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Transcripts For WRC News4 At 4 20131007

Little bit of damage. That was way off to the west around winchester and areas way down to the south around charlottesville. Thunderstorm damage around the country club there, some trees were taken down by some of those high winds, as they gusted up to 45 and 50 Miles Per Hour. Its just showers left for us around woodbridge, dumfries, north of quinnic co, virginia so still some of us having to use umbrella. The big stuff east in marylands Eastern Shore with the high rainfall amounts, something we havent seen in a while. About an inch of rain around d. C. Evening planner forecast, we continue to dry out but again, cooling down in a big way. Ill tell you how you need to dress for the rest of the week. The bad weather causing power issues and cancellations in prince georges county. Barbara harrison is working that from the live desk. Its a tough afternoon in prince georges county. Power has been out more than two hours at the Police Department. Were told strong winds knocked down power lines in the area. All phone lines inside the Police Department were knocked out. Police say this is not, though, affecting the 911 system fortunately. And we also learned that afterschool activities have been canceled in prince grnlgs county, athletic practices, after care will be provided as scheduled. Im barbara harrison. And you can stay on top of any storm any time with our storm team 4 weather app. Download it for free from itunes and google play by searching nbc washington weather. Opponents of the name of washingtons Football Team are bringing their fight to the nfl owners. Today the National Football league is here in washington for its fall meetings, members of the Oneida Indian nation say the team name is racist. They are also here to make sure their point of view is heard. News 4s chris gordon has more. Reporter good evening. The united Indian Nation brings its campaign called change the mascot here to washington to urge the nfl, which is meeting in town at the same time, to put pressure on Washington Team owner dan snyder to change the name. We are asking the nfl to stop using a racial slur as the name of washingtons Football Team. As a proud sponsor of the nfl t Oneida Nation has a vested interest in the league being a Unifying Force in communities throughout america. This name is not a Unifying Force. Its a divisive epithet. The nfl owners are meeting at another location, the ri ritzcarlt ritzcarlton. Im told they are willing to meet and issued a statement saying we respect that people have differing views, it is important that we listen to all perspectives. The effort to get washington to change its team name is now decades old. And the Oneida Nation says this is not going to go away. Day seven of the government shutdown, heres where we stand right now. This afternoon president obama dared House Speaker john boehner to bring a bill to the floor that fully funds the government with no strings attached. Speaker boehner responded by accusing the president of refusing to negotiate. About two hours from now the house will vote on another mini funding bill, this involving food safety. And house members have been warned they could be in session this coming weekend. Wall street still unhappy over the stalemate. The market closed minutes ago with the dow down more than 100 and below the 15,000 mark. The nasdaq and the s p 500 also closed down. The furlough is now over for more than 300,000 civilian employees of the Defense Department. Civilian workers streamed into the pentagon this morning on saturday the defense secretary chuck hagel ordered the recall after pentagon lawyers consulted the justice department. They determined that since civilian workers provide support to military personnel they are exempt from the furlough. Under the military pay act that the president signed on the eve of the shutdown. The government shut down means the ntsb will not be sending anyone to investigate that deadly red line welding accident, a contractor was killed in the tunnel near Union Station on sunday, the National Transportation safety board says staffers cannot look into the cause because there is no immediate safety threat. Adam has new details on who will be investigating the case. Reporter a number of safety groups here at the Union Station metro stop trying to figure out just what went wrong over the weekend. And today, were learning more about the kind of work that was happening when this accident happened. The accident happened beyond the platform here at Union Station. At the time the red line was shut down in this area but about a dozen huge pieces of equipment known as prime movers were operating around the area. Metro crews and contractors were welding big pieces of rail together. Just after midnight early sunday morning, a fire and a loud noise. Then a section of rail shifts, perhaps violently, two metro workers hurt, one contractor, harold of new jersey, left dead. Riders here at Union Station wonder if it could be a sign of larger safety problems with metra. I dont worry about my safety but i am aware that a lot of metro workers and contractors have been injured. Reporter coming up at 5 and 6 were hearing from the company that this contractor actually worked for. Find out what they are telling us in a bit. At Union