the deadly flooding. and unfortunately, more flooding potential during the afternoon and tomorrow. i'll show you what it means to us for the next couple of days as well, coming up. right now, former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his supporters are celebrating a supreme court victory. >> the decision to overturn his conviction was unanimous. but julie carey says mcdonnell is not completely free and clear. >> reporter: he issued a statement shortly after the supreme court ruling saying in a day in which my family rejoice and give thanks. there's still a small cloud hanging over the u.s. governor. the u.s. attorney is deciding whether to retry the case. he and his wife were con convicted in 2014 of multiple corruption charges for accepting more than $165,000 in gifts, trips and loans from a wealthy businessman who was pedalling a ne

but the supreme court found that the government was allowed to use too broad a definition of official acts to win its bribery conviction. the court worries that the standard used could have used routine favors like setting up meetings and writing letters into criminal acts. here's what one of mcdonnell's attorney had to say about the ruling. >> you don't put somebody in jail simply because you think they did something that you don't like. we've got very high standards before the federal government can put somebody in jail and what the supreme court said today was that those standards don't come close to the type of conduct was at issue here. >> reporter: i sat down with all three of the leading attorneys, including the one who made the arguments before the supreme court. coming up at 5:00, what they say about whether this case should or could be retried. the supreme court also struck down a controversial abortion law in texas. the law required clinics to operate under the same standards as hospitals and required

doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. the strict new rules forced many clinics in texas to close. in a 5-3 decision, justices agreed with the opponents saying that it became an obstacle for women seeking to have an abortion and offered few, if any, benefits. we just enjoyed one of the most beautiful weekends in recent memory. now the showers and storms are starting to move across the radar this afternoon. let's go to chief meteorologist storm team 4 doug kammerer. >> we're going to see stronger storms move in. we have western portions of loudoun county and most are not strong at all. they weaken as they move on down route 50 and 7 through the

bluemont area. just some showers but the wider view, the heavier storms down to our south and west, flash flood watch in effect and look at the red boxes here including the same areas that were hit the other day as far as flash flooding down towards west virginia. flash flood warnings have been processed. that's something that we're going to be watching, too. headlines, tracking the showers around our area, tracking the storm chances for tomorrow and then another stretch of weather the next couple of days. much more on this. see you in a minute. >> thanks, doug. west virginia's governor says thousands of people will never be able to go back to their homes. thousands of others will need major repairs a break in the rain is giving search team as chance to look for more victims. so far, 23 people have been confirmed dead but several people are still missing and that number could rise. two campers, who were presumed dead, were found alive on sunday

area could get even more rain later this evening. we are following breaking news involving former d.c. delegate and civil rights leader walter fauntroy. he was arrested in dulles airport and is being held in do you dooun county. he had just gotten off a flight in dubai. he became a fugitive in 2012 when he left the u.s. for the persian gulf. last week he said he was finally ready to come home and clear his name. there's a court hearing scheduled for tomorrow. >> well, a lot of us have been either cringing when we look at our 401(k) balance or trying to avoid it altogether. another volatile day on wall street as u.s. investors are grapple with the vote for the uk to leave the european union. the dow was down 260 points. the nasdaq was down 113 and the s&p down almost

it wasn't nearly as steep as the decline last friday. metro general manager is announcing plans to eliminate hundreds of jobs. while he's trying to make the system safer with safe track and trying to make the administration more efficient. news4's derrick ward has the story. >> reporter: there will be changes and challenges of their own, all spelled out in this memo from the general manager saying that the next several months, metro will be eliminated 500 positions. some are open positions but some have people in them. that means people will be losing their jobs. he says he's going to cut nonessential and nonsafety-related positions but it's all about making the system more efficient. coming up on news4, we'll talk to riders and other officials about how this change will affect metro. we want you to weigh in on this survey. how do you feel about metro in

address safety and budget concerns? that's our nbc washington flash survey today. call or text the number on your screen or vote on the nbc washington facebook page. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked an intense fire in upper marlboro around 2:00 this morning on harmon place which did $75,000 in damage. in montgomery county, a third-grade teacher has been charged with sexual abuse. police say he inappropriately touched two girls in school. john is an elementary school teacher and coaches at a high school in the county. meagan fitzgerald has that story. >> reporter: the school district says they placed him on administrative leave and the investigation just wrapped up and this morning montgomery county police say the

turned himself in. since august of 2014, john was inappropriately touching an 11-year-old girl at cloverly elementary school. in february of this year, investigators say he started abusing another girl who was in his classroom. police say this all happened during school hours and they believe there could be more victims. coming up at 5:00, reaction from teachers who work in this community. reporting in montgomery county, meagan fitzgerald, news4. it's almost time for the fourth of july celebrations. the warning today from police that could have you rethinking some of your july 4th plans. the scary situation on the

