rch, a man walked into the fast mart store and he shot clerk kelly wood twice and stole a cabinet full of medication. wood survived that shooting. also this morning the mother of two missing germantown children will appear in court. catherine hoggle said she was the last person to see the two. hoggle refuses to say where they are, and montgomery county police are pursuing a homicide case against hoggle. new against the orthodox rabbi who admitted to secretly recording women. the attorney says his client was wrongly sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. the lawyer said freundel should have only been sentenced once, instead he was sentenced to 45 days for each victim. freundel will be back in court for a hearing on the sentencing issue. coming up on 4:31. we are right there at the weekend. it will be pretty decent. >> i like this.

welcome change. storm team 4 meteorologist tom tier tier with weather and traffic on the 1s. good morning. >> good morning. you may have noticed when you stepped out to walk the dog or a morning run it's less humid. live view from the storm team 4 camera here in upper northwest. we are zoomed in several miles down to downtown. excellent visibility as the humidity has dropped overnight. temperatures right now are in the -- generally 70s. mid and upper 70s through 8:00. sunshine is breaking out. partly cloudy noontime low 80s. then lower humidity during the afternoon. upper 80s by 4:00 to 5:00 with lots of sunshine around. and as you head out the door now we are in the 70s from the mountains, shenandoah valley and around the bay. some locations there up around 80 degrees. now melissa, what's going on with construction? >> road work should be out of the way in the next 30 minutes

or so. in hyattsville, this issue popped up. westbound 450 there, veterans parkway two right lanes are blocked because of road work. we have the crash on the shoulder at 66 don't need to worry about that one too much. i wanted to mention it. 66 overall, both ways eastbound and westbound looking good. 95 in maryland no issues. b.w. parkway and 29 also rolling along nicely and 270 at shady grove road no problems there. back in ten minutes. i'm kristin wright at the live desk. we have a terrible situation in bangladesh. at least 22 petry. and what's disturbing is that these people had gathered for a charity event where free clothing was given out. they were there to get free clothing and when the gates opened, everybody rushed in and 22 people were killed in the stampede. 21 of them women and one a child. so sad.

eun? >> for sure, thank you, kristin. a developing story this morning that affects millions of you. even if you have never worked for the federal government your information could have been stolen in the office of personnel management hack. the hackers obtained sensitive information of 21.5 million people. this applies to the spouses, children, neighbors, even roommates of people who went through background checks. officials originally said it only applied to current and former federal workers. coming up tracie potts has more on lawmakers demanding president obama to start firing people over this hack. 4:33 now. investigators are now ruling out criminal activity as they dig into how a virginia couple ended up in the potomac river. search teams found the bodies of charlie zintner and melissa smarr. where the boat had been anchored. now, we told you about this search as it was breaking yesterday morning on "news4 today." the concern began when the couple didn't return to the landmark yacht club wednesday night. when the coast guard pulled up

to the boat music was still playing and the boat was running. >> it's very sad. i'm really shook up about it. they were just great people. and he got along with everybody. >> investigators don't know if they fell or got out of the boat intentionally but they say weather was bad wednesday night. a metro transit police officer is not on the job this morning accused of exposing himself to an underage girl. david davis is facing charges of indecent liberties with a child. prince william county police say he used the cell phone app tango to correspond with a 16-year-old philadelphia girl. davis asked the girl to send him any inappropriate images of herself. davis is in jail now without bond purple line will be accepted. the august deadline has been pushed back until november. governor hogan appr in june but only if the estimated $2.5 billion cost could be cut.

