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Transcripts For WRC News4 Midday 20240622

Washington red sinskins maim. The u. S. District court upholding the cancellation of the teams federal trademark registration. The Patent Office back in june of last year deciding that the name was, in fact, disparaging to native americans. The team filed suit after this in august of last year wanting that decision overturned but after this mornings ruling that is not happening, at least for now. The team can still appeal, though. The suit initially brought by five native americans. The team can still use the team but its not protected and certainly its a big blow to the team right now. Back to you. And we have more breaking news. Thousands of United Airlines flights are delayed from coast to coast because of a computer glitch. The ground stop has been lifted. We are live at dulles with more on whats happening there. Reporter barbara you can see how crowded the ticketing area for united here is here at Dulles International airport. They had a ground stoppage worldwide of all planes due to a computer glitch early this morning. There was some sort of an automation issue. 3500 flights were affected. The stoppage has ended so flights are once again flying but we are seeing the trickle down delays. Whenever you cancel or delay that many flights, you are going to have issues for a while. Its going to take a bit of time for things to get back to normal and thats what were hearing here at buls international. Were not hearing of major problems or cancellations. Only three delays listed on the board but what we are hearing about is a lot of confusion. Also were hearing about issues with this automated ticket key of courses. Things, some people have had trouble getting their tickets issued from the machines. Other people have tried to check in their bags without success and even if they had their bags ticketed there, they had to do it again at the counter. Some people concerned their planes are not listed as delayed right now but their not sure thats going to continue to the to be the case. A lot of confusion here today. I checked my bag at the kiosk and when i came to give it to them they had to retag the bag. Im hoping it doesnt get lost. This morning they just said computer issues. Theyre saying the flight is supposed to take off on time but theyre yet saying its not taking off. Theyre saying one thing and the other as well. So we dont know what will happen until its time for us to fly. So reporter some inconvenience here this morning. No cancellations on the board. Also worth mentioning, i stepped outside a little while ago and theyre now checking bags curb side. Thats operational once again. You want to check with united and give yourself extra time while all of this gets back to normal. Heres the latest check on storm team four radar. Only isolated storms with steady rain to the south of fredericksburg around the richmond area. Light rain in montgomery counties. Cull pepper county, as we work into the afternoon hours some scattered showers and thunderstorms but a very low threat of Severe Weather today. The greatest concern is heavy rain this morning. Aside from that, no Severe Weather in the forecast for today. You can see the 1 00 tracking scattered showers. Some scattered showers and thunderstorms around 3 00 p. M. Into the evening hours. Coming up in ten minutes temperatures for today. Right now just in from u. S. Park police they are looking for witnesses, anyone who might have seen something in a crash this morning on the baltimore washington parkway. It happened around 6 00 this morning just north of route 32. One person was pretty badly hurt. Serious injuries were told. Right now they are trying to find anyone who might have seen the crash or was in the area between about a quarter to 6 this morning and 6 15 a. M. The entire northbound side was closed for a few hours this morning. Its back open now. Thank you, christen. Were working on a developing story this morning. Were working to bring you new information on a deadly shooting just blocks from the university of marylands baltimore campus. Police say two gunmen leapt out two light colored vans and opened fire. Three people are dead. A fourth person is wounded. That person walked to the hospital seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. They urged people to use caution if youre in that area. No arrests made so far. Right now a new location in washington where you can get the famous hat smokes a new restaurant. It opened up at 11 00. Theres a push to remove references to bill cosby that includes a large mural. There are no references to cosby at the new restaurant. Disney removed a bus for cosby. Our sister station says the niece of one of cosbys alleged victims started that petition to get it removed. Disney is not confirming the reason for taking down the bust. This comes as a judge could unsale all documents revealing more of cosbys testimony that he obtained drugs to give women for six. Right now local Law Enforcement agencies are honoring the life of a fellow officer who was killed during the world police and fire games. This is video from about an hour ago of a Police Funeral escort for carlos silva. Fair fax fire and rescue drove on the beltway. He died in a collision in a race. Officers across Northern Virginia are traveling to the buls dulles toll road and to the airport. Four people lived in a house on white drive in silver spring. Take a look. A fire gutted the pla burning out the roof around 4 00 this morning. Firefighters have not said what they think sparked the fire. Right now, digging into new information about the man known as subway jarod now caught up in a huge investigation. Plus following breaking news. Right now it is going to take hours for air travel around the country to get back to normal after a Major Airline orders a ground stop. Feds raided a home in indiana. Here are four things to know about about the man known as the subway guy. He lost more than 200 pounds eating only sandwiches from subway. After sharing his story subway reached out to him to help him promote their sandwich chain. Hes now the face of subway for 17 years. Hes travelled the country representing subway. He carried the 2002 olympic torch through indiana and did the coin toss at the fiesta bowl. Sales fell 10 after commercials he aired in stopped airing. To celebrate the 15year anniversary of his weight loss, they aired a congratulatory commercial during the super bowl. And his efforts helped subway become the restaurant industrys most effective advertising brand. Well have the latest on his story later this hour. Temperatures right now in the area generally in the low to mid 80s. Were at 84 degrees in washington. 