announcer: news 4 today starts now. right now, at 8:30, three people shot. one of them dead. we are learning new details on an overnight murder. a sex assault suspect runs into a metro station and through one of the train tunnels. this morning, police still don't know where this man is. we have a long stretch of perfect weather on the way. but, today, we have to deal with quite a bit of rain, so get ready. >> all right. good morning. saturday morning on this september 12th, i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. welcome to news 4 today. we saw nice weather. it's not going to go into starting the weekend. >> yeah, look behind us, overcast this morning. a little dreary. we can check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> we have rain moving into the

area out of the south and west. if you are heading to the maryland game or a high school football game, you have to have a poncho or maybe an umbrella. likely the showers will continue into the afternoon. storm team 4 radar and the broad area of rain from west virginia to shenandoah valley and northern virginia. this is coming into the metro area and sweeping into maryland. getting thunder and lightning half way through fredericksburg. that area of lightning coming to the northern neck. thupder and lightning to the rest of luray tracking up the shenandoah valley. pockets of moderate downpours. into northern fauquier county, east of there is light rain in prince william, fairfax and montgomery. a batch of heavier downpour to the east of fredericksburg into charles county. it may be moving into prince

george's county. that's coming in a few minutes. >> thanks. 8:32 now. breaking news out of prince william county. one man is dead after a shooting in gainsville. police found two victims in a parking lot just before 2:00 this morning. both men had been shot. they were both rushed to the hospital. a 23-year-old man died. a 22-year-old in critical condition at this hour. we know a third man was grazed by a bullet. police say the suspect left the scene in a light colored suv. new this morning, a sexual assault suspect leads police on a chase in the wheaton metro station. the transit police are looking for this particular guy. look at this picture. around 10:00 p.m., this man ran into the wheaton station and down a tunnel. police chased him into the tunnel. officers cleared the tracks and trains will run normal this morning.

people in takoma park are on alert after violent attacks two nights in a row. news 4 was rolling when police caught this man. he could be the person who stabbed a man near a bank around 9:30 friday night near the corner of university bailiff and new hampshire avenue. thursday night, they responded to a double shooting a couple blocks away. hundreds of bicyclists riding along the potomac. ride to recovery is hosting the first honor ride in the area. the group started a half hour ago in arlington. it's riding either 25, 50 or 75 miles to raise money for injured veterans. the hero's 9/11 5k begins at 9:00. it will honor the sacrifices of

september 11th. you don't have to run, you can go, cheer, or donate. go to carl sandburg middle school if you would like to take part. we are working to find out more about the man with a knife shot and killed inside union station. that man stabbed a woman after they started fighting at a nearby building yesterday. a security guard chased him near that mcdonald's inside union station. investigators say when the man went after the guard with a knife, that is when the guard shot him. the woman is expected to be a kay. check with amtrak before boarding your train. a train hit and killed a person outside baltimore yesterday. the train originated hfrom here in washington an the way to new york. no one on board was hurt. they reported delays yesterday. track work if you are planning to take metro this weekend. it affects all six lines. here is the breakdown.

trains on the red, orange, silver, blue and yellow lines run every 24 minutes. the greenbelt station on the green line is shut down. shuttle buses are going to take riders from greenbelt to college park thachlt lasts until monday morning. we have a traffic alert to let you know about in the district. at 9:30, d-dot will close one lane on the key bridge at m street northwest. they will open the street at 3:30 this afternoon. the whole project could take four days. >> all right. be prepared for that. we are looking at 8:35 on this saturday morning. it's an annual tradition that was in jeopardy of shutting down. adams morgan day is going to go on. we will look at how it is going to be different. california under a state of emergency.

the adams morgan day celebration is on for tomorrow but it is going to be different this year. homeowners and businesses came together to arrange it after the original sponsor canceled. the art display is going to be indoors. 18th street is going to stay open to traffic the entire time. it runs from noon until 6:00 tomorrow. this morning, you may see the d.c. mayor walking around your neighborhood. the mayor will participate in a mile and a half walk around a neighborhood in northeast. that starts at 9:00 a.m. in 20 minutes, she will be joined by ward members and health officials. ice part of the fit d.c. program

that promotes health and wellness. we are working to keep you safe and secure. live pictures from prince george's community college. this is where the nbc 4 all state community shred is under way. >> we are going to have everything you need to know if you want to head out there now, like you can only bring five boxes. a live look at the capitol now. tom is back with a look at when you are going to see the heaviest rain today and when everything is going to move out. we'll be right back.

