Yard nearly two years ago. As Scott Mcfarland reports, coordination was smoother this time around. Two years ago after the Navy Yard Shooting, cc police said there were too many vehicles on the scene, is that it was so crowded officers struggled to move around the area and navigate the building and Many Police Agencies on the scene were on the same page. Two years later, the mayor said Police Worked well together. Im very proud of all of the officials that answered the call. We know that there have been a lot of Lessons Learned from previous incidents. But why did so Many Police Agencies respond to what amounted to a false alarm . Because different agencies had different specialties. U. S. R. Police flew their eagle two helicopter above the navy yard a special sized unit from which rescuers can propel to the ground in an emergency. Particularly helpful because its kept in a hangar within close range from the navy yard. We have a crew here at what we refer to as the eagles nest. And they are ready to launch any time. A u. S. Park Police Helicopter lifted victims from a roof at building 197 in 2013. We saved lives with that aircraft. U. S. Capital Police Deployed their bomb squad to the scene today, an expert unit which has handled more than 3,000 calls about suspicious packages or vehicles along Capitol Grounds in just the past three years. They have state of the art robotics, allowing them to inspect and deactivate a bomb from a safer distance. Officers told us they work as a team with other police augs when theres an emergency call. Professionally, i can count on every one of them. And, you know, theres a great amount of pride down here doing this job and doing it in the city we do it in. The fbi and Naval DistrictWashington Police were among the many agencies involved. D. C. Police said in 2013 agencies responding to the Navy Yard Shooting needed to do more training together to prepare for future incidents. This was their first test. Its like scaling back from a cadillac to a chevy. Thats how a state official is describing a number of proposed cuts to marylands purple line project. The list of 43 cuts included fewer elevators, shorter platforms, reduced landscaping and a cut in Service Frequency from 6 30 to 7 30. The full list is on the app. 6 governor larry hogans office says the cuts will chop 210 million from the projects 2 billion price tag. When its built, the purple line would run 16 miles from bethesda to new carrollton. The light rail project would link to metros red, grien and orange lines. There is a new attempt to ease traffic on the beltway in virginia during the rush hour. An extra lane is now open, but only during certain times. First 4 traffic melissa melay has details. We have a new lane on the beltway now to help ease some of the pain of the inner loop here. Take a look at some of this video. Open the north shoulder of the beltway from the end of the gw parkway. The 1 1 2 mile stretch will be open from 7 00 in the morning to 11 00 in the morning during weekdayes and during the evening rush its open from 2 00 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. Keep an eye out, i have to warn you, for those green arrows to let you know when you can use the lane that add aed the lane. Something else that is great here all drivers can actually use this lane. Back to you. All right. Their house is now a home thanks to generous donations fri and a local Church Community in virginia. Dana culver was there to witness a new start for the family of 13 who survived a devastating fire. Enough mattresses to sleep 13. Chairs lots of kitchen goods. What is called a blender. See if we have a blender to add. This is all going to the there is all going to the family today. Need to be boxed, of course opinion. A couple of times a week. Youre a big, big helper. This is so heavy, dillon. This is the scene of lord of Life Lutheran Church in cliffton. More than two dozen volunteers loading up donated furniture. Put those on the side. Before heading out, these gracing spaces volunteers gather around. All this effort for a family they dont even know the mahonies. We first introduced you to his wife and their 11 kids two weeks ago. A fire took their fairfax home. A local marine family opened their home to 13 house guests. They recently found a new place to rent, but no furniture. The transformation from house to home under way. Weve made one little step for them. Then theres dillon holt. He carried his weight and more. But why . To help people. And be nice. Its the fifth home the 8yearold has helped furnish this year. It makes me feel good that were giving people who dont have furniture and stuff like that. Its like were giving them our new home. People are so generous. Pastori, a rev eugene from genocide has one more thing to hang for this to be a home. Before everything done in the house, that flag has to be there. Only one flag. The United States of america flag. In falls church david culver news 4. Gracing spaces has furnished 146 homes in Northern Virginia this year alone. Learn more about their efforts and view davids past reports