show you video first on 4. it shows the concern and fear that people had inside union station moments after a gunshot rang out. now, we were in there and the -- what we are about to show you is metro video that was given to us earlier this afternoon and you will see people trying to get out of union station and into the metro station. here it is. crowds of people flee union station after a shot is fired. this metro surveillance video obtained by news4 shows people desperately seeking safety. on the anniversary of 9/11 was the shooting of a suspect by a armed security guard justified? >> in my opinion, absolutely. this is the way things are supposed to go. we are supposed to respond like this, what we ask citizens to do

as far as remaining calm, shelter in place, we actually have several witnesses who observed the offense and gave us some very pertinent information. >> reporter: this is the suspect who was shot after a domestic dispute in which he reportedly stabbed a woman and threatened a security guard with his knife. it happened at 12:45 this afternoon. a source close to the investigation tells news4 it began at kaiser permanente on second street northeast near the entrance to union station. the man and woman were arguing. the woman told the guard that she had a protective order against the man. he then stabbed her and fled, running into union station. an armed contract guard working with the securities and exchange commission chased the man to the mcdonald's restaurant near the amtrak gates. police say the suspect lunged at the guard, trying to stab him the guard shot once, hitting the suspect in the side. that's when people inside union station scattered. >> everybody came running by me,

running away from the direction of the sound. >> reporter: amtrak police say full service has been restored. >> anybody who is interested in taking vre, marc, amtrak, greyhound or a megabus, those type of buses, are free to do some the station has been open for those services for quite some time. >> reporter: ahead, we will hear from passengers and people who were inside union station and share the panic they felt when they heard a gunshot in this public building on the anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks. that's coming up on news4 at 6:00. back to you. ceremonies and moments of silence and making sure future generations never forget. the nation paused today to mark 14 years since terrorists took the lives of 2,753 people from ground zero to washington, here's a look at some of this year's 9/11 commemorations.

♪ [ applause ] >> may god bless the memory of the heroes we lost. may god bless the united states of america. [ bell tolling ] >> we take on the challenge of telling the story of 9/11 to a generation that experienced it, to a new generation that did not, and to an entire population that is still living with the consequences. >> they tore a noel this building. they tore at places in your hearts that may never heal completely. but as you know better than anyone, they did not and could not take from us what defines us. ♪

>> 14 years on, still a very, very painful day for the families. a lot of people spent a few minutes at the pentagon today and some of them shared their feelings with us. some of them were outside at is up rise for the unfurling of an american flag over the side of the building. it's an echo of the display we saw the day after that attack 14 years ago. a teacher whose school in arlington went on lockdown after flight 77 hit the pentagon brought her mother along to reflect. >> you know, it's sad. but you know, i think -- i think people are recovering well. >> 184 people died when that plane hit the pentagon. if you want to see more photos of some of the ceremonies both here and around the nation, just need our nbc washington app and search 9/11. jim? get used to it, folks.

>> there's a potential for some nasty weather coming in on us this weekend. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is tracking it. what does the radar show right now, doug? >> the radar shows we have some storms well back toward the west, nothing around our area right now as a matter of fact, it's beautiful conditions on our friday, really some great weather. take a look at the numbers out there, 85 degrees. look at what we are dealing with currently, 86 in gaithersburg, 80, culpepper. going to be a great evening but look what's happening this weekend. we have got this frontal boundary making its way our watch the front will move toward the region and give us a very good chance of rain and thunderstorm during the day tomorrow. some things i'm tracking here, headlines, tracking storms for your saturday, cool weather for sunday and not just cool weather, but the coolest temperatures since midmay. we will talk much more about those numbers in the seven-day forecast at 5:15. >> doug, thank you. now to frightening moments for two women attacked at their front doors. within an hour, police quickly

swooped in and made an arrest, but news of the attacks just a few blocks apart surprising women north of old town and alexandria now. news4's mark segraves join us at one of those location. mark? >> reporter: jim, behind me is north patrick street. this apartment building in the middle of the 900 block is where the first victim was attacked. police say within the course of an hour, two women in this same neighborhood were attacked. >> in the first case, he followed a woman into her apartment building. >> reporter: first attack happened about 9:00 last night in this apartment complex off north patrick street. a woman was coming into the building and even though it's a secure building and you need a key to get in, police say the suspect followed her right behind, even followed her on to the elevator and right up to her apartment door. as with the woman tried to go into her apartment, the suspect attacked her and tried to force his way inside. she defended herself and screamed for help and that's went suspect fled.

