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and would be credited to time served. he is the first fairfax county police officer convicted in connection with a deadly shooting. and today trial for a bishop mirk michael turner. he's accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his congregati congregation. the woman also worked for him. turner is charged with second degree assault and harassment. most of west virginia is under a state of emergency because of flooding at this hour. we caught images of a house on fire as it was swept down a creek in white sulphur springs. flooding is also a major problem across state lines in allegheny county, virginia. at least two people have been killed in the floods there including an 8-year-old boy and an elderly man. dangerous debris is now a
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a raging river, oil tanks and gas and trash cans. >> a toddler is missing after being swept away in floodwaters. neighbors report being trapped in their cars while others tried to swim and escape the high water. time to check the forecast in our area. >> and i think on the whole you will like it. we have a lot of clouds out there and i can't rule out a little raindrop here or there. a couple chances for rain thorn and another one coming up later this afternoon, but by and large, about 80% or 90% of your friday will be rain free. so cloudy finish to the week. passing shower or two. back to the sunshine as we get into your saturday afternoon and better still, i'll show you the 7 day coming up, but there is no heat wave in sight. those of us that don't really care for 90 degree weather are thankful for that. outside today, the long days continue. sun up at 5:44.
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sunrise. afternoon temperatures only in the upper 70s and low 80s. many a rumble or two of thunder, but no severe weather expected. let's go over to our partner in crime and traffic, wtop. we'll be dealing with a closure this morning of georgetown pike, there was an accident yesterday, vehicle left the roadway. and he did hit the power pole. wires, power pole damaged. authorities are on scene closing georgetown pike, so not sure how quickly they can reopen this. you will have to be rerouting yourself this morning. also 15 south between leesburg and lucketts, the overnight work zone. you will get by one direction at a time. a flagging operation. brief delays through the area right now. hopefully that will clear by 5:00, 5:30. aaron, eun, back into you. it is now 4:33. today the connecticut congresna
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they want to expand background checks and put measures this place to prevent terrorists from buying guns. this comes just a day after a 25 hour sit-in over gun control by house democrats. a prince george's county school was put on alert after a d.c. teen threatened to shoot up his ex-girlfriend's school. search warrants reveal the 17-year-old sent threatening text messages to a student at eleanor roosevelt high school. a school resource officer was notified last week. according to court documents, police found an assault rifle and ammunition at the boy's home. >> got an emergency search washt, was able to recover an ak-47 from the individual involved and over 180 rounds of ammunition. >> the teen's name has not baee reve reveal. he a
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charges. metro police need your help to find a man who assaulted a woman on metro. he placed a condom on her shoulder. they are looking for lawrence harris. the incident happened on the blue line train headed toward largo. harris did not show up to turn himself in yesterday after he made plans with police. and a man turned himself in for molesting an 11-year-old girl at a target store. 19-year-old brendan cordova was charged with three counts offing a xwra aggravated battery. surveillance video backed up her claims. 0% containment, a mastiff california wildfire that has already burned close to 100 homes. still spread
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i goers. fire crews getting help with air support. sadly many people have been forced to abandon their homes and the area with absolutely no warning. happening today in arlington at the arlington cemetery, workers will make their call for better benefits public. they're holding rush hour protests to focus on contractors refusal to offer them sick leave and for pay increases. this happening on memorial bridge right across from the arlington cemetery. protests gets understand way at 3:00. and today mayor muriel bowser will be in indianapolis for the u.s. conference of mayors. the leaders will discuss policies and best practices for running a city. some of the topics will be transportation, education and policing. the conference lasts until monday. what we have got to do is to co
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transforming this country. >> senator bernie sanders is not dropping out. he is now focusing on campaigning for other democratic candidates in congressional and local races. sanders will be in albany today hosting a speech called where do we go he from here. meantime donald trump is trying to appeal to sanders supporters. >> ai'm no fan of bernie, but he's right about trade. i will do something about it. >> trump is in scotland this morning where he is reopening a golf course. hillary clinton does not have any public events scheduled for today, but her campaign is holding rallies in miami and chicago. ♪ some local students will get a great deal to see the tony award winning musical "hamilton." the rockefeller foundation is donating $6 million so the kids ca
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$10. the money is going to students here in d.c. and to students also in chicago, los angeles and in san francisco. >> all of a sudden i want to go back to school. sfwr find yourself a good school that will accept a young lady. >> yeah. wink-wink. but what a great opportunity for the kids to see a spectacular musical. every time i hear the music, i get excited and then i get sad because i'm afraid i'll never see it on the stage. >> and so much has been made about the musical. but it's a history lesson, too. >> i hear the kids who go to see it then want to research about hamilton, other presidents, the issues of our founding fathers. all that stuff. well, if you're waking up, we want to let you know that we're following breaking news after brin britain voted to leave the european union. what president obama is expected to do within the next day. also this morning, new details about a possible plot against the department of
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review. florida and you may want to keep your umbrella handy. rain could be a possibility for some of you today.
