now at 11:00 -- >> roll over! >> new response to this video from the fairfax county police chief. the new angle we're seeing tonight, and why the chief says the officer did the right thing. another shutdown showdown. ted cruz cut off on the senate

floor. >> i field the floor. >> with the clock ticking to keep the government open. and firefighters respond to more problems on metro tonight, while riders prepare for changes, starting with tomorrow's commute. first tonight, we have breaking news in the district. four people shot in the span of less than three hours tonight. and we just learned one of them has died. >> news4's megan fitzgerald just got to the scene of the second shooting. it's at 46th and g street, not far from benning road. meagan, what you learning? >> reporter: jim, this call came in around 10:00. you can see behind me a very active scene. police have taped off the area here as they continue their investigation. now they tell us around 10:00 they got a call of two adult males suffering from gunshot wounds. those men have been transported to the hospital. we are told they were conscious and breathing. now we want to take you to that first scene from earlier today. show you some video there. this happening over in the berry

pharmacy neighborhood at the 1100 block of eaton place. as you said, one person died. police felt they arrived on scene at around 7:35 with two adult males that were shot. one person transported to the hospital, conscious and breathing. we now understand that the second person in that shooting has died. homicide detectives are on scene investigating. they tell us they recovered multiple gunshot shell casings. now investigators are not telling us at this point if the two shootings are connected. but we do know that they're still looking for the suspects. back to you. >> meagan, thank you so much. new tonight, fairfax county's police chief responding directly to video of an officer using a taser on man with his back turned and hands on the hood of a car. >> the chief says his officer not only acted appropriately, he is commending him for his restraint. news4's jackie bensen is live on rosehill drive where this all went down.

jackie? >> reporter: wendy, fairfax county's police chief told us that that video widely seen on social media does not reflect the whole encounter, does not show what his officers saw. >> get on the ground! >> why are you doing that to that guy? >> roll over! >> reporter: the 911 call came in from the suntrust bank in the rosehill shopping center just after 1:00 p.m. last thursday. >> the person, the customer went into the manager's office, put his sunglasses on, and left, which was weird too. and now he is wandering around outside. >> reporter: fairfax county police chief ed roessler released an additional video of the incident. he says the angle from which both were taken does not show what his officers claimed they saw, a man resisting arrest, who is reaching in the direction of this folding knife clipped inside the front of his pants. >> it's a little bit more than

six inches. so it's a utility knife that folds out. >> that's what was in there? >> and that could be a deadly weapon if he was to get it. >> reporter: 35-year-old elton cansler has been charged with assaulting a police officer and larceny. his brother marco crosby says cansler has cerebral palsy. crosby does not believe the force used against cansler was justified. >> a knife in his hand. but the fact they say it was clipped on his belt or clipped in his pocket, you know, and the tape clearly shows that he never reached for it. so where was the threat? there was no eminent threat to that officer for him to use that type of force on my brother. >> reporter: now this is just the latest incident involving the use of police force in fairfax county. and i can tell you the availability that we saw from the chiefs this evening answering questions, providing us with photographs, something that certainly would have been unusual even just a few years ago. back to you.

>> all right, jackie, thank you. new tonight, more problems for metro. reports of an arcing a insulator to the track at friendship heights tonight. it forced the red line to start single tracking. take a look at the mess down there, and the fire response impacted traffic on busy wisconsin avenue. no one was hurt. and service got back to normal around 10:00. you may remember this scene from last week, smoke pouring from the stadium armory station just one day before the pope's arrival. now that fire is going to impact commuters for months. starting tomorrow, only the blue line trains will be stopping at the stadium armory station during rush hour. orange and silver lines going right past it. and that's on top of changes already in place. and that includes fewer and less frequent trains on those three lines. that's having an impact all the way into virginia. >> billions of dollars goes out to metro, and we're stuck, late for work. and we have to explain to our bosses why we're late. and it's because of metro.

