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But we can be sure because there are so many elm trees on these grounds that people will be out inspecting them in force in the coming days. In southeast dc, im sarah kosmo. Thank you for that. Appreciate it. The man hunt is over. Steve stephens the cleveland man who randomly killed a 74 yearold man and posted it on facebook is dead. Stephens shot and killed Robert Godwin on sunday. While there were reported sightings in washington and philadelphia, he was not located. Shortly after 11 00 this Morning Police got a tip that stephens and his ford fusion was in a mcdonalds parking lot in erie, pennsylvania. Thats about 100 miles northeast of cleveland. Police responded, stephens took off. Less than two miles later Police Performed a pit maneuver which is an attempt to disable the car. Thats when stephens pulled out the gun, shot and i cant eat. I cant sleep. All i keep thinking about is him. And now i see on the news that he killed himself. He killed himself. You left my kids without a father been we dont even know what were going to do at this point. Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Robert Godwin sr. And we have a lot of work and we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening. This is something that should not have been shared around the world. Period. And our kids, although they should not have seen this, im sure a lot have. They need to take this as a listen. We cant do this. We just cant do it. Stephens cell phone pinged in erie on sunday. Finding him there wasnt a complete surprise. But there are still lots of unanswered questions. Did anyone help hide hi while godwin is the only victim known so far. Did stephens kill anyone else as he claimed on facebook. Waiting to learn new information from the army about the people involved in yesterdays deadly chopper crash. Our peggy fox just got off the phone with Public Information officer at the army who says that top army brass are going over the final details of a new press release. We should be seeing that some time in the next hour. We do know that that black hawk chopper went down on a golf course in leonardtown, maryland in st. Marys county. There were three people on board. One person died. Two others were injured. The black hawk is from the 12th aviation battalion stationed at fort belvoir. An army team traveled to try to figure out what caused the crash. The jokers jinx is back in business. The jinx is the roller coaster that got stuck at Six Flags America in largo last week. Two dozen riders we for four hours. A park spokesperson says there was a problem with the wheel on the ride. State inspectors checked it out and that roller coaster took off again late sunday. A gorgeous spring day out there. Many of us saw temperatures into the low 70s. But there are some showers in the forecast; right . We turn to topper shutt who is on the weather terrace. What time are we going to see the action . Heres the deal. We have showers in the forecast, thatsed bad news. Good news, no yellow weather alert required. Both commutes are going to be dry. So temperature wise tomorrow, i mean in the 40s to start. Probably a light jacket at the bus stop a good bet. 47 at gaithersburg. Notice all the showers well west of town. Youre going to have a wet commute if youre out toward cumberland and martinsburg. No doubt about that. By 9 00, maybe get almost to culpepper with temperatures in the 50s. Between 9 00 and 11 00, they sort of fall apart as eastward. Manassas, maybe a shower by 11 00. 57. One thing for certain, the clouds will keep temperatures down a little bit along with that southeasterly wind tomorrow. We get into the afternoon, few and far between. Maybe a shower north of leesburg. Maybe a shower toward fairfax. Generally dry over prince georges county. Temperatures struggling. Even at 1 00. Only 59 in manassas. Only 61 in fredericksburg. About 58 in fairfax. Well come back though. Well talk about how were going to pop in the warm sector of air as we get into the latter part of the week. Well look to the weekend. Lots going on. Thanks, top. The fbi is elevating a maryland murder suspect to its top then list. Bhadreshkumar patel is wanted for the murder of his wife two years ago. She was stabbed to death in a Dunkin Donuts in 2015. 100,000 reward is being offered for patels capture. At a News Conference today the fbi explained why he was added to it this was an extremely violent crime. Thats why it was raised to us and we presented it as one to be nominated for the top ten. You know you cannot understate the level of violence that happened the day that mrs. Patel was killed. The fbi says patel should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. A man is under arrest for a murder on capitol hill. David norwood was stabbed to death sunday instead of his home. The Capitol Area Regional Task force arrested malcolm amir yesterday. Hes charged with seconddegree murder. Police have not released a motive. Vice president mike pence reassured japanese leaders the u. S. Will respond to any Nuclear Threat from north korea. In tokyo pence told the u. S. Ally and Prime Minister that military action is not the first choice but it is an option. We will protect the peace and security of th the world and achieve our shared goal of a nuclear free korean peninsula. North korea tried to test a missile on sunday but it blew up and failed. Now a top official is promising to do this weekly. Buy american, hire american. That was the message from President Trump during a visit to wisconsin. He was greeted by supporters and protesters. Inside the snap on tool factory the president signed an executive order to add more protections to u. S. Workers. Were using every tool at our disposal to restore the american dream. In fact, when it comes to wasteful, destructive, job killing regulations, we are going to use a tool you all know very well. Its called the sledgehammer. The president also promised to stand up for Dairy Farmers in wisconsin who are facing increased competition from canada. The lives of two men who were scheduled to be executed in arkansas have been court rejected the states request to lift the stay that would have allowed the state to execute don davis. The execution of another inmate bruce ward was also put on hold till monday. They are two of eight men that arkansas wanted to execute before a drug it uses for lethal injections expires at the end of the month. One man is under arrest and police are looking for a second. This in connection with a murder in manassas city. 20yearold Dennis Sanchez is being held for the shooting death of a 25yearold. Police released a picture of a younger suspect they also want to talk to. The victim was in a restaurant just hours before the killing but he didnt notice anything unusual. Some frightening moments for students aboard a school bus in southern maryland. Look at that thing. A fire erupted in the e gin of the vehicle this morning. Happened in