are frightened by gunfire in their neighbor. >> the police comes in and makes them move from one corner to the next. >> neighbors raise concern about repeat offenders. d.c.'s police department has identified 50 people they have arrested who altogether had been arrested more than 800 times. happening today, d.c.'s legal community will have an opportunity to learn more about the push for statehood and why it matters. the event is sponsored by the d.c. bar. the mayor is one of the speakers at the event. if d.c. becomes the 51st state, it would be called new columbia. this morning, the board of directors and d.c. council will hold a joint hearing on

responsible to make appointments to the metro board. ♪ ♪ katie ledecky! >> spoiler alert for you. if you dvred the olympic trials last night. katie ledecky has another win. no surprise there. she's representing the united states in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle. she also has a chance to swim the 100 and 800 meters at the games this august and that's pretty much unheard of it. >> i'm confident that no matter how the race shakes out. >> she's going to be confident. she's going to go in there strong. top two swimmers in each trial. get a ticket to rio.

last night's race. she will be competing again as well. the other star swimmer from maryland. michael phelps will be heading to brazil. he just made his record fifth olympic team. five olympics! what! he came in first in the 200 meters. that's his brand-new baby. he's swimming the 100 meter fly and the 200 meter individual medley at the trials. he's the most decorated olympian of all time. >> he's been winning gold medals since he was three? >> it's crazy. his little baby boomer, i wonder if he's going to swim. no pressure, your dad is only michael phelps. >> let's turn back to chuck bell. four things to know about our forecast today. good things we hope. >> they are very nice things to know. there's going to be a spectacular day outside. here's what you need to

outside. temperatures in the 50s and 60s right now. the d.c. metro area will be staying dry today but there could be a few showers out in the shenandoah valley. friday, storms looking more and more likely. friday evening may be impacted for thunderstorms. and there's a better chance of rain on the fourth of july as well. that's coming up with our extended forecast at 4:51. the nearest drops to us are down in tide water virginia. >> let's go over to jack taylor and find out how the commute is coming from northern maryland. >> well, we had a little bit of issue trying to get out of damascus, moving toward clarksburg, near germantown. there's a paving project going on. traffic is

it's an abrupt slow down. there's a warning. just plan for it if you happen to be taking an early start. they should clear out by 5:30 to 6:00. there was a crash in virginia, it was open the inner loop of the beltway down near gallows road. it's not causing any kind of slow down. back to you. the officials are issuing an urgent new warning for older cars equipped with at that character at that airbags. new tests have revealed a higher risk of rupture than first thought. for the following models with the defective inflaters there may be up to a 50% chance of dangerous airbag ruptures. the 2001 to 2002 honda civic, 2001-02 da

2003 acura louisiana. the crv, the 2000 acura cl and for the same year, the honda pilot. they have been linked to a number of injuries and deaths. the takata ceo plans to resign. tracie potts will have more on this story. back to you. it's 4:35. take a look at the head of this one-year-old boy. this is dimarco. he came home on tuesday with a bald spot. a daycare worker faces child cruelty charges for out of that head. surveillance video showed it was

irritate. your job is ir -- is to watch kids. >> news 4 spoke with the woman who says she owned the daycare. she called the incident horrific. plans to change the sex ed program at some of our schools could move forward today. lessons on consent and sexual assault could be part of the curriculum at fairfax county. that information would be for students in 9th, 10th and 11th grades. parents have the option to pull their child out of the program. and the future of jeb stewart high school is up for discussion tonight. members will move forward with remaining the building. they will set up a committee to research possible name replacements and how to pay for the changes. we do not expect a final vote on any of the changes tonight.

police department will launch its body camera program. it will demonstrate how they will work at a news conference today. they will give details on use and public record policies for the video. the first 150 officers to be outfitted with cameras will come from all ten of the county's precincts. a georgetown university law professor filed a complaint against mosby. the rules require a prosecutor to refrain from filing a charge unless it's supported by probable cause. so far, mosby has tried three of the police officers charge in freddie gray's death. help is coming for financially strapped puerto rico. the senate has passed a rescue package to help the islan

the bill does not provide any direct financial aid to puerto rico. president obama says he will sign this bill. in the race for the white house now, next week a federal judge will hear a case brought by a v republican delegate saying a state law requiring him to vote for donald trump is unconstitutional. this lawsuit was filed on his behalf. state officials have not responded to that lawsuit. a group of donald trump supporters in virginia is not backing down after its sign supporting trump was vanlized. the group put up the sign with five u.s. flags on their property. they found the flags broken and tossed to the ground. yesterday, somebody spray painted the sign and threw eggs on it. the trump supporters say they want to voice their opinion. >> it's not meant to b

