danger. we will explain the emergency action taken in d.c. to stop this surge. right now a high-profile resignation in the wake of that sweeping security breach, the government hack. we are live on the hill with the fallout that could affect millions of federal workers. [ cheering ] first at 4, cheers, tears and history. the confederate flag flying over the capitol grounds in ss in south carolina taken down. many of you watch as we streamed the whole ceremony live in our nbc washington app today president obama tweeted the flag removal is a meaningful step toward our future. john lewis, civil rights icon, teared up watching the ceremony. the push to take the flag down came after the massacre of nine people at an african-american church by self-proclaimed white

supremacist dylann roof. leaders hope the removal will help heal some wounds. >> this is a positive step. this is a step forward. this opens the door it opens the gate. >> you want this to go away quickly. i want people to remember what today feels like. >> nbc's jay gray will have a live report on the flag's removal coming up in our next half hour. developing right now, the fbi says the accused shooter in the charleston church massacre got that gun illegally. director james comey says a background check failure allowed dylann roof to purchase a a .45-caliber glock handgun. roof had a previous drug possession arrest, but the fbi examiner who looked into roof's background never saw an arrest report because the documents were incomplete and inaccurate. the district is taking direct aim at city businesses that are selling synthetic drugs, like k 2 and scooby snacks. news4's mark seagraves breaks

down this new law now in effect. >> reporter: mayor bowser signed the new law today which will have much stiffer penalties for businesses who are caught selling synthetic marijuana. they will face fines of $10 to $20,000 and their businesses can be shut down from three days to forever, depending on how many times they are caught selling it. and in that case, two strikes and you're out. >> the mpd has the authority to shut down repeat offenders for up to 30 days and the business will face a $20,000 fine. >> reporter: lanier says there is still work to be done at the street level, where many of the sales are heading, now that they are cracking down on businesses. in the district mark seagraves, news4. a major development in a high-profile armed robbery case in our area. a mother of three was shot and critically injured while working at a convenience store last year. finally, a suspect in the case. northern virginia bureau chief

julie carey was there when an indictment was announced. >> reporter: even though 16 months has passed since the terrible crime at this fast mart shocked the spotsylvania community, the sheriff says solving it is the top priority. this is the disturbing video the sheriff's department made public back in march of 2014 after a clerk was shot twice in the head during a robbery. the suspect fled taking a cabinet of ephedrine products with him. clerk kelly wood somehow survived her injuries doing her first interview with news4 after she left the hospital. today she learned a spotsylvania county man, 33-year-old derek sprouse has been indicted by a grand jury for the crime. he is already jailed in north carolina for another armed robbery. >> it is one of those cases that you think about every day and my staff and i have discussed this case every day. we have a couple of detectives here that never give up and they have followed every lead. >> reporter: it is not the first

time derek spruce has had a run-in with the law in spotsylvania county. on news4 at 5:00, the other person he is accused of hurting. in spotsylvania, julie carey, news4. the mother of two missing germantown children is not competent to stand trial. police say katherine hoggle was the last person to see 4-year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob. the two disappeared last year and hoggle has refused to say where sher. she will be back in court in september. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell says he may continue his legal fight after that major setback for him today a federal appeals court denying mcdonnell's appeal of his public corruption convictions. mcdonnell is facing two years in prison. news4's scott macfarlane is going through the 90-page ruling right now he will have a live report for you in 30 minutes. archuleta is out. opm's director, katherine archuleta abruptly resigned today, hours after the office of personnel management disclosed

the number of americans affected by that massive data breach was far greater than we have been told. steve handelsman is tracking reaction to this developing story. he is live now on capitol hill with the very latest. steve? >> reporter: pat, thanks. first came the hack, now the sack. opm director katherine archuleta said just yet she will not quit but she is out today, she resign resigned, sent her resignation to the white house after a pressure cape and a lot of it, from here on the hill, republicans and democratic senator mark warner. her deputy, beth cobert, takes over for now and the job is gigantic. there were 21 million sets more, actually, 21.5 million sets of personnel files with social security and fingerprint, health records and financial information copied, stolen hacked and friends and family got hacked, too. how? well, if you've ever applied for any kind of a sensitive gs job, you know the form. it's the sf-86. you name your friends and family to vouch for you. they provide their information

