Contested battle for new york. Meanwhile, ted cruz is on the hunt for Convention Delegates in colorado. Brian mooar is on capitol hill with details on rare strategy. Reporter rare, perhaps unprecedented. Ted cruz actually going to colorado to twist the arms of some of these delegates to get them in his camp. Now, normally these delegates are unknown and unsung, but in this election cycle, theyre in the spotlight. Unless youre a hardcore republican insider, you probably never heard of the people on this colorado stage. I want to represent you as undecided or undeclared, but i do stand with ted cruz. Reporter but the Ted Cruz Campaign knows these wouldbe delegates could be the key to stopping donald trump. And had trumping the frontrunner in the race to scoop up unpledged delegates who can side with any candidate at the convention in july. Winning and winning o hope. Thats what were going to do and go into the convention aggressively with as many delegates as we can muster. Reporter trum
Building in southeast. He climbed up a ladder to reach Phyllis Terrell who was ready to jump from her third floor. He convinced her not to jump and shared his mask with her so she could breathe fresh air until firefighters from inside the building could reach her. He said this is what hes trained to do. Id just like to thank the crew on the fire ground and the officers and the firefighters that helped me out. Reporter Phyllis Terrell is still being treated here at the burn unit. Coming up on news4 at 5 00, he describes the moment he came facetoface with the woman hes now credited with saving. In northwest washington, darcy spencer, news4. Miami Meagan Fitzgerald in lorton where its been 15 hours since an 38yearold man was murdered. Fairfax county police are still on scene investigating trying to determine who shot the elderly from the wife of 83yearold johan de leede saying her husband had been shot. When Police Arrived they rushed him to the hospital where he later died. Meanwhile, in
Welcome to news4 this week. Hi, everyone. Im Veronica Johnson and were going to show you some of the more interesting local stories making news this week. Among them, startling revelations. We take a look at what crews found during the rare system wide closure of metro this week, and how you handled getting around without one of the regions most reliedupon transit systems. They help us stay connected and informed every day, but when you face an emergency, is your smartphone really that smart . And football returning to d. C. Its just not the redskins. When you can start seen arena football at the Verizon Center. We begin with that unprecedented shutdown of the entire metro rail system during this week. During the daylong inspections of jumper cables system, more than two dozen defects were found. Many of those issues involved damaged boots which hold the cables in place, but in three areas crews found what they call show stoppers. Frayed cables that would lead to immediate shutdowns of
System, more than two dozen defects were found. Many of those issues involved damaged boots which hold the cables in place, but in three areas crews found what they call show stoppers. Frayed cables that would lead to immediate shutdowns of lines on a normal day. It was a major headache for commuters, but as Megan Fitzgerald reports, it could have been much worse. Reporter when metro says the rails arent an option, many commuters had to come up with a game plan quickly. My commute was all right. I specifically woke up at 5 30 in the morning so i could get one of the first buses into the city. Reporter and folks like John Sullivan can tell you those metro buses were in high demand. By the time we got to mcclain, though, it was jam packed, the bus. There was a very long line outside. Reporter because after all for some folks, staying home wasnt an option. I have business here. Just business meetings. We had a meeting with about six people and five of them were there i closely monitoring
Kill his wife for money. Reporter that tipster set up a meeting between manejwala and an undercover cop. Police say they met three times and talked about how it would get done, how it would be made to look like a botchedni burgla or robbery. As soon as he began to offer money and information, that made it very evident that he was serious about this homicide. We began pursuing it that way. So now there will be additional investigation, but we dont know the motive at this point. Reporter police say he offered 15,000 but said hed have to make small payments so he wouldnt raise suspicion. When asked if he wanted his wife to suffer, he allegedly said, just end it. Hes being held on solicitation for murder and attempted murder charges. He took the officer to his home so that he could see the exact house. He also shared with him pictures of his wife and also showed him a video of the interior of the residence so he would know how to get around reporter there were three meetings allegedly thro