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WRC News4 At 5 April 30, 2015

Since this violence began on monday. Our Tracee Wilkins is live in baltimore with these new developments today. Tracee . Reporter well, reverend Al Al Sharpton was speaking at the church behind me, a host for msnbc. He was talking about how whats happening here in baltimore is more of a National Conversation than a local one. Meanwhile, folks who live in this city are worried about cost and who is going to pay for the repairs that need to be done. My family, how long we been here . We been here forever. Forever. Reporter as with so many businesses burned out and lost after mondays riots. I want to know where the money is going to come from. Its a simple question. Reporter today Randall Mcmillan got to ask governor larry hogan for himself. So we just turn on our neighbors so i figure what used to cost 1. 70 now is going to go up to 2. 30, 2. 40. Reporter the exchange between the two as the governor toured the riottorn section of the city was an honest one. Were going to find the resources at the state level and work with the city and federal government. So will come out of our pockets. Some things will unfortunately. I understand. Were going to try to provide all the help we can. He said some positive things in there, but i got the feeling that he was unsure himself about the programs that he was going to try to implement. We lost 200 businesses on monday night. 100 of them, over 100 of them, are minorityowned businesses. Many people didnt have insurance. Reporter meanwhile just a few blocks away at the new Shilo Baptist church this is not just a baltimore problem. Reporter reverend al sharpton talked about healing the city after freddie grays death and mondays riots. We cant keep running like hamsters on a treadmill from one town to the next. Its time for a national answer to a National Crisis of policing. Reporter caught in the middle are everyday folk like randall who want to know how all of this will impact him and the cost of living in baltimore. For years to come. Were trying to heal and have some dignity and try to have, you know, money to keep us operating as a neighborhood. Reporter today the governor said that the state has already spent millions in the last few days trying to deal with this issue. A lot of that money going toward Police Overtime for all the hours they have been spending here. Coming up on news4 at 6, the riots left one of the most impoverished neighborhoods without groceries and the ability to get to stores. Reporting live in baltimore, Tracee Wilkins back to you. And this situation in baltimore has set off protests across the country. This is a live look at a demonstration under way at this hour in philadelphia. This rally is having an impact on the evening rush there, and there are no reports of any violence. You know we are talking about the unrest in baltimore across all of our social media platforms. We invite you to join the conversation. Use the hash tag nbc 4 d. C. And read about the 35yearold prosecutor now leading the freddie gray investigation. Its on our website at nbcwashington. Com. We have a developing story out of d. C. Tonight. Metro Transit Police say they now know the name of the guy who was caught on video sucker punching a 69yearold man. And they say this isnt the first time hes tacked someone. Jacqui benson is live with new information. Jackie . Reporter wendy, according to Court Records this suspect who is just 19 is still on probation for a 2014 attack that is strikingly similar. Now, the video from last weeks assault is tough to look at. It shows a sudden violent attack on an escalator at the Eastern Market metro station. The victim 69 years old, was very seriously injured. He is on the mend now. Police say the video was clear enough for a good citizen, as they referred to this person to identify 19yearold elijah smith of Silver Spring. News4 has learned smith is still on probation after serving time for a brutal random attack in may of 2014. The victim in that case was an actor who had just finished a performance at a theater in downtown Silver Spring. He, too was very seriously injured. Now, coming up on news4 at 6 well hear from the metro Transit Police chief about how anxious he is to find 19yearold elijah smith. Back to you. Jackie, thank you. Students in alexandria got a surprise lesson in aviation today when a helicopter made an Emergency Landing right at their school yard. The air force chopper was on a routine mission when it began having mechanical problems around 10 30. They landed near William Ramsey Elementary School. Four chap lanes were on board. No one was hurt. So just in case we went ahead its one of those emergencies where you want to land as soon as possible. We happened to be right over this field, it looked like a good spot so we landed. A. M. This picture was tweeted out. The students were not on the field during the landing but they got a chance toe talk to the pilot and others on board. Take a look at these children. It has been almost eight months since anyone has seen them. Their mother is charged with neglect and as news4s chris gordon reports, there was a hearing in Montgomery County today to look at whether she is able to stand trial. Reporter she was brought to court for the First Time Since november. The report from the Mental Hospital indicates Catherine Hoggle Shows Improvement but is still mentally incompetent. Hoggle is charged with child neglect. Her children 3yearold sarah and 2yearold jacob have been missing since september. She has not said where she took them. In court the rest of the Childrens Family watched hoggle closely. Today to me she looked a little more softened maybe. I dont know if its the medication or what but we hope she comes around. Reporter troy turner, the