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WJLA ABC7 News At 4 June 2, 2016

At the ceremony today. We were told that the pilot ejected safely from the f16. He is okay. This is video from the graduation just before the jets went back to land. The thunderbirds perform on behalf of the u. S. Air force, much like the blue angels do for the navy. Michelle breaking from the campaign trail. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will vote for donald trump. This is the first public backing that ryan has given the Presumptive Republican president ial nominee. He writes that trump, would help us turn this agenda into laws to help improve peoples lives. Alison this afternoon we also have new information about the death of pop icon prince. The Associated Press is now reporting it was an opioid overdose. Jonathan remember, prince was found dead at his paisley park compound ady before he a day before he was supposed to meet with a doctor specializing the painkiller addiction. Michelle he had seen a doctor in minnesota the day bere results of the autopsy. Alison updating yesterdays breaking news for you now. A new bombshell in the ucla campus murder. A third person found dead. This was hundreds of miles away. Apparently a kill list was found. The shooter mainak sarkars home with several names. One woman on the list was found dead in brooklyn, minnesota. The ucla Professor William klug was killed yesterday in a campus building. Police say the woman was shot before the shooting yesterday that locked down uclas campus. The gunmans car at this hour is still missing. We believe that vehicle will be unoccupied. We dont believe there are outstanding suspects. We also believe the vehicle may contain evidence which will help us to establish motive. Alison we are told from officials another person on the kill list who works at ucla is okay toda jonathan there were two threats at Newark Airport today in new jersey. The most recent a british airplanes. Everyone was taken off the plane. They were lined up next to the plane. Then dogs came out and inspected each individual bag before they were taken to the terminal. Nothing was found. This is hours after the guy in the terminal used a pay phone to make a threat about a it shooing. He was quickly taken away in custody. 23 people aboard a sinking boat in the chesapeake, many of them were fourth graders all rescued by a waterman. He saw the stateowned boat in distress. He went to help just in time. Maryland bureau chief brad bell spoke to the waterman and one of the people rescued from the water. Brad these people have quite a story to tell. This started as a field trip studying fish, crabs and oysters out on the Chesapeake Bay. This was Chesapeake Bay foundation led excursion. The boat hit a object believed to be an Old Army Tank that the navy used to use as a target. Now everyone says the captain on board the boat initially knocked unconscious performed very well. The real hero, a waterman who answered the call for help. The boat went down in a remote and beautiful part of the bay. It was a teaching vessel with 23 aboard. The crew, a fourth grade class from chestertown. Teacher and parent chaperons, including brian cole. We hit something really hard. We went from 17 knots to nothing. Brad in five minutes the boat sinks. The children already wearing life jackets. The adults quickly putting them on and scrambling roof to the floundering boat. Fortunately the experienced captain was able to send a radio mayday. The coast guard heard it and made their own call. Ten jeremy heard it and grabbed his son and shoved off. I was running the motor hot. You cant go fast enough to get there. Brad when we come back at 5 00, we will tell you more about what happened next and what the captain saw and felt when he arrived on scene. And well also share with you a little bit more about his story why he hopes that this puts the chesapeake waterman, including himself, in a little more positive light. In cambridge, brad bell, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. This afternoon, storms popping up to the west and mostly to the mountains and i81. The big question here are they headed our way . Chief meteorologist doug hill has the first check on the forecast. Doug . Doug hi there. The quick answer is slowly the shower and the storm activity is headed in our direction. If any arrives it is later this everything. We think tonight there is a good chance showers and metro area. What we have all day long is a weak flow of winds from the Atlantic Ocean and the east. As they travel to the west it will initiate the shower and storms. They will continue to pop. South of harrisonburg, where the radar is at the moment. Bonnie is now back to tropical depression status that will head to the Atlantic Ocean. You see on the lefthand side of the screen a number of the areas has a chance for the storms today, tomorrow, and saturday. Watch for the chance of isolated storms in the metro between 7 00 and 11 00 tonight with a bit of clearing overnight and patchy fog. Well check out the weekend in detail in a couple of minutes. Michelle thank you. Bizarre report. Security guard at Dulles Airport accused of war crimes in africa. The somalian coming to the Maryland Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg has more. The man claims none of this is true . Jeff that is right. We spoke with his attorney earlier today that denies any allegations against this man and says that those who are accusing the individual of war crimes are quite simply seeking publicity. This report first aired yesterday on cnn. It is accusing yusuf ali who was working as a Security Guard at dulles as a military commander. That is the accusation. A military commander in somalia civil wars in the 1980s. According