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currently 86 muggy degrees when you factor in the humidity, feeling like the temps are in the upper 80s. showers will bett

83 degrees at that point. by 9:00 p.m., muggy and 80. most dry by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 and 76 degrees. here's the future weather within the next few hours. as it moves into the d.c. metro area, it's starting to fizzle out. if you're heading to the nats game, i think we should be okay. doug is tracking that timing coming up in about ten minutes, chris. >> thanks, amelia. it's hard to believe but the fourth of july weekend is just a few days away. >> and many of you are planning the cookouts and fireworks. while it's tempting to put on your own personal fireworks display, most of the fireworks like these are illegal in this area. you could be fined or even arrested if you get caught with them. today, d.c. fire investigators displayed some of the illegal fireworks that they

last year. the rules are in place not to prevent fun but to keep you safe. >> things like fire rockets and roman candles could be used as weapons. they can catch people's clothes and things on fire. as you can see here, the illustration behind you, this happened in 2009, but this was a result of an m-80, someone holding it in their hands. these types of injuries can happen. so that's why we totally, totally don't want the public messing with these. >> now, if you want to watch fireworks, we can tell you where to do so safely and legally. go to the nbc washington app. our new fireworks finder lists all of the fireworks displays throughout the d.c. area. just search fireworks. side by side and ready to rumble. the democratic duo that many think could be a preview of what is to come. plus, just days before telling you where to go for local families, a local

now to presidential politics and our first look at what it's like when hillary clinton and elizabeth warren campaign together. >> warren a fiery critic of donald trump and has been a possible running mate for clinton. steve handelsman has been following it from capitol hill. what did we see today? >> first, what we heard. investigating her role in the benghazi fiasco cleared clinton of any wrongdoing as she headed out with elizabeth warren. the last democratic senator to endorse clinton could now be playing a leading role. ♪ ♪ this is my fight song >> reporter: they look like running mates. >> i'm with her. yes, her! >> reporter: but this was elizabeth warren and hillary clinton's first campaign event together.

ganging up on donald trump. >> a money grubber who fights for no one but himself. >> she exposes him for what he is. temperamentally unfit. >> reporter: the strategy is to hit trump when he's down, five points nationally. trump tweeted, "warren's goofy and lied about her native american heritage." her beliefs are more like bernie sanders. she's criticized clinton's links to wall street. the campaign has confirmed that clinton is considering warren as a running mate. >> we want to make the point together that we must have an economy that works for everyone again, not just those at the top. >> reporter: democrats on the house committee investigating benghazi and the deaths of u.s. ambassador chris stevens and

three others, issued a report today absolving clinton of blame saying she did not delay a u.s. military response. but the benghazi committee is run by republicans whose final report, which is not yet done, like the e-mail investigation not yet complete could hurt hillary clinton in a way that no running mate could help. steve handelsman, news4. >> thank you, steve. our beautiful morning could give way to storms in some places this afternoon? >> hopefully not to many, doug. >> thunderstorm activity just to the west, we'll take a look at what we're dealing with outside. plenty of sunshine but now starting to see the clouds roll in across portions of the area. 86 degrees. heat index up to 91. we have humidity out there. that's going to be case right on through the next 24 hours or so. temperatures on the warm side. 86,

if you're heading to the national's game, i'm getting a lot of questions about this, they are going to get the game in. could we see a shower? yes, it's possible. however, most of the game is being looking good. 6:00 if you're getting down there early, 84 degrees. 10 o'clock, nice weather. here's where the shower activity sue right now. there's nothing north of 66 here. we have a couple of showers in through loudoun county. through montgomery county, making its way down towards laurel and prince george's county, more light rain back to the west. this is back towards western loudoun county and fauquier county. route 7 out of leesburg going towards bluemont. some showers

look at all of the areas in red here. those are flash flood warnings and they are for the same areas hit extremely hard just last week with the flooding in parts of west virginia. that's what i'm watching right now. this is all part of a bigger frontal boundary. flash flood watch for parts of our area including shenandoah and places to the west. the warnings in the red, including this one right here, which is, again, right around the white sulfur springs area and greenbrier, they are having big issues. hopefully it won't be too bad for them. this is not good news. more rain making its way there right now. the wider view i want to show you because look at the front very clearly defined. it's not going to move through tonight. it's going to stall around our region and that means for a better chance of showers and storms. by 11:00, these are out of here and tomorrow we track a couple of showers and storms. clouds early and then around 5:00 we start to see showers and thunderstorms during the day on tuesday. some of c

