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bill, notice the circulation here, a very well defined circulation even still and we are going to watch this storm make its way our watch as it does so, going to see a chance for showers and chance for thunderstorms some heavy, during the afternoon tomorrow but then tomorrow night, the very heavy rain moves in here. we could see rain easily upwards of one, two, three inches of rain. that's why we have a flash flood watch in effect. possible strong storms as well. some storms could be severe. talk much more about this. have the latest about 5:15. >> thank you doug. that storm lasted only a few minutes but its impact will last a whole lot longer for people in fairfax county where trees crushed house and cars. news4's mark segraves live now in the reston community tonight, hearing about the frightening moment some of those trees came crashing down. mark? >> reporter: jim, it really really came through this part of reston, right in a straight line, like a microburst is supposed to do see people still clearing up the debris at the end of this cul-de-sac. look at this house here. we saw several houses like this,
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severely damaged by trees and many of them had those bright yellow stickers on them warning that the structure is no longer safe. yesterday when these 60-mile-an-hour winds tore through this neighborhood, many people took shelter, fearing that it was a tornado. >> heavy rain and the winds came up very abruptly. i don't usually get nervous, we definitely took cover. >> right over the house, rapidly shifting winds, heavy rain, very brief. and of course, with a tremendous change of direction, the trees just all snapped. >> reporter: david newton's home is just one of the many homes damaged so badly that he and his wife will have to find somewhere else to live for now. he knows it could have been much worse if he or his family had been upstairs when that storm hit. >> sure could have gotten a big beam down on us. we were lucky. >> reporter: rain gusts, heavy
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rain, hail came and went in a matter of minutes. >> there wasn't any time to take cover and it was over in, you know in minutes. >> reporter: but the damage left behind will take months to repair. >> there's probably at least 20 to 30 trees that were felled through this storm within an instant. >> reporter: several homes and cars were seriously damaged by the brief but powerful storm and while it was scary and will have to rebuild their home, david newton, who retired after decades in the foreign service, is putting it all into perspective. >> four years in baghdad, more than 100 scud missiles coming into the city over four-year period that's little different. >> reporter: now, fairfax police tell me that yesterday during this storm, they got multiple calls for traffic lights out, power outages, trees down blocking roadways and even flooding. now, while most of that is cleared up, homeowners like this one here, it will be a long time before they are back to normal.
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now coming up at 6:00 we will tell you why several residents in this reston neighborhood aren't upset with the weather but they are very frustrated with their neighborhood association. wendy, back to you. >> mark see graves. the storm's aftermath also keeping a family out of their home in damascus maryland. that is going to last for months. lightning hit their house, sparked a fire yesterday. the homeowners say a lot of rain also seeped into the house during the fire, so they have to clean up some heavy water damage as well. storms also ripping through the colesville and white oak area. check this out. high winds knocked down trees damaged house and knocked out power to there. one neighbor described it to news4's zachary kiesch as chaos like a steamroller came through. coming up later this hour, zack will join us live with one of the worst hit spots. when you're out and about this weekend, you can still monitor the radar on your phone. just turn on the alert for our app and we will keep you updated. well, now to the church shooting in south carolina where the healing process is under way
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in communities from charleston to the nation's capital. we also learned more about the young man believed responsible for all that pain. dylann roof watched his bond hearing from closed-circuit television this afternoon. bond set at $1 million. but it was the judge's monologue before the legal proceedings that set the tone. he said this community would persevere. he then turned the floor over to relatives of the victims. not all of the family spoke but those who did were passionate for their loved ones lost and compassionate for the one accused of killing them. >> i forgive you and my family forgive you, but we would like to take this opportunity to repent, repent confess. >> you have killed some of the most greatest people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts.
