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WRC News4 At 6 March 16, 2015

Work and city ethics reforms but acknowledged man want the gray matter wrapped up. He deserves to know one way or the other how this is going to proceed. I hope its time to put it to rest one way or another. Six people have pleaded guilty in the Campaign Including busine ma jeffrey thompson, who funded the operation. Prosecutors said gray knew about it but gray denies wrongdoing and has not been charged. The scandal helpr lo his reelection b to reform candidate muebowser. Mayor bowser said today the city has moved on. The gray case will have to work itself out. Ive always said that the u. S. Attorneh to do his job, follow every ad and investigate, and i cant put a time line on that. Reporter ke about the gray investigation today he told news4 the investigation is continuing. Whos going to continue it . Whos in line, do you think, to replace him . And what are they going to do with the investigation . Ron is going into private practice where before this. He said many times he wasnt pursuing, hasne pursued for ego reasons. He said they are there, he would bring it into the investigations he sayits continuing. Mindy cohen, Principal Deputy will take over. Hes been there the entire time, been involved in all the cases. Vinny will be taking over april 1st. It will be up to president obama to nominate a new u. S. Attorney down the road. That gives them continuity. There will be continuity, yes. Thank you, tom. Chopper 4 is over the scene of a major water main break in Prince George crig now. Jim handly is at our live desk with details. Jim . Doreen this is happening in Berwyn Heights just inside the beltway near the beltway plaza mall. Take a look from chopper 4 right now, these pictures coming in to us. Crews just shuft off the water. It had been streaming over cunningham driv here, which is now shut down. The water from the break had been rushing into several back yards. And right upo the foundations of some houses. Wssc is on the scene right now. We are still working to learn just how many people may have lost water this evening. Well keep yo updated on how long those repairs may last once they find that break. At the live desk, im jim handly. A mans body has been found in a wooded area in herndon and police are trying to figure out what happened thim. The body was found near folly lick stream off hidden brook drive. All detectives will say is the man has trauma to his up erp body. Police were called to that scene about 12 30 this afternoon. Shomari stone is on his way there. Well push o any breaking news updates on our nbc washington app. One of the four National Guardsmen killed in that military Helicopter Crash in florida last week was born in virginia. 26yearold Staff Sergeant Thomas Florich a helicopter repairman. He was born in ft. Belvoir where his father was stationed. Family members say he also lived in germany, alabama, and louisiana. Florichs mother died of leukemia at a young age and rel tichs say he wanted to make a career out of military service just as his father did. Florich had jus gotten married last march. That american being treated for ebola at the National Institutes ohes t doing well. Today doctors downgraded his condition from serious to critical. The patient got sick while working at an Ebola Treatment Center in sierra leone. Ten colleagues that the clinic have been evacuated to the United States sei because they ha bn exposed to the virus as well. Now to a change of strategy in afghanistan. U. S. Officials are confirming tonight that a lot of American Forces may not be leaving afghanistan by end of the year. The news is being overshadowed by the effort to reach a Nuclear Agreement with iran. News4s Steve Handelsman is on capitol hill widetails on both of these issues playing out in one of the worlds most volatile neighborhoods. Snooef. Got ari. Hi doreen. The white hou insists there will be a complete u. S. Pullout of afghanisn by 2017. But up here on capitol hill influential conservaves john mccain and seam whove charged for years that we pulled out of iraq too quickly and that led to the scary metastasis isis, are praising the president s move, apparent move, not y confirmed to slow down our pullout from afghanistan. The change could mean almost 10,000 u. S. Troops in afghanistan next year. Double what president obama h hoped for. Hes bowing to u. S. Commanders who say more u. S. Forces have to stay. The taliban is getting stronger. Afghan goven forces still need more training. And the rise of isis after u. S. Forces le iraq is a reminder thats a danger in afghanistan. But the danger of Nuclear Weapons next door in iran is front burner today. Secretary ofta kerry met again with Iranian Foreign minister rouhani in switzerland and the iranian did bring up last weeks controversial letter, sent to irans ruling ayatollah, signed by 47 republican to warned that Congress Might undercut any agreement. Theyll be an extra amount of critics oveinn ouan deal thats eventually worked out. Reporr criticism in congress grew after israeli prime minisr netanyahu came to warn that iran might still build the bomb. The white hou