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WRC News4 At 6 May 29, 2015

Miguel says his father quickly reclined his seat, which he believes saved his life. Police gathered evidence from the scene and spoke extensively to miguels father who says he saw a car with four or five men inside before someone pulled the trigger. While nothing will completely heal this familys pain, miguel says theyre just hoping whomever is involved is quickly brought to justice. Now, a source close to this investigation tells us that police will be back out here on 295 sometime next week speaking with drivers trying to get more information about a suspect, a suspects description or vehicle description. In the meantime theyre asking anyone who has information about this case to call police right away. Reporting in southeast, meagan fitzgerald, news4. Well, we are learning some new kind of blockbuster information about that indictment of the former House Speaker dennis hastert. A federal Law Enforcement official is telling nbc news that hastert paid a man to conceal Sexual Misconduct that happened while hastert was a teacher at a high school in illinois before he joined congress. The man was a student at the time. Hastert was indicted yesterday on charges that he structured Bank Withdrawals to avoid federal scrutiny. And he later lied about it to the fbi. Joining us is meet the press moderator chuck todd. Denny hasterts indictment, did this catch people who knew him here by surprise . I talked to a couple of his former colleagues and couple of former stafrs. One said you could have knocked me over with a feather. It was so shocking to them. The whole reason he got plucked out of obscurity to become speaker of the house, remember double sex scandals essentially at the time that was going on, the mishandling the gingrich, Newt Gingrich hand will elled the lewinsky scandal, the next guy in line to be speaker had his own sex scandal. Hastert was supposed to be clean one. His time in congress, not even a whiff of controversy around this man. Now hes a lobbyist. Yes. What kind of Ripple Effect is this going to have . I think, look, it does put the stain on congress, you know. You talk to people outside of washington and they say, theyre all crooks and creeps. I try to tell them most of them arent. Theyre theres just a few bad apples. I had a former colleague say to me if hastert turns out to be a crook and creep maybe we all are. Maybe its more emblem attic than we realize. Its that kind of gutpunch that some, particularly former members feel about the stain that the institution is feeling. Because again, denys hastert. If it was you know you haute to say it, there are other people who you say, you could have seen that coming. Not dennis hastert. It sort of came out of nowhere. Absolutely. Martin omalley is supposed to be former governor of maryland tomorrow. What, did a little hail to the chief on his guitar. Whats this going to do to the race . Its interesting with him because three months ago i would have told you Martin Omalleys in line to become the chief alternative to hillary clinton, the democrat that could make her life uncomfortable in iowa and new hampshire. Berp wri sanders has really stolen that thunder. I think between the baltimore situation and the riots and the criticism that Martin Omalleys own records come under, its really sort of bogged down any momentum he had been building three, six months ago. Now hes got to climb over Bernie Sanders in order to get to clinton. The protesters are likely going to protest his announcement saying a lot of these Police Tactics were launched under his time. Thats no way to start a campaign. Youre trying to launch nationally activists excited about your campaign in iowa and new hampshire. Youll have protesters you know africanamerican protesters. Theyre a very important part of the Democratic Party constituency. Its a terrible who do you have on tomorrow . Well Bernie Sanders. First of all, so many president ial candidates. Three of them on this week, sort of emblek attic, its as much as we could fit in in an hour. Rick santorum who announced this week, john kasich who announced this week that he will be announcing in a couple of weeks. There you go. A lot of that going on. There is a lot of that going on. The announcement to the announcement. Then you announce that you may be making that announcement of the announcement. Thanks, chuck. If you didnt know by now chuck todd has a lot more on meet the press, 10 30 sunday morning on nbc 4. Still no arrest on the murder of that local reporter in southeast d. C. Verlgts visited with the family of the reporter. Her parents say she was used as a human shield during a shootout between two groups on dirt bikes wednesday night. Milton was merely waiting for the bus home after she covered a story on capitol hill. When she was shot and killed. New at 6, calls for change in one ever the Biggest Little League Operations in northern virginia. Tonight a father and former coach is hoping to stop child predators. Northern Virginia Bureau reporter david culver has the story from the ft. Hunt area of Fairfax County. I felt that it was important forp the ft. Hunt community to know that this was not just one isolated case. Reporter Dolan Sullivan is referring to last weeks arrest of don essex, the ft. Hunt Little League umpire in child custody charged with distributing child pornography. Dolan new essex. That was the allstar team that won the Virginia State tournament. Reporter but dolan emailed me following our report saying theres a history in the league we left out. Dolan tells me essexs arrest is only the latest in a string within the league. He pointed me back to 