we also have several stories developing here at home. a lockdown has just been lifted at the white house after a suspicious package was found nearby. investigators say it was discovered in lafayette park, but there's been no word of a credible threat. an upscale restaurant linked to ten cases of salmonella and maybe 150 more is reopening its doors right now. we are just learning why health officials say fig and olive food is safe again. a nonchalant robber strikes in a busy area of arlington and he's even seen yawn as he steals cash in arlington and a bizarre encounter he had with a clerk. first at 4:00, getting ready. we are just four hours from the second republican presidential debate. will tonight reshape the race? news 4 is live at the ronald reagan presidential library in california, jay? >> reporter: hi there, pat. a lot of the candidates on the card here are hoping that will be the case. you know, donald trump comes

into this second debate with the lead in the polls, a lot of momentum, but that huge target on his back and really, you should look for jeb bush who is lagging desperately in the polls right now to change his tone a bit and that's what gop insiders are saying coming into this thing and they want him to stand up to trump and challenge him directly and it should be interesting to see how those fireworks play out and rand paul always willing to take a shot at trump. it should be an interesting and perhaps at times combative debate tonight. >> let's talk for a moment, jay about the undercard debate and senator graham and louisiana governor jindal and former senator rick santorum and former new york governor pataki, could tonight give one of them a shot at making it to the big stage? >> reporter: yeah, you know, it did during the last debate when carly fiorina did. she got her chance and she moved up to the upper card if we continue with that line of thinking. it's got to do something to one

of these four contenders, because time and money is starting to squeeze as far as the republican party is concerned and there are a lot of heavy donors that want to make sure that their money will last throughout this thing and those candidates are struggling and if we'll have people attacking trump tonight it may be the first group of four that sends the strongest message here and some will tell you it's a message borne of desperation. >> jay gray reporting live from the scene of today's debate. >> new at 4:00, some of the victims' families are multimillion dollar lawsuits two years to the day of the navy yard shooting. the lawsuits allege the companies that were overseen aaron alexis's work should have known about the violence in the past. three lawsuits were filed in federal court. one for 25 million and another for 20 million and a third for $10 million.

david culver here at the live desk following developments out of charlottesville with jesse matthew. a judge officially charged matthew for death of morgan harrington. harrington disappeared in 2009 after leaving a concert in charlottesville. crews found her remains a few months later. matthew faces life in prison for each of the two offenses and he's already convicted for a 2005 sex assault in fairfax and he's the prime suspect in hannah graham's murder. matthew will keep the same attorneys for both cases, but prosecutors as of now have no plans to combine the trials and i did speak with morgan harrington's mother tonight and you will hear why she and her husband dan wanted so badly to be in that courtroom today and that's when i join you ahead at news 4 at 5:00. >> thanks, david. talk about an economic boost to the city. d.c. officials sealed a new deal for a basketball arena this

afternoon. the district in washington will build a 5,000 seat practice arena in the southeast that will double its home for the mystics. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in southeast washington, the old st. elizabeth's campus where the washington wizards hope to make a big impact on this poor neighborhood and the mayor says this is a new day forward 8. >> basketball is a vehicle to change in this ward and across this city. we made a big promise to ward 8 that we would not forget you. >> the welcoming embrace that we have felt from the people in this community made the decision very, very ease owe where we would commit and grow and really commit to a 20-year narrative in helping you and working together to make this fantastically well-developed neighborhood. >> officials say they hope to sign all of the contract, start construction and have this new

facility open in two years. i'm tom sherwood, news 4. we are getting our first look this afternoon at a guy who police say robbed a bank in the busy section of arlington. surveillance shows the man handing the teller a note and while waiting for the cash, he appears to yawn. we are told he ran out of the t.d. bank in claire endon after getting the money, but dropped the money on the way out. he had dropped the money, but he says the robber kept going. it's no surprise that we're getting for the pope francis' first visit to the united states, and the pope himself says he's looking forward to it. at the end of his weekly general audience today in st. peter's square, pope francis asked for prayers for his mission to the u.s. and cuba and he says he's preparing for the trip with, in his word, great hope. the pope leaves saturday for cuba and arrives in washington next tuesday. mail delivery may be affected in areas where traffic

