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news 4 at 11:00, begins with breaking news. breaking news right now in rio. three u.s. swimmers stuck in brazil, including maryland's jack conger. >> a brazilian judge questioning the story about the group getting robbed by police imp imporousinaters. lochte is back in the states. >> and his teammate stopped from going home. >> not only are u.s. swimmers stuck in

knocked out power to thousands in our area. >> standing by live in rio with the latest on the situation there. but we start with chief meteorologist in the storm sent -- center with what's happening outside. >> we saw some devastating winds out of these numerous trees down, power outages across the region and now we're seeing all of this move on out. it was 8, 9, 10:00 that these storms fired up across the region. once they came across the blue ridge, watch how they blossomed and you see tons of lightning associated with it. the strongest storms coming right through d.c. take a look at this. notice these are severe weather reports here. notice this one, severe weather report, 64 mile-per-hour winds in the city itself. again, we had numerous trees down

county. now, the whole system is moving out into the ocean. still a few showers left over. but we're in for a huge change, a much needed change after all the 95 to 100-degree weather we've seen. that is now gone. i'll show you what's moving in, in its play, coming up. they warned us about potential damage before the rain startd and tonight we've certainly seen the efelkfects across our area. fire crews responded to multiple called, because even though the rain was coming down extremely hard, we've seen sustained flashes of lightning and looking that down pour, you can see why flooding is the concern in certain parts of our area and the winds, we're also seeing evidence of what it did in washington d.c. a roof was partially blown off an apartment near k street on

695. they had to evacuate 50 people and they won't be allowed to go back inside the building. we just checked with the major power companies, right now more than 25,000 people don't have power. for now, at the live desk. i'm chris lauren. and now to the breaking nouz news out of rio where two american swimmers, including jack conger from rock vill got pulled off their flight home from the u.s. to talk to police in brazil. >> all of this stems from that reported armed robbery by fellow swimmer, ryan lochte. and questions about what actually happened that night. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, apparently the brazilian authorities are so convinced they are being lied to, they are rounding up swimmers, including two that

because they never gave a statement. this globo tv video shows the two swimmers taken off their plane and taken to the police station there. the u.s. consulate representative rushed down to meet them. so, did their lawyers. the one person they wanted to talk to, which is jimmy feegen, who did give a statement with ryan lochte about this reported armed robbery sunday morning. he checked in online. they were waiting for him with his picture at the airport. he never showed up. ryan lochte is back in the united states, so they cannot question him further. the police started feeling that they were lied to when they saw this video that was put out by the daily mail.com. it's from surveillance video of the security as the men were going back into the athletic village after they were allegedly robbed.

someone, a group that had just been robbed with a gun put to their heads, as ryan lochte claims and they had a lot of stuff in their pockets, including what looked like wallets they were putting into the bins to be checked when they said, ryan lochte said they had taken his money and his wallet. so, they went to seize their passports and everyone had left the village. this evening, ryan lochte did admit he might have embellished the story a bit. >> when he talked to me tonight, he said that's when the guy pointed the gun in my direction and cogged it. and i pointedly said to him, you had said before it was placed on your forehead and cogged and he said no, that's not exactly what happened and ib think he feels it was more of a traumatic

mischaracterization. sfwlr >> reporter: he was also asked there was a great deal of speculation and rumor that robbery story is a cover up for some kind of mischief that they may have gotten into that may have involved girlfriends or whatever or some trouble with a girlfriend or being with people they weren't supposed to be with. yaudau yaudau ya au they weren't supposed to be with. yaudau yaudau ya they weren't supposed to be with. yaudau yaudau ya au they weren't supposed to be with. yaudau yaudau ya yada, yada. and he said absolute lae not. this did happen. i'm not covering up for anyone. we'll see what happens to jack conger and bens being held tonight. >> what happens in rio. live with the latest on this story thanks so much. new information about the deadly explosion that the silver spring apartment complex, we've learned the national transportation safety board is among those

blast could be out by friday. until then, some people who live in the flower branch apartments tell us they're scared to go back home. meagan fitzgerald explains why. >> very scary. can't sleep at night. >> reporter: it has been a week since life changed for the neighbors who live here. many are moving out. while other families like felicia are trying to figure out what to do next. >> this is the car that my son and i slept in. >> reporter: this car and a hotel has been where she and her family have stayed ever since that night. >> he said honey, honey, you need to get up. there's fire. >> reporter: felicia has nightmares, constantly thinking about the traumatic night she woke up to a fiery explosion yar yards away from her home. >> because all of us were so scared seeing what

door to our neighbors. >> she and her husband come back only to get their belongings. they don't stay long. >> i told him, no. i can't do that. it's not time for me to do that. because i'm not sure what is going to happen. >> reporter: investigators haven't released a cause for what happened but say a gas leak hasn't been ruled out. it's why felicia said she's scared to cook and why she no longer feels safe in a place she once called home. >> life is too short. you can never prepare for everything. a new school year is upon us. and at bowie state university, there's a concern about campus housing shortage. we contacted bowie state and they said they implemented a new strategy to recruit freshman and it worked. over 1,000 freshman students are signed up for clasth

