it is a mess out thereafter heavy rain and strong storms. i anbm barbara harrison. and as the storm pulls away from your area, there will still be impacts into the afternoon and your forecast is coming up. and five days after our nation's worst mass shooting, we will show you the strong bonds forming across orlando. "news4 midday" begins right now. >> we start with that breaking

two very serious crashes, one of them deadly. right now montgomery police look into the possibility the crashes are related. >> megan mcgrath is live along randolph road in silver spring. what happened? >> reporter: these two accidents happened a minute apart, and the second accident happening literally down the street from the deadly happen you see behind me on randolph road. whether the two are connected in any way, we just don't know. let's start with the first crash and it happened before 7:00 this morning. it was a little before 7:00, and the police say the toyota was going east on randolph road prior to lockly lane. th's

vehicle went upside down and flipped on to its roof, and there's one person inside and that person was pronounced dead on the scene. a witness says he saw a car, quote, fly by him, and then heard the crash. a woman at a house next door said it was just horrible, and didn't want to go on camera, but did describe the damage. >> it's unrecognizable. it looks like it was in a car compacter. there are tires in places that are not supposed to be there, so it's amazing what the car looks like. >> reporter: a minute after the crash, this crash happened, a second accident down the street at intersection and new hampshire avenue. a black suv hit a utility pole. the driver stayed on the scene but witnesses say up to three passengers bailed out of the suv and ran away, and

caught a while later and still looking for the others and police say they did find drugs in the suv so charges are possible against some or perhaps all of the people inside that vehicle. again, in terms of the location, the fact that the two accidents were so close together and the timeframe here, that has police asking questions about possible connections, but we just don't know at this point. back to you in the studio. >> megan, thank you. more breaking news, a shooting in northwest washington. >> we are just getting new details on the shooting investigation in northwest. we have got some new video from the scene, just in. we have learned a man is in the happen after shots rang out this morning near a gas station in the 200 block of missouri avenue. this is not far from kennedy street. police tell us he was shot in the stomach but his injuries are not considered serious. he was conscience on his

the hospital. and look for updates later today on news4 and online, nbc washington.com. back to you. the forecast and the damage after the strong storms last night. a lot of you may be spending part of your weekend cleaning up the mess left behind. >> barbara, most of us dry and noticing sunshine across the area right now, and still tracking a little rain in extreme portions of southern maryland and around the northern neck but as the system continues to pull away, we have increasing sun and a bit of a breeze around today and refreshing as dry air continues to move in. i am showing you cloud cover, where you are seeing the white these are clouds and the darker coloring, that's lack of cloud cover and full sunshine starting to break out in montgomery county, and we will have increasing sunshinend

with a high of 78, and right now at 70. one of the hardest hit areas, hail new mexico two inches in diameter was reported yesterday. >> reporter: right now there's a bright brilliant sun shining here in middleburg, but it's different than what was coming out of the sky a few hours ago. this is a piece of roofing shingle that we found. they got hit hard here in loudoun county, and the school staff was gathered for their end of year dinner. >> fortunately, everybody got their alerts on the phone and we went down into the theater. >> what played out was a harrowing storm story. >> loud and a lot of hail stones hitting the building. >> and car glass -- >>

other color. the coffee shop had some damage but they were able to open and around the corner at the federal street cafe, not so lucky. >> there was a gas leak in town and shut us down for a little while. >> it was closing time yet again, and time to head for the basement. >> the dining room was flooded and kitchen and basement was flooded, and glass everywhere. >> and similar store yes over on washington street, and a hail storm left holes in the roof. he works for a roofing company out of manassas and they worked through the night. >> not in this area, never seen that. knocked the windows out as you can see, and the shutters busted up. >> it's too early to estimate the damage cost but this is one of the storms that left a mark, especially on cars and allyf>x the tornado drills paid off and people took shelter from the stones from the sky. >> it was great we got to

