We cant do anything. I said can you write my name, date of birth, appointment time down and fax this to the internal Medicine Department . No, we cant even do that. Reporter ahead on news4 at 35 5 00, you will hear the message med star left on that patients phone which he says indicates the challenges still being faced in patient care. Thats coming up at 5 00. Pat, back to you. Chris gordon. Thank you, chris. Right now we are already seeing some street closures and sidewalks sealed off before the Nuclear Security summit here in washington. Over the next few days World Leaders will be gathering in downtown at the Convention Center. News4s pat collins is live. Hes in the area with what its going to mean for all of us. Pat . Reporter these are some of the security fences lining streets around the washington theyre about eight feet tall. Pretty imposing, huh . For the next couple days this area is going to be airtight securitywise. Why people who live near the Convention Center will have t
Well keep working on the story and update you with more as we get it. This just in, news 4s now going through dramatic 911 calls from that Deadly Church van crash in hiyattsville maryland. Callers reported an awful scene and witnesses see vehicles collide and then explode in flames. There are two vehicles across the street engulfed in flames. Whats your name . My name is samantha. Im just driving through and weve got the traffic blocked off. Theres children on a van and another vehicle thats totally smashed. A 6yearold girl, an elderly couple and an unborn child all killed in this crash. The driver of the pickup truck that hit the church van also died. Witnesses helped pull several of the 13 people who were injured to safety. New information now, the driver who was shot in springdale, a story we brought to you yesterday at 4 00, that driver, Bernard Parker died late last night. He crashed on ladova way. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots, but after doctors realize hed been shot before
After a man got into a groundfloor apartment and raped the victim at gunpoint with her two children in rooms nearby. A dna match led to prince perkins. The investigation had showed he stalked the victim for months before learning her schedule before he carried out the assault. A jury found perkins guilt of abduction and rape and recommended three life terms plus 70 years for other crimes. Today the judge imposed that very sentence. Happy, relief that he was off the streets and he could rnt hm me or anyone else. Coming up at 5 00, what the victim did to protect her little girl when the child came into the room during the attack. In manassas, im julie carey, news 4. Im Megan Fitzgerald in charlestown where a woman who is facing charges of the death of her 3yearold toddler went before a judge today for an arraignment and the judge asked Romechia Simms, she said, quote, i didnt mean for this to happen. The Attorneys Office here is asking for a no bond pending a mental evaluation, but the j
Into this second debate with the lead in the polls, a lot of momentum, but that huge target on his back and really, you should look for jeb bush who is lagging desperately in the polls right now to change his tone a bit and thats what gop insiders are saying coming into this thing and they want him to stand up to trump and challenge him directly and it should be interesting to see how those fireworks play out and rand paul always willing to take a shot at trump. It should be an interesting and perhaps at times combative debate tonight. Lets talk for a moment, jay about the undercard debate and senator graham and louisiana Governor Jindal and former senator Rick Santorum and former new york governor pataki, could tonight give one of them a shot at making it to the big stage . Reporter yeah, you know, it did during the last debate when Carly Fiorina did. She got her chance and she moved up to the upper card if we continue with that line of thinking. Its got to do something to one of thes
Portico, working tirelessly. I want to show you whats most notable. Take a look over here. You can see the roof and thats where the pope will celebrate mass. Bottom line here is no detail is too small. Workers have been repainting curbs, trimming trees and of course, preparing the main altar where the pope himself will be seated in less than a week. The lawn will soon be filled with 15,000 seats and just behind the chairs are these risers. This is where the media will be placed. We are even told the cell tower was installed to help ensure cell service. Earlier today the cocardinal al with the monsignor toured the portico and were excited about the progress thats been made. The enthusiasm in this community and this city and the country for the popes visit and there has to be a fitting place for that enthusiasm to be addressed. So now we are told, i want to show you so you have a good visual of what this is going to look like. Take a look at the lawn. As we told you there will be 15,000