history of producing severe weather. this line back towards the west, too, a very dangerous situation. now, here is the storm that is right over laurel. continues to make its way off towards the east. get ready for you live just to the north of buoy out here you will see the storm move in. i would not be surprised to see a new severe thunderstorm warning for this. right now severe thunderstorm warning for northern prince george's and howard county until 5:15. look at this line. there is just a tremendous amount of lightning with this and a lot of wind. if you live around frederick or loudoun county heads up, make sure you are inside. this is a very dangerous line of storms, not just because of the intense lightning with this but this one already has wind reports upwards of 60 miles per hour. it is going to continue move towards the east. the rest of us some under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight because once these storms move in another line

towards the west. the areas under the watch are loudoun county, prince george's county, the district and everybody up towards the north. i will continue to watch this for you. we do expect more warnings and will keep you updated. >> we also have breaking news here at 5:00, a new report released about the rudd case. there was quote nothing district officials could have done to prevent the little girl's disappearance. jackie vin jackie bensen is live with the details. >> reporter: this is an internal review of how social workers, school and staff handled this disturbing and heartbreaking case. she was living at the family shelter when her mother allowed a janitor at the facility to essentially take her. her disappearance was brought to light when the janitor caught his wife. two weeks later he was found

dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. officials have stated they believe she was killed within days of being taken from the shelter. and the report knows her mother never reported her missing saying the review team did not find evidence that these tragic events were preventable. it does go on to recommend better training for social workers and staff. there were several instances where professionals mandated to report known or suspected child abuse failed to act. the report goes on to say quote the shelter's no fraternization policy did not require employees to report violations of that policy. and the shelter staff for failing to keep track of kids stating during nightly checks shelter staff did not accurately determine whether the children were present. the report concludes with a

statement that most who follow this tragic case can agree with, large family shelters are no place to raise children. this report contains a very sweeping revolutionary recommendation that could prevent things like this from happening in the future. we will tell you more about that coming up on news 4 at 6:00. it has been a dangerous and even deadly 24 hours on our roads for pedestrians. since yesterday there have been three accidents involving cars and people crossing streets in our region. in one case a young mother died. >> now that schools are all back in session traffic is getting heavier again. it is a reminder to us all. in montgomery county alone there were two accidents today involving pedestrians. >> chopper 4 flew over this one where a man was struck by a minivan and thrown several feet. we learned the driver is 100 years old. investigators tell us the victim had just gotten off a bus and

was walking through the cross walk when he was struck. paramedics rushed him to the hospital. police charged the elderly driver with failing to yield at a cross walk. this was the scene in rockville. one person was hit by a truck near research boulevard. by standers helped the victim until emergency crews arrived. we are told the victim is expected to recover. we are learning more about a mother and young daughter who were hit by a car while walking home from the grocery store. her daughter was critically hurt. this crash happened on river dale road in prince george's county yesterday. right now our county bureau chief tracee wilkins is joining us live where she spoke with the grieving family and friends. >> reporter: you can just see how busy it is on river dale road specifically here at this cross walk. plenty of pedestrians crossing and lots of cars coming at full

speed. today we talked to the family members who told us everything about this mother who absolutely lived for her daughters. 3-year-old new rain coat and book bag still have tags and hang by the front door but her mom won't be taking her for the first day of preschool today like they planned. >> what she wants to do. >> reporter: isabella was injured and her mother killed while crossing inside the cross walk on river dale road yesterday afternoon. >> i saw the lady with her daughter. >> reporter: she was just leaving the supermarket down the street from her home. witnesses on the scene yesterday told us it appeared that the driver who hit her was going too fast. >> he was coming really fast. the only thing that i saw and heard was the woman scream and grabbed the child to protect her. >> reporter: so far the driver

