Transcripts For WRC News4 At 5 20170110 : comparemela.com

Transcripts For WRC News4 At 5 20170110

County. Reporter police are handling an active and very difficult situation here. About 3 15 they were called here for a stabbing that followed a disagreement that apparently began inside the mall. When they arrived officers found two men with life threatening stab wounds. Police are currently attempting to find the suspects who could still be on the grounds of this enormous commercial property. At least one person has been stopped and questioned. We have video from chopper 4 showing drivers being stopped as they leave the property. Police are checking their back seats and trunks to make sure a suspect has not hidden in there possibly without their knowledge. They did hear an order to leave the mall property. But given the enormous size of this property and multiple entrances we have seen people arrive, go into the mall and being told to leave again. Most of the cars have been ordered to leave. We are expecting the Public Information officer from Montgomery County police on site shortly and we hope to have more information. A former Prince Georges County Council Member admits to lining his own pockets with taxpayer money. Will campos plead guilty to taking tax money for county funds to organizations that would then send the money back to him. Mr. Camposs Favorite Charity was himself. Our Team Coverage starts with bureau chief tracee wilkins. Reporter weve been saying since last thursday that we were expecting additional arrests in connection to the Prince Georges County liquor board investigation headed up by the fbi. And today we got one more. Honest nothing to fear. Reporter today it was revealed by the feds that for most of the time will campos served, he was taking bribes and participating in a pay to play scheme. His Favorite Charity was himself. Reporter he served in the Prince Georges County county council from 2004 to 2014 before winning a seat on the state legislature. Police say during that time he received kick backs from businesses in exchange for county grants. The evidence in this case shows that William Campos treated the taxpayers money as if it were a little slush fund. Reporter campos was wearing a wire and under investigation by the facebook from 2012 to 2014. In a statement he said, i have been under federal investigation for bribery and conspiracy and have pleaded guilty to these charges. The investigation has been going on for years now. When i was first approached by the government, i immediately acknowledged my wrongdoing and have been ever since. The u. S. Attorney vowed that there are more arrests to come. There will be additional charges. There will be other people who are prosecuted. Unfortunately were not going to be able to tell you the details about those cases until the appropriate time. Reporter the u. S. Attorney went onto say that if there are any elected officials or businesses in Prince Georges County that have accepted bribes, they need to come to the fbi before the fbi goes to them. I was talking with the chair of the Prince Georges County council, who said that he does not believe when i asked do you think that anybody else on this council is going to be arrested, he said i pray to god not. Everyone sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see where this investigation is going to go next. Scott macfarland is joining me now because he has looked at how will campos is connected to this investigation of the Prince Georges County liquor board. Will campos is also a link between bribery and Prince Georges County and a vote in the state house in annapolis. The feds made clear they werent going to explain everything about their growing corruption investigation. All i can tell you is this is an ongoing investigation. Youre seeing bits and pieces. Im not able to put a frame around the whole investigation for you. But as time goes on, there will be Additional Information that comes forward. Our review of Court Filings shows the connection between the raid of the liquor board and the arrest of will campos. An fbi affidavits says the former head of the liquor board david sun helped secure a 3,000 bribe for a the plea agreement said on the same date campos received a 3,000 bribe, it reads individual b and campos left the table and walked toward the bathroom. Individual b then gave campos the 3,000 in the bathroom of the restaurant. The fbi said a state delegate, quote, sent a text message to sun saying that the sunday sales bill had passed and that the elected official supported it. So both david sun and will campos were arrested by the feds, both facing several years in prison. Whos next . This investigation involves multiple players. We know of at least six people arrested and charged. More arrests could be coming. In addition to will campos and david sun, liquor board commissioner anaj was arrested. Two Liquor Store Owners are accused of providing bribe money in exchange for favorable treatment by the liquor board. Pretty tense start to what will be a busy week of confirmation hearings up on capitol hill. We counted more than a dozen protesters as Jeff Sessions testified before sessions is one of Donald Trumps more controversial picks for his future administration. Chris lawrence is here with a look at sessions first day of testimony. On the other side of the desk facing colleagues hes worked with for years as he tries to become the next attorney general. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god. Sessions has been a senator since 1997. Before that he was alabamas a. G. He was not confirmed to a federal judge position back in the 1980s because of racist charges against him, charges he calls false. You know who i am. You know what i believe in. You know what i am a man of my word and can be trusted to do what i say i will do. You know that i revere the constitution, that im to the rule of law and you know that i believe in fairness, impartiality and equal justice under law. Sessions is one of the more deserve senator conservative senators. Diane feinstein challenged him on some civil rights issues. You have referred to roe v. Wade it is the law of the land. It has been so established and settled for quite a long time and it zephydeserves respect. Do you a agree that the issue of samesex marriage is settled law. The majority of the court has established the definition of marriage for the entire United States of america and i will follow that decision. Now, tomorrow new jersey senator cory booker will break with tradition and testify against his colleague, sessions. Hein representative john lewis. Sessions did say he would recuse himself from any matters related to Hillary Clinton and says he has no reasons to doubt the Intelligence Report on russian interference. Nearly a Million People could be in town for next weeks inaugural festivities and the protests. Crews are working around the clock to prepare for those crowds. Reporter whether you come down here on the mall for the inaugural next week by yourself, with friends or the whole family, theres one thing you cant do without. Truckloads of toilets. Part of every inaugural. Thousands of them. When you got to go, you got to go. Is this your first inaugural . This is my first one. Reporter this is crew chief for dons johns toilets. The former long haul truck county wants them in place and working. How many are we going to see here on the mall . Theres going to be a lot. Theres going to be thousands. Reporter while super security is sealing Manhole Covers for inaugural day, the toilet brigade is spreading across the whole national mall. Its serious. Absolutely. Reporter and ron has an inside tip for you. Check that door. Dont just stand in a long line. If you go check on those and just knock on the door, somebody might not be in there so dont stand in line. Reporter the toilets remain locked until inaugural weekend. It will take a week to empty and remove them after all the festivities. One last question, are men or women messier in the bathroom . Men. Reporter heres some good news for you. Both at t and verizon have added here for a Million People. So you can text, talk and do all those selfies when you attend the inauguration. President obama is now on his way to chicago where hell be giving his Farewell Speech tonight. And the lights back on at the Washington Monument tonight. The cause of the latest outage and the steps being taken now to prevent it from happening again. 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Only from fios. Breaking news, a jury has just sentenced convicted charps on t Charleston Church killer dylann roof to death. They were unanimous. Were told roofer was st was st looking straight ahead as the verdict came down. In just a few hours president obama will deliver his final speech to the nation in a prime time address. The president is expected to focus on progress over the last eight years and give his thoughts on where to go from here. Tha thousands are gathering already to see it live. Reporter absolutely. The crowd arriving here with those coveted tickets for the obama farewell. The president , first lady and daughter malia already on air force one on their way to chicago and just might stop at one of the president s favorite restaurants on the south side. The Vice President and his wife also flying into chicago. While you mentioned that the president does plan to offer a serious ap preproach tonight, iu get the sense as well it might be a bit of a family reunion, youd be right. Some hours before president obama will deliver his farewell address. I was in grand park 10 years old. Now im 18 here watching him give his Farewell Speech. Reporter theres long Time Campaign volunteers from across the country. New mexico. Hawaii. It is expected to be president obamas final trip on air force one as president. Returning to chicago not to look back, but forward. David axelrod says it may be difficult for the president to follow george bushs example. Bush rarely weighed in once he left office. Theres going to be a lot of pressure on him to speak out, particularly if there are what he considers egregious aftfront to democratic resold their ticket on crai craigslist, the those waiting in person say theres no way they would pass up this moment. No way. Reporter eddie vedder will be performed tonight as well as the chicago childrens choir before the president speaks. Its a miserable cold, rainy day here in chicago, unfortunately. Reporting live from mccormick place. Again, youll be able to watch the president s farewell address right here on nbc 4 tonight starting at 9 00. We invite you to keep it here all evening for a new episode of this is us at 10 00, followed by the evening news at last nights problem included the aviation warning lights. Park Service Officials tell us they are assessing the condition of the lines