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WRC News4 At 5 November 16, 2016

Ahead, how some Trump Supporters view these student protests. Thats coming up at 6 00. Wendy, back to you. Thanks, chris. College students also protesting today. This was the scene Near New York University where hundreds of students packed Washington Square park. They say they want to create a massive resistance to trump and they also want to support immigrants. Students of at least five new york and new jersey universities planned to walk out today. Today. Despite reports to the contrary, president elect donald trump says his transition is going smoothly calling it a very organized process in a tweet today. Late this afternoon, Msnbcs Joe Scarborough said sources tell him that South Carolina governor nikki haley is among those under consideration for secretary of state. Rudy giulianis name has also been floated, but trump tweeted that only he knows the hes making those tough decisions. If anything, he has obviously more choices than one in each position. We have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to many of those. Here in washington, Vice President elect mike pence and his wife met with Vice President biden and his wife at their future home on the naval observatory. On capitol hill, republican senators once again named Mitch Mcconnell majority leader. Democrats picking new yorks leader. It has now been a full week since the election. Ahead in our next half hour, voters in our area who supported trump for president will weigh in on everything thats unfolded and how they see the transition so far. There was an Armed Robbery captured on Surveillance Video. Shows a group of young people using social media to lure people who are selling goods then they hold them up at gunpoint and this evening we learned its not the first time that this has happened. News 4s pat collins live along pat . Reporter wendy, they came here to sell a pair of blue jordans. What they got was ripped off. What they almost got was shot. Watch how it goes down. The guy in the red pants, hes selling. The guy in the white, hes buying. Supposedly. The guy in the red shows the shoes. The guy in the white reaches boom. Boom. Three shots fired. Nobody hit. But it was close. Guy selling the shoes, he could have got shot. Correct. He was in his face with that gun. He could have gotten shot and killed. Reporter thats linda bowles. It was her security cameras that caught the robbery. She put them up after another shooting here last spring. Let me tell you whats going on here. There a and some guys are using her address to lure people selling things on social media to this block so they can rip them off. There was the woman with the shoes, the guy with the cell phone, and sunday, those two men with the blue jordans. And thats what was going on sunday. Correct. Thats what was going on sunday. Reporter they were sitting out there waiting for those shoes. Correct. One was on the step and one was reporter and people have done this before. Yes. Reporter this is the fairlawn section of southeast. This is the block where people in this house know the people in this house and the people over there and on and on and on. This is a very Close Community and the people here are not happy about whats going on. More on that coming up at 6 00. Jim, back to you. Pat collins, thank you. Now to a developing story in Prince Georges County. Right now, chopper 4 is this construction site where rescue teams have been working for hours to try to free someone who became trapped in a trench there. This is at the city of green belt public works facility. Were told the man is injured but alert right now. About an hour ago, fire officials told us the rescuers asked for relief as they continue this very tedious process. This is a live picture again, a story were going to be staying on top of throughout the evening. Today and seriously injuring another. Crews raced to the campus of George Washington university earlier this afternoon. News 4 viewer sent us this video from the area near 21st and h street in northwest. We shot video of the falafel bus after firefighters put out the flames. The three victims were transported but their injuries dont appear to be life threatening. A Prince Georges County man whos accused of beating his infant son to death indicted for murder. Prosecutors say last month, antoine petty beat his 3monthold. He then buried the infants body in a grave behind parksdale high school. Were told a judge also found probable cause to continue the case and the charges against the babys mother, janise petty, shes charged with accessory after the fact because prosecutors say she helped her husband bury the childs body so a critical clue leads police to a gas station robber who was sentenced today to 16 years in prison. But more than a year later, the hunt continues for his two accomplices. New video of the Armed Robbery was released today as officers look at this case again. News 4s Meagan Fitzgerald live for us outside the gas station in bethesda with new details. Meagan . Reporter yeah, jim, Police Say Three men armed with a gun walked into this food mart behind me to arrest and now sentence 23yearold alan paris. Police say it was a mistake that alan made that allowed them to track him down. Running inside to grab a few items at a local gas station store. Always get something to drive home with. Reporter is convenient. Glad its open 24 hours because it gives me an opportunity to get things whenever i needed it. Reporter working here during the earlymorning hours can also be very dangerous. Reporter it was september of 2015 when jim got a frantic call from one of