calmly and nobody got hurt. >> reporter: folks around here say there was an event happening today, a concert at the sporting, and that is going on. sometimes hail is indeed, covered if you have the right comprehensive coverage. we have a link on our website that will take you to an app to let you know what is covered and give you guidelines. back to you. breaking news right now, baltimore police officer edward nero on the stand right now in the freddie gray case testifying for the defense. fellow officer, caesar goodson on trial for gray's death. nero testified that gray was uncooperative, banging inside the van, violently, screaming, shaking the

side. now, nero was found not guilty in his trial, and goodson is accused of giving the 25-year-old a rough ride in the police van that led to gray's fatal injuries. of course, chris will update us later on on news4 and look for updates as well on our app, and back to you. right now we are learning more about a stabbing in northwest, washington, d.c. a man was stabbed in the 3500 block of sherman avenue. it's only a few blocks from a d.c. police station. police told us the man's injuries are pretty serious. the second face of metro's safetrack program is one day away whether you are driving or using the trainer likely to feel the impact of this. phase 2 starts tomorrow between eastern market and minnesota avenue. two stations in the district will close, stadium-armory and potomac

who use the blue, orange or silver lines are being urged to consider alternate ways of getting around. >> it will double the length of my commute, probably, ÷yeasily. it has to be done and it should have been done a long time ago. >> the closures for phase 2 are set to last for 16 days. >> also track work on metro, and blue line trains will only operate between francona and springfield and arlington cemetery and pentagon. red, yellow and green-line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule. check out the nbc washington app for a list of stations impacted by the changes. redskins sweat shirts and everything with the logo or name on it is banned at a well-known school here in the district. the student

the dress code, and the mascot is offensive to the values of the community is what was said. >> if you are making plans to see the skins at training camp, you have changes to expect this year. and there's a brand-new video board you can see more of everything. there's a new timed obstacle cour course, and when alumnis show up they will probably use the new legend showcase area, and that's right around the corner. you know what i mean? summer flies by. >> and when they start playing football, you know it's almost gone. the father's day weekend, the obamas, what they have planned for their dad. that's coming up. this man may be the

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we take you live to south carolina where people in charleston are holding a service marking one year since the mass shooting at one of the city's most storied churches. nine people killed, all of them were black and all of them were at a church bible study at the time. the suspect, dillylann roof,

his trial has not started yet. and then a mayor in a grieving city, a news conference ended just a short while ago, buddy dyer announced coordinated services to shooting victims and their families. >> anybody needing help, we have 35 agencies right here in this one location, a perfect example of how our community is coming together. >> the mayor is working to distribute money to help with rent and other expenses, and $1 million was put up by disney. one of the 49 victims who lost their lives at the pulse nightclub on sunday will be buried at the greenwood cemetery in orlando. >> the city-owned cemetery offered plots to

shooting attack. >> my name is office omar delgado, and i am one of the ones that helped you get out of harm's way, man. >> i need a big hug from you. >> what a heartwarming reunion, an officer met one of the people he helped to save from the massacre at the nightclub. he visited cologne at the hospital and the two talked about the experiences that night and it was the first time since they have seen each other since that incident. tracie potts explains there's concern the debate may not lead to action. >> i hope senators rise to the moment and do the right thing. >> the senate is set to vote monday on bills that would notify authorities, delay or even block gun sales to terror suspects.

