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Transcripts For WRC News4 Today At 5 20240714

Right nowe we hav these work zones. We zoom out. Earlier road work on the beltway and everything has cleared out of the way so we dont have any worries there. Outbound same situation. You dont have any big problem outbound. Bottom of the beltway through Prince Georges County no problems into or out of tow me situation 95 and bw parkway nd everything moving along quite nicely. We turn to a developing story. Video on cial media of a man tasered by mro Transit Police are still srking outrage this morning. A witness recorded that conontation inside the u street metro station over the weekend. News4 justin finch is live now with details on how this all unfolded. Good morning, justin. Reporter good morning. As you might imaginof lots questions about the use of force in this case and what exactly ed happen we are now gaining bits and pieces of details from metro police, from witnesses, as well as two teens who were involved case. Is youre looking at this video here. This happened close to 6 00 p. Md on sa at the u street metro and its shared quite a bit on social me the two teens at this point are already in custody. Orlice are here at the u street station looking f reportedly teens who were threatening riders and that is when a manr seeing there has already intervened as a number of metro Transit Police oicers are on hand. Witnesses saying this guy was going i to help. Eventually tensions rising and officers eventually get that man down and then taser him to subdue himefore he was taken into custody. Those two teen boys were taken by officers but eventually released. Metro Transit Police say they were not charged and no victim but the two teen boys did speak to us. I aint do nothing. I just got there. And just getting off the train. Ad it m me like mad, but it happened all the time. Reporter metro Transit Police giving us a statement in this case reading here, in part. An adult male patron not original n the incident allegedly began inferri gnterfering with the Police Station investiion. And apparently fighting that officer. Metro Transit Police saying that social media sharing and concern about this video is partly what prompted their investigation. Back inside to you. Just finch, thank you. We are staying on top of another developing story in the district. One person is in custody and o d. Icer is on leave following an officerinvolved shooting. This all started when Police Respond to do a report of a suspicious car early sunday morning alone alabama avenue southeast in the cgress heights neighborhood. Officers stopped a car that fit a description. During that traffic stop, d. C. Police say one officer fired his gun. 48yearold Donald Willis ran off but later turned up at the hospital. Willis faces several charges. The officer is on administrative leave. Rew this morning, we a traffic delays on i95 on jor sunday. A pedestrian was hit and killed by atractortrailer. This happened just before 2 30 in the afternoon near the rest area in howard county. Police say it is still unclear why the man walked onto the tghway. Oday, family and friends will pay their last respects ta rince georges county woman iho died while on vacation in the domincan republic. The Memorial Service for cynthia day will be held at the First Baptist church in Upper Marlboro this morning. He ander fiance both died whil on vacation last month. Officials in the Dominican Republic say they died of respiratory failure. Their families are questioning the findings. Also today, former National Security adviser Michael Flynn is expected back in court. Thisirill be the f time for him in court since he replaced his legal team. He asking a judge to delay his sentencing once again. He pleaded guilty oft lying to he fbi as part of the russia investigation. In gecember a j delayed his sentcing to give him time with variations. Tension between u. S. And iran continue to escalate. Today, President Trump could ns on the e sanct country. The u. S. Is trying to cripple irans economy to stop its Nuclear Weapons buildup. Last thursday, the president called off strikes after a naval drone was attacked. Said heelt the attack would have led to the loss of lives, which he deemed disproportionate to downing of an unmanned drone. The president said he doesnt want a wil and is to hold talks with icanian offials. Now to decision 2020. An important week for the democrats running for president. The large field of candidates will face off in their first debate. They will be divided into two groups and debate over two nights. Ahead of those debates, cost of thedidates spent the weekend in south carolina. That included former vict presidenoe biden who has been heavily criticized for his comments about his ability to work with known segregationists. You got to deal with what is in front of you. What is in front of you is a bunch of racists, we had to defeat them. The upcoming debates will be held in miami and, of course, we are committed to bringing you complete coverage of decision 2020. Ill be reporting live from mia as 20 Democratic Candidates clash over two nights. Coverage begins on wednesday evening and you can watch the debate here on news4 wednesday and thursday nights at 9 00. Publisher gazette is pushing for aatnal memorial for fawn journalists. Friday marks one year that a gunma walked into a paper and killed five journalists. He said the memorial would honor journalists who sacrifice their lives in the name of a free press. A man convicted of kling a woman in charloplesville is eading forry. Josh fields plowed into counterprotesters with his car killing Heather Heyer. Since fields is 22 years old and had a traumatic childhood he doesnt deserve life in priso prosecutors said fields showed no mercy when he