2009. Eric mincer, a former coach and umpire, pleaded guilty to teen of enticing a minor. Just before that, exumpire jon hamm will ton was accused of mow lasting five boys. He later pleaded guilty. Hamiltons connection to essex . They both lived in this centerville townhouse. Police havent said if theres any criminal connection. Heres what dolan wants. To raise awareness, hopefully within ft. Hunt Little League and its community, of the fact that you know, we need some help and some instruction in order to be able to identify these individuals. Reporter last week we interviewed League President barry muse. He was nort part of the league during the hamilton or mincer incidents. Dolan thinks the league will thrive. Muse told me theyre beginning the week of enhanced training for the leagues adult veers. Something needs to happen that an awareness needs to be raised and some Education Needs to take place within the volunteer community. Reporter in Fairfax County, david culver, news4. Once again, it is rush hour. We have high heat and scattered storms out there. Lets go to doug with more on who is being impacted tonight. Its not very many of us, but those being impacted are seeing very heavy rain right now and a lot of lightning. Take a look over the last couple of hours weve seen a few of these storms mostly down to the south of the region. The biggest storm right now right around fredericksburg. Fredericksburg getting hammered by a lot of heavy rain and lightning. You can see very heavy rain right along i95 here. This will cause big problems from Stafford County to spots il spotsylvaniaspots il vain area county. The strongest part of the storm moving up toward falkier and Prince William. Ill continue to monitor these stores and when we have a chance for everybody to see some strong storms in our forecast around 6 15. What inspectors discovered on the Memorial Bridge has forced the National Park service to impose some major restrictions, and they wont being lifted for months. But as news4s Mark Segraves reports, this bridge isnt the only one we should be worried about. Reporter thats right. You know, there are hundreds of bridges in our area bridges that most of us drive over every single day, that are in such Poor Condition that theyre rated as structurally deficient. For years, the Memorial Bridge behind me has been on top of that list. But now its in such Poor Condition its gotten to the point that its not safe for some vehicles. Engineers from federal highways were doing routine inspections and found some increased corrosion corrosion that was happening quicker than they had originally anticipated. That forced us to take these safety precautions closing the two curbside lanes and putting in the load restriction. Reporter those restrictions include the closure of one lane in each direction of the bridge and no more trucks or buses. The bridge is safe for 99 of the users. If youre in a car, youre in an suv, the bridge is perfectly safe. The people that it affects the most are the buses. Reporter the Memorial Bridge is just one of thousands of bridges across the country caught up in a battle between local lawmakers and congress over funding. Bridges like the 14th street and south capitol street bridges that will see more traffic because much the restrictions on the memorial are among the bridges in our area that are also in dire need of repair. With an indefinite ban on trucks and buses crossing the Memorial Bridge, traffic experts like our partners at wtop radio know this is going to have a big impact on your commute. Everywhere that everyone else tries to go away from this bridge, its going to be a horrible Ripple Effect. Reporter now, the big issue here is funding. Thats the roadblock for fixing this bridge and bridges all across the country. On monday, delegate Eleanor Holmes norton will introduce a bill that would provide funding to fix the Memorial Bridge and members of congress from virginia will hold a press conference right at this very location with the head of the National Park service trying to urge their colleagues on capitol hill to fund that bill. Wendy, back to you. Mark segraves. Thanks mark. As someone who drives the key bridge, i know it will be rough out there. More about whats wrong with the Memorial Bridge, head to the nbc washington app. We just posted what we know about some of the corrosion that led to todays closures. Ahead and something youll only see on news4, more than a dozen people arrested in our area as something called operation growing pains. Tonight, a dangerous new drug that is being marketed to teenagers that could actually put neighbors at risk as well. Reporter im Darcy Spencer at Circuit Court in rockville. She is breaking her silence. Im just happy that it finally got resolved. Reporter for the first time, were hearing from a victim of a Montgomery County substitute teacher whos just been sentenced for inappropriately touching students. The story coming up. And the death toll rises as rescuers comb through miles of debris. Find out why the crisis in texas could becom announcer youre watching news4 at 6. The situation in texas is going from bad to worse. The governor has now declared another 24 counties as disaster areas. Theyre also bracing for more rain this weekend as the storms threaten to pass over areas that are still dealing with this historic flooding. Meanwhile, the rescue and recovery teams are still looking for 13 people who remain missing. 27 others have died. Nbcs jay gray has the latest from wimberley texas. Reporter mother natures attack has been relentless. Oh, no reporter the scope and intensity overwhelming. Its been the wettest may ever in texas according to the National Weather service in ft. Worth. 