ast enough for the suspects. now, we decided not to reveal the identity of the only surviving victim or to show his picture and to only use his son's first name for the family's safety. for 23-year-old miguel, the last 24 hours have been surreal. he can't understand why anyone would want to harm his father and his 50-year-old uncle pedro alvarado. miguel says they didn't have enemies and worked hard as maintain men maintenance men every day. miguel's father spoke to him from his hospital bed with a bullet lodged in the side of his face. it's unable to be removed because it's too close to a saliva gland. his uncle pedro was killed on the scene. miguel says his father told him he and alvarado noticed a black pickup truck trailing behind them for several minutes after they crossed the woodrow wilson bridge thursday morning. the vehicle passed them and then returned, spraying their suv with bullets.

miguel says his father quickly reclined his seat, which he believes saved his life. police gathered evidence from the scene and spoke extensively to miguel's father who says he saw a car with four or five men inside before someone pulled the trigger. while nothing will completely heal this family's pain, miguel says they're just hoping whomever is involved is quickly brought to justice. now, a source close to this investigation tells us that police will be back out here on 295 sometime next week speaking with drivers trying to get more information about a suspect, a suspect's description or vehicle description. in the meantime they're asking anyone who has information about this case to call police right away. reporting in southeast, meagan fitzgerald, news4. well, we are learning some new kind of blockbuster information about that indictment of the former house speaker dennis hastert. a federal law enforcement

official is telling nbc news that hastert paid a man to conceal sexual misconduct that happened while hastert was a teacher at a high school in illinois before he joined congress. the man was a student at the time. hastert was indicted yesterday on charges that he structured bank withdrawals to avoid federal scrutiny. and he later lied about it to the fbi. >> joining us is "meet the press" moderator chuck todd. denny hastert's indictment, did this catch people who knew him here by surprise? >> i talked to a couple of his former colleagues and couple of former stafrs. one said you could have knocked me over with a feather. it was so shocking to them. the whole reason he got plucked out of obscurity to become speaker of the house, remember double sex scandals essentially at the time that was going on, the mishandling the gingrich, newt gingrich hand will elled the lewinsky scandal, the next guy in line to be speaker had his own sex scandal. hastert was supposed to be clean one. his time in congress, not even a

whiff of controversy around this man. >> now he's a lobbyist. >> yes. >> what kind of ripple effect is this going to have? >> i think, look, it does put the stain on congress, you know. you talk to people outside of washington and they say, they're all crooks and creeps. i try to tell them most of them aren't. they're there's just a few bad apples. i had a former colleague say to me if hastert turns out to be a crook and creep maybe we all are. maybe it's more emblem attic than we realize. it's that kind of gut-punch that some, particularly former members feel about the stain that the institution is feeling. because again, deny's hastert. if it was -- you know you haute to say it, there are other people who you say, you could have seen that coming. not dennis hastert. >> it sort of came out of nowhere. >> absolutely. >> martin o'malley is supposed to be former governor of maryland -- tomorrow. >> what, did a little "hail to the chief" on his guitar. what's this going to do to the

race? >> it's interesting with him because three months ago i would have told you martin o'malley's in line to become the chief alternative to hillary clinton, the democrat that could make her life uncomfortable in iowa and new hampshire. berp wri sanders has really stolen that thunder. i think between the baltimore situation and the riots and the criticism that martin o'malley's own records come under, it's really sort of bogged down any momentum he had been building three, six months ago. now he's got to climb over bernie sanders in order to get to clinton. >> the protesters are likely going to protest his announcement saying a lot of these police tactics were launched under his time. >> that's no way to start a campaign. you're trying to launch nationally activists excited about your campaign in iowa and new hampshire. you'll have protesters you know african-american protesters. they're a very important part of the democratic party constituency. it's a terrible --

