annapolis region and toward the west. this line, coming through the annapolis region to pasadena. right now, very heavy rain associated with that, a ton of lightning and more to the south. waldorf getting hit by this right now making its way into charles county. la play da, waldorf, take cover, the storms are moving to the east very, very rapidly. to the west, more storminess in loudoun county and frederick county, maryland. heads up for these as they continue to the east. once again, a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 8:00 tonight. we are not done just yet. we have the first line here, then another line that is trying to form back to the west. we'll continue to watch that one, too. could be more storms in here around 10:00, 11:00. >> thank you, doug. to stay ahead of changes, download the storm team weather app. it's free. search nbc washington weather. now to a firy divorce case

that police say led to explosions in a quiet neighborhood. >> two explosive devices went off outside a house yesterday. pat collins reports the house belongs to the suspects inlaws. pat? >> reporter: it happened at the house over there across the street from the hoover middle school. a domestic dispute gets explosive. the husband gets arrested and now he's facing felony charges. police have charged 36-year-old marc cassell with trying to set fire to his father-in-law's house in rockville. they are calling it a case of first degree arson. they suspect it has something to do with a divorce and custody dispute between cassell and his wife. people around here have strong feelings about what happened. >> time for us to start following the laws in this country, obeying the laws and doing the right thing.

>> divorce is a horrible situation. people do strange things. >> something has to ham. you can't let him go for free. he was trying to harm you. >> there's a lot of nasty, nasty feelings. it's going to be ugly. >> reporter: this is how it happened. 2:00 a.m. sundays morning, cassell comes to his father-in-law's house here on marcliff road. he believes his wife is staying here. he sets off a device at the front door. another one near the garage. then they say he tries to break into the house. his father-in-law hears what's going on and calls 911. by the time police get here, cassell is gone. he's arrested later at a relative's house in fairfax. in happier times, they lived on green pasture drive in rockville. neighbors say they have two young children. jennifer cassell is listed as an

adjunct professor at the university school of law. according to court documents, marc cassell charged his wife with assault. she attempted to keep me from entering the bedroom and closed the door on my foot and arm, injuring me. when the case went to trial, he invoked a marital privilege and refused to testify against his wife. there was a judgment of acquittal. what led to the incident at the father-in-law's house yesterday is still unclear. montgomery county prosecutors taking steps to bring marc cassell back from virginia to face the arson charges here. in rockville, i'm pat collins, news 4. >> thanks, pat. tonight, the man linked to three unsolved murders in alexandria has been in court for

weapons charges unrelated to the murders. he's held without bond since may when he was extradited from west virginia. police in alexandria are looking at the murders of nancy dunning, ron and ruth ann. police have not charged him with any of the murders but he is their primary focus. there may be diplomatic focus on the crisis in the middle east. an israeli official says israel is considering egypt's cease-fire proposal. peace talks between israel and the palestinian would be gin within 48 hours. it is growing likely that secretary of state john kerry will travel to the region. in the meantime, hamas is claiming drone shot down in the southern coastline. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is back on regular duty in san antonio. it's not without controversy.

nbc chief pentagon correspondent jim joins us. what has it taken to get them to this point? >> after five years in captivity, six weeks of reintegration to introduce him to the normal outside world. in any p.o.w. case, it's a problem. in this case, it was complicated by the problem of an investigation five years ago found bergdahl voluntarily left his outpost in eastern afghanistan, which would be a criminal offense in the military despite he was immediately captured by the taliban. he faces a rigorous military investigation and the problem in this investigation, so far, is investigators have yet to talk to bergdahl to say what were you thinking. >> jim, regular duty is not the

same as active duty, is it? what are his tasks? >> he's going to be confined to a desk job. he went his third and final phase in the reintegration program. he's going to be assigned two military, i guess, escorted. they are fellow soldiers. it's not unusual. he's not in their custody. he would be able to leave the base anytime he wants to go out and go to a restaurant, go to a bar, whatever. but, i can tell you that he is being advised not to talk about the case with anybody either his departure from the base, time in captivity because the criminal investigation is still under way and finally, if i could, the military, the army, the pentagon, doesn't appear to want to pursue this over any long period of time. at the very least, he could be charged with absent without leave in a war zone, a criminal