less than an hour later, police say that same suspect was here on north fayette street just a few blocks away where he atta attacked a second woman in the same manner as she was trying to get into her home. he tried to force his way in. this neighbor, who didn't want to talk on camera, said there typically isn't this type of crime in her neighborhood. >> i'm actually really shocked. >> pretty brazen attack, he attacked two women within the course of an hour. >> reporter: police arrested a 34-year-old homeless man. he is being held without bond, charged with two counts of attempted abduction. coming up at 6:00, you will hear from police on why they say being polite could actually make you more likely to be a victim of crime. pat, back to you. two of the 19 metro rail works sickened in the january smoke incident have yet to return to work.

information obtained by news4 and the public records request show all 19 suffered respiratory problems because of the incident at lan fant plaza. one is still off the job on worker's comp. another has gone back to light duty but not become full time. coming up on news4 at 6:00, more on how on the metro workers are hurt on the job and what's leading this their injuries. just a couple hours, friends will gather in prince george's county to remember the parents of three young children who died in that crash over labor day weekend. the candle light vigil is planned at randal elementary in clinton for delonta toby and his wife, chalet ya. the couple died driving to the store when police say an suv crossed the center line and struck them. that driver has not been charged. friends of the tobys set up a gofundme page to help support the couple's children and we posted a link in our nbc washington app. a warning for women after at least three attempted sex

assaults near a popular trail in prince george's county. many people use the trail to get to the west hyattsville metro station. news4's darcy spencer joins us live to tell us how the women stopped the attacker. darcy? >> reporter: pat, as you said, two of these attempted sexual assaults happened near the west height i can'tsville metro station. that's the station right behind me. one of the attacks happened right here along this path. now, police tell me the women were able to stop the attacker by screaming. this popular cut through between macgruder park and the northwest branch trail in hyattsville, the scene of an attempted sexual assault. about 7:15 thursday morning, the attacker tried grabbing drank a woman walking into this area into the woods. >> walking, biking, walking your dogs on weekends a ton of people right here. i'm surprised about those, concerning, definitely. >> reporter: police believe the attack could be connected to two other attempted sexual assaults that happened near the west

hyattsville metro station over the last three weeks. one happened here where people walked to and from the metro and here, another shortcut from the station to surrounding neighborhoods. >> what do you think about a guy grabbing women and pulling them into the woods like that? >> they have better to do. that's just it, nothing better to do. they pray on people that can't help themselves. >> reporter: in each of the attacks, the victim was able to let out a scream that drew attention. people came to her rescue and that forced the guy to stop and runaway. but police are concerned this man could strike again. he has attacked women after midnight and in the morning. so far, he has not been armed. police are asking women to take precaution. >> i'm trying to make sure there are people around when i walk. i'm glancing around to make sure there are people. i have my dog with me.

>> reporter: coming up on news4 at 6:00, why police are investigating to see if these attempted sex assaults could be related to other cases in high yachtsville. darcy spencer, news4. i'm at the live desk. a serena shock. she had the serena slam. four major victories a row but no grand slam. serena williams' upset in the u.s. open semitypeals ending her quest to win all four majors in the same year. and the woman who pulled it off, a relative unknown, 32-year-old unseeded roberta vinci of italy, ranked 43rd in the world. she beats williams in three sets. and after the match, serena williams -- >> you know, she is going for it at a late able, so, that's good for her to keep going for it and playing so well and actually, i guess inspiring. but i think she played literally out of her mind. >> vinci can will face her fellow italian, flavia pennetta

tomorrow for the u.s. open women's title. the first ever all-italian major final. we have more coming up in sports. missing the first day of school has created a scheduling mess for several students right here in fairfax county. coming up, what the school system plans to do to fix it all. plus, commuters target the disturbing discovery made after a long day at work. ♪ pretty woman, we kind of like to meet ♪ ♪ pretty woman >> and the hidden talents of starting quarterback kirk cousins.

