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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm April 29, 2015

Long now now youre going to listen to me, basically. And now that all that anger has really gotten out i believe things are calming down. Reporter soy after those tense so after those tense moments at the dismissal of the high school today the Police Presence has sort of filtered away. There are a couple of officers watching the heavy National Guard presence, the Armored Vehicles have retracted back to the mall, closer in, away from people on standby. Theyre very much hire, theyre ready to act. The mall is still closed. And as we go into this second night of the curfew, the governor telling us today that hes going to keep the state of emergency in effect at least until through the end of this weekend. Ive talked to a number of people on the streets. A big peaceful protest is planned on sunday. A lot of the young people want to go to that. Whether it will remain peaceful is the quigg question that everybody is anxiety about here. Hopefully a sign of things to come. And a report will be presented to prosecutors on freddie grays death on friday, but it will not be public at that time. The mayor will be ready in case things turn ugly. Biturning our findings over to the States Attorneys Office as quickly as we can we are being accountable to them so we can be accountable to the public. Its certainly a concern friday and saturday when we some of the planned activities. So hopefully were going to have everything quiet here for a while, and we hope we can continue to maintain the peace. But were not going to rest until after we get through the weekend. Hogan goes on to say that the curfew will remain in place through monday. This is the second consecutive day of peace in the streets of west baltimore but there are new serious economic consequences from mondays riots. Bruce johnson joins us now. And we can tell the Ripple Effect is impacting the entire city. Reporter yeah, absolutely right. People here and downtown are not going to like hearing this that the cur few going to be extended through the weekend because its hurting businesses. Those that are Still Standing here in west baltimore and those downtown. There is the curfew and theres no baseball. Were at broadway and north. North is open, thats a positive sign. There isnt much else to talk about positively out here this afternoon. We havent made a penny. People are upset. Were just hoping and praying that things will go back to normal. Reporter the only name hell give us is jose. He smalls a small gritty grocery store. Is this a good guy. He treats everyone with respect. Reporter owners of a Check Cashing store want to know parts of our story. Their business came from working poor and fixedincome people with no checking accounts in a bank. But the consciences of the ri consequences of the riots and curfew go well beyond west baltimore. I believe the people that are doing the writing and looting are just looking for an excuse to go off. Reporter for the past two nights, there has obviously they drew a crowd. Wield have been happy to come inside and whats the difference between being on this side of the gate versus a foot inside the gate . Reporter heres the answer. Why worse than they allowed to come in through the gate, and why did they play this game at all . Buck showalter saying theres a lot that goes into it. A lot of scheduling. Theyve already had to double dip because of the games theyve missed. Theres a lot that goes through this. Theres not a lot of days off. Travel all those things. That was some of the pregame comments. Youll hear some postgame comments from the players. A surreal day is over. Quite unfortunate too because hundreds of thousands of dollars lost in revenue there as well. A calm interlude in the wake of the tensions in baltimore. [ music ] the baltimore symphony played a free outdoor concert to anyone who wanted to join them. The bso posted that we could all sue a little more music in our lives right now. I hope you were able too get out and enjoy this gorgeous wednesday. We do have a yellow alert in place for tomorrow. When are you expecting that rain to start up . Probably in the afternoon. I think tomorrow morning is going to be fine. And we have a beautiful evening right now. 6 00 in the morning mild and clouds sprinkles back in the mountains. And then by 1 00, boom. Here comes the showers and even a few thunderstorms tomorrow. Take an umbrella if youre walking to lunch tomorrow. Temperatures still pretty mild. Maybe 69, either side of 70, 1 00, and the showers continue so thats why were expecting a wet ride home and thus the yellow alert for tomorrow. It does appear that the heaviest activity will still be west of town. All the yellows and orange, thats the heaviest rain. That said showers will be everywhere tomorrow evening. Well talk about if this system is going to hang around for friday. Lawmakers threaten to put the brakes on millions in federal funding for metro. How that could impact your commute. A bird, a drone or a girouxcopter . A baby taken to the hospital after a house fire in northeast cdc dc. It break out around 11 00 this morning. And a dog was killed in the fire. The red cross is helping a family displayed by all of that, and displayed by all of that, and the cause is still under investigation. A 1999 tan Mercedes Benz with a white trunk and maryland tags 1 bt9278. Congress had sharp questions for some of the nations top Homeland Security officials on the gyrocopter landing two weeks ago at the capital. One member of the Government Oversight Committee accused the officials of cluding to stonewall the committee. Apparently there is no way for norad and the naa to tell the difference between a gyrocopter and a canada goose. Reporter tourists spotted it, but it was not until an analyst went back afterward and reviewed records that he saw the tiny dot that was used. Youve got a dude in a gyrocopter 100 feet in the