top stories, including a deadly the and run in virginia. also, the search for a suspect in a bold heist that prompted a school lockdown. but first a message on social media sparks a dramatic chain of events, a community on edge, more police patrolling the streets and a young man is in custody, all because of something that was posted on twitter. news4's chris gordon is in charles county to tell us why police took the threat so seriously. >> reporter: the threat put some people who live in la plata into a panic. >> you know, it's shameful that somebody can -- so many people like that. >> reporter: the tweet says -- police say some people didn't go out to shopping centers last night as word of the threat spread. >> people were scared. people staying home, they were scared. not going out shopping? >> not going out shopping. this threat was taken very

serious by the community. the suspect shot and published this video behind a charles county sheriff's office in waldorf, maryland, subtggestg he would turn himself in, but accident. >> it's all good the tweet wasn't that serious. >> reporter: the police worked quickly. the sheriff's office assisted. they arrested 20-year-old carlos hollins of waldorf. hello this is chris gordon, news4. i knocked on the door where his family lives. there was no answer. a neighbor who knows him says hollins has plenty of white friends, so the threat may not have been serious. >> you know, i think it was just something he said without thinking all the way through, you know, playing around and it kind of went, you know, too far, got interpreted the wrong way. >> reporter: he is charged with making a threat of mass destruction a mismeaner maryland, being held in the detention center on $250,000 bond. he will appear in court tomorrow. if hollins is convicted, he could face up to a year in

prison. the la plata police chief tells me that he regrets that it takes a story like this for la plata to make news but he credits good police work in arresting a suspect and ending any threat that may have existed. in charles county, maryland, chris gordon, news4. the search a on for a gunman who robbed a family in a quiet maryland suburb this is the video of the holdup in clinton administrationburg. the gunman robbed the drugstore on string town road at 10:00 this morning he forced two women to the ground while he grabbed prescription painkillers. >> somebody like that on the streets, especially a nice area like this off lot of families around here. several schools were told to shelter in place for two hours while police search from the gunman. coming up, worry amid the lockdown today. a montgomery county police officer is recovering from a crash, it happened one block away from that robbery at the pharmacy in clarksburg.

it is not related to that case. the car ran into the police cruise they are morning on gateway center drive and string town road. chopper4 flew over the scene today. police cruiser crashed into the median. the officer and driver of the other car taken to the hospital. both expected to be okay. there is new information about the truck driver that's responsible, it is believed, for a deadly the and run in alexandria. a woman was killed and roads were blocked off as the investigators there search for clues. that accident closed off braddock road and commonwealth avenue for several hours today. bureau chief julie carey joins us from the scene where she has learned the search for the truck took investigators into maryland. julie? >> reporter: that construction truck that struck and killed a woman right at this corner was tracked to prince george's county, found on allentown road.

investigators came and got the truck and tow it had back to alexandria. the driver of that truck was a woman. alexandria police have not yet confirmed that. we are told the construction truck was making deliverieies i this area when the victim was him. the force of the crash was so great, the victim died instantly. her body today protected by a tent, as investigators work for hours to determine what happened. >> she said she heard someone yell "hey, hey, call 911." i just called 911 and she came around the corner from her garden and saw the woman in the street and i guess the truck was still driving at that point and from what i had heard, they didn't know if the truck knew it had hit anybody but i don't know if that's the case. >> reporter: its use -- it's unknown if the woman was walking or running. this woman says she avoids the

busy intersection when she is walking. >> i stein the side streets, i will get on commonwealth once in a while, i will stay off it, it is busy all the time. >> reporter: recent months, these electronic controls were added to the crosswalk, aimed at preventing this kind of accident. now, neighbors worry they play is -- may have lost a friend and they are upset the driver didn't stop. >> i can't believe they didn't call 911 immediately. it's very tragic, they might have been at fault. but they are going to have to face the consequences anyway. >> reporter: now, even though that truck driver has been identified, no charges have been filed yet and police have not yet released the name of the victim. i did some checking into the history of this intersection. even though it is so busy, there were only eight accidents reported to police here from 2010 through 2014. back to you now. >> julie carey. thank you. now to presidential politics. donald trump just made a move that could unify the republican party and help his campaign at

