from the clinic on washington street in falls church. jules? >> reporter: hey, wendy. well, a frightening day finally beginning to come to a close for workers at this falls church office building. no one was injured today but the threats caused hours of disruption. falls church police not yet ready to say that the clinic inside this building was the target of the threats, but those who operate the health care center, they are sure that this was all aimed at them. this evacuation not long after noon was the second time employees were ordered out of this office building. the first time came around 9:00 a.m., after fireworks exploded on an elevator, sending smoke into the hallways. no one was injured. then around 12:30, someone discovered a bomb threat. >> there were two notes left by the rear door that said "bomb" on them. >> reporter: employees evacuated again for more than two hours this

k-9 teams helped falls church police check the large building. nothing was found. still this tenant was shaken. >> how concerned has this made you? >> this place is not safe. >> are you truly worried? >> yeah. >> reporter: the best-known tenant here, the falls church health care center, a clinic that provides abortions. an employee read a statement by the clinic owner, making it clear they believe they were the target of the threats. >> pro-choice health care centers have experienced an increase in harassments, threats, and the presence of protesters since the election. >> lord is with me. >> reporter: anti-abortion activists are a daily sight outside this building. this group had to leave the grounds like everyone else. they say this kind of threat runs counter to their peaceful protests, protests designed to convince women not to go to the clinic's third-floor office. >> this building is a very sad building. i just spoke with some of the tenants that

their businesses here, and they do not like the fact that there's an abortion clinic in this building. so i'm not saying that has anything to do with the bomb threat, but i'm saying, this is a very sad building. >> reporter: now detectives are working to find out who is behind the threats. now, police are going to be looking, i'll be telling you on news4 at 6:00, where police will be looking for evidence and whether there will be a connection to a similar threat several months ago here. back to you. >> all right, julie carey. and we continue to follow more breaking news, this time in montgomery county. a girl is stabbed at a bus stop in front of a school. >> and the attacker is a fellow teenager. jackie bensen has the details. you have an update. >> reporter: we do. preliminarily, police believe the 14-year-old teenager d

even though it happened just off school property. luckily, the young woman who was stabbed, 14 also, has injured that are described as non-life-threatening. but still, a very, very serious thing happening just as school is letting out and flowing toward university at the end of the day. right now, police are questioning the young man. they have him, they're talking to him. we understand that the young woman, the 14-year-old, is being treated at a local hospital. live in silver spring, jackie bensen, news4. >> who moves this city! >> we move this city! >> reporter: metro workers turn their backs on the general manager, walk out, and then form a human chain around the headquarters. the rift between paul weed felt and the union appears to be widening. adam tuss was there when it all

went down. it was a pretty tense scene. you were live tweeting during the meeting. workers are trying to make some kind of statement. what is their main sticking point? >> reporter: so right now, jim, contract negotiations are under way between the union, the largest union in the metro system, and management. and really, the main sticking point, as we understand it, has to do with a raise and some pensions, but make no mistake, the blood has been bad between this union and the metro general manager. a lot of it goes back to the fact that this general manager has been taking a harder stand against this union than previous general managers have. it goes back to workers who have been fired for the issues with the derailments, things that you've seen. but it really hit a tipping point today and all of this is coming as we talked about the sick-out. these workers here turned their back on the general manager and the metro board and then marched out of metro headquarters, take a listen to this one metro union member. >> respect

for the authority. and offer us a fair contract that won't hurt our families or our communities. who runs this city! >> we run this city! >> who moves this city! >> we move this city! >> reporter: i think it's fair to say, guys, that tensions between the metro union and metro management are the worst they've ever been. >> adam, we also learned some new details about that meltdown on the morning commute on that red line. what are we hearing now from metro about this morning and any danger of that happening again tonight? >> reporter: so for right now, jim, service is back up and running along the red line. this happened at metro centre where we are this morning, right at the heart of the morning rush. it was an electrical spark that escaped and ignited another piece of track equipment, and that caused some smoke in this area. and then metro actually went down and

after the initial closure to take care of some of the original problems that were out there. so you had two shutdowns of the red line today that caused major disruptions for commuters in this area. but they say everything is back up and running right now. and this general manager has said, when something like this happens, he's not taking any more chances. he's shutting things down until they get fixed right, and then he'll re-open the system when he feels like it's safe. >> adam tuss, busy day for you, thank you. and we are learning new details this evening about a man accused of killing a state trooper in delaware. this started at a convenience store where police say the man shot the trooper and it ended 15 miles away with the suspect being killed after a stand-off that went on all night long. drew smith from our sister station in philadelphia has the latest. >> reporter: a spishs car, first captured stephen ballard's