his employees. When he got here, he was able to see exactly what happened. Police say this Surveillance Video shows one of three suspects walking into the store as a lookout guy walks out. Then you see two armed gunmen force the cashier to the ground while they empty the cash register. But before they leave, Montgomery County prosecutors say 23yearold paris alan grabbed cigarettes before taking of. Pack of newport cigarettes that was left on the scene. He had gone back after taking the money. Fortunately we had the good camera system and Security System here, so we spotted the people who was here. Reporter cameras and fingerprints led police to alan but now theyre hoping the public will help them track down two more. Now police want to hear from anyone who has information about that are still on the loose. Coming up at 6 00, youll hear from the shop owner of the shop behind us here, why he says he refuses to close his shop and will keep it open for 24 hours. Reporting in bethesda, Meagan Fitzgerald, news 4. We saw a couple of rain showers across the area today after high temperatures hit the mid 60s again. Our average high is still in the mid to upper 50s. No, i did not mention those yesterday in my forecast. I thought anything would stay well to our north, but they came on through and take a look, this is the last couple of hours. Look at them right on through the metro area here. Back toward leesburg, around frederick, in through Montgomery County, showers moving quickly across our region, but thats it. This little system is very little system. Moving on down to the south and east. In behind it, well, a couple more very nice days, but then, well, but then much colder. The coldest of the season and see you in a minute. Well, she dreamt of being a Police Officer but was forced to leave the job after she was hit by a car. Well now shes moving on to pursue a new passion. A new vision for the Southwest Waterfront. Its rising from the ground. What will it mean for the city and for the traditional waterfront . Ill have more coming up on news 4. And a new crime fighter in Prince Georges County. The technology that will help its the catch of the year. A baby saved from a fall thanks to his older brother. And we want you to weigh in. Are you concerned about tensions arising over politics at your familys thanksgiving this year . Its our nbc washington flash survey tonight. Call or text the number on your screen during the break. . . Know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. . . Know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. Know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support here at the live desk, were learning about a new case of tuberculosis at a Charles County high school. We just got a notice from the School System. They say someone at La Plata High School was recently diagnosed with t. B. Right now, School System is working with the Health Students who may have been in contact with this person for quite some time will receive a letter in the next week and receive testing. Tuberculosis is a bacterial illness usually spread through the air. Going to bend down here to squeeze into this shot. The good news about t. B. , it usually responds pretty well to treatment. From the live desk, im chris lawrence. All right. Thank you, chris. Protesters marched for weeks calling for an arrest in the death of a black driver who was shot by officer has now been charged with seconddegree manslaughter. Castillos girlfriend was in the car with him at the time and she streamed the entire incident live on facebook. She says he was reaching for his i. D. He told the officer he was armed but he also had a license to carry that gun. What happened today in court is lots of construction. Were getting the glimpse now of the plan to reshape the Southwest Waterfront. This is a Model Developers showed back in 2013 of what the area would eventually look like. Well, now its finally coming to life. News 4s derrick ward is live with a closer look at the wharf and everything that will soon be there. Hi derrick. Reporter yeah, this is taking a look at it in three dimensions. As you can see now, it is definitely coming up. Theyve broken ground. r planners say that this is just another part of the mosaic of development thats laid out across the city and this one utilizing one of the citys heretofore underutilized resources and that is the river. Nothing stays the same. Its going to get better or its going to get worse. Reporter city leaders and developers see the new Southwest Waterfront as a definite change for the better. The city charting agnew course on the river. Project tells us. Reporter 24 acres. More than 3 million square feet for living, working and dining. D. C. Southwest waterfront has come a long way. Developers say this project wont stray too far from the citys character. May be hard pressed to find a big chain restaurant or shop here. Its very authentic, its got really d. C. Centric, everything that weve done. Weve been developing in washington for, you know, almost 25 years in different neighborhoods. I think we took Lessons Learned communities. Reporter this is called the wharf but for a lot of us that name applies here, d. C. s fish market. You might think the looming shadow of the nearby project would put their future on ice. Not so, says one longtime seafood merchant. Think in the long run it will be good for business. Definitely get a lot more people in the area, a lot more people that arent even aware of the fish mart yet. Reporter in fact, there have been some recent improvements here, too, so it looks like the nations oldest fish market probably would have started a riot. Reporter