at 8:42, we are going to keep you safe. this is always popular. the nbc 4 all state community shred under way. >> get out there soon. you can shred your personal documents free. we want to get out there right now. joining us is shawn with shred it washington d.c. region and alicia with allstate. hi, guys. first, let's talk about the boxes. how many can people bring and what should people leave behind? >> sure, you can bring up to five boxes. we are asking folks to make it a paper material only. no cds, hard drives, batteries anything of that type. we want to make sure to keep our blades safe and shredder

material safe. >> good idea. felicia, what do you do this important community event? >> allstate is for the xwhu community. the first line of defense in identity theft is usually the shredding of your personal documents. we really concerned about that and we want to let people know this is very important to us and very important to them as well. >> how is the line looking out there, guys? we know it's popular. >> for sure. it's definitely a beautiful day despite the rain. we are persevering through it. we have a lot of folks looking to get the documents shred. come on down. we are excited about having this event and partner with nbc and allstate. again, it's a great event. >> all right. thanks so much for taking time

to chat with us. a very important effort out there, indeed. again, we want to remind everybody that that is all happening at the largo campus at prince george's community college. you can bring up to five boxes of paper to shred. do not bring batteries, electronics, cds, dvds or binders. they want to keep the blades safe. you must be in line by 11:00. this morning, millions of people across tokyo are going to try to get back to normal after a strong earthquake. i want to show you this video here. it shows the power of the 5.4 manager tud quake. it's rattling the cameras there. no one seriously hurt. they had to help folks stuck in elevators. they did not issue a tsunami warning. an officer on leave after this surveillance shows the tackling of retired tennis star

james blake. that's him on the ground, the officer above him. this is a case of mistaken identity. blake was outside the hotel when the plain clothes officer pulled him to the ground, thinking he was a suspect for credit card fraud. the officer has had two previous excessive force lawsuits. starting at 3:00 this afternoon, army navy drive closed between south 12th street and south e street. columbia pike will close near south joy street and washington boulevard closed starting at 6:00. 110. all roads should be open at 8:00 tonight. we know there are a lot of events happening outside today and some places are already seeing rain. >> that's right. tom kierein is here with us. for runners, it's not too bad of

weather. >> have a poncho ready. we have community events going on here. we have periscoping going on here. as you head out, you will run into rain. there's rain on the storm team 4 radar. that is showing the rain continues to fall heading to the north and east. areas in the yellow and oranges are coming down hard. thunder and lightning is coming into the northern neck of virginia. north and west of there, generally light rain, a few pockets of moderate rain. thunder and lightning, too, with this one cell about to move into northern fauquier county, near warrenton. it's going to track across 66 into prince william county. you may get this one and thunder and lightning and brief, heavy downpours as that moves through. this area in the light green,

light rain in prince george's. farther west, other areas of downpours along 81 from harrisonburg to winchester. thunder and lightning with that as well over the next hour or so. temperatures right now, rather cool. low to mid-60s. shenandoah valley, it is raining there now. it's a cool 60 degrees and just at dawn, we had a beautiful rainbow showing up with sprinkles. this was taken by john in arlington, virginia. a lot of great pictures of that on social media. thanks for posting it. here is the hour-by-hour timing. most of the rain will be north and west of the metro area and south and east of the metro area by noontime. then, as we get into the afternoon hours, another round of thunder and lightning and stronger storms closer to the metro area. this is 6:00 p.m. a line from the pennsylvania

border down to washington and then into northern virginia, weakening. this line might produce brief gusts of wind that might cause brief damage as well as heavy downpours that may cause ponding of water, up to an inch. quickly may fall out of the storms between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. east of washington, they break down across the bay. during the rest of the evening, looks like they settle down. all the storm is done. before then, a small risk of tornadoes or hail. a little higher risk of damaging winds and heavy rain that may cause brief ponding or flooding of water. rainfall totals, we really need the rain. the area in blue could be an inch or more. much of the area north and west of washington getting an inch or ma more. might get a half inch to inch. a moderate impact for the afternoon as the strong gusts and heavy downpours come through. if you are going to a football