list, you should not be able to buy a gun. >> first, republicans want to make sure innocent people have a chance to get off the terror watch lists. >> you can't have a secret list made by secret people. >> it yields 250 names a year, that's essentially it. >> there's new evidence the orlando suspect was on facebook pledging allianz to isis during the shooting. >> is going after the second amendment how you stop terrorism? no. we should be taking up legislation next week. >> it's spilling over into the presidential campaign. >> i am going to save your second amendment, folks. i'm going to save your second amendment. >> he blames president obama and so does john mccain, and mccain called the president directly responsible for what happened in orlando explni

president bears the ultimately responsibility for failing to stop isis. trump continues his campaign with a rally in houston tonight. senator bernie sanders is not conceding the democratic presidential nomination and he post add video saying he will continue to work with clinton in the coming weeks. virginia is going to be a key battleground state in the general election and the latest public policy poll shows clinton and trump virtually tied in the poll. >> we have been talking a lot about the big fires burning out west right now. we told you this morning a fire in california is growing now, 1,700 acres wide. here you are looking at the other one in new mexico, and it5

totally uncontained. we know how the toddler that died at the disney resort died. the 2-year-old drown and had traumatic injuries after an alligator drug him off, and officials are trying to find the one that grabbed the boy. beaches at disney world is closed and disney will put up signs warning of alligators and other wildlife. authorities say 3-year-old went into cardiac arrest after he stayed in a hot car that was locked. police say he may have climbed into the parked car to get a toy, and the family immediately called 911 and started cpr when they found him and the investigation is ongoing. a maryland judge upheld a controversial suspension in anne arundel schools.

the boy that is 11 was suspended for chewing the a pop tart into the shape of a gun and pretended to shoot classmates. a judge said the school could consider the act as troubling. a boy was suspended for ten days after the school board heard arguments, and the superintendent withdrew his expulsion recommendations. we also had another nice grab in the stands. >> nice grab. what an underestimate. check out this game in philadelphia. look at that. he did not just catch that foul ball, but while holding his daughter and a food tray and none of it spilled. cool story before fhe

of the game for him, and thefnyy the family will spend a little time the yosmite as well. it's not too late to find the perfect gift for father's day. >> you can go to our nbc washington app and search father's day, and hurry. the nasty note that led to a

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the thunderstorms are back in the skies over maryland this weekend. earlier in the month a plane crashed and the pilot ejected and was not hurt and the team was grounded for the last two weeks. nice skies out there at the moment, and s

least it's not raining? >> increasing sun throughout the afternoon and any humidity in the air will continue to drop out. >> that's good news. >> as we head into the weekend, we warm into the 80s and we will continue to track the lower humidity levels. nothing like yesterday, muggy and our high was 89, and also we were tracking severe thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and evening hours, and weather impacts for the afternoon hours looking good. low impact on your day. travel, you will start to need the sunglasses headed out for a walk, jog, tennis, whatever your exercise may be, and outdoors, really nice and refreshing. heading out and about, short sleeves just fine if you are going to be out during the evening hours, may start to get chilly for some of us. right now temperatures in the 70s where we are having more sunshine and the 60s where we are tracking cloud cover, and 74 in the district and 3:00, notice, plenty of sun and temperatures in the upper 70s from the suburbs and

and a high today of 70 degrees in washington, and low to mid-70s, spectacular this evening. dining out doesn't get much better than this. temperatures in the upper 60s to 70s, and simply gorgeous, and you may want to grab some long sleeves and a light jacket and that sort of thing. escaping to the beaches, showers pulling out and we will have limited sun, and windy conditions and breezy tomorrow, and highs today and tomorrow at the beach around 70, and sunday mid-70s. sun screen, and golf on father's day, not too hot or cold, and it's low humidity and highs in the 80s. and this next story getting a lot of shares on facebook. a veteran disrespected. somebody left her this note at a veteran's only parking spot in

north carolina. the woman is a veteran and served in the navy for eight years. >> vets have in all different shapes and sizes and you can't stereotype. >> she said she hopes with the story going viral that other people realize what veterans look like and this person that left the note, he assumed that women could not be veterans. monday marks the first official day of summer, and you know what that means? mosquitos. the one part of summer we don't like. >> we will show you how d.c. traps and tests the little bugs and the thing that could make u sick.yo

we have breaking news now, and the defense just wrapped up its arguments in the caesar goodson trial, and he is one of the officers charged with the murder of freddie gray. >> chris, what is going on? >> reporter: well, the defendant, officer