used hisar to kill heyer. Starting today, Union Workers at shoppers food storesn will bego protest at stores around the region. They want answers what will happen to the stores future. News4 aimee cho is live in college park where workers wille protest la this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The shoppers workers are tired not knowing when or if they will lose their jobs. Months since the parent cpany announced it is trying to sell all of the locations but still no word as to what will happen to the 34 stores in the d. C. Area. So all this week, employees plan to protest. The workers are members of a union, the united commercifo workers, but the union sayse it hasnt hard of any upcoming layoffs. All of the pharmacies inside the stores have already been closed. We knowe th Shoppers Warehouse in hyattsville is closing today. The Company Announced they hope to sell all of the locations by march of next week. Workers need to know aore specific time line of if and when they need to look for a new job. Also another concern, the ores were y if the to close, they worry communities without food deserts access to fresh food. Aimee cho, thank you. This morning, barbecue lovers may be slping off some of the best meals they ever had. The National Battle of the barbecue battle was on the w streets this kend. Chefs came for the annual on competiti. Profits from tickets sold will benefit the Capital Area Food Bank and the United Service organizations. Looks yummy. Always good food out there. Next on news4 today, a warning for anyone who buys baby formula, a brand sold in a Big Box Store is being recalled. After graduation comes thewo real ld. What your grad should be doing today if they are trying to land a job. A healthymother in her 30s battles back from a stroke and nowwa she is ing other parents about the common occurrence that doctors say caused her condition. The important thing about monday morning is the weather. Ot its a h start to the weekend. Temperatures likely to be in the mid90s on saturday afternoon before we catch a little bit of a break. A break. Just in time forthe come see whats new this summer atanusch gardens d water country usa. Soar 80 feet high on the new finnegans flyer. En blast off on the new cutback water coaster. And experience a whole different park after dark at bus gardens summer nights. Enjoy your favorite thrills into the night, with new entertainment each week featuring stars from americas got talent. Right now, save up to 50 on tickets. Busch gardens and water country usa. Let me give two claps for this. Wo friday on this broadcast, eagles safety and Prince Georges County native Rodney Mcleod previewed his annual amp at his alma mater, dematha. I got it out. Are you british all of a sudden . It looks ke the kids are a lot of fun out there. Campers focused on more than just football. The kids received visual and dental exams and learn about ea hierall hlth and wellness. All important tgs for Young Athletes who want to make it big. Later today, we will find out which country will host the 2026 winter olympics. Ed it is between and italy. Sweden owns the most olympic gold medals of any nation that hasnt hosted the games yet and italy has hosted the games twice. The announcement is expected at on. A warning who gets their baby formula at walmart. A major recall has been issued for a brand exclusively sold there. Parents choice advantage infant formula milk. A new Consumer Report suggests there may be metal foreign matter inside thousands of bottles. No reports yet but the company that makes the formula says it want be cautious. If you have that baby formula, you can return it and get a full refund at any walmart. We dont normally associate coughing as a possible causea fr troke but that is what happened to a texas mother. 38yearold Jeanette Church considered herself too hung and toolthy to have a stroke but several weeks ago she experienced several unusual symptoms. First, she suddenly lost sight in one eye. Her left hand became numb. And she couldnt talk normally. She immediate called 911. The paramedics were asking so many questions and i was frustrated because i knew all of the answers and it seemed like it was taking me forever to get them out. The doctors say jeanette had a small tear in an artery in her neck. That allowed blood to pool and eventually cut off blood to her brain. Jeanette says she suffered heavy coughing two weeks prior to the stroke and that may have caused the problem. Good news for your wallet. The cost of filling your tank is dropping big time. A survey from a leading analyst says a price of a gallon of unleaded gas on average is 22 cents lower than this same time last year. The lundberg survey looked at prices across the country the past two weeks. Our team of reporters and anchors and producers and photo journalists, our production folks, our promotion folks all took home 33 awards total at saturday nights capital emmys. News4 won in 11 categories. Best evening newscast d telemundo won 24 years including excellent best sports and apather anchor. Our chief photor won the ted gates award for his outstanding career. He is a terrific guy. Im so happy for him. He has seen a lot and survived a lot over his decade long career. We brought out some of our trophies here for you. People dont realize the same emmy awards you see for the movies, that the same hardware we get to take home when we win. It takes about two dozen people to make this newscast happen every dayhi so tis an Ensemble Award and a team award we execute every day and congratulions toeverybody. All of the people behind the scenes who work so hard to make us look so good. The unsung heroes. Er they all des it. Thank you. Thank you. Chuck bell, he might that away from you with the forecast. Thank you to everybody who made this award psible. Remember seinfeld and his tony award . I see raquel welch swinging her garms. What at night it was. You guys were out there in pe son. We had a good time. There i was at the beach and notat paying ntion. Im sure you missed us it was a great team effort. Now on aay mond morning, we have a pretty quiet start to the week. Weather this weekend, wow. What a fantastic weekend it was. Do you know this past weekend wasi the ft weekend since last weekend of march, he said march. 