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WRC News4 At 5 February 6, 2017

Belted in. Certainly by the impact, the plane did what it was designed to do. Reporter i spoke with the pilots wife by telephone. She told me her husband has more than 30 Years Experience flying, five years in that plane. While he does have some memory loss, he is doing okay. He told her that the engine went off just after takeoff. Coming up at 6 00, well tell you why he was flying out of this airport here in Prince Georges County and who was supposed to be with him on the plane that crashed. After a weekend at his maralago resort, President Trump sent the day meeting with members of the military at tampas Mcdill Air Force base. The president addressed members of Central Command there where he vowed that the u. S. And its allies will defeat isis. He also expressed a strong commitment to nato but said our share. He blasted the stop to the immigration order. Now to a showdown on capitol hill over the president s nominee for secretary of education. Senate democrats have been talking objetalk talking on the floor for several hours now as they try to convince a third republican member to vote against betsy devos. Democrats are prepared to talk throughout the night. Last week two republican es sai they would oppose her. Critics have cited what they call a lack of knowledge about public education. President trump only has six confirmations so far. By this time in 2009, president obama had 23. At the same time mr. Trump has only nominated 35 out of 693 positions that require senate confirmation. Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch met with one of the democrats who will be key to his potential confirmation. Diane feinstein is the ranking member. Foreign students and colleges and universities across the country are scrambling to get back to campus while the president s executive order is on hold. At George Mason University one of the students weve been telling you about who was caught up in the chaos has finally made it back to campus. Julie carey now reports on the emotional fallout she and other students are suffering because of the situation. Reporter until two days ago, she didnt know how or when shed be able to return to George Mason University to resume her senior year studies. The native of libya was returning from a visit home when the Trump Administration travel baas she was stranded in turkey. On friday the court order lifted the ban. She jumped on a plane and went to deulles. As she stepped back on campus today, there was still worry shed missed registering for classes. But her advisor had reassuring news. She was taking care of all of that. They love people and they fight for them. They provided all the support to show me that this is another home for me. Reporter she is one of 82 george mason students from countries impacted by the Trump Administrations executive order. There are also five visiting scholars. Their ang viety running high with the uncertainty surrounding the travel ban. Administrators held a meeting on friday to try to calm fears. Weve had students report its difficult to stay focused on class work, difficult to attend class when youre concerned about yourself and what the future hol famil student in libya, she has a full scholarship for graduate studies once shes finished here. Upon her return on saturday, she said shed go to canada instead of stay here. But she tells me today the support shes received could change her mind if the ban remained lifted. If its removed, i would need to consider continuing my masters. Reporter the reyunions continue as visa holders hurry while the ban is still lifted. Attorneys general from d. C. , maryland and virginia are supporting a legal challenge to President TrumpS Immigration order. Today they signed whats known as an amicus those briefed are involved in the lawsuit, but they have a vested interest in the subject and may have information or arguments for the court to consider. So why Tech Companies . The 2016 Silicon Valley index found that more than a third of employees are foreign born. Now, nearly 100 companies had filed the brief. Among them google, apple, facebook, uber, even the president s favorite medium, twitter. In it they wrote that the ban hinders ability to attract talent, increases costs for businesses and makes it more difficult to compete globally. You can read more about it, this travel ban and a legal challenge on our nbc washington app. Just search Tech Companies. Here in the district, kids who attend Savoy Elementary School in southeast had the day off because their school has been closed over concerns about father who said bedbugs bit his daughter. Reporter thats right. Savoy had no classes today. There going to be no classes tomorrow. Then on wednesday, students are going to start at a totally different school. Parents we spoke to say this school had to close. They are out of school today, because thats because their school has been temporarily shut down. Thats due to concerns over bedbugs and rats. You see all these marks . It had been going on for a while. Reporter downy says both of his daughters have bite marks that doctors say are consistent with bedbugs. We wanted the school to be shut down and chucked thoroughly. Reporter School Officials decided to close the school indefinitely so it can be thoroughly cleaned and cleared of any pests. We could see cleani ining suppl in the school. Outside, rat traps. What do you think about having to go to another school for a while . It seems okay, but its just to get away from the bugs, its a school thing. Reporter breakfast lunch and supper are being provided for children at the rec center. I had multiple bite marks on me and the school is snowiknowi something. They had a real infestation. Reporter School Officials said the