Transcripts For WRC News4 Midday 20160714 : comparemela.com

Transcripts For WRC News4 Midday 20160714

And lets start with that weather out there. Temperatures right now are in the mid to high 80s, but look at your screen. This is how hot it feels. A heat advisory starts in just about an hour. Amelia, what can we expect . Well, when you factor in the humidity this afternoon, it will feel like temperatures are in the triple digits, feeling like the hottest days so far this year with the humidity. Now, the areas here in orange will be under a heat advisory from noon until 8 00 p. M. This evening. D. C. , Prince William county, williamsburg and over on the eastern shore. Currently temperatures coming in in the 80s to low 90s. 88 in the district, already 90 in reston and leesburg. When you factor in the humidity and if youve stepped outside you know exactly what im talking about, it smacks you like a wet sponge. This is how hot its feeling outside. Close to o100 in washington, 99 in frederick and 99 in culpeper. Mid90s but again, feeling like temperatures are around 100. Theres also a chance for storms later today. Ill have the latest outlook on that coming up in 15 to 20 minutes. Okay, amelia. With all this heat pepco is offering money back on your next bill to try to keep the stress on its system down. The utility expects peak demand between 2 00 and 6 00 this afternoon. Maryland customers can earn more than a dollar in credit for every hour reduced energy use at this time. We have a real tragedy unfolding in northwest d. C. This morning we found out a man died when he was accidentally crushed by his car. The jack he was using gave out. Megan mcgrath raced to the scene when we first learned about what happened. Shes there live on kansas afternoon avenue. Whats up, megan . Reporter the victim was underneath the car. He was fixing it when the jack the car still in the alley this morning. The wheel off and what looks like a jack still underneath. Police say the victim was working on the lincoln mkt behind this home on kansas avenue in northwest when the jack failed, pinning him beneath the station wagon. Its unclear what time it actually happened. Police say he was seen fixing the car at 11 30 last night. A resident leaving for work around 5 15 this morning found him. He didnt have anybody out there working with him or watching his back. It was kind of dark out there so i dont think people found him until early that morning. Reporter grieving Family Members rushed to the home. One relative screaming why, why. Others embraced and comforted one another. A heartbreaking reaction to a terrible accident. And a Family Member of the victim saysth tinkering with cars and they just dont know why that jack failed. Back to you in the studio. Awful story. Thank you, megan, for the update. Right now an investigation into a deadly shooting. Bladensburg Police Someone shot and killed a man on blue heron way last night. Officers tried to revive the man but he died. Police tell us this is a homicide investigation. Prince georges county police are working to identify a suspect in that case. Closing statements are happening now in the trial of Baltimore Police lieutenant brian rice. Hes the highest ranking officer charged in the death of freddie gray. Prosecutors argue rice failed to buckle gray up in the back of a police van last april. Gray later died of injuries investigators say happened to him in the van. Judge Barry Williams says his ruling in the bench trial will come sometime after closing arguments but did not give an exact time. This afternoon family and friends will say a final goodbye to philando officers originally said they pulled over the car for a broken taillight. That is now being questioned. Castiles death sparked protests nationwide, including the one in dallas that turned into an ambush attack on police. Dont have People Killed and a Police Officer hit by a bullet. Four people were shot in st. Louis last night. Police say a womans exboyfriend showed up at a house, then killed her and her new boyfriend. They say the exboyfriend also shot another man and an officer was graze bidey a bullet in his leg. How democrats will try to pressure republicans to take action on gun control. Theyll take part in the National Speak out on gun violence event on the west lawn of the capitol. Gun violence prevention organizations and other activists will join them. It gets under way at 7 30 tonight. Well, now to decision 2016. We now know who will be speaking at the Republican National convention in cleveland next week. It includes former football star tim tebow and paypals peter teal. Trumps four Adult Children will also address the delegates. Among the notable women speaking, iowa senator joni ernst. Among the republican leadership, House Speaker paul ryan will be speaking. Not on the list of speakers, indiana governor mike pence, a possible vp pick. Donald trump will reveal his pick tomorrow morning in new york city. It comes after he spent yesterday meeting with some of the potential finalists. They include pence, former House Speaker newt gingrich, and new jersey governor chris christie. News4 will have complete coverage of both Party Conventions starting next week in cleveland. Chris lawrence and tom sherwood will bring you live reports from the Convention Hall beginning sunday night on news4 at 11 00. Meantime, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg says she regrets her comments about donald trump n a Statement Released today she said the criticism was illadvised and judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for office. Last week ginsburg told the Associated Press that she did not want to think about the prospect of trump winning the