the same time. he pledged that he would not run as an independent, third-party candidate if he loses the republican nomination and he made it clear he does not intend to lose it steve handlesman is on capitol hill with the latest. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi, doreen. thanks. the bit about feeling, now that he feels acknowledged by senior republicansz at dominant gop front runner, trump says he is totally pledging his support to the republican party. donald trump staged it as a grand event and a sign he has convinced the republican party that he can and should be the gop nominee. >> the best way for the republicans to win is if i win the nomination and go directly against whoever they happen to put up. and for that reason, i have signed the pledge. >> reporter: the pledge he refused last month not to run as an independent. >> here is your pledge. >> reporter: now, trump says the party's treating him fairly. >> the biggest thing is that i

went early to number one and the rnc has treated me with great respect. >> reporter: unlike trump controlling the gop race, hillary clinton cannot control what's most hurting her with democrats, the investigation of her private e-mail system. brian pagliano, the state department staffer who set up the server in clinton's home told congress he is taking the fifth, refusing to testify and admit what could be vie layings of law. house republicans called former clinton chief of staff, cheryl mills, to the committee investigating benghazi and the e-mails, anger democrats. >> investigation has turned into, um, a derail hillary clinton nomination by any means necessary. >> reporter: trump weighed in. >> a lot of people think that she will not be able to make it legally from a criminal standpoint to the starting gate. >> reporter: clinton's polls are dropping. trump's are rising. he is at 30% nationally among

republican voters and the newest monmouth poll. that's trump's highest number ever. a couple of final points about hillary clinton. her former chief of staff, cheryl mills, ended up testifying up here today for nine and a half hours. she appeared after boards with the republican committee chair, republican who's pushing this investigation against hillary clinton. he praised cheryl mills for being professional and fact centric. doreen, nbc's andrea mitchell tomorrow interviews hillary clinton. number one question's got to be what are you going to do to fix this? back to you. >> thank you, steve. former governor marvin mandel was remembered today as the architect of modern maryland. mandel died on sunday at the age of 95. his funeral this was morning in pikesville. it drew many of the state's political elite, both past and present and both sides of the aisle. congressman steny hoyer says he

learned a valuable life lesson from mandel. i said i know some of your people didn't want you to support me, he said, you know, citizeny, you can't go through life with a rearview mirror and i remember that, that was almost 40 years ago. >> flags across the state are flying at half-staff until sunset tonight in honor of mandel. now to the high heat and humidity affecting all of us. doug is here with more on that and the roads are starting -- starting to see some wet roads, doug. what gives? >> yeah, seen them a lot in certain area along the beltway here, down toward 495, the woodrow wilson bridge, the oxon hill area, a lot of thunderstorm activity right around that region over the last one to two hours, take a look and show you storm team4 radar now showing you where the storms are. there's a line of storms back in through clark county, page county, back toward the west, in toward warn county, rather, and down toward the shenandoah valley, the d.c. metro area, we have seen a boundary develop here, and that has really

started off numerous showers and thunderstorms around that region the past couple of hours, one up here toward the olney area, another one just east of maryland city the laurel region, down to the south though, this is the area that i'm watching, this one area around oxon hill and alexandria, national harbor has seen thunderstorm after thunderstorm. take a look at what we are dealing with right here, right around the oxon hill region, extremely heavy rainfall. it's been raining here off and on along the belt bay, seen big problems in that area. from the live desk now and talking about this area this doug had mentioned, the temple hills area in prince george's county where there is a fatal car accident. one driver or person, we understand, was jeeejected from this vehicle. at least two cars are involved. a live picture from our city cam, one lane of traffic here on the outer loop is open. this is near st. barnabas road. you should know anybody heading from virginia across the wilson bridge toward fedex field for the redskins game tonight is likely to encounter this mess

