lines. and stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> and that breaking news is out of prince george's county at 5:00 a.m. within the last hour, we learned of a deadly shooting in capitol heights. a security guard has died and this is impacting traffic. still a very active crime scene this morning. news4's megan mcgrath live in capitol heights. what have you learned? >> reporter: well, aaron, there are two scenes where police are working. take a look behind me here. this is one of them. 5 cindy lane a parking lot associated with an apartment complex. we have investigators in the back part of the parking lot. they have been looking at a couple of the cars that are parked along the tree line. and the whole area is cordoned off. then if we walk this way up the stairs, this is where the secondary scene is -- or second scene. we are not sure where this all

started, where it ended, but you have a second scene down there. that is 214 central avenue. and central avenue is closed in both directions between addison road and pepper mill to traffic. we are not sure how long that's going to be the case. we have seen investigators down there as well, also with evidence markers. not a lot of information, but here's what we know. around 1:00, shots rang out here on cindy lane. there were two people who were shot. we're told that they're security guards. one of those security guards was killed. no word on how many suspects they're looking for or any kind of lookout for a car or any of that information yet. this is still very early in the investigation. no word on motive either, but two people were shot. security guards. we're not sure if they were associated with the apartment complex, but one of them has died and the scene very active here and the road closure potentially going to be in place for at least the early start of

rush hour. we'll be keeping an eye on that for you as well. back to you in the studio. >> megan, thank you. >> all right, i'm going to talk about the road closures. central avenue is shut down at addison road and shut down at pepper mill. you can see the closures there. alternate here, going to be pennsylvania avenue or landover road if you want to just avoid this area and from that video, probably looks like you should. wide look at the beltway overall, beltway looks good. 95 in virginia pohick road moving along nicely as well. see you at 5:11. aaron and eun? >> thank you. 5:02. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we made it, it's friday, july 17. we have nice weather. >> yeah, enjoy this while you can. these are the coolest temperatures we will see in the next seven days. scanning our skies, a few clouds, no rain anywhere in our region. temperatures right now are still comfortable.

just near 60 nearby suburbs. mid 60s in prince george's county and near 70 on the bay waters. on the eastern shore much of southern maryland in the low to mid 60s. and out into the mountains this morning. there's the first light of dawn showing up. pink clouds on the horizon. by 7:00, near 70. mid 70s by 9:00. and next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11, your drive time forecast for this friday. back to you. >> thank you, tom. your time right now is 5:03 and developing overnight, we are learning that someone targeted a northern virginia mosque for a second time this week. the manassas muslim association said someone vandalized the air conditioning unit. mosque officials dealt with a similar problem earlier this week. monday worshipers heard a strange noise around 5:00 a.m. during their morning prayer. when they noticed the mosque

beginning to warm up they noticed someone had cut through the pipes. the largest muslim advocacy group is asking authorities to investigate monday and last night's incidents as a bias crime. also developing at 5:04, the fbi wants to know more about the 24-year-old man who went on a shooting rampage at two tennessee military facilities. this as we wait to learn the names of the four marines who were killed. the suspected shooter is mohammed abdulazeez. the fbi says abdulazeez he fired all the shots from inside his car and then got out of his car and killed four marines. a police officer and another person were also hurt in the shooting. >> we are checking every possible place that he could reside or could have resided, visited where he shopped, where he went to school. who his friends were as he worked out at a gym. every possible lead.