air crossing 30plus miles of restricted air space. Whose job is it to detect him and whose job is it to take him down . There is a commander at a norad, thats my responsibility, and im accountable for that. Why didnt it happen . Because yearworking against physics. Reporter agents saw him fly by the white house but it is unclear if Capital Police were prepared to take him out. Did you or did you not have guns trained on this copper . Reporter the secret service admits if hughes had been carrying plast eek instead of letters, he could have destroyed the dome. Ique instead of letters, he could have destroyed the dome. The Defense Department is working on a blipbased radar called jlens that should be able to spot cruise miss iles, drones and gyro coppers. But it was not operational when hughes flew in. How seriously are they taking this threat . The commanding admiral says on a scale of 110, it is a 50. To attach an extension to keep out those fencejumpers. The secret service promised the new higher fence would be ready by summer. The House Appropriations commit seconsidering a plan to withhold 75 million in grant money. That represents a 50 cut from the usual commitment from congress. Lawmakers say the proposed reduction would jeopardize rider safety and the purchase of new railcars. One race is over. Another still undecided after last nights election in dc. Brandon todd received 43 of the vote. And he will take over dc mayor moorial bowsers vacated seat. May has 27 of the vote. Marion berrys son received just 7 of the vote. Always watching, always tracking. Wusa 9s first alert weather. Okay, before we get to the guarantee, was it the nicest day of spring so far . Maybe. Very well close hard to beat. Not too warm, not too hot clear skies light winds low humidity, pretty good deal. A high today of 74 degrees. Well tell you if we hit that tonight at 11 00. The actuallies fall apart. Live look outside. Even though winds are out of the south, a pretty spectacular kay day day. Clouds move in tonight, mainly draw. A couple sprinkles possible late tonight toward i81. A beautiful evening if you want to get out take a walk bikeride or drive. Temperatures 5064 6 00 am to 9 00 am. Not bad. Yellow alert for afternoon showers and thunderstorms. The morning commute is going to be fine. We think that the evening commute is going to be wet. Especially i95 and points west. Heres futurecast 10 00 tonight showers just west of colpepper. And by morning clouds begin to move in, a couple showers west of cumberland. Then look what happens between a 9 00, still some clouds, temperatures still in the low 60s. Watch what happens in the next four hours. 1 00 showers and storms over much ever the metro area. Grab your umbrella if youre going out for lunch tomorrow afternoon. Evening, still some showers and thunderstorms. Heavier activity out to the mountains. Notice the red and orange here, that is heavier activity on our legend. A wet knew just about for everybody tomorrow commute just about for everybody tomorrow night. Increasing clouds, and its mild. Perhaps a late shower, mainly west of town. And temps holding in the 50s. Thats pretty good. Tomorrow yellow alert goes into effect. Not a lot in the morning. The chance for a shower or storm in, late morning, west of town, 50s and 60s. By afternoon boom, mostly cloudy winds will turn easterly at 10. Showers from the mountains to the coast tomorrow, 58 in oakland 66 in cumberland. Still pretty mild. 68 in winchester. 67 in martinsberg and 69 in colpepper. Probably will keep you down below 70. 70 downtown is a good bet. Temperatures very mild, 59 at 7 00. Mid60s by 9 00. Near 70 at 11 00. Friday as it is, were not going to show a yellow alert yet. Some showers on friday, 66. A pretty day a washout. Keep your outdoor plans. Beautiful on saturday. A slight chance of a sprinkle low 70s. 76 on sunday, then the nats come back into town monday, wednesday wednesday. Back in the low 80s next week. One of our areas most popular memorials is getting a makeover. And weve got some advice on how not to get scammed the next time you give to charity. Plus a new push to make sure kids dont mistake those for candy. Which car company is the first and only to offer builtin 4g lte wifi in cars, trucks and crossovers . Ranking from top to bottom. Im gonna say mercedes is the innovator. Bmw just because theyre pricey. The final answer. Wow. cheers chevy. This model has the wifi in it . Yep thats the dream to have wifi in the car. Get cash back for 15 of the msrp on select 2015 models. Thats almost thirtyseven hundred dollars on this chevy malibu. 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Com website. Black decker paying millions for a defect in its cordless lawn mowers. They would continue to run even after you release the handle or remove the safety piece. They were sold from 1995 to 2006. The u. S. Marine corps memorial is getting a makeover. The bronze statue showing the marines raising the flag over iwo jima in world war ii. David rubenstein will give millions to restore the landmark. It will be the first since it was dedicated by eisenhower in 1954. A 20 million lawsuit involving the death of a local tow truck driver. And remember yeah, im married. Does it matter . Youd do that for me . Really . Yeah, id like that. Who are you talking to . Uh, its jake from state farm. Sounds like a really good deal. Jake from state farm at three in the morning. Who is this . Its jake from state farm. What are you wearing jake from state farm . [ jake ] uh. Khakis. She sounds hideous. Well shes a guy, so. [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. Get to a better state. Live in west warn tonight. And bruce youre saying its a festival atmosphere out there this afternoon which is welcome. Reporter it had been a festival. 