now at 11:00, answers for a family that's been grooefg for more than a decade. >> erica smith killed just before starting high school. what her parents know now about

her killer. cracking down on a dangerous stretch of road. and getting you ready for opening day. what you need to know before you ride the silver line. a cold case solved more than a decade after a 14-year-old's murder. good evening. gym vance is off tonight. erica smith was killed 12 years ago. her body was found in a shallow grave not far from her family's home. investigators now say they know who killed her, but they're not releasing his name because he committed suicide. her parents said the daughter's killer had no connection to the family. the fully decorated christmas tree is a reminder of the unbreakable nature of parents' love for their children. it's the tree she never saw in

december of 2002. the unspeakable crime has remained unsolved for as many years as the tree has stood there. justice for erica was never out of her parents' mind. >> i made it a point in my heart that i had to be strong for her. >> two years ago, erica smith's murder was reopened. today they revealed the likely suspect committed suicide during the investigation. >> very frustrating outcome. when i look at the amount of effort we put into this across the board, at this point, i can't think of any stone we left unturned. >> william smith says he did not know the suspected killer who apparently friendeder via the internet. she was lured from her home. >> it was a total shock. it really was. we had -- we had no idea of any

male person in her life at 14 years old. we're not saying that she didn't talk to young boys. it was cold-blooded, call kau lighted malice afore thought behind what he did for her. >> reporter: sheriff chapman says the detectives will continue to work on other unsolved murders and major crimes. new tonight, strangers saved a little girl from an accused kidnapper in prince georges county. officers say he pretended to be a cop and grabbed a 12-year-old. police arrested this man, michael mclong today. an off duty officer and a security guard held him until police got there. they are investigating whether mclong has done this before. right now, police are

cracking down on drunk driving on a dangerous stretch of road here the university of maryland. three people have died tries to cross route one in college park this year. >> reporter: well, that's right. university of maryland police are behind me. they set up this check point a few minutes ago. there's a sign that says you are now entering a sobriety check point. you can see the officers are over there. they are stopping people that they suspect of drunk driving. >> we were out here tonight to take impaired drivers off the roadway. >> reporter: universit of maryland sergeant wants you to drink responsibly. >> we're out here as an educational awareness. we're out here looking for impaired drivers and we want them off the roadway. >> reporter: three people have died crossing on route one this year. earlier this month, a drunk

driver killed this 21-year-old. the driver's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. >> drink responsibly. if you feel as if though you cannot drive, call a friend, call a taxi. >> reporter: you're looking at a live picture of this dui check point. we're by the university of maryland. make sure that you are very careful when you come around here and make sure that you drink responsibly. >> thanks. the countdown to metro's new silver line is winding down. the first customers will enter the gates 13 hours from now. there are a few nerves for metro executives tonight. the line went far over budget. five brand new stations will move about 50,000 more passengers around some of the most crowded roads in the entire

country. it could be a life changer for riders who are used to long trips to get back and forth to work. >> i take the bus to mcclain. i've been told it will make my commute about 30 minutes shorter. >> we start our coverage of the opening day bright and early tomorrow. we will cover all the angles of the big debut. watch for reports tomorrow at news 4 today at 9:00 a.m. what kind of weather will they have. veronica johnson is here with a first look at our weekend weather forecast. >> it was gorgeous today. here now this evening, take a look at the temperatures, what's going on across the area. we have a lot of neighborhoods in the 60s already, but clouds are moving in. talking about areas around clarksburg. again, clouds are moving in.

and this is a as soon as possible shot of 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. you can see the isolated showers that continue. and in our weekend forecast, some thunderstorms. some of which could be pretty nasty. coming up, i'll show you when those storms move in and just how bad that will be. >> cleanup is underway tonight in florida after a tornado hit a small airport. several planes and hangars were damaged. the ef-0 tornado also hit a nearby apartment complex, but nobody was hurt. it will be a weekend of picking up the pieces on virginia's eastern four. forecasters say it was an ef-1 with winds up to 100 miles per hour. the governor toured the campground when campers, tents and trees were still mangled and twisted. >> luckily, i think most people

