right now, the parents of the teen killed in ferguson, missouri, are holding a news conference. we're monitoring it from our live desk and will bring you up to date in a few minutes. first, a local family tragedy is putting domestic violence in the spotlight. a man died in a gun did figfigh prince george's county before not before he took the life of his daughter. megan mcgrath has more on the news conference carrying a serious message for families. >> reporter: the tragic kriemg th -- crime that happened on saturday is focused on the problem of domestic violence and a spike being seen here in prince george's county. the 3-year-old girl who was killed, she is the 13th person

to die in a domestic violence situation so far this year in prince george's county. later this morning in just a bit, the state's attorney is going to be gathering with members of the faith community hare in the neighborhood. they're going to be calling for family unity and an end to the violence that has claimed so many lives. now this weekend's tragedy began here on farmer place in ft. washington. police say 38-year-old frederick miller came to the home and shot his 3-year-old daughter's maternal grandfather and great grandmother. he then took off with his daughter. it didn't take police long to catch up with miller. there was a chase and an exchange of gunfire. now miller was killed, and when police took a good look inside the car, that's when they discovered his young daughter. police say the child had been stabbed and shot by her father. she was pronounced dead at an area hospital. miller was involved in an ongoing custody battle over his 3-year-old daughter. now we're going to be here for the state's attorney's comments. we're going to bring you an

update coming up in the next half-hour. in ft. washington, megan mcgrath, news4. and we're following a developing story in missouri right now. governor jay nixon deployed the national guard to ferguson after an overnight of clashes between police and protesters. before that, breaking news in landover. police are on the scene of a suspicious death. they're telling us it's happening on west forest road not far from landover road. let's go to zachary who has more. zachary? >> reporter: yes, good morning, barbara. they are calling this a murder. we're here in landover. you can see detectives and technicians behind me. i'm here with julie parker now who's going to give us more information on what's going on. what can you tell us? >> good morning. we got a call from 911 at about 9:00 in the 6800 block of west forest rad. a family member discovered a relative suffering from trauma to the body, unresponsive. the woman was in her mid 30s. she was pronounced on the scene. we're about two hours into this murder investigation at this

point. we know preliminarily there doesn't appear to be any sign of forced entry. right now, you've got detectives canvassing this community, going door to door, finding out if anyone saw anything, perhaps heard anything unusual. evidence technicians collecting evidence from the scene that will be processed. and as always, if there is a murder in this county, you can remain anonymous, call crime solvers and receive up to $25,000 in regard money. that number is 1-866-411-tips. >> reporter: just one victim? >> correct. an adult female in her mid 30s, yes. >> reporter: do you believe at this point that this is any way connected with -- with some of the other things that have been going on in this community over the last couple week? >> no, we don't believe there is any connection to anything else. >> reporter: okay. and -- she was shot, did we know exactly how she was killed at this point? >> at this point in the investigation, less than two hours in, we can simply let you know that she was suffering from trauma to the body.

>> reporter: thank you very much. that's julie parker here in landover. again, just this morning a woman found murdered in her apartment. we'll continue to give you the updates as we have them. this is a very active scene. again, technicians and detectives trying to put these things together. we'll have the updates as we have them here. reporting live. >> thank you. and as we said, we are following a developing story in missouri. governor jay nixon deployed the nu national guard to nergs after another night of protests. police fired smoke grenades and teargas to disperse crowds over refusal to recognize the police-enforced curfew there. at least seven people were arrested. this is the second week of violent protests since 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed by police. news on "news4 today" midday, new we're hearing from brown's family about the preliminary autopsy report. aaron gilchrist has more from the live desk. barbara, that news

conference still going on as we speak. the family of michael brown, really the team of attorneys and doctors working on this case, on behalf of the family, holding that news conference. you're looking live now as the medical examiner, a former new york city medical examiner, dr. michael baden, is explaining this diagram that he prepared after doing the autopsy on michael brown. he has said that michael brown was shot six times. four times in the arm, twice in the head. this was the assistant who helped perform the autopsy, the man you see on screen here. and dr. baden was able it determine that he says that michael brown was shot twice in the back of the head, shot from behind. listen to what the attorneys had to say a moment ago. >> it verifies that the witness accounts were true. that he was shot multiple times, and there's t's one of those thing that we have to get all the witness statements out and

