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WRC News4 At 6 June 9, 2016

Issues, like free college and limiting the power of the rich. But sanders said he will work for Hillary Clinton. I look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can Work Together to defeat donald trump and to create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1 . Reporter a focus on trump is what president obama wants as he will tell jimmy fallon tonight. To remind the American People this is a serious job. You know, this is not reality tv. Mr. Trump, come talk to us. Reporter donald trump meeting with republican donors tweeted, obama just endorsed crooked hillary. He wants four more years of obama, but nobody else does. Sanders met with Senate Democratic leader harry reid on a day when the president endorsed senator sanders rival. I think it is fair to say senator sanders was not surprised by todays reporter Hillary Clinton tweeted, delighted to have you with us, potus. President obama and Hillary Clinton will Campaign Together next week. Were hearing theres going to be another high profile endorsement for Hillary Clinton tonight. Reporter Elizabeth Warren on msnbc. She may be the endorsement after president obama that Hillary Clinton wants the most. Elizabeth warren is way over on the left side of the democratic party, a fierce critic of wall street. That gives Hillary Clinton some cover in that potentially damaging area. She is a fierce attacker of donald trump. Warren plans to give a speech where she call donald trump a loud, nasty, thinskinned fraud. Er speak to supporters right here in d. C. Our Team Coverage continues with tom sherwood. Hes live outside rfk stadium. When is sanders expected to take the stage . Reporter hes expected tonight to speak at 7 00, but you know how time goes at these types of events. This is the last bernie rally before thats president ial pry ma primary here in the district tuesday. Im here for bernie because bernie is here for me. Hes out every day working hard for me. Im showing up for him. Reporter why . Bernie sanders is keeping his word to the voters. Hes letting everybody vote. Hes the presumptive nominee, whether or not you count superdelegates. I understand like it. Youve got hillary. Shes just a walking bag of lies. President obama endorsed her today. Thats obamas decision. Thats not mine. Youre a bernie supporter . Big time. Big bernie supporter. Ive been involved in politics for a long time. Hes the first candidate to come along since 1992 that excites me. Reporter and of course her 1992 candidate was bill clinton, but she says Hillary Clinton is just not for her. At rfk stadium, tom sherwood. News4. Back to you, chris. Now that the primaries will almost over, we wanted to know which party you think is the most united. Well, there are still about five months out from the election, but about 50 of you who responded say right now its the democrats. An alexandria man made admitted he tried to join isis. Mark segraves joins us with the developments from court. Mark . Reporter good evening, doreen. Yeah, he did not say anything as he stood before a federal judge this afternoon. It was a short hearing. When it ended, as u. S. Marshals were leading him out of the courtroom, he turned to the gallery and he waved to his mother, father, and his brother. Tod todays hearing lasted just along for the judge to read charges and set a future Court Hearing date. Its way too early to consider a plea deal. We havent gotten any discovery. The government has provided us exactly what they provided you. It would be totally reckless of me to figure out what my plan of action is, if any, complaint. Reporter 2 the 26yearold has been charged with providing support to a terrorist organization, which he admitted in this tv interview that he traveled from his home in virginia to turkey to join isil. Once in turkey, he crossed the border into syria and eventually iraq where he trained with isil fighters. According to charging 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. He was taken into custody by Kurdish Military after he says he became disillusioned with isil and left. The life in mosul, its really, really bad. The people who are controlling mosul dont represent religion. Reporter now, as tois acknowledgment to federal prosecutors that he told his trainers in iraq that he was willing to wear a suicide bomb, today his attorney explained that he believed that that was a test from his recruiters and he was willing to tell them anything that they wanted to hear. The judge ordered him held. He has another hearing next week on tuesday to see if hell remain behind bars until trial. Four people getting shot in broad daylight has put an entire community on edge. Now d. C. Police are searching for that shooter. It happened yesterday right in front of big ben liquors on north bend avenue and capital. The victims are all going to be okay. Police are looking for this man who was spotted on some of the surveillance cameras. Tonights meeting is at the Fifth District station. It starts at some breaking news within just the last 15 minutes. A former star quarterback from whooten high school sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a drunk driving crash that killed two of his friends. Kristin wright was in court when the judge handed down his sentence. Reporter the sentence is 20 years, all but suspending four years. Essentially, that means that ellis will serve four years in the state prison system. After that, five years of supervised probation. During that time, he will undergo drug and alcohol treatment and have an ignition interlock device put on his car. Youre looking at sam ellis here. Video of that scene, the horrific scene back in 2015 in june when the boys crashed. Ellis was driving. Two of his