Leaving their school with National Guardsmen armed just across the street. Its obvious who these police and National Guardsmen are protecting. Its upsetting to see it. Reporter and they know it. You come out of your school and youre seeing humvees and youre seeing soldiers with m16s and cops with riot gear and you just dont know whats going to happen. Reporter on monday Mondawmin Mall was looted and burned by teens, some of them students here at douglas high school. Some people from our school that were a part of it makes it worse. Reporter today is the first day they have returned to School Stinks since the riots. Theyre still trying to make sense of what happened and why. A lot of kids having different opinions about what happened like you know we want justice. Its crazy and violent and surreal. You wouldnt expect this to happen and it did. It was uncalled for, unnecessary, because were destroying the things that we love. Reporter today these douglas students are interviewing. We talked to National Guardsmen and weve talked to the lieutenant in the police department. Reporter the very People Holding the line against them. Theyve heard from them. How do they personally feel about having to guard this and militarize zones. Reporter theyve come to their own conclusions about what should happen next. The National Guard leaving, the police calming down with how they treat the citizens. And the citizens going back to being more productive and not destructive like they were. Reporter as you can see, they still have police here guarding the Check Cashing store on west north avenue here in baltimore. A lot of the students we talked to were very confused about trying to put into words how they felt and exactly what happened on monday. Still trying to find their words and thats something that the city is trying to figure out as well. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 we talk to one of the Business Owners who survived what happened here on monday. Well get his perspective on how this city is healing. Reporting live in baltimore, Tracy Wilkins. Back to you in the studio. Much of the focus in baltimore has been on frustration stemming from the freddie gray case but the city has been plagued by a number of hurdles that are more deep rooted. The latest census data shows nearly a quarter of the city is living in poverty. Unemployed reached ten percent last fall in baltimore. Citydata. Com shows the area where the riots occurred this week has an Unemployment Rate of 19 . Baltimores Graduation Rate is also less than 60 , the worst among maryland schools. Im a lifelong resident of baltimore. Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs. Baltimore mayor stephanie rawlingsblake walking back on those comments she made monday night about those in the riot. She took to twitter today writing, quote, when you speak out on frustration and anger, one can say things in a way that you dont mean. Then she said that night we saw misguided young people who need to be held accountable, but who also need support, and my comments, they didnt convey that then. In baltimore it was a first for Major League Baseball history as the os played today without any fans. To see nobody in the stands is more striking because in so many recent examples of cities uniting around their sports teams during difficult times. Our pat collins is live outside camden yards with a look at how there was no cheering. Reporter wendy, Major League Baseball history made here today. A game has never been played like this before. Hopefully a game will never be played like this again. Take me out to the ball game take me out to the empty park reporter baseball history in baltimore, a professional baseball game without any baseball fans. Man, i got to tell you its just not the same when there are no friends around you, no cheer buddies, and when a big play happens, no one to share it with. High five. They played the National Anthem but it was on tape. And no one was there to sing along. Now, there were some fans around camden yards, in the streets and in the bars but in the stands nothing. Nobody. Is it weird . Pretty much. Is it eerie . Yes. What happened to the Home Field Advantage . I have no idea. Hey beer man, beer man, beer man . Beer. Man. Now, the orioles said they made this nofan game decision after consulting with city officials. Part of the reason we closed today was because we didnt want to take away from any resources the city might need. It was an overreaction premature decision made in haste. Lets do the wave. Your turn. Its one, two, three strikes youre out at the empty ball game reporter final core os 8, white sox 2. Paid attendance zero. But actually there were some fans who saw the game live. Sort of. You might say they were in the same zip code. More about that coming up at 6 00. Now back to you. They always had pat collins which im sure cheerd them up. Heres a live look at baltimore right now. This is a protest, peaceful at this point, walking down towards city hall in baltimore as again the tone has changed in the last two days and it looks like it continues to be about message and not about mayhem. Our coverage from baltimore continues in the nbc washington app and on our twitter and facebook pages. Use the hashtag nbc 4 d. C. To join our conversation right now. Intense flames gutted a home earlier today leaving a family in our area without a place to stay tonight. This is what it looked like earlier along Michigan Avenue near Taylor Street in northeast d. C. Were told two people were home at the time. Both made it out safely but a dog died in this fire. The house is considered a total loss. No word yet on what started the fire. The mystery surrounding who burned down an Historic School in virginia may be