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WRC News4 This Week September 26, 2015

Has been for the District Of Columbia. One that we wont soon forget. From addressing a joint session of congress to mingling with the poor in washington, the holiest man in the world made history here in our city over and over again. Wednesday we saw pope francis circle the ellipse in the popemobile following an elaborate welcoming ceremony at the white house that all started at 17th street on the west side of the white house grounds before turning down constitution avenue and up 15th. The holy father waived, giving blessings to the crowd, even taking time to kiss babies as he made his way along the route. Heres news4s pat collins. [ cheers ] reporter it was a parade of just one man, but the impact it had simply stirring. He went by, i was like, oh, my god, i hope he turns around. Please turn around. He got to the corner and turned around. Ive w i was done. I felt so excited. Reporter the main venereal wasnt at the white house. It was in the streets around it. Tens of thousands of people lined up for a glimpse of the holy father. Some waited for hours. This is like last minute. You know, were going to see the pope. Reporter are you left at ten sdplk. Yeah. Reporter last night from pittsburgh . Yeah. Reporter you slept in the parking lot to see the pope. Yeah. Reporter some had traveled from other countries. Youre from where . Canada. Canada . Reporter you came from canada to see the pope . Yes. Reporter what does he mean to you . Hes love. [ cheering ] reporter some cheered and sang as the anticipation grew. [ wild cheering ] reporter and then there he was. In that popemobile, waving and blessing the crowd as he went down the avenue. He paused to kiss a baby. A baby handed to him by a secret service agent. He waited as the little girl bought him a tshirt. Then more waves and more blessings. Though there were thousands and thousands of people [ cheering ] reporter many thought the pope was really just there for them. I felt that he was looking right at my face. I dont know if he was or not, but he looked like he was looking he went like it. And i went, yes this week you saw the first canonization ever to take place on u. S. Soil. 25,000 people looked on at the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as he made serra a saint. The event was as controversial as it was historic. Reporter you may not know him but his face is west of the best known in california history. Junipero serra who at midlife decided he needed a change. What he was doing as an academic was not exactly the kind of thing he felt he was ordained to be a priest for. Reporter robert sancowitz is a history professor and new book on serra. He writes how serra arrived to set up a system of Catholic Missions and bring gospel and make native americans citizens of the british empire. He wanted to make them catholic and teaching european agriculture. Reporter before his death, serra founded nine of the 21 missions in california, converting as many as 90,000 indians to catholicism. John ford is a theology professor at catholic university. He is a founder of catholicism. Sometimes hes called the apostle of california. Reporter saint Pope John Paul ii bee atified serra in 19. Earlier this year, pope francis announced he would elevated serra to saint and called him a saintly example of the churchs universality and a special patron of hispanic people of the country, but not everyone is on board. I was stunned and amazed, surprised, all of the above. Then i was angry. Reporter Anthony Morales is chief red blood of the gabrialino tonga band of indians near los angeles, one of self groups against ser several groups against serras conn canonization. Our people were beaten, tortured, our women were raped. It was forced labor and, of course, religion. Reporter the mexicana has held protest and has arkccused e church of genocide. A mix of coercion. A difficult thing to understand in the 21st century. Reporter serra said it it was a oneway street of sorts and indians who tried to leave it were found and disciplined, usually flogged. Across the entire mission period, european diseases from which native americans had no immunity killed up to 150,000 native californians. They argued the pope by canonizing serra is kind of canonizing the whole Mission System and accepting and even approving the kind of huge death rate that happened there. Reporter sankow at this z thinks the places of safety considered missionaries protectors. Serras revered position in history takes hold as the church moves forward with canonization. At the basilica, serra stands prominently among figures in stained glass in the sacred room reserved for priests to prepare for mass. And just below the mosaic of blessed Junipero Serra commemorating his journey to and mission in the new world. In washington, aaron gilchrest, news4. The other big talk around town this week is the holy fathers humble choice of transportation. For three days, we saw pope francis zigzag around in