35 trillion gallons of water have been dumped on the state, and theres been at least 4 inches of rain somewhere in texas for 23 straight days. Those are the numbers. This is the reality. Historic flooding in dallas houston the hill country. Water pouring into places its never been before, swallowing communities, ripping apart homes and lives. Its become a somber ritual. Hundreds gathering each day at the First Baptist church in wimberley, now aif command center, as rescue teams and more than 2,000 volunteers continue to search for those still missing. Were good to have up to you know 20 to 30 teams in the field throughout the day over a large margin of the river. Reporter teams working through mountains of debris, wet and rugged terrain. Theres so much ground to cover, it seems impossible, but everybody is taking it one step at a time. Reporter hopeful their next step will lead them to a survivor. At this point were still praig and hoping for the fact that well find somebody still breathing out there. This has not turned into a Recovery Mission yet. Reporter though most here seem to understand time is running out. There is a will real sense of urgency here today pushed in part for the forecast which calls for even more rain this weekend. Jay gray, nbc news, wimberley, texas. Now to our weather whether youre entirely dry or soaking wet depends a lot where you live right doug . Most of us will have a very nice night tonight. Not worried for the most part arp the d. C. Metro area. Down to the south we are getting pummeled around fredericksburg and portions of stafford and spotsylvania counties. For most of us this is what were dealing with plenty of sunshine out there, nice temperatures, currently 85 degrees, the dew point, though, at 70. Anytime its above 65 its uncomfortable. 70, well very uncomfortable. Thats why we have the muggy conditions outside, because of that dew point. 86 in frederick, maryland 86 in leesburg, 77 luray, had shower activity there. Fredericksburg own 75 degrees because of the rain down there. Dining out this evening for most of us in and around the d. C. Metro area, around rockville, fairfax or reston a nice night, especially after the sun goes down. I think it will be a fantastic evening. 77 to 82 degrees in most areas. Heres the radar, some shower activity back to the west. But look down to the south. Man, it is really coming down, a lot of lightning around fredericksburg. Look at all the lightning over the past 10 to 15 minutes. Fredericksburg getting pummeled right now. Heres i95, always a problem down this way during the afternoon rush. Thats exactly what were seeing around fredericksburg bellevue, along the King George County line and back toward the west. Very heavy along 17 and 95. Farther up to the north in through Stafford County we continue to see this between the garrisonville area, ruby and Stafford County. Once again this is building to the north and could continue to build toward parts of southern falkier county, maybe southern Prince William county. Back to the west, shenandoah county, Frederick County virginia were still seeing showers most of them dying through the evening. By 11 00, most of this is out of here. Were just dealing with cloud cover. Thats why i think it will be a nice night for dinner across the region. Tomorrow morning starting off very warm and humid with some cloud cover. Look at the Storm Chances. Not much around the metro region, but back to the west in through the mountains i think thats where you have the best chance for storms tomorrow. Although most of us will remain dry. Ive actually kept the Storm Chances out for tomorrow on the sevenday forecast because i just dont see them except for to the west. Same deal on sunday. Earlier it looked like we could see strong storms sunday. Ive taken those out completely. I think awful the rain will stay toward the mountains sunday. Now, if youre thinking about heading to the pools tomorrow, 91 in fredericksburg, 84 in martinsburg. A very hot day. Thats why i think the pool forecast is looking about perfect. 78 at 9 00, 84 at 11 00, 87 around 1 00. Looking very nice. Remember the sunscreen tomorrow. If you have games maybe some baseball games, soccer games, whatever, stay hydrated. Make sure the kids are drinking plenty of water because it will be quite hot. 88 on sunday, 30 chance of a storm. 50 maybe 60 chance of storms on monday. Thats the day the front moves through, 87 degrees with a good chance of some strong storms on monday. Then a much different forecast from what i had last night. Really looking much warmer now. There was going to be a boundary that was going to settle to the south. I think that boundary stays to the north. Thats why temperatures will remain on the warm side around 80 degrees on wednesday, 81 on thursday. An apology from a local teacher convicted of sex abuse. All new at 6, the allegations from inside his personnel file as he is sentenced in court today. And if you came from illinois to see d. C. s famous landmarks, things didnt come as the Washington Monument is back open tonight after being closed for a day and a half. An electrical issue affected the elevator and cost hundreds of tourists their only chance of getting in. Welcome youre the first group of the day. The monument reopened for the noon ticket holders. Fortunate to be one of the first to get back in after it opens up. Aboutface. Not so great for these kids scheduled for 10 00 a. M. I was really disappointed because i really wanted to see everything from the top. I was like surprised that the elevator would break. I didnt think that that would hap

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