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WRC News4 At 6 July 7, 2016

Man named alton sterling. He was shot and killed while being pinned down by two officers outside of a Convenience Store in baton rouge, louisiana. Tonight, thats where we find sarah rosario. Protesters are there in force looking for answers . Reporter yeah, thats right, jim and doreen. The video of those shootings going viral. Provoking both questions and outrage here and all across the country. Especially in this community where people here already feel like they are targeted because of their race and today protesters are demanding for several things. First, justice. They are calling for the officers responsible to be held accountable. A quiet suburb of baton rouge outside of the Convenience Store where 37yearold alton sterling was shot and killed on tuesday. Now tragically connected to this castile. Both shootings caught on cell phone video. Tensions are mounting in minnesota after this video of a routine traffic stop turned deadly goes viral. The video shows the moment after an officer shot and killed castile as his girlfriend. I told him to get his hands up he got his i. D. , sir, his drivers license. Reporter castile said that he informed the officer that he was carrying a licensed firearm. We dont do anything. We put our hands in the air. Wej7 w followed procedure. Reporter the community and family now grieving and demanding answers. I dont understand i dont understand. Im devastated right now because they took away a gentle soul. Everyone liked him. Reporter back in baton rouge, its not clear what led to the confrontation between alton sterling and police. This video is now in the hands of the f arrived, they confronted sterling and wrestled him to the ground. Seconds later, police opened fire killing sterling. The video then shows an officer pulled something from sterlings pocket but they havent said what that object is. I think they could have handled this a different way and alton could have been alive. Reporter the minnesota governor is calling for the department of justice to get involved immediately. Justice will be served in minnesota. Reporter as the naacp calls for changes in the laws governing the Police Department. Enough is enough. We are ready for a change to the laws and the policies in this state and in this country. Its going to keep happening until we all stand up and say no more. Make sure that the officers are held accountable. Reporter two communities reeling. A separate investigation into a pair of Police Shootings that are now, the officers in both shootings are on paid administrative leave. Its unclear if and when they will do so in minnesota even though the governor is calling for it. Sarah rosario, back to you, jim. Thank you, sarah. There is indeed outrage over the shootings in louisiana and in minnesota. This stretches all over the country and includes our area. A group of people gathered in dupont circle. Many of them held signs demanding justice for alton sterling and Philando Castile. Another protest is being planned tonight for outside the white house. They are gathering outside of the Justice Department and will march from there to the white house for a rally that begins at 8 00 p. M. Organizers are asking people to their elected officials accountable. They are using the dmz on twitter. The president released a statement saying that everyone should be deeply troubled and goes on to say, as a nation, we can do better to institute the best practices that reduce the appearance or reality of racial bias in Law Enforcement. He ends with asking the nation to come together to ensure that all of the children know that their lives matter. Police released body cam video of a deadly officerinvolved shooting. Its the first time theyve done that since beginning to wear the cameras. Not everyone is happy about the decision to have it go public. News 4s Mark Segraves is joining us w. That youll see shows the police pleading with the man to put down his weapon and then after the shooting it shows police administering first aid. Today, district Officials Say they wanted to release the video because it shows how much more responsibly d. Y. Police acted during officerinvolved shootings than other jurisdictions around the country. How are officers respond and engage with the subject and the suspect before making the decision to use deadly force, i think thats a difference when you look at this video versus the videos that are being talked about nationally for the policeinvolved shooting in louisiana and minnesota. Reporter the Police Body Cam video shows officers facing off with 63yearold Sherman Evans in front of his Apartment Building in north d. C. Last month. The officers can be heard repeatedly asking him to put don his gun. Standoff, police say evans raised his arm pointing his gun at police who they say had no choice but to open fire. The video does not show the exact moment when they say evans raised the gun. At that point, the officer wearing the camera is crouching behind a car but you can hear the shots fired. [ gunfire ] the gun turned out to be a bb gun. They found out that the call was made by evans himself but they are reluctant to call it a suicide by cop. They are reluctant to comment on his status. Reporter they are blasting the decision to release the video to the public. Releasing the video before the United States attorney has had a chance to review this case