severe weather. 84 on wednesday and 85 on thursday. middle of the week, beautiful. friday, not bad. a chance for showers. amelia will be back with the weekend, coming up. >> thank you, doug. it's one for the record books. how experts say the fourth of july weekend travel will be unlike any our area has seen before. two emotional speeches. new reaction straight from hollywood about the award show that is stirring much emosoti

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performances that dazzle and acceptance speeches that are still the topic of buzz this afternoon following yesterday's b.e.t. awards. >> i just put some comments on my page. scott is joining us

hollywood". this think was exciting from the get-go. >> it was incredible. beyonce took the stage and they were like, is this really happening? she opened the award show with a surprise performance of "formation" and her dancers, kendrick lamar, it was so energetic, so high energy, it was incredible. she won four awards that night but couldn't stick around to collect them. her mom did that because she had to get on a plane to head to london for another stop on her tour. one of the really big nights or parts of the night was a huge -- was the grey's anatomy star jesse williams. he gave a speech about racism. >> we're done watching and waiting while this invention called whiteness uses and abuses us, b

sight and out of mind while extracting our culture, our dollars, our entertainment like gold. >> and then there was the prince tribute. jennifer hudson had church on stage while she was performing and sheila e closed out the show with an eight-minute medley. you have to have drained after a performance like that. >> yeah, i'm just drained mentally, really, just drained mentally trying to hold on until we were done with this and now i can go home tonight and just go to bed and sleep and rest and cry. ♪ ♪ you've got the look ♪ >> it felt like not eight minutes. it felt like i blinked my eyes and turned around and looked at you g

>> that woman is 58 years old and she slid across that stage like it was nothing. killed it like she did back in the day. but i wonder what you guys thought, what impressed you. >> to me, it was the jesse williams speech. i mean, it was thoughtful, it was provocative, it touched on so many things and he talked about the fact that his mom is white, his dad is black, he has seen sort of both worlds, coming at it from a really unique perspective. >> of course, beyonce hit a new bar for herself. she always does. >> and every performer who -- any award show opening is going to have to bring it. >> and that was the prince tribute we have all been waiting for, scott. >> exactly. and it's funny, because you think about b.e.t., the tweet they sent out after the madonna

bring it. we would not be all right walking away with a -- well, that was okay. >> scott evans, thanks. we'll all be watching "access hollywood hollywood" tonight. talk about a wild ride. our cameras are there as rescuers helped a man who was washed away by the potomac. and you're about to see some rain and maybe some storms. what to expect as we app

now at 4:30, an expected rough start to the work week on wall street and your 401(k) plan. the dow was off 260 points today. not as bad as the 600-point drop on friday after britain voted to leave the eu. metro iscu

the cutbacks will impact positions that are being called not deemed essential to metro's core business. the agency is pushing ahead with its big maintenance project. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is thanking the supreme court this afternoon. they overturned his 2014 corruption conviction. today, the supreme court delivered an important decision upholding abortion rights. >> it was a blow to anti-abortion advocates hoping to place restrictions on facilities that performed the procedure. >> the court found that a texas law was unconstitutionally burdensome. tell us what this means, brian mooar. >> reporter: the court delivered the most important ruling. [cheers and applause ] abortion rights supporters celebrated their bst

in a quarter century as the supreme court threw out a texas abortion law that may have been the most restrictive in the nation. >> with this historic ruling, justice has been served and our clinics can stay open. >> reporter: the court struck down a 2013 texas law that required clinics where abortions are performed to meet the same standards at outpatient surgical standards. they were required to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. that, wrote justice stephen breyer, "poses a substantial obstacle." a template for laws in a dozen other states was designed to protect women's health. >> today, women lost. today, the supreme court put politics over the help and safety of women in our country. >> during the time it was in effect, a number of

fell performing abortions dropped from 42 to 19 and some say it would have fallen to ten. a sweeping ruling but unlikely the last word on abortion from the supreme court. the court has been recessed until october with a vacant seat unlikely to be filled by the time the justices return. live at the supreme court, i'm brian mooar, chris, back to you. >> thank you so much, brian. first at 4:00, a man ended up in the water in potomac. witnesses say the man went in shortly afternoon. he was found near grapevine island and they were able to pull him onto a boat. the man is expected to be okay. >> since scattered showers and a few