leonardtown. The driver pulled over to the side of the road and the High School Students from le the bus. Everyone was able to get off safely. There were no injuries. So procrastinators, its your favorite day of the year. You have just a few more hours to get your taxes done. Dont feel bad because youre not alone. The irs says 40 million americans have yet to file their taxes or even ask for an extension. Of course the deadline is later this year because april 15th fell on a saturday and monday was emancipation day. Tax forms do have to be postmarked by midnight tonight to avoid a penalty. And dozens of restaurants are offering freebies and discounts and for a full list go to our wusa9 news app. We have plenty of Great Stories we want to share with you tonight. Some students in Montgomery County are lending their voices to a book to help youngsters with reading challenges. Why a building near nats park is putting the kibosh on banners and flags. Our roller coaster forecast. Parents from our area pull a what happened and get you there are thousands of comments and lets just say no shortage of opinions after parents pulled a prank on their son. I bought this year invisible ink and im going to squirt it all over his carpet and start flipping out. What the hell is this . What is this . Cody. I didnt do that tell me what you did. I didnt do that. The video goes on. There were f bombs all over it. Cody was indeed innocent. This family claims to live in maryland. Theyre feeling the wrath of the internet oh no, cody is crying. We want to know what you think. Did the prank go too far . Tell us what you think on the wusa9 news app. Wusa9s janice park was in damascus where people say the prank crossed the line. Its a prank filled with profanity and a scared child. Who is moved to tears. I didnt do that. I didnt do that. Yelling and accusations would last three minutes until it was revealed it was all a joke. It was not so funny to youtube viewers who were quick to express their disgust. One person wrote i hope the parents burn in hell. Another hash tag, child abuse. Others wrote disgusting. A sentiment shared in the city of damascus where the family reportedly lives. As a retired teacher im i dont understand why the parents would think this is acceptable. The father mike martins calls himself a blogger. The video has since been taken down. I think people would be outraged and concerned for the child because you wonder if this is what is going on when theyre video taping, you just wonder about the circumstances in the family. In response the family posted this video called blocking all haters. Everyone has their opinion and all that stuff. Guys, if they dont like the channel, what should they do . Dont watch it. Reporter just yesterday the family released an apology. It says we deeply apologize for your feelings of concern. We do not condone child abuse in any way, shape or form. We are a loving, close knit family. It sounds like they took a step back and realized maybe they did something wrong. I was feeling for poor cody. As here . They have a ton of followers and they do all kinds of videos all the time. This is one that hit a button. They get millions of views. This one went really wrong. All right. Thanks. A lot of you are weighing in. Well take a look at our mega phone poll which was do you think these parents went too far and right mow it looks like 81 of you say yes. 19 of you say no. If you get the opportunity to see the whole video, get a better perspective on the whole thing, go ahead and sound off and chime in on our facebook page. Even topper says they went too far and thats from topper. A rocket named after a beloved astronaut is carrying supplies to the International Space station. The s. S. John glenn lifted off from Cape Canaveral this morning. The rocket is taking all kinds of cargo, including crew supplies and science experiments to the orbiter. Nasa cameras are providing live 360degree video as that rocket heads into space. Look at that. That is cool. A rocket. Take that, north korea. [ laughter ] i knew that was coming. Sorry. Those parents went way too far. Poor cody. Looked like he was getting ready to have a melt down. I know. Hes thinking whats all this stuff down here. Theyre looking a little furious. Yeah. Lets talk about the three degree guarantee. I think were in good shape today. Temperatures a little cooler. Get ready. Temps are going to keep falling for a while. Looking at temperatures. We went 71. Well let you know how we did at 11 00. I think were in pretty good shape. Lets take a live look outside. Michael and son weather cam. Still has scaffolding on it. Thats from the earthquake damage. Its 71 right now. Good. Dew points in the low 40s. Dry air mass. Humidity, why . Its only 35 . Thats low for us. Big picture, satellite picture radar combined. We had showers out in wisconsin and the great lakes. Well worry about e these showers went south of us yesterday. Take you out in the atlantic. Tropical storm marlene, apparently freaking out there. She could become a tropical storm. About a 30 chance. If she were, only become the first named storm in april since 2013. So its unlikely. Remember, Hurricane Season doesnt technically start until june. Doesnt always work out that way. Over the last few hours we have clouds down to the south of us. Were clear for now. Well start out clear and clouds will roll in as we go through the night. Cooler tonight. Crack the windows. Nice. Bus stop temps. Mid40s to mid50s. Perhaps a shower. Especially west of town and late in the bus stop time. Like around 9 00. Earlier you go, youll be fine. Cooler, some showers on wednesday. Not worthy of a yellow weather alert. Warmer on thursday and friday. As we get into the warm sector of air, some isolated thunderstorms are possible. Not washout days. We h alert for wednesday, thursday and friday. Big changes in terms of temps. I tweeted this out earlier. 65 tomorrow, okay. Boom. Were 80 on thursday. 83 on friday. Then we crash again. 70 on saturday. And 68 on sunday. Right now looks like its 25, 75 weekend with 75 being wet over the weekend. Future cast, notice arrows. Southeast winds. Were clear to start. This is 10 00 tonight. Temperatures upper 50s, low 60s. Clouds begin to move in by morning. And were looking at temperatures still on the cool side. Light jacket at the bus stop. Probably a good idea. 47 in frederick. Showers will be west of i81 during the bus stop hours. In terms of the immediate metro area, commute is going to be dry. Clouds, going to be dry. The clouds coming in, maybe a better commute eastbound on 66. Showers along i81. Temperatures upper 40s, low 50s. By 1 00 move eastward. No shortage of clouds. Just a few showers here and there. Not a huge deal. On the day planner. 50s to start. 54 at 9 00. 