is restricted during the pontiff's visit and more than a dozen mailboxes downtown will be temporarily removed as a security precaution. we've posted a detailed list of the affected locations on the nbc washington app. take a look, guys. you know it's been a great day. it started off though, rather cool once again. many areas seeing temperatures in the low 50s and upper 40s and look at mart insburg, west virginia, and 50 in dullesson and right downtown around 60 and it started off on a chilly note on the bus stop and a lot of the kids had the jackets on and by 9:00, 10:00, temperatures rose very quickly today and we've risen 25 degrees and that's 85 degrees and 82 in richmond and 82 in pittsburgh, new york at 87 and that's the kind of phenomenal weather we have all across the area, but notice, we need the rain. we've only seen 1.43 inches and

we are 1.23 inches below average in august 1st and it does look like we have a chance in the seven-day period and we'll talk about that in the next few minutes. >> some good news for people who live or commute near the hospital in northwest d.c. and that water main in front of the hospital has been fixed now. the 8-inch main burst early this morning and crews had to use heavy equipment to tear up the road in order to make the needed repairs. the road and the surrounding streets are open again. developing in utah. another confirmed death in the flood zone. we'll take a look at the radar and show you whether any relief is in sight. salmonella shut down a restaurant in d.c. what the health department says about the source of the bacteria. >> and you may not be thinking about it because the weather is so nice, but flu season is here. we're going to show you the keys to staying w

seven people were hiking at zion national park in utah when a flash flood trapped them in a narrow desert canyon. officials have now confirmed five of those hikers are dead and two are still missing. the hikers died monday at the same time a deadly flash flood killed at least 12 people on the small community on the border of utah and arizona.

we'll have a live report from the zeen in tscene. a firefighter is calling the scene biblical. they are slowly gaining ground there. the wildfire in california is 30% contained and however it scorched 67,000 acres and consumed 600 homes. meteorologist tom keir en has more. >> this is from last week near kings park in the central sierras and look at the smoke into the san joaquin valley to fresno. this fire covered 150 square miles. it was started by a lightning strike on july 31st and that fire is still going. it's been going through all august and all of the way into september. getting some beneficial rain are for those fires in northern california coming through right now all across northern california, this is welcome

rain. that should help out and where they had the terrible flooding around zion national park now, it is all dry. things are really beginning to recede there. right here now, it's a beautiful day under way and we've got our temperatures well into the 80s and mid-80s with the low humidity and a look at the big change on the way and that's coming up in the next half hour. >> thanks, tom. >> flu season is back and things are different this year. who should be getting a double dose of the vaccine.

david culver with you from the live desk. the man accused of igniting a fire at the cvs in baltimore during the freddie gray riots has pled guilty to arson. raymon carter was seen going into the cvs with other looters on april 27th. he attempted to open the safe behind the pharmacy counter and 45 minutes later he's seen going into the corner of a store where paper products were stored.

carter admitted to using those paper goods to start the flames. the cvs was gutted by the fire. it is already being rebuilt. carter faces four years in prison. chris? >> thanks, david. several stories developing right now at 4:15. the #istandwith ahmed is standing across the country. >> he's a sudanese high school student who was arrested in texas after he brought a homemade electronic clock to school. one of his teachers thought it looked like a bomb and called police. when officers questioned him ahmad said they repeatedly asked him about his last name. we'll tell you how president obama got involved in just a few minutes. the calendar says september, but you're already seeing the signs for flu shots. in just four minutes we're talking to dr. jackie about the top four things you should know had thing into this flu season. a trendy d.c. restaurant

