Transcripts For WRC News4 Today At 5 20151111 : comparemela.

Transcripts For WRC News4 Today At 5 20151111

Child and flores died in that crash. Aaron . Angie, thank you. 5 01 right now. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Lets check the weather with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Good morning, aaron and eun. Quiet start to the day. Weather headlines, theres going to be a lot of this going on this morning, leaves flying around. Its a fairly blustery morning and gusty way to get the day started. Hold on to your hats is the first headline today. Dont forget to shake the hand of a veteran if you see one out there. Current temperatures, low to mid 50s in the metro area. Little cooler down towards central virginia. Winds are gusting between 20 and 30 Miles Per Hour on your way out the door this morning, so youll need a wind breaker for sure. Temperatures, 48 this morning. Near 60 by lunchtime and mid 50s when youre coming back home and getting ready for dinner plans. Coming up in 10 minutes, toms talking about the impact the weather will have on your commute. Right now hov reprieve for Melissa Mollet. Isnt that nice . Hov restrictions lifted along 66 and 395. Wanted to remind you of that because v dot did remind us of that, of course. Thats good. 66 and 95 overall looking quite good. 95 here northbound dont have any problems. Southbound a little bit slow as you pass 234. That is some road work thats hanging around a little longer than normal this morning. Right now 270 to 70 to the spur going to take you 20 minutes. Northbound also quite open. Ill see you back here at 5 11. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. 5 02. Controversial Political Action Committee Supporting d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is shutting down. Tom sherwood tweeted the news last night. Questions come relating to the fundraising practices. Fresh pack was formed by bowsers closest allies. Its come from withering criticism for firms doing business with the city. Carl racine told nbc 4 on friday that fresh pac was blatant, quote, pay for play politics that citizens oppose. Supporters of the pack say the committee which threatened the campaign of opponents against the mayor have become too much of a, quote, distraction. He was on a trade mission and was not available for ent. Today a group of Community Leaders will announce a probe of the pepco exsalon merger. The group says it wants documents relating to these controversial negotiations released. Coming up on news 4 molette green will have more on todays investigation announcement. Each one of those tax plans is better than the mess that we have right now. Tax policy and immigration plans this morning in decision 2016. The fourth gop debate brought out substance and sparks for the republican candidates for president. Nbc 4 political analysts said its hard to pick a winner. The top eight candidates talked about policy, taxes, military spending and immigration. In the undercard debate beforehand Chris Christie had this standout moment. Anybody believes the stuff they heard from that democratic debate a few weeks ago, theres nothing for free. The bottom line is, believe me, Hillary Clintons coming for your wallet, everybody. Dont worry about Huckabee Orrin dal, worry about her. In the primetime debate clashes over military spending and what defines a true conservative. Nbcs tracie potts will join us with that part of the story in just a bit. Happening today, crews will be back at an apartment in prince gorges county. Theyre going bore into the soil to find out why the building started shakesing over the weekend. One resident spotted cracks in her walls and ceiling. Firefighters evacuated two buildings on sunday. No one was hurt. 5 05 this morning. One of the women caught in this video groping and twerking on a man in d. C. Is behind bars. He says he wants the other woman caught immediately. He feels violated and embarrassed. The man stood in line for gas at the shell on new york avenue northeast. Some people on social media said the victim should have welcomed the attention but he said there is nothing to welcome about sexual assault. Did you feel violated . I felt 100 violated. I felt really humiliated also because when someone is just grabbing your body parts without your permission no matter who it is, thats just a violation completely. Police arrested 22yearold ayana rie knight from las vegas and charged her with sexual abuse. The second woman hasnt been caught. Today we honor our nations veterans for their service and sacrifice. In just a few hours a day of events will begin at the World War Two memorial on the national mall. One of many places that will hold events honoring our vets. News 4s derek ward is at miriams kitchen in northwest d. C. With more on the event hang there. Derek, god morning. Reporter good morning, aaron. Of course, you know what better way to honor vets, especiay homeless vets, to see to the needs they have. Were at miriams kitchen. This is the place where services are rendered all throughout the year. Its especially important this time of year that they serve that community, the subpopulation of the homeless community, the veterans. Here is scott sheklandberg. The president and ceo. Miriams kitchen is around for 30 years. Weve grown to serve the needs of our guests beyond just the meals but also with case mage services and ultimately working towards ending homelessness by providing more and more housing for folks. Reporter i found out theres good news regarding the population of Homeless Veterans. Whats the information . The good news is both in d. C. And nationally the number of homeless vets is dropping drastically. D. C. Is on track to end homelessness by the end of this nearly 1 4 were veterans. Today 6 are veterans. This is a trend thats been replicated throughout the country and district. Reporter they say this may be the last veterans we have to do this. Doors open at 6 30. Volunteers start showing up shortly after that. Live in