Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm 20150327 : vimarsana

Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm 20150327

Evidence and will the be driven by speculation nor rumors. Reporter perhaps the most important physical evidence, the autopsy. How he died will help explain exactly what happened. Now another thing that remains unclear is what led police to search the septic tank on the familys property. They told us as they were searching for noah in the days leading up to finding him they searched the property over and over again meticulously and methodically and found nothing suspicious until they ultimately found noah yesterday. Live in dublin im mola lenghi for wusa9. Some gut wrenching details emerging about the copilot blamed for deliberately crashing that german airliner into the french alps. Investigators have uncovered evidence indicating Andrea Lubitz was struggling with an illness. Andrea mccarren is live in the studio with more. What did they find . Perhaps most chilling is that investigators discovered a torn up doctors note urging the copilot to go on medical leave the day of the tragedy. Investigators scouring the apartment of Andreas Lubitz did not find a suicide note, but they did uncover medical paperwork indicating the 27 yearold was being treated for al illness, one he hid from an illness, one he hid from his employer. When someone is in the state of mind of about to commit suicide, they dont think of anything else except they must relieve their pain. Reporter lubitz is accused of locking the pilot out of the cockpit and intentionally steering Germanwings Flight 9525 into the french alps killing himself and the 149 people on board including three americans. I dont feel anger. Im really sad for the father, the parents of that young pilot. Reporter lubitz was reportedly treated for severe depression years ago and had to take several months off from his flight training. If your diabetes is not in control, dont go to work that day. If your hypertension is too severe, stay home from work. If youre depression is too severe, we need to move to that point so that theres no stigma. Reporter in germany mourners flocked to a Memorial Service for the 16 High School Students and two teachers aboard the doomed flight and here in washington flags are flying half staff outside the embassies of germany, france and spain. German hospital confirms that lubitz was a patient in february and in march for what it calls a diagnostic investigation, but officials could not share any details about what brought him there including one visit just two weeks before that crash. Europes Aviation Safety Agency is now recommending that airlines always have two people in the cockpit of an aircraft thats in flight. This afternoon a bomb threat in arlington stopped shoppers in their tracks. The Pentagon Centre mall was evacuated as a precaution just after noon right across the street from the fashion city at pentagon city. Three hours later the all clear sign was given and the mall went back to business as usual. Two people treated now at the hospital after a fire in northeast this morning around 6 30 on 19th street. We asked d. C. Fire and ems officials if the fire was suspicious. They say its still under investigation. A woman told us what happened this morning. We were woken up by the fire department, really loud banging and yelling get out, get out. They said there was a fire. As soon as i came out the building, you saw at the top of the building nothing but flames and i told them i had to get my children out and my husband and we all ran out. The fire started inside a third floor unit. One resident and one firefighter were taken to the hospital with serious but nonlife threatening injuries. Todays rain has all but ended. First alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now. It sounds like we could get some flakes on top of tomorrows chilly temps, really . Yeah, two steps forward to spring and one step back to winter and light rain down into Southern Maryland and showers, lingering there much of the day, also leonardtown and the Northern Neck along newland to reedville. This will take a few hours and you, too will clear out later tonight. Then were tracking colder air. 8 00 tonight were in the 40s, a couple sprinkles but mostly cloudy. By 10 00 low 40s north and west and mid40s downtown and then by morning we clear out briefly, kind of cold. Look at this, 31 in leesburg, manassas and well have winds tomorrow. So factor in winds, it will be in the 20s with wind chills in the morning. By 10 00 as clouds start to gather to the north and will advance this again and by 1 00, the blue is snow showers, a couple flurries or passing snow shower possible late morning and early afternoon. We will come back, talk about if we clear out tomorrow night and if the 60s are just around the corner. It turns out a daycare mom charged with felony child abuse had a state license to operate despite a history of violations. Scott broom is standing by at Montgomery County Police Headquarters with more on this case and how you can check the licensing back ground of a place taking care of your kids. Reporter its really Important Information and this case is so upsetting because the baby girl in this case remains so badly injured and because her mom told me today off camera that she really tried to do her homework on this place and she