56 at 11 00. We jump to 62 at 1 00. We get into the next three days. Were in good shape. Temperatures going up to about 80 degrees as we get into wednesday and thursday. Crashing into the weekend. Well, okay. It doesnt want to come up to the day planner or the seven day. Not quite so oh, wait a minute. Bam. There it is. Bam. Okay. Temperatures in the 60s tomorrow. Then 80s afternoon storms and then cue the music, thank you. Heres the weekend. Maybe the first half of saturday dry and then showers and storms over the weekend. We clear out next week. The family of a guard killed in a delaware prison riot is suing the state. Inmates took over the Correctional Center in february and th officer steven floyd. Guards who were taken hostage during the seizure also part of the lawsuit. The state is accused of ignoring security and staffing problems. Corrections officers had complained for years about understaffing, low pay and other issues. Following its decision to repeal that controversial bathroom bill, the ncaa says it will return to North Carolina. Greensboro will host the first and second round of the mens basketball tournament in 2020. Raleigh will get the games a year after that. The new legislation doesnt go far enough to protect the lgbt community. The ncaa felt the change put North Carolina back in the game. The Verizon Center will be hosting in 2019. Should be exciting. Its going to be great. Under fire for its handling of Sexual Assault accusations. Baylor university has hired its first female president. Shes from this area. Linda living stone comes to school from George Washington university. A 2016 investigation found baylor had mishandled Sexual Assault claims for years. The football coach art briles was fired. The former president was demoted and then resigned. Baylor faces lawsuits from about a dozen women, as well as criticism from state lawmakers and prominent donors. Whats inside these coat hooks that has lipoce asking you to keep a close look at them. A woman claims a vicious animal came into her home and snatched her dog. Stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. The way it was walking i thought, thats a lion. And the lion must have just grabbed her. A woman believes a Mountain Lion came into her San Francisco area home while she was sleeping and apparently snatched her dog. Victoria left her door slightly open to let in fresh air. Her dog hasnt been seen since. Now she couldnt believe that the big cat would have been so bold. The game warden is investigating what appears to be Mountain Lion tracks near the home. Sighting the have been increasing in and area. Lets talk about some consumer news now. You want to keep your eyes out for these coat hooks in public bathrooms because it turns out they might have cameras in them. Now ive got your attention. Heres what it looks like. It sells on amazon for about 13. Theyre marketed as Home Security surveillance or spy cameras. Police in florida have reported on sents involving these hooks with the secret cameras three times in the last year. Bank of americas profiters grew by nearly 40 in the First Quarter in part because of higher interest rates. The bank ceo says the u. S. Economy continues to show consumer and business optimism. For the most part financial stocks have skyrocketed since the president ial election. On expectations the Trump Administration would ease regulation on the industry. Uber may be forced to add a new feature to its app in new york city which would let passengers pick their drivers. The taxi regulator says it would address drivers concerns about falling that could impact some of your favorite shows. Georgetown takes another step forward to making amends for its ties to slavery. Right after the break, local students create an audio book to help people tackle their reading challenges. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Robert Godwin<\/a> on sunday. While there were reported sightings in washington and philadelphia, he was not located. Shortly after 11 00 this Morning Police<\/a> got a tip that stephens and his ford fusion was in a mcdonalds parking lot in erie, pennsylvania. Thats about 100 miles northeast of cleveland. Police responded, stephens took off. Less than two miles later Police Performed<\/a> a pit maneuver which is an attempt to disable the car. Thats when stephens pulled out the gun, shot and i cant eat. I cant sleep. All i keep thinking about is him. And now i see on the news that he killed himself. He killed himself. You left my kids without a father been we dont even know what were going to do at this point. Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Robert Godwin<\/a> sr. And we have a lot of work and we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening. This is something that should not have been shared around the world. Period. And our kids, although they should not have seen this, im sure a lot have. They need to take this as a listen. We cant do this. We just cant do it. Stephens cell phone pinged in erie on sunday. Finding him there wasnt a complete surprise. But there are still lots of unanswered questions. Did anyone help hide hi while godwin is the only victim known so far. Did stephens kill anyone else as he claimed on facebook. Waiting to learn new information from the army about the people involved in yesterdays deadly chopper crash. Our peggy fox just got off the phone with Public Information<\/a> officer at the army who says that top army brass are going over the final details of a new press release. We should be seeing that some time in the next hour. We do know that that black hawk chopper went down on a golf course in leonardtown, maryland in st. Marys county. There were three people on board. One person died. Two others were injured. The black hawk is from the 12th aviation battalion stationed at fort belvoir. An army team traveled to try to figure out what caused the crash. The jokers jinx is back in business. The jinx is the roller coaster that got stuck at Six Flags America<\/a> in largo last week. Two dozen riders we for four hours. A park spokesperson says there was a problem with the wheel on the ride. State inspectors checked it out and that roller coaster took off again late sunday. A gorgeous spring day out there. Many of us saw temperatures into the low 70s. But there are some showers in the forecast; right . We turn to topper shutt who is on the weather terrace. What time are we going to see the action . Heres the deal. We have showers in the forecast, thatsed bad news. Good news, no yellow weather alert required. Both commutes are going to be dry. So temperature wise tomorrow, i mean in the 40s to start. Probably a light jacket at the bus stop a good bet. 47 at gaithersburg. Notice all the showers well west of town. Youre going to have a wet commute if youre out toward cumberland and martinsburg. No doubt about that. By 9 00, maybe get almost to culpepper with temperatures in the 50s. Between 9 00 and 11 00, they sort of fall apart as eastward. Manassas, maybe a shower by 11 00. 