to vouch for themselves and all that information got stolen. opm said in june, there were roughly 4 million victims. says now, it's 21.5 million. and that's pretty much every federal employee. and again, contractors applicants family and friends. republicans charged today more data theft is likely because, in the words of one they are still feeding the beast over at opm, he says still putting some information into the system that they know has been compromised even though a lot of security forms are being done on paper. security experts say this does look like the work of the chinese. white house would not confirm that today and they say the good news is that it looks like it's political looks like it's focused on spying. good news for those who were hacked because apparently profit is not the motive. and -- but a lot of government workers i talked to today said they are going to spend this weekend looking at their credit card receipts and arranging credit monitoring. if you think you might have been affected check out our washington app, nbc washington

app, we have posted information on it about what you should do. i'm steve handelsman news4. >> thanks steve. we are learning more about the local toll from the army's forced budget cuts. 400 soldiers to be cut from three army posts in virginia. fort belvoir will take the biggest whit a loss of 250 soldiers. fort eustis and fort lee will lose about 100 each. overall, the army plans to eliminate 40,000 active duty military positions. turning now to the weather storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer is in the storm center and he has got his eye on a lot of rain. doug, is the weekend going to be a washout? >> the answer to that is a big fat no, pat. and that's some very good news. now, what we are going to be seeing here, we make our way through the next couple of days here, we have some rain coming in overnight tonight. take a look and show what you we are dealing with, outside right now not a lot going on, we have sunshine and very nice conditions, but look down to the south. what we are seeing down there is actually going to be some rain

well down to our south charlottesville, up around our region, sunshine and beautiful weather. look back to the west. this is where that area of rain is. it is back to the west in through kentucky ohio, west virginia, that's what's coming in tonight. it will be in here overnight tonight talking about rain overnight for sure weekend forecasts, i have got that for you. and then the next chance for strong-to-severe thunderstorms. that's in the forecast as well. >> all right, doug. if you plan to take metro this weekend, there are changes you need to know about especially on the red line. from saturday morning to 3 a.m. sunday, buses will replace red line trains between the noma-gallaudet and fairmont stations. regular weekend red line service will resume at 7 on sunday morning. yellow and green line trains will run every 20 minutes. orange silver and blue line trains will run on their regular weekend schedule. an unusual pit stop for his holiness. why the pope pulled into a burger king. and ticket scalpers are prowling outside some of the

biggest events in town. the news4 i-team went

[ gunshot ] >> he is dead. >> tonight, hollywood is paying tribute to the late actor omar sharif. he grew up in egypt and was introduced to american audiences in 1962 with a supporting role in "lawrence of arabia." three years later his work in "dr. zhivago" made him an international star. barbara streisand starred with him in "funny girl." she called him a proud egyptian and some considered it con strollers to cast him opposite her. sharif died today at a hospital in cairo at the age of 83. pope francis added a quick visit with a king during his

south american trip. the pope needed to make a quick clothing change between engagements so he pulled over to a burger king in santa cruz bolivia, and made the switch. the restaurant helped out by putting up white sheets on its windows, giving the pontiff some privacy. bolivia is the second stop on his trip. he just arrived at his final stop, paraguay, about an hour ago. three sisters lost in the woods are foubdsnd alive. hear from their father the homes after he realized they were okay. ticket scalpers bragging about big stores on local concerts and games. tisha compson, the news4 i-team goes undercover to expose some really shady deals. a rainy start tomorrow morning this is saturday at 8 a.m. notice some rain heavy in spots especially in west virginia and virginia. coming up, doug is going to let you know when we dry out and what you can expect for temperatures because of the

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call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v jose andres, the celebrity chef who cut his ties with donald trump's new luxury hotel in d.c. after trump's controversial remarks about immigrants last month was in d.c. today. when asked about the decision to turn his back on trump and the ten-year lease and deal andres said no comment. in fact he had nothing but nice things to say about trump and his new project. >> this has been led by ivanka trump and donald trump jr. and quite frankly they are two of the most unique people you can

work. they are really great people and i only wish them the best. >> he wouldn't make comments about his decision to talk about the hotel deal. he was proud to talk about d.c. central kitchen an organization he has been involved with for years. this afternoon we are hearing from the father of the three sisters who were missing but were found yesterday in wyoming. the women were on a five-day hiking trip but when they didn't check in with their family earlier this week as scheduled, a major search was launched. some teenaged cowboys spotted them in an area where hikers should not and would not be and told authorities. >> i was relieved. losing all your kids is not a good thing. in good spirits good health. a little hungry. kind of smelly, too. >> because the sisters were experienced hikers, they were prepared. they had gear to stay alive until the rescue teams could find them.