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that was the moment police ended a 10mi
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on the east coast of florida. melbourne police officers spotted a stolen car and the driver sped off. this was the other dramatic moment. police cruiser lost control and spins out. the officer inside was not seriously hurt. as for the suspect in the chase, police said they had to taser him to take him down. heads up for people in falls church. police received several reports of potentially rabid raccoon coming in contact with people and dogs. this happened on greenwich street, lincoln avenue, park avenue, great falls street and the womb trail. if you see an animal, do not approach. call police. 4:41 your time now on this friday morning. made it through the rough morning yesterday. and we're doing already now. >> chuck bell telling us what we can expect in the day ahead. >> yeah, we're dealing with a lot of clouds this morning. not much rain on radar just yet, there are a few sprinkles up near hague
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southeastward. but that is really all that is in play front part of the day. rain chances today on the average around 30%, 40% in the metro, 40% to 50% chance closer to the pennsylvania border. temperature-wise, another great day for outdoor running. even with the clouds around, temperatures will peak out only in the upper 70s and low 80s. so a comfy day to be on the outside. may want the pocket umbrella just to play it on the safe side. let's go over to the glass enclosed nerve center. >> work on the rock creek parkway, long term true there about september he at the kennedy center. a paving project. southbound runs two way traffic. not causing a big delay. george up to pike remains blocked between river bend road and
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power pole. edsall still blocked off between van dorn and whiting from wednesday's water main break. back in to you. racial and homophobic slurs. who police think could be the culprit. and we're getting word that two deputies have been shot in california. the latest on their situation and their contions when we di
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two los angeles deputies are in the hospital after being shot and a gunman still on the loose. we understand it happened around 11:00 last night in bellflower. we're keeping tabs with our
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more details. right now the status of the deputies, we just don't know. when we get more information, we'll bring it to you. it is 4:46. right now the united states is reacting cautiously to the decision by britain to exit the european union. white house official says president obama is being kept up to at a time on developments. tracie potts is live with more on a meeting expected between the president and now outgoing british prime minister david cameron who says he is stepping down. a lot of developments overnight. >> reporter: yeah, big news with david cameron saying that he's out within three months. he wants to get out by october. so another prime minister can take over this complicated negotiation process of exiting the european union. president obama has been briefed about not only the results but the fallout from this. he's expected to talk to cameron the now outgoing prime minister at some point today. during his announcement this morning, cameron said that he wants to try to ab
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by the people, this was not what the u.s. wanted, not what president obama had urged, it not what cameron wanted, but that that choice needs to be respected. he'll be heading to the eu council next week to explain the choice that he did not want to happen. and we're getting reaction from other countries and also reaction from the markets. the dow took a huge plunge, dow futures about 700 before the open this morning. and the markets are taking a huge hit in europe, too, on news that britain now it looks like will be exiting the eu. >> and a lot of americans wondering how does this affect me. is that what we're look at most of all? >> reporter: the big concern has been that this could be a domino effect fwleb globally when it co the economy. the eu and great britain, this is a powerhouse leaving the eu. so if markets start to tumble there, it clearly will have an effect and we already saw that
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so if you have retirement accounts, other investments in the markets, you will probably feel it today. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. 4:48. new details in a news 4 iteam investigation. top congressional leaders want a full review of what happened inside the headquarters of the department of homeland security two weeks ago. an employee with top secret security clearance was arrested for carrying a loaded gun. search warrant reveals the feds are investigating whether that worker was plotting an attack inside the building. scott macfarlane asked paul ryan about the congressional investigation. >> has your office been briefed on that is this. >> we're familiar with the reports. we want more information. but i am familiar with the report and we're waiting further investigation. >> the employee's name is jonathan wienke. he pleaded not guilty to unlaeflly carrying a pistol. prosecutors have asked to bar him from any
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his lawyer says his client is presumed innocent. happening today, a mental health hearing for the suspect in a metrobus hijacking. kevin loving is charged with second degree murder after he alledgedly stole a metrobus and ran over a man taking out the trash last month. loving reportedly tested positive for synthetic drugs after his arrest. today a former dunbar high school coach will be sentenced in a sex abuse case. charles young pled guilty to abuse of mull multiple boys. he served as an assistant track coach between to 2013 and 2014. in 2014, a victim came forward. a hyattsville woman has died in central america after a van crash. the 24-year-old was killed in guatemala when the mini vvan sh was in flipped
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she had just finished rape counselor training and was in central america for a two week language immersion course p. police in arlington are investigating a series of possible hate crimes. they happened in the boulevard manor neighborhood around 5:30 yesterday morning, someone spray painted homes and other property with racial, homophobic and anti-semitic messages. >> neighborhood of families and kids p. it's very disturbing. >> it's hateful and not what our neighborhood is about. >> police believe the graffiti could be the work of a kid who lives in the area, but they don't have any specific suspects right now. d.c. businesses may should not have new scheduling rules. counsel advanced a bill that would proceed hebt businesses with more than 40 locations from changing workers schedules less than two weeks in advance. employers would also be required to give extra hours to part-time workers instead of hiring more part-time workers.