>> some d.c. students who use the stadium armory station to get to school, they're going to have to now ride a bus. well, it's been bone-dry out there the past couple of days. but doug, you have a new update on something we've been tracking all day? >> that's right, guys. first off, you though we're going to be talking about the rain as it moves in over the next couple days. tomorrow morning no problem. i think you're going get up to morning rush. it's going to be a-okay. tomorrow evening little bit of a different story. let's take a look at the radar. no rain really around our region. we've seen a few showers off and on, essentially back towards the blue ridge. look at all the shower activity down to the south. more back to the west. and all this moisture is going to come in tomorrow and give us a pretty good dosing of rain tomorrow, into the evening tomorrow. evening's commute going to be a little bit of a problem. something else, a little bit of breaking news so to speak in the weather world. as of 11:00, just 15, 20 minutes ago, we have had our tropical depression, which was tropical depression 11, has now become tropical storm joaquin.

down here towards the atlantic. and it's expected to move up the east coast. i think this will have an impact on our weekend weather. we're going to talk about the potential impacts and just what that storm means for you coming up in just a minute. we're keeping an eye on capitol hill in an effort to avoid a government shutdown. tonight senator ted cruz continued his open revolt against republican leaders and said he is not surprised house speaker john boehner is stepping down. >> but it's also telegraphed the deal that he has just cut can. it's a deal to surrender and join with the democrats. notice he said he is going to stay a month. he's going stay a month. in order to join with the democrats and fund barack obama's priorities. >> senator cruz is trying to kill a so-called clean bill that would fund the government through early december. but it would not strip funding for planned parenthood. a lot of conservatives have promised to defund the organization after undercover videos raised questions on whether it profited from the

sale of fetal tissue. the head of planned parenthood will be called before congress tomorrow, and we've got a heads-up on her testimony. she is expected to say the organization has nearly 700 clinics and only 1% of them retrieved that tissue. she will argue the videos were edited and misleading. and the group hasn't broken any laws. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >> thank you, chris. california congressman kevin mccarthy confirmed today he'll run for speaker of the house. mccarthy is favored to get the job. he has the endorsement of outgoing speaker boehner. the only other person running so far is florida congressman daniel webster. republicans will meet tomorrow to decide when to hold a vote. delayed ambulance response times have drawn a lot of attention in d.c. and tomorrow mayor muriel bowsler propose a solution. bowser and fire chief gregory dean want to use private ambulance companies to help carry the load. the private contractors would be used for low priority patients. the fire chief says there has been a surge in calls for low

priority or non-emergency incidents. and sometimes that is leading to delays. >> it will allow us to concentrate more time on our training of our firefighters, as well as allow us to get to the preventative maintenance of our vehicles that has been an ongoing problem. >> it does make sense. every day we're maxed out. the rigs are falling apart. >> chief dean does want to test the system for a year to see how well it works. new tonight, the u.s. supreme court is the only thing that could stop virginia's first execution in nearly three years. today governor terry mcauliffe denied a last-minute attempt to delay the execution of convicted serial killer alfredo prieto. the high court would need to intercept to stop the execution which is set for thursday. defense attorneys argued prieto was mentally challenge and wanted to move the case to california. mcauliffe says the case has already been decided in the courts.

and the lawyer for the man who supposedly confessed to a deadly hit-and-run is questioning that confession. ryan's attorney claims the 22-year-old christian rapper was held until he confessed. police say solani ran down william mcdaniel in clarksburg last week after a fight over some music recording. solandi's mother turned him in. witnesses saw a car circle back and hit mcdaniel and then take off. he is being held without bond. he is charged with first-degree murder. tonight escalon and pepco are asking d.c. regulators to reconsider their $6.8 million merger. today both companies filed a motion saying the merger would stabilize rates and enhance reliability for both electric and gas service. but opponents argue the merger would not benefit the public. mayor bowser's office says tonight the companies are working to address those concerns, and quote, the district deserves a healthy public utility that serves residents and rate payers in a

cost-effective, dependable, and environmentally sound manner. the trials of six baltimore police officers charged in the freddie gray case could be delayed. a judge may decide tomorrow to push back the trial. defense attorneys say they need more time because they received new evidence from prosecutors. the trial for officer william porter is supposed to begin in about two weeks. judge barry williams has already decided the officers will be tried simply. next at 11:00, new trouble for fig and olive in the salmonella scare that stretched from the district to west hollywood. flakes, loops, pops or puffs. whatever you buy, this morning staple is getting more expensive. see what is driving up the price of cereal. and new tonight, the lawyer for paul walker's daughter now says the actor should have survived the crash t