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>> every's plea for your soul is proof that they lived and loved and their legacies will live in love. so hate won't win. >> there are reports that roof is in a jail cell next to the white police officer from north charleston who shot a black man in the back this spring. charleston has been through so much this week and like so many other american cities wounded by violence, its strength in the days after comes from its numbers, the numbers of good citizens who won't let their cities stay down. chris lawrence is in charleston to show us one example. >> reporter: there is no way to minimize how much pain is still here. i mean, people are sad. and that's probably not going to go away any time soon. but what we have seen is people coming out here, trying to make someone else feel better. nothing really captured that like earlier when we saw two women, arm in arm, arms around each other hugging talking to
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each other, trying to support each other. of course, for all the pain in the community, nothing is going to touch what the victims' families are going through and during dylann roof's first court appearance today some of those family members got a chance to be heard. >> you hurt me. you hurt a lot of people. may god forgive you. and i forgive you. >> reporter: so where does dylann roof go from here? a lot depends on prosecutors and whether they seek the death penalty. i got to tell you, we spoke to governor nikki haley earlier and she made no bones about where she stands. >> i have absolutely no problem with the death penalty. and south carolina, you do something like this to nine families you will absolutely pay the price. we will fight this as hard as we possibly can. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 6:00 we are going to get a lot deeper into the feelings here, how people are coping and where this community goes from here. in charleston, chris lawrence,
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news4. people are gathering at churches here in washington as well to share their grief and to help each other with this healing. news4's derrick ward joins us live from a memorial in northwest where another vigil is going to be held in a couple of hours. derrick? >> reporter: well, indeed. this vigil will take place in just a couple of hours now. we are here at the african-american civil war veterans memorial in north best. but you know, there was already a vigil at d.c.'s oldest ame church, metropolitan ame, where folks gathered to remember -- to express some sorrow but also to look forward to what's ahead and how they move forward in the wake of what happened in south carolina. they are being called martyrs. they welcomed a stranger into their midst and he killed them, all in a place of worship, the south's oldest ame church. today at washington's oldest ame church, they were remembered fondly but with sorrow. >> not informed as much by disbelief as by an all too
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familiar discontent. >> reporter: those who came hailed from different backgrounds, faiths and denominations. some who knew of the victims only because of the tragic circumstances of their deaths. >> just wanted to be here to pay respect to those families and their loss, but also, to show that there is healing. >> reporter: others came to be part of this because of closer relations. reverend harry see wright of south carolina knew pastor pinckney. members of his church in south carolina lost family in the charleston shootings. >> we are in prayer and just praying that we will receive an empowerment that will continue to change this nation. >> reporter: still, others felt this a fitting place to begin to address what they see as an enduring mentality of hate, which has found fertile breeding ground in the mind of a 21-year-old, a millennial. >> it's a learned behavior. how do we get rid of it? we begin to have dialogue and community with each other and sit down. >> reporter: that's must says metropolitan ame's pastor, the alternative, he says, doesn't
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bode well. >> america has difficult questions to ask about its history and about what kind of future america wants to have. >> reporter: now coming up on news4 at 6:30, some of the encouragement was found even amid this tragic event and who was in the audience at that memorial and the vigil at ame church, metropolitan ame this morning? more at 6:30. live in northwest, back to you. we have breaking news out of damascus where initial reports show that a fire was -- at a three-story garden apartment. this is on brigadier place. again, this is chopper tough live pictures we are seeing of a fire. we are seeing some smoke coming out of the roof there we will keep an eye on this and let you know if this gets worse. the fire engines are there as you see and hopefully get this out shortly. right now, waiting for an update on a disturbing and deadly scene in charles county where police say a woman came home to find a baby unconscious and not breathing and a man dead of an apparently self-inflicted
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gunshot wound. it happened here in indian head. chopper4 showed squad cars outside the house on dove tree court an hour ago. no word yet on the victims' names or their relationship to each other. we want you to take a look at this, a snatch and grab on metro. this has the transit agency warning riders to really be alert. several people grabbed something from a passenger on a train then take off to the escalator. this is at the dean wood station june 1st. transit police say there have been at least five other robberies of this kind on trains and platforms. most of them occurring at night. and all along the orange blue and silver lines. police think all of these cases are indeed connected. developing right now bryce harper out of tonight's baseball game lineup fortunates after suffering that hamstring injury. but how much time will he miss? carol maloney has the latest from the newsroom. how about it carol? >> tbd, jim, to be determined.
