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WRC News4 At 4 September 26, 2013

Diandra samuels was robbed. Family and friends of the victim gather today at the viewing in woodbridge. Diaz was remembered for his love of video games and sports, especially his love for football. He played football and his parents say he coached younger children. His funeral will be held tomorrow. A firefighter is in the hospital after fighting flames. This is in the 4800 block of kingswood road a block east of old georgetown road. Two people inside escaped as the fire spread. The firefighters suffered minor injuries. D. C. Police investigating a kidnapping that shut down a road for hours today. There was a Huge Police Presence concentrated around the 1500 block of foxhall road. A woman voluntarily got into the car with the suspect. Afterwards, he held her against her will. Detectives trying to figure out the details on exactly what happened. Its unclear if they have anyone in custody now. The erosion near a connector rout is getting worse. We have learned the culvert near east and west beach drives is collapsing due to nearby erosion. Itis forcing crews to narrow the travel lanes there. Adam tuss reports, traffic is going to get worse as they try to fix this mess. Reporter on the surface, things look relatively normal. Take a closer look at the culvert which provides an important connection between east and west beach drive and you get a different perspective. From the road, you cant see what lies beneath. What lies beneath is serious stuff. Look up. You can see how much has been washed out over time. Ddot did some inspections last month. They came down here and have blue markings all over the culvert. They are all new problem spots they have found. Things that have to be missed. Ddot is in the final stages of finding a contractor to come in and rehab the structure. The road is actually leaning. Ddot does say the road up is safe. The cracks are growing wider. Its not that its unsafe, but its a precautionary measure, removing the weight of the traffic from the areas where the cracking is growing to the more secure part of the culvert. Reporter again, take a look. This is water coming through the culvert and we havent had heavy rain. Ddot says when there is heavy rain or snow melt, you get this wall that floods through her and does damage. Thats why it has to be fixed sooner rather than later. In northwest, adam tuss, news 4. Heavy machinery is demolishing the districts Dunbar High School making way for new facilities for students. The work started this afternoon on n street northwest. Once the debris is hauled away, they will turn it into a football stadium. The original building opened in 1977. Graduates are happy to see the progress, but sad to see the school go. The school years were great. I met a lot of people i maintain a friendship with. A lot of learning here. Theres the First High School in the nation for africanamerican students with the origins going back to 1870. President obama traveled across Prince Georges County to talk about the benefits of his health care law. You can sign up for insurance on tuesday. The president criticized Congressional Republicans today calling them irresponsible for trying to kill funding for the Affordable Health care act. The president made his case here in largo, standing room only. The Obama Administration needs millions of americans to sign up in order to keep costs low for everyone. He used maryland as an example today. Here in maryland, average 25yearold making 25,000 a year could end up getting covered for as little as 80 a month. [ applause ] 80 a month. Here in maryland, a family of four making 60,000 a year could get covered for 164 a month. Health care law is set to take effect october 1st, the same day some republicans are threatening a Government Shutdown if the Affordable Care act isnt defunded. Tracee wilkins talked to people today who explain what its like not to have insurance. Her report coming your way at 5 00. Maryland is the best state in the country for women to live. That, according to a new list put out by a liberal think tank. They looked at Economic Standing behind maryland is hawaii, vermont and california. Louisiana came in dead last. Texas is ranked 45. Texas has been in the news after their governor tried to lure businesses away from maryland. Some are questioning their rankings as all five top states are blue and the five bottom ones are red states. D. C. S funniest celebrity contest is going down in history after the headliner is arrested for punching an online heckler in the face. Plus reporter im mark segraves. Family members have serious questions about the death of their loved one. Police say they did nothing wrong. Im mark segraves. Ill have the story next. She says george treats her like shes disposable. Shelly zimmerman speaks out about her husband, george. Amelia . A beautiful fall day but summer warmth a popular comedian ends up in a d. C. Jail for allegedly punching a reporter who criticized his act on twitter. He was performing in Dupont Circle last night. Daily beast reporter, josh rogin was there. He said he made racially charged and insensitive jokes. He punched rogin several times. Police arrested the comedian. He says he was defending himself and rogin swung first. Seven Police Officers involved in a deadly shooting are back on the job. The officers connected with the case have been cleared of wrong doing. Mark segraves reports theres video showing sellers pointed a gun before they opened fire. Reporter this is the spot where Alexandria Police shot and killed taft sellers. They were responding to a 911 call. They tried to talk him out of using his gun. When they pointed at him, they fired. 