This afternoon. Thats coming up. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to news 4 midday. Had right now actordanny glover isst tefying before a house panel about reparations for slavery. This is the first time in more than a decade reparations have come up on capitol hill. I am deeply honored to be here today, to offer my testimo testimony. A National Reparations policy is a moral democratic and economic impai erative. Now, minutes before, cory booker sat in th witness seat and gave his opening statements. I feel a sense ofger where we are in the United States of america, where we have not had direct conversations about a lot of the root causes of the inequities and the pain and the hurt. Had we should point out casenator booker is a i did date for president right now. Todays meeting is being held on ju juneteenth. The aclu will host a forum at the ame church that starts at 1 00, and it is open to the pelic. Th president is officially back on the campaign trail althou he is here in washington
Announcer news4 midday starts now. Good morning, thas for joining us on news4 midday. Im molette green. And im melissa mollet. Kick off with t forecast. Lauryn ricketts has what you need to know into the. Unch hour hello out there. Oh, my goodness, i is so beautiful out there right now. Were lookin at blue skie for the most part. With just very nice conditions. Low humidity, a little bit of a breeze in the air but it is absolutely gorgeous out there and it is going to continue to stay like that through the remainder of the day. Current temperatures out there right now, it is feeling good. Maybe even a little cool with the breeze. Temperatures from the 60s to low 70s. N 64inchester seems to be the cool spot right now. High pressure right over topf us so that is pushing the clouds out. Now we had some rain overnight but you could see the cloud deck, that frontal system is defined right here pushing off into the atlantic. While weke clearing bacff to the west. So again looking beautiful o
Right now on news 4 this week, new leader. The local favorite picked to lead Prince Georges County after a nationwide search. Crystal city transforming ahead of amazons arrival there. Well explain how that is going to be changing your commute. And daring rescue. A young man helped save a young mom from a potentially deadl. Dog attack announcer welcome to news 4 this week. Herlo, evne. Im leon harris, and this week the interim c. E. O. Was officially named the permanent c. E. O. Of Prince Georges County schools. Dr. Monica goldson has overseen thchool district since last july. She will be in charge of 200 schools and centers, 130,000 students and 19,000 employees. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins explains why leadersecided to stick with the local favorite even after a nationde search. I am so proud to announce, without reservation, my appointment of dr. Monica goldson as the permanent chief executive officer of reporter there were plenty of Standing Ovations after r. Monicaoldson was named t
In custody. Were expecting a News Conference to take place sometime in the next 15 to 30 minutes. Well keep you updated on this breaking story right up until the nbc nightly news at 7 00. We have more breaking news tonight. A local couple found dead while vacationing in the dominican republic. Wlets get straight toendy rieger. Shes got everything wenow at is point on the story. Whats the latest . We know the couple is from Prince Georges county. They are cynthia day and her fiancee 63yearold Edward Holmes. They got to the resort may 25th. They were staying on the southeast coast of the island. The newspaper today is reporting their bodies showed no signs of violence. Investigators have not determined a cause of death. The couples family says theyve been in contact with the u. S. Embassy in the dr and are baffled, not sure, dont know what happened. According to the dominican today, the Hotel Director says they were scheduled to leave yesterday. We are still working this story and gettin
Back to you. Thank you,a. Somar now to breaking news as a jury acquits a former university of maryland basketball player, acquitsm hi rape charges, tamonte dodd was facing charges for ating a woman onlo halen night in 2017. Tracee wilkins spoke with dodd just moments after he heard the verdict. Reporter former university f maryland basketball player damonte dad says hes looking forward to his future after a jury found him not guilty on charges associated with an alleged rape near the university of maryland. The jury deliberated with all dig indigen diligence and care and came back with the appropriate verdict. Iugs definitely been to because, you know, you talk to teams and stuff and you look up my name and its the accusations. Reporter dodd was accused of meeting a college in a bar and raping her halloween night, 2017. During testimony his accuser admitted to being drunk before arriving at the bar, drinking more once she arrived, and snorting cocaine before spotting night. The bar tha