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WRC News4 At 5 February 19, 2016

Accountable. Reporter as children leave for the weekend, parents are receiving a letter announcing the appointment of an acting school principal, john brooks, to help the school work through these difficult times. The schools principal placed on leave after she was accused of failing to report the alleged abuse. What about removing the principal . Was that the right move . Yeah. That was the right move. Reporter anybody else need to do . Anybody else helping him do whatever he was doing, i think all of them should have been fired. Reporter last night a committee of the school board met to discuss the systems policy on volunteers in school. Many parents say if carraway, again a volunteer at one point, had not been allowed to be alone with kids, the crimes may not have been committed. 17 alleged victims ages 9 to 13 have come forward so far. Now, not all the news here is bad. Some safety changes have already been implemented it school. Were live in glenarden. Darcy spencer, news4. A little over an hour ago president obama and First Lady Michelle Obama joined a large crowd at the Supreme Court to pay tribute to the late Antonin Scalia. The president and first lady observed a moment of silence next to Justice Scalias casket and then they reflected before a portrait of him. Taking a live look now, the body of the longtime justice will lie in repose at the great hall of the high court until 9 00 tonight. It was first scheduled to last until 8 00 this evening, but because there have been such long lines, the hours were extended. President Ronald Reagan appointed scalia to the Supreme Court in 1986. He was the longest serving member on the Current High Court until his death on saturday. Scalia is well known both for his sense of humor as well as for being an unapologetic but fair conservative influencing a wide range of issues. Clerks lined the steps as ska loo yaes flagdraped casket was carried into the great hall. Derrick ward has been talking to mourners today. He joins us live now outside the court. Derrick . Reporter you heard jim talk about the length of that line, and what we see here is deceptively short. Actually the line extends all the way down east capitol to the rear of the court and theres another branch of the line that goes down first street and it goes all the way in front of the library of congress, and, of course, this is just indicative of the people who would wait a long time just to get in for the viewing. Justice ska lees body arrived at 9 30 sharp. Inside the grand hall of the high court, scalias coffin was placed in repose upon the same catafalque, the wooden platform, on which president lincolns coffin rested. Outside the line began forming hours before the mo reminiscent for the one for chief Justice William rehnquist when he died in 2005. Just to come up to honor a man who is serving the country. Reporter for scalia that service at the court included being the standard bearer for conservatism. The reagan appointee was the longest serving justice and his opinions on and off the bench were animated and often controversial. You do what you do and when usual dead, you know, you say you always honor the dead. Reporter and that was the order of this day. Black mourning cloth aborned scalias seat on the bench. Flags out the court and around the city at halfstaff. Its very somber. He was a great man. He was a legal giant. I feel really honored to have had the opportunity to say goodbye. Reporter and while the country and often the court would cleave along partisan lines on social issues, larry from falls church says the more liberal counterparts show what it stood for. To be good natured and yet disagree. Its very important. And i think in a 54 decision, obviously it makes a very big difference. Reporter and, again, that extended the extended hours for the viewing have happened because of this line being as long as it is, probably an unexpected outpouring of grief and remembrance for justice scalia. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, well have more on the foenlks o are here and whats going on inside. Derrick ward, news4. Thank you. Its looking more like the man charged in the d. C. Mansion murders will be going to trial. Daron wint pleaded not guilty before a d. C. Superior court judge today. Mark segraves was in that courtroom this morning and joins us live with answers to some questions people have been asking. Mark . Reporter good evening, jim. You know, the district does not have the Death Penalty, so the most wint faces is life in prison without the possibility of parole. Legal experts today tell us that because of that, its no surprise that he pled not guilty and doesnt appear to be cooperating with prosecutors. Daron wint was arrested last year just days after the bodies of savvas savopoulos, his wife amy, their 10yearold son philip and the familys housekeeper were discovered by firefighters inside the family home in upper northwest. Wints dna was found on pizza crust at the crime scene. Having his dna in the house i think is pretty slam dunk. Id be happy if i was the prosecutor going on that alone, but i think theres a lot of other circumstantial evidence that puts him there. Reporter wint tripped over his shackles this morning as he entered the courtroom. A courtmartial caught him as he amy amys father was in the courtroom. Family members and the prosecutors declined to speak as they left the court. Prosecutors say they believe wint had help but so far no one else has been charged. Legal experts say because d. C. Has the Death Penalty theres no reason for wint to cooperate with prosecutors or to take a plea deal. He has no reason not to roll the dice. Theres nothing to be gained by pleading out for him. They cant offer him a deal that would ever see him outside of a jail again. Reporter not only does he have no real incentive to take a plea