right now. at least two cars involved in this. again, this is a fatal accident, according to prince george's county fire rescue. that's it from the live desk, we will keep you up to date on this traffic situation right now in prince george's county. >> thanks, jim. preseason that he referenced comes to an end tonight for the burgundy and gold. carol maloney is out at fedex field now. jaguars coming into town. carl, i guess if you're ever gonna need a scorecard to figure out who's on the field, tonight would be that night, right? >> a lot of young guys, a lot of guys trying to make a name for themselves, a big night for them. the biggest night of their lives. dreams are going to be realized and crushed in the next few hours here, final preaccept a game. redskins and jags, a lot of drama this beek, of course, surrounding qbs, both kirk cousins and rg3 on the field a short time ago, warming up, but they are just the spectators tonight. all about the guys trying to impress head coach, we are hearing only five to six spots

are open, at most. and this is gruden's least-favorite time of the year. so many tough decisions to make. >> it is heartbreaking. the good thing is i think we will get them enough work on tape, get them an opportunity somewhere else possibly or a lot of chance these guys can come back. last year we went through a ton of injuries and ended up bringing certain guys back it is not the ended of the line for them, but sad to tell them we have to let them go. >> keep it here for the final presanson game, skins, jags, kick off at 7:30 p.m., of course, break it down for you on the redskins' postgame report right after the final bestle. that's the story of the night, guys, 22 players on the sideline will not be here as of saturday, 4 p.m. so, going to keep an eye on who is going to make the team, we will have it for you after the game. >> thank you, carol. still ahead, a mother of two murdered in her home, but months

later, still no arrests. tonight, why police are focusing on this home, hauling out bags of evidence in connection to the case. this project behind me is part of 100-year plan to replace every water line across the district. and it was going to double or triple some of your water bills. i'm mark segraves and comin

a new fee would have trouble doubled or tripled your monthly bills. but today, the board of directors voted to reduce that fee dramatically. mark segraves broke the story and takes a look at the new changes. >> i am shocked. i'm upset. >> reporter: that's how residents were reacting to a new fee d.c. water will begin charging next month. the fee will go to pay for the replacement of water lines across the city to reduce the number of water main breaks and ensure the reliability of the water system. for some customers, the new fee would have more than doubled their monthly water bills. >> many of those customers actually use less water than folks with smaller meters, but they were gonna get a larger charge based on the way we had structured it. >> reporter: the new fee is based on the size of your water line, not how much water you use. newer homes are required to have fire sprinkler systems that require a larger line. so, while the majority of homeowners were going to pay

$6.30 a month, others would pay much, much more. >> about 2100 customers of the 1 you had had 00,000 residential customers we had where the consequence did not seem fair relative to the water use statistics that we were able to delineate that only came out because our customers came forward. >> reporter: after the getting complaints from their customer, the board of directors of d.c. water reconsidered the new fee structure and today voted unanimously to reduce it. >> people should not be penalized in any way for having fire suppression systems. >> the original fee would have been as high as 83.75 a month for some customers. the reduced fee approved today will be capped at $9.67 a month. >> well, it's about as close to being equitable i think as they could make it i flow are lower fees, still a lower fee that they are doing but better the $83 i was supposed to pay. >> reporter: new homes like the ones behind me with the sprinkler systems would have been right to pay the $38 bill

every month. now, they won't have to it will just be $9.67. that new bill will start next month and start in your november statement. the work on that reapplicationment has begun across the city. mark segraves, news4. >> i would have thought a fee increase like this would have had to go through a whole public approval process. what would have happened if people hadn't complained and you didn't report on this? >> reporter: i can tell that you d.c. water was transparent, this was the system working, sent out nations a few minutes before this was actually supposed to take affect and they got the public input that drew their attention to these 2000 -- more than 2,000 customers hit hardest. you heard the general manager say unfairly. so they fixed it. but had they not come forward, had they not seen this notice in the mail, then these rates would have gone into effect next month. >> all right, mark segraves, thank you. in montgomery county, workers are making a new push

