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WRC News4 At 5 May 31, 2016

And has not received sexual abuse prevention training. Children and parents need to know everything is being done to support them. Classes geared at preventing child abuse for k through 12. Training to improve volunteers, vendors and contractors as well. There is a new mandate that all employees report suspected child abuse to the department of social services, something that was not required before. Our job isnt to protect each other. Our job is to protect the children in our charge. The board will be meeting throughout the summer to get the changes immremed as soon as pol. Today was important because this was the first time we had the opportunity to hear what the task force was working on and what they found. Their meetings were closed to the public and it was countered to in a letter to the Attorney Generals Office and one person to these meetings. No word yet on what the attorney general found and that request. Reporting live from upper marlboro. Im tracee wilkins. Back to you in the studio. What did the task force say about carraway and the charges against him . Reporter nothing. In pack, Deonte Carraways name was not mentioned throughout the task force and they did not discuss or use sexual abuse when talking about what happened to these students. It was very curious. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00, well look at why they did not mention carraways name specifically. Tracee wilkins. Thank you. Police in arlington plan to step up patrols during School Dismissals after several reports of a suspicious man near children. In three of the cases the kids reported seeing a man in a darkcolored pickup truck. In two of the cases the man tried to get them into his vehicle. Another child reported seeing a man in a newer model sedan and said shed seen that same vehicle a couple of times with the man appearing to wait for h. Im Tisha Thompson at the live desk. We just learned of a robbery in tinnily town. It is the fourth robbery in a mile radius in the last month. Todays attack happened on wisconsin avenue in northwest and police are looking for who they describe as four to five teens who could be responsible. Now, about a month ago a student was stabbed just about a block away, walking to Wilson High School and then two days later a student was attacked outside Georgetown Day High School and just last week, another teen was abducted and sexually assaulted in friendship heights. Police have not given us the age or told us whether or not the victim was hurt in todays attack. Erica . All right. Tisha, thank you so very much. Arlington Police Looking for a man involved in a dangerous dine and dash. They say a restaurant worker chased a customer to his car when the customer left without in front of the vehicle to keep him from leaving, but they say the customer hit the worker and then ran over his legs and kept going. This happened late last friday night along columbia pike just off gleeb road. From columbia pike, we know how frustrating it can be getting stuck behind someone trying to make a left turn. What if left hand turns went away to keep the traffic flowing. That is one idea considered for the Tysons Corner area. Our transportation reporter adam tuss is live with details on that. Adam . Thats right, jim. This is a change that could affect tens of thousands of drivers here along busy route 123 in the tysons area. Dont like left turns . Yes, simply eliminate them and if you can imagine that idea is quite a bit polarizing here. Road design isnt the flashiest topic until it affects y there are opinions about eliminating a number of lefthand turns along route 123. Yeah. That will jack some stuff up. Im not in favor of that. You need to make a left sometimes . You have to make a left. It could help because then you wouldnt have people waiting for the left hand turns. Reporter route 123 in this area would become a socalled super street. What exactly is that . How does it work . The super street . Got a lot of uturns and things. Youre not allowed to make left turns. Here is a rough sketch of other super streets from the federal highway administration. There are a lot of rules, but ultimately its expected to help keep traffic flowing. Stewart schwartz isnt sold on the super street. Its about movement of cars, not necessarily about pedestrians and it could make it less safe for p eed pedestrians give them a much longer crossing time further discouraging both sides of the road. Reporter Fairfax County ne happening in tysons, more jobs and housing, 123 cant stay in its current form. The county department of transportation tells news 4 we think this concept is necessary in order for route 123 to function at a reasonable level. We dont have an option other than this so for right now, more study, but it appears its just a matter of time before this road changes. Reporter back here now live as the traffic makes its way on to route 123. Another obstacle facing this whole idea, erica. This road, 123 goes right into tysons mall. Back to you. Adam tuss, thank you so very much. As metro prepares to launch safe track. The transit area will alert you to the program and at some transfer points like metro center and lafont plaza, workers are handing out flyers and it will include more single closing for periods of time. There will also be no late night weekend rail service. We go now to Doug Kammerer keeping an eye to the skies and kind of gray. More than anything it just feels soupy out there maybe . Soupy. And you saw those clouds, erica. Those were cumulous congested clouds. I knew it was on the tip of your tongue out there. Thats what were dealing with, though. Thats the kind of atmosphere you have. You have the cumulous clouds because we have some moisture and we have nice, warm temperatures and 85 degrees and 87, philly and 74 at the beaches in