to the report, he is accused of torturing civilians, burning villages and conducting mass executions. Ali has lived in alexandria for 20 years. He has been put on administrative leave since the airing of this report. He is being sued for crime against humanity in a court in the u. S. His attorney is denying the allegations but travelers we spoke to h it is kind of alarming that somebody who cleared security in the usa didnt reach out and discover the rest of his story. My client was a member of the Somali National army. And reports to me that he served honorably and i have to reason to doubt him in that regard. Jeff ali works for a Company Called master securities, which is a contractor for the metropolitan washington airport authority. According to m. W. A. A. , they do severe, rigid background check s going through the f. B. I. , and said that he passed the vigorous background chengs. Background checks. His Attorney Says he remains with his family in Northern Virginia and has no plans to go anywhere. Live at Dulles International airport, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Brian whitman a former pentagon to a punishment for stealing a neighbors nannys license plate. The issue over parking apparently in the capitol hill neighborhood was boiling over. Stephen tschida is live to explain the punishment and how the official was caught doing this. Stephen Surveillance Video ended the mystery haunting the neighborhood. But this just in. We heard from a pentagon official within the past hour that Brian Whitman has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. This is since he has been charged with the three misdemeanor counts of theft. This car has virginia plates. But check out the windshield here. Parking pass. Even though it is expired by several months, no ticket on the windshield. Now, we have some video we can show you here of what is going on in the neighborhood. Also of Brian Whitman. A two decade veteran with the 58 years old and driven to take action on what he believes is abuse of a parking privilege. Written a note to the neighbors nanny and stealing the nannys license plate three times. We spoke with a worker to learn more about how bad the parking i here. You have to move every two hours. Its ridiculous. People infiltrated into d. C. But if you say zone six residence parking for the residents. What does it do for the guests . You are here in suspended animation riding around. Its ridiculous. Stephen back live. You see the zone six parking sign. This is what went down in court. Bryan whitman agreed to 1,000 fine, do Community Service and stay away from the neighbors and their nanny. Under that court agreement, th as far as his future at the pentagon, though, that remains up in the air. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. A fight forree quality pay. This time at equal pay. Four women suing over the genderbased pay gap and claim of sexual harassment. Each of the four filing separate lawsuits in richmond. The school would only say in a statement that it is committed to providing a fair working environment for all employees. Alison tonight a message for pregnant women from the director for the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Do not travel to a place where there is zika. 341 pregnant women in the u. S. Including puerto rico have been infected. He says zika presents a range of problems for infants from very severe problems to milder ones. We still dont know for infants born with a normal size head if they will have other Brain Development problems. We may not know it for months or years. We have to protect pregnant women. Alison he says Congress Needs to act more urgently to provide funding to help fight the zika virus. Jonathan lets talk about metro now. D. C. Preparing for massive burden that the mobiletrak7 plan will bring safetrack plan will bring when it goes into Effect Tomorrow at midnight. Mayor bowser says they will expand bus routes and put more Traffic Control officers on the streets. City officials now are considering extending the d. C. Circulator hours on weekends. Bowser says its not just the metro riders impacted by the safety surges. The project will affect every commuter. No matter if the surge is happening in a district proper or not, we think that washington, d. C. Will be affected by all ten months of the jonathan capital bike share will have an alternative way to get around. The city will update the plan as each phase moves forward. Obviously well stay on top of all that is going on with metro. We are doing it online for you. If you want to see the acted lines and the ways to get around head to our website wjla. Com. Still ahead for us at abc7 news at 4 00 the Cincinnati Police are wrapping up the investigation about the boy that fell in the gorilla enclosure. The recommendation it could make to the prosecutors. And the frantic 911 calls made that day. Michelle look at this. This is from this winter and close to the d. C. Area as well. We will show you where coming up. A scam artist latest target. Im chris papst. Coming up, how your music play list no longer safe. Jonathan a railworker strike is threatening to disrupt the soccer championship. They are upset about labor reform bill to make it easier and hire and fire workers. Can you imagine . Service has been cut in half which could present bigger problems when the soccer tournament starts in just eight days. Have you heard about that . This is the latest scam going around. A lot of people falling for it. Somebody gets you on the phone claiming they work for the i. R. S. And demand money. Alison that is the first sign. The i. R. S. Will never call you. Its what they are asking for that is shocking here. Gift cards as a form of payment. Go figure. Chris papst