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WRC News4 At 5 April 22, 2015

From Barbara Comstocks office. The hallway from the northeast door to rotunda was closed. The all clear has been given. Also happening on the hill, a closed door meeting about the gyrocopter scare at the capitol last week. So many said what happened last wednesday was unacceptable and some called it frightening. A man handed a gyrocopter the a week ago. Even congress was in session and the area was backed tourists. The faa is briefing several Community Members in the Rayburn Office building. It is a closed door meeting but were told to hear some of the details after the meeting is over. There have been questions about whether it was detected and what was done to bring it to the ground sooner. All right. A special grand jury is going to now consider whether a Fairfax County Police Officer should be criminally charged for shooting a man during a standoff. The grand jury will convene during the summer. Their work may take several weeks and yesterday the county announced a nearly 3 million. And the jury went home without a verdict in the Carolyn Cross murder trial. He is accused of killing the d. C. Department of corrections official at her home in xanld rhea last seventh. Jurors must now decide unanimously if he is guilty of firstdegree murder or not guilty by reason of insanity. Theyll return tomorrow to deliberate for a third day. John hinckleys lawyers in federal court in d. C. Theyre asking for his permanent release from street elizabeths hospital. They argued that hes been in full and stable remission for decades. They want the judge to let him live in williamsburg. He shot and killed him 34 years ago. The jurors found him not guilty by reason of insanity. Hinckley is currently allowed to spend 17 days a month in williamburg. Prosecutors oppose the release saying he has a history of deceptive behavior. Prince William County will be expanding the the budget. It includes money for 25 new Police Officers 23 firefighters and two sheriffs deputies. The county will bring in six additional emergency dispaaschers and up to find hundred Police Officers will be equipped with cameras. Efforts to make changes. City official broke ground on the brightwood housing complex. Crews will create 140 new affordable apartments. The Mayors Office says the goal is to allow current residents to stay in the rapidly gentry identifying northwest the d. C. Neighborhood. Since 2007, when the property went up for sale. They wanted to convert to condos and would it displace just about all of us if that hadnt taken place. The new apartments will open in 2016. So would you be willing to pay a toll to drive in district . If there was less traffic. It could happen. How could this happen . It could happen. That doesnt mean everybody is excited about it. This is a proposal that a lot of commuters are saying no way to. Getting charged a toll to enter the downtown toll of the district. Want to cut down on congestion . And cut down on Greenhouse Gases . The answer may be to charge a toll on may know bridges and tolls. Congestion is affecting not only the lifestyle. He was told it could push more people to mass transit or even carpooling. But it could also back fire causing people to leave the area all together. If you Start Talking about congestion pricing, they may entertain that idea. A strategy that cities like london have used. Right now it costs about 17 to enter the city. I have d. C. Tags and im fine with that. Those who have to cross. It is already in place with the express lanes youre seeing. A way to pay or start a car pool and get a faster ride in the process. Its not just the district where the could happen. The other part of the reason where congestion pricing could become a reagency. First some tough questions. A social Services Agency after the debt of a baby. Reporter he died two and a half weeks after his first and only birthday. The Stafford County Sheriffs Office says the baby was put into scalding hot bath water by a man who was supposed to care for him. David marcussen was karons foster father but he is charged with murder cruelty and neglect. Karon was brought to Mary Washington hospital in january. He had burns to his hands, neck and torso. The baby boy died one month later. We knocked marcussens door in fredericksburg. No one answered but we talked to a neighbor. I was shocked. I couldnt believe it. To look online to verify thats who was in the news. . Movie karon was placed in a Foster County after the foster parents passed the stringent sxleks training criteria required by the agency. They said they visited with the foster parents once a month. They said last time they were here was in december. What karons biological parents are saying about this arrest through their attorney. In fredericksburg news4. Baltimore Police Say Investigators met and got statements from five of the officers involved in the freddie gray case. He is the man who died from a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. Were told all the evidence will be turned over friday to the state attorneys office. You can imagine what the family is going through. They want answers. They deserve answers. Like the media and myself. The fact is it takes a little time to get to those answers. Coming up well have a report from baltimore. And before pope francis come to washington he will make a stop in cuba. The vatican did confirm that. The vatican played a role in helping restore relations between and u. S. Cuba. The papal visit to the United States is this september. And he will be in new york philly and then visit president obama here at the