the small umbrella handy. here's the latest in light showers moving in to prince george's county, rain around baltimore. it's further back to the west where we have to look for any heavier rain and thunderstorm activity and parts of shenandoah county right now. we'll keep a close eye on the storms at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. here in the metro area, if we are dealing with any rain, it looks between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. the immediate area not under a flash flood watch but areas including petersburg and luray will have flash flood watches throughout the evening. pat? >> thank you. a frightening experience for a couple as their car sank into the street while they were

news4's darcy has more about how to make sure this doesn't happen to you. >> reporter: thousands of motorists ride over these metal plates every day here in the district and in the d.c. metro area. but are they safe? one couple had a very frightening experience on friday evening. they were driving through here on wisconsin avenue. they were stopped for a traffic like and their car sunk down. they ended up in a hole when one of the plates sunk down. fortunately, they were okay and they were able to get out. their car was towed. we've been investigating ever since to figure out how and why that could have happened and should something be done to prevent it from happening again? we're getting answers today from petco. this is your project. we'll hear from

over these plates every day and some of their concerns and why these are special dangerous for motorcycles. in tenley town, darcy spencer, news4. if your friends and family are planning to take a trip over the fourth of july weekend, a million are planning travel and nine out of ten will be in the car. fueled by cheaper gas for those racking up the miles are driving more than ever this summer and beating the record that we saw last summer. if you travel, you'll be among the 77 million people planning to travel by air. why a massive maintenance project could affect how much gas costs. the popular soda that is about to

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right now, tracking a couple of showers around the d.c. metro area, mostly up towards the north and prince george's county. a few through loudoun county. this is a new flash flood warning that's popped up. this is shenandoah county, frederick do frederick county. very heavy rain. 1 to 2 inches of rain is already falling and another inch or two in that area. flash flood warning in effect until 8:30. this is something that we'll watch over the next few hours as this area moves off towards the east. the rest of us, not seeing a lot now but waiting to see if we see a redevelopment of this as we move towards the east for the next few hours. i'll continue to see you posted. amelia will be back in a few with the seven-day forecast. >> i sure hope they get a break in west virginia. they deserve it. this facility in fairfax that

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as we look right now at storm team 4 radar, one area that we see, another round of rain is in the same area as west virginia that had all of the rain last week. numerous flash flood warnings are once again out in that area today. they've seen a lot of rain over the last couple of days. a lot of rain right now. chris pallone piled this report. >> reporter: the skies have opened up again in west virginia and more rain was falling on monday. the areas hardest hit on friday under another flash flood watch. >> to see water this high and this quick with this much devastation is almost unheard .

thousand year flood. ten inches of rain fell in just one day, washing away homes, cars and lives. survivors wondered what piece of a million pieces to pick up first. >> i don't know where to start. i just sit and cry. >> reporter: many are still in shock. >> it's hard. sometimes you feel like giving up and quitting. >> it kind of hurts just because, you know, you look at the people that don't have homes and food. >> reporter: with more than 400 people in shelters and thousands without power, a house-to-house search is now under way for potentially more victims. >> i'm without power and water but, you know, i'll make it

>> reporter: a resilient community pulling together. chris pallone, nbc 4 news. >> we're not expecting the five to ten inches of rain that we saw last week but even an inch of rain in one hour will prompt more flash flood warnings. we even have some rain towards our areas in shenandoah valley. >> those folks need a break. >> yeah. they are not out of the woods but here in our area it looks like it's going to be dry? >> just some scattered showers out there right now. not everybody is guaranteed rain and another round of rain in the forecast tomorrow. here's the latest on a flash flood warning closer to our area that doug was just mentioning. this goes until 8:00 this evening for hardy and frederick county

heavy rainfall is in that area on storm team 4 radar. that is back to the west of i-81. what we're seeing today as a trend, as it moves east, it fizzles. you can only see scattered showers in parts of prince william and fauquier and if we see rain inside of the beltway, it looks to favor the time period between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. weather headlines for tomorrow, scattered thunderstorms. beautiful wednesday and thursday. right now, looking dry for the fourth of july and overall the holiday weekend not looking too bad. timing out the storms tomorrow, 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, a dry start but plenty of clouds in place. it's muggy throughout the day. we'll actually have increasing sun as we head into the afternoon and evening hours and that helps to fire up thunderstorms, potentially as early as 2:00, 3:00 p.m., tracking scattered storms into the evening hours. the nationals game is tomorrow night. can't rule out a storm ri

