to illegally pass. The company i charge of the cameras will send the pictures to the poli. The ne 125. There is a Similar Program in place in montgomy county. Its the law in maryland to stop 20 feet from a school bus when its lights e flashing and that arm is out. Taking a cab in the district should get a bit safer over the next year. The d. C. Taxi Commission Voted to install panic buttons in all of the city cabs. There are nearly 6500 taxis registered a drivers will have until the end of next june to had athose buttons. The Commission Says it will help both passengan drivers in emergency situations. A thrilling moment on a b17 bomber used t movie Memphis Belle. The plane is in town and available for public to ride. This is one of the last flying fortresses sll flng in the united states. Transportn reporter adam tuss gets a photo op on board that you won see on any new hightech planes. Reporter ling legend right here in our area. Weve be invited to go along for the ride. Step inside the Memphis Belle and you quickly realize this was not comfy quarters and you had to be brave to be a crew member. Catwalk across the doors and youll find the cockpit above the nose of the airplane and bombbadier om below. This will raise awareness about the sacrifices our world war ii vets truly made. Now its go time, taxiing out to the runway. The engines have started. It started to get a little noisy in here. Wouldnt youno it, we picked a seat with a view. Theres no roof to the room that were in, tisad room. Full blast and take off. 150 miles aur and you can peek out the roof of the b17. Incredible sight. We were eveabsti our heads out for a second. A selfie the recommended mode of photographhere. We moved about the plane just like the crews did during their mission. You might notice these guys flying around. Theyre flyi around baltimore and virginia. Take a look out the window right now. We just passed the inner harbor of baltimore as the world goes by outside the window. The flight lasts about 15 minutes. Show te over, time to come back down. Bob hill, the captain of our flight today, he says you can see why the b17 lived up to its reputation as the flying fortress. T w wellknown air frame for coming back with incredible amounts of combat damage sustained a still making it back to base. Thats where its lend started to grow. Reporter y also go along for a ride if you want or just check it out on the ground. Flight and ground tours available at Martin State Airport this weekend. At Martin State Airport, adam tuss, news4. The real Memphis Belle is being renovated at the natiol museum of t u. Air force in dayton, ohio. Well, marylands fifth casino is now up and running, but on Opening Night people were lucky just to get in. Gamblers std in line for hours waiting forherd opening of the horseshoe casino in baltimore earlier this week. Traffic a re mess, and lines, they wrapped around the building. At one point the casino hit capacity and people were told it may just be beo he. Ring around the rosie. Now we get up here and they tell us that we cannot get in . Youve got a choice, you stay here or you go home. She said shes never going to return to the casino again. Horseshoe tells news4 it was letting people in as quickly and safely as possible without going over capacity. The casino is open 24 hours. Youve still got a chance. Apparently she just couldnt wait. A little g decided to make her entrance into the world this week on the side of i66. Now, heres a picture of the happy family at the hospital. This is hou later, though. As you can see, everyone doing well. Now, mom and dad were on the way to the hospit around 4 30 in the morning en grace decided to surprise them. Graces mothe released a statement sang in part it was an amazing and miraculous moment to birth my own baby, even if it was on the se 6. Always a story to tell her. Well, some metro employees are being called heroes. When news4 returns, an incredible rescue on metro tracks thata caught on camera. And when a birthday bash, the national zoo celebrates the first birthday of d. C. s beloved panda cub. Check o some incredible video here of a man being pulled from metros tracks with just seconds topa Metro Transit Police confronted the man at the rhode island avenue station. Police say he had been harassing other riders and saying he wanted to die before jumping onto the tracks. Riders tried to wave the train operator down. As the man made a lastsecond attempt to jump back onto the platform, two officers pulled him to safety. Now, the guy wasnt hurt. He was, however, taken to a hospital for a Mental Health evaluation. Well, shes probably d. C. s most famous 1yearold. Bao baos adoring fans came to the national zoo to celebrate her first birthday this week. All those flash bulbs doesnt distract the panda from devouring h birthday cake and its well earned. You see bao bao is only the second panda born to the zoo to live to her first birthday. The zoo staff placed three posters in front of the cub painted with symbols for longevity, good health and fertility. Its a chinese tradition in which the one she chooses will be an indication of what her future hol she did pick she did pick long life, but then she also picked the other two after that so well take all three, so we would like that. Why not . Bao bao coult get enough of her birthday cake too. It was made fr apple and pair slices. They used be juice for the coloring and decorated with carrots and sweet potatoes. All panda favorites. A first of its kind elementary sc i set to open in fairfax county. Baileys Upper Elementary School in the heart of Seven Corners is the first highrise elementary school. Christian wgh got an early tour of the building. Take a look. Reporte e outside looks like a Typical Office building. Its five stories, brick and rectangular, the inside is no office space. Its the new baileys upper elementary ol for t arts and sciences in falls church, virginia. Its thech districts unique answer to the notsouniq pm of overcrowding. Eep growi at an alarming rate. That growth has to be met. The only way for us to meet it in the futu i really to go vertical. Repo classrooms are bright with Natural Light pouring in through every window. The furniture is modern and supposed to encourage group learning. The library has its own small theater an gone are stairwells. Every grade as their own stair pod as a Meeting Place for special lessons and performances. Finally, kids can write on the walls without getting in trouble. I thi aenhe day, more and more people are going to look at this and be very envious or want this for their kids too. Reporte third, fourth and fifth graders will attend the new baileys Upper Elementary School while students in preschool thh second grade will