just reopened and we're learning more about the salmonella outbreak that shut it down. the d.c. health department gave the go ahead for fig and olive to reopen at the city centrecomplex downtown. the health department says the likely source of the outbreak was the restaurant's truffle fries and mushroom croquettes. at least 60 people got sick after eating there and the health department is looking into 150 other possible cases of salmonella poisoning. are you loving september? a lot of us are and we're getting spoiled, doug. how much longer is this great stuff going to last? >> i think the spoiling will continue as we move on through the next couple of days. we have the area of high pressure over us that just does not want to go archway. you just showed it. plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies and low humidity, it does not get better than this. winds out of the south at 3 miles per hour and notice the temperatures around the region and 81 mart insburg and 80 in pa

tucket river and another very nice evening and a great night. no rain outside and again, we do need to see some of that rain across our region. boston to d.c., all of the way back to chicago, no clouds. that's a storm system, but it's want moving this way. the clouds are, the high clouds are and we may see a few of these later this evening and the big area of high pressure continues to sit and dominate in our region and that means we'll see these areas of low pressure move to the north and taking away any chance of rain until the day on sunday and that's when we see this pattern begin to change just a bit. until then, warm and dry for at least almost the next week. we need to see the rain and we're three inches below average and not much in the way of rain chances the next few days and overnight temperature will be low again, and 55 in fredericksburg, so you may need the jacket as you wake up and make your way some tomorrow morning and what to wear tomorrow morning?

again, maybe the light jacket and short sleeves and sunglasses. you'll need the sunglasses. 86 in d.c. and 83 in mart insburg. i mentioned to you the change. not thursday, friday or saturday. the change comes on sunday and the temperatures start to cool and then an even bigger change coming just in time for the pope to arrive and tom kierein has more on that. if you're not worried about the flu you should be. dr. jackie, and first off, doctor j., you had to write a prescription? what kind of season is this shaping up to be? >> let's hope it's a healthy season. you never know how bad it will be. it started in texas. they may have brought it back to our area. ? what types of different vaccines are being offered this year and who should get what?

>> there's a couple of them and the first is high dose for the seniors and there's a group for those over the age of 18 and there are intradermal shots that have no need willies and very small dose and a jet injector that has no needle at all and that's for people over the age of 18, nasal sprays and age 2 to 49. that's not for pregnant people and asthmatics and the regular old flu shot is the final one and know which category you fit into, but get something, at least. >> new research about how to handle the flu. if you're a senior citizen. >> new research showed that if you do get it, go get treated fast and contact your doctor and get the tamiflu started early. the first 48 hours are critical. >> that's right. >> it's kind of hard to focus on the weather, but this can trip you up, can't it? >> that's right. it's misleading, but even if you get in the pool this weekend it's still coming. no matter what it's coming and the flu will be here. realize it takes about four weeks to get a response.

you better start now. some kids need to start early because they need two shots and the question always gets asked, should i get it if the match isn't good? some is better than none. most importantly, do it for the grandparents and the babies. let's make a bubble around them and last year's shot does not count at all. you have to start again. >> there are always people who say i get a flu shot, it makes me sick. >> it doesn't happen. it's not from the flu shot. these are inactivated or killed vaccines. you can certainly get achy. okay, we can do that, but you will not get the real flu. if you had the real flu you know what it is and again, some match even on those years which we haven't had a good one is better than no match at all. heading the flu without that preparation before is bad news. >> we have more flu questions and answers for you in the washington app right now. just click on the health section or search flu q and a. >> comedian jon stewart is

bringing the joke, but he makes it clear he's dead serious about the mission that brought him to capitol hill and the hollywood superstar is now the center of controversy. what matt damon said t

comedian jon stewart is retired from "the daily show," but he's still focused on issues that he's passionate about, and those issues include health care