>> who do you have on tomorrow? >> well bernie sanders. first of all, so many presidential candidates. three of them on this week, sort of emblek attic, it's as much as we could fit in in an hour. rick santorum who announced this week, john kasich who announced this week that he will be announcing in a couple of weeks. there you go. >> a lot of that going on. >> there is a lot of that going on. >> the announcement to the announcement. then you announce that you may be making that announcement of the announcement. >> thanks, chuck. if you didn't know by now chuck todd has a lot more on "meet the press, 10:30 sunday morning on nbc 4. still no arrest on the murder of that local reporter in southeast d.c. verlgts visited with the family of the reporter. her parents say she was used as a human shield during a shootout between two groups on dirt bikes wednesday night. milton was merely waiting for the bus home after she covered a story on capitol hill. when she was shot and killed. new at 6, calls for change in one ever the biggest little league operations in northern

virginia. tonight a father and former coach is hoping to stop child predators. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver has the story from the ft. hunt area of fairfax county. >> i felt that it was important forp the ft. hunt community to know that this was not just one isolated case. >> reporter: dolan sullivan is referring to last week's arrest of don essex, the ft. hunt little league umpire in child custody charged with distributing child pornography. dolan new essex. >> that was the all-star team that won the virginia state tournament. >> reporter: but dolan e-mailed me following our report saying there's a history in the league we left out. dolan tells me essex's arrest is only the latest in a string within the league. he pointed me back to 2009. eric mincer, a former coach and umpire, pleaded guilty to teen of enticing a minor. just before that, ex-umpire jon hamm will ton was accused of mow

lasting five boys. he later pleaded guilty. hamilton's connection to essex? they both lived in this centerville townhouse. police haven't said if there's any criminal connection. here's what dolan wants. >> to raise awareness, hopefully within ft. hunt little league and its community, of the fact that you know, we need some help and some instruction in order to be able to identify these individuals. >> reporter: last week we interviewed league president barry muse. he was nort part of the league during the hamilton or mincer incidents. dolan thinks the league will thrive. muse told me they're beginning the week of enhanced training for the league's adult veers. >> something needs to happen that an awareness needs to be raised and some education needs to take place within the volunteer community. >> reporter: in fairfax county, david culver, news4. once again, it is rush hour. we have high heat and scattered storms out there. let's go to doug with more on who is being impacted tonight. >> it's not very many of us, but those being impacted are seeing very heavy rain right now and a

lot of lightning. take a look over the last couple of hours we've seen a few of these storms mostly down to the south of the region. the biggest storm right now right around fredericksburg. fredericksburg getting hammered by a lot of heavy rain and lightning. you can see very heavy rain right along i-95 here. this will cause big problems from stafford county to spots il spotsylvaniaspots il vain area county. the strongest part of the storm moving up toward falkier and prince william. i'll continue to monitor these stores and when we have a chance for everybody to see some strong storms in our forecast around 6:15. what inspectors discovered on the memorial bridge has forced the national park service to impose some major restrictions, and they won't being lifted for months. but as news4's mark segraves reports, this bridge isn't the only one we should be worried about. >> reporter: that's right. you know, there are hundreds of bridges in our area bridges that most of us drive over every single day, that are in such poor condition that they're rated as structurally deficient.

for years, the memorial bridge behind me has been on top of that list. but now it's in such poor condition it's gotten to the point that it's not safe for some vehicles. >> engineers from federal highways were doing routine inspections and found some increased corrosion corrosion that was happening quicker than they had originally anticipated. that forced us to take these safety precautions closing the two curbside lanes and putting in the load restriction. >> reporter: those restrictions include the closure of one lane in each direction of the bridge and no more trucks or buses. >> the bridge is safe for 99% of the users. if you're in a car, you're in an suv, the bridge is perfectly safe. the people that it affects the most are the buses. >> reporter: the memorial bridge is just one of thousands of bridges across the country caught up in a battle between local lawmakers and congress over funding. bridges like the 14th street and south capitol street bridges that will see more traffic because much the restrictions on the memorial are among the

bridges in our area that are also in dire need of repair. with an indefinite ban on trucks and buses crossing the memorial bridge, traffic experts like our partners at wtop radio know this is going to have a big impact on your commute. >> everywhere that everyone else tries to go away from this bridge, it's going to be a horrible ripple effect. >> reporter: now, the big issue here is funding. that's the roadblock for fixing this bridge and bridges all across the country. on monday, delegate eleanor holmes norton will introduce a bill that would provide funding to fix the memorial bridge and members of congress from virginia will hold a press conference right at this very location with the head of the national park service trying to urge their colleagues on capitol hill to fund that bill. wendy, back to you. >> mark segraves. >> thanks mark. as someone who drives the key bridge, i know it will be rough out there. more about what's wrong with the memorial bridge, head to the nbc washington app. we just posted what we know about some of the corrosion that led to today's closures.

