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WRC News4 At 4 April 28, 2015

Several motorcycles have shown up, and these motor psych ellers are going up and down the street, almost entertaining the crowd, but causing a feeling of somewhat unrest in this neighborhood. This neighborhood which today started out the day rebuilding their community, their businesses, and their lives. People have been gathering here at the intersection of pennsylvania and northwest avenues all day. Very peaceful gatherings. People singing praying, and even debating. All under the watchful eye of police in riot gear. On the ground as well as police and news helicopters overhead. Meanwhile, shopkeepers have been cleaning up after looters ransacked and destroyed several businesses here. The levy family has operated this shoe store for more than 30 years. The damage was done by a group of opportunistic young people that i guess had the opportunity. They knew the police were on the other side of town so they started breaking in on this side. And they ripped off the front door and my alarm went off. And they said they sent the police, and im watching them carry bags, talking about 50 people. I have a video of it, just carrying stuff out of the store. Reporter again back here live you can see the scene is relatively calm out here on the intersection, but a lot of people are concerned about what will happen tonight at 10 00 when police tell people they have to get off the streets. Coming up at 5 00 youll see more of that Surveillance Video from inside that shoe store, and youll hear from the owner about who he blames for last nights problems. In baltimore, reporting live, mark segraves, news4. Mark thank you. Our Team Coverage of that state of emergency in baltimore picks up now with news4s tracee wilkins, live with a look at how the community is responding. Shes in another crowd. Trace tracee . Reporter well, i have to tell you that since weve been here in baltimore what we have seen on pretty much every corner we pass are people who are coming together to try and put this city back together again. People who dont know one another working together, gathering trash, cleaning up the neighborhood, picking up debris that was left after yesterdays riots. Heres just some of what we have heard and seen here. Its not even about freddie gray anymore. Its about us. Back it up we keep sweeping black bodies under the rug and nobodys getting handcuffs for it. I was hurt, saddened by the whole thing by the whole situation. Its a shame that it came to this. This is not the baltimore that i know. I came out yesterday and tried to assist in calming everything, but to no avail. I wanted to come out today where i felt like i could make an impact. I have snacks. I dont know if anybody else wants anything. You can take whatever youd like. I cant help clean up but i live right over here. I figured if i cant help clean up, i can help the people who are helping to clean up. Reporter now, while here on pennsylvania at the front line, if you will there were feelings of tension and at some points if youre close enough to it, it feels almost like a military state. But as you move through other parts of the city, nearby this area but not as close to where all of this is happening, what you feel is something very different. And that is this community preparing itself and trying to come back together again and have some semblance of a baltimore that they know and love. Coming up on news4 at 5, were going to have more on what we have seen here in terms of people some of whom dont even live in baltimore but have come to try and help put the city back together again. Reporting live in baltimore tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. Tisha thompson is back at the live desk for us this afternoon tracking the latest out of baltimore. Tisha . From mon mondawmin mall, theyre using the hash tag i love baltimore to invite people out to play basketball, eat food and hold a discussion. This is being driven heavily by pro and College Basketball including will barton. At the same time city leaders are preparing for a citywide curfew that begins at 10 00 p. M. And will last through 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow. It will be in effect all week. What we dont know yet is if schools will be back in session. The mayor of baltimore is defending her decision to close schools today. She says many teachers called and said they wouldnt show up for work following the protests because of that, many churches are offering to see children who rely on school for a meal. And for a second straight night, the Baltimore Orioles are postponing their game. That would be tonight, tomorrow the team will play at camden yards but the game will be closed to the public. Major League Baseball says this may be a first in recent history. The league doesnt have any record of a game without any fans. Jim jim . Tisha, thank you. Today, as youve seen hundreds of people hit the streets to clean up the mess left behind by those riots. They came together to sweep up the broken glass and pick up all the debris. Yesterdays trouble began in west baltimore within a mile of where freddie gray was arrested by midnight, it had spread to east baltimore and neighborhoods close to camden yards and downtown. The Mayors Office tells us today there were 144 vehicle fires yesterday, 15 structure fires. Police made 200 arrests following the unrest that broke out. President obama addressed the issues in baltimore earlier this afternoon at the white house. Jim vance is in our newsroom now with his comments. Jim jim . Well have jim in a little bit. Weve got much more of our coverage coming up. Well be updating this big story throughout our newscast this evening, including a live interview with marylands Lieutenant Governor. Meanwhile, both sides of the same sex marriage issue made their cases today before