northwest. Derek ward, news 4. A local veteran will be awarded the medal of honor at the white house this week. He attended Walter Johnson high school in bethesda and ran track at theni he was seriously injured in afghanistan three years ago when he tackled a suicide bomber. Rohberg was part of a Security Team escorting a colonel. He said his instinctsnd training kicked in as soon as he realized the man was a threat. All i could think of is we have to get him away from the boss. Like get him away as far as we can. Talking about eight seconds here. Theres no its just you just react. Yourust yourtrning. You trust your instincts. You trust that you are you have the internal fortitude to go out there and do the job that you know youve been tasked to do. Four men were killed in that attack, but Officials Say many more would have died if he hadnt jumped into action. He has had more than 30 surgeries on his leg. President obama will present rohberg with a medal of honor on thursday. He will be featured thursday night on nightly news with lester holt. So many moments like that. Selfless moments for our veterans. They dont do it for the attention. No. We salute you. Thank you for your service. 5 08. Tensions running high on the university of missouri campus. Why police are not worried despite an overnight threat. Marijuana has been legal in the district for a while. Were seeing the impact its having when it comes to a number of serna rests. The number were getting. Clear out there now. You no he what that means, its also cool. Tom kierein will join us next to let us know if you want t time to check our weather right now. And we are finally drying out. Lets get right over to chuck bell. Thats right. Little bit of dryer air moving back to the aea rightnow. As a result, no need to worry about the umbrella today. What you will contend with on your way out the door this morning, winds are gusting between 20 and 30 Miles Per Hour ealy this morning. On your way out the door, layer up. Youll need a wind breaker for sure. A little bit on the blustery side here this morning. Temperatures near 50 degrees. Well briefly be open to the low 60s. By the time youre coming back home later on this afternoon it will still be dry. Temperatures back down to 60 degrees. King about the weekend, thats justen minutes from now. More good news now in traffic from melissa. Thats right. Right now i want to remind you again because of the holiday, this is something that a lot of folks are waking up to this morning but im sure you probably know this. Just a reminder no service on vre this morning because of the liday here. The good news portion of this is that the hov restrictions are lifted along 66 and 395 of course today, 270 as well. Inner loop at allentown road, still have this problem off to the left shoulder. Slowing down folks a tad is morning as youre getting off allentown road near andrews. 66 at nutley and 395 north at seminary road, remember, we still have those accidents there. They are all on the shoulder. Should not be slowing you down. Just a little warning there. Prince gorges county looking good. Nice and green. Everything is moving just fine. See you in aew minutes. Right now, tensions are high at the university of missouri where police say they were investigating multiple threats to black students on campus. In just the last few hours police and the schools said there is no threat. They also told students not to spread rumors. The threats were posted on social media yesterday after all the campus protests against racism. Nbc news said some students left the missouri campus overnight to make sure they were safe. Right now several parts of the country bracing for seriously Severe Weather. The areas that could get hardest hit. Major news when it comes to virginia veterans. The breaking announcement were standing by for. Your time right now is 5 14. Breaking news just in on this veterans day. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffe is about to announce that veterans homelessness is effectively over in the commonwealth. Hes going to hold a press conference to say more than 1400 veterans were housed in the past year. Its happening in the virginia war memorial in richmond at noon. Following a developing story in the district. A group of Community Leaders will announce a new probe in mayor Muriel Bowsers deal with pepco. She struck two Million Dollar deals with pepco. News 4s molette green is live at rfk stadium with more on the documents this group wants a look at. Molette . Reporter well, aaron, good morning. Critics of the mayor are coming right at her. Critics of this merger plan. They have questions. They are going to raise those questions about Muriel Bowser breathing new life into the epsilon pepco merger on the heels of striking the reported 25 million land deal with pepco for a new d. C. United soccer stadium that will go at Buzzard Point southwest. They are talking about potential conflicts of interest. Initially bowser supported the regulator that rejected the merger plan but her change of mind and support of a new 78 million settlement offer was critical to paving the way for the Public Service commission to possibly give the merger deal a second look. This is the final hurdle for this merger. Bowser, who is now in china on a trade trip, has said the merger is a good deal for taxpayers and ratepayers alike. That is the latest live from where the d. C. United team plays currently at rfk stadium. Back to you. Molette, thank you. 8 million, thats what a man says metro should pay him for being shot twice on a bus earlier this year. Earle coats was hit by two bullets. The Washington Post reports there is a multiMillion Dollar lawsuit that caused them to change the bus route. The on off switch contributes to the shooting in august. The w 8 bus was at a stop on eldons bus southeast when someone cut the power and began shooting into the bus. Today family, friends and colleagues will remember a Fallen Police officer in kentucky. A funeral for officer daniel ellis will