has a warning Everyone Needs to hear about. Chris this is a big market. How much of us havent received a gift card or bought one . In 2015 it accounted for 1930 billion in the economy. For years scammers have been trying to steal part of that. But now, they are targeting a specific type of gift card. Itunes. This comes from the Inspector General from the treasury department. Someone calls pretending to be the i. R. S. Employee. They then tell you, you owe the federal government money from your taxes and demand you pay with your itunes gift card. This isnt necessarily new. It has existed in different forms but of the itunes it is moving in the music world. The federal government would like to remind you it will never ask you to pay your taxes from a gift card and, of course, other payments like western union, money gram or bank wire transfers will also never be requested. If you receive a call, its recommended that you hang up immediately and report the fraud going to treasury. Gov. Chris papst. Alison thank you. Another alert to be aware of. The Federal Reserve is admitting it has been under attack by hackers since 2011. That include attempts to break in and spy electronically. So what is not clear today is if the hackers broke into the fed security system. Reuters and cnn are working off the heavily redacted files released by the Federal Reserve. Jamie there is a fatal bicycle accident. Frederick avenue is closed off. Muddy branch is an alternate. They are doing investigating. That area is closed for quite a while. 395, the heaviest stretch continuing to closer to washington boulevard. I am happy to report that. On the red line we had single safetrack we will send you a text with the biggest metro issues to know about. Just go to wjla. Com and text metro to 43817. Jonathan thanks. She is back. Prop call depression bonnie. You thought she was gone. She is not. The storm could bring wind gust and five inches before moving to sea. If you are heading out there, be careful in theert what. Doug we were looking apt a live shot from hatteras. I didnt look too bad. Most is offshore. Headed to sea. We have atria question for you. Wait for that. 81 degrees now. Looking at the capital wheel. This looks like 83 now. We have had afternoon storms develop for the past few days. What will happen is we are going to see isolated showers getting closer to the metro. We could have showers or thunderstorms to deal with. A big pocket to the valley. This is going to drift to the northeast. Daily shower and storm chances. Check the future cast. We will have a continuation of later tonight. Showers and the thunderstorms could pop. As a cold front comes in the warm humid hair. A bit more humid and then 84. On sunday we talk about this. The atmospheric setup will favor the afternoon in the sunday afternoon and the evening. It will get early here. We will have the lower humidity levels. That is a nice break. The toughest part is trying figure out the wording of it. When is the last time that the high temperatures did not reach 90 degrees or higher by now . When is the last time . How many years do we go back . 2003 . 2005 . 2008 . We will answer it shortly. Jonathan rivetting. Michelle has anyone complained its too hot yet . Doug gosh yes. Jonathan i did not say it. Jonathan i said sticky. Alison you meant it in a good way. Jonathan it was sticky. Not in a great way. Michelle that is for you. The 2015 blizzard. This is the snow that charge city. Plug it in the g. P. S. If you feel like its too hot. Alison in addition to trivia thursday we honor our team player of the week. But the National Cathedral varsity team has too many to pick just one. We will introduce you to the entire team making history coming up next. Jonathan also, still ahead for us, the cincinnati zoo is pushing back the reopening of the gorilla exhibit as the 911 calls from the day are now coming out. I cant watch this. I cannot. Jonathan that is the mother of the child that fell in the exhibit. You will hear her call. What she says and when the exhibit will reopen. Well have it for you coming up today at 4 30. Vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me michelle instead of putting the focus on one team player, this week Erin Hawksworth introduces to two of the team stars. Amazing feeling. I couldnt stop smiling. The two of the Cathedral High School joined me on the news channel 8 High School Sports final to discuss the achievement. I knew the other eight would pull as hard as they could. Erin for the first time in School History the National Cathedral girls became champions of the regatta, the oldest and one of the Largest High School Rowing Competition s. This was great to see the positive results from the regatta. Im incredibly proud. They approached the ra ga the, the race, the regatta, the race, the season with a mature athletic attitude. What stands out about this team . This is the Weirdest Group of kids. Awesome. Weird is this group of kids cares about he each other machine any other i coached. Jonathan still ahead at abc7 news at 4 00 a massive tree struck from lightning dies. But its still standing. Residents want to take it down before it falls down. What is the holdup . Well explain coming up. Michelle frantic moments from the mother of the child who fell in the gorilla pit. 911. My son fell in the zoo exhibit of the gorilla. Michelle more of the 911 call and why the gorilla exhibit wont reopen saturday as planned. Alison as we head to break a last look at the weather trivia question. Well have the answer when doug comes right back. After the break. Hope you will play along. Michelle doug is back now with the weather trivia question. We have to pitch in the answers. Doug look at th

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