martin luther king avenue, the time about 8:15 p.m. three gunmen, high velocity weapons. at least 28 shots fired. five men wounded. gunshot wound to the lower right leg. gunshot wound to the left leg. gunshot wound to the back. gunshot wound to the left hip. gunshot wound to the left to the right buttock. they shot a toyota prius. there was so much led in the air and violence in the street that it took all night long for the crime teches to process the scene. hear now from council woman who represents this ward. >> i don't think my reaction is any different than anybody else's in the city. it's too much. no one wants to live in a

community that is plagued with violence. the residents want the same thing that you want and that is to live in a safe community. >> sources say the victims are something less than cooperative, which could make it doubly hard for the cops to track down the shooters which could mean we may be standing here again doing a story similar to this. >> pat, thank you. criminals with guns are at the center of the surge of violence in the city and dozens were just taken off the streets this past weekend. now, from one part of the city particularly hard hit by the violence. mark? >> jim, we're outside of the seventh district police headquarters. this neighborhood has been hit absolutely the hardest by this surge in violence. today the mayor and chief of police say they are going to start tracking the people they think are most likely to be

involved in a violent crime. >> it takes guns off the same person over and over and over again, it is just unacceptable that we're putting our police officers at that level of risk and our community at that level of risk. >> today dc's mayor and police chief say they are frustrated that so many of the suspects and victims of violent crimes are the same people who they have arrested before. >> the people committing the crimes, the homicides in particular that are repeat violent gun offenders has almost doubled. >> according to police, 21 suspects charged with murder this year were under court ordered supervision at the time of the offense. 26 murder victims were also under court order supervision at the time they were killed. >> and tracking gun offenders as

they go through the system. >> to see if the punishment matched the charges and if the sentences were actually carried out. the mayor says everyone needs to be helt accountable. >> it does no one any good to point fingers. >> the district saw another violent and deadly weekend. the mayor pointed to dozens of guns taken off the streets in the past days. >> in 2015 we have recovered more than 1100 illegal guns. we have seized 83 illegal guns. >> the chief is going to continue to put more police on the streets and go after the guns to get them off of the streets. you heard the mayor tout the recent gun recovery numbers. coming up, we will go inside the numbers and tell you what happened to the people who were caught with those guns and why police want a zero tolerance to

repeat gun offenders. >> if you are waiting for someone to get home on metro, they may be running late. a train got stuck on the line and service was briefly stopped. all trains are running again right now but it is already impacted the afternoon rush. >> investigators are working to figure out what sparked a fire to force students out of their dorm. firefighters put out the blaze about 15 minutes later. the fire only damaged the roof. but there is some water damage to the upper floors. no one was hurt. >> we are still talking about the heat today. >> and storm team four is here

with a look at what we can count on. how about it? >> i tell you what, that puts the question on my face book and twitter. are you ready for the cooler weather or do you want to stay with the heat and everybody said bring on the cooler weather and fall like temperatures and we have some in the seven day. today though? no. another hot and humid day and it's going to stay that day. tonight, sunset, the sun goes down at 7:28 tonight. a very warm and humid night. we have one more hot day tomorrow. those storm chances come along with a front and that front gives us a big pattern shift. wait until i show you the temperatures coming up later this weekend, guys. >> thank you, doug. >> now some breaking news. the death of a mentally ill woman tased while in custody now

ruled an accident. >> trying to move her to another jail. just talked to the commonwealth attorney about his findings. julie? >> it is a horrific tale of suffering. after his exhaustive review of her treatment earlier this year. and her subsequent death. today he released a 50 plus page report about that review. now the commonwealth attorney says natasha was in the throes of severe mental illness and an autopsy report said she died of a syndrome known as excited delirium. that came in part due to the great struggle she put up.