for 9/11 first responders. he went to capitol hill today to urge congress to continue funding a bill that helps first responders who have gotten sick after exposure to the toxins at ground zero. stewart says he's embarrassed that congress isn't stepping up to help. >> it's an embarrassment to the country and it's a disservice, and everything that they say about this country, about how much they love it, about how much they believe in it is -- that's all symbolism, as far as i'm concerned if they can't take care of the people that took care of us. >> who do you blame for this? >> whose lawn am i on? >> stewart also noted that he was living in downtown manhattan during the september 11th terror attacks and he says he owes first responders a debt he can never repay. problems with the new apple watch's operating system are forcing the company to push back its launch date and the launch os2 is supposed to come out

today, but engineers say a bug in the software is taking longer than expected to fix. they haven't set a new release date, but an apple spokesperson says it's coming shortly. matt damon causes some controversy with comments about diversity. what he said and why it's generating criticism on social media. >> and in my perspective it didn't look like a bomb. >> arrested for a homemade clock. hear from the boy who has inspired a worldwide hash tag.

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the building will be built in ward 8 on the growth fuunds of d st. elizabeths hospital. >> more on what has created a frenzy, a texas student falsely accused of taking a bomb to school. even the president weighed in on this today. ahmed mohamed is suz sudanese-american after he took a homemade clock to school. he likes tinkering with things and wanted to show his teachers what he could do. >> ahmed's family believes it's a case of religious discrimination. >> i really don't think it's that at all. i brought something to school that wasn't a threat to anyone. i didn't do anything wrong, and i just showed my teachers something and i end up getting arrested. >> after hearing about it, the president sent a tweet. cool clock, ahmed. want to bring it to the white

house? we should inspire more kids like you to like science. it's what makes america great. we live in an age where you just can't take things like that to school. ♪ ♪ here are four things to know about tonight's presidential debate. i'm aaron gilchrist. the top 11 polling candidates will be on the main stage at 8:00 p.m. and they include current front-runner donald trump, ben carson, scott walker and chris christie and it's not a question of if or when, but who will attack trump first at the debate. tonight is the second test for jeb bush who is at just 6% in the polls right now. strategists say he needs to take on trump without crossing the line. it's also an important night for carly fiorina. political analysts say to keep her recent momentum going she needs to grab voters' attention tonight. four did not make the cut, rick santorum, bobby jindal, george

pataki will face off in a less formal debate. even though they aren't polling, they still need to grab voters and donors' attention. they will get to debate in the first democratic debate scheduled for october 13th and that will bring together hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley. all of this information on tonight's debate is also on the nbc washington app. aaron gilchrist, news 4. hillary clinton is joining the parade of presidential hopefuls making appearances on the late night talk shows. she'll be on "the tonight show with jimmy fallon" tonight. it will be her first late night 11:00. actor matt damon is facing a lot of criticism on social media for what he said about the film industry. damon said having diversity behind the scenes is not always important. he's doing a reality show on hbo to find new filmmakers, but in one scene the only

african-american woman in the film raised a question about one of the scripts. i just want to urge people to think about whoever this director is, the way they're going to treat the character of harmony, her being a prostitute. the only black person who gets beat up by her white pimp. damon seemed to shut her down and said, quote, when we're talking about diversity you do it in the casting of the film, not in the casting of the show. wher's troy johnson is here with today's talk about the town. what are your listeners saying about what damon said? >> a bit surprised and shocked as she was when she heard it on the show. matt damon says he was glad that she flagged the issue of diversity, but it wasn't a part of project green light because they're basing the choice of the director on merit alone. people said it's never, ever that simple and it's not that simple and if now isn't the time to address diversity, when is it and if matt damon, an

influential man in hollywood who else is going to address it? folks are certainly upset with what he said. they said it's easy in the majority to forget about obstacles that minorities constantly have to deal with to get to the top, simply to be recognized for their merits and it was a running theme they heard from a lot of people. >> troy, the woman in question effi brown who is she? >> she's been in hollywood for a long time. she's a producer and makes things happen and she's, worked on 17 films in hollywood and she's appeared for matt damon and was on the show to give this extra point of view. hey, wait a minute. if we're trying to do a film that's featuring characters then we have to obviously, you know, consider these folks that may have perspective on it. here's her comment on twitter. oof! wow! okay. to what matt damon said. thank you for watching the show