it allows the companies to adjust their bids to include some cost cutting measures. the winning bid for the light rail line that will be built in the washington suburbs will be announced next year. right now, we are learning more about problems with the troubled d.c. treat car project. a new report details dozens of issues that need to be fixed before service can start. the american public transportation association says ddot has to fix broken rails and find a solution for doors that scrape against the side of station platforms. the review also says that ddot needs to have one point person in control of the entire project which it doesn't. there's concern that there are not enough staff with the technical expertise to run the streetcar line. still no firm date to open up along the "h" corridor. we are still celebrating the u.s. women's team's and all 22

players will be in the parade, including stars abby wambach and carli lloyd. they crushed japan 5-2 and winning a world cup record, and i'm sure that parade will be well attended. well a lot of you had to drive in the rain last night maybe. but what will the ride be like this morning? tom is putting together your forecast. the fallout continues after court documents show bill cosby admitted to getting drugs in order to give them to women he wanted to have sex with. the group now demanding he return his presidential medal of freedom. president obama announcing new national monuments. where and why there is some opposition.

i'm megan mcgrath live in southeast on the scene of a shooting. you can see behind me here investigators on stanton road, with we're on the 2600 block of stanton road. a couple of hours ago, there were multiple shots fired here in this block. we're told by police that one person was hit an adult male was hit in the hail of gun fire and that person has life threatening injuries. now it appears that multiple shots were fired. you can see here in the middle of the street all of the evidence markers that are here. investigators are documenting exactly what happened. no information about a suspect

lookout or how many people may have been involved in this very early in the investigation. but we're told one person was hit by gun fire and that person is at the hospital right now being treated. but we are told that they have life threatening injuries. back to you in the studio. aaron? >> megan, thank you. a group is demanding the white house revoke bill cosby's presidential medal of freedom. president george w. bush awarded it to cosby in 2002 and a nonprofit group dedicated to sex assault prevention started an online petition earlier this week. they say that does by does not deserve to be on the list of distinguished recipients. the white house said the medal has never been revoked and doing so may not be legal. new this morning, president obama is announcing the creation of three new national monuments. in california, nevada and in texas. the one in texas at the waco mammoth monument it will protect the remains of 24

colombian mammoth. the largest of the species. in nevada the basin and range is home to rare rock art will become a national museum. and out in california, 330,000 acres in northern california will be set aside for a new monument at the snow mountain. there is some opposition though to this. some republicans have complained for years that the president has abused his authority to designate monuments. one of the republicans from nevada has introduced an amendment to block the president from actually creating monuments in areas where there is opposition from people who live there. aaron? >> all right, kristin wright, thank you. 4:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. we need a break from the humidity, not so much the heat anymore, tom. >> yeah, it is going to be gradually getting less humid throughout the day today. those storms from yesterday are long gone, so we have got great weather for the morning commute. the midday commute and afternoon as well.

all green lights. the pavement still drying out a little bit. we have a little bit of moisture in some areas. little ponding of water, but it will be drying through the morning. then during the afternoon, more sunshine. dry roads into the upper 80s. a delightful summer day on the way. a look at changes in the forecast for the weekend next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. now what's happening on those roads, melissa? >> overall looking quite good. of course we have a little bit of road work here and there, but right now everything seems to be pretty calm. take a look at the road work right here as we zoom in to prince george's county. branch avenue at woodyard road, two right lanes are blocked. prince george's county looking good. 66, 95, no problems on 66 or 95 right now. same thing at 270 this morning and beltway at colesville, top of the beltway, moving along quite nicely. back in ten minutes.

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dinner feels a million years away grab and go, let's take on the world with 100 calories, snack yoplait greek 100. there are hundreds of reasons to snack on it. catherine. you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back at 4:45. several calls this morning for the head of the office of personnel management to lose her job. this comes as we learn that the hack against the agency is much bigger than anyone thought. the hackers obtained sensitive information on 21.5 million people and it wasn't just federal workers. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning with more on the stunning numbers of this breach. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we are talking about one in every 15 american ones who work for

