Transcripts For WRC News4 Midday 20140818 : comparemela.com

Transcripts For WRC News4 Midday 20140818

To die in a Domestic Violence situation so far this year in Prince Georges County. Later this morning in just a bit, the states attorney is going to be gathering with members of the Faith Community hare in the neighborhood. Theyre going to be calling for family unity and an end to the violence that has claimed so many lives. Now this weekends tragedy began here on farmer place in ft. Washington. Police say 38yearold Frederick Miller came to the home and shot his 3yearold daughters maternal grandfather and great grandmother. He then took off with his daughter. It didnt take police long to catch up with miller. There was a chase and an exchange of gunfire. Now miller was killed, and when police took a good look inside the car, thats when they discovered his young daughter. Police say the child had been stabbed and shot by her father. She was pronounced dead at an area hospital. Miller was involved in an ongoing custody battle over his 3yearold daughter. Now were going to be here for the states attorneys comments. Were going to bring you an update coming up in the next halfhour. In ft. Washington, Megan Mcgrath, news4. And were following a developing story in missouri right now. Governor jay nixon deployed the National Guard to ferguson after an overnight of clashes between police and protesters. Before that, breaking news in landover. Police are on the scene of a suspicious death. Theyre telling us its happening on west forest road not far from landover road. Lets go to zachary who has more. Zachary . Reporter yes, good morning, barbara. They are calling this a murder. Were here in landover. You can see detectives and technicians behind me. Im here with julie parker now whos going to give us more information on whats going on. What can you tell us . Good morning. We got a call from 911 at about 9 00 in the 6800 block of west forest rad. A Family Member discovered a relative suffering from trauma to the body, unresponsive. The woman was in her mid 30s. She was pronounced on the scene. Were about two hours into this Murder Investigation at this point. We know preliminarily there doesnt appear to be any sign of forced entry. Right now, youve got detectives canvassing this community, going door to door, finding out if anyone saw anything, perhaps heard anything unusual. Evidence technicians collecting evidence from the scene that will be processed. And as always, if there is a murder in this county, you can remain anonymous, call crime solvers and receive up to 25,000 in regard money. That number is 1866411tips. Reporter just one victim . Correct. An adult female in her mid 30s, yes. Reporter do you believe at this point that this is any way connected with with some of the other things that have been going on in this community over the last couple week . No, we dont believe there is any connection to anything else. Reporter okay. And she was shot, did we know exactly how she was killed at this point . At this point in the investigation, less than two hours in, we can simply let you know that she was suffering from trauma to the body. Reporter thank you very much. Thats julie parker here in landover. Again, just this morning a woman found murdered in her apartment. Well continue to give you the updates as we have them. This is a very active scene. Again, technicians and detectives trying to put these things together. Well have the updates as we have them here. Reporting live. Thank you. And as we said, we are following a developing story in missouri. Governor jay nixon deployed the nu National Guard to nergs after another night of protests. Police fired smoke grenades and teargas to disperse crowds over refusal to recognize the policeenforced curfew there. At least seven people were arrested. This is the second week of violent protests since 18yearold Michael Brown was shot and killed by police. News on news4 today midday, new were hearing from browns family about the preliminary autopsy report. Aaron gilchrist has more from the live desk. Barbara, that News Conference still going on as we speak. The family of Michael Brown, really the team of attorneys and doctors working on this case, on behalf of the family, holding that News Conference. Youre looking live now as the medical examiner, a former new york city medical examiner, dr. Michael baden, is explaining this diagram that he prepared after doing the autopsy on Michael Brown. He has said that Michael Brown was shot six times. Four times in the arm, twice in the head. This was the assistant who helped perform the autopsy, the man you see on screen here. And dr. Baden was able it determine that he says that Michael Brown was shot twice in the back of the head, shot from behind. Listen to what the attorneys had to say a moment ago. It verifies that the witness accounts were true. That he was shot multiple times, and theres ts one of those thing that we have to get all the witness statements out and look at all the autopsies, all the evidence it put this picture together. This private autopsy ordered bay the family because they said by the family because they didnt trust the officials in st. Louis, missouri, to do a fair autopsy, nor did they have an expectation that the Justice Department will have one done which it will. The doctor told not believe tha suffered when he was shot. The attorneys believe there their is ample evidence for the arrest of the Police Officer who shot Michael Brown, darin wilson, in federal, missouri. Thats the latest from the live desk. Back to you. Thank you. And turning to our weather now and a mix of sun and clouds this morning. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first forecast for this midday monday. Good morning. Good morning, barbara. Good morning, everyone. Monday morning is off to a cloudy start. Although were seeing more and more sunshine as the morning is progressing closer in to the lunchtime hours. Temperatures are responding, as well. Storm team 4 radar shows that there are raindrops, not so terribly far from the metro area. Most of the rain for now is still in the central and under parts of the shenandoah valley. But it is lifting northbound. I think our rain chances will continue to increase as the day goes along. For now were mostly cloudy and just dry outside. Temperatures have warmed to near 80 degrees in washington. Already 80 in fredericksburg. 74 in martinsburg, west virginia. Your monday afternoon, mix of clouds and sunshine. I think clouds will increase later in the day. Partly cloudy, a hot and humid day. Temperatures up near 90 today. Though i dont think well get to 90. Scattered showers and a rumble or two of thunder becomes more likely after 3 00, 4 00 this afternoon. When i see you in a few minutes, well talk game time forecast. Nats and skins. Stormy, teamy, any more 90s steam eany more 90s in the seven day . Well see. See you in a minute. Thousands of students back in school. Today is the first day of class for several counties. There are a few changes in fauquier county. Middle School Sports are returning including girls soccer, boys basketball. The new year means new jobs. Sam cox is the new principal at liberty high school. There are also five new assistant principals in the School System there. Students at Culpeper County Public Schools are back in class today, too. If you have to pick up your kids, though, there in culpeper, give yourself extra time because of roadwork. The freelance star reports the southbound traffic on James Madison highway turn in to a sim single lane in culpeper. Theres a temporary stoplight thats at that intersection right now, as well. Students from six different schools in the area are affected by that roadwork. Four counties headed back to school today in west virginia, too. Jefferson, berkeley, morgan, and Hampshire School students are back in class today. And right now, new fears about the spread of ebola. How people were able to break into a Quarantine Center. Military families waiting in line for food. A look at how widespread the problem of hunger in the military is. Stay with us. Not even our veterans who served and been to war numerous times are coming home and not able to feed their families. If we didnt come here twice a week, we probably wouldnt eat a lot. My kids would eat, but as adults we would go without. Serving your country as a member of the military should come with certain benefits. As you heard, many military families these days find themselves not able to provide the basics like food. News4s angie goff has more on hunger in america. Were getting a look at some of the shocking numbers that actually show that members of our military cannot afford at this point to feed their families. A report from feeding america finds that 25 of active military families get and need some form of help with food. And then we found that one in five veteran families also seeks food assistance. Now if you add all those numbers up, more than half a million military families need that extra assistance. Now active and military Family Members say it can be difficult to purchase food, and this is because of low pay and all higher cost of living in different states. Feeding america is saying that in many cases parents are trying to feed kids and pay rent on less than 1,000 a month. One food bank in lorton, virginia, says they have 50 military families that regularly come in for food. Congress decision to cut food stamp benefits has also hurt families trying to put dinner on the table. For those numbers and a complete study, head to nbcwashington. Com. Back to you. Thank you. The World Health Organization is urging ebolainfected countries to do exit screenings of all people at international airports. That according to reuters. In liberia, angry residents raided a Quarantine Center where patients were being tested for ebola. Some of the looted items included items stained with blood and other bodily fluids. What upset people was that patients were brought to the Holding Center from other parts of monrovia. New development from the founder of wikileaks. What theyre saying about his leaving the embassy finally. Hes been hiding there for a couple of years. Reporter and good morning. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Filtered sunshine here in northwest washington. I think there will be more and more clouds as the afternoon goes along. Right now the defense is taking shape in the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor baseball mcdonnell. Lawyers for the couple are arguing they did not trade political influence for thousands of dollars in gifts. At some point, we will see mcdonnell himself on the stand. As he entered court this morning, he said hes glad its his turn. Ihink a lot of the truth has already come out. But were looking forward to being able to present our case. Thank you very much, everybody. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey is in richmond and said this morning another juror has dropped out. That leaves just one alternate left with weeks more of this trial to go. And we have new development out of iraq this morning. Kurdish fighters completely retaken control of the mosul dam. Over the weekend, president obama authorized new air racetracks to help those fighters have the ground. 