school is being closed out of abundance of caution due to the length of the problem with bedbugs and pests. Some parents accused officials of ignoring concerns and being slow to act. It was very emotional for u andr them. Reporter we certainly do. So when will the kids be able to return to their school . Were going to have that part of the story coming up on news4 at 6 00, plus whats next in the process to get this school ready for hundreds of kids. Were getting the better idea tonight of the man whos been following students near an arlington high school. He is while, in his mid 30s and has a short beard. Last week Officials Say a man followed an 11yearold girl. Two days later two boys noticed a man, possibly the same suspect trailing them near 13th street and north nelson street. All of the children were able to run to safety. Police are putting extra patrols around washington lee high school. The front of a Fairfax County Movie Theater is gone. A woman drove right through it this morning going fast enough thatsh hit the back ll the damage at t University Mall theater on braddock road. Manager don k. I didnt have two words with her. She sat in the corner kind of shaking. She was speechless and fright frightened. The theaters owner tells us he just finished renovations on the property. He has insurance that will cover the damage. He says hes most thankful that no one was hurt. Tracking some very warm temperatures across our area. Everybody today getting into the 60s. At least most areas into the 60s. Right now in the 50s. 57 degrees. 62 at richmond. Tonight into tomorrow morning. Showers tomorrow after temperatures skyrocket tomorrow. Record breaking temperatures tomorrow. Then we have a chance of snow at least in parts of the area and much colder later this week. Crime on the metro in the spotlight again tonight. Still to come, the ten stations where riders are at bigger risk of becoming victims. Reporter coming up on news4, police are searching for a suspect involved in a Check Cashing scheme taking place at atms. And a change in the way the hpv vaccine is administered. Why doctors hope it will have a big impact when it comes to teens getting immunized. Plus the seeds of the civil right s always wins. Especially in my business. With slow internet from the phone company, you cant keep up. Youre stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. Switch to comcast business. With highspeed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. You wouldnt pick a slow race car. Then why settle for slow internet . Comcast business. Built for speed. Built for business. A con turned Armed Robbery happening at atms in Prince Georges County, scaring a lot of people here. Prince georges county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins has the details. Reporter Greenbelt Police say that have had nine different incidents connected to this same individual. They started o have escalated to the pointthey street seed the publics help. This man needs to be caught as soon as possible. Were really concerned because the individual is getting more aggressive and brazen. Reporter police say in november and january, this man approached Bank Customers at atms at the Capital One Bank at beltway plaza and green belt and asked the unsuspecting customers to cash checks on his behalf. Those checks were fraudulent. Even through intimidation or they just feel sorry for this person. Reporter Bank Customers we spoke to couldnt believe the scam was working. That sounds like a real shady deal. You would never take somebody elses check and go cash it for them. People like that are terrible and sick because theyre preying on peoples kindness. Reporter in one of the incident the sp got in and his checks. Police say this is why they need to find this guy as soon as possible. In another instance, he reportedly showed a victim a gun. He got money from a victim, then went to another store to get more money. Reporter the suspect is 2025 years of age, anywhere from 57 to 511 tall. Distressed torn jeans, a darker black jacket with colored logos on it. Reporter Police Believe he was preying on the kindness of people since he can sometimes convince them to take him to a Grocery Store or a Department Store to get additional cash if they reach the limit at the atm. Police say if you see this guy, give them a call as soon as possible. A man robd potomac shopping center. The man slid a note to a teller, got some cash and then took off. Officers say he threw something out of the car and kept going. A burned out car is all thats left of a Wild Police Chase and shooting this weekend. Two Police Officers say they shot at a man in the car before he drove away. They first confronted him after reports of vandalism in the area of 54th and taylor streets. He rammed three patrol cars and tried to run down an officer. The suspect was able the get away. Police found what they believe is the mans car torched in northeast d. C. A person has serious injuries and a ticket tonight because he or she didnt yield to a fire truck this morning. Firefighters were on their way to a blaze and southeast d. C. They say a driver hit them near u no one in the truck alabama ave put out that fire. Many of us cant go without our phones for a couple of hours, much less for than entire weekend. But some verizon users havent been able to make calls since last friday. Reporter we hear now that this problem has been resolved. A verizon spokesperson tells me this was isolated to a single cell tower. It gets a lot of people to thinking about how important cell phones are and how precarious sometimes those connections can be. Weve come to rely on them. The cell phone. We may even take them for granted. Like the old addage you dont miss your water until your well runs dry, verizon says we lost the ability to send and