the federal government, even those who applied for background checks and in many cases their kids, friends, relatives people who were part of the background applications. all of this very sensitive information. social security numbers, fingerprints, health records. financial records of people who worked or applied since the year 2000. the government now says that they had access -- the hackers had access to the database for more than a year before they were discovered. so this is a lot larger than when they first discovered the initial breach back in april and as as you said, there are calls here on capitol hill from democrats and from republicans for the director of the office of personnel management, katherine archuleta to step down. she said she's not resigning and the government says that they have no indication so far that any of that information has been used. now, a lot of people here in the area may be affected by this, so they'll be sending out notices in the coming weeks to people who were affected by this. in the meantime, you might want to watch your accounts and make sure that you pay very close

attention to make sure you're not a victim of identity theft. eun? >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us, thank you. 4:47 now. we're learning how the fbi was able to keep people safe over the fourth of july holiday. more than ten people were arrested in the u.s. over the past month and james comey believes they were planning attacks around the fourth of july. the people arrested are believed link to isis. islamic state sympathizers are so unpredibable it's hard to be sure of the timing of their plans. the government is extending all federal marriage benefits to all same-sex couples. since the supreme court has -- the supreme court's historic decision to legalize gay marriage, programs for veterans, the elderly and disabled will also provide benefits to all married same-sex couples.

forced budget cuts will reduce the size of the u.s. army. the new cuts shrink the army by 40,000 soldiers affecting every army installation in the u.s. and overseas. no word on how the cuts will be distributed. the army says unless budget changes are made there may be more cuts needed in the next few years. if more positions are lost, the country may not be able to meet its current deployments. the federal aviation administration is the latest to pull away from donald trump. the agency will rename navigation points used by pielots at the palm beach airport. the faa says in a statement that the agency generally chooses names that are noncontroversial. but trump has been under fire as he's running for the republican presidential nomination and made statements accusing undocumented immigrants of being drug dealers and rapists.

a second chef is dropping plans for a new restaurant in the old post office building. geoffrey zakarian said trump's comments do not align with his values, and that america is a nation built by immigrants including his family. jose andres also pulled plans to open a restaurant in that hotel. the man who killed a pregnant woman and her friend will spend the next 12 years in prison. ronald hayes was behind the wheel of this car in december of 2013. he was leading police on a chase when he crashed into a minivan carrying six people. two women, 21-year-old brittany queen and 23-year-old britney everett died. four others were hurt in the crash including two young children. hayes tried to run off, but police caught up with him using a helicopter. a former fbi agent will serve three years in prison for stealing heroin from evidence and federal prosecutors had to

dismiss charges against 25 defendants on drug cases. some of those defendants had already pled guilty. but lowry said he's confident he will leave prison a changed man. >> you can overcome significant life events that seem like there's going to be no end in sight where things might seem like it's devastating. you know, you're looking at your whole life crashing down. >> lowry once worked in the washington fbi field office. he pled guilty in april. 4:50 now and in "news4 your health" will get an extra year to add calorie counts to their menus. the food and drug administration says they'll have until december of 2016. by then, most places that sell food must have clear calorie information where you can easily see it. if you take popular pain killers like aleve, motrin, you will see new warnings on the labels. the fda is putting stronger

warning on the possibility of heart attacks and strokes for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. the new warnings say that heart attacks and strokes can happen in the first few weeks of taking the drugs. right now, labels warn about the long term effects. it is 4:51. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. boy, when we talk about washington humidity unless you experience it, it is hard to tell people -- yesterday, there was no breeze. i was sitting outside and waiting for my son to finish baseball practice and people were just sweating and it was dripping. >> you notice today it's less humid and more pleasant now and the storms are long gone. we have reports there was a funnel cloud sighting in prince george's county yesterday late afternoon, early evening. we have video of that. right now, temperatures under a partly cloudy sky with that crescent moon in the sky. mid to upper 70s around

washington, near 80 downtown and 70 shenandoah valley, out of the mountains, down into the 60s to near 70 degrees. by 8:00 mid 70s, partly sunny. by noontime, low 80s. lower humidity in place during the afternoon with some sunshine. we'll be into the mid to upper 80s maybe around 4:00 and down to the mid 80s by 5:00. we may get some showers here around dawn tomorrow in the metro area and points south and maybe thunder. that may continue and track off to the south and east. cloudy morning elsewhere. then during the afternoon, most of those showers sinking down into central virginia. we'll have sunshine back on saturd so the weekend, starting off a little bit wet tomorrow morning and then as we get into the afternoon hours some sunshine breaks back out with temperatures in the mid 80s. and then on sunday, looking beautiful. partly cloudy.