>> the gunman died in the shoot-out with police at that second facility. federal prosecutors say the attack is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism. more on the suspected shooter mohammed abdulazeez. several years ago, abdulazeez's father was vessed for -- investigated for a potential connection to a terrorist organization being now was found. we'll have a live report from tennessee with more on the shooting suspect's recent arrest. disturbing new details about the man accused of beating a maryland child to death over a piece of birthday cake. he has been charged with abuse before. police say robert wilson beat 9-year-old jack garcia unconscious inside a hagerstown apartment after accusing him of stealing a piece of cake. the boy died five days later. in 2010, frederick county prosecutors charged him with abusing the daughter of a woman he lived with. those charges were dropped in a

plea deal. wilson and oriana garcia face murder and child abuse charges in jack garcia's death. this next video might be hard to watch, but d.c. police need your help catching the men this this video. a group violently roshed a -- robbed a man for his bike. you can see it here. police are offering a $5,000 reward for the men involved in the assault and robbery. new this morning japan just announcing that plans for the main stadium for the 2020 summer olympics will have to be scrapped because of out of control costs. here are renderings of the stadium this morning. the government there in japan faced a lot of criticism as estimates for the cost of the stadium rose to 252 billion yen. that's $2 billion. nearly twice as much as the initial plan. so now a construction that was supposed to be starting coming up in october, not happening. they're going to have to completely start over this plan

and by the way it would have been the world's most expensive stadium. breaking news right now in the first 4 traffic office. take a look at this, we have a major closure in prince george's county. details coming up. new details in the escape of infamous drug kingpin el chapo. you won't believe how much of a head start he had before authorities noticed he was gone. two girls running a lemonade stand have a reason to be sour. a brazen burglar took off with all their ha

5:10 now. new details about the brazen escape of a drug lord from a mexican prison. we are now hearing it was at least 18 minutes before anybody was alerted to the escape of guzman. that's according to two mexican lawmakers. we all know by the story by now.

guzman sneaked into the mile-long tunnel saturday night. now a massive manhunt is underway. the interior minister said anyone who helped guzman will be punished. this sounds pretty low, but it's true. an 18-year-old man is in jail for ripping off a lemonade stand. the sheriff department say two 13-year-old girls set up the stand on wednesday in rancho cucamonga, and a man said he wanted some lemonade and then he pushed over the stand and took off with the money box. it only took a few minutes for the deputy to find the 18-year-old with the box and the $30. >> wow. >> just not worth it. >> he's a bum. >> i mean, not the lemonade stand. 5:11 our time right now. 70 degrees outside our studios. feels pretty good today. >> yeah. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a look at our forecast. good morning. >> good morning. all looking good for the friday commute too on the roads. we'll have great weather, travel wise. morning, midday and afternoon.

we'll have the dry pavement with us through the morning with temperatures in the low 70s for the morning commute and some sunshine. then partly cloudy during the afternoon with dry roads. afternoon highs reaching the upper 80s and getting more humid. a look at how hot it may get this weekend into next week in the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. breaking news on the roads with melissa. >> breaking news, again we're talking about capitol heights. this is where megan mcgrath is for us here this morning. outbound central avenue shut down at addison road, inbound shut down at pepper mill drive because of a police investigation involving a fatal shooting from overnight. alternates, pennsylvania or landover road. we have road work on 95 southbound. two right lanes will be blocked until 6:00 a.m. had a slowdown earlier but it's loosened up a bit. hopefully they're wrapping things up. going to look along 95 in a

couple of minutes. >> thank you. we continue to follow the developing news in tennessee where details continue to come in about the gunman who shot and killed four marines. we're live from chattanooga in two minutes. major developments on the

all right. folks, getting you up to speed on the breaking news. we know two security guards shot in prince george's county. one of them is dead right now. news4's megan mcgrath on the scene there. this is on cindy lane in capitol heights. megan is reporting a large police presence and two separate scenes. this is near the apartment complex off of central avenue. 214. we'll have more from megan at 5:30. it will be a tough day in tennessee as people mourn the deaths of four marines killed by a lone gunman. right now the question for investigators is why the gunman opened fire. nbc's dave wagner is live in chattanooga now with more.

