Good morning andwelcome to nes 4 midday. Right now in charlottesville, the clselfpromed white upremacist accused of killing heatherheyer is being sentenced. Yer was a counter protester when james fields jr. Plowed into the crowd with his car, killi heyer and injuring others. Fields attorney had argued that because hes 22 years old and had had a traumatic childhood, he doesnt deserve life in prison. Julie carrie is at todays sentencing. Look for updates on twitter and on the nbc washington app. Maryland is honoring the five peoe killed in the capitol gazette shooting one year ago today. June 28th will now be knowns as freedom of the press day in maryland. Aunman opened fire at the newspaper last year. This is a live look at the new Memorial Garden ceremony thatwi l be dedicated to the five journalists who died in annapolis. Chris van hollinsngis amo the speakers at this mornings dedication. The gazette was alsowarded a special post surprise for its commitment to covering the news during
Woman to the hospital where wereold she died. Investigators are now on the scene trying to gathecesome eviden there. Weve got news 4s Jackie Bensen headed in that direction and thll see her life report as soon as she gets e. From the news desk, im Erika Gonzalez. Thanks, erika. Another tragedy on theor baltimwashington parkway. This time a father of five killed by a hitandrun driver. Mark johnson sr. Was out walking to a gas station last night when he wasy sudde struck. His car had run out of gas on he the ramp near beltway. News 4s Darcy Spencer spoke with his wife and son about this hoible loss. Reporter mark johnson sr. Was a husband, father and grandfather. He was also a plummer. He was working wednesday night when he ran out of gas on e bw parkway and his family says he w took offlking to find the consest gas stati, and thats he was struck and killed. The driver didnt stop. I dont want my dad to get lost in the news as just a name, just another hit and run on the bw parkway. His n
The second night of the first democraticebate of this election season. Ten more candidates willtage ton and Bernie Sanders right at center stage. Were nowt just abouhree hours away from the primetime matchup. Thats right. So so will we see any fireworks . Will the top contenders face attacks and will you had a the audio kinks be worked out . Along with biden and sanders asll see Pete Buttigieg and Kamala Harris well as some political newkoerms on the stage. All right. Lets go now to news 4s Aaron Gilchrist who is anchoring our overage down there in miami. Aaron, set the stage for us now. Reporter hey, leon, i think you can say yes to theuestions you asked there. Well see four of the top five polling contenders on the stage tonight as well as two politicai nos. The reality is that they know millions of people will be watching them all tonight. Potential voters, potential supporters as we we talked to some voters today. They are going to be looking for substance. Nd a day that start like
Fairmont heights says the prostitution between his town and the d. C. Water cant be solved with arrests alone. There used to be agencies more involved with keeping some of these folks off the street and getting them into a better environment rather than trying to walk the streets and make a few dollars, because this is here. Rous out this has been going on out here for many, many years. Prince georges county police are offering up to 25,000 in reward money. For in rmation that helpsad to an arrest in this case. Reporting live from palmer park, im 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 nights homicide, the Advocacy Group has tracked nine transgender murders this year in the u. S. All of those victims, black tran
You know whats nice to come home to . Nice weatherth you got right. Paris was cold. I am not complaining, but it was chilly. Paris was cold, lauryn . Im just saying. It was probably in the 60s there . It took me off guard. I am walking aroundn flipflops and they are like, did she not thats like complaining about t t ocean temperature in bahamas, okay . You know . What im grateful for this weather. Yesterday was nice. We had the temperatures that were really nice. With low humidity as well. Eza little bit of a bre in the air, finally getting sunshine out aere. Finallry day. Today we are going to start to see again some very nice henditions, but a lower wind. Lighter winds oute. Temperatures out there right now 50s and 60s. You are starting off on a cool note early on this sunday morng. Sogain those temperatures not too bad out there, feeling rather nice as you are wakingp early on this sunday morning, and those temperatures are headed right into the 70s by early thor afternoon into the