look at all the autopsies, all the evidence it put this picture together. >> this private autopsy ordered bay the family because they said -- by the family because they didn't trust the officials in st. louis, missouri, to do a fair autopsy, nor did they have an expectation that the justice department will have one done which it will. the doctor told not believe tha suffered when he was shot. the attorneys believe there their is ample evidence for the arrest of the police officer who shot michael brown, darin wilson, in federal, missouri. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> thank you. and turning to our weather now and a mix of sun and clouds this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first forecast for this midday monday. good morning. good morning, barbara. good morning, everyone. monday morning is off to a cloudy start. although we're seeing more and more sunshine as the morning is progressing closer in to the lunchtime hours. temperatures are responding, as well. storm team 4 radar shows that there are raindrops, not so terribly far from the metro

area. most of the rain for now is still in the central and under parts of the shenandoah valley. but it is lifting northbound. i think our rain chances will continue to increase as the day goes along. for now we're mostly cloudy and just dry outside. temperatures have warmed to near 80 degrees in washington. already 80 in fredericksburg. 74 in martinsburg, west virginia. your monday afternoon, mix of clouds and sunshine. i think clouds will increase later in the day. partly cloudy, a hot and humid day. temperatures up near 90 today. though i don't think we'll get to 90. scattered showers and a rumble or two of thunder becomes more likely after 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. when i see you in a few minutes, we'll talk game time forecast. nats and skins. stormy, teamy, any more 90s -- steam eany more 90s in the seven day? we'll see. >> see you in a minute. thousands of students back in school. today is the first day of class for several counties. there are a few changes in fauquier county. middle school sports are returning including girls' soccer, boys' basketball.

the new year means new jobs. sam cox is the new principal at liberty high school. there are also five new assistant principals in the school system there. students at culpeper county public schools are back in class today, too. if you have to pick up your kids, though, there in culpeper, give yourself extra time because of roadwork. "the freelance star" reports the southbound traffic on james madison highway turn in to a sim single lane in culpeper. there's a temporary stoplight that's at that intersection right now, as well. students from six different schools in the area are affected by that roadwork. four counties headed back to school today in west virginia, too. jefferson, berkeley, morgan, and hampshire school students are back in class today. and right now, new fears about the spread of ebola. how people were able to break into a quarantine center. military families waiting in line for food. a look at how widespread the

problem of hunger in the military is. stay with us.

not even our veterans who served and been to war numerous times are coming home and not able to feed their families. >> if we didn't come here twice a week, we probably wouldn't eat a lot.

my kids would eat, but as adults we would go without. >> serving your country as a member of the military should come with certain benefits. as you heard, many military families these days find themselves not able to provide the basics like food. news4's angie goff has more on hunger in america. we're getting a look at some of the shocking numbers that actually show that members of our military cannot afford at this point to feed their families. a report from feeding america finds that 25% of active military families get and need some form of help with food. and then we found that one in five veteran families also seeks food assistance. now if you add all those numbers up, more than half a million military families need that extra assistance. now active and military family members say it can be difficult to purchase food, and this is because of low pay and all higher cost of living in different states. feeding america is saying that in many cases parents are trying to feed kids and pay rent on

less than $1,000 a month. one food bank in lorton, virginia, says they have 50 military families that regularly come in for food. congress' decision to cut food stamp benefits has also hurt families trying to put dinner on the table. for those numbers and a complete study, head to nbcwashington.com. back to you. >> thank you. the world health organization is urging ebola-infected countries to do exit screenings of all people at international airports. that according to reuters. in liberia, angry residents raided a quarantine center where patients were being tested for ebola. some of the looted items included items stained with blood and other bodily fluids. what upset people was that patients were brought to the holding center from other parts of monrovia. new development from the founder of wikileaks. what they're saying about his leaving the embassy finally. he's been hiding there for a couple of years.