what are you learning this morning? good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, eun. this is the crime scene. the second of the two crime scenes. this is the place that four marines were killed yesterday. you know, a sad morning in chattanooga as four families and the entire family grieve. it was 30 minutes of terror at two military centers. this morning authorities are asking the question, was it an act of terrorism? the 24-year-old gunman mohammad youssuf abdulazeez lived with his parents we know that. dad, a city employee here. the gunman though was not on any terrorist watch list. we talked to his high school friends and they say this was not his m.o. at all. this was not what he was like. but if you look at his high school year book entry it's haunting here. it says this. my name causes national security alerts. what does yours? we should point out here that they have searched his house they have searched his car and they have searched his internet

activity, but at this point, eun, they are being very tight lipped about what that they found. >> all right, dave wagner, thank you. developing story right now in st. louis. two men in critical condition after a house explosion there. take a look here, a lot of firefighters called out to this one last night around 11:00. one two-story home just exploded. and the two neighboring houses caught fire right after. the two men were trapped in the house that exploded. they were rescued and taken to the hospital. now the question is what exactly caused this house to explode? aaron? >> kristin wright, thank you. 5:18 and this morning we expect d.c. mayor muriel bowser to name a new chief for the police dna testing lab. this comes at a troubled timefor that facility. the last director was reportedly fired after a damning report on lab practices. "the washington post" reports a former head of the fbi dna lab

will be named the new director. and we'll find out if a former new york congressman will head to prison. prosecutors say michael grim deserves two years in jail for dodging tax charges. doctors say a broken bone in former president bush's neck will heal naturally. george h.w. bush took a tumble on wednesday and now doctors say the broken bone in his neck would heal on its own in three to four months. the fracture to a c-2 vertebrae the second bone below the skull didn't lead to any other injuries. there's no word on when he will be released from maine medical center in portland. president obama called bush yesterday morning to wish him a speedy recovery. we have a tentative start date for construction on the purple line. maryland's board of public works will pick a contractor by january 15th. construction would then start on may 16 2016. right now, four teams of private companies are competing for that 35-year contract to build and operate the line. the purple line is a light rail

project that would connect montgomery and prince george's counties. all of the metro rail cars are back in service. they were pulled for safety inspections after reports of door problems. you can see one of the passenger videos we've got here. the train is moving while the doors were open. the cars will be replaced with the new 7000 series rail cars. gridlock in congress can mean your commute won't be much shorter any time soon. a local transportation project like the big 66 expansion could be put on hold if congress doesn't come up with new highway funding. that's according to virginia's transportation secretary. congress might end up passing a short term extension. that could keep construction going through the summer. coming up on 5:21 now on this friday morning, and we started yesterday -- we had all day yesterday nice weather. this morning, you see the clouds in the picture here. >> oh. >> doesn't feel so bad though.

>> it doesn't. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out what kind of day we'll have. >> those clouds are the leading edge of the increased humidity pushing over the metro area. it will get increasingly humid into the afternoon but right now still comfortable. as you head out the door for a morning run, walking the dog, it's just in the low 60s with comfortable humidity. but then later today and tonight, it starts getting sticky and then oppressive humidity moves in on saturday and will be in place for several days after that. the high humidity and higher heat. right now, the coolest temperatures we'll see over the next seven days are right now. we're in the upper 50s and low 60s nearby suburbs and near 70 by the bay in downtown. in the shenandoah valley, around 60. a delightful morning there. the low clouds are passing over the washington monument now, live view from our tower camera. temperatures by 8:00 in the metro area will be near 70. still in the 60s in the rural areas. then by noontime, should be in the low 80s. then jumping into the upper 80s

during the afternoon and increasingly humid and we'll have some increasing clouds as well. might get a sprinkle or maybe a brief passing shower midnight tonight and then saturday afternoon there's a small chance of a thundershower. it will feel like nearly 100 with the humidity. and very humid and even hotter on sunday. sunday afternoon highs in the upper 90s. then sunday night might get a passing thundershower and then monday morning, quite humid. another very hot day on monday. the upper 90s. heat index that feels like temperature feels like 100 on monday with the possibility of afternoon storms. then settles down a bit on tuesday, but still hot. not quite as hot wednesday and thursday. chance of afternoon storms both of those days. a look at neighborhood highs for this friday next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:31. melissa has an update on that road in prince george's county. >> breaking news just got off

