now at 11:00, an american journalist executed. >> no faith teaches people to massacre innocence. >> the white house reveals it tried to save james foley before

his death. >> new reaction from works who felt the tremor when a jeep crashed into their office. >> a minor miracle. >> and the supreme court delays same-sex marriages in virginia. an emotional rler coaster for one local couple. >> can you imagine the night before your wedding finding out you can't get married? >> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> rescue mission to save american citizens and now we know one of them was a journalist who did not survive. good evening. >> american journalist james foley was just one of the people the pentagon was trying to save during a rescue mission in syria earlier this summer. now more u.s. troops could be headed to iraq we get the latest from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: the pentagon announced tonight that earlier this summer the u.s. military tried to rescue james foley and several other hostages include something americans from an isis

site in northern syria. they landed in syria, they will helicopters, fixed wing aircraft and engaged in a serious fire fight. but the hostages were not there. one u.s. pilot was injured in this failed rescue mission. also tonight, the state department requested 300 more troops to guard the u.s. embassy in baghdad and the airport in baghdad against the growing isis threat in iraq. and the president announced that despite this failed rescue mission, he will not rest until isis is punished for the death of james foley. back to you. >> president obama spoke to foley's parent by phone today. they had held out hope for almost two years their son would be rescued. they want to make sure this doesn't happen again, especially with isis threatening to kill another u.s. journalist, steven sotloff. >> we pray that somehow steven and the others might be spared.

>> he felt this was his passion in life. >> yeah. >> it is just what he wanted to do. >> president obama says the world is appalled at foley's death and that u.s. will be relentless in stopping isis. >> now a much different scene in ferguson, missouri than what we've seen all week. this is a night protesters clashed with police, officers using tear gas and stun grenades. last night protests were a bit more peaceful but the streets were more crowded. now, this is the scene tonight. a lot smaller group. still holding signs and demanding justice for michael brown. the change in tone coincides with the eye rifle of u.s. attorney general eric holder. he met with people who live in ferguson, including the family of michael brown. mr. ferguson is promising a thorough civil rights investigation into the shooting death of brown. some of the protests moved to the courthouse where the grand jury is considering charges against the police officer who pulled the trigger. but the county prosecutor says

that is going to be a long process. >> everybody needs to know, deserves to know, want to know, what and why. and if there is something to be done about it currently, we're not going to rush anything through but we're not going to delay it any more than has to be necessary. >> an officer from a neighboring suburb has been suspended indefinitely after this video emerged of him pointing a gun at a protester and threatening to kill him. >> howard county maland police say officers were forced to shoot a man who had already stabbed himself and who came at officers with a knife. we're told two officers fired after dared friedman came toward them. he later died at a hospital. . >> chaos at a local office building tonight. an suv plow id 25 feet into the building. it destroyed a mercedes along the way but incredibly nobody was seriously hurt here. news 4 talked to people inside that office building about their

very close call. >> reporter: it certainly was. we're live inside the build wrg that car came barreling through. you can see it's boarded up here. this is where the hearing health care center is located. take a look here at their front door. it is unsafe to occupy this building now. there were a lot of workers inside at the time. fortunately, like you said, no one was hurt. >> it caused a lot of damage and made a big mess but fortunately no one was hurt when a jeep smashed into this office building. >> it seems like a minor miracle. >> this woman co-owns the health center. the suv crashed into one of her offices. the woman typically sitting at the desk where the suv came through was not there today. >> thanks god she was at our second location today in wheaton. so that is just -- i'm overwhelmed with that news. >> rescuers pulled the driver and child out of jeep and assisted several people out of

building but no one went to the hospital. it all started when the driver backed into this white mercedes in the parking lot. >> it really sounded like thunder. >> the mercedes belongs to maria. she was at work in the building when her car was damaged. >> i looked out the window and saw my car in the tree, which is not where i left it when i got here this morning. >> oh my gosh, yeah. i don't know what i would have done if i knew she was in the car. that would have been a disaster. just glad no one is hurt. >> the jeep driver apparently panicked, put it in drive and hit the gas. shooting 25 feet in the building where hundreds of people were working. >> it's pretty bad. kind of scary. >> will you able to come back to work? >> yeah, i think so. they will let us come back to work. >> so again, some works are hoping to be able to come back to work tomorrow. as you can see from the damage here, it'll take some time for them to clean up and reopen. live in rockville, news 4.

>> thank you. in his corruption trial, former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is expected to spend hours on the stand telling his side of the story. he testified today he did not give any special treatment to star scientific ceo johnny williams and that he and his wife, maureen, promoted a lot of virginia businesses. mcdonnell did testify thattis his wife started screaming at him the morning after he was elected showing some of the strain of facing her new role. defense lawyers claimed the couple's marriage was so broken they couldn't have conspired to help williams. >> i was talking about marriage and finances are hard for anybody. >> could have known about this for 18 months so it is good to be able to testify. >> stay on top of mcdonnell's testimony tomorrow by following julie carey on twitter. she will have the latest v developments on twitter.