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nats manager saying a short time ago harper will be re-evaluated later today after receiving treatment. no official word on how much time harper will miss. it all stems from an injury suffered in last night's game. harper slipped he's planted his right into to throw home. his left leg buckled, forcing him to leave the game. matt williams saying it is too early to predict how long harper will be out. >> we want to be cautious and make sure that we are taking the appropriate steps. but for today, we are going to see how he feels and then if we have to take -- get further tests, we will do so. >> careful with the best play other the team. we are going hear from harper's teammates about missing him on news4 at 6:00. the elevator at the washington monument it just keeps breaking down. >> now, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton wants to know a question we are still asking, is it safe to ride? up next, we are getting some answers for you about the safety of one of our most popular landmarks. and a movie and then a date came to a violent end.
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tips from community members helped police make an arrest in that bus stop shooting of a 15-year-old. the boy is still not out of the woods. >> but the arrest is a break in a string of cases that have marked a rise in violence in the city. news4's meagan fitzgerald is live in southeast with more about this particular arrest. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, chief lanier is really praising the community tonight for tips that led to the arrest of 22-year-old derek decure. now it was just after midnight on tuesday when this 15-year-old boy was getting off of a metro bus right here at the corner of naylor and ery. he got off the bus, that's when we are told shots were fired. now, a course close to the investigation says the suspect was trying to rob the teen of his designer clothes on the metro bus. when he refuse and exited the bus, that's when we were told he was shot in the back of his head. police remained on scene collecting evidence but chief
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lanier says it was people in the community who called in to police which led them to the suspect. police released video from the bus but still unclear if the suspect was one of the people on tape. as the for the teen he is still in the hospital, fighting for his life according to friends. they are going to have a vigil out here to pray for him and home be able to recover. next week, we are told is his 16th birthday. at 6:00, why people in this community tell us why they are so reluctant to report tips leading to the arrest of a suspect to police. back to you. >> thank you, meagan. tonight, a langley high school student is accused of sending a threatening e-mail to his assistant principal. fairfax county police executed a search warrant on trent mormon's phone and laptop. according to that warrant are a, late last month the 18-year-old confronted an assistant principal allegedly during at her and throwing a chair to the ground. the school suspended him for five days and it is during that time, the warrant says that
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mormon sent an e-mail to that assistant principal showing a picture of a bomb with her neck slashed. he is scheduled to face a judge in august. d.c. delegate he will holmes norton says the elevators at the washington monument are safe. now, norton met with national parks service technicians this morning. they discussed long-term solutions to the eye electrical issues that caused the elevator to shut down recently. several people got trapped and the popular tourist site was closed for nearly a week. norton said today she is satisfied the park service has made the necessary corrections to keep that elevator running. >> well, if it were me or either of my two grandsons, both of years old, i would feel perfectly safe to take them up in the elevator to go to the top of the monument. >> norton says park officials still don't note exact cause of that electrical problem but if it happens again, she says, they are better prepared to get people out safe labor day
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quickly. and give yourself some extra time to get around on metro this weekend. riders on five of those six rail line plus have to wait longer for trains. news4's melissa molette has the details. >> reporter: i'm melissa molette with your first four traffic. do have a good bit of weekend track work to deal with this weekend, we are talking about orange silver, blue yellow and green lines this weekend. trains going to be running every 20 minutes and more frequent service on the red line from 9:00 in the morning till 9:00 in the evening. have a good one. heads up if you plan on buying or selling anything online, especially through craigslist. three men are in custody now in prince george's county but police believe more guys preying on craigslist users out there. police tell us they are looking for people buying and selling the iphone 6 but when the legitimate folks show up, they pull out a gun. police say always talk to the buyer on the phone and meet them in a public place.