the phone with megan mcgrath. central avenue is open once again. no problems inbound or outbound. still have the police investigation on cindy lane, but central avenue is now open. 66 and 95 don't have any issues there. looking quite good. 270 at middlebrook road in germantown, northbound and southbound moving along nicely. looking at 95 in maryland as you're headed southbound there crossing over 32, no issues. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. see you in ten minutes. >> thank you melissa. it's now 5:23. we have a developing story in japan. two people have drowned in a strong tropical storm that's slamming the western part of the country. more than 23 inches of rain has fallen since yesterday. nearly 100,000 people have been asked to evacuate due to threats of flooding and landslides. at least 35 people have been hurt. look at this scene. this monster tornado tore through illinois last night. take a look at it.

that is incredible. police say the twister caused major damage in the small town of cameron. right now, no one except emergency personnel are being allowed in there. so far, no significant injuries have been reported. that is a massive tornado. wow. well, new this morning, friends and family gathered in australia to remember those lives lost on malaysia flight 17. it was shot down over rebel held eastern ukraine one year ago. today a memorial to the aust unveiled in the capital of canberra. there were 38 australians on that plane that was heading from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. all the people on night were kill and a report of -- a report on the crash will be released in october. we are learning from a brave 16-year-old girl who lived through a small plane crash in washington state a little more on what happened. she was flying home with her stepgrandparents who were killed when their plane flew into the

trees. after two nights alone in the woods she walked to safety. >> like we couldn't see out of the front at all. everything was just white and grandpa he was kind of just like wow, this isn't good. suddenly it was all trees and then it was fire. >> autumn spent two nights in the forest. on day three she found a road and help. 5:25. guess who's making the papers this weekend? this lady sitting right here. >> oh. like who? >> there she is. our own eun yang will be featured in "the washington post" magazine. it's a weekly q&a column called just asking. it will feature the lovely photo here. >> it was fun. i like so serious in photo, you know what i mean? i feel like if i'm not smiling it doesn't look like me. >> you're serious business. >> our business is kind of serious. >> so you talk about our business. >> right. about my family.

it was like a casual conversation. joe and i had a conversation and he printed some of it. some is pretty funny too. he asked me interesting question. >> okay. >> check it out. yes. online and on sunday's post magazine. >> yeah. 5:26 now. two security guards were shot at the central garden apartments in capitol heights. one of those guards has died. i'm megan mcgrath. a live report coming up. and check out the current temperatures right now. very comfortable for a second day in a row. waking up in the 60s in some places, but just how high will it get where you live? tom is back with your neighborhood forecast. and new information just in to the live desk after a

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"news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> the breaking news in capitol heights, maryland, where two security guards were shot on the job. in the last 30 minutes we have learned there are two crime scenes. news4's megan mcgrath live in capitol heights. we understand that you have learned new information about these guards. >> reporter: yeah, we have learned quite a few new details here since i spoke to you within the last half hour. first of all 214 central avenue has reopened. we had a second crime scene down on central avenue a little while ago. there was some evidence markers down there and investigators were looking around.

