and explosives responding here with s.w.a.t. officers doing sweeps of the buildings. having all the students come out with their hands up, and checking to make sure everyone was okay, clearing the buildings one by one. there is no continuing threat. this was a murder-suicide and the shooter has died. back to you. thank you. we're also following some breaking news out of prince george's county right now. a young man with special needs shot and killed after an argument on a street corner in h hyattsville. >> reporter: this happened just after 1:00 p.m. now you can see police have a perimeter set up there behind me and evidence markers down where they say they found the victim. we're told two residents of a home for people with intellectual disabilities and

two of their caregivers were walking toward this park. that's when the residents got into an argument with the suspect who was inside of his car. moments later shots were fired. investigators say the 20-year-old victim stumbled toward the intersection of greenville park way and 69th when he collapsed. prince george's county police chief says someone inside the suspect's car jumped out and tried to help the victim. but when police sirens were heard, he says that person took off. now he's asking the community for help. >> reporte >> there was an individual with the person who shot, who saw this and made comments that they were disturbed by it as well. they were inclined to render aid to this person and then became frightened when they heard approaching sirens. i'm asking for help to identify them to help us apprehend a dangerous person. >> reporter: we're waiting for

more information as soon as they get it, a description of the car they're looking for. we do not even know whether the people inside that vehicle were men or women. we hope to get more information about that. jackie bensen, news4. we are learning new details about a prince george's county teacher accused of having sex with a student. according to charging documents, vincent mcduffie had sexual relations with a 16-year-old girl in his classroom during school hours as well as after school. the student said they had sex several times in the months of march and april. police arrested mcduffie thursday. the district placed him on leave and is in the process of firing him. a unique piece of evidence in a murder trial that's giving the victim a voice from the grave. this case involves a man who was shot and would later die before he passed away. prosecutors say he identified the

blinking. tracee wilkins has more on this first ever case. >> this was mr. pates' opportunity to identify his alleged shooter and ultimately alleged killer. >> reporter: for the first time in maryland's history, a homicide victim identifies his shooter before he dies and it is a admissible in court. >> it happened in 2010. mr. pates was left paralyzed from the waist down and couldn't speak. >> reporter: the gunshot should have killed pate immediately, but it left him a quadriplegic instead. he couldn't talk, but he could blink. >> he was able to make an identification of mr. hales by blinking during a photo lineup. >> reporter: in his

wearing a halo screwed into his skull, he identified his alleged shooter. pate would do two years later. there were years of hearings and appeals to use that blinking id in his murder trial. a coconspirator cooperated with the state also identified hales as the shooter. he testified he did not want to be in court because he was afraid. the prosecutor asked what are you afraid of. the witness replied life after testimony and my well-being. there is video of the victim in this case identifying his shooter by blinking before his death. coming up at 6:00, what happens with that video and what part it's going to play in this trial. news4. the man who police say intentionally rammed his suv into a silver diner is now facing murder charges. he is charged with murder,

arson. police say he drove into the restaurant in tysons several times and set himself on fire last month. a man also got hit in that process and died two weeks later. he worked at the diner, but had been on leave. as we get ready for a year of massive rebuilding during metro's safetrack program, metro's leader believes the region is ready, but he's also trying to manage expectations. adam tuss talked once again with the gm today and adam is live at the east falls church station where the first part of safetrack begins this weekend. adam? >> reporter: that's right, jim. a really interesting takeaway from the general manager today. he said, yes, this is going to be disruptive. yes, it is going to be challenging. at the end of it, metro won't be perfect. just days away from what's going

of metro ders, the gm talking candidly about safetrack. >> i think the expectations may be high of what this is. we're rebuilding in effect the track. we still have issues with rail cars and all those issues, but the goal here is to reduce the track-related delays that people experience and obviously the safety. >> reporter: the first phase of safetrack starts saturday. 13 straight days of single tracking at all hours between east falls church and boston. so what exactly will be fixed? the gm says it's the basics of the basics. >> we're doing leakage and insulators and grout. i want to make sure customers understand this isn't a new system we get out of this. >> reporter: regardless, the work is happening and it's already having an effect on companies like startup muhungry. this group picked a location right along the orange line because of the proximity to