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>> actually talk to them on the phone. we found that a lot of the meetings that are arranged, they happen without ever having a verbal conversation, either done through text or done by e-mail. you can find out a lot of information about a person by talking to them on the phone. may give you some ideas of who you are dealing with. >> no one was hurt in any of those robberies. a 15-year-old is among those now in jail for the robberies. hey, if you have weekend plans, you're going to want to monitor the radar. it's a busy one. doug's back with an update on the threat of flooding. a couple of tc williams track stars have a lot to be proud of including a trip to cuba. we will tell you why they are even more excited about their next trip. our news4 i-team working on a story about a lawsuit against the district after the suicide of a u.s. labor department executive. stay right t
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forecast for friday night, a-okay. forecast for saturday night, so the knot so good. plans tomorrow night, may want to cancel those plans or at least be ready for a lot of rain. look outside right now not dealing with it now, actually a nice afternoon, warm humid, temperature up to 88 now heat index, around 92 degrees a very hot and humid day once again as we expect and as we have been seeing most of the month of june. 82 in gaithersburg, 79 frederick, 81 martinsburg, as is typically the case, sometimes not representative of the entire area, most of the suburbs much cooler, 88 back toward larry hit 90 this afternoon. not much on radar, notice where we are seeing rain back toward the west we will continue to see the rain making its way toward the south and east, one little shower over frederick moving down 70, eventually come down 270, in toward parts of montgomery county, a light
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shower, more shower activity back toward the west, part of a little system that will drape across our region see showers this evening, i don't think you will need the umbrella for the most part, you may want to carry it just in case. then we look back to the west. look at the remnants of tropical storm bill, just continuing to spin here. now, this is staying together and it is moving our way. we are going see this come through during date to future weather, 8 a.m. tomorrow, a couple showers no real big deal early in the day. really, during the afternoon i think we are fine, 11:00 showers around, best chance back toward the mountains, watch what happens around 5. we start to see a scattering of storms, any storms that develop will have very heavy rain associated with it, but that's still not bill. here comes the remnants of bill right here. now, you are looking at very heavy rainfall. right now the computer model has bun cell on top of d.c., bringing very heavy rain, could be anywhere however not just d.c., and look at 11:00, everybody getting in on the action, why we have the flash flood watch in effect during the day tomorrow. here it is tomorrow starting tomorrow night, in through sunday morning, includes just about everybody in our area,
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only exception stafford county, down toward fredericksburg, parts of southern maryland, not in there a chance for heavy rain, too. strong storms, heavy rain, winds potentially over 50 miles per hour, the strongest storms we could see a severe thunderstorm watch up one to two inches of rain will be likely during the day tomorrow, the overnight hours tomorrow and some area does pick upwards of three inches. take you hour by hour tomorrow. 77 tomorrow at 7 a.m. 83 at 11 no problems in the morning you got kids' games tomorrow, no problem there. 90 on -- 3:00 scattered storms and then the heavy rain starts to move in around that 7:00 hour. that's what we are going to be watching for that tomorrow night period amelia segal in tomorrow night around 6:00 here on news4 at 6:00. now, 90 degrees tomorrow, 95 on sunday. the storm moves out most of sunday is dry. i'm not worried about rain on sunday, the temperature's, 95. heat index close to 100 sunday. same deal on monday and and tuesday, hot and humid that hot and humid weather looks like it