what we stand for and somebody comes and just destroys it. >> the group painted another sign and put it up in the same spot. they say if it's vandalized again, they will make a bigger sign to go in its place. terror in turkey is taking center stage in decision 2016. who is now taking a stand against donald trump. 4:39 now, new regulations in the wake of that tragic toddler death at a disney resortment of the the changes under way. some of you might want a light jacket on the last day of june. aook l

walt disney world is stepping up restrictions after an al i gator killed a toddler earlier this month. no fishing signs have been put up in different areas of the resort. disney has put up netting and added rope fences near the shore of the seven seas lagoon. it's time to check our forecast. we're experiencing some nice june weather. >> it's a beautiful morning outside. look how low these numbers have dropped here. frederick

martinsburg, 54. manassas 59 degrees. what to wear for the day ahead, shorts, sunglasses, if you are going to be outside any length of time. spf 30 or higher to be sure. another perfect day whether you are going to be outside today. whether you are going to the course, at the pool or doing yard work. here's jack taylor. the crews are still working on the rockaway parkway near kennedy center. traffic will be alternating one direct at a time for the foreseeable future until 6:00 in the morning. we had accident activity on 66. it was westbound. it was just beyond the beltway interchange. those coming off the beltway are mainly affected. in maryland, 50 eastbound, the john hanson after 704, two right lanes could be getting by. not causing a de

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unit states of america, it's not what we are all about. it's not what we are. >> that is senator john mccain, a former prisoner of war responding to donald trump's renewed calls for torture against terrorists in the aftermath of the terror attack in turkey. nbc tracie spots is live on capitol hill witre

the attack has set off an angry debate. >> reporter: the debate happening not only between democrats and republicans, they are among republicans where mccain not only says that water boarding and other torture tactic supported by donald trump are a bad idea. they don't work. when you inflict pain on someone, they tell you whatever you want. there was a closed door briefing on isis after that senate republican slamming president obama and on what they have not done so far. major clashes here on whether or not the president has done enough to go after isis. but it's interesting this debate that's going on between donald trump and john mccain as trump tries to get more republicans, especially high-profile respects on his side. his challengers who haven't endorsed him yet should never be

>> thank you. and decision 2016, an update to security plans ahead of next month's gop convention in cleveland. 300 more police officers will wear body cameras on their riot gear. it begins two weeks from monday. anticipating protesters, the city is planning on bringing in thousands of officers from around the country. sloppy work with scary consequences, that is how some are describing virginia governor terry mcauliffe's decision to give voting rights to felons. >> they didn't scrub the database, they didn't vet it. you are finding illegal ie -- aliens in the database, people in prison, still on probation. >> once

restored, the doors open to fellens to get their gun rights back. a football player at ohio's wittenberg university is dead after he was involved in a car crash. he died monday afternoon. he was with four other students when their car drifted off the left side of the road and overturned. the three others are expected to recover. the crash remains under investigation. a former prince george's county school aide may go to prison for life if he's convicted of sexually abusing students. he was indicted yesterday on 270 counts of child abuse and pornography. there are nearly two dozen victims here. the youngest is just nine years old. the mother of one of the victims said this is just the beginning of her fight. >> i want to see h

for it as well. he needs to not ever be around children again as far as i'm concerned. he's where he needs to be right now. >> now, we learned that none of the victims will be put on the stand. the state's attorneys office plans to use more than 50 videos as evidence. and two deadly shootings in the district first. d.c. police have arrested a teenager for the murder of a 20-year-old da von ta crawford. the suspect name has not been released because he's a minor. he is charged with murder two while armed. d.c. police have made an arrest on a deadly shooting on ridge road southeast. yesterday police arrested 20-year-old andre herndon, jr for

and one of the ideas to improve the commute is calling for extenting the hov lanes. >> what we have negotiated is rail, both passenger and freight rail. in addition, i've talked about adding, going down to the garrisonville exit on 95 south, we'll take it all the way to fredericksburg. >> he hopes to hear from officials in the coming days. tomorrow night could be your lucky night. the megamillions jackpot, $415 million right now. it could be go up even more tweeven now and the drawing tomorrow. your chances are beyond slim. only one in 269 million. if nobody wins tomorrow, the next drawing

