Drew Wilder
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husband // girl dad // reporter covering Northern Virginia for @NBCWashington // DMs are open // drew.wilder @nbcuni .com // Previously: NYC, RVA, CU, EIU, BBCHS
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A Confederate statue was taken down in Alexandria this morning.
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A woman who says she's a Loudoun County teacher just broke into tears addressing the school board saying she would not honor the transgender pronoun policy because of her faith and she told the board she was quitting her job, right there on the spot.
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BREAKING - Loudoun County Public Schools announce parents may opt their children out of face masks in school beginning 2/22. The announcement comes 2 hours after Governor Youngkin signed a law requiring optional masks by 3/1.
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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin dropping flowers at Scott Stadium. Youngkin emotional in this unannounced visit to UVA. “It’s a moment for all of us to recognize that families are going to need to be supported.”
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BREAKING - a Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge grants a temporary injunction filed by 3 parents that requires LCPS make masks optional IMMEDIATELY - not Tuesday when LCPS had planned
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The thorn in his side, watches over his shoulder. VA St. Sen. Louise Lucas looking on as Governor Youngkin expresses his anger that the legislature has killed the Monumental Move. Lucas telling us earlier she’s proud she killed the arena deal.
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The small town of Clifton, VA is displaying a Black Lives Matter banner over Main Street. The predominantly white town is getting national attention now that Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, asked the town to remove it.
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Loudoun County students staging a walkout from Broad Run High School in response to a sexual assault inside of Stone Bridge HS where the attacker was then moved to Broad Run and is charged with inappropriately touching another student.
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I support significant snow fall for only reason and that reason is this video of giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian at The National Zoo.
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USMC says a Marine was killed in a shooting inside Marine Barracks Washington this morning. Official statement below; no other details about how the Marine was shot.
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NEW - more chaotic theatrics in the Loudoun Co school board meeting. Students whose families oppose face masks flooded into the meeting carrying baskets full of what I’m told are affidavits. Meeting was nearly shutdown, now the parents are demanding a signature on the documents
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Now a group of students are chanting “Loudoun County protects rapists.”
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NEW - Attorney General-Elect Jason Miyares says he and Gov-Elect Youngkin will look to change Virginia law to allow the AG authority to step in when local officials feel the Commonwealth's Attorney is not doing an adequate job. Miyares specifically references northern Virginia.
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20 year old Jordan Cherry is one of the few biracial people who live in Clifton and says she saw the banner leaving work recently and says, “this was not expected ... I walked home with a lighter step, I was so happy.”
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NEW - AG-Elect Jason Miyares says he intends to investigate the sexual assault incidents in Loudoun County Public Schools.
@nbcwashington
NEW - Attorney General-Elect Jason Miyares says he and Gov-Elect Youngkin will look to change Virginia law to allow the AG authority to step in when local officials feel the Commonwealth's Attorney is not doing an adequate job. Miyares specifically references northern Virginia.
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UVA STRONG banners flying from nearby fraternity and sorority houses, across the street from where three UVA football players were shot and killed late Sunday.
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@RealMikeWilbon
Self-indulgence is wanting a replay over other people needing potentially life-saving information. This is painfully short-sided & feeds an unnecessary & uneducated pushback against local meteorologists/journalists who are doing important work. You should know better, Wilbon.
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Elodie Mae Wilder joined us two days early but not a moment too soon. As she sleeps now, skin to skin, on my chest I’ve never felt anything so overwhelming. She is beautiful, healthy, and anything else in the world she chooses to be. But always our baby girl ❤️
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Video courtesy of Ieshia Leverette who says she was told the guy does this for fun to cheer people up.
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The owner of DC based fitness studios SolidCore, Anne Mahlum, who laid off 98% of her staff last year due to the pandemic - says she has just closed on a massive vacation home in the Dominican Republic.
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A guy on the Nextdoor app is wondering if placing mouse traps on the driver’s seat & inside the glove compartment might deter car break-ins. Good Lord, Doug, just lock your doors.
