a third vehicle was involved, but they were not hurt. was he authorized to make that turn from the inner loop to the outer loop? >> as a cadet, he does not have police authority. itis something the investigators will be looking at. >> reporter: the cadet was out on assignment weighing trucks at the 95/495 truck scales before the crash. why did he make the decision to make the u-turn. >> they are there for emergency vehicles. the police officer or the ambulance driver or whomever needs to be able to justify their use of the crossovers. that's something we will look at in the situation. >> reporter: now, there was also a second cadet in that car with reyes. he was not hurt. coming up at 6:00, what exactly happened to that 18-year-old reyes now? reporting live, adam tuss, news 4. traffic on that part of the

beltway was already a mess when the crash happened. this chopper 4 video shows the back ups near route 202. thousands of people were on their way to the international convention of jehovah witnesses at fedex field today through sunday. the event is expected to host delegates from other countries and visiting missionaries. the theme is keep seeking first god's king doll. . the mcdonnell's federal corruption trial wrapped up. today, the former first lady's late night text took center stage in court. julie carey is live outside the courthouse in richmond with more on this. >> reporter: well, earlier this week, you remember the bombshell when maureen mcdonnell's attorney said she couldn't conspire with her husband because they were speaking terms.

today, her lawyers interviewed the many texts and e-mails between maureen and jonnie to show there was more than a business relationship. he insists his relationship was all business z. he gave them tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and loans in exchange for their help with his company's new product. defense attorneys hope a racy e-mail from maureen mcdonnell to williams suggests something different. they could not have criminally conspired to get the gifts and money because their marriagewas a wreck. the suggestive e-mail was sent in august of 2011 when an earthquake hit. the earth just moved and i'm not even having sex. it was one of 1200 texts or e-mails exchanged between williams and mcdonnell from april 2011 to february of 2013. some sent after midnight. >> what the content of the texts

or calls actually was, we may not know. we may not see them entered into evidence. >> reporter: williams is back on the stand monday. coming up, yesterday, i told you about the videos introduced into evidence that show mcdonnell as an enthusiastic fan of williams. you can see yourself coming up at 6:00. i'm julie carey, news 4. >> julie has been tweeting everything she learns about the case. for the latest developments, follow her on twitter@juliecarey nbc. a metro driver convicted of sexually assaulting a disabled woman. he pulled over his van and threatened to hurt his passenger if she didn't take off her pants. he then assaulted her before driving her home. he's facing 20 years in prison, sentencing is set for september.

a lawyer pleaded guilty today for causing a crash that killed two people in loudoun county. investigators say mark was driving drunk last october when he slammed into a couple riding a motorcycle. ricky was a navy veteran. he and his wife, leah, were killed. today, he pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter and one count of dui. he's out on bond and has to turn himself in thursday for sentencing. repairs are under way after a busted walter main spent gallo of water. crews have been working around the clock, but it could be days before things are back to normal. pat collins is live. >> the work is under way. it's a big hole, it's a big job. it's going to take big money to make things right out here. you know, they are dealing with a lot of old water pipes out here. the pipe that broke yesterday

was 73 years old. in fact, the wssc says it is averaging 1700 water main breaks a year. this is the story of one of them. good news. they managed to stop that big water main leak in hyattsville. bad news, there's still a lot of work to do. look at the size of that hole. it's nine feet deep. look at what they have to deal with down there. when this thing broke, it broke bad. it went on for more than three hours. the water came cascading down the street. route 1 looked like, well it looked like the rhode island avenue river. >> an 18-foot section of pipe, the entire section literally blew out from end-to-end and created a huge mess. >> reporter: they believe there's more compromised pipe

below the street. they have to open up the road and fix that, too. the water main break there, the thrift shop here, you can imagine what this has done to this strip of businesses. how many customers have you had today? >> three today. >> reporter: how many would you normally have? >> i would say at least 12 to 15 between 11:30 and 2:00. >> reporter: your business is down. >> yes, sir. way down. yes, sir. >> reporter: what does this mean for traffic? can you say detour? in hyattsville, several blocks of rhode island avenue northbound and southbound will be shut down. not to worry. our melissa mollet has a plan. >> this has been a mess all day long. the best alternative, cake kenilworth instead. it will get you around the situation. >> melissa's word tonight, kenilworth avenue. some people actually got water hand delivered to their house