well, turning to the weekend, the weekend's here turning to the weather, we are all thinking about the weather, and it's nice out there now. is it gonna stay that way tonight? >> yeah. >> crowded in there isn't it? >> it is crowded. a crowded weather center. a lot of people have things they got do this weekend try to figure out is it going to rain the rain affect? he that was our engineer jerry trying to help me out in the weather center. jerry, no the rain's fine. you're going to be fine. take a look what is going on outside now, reston, live camera, we have some sunshine and really nice conditions now, a fantastic friday. look at this shot, just beautiful. blue skies all around the region. now what we are dealing with across our region is low humidity. and everybody's been waiting for this 87 degrees plenty of sunshine, dew point only 65 right now 79 degrees right now, gaithersburg, 80 down toward -- 87 toward fredericksburg and 82 back toward the leesburg area. so, it is nice everywhere. and it will continue to be so. on the radar nothing around our region. there are some showers back down toward the charlottesville area, that's where they will stay

even pretty good thunderstorms down that watch as we look back toward the west though batch as we move on out here, you can seat clouds moving back in across our region. now, those clouds coming from a storm system back to the west. and look, it's a pretty potent storm system. some severe weather today in through parts of kentucky that storm system will move right across our region as we move on through the night tonight and bring us some -- the potential for some fairly heavy rain. actually a flood watch toward areas of the shenandoah valley, page, hardy county, a flash flood watch in that region. tonight no problem go out enjoy yourself, eat outdoors, going to be that nice tonight, but by tomorrow morning, we have got that rain moving in across our region by 5 a.m., even around 8, 9:00 in the morning, still seeing some shower activity during the day, but by around noon, it is out of here and we are looking at plenty of sunshine tomorrow afternoon i think a pretty nice day after that rain moves out, a hive 85 sunshine in the afternoon, get to 90 on sunday, 89 on monday, then tuesday a high of 94 watching out for fairly stormy conditions that's something

else we will talk about coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right, doug. it's illegal, but that's not stopping scalpers from selling tickets to fans including possibility police. business and consumers stay is an size way to get ripped off and the city promised to crackdown as tisha thompson and the news4 i-team showed you in their latest undercover investigation, ticket scalping is still big business in washington. >> reporter: scalpers are everywhere at the verizon center. easy to spot on show night. or before a big game. bombarding fans with dizzying offers. such a problem during the nhl playoffs, the washington capitals sent out a fraud alert warning. >> they are pretty much here year round. >> reporter: the verizon center says fans should resist the temptation. >> their hope is they are going to sell it for more than the box office. so you don't always get a good deal is the first. you run a high risk of it being counterfeit or it being faulty.

>> ready? let's go. >> reporter: with undercover cameras rolling, the news4 i-team hit the streets during those hockey playoffs to see what kind of sales pitch we hear among the sea of red jerseys. >> reporter: then we melt this scammer hawking tickets normally gore $89 he claimed were right near the action. how much? >> reporter: inside we checked out those floor seats three levels up from the ice, standing room only. # most scalpers are hush hush about where they get their tickets but we met one here at the new kids on the block concert who spilled his secrets off camera. he says this is his only job and that he buys most of his tickets the day of from the box office because he says many venues will

hold back tickets and then release them the day of the event. >> reporter: his biggest haul in one night $4000 at the hannah montana concert a few years ago. our insider warns there are scalpers out there who sell multiple copies of the same electronic tickets meaning only the first fan in will get the seat. >> we sent teams of officers out to go after scalpers. >> reporter: more than two years ago, police chief cathy lanier cracked down on street scamming after a news4 i-team investigation showed some officers not enforcing the law and how these teens lost $500 when they bought tickets on the street for justin bieber. we wanted to talk to the chief again about the scalping problem that hasn't gone away but a spokeswoman told us we are unable to accommodate your request, only saying there had been 16 arrests since 2014.

multiple scalpers told the i-team that they won't do anything, as long as they don't make the sell right in front of them. four different sources tell us there has been discussion with d.c. council about possibly changing the scalping law including one idea of creating a scalping zone where tickets could be legally bought and sold. tisha thompson, news4 i-team. >> in the next hour, tisha will tell you more about those changes and what the d.c. council thinks about them. to learn the best way to protect yourself and score the best seats go to our nbc washington app. click on vexes. local children are among those honored for their culinary creation. and then the president crashes their white house party. and is she -- is she -- >> and is she or is she not the result of a panda pregnancy ultrasound at the national zoo.

