Jordan Larson. This is the News
4 rundown. And thanks for
joining us for the News 4
rundown. I’m Leon Harris. It’s
Friday, August 23rd. Tonight’s
top story. Disturbing new
details in the case of the
Manassas Park woman who’s been
missing since late July.
Prosecutors say that police
found evidence of pools of blood
in the bedroom. Mom to be shared
with her husband and her small
child. In a court hearing,
prosecutors laid out their case
against Naresh. But the husband,
who was arrested just yesterday
and charged with concealing a
dead body. News 4’s Paul Wagner
was in that courtroom. He has
more on the evidence that was
found. A line of people, all of
them friends of mom Tabash
walked out of the courthouse.
This morning with heavy hearts.
What they heard inside left
them, no doubt. The young nurse
and mother they so dearly loved
was likely killed inside the
home she shared with her
husband. What we heard was worse
than we could have ever
imagined. I have to give credit
to the Commonwealth attorneys.
She spoke as frankly as she
could, but the details are
absolutely shocking. Naresh
Bhatt sat with his attorney as
prosecutors laid out the case.
Police have been building since
early August, along with the
traces of pools of blood and
blood spatter. Police say they
found in the master bedroom and
bathroom. Prosecutors say Naresh
Bhatt could not keep his story
straight, and they have evidence
he recently purchased a set of
knives at a Walmart. And now two
of those knives are missing.
Prosecutors also say there is
video of Naresh Bhatt purchasing
cleaning supplies at a Walmart
in Loudoun County on July 31st,
the day after police say they
believe Mamta was killed. I
think this man is crafty and was
trying to do everything he could
to conceal his actions.
Prosecutors say Mamta’s phone
last pinged in Loudoun County
and stopped sending signals on
August 1st. Mamta was last seen
at work on July 27th, but her
husband did not report her
missing until August fifth. On
August 8th, police say Mamta is
involuntary missing, but police
did not search the house on
Heather court until August 21st.
A length of time that concerned
Mamta’s friends. It sounds
whatever happened in that house
reached a high level of
brutality, and that makes me sad
to think that my mom too,
suffered greatly in her last.
What appears to be her last
moments. The tight knit Nepali
community that came together in
hopes of finding Mamta alive.
Now must come to terms with the
reality of what police found
inside that house on Heather
court. Hollingsworth also said
that she had become very
concerned with the pace of the
investigation early on, and that
she had, in fact, lost faith and
confidence in the police and
their efforts to try and find
her friend Mamta Bott. But then
she says she met with the police
chief and that she felt a lot
better after talking with him
and understanding that they were
going through the cycles of
gaining evidence and having to
use that evidence for probable
cause to get search warrants and
subpoenas. One other note she
also said that the State
Department has now given an
emergency visa to Mamta’s mother
in Nepal, so that she can come
here to the United States.
Outside the courthouse in
Manassas, Paul Wagner News 4.
Now, let’s take a look at some
of the other stories that we’re
following. A D.C. man was was
sentenced to life in prison for
raping and killing a Maryland
woman. It’s a case that went
unsolved for more than 40 years.
28 year old Vicky Lynn Belk was
walking to her boyfriend’s car
near RFK Stadium back in 1979,
when she was abducted, raped and
shot to death by Andre Taylor in
Charles County. Taylor’s trial
lasted nine days, and it took
jurors just two hours to come
back with a guilty verdict. The
Stafford County School Board
will hold a special meeting
Tuesday to address parents
concerns about major school bus
delays that had some kids
waiting up to two hours for
their busses to arrive. Earlier
this week, the interim
superintendent said that issues
with the software that generates
the bus routes, coupled with the
shortage of bus drivers, are
what caused the problems.
Tuesday’s meeting starts at 5:30
p.m. Top NASA officials will be
meeting tomorrow to decide
whether Boeing’s spacecraft is
safe enough to bring two
stranded astronauts back to
Earth. They’ve spent nearly
three months waiting on the
International Space Station
after their Boeing spacecraft
encountered problems on its
journey into orbit. They were
only supposed to be up there for
ten days. An announcement is
expected once that meeting ends.