because of this? live in hyattsville, pat collins, news 4. now torks the latest developments on the quickly changing crisis in the middle east. tensions are escalating between israel and hamas after the capture of a soldier. 60 palestinians and two israeli soldiers were killed in fighting today, shattering the u.s. brokered cease-fire that took effect hours earlier. israeli forces are moving deeper into gaza to find the missing soldier. now, on capitol hill, a vote on the immigration bi is expected any minute. house republicans are trying to clear the way for the potential deportation of half a million immigrant children. president obama says it won't get anywhere. >> i'm going to have to act alone. we don't have enough reces. we have been very clear. we have run out of money. >> he's promising to veto the bill, warning he may take

executive action during congress' summer break, which started today. an internal audit by homeland security found some children in emergency shelters have had to be treated for tuberculosis, chickenpox. we also -- it found that workers who had contact with children have gotten sick. the audit found some workers had to buy food for the children with their own money. storm team 4 radar has been tracking showers all day long. this could be the beginning of a soggy weekend. >> storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer has more now joining us from chantilly with backyard weather. hey, doug. >> reporter: hey, guys. i told you yesterday, most of the showers would stay to the south and east. you might need the umbrella during the day or a tent. they brought out the tent here. we are doing backyard weather in

chantilly. this is the roller derby league here. some of the men are here as well, trying to recruit me. i told them i can't skate at all. it's not going to do any good. i don't have to skate? >> nonskating official. >> i can officiate. that's going to be fun. let's take a look and show you what's going on as far as the weather. they are all under the tent. i didn't tell them to get under the tent. we have sunshine. we are looking at the rain to the south and to the east. that's where it's dpoung to remain for the evening hours. southern maryland, eastern shore, richmond. for us, tonight, if you are going out and about, that's where you may want to take the umbrella. north and west, still a good dwroz take it with you. most of the evening dry. more showers as we move through the weekend. maybe heavier rain as well. we'll talk more about that. i cannot wait to show you some of these nicknames.

you are the president here. turn around. i love these nicknames. this is mary lou wreck 'em. there's a lot more to come. they gave me a nickname, but we are going to hold off on that. >> give us something to look forward to. thank you, doug. he forged legal documents and tried to pass off other people's homes as her own. the local scammer is facing her fate. a teen facing charges for sexting with his girlfriend. he was in court and the judge issued a ruling. what was decided, coming up. you'll want to hear about you'll want to hear about the

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together with time warner cable, we can bring the internet to millions more. it helped me a lot. comcast and time warner cable. together is better for more people. we want to bring you the latest in a sexting case surrounding a local high schooler, a case that got international attention. tonight, we know the fate of a manassas teen charged with two felonies for exchanging explicit pictures with his girlfriend. david culver was in court for the judge's ruling. >> reporter: trey sims walked into the courthouse with his aunt by his side, not knowing if he would walk out a free man. we introduced you to trey last month. they reached out to us, wanting to share his story. they claimed prosecutors were going too far to prove their sexting case. adding that police took nude

pictures of the minor to compare with evidence and threatened to take more explicit photos. they backed off that controversial search warrant and the judge ruled the first photos could not be used. today in court, the prosecution put forward pictures exchanged between trey and his former girlfriend. the alleged victim's mother took the standpointing out her daughter in photos. no one could prove it was trey in the pictures or that he sent them, even though they came from his phone. after more than two hours, the judge issued his ruling. instead of finding trey guilty or innocent, he decided to put the 17-year-old under probation. 100 hours of public community service, cannot contact the victim of family, no sexting or the internet. trey will not have to register as sex offender. he caught up with his aunt after court.

