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Transcripts For WRC News4 Today At 6 20160608

Virginia. Derrick ward for news4. Back to you. Good morning, everybody. Coming up on 6 01 now on your wednesday. Hold on to your hat, its going to be a breezy afternoon. Northwest winds 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour or higher. But you can open up the windows. The humidity is gone and temperatures are running well below average. So thank you canada. Love some canadian air in the summertime. Temperatures this morning 5 to 15 degrees cooler than this same time yesterday. We are at 56 now in fredericksburg. 59 in leesburg. 60 in falls church. Heres the next 24 hours, the rain chance is generally 20 to 30 or less. Most of you wont see a rain drop today. 61 at 7 00 a. M. This morning. 70 is dry at 7 00 tonight. And cooler tomorrow morning, mid50s downtown. 40s in the Shenandoah Valley tomorrow morning. Well look at the sevenday forecast coming up in ten traffic partner wtop. Good morning. We had a problem earlier this morning but not sure it is there. Literally, the phones went quiet. 29 at lee highway. No traffic was moving on 29 earlier at all. So im not sure at this point if we have traffic moving. We have chopper 4 headed out to the scene. We are also finding again a lot of callers talking in virginia. A lot more volume on the roadway as they ride because of metro. The orange and silver line are single tracking. This is near falls church and fallston with the longterm work zone. 6 02 as we follow a terrible story this morning. Three Clarksburg High School students have died in a violent crash in damascus. This happened on burnt hill road before midnight. Kristin wright is joining us live from Clarksburg High School this or reporter the Clarksburg High School community is just waking up to this awful news of lead to students killed in a horrible crash the night before graduation. It was bad, the pickup truck they were riding in slammed into a tree. The pictures you see here, the truck is absolutely manageled. Police say the crash happened at 11 30 last night. And for some reason, at this point police say they dont know, it just crashed into a tree. It happened on burnt hill road near king ststead road. Police gave us the names of the three students, jacob dennis who was 17, he was u 2h dri shiplet, 18 years old and carey green, 17. We dont know in the boys were seniors but the Clarksburg High School g morning at 10 00 at mount st. Marys university. It is certainly going to be a back to you. Kristin, thank you. 6 04 right now and authorities are trying to figure out if a body found last night is that of a missing boater from frederick, maryland. Montgomery fire and rescue pulled the body out of the Potomac River around 9 30. Officials say a hiker noticed the body near great falls. And today a jury could reach a verdict in a rape case in d. C. s capitol hill neighborhood. 21yearold antoine pitt is accused of sexually assaulting a woman last october. He was leased two weeks before the attack. He had cut off his gps ankle monitor. Thanks to you weve reached a milestone. Thank you all the struggle continues im going to fight for you, like nobody has ever fought before. Here we are stronger than ever. Lets go out and make that case to america. Thank you god bless you and god bless the United States breaking developments just in for decision 2016, nbc news is projecting Hillary Clinton the winner of californias democratic primary. 66 of the votes are in and clinton is leading 56 to 43 . Results in overnight gave Bernie Sanders a win in montana. He also took the north dakota democratic primary. Clinton won in south dakota, new mexico and new jersey. Now clinton says the real race begins as shes focused less on senator sanders and set her sights instead on the fight against donald trump. Our children and grand children will look back at this time and the choices we are ab strive for, the principles we will live by, and we need to make sure that they can be proud of us. Clinton told thousands of her supporters in brooklyn shell take some time the next couple days to let the historical significance of her nomination sink in. What is next for Bernie Sanders and his supporters . Mark murray is joining us in studio at 6 45 with more. And donald trump promises a fight ahead to dands supporters asking them to join his campaign. He used his victory speech to launch new attacks against the general selection. We cant solve our problems by counting on the politicians who created our programs. The clintons have turned the politics of personal enrichment into an art form for themselves. Now trump is also maintaining his stance this morning about tud overseeing a lawsuit against trump university. In a statement yesterday trump depended his concern but said, his attacks against the judge were misconstrued. The republican and Democratic Leaders both have been outsmoki outsmoki outsmoking a plane made an Emergency Landing. This is breaking news just in. The egyptair flight made an Emergency Landing where the plane took off and they said there was a bomb on board. Angie goff, thank you. The Transit Agency leased this video showing repairs t the orange and silver lines this week. Trains are single tracking between East Falls Church and ballston. Near vienna and new carolton they are operating every 18 minutes instead of 6 minutes. Surge one lasts until next thursday. With safetrack underway, more viewers are driving and the district isnt ready to deal with the extra cars. Look at this video from rush yesterday. Muriel bowser says