breaking news, a shooting at nova fairfax hospital. >> we now know a fairfax county sheriffs deputy shot a man. we have more information at the live desk. >> good morning to you. we've got word from the police that the deputy who fired at that man, he felt threatened. we're taking a look right now this is near nova fairfax. we're told this is after darcy spencer broke this story, we learned that police responded, deputy responded to reports of a suspicious man who was sitting at the bus stop near the hospital. the

prelimbary reports is that the man threatened the officer. where did it go from here? fairfax county sheriffs office say they are conducting an investigation and the deputy involved remains on routine administrative leave. another story developing all morning. a huge underground fire in d.c. a transformer blew somewhere in the area of 18th street and l street northwest. they had to wait for an at least for power to be cut to businesses in that area. kristin wright is headed there for a live report. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. another big story for a lot of us is the weather. >> a lot of people cleaning up today after a

blew through the area. i want to show you some of the lightning that occurred here in arlington. >> weather has calmed down since then. i thought, chuck, that the rain would cool things down, but no so luck. >> technically, while the rain was falling. right now, skies have cleared out nicely as the moon is getting ready to set. this is the last day of the extreme heat. heat advisory again for today. that's the reason we're in weather alert mode again a chance for thunderstorms coming our way this afternoon. probably not as much coverage yesterday but any of those individual storms that fire up could be quite strong. we'll keep a close eye on that. better chance for rain chances tomorrow. that's ahead of this first little wave of cooler weather that arrives for the rest of the

at 4:51. there is a chance tr for thunderstorms around today. keep your eyes to the sky. afternoon highs, mid to upper 90s. we touched 100 yesterday. do have crash in montgomery county that just got out of the way. this is university boulevard at veers mill road. it cleared a moment ago. it looks like it's out of the way. l street shut down at 18th because of that fire department investigation there downtown. we had some other closures but right now it's just l there at 18th. eastbound liberty road at routzahn way. remember, safe track surge p single tracking between shady grove and twinbrook until the 18th. it's 4:34 now. and to

cardin and ike legget will visit the scene of that deadly fire apartment explosion. one person is still unaccounted for. a sixth body was found in the rubble yesterday. it's likely all the victims won't be identified for several weeks. an eighth person who had been listed as missing was not in the building and has now been found safe. washington gas officials may also return to that site today. they are visiting nearby buildings. developing this morning, five people are in the hospital after a crash involving a fire truck in columbia heights. d.c. fire rescue says that truck was responding to a call when it collided with a car on monroe and holemead. the lights and sirens were on when it happened. two people who had to be plooid out of the car are

condition. four firefighters were evaluated as a precaution but are expected to be okay. a double murder case that haunted our area for decades could take a new twist today. our news partners at wtop report that patricia jean welsh plans to enter a plea for perjury for the lyons sisters murders. they disappeared from the mall. they believe that the man kidnapped them, killed them and buried them. >> two incidents are racing security concerns at cia headquarters in langley, virginia. thomas luu is expected to plead guilty today. her son was troubled and distraught by the

a pennsylvania man was stopped at the gate carrying a rifle and a dagger. court records say the man was trespassing. at the live desk, we have that big development in that fast moving wildfire in northern california. this man, damien pashlik was arrested in connection with the fire. the 40-year-old charged now with 17 counts of arson and that number could grow. another difficult day for firefighters, 100 miles north of san francisco. this fire still only 5% contained. police still trying to determine a motive for the person they allege to be an arsonist. also developing right now a man accused in deadly shootings outside of a mosque is expected to be arraigned today. oscar moore was

night in the death of a new york city imam and his associate. the crimes were caught on surveillance. charges were filed after a gun and clothes matching the man's descriks were found in his home. happening today, the fairfax city council will hold a special meeting to talk about an election for a new mayor. council members are expected to approve a date for that special election tonight. several medals are on the line today in day 11 of the rio olympics, including a chance for gymnast simone biles to win another medal. she and teammate aly raisman will compete. prince george's county gary russell will compete in quarters

april ross and kerri walsh jennings will also play semifinals in the beach volleyball. katie ledecky is revealing her special strategy. >> for the past three years, i've had 5.65. my goal that i set three year ago was .356 or better and i went 356. that was the 56, the 5 was 805 or better in the 800 and i went 804. >> yep. she's spectacular. and her method seems to be working very well. she heads to stanford university in the fall as a freshman. she was going to forego any professional swimming and she will swim for the stanford swimming team. >> we'll see.