39 times in a matter of seconds. The Alexandria Police chief is sorry for the familys loss. The officers did everything they could to avoid deadly force. They feared for their lives and the lives of their colleagues. They continued to shoot until he was no longer a perceived threat. A witness that shows sellers pointing his gun at police. The point that mr. Sellers pointed his gun at one of my office officers, the others responded. Reporter some officers fired because they heard gunshots they thought came from the suspect. The investigation revealed, sellers gun, which he was legally carrying at the time was never fired. He did not fire his weapon. Reporter all the officers involved in the shooting have been cleared of wrong doing and returned to full active duty service. Coming up at 5 00, well talk to one of the sisters of taft sellers who saw the video tape of her brother being shot. He never pointed his gun at the officers. In alexandria, mark segraves, news 4. George zimmermans wife, shelley speaks out saying he changed since the jury acquitted him. He was fed up. A High School Football coach suspends the entire team to suspends the entire team to teach them a im Terry Mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. For 30 years ive worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. So im particularly offended by Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal. Even in cases of rape and incest. Even to protect a womans health. I want a governor whos focused on schools and creating jobs, not someone who wants to do my job. Whos Ken Cuccinelli to interfere in the lives of women across virginia . Right now, police are trying to find the people responsible for a half dozen arsonists. One fire spread to a nearby business. Police are questioning a person of interest. The San Francisco giants responding to the stabbing death of an opposing teams fan. The giants beat the l. A. Dodgers last night. A fight broke out near the ballpark after the game between two groups of men. A 24yearold man, wearing dodgers gear at the time was killed. Investigators say its not clear if his gear played any role in the stabbing. Two men are under arrest today. The giants plan to hold a moment of silence in the victims honor before tonights game. New details in a developing story. There may be solace for families from the costa concordia. Crews spotted two remains. 32 people were killed when the ship killed into a reef off the coast of italy and capsized 20 months ago. Divers resumed the search for remains last week after the ship was uprighted. Breaking news and pictures coming in out of detroit. A massive building fire. Wendy rieger is working the story. Lets go straight to the live pictures. This is amazing. Its happening in west detroit. Its a large commercial building on fire. It is raining ash across detroit right now because of this. It looked a bit like it was an abandoned warehouse. We dont know what they are using inside or what they are using it for, if they are holding it or storing something in it. If you are familiar with detroit, this is at Central Street and wagner street. As you can see, a lot of smoke pouring from this building and again, we dont know what is inside. At this point, no word on if there were anymore most importantly, any people inside or what might have sparked this fire. Again, in west detroit, its a big one. Well bring you updates as we get them. At the live desk, im wendy rieger. Thank you, wendy. George zimmermans estranged wife has a new perspective on what may have happened. Shelley filed for divorce two months after her husband was acquitted of murder. He went on a victory tour without her. Earlier, they were involved in an altercation at her fathers house. She saw a look in his eyes she had never seen before. Do you still believe the story we have all heard from him . Im conflicted on that. I believe the evidence. But, this revelation in my life has really helped me to take the blinders off and help to see things. Let me make sure i understand. You doubt his innocence, at least the fact he was acting in selfdefense the night Trayvon Martin was killed . Anyone would doubt that innocence. I dont know the person i have been married to. She acknowledged she may have credibility issues because she pled guilty to perjury last year. George zimmerman sued nbc universal, the Parent Company to this station for defame mags. The next seven days, we are going to keep it dry. Maybe next thursday a chance of showers or thunderstorm. Even that threat is not looking very likely. Our falllike weather continues. A live look outside right now. You can see whatever cloudiness out there continuing to move out of the region. We are looking at mainly clear skies overnight. Here are the current temperatures. 77 in washington. That is the unofficial high for the day. 75 in manassas and leesburg for the most part. Mid70s around the d. C. Metro area and to the mountains. You can see throughout the evening hours, we are going to remain comfortable with temperatures around 70 degrees. Once we get into the overnight hours, chilly. Very fall like. A low temperature tonight of 56 degrees. Its the lack of cloud cover you can see it here during the overnight hours on future weather that allows our temperatures to drop. Now tomorrow morning, between about 7 00 a. M. And 11 00 a. M. , we cant rule out an isolated shower. You can see it here on future weather. It includes prince georges and montgomery county. As we work toward 11 00 a. M. , the threat of the shower moves to the west. We are looking at mostly cloudy skies tomorrow and another sun filled afternoon. Here is your day planner. The isolated shower chance between 7 00 and 11 00 a. M. Getting into the afternoon and evening hours, plenty of sunshine. A High Temperature tomorrow of 76 degrees. So, pretty much for the most part a repeat performance. We are starting to see the leaves change color. I love this picture. I was tweeted by dwayne in potomac, maryland. Starting to see oranges on the trees there. Another picture from rockville, maryland. You can send your pictures in or post them on facebook, tweet them to us. We love to see them. Here is a look at the current color. The fall foliage, low color change right now in western maryland and west virginia. The district and most of virginia really not seeing a lot of change. Of course, these cool nights and warm days help to bring out that color. So, tomorrow, again, that repeat performance of today, aside from the chance of an isolated morning shower, the weekend, it is looking nice with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the mid70s. Typical for this time of year. Then i was talking about summer warmth. Here it is. Next week, monday a High Temperature of 79 degrees. 