offense, could be prosecuted and sent to jail. there doesn't appear to be a stomach for that in the military. they want to find some accommodation here to get him out of the service and end this episode for the army and for bergdahl himself. >> jim, the fact of the matter is this is not going to be over for a lot of people for a long time. there are people, especially family members who are upset about the fact he is out and doing whatever he is doing. right? >> that's right. some of those families, they lost loved ones who were apparently involved in the search for bergdahl after he allegedly voluntarily left his base. you are right, jim, this doesn't sit with a lot of people who had loved ones there killed in afghanistan or even active duty who say that bergdahl must bay the price. institutionally, the army says, let's end this. let's end this now. >> jim, much.

appreciate it. >> you bet. >> you can see more on nbc "nightly news" at 7:00, immediately following this broadcast. the investigation into an atm skimming scam is growing. officials in leesburg believe a man who hit a bank saturday is one of three hitting banks in fairfax and now stafford county. we are in leesburg with a red flag for atm users to avoid being the next victim. hi, julie. >> reporter: here is a flier created by police they hope will help identify the suspect and stop him. here he is at a bank on saturday in leesburg. here he is at another bank that day in stafford. they think he's hit several in fairfax county. it's a picture that keeps popping up on sun trust atm machines. a picture of a guy stealing debit card information atm skimming. they can grab thousands of dollars doing it.

the suspect turned up saturday at this battlefield shopping center bank. just a day before, fairfax county police released this photo of a guy they want to identify for atm skimming at three suntrust banks there. it appears the same man may have targeted a bank in stafford county. >> it's very brazen. i don't know that he's being -- if he knows he's being recorded when he does these things. he wore a scarf. at times, he seems to be hiding his face. he doesn't seem to be too worried about that. >> reporter: detectives were able to grab both devices and are looking for fingerprints. this goes over the atm spot and copies the debit card information. this strip is involved above the atm. there's a tie any hole for a camera that records pin numbers. customers might not be able to spot these, there is another red flag. >> you get an out of order

message on the screen or you get an invalid card, which, at that point, if you know you have money in your account and feel something is going on with the atm, take the time to walk inside and alert the officials. they may not know this is going on. >> reporter: this atm customer learned the hard way. she no longer uses atm outside the bank. >> i don't use it outside the bank. i go inside. if i have to, i go in the grocery store instead of outside, especially in the parking lot. there's no cars. nobody is watching you. >> reporter: while police acknowledge it may be hard for a customer to see the devices, fairfax county police have a tip to try at the atm. when you put your card in, jiggle it around and see if there is anything you can jar loose. i'm julie carey, news 4. three young lives lost on one maryland road. tonight changes are on the way to keep the tragedy from happening again. new at 6:00, derrick ward looks

at what's different for people trying to cross route 1 near the campus of the university of maryland. >> reporter: three tragedies on this stretch of route 1. this, as planners were studying ways to make it safer. >> we rely on the science of traffic engineering and national guidelines to help direction our engineering decisions. >> fate and tragedy don't yield to reason. the three people who died died along this troubled stretch. they are speeding things up in the short term with a fence in the median, overhead flashing lights and a lowered speed limit. most of the time, you can't get across the street. they don't have a stop sign. how are you going to get across. >> there should be a stop signal at every crossing spot. >> reporter: the motorist is not the only variable. pedestrians factor in, too. >> we will include this at the

program. >> reporter: they are going to encourage things like a designated walker, someone to stay sober, even if a group is getting around on foot. other measures common sense. >> most of them crossing the street, reading the text messages. they put the signs on the road and of course, we'll communicate with them. >> reporter: university of maryland president says he's been doing footwork reaching out to fraternities, sororities and others. some of this is being approached as route 1 being the main street for the town. some of these efforts are temporary. some permanent down the line. they hope all of them will make it safer for the city and the university. in college park, derrick ward, news 4. a triple shooting in the district and we'll hear from an 8-year-old child who watches it all go down. >> people urged to evacuate as a strange odor fills the air. why firefighters were fooled and can't figure out the source. >> we'll tell you about a really