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right now, confetti that rained down on the u.s. women's soccer team still covers parts of manhattan.

new york city honoring the world cup champs with a ticker tape parade today. boys and girls holding up signs that read heroes. players, including carli lloyd abby wambach and megan rapino stood and waved at the cheering clouds from their floats much the women are the first in america to be celebrated with a ticker tape parade in 30 years. the u.s. soccer team beat japan last sunday. 55 young chefs from around the nation were at the white house today for the first lady's annual kids state dinner. the kids created winning recipes, healthy, delicious, low-cost recipes. the president crashed the dinner although he said he didn't have time to eat. he was hoping someone would save him some barackamole. the young chefs attend from our area were 8-year-old timothy burke from d.c. prepared vegetable confetti spring rolls and 8-year-old braxton young with her quinoa-crusted tofu pie

and 8-year-old simone spalding with pie. today's test came back inconclusive after a test today. the zoo tweeted too early to tell if mei xiang is pregnant or experiencing a pseudopregnancy. the second ultrasound was performed this morning. the zookeepers tried to artificially impregnate her this spring and a few more months before the possibility of a cub is ruled out. this will he or she third cub if she does have one. a symbol of the deep south, no longer hanging outside the state house. jay gray was there as the confederate flag came down. we will talk to him live. three children refused to have lunch with their

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got some breaking news right now on the beltway, on 495. the inner loop near good luck road there's a crash involving a prince george's county police officer. take a look at this mess. several lanes blocked here on the beltway again -- on the inner loop near good luck road. keep our eyes on this and bring you upindictments nbc -- updates on the nbc washington app. the crowd roared outside the

south carolina state house this morning as the confederate flag came down. the symbol of the civil war battle now out of public view after flying high for more than 50 years. for many, today's action brings a sense of relief, but for some, it doesn't end this debate. nbc's jay gray is live in columbia, south carolina where emotions are still running high. jay? >> reporter: yeah, the grounds here at the capital, 8 to 10,000 people this morning police saying the ceremony was moving. but south carolina will never be the same. a roar of approval as the confederate flag is low kaered for the last time outside the south carolina state house. >> it's a very special day for me a very special day for all south carolinians.

many of us fought for years to bring the flag down. >> reporter: a simple irony after what for many had been a long and difficult fight. >> you want this to go away quickly. i want people to remember what today feels like. >> reporter: there is heartache that comes with the history here, many remembering the nine people murdered inside charleston church the alleged gunman, a self-proclaimed white supremacist. >> nine who died in charleston are being honored. those who fought during the civil rights movement are being honored. >> reporter: some say pulling down the banner dishonors the heritage of the state. >> taking it off the pole putting it in a museum isn't going to open a dialogue. >> reporter: today's any indication, a dialogue will continue, even though the flag gone. but for most of the thousands gathered here this day was about hope, not hate. >> we can be united. we can live in this country together it is blot knot a

black/white issue it is a united states of america issue. >> reporter: a place that has its own flag. just a few hours after the confederate flag came down, crews came came down, took down the pole as well as the wrought iron fence that had surrounded it. live in columbia, south carolina, i'm jay gray, news4. the national weather service issued a flash flood watch, for parts of page county, rockingham, shenandoah counties, mainly the mountains. into effect until 8 p.m. tonight and run through saturday afternoon. all the areas here in green this does include lore ray and petersburg. it is going to be west virginia, virginia and southern maryland that will receive the most rain. into the late morning hours and the mountains, see like lit clouds clear out, dry by the midday hours heading into

northern virginia, the rain lingers a little bit long there -- longer there but still focused on the morning hours, 85 for a high in leesburg, former virginia governor bob mcdonnell says he could continue his legal battle after the federal court rejected the public convictions appeal. the i-team's scott macfarlane joins wuss what's next. scott? >> reporter: after reviewing all 90 pages of the court's ruling it is clear bob mcdonnell still faces two years in prison and clear the court ruled against all of the former governor's arguments the convictions in his case should be overturned much the court ruleded instructions given to the jury were