57. One thing for certain, the clouds will keep temperatures down a little bit along with that southeasterly wind tomorrow. We get into the afternoon, few and far between. Maybe a shower north of leesburg. Maybe a shower toward fairfax. Generally dry over prince georges county. Temperatures struggling. Even at 1 00. Only 59 in manassas. Only 61 in fredericksburg. About 58 in fairfax. Well come back though. Well talk about how were going to pop in the warm sector of air as we get into the latter part of the week. Well look to the weekend. Lots going on. Thanks, top. The fbi is elevating a maryland murder suspect to its top then list. Bhadreshkumar patel is wanted for the murder of his wife two years ago. She was stabbed to death in a Dunkin Donuts<\/a> in 2015. 100,000 reward is being offered for patels capture. At a News Conference<\/a> today the fbi explained why he was added to it this was an extremely violent crime. Thats why it was raised to us and we presented it as one to be nominated for the top ten. You know you cannot understate the level of violence that happened the day that mrs. Patel was killed. The fbi says patel should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. A man is under arrest for a murder on capitol hill. David norwood was stabbed to death sunday instead of his home. The Capitol Area Regional Task<\/a> force arrested malcolm amir yesterday. Hes charged with seconddegree murder. Police have not released a motive. Vice president mike pence reassured japanese leaders the u. S. Will respond to any Nuclear Threat<\/a> from north korea. In tokyo pence told the u. S. Ally and Prime Minister<\/a> that military action is not the first choice but it is an option. We will protect the peace and security of th the world and achieve our shared goal of a nuclear free korean peninsula. North korea tried to test a missile on sunday but it blew up and failed. Now a top official is promising to do this weekly. Buy american, hire american. That was the message from President Trump<\/a> during a visit to wisconsin. He was greeted by supporters and protesters. Inside the snap on tool factory the president signed an executive order to add more protections to u. S. Workers. Were using every tool at our disposal to restore the american dream. In fact, when it comes to wasteful, destructive, job killing regulations, we are going to use a tool you all know very well. Its called the sledgehammer. The president also promised to stand up for Dairy Farmers<\/a> in wisconsin who are facing increased competition from canada. The lives of two men who were scheduled to be executed in arkansas have been court rejected the states request to lift the stay that would have allowed the state to execute don davis. The execution of another inmate bruce ward was also put on hold till monday. They are two of eight men that arkansas wanted to execute before a drug it uses for lethal injections expires at the end of the month. One man is under arrest and police are looking for a second. This in connection with a murder in manassas city. 20yearold Dennis Sanchez<\/a> is being held for the shooting death of a 25yearold. Police released a picture of a younger suspect they also want to talk to. The victim was in a restaurant just hours before the killing but he didnt notice anything unusual. Some frightening moments for students aboard a school bus in southern maryland. Look at that thing. A fire erupted in the e gin of the vehicle this morning. Happened in leonardtown. The driver pulled over to the side of the road and the High School Students<\/a> from le the bus. Everyone was able to get off safely. There were no injuries. So procrastinators, its your favorite day of the year. You have just a few more hours to get your taxes done. Dont feel bad because youre not alone. The irs says 40 million americans have yet to file their taxes or even ask for an extension. Of course the deadline is later this year because april 15th fell on a saturday and monday was emancipation day. Tax forms do have to be postmarked by midnight tonight to avoid a penalty. And dozens of restaurants are offering freebies and discounts and for a full list go to our wusa9 news app. We have plenty of Great Stories<\/a> we want to share with you tonight. Some students in Montgomery County<\/a> are lending their voices to a book to help youngsters with reading challenges. Why a building near nats park is putting the kibosh on banners and flags. Our roller coaster forecast. Parents from our area pull a what happened and get you there are thousands of comments and lets just say no shortage of opinions after parents pulled a prank on their son. I bought this year invisible ink and im going to squirt it all over his carpet and start flipping out. What the hell is this . What is this . Cody. I didnt do that tell me what you did. I didnt do that. The video goes on. There were f bombs all over it. Cody was indeed innocent. This family claims to live in maryland. Theyre feeling the wrath of the internet oh no, cody is crying. We want to know what you think. Did the prank go too far . Tell us what you think on the wusa9 news app. Wusa9s janice park was in damascus where people say the prank crossed the line. Its a prank filled with profanity and a scared child. Who is moved to tears. I didnt do that. I didnt do that. Yelling and accusations would last three minutes until it was revealed it was all a joke. It was not so funny to youtube viewers who were quick to express their disgust. One person wrote i hope the parents burn in hell. Another hash tag, child abuse. Others wrote disgusting. A sentiment shared in the city of damascus where the family reportedly lives. As a retired teacher im i dont understand why the parents would think this is acceptable. The father mike martins calls himself a blogger. The video has since been taken down. I think people would be outraged and concerned for the child because you wonder if this is what is going on when theyre video taping, you just wonder about the circumstances in the family. In response the family posted this video called blocking all haters. Everyone has their opinion and all that stuff. Guys, if they dont like the channel, what should they do . Dont watch it. Reporter just yesterday the family released an apology. It says we deeply apologize for your feelings of concern. We do not condone child abuse in any way, shape or form. We are a loving, close knit family. It sounds like they took a step back and realized maybe they did something wrong. I was feeling for poor cody. As here . They have a ton of followers and they do all kinds of videos all the time. This is one that hit a button. They get millions of views. This one went really wrong. All right. Thanks. A lot of you are weighing in. Well take a look at our mega phone poll which was do you think these parents went too far and right mow it looks like 81 of you say yes. 19 of you say no. If you get the opportunity to see the whole video, get a better perspective on the whole thing, go ahead and sound off and chime in on our facebook page. Even topper says they went too far and thats from topper. A rocket named after a beloved