Transcripts For WRC News4 At 6 20150501 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For WRC News4 At 6 20150501

There. The mayor said that no one in this city is above the law. And what we have been witnessing throughout the day from people here in baltimore is celebration. A lot of folks here have been coming to city hall and have been demonstrating saying they are happy to see that these officers have been charged. The states attorney was saying earlier today that she is going to pursue these charges. This is without the benefit of a grand jury, but the states attorney deciding this is something she is willing to do on her own. Peaceful protesters streamed down baltimores streets. As we press the fight for justice all the way to trial. Reporter and there was celebration for many in the crowd after baltimores states attorney announced multiple charges for the officers who arrested, transported and interacted with 25yearold freddie gray. I think that she did make the right decision, and i hope that the people of baltimore remain peaceful because we got what we asked for. I heard your call for no justice no peace. Your peace is sincerely needed as i work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man. Reporter today the states attorney said grays arrest was illegal and he was picked up without probable cause and then transported shackled facedown on a van floor and not in a seat belt. Despite mr. Grays appeal for a medic both officers assessed mr. Grays condition and at no point did either of them restrain mr. Gray per bpd general order nor did they render or request medical assistance. Warrants have been executed and five officers are in custody. Reporter this was the reaction from mayor Stephanie Rawlings blake after baltimores states attorney announced charges for the officers who arrested gray, ranging from Second Degree murder to manslaughter, assault and false imprisonment. I was sickened and heartbroken by the statement of charges that we heard today. Reporter the states attorney is bringing the charges on her own without the benefit of a grand jurys indictment. For Maryland Governor larry hogan was asked about the swiftness of the charges. Seemed to go pretty quickly but i have no knowledge of the investigation whatsoever. Reporter it surprised a number of legal insiders when the states attorney brought her charges today, considering she just got the investigation that the Police Department conducted yesterday. But she said that her office has been looking into this since grays death doing its own independent investigation. Folks here are hoping that that investigation and the point from here until trial will remain transparent. Reporting live in baltimore, Tracee Wilkins news4. I think the people of baltimore want more than anything else the truth. Thats what people around the country expect. President obama today said it is vital that the truth come out about what happened to freddie gray. The president responded to the charges today during a photo op at the white house. Mr. Obama said, while Justice Needs to be served the officers facing charges are entitled to due process. All afternoon weve seen large crowds coming and going in the same spot that felt the brunt of mondays fiery riots. Those groups for the most part are celebrating the announcement of charges against the officers. News4s derrick ward continues our Team Coverage with that side of the story. Derrick . Reporter this intersection here of west north street and pennsylvania avenue is quite literally a crossroads for the city. It has been since monday when this intersection was the scene of pretty much the worst of the riots. As you can see now take a look, its a happier mood here. People have been gathering at this corner pretty much all day. Ill show you the scene earlier where cars were coming by when there was a lot of traffic here on west north which is actually where route 1 comes through the city of baltimore. People were blowing their horns, waving flags leaning out of their cars. It was a congrat latory sense here. That is upon learning the news that six officers have been charged. But again underneath it all, weve spoken to people who say theres a sense of tempering all of this. That the trial and other things have yet to come. We actually got this from a whom who brought a child out here to take a look at things. She said she wanted to make sure he got one of lifes valuable lessons. Hes here because i just wanted him to have sort of a minute of euphoria before the sort of realistic work of seeking real justice happens. Its so rare that we even have this sort of minute of happy celebration. You know, he asked me about in his terms about accountability and punishment so i explained to him that people are happy because this is the first time that we feel theres going to be accountability. Reporter and of course from the mind of a child comes some truths and some hard facts about thing thats are going on. She said that the kid asked her arent the police in charge of the jail . How can they be put in jail . Well the people in baltimore felt that way, but now they feel a glimmer of hope that if justice means these folks go to jail thats what will happen here. Whats happening now is the curfew is still in place. Youve got about four more hours before they will have to clear these streets. But right now this is the celebration for this part of baltimore as you can hear these horns going by, a statement from the folks here and now. There is a Strong Police presence here. Were not seeing as many in riot gear. We expect them out soon. Live in Baltimore Derrick ward, news4. Speaker of the house john boehner says he believes we are in a