rick, a lot of lightning around the portions of clark county and fair -- and rather loudoun county and then northern fauquier county starting to get in on the action, too. this will all move to the east. as it does it will encounter more moisture. as a result we could have one, two inches per hour as far as the rain is concerned. that's why we have a flash flood watch in affect for midnight the areas highlighted in green all the metro counties underneath that flash flood watch again. once again that goes until midnight tonight. what do we see sneer reduced visibility that rain, poefrpsd heavy rain, up to two inches possible in a short amount of time. keep you posted. here the rest of the evening right here in the storm center. now at 5:00 two exclusive stories you will see only on news4. a man jailed for repeatedly threatening to assassinate the president takes a trip to washington. how he was able to make it to the outside of the white house. plus the teen wanted in connection with the murder of an au graduate tells his story only

to news4. >> did you have anything to do with that shaw murder? >> no, sir. >> we start with that exclusive interview 19-year-old marcus king, wanted in connection with the murder of matthew shah lon kirk is the recent american university graduate, caught in the crossfire at the shaw metro station over the weekend. that's where mark segraves is tonight. mark? >> reporter: the family of marcus king called news4 after police raided their apartment a few blocks from here late last night. i spoke to king on the phone this morning. he says that's inspect and that he wants to turn himself in. police came to this apartment complex last night, a few blocks from the murder scene near the shaw metro station. family members tell news4 they had an arrest warrant for 19-year-old marcus king, but he wasn't home. this morning king talked to

news4 by phone, insisting that's innocent. and why are they looking for you? >> reporter: bliss releasepolice released surveillance video. >> people who know the individuals involved in this have to come forward it is their neighbor today, somebody else. >> reporter: king tells news4 he wants to turn himself in. >> reporter: police believe the shooting informs retaliation for

the another shooting. he was shot in the face days before the shaw metro murder and he told that to police. >> reporter: now, king's family tells me they have hire and attorney and he is planning to turn himself in. of course news4 informed metropolitan police department about our interview well before we aired it. coming up at 6:00, you will hear more from king about what he told police he was doing during the time of that shooting. jim back to you. >> all right mark, thanks so much. scott macfarlane here with another story you will see only on news4. a man in prison four times for threatening to assassinate u.s.

presidents was stopped days ago outside the white house. and scott this man says he aspired to be the next john hinckley? >> he threatens to kill presidents bush, president obama, president clinton and hillary clinton, too. his name is archie glass and recently released from a federal prison oklahoma. this man, nevertheless managed to make his way sunday to just outside the white house grounds. archie monroe glass of the oklahoma city area has a long history of threatening to kill presidents. in 2008 he admit adler threatening to kill presidents george w. bush and whoever would win the november election writing -- in previous years, he threatened bill clint and hillary clinton too until 2013 he served time in this federal prison el reno oklahoma.

coincidentally the same prison president obama visited in july. earlier this summer, glass was serving time at this halfway nous oklahoma city. and during his time there court records say glass illegally left the facility and made a bus trip to washington, d.c. those records say a u.s. marshal figured it out when he found a return bus ticket to oklahoma city from the east coast in glass' possession. despite doing so the feds released glass from the halfway house to a private residence in late june. and then eight weeks later, the secret service stopped glass outside the white house gate even though it was against the law for glass to leave oklahoma and even though he was under federal supervision at the time. the secret service won't comment, but a former secret service agent tells news4 it is very uncommon for someone who is a known threat to the president to get close access to "the 18 acres," the white house grounds. what did the secret service do after they stopped this map outside the white house? court records say they referred

him for mental health care, after which he was sent back home. we are trying to track this man down tonight. we will tell you what we find on news4 at 6:00. wendy? >> all right, scott macfarlane. federal investigators now taking a closer look at the death of a woman in the fairfax county jail. the fbi and justice department's civil rights division are now looking into this case. natasha mckenna died february 3rd five days earlier, she lost consciousness after a stun gun was used to force her out of her cell. a medical examiner ruled her death accidental. mckenna had schizophrenia. fairfax county now has more training to handle those with mental illnesses. the couple killed in that prince george's county crash last night leaves behind a big family. lawrence jarvis jr. and wanda fauntroy are survived by several children and grandchildren. the couple died last night in brandy wipe. another car slammed into theirs and their car tried to cross branch avenue here near earn shaw drive. police tell us the other car had