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We’re expecting!!! This beautiful woman is 27 weeks pregnant with our first child, a daughter. Each day Beth’s belly grows a bit bigger and my love for Beth grows equally, exponentially.
Baby Wilder is due on June 1st ❤️
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Today’s
@Google
homepage features 2018 Google Doodle grand prize winner Sarah Gomez-Lane, 2nd grader from a Falls Church, VA! Sarah wins a $30K college scholarship and her school, Pine Springs Elementary, is awarded $50K for a “tech package.”
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BREAKING - Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Scott Ziegler says US Dept Of Education Title IX does not sufficiently protect K-12. Ziegler says previous admin omitted sexual assault incidents from reports to the state.
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BREAKING - Loudoun Co School Board member Beth Barts has just resigned from the board, effective Nov 2nd. Barts has been the subject of intense scrutiny and controversy and was in the midst of an attempted recall by multiple parent groups.
Her statement:
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Student shouts, “why was a rapist allowed in our school?”
Another yells, “this isn’t a political issue, this is a human issue. Listen to the students.”
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Mayor William Hollaway says Thomas’ opposition brought more positive support from across the country and adds he’s glad the town is honoring the BLM movement, “this town doesn’t jump into issues like this, generally, but this one feels different.”
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BREAKING - a judge has thrown out the recall cases against Loudoun County school board members Brenda Sheridan and Atoosa Reaser saying the petitions filed by Fight For Schools didn’t have sufficient evidence to support removing the board members from office.
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I love this woman and am currently the happiest and luckiest man on Twitter.
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3 Loudoun parents filed suit against the Loudoun Co School Board arguing the mask policy caused their children irreparable harm (school suspensions and others) and claimed a school board does not have the constitutional authority to implement a mask mandate. The judge agrees.
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Wendy saw I was on a story in Rappahannock near her home. She emailed, inviting me & the photog to her home to edit and have lunch, I barely knew her & was blown away by her hospitable offer.
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*recording an on-cam interview*
Reporter’s brain:
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Reporter: okay the first question is the easiest hehe
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Newly released body camera video reveals deputies in Warren County, Virginia, slammed a 77-year-old man into a pickup truck and tackled him to the ground. He died 13 days later.
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Welcome to Northern Virginia, here’s a home listed for $525K.
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BREAKING - Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent
@FCPSSupt
recommends starting the year 100% online for every student.
Teachers and staff with the Fairfax Education Association are holding a rally right now encouraging FCPS School Board to support the recommendation.
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The parents were represented by a powerhouse legal team with attorneys who previously worked for former President Trump’s DOJ. Virginia AG Jason Miyares’ attorneys assisted, intervening on the case against the school board.
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NBC News projects (D) Jennifer Wexton wins VA10 over (R) Hung Cao and holds her seat in congress for a 3rd term.
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Attorney
@GloriaAllred
is representing a couple who claims to have a copy of an unseen sex-tape showing
@rkelly
with an underage girl.
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Fairfax County's school board has called an emergency closed meeting today at 3:30pm. Closed meeting agendas are not public, of course, but I think it's fair to guess that we could have some mask related news following the meeting.
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Three years at
@nbcwashington
, baby is almost three months old, return to work from paternity leave in three weeks.
Feeling very grateful, fortunate, and excited ❤️
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Wrapping up my first day on the new job! I moved up to DC to work as a reporter/correspondent in the NBC News family. In addition to other assignments, both national & DC local, I’ll work with NBC News Channel to cover the Capitol & WH for NBC affiliates across the country.
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Senator
@MarkWarner
says "we are better than the kinds of messages that come out of this White House."
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BREAKING - One of the officers involved in the now viral video showing police officers pepper spray and threaten a black Army Second Lieutenant in Windsor, Virginia has been fired.
Statement below from the Town of Windsor.
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Virginia PTA requested & received the resignation of Michelle Leete, the group's VP of Training, following this speech before a Fairfax Co School Board meeting in which Leete said "let them die" in reference to people opposing CRT among other things. Video courtesy:
@AsraNomani
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RECORD vote totals in Loudoun County for a gubernatorial race. As of 4p, Loudoun reports 125,818 voters - good for 44.56% turnout. Numbers include ballots cast today plus early vote totals.