National Crisis when it comes to the relationship between africanamericans and law enforcement. I think that if you look at whats happened over the course of the last year, youve just got to scratch your head. And when you hear about these charges that have been brought now charging homicide for freddie gray. Public should not violate the law. Now, if these charges are true its outrageous and unacceptable. You can watch the rest of chuck todds exclusive interview with Speaker Boehner this sunday morning. Meet the press airs here on nbc 4 at 10 30. Well hear from the states attorney in Baltimore Marilyn mosby and take a closer look at her background in our next half hour. To the latest developments now on that massive garage collapse at the historic Watergate Complex. Three stories of the garage pancaked on top of each other in what firefighters describe as a pancake collapse. We just learned it could be days before some of the residents there and the Business Owners can go back in. The story and these images are among the most viewed on nbcwashington. Com. Our chris gordon has been on the scene since it happened this morning. Chris, whats up now . Reporter well, this evening d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser toured this portion of the Watergate Complex near the area where the garage collapsed, and she was briefed by d. C. Fire authorities. Then she came over here and told us that no one is trapped alive inside, but she added something that could be cause for concern. All construction workers have been accounted for. Earlier, as part of the response, three dogs that are trained to search for human activity found no evidence of human activity on any of the three levels. A cadaver dog was also sent into the scene and that dog made a possible hit on one of the three levels. The operation has now transitioned from search and rescue to a recovery operation. Reporter d. C. s deputy fire chief says that doesnt necessarily mean that there has been a fatality. We are searching based on what the canine indicated. There are some reason thats the canine might not mean its a fatality. Reporter the three levels of the underground garage must be shored up so d. C. Firefighters can go in and look. The collapse created a hole 100 feet by 75 feet. The cause of the collapse is not known at this point. One construction worker was transported to a hospital with minor injuries, another who was not hurt badly refused to be transported. These pictures were taken by watergate resident dan sheehan who had just entered the garage moments after the collapse. The pictures basically show a collapse from the ground level down into the b3 level. Its essentially a collapse of two floors, and theres a large tree which was there, a fairly sizeable tree which you can just see the top of now thats down in the hole. Reporter the d. C. Fire department will be working to shore up the area of the garage collapse, and that could be well into the evening and even into the weekend. Thats the latest live at the Watergate Complex in northwest washington, chris gordon news4. Chris, thank you. Now to our weather and our may is off to a cool beginning. What can we expect next and for the weekend ahead, doug is tracking it all for us. Doug how about our weekend . Everybody is waiting for some warmer weather. Today a very cool afternoon high temperatures today only in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Thats where we are now. D. C. Coming in at 62 degrees, richmond only at 57 ocean city only at 48 degrees. Its all because of that storm system just off the coast bringing a couple of showers well to the west but most of us staying dry tonight. This is what everybody is waiting for. This pattern has been in place since december, a very cool pattern, really since january and february. Thats why we saw such cold weather during the month of february, a very cold pattern here. But watch what happens. Another pattern change and this time the pattern change is good for us. The jet stream moves to the north, the warm air moves in across our region. We are talking about much warmer temperatures, say hello to the 80s. And that pattern looks like it wants to stick around for a while. Ive got the complete sevenday forecast in just a minute. We are watching as that developing situation in baltimore, crowds on the streets as the city reacts to news that the officers in involved in freddie grays arrest will face charges. Well bring you updates throughout the evening here on news4. If youre heading out this weekend, you might want to plan ahead. Metros plans could have you running behind schedule. Reporter im Scott Macfarlane at the white house. New developments on the security spikes to be put on the fence around the white hous we expect final approval next week for temporary but significant changes to the White House Security fence. Crews will add spikes on top of the fence to prevent anyone from jumping over it. And as Scott Macfarlane shows us now, exactly what we will and wont see when those changes take place. Reporter the National Capitol Planning Commission has scheduled a decision next week whether to approve temporary boltedon spikes to put atop the white house fence and prevent jumpers it will be temporary until a thorough renovation of the fence is it complete. Only on 4 tonight a look at the more permanent fences being considered for after that. Here is a sketch of a tenfoothigh fence the National Park service is considering. Here is an image of a double fence theyre also considering. A new fence put inside the existing one. News4s also learned the National Capitol Planning Commission will also decide whether to approve change totz white house