customers say theres a certain charm in this decidedly nonglitzy atmosphere. This is a mixing bowl place, a collaboration of various ethnic groups and we love seafood. Reporter the plan is to have the old and the new existing side by side with the river bringing them closer together than ever. The biggest treasure of the sea is the water, and were trying to bring the project to the water. Reporter back with you live here now, maybe you can make it out there on that side of galian that is anchored at the port, partly here to bring attention to this new development and making it a destination for the future. But it also harkins to sting something that theyre looking at for the immediate future for the river, a new way to get around. Well have more on that coming up later on news 4. Right now were live in southwest, derrick ward, news 4. Wendy, back to you. Thanks, derrick. News 4 your health. Researchers say you could be on the hook for large and unexpected medical expenses on your next visit. Scientists pored through Insurance Information from 2014 and 2015. Nearly a quarter of patients were treated by out of Network Doctors even when they went to Emergency Rooms within their Health Insurance networks. An organization representing the Emergency Physicians is suggesting Insurance Companies are selling policies with large deductibles other than blaming the physicians for the charges. Nbc nightly news with lester holt is taking a tips for what you can do to avoid those expenses. Tune in tonight at 7 00 right after news 4 at 6 00. There is an enormous epidemic in Public Health right now. Drug addiction and overdoses. In fact, the cdc reports 78 people die each day due to opioidinduced drug overdose. Nbc 4s Doreen Gentzler has been reporting on this story for a while now and joins us in the studio with more. Reporting on opioid and heroin addiction both in our area and nationwide. And so many families are in crisis because of this problem. But its often the smallest voices that go unheard. Those belong to the children of drug addicted parents and to many grandparents who are stepping in to raise their grandchildren. 6yearold lexie lives with her grandmother and grandfather in our area. They took custody of her because lexies parents were addicted to drugs. Drugs just terribly had taken what love she ever had for her daughter. I just i dont understand it. Ill have more of their story and how theyre coping tonight on news 4 at 11 00. Wendy . All right, thank you, doreen. Well, we have an update now on an experiment that we did here. You know, amazon is now promising twohour delivery here in d. C. And right on top, around 3 30 gift or two. And it was wow. Two hours and here it is. Look at this. Was that supposed to be wine and its water . All the water you could ever drink. There, you go. Is this hot food . What is this . Gummy bears. Heres your coffee, wendy. Oh, thank you. You need that. Coffee. Wow. Here are your gummy bears and your classic cut peeled that groceries, what else can you get delivered . Amazon prime. Some electronics. Lot of household items. Everyday items. I got to tell you, we ordered about 3 40. Yes. In the afternoon. At 3 40. It came about 5 05. Really, that early . 90 minutes. That works. Does it cost that much more . Whats the delivery . That much more expensive under prime . It is the shame. I want to shop for the holidays. Eat up, you guys. Drink up. Be merry. Gummy bears. Were going to sort through you love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. Temperatures that reached warmth over the last seven months. It does not look like, however, its going to continue into the weekend. Take a look outside right now. We saw some shower activity around our region a little bit earlier. Those showers are now gone for the most part. 59 degrees the current temperature. Winds out of the northwest 7 Miles Per Hour under partly to mostly cloudy skies. 57 in leesburg. 61 in manassas. 57 down toward fredericksburg. It was another chilly morning this morning. It wont be quite as cool tonight as we do have some clouds. If youre going to be downtown, really anywhere inside the beltway here, 56 degrees by 7 00. 53 by 9 00. 50 degrees by 11 00. Most in the suburbs will be into the 40s by this point. Maybe around 45, 46 degrees by 11 00. Heres the rain or whats left of it. The only real rain up toward the north and east, but still some shower activity down toward the southeast portions of our viewing area, southern portions tuckseth river here. Leonardtown, Charles County seeing some of that. All part of a very small system that came through the region. I was thinking this would be a little farther to the north. I did not expect showers around us earlier today. But we did see some of those showers that came on through here. Tomorrow, definitely not seeing any of those showers. Well see sunshine tomorrow. As a matter of fact, theres not much you can say except for sunny and nice tomorrow. 66 degrees. Get outside. Maybe take a lunch outdoors tomorrow. I think you could do that especially if you do of 62 degrees at that point. So a cool start, but warming nicely, up to 67 by 3 00 and down to 54 by 7 00 tomorrow evening. Next ten days, were still talking nice warmth here. 66 tomorrow. 70 on friday. 67 on saturday. Now, saturday looks like a great day, right . Well, its going to be rather windy on saturday afternoon. So most of the day saturday is aokay. Nice and warm. Then here comes that cold front. Numbers. Much colder. Wind gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour. Windchills most likely into the 30s. Maybe even the 20s by th

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