office. we're excited it is working fine this week. we're nervous about what's going to happen monday. >> reporter: they're actually going to pay for employees to start driving next week. as you may or may not know, metro's late night weekend rail service also going away completely as part of this plan. coming up at 6:00, what's the gm telling those riders. heroin overdoses are on the rise in virginia with a dramatic spike in hospital individuals. the commonwealth's emergency departments reported 500 visits for the first four months of 2016. that's about two and a halfti half times the number of visits last year. one possible reason for the surge new policies making it tougher to get prescription painkillers. she's accused in a million dollar designer

buying expensive bags and exchanging knockoffs to get refunds from stores. for now, she'll have to remain behind bars until trial. scott macfarlane joins us with a new twist in a story you saw first on 4. >> the feds say they found close to 600 bags in this woman's apartment in arlington, but they also found bags stored at her workplace, a preschool in prince george's county. for a woman who the feds say had an enormous collection of the finer things, walked into court today wearing a jump suit. the bags they seized cost an average of $2,000 each. on the stand today, a u.s. department of homeland security says she bought legitimate bags, then returned cheaper phony bags to get her money back, including at least 226 of them at

maxx stores. they accused her of selling them on ebay and instagram to collect more money. investigators say in at least one case she bought a red bag like this one and returned a different one and resold the real one online. in several cases, she had shipments made to her workplace. >> what happens in preschool and grade school is that kids aren't just learning facts and figures. they're learning about social dynamics and morality. they're learning about ethics. you can't expect someone who does not behave ethically to be a good role model. >> no comment from the school today. a federal judge ordered her to remain in jail as she awaits trial. the woman is a flight risk. she is from

u.s. on a student visa. turning to race for the white house now. bernie sanders is pushing hard for votes in california this week with a series of stops across the golden state. late this afternoon, sanders took part in a panel with asian american community leaders in palo alto. sanders called for a nationwide ban on fracking and calling it a difference of opinion that he has with hillary clinton. clinton meanwhile is focused on the presumptive republican no, ma'am -- nominee, calling him a fraud. during her event, clinton said trump took advantage of vulnerable americans with his trump university, adding that trump is trying to, quote, scam america.

painting a picture of the former for profit trump university. employees testified that the school focused more on making money than educating students. one former sales exec said the school sold false hopes and lies. the defunct school is a focus of a federal lawsuit by former students. during a news conference yesterday, donald trump blasted the judge overseeing the case, calling the judge, quote, unfair and added that he could easily settle. an unfortunate first in the united states as a baby with the zika virus is born with severe birth defects. an honor for a fallen spy. next on news4, the tribute for a woman who served during world war ii undercover to keep the home front safe. plus, a developing story involving the redskins and some stolen medical

explain. atv riders putting themselves and others in dangerous situation on our area streets. the new video from a story we reported last night and what police are planning to do to crack down right here at 5:00. a beautiful sunny day across our region. a better chance of rain as we head towards the end of the week and the weekend we'll .sh stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them.

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a driver is dead tonight in a violent crash here in gainesville. this is breaking news we've been following for more than an hour now. the driver was killed when their car was t-boned by that trash truck there. the car caught fire and it spread to the truck. the truck driver was able to escape with only minor injuries. this is in the area of lee highway and lake manassas drive. southbound lee highway is closed for this investigation at rush hour. they was a woman with many secrets. today those secrets buried along with her at arlington national cemetery. that's where we find david culver who has the story of a real-li