the Supreme Court. The arguments lasted 2 1 2 hours. The high court is expected to make a decision by june on whether same sex marriages across the country should be recognized. Today one justice gave both sides reason for hope. News4s chris gordon joins us live now with the details on that in less than ten minutes here on news4 at 4 00. Big news and bad news for metro this afternoon. A House Committee that oversees the agency today released a plan to cut its federal funding in half to 75 million. And the committee put stipulations on what has to be done before metro even gets that much. A spokesman for the committee tells us the goal is to force metro to make improvements. Metro says it needs full funding to ensure it can improve safety and reliability. And were also following developments right now out of nepal where today a search and rescue team pulled a survivor from the earthquake rubble. The man was trapped between the walls of a building that are collapsed downtown. In other developments water and other emergency supplies are starting to arrive in the region. Government officials warn the death toll could reach 10,000 as rescuers continue to search for victims. Many are still sleeping outdoors out of near of more aftershocks. A team from Fairfax County is now in nepal helping in the earthquake aftermath. The urban search and rescue group is in kathmandu. The highly trained virginia crew will be looking for people who are trapped and helping survivors. They expect to be in nepal for about two weeks. Police in Spotsylvania County arrested a with 24yearold man and charged him with scalding a 9monthold baby. William schmuhl is being held without bail. A hospital tipped off police that it was treating a child with extensive burns, like those from being dipped in scalding water. Schmahl is the boyfriend of the childs mother. This afternoon the baby is in richard monday for advanced burn treatment and possible surgery. Right now vote voters are go going to the polls to fill council seats. Fwefl people are running for the late Marion Barrys spot in ward 8, including his son marriott christopher barry. Ward 4 seat is open because Muriel Bowser became mayor. Polls are open until 8 00 tonight. Developing right now, another policeinvolved shooting. This time its involving an immigration agent. New details just coming in about the deadly confrontation and what sparked the agent to open fire. Plus, tyson makes a major pledge. What the company is planning to do to keep you and your family healthy. There is no royal blood in this country. Nothing is reserved for anyone. Its all just out there waiting for someone to reach out and take it. And the ones who do. These are the kings and queens of america. Chopper 4 is over the cvs in baltimore that was looted and burned. Large crowds are gathering, the National Guard is in place along with scores of city police and police from our area as well. A 10 00 curfew goes into effect this evening. As we reported earlier, the president addressed the issues in baltimore earlier this afternoon at the white house. Jim vance is in our newsroom now with those comments. Pat, the president spoke about the violence in baltimore and the circumstances, conditions that led to that violence. He also spoke about what the nation needs to do about it. We cant just leave this to the police. I think there are Police Departments that have to do some soul searching. I think theres some community thats have to do some soul searching. But i think we as a country have to do some soul searching. If we think that were just going to send the police to do the dirty work of containing the problems that arise there without as a nation and as a society saying, what can we do to change those communities, to help lift up those communities and give those kids opportunity, then were not going to solve this problem. The president called that violence counter productive to say the least. He said those who are responsible for it are undermining jobs and opportunity opportunities in their own communities. Pat and jim. Thank you. Well check back with you throughout the evening. A live picture again in west baltimore. The crowds are growing. They have been all afternoon. A lot of young people and older people as well too. We should say leaders in the community have been mixing in with the protesters throughout this day. And well continue our coverage of the events live in baltimore right after this. Youre watching news4 at 4. We are learning more about this video youve likely seen on social media throughout the day when the situation turned violent yesterday. Baltimore police asked parents to go get their children. This mother did just that. From the Baltimore Police commissioner to hundreds of our facebook users shes being hailed for taking action. The video was shot by tommy born. He was nearby at koppen State University when he heard about disturbances in the street. He told nbc news that the kids he saw needed adults in their lives. The future of same sex marriage is now in the haptd fz the u. S. Supreme court. Justices heard arguments from both sides of the issue as emotions outside the court ran high today. News4s chris gordon just talked to one of the couples at the center of this case. Chris . Reporter well, good evening. This case is considered historic by a lot of people. The justices asking probing questions to both sides like this, is marriage a fundamental right . And, if so, if you deny a license to a gay couple, is that sexual discrimination . Well, this case is expected to answer those questions. These are the same sex couples from kentucky, michigan ohio, and tennessee who brought this historic case all the way to the u. S. Supreme court. On the sidewalk out front people demonstrated. There were suepporters of Marriage Equality and others who say they will never accept it. 36 states and d. C. Have legalized same sex