Transcripts For WRC News4 Midday 20160328 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For WRC News4 Midday 20160328

At the white house easter egg roll. Developing right now, major issues on the rails. A train struck someone on the tracks near newt carrollton station. Derrick ward is live to tell us what happened and the big effect its having on travel. Derrick . Reporter first off, this will disrupt service on the penn line. That service has been disrupted. If youre familiar with the area just outside the beltway, route 450 splits off, part of it becomes atlanta severn road. You can see that is an amtrak train moving through that spot, but this was a scene of something definitely tragic earlier this afternoon. It was about 8 00 a. M. When someone was hit by a penn line train on these tracks. We dont have an identity of that person, but we do know that train has since dd. We have people here from amtrak, people here from Prince Georges County and the Maryland Transit Agency as well. We have seen some trains come through here at very low, deliberate speeds. I dont know what that means for penn service or marc service for the evening rush. Were monitoring their service to let us know exactly what the deal will be. We have people here inquiring about a Family Member they havent heard from for some time. They talked to these detectives here and moved on. We dont know if they were in any way involved in this, and hopefully well have developments as they come up later. Were live in at lalanta, back you. The president of American University is9,kp they are. Right now we are learning more about this weeks Nuclear Security summit. Leaders from dozens of countries will be here to talk about stopping Nuclear Terrorism around the world. Short story for you and me here. Give yourself extra time to get around town later this week. The secret service stepping up security, restricting parking and closing roads. Take a look at the map here. Pretty much everything around the Washington Convention center will be closed at some point. That includes new york avenue, massachusetts avenue, and trains will be im storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Maybe some minor flight delays in new england as the rain will be moving through there. Right now storm team 4 radar showing were drying out here. The winds are starting to pick up. In western maryland, theyve had gusts to 40 miles an hour. That pollen count lower, so the allergies will be better. Well be followed by a cooler pattern in the next couple days. Shenandoah valley, mid 60s, metro area in the mid to upper 50s. If you have an emergency, dcms will not be the one taking you to the ams Ambulance Company will take the calls that are not an emergency and time sensitive. 35 of those amr ambulances will be used for calls, and the fire chief says these new ambulances wil provide more training maintenance on d. C. Ambulances. The Stafford County fire and rescue are also working to improve its response times. They have a new set of policies. This comes after two firefighters were suspended last month for taking a child to the hospital in a fire truck. Policies include having all ems workers certified in virginia. One of the firefighters in that incident was not virginia certified. All ems First Responders must be approved by the departments medical director as well. A teen that shot and killed a metro d. C. Student last weekend. The gunman walked up, asked devonte a question and then what happened after the shooting was even more disturbing. There was no Police Officer in the station nowhere. My daughter said she was running looking for help and there was no one in sight. Grief counselors will be on hand at Largo High School today when students and staff return to school. The party is over, and not how students wanted it to be. In 60 seconds, the dangerous siation that brought paturt three people are recovering right now. One of them is in serious condition. This is all after a porch roof collapsed in frostburg, maryland. You can see it break off and fall in the video if you look closely. There were reportedly hundreds of College Students at a party that police were breaking up at the time. A maryland truck stop turned into a crime scene on sunday afte one of them did not survive. It happened around 1 00 at the truck stop near washington boulevard and jessup. Police arent saying exactly what led up to the shooting. When they arrived, officers found one man dead and another critically wounded. The gunman nowhere in sight. A witness who did not want to be shown on camera tells us he heard some sort of scuffle and then three gunshots. A senseless murder on easter. Nobody had any idea that you would wake up and this would happen. Were told the surviving victim is in stable condition now. Police are still looking for the suspect. A new challenge to a controversial law over bathroom rights. In 60 seconds, the fight over new rules good morning. City cam zoomed in on the title basin. You can see the Cherry Blossoms hung in there with the moderate rain we had early this morning. Theyre still at peak bloom, still gorgeous there. You can see a few paddle boats on the tidal basin and there are still a few folks there watching that spectacle at the tidal basin. For all the activities remaining in the afternoon, the grass that was wet will be drying. Temperatures should be in the mid to upper 60s. Great day to get out and get some exercise. If youre an allergy sufferer, it should be okay to be out. The winds will be gusting to 48 miles an hour by late afternoon. Developing today, d. C. Police are looking for a man who they say shot two woman along bass place d. C. Police tell us both women were conscious and breathing when they were