rescue teams walking her carefully back to higher grounds. she was relieved to be out of the situation but was second guessing herself. >> i guess i'm embarrassed. my judgment was wrong. i called 911 right away. >> reporter: she was lucky and you can see how fast the water level was rising. it is pouring. this is beach drive near cedar lane. wasn't long ago you could see the entire road. now we have six to eight inches of water. it wasn't long ago that that car down there tried to make its way through here and got stuck. >> montgomery county fire and rescue crews have been busy and are warning keep your guard up for the rest of the night. >> in about an hour's time we rescued about eight people out of their vehicles. no one was seriously injured. a couple of them were pretty tense situations. >> back here now live a tidbit

about the car that was stuck just around the curb. it is no longer there. it has been washed away and now rescue crews have to go and actually find where it is. they think it might be in the channel here at rock creek park. it didn't just flood here. it flooded in many places across the area. kristin wright live in laurel with that part of the story. >> reporter: we talked to a woman parked in the lot this morning. she came back and couldn't find her car because it had been moved because of the flooding. she is not happy because there is water in her car. this may be an instance where some people are glad they were towed. a tow truck began pulling cars out of high water in the mark commuter lot next to the american legion in laurel. >> probably six inches of ter in it. >> reporter: signs in the lot warn it is prone to flooding. mark notified commuters and pulled out the tow truck. it rescued a nissan. >> all of them that we pulled

out so far had a little bit of water in them so folks will definitely have to get to the insurance company and have them looked at. >> reporter: an elderly woman drove into high watern nte road and got stuck. >> we were able to walk out to her wearing flotation devices and put a personal flotation device on her and asster walking back to the water's edge. >> i have never seen it this way before. >> reporter: they s t notified commuters before they towed the cars. live in laurel kristin wright news 4. now to the big picture all across our region we have seen issues on the roadways. check out the situation fairfax county today. no major problems but t layer of rain was enough to create a dangerous situation for drivers including the potential for hydroplaning. we saw several water rescues. take a look at this. we had one woman who got stuck in tacoma park and in chevy

chase another woman had to ditch her car near beach drive. and in the district today flooding in rock creek parkway. you can see here take a look. water is flowing more like a river in some spots and in other areas it has gone up and into the walk ways. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is here to explain the new threat for tonight. >> that is the threat seeing thunderstorms, more isolated heavy rain around our area. it has been three months since we have seen water rescues like this in this type of rain falling at between two and three inches of rainfall. take a look at our flash flood watch. all of these counties shaded in green, gaithersburg to manassas. those are the ones shaded in red. northern charles county and through prince george's and through baltimore, the flood warnings the light green. that does include areas of the district and northern prince george's county. the dots you are looking at are

all of the flooded roads today mainly i-95 to areas into fairfax and around bethesda areas in eastern howward county. now we are seeing heavier rain moving out. this is the line of thunderstorms that is going to be moving in in the next couple of hours. starting around 8:00 i think the storms will be stepping into areas like fairfax, prince william county where the storms could produce rain and high winds. we have been on the air giving you updates. the threat continues until 1:00 a.m. much of the evening hours, too. now it is the risk of severe thunderstorms. when i return i will show you and take you hour by hour through the evening and take a look at what you can expect tomorrow. we are not the only ones dealing with dangerous flash flooding. here is what it looked like in detroit last night after part of the same system that hit us

today hit them. divers searched along highways for stranded drivers. about 1,000 cars were abandoned after five inches of rain fell. some left cars and had to swim to safety. one woman died after getting trapped in the flooding. she suffered a seizure in her car. with the possibof rain and storms in our area this evening now is the perfect time to get our storm team 4:0 weather app. you can download that for free from the app store or google play. just search nbc washington weather. it's a place where peace and prayer are preached. right now the manassas mosque is a crime scene. someone spray painted all over the windows and doors there. people at mosque think it was a hate crime. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver shows us the damage. >> reporter: if you ask who he is prayer for tonight you might be surprised.