good guy who made a donation worth thousands of dollars. take a look at the strong storms around the area. southern maryland, potomac and fredericksburg and another line that formed near frederick and winchester. it's making its way east. we are not done yet. the sever

two and a half years later, the shipwreck costa concordia will be floating again. it won't be easy. crews are using an under water platform to move the cruise liner. for many, the ship was a graveyard. 32 people died when the ship struck a reef and sank in january of 2012. some of the dead have never been recovered. the next step is to tow it away for scrapping. the ship's captain is facing manslaughter charges. police in spotsylvania county made nine arrests over the weekend at a quarry where a teenager drown last week. police stepped up patrols to keep kids away from that quarry. last monday, anthony johnson drown while swimming with friends there. police increased patrols around the entrance to the quarry. itis private property and located west of i-95 bridge. >> we are tracking developments

in the mysterious odor that prompted the evacuation of over 100 homes. the smell permeated a neighborhood in pennsylvania outside of philadelphia. preliminary tests suggested the odor was caused by a deadly gas. chris clackam reports there's a new theory. >> reporter: the odor that settled over 100 homes in philadelphia sunday night was not only foul, but scary. >> as soon as i opened the house, i said we have to get the kids out. something doesn't smell right. >> reporter: his family was among 150 residents who left their homes and hazmat moved in. >> my meter went into alarm telling me they had high readings. >> reporter: they thought it was hydrogen cyanide a by product of fire that is can be deadly in high concentrations. they ruled it out by early monday morning. >> we are fairly certain, whatever it is is masking the

meters telling them it's hydrogen cyanide, but it's not that. >> reporter: still, they were forced to stay with family and friends and others spent the night at the elementary school. >> we are concerned. my kids are with my mother. luckily they weren't home when it was going on. my daughter would be freaking out. >> reporter: they zeroed in on a compound coming from sump pumps in the basement and concluded residents could safely return. >> we are monitoring each house individually. the residents are free to go back in. >> reporter: go in as authorities go to laps to identify the compound that caused such a stink. chris clackam, nbc news. >> the lab tests came back positive for gasoline. the problem is focused on the house where it was originally located. they are flushing the sump wells

in those three houses. wild weather up in new york that left plenty of damage up state there. the national weather service is trying to figure out if it was a tornado. strong winds ripped buildings apart yesterday. one house lost the roof. the wall of a second floor room was destroyed. everything inside was untouched. despite the mess, nobody was seriously injured in all of that. we have wild stuff around here, doug. where is it now? >> we had wild weather. came through d.c., fairfax and montgomery county. 20,000 people without power. the district, montgomery, prince george's county and fairfax county. the strongest storms are over the which he chesapeake. for our area, no severe thunderstorm warnings at the mom moment. the strongest at the chesapeake along the bay bridge.

down toward the south watching these storms around clinton and upper marlboro, 301 and la playda. northern neck, you are going to get hit hard. then back toward the north, if you think you are done through montgomery county, fairfax, look at this, another line formed. another line continues to form back to the west. we are not done yet. our severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 8:00 tonight. i think we will have stronger storms on the backside of this. look back toward cincinnati. notice this line to the west. that's part of the system that is slowly making its way our way. it's going to have a dramatic impact on the weather tomorrow and wednesday. for two totally different reasons. let's talk about the future weather first around 10:00, 11:00 tonight, more storms firing up around the areas i mentioned around montgomery, loudoun and frederick county.

tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., no worries. warm and humid on tuesday morning. not bad. tomorrow afternoon, however, arnds :30, here come the storms again. 1:30 toward the blue ridge and beltway, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 around rush hour tomorrow afternoon. some of the storms will be strong to severe and they could last throughout the evening hours. i would not be surprised to see another severe thunderstorm watch or round of weather during the afternoon tomorrow. highs tomorrow, 89 in d.c. and fredericksburg. it will feel warmer than that. again, we are talking good chance of storms. the forecast on the moderate side. we will see the storms, possibly severe. it's going to be hot and humid. i mentioned two aspects of the next storm coming in. ahead of it, 89 degrees and stormy conditions. weather alert day behind the system. look at this. wednesday and thursday, beautiful weather. low humidity, plenty of sunshine wednesday, thursday and friday

looking really, really nils. friday, of course in somebody's backyard for the weather. the storms return, another chance on saturday and on sunday. right now, we are watching the weekend. all eyes on tomorrow. >> next, new video shows armed robbers caught in heavy woods. the technology that led officers to them, despite not being able to see. a jaw dropping donation. >> it's worth every penny people are betting and more. >> how this could help people in need. plus ipads tied to itchy rashes on kids.