taken to the hospital around 10 30 last night. The American Civil Liberties union and two gay Rights Groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the controversial lgbt law. The lawsuit is in reaction tie new state law that prevents people from using bathrooms if they dont match a persons biological sex. The law also bans local governments from creating antidiscrimination policies. The federal lawsuit says the new rule singles out lgbt people for disfavored treatment. The stars that came out to celebrate with kids steps from the white despite the rain and the wet lawn, the eggs are rolling at the white house today. Some 35,000 kids were expected on the south lawn for the annual easter egg roll today. We have faces in this last goaround for the obama family. Reporter rain usually that doesnt stop will affect many events. But not this one. The rain doesnt matter to me. Reporter because after a while, why would the rain matter when youre just steps away from the white house . Im happy here. Seeing the president. Reporter and seeing the president isnt th thing happening at the annual easter egg roll. Going to the easter hunt so i a golden egg and meeting lots of new famous people. Reporter one of those famous people nba legend superstar, allaround nice guy reporter was certainly hard to miss. Shaquille oneill stopped by to shake a few hands and even called a few kids up to sit next to him as he read a crowd favorite. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, samiam. Reporter of course, the rain did not sit well with everyone. But with so many things to do and see ive seen bo and sunny, the two dogs. Reporter bundled up to have a good time on the south side of the white house lawn wasnt too shabby at all. With the sun out and the winds beging pavement is drying out, but still, caution for the afternoon travel impact due to some strong winds. It may be gusting to 40 miles an hour, but no travel problems. Later on we should have calm winds, so no travel problems tuesday and wednesday. Cooler tomorrow, lots of sunshine, afternoon highs reaching the mid60s. A bit cooler on wednesday. Upper 50s to near 60 wednesday afternoon. A d. C. Firefighter is seriously hurt after this fire in northeast washington. You can see the flames inside and smoke pouring out of an Apartment Building on east capitol street. Two residents are also hurt, one of them seriously. Investigators are trying to figure out what started this fire last night. In Prince Georges County, a woman is recovering from a shooting. This happened about 7 00 last night on from mandin road. Police are offering a reward to anyone who can help them figure out who shot this woman. Investigations are under way this morning into the death of an alexandria inmate. Authorities say the 54yearold inmate was taken to a villanova hospital after he had a medical emergency. He later died. He was initially being housed in a medical unit at the detention center. The Sheriffs Office are looking into what happened. The report on earthquakes can help the government make Emergency Management warnings and help engineers make building safety decisions. This midday, the taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack on a new Afghani Parliament building. Militants claim a series of rocket blasts hurt many people, was hurt. The rocket came from a nearby hill early this morning as the countrys top intelligence officials prepare to address the assembly in kabul. She was a trailblazing broadcaster, and today people around the world are mourning the loss of mother mary angelica. The 92yearold died at her monastery in alabama. She was the founder of the largest catholic site network. She received a video last month from pope francis asking her to pray for him. Angelica left an indelible mark on the state, the Catholic Church and the world. Today president obama will be the keynote speaker at the Award Celebration for the Syracuse University toner prize for excellence and political journalism. The Award Ceremony will be here in the district. The toner prize is part of the Toner Program and political reporting at syracuse. The Program Honors the life and work of theat the First Female National Political Correspondent for the new york times. For teams are headed for houston and four are going home. Three topseeded teams lost, including virginia. They were outscored by 20 points in the second half. Seniors said they cant believe theyre headed home. Im happy because ive done so many great things with this team. I have brothers for life now. Im sad because its over and angry because we blew that lead. Thats just the way it goes. In addition to syracuse, villanova, oklahoma, North Carolina are playing in houston this coming saturday. The National Championship game is one week from tonight. Well, you may have seen or shared a photo on the internet. This one is a sad pawpaw. Many of hisgr was his reaction. However, the photo went viral. Take a look over the weekend. He was the center of attention at his giant cookout. Hundreds of people were there. Hard to believe this many people are excited about a cookout. Ive always been one that thought the internet you can say anything you want, you dont have to act on your saying. But the internet has really stepped up today. The cookout happened in oklahoma. People from california and even one person from germany showed up for pawpaw. Looks like happy pawpaw there when the cookout was over. Skill was everything when it came to finding easter eggs, and some kids got a little off target. A reminder you can watch news4 anywhere s. Here is what youre cli taking a picture with the easter bunny is a tradition for lots of families. Not so much for one celebrity toddler. This is kelly clark sons