>> reporter: aher family and he friends tell me that's the way she would have wanted it. major stephanie czech rader died this past january. she was 100 years old. the former spy laid to rest today. her century long life full of service and full of secrets. taking turns at the podium, they gathered to remember a life of dedicated service, the life of major stephanie czech rader no longer classified. >> she wasn't a mother figure to me. she wasn't a grandmother figure to me. we were truly just very good friends. >> reporter: she visited with stephanie for about just every night the last decade of her life. >> she was plucked out of her high school to come to new york. a woman back in 1934. >> reporter: so smart cornell university paid her

amidst world war ii, she entered the army. the office of strategic services came calling. >> she was assigned to its counterintelligence branch. after the end of the war right at the onset of the cold war, she was sent to poland on a highly classified mission, to gather intelligence and information on the russian and polish security services. then a slip-up from one of her superiors. >> her cover was blown. she was under 24-hour surveillance, but she stayed on. >> reporter: even until her last days, the major kept her work quiet. only in death was she finally recognized with a legion of merit. many of those secrets buried with her. we have some breaking news right now regarding the redskins and

jason pugh live at redskins park now with this developing story. jason, what are you hearing out there? >> reporter: jim, the redskins have confirmed that one of their athletic trainers did have their car broken into back in april during the nfl combine in annapolis. a laptop was taken, but the team is saying no protected medical records were stolen and what was inside that laptop, though, guys was pretty alarming. according to the website, dead spin, a backpack was taken with the laptop inside of it, including electronic and paper medical records of thousands of nfl players, including players that attended the nfl combine over the last 13 years. that's the most current players in the nfl. both the league and the nfl players association are aware of this break in. the statement says the laptop was password

encrypted. we have no reason to believe that the laptop's password was compromised. the team is working with the nfl and the nfl pa to locate and identify players that may have been impacted. they're going to encrypt all laptops issued to athletic trainers and other team personnel through enhanced security training. we'll have plenty more on this story coming up later at 6:00. plus another ota session wrapped up for the red skiskins today h at redskins park. a major league baseball player has advice for olympic athletes traveling to rio. learn about the zika virus before you go. francisco rodriguez contracted zika over the off-season and spent two weeks in bed. it took two months before he felt normal again.

rodriguez told espn.com he wouldn't blame athletes for skipping the olympics, especially if they plan to have kids in the future. a mother and her newborn daughter born with the zika-related condition do not pose a risk to others. the mother is a honduran mother who came to the u.s. after becoming infected with zika specifically for treatment of her unborn child. an ultrasound last week confirmed the baby had severe microcephaly. doctors made the decision to have a c-section yesterday about a month early. >> we need to more thoroughly evaluate the baby's neurological system and eye findings and other key functions that the baby may need to perform. >> this is the second zika-related birth in the u.s. the first to a brazilian woman

check your pantry. a popular brand of flour is being recalled tonight because of a possible e. coli link. general mills issued the recall today for several varieties of gold medal, wundra, and signature kitchens flour. they were sold in about 20 states. 38 people have reported coming early. e. coli hasn't been found in its products and the recall is out of an abundance of caution. find out more on our nbc washington app. just search flour. a time to celebrate for some is met with controversy after students originally banned for the graduation for drinking are allowed to participate. what the principal has to stay about his decision being overturned. do you know why tsa asks you to take off your shoes, remove your laptop from your luggage, and carry liquids only in small

this is chris gordon at dulles international airport. tsa gives you the answer that could save you time in lines. after not getting an electric bill for a year, a woman is suddenly slammed with a $1200 charge. why she didn't owe anything for so long and how nbc 4 responds was able to help.