solved. Today we learned a grand jury indicted three men on burglary and arson charges. The men set fire to the 100yearold vacant almostry school last year. He buzzed into d. C. Relatively undetected and now top Law Enforcement agencies are having to answer for the stunt that was pulled off by that florida mailman. The details of todays gyrocopter hearing. Lawmakers were visibly frustrated today as they questioned those who were charged with protecting the capitol. The faa admitted the mailmans gyrocopter showed up on radar but only as a small blip and described it as looking similar to other nonaircraft radar tracks. The secret service described its meeting with him more than a year ago in which they questioned him about the plan. Investigators say he wasnt interested in targeting any buildings but lawmakers who saw the copter flying towards their offices say they arent satisfied. I said to the staff, i dont know whats going on but something is coming down. Nothing we never heard a thing. What if he had weapons . What if he were carrying a bomb . Norad says it did not know that he was in restricted air space until he landed. That mailman will be back in d. C. In a few weeks for his next court appearance. Until then hes on house arrest in florida. Back to you, jim. In the district no clear winner yet in that special election yesterday to replace the late marion berry on the d. C. Council. As tom sherwood reports, the top two contenders are watching every vote. Reporter the Campaign Office littered with leftover stuff, but the race is not over. Election night ended with may heavily favored holding only a 152vote margin over her closest opponent. By next friday we should know something definitely. Reporter thats trayon white. He was checking on 1,000 challenged ballets still to be countdown. Those ballets have mostly minor flaws. They may not be fully countdown until next week. Im confident we have the numbers. We just pray that theres no fraud or anything misleading going on with those numbers because we believe in the will of the people. Reporter white told nbc 4 that even if he loses this race to finish berrys term hell return again next year for a full term. Marian christopher berry, berrys son, got 7 and finished well behind the leaders. Our campaign has always been about the people. So our concept of rising came from the people as well. Reporter white is more than 101. She had the full support of mayor muriel bouzer who is trying to get a majority of Council Members to support her programs. The mayor has been a supporter. Im very grateful for her support. Reporter in ward 4, bowsers hand picked choice easily won the seat she vacated when she became mayor. In the district tom sherwood news 4. A multimillion dollar makeover how crews are planning to restore the marine corps war memorial. Metro riders trying to get on board without paying. Dont think theres not an officer watching. Well go undercover coming up next. Weve got a number of storms out there. Three of them two of which are moving our way. Ill show you how theyll affect your thursday, friday and your weekend. One of the biggest fast food chains in the country making changes to its menu and getting an awful lot of attention on social me lets say this is your tv and these are the channels you pay for with cable but these are the types of channels you actually want to watch what if you could pay for what you want, and not for what you dont so you could get kids channels sports. Or entertainment mix and match, or get them all. Now fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv starting at 74. 99 including internet and phone. Cable just gives you channels. Fios gives you choice. Youve probably seen people who jump over the gates to get a free ride on metro. Tonight were undercover with Metro Transit Police as they bust those fare evaders and it doesnt just happen on the rails. Were live outside the gallery place metro station with this story. Adam . Reporter thats right, wendy. It happens fast. People trying to sneak their way through, but just because you dont see an officer doesnt mean one is not there. Handcuffed handcuffed handcuffed. Today we tagged along as passengers trying to sneak on the x2 bus in d. C. Were caught in the act. Take a look here. Can you tell where the metro officers are . There are five of them riding undercover. It only took two steps of this man passing himself off as a d. C. Student using a student pass. The plain clothes officer quick to respond and he was locked up for impersonating someone else. Another passenger tells the bus operator he doesnt have enough money and instead of paying he walks to the back of the bus. He was taken off the bus. And another who tried to sneak on through a crowd also led away, questioned and arrested. Metro police chief ron paf lick on the issue. Its everybodys duty and obligation to pay the fare. We pay our fare when we ride the rail or the bus. Every rider has to pay. Reporter as metro cracks down the Transit Agency has gone high tech. It can count how many people are boarding. If they see a lot of people boarding and not many fares being paid guess where they hang out . Metro reminding you, play by the rules. These fare evasions as theyre known is leading to increase confrontation with bus operators. More on that coming up at 6 00. Its a little more than a month since d dot began its war on potholes and road crew have been busy. More than 30,000 have been filled so far. The city has received more than twice the number of Service Requests had this year compared to last year. Road crews say it will last as long as its needed. The best way too report one is to call 311 or tweet the District Department of transportation. Its a striking and stirring memorial now the