open. michelle: the annapolis yacht club damaged by a huge fire in december could be torn down according to the capital yacht club. members met with the city officials to discuss plans for the property. they are leaning toward demolitioning the building to more easily meet the federal floodplain regulations that requires them to raise the building 30 inches. final decision has not been made yet. leon: look outside and get a live look at how it is looking out there. beautiful evening shaping up after the morning clouds and rain. that is we have a mild sunny day. rain, though, not gone for the week. you may see it again. chief meteorologist doug hill with more on that. doug: part of the area had a mini blizzard on saturday morning. then we had strong winds. yesterday, chilly winds. today we have sunshine and temperatures in the 70's. this is crazy. 72 now. looking life at the image from the fairfax, virginia, from st. leo the great. it's pleasant. if you have any outdoor activities including going to see the nats it is delightful. the temperatures at 70 or so at the first pitch.

. michelle: breaking news out of montgomery county where police announced the person whose body was found in a hotel over the weekend was murdered. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live in gaithersburg with the details. kevin? kevin: the red roof inn staff found the person before noon on saturday. we are told the individual was murdered. they are now identified as 22-year-old kenneth blakeny. the police just revealed that blakeny was a transgender female. and was most likely working as a prostitute when she was murdered. multiple stab wounds to the upper body we're told as the cause of death. we can tell you that police are looking at a number of factors including surveillance video and any type of evidence in the hotel room, whether that is a cell phone or any sort of evidence that may lead them back to the person that ended up actually killing this 22-year-old. blakeny does have a criminal record according to maryland k-search. we can tell you that the police are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for anyone who helps them find the killer or killers. much more at 5:00. for now

latest updates as they happen go to wjla.com and search "olivera." michelle: metro's top executive grilled on the hill today. paul wiedefeld answering questions about the controversial shutdown. jonathan: he made the decision last month to take all the trains out of service for one full day. emergency inspections finding frayed cables underground. some of the tissues so bad that if they knew about it earlier the trains would have been halted a lot sooner. brianne carter has wiedefeld's explanation. he took the hot seat for sure. brianne: well, the hearing is still ongoing here on capitol hill. just beyond these doors. that hearing again he said continuing this a meeting with the houe earlier today the general manager met with senators from the region managers as well. this comes after the shut down on march 16. that has been a large focus of the controversy today. the general manager said he never wanted to shut the system down but knew after the answers he was getting to many questions about what had been done there with the cables and the trap he had no other option. saying they

information on the announcement about an arrest as soon as it takes place. michelle: today marks a week since anyone last saw nicole mittendorff alive. the fairfax county firefighter wasn't reported missing until friday. in the last hour we learned search crews picked up a few hits. kevin lewis is live in madison county with the kevin? kevin: michelle, this is day five in the search for nicole mittendorff. i can tell you the weather is cooperating. but the search area is still quite large. this is a map of shenandoah national park. skyline drive cuts across the mountain ridge for a hundred miles. but this area i'm circling is the spot that the crews focus the effort on. this is because the black dot represents a park ranger saturday evening found nicole mittendorff's 2009 mini cooper abandoned. close to a hundred people from more than a dozen state, local and non-profit agencies are now on the ground here at shenandoah. there is a makeshift command post tracking the search crews in real time with the g.p.s. technology. the park service has placed yellow tape at many of the trail heads h

so sad. sam, thank you. two protests, two calls for change on capitol hill today. michelle: one group is focusing on campaign finance and election reform. the second on stopping gun violence. jonathan: our team coverage begins with mike carter-conneen. he is live with the democracy spring protesters. this is their second day of demonstrating, right, mike? mike: 400 were arrested yesterday on the steps of the capitol building, another 85 protesters were arrested today according to the u.s. capitol police in another sit-in here. nearby, hundreds more protesters gathered in this grassy area where i'm standing where they had a permit to gather. several dozen more protesters organized a sit-in near the entrance of the capitol building, refusing to move despite repeated warnings that demonstrations there are not permitted. most arrested today were elderly people. there were no handcuffs or zip tie restraints. they were each escorted away peacefully and with mass arrest procedures and giving citations with crowding and obstructing. they are demanding legislation to restore and expand t

in the leg. he is expected to be okay. michelle? michelle: new developments in the case of underage drinking that spilled into the front yard of a home. montgomery county dropping more than a dozen charges against a father accused of letting teenagers drink in his home. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis broke the story of his arrest first on 7. now he explains why the charges are being dropped. kevin: this is the multimillion dollar bethesda mansion where police say kimiavy hosted a high school drinking party. cops say a number of teens were boozing on the home front lawn. the youngest party-goers 15 years old. so investigators pinned 13 counts of allowing underage possession of alcohol against the owner. he faces potential of $32,000 in fines but today we learned the montgomery county entire case against the self-described entrepreneur, citing a lack of evidence. kimiavy the state attorney office claimed had no idea the kids were drinking until the police arrived and added he never supplied the alcohol. he is a trustee at the prestigious holson arms private school in bethesda.