ahead and something you'll only see on news4, more than a dozen people arrested in our area as something called operation growing pains. tonight, a dangerous new drug that is being marketed to teenagers that could actually put neighbors at risk as well. >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer at circuit court in rockville. she is breaking her silence. >> i'm just happy that it finally got resolved. >> reporter: for the first time, we're hearing from a victim of a montgomery county substitute teacher who's just been sentenced for inappropriately touching students. the story coming up. and the death toll rises as rescuers comb through miles of debris. find out why the crisis in texas could becom

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the governor has now declared another 24 counties as disaster areas. they're also bracing for more rain this weekend as the storms threaten to pass over areas that are still dealing with this historic flooding. meanwhile, the rescue and recovery teams are still looking for 13 people who remain missing. 27 others have died. nbc's jay gray has the latest from wimberley texas. >> reporter: mother nature's attack has been relentless. >> oh, no! >> reporter: the scope and intensity overwhelming. it's been the wettest may ever in texas according to the national weather service in ft. worth. 35 trillion gallons of water have been dumped on the state, and there's been at least 4 inches of rain somewhere in texas for 23 straight days. those are the numbers. this is the reality. historic flooding in dallas houston the hill country. water pouring into places it's never been before, swallowing communities, ripping apart homes

and lives. it's become a somber ritual. hundreds gathering each day at the first baptist church in wimberley, now aif command center, as rescue teams and more than 2,000 volunteers continue to search for those still missing. >> we're good to have up to you know 20 to 30 teams in the field throughout the day over a large margin of the river. >> reporter: teams working through mountains of debris, wet and rugged terrain. >> there's so much ground to cover, it seems impossible, but everybody is taking it one step at a time. >> reporter: hopeful their next step will lead them to a survivor. >> at this point we're still praig and hoping for the fact that we'll find somebody still breathing out there. this has not turned into a recovery mission yet. >> reporter: though most here seem to understand time is running out. there is a will real sense of urgency here today pushed in

part for the forecast which calls for even more rain this weekend. jay gray, nbc news, wimberley, texas. now to our weather whether you're entirely dry or soaking wet depends a lot where you live right doug? >> most of us will have a very nice night tonight. not worried for the most part arp the d.c. metro area. down to the south we are getting pummeled around fredericksburg and portions of stafford and spotsylvania counties. for most of us this is what we're dealing with plenty of sunshine out there, nice temperatures, currently 85 degrees, the dew point, though, at 70. anytime it's above 65 it's uncomfortable. 70, well very uncomfortable. that's why we have the muggy conditions outside, because of that dew point. 86 in frederick, maryland 86 in leesburg, 77 luray, had shower activity there. fredericksburg own 75 degrees because of the rain down there. dining out this evening for most of us in and around the d.c. metro area, around rockville, fairfax or reston a nice night, especially after the sun goes down. i think it will be a fantastic evening. 77 to 82 degrees in most areas. here's the radar, some shower

activity back to the west. but look down to the south. man, it is really coming down, a lot of lightning around fredericksburg. look at all the lightning over the past 10 to 15 minutes. fredericksburg getting pummeled right now. here's i-95, always a problem down this way during the afternoon rush. that's exactly what we're seeing around fredericksburg bellevue, along the king george county line and back toward the west. very heavy along 17 and 95. farther up to the north in through stafford county we continue to see this between the garrisonville area, ruby and stafford county. once again this is building to the north and could continue to build toward parts of southern falkier county, maybe southern prince william county. back to the west, shenandoah county, frederick county virginia we're still seeing showers most of them dying through the evening. by 11:00, most of this is out of here. we're just dealing with cloud cover. that's why i think it will be a nice night for dinner across the region. tomorrow morning starting off very warm and humid with some cloud cover.

look at the storm chances. not much around the metro region, but back to the west in through the mountains i think that's where you have the best chance for storms tomorrow. although most of us will remain dry. i've actually kept the storm chances out for tomorrow on the seven-day forecast because i just don't see them except for to the west. same deal on sunday. earlier it looked like we could see strong storms sunday. i've taken those out completely. i think awful the rain will stay toward the mountains sunday. now, if you're thinking about heading to the pools tomorrow, 91 in fredericksburg, 84 in martinsburg. a very hot day. that's why i think the pool forecast is looking about perfect. 78 at 9:00, 84 at 11:00, 87 around 1:00. looking very nice. remember the sunscreen tomorrow. if you have games maybe some baseball games, soccer games, whatever, stay hydrated. make sure the kids are drinking plenty of water because it will be quite hot. 88 on sunday, 30% chance of a storm. 50% maybe 60% chance of storms on monday. that's the day the front moves through, 87 degrees with a good chance of some strong storms on monday. then a much different forecast from what i had last night.