appropriate, how the government selected the jury itself was appropriate and the government's evidence in the case, the court ruled was legitimate. the three judges agreed mcdonnell "received a fair trial and was dually convicted by a jury of his fellow virginians and had no cause to undue what to be done exists." an appeal to another appeals court is possible in this case, but this was a major defeat for the former governor. you can read the court's ruling in our nbc washington app by searching mcdonnell. back to you. >> all right, thank you, scott macfarlane. millions of dollars are going to help boost the arts in maryland. governor larry hogan today announced up to $2 million in funding for 11 arts and cultural organizations. that money includes 25,000 for prince george's african-american museum. today's move reverses a funding cut that occurred tend of the o'malley administration.

♪ he is a local favorite. jason massey among the performers taking part in the first ever live music week in alexandria. the performances kick off today at more than 30 restaurants and rehn news. the newcomer to the waterfront, black wall hitch is also taking part. we are really excited about being a part of it. we are down here right on the docks. we have great views of the potomac. tons and tons of alternative rock really great live bands playing every day this week for us. >> the events tomorrow include fireworks over at the potomac. to get more information about this weekend, visit the nbc washington app and search music week. three children paying the price for refusing to have lunch with their father. why a judge sent them to a

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take a look at the next few days, the one thing we will see get outside, take the dog outside for an extra long walk, the kids outside. tomorrow is different, we will have rain showers in and around

the area around 7 a.m. maybe by 9, starting to get out. then during the afternoon, going to be dry. i think a really nice afternoon to get out, do a little outdoor activity, whether it is play a little tennis, maybe mow the lawn 3:00 in the afternoon, temperature around 85. looking good there. nats taking on the orioles at camden yards, going to be a great, great weekend for that for the most part. beautiful weather tomorrow night. i think beautiful weather tonight. 82. 80 degrees to 90 on sunday. 90 -- sun the hot one, the 1:35 game up there hopefully -- i love both teams, grew up rooting for the orioles, hey, i'm a nates guy now. so go nats. the new general motors recall is getting a lot of shares from our facebook page. gm is recalling about 780,000 crossover suvs because the rear power lift gates can suddenly fall and hit ya. gm has 56 reports of injuries much the recall involves the buick enclavg the chevrolet traverse, gmc acadia and saturn outlook from various model years. we posted the complete list in

the consumer watch section of our nbc washington app. route outrage in a michigan town after three kids refused to have lunch with their dad. the youngsters are 14, 10 and 9. their parents have been engaged in a bitter custody battle for six years now at a hearing last month the judge told the kids to spend some time with their dad. if they didn't, she threatened to send them to detention. neighbors are outraged. >> there are felonies that are committeded in our state, adults who commit felonies who aren't sentenced to three or four years in incarceration. >> the oldest child told the judge his dad hit his mother. the judgement isn't coming about the case. there is a warning

a crash involving a prince george's county police officer. s here the latest a lot of new information coming into the newsroom. it's causing major traffic backups on the inner loop of the beltway. take a look. maryland state police confirmed the officer, a k-9 officer, was injured near good luck road just south of the bw parkway. two of the four lanes of the inner loop were shut down. they have now reopened. traffic starting to flow in both

direction. it is going to have a lasting impact as we head into this friday rush hour. emergency crews are on the scene. chopper4 on the scene, too. we understand the k-9 officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the dog okay too. no word yet on a cause. at the live desk, i'm jim handly. looking for you on news4 at 5:00. back to you now. chances are you have it in your medicine cabinet now but the food and drug administration says popular painkillers such as ibuprofen raise your risk of having a heart attack, even a stroke. nbc's erika edwards shows us what the agency is doing to keep you safe. >> reporter: the labels on popular painkillers like aleve and asville caution users about possible heart risks. now, the fda is strengthening those warnings. >> raise it had from may cause an increased heart attack and stroke to they do cause an heart and stroke. >> reporter: were they include prescription of non-steroidal

inflammatory drugs called nsaids, including ibuprofen and naproxenen used nationwide to bring down fevers and ease pain. patients wonder if they should take them at all. >> the risk is fall for an individual for a short time but the drugs in such wide use the risk for the population becomes quite large. important that everyone is attentive to this and take these drugs only if you need them. >> reporter: new warnings will add that the risk may occur within a few weeks of take the medication and may be larger for people using them long term. experts advise taking the smallest dose you need for as short a duration as possible. that goes for kids too. there are alternative painkillers like acetaminophen and aspirin but doctors have an important reminder. like with many over-the-counter drug, there is always a risk and tough weigh the risk ben fit. >> reporter: the bottom line, talk to your doctor, especially if you already have heart disease, high blood pressure or take painkillers frequently. erika edwards nbc fuse. ahead in our next hour we