says u. S. Lawmakers wl get a say later on. We absolutely do believe that there is a responsibility for congress after iran has demonstrated sustained compliance wi the agreement to weigh in and make a decision about removing those sanctions. Reporter tintrio is warninagwh it calls back seat driving as kerry races to make a deal with iran by an april 1st deadline. A senior u. S. Official who was with kerry and the iranians today said were still not sure we can get a deal. Im Steve Handelsman, news4. Thank you steve. A lastminute Campaign Push by israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under way. Israels elections will be held tomorrow a netanyahu and his Rightwing Party have been lagging in t polls lately. Netanyahu said today he will not allow a palestinian state to be created if hes reelectricitied. His biggest rivals have been campaigningec issues and the rising cost of living israel. Im Scott Mcfarlane at the live desk. The head of the secret service will meet behind closed doors with congrsi leaders tomorrow afoo brief them on the agencys investigation into twof itself agents who allegedly zbrooef a white house securit barrier after drinking at d. C. Bar. Were told th director joseph clancy, willeh members of the House Oversight committee who the last week said that allegation is quote, extremely serious. Congression sources also say clancy is expected to ask a separate house panel for a major budget increas the agency the subject of controversy lately a fence jumper, sourc tell us the director wi ree a budget increase of a quarter of a billion dol nar at least in pa because its a president i electi year and candidates ud protection. No mmt yr the agency, but maryland congressman elijah cummingsho helps oversee the secret Service Tells Us the agency is starved for resources and that he would support a funding increase. Doreen . Scott cfar thank you. A departnt of state counterterrori expert who was charged in virginia last no with soliciting x from a minor is now facing new charges. Daniel rosen i accused of videotaping me without their knowledge as they undressed. News4s mark es has the latest on the allegations from d. C. Superior court. Hi mark. Reporter hey, doreen. Thats right. Rose row just left d. C. Superior court about an hour ago. And police say that he videotaped re than 24 women and many of the videos that they found on his phone date back to the summer of 2013. And many of those victims are his neighbo. Daniel ros l courthouse with his wife by his side, refusing to sp reporters. In court rosen told the judge hes not guilty. Police say they found at least 40 videos of adult women which appear to be taken without the womens knowle or consent on his telephone. The videos were taken from outside the womens bedrooms and bathrooms thug alley windows. So far police have been able to identify two of the victims. Theyre hoping more victims will come forward now. Preliminary we have uncovered 40 separate incidents of voyeurism involving 24 victims. Seven of tho victims were filmed on mthnoccasion c we believe that the film og cured over a severalmonth period, as m as a sixmonth period. Reporr police say the videos were taken in the mt. Pleasant, u street and adams morgan neighborhoods. The 44yearold rosen lives in mt. Pleasant. Prosecutors wanted him confined to a Halfway House until trial but agreed to home confinement on the condionhes not allowed to o en on his back porch. The prosecutors said because of the number of victims and because the defendant used his neighborhood a a trolling ground for h targets. In some of the videos rosen can be seen and heard as hes watching thwo undress. Rosen was released. Hell have to wear a gps monitor and stay inside his home. The judge actually did allow him to go out onto his back porch but not into his yard and not onto his balcony. Now, this will somewhat impact his case in virginia. The judge said he will only be allowed to leave his home if hes either coming here to d. C. Superior courtr a hearing here or over to fairfax for a Court Hearing there. What happenon either of these cases goes to trial, well just have to wait and see. Reporting superior court, mark segraves, news4. Back to you, wendy. Thank you, mark. A shocking admission while the documenri was being filmed is leading to murder charges. What poce f when they arrested wealthy real estate air robert durst. A Major Construction project affectinte of thousands of drivers. How lo i wlodo. Thats coming in and out of the distri the next big phase of the 16th street bridge replacement project is autt de way starting march 27th crews are going to st the actual work to replace the bridge over military its going to mean lane closures and other restrictions making an already diffic drive along those two busy commuter routes even worse. So we want people to think about their commutes especially our neighbors nthn marylan we are going to try to attract people to Public Transportation but also think of alternative ways to get downtown. Get ready, this second phase of construction is expected to last about four months. Driving around Tysons Corner in northern virnia is challenginenough. Walking and