a scheduling mess for some fairfax students who missed the first day of school a new computer system briefly removed their records. >> and some cases, deleted their class schedules. northern virginia reporter david culver questioned the school system today on the apparent glitch. >> reporter: you havesly, tuesday was back to school in fairfax county, that wasn't the first day of school for every student. >> we wanted to make sure he had experience of what college in at a big school was like. >> reporter: linda, who didn't want us to use her last name excuse herd son from classes so

the high school senior could make a college visit instead. >> a straight a student, we decided the first day of school would be okay for him to miss. >> reporter: after that college visit, linda's son, a senior here at centerville high school, showed back up at school on the second day of classes, only to be told he wasn't in the system and his class schedule was gone. linda says school counselors plied started looking into the issue. they gave her son a temporary class schedule but warn it hed could take some time to fix. when you start ap classes, you have assignments right away. when he came home, could not see some of his teachers' assignments because he was no longer in their system. >> reporter: linda logged on to the county's new student information system or sis it appeared her son was no longer enrolled. we took her concern to fairfax county public schools n a statement, they told us, in part --

the school system doesn't have an exact number of students affected but acknowledge it is not just at one school and stresses schedules are not permanently lost and students are not disenrolled. had we known, we probably would have adjusted plans, but this took us by surprise. >> reporter: at 6:00, the problem goes beyond fairfax county. we will show you where else students rim pacted. in centerville, david culver, news4. in news for your health now possible new guidelines that could impact you and millions of adult with high blood pressure, doreen gentzler with details on a major new study that could be potentially lifesaving. doreen? >> indeed, pat. the bottom line for this study, lowering your systolic blood pressure more than previously recommended could have major life benefits, even life-saving benefits. when you get a blood pressure reading at the doctor's office, systolic is the number on the top of the reading. researchers from this study

sponsored by the national heart, lung and blood institute say adults over 50 should aim to get that top number down to 120 rather than the previous recommendation of 140. they say that lowering it to that point cut the number of heart attacks, cut the number of strokes and heart failures by a third and deaths went down by 25%. patients in the study lowered their number with an average of three medications. >> with one in three people in our country with hypertension, a lot of them fall in the category of patients that we studied over able 50 with hypertension and at least one cardiovascular risk factor. >> as this physician just mentioned, the study is not include and does not apply anyone under the able of 50 or to people who have had a stroke or been diagnosed with diabetes. researchers found no obvious negative side affects from patients in the study but say they are looking into how a dramatic drop in blood pressure

could impact memory and kidney function. as always, everyone is different and you should always check with the doctor about the best way to handle your own blood pressure levels, but this is a significant study sponsored by the nih, not by somebody who manufacturers blood pressure medication. and they stopped the study more than a year early because the rules were so dramatic. jim? >> important information, doreen. thanks so much. robert griffin iii has been cleared to play the redskins have received the written confirmation now they have been waiting for, rg3 listed as probable for this weekend. what remains to be seen is if griffin will be the backup to kirk cousins or third-string quarterback behind colt mccoy. coach jay gruden says he will not that announcement until sunday. robert griffin iii has been practicing all week in non-contact drills. kirk cousins starts as quarterback, as we know sunday against the dolphins, before the