stay at millwood drive. About 700 students will go to school here at the new building starting on tuesday. In fairfax county, kristen wright, news4. Parents in d. C. May not need to worry about sending their chipper chi a Different School any time soon. The mayors plan to change School Boundaries is being pushed back. The plan was supposed to take effect next year. Council education chairman David Catania says the plan is unbaltd and needs work. There arunanswered questions and additional work that needs tbe done. Youre settinme schools up to fail by virtue of how these schools are bei rearranged. By the way, Muriel Bowser said she wouldnt implement that plan either. They haveo so much. Now one local group is finding homes for the homeless in hopes of bringing them some healing. And channeling the bay. The pressure that players are putting on their manager to people who live on the street have not only lost their job and their home, many are struggling with Mental Illness. In fact ita cae homeles homele. T l oup has a strategy for rescuing their lost souls and giving them a pathway to healthy mind and body. Wendy rieger reports. Reportr charles, these are not just pills, theyre rays of light that keep him out of the darkness of depression. If im not on medication, all hell break loose. Reporterar knows that hell all too well. For 20 years, he was homeless because of a severe depression. I didnt know how to deal with life. I just like forgot. Its like i forgot how to live. Reporter ie worked for a fortune 500 company but bipolar disorder upended her life. I would get extremely exuberant a full of energy and wouldnt slp days on end. And i would find myself buying so much stuff. I would come home with bags and bags of stuff that i wouldnt even open. Reporter dianes wild mood swings caused her to lose her job and her perspective, and soon she was homeless. Both charles and diane found their way out of the darkness and confusion of their Mental Illness with a local organization cd pathways. Pathways focuses and works primarily wi people who have very complex Mental Health challengesw things like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or major depression. Often those things are compounded by some addictions challenges as well. Reporter pathways works on the Mental Illness by first alleviatinghe homelessness. And its really, really hard to get well when youre on the streets. Poerwowi a system of 100 landlords, pathways has more than 600 individuals living in apartments throughout e district. So that then they have a medicine cabinet to put their medicine. Th he calendar to mark down their appointments to meet with their dto they ve phone so we can call and remind them of the appointment rorr ou brings order to the body so specialists can then bring order to the mind. Charles has come a long way. Hes training to become a peer counselor with pathways, and hes recently reunited with his children and has forged a new relationshipit them. That feels good, you know, to be called ddy again. Reporter dia is living in a onebedroom with her cats learning to rebuild her life and her outlook, which at times makes her sad. Her illness has taken a lot from her. Im no ashamed of having a Mental Illness, im ashamed of losing my place in society as a middle class person and coming down the economic ladder to being a poor person. Economic status is a big thing, and ive always been middle class and im not anymore. Reporter but are you healthy . Yes. I am mentally more healthy today than i have been over the past five, six years. Reporter navigating their way out can be tough, but their journey will always begin at home. If you or someone you love is struggling wi Mental Illness, go to nbcwashington. Com to find a list of Treatment Centers and resources. You ao nd a lot of personal stories from people in our community. News4 is dedicated to reaching out and helping our community for the long run. Well, losing hometown support. The big decision by a local paper to take a stand against the redskins name. Big, big controver here. Youll want to see th nt story, xt hey can you fix this . You bet thats our new interactive speaker wall. sup . Thinks its a speaking wall. This can even dim your lights. Your 3dprinted girlfriend will love that. Real mature. There you go. A laser drone for cats. I wish i had lasers. I dont. Pew pew pew. The new radioshack is finally here. The store of your past is now the store of your future. Come see one of our remodeled stores and save 50 percent off skullcandy headphones. Or get a 20dollar gift card with air raid speaker purchase. Anncvideoconferences its youof the day. Rtant hi hi, buddy anncr thats why the wifi and free hot breakfast are something to smile about. And good reasons to book now. Feel the hamptonality controvers the redskins nameas garnered one of its biggest protests yet. This time from the washington post. The newspapers Editorial Board announced that it will stop using the nfl teams name in its opinion section. The board called the nickname a slur. The new policy only applies to editorials, no sports and news stories. Now, the San Francisco chronicle,setle times and detroit news have also dropped that team name. Again, a big controversy and its going to continue. Well, their win streak may be over, but the nats are still one of the hottest teams in baseball. The players arent talking about their success, though. All they want to see right now is their boss embarrass himself. Who doesnt . News4s jason pugh reports. Reporteft ten straight wins, its now time for Matt Williams to finally pay up on his promise. The nationals skipper will eventually do his infamous babe ruth impersonation. Long drive and then matts trotting off. Thats pretty impressive right there. Its et good because its really hard to minimm older guys. Plee this, matt. Please. We would love to see this trot right now. Look, he even had a little bit of hair on his head back then. How maps do you thi he took to get around the bases there . Two or t t more than normal there. Its a good scuttle all the way around there hes go to uphold his promise, wee going to make sure of that. Hes gog to it. I dont care what weve got to do, but hes going to do it. Were going to put him up there, hes definitely going to do that. Matt, youre being called out. Youve got t go do it. Do it thats all for news4 this week. Im veronica johnson. Thanks for joining us. We leave you with more of adam tusss ride on the Memphis Belle. Until xt time, remember, be safe, be kind,pp so i get invited to quite a few family gatherings. Heck, i saved judith here a fortune with discounts like safe driver, multicar, paperless. You make a mighty fine missus, mlady. 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