ellipse, fortifying the vehicle entrances around the ellipse. Here is a before and after photo obtained by the iteam, the current post on top the new design for the vehicle checkpoint on top. News4 is told the National Park service eliminated other possible security changes deciding not to install barbed wire on the white house fence, not to install a chain link fence and not to install a moat. The u. S. Commission of fine arts is the other agency that must sign off, and already did so last month. At the white house, Scott Macfarlane, news4. You might want to leave early if youre planning to take metro anywhere this weekend. Track work is impacting four of the six lines, the huntington and eisenhower avenue stations will be closed on the yellow line. Buses will shuttle riders between huntington and king street. And you can expect delays on the red green and orange lines with trains running every eight to 18 minutes. We are going to want to get out and around this weekend, arent we, doug . Yeah. A great thing to do is download the metro app. That is fantastic. It tells you exactly where the train is. That way youre not waiting down there 20 minutes. Well at least youll know before you get there. Youll know. Sorry its just my two cents. Lets look whats happening right now across the area. Temperatures right now 62 degrees. Its on the cool side for sure. Those easterly winds all because of an area of low pressure just off the coast. Weve got a lot of cloud cover, too, really keeping temperatures down. Look at the numbers down to 57 in huntingtown, 56 over toward the pax river right now, 59 toward the winchester area. As we move through the next day here, take a look, we have some showers to the south and then up towards the north. Some of those showers around the hagerstown area right now lets zoom in. Thats where those showers are, moving right down i81 as you make your way into portions west virginia. So we will continue to watch a few of those move on down to the south. Heres the storm system making its way down right now. You can see where the storm is right here. Thaik a look at this. Right here is that area of low pressure really strengthening off the coast. What does that mean for us . Well its dragging all the moisture down and away from the area. Were actually going to see some nice conditions during the day tomorrow as a result of that. But dining out this evening, if youre getting on metro, check the app, 57 to 62 on the cool side for sure if youre thinking about heading out, maybe use a jacket. Future weather showing a few isolated showers around 9 00 through about the overnight hours into early tomorrow morning, maybe a few clouds. But tomorrow a beautiful afternoon, just a few clouds, maybe an isolated shower or two. But that is it. Take a look at the high temperatures tomorrow, about ten degrees warmer than today 72 d. C. , 74 fredericksburg, 68 winchester and 66 over there toward annapolis. So not bad on saturday. Your impact forecast whether youre playing baseball, soccer maybe flag football, partly sunny and nice, temperatures rising, 58 by 9 00, toward the 70 degree mark around 1 00. Not bad at all as we move on through. Lets take you right to the sevenday forecast. I love this part. 79 on sunday 83 on monday, 84 on tuesday. Yeah, we have a chance of a shower maybe a thunderstorm on wednesday, but look at that. The next seven days in a row above average. I dont know if ive done that this year yet. We like it. Were looking forward to it. Thank you, doug. Getting local students on the right track. Well take you to the big celebration and show how its striking a different tone in light of the unrest in baltimore. Reporter he brought teen girls to Northern Virginia to make big money selling sex. Coming up, ill tell you how he got some help from an unlikely source for his enterprise. And a lot of us trying to score tickets to the caps and wizards playoff runs. Be careful, though. Scam artists are hard at work. All day weve been talking about changing minds because one year ago today we launched our Mental Health campaign a stationwide project with the goal of starting a dialogue about Mental Illness. My name is Sarah Hickson and ive been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I get very tense and then i start to feel this steam or heat coming up. And it just goes right it just goes right in there, almost like youre being stabbed in the back. Sometimes i throw things, but usually its screaming. I have had volatile upsets which not only scare other people but scare me. 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Kids are announcing where tlair go theyre going to go to college. First Lady Michelle obama started the initiative. Mark segraves spent the day with some collegebound students from d. C. Reporter where are you going to college . Spellman college. I will be attending lafayette college. University of wisconsin madison. Reporter hundreds of d. C. High School Seniors came to gw liz ner auditorium to celebrate not that theyre just graduating from high school but theyre all off to college next fall. Thats a big accomplishment. Some of thoefz kids are the first in their family to go to college. So they dont have those role models to follow. Reporter some students say theyre doing it for their parents. They never had the opportunity like to achieve a higher education. Reporter others want to be role models for their friends. I feel like im making history. Reporter mayor Muriel Bowser want students to set college as a goal at an early age and wants to open a conversation with them. She says its one way to avoid the violence weve seen in baltim

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