>> the latest on gay couples wanting to marry in virginia. the u.s. supreme court, today, delayed a ruling from an appeals court. the justices could take up the case themselves in the fall. governor terry ma kolive called it a temporary delay. but for one couple in alexandria, it's a painful one. >> reporter: a good bottle of red. two glasses. and what should have been a good-bye toast to the single life. >> can you imagine the night before your wedding finding out you can't get married? >> reporter: jim and justin have been together for 15 years. talked about marriage for the past 10. tomorrow morning they were booked at alexandria city hall with a mayor himself was going to mary him. >> my parents were coming in from florida. justin parents were coming in from in and out of town. >> jim served 26 years in the coast guard. he put off public celebrations for years. >> i had to live a lie probably

the first ten years of my military career. that's tough. >> reporter: now plans put on hold again. >> why has it been so important for you to get married here in virginia? >> to me, it is important to be symbolic, to say, this is who i am, this is where we live, we're part of you and part of the community. >> reporter: sure, gay marriage is legal a few miles away in both d.c. and maryland. >> driving across the bridge, going across the river, other people don't have to do that. why can't i get married where my hometown is. >> reporter: this ruling affects thousands of couples across the state. clerk and clergy across virginia had been preparing for a massive amount of people to start applying for marriage licenses as early as tomorrow morning. >> but we he have faith that one day our marriage will be recognized in all 50 states. >> reporter: they will wait to see if virginia's case is resolved in the next few months but are committed to joining the thousands of couples who have already taken their vows. in alexandria, chris lawrence,

news 4. >> a man's body found near a dumpster and now investigators are asking for help to help find the people behind this mystery. police say they have arrested two people for killing caesar over the weekend. four others are still on the loose. there is also a juvenile that police have not identified. there is an award for up to $4,000 for information. >> the latest company to have its credit card system breached, 51 ups stores were hit with a computer virus. card numbers, street addresses and e-mail addresses from about a hundred thousand transactions between january and earlier this month may have been exposed. a store in maryland and charlottesville, virginia were the only ones in our area to be affected. >> uncovering how easy it is for thieves to steal your bike, even if it's locked.

up next, we'll tell you who's being targeted and what you can do to keep your bike safe. >> plus, major development for phase two of the silver line that could save you some money. carol? >> pitching sensation mone davis faces her toughest test yet with a championship game on the line, she struck out six batters. was it enough for the win against nevada? we will show you what happened and what it means for the rest of the tournament. >> and away they go. quite the light show in the skies over richmond right now. those are the thunderstorms we had earlier. they are move willingiing away r

that's how much drivers on the dulles toll road will not have to pay for the next phase of metro silver line. the federal government has just approved a loan of that amount today. drivers with rising tolls for several years it pay for the first phase. the second phase will extend the silver line it dulles airport, then further into louden county. it is expected to open in 2018. >> an investigation by the news 4 i-team revealed more than 500 bikes stolen from outside metro station in the past two years. our undercover cameras caught some of them in the act. scott mcfar land shows how the crooks are operating and what metro police are doing to stop them. >> you just boarded to go to

work. rush hour. sometimes a few crooks stayed behind. >> news 4 i-team undercover cameras positioned outside metro rail stations in d.c. and maryland watch bike thieves. the station opt red line three guys circling one of them scoping the scene gives another a thumb's up. another one cuts the lock. and police converge immediately. metro transit police caught him in moments because crooks targeted one of metro's bait bikes metro uses he the bait bikes to catch the thieves. >> catching crime in progress. >> undercover cops in plain clothes standing a few feet away. >> virginia, brad okay road station, yellow line, midday, crook's an adult this time. tugs and yanks the bait bike free. undercover cameras are rolling. he tries to ride away but metro police quickly catch and cuff

him. >> why were you trying to take that bike? >> i was -- it was just sitting there, sir. >> he tells the news 4 i-team he is taking it for his 10-year-old. >> i wasn't even going it use it myself. i was going to give it to my son. >> you understand stealing for a 10-year-old doesn't send the best message to a 10-year-old. >> no, it doesn't. but he wasn't going to know. i was going to say i came across a bike. >> one adult has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft. our cameras spotted a thief swiping a bike seat at the west hyattsville station. the cops nab him too. metro transit police records obtained by news 4 i-team show hundreds of bike thefts each year. >> we're not seeing low-end bikes stolen. >> police say they have made some progress with the number of thefts in months but crooks are changing up. just look. stations targeted most last

year. different than the stations that are targeting most this year. metro blankets the bike racks of surveillance cameras. can you watch the images of crooks. but police say you ought to check how you lock your bike to be safe. >> one for the frame and one to the rear tire on the frame. >> 90% stolen last year used either chain or cable locks. metro recommends using one of these, a metro bike locker, available past the rack outside the station. more security than a lock alone. the locks insome cases, as our investigation shows, don't scare off the crooks. what about that bike? the one you tried to take? >> it was just sitting there. >> and thieves are increasingly targeting red line stations. metro transit police show seven of the ten most targeted stations are red line stations. that's an attempt made just monday. here outside the town station.