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we cannot wait for the olympics and now we're figuring out what the athletes will look like during the game. these are the first pictures of the olympicville allege. it includes a post office, giant gym and very high level of security as you can imagine. organizers say this is the biggest olympic village as ever. hope the food is good, too. district holding a party to celebrate the olympics. you can see some of the local athletes at the park at city center on high street downtown. events d.c. says that you can also try a few interactive sports experiences like power lifting. wrus what you always wanted to. or pole vaulting. vault right over those high buildings in d.c. it doughs from 10:00 to 1:00. i wish you would power lift. >> i would recommend against that if you don't know what you're doing. >> i think i'd be a very good virtual poleva
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>> isn't that what it's about? they won't actually make you dead lift 500 pounds, are they? in i doubt it, unless they have two really large spotters who can lift it all for you. >> no thank you. >> about the only heavy lifting -- youtube videos. >> about the only heavy lifting i have to do is keeping the weather nice for the weekend. so that i can do that. our weather pattern which is a little unsettled here the last few days is getting ready to turn the corner once again in the right direction. skies are still partly to mostly cloudy out there this morning. and there are areas dealing with at least a little bit of light rain, but on the whole what you should expect for today, more clouds than sunshine. risk of a passing shower or two e especially during the afternoon. and temperatures will be cooler than average. raindrops out the door this morning up across western frederick county, east of martinsburg, south of hagerstown. just about on top of
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purcellville here. these are inching their way east/southeast. so frederick, gaithersburg could get a little shower first thing this morning. no rain in the immediate metro area or to points to the south. as far as visibility, not much of an issue now, a little bit of a fogginess toward haguers up to, 4 miles of visibility in frederick maryland. future weather carries the chance for showers this morning generally east to southeast bound. so loudoun county and western parts of fairfax. during the late morning hours, mostly cloudy. maybe a raindrop or two around lunchtime today. and then with the heating of the afternoon, might be able to bubble up a thunder shower or two, but not looking for anything in the way of severe weather for today. so on your way out the door, it's in the 60s now. we'll gradually climb to the mid and upper 70s to low 80s for highs today. and again more clouds than sunshine, but no washout today. it will be dry for your friday evening plans. more importantly, the weekend both days look great. some fog around first thing this morning, but he should
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saturday. sunday looks great. highs over the weekend cooler than average. and then chance for showers monday and tuesday of next week. i'll break it down in detail coming up. for now it is traffic time. prince george's county, landover, 202 headed northbound up toward the beltway, a paving project. should be in the wrap-up stages. left lane had been getting by. crews still working moving between point of rocks bridge and leesburg on 15 out in lucketts. traffic alternates by one direction at a time. crews usually hang out until about 5:00, 5:30. back in to you. another pivotal ruling for a transgender student in our area. what it could mean for some virginia students. the certainly is on for two runaways missing from our area. why authorities are so concerned. and somene
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color. chuck bell says the rain may not be done with us just yet. a closer look at that in just minutes. 4:58 right now. a second body has been found in the search for a family off the gulf coast. ace kimberly and his three teens had been living in a sailboat for months. the family left ft. myers last sunday when a storm hit. the coast guard recovered the first body on wednesday. a family member telling nbc news the first victim is 17-year-old rebecca kimberly. search teams also found a bucket filled with birth certificates, a cellphone and gps. >> they were good people. they were courteous. he taught his youngsters to have respect for people. >> the coast guard says it still has hope the remaining two family members are out there. an update now in
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transgender building. the school board will let him use restrooms as other boys. the aclu brought the lawsuit on before of the boy arguing the school board's policy was seg segregated transgender students. and police need your help bringing runaways home. you can see their photos here. her other says she worries about her daughter every day. >> translator: it's not easy, i lay down and i know i'm safe but i don't know where she is if she's eating, if she's sleeping. it worries me because we're in a country that you don't really know the people here and you don't get anything for free. >> investigators have heard juana may beo
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today president obama will meet with mark zuckerberg. the conversation will happen on facebook live allowing millions around the world to tune in. they're expected to talk about technology and its impact on society and jobs. both the president and zuckerberg will speak on a panel at the 2016 global entrepreneurship summit in silicon valley. if you own a volkswagen, you may be getting some cash. the car company will mahorn $10 billion in a settlement from the emissions cheating scandal. most of that more than is earmarked to go to car owners. about 500,000 could get an average payment of $5,000 depending on how old your car is. vw owners may also be getting their car fixed or even bought back by the company. a spokesperson has declined to comment. breaking news not only did britain vote to

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