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WRC News4 Midday February 22, 2017

Breathing when they were taken from the scene. I want to direct your attention down the street here along the curb. You can see some of the evidence theyve gathered here from that shooting scene, again that happened on alabama avenue and ninth place, a short time ago. Heather, flip around, i want you to look down towards 8th and alabama avenue, we have a second crime scene here. And im told that a teenage girl was stabbed down there, that she was being tended to. Now, im told that these two scenes may not be related, we have cops all over the place, they have closed down the street and traffic on alabama avenue and side streets as well as trying to investigate, trying to sort out what happened here. But again, we have two men, shot and wounded here at ninth place and alabama avenue. They were breathing and conscious when they were taken from the away, we have a teenage girl im told who was stabbed in what im told must be a separate incident. Ill have more coming up news 4 later. Now back to you. Pat collins live in southeast washington. Thank you, Montgomery County firefighters are working to put out this brush fire right now. These would be a problem, we told you about the ten brush fires in Prince Georges County over the last few days. This one on Sugar Loaf Mountain is near mount gomry county, Frederick County line. The increase in brush fires is likely happening because we did not get a normal amount of rain this winter. The fire has ripped a family apart but first, lets check the weather. You know, were talking about the Drought Conditions and ill talk about that in just a bit. But were looking at fairly dry conditions. The rain we saw this morning stayed south of the district. Right now mostly cloudy, 52. Were warming up and here rain south of Fredericks Burg. That will keep sliding east. We dont plan on that moving into the district. Mid60s as we go through the afternoon and mild start followed by a even warmer day. Coming up our next chance of rain will be falling over part of your weekend. Ill show you the timing of that and well talk about the drought straight ahead. Thank you. A boy in lorton is dead after neighbors try to save him from a house fire. Justin finch is live on arcade street where the house is burned and its just now a shell. Such a sad story. Reporter good morning, neighbors on this block are reeling. Crime scene tape is still up as Fairfax County firefighters and police work to uncover a cause of this fire and why that little boy died inside. Strewn about this driveway, the water soak and fire twisted changed forever. The mom was there and frantically calling for her child. One of many neighbors who responded to his next door neighbors cries. Her young son trapped inside this Burning House on the 8100 block of arcade street just after 5 00 monday evening. I was working in the garage and a neighbor across the street yelled. I looked out and he pointed, the house is on fire next door so reporter ty herring ton urge to the fire with an urge to help and 40 years of Fire Fighting experience. With him a neighbor who happened to be an offduty Fairfax County firemen, both went in the house to rescue the boy and two dogs inside. Were not able, heavy smoke kept them out. That didnt stop them or neighbors trying their best until firefighters took over. Its unique to see that many people jumping in and doing what they can without the being hurt pretty badly and nobody blinked an eye to help. Even using two garden hoses engulfing the garage. Nothing they had to do but wanted, neighbors say its whats expected on the quiet close in the block. Its not unreal to think of them doing that. We all know each other. Reporter now, looking live at the house, you can see heavy fire damage in that garage area where firefighters found heavy smoke and fire as well. We do know a man and woman were able to escape that house. They were hospitalized and also those two neighbors, two firefighters were able to go inside but also escaped with smoke inhalation at this time police have not confirmed all of the details of this case. It remains under investigation. The cause of the fire is still not yet clear. Well have much more in a later finch, news 4. Back to you. Were getting a better idea how the Trump Administration plans to step up Border Security and crack down on illegal immigration. Homeland Security Officials released a pair of memos detailing plans that could potentially lead to the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants. Jay gray has the details. How can you justify building a wall . Yes. How can you justify maning them 24 hours a day. Reporter the Homeland Security Immigration Enforcement plan is extensive, aggressive and frightening for millions across the country. Anody who is undocumented, whether they are going to the Grocery Store or dropping off kids at school, at any given day they could be deported. Reporter the Trump Administration wants to hire 15,000 additional federal agents to help enforce the new regulations including an end to socalled catch and those detained at the border will be held until their Court Hearing and anyone illegally in the country for less than two years will be immediately deported. The time frame used to be two weeks. Plus adults who pay human smugglers to bring people into the country illegally will be prosecuted or expelled. Its the cruellest act ive ever heard to really impact and separate these families. The dreamers, children already here illegally will be allowed to stay continuing the initiative that was part of an order signed by president obama five years ago. We have to have people come in that are going to love the country, not people that are going to harm the country. Reporter the orders restricting travel from seven predominantly muslim countries are expected this week. Its not clear how this will be funded and the changes will take months in some cases years to enforce, that while civil rights organizations are already gearing up for legal challenges. Jay gray, nbc washington. New this morning, the first nbc News Survey Monkey poll of the year has good news for the Affordable Care act. 52 have a favorable view of it and 45 have an unfavorable view. The poll looked at President Trumps Approval Rating and 43 of americans approve of the job hes doing while 54 disapprove. The poll was conducted online from february 13th to 19th, margin of error of plus or minus 1. 