did just that. michelle: this car has been around the area for a while in the 900 block of n street and northwest. it turns out the man who owns it had a warrant out for him. d.c. bureau chief sam ford caught up with him and sam, why is this guy still free? sam: well, why is he still free? apparently they don't have anything to hold him on. even though he is an irritant to some of the people who live here. but this car we are talking about was actually towed away from here in the 900 block of n street. a couple of hours ago. the beat-up spray painted mitsubishi with the indiana tags belongs to 29-year-old kyle pettigo. it has been collecting tickets and drawing the ire of neighbors who asked why it allowed to say so long. locked up by the secret service after acting strangely outside the white house. they came here and discovered he had an outstanding warrant from indiana. but it was later dropped. and after he spent four days in jail he was released and back here on m street to the chagrin of residents. >> he has been living the car. for basically except for the period of time he w

of control. michelle: strong words from the fairfax county fire chief about possible cyber bullying and the role in the suicide of a fairfax county firefighter. nicole mittendorff's body was found in shenandoah national park last week. jonathan: northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg at today's news conference. the chief singled out a website in particular calling it out of control. jeff: he did, jonathan. the chief was angry, emotional, he was passionate when talking about this blog site. fairfax underground. the chief not only asking the operator of the blog to remove any post with mentions of the name nicole mittendorff but also asking the operator of the blog to shut it down completely. chief richard bowers today at the news conference saying he is investigating whether or not any members of the department wrote the posts on the concerning nicole mittendorff. the anonymous posts part of a thread for the fairfax firefighters are critical of mittendorff's personal action and behavior. chief bowers says he does not know if the online activity contributed to mittendorff's suic

under the severe thunderstorm watch. michelle? michelle: all right. thank you, doug. you can stay connected connecteh the stormwatch7 team through wjla.com. and the abc7 twitter and facebook feeds. download the stormwatch7 app for your smartphone or tablet. jonathan: we are also tracking a developing story out of montgomery county where a man is facing murder charges after police say a baby girl was hurt at his daycare. in the last half hour, stephen tschida spoke with the man's brother. what did he have to say? stephen: jonathan, i spoke with the brother exclusively about 15 minutes ago. he says he is having trouble believing what prosecutors say took place in the basement of that house down the block. at the last tuesday. we have a mugshot of kia, the 35-year-old with second-degree murder. and child abuse. they say he inflicted terrible abuse to this little girl and she died several days later. kia's brother says he cannot believe his brothers could have inflicted the injuries. >> you're fairly -- >> i'm very confident once the system goes through the due diligence and process a

the newscast. initial michelle: looking at other news. only on 7, a day after three people were criminally charged in the flint water crisis parents are raising concerns about the drinking water in some d.c. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live outside capitol hill montessori with what they have to say. sam? sam: michelle, this is one of three d.c. schools where there were lead levels in the water that were above the federal guidelines of 15 parts per billion. parents were stunned to find out they were 20 times above the acceptable level but they did not block it off to prevent students from drinking it. payne and minor elementary school had similar problems. one thought at payne was over 500 times the acceptable level. that is believed to be an anomaly. what has the montessori parents most upset the water tests were originally conducted last august and nobody told them abt they happen to learn about this reading a blog. >> we need to be immediately notified when the lead tests come back. immediately. positive or negatively. >> you just happened to find out? >> we just happened to

., jay korff, abc7 news. michelle: throughout the evening on abc7 we will be around d.c. to get ready for the cherry blossom parade. we'll check in with meteorologist steve rudin and amy aubert will introduce to us parade participants. leon: abc7 and newschannel8 are media partners with the cherry want to see the whole thing watch it here by noon or at 2:00 on the sister station newschannel8. michelle: a lot of options there. the national park service made their deadline to request a grant to fix the memorial bridge. but the transportation system says the bridge overall is a megaproject. the n.p.s. transportation system gets $250 million a year. that is how much the bridge repairs could cost. but the $250 million is split over regions across the nation. our area is 1,330% of the capital region allotment. leon: this is the last weekend you can enjoy regular rail service on metro. five-week break from the track work is nearly up. they started the work-free weekend for the cherry blossom season when the ridership nearly doubles in town. the break started march 19 and it ends on sunday. speak

populated michelle ng obama's youth and our with her in many ways in what she is doing now. >> if you haven't read the book, one thing i would commend to you is this rich description of the history and life of the south side of chicago which i wasn't as familiar with as i should have been but it is a wonderful aspect of the book and the six degrees of separation from michelle obama is pretty astounding too especially in terms of civil rights leaders recognize either a connection or are related to her, pretty amazing and thank you for your research on that. those who have questions make your way to the microphone, we will cover two other areas and open up to your questions. i want to start with linda hirshman. why do you think it is that justice ginsberg has been so co-ceo in forming friendships with people who are so ideologically different than she? >> people ask me that a lot. who besides justice scalia do you have in mind? >> justice o'connor. >> let's talk about some more interesting things, her relationship with justice o'connor. when i started writing the book, it went to lunch