>> i pray for them. make them be understanding that we don't hate you. why you hate us. >> reporter: e is referring to the person or persons behind this. orange paint splattered all over the outside of his mosque. the vandal hit every window and door on the outside of this mosque and covering up signs, calling for peace. most of the graffiti means nothing. what we cannot show you are some obscene words. on the other side of the building this, a door kicked so many times the glass broke. the imam chokes up seeing the destruction. >> this is to be honest with you is unpleasant. why is it that people are so ignorant? >> reporter: this mo marks 20 years manassas mosque has been open. each friday about 20i come here to pray. >> it is sad to see how someone

can do this to someplace i call my second home. >> reporter: she has been coming here since she can remember. >> it hurts. it hurts because like when you see that it's like vandalizing your own home. >> reporter: what he doesn't want is finger pointing especially among other religions and within islam. >> i'm afraid that somebody is going to say it was that group versus this group. >> reporter: he wants the vandals and anyone else harboring hurtful feelings to think. >> i might be different from you. >> reporter: in manassas, virginia, i'm david culr,ew 4. ♪ good morning, vietnam! >> we are members of the human race. >> you don't know about real love because it only occurs when you love something more than you

love yourself. >> he made us laugh. he made us cry and he made us think. today fans across the world are remembering robin wilaman his increbltalents. investigators confirmed this afternoon that williams took his own life yesterday at his california home. tony guiniard has reactions from fans stunned by the news. >> he was an amazing talent. what makes us so sad today is the sense of loss we feel of losing him because there will never be another robin williams. >> reporter: on hollywood boulevard robin williams' death is being mourned at his star on the walk of fame, the very spot his achievements in film are celebrated. the star is surrounded by candles and notes. >> i am lucky i had the opportunity to be here to pay my respects. >> reporter: and sfans. williams' death came as a shock.

how he died seems to be a personal blow. >> you hope somebody like that who is hilarious you don't think they are sad. you don't think that that is something they would do. it is just pure shock. >> i am in entertainment because of him watching his genius and seeing his life progress as an artist and seeing how much joy he brought to me. it is so sad to know that joy wasn't internal for him. >> reporter: one by one fans broke the circle around williams' star. they left tribute by day and night. >> to hear something tragic like this happening is absolutely devastating. >> reporte this video of the actor not acting but enjoying an experience with a sign language speaking goa named coco is getting a lot of play on youtube. >> we shared something extraordinary, laughter. >> reporter: williams shared the gift of laughter with the world.

at 8:30 tonight the lights at the chinese theater here on hollywood boulevard will dim in honor of robin williams. >> actors, comedians and politicians are speaking out now about williams' death. hollywood legend robert de niro starred with robin williams in the 1990 film "awakenings" and released the statement saying i am stunned beyond saddened adding billy crystal said it best, no words. >> in addition to his on-screen work robin williams was a master at im-prov. there is a thrivin theater near in the washington area. tom sherwood visited one theater today where there was a special appreciation for the talents of robin williams. >> we stopped by the washington improv theater, the kind of place robin williams loved. you can catch the wainon improv theater on youtube

offering unsemables of all sorts. a free comedy set tonight at 9:00. today at mid day on the darkened stage actor dan miller was talking about -- >> now that i'm dead i'm a ghost. why am i gone? >> the death of robin williams, a master at improv. >> he had that ability to think 50 different things at the same time and be able to express it articulating and a mile a minute. >> i came to bombay last year. >> improv is about being present and in the moment and reacting in the moment. and he could really find joy in the moment people could. >> reporter: lots of pelen washingt find joy as the classes of all types including thousands who have been through classes or sat through hundreds of performances. >> a cross section of

washingtonens have day jobs and wear suits during the day and have the secret identity. >> reporter: the suicide death of robin williams he said is a time for actors and anyone to take a closer look at friends and family. >> lookout for each other. if somebody is going through a tough time help them out. >> reporter: he says he hopes people celebrate robin williams by finding reasons to laugh. >> tell him thanks so much. a moment of despair interrupted by a trooper on a mission. we'll show you more of this rescue that changed one man's fate. the man who shot up a house and killed a 3-year-old girl is still on the run. we'll tell you what is next for the grieving family. >> reporter: controversov a proposed firing range and the impact it can have on these dogs. dogs. th