who remained on the scene has not been charged. >> she was raising her daughter. >> reporter: today the family is burning a candle for the mother of two and trying to figure out what the future will hold for her youngest now that her mom is gone. >> reporter: coming from a lot of different directions coming towards this cross walk. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 the family tells us what they would like to see happen with that driver who is believed to have hit this woman in this accident. again, he has not gin charbeen i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. we are tracking breaking developments right now in the apparent execution of american journalist steven sotloff. a service that monitors jihaddist websites found a video that appeared to show sotloff's

execution. two weeks ago isis terrorists beheaded american reporter james foley and threatened to kill sotloff all in retaliation for the limited air strikes against isis targets in iraq. news of the execution of a second american citizen by isis has drawn strong reaction from a wide range of groups tonight. iw mark segraves has that part of the story. >> reporter: at the museum in downtown washington cure ators just installed a tribute to james foley. that tribute mentions steven sotloff still being held captive and threatened with death. that display a few feet away from the memorial with names and pictures of more than 2,000 journalists killed over the past decade. soon foley and sotloff's names will be added to the wall. on capitol hill the head of the

council condemned the murder. >> the shock that isis killed another u.s. journalist. this is completely against islamic teachings. this is not a muslim organization. this is inhumane body of criminals that need to be confronted and has been condemned. >> reporter: according to the committee to protect journalists sotloff is the tenth to be murdered this year. we condemn the strongest terms possible the murder of journalist steven sotloff. he went to syria to tell a story. they were civilians. their murders are war crimes and those who committed them must be brought to justice swiftly. a few days ago sotloff's mother released this video. >> i ask you to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. i ask you to use your authority

to spare his life and to follow the examples set by the prophet mohammed who protected people of the book. >> mark segraves, news 4. jurors are entering their sixth hour of deliberations in the corruption trial of virginia's former governor and his wife. they have five weeks worth of testimony from 67 witnesses that they have to consider along with hundreds of exhibits. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us with the look at the last thing the jurors heard from the judge before they left the courtroom. get a look at the stack of jury instructions and you can understand why

those. >> reporter: the jurors are guidedñi by 90 pages of complex instructions on how to evaluate the 14 charges, 13 against each mcdonnell. courtñi observers say inñi manyi the instructions favorñr theñi prosecution. the mcdonnell's are accused of accepting ñi$177,000 in gifts a loans from businessman jonnie williams and using theñi governor's influence to help his company. the instructions tell jurors the conspiracy eil need not be formal, written or expressed in every detail but can simply be an understanding. jurors were told the favors or official acts takenñi to help williams can be actions of

public officials performs. >> if it was a routine act it didn't have to be something that was sort of out of line with other actions he was taking for other people but so long as the motivation for the official act a loan that was undisclosed. >> reporter: that is key to prosecutors who allege the governor set up meetings and

the sentence for singer chris brown today in his assault case in the district. brown was arrested last october you will recall after punching a fan in the face. today he pleaded guilty to simple assault in exchange for the sentence. he was locked up for almost 30 days after that incident. just two of the days were served in d.c. brown apologized to the court for the incident. his attorney says brown has learned a lesson. >> mr. brown has learned that he wants to be more judicious about his actions. he is a talented and karcharismc kid. i think he is misperceived a lot. he is a wonderful person. i am glad this is behind him. >> are you confident he will never be in this trouble again? >> i confident mr. brown will make good choices going forward. >> brown is facing a $3 million civil lawsuit in this case. it was a terrible accident

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long hours and hard work, the reality for people across our area. >> murial boser took onyyo8s th for hotel house keeper, the move is an effort to connect with working people. >> reporter: checked into house keeping shift today on massachusetts avenue, one of 600 employees. this was different. she was showing around democratic mayoral candidate doing a work day with workers. bowser committed in part because some of the workers like juanita king are getting more than second chances in a good will employment program. >> very fortunate. i had many challenges in my life, talking about crack cocaine. i think i had 20 years addiction with that. >> reporter: king spent 13 months in prison becausef her

addictions. >> that is when i became sober. >> reporter: bowser says the next mayor has to be sure more jobs are available for those who want them and hospitality is a big industry here. >> of course, we want people to have a good job and a good company. >> reporter: how did she like the hard work of hotel house keeping? have you learned anything? >> i learned that it is very hard to put on a duvet cover. thank you, tom. summer is officially over for kids on our region's largest school district. more than 186,000 students enrolled this year in fairfax county, now the nation's tenth largest school district.