, author of michelle obama, then linda hirschman author of sisters and mom, about sandra day o'connor and ruth bader ginsburg. historian discusses the influence of dissenting legal opinions in his book, dissent and in the supreme court. then former white house press secretary talks about her memoir and the good news is.burg and and look at fdr's and by mental record with douglas brickley. author of right but heritage. now, from the tucson festival a book, discussion about women leaders in washington. this is one hour. >> good afternoon. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the eighth annual tucson festival of books. we are live on c-span right now. i am going to remind you that if you have not a ready checks those cell phones please do so now, shut them off or silence them. we will be having a question and answer discussion for about 30 or 40 minutes. we will open to audience questions after that for the rest of our time. we have two microphones in either i'll so if you wish to ask a question of our panelists please start forming a line about 1:35 p.m. or p.m. or so so we can look to y

news. michelle: thank you. the clock is ticking for lawmakers in annapolis to reach any sort of consensus on noah's law. the difference in the house and the senate versions of the bill may prove too much to overcome. maryland bureau chief brad bell is monitoring new developments in annapolis. brad? brad: the news on this particular bill, noah's law, it looks like there will be a breakthrough,en -- an agreement reached in the last ha out. you see a lot of people here? they are lobbyists and people pushing for a variety of bills. among the crowd here today, noah leotta's family. his own father and mother lobbying delegates. you can see them standing at the entrance of the house chamber today as delegates show up essentially for work to get down to business on the last day of the legislative session, trying to convince them that noah's law is something that needs to happen. the law would require everybody arrested for drunk driving get an ignition interlock put in their car. what has happened just in the last half hour is that a conference committee has convened for the first time

-span q&a. one written about ruth bader ginsburg and one who wrote about michelle obama. that is is what is coming up next. >> .. >> good afternoon. it is my pleasure to welcome you. we are live on c-span right now, so i will remind you. please do so now were shut them off or silence them. it will be having a question-and-answer discussion for about 30 to 40 minutes. it will open it up for audience questions after that. if you wish to ask a question i ask that you start forming a line about 135 or so. who will be handling the book signing in a slightly different way than you may be used to. behind directly to the bookstore tent on the mallt for sales and signing. sales and signing following his presentation. linda hirshman will be taking calls and doing an interview on c-span so she will be in the same tent but half an hour after the presentation is over following that appearance. it is our pleasure to welcome you she year and we want to thank c-span and cox communications for sponsoring this venue and we thank the national institute for civil discourse for sponsoring this session and i

weekend and beyond for you in a couple of minutes. michelle? michelle: thank you. in the race for the white house we are standing by for what is being billed as a big announcement from texas senator ted cruz. the stage is set there. we are just waiting for him to come out. senator ted cruz, this week his camp said they have narrowed down the v.p. list but it's unclear just who is still on it. there have been rumors that carly fiorina will be announced as his v.p. mate. we are waiting to see exactly if that is the case. as soon as he approaches the podium there, we'll bring it to you live. meanwhile, donald trump got a clean sweep in yesterday's republican primaries. but it's a comment during his victory speech that is raising questions. >> the only thing she has going is the woman's card. don't like her. okay? michelle: yes. the woman's card. zero in on that woman there. drawing a lot of attention on social media. mary pat chrisie. the woman in the pink. the new jersey governor's wife. some say there was an eye roll there. either way a lot is being said about the comment. kevin lewis

stephensville, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. michelle: police are search, for a missing woman whose car was found in madison county. they are holding out hope they will find sign of nicole mittendorf who was last seen wednesday, we are live outside the fire station where mittendorf worked with the latest on the developing story. >> we heard an emotional news conference where milt mittendorf served since joining the fire department. they are urging the public to help with the search but voicing a direct message to nicole mittendorf in hopes that she is somewhere out there listening to what is being said. now stephen mittendorf spoke first in the news conference. he is a sergeant with the virginia state police. he fought through tears to deliver that statement. chief bowers with fairfax county fire also speaking calling this the department's 911 call to the public to help find nicole. mittendorf w was last heard from in text messages last wednesday and was reported missing last friday after failing to show up for work here at station 32 over the weekend. her mini cooper wa

