d the shooting but she had help. caroline conway was arrested last week now charles county detectives are also charging her son, prince george's county police officer richard conway with first degree murder. he's the father of two children at the heart of an ugly custody dispute with his ex-wiech krystal who remarried. krystal and her new husband robert mange, who served active duty in the u.s. navy until last settlement, drove to the mcdonald's to pick up the children last wednesday. instead of delivering her grandchildren to the couple caroline conway allegedly shot them both, killing robert mange. now it appears her son helped her prior to and after the shootings. >> we have some information that there was some text messages that were sent back and forth between mr. conway and mrs. mange during the investigation, which would lead us to believe that it was a planned event. >> reporter: the charging document against officer richard

conway said his mother told the witness she shot the mother of richard's children with richard's work gun and he sent text messages attempting to call krystal as if nothing had happened knowing she was shot. state's attorney anthony covington is prosecuting officer kuhn conway. >> well, in any case, if an individual assists to make a crime occur they become a principal. >> reporter: conway lived with his parents on gilford drive in waldorf. >> what can you tell me about them? >> pretty much to themselves. never seen her around except for always with the kids and whatnot. >> reporter: prince george's county police chief mark mcgaw reacts today to the fact that one of his police officers has been arrested and charged with murder. now, if the officer wasn't here at the time of the shooting, how can he be charged with first degree murder?

ahead, the evidence of premeditation. we will present it to you on news4 at 6:00. that's the latest live in waldorf maryland. back to you jim. tonight a northern virginia family is suffering through an unbearable loss. their little girl drowned at their neighborhood pool in lorton. northern virginia reporter david culver just spoke to with them, and he joins us live from their community. david? >> reporter: jim, just behind me you can see the community pool where this all happened. it's slightly blocked by those trees. a second grader here with a group of her friends yesterday. her mom tells me she didn't know how to swim, but somehow she ended up underneath the water. >> her beautiful smile. >> reporter: holding onto a picture of their smiling daughter this couple still in shock. >> this was one of her school pictures last year. >> reporter: the 7-year-old fatmata spent memorial day here at the lorton station community pool with friends.

around 4:00 they got a call, rush to the pool. >> was police cars everywhere, ambulance. and i saw them wheeling that way. i just wanted to give her a hug. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: two moms helped the lifeguard pull effie from the water, gave her cpr. medics took over, took her to the hospital. >> they tried. they did their best. it wasn't enough. >> as a parent, you want to know what happened when something like this happens. you want to know what really happened. >> reporter: the question still unanswered, as they remember little things about their little girl. >> she likes dresses. >> uh-huh. >> she always asked me, let's go to the shop to buy some dresses. >> reporter: effie's best friend, her little brother, not quite old enough to fully process the loss but sees his parents sad. this grieving mom's message to you? >> love your kids.

always kiss them good night. tell them how much you love them. >> reporter: as of now police tell me they don't see anything suspicious here, but the pool staff says they're still investigating. i also just tweeted out how the community here is trying to help effie's family when it comes to funeral expenses. you can find that on my twitter handle and on our nbc washington app. come up is the 6:00, you'll hear from one of the women who rushed to effie's help trying to give cpr. >> heartbreaking story there. david, thank you. a much different outcome for a rockville buy who nearly drowned in his community pool. there he is r.j. smith-nelson wasn't breathing when he was pulled out, but neighbors were able to resuscitate him. r.j. talked to our megan fitzgerald about his pool scare. she'll have his story in just a few minutes. the death toll continues to climb as more than a dozen are still missing after torrential rains slammed texas and the

plains over the weekend. news4's chris lawrence is here with the details on this. chris? >> wendy, that the point there are 16 confirmed deaths across central texas and oklahoma. and police are still trying to track down 13 people. some of the numbers associated with this storm are staggering. the city of houston saw more than ten inches of rain in a matter of hours. and in central texas one river actually climbed more than 25 feet in an hour. fire crews performed more than 500 high water rescues throughout the night and into today. and drivers ditched at least 2500 cars as they got to high ground. among those still missing in texas, two families, one woman talked to her sister on the phone just as the storms hit. >> the roof collapsed, and we are now floating down the river. call mom and dad. i love you. and pray. the blessing in all of this is that she is with her children. she is with her babies, and she will be with her babies always in heaven.