and getting a great conversation started. i can't wait to hear you on the other episodes. and it's interesting that she is talking about this on twitter because now there's a whole hash tag of damon's planning which is essentially a person, overtalking a person of color explaining to them about their race and ethnicity so it started quite a firestorm. >> sure has. thanks, troy. >> thank you. >> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> is up schein, just a few high clouds, now drifting over the metro area. those are coming all of the way from florida from some rain that's way down there, but the cloud cover caught up in the upper level winds and just now drifting over capitol hill. live view from the storm team 4 camera and there is the park basking in the afternoon sun in the foreground and the dry pattern continues and the headline, big weekend change on the way and a slight chance for some rain next week. and this is the toll path.

there are a lot of weeds there along the edge and as a result, we have high weed pollen on some areas and it's in the moderate zone now and it will be holding steady. the mainly ragweed and weed pollen over the next few days with the dry weather continuing and the drive time for the rest of the afternoon and evening all green lights and all green lights with dry pavement and there is the blue sky, and no high clouds there and that's the live view hour by hour and a big change here and it's like a roller coaster plunging down to the low 60s in the metro area by dawn and 50s in the suburbs and jumping right back up to near 80 degrees by late morning and noon time. up and down we go and a look at that big change and when that will be occurring and that's coming up in a few minutes. >> we now know the name of the man found murdered near the bus shelter. police need help solving darius

white's murder. he'd been shot. prince georges county detectives are working now to identify a motive. they don't think this was a random attack. i'm with your first 4 traffic. new signs popping up between gainesville and the district here. x, of course, means no. you cannot tramp in those lanes. the green arrow means they're open and yellow means you have to merge, of course. all of these signs have been going up the last couple of months here to try to get traffic moving smoothly there along 66. >> and between university and new hampshire, two right lanes blocked until 5:00 tomorrow morning and 95 north to center parkway, two lanes blocked until 4:30. see you tomorrow from news 4 today. facebook making some changes and now so is snapchat. why the messaging service is charging for part of its service. social media lit up today with the los of shares, tweets and likes over something olive

garden is doing, but you better bring your ap

you can like anything from comments to your friends' kids, back to school pics and facebook is testinga i a new dislike button and it should be used when a like is inappropriate such as news of a metro disaster or death of a loved one, but

zuckerberg doesn't want to turn facebook into a forum where people are turning down posts. would you use a dislike button in click our washington nbc facebook page to chime in. snapchat is the photo and video sharing service with the distinct feature. the images you send disappear seconds after someone takes a look at them, but with this new feature, recipients can look at them again. you can replay three so-called snaps for 99 cents and it's the first time the company has charged for any feature in its program. pat, carb lovers are rejoicing this afternoon because olive garden is bringing back its pasta pass. the promotion will let pass owners eat as much pasta as they like over a period of seven weekses. the five-cheese ziti al forno alone has over 70 grams of carbs

and last year they sold out in 45 minutes. it's enough to make you hungry. safety concerns over car seats. we have information about a new reca recall. >> surviving an on-air ambush. a woman recounts when a gunman opened fire. >> the onl

i was just concentrating on being so still so he wouldn't shoot me again. >> the survivor of the on-air ambush near virginia last month is opening up about the terrifying moments when this happened. the video with ricky garner aired on prime time tv last night and we have more on how the chamber of commerce official survived the shooting. >> the last television interview vicky garner was part of and it was horrifically broadcasted live on wdbj tv. >> i saw movement and then gun

fire. lots and lots of gun fire. >> in her first interview since the on-air attack three weeks ago, vicki told fox news' greta van susteren she remembers the moments leading up to the shooting and remembering seeing someone in the periphery. >> was it somebody looking for something? was it somebody that was maybe here for maintenance that wanted to ask a question and my thought was is he going to ask a question while we're talking on air? >> far worse. the gunman, vester flannigan opened fire shooting reporter allison parker and ward. >> i realized that adam was down in front of me and alison was not to the side of me any longer. >> both died. vicki thought she would, too. >> i didn't know where he was. i felt as though the next shot -- i knew the next shot he was just going to shoot me in the head because that was what

