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Transcripts For WRC News4 At 6 20170306

The boy involved in that terrible crime. This is the wooded area near a springfield Industrial Park where gang members allegedly interrogated, tortured, then killed alexandra reyes. This search warrant reveals one of the juvenile boys here who had already been convicted of another crime was wearing a courtordered gps ankle bracelet at the time. We wondered how someone being monitored could commit a crime. Not all juveniles with ankle bracelets are on house arrest. Court officials are barred from speaking about specific terms of supervision. The teenagers presence at the Industrial Park did not trigger an alarm. I have no indication that we have any dysfunction in the gps system. There was no formal violations filed with the court in the supervision of this case. Reporter Court Officials say the data brought valuable information. It helped place suspects at the crime scene. So did cell phone videos first discovered by detectives and shared with Fairfax County. The gruesome clips show interrogation and taunting of the victim before reyes was commanded to walk further into the woods. Her killers can be seen poking the victim with a knife, stabbing the victim with a large pointed log while she still exhibited signs of life. The new Court Documents also reveal a possible motive for the murder. Revenge. Revenge for the murder of this young man just days earlier. Christian sosa rivass body was found near the Potomac River in du she may have been blamed by rival gang members for helping to lure rivas to the killers. To politics now. President trump signed a revised travel order today without the Media Coverage weve come to expect. The press secretarys usual briefing was off camera this time. Reporters have plenty of questions about President Trumps weekend akizaticcusatio his predecessor tapped his phone. No evidence has been presented to back up that claim. Were covering all the angles tonight. Reporter lets start with republicans and their reaction to all of this. So far slow to back the president , theres at least one Committee Chair who says, yes, lets investigate, another who says theres no evidence to investigate and a former republican who argues he doesnt really believe the wiretapping ever happened. Its unprecedented, one president offering no evidence, accusing another of a federal crime. Theres no question that something happened. The question is is it whatever. Theres been enough reporting that strongly suggests that something occurred. Reporter that reporting started thursday in conservative media. It was picked up by Breitbart News before President Trump tweeted saturday that president obama spied on him during the election. Ordering a watergate style wiretap at trump tower. He wants congress to investigate. Hes trying to distract attention from what was a very, very bad news cycle. Reporter in a statement, president obamas spokesman called the claim simply false. His director of National Intelligence denied any knowledge. A senior u. S. Official tells nbc the fbi director james comey asked the Justice Department to go public and say this never happened. This is simply a president who cannot separate fact from fantasy. Reporter the House Oversight chair tells fox theyll take a hard look at it. Weve had experience that the Obama Administration has been notorious on this type of stuff. Either had a really administration did something thats horrendous. We need to get to the bottom of it. Reporter democrats argue if President Trump has evidence, he should make it public. Put the information out there. Zblrgets a situati reporter a swituation that increasingly unclear and frustrating for the white house. The white house is releasing some details on the new travel ban. The press secretary tweeted this picture of the president signing a revised federal order. In the new one, iraq is no longer included on the list of banned countries. It goes into effect on march 16th. It blocks people who did not have a valid visa as of january 27th and it does not apply to People Holding green cards. Darcy spencer continues our coverage now from Dulles Airport. Reporter jim, this executive er here at the airport. Opponents are saying this executive order is much like the old one, simply a watered down version. And theyre concerned that its still targeting muslims. A small demonstration at Dulles Airport after the president signs a new executive order banning travel from certain majority muslim countries. Hes hurting people, making a name for himself and hes bringing a lot of pain to people. Reporter the council on American Islamic relations calls it muslim ban 2. 0. We believe it affected and forced the president to change and modify the language. Reporter there were huge demonstrations at dulles after the First Executive order when residents with valid visas and green cards were banned or blocked from entering the country. Still theres a free legal team here offering help enter the u. S. On international flights. It is ultimately a muslim ban. All tthough its dressed up a, e its like putting lipstick on a pig. People whose home this actually is were not allowed to come back. Reporter she was born in the u. S. And is an activist. She says shes concerned not only about the travel ban but how family and friends from syria could be affected. And its very heart breaking to know that potentially if god forbid my family needs to escape, they are not necessarily going to be welcome in the u. S. Where they have family. Reporter activists tell us there will likely be legal challenges to this executive order as well. And that new