Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 4 20161026 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For WJLA ABC7 News At 4 20161026

Luxury hotel bearing the g. O. P. President ial nominees name. It doesnt get better than this. Cheryl Donald Trumps son eric gave us a tour of the International Hotel ahead of the grand opening and the ribbon cutting. He pointed out details left from the post office building. We completely restored them. Cheryl he addressed the criticism of the rates and the bookings. Prices dropped significantly since the ope opening of the hotel. It takes any hotel a couple weeks. Give us a couple of weeks to ramp it up, will you, please . Cheryl trumps are showing it off 13 days before the election saying it demonstrates trumps ability to create jobs and hire minorities. Outside protesters gathered again along pennsylvania avenue claiming trump has created a culture of hate that will not go away when the election is over. The forces have been given a new platform. Big tri, racism, hate. Lies. Sexism. Cheryl eric trump believes they are only trying to detract from the issues. Others joined in saying trump should be demonstrating with employees and not cutting the ribbon. We are the only nonunion hotel on the strip. Time and time again our employees have come out and said they didnt wanted unionization. Cheryl the hotel and the election is all a family i fair. Would you run after this . No, i probably wouldnt run for anything. Jonathan today Cheryl Conner went oneonone with eric trump at the hotel. She talked about his faster, the president ial candidate managing the hotel and the campaign. He was very forthcoming with her. He has been a job creator. Thats different from a career politician who spent their entire life in government who has always been the one to sign the back of the check, not the front of a check. He has had to make things work and get things done on time. That is what he brings. He brings a great sense of practicality and a business mindset to the oval office. Jonathan you can see the entire interview on a Photo Gallery on the hotel. You can go online to find it there. Alison Donald Trumps star on the hollywood walk of fame was destroyed. His tile unrecognizable this afternoon. Someone this morning dressed as a construction worker went right up to sledgehammer and and havized it vandalized it. A man who identified him as jamie otis told Deadline Hollywood he was responsible and he was trying to remove the star altogether. Michelle despite all the fans here downtown and the destruction in hollywood the candidates are out on the trail today. Donald trump is in charlotte this afternoon to hold a rally with his supporters there. As soon as the rally is over, he has been on hitting the scheduled in kinston, north carolina, later this evening. North carolina, of course, being an important battleground state. For a second straight evening, democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton is in florida. This is in tampa, just a short time ago where early voting is underway there and clinton is rallying her supports to get the word out and get out and vote. Today is her 69th birthday. Jonathan as we count down to election day november 8, we from you. Every day we have been rolling out the votetrak 2016 hummer to take the pulse of the electorate. Today we are in clinton, maryland. Lets go to brad bell. Brad, when you think about it, the trajectory of the nation changed right where you are. Brad you know, that is exactly right, jonathan. You can see votetrak 2016. We have pulled it up to the surrat house and tavern. This is the place managed by mary surrat. Her son john became friends part of the conspiracy to assassinate abraham lincoln. After the assassination at ford theater, booth with a broken ankle hopped on a horse and made it here to pick up a weapon to help him with his escape. Amazing history. But you know we did talk to people in this town today telling us, they are telling us they are focused on the present and the fut j. C. Probably knows clinton as well as anybody. She spruced up the neighboring watering hole known in the heart of town. Says its one reason he will never leave. The people are very friendly. Very open. Enjoying them. Brad Hardware Store owner explain a lot of people here have deep roots like his store. It originally opened up in my father took the business and moved here in 1979. Brad like the store, the surrat house and the miller farms with the fall mums and pumpkins, clinton hardware is a clinton landmark. He like many here worries about the future. As a Business Owner i want what is best for the Small Businesses of our community and our country. Brad j. C. Williams says he hears the same thing at most people are concerned with the economy. Brad we will back at 5 00 with much more and tell you more about the hisser i are of the place. John wilks boothe didnt get off the horse to get the gun. The next stop was to get the broken leg repaired. In clinton, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. Stay with brad bell and the votetrak 2016 hummerment tomorrow he will be in woodbridge, virginia. Michelle the colors this fall with us. This is a picture from lake ann and reston, by kathy shiply. We thank her for spending it to us. Send us your pictures and enter the fall foliage contest by going to burst. Com wjla. Inned the meantime, doug hill has the forecast. Doug take a live look for you across the Potomac River from the national harbor. There. Clouds are the story over the next 124 to 234 24 to 36 hours. The chill continues but in longer term we will see a bit of a warmup. 54 in hagerstown. 58 in culpeper. 