hours we dry out again. main concern tomorrow would be heavy rain which could lead to isolated flash flooding. a storm or two could have gusty winds and maybe a bit of hail. something we'll continue to monitor and update right here on news4 as we move into the 5:00 and 6:00 hours. hazy sunshine around the lunchtime hours. 82. and then as we head into the afternoon and evening hours, scattered thunderstorms. it's hot tomorrow. 88 degrees even by 8:00 p.m., we're still around 80 with those humidity levels uncomfortable. wednesday and thursday, though, really nice and refreshing air in the area and then for the holiday weekend, feeling sticky outside as it should on the fourth of july weekend. the nationals forecast for tonight, slight chance of shower and tomorrow a better chance that you're dealing with a storm at the ballpark. wednesday, beautiful weather. currently, temperatures mainly in the 80s. 86 in washington. tomorrow, upper 80s.

friday, a chance of some storms and late-day storms around on saturday. highs near 90. sunday and monday, upper 80s with partly to mostly sunny skies. pat and chris? >> thanks, amelia. new at 4:00, newly released surveillance video of a man who killed three people. this shows the man running from the scene moments after the shooting. two other people were wounded. police say the gunman stopped at a forestville convenience store half an hour before the shooting. police don't think it was a random crime. tracee wilkins is learning more about the victims. her live report in 30 minutes. officials in alexandria are considering a temporary change to cab fares. at a meeting tonight, the parking and tracking board will consider a proposal to make a

this would eliminate the charge for additional passengers taxied to the airport and the charge for items that are placed in the trunk. officials say they have received no opposition to the proposal from any cab drivers thus far. for the first time in fairfax county, if you buy something online from someone else, you can now finalize the sale at a police station. it's called an exchange zone. the goal, of course, is to keep you safe. there are two places to do the exchange at the sully police station in chantilly and they are clearly marked. beware if someone is reluctant to meet you at the exchange zone. that could be a red flag. >> it's under 24-hour video surveillance. they pulled in and conducted the transaction. no need to come inside. they can call 911 or if they have a bad feeling, rather than wait for that to happen, walk into the station and report it

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a developing story right now. crews in california are slowly starting to gain ground against a deadly wildfire that's destroyed hundreds of homes north of los angeles. the fire has grown to more than 70-square miles but it's now 40% contained. during the first night of the fire, dozens of homes exploded, roads were covered in smoke and flames. five miles away, danny walker

>> real quick. real quick. >> reporter: but on the second night, the firestorm that has now destroyed more than 200 homes burned everything danny owns. >> i've lost my wallet, all of my bank records. >> reporter: danny was there and saw the smouldering remains of his home for the first time. he was hugging his dog bear who he thought he was st. >> everything is gone but he stayed. i got my dog. >> reporter: two of his other dogs haven't been seen since the fire. danny is one of hundreds who have lost everything in the erskine fire. neighbors have been sifting through the devastation. while nearby fire crews look for cadaver dogs to look for casualties. a tiny sound during one of those searching. >> i heard a meow and there he was. >> reporter: somehow in the inferno, this kitten survived. >> so far, the wildfire has

the cause of the fire remains under investigation. news4 at 5:00 starts right now with jim and wendy. >> right now at 5:00, a busy radar. more summer storms and a new flood watch is up. what this means for you tonight. tomorrow we're looking ahead to the upcoming holiday weekend. >> plus, he helped plan the historic march on washington. walter fauntroy has been arrested at dulles airport. a local teacher in montgomery county has been arrested for touching students inappropriately. first, former virginia governor bob mcdonnell says he's looking to rebuilt his life after the u.s. supreme court tosses out his conviction on public corruption charges. it was unanimous. but mcdonnell may not be in the clear yet. julie carey

mcdonnell's defense attorney and with the lawyer who successfully argued this case before the high court. julie? >> reporter: well, bob mcdonnell's lawyers telling me this court ruling is a vindication for him personally. it also sends a clear message that federal prosecutors too broad of a definition of acts when they tried to win a bribery conviction. one of former governor bob mcdonnell's lawyer explained what this means to them and their client. bob mcdonnell said, "it is a day that my family rejoices and gives thanks." >> and it shows that what we said from the beginning is correct, that governor mcdonnell never crossed that line into committing a crime. >> reporter: mcdonnell was a rising gop star until he and his wife were charged a he