presidency. She also called him a faker. Trump tweeted that ginsburgs quote, mind was shot and that she should resign. Virginia senator tim kaine will campaign with Hillary Clinton today inspect annandale setting off spec latulation tha will be her running mate. Kaine said he thinks hell still be in the senate come next year. We have a warning about robo calls that you might have already gotten in your home. What not to do to protect yourself from a scam. Plus losing your cool when you get behind the wheel. Its a great day for an adventure. Surprises are hiding around each corner. Come chase thrills that lead in every direction. Yet somehow bring us all back together. Busch gardens williamsburg and water country usa. Vacation packages start at 50 per person. A whole other world awaits. People in our area drive a lot and spend a whole lot of time stuck in traffic, as you may know. Now a new study shows an overwhelming number of drivers experience road rage behind the wheel. Aaa says nearly 80 of drivers reported getting aggressive in the past year. 8 million of them even say that they purposely rammed another vehicle or got out of the car to confront another driver. Weve all heard the old adage we say things we dont mean when when youre behind the wheel, you do things that you wouldnt otherwise do when youre angry. On top of that action two of three drivers believe aggressive driving was a bigger problem today than three years ago. You may remember three members of one family died after a collision along river road back in february. Now Montgomery County police say the driver responsible has agreed to plead guilty to manslaughter charges. Officers say the driver was going too fast, as fast as 115 miles an hour, moments before hitting the familys car. His plea deal carries a maximum of 30 years in prison. Adam. Phoenix police are racing against time to catch a serial killer before he strikes again. Seven people have been randomly shot and killed over a fivemonth period. Migu Miguel Almaguer reports how the crime spree has one of americas biggest cities on edge. Reporter this morning in phoenix, for some, another sleepless night. Community. Seven people dead, fathers, mothers, even a 12yearold child gunned down here. Two others have also been shot and survived. This guy has killed seven people. Reporter the Guardian Angels now patrolling the neighborhood where many of the victims were targeting. Whats your big worry . Another shooting. This guy, hes already killed hes killed seven people. Hes going to kill again. Reporter the murders following a pattern, all happening under the cover of darkness. The innocent killed in driveways or in cars, often steps from their homes. Two survivors helping police with their first big break, the sketch of the suspect. Witnesses reported very brief interaction between the suspect and the victims, but for the most part i think these people are completely unaware of whats about to happen to them. Reporter the crime wave now spans five months. The phoenix neighborhood of maryveil has been home of the most crystal white murdered before sunrise. Manuel garcia killed one week later. Five miles away. Angela lener, maliyah and Stephanie Harris were also killed. I have to remind myself, tell myself that my mom is no longer here. Reporter breangela white and her five siblings lost their mother, crystal. Every morning a cry. And every day is just it doesnt feel real. That is Miguel Almaguer reporting. Police call this one of the most calculated coldblooded murders they have ever seen. That 12yearold victim was shot a dozen times. 34yearold mario rivelo faces charges after police say he used his cell phone to take photos up a womans skirt. The woman caught him in the act in Surveillance Video shows that woman cornering him along with two other passengers. Moments later Police Arrived and made an arrest. A group of transgender women say they were discriminated against at a local pool. The women went to the rec center on georgia Avenue Northwest and they said the rec attendant send them to the mens changing room. The group said as they filed a complaint with the rec supervisor other employees began harassing them. The transgender women we spoke with did not want to be identified. Lifeguard were saying they shouldnt be in the womans room, talking about pedophilia, being perverts and how its just not right. The rec employee involved filed a police report. The department of parks and recreation spokeswoman told news4 in a statement a summer youth epl misdirected patrons to the restroom. Mpd is investigating a report that the patrons threatened the youth. Meanwhile a Virginia School board is taking its fight to keep a transgender student out of the boys restroom to the state Supreme Court. The Gloucester County school board wants the high court to stop gavin grim from using the bathroom until they review the case. Grim was born female but identifies as a male. The aclu brought the original lawsuit arguing that the School Boards policy was segregating transgender students from their peers. Robo calls are not only annoying, but increasingly theyre a way for thieves to steal your money. Olivia sterns has one womans story who was fleeced out of thousands of bucks. Hello. Reporter when jean johnson got a call from a policeman saying her grandson was locked up, she panicked. I wanted to make sure that reporter she sent the 9,000 he was asking for, only later realizing it was all a lie. Hello, i have a message concerning important personal business. Reporter fraud calls like this have doubled in the past three years, primarily targeting the elderly. The average consumer now receiving ten such calls per week. Every time this screen refreshes, thats another