they have since wrapped that part of this up. and they have reopened the road. now, if you take a walk down here though, this is just off of cindy lane. the apartment complex here. the central garden apartments. we still have a very active investigation, active scene here. you can see the evidence markers. they're on the pavement. they have police tape up a couple of cars they have been looking at. they continue to try to piece together exactly what happened. now, i spoke to a resident who said she heard about five gunshots between 12:30 and 1:00 in the morning. she was leaving her house and that's when she heard the gunfire. didn't necessarily think anything of it immediately but then once she saw all the police activity once she returned home she realized what happened. two security guards were shot in this. one of those security guards has died. neighbors say that those guards are armed, but there is a regular security presence here. they're armed but it's unclear if there was an actual exchange

of gun fire between the security personnel and the suspects involved here. at this point, no word of any arrests. back to you in the studio. >> all right megan mcgrath live for us in capitol heights, we'll check back in with you. thank you. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. it is 5:31 right now. i want to get you up to speed with your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> your storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, another pleasant morning to start. >> yes, for now. the humidity will be increasing today. in fact, you can see it aloft moving in. we're seeing the clouds tracking from the south heading north in a partly cloudy sky now. still pleasant. in the 60s, but later this afternoon it will get sticky with temperatures in the mid and upper 80s. to our north and west, low to mid 80s and parts of southern maryland through northern virginia, fredericksburg might be the hot spot. right around the bays reaching the low 80s. a few clouds aringe popping up. heat and humidity continue to build into the weekend.

our next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:41. your walk to work forecast going to the bus and to the metro. now melissa has a new crash to talk about. where's this? >> new crash. just got off the phone with police about this one. look at the map here. this is the inner loop after the spur. closer to wisconsin avenue. sort of between 270 and wisconsin avenue here this morning. 66 overall no major problems here. 95 northbound getting slow there at dale city. it's 5:30 of course. georgia avenue between mason and randolph, one lane is getting by because of construction there. 270 at old hundred, a little bit of congestion. central avenue has now reopened. back in ten minutes with travel times. >> thank you. some developing news this morning. the fbi calling the deadly military center attacks in tennessee acts of domestic terrorism. that revelation has military installations all around our area stepping up security. you might notice more federal

police officers on your way to work on metro. nbc's edward lawrence live on capitol hill now with more on how law enforcement has been monitoring social media for an attack like we saw yesterday. edward, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. they're using all resources that they have at their disposal. there is a significant police presence at union station. i saw them yesterday and this morning. as you said the fbi is looking at this as an act of domestic terrorism. our saursources are saying they believe this is sponsored or promoted from overseas through social media and the internet. now, because of that, security is being stepped up at some federal buildings and military facilities across the country. just last week, the fbi director told congress there's a group of pro isis tweeting out of syria calling for attacks on anyone in uniform. the security will remain in place through the weekend at least. now, federal authorities are especially worried about today. that's because today is the last day of ramadan and those folks who are tweeting pro isis

tweeters are saying that they need to get the attacks in before the end of this holy month. so security forces are on heightened alert today especially across the country and also here in washington, d.c. reporting live on capitol hill, edward lawrence. back to you. >> thank you. new details in this morning about that huge oil spill out in california. this is off the coast of santa barbara. just in that beach is expected to open today. this after in may a corroded on shore pipeline ruptured, spilling 101,000 gallons of crude oil. clean-up costs up to $92 million. concerning also for wildlife, hundreds of birds and marine mammals were found dead in this spill area. and the operator of that pipeline that broke could face criminal charges. back to you.

we the jury find the defendant, james eeghen holmes, guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberations. >> the trial of the colorado movie theater shooter now enters a new phase. whether james holmes should be sentenced to death for his crime. the jury found him guilty of killing 12 people and wounding dozens of others in that 2012 attack. jurors rejected the idea that holmes was legally insane when he opened fire in the movie theater. the jury deliberated for a day and a half before returning guilty verdicts on 165 counts. among those in the courtroom yesterday were survivors of the attack. >> i looked at him when the verdict came out because i wanted to know, what is his response, and there's just nothing. which i mean, that's how i feel towards him is nothing. he's -- he's nothing in my life and i don't want to give him any energy. >> experts say the sentencing phase could prove even more emotional as survivors describe