immigration order is the focus of our flash survey today. We asked you to weigh in on the president s latest order. The majority of you who voted more than 70 say agree with it. You can tell us what you think on the nbc washington Facebook Page. Ben carson delivered his First Official address today as secretary of housing and urban development. He set off on immediate uproar when he referred to slaves as immigrants. There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships who worked even harder for less. They too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, daughter, might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land. Secretary carson was talking to the workers he will be leading now at hud. D. C. Police are looking for a group of people who at tacked a young girl and swaultded her. It happened last night about 9 00 near the metro station. The girl said a group of guys attacked her and two of them raped her. The girl also had injuries to her face and head. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. Tonight police and Community Leaders will get together at the districts Eagle Academy in southeast d. C. Theyre trying to address a recent string of violence. Six people shot in one week. One of the shootings now a case of murder. Pat collins is along wheeler road in southeast d. C. Where we have seen an uptick in violent crime. Reporter theres been a lot of lead in the air here in congress heights. Seven days, six shootings. Now ones a case of murder. Tonight across the street at the Eagle Academy a big crime summit in hopes to tamp it all down. Were going to begin our story now with Council Member white. Its escalating right now. Government resources, our relationships in the community to put an end to this. Reporter in seven days on wheeler road, six shootings. Now one of those shootings has turned deadly. The victim identified as andrew mcfader. He was 28 years old. Wednesday he was shot in his car. Sunday he died in the hospital. He was gunned down in broad daylight as he was driving his car on wheeler road, across the street from a school, about a block from his home. I counted about eight bullet holes in that car. Andrew mcfaders mom says he worked construction by day, went to school by night and spent the weekends with his children. Tonight at the nearby Eagle Academy, a crime meeting. Police officials, city leaders and neighborhood residents trying to come up with we have a lot of youth, especially young men that have dropped out of school. Schools havent been doing a good job of educating our young people, especially africanamerican young men. We have a lot of Substance Abuse in our community that we need to address as well. Reporter at that big crime meeting tonight over there, andrew mcfaders mom. No doubt she has a lot to stay. Jim, back to you. A local School District is cancelling classes that week. Its not because of snow. Well tell you why a nationwide protest has schools closing their doors on wednesday. Hundreds of marines at the center of a scandal tonight. The photos discovered on social media and why theyre now the focus of a criminal investigation. Reporter coming up on news4, whats causing the overtime budget at the d. C. Fire department to nearly double the past year, including two paramedics who each made more than 1 100,000 just in overtime payments. Tracking rain across our region. That rain going right into the day tomorrow. Well talk about how long youll need the umbrellas, how warm things get. And then talk about that snow chance for your weend. Ek the womens march on washington was only the beginning, they say. Now organizers hope a lot of people will turn out for this wednesdays day without a woman demonstration. Its already having an impact on at least one School System in our area. Alexandria city Public Schools will close on wednesday, because so many staffers plan to take part. Meagan fitzgerald is outside john adams elementary with reaction from parents. Reporter yeah. We more than 300 Staff Members requested wednesday off. The School District said they had to close their doors. They are drestressing this was a pliolitical decision. On wednesday all alexandria city Public Schools will be closed. I dont really mind. Reporter the School District says they didnt have a choice. More than 300 Staff Members the School District says staying open would compromise student safety and impact their ability to learn. Wednesday happens to be a planned protest thats being called a day without women. Its an event organized by the leaders of the womens march on washington, where one day after the inauguration millions of people flooded the streets of d. C. And cities around the world. They were calling attention to issues like equal pay for women. According to the womens march website, theyre asking women to stay home from work to help demonstrate how important women are to the country. What do you say to people who say its an inconvenience . I dont really think it bothers no one. Reporter you support it . I do, yeah. Im with the head start program. Reporter lauren says she plans ongoing to work. Im helpinghe have to work, low income families. Reporter whether you agree with the decision to close school or not, many parents will have to make alternative plans. Mommy will sit with her on that day. Reporter what will you do with your little guy . I dont know. Stay at home and look after him and sit and spend some time together. Reporter we checked in with other School Districts around the area to get an idea of what their plans are for wednesday. D. C. Public schools along with Fairfax County Public Schools tell us they will remain open on wednesday. Montgomery