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i'm doreen gentzler in for wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. we begin at 5:00 with the death of a woman right outside a prince george's county elementary school. a van belonging to the school apparently ran her over. it happened late this morning that samuel chase elementary on fisher road in temple hills. pat collins is live on the scene with details. pat? >> jim, sources tell news 4 police are looking into the possibility that the victim here was a woman from the neighborhood. they say when she was hit, she was using a cane. a fatality here in the parking lot of the samuel chase elementary school in temple hills. police say this prince george's county school utility van backed into a woman. they say she was pronounced dead at the scene. mark sanders was across the street at the time. he said he saw three workers trying to push the van but he said he didn't realize there was someone beneath it. >> how unfortunate. a sad accident. here's a laidy and now she is laying on the sidewalk over there deceased and here's three workers who certainly, or
i'm doreen gentzler in for wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. we begin at 5:00 with the death of a woman right outside a prince george's county elementary school. a van belonging to the school apparently ran her over. it happened late this morning that samuel chase elementary on fisher road in temple hills. pat collins is live on the scene with details. pat? >> jim, sources tell news 4 police are looking into the possibility that the victim here was a woman from the neighborhood. they...
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>> hi, doreen. this is something we're doing for the first time this year in partnership with the march of dimes and the ymca of metro washington. we are going to recognize the first four babies who can finish the 14-foot course or who can get the farthest in three minutes by awarding the parents with $50 gift cards. >> very cool. >> every participant regardless of win or lose will get a goody bag full of healthy sleep sack and other good materials for parents and children. >> and you come to the care first booth and sign your baby up and you'll have the races twice a day? >> that's right. 10:30 and 1:30. fill out the registration form first thing in the morning and we'll see how far they get. >> reporter: okay. i'm just thinking about the video possibilities for parents getting the video of their child in the baby crawling races and we understand that the winners here will go on to the division finals and then on to the national championships of fastest crawling babies. there are a lot of good oppo
>> hi, doreen. this is something we're doing for the first time this year in partnership with the march of dimes and the ymca of metro washington. we are going to recognize the first four babies who can finish the 14-foot course or who can get the farthest in three minutes by awarding the parents with $50 gift cards. >> very cool. >> every participant regardless of win or lose will get a goody bag full of healthy sleep sack and other good materials for parents and children....
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hey, v.j. >> hey, pat and doreen. the mix is going to bring us everything from snow to sleet to freezing rain and then eventually rain as the system tapers tomorrow. but for the late part of the night here, latter part of the night we are going to be seeing flurries. in fact i think in the next couple hours some of that moisture will start reaching the ground. that's the white you see just north of washington down to the south more moisture. that's going to be funneling into the system allowing our temperature to rise a bit. we'll see a change over then from snow, a little sleet mixing in and
hey, v.j. >> hey, pat and doreen. the mix is going to bring us everything from snow to sleet to freezing rain and then eventually rain as the system tapers tomorrow. but for the late part of the night here, latter part of the night we are going to be seeing flurries. in fact i think in the next couple hours some of that moisture will start reaching the ground. that's the white you see just north of washington down to the south more moisture. that's going to be funneling into the system...
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>> reporter: doreen, an em bar r raszing day for our government. a councilmember indicted on felony charges. there's calls for his resignation, talk of jail time, weeks of whispers and rumors. today, they became a reality. at the wilson building today, the main topic of debate, the plight of harry thomas jr., charged today with felony theft of federal funds. from mayor vincent gray, this statement, given today's filing by the u.s. attorney's office, i urge councilmember thomas to resign and focus time and efforts on defending himself in court. that resignation would likely be tendered to council chairman kwame brown. do you think he should resign? >> i have not yet received his resignation. i expect to receive it. >> reporter: should he leave office? it could have dire consequences for his staff. this is what it was like in his office today. what is your reaction to this? >> i don't really have a reaction. >> don't have one. >> it's a regular day. >> reporter: if he leaves office, what happens to you? >> not quite sure yet. >> reporter: upsetting,
>> reporter: doreen, an em bar r raszing day for our government. a councilmember indicted on felony charges. there's calls for his resignation, talk of jail time, weeks of whispers and rumors. today, they became a reality. at the wilson building today, the main topic of debate, the plight of harry thomas jr., charged today with felony theft of federal funds. from mayor vincent gray, this statement, given today's filing by the u.s. attorney's office, i urge councilmember thomas to resign...