gig big game, he is going on on one with our jason pugh. cousins very calm before the storm and he shows us why jay gruden is singing his praises. >> kirk, i know you have thought about that day for a long time since you have been named the starting quarterback. have you thought about that moment in the tunnel right before kickoff what you're going to be feeling and expecting? >> yeah, i think i have thought of that, there's always nerves, excitement, but a great time to just, you know, relax, think about how far you've come and then just commit to just enjoying the day the process, knowing you are prepared and ready to go. >> a backup quarterback fighting through this process, obviously wanting to start did some of your teammates uplift you what did they say to you during that time? >> i can remember conversations with teammates, very encourage saying don't put too much pressure we got your back, staying is okay, kirk. you're going to be fine. keep your head up, keep working. a lot of the times, guys care from you, didn't just come from players but from coaches. ♪ pretty woman walking down the

street ♪ ♪ pretty woman >> i know for a fact that you're a great singer. i know for a fact you're an awesome singer. that's true, right? >> i don't know. >> you don't know? i have heard you sing. >> i used to sing in high school but barking out football cade dens for a lot of years, given me a raspy voice. i think i've lost some of t >> lost a little bit of it? you mind giving us a note? you don't have to do anything crazy, one little line, show people your talent. >> the only thing that really comes to mind right now is our fight song. i will give you ♪ hail to the redskins ♪ and i will let it go from there >> actually pretty good. kirk cousins, k hichblt-r-k, not kurt, kirk cousins, best of luck on sunday against the miami dolphins. >> got "pretty woman" still in my brain. as kirk prepares for the season other, fan also find something new at fedex field. tell you how the fan experience is changing. a local single mother of

three battling kidney disease found the perfect stranger who saved her life. we will share more of a very special meeting. >> hi. >> how are

that forecast is good today, not so good tomorrow, okay sunday, phenomenal next week. take a look at this shot. i love the shot right here, look at reston town center in the foreground, look at the background here, sugarloaf mountain standing, 1,282 feet, did you knee? 1,282 feet. been to the top of that a couple times. we look out toward the south and west, toward the white house from the airport, look at beautiful conditions, 85

degrees, calm winds right now, a beaut. night. 82, gaithersburg, 83, fredericksburg, 82, leesburg. no issues at all no rain on the radar. so, if you're thinking getting out and maybe dining out tonight, dinner outside, refreshing, clear skies, temperatures falling into the upper 60s most locations, low 70s ininside the beltway. this is what is coming our wake nothing over the region now, nothing back toward the west, chicago and ohio, kentucky, tennessee a storm system moving our way a cold front moving our way and going to bring us two things. one, stormy conditions tomorrow and then much cooler weather for sunday. here's future weather, timing it out hour by hour, 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, most of the area on the dry side, will stay that way through 10, 11:00, around 11, we start to see those showers developing here. if you have practices or games, the forecast you are going to want to pay attention to early tomorrow morning, we could see areas of heavy downpours at 1, 2, 34 in the afternoon, the heavier storms. look what this computer model is

trying to do bringing more storminess around 4, 5:00 before getting out of here 8:00 tomorrow night. tomorrow night should be a nice night, too on the cloudy side, won't notice that, quite cool tomorrow night. severe ries bes, going to be to be on the low side the most part. heaviest will be heavy rain about as high as we go, high winds, not looking at tornado threat, no real hail threat, just going to be the potential for some heavy rain tomorrow. 72 degrees in martinsburg. that's cool day. if you're back to the west of the blue ridge, it is going to be cool. the clouds move in faster, the rain will move in faster, 80 in d.c., around 1:00, then falling temperatures during the afternoon, so, much cooler weather, if you're heading to the -- to the game this weekend, as we take on the dolphins over there at fedex, 72 on your sunday, around noon. 75 by 2:00, 76 around 4, great weather for the ballgame. 76 on sunday, the high temperature, 7 on monday, 84 on tuesday, we are talking about some of the coolest monday morning temperatures we have seen since may. veronica johnson back with the

