Right now on news 4 this week. On alert. How Jewish Centers across the country are deal with a growing number of bomb threats marylands largest county takes on the governor over school funding. Peak bloom just around the corner because of the unusually warm winter weve had. Welcome to news 4 this week. Hi, everyone. First up the growing wave of anti antime man tick crimes. Several schools had to be evacuated this week after threatening calls. Mark seagraves have the message for jewish leaders and the police. The Political Climate in the country is such right n situation. I know that the president denounced antisemitism last week and i would like to see more of that. And sort of finding out whos behind the calls. The flet to the school in rockdell was phoned in to the supper campus. They said there was a bomb on our premises and jewish souls would be destroyed. Police were on the scene within minutes. A similar threat in fairfax, according to jewish organizations, there have been nearly 70 threats to jewish schools open Community Center across the country this year. And just this weekend were more jewish cemeteries in the philadelphia area were vandalized. Its anxiety provoking for the families in the school and for the students ultimately. I think its a terrible situation that exists right now that we have toie kinds of threats. Police in montgomery and far fax counties as well as the fbi are investigating the latest threats. Im certain those facilities and the people who work and attend school there have already been advised to be aware of the surroundingin inings and if the anything suspicious, report it immediately. Prince georges county, a battle is brewing between the School Leaders and governor larry hogan. News 4s chris gordan explains whats at stake. Prince georges county schools have a lot of needs that may not be met according to the county execut executor. If the state of maryland continues diverting Public School money to subsidize private school students. We need more money to build schools. Our schools are 40, 50 years programs that we know is working. County executive baker is asking maryland lawmakers to eliminate the boost program of private school vouchers. They say Governor Hogans budget cuts 20 million from Public Schools to make available 7 million for private school subsidies. This parent went to private school but chose Public School for her child. I feel strongly that Public Schools are something that all of us hold in common, that its something that we invest in together as taxpayers. And thats important to me. Here in annapolis, there are attempts to tie the republican governor larry hogan to president trump. From this issue of favoring private schools over Public Schools, hes now made himself the outspoken supporter of trump and his antiPublic School agenda. A spokesperson for Governor Hogan sent a message saying what that the boost Program Offering public scholarships to low income students was passed by the maryland General Assembly with the agreement of its top democratic leaders. In annapolis, chris gordan, news 4. D. C. Cherry blossoms could hit peak bloom in two weeks. National park says says between march 14th and march 17th. Thats when 70 of the trees around the basin are blossoming. As tom sherwood shows us, the early bloom also means changes to the festival. The Cherry Blossom festival has been around for 90 years, the premier tourism event mere in the nations capital. More than 1. 5 Million People are expected. And the most fun celebration of japan u. S. Anywhere in the world. [ applause ]. We are going to make this Cherry Blossom festival great again because its already great. [ laughter ] the Parks Service announced warm weather would bring the blossoms unusually early. And the projected dates are march 14 to 17th, 2017. Thats even before the month long festival was officially to begin days later. The festival planners scrambling to move up some events. Okay. What does that mean for the festival this year . The festival will now start on march 15th and the presenting events and programs and tours will all continue as scheduled the Districts High School band helped kick off the festival announcement. Warm weather or not, it means millions in tourist dollars. News 4. Cant wait to get out there and see them this year. When we come back, metros safe track Program Heads to its next location. Well tell you which parts are affected. Federal workers wasting time and your money searching the web for porn. Th fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone. 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Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com news 4 your health now. Up to 15 million americans suffer from some kind of food allergy and a good number of them are children. But how do you keep well fed and safe . Weve got one couples solution. Sasha welters 18monthold daughter may be allergic to eggs. We brought her initially because she had eczema. And i was told that kids with eczema tend to have allergies. And also they said that allergies can be hereditary. I have allergies to food too. Keeping eggs out of her little girls diet has been difficult. Eggs are in everything. So this little girl is taking on a challenge at the allergy and Asthma Center in rockville. Were back to do the egg challenge and see how she does eating eggs. Hopefully we pass. That involves taking small amounts of the food of concern and introducing it at 15 to 20minute intervals and just watching for any kind of reaction. Gabriella will get one whole egg in possible reactions. Things you look for is hiefs, wheezing, difficulty breathing, swallowing of the lips, some people vomit. A combination of symptoms that we look for. How did gabriella do . This takes a load off of my shoulders and hers too. She may not have noticed. Be thats okay. You can eat eggs. Wow. What a load off. The benefits of these challenges is since theyre performed in realtime theyre pretty con cluesive and the childs diet can be safely expanded. Of course always check with your doctor to discuss the best