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wants to stick around all of next week. >> thank you, doug. now at 5:00 a new arrest in a shooting in bowie. >> turns out it may be connected to another murder there. our bureau chief, tracee wilkins, is connecting the dots as police close a case that had the entire community on edge. and it is an interview that has people talking on social media. brian williams speaking out for the first time since his suspension. ahead a disturbing case of date rape. the victim dies hours later. ahead, i will tell you what led up to this crime which occurred in public view of a city street in rockville and how the
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her outside of a courthouse. it was right after the the two went to the move sfroirs a date last -- movies for a date last friday. chris gordon live with what we have learned about this case. >> reporter: it is an unusual case occurred out here in open public view, anybody along maryland avenue. it occurred right against that wall in front of the montgomery county courthouse. after it was over that young woman, the alleged victim was being taken for a medical exam but she died on the way to the hospital. their movie had just ended at the regal theater in rockville last friday night. they backed around the corner, getting as far as the montgomery county circuit courthouse. 16-year-old marquis turner is charged with second degree rape of his 19-year-old date. the police report says it happened right in front of the courthouse giving this account. turner pushed her up against this wall, which is concrete and embedded stone and very rough. she pushed back and said no, but
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he forced himself on her. meanwhile, the whole time, through this security camera montgomery county sheriff deputies inside were watching the whole thing realtime. >> these cameras are high-resolution cameras thank goodness, they are installed here. we were able to apprehend the defendant thanks to the good work of the security guards and the sheriffs. >> reporter: marquis turner was questioned at the rockville police station. the victim was transporteded for a sexual assault exam but on the way to the hospital, stopped breathing and died. marquis turner is a sophomore at winston churchill high school in potomac maryland. he has no criminal record. jean arthur is an advocate for victims of sexual assault and rape. >> this was not about sex it was about dominating this woman and showing her hey, you can't say no to me. >> reporter: people we spoke about today in rockville were shocked by the story. >> she knew him why would he force himself on her like that? >> awful. terrible.
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you know, if somebody says no it means no. and if you push somebody that's wrong. >> reporter: 16-year-old marquis turner is being charged asing an edd as an adult. coming up, how will the death of this young woman affect the criminal charges against him in the story coming up on news4 at 6:00. wendy back to you. >> all right, thank you, chris. a developing story tonight, the budget battle is now over in prince george's county. if you live there you should expect taxes to group 4%. property taxes that is. that is the fig your that the county council wanted. but the county executive wanted to rey raise taxes higher to better fund the school system there. he threatened legal action over this impasse but today, baker decided no to go to court. the new budget takes effect on the 1st of july. a humbled brian williams told the "today" show's matt lauer he will do everything he can to regain your trust. the long-time anchor talked about the inaccurate military
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helicopter account that sparked his six-month suspension and ultimately, nbc's decision not to let him return to the helm of nightly news. >> you told this story. you had told some versions of it in the past in other venues. did you know it was not true? >> i told the story correctly for years before i told it incorrectly. i was not trying to mislead people. this came from clearly a bad place, a bad urge inside me. this was clearly ego driven a desire to better my role in a story i was already in. >> not to put words in your mouth, but had you gone on the air that night and said, folks i lied and i'm sorry, do you think the outcome would have been different? do you think forgiveness would have come sooner? >> i think perhaps yes.