game, maryland is playing. it will be in the 70s to low, maybe 80s south and east of the metro area. have a poncho and umbrella with you if you are going to the high school or college games. then it's professional football, fedex field on sunday. great football weather. we'll be in the 70s through the game. winds may be gusting up to 20 to 25 miles an hour out to have the north and west. a beautiful start as we get back to work and school on monday. next week, each day, sunshine, highs in the 70s. low 80s tuesday, mid-80s, wednesday, thursday and friday. comfortable humidity. that's the way it looks. >> thanks. so, they were out from the first day of school. >> when they showed up the next day, they didn't exist. they were erased from the system. i'm going to

following a developing story out of arizona. police are questioning a person of interest in a freeway shooting. they arrested him on unrelated charges. it's gripped the area for two weeks. the school district rerouted buses to make sure students were

safe. there could be more than one person behind the shootings. flames like these with parts of california under a state of emergency. hundreds of people are evacuated right now. fire officials say that the wildfire is exploding in size. this morning, it covers more than 50,000 acres, more than 100 square miles. thousands of homes in the path. it's destroyed a half dozen of them. we have video of the after math of the train collapse in mecca. at least 107 people are dead. more than 230 others are hurt. the collapse happened just before yesterday's evening prayer during heavy wind and rain. it comes days before the hajj pilgrimage, one of the biggest gatherings in the world. they were absent from the first day of school. students in northern virginia were erased from the system, or so it seemed.

the new computer software glitch went beyond fairfax county. this mom likes having access to her kids school records. it's a feature of the s.i.s. or student information system having just launched this school year. she can check attendance, schedule and grades. when she logged on earlier this week, her high school aged son didn't exist. >> boggles my mind how he could be dropped like a hot potato. >> she says it started with an excused absence on the first day of school. her son had a scheduled college visit. >> i called him and asked him and followed protocol and got a message on the phone later in the day that he would have to come in and be react fated, which i was confused about. >> reporter: after that college

vis visit, he shows back up at school to be told he wasn't in the system and his class schedule was gone. >> on the first day, he totally dropped out of the system. >> reporter: we asked fairfax county public schools. they didn't know how many people were impacted. they apologized to those affected and told us, quote, this is one of the limitations in s.i.s. we have discovered and will be working with the vendor to make improvements in the system. loudoun county using the same system for its students. a spokesperson saying no widespread issues. linda worries about her son's workload and catching up. he might wait a week before he's in the system is a disadvantage. >> the counselors have been working hard to get things back on track. we continue to track breaking news right now. one person dead and two others hurt after shots rang out in

gainsville. we are live with new details, next. donald trump is the latest presidential candidate to hit the late night circuit. see what he says when jimmy fallon asks him if he ever apologize zed in his life. >> you can see rain drops on the camera. a stormy day out there. tom is back with a look at what to ♪

i'm derrick ward. take a look. this is the scene of a shooting early this morning. the mvp bar and grill on old hall road. when police got here, they found them in a parking lot nearby. another person suffered life threatening injuries. while police were here, a third person identified as a 25-year-old said he suffered a grave wound. that person had a shot in the hand, but expected to survive. not much in the way of information about the suspect, only that the person responsible for the shooting left the scene in a light colored suv. the investigation continues. we don't have information about the identity of the victims or more information other than the light colored suv. we are live in gainsville,

virginia, derrick ward, news 4. >> you can see in derrick's live picture, umbrella in hand, the >> hi, i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> it's a disappointment if you have outdoor activities or community events going on. it's going to be a wet day with occasional showers. we need the rain. look at any area lawn. it's rather parched. right now, getting showers and some thunder, too. thunder and lightning in the central valley near la ray. south and to the south and east, getting thunder showers with very heavy downpours, just about to come into the northern neck of virginia. the metro area from gainsville and leesville, fairfax, prince williams, light rain. in the district, just a few light sprinkles.