inside. hea then asked the passenger, identified as bergen sealy to step out. there was a struggle. sealy pulled out a gun and started shooting. corporal ballard attempted to run. for cover behind a parked vehicle. >> reporter: state vehicle got emotional describing the events. they say sealy ran after the trooper, still nfiring. >> and the cop went down, he shot him, like i said, pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: sealy got away, ending on his phone. he confessed to a family member who called 911. as a s.w.a.t. team moved in, the violence continued. >> the suspect fired multiple rounds at the officers. >> reporter: then at 4:00 this morning, more gun shots from inside the house. >> we know he was well armed and equipped. >> reporter: police t

gain entry from blowing out the windows. 9:15 a.m. he emerged with weapons and police fired. >> this is a tragic time. >> reporter: police did not go into detail about sealy's criminal history, but we know he was arrested a few years back in florida on weapons and drugs charges. >> corporal stephen ballard, who was killed in the shooting at the convenience store, has ties to our area. he graduated high school in prince george's county. coming up in our next half hour, meagan fitzgerald will be sitting down with one of ballard's mentors. pretty nice day out there across our region. plenty of sunshine out there now and temperatures have moved into the 80s. you can see what i'm talking about. a few clouds from time to time. temperature wise, we're on the mild side and no rain right now. but showers

of a frontal boundary. couple of thunderstorms back to the west. we'll talk about how those could impact our area overnight. but the temperatures, nice and warm. 82, hagerstown, 79, d.c. just how warm will we get this weekend? i've got your forecast. see you in about ten minutes. >> thank you, doug. round two in the caps' quest for the cup, and it's none other than the rival pittsburgh penguins coming to washington. news4 carol maloney joins us live from verizon center. here we go. >> reporter: i've been counting since game six last year when they got knocked out. it was excruciating, right? two best teams in hockey. caps have been the best team in hockey the last two years. the critics say, show me in april, show me in may. ovechkin, three presidents trophies, never gotten out of the second round. barry trotz said he wanted a culture change and when he became head coach, he changed a sign in the locker room. the o

who, in not now, when? >> when, when, when, that's all you get. every time you step on the ice, you win, you win, you win. and you will break through. i can't tell you when, but i can tell you, it will happen if you have that mind-set. >> reporter: part of the new mind-set, blacking out critics who call them the choking capitals. >> i don't think anyone is too happy about being labelled that. but i think it's the approach that he wants us to take every day just not being satisfied with where we're at and keeping everything moving forward. >> it's about getting to the dance every year. if you put a good group together and you get to the postseason and you're playing good hockey, there's going to be those moments that you have to own and that are going to make or break you. but if you're there, if you're playing in those games, sooner or later, you're going to get success if you play the right way. >> when winning becomes a part of you that is just an

occurrence, i think that you can just go out and not have to worry about it. >> if you have a culture and a winning tradition, where winning is very important and it is a high standard, then you will breakthrough. i just couldn't tell you when. >> reporter: couldn't tell you when, when will they win a cup? that's still a question. but this franchise believe it will happen. they're going to go a long way finding out if this is the year to take care of the penguins and the series starts tonight. jim, i know you like that sign, that says, if winning is a tradition, success is limitless. >> i love it. >> let's hope it's true. >> it's going to work, fingers, toes, everything we got. thanks so much. we're working for you every step of the way. saturday night, join erika gonzalez and leon harris for an hour-long special, we're calling the news4 power play. then at 8:00, you'll see the caps and the penguins in game

and only on 4, tonight a woman who was sentenced for a crash that nearly killed a maryland state trooper. tonight that officer tells us whether he believes justice was done, and he talked about the story of his recovery. >> i still have a therapy and doctors every week. it's just a full -- still an uphill battle, still a lot going on. and you're looking for a new doctor, but can you trust those online reviews? doreen gentzler joins us in the studio with the imp

