The major point that i will be making to the citizens of the District Of Columbia is that i am strongly in favor of d. C. Stateho statehood. Reporter but Hillary Clinton, the presumptive nominee, was looking ahead. Now Bernie Sanders is not scheduled to speak until 7 00. Its 5 00 now. The last president ially primary of this Campaign Season next tuesday here in the District Of Columbia. Tom sherwood. Back to you. Thanks so much. Our Team Coverage of this president ial race continues now with chris lawrence. Hes in our newsroom with more details about the president s endorsement of clinton. Yeah, jim, the white house confirms the president taped that endorsement on tuesday and says Bernie Sanders was not caught by surprise when he heard about it. White house Officials Say the president welcomed the opportunity he had today to meet with the senator and when sanders left the white house,e president for being impartial during the primary process. But while sanders says hell do everything to make sure trump is not president , he did stop short of endorsing Hillary Clinton. Heres what josh ernest had to say. Its going to be secretary clintons responsibility to win over those people. Im confident that she will have a very forceful case to make. I think this is an indication of president obamas enthusiasm to get engaged in the general election and his enthusiasm about Hillary Clinton. All right. Take a look now at how the president s endorsement could potentially help clinton. A recent poll shows mr. Obama with a 51 approval rating. If you only look at democrats, its much higher. 88 . Perhaps the most important number for clinton, among sanders supporters, rating. President obama will make his First Campaign appearance with clinton next wednesday in green bay, wisconsin. Jim . Chris, thank you. With the primary season nearly behind us, wed like to know what you think. Which party is now more unified . You can call or text the number on your screen or vote on our nbc washington Facebook Page where we will share those results a little bit later on on news4. A teenager is Just Moments Away from hearing his fate in the death of two of his friends. Sam ellis pled guilty to killing Alexander Mark and calvin li in a drunk driving crash after leaving an Underage Drinking Party last summer. We want to check in with Kristin Wright who is outside the courthouse. Reporter we were just able to step out of the courtroom for just a minute. Sam ellis sister just got off the stand. She has changed and he is remorseful. She feels he could be a great advocate for antidrunk driving if given the chance. She is asking the judge for leniency. The prosecution said that sam ellis is just not somebody who was having a bad night. The prosecution says he has a history of Substance Abuse problems and reckless behavior. The prosecution also zeroed in on the pain of the families that have lost their children. First, let me remind you of what actually happened. June 25th, 2015, sam ellis, alexander amerimerk, and calvin left a party. Ellis was driving very fast. He lost control of the car, slammed into trees. It was a very violent crash. Merk and li were both killed. Ellis and the other friend survived. E that ellis has had a history of this type behavior. The state urging the judge now to send a message here with this sentence that this type of behavior simply wont be tolerated. During the hearing, the defense tried to show ellis suffers from traumatic brain injury and that he should not go to prison for as long as the prosecution would like. They put a neurologist on the stand that said hes made some recovery, but has some brain impairments of the crash. We heard victim impact statements from alexander murks parents. They described the pain of losing a child and how it has impacted them as well as alexs brother. Much more coming up at 6 00. Im going to step back as soon as the judge delivers his sentence, well be back on the air and let you kn. Thanks so much. The alexandria man accused of joining isis made his First Court Appearance today after the Kurdish Military captured him earlier this year. He admitted he tried to team up with the terror group. Mark segraves was in court today and joins us live in alexandria with the developments. Reporter good evening, jim. A very brief hearing today. Just long enough to read the charge and to set a date for the next hearing, but it is the first time hes been seen in public. Its the first time his family has seen him since he appeared on kurdish television a few months ago. Wearing a tshirt, pants, and flipflo flipflo flipflops, he was led into the courtroom by u. S. Marshals. The hearing lasted less than 30 minutes. He did not enter a plea. His attorney told reporters after the hearing its too early to cast judgment on hisli governments version is. Everything is not as it appears in a government pleading. We will have our opportunity to explain the other side at the appropriate time. Right now, were just going to start getting ready for the detention hearing and for the preliminary hearing. Reporter he has been charged with providing support to a terrorist organization. He did this tv interview with kurdistan media after his capture that he travelled from his home in virginia to turkey to join isil. Once he crossed the border into syria and