this rain is going to be coming and going for the rest of the afternoon. a cool morning, 60s to near 70s. low to mid-70s around the bay. farther west, it's hovering around 60 degrees. shenandoah valley, 50s and 60s. a look at new hour-by-hour timing on the afternoon storms. that's coming up when i join you in a few minutes. >> see you then, thanks. in decision 2016, fresh off his tonight show appearance, republican candidate donald trump is going to stump today in iowa. last night -- >> is your vice president going to be gary -- >> vice president is a very serious job. i'm probably going to go with somebody else. maybe kanye west. >> trump 2016. who knows. trump is holding a campaign rally at 1:00 in boone, iowa. rick perry is the first

major party candidate to end his presidential bid. he told a crowd in st. louis that he has no regrets. his decision is a day after learning he would be off stage during the second prime time presidential debate. >> i step aside knowing our party is in good hands as long as we listen to the grass roots. listen to that cause of conservati conservatism. >> well, both trump and bush tweeted well wishes to perry with his exit, there are still 16 republican candidates in this race. don't forget, we are going to hear from our expert on all things politics 2016 tomorrow morning. chuck todd will take a closer look at what's going on inside the republican party and the funding battle on capitol hill? today, former prince george's attorney will kick off his campaign. he's running for the fourth

congressional district. it's at 3:00 in maryland. some community members in d.c. starting neighborhood watch training today. this is in response to the recent spike in crime. training in ward one is from 9:30 this morning to 11:30 this morning. residents and business owners are going to talk about how to address problems on their block. >> if you are looking for saturday plans, head over to the 17th street festival in northwest. it starts at noon and it is free to get inside. now, if you are driving in the area, 17th street northwest will be closed between r street and p street northwest. >> moving south, northern virginia, fairfax county, starting today, registered hunters can bring out their bow and arrows to hunt deer. the program runs into february. it's the main way of keeping down the white tailed deer population within the county. in more than 50 years, officials

say they have never had an injury related to this type of hunting. it could cost $16 for a round trip drive on interstate 66. the ten-mile stretch inside the beltway will have tolls starting in 2017. the price would change, depending on the traffic. it could cost you as much as $7 in the morning and $9 on your way home. that's how we got to the $16 number. vehicles with two or more riders will not have to pay. fairfax county lawmakers are going to discuss the plan with v-dot later this month. a relaxing place, but not for one homeowner in montgomery county. he found this. an alligator hanging out yesterday morning. he called 911. after three hours of draining the pond, animal control officers got the gator out. they took it to the wildlife preserve and zoo in frederick county. i don't know what i would do.

they are quick. >> yeah. and three feet. i wouldn't want to do it. >> it's a good size. it's an alligator, regardless. a potential game changer in the fight of high blp. the numbers that could cut death by 25%. what it means for many older patients. we are going to show you how some firefighters who responded on 9/11 had a little fun on the baseball diamond and helped out a great cause at the same time.

9:07. two people dead after a plane crashed into the columbian an deese. an american pilot is in intensive care. the plane was assigned to the crew of a movie starring tom cruise. his spokesperson did not have a

comment. the two-engine plane flew into bad weather. no one on board reported an emergency. >> in news 4 your health, a new treatment for high low pressure could be a game changer for millions of americans. they were able to cut the death rate from high blood pressure by a staggering 25%. tom reports on this. >> reporter: a contributor to death, heart attacks and strokes. as many as 1 in 3 adults have high blp. the systolic number measures the pressure on the blood vessels. the target for anyone 50 or older was 140 or less. getting it below 120 could cut the risk of heart attacks, heart failure and stroke. researchers say it will change the way doctors treat

hypertension. >> this is huge. 25% less deaths and a third, you know, 33% less heart attacks, strokes and heart failure. it's huge. you don't get that low in cholesterol. >> reporter: some people required two or more prescriptions to get thundershower blood pressure down to 120. blood pressure meds, especially in senior citizens can make them feel dizzy or lightheaded and make them fall. they say the benefits may outweigh the risk. >> we have been lax on controlling blood pressure. this study shows we have to get it back to normal and that will help them live longer. >> reporter: patients should not change the current medication levels without first talking to their doctor. 14 years after the september 11th terror attack, the world paused to remember the lives lost. in kabul, afghanistan, u.s. military personnel held a wreath