19. >> i'm sure she will continue to dominate. two presidential candidates with two very controversial campaigns. how donald trump and hillary clinton are trying to sway voters despite recent opposition. a scathing report on metro safety. what the fta says the agency is doing that's putting passengers at risk. it is a storm team weather alert day not because of just the

it is a weather alert day today because those storms didn't help much in the humidity department. >> i don't know. i see that 69 bull run, chuck. that's decent. >> that's not bad. all you got to do is drive 40 miles to bull run and you can enjoy it. p.s., you'll be late for work. there are rain cooled spots in the upper 60s and low 70s once you get away from the urban heat island. boy, that's going to be a big part of the forecast again. could we make 100? you bet we could. the record is 102. heat advisory is in place. the heat index could be as high as 109 to 110 this afternoon. just like yesterday there will be a rain or thunderstorm trans coming -- chance

afternoon into this evening. probably not as much coverage as yesterday but any individual storm could be strong. friday, saturday, sunday, great weather at the oeft line for the beginning, middle parts of the weekend. could have storminess by sunday. if you prefer the mountains, temperatures in the 70s and 80s in shenandoah national park. rain looking lightly in the mountains on sunday. a couple of items of note as far as construction here this morning. on 66, westbound at the roosevelt bridge, dulles greenway, toll road looking

eastbound liberty road in frederick at routzahn road, you are looking fine. live look at beltway at river road. no problems. i'm angie goff here at the live desk, tracking power outages thanks to last night's wild weather. the hardest hit areas coming up. big development in a story we first brought to you yesterday. >> the connection between a multimillion dollar mansion on the hello, i am banking assistance and registration technology. hello! it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human.

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tracie potts is live on capitol hill. let's start with donald trump. he talked about extreme vetting in his speech yesterday. what does he mean by that? >> he's saying when people come to our country, we need to where they are coming. what he says he's going to come to the state department and get a list of those countries that are terrorist hot spots and temporarily halt any immigration for anyone coming from those countries. when people come in, they need extreme vetting. if they believe in sharia law, anything that's incompatible with the united states, they won't be allowed that. the question is how do you do that? >> what about hillary clinton? she's back in pennsylvania today. she spent a lot of time in that battleground state. who she is targeting her campaign to grow her lead there. >> she's targeting new voters. pennsylvania as you

she's got a significant lead there according to our latest polling, 11 points. but there are areas where donald trump is growing. white men particularly who are not college educated. it's one of the reasons that she hit scranton yesterday trying to hit some of those working class families. >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill for us. thank you. a new federal report just released about metro and the news is not good. the federal transit administration says between january 2012 and july of this year, metro train operators ran stop signals 68 times. the fta report blames factors like inattention, confusion on the operator's lack of familiarity and also poor communication between the train operator and the control center. metro responded saying it will work with the fta and meet all deadlines outline in the report. police are connecting a driveby shooting in mclean to a multimillion dr

the 20,000 square foot home inside the arlington county line. officers were called to the address twice between 5:00 and 6:30 sunday morning for reports of fighting. police believe a dispute that began here led to a driveby shooting in mclean sunday morning. >> led to four people leaving in one car and at some point near the intersection of dolley madison and kirby they stopped. a second car pulled up to the first car. a number of shots rang out. one of the victims in that vehicle called 911. our officers responding. those victims drove themselves to sibley hospital. >> authorities say two men were injured. a celebration of life will be held tonight to honor a family killed in a small plane crash in

children died on their way to the airport. authorities say something went wrong as they were trying to land. a german exchange student who was living with the family was also killed. happening today, we'll learn more about the break-up of a major criminal operation. maryland attorney general and the prince george's states attorney will hold a joint news conference this morning. they will discuss how several law enforcement agencies helped dismantle the group. starting thursday, howard county will allow residents five days of access to the wrecked buildings on main street in ellicott city. massive flooding devastated that entire area two weeks ago. the county wants neighbors, business owners and workers to clean things up and assess the damage. main street will be closed for at least three weeks for