Five Secret Service agents have
been reassigned. These agents
were at that rally last month
where former President Donald
Trump was nearly assassinated.
The new York Times reports the
agents are now on administrative
duty. They’re still working, but
they cannot plan protective
details for candidate rallies.
Now to the latest on the fallout
from DC Council member Trayon
White’s arrest on federal
bribery charges today. DC
Council Chair Phil Mendelson
announced on Waimumu Radio’s
Politics Hour he appointed an at
large council member, Kenyan
McDuffie. He’ll be leading the
council’s investigation and make
recommendations. Mendelson said
the recommendations could
include removing white from the
DC Council. Options for the
council would be reprimand,
censure or expulsion. There may
be some other sanction that they
think of. I don’t know what that
would be and what they will be
looking at is both the federal
charges as well as this question
about residency. Mendelson said
that he won’t wait for an
investigation to have white
removed as chair of the
committee that oversees youth
affairs, he’ll be asking the
council to vote on that when
they return from their summer
recess September 17th. The
committee has until December
16th to issue a report. Two
Decision 2024. Now we are just
74 days away from Americans
electing a new Commander in
Chief. The sprint to the finish
is on. Now that Democrats and
Republicans have wrapped up
their national conventions, both
parties hoping to gain
supporters in months ahead of
November’s election. Vice
President Kamala Harris now
officially the Democratic
nominee for president. Last
night, she accepted the
nomination as the party closed
out a historic convention.
Harris laid out her roadmap for
a new way forward. She also
addressed the ongoing
Israel-hamas war, vowing to get
a hostage and ceasefire deal
done. Today’s news of the
Federal Reserve likely soon
announcing interest rate cuts,
could provide a boost to
Harris’s campaign. Meantime,
former president Trump is
getting a boost from his now
former opponent, Robert F
Kennedy Jr. This afternoon, the
independent presidential
candidate suspended his bid for
the White House. RFK Jr, now
backing Trump. Kennedy said that
his internal polling showed that
his presence in the race would
hurt Trump and help Harris. RFK
Jr made the announcement this
afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona,
ahead of Trump’s scheduled
rally, which is happening right
now in Glendale, Arizona. No
official word on if Kennedy is
going to be making an appearance
there in Glendale. Politics is a
hot topic for water cooler talk
these days. A recent Gallup
survey revealing that 50% of
U.S. workers say that they’ve
discussed political issues with
a coworker over the past month.
Men nearly 20% more likely to
have political conversations
than women. And not all
employees say they were
comfortable having those
discussions. Gallup’s data shows
12% reported feeling
uncomfortable, noting that they
felt unfairly treated for their
views politically. It’s the last
week of summer for many families
across the DMV, but will this
weekend’s weather help them end
it with a bang, or is it going
to be a bust? Storm Team 4 chief
meteorologist Doug Kammerer has
got the details. We’re warming
up as we head into the weekend.
83 A high today in D.C. actually
just saw an 84, officially. 83
in Warrenton. 80 in Hagerstown.
Temperatures, though moving towards 90 for part of your
Which camera? One. Thank. You
All right. Let’s talk about the
weather, because it’s good. It’s
a pleasant topic after a great
week and a fantastic Friday. Now
we’re at the weekend. Yeah
Fantastic Friday. I think the
weekend is going to be fantastic
as well, got a cool shot for
you. Okay. I want to show you
this visible satellite picture.
This is a picture of the United
States, right? All of this. This
is what’s called the visible
satellite. So if you were on a
satellite looking down at the
earth, this is what you would
see. You see the cloud cover
moving our way. You also see
that we’re high and dry here.
The clouds are down to the
south. Now watch this. What’s
happening there? Wait a second.
What is that? What That is the
sun going down and no longer
shining on our area. So our sun
set in about 12 minutes. So you
will actually see this darkness
come across the United States.
