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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm April 6, 2016

At the national arboretum, which is right across the street from a hotel, where relishia rud was last seen on videosurveillance video, with her abductor, Khalil Taylor tatum. Its believed the janitor, khalil tatum, abducted her. Police nerve found her, but found tatum dead, with a self inflicted gunshot wound, only half a mile from todays search efforts. Every child is every citizens child. Its up to us as citizens and as lawmakers to find a way to protect these children. And not allow anyone to slip through the cracks. Because its not a childs fault that they grow up in poverty or with parents that cant look after them. Its every parents responsibility. Some wonder why now, here. While chief lanier would not go into details of some are wondering, why havent they searched here before. Because this is only across the street, where relishia rud was last seen. Police will gather tomorrow morning at 6 30. Live here, surae chinn, wusa 9. I know they are hoping for answers. D. C. Police say the more that the public and media are aware of these, its more likely tips will come in. Pizza, alcohol, groceries. The list of things that can be delivered to your home is growing. A local company is delivering cold, pressed juices, along with a bag of marijuana. This saturday story of a startup named highspeed. How is this legal, deb . Reporter great question, lesli. Lets talk about what is legal. It is legal for you, if youre over age 21 to have two ounces of marijuana on you. Its also legal to give up to an ounce of marijuana to someone else in the district, if theyre over the age of 21. Selling pot. But highspeed ceo, david ume says they are legal because they are selling this juice and gifting pot. Primarily, before anything else, were a corporate juice delivery company. We sell cold, fresh juice. Anybody who uses cannabis, its christmas. And thats why were legal. Heres how 25yearold david umes startup high speed works. You can get juice 11. Add a lot of love, it will cowft 150. About an hour later, we got our delivery of our juice and our, you know, 8th of an ounce of marijuana. Reporter tech site Ryan Ferguson picked the second option. How was the juice . The juice was good. It actually wasnt the one i ordered. But it was an aloe lemonade. And it was pretty tasty. Reporter after ferguson and d. C. Ist wrote about it, this knock on the door. Seems this entrepreneur is trying to service the serve the market. Cunningham claimed the company accepted donations, rather than payment. Prosecutors called that incredulous. Heres umes take on his business model. Theres actually one price for the juice. And then there are different options to give love to high speed for doing what we do. Like events and other comforts that can be pricey. Ume says he is cautiously optimistic. As long as i keep all my bases covered, not only will i stop being scared, but i will inspire people to be proactive in the future, about things other than cannabis. This is just a medium right here. High speed has been in business for about two months. And they already have hundreds of customers. Most of them right here in northwest d. C. I do want to point out, that while this is full, this bag empty. There is no were live tonight, debra alfarone. Always good to have the clarity, deb. And another way ume says they are different from mothers, is high heed speedwebsite asks for your high speed website asks for your drivers license number and your age. Who cares if you dont get the right one, i guess . Desire were tracking the weather alert. Topper shutt, live in the center center. Going to be a wet one . It s. Showers in here probably by dawn. The morning commute. Thats the one were most concerned about. Temperatures, pretty mild. About 20 degrees warmer than this morning. 52 downtown. 49 in gaithersburg. 48, manassas. With light showers in the metro area. Pretty heavy. Line of rain and showers, really from martinsburg, kind of all down i81. Some of it is going to be moderate. We get into the 10 00 hour. Pushes through our northern and western suburbs. Even a little speck of the red up there in gaithersburg. Heavy downpours are possible. 50s across the board. Good news by noon. Most of the showers across 95, headed for the bay. Were going to see a little sunshine tomorrow afternoon. But do not let that kind of fool you. Because were going to see afternoon showers and thunderstorms, after that sun comes back out. In fact, by 4 00, why are we stopping at 4 00 . Because the games, 4 05. Showers beginning to pop up here and there. But again, it will be mild with temperatures in the 60s. And more thunderstorms rolling through during the afternoon. For the game. The good news, heavy rain in the morning. Bad news, shower possible at 4 00. Thunderstorm possible at 6 00. 61. And leftover shower possible at 8 00, with temperatures in the mid50s. Well come back. We still have flakes in the 7 day. And we will explain. Tank thanks, top. Weve got information, stemming from an armed carjacking in Silver Spring. Police say two suspects forced a woman out of her bmw, monday night, before driving into the distinct those those carjackers were spotted after crashing into a light pole. Remember that . The suspects are identified as 20yearold Kenneth Bloomfield and 23yearold elliott jacas. They are being held in the district, while they wait to be sent back. A green light for the purple line. The maryland public works approved a 5. 6 billion contract to build the light rail project, linking New Carrollton to bethesda. The vote was 30. Plans called for the apparentlies to board the purple line in 2022. For the First Time Since the deadly terrorist attacks in belgium, a nonstop flight at brussels has arrived at dulles airport. It touched down at the Loudoun County airport this afternoon. 