be held later this morning in richmond, kentucky. Hundreds of officers attended a visitation for him yesterday. Ellis was shot last wednesday while searching an apartment for a robbery suspect. He was a seven year veteran of the police force. The man is now facing charges accused in the shooting. Later today we will learn new information about a Small Business jet that slammed into an Apartment Building in akron, ohio. The building burst into flames yesterday. Check out the video. Nearby home caught fire. Investigators will begin to work this morning to recover bodies and sift through the wreckage. Plane disappeared out of nowhere. It veered on its side and flew right into those buildings, into the duplexes there. It was just engulfed in flames immediately. This is what youre seeing, a neighbor was snap chatting with a friend when a plane flashed by her building. Two people died and as many as nine are feared dead. No one on the ground was hurt. Right now some parts of the country are preparing for wild weather. Snow, wind, even tornadoes expected as a system moves across the country. Places like reno, nevada, flagstaff, arizona, have already seen several inches of snow. Right now blizzard warnings are posted in colorado. Youre looking at a live picture from Denver International airport now. 25 flights already canceled this morning. That area could see six inches of snow by the end of the day. A large swath of the country from nebraska to illinois could also see wind, hail, even tornadoes later on today. 5 21 today. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. It will be a little bit milder today than it has been. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck belle. Thanks, aaron and eun. Nothing to worry about. Severe weather in the midwest for today will get a little tiny taste of that here tomorrow. It actually does come with a chance anyway for a rumble or two of thunder. Not much in the way of a Severe Weather threat for us. Thats tomorrow. Today, veterans day. Dry, plenty of sunshine mixed in with some clouds around. Definitely on the blustery side this morning. You will need a warm jacket on your way out the door. Winds are currently gusting between 20 and 30 Miles Per Hour so seriously hold on to your hat kind of morning outside. What to wear today . Youll need your warm wind breaker for sure, jeans, maybe even a sweater if youre going to be outside for any of the veterans day ceremonies. Weather slowdown, nothing to worry about for the ride in and home. Not only is the weather dry but its a holiday. Traffic will be lighter. For tomorrow, yellow light for tomorrow as theres a chance for some impactful rain drops coming our way. Thats it. Thats our really only chance be for rain over the next four to five days. So, heres the way it goes. For today, breezy and mild outside this morning. Winds will lay down after 2 00, 3 00 this afternoon. It will be a nicer finish to today than it is a start. Heres more about that rain chance for tomorrow. Heres future weather starting tomorrow morning predawn at 1 00 a. M. Clouds moving back into the picture tonight and early tomorrow. By startoff time tomorrow morning, 7 00 a. M. , skies mostly cloudy and will be dry. By 9 00 in the morning that little ripple in the atmosphere, little weather front dipping our way could generate a rumble or two as early as 8 00, 9 00, 10 00 tomorrow morning. Hagerstown, frederick, best chances of rain with a rumble of thunder is 10 00 a. M. To noon to 1 00. Rain chances move into Southern Maryland between noon and 2 00 or 3 00 in the afternoon. Seven day forecast time, a lot of good news in the seven day. 64 today. Chance of a shower midday hours tomorrow and then back to the dry weather we go although it is definitely going to continue feeling like november. Weekend highs both days mostly in the mid 50s. Traffic time now with Melissa Mollet. Have a brandnew crash inner loop just after richie marlboro road. Seeing a stoppage here on the bottom of your screen. We have a report that the left lane is blocked. Just a little bit difficult to see exactly what is going on here. Inner loop after ritchiemarlboro, at least one lane is blocked. 66 is fine. 95 dont have any problems into town or out of town. Hov restrictions lifted today because of the veterans day holiday along 66 and 395 as well. Taking a look at 270. Restriction should be lifted from the 70 down to the spur. 27 minutes now. Cant do too much better than that. See you in ten minutes at 5 31. Thank you, melissa. New York State Police say they suspect foul play in the death of an 83yearold wife of a millionaire. A caretaker found lois collies body inside a home. She died of blunt force trauma. They do not consider her husband a suspect. 106 bikers in texas are indicted. Its part of this brawl and shootout outside a waco, texas, shootout this past summer. Nine people died and 28 others were injured. The bikers also got into a shootout with police when they arrived there. More than 150 bikers were arrested following the shooting. A community a little less on edge this morning after Police Arrest a man in connection with the shooting of a judge in austin, texas. Shamine onurie is a person of interest in the attempted assassination attempt. Julie koperick is in the hospital with serious injuries. Someone shot her friday night in her driveway. Former u. S. President jimmy carter is getting better. He is responding well to treatment and no new cancer growth has been found. He shared his cancer diagnosis in august. He said doctors have found tumors on his brain. For now he will continue with his treatment. New details. It appears the district legalization of small amounts of marijuana has resulted in fewer marijuana arrests. In fact, arrests are at an historic low right now. As of friday there have only been seven arrests for pot possession this year. Compare that to last year when there were nearly 900 arrests. Almost all of them were before new luck marijua

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