scott mcfar land, news 4 i-team. >> to see break down bike theft at metro stations, good to our website. click on investigations. there you can also watch a full demonstration of the best way to protect your bike. chuck is here with the weather forecast. so people going to be able to ride their bikes to work tomorrow? >> yes, they will. absolutely right. not a problem first thing in the morning at all. the right heme could be a miss rain chance. but nonetheless, i think the weather impact on morning hours will be relatively low. quite the round of thundershowers going through earlier this evening. most of the inside the beltway areas got rained on between 5:00 and 7:00. that cluster of storms is now moving down into parts of south central and southeastern virginia. now leaving the charlottesville area and away it goes. if you have friends or family if the richmond area, when you talk to him tomorrow or the next couple days, he will tell you about the light show he had in the richmond area this evening.

quite a bit of lightning indeed. that was trouble for them. meanwhile, couple of thundershowers way out here in the mountains of western maryland. they are falling apart. not much of a factor. we are all completely dry. skies are partly to mostly cloudy still. i think that will be the trend for the remainder of the overnight hours. as you look live, one of our nearby neighbors in northwest, 74 degrees at national airport. 71% humidity. no wind out there. so there could be a little bit of areas of patchy fog first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise, area wide temperatures into the upper 60s and low 70s. we're not dropping much between new and start-out time early tomorrow morning. early morning run, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 in the morning. muggy but rain free fortd morning jog or bike ride. the weather impact on the whole for tomorrow, much like today. a relatively low impact but just like today, i think we will have that opportunity of some showers and storms.

so by 8:00 tomorrow morning, cloudy skies around here. not much after rain threat in the morning. i couldn't rule out a quick shower, 10:00 a.m. to noon. most areas will be dry. once we are past 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon, there's that chance of afternoon showers. rumble or two of thunder p.m. we did have three individual thunderstorm warnings today. that's about the same level we could expect tomorrow as well. start off on your early friday morning. dry but friday does not promise to stay try at all. friday afternoon, friday night, rain could be heavy at times as we get into late friday night and front half of your weekend. tomorrow, a hot and humid day. highs generally in upper 80s to near 90 degrees. mostly cloud aye day. warm and humid. showers and thundershowers, much more likely into the day tomorrow. warm and muggy temperatures near 70. can't rule out a few showers around temperatures mid to upper 80s. already thinking about the beach. i know you are. friday, saturday and sunday,

showers kind of likely for friday and early saturday. but i think on the whole, you know, bad weekend at the beach is still better than a good weekend at home sometimes. here is your seven-day forecast. no complaints here. no 90s on the map. couple days will be close. most of the rain in the next seven days, friday until lunch time until saturday about noon time. >> thank you, chuck. >> you a nas fan?

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now we're looking for a double-digit. >> yeah. nine straight wins. 10 is the most they nd 2005, right? but 7 is a better number, the lead in the nl east. tonight, the nats get back to their thrilling ways. you know what nanotude, it means take your blood pressure medication. first, teddy, answering the als ice bucket challenge. he received it from lindhy. they need a bigger buck wet that head. bottom two, wilson at the plate. a double play to end the inning but bryce harper slides in hard to second. take another look at harper's slide. great job breaking up the double play. nats up 1-0. top eight now, 2-0 lead. tyler clipper in from the bullpen. first appearance since the blown save monday. gives up game time homer tonight, two-run shot from n and

a blown save and you know that is just setting up that dramatic conclusion and anthony first appearance as a pinch hitter this season and he comes through, base not to left, harper scores. game-winning run. nats win 3-2. how does bryce harper describe this nine-game winning streak? >> and you know, it's been incredible. this team has a lot of fight, a lot of heart. and we never die. we like to good out there and win ball games of course. >> so nice. especially seven-game lead. 30,000 fans in williamsport little league. see mo'ne davis and pennsylvania take on nevada. first, austin, roping one into right center. boggled by the fielder.

nevada up 1-0 early. but mo'ne would rebound. she strikes out the next three batters. she gets out of the inning just giving up a run. but this nevada team is good. won the first two games by a combined 21 runs guys. this is a two-run shot off davis. pennsylvania still live. they will play illinois in an elimination game tomorrow. so the countdown is on for the redskins preseason game against the ravens. robert griffin acknowledged he needs a new approach, one to help the team win with him in one piece. that's what coach jay gruden has been preaching, protect your foot bull and yourself. he's been in that same position. griffin asked today what it is like having a former qb like gruden as your coach. >> it's just been great working with jay. he can see it from our perspective. he understands what we're going

through there in the pocket. he is a great mind for the game of football. and he's been successful at every level. this is just interesting to go in there everyday and learn something new and pull that out and apply it to your game. >> that game right here on nbc 4 saturday 7:30 p.m. >> quicker release. those two words. >> looking forward to it.

$100,000 has now been raised to help a wounded warrior and his family who lost everything in their house. they lost their home last week. he is a triple amputee, wounded in afghanistan.

the elizabeth dole foundation started a go fund me page for the family. a local grocery store donated a year of groceries. and another national group has pledged to get them a new house. jessica says they feel like the entire country is behind them. >> i would say she is probably right. as it

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