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Thats when they say gatea grabbed them by the wrist and tried to take them to his apartment. He released the girls when they said they didnt want to go. Officers say he exposed himself to a 13yearold girl earlier that day. Hes right now being held without bond. A murder conviction that Aaron Hernandez faced is expected to be dismissed following his suicide. A former new England Patriots tight end was found hanged in his prison cell this morning. He was convicted of murdering odin lloyd in 2013 but the court expected to vacate that conviction because his appeal was pending. His suicide came five days after he was acquitted of murdering two women in 2012. Mr. Hernandez was wrongly accused of the crimes. Most of the people are seeing tragedy, sadness, the end of really a fouryear saga. Reporter prison Officials Say they are not aware of any suicide note. Online the news of this suicide has left some peop mad. People are grieving. Tased tweeted over 20 veterans kill themselves every day in this country and thats a real tragedy. Aaron hernandez killing himself is not a sad event. And then there are conspiracies. This says i dont care what anybody says, the dude didnt kill himself. That was a coverup for murder. Coming up tonight at 6 00 we take a look at the previous incidents inside that maximum security prison where he ended his life. Hernandezs death comes on the same day that super bowl winning patriots visited the white house. Noticeably was absent tom brady. He said he couldnt make it because he had to attend his personal family matters. The future hall of famer and President Trump are friends. Bill oreilly is out of the spin zone. The long time fox news host fired. This move came after the New York Times revealed fox paid at least 13 million to women who accused oreilly of inappropriate sexual behavior. W yesterday. Fox commentator Tucker Carlson cast his his replacement. Search underway for the robbers of an armored car. Police were coiled out called out to the 5000 block of northwest fifth street yesterday. The driver said he got held up by two men with guns. The robbers got away. Unclear how much money they got. The driver not hurricane. Larry hogan announcing a plan today to ease congestion on i270. The Governors Office says the project is designed to save drivers up to 30 minutes on the morning commute from frederick to the beltway. Maryland provided 100 million for the improvement. The designers say the project that had will have 23 miles of road and automated signs to move traffic through the corridor more quickly. Showers on their way out, warmer air on its way in. Topper shutt is out on the weather terrace. Good morning. Bu a lot of clouds right now i tweeted this out, put it on facebook. Remember april 6th, Weather Service confirmed seven tornados, thats on my Facebook Page and on my twitter page. Lets talk about tonight. A lot of clouds, not going to be able to see anything in the sky. We are looking at quiet, just a lot of clouds. By morning couple of sprinkles possible, primarily predawn, primarily up near fredericks, leesburg. The 8 00 hour, couple showers still possible in frederick and leesburg. Its going to take a while, by the time we get to 10 00, now we have the showers through it and temperatures back in the 60s and check this out. By noon tomorrow we are back in the mid to upper 70s headed for 80 in some spots. We will come back, we will talk more about the weekend and we will talk what part weekend will be best for outdoor plans like cutting the grass and playing golf. In Silver Spring you will find a small white box no bigger than a fruit stand. Over the years more than 8000 people have visited it. Wusa9s janice park has the story behind that stop on New Hampshire avenue. Reporter on the lonely stretch of New Hampshire avenue. Oh, yeah, constantly it was just stopped a second ago. They stop as they go by. I called it like an adultery house. Curious. Reporter as cars and trucks zoomed by, thousands over the years have stopped by this tiny church of purple with thoughts and prayers. The only pray stop on New Hampshire avenue. You dont see a lot of prayer stops. Reporter take one step de christian music. It was built 17 years ago by a man named dennis, a described alcoholic and charolette, he had cheater, he lost everything. He parade and says he never would drink again and turned the fruit stand into a prayer stop. Today people from all over the country pray and leave messages in the notebook and this little box is so much meaning. As a believer god will find you anywhere so this is a great day. God found him 17 years ago and where he was and god gave him this, a prayer box to put here. Reporter he says miracles have happened here and religious or not, this world right now could use more prayer. Happening in this world today is awful. Allowing this place to be a blessing to a lot of people, follow god and we give you honor and praise, in your name, amen. Reporter in Silver Spring, the prayer stop founder, dennis, now spends his time speaking at hospitals and prisons. Tough talk from the Trump Administration today aimed at philly at north korea. We will be on our way and i will be there when she gets there and where she actually operates. Reporter moving another carrier group, uss vincent to the Korean Peninsula but that ship has not left yet. The white house says it will conduct a 90 day review of the nuclear deal with iran as well. The u. S. Is considering more sanctions, although it concedes iran has complied with the agreement. So theres an effort underway to find the person or persons, the stick people out there, who tried to light a tat on fire. The Humane