spot dedicated to marines past and present is getting much needed tlc. Plon tlopist David Ruben Stein is donating more than 5 million to restore the war memorial in arlington. It depicts the marines raising the flag. The money will restore the bronze finish fix cracks and improve landscaping there. Ruben steins father was a marine who fought in the pacific. The memorial will remain open during the week. Freed. After spending nearly 80 hours in rubble with three dead bodies this evening we are hearing a Success Story amid that destruction from the massive earthquake in nepal. French rescue teams heard the mans cries for help. They spent five hours getting him out, and it doesnt appear he had access to food or water. The man apparently said he gave up hope when his lips cracked and his nails turned white. Were all glad and we have no words to describe. Chinese rescue teams also pulled a man to safety yesterday. He spent nearly 62 hours trapped in the rubble. And the death toll from this earthquake has now topped 5,000. Nepals Prime Minister said yesterday that number could reach 10,000. International aid from 21 countries including the u. S. Is now being distributed in nepal, and the United Nations launched a 415 million appeal to provide nepal with critical support over the next three months. Pope francis calls it quote, pure scandal. Today the pope added his voice to calls to give Women Equal Pay for doing the same work as men. He promoted radical equality during his wednesday address from the vatican. Its not the first time hes spoken out about the need to protect and promote womens rights especially within the catholic church. But he stopped short of saying the church should ordain women or let them lead vatican congregations. History on capitol hill today, japans Prime Minister addressing the joint meeting of congress. He called the security and trade relationship between the u. S. And japan, in his words, an alliance of hope. The Prime Minister offered his profound respect and condolences for the american lives that were lost during world war ii. He also acknowledged that japans actions brought suffering to other Asian Countries during the war, but he did not extend the apology that some members of congress demanded. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton evoked freddie grays name today in her call for changes to our criminal Justice System and noted the deaths of gray and other unarmed black men at a speech in Columbia University and vowed to end an era of what she called mass incarceration. There is something profoundly wrong when africanamerican men are still far more likely to be stopped and searched by Police Charged with crimes and sentenced to longer prison terms than their white counterparts. Both parties have called for criminal justice and sentencing reforms, note lieably rand paul. Nbc news confirms sanders will confirm his bid for the white house tomorrow. Hes an independent. Other politicians could include others from our area as potential candidates. All is not golden at the golden arches as sales and revenues drop in the first three months of this year the worlds most famous restaurant chain is making changes to keep up with the competition. The Company Announced its dropping seven items from its menus, including several chicken sandwiches some of their wraps, even the deplux quarter pounder. Just last week the Company Announced it was closing 350 stores that were performing poorly. Developing tonight, a crash kills a Young Volunteer firefighter and our chris gordon is speaking to her fellow firefighters about the moment they discovered the victim was one of their own. Gridiron grammar fail why redskins fans may be the worst when it comes to making mistakes online. Im tracking and welcome back everybody. Another Beautiful Day across the area. I love Walking Around the office everybody sayings nice job, the weather is fantastic, give us more of this. Id love to give you much more of that but the next couple of days were going to see big changes. Our rockville camera a gorgeous shot. 355 towards bethesda and rockville. Nothing but blue skies today and that sunshine. Temperatures right now 72 degrees. We hit 76 a little earlier. Winds 6 miles per hour. Were looking at sunny skies and well continue to see mostly clear skies. Down to 73 in man as. 77 towards frederick. A beautiful wednesday. We already know about that. No rain across the area but its not too far off. Lets look at the wider version. Not a lot of cloud cover in our area. Notice whats coming up from the south. Thats where your cloud cover is and your rain is. This is system number one moving in. Heres system number two coming in from the great lakes. These two systems are going to combine to give us the rain tomorrow. They will create a little bit of a noreaster off the coast but its not going to be a very big storm. Weve changed our forecast to reflect that. The coastal area of low pressure down to the south coming out of the gulf, the Northern Area making its way in. This upper level low will provide us with the rain during the day tomorrow transfer the energy off and then well see a return flow that easterly flow or northeasterly flow giving us a little bit breezy conditions early on friday much cooler temperatures on friday and rain likely during the day tomorrow and maybe friday morning. 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow no problems. By noon we start to see the shower activity develop. Heres that easterly flow right off the ocean. Showers around the i95 corridor and most of the area but heavier rain towards the blue ridge, back into West Virginia parts of Northern Virginia seeing shower activity. Notice friday morning, breezy, cloudy, a little on the dreary side. Frida