laying ceremony. nearly 3,000 people died in the september 11th attacks. some members of the fdny spent their evening in prince george's county. they came to play softball. it was more about raising money for kids with muscular dystrophy. we spoke with some firefighter who spent september 11th, 2001 at ground zero. >> one of our darkest days. we were part of the search and rescue efforts that night. >> the 42nd year of the international association of firefighters soft bar tournament. >> we are helping you go green and reduce the clutter. >> a live picture from the community college. how to recycle all your old papers at the community shred, a very popular event. >> let's take a live look outside, shall we? rain and storms for saturday. there we go. tom has the timing of it all and when the nice weather returns. that's next.

despite the rain, the line is growing out there. a lot of you taking advantage of e community shred. >> you can shred your personal documents for free. we are set up at prince george's community college. we want to go straight out

there. brenda mitchell is with prince george's community college. so glad you could join us. >> good morning. >> we know this is a collaboration, but why is it important for prince george's community college to be involved in this? >> as an educational institution, we take pride knowing and communicating that learning happens outside the classroom. through this opportunity with nbc 4, allstate and shred it, we are able to offer the citizens of prince george's county the opportunity to dispose of documents in a safe manner, but we believe we are part of the overall big picture idea of educating the public about the real problem of identity theft and what they can do to protect themselves from it. >> there's also an environmental side to it, too. let's face it. recycling is a good thing to do, right? >> it is an excellent thing to

do. there's no better way to do it than to take those documents you no longer have use for, shred them and shred it so the paper products get recycled and put back to good yus. yes, we save a lot of trees that way. >> we have stories about folks have been personal information compromised and hacks. this is going to help that. we appreciate your time and what you are doing out there. >> we appreciate you all. thank you so much. >> again, we want to remind you, this is all happening at the largo campus at prince gorges community college until 11:00 this morning in lot b. leave batteries, electronics, dvds and cds at home. if you want the new iphone, you can preorder it starting today. apple showed off the apple 6s. the newest model has a stronger glass display, 3-d touch and

megapixel camera. delivery is going to start at the end of the month, september 25th. 4 million people bought the previous iphone on the first day of preorder. it's already past labor day. we have to talk about holiday shopping, right? >> yeah! >> apparently retailers don't think so. payment options make it easier. for the first time, the retailer introducing no money down on any purchases of $69 or more. no money down lay away is back for the second year as well. >> that's the old school payment plan, making a return, just in time for the holidays. they are not the only ones doing it. there's something called e-lay away, where you can do it online. no holiday weather for us. feeling like fall, finally. >> in fact, by monday morning, we may have the coolest temperatures of the season so

far. right now, getting much needed rain. the lawns are looking like the desert. we are getting beneficial rain coming through. unfortunately, it's going to affect the community festivals going on today and the football games going on. storm team 4 radar showing the rain from northern virginia to maryland tracking off to the north and east. the heavier downpours in the yellow and orange along 81 from la ray all the way to winchester, martinsburg and hagerstown and the metro area. light rain in montgomery county in prince george's and fairfax. the area in yellow, coming into southern prince george's county. it stretches to charles county. to the west, this one batch of moderate rain in northern fauquier is moving into lauden county. no thunder or lightning with these. there is quite a bit with this batch of heavy rain. that's about to move into the

central northern neck, crossing the potomac into st. mary's county and southern calvert county. it's another hour or so. expect very heavy rain with thunder and lightning. they are not severe storms. the main threat is ponding of water. temperatures are cool. it is raining, 60s noo shenandoah valley. low to mid-70s around the bay. at dawn, we had a beautiful rainbow. a lot of people sending me these photos. this is from philip doer. it lasted a few minutes, then the clouds moved in and the rainbow went away. hour-by-hour, heavier downpours north and west of washington around noontime as well as south and east. much of the metro area not going to have a lot of rain until late in the afternoon. the new timing on that, thunderstorms coming in into washington and nearby suburbs. this line is going to be around