Treatment Options for your child. Federal workers are known for working long hours and facing big todo lists. A lot of them do their jobs well. But an investigation by the news 4 i team found there are some bad apples. Scott mcfarland reports in a growing number of cases theyre on the clock but not exactly the job. Behind your computer at the office, no one over your shoulder, whats okay to click and whats not, and what if your employer is the taxpayer. Like samuel capland inside his office at this federal facility, he used his work computer to open emails from his private account. Dothat . Of course. It was the best way i can describe it is ridiculous for me to do that. Included in the emails, sexually explicit images. He admits some were even of children. It just doesnt sound rational. He later pled guilty topo session of child porn and served three years prison time. The news 4 iteam were tipped that extreme cases are rare, we investigated how long federal workers wasted t we sought records from 12 major agencies, some of the large egs government employers in d. C. And nationwide asking only for their most egregious cases, cases in which internal investigators were called in or which the employee admitted to hours of porn viewing a day. And we found more than 100 cases. Thats classified as fraud, waste an abuse. They should be working on projects. Agencies do police their Computer Networks for this as an investigator frr the Environmental ProtectionAgency Inspector general. The iteam found seven employees admitted to onthejob porn surfing since 2013. One worker admitted viewing porn for four to six hours a day. Two to six hours a day using their computer system. To view pornography. Yes, sir. And investo worker at the federal railroad searched for porn 252 hours in one year, nearly 10 full days of work time in 2013. At the Justice Department which prosecutes illegal pornography, the iteam found nearly two dozen cases in just the past two years. What does that same to the person congressman mark meadows chairs the subcommittee and says the cases found by us are unacceptable. Thats the thing that your work has shown, is this is not just an isolated incident at one particular agency. Were starting to find it across almost agency. And he said the problem will grow until federal agencies pass a sweeping zero tolerance policy, one offense and youre gone. Though every agency says computer use is against agency rules and would result in discipline, several said penalties vary. You could go from one age job of policing it. And the congressman has just introduced new law to make it illegal to search porn in government offices. Sometimes you lose track of who you are and where you are. Samuel said he should have known better. He was on the job at a Virginia Office of the fbi showing some bad apples think theyll never fall. Scott mcfarland, news 4 iteam. How did the feds crack some of these cases . The iteam posted an interactive feature in our nbc washington app. Look under investigations. He is the king of the jungle and the top cat at at the national zoo. When we come back we go inside the mouth of a lion for his regular dental checkup. Every now and then even the king of the jungle gets a toothache. And at the national zoo they dentist to take care of the problem. This week we got to watch as resident lion luke got his annual checkup. Luke was in fine form recently as he roamed the big cat house at the national zoo. Luke is clearly the king of his castle. But the big guy wasnt looking so royal when we found him kongkon conked out on an operating table. The rooth of this tooth was up here. This is veterinarian dentist bare ron hall doing a regular checkup on luke to make sure theyre thel hi. They have to knock them out. Luke has a team of technicians monitoring his vital signs and keeping asleep. He specializes in exotic animals. Hes so rare hes in demand at zoos around the country and at sanctuary is around the country. Ive worked on black bears, grizzly bears, brown bears, pretty much every cat. I havent done polar bears is on my bucket list. Wild animals need dental work because an unhealthy mouth can make an animal sick. Also alpha males can have a bad tooth, be in pain and they hide it because pain is a sign of weakness and can get them killed in the wild. Luke is quite special. He came to the national zoo when he was a year old. Luke was brought in to our facilities from a facility in south africa. Which means his specific genetic line was not represented in north america a that gave the breeders a fresh gene pool to expand the lions here in this country. Luke proved to be a rock star. Hes been an outstanding breeding animal for us, producing five litters, four of which have survived. Hes had a great run for us. Luke is now 1 is, slowing down a bit, although he can live into his 20s. Staring into the business end of a lion, one has renewed respect for this king of the beasts especially when the doctor told you this. You can extract every tooth in their mouth, the power of their muscles, they can pop your head bike a grape. Luke can still bite your head off. He left with teeth intact and a mouth cleaned up, ready to, you know. Wow. What a cool job. I had no idea that job even existed. And get this, dr. Hallro hes a member of vets without borders and provides Free Health Care for animals all over the world. Thats going to do it for news 4 this week. Were going to leave you with pictures of the Cherry Blossoms of years past. Theyll be blooming before you know it. Thanks yr joining for joining u. Have a great week. For the Bye Bye Foundation beautiful you collection from it cosmetics by jamie kern lima. Brought to you by guthy renker. Imagine having skin that looks this beautiful, this flawless, without having to wear foundation. Imagine a product that covers everything but looks and feels like youre wearing nothing. Imagine one product that is clinically shown to make your skin youngerlooking in just ten days and can make you look up to five years younger instantly. 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