82 in fredericksburg. Mid to upper 70s. Highs in the mid to upper 80s. Washington warms to about 88 degrees and with sky cast 4 plenty of clouds throughout the day. The clouds win out. And you can see around 2 0030 in the afternoon hours, thats when were tracking scattered showers and thunderstorm. Our pool and commuter forecast in ten minutes. There is a special ceremony to remember the vietnam war. Its been 50 years since the u. S. Invaded vietnam. In congress will honor the 3 million americans that served and remember the tens of thousands who died in that war. A state highway trooper survived a crash caught on his dash camera. Take a look at this. Responding to a crash when another car hydroplaned right into that trooper. He was pinned underneath one of the cars. More energy responders moved in and they used heavy machinery and the jaws of life to get him out. The trooper had a few broken ribs. Hard to believe. S the it is a rare honor for breaking news. The grounding has been lifted. United airlines is working to get everyone to their destinations following a worldwide computer glitch. Heres a look at Reagan National and dulles expect delays for the rest of the day after thousands of flights for ground this morning. People have been posting about this issue on social media. United airlines tweeted were recovering from a Network Connectivity issue and restoring flight. Well have a waiver onto the changes on those flights on united. Com to change flights. And we have been live tweet and we got this update. Dwat agents writing tickets by hand. Some systems coming back up. And this is emma wright for our nbc affiliate who says passengers at raleigh say theyre not sure if their flights are delayed or cancelled. Well keep you updated. And a story, the greek Prime Minister presented a plan that he says will rescue his country. He says greece needs a threeyear loan from the bailout fund. He says hell make tax and spending reforms. Heres a at the live desk we were just listening in to the president of the Baltimore City police union talking about the action after report ant unrest and violence that happened after freddie grays death. The union here making it clear from their report they believe that leadership at the top failed. Listen. This isnt implemented left officers in harms way. Equally as important the lack of preparation put the very citizens that we are sworn to protect in harms way as well. The union says the officers expressed repeatedly their concern that poor leadership from commanders was causing the incident to escalate in the city of baltimore. The union just now tweeted the findings of the report and ive retweeted it on my twitter feed as well. A woman is going to be tried on perjury charges which stem from the lyon sisters cold case. This woman is accused of lying to a grand juror invest investigating the case. A husband has been named as a person of interest but neither charged. Tenyearold katherine lion and sheila disappeared back in 1975. The girls have never been found. In South Carolina right now the state house of representatives is debating the Confederate Flag issue. Lawmakers are deciding whether to remove the flag from the state house in columbia. The state Senate Already authorized the bill to take it down. Its not clear when the house will vote on this if they agree with the senate, the governor is expected to sign that bill and the flag could come down as early as this week the debate over the flag started after a shooting in charleston a few weeks ago. Nine people died. Today one of the victims relatives and lots of other South Carolina activists are in d. C. To fight for gun control reform. The demonstrators say they want expanded background checks for gun buys. A Prince Georges County man was accused of having someone kill his uncle. Prosecutors say he had someone kill his uncle to keep him from testifying against him in a murder trial. Two others are also facing murder charges in the death. And right now more than a dozen people in indiana are holding their breath to see how widespread flooding affects their homes. You can see firefighters had to use boats and rafts to rescue some people stranded in indianapolis. Flood warnings have ended there but tomorrow more rain is on the way. And how about for us . For the evening commute, scattered showers and thunderstorms, especially toward the earlier part of the commute. Around 4 00 or 5 00 p. M. , temperatures at the 80s. Tomorrow morning its looking good. Partly sunny temperatures already in the 70s. Its a muggy and balmy start to the day. The pool forecast for today. Plenty of showers and thunderstorm in the forecast. Tomorrow for the most part looking good. Only a chance of a late day thunderstorm and friday, looking great. Completely dry forecast for friday. Coming up in about ten minutes a look at the section sevennext seven days. The womens soccer team is going to get a rare honor later this week. New york city will throw a parade. The honor is generally saved for new york area teams but manhattan gail brewer led the push to celebrate the teams victory. They last held a parade for National Athletes in 1984. Very cool. More teens are getting their hands on prescription drugs and it turns out its their doctors who are giving it to them. A lot of you