astronaut is carrying supplies to the International Space<\/a> station. The s. S. John glenn lifted off from Cape Canaveral<\/a> this morning. The rocket is taking all kinds of cargo, including crew supplies and science experiments to the orbiter. Nasa cameras are providing live 360degree video as that rocket heads into space. Look at that. That is cool. A rocket. Take that, north korea. [ laughter ] i knew that was coming. Sorry. Those parents went way too far. Poor cody. Looked like he was getting ready to have a melt down. I know. Hes thinking whats all this stuff down here. Theyre looking a little furious. Yeah. Lets talk about the three degree guarantee. I think were in good shape today. Temperatures a little cooler. Get ready. Temps are going to keep falling for a while. Looking at temperatures. We went 71. Well let you know how we did at 11 00. I think were in pretty good shape. Lets take a live look outside. Michael and son weather cam. Still has scaffolding on it. Thats from the earthquake damage. Its 71 right now. Good. Dew points in the low 40s. Dry air mass. Humidity, why . Its only 35 . Thats low for us. Big picture, satellite picture radar combined. We had showers out in wisconsin and the great lakes. Well worry about e these showers went south of us yesterday. Take you out in the atlantic. Tropical storm marlene, apparently freaking out there. She could become a tropical storm. About a 30 chance. If she were, only become the first named storm in april since 2013. So its unlikely. Remember, Hurricane Season<\/a> doesnt technically start until june. Doesnt always work out that way. Over the last few hours we have clouds down to the south of us. Were clear for now. Well start out clear and clouds will roll in as we go through the night. Cooler tonight. Crack the windows. Nice. Bus stop temps. Mid40s to mid50s. Perhaps a shower. Especially west of town and late in the bus stop time. Like around 9 00. Earlier you go, youll be fine. Cooler, some showers on wednesday. Not worthy of a yellow weather alert. Warmer on thursday and friday. As we get into the warm sector of air, some isolated thunderstorms are possible. Not washout days. We h alert for wednesday, thursday and friday. Big changes in terms of temps. I tweeted this out earlier. 65 tomorrow, okay. Boom. Were 80 on thursday. 83 on friday. Then we crash again. 70 on saturday. And 68 on sunday. Right now looks like its 25, 75 weekend with 75 being wet over the weekend. Future cast, notice arrows. Southeast winds. Were clear to start. This is 10 00 tonight. Temperatures upper 50s, low 60s. Clouds begin to move in by morning. And were looking at temperatures still on the cool side. Light jacket at the bus stop. Probably a good idea. 47 in frederick. Showers will be west of i81 during the bus stop hours. In terms of the immediate metro area, commute is going to be dry. Clouds, going to be dry. The clouds coming in, maybe a better commute eastbound on 66. Showers along i81. Temperatures upper 40s, low 50s. By 1 00 move eastward. No shortage of clouds. Just a few showers here and there. Not a huge deal. On the day planner. 50s to start. 54 at 9 00. 56 at 11 00. We jump to 62 at 1 00. We get into the next three days. Were in good shape. Temperatures going up to about 80 degrees as we get into wednesday and thursday. Crashing into the weekend. Well, okay. It doesnt want to come up to the day planner or the seven day. Not quite so oh, wait a minute. Bam. There it is. Bam. Okay. Temperatures in the 60s tomorrow. Then 80s afternoon storms and then cue the music, thank you. Heres the weekend. Maybe the first half of saturday dry and then showers and storms over the weekend. We clear out next week. The family of a guard killed in a delaware prison riot is suing the state. Inmates took over the Correctional Center<\/a> in february and th officer steven floyd. Guards who were taken hostage during the seizure also part of the lawsuit. The state is accused of ignoring security and staffing problems. Corrections officers had complained for years about understaffing, low pay and other issues. Following its decision to repeal that controversial bathroom bill, the ncaa says it will return to North Carolina<\/a>. Greensboro will host the first and second round of the mens basketball tournament in 2020. Raleigh will get the games a year after that. The new legislation doesnt go far enough to protect the lgbt community. The ncaa felt the change put North Carolina<\/a> back in the game. The Verizon Center<\/a> will be hosting in 2019. Should be exciting. Its going to be great. Under fire for its handling of Sexual Assault<\/a> accusations. Baylor university has hired its first female president. Shes from this area. Linda living stone comes to school from George Washington<\/a> university. A 2016 investigation found baylor had mishandled Sexual Assault<\/a> claims for years. The football coach art briles was fired. The former president was demoted and then resigned. Baylor faces lawsuits from about a dozen women, as well as criticism from state lawmakers and prominent donors. Whats inside these coat hooks that has lipoce asking you to keep a close look at them. A woman claims a vicious animal came into her home and snatched her dog. Stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. The way it was walking i thought, thats a lion. And the lion must have just grabbed her. A woman believes a Mountain Lion<\/a> came into her San Francisco<\/a> area home while she was sleeping and apparently snatched her dog. Victoria left her door slightly open to let in fresh air. Her dog hasnt been seen since. Now she couldnt believe that the big cat would have been so bold. The game warden is investigating what appears to be Mountain Lion<\/a> tracks near the home. Sighting the have been increasing in and area. Lets talk about some consumer news now. You want to keep your eyes out for these coat hooks in public bathrooms because it turns out they might have cameras in them. Now ive got your attention. Heres what it looks like. It sells on amazon for about 13. Theyre marketed as Home Security<\/a> surveillance or spy cameras. Police in florida have reported on sents involving these hooks with the secret cameras three times in the last year. Bank of americas profiters grew by nearly 40 in the First Quarter<\/a> in part because of higher interest rates. The bank ceo says the u. S. Economy continues to show consumer and business optimism. For the most part financial stocks have skyrocketed since the president ial election. On expectations the Trump Administration<\/a> would ease regulation on the industry. Uber may be forced to add a new feature to its app in new york city which would let passengers pick their drivers. The taxi regulator says it would address drivers concerns about falling that could impact some of your favorite shows. Georgetown takes another step forward to making amends for its ties to slavery. Right after the break, local students create an audio book to help people tackle their reading challenges. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction<\/a> by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year sp. Eeds cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless<\/a> customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com more than 30 students packed into a dc Recording Studio<\/a> today all to help not the video. Let me tell you the story. They packed into this Recording Studio<\/a> because theyre trying to help young people who have difficulty reading. The authors are the students themselves. Mike valerio takes us inside that studio and introduces us to one of the writers who cant be stopped. I am a star. I love the dark. Reporter shes here to be heard. This is taras first session in studio. She says her confidence cant be stopped as she overcomes trouble with reading. I felt really proud that i would be able to do this and i would be able to record myself. Kids with dyslexia are now starting to read books like this. Theyre on screens with words highlighted and narrated. When ivan a gorilla who has lived for years. Reporter her classmates know the words but patrolling them written down is sometimes tough. I like them reading to me so they can say it to me. Reporter now students in Silver Spring<\/a> put together their own audio book. Soon available for anyone overcoming dyslexia. Each reader will be in one of these booths for about 10 minutes. Students from fourth grade through senior year in high school. Theyll be reading everything from short stories, essays, poems, even describing artwork. Its to show that challenges cant stop creativity. I feel like if i help out the kids they mr. Be able to read and they can do all these cool things when they read and maybe they could do this when they get older. With that after one more playback. I like it. So do i. The sound of success on their way to inspire others. In washington, mike valerio. The book is appropriately call here to be heard. That Recording Studio<\/a> is run by a nonprofit wh across the nation. Full circle today at georgetown university. Scores of descendents of slaves sold by the jesuit founders of the college returned to the campus that their ancestors helped to build. There were tears and pain but also joy and celebration. Georgetownrenameed a building. Literally sold down the river by their own priest. From now on the building will be known as Isaac Hawkins<\/a> hall. I think ive dreamed after day like this. I really have i thought some day our nation would stand up and say it was a sin, we were wrong. We need to do whatever it takes to make this right because this is who we really are as americans. As our ancestors are rejoicing their contributions. Their lives meant something. Georgetown is making that known to the world. If you get the opportunity set your dvr or join us live at 11 00. Well have the amazing story of one of those descendents. Her great great grandfather was sold by the georgetown founders but her daughters life was saved by Medical Center<\/a> done there at the university. Really looking forward to that story. The stakes are high as voters go to the polls in a special election in georgia. 30yearold john osoff is hoping to deliver a decisive blow to President Trump<\/a> and capture momentum for the democrats heading into the 2018 midterm elections. The race in atlantas northern suburbs is to replace the new health and Human Services<\/a> secretary tom price in georgias sixth district. Osoff needs to capture more than 50 of the vote to avoid a runoff. Owners of building would rather its residents keep their political opinions to themselves. Twitter user posted this picture of camden right across from nationals park. All the banners own the residents balcony. The building manager tells the washingtonian that any banners or flags are a lease violation. People have been hanging the banners since the building opened in 2015 but the washingtonian reports that a flurry of political banners since november may have brought about the enforcement of that policy. Its a looming writer strike and its threatening some of our favorite tv shows and movies. 12,000 members of the Writers Guild<\/a> of america are going to vote on whether to authorize a walkout. Their contract expires on may 1st. Shows like the late show with Stephen Colbert<\/a> and the walking dead could be impacted. New york times reporting that the members are expected to approve the strike. Last time the writers 2008 and it lasted for 100 days. 177 million, the largest jackpot in the history of the arkansas scholarship lottery. Purchased a Winning Ticket<\/a> at a gas station his son says hes traveling through the area and he was there for work. Just job travels from town to town through texas, oklahoma. Sometimes new mexico and arkansas. His coworkers didnt want to stop but he convinced them to stop. Now they want some of that money too, probably. They have been playing the lottery for years. He found out he won big on april fools day. Of course he thought it was a joke. That was april fools day. He found out the day after he purchased the ticket. Trending now, could you last two days without social media . More like two weeks. Two minutes. Take the phone away. Social media goes wild for the unicorn frappuccino. The update kia contest that has people puckering up to this brand new car. In a perfect night for sleeping. Just crack the windows a little bit. 52 downtown. In the 40s in the suburbs. 46 for a low in frederick. 49 in leesburg. Fredericksburg, 49 for a low tonight. Well come back, clouds are on the increase. Well track some showers for you. What that means to both your rush hours. This is the silverado special edition. Man this is one gorgeous truck. Oh, did i say theres only one special edition . Because, actually theres five. Woman ooohh uh man 2 hooooly mackerel. Man 3 wow. Man 4 nice. Strength and style. Which ones your favourite . Come home with me make a strong decision. Find your tag and get 16 below msrp on select silverado 1500 pickups in stock. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Heres something trending. How long would you kiss a car . A brand new car for the chance to drive it home. Its day two of the contest happening right now in round rock, texas. It started at 8 00 yesterday morning. A handful of people are still puckering up for this radio stations kiss a kia contest. Last person still kissing the car wins. If more than one person is still locking lips by tomorrow morning, refs will draw a winning name out after hat. No word if tongue was involved. Did you have to go there . Yep. Went there yesterday. Got to go there today. Again . Starbucks unicorn frappuccino should be easier to participating stores will sell the blended drink. Social media users posting their pictures. So what goes inside of this . Pink powder blended into cream with mango syrup and layered with a sour blue drizzle. Does that sound appetizing . It get better. The color starts out as purple. It turns pink. The decentinducing promotion. They didnt mention the 150 grams of sugar. If you had that you would not be able to finish the show. Youd be turned up. Could you go two days without social media . Ya e. Okay. We asked that question on our facebook page. We get the irony of that. Yeah. Its part of a story. Dozens of you are telling us what you think. Ive done that already at least eight days or more. Just did not want to after a while. It does get somewhat boring. Cat writes there should be a contest to see o longest without it. I like where youre going with that one. Now you cant give up on social media yet. You have to let us know what you think. Theyd be mad at us. I think itd be nicer if we with respect on social media and had to talk to each other. We all collectively as a society. The digital team wont like us. No, they wouldnt. They probably wont talk to us when we come off the set. People who like purple really like purple. That was the inspiration leading one man to create a store that specializes in all things purple. From neckties to appliances, adam has more than 750 items on exist play at his seattle shop called the purple store. Duh. It started as a website more than ten years ago before he passed on his purple success one opened a store front. Huh . And opened. You can read that. Simple things you can do to keep your children safe. Preventing that top heavy furniture from falling over. Dont do it. In just a little bit. Right after the break, miracle flight. The special young man and the organization helping him and thousands of others get their vital treatment. Theres the view. Theres more to life than the climb. Youve gotta stop and look around a little. Come, shed lifes layers in asheville. Let the child inside you out to play. Remember who you are. Life is for the taking, not for taking it easy. Youve seen a lot of news about airlines and Airline Service<\/a> and not much of that news has been good. Later this week a fort worth family theyre going to get on a flight for free. Its a Service Thousands<\/a> of other families are counting on too. Heres kevin reese. Reporter its a different sort of fort worth garage sale. Because the man in charge im changing [ unintelligible ] reporter is only 6 years old. We have ten dollars. Reporter his name is connor. Im the boss. And my brother is the manager. Reporter this brother. His name is zach. Thats my brother. Reporter the one connor tried to keep in line. Zach, i think you little you cant touch the microphone, messed up, okay. Reporter we didnt put a microphone on connor. Yeah, thats why youre here. Reporter just to talk about his garage sale. Its about what the garage sale is for. Helps me with my [ unintelligible ] reporter part of his brain inching its way into his spinal cord. Put this up here on the table with the clothes. Okay. Thank you, sir. Reporter his dad and pictures on the garage door. Theyre pretty darn close. Reporter so darn close that surgery has been necessary before and surgery is needed again. Hes a super hero. Are you a super hero . Yeah, but i dont save the day. Oh, i dont know about that. Reporter but what has saved part of the day for this family is getting to that surgery free. An Organization Called<\/a> miracle flights has flown connor and his family to a specialist in new york three times now. Later this week a fourth trip for another treatment. The nonprofit has arranged for more than 100,000 free flights. Talked the the companys ceo. Knowing we can fit in and help with one very expensive critical piece of the puzzle is highly rewarding. And connors next trip will be on Southwest Airlines<\/a> which offers a Grant Program<\/a> of its own. 59,000 have flown free for medical treatment on southwest so far. We get lots of requests. Stories similar to connors. People have special needs. We want to be able to support them. Thats a kiddy pool . For a family counting every penny. A free flight makes all the difference in the world. Without miracle flight the reality, we couldnt do it. Miracle flights everything. This allows people to get that best care for their children. I really like that. Reporter connor admits he doesnt much care for the surgery but he does like airplanes. The snacks because theyre so tasty. Reporter to help pay for other medical expenses the weekly family garage sales will continue. Its something the garage boss likes to do. [ unintelligible ] reporter an interview to tell everyone about the miracle flights helping save his life and helping save a family before the kids with the price tags takes this garage boss business. Im selling the house. Reporter a bit too far. For pretty steep. His parents arent worried about that right now, but they are thankful to miracle flights, Southwest Airlines<\/a> and medical experts are giving their energetic son chance. New photos of a litter of puppies, one of which will be our new service dog in training. The pictures were taken on easter. Voting on what we should name the dog, look at that. All the voting and everything should be wrapped up on friday. The pup will either be called nigel or ned or nimbus. Next month he starts training. Thats going to be exciting. It is. Pretty cute picture. Did you ever do that . We put raincoats on and bunny ears. We try not to do too much of that. Hes a good sport. All of this as we head into the dog days of summer. Thats right. Yeah. Were going to combine a couple of seasons in about four days. The bad news is well go back for spring over the weekend and not end up dry. Sorry about that. Live look outside. Its absolutely gorgeous now. Temperatures still sitting on 71. Dew points even falling more. 42. Humidity very comfortable. 35 . Thats about as nice as it gets this time of year. It will be cooler tonight. Bus stop temps, 58. Latter part of that from 6 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. Maybe toward 9 00 a. M. Metro stays dry. Cooler with showers tomorrow. Not enough for a yellow weather alert. Warmer for thursday. With that isolated thunderstorms. Not a washout. No yellow weather alert at this point. It is a bit of a controller coaster in terms of temps. 83 friday. Back down to 70 on saturday. Which is going to seem cool. Still about average. Our average high is 68. 68 on sunday. Weekend looks wet. Saturday is the best part of the weekend. Saturday afternoon and continues on and off through sunday. 10 00, 10 30 tonight. 59 downtown. 60 in leesburg. Were still clear. Notice the winds, the arrow out of the southeast. We get into the morning, clouds rush in. Stays dry. The exception of cumberland, romney and across the divide. Youll have showers by 6 00, 7 00 in the morning. By 9 00, showers get a little on the east side of i81. West of culpeper. Temps are not moving much. It will be a cool start tomorrow. 54 downtown. 