eventually iraq where he trained with isil fighters. According to charges documents, he told his recruiter that he would be willing to wear a suicide bomb. He also told investigators that he was being trained to return home and carry out an attack in the united states. Taken into custody by Kurdish Military after he says h disillusioned with isil and left. The life in mosul, its really, really, bad. The people who are controlling mosul dont represent the religion. Reporter now the judge ordered that he remain in custody at least until next tuesday. Thats when hell be back in this federal courthouse in alexandria for a hearing time. The court will make the decision whether hell remain in jail until his trial or whether hell be released. His defense attorney told reporters that he only said that about a suicide bomb because he thought it was a test by recruiters and thoughtthey want. Wounded four people. A man shot people outside big ben liquors yesterday. Three others also injured. This happened right around this time yesterday afternoon. Everybody is expected to survive. Police are holding an Emergency Community meeting tonight. Today, Prince Georges County announced its plans to deal with the surges of metros safetrack. The county will mostly heavily be impacted by the next surge, which will shut down the blue, orange, and silver lines completely between eastern market, benning road, and minnesota avenue. The county tells us it plans to shuffle commuters on the countys bus system. We know this is a disruption. We know this is not going to be easy and we know it is going to be timely. It is going to be a length of time were going to be dealing adjustments we need to make to peoples commutes as easy as possible. Remember, weve got your best alternatives to metro rail in the nbc washington app right now. Just search the word safetrack. Road rage. One driver says when she got into an argument with another driver, he bit her. Stick around for our pat collins to explain this one. A kindergartner leaves school during the day and wanders a mile down the road before 911 is called. Coming up, youll hear from his dad and find out how this school is revising Security Policies in response. Its a onestop shop for people and families in crisis. Im tracee wilkins. Coming up, just 100 yards from the courthouse, what this new building is going to offer. And today started off very cool in the morning. Many areas in the upper 40 lower 50s, but by the weekend were turning hot. Say hello to the 90s. At subway, youll love our mediterranean collection. Itll make anyones day brighter. My girlfriend and i just broke up. Ohh. I need something to make me feel better. Ohhh, i just broke up with my boyfriend and i need something to celebrate with. Bree . I thought it was mutual. Yeahhh. The mediterranean collection. Try with chicken or steak. Topped with crumbled feta and creamy tzatziki sauce. I feel better. Me too some Fairfax County parents are getting word of an alarming away from school this week and get more than a mile away. A Good Samaritan called 911 and only on news4 the boys father spoke to julie carey. She joins us live outside london town elementary. Julie . Reporter well, after the initial shock that his little boy was able to wander away from this school, his dad became dismayed because the rest of the parents at the school hadnt been notified. Thats exactly what happened. This 6yearold boy has stayed home from school since tuesday. Thats when his dad answered a knock at the door around noon to discover police there with his kindergartner who was supposed to be in class at london town elementary. The officers had picked the boy up more than a mile from school. After a Good Samaritan called 911 to say shed spotted the child. I was like how did he get o reporter his son told him at school that morning he got permission to use the restroom, but when he got back to class the kids were gone. Apparently at recess. He walked out the back door and kept going, crossing busy stone road and walking for 1. 1 miles before someone saw him near the Shopping Center and called police. Worst case, we wouldnt have christian here today. I guess thats part of the reason i wanted to meet with you is to make sure the community is aware to heighten the level of vigilance against this sort of thing happening again. Reporter he alerted Child Protective Services and School Administrators, but he was dismayed there was no school wide notification of the incident. The concern i had was that the school has not put out a notice at all to the parents or the community. They havent notified anyone else, so no one really knows its happened. Reporter later this afternoon, the email came from the principal of the parents the principal writes, i want to assure you we have revised our recess supervision and protocol procedures to make sure all students are safe and accounted for during outdoor activities. Were committed to providing a safe environment for all students. Ive learned theyre going to start to do more roll calls at this school and roll calls before and after every recess. But the father of that little boy is not satisfied with just these security changes and the school wide notification. When i join you at 6 00, one more step he would like School Administrators to take. You may have already