scammer or robo caller dialing into our system. Reporter pin drop specializes in Fraud Prevention and telephone scams. Were seeing them being able to use technology to their advantage to target more victims in a shorter amount of time. Reporter most fraudsters used spoofing technology which generates a false caller i. D. In seconds they dial my phone manipulating the i. D. To make a familiar number appear. Lester . A properly motivated 13yearold could do it in 30 years. The most common, calls from google, the irs or telling you youve won a cruise. To protect yourself, dont just trust your caller i. D. Download apps like true caller or privacy star that identify calls. Hang up and avoid personal info. It will say reporter after contacting the police, the family recovered most of the funds and jean is keeping a close eye on her grandchildren. A Vienna Library is letting kids keep the books they check out. The popup Summer Library was set up by the librarian and teachers at Cunningham Park elementary school. Educators were worried about students skills slipping over the summer because they didnt have access to books. The community donated about a thousand books to the library. Its open one night a week and right next door to the apartmen students live. The more books you have in your home, the more likely you are to read and that increases your reading and your literacy. Im real excited too. Teachers say the response has been overwhelming. The Summer Library is open on wednesday nights from 5 00 to 7 00 in the cedar lane shopping center. What a nice idea. Wont be checking out war and peace, though. They can keep that. I like shorter books. You, barbara . Well, you know, now that im using im listening to them when i walk, i dont care how long they are. If i get into it, i want it to keep going on and on. Ive got a good one that im reading or listening to. Ill tell you about it. Stay tuned for that. We have new information on an Arena Football Team coming to the district. And no clouds to shade us today. The bright sunshine out there making it feel a whole lot hotter than it actually is. Its weather alert day and amelia is back in just a little bit to tell us woman i have a masurprise for you. Are you . Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Stand by me. Welcome back. This story is a strong warning to you. Be careful if youre cleaning up after a storm. Police say a man died outside st. Louis while he was moving tree limbs. One had a live wire wrapped around it. He was electrocuted and died. This was all after the rain and wind which hit the city yesterday. It cut power to hundreds of thousands of people and damaged several homes and car temperatures could be dangerous today, thats why some Summer School programs in fredericksburg are moving for the rest of the week. A power surge earlier this week knocked out power at walker grant middle school. Students will go to class at James Monroe High School instead. Administrators home to have students back at grant by monday. They arent sure what caused that power surge there. We could have some of that today, though, couldnt we. Pepco is asking people to cut down. I dont know if id trade saving a couple bucks today because it is going to be so hot and so humid out there. When you factor in the humidity, it will feel like temperatures are anywhere from 100 to close to 105 degrees this afternoon. Feeling like the hottest day so far this year with the heat and humidity among other factors. Cant rule out a few isolated storms later today, nothing to cancel plans over, but a great day to have the nbc washington app downloaded. You can pull up your app, check the radar right there. Hot, highs around 90, but lower humidity. Some rain possible around saturday, we are keeping sunday dry. Still hot next week, all 90s on the board. The weather having a moderate impact on your day, because of the heat, because of the humidity, you want to limit your time outdoors. Theres a threat of a halateda thunderstorm. Lauren and doug will keep you updated right here on news4 and online. Heres the latest on storm team 4 radar. Completely dry in our immediate area but notice some activity back in west virginia. This could ignite again maybe a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon but notice how meager the threat is. 3 00 dry and sunny. Around 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. Maybe some thunderstorms passing through the district. By 7 00 p. M. We return to clear skies. Clear overnight tonight but still muggy tomorrow, a high of 95 degrees, but it wont feel as bad because the humidity will be lower. Saturday. Ill have more on the weekend coming up in just a few minutes. Well, were about to find out the d. C. s brand new sports team, everything about it, in minutes, literally minutes. Well learn the name, the logo, the colors of the new Arena Football Team. The wizards owner is revealing everything at a News Conference at 11 30 this morning. The new team will play at the verizon center. Arena football is played inside as you probably know on a field half the size of a College Football field or the ones that they use for the nfl. The teams first game wont be until sometime next summer. Bratwurst, noodles, cake, sandwiches, theres a brand new menu at fedex field this year. The redskins held an event called the taste of fedex field to show off all the new options. They invited season Ticket Holders to try it all find their favorites. That waffle, the jerk chicken and the barbecue. I havent tried the rest and i think healthy food is great. I probably just wont be eating it. The team says at least 75 of the dishes are completely new. They as

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