the right of way. the people in the other car are expected to survive. right now, several firefighters are recovering after battling a two-alarm fire in laurel, maryland. the intense heat made battles those flames at the apartment a challenge. everyone who lived there made it out but as county bureau chief, tracee wilkins tells us, one woman says her smoke alarm wasn't working. tracee joins us live. >> reporter: prince george's county fire department is investigating to find out what happened with that and if, in fact, the smoke alarms were not working inside of the apartments. they are working now to get these apartments back together again. folks wouldn't be able to go back inside for quite some time. as you can see from the damage behind me it is amazing that everyone made it out safely. >> smoke everywhere, smoke every where. and suddenly, the fire exploded. >> reporter: the fire at the village of month peoplier apartments in laurel was so intense, it injured three firefighters who were battling it. >> things just got extremely hot

and almost untenable at that point. the first person on the line sustained the most serious of injuries. >> reporter: all three were transported and expected to be okay. >> run outside. >> reporter: the fire started in a third floor apartment of a woman in the shower at the time and says -- >> in the house, didn't come out. >> reporter: it was the smoke that met her as she stepped out of the shower, that warned her of the fire. >> glad i came out alive. i don't know what i would have done if the fire meeting me when i was in the bathroom. >> reporter: 15 adults and seven children will be displaced. >> you can see we had to cut some pretty large holes in the roof to relieve the heat and fire from that attic. >> reporter: the good news here is everyone made it out safely. >> if she can come out safely the only one in the building, should be no regrets anyway about the things that burnt up. >> reporter: the firefighter with the most serious injuries had burns to his hands.

again, he and all the injured firefighters are expected to be okay. coming up on news4 at 6:00 there was a young girl who made it out of this apartment building on her own. her dad was at work. she tells us her story and talk with her father as well coming up. live in laurel, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. it's the redskins preseason opener, home opener tonight. we have got team coverage at fedex field. >> yeah chris lawrence outside the stadium. but we begin with carol maloney, jason pugh on the field. you got your redskins important chos packed with you? >> oh yeah we do. >> redskins fans are looking forward to this preseason home opener, get their first look at this team in person. and even though they had some success last week against the cleveland browns, still, a lot to improve upon for this group. the list is long but the number one thing is to stay healthy. of course with the rains expected to come in that is going to be tough. they are just taking the tarp off the field as we speak. a little bit earlier, robert

griffin, iii, he trickled out to take a look, wearing his headphones and getting mentally ready. he is expected to play at least a quarter tonight. >> the offense trying to get into the end zone this week. they played full quarter last week against the browns but they only scored three points. they know they have to do a better job than that. >> got to continue to drive, finish drives, points in the red zone, we have to move the ball down the field. going to play a little bit longer. we definitely want to keep our offense going and keep moving in the right direction. >> these next three preseason games will be right for us to keep improving i like the spirit of the team. the players and coaches committed to getting better every day. >> the spirit of the team, something we have both seen at training camp, they are competitive, aggressive, can they do it tonight in front of the home fans? you know they are going to want to see that much more coming up as news4 continues their coverage here from fedex field. for jason pugh i'm carol maloney, send it back to wendy. >> thanks guys.