childrens father is frustrated. Theres a lot more emphasis on the case and the conviction or acquittal than finding my actual children and finding whats going on with them. Thats probably the biggest problem i have with everything. Reporter the judge says if kron lidge hoggle is found competent, he will order an immediate trial of the misdemeanor charges against her and if shes convicted her sentence might be time served. After court, her lawyers explained it this way. The judge was emphasizing that if and when ms. Hoggle is found competent that because of the time she has spent detained, it seemed to us he doesnt want to drag out a court date. Reporter the Prosecutor Says hoggle will not be released from custody anytime soon. As long as she remains incompetent to stand trial, there is no logical reason to move forward seeking an indictment from a grand jury. Reporter Catherine Hoggles next hearing is scheduled for july. Ahead ill tell you how close prosecutors are to filing additional charges against her. Thats on news4 at 6 00. Reporting from Montgomery County, chris gordon news4. Well part of a mistery in herndon virginia, is solved. We now know the name of that person whose remains were found along a trail. Police say he is 50yearold Joseph John Swain who appears to have been homeless. A man living along the lane discovered the boebs in february. Police do not believe swain was murdered. Police are looking for a possibly armed drug dealer near a school in northern virginia. Students said a teeth ager pulled a gun from his waistband after offering him marijuana on tuesday afternoon in ashburn. Investigators didnt specify where the student attends school, but it happened about a block from legacy elementary. The armed teenager reportedly walked away laughing and no one was hurt. Montgomery countys top prosecutor calls it a strong message against the crime of rape in their community. Today a judge sentenced Joakim Torres to 60 years in prison. Torres is convicted of the violent rape of a woman along the Northwest Branch trail in Silver Spring nearly a year ago. He attacked the victim at knifepoint and robbed her. A suspect sketch helped police tractork torres to the area. Metro is hosting a public hearing tonight on the potomac yard station coming to alexandria. The station will be built on the yellow and blue lines between the stops at Reagan National and braddock road. Now, the city of alexandria selected its preferred site this week. Its close to the Potomac Yard Shopping Center near the target store. Tonights hearing at the rec center begins at 7 00. Tonight for the first time in more than 20 Years Congress is going to vote to strike down a law in the district of columbia. Pat lawson muse at the live desk. Wendy, this resolution if approved would overturn a d. C. Law that prevents discrimination against workers who have abortions and this afternoon a group of activists let Congress Know how they feel about lawmakers taking aim at a local law. Those were members of d. C. Vote interrupting an initial vote on the measure. Three residents were arrested as part of that demonstration. The law in question takes effect on saturday, but gop lawmakers say it would force some employers to violate their religious beliefs by providing contraceptives to their workers. Supporters of the measure say it keeps companies from discriminating against the health positions of their employees. The white house has released a statement saying if the measure passes the president will veto it. Jim in wendy . Pat lausing muse. A 68yearold woman was run over in southwest d. C. Her family says she was left to die. I know you have a mother. I know you would not let your mother just die like that. Our pat collins talks to the victims family tonight about the search for the hitandrun driver. And screams among the trembles. New video shows the moment that deadly earthquake struck in nepal. Plus, government workers busted for watching porn on the job. The exrated revelations and admissions. Continuing to track numerous showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy downpours. Hagerstown just east of winchester, down to the west offer warrenton and right around the beltway here through Fairfax County, monday gomry county. This is the strongest storm we have right now, a lot of lightning over the last 10 to 15 minutes. You can see that just to the west of marshall. A lot of red here. We have seen reports of hail with a lot of these showers. Small hail, nothing too severe. Were not talking severe storms but were talking about strong storms. Theres a new lightning flash to the southwest of marshall. Well continue tracking the storms through the rest of the region. Doug thank you. She died trying to cross the street outside a local hospital. Tonight were hearing from the family of a woman killed in a hitandrun ghent as police try and track down the person behind the wheel. News4s pat collins live along southern avenue in the district with details. Pat . Reporter jim she was just trying to cross the street. Just trying to get from there to over here. But it was not to be. She was run down by a driver who kept on going and left her to die here on southern avenue. This is a story about faith pines. Her familys so big its hard to get them all in the same picture, 5 children, 17 grandchildren and 2 greatgrands. Faith pines struck and killed by a hitandrun driver as she was trying to cross southern avenue. It happened tuesday night. Shed been to the hospital here to visit a friend. As she went to cross the street she was run down. Samoan jordan is faith pines daughter. She just took this picture with her mom a couple of days ago. She has a message for that hitandrun driver. Why would you do that . I know you have a mother. I know you would not let your mother just die like