and we know that as a family. >> just heartbreaking to hear that. a lot of the region that's been impacted still remains under flood warnings and watches. and over the next few day there's's little relief expected with even more rain on the way. jim? >> chris thank you. here we're talking about hot and yes, humid weather, folks. it's like we jumped right into the summer season, doug. >> yeah guys. i'll tell you the same weather pattern bringing all that wet, rainy conditions is the same wynn bringing us this warm air. we've got very warm temperatures across the region today, back up into the upper 80s, some around 90. the high so far 90 in leesburg, 90 in luray, 89 in fredericksburg abdz a little cooler at 81 along the water. the heat index approaching 90. storm team4 radar tracking a fu storms, mostly to the south and west, in and along the blue ridge, some north and west of the shar lotszville. we'll track them through northern virginia. i think most of us are on the drier side as we move on through the night tonight.

the headlines tonight hot and humid for sure the best storm chances i'll show you where that is plus unsettled for the weekend that forecast tomming up in a minute. metro may not be able to afford some of those sthien dmri 7000 series railcars. adam tuss tweeted this information a proposed budget abandons plans to order 220 new cars. the transit agency has ordered and funded 528, but if the extra cars are not odded it means some of the old railcars will stay in service. and it puts metro's goal of having eight car trains on every line in jeopardy. and we are working to learn more details about the seconds before a tractor trailer killed a woman on the beltway. that accident curd along the interloop just south of the bw parkway in prince george's county early this morning. police are trying to figure out if she walked away from a car near that accident. the truck driver who hit her did stay on the scene.

well it's about to get more dispensive to shop and play in the district. the city council is considering several options now including one where you'd have to feed the parking meerts until midnight. mark segraves is live on wisconsin avenue near the d.c./maryland line for us. mark what's this all about? >> reporter: jim, district leaders are faced with a choice either raise the sales tax in the district or start charging more for on-street parking. this is wisconsin avenue. this stretch between the maryland line all the way down just about to the national cathedral is considered a premium parking district. there are eight of these zones throughout the city, mostly in northwest. and if the d.c. council chairman gets his way, you'll have to feed the meters in these zones until midnight six days a week. and that's not the only part of parking that could go up. it costs much more to park at meters in the premium zones and those meters are in effect for longer hours. today d.c. council chairman phil

mendel son proposed extending the hours of those meters until midknight and he wants to raise the cost of all parking tickets issued in the city by $5. >> $5 increase to the parking tickets which haven't increased in years perhaps decades i don't think is a big deal. and it certainly is a lot easier than raising a tax. >> reporter: neighborhoods where parking meters would be impacted include adams morgan georgetown and the downtown central business district. mendel mendelson says increasing revenue from parking meters and parking tickets is a better idea than mayor bowser's proposal to raise the sales tax to 6%. >> i'd rather be straight-up with the public and say that we need more money and we're going to raise it with the sales tax and parking tax and spread the base than say that we have to have more fines and fees. >> reporter: now, we'll know tomorrow when the council votes which way this battle ends. and of course news4 will be

there. coming up at 6:00 i'll tell you regardless of how the council votes tomorrow why some people will be paying more for parking. wendy back do you. it was a sumcker punch. a man from his 60s never saw it coming. this is video that may be upsetting to some. ahead font, the hunt for the march who knocked him out and robbed him while he was unconscious p. >> and saved by strangers. a little boy explains the moments before he slipped under water at a pool. next, hear his story that could help prevent another tragedy. plus, how about a $2,000 tip? find out what put one area customer in hey very giving mood. you're watching news4 at 5.