4 . An incredible rescue to show you now about several d. C. Police officers caught on camera. Open the door. Their day should be ending sunday night but they answered one more call. The driver was dazed from crashing into a utility pole and could not free himself. The officersru the man to safety. With training and you know, just our instinct, the job field that were in at any given moment, anything could happen so we have to react quickly. Another couple minutes, if we hadnt been there, hadnt stumbled across it, it would be a completely different story. Even after the man was pulled to safety, officers refused to leave the scene until they knew no one else was inside the car. Its not clear how badly the driver is hurt and were working now to get an update on his condition. We also want to bring you an update about the terrible crash we first told you about yesterday morning on route 28. Gab rielle perry was killed recently graduated from Hofstra University and substitute teacher in loudoun county. A drunk driver was behind the wheel. Now the 22yearolds parents hope her story will save someones life and they say she was supposed to take uber home but for some reasonha mind. Shes got a very good life ahead of her. And she had plans. Dreams shes following and working hard. Her friend was also thrown from the jeep but survived. The Sheriffs Office has charged 26yearold andre glenn with dui and driving on a suspended license. Glenn and a third passenger were not seriously hurt. Its something many of you take each and every day and now were learning more riders are getting hurt on metro. Heres a breakdown of some of the agencys new findings, slip and falls on escalators are up. Many of the falls in 2016 happened on stopped escalators or when passengers werent paying attention. There were also more injuries caused by rear end collision on buses and by drivers braking too hard. Metro listed all of the Safety Initiatives and solutions to prevent injuries, find them at the nbc washington please watch your step and keep moving upon exiting the escalator. One includes this new audible escalator warning. Metro is testing it at gallery place to help prevent the injuries we just mentioned. A new bill in maryland may help ease road rage according to wtop, it would allow police to take a certain driver who block the box. Current state law says if a car enters the intersection when the light or greep or yellow it has a rightofway. D. C. Already has a similar law. While it might be in your kitchen right now. Were talking about the soda stream machine, what you need to know before you make your next drink. Stay with us. After all of the cheerful farewells and well wishes bao bao is now in china. The giant panda arrived here this morning after a 16hour flight from dulg he is airport. The zoo said she ate and drank and slept the whole way. Just like a human might do on a long flight. The zoo has an agreement to send panda cubs to a Conservation Program in turn 4. Bao bao was almost there. Her parents and her baby brother are still at the zoo and be with us for a few more years. I thought you were going to say in the studio. That would be a dream. You wouldnt be in here, i would be sitting by myself. I know, right . All right, developing this morning, mass arrests could happen today at the Dakota Access pipeline camp in north dakota. Protesters have until 2 00 p. M. To leave the area. The area is prone to flooding in the spring and must be cleaned out before then. A few hundred people are still at that camp protesting the billion dollar pipeline they say threatens Drinking Water and cultural sites. Youre looking at new video from the terrifying plane landing involving actor harrison ford. It shows him coming in for a landing when he accidentally landed on a taxi way instead of the runway. He flew just feet above an American Airlines flight th the faa says controllers gave ford the proper landing instructions and he read them back. It is now investigating the whole incident. Take a look at what these people woke up to this morning, American Airlines had a Computer System outage at the Philadelphia International airport, all of those crowds, the system is back up for several hours workers had to manually print tickets and the faa had a ground stop on the airlines inbound fight. The system failed to reboot correctly after a scheduled power outage. The case brought National Attention to an elite prep school. The former student convicted of Sexual Assault is asking for a new trial. Gabe gutierrez explains. Reporter this morning owen labrie is asking for a new trial and arguing his previous legal team failed him during the case that rocked one of the countrys most elite prep schools with dra accuser. I was raped. I was violated in so many ways. Reporter labries local attorney taking the witness stand and claiming the 21yearolds former high profile lawyer was unprepared to cross examine key experts. That