for better work conditions. some people protested outside beaten mall today. they say that immigrants are being exploited. they are calling for predictable work schedule so that then better meet their family's needs. the demonstrators want maryland lawmakers to pass the fair workweek bill in january. that bill failed to pass earlier this year. doug is here with our weather forecast, the holiday weekend coming up, but first, we got some issues to get through, don't we? >> we really do the funny thing is most of the area is not dealing with any kind of issues at all, other than the fact we have been dealing with the heat out there some of have you been seeing rain for the last couple of hours. it's really formed over the same location, one of those locations down toward national harbor, down around oxen him big problems out there right now we mentioned to you earlier that accident around oxen hills, national harbor camera, i have got it zoomed into the woodrow wilson bridge here. you can see the outer loop not

moving at all. take a look at one of the trucks here, a bus, raining down there, kind of hard to see. the traffic almost at a standstill, not going to be a good night down there at all, considering the fact we have got the skins game, the nats game as well tonight. not going to be good at all, we continue to see that traffic down that watch now, back to the west in toward the shenandoah valley, thunderstorm there is, warren county, clark county, making their bay toward fauquier county and along 66, but right around the d.c. metro area that we have seen the showers and storms develop and we continue to see that development, a few more up around the olney area, just to the east of laurel, right along the patuxent river, prince george's and anne arundel. this was a boundary, we mentioned this yesterday the bay breeze coming in, it comes in from the chesapeake bay and just develops a couple of storms and they send out their own boundaries. look at these boundaries, see them clearly moving across the region here and wherever these boundaries intercept, that's where we have some more showers and thunderstorm activity. we could start to see some in

through fairfax county. this is the area under the gun now and has been the last couple of hours, storm after storm, clinton, the oxon hill area, alexandria, mount vernon, business cat away, indian head high wake very heavy rain there and seen it along the belt watch please give yourself extra time if you think about heading thought i want to right now, temperature-wise, way down from where we were earlier, 82 currently, the heat index of 85, hit 96 a little bit earlier. one of the hottest days we have seen so far this summer. 90 current any leesburg, not seen the rain there, 90, manassas, 91, fred rib, the areas rain-free so far. what's happening here, we have a boundary moving down that boundary will change things for the next couple of days. first off tomorrow, it give us a better chance of showers and thunderstorms during the day, temperature around 90, much better whetherth weekend, saturday and sunday looking good, 84, saturday, 86, sunday. monday, labor day, also looking good. but after labor day, we have got another change.

i will show you that change at 6:45. >> thanks, doug. interesting developments down in kentucky just a few hours after a clerk was ordered to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. right now at 6:30, robbed at gunpoint and targeted for their ♪ hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪

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a county clerk in kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is in jail. she was sent to jail today by a federal judge who said she will not be released until she agrees to approve the paperwork allowing gay couples to wed. nbc's jay gray has more on that hearing today. >> reporter: tensions and tempers boiled over outside a federal courthouse in kentucky this morning, while inside, embattled county clerk, kim davis, was sent to jail on contempt of court charges for ongoing refusal to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> i think everyone was stunned that the judge ordered kim davis to be escorted by federal marshals and jailed that wasn't even the request of the plaintiffs in this case. >> reporter: davis argued she shouldn't have to issue the licenses because they conflict about her a poststollic

christian faith, but a federal judge said today the court cannot condone the willful disowe kbreensd of its lawfully issued order. the supreme court legalized gay marriage in june. as davis was taken into cust toed day, supporters condemned the decision. >> to the see this heroine, this woman of god, following defy the courts and defy the people who are telling her that she cannot do what is on her conscience, that she cannot follow god's word. >> reporter: on the other side, protesters argued this is not about religion but equal rights. >> i just want her to do her job or resign. we want to be able to see our friends get married and love who they want. >> reporter: the judge said davis would be released once she agrees to comply with this order and issue the marriage licenses. jay gray, nbc news. we are staying on top of the breaking news in prince george's county right now. a deadly crash on the outer loop of the beltway. it's near st. barnabas road and the oxon hill area and this crash could affect anybody

trying to go to tonight's redskins game. we are gathering new information and we will have a update after the break. also tonight, surveillance video captured a crime. they are still trying to figure out the guy who did it. we will hear from a woman who watched it all. we will hear what she has to say the gunman was really after. the growing calls for change across virginia after two journalists were killed on live tv. young kids walking almost a mile to school, but's not the distance that bothers parents in this loudoun county community. it's the fact that their commute is on this wooded and