switch that could potentially serve to activate an explosive. michelle: the critical point is they don't know if he has a detonator in his pocket that he is holding on to. they want to be careful with the situation. the entire wbff staff forced outside after the security guard alerted them. kathleen kairns joins us on the phone right now. glad you are all okay. what are you being told right now? kathleen: let me explain where i am at thisoi closest journalists to the scene because we are up in the attic of one of the homes just up the road from us. so i am looking directly down at 41st street. and the front of our building. there are now two of the police robots which are surrounding the suspect. and from my vantage point, it looks like the suspect not only moved an arm but a leg at one point. so, it appears that he is alive. one of the robots was stripping the costume off of him. and moving it to another location. i would presume to look it over to see what kind of potential bomb device might have been attached to him. so right now, the situation is still tough. the area around the scen

summer. they also have a #pine, which stands for peace in the northeast. michelle: scattered showers and storms are ending, making way for a good weekend. steve rudin is here with the outlook. steve: just have to get through the overnight and early tomorrow morning and a huge improvement is on the way. the last of the rain is off to theroz: the church has a numberf events targeting young people over the summer. north and west, moving through hagerstown. it is now clear of western maryland. however, a few more showers may dot the radar into early tomorrow morning. do not expect a lot more once this moves through. tomorrow morning, in the 60's, daytime highs in the lower 70's. talking about the seven day outlook, a big warm-up and cooldown, and not one but two chances of rain. jonathan: a suspected killer from out-of-state was caught in a grocery store starbucks. alerted to are disorderly man in wheaton. one of him what that's one of them was wanted for murder in north carolina, starting a fight with the police, taken into custody. michelle: a vigil in memory of a transgender woman mur

. michelle: of course, this story is going to dominate headlines throughout the weekend and beyond. top story heading into the weekend. the death of such a huge pop icon. and one of his last shows here in washington, the memory still fresh in those fans who attended that show. fans from around the d.c. area still expressing their sense of loss. jonathan: yes. suzanne kennedy is in the newsroom with some of the stories. it seems for his music for the last 30 years, there is a different song for a different time in people's lives. suzanne: everybody continues to say that this is sort of the soundtrack of their life. and as the news sunk in overnight we are seeing and more tributes to the music icon from local radio stations to nightclubs to area musicians. prince's impact is certainly being felt. as some records on 14th street in northwest washington, they sold out of the prince albums in less than an hour yesterday. they have had people calling in to see if they have any more in stock. they have ordered more. at the national portrait gallery, still photograph of prince part of a 2013 exh

today with pierre's son michel, and his son cesar. >> daniel: my dream was to always to put maison troisgros on my resume. it's my first day, chef troisgros. >> michel: tony, bonjour. >> anthony: bonjour. >> michel: comment allez-vous? >> anthony: tres bien. many have called maison troisgros the best restaurant in the world. and in the '60s, the brothers pierre and jean were early, important and fundamental innovators of what came to be known as nouvelle cuisine. behold one of their breakout classics, one of the truly game-changing, timeless, most influential dishes in history. it seems now, maybe, a simple thing, but it absolutely turned the world upside down when it debuted on the troisgros menu in 1962. i mean, when you have a dish this legendary, this iconic, there's no escaping it. the rolling stones will always have to play "jumping jack flash." if you google "troisgros", you'll see this. >> michel: so, forget everything you have on google and watch me now. okay? >> anthony: before this, fish was generally overcooked. it was served alongside elaborate garnishes, starches, veg

, michelle wolf, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) >> thanks, trevor. this is a big deal for us. losing the tampon tax could save new york women $14 million a year, and save me nothing. i steal all my tampons from the gym. ( laughter ) they're good. but there's still 39 states that charge the luxury tax for tampons. that's a lot of red. those governments put a luxury tax on products they see as not necessary or nonessential. according to the government, tampons are a luxury item, as in, "buy some tampons, ladies! treat yourselves." >> trevor: michelle, clearly, this is long overdue. >> oh, you know what else is long overdue? thankfully, not my period. being able to talk about periods. we've cloaked it in such secrecy and shame. we say things like, "time of the month," and "feminine hygiene." and a bunch of code words that mean menustration. it's like we put menustration in the witness protection period and it now goes by period and lives in a small town in oklahoma. >> trevor: you're right, michelle. we should talk about menustration because it's a totally natural and beautiful thing--

airport and subway blast. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm michelle kosinski. donald trump's moment of zen is over. after days of tame tweets, he is back aimed at the republican party's delegate system. he is challenging the delegate haul. ted cruz won in colorado. he complained about the republican party picking delegates at the convention instead of primary or caucus. how is it possible the people of the great state of colorado never got to vote in a primary. cruz won delegates with quote gustapo tactics. >> not my style. it is ted cruz's style. that will win him. >> you think he is threatening delegates? >> you go to the conventions and you see the tactics. >> gustapo? that's a strong word. >> we will file protests. the reality is they are not playing by the rules. >> is so cruz's campaign is lashing back saying cruz's campaign won after the hard work to build superior organization. let's bring in chris frates. >> reporter: john and michelle, after a three-daybreak, trump back on the trail. crucial to donald trump with 95 delegates at stake. donald