ray says the four tasings she received were not the cause of her death and he has ruled this simply a tragic accident. he says none of the deputies involved in her transport are criminally liable. her death, all the same, is an undeniable tragedy. >> the way our system works in the 60s we released people with profound mental illness. we recognize that they have rights just like anyone else. we released them on to the streets and they are usually taken care of in outpatient settings and we depend on them continuing to take their medication for them to remain safe. sometimes that doesn't happen like in this case. >> now ray says that his examination in the case suggests that much more review needs to be done. changes need to be made in the way mentally ill offenders are treated in the jail and some of the changes have already been

made. back to you now. >> julie broke this story on twitter so follow julie carry for updates. >> and county churches are collecting donations to help send the body of a teen who was shot on his way to the bus stop in sterling on friday. he moved here in 2013 to get away from the violence innel salvador. now his family wants to fly his body back for a funeral. the principal reached out to the united methodist church which will now serve as the central collection point for anyone hoping to help. >> now that we have a centralized location, all of the funds can be funneled through and they will be dispersed as the family needs. >> we want to be of some comfort

and solace to the family. >> three people including another boy are charged in the case. a former police officer is facing child por noth pornograp charges. walker is accused of uploading child porn to a social media site. he resigned in april from fairfax county police as a public information officer. three years' probation with the first year in a half way house. that's the punishment for a man who pleaded guilty to a beating on board a metro train. it shows him knocking another person out. prosecutors say he got into an argument with a couple of teenagers last june. he punched one of them and knocked out another person who tried to intervene. some good news now in a tragic story in virginia.

the woman who survived the deadly ambush on live tv is out of the hospital and back home this evening. vicky gardener says she still has a long road to recovery but she thanked everyone for their support. she was seriously wounded when a man shot and killed his former colleagues during a live tv interview. she is focused on uniting the roanoke community and leaving a positive legacy in the wake of that tragedy. >> now to capitol hill, it appears president obama now has enough support in the senate to keep the iran nuclear deal in tact. three democratic senators announced their support today. that brings the total number of supporters to 41. that should be enough to block any resolution against the plan. the deal involves lifting sanctions in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear activity. congress has until september 17th to vote. a double stabbing in arlington. how a couple barely escaped with

their lives. find out what the robbers were after. >> a fairfax man is buried in arlington cemetery. why the family had to fight for the honor. >> one worker said that she found out about the closing of laurel regional hospital while watching news 4. watching news 4. why officials say t what did iran's supreme leader get in the nuclear deal? to start with, $100 billion. they keep their nuclear facilities and ballistic missiles. there won't be surprise anytime-anywhere inspections. and after ten years, restrictions are lifted and iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. congress should reject a bad deal. we need a better deal.

>> some top stories right now, a guardsman from fairfax is finally buried at arlington national cemetery after one family's fight. >> you may notice some big changes at the reflecting p ini >> and before deflate gate, there was spy gate. >> there are frustrations tonight over the closing of a prince george's county hospital. some say laurel regional administrators are not being up front. >> hospital workers and city leaders held a press conference today to air their concerns. >> they're saying the way this was done was all wrong and they're hoping it's not too late to change things.

>> my daughter went to nyu. >> it's how she found out that hurts more. >> nbc. >> today she and other workers crossed the street to speak out against the proposed closure that many say was not transparent. >> people are asking me questions and i really don't have the answers for them. i wish i did. >> 38 workers in the maternity ward will be laid off. as this full service hospital is shut down and replaced with a new $25 million walk in center. >> everything that's being done is being done quickly in order to prevent us from doing anything. >> city officials spoke out against the closures and threatened future plans. >> we're supportive of a new

hospital. but it has to be in the context of the kind of service we need here in laurel. >> this young lady right here, this is my family. i see these workers more than i see my own family. >> the hospital is fully operational, antiquated and out of state for what is needed for laurel. coming up on news 4, there is one county official who is catching a lot of heat with this. folks saying he supported this and knew about it. we will explain who and why. reporting live, i'm tracee wilki wilkins. >> we're waiting to find out if charges will be filed against a

driver who hit and killed a family. >> the pool has been drained. the plan is to fix a small portion damaged during work on the world war ii memorial. the work should take until next summer. until then the north south walk way will be closed. a prince george's county motorcycle dealer is backing out on the upcoming ride for justice rally. owners at the fort washington harley davidson shop didn't want workers to meet there. the october justice or else event on the national mall will mark the 20 years since the

million man march. the nation of islam leader says the march is about equality. half of all american adults have diabetes or blood sugar levels so high that they are considered pre-diabetic. 12 to 14% of adults have the disease and more than a third meet the criteria for pree diabetes. most of those are type two which are associated with obesity and inactivity. the numbers have mostly levelled off since 2008. >> now the parents of freddie gray have settled. find out what this could mean for the officers who are still accused.