12 weekends inow a r we had at least some measurable amount of precipitation over the weekend eier on a saturday or a sunday. Twelve weeks three months in a row between completely dry weekends hope you enjoyed it. Next weekend will not be completely dry but this past weekend was. Your commute unaffected by rain during the the early parts of the day. However a thunderst chance later on in the afternoon and evening. Really that is just about it for rain chances. E scattered storpected today. There might be an isolated wo tle rain shower or tomorrow but not a big chance. Then we dry out wednesday, thursday, and friday. In addition to turning a little rainfree for a switch, we are also veryg. Ot all week lon if youre flying to houston or new orleans or potentially birmingham or atlta later in the day could have weatherreadily flt delays there. For us its about the return of the warmer, more humid air. It starts to creep back in later this morning. As the warm front which is veinging the warmer and more humid air in ar there will be a chance for thunderstorms today begin in the Shenandoah Valley and potentially impacting the d. C. Metro area between 3 00 and 7 00 or 8 00. There may evenan be her late night rumble or two of thunder up across parts of northern maryland. Keep the umbrella handy or today. You will not need to carry it all week long. That is a hot one. Taking a look at your first 4 traffic. Beltway everything that we had earlier has cleared out of way so we dont have any big worries on the belt wth. Everyg is nice and open. Bottom of the beltway through Prince Georges County, everything looks good. Dont have any issues i on out of town. 95 same thing. Everything is rolling along quite nicely. 270 southbound to the spur 60 miles per hour. Northbound has earlier road work that is wrapping up at this pointu as yo approach montrose. Earning the degree was e thing. Now its time to land a job. We are working forit you w tips for recent grads who are looking for impleemployment. Selfproclaimed architect has hints for looking for a job. We are not going anywhere. At the end of the day you can find us here in waco, texas. That was the promise from chip and Joanna Gaines when they announced their final season of their popular home renovatiho me fixer upper. Now we knowoore their future plans. They Just Announced 10. 5 Million Dollar expansion at their retail st e magazine Magnolia Home decor line are best sellers on line and in stores such as target. The empire they are built for themselves. Ussion about them possibly starting their own network. I think that is going to happen for sure. For thousands of People College is over. Now is the time to get to workob finding after you cross that stage may not be as easy as you think. Katie zachary has details on how new grads can overcome the odds. Youre done with school and you have that degree. Now what . A recent survey found that students expect, on average, to earn 60 grand a year when they get that first job, but ti stastics show they will likely earned 50,000 closer on average. R. Grads have not found that big job now, dont de here is one who says is a successful architect. He mentors Young College grads and say they should be realistic about how harit will be to land that job that they want. Finding a job is not easy. It is a job. It is a fulltime job. A n0hour a day job and youeed to put in the effort and you need to plan and you need to focus and you really need to get to work to find a job. Reporter nelgrads will ikely face a lot of rejection. Nciarte says its important to learn from those disappointments. Think of rejection as build blocktoward success. Ask for feedback. I mean, feedback is going to provide you for Building Blocks to get you and acquire the job you want. Reporter another key is to do your h mework. Resee company you want to work for. Get the background and look at where they are looking to go nd the future and how i guess your skills a your knowledge can apply to building that organization. T was katie zachar reporting. To further stress this is aca critil time in ones career. Ho a study people who are employed right out of school will earn mre over their lifetime than those who dont find employment right away. My question . I guess if you live with your parents . If you dont find employment right away, you ant afford anything. Get a Cash Register job or whatever until you can a Cash Register job . I made no money at that. Still ead. D up. People in the area saying the noise caused by helicopters is increasing. A new report designed to find out what is now planned and tell you when it begins. A devastating Apartment Fire forces dozens out on the streets. We will have an update on the y wthe fornow. Ion. E supatu near 90 and likelihood of thunderstorms this evening. Your gardening tip for today . Be on the lkout. Abouoot good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Lets begin with a check on your commute and your forecast. Melissa mollet is standing by with yourir f 4 traffic. Chuck bell just slid into place there to tell us what is happening with the temperatures right now you dont win emmys by calling people out, aaron he is working hard to build the forecast and graphics. Its onearm over here. I dont have people doing my work. Mov

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