time for people who facilitate and allow underage drinking. michelle: develo search for the man who stabbed a teenager to death inside of a metro station. near theger was killed fare gates, caught on video, this the second deadliest incident at the station in just a matter of weeks. roz plater has the investigation happening now. tonight, the police released clear surveillance pictures that they hope will help make a quick arrest in the cased. make passengers feel more safe. the guardian angels launch their volunteer patrols at the metro station monday evening after a deadly stabbing earlier in the day. donelantold jennifer that a 15-year-old told his brother to roll his cell phone camera as the 15-year-old punched a third young man, but the third young man struck back and slashed the 15-year-old's throat. these are surveillance pictures of the man suspected in the deadly stabbing. the police believe he may be a teenager. >> time of day why teenagers are even out of school. roz: the deadly incident comes as metro has beefed up the number of officers on patrol at several stations, in

michelle: hello and welcome to "focus on europe," where we take you behind the headlines and discuss the stories affecting the people across this great continent. i'm michelle henery. thank you for joining us. on today's show -- taking the taboo out of domestic violence in france. poland's political horse trading. and ukraine's eurovision entry hits a historical note. with the explosive revelations from the panama papers, where big name financial groups, political elites and even soccer stars were helped to hide cash in offshore havens, it's no surprise that the public is angry. while tax avoidance is not entirely illegal, that anger's been brewing for some time now. a small town in wales, sick and tired of the apparent double standard between the haves -- who often seem immune to paying taxes -- and have nots -- who always seem to be paying them -- decided to take action. a group of small business owners in the town of crickhowell have turned the tables and gone offshore. reporter: the people of crickhowell live a proudly independent lifestyle. it's home to a number of small

soon the retired veteran found himself saying better get baquero. >> michelle is a cancer survivor who has been a member of her gym for more than two decades. how is it that only now is she experiencing an issue with her membership? in her home, michelle a retired veteran adores her pet parrot. another constant in her life? working out. total finance. >> i have the top of the line membership where i can go to anyone of their gyms anywhere in the world. >> fast forward to december of 2014 when 24-hour finance took over bally gyms. >> i got a letter from 24 hour finance. so i called bally and they said they bought us out. they're supposed to honor your contract to the fullest extent. >> michelle hit the gym again and went to the 24 hour finance location five minutes from her home. after all she had a premium membership. >> they're like you can't use our gym. here's a letter. no no. you need to call our corporate office. >> michelle says she tried contacting 24 hour finance arguing the nearest location she's being allowed to use is 30 miles away. i left at least 17 messages after their co

good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm michelle kosinski. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, april 11th. the period of calm appears to be over after days of no public events and tepid action on the twitter act. donald trump back with aims at the republican party and delegate system. trump trying to challenge the delegates haul that cruz won over the weekend. trump complained over the delegates picked at the convention instead of a primary or caucus. how is it that the people of the state of colorado never got to vote at the primary? trump's new delegate manager charges the cruz campaign won with gustapo tactics. >> threatening a fair game? >> not my style. not trump's style. >> what can you? >> it is ted cruz's style. >> you think he is threatening delegates. >> you go to the conventions and you see the gustapo tactics. >> gustapo tactics? that's a strong word. >> we will file protests. reality is they are not playing by the rules. >> cruz campaign is lashing back saying cruz won colorado by putting in the hard work to build a superior organization. let's get the latest from

. jackie? >> reporter: good morning, michelle. this issue was raised after the bill cosby issue. and some people realize that the statute has expired so they are working on changing the statute of limitations for rape. 80-year-old helen hayes is the oldest of more than 50 women who have accused cosby of sexual assault. she was 38 when the allegations happens, but hayes cannot file charges against him? >> if i was 19, i would have said, bill, you are so silly but at 38, i said, bill, what the hell do you think you are doing? and i think it scared him and he left and said have a nice dinner, ladies. >> reporter: the bill would apply to crimes committed after january 31, 2017 and those allegations who have not expired. jackie ward, k, and ix 5. >>> one bay area community has come together to call for the change of a controversial street name. the marin county board of supervisors will consider changing gunshot fire road to sunrise fire name. they are saying it's insensitive because it's near the location of the recent murder of steve carter in 2015. >>> and let's check in with gianna for a l

michelle fields was supposedly man handles as he tried to get an interview with donald trump. there she is trying to approach trump to ask a question, she says she was pulled back really hard by lewandowski. here is the prosecutor, rather they're make a statement right now. let's listen in. not quite yet. you know that she did file charges and the police followed suit. basically arresting him for this, but has now issued a total reversal. let's listen in right now. >> includes all of palm beach county. i'm joined by adrianne ellis covering all the misdemeanors including simple battery. ms. ellis made the legal and factual conclusionsil be discussing today. i agree with ms. ellis' analysis in closeout memo and as state attorney i've made the decision that this office will not be filing charges against corey lewandowski for battery. we have notified the parties involved in this party, and will make ms. ellis' memorandum available to all of you. it's important to note that despite several media reports, this matter was never charged by -- [audio difficulties]. >> are we all good? all right