white house. A Popular Group of local singers will be making an historic trip to cuba this summer. Members of the gay mens choreus of washington will perform five concerts in july. It is the first of its kind to promote lgbt equality. It is organized with the main profit group youth for understanding. Hundreds honor with a final farewell. Tonight the emotional tribute from family and friends. Packing heat on the hill. Two congressmen explain why a french womans murder is being linked to an attack plot. They say he had a heavy arsenal of weapons and notes about churches he planned to target. Police say they found this evidence on single after the suspect accidentally shot himself in the leg. Ators also suspect him in the death of a 32yearold woman who was found shot to death in her car on sunday. Healing for a hurting community in north virginia. Respects were paid to a mother and daughter killed in that french alps plane crash. They gathered in manassas to honor emily and yvonne selgie. I saw her often. It is going to take the family a long time to heal. Were told the Funeral Service for the selkes will be held at a later date. You might not know this but lawmaker hold big parties during annual events like the fourth of july. Explaining why change are in the works to restrict those special parties. Mark . Wendy, this letter sign by the senate and house sergeant at arms and the chief of the Capitol Police warns those parties go on at the outdoor terraces of the capitol and inside have been getting out of control. It is not the celebrations outside that has Capitol Police worried. This letter says the private parties inside the capitol are getting out of hand and could prove embarrassing to congress. What most concerns me is essentially that for security sake were once again going at the public. The memorial day and fourth of july concerts on the lawn have been drawing crowds for years. While the majority watch from the west lawn and the mall members of congress their staff and guests have been able to watch from the private terraces and then enjoy a private party inside statue aerohall. But this letter to the congressional leadership warns the crowds on the outside terraces and in statueary hall are getting too big making it impossible to control in casetion would be necessary. Capitol police say Congressional Staff and their guests have been bringing bags and coolers with liquids into the capitol. They say the liquids referred to is alcohol. The police board warns, the combination of the growing crowds inside the comment during the concerts is now a Security Threat. Leaders said they will restrict access to the comment for future concerts. It means no more parties and the terraces will be restricted to only select members of congress. And d. C. Did eleanor disagrees with. I am not much interested in members of the staff being able to get in. But i recognize that the public cant get in without members of the staff. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell and House Speaker john boehner released a statement saying as of this memorial day, they will begin implementing these new restrictions but they will make accommodation for Wounded Warriors who have long been invited to the capitol terraces for these events. There has been a big cost associated with the events. Coming up well tell you how much. Two congressmen getting a lot of attention for this photo of them holding an Assault Rifle inside one of the capitol offices. Now, buck tweeted the photo earlier this week of them holding the ar 15s. D. C. s attorney general tells the post, it passed the photo on to police since Assault Rifles are illegal in the district. But buck tell washington post, the gun is inoperable. Also writing on facebook i had the gun chektd out and approved by the u. S. Capitol police. The police may be riding on dangerous wheels. The trek recall involves nearly a million bikes made in the last 15 years because the front wheel can stop or come off all together. Injuries as severe as quad pleega have been reported. Yesterday we noticed Law Enforcement riding on trek bikes. Today we called around the local Law Enforcement agencies to notify them and determine if they were replacing or replacing fleets. U. S. Capitol Police Confirm it has trek bikes and is working on a fix. Until then replacement bikes will be made available. Prince William County police have five bikes. They say theyre looking into this recall. The Loudoun County Sheriffs Office says it is fixing the seven trek bikes it has. Im told the Montgomery County police and the National Park service are still reviewing their fleets. If you have a trek bike made in the last 15 years, stop using it immediately. Then we want you to go to our consumer watch Facebook Page and thats where you can find how to get that free fix. A land slide is forcing a new jersey couple out of their home where they planned to retire. You can see half their backyard fell into the nearby river. That came after several days of heavy rain. Well found Officials Say it is too early to figure out what led to that land slide. The couple who live in the house say theyre just happy no one has been hurt. Today Ashton Carter talk georgetown university. Last year some 19,000 sivs members say they experienced unwanted contact no man or woman in who serves in the military should ever be sexually assaulted. Tomorrow will mark a decade since the firsts youtube upload. It feature an elephant at the zoo. These guys they have really, really long trunks. Thats cool. And the rest is history. Since its initial upload more than 19 Million People have checked it out. Wall street reports