80 degrees for tuesday and wednesday. We are still keeping it dry. The metro area now being reported abnormally dry from the lack of rainfall as we get into thursday. Theres a chance of maybe a shower or thunderstorm. Otherwise, a High Temperature of 79 degrees. So, again, another cool night followed by another Beautiful Day tomorrow. Barbara and jim. Thanks, amelia. Still ahead, outraged homeowners didnt get this opportunity. Why officials shifting the purple lines propose to protect the golf course. All stations come over to mission a for a final go. This is for real this time. Step seven point two one two. Verify and lock. Command is locked. Five seconds. Three, two, one. Standing by for capture. The most Innovative Software on the planet. Dragon is captured. Is connecting todays leading companies to places beyond it. Siemens. Answers. We are following a developing story. The state of maryland is promising to shift the route of the light rail system to appease the biggest opponent. The state signed an agreement with the Columbia Country Club and chevy chase. The purple line would be moved 12 feet to the north to protect clubhouse views and spare four holes that would have been impacted. In exchange, they would stop fighting the rail project. The 16mile purple line runs between bethesda and Prince Georges County. Now to the fight to save a golf course at the university of maryland. They hope to use the brandnew condos. Zachary kiesch has mixed reaction from the university and golfers. You dont have to do it too hard. Whoa. Reporter dionne makes the trip twice a week for his son to learn the game. Nice and peaceful. Greenery. Everything about it, i love it. Reporter for phillip, its a short drive from campus, but a big part of his college experience. Its a great course. Its really a great course. It would be a shame for it to go. Reporter they are concerned the golf course could be shut down. A letter written to the developer on july 8th acknowledges a proposal to develop the 150 acre, 18hole golf course. In the letter, he mentioned the proposal to improve transportation connection to the campus and repurpose some of the golf course. Theres green here, but not the kind of green im talking about. The green that probably the developer and perhaps, agarngs i say perhaps the university is thinking of is the dollar type of green. We think its the wrong way to go about it. Reporter a maryland alum is part of a group trying to save the golf course. I dont know whats going on. I dont know if this beautiful 150 acres is going to be gone tomorrow. My kids have come here to have breakfast with santa. July 4th, people come and watch the fireworks. Its about more than golf. Reporter some agree that growth in college park is needed, but not at the expense of their golf course. With all the development on route 1, we are trying to bring energy and bring a project to the west side of the campus. This undercuts the initiatives. It doesnt make sense. Reporter zachary kiesch, news 4. New laws about to go into effect in maryland. Are you ready . From cell phones to seatbelts, we run through the new rules and show you the hefty fines if you get caught breaking the laws. We go inside an underground tattoo and you like to keep your family healthy and fit. Do the same for your dog. Introducing purina dog chow light healthy. Its a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend. With 20 fewer calories than dog chow. New purina dog chow light healthy. Welcome back, everyone. Im barbara harrison. Im jim handly. New at 4 34, new arrests in the murder of a high school student, kenny diaz. 12 people are now in custody. Diaz was stabbed saturday in retaliation to a robbery in connection to a drug deal. His funeral is set for tomorrow. Seven Police Officers are cleared of wrong doing. Today, the Department Released the final report into the february shooting of sellers. Sellers pointed a gun at officers before they fired 37 times. Today, president obama told an audience that he would not let republicans block the health care law, the law known as obama care takes effect in five days. Today, Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell says the law is, quote, a mess. Mr. Obama is trying to sell it to a skeptical public. The road is eroding in d. C. Crews are narrowing lanes to make it safer for drivers. This is in rock creek park. Several years ago the area beyond the road washed away in heavy rains and snow. Back to breaking news out of detroit. The massive fire burning there. Wendy rieger has the live picture. Is it getting bigger or smaller . Its getting bigger. Lets go back to the live pictures. This is an abandoned building on fire in west detroit. It used to be a factory. These are live pictures. The helicopter is not looking at the fire, they are looking at one of the first responders. This is a few blocks north of i94. Our sister station is getting calls. Sorry about this, this is not very exciting. Obviously, this is a massive, massive fire. Thats a fire truck that is responding. No word of injuries, yet. It is a fire in detroit in an abandon warehouse. Well get the live pictures to you. Thank you. Voters in Northern Virginia and the commonwealth are thinking about what they saw in last nights facetoface debate. The debate sponsored by nbc 4 covered a lot of ground. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey was a panelist. We know one of the candidates actuall

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