32 people were killed last month, when islamic terrorists targeted the Brussels Airport and the subway station. Three suicide bombers were also killed in the attacks. Turning to campaign 2016, where the focus has shifted to new york. Hillary clinton is stepping up her atta sanders, following his primary victory in wisconsin. His sixth straight win over the secretary of state. The core of his campaign has been break up the banks. And it didnt seem, in reading his answers, that he understood exactly how that would work. Do not tell secretary clinton shes getting a little nervous. And i dont want her to get more nervous. Reporter after defeating donald trump in wisconsin, senator ted cruz hit the ground running today in the bronx. But the latest polls have the texas senator in third place in the empire state. A Prince Georges County mom says shes devastated. And angry, at how a Southwest Airlines employee treated her son, who has autism. Lachandra brown of accokeek was heading home from orlando, to Andrea Mccarren is live with a story youll only see on 9. Andrea, good evening. Reporter well, adam. Lashanda brown is the kind of mom who shows up at the airport, four hours before departure time, just to help get her son settled and avoid a public meltdown. [ crying ] my son didnt deserve that. Reporter when Lashanda Brown handed her sons preboarding card to a Southwest Airlines gate attendant in orlando, she never anticipated what would happen next. The first question was, who is the disabled passenger . And the next question was, well, whats his disability . Whats his issue . Reporter lashanda said autistic families go through enough, without having their disability questioned in front of other people. They deserve to be treated fairly. Ask ey disclose their disability. She reached her seat on the plane. I broke down and couldnt stop crying. A southwest Flight Attendant explained the back story. She did apologize. But she mentioned some families misuse preboarding, especially out of orlando. Reporter 5yearold smiles have made extraordinary progress. At one point, he was completely nonverbal. But now he will say, mommy, i had a good day. Reporter lashanda said preboarding allows miles to settle into his seat and have a positive experience. And i want to be sure that southwest trains their employees to never have this happen again. Reporter Southwest Airlines did offer the family four 100 vouchers for future travel. But lashanda just wants assurances that the employees are in they can interact with people with disabilities. Reporting live from Reagan National airport, Andrea Mccarren, wusa 9. And we dont have those answers yet. We reached out to southwest to phone and email to try to get a response. But we havent heard back yet. The man arrested after throwing a bizarre manifesto over the white house fence, hes heading back to idaho. Reporter the judge ordered him to return to idaho to face firstdegree attempted murder chargesful Police Say Two days after his arrest in washington, the marine veteran shot a pastor in coeur dalene. In his manifesto, odem admitted to shooting that pastor and made wild claims about a vast alien conspiracy. Right now, a search is under way for the gunmen who wounded three women in southeast d. C. The shots rang out 11 00 last night on green street. All of the women are expected to recover. Investigators have been out on the neighborhood. But there is st information on a suspect or a reason why this all happened. Country music fans are mourning the loss of a legend. Dont care about what i think the man himself there, merle haggard, passed away today. The singer famous for hits like okie from wis cokey, died from complications in his home in northern california. Haggard recorded more than three dozen number 1 hits over a career spanning six decades. Today also happened to be his birthday. Merle haggard was 79 years old. Were just Getting Started on wusa 9news. Cracking down on strip clubs in Prince Georges County. What officials are forcing the dancers to do. Another death now being reported as a result of those defective tacatta air bags and said topper is back with more on the storms headed this way tomorrow. And after the break, new details on the retail theft ring th co yeah ahh. You probably say it a million times a day. Ahh. Ahh ahh. Ahh but at cigna, we want to help everyone say it once a year. Say ahh. Ahh. Cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent of your innetwork annual checkup. So america, lets go. Know. Ahh and take control of your health. Cigna. Together, all the way. Were getting a look at the is this 76,000 worth of high end merchandise, stolen by a crime ring that hit Tysons Corner mall. Peggy fox joins us live from the mall, to tell us how they walked out with so much stuff. What did they do . Reporter well, theyre professionals, lesli. They had special tools that remove those security sensors that you find attached to expensive items. They were making their getta way from Tysons Corner mall, when a special team called tut, Tysons Corner team caught them. You dont know who is doing what. Thieves from an theft ring, made off with thousands of dollars in high end merchandise. Handbags by stella mccartney, coach and prada, worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars each. We have to be on site. We have number there and ready to respond at a moments notice. Reporter thats what happened at lord and taylor at tysons, after an alerted employee recognized a womans face, from a flyer. Police moved in and made quick arrests. 