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at arlington national cemetery, a full military burial. >> news four's chris lawrence joins us so much. chris?

>> the army later reversed its decision back in june. thomas was 26 years old. the other victims of that black hawk crash included three national guardsmen and seven marines. >> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and that forecast is a hot one over the next couple of days. we have cooler weather coming in and we have rain and boy do we need to see some rain. not right now, though. a lot of sunshine. a few clouds. nice and calm. another great shot down towards the washington monument. still 91 degrees. winds out of the south around 12 miles an hour. everybody has gotten into the

90s. for the most part, the exception along the bay. in many locations, both coming in. storm team four radar dry. it will stay dry for about the next 24 hours. after this time tomorrow i do expect to see showers and storms. you can see the front bringing in very heavy rain towards chicago. out ahead of it? another hot and humid day tomorrow. i think temperatures right around where they were today and maybe warmer in some locations. we will take you through hour by hour. watch what happens between 10:00, 11:00. thursday i think a much better chance of rain during the day on

thursday. some of us could get heavy rain and boy do we need it. high temperatures into the low 90s. any chance of rain will be towards the west. so your aimed commute? no problems at all. same thing for that evening jog. watch for the evening storms. the early evening will be on the dry side. a great stop for the kids. they will not need to take the umbrellas tomorrow. hot temperatures between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon. they will need to take the umbrella most likely on thursday. that's when we see -- look at the cooler weather here. can't rule out a shower on friday.

another chance of rain coming up on saturday. it's a very tough tricky forecast. including a closer look at your weekend coming up at about 5:45. >> a victory for that kentucky county clerk. she started a national controversy by refusing to issue same sex marriage licenses to same sex couples. and northern virginia kids are back home from school. there is another issue that will impact classrooms. a couple is violently attacks in arlington. slashed. police want to get the

we have team coverage now at 5:30. a man defending a woman is nearly killed in arlington. >> the grandmother of two missing children shared something she has never shared until now. >> and we're watching a big shift in our weather and the controversial clerk who plans to return to work. details ahead on the live desk. first a brutal attack on what neighbors call a safe neighborhood in arlington.

>> a couple confronted and then attacked by a man with a knife. >> good evening. there's nothing foreboding about this stretch of arlington boulevard but police say when it's dark, it's quite a different scene and this weekend it was indeed the scene of a brutal attack. a quiet road that runs next to route 50. you can just hear the traffic from the busy thoroughfare. not much else but it was the scene of an attack. >> man and a woman were walking along the 5900 block around 12:40 a.m. and they were confronted by man who grabbed the woman's purse and she tried to hold on to it. >> she tried to fight off her

attacker. >> the man she was with had been walking a little ahead. what neither of them knew is there was a second robber in the bushes. >> the victim sustained a life threatening injury, more specifically a stab wound to the chest. >> both victims were left bleeding as the two men who attacked them ran off. police say the attack was so brutal and the wound so deep that the man might have died if someone else would not have been walking by and dialed 911. >> the medics from the fire department assisted and performed life saving measures before they could get them to the fairfax hospital. >> police are calling it an attempted robbery. the victims came away with their belongings and more importantly their lives. >> now we understand that both victims are expected to recover. they weren't able to give much in the way of description of their attackers.

we're live in arlington. are. >> the chief says tonight this isn't true. they would get between a 10 and 20% bump in pay. >> right now thousands of students in northern virginia are chatting about their first day of a new school year. many more buses on the roads met longer commutes. kids in the city along with arguington all went back today. northern virginia bureau reporter takes a look now for teachers and students in fairfax.

>> i think we are getting more sleep. >> these seniors telling me they already feel more rested. first bell about 40 minutes later. >> i went to bed last night the same time i usually go throughout the whole year and i got a lot more sleep. >> other students morning charge in hand worry about the post school crunch. >> there is less time for home work and everything else. >> he's not so sure that it will save sleep. starting her third school year at superintendent, she is happy to see the later start time. >> the end goal was obviously to do what is right by our students. there is such compelling students. >> it's not only a welcome back for students but for teachers and for others it means more money in their paychecks this year but is it enough to keep them here. >> this year with the combined

step included, do you think that will be enough to hold teachers? >> no, i don't think it's enough. i think we need to keep working on it. we're losing ground. >> i have argued this from the start. >> and spending some of the salary on new classroom gear. >> i'm ready as i'll ever be. >> at secondary school in fairfax county, news 4. >> 550 more children have brand new backpacks today thanks to your donations. students at cameron elementary school here received theirs today.