we've got some cloud cover down along the areas around the airport. one little shower just south and east of d.c. right now, but that's really about it. the rest of us seeing sunshine and nice mild temperatures across the region. everybody into the 80s. 83 degrees at the airport. heat index not really a factor. one degree higher at 84 degrees. 88 leesburg. 86 manassas. 85 in fredericksburg. a little bit of a shower just to the east. you have a flow off the potomac. the shower we were watching in fairfax county, that one has actually dissipated. this is the only one in the game around waldorf and just to the south of brandywine. these are not moving much. if you live in waldorf, it may come back in your area andus

most of us will stay dry. we have seen lots of sunshine. watch what happens here. you see the clouds go right there. that's it. another area up towards the bay. the rest of us on the dry side. more clouds and a lot of shower activity back towards the west as we move on through the last few hours. notice the remnants of tropical storm bonnie that also just continue to sit there. we're kind of in a stagnant pattern with an area of high pressure to the north. that will allow for a bit more easterly wind tomorrow, cloud cover tomorrow, and maybe an isolated shower just like today. i'm not expecting much. i don't even think you'll need the umbrella. the only exception to that would be west of the blue ridge. showers going on back around there towards 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. one or two isolated. most of us should remain on the dry side. getting out there on the bike tomorrow no problem.

77. warm and humid at noon around 80 degrees. a nice afternoon to get out there on the bike, maybe do a little running. use that fitbit. 82 on your thursday. 83 on friday. friday a much better chance of storms. if you're heading out friday night, you may get a little bit wet. some thunderstorm activity friday night. not anything severe. 86 on saturday. beautiful on saturday. sunday is the day. 82 degrees. a good chance of rain. some of them could be heavy early, but improving sunday evening. much more on this and the seven-day forecast at 5:45. we continue to follow a developing story out of california. >> that's right. two dead after a shooting at ucla. we're going to be back with the very latest. i'm darcy spencer. a woman was gunned down while carrying groceries into her home.

coming up at 5:00, the family is questioning why police are saying it could be connected to another murder. the summer travel season t heating up. how the tsa says you can get through security quicker. and the start of a new tradition. why this graduation walk is taking on new meaning for some students. ♪ stand by me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors.

first at 5:30, to our developing story in california where we're still working to find out who was involved in that deadly shooting on the campus of ucla. two men were found dead in an office in the engineering building. witnesses say they heard at least three shots. police say it appears to be a murder-suicide. a note was found near the body. the lockdown on campus has since been lifted. but all classes and events are now cancelled for the evening. a teacher is now under arrest in connection with a shooting outside the anacostia metro. a teenage girl was struck in the leg during sunday night's incident. metro police announced on twitter today that they have arrested a 17-year-old. no word on what motivated the shooting or if the teens even knew each other. a group of clergy are gathering to pray for peace in their communities. this

in wards 7 and 8. one of those victims was shot returning home from the grocery store just two weeks ago. darcy spencer is live in northeast with more from her family tonight. darcy? >> reporter: she was carrying groceries into her southeast washington home two weeks ago when she was gunned down at her doorstep shot six times in the back. her cousin, who doesn't want to be iedentified, said she was still recovering from an aneury aneurysm. >> he found out on the news. her brother was calling her as she was being shot. it's a big tragedy to us because she was a loving and fun person. >> reporter: she was killed in broad daylight. four hours earlier five blocks away a man was

police say the crimes could be connected, but the family has no idea how and why. >> we don't know of anything like that. that was a shock to us to hear that. tracy wasn't involved in anything because she could barely take care of herself. >> reporter: the murders happened on a day when five were shot in the middle of the day in d.c. vince gray says murders in the ward have triple compared to last year. >> just an eerie, grisly scene to be a part of. once again, it speaks to gun violence. >> reporter: th >> poverty. if the kids had a job and a place to go after school, a community center, a wreck center or a pool, there would not be trouble. tonight, the tsa is preparing for its busiest summer ever. the holiday weekend didn't bring the long security lines many of

change once summer is in full swing. chris gordon live now at dulles international airport tonight with a closer look at what's being done. chris? >> reporter: jim, tsa says today it stopped a northern virginia man trying to bring a loaded handgun onto a flight. it happened at a checkpoint here at dulles international. the tsa says it found the handgun loaded with 11 bullets, including one of the chambers. today tsa gave us a look at the challenges it faces keeping travelers safe. summer travel is expected to surpass the record-setting spring season. tsa has screened 449 million passengers in the first five months of this year. at some airports, passengers recently complained about long lines at security checkpoint causing delays and missed flights. tsa today gave us an update to make sure travelers know how to prepare for security