the impact of the shooting on their daily lives. if one juror disagrees with the death sentence, holmes will be sent to prison for life. and investigators are investigating the death of an inmate as a possible homicide. terrence serata was found dead. they didn't find any signs of trauma. right now police are trying to figure out how a woman lost control of her car before hitting and killing a mother of eight. maria posadas was hit on a sidewalk in montgomery county. this happened near randolph and veirs mill road in wheaton. the driver hit a utility pole and then struck posadas. >> very nice. >> yeah, i feel sad about her kids and her family. >> now, we're learning that several pedestrians had been hit and killed in the same area. if you were in the area and saw

the incident, police would like to hear from you. first thing monday morning the u.n. security council will vote on whether or not to endorse this week's nuclear agreement with iran. council members have been briefed by both iran and the countries that signed the deal. the resolution is almost certain to pass. that's because the five countries on the council that have actual veto power were all involved in negotiating the deal. greece is inching a little closer to economic calm. the government says it will reopen its banks on monday. the people will only be able to withdraw a limited amount of money. greece has been in the midst of a massive debt crisis. banks have been closed for three weeks. right now european central bank is putting cash back into the that news bolstered world markets. it's now 5:38. in "news4 your health" this morning it could be a major break through for anyone with peanut allergies. the patch that could increase your body's tolerance. and one of google's

self-driving cars gets into another sdeptsdz -- accident, but if you think you know who's to blame, think again. take a look outside. these are the news4 studios in northwest washington. aren't they nice? the weather is nice too. >> your desk is nicer than mine. >> no it's not. what i

iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism.

in "news4 your health" for your morning if you or your children have peanut allergies, relief may be on the way. right now, a new drug called the peanut patch is being tested. that drug aims to build a tolerance to nuts in your body. the patch contains peanuts which will gradually be absorbed by the body. doctors at the allergy center in michigan said those who have missed out on their favorite treats may soon be enjoying them again. >> you give the individual small doses of what they're allergic to and basically, that eventually tells the body that we're not allergic to it anymore. >> so these tests are successful and the fda approves the patch, it may lead the way to more allergy patches. 5:41 our time right now. your weather and traffic on the 1s. i believe mr. kieran is going to help us walk to morning. >> that's right. you need long sleeves as we have

some rather cool temperatures in the 50s and 60s right now. you'll be comfortable in short sleeves later on this afternoon. the colloidlouds are coming and going and have the sunglasses handy. walking to the metro or bus stop, comfortable, low 70s. upper 70s but between now and then, comfortable with increasing humidity in the afternoon. temperatures will be in the upper 80s and partly cloudy skies. a look at our storm chances for the weekend as the heat wave arrives, next weather and traffic on the 1s. that's coming up at 5:51. now, melissa, what's happening on the roads? >> still have this crash now, talking about the inner loop of the beltway just after the spur. also, travel times. outer loop of the beltway, 95 to 270, ten minutes. and taking a look at virginia, 66 inbound on time. 95 northbound also on time, quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >> thank you, melissa.

a news4 i-team investigation surrounds complaints against child care. the culprit -- a government agency. vandals strike twice at this mosque and have worshipers asking if this is a pie yas -- a bias crime. the story coming up. we continue to follow the breaking news in prince george's county where two security guards have b

your time is 5:46. we have breaking news. one of two security guards shot early this morning in capitol heights has died. this happened in the parking lot of the central garden apartments. a resident of the apartment tells news4's megan mcgrath on the scene that she heard four or five shots. megan is working to get more information on the victims. look for a update in less than 15 minutes. good morning. i'm tom kierein with melissa mollet. we have a quick weather and