back at the live desk. a passenger jet had to make an emergency landing in new york. just 15 minutes after it took off on a 3,000-mile flight to ireland. the boeing 757 reported hydraulic failure, no flaps, and problems with the landing gear. it came in faster than normal, and its brakes caught fire. the aer lingus fight just left jfk on a nearly seven-hour flight to ireland when the pilot reported the problems and turned the plane around. the passengers were taken back to the terminal. crews put the fire out. and a man who was rescued from the side of sugarloaf mountain is in the hospital tonight with a head injury. chopper 4 was there as maryland

state police helicopter lowered rescuers to sugarloaf's blue trail. that's where the man fell about 75 feet from an outcropping. the man is believed to be in his 20s. no word on the extent of his injury. tonight we're learning about yet another lawsuit filed against the fig & olive restaurant chain. now this case is connected to the chain's west hollywood location. the l.a. county health department is looking into more than 20 cases of salmonella at that spot. here in d.c., as many as 150 people got sick after eating at the restaurant in city center. right now there is a multi-state investigation under way to see if there are any other cases out there. an attorney who represents two people in d.c. says tonight certain menu items seem to be a common denominator. >> it's interesting. the mushrooms, the croquets and the truffle oil, it seems to be a common denominator.

>> the hollywood lawsuit also cites those menu items. fig & olive representative says they are confident they have adequately addressed the situation now. actor paul walk could have survived that crash that killed him nearly two years ago if porsche had not skimped on safety. that's according to a lawsuit that was filed on behalf of walker's 16-year-old daughter meadow. it suggests walker actually survived the impact of that crash, but it was the fire that killed him. the suit also alleges multiple design flaws in the vehicle that could have prevented it. the widow of the driver who died in that crash filed a similar lawsuit last year. the news4 i-team first told you about the growing number of minors getting their hands on cigarettes around our region. well, tomorrow the montgomery county council could stiffen the fine for stores that sell smokes to minors. right now the fine is $500 for the first offense. $750 for a second.

a vote tomorrow could increase that fine to $1,000 for the very first offense that is the highest fine allowed under state law. and it's not the most expensive thing at the grocery store. but cereal you eat for breakfast is starting to cost more. cereal prices have gone up about 7% in the past five years, a faster hike than most items on the shelves. and a lot of times the cereal makers are disguising the hikes by increasing the package size. it targets the mind-set that buying in bulk means discounted prices. demand is down because buyers are looking for faster and healthier option. >> they've gone to greek yogurt, power bars. anywhere that they can get the protein that is going to give them the right nutrition for the day is what they're seek out. >> and despite the news about the cereal, it is still purchased by about 90% of households. a major discovery announced today by nasa. liquid water has been found on mars. images from an objector reveals

dark streaks that come and go as the seasons change there. and researchers detected hydrated salts in those streaks. nasa says the discovery suggests it is possible for there to be life on mars right now. now a new mystery begins for scientists. what is the source of that water. and we could use some water here in our little patch of earth. getting kind of dry. >> very dry. august, september, a couple of the driest months we've had in some time. we need to see some rain. well might see a lot over the next seven days, depending on how this weather pattern shakes out. first off tomorrow, no problem at all. we're definitely going to get some rain into the area tomorrow night. last night, the moon kind of, you know, it was kind of hidden from us, that nice lunar eclipse. some of us saw it. but a lot of us didn't see it because of the cloud cover. look at that. almost a full moon and a beautiful moon tonight. i want to thank my photographer for shooting that a little earlier for us. a very nice night, but a very warm and a humid night. look at the numbers. 73 degrees right now. winds out of the northeast at 5

miles per hour. that is a very warm temperature this time of year for 11:00 at night. just about everybody at the 70 degree mark. 73 rat leesburg. 72 in manassas. 69 towards culpeper. it is going to be a very warm, humid night and a very warm, humid day tomorrow. no rain out there right now. except for this isolated shower toward warren county. that it is along the blue ridge. we're going see a better chance tomorrow. notice, not a lot going on tomorrow. we do have the cloud cover here. we do have a lot of moisture. and look at all the cloud cover. from chicago down to new orleans, all the way up towards boston. the entire eastern seaboard socked in with the clouds. a lot of moisture moving up our way. we will see rain tomorrow. but it's not going to be early. tomorrow morning's rush, no problem at all. even around noon tomorrow, if you want to walk to get lunch, i think we're okay there. notice around 4:00, though. here comes the rain. and by 7:00, it's rather heavy in some areas, especially back towards the mountains here. parts of the area could see up towards half an inch, maybe an