he was doing. >> she played dead laying in a fetal position. >> he did come back and shot me in the back. >> vicki says she's seen the video since and still has questions. >> my heart just goes out to alison and adam and they're so young. you know, why save me and take them? i just -- but obviously, there is a purpose and by golly, i will fulfill it. >> it takes a lot longer than three weeks to recover from something like that. out in phoenix in interstate 10 there was a real scare after a projectile shattered the window of someone's car today. this is the same stretch of highway where the stretch of shootings was going on. at 3:30 this morning a driver pulled up next to him and heard a loud bang and the back window shattered. arizona police determined it was just a projectile, not related to their highway shooting investigation. safety concerns prompt a car seat recall.

ricaro is recalling the performance ride and proride car seats. they were both made before june when it was with the top portion of the restraint to detach and increases the risk of injury to the child or other occupants in the vehg no injuries have been reported so far. the company is planning to contact car seat owners that have registered. a frederick county coalition approved a strategic plan that lays out a road map to end homelessness. it includes housing optionses and improves the homelessness for people. it is according to the frederick news post. now your storm 4 forecast, just a few clouds are drifting in then into the evening hours for walking the dog and

temperatures will be in the upper 70s by 8:00 p.m. and under a mostly clear sky and just a few, wispy high clouds and you'll see the autumn constellations beginning to show up and they'll be climbing into the southern sky and by 8:00 in the morning and back into the upper 60s after we bottom out right around dawn in the 50s in much of the region starting out tomorrow morning and a quick jump in temperatures and then for your exercise tomorrow another day with low humidity, but the temperature quickly jumping from the 50s at 7:00 a.m. to upper 70s by 11:00, hitting the mid-80s by mid-afternoon tomorrow afternoon. big change coming our way and here is why we're going to see that big change. the high pressure has been over us now, giving us this gorgeous, warm weather and by saturday we'll be moving up over new england and the weak area of low pressure comes up along the coast and both of systems will work to give us an onshore flow coming in off the cooler waters of the atlantic and bringing in some clouds and maybe the threat

of some sprinkles and light rain. that's going to begin by next week and between now and then, warm and dry. highs in the 80s each day through saturday and then the beginning of the change on sunday with temperatures right around 80 in the afternoon and highs only in the 70s for monday. pope francis arrives tuesday afternoon and beale be here on wednesday. a lot of clouds around and might have a sprinkle or passing light shower tuesday afternoon and highs into the mid-70s and after that, we might have some breaking in the cloud, but still, a slight chance of some rain for the rest of the papal visit next week with temperatures in the 70s and a mostly cloudy sky. coming up next hour, why we've been so dry. doug will be joining us. >> thanks, tom. a statue of one of the most beloved comic book characters is headed to its rightful home after it was stolen. >> the dennis the menace statue was in a scrap yard. the 3-foot tall, 200-pound statue was scheduled to be melted down and sold.

no one knew it had been stolen from a playground in monterey, california. >> i didn't think anything about it. we handle that type of stuff from theme parks. i didn't pay any attention to it. >> but his daughter-in-law was curious, and she decided to do a google search. that's when they discovered the real history, that it was taken from the dennis the menace play growth fund w ground where it sat for years and valued at $30,000 and the statue is making the cross-country trip back home. summer is on its way up and that doesn't mean it's time to slack off on your lawn. now is the best time to prep your lawn for next spring. lawn care companies are offering airation and fall fertilization, and the washington consumers' checkbook says there's no one size fits all approach and recommends you get three to five quotes because there could be hundreds of dollars in difference between one company and the next. they just give every