are going to talk with a local doctor about who is most at risk. we just checked a few minutes ago and there are about 5,000 signatures on that online petition regarding bill cosby's medal of freedom. the non-profit group pave, is calling on the president to revoke the award given to cosby in 2002. pave is dedicated to sexual assault prevention. the white house says the medal has never been revoked and that doing so may not even be legal. the people in the neighborhood in washington state have two words for the firefighters who saved their homes thank you. the homeowners just returned to their neighborhood for the first time since sunday when they raced to escape a fast-moving wildfire. and when they got back they were overjoyed to see that their homes were still standing. >> i worked all my life just to have a place like this and to see it go like that would be pretty devastating. everything looking just like they did when we left only better because it's not burned

down. >> some residents said they were unnerved to see just how close they came to disaster. the fire line was right next to their homes. myself, obviously pulled on my -- pulled at my heart. >> that's kansas police officer who is being praised for his caring reactions. he caught a woman stealing from a store on monday but when he saw her children's feet were covered in dirt he decided to ask the woman some questions. turns out she had been living in a car with her six kids since her husband died a few years ago. so, instead of arresting her, he went back into the store and bought diapers and wipes and shoes for the kids. >> what she did was wrong but i think her heart was in the right place with wanting to take care of her children. >> he did something that, you know, is never -- will never be forgotten. he -- he helped us when nobody else will. >> the police officer was forced to write her a ticket for breaking the law.

the woman says she has learned her lesson and she says she is grateful she didn't get her children taken away. amelia segal is in the storm center. you have an update on our chances for rain tomorrow? >> dealing with rain mainly during the early morning hours, as we move toward the late morning and midday hours, the area is going to dry out from north to south. by tomorrow evening, looking good for everybody, catching the fireworks in alexandria at 9:30. tomorrow night, looking great for that. right now, 87 degrees. beautiful evening. great evening outdoors. 85 at 6 p.m. stilled mild 82, 8 p.m. rainmove in overnight tonight but again, heading out during the evening, you can leave the umbrella at home. your weather impacts tomorrow morning, the weather having a high impact on your day you want to do the early morning bicycle ride, not looking great for that. we will have rain, heavy in spots especially to the west and south of washington where there could potentially be some flash flooding. by the midday hours we start to see the rain moving out of the area. at that point, it's focused mainly south of washington.

the weather starts to have only a moderate impact on your day. by the afternoon and evening hours especially the district and areas north, weather having a low impact on your day. again, a nice evening we could get in on some late-day sunshine tomorrow. here is your hour by hour planner dealing with showers and rain at 8 a.m. 72 degrees. 77 by the midday hours, a nice evening, 5 p.m. partly sunny skies and our temperature, which will also be our night day of 85 degrees. on sunday, overall it is the better of the two weekend days, head to the pool on sunday, partly sunny not too humid but hot with a high temperature around 90 degrees. for monday, the day is dry but an evening shower or thunderstorm is possible 89. looking potentially stormy on tuesday with a chance for some strong-to-severe weather. day to keep an eye on and hot as well, high temperature of 94 degrees. i'm melissa mollet with your first four traffic, a couple of things to keep an eye out for this weekend. first of all, randolph road in

rockville, it will be shut down right there at neville street from saturday the 11th until saturday the 18th a week because of csx track maintenance. could get pretty nasty there next week. because of that, your alternate twinbrook parkway or nicholson over to parklawn still going to be pretty busy and we will be talking about it a lot next week, i'm sure. az for metro this weekend, yellow and green line trains going to be running every 20 minutes. yellow line trains running between huntington and greenbelt. also, saturday morning to 3 a.m. sunday right now, buses going to be replacing all red line trains between noma gallaudet. orange, blue and silver lines running on a regular weekend schedule. have a good one. and there's a traffic alert for anyone driving in the third street tunnel area tomorrow morning. there will only be one lane on third street between massachusetts avenue and the tunnel on-ramp. going to be doing some work between 1 tonight and 9 tomorrow morning. crews are installing a new wire