this humble fiat 500l. A local sdip crediting the holy father with helping close a couple of deals. At least one woman was on the fence about the fiat until now. Called me this morning and said, hey, i think ive reconsidered my purchase of the fiat 500. Id like to come in and get one. Then, of course, the popemobile. That was a modified Jeep Wrangler which is also a product of fiat chrysler. If you preorder the new iphone 6, pope francis may be the reason that it has yet to arrive. U. P. S. Announced this week that deliveries may be delayed due to traffic restrictions around the d. C. Area. If you havent gotten it in the mail, u. P. S. Suggests tracking your package on line. Just that easy. All of our coverage on pope francis visit is on line. Download the nbc washington app when you get a chance this weekend, please do. Check out the special papal visit section. Five years late and 80 million over budget, the Silver Spring Transit Center finally opened this week. Ahead on news4 this week, was it worth it . And criminals passing drug tests even while theyre high. The news4 iteam tells us why its about to change. Welcome back to news4 this week. The silver line continues its expansion out to dulles. A new construction project is about to kick off. Crews will be expanding the bridge over centreville road in herndon. That means that centreville road will be closed at times, and a lot of the drivers, if you are one of those that hit the road, youll be impacted. We know that construction will start in the next couple of weeks. The longdelayed Silver Spring Transit Center debuted on monday. For years, commuters have waited at stops for buses scattered across Silver Spring. Now theyre all in one location. Despite a long history of problems and delays, things seem to be running fairly smoothly. This week, the district got a big boost from the Obama Administration for police body cameras. D. C. Received a Million Dollars in federal cash to equip its Police Officers with controversial cameras, all part of a larger 20 million being distributed to dozens of agencies across the country. 2,400 body cams were purchased with that money. Once we actually procure the cameras and get them outfitted for officers, the District Of Columbia will have one of the most robust body camera programs in the country. The council and mayor have yet to work out final details. Among the issues, who is allowed to see the footage and whether or not it will be subject to frame of information request. The council expects to answer all those questions by the end of october. Just be patient. The d. C. Court system is about to become the first in the nation to test all offenders for synthetic drugs. In a news4 iteam exclusive, Tisha Thompson takes you inside the districts lab for the first time to show you how the people were cheating the system and why thats all about to change. Reporter in this lab, every cup you see contains a hidden story. A tale about someone who just went to jail or recently got out on probation or parole in washington, d. C. Everybody who comes through lockup at superior court and in the district court, we ask them if they would want to give a urine specimen. Reporter cliff keenan runs the Pretrial Services agency and says this is the first time hes ever allowed a Television Camera inside his lab because hes made a major decision that he hopes will dramatically change the drug culture in the city. For decade Pretrial Services has used machines like this to prescreen for marijuana, cocaine, pcp, amphetamines, and opiates like heroin. This is testing positive for marijuana. Reporter forensic chemists like Kendra Anderson process about 143,000 tests a month. The prescreening will say, for example, that are you on opiates. This confirmation will say the opiate that you were on is codeine. Reporter until now shes relied on these gcms machines to tell her how much of the drug was in someones system. One machine for each type of drug. This is a moment of truth. This will sail whether youre yay or nay. Reporter they knew their tests did not cover synthetic drugs. They allowed the doctor at the Maryland Center for Substance Abuse research to analyze their leftover samples to see what they might be missing. Among young men in the district, as much as 50 of the people who pass the limited type test test positive for synthetic drugs. Its amazing. Reporter he says it became quickly apparent why the number was so high. If people are aware that theyre going to be part of a drug monitoring or drugtesting program, they know what drugs are tested for. They know marijuana is being tested for, but not synthetic. They switch and use only the synthetic canamenoids during the period they know theyll be tested. Reporter he tested a small sample of violent offenders this july which revealed 20 were on synthetic drugs when they were taken into custody. But these new tests are expensive. Keenan says it costs 1. 