>> it's going to be hard for him but we have gotten through this. >> the spirit ofhe law is to protect juveniles from being models of child pornography, to protect them of harm of adults, not harm from themselves. >> reporter: my phone call to prosecutors was not immediately returned. trey will be back in court here in manassas a year from now. it's then the judge could dismiss the felony charges. what does trey think of the outcome? you are going to hear from the teen at 6:00. i'm david culver, news 4. >> manassas city police released this statement. many have expressed concern at what they believe to be an extreme measure in this case. however, it is necessary for prosecution to explore all legal avenues in order to prepare for trial. while the legal avenues may be explored, they are not always pursued and sometimes, as in this case, abandoned. right now, the state of california is dealing with a

growing water shortage. 60% of the state is experiencing exceptional drought. that's according to a new report. it's about double what it was last week. the most severe it's been since the government began keeping track. widespread crop losses and shortage of water and reservoirs. water restrictions are in place. anyone caught excessively watering their lawn will be fined $500. we are going to head out to the backyard weather with doug kammerer. we are going to find out what nickname did they give you? >> yeah, doug. >> reporter: oh, the nickname. you guys have something. can i get my nickname? can we do it? they want to see what that is. great group here. i tried to come last year. we tried to bring them here. the first backyard weather of 2014, that got canceled. today, not canceled.

not canceled and so great. this is the northern virginia roller derby team here. this is, what's your real name? >> julia bergman. >> but you go by -- >> mary lou wreck 'em. we are nearly 100 people. we are the flat track roller derby league. we have four home teams and one travel team. we are in the process of recruiting men for a men's team. >> all right. >> we recruit all yearlong. if you want to learn to skate and play roller derby, we would love to have you. >> is there a website? >> a facebook page, nova roller ber di- and a wbsz, nova ro novarollerderby.com. >> these guys are going down here. this is quha they do. they are blocking each other from getting by. this is how veronica johnson and i do it in the weather center all the time, guys.

i have to tell you, let's see what's happening forecast wise around the region. some rain but most of the evening is looking good. as far as the weather is concerned, reston and chantilly, cloud cover. current temperature at 80 degrees. the winds are calm. if it's not raining, we are looking at a nice night. although a bit on the humid side. 77 in frederick, 73 in winchester. 77 in fredericksburg. we are cool for this time of year. it feels quite nice this evening. storm team 4 radar showing where the rain is. north maryland now, waldorf, leonardtown. we have a lot more moisture making its way up. however, most of it will stay down to the south and east of i-95. as we put this in motion, it will move in over night. the best chance to see the showers around the 1:00, 2:00,

3:00 hour. then tomorrow afternoon, we see clouds and showers. just like today, we are not talking a lot of rain. a lot of rain? that comes during the day sunday. early sunday morning, 3:00 a.m., the heavier rain. look what happens sunday afternoon. a washout. you will need the umbrellas for sure. if you are thinking of heading to the beaches, that's going to be a washout there, too. heads up for that if you are thinking of going down there. not a bad week, not a bad weekend, but showers nonetheless. by the time we get to 5:00, clouds for the most part. a good idea toz keep the umbrella handy. temperature close to 80 degrees tomorrow. sunday, better chance of showers. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we get into heat. after the rain, summer-like weather with 90 degrees coming up on tuesday. near 90 during the day wednesday. you asked earlier what the nickname was z. you have to check this out. i don't know how you came up

with this. what do you think. atmosfear. >> that's a good one. >> here comes atmosfear! >> i think they nailed it. okay, show us the food next time, we are hungry. we are going to live vicariously through you. >> reporter: i already ate. >> so long. enjoy. next a local woman never makes it home from the post office. >> she walked out the door and said have a good day. i got the news about 1:00 the accident happened. >> wait until you hear what her husband has to say to the bus driver who ran her down. hundreds of thousands of cars are part of a recall. many sold here in our area. we'll tell you if your car made the list. scrambling in the face of a deadly virus. all eyes on one hospital gearing up to confront it head on.

it could be a frustrating weekend for some of you on metro. part of the red line is going to be closed for track work. starting at midnight, they will stop at the forth totten and nomo-gallaudeu stations.

a privacy group is suing facebook saying facebook is violating the privacy of overseas users. they call themselves europe versus facebook. a spokesperson filed the suit in vienna, austria. they are asking for $670 because the group says it wants to call attention to people's rights. virginia congressman eric cantor is leaving capitol hill early. he announced his last day is august 18th. he suffered a stunning upset in june when he lost the primary election to david brat. cantor said he would stay until january. now he's asked terry mcauliffe mediely.he winner leave they are considering that.