friends were killed in that crash. A packed courtroom today. Clearly went to school with these boys and have been dealing with the whole situation for the past year. Today we heard from alexander murks parents. Alexander was one of the boys who was killed in the crash. His mother and father both gave a victim impact statements where they talked about just the constant pain of losing a child and how they live with it every day and how it has made life very difficult for their other two children, for alexs brothers. Calvin li, he is the other boy who was killed in this crash last june. His family was not there today. They did not speak because all of this has just been too painful for them. Sam ellis sister talked. She asked the judge for leniency and says she believes her brother could be a strong advocate against drunk driving if given the chance. The prosecution was asking for much more time. They wanted the full 20 10 years on each manslaughter conviction. They didnt get quite that. Essentially what amounts to four years in prison for sam ellis today. The judge had a lot of strong words about how young people are constantly bombarded with images glorifying drinking and how he sees this kind of thing happen every year. The hope is samuel ellis will use his time behind bars to reflect on whats happened and do some good when he comes out. Very sad for everyone involved. Metro is adding to its Customer Service team to provide faster realtime responses on social media. The Transit System says its hired four new staffers to answer questions and provide more frequent service updates. This is especially important during metros safetrack program, which will alter commutes on the Transit Systems rail lines over the next year. Prince georges county Just Announced its own plan to deal with the surges from safetrack. Impacted by the next surge, which is going to shut down the blue, orange, and silver lines between eastern market, benning road, and minnesota avenue. It plans to shuttle commuters on the countys bus system. We know this is a disruption. We know this is not going to be easy. We know it isnt going to be timely. It is a length of time were going to be dealing with this. Were going to make the adjustments we need to make to make peoples commutes as easy as possible. Hope is fading as crews suspend their search on the water for a missing american student in australia. Im julie carey in centerville where parents of kids at this Elementary School are coming home to disturbing news tonight. A 6yearold boy was able to wander away this week. He made it a mile away. Coming up, the security changes in place and what that boys parents are still this is chris gordon in baltimore. Ahead, what prosecutors must prove to get a seconddegree murder conviction against the Baltimore Police van driver where freddie gray suffered his fatal injuries. Things started off on the cool side today. Many of you in the 40s when you woke up this morning, but the cool air moves out and the hot weather moves in. But cigna is there for you. Health isnt easy. Literally. Just download our free coach by cigna app. For personalized programs from a team of Health Coaches to help you achieve your wellness goals. Cigna. Together, all the way. A third Police Officer now on trial in the death of freddie gray in baltimore. Some say this could be the best chance of getting a conviction in this case. Officer Caesar Goodson drove the van where gray suffered injuries last year. Reporter doreen, prosecutors are trying to prove that officer goodson was reckless and deliberately ignored his duty to protect freddie grays life and safety. Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson drove the transport van where freddie gray suffered his fatal injury. Of the six Police Officers indicted in connection with grays death, officer goodson fa including seconddegree depraved heart murder. They have to prove that officer goodson was aware of the medical condition of freddie gray and didnt take him to the hospital. Reporter prosecutors say officer goodson gave freddie gray a rough ride. This is the first time the state has committed that the injuries occurred not just a seat belt wasnt applied to freddie gray, but because of a rough ride. Reporter the defense says goodson is the last person you would say has a depraved heart. Lawyers say if freddie gray hadnt stood up and banged his head in the van, hed be alive today. They should have done what was required by law and rules by putting him in a seat belt. Thats the bottom Reporter Community leaders are hoping this trial will lead to the first conviction in the death of freddie gray. Convicted an innocent officer will do nothing to fix baltimores societal problems. Tonight, were learning some new details about brock turners background. We obtained the memos prosecutors filed that suggest that he misled the court about his drug use and drinking. He told the judge and probation officers that he came from a small town in ohio and never experienced partying that had alcohol and drugs. Several Text Messages on his phone reference smoking weed and drinking. He was sentenced to six months in jail for raping unconscious woman outside a frat party. With good behavior, he could be out in 90 days. Storms have battered australia in recent days. A man disappeared into the waves off a beach on monday. Local media are identifying him as a 20yearold american student at the university of sydney. He graduated in 2014. Police suspended their search for him yesterday. Tributes to muhammad ali will continue tomorrow in his hometown of louisville. The funeral procession will wind its way through the champs hold neighborhood. Earlier today, 16,000 people came together for a traditional islamic prayer service. Ali made it known he wanted the service