tonight, all 1300 spaces of on campus house rg filled with more than 300 students on a waiting list. they're working with the students on other housing options. first day is august 29th. today prince george's county executive says he's angry and extremely disappointed over the federal government's decision to stop funding the county's head start program. a federal investigation revealed some preschoolers were punished and humiliated, some forced to hold heavy boxes over their heads, another left to wander home alone crying. baker said this kind of treatment is unacceptable, but that the families, the 900 of the 932 children in the program shouldn't be punished. the county system can appeal the government's decision. baker has vowed to restore the 6

we're learning more about the party house that led to a drive-by shooting. >> reporter: news 4 has learned sunday was not the first time police have been called to the lavish italian style mansion. in fact, it was pt the first time that weekend. by phone, the 911 caller described the scene in the 200 block early saturday morning. >> coming up the hill right at the location of the house. up front there was traffic stopped coming the other direction. i saw people on the ground being kicked repeatedly. >> reporter: just 24 hours later, police would be called again. this time for a drive-by shooting just down the road on dolly madison bou

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complaints. and if you have a consumer problem, contact us by going to our website. doug is back with more of our weather. it was pretty wild for a while with the lightning and wind for a pretty long time. >> yeah, the lightning continues to persist. 20 to 30 minutes. it kind of sat over us for a while. i was watching from the conference room and saw one beautiful strike. it was quite nice. not nice for the people obviously that do not have power. we're talking nearly 25,000 still without power and fortunately, we've cooled the temperatures are now in the 70s instead of the 90s. so, maybe not quite as hot for some of the people without power. here are the storms early. look at them race on through the region. so many lightning strikes and one time i counted over 600 lightning strikes

so, intense lightning. the wind was really moving as well. 60 to 70 mile-per-hour winds with this storm. now it's all over the delmarva and for us, we're starting to wind things down just a bit. few showers, few sprinkles, but that's it. there's the storms way out towards the east. again, a few showers out to the west. most of these should die off and by tomorrow, i think we're looking at an okay morning. and they were down to 73, now coming up as we're starting to dry out. 75 with winds out of the southeast at 6 miles per hour. and 76 down towards fredricsberg and then we're going to see what's going on with the front. it will slowly shift down to the south. maybe a few clouds but all in all, not a bad thursday. matter of fact, i think looking pretty good. 7:00 a.m.,

the 70 degree mark. hot and humid by 4:00. we're at 90. we've seen eight consecutive days of 95 or better. we will not get there tomorrow. 90 degrees is what i'm going for tomorrow. nice day to maybe eat dinner outside. 89 williamsberg. nice all the way around. we were talking about when the really nice weather comes in. friday, 92, 89 on saturday. lower humidity. so, saturday 's comfortable. another good front on sunday. some of them, like today, could be strong, showers. and temperatures only in the low 80s for many of us and that puts some of you out towards the blue ridge into the upper 70s. overnight low temperatures in the morning in the 60s. some could be in the upper 50s. we're really going to look at great weather next week. so, as hot as its been, mother

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lnch all right, carol. rubber match. >> and it's the visual definition of what the rocky mountain air is about. it's good for hitters and bad for pitchers. and that's the day. you might hear a couple different numbers concerning bryce harper. and 461 feet, which would be the longest of the season for him. but espn game cast has it at 481 feet, which would be the longest of his career. so, we're going to go with that. there's no disputing where this happened. coors field. strau str

one to the gap and right. two runs come in easy third being sent and he clears the bases with a three-1 double. and later in the inning, more problems for straus. and you know it's bad when the pitcher is raking. he takes this to the wall in right. first career double for grey and a career worst nine runs allowed for strasburg in just oneinning. that's his career best homen r. check it out. 481 feet, 21st of the season but they cannot complete the come back and they go on to lose 12-10. started as a pretty night in baltimore. orioles hosting the red sox, bottom second. it's the birds down 1-0. until chris davis changes that with a crush. check out this monster shot to

25th home run of the season for crush. orioles even things at one. only problem, red sox can hit runs too. the ball, the straight away center. two-run shot, 4 rbi in the game for him and then mother nature had her say. this one in the 7th. red sox take it. it's called 8-1. back in ashburn, jordan reev, back to wowing us. check out this effort by the tight end. and he's hauling in the catch during individual drills. meantime, number 71, trent williams is still sidelines with knee soreness, sats uncertain for thursday's game. the big homecoming surprise for the skins, a completely renovated ping pong table, foosball and shuffleboard. players loving the upgrade. >> appreciate this time and

bonding with each other. ga got a little yare crufor us to be comfortable. >> nice lockerroom, nice ambience. bright. the other lockerroom was really, really dark. but this one's -- i think guys can really get used to it. >> we got some really outstanding football players. you should talk to the specialists. >> what about grey? >> olympics 2020? is

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