some students went to the new bailey's upper middle elementary school. the county converted a five-story office building to help with overcrowding there. it is a theme we might see in the future. >> we believe we will have to start looking into going up. we believe this is the stage for future design of our schools throughout the county. >> other changes this year, school breakfast prices go up by 25 cents. no more half days for elementary school students on monday allowing the county to build in bad weather days. we invite you to share your kids first day of school. tweet us using the hashtag show us your scholars. we have a gallery on our home page, nbcwashington.com. the weather is boiling out there and bubbling and doing all kinds of stuff. so much that doug is staying in the storm team 4 weather center so that he can be close to all of his equipment. >> that is exactly right. when i am not next to you guys that means we have a lot going on out there.

plenty of storms and severe weather. we show you the latest as far as the storms are concerned. first storm not making its way out of our region. another storm system firing up and this is the storm right now still dealing with this warning until 5:30. that includes loudoun county and frederic county. this very long warning as this is pushing along. a very strong line of storms. this is an entire line. anytime you see a line like this you have wind coming out of the storm and potential for wind damage. here is frederick, maryland. you see a lot of rain right around that area. new mark about to hit you. probably seeing winds. as we widen out here one thing you notice as this is pushing off going to be around johnsville around 5:23 and heads up if you are in the area. stay indoors if you are thinking about heading out here in the

next ten to 15 minutes you want to wait for this line to pass you by. in through northern montgomery county you probably see this next storm move through, too. the other storm that we saw which had been severe over the last hour and a half has weakened a little. it is going to continue to make its way over portions to the north of crownsville here in the next ten to 15 minutes cht that storm weakening just a little. there is still a few more back towards the west. that is why you see this area here in the purple which includes loudoun county, fairfax county and that area is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. it all has to do with what is happening here towards the west. we have a lot of storminess that will make its way into our region. with the heat and the humidity that we have seen we have seen a lot of fuel for the fire today. current heat index at 100. 101 in fredericksburg. today easy one oe

high temperatures tomorrow not quite as hot and not nearly as humid. even though we hit 89 it will not feel like that. 88 in frederick and 90 degrees down towards fredericksburg. less humidity we are thinking a low impact as far as weather is concerned for your day tomorrow. we are not expecting thunderstorms. storms will come back for the weekend unfortunately. so tomorrow 89. back to 90 on thursday. 92 on friday and then 94, another hot and humid day on saturday. a good chance for strong storms on saturday but some could be severe. that weather strong front. look at the temperature difference. 94 saturday and 80 on sunday with cloud cover early and a chance of a shower early in the day. look at the 70s. this little hot wave, this heat wave that we have not lasting lo. we will continue to keep you posted as far as severe storms are concerned. right now home depot gathering information on a potentially mammoth credit card

breach. the company says it is working with investigators to figure out what happened and it is working to protect its customers. the security blog first reported the breach involving home depot customer's credit and debit cards. we reached out to home depot and the company confirmed it is looking into unusual activity and says the breach may have dated as far back as this past spring and says it could be bigger than the target data breach which occurred over a three-week period last year. she worked at popeyes for 25 years and she was killed on the job. police made their arrest today. why they say the motive is clear. a father thrown in rail for trying to get care for his sick son. we find out what happened after he was chased down and hauled away from his family. it is ridiculous. he

well, you can kiss your sundays good bye. actually, your thursdays, mondays and sundays. the nfl season starts this week and the redskins kick off this sunday in houston at 1:00. after lots of changes this team has a new look and feel.