on the family by searching gracing spaces on the app. A new warning this week about the hethsalth of your back deck after five members of a local family were hospitalized in a deck collapse on the fourth of july. Inspectors blame old nails for the 14foot fall in emerald isle north carolina. A family from virginia was vacationing in a rented beach home. More than two dozen people had gathered on the deck for a picture. Among those injured, a child and a 94yearold. That deck had no Code Violations but even well made decks can have problems. Montgomery county residential inspectors say to limit how many people are on their deck at once. The more weight the greater the chance your deck could fall. And every deck needs to be well maintained. Make sure you get a permit before making any repairs. And before you hire a contractor maybe sure theyre licensed. Faulty work can be disastrous. Some decks that were constructed without permit is and inspections may have been nailed to the house and that can result in deck failures. Some counties offer free deck inspections. For a look at deck safety options in all of our local counties go to nbc washington. Com. Plans for donald trump aes new hotel in the district are changing thanks to his controversial comments. The celebrity d. C. Chef who is pulling his restaurant from the project. And he grew up embracing the violence around him. When news 4 this week returns, he tells us about a life changing event that put him on a the new trump hotel in d. C. Will no longer feature a restaurant by jose a is in dreas. The chef says hes severing ties due to trumps statement about mexican immigrants. Andreas put out a statement saying more than half of my team is spanish. As a naturally american citizen myself i believe every human being deserves respect, regardless of immigration status. Trump is building a hotel downtown. Right now, college grad res heading off to their first big job. One young man just finished howards big school and hes about to start his career at microsoft. But things didnt always look so promising. As Aaron Gilchrist shows us he had to stare down death before he got a chance to be great. I was involved in a lot of fights a lot of altercations a lot of things that would put me in jail. Victor spent most of his teenage years in a world of violence drive by shootings. If something bad happened in his neighborhood his name probably came up. It wasnt supposed to be that way. My mother told me hey, back your stuff, youre leaving. Victor was 10 years old when his parents transplanted him from nigeria to maryland the journey from america and opportunity. Nigeria is an underdeveloped country, so no technology. America has all the technology all the resources. Resources victim didnt take advantage of. He was kicked out of high school in his freshman year. Even after moving to the virginia suburbs, after more School Expulsions victor couldnt shake the violent world he put himself in. I was disappointed in myself. I would wake up to my mother crying every morning. Off to boot camp at Common Health challenge, a National Guard academy where victor recentered his moral compass, surrounded him with positivity and earned his ged. Six months later, he returned home returned to the hood and live his darkest day. I woke up in the hospital after two days in a coma. This was the result of a new years eve beating at a house party where victor says he tried to stop a fight. He had ten surgeries in one day. My whole face was disfigured. They used bricks baseball bats and focused all on my face. Thats what it took. That was the life changing moment that started victor down the path to success. God the telling me i need you to be great. I have plans for you. Two months later, victor enrolled at Northern Virginia community college. Two associate degrees later, he transferred to Business School at howard university. And this past may, victor graduated with honors. After a trip hope to nigeria, a personal growth experience victor says hes writing a book about his pilgrimage 30 days in lagos. Nigeria is still stag napt. I still want to relate to my people. My longterm goal is to run for president of nigeria. A young man trying to live the advice he now gives. Use your Second Chance to be great. In northeast washington, Aaron Gilchrist, news. And victor is still working on his book chronicling each of the 30 days he spent visiting nigeria. He hopes it will be a guide for others who travel there. Theyve been in the business of protecting the nations lai leads for a hundred years. Now the secret service is letting us in on how theyre preparing for some huge event necessary our area. And its a frighten inging position. Flx, a living with chronic migraine feels like each day is a game of chance. I wanted to put the odds in my favor. So my doctor told me about botox® an fdaapproved treatment that significantly reduces headache days for adults with chronic migraine. 