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right now at 6:30, robbed at gunpoint and target for their prescription pills. >> with he need to get somebody like this off the street. new developments of the murder of a mother in virginia. we will tell you hot police are focussing on as they look for new clues in that case. it goes against everything parents usually teach their kids, don't walk alone along a wooded path n this louden commune at this time, is how some sounds are expected to get to school. >> it is not the distance at all it is the fact that i can't put my 12-year-old daughter on a trail a public trail where they -- i know that it's secluded. >> new at 6:00, we confront the school system on this potentially dangerous commute. plus, how the district hopes a new playground will help bring

an end to some of the violence in our city recently. jim handily on the live desk here where we are monitoring the latest on a nasty traffic accident in prince george's county. the traffic, folks, heading to redskins, fedex field is backed up all the way across the wilson bridge and into virginia. you're looking at a live traffic camera shot here in the oxon hill/temple hills area. the outer loop, one rain of the outer loop getting by now. this is a multivehicle accident. at least one person was jeektje from the car. one person has died in this accident. if you are heading in from virginia, expect a very long commute tonight to that game. that's it from the live desk for now >> thanks, jim. they don't get a lot of stickups in clarksburg, maryland, but they had one this morning. a guy walked into a pharmacy there, he had a gun, and some kind of max on his face. >> the robber threatened a clerk

with that gun and demanded drugs. shomari stone reports now that the gunman got away and police are still looking for him. >> reporter: clarksburg high school was on lockdown this morning for around an hour and a half while montgomery county police search for a nearby armed robbery suspect. parents worried. >> that's extremely surprise and i'm glad they did it. i mean, a lot of crazy people running around these days. >> very scary. >> reporter: this woman doesn't want you to know her name. she is one of the armed robbery victims at clarksburg pharmacy. >> very shocked. a very nice area, so, very weird to have somebody just come in and think that they can do something like that. >> reporter: take a close look at this surveillance video from this morning. it shows a masked man dressed in a striped blue long-sleeved shirt, khaki shorts, tan shoes with a black backpack over his shoulder. he calmly walks into the pharmacy pointing a gun at a woman and the pharmacist. he forces the two employees on the ground and they put their hands up. he seems to know exactly what he is looking for as he searches shelves and drawers.

the pharmacist told me he stole a variety of medicine, including prescription painkillers, then he walks out. they hope someone recognize the man and turns him in to police. >> you don't want somebody like that on the streets, especially a nice area like. this you have a lot of families around here. >> reporter: detectives want your help catching the suspect. now, we posted the video on our website, nbcwashington.com, and on our nbc because app, if you want to take another look at the suspect. here in clarksburg, i'm shomari stone, news4. one week after two journalists were gunned down on live tv, some northern virginia lawmakers are taking action to strengthen gun laws. the group of democrats have a petition about 2800 signatures supporting expanded background checks for gun buyers. right now, private sales, including those at gun shows, are not subject to background checks. the state legislators are expected to push for new legislation in the next session. the chief safety officer at metro has resigned. that announcement comes after

metro revealed that human error is to blame for the derailment last month at the smithsonian metro station. the transit agency held a public meeting today to talk about those findings. they revealed a section of track was defective. a piece of equipment detected that defective track and it sent out a warning. but the metro worker deleted that warning. today a metro board member grilled the staff about that mistake. >> this incident did not occur on august 6th of this year it occurred the day you guys brought in the ggv. so, um, i would like to know how you had a process that allowed for those two things and who signed off on that process? >> metro's rail chief says he takes full accountability -- responsibility. metro is expected to offer a final review on that derailment in october. we warn our children not to