Rescue Alliance responded to 28th street last night and found a domestic short haired cat someone tried to light on fire while it was caught in its shaken up by all of this. The group is offering 5000 for information that leads to the person behind this horrific case of animal cruelty. After nearly 30 decades with d. C. Police, assistant chief diane grooms is retiring. Thats a whole lot of decades. Will that be 30 years . Yeah, 30 years. We know she has had a huge commitment to the districts residents and visitors and she has been one of d. C. s most valuable assets in Crime Prevention and reduction. Brooms thanked everyone at a News Conference earlier today. According to the washington business journal, grooms has been hired to head up security at the wharf, which is on the waterfront in southwest d. C. Many of us wouldnt think twice about a congressman from utah deciding to not run again. But tonight there are a lot of people who live in d. C. Who are pretty excited that representative jason cavitt wont be seeking a new term. We will tell you yes. Republican congressman Jason Chaifetz announced today he will not be running for reelection. He heads the House Oversight committee and criticized by local lawmakers and people who live around here for interfering with d. C. Home rule. Heres a few examples. First he tried but ultimately failed to block d. C. s death with dignity bill. In doing so, he says the guy from utah and not d. C. Council. He also called for an investigation after mayor bowser announced plans to create a legal help undocumented workers. And his committees agenda called for greater scrutiny of d. C. Government including how the city handles gun control and Health Issues and res accidental portions residential portions of d. C. Should be put into the state of maryland. Tonight mcdonalds is applauding that employee who helped bring the nationwide manhunt for the Cleveland Facebook killer to an end in erie, pennsylvania. That fast food chain worker did the right thing by quickly alerting police. The worker recognized Steve Stephens at the drivethrough yesterday and stalled him, told him it would take more time to get the fries ready to police would be ready to respond. Online theres a National Push to make sure that worker gets the 50,000 reward. On the wusa9 Facebook Page, donna wrote him paying attention and because of what they did, this man is no longer a danger to society. And daniel thinks in addition to the reward, the worker should get a paid vacation and a promotion. I kind of agree with that too. We have 1500 comments on this story. You can join the conversation on our wusa9 Facebook Page. Youve got this crazy murderer thats now sitting in your parking lot instead of taking off. And they were thinking very fast and their actions did help police find this guy. Give him the money. Now. The Supreme Court justices heard arguments today about a Church Playground in what is seen as a key test a key case testing the limits of religious freedom. The case may have implications for School Voucher programs. Weijia jiang reports from the Supreme Court. Reporter amanda duffy brought her children to the Supreme Court wednesday to support Trinity Lutheran church in its case against the state of missouri. Two kids growing up i would never want them to be treated on that based on what they believe, not being able to participate in a pretty basic government safety program. Reporter the church in columbia, missouri offering the preschool and day care. It was denied grant money to get a new rubb its playground, arguing the state violated its free exercise of religion and not honoring the law equally. It should want all kids to be safe. Reporter during oral arguments the majority of justices seemed sympathetic to the churchs case with liberal Justice Eagan breyer if the state could refuse to provide release for five relief for fire services. Missouri argues prevents aid to many churches and the fundamental principle is in this country the government does not find religious exercise. Reporter arguments for this case didnt make it on the high courts calendar and so a date has been set for Justice Neil Gorsuchs confirmation hearing. He will help avoid a possible tie in a ruling that could impact how taxpayer money is used to pay for vouchers to weijia jiang, cbs news, washington. The high court had delayed in hearing the case for nearly a year following the death of justice antonin scalia. President trump is preparing to mark his historical morning in space. White house says the commander in chief will phone Peggy Whitson on the International Space station next week. It will happen on her 535th day in space, the longest ever by an american astronaut. White house spokesperson sean spicer says this call is partly to call attention to the importance of encouraging women to pursue careers in the science, technology and math field. Guys. We are running around all over the place. Topper is here with the forecast. We are highly caffeinated, ready to go. Yeah. I want to talk about the tropics first. Its weird because the Hurricane Season starts in june. Weve got this thing in atlantic. Right now it could become a subtropical storm and if that were the case, the subtropicaltropical storm we had was anna back in 2003 which became tropical and then since then its unusual to see this in april. So we have subtropical storm in 1992 and two tropical depressions in 1663 and 1967. Its way east of bermuda, moving off to the north. It may not become a subtropicaltropical storm but it is a first tropical depression of the season so we will see. Winds could be 35 Miles Per Hour and thats pretty darn close by late tonight. Back to our area. We are looking