at the golden gate bridge right now. looking prettied pretty -- pretty good out there. i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm kenny choi. >> and kenny, you are new to the desk. so a big welcome to you. you were in hawaii for the last several years. >> i know. six years getting acclimated to the surfing and getting used to the 80-degree weather. and out here, it's a rollercoaster ride. >> and you will pick up on it. but there are so many differences between hawaii and the bay area weather. >> i'm getting that. >> a little colder. >> good to have you. good to have you. >> thank you. >> how is the weather looking? >> beautiful but kenny is talking to us now. >>> thank you, and we are live at the santa clara county jail for the latest on the fix that won't be easy. >> reporter: yes. the santa clara board of supervisors will be hearing about the 6-month investigation into the troubled jail with 120 items total, everything from installing an independent auditor and overhauling the welfare fund and grievance system and the blue ribbon panel of experts are doing a top to bottom review of the jail

which found probable cause that mr. lewandowski committed simple battery against ms. michelle fields. as is the normal process the jupiter police department made a decision based on probable cause to issue a notice to aper to under lewandowski. afterwards the jupiter police department sent our office a case file and we conducted an independent review to determine whether we would pursue the charges. jupiter police chief and police department do an excellent job in making a charging decision. we believe that probable cause exists for the jupiter police department to have charged mr. lewandowski in this case. as prosecutors, however, our standard for filing criminal charges is higher than mere probable cause. we have the burden of proving each case beyond a reasonable doubt. in doing so, a prosecutor must have a good faith basis that the evidence presented will sustain the conviction. while the evidence in this case is legally sufficient for the police o to have charged mr. lewandowski, it is not strong enough to meet the legal burden of a reasonable likelihood of a conviction. it is u

industry are struggling to cope. as michelle fleury discovered on a trip to north dakota. michelle: flying low above north jacks dotlains, pump the landscape, evidence of the boom that has helped to power america's energy renaissance. but with falling oil prices, north dakota's economy is now in trouble. on the ground, signs of the downturn. used wellheads sit unsold outside this oil field services company. the owner says he has had to cut salaries and workers. >> two years ago there would be 35 people in their working and now i'm not sure what you can see exactly behind me but there is the or four people working. michelle: he says there is now less business to go around. >> it is largely a game of musical chairs, where there is so many vendors that are chasing a small amount of work right now and the environment is considerably out there. michelle: barracks style housing , known as man camps, were built during the boom years. much of it is deserted. two years ago the rec room at this worker cap would have been packed. >> dining room, everything was full. hard to find a parking spot every

it is monday, april 11. you see clouds out there? >> oh, plenty. >>> that's a cloud. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm brian hackney. >>> this morning, the search for a missing toddler is continuing as police have located the body of the mother. >> reporter: that's right, brian. the little girl has been missing since february but with the recent news about her mother, the search is intensifying for ariana fitts, the daughter of nicki fitts whose body was found on friday. police will not elaborate on her murder but their concern over arianna grows as the family tries to remain hopeful. the little girl is at risk because she is so young and because her mother is the victim of a homicide. police released photos of ariamna over the weekend and are asking people who know anything about the case to call 911. jackie ward, kpix 5. >> jackie, police are not saying anything about why this happened or motivation, nothing about that; right? >> reporter: they are not release anything details about the killing. all we know about nicki is she has been a bay area resident for 12 years and worked at a b

corey lewandowski for allegedly grabbing reporter michelle fields' arm. tonight, newly released security video just before the incident in question shows a secret service agent telling fields to leave the area which she does but after about 90 seconds fields then returns to the same spot to try and ask mr. trump a few questions. some are calling this video, quote, a smoking gun. fox did reach out to miss michelle fields for a comment. she declined to give a statement. earlier tonight, i stopped by the new york state republican gala and interviewed donald trump's campaign manager, his first interview, corey lewandowski. here's the interview. joining us now right here on the stage is campaign manager for donald trump, corey lewandowski is with us. good to see you. how are you? >> thanks for having me, sean. great to be here. >> big relief for you today. prosecutors in jupiter decided they're not moving forward with any charges as it's related to the michelle fields incident. i wanted to give you a chance to respond and give your take. >> well, first let me say how much i am thankf