you can still donate online. go to nbc's facebook page. we asked you to show us your scholars and we got some awesome photos today. here at the live desk there are still a lot of questions about the court clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. ♪ this afternoon it looked like a campaign victory rally outside a kentucky jail complete with "eye of the tiger" blaring from the speakers. kim davis was released from jail about 3:00 and she can stay out along as davis allows her deputies to continue issues marriage licenses to same sex couples but the rally didn't tell us if she will obey that order. all she did was thank her

supporters and praise god. >> i just want to give god the glory. his people have rallied and you are a strong people! >> her attorney says she won't violate her conscious. >> thank you. a developing story now. a humanitarian crisis. room is running out for migrants so now there is some concern about where they're going to go now to get help. they're being called nfl cheaters. another scandal for the new another scandal for the new england patr

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no artificial flavors, and no high fructose corn syrup. >> that's pretty brutal. >> the nats find themselves in an all out battle with their division rivals tonight. a message today from the players. we'll fight. fans you stay until the very end. >> be loyal all the way. that's not only with us, but that's every other fan. >> he wants the fans to be as supportive as possible. i don't think he ant to say that in a derog tory way.

we enjoy playing in front of loud screaming fans that are in support of us. he wants that and i don't think there's anything wrong with that. i hope they come out in droves tonight and cheer their butt off. >> it feels different and it helps when you have your home fans outd there with you and cheering for you and things like that. whether there's 40,000 or 10,000 people. >> been preaching one game at a time all season and this one got tougher. word tonight zimmerman sitting out with oblique soreness. news 4, sports. >> well, before deflate gate, there was spy gate. >> and now it appears the new england patriots was more rampant than those two scandals. one report released by espn today, the report alleged that the patriots filmed sideline signals over a 40 game period

over 2000 and 2007. >> if super bowl champion patriots open up the nfl nfl season on thursday night. they will take on the pittsburgh steelers at 4:30 on news channel 4. >> it's not looking too bad if you're headed out to nats park tonight. we're still going to be a little on the warm side. we will have all of that

information coming up. >> and a local thrill seeker is taking climbing to extremes. we all ask the question once she's up there how does she get down? >> this is the playground in clarksburg where sarah and jacob last played with their father, troy, before they disappeared one year ago. >> we have two babies out there with no hard evidence that they're deceased. >> ahead what's expected to happen next in court when happen next in court when katherine

what did iran's supreme leader get in the nuclear deal? to start with, $100 billion. they keep their nuclear facilities and ballistic missiles. there won't be surprise anytime-anywhere inspections. and after ten years, restrictions are lifted and iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. congress should reject a bad deal. we need a better deal. i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad.

i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank. big stories we're following now at 5:00. the world is watching this humanitarian crisis expand. >> plus a settlement in the wrongful death of freddie gray. the deal appears to be among the largest settlements in recent years. >> and why some presidential candidates are preparing for a big rally here in washington. right now it's been a year since two montgomery county children disappeared. tonight their father and grandmother talked about the case and their efforts to find out what happened to them.

>> they were here just hours before they disappeared and they have not been seen for a year. troy turner chose this park here in clarksburg because it's where he and his children last played together as a family before the children went missing. sarah, who would now be four and jacob 3, disappeared one year ago. their mother, katherine hoggle said she left them with someone so they would be safe. troy turner has been looking for them ever since. >> i'm well aware that there's a possibility that my kids are dead somewhere but there's no evidence of that. until you produce something like that, then i don't know how you just give up on two children and say we're not going to veg. >> katherine is in a mental hospital and has been declared

incompetent to stand trial. she cannot be forced to take medication which might put her in a frame of mind to reveal where she left the children. today her mother revealed for the first time that she speaks with katherine by phone every day. >> very loving. . i just like to help her see that someone is going to be there for her and disclosing what happened.