39yearold oleg and 28year old earna are charged with grand larceny, possession of stolen property with intent to sell. And possession of burglarious tools. Thats a tool that looks like this. They have different devices that are used to remove different types of sensors. This isnt Just High School kids on a lark, stealing a t shirt from the store. This is people that do this for a business, as a source of income. And everybody . Absolutely. Reporter a third member of the group was charged with providing false identity to law enforcement. If the price is too good to be true, its too good to be true. Right. Its probably stolen . Probably is. Reporter police also confiscated 28 credit cards, with various names. And a lapstop. And they found all of that in a hotel room, where those three suspects were staying. Now, the 76,000 in merchandise did not all come from lord and taylor. Police believe it was stolen from malls up and down the east coast. The crime here at tysons happened here a week and a half ago. And those three suspects have since posted bond and have been set free. Reporting live in tysons, peggy fox, wusa 9. And perhaps that brings it in to this particular ring. Peg, thank you. Police asked the public to report suspicious behavior in virginia. Concealing merchandise, even before walking out of the store is against the law. Police want to know more about the victim in a fatal crash in northeast d. C. He was thrown from an suv this morning that drove down a foot path and came to rest on e street. Police are trying to determine whether the man was the driver or the passenger in the vehicle. Reporter last week, we told you about george mason university, renaming their law school. The Antonin Scalia, school of law. It was a measure to honor the Late Supreme Court justice. But there was a problem here. We talked about this yesterday. The acronym forrAntonin Scalia, school of law, spells out a word that is really not safe for tv. Go ahead and write it down. Antonin Scalia School of law. Now, the school is going to be called the Antonin Scalia law school to avoid problems. Weve got other acronyms we cant talk about. They heard you talking about it and decided to put a yeah. Its all good. Were not stuck with it forever. No, were not. They had to do something, though. All right. Record lows, weave told you that some of the record lows were in jeopardy. A couple were tied. And actually, one was broken. Well start with that. In fact, kind of impressive. In baltimore, their record low was 26. That was set back in 1898. They actually beat it with a record low of 24. Only 32 downtown. We knew that was going to be safe. Dulles tied their mark. Were going to keep that 1966 date. And also martins burg tied their mark as well. But down to 24 in baltimore. New record low. Thats fairly impressive. This is also impressive. Temperature change over the past 24 hours. Were 11 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. 13 degrees warmer in richmond. And 15 degrees warmer down in norfolk. Okay. Our 3degree guarantee for today, feeling pretty confident, went for a high of 58. Which is still below average. Clouds are coming in now. Ar well let you know tonight at 11 00. Right now, through the michael and sons weather cam. Remember, the dew points in the teens yesterday. Theyre in the 20s now. Which is stills pretty still a pretty dry air mass. But winds to the south, gusting at 29. We had serious winds a week ago. Warmer air is going to roll in. Clouds will thicken up. Cloud comes in, but not nearly as cold. Bus stop temperatures, 46 to 54. I would bring an umbrella. Showers will be in the process of moving in from west to east. Yellow weather alert tomorrow. Rain and showers in the morning. Showers and storms in the afternoon. Heaviest will be 8 00 a. M. To noon. So thats good for the nats game, which starts at 4 00 and you can watch right here. But that said, showers are going to linger all day into tomorrow night. And as the atmosphere becomes a little more unstable. Well see showers tomorrow. Thunderstorms by evening. 9 30, 10 00. You can watch the dog. Clouds coming in. Dry and mild. Los. Here and there. Wouldnt get too hung up on the exact location. Just an hour ago, they were west of 95. Now theyre spilling over into Prince Georges County. And down into la plata, 51 there. At 6 00. Just take an umbrella before you leave the house. Pretty simple. By 9 00. Showers and rain. From leesburg, to culpepper. Notice the red here. Rumble of thunder possible west of town, too. And temperatures in the mid 50s. This rolls across in the morning. But boom, by 1 00, its across the bay. We see breaks in the clouds. Temperatures go back in the mid 60s. But then we also see showers develop with a few thunderstorms. So again, good news. Heavy rain is going to be out of here before the nats start the play. Bad news, we still have showers and thunderstorms to get through. Okay. Lets talk about the day planner. 53 at 7 00. 57 at 11 00, with showers, more showers. But theyre ending, by 1 00, temperatures around 60. Next seven days. Behind the front, cooler on friday, with showers. Snow on saturday, 44. The higher elevations. Near 50 sunday. Both of those days, we have nats in town. Then back to 70 in town, with showers in the morning. Showers and rain on tuesday. And then dry on wednesday. Both days in the mid60s. Couples shell out big bucks to get hitched. And facebook makes some cool changes to its live video feature. Details in tonights consumer alert. And right after the break, why comedian amy schumer is angry with how Glamour Magazine used her in its latest issue. Comedian amy schumer is blasting Glamour Magazine over its latest issue. A special edition of the magazine focused on plussized fashion. But they used an interview with schumer from november 2015, without telling her it was for a plussized issue. I make fun of womens magazines a lot. Because its easy and its fun. They write host ail articles like how to trick your stomach into thinking you ate that week. Schumer posted on instagram, wrong with being plussized. Plussized is considered size 16 in america. I go between the size 6 and an 8. Young girls, seeing my body type, thinking that is plus sized, not cool, glamour. Glamour apologygized, but noted they didnt explicitly call schumer plussized. In tonights consumer alert, hundreda said it nearly died from injuries in a crash. This is the tenth reported death in the United States from one of these air bags, including more than 100 people who have been hurt by bags that exploded. Honda said it mailed multiple notices to the owner, but the repairs were never made. This is the largest recall of air bags in history

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