In 2017, 117,486 votes were cast for gov candidates - the previous record.
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Some students returned to the classroom today in Fairfax County. These students at Annandale HS are in the building but still learning virtually. Each is in a different class with a different teacher who is teaching from home. One of FCPS’ new class monitors is in the room.
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I ride
@Amtrak
twice a week DC <-> NYC. My guy in this video had everyone in Penn Station smiling with his infectiously positive attitude and willingness to help. Then he coordinated a group singing of “happy birthday” for a young girl. Amtrak, give this man a raise.
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Steve Hendershot saved a family of 6 from a burning home in Stafford County. While driving his two boys to a family’s house, he saw smoke & checked it out. Steve, a retired U.S. Marine, arrived before any fire crew & heard someone yelling inside but the door was locked.
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Fairfax County PD says a white officer used a Taser on a black male during a domestic call for service. The department is releasing the body worn camera video of the incident. I haven’t seen the video yet but I’m told it’s disturbing. News4 should have the video soon.
#BREAKING
: Fairfax County Police Officer Tyler Timberlake arrested, charged with three counts of assault and battery relating to an on duty incident Friday.
@FairfaxCountyPD
news conference shortly.
@DrewWilderTV
headed there
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Fairfax County School Board Member Abrar Omeish just asked the county health department if there's a guaranteed loss of life if schools reopen. Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu says the short answer is "yes."
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NEW - republican state Senator Bill Stanley - acting as the defense attorney for Scott Smith, the Loudoun County father of the first sexual assault victim - says he will soon file a federal Title IX lawsuit against several layers of Loudoun County's government.
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Suhas Subramanyam wins tonight and becomes the first Indian-American ever elected to the Virginia House.
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Virginia Democratic Delegate Chris Hurst was pulled over on suspicion of DUI at about 2AM Sunday according to officials in Christiansburg, VA. Police say Hurst blew .085 BAC in the portable field breathalyzer. Police let him go with a warning.
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Richmond, what a town. Today is my last day working for
@NBC12
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NEW - As Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as Virginia's next governor, his office announces his signing of 9 Executive Orders.
Orders include "ending the use of divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory", ending school mask mandate, &"investigate wrongdoing in Loudoun County."
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The Appomattox Statue is property of The Daughter’s Of The Confederacy. The group planned to remove it from the intersection of Prince & Washington in July but pushed it up in response to the protests of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, & Ahmaud Arbery.
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He was 1 of the 1st African Americans to serve in the Marines
She was a teacher who lead desegregation in Prince William Co schools
Their daughter was the 1st black student in her school
Now a school named after a confederate gen. will be renamed after Carroll & Celestine Braxton
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Fairfax County Public Schools is punting on making a decision on the parental opt-out for in school face masks, according to sources. District will have a statement out shortly that generally acknowledges the 3/1 deadline to comply with SB 739.
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BREAKING -
@GovernorVA
announcing that all Virginians will be eligible to register for the COVID vaccine on 4/18. Local health districts may open to the general public on Monday, but all health districts will open registration to everyone on 4/18.
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Arlington families surprise beloved crossing guard “Mr Jeff” w/ a ticket to see
@Nationals
in the World Series! Mr. Jeff posted a sign at his intersection near Nottingham ES that seeing the Nats in the WS is a bucket list wish. Parents raised money to buy him a ticket to game 4.
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The kids in Mosby Court are having a blast in the heat!
@RichmondPolice
opened up this hydrant for them to cool off.
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA - our Great Dane pup has broken the rules by climbing into bed. Management usually turns the puppy cam off, when at home, but thankfully our mistake captured this adorable policy breach. Based on cuteness, management is currently reviewing the policy. Thank you.
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COMMANDERS SOLD - party at Old Ox Brewery in Ashburn erupts into cheers as news breaks of the Washington Commanders sale is approved by all NFL owners.