just minutes ago we told you about a drowning, a tragic one, in northern virginia. now we hear from a 7-year-old

boy whose life was saved. strangers rushed to pull him out of harms way yesterday and the swimming pool. today he talked to our megan fitzgerald and megan joins us now live in rockville with his story. megan. >> reporter: jim, it happened in a split second. r.j.'s family says they were just feet away when he fell to the bottom of the pool. montgomery fire officials responded to the team, but r.j. realizes he's alive because of the quick thinking of his nabors. half die days are usually the perfect time for children to play outside. when there's a pool nearby that's typically top of the list. >> play and go to the pool and ride bikes. >> reporter: 7-year-old r.j. was at his neighborhood pool monday afternoon with his cousins. it's just yardz away from his house and where his family was having a barbecue. >> when he dived into the 8 feet and he came up he said that's when he looked over and he seen him in the pool. >> reporter: r.j.'s aunt tee area jackson said her son notice

thad r.y. was at the bottom of the pool. >> i tripped over my feet and then i fell in the pool. i couldn't breathe. >> reporter: jackson says a nearby neighbor quickly jumped in and pulled r.j. out but he didn't have a pulse for nearly a minute until another good samaritan performed cpr. >> i'm scared. i swallowed the water rrnlgts what else? >> it got into my nose and my mouth. >> reporter: r.j. was lucky the right people were there at the right moment. what could have been a tragic day turned into a lets lesson for him. >> only if my dad is with him. >> reporter: and the adults, too. >> maybe it's not a good idea to have a 16-year-old or a 17-year-old be responsible. >> reporter: now, life safety officials say they can't stress enough how important it is for parents to make sure they're watching their kids if they're the go to the pool. come up at 6, simple tips that officials have that could be life saving if you go to the pool or beach this summer.

reporting in montgomery county. >> thanks so much. we have an informative article on our app right now, seven things you may not know about drowning. not always easy to spot when someone is drowning. unlike the movies, drowning rarely involves dramatic splashing thrashing or calling for help. instead it can be quick and it can be silent. flip, float, and follow, the lessons you should learn and teach others to increase water safety. check out our story on our nbcwashington.com app and share it with your friends and your family tonight. wendy? stricter rules are now in place to keep children safe at virginia day cares. the parents of joseph allen fought for this law after their 1-year-old son died from injuries he received from a fire at his day care in chesterfield. this past october. under the new regulations in-home providers who care for more than five children now have to apply for a state license. workers will also have to go through fingerprint background

checks. gumbo fried chicken? a couple of cold beers and then you top it all off with a $2,000 tip. the owner of blue 44 restaurant in chevy chase in northwest d.c. says his staff did more than a few double takes when they got the check back from one of their regular customers. the guy stopped by for his favorite meal and a few beers before the restaurant switches to its summer kegs. and when the staff got the receipt they found the big tip with some clear instructions. >> it specifically said $1,000 for chef james, 500 for chris, 500 for laura. none of us really knew what to say. we were speechless. >> that one tip can pay for one of my class thz summer, which is really a relief. it was incredible. >> the bill by the way was 92 bucks. >> the owner says this customer is always an extremely generous tipper. and beyond the money he says it's nice to know that a customer really enjoys the

restaurant and feels comfortable going there. over in ashburn the redskins hit the field today for the first session of organized team activities. rg3 front and center. he's not losing any sleep over struggles from the past two seasons, but, as dianna russini reports now, he is missing some zs for a much better reason. >> reporter: hard to believe redskins football is back in action. the first off-season practice, and although these are voluntary, attendance was pretty good here today. lots of new rookies, new players and still lots of questions surrounding robert griffin iii. >> today was the first day, you know. and last week last couple of weeks we're throwing routes out there. you know, he's doing fine. we'll see how it goes. he's just got to continue to put practice after practice together and show the consistency we're looking for. >> it's good to have the same offense and same coaches and work through building that relationship with those guys. it's really about that, doing