inch. some locations more than that. here is midnight. heavy rain, frederick county, loudoun, parts of fairfax and montgomery county. all of this making its way on through wednesday. wednesday starting off dry, and more shower activity during the afternoon on wednesday. that commuter forecast, cloudy, 68 degrees for the morning rush. but the afternoon rush, rain and some of it will be heavy at times. so expect to be late tomorrow evening. give yourself a little bit of extra time. now to tropical storm joaquin there is so much throughout right now on social media about joaquin. i just want you to remember, don't get too concerned about the hype. it's a tropical storm right now. it just became a tropical storm. winds of 40 miles per hour. it's moving to the southwest at 5 miles per hour. it's going stay to the south for the next couple of days. here is wednesday. 60 miles per hour tropical storm. right up the coast. and notice we are in the cone here on saturday. the storm could be upwards of 65 miles per hour. we are in that cone. i really think it has a better shot of hitting new jersey or parts of new york. but this is something we're going to watch. it could be a rather strong storm.

so, again, we're going watch this closely for you, and we'll continue the keep you posted over the next couple of days. 81 tomorrow. 75 on wednesday with a 40% chance of rain. look at thursday and friday. it's rather cool both days. temperatures in the low to mid-60s. chance of shower activity. lots of cloud cover. and then, yeah, we're on storm watch on saturday and sunday. exactly where does joaquin go that is the $5 million question. of course, chuck bell will be in tomorrow morning for the latest on that. we'll be watching all week. >> all right. coming up in sports, the latest on the nats dugout brawl that has everybody talking tonight again. and today some good news on the field. a reason to cheer in the home finally. almost another historic day for one national. >> jason is going to have all that for you next. here is jimmy fallon. thanks. we're playing password with rob lowe, music from

is the xfinity sports desk, brought do you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> well, the mascots got along today, and they won. >> they're not flying under the radar these final few games of the season, even though they're not playing october baseball. the nationals have six games remaining on their season. and none of those games will feature closer jonathan papelbon. manager matt williams will be around until the end of this year, but who knows where he'll be after that. gm mike rizzo said everyone will be evaluated after the season. papelbon suspended four games by the team without pay. he was suspended three games by major league baseball for throwing at the head of manny

machado three days ago. skipper matt williams admits he did not have enough information what happened, and that's why he decided to pitch papelbon later in that game yesterday. today general manager rizzo addressed the punishment for both players. >> i'm not going judge his entire body -- his whole career by this one incident. it was unfortunate and unacceptable. and i think the suspension says that. >> it was unfortunate what happened yesterday. and you don't expect to fight your teammates or anything like that. we all have to come together and win ball games and do everything we can to have fun and enjoy it. >> plenty of excitement on the field today. fans getting a treat in the final home game of the season. max scherzer was on the mound facing the reds. scherzer, he got some help from his defense today. out to third. tyler moore making a beautiful grab there, laying out. max scherzer approves of that defense. atop the seven, scherzer still

hasn't given up a hit yet. check out the young guy, trey turner, doing his part to keep the no-hitter alive. later on in the game, top of the eighth, sherzer is just five outs away from his second no-hitter of the season. but it is spoiled by tucker barnhardt. this is also when doug cameron decided to tune in to the game. >> it's true. >> #blame. finish eight i think so, giving up two hits and one run. nats win 5-1 in the final home game of the year. basketball season is almost here, people. bradley bill and the wizards are showing off their moves at media day. marching for tots supporting the championship belt there. this team ready to compete for the east this year. the wizards will open up the preseason next tuesday. the regular seasonbegins exactly one month from today. to the nfl now. the redskins looking to regroup this week as they host the eagles on sunday. both teams will try to get back

to 500. and win their first game in the nfc east division. a receiver to desean jackson still out recovering from the pulled hamstring. he did not practice during this session that was taupe the media today. also not practicing, backup quarterback colt mccoy. it turns out that mccoy has a cut on his foot that kept him out. if mccoy isn't active on sunday, your backup quarterback will be robert griffin iii. he has been inactive for the skins the first three regular season games. the backup just one play away from playing. the third team quarterback two plays away. >> all right. >> okay. >> what is it with weirdness? >>

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