daughter river. She posted that picture on twitter this week saying river loves the easter bunny just about as much as she loves santa claus. Ha ha, happycamper. He took off on an egg hunt in western pennsylvania, ended up in some nearby woods. The good news is he is okay, made it back to the kids, and the Easter Egg Hunt went on as planned. It didnt really get good reviews, but its box office gold. Were talking about batman versus superman. It was the top Opening Weekend, the best launch ever and the sixth biggest Opening Weekend of trending right now. Back to you. A Wild Police Chase as a carjacker speedshrough neighborhoods while the owner watches it play out on live the winds are starting to pick up. Theres a live view from the storm team 4 National Harbor camera. A little bit of a chop on the potomac river, the view from Prince Georges County. With sunshine, winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour this afternoon. Afternoon highs into the mid60s, then diminishing winds overnight tonight. Down to the mid40s by dawn on tuesday. Tomorrow lots of sunshine. Afternoon highs right around 60 degrees. A little bit of a breeze tomorrow. Then a lighter wind and chilly on wednesday morning. The upper 30s much of the region, afternoon highs upper 50s, partly cloudy. Any chance of any rain looks to be thursday afternoon and evening. Pretty good chance of that rain coming through, maybe a Little Thunder and lightning, temperatures up to 70 degrees before the rain arrives. Some showers may be lingering on monday. Heres a look at the weekend. Cooler. Next saturday and sunday looking dry with highs right around 60 degrees. Im mon yang. Alexandria sheriffs have found the identity of the inmate who died in custody. He was 54 years old from puerto rico. He was in custody when he died following a medical emergency. Because this is an incustody depth, the Alexandria Police department will conduct a Death Investigation and the Sheriffs Office will conduct an internal review. Im an yang at the live desk. A pretty wild police in california with a woman behind the wheel. The driver new truck, lurched toward its owner and took off. Its not clear why she was running. The truck owner said she was worried the whole time someone would get seriously hurt. I was just screaming at her to stop. I had tears in my eyes and i was watching, praying she was not going to hurt somebody. Reporter the chase finally ended when the carjacker spun out, tried to get in the drivers side of the Police Cruiser when officers were able to tackle her to the ground. One idea for taking your coffee on the go. Student and inventor carl son brews up one cup of joe. Just pop in one of those single serving travel pods and in just moments, your coffee is brewed while on the run. Theyre only taking proorders right now. Im going to make something with a little frothy milk on top. Some new developments in the fight to fill a Supreme Court suit its about taking a stand. For too long, wall street banks had their way. They crashed our economy. But democrat Donna Edwards wont take their money because she stands up for us. As a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. Shell be our voice. Tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. Democrat Donna Edwards, marylands next senator. Im unyang at the live desk. Supreme court eric meeting with ben cardin and joe donnel donnelly. Look at the washington app with what comes out of these meetings. Justices will hear arguments over a persons right to a speedy trial and whether it also applies to the sentencing phase of a trial. The question comes after it took 14 months for a man to learn his sentence. Prince georges county detective jakai coleson will be laid to rest in his hometon. Thousands of officers attended his funeral on sunday. He was killed after someone started to shoot outside a Reagan National at 60 degrees. North and west of washington, the low 60s. Shenandoah valley and our nearby sub ushurbs in virginia. Southern virginia by the bay where the clouds are still clearing out. As we get into the afternoon hours, its going to be tough biking. If you get your bike out, now would be a good time to do it until 2 00 or so. Well be hovering in the low 60s to mid60s, then the winds pick up between 3 00 and 6 00 p. M. Some wind will be at 40 miles an hour, but some temperatures will be in the low to mid60s through the afternoon. Meanwhile, cubas former president fidel castro wrote in a letter to cuba state media that the island nation doesnt need a gifts from the united states. This comes following president Barack Obamas historic trip to the he didnt meet with fidel castro on the trip. He only met with his brother and current president raul castro. A man convicted of murder is on the run in ohio. He was missed during a count at a local prison. A local college is closed saturday of this search. The man is serving a 15year to life sentence for robbery, murder and escape. A Taliban Group is claiming responsibility for a bombing in pakistan. 70 people died, mostly women and children. It targeted christians celebrating the Easter Holiday at a park. The bombs went off near the childrens rides. Nearly 300 people were hurt. The government has declared three days of mourning while they follow looking into this terror attack. And now to the latest on the investigation in the brussels terror attacks. 30 people 40 people who were in the hospital also died. One was released. Police said they didnt have enough to justify holding that man. The metro lines that had been closed since the attacks reopened over the weekend with the exception of one station where the bombs went off. The airport will bec closed u

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