what they ask you to do, working on little things you know you can do to get better and being yourself. the one thing you can't do taz a player is lose who you are. i want to make sure that doesn't happen. >> reporter: while this team is learning to be "family on the field, their family off the field is growing. robert griffin iii a new dad. >> i love the fact that i haven't had much sleep over the past couple of days and still have to come up here and talk to you guys in practice. it's just a special feeling when you can look at a kid and you're basically looking in the mirror, looking at yourself. it can bring a grown man to tears. so it did. >> reporter: while griffin may not be getting much sleep because of his new baby girl, his head coach jay gruden says it's not going to be an excuse around here. you'll hear more from his team nates come pg up on news4 at 6. i'm dieanana russini. over the next couple of months, a symbolic torch will be making its way from d.c. to los angeles.

it's the torch one of three, honoring the special olympics world summer games. organizers lit the torch along 16th street earlier today, and then carried it through the city and convict to college park, maryland. they hope this relay will promote a spirit of respect and acceptance for everyone. >> our hope is that tazas it crosses through our country, it will bring our country together around our special olympic athletes. >> anyone can sign up to take part in the relay. you can find details about lou to take part in our nbc washington app. just search "special olympics". the games themselves get under way in late july. the government investigation into that deadly plane crash that killed a mother and her kids is far from over. the niz four i teal has learned who may be a key witness. and the spelling bee fever is taking over our region. and some local students are ready to win. plus, this week you're going to want to download the nbc

washington app for the interactive radar. it's going to be a busy week, folks xs the seven-day forecast just minutes away.

>> announcer: and now your storm team4 forecast. oh, just another hot and humid day across our region going to continue to be like this on through the next couple of daze this pattern will not quit until possibly later this weekend let's take a look at show he whaez happening right now you can see a hot hazy and humid you can see the haze across our region right now current temperature sitting at 87 degree degrees but notice the heat index up around 91 right now we're dealing with plenty of sunshine here but humid afternoon. that will be cass. 84 right now in gaithersburg, 88 in lees burgs and manassas, 81 toward fredericksburg, many locations above 90 for the heat index. so a very hot afternoon.

the humid itd always this time of year always tries to spark off showers and thunderstorms. nothing in the media, but just down to our southwest notice around falkier count yifr and warrenton just to the west, a shower has popped up here. most of these are trying to pop up right along the mountains. they may try to move through the region through parpts of northern virginia. that's really going to be it. i don't expect them to make their way too close to i-95. if you live well west of 95 81 or the bru lidge, that's the best chance to see the storms. that's what we're watching the complex that's developinged here. the wiefder view showing what's happening the last 24 hours. here is the brond al broupt boundary, the rain in fex tex over alabama and georgia. yet more thunderstorms firing back toward dallas back into texas, back into portions of oklahoma, an 82 that does not want to see any of that rain. as far as our weather is concerned, what are rewoulding go even see, fighter weather times it well as we move through the night tonight again a few shoushz du poerm afternoon we'll see i few more develop mostly back toward the blue ridge again

and in and around the 4:00, 4:30 area a couple more back toward our west. we're going to see i think a few more tomorrow but we're still not talking about a lot of rain. some of us will remain on the dry side. here we are 8:00, notice shower activity around the i-95 correspond i do dore. some of the storms could have heavier downpours but we're not talking about anything severe. on thursday, thursday looking like a nice day as temperature and humidity is lower. 91 toward fredericksburg, 88 in leesburg tomorrow, a very uncomfortable day, that heat index close to 91 degrees, maybe 92 during the afternoon tomorrow. we stay on the hot and humid side, yefb on thursday, why 86 friday, 88 on saturday, when the humidity really starts to come back, so does our chance of thunderstorms, about 30% on saturday. then we look toward sunday watching a potential frontal boundary. that could have a big impact on the rest of the weekend and early next week. i'm watching it for you and will have the latest at 5:45. >> thank you, doug. have you seen this video of

that bounce house flying through the air? >> amazing. there were still children inside so we did some digging today to find out what are the rules and the regulations and how you can know if your child is safe? we'll tell you what we found. >> there it goes. and there were big hopes for that new walmart just east of the river. but there's one thing that could end the chances for a new shopping destination there. and a maryland father charged today. find out what police tell us he did once he realized he was too drunk to drive.