really looking much warmer now. there was going to be a boundary that was going to settle to the south. i think that boundary stays to the north. that's why temperatures will remain on the warm side around 80 degrees on wednesday, 81 on thursday. an apology from a local teacher convicted of sex abuse. all new at 6, the allegations from inside his personnel file as he is sentenced in court today. and if you came from illinois to see d.c.'s famous landmarks, things didn't come as

the washington monument is back open tonight after being closed for a day and a half. an electrical issue affected the elevator and cost hundreds of tourists their only chance of getting in. >> welcome you're the first group of the day. >> the monument reopened for the noon ticket holders. >> fortunate to be one of the

first to get back in after it opens up. >> about-face. >> not so great for these kids scheduled for 10:00 a.m. >> i was really disappointed because i really wanted to see everything from the top. >> i was like surprised that the elevator would break. >> i didn't think that that would happen. >> kalen, olivia and sophia are eighth graders from illinois. they won't have a second chance. >> we have aloft things to do. >> we have a very finite window of time to get to see all the sites. >> reporter: their tour guide says they drove 14 hours only to learn the elevator broke. >> what was your reaction? >> very disappointed because you build it up to the group and say, hey guys we're going to go up into the monument. >> reporter: the elevator is the only way to reach the top floor 500 feet up. but it broke down wednesday night and engineers couldn't figure out why. >> in layman's terms i guess technically we would just say it's a glitch. >> reporter: why keep it closed for so long? >> the last thing we want to do is rush an opening, put somebody on there and have them spend an hour or two on the elevator.

>> this is the white house. >> reporter: the girls had mapped out their social media plan. >> there's really cool filters here. >> reporter: and showed us the photos. >> on snapchat you know we don't get these back home. >> reporter: but it's a snapchat story missing an end. well this isn't the first time they've had power issues in the monument. park officials told me when they couldn't immediately figure out what why it had shut down, they had to run through all the safety protocols. wendy? >> the district is getting ready to chip in 35000 bucks to find out if a gondola should be built over the potomac river. the gondolas would connect georgetown and roslyn and look like that. according to "the washington post," the money was approved this week as part of the city's $13 billion spending plan. the georgetown business improvement district has already raised $130,000 for a feasibility study. and arlington county tells "the washington post" that they're trying to find some money to

contribute as well. it's a new drug that parents probably haven't heard about, but everyone should be worried about its explosive effects. >> reporter: prince georgians won't be paying as much more in property taxes but they're till looking at an increase. coming up on news4, why some homeowners say it's all illegal. more live samples of

now at 6:30, our team of reporters are uncovering new information to the day's top stories. but first in montgomery county, a substitute teacher sentenced to five years in prison for sex offenses against students. we have learned the suspect jose pineda was on a do not use list and yet continued to get jobs within the county school system. darcy spencer joins us live with the changes that school district is making as a result of this

case. darcy? >> reporter: across the board officials say something like this should never happen again, where a substitute teacher in one school is placed on a "do not use" list, yet he continues to substitute in other schools. that was wrong. today we're also hearing for the first time from one of the victims. she c allegations were basically ignored. but today she says justice was served. during the sentencing hearinging for jose pineda, a prosecutor said ten years ago he was placed on a "do not use" list for allegedly having inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with female students at a mobt gomry county high school. it was never reported to police. county schools have made changes to make sure illegal conduct is reported to police immediately. >> so that a teacher who was suspected of, as mr. pineda was, sexual abuse or sexual inappropriate behavior towards a student could not be moved secretly from one school to the other without being flagged