Station, adam tuss. One of the busy metro stations has a new look and improvements. Transit and arlington officials unveiled the entrance at the rosslyn station. It has three new high speed high capacity elevators, a new station manager kiosk and more pay stations. They also built an emergency evacuation stairway. Metro says this will help handle an unexpected jump in ridership in the area. Police on standby in Loudoun County today after a threat against a high school spreads across the internet. And, access hollywoods billy bush stops by our studios here live with a look at his trip into the jungles of nepal chasing rhinos. What about weather . Things have calmed down. We had a wind gust up to 40 Miles Per Hour but much quieter evening. Still, though, overcast as we drop to 60 degrees. How much sunshine could we see this week with a couple of other systems moving in. Im terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. These are Birth Control pills. More than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but Ken Cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of Birth Control illegal, including the pill. Cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decisionmaking why is Ken Cuccinelli interfering in our private lives . Hes focused on his own agenda. Not us. A threat on facebook brought a Police Presence today outside a high school in Loudoun County. Thats because the threat was posted on a closed Facebook Page titled pfhs. Class of 2014. The principal at Potomac Falls High School tells us it was posted anonymously. The Police Presence was out of caution because the principal feels the threat was not credible. And she believes the reference was regarding a Different School in another state with the same initials. Right now a man is charged with drunk driving after a weekend accident that killed a husband and wife. Police investigators say mark scarlota crashed his bmw into a motorcycle sunday morning. Both riders, patrick wren and leah wren also of ashburn were thrown off the bike. They died. Their family is trying to come to grips with the loss. Its hit me but it hasnt. I woke up this morning and i you know, expected my dad to be there. I mean, expected my mom to be there. Walk down in the morning and they are there. Okay. Its not like that anymore. Scarlota is a partner in a mclean law firm. He is being held without bond on an aggravated Involuntary Manslaughter charge. She was snatched from her bed in the middle of the night. Elizabeth smart opens up about her nine months being held captive. He doesnt go on nature hikes, hates bugs and afraid of the dark, so why, why did access hollywoods billy bush go in the jungles of napal . Well ask him live in the studio next. People go to a mattress store, and essentially they just get sold something. We provide the exact individualization that your body needs. Before you invest in a mattress, discover the bed clinically proven to improve sleep quality. When we actually lower the sleep number setting to get the sleep number bed to conform to them, its amazing the transition that you see with people. Oh, that feels really good. Its hugging my body. 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If he doesnt wake up weve committed the same Wildlife Crime were seeking to prevent. Hes coming to. Its a huge relief. Wow. Billy is with us now in the studio. He is in town for a special premiere. Tell us about chasing rhinos. It beats chasing Lindsay Lohan and miley cyrus. You got to take a break and mix it up. This was incredible. A great friend of mine took over as the president of nat geo. Another guy who is a friend from World Wildlife fund was there and sitting down having dinner we talked about he was our buddy telling us about the poaching problems, only 500 onehorned rhinos in nepal in the national park. And the poaching war is aggressive. The poachers are finding new ways, conservationists have to counter. We learned about Drone Technology and unmanned aerial drones that i threw into the sky that watch the rhinos from above. And our mission was to collar, capture a rhino, we had to sedate him, and you have a small window to get collar on. Now we can monitor them from above and try to rebuild that population. Interestingly you admit this is way outside your comfort zone. Did you have any second thoughts . There i am launching my drone. About doing this . You know, i cant sit here and tell you you know, im one of the foremost conservationists. I went over with these you know, innocent, ignorant curious eyes and im learning, people will learn through me as i work with these incredible people who have devoted their lives to saving the rhinos, and all different types of species there. My mother is a conservation u. S. And told us if nature is out of balance the world is out of balance. If the rhino population is gone, then there are certain foods that they eat that other animals depend on. Its in the ecosystem. And i learned an incredible amount about myself, too, stamina and up all day, all night, and you know, the people, the villages, gosh. Im telling you, jim, pat, to see these people, they have kids, sticks and stones to play with and they are happy. My kid has an ipad. Is she always happy . I dont know. Certainly doesnt share it all with me. How is your aim . We saw you shooting these tranquilizers and how close were you up to them . Ill tell you what, i was about 30 yards away, so not too bad. It takes a steady hand but it only takes three milligrams to knock out threeton rhino. Youll see us riding around on elephants the whole time. Least comfortable mode of transportation. They do not have any shock absorbers. They have no give when they take a step. Your vertebrae are cracking with each step. It was great, though. You were transported, literally. 