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president trump's former national security adviser once again in the spotlight as the pentagon looking into payments that michael flynn received from foreign groups despite a warning against doing that. flynn received money from russian interestsor

and his company had a lobbying contract with a turkish businessman. today the white house blamed the obama administration for renewing flynn's security clearance last year, months after he went to moscow for a paid appearance. when asked about their own vetting, sean spicer appeared to together the transition team did not run a new background check on flynn. meanwhile, republicans are renewing their effort on repeal and replace obamacare. the conservative freedom caucus signed off yesterday and the trump administration now approaching its 100th day is looking for a legislative win. >> the president wants a vote and wants a health care system as soon as possible. but that's going to be dictated by the speaker, the majority leadership and the majority whip in the house, when they feel they have the votes. >> joining us now is casey hunt. the white house is fng

stand and do you have any insight on a timeline for a vote? >> reporter: they're feeling confident and they're pressuring republican leaders. but the concern here from leadership is the fact that the changes that they made to this building, yes, it may have brought along many of these conservative members who stonewalled the entire project last time around, they now say, okay, we've come to a compromise, but it's come at a cost. and there are moderate republicans who are worried about it, particularly a provision that would allow states to potentially charge people more money or allow states to let insurers charge people with pre-existing conditions more money for their health insurance, which they're not allowed to do under obamacare right now. that has more moderate republicans wondering about whether they'll face a re-election challenge, for example, and potentially they have people in their states who rely on the medicaid expansion among other things. so i think the vote counting is st

that's why you don't necessarily have a timeline on a vote. the white house would love to see this before the president's hundredth day in office this weekend. if not maybe the following week. but at this point, i just don't see that as being realistic at this point in time. they certainly do not have the vote count where it would need to be for that as of right now. >> and of course, the house is a big hurdle, but where does the effort go once it reaches the senate? >> well, that's again, the big question. that's part of the problem in the house as well. because it's a difficult vote for some moderate republicans. the reality s once they finish it, they send it to the senate. the senate is likely to make major changes to it. there's so much in the bill that republican senators are taking issue with, quite frankly. and a lot of it would get re-written. so they'd have to take a tough vote only to see it change entirely. that's a difficult position to be in. so i think we're a very long way from this being something that president trump could sign into law. >> stay tuned, casey hunt, thanks so much.

tuned after news4 at 6:00, to "nightly news" for all the latest coverage from the nbc political team on the hill and at the white house. don't you hate it when you suddenly learn that your doctor is no longer taking your insurance? now what do you do? now you gotta find a new doctor. but what do you look for when you're choosing one? and can you trust those online reviews? doreen gentzler has important details you need to know. >> 60% of consumers say the online reviews are important when picking a health care provider. kind of like the way you pick a restaurant or a plumber. but a new study says that may not be such a good idea. consumer reports is looking into it. >> reporter: j.c. hasn't had a medical check-up since he left his last doctor two years ago. he's been checking out possible internists on two doctor review websites for months, but says so far, he hasn't been persuaded. >> when

sites, you don't get enough information to really make a good decision about a doctor. >> reporter: the problem, according to a new study in jama, is that websites often have too few patient reviews to be meaningful. >> the jama study found that some doctors only had one review, and many had fewer than seven. and we don't think that's enough feedback for such an important decision. >> reporter: and you'll probably have to dig further for sensitive background information that could be critical to your choice. >> you won't find information on malpractice claims, sanctions, or medical board actions on certain review sites. for those, you'll need to dig through state medical board records, and they may not be so easy to navigate. >> reporter: consumer reports recommends to get a more thorough picture of a doctor, make the effort to check state medical board records. the website doc info.org is a

you'll get a link to the state agency if there's been action against the doctor. also, research the hospital with which the doctor is affiliated. consumer reports' hospital ratings are a good resource for this. unhappy with the online reviews he saw, j.c. is relying on old-fashioned word of mouth and will try his wife's primary care physician. doc info.org is the website to check. it's really easy to use. word of mouth always a good way to go. consumer reports says doctors should be more forth coming and they're calling for rules for doctors to inform patients if they're on probation, for example. >> doreen, thanks so much. prescription pills in the wrong hands. tonight, how police in loudoun county, using an incident involving xanax and middle schoolers to reach out to parents. and there's a chance that some rain could s

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all right, doug joins us. good day to be outdoors. what are you doing in here? >> and what is this rain that you're talking about? >> before the break, you sounded like stymie from little rascals. this might just ruin our plans! >> sparky. >> don't worry about it. >> spanky. >> spanky. >> they used to call me sparky because i used to cover a lot of thunderstorms. i'm not kidding. okay, onward, onward. >> i'm enjoying listening to you two. keep going, i got plenty of time. let's take a look and show you what's happening. plenty of sunshine, some cloud cover as well. warm temperatures and a little bit on the humid side today. 79 degrees. temperatures around this same number, 7:00, dropping through the 70s. a very nice night, but notice at 11 bei 11:00, we have showers in the