the additional Traffic Control officers she promised to put at critical intersections have not been hired yet. 20 new officers should be hired by the end of the month. And keep sharing your safetrack commute stories with us. Tweet nbc washington using safetrack. And we have a list of alternatives including deals from uber and capitol bike share. Head to the nbc washington app. A developing story right now out of georgia after a late night accident of National Guard fighter jets. What we are learning ant the commission and the conditions of the pilot from the live desk straight ahead. And look at the pleasant conditions to and from work with the commuter forecast at 6 11. And the olympic winner who grew up in our area is turning to social media to try and track down his stolen stronger is rebuilding a newborns heart. And restoring a fathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up, we want them to grow up stronger. Vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Good morning, everybody. A great looking day outside. Temperatures in the 50s to lower 60s. Plan on 63 degrees on your ride in this morning. Open window weather today for sure. It will be noticeably breezy this afternoon. A gusty northwesterly wind. So you may want to hold on to your hat a little bit but keep temperatures cooler than average. So sunny and breezy for the local travels today. Traveling north tons showers. Nothing major. A little stormy in the Sunshine State of florida. But otherwise if you are on a jet headed out of town, no problems. Lets go to jack taylor at wtop. We have a problem bookending on the freeway downtown near the 3rd street tunnel off the 14th bridge. That accident is just approaching the accident to the 3rd street tunnel. One lane gets you by the ramp. Then two lanes are blocked on the freeway going eastbound. So be aware of that. Also, directly opposite of the freeway, we have an accident in the left lane. Still waiting to hear if lanes are getting by on 29 near the Fairfax County parkway from an earlier crash with chopper 4 headed to the scene. Back to you. We have breaking developments in the last few minutes involving the Stafford County sheriff that was shot. Derrick ward is on the scene, what have you just learned . Reporter we are here Windsor Ridge court. This is a townhouse development. Take a look at this picture, this is the suspect now in custody. Now the Sheriffs Department said they arrested him half an hour ago. We dont have details about that arrest but we do know hes in custody. Hes been identified as Joshua Anthony sumter who is 18 years old and arrested on the warrant of attempted capitol murder. This is after police or sheriffs deputies responded to a call for breaking and entering here on Windsor Ridge court late last night. According to the deputies and Sheriffs Department, when they got here shots were fired by the suspect, several shots, striking that deputy. We understand he was injured seriously and taken to the hospital. We expect to hear details about his injuries and more on this incident. But again, the suspect is in custody after a sheriffs deputy is injured answering a call to breaking and entering on Windsor Ridge court in stafford, virginia. Detectives remain on the scene and well have more details as they become available. Derrick ward, news4, back we have breaking news out of georgia. Two f16s have crash in the state. The South Carolina interNational Guard said the jets were doing night flying operations when this happened. The pilots were able to eject safely. The air personnel are investigating this. And a neighborhood is calling for immediate changes to a deadly intertexas. Emotions ran high inside Walt Whitman High School last night as Community Members talked about what to be done to make the intersection safer. Last february three family members were killed and a fourth seriously injured. One of the options includes closing the road and installing a traffic signal. It doesnt take that much money to do a good solution to force people to slow down. And the Community Members say a change to the intersection needs to happen as soon as possible. And it needs to be done right. 6 16 now. A criminal complaint has been takata air bag. Its the first case in that country related to the massive recall. It involved a woman who wasa fa injured in an accident where her suv crashed into a truck last year and her air bag improperly burst. Takata says it is cooperating with the investigation. We have learned the name of a woman who die in a tubing accident on monday. The Jefferson County Sheriffs Office identified her as 40yearold katrina meeks. She was tubing on the Shenandoah River when her tube was caught on something. Meeks fell in the river and never came up. Rescuers were able to save five of her family members. If approved in november you will spend more the next time you dine out in Fairfax County. Yesterday the board of supervisors voted to put a meals tax referendum on the upcoming ballot. The tax calls for an extra 4 on prepared food for restaurants and the county says it will generate 100 million for schools and capitol projects. And by 2020 minimum wage workers will see their pay increase to 15 an hour. D. C. Joins a number of states approving high minimum wages. The minimum wage right now is 10. 