marriage. At issue is whether the other 14 states should be required to issue licenses and recognize same sex marriages that are legal in other states. Court watchers believe there could be a 44 split on the Supreme Court. And that could make you Justice Anthony kennedy the swing vote. Today kennedy says marriage has been between a man and a woman for ma len ya plus time. Its only been debated ten years. Kennedy wondered aloud, its very difficult for the court to say, we know better. The attorney representing the states that banned same sex marriage took it as a good sign. People get to decide how to define marriage, not the courts. And that there are real implications when the courts take that away. Reporter i asked a couple from tennessee among the plaintiffs who brought this case all the way to the Supreme Court how they think it went. Hard to say. I think especially after the hearing arguments. Its harder to say. Because, you know, their questions are so probing. But really on both sides really just going at the nittygritty. We dont know. Well see. Reporter this case will be decided in late june. Now, coming up on news4 at 5, well hear from a local virginia couple who has a stake in it. Why the commonwealth of virginia filed a brief in it. And well also hear from local opponents of same sex marriage. All that coming up on news4 at 5 00. Were live at the Supreme Court, chris gordon, news4. Thank you chris. You can hear the wind out there. Thats one of the issues this afternoon, isnt it . It is. Especially for anyone who suffers from allergies. We have a high pollen count, the wind its blowing it around. We it is. We have the scratchy eyes and jim talking about other things thats bothering him from the oak pollen, very high for trees, the weeds and grass and mold all low today. Meanwhile, we picked up a few clouds and, yes the wind has been gusting at times up to around 15, 20 miles per hour. You can see those winds still fairly high, especially north and west around hagerstown, Martinsburg Winchester and cumberland, where were seeing some of the higher winds. But the wind will be settling down this evening, not going to go completely calm but at least settling down. And some clouds will be rotating from north down to the south, rotating right through our area. So we did manage to pick up just a few clouds here this afternoon. But temperatures went up to 70 degrees, then we cooled off by a degree or so. Now were back up to 70 with some clouds thinning out. Were mostly clear at 9 00. We go from 70 degrees where we are now to 60 by 9 00 p. M. Then by the time we get to 10 00, 11 00 p. M. The temps will drop down into the upper 50s. So call it cool. On future weather yes were talking about Clear Conditions ss to start the day tomorrow. Well see clouds moving in tomorrow afternoon, but all in all tomorrow is still going to feel very nice. Yes, afternoon clouds. It wont be quite as pretty as today. Any shower should stay west of i81 for your wednesday. Then on thursday, during the afternoon hours, anytime after lunchtime on thursday expect to see some rain. Its not looking like anything too heavy. But that rain will be moving in for 2 00 3 00 4 00 for the afternoon rush. Then right through the evening thursday night and friday, yes, rain as well. So for tomorrow morning, a nice start, mostly clear, refreshing. 43 to 49 degrees the expected temperature. Impact forecast for tomorrow if you plan on hitting the tennis court and why not, it will be a nice feeling day 50s by 9 00 a. M. Well hit 60 degrees by 11 00 a. M. Then up into the 60s and low 70s for tomorrow. Again, beautiful and feeling very nice. Here is a look at your storm team4 fourday forecast. Thursday and friday the rain chances go up it will be cool. Well talk about how much rain and when we could get out of this potential coastal storm systemsoming up in a few minutes. Were going to give you another live look here from chopper 4 of large crowds gathered once again this afternoon, peaceful crowds so far, near that cvs. Thats right, the cvs that was loot and caught fire yesterday, too. The manager of that cvs today had this to say, quote, yall are destroying our city, addressing some of those who took that opportunity to steal yesterday. Well be right back with much more coverage as the crowds grow on this second day. Lets say this is your tv. 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Were excited about something personal youll show us at the end of the segment. But lets talk about that class that failed. It was texas a m. Thats right. It was a professor tired of his students taking advantage of him, saying there was back stabbing, lying cheating decided to do something he had never done before, failing an entire class of people. Whoa. Professor horowitz emailed his students that said, just so you know, nobody is getting a passing grade. You guys wouldnt survive in real life if you had to. Good luck ouch. However, i guess the dean says the failing grades wont stick, thank goodness. Really . Maybe gave them a scare. It would have given me a huge scare. What does jim need to know if he plans to have a woman friend over . Its not just women. Its women and men. Theyve found out that 40 of women when they go into a bathroom of a mans apartment, house, whatever, that they snoop and they snoop and look for things about you, to see if they can learn more things. But it gets worse. Not just going through the cabinets. 33 will go through their boyfriends entire bathroom that includes the closets underneath the sink, and 5 have actually stolen something from a friends bathroom. Really . If youre going to have a party, heres what you do, fill up your medicine cabinet with pingpong balls so when somebody opens them up they all fall and theyre busted. Busted. I like it. Ill think about that. So you lost a big bet. I

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