27 hours over 30 back its the other side of the world. Quickly, the most surprising thing that you learned . Well, i may have to taper this. Well, i learned ill be careful. But you have to take the temperature of the rhino. When the rhino goes down. If the temperature drops too low they lose respiratory ability. You saw that in the beginning, taking out a rhino and killing one by accident when you try to put a collar on him and save him. So i had to take the temperature of the rhino. And there is only one way to do that, pat. Let me guess. Its not in the front. Its in the back. Are there pictures that we dont need to see . Its part of the documentary. I was thinking boy, if he wakes up now i am number one on his list. What a way to go. Im toast. You may have a career in veterinary medicine. Billy bush. A big night tonight. We would be remiss. How are the giants doing . Jim, going to commercial. Were 05. We stink, were the worst team in football. Have at it, skins. You can see chasing rhinos coming up on sunday night starting on the nat geo network. Thanks guys. Sorry we didnt have california weather for you. You enjoyed the weekend, right. Lets get the latest. Todays weather for sure soggy, soggy, soggy and fit really for other animals than for us because we didnt really want to deal with storms. We needed the rainfall. Take a look now at the radar because the big rain well off to the east, marylands Eastern Shore. Have to zoom in to see the little dampness thats left. Some light showers right inside the beltway. You folks in lamm getting isolated light showers, mount vernon, all of this slooi sliding back inside of the beltway headed to the north and northeast. And there is the possibility of some minor coastal flooding taking place with more southerly wind. 63 degrees for damp overcast, your temperature will drop to 60 by 9 00 p. M. And notice the clearing that will take place. I think by late evening, early part of tonight well look at a partly cloudy sky. So gradual clearing as the storm system continues to move out. And while im telling you to put your umbrellas away right now, dont put them too far because it is an unsettled week for us. Let me explain. Weve got Cool Conditions tomorrow, well pick up a few clouds. All week long were going to have this east to northeasterly wind. And by the end of wednesday, early thursday, theres the possibility of some rain coming back with the last little piece of whats left of Tropical Storm karen as it starts making its way up the coast. So, by the ebld of the week were back to getting wet around here. I do not think were going to have thunderstorms looking like a shower, rain event for us. 45 degrees by tomorrow morning. Thats what youll need. You need your jacket heading out the door. 54 degrees d. C. , alexandria, starting out and good afternoon to you folks in fairfax and around burke, 47 to 48 degrees starting out early tomorrow morning. Some clearing around the area, Cool Conditions and for your afternoon, again its pretty much split. I think were going to have a mostly cloudy sky along and east of i95. We get to that whopping 69 degree High Temperature, after the 90s this weekend, by hitting upper 50s at 8 00 a. M. , 64 at 11 00 a. M. Again, 69, so yep, you bet. Get the jackets, all week long. This is fall weather coming back. Running a few degrees below average. Your tuesday, your wednesday, 69, 66 degrees right now, its a cool one on thursday. As weve got a 70 chance, the likely possibility of some rain around this area. In fact, thursday is the day right now as the rest of karen comes up, where we could be looking at more of a noreaster around our area. Noreaster type conditions, that means some wind to deal with. Our winds could be up to 20 Miles Per Hour. So cool flow, bringing the rain on in. That rain could last into the first part of the weekend. When i return well talk more about this rainfall that we picked up today. And if its done anything to the rainfall deficit. Back to you. Thanks, veronica. A scary wreck during the last lap of the houston grand prix. It injures 13 fans and sends the driver into the o. R. A 9yearold boy skips school, sneaks on a jet and flies to vegas without a ticket. Past security screeners and sneak onto a delta flight to las vegas without a ticket . Airport and Airline Officials in minneapolis are trying to figure that out. Right now they are reviewing video and gathering information. The boy got on the plane thursday morning but the flight crew later got suspicious and handed him over to authorities in vegas. A Family Member told police the boy had run away. He was also seen at the airport the day before hanging out at a restaurant near the security gate. Race car driver Dario Franchitti will remain hospitalized for a dup couple d. This happened on the last lap down in houston. His car went airborne, crashed, suffered two fract

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