now at 11:00, national guard troops on the ground in ferguson, missouri. there are new rules in effect and already a controversial arrest. >> prince georges county battling an outbreak of deadly domestic violence.

new tonight the latest incident that left a mother of two dead in her home. >> and our football team put its offense on display. the team is making headlines off the field. two well known broadcasters taking a stand on the team name. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> we begin with a look at the streets of ferguson, missouri. we have seen hundreds of people marching and gathering along this road through the heart of town. so far, a much calmer protest over the shooting death of teenager michael brown. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gensler. we have seen a lot of developments in ferguson. county police set up a designated protest zone on the street where we have seen so many clashes over the past week. a photographer was arrested while taking pictures of tonight's protest. he was just released a few minutes ago.

>> this is the first night that missouri's national guard has been in control of the protest zone. so far we have not seen any teargas fired or major clashes with the protesters. jay gray has delayed us now from ferguson. >> as the protest continues tonight in ferguson, the strategy of police and the responsiveness has changed dramatically. >> tonight we'll ensure the safety of the citizens of ferguson. visitors to ferguson. >> reporter: there will be no curfew. police will try to keep the protest moving not giving crowds a chance to congregate. for the first time now officers can be seen from the rooftops here. the national guard has been called in. their mission according to gover nor jay nixon to provide protection and ensure the safety of the unified command center which was the target of a

coordinated attack. >> that will free up law enforcement resources to protect the peaceful protesters. the citizens of ferguson and their property. >> as so many continue the to march to honor the memory of brown and push for answers in the investigation. today brown's family released results from an autopsy they commissioned performed by veteran pathologist dr. michael baden. >> six bullets struck. two may have reentered. three bullets were recovered at the first autopsy. >> reporter: the brown family and witness withes said the unarmed teenager died while trying to surrender while police contend brown arrested the offic -- assaulted the officer that day. it is a source of contention and controversy here. >> there continues to be pressure including a push to speed up the investigation here. tonight nbc news could be

presenting evidence to a grand jury. sometime later this week. i'm jay gray. >> are you able at all from your position to assess the size of the crowds of protesters? how many folks are out there on the street? >> you know, i went through before i got to the command center. i would say a couple hundred at this point. tends to pick up throughout the night. we may have more there at this point. again, they are not letting people assemble tonight. they are keeping them moving. they don't want people to congregate. so far it looks like that's a strat aegy that's working. >> thanks, jay. also, trayvon martin's mother wrote an op-ed for time magazine to the family of oh michael brown. she offered prayers and frustrations over the death and similarities to the death of her son. she also promises to seek

justice for others. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the events in ferguson. you can download the app for breaking news alerts and we'll have the latest developments overnight. that begins at 4:26 this morning. >> some of us had a lovely night. others can't get rid of the rain. a new warning popped up. doug? >> we have been watching areas to the south. those areas were fredricksburg around stafford. we saw a lot of rain. take a look. storm team 4 picking up on the rain. most of us on the dry side. portions of king georgunnd f fr. this area received uper wards of two to three inches of rain. it keeps coming down around through here. this is between stafford through mccarthy's corner.

under a flood warn withing. we'll have more on what we can expect as far as the rain is concerned tomorrow and during the day on tuesday. >> new at 11:00 we have learned the name of a woman found dead inside her house in landover, maryland, this morning. chantal lewis was 36. police call the death a homicide. darcy spencer is on the scene just blocks away from another murder this that community. >> well, the victim here was the mother of two young boys. we are told her mom came here with the boys this morning when they weren't able to reach her. they walked into the house and made the horrible discovery. police dusted here for fingerprints on the front door. still tonight the killer is still on the loose. janice lives ethics door to the woman found murdered in her home this morning. the discovery made when her young boys returned home with

their grandmother. >> she has her two sons. my heart sinks for them. they saw her in that condition. >> neighbors say lewis moved here on west forest drive months ago. police aren't saying exactly how she died. but she had trauma to her body. >> preliminarily ther doesn't appear to be a sign of forced entry. >> reporter: lewis had taken two men to court to get child support for her boys. one case was closed. the other still open. she had a boyfriend. the house is around the corner from another home where are a 3-year-old girl was shot to death last week t. suspect was involved in a fight with another man. he shot up the house and killed the girl playing upstairs. the alleged shooter is still on the run. >> people have no regard for life anymore.