entire seven-day forecast and the rest of this great stretch coming up. >> all right. looking forward to it thank you, doug. a major crackdown on the seam of synthetic drugs. >> one major company is taking a stand and it's calling out other dots same. how this war on drugs goes beyond the corner store raids. and he was an institution in prince george's county. we look back at the life of delegate james proctor and how he brought about change in southern maryland. i'm julie carey in woodbridge where some commuters have returned to their cars in this park and ride this week to find something missing, their tires. coming up, i will tell you how many people have been

big surprise for some commuters who use a popular park and ride in woodbridge. they returned to their cars after work to find them vandalized. >> we are not talking about the usual broken windows. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, joins us live from the horner road commuter lot to explain just what they were doing. julie? >> reporter: well, imagine this you're headed home after a long day at work, you get to the commuter lot, the home stretch and then you realize, you're not going any were because all of your tires are gone. not just one car. not two cars. but four different cars in this section of the corner road commuter lot were hit by tire thieves on wednesday. michael james noticed one when

he stepped off a commuter bus from d.c. >> as i was approaching my truck, i saw the car on blocks and i didn't think much of it just, oh, somebody might have had an issue but then as i looked closer, i saw one tire, two tire, okay, all four tires are gone. >> reporter: james looked around and more surprised to spot two more cars missing tires. his wife called 191. >> no one wants to deal with that you worked all day commuting and come home to see that yeah. >> reporter: this man parks his jeep here every day and had heard about the vandalism until we told him. >> it's scary, but just depends on if you lock your stuff up. >> reporter: by that he means lock your tires up. his are worth $250 each, sew has hub locks behind each one. >> can't really see it, it is on the backside but makes it were you can't pull, so you actually is to go in and have special tool does it. >> reporter: ward locks can ward off thieves. jamesment ises who ever did this didn't work alone. >> this had to be a crew, at least two or three people. >> reporter: and power tools? >> definitely.

definitely. >> reporter: james and other commuters put up warnings on media. police patrol this lot but didn't see the thieves. as we talk to $commuters here this afternoon, we learned this isn't the first time this has happened. back on may 28th, three cars hit in different parts of the commuter lot. i talked to one of the families who had their vehicle vandalized they said one of the victims saw three to four men fleeing the area, all of them wearing dark masks. and as for this car that's still on the lot, the note explains it all, vehicle is waiting to be towed by the insurance company. back to you now, pat. julie carey. thanks, julie. fairfax county mother just pleaded guilty to child abuse for the second time. news4 was first to report on the case against the mother of three. she was accused of beating her 8-year-old son with a plastic hanger and her fists. in 2010, she served time for pricking her son, who was just 3

at the time, with a needle. she will be sentenced in december in the latest case. new york state lawmakers are praisings list and calling on other sites to remove ads for synthetic drugs like k 2. a state senator there says he and other officials e-mailed craigslist, ebay and back page to alert them about posts involving synthetic drugs. their letter suggested that the sites were being used to help sell and distribute the drugs. the center says craigslist immediately responded, removing all posts that mention k 2 and other related key phrases. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk with breaking news in the presidential race. nbc news has just confirmed that former texas governor rick perry is dropping out of the race. now, perry did not make the cut for next week's primetime debate because he wasn't polling well enough. his camp has been running so low on money that he has had to stop paying some of his staffers and reportedly had to close his

campaign headquarters in south carolina earlier this week. now, perry does have a speech tonight coming up in st. louis. it is likely he is going to make it official there. she led the city during the baltimore riots. now the city's mayor is making a surprising move. why she is not running for re-election. down to the final hours before the season other at fedex field. what fans

we are just two days away now from the big home other and while washington gets ready for the miami doll puns, everybody's sort of holding their breath. these folks are ready and they are cooking up a storm. they are also working on making going to the game at fedex field a better experience for you. today, news4's derrick ward got a preview of what awaits you if you are heading to this weekend's game.