county tells us they will remain open but theyre monitoring the situation. Prince georges county schools are not giving comment at this time. Now to the photo involving the u. S. Marine corps. There are allegations that a large group of current and former marines circulated naked photographs of their female they allegedly used a private Facebook Page called marines united. That page had 30,000 followers. Some of the photographs were apparently shot without the womens knowledge. It is not clear whether any of the women gave permission to share their pictures. A marine veteran who spotted his friends photo on that site reported the group. He says he has since received death threats. Marine corps officials call the allegations deeply troubling. The navy has opened a criminal investigation. Tonight investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly house fire in arlington. Those flames broke out last night on south grant street. Two people were trapped inside. A man died and a woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Neighbors tell us the couple in their 70s live in the home. Ffrs say rescue efforts were complicated by what they call hoarding conditio front door. Units were only able to open the front door about 18 inches. Finding the victims was delayed because of the amount of stuff in the home. It is not clear if smoke alarms were working in that house. News4 has learned that over time costs at the d. C. Fire department have doubled in just one year. That has cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Now were learning as those overtime costs were going up, several members of the chiefs top staff were getting bonuses. Mark segraves has the report. Reporter d. C. Fire chief gregory dean says he approved more than 20,000 in bonuses to be paid out this year. Its the first time hes given bonuses since taking over the department. I gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. And that was for work that had been done. Weve been working very hard for the last year and a half, two years. I felt that i needed to acknowledge the hard work they did. Were in the midst of contract negotiations. If theyre giving bonuses for hard work and good work, just remember the members that do the work daily. Reporter each assistant chief was given a 5,000 bonus. The civilian employee received about 1300. I rely on managers like chief dean to make the right personal decisions at his department. If thats his judgment, i support it. Reporter the bonuses came as the department saw a spike in over time costs. Overtime jumped from 12 million in fiscal year 2015 to 23 million in fiscal year 2016. And in the first five months oh of the current fiscal year, overtime costs are already at 9. 5 million. We havent hired for eight years. So that has had an impact on our ability to continue to staff at 349 people on duty every day. Reporter at least two paramedics made an additional 114,000 each in overtime last fiscal year. In 2016, mayor Muriel Bowser approved a 50 increase in the amount firefighters are paid for overtime. In the district, mark segraves, news4. Still ahead, a warning for drivers as we look into the number of local bridges that are in desperate need of repair. Reporter the Prince Georges County judge being allowed to operate above the law. A woman who says she was swally harassed by this judge is wondering if thats the case. Hear about her years of Sexual Harassment a stronger is blasting her tumors. Without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Doug, its cold out there. Were in for another roller coaster week, i hear. Yeah. After the coldest weekend weve seen in quite some time, were actually seeing temperatures on the warming side, that coming with some shower activity today. And then, yes, right back down as we head toward this weekend. Cloud cover across the area. Temperatures made their way to about average. Average this time of year right around 52 degrees. Were at 54 degrees at the airport. Temperatures will be dropping through the upper 40s by around 11 00. We are tracking some shower activity. You could see where the rain is actually falling where we have the colder air. Heres the rain, mostly back to the west. We saw some showers come through the district a little bit earlier. That moving off toward the east. Back to the west, these showers now coming across the mountains and then sloping down and that actually helps dry the air out. You can see the showers not getting much past the blue ridge. It is still raining pretty good back towards winchester, front royal, hagerstown. That light rain will continue right on through the rest of the night. Right along route 50 here along 81, all seeing the rain. More shower activity back to the west. Not much in the way of heavy rain, but we will see these little fingers of moisture moving through our region tonight. 54 in d. C. Tomorrow. Near 70 in nashville. 63 in kentucky. Overnight the, showers off and on here we are with future weather at 5 00 a. M. Showing the showers. 7 00 a. M. Shower activity right on through the metro region. I do think this will be on the light side. Could be steady. Same deal tomorrow afternoon. Not a lot of rain here but we are going to see some showers as we move on through the day. Temperatures tomorrow, 65 degrees, showers likely. Carry the umbrella, but again you will not need it all day. It will be nice and mild tomorrow. A high of 66 degrees on wednesday. Thursday 60 degrees. Friday is the day to watch. We have colder air moving in. So we may see rain actually switch over to some snow. Look at this weekend. Highs in the

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