25 bombs were dropped on isis targets. The dam was a key piece of infrastructure to keep out of militant hands. Isis had threatened to release the water and flood surrounding towns. That could have cut off electricity in the area and left the u. S. Embassy vulnerable. President obama is back in washington this morning, but not for long. Today hell be meeting with Vice President biden and other advisers about a number of issues. The violence in ferguson, the crisis in iraq, and the situation between israel and gaza are just a few situations the president has been trying to deal with on vacation. This is a brief trip back to the white house. Hes heading back to Marthas Vineyard on tuesday to finish his vacation with his family. And for more on the president s return to washington, were joined by mark murray, nbcs senior political editor. Good morning. Good morning, barbara. So this is kind of an unusual thing to come back from vacation just for a day or two. Right. Is there some some other reason that he might be coming back for that were not being told about . We havent received an explicit reasoning why hes come back. You know, you could kind of like say that hes trying to break up the vacation a little bit. Be able to come home, have meetings in at the washington white house. This morning he held a meeting situation in iraq and again isis. Then later this afternoon, hes going to be having a meeting with attorney general eric holder it the situation in ferguson, missouri. And so there will be still photos taken of the president with these teams. Shows him that hes back at the white house doing the job before he goes back to vacation again. You see hes going to be talking it ferguson. But talking about ferguson. But do you think he will speak to the American People about whats going on there . I dont think well hear anything beyond what we heard from the president last week. Of course, its still a fluid situation there. The president when he came out last week to talk about it ended up saying that there needs to be calm. There needs to be cooler heads need to prevail on both sides. Also there needs to be more transparency from the Police Department in handing over things. Of course, thats why eric holder, the attorney generals, playing such a big role. The feds want to get involved and get some answers. They funding they can get some answers to the public, that could quell some of the protests. We have another big political story happening right now. Governor rick perry down in texas indicted. What is that going to mean for his interest in running for president . It doesnt ever help to have the association indicted two years before a president ial election, barbara. Its very possible that rick perrys just been indicted, that doesnt mean that hes been that doesnt mean that hes been convicted of anything yet. Weve seen politicians time and time again end up getting indicted, but then a jury saying they were innocent. But the problem that rick perry has is the process is going to take a very long time. Months if not a year. And and if if the process takes a year, come august of 2015, the president ial election will pretty much have already been waged. The Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire primary would be months away. And that thats whats troubling for rick perry. A lot of his supporters were saying, of course, this has happened in travis county, austin, texas. The midwest democratic of all counties in in the state of texas. They think maybe that will quell some of the interestedness outside of this absolutely. There are even democratic observers and analysts when think that the case against rick perry seems a little weak. Again, the problem that rick perry has is just the time. That even if hee found innocent of all of this stuff, this could take months. By then the president ial election is off and running. Rick perry was trying to rehabilitate his image after a disappointing and almost embarrassing 2012 president ial run. This doesnt help him in this situation. No. Well watch that. A lot more. So thank you very much for coming in. See you tomorrow. Bye. For more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out first read on nbcnews. Com. Today is congressman eric cantors last official day on the job. The former majority leader is resigning today after a shocking primary loss in virginia. You may remember cantor was unseated by tea partybacked challenger david bratt in june. No word on what the seventerm house veteran plans after he leaves congress. And new this morning, wikileaks founder, julian assange, says he will be leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy in london soon. He didnt say when or explain his decision. Assange has been holed up in the embassy for more than two years now. The australian fled there in 2012 to escape extra additiditi swede wrenn hes wanted on sex crime allegations. Hes been granted refugee status, but so far British Police have refused to let him leave the embassy in london. Assange says his health has suffered during his time inside the embassy, but he did not elaborate on that. Two of the countrys Biggest Discount stores making changes to make shopping easier for you. Plus, 3 gas . Is that a reality . Well talk about that coming up. And its game day. Well get you ready for tonights redskins game. First, heres whats hot on nbcwashington. Com. Later today watch the redskins play at fedex field. Rg3 play at 8 00. It win Desean Jacksons first day in the redskins uniform. Theyll be out for at least 20 plays. A nationally broadcast game as new coach, jay gruden, calls the game from the field. His brother will be calling it up in the broadcast booth. If youre going to the game, you might want to take metro. Stations will be open an hour later meaning they close at 1 00 a. M. Instead of midnight. Youll be able to get off at any station in the system. However, you can only get on by fedex field at Largo Town Center or morgan boulevard. Target going to keep its lights on longer so you can shop later. The discount retailer plans to keep some stores open until midnight. Report say target hopes to snag customers who put off shopping until the evening o

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