where it would be that much bigger. >> and the chances much slimmer. >> you got to play to win. >> i'm playing. i'm playing. >> the good news, your chances are always 259 million to 1. the odds oent actual change. >> thank you. 1 in 259 million. i'll take it. >> your odds would improve if they take one of the balls out of there. outside, we go on a quiet thursday morning. wow, is it a nice day to be outside already! even national airport is down to 67 degrees. light breeze out of the north and temperatures out in the shenandoah valley, to the mid 50s. a little warmer once you get closer to the bay, annapolis, 67. there's nothing to worry about in the forecast today. tomorrow, therell

tomorrow. the impact on tomorrow will be moderate. storms likely after 2:00, 3:00, tomorrow afternoon. some of those could be strong and they could produce some locally heavy rain. tomorrow will be a bit of a day. keep a weather eye to the sky. for now, all of our rain chances are well down to our south and east and staying away from us. future weather brings to the shenandoah valley later on today. you can get a sense, nothing to worry about in the metro but there could be a shower or two west of the blew ridge into the shenandoah. things dry out tonight, by early tomorrow morning, couldn't rule out an early morning shower around here tomorrow. bigger chances for rain and stronger storms come here about 5:00, 6:00 tomorrow night afternoon into tomorrow evening. unfortunately, the timing of that is just in time for a lot of people getting on the road and heading out of town at the end of your friday for the long holiday weekend. know that you should probably plan on leaving early tomorrow.

forecast, today, sunday ssh, 85 degrees. 50% of chance of storms tomorrow. saturday and sunday look great. the fourth of july, a pretty high chance of rain coming in monday afternoon and monday evening but there's not a lot of confidence in that, so we'll keep you posted on that fourth of july forecast. as we get into the middle and later parts of next week, heating up a bit, temperatures back up in the 90s, more typical of early july. let's head to jack for the latest on the commute. good news, 66 westbound, we had a crash just beyond 495. everything was moved over to the shoulder. at this point there's one car left with flashers on and it's not causing any kind of a slowdown. on 27, between damascus and germantown, we had a paving project, south of morningstar drive, putting it north of brink road, traffic is alternating one direction at a time. they should be wrapping up as well. on the rock creek

traffic will alternate one direction at a time. it's a long-term project. back to you. a mom-to-be not allowed to use the restroom, where she was recently refused service. it is the last day ever for a small virginia to.wn

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♪ and when they screaming get out, get out. ♪ ♪ all i wanna hear is get down, get down. ♪ ♪ yeah. ♪ and when they screaming get out, get out. ♪ ♪ all i wanna hear is get down, get down. ♪ ♪ get down, get down. welcome back at 4:57. a former montgomery county court commissioner is out on

after being detained for a sex crime. a judge found daniel reed guilty of trying to solicit a minor for sex yesterday. he was using a dating app to set up a meeting with a 15-year-old. we should warn you the details are disturbing. >> there were these conversations that mr. reed had that indicated he would want to enslave a young boy as his sex slave and keep him cage up. >> reed will be sentenced in august. he faces ten years in prison. this is the second time this year that a county court commissioner has been convicted of a crime. the self-driving cars at the national press club, christopher hart will discuss how ntsb could

19 of 13 registered voters cast a ballot in a referendum last year and passed 18 to 1. the town will be dissolved to become another part of the county on july 1st. a woman five months pregnant was shocked when metro told her she could not use the restroom at the shadygrove station recently. in the past, she had been allowed to use the employee bathroom while the customer bathroom was closed. on a recent check she was -- trip she was told no. he told her she was abused her privileges. >> i was so appalled and frustrated and that's when i wrote to news 4 and that's when i contacted you and i said please help. >> since we contacted metro, she has not had a problem.

station managers should make restrooms available when possible. of all metro stations, there are only a handful, including pentagon and anacostia which do not have bathrooms available. i'm erica gonzalez at the live desk with a developing story in northeast d.c. a homicide investigation now under way on the 800 block of bladensburg road. police tell us around 10:00 last night, they got a call for an unresponsive man down. that man was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound and did not survive his injuries. no word on any suspect information at this hour. we can tell you that our reporter is on the way to the scene and we'll get a live report shortly. it is 5:00 a.m. right now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. beautiful way to start our thursday. >> 66 degrees outside. chuck bell is in