ocean city and a very nice day there, too and its been beautiful today and very typical of what we would see during the portions of summer and above average today. One area of storminess and we say storminess and one area of showers and were watching the boundary make its way south. To the north of hartwood there. Most of us, 99 of us will be dry. Nice and warm the next couple of days and a bit unsettled as we head toward the weekend and well talk about that and watching the allimportant weekend and one day has a much better chance of rain than the other and ill see you back in a minute. Thank you. Its a rite of passage and one of the biggest days in a Young Persons life and tomorrow, graduation at a local high school will be overshadowed by a controversy over who is allowed to attend. News 4s chris gordon is live in bethesda to explain for us. Chris . We learned about this controversy from the local list served. We talked to some people here at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School and we can tell you this community is divided tonight over recent events leading to tomorrows graduation. Seniors lined up outside bcc high school today for graduation who were banned from participating in the ceremony by principal dr. Donna jones for allegedly being drunk at the prom in violation of the schools policy against alcohol at school events. Everybody was operating under that impression. We feel the pt appeals that that was a huge deterrent at our prom this year and it worked. Reporter but last week the principals decision to exclude the six students from the bcc Graduation Ceremony was overturned by interim School Superintendent larry bowers who wrote to parents saying the board of education policy is clear that as a matter of general practice, the exclusion from Commencement Ceremonies will not be included in local School Policies regarding disciplinary standards and procedures. Our community is outraged because we dont know how to proceed next year, worrying, what are we going to say as a deterrent for this be the decision to allow the six students to receive their diplomas at graduation. You did all of the work up to senior year. One mess up shouldnt affect all of that. I think its really important for people, especially young people to understand consequences. I understand that principal jones intentions were to keep people safe, but at the same time i kind of felt like singling out these six kids was a little harsh considering there were a lot of people who werent caught. Reporter ahead at 6 00, whether this con ro versy is going to affect tomorrows graduation. Thats the latest, erica, back to you. Chris gordon, thank you very much. The fight over california getting tighter and Hillary Clinton has new ammo and Bernie Sanders is digging his heels into the battle that could give him new leverage at the Democratic National convention. Police shot a man accused stealing crab legs. Now we know that offduty cop may have perceived a real danger. Plans to close this Community Shelter mere in Fairfax County sparking vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, stand by me democratic president ial candidates Hillary Clinton and burdeny sanders are campaigning hard in california with the primary just a week away, both candidates are focused squarely on the golden state. On the republican side of things donald trump is trying to put questions about a fundraiser he held for vets behind him. This is my check for 1 million. Reporter donald trump on the defensive today answering questions about a fundraiser he held for veterans earlier this year. Until today the campaign hadnt disclosed who received the money or how much was raised. I raised close to 6 million. It will probably be over that amount when its all said and done, but as of this moment its 5. 6 million. Reporter trump read a list of more than 40 charities that he says have already cashed checks and then blasted the press for raising questions. But i didnt want to have credit for it. Now, actually, though, what i got was worse than credit. I think donald trump believes that veterans veterans blasted trump. He would not have donated that money if we did not stand up and hold him accountable and if the press did not investigate to see whether he actually lived up to his promises. Reporter also today, democratic candidate Hillary Clinton pushing back against trump unveiling her Campaign Proposal on veterans and their families in a news release. Hours later, she picked up a key endorsement in california with popular governor jerry brown, calling her, quote, the only path forward to stop trump. Clinton left new jersey today to spend the next five days in the golden state. California ons go to the polls next tuesday and clinton is hoping for a decisive victory and an end to her race with Bernie Sanders. He spent the day talking to doctors and nurses in northern california. Bernie bernie reporter sanders hasnt left the state since last week and some polls show a tight race between he and clinton in california. The ongoing contest between clinton and hurting the former secretary of state in the polls. The latest weekly nbc survey monkey poll shows that clinton leading trump by just two points which makes the race virtual tie considering the margin of error. Some experts say clintons lead would go up if sanders were to drop out of the race. Were used to seeing political signs lining roads with folks in texas apparently really dont like donald trump. Changing construction signs over the weekend to read trump is a shapeshifting lizard. Another read bernie for president. The signs are back to normal now and transportation officials in dallas are not laughing. Any sort of tampering with that sort of stuff is a thirddegree felony. Its not something you can do remotely or with a cell phone or anything like that. You have to be there and get in there and power it up and get