>> we have professionals on this team. we have a lot of talent. we got guys that want to be successful and we will do it. >> reporter: success, something the redskins didn't have a lot of in a 3-13 season just one year ago with the 2014 redskins they are trying to turn things around with the help of some new faces. desean jackson, three time pro bowler, speedy receiver who burned the redskins time after time, the biggest slash this offseason for washington. he gives rg 3 and the team extra reason to be excited for what the offense can do in 2014. on the other side of the ball the redskins plus a player from another rival, the dallas cowboy. defensive end jason hatcher coming off a pro bowl season missed much of the preseason recovering from knee surgery but he made an impact when he plays.

and a rush that includes arapahoe. the person with the biggest impact on the field isn't a player, it is jay gruden, the redskins eighth head coach since 2000. while respected as an offensive coordinator how will he make the transition to nfl head coach? >> you have to be sound of your decision making and have to be good to your players and try to get the most out of them and be a good motivator and good teacher. win or you're done. >> football is here. the redskins first home game will be september 14 against the jaguars a little more than two weeks away. the start of the nfl season means fantasy football players are busy. how is your team looking? >> we are going all the way. >> i will help you out this season. right now at 5:00, storms marching across our region. >> we are pin pointing which neighborhoods will get hit next.

we get an update coming up. more people more cars on the road making it difficult for emergency crews to respond to someone in need. nbc's tom cost elo explaining what could be hurting the response times. this is the memorial for the sherwood high school student killed.

right now officer accused. he was convicted of shooting a suspect who was running away and then lied about it. today he made another dramatic move in court. and another family is crying foul. >> i will say this, my son didn't kill himself. >> how a young man was killed in police custody. and we found something new is being done to help speed up traffic on the dulles toll road. a montgomery county school community is coming together for the first time to grieve and comfort each other after the tragic loss of a student. >> a 15 year old from sherwood high school was killed over the holiday weekend in a car accident. chris gordon joins us with more on the accident that killed sean gingloff. >> reporter: it is important to note that no criminal charges have been filed in connection with this fatal accident. police tell me it takes about

six weeks to get definitive results from a blood alcohol test and they confirmed to me today that blood was taken from the driver in this crash. >> reporter: we have new information about the crash that killed 15 year old and sent two others to the hptd. >> the driver did tell officers that he was coming from a party where alcohol had been served. officers did notice odor of alcohol. blood was taken from him and that will be tested for alcohol. >> reporter: we are told that police investigating the crash then went to the house and found the party was over but they saw alcohol and limited drug. sherwood high staff wore school staff and passed out letters to be carried home that included a

sheet with suggestions for parents when discussing death with children. principal told me a support team was on hand today. >> i'm here to take care of my students and my staff. and it's really hard to watch others grieve. >> reporter: the memorial continueso grow as friends bring flowers and post pictures and light candles. that's the latest. chris gordon, news 4. i'm doug kammerer taking a look at storms that continue to be out there across our region right now. severe thunderstorm watch in effect for prince george's as well as the district. we have very strong storms in here in through frederick county, more storminess back that will try to move in. this is where the strongest

storms are right now. severe thunderstorm warning in effect for frederick county and northern portions of howard county. this storm right now right over the mount airy area damascus just to the south we continue to watch as the storm moves towards the east. heads up in that area. another big storm in portions of northern loudoun county. this is right along luckt road. here is the potomac river. and over towards the urbana area. the storms continue to move to the east at 30 to 35 miles per hour. there will be more. the severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 10:00 tonight. heads up around damascus. montgomery village at around 6:02. continue to keep you posted here from the storm center. a former police officer convicted on assault charges had bond revoked after he apparently tried to attack prosecutors at his sentencing. a jury convicted johnny riley.