>> reporter: and good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. filtered sunshine here in northwest washington. i think there will be more and more clouds as the afternoon goes along.

right now the defense is taking shape in the corruption trial of former virginia

governor baseball mcdonnell. lawyers for the couple are arguing they did not trade political influence for thousands of dollars in gifts. at some point, we will see mcdonnell himself on the stand. as he entered court this morning, he said he's glad it's his turn. >> ihink a lot of the truth has already come out. but we're looking forward to being able to present our case. thank you very much, everybody. >> northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in richmond and said this morning another juror has dropped out. that leaves just one alternate left with weeks more of this trial to go. and we have new development out of iraq this morning. kurdish fighters completely retaken control of the mosul dam. over the weekend, president obama authorized new air racetracks to help those fighters have the ground. 25 bombs were dropped on isis targets. the dam was a key piece of infrastructure to keep out of militant hands. isis had threatened to release the water and flood surrounding towns. that could have cut off electricity in the area and left

the u.s. embassy vulnerable. president obama is back in washington this morning, but not for long. today he'll be meeting with vice president biden and other advisers about a number of issues. the violence in ferguson, the crisis in iraq, and the situation between israel and gaza are just a few situations the president has been trying to deal with on vacation. this is a brief trip back to the white house. he's heading back to martha's vineyard on tuesday to finish his vacation with his family. and for more on the president's return to washington, we're joined by mark murray, nbc's senior political editor. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. >> so this is kind of an unusual thing to come back from vacation just for a day or two. >> right. >> is there some -- some other reason that he might be coming back for that we're not being told about? >> we haven't received an explicit reasoning why he's come back. you know, you could kind of like say that he's trying to break up the vacation a little bit. be able to come home, have meetings in at the washington white house. this morning he held a meeting -- situation in iraq and

again isis. then later this afternoon, he's going to be having a meeting with attorney general eric holder it the situation in ferguson, missouri. and so there will be still photos taken of the president with these teams. shows him that he's back at the white house doing the job before he goes back to vacation again. >> you see he's going to be talking it ferguson. but -- talking about ferguson. but do you think he will speak to the american people about what's going on there? >> i don't think we'll hear anything beyond what we heard from the president last week. of course, it's still a fluid situation there. the president when he came out last week to talk about it ended up saying that there needs to be calm. there needs to be cooler heads need to prevail on both sides. also there needs to be more transparency from the police department in handing over things. of course, that's why eric holder, the attorney general's, playing such a big role. the feds want to get involved and get some answers. they funding they can get some answers to the public, that could quell some of the protests. >> we have another big political story happening right now. governor rick perry down in texas indicted.

what is that going to mean for his interest in running for president? >> it doesn't ever help to have the association indicted two years before a presidential election, barbara. it's very possible that rick perry's just been indicted, that doesn't mean that he's been -- that doesn't mean that he's been convicted of anything yet. we've seen politicians time and time again end up getting indicted, but then a jury saying they were innocent. but the problem that rick perry has is the process is going to take a very long time. months if not a year. and -- and if -- if the process takes a year, come august of 2015, the presidential election will pretty much have already been waged. the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary would be months away. and that -- that's what's troubling for rick perry. >> a lot of his supporters were saying, of course, this has happened in travis county, austin, texas. the midwest democratic of all counties in -- in the state of texas. they think maybe that will quell some of the interestedness outside of this -- >> absolutely.

there are even democratic observers and analysts when think that the case against rick perry seems a little weak. again, the problem that rick perry has is just the time. that even if hee found innocent of all of this stuff, this could take months. by then the presidential election is off and running. rick perry was trying to rehabilitate his image after a disappointing and almost embarrassing 2012 presidential run. this doesn't help him in this situation. >> no. we'll watch that. a lot more. so thank you very much for coming in. see you tomorrow. >> bye. >> for more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out "first read" on nbcnews.com. today is congressman eric cantor's last official day on the job. the former majority leader is resigning today after a shocking primary loss in virginia. you may remember cantor was unseated by tea party-backed challenger david bratt in june. no word on what the seven-term house veteran plans after he leaves congress. and new this morning, wikileaks' founder, julian assange, says he will be leaving the ecuadorian embassy in london

soon. he didn't say when or explain his decision. assange has been holed up in the embassy for more than two years now. the australian fled there in 2012 to escape extra additiditi swede wrenn he's wanted on sex crime allegations. he's been granted refugee status, but so far british police have refused to let him leave the embassy in london. assange says his health has suffered during his time inside the embassy, but he did not elaborate on that. two of the country's biggest discount stores making changes to make shopping easier for you. plus, $3 gas? is that a reality? we'll talk about that coming up. and it's game day. we'll get you ready for tonight's redskins game. first, here's what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