that. You wouldnt have left the scene. Why would you have left her . Just to die right there . Reporter faith pines. She was 68 years old, but she led an active life. She made a living doing gardening work. She liked to dress up and go out. She spent a lot of time with her family. She was the team mother for simones kickball team. She made most of the games. Faith pines. Her sudden death a painful loss. I would have liked to say hello, good morning, hi ma. I hope to see you this sunday at the game. Im not going to be able to say that anymore. Not to laugh with my friends, nothing. That was pat collins reporting. Now youre looking at some newly released video of the moment that powerful earthquake hit nepal. Western tourists were videotaping their trip. That city is home to some ancient hindu temples. And when the dust settled, tourists took pictures of those ancient sites that were almost demolished. Youve likely seen the video and heard about the remarkable rescue of a 15yearold boy in nepal. Coming up in this newscast, youll hear how a local search and rescue team help make that happen. Meanwhile, revelations about federal workers looking at pornography on the job surfaced in a congressional hearing today. At least three employees at the epa are accused. Internal epa investigators say an agency geologist admitted to looking at porn on his work computer for as many as six hours a day for several years. He resigned last week. Another employees misconduct came to light after a child caught him looking at porn on take your daughters and sons to work day. Agency i. T. Workers caught a third employee trying to erase child porn from his work laptop. He resigned in 2013 and is serving a 30month prison sentence now. In a couple of hours, construction work will shut down two yards along our national mall. Starting at 7 00, 15th street will be closed between jefferson drive southwest and constitution avenue northwest. That closure lasts until tuesday morning, may 5th. And as 15th street reopens, madison drive northwest will shut down between 14th and 15th streets. That closure will continue through the end of the week. These closures are due to the ongoing construction of the National Museum of africanamerican history and culture. Today marks 40 years since the fall of saigon American Veterans joined members of vietnamese members at the memorial. On this day 1975 communist forces captured the south vietnamese capital bringing an end to a decadesold conflict. Nearly 60,000 american soldiers died. Former virginia senator jim webb, a vietnam veteran criticized the Political Leadership at the time. We did our duty as soldiers, the duty that we were asked to perform perform, and if our political leaders had done a better job with their duty, we may have seen a different situation. A replica of the Vietnam Veterans memorial is traveling to different American Cities for families of americans who cant make it to the district. A big announcement about what General Motors plans to do with more than 5 billion. Didnt do much to boost its stock today. Gm shares traded slightly lower by the end of the day following a press conference in michigan. The automaker will invest 5. 4 billion to improve its manufacturing plants in the u. S. Over the next three years rs and that could create about 650 jobs. Well, the caps quest for the cup continues tonight. One new york team down, another one on the way folks. Carol maloney is live at the worlds most famous arena. Carol whats the mood of the team like right now . Reporter theyre ready, jim they are ready. You know the rangers have a nickname. Theyre called the mighty blue shirts. This is what youre going to see a lot of tonight in the stands. They wont be waving them. Theyll be wearing this. It says rangers town. Thats where the caps are. They closed down long island. Now theyre ready to take care of business here at the worlds most famous arena. New york new york. From the islanders to the rangers, this version of Madison Square garden opened in 1968. The rangers have won three stanley cups before moving here. Caps look pretty comfortable during this mornings skate. Braden holtby happy for a change of venue and looking forward to getting him to a new york state of mind. A city where you go to work. Theres not much sitting around in this city and just relaxing. I mean, its a very industrious city, probably the most famous building in the world, so much history. Its a fun place to try and challenge yourself. Its a historic place. Lots of people have been here. Its fun to be part of it. Reporter man, are they excited to get this one. Game one, round two. Theyre going to drop the puck in just about two hours. Start spreading the news, guys. It is going to be a lot of fun. Thank you carol. New tonight d. C. Police chief kathy lanier taking some heat for her plan to use Police Body Cameras but then limit Public Access to the video that they produce. They call them blue shirts. I should have on a red shirt right now. Lets show you the radar, all lit up. Theres red on the radar, too, meaning heavy rain. Storm team4 radar tracking some rain. Ive got the latest. We announcer and now your storm team4 forecast. And we continue to track very heavy rain right now. Storm team4 radar lit up with rain lit up with thunder and lightning across our area. And take a look at this line that has developed here. Its not moving very fast at all. Hagerstown right down 81, down through martinsburg over toward charleston, winchester just off to the east through clark county, right on down to the south, falkier county, Warren County and rap ahan ick county, then more around the district. Heres the northern line, very heavy rain here. Lets go ahead and just move on down toward the south and look at c

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