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soon there may be the sounds of gunshots at a conservation area. >> a gun range is being planned near animal and dog training facilities. news 4's chris gordon visited the area today. >> reporter: these horses prepare to compete with olympic level riders. they are boarded right across turner road near sugar mountain is the land where both an outdoor and indoor firing

range is being proposed. >> if the horses get used to the constant noise the people are not going to and they will find elsewhere to board. >> reporter: the crack of gun fire is also a concern at this dog playground. it is located here just about a mile from the proposed firing range. the firing range will add to the stress and anxiety of the pets boarding here and hospitalized and recovering from surgery and going to grooming adding to their stress. >> reporter: a homeowner -- >> i think one of the main objections is noise, quiet enjoyment of the property. i'm a frequent user of sugar loaf mountain. >> reporter: they pass out signs saying no firing range. the signs are on display all along turner road. >> people enjoy coming hiking, riding and just the tranquillity of the area. and all of this would be destroyed if this shooting range goes in.

>> reporter: the land is zoned resource conservation but it would be permitted if granted a special exception. >> we heard a lot about noise. we will certainly address that. >> reporter: the land owner says special noise abasement efforts are being raised. >> all are below noise ordinance levels. you hear the shots aofow but they are not as if we were firing in an open field. >> reporter: the zoning board will hold a public hearing at the end of this month and decide whether to allow the firing range here. chris gordon, news 4. it is one of the biggest problems in our region, making sure roads can keep up with all the growth. one new overpass is making driving safer in virginia. the road bridge opened to traffic today and replaces the intersection of route 7. the $17 million project is part

of a broader effort to keep up with loudoun county's growth. about 3,000 cars drive on the road each day. by the year 2020 that number will jump to 10,000 cars. >> a lot of roads have been flooded today. there were 26 water rescues in anarundel county. >> you have to look way down the road to see what is going on to look for the alternative route to take. take a look. this was reston, virginia today. this is south lake shopping center. a lot of folks walking around with the umbrella. that shopping center near lake. big puddles on the lake today. we are going to get more rain over the next couple of hours. take a look at the rainfall totals. over an inch and a half fredericksburg. some locations having trouble

with the rain gauge. over to gaithersburg and coming down really hard at times in baltimore. they see at least over four foofive inches of rainfall. rest of virginia dry. rain showers around chantilly. red shaded counties continue under a flash flood warning. heavy rain moving out and there has been lightning, too, and isolated severe thunderstorm warnings. we have seen those through the northern neck and to the north and west. this pocket around hagerstown and winchester very strong storms. that line that is starting to form, winchester down east of petersburg west virginia is moving east. in another four hours it will arrive here. folks around 8:00 or 9:00 there could be storms producing high winds and not just heavy rain. in terms of rainfall intensity that i think we are going to see big umbrella or no umbrella we are back to the big umbrella

with down pours. not everyone will get it but you need to be prepared. 76 degrees right now. next thunderstorms and atred storms continue. probably just past midnight before the storms roll out of here. here is your future weather. 10:00 you can see what i'm talking about. there is the better part of the line. it is really two lines ahead of the front. hagerstown to around winchester by 1:00 a.m. frederick, leesburg. we will clear out some but can't rule out an isolated ow that could fire tomorrow afternoon. as we talk about temperatures across the area tomorrow 83 in d.c. temperatures will put us a little higher than what we have seen today. the sun is breaking out right now we have hit the 80s. that is far to the west. 83 degrees on thursday.

sunshine thursday, friy. i know summer on vacation. as we get into the second half of the weekend 86 on saturday. 90 degrees on sunday. so summer is going to return for a couple of days. this weekend lots of sunshine but the summer heat returns. as we get into the early part of next week and in a couple of minutes we talk about how long the heat will stick around next week. cars swallowed whole. who could forget this street collapse? that was a doozie. we know who is going to foot the bill. >> reporter: a knock at the door. a teenager selling a newspaper subscription in exchange for scholarship money. how do you know if it is legit or a scam? i'm erika gonzalez. i'll tell you the uwt

the door bell rgs and someone wanting to sell you a subscription or a service? >> how do you know what is legit and what is a scam? erika gonzalez shows us how to draw the distinction. >> we are putting this front and center because we heard from a viewer who received a knock at the door and it turns out a teenager was soliciting college