upper >>> a good saturday. i'm meteorologist michelle grossman. warmer today, not close to normal but still not the 50s of the past few days. 63 by this afternoon. mostly cloudy skies. we'll keep it dry today. we'll see a few peeks of sunshine. the rain comes in on monday for the broad street runners. 57 degrees and some spots cooler. by monday, showers left over. cloudy day, 63. tuesday is your pick day of the week. we'll dry it out. partly sunny, 68 degrees and 68 on wednesday. >>> and that's your latest late forecast. >> dylan, thank you. now to the big night in the nation's capital as the celebrities converge for the washington social calendar. tonight is the president's final correspondents dinner. we have nbc white house reporter kristen welker with more. >> what is this? why am i required to talk to it? >> reporter: bringing the red carpet to the town used to red tape. this morning, buzz is building where kerry washington is meeting "meet the press." >> and more the press prom. >> a term coined by political reporters who never had a chance to go to an actual prom. >> report

michelle charlesworth in for lori stokes. >> that's the mommy in you coming out >> i know. i'm all bossy pants, right? >> and i'm ken rosato. thank you for joining us. it is tuesday, april 5th. and you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. and the whether forecast >> did you say grab your fleece hat, admonish snell >> yes. >> is it a particular hat i have to wear? >> yes. just listen to me. >> all right. >> i'm trying to help you. >> i'm getting my fleece hat. here we go. 27 degrees right now. you better get a fleece hat, that's right. 22 kingston and poughkeepsie, 21 in carmel, which, by the way, today is national carmel day also. 27 around the park. the real feel here with these north/northeast winds and at times it's been northwest, but it's all out of the north and that's our coldest wind, and so we're looking at 10 for the real feel at white plains. 16 bridgeport, white plains always a windy spot. freeze warning until 10:00. sunshine today, but that will do very little to warm things up. we get to maybe 41, 42 this afternoon, but the wind chills will be in

. >> as it always does. happy saturday, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm michelle charlesworth. meteorologist amy freeze is live and in the wild in the bronx this morning. >> you and your fellow animals where the 2016wcs run will kick off. she has the first look at weather. how's life out there in the boogie-down? >> reporter: good morning to you guys. it is great. gonna get wild here at the bronx zoo. we can't wait. expecting over 4,000 runners. run. i have the start line all to myself to get going. what a morning to run. we'll look for the clouds overhead to break for the sunshine. is coming up with beautiful colors decorating the back drop. we've got a cool spot up in monticello. everybody else in the middle to upper 40s. we look at the satellite and radar picture and you'll see that we're breaking for clear skies this afternoon. there is a mess bringing lots of severe weather across the central plains and even down through tornado alley living up to its name yesterday. it's not necessarily severe but capable of producing showers and thunderstorms. the planning forecast for today, the race

cloudy down the shore right now. but this will be the dry day. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the conditions where you live with the neighborhood forecast. michelle. >>> we're not going to have great sunshine today. as you mentioned it will be better than it will be tomorrow. looking at a rather cloudy day. peeks of sunshine. starting out a little bit chilly in the 40s but making it into the 60s compared to the 50s of the past few days. 49 degrees in philadelphia. 46 in trenton. 47 in wilmington. 46 degrees right now in allentown. guess what. this is pretty close to where we were yesterday. yesterday we ended up about two degrees cooler in most spots, even one degree. i'll bush that button a little harder. warmer in mt. holley and two degrees warmer in philadelphia. this afternoon we'll be 10 degrees warmer. starting out in the 40s across the area. 46 in lehigh valley. lots of clouds to start your day. mostly cloudy skies with a few peeks of sunshine. let's plan out the rest of the day for you. in philadelphia, neighborhood by neighborhood we'll break it down. 1:00, 6

battle in new york. >>> cnn exclusive. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm michelle kosinski. >> i'm john berman. this morning, rigged, corrupt. those words from donald trump and directed from his own party and nominating process. today, the republican frontrunner heads to new york blasting the party system of the delegates to the convention in cleveland. that was one big thing we heard from him overnight in albany. trump had words for hillary clinton. he expects her to be the democratic nominee despite her being guilty as hell of mishandling classified e-mails. let's bring in sara murray with the trump campaign. >> reporter: good morning, john and michelle. donald trump is not backing down on the criticism of the republican nominating process. he stumbled in colorado and louisiana. speaking here in albany to a crowd of thousands, he suggested to them the system is rigged. >> so we have a rigged system. in colorado, they were going to vote. you is saw what's happening in colorado. one of the big things. it's a fix. because we thought we were having an election and a number of