traffic update for you. beautiful morning underway. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. a few clouds racing in from the south. that's part of the humidity. that's on the increase and it will be with us as we get into the afternoon. you'll notice it getting quite uncomfortably humid. as temperatures climb into the upper 80s by mid afternoon. now melissa, a problem on the beltway. what's going on with that? >> we have this problem on the beltway. i just got off the phone with the police. inner loop after the spur, no longer do we have any slowdowns there top of the beltway. all right. melissa, thank you. it's 5:47. montgomery county judge has let a man accused of first degree murder out of jail. dion sobotker is charged with jonathan harris' murder. he was strangled during a robbery last december. judge gary baird decided to release sobotker on a $500,000 unsecured bond and this means he didn't have to pay to get out. the judge said he doesn't believe the bail system is fair

and prosecutors are frustrated with the judge's decision. >> because of public safety concerns that we have for anyone chargeled with the crimes it's something we want to look at. >> harris survived a kidney transplant in 2010 and it was profiled on the "today" show. in the lyons sisters case, more than one person may be responsible. the sheriff said that richard welch the uncle of the man charged in the murders may have sexually assaulted katherine and sheila lyon. police are calling the uncle a person of interest. he lives in hyattsville, maryland. a grand jury has indicted lloyd lee welch for the murder of the two children. he's currently in jail in delaware on an unrelated sex offense. disturbing new details about the man accused of fatally beating a maryland child over a piece of birthday cake. he's been charged with abuse before. police say robert wilson beat

9-year-old jack garcia unconscious in june after accusing him of stealing a piece of cake. the boy died five days later. in 2010, prosecutors charged him with abusing the daughter of a woman he lived with. those charges were dropped in a plea deal. wilson faces murder and child abuse charges in jack garcia's death. this next video may be hard to watch, but d.c. police need your help catching these men. the group violently robbed a man for his bike. this was near 11th and "r" streets in northwest washington on saturday. the whole thing was caught on camera. police are offering a $5,000 reward for the men involved in this assault and robbery. 5:49 now. officials at a manassas muslim association tell us someone has targeted a northern virginia mosque for the second time this week. molette green has more on this. good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. hit twice in one week really raises a lot of suspicions here.

let me show you what has happened, the damage here. copper cables cut from this mosque's a.c. unit. now, this just happened last night. we got word about that. it's the second time in the same week here. they first targeted the a.c. unit on monday. while worshipers were inside for morning prayers. and at that time, right after that, the worshippers here asked for police to check this out to see if this is more than just some random act of violence. if there's possible bias involved here. especially since this is the one-year anniversary of this mosque opening at this location and of cou the muslim holy period of ramadan. let me just say, this location on euclid avenue is in an industrial park. we're not on the main beat. the major road is liberia avenue. so worshipers here are wondering what's going on. that is the latest live from

manassas. >> molette green thank you. all right. time to turn our attention to the weather and we just have been enjoying some nice summer temperatures. love it. >> we're watching the sort of clouds roll in this morning, tom. does that mean something bad is coming? >> bringing in increased humidity. but boy, yesterday was wonderful. the parks and pools were packed with people playing. is that enough -- >> alliteration? >> look at you. >> it's 6:00 in the morning. >> anyone doubts your talent tom kierein. >> i have been working on that since 1:00 a.m. and this morning -- enjoy this low humidity and these somewhat cool temperatures. the coolest it will be for the next seven days. it will be getting uncomfortable later this afternoon and this evening, getting sticky and then oppressive humidity. moves in on saturday. that will be in place on sunday as well. temperatures right now are comfortable. we're in the low 60s, most of northern virginia and maryland. right on the waters near 70, but

away from the waters near 60s. out in the mountains mid to upper 50s there. by 8:00 this morning we'll be near 70. and mostly sunny skies. then partly cloudy for your lunch hour. low 80s by 4:00 or so. and it will be partly cloudy and you'll notice that humidity will be up. then over the weekend, hot and very humid on saturday with highs reaching low 90s. it may feel like near 100 degrees with feels like temperature. a passing thundershower may interrupt your outdoor activities saturday afternoon. predawn saturday we might get a passing shower, but the rest of the day should be dry. then on sunday, partly cloudy -- very hot. partly cloudy. temperatures in the upper 90s. it will feel like 105 on sunday afternoon. then at sunday night we might get a passing shower or thundershower. that's coming in late after