head outside the stadium, chris lawrence is with the fans who are hoping to get their tailgating in before rains might come. looks pretty sunny right now. >> it does, wendy. guy to the tell you, like carl and jason, i too listened to doug and amelia, brought my rain important cho, umbrella in there we talked to a lot of fans who told us they had no idea the rain is coming. others said look, rain, that's football weather, we don't care about that as long as we stay away from the thunder lightning. take a look. here is little bit of what we have seen the past few minutes, fans getting here early, the die-hards, show up three or four hours before kickoff, get their tailgate started, throw the football around things like that one of the things the fans have been buzzing about, the team name. we talk to several people about how they feel about the current controversy. controversy. i know the controversy racist and all that stuff, i'm not in

it i can understand that part of it but relate to it. my personal feeling, i wish to keep it the washington code redd skins. >> same logo same colors, but they change the name, you go out and buy new gear, shirts, hats? >> i sure would. i sure would. i sure would. yeah. because be exciting because there would be new era then. >> reporter: who knows in the end, money may trulater we will show you what happens when a lion fan meets up with some of these home materials. for now imsend it back to you. >> chris lawrence checking in with you later. >> all the action kicks off 7:30 tonight here on nbc4 with redskins pregame report. the game begins 8:00 followed, of course, right here on news4 nbc primetime programming, by the way, will be on cozi. check out nbcwashington.com for your chapelnnel listing. you won't believe what happened at the barcelona this morning, it was like a scene from the wild west movie, except

for the ski mask part. i'm pat collins. the story coming up news4. the former governor of virginia is going to jail. we will explain why his legal fight far from over. and women making history, the first female rangers speaking out tonight about breaking down barriers. and keeping an eye on danny. our first named hurricane in the atlantic. our storm team4 coverage just getting started. in the break, get your hour by hour forecast by down loading the nbc

only the u.s. supreme court now stands between bob mcdonnell and a jail cell in a federal prison. today the former governor's bid to remain free while he continues his legal challenge was denied by the federal appeals court. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey is here now to tell us what happens next, even as some of mcdonnell's friends brace for what could soon be ahead. julie? >> reporter: that's right bob mcdonnell is running out of legal options, the fourth circuit court of appeals that turned down his attorney's request for a new trial or exoneration today issued an order that he report to prison. take a look. this is the order that sets off a new flurry of legal maneuvering. mcdonnell issued a statement

reading -- friends who think mcdonnell has been wrongly convicted of public corruption charges are saddened to hear of this latest setback. >> i've been practicing law for 28 years, i have seen lots of people go to jail but never had a friend of mine a very close friend of mine, go to jail and, i mean it is heartbreaking really. >> the former governor faces 24 months in prison. his wife, maureen, received a one-year term. her appeal won't be heard by the fourth circuit until late october. >> if the supreme court does not give bob mcdone al reprieve, how soon would he have to report to prison? >> while that court order issued today takes affect in seven days it does take time for the bureau of prisons to decide where someone should be held. if the supreme court doesn't

allow him to remain free, it could be a few weeks or as long as a few months before he would be behind bars. >> all right, julie carey thanks so much julie. the man who is accused of killing a uva student may have been trying to head to mexico when he was captured. a pretrial hearing took place this afternoon for jesse matthew. prosecutors say a map found in his sister's car in texas shows he had plans to head over the border. also at this hearing, a judge ruled on several motions for the defense and says matthew must be in handcuffs for the pretrial but his personal clothing for a jury. attorneys will be allowed to show hannah graham's name and picture to the court. a short time ago former president jimmy carter finished his first radiation treatment. he revealed today he has four spots of melanoma on his brain. doctors removed a mass from his liver earlier this month. carter talked about it all for the first time this morning.

>> i just thought aid few weeks left. but i was surprisingly at ease. é%rv you know, i have a wonderful life. i have thousands of friends. and i have what he an exciting and as venturous gratifying existence. >> carter says the best thing he ever did in his life was marry his wife rose lynn. during his treatment he will cut back at work at the carter center but maps to still teach sunday school. there is now a new american flag flying over the american legion post in arlington. it replace the one that the veterans discovered was missing on tuesday. the p.o.w. flag that flies with it that was found on the ground. ed very vet traps held a ceremony today to raise the new flag and to dedicate this american flag mural painted on the building at 75 feet long. virginia senator tim kaine donated this new flag that had once flown over the u.s.