lives for us at fedex field. hey, derrick. >> good afternoon. it doesn't look that different from the outside. there are a lot of changes on the inside. it is the last 48 bhoufrs the season other and they, or shall i say we, were quite literally putting the final touches on fedex field. now, all eyes will be glued on the gridiron between willses but a lot going on to enhance the fan experience, and a lot is based on what the fans say they want. feedback constantly and one of the things that we are doing this year is we are taking surveys during the fourth quarter and postgame to react to the fan experience immediately. >> reporter: one of the thing these want is to meld the social media experience into the game day experience so now, there will be wifi and a lifetime social media tracker. got to bring to the stadium everything could you have in your living room, all the convenience of a home need to be here. >> reporter: i bet your home doesn't have a bathroom like this. this is the only one of its kind. so if you leave one seat for

another, you don't have to miss much. and if it catches on, they will build more. now, this someone in the tailgating lot, where the spaces will be big andhere t will be live entertainment and parking passes will not only have colors but there will be number corresponding lanes. the idea to make for smoother traffic flow. and there will be some special perks for season ticket holders. >> season ticket yards they collect by being season ticket holders and based on the duration and the location of seats, they can redeem that for special rewards. >> reporter: like a graphed people beale kbra and access to postgame press conferences and coveted spots outside the locker room. two dozen menu items will be there, caribbean food, stir fry, even gluten-free fare on the menus. all that's great but one thing the fans want more than anything else. >> i'm hoping they do well. >> reporter: on news4 in the next hour, where do those seats go? villain answer four. derrick ward, news4.

back to you. he served southern maryland for more than two decades. how delegate james proctor is being remembered tonight and what is next for the leadership in prince george's county. and a buoy mother learns her fate. how an encounter online led her to a woman who with would change her life. doug just showed you our cool weekend coming up. temperatures are going to be going way back up next beek. show you how much will feel like summer and more on the rain summer and more on the rain

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tomorrow, maryland is remembering state delegate james brock tore. state flags are flying at half-staff in his honor. delegate proctor spent 25 years pop issing prince george's county and charles counties. tracee wilkins takes a look at his legacy. >> reporter: these pictures tell the story. >> we did things together and ran together. >> reporter: you never saw one without the other. some guy said to me, hey, mr. proctor, they would get the two of us mixed up, believe it or not and call him val lar yo. >> reporter: he lost his partner in politics and a friend, with the passing of delegate james proctor. >> so, it's really been a tough last couple of weeks. >> reporter: proctor passed yesterday due to complications from heart disease. he served as the delegate for 25

years. >> came time for an opportunity to integrate southern maryland, he was the first african-american to be in the legislature from southern prince george's county. >> reporter: president of the maryland senate, mike miller and delegate val lar yo ran as a three-man ticket and lived like brothers. so they both agree on who would be best to fill his seat. proctor's wife, susie. >> she had been involved with him from day one and she knows enough to fill those shoes. >> i'm going to ask the search coast, two search committees, public hearings, his wife be allowed to fill his seat. >> reporter: right now the focus of the proctor family is on the loves delegate proctor. they released this statement saying -- coming up on news4 at 6:00 there are now two vacancies in the maryland state house that need to be filled from prince

george's county. we will explain what that process is going to look like. in clinton, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. lawmakers in northern virginia are calling for action on a consumer loan nightmare that also affects residents in maryland and d.c., loans from so-called predatory lenders who used vehicle titles as co-late ran. interest rates can exceed 260%. many of these businesses are along route 1 near the beltway with quick access from d.c. and maryland. last year, 40,000 people who took loans defaulted, half lost their vehicles. >> this is problem is out of control. predatory lenders, they target the military, target low-income families, they target people who are not native speakers and, target them other states. >> a huge concern of mine. the voice of consumers in virginia, i will stand up and fight for them. >> efforts to change laws regarding loans against vehicle