developing tonight. we have learned the first of two american aid workers infected with ebola will be arriving in the united states some time tomorrow. that cdc plane outfitted to transport patients with infectious diseases is already in liberia. it's expected to fly either dr. kent brantly or nancy writebol. they will be taken to emory university and placed in a special isolation unit. tonight, the world health organization is saying the outbreak in west africa of ebola is officially out of control. new at 5:00, work under way to transform another district. mayor vincent brown is working on it in northeast d.c. this morning. between now and november, it will be transformed into a superhero inspired play space that will have its own superhero

to be called captain trinidad. the playground will feature a zip line, a skating spot, game tables and a rain garden. it is the eighth playground to be renovated as part of the play d.c. initiative. >> sounds like fun. at 5:00, stocking up and saving. >> a special perk you can take advantage of as you send the kids back to school. a new way to keep you safe. i'm erika gonzalez. i'll tell you one way the government hopes to cut down on food born illnesses. coming up next. and more about our wet weekend. find out who is going to get

now at 5:30, the woman charged with a scam has her day in court. >> people need to be aware of this type of thing that is going on. >> what price will she have to pay? a special guest on the field. the governor of virginia visits washington's training camp. what he says he's focusing on rather than the team's controversial name. an off duty officer's birthday turns to tragedy. >> happy birthday. i wish you were still here. >> the strange phenomenon that some believe led to his death. she faked documents pretending to own foreclosed homes and rented them out, but

she got caught. a judge sentenced her within the hour. more cases are pending and there could be more victims out there. >> the county bureau chief has details from a victim who fell for this scam. >> i couldn't get in my house. i didn't know what in the world to think. >> laverne green was shocked to find out that someone was renting out the home she still owned. >> oh, i bought this house from a property tax sale in upper marl marlboro, that's what i do, that's my business. >> she was renting up to nine homes she did not own. some for foreclosed, some were privately owned. >> she offered to help me buy, get a house. >> i didn't know it was going to go as deep as it did. >> after searching lee's phone and computer records, they found 20 properties she was preparing to illegally rent. stk majority of the houses were

posted by the banks, documents posted on the front windows. that's what attracted her to those. he obtained the owner's information and developed her deeds and whatnot. >> she was sentenced to six months in jail and five months probation for stealing mrs. green's home. >> unacceptable. unacceptable she would take advantage of a citizen. >> it's meant money and time lost because she's trying to get lee's tenants out of her home. >> i just went to court two weeks ago to do an eviction. i had to pay for them fees, i had to pay the sheriff's fees. >> reporter: the judge said people who do white collar crime are slick talkers. he heard that from lee. coming up, we speak with another victim. she says she can't wait to have her day in court. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4.

some avid runners are in a fight with the army core of engineers. they want to put up a chain-link fence on part of the ireland trail in silver spring. they say the soil and the stream are contaminated with toxins and medical waste from a nearby landfill. the trail is near a medical research facility operated by the fort. residents say warning signs are enough and they don't need a fence. everyone seems to have an opinion about the redskins name controversy except for virginia's governor. he visited the training camp and spent time viz diting deangelo hall. when asked if the team should change the name, he said it's not his decision. >> i'm not in the business of telling businesses what to do. voters elected me to get jobs. this team is helping me get jobs. >> he said he understands that some people are offended by the

team name. the debate is about perspective and the team is bringing jobs to the state, as he stated. diana is going to join us live from the camp in about five minutes. if you plan to do a little back-to-school shopping over the weekend, it will be the perfect time. virginia's tax-free holiday began today. that means no taxes on school supplies and clothing. there are some rules for school supplies. no one item can be more than $20. for clothing, there's a $100 cap. the tax-free weekend lasts through sunday. maryland's tax-free week begins august 10th. that means no tax on clothing and shoes under $100. a major overhaul in the way your food is going to be inspected. >> news 4 consumer reporter, erika gonzalez joins us now with the new way consumers are being protected. >> we are seeing an overhaul here for the first time in 50 years. the u.s. department of agriculture changing the way it

inspects poultry like chicken and turkey. under the new rules, they will focus on food safety as opposed to quality. the usda says it move could cut down as many as 5,000 food born illness cases each year. both the chicken and turkey industry praised the new standards put into place. sandwich shop, jimmy johns is the newest potential victim of a data breach. security blogs reported the breach. they say the breach could involve customer's credit card information. we called and e-mailed jimmy johns. they did say they are working with authorities and investigating this breach. tonight, three new safety recalls this time. hyundai recalling 400,000 cars and suvs to fix three safety issues. the biggest recall involved 200,000 older model santa fe suvs. the traffic administration says