we asked some travelers here at dulles. do you know why they ask you to take off your shoes? >> well, i suspect that there's a possibility that there could be hidden items that could be a threat to national security or those in the immediate area. >> reporter: three years ago, someone tried to detonate explosives hidden in their sure. this is a replica of that shoe bomb. there's explosives down here. >> reporter: do you know why tsa asked you to remove your laptop through screening? >> no, actually i don't. >> in this specific instance, a bomb maker has replaced the battery back with explosives. >> reporter: why do you think tsa requires liquids in small bottl bottl bottles? >> i guess bigger quantities may be used for bombs or things like that. t

>> something of these size are not likely to cause a catastrophic incident on an airplane. >> reporter: ahead on news4 at 6:00, the very fastest way to get through tsa. that's the latest. back to you. that big parking meter hike that we've been telling you about is now in effect. meter rates across the district went up to $2.30 an hour. that means a huge increase for those already normal spaces that are high in demand. there's also a 30 cent increase for premium and commercial spots. this is the district's first parking meter increase in several years. a new tradition has begun in sterling. >> graduating seniors from parkview high school wearing caps and gowns walked through the halls of sterling elementary school to cheers of the grade school students. the idea is to

students an idea of what academic success and hard work can do for them. >> feel great. all these little kids are so energet energetic. >> it feels really good to show the little kids how we care and how they can work to get here. >> i remember running through these halls. i saw a few of my old teachers. >> 237 students are in this year's parkview high school graduating class. if you want to check out the grads who made the walk, you can search grad walk in the nbc washington app. atv riders recording themselves in some pretty dangerous situations. the new video from a story that we brought to you last night and find out how police are trying to crack down. and she didn't get an electric bill for a year and was told she didn't owe a thing. still ahead, why that changed in a very big way and how nbc

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seniors at bethesda chevy chase high school turned their tassels at the graduation. six students accused of being drunk at prom were able to take part despite an initial ban by the principal. the principal said they could still graduate, but could not take part in the ceremony. but

interim superintendent reversed that decision. >> if you have a rule, follow the rule. they should learn that. now is a good time to learn it. >> it is a very important event. you should keep that in mind when making decisions. >> the principal didn't agree with the reversal. our wednesday's child this week may be familiar to some of you. he came to foster care a little guy and now he is over six feet tall. we featured tyler before. barbara harrison takes us once again to meet tyler. >> reporter: he's 17 and has been in the foster care system for ten years now. those who know him like adoption recruiter adrian jubilee say he's a wonderful young man. >> he's been able to develop a team of support that

>> reporter: tyler loves to school. math is his favorite subject. >> what else do you like to do at school? >> interact with my friends. >> he is a leader amongst his classmates and the other kids really look up to him. >> what do you think you'd like to be when you grow up? >> a football player. >> for any particular team? >> the redskins. >> reporter: but he's also good in basketball. and those who know tyler says he goes out of his way to help other kids to feel good about themselves on the court. >> some of my classmates, they're a lot shorter than me. i play them one on one. sometimes i win. sometimes i let them win. i mostly let them win because it wouldn't be fair. >> reporter: he has a strong sense of fairness, but life hasn't exactly been fair to tyler. he wants so badly to finally have a real home. >> he really chere

belonging. >> you have a lot of stuff to take home with you. >> reporter: the washington sports club had some gifts for tyler to take home. hopefully soon to a home with a family who will cherish him. >> what a great story. >> sweet kid. another twist tonight in the story of the gorilla killed at the cincinnati zoo. >> what the family is saying the day after they learned they be investigated. the woman who recorded the video tells us what she saw. tomorrow a little bit cooler