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i know why people feel the way they do. i get this. i'm responsible for this. i am sorry for what happened here. i am different as a result. and i expect to be held to a different standard. >> williams will move on to the role he described as a breaking news anchor for msnbc. he also said no one is more deserving than lester holt, who will permanently take over as nightly news anchor. you can see the full interview on nbc washington's app. search brian williams. this father days going to be extra nice for one washington bullet and wizard. harvey grant's second oldest son is expected to be a first round pick in next week's nba draft. in fact, a you will four of harvey's sons are following in dad's footsteps. carol maloney is here with the story. >> you know i played 11 years. could i have squeezed in three more years you know but it
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wasn't worth it >> harvey grant never really gave up basketball. after retiring he took on a job that was so much more rewarding. >> i figure that, you know, the stuff that i learned and, you know, over the years i can give back to the offspring. just letting us know if we want to reach that level, we will have to work as hard as we can and started with waking up at 6 a.m., doing workout and not going to be able to go to the parties all your friends are going to. him being around helped instill that into us. >> the message is good. how did you get him to hear it? >> at the beginning, you know when they was younger you know, you know, okay, dad, you played with rod strickland, you played against michael jordan and kobe and those guys. they listen. but as they got older, i'm dad. >> reporter: so, dad learned to back off, which harvey admits was the hardest thing he's ever had to do. >> you can't control what he is doing out there. and you just want your son or
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your daughter just to be the best and to do the best they can. >> reporter: following in their father's footsteps, jeremy was drafted by the 76ers last year. and jauron worked out with the wizards earlier this month. he is expected to be one of the top prospects in next week's draft. >> at the end of the day it is about hearing your name called you realizing your dream you have been dreaming since the day you picked up a basketball. >> i'm blessed and i'm a proud dad, but i'm, like, you know happy but you look nervous, you know? but i'm so happy for him and so proud of him. >> so much harder for him in this role than when he was playing. harvey grant called fatherhood the most challenging job he has ever had but seeing his kids reach their dreams priceless. wendy? >> lovely story. well, millions of federal workers want to know what to do with that data breach that could put millions and millions of them at risk. what we though about the deadline opm set for informing
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today's the deadline for opm to notify more than 4 million workers that their records may have been comp prom mized in that hack attack. the agency says the notifications are under way but on tuesday the opm director told congress the investigation into the data breach uncovered a second attack that may have compromised the records of people who had undergone background checks for their security clearances. opm says those affected workers will be notified when it is possible to do so. the widow of a u.s. labor department official who killed himself inside d.c.'s jail is now suing the district and mayor muriel bowser. she says the district was negligent and is asking for about $1.3 million.
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the news four i-team's scott macfarlane revealed a series of suicides inside the city's jail in 2013. he joins us with the latest fallout. >> reporter: jim, good evening he was one of four inmates who killed himself inside a d.c. jail in 2013 and his name was paul menina. he was arrested for attacking and allegedly breaking the facial bones of a female colleague at her home on chesapeake street in northwest d.c. shortly after his arrest menina killed himself in his d.c. jail cell with a razor blade. and a lawsuit just filed in d.c. federal court, his widow says the city and its jail are liable for wrongful death for allegedly allowing menina to get access to the razor blarkd not doing more to protect him from a precarious mental state and he made statements indicating he was unstable and a risk for suicide. including after a court hearing
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and in the wake of that suicide, the i-team uncovered agency e-mails showing the jail immediately ordered a series of changes, including reducing the number of raisers available and removal of items from balls that could be used for inmates to hang themselves. no comment tonight act, least not yet from the city or its tampa department of corrections. his widow lives in montgomery county. adam tuss working a big story as we head into the weekend. ntsb expected to shed new light on why smoke filled that metro tunnel killing one woman. severe weather slams a neighborhood in montgomery county. zachary kiesch talking to homeowners as they are assessing all this damage. tomorrow afternoon overnight hours thunderstorms with tore reps rain in the forecast. that's going to lead to flash flooding concerns some high winds could also produce some isolated wind damage. i wi