titles didn't make it against the virginia general assembly. it is a sure sign that fall is almost here. ? a corn maze at madison fields in dickerson, maryland. chopper four flew over the 400-acre farm this afternoon. if you look closely, you will see has a mother goose theme. kind of cute. the maze is open every friday, saturday and sunday through the month of october, proceeds from ticket sale goes to a group who help people with autism. a lot of work. . a lot -- >> a lot of steps on my pedometer. not a good weekend for walking? >> no best walking weather is going to be sunday. somewhat wet weekend that happened wet weather is definitely saturday. looking very likely. in fact, see strong, maybe even a few severe thunderstorms and i really want to spend some time taking you hour by hour, showing you where those storms will be setting up and how strong i think they are going to be. so let's head on over to the weather wall, start first with a look outside, temperature, 85. reagan national airport, yes, it

is warm out there. temperatures aren't going to be dropping overnight. high clouds moving energy as you seeker at 11 p.m., temperature goes from 85 to 69 degrees by 11 p.m. here is a look at radar scanning the area. it is quiet that rain will be moving in from west to east tomorrow, hitting areas like winchester, luray early now, looks like 9, 10:00 in the morning. so your road impact, i think we are dry for the most part early on, 6, 7 a.m., we get into the late morning, early afternoon hours, rain likely, spotty, heavy throughout the area, showers and thorpes that will start setting up and moving through. by evening, a lot of the rain is out of here, we start to see the regular showers wind down. so at 7 a.m., your snapshot. at 10 a.m., d.c., waldorf, kwaupt coker winchester, culpepper, orange, some of those thunderstorms starting to fire and make their way east. we get into lunchtime, likely that we will have rain even some thunderstorms around, especially down i-95.

that's where i think our strongest storms the phones for high winds, maybe even hail could be making their bay through southern maryland areas of the northern neck a snapshot of 2:00, we get a break and then another wave comes in for the late afternoon, early evening hours. 5:30 to 7:00, by 7 kf 30, 8:00, second line should be out of here. i think we will clear rather quick lake, all right of the temperatures to drop by sunday morning, sunday right now i think is looking just fine. the day to get out, maybe do a little bit of walking, running, exercising outside. mainly noon to 4 p.m. tomorrow the storms, the zone to focus on again is right down here the greatest risk, waldorf, fredericksburg, every where else, thunderstorms, highest threat of seeing high winds, live is rain, maybe even isolated hail. in terms of the next couple of days, 80 degrees, we will top out tomorrow. as far as the seven-day forecast, from 80 to 76, a fall-like weekend, temperatures rise by the end of next week, mid-80s midweek, upper 80s at

the end of the week, a while since we have had this many sunshines on the map. we get a little bit of rain and then chance to dry out which unfortunately typically dries up the mold spore count. a touching story about a life-saving proceed yufr just played out in our area and it's something that could become more common in the future. today, dotcom's kyle miller shows us how a prince george's county mother in need of a kidney transplant found the perfect stranger to help. >> my name is aqib ba allen and i'm from bowie, maryland. >> reporter: she is a single mom of three with kidney disease. >> i want to be able to get up and go and just do things and enjoy my life. >> reporter: aqib ba spend most of her life batting health issues. at just 17, she was diagnosed with lupus. then, four years ago, when she was 36, both kidneys failed. it seems like you're a fighter. >> i definitely am. this is the 1.5. >> reporter: because of low kidney function, eight hours of

aqib ba's day is spent on dialysis. it's time consuming, restrictive and some foods she just can't eat. so, after the transplant, you come home, what's the first meal you're gonna have? >> i have been craving a milkshake. >> reporter: with the wait for a new kidney typically three years or more, aqib ba decided to speed things up so she turned to matching donors.com, a database connecting patients and willing donors. she sent out hundreds of e-mails. >> don't need too much, only staying a few days. >> reporter: this is sarah fleming, a 36-year-old accountant from st. louis. she saw aqib ba's e-mail and decided to donate. >> if i needed a kidney or one of my loved ones did, we weren't a match for each other, i would have to rely on a stranger. how can i expect somebody else to do that if i'm not willing do it myself? >> reporter: 800 miles later, sandra landed in northern virginia at innova fairfax hospital where the transplant

would take place and where she would meet aqib ba for the first time. >> hi! >> how are you? >> how are you? >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm doing good. i'm doing good. i'm just very, very, very, very grateful. such a kind heart. >> i hope we keep in touch after the. >> 'cause you are stuck with her now. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: sarah heads into the operating room first. about an hour later, it's aqib ba's turn. >> ready to take it out. >> going to be very nice kidney. >> every ready? warm stuff ready? there it goes. turns color and now looks like a kidney should. things couldn't have gone a whole lot better. ness i feel great a lot more energy. >> a lot easier than i expected it to be.