scholarship funds for a newspaper. in this case the feea here is what that real letter looks like. the company behind the solicitation works with newspapers like the washington post, times, baltimore sun. local students receive a weekly paycheck for selling subscriptions to the newspapers which, by the way, which does not violate solicitation laws. students get points. they get one point for every subscription they sell. and 1,000 points equals $1,000 towards a college savings bond. if someone knocks on your door in this particular case you want to look for students with an i.d. featuring the redmond marketing logo and their phone number. also, you will not be asked to make a donation. they are not accepting. it says so on the offe do not try to make donations. some other general tips. whenever a solicitor or

contractor comes knocking the better business bursa do not fall for high pressure tactics. you are, after all, on your property. you can ask anybody to leave. lastly, do your research. if something seems fishy, take a second, step back, make a phone call to verify the offer is real. we will put all of this information on our website. just head to nbcwashington.com and search solicitations. right now at 5:00 courtroom drama for the mcdonnells again and the delay in the proceedings. >> reporter: in richmond, virginia where bob mcdonnell takes the stand for the prosecution. what he had to say. we will tell you why her mother is ready to speak out about the case almo t yrs later.

right now at 5:30 a last minute rescue. how a maryland state trooper saved a life because hehod up at the right place at the right time. mysterious death. a mother and young children found dead in their car. now the deaths are no longer a mystery. and the father's success story. he beat a brain tumor and now facing a new challenge he hopes will put others on the road to

conquer cancer. >> we couldn't believe it was actually happening. flooding is forcing changes. >> beach drive to joyce road and from west beach to the maryland line are closed to traffic right now. and the bike trail next to the rock creek parkway also closed. veronica johnson in the storm center 4 with the latest look at our weather. >> we continue to see the threat of flooding as we move through the evening hours and the threat of seeing isolated severe thundersto thunr there. this is everywhere where there is the threat of flooding. we are hearing charles county until 8:30 with a flash flood warning, the ones in the red hanging on a little longer until

6:45. we picked up two or three inches of rain. more off to the west. the line ahead of the weatherfront moving through our area until midnight until 2:00 a.m. the biggest potential is heavy rain and high winds. i will tell you what you can expect for your morning rush. >> she had everything going for her, an honor's student, aspiring model. it all ended when someone shot and killed amber stanley inside her home. tonight her mother is searching for answers. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live with more on this story. >> reporter: what most of the conversation was filled with laughter just reflecting on how much she loved her young daughter. she refers to her as her baby girl. with the arrest and conviction of someone of another teen shot and killed her mother was wondering when they will find who killed her daughter.

>> she was mommy's baby. she was my baby girl. >> reporter has almost been two years since amber stley was brutally shot and killed inside her home. each day has gotten harder and harder for her mom. >> i just want it to just be over to have some kind of closure. i don't know why the w want to kill my baby. >> reporter: amber stanley was the first of six prince george's county high school sten to be gunned down in unrelated acts of violence during the 2012 school year. markel rock was shot and killed while walking to central high school. yesterday his killer was convicted leaving her wondering when her daughter's killer would be brought to justice. >> i figured out of all of the six victims who got killed they are going away with it one by one and hopefully amber's will be soon. >> reporter: on the night amber was killed she was in the

bedroom and her older sister and nephew in the house. her motr s t at the time. whoever killed amber was masked and unidentifiable by anybody in the home. it makes it different from the evidence collected. >> we had everything going for them to make the arrest. with my daughter in her case they don't have the weapon. they don't have no one confessing, no one saw them. no way to identify who it was. >> reporter: amber had dreams of attending an ivy league school. she wanted to be a scientist and a doctor and enjoyed modeling for fun. her mom is hoping someone out there can help break the case. >> i would like for someone, whoever knows anything to just come forward and just help us get the case solved. >> reporter: prince george's county police say they are sti diligently working on this case. they are expecting to have comment and update on how the investigation is goi as we get closer to the anniversary of

amber stanley's death which will be next friday. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. her daughter was just 3 years old and became the victim of a deadly night. now, the mother of a little girl is sharing her pain. the 3 year old was shot and killed on sunday. police say she died when 25-year-old devaughn wallace opened fire on the house. coming up new at 6:00 news 4's shomari stone sits down with the toddler's mother. hear what she has to say about her little girl and the direct message for the suspect on the run. a ruling on the death of a mother and her two children in hagerstown in june. officials tell us the three died from heat stroke. allison pluck and her daughters were found dead in a vehic in a middle school parking lot. the car windows and doors were

