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WRC News4 Midday March 27, 2017

Lives. Police tell me leads are slim. But no suspect. They are also neighbors and that taylor made a lot of friends. He used to cut our grasp. He dont cause any trouble. The 15yearold was would go house to house to cut grandson. The friendly face that many were happy to help. Then saturday night the sound of gunfire. I have no clue. Like i was sitting in the living room here, but i heard the gunshot. Not knowing first it was taylor. He died a short time later. Now at that spot, a e growing tribute of bears and balloons. His sister spoke about the sudden senseless loss. Husband little brother looks up to him. c at Brooklyn Middle School where taylor had been a student, on the block where he lost his life, a a call for anyone with information to step forward. Him. He was a really good kid that was actually trying. To give you a sense of how close this block is, we are told that moments after dennis was shot that neighbors with medical training race d over ask tried o save his life. His grandmother tells me this evening they are planning a get together on this block for a vigil in his honor. Justin finch, news 4. Thank you, justin. Prince georges county police are working hrd to solve three separate homicides. The first happened on laurel. A man was found dead on the scene there. The second happened saturday night on columbia place. Just yesterday a man was found dead at the Camden College park apartments. No suspect information has been released onc any of these crim. All morning long crews searched for a reported missing pern the search began just before midnight. Water crews were called in to try u to find that person. No far, no one has been pulled from the water. Were working to learn how this fire started. It sent smoke pouri ining into air. Take a look at those flames. This was near 450. One firefighter was hurt, but not seriously. All of the people who lived there made it out safely. Today a woman in secret service says had been busted for jumping fences at and near the white house three times in one week will be in court. The big question today is if if a judge will keep her behind bars this time. The secret service says marci wall is carrying a sleeping bag and backpack when she scaled the fence near the Treasury Building yesterday. Wall is from washington state. The 38yearold was arrested tuesday dangling from the white house fence. Guilty and the judge ordered her to stay away from the white house. Wall was rearrested friday after officers saw her near lafayette park. During her saturday Court Appearance, she was ordered to stay away. About 12 hours later, the secret service arrested waul near the Treasury Building. Shell make her third Court Appearance today. Right now, republicans are playing the blame game after their stunning defeat on health care and its the House Freedom caucus getting the brunt of it after President Trump criticized them on twitter yesterday. Tracie potts has more. Reporter america still fuming over the failure to replace or improve obamacare. Congress just wasnt ready. Reporter the white house blames plau llawmakers. President trump shifting focus tweeting just hours ago about success at the border and promising to do what congress hasnt in 30 years, tax reform. The vision on lowering taxes for every american is whats going to unitec not just the republican party, but of some of the democrats are going to come on board as well. If they do the same on tax reform and the overwhelming majority of the cuts go to the wealthy and special interests, Corporate America and the middle class and the poor people are left out, they will lose again. Reporter today the president is expected to announce a new office of American Innovation led by Jared Kushner to make america run like a business. Also a Committee Vote on Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. I have not made a decision yet, but i was not pleased with his a answers. New challenges for the same congress and a president trying to put his first big defeat behind him. President trump says hes not done with health care. Hell come back to it at some point later he thinks after obamacare tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Turning become to the Senate Judiciary vote on neil gorsuch, they have used committee ruled to delay the vote. Its expected to happen next week. The president s Budget Proposal is getting strong c reaction here in our area. Democrats in Montgomery County came out to oppose it today. Derrick ward is live in Silver Springs. What did they say . Reporter they say though the fog has lifted, they remain in a fog in terms of gubernatorial leadership on the proposal on the budget. Leadership in and a budget that could have an adverse skt on the stit of maryland and put it in a state of emergency. Local democrats and their supporters say these are critical times tr the state of maryland amidcuts and programs protecting the chesapeake bay. Our number one resource in the state. Reporter cuts to the tune of 6 billion at nih. Thats not only an employer of 20,000 people here in bethesda, its a vital source of research and hope. Reporter and the Affordable Care act. I would be one of the people who would not only lose insurance, but i probably would die if the Affordable Care act is repealed. Reporter the Trump Administration unveiled a budget that targets maryland for extreme and decimating ccuts. It would hurt all areas of the state. They are calling on larry logan to be more e vocal on those issues. He is silent simply because its politically expedient to do so. Reporter Governor Hogan indicated some from the agenda and has written letters about how well the state is doing under obamacare as well as support for medicaid extension and he wrote in his fathers name on his ballot instead of vote iing