still had no idea of the history of violations. Daycare mom ana valentin arrested yesterday and charged with felony child abuse after an infant girl was shaken so badly both sides of her brain were bleeding according to a doctor note in court records. The daycare called my angel and me operated in valentins rockville home. Fun, caring and safe according to a review on cribster which lots of moms use to find daycare, but state records tell a different story. Since december of 2013 valentin written up by state inspectors for 10 Violations Including a potentially dangerous outdoor play space, lack of childproof devices and incomplete training and yet valentin did not have her license pulled until after the january 5th incident in her home that brought police to investigate. Medical personnel discovered injuries that were consistent with child abuse. Weve been investigating the case ever since. Reporter why didnt regulators suspend her license before . An email a spokesman for the state education Departments Office of child care said valentin submitted corrections quickly and they were ant the threshold that would cause the office to close the operation. The infant in this case remains seriously injured. Her mom said she found the daycare on a county website, visited the house and even met another mom for lunch to check references. She had no idea of the license violations. Valentins neighbors shocked by the allegations of abuse. Its terrible. I feel sorry for the family and the baby. If its true, you know, she should be put away. Reporter turns out here in maryland licensing violations for daycare are posted online. You just have to know where to look for them. Its a website called checkccmd. Org. If youve got a name, an address, a zip code, you fill in the screen and you can see what violations are there if they exist. I posted a link to this site checkccmd. Org in million line report on our website and on our app, wusa9. Its information you want to look at if your kids in child care. Live from Montgomery County Police Headquarters, scott broom, wusa9. Right now police in Fairfax County are on the hunt for a gunman in the shooting death of a 64yearold man. The victim was shot to death in his home last night after 8 p. M. On north kings highway theyre richmond highway. Garrett hake is there tonight and i understand you spoke with the victims son . Reporter several of the victims family members were gathered here outside the house today. Most of them didnt want to be shown on camera with the suspects still at large, but the victims son told us his father did not deserve this ending and the family wants justice. Investigators were back on the scene of last nights brutal shooting today looking for clues that might help them figure out who shot 64yearold santos zalia and why. Im devastated because i dont have a father to see anymore. Reporter also back at the house was a 24yearold son rafael. He lives here but wasnt home when the shooting happened last night. I feel like my father tried to defend himself in the household and he was shot. So i dont know what could have happened. Reporter Police Believe four men forced their way into the house around 8 p. M. Thursday night. They shot the victim multiple times, then fled possibly in a dark sedan. Investigators said today they dont believe the shooting was a random act and that the suspects and victim may have been connected. Rafael pushed back against reports that his father was involved in drugs. The only reason why i came on the news is not to be seen, its to get the record straight. There was no drug deal gone bad. Reporter he hopes the suspects are brought to justice. If youre out there, whoever did it, you know, its wrong what you did to my father and god is going to deal with you. Reporter the shooting will remain a concern for folks beyond just this family. We are across the street from an Elementary School. In Fairfax County garrett hake, wusa9. Anyone with information on this case is asked to call fairfax police. Let the jockeying begin on capitol hill. Todays retirement announcement by Senate Minority leader harry reed started a scramble for others to fill his place. The 75yearold nevada democrat said the incident of the accident he had gave him time to think about his future. I have had time to ponder and think and as a result, im not going to run for reelection. Reid was first elected to the senate in 1986, served eight years as its leader before the gop gained control in 2014. Reid was quick to remind the Current Senate majority leader he will be around another 22 months. Were just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. Allegations of sexual abuse at a Northern Virginia pen costal church, surae chinn Pentecostal Church, surae chinn brings us the latest on the investigation at 5 30. Will it be warm enough to get outdoors this weekend . Topper has the answer. Plus the investigators think they know what caused yesterdays building explosion in new york city. Right after the break the source of the oklahoma frats Oklahoma University is out with the results of its investigation into that racist chant by some members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The brothers learned the racist song at a National Leadership event organized by the frat four years ago. Lawrence also launched into an impassioned speech against racism. We can stop it. We can stop it