It’s going to be so cool. I love
seeing this during the morning
hours because it illuminates as
it moves across and as the sun
comes up instead of going down.
But that’s what’s happening
right now. The last five hours
showing the sun, making its way
down across the Atlantic Ocean.
How about that? Pretty cool?
Let’s show you what’s going on
right now in our area. Sun is
going down after a beautiful
afternoon. 80 degrees at current
temperature. Winds out of the
east southeast. Now at 14 miles
an hour. It’s been out of the
north. The last couple of days.
And that’s a cooling wind.
Temperatures right now into the
upper 70s to around 80. Still
going to be a cool night
tonight, relatively speaking.
And a cool morning tomorrow. But
it’s going to be a lot warmer
than it’s been over the past
couple of days here. So here’s
what to expect this weekend. A
little warmer each day. Still
not too humid, so that’s really
good. And not much needed. Rain
in sight. We don’t have any
rainfall out there and we’re not
going to see any rain. Storm
Team 4 right? Are completely
dry. And here’s the picture
again. The big picture showing
that we have some showers well
down to the south, but that is
it. What are we going to be
expecting over the next couple
of days? It’s just going to be
those warmer temperatures moving
our direction. 87 tomorrow, 90
on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday.
All around 90 degrees. An
isolated shower. Possible on
Monday but shouldn’t amount to
much. And then next week a
little bit more heat. Wednesday
going 9392 on Thursday. Best
chance of rain next Friday and
Saturday. Some pretty good
chances of storms right there
and tracking Wednesday could
actually be a little bit hotter
than this, so I’ll continue to
keep you posted on that. But
right now, weekend looks great.
For a second there you had me
thinking it was an alien
spacecraft or something that was
sticking in front of the
satellite, right? Wouldn’t that
be cool? Hey, I do, I guess that
wouldn’t be cool, but depends.
Maybe they’re maybe they’re
friendly, but yeah, here comes
the sun making its way down
right now across the Atlantic.
How cool is that? I just love
that is cool. Got to give it to
you there, man. All right, still
ahead, Commanders head coach Dan
Quinn makes his home field debut
this weekend. Team insider JP
Finlay goes one on one with the
man in charge about his feelings
going into Sunday’s final preseason game and the upcoming
The Commanders preseason finale
against the Patriots, set for
Sunday night, a game you can see
right here on NBC 4. It also
happens to be the first home
game for Dan Quinn, team Insider
JP Finlay went one on one with
the head coach to find out what
he’s expecting. That moment when
he steps onto the field. When
the Commanders hired Dan Quinn
to be head coach back in
February, it was obvious this
dude has a lot of energy and
enthusiasm. But Sunday night,
that’s going to be his first
chance to go out in front of a
home crowd in the preseason
finale. He’s going to be fired
up. I’m really pumped, man,
because I got a sense for it at
training camp, you know, for
opening training camp to having
fans here and seeing how
important this team is, you
know, to this community. And so
knowing that you know, get to be
a part of that, like, man,
that’s really cool. And we’re we
want to make sure every time we
represent man, like the people that watch us play, the fans,
our family, our friends, they
say, man, these guys absolutely
bring it. So yeah, we’re we’re
pumped to be home finally. And
to get to do it here and get
started, man. It’s really cool. Are you experiencing some of
that now like grocery store, gas
station. Like people are like,
hey coach, is that starting to
happen? Yet Yeah, it’ll only go
up. Yeah, it definitely does.
And quite honestly, it’s really
appreciated because of how
important this team is to the
community. So knowing that like
in your heart, man, that’s a
really cool thing. And so like
for us to be a part of it, it’s
awesome. You’ve talked about how
you get a second chance to be a
head coach means so much and
maybe not different, but but
what you want to embrace along
the way, how does that impact
you getting this close to the
regular season? I mean, you
know, things are really going to
get going here and maybe the
honeymoon period ends, but that
next phase begins. Yeah. And
that’s why you want this
opportunity. So for me, you know
having, you know, Adam and Josh,
you know, going through the
process with them and Adam and I
going through, you know, the
spring to draft and develop this
team and the players, it’s
everything I hoped it would be,
you know, to make sure we can
absolutely go for it in every
possible way. And so you can see
behind us the new field, you
know, that was just put in, you
know, this summer. So every
single moment to go for it.