>> katherine is due back in court to determine if she is capable of standing trial. >> does her mother think that in her heart she wants to reveal the where abouts of her children? the answer coming up at 6:00. that's the latest live in clarksburg. >> we are tracking the migrant crisis that is rocking western europe. the united nations is warning the crisis requires a global response. the number of asylum seekers is likely to hit 400,000 this year and more expected next year. she is 5'2" and just conquered one of the toughest

rock climbs. she is from our area. at the young age of 22, she knows what it's like to be on top of the world. wendy spoke to her about her stunning feat. >> the eiger means ogre and it can be mean and ugly especially to mums who try to crawl up its side. many have felt its lethal breath as they have been blown off or frozen to death in their quest. >> that sunset is unreal. she is becoming the first woman to free climb the north face of the eiger last month. the north face is a complicated passage known as murder wall because of its forbidding nature. >> this entire encompassing of me stepping out of my comfort zone of what i knew and trying something that i didn't know and i didn't know if i could do it.

>> let's finish this. >> she is lucky. her passion seized her quite early. she grew up in the washington area attending the patomic school. she ventured into competitive climbing when she was just eight. and she never looked back or down. >> i never had to question who i am and what i want because i'm so happy with what i am that i'm most passionate about. >> the greatest danger on the north face of a mountain is storms that can am bish a climber. the other danger comes from within.

fear. >> this climb was probably the peek. >> while physical strength and agility gets you on the mountain, she says your mind gets you to the top. >> your mind is overwilling your body's exhaustion. you're convincing yourself that you can keep going when you don't know if physically you can. >> on august 29, they reached the summit and what a mountain top. just breathtaking. rock climbing is clearly for the rare free ranged human. but the ten nasacity applies to mortals down below. >> wow. that's something to see from here.

>> a mountain she has been eyeing in brazil is up next. >> i have got goose bumps. >> oh man. >> just looking that video. >> tummy is a little upset there but we're very proud of her. >> that's great. >> tell us what the weather is going be like tonight. >> keep it coming. >> that's coming up for a little while. we will see temperatures back in the 90s for tomorrow and they are slowly dropping out of the 90s. we have got the heat index as well. that's the air temperature. that's what it feels like

outside. still it feels like we are just in the throes of summer although we are not. lows tonight will fall into the 60s and 70s. there's going to be another mild start. as you head off to work or have the kids go to school we have plenty of sunshine throughout the day. temperatures right around 90 degrees with rain showers from the west to the east. it's going to get hung up through the ohio valley. so time now we are looking at plenty of sunshine mainly west along i-81. that's when we will start to see the rain get in here and it could be heavy at times as we get into thursday. as far as the planner goes tomorrow, storms by the

afternoon west. continuing overnight through thursday. most of us are going to be dry on friday. we're going to have rain chances and temperatures dropping as well as the humidity. >> $6.4 million. that's how much the family of freddie gray will get in a wrongful death settlement but their search for justice is far from over. >> and you can win a car with just a few clicks on your smart phone. nbc 4 giving away a minicooper. if you don't already have it we if you don't already have it we have got an easy fix for it.

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tonight's parents of freddie gray say they have eached a tentative deal. the amount? nearly $6.5 million. >> my name is richard. i'm one of freddie's two fathers. the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. officers are charged in connection with the death.

>> they will really quickly resolve the police brutality issue. >> the panel will consider paying 2.8 million to grey's family this fiscal year and 3.6 million in july 2016. the settlement will resolve all claims against city personnel and institutions who might be deemed unconstitutional. this settlement is being proposed solely because it is in the best interest of the city. that would only make it many millions more in damages.

since the state set a cap on settlement, as a constitutional violation. the proposal does not resolve any factual disputes. >> no indication of any bias that may have been stimulated as a result of a civil settlement. >> and a dc murder rises. many of the crimes are a result of repeat offenders with one thing in common. >> a program on which many army families rely. we will tell you why hundreds of children are getting caught up in the red tape. >> refused to sign off on same

sex marriage licenses. >> the prosecutor in fairfax county calling it a tragic accident. he says charges will not be filed after a woman died a few days after she was restrained and then hit with tasers inside the fairfax county jail. >> julie carry joins us live with the findings. >> a grand jury recently indicted that for murder. the attorney says there is no criminal wrong doing on the part of deputies who tried to transport this mentally ill inmate. >> it's just a horrific tale of suffering on the part