sunset. still very hot, maybe an afternoon storm monday. but still hot. chance of storms on wednesday and again on thursday. now melissa has an update on the friday commute. >> on the commute right now, we have a brand new problem at the top of the beltway. inner look at new hampshire avenue. a disabled vehicle. sounds like it's off to the shoulder at this point this morning so you shouldn't have to worry about it too much. but i want to warn you there. georgia avenue between mason and randolph in silver spring, one lane getting by because of the road work. we have been dealing with it in the past couple of weeks. beltway looks great at this point this morning. so keep it that way. hopefully for this friday commute. 66 into up to, out of town. no problems. 36 miles per hour through dale city and you can see 270 a little bit of a southbound volume. no problems there. i'm back at 6:01. >> thank you, melissa. news4 i-team investigation reveals dozens of army families filed formal complaints about the government agency that

helped handle their child care. it's called the army fee assistance program. it's for army moms and dads who can't find day care available on the post. it helps them use private and pricier day-care centers. they found the government subsidies are often sent late. parents are falling into debt and they have trouble getting their phone calls returned. >> they failed their families and everybody i talked to. unfortunately in this one instance it's not working. >> the i-team found a backlog of 11,000 unreturned phone calls e-mails and requests from army families to the government. administrators say they're adding staff and working to fix the problem. google is going back to the drawing board with the self-driving car. three google employees suffered whiplash after the self-driving car was involved in an accident. now, this is first accident for that car in which people were actually hurt. the car was rear ended in california earlier this month.

no one seriously hurt. google said this was the 14th accident in six years and about 1.9 million miles of testing. well, hula or netflix? one of the two is flirting with getting rid of ads in hopes of gaining more customers. landon dowdy joining us from cnbc with more on all of this. hey, landon. >> hey, aaron, good morning to you. that's right. hula is considering an ad free option as it tries to be anetflix. currently users have to sit through the ads. netflix and amazon prime don't have ads in their content. the "wall street journal" said the ad free option could launch this fall and cost $12 to $14 a month. and at&t is using virtual reality in the fight against distracted driving. it is kicking off a 100-city tour with the virtual reality headset when they take their

eyes off the road to answer a phone call or text. it's all part of the at&t it can wait campaign. >> landon dowdy, thank you. researchers are testing an experimental ebola vaccine with the new prime boost immunization. the project is one of two different trial vaccines being tested in england france and senegal. the mid state trials are to primarily testing the safety. it carries safe viruses with part of the ebola virus that's supposed to stimulate the body's immune system. none of it contains liven ebola virus. a big court win for an alexandria man filing over the no fly list. he was stopped from boarding a flight back in 2011 and government lawyers tried to get it thrown out yesterday. they said it would be impossible to try the case without exposing state secrets about the process of putting people on the no fly list. the judge ruled that the lawsuit can move forward. immigrant community groups

are mobilizing to push for an end to frederick county's english only rule. in a few days the frederick county council is holding a hearing on this. english became the official language back in 2012. two council members introduced the bill to change that. tuesday's hearing in frederick county, maryland, is open to the public. two security guards were shot overnight at the central gardens apartments in capitol heights. one of those security guards has died. i'm megan mcgrath. a live report coming up.

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we are on cindy lane and you can see that we still have crime tape up. cindy lane is closed but investigators at this point are focusing their attention down here, in the parking lot area of the central garden apartments. we have evidence markers on the ground. tape is up. they have been focusing on a couple of cars that are parked here in the lot. and we're told that two security guards overnight were shot here. one of those guards has died. and in talking with folks who live here they say there's a regular security presence here at this complex. >> the security is pretty much, you know, they walk around here and protect the neighborhood. and i can't imagine why anybody would kill a security officer. i can't imagine. >> reporter: and they're armed?