a long night in fairfax county pt now at 11:00 parents debating how to teach kids about genderer identity. passionate testimony from both sides. >> hundreds pay respects to the pastor shot and killed last week this charleston. now president obama is writing

the eulogy he'll deliver tomorrow. >> big spending on transportation projects in maryland. not just the purple linement tonight with a all this cash and construction mean for the future of the fbi. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> first at 11:00 strong storms for some of you out there. heavy rain for just about everybody. >> take a look at the video we got in. if you were out driving as we were in it you know it's been coming down so hard it's tough to see out there. we have seen water pooling on the streets outside union station. the flags were blowing. we caught that lightning strike outside our news 4 studio tonight. >> it was a gully washer and we are not done. doug? >>. >> heavy rain continues to make it to the south and east. southern maryland getting hit ard by this this. take a look at the widerer view of the radar. a lot of heavy rain over the last hour or so.

especially the last two ours around our region. severe weather with wind and hail to the south. we have all gotten in on the heavy rain. kol vertical county getting crushed with heavy rain. in through st. mary's charles. southern prince georges. this continuing to move to the chesapeake bay. no warnings but were seeing heavy rain there. back to the west watching shower activity back here. we'll watch it move off to the east. we are not done yet. i'm tracking the next chance tr not just heavy rain but the potential for flooding. el show you when in the forecast. >> a heated debate about when and how to teach students about genderer eridentity and sexual orientation. trans gender teenagers say education is the key to prevent bullying. some parents don't think the classroom is the place for lessons. here's what the school the district decided on. he's live in falls church.

>> tonight the fairfax county school board voted in favor of teaching gender identity and sec shah orientation in the family life education program which eventually is an elective class as opposed to putting in health classes they are mandatory. >> this means parents can opt out of classes if they want. tonight the fax county school board meeting was packed. the board in favor of adding gender identity and sexual orientation to the. if a life curriculum for 7 through 10th graderers. this after a heated public meeting last month when the school board voted in favor of gender identity protection to the district's off and on discrimination policy. parents and members of the lgbt community are pleased they have a choice to opt out if they want to. >> i'm happy for that. >> the right decision was made. parents deserve to have the right to opt out.

we want to make sure students who want and feed to bej indicate fd are in the right position. >> not everyone is happy. in fact some people walked out of the door there in front of the school. because they are upset that they say that this curriculum is not clear. they want to know exactly what the teachers would teach their students in terms of gender identity and sexual orientation. safe to say this issue is not over. for some it's only the beginning. >> thanks. new at # 11:00 the prince georges county school board approved the ceo's budget plan. it wasn't easy. the vote was 7-5. during the night's meeting parents complained about budget cuts to the school. system. the county council recorrect add plan to raise money by raising property taxes system we have breaking news now. a sightseeing plane carrying people including eight passengers from a cruise ship crashed in alaska.

le it went down near catchcan an hour's plane ride south of juneau. the plane is resting against a granite rock face. it was part of an excursion are from holland america's ship on a seven-day cruise from seattle. this is the type of plane. it's a sea plane that can carry up to ten people. it is commonly used in alaska. right now we do not foe if anyone survived this. the ntsb is monitoring the rescue efforts this alaska. >> back close to home and new tonight prince georges county executive baker says he'll work to help keep the purple line on track. baker responded to maryland gov author larry gan's conditional sport for the project. hogan said today the state will only offer up $170 million on the purple line. he wants prince georges and montgomery county taxpayers to

pony up the rest of the cash. the plan will cut costs by lengthening the time between stops. taxpayers we talked to in silver springs tonight were split on the plan. >> the traffic has increased. even in the middle of the day. tremendously. the purpose line would be really helpful. >> not spend the money . >> it could be used for shg else. getting the parking garage by the station would be great. >> governor gan announced nearly $2 billion today in funding for road projects all over maryland. it includes congestion rerelief on i-270, making route one safer for pedestrians between college avenue and university boulevard and a new interchange on the belt it is way at the green belt metro station. part of the effort to lure the fbi to prince georges county. darcy spencer has been working that part of the story fors. she's live in green belt with the latest. >> jim, we are live at the green belt metro station. this is a possible future site

of the new fbi headquarters. today's announcement shows the governor is willing to put up serious money to paycheck this a more attractive sight. thousands of commuters use the green belt metro in prince georges county every day. driving in and out can be a challenge. coming from the belt way you can only access it from the interloop going south. the only ramp is to the outer going out. >> you can learn it the hard way but you will never do it again. >> there is a back way. ty phoenix is new to the area. >> getting here can be challenging, especially if there is traffic. trying to get around the loop is challenging because it is mostly neighborhoods.