♪ michelle: hello and welcome to "focus on europe." i'm michelle hennery. today, we give special attention to the terror rocking the continent from the victims picking up the pieces to the terrorists trying to reach new recruits. on the programme today, life in belgium after the bombings. turkey's fearless journalists. and the walls between catholics and protestants in northern ireland. after the terror attacks in belgium, people there and across europe are unsurprisingly afraid of it happening again. i lived in brussels before moving to germany, and friends there say that even though fear now accompanies them where ever they go, they refuse to give in to the terrorists. through the grief in the aftermath of the attacks, the capital of a country long known for the divide between its french and flemish speaking communities, has become more united. for laurent duhaut, maalbeek subway station will be hallowed ground for the rest of his life. among the 13 people killed by the suicide bombing of this metro station last tuesday was his best friend. >> as soon as i heard about the the a

it's monday, april 11. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm brian hackney. >>> questions are still swirling around the disappearance of a bay area toddler after her mother turned up dead in a park. jackie ward is in san francisco with the latest on the search for the missing girl. jackie? >> reporter: michelle, the little girl has been missing since february and now with the recent news of her mother, relatives are more worried about her. arianna fitts is the daughter of 32-year-old nicki fitts whose body was found on fried. - - friday and concern over arianna has grown. >> trying to stay positive that we will see her again safely and mostly i'm just scared that she's out there, and we don't know where she is. we want her home. >> reporter: the little girl is considered at risk because she is so young and now because her some other a homicide victim. police have not said whetherrer with suspects were identified or arrested for nicki's killing. police have released photos of arianna and they are asking if anyone knows the whereabouts of the little girl to call 911. jackie ward, kpix 5. >> ja

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michelle grossman who has more on the damage and conditions outside right now. michelle. >> really gusty storms moved through with hail, winds 50 miles per hour, lightning and thunder. now we're up for gusty winds. a couple more hours before we start to see winds lessen a bit. still windy this afternoon a live look outside. can you see winds whipping clouds around. winds gusting 48 miles per hour in some spots. high wind warning still in effect until lunchtime a few more hours of really gusty winds. then decrease, a windy afternoon, but really seeing winds die down after sunset. right now winds 25 to 35 miles per hour. out of the northwest, cold direction. we're cold today, cold later on this afternoon. 31 miles per hour in wilmington, up to 25 in mount pocono. temperatures they are cold, right around freezing mark in many spots. 33 pottstown, allentown, reading, 23 in mount pocono, 37 in philadelphia. temperatures to the south and east in the upper 30s. you factor in the winds and it feels colder than that. feels like 4 in mount pocono and teens in north and west. plan on a cold one, bl

. thanks for being with us. let's get right to meteorologist michelle grossman. she is tracking the rain in our new neighborhood forecast. michelle, it's important this new weather because we'll be telling people where it's going to be raining, when it's going to stop and when they can enjoy a little bit of sunshine today. >> that's right. hi, rosemary. it's so different across the areas. especially important on the weekends. 50s at the beaches, 60s closer to the cities and we'll pinpoint the forecast for your seven days at the bottom. today temperatures jumping into the 60s finally. right now we're chilly. 48 in philadelphia. plenty of clouds. looking at temperatures in the 40s across the area. lehigh valley 47 degrees. we'll have clouds today but not as many as yesterday. by noon in philadelphia 58 degrees. yesterday we only made it to the low 50s. by the afternoon, 62. the suburbs will be a little chillier. 57 by lunchtime and 61 by 4:00. the beaches are interesting. we'll look at that in just a minute. the lehigh valley, 4:00, 61. delaware may see a shower this morning. otherwis

reporter michelle fields. >> i'm not a lawyer. she said she had a bruise on her arm. i mean to me, if you're going to get squeezed, don't you think she would have screamed or something? >> i looked that tape at least 100 times today to try and see -- i have her aernoriginal statement here she was jolted backwards and someone grabbed me tightly by the arm an yanked me down. i almost fell to the ground. now i'm showing the tape. i don't see that. >> the argument from the trump camp that is no longer the campaign manager never touched reporter mis eer michelle field. now the touching wasn't that bad. >> with two days until wisconsin's primary, are he had finally getting payback against trump? and with all the tabloid charges and countercharges, rlt media covering the campaign dissent into the gutter or helping to push it there? >> i think there's something really compelling when you have people who are seeking that much power and who can really affect your daily life when there are tabloid accusations made about them. usually, you know, when we talk about tabloids, we're talking about di

for those golden state warriors. good morning, it is april 13, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let's get our first check of weather and traffic with mr. brian hackney. >> good morning, gang. gianna, how are you? kenny, michelle and you? we're starting out this morning with mostly cloudy skies again. temperatures today recover into the mid-60s. chance of rain coming within 24 hours. we'll document that in just a few minutes. >>> and jumping to the roadways right now, two left lanes closed in both directions. that's as you work your way through walnut creek north- and southbound 680. olympic boulevard to crow canyon road in effect until 5:00. the good news is, we are accident-free this morning, again, just construction. heads up, we have a lot going on today. a's and the angels at the coliseum. grizzlies and warriors throughout the day. 880 will be busy. >>> a young scientist is gunned down in oakland while walking home from a bash. kpix 5's andria borba tells us police are searching for a suspect and a motive. >> reporter: as night falls near the courter near glen echo c