for the merits of prosecution is reporter now, approximately five to six officers opened fire during that encounter that evening last june. The incident remains under investigation. Officials say that evans was hit approximately three times during that volley of gunfire. They say that they did not release this video because of political pressure of what is happening nationally. They said instead it was in the Public Interest to see locally how police react during these incidents. Thats the very latest. Back to you guys in the studio. Thanks, mark. We look at the weather now. It was hot out there today but amelia tells us, watch out, it could be worse tomorrow. Amelia . No matter how you slice it, the heat and humidity continue in a big way. Throughout the day tomorrow and tonight. Heres a look at the latest heat indices coming in. It is feeling like 90 in gate theithersburg. 95 tomorrow. On storm team 4 radar, weve been talking about isolated showers and were seeing it move into parts of charles county. Very heavy rainfall just around the quantico area. Most of us are staying dry this evening. Ill be walking you through your forecast tomorrow afternoon hour by hour showing you when rain is most likely in your neighborhood. Doreen . Amelia, thank you. No matter what the temperature or high this humidity, some people are determined to be outside in the summertime. Theyve got strategies for coping. David culver is live from arlington. Reporter weve seen several folks out here walking across the brid were feeling right now. A lot of them trying to get over to Roosevelt Island to find some shade and get some relief, really any relief from this heat. Make sure you are hydrating. Reporter these two are mapping out their routes. Its not as bad in the shade but you want to make sure you stay hydrated. We have water and in the atlantic its going to get hot. Reporter hot and sweaty. Ive been wiping myself down. Im sweating right now just talking. Its miserable right now. Very humid and hot. Reporter Brian Morrison is particularly mindful of what his partner has to deal with. This is a highdriven dog. Reporter he has a device that warns if the car gets too warmosi rn when it syncs, it pa. He did not recommend charges against Hillary Clinton for her past handling of classified government emails. It also questioned how he made the announcement. Look me in the eye and listen to what im about to say. Did i not coordinate that with anyone. The white house, the department of justice, nobody outside the fbi family had any idea what i was about to say. I say that under oath. I stand by that. Steve handelsman is live from capitol hill with more on the contentious back and forth. It was contentious. Comey looked cool but you know hes feeling the heat. He talked about criticism from what he called former friend. But he said he gets it that millions of americans are upset and saw and heard how upset gop lawmakers are. Reporter fbi director james comey ran into a obviously this is very suspicious. Shes not the head of fish wildlife. I just want the American People to know that we really did this the right way. You cannot fairly say we did this in a political way. Reporter but republicans are baffled. Secretary clinton said i did not email any classified material to anyone on my email, theres no classified material. Was that true . There was classified material emailed. Reporter a former cia alth outraged. Had a server in her basement that had information that would collect one of the most sensitive assets and not protected by anyone and thats not a crime . Reporter no, said comey, legally, not even negligent. Because the former secretary of state did not intend to break the law and did not lie to the fbi. I know a lot of my former friends are saying they would have brought this last 40 years because id like to see the cases that they brought on gross negligence. Nobody would and nobody did. Reporter donald trump argues that David Petraeus got in trouble for far less. The clinton campaigned emailed, its over. Nothing left to be discussed. But its not over. On the house side, they are going to refer to the fbi requesting an investigation of whether Hillary Clinton broke the law by lying to congress about her classified emails. Live from the hill, steve handelsman, news4. Thanks, steve. Approval today for a plan to raise a height of a fence at a white house but that does not come without some questions. The apartment in northeast washington faces charges of child sex abuse for allegedly luring young boys into her apartment with ice cream and popcorn. Ahead, well hear from neighbors who know her, reacting to the charges against her. And why detectives say a man who moved know youre budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. Know that at least the process of buying a new home can be clear and simple. Know your investments can make retirement closer than you think know. The one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, and services we offer. Because when you have insight, you know. D. C. Police arrest a woman for luring children into her apartment and then abusing them. Police are fearful that there could be more victims. Chris gordon has reaction from neighbors. Chris . Reporter well, the suspect in this case is lanora steele and she has emotional issues, that she was molested at a young age by a family member. Now heres the story of what led police to her door. A confidential source