54 in annapolis and 6 of 0 in fredericksburg. Through the evening we will see cloud cover at times and the temperatures will slowly drop in the 50s. Its not as chilly as last no frost. Cloudy skies midmorning tomorrow. Then i think midday in the afternoon. Well watch over the approaching cold front and the rain. Ill have more on the timing and the effect of the rain as we head to the weekend in a couple of minutes. Alison doug, thank you very much. Now updating a Murder Investigation in d. C. Today. Now interim police chief Peter Newsham joined news talk on the sister station newschannel8 and told he told bruce depuyt te into former d. N. C. Staffer seth richs death has not turned up much so far. It appears that it may have been a robbery at this time. So we dont have, we checked video in the area. We dont have a lot of forensic evidence in the case. We will have to rely on somebody who knows something to come forward. Alison d. C. Police and other private organizations are offering rewards for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. Michelle developing this afternoon, a nanny in prince 8monthold baby girl. Oluremi oyindasola is charged with murder. Richard reeve explains what happened leading up to the childs death. Richard well, this is such a heartbreaking story. 8monthold baby is dead. Her accused killer, her livein nanny. But its the circumstances of this death that has left so many people here shaken. Many somber faces and the visitors stopping by the fiske avenue home baby died. 3 30 monday afternoon, the nanny identified as Oluremi Oyindasola was napping on a couch when the baby anita salubi approached crying in a walker. Charging documents say oyindasola tried to feed the baby while she was in the walker, didnt work. She then took the nipple off the bottle and poured the mill income the babys mouth. She did it twice. Baby struggled. Then Oluremi Oyindasola called the childs father who called 911 on the way to the house. The baby unresponsive at the house was pronounced dead. She had suffocated. I was heartbroken when we found the baby was dead. We knew her. I knew the baby. That was my tweetty. A my sweetie. A cute, fat, happy baby. Richard the nanny is facing murder and charges held on a 1 million bond. Richard reeve, abc7 news. Jonathan the next story is not much better. In stafford, two parents arrested and charged with abuse and neglect of children. Somebody called police to a motel there. When they got in the room, a little girl was in the tub, appeared to have burn marks on her face and her head. Several lighters and an open bible and a phone playing what sounded like religious music were found all according to police. Suing the Prince Georges County police department. This is all over an interaction after yesterdays shooting in the iverson mall parking lot. Stephen tschida at the live desk now. What happened here . Stephen the alleged incident went down a few blocks from iverson mall minutes after yesterdays shooting. Prince georges police were searching for a suspect. Officer Robert Parker lives nearby and was walking to his home in street clothes. He fit the lookou stopped him and frisked him. He said when an officer discovered his Service Weapon he was thrown to the ground, injuring his wrist, head and mouth and show of excessive force. He maintains the rough treatment came after he identifieded himself as an officer. At that point nothing warranted him to come and pat me down. I was in shock. He patted me down and got my Service Weapon. A Police Officer. Thats when i got thrown to the ground. He never indicated he was a Police Officer or that he had a gun. So, officer found it on his own. There was a tussle. He sounds like he was told a lot of times to put his hands behind his back by other officers on the scene and eventually he said hey, im a Police Officer. Stephen Prince Georges County police say they have an audio recording to indicate that parker said he waited until he was on the ground officer. They also say the lead officer in the search is a 20year veteran who acted professionally and with restraint. Reporting live from the newsroom, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. Coming up next at 4 00, ballot selfies is the new trend. Its causing concern. Alison that is right. Also next at 4 00, if you havent been impacted by Metro Safetrack next yet, you might be soon. The hundreds of rides that will be affected by surge mind when it starts. Michelle new rules at Arlington National cemetery. The two things you can no longer do if you visit. Jonathan also 7 on your side this afternoon. Three major auto recalls involving faulty air bags an potential fires. The vehicles and how you can find out if yours is on the northern virginia, on the issues, Barbara Comstock and donald trump are the same. Comstock and trump promote deportation and reject any comprehensive Immigration Reform. Both oppose background checks that keep guns from suspected terrorists. And comstocktrump were prepared to shut down the government just for politics. Time for Luann Bennett comprehensive Immigration Reform now. Common sense gun safety laws. Bennett tells congress do your job. Im Luann Bennett michelle starting today you cant ride your bike or walk your pet through the hallowed grounds of Arlington National cemetery. Cemetery Officials Say bikers and people with pets impact Funeral Services and poignant family visits. Its something some people dont agree with. I understand they are banning spot from walking through there. Its a shame. If you stay on the leash and stay on the path it shouldnt be a problem. If you see that going on its natural to avoid a situation. Its large enough park that you have plenty of options. Michelle biy a grave can get a pass from the Welcome Center to enter the grounds but the cemetery can no longer be used as a shortcut. Riders are encouraged to use the 1. 