sportd raising the legal age to smoke. The cdc interviewed more than 4,000 adults and threequarters of them think you should have to be 21 to smoke. In hawaii it is already 21. More teens are using antipsychotic drugs even though most of them have not been diagnosed with a mental disorder. Why the sudden spike in were going to talk about the study. In a fouryear period the number of teens using these drugs kicked up. These are powerful medications that are used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe aggression. These are serious medications with potential serious side affects. Were not talking act thesebout these medications being handed out like candy. Were talking about only 1 of teens being prescribed these medications. Younger kids, its 1 in 1,000 kids. Were talking about kids 1 to 18 years old. Do you have to have a diagnosis to get these. This is what was surprising. The majority of the kids didnt have a diagnosis. I dont understand that. The authors of the study says maybe it has to do with cigna related to a diagnosis so doctors not putting down a diagnosis because they dont want a negative impact on the patients or because sometimes the medications are used off label for things like aggression, anxiety and insomnia. These medications are rapid acting medications. I think what happens to some people is theyre in such a crisis. They see a doctor. They need help immediately. Instead of giving some other medications that might take more time to work doctors end up and patients end upturning to these medications because theyre looking for a quicker fix. Would a parent see something in their child and say my child is being aggressive, what should i do . Yes. I see some of these kids. The kids are absolutely destroying the home. Theyre having melt downs that are lasting a couple hours a night. Theyre breaking things and having trouble even being able to do well in school. These people come in in a dire state and say my kid is going to get thrown of school. I cant go to work. Our family is falling apart. We need help now. Well talk more about this coming up. Id like to know something about the risks of taking these medications and how young do you start dolling them out. Sure. A fast food favorite delivered to your door. Welcome back. Plenty of clouds across the area. Right now you can see peeks of sun shine. The sun trying to make an appearance but the clouds are going to win out. Current temperature 84. The dew point is an indicator of how humid it is. When its 75 it is downright muggy, and well remain humid through at least thursday but well also have lowering humidity throughout the day on friday. This morning and evening, scattered showers and thunderstorms. 87 for a high. Most of tomorrows mainly dry with a late day shower or thunderstorm possible. 89. 90 on friday and right now, the weekend looking really nice, especially saturday. Thank you. You may soon be able to get taco bell delivered to your doorstep. The company is testing delivery on the west coast. The chain is using a Startup Service called door dash. The service also delivers for restaurants like California Pizza Kitchen and the cheesecake factory. Taco bell expects to offer Delivery Service night wide but didnt say when. Right now following several breaking stories. A big decision in a court battle surrounding the red skins name. Plus delays and more delays. A live look at Reagan National. People on thousands of flights around the world are finally getting ready to take off after a systems issue caused a ground stop. At the live desk we are monitoring the situation with United Airlines this morning. There is still some confusion right now after the grounding of all united flights in the u. S. The flights were temporarily grounded this morning because of computer problems affecting about 3500 flights. Well, those flights are supposed to be getting back in the sky about now but the concern is the Snowball Effect and delays because of all this. Our Megan Mcgrath this morning at Dulles International talking to people trying to fly. They are running into trouble there and some confusion as united tries to get things back online. United released a statement saying theyre recovering from the issue and restoring to regular Flight Operations and theyll have a waiver available at united. Com for imphercustomers who are able to change their flight plans. Huge breaks news for the red skins. This is all about the battle over the name. A federal judge has ordered the patent and Trademark Office to cancel the registration of the trademark. They say the name may be disparaging to native americans. The team can use the name but it loses some of its legal protections. This will uphold the earlier ruling that the red skins can still appeal. And now to storm team four. We are tracking how much rain well see and when. Right now on storm team 4 raird, radar, tracking widely scattered showers. If youre heading out own about today to get the latest radar in the palm of your hand, get our app. You can see Montgomery County sprinkles in parts of loudoun and Frederick County and showers toward scatters showers in the early evening hours. The nationals game tonight with the first pitch at 7 05. For the most part, i think youre going. Maybe throw the poncho in your car. Lawyers for jared fogle said he is cooperating with police. Federal officials raided his indiana home yesterday as part of a child pornography investigation. He has not been charged with any crime but subway has suspended its ties with him. Gabe gutierrez tells us whats next. Reporter hes one of tvs most recognizable pitch men but this morning, jared fogle is no longer the face of subway. The restaurant chain suspending ties with him after fba agents and Indiana State Police raided his home tuesday removing electronics and stunning neighbors in this suburb. Im shocked and i want to know more. Reporter Law Enforcement officials tell us it was related to the investigation of t

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