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right now at 5:30, a man is? jail tonight after he made his son get behind the wheel of a car because he was too drunk to drive home. the frederick county sheriff's democrat says michael mclouf

lafave lan. he was pulled over and then saw it was mclafave lan's son behind the wheel. he is in jail and his 13-year-old son turned back over to his mother. the government investigation into last year's deadly plane crash in gaithersburg is months away from completion. but the news4 i-team learned the national transportation safety board's probe includes interviews with pilots who were in the area near the crash site. and it involves help from brazilian and canadian officials because parts of that plane were made in those countries. the plane crashed into a house in december killing a mother, two of her children and three people aboard the plane. well, an agreement between the district and safeway is putting a roadblock in front of the city's first walmart that would be east of the anacostia.

lawyers for walmart are raising concerns because of a deal that was signed nearly two decades ago between the city government and safeway. that deal prohibits any pharmacy or grocery store from operating near the safeway on alabama avenue in southeast d.c. well that's right across the street from the upcoming skyland town center which would be anchored by that walmart. >> the notion of this covenant is not a new one. it was not dealt with by the last administration, and it is reflected in the lease that walmart signed. but i'm very confident that we'll resolve it. >> the washington business journal reports that financing for this shopping center is now on hold until this issue regarding that safeway agreement is resolved. mrs. also in the district, a special arts program is helping teenagers work out emotional trauma. fly by night uses music and arts to give students a greater sense

of value. as news4's zachary kiesch reports tonight, a new documentary is now getting their work to the masses. >> during anymy experience i discovered a bigger person inside of me. >> reporter: fly by light has been around for a while. but it's a new documentary featuring the local youngsters they work with that's getting attention. ♪ >> we've been for the past 15 years developing and working at the intersection of nonviolence, conflict resolution through arts and music. >> reporter: the small nonprofit one common unity began in a response to a string of school shootings in washington, d.c. high schools. lives were lost. >> i wanted to give young people outlets to express their emotions, to find healing through grief and trauma, and so that was the birth of the program. >> reporter: they called it fly by light. artists, poets, musicians coming together.

marlon usevia, a sophomore at bell high school is one of the beneficiaries. >> it's aes's like family. >> i just feel like this is somewhere i can always go to. >> reporter: the film shows it's almost one part knowledge of self one part trust your struggle. it's not just music they use it's poetry yoga, meditation. founder houwa. >> what are we here on earth to do? these are the most important questions toward our happiness, right? if a young person can't be happy, if they can't find joy in life, they're really not going to be able to contribute much to society. >> it kind of opened my eyes i was like, hey, i'm not the only one. i'm not alone here. >> reporter: making an impact and getting noticed. reporting in northwest d.c. zachary kiesch news4. national harbor is buzzing with a lot of kids who are really good spellers. they're competing in the annual

scripps national spelling bee. preliminary rounds started today, and they will continue tomorrow. those spellers who qualify will take the national stage during the championship round this thursday. this year the competition is stacked with contestants who watched their brothers and sisters participate. 36 spellers have relatives who competed in the spelling bee in past years. you want to test yourself against these young spellers? we have an interactive quiz on nbcwashington.com. we've created a list of word that's have tripped up sperls inllers in the past. listen to the word and try to spell it. during the break, get your laptop and give it a try. also check out our app for a schedule of the spelling bee events and information on the nine local kids who are a part of it. he was knocked out cold and, to add insult to injury he was robbed. we'll show you more about this violent attack that police want you to see. and some of those live web