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boy, we have got everything going on down there and doreen gentzler is once again shepherding the big convenient. you got any plans this weekend? >> just a few. >> a few? >> lots of maps this weekend. i don't know how many of us made a new year's resolution to get more fit? yeah. >> always. >> you want to find a different way to do that, 'cause the same old thing gets boring, right? >> stop eating the christmas stuff, that was my resolution. >> that's right. well, we are going to build on that wendy, the expo is a great place to learn about jump starting a new fitness regiment. new this year, going to make it fun and says to get your workout started, having the first ever zumba extravaganza. >> oh, my. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. >> going to be leading that? >> i think not. zumba is a latin-inspired dance workout that uses moves based in dance like salsa and meringue, hip-hop. enthusiasts say the classes are so much fun, down the realize you are working up a sweat and burping a lot of calories. recently, i had a chance to talk to a instructor at fitness first and she gave us the scoop on the
boy, we have got everything going on down there and doreen gentzler is once again shepherding the big convenient. you got any plans this weekend? >> just a few. >> a few? >> lots of maps this weekend. i don't know how many of us made a new year's resolution to get more fit? yeah. >> always. >> you want to find a different way to do that, 'cause the same old thing gets boring, right? >> stop eating the christmas stuff, that was my resolution. >> that's...
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doreen gentzler is here with details. >> reporter: this was new to me. our health and fitness expo is coming up this weekend offering lots of free medical screenings. one of them is testing for hypertension. but if you're a woman who is being screened there is recently a new risk factor identified, a common condition that could double your chances of developing high blood pressure. >> my hands and my feet started to swell. again, i had shortness of breath. i couldn't really walk far. >> reporter: about three months before she was due to give birth, 29-year-old michelle fenwick developed pregnancy induced hypertension, a condition that put her at risk for major complications including premature delivery. >> i was extremely scared. i didn't want anything to happen. i was close to the end. >> reporter: doctors say it's a common condition about 6% to 8% of all pregnant women will develop hypertension. typically it goes away once the baby is born. but now studies are showing that it's actually a risk factor for developing high blood pressure later in life. dr
doreen gentzler is here with details. >> reporter: this was new to me. our health and fitness expo is coming up this weekend offering lots of free medical screenings. one of them is testing for hypertension. but if you're a woman who is being screened there is recently a new risk factor identified, a common condition that could double your chances of developing high blood pressure. >> my hands and my feet started to swell. again, i had shortness of breath. i couldn't really walk...
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. >> doreen has more on the screenings weil be offering this year. >> testing for kidney disease. and that's especially important here in washington because d.c. hassed highest rate of kidney disease in the country. tonight we'll meet one woman who's been suffering from this condition for a long time. she tells us why prevention is so important to fighting this devastating disease. >> for me, dialysis is three and a half hours on the machine. by the time you get here, set up, come back off and everything else, you're spending four and a half to five hours here. >> three days a week, 63-year-old edye comes to this dialysis center in bethesda. each time she's connected to this machine which cleans her blood. it's because she has kidney disease and those organs no longer function. >> i'm tethered. the ability to roam around and do what i want when i want, it doesn't exist any more. >> reporter: she's not alone with this struggle. not by any means, 25 million americans are suffering in chronic kidney disease. the only cure is a kidney transplant but there just aren't enough kidneys to
. >> doreen has more on the screenings weil be offering this year. >> testing for kidney disease. and that's especially important here in washington because d.c. hassed highest rate of kidney disease in the country. tonight we'll meet one woman who's been suffering from this condition for a long time. she tells us why prevention is so important to fighting this devastating disease. >> for me, dialysis is three and a half hours on the machine. by the time you get here, set up,...
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hey, doreen. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, a councilmember pushing a new bill that protects victims of child sex abuse. we'll have details on that. plus, more trouble for the occupy protesters. why health inspectors are called to the encampments at freedom plaza and mcfear son square. >>> a new study about sleep. most of us prefer to sleep on a certain side of the bed. what it means about your personality. >> we'll stay up for that. thanks. >>> still ahead, four people killed including a navy pilot from maryland. authorities think they figured out what happened. >>> follow us online, search >>> four people are dead after a murder suicide near san diego on new year's day. police say a navy pilot from our area was the trigger man. >> john robert reeves is from prince frederic, maryland. he killed three people including a fellow navy pilot before turning the gun on himself. >> george lewis has the story. >> reporter: two of the dead were a navy pilot and his 24-year-old sister, karen. a former volleyball player who work worked at a supermarket and coached high schoolers. >> exactly wha
hey, doreen. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, a councilmember pushing a new bill that protects victims of child sex abuse. we'll have details on that. plus, more trouble for the occupy protesters. why health inspectors are called to the encampments at freedom plaza and mcfear son square. >>> a new study about sleep. most of us prefer to sleep on a certain side of the bed. what it means about your personality. >> we'll stay up for that. thanks. >>> still ahead,...
