Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At Noon 20160330

Of two earlymorning blazes in both deadly. We begin in northwest dc where firefighters had to rescue a man from the top floor of this home after 2 00 this morning. Flames took over both floors of the house. The man was rushed to the hospital where he died. Where and how the fire started are still under investigation. In gaithersburg another deadly fire remains under investigation. We told you about this last night at 11 00 reporting no one was injured. Overnight firefighters found the body in debris in the basement. The body has not been identified but the family who lives in the townhouse has attendant who lives in the basement who has not been seen since the fire. Washington monument is open for business. It was shut down yesterday because of problems with technicians gave them the green light to open again now that repairs are complete. The elevator is the same one that caused officials to close the monument for several days in may last year. Heads up for metro riders, starting at 8 00 tonight the Mount Vernon Square station on the green and yellow lines will shut down. Its one of many security measures you will see before the Nuclear Summit happening this weekend in the district. There are no plans for alternate bus service because of road closures. The service will reopen late friday night. Students and Loudoun County back in school after a decision was made last night about their futures. The school board signed off on the redistricting plan that means big changes for some students. Nikki burdine talk to some parents about the news. Reporter its a compromise for Loudoun County schools. Parents say they understand its less controversial version but doesnt mean they are happy. Gretchen has a son who goes to the school but after last nights meeting he will be going somewhere else next year. Is quite upset about it. He wants to know who are the people making these decisions. Reporter the move will be made by other students and Loudoun County with the new reprocessing plan help with overcrowding in schools. Gretchen is worried about her son. I want my son to be exposed to all different kinds of kids. Reporter there was a contentious debate tuesday between the school board and parents. Protesters outside the meeting and tensions inside. A dozen plans were debated and it came down to plan eight or plan plan 12 was seen more polarizing and not chosen. In the end it was plan eight. Were happy title i schools were not formed because the funding was not secured. Its very frustrating to have a plan introduced. Reporter even parents like sarah whose children wont be impacted say the plan is wrong and will cause too much disruption. Im not necessarily concerned with tiny Little Things but when you talk about the community that affects that. Reporter Nikki Burdine wusa9s. A followup to a story weve been watching closely. The hacking at medstar medical group. It workers bringing systems back online after they were taken down by hackers this week. Fbi agents looking into what happened and medstar Officials Say there is no evidence patient information was taken and they wont be adding new patient information until they are confident secure. Until everything is up and running medstar asks patients call for appointment information instead of using online systems. And major decision on the future of georgetown. The city alcoholic Beverage Control board lift the moratorium on new bars there. That block has been in place since 1989 when residents complained about the neighborhood being a latenight destination. Now other parts of the district see a nighttime business boom like 14th street the historic neighborhood wants to boost the bottom line. A fire captain on leave after he was charged with stealing from a house where he was fighting a fire. They say he stole a book valued at 100 from a home that caught fire last night in northwest. According to Police Someone said they saw him put the book in his jacket and take it to a fire engine. He says he found a book near the front of the burned house and move it location to benefit the homeowner. A 7yearold in Silver Spring gets credit for saving her fathers life. She was home alone with her dad when she found him lying on the floor in diabetic shock. She called 911 and stayed on the phone until paramedics arrived and gave them Key Information like the family address. My mom taught me and i kept reminding myself. I was so proud of myself. She had a right to be proud and later today she will meet the emergency dispatcher who answered the call and take a tour of the 911 center. The latest on the campaign trail and republican race took a new turn. Each candidate made a pledge when the race began to support whoever becomes the nominee but now that pledge may not be so permanent after all. Reporter donald trump now says his foul to support the eventual president ial nominee is nu unfairly. Unfairly by who . Basically the rnc and the establishment. Reporter he might not be alone. Ted cruz and john kasich wont say they will give support either. If the nominee is hurting and dividing the country i cant stand behind him. Reporter the controversy dividing the Republican Party is trumps refusal to fire his Campaign Manager after he was charged with battery. That ought to be the case in any campaign that is maintaining a standard of the courtroom. Reporter they reduce this video showing Corey Lewandowski grabbing a reporters arm. Then she tweeted photos of her arm showing bruises. I dont know he put them there. M assault