the springs can fracture and make contact with the tire potentially causing a crash. we are going to put all this information about the vehicles affected on our website. you can go to www.nbcwashington.com and search for that there. if you have a story idea or a tip for the news 4 consumer watch, we would love to hear from you. send us an e-mail, consumerwatch@nbcwashington.com or give us a ring at 202-885-4884. >> thanks. >> absolutely. we are going to head back out to doug atmosfear kammerer. i'm diandiana. an experience of a lifetime. stay here for the story. all right. we are going back to mr. atmosfear in chantilly. atmosfear in chantilly. >> oh, he's on skates.

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redskins training camp in richmond. day nine already. guys after every practice the redskins walk over to the crowd and pick out a little kid right in the crowd there and they usually try to pick out the cutest kid, one that's crying or maybe it's their birthday. andre showed us today who he is looking for. >> they have to yell as loud as they can. hey, nine, what's up, man? you have to be done crying. you have to get a lot of autographs today, all right. kirk, we need you. come on, let's get out there. alfred, we need you. the long white shirt. signing autographs, we are going to run and huddle around heim and get his autograph. >> you have a ball and a helmet in oh, my goodness, you are a fan. >> reporter: there's no doubt they are using cuteness to their advantage. >> i'm getting spoiled. i'm milking it.

>> reporter: really, brody isn't milking it. the 9-year-old awaits surgery to remove a brain tumor. >> the doctor said, quote unquote, he could pop that thing right ou. >> he's been a redskins fan since the day he was born. the day he was born was a sunday and the redskins were playing philadelphia. i was watching the game as he was being delivered. >> he's got a bright outlook on life. that's special. we appreciate him coming out. >> cool. give him a high five. >> good job, buddy. >> there it is. >> every football player needs to do better than the season before. >> appreciate it. i need to do better than last year. thank you, appreciate the advice. thanks for coming out, man. thank you. >> reporter: brody is definitely one of the coolest kids out here. all the redskins were talking about him today. on their arm, they had writing

there. that was their cell phone numbers their parents wrote on their arms in case they got lost on the field. it's so much fun out here in richmond. guys, still lots more coming up in sports. the redskins are getting ready for the patriots who are headed to town monday. we'll have that coming up at 6:00. live in richmond, dianna russini, back to you. >> good way to wrap up a friday. thanks. a man and his dog chased down in front of their home. it was caught on camera. you might be surprised to hear who or what was chasing them. >> as she walked out the door, she said have a good day. i told her to have a good day and i saw her walk out the door. >> he didn't know it, but that would be the last conversation he would have with his wife. just ahead, how he wants people to remember her. grab that umbrella and hold it close. we are going to need it this weekend. doug is coming back tomaryland,

county, calvert county, some in prince george's county. the wider view showing more rainmaking its way in. i want to show you what's happening to the south. a lot of moisture making its way this way. most of it stays to the south and east. something else going on. tropical storm bertha has winds of 50 miles an hour. it's coming into the lesser antilles. one thing you are going to see, this is going to continue on a track close to puerto rico. they will see heavy rain from this. away from the coast, we are not talking about the storm having an impact on us other than the fact it could impact the surf. as far as the weather is concerned, we get to the 80s for the weekend. early next week, we are around the 90 degree mark. we'll be cool for the weekend, cloudy and rain out here. it looks like we will warm up very, very nicely as we move into early next week. 90 and humid for next tuesday. i'm warm with this on here. the jammer thooz wear what on he's one of the strongest people

you could know. >> reporter: he was a new york city corrections officer and young father who died in a sky diving accident wednesday. >> he's a great kid. he's got a little boy. something to watch them together. >> reporter: he and an instructor plummeted to the ground during a tandem jump. scott survived, but he's in critical condition at stoney brook hospital. a powerful weather phenomenon caused the accident. a spokesperson for the u.s. parachute association confirmed a so-called dust devil was involved. nancy describes it as a swirling minitornado that collapsed the parachu parachute. >> it's an accident. >> reporter: they jumped on the day after the accident. sky dives manager refused comment. it was business as usual here. >> you get shook up when you hear that, especially when you are going to next day. all in all, i