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jim, doreen? >> thank you. >>> 2011 was a rebound year for the economy. a jobs report says 200,000 jobs were created in the month of december. the unemployment dipped to 8.5%, the lowest it's been in nearly three years. nearly 2 million jobs were created in 2011. it's a significant increase over 2010. while it's good news, the recovery is still sluggish. underemployment level that looks at people with part time and low paying jobs is still high at 15%. >>> in decision 2012, the republican presidential candidates were quick to react to today's unemployment numbers. they were not giving credit to president obama for the drop in the jobless rate. >> unemployment numbers are a good indicator we have a long way away from a healthy economy. >> there might be optimism that republicans are going to take the white house and maybe that's spurring people to take risks. >> when pressed about it later, santorum said he was joking. in other news, polls show mitt romney has the lead in new hampshire and south carolina as well. his lead has evaporated. he's in third plac
jim, doreen? >> thank you. >>> 2011 was a rebound year for the economy. a jobs report says 200,000 jobs were created in the month of december. the unemployment dipped to 8.5%, the lowest it's been in nearly three years. nearly 2 million jobs were created in 2011. it's a significant increase over 2010. while it's good news, the recovery is still sluggish. underemployment level that looks at people with part time and low paying jobs is still high at 15%. >>> in decision...
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i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. deplorable, reprehensible, and unacceptable. those are the words being used to describe a video that appears to show four u.s. marines desecrating the corpses of taliban terrorists. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with where investigators have already identified two of them. >> reporter: that only helps part of the way. you put something out on the internet it's out there forever. so even if the u.s. marine corps now has some or all of the so-called low level perps in this ugly case what they did is still being done.
i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. deplorable, reprehensible, and unacceptable. those are the words being used to describe a video that appears to show four u.s. marines desecrating the corpses of taliban terrorists. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with where investigators have already identified two of them. >> reporter: that only helps part of the way. you put something out on the internet it's out there forever. so even if the u.s. marine corps now has some or all of...
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i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm wendy rieger. jim vance has the night off.
i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm wendy rieger. jim vance has the night off.
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doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will be hosting a live web chat starting at 8:00 tonight. >>> if you stepped outside, what a lovely spring day we've had yet again. down in washington and the old dominion trail in fairfax county. there were a lot of people out taking in the lovely spring like weather. >> what do you think of the weather out here today? >> it's fantastic. i hope it stays this way. >> they love it. >> it's a great day, i wanted to -- late january, mid-60s, get outside and enjoy the weather. >> it was so nice to be outside, and our chief meteorologist went out to the front lawn to catch the last of the day's rays. hey, doug. >> i love how we sent our cameras to my home down in herndon, virginia. good afternoon to everyone out there. no matter where you were, everyone got above the 60 degree mark during the day today. we set a record of 66 at the airport. right now, 64 degrees at national airport with plenty of sunshine out here, winds out of the southwest at 15 miles per hour, the sun is going down, we're seeing mostly clear skies across the region. around the rest o
doreen gentzler and aaron gilchrist will be hosting a live web chat starting at 8:00 tonight. >>> if you stepped outside, what a lovely spring day we've had yet again. down in washington and the old dominion trail in fairfax county. there were a lot of people out taking in the lovely spring like weather. >> what do you think of the weather out here today? >> it's fantastic. i hope it stays this way. >> they love it. >> it's a great day, i wanted to -- late...
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i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. about one hour ago a judge in montgomery county sentenced an employee at the lululemon store for killing a co-worker in the bethesda yoga shop. her name is britney norwood. she is going to spend the rest of her life in prison. chris gordon is in rockville with more. >> reporter: judge robert greenburg said to norwood you are one hell of a liar, cold, malicious, deliberate. i have no doubt you are one troubled lady. brittany norwood who on march 11th killed jana murray with 332 blows using 5 to 10 different weapons and then lied about it, tried to cover it up saying that two masked men had broken into lululemon and sexually assaulted both norwood and jana murray. today jana murray's family came to court and they gave victim impact statements sin
i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. about one hour ago a judge in montgomery county sentenced an employee at the lululemon store for killing a co-worker in the bethesda yoga shop. her name is britney norwood. she is going to spend the rest of her life in prison. chris gordon is in rockville with more. >> reporter: judge robert greenburg said to norwood you are one hell of a liar, cold, malicious, deliberate. i have no doubt you are one troubled lady. brittany norwood who on march...