walk alone in wooded areas, but for some loudoun county middle schoolers, that's part of the route to school. it takes some kids bun mile to back from their ashburn neighborhood to trail side middle school using the w and od trail. worried parents reached out to news4 and david culver looked into their concerns. >> reporter: some take the bus. others dropped off by a parent. and then there were students like samantha. her bus route got cut this year. now, she walks, nervously, along the w and od trail. what would be the ideal situation for you? >> um, probably getting on the bus again. >> you miss that? >> yeah. >> would you feel safer? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: the path may seem ideal now, but think about the time of year. and then imagine yourself in the winter, wooded, dark, not exactly an ideal commute for middle schoolers. >> kind of weird and kind of creepy, 'cause, like, people are passing and you're not sure if they are gonna, like, stop and start talking to you and i'm

scared of that. >> reporter: samantha's mom among a handful of parents on their street asking for the bus stop back, but their recent appeal, denied by the school board. >> i do not walk on the trail by myself. there have been too many incidents that have happened and it's a very secluded, wooded area. i felt like if something happened, somebody screamed, no one would hear. >> reporter: we asked the school system what could be done? >> we offered them the chance to go outside their walk zone to catch the bus as an alternative. >> reporter: that means samantha and others have to cross the busy hay road to join those who bus, no sidewalks along her side of the street, no crosswalks here, that leaves the wooded trail. >> try to walk as a group, you feel it's unsafe, you don't feel it is unsafe, walk these routes, you can take your child to school. >> make you feel better when your mom is walking with you? >> yeah. >> it can't be like that every day? >> no, she has work in the morning. >> reporter: the school system says parents can petition the transportation department in hopes for a change. despite her job pressures, donna

won't let her daughter walk alone. >> never, i will never do it. it will be a never. ever. ever. i will be out here walking with her every day. >> reporter: in ashburn, david culver, news4. still ahead, puppies snatched from a home in northern virginia. how a tip to police helped investigators zero in on the suspects. also, a safe refuge, hopefully so amid the rise in violence in the district. first up, here's doug. >> tracking showers and thunderstorms, some continue to strengthen, others dying off, show how is going to get the next round of storms, plus that all-important labor day bond forecast, next.

tonight, there is a new effort by a local community to protect young children from the increasing violence in the district. our tom sherwood has our report.

>> reporter: one shovel at a time, wheel barrebarrows haulin. volunteers building a $100,000 playground off wheeler road, home to the achievement preparatory academy. >> doing it for the kids. i went to school not too far up the street. so when i found out they were doing something for the community, i thought i would help out. >> reporter: mark is a suburban car max car service specialist, but he remembers this town's rough neighborhood and the people here. >> i grew up in the area, i live out in maryland, but went to school here for the better part of ten years. some of the nicest people i ever met live two to three miles from here a great jest xhur but a small gesture considering what i think is owed to people, hard working people around here that deserve it. >> reporter: chantell wright is a former corporate lawyer who switched car tears are open this academy eight years ago. >> too many children simply because of their zip code or

color of their skin don't have access to quality education. >> reporter: is the school ceo getting her own hands on this project. where is your blue shirt? >> my blue shirt is right there i'm going to get it in one minute. >> you thinking about that before i asked you? >> not at all. not at all. but now i really am. >> reporter: flash play ground is expected to be open every day starting tomorrow. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. three people are facing charges tonight for stealing puppies from a home in loudoun county and then trying to sell them online. cheyenne hackett and jovan mallory are in custody in virginia. roger lucas is being held in new jersey on other charges. police say they stole four great pyrenees puppies from a home in lovetsville in may. officials received a tip when the puppies bent on sale online. the puppies were found safe in west virginia.