people feel like they can take it. they have the control to take it. >> at this point, police haven't released information about a possible motive or a possible suspect in this case. darcy spencer, news 4. >> thank you, darcy. this might be the last known picture of a father and the daughter he's accused of killing. frederick miller shot and stabbed his 3-year-old daughter over the weekend. it is believed he shot the child's grandfather and great grandmother. miller died in a shootout with police. today, community leaders rallied in the neighborhood where it started. demanding an end to domestic violence. >> this is not an issue that the criminal justice system can resolve. no matter how much protection we offer for the victims until we fix our families, the violence will persist. >> as a father i can only

imagine the pain one must feel with the loss of a son or daughter. it is imperative we bond together and protect our children from this kind of violence. >> tonight a gas station was the site of a somber ceremony. in tribute to raj kumar, the station clerk murdered there nearly two weeks ago. police are trying to find the masked men who opened fire on kumar. it happened in maryland. that guy then raided the cash register. the fbi and police are offering a $27,000 reward for information that leads to arrest and indictment. >> the clock is ticking. gay and lesbian couples could start getting married in virginia on thursday morning. plaintiffs in the case filed a brief with the supreme court today asking it not delay same sex weddings in the commonwealth. some virginia counties are asking for a stay of an ape lat

court ruling that called the gay marriage ban unconstitutional. the supreme court can now decide whether to put p weddings on hold while it considers hearing the case in the next term. >> in the corruption trial of the former first couple of virginia there was harsh testimony on the behavior of maureen mcdonnell behind closed doors. cabinet secretary janet kelly described bob mcdonnell as honest and said she was never asked to do favors for johnny williams. she described mrs. mcdonnell as difficult, demands, and di diva-like. hk dodge's lawyers are trying to separate his behavior from that of his wife in the eyes of the jury. >> they said the staff thought she was mentally ill. they are doing it with her in the courtroom. not only throwing her under the bus, but backing it up a few times. >> the defense continues its case tomorrow. fellow northern virginia bureau chief -- you can follow julie

carey on twitter for updates from the courtroom. she'll have live reports on news 4. >> students will be returning to the university of maryland this week. when they do, they will find it harder to cross route one without using a crosswalk. tonight there are just cones. soon lining the center of the street to keep people from cutting across the busy road where there isn't a crosswalk. three people died trying to cross route one in college park this year. the speed limit on the road has been lowered and new pedestrian signals installed. >> traffic headaches will get a will the worse on some of the roads in d.c. the department of transportation says work will begin in the fall to replace the aging 116th stret bridge. it means parts of the bridge and military road could be shut down for weeks. they plan to work in stages so not all the lanes are closed at one time.

d-dot says the concern is the safety of commuter. the bridge is about 60 years old. it is filled with cracks. new tonight relief for d.c. residents stopped by airport security. making sure the tsa knows your license is enough to get you on the plane. >> two respected broadcasters took a stand on the name of washington's football team. >> and a woman tackles the finals of american ninja

breaking news. a search under way in capitol heights for a hearing impaired girl.

9-year-old cindy espi noza was last seen 7:20 tonight in marl boro pike in capitol heights near the d.c. maryland line. she's described as 4'10", 75 pounds. she was last seen wearing a baby blue t-shirt and blue shorts. if you have seen cindy, call prince georges county police right away. >> this time next year washington could be getting ready for a visit from pope francis. the pope hopes to make an east coast trip to the u.s. next fall. he mentioned possible stops in d.c., philadelphia, and new york. earlier this year house speaker john boehner invited the pope to address the joint session of congress. no pope has addressed from the capitol. we reached out to the archdiocese tonight. there was no comment but officials said they would joyfully welcome a visit from the pope.

>> there is a new effort to make sure airport security officers across the country recognize d.c. driver's license as a valid state i.d. we told you about several travellers wrongly told to show a passport because a d.c. license isn't a valid form of i.d. delegate norton met with officials from the tsa who make sure all three license styles are part of the diely briefings and train document checkers to recognize them. >> this is not a bad night out there. apparently a hundred miles south, not even that farther catching the blues. >> they are. this is stafford countiment only one area seeing the heavy rain. we have flood warnings associated with the rain. we told you the rain would stay away from are the redskins game. that was good news. temperatures today into the mid 80s. they continue to be on the mild side the this evening. plenty of cloud cover.