for the president las november. But critics say thats not enough. If were going to be vigilant and continue to ask the questions, wheres our reporter we did reach out to the Governors Office e get a response on the claims and some of the things that folks said here today. Were still waiting to hear back. Derrick ward, news 4. Back to you. Thank you. We do have some breaking news coming out of great falls. Rescue crews just pulled a woman from the water. They got a 911 call around 10 00 this morning after witnesses heard a a splash andc saw somee struggling in the water. Crews from virginia and maryland responded. The woman was found ask pulled from the water around 10 30. Cpr was immediately started and has been taken to the hospital. No word on her condition. Up next, lawmakers are pushing a bill through the state house in maryland that could help keep traffic moving and tempers tr flaring. Sglncht the search for the g gunman responsible for a mass shooting inside an ohio nightclub. The russian Opposition Leader is going to jail for the next two weeks. He appeared in court after the big protests over the weekend. He was arrested at one of them. c tens of thousands marched agai u. S. Condemned. T. Its an app that people use, but the British Government is investigating whether a terror suspect actually used whatsapp. Encorrupt cans messages meaning no one else can access or read them. The suspect use d it moments before his deadly attack. Police are working with the app company to figure out who he was talking to and if they knew about the deadly plot. Four people including one american were killed during last weeks attack outside parliament. His wife is still in the hospital. Her brother spoke to reporters this morning. Her health is steadily improving and she has been strengthened by the presence of her family. The most difficult part of all of this is that kurt is no longer with us. At the toim of the the couple had beel 9 it was the final day of their 25th wedding anniversary trip. Investigators will be from inside a cincinnati nightclub, which became the scene of a mass shooting sunday morning. A 27yearold man was killed and 1 15 others were joured. Police are looking for more than one suspect after they say a gunfight broke out inside that crowded club. They say the venn you has a list of problems. Saturday night it is a a young crude. We have had incident heres in the past, but this is it the worst by far. There have been no arrested made in this case. The wife of a man awe accused of kidnapping his tomorrower student is pleading with her husband. On sunday she called on her husband for a second time to release Elizabeth Thomas and turn himself in. The 15yearold has been missing for about two weeks now and despite has not yet been any sign of her. A 19yearold woman from virginia has died and a 17yearold boy is charged with her murder. Front royal investigators say they uhu to near randolphmacon academy because someone reported a possible hitandrun. The young womans injuries werent the kind you get from an accident. It looks like there was some kind of fight in the street. The woman died on the way to the hospital. She was from front royal. Right now, were working for you to help you protect your car from all those potholes that can do some major damage. The department of transportation says it gets reports of anywhere from dozens to hundreds of potholes every day. Officials say the drastic change in weather recently has taken a toll on the rods. Crews are working to make sure they get filled in as quickly as possible. The liquid precipitation freezes. Then when it thaws, it pops out and forms a pothole. We encourage customers if they see a pothole to contact us and let us know about it. Our aim is to get that taken care of within 24 to 48 hours. Are you seeing potholes where you live . E we want to help you get them fixed. Just take a picture and tweetc it. Maryland is one step closer to ticketing drivers who slow traffic down. Our News Partners report that the bill would fine driver who is drive too slowly in the passing lane and it has cleared the house of delegates. Its now waiting for a vote in the senate. If approved, it would not apply during rush hour or if the driver was turning from the left lane. Covering Prince Georges County now, whole foods repairing to open its first ever store in the county. The organic groesher will open april 12th. You can see its near east west highway. The store will have a selfservice express station, pizza counter and stations where you can customize your own. I dont know what goes in there any way. Upsets are stillc in play the ncaa tournament. Some amazing game this is past weekend. I u couldnt get my husband off the couch. Those teams are looking forward to the final four. This is video of the South Carolina gamgameco cks. The chap game is one week from today. Sglz. Another big sports event happening. Its nats opening day and know news 4 will be there. We learned Stephen Strasburg will open the game. We know youre wondering about the best nats pitcher matt scherzer. Heavy deal iing with the hand injury but shouldnt be too far behind is what were being told. Right now, were following a developing story out of japan. A deadly avalanche. The victims high school students. The effort to rescue the group has been going on for hours now. The new information now being released. Eight people, including seven high school students, died in an avalanche. E we just got that information confirm ed in the last hour or so. This is just north of tokyo. The students and the teachers were learning mountain climbing safety when that snow came down. Thats pretty intense hail in oklahoma. Take a look at that and listen to it. Not baseball season yet, but some of the hail that was big and delay ed a school in texas because of buss were damaged. There was also tornado warnings in texas, but the National Weather service has not said sade if the tornado pu rq down. And violent enough to put holes in the windshield. We cant complain too much about thing to. We have areas offing to. Look atthe temperatures rising because of it. 52 degrees in the district. Well be closer to the 70s this afternoon. 