capitol. a rise in crime and a call for action. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is in the hot seat, but what she has those say about how to put an end to this rising violence. and she is our home-grown golden girl. we are with swimming sensation katie ledecky behind the scenes at the today show. stay with us for that story and much more on news4 at 5:00. all other station entrances will shut down at their normal times tonight. riders can exit all other stations during the additional hour of

hello, everybody, just getting my show together here watching what is happening out there with the rain, very heavy rainfall, lightning associated with this portions of loudoun county, a flash flood warning issued up north of baltimore, so, if you're traveling up i-95

that's one thing to watch. this is what's causing. this 85 degrees, it's warm. look at the dew point, 75 degrees. that tells us there is a ton of moisture in the atmosphere, the relative humidity, way up there. you walk outside, you can really feel it. so, this line of storms coming through is going to have a lot of potential to bring in some of that heavy rain. not near d.c. yet, not near southern maryland fredericksburg, all dre for now, it is already through winchester and martinsburg so, you're just about done, if you have seen the rain, just about over then for you folks. right now the heaviest, look at loudoun county a very intense storm just south and east of the leesburg area west of louden county leesburg, seeing heavy rain, frederick county, around the city of frederick, heavy rain along 70 and 270. this line will continue to move to the east. i want to zoom in, zoom right on into this area here. again, this is just to the west of leesburg here, heavy lightning just west of 15 around the middleburgh region. look at all of that light income just now passing bluemont, a lot of very heavy rain along 15, right along 66, down along

marshall, as we track, this wouldn't area i'm watching here is the leesburg area, let's go ahead and track this out. try to do this here, see if i can make this happen move out about 30 miles an hour. nope, see if that works for me? yep. there we go. leesburg, around 5:29, poolesville, through maryland now 5:42, toward broad run farms and sterling, around 5:50. these are the areas to watch out for, where the strongest storms are here and this whole line moving off toward the east. one thing i'm not seeing is a southern progression of this line. if this continues, this might just clip the d.c. metro area. if you live in montgomery county howard county, frederick, carol, the baltimore, prince george's county, you folks have the best chance to see the rain and the heaviest rain throughout the rest of the evening. time it out for you, future weather timing it out, pretty good around 7:00, around the gaithersburg area, in through portions of fairfax county, by 78:00 in and around the d.c.

metro, if it does progress into our southern zones that could actually be where some of the heaviest rain is prince george's county, anne arundel, maybe northern charles. that's right where the game is to the redskins game, unfortunately, i do think we will see some rain there, hopefully it stays just to the north, right now, it does look like it may come on into our area, what we are going to continue to watch. flash flood watch in effect until night fairfax, arlington d.c., prince george's county over toward anne arundel and howard once again until midnight tonight. we do have that warning to the north and east of baltimore right now. we move on through the rest of the evening what are we going to be seeing? some clearing conditions. by tomorrow beautiful. 87 in fredericksburg 84, gaithersburg. the next couple of days, right on into the weekend, looking beautiful, 86 on your saturday, 90 degrees more warm and humid on sunday and monday. monday, high temperature of 93. then we cool again, really nice weather, into the middle of next week, got to get through the rest of the night.

we will continue to keep you posted. >> thank you, doug. now at 5:00, not at my restaurant. a robber's plan changed when he came face to face with a local bartender with a bad attitude. and we have been talking about the problematic silver spring transit center for quite a while. but now we know when it is going to open. we will explain how it could change your commute. and the western wildfires claim the lives of two f

so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank.

a masked man didn't expect to get what he got when he tried rob a popular bar on 14th street in northwest d.c. >> pat comes live outside of the barcelona wine bar to tell us how it all we will documentnt down. pat? >> reporter: like a scene from an old western move vachl masked man goes inside the bar to rob the place, but the bar tender says not so fast. it was 12:1:40 this morning, a man comes in the door, a ski mask on his face and knife in his hand. he comes up to the bartender and says says, "were's my money"? >> very scary. came out of nowhere. >> reporter: he was in the office ben a waitress ran in and