the redskins wrap up their people taking their noise complaints to court. another surprise search in the bonnie black murder case, but still no suspect, still

an arlington man is maintaining his innocence tonight after the death of his estranged wife more than four months after her murder. police returned to his home,

searching for evidence. new at 6:00, our pat collins talked with people who live in the area about this still-unsolved case. >> reporter: it's been four and a half months since bonnie black was murdered. there's been no arrest and people in the neighborhood are worried. >> we have all been waiteding impatiently to see results. >> reporter: when neighbors saw police search this home this morning, they say they were relived, they thought this investigation may have stalled. >> i'm glad to see it's not that police still have leads. >> reporter: four and a half months and police back at the home of david black, here conducting yet another search. this time, they seized two bicycle, some paperwork and other items. david black is the estranged husband of bonnie black. she was a 42-year-old psychologist who did contract work for the fbi. bonnie black, murdered in her

home in aurora hills. her throat had been cut. she was left in her bed to die. david and bonnie black were involved in a bitter divorce. he lives in a house about two blocks away. police have described david black as a person of interest. his house has been searched before. in a statement tonight, david black says this morning's arrival by arlington police officers at mr. black's home is dismay be. mr. black maintains his innocence and will continue to work collaboratively with relevant authorities as the investigation continues. again, david black is charged with no wrongdoing in this case. in arlington, pat collins, news4. alexandria's mare, bill euille, will announce on saturday whether they will launch a write-in camp fine keep his job. he's four-term mayor, but he was beaten in the june democratic primary by council vice chair

allison silverburg. by then, it was too late to file for an independent campaign, which left -- write-in campaign his only option. several political activists in alexandria tell northern bureau chief julie carey that euille will wage a campaign. people who live along the potomac river are taking the first steps over filing a lawsuit over loud airplane noise. according to the georgetown current, nine groups filed paper bork about the u.s. court of appeals against the federal aviation administration. the groups have been fighting with the faa for nearly two years over flight paths that they say disrupt their neighborhood, something news4 has covered in the past. doug is here with another check on our weather. rain flowing down in those few location zbh. >> it is. other locations get rained on, most of the storms off to the best, showers in and around the metro region. let's take a look and show what you is happening now, see the

dark clouds around the cathedral there. 81 at the airport now, i think that temperature may go up over the next 15 to 20 minutes. by 7:00, 7:30, 84 digress, get sunshine, 18 by 11:00. 91, rockville, 92, fort belvoir, 92, dulles, areas that did not see the rain today, we saw a high temperature today of 96 degrees, one of the hottest days we have seen all year and and the heat index around 100. here is the showers and thunderstorms, again, most of the area remains dry. we have a few around the beltway and more back toward the best, an area now, heaviest storm, in and around 66, back toward marshall, millburg, in through loudoun county, along 50 and then 66 here, 17 connecting the two, lightning with this one, drifting down to the south, live near marshall, heads up there front royal, seeing some of that rain along 340. now, over towards the east, one shower, look, this is over the

last hour, notice right around the oxon hill reion, saw a lot of rain earlier, that is all now shifted down to the south, lining indian head highway, toward mount vernon, lining the potomac, a few more showers up toward the north up there toward maryland city the laurel region, developing toward rockville. we will continue to see these developing through the evening, pulse up, they will pulse down, can't rule out an isolated shower or storm around the game tonight, whether the skins game or the nats game, all in all, get the games in, hot and humid, scattered storms, 85 to 90 degrees tomorrow it will be a very warm day, heading down toward the beaches this bond, good for you. the weather really looking good down there. 82 on your friday. only chance the storms will be friday, saturday and sunday look right. the next couple of day, 48 on your saturday, 86, sunday. the weekend, beautiful, monday, labor day, high temperature of 89. then the heat comes back, back into the mid-90s next tuesday and benz. >> thanks, doug. we are following the story in the district of a young child who died this afternoon after an