51 in quantico. So now that the fog is lifting, temperatures are warming. But if we go through the afternoon, look at the 68 degrees in front royal. Any peek of sunshine is quickly going to warm us up. Its warm higher up in the atmosphere and were going to see that later on today. If youre exercising today around noon, still around 60 degrees. A chance of a sprinkle. Still the chance of a shower. Well have the umbrella with you. Mostly dry and still pretty warm outside. Right now, heres a a look at all the cloud cover th it hasnt really cloered. Itsc just lift ed. A few showers riegts around winchester. Right across 81. Those will slowly be making their way toward frederick. Through the day today, this afternoon, still a chance of a shower. Even by 6 00. Then we go sbo tomorrow. 1 00 p. M. We could still see the shower activity moving in. The better chns for thunderstorms comes tomorrow amp. So 5 00 p. M. E we get scattered showers. You seat gray skies. A chns of a shower, but well be warming up tomorrow. Still in the 70s. 74 degrees and afternoon thunderstorms. Then we really clear out nicely wednesday and thursday. Cooler temperatures move in friday after a next chance of rain. A look at your tenday forecast coming up. Might have to stay indoors and do some other appreciate a physicist using his degree to come up with a wine bottle that doesnt drip. I have been craving wine for six months. I have another four to go here. Thec scientists says this desi is additional 2 millimeter groove. You can see the dm moe right there. The groove catches the liquid as the bottle gets tipped back up. It came after the design after spending three years very drunk, im just cudding. Watching video of the people pouring wine. I could have done that in a few minutes. We were talking about this earlier. The twist of the wrist, when you go to a nice restaurant, you try to imitate that. Or get the groove in the bottle. By now, we have been talking about this story too. You have heard about this next story. United refusing to allow two girls on a plane because were wearing leggings. United said they were following policy, but some are calling it sexist. And youre looking at the scene of a fouralarm fire in oakland. Why this area is too familiar with a fire like this right now, firefighters are still working to put out a massive fire in oakland. Take a a look at the cloud of smoke there billowing from what looks like an apartment building. Officials say they have rescued several people from this building, but didnt give a specific number there. Firefighters have been working on this blaze since 6 00 a. M. Four months ago, a fire at an illegal warehouse in oakland killed 36 people. This next story is getting a lot of attention and reaction on social media. United airlines refused to let two teens wearing leggings board a flight. The airline says the teens did not meet the dress code for special pass travelers. Joe fryer reports how many are callingc the dress code sexist. Reporter the outrage began sunday when two girls were denied entry on to a flight by the gate agent. The reason, they were wearing spandex lein shes forcing them to change or put dresses on or they cant board. When does united policewomens clothing . United responded we do have the right to refuse transport for passenger who is are barefoot or not properly clothed. Lots who witnessed the incident said they were traveling with an adult man wearing short asks he wasnt stopped. The reaction on social immedime fast and furious. Since when are leggings inappropriate . Is United Airlines Fashion Police . Even Patricia Arquette weighed in it. It looks like we cant fly. Ewe thieted later clarified the girls were traveling on the pass program which provides free flights for relatives and friends of united employees. The airline told us it has stricter dress code requirements for these nonrevenue passengers because they are considered representatives of united. c the restrictions for them, no spandex, mini securit, or tear its. The dress code for friends and Family Program are common among all airlines. This travel blogger says he sees those passengers bar red from flights all the time because of their clothing. The policy does seem more sexist than other airlines because they restrict leggings and mostly articles of clothing that women would wear while men are mostly free to go as long as they dont wear flipflops. That was joe fryer reporting. The instructor dress code policy for nonrevenue passengers is made clear to all employees and its up to them to ensure their family and follow it when flying. Uniteds dress code for paying clothes is limited to Roper Clothing and no it bare feet. Right now day two of an annual policy conference is underway at the Washington Convention center. The American Israel Public Affairs committee is the largest proisrael organization. People have been listening to several speakers morning. Paul ryan and ambassador to the u. N. Both expected to speak later today. The Vice President spoke to the group yesterday and said that President Trump is committed to israels security. While there will undoubtedly have to be compromises, i can assure you all President Trump will never compromise the safety and security of the jewish state of israel. The Vice President reiterated that the president is giving serious consideration to moving the American Embassy to je reduce leg lumbar jerusalem. One candidate appears to be leading the pack in the governors race. Former chairma

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