within the school system. >> reporter: prosecutors used that revelation to argue that pineda should be given the maximum sentence allowed mr a plea agreement. the judge agreed sentencing pineda a former montgomery county substitute teacher to five years in prison. >> i'm just happy that it finally got resolved. >> reporter: she's known as "victim d" in court documents. the state's attorney and judge call her hero. she came forward more than ten years ago when she was in seventh grade at forest oak middle school in gaithersburg to report that a substitute teacher jose pineda had touched her inappropriately in class. but the school didn't report the case to police. >> i just want to thank god that it finally after all this -- all these years i'm happy that justice was served. >> reporter: in court, numerous friends and relatives describe pineda as a good and honorable man including his wife. some said they didn't believe the allegations. but pineda admitted to the kriemz and asked for forgiveness after initially denying the charges. he said in part i plead guilty

because i felt remorse. i would never do it again. but county state's attorney don mccarthy wasn't convinced. >> the way that he serially victimized these individuals calls into question i think at some level the sincerity of that apology. rnchtsz now, pineda will have to register as a sex offender and he could be deported once he serves that five-year sentence. wendy? >> darcy you were in the court today when the suspect took the stand. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well, you know, all along he has denied the allegations, but today he really had a different tone about him. you know, he said he has spent a lot of time in a jail cell by himself, and he's had a lot of time to reflect. he expressed remorse today. he apologized to the victims, turning to them in the courtroom. he also spoke directly to his wife of 27 years. his son was there. his mother was there, different family members. he just said that he was deeply sorrowful and that he did wish to change. he said that he would never do

something like this again. but he did get the maximum from the judge today. >> darcy spencer outside the courthouse in rockville. thanks, dars tycy. federal prosecutors say there's more than enough evidence to support the corruption convictions against virginia's former first lady. in court papers filed yesterday prosecutors also said maureen mcdonnell's conviction should be upheld and they go on to say mcdonnell has a, quote fundamental misunderstanding of bribery law. prosecutors are responding to a push by the mcdonnells to have their guilty verdicts overturned. an army lab in utah has discovered another live sample of anthrax that was found in a batch of the deadly bacteria that was irradiated in 2008. this is a different batch than the one mailed out to 19 labs this month. samples from the '08 batch were sent to australia and that lab has been alerted. defense officials believe something went wrong in the process of deactivating this live anthrax. well in an attempt to raise money for schools in prince

george's county, a property tax hike isn't big enough to cover anything other than state-mandated pensions. now some residents are questioning the legality of the hike. county bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us with how this is going to impact the folks who live there. >> reporter: oh, it's really ironic we're having this conversation during graduation season. students here at northwestern high school graduated today, and it's an ongoing debate in this county. how do you fund school improvements? we talked with one resident who is saying this whole thing of raising taxes instead of going to the ballot is illegal. >> i'm excited elated. this is my first grandson to graduate. >> reporter: as patricia douglas enjoys her graduation from wise high school, the debate over how to best prepare and fund other prince george's county students for this moment is continuing. >> we put this charter amendment in in 1996. >> reporter: judy robinson has spent nearly two decades fighting higher taxes in prince george's. >> we're the highest taxed

jurisdiction in the state. >> reporter: she spearheaded legislation requiring county officials to put all proposed tax increases on the ballot but that didn't happen with this tax increase. >> they feared that the voters would say no more. >> reporter: a loophole in state law allows the county to raise taxes to meet requirements for school funding, but the county executive wanted to raise those requirements and school funding by implementing a 15% property tax increase. >> our residents can't afford a 15.6% tax inreese. >> reporter: which is why the increase was cut. it would cost a homeowner $300 more a year under baker's proposal. but yesterday the county council revised that down to a 4% increase equalling just $110 more a year in taxes. >> this council didn't have any interest in increasing taxes. >> reporter: but franklin says it's necessary to cover a state mandate that counties now pay for teachers' pensions. robinson says it's mismanagement that's supposed to be checked by

voters. >> vote in bonds for libraries, for construction, for public buildings. why would they not do it for education? >> reporter: as patricia douglas watched her grand chooild take her next step into of the future, she said she'd gladly pay. >> i will pay more taxes if i know it's going for the purpose it's going for. >> reporter: nothing is finalized yet with this property tax increase. the county executive has an opportunity to veto and send back a new proposal to the county council once he has it in his hands. he has ten days to do that. back to new the studio. >> thank you, tracee. danger in midair for a flight leaving reagan national. a close call that forced a pilot to make a quick maneuver. plus, a lasting tribute to a local firefighter who was killed on the job. and i'm still tracking some showers across the area, not just down to the south. some new ones starting to pop up. i've got the radar in just a minute.