was possibly the most terrifying moment of my legal career. Reporter labrie was acquitted in 2015 of raping a 15yearold classmate at New Hampshire st. Paul school as part of a ritual known as the senior salute where older students asked out younger ones before graduation, sometimes for sex. He maintained he never had intercourse with his accuser. It wouldnt have been a good move to have sex with this girl. Reporter will labrie was convicted as well as a felony computer charge that requires him to register as a sex offender for life. That wasnt enough for his accuser who revealed her identity in an exclusive summer. They said they didnt believe he did it knowingly. And that frustrated me a lot because he definitely did do it knowingly. Reporter labrie claims the previous lawyers failed to challenge the felony charge of using a computer to lure a minor for sex. The new lawyers say it took in the intranet, not the internet, never brought up incourt. Carney wrote, i dont consider myself to be knowledgeable about Internet Communications and did not hire an expert to investigate this subject because it never occurred it was an issue to explore. The local attorney now says she did not see the red flag at the time. Looking back on it, i would say no, i wish i had done more. Well, a new study by bank rate. Com suggests that americans are losing ground in the battle between debt and savings. Of people with more Credit Card Debt than savings has gone up 2 from last year. The number of people with more money in savings accounts than Credit Card Debt is unchanged and one in six americans have no Credit Card Debt and also no savings. Something at home might be recalled. Soda stream is recalling 51,000 carbonating bottles because they can burst under pressure. It involves soda stream one liter blue tinted plastic carbon as ated bottles. The bottles were sold from february 2016 through january of this year. Contact soda stream for a full refund. Your favorite macys store could be closing. The retailer has announced it is on track to close 100 stores over the next few years. Its been struggling to compete with online retailers. If the companys Fourth Quarter earnings report, had had plans to close 34 but did not say which locations, they outlined closing 70 stores, including the one at landmark mall in virginia. 20 years after her death, Princess Dianas fashion influence still reigns, well take you inside a brandnew exhibit to celebrate one of u. K. s biggest style icons. If you are traveling to ldo new exhibit to your to do list. Kensington palace is honoring Princess Diana with the diana her fashion story exhibit, cluz her iconic dresses and design to have the greatest amount of impact. Im no fashion expert but she was clearly a fashion icon and im sure she thought carefully about what she wore in order to have the greatest amount of impact. Seemed like everything she wore had such an impact. The exhibit opens on friday and will remain open throughout the year. Well tonight you have another chance to become a multimillionaire. The Powerball Jackpot is now up to 403 million. I only need one. Didnt i p you say that earlier. Ill take half a million, to throw my way. The total is the Third Largest in powerball history, even if you pick the cash option you win nearly 244 million. If youre feeling lucky, the odds of winning are 1 in 292 million. Somebody has win and im never good at that. We always buy tickets when it gets do you . Im bad. She only buys if it gets over 200 is your number . Cutoff . Then im like, okay, its worth it. Its worth it now. If i dont win, i wont feel that bad i tried. I am playing this one. If shes not here tomorrow. If im not here im on an island somewhere and im going to own that island. Today though im here. Cloudy skies and mild temperatures this afternoon, milder than yesterday. Mid60s today, 70s tomorrow if you can believe that. We have 70s a couple of days in a row and rain for part of your weekend. Now weve been talking about the dry weather. The Drought Monitor across the country, we have a moderate drought locally, this is something a deficit in snowfall and rainfall this season. So far 1. 4 inches of snowfall normally around 13 inches so we are in a huge deficit there. Dont expect too much for the rest of the season. Thats not what its trending like right now. Rainfall deficit, a little over 2 inches and aside from that, for the month of february, were 6. 8 degrees above normal, speaking of that, we expect those temperatures to stay above normal. Theres our normal high, 49 degrees. If youre wondering where we should be this time of year, today mid60s, tomorrow mid70s, 25 degrees above normal saturday around 70 then cooler on sunday. For now were still dry and not looking at rain. The rain is staying to our south and rain you see even farther west, thats going to stay to our south too. Temperaturewise, right now were in the mid to low 50s. Coming up well look at your tenday forecast. When you call 911 in the district, how fast does help new information d. C. Fire trucks and ambulances not fast enough. A News Conference happening right now from the people you rely on in an emergency. Gonzalez is there live. Hi, erika. Hi, melissa, good morning, this press conference as a matter of fact just got under way about five minutes ago. Behind me at the podium is fire chief gregory dean. We are outside engine 30 in northeast which is one of the busiest fire stations in the district. This new information that we got last night was probably something that you saw on Mark Seagraves twitter, breaking news. A big picture from the fire chief that indicates Faster Response times when you

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