numbers currently 78 degrees. winds from the east at 6 miles per hour. the numbers around the area still in the 70s. it's a little bit muggy. 74 in hunting town. this is where the rain is. the last two hours, where has it been? i put my finger there and it won't move. we have seen rain in eastern stafford county down through western portions of king george. even in extreme southern portions of charles county between quantico down around fredricksburg right over stafford just to the east of stafford. right there. making its way through the region. heads up if you are many the region. a flood warning in effect until 1:45 for flooding along small streams. this is all part of the same system that made it to the south. more storms to the south along i-95. if you are headed down late

tonight or tomorrow morning you may run into shower activity. that will be the case through tomorrow and probably the next couple of days. here's what's going on. one storm system around the region. notice the clouds from virginia and maryland down to the south. more cloudiness back to the west. this next system will move over the region and continue out of the atlantic. we'll continue to see a moist atmosphere meaning cloud cover and a chance for rainshowers as well. tomorrow, notice where the best chance of rain is. once again to the south. around the same area around quantico, fredricksburg to extreme southern maryland. if you are in this region you want to watch out tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon it shifts. d.c. might be dry most of the day with showers to the west. most should be on the lighter side. that's the best news. can't rule out being on the heavier side. by wednesday clearing. everybody is on the dry side wednesday afternoon with the

exception of folks in the mountains to the blue ridge. maybe winchester into west virginia. tomorrow, mostly cloudy. passing showers, warm and humid. 82 to 87 degrees. not a bad day. i think we'll see more cloud cover. 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. showers around 70 early with the commuter impact. i think it will impact it more the evening rush hour with more in the way of scatterered showers. temperatures around 85. no real storminess. no strong thunderstorms. stronger storms on thursday. those should not be severe with a high of 84. friday, saturday and sunday. if the system clears out well enough we are only at 80 on saturday. 82 on sunday. most areas only in the upper 70s for the weekend. >> catching a real break this summer. >> a cool break. >> thank you, doug. two of the voices you hear every sunday of the football season won't say the name redskins this

year. phil simms and tony dungy won't use the name. simms said he'll say washington. dungy said he will do the same and clls it a personal decision. cbs said it would give announcers the option to decide whether to use the team name. >> before that game tonight at fedex a group of players paid tribute to michael brown. the group of ten players, all defensive backs were led out by veteran safety brandon maryweather. they held their hands in the air, a reference to reports that brown had his hands up when he was a police officer shot him this month. still to come, johnny manziel was there on the football field tonight. didn't much matter. we'll be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk from xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> i'm curious to know what's the lead story tonight is this. >> redskins or nationals? we are starting with the game that didn't count. the only certain from are the nfl preseason. games never live up to the hype. there will always be over reacting. the good, the bad and the ugly. redskins had it covered in the second exhibition game versus the browns. rgiii and johnny manziel have the hype part covered. first quarter redskins with the ball. something else fans waited to seement redskins, dropping back. firing to the new receiver. that's deshawn jackson. the speedster making moves.

his first catch. the drive ended. he's picked up by fort washington hayden. thturned it 37 yards. ee turnovers in the game for the redskins. now offensive coordinator shanahan is watching johnny manziel leave. not going to like this. second sack of the game. johnny manziel 7 for 16. 65 yards in the fame. skins up 7. cousins in at quarterback. airing it out for the rookie. 14-yard hook-up. a 14-3 lead. twitter going crazy. johnny manziel rushed out of the pocket. watch johnny manziel with a nonverbal message for the

redskins. probably lighter. tieded at 17. colt mccoy under center to go on for the former browns qb nick williams. a 30-yard touchdown. they would hold off the browns scored late. they missed the two-point conversion. the skins taking the lead. they win it 24-23. now we'll head out to fedex field. what a wild one. what was the biggest take away for you. >> still the best part of of the offense. really having all the weapons on the field, one thing for certain tonight. they were up and down. robert griffin, iii, nice pass. a 49-yard reception. also had the one interception. not a great overall night for the second preseason game.

i wish i could tell you everyone is talking about x's and o's. everyone is talking about the middle finger. you mentioned it. johnny manziel flipping off the redskins bench right after the game i ran over to the bench. as the guys ran off, i asked hall what did you say? he said, i don't know what you're talking about. i didn't see it. other redskins said, we heard him. we saw it. he gave us the finger for no reason. we didn't say anything. i'm not sure they were telling the truth. johnny manziel showing a little lack of maturity here. otherwise robert griffin, iii, has work to do. >> let the twitter explosion continue. we'll hear about it for a while. thanks. nats tonight. we told you about this one. the cuteness factor only gets you so far. where are we going now? we have six straight wins coming in tonight against the d-back. this is the 11th inning.

they needed extra. this is adam jacking one deep over the right field ball. that's it. another walk-off win for the nats. 4-3. it's their third straight walk-off w. first time since 1977. that's the longest winning stretch. >> the hottest team around. we'll be right back.

a local connection tonight on american ninja warrior.

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