Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. More than 150 years after the 13th amendment legally abolished slavery in america, its still thriving in the form of Human Trafficking. Its hard to pinpoint an exact number because it often happens under the radar. But its estimated 20 to 40 Million People worldwide are enslaved and exploited through sex and labor trafficking. In america, places like new york, l. A. , and atlanta have high rates of Human Trafficking. According to the National Human trafficking hotline, in 2016, reported cases in the u. S. Increased more than 35 . One of the most famous american abolitionists of the 19th century was Frederick Douglass. The former slave was born in maryland 200 years ago this month. He was a famous orator, author, and confidante of abraham lincoln. Douglass descendents say if he were alive today, he would be at the forefront of the fight to end Human Trafficking. His great, great, great grandson, kenneth morris, jr. , is the president
Or digging out of the latest round. Coming Christmas Eve is to a close. Barring a christmas their asking, dont expect snow here. Steve rudin has a look at the forecast. The bright spot, good flying santa, steve. Steve skies will clear out later on tonight, no worries there. The rain is over with. You dont have to drag an umbrella with you as you head to on ch Services Later tonight. Leesberg, temperatures the late will fall into 40s and eventually most of the area waking up to your christmas day, well see temperature 30s. Ngs in the e have a warmup on the 10day outlook and temperatures will reach close to 60 degrees. Ill tell you more about that nd looking ahead to 2017 in just a few minutes. Kimberly. If you havent finished your shopping, youre not in deep trouble yet. Its not really the time to apparently. Dara shows us how to cover everyone on your list, even the stores close. Mad ter its the last dash to get where youre going and grab those lastminute gifts. Christmas eve means pac
Father. And police say it was a teen speeding in a stolen car that us contacted the deadly rec. And then fire destroyed a grandmothers apartment, plushe thes presents she bought for christmas, but d. C. Firefighter. Step in to safe the day. After rain early, the skies are clear again. Clea mike thomas here with thee Christmas Day forecast. Fox5 a local news starts right now. It is Christmas Eve, also the first night of hanukkah, but noo matter what you celebrate were glad to have you with. Im jim low came we start newsa with a d. C. Family in morning. A crash killed an innocent man. Fox5s angle hem l will with more. Reporter Kenneth Morris jr. s family is grieving his death. They were too disstrut to speak on camera, but they tell me he was driving home. What began as a robbery and car jacking from a home in northeastenned in technology dii i after a teenager spedn awaype crash it into a griever who wasa just at the wrong place at the wrong time. D. C. Police say just after midnight th
Neighbors tell news 4 there have been multiple police calls to this house in the morning of the shooting they heard a woman screaming. Walter is an elected leader. The community has had concerns about other crimes in the neighborhood as well. We talked about what we can do to and whether that means more officers, well be talking with neighbors to see what we can do. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00, the one thing that the suspects mother wants from police now that her son is gone. Back to you. Thank you, darcy. A virginia man is dead after getting hit while walking on i95 in woodbridge. Virginia state Police Say Three men were driving south on the interstate when they ran out of gas. They started walking towards the nearest gas station when one of tractortrailer. The 22yearold died at the hospital but his friends and the truck driver were not hurt. A serious accident in laurel has left one woman dead and another person with major injuries. The car slammed into a tree just off route one. The
Into slavery around 1818. He died in 1895. A fact President Donald Trump might have missed. Pres. Trump i am very proud know that we have a museum on the National Mall where people ,an learn about reverend king so many other things, Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more i noticed. Amy does donald trump think Frederick Douglass is still alive . We will set the record straight great,uglassgreat, great grandson Kenneth Morris jr. Growing questions about the first counterterrorism operation approved by President Donald Trump. Authorities say it was a success, but human Rights Groups say 24 civilians were killed including a newborn baby and an american eightyearold girl, the daughter of u. S. Born cleric Anwar Alawlaki, who was killed in yemen by a u. S. Drone strike in 2011. It is hard to ever call something a complete success when you have the loss of life. Or people injured. We look at the totality of what was gaine