>> ho gan is allocating $200 million to construct a full interchange. ho gan hopes it will make it a more attractive pick for the fbi headquarters. >> if it gets the fbi here, do it. >> commuters and residents hope this investment will pay off. the green belt becoming the future hom of the fbi in more than 11,000 jobs. >> sounds like a good idea if they can make the numbers work. sounds like it will be good all the way around. >> all the would be completed by the year 2020. we are live in green belt. darcy spencerer, news 4. >> governor hogan's doctors gave him good news about the recent cancer diagnosis. he shared it at the end of the

transportation announcement. >> yesterday i got the result of my bone marrow biopsy which says i'm clear. i have no problem in the bone marrow which means i'm at stage 3. [ applause ] >> the governor announced monday he has b cell nonhodgkin's lymphoma and says the fact it is not in his bone marrow make his chances better. he'll start chemotherapy monday. he'll be at the university of maryland hospital center in baltimore. >> a wait today at-- wake today in south carolina. the president is spending his time this evening personally working on the eulogy he'll deliver tomorrow at pinckney's funeral. there is a huge void his death will leave in his community. >> to over come the death of

good friend brother, servant. >> in a statement today, dylann roof's family offered hope and prayer for the victims' families. >> the boston marathon bomber is being housed at the infamous super max federal prison in colorado. dzhokhar tsarnaev will be there while his execution is scheduled. that could take years because of the appeals process. it is home to the worst criminals in our country. tsarnaev will have a shower, desk, locker toilet, sink and 13-inch television. he will be allowed outside five ours a week. he will be moved to death the row eventually at ale federal prison in indiana. there are just two days left in the term for the u.s. supreme court. the justices need to release rulings on five cases including one that deals with the state

bans on gay marriage. that's expected on monday. the court upheld a key segment of the affordable care act -- tax subsidies for americans who get health care from federal exchanges. republican presidential candidates criticized the ruling. president obama said the law has become part of the fabric of america. >> democratic front runnerer hillary clinton will make her first campaign stop in virginia tomorrow. she'll attend a democratic party event at the patriots center in fairfax. it is an effort to help build energy for local elections this november. >> new tonight, a maryland man accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting atm users is now in jail. state police say raphael co rtero was using an atm skimmer and hidden camera to steal card numbers and pens. at least one skimmer was discovered at a sandy spring bank. investigators say he stole more

than $300,000 in the scheme. officers caught up with him in florida where he was trying to board a flight to colombia. >> we learned about another robbery scheme. this one tied to maryland live casino. how some gamblers lost more than winnings. >> an investigation into a possible serial killer in connecticut. today that investigation led the fbi to virginia. >> it's been the story of the day on the nbc washington app. the shark spotted in ocean city. what you should though if you are headed to

you have no doubt seen this video. a hammerhead shark came up on

the beach today in ocean city. the beach patrol there says it's more worried about her safety than yours. the captain of the beach patrol tells us it's likely the shark is either sick or hurt. hammererheads are harmless to humans. the shark can grow to be more than 1,000 pounds. any time a shark swims on shore it will draw attention. the beach patrol said it will clear the water of swimmers if the shark returns. >> an investigator is trying to track down a serial killerer who was working in connecticut back in 2003. ended up in virginia. they went to the home of welcome david howell. he used to live in the home that officers searched today. looking for evidence in and around the home. >> we have begun a grid search of the ground where we are starting the tedious process of starting to dig through different areas on the ground. >> howell is a key suspect in the murderers of seven people in

new briton, connecticut. he was charged in only one of the cases. >> two men are under arrest accused of following and rob people after they walked out of a casino. according to the indictment they stalked at least four people leaving maryland live. he'd follow them times as far as virginia and rob them at gun point. stealing their winnings and credit cardser cell phones and in one case, even an ex pensive jacket. the incidents date back to 2013. >> well, a family in washington state came home from a game to find a giant ice chunk had crashed through their roof and landed in their closet. today think the ice came from an airplane -- yeah. that family is just glad no one was hurt. >>. >> the park is half a mile away. it could have fall thn a soccer game and someone could have been hurt. >> officials from the airport nearby are trying to figure out

with the ice came from. >> airplane yeah. >> it's got to go somewhere. all righty. that was quite a storm. we were driving down mass avenue. it was -- yikes. >> it was coming down. it was. as promised on cue. >> we were talking about the 10:00 time frame. you guys coming back late to the show. i won't tell anybody. let's see what's happening across the region. the rain coming down for sure. yes, it was very heavy at times. you can see where the rain is now on storm team four radar moving to the del marva getting rocked with eh rain. cambridge to portions of southern maryland seeing the rain. still not done yet. one more area of showers along 66. that moving to the east. we'll see more. you may see more rain tonight. this is the bulk of the rain. between diehl to sunderland and

dufkirk and prince frederick. mechanicsville to colonial beach seeing heavy rain. we have seen a lot of flooding as far as ponding on roadways. no real flooding issues. upwards of half an inch to an inch in less than an hour in some locations getting you flooding. this is part of the storm system we were watching before. we told you tonight we were not expecting much severe weather this evening. it would be after 8:00, 10:00. that's what we saw. you can see now behind us we are clearing. few more showers but the bulk of heavy stuff is out and will be for the night. temperatures now 74 degrees. dewpoint at 68. still moist. you can walk outside and feel what we are talking about. 71 in culpepper. 69 degrees. a mild night. waking up tomorrow. cloud cover. maybe some areas of fog. you think see the clouds, no showers. tomorrow afternoon. isolated shower here or there. 5:00 or 6:00 you may see one.