were up. but had they been asleep and more people in the tents and campers, i think what occurred here yesterday would have been much worse. >> a new jersey couple was killed when a tree fell on their tent. their 13-year-old son is still in critical condition tonight. >> developing tonight, the governor's former political rival is now being called to testify in a kupgs case against a former governor. ken cuccinelli could be a witness for former governor bob mcdonald and his defense team. he's accused of accepting loans and gifts from the former ceo of a dietary supplement company. women who were secretly photographed while visiting a johns hopkins gynecologist will now have to describe their trauma before they see any money for damages. the hospital reached a $190

million settlement with a class action lawsuit on monday. it steams from the actions of this doctor who recorded his stateme pati w a pen camera. they say the only way to split up the money is to determine how much trauma and pain the doctor caused. he committed suicide before we could be put on trial. maryland's largest casino is hiring and looking to one of america's most famous gambling cities for employees. they will hold job fairs next week in new jersey. as many as 8,000 casino workers in the town could be out of jobs because of the business lost. they hired 50 workers in january. they hope to match that number next week. montgomery county police say a man who crashed into a house this morning has died. 83-year-old thomas brown had a

medical emergency before the crash. an autopsy will determine how he died. nobody else was hurt in that crash. now to the crisis in the middle east. we could be just hours away from a temporary humanitarian cease fire between israel and hamas. they say they will pause fighting for 12 hours starting two hours from now. today, israel rejected a seven day cease fire proposed by u.s. secretary of state john kerry. more than 800 palestinians and 36 israelis have died since the conflict began more than two weeks ago. some scary moments today for a plane full of passengers. >> get down. >> still ahead, what sent fighter jets to escort this plane out of american air space. and a firsthand look at how metro's silver line could sav

get down. hands up. >> hope you never see something like that on your flight, right? but today a plane full of passengers saw firsthand the swift response to a bomb threat on board. the sun wing flight had just left toronto when a 25-year-old man started cursing and threatening to blow up t plane. pilots made a quick u turn and u.s. fighter jets were deployed to escort the jet back to toronto. >> it was extremely scary.

they came in front and back of the plane. they yelled hands up, heads down. it was just awful. kids were scared. i was scared. >> the suspect now faces four charges including endangering the safety of an aircraft. tonight, the city of philadelphia is offering a $100,000 reward leading a arrest in the deaths of three children. a stolen suv plowed into a group of people on a street corner this morning. the children ages 7, 10, and 15 were all killed. their mother was critically hurt. the two men jumped out and ran away. after years of planning and debate, the opening of metro's new silver line is now just over 12 hours away. it could save time for thousands of commuters. we rode along with one of them this week.

>> reporter: if only her daily commute from d.c. was this easy. >> let's go. i made it. >> reporter: but her trek took more than an hour. we timed it. her route brings her over the key bridge. she's used to seeing a lot of red. does this frustrate you? >> i'm used to it. >> reporter: but that doesn't mean she's not eager for another way. >> the thing with the metro, you can sit down and relax. driving, you can't really do that. >> reporter: i joined her on her drive. at first, all looked pretty smooth. >> might be lucky today. >> reporte b th quickly changed and we sat and sat. >> it gets frustrating when it's not really moving. you can stay in one spot for ten minutes. >> reporter: which is why she

wants her view to change from this to this. she's willing to test it out. she tells me her commute by metro will look something like this. switching to the silver line and then riding it out to the station in tysons. back to the road trip. after 43 minutes we finally made it onto route 7. >> finally. >> reporter: alas, she makes it to work. does it feel good to get to this point? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: onlw you have to work for several more hours. >> exactly. >> we'd like to hear about your first ride on the silver line. tweet us @nbcwashington. during the first rush hour service on monday, we'd like to hear from you. check this out, a major dust storm rolled through the phoenix

area tonight. this chopper video shows the huge cloud covering t cy. it cut visibility to less than half a mile. it also caused power outages. >> there's been a lot of those lately. >> they're awfully dramatic. >> we don't have those here. >> our weekend's off to a stunning start. >> it is. however -- >> however -- >> talking about, you know, the return of summer. i like the fact that saturdays at least the first part of the weekend is not looking too bad. sunday, more stormy. so you want to keep a watchful eye on the sky. as we take a look outside right now, let's see what's going on. we have clouds make their way into the area, increasing. by morning, i think we will be mostly cloudy throughout the area. and then we're going to start to get filtered sunshine in here. i put up the radar. you can see those clouds advancing from west to east.