news4 was first to show you brazen atv riders doing tricks right out on major highways. police say it's an issue they're cracking down on in d.c., virginia, and maryland. meagan fitzgerald is live in hyattsville with more on how they're dealing with this roadside danger. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, jim. police describe these dirt bike and atv riders as accidents waiting to happen. you canee

weaving in and out of traffic and doing tricks. prince george's county police say they're fed up. this is just one of many videos showing riders on their rear tires at times without hands and little regard if any for the safety of others. >> sometimes kind of riding through traffic lights regardless of whether or not they're green or red. >> i drive. i work. >> reporter: this video shows a group of people on atvs driving on pennsylvania avenue and last summer d.c. police say a young reporter was shot and killed by a suspect riding among other atvs. police say it is an increasingly dangerous problem throughout the area. >> it is very frustrating for the officer. >> reporter: lieutenant david coleman with the prince george's county police department says many of these videos are being posted to instagram. it's something he says encourages the illegal h

have your own fan base. that will escalate the whole thing to try more and more difficult stunts and brazen acts. >> reporter: police aren't chasing the rider because they're not allowed to for safety reasons, but they're still going after many of the suspects who break the law. >> a lot of it is simply going to be information gathering. it will be traffic violations. you can see what he's doing is pretty reckless. >> reporter: now police say they are actively working on identifying those suspects in the video there. they say charges will soon follow. coming up at 6:00, we spoke with a guy who says he is an atv rider. he explains why he doesn't plan on stopping this illegal behavior. the woman who recorded this video says parts of the encounter between the 450-pound gorilla and this little 3-year-old boy were extremely graphic. the child either fell or jumped 15 ft

enclosure at the cincinnati zoo. the cell phone camera starts recording when the child is hidden behind the gorilla in the corner. the gorilla grabs the child and drags the boy through the water. o'connor says people who are criticizing the zoo and the boy's mother are way off base. >> they don't know what happened that day. we're talking seconds, seconds. 60 seconds, 30 seconds. there's nothing to prevent it, really. it was a freak accident. >> the boy's family is asking anybody who wants to donate to them to donate to the zoo instead. should the mother of the 3-year-old who slipped into the gorilla enclosure at this zoo face charges? it is our nbc washington flash survey. more than half of you say yes. a local homeowner thought her new solar panels were really paying off. she didn't get an electric bill for an entire year until recently.

whopper of a bill, folks. that's when she contacted susan hogan and the nbc 4 responds team to find out what went wrong. oh, susan. >> a whopper indeed, jim. she thought there had to be a mistake, especially after she says she checked in with the electric company who up until now told her she actually had a credit. >> i've been telling all my friends you need to do solar. it's great. i haven't been getting bills from pepco. >> reporter: she hasn't received an electric bill since april 2015. she thought it might have something to do with new solar panels she had installed on her roof a year earlier. >> we were calling and said do we owe you. no, you don't. you have a credit. we have so many sunny days. yes, we're generating electricity. >> reporter: until recently. >> we got a phone call sayin

owed them $1200 and they would like to set us up on a payment plan. >> reporter: michelle wants more answers. >> it is very difficult to get through to pepco. i feel like a grain of sand on the beach and that my calls are just not that important. >> reporter: that's when she called nbc 4 responds and we reached out to pepco. >> they're returning my phone calls now a lot faster. >> reporter: pepco assigned an analyst to michelle's case. it does not discuss individual accounts, but says it always works with customers to answer any questions or resolve issues around their bill regardless of the circumstances. and it is actively working with this customer to solve this particular issue. >> i would like to pay them what i owe them. i used the energy. i expect to pay for the energy. >> report