nearly 145 million americans watched you tube in february alone. Every minute 300 new hours are uploaded to the site. And youtube says there are more than a billion users. A local officer is on trial for striking a woman while she was hand cuffed. What a change in a couple hours. Right now, temperature in the cities 60s. Right now, 70 degrees. Were heading down. Down to about 41 by tomorrow morning. Well talk about the big change. An Appeals Court reversed bonds conviction on an obstruction of justice charge. That came in 2011 for allegedly lying to a grand jury about stair aid use. The grand jury later dropped the perjury charges but he was convicted on the obstruction charge. The government could appeal this latest decision but earning another conviction is considered an 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. What a difference just a couple hours makes. And really even a couple minutes. We saw temperatures drop 10 to 15 degrees in a matter of minutes. Right now, take a look toward rockville. Rockville was in the 70s. Now down into the 50s. Weve seen the rain come through. The rain just stopped in rockville. You can see the rain continuing. You can see at the dark clouds off in the distance. 61 in d. C. Winds out of the northwest. Thats the sustained wind. Look at the gusts. Upwards of 30 miles an hour. 32 in winchester. 22 toward fredericksburg. It has been a breezy day. We have seen winds at 40 miles an hour through the metro region today. What a change. 70 in fredericksburg. 53 on the back side toward hagerstown. 54 in marnltsville. Temperature will drop quickly. Look at the radar. We have some rain around fredericksburg this will all go through southern maryland. And then Montgomery County howard county. Well zoom into this area. Their this is moving into the east. Up toward montgomery gaithersburg. It will clip parts of d. C. Into the d. C. Metro area. So heads up there. You may need the umbrella. Now satellite and radar really shows our frontal bound rich i want to show you whats raepg happening. This is a strong cold front that has moved on through. I showed you the snow toward west virginia. Even snow back toward the great lakes. A lot of snow. Some lake effect snow toward parts of michigan parts of layer superior. Toward the buffalo area. This is all very cold air that has been sitting here for the last couple of days. And it has shifted to the east. The unfortunate part for us is it doesnt want to go anywhere. This area of low pressure will sit here and continue to give us little waves. That will just enforce the cooler air. Look at the temperatures down to 41 in the d. C. Metro area. 34 in martinsburg. The winds will keep it up a little bit. If the winds diering with could go lower than this. 57 in fredericksburg. 52 in frederick. Thats rather breeze yiflt it will be a very chilly afternoon for midapril. Your impact forecast tomorrow. Well call it on the low side. It will have a little impact. Much cooler. Have that jacket ready. You havent needed the jackets. Mabel youve even put away the coats. Look at the lows. 38 on saturday. Thats in the city. Many of you may be close to freezing. Friday and saturday morning. Thats something to think about if you have ever planted your spring plants. 30 chance of rain late saturday. A good chance of rain late saturday night. Look at the next seven days. Average now close to 70. Well struggle to hit 60. Thank you. We are working a developing story right now out of anne arundel county. Police have just released new information on the man suspected of killing his wife in the doughnut shop. Where they think he is hiding and there is a new reward. A Prince Georges County Police Officer stands trial for beating a juvenile while handcuffed and in a jai right now at 5 30, a man accused of killing his weve at a maryland Dunkin Donuts may have fled the state. We have new information about that murder and where Police Believe that suspect is hiding. Right now we have a local Police Officer on trial accused of hitting a teenager. Prince georges county bureau chief Tracey Wilkins just came out to update us. Reporter they have recessed until tomorrow. The defense will pick up and well hear more witnesses who will say what this officer did was justified. What the state is saying, and what some of his fellow officer are saying as well is that this teenager was has not cuffed inside a cell. He was screaming and being blig reynold but inside a cell and there was no reason for the officer to enter the cell and hit the teen. This is what we understand happened. The video has not been released. They did play it in court and this is how the defense described it. They stay officer entered the cell. He then strikes the teenager with what is called an open hand strike to the face. The detained teen kicks the officer. The officer hits the teen with a closed fist to the face. And then the cop pushes the teenagers head into the bench. Now, this all happen after this kid was picked up for evidently allegedly destruction of property and again was being difficult. His job is on the line. He is being represented by the attorney for the union. For the Prince Georges County police department. This will be a bench trial. The judge will decide what will happen with the officer. The judge on the bench is listening to this case. Were expecting a conclusion tomorrow. Coming up at 6 00, we hear from the mother of the teenager. She has some very interesting things to say about seeing that video for the first time today. A Police Officer is on the ad mrptive leave after shooting and killing a person in the

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