female journalists. Reporter Hillary Clinton focusing on the general election matchup against trump. Some say we can solve americans problems by building walls. Reporter she has a new ad running in new york targeting trumps proposal. Secretary clinton campaigning in new york ahead of that states democratic primary on april 19. The pentagon sending u. S. Forces to eastern europe. The decision comes as American Allies in the region grow concerned over russias increasing aggression. Next bruary we will deploy a Brigade Combat Team of 4500 soldiers, tanks, heavy vehicles and other equipment. And North Carolina protest growing over a law known as house bill two. The law discriminates against lgbt people. Don champion reports the debate moves from the streets to the political arena. Reporter as protests grow with the governor and attorney general of North Carolina are caught in a world war of words. Discrimination is wrong. Reporter the states top lawyer and democratic candidate refuse to defend a new law that limits detections for lgbt people against a challenge in federal court. It also requires transgender people to use bathrooms that match the gender on the birth certificate. Not only is this new law a national embarrassment, it will set North Carolinas economy back if we dont repeal it. Reporter last night the republican governor who is running for reelection responded in a video posted online. As the state attorney he cannot select which laws he will defend and which laws are politically expedient to refuse to defend. Reporter outside the showdown, the state faces growing condemnation over the law. The leaders of 80 big businesses including tim cook from apple and Mark Zuckerberg from facebook signed a letter to the governor that called for it to be repealed. The city of charlotte Teen Challenge by atlanta over a bid to host the allstar game. Don champion cbs news. The Virginia House of delegates managed to avoid controversy by defeating that bill in committee on february 9. New developments in the wake of the belgium terror attacks. Authorities say 90 people remained hospitalized after the blast at the airport and subway station. 30 of the most seriously wounded are being treated for burns. 44 people from 20 nations among the injured and yesterday was one week since the attacks that killed 32 people. A local College Student inside the airport when the bombs went off waiting for a flight to dulles when they were detonated. She was forced to evacuate the buildileng aving everything behind. They were taken to a tarmac and then a hangar where they spent 10 hours. Safe and sound in the u. S. Today she looks back on it in total shock. I feel super lucky. I did not think this would happen to me or anyone near me. She was stuck in brussels for 3 days and she went where shes from and her belongings are nowhere to be found. Tonight at 5 00 you will hear more of her story when she talks about where she had to sleep the night of the attacks and how the embassy helped her find her way home. One final note from overseas. The 26yearold man who posed for a photo with the hijacker on the egyptair flight yesterday said he has no idea why he did that. He told wanted to take the selfie of a lifetime. The suicide vests on the hijacker turned out to be fake. Hes in custody but could be extradited to egypt to face charges. The boys of summer almost back in town. A sneak preview of the new things that await the nationals and their fans at the ballpark this year. When it comes to headlights w a nereport shows many cars dont past the test. I will tell you which vehicles are rated best coming up narrator all that political mail mlets simplify. Lming. Only one candidate has been endorsed by the Washington Post Kathleen Matthews. As a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. Emilys list praises matthews as prochoice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and Health Research Kathleen Matthews has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward. Kathleen im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. Welcome back to the news at noon. Its one of the most basic safety features of your car and a talking about headlighnd at the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety he tasted them on midsize cards postcards. They call the results dismal. Reporter the toyota prius is the clear winner in the first ever headlight ratings. Hour in valuation involve looking at high beams and low beams on different paths along a test track. Reporter of the 31 midsize cars tested the prius was the only one to earn a good rating when upgrading to include led lights and highbeam assist. Adding several thousand dollars to get the better headlights. Reporter more expensive cars dont always come with better quality lights. Many of the poor are rated headlights installed on luxury vehicles. The bmw three series halogen headlights had the lowest scoring system. This shows the difference in visibility between the prius and bmw series. Half the fatal crashes that occurred every year occur at night, dusk, or don. Helping see the road better can cut into those deaths and injuries. Reporter new highintensity lights and curb adapted headlights that adjust to steering dont always mean better performance. Kia optima and mercedesbenz c class performed poorly while basic halogen lights on the honda accord received an acceptable rating. Danielle nottingham cbs news. Test found most headlights need improvements in experts say you have a key tool to improve visibility, your high brains but most drivers rarely use