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. >> thanks, doreen. >>> well, still aheads, a $22 million settlement for a man who spent two years in solitary confinement because of a dwi. >>> for all your news, follow news4 online, just search nbcwashington.com on faceboo ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ let's go [ male announcer ] hey, capital area! are you feelin' subway®? then heat up your day with the big hot pastrami melt! it's fresh toasted and piled-high with pastrami, then topped with pickles, mustard, and cheese. head into a subway® restaurant today for this melty, mouthwatering sub! ♪ let's go >>> a new mexico man was awarded $22 million after he spent two years in solitary confinement for dwi. >> steven level issen was released after the charges were dropped but marissa torres has reaction to one of the largest prisoner civil right settlements in history. >> reporter: the moment steven slevin craved the last five years. >> why they did what they did i have no idea. >> reporter: arrested and jailed for dwi, he spent two years in solitary confinement until eventually charges were dismissed. from day one, slevin says he plea
. >> thanks, doreen. >>> well, still aheads, a $22 million settlement for a man who spent two years in solitary confinement because of a dwi. >>> for all your news, follow news4 online, just search nbcwashington.com on faceboo ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ let's go [ male announcer ] hey, capital area! are you feelin' subway®? then heat up your day with the big hot pastrami melt! it's fresh toasted and piled-high with pastrami, then topped with pickles, mustard, and...
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doreen joins wuss a preview. >> tonight at 6:00, the cruise ship disaster in italy is raising questions for many of you about your safety on vacation. we will tell you the three things you need to look for before you book your next cruise. >>> and a condition that has baffled health officials, 12 students from the same high school sick with a mysterious malady. tonight, doctors think they know what's responsible. >>> and there is backlash tonight over a plan to make d.c.'s chinatown look a little more like a smaller version of new york's times square. the reason why tonight on news4 at 6:00. see you then. >> all right. >> the lights going, if you squint, you could see it. >> trying to drive through it, you feel like you're in times square. >> just cross the street. >> true. >>> after the break, tracking down deadbeat parents who owe millions in child support. nbc rid ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' a sunny day ♪ ♪ sunny day ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' the taste i crave ♪ ♪ subway ♪ i'm makin' it, makin' it how i like ♪ ♪ it's meant to be ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ i'm feelin' subway
doreen joins wuss a preview. >> tonight at 6:00, the cruise ship disaster in italy is raising questions for many of you about your safety on vacation. we will tell you the three things you need to look for before you book your next cruise. >>> and a condition that has baffled health officials, 12 students from the same high school sick with a mysterious malady. tonight, doctors think they know what's responsible. >>> and there is backlash tonight over a plan to make...
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. >> hi, doreen. thanks. good evening. >>> tapping into voters' feelings is often a winning strategy. the u.s. electorate is angry. plenty of anger down in florida where the housing crisis remains severe. campaigning down there today in advance of tonight's debate and next tuesday's florida primary the former speaker let florida voters know he's mad, too. newt gingrich is outraged. >> we're not stupid. >> reporter: talking to tea party activists near orlando. >> the message we should give mitt romney is, you know, we
. >> hi, doreen. thanks. good evening. >>> tapping into voters' feelings is often a winning strategy. the u.s. electorate is angry. plenty of anger down in florida where the housing crisis remains severe. campaigning down there today in advance of tonight's debate and next tuesday's florida primary the former speaker let florida voters know he's mad, too. newt gingrich is outraged. >> we're not stupid. >> reporter: talking to tea party activists near orlando. >>...
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jim and doreen have the night off. we'll begin with the deadly cruise ship disaster in italy. six people killed when the ship ran aground friday night and the search continues for 16 others still missing. among those an american couple from minnesota. >>> the ship's captain remains in jail on
jim and doreen have the night off. we'll begin with the deadly cruise ship disaster in italy. six people killed when the ship ran aground friday night and the search continues for 16 others still missing. among those an american couple from minnesota. >>> the ship's captain remains in jail on