♪ later today watch the redskins play at fedex field. rg3 play at 8:00. it win desean jackson's first day in the redskins' uniform. they'll be out for at least 20 plays. a nationally broadcast game as new coach, jay gruden, calls the game from the field. his brother will be calling it up in the broadcast booth. if you're going to the game, you might want to take metro.

stations will be open an hour later meaning they close at 1:00 a.m. instead of midnight. you'll be able to get off at any station in the system. however, you can only get on by fedex field at largo town center or morgan boulevard. target going to keep its lights on longer so you can shop later. the discount retailer plans to keep some stores open until midnight. report say target hopes to snag customers who put off shopping until the evening or who shop on line. the new hours will start this month and run through the holidays. and walmart is promising to staff each of its registers during the busy holiday season. report say the company is addressing customers' biggest complaint. that's waiting in long lines at checkout lanes. the move comes as walmart struggles to win back shoppers. u.s. sales dropped in the past two years. new today, there is an all-out bidding war for the family dollar discount chain. dollar general is offering to buy the company for $9.7

billion. it would create a business with nearly 20,000 stores in 46 states. just last month, dollar tree offered an $8.5 billion bid for family dollar. if you're thinking about taking a roadtrip, now's a good time to do it. gas prices keep falling because crude oil prices are trading below $100 a barrel. aaa says market watchers are monitoring tensions overseas. none of the conflicts are disrupting oil supplies which has kept the price of gas low. take a look at this -- one of our producers found gas selling for $3 a gallon in virginia. she filled up her tank at the wawa on route 2 in fredericksburg. in the district, the average price of regular is about $3.66 a gallon. that's down a cent from last week. in maryland, the price is $3.43, down three cents. in virginia, it's $3.23 on average. that's down three cents. in west virginia, the average price per gallon of gas is $3.50 a gallon. that's down four cents from just a week ago.

new development this hour in the shooting death of a 3-year-old. the prince george's county state's attorney wrapped up a news conference. we have a reporter there, and we'll have a live update on that. plus, we have an eye on the sky right now. rain a possibility today. the hour-by-hour forecast and your first look at the seven day coming up. it's no surprise to parents that it's costing more to raise a child. we'll look at the total number for children if your going to raise a child to adulthood and what's costing the most.

storm team 4 chief meteorologist chuck bell joining us. rain today? >> not everyone's going to get washed out. >> good. i'm going to let you keep talking because i want to hear that. >> mentioned rain -- cutting you off there. shower chances on the up and up, not just for today, but we'll be facing the raindrop dodge for most of the coming week. a very unsettled pattern has moved in. i wish we could get some of the cool, dry, canadian air like friday and saturday. but that's not going to be the case this week. it's going to feel more like august in washington around here. cloudy skies are already in place. we've seen a little sunshine here and there in the metro area, we'll see more into the afternoon. by and large, a cloudy day.

79 now. 56% humidity. east to northeast winds will help hold temperatures out of the 90s. but they won't do much to hold down the humidity or cloud cover. 76 at the inner harbor in baltimore now. 80 in fredericksburg. 79 in winchester. you've seen a little bit more sunshine than we've had in the metro. 77 in leesburg. hourly temperatures, i still think we've got at least another five or six degrees worth of warming to come our way. even with the cloudy skies out there. most areas today will top off with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s with the bonus sunshine. on the whole, the weather impact on your monday is fairly low. a whole lot of clouds. a lot more clouds than raindrops. our rain chance is only about that 30% or 40% range. it's climbing as we go toward the afternoon and evening hours. this wave of low pressure will pass to our south primarily. it has enough moisture and enough lift with it where i think that we'll be facing rain chances around here off and on. hit-and-miss shower chances later today. so far, no raindrops too close. a sprinkle or two near culpeper.