receive phone calls including to 911. First it was me. I thought did i not pay my bill. Reporter folks in this Dupont Circle neighborhood say theyve had similar experiences with Verizon Wireless service. Its particularly vexing for whose who have given up on land line service. I had to go five blocks south in 30 degree weather. Reporter thats it. You have to walk out of the cell. Its an electromagnetic Coverage Area between towers. We cant get Internet Service on your phone. It just sits there and spins. Reporter verizon says theyre aware of the problem and in this dead zone, its caused a decision to forego the land line. It definitely makes me think about it. Reporter its kind of interesting. We spoke to people that said they can walk down to s street and start dropping calls since they cross s street going this way. Five blocks in that direction they could make calls. Giant panda baobao is leaving. How the zoo will allow you to say goodbye before she shed to china later this month. Nbc 4 responds, their biggest recovery t i think if i was a golfer, i probably could have called in sick today. So beautiful. And for february, wow. Yeah. Wow for sure, guys. We get even warmer tomorrow. Tomorrow we have the clouds and a chance for some shower activity. Today, plenty of sunshine, high temperatures right around that 60 degree mark. I think we hit 61 at 60s today. Some higher clouds trying to move on in here. Current temperature 57 degrees and those temperatures dropping in the next few hours. Down to about 50 by 11 00 tonight. Still very nice baeweather. 62 fredericksburg,1 in ma martinsburg. It is a little bit cooler along the water. Next couple of days we go right up to 67 degrees on your tuesday. Back down to 60 on wednesday. Then way down to 38 on thursday. Thats when were tracking a chance for rain or snow and we could see some accumulating snow in parts of the area. Looking at the radar, nothing on the radar right now. We do have a system moving our way too. First thing thats going to move through is the warm front. That warm front will bring us a chance of showers early tomorrow morning. Here we maybe a few moderate showers too. 7 00 a. M. , 8 00 through here. By afternoon its gone. The more sunshine we get the warmer we get. Were going for a high tomorrow of 67 degrees. That would beat the old record of 64 degrees. Its going to be rather windy too. Winds could gust up to 30 miles an hour throughout the day, bringing in that warmer air. Wednesday evening and wednesday night were going to start to see the temperatures really fall. That sets the stage on thursday. Thursday a high of 38 degrees. Good chance of a storm moving in. That storm does look like it will have some morning wet snow from d. C. To the north and west, some accumulation on the grassy areas. Some roads may become sl roads. Could cause some problems thursday morning, maybe even School Delays or cancellations. Thursday morning will have a high of 18. Look at sunday, 72 degrees. You want to go golfing . Hmm . Growing disap. Appointme disappointment with a pay to park system at the reston town center. Plus a man from rockville killed by a Fraternity Brother at his college in pennsylvania. Reporter metro out with a new crime report. Which station has thehi crime . Ill tell you all about it coming up. Never waver. Because going around is rarely ever as enjoyable. As going right through. Right now at 5 30, nbc 4 responds working for you. The biggest refund yet for our team. First, new information concerning the safety of passengers on our metro system. Report that shows some types of crime headed down, but others going in the wrong direction. This report also detailed the top ten highest crime metro stations in the system. At the top of the list, minnesota avenue in northeast. Thats where transportation reporter adam tuss is standing by with the story. Reporter thats right, jim. This is the highest rated crime station according to this most recent metro report here. We got a chance to talk to metros police chief one on one today about keeping the system safe. First, the good news for metro. Overall crime is down, specifically things like thefts of electronic devices, stolen bikes. They are down. But violent assaults are up. So are crimes in parking lots. Any time you have a victim of crime, its concerning. Reporter a new tactic he communicate with other jurisdictions. What tool can we give our officers so i can share with the metropolitan Police Officer up the street from me . Riders we talked to say they do feel like metro has increased enforcement efforts. I think theyre doing better. C you definitely see more metro police on the line. Reporter there are still problem spots. Take a look at this new list of the top ten stations for crime. Minnesota avenue tops the list, followed by eight out of nine stations that all run along the green line. The chief says more officers are graduating but theyre always looking to hire more. Every police chief in the nation would always want more cops. We base it on our crime offer guidance where were those officers should go. Now one other area where Transit Police say theyre actually getting a lot of help, riders are texting in tips about potential crimes. That helps lead to arrests. You wont be able to take metro to Arlington Cemetery this weekend. The surge begins saturday and will last 18 days. During that time trains wont run on the blue line between roslyn and pentagon stations. Find other travel alternatives in our nbc washington app. Just search safe track. A developing story in federal court. A d. C. Financial advisor has just admitted ripping off pro athletes, taking a quarter of a Million Dollars from mike tyson and he also admitted taking a half million more from former nba star glenn race

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