50 and the jump is expected to start in july. And Florida Governor rick scott is concerned that standing water will become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Scott is asking for federal Disaster Assistance and is[rd urging people to clear their homes of standing water. Zika is associated with severe birth defects and those concerns are impacting the olympics right now. Several athletes have pulled out and some of the leaders of the games are responding. The olympics head of communications said that he would respect but said theres nothing to fear because it will be winter in brazil when the games take place this august. It will be colder with fewer mosquitoes. And olympian who grew up in maryland is doing everything to get his gold medal back. Joe jacoby won for slalom canoeing in 1992 in barcelonbar. He was in a restaurant earlier this week when someone stole the car with his gold medal inside. Police found the car but no medal. The medal has no real monetary value to someone out on the market. So i think for us its about giving them an opportunity to have their own olympic gold medal moment and do the right thing to return the medal. Jacoby said ever since he won the medal he takes it with him everywhere. He and his wife are posting updates asking for hlp hopefully someone comes forward with that information. Its time to turn our attention to the beautiful weather were having right now. Cant beat the glow behind us with a live picture from capitol hill. Chuck, it is nice outside already. It sure is. Humidity on vacation the next couple of days. Get outside to enjoy it. These are some of the nicest days for the month of june around here. And it gets harder and harder deeper into summer. The cool fronts are more and more a rare occurrence. Outside this morning, heres the view of Woodrow Wilson bridge, the capital beltway over the potomac. Maryland on one side, d. C. Over here. Notice down the river ripples out on the water this morning. Thats the result of a pretty strong northwesterly wind that will be here for not only today but for tonight and into tomorrow as well. So today, quite breezy but nice and cool. Temperatures today running about 10 degree or so cooler than average. Only the slightest little chance of a shower today. Better chances for some lateday showers co saturday. 30 to 40 chance of a thunderstorm late in the day. More likely saturday evening. Todays rain chance really stays mainly north of us across pennsylvania and new york. But the southern tip of that may graze and throw one or two spotty showers our way during the course of the day. This is future weather. This is the High Resolution uh. I cant give you the 100 guarantee it will be dry, but rain chances today are extremely low. So as you plan to the your day, in the 50s to near 60s. Well be in the low 60s at 7 00 a. M. Highs today in the low to mid70s. Plenty of sunshine around. The next four days look nice as well. 75 today. 78 and sunny tomorrow. 80 and sunny on friday. Theres that little chance for a shower on saturday. Well look at the second half of the weekend coming with the sevenday at 6 51. It is traffic time at 6 20 on a wednesday morning. Well go over to glassenclosed nerve center. Yeah, we have accidents in both directions on the freeway. We have traffic affected eastbound with delays back near 395. Youll find a slowdown beginning before the 14th street bridge. The accident is in the center of the roadway. So one lane is available getting into 3rd street. Two left on the freeway. Westbound opposite the crash we have an accident blocking the left lane. A new crash on 66 eastbound before 123, hopefully that clears quickly. Chopper 4 is in the area, so hopefully well have a shot of this clearing quickly to the shoulder. Back to you. Their dream home turned out to be anything but. The settlement impacted by people with. Welcome back at 6 25. Tomorrow Oprah Winfrey will recognize a d. C. Shelter that has been serving women for 40 ar speaker at n Street Villages annual empowerment luncheon. N Street Village helps women in crisis situation. No one is turned away. The agency provides shelter, medical and Employment Health and they serve 140 women a year, 1400 women a year, women like lynda rush. Im a recovering addict so i came here for the sole purpose of learning how to live without drugs and alcohol. In all of our programs we have no set length of stay. Every woman stays as long as she needs to. N Street Village in northwest washington just opened a new program on 5th street northwest. And with that addition, n street will now serve about 2,000 women a year. What a great organization. Absolutely. Facebook at work, we know you do it. And now you can actually argue we do it for our job, yeah. Yon creativity. A teach of researchers just published a paper that argues some people use social media at work as a sort of selftherapy. The benefits especially apply to younger people who ended up in jobs that were not quite right for them. As you may have guessed, you can take this too far. Researchers say too much facebook scrolling can make people unproductive. Yeah, you get lost in the social media hole. You do. And i keep it up on my computer during the day at my desk just in case, you check it every now and then, sometimes it is a distraction. Well, we have also heard stories where if you look at facebook posts, you feel bad because you are not in hawaii, out climbing the mountains. 6 26 is the time right now. Nearing the finish line, how a young boy is closing in on his goal to support the family of a Slain Virginia state trooper. And aaron has one friend and he has no friends. Temperatures are running 5 degrees cooler than yesterday morning. How many more cold mornings in a row . Ill let you know with a complete check on the forecast coming up. Plus, a developin

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