get said we are getting robbed. >> said let's go outside. >> reporter: more than one bartender on duty a second bartender comes from the kitchen, he sees what's going on he hits the robber in the back of the head and the robberéwñ falls to the ground. bartender number one jumps over the bar to help dub due the robber. the knife gets kicked into the dining room. the cops are called and case closed. >> we were pretty in control of the situation and the guy had given up. he was resisting at first, but he had eventually given up and he knew there was no one way out. >> reporter: suspect's 24 years old, charged with attempted armed robbery being held bought bound. coming up at 6:00, you are going to meet the bartender who took him down. you are not gonna want to mess with this guy. live in northwest, pat collins,

news4. amelia segal and i tracking the line of storms coming in, continues to develop and move off to the east. >> seeing it develop further south lightning in certain areas, latest look at storm team4 radar, especially in parts of loudoun county, northern fauquier county, storm team4 radar picking up 62 lightning strikes in this immediate area. this line continues to move eastward through these evening hours bringing very heavy rain for about 45 minutes at the most. so 5:30 right now the time, moving into leesburg momentarily, continuing toward reston, bethesda, timing for you leesburg 5:40. germantown, 6:00, reston, about 6:10 gaithersburg at 6:15, columbia at 6:35. if it holds together washington, before the 7:00 hour, so, flash flood watch runs until midnight for the counties here and the solid color of green. we do anticipate a period of heavy rain if you are out driving in this, that will lead

to some hydroplaneing concerns, reduced visibility, when this is said and done the area will pick up a quarter of an inch to two inches of rainfall w two inches of rainfall, could be tracking isolated flash flooding concerns. do get a severe thunderstorm warning with that activity around loudoun county, of course, sending you an alert for nbc washington app to your smartphone. d.c. mayor muriel bowser says the district is doing everything it can to attack the sharp increase in violence but "today" on nbc's 4's "viewpoint" with tom sherwood the mayor caution there had is no quick fix to this upsurge of summer violence. >> i just want the public to know this. there's not a quick fix and it's not one thing that's wrong. that's why we have to attack all the things everybody wants to know what's the one fix or thing causing it the simple truth is this violence is complicated.

we see it in cities around the country right now. >> news4's tom sherwood hosted "viewpoint" today airing on sunday morning here on news4. she said there is no quick fix and everybody is looking for one thing. all we have heard about the past week is getting illegal guns off the street. i think sometimes you wonder if that's even possible anymore these days. what else are they doing? >> no politician, no leader will say i can't fix this immediately, a real problem with that, but says the gun violence is from drugs from high-powered guns, from some hot headsetleing scores and neighborhood beefs. there's a lot of problems, the police are out on the streets, but this gunfire just erupting, even though police very close by. they seem to be oblivious to the fact that police are around and don't seem to care. >> the union saying it is because they got rid of their vice squad or vice units and the police chief, cathy lanier, a problem with, saying that is not a problem. >> have more at 6:00 about what

the union is saying about the police response. yesterday the mayer did increase the rewards. if you used to be if you had a reported illegal gun being used in a crime, it was $1,000. now it's 2500. if you find a gun or reported gun that was used in a crime, that's $10,000 reward. they are asking for the community's help in reporting on some of these people doing the violence. >> okay. we look forward to viewpoint on sunday. you can see it with mayor bowser. "view point" sunday morning at 5:30. they will be discussing bowser's first seven moments in office as well everything from the economy obviously, to crime. jim? the baltimore police commissioner calls it a punch in the gut. this evening, a baltimore officer is being held on $1 million bond for attempted murder charges. prosecutors say officer wesley cagle shot a man in the group area at close range. this happened during an alleged burglary at a grocery store. last december, investigators say other officers also shot the man, but they believe those officers were justified.

the jim called the allegations against officer cagle "heinous and callous." imagine what it would be like if this were your barn with a deadly wildfire raging just beyond the ridge. more than 100 wildfires are now burning in seven western states. in washington state fear is mixed with grief now. three firefighters from the u.s. forest service were killed overnight when their vehicle crashed and was overtaken by flames. fire experts say conditions will get even worse later today. >> we anticipate the fire weather today will be worse than it was yesterday. we should have more rate of spread and more acreage burned than we did yesterday. >> meanwhile, oregon governor kate brown met with first responders on the frontlines of a wildfire that's already destroyed nearly 50000 acres and three dozen homes. a deadly fire in quantico. find out what is being done now