one of the biggest banks in the country is going to pay a hefty fine for selling fraudulent mortgages. citigroup agreed to pay $7 billion in settlements. that includes more than $2.5 billion for homeowners. attorney general, eric holder, says the sale of subprime mortgages by that bank was a contributing factor to the housing collapse and the recession. he also said there will be more announcements about cases against other banks coming soon. there is a good samaritan in our area dropping off expensive jewelry at good will.

imagine the surprise of workers when they found a diamond ring among the donations. it's worth thousands of dollars. zachary kiesch shows us, you don't find many diamond rings at good will. >> reporter: anybody need a trumpet? they have enough instruments to outfit the band. >> a picasso, aren't we lucky? >> reporter: they made a donation, but couldn't resist the idea of finding a treat, a treasure. once in awhile, you find a diamond in the rough, literally like this 3 karat diamond ring. >> it's not often we get an $8,000 diamond ring. >> reporter: if you are looking for an $8 chair, this is your spot. the ring sticks out like a sore thumb. it's posted and the bids, already over $8,000, keep on climbing. who dropped it off? well, we don't know.eyitness

is an 8-year-old girl who was inside the car when the shooting began. it started just after 1:00 sunday morning. this blue honda was traveling down t street northwest when one of the people pulled out a silver handgun and began shooting. the driver, then two other passengers. according to court documents, the witness told police the 36-year-old fired multiple shots, hitting the driver and one passenger in their heads, killing them. then, he shot a 17-year-old boy inside the car multiple times. the car then crashed into a barrier at the intersection of north capital and t streets northwest. 8-year-old witness was able to tell police where the suspect could be found. neighbors say police surrounded this row house on w street a few blocks from the shooting 3:30 sunday morning with guns drawn. they say police cornered the suspect on the back porch where a stand off in the dark.

pep pepco, 4100 outages. >> thanks, jim. it is not just about where you park, anymore, it's how carefully you park along the h street corridor in northeast. beginning today, you could get yourself a $100 ticket because of restrictions around the streetcar tracks. a vehicle's tires cannot go outside or touch the white line there. the cars cannot block the streetcar tracks, either. violators could be towed away. coming up, help in treating minorities fighting mental health issues. >> i feel empowered. i feel like instead of the s on my chest, it's the "s" of superman. >> challenges and what needs to be done to help others. why this plane was fe here.

but ahead of this line, we are under the watch until 8:00. we are going to watch this line closely. the strongest storm toward clark county. right around bluemont. it's been stronger and makes its way to the east. i'm not expeblgting much more in terms of severe weather for most of us. however, it's not the case for tomorrow. this is just one area. we have more storms back to the west that we are watching out for very, very closely over the next 24 hours. we could see a few more tonight, 10:00, 11:00, another round of showers, thunderstorms around the region. tomorrow, making up to warmth and humidity. tomorrow afternoon, here we go again. 1:30 to the west. 4:00, 5:00, the i-95 corridor, similar to what we have seen today. the next couple days, a big change in the weather pattern. once again, a good chance of storms tomorrow. some will be severe. look at this. wednesday and slams.

one game is incredible. they continue to dominate tennis. tonight, they are going for their 19th straight win when they host the san diego aviators. remember, they made it all the way to 34th street over three seasons. they are not obsessed with breaking it as much as we are. >> play heart beat to heart beat moment to moment. it makes all the success that much sweeter when we do accomplish that stuff. we wake up and there's 34. we wake up, there's 18. honestly, coming here, i didn't even think that we were starting a streak or we were continuing one. tonight is monday. we're going to make it the best monday we can and hopefully with a victory. >> all right. speaking of them, i asked vance if he was working it and he said no. >> i wanted to sit up high like that and say dude, that is out. let me hear