60 to test for the traditional drugs. But a private lab charges about 25 a sample to test for synthetics which is why he bought this new lcms machine. Its very expensive. Not a little bit expensive. Very expensive. Reporter it can test for any kind of drug, including synthetics, for about 3. 50 a sample. People who will are using some of the street drugs like b bizarro and scooby snacks and k2 who thought we were not able to detect those drugs or see they were being used, well be in a position to identify those. We will be reporting back to the court or to the supervising officer the fact that this person, in fact, was using the drug. Reporter keenan says this machine makes them the first agency of their kind in the nation to test for these types of drugs and hopes that as word spreads, these samples will tell a new story about people no longer using synthetics to cheat the system. Tisha thompson, news4 iteam. And tisha has put the first batch of Violent Crime numbers linked to synthetic drugs on our nbc washington app. Click on investigations. Still ahead on news4 this week, the salmonella scare threatening a popular new d. C. Restaurant. What one woman says happened to her after she ate at fig and olive. Hope for a local High School Student in need of a new wheelchair. Wait until you see how the community responds. Play Awesome Party song. phone ringing whats up mikey . Hey buddy i heard youre having a party. What . If i was having a party, id invite you. Would you . Yeah. phone ringing oh i got another call. Adam im not having a party hey chris whats up you heard about adams party man . Its going to be crazy. I knew it beep find the closest party store. Introducing appconnect. google voice here are your directions. Michael im gonna throw my own party. The things you love on your phone, available on 11 volkswagen models. A trendy new restaurant in the district is back open, but now theyre facing legal troubles. Its after several salmonella cases were reported by customers who ate or drank at fig and olive restaurant at the city center d. C. Over labor day weekend. The women who filed the multimilliondollar suit all claiming personal injury and negligence. She says that she collapsed during a halfmarathon in the early stages of the illness. Up to a dozen others have reached out also to an attorney. The man who founded reston, virginia, more than 50 years ago died monday at the age of 101. News4 talked to him in may. Well, as he led students at lake anne elementary on a biketoschool day, he told us he was most proud of lake annes plaza. This week, he was remembered as a visionary. He founded reston on april 10th, 1964. One of the first master planned communities in the united states. Theres been an outpouring of support for a local student inspiring a whole community. Ibra has Cerebral Palsy and desperately needs a new wheelchair. His classmates at what the kins Mill High School in gaithersburg watkins Mill High School in gaithersburg started a campaign to raise money for him. Theyve surpassed their goal, raising more than get this 30,000. All that money will help ibras family get that wheelchair and pay for some other medical expenses. Still to come on news4 this week, it was supposed to be a traffic nightmare in d. C. This week. How did metro hold up to all the crowds . And the papal parade that you didnt get to see complete with secret Service Protection and a secret Service Protection and a bishops escort. I was about to head to thecheck. Bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. Like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. Mobiledeposittechnothingy to the rescue. Im rayna. And i bank human at td bank. In the days, weeks leading up to the popes arrival in the district, his visit had been billed a potential traffic nightmare. Transportation experts warned that it could take up to two hours to get around the area, but most drivers say it wasnt that bad. Not as bad as expected. Earlier in the week, the petition began to circulate to get pope francis to bless the metro system. Maybe it worked. Saving one of the best moments of the week here for last, a papal parade brought to you by the students at st. Jude Catholic School in rockville. The group included students from a preschool all the way to eighth grade, 4yearold Maxamiliano Hernandez played the pope. Other students played the cardinals and even secret service. Students watched the real parade afterwards in the school auditorium. Thats delightful. Thats all for news4 this week, and what a week it has been. Im veronica johnson. Thanks for joining us. Well leave you now with some more moments from the popes historic visit right here in washington, d. C. Until next time, remember, be safe, be kind, and be happy. [ applause ] the pope. Welcome to redskins chronicles. Im Larry Michael at redskins park. Each week rredskins chronicles takes an indepth look at this storied legacies. We look at charley taylor. The redskins are off this weekend. We have a little bit more time to sit down with one of the greats to ever wear the burgundy and gold. Charley taylor has had an incrle

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