5:00 to 6:00 p.m. latest timing on that, town pours, strong gusts of wind. there's a slight risk of that. that other line, st. mary's county and the evening hours. as the line moves east of washington, by 8:00 or 9:00 p.m., into the evening hours, it weakens and diminishes. by midnight, everything is done. low risk for tornado or hail. a moderate risk of high gusts of wind and heavy downpours may cause ponding of water. watch out for that. needed rain. check out this area. it's changed in the area in the purple and blue. an inch or more of beneficial rain. the metro area, much of maryland, the eastern shore could get two to three inches as it passes through. the impact is going to be moderate. have an umbrella ready and poncho. maryland is playing, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s during the game. the shower and storm activity

coming through. great weather for the skins game on sunday as they take on the dolphins. fedex field kick off at 1:00. beautiful kick off weather in the mid-70s. a blustery wind, then back to work and school monday. sunshine and high 70s monday. 80s into friday with comfortable humidity. >> thanks, tom. 9:20. things for you to know. the heroes 9/11 5k. it honors the heroes of september 11th. you have time to make it to carl sandburg middle school if you want to cheer or donate. metro transit police looking for this man. a suspect in a sexual assault just after midnight. he ran into the wheaton station down the train tunnel. police chased him into the tunnel, but he got away. look for more indoor muse sick at the adams -- metro is

doing track work. trains on red, orange, silver, blue and yellow lines run every 24 minutes. the greenbelt station is closed. we have a real football game this weengkend. >> we have a good, honest one to talk about. the nfl season is finally under way. we'll tell you the changes to expect at fedex field wh

good saturday morning, everyone. we are a little over 24 hours away from the redskins kicking off their 2015 season against the dolphins. it's been a long off season for everyone. and the redskins can't wait to get back out on the field. >> feels like the first day of school. put on your new clothes and new gear. changing jerseys and things like that. it's a good feeling. i'm excited to get out there. >> a lot of guys will go out and burn their tank the first two drives. i'll be excited. that will probably happen to me. right now, i'm focusing on the process of sunday. i'll be happy to get out there and see the type of team we have. >> going cold in south beach. harper struck out three times,

stranded four base runners. their fourth straight loss. hang on for this one. a wild one in baltimore. an ace for the orioles. not happy, smashes his bat. definitely an angry bird. the coach gets tossed from the game. the birds had his back. another two grand slams in the same inning for the eight time ever. they win, 14-8. they have back at it at 1:00. keep an eye out for fireworks. that's a look at the morning sports. hope your saturday is a great one. >> thanks. the redskins kick off at 1:00 tomorrow. fans are going to see new things and something missing at fedex field. some of the upper deck seats are covered with signs. the seating capacity is 85,000 but it has to be less now. this season, wi-fi in the stadium and the social media

lounge. you can track live chatter and post your own bobble head selfie. there's a big effort to hear what else fans want. >> you can see constantly. one of the things we are doing this year is taking surveys during the fourth quarter and post game to react to the fan experience immediately. >> they have good food there. more than two dozen new items like caribbean food, stir fry and gluten free options. the nbc 4 allstate community shred is today. >> it's at the largo campus of prince george's community college. you can bring up to five boxes of paper to shred. >> you cannot bring batteries, electronics, cds, dvds or binders. be in line by 11:00. it's a popular one. if you don't make the cut off, you may not get a chance to shred it. >> you can't shred your umbrella but you are not going to want to. you will need it. >> it's a light rain.

not enough to cause big problems now. as we look at the radar, it's sweeping across the metro area out of the south and west. the areas in yellow and orange, it's coming out harder. northern fauquier county into loudoun county and south of washington, southern prince george's into charles. that's moderate rain. heavy rain in the middle peninsula of virginia heading to the northern neck. it will move to southern maryland shortly. heavy downpours and maybe thunder and lightning. >> a great day to have the app to track all of this. >> that's going t

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hi, everybody. welcome to inside the redskins. i'm rick "doc" walker. coming up, the redskins host the dolphins. we will go inside the locker room to hear from the team and also the keys for the game from head coach jay gruden and joe barry on the dolphins and a lot more. finally opening day is about 24 hours away. earlier this week, jay ud