closed but unlocked. temperatures peaked near 90 degrees that day. police say they don't know why pluck was parked at the school for hours in the blazing heat. virginia's former attorney general found himself on the witness stand testifying in the corruption case against bob mcdonnell and his wife, maureen. jerry kilgore was once mcdonnell's running mate. they were accused of taking gifts and loans from jonnie williams. julie carey joins us now. >> reporter: this day started with a delay and some drama. bob mcdonnell, his attorney and prosecutors huddling behind closed doors. when they emerged we learned a juror had been dismissed, no reason given. an alternate replaced the juror. the first witness a remember fo

foer former virginia gubernatorial candidate. they were political allies running on the same gop ticket. now former attorney general kilgore is a lobbyist. star scientific jonnie williams hired him in 2011 to try to find state money to do research on the supplement. kilgore testified he had two prong plan. this was a key question asked by prosecutors that i addressed to kilgore outside the court. what did jonnie williams tell you? >> he believed he had the support of the first lady and governor. >> reporter: upon investigation it showed kilgore was never able to deliver on the plan for state help. asked the lawyer, nothing happened did it.

kilgore, no. another witness today, one of the doctors williams was trying to get interested in doing research. dcu cardiologist had agreed to meet with williams to learn more. testified mr. williams said to me, how much time do you have. i said 30 minutes. he said 45. the governor's wife makes really good cookies. with that he says he drove him directly to the governor's mansion. inside no cookies but was a reception for steven spielberg who was filming the movie "lincoln" and asked him to take him to the front of the line where he met spielberg but said neither the governor nor first lady ever talked to him about the supplement. we heard from jun jonnie will m william da was his brother who took the stand.

coming up detail of the cover and the work jonnie williams did for the mcdonnell's initially for free at the residents. he battled cancer and one local dad says he is still a lucky guy. find out why this health battle was just one of many challenges for his young family. >> reporter: forget autograph. it is all about the selfie. which redskin ♪

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redskins trainingamhas wrapped up. this is all that is left out on the field. for the thousands of people that came through here they are going to have some great memories. this year is the out with the old autograph and in with the selfie ♪ let me take a selfie >> can i get a selfie? >> a lot of selfies at training camp. >> everybody wants selfies. >> take a selfie with me? >> nobody wants a normal picture. >> kids are going crazy with the selfies. >> the new era. get up to speed with it. >> even my mom taking selfies. i'm like i don't want a selfie. i know what you look like. >> i try to go with the same smile and be consistent. i saw one and i thought it was a

solid smile. >> selfie face? >> no. just a little smile. >> which is what? >> this is the cheesy smile like that. >> i just do something like that. >> looks like you have something in your teeth. >> i don't get the whole selfie movement. somebody told me today that is selfie mode. i didn't know there was a mode on the phone called a selfie. >> you don't like the whole -- >> like right now you have camera guy. you have the news anchor. sports anchor, whatever. >> you don't want me holding it. >> maybe i'm living in 2004 when there wasn'tomhi called a selfie. >> andre roberts anti-selfie. >> anti-selfie. >> in richmond, dianna russini,

news 4 sports. somebody is ready to pay up for the street collapse in baltimore. we will tell you who is slating the bill. after the death of robin williams we are taking a closer look at the impact of suicide in our continued focus on changing minds. a look at one local man's battle and how he ret depression but we

felt like he was suffering alone experts say it is far from the truth. >> some estimates up to 23% of people during their lifetimes will have an episode of depression. so suicidality is extremely common. >> reporter: lawrence reeseo is a clinical psychologist and professor. he says as many as 50% of us have had some thought of suicide. >> these problems are under treated in our country. there is lots of stigma. unfortunately people see it as a failure in themselves. >> reporter: he says he was able to get help. for him that meant medication and talk therapy. that doesn't mean he is cured. now he has tools for coping when the depression or panic attacks return. >> as deep and dark as you can go and hit your rock bottom there is always light at the end of the tunnel. you have to seek the help, though. >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, more about mike's journey aokay.

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