prosecutors say he shot a handcuffed suspect where he was a police sergeant. this happened in 2012. riley had been out on $100,000 bond. his sentencing will be held in october. there is no word on a motive or a suspect in the labor day killing in fairfax county. officers found the body of ramirez early yesterday morning in a garden apartment complex. we are told he was under a tree and had trauma to his upper body but investigators did not elaborate. helived a couple blocks away and at this point investigators are not sure if he was targeted or if the victim was a random crime. >> we cannot eliminate the possibility that this was a random act, therefore we do urge the neighborhood to be on guard. we don't have specific evidence that he was robbed but we don't know that that wasn't the motivation. >> police have been asking anyone who may have seen

something to give them a call. news 4's pat collins has been talking to people who live near the crime scene and will have the latest coming up in our next hour. this is a problem plaguing ambulance, police, fire truck drivers across the country. many are complaining it is taking them longer to make their way through the congested roads and packed intersections as they try to answer calls. >> tom cost elo has more on the lost seconds that could mean the difference between life and death. we see this all the time it seems. >> we talk about the seconds that matter. a fire can double in size in one minute. think about that. a cardiac case, paramedics responding to a cardiac case. if they don't get to a scene fast enough within just a few minutes it is over. you have to be there that quick. so 30 seconds matters. here is the problem. we road with fire departments here in montgomery county, maryland, chicago, boston and

orange county, california, we put go pro cameras on the rigs. what are they going through and experiencing as they try to cut through traffic? what we saw were really unbelievable delays. we saw people cutting in front of the engines and literally stopping. we saw people who couldn't move and panicked and didn't know which way to go. we saw motorcyclist who decided to play chicken with engine 708 in gaithersburg and cut in front of the engine. time after time we saw the seconds start to mount up. you may not think 10 seconds matters but it builds. as one fire captain said what if we are trying to get to your kid because your kid stopped breathing? please consider the consequences here. it is a pretty big story. >> if you are there and we have seen it coming off the ramps or the beltway or the freeway and there is nowhere for the cars to go. do we go into the intersection?

>> that was a question i asked? what if you do at the intersection? are you supposed to blow the intersection? they all say no because they are worried you will get in trouble here and you will be hit but if you can inch through and get out of the way, fine. let them through but don't put yourself in danger by potentially having another collision right in the intersection. >> you will have this tonight? >> we expect to have part two tomorrow night, as well. more of the details, what should you do if you are all and a rig is coming up behind you. >> thanks so much. we will see you tonight. new details about the health of joan rivers, what her family wants fans to know about the comedian who has been hospitalized in a coma for days. another american has ebola. another american has ebola. we will

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we have a developing story out of africa. the centers for disease control confirms the epidemic is outpacing the response to it. a third american missionary has contracted the deadly ebola virus there in west africa. it is the group serving a mission that says the american is a doctor who was working in a hospital in the capitol. they said the doctor worked in the obstetrics ward in a

different part of the hospital from the patients being treated with ebola. two evacuated to atlanta after they contracted the virus and have since been treate and released. the british couple arrested for taking a critically ill child out of the hospital against doctor's orders is being reunited. he has a brain tumor and his parents wanted to go overseas for a type of radiation therapy that is not available in the u.k. the couple was detained in spain where they were trying to sell property to pay for the treatment. today british authorities dropped the case and the couple was ordered free from a spanish jail. they said they just wanted their child to be healthy. >> my son is smiling and happy. we are doing things with him. we want to be left in peace. he is very sick. i want to get on with his treatment. >> a clinic in the cheque

republic is offering to treat if he is eligible there. melissa rivers says her mom would be touched by the outpouring of kindness their family is receiving this week. and today she confirmed her mother comedian joan rivers is still on life support. the 81-year-old comedian went into cardiac arrest on thursday after a routine procedure at her doctor's office in new york city. they rushed her to the hospital. fans have been stopping by to pray and show their support. rivers is the host of "fashion police "on the e network. the show has postponed taping. a security alarm helps a lot of families feel safer in their homes. how do you know you are getting what you pay for? erika gonzalez explains why a local woman is sounding the alarm. a quick arrest in th