3mile route on mcnair road and marshall drive. Before you know it, safetrack surge 10 is going to get started, starting october 29. That is this saturday. Alison that is going to affect metros busiest line. Its right at the heart of the now into two parts with no service for fort totten and noma. We have a safetrack update. Brianne every red line rider. It pacts 200,000 peak trips per day. Brianne is encouraged to plan now as metro gets ready to shut down the tracks between fort totten and the nomagallaudet station. I dont know. Brianne as safetrack crews work to rebuild the track, repair power cables and the structural issues at the station, they are offering a number of commuter alternatives. Free shuttle buses will be running at metro and the extra trains will be put on the red line. The work is being done on the eastern stretch. Metros g. M. Said the west side of the line will still see extreme crowding. The west side of the red line, the trains will run every six minutes. Thats 50 reduction in the normal service. Brianne planning how not to get metro, how to get a free ride in Montgomery County. Also coming up tonight at 5 00 more information about what the general manager had to say about possibly paying more for the next metro ride. Brianne carter, abc7 news. Jonathan 7 on your side with a consumer alert this afternoon. Three massive recalls issued today in the auto industry. 7 on your side consumer investigator kimberly suiters has kimberly i know you want to check your truck. If you drive a toyota, subaru or a ford, this is what you need to know. Toyota recalling another 5. 8 million vehicles around the world because of takata exploding air bags. None in the u. S. This round but now takatas overall recall count topped 23 million. Subaru is recalling four models for risk of fire. Why . The turbo air pump can burst 100,000 vehicles affected here. There have been two reported fires but that was enough for the recall. Ford recalling 412,000 s. U. V. s to fix fuel leaks. The affected models are 2010 and 2012 ford escape to 2010 a crack in the gas line could also cause a fire there. To see if your car or truck is part of any of the recalls check out safercar. Gov. We have that information posted on the website. Wjla. Com. This is kind of old school but dont forget to fill out the pieces of paper you find in your car. Change of address, et cetera. Easy way to track you down. Jonathan thanks. Talking about cars. Hopefully these are working information. Erik smith in the Traffic Center this afternoon. That is not moving very fast out there. E. Yeah, they are erik yeah, they are rolling but not quickly. This is a crash on i66. The shoulder is blocked. Kind of both directions at this time. At least all the lanes are open again. This was in the westbound left lane. So we will zoom out on the map here for what looks like the delays for both directions of 66 heading by the scene. Westbound up the beltway. Way you go on 66. Hold out more for the entire beltway. It will be jammed up on the rush hour again. This is the difficult slow ride. Lets take a live look at these cameras. Starting out georgetown pike. Tysons to elite bridge here. The outer loop wont be too much better. A final look at the beltway off river road in maryland. Equal slowdowns at both directions at this time so you will be struggling either way you go. Virginia 95 southbound is slow over the occoquan as well past 123. That is all from the Traffic Center for now. Back at the desk. Alison thank you. Doug is here now to talk about the nice fall day. Michelle gorgeous out there. Doug we had clouds move in. Pleasant temperatures. Cool, cl windy. No frost or freeze tonight. We had it last night. The first one of the season in many areas. Start you off with a look at the latest image today. Just a sampling of beautiful fall foliage images. This is from alexis clark from fulton, maryland. That is near the Montgomery County and the Howard County line. Beautiful colors but what an idea to shoot up the trunk of the tree. Foliage contest. Send them to us at burst. Com wjla. The lows this morning at or below freezing. 30 in frederick. 32 in luray and culpeper. 41 at reagan national. Somewhat milder. Along the water, st. Marys county 37. Still warm up to influence adjacent land areas. The forecast tomorrow morning with a little subtle change in the wind direction and the cloud cover moving in will be chilly but not as cold as last night. Pretty much 40s for everyone. Thinking the low will be 347 347 47 downtown. We have the approach of a warm front. We are getting a mild quiet sector of weather but it will disappear tomorrow as a cold front approaches to bring us a good chance of rain in the the future cast shows a break in the morning that will fill in. Its converging ahead of the front. So by 1 30 in the afternoon this model has northwest of the metro area. The rain could be moderate at times. Area of showers last into tomorrow night but it will clear out. It turns breezy and cooler for the day on friday. There you have it. 64 tomorrow with a 60 chance of rain. Becoming partly cloudy, breezy. It look like there could be a late day shower on sunday. After that, we look good with a warm up next week. The weather is looking aokay for trickortreaters on monday night. Michelle that is important. Thank you, doug. We continue to follow breaking news now of an amber alert that was issued in baltimore. The baby found safe. Karen campbell is live in baltimore. Where was the child found . Karen the child was found about ten minutes away from baltimore. We are here in the 400 block of cane street. The child as i mentioned was found just about ten minutes away. Interestingly, someone found the child sitting on a sidewalk in the car seat. So police are saying that the person who stole this car had, you know, the time to take this baby out of the vehicle, put it on the sidewalk. That is when someone spotted the child and decided to call 911. The childs name is leo garcia lopez. He is 11 months old. Unloading groceries, taking groceries inside of her home when she left the vehicle running. Thats when the witnesses say they saw a young black teenager walking down the street. He simpl

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