a good idea to take the umbrella with you just in case. most of us should remain dry. not a bad day on friday. saturday a different story. at 8:00 we already have showered through the region. off and on showers. most of this on saturday afternoon. should be on the moderate side. i don't think anything heavy but we could see heavier downs. it's saturday night. if you have plans saturday night, this is not good. gathersburg at 6:00. look what's happening around the region. everybody getting in on the action. we could see one, two, three inches of rain in parts of the area on saturday night. again, saturday fight is when the heaviest rain moves in. tomorrow, a slight chance of heavy rain. 85 degrees in d.c. 86 in fredricksburg. what are we going to see? 85 tomorrow. 78 on saturday. once again that's the day we are talking about the heavy rain in here during the evening hours. that's what we'll see. 80 on sunday. not bad. we'll see clouds early and

sunshine late in the afternoon. high temperature around 80. we get back to 87 on monday. it looks like temperatures want to go into the upper 80s to 90 next tuesday, wednesday thursday. a lot of people asking how much rain we have seen. one of the rainiest ever. >> it looks londonesque tonight the. >> especially around the cathedral. saturday looks rough. subpoena. >> feel bad for the brides getting married. >> coming up in sports tonight -- [ cheers and applause ] >> big celebration as a local star is drafted to the nba. we'll tell you where he's headed and what the wizards did on draft night. stay up with us. >> tonight we have mark wahlberg, chris colfer, morrissey ♪ ♪ ♪

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this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> draft time this the nba jason. >> the nba draft can be really confusing. a lot of trades taking place. teams offing up and down. pay attention. there will be a pop quiz. >> we'll break it downer for youment. before the wizards made their pick the general manager made a trade. that was with the atlanta hawks for their first round pick. kelly ubreer, jr. from kansas is a wizard. a 6'7" swing man and a snazzy dresserment check out the spiky

shoes. shm i like them. >> 7'2" wingspan. he turned into a good defender with the jay hawks. this was a three-team trade includeing the wizards hawks and knicks. the wizards at number 19 made their pick for atlanta. with that pick they selected the hometown kid grant. today picked him for the hawks who traded him to the knicks. so a product headed to new york, one of the few experienced players the this the draft. he spent four years at notre dame dame. come trs a basketball family. his dad brother and uncle all nba players spms the dallas mavericks select justin anderson from the university of virginia. [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. that's nice. >> big cheers for justin anderson, the former virginia cavalier taking the 21st pick overall by the dallas mavericks. carol maloney was at the draft

party in fredricks burger for all the excitement and tears of joy. >> i'm at a loss for words now. i usually have the right words to say. i'm so lost for words. over joyed. >> can you describe what it felt like to err your name called in front of the family and friend s? >> everyone here means so much to me. it's a tremendous feeling. you can only dream about it. i wake up and spending so much work with my family. finally paying off. i'm so thankful. >> i want to ask you what the hug was like. >> you can't ex plain it. just to embrace and say you did it. >> this is a dream come true for justin. something that he's wanted to do since he was at least second grade. he stood fast, worked hard. it finally paid off. we are truly grateful. >> just a small town kid from virginia.

population of 500. i niemi this spot right now? i'm just ecstatic. so many tears of joy. >> so sweet. >> awesome. >> in baseball, ian desmond and the nats winning their sixth straight. bottom of the fourth. a two-run shot here. his sixth home run of the season. they take a #-# 0 lead. on the mound doug fister got help from his defense today. check out span in center. beautiful sliding catch there. 41 and a third inning. fister talked about the proi scoreless street by the rotation. >> two's counting. guys aren't paying attention. that makes it great, simplifying what we do as a pitcher hitter position player. we simplify and foe we'll get the job done.

the guys though we can re-eli on each other. that's a huge thing. >> all right. the schedule out today for the caps. key dates, october 10 the season and home opener against the devils. five days later the stanley cup camp i don't knows blackhawks come to town october 28. first game with the rival penguins. february 7. super bowl sunday contest against the fliers and the caps finish up their home schedule on april 7 against the pittsburgh penguins. >> quick who did the wiza

that does it for us. thankser for having us in for news. "the tonight show" is next. >> see you tomorrow.

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