shared this video of the world sweetest, most harmless tremendous passer. One woman in louisiana posted some Home Security video of a boy sneaking in her garage to cuddle her dog. The young boy sprints from his bike into the garage. He gets in just takes off. The woman posted the video to facebook to see if any of the neighbors could identify the little boy. The hugging bandit. The boys mom recognized her son, she turned him in, and the boy is allowed to visit duchess anyti any time he wants. A new friend. Now to more president ial politics tonight. Virginia democrats are calling on their states republicans to denounce the gops presumptive president ial nominee. They today slammed donald trump and his Campaign ManagerCorey Stewart for their racist rhetoric. Hes attacked muslims, women, and immigrants. I am absolutely disgusted by donald trump, Corey Stewart, and the republican partys appeals to the most extreme elements in our politics. Ournt so trump says something that is politically incorrect. Big deal. We have a lot of other problems in this country. Stewart went after some antitrump protesters and undocumented immigrants earlier this week in a controversial facebook post. The Prince William county Board Chairman says he stands by his comments and his candidate. With just under five months until election day, has larry hogan decided who hell vote for . He indicated this week that, yes, hell vote for one of the candidates, but will it be fellow Republican Donald Trump . I said i wouldnt endorse donald trump and that hasnt changed. Will you vote for him . I have no idea yet. I said i wasnt happy with the choices of either party. Theres nothing new to talk about. The governor has said he has no plans to attend the Republican National convention. There so far this year in Prince Georges County. Eight of them have been domestic related, but today a project years in the making is providing new resources to those living in dangerous situations. Tracee wilkins gives us a tour now of the new family center. This fight has been personal for so many of us. Reporter states attorney prosecuting the people who kill and try to kill their loved ones is becoming too common place. Lms. Miller who road in thde car with her daddy, by the end of the ride she was shot in the head and her throat slit. The reason for the Family Justice Center is to colocate er in one place. Reporter the victims will have access to multiple nonprofit organizations, counsellors, and grief services. If you need help with anybody else, food, shelter, housing, it is all here. Reporter theres a waiting area for children. Theres a medical examination room. This is here for the Sexual Assault cases and children battery cases. Reporter the center took seven years to plan and make a reality. The Family Justice Center is about us. It is about our commitment as a county and as a people to do what god has called us to do and that is to make this world better. Reporter with all of these resources in one place and victims coming here for help, security was paramount. Coming up at 6 00, well take a look at what they had to do to make sure that thisu vehicle proof as well. News4. A case of road rage in arlington. Apparently he didnt like the way she was driving, so she bit her finger. That story coming up. And car troubles. When one drivers check engine light came on, they came to nbc vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me alright guys, weve brought you to this construction trailer to talk about trucks today. 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As a matter of fact this morning anything but heat. It was cool. 47 at dulles. 46 manassas. 53 downtown. A very cool start to the day. Ill tell you. Were not going to see numbers like this again, i dont think, until maybe late september or october. Yeah, very cool for sure. Right now, though, just beautiful. I mean, just look at that shot. Thats why i had to step out just to show you the gorgeous shot. Plenty of blue skies, the green on the trees, looking good. 82 degrees. Everywhere is nice. We have seen rather gusty wi its still been rather breezy. Tomorrow that wind relaxes even more. Tomorrow an even better day. 78 martinsburg. On the radar, not much to show you. Were going to see much in way of storms. The next best chance is on saturday. Heres whats happening back to the west. Weve got a storm system, a very small one. Its actually the jet stream thats going to be racing across our region. What thats going to do is bring these clouds down on into our area. Well see partly cloudy skies. Could make for a really nice looking sunset. High temperatures tomorrow back to around where they were today. Maybe a degree or two warmer. 82 in leesburg. 80 degrees back towards martinsburg. 82 in baltimore. Less wind, more sun. Another gorgeous afternoon. Well call it a fantastic friday. As far as getting out a around town, looking great there. 67 degrees around 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow will be a perfect day to get outside for lunch and continue on that perfect note around 3 00 at 82 degrees. Here comes the heat. 91 on saturday. 92 on sunday. 89 on monday. Just below that 90degree mark. If we happen to hit 90 on monday, that would be our First Official heat wave of the year. We have not hit 90. Normally by th