customer the same service and they come five, six times a year and they do whatever they do at that time of year and they spray for weeds and the sprins fertilization and fall fertilization and that's what they do. they're not paying attention to what each law need. >> go to the consumer page where you can get free access of local lawn care companies. >> we are working several developing stories in the newsroom right now. the first day of testimony at the trial of the man accused of killing his stepfather, a d.c. police detective. antwan james' mother took the stand coming up in 20 minutes. it's been ten years since the harbor broke ground and this is what the project is looking like. the seating is starting to take shape. to the left of that, that's the bottom half of the hotel that will have 27 stories and beneath

all of this is the state of the art parking garage. they'll fit 4800 vehicles inside of that garage and it's a $1.3 billion project that's moving along very quickly and coming up on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00, we'll talk to the ceo about this project and what folks can expect in the next year. at national harbor, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. members of a family swept away to their deaths and serve hi seven hikers with no way

the man accused in the charleston church massacre is offering to plead guilty to escape the death penalty. that word came out of a pre-trial hearing for dylann roof. he killed nine people while attending a bible study. the trial is set for next july. two people have died from legionnaires' disease. health officials still don't know the source of the outbreak and both people who died were elderly with underlying health conditions. people in southern utah are trying to come to grips with the deaths of more than 12 people in deadly flash floods. some of them were swept away in cars and five were hiking in zion national park. leann gregg is in colorado city arizona, but the danger may not be over. >> reporter: third third day the

search continues for a 6-year-old boy lost after two vehicles were swept away by floodwaters killing three women and nine other children. a frightening scene caught on video. >> oh, no! >> one of three survivors fled to get help, but it was too late. >> in an instant our families are gone. >> it's a horrific event. it was totally out of our control. >> reporter: city and state officials coming to grips with the reality of the loss and devastation. >> this is as much a fatality as any in the state. >> reporter: zion national park when flash floods struck monday. the bodies of four of them, three men and one woman were recovered tuesday. about 25 members of the utah national guard are helping with the efforts along with law enforcement, emergency rescue teams and hundreds of volunteers. one of them talked about unique challenges of searching for victims. >> it's very muddy. it's slippery and some of the

areas that are folks are walking into they're sinking up to their knees and getting covered in mud. >> all of those searchers are not giving up hope. the missing are feared dead. >> to be successful and bringing closure to the families is something we would like to do. it's an important thing for us. >> officials continue to urge residents to be mindful of flooding deaths and once again, rain is in the forecast. >> reporter: and an update. the bodies of two of those hikers were found this afternoon. all of this as the community continues to look for the two remaining people who are missing, and unite in grief. back to you, chris. >> i hope it dries out soon. news 4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and pat. a fight between a father and stepson over yardwork ends with a police daeblthive murdered. why one mrth says her son just snapped. families of victims in the navy yard shootings file multimillion dollar lawsuits today and still think lives could have been saved.

a day morgan harrington's mother has long waited for as she finally gets to see the man she believes killed her daughter. >> to bring something positive from evil, that's how you triumph. that's how you beat some people. but first at 5:00, tonight, a fight over a chore that most of us have had to do leads to murder. the victim, a d.c. police detective and the suspect is his stepson. news 4's megan fitzgerald joins us live from upper marlboro where the suspect's mother testified for the first time today. meagan? >> reporter: court wrapped up moments ago, but it was a packed courtroom for family and friends for the man who killed a d.c. police officer and his stepson, a former d.c. firefighter antwan james. james' mother took the stand today testifying against her son

in the murder for her slain husband. it was a very emotional day and just moments ago the jury heard a dramatic 911 recording when antwan's brother called police moments after that shooting happened. the phone taken away by his mother who told the operators that her son had just killed her husband. court documents say this all started in april of 2013 after joseph newell asked his three stepsons to help with yardwork. in court on wednesday, antwan james' mother bernadette newell testified that antwan was the only one who refused. she told the court she yelled at him and said, quote, if he didn't do the work he had to leave. bernadette told the jury antwan snapped saying, quote, he jumped up and said you're doing it because of him and said watch this, and he was out the door. the deputy sta a