goodson waived his right to testify and the prosecution has no further witnesses and the defense rested its case, and closing arguments scheduled for monday, and barry williams will be deciding the trial without a jury and he may do that on monday or tuesday, and he usually likes to take a day to think what he will do. and one of the witnesses for goodson was officer nero, and he testified on april 12th, 2015, freddie gray was not cooperative when he was loaded into the police transport wagon, he started banging violently, screaming, shaking the wagon, and the inference is that freddie gray

injuries he died from on himself, and the defense said this was not a homicide, it was either an accident or freddie gray causing his own injuries. back to you. >> thank you, chris. things could get heated if challenges to the multi-million exelon and pepco merger continues. the groups also say the utility merger was a bad deal for public to begin with. >> with all the focus on the zika virus news4 went behind the scenes to look how the district traps and tests mosquitos for viruses, and they have surveillance and a control plan that includes trapping and t

mosquitos in all eight wards, and usually it only tested for one virus, but have added four other viruses they test for now. >> we want to make sure we are testing and looking for things that are of concern and being able to report that to the public, again, for public safety and for confidence in where we currently stand. >> the testing on mosquitos is done in the forensic lab and it showed one potential positive case but not sure which virus is it yet. right now on bear watch, and people around montgomery county said they have seen a not-so-cuddly cub, and witnesses almost could not believe what they saw. >> i am backing my vehicle into my parking spot, and as i look out the window,

bear. >> antwaan williams couldn't believe what he was seeing walking in his office parking lot. >> i thought, oh, crap, there's a bear. >> a black bear, and the pictures capture it on his cell phone camera and it was just lumbering around in the 11900 block. >> i was not that afraid of it, but i was making sure it was going away from it and not towards me. >> and a man working across the video got cell phone video, and so did a woman. >> oh, my god, a real life bear. is this somebody's pet? >> in the past two weeks there have been more than 30 bear sightings in montgomery, prince georges and howard county, and maryland's department of natural resources say it's probably the same bear roa

roaming stream beds trying to look for the potomac and get back where it came from, and if you see it, stay back and leave it alone, and for antwaan williams, seeing was kind of cool. >> i never seen a bear before, so it was kind of cool to see one live in front of me, the one they are talking about on the news a lot lately. >> news4, montgomery county. if you witnesses the crowds gathering outside of theaters where the plays are being performed, you know you can see the play right, roosevelt, catches a nerve with people. >> yeah, reflects the ups and downs in his own life and joining us now to talk about his new play that premiers this father's day weekend, the stars of the play are the stars. welcome to both of you. you are not

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coming in to tell us about it. sounds exciting. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having us. still to come, local police officers doing good in our community. going to meet a little girl with dreams of becoming an officer herself. and trending new sandwiches to cause cravings. and a major cooldown since

the rain really came down last night, didn't it? >> yeah, and there was a lot of damage and luckily it's cleared away and the weather improvements, just in time for father's day. >> the weather is delivering exactly for father's day weekend, and you are right, dulles airport yesterday got 2.8 inches of rainfall. that's almost 3

whereas reagan got around half an inch. it was the most severe weather by far, it was in virginia and parts of west virginia, and all the weather out of here and we will continue to track increasing sun in the afternoon hours, and gorgeous weekend, and minor rain chances on the 7-day, and i will show you that in just a second. virtually everybody is dry right now and fur still tracking cloudiness outside of your window, you will have increasing sun as we head into the afternoon hours. 74 right now, and a high today is 78, gorgeous with low humidity, and 8:00 this evening, 74 degrees, and mostly sunny skies. tomorrow we will warm up a little more with a high of 82, and a sun filled day, sunday, father's day, a high of 85, and happy father's day to all the dads out there, and here is your planner, 7:00 a.m., comfortably cool around 62 degrees, and by noon, low humidity, with tempere

are doing grilling, nearly perfect with the temperature around 80. as you look to monday, summer officially begins monday evening and will feel very much like summer, with a high of 88. sunny skies and tuesday on high of 90. a chance of late day storms and then returning to the 80s for wednesday and thursday. and then we have a brand-new list of the top ten national parks for you. >> and will any of the local spots make the cut? we will fill you in. and then it's time to cook,