if all of us, the institutions and organizations we belong to and all of us as individuals say we have zero tolerance for racism in america. Thats not who we are. In addition to the two frat members who were expelled for the racist chant, president born announced another 25 students would be disciplined. Investigators are getting to the bottom of yesterdays building explosion in new york city. The evidence suggests it was a gasrelated explosion caused by plumbing and gas work done on the building. Utility crews were on site in Lower Manhattan about an hour before the blast. Deblasio said they discovered faulty work had been done. The end result was two buildings collapsed. Neighbors have questions about howing it was handled from that point. I think if they knew things were not right, they should have got people out of there. At last check two people are still unaccounted for. 9 team people were injured 19 people were injured, several of them critically. Beware of bicyclists. This could lap if someone is not paying happen if someone is not paying attention. A cyclist hit the deck when he passed a parked van and the drive opened the door on k street and wisconsin avenue in northwest d. C. , talk about a wakeup calls. Medics took the cyclist to the hospital, no word on his condition, what a spill. Talk about incredible timing. Its called one of the most disruptive traffic projects of the year, so you may want to steer clear of it on 16th street. Bridge repairs started after midnight to continue the next four months. Rush hour saw major backups this morning and tonight its expected to be just as bad. One lane each direction is open, but thats not going to stop the bottlenecking. Thats not the only area affected. Only one label of military road is open during the week lane of military road is open during the week. On the weekends its closed altogether. Sometimes you have to find alternate routes and you still end up backed up there because everybody else is finding the same alternate route. Ddot encouraging drivers to try to take Georgia Avenue. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather. How about an alternate forecast, topper . How about the silver lining. Lets do that. Its going to be dry. You can bike ride, walk on the canal, just bundle up a little bit. Tomorrows flurries will be conversational. Well have more sun on sunday. If the flurries scare you tomorrow, wait for sunday. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam. Temperature 51, high today the midnight temp at 54. Dew points low in the low 30s and the winds still northwest at 10. We have drier air moving in and quite frankly colder air as well. Radar the past hour, this activity has been very slow to leave Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck. That. , were looking at still rain around leonardtown, st. Marys city. Over the next hour or so this should push off to the south. You folks will dry out a little bit, not necessarily clear out. Colder tonight. Grab a coat and gloves if youre going out. Treat tonight like a winters night. Well have a few flakes tomorrow and 10 to 20 mileper hour winds and gusty, so wind chills in the morning will be in the 20s, wind chills all day will be in the 30s. Dress for the 30s. Ill put this on my twitter account in a minute that its going to be a Great National kite festival tomorrow morning on the mall. Bundle the kids up. The wind will cooperate, but it will be cold. Sunday will be better but cool, highs around 50 and i want to emphasize this, our silver lining, the weekend looks okay for outdoor activities. Temperatures tonight low to mid 40s and by 10 00 some breaks in the clouds, 41 in gaithersburg, 42 in leesburg, 46 downtown. Then by morning i think well clear out briefly with temperatures in the low 30s in the suburbs, going below freezing tonight north and west. By 10 a. M. Were looking at 30s and thats when the kite festival starts. So its 36 downtown on the mall. Again bundle the kids up. Its going to be dress for the 20s if you go out tomorrow morning at the kite festival. 1 00, some snow showers showing up just north of i70 around frederick and again during the afternoon there will be some showers and snow showers pushing through with temperatures in the low to mid 40s and yes, we can have snow showers with temps in the 40s at the surface because above its below freezing. By 10 30 tomorrow night we clear out and temps tank, low 30s by 10 00, 10 30 and 20s tomorrow night in the burbs. Tonight mostly cloudy, breezy, colder, 20s tonight in the burbs, 28 to 36, cannot rule out a late flurry. Tomorrow morning partly sunny, breezy, cold, some blurries or a late morning snow shower, 28 to 40. By afternoon partly sunny, breezy and cold, better chance for flurries or snow showers early afternoon, highs 40 to 45. With the wind dress for 30s. 35 to start at 7 00, 35 at 9 00, 30 stefan at 11 00, maybe a flurry 37 at 11 00, maybe a flurry. Sunday still cool, the raindrop is for sunday night and maybe an Early Morning shower on monday. Low 60s on tuesday, upper 60s wednesday, maybe a few showers late in the day for april fools and late next week looks unsettled, rain or showers thursday and friday but mild. From tenacious topper to madmen in d. C. , coming up why jon hamm and other cast members made a cameo at the American History museum today. 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