deal, the civil rights attorney who opposes the Death Penalty said if d. C. Did allow for capital punishment, prosecutors might have more leverage to get wint to tell them who else was involved in the murders. In that case they would have something to hold over him, he would have something to lose, his life. Reporter now, wint is due back in court almost exactly a year to the day that he was arrested. Now, as for the home behind me, its been sold and the new owners have applied for a permit to tear it down and build a new house. Coming up at 6 00, why other states that dont have the Death Penalty are able to charge the Death Penalty in cases like the Boston Marathon bomber. Pat, back to you. Marksegraves, thank you. New at 5 00, prosecutors in Montgomery County have dropped charges in a man accused of a deadly shooting. A grand jury declined to charge him for a shooting at his home. Were told that shooting was in selfdefense after a guest threatened him. That guest mario perez was larger and able to inflict harm and had a blood alcohol level that may have been three times the legal limit. Montgomery county police are looking for more people who may have had encounters with this man. William brown, jr. Was arrested and charged with three sex assaults against women in investigators say he inappropriately touched two women at the safeway on Georgia Avenue and a third woman across the street near the midcounty Regional Services center. The family of a woman who disappeared from her northwest d. C. Home seven years ago is holding a vigil tomorrow. Pamela butler was a government analyst. She disappeared in february of 2009 under suspicious circumstances. Surveillance cameras at her home on Fourth Street captured her going into the house but never leaving. The vigil will take place at 4 00 p. M. Tomorrow near butlers home at the corner of 4th and oglethorpe street in northwest. And the race for the white house now all eyes will be on South Carolina where the republicans have a primary and nevada where the democrats will caucus. At stake for the gop, 50 delegates. 29 of those will go to the winner of the primary. The rest allocated by congressional district. The latest polls have donald trump in front of the pack with ted cruz and marco rubio right candidates had to nevada for a caucus next tuesday. For the democrats, there are 43 delegates at stake in nevada where polls have a dead heat between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. 35 are based on the popular vote, 8 are superdelegates. But unlike South Carolina, delegates arent bound to a candidate until may. The next contest, by the way, after nevada is one week from tomorrow in South Carolina for the democrats where clinton just picked up an endorsement from longtime congressman jim clyburn. Well, turning to the weather, doug, we are in for a weekend that were looking forward to and were looking beyond the weekend. So give us the details. Well, ill tell you this weekend looking really, really nice. Weve got temperatures into the 60s tomorrow, upper 50s to around 60 on saturday. So a really nice looking weekend. Some of the warmest numbers weve seen in quite some time. Outside right now, out towards rockville camera, right now dealing with a lot of cloud cover. Well c clouds streaming through. This is all part of the warm front thats helping to move on through the region. Its also helping to bring us those winds. Winds out of the south right now and we are getting warmer. Look back to the west. Charleston, west virginia, at 63 degrees. Were at 64 in jackson, kentucky. Thats the warm air making its way our way. Were at 40 now, but by this time tomorrow we will be a whole lot warmer. Tonights headlines a great weekend. Watching for a chance of showers on sunday, although some of the latest computer models in saying that might not happen, but again weve been saying all day, almost all of sunday will be dry anyway. Next week, not one, but two different storms. Im going to have much more information on this forecast for next week coming up in just a minute. Tonight were working for you. Its tax season. Why Identity Theft is a huge concern. And how to make sure your refund makes it to your bank account. After guilty verdicts for three defendants in an infamous local murder trial, tonight were getting our first look at some of the chilling evidence youre watching news4 at 5 police have identified the driver of that deadly crash tonight, Dennis Frampton of halethorpe died after being ejected from his tractortrailer. It avenue and tied up traffic all morning long on the beltway. Police tell us framptons truck hit the barrier between the inner and outer loops and overturned. The fuel tanks from the truck also ruptured forcing police to shut down both loops for part of the morning. No word yet what led up to that crash. Tonight we are hearing the jailhouse phone calls made by maryland man who ordered a hit against his own uncle. Brian mayhews uncle was killed just weeks before he was set to testify against him in daubl murder trial. Prince georges county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins is in Upper Marlboro where mayhew and his coconspirators are facing multiple life sentences. Reporter this jury found all three of them giuilty. They say mayhew ordered the hit and his codefendants carried it out. Nicoh mayhew seen wearing a white jacket here walks into his mothers Apartment Building holding his 2yearo the suspect seen ducking behind the cars, go into the building shooting and killing mayhew and injuring his 2yearold son. They know what they did to my son. I dont think any mother or anybody should have to you go through that. Reporter nicoh mayhew was set to testify against his nephew. State prosecutors say mayhew ordered his uncles murder to keep that from happening. We hope it sends the message out to anyone that witness intimidation as a strategy will never, ever work. Reporter he coordinated his uncles hit while he was locked up in Prince Georges County jail through a series of illegal threeway conversations. Get all the way up. What you think im going to do . I dont know. I just you know i got to put it down like how i do it nothing less, feel me. Scheming, conniving and just ruthless. He has no heart. Hes just a dang reporter despite his uncles murder, brian mayhew was convicted in that double murder. Now he and his codefendants, Stanley Winston and Anthony Cannon are facing multiple life sentences. Im just happy these people will not be walking the streets no more. Reporter there were a lot of questions about how mayhew was able to make those calls and do this while he was in jail. Its actually something that the Prince Georges County jail is still working on dealing with. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, hear more of those calls including one where brian mayhew is telling his uncle just how much he loves him before calling those hit men to tell them where to find pimm. Tracee wilkins, back to you. A hearing is under way for a bill over what some call death with dignity. This measure would give some terminally ill patients with less than six months the option to obtain drugs that would end their life. A similar bill got stalled in the maryland general this new bill requires a private conference between the doctor and patient. It also requires the state to keep records of how many people request the drugs and how many use them. The head of the Zika Response Team from the World Health Organization says hes predicting a fantastic olympics for rio this summer. The doctor says he believes most of the virus will be, in his words, way down by the time the games kick off. He said much of the mosquito population will drop off because it will be winter in the southern hemisphere. The w. H. O. Also says the rio games will be in a relatively confined area making it easier to control the mosquito population there. Those two maryland deputies killed by a shooter at a restaurant last week now have their offices highest recognition. The Sheriffs Office medal of honor. Theres a makeshift memorial for senior deputies pat dailey and mark logsdon at the panera bread in abingdonhe theres also an online way to pay tribute to their lives. Its on the stories between website. Its hon designed to honor loved ones lost. You can send a message to the family. Theres so much focus when someone passes away on the passing and the loss, and so this way those people can come to that page, share their stories, and when the families are really ready to process all of this outpouring of support, they can go there, read the stories, even learn more about their loved ones. Today is the second day of visitation for deputy logsdon. His funeral is set for tomorrow. Deputy daileys funeral was on wednesday. People in their right minds never take pride in their talents. Words from to kill a mockingbird and birds that its author appeared to live by. Harper lee wrote the Pulitzer Prize winner and classic film. It sold more than 40 million copies but lle former president george w. Bush awarded her the medal of freedom in 2007. Last year a sequel to mockingbird, go set a watchman not mixed reviews when it was released. She passed away in her sleep. She was 89. We have been streaming the services all day on nbc washingtons app. Justice Antonin Scalia makes one final visit to the places dominated for the past three decades. Were live at the Supreme Court. The oldest cold case in Montgomery County. After decades, how you might be able to help police solve it. And weve seep a lot of cloud cover across the region today. Tomorrow its more sunshine and temperatures in the 60s. Get out the shorts. Maybe not quite the shorts. Ill let you know when you need the coats, maybe the umbrellas again coming up right a its been a month since we got hit with the blizzard of 2016, but marylands governor is now asking the federal government for help. Governor larry hogan just sent president obama a request for a disaster declaration. Parts of maryland saw 30 to 40 inches of snow and blizzard conditions. A lot of the roads across the state remain covered with ice maryland Emergency Management has already started working with fema to assess just how much damage that storm caused, but they think it could be one of the costliest responses to a storm ever for this region. Governor hogan did declare a state of emergency during the storm which means the state also has to pay for the deployment of the national guard. And now your storm team4 forecast. Everybody asking me are we going to see another blizzard like that this season . And i can tell you right now the answer to that is no. That is a very tough storm to come by, very rare to see those. Normally those are one in maybe five or sixyear events. That event could be more than like a one in tenyear event. This next coming storm is something well have to watch next week. Right now we have the cloud cover. You can see the plane coming in landing out there at dca. Looking at a nice afternoon. Its cool today. Not cold, but d average High Temperature is around 48 degrees, so were well below average. Winds out of the southeast at 14 miles per hour. Look at the region. 37 gaithersburg. 37 in annapolis. It has been a very cool afternoon. As we told you it would be. Tonight is going to be a cool night but its not going to be a cold night. As a matter of fact, temperatures will only drop a few degrees from where they are right nout. Nothing on the radar. What we have coming in is a warm front. You can see it clearly. See the snow right here . Thats the warm front thats actually pushing off towards the north and east, and behind this weve got much warmer air making its way our way. How warm . Well, how about 72 in st. Louis . 64 in cincinnati. 70 in memphis. 75 in jackson, mississippi. And in jackson, kentucky,

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