into the upper 80s. getting more humid on sunday. then into next week hot and humid july weather returns on monday with temperatures in the low 90s. a small chance of a storm. greater chance of storms on tuesday, wednesday next week. highs into the low and mid 90s and steamy humidity continues toward the end of the week. now let's check on the roads this morning. we have some construction. what's going on now, melissa? >> we have some road work that should be clearing up in the next couple of minutes. right now, nice and dry roads z we look at things this morning. 66 at virginia, visitor center moving along quite take snooze. also, montrose is rolling along just fine. nice and green on the beltway. no major issues right now. we have some construction as i mentioned a few minutes ago. westbound annapolis road at veterans parkway the two right lanes are blocked.

no word on when that's going to be out of the way for us. 95 at virginia, a little slow southbound because of late-clearing road work after 234, you'll slow down to 30 miles per hour. should be out of the way soon though. >> thank you, melissa. he is accused of raping his ex-girlfriend who died shortly after the attack. so why is a maryland teen allowed to return to school? changes ar

you're watching "news4 today." >> the silver spring teenager charged with rape will not be returning to school even though a judge ruled he can go back to class. marquise turner is accused of raping his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend outside a courthouse in rockville last month and the victim died on the way to the hospital. an autopsy has not been released. as questions about the criminal case remain uncertain, a montgomery county school spokesman indicated that turner would be able to complete course work outside of the classroom. are you going to sell these to us? are they your tickets? >> it's illegal to do, but the news4 i-team found it isn't stopping many from scalping tickets. two years ago the police promised to crack down on the scalpers after so many people were getting ripped off. the i-team hit the streets again with undercover cameras to find out why it's still a problem. and captured one scalper trying

to spill his secrets about where he gets his tickets. you can read the full i-team report on the nbc washington app. if you live in prince george's county, you have a new way to get into touch with police. it's called next door. it's a private high-tech version of the community message board with crime reports, classified ads and upcoming events. about half the neighborhoods have their own accounts. it's the first in our area to use that service. you have less than a month to buy or sell property in charles county before a new transfer tax goes into effect. starting august 8, they will charge a half a percent on any sale. there's one exception, if you're a first time home buyer you will only pay it after the first $50,000 of the purchase price. ♪ the gay men's chorus of

washington is taking their act to cuba. they were doing final rehearsals yesterday. they're scheduled to perform nine different concerts around havana next week. the director says they're trying to pioneer change for lgbt rights in a different kind of way. >> it brings people together over something without addressing the issue head on. so i often find that music can be actually more powerful than giving a speech at a podium. >> the singers are learning some songs in spanish. they plan to perform with the cuban gay chorus mano a mano. keep up with their travels next week on the nbc washington app. >> good luck to them. stay with us, "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news out of southeast washington. police investigating an early morning shoot on stanton road. one man was shot several times we are told and he's in the

hospital with life threatening injuries. police are still on the scene there. there are several evidence markers laid out in the middle of the street. right now it's still early in the investigation and no word on how many people may have been involved. again, 5:00 a.m., good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, july 10, 2015. another big story we are following this morning, a crack down not only on synthetic drugs but those who sell them. what d.c.'s mayor is set to do in hours. and we're following several angles on the developing story in south carolina where we are five hours away from the removal of the confederate flag from the state house grounds. first, look at wild video of a funnel cloud. a little too close to home here. this is in upper marlboro in prince george's county. what can we expect today?