after this, maybe even longer. angie goff here at the live desk. on this weather alert day. still dealing with a lot of problems from yesterday's storms. in fact, a lot of people waking up in the dark this morning. we have been checking minute by minute. in virginia, it looks like that's where we're seeing the most reported outages from dominion power. more than 4,000. most of those in fairfax county. in maryland, pepco reporting nearly 3,000 outages. prince george's county, bge is looking at 1445 and we can see there are some outages in saint mary's as well as charles county. we'll continue to track it. thank you. turn back to meteorologist chuck bell this morning and storms -- a few stormed rolled through here last night to speed things up. >> i thought when i opened the door, i would feel refreshing air. >> no. that's part of the trouble, the air mass that we've had has been so crazy, crazy humid, even w

you get the thunderstorms, you can only cool off as far as the due point. i can't get cooler than that. with dew points in the mid 70s, even rain cooled, that's as far as down you can go. after a blistering hot day yesterday as advertised, we didn't set a record yesterday. yesterday's record was 103. we made it to 100. my forecast was 98. three 100ss in a row at national airport. the last time we had more than three in a row, we had a four-day stretch of 100ing degree days, july 5th, 6, 7th, and 8th, four days in a robach in july of -- 22. faf through 8. anyway, i digress. there goes the rain chances from yesterday. all faded out. not much left of a rain chance early this morning. it's not all that cool. em

still. as far as chances for rain today, future weather does develop another chance for thunderstorms today, moving on to the i-95 corridor earlier than yesterday. yesterday's storms didn't really ramp up in the metro until after 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. today they may be earlier than that. because of high heat and humidity, another weather alert day today. afternoon temperatures way up in the 90s once again. probably won't touch 100. it will be close. the heat index once again in the extreme category for today. 105 to maybe as much as 109 or 10 degrees. stay hydrated. limit your time outside. check on your elderly neighbors and make sure your friendly pooch has a cool bowl of water. potential on thursday, 90 degrees. when the cooler weather arrives, that's next week. >> i'm looking forward to next week now. taking a look at our issue, downtown l. street sh

18th street at northwest. that's fire department investigation. had some other roads closed there. they have reopened. eastbound liberty road at route zahn way, all lanes eastbound are blocked by the crash. 270 down to the spur, 27 minutes. you are on time there. you don't have any worries there along 270 this morning. earlier road work that is now out of the way. taking a live look right now, 66 east of compton road, no problems eastbound or westbound. i'll see you in a couple of minutes with a live look in prince george's county. it is a shocking study that could explain why some kids have certain behavioral issues. what some women may have done during pregnancy that could be the cause. people fight for change all the time but to get their gar garage picked up? where neighbors say the trash is piling up. raise your hand if yawf ever dropped your phone in the water. hy

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. right now, we're mornth two developing stories. crews on the scene of a transformer fire. we're also working to get more information after a deputy-involved shooting inova hospital in fairfax. molette green is on the scene and will bring us

minutes. happening today, the google employee who was killed while out for a jog will be laid to rest. vanessa marrcott's body was found earlier. police have received more than 600 tips but no arrests have been made. in news for your health this morning, a possible link between children behavioral problems and a drug found in tylenol. british researchers studied thousands of women during their pregnancy, they found 5% who took aseat minute afin noticed behavioral issues with their children. it does not prove the drug directly causes development problems. a petition callingor

county to be increased to twice a week is gaining steam. trash bags are piling up on the street and no one is coming to pick them up. surrounding counties and the district have trash pick up once a week but they also supplied the last trash toters needed in advance of the change. the county has not. that coupled with missing days has led to trash pile-ups for some people. >> trash is picked up during different times of the day. sometimes it's late in the evening, early during the day, sometimes it's not picked up at all. >> we give the haulers, the people that pick up a trash about a month get used to the new routes but then after that month, when they miss a trash pick up, the county can fine them. >> county officials report that in june, trash haulers were fined more than $116,000 for missed trash and july for

they say the decline is due to fewer complaints. everyone hates dropping their phone and dropping it in the water maybe even worse, but apple could possibly be working to fix that problem. apple's plans are secret, as you might expect. we don't know exactly what they are working on. however, the company was just granted a brand-new patent to let you edit photos that were taken under water. the patent specifically mentions using that tech in iphone and ipads. there's a chance you could use it in the future. that means if you drop it in the water, it's not going to damage it. >> that would be interesting. stay with us. news 4 today continues right now at 5:00 a.m. we are following a major developing story now. someone was shot on the grounds of inova f