@nbcwashington
@JPFinlayNBCS
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TV reporters, holding court documents up to the camera isn’t profound journalism nor creative storytelling. It proves you can use a printer.
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You haven’t been listening, you are not currently listening, but you can start listening now and I hope you will.
@DrewWilderTV
Can you explain why you have to start the headline with White Officer used a taser on a Black man.... People are so tired of the media pushing race as the sole motivation behind every incident involving Police. Stop it! Stop propagating hate and division. Is that even possible!
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Celebrating my 36th birthday with my beautiful wife in Del Ray, Alexandria. Baby countdown = 1 month (!!!)
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Thousands of UVA students are arriving for a vigil on campus to mourn the loss of their 3 classmates and UVA football players, shot and killed on campus Sunday night.
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“What’s the worst thing that happened? A few old people died. Why? Because we gave into fear,” says Alice Butler Short, leader of Women For Trump. The group is protesting Governor Northam’s mask mandate and demanding he re-open businesses, ~12 hours before Phase 1 begins.
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DC Police say one person was shot at the Marine Barracks in SE, intersection of 8th and I. We know they were taken to the hospital with injuries, no word on severity.
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Grateful to be honored with 3 EMMY Awards for my work. “Talent: Reporter - Daily News”, “Videojournalist - Single Shift”, “Weekend Newscast - Larger Markets” as the anchor.
Blessed to be part of the strongest news team in the country
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@ChestyFitz
Miyares says he wants a legislative change to allow his office authority to step into local cases and relieve the CA's office if the chief of police or sheriff makes a request. Says he's thinking specifically of "social justice CAs elected, particularly in Northern Virginia."
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Beth gets more beautiful every day and we hope to meet our baby girl in two weeks ❤️
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I had no idea the Nextdoor app was so lit. I commented on a post this morning and my phone has been exploding all day.
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The
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PA announcer has a pretty sweet gig. But he might like his day job even more.
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97-year-old Vincent Guidi is the only surviving member of “The Paid Brigade,” the first ten people ever hired by
@ffxfirerescue
for pay. Today, on his birthday, Fairfax Co Fire and Rescue helped him celebrate.
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Allred claims the VHS tape was discovered after the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary was released. Claims Mr. Dennis has never met or have any contact with R. Kelly. Says tape has been turned over to authorities.
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The mural of 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney is finished and it’s absolutely beautiful. Nyiah was killed in a drive-by shooting here on the corner of MLK and Malcolm X Aves in Southeast D.C. on Friday July 16th.
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My GF & I are at the stage of our relationship where I walk to the kitchen & she starts screaming that I missed a World Cup goal that didn’t actually happen, just so she can laugh when I run back to the living room in a panic. I guess you could say things are going pretty well.
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USMC provides an update that a Marine was killed in the shooting and they are in the process of notifying next of kin. Any new information will be released 24 hours after next of kin is notified.
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Allred claims she’s “been contacted by others in possession of tapes.”
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.
@GovernorVA
calls
@realDonaldTrump
"clueless ... like that crazy uncle up in the attic" in response to the President slamming VA economy/jobs.
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Today my mother competes in the annual ugly sweater contest in her office. She always makes them herself and she’s great at it and it’s so cute.
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Huge crowd of Fairfax HS students protesting an assault against a Muslim classmate. Tuesday, the victim says she and her friends were the victims of racial slurs in school. The victim says when she stood up to one of the bullies, he threw her into a desk and removed her hijab.
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Ziegler is asking the board to create more authority to protect sexual assault victims and allow for more immediate disciplinary actions against alleged offenders. He apologizes to the families whose children were recently involved in alleged sexual assaults.
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When I moved to DC to freelance, the gigs were hard to come by. I languished through a month stretch only working 6 days. It scared the hell out of me. Today I gladly accepted an opportunity to pick up a shift on my regular “day off” because I cherish all of this more than ever.
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First day of Virginia’s General Assembly session is off and running as
@SenLouiseLucas
borrows
@nathanielcline
’s knee for her bag as the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus pitches it’s 2023 Agenda.
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A sea of light emerges, shining over a dark day at the University of Virginia
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