We’re going to do it. Watch more
of my interview with Dan Quinn
Sunday night at 7:00 right here
on NBC 4. We have a full hour
long pregame show before the
Commanders preseason finale
starts at eight again right here
on NBC 4. In fact, never change
a channel cover. The Commanders
in Ashburn. I’m JP Finlay. This
upcoming Monday, classes are
back in session at D.C. Public
Schools. The district installed
cameras on 25 school busses to
prevent drivers from passing
stopped busses. If you pass one,
these cameras will record the
entire incident. Take a shot of
your license plate and then
you’ll be fined $500. These
cameras were first deployed on
D.C. school busses back in
April. There was a 45 day
warning period before they went
live. During that time, 4000
warnings were given, so be
careful out there. D.C. helps
students get ready to head back
to school this afternoon at RFK
Stadium. The district’s
Department of Youth
Rehabilitation Services put on
the event. They were free
backpacks available and school
supplies for the kids, along
with live music, food and free
haircuts. News 4 Photojournalist
Evan Carr spoke with organizers
and parents about why this event
was so important. I’m so glad
we’re having a back to school
event and this is an event that
we do. This is I think, our
fourth year. Everybody needs a
backpack to hold their books,
they need pencils and paper and
things to, to do their
assignments. They need uniforms.
These are just the essential
pieces of gear that you need to
start the year off. It means a
lot for the community to receive
support when your kids are going
to school, and they’re being
positive makes people feel a
part of being in the city. It
makes people feel like
appreciating where they’re from.
You know? It saves money for
other things, and then it’s
showing how the community cares
for the other people out here.
So it’s really like a big help
to everybody. It makes us feel
great. And that’s one of our
main functions. We measure our
success by the success of the
kids that we work with. And so
helping them and having them be
successful is what we’re after
now. Like this is definitely a
start. When the community see
that people out here trying to
help the community so that like,
like I keep saying the
community, you know, they give
people hope. News 4 is the
station getting you ready for
school? Monday is a big back to
school day for tens of thousands
of students in our region Prince
George’s, Montgomery, Arlington
and DC public schools all
heading back to class along with
some others. We’ll be working
for you with live team coverage.
Join us Monday morning on News 4
today. Now this is the last
weekend of summer for many
families across the region.
Plenty of fun though, happening
in the DMV to help you end the
summer with a bang. News 4’s
Tommy McFly has everything you
don’t want to miss out on in the
weekend scene. Book lovers, it
is your weekend. The National
Book Festival is back. The
authors you want to meet, the
books you probably already binge
read. Let’s be honest. Or maybe
you’re not an avid reader and
you want to get into it. The
baby steps to crack and open a
good book. This weekend books
build us up really speaks to how
books can help us individually
and also as a community. They
can build up our views of
ourselves, but they can also
build up our empathy for others.
Bookmark your calendar for
Saturday at the Convention
Center. It’s the first weekend
for both the Maryland State Fair
and the Renaissance Festival,
both a quick trip to the State
Fair. Of course, at the State
Fairgrounds and the Renaissance
Festival that’s in Annapolis.
There’s a ton of festivals to
check out this weekend. The
Indonesian festival is happening
Sunday on Pennsylvania Avenue.
If you didn’t see a good 4th of
July fireworks show, you’re in
luck. One hour outside of D.C,
Saint Leonard, Maryland. Pyro
jam. Yes, pyro Jam has six
fireworks shows on Saturday.
Plus there’s a whole lineup of
food trucks and bands, too. It’s
just a place to get together
with several thousand people and
just immerse yourself in fun,
there’s not a lot of places you
can go and do that telling you
you’ve never experienced
anything like it. Name a food,
any food from around the world.