them. More food and features, thats what awaits when the home team takes the field at nationals park. We will take you on a sneak peek for coming up next. Tree pollen sufferers the count is high now but good news glenn threateningicans gofederal workers;ns over 60 votes to repeal obamacare. Now theyre refusing to even consider president obamas nominee for the supreme court. It disrespects the president and all of us and we wont put up with it. In congress, ill protect president obamas legacy, defend obamacare, im glenn ivey and i approve this message. Ill take on republicans for all of us. Believe it or not the nats home opener a weak from tomorrow and the stadium crews are ready and you will find more food in new places. New hot dogs, dumplings, and the field of dreams menu. On the field you will see a net behind home plate thats bigger. Fans out of their seats when they dont enjoy the game, there will be things for them to experience like food and shopping. And nooks and crannies around the park. They fof can watch that game right here on wusa nine at 4 05 right here on wusa nine at 4 0 5 pm. Were trying to figure out what could be new about a hotdog . I hope it means gourmet. All the napkins you can find. I spent my anniversaried there one time. Hopefully good weather for that. Might be a little cool for the home opener but thats the extended forecast. Lets get to the upcoming weekend first. Beautiful shot of the Cherry Blossoms after the very dusty winds we had earlier today. It is perfect out there. I was hanging out by myself for a few minutes enjoying the sunshine and comfortable temperatures. A perfect spring day today. Cold this morning and started below freezing case tomorrow morning. You wont need the heavier coat tomorrow. 54 degrees which is what we expected and sunshine feels good and winds are light. Winds out of the south so even if its a little breezy from time to time, its a warmer breeze instead of the cold one we had yesterday. 53 martinsburg. 54 gaithersburg. Further south 53. Very consistent temperatures across the board and this afternoon topping out in the 60s. This is typical this time of year. A little warmer in washington at 63. Tonight southerly winds kick in and breezy from 1415 miles per hour. Keeps us in the 50s by midnight. Tomorrow morning no one below 40 degrees and a few more clouds. Futurecast coming up rain hope to get the tree pollen out of here by the weekend so you can get out and enjoy it. 7 00 tomorrow morning drive and much of thursday will be dry. Warmer but not as beautiful. Clouds moving in and in a hurry. We see them move in by 7 00 in the morning. Breezy ident thursday. By 3 30 into the low 70s which is 10 degrees above average. A few spotty showers but soaking rain pushed back and wont arrive until friday morning. You see on the futurecast 6 30 so both commutes on thursday try. Spotty showers going to bed. Friday 5 00 in the morning a soakers and thunderstorm possible. Barry gusty winds and possible yellow weather alert impacting the friday morning commute. Get out of here fast but lingering showers or thunderstorm in the afternoon for friday. Weekend looks dry. 71 tomorrow. 72 and mild friday. Saturday ride in the district and area south might see a lingering front of the showers. Most of us should be dry on saturday. Chili and breezy sunday. Poolside start of next week. We will watch the home opener forecast when we get closer to it. Gourmet hotdogs from a virginia company. We will be there. We just cant get enough of cbs late show james corden and his car airport karaoke. We will hop and him with trey lowe to take a spin around the block with jenny. The news is next with that. Wall street. The nra. Theypore werful. They usually get their way. But t nowith democrat Donna Edwards. She wont take cash from wall street banks. And when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, Donna Edwards said no shes fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. Because to democrat Donna Edwards, the special interests arent special. We are. Women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. One cbs late show host james corden is behind the wheel you never know what will happen and last night in his primetime special he and j lo crew streets belting out her biggest hits. The plan for him to open for her in vegas someday. Take a look. Hello baby i feel like i need to cut loose. Any suggestions . Let me know. J lo. J lo, you know, from the block. You mean tonight . I love the fact that leonardo calls her booboo. Even though he signed it j lo. No one hit the clubs last night because he had a special gag and she went home to take care of narrator all that political mail might be overwhelming. Lets simplify. Only one candidate has been endorsed by the Washington Post Kathleen Matthews. As a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. Emilys list praises matthews as prochoice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and Health Research Kathleen Matthews has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward. Kathleen im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. Summer hey, grandpa. Is it true . Abby they reached a verdict . Victor yeah, i guess the deliberations been rather quickly. Abby is that a good sign or a bad sign . Summer i think its good. I can feel it. Victor come here. [ sighs ] thank you for your support, okay . All your love. So, having said that, if i mean, when i walk out of here a free man, then. [ sighs ] i just want the two of you by my side. Nikki oh, god, i hate this. Every minute is like an hour