>> this is very difficult to read. there's three billing groups. >> reporter: she has a solar bill. she's trying to calculate what energy heshe's saved compared t what she's used. michelle now can subtract $600 from her electric bill, a credit applied to her $1200 balance. >> i'm okay with them giving me a credit. by you guys getting involved, i feel like they're taking me serious will you now. >> pepco did offer to go through each bill and explain how it comes up with the cost of the electric that is actual used. if you have a problem, give us a call or go online and tell us about it. >> worth the hassle, worth the wait. >> absolutely. she's a mathematician. she wanted to know exactly. >> she said she just felt like a grain of sand, but w

was finally heard. >> absolutely. >> sure. all right. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper joining us with a look at how things are shaping up for the weekend. do we get one good day out of it? >> we get one good day. that's it. saturday. hopefully, we're going to enjoy our saturday because right now it's looking like a lot of rain in the forecast unfortunately on sunday. it's when kids have activities during the morning, midday, and early afternoon hours. tomorrow another nice day. it was hot today. our official high 87 degrees. it will be a little bit cooler tomorrow. highs tomorrow in the low 80s. the humiditity still y tstill u. tracking some thunderstorms on friday. we get a break on saturday. then more rain in the forecast on sunday. tomorrow the weather having a low impact on your day. it's muggy. it's cooler than today, but still feeling like a d.c. summer around here and maybe an isolated late

be dry. here's storm team 4 radar keeping a close eye on this lone cell. it's been in charles county for the last hour. slowly moving into prince george's county and slowly moving out. temps still in the 80s. 83 degrees in washington. walking the dog this evening pretty nice. you want to have your lunch outdoors tomorrow? looking pretty nice for that too. probably need the sunglasses heading out. temps in the mid 70s at that point. a high tomorrow of 82. we'll hit that at 3:00. 8:00 tomorrow evening most of us still dry. around 77. on saturday, a high of 86. it's muggy. it's partly sunny. as we look to sunday, a high temperature of 82. we'll have rain it looks like during the morning and midday hours and maybe a few midday thunderstorms as well. here's what you can expect. 6:00, the temperature here still in the 80

umbrella handy. 8:00 p.m., a mild 78. by 10:00, we'll start to really dry out at that point. 76 degrees later in the evening on friday. again, as we look ahead to the weekend, definitely looks like saturday is the better of the two weekend da

now a scam tonight targeting people with student loans. one of the victims is a

woman who is sharing her story so others can protect themselves. mark segraves has her story. >> i should have known better. >> reporter: 61-year-old marie is disabled and unable to find work. as a student in the 90s, she took on $13,000 in student loans. she now owes about $22,000. she was hoping to have her loan reduced or deferred because of her disability. that's when she got a call from the student aid center. >> they tell you they can help with your loan. that's not what they did. >> reporter: the student aid center didn't provide students with any help they could have received for free. the company falsely claimed to be affiliated with the federal government. she didn't find that out until after she had signed a contract with them and authorizing $100 monthly payments for

or $30,000. once she realized it was a scam, she stopped the payments. >> the real unfortunate thing about these student loan scams is the victims are people who really can't afford to give away any more of their hard earned money. the scam here is they're tricking people to pay fees they shouldn't have to pay for services they can get at no cost. >> reporter: the student aid center has filed for bankruptcy and gone out of business. she still feels a little embarrassed, but says it is more important to get the word out. >> i don't think i'm going to get it back, but i know the government is going to close them down. >> reporter: the d.c. attorney general's office wants to hear from anyone who might have had a contract the student aid center. if you want to find out more about the consumer protection or if you're one of the victims of this scam, we have a link at the nbc washington app. search student loan scam.

first in gainesville, virginia, one person killed in a violent, fiery crash. it happened off lee highway and lake manassas drive. it happened about two hours ago. a car and a trash truck were involved. the car caught fire. the driver was killed. the truck driver escaped with injuries. also breaking tonight, the lockdown is over, but questions remain as two men are found dead in a murder-suicide. this happened at one of the largest universities in the count country, ucla. >> there is new video showing the tense situation as it unfolded. we are live at the ucla campus with the