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more. Its proven to actually prevent headache days. And its injected by my doctor once every 3 months. The effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. Alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be a sign of a lifethreatening condition. Side effects may include allergic reactions neck and injection site pain fatigue and headache. Dont take botox® if you have a skin infection. Tell your doctor about your medical history muscle or nerve conditions and medications, including botulinum toxins as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. Put the odds on your side. Visit botoxchronicmigraine. Com to learn how to save on your treatment. Talk to a headache specialist today about botox®. This week in news 4 your health botulism is rare but it can be deadly. Infants have no protection. A baby boy fighting the illness right now and what his mother and, doctor want all parents to know. Benjamin ellis shell marked his 3monthold birthday with breathing and feeding tubes snaking from his body. Hes one of only about 100 babies nationwide stricken with botulism this year. I was honestly thinking of how am i going to tell my two older sons that their brother is not coming home. Benjamins rapid declined started at their home about two weeks ago when he suddenly started nursing. When benjamin opened the hospital too weak to even open his eyes doctors suspected botulism. Botulism is the most potent toxin known to man, but that toxin makes somebody weak and affects their breathing muscles and that can be very severe. Given special medication the baby showed some improvement right away. But still, there was a most frightening moment. It got bad. To the point where at one point they had to resuscitate him. Antoinette and her husband take turns at benjamins bedside, theres been an outpouring of community on social media. She hopes her familys crisis will bring knowledge to others. The toxin is in the dirt around us. They say it can come from many things. They think a spore in the air. So theres no real way to avoid it other than being clean, good hand washing, and honey is the one thing that most people know to stay away from with babies less than a year old because botulism spores can grow in honey. As antoinette knows, act quickly if there are symptoms. A poor cry, a soft cry, a baby seeming sloppy those are big warnings signes. Thankfully benjamin is gaining strength now. He just had the breathing tube removed. Hes able to move his head. He was so happy last night. He just kept moving his head back and forth. Doctors say benjamin could be back home later this month. If untreated, botulism can cause paralysis and respiratory failure. Across the country, there are only about 145 cases each year and more than half of them are in infants. Outbreak necessary adults are often caused by foods canned at home and a lot of these cases are preventable by following proper canning methods. For more on botulism and how the help the family featured in the piece, search botulism on our nbc 4 app. If you need a getaway without leaving town we dive into a brand new exhibit thats putting a new spin on a trip to the beach. Brandon thinks hellmanns is heaven in a jar. Come to think of it, brandon, there is a little slice of heaven in every jar. Thats because our ingredients come from places like. Pleasantville, iowa and farmers committed to responsibly sourced oils. Blended with ingredients like cagefree eggs. Were talkin real ingredients. For three generations. Mmm. Heaven. Thank you. Real ingredients. From a real place. Thats how were working to bring out the best. The secret service is celebrating its 150th birthday and the agency is as busy as ever. Aside from their usual duties protecting the president , theyll soon be in charge of guarding pope francis in september. There are also at least 19 major Party Politicians who are decided to run for president and a lot of them will require secret service protection. Were preparing for it. We just had some Campaign Training out here last week and we have continue to do that in our field offices around the country. So were well prepared and continue to train. The secret Service Showed off some of that training today, including how they respond to white house fence jumpers and the ambush of a motorcade. Two schools in Prince Georges County now have new names, including one named after maya angelou. Dr. An ge lou spoke several languages, including french and italian which are both taught at the school. The countys oldest French Immersion SchoolRobert Godard also got a name changed. Its now named after dr. Dora kennedy. The National Building museum has created a massive beach with plastic balles and even some beach chairs. News 4 and a few families were there to try out the experience for the first time. Yeah. Its im pretty blown away. I think only a place like the Building Museum would have something this expansive. The interactive exhibit is open for a twomonth run. For a small fee, you can relax by the sea or even try swimming in it. The balls are treated with a microantibiotic for safety. Thats all for news 4 this week. Im chris lawrence. 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