in there and break the password. Reporter transportation officials are reviewing security measures and they say the hacked along with the distraction, they also take away the needed safety message. The city of cleveland is outlining its plans for security for the upcoming Republican Party convention several trump rallies have drawn intense, and theyve taken note of that. There will be more Police Officers on bicycles, horses, motorcycles and theyll all be wearing body cameras. Police say there will also be a special video upity to help document any incidents. A plan to relocate a homeless shelter in Fairfax County is not sitting well with some neighbors. They believe the move even if temporary would do more harm than good. The facility is headed to a site along shackleford terrace right behind a senior center. Today neighbors shared their concerns with david culver. The sounds of change already echoing on the neighboring land. The proposal to it served the homeless here since 1987. In its place just off columbia pike would be 375 Apartment Units and they acknowledge the homeless need somewhere to go. People who are homeless deserve to have decent housing, even if it is a shelter. Supervisor penny gross supports a plan to move the shelter to this plot of land. Its between two subdivisions behind a senior center. It is designed to be temporary and it does not fulfill what you really want to do with a Permanent Location which is provide transitional housing. But the proposed move, not going over well with neighbors. Is there any negotiating here and is there a willingness to let anything be built on this . No, and i say that very honestly. This is a very overbuilt parcel of land. Debbie frazier has lived here since 2010. Shes now president of her neighborhood association. She questions a temporary move that takes communitys open space. If they think six years down the road there will be another parcel of land, theyve got to be kidding themselves. They simply dont want the homeless in their back yard. Thats not true at all. We think the Homeless Population need a home. I would only move the shelter once and so far we havent found the permanent site. When the Permanent Center is found, what will become of the temporary shelter . A murder witness who blinked to identify his shooter is now under way in prince georges county. Jermaine hails is accused of shooting a man, leaving that victim paralyzed from the neck down. Melvin pate identified hails by blinking at a police photo lineup. He died in 2012 and the case has gone through a series of hearings and appeals. Marylands court of appeals say be admissible in court. You may be astonished to hear how many mistakes are made in medical billing. They finder rors of 75 of medicare claims. Olivia sterns has been looking into this. She talked with a new mom who was billed for two different deliveries for one baby. That was around 11,000. 11,000 . Yes. The anesthesia. It was for both the vaginal delivery and the cesarean. But you only had one delivery. Right. I only had one baby. Tonight on nightly news at 7 00, Olivia Sterns where you can turn when you have a medical billing mistake. A gorilla had to be put down at the zoo. Why some folks want the federal government to get involved after a child fell into the animals enclosu enclosure. And if you havent heard by now, its about to get more expensive for you to park in some parts of d. C. Going to cost you a bit more to go out. Coming up on news 4, it was 30 years ago today in this very parking lot. Im mark and now your storm team 4 forecast. Throwing out there yeah, a little bit of that. It is a little bit on the warm side. Not quite hot, but temperatures in the mid80s and you can see the haze out there right now. Yeah, a little bit on the humid side, too. Current temperatures sitting at 84 under some sunshine and look at the heat index at 86. So it does feel on the hot and humid side today. 88 in leesburg. Thats hot. 88 manassas and 88 in warrenton and those are the hot areas and 82 in clinton and 72 toward annapolis and a nice day along the water on the chesapeake. The one factor that weve seen recently tick up has been the pollen and the allergy report. Trees are on the moderate side and grasses and mold and pollen are very, very high. Im sure youre hitting the pills extra hard as far as the allergies go. As far as rain is concerned were not seeing anything now except to the south and around fredericksburg were seeing showers in Stafford County and they were in quantico over an hour ago and theyre just slowly drifting down to the south lets zoom on and show you exactly where this is. If you live in this area you may be seeing showers. Hartwood, might clip on your area as you make your way in over the next half hour. Satellite and radar showing not much across our area and a few clouds to the north and you notice down to the south and notice the spin in the atmosphere and that was Tropical Storm bonnie. Bonnie just sitting down here and it was expected to be out of the north and out of the region over the next couple of days and helping to pump in some of that moisture off the atlantic ocean. We are going to get an easterly flow here so watch how shes showers try to develop tomorrow and not much tomorrow morning and no problems and then they move in from the east and maybe a couple of isolated showers. Im really not putting them in the forecast and most of the day will be dry. You will not need the umbrella much at all tomorrow and dont be surprised by an isolated shower and same deal at 6 00. Heres one and another one. Not much in the way of rain. Bus stop forecast. Sunshine to start off our day and could be some areas of fog and thats something well watch for. In the afternoon, no fog. High temperature of 85 degrees and temperatures above average expect average high is close to 85, and

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