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of. >> soefrl children were hurt on monday when a bounce house went flying through the air and with the warm weather out there, here to stay for the next few months, there are some important things to keep in mind when it komz to bounce house saichly. the consumer products safety commission says about 16,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for bounce house injuries just in the year 2013. it's advice for keeping your family safe so pay attention to the weather. wind can be particularly dangerous. next, make sure the bounce house is locked down and stakes on all sides. and check out the company renting that bounce house. make sure it's licensed and experience experienced. amtrak engineers will soon have cameras trained on them.

today amtrak announced plans to install inward facing cameras inside the cabs of their trains. this comes fwo weeks exactly since that deadly derailment in philadelphia. crash investigators are still looking for clues to tell them what the engineer was doing just before that crash because the engineer says he can't remember what happened because he has a head injury. eight people were killed, more than 200 others injured. the video cameras will be installed on trains in the northeast corridor by the end of this year. this jet had to be towed away after it slid off the runway at bwi marshall. chopper 4 capturing the scene this morning. the business jet wound up in this grassy area right on the edge of the runway. the faa tells us the brakes fail failed it did not affect commercial flights at the airport and no one was hurt. it was a bloody memorial day weekends in baltimore. just a month after the riots, the violence left some people asking, where's the mayor?

we have some new reaction from her this evening. >> reporter: d.c. police hope surveillance video helps them solve the case of a brutal beat-down and robbery in southeast. details coming up on news4. and we're talking about a very wam and humid day today. temperature right now 87 d.c., also all the way up toward new york around 85. the hot, humid weather is here. we're tracking a better chance of thunderstorms the next few days. i'll show

and we want to warn you some of you may find this individual disturbing. is it was a man throwing a punch nooking out his victim cold, a 63-year-old man right in the middle of the street. but it's what happens next that has people who live in that area just fuming. >> police tell us the suspect then went through that man's pocket and stole $1. news4's derrick ward live at the metro police violent crimes branch where officers are on the hunt for this suspect. derrick, what do you know? >> reporter: indeed they are. this does house the violent crimes branch. that crime certainly falls under that category.

the thing is and the thing that police hope is the saving grace here is it was all caught on video. this is the person of interest. this is why police are interested in finding him. it happened monday may 17th on a busy evening. the person of interest and the victim, a 63-year-old man, have a brief exchange of words before the victim gets knocked out cold. the man who threw the punch casually walks away and then comes back and goes through the man's pockets. police released this sur r surveillance video. >> it's a shame. you can't walk the streets an be safe. >> reporter: on the flip side, there are not many streets you walk and are not observed somehow. >> you know we in washington, d.c., the nation's capital this is the nation's capital of the united states of america. you understand? we've got to cleep up the values. we've got to dleen up the interruption. >> reporter: the victim was treated and released at a local hospital.

according to the police report the person who knocked him down and rifled his pockets got $1. >> it's something hard to watch. >> reporter: you know, another disturbing part of that video is that no one went to the assistance of that victim. that 62-year-old man, as he lay on the sidewalk, even after the man left. coming up at 6:30 we'll have more on that and what people are saying about that. live in southwest, derrick ward news4 news4. well, the death toll is rising after that epic flooding in texas and oklahoma. 16 people are confirmed dead, 40 still missing. the weather channel's raegan medgie is in blanco, texas, one of the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: we're just talking to a couple much neighbors who decided to come down. they're even trying to get their minds wrapped around this. i mean i don't think i could say anything. i can let this video run and run. this is a bridge. this bridge allows people here outside about five miles outside