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>> high winds from last night's storm ripped several roofs and some are damaged from falling trees. zachary kiesch is live in colesville with a closer look at the cleanup. zach? >> reporter: good evening, guys. the good news is that the power is back on in this neighborhood. the other good news for me is that sometimes, the pictures tell their own stories. take a peek at the roots here. i'm 6'5" i will let you guess exactly how far up those roots are going here. one thing's for sure, the residents in this area tell me it's a storm unlike anything they have ever seen before. >> i couldn't see one thing when i looked out the window. one of the scariest storms in a long time. >> it was a mighty powerful kind of thing. >> just like a steamroller just came through and knocked down tons of trees. >> reporter: oaks, maples, cherry trees, the big ones took a tumble. mike stratton got a call from his wife he rushed home to find a totalled car and this. look at that granddaddy of a
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tree. and those roots. >> this is my tree for sure. it's been here forever. and we were actually looking at getting solar panels on our roof and they are like, well if that tree ever comes down let us know. so -- >> reporter: neighbors that were home tell me it appears the storm started rolling up downs drive. this house right here got hit. you can see a crane just picked that tree off the roof. and to give you an idea how big it was look at the trunk of this tree. it's absolutely huge. then they tell me it took a sharp left right up east born drive and damaged pretty much anything in its path, including this house right in front of me. >> yeah, definitely some trusses that need to be replaced and some -- a wall that needs to be rebuilt and the roof. >> what's the damage down here in the basement a little bit of water, huh? >> yeah, i think it's just the rain. >> reporter: the good news everyone's safe. >> the first thing i did i went to check on my neighbors, make sure everything is all right. especially this neighbor, two big trees fell and just missed
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the house. >> reporter: you can hear the chainsaws behind me a lot of crews in the area pep coe a lot of love the first on this scene according to neighbors, worked out here all night long and got this power restored. that's cool. what isn't cool is the cleanup and the price tag associated with it. we will talk about that more coming up tonight at 6:00. jim and wendy back to you guys in the studio. quite a perspective there, zach. >> surprised he is 6'5". i knew he was tall, but wow. >> wow. >> don't think root systems can come down like that. >> impressive. the question right now, father's day weekend going to be a totalamelia? what about it? >> start off the weekend dry, finish dry but the time period in the middle, saturday afternoon, overnight hours, tracking thunderstorms during the afternoon potentially strong to severe and this's going to change over to torrential rain moving through while most of us are sleeping saturday night.
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it is hot and humid saturday and especially sunday, you factor in the mugginess on sunday during the afternoon, it is going to feel like temperatures are around 100 degrees a break from the humidity by monday. quickly returns on tuesday. here's the latest check of the storm team4 radar. most of us are dry this evening keeping an eye on some showers in the panhandle of west virginia, moving into frederick county, virginia far western maryland. heading out tonight you don't need the umbrella. it's mild it's muggy, temperatures right now in the 80s. 88 in washington. 87 degrees in rockville. we are going to stay in the 80s until about 8 p.m. after that, we will drop into the upper 70s. so balmy overnight tonight, lows only around 70 degrees. tomorrow, 7 a.m., we start off at 77. but it is dry for the morning and midday hours. plenty of clouds around though. by lunchtime, temperatures around 83 a high tomorrow of 90. we will hit that about 3 p.m. at that point scattered
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thunderstorms. by 7 p.m., when heavy rain starts to move in. any rain we are tracking tomorrow could also have some gusty winds, potentially some more wind damage across the area. future weather here at noon still mostly dry, showing plenty of clouds. 4 p.m., when we start to track those hit and miss thunderstorms, they become more widespread, as this heavy rain moves in at 7 p.m., notice the bright colors there on future weather, 10 p.m. still tracking heavy rain moving through the area. and then things will quiet down very early sunday morning. a high on father's day of 95. skies become mostly sunny it is breezy. by the evening hours maybe an isolated shower or thunderstorm but most if not all of the day, is actually looking mainly dry and i think it will turn out to be the better of the two weekend days overall. monday, mostly sunny, high temperature of 92. remember low humidity. tuesday, the chance of showers and thunderstorms highs in the low 90s, upper 80s, mainly dry on wednesday and then the chance of showers and thunderstorms returns thursday and friday with highs in the low 90s.
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i'm scott macfarlane at the live desk with a statement just released from south carolina from the family of dylann roof. the statement reads, in part -- roof is now being held on $1 million bond. at the live desk, a i'm scott macfarlane. high school runners from around the nation are heading to in north carolina gearing up for the national track and field championships. among them two star athletes from tc williams high school. david culver caught up with the lyle brothers who are just back from an international competition in cuba.