memorial service. it was held at the d.c. firefighters union. mccrae collapsed by battling a twoo-alarm fire in the shaw neighborhood of d.c. on may 6th. >> we plan to recognize honor and celebrate the life of kevin mc krae for his service and contributions by declaring november 22 2015 kevin's

birthday as lieutenant kevin mccrae day in the district of columbia. >> today is firemen's memorial day. 100 d.c. firefighters have died in the line of duty in the history of that department. and a candle was lit today for each one. and in stafford county, virginia, the community is dedicating rocky run reservoir to a fallen sheriff's deputy. eight years ago jason mooney died in a crash along i-95. deputy mooney graduated from colonial forge high school and served in the marine corps. next memorial day, the reservoir will become the county's newest park, and families will be able to fish and canoe at lake mooney. a crackdown on drivers to educate them about a law that some don't even know exists. >> reporter: it's called operation growing pains. prince william county police sweep across the county, arresting those who are selling drugs

only on news4, a roundup of accused drug dealers is now winding down in prince william

county, but the arrests could save lives. the undercover operation started after two high school students were killed in separate drug-related incidents. police raided four locations in northern virginia, homes in gainesville, brist toe the city of manassas and woodbridge. 26 people are now facing charges, six of them still in high school. our bureau chief julie carekaircarey explains w targeted. >> state police search warrant! come to the door! >> reporter: this is not the kind of wake-up call anyone wants to get. and when the suspect doesn't come to the door, the door comes down. across prince william county, this is how police moved in this week to grab drug dealers and execute search warrants. 21-year-old antonio defranks was arrested and faces multiple drug charges. the goal of operation growing pain? to close down a pipeline ever drugs to teens.

>> it's not just a little bit of marijuana. it's not just a little innocent fun. the next thing you know, your son or daughter is being robbed or shot. >> reporter: at this townhouse, police emerged with bags of evidence. back at police headquarters, take a look at the spread of drugs, both pot and pills. there's a gun and cash. >> this case in particular involved cocaine involves, marijuana sales the marijuana wax. >> reporter: marijuana wax or dabs most parents have never heard of it. this suspect tugged the syrupy liquid into a tiny container. often it's squeezed into wax paper. >> most parent physician they walk into their children's room it looks like old food or something. >> reporter: prince william police started seeing this drug about a year ago because making it means cooking it, fire and explosions are a real danger. this is what happened in california. >> so a young person will see a youtube video, they think they know how to make it. the next thing you know, they

cause an explosion. >> reporter: the suspect roundup is only half of the operation the other parent education. all the drugs seedsed will be photographnd and they'll be posted on social media so parents can get a good work and maybe do some policing of their own at home. back to you now. >> thanks, julie. over in fairfax county, police are cracking down on drivers who don't follow the move over law. the law requires you to change lanes when you see an emergency vehicle on the shoulder. and if you can't get over, you should slow down. officers tell us half the drivers they pull over in fairfax county they claim don't know about the law. every state in the country has a move over law, but the district does not. >> interesting. now to the weatherment scattered showers and temperatures near 90 once again. take a look, are we getting a break from the heat and humidity? >> this could go down as the second warmest may we've had. >> it feels like july. >> that will be the case through

the weekend. high temperatures close to 90 again today. so far high today at the d.c. airport, reagan national about 85 degrees so far. 81 degrees at 7:00 down to about 77 by 9:00. no rain around the airport right now, but we do have some showers in and around the metro region. show you these in just a second. temperatures 81 in gaithersburg, 86 in leesburg 82 in ft. bell voluntary, huptdingtown coming in at 79 degrees. the bulk of the rain still well down to the south but we're seeing a few showers montgomery county, loudoun county. all of these are boundaries getting set off by the thunderstorms. they rides and they fall. as they fall they decompress and let ought of that air out. you see that as a boundary maybe another shower forms. this is if right here. you can actually see the showers and storms developing just north of fredericksburg, in through stafford county now. stafford county getting hit hard, all of the softball games canceled throughout the evening. king george count yit more of the same. watch what happens here. again, over the last hour you can see how these have just