of blanco texas, to go into the city of blanco. now, we just were in wimberly, very much of a devastated area. that's in hays county. we crossed the county, now we're in blanco county. the water you're seeing is the blanco river. this river is the reason for a lot of destruction and a lot of heartache. here in this county the texas state troopers tell us about that six to eight people are unaccounted for. you cross the county line, over into hays county that number goes up to 12. so at this point there are people out there unaccounted for, no idea. unfortunately, in hays county they went from the 12 people search to now a recovery effort. it is absolutely heartbreaking here. such a force, real quickly, all the debris came this way and went all over and just got caught in the guardrail and of course the fence. guys this is the devastation we're dealing with. we'll be here throughout the day and tomorrow to bring you all of

what's happening here in the blanco area in the southeast portion of texas. guys, back to you. >> what a scene. >> wow how fast did that rise up? >> well, i heard one report saying that it rose 25 feet in the matter of an hour. >> whoa! >> you cannot escape that. you really can't. >> i can't even imagine it. that poor young girl who was making a 911 call and then they never -- >> yeah. they're not done yet. this weather pattern, the same one we have bringing us the heat heat and humidity, bringing them all the moisture out of the pacific ocean. that's what happens with an el nino year. we're going to have a strong el nino potential live later this year. that will continue to give them a lot of moisture, a lot more rain over the next couple of days for us. it could mean that we're going to see much warmer temperatures. we've already seen one of the warmest mays in quite some time. let's take a look show you toward reston. a nice afternoon if you like it hot and humid. we've government just a few clouds moving through the area. traffic on both the dulles toll road moving slow, same with ruston parkway. you see that as well. as far as the temperatures go

current temperature is right now sitting at 87 degrees. we're dealing with some sunshine. a little bit on the humid side, the heat index around 91. a few clouds around 7:00 muggy around 9:00. 88 in leesburg, 85 down toward warrenton and 85 in huntingtown. annapolis it's 79 but the humidity is a little higher here 79 as a result of that cooler chesapeake bay water. here's the thunderstorm activity. nothing around d.c. but just on down to the south and west we've got storms along the virginia? west virginia line hardy and ham pshire county, frederick county, shenandoah county seeing the storms. more showers and storms developing falkier county around marshall seeing the showers, farther down toward the south and west. these will try to move in toward northern virginia, maybe the panhandle west virginia, over next one to two hours but they'll zr a hard time getting there. there really isn't that tril trigger in the at hoss fear. can't rule out a storm this evening. i think tomorrow a better chance

of scattered thunderstorms. hot and humid, uncomfortable tomorrow. probably the worst day we'll see this week. 85 to 91 degrees as far as the temperatures are concerned. if you're heading down toward the beach this weekend, everybody thinking about the beaches, we're here. almost to summer. 72 on your friday 75 degrees on saturday, 80 on sunday. sunday a good chance of a shower or thunderstorm. the one thing on sunday that we're going to be watching is a frontal boundary. that front is going to come through, but does it come through early on sunday or later on sunday? if it comes through a little bit later, we're talking about warmer temperatures, maybe around 90. if it comes through earlier, we're down to the 70s. look at next monday and tuesday. if you want some relief it's not going to come over the next five days, 89 on wednesday, 87 on thursday, 86 on friday, 88 on saturday. another chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm or two. then the weekend, talking about sunday. again, hot and humid saturday, watching that front for sunday, that means that forecast could change. so if you have sunday mrarns or plans for early next week stay

tuned to the forecast over the next couple of dayment right now all i can say is stay cool. a social networking site and floral company are settling claims over deceptive billings. classmates and ftd will pay maryland and 20 other states $20 million. they're accused of taking part in what is known as negative option marketing. that's when a company shares personal information with another group. that group then charges customers who rejected an offer. anyone seeking a refund from classmates should contact the office of maryland's attorney general. some parents in prince george's county say they're willing to pay more in property taxes for more education funding inment district. on thursday, the council will decide whether to boost the property tax rate by 15.6% to help pay for the $133 million to budget next year. well, the hike has divided the community. opponents want compromise by lowering the tax rate.