summer is not done with us yet. we have a stormy afternoon and evening. how are we looking now? >> a very stormy afternoon and stormy evening. very hot, too. some of us under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. take a look at storm team 4 radar. you see stronger storms in through montgomery county. look at the storms towards the west. we take a look at some of those. this is the one that has the severe thunderstorm warning associated with it. it is weakened. that is good news but down to the south still a very strong storm. if you are around mt. airy the strongest storms to the east. back towards the west you see more rain moving through. same around damascus over

towards clarksburg. this is the strongest storm right now. not a lot of lightning with this. still a strong storm. on that track it will be around clarksburg around 5:48. so heads up in that area and towards northern montgomery county. once again, severe thunderstorm watch in effect for some of us until 10:00. we will see another round of storms come through. 94 degrees after a high today of 95 unofficially. we will see temperatures come down. 91 degrees at 7:00. 87 degrees by 9:00. we see a storm chance at both of those times. where we have seen rain temperatures have cooled. 75 in gaithersburg. 77 in rockville. 94 in d.c. and 92 around warrerenton. we will continue to watch the heat. tomorrow 87 to 91 degrees. it will be warm but a lot less humid tomorrow. that is the good news.

90 degrees on thursday. humidity moves back in on friday with a 30% chance of storms. 94 on saturday. saturday another hot and humid day. look what happens after that. strong storms potentially on saturday. look at the temperatures into the upper 70s as we make our way through early next week. >> thank you, doug. new details about the murder of a restaurant manager inside a popeyes. police have arrested a co-worker who they say stabbed the victim at least 40 times and tried to recruit a friend to carry out the crime with him. as barry simms reports he is charged with first degree murder. >> reporter: the motive according to police was clear. a seven-year employee of this popeyes restaurant wanted to rob the place. the night manager got in the way. >> it was a gruesome scene. all over dollars, a few dollars.

>> reporter: 26-year-old moises gomez-castillo is charged with first and second degree murder, assault and theft. we are hiding this man's identity and says he tried to recruit him. >> he said he was going to cut a woman. i said i don't want part of killing nobody. i will rob it with you. he said once he told me he was going to kill, he told me she had to go i was like no. i'm done. i ain't killing nobody. >> reporter: what did he show you? ? >> knife he was going to stab her up with. >> reporter: what kind of knife? >> butcher knife, kitchen knife. >> reporter: police say the victim was stabbed at least 40 times. she was found by another manager sunday morning. police say she was a 25 year employee of popeyes. >> essentially he wanted to rob the place. he wanted to take money.

and she, unfortunately, is the person that was in the way of him accomplishing that mission. >> we have evidence to make us believe that he pre-planned this robbery. he was familiar with the business operations of the business and pre-planned what he was going to do to rob the business. >> reporter: he was arrested sunday afternoon at this annapolis apartment building. >> i was in shock. >> reporter: joe lopez lives here and says he doesn't know the suspect or who brought him to his apartment but police broke down the door during their investigation. >> i know he was a dangerous person. >> police say part of the evidence against gomez-castillo includes cash believed to have been taken during the robbery. if you drive the dulles toll road you will notice changes. crews will be converting 19 of the exact change lanes into easy pass only lanes. officials say the changes will

help ease congestion and make it more convenient for drivers. 90% of drivers using the exact change lanes already have an easy pass so the first change is the far right lane westbound exiting at the fairfax county parkway. all of the toll plazas will have at least one full service lane. home security is a competitive business. >> as consumer reporter erika gonzalez explains it is easier than you think to fall for high pressure sales. >> reporter: door to door sales are common among home security companies. here is a warning. don't be duped by deceptive marketing practices because it can be costly. margaret newton sets her home security alarm system every day. >> i had some friends that had it. they were satisfied so i got it. >> reporter: recently a stranger