to be open to everyone. Theres another public memorial tomorrow. You can watch it all streaming live in the nbc washington app. Well b throughout the day right here on news4. Here at home, the tallest building in reston is only 14 stories and its about to be dwarfed. A new building will go up on the side of the Town Center Office building and will rise 23 stories. The Fairfax County board of supervisors had to sign off on the changing of the skyscrapers design. The entrance will be a sixstory glass atrium. It will have views of the shenandoah mountains and downtown d. C. He was supposed to be in school, but police found him walking on a busy road instead. How this 6yearold boy wandered away and what the school is doing to keep tsomething like this from happening again. A case of road rage in woman. They say he bit her finger. It drew blood. The story coming up. And this. The story of a tiny trespasser aaught on t heres a look at whats coming up at a kindergartner walks out of school and is found on a busy road more than a mile away. The family is sharing the story and reacting to how the school responded. New fallout for donald trump about what he said about a federal judge. An added layer of safety for metro bus riders. But first, that dreary cold start to spring. Were certainly making up for that. Nice out there today, doug. It is just beautiful. I mean, absolutely gorgeous today. Another great day tomorrow. Then the heat starts to work on in here. We started this morning with some very cool numbers. Temperatures this morning some 10 to 15 degrees below average. If you woke up and you walked outside, say, around 6 00, 7 00 in the morning, you know exactly what im talking about. 46 manassas. 53 in the city. Right now, temperatures way up there. Back into the 80s. 81 degrees in d. C. Right now. Times upwards of 20 to 25 this afternoon. Thats kept a little bit of a chill in the air. How about that . Great everywhere. Its going to be a nice evening. No rain to talk about. You wont need the umbrella for the next day or so. Come saturdays we were going talk about something there. Now were seeing some cloud cover all coming from the jet stream just off to our north and dropping down this little system here. Thats going to bring some cloud cover overnight. Not nearly as cool overnight tonight. Rain in chicago, but that rain is not going to move our way. If youre heading down towards our beaches, really looking offshore. That takes the temperatures up into the 80s. Rather breezy on sunday. Winds gusting upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour. Temperatures moving to the low to mid 80s. High temperatures tomorrow for the rest of us, 84 culpeper. 80 over towards annapolis. Going to be a very nice friday. I think a fantastic friday. A great night to get out and about tomorrow night. A great night to get out and do a little walking. Great start tomorrow. Get outside for lunch. 78 for a lunchtime hour. Thats about as good as it gets in our region. This is where things start to change now. That same jet stream will slowly lift to the north. 91 on saturday. Chance of thunderstorms. 92 on sunday. 89 on monday. Not only do we have a chance to hit our first 90 of the year, but the chance to hit our first he everybody dry. Most areas dry during the day. Here we are around 4 00 and 5 00. Watch what happens late saturdays evening. Anoth most of the day looking very dry. Most of the weekend looking pretty nice. Hot, but not humid. 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 working new leads to the days top stories. Doug is tracking a warm up for our weekend. Tonight, the parents of a kindergartner who wander eed aw from school this week reporter it was around noon tuesday when a knock at this front door gave a father a surprise and a scare. The police were there with his 6yearold son who was supposed to be in his kindergarten classroom at london town elementary. I was like how did he get out of school. Did anything happen to him. Reporter 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 Shopping Center and called police. Worst case, we wouldnt have christian here today. Reporter he alerted Child Protective Services and school administrators, but he was dismayed there was no schoolwide notification of the incident. I want to make sure the community is aware, to heighten the level of vigilance against this sort of thing happening again. Reporter this email came from the principal to parents informing them of the incident. The principal writes, i want to assure you we have revised our recess supervision protocols and procedures to ensure that all students are safe and accounted for during outdoor activities. Were committed to providing a safe environment for all studen students. Other parents are alarmed about what happened, but pleased to see a change made. Its good theyll be tightening up a little bit. Reporter the father would like to see one more step taken. He believes the kindergarn teacher and classroom aide involved tuesday should be placed on paid administrative leave until a few investigation is complete. The father of that 6yearold tells me he is not sending his boy back to school until that administrative leave issue is resolved. The principal didnt say it in her letter, but among the things theyre going to be doing here more roll calls during the day, roll call before and after recess, and increased vigilance. Back to you now in the studio. Were getting some new information about a man who police say exposed himself to a teenage girl as she was walking to the bus stop today. This is a sketch of the suspect. This all happened just after 7 00 in the morning on fairhaven avenue. The 17yearold told police she was walking on the sidewalk when a car pu

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