52 in frederick. So itll be golfable tomorrow but sweat aerogood idea. Showers fall apart. None of them make it on the east side of 95. Could see a couple of light showers. Maybe crossing into upper Montgomery County<\/a>. Nothing thats going to cause you any problems. Thats why weve not issued the yellow weather alert. By 6 00 p. M. , already some breaks out to the west. Consequently the warmer out the west. Temps eventually get into the 60s tomorrow. It will take a while. Probably till 5 00 or 6 00 before we reach our High Temperature<\/a> tomorrow. By tomorrow night, clouds begin to thin out and temperatures still in the upper 50s to around 60. So day planner goes like this. 50s to start. Couple of sprinkles here and there. 56 by 11 00. 62 by 1 00. Again, a sprinkle possible. Now next three days, pop in the warm sector thursday and friday. Isolated storms are possible. Some morning clouds on thursday. May take a while to burn this off on thursday. 83. Isolated storms on friday. Next seven days. Saturday, sun to start. Clouds come in. Showers late. Continue. More rain and showers on sunday. Upper 60s. Thats it. Clear out on monday. Maybe an Early Morning<\/a> shower. Not a bad day eventually near 70. Sunshine on tuesday with highs around 70. Kids like to climb on furniture and that can often lead to an accident. Every two weeks a when furniture tips over on to them. You see how quickly that happens. But there are some easy ways to make sure your child stays safe. Reporter its the shocking video thats been viewed millions of times. 2yearold Twin Brothers<\/a> playing on their dresser when the unthinkable happens. The 100pound dresser tips over, pinning brock. His brother spends two minutes trying to nudge him free. According to the Consumer Product<\/a> safety commission, someone is injured in a furniture tipover accident every 15 minutes. 33,000 injuries are treated in the emergency room each year. We can see skull fractures. We can see brain bleeds. We can see serious brain injuries that are serious enough to cause permanent disability or even death. Do most parents realize the hazards they have in their home . Often they dont, no. Kimberly runs baby proofing pittsburgh. To prevent tipovers, make sure you secure furniture to the wall with heavy duty nylon straps. Basically they go two per piece of furniture into studs in the wall and then to the back of the furniture. You should remove tvs and remote controls from the top of dressers along with any tempting items that might encourage kids to climb. We see this as a bookcase for a child, what do they see . Lots of fun things that are shiny and i might want to play with. Let me go get them. Make your furniture bottom heavy. Load dressers with heavy items in the bottom drawers and light items up top. A apartment of the tipover actions involve television sets. Its important to have them on furniture thats low to the ground and stable. You can secure the tv to the furniture avor he the television mounted on the wall those mounts are cheap. On the way at 6 00, a teen from Virginia Beach<\/a> gets bit by a why he says thats not stopping him from doing what he loves. They thought theyd never get answers. Today the family of a 6year old murdered nearly 40 years ago got to see his killer sentenced to prison. An Alabama Church<\/a> clear ascii hurdle to creating its own police force. Thats on the way at 6 30. If youve got extra story ideas we want to hear from you. Its really easy. Send us an email. For years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. But for many businesses, its out of reach. Why promise something you cant deliver . Comcast business is different. We deliver superfast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. We do business where you do business. Days. Super good waves. Best waves of the week. But in a split second it became a day the Virginia Beach<\/a> native wouldnt forget. After his sixth wave a shark got ahold of his foot near a sand bar. Slicing his achilles tendon. There was one little tendon holding it together. That was letting me push down. You could see it was looked like three knives were just stuck straight into my jacksonville recently to get better at surfing. Monday he told 13 news now hes used to riding waves, hes done it his whole life. His favorite part is the north end. But he says nothing can prepare you for being bit by a shark. Im guessing i startled it. I just happened to put my foot down right in front of it. Thats where the sharks hang out. Perry showed us his bandaged up foot saying recovery could take up to six months. Hell get in the water again to surf, he hopes to compete soon, but that will of course take a while. In the meantime his friends back at home tease him about the encounter that could have been much worse. Everybodys like it would be keenan. Im like what is it about me . Everybodys like it would be you that gets bit by a shark. Great story though, bro. He cant wait to hit the waves again. What happened to him is just a risk that all surfers take. Right now at 6 00, the search for a uploaded that murder to facebook comes to an end. Coming up, justice served nearly 40 years later. The man convicted of killing a 6yearold boy in new york will spend many years behind bars. A murder mystery. Police need your help to identify a woman stabbed to death on easter sunday. Good evening, im lesli foster. Im bruce johnson. It appears the facebook killers appetite for chicken mcnuggets is what led to the end of a three day nationwide hunt for steve stephens. Reports say stephens ordered a 20 piece with fries at about 11 00 this morning at a mcdonalds drive in in erie, pennsylvania. One employee recognized him. Another tried to keep him at the drive through by claiming his fries werent yet ready. Stephens was wanted for randomly killing a 74yearold man in cleveland and uploading that video of a murder to facebook. He took off from that mcdonalds as Pennsylvania State<\/a> police were arriving on the scene. There was a ended when Police Forced<\/a> stephens car from the road. He shot himself to death as police approached his vehicle. Stephens on facebook explains he killed more people but police have not been able to confirm that. Its been nearly 40 years since a Little New York<\/a> boy went missing. A former store clerk convicted of his killing is sentenced. Pedro hernandez got 20 years to life in prison for killing 6 yearold etan patz. Hernandez was a teen working in a convenience shop in the neighborhood when the boy simply vanished walking to his bus stop. Hernandez wasnt a suspect until police got a tip in 2012. Thats when hernandez confessed. President trump was out of town. He focused on jobs in wisconsin and signed an executive order to help american businesses. Meanwhile on the other side of the world Vice President<\/a> mike pence is reassuring japanese leaders the u. S. Will respon","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia800609.us.archive.org\/31\/items\/WUSA_20170418_210000_wusa_9_News_at_5pm\/WUSA_20170418_210000_wusa_9_News_at_5pm.thumbs\/WUSA_20170418_210000_wusa_9_News_at_5pm_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240627T12:35:10+00:00"}