line as part of the tunnel project. folks who live and work in the third street tunnel area might notice that their water's fleeing little slowly. the tunnel project is the first phase of a mixed use development project downtown. it was a crime that shocked the area, a young mother in northern virginia working at a convenience store shot and critically injured in the face. after more than a year, authorities now have a suspect in custody. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey says he is no stranger to trouble. she will be joining us live with details in about 15 minutes. d.c. is taking emergency action in an attempt to stop the spread of some drugs that are ravaging local neighborhoods. coming up in just a few minute news4's mark seagraves will explain how police plan to target synthetic drug dealers and why they are so difficult to track. dozens of small businesses being targeted in this power scam. virginia dominion power says they will call places like the dentist's office and during the busiest time when they are

generally working on a patient they will threaten to cut the electricity unless they pay up. but that's not really dominion virginia power calling. they are sophisticated and showing up on the caller i.d. pretending to be the company, but the company's got some advice for you. we are going to share that when we see you ahead at 5:30. and a family counting their lucky stars after a

president obama he is designated new national monuments in texas nevada and california you can see them on your screen. the waco mammoth site in texas is where the bones of 24 mammoths were discovered. neff vad vad da's baines and range is home to 4,000-year-old cave art. and california's snow mountain hike and camping spot, known for its rich biodiverse way. actor tom selleck is setting a lawsuit over accusations he stole water for his avocado farm. the "blue bloods" and "magnum pi" star reached a deal yesterday with the california water district. he is accused of hiring a company that took water from a fire hydrant and moved it into another water district. the water district sued for more than $20,000 in costs it paid to a private investigator. police say sellic did not commit a crime. california is in the fourth year of a drought. if you've got a trip to an amusement park coming up in the near future you may shudder to see the close call at the

wisconsin dells this week. two tourists were seconds away from being launched into the air on a ride called the catapult when the bungee cord on the left snapped, just inches from their heads. here's nbc's carla holt with more. >> reporter: from the moment they committed. >> ropes are looking a little trade. >> reporter: friends and family taunted the two. after all what could go wrong? >> chicken. >> reporter: on a ride called the kata put. >> we will wait right here. >> reporter: but before the ride even began, wrong happened. >> very loud noise. very loud noise and then off to our side, we could see the remains of the part of the ride that malfunctioned. >> reporter: malfunctioned, broke, even came crashing down. # >> all of a sudden, the cable gave waned bungee straps come crashing down and put that big

hole in the pavement. >> reporter: those on board the ride shock, mixed with gratitude. >> it landed just a few fight away from where trevor was seated in the ride. >> reporter: for those watching, even recording, a similar reaction. >> disbelief. you know, didn't think it actually happened and then the second thing was they were okay. >> reporter: he talked to the ride's owner who says the ride's bungee cords busted four years ago but this was the first malfunction like this. the two families did get their money back from the ride and the mount owe litschlympus resort comped pair stay. they even offered to let the kids ride again. >> no thank you. we didn't want to get back on. right now at 5:00 a prince

george's county officer involved in a crash on the beltway, check out this live picture from chop chopper 4. this happened at the baltimore washington park watch the traffic in thetrav -- parkway. >> the officer was slowing down for traffic when he was struck from behind by another vehicle. that officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. there were two people in the other car. that driver was transporteded with minor injuries. all lanes have reopened on the beltway but it will be tough for a bile. we have new information tonight that you need to know if you think you're part of that opm data breach >> it comes just hours after learned the head of the agency would be stepping down. we learned the office of personnel management is not yet prepared to offer credit monitoring service to the 21.5 million people who had their personal information stolen. csi, the credit monitoring service, tells news4 right now it is only providing free

monitoring to 4 million workers who were part of a breach of the interior department network. opm says tonight it is working with the defense department now to find a firm who can handle the now-massive number of current and former employees who will need credit monitoring but delegate eleanor holmes norton from d.c. says the three years of coverage opm is offering is not nearly enough. >> the very least we should do is give them lifetime identity protection. it has to be lifetime because they may do nothing now, but they may do something years from now. >> nbc white house correspondent chris jansing joins us live from the white house. chris, where do we go from here now that katherine archuleta has stepped down? >> reporter: yeah the immediate question is what does this mean for the 22 million americans, bun in 15 americans, affected by this? the answer suspect clear. at the briefing today, white house press secretary josh