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yeah, it's back-to-school time out there that means filling out form after form after form and here are a few things to keep in mind to keep your child's personal

information safe this year. the federal trade commission says don't give out your child's social security number unless it's absolutely necessary. if someone wants it ask why and find out how they will protect it. teach kids not to post their full name, address or date of birth on social media. and remind them not to share their passwords with anyone. >> children are targeted for their information, such as social security numbers, because often, it is not great associated with an identity, it be a credit history, a utility bill or other employment records. >> all this back-to-school talk has us reminiscing about our back-to-school days. >> so went and found some pictures and the -- >> oh. >> the precocious little 6-year-old on the left is wendy rieger from larry more lawns elementary school in norfolk, virginia, and i think that's jim in eighth grade. he is considerably older than

me. >> seventh grade. it was jimmy. thank you. mine was color you'll note. >> that was gonna come in about another five years for me. you can see many of the throwback thursday school pictures of our news4 staff on the nbc washington app. search #schooltbt. >> i love your bangs. what a cutety. our angie goff is sharing her behind the scenes look at the today show with gold medalist katie la deck coin facebook. find out what is next for the olympian shattering records in the swimming pool. can you believe it? the silver spring transit center where we are now has a targeted opening date. i'm adam tuss, tell you when you can expect to be in here, coming up. we are still seeing this line of heavy storms moving through loudoun county, northern fauquier, watch these as they move off to the northeast metro areas 6:30 to

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you have to pack more than team spirit at fedex field tonight, doug? >> we talked about that last night. got pact umbrellas, if you are yeah tailgating because i think the game starts at k37 0 tonight. i think we may see rain right before that time. if you go inside remember, the umbrellas not allowed in the

stadium so those porch chose. >> pack the poncho. >> talked about that too. heavy rain coming in now, take a look. storm team4 radar tracking that rain for down to the minute. look where this rain is. heaviest rain coming through fauquier county and loudoun county, but notice those storms up here toward frederick county really falling apart right here. so, in through montgomery county, still going to see heavy rain the heaviest of those storms actually out running the boundary getting weaker. we have the very heavy rain, leesburg, this is 15 coming down south of frederick, through the leesburg area down through prince william county and fauquier county. very heavy rain now around the fauquierçuç county line, go ahead and zoom on into this area here south of leesburg here is the airport, you can see the runway, look at all the light new england associated with this we are seeing gust front with this what is that that is the wind ahead of that storm, moving about 30 miles per hour, the wind about 40 miles per hour, look at all the lightning in and around leesburg, if you live along 15 here, south of leesburg

toward middleburgh seeing intense rainfall this will move in toward the herndon and reston sterling areas in the next 20 to 30 minutes, a little bit farther down to the south, where we are looking around the marshall area, northern portions of fauquier county, a lot of lightning associated here too, lining 66. that will continue to give us problems as we move through the rest of the night, too. something wellselse we will see, the redskins games. amelia is more with that. [ inaudible ]. >> some heavy rain moving through the area doing the weather on top hearing the traffic report there, this core rehns rain is impacting folks traveling along 70 270 as doug mentioned, 15, exercise just stay indoors tonight, as we track this cold front moving through the area. if do you have to head out definitely grab that big umbrella, we are tracking torrential rainfall moving through. tomorrow, complete 180 this cold front clears the humidity, brings back the sunshine hive 87, the weekend looking great, especially saturday, with a high

of 86 low humidity partly sunny skies on sunday. monday tuesday wednesday, keeping it dry, hot on monday after that, temperatures return to the mid to upper 80s with plenty of sun. here is your forecast for the redskins preseason game tonight kickoff at 7:30 this is sky cast four forecasting what the sky is going to look like. you can see we can't rule out a few thunderstorms there heavy rainfall. 6:00, when the rain will be moving in the latest timing on storm team4 radar has it moving in about 6:30 to 7 p.m., temperature of 84 degrees at 6:00. by 8:00, temperature of 82. still the chance of showers there, not as heavy in nature and by 10 p.m., it should be mainly dry, mostly cloudy skies and temperature of 78. going to sends things out to chris now where the sun was shining out there and feeling very soupy, right, chris? >> yeah, one half, amelia blue sky very nice, off to this way, nothing but clouds, getting a little bit darker. but take a look here, patrick