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again! the gun debate is top of mind again after the orlando shooting. here in our area, guns once used to commit violent crimes are being turned into art. darcy spencer explains how the new d.c. program works. >> teenagers wearing held phuts in southwest d.c., but this is not just any metal. they are working with guns that have been rendered safe. >> the greater picture today is the firearms and the guns that were once used as a tool of violence are now being used in the productive way. >> this project is called guns to roses, and guns are melted down and turned into flowers and

the program is meant to build bridges between police and young people, and the officer said he already has seen change in the perception of officers. >> we have to ride in the van, you are hot, and then they are calling you, come around to pick me up with the van. >> all of the guns used in the project were used by d.c. police and somehow used in crime and melted down and welded and turned into art. they are not just making flowers. these kids are welding metal, and when it's done, this will be a nest for offspring. >> you will see them walking along the trail and hopefully the birds will use this as their new home. >> the founder of future makers hopes to teach kids they can make anything. >> it's really about

transforming something that may have been used for one purpose into a totally different life giving. >> inside they are using heat to transform sheets of metal into flower pedals, and who knows, this could lead to a career some day. >> and he said i would like to do something like this everyday, and i said that's called a job. >> they are learning about the impact of violence, and they heard from a woman whose son was murdered last year. >> i don't want to save one, i want to save a multitude and bring awareness to violence that plagues us. >> the teens say the popular program gives them lessons in life and something to look forward to. >> i am here doing something positive and creating something instead of doing the wrong thing. >> there's too many people out here on the streets

when you can help each other? >> that's the exact message the leaders are hoping these kids get from the program. in the district, darcy spencer, news4. >> these are the kinds of pictures we see, officers from the fairfax county police department made the day of a few first graders this week, two 7-year-old children brought to the police department to meet the officer, and her daughter eva and an aspiring officer herself came dressed in her own uniform, and so adorable and see some of the great shots on our nbc washington app. it's not a biscuit or bagel or pretzel, but it's baked and round, and what is it? it's a cimit. it looks like a pretzel and has a hole in

joining us to tell us exactly what this is. welcome, just opening up in georgetown and a lot of folks loving what they are finding. what is a cimit. >> it's a bread. it opened a couple months ago, me and my business partner. it's a round-shaped bagel looking bread, and we don't boil our doughs, we bake it in a oven, and then it comes 40% less calories than a bagel. >> you tell me this is a very popular treat, and all of these different it rations, you can find these on the streets of turkey? >> yes, absolutely, all of

street corner. we have carts that they sell these products throughout the day and we eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or throughout the day as a snack, and we consume them with our tea and coffee. >> you are showing us that we can use these for just about everything, including a sandwich. >> exactly. >> it's hard to imagine making a sandwich with a hole in the middle. >> i will show you how it's done. we take this and -- >> do they all come with poppy seeds -- >> it's a sesame seed. everything you have seen on the table, all of our ingredients are shipped from turkey and bake everything fresh here in d.c. >> let's see what you do. >> you take our cimit and slice it in half. and then we open it. perfectly shaped. >> how do you make a

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also from turkey, and this is your sandwich and you put the top back and slice it in half. >> wow. looks delicious. >> thank you. >> that's fantastic. i will pick up this plate and you can see, this is how you serve it. beautiful, and probably less calories than if it had a little to it, huh? >> absolutely. >> i know in turkey they serve everything with turkish coffee, right? >> absolutely. this is our turkish coffee. we have our dessert called balk lava.e1 wq6are soxh2aae youfá

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