that go into the monument. You can see the lights are on now and the park service says they do not anticipate any issues. A roadblock for d. C. s death with dignity bill tonight. Congressman Jason Chaffetz says hell block the bill. He heads the Congressional Committee that oversees the district bill. Muriel bowser signed that bill last month. To over turn the bill, both the house and senate have to vote on a disapproval resolution. Prosecutors call it a horrific crime, an infant shaken so severely it led to his death. Tonight the childs father is in j reporter the infant died of injuries that he suffered at home right here in this apartment complex on heather hollow circle. It was last october. But just yesterday his father was arrested and charged with first degree child abuse in connection with the death of his son. The special victims Investigative Division focused on what happened here in this apartment the morning of october 28th. The defendant, 20yearold Roger Lee Miller jr. Called 911 to report that his infant son was unresponsive. The court charging documents say that 5 month old darryl lee burns suffered head trauma. The childs mother was at work. After an autopsy from childrens medical center, it was found that there were shaking, severe trauma. Reporter in court roger millers lawyer says he denied he caused the injuries. Miller has been living with his mother the past three months. She came to court to show support for her son. But the judge ordered miller to be held with no bond because of the seriousness of the charges. Theres plenty good about him. Thats all you need to know. Reporter ahead what was said in court today about roger millers past, his record prior to these child abuse charges being brought against him for the death of his son. A popular principal fired after a controversy involving the former band instructor. Now parents and students are stepping up their efforts to have him reinstated. Reporter its one of the Fastest Growing neighborhoods in washington. Well s Rex Tillerson put exxons interests before americas. Im not here to represent the us governments interest. Instead, tillerson sided with putin. With billions in russian oil deals. He opposed us sanctions on russia. For war crimes forced to pay hundreds of millions for toxic pollution. Putting profits ahead of our kids health. Tell your senators to reject Rex Tillerson. And protect american interests not corporate interests. Weather alert due to the threat of freezing rain causing icing far north and west of the metro area later tonight. Right now, the little pink zone you see in frederick county, maryland, theres a little bit of light there could be some icy spots here right along route 15. The main area of rain coming our way is way out in the midwest, ohio and into ki entucky and tennessee. That is going to be getting closer to us tonight. The main area here in pink, thats the freezing rain advisory. And it is in effect tonight until after midnight where there could be up to a tent of an inch of icing. Watch out for slick spots late tonight. As we take a look at the commute for tomorrow, we might have just in the morning. Temperatures should be above freezing. That rain by the way thats coming in tonight, thats going to be gone for the morning commute. So just some damp roads in the wake of that. Dry roads for the rest of the day tomorrow and milder temperatures. Ought to make it into the upper 40s to right around 50 degrees. Milder air moves in on thursday. Late on wednesday night, early thursday morning might get a little more rain. But then we dry out on thursday with afternoon highs soaring into the mid 60s. Still on track for much warmer weather to move in. Then it turns a bit chillier on friday. A lot of clouds around, temperatures in the upper 40s. On saturday there is a possibility of a wintery mix, Morning Light snow changing over to sleet midday and perhaps a prolonged period of freezing rain, causing icing during the afternoon on saturday. Stay tuned. Well keep an eye on that. Then we dry out sunday. Loo 40s for dr. King day on sunday. Toward inauguration day, well have some milder air moving in. Looks like it will stay mostly dry. A Convenience Store clerk recovering tonight after being sexual assaulted in the stores back office. We have video of the suspect. Police want you to take a look at it. Reporter the wheels on the bus went down and down. That story coming up. Reporter outside the Loudoun County Education Center where supporters of the popular dominion princal. Ip plus youll get twentyfour month, nointerest financing. Hurry, the new year Savings Event ends january 16th. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. The new year Savings Event at havertys. Life looks good. A sinkhole opened up on a busy d. C. Street and almost captured a school bus. Pat collins is leave at the scene. Reporter were on allison street. This may look like a gigantic pothole but people who live on the street say its more like a sinkhole. How deep is it, pat, you may ask . Well, about this much of school bus tire. What a predicament, a d. C. School bus with special needs kid on board dropped into a sinkhole on allison street northwest. Whoa. You might say the back end just bottomed out. Corey sanders is a neighbor. He was here when happened. I seen the bus go down into the hole and got stuck. The bus couldnt move. The bottom end on

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