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>> reporter: they are a year apart. >> yeah, just look a lines. >> reporter: but the lyles rarely more than a few feet from each otheren the track or off. wednesday. live together. we sleep together, eat together, do everything together. really best friends. and brothers. and twins. so, yeah. >> i don't know why you shaking mony the head you the younger one. >> reporter: as classes come to an end at it c williams high school, these rising seniors are preparing for a busy summer of competition. >> stretch right here. >> reporter: already, they have earned high praise. last year noah won the 200 meter at the youth olympics in china. joe see fuss took gold in the 4 by 400 at the world junior champs. and both brothers just back from a rare chance to compete in havana, cuba. >> just a little you know, nervous going down there. i didn't know what to expect really. >> reporter: they certainly didn't expect this. cuban athletes waving the u.s. flag alongside the cuban flag. but there was more. >> it was very interesting, 'cause we didn't know but we
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went to the opening ceremonies and the cuban choir sung their national anthem and then next they sung our national anthem. ♪ >> reporter: the four-day trip just beyond a competition. it brought the siblings a life experience that's reinforced at home. >> our mom definitely is always trying to teach us life lessons that we can develop not only on the track but also in life. >> reporter: the lyles brothers, ready to take on the world. >> we are going to break world records. together. >> together. >> reporter: in alexandria, i'm david culver news4. >> good for them. coming up major new developments we have in two shooting in bowie. we are live, next. shooting for what happened here in front of this community center and they say that it is the brother of a man who was shot and killed nearby about two
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we have a developing story tonight. police have identified the suspect in the shooting that happened earlier this week in bowie. turns out the suspected gunman is the brother of a man who was shot and killed in bowie just two weeks ago. prince george's bureau chief tracee wilkins, live now in bowie. >> reporter: police are saying they want this suspected in custody. when the shooting happened, there were people out here on the basketball court, just like right now, and multiple shots were fired. police say this man is armed and dangerous. police say christopher king jr. is armed gang rouse and wanted. right now, we have no idea where he is so we need the community to help us. >> reporter: according to police, king is the man who shot 23-year-old melvin thomas jar of bowie earlier this week in front of the huntington community center in old bowie. now, police believe this shooting informs retaliation to
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the murder of king's brother. two weeks ago, 18-year-old devonte king was found dead behind a home just blocks from where he lived in old bowie. 22-year-old robert meyers of bowie was charged and arrested for his murder. >> old bowie is having its challenges at the moment. >> reporter: police are working to determine what sparked this unusual spate of violence and what is normally a quiet section of prince george's. >> we are a community. so, we will sit down with everyone. we will get their points of view, get their perceptions, try to find out what the real problem is and what solutions are on the table. >> reporter: maryland capital park police are leading the investigation into this latest shooting and say while king's family appears to be cooperative, they have not produced king. >> they have made an appeal for him and supposedly, going to come in and speak us to, but obviously, hasn't come in. >> reporter: there is an increased police presence in in this community, look at police cars all around us now, police say that the man who they believe fired the gun here lives
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literally just right around the corner and they need the public's help in bringing him in. reporting live in bowie, i'm tracee wilkins news4. now at 6:00, the man believed to be behind the church massacre faces a judge as family members of the victims share stories of heartbreak and healing. >> every finer in my body hurts. and i will never be the same. >> amid the raw emotion tonight a chilling confession from the gunman as new details about the crime emerge. tonight, we have team coverage from charleston as the community comes together to begin to heal. >> this is a live picture as thousands are packing a stadium for a prayer vigil that is set to begin in south carolina and the common theme, we are not going to let hate win. >> some family members of the victims tell the accused killer they forgive him.
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dylann roof came into the church wearing a fanny pack and waited an hour before opening fire on a bible study group. he shot all nine victims multiple times before walking out with a handgun. jay gray joins us with the latest on all this. >> reporter: a lot unfolding here today, from that same affidavit where that information is from are words that witnesses say he stood over some of those in the bible study using racial slurs before leaving. we have gotten a statement from his family and they have releasinged in a written statement, words cannot express our shock, grief and disbelief they reach out to the family members of those victims and offer their prayers for those victims and their families as well. they are offering a prayer it
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