parents say prince george's county won't be able to compete without the money. >> that momentum will be lost without funding. i am hear today to say i am willing to do my part to invest in our schools. >> again, the council votes this thursday. of the additional funding will go toward building upgrades, expanding language programs and adding 67 new pre-k classes. a few days from now you're not going to bl able to watch some of your favorite zoo animal animals online anymore. the national zoo says the software that run smz of the older cameras just isn't working anymore. five cameras are going to go dark on june 1st. that includes cameras for the naked mole rat, the clouded leopard, the arang attainraignrraigning ataing, fish herb cat cameras and otter

cameras. the problem however does not affect the panda cam, the lion cam or elle fant cam. those will continue to stream. the zoo says it is exploring new technology and funding to expand online viewing in the future. bullets have been flying in baltimore and after a deadly holiday weekend, the mayor there has a strong message tonight from a city still reeling from riots. that story straight ahead. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in western fairfax county where police are looking for the burglars who got into 19 homes all in aflunts areas. once they got through the doors they had a very specific target. i'll tell you what they t

cleveland is promising major changes in its police force. >> and this comes after a justice department investigation found that a pattern of excessive force and other abuses existed there. dozens of religious leaders marched to city hall ahead of today's announcement. the new model is centered on a

community policing approach, the promised reforms include an independent monitor to ensure the necessary changes are implemented. three days ago a cleveland police officer was acquitted in one of the cases that sparked the justice department investigation. an unarmed black couple killed when police fired 137 shots at them. dozens shot, at least eight killed in a series of violence over the weekend holiday weekend making one of baltimore's deadliest months in more than a decade. >> now some residents say they need to hear more from the mayor as police say they're committed to calming things down. george lettuce has our report. >> reporter: baltimore city police on monday released an 11-second surveillance video of this person of interest in a shooting in reservoir hill over the weekend. it happened next to a playground playground. the shooting turned into one of the city's eight homicides since the memorial day holiday weekend began. add to that 27 shootings overall

in that same time period, helping baltimore's recent burst of violence reach a level not seen since the 1970s. >> i don't know if recreation center centers and things like that will really help because the young people they're so bitter. >> reporter: police say they are constantly shifting strategy and officer deployments to calm these streets. >> we're dedicated to not only solving these crimes but strengthening our partnership with the community. >> reporter: a grass roots community rally over the weekend tried to drum up neighborhood outrage over the violence and not just over the in-police custody death of freddie gray. della grissom still can't make sense of the city she grew up in. >> there's no cause for it. no one has the right to take anybody's life because they're not god. >> reporter: hannah wonders where mayor stephanie rawlings-blake has been. >> i think she's kind of a behind the scenes person besides the others who are more engaging.

she's perceived as weak because unfortunately our leaders need both. they need personality and they need to be engaging and administrative piece. >> well, a spokesperson for the mayor says that she is disheartened and frustrated by the situation saying violence will not be tolerated. >> the mayor adds she's confident though, moves made by the police commissioner and his command will help put a stop to this uptick in violence. now at 6, dramatic new developments in a murder outside a mcdonald's. tonight a local police officer and his mother face charges. and we're learning about new evidence from text messages sent to the victims before the gunfire to the alleged cover-up after the crime. we have team coverage of a deadly child custody dispute. also an in depth look into problems within the prince george's county police democrat. we begin with chris gordon in waldorf. chris? >> reporter: the prosecutor

tells me that the police officer richard conway is being charged with first degree murder even though he may not have been here at the time of the shooting at the mcdonald's last wednesday. he may not have even been nearby. but the prosecutor says the charges, first degree premeditated edd murder, because conway conspired to plan the smootings and may have provided the gun to his mother his police service revolver. detectives investigating the double shooting at mcdonald's found .40 caliber shell casings in the parking lot. caroline conway was arrested last week, her son's service revolver has not been located. now officer richard conway is also charged with first degree murder. prince george's county police chief mark mcgaw. >> the charges this officer faces are deeply troubling to me. but his actions are