showed up at her door, a salesman from a different security company wanting newton to switch services. >> right away i'm already saying i don't want it. >> reporter: newton got phone calls the next day asking if the salesman can stop by. >> very polite and all. >> reporter: the salesman convinced newton she was on a month to month contract and he promised to tell her a wireless alarm system so she would no longer have to replace batteries and said the company is local so it would be easy to get someone out for maintenance unlike her current company located in california. newton was sold. >> most of the time i read everything. this particular time he was so friendly and so i agree. i said okay. i signed the contract. >> reporter: everything newton said she was promised ended up not true. the company was not local. the alarm system was not wireless and she is now stuck with two contracts. so now she gets a bill from both

companies for about $50 a month. >> i said, look, i'm on a fixed income. i can't afford to pay for two security systems. it is something that seems to be a pattern that we see. >> reporter: karen stron is assistant attorney general enmaryland. >> when someone comes to your door you are in a place where you are very comfortable. you are not expecting a sale. >> reporter: says the high pressure sales pitch is well executed. >> the security companies tend to hire young college kids and they bring them in from out of state. they go door to door and try to sign up as many people as possible. >> reporter: and they move fast. that is to prevent consumers from changing their minds. here is what you need to know. >> it is not illegal. >> reporter: there is a law that protects consumers. the federal trade commission has what is called a cooling off rule. consumers have three days to

cancel purchases made inside your home. and that was included in the contract. she said the company never answered her phone call and never responded to letters she sent with certified mail. >> made me feel abused and used and made me feel bad about man kind. erika gonzalez, news 4. margaret newton filed a complaint with maryland's attorney general's office. if you have a similar dispute you can file a complaint in your state. we listed the sites on our web page. a teenage boy helped save his little sister from a would-be

a prominent civil rights attorney is taking on another high profile case involving a man who died while in police custody. the son of a louisiana minister was handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser when he was shot. a coroner's report ruled it a suicide. the family says that story doesn't add up. >> the family rebukes, denounces and definitely does not accept the coroner's report as it relates to the cause of death being suicide. >> reporter: day one of the annual national baptist convention in new orleans and the family of victor white iii and families demanded independent investigation into

the circumstances surrounding the march 3 death. louisiana state police say white arrested on a minor drug charge shot himself in the back while handcuffed. a coroner's report shows white was shot in the death and his death was ruled a suicide. >> how do you get your arms to the front and shoot yourself in the chest? >> reporter: civil rights attorney benjamin crump said many inconsistencies in the case defy logic. >> he had to somehow get his arms over his head, shoot himself in the chest from right to left even though he is left-handed, got to use his dominant hand and then on top of all of that the bullet doesn't go downward, it goes upward. >> i will say this, my son didn't kill himself. >> reporter: he said his son had a 1-year-old daughter, a

girlfriend and a job and would never have taken his own life. the coroner report showed white had abrasions on his face. >> who beat him up? >> reporter: says there are many unanswered questions. >> where is the gunshot residue on his hands? >> reporter: supporters call on the justice department and a higher power to intervene. >> justice will come. the truth will come. >> reporter: aaron gilchrist, news 4. >> louisiana state police say the investigation is moving forward. the district attorney's office and state police will meet with white's family before going public with their findings. new at 6:00, growing calls for action amid the murder of a second american journalist, what we are learning about the calculated isis attack and the third hostage now being threatened. sweeping changes could be comes in the wake of the ralisha

rudd case. police say he tried to snatch a 2-year-old girl from a local playground. how the child's big brother jumped into action to protect her. our weather, a strong line of storms bringing rain and lightning across the region. >> it comes as you know one of the hottest days of the year. doug is tracking the conditions in the storm center. >> we are moving into the month of september. wouldn't you know it the hottest days of the summer after most of us head back to school. we have a loto severe weather across the weather. severe thunderstorm warnings much of the area under a severe thunderstorm watch. the strongest storms in through portions of montgomery county seeing a very strong storm. we take you in towards montgomery county right in towards damascus and right down towards gaithersburg. we zoom in closer from clarksburg over to damascus and down 27 down towards the gaitbu