said that she has lived here a few months. I think its terrible. I heard about it. As a matter of fact, i always used to see kids around in front oe Reporter Police executed this search warrant here just two days ago. 42yearold lerona steele was arrested and charged with five counts of child sex abuse. On june 30th, steele lured three boys, ages 12, 13 and 15 into her apartment, offering them ice cream and popcorn. Once inside, steele, who is known to the boys as ronnie, began to dance. One of the boys felt uncomfortable and wanted to leave. She locked both lock ons the front door and told the boys, yall are not going anywhere. Robert did maintenance in the apartment. I think its terrible. I didnt really know the lady to make an assumption on my part but i think its terrible. Reporter the Police Report says that lerona stee prompted the boys to perform acts with her. She told them not to tell anyone or she could get in trouble. She offered two of the boys come back and shed give them 20. I have kids and they say there are a lot of sex offenders around here. I dont want my kids to be running around here and getting molested. Reporter the Police Report says that steele made a statement when she was arrested here this week, she said she was intoxicated and doesnt remember a thing. Thats the latest, live from northeast washington, jim, back to you. Thanks, chris. The number of suicides by veterans has dropped, according to new numbers from the department of veterans affairs. Government Officials Say an average of 20 veterans committed suicide each day back in 2014. The estimate was 22 a year earlier. But federal officials are cautious to believe that the problem is getting any better. They say the va is relying on a more comprehensive database now and that makes comparisons to prior Prime Minister is going to be a woman. They have chosen teresa may and andrea leadson. The result will be announced september 9th. The winner will become the countrys second female Prime Minister. The first, of course, was margaret thatcher. Prime minister David Cameron announc announced that he was leaving after the vote for brexit. And should smokeless tobacco be banned from the National Park . The push to ban smokeless tobacco as made its way to d. C. And no one will be more affected than the washington nationals. The council is mulling over this issue at a hearing and legislation would prohibit smoking and smokeless tobacco in all of the venues. One of five major cities have already imposed this ban. National fans, dusty baker, has been into the game for decades and sounds like hes in favor of this move. In the past, ive used smokeless tobacco. Whatever you decide, its for the best, you know, for the kids and best for the guys that are using it. And it is very addictive. My daughter used to pour water in my can and put it back in my car and my son doesnt like it, you know, and hes on smokeless tobacco patrol with me. They are just concerned about, you know, having their dad around for a long, long time. Dusty with a great perspective. Major League Baseball is trying to implement a leaguewide ban. D. C. Council will schedule a vote later this year. No date is carol maloney, thank you. 40 years after it opened, changes are coming to the air and space museum. Were getting a look at what it could look like in the future. Bill cosbys unsuccessful effort to get his sexual abu man hey baby, how are you . 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Does that sound right, amelia. Yes. Right when the weekend arrives, we start to see the humidity break. So far this year, comparing it to the last five years, we should already have 5 to 20 days where weve hit 90 degrees or higher. Today, only our eighth 90degree day of the year. Our heat continues tomorrow and saturday. Storms tomorrow and thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening hours could be on the strong side. Changing for the weekend in a good way. Our temps become more comfortable. 90 degrees in the district and were noticing cloudingness across the area. Its bringing rain to charles county. Remember, download the nbc washington app for the latest radar. And really the only chance for any rain is south of the metro area. Most of us, its completely dry and were noticing the heat and humidity. 8 00 p. M. , still around 87 degrees. Hot and humid and muggy. Even as skies clear out, temperatures dont fall. As we work towards 10 00 p. M. , still at 84 degrees, a low tonight only around 78. And here is the area of rain i was talking about, pushing away from quantico. Its not picking up any lightning. Tomorrow, the weather will have a moderate impact on your day. Its the fourth day in a row that we hit 90 degrees but feeling more l afternoon hours. Again, with a chance of thunderstorms between 1 00 and 5 00 p. M. Noon, tracking sun. 3 00 p. M. , tracking scattered thunderstorms and heavy rain. You probably still need to water the garden. Tonight, too hot. Storms around early tomorrow, saturday and sunday. Sunday brunch being looking spectacular. High on sunday with a high of 89 degrees. Monday, 89 again and then we warm right back up. Tuesday and wednesday, low 90s. Mid90s on thursday, friday and next saturday. Thanks, amelia. Theres a proposal for a novel way to get from georgetown to rosslyn. Heading down into this metro station, why its not much cooler down here compared to outside. 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