at 3degree guarantee. I think we are going to be okay today. Tough call, southeast winds and clouds and maybe a little sun to finish. We went 65. The average high is 68 to went below average today. We will let you know how we did tonight at 11 00. A lot of clouds, pretty quiet, though. Our michael son cam, 62. Thats a good thing. Winds out of the south at 11 and the winds will continue southwesterly and that will drive up the warmer air tomorrow and also friday. So tonight clouds are hanging tough but staying dry and remain milder. Bus stop temps 52 to 68. Not too bad. Warmer on thursday and friday, isolated storms, could see a predawn shower tomorrow morning, not a huge deal. The weekend, afternoon showers on saturday, sunday could be a washout, really could be a washout, even some heavy rain so if you want to cut the grass or play golf, saturday morning is your best bet right now. Temperaturewise, with that weekend taking a dive, we go to 79 tomorrow, 84 on friday and then, boom, 68 on saturday, only 63 on sunday and 70 on monday. 70 looks nice on monday. 70s are pretty sweet and rain should be out of here on monday morning. 10 00 tonight, wow, 60 downtown. Then by morning a couple of showers and futurecast been sort of and may be hog wild at this point but showers possible in hagerstown and martinsburg, temperatures in the mid50s, upper 50s downtown. Fairfax, leesburg, we are in the low 60s. And then once those go through, we sort of get the southwest wind and look what happens, 80 in culpeper at 1 00 and 78 in cumberland at 1 00. If we get into the warm sector of air, air gets unstable and we have showers and a few thunderstorms tomorrow evening at this time. Temperatures well into the 70s. Some folks might 80 tomorrow. Tonight we are going to stay mostly cloudy, not as cool, temperatures in the 50s, winds will turn southwesterly at 10. So on the day planner, 50s to start, maybe a sprinkle at 7 00, maybe a shower by 1 00 and increasing sun but we are up to 76 by 1 00. And then on friday, isolated storms, 84, we raised that a bit, back to showers on saturday. We will monitor that for yellow alert day. Only 63 on sunday. It could flat out rain on saturday but nice sunday, but nice, tuesday, wednesday, back in the upper 70s by next thursday. Metro announcing the first Wireless Phone service in a tunnel. Metro says it plans to have three wifi free wifi available in 30 underground stations by the end of the year, currently available in six stops right now. Wireless service on metro funded operated and maintained jointly by the cellular phone calls. Lawmakers approved a bill requiring at least 50 of the items in those vending machines in government buildings would need to meet nutrition standards set by the american heart association. The county Council Approved the measure by a unanimous vote on tuesday. Those new rules go into effect in july. Cbs makes another adidas is apologizing for that said for what it said about the Boston Marathon runners. More in our consumer arrangements a new video out of korea shows a missile attack on the u. S. It marks the birthday of kim jonguns grandfather. The video emerges as tensions continue to rise between the u. S. And north korea. As we told you earlier, the new England Patriots were in town today for the white house victory ceremony. Ron gronkowski made a surprise appearance during the daily press briefing. See what pans out in the negotiations. Can i just [ laughter ] i think i got this. But thank you. Maybe. [ laughter ] thanks. Ill see you in a minute. [ laughter ] hold on. Gronk there popping in. He joins the rest of his teammates a joined the rest of his teammates a short time later. Cbs is taking another step forward to present itself as a healthy bran. The pharmacy chain says its reducing the amount of space it gives to junk food. Cvs says the new format will be seen at hundreds of stores by the end of 2018. Lower gas prices have not put the brakes on those electric powered vehicles. Aaa says 15 of americans they surveyed are likely to buy electric vehicles as their next car. Aaa ranked teslas model x suv as the top 2017 green car. Adidas is apologizing for a poorly worded marketing email sent to marathoners. It read, congrats, you survived the Boston Marathon. Customers went to social media to remind the company about the real survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Caught on camera, skateboarding pug. The three wheeling dog spotted in east located in a park on london in a park on easter sunday. Gathering up speed as well. The dog seems to be pretty stoked as it performs before a small but appreciative audience. The military takes action after that new photo swapping scandal involving hundreds of marines. The bittersweet story of a father who took his child and her friend to a daddydaughter dance. Plus a hit rap song strikes a sour note with officials at a local college but it may have been all just a big mistake. We will explain. Did you know slow internet can actually holdyo ur business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. T builfor business. Lets get to breaking news right now. Police have made an arrest in connection with a robbery on board a metro train. Connor malley was held up and beaten sunday afternoon. He was to a red light train at the wheaton station. The man was arrested shortly after. Right now being held in d. C. And sent to maryland where he will face a host of charges. Police still looking for other suspects. A hit rap song is sparking a bit of controversy tonight on a college campus. A fraternity at American University used a song title bad and badgey to promote a fundraiser but

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