30 seconds earlier you would have seen a convoy of National Guard jeeps that heavy artillery that theyre now using that theyve gotten as surplus from the military. And its unsettling. Guys are sympatheticing their heads nodding shaking their heads like when is baghdad. What did you think when you saw the caravan go by . Its crazy. Theyre treating us like soldiers. Were not the enemy. Reporter what do you make of whats been going on . Young people in particular. I feel like this is a trial for the city of baltimore. We lack education we lack jobs, we just need more opportunity. Its bigger than freddy gray and Trayvon Martin or michael brown. Things that we do on tv are just a cry out to help. Reporter right. I see guys walking around, smoking pot openly almost difiantly. This is what we do. It doesnt bode well. It doesnt look good for what might happen once all of this leaves. I feel you. Reporter and you live here . Yes sir. Reporter youll be okay . Yes. Reporter how many of your friends are not going to be okay . Most of my friends will be okay because at the end of the day, we all speak for the protestors. Thats who theyre not showing. Were peacefully protesting, nothing is happening. Everything is just calm and civilized, as long as nothing is being provoked. Reporter thank you very much. Im glad we got that in. Okay. Reporter and these gentlemen are playing chess and they tell me theyre good enough to talk to me at the same time. [ laughter ] reporter maryland . Right outside dc . Were a nonprofit organization. Mind body, and spirit. Reporter tell me whats going on in baltimore right now. It needs to be heard a new type of sound a new type of culture. And there needs to be some type of dialogue between the young and the old. And we do that through chess. After that, we got to get our bodies together and stop thinking that a gun is making you powerful or some gang. Other organizations can empower you. You got to look at the activities of those organizations. So the purpose now is to just get the young the old everybody together to bring a positive sound a positive culture and a positive break up this generational gap thats going to take us to the next level. Theyre already great. And they just dont have any opponents. So we do this everywhere downtown, friday, saturday sunday. And then we set up our boards, have everybody out there until 12 00 am. Reporter im going to get your info. Were going to follow up on this, okay . Reporting from west baltimore. Weve got more to talk about coming up at 6 00, including the consequences. Theres a price to pay for whats in place out here on monday. Not just here but i downtown baltimore. It has been one of the most shared videos on social media during some of the violence on baltimore. A mom smacking her son upside the head after she caught him participating in the rioting there. Some people are calling her mother of the year. And she shared her thoughts on cbs this morning. And to see my son come across the street with a rock in his hand, i think at that point i just lost it. You recognize the baggy sweat pants . I recognized them. He did have the hoodie on, and he did have the facemask on. But it was something about those sweat pants he had on. He clearly had respect and fear of you. Because as you were pushing him and doing that sort of right hook you had [ laughter ] he was backing off. What was he saying to you . Mom, mom, mom okay mom okay mom. And i was pretty much just telling him how dare you do this . Her son has been in trouble before and even though he and other teens have had difficult relations with police, that does not give them the right to throw rocks at the officer she said. Hillary clinton says the violence in baltimore shows the Justice System is out of balance. In her first major policy address since announcing her president ial bid clinton said it is time to end the era of mass incarceration. There is something when one out of every three young black men in baltimore cannot find a job. There is something wrong when trust between Law Enforcement and the communities they serve breaks down as far as it has in many of our communities. Speaking at columbia, mrs. Clinton also condemned people who are promoting more violence, saying they disrespect the family of freddy gray and only compound the tragedy. Learning about three additional arrests in the synagogue. Two 14yearolds and a 16yearold will all be charged as juveniles. Two of them were the lookouts, and 18yearold Sebastian Espinosa was arrested earlier this morning. They defaced the synagogue with swastikas and other hateful messages. In nepal rescue teams are not giving up hope of finding survivors. Crews drilled for five hours and were able to pull this one out of the rubble after being trapped near bodies for about 80 hours. What a miracle there. The earthquake its crazy how they rescued that guy because the earthquake has already killed more than 5,000 people. Protestors are frustrated though. Police showed up in riot gear. Dem strarts sate government needs to provide more aid and claim there are not enough bus tickets to help people get out of those remote towns. Task force 1 is on the ground now in cat man du. These katmandu. These are videos of the groups conducting search and rescue. The group said they were hoping to find and rescue survivors. It is currently 3 00 am in nepal. The task force will begin looking again at 8 30 our time. Bud light says my bad why the beer maker is apologizing for its new labels tonight. Plus one simple thing you could do right now to make sure your resume stands out. A near perfect day and evening. The only thing bad is the pollen. Heres the reading. High trees low grasses. People are gathering right now. And we dont have any context for what exactly is taking place where they are right now. All we can tell you is that they are assembling. It looks to be fairly peaceful. But of course there have been protests for several days in baltimore. Were being told these are students who are organizing this marching from penn station to city hall. So far its been a very peaceful down there in baltimore novel arrests. And i

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