right on in toward winchester. even a few sprinkles from those clouds. 74 degrees the temperature right now. your sunrise, 6:04. it's during the early morning hours where a neighborhood here and there could have a few drops of rain. 76 degrees at 9:00 am. in the morning. and look at the heat for tomorrow. high temperatures across the area upper 70s and low 80 and we're back to 90-some degrees tomorrow. around areas of suddenly, 88 to degrees. up north, arge german town, 89 the high temperature for tomorrow. yes, some sunshine we will have. lots of dry hours. it is saturday that is going to be the best day out of the weekend. your as soon as possible shot in the morning, light showers in

the area. at 11:00 a.m., still some clouds. best chance of picking up rain tomorrow is if you're in these counties down through prince william. charles, saint mary's, best chance for seeing some of that rain tomorrow afternoon. here's at 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon. then into sunday, sunday morning, more clouds, more showers and the threat of some severe weather on sunday too. it advances from areas of west virginia and ohio that threat. by 5:00, we're going to be right here keeping a close look on the radar. chance for us to see damaging winds around the area. as well as the possibility of some hail on sunday. that during the afternoon, evening hours. here is a look at your storm team four-day forecast. a little bit of heat f the weekend, right? and really not too bad by summer

standards. next week, the return of that cooler air. 81 degrees for a high on tuesday. 84 on wednesday. yes, it's going to be with low humidity. taste of fall yet again. >> all right. thanks. >> still ahead, a sight and a >> still ahea[ mom ]ght and a when the nest gets too quiet...

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well, sounds like they're all feeling better down in rich monday tonight. >> yes, and the weather will do that for you. yesterday was all about the rab and weather down in richmond.

today, completely different circumstances. over 8,000 fans attended the second day of training camp today and those fans were greeted by a special guest. >> reporter: sunny skies and big smiles on day two of training camp. super bowl champion coach john gruden was on the sideline. the biggest piece of advice for his little brother, patience. >> you can't change every single thing in one practice. so just take the best out of every day. build blocks every day. if you do that, good things are going to happen because the program will work. >> reporter: in that program, a deep roster of receivers, the fastest and flashiest. but another one is catching griffin's eye. >> i think all of them are doing a great job.

andre roberts is making the tough catches over the middle. it's awesome. i know he's happy to be here. >> reporter: you should keep your eye on number 12. tomorrow morning, practice starts at 8:30. news 4 sports. >> all right. thanks. tomorrow's schedule remains the same. if you're heading down to richmond this weekend for training camp, 8:35 practice in the morning and walk-throughs at 4:10. all right. we go to baseball diamond. in the midst of a nine-game road trip. the reds haven't won a game since july 13th before the all-star break. top of the 4th, nats up a run. wilson caught in a rundown trying to get to second base. he was tagged utility.

don't worry, he was 4-5 at the plate. tanner on the hill tonight. bottom of the 6th, billy hamilton takes this ball for a ride, but bryce harper makes the nice diving catch in the outfield. he landed awkwardly on his left hand. remember, he has surgery on that left thumb of his. he stayed in the game. later in the game, facing todd frazier, seven innings. they take it 4-1 over the reds. afterwards, matt williams was asked by reporters if harper was okay. >> he was fiddling with his wrist a little bit. so we decided to go out there. as soon as we stepped out, he waved us off. he dove and felt a little bit of a stinger, certainly would scare him. it scares us, but he's fine.

no issues. >> all right. we go to the hardwood now. john wall pretty much lives at the verizon center. second quarter, mystics up seven. the mystics scoring buckets here in transition. hartley gets it over for the three. she has 17 points. mystics up by 12 at halftime. the shock came back. under a minute left in the game. tulsa within three. lawson knocks down the jump shop. pick up fifth win. 82-77 is your final score. the or yoels are in action right now out in seattle. they lady the mariners 1-0 in the fifth inning. >> and

here's a trend from paris that a lot of travelers would like to see catch on. five hotels are offering to let customers pay whatever they think is fair. from this monday through august 10th, patrons can name the price of a room. they fill out a questionnaire after the stay explaining why they chose that cost. one hotel manager says his guests will pay well, however, he says he's not going to make this program permanent. i bet those hotels are already booked.

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