Chances are you can try it in
Alexandria at Oronoco Bay Park.
Food unites everyone on Saturday
or enjoy the Fairwood Music
Festival that’s free Sunday in
Bowie at Fairwood Community Park
We know there’s more than one
answer to the questions of what
to do. Each weekend at the
Scene, we would never point you
on a crooked line, so the sooner
you scan the QR code and get our
Wednesday newsletter well
closer, you are to fine. Yeah
Indigo girls are playing at Wolftrap. I’m Tommy McFly. Have
So how does a donut with your
McDonald’s orders sound? And not
just any donut? The fast food
chain is soon going to be
selling Krispy Kreme donuts at
its restaurants nationwide.
Krispy Kremes favorite treats
will be available individually
or in boxes of six. Officials
say the rollout will start in
the second half of 2024 after a
successful test at 160
McDonald’s restaurants. The goal
is to have donuts in every
restaurant by the end of 2026.
Almost doesn’t seem fair,
speaking of food, Keith Lee is a
famous TikTok food critic with
millions of followers, he can
make or break a restaurant with
a single video. Well, now he is
in the DMV this week doing food
reviews of our local
restaurants. Released a handful
of them. News 4’s Aimee Cho
spoke with two small businesses
that have gotten a big boost
from the Keith Lee effect. I got
it, let’s try it. You ready?
One, two. Ten. We spent $37.12.
When TikToker Keith Lee
recommends a restaurant to his
16 million followers, people
listen. It was made to order and
it was quick to. This only took
like five minutes. This week,
the Vegas native stopping by
Okinoumi Asian Grill in Fairfax,
also known as the Asian
Chipotle, for their custom rice
bowls. I literally opened this
by myself. So six months I was
doing 130 hour work weeks, owner
Alex Kang says. There were times
when he only got six orders a
day. I can’t sustain this with
six orders. That’s like 60
bucks. Yeah, yeah. What can you
do with 60 bucks? But these
days, business is booming. And
just to give you an idea of the
size of Keith Lee’s influence,
ever since he posted that video
about Okinoumi, they have
literally had to put signs on
their doors saying, we will not
serve you unless you order
online because they have been so
busy. It’s definitely wild. I
mean, it’s anybody, any
restaurant owner’s dream to have
this much exposure. And over in
Alexandria, the Keith Lee effect
continues, I got it. Let’s try
it. And ready one, two, ten. We
spend $35.82. Lee also stopping by the Flavor Hive food truck.
Okay, so one of the specialties
here at Flavor Hive is the
walking Nacho. You bring your
own bag of chips, any size bag,
same price. And they fill it up
with meat and toppings. So we
had people bring in you know, a
size for a whole village. We
still fill it up. Owner Shihan
Chaudhry also serves up
quesadillas and tacos. Several
customers today came bags in
hand after seeing Keith Lee’s
video. It looked really good.
When you saw the picture. You
could see the flavor in the
picture. So I really wanted to
come out and try it. And if you
can’t afford the food flavor,
hive will give it to you for
free. You know, some people will
come and say, hey, I don’t get
paid until you know, this day. I
don’t get paid until that day.
Can I pick up a meal? We’re
always open to that. Small
businesses paying it forward as
the DMV waits to see where Keith
Lee will eat next. Evy Aimee Cho
News 4 and Keith Lee puts his
money where his mouth is.
Literally, he donated $3,000 to
Okinoumi because they had been
dealing with theft issues
recently. The owner says that
he’s going to be using some of
that money to feed local
teachers and give the rest to
provide bonuses to his staff.
Lee also did a review this
morning of Kaine, a Caribbean
street food restaurant on H
Street, so check that out if you
like. Now that is it for us.
That’s your news for rundown.
This Friday night, but you can
now join us here every weekday
at 730. And be sure and join us
for News 4 at 11. Residents of a
DC apartment complex are looking
for answers tonight. After
constant flooding in their
building. News 4’s Derrick Ward
will have their complaints coming up at 11. For now, mI’