and megan dragged their dad out to the game, show us what you got, guy, porch chose handy, all three of them, you are ready for the rain. you knew about this beforehand? >> we did. we prepared. >> that's right. we have been seeing a lot of people just coming in in it. shirts, not as prepared as these guys. i hope you guys have a fantastic time tonight let you go and enjoy the game. talking to a lot of folks who say rain, not so bad, as long as we stay away from the thunder and the lightning, snag could influence the game, we will stay back here at fedex field, bring you updates. back to you, wendy. >> thank you, chris. the silver spring transit center nightmare may be over after several expensive delays. metro says it is ready to take control of the building even set an opening date. sunday, september 20th. transportation reporter adam tuss broke this story on twitter today. he is live in downtown sill sprer spring with an inside look at this place.

adam? >> reporter: one month from today, can you believe it the transit center should be ready to open. this should improve your commute. it connects metro, marc, bus and taxes. >> you look the beams don't quite go to the deck above, those are the strut beams we put in. >> reporter: inside tour of the transit center which transport lation leaders say is ready to go. the issue here had to do with structural integrity beams, column concrete, wasn't strong enough. fixes have been made and here we are. >> we are happy to present this back to the public at long last. >> reporter: the fact that metro is ready to accept the facility a huge step because remember montgomery county built this. metro will operate it. that means metro is satisfied with what it sees. now let's not forget what the whole point of this transit center was in the first place. you could use metro but also able to get around here with bus

and taxis and this will also connect to marc and the future purple line. people who live and work in silver spring ready for the chain link fence to come down and the center to open. >> a long time coming, people have been waiting for this a long time. >> it has been taking this long. >> reporter: buses taking practice runs in here today, also means buses won't have to be on the street picking up passengers, helping the flow of traffic here. montgomery county leaders have a tough task ahead of them convincing people the structural problems here don't exist anymore they say you shouldn't worry more about that more next hour. >> adam tuss, thanks. two women will make history as they become the first female soldiers to prank wait from the elite army rangers training program. this evening, we are hearing from those soldiers and our pat lawson muse joins wuss their story. >> reporter: jim, rangers shaye haver and kristen griest did say

they did feel pressure knowing they were the first woman to take the course. both women say tomorrow will be one of the highlights of their lives. the two are among 90 that will graduate from the ranger training course. it is considered one of the most gruel and difficult courses in the world. the soldiers speaking this afternoon say they hope that the next women to come along and take the course do so with a strong mind. >> the reasons why i chose to come were the same as these men here, to get the experience of the elite leadership school that the army has to provide to give me the opportunity to lead my soldiers the best i can. >> i just came here to try to be a better leader and improve myself and i felt like i did that and for other women who have that same goal in mind, just keep that goal in mind and, you know, just don't lose sight of it and just keep reminding yourself why you're there. >> whenomes to the way the military treats women, one of the soldiers says hopefully, their experience will show army leadership that women can handle the same stresses and the same training at men. a male soldier added that at the

end of the day, they are all rangers as long as they can pull off their mission. jim? >> pat, thank you. it's being called the papal playbook. ahead of pope francis's visit to america, we are seeing an interactive guide to anyone who plans to attend the world meetings of families up in philadelphia. the new launched site has everything for people who live in philly to those planning to stay there for the pontiff's visit, too. on it you will find everything from walking maps to a weekend event guide. if you are planning to attend, we posted a link on our nbc washington app now to help you get around. just search papal visit. wendy? some know her as the golden girl. we know her as bethesda's own, talking about katie la deck kirk the huge olympic debut in 2012 games she made now she is literally smashing records ahead of rio. news4's angie goff call the with the phenom in new york this morning as ledecky made her