accident inside a house in southeast d.c. near the prince george's county border. after a call to 911, that child had to be put on a fire truck for the trip of the hospital because the closest ambulance with the paramedic was seven miles away. some point along the transport, the ambulance met the fire truck and continued on to the hospital with the child. at this point, there is no indication that that that transport played any role in the child's death. response times and paramedic shortages have been a problem for the city for the last several years. it is something the mayor has promised to address. tonight's the night, the final preseason game for our football team. jason and carol, live at fedex field. >> hey, doreen, not the only ones sweating it out tonight. the players, their time to change. >> a lot of jobs on the line here at fedex field, tell you what players look out for as the redskins se

carol and jason out at fedex watching guys desperately trying

to get a job in the nfl. folks? >> yeah, vance, tonight, a lot of players their last chance to impress this coaching staff. those rosters have to be cult down from 75 to 53 players by saturday. >> not a lot of spots open, four or five spots to be determined. so a lot of guys sweating it out. and one of the living examples of what this night is all about jeff bostic. he is a former hog, of course, recently announced he is going in the ring of fame on week seven, i believe he will be inducted. he is here tonight. he knows just how nervous it is on the sideline and in the game. >> your stomach is turning like nobody can imagine. a lot of them aren't going to started the game, they are going to be on the bench and eating at them more and more and more. once you are a guy around and been through this document like it because you see some of your teammates get released. >> this is a full preseason game, don't overlook this everybody says it is a number game, don't know if we need a

third string running back, don't know if you need a third string left tackle or d tackle or something. just trying to show them it's important, trying to show them they need to look at that. one of the guys we know will make it colt mccoy, all colt, all the time with kirk cousins starting and rg3 not cleared to play, mccoy will be behind center all four quarters against jaguars tonight. he has been the most productive q about. this preseason with a better completion percentage than cousins and the highest preseason passer rating of all three quarterbacks. one of the guys mccoy will be throwing to tonight, rookie wideout, jameson crowder. news about him today, he will not be suspended over domestic violence allegations, this surrounding an instagram post in which a woman claimed her bruises seen in these photos were caused by the rookie receiver, crowder. the nfl's investigation found no basis to support those claims. all right. a do-or-die battle tonight, literally and figuratively,

skins, jags, players find the time to sine shine. kickoff, 7:30. in the nfl, big news of the day tom brady is free or tom brady gets off scot free, whichever way you're looking at it >> he cannot lose. tom brady cannot lose, no matter what he does in life. judge richard berman, he might be a fan favorite with the patriot no, sir you. he nullified the suspension of tom brady, four-game suspension by roger goodell earlier today. now, today's decision allows brady to play in the september 10th season other against the pittsburgh steelers. in vacating the suspension the judge cited a lack of proof and says roger goodell went too far suss spending the quarterback for four games. brady has not commented as of yet and the league filed an appeal against that decision. we asked you what do you think? that was our news4 survey today. the was the punishment for good

for brady too harsh, most voted said the punishment was not too harsh. switching to baseball, nats back at home after salvaging a win last night versus st. louis. they are going to take on the atlanta braves. some good news, bryce harper back in the lineup tonight. he left last night's game in the fourth inning with tightness in his left glute. harper originally injured it while make an awkward slide into first base on tuesday night. he will start in center field for the injured michael a. taylor. here at fedex, it is all football and we are here to cover it, so many dreams are going to be realized or crushed, either way you look at it optimism about the season kicks off for real september 13th. a lot of stress here tonight. >> one thing you want to look out for, kirk cousins, the starting quarterback, he is the backup f colt goes back down tonight, kirk would have to come in. keep your fingers crossed that mccoy says it upright and healthy. vance, doreen, back to you in studio. would be awful if colt had to go

down. call brian mitchell. maybe he can still come in like maybe he can still come in like he did back in the day.

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tonight, sent to jail a defiant kentucky clerk ordered locked behind bars for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> high drama as protest rage on both sides. brady beats the nfl, resounding victory as the star quarterback's deflategate suspension is overturned. he'll take the field, but his troubles could be far from over. a father's heartache, the surviving dad who lost his entire family. photos of his lifeless son and another desperate father, today his family clinging to hope on the tracks. and pressure points, hillary clinton's aide says he's taking the fifth rather than answer questions about her private e-mailve