developed and then send off little boundaries. that's how this guy forms and this over here. to the north of fredericksburg and toward leesburg, we have another little boundary moving up, a couple more showers along 15. here is your move from leesburg toward frederick county, maryland even a shower toward montgomery county. that's about it. tomorrow the high temperature around 90 we'll see a chance of a shower, storm most of those toward the mountains. same deal on sunday. most of us dry this weekend. a great weekend to hit the pool. 87 monday, monday a great chance for strong storms, potential there for severe weather. much cooler moving into tuesday and wednesday, but we're still on the warm side. guys? >> thanks, doug. as you probably heard by now, the nation has two students who are so brilliant they are sharing this year's championship for the scripps howard national spelling bee. they're such good spellers, the judges ran out of words, had to award the top prize to both last night. now that some of the adrenaline has worn off, we're hearing from

those champs. >> like it was a really, like, fun to win at the end. but the whole competition was really great. and i had a lot of fun this week. >> i think it's great to be a co-spelling bee champ because more people got an opportunity to win and less hearts were broken. so i think it's a grphy, the winners are going to receive nearly $38,000 and they're going to get a merriam-webster dictionary so they can learn to spell some more hard words. >> they could probably write the merriam-webster dictionary. >> i think they just spelled it the last couple of days. coming up in sports a lot of nats fans are wondering what in the heck is going on with stephen strasburg. jason is up next to figure it

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. well, the way things are going with the nats all i can

say good thing they have max versuser. >> and good thing they're playing the cincinnati reds because they're a terrible baseball team. stephen strasburg used to be the hottest pitcher in all of baseball, but these days that is long gone. at least right now. he once carried the label of ace, of stopper of this pitching rotation but this season strasburg has posted an e.r.a. over 6. here's the thing, though. in his last four starts strag has been earned run average of 10. during that stretch, he hasn't made it out of the fourth inning in any of his defeats. just one default start this entire season for the 26-year-old. the good news the nats will face the reds tonight. cincinnati one of the worst lineups in all of baseball ranking near the bottom in runs scored batting average and runs driven in. well, on the other side bryce harper living up to and exceeding expectations. harper leads the majors with 43 rbis, the home run power has been incredible 13 homers this month. he leads the national league

with 18 on the year. in the other dugout, the second leading home run hitter in the national lead, todd frasier belted 14 this season including two in the last game against the rockies. enough with the numbers. what do you get when you mix a prince fielder and a fan not pay attention and nachos? you get that. a complete mess, melted cheese in the hair all over the shirt. could have been a lot worse. she could have spilled her beer. she did not do that. but the nacho cheese not a good look in the face. not much reaction from strasburg but melted cheese and a baseball, you guys went nuts. >> you know we feel that. >> yeah. on to college baseball, maryland begins its ncaa tournament run tonight. they will take on ole miss at 7:00. as we told you yesterday their head coach john chef suspended for the fir being ejected in the big ten finals. the terps in the final for the second straight year last season their first trip since

1971. just like last season, the road to the superregionals goes through the tournament's top team, ucla who's also playing host to this tournament. maryland has the experience from playing a top seed, though. they took down south carolina last year in south carolina. the terps embracing the challenge once again. >> it's good to get the best teams out of the way early. last year with south carolina they were heavily favored. ucla is heiferly favored. gives us the upper hand. they'll have the pressure on them. >> last year we took care of south carolina. the atmosphere was insane. people were loud rowdy. making sure we doeblt let that get to us. slow the game down and play it like any other game. >> we'll have to beat them one way or another so might as well do it now. hopefully we get a shot at them and we're going to do everything we can to beat them. >> uva is also in action right now, the tournament, they're scoreless against southern california. over to hockey now there's nothing like a game seven this weekend fans will be treated to

two. rangers/lightning drop the puck tonight on nbc sports network at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow game seven between the blackhawks and ducks at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. former caps coach bruce boudreau looking for his first trip to the stanley cup finals. and finally tonight, d.c. united getting ready for the philadelphia union tomorrow. they've got a special player at practice today. frances wesley from richard montgomery high school in rockville is battling a form of blood cancer. yesterday he got the call-up from united head coach ben olsen. today wesley was at practice. since the age of 5 he has dreamed of being a professional soccer player. congratulations to d.c. united and wesley. nice job. >> he looks like he's only 8 at this point of. >> he's 17. >> oh, my goodness. that's a great story. >> thanks jason. hey thanks for joining us. "nbc nightly news" is coming up next. >> we'll be back here at 11:00.

have a great night.

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