>> reporter: a few weeks later, aqib ba would finally get that milkshake she had been craving. >> this whole experience has taught me not to take life for granted. cherish the times you have with your family. keep pushing forward. >> we have got more details on organ donation from the national kidney foundation for you. just search kidney on our nbc washington app. well, she's made up her mind. baltimore's mayor is not running for re-election. new details about a new shakeup for charm city. i'm julie carey in arlington where this sign has just gone up marking the spot where they want to build a visitor education center for the pentagon memorial. now, it's full steam ahead with now, it's full steam ahead with the

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an up expected announcement from baltimore's mayor. >> stephanie rawlings-blake will

not seek re-election. >> it comes amidcriticism for the way she handled theest froms in baltimore and in the wake of the settlement in the freddie gray case. >> jane miller has the latest from baltimore. >> reporter: the walk stephanie rollings blake has taken many times the past five years but none to make an announcement like this. >> i have made the decision not to seek re-election. >> reporter: the mayor cited the bruising political campaign she was likely in for as the reason for her decision, indicating i would be a distraction from the challenges the city faces. nobody. that i think i couldn't win but i have to ask myself the question at what costs and at this time, making fund-raising calls, meeting with my campaign team and volunteers, i had the constant feeling that i needed to be back at city hall doing the work to move our city forward rather than running for re-election. >> reporter: since april, rollings blake's leadership has come into question, and an unwanted motto, even if she

simply misspoke. >> we also gave those who wished to destroy fleiss do that as well. >> reporter: two days later, riots broke out, the police union blamed what they call stand downed or and but to the city hall and came a homicide, similar to other cities but the tipping point in baltimore the mayor's hand-picked police commissioner fired in july. the mayor does not deny her approval rating suffered but pledged to keep working through the end of her term 15 months away. you play the cards you're dent. the city is in a very critical time right now. we are working very hard to reform the police department. we have to get our city through six separate trials that will be held here in baltimore. i didn't -- nobody planned that >> didn't you just make yourself a lame duck? >>. no i made myself a person who's committed to doing the work of the city without the include of

campaigning. i have chosen to govern rather than campaign and i hope the public see it is for that. >> governor hogan released a same about the mayor's decision saying she stood up and has severed the city she loves over the course of two decades. >> he went on to say -- now at 6:00, a man is shot by a security guard inside a crowded union station. >> being 9/11, it was absolutely terrifying. as the gunfire wrapping out, people ran for cover. we just ran out the door with everybody else. the people just starteded that upering behind us. >> tonight, new accounts from witnesses who saw it all unfold. the shooting at union station had no connection to the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks but many were on limited alert because of the timing. >> video from inside shows the suspect being wheeled out and the chaos that followed.

news4's chris gordon has been working the story all day, live with the latest. chris? >> reporter: chris and doreen, if people forgot that it's september 11th, anniversary of the terror attack, they got a rude awakening this afternoon. a gunshot rang out inside union station. it was packed with passengers and, of course, people who work in the shops here. tonight, they tell us how scary it was. >> we all got down on the there are and we were pretty much terrified, seeing people running. >> reporter: crowds of people flee union station after a shot was fired. this metro surveillance video on taped by news4 shows people desperately seeking safety. we just ran out the door with everybody else. the people just started thundering behind us, so it was scary. i said being 9/11, it was absolutely terrifying. >> reporter: this is the suspect who was shot after a domestic dispute in which he reportedly stabbed a woman and threatened a security guard with his knife. it began about 12:45