debut own the "today" show. >> reporter: here in the big.le we call the up with the swimming champ who has quickly become the one to watch in the water. from historymaker in the pool to fan favorite on the today show plaza, these days, anywhere katie ledecky goes or swims, she wins. >> the most i have ever had on. >> reporter: behind the hardware, a heart of a champion that dominated the world meet in russia. five metals, set three world record smashed some of your own records, won your long distance race, owned the short freestyle the 400, 800, calling it a ledecky slam. how does it make you feel? >> pretty cool. i had a really great meet and a great time about team usa and russia and it was just a blast. >> reporter: with her sweet smile and grace the 2012 olympic gold medalist isn't one to seek the spotlight but her success is just too good to be ignored, as ledecky's star rises so do the expectations. she is okay with that. >> i don't feel any pressure and

my coach and my family they all do a really great job of keeping me focused. >> reporter: family, they were there for katie's first today show visit and who knew 17 years later she would be on the other side of that fence, from watching on the set to cheering her on poolside, her brother michael and parents dave and mary jen are always there. >> she is just a great kid. really, i can't say enough. >> reporter: seems the sports world can't either. ledecky's extraordinary feats are being contributes to the likes of iconic male swimmers like michael phelps, but as the olympian's status grows, she seems grounded and often close to home where she isn't afraid have fun and finds big support. >> means a whole lot. and i will always be very attached to the washington, d.c., area. i just love washington. >> reporter: now, for the superstar athlete, it is all about training and trials and making rio, all while just trying to be another teen getting things done. >> i have to get my driver's

license, toward the top of the list now. >> reporter: she just might have the time now. she is still training but doesn't have to balance a full-time schedule. she does plan to take a couple of courses at georgetown in the fall and then after all the training and the olympics in 2016 she will head to stanford. in mork city angie goff, news4. >> keep her here for one more year. when we come back, a lesson out of this tragedy, a

marine corps base quantico released a statement tonight offering its thoughts and prayers to a neighboring community a man died in an apartment fire this morning on broadway street in the city of quantico. the up to is located along the potomac river and is completely surrounded by the marine corps base. news4's meagan fitzgerald has more reaction tonight from city leaders. >> reporter: quantico fire officials say it was just before 7:30 this morning crews arrived on scene to this apartment building behind us here pulling five people out of the home. they tell us one man didn't make it out alive. the fire marshal, along with the prince william county homicide detectives remained on scene for hours. they blocked off part of broadway as they investigated the scene. quantico mayor kevin brown says firefighters used ladders to rescue the family of five who lived inside. brown says the man who lived in this second floor unit was bed

ridden and was unable to escape. he spoke with the landlord shortly after the rescue. >> she did say that they did have smoke detectors in there and that's what alerted the rest of the people that were able to exit. just encourage people to spend the $10 or get a free smoke detector. >> reporter: mayor brown says the family of five was treated on scene. they are expected to be okay. he says the red cross is assisting with temporary housing. reporting in quantico, meagan fitzgerald fitzgerald, news4. right newt 6:00 that's what the storm team4 radar looks like right now. >> and we have live team coverage tonight on this heavy rain and how it is going to impact your plans as it sweeps through our region maybe even affecting tonight's redskins game. >> a couple of exclusives here tonight. >> only on four, in prison four times for threatening to assassinate u.s. presidents how

did an oklahoma man get near the white house grounds this week? police now have identified suspect in this shaw metro murder. i'm mark segraves, that suspect speaks exclusively to news4. coming up, you will hear what he told police about what he was doing during that shooting. off the top at six, waiting for someone to get home tonight, could be a while. a line of storms could be dumping up to two inches of rain in our area. >> doug and amelia are double teaming this thing tonight. for example we going to get clobbered? >> places getting clobbered now the big thing continues to be the heavy rain, not a huge severe weather threat as far as wind, hail, nothing like. rain is the big factor. >> torrential downpours when that heavy rain moves into the area, could last 45 minutes, that is continuing off to the east. >> seen in