they're back in school. most of the light rain is farther south and west. no rain in the immediately metro area. rain chance today, everyone has at least a chance for rain. rain chances increase the farther south you live or travel today. if you're going to southern maryland, culpeper, fauquier county, frederick, your rain chances are higher than if you're driving toward frederick, maryland. rain chances for the week, climbing, climbing, climbing. i think wednesday and thursday are likely to be the busiest days for rain chances. here's your future weather forecast. by 3:00, mostly cloudy skies. by 5:00, there's a rain chance coming into southern maryland there. and could even have a sprinkler two in the metro area. 7:00, obviously that's first pitch for the nationals' game tonight. 8:00 is kickoff for the redskins. there could be a little light rain during either one or perhaps both of those games. but no washouts, no postponements or cancelations necessary. highs, mid to upper 18. pretty much all week -- 80s. pretty much all week long. rain chances highest on wednesday and thursday.

hopefully rain will get out of here friday and into the weekend. barbara? >> thank you, chuck. right now, police and community leaders are talking about the increase of domestic violence cases in prince george's county. this comes after a deadly series of events in ft. washington where police say a father abducted and killed his daughter. shot her relatives after that, and died in a shoot-out with police himself. news4's megan mcgrath just spoke with the state's attorney. she's live in ft. washington with more and the latest on the investigation. megan, what can you tell us? >> reporter: barbara, that press conference wrapped up a short time ago. the state's attorney, several of the council members and clergy all in attendance voicing their outrage about the violence there weekend and their concern about the general spike in domestic violence that's been seen so far this year in prince george's county. they are calling on the community to get involved. they say police cannot tackle this issue alone. people, especially men, need to get involved. they need to report domestic

violence, they need to get help. now this was a horrible crime that happened over the weekend. a father embroiled in a custody battle over his 3-year-old daughter enters a home on farmer place in ft. washington. he shoots two of his daughters' relatives and takes off with the little girl. there's a chase, exchange of gunfire. the father, frederick miller, kills his own daughter before he is killed himself. the little girl is the 13th victim to lose her life to domestic violence in the county so far this year. and the state's attorney, angela alsobrooks, and the council chair, they are all saying that people need to stop, speak up, not to be ashamed, and gets involved. >> literally could not be any more grief-stricken than we are about the violence that has engulfed our families in this county. >> so as men, we must do better in our community. we have no choice but to do better.

this is a question of conscience. the county government can't be in every household. the police can't be on every corner. the state attorney can't be in every neighborhood. this is about our families and our men taking responsibility for this issue. >> reporter: and there is a number that you can call -- 211. if you or someone you know is in a situation of domestic violence and needs help, you can remain anonymous and just call that number. again, 211, get help. but a very serious issue here in prince george's county. reporting live in ft. washington, megan mcgrath, news4. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. manassas police say a man found dead near two local schools was stabbed to death. yesterday a 911 call to police said a body was found near a dumpster on nickel lane. that's just a block away from baldwin mall and osborne high school. police believe the unidentified man was stabbed to death. this is the city's first homicide of the year. this morning, two people are

recovering in frederick, maryland. a police officer and the man he shot. it happened on patrick street along the golden mile in frederick. the officer noticed something suspicious about the man's car. then he went to investigate. >> the driver of that vehicle struck our officer with his car. the officer fired back at the vehicle, striking the driver of the vehicle. then the driver fled. >> the officer had to go to the hospital but is doing better this morning. 45-year-old roy turner is charged with drug possession and running from police. police say when he gets out of the hospital, turner is going to be taken to jail. this morning, people in southern california assessing the damage from an earthquake. the 3.6-magnitude quake hit the san bernardino mountains just before 1:00 in the morning eastern standard time. it was centered four miles north of big bear city. so far there are no report of any injuries. it could definitely put a damp or your summer vacation plans in

today there may be a cure for a unique form of baldness. alapecia causes your hair to fall out in clumps. was used on mice. when it was used on three people, they all completely grew their hair back in six months. in "news 4 your health," a study says drinking coffee while pregnant raises a risk ofcpress, the spaces develop for many

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