biking there that can be down rit dangerous. Folks are demanding some improvements. Tranoron rr tussoi us live with a preview of a public hearing about this ve issue thats about to get under way. Adam . Reportatht wendy. This is such a polarizing issue bikes cars, pedestrians sharing the road. Here in Tysons Corner now it is absolutely a bikes cars, and pedestrian safety. Spend any amount of time in Tysons Corner days and youll see this in no time. Pedestrians trying to figure out where to walk and how to cross the road. Theres a lack of pedestrian crosswalks a a large amount of traffic. Reports tysons changes with new development things like adequate sidewalks and crosswalks and yes, bike lanes have not kept pace. Tonight the Fairfax County d. O. T. Holing a meeting to make safety changes to the roads. Tysons corn w originally built for t car, and you can see its still pretty much only handles cars. Thats why theres so much focus on getting bike lanes put in. Cindy hole come is the mag of the rei store at tysons. They specialize in bikes. Shes applauding a plan by fairfax countad bike lane to roads like spring hill road, jones branch drive. If we have our own lane to bike then were both sharing the road were both using traffic lights and stop signs and all adhering tohe rules and regulations just like everybody else. Reporte tysons has long been the land of the cars but that could quickly be changing as some roads may even be narrowed to slff sed and back here now live if you want to attend the meeting tonight its at 7 00 at west briar elementary in vienna. Live in tysons, adam tuss news4. Adam thank you. The United Nations says 24 people were killed and 3,300 displaced in vanuatu after psi loan pam ripped through that in addition naigs. Its one of the poorest countries in tworld. The president said the storm destroyed or damaged 90 of buildings it capital. Officials han been able to make contacti outlying islands. The World Health Organization is sending emecynse workers and supplies to help with the recovery. How strong were those wind, doug . Gust upwards of 185 miles per hour. Storm surge of up to 26 feet. In a place not equipped to handle any of that. Especially those island. As a lot of wind and force. Fortunately it continues to move off a theyll be dealing with Better Weather down there. For us our weather today was fantastic. High temperur so far 68. This is the warmest day weve seen so far this summer. Whoops. So far t wishful thinking. I try. Spring does officially begin on friday, but its not going to feel like spring over the next couple days. We have that 68degree temperature plenty of cloud cover around the region too, but a lot of sunshine. 77 in culpeper, 78 in charlottesv. It w 82 in culpeper earlier. But look at annapolis only 47, 44 patuxent river, so much different jof to the east because of e water, because of the cloud cover. Not much going on now. But look just to our north. Notice these srs making their way down. This will hit hagerstown, maybe martinsburgthxt hour or two and could move into the d. C. Metro area around 10 00 or 11 00. Not expec muc from this but thats part of a warm front, the warm front moving across our region and youre seeing those showers move along the warm front from northwest do to the southeast. Back the west, thats where the cold fro is, and that cold front will move through tomorrow. It will move through fairly early. You look at these High Temperature 71 in fredericksbu in hagerstown 68 in d. C. You look at it and go hey, thats a great afternoon, nice and warm again. Not exactly. Were goingo see temperatures dip quickly tomorrow. So 55 early at 9 00 a. M. , a great day there. 65 by noon, so noons going to be good but here comes the wind. Breezy and cooler by 4 00 as temperature down. By 8 00, many of you into the 30s and 40s by that time but were at 54. Cold side for much of the week. Tomorrow, windy and cooler but not too bad highemperef 68 on st. Patricks da 5 degrees on wednesday. You can she cooler numbers, a low of 32 on thursday 49 on thursday afternoon. And then we ge ida friday right now temperature of 46 degrees. It does look like we will see a chance for rain and snow and there could be some possible accumulatioine areas so this is obviously a storm system we are watching very carefully. You know we did see snow last year on st. Patricks day. This one coming on the first day of spring. Spring officially starts after 6 00 on frid night. The first weekend of spring not bad. Back up to 60 on saturday, but we come ba down, temperatures on the cool side as we move into the first week of spring. Got to work on that friday forecast. Im trying hard. Thanks, doug. Facebook is rolling out some new rules for policing offensive posts in your news feed. Coming up at 6 30 what you can post now that you couldnt post before. N tesmo in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. 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The heir to a billiondollar real estate fortune on his way to california now to face murder charges. Robert durst i t suspect in the disappearance of his wife, the murder of hi

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