84, huntingtown. a warm one for sure. and radar not showing anything in the immediate area, but look what's coming. we have this frontal boundary, cold front back to the west, moving on through. really cold air north and west of chicago, in the 30s here and take a look at those be innumbe, 35, minneapolis. we'll stay on the warm side through the next couple of days. showers tonight, 6:00, no problem. 8:00, still fine around our region. but activity to the west, toward the shenandoah valley. if you live there, you have a better chance of rain. by 10 or 11:00, widely scattered showers. the storm system is falling apart as it moves to the east. by tomorrow morning, we'll see sunshine during the day and we're talking mostly sunny skies on our friday afternoon. we call it a fantastic friday. 82 degrees, mostly

and nice across our region. less humid too. so tomorrow, i think, really a fantastic day for sure. 90 on saturday. 30% chance of afternoon storms. i don't think they'll have too big of an impact on your weekend. but that's something we'll watch out there for sure. sunday, still a tough forecast. are we 75 or 85? and some areas will be that. to the north, cooler. to the south, warmer. 83 degrees on monday. in the 70s tuesday and wednesday. next big storm coming thursday and friday. something we'll be watching. but right now, do we hit 90 on saturday? i think some of us will. >> it's been a while, doug, thank you. when sparky and i come back, a big night ahead for the caps. we are rocking the red. up next, barbara harris talks to ted leonsis about d.c. being the only city with two teams in the playoffs. >> she's been sentenced to jail forle

under the influence of alcohol, hitting a maryland state trooper and causing life-threatening injuries. this is chris gordon with a story you'll see only on

you're watching news4 at 5:00. tonight at 5:30, a state trooper killed in the line of duty in delaware, and his ties to our area. prince george's county. plus, an effort to keep prescription pills out of the hands of teenagers after several are sickened at a local school. but first, let's head back into wendy in the studio. justice for a maryland state trooper who was nearly killed by a drunk driver. that driver learned her fate today. the judge called the sentencing a difficult decision. news4's chris gordon has the story. >> reporter: a judge sentenced puja to 18 months in jail for hitting and almost killing a maryland state trooper while driving under the influence of alcohol. she u

crash. >> i respect the judge had a very difficult decision today. and no one wins in these cases. >> reporter: last june her lek us smashed into a police cruiser at a traffic stop. the trooper was hospitalized with brain injuries so severe that the doctors told his wife it's a miracle he lived. she shared photos at the sentencing hearing and broke down in tears telling the judge how much he's suffered. >> it's just a whirlwind of emotions and it all came crashing down. but honestly, the biggest emotion would be joy because my husband's still here today. >> reporter: tyler dressel had been named trooper of the year in 2015. >> before this accident, i had a good career, i had a path to, you know, a future with state police and everything and now everything's up in the air. >> reporter: when puja gets out of jail, she'll have to perform 300 hours of community service, speaking about the dge

>> i'm pleased with it, and hopefully she'll learn her lesson and go out there and educate the public. >> reporter: ahead how trooper dressel and his wife today remembered their friend noah leeota, the montgomery county police officer who was killed by a drunk driver and whose death led to the passage of noah's law, with tough restrictions on people who drive drunk. chris gordon, news4. now to the latest out of delaware, where a state trooper has been shot and killed this evening. the suspected gunman is also dead after a stand-off that lasted all night. it all began at a wawa here when police tell us a man shot and killed corporal stephen ballard. the man has been identified as burgon sealy, who then hid in his home. officers shot and killed him when he finally came out this morning. corporal ballard had close ties to our region. he went to high school in prince george's county and our meagan fitzgerald is here now. you talked wit

mentors from high school. >> yeah. and he had nothing but praise for this trooper, really great words of the time that he mentored him, which was 15 years. he describes him as a born leader. and he says, when he was a teenager, he joined an organization called the civil air patrol. it offers young people a chance to work closely with the air force, gives them an opportunity for leadership opportunities. but those closest to ballard say he was destined to make his community proud. >> he always had a passion to do something in that realm, where he was serving and helping people in need. i think that's how he saw being a state trooper too, somewhere where he can help people in need. >> reporter: serving and helping complete strangers is something he said ballard was born to do. shortly after graduating buoy high school, ballard was promoted to cadet commander in the civil air patrol, being in charge of a hundred cadets in his squadron. but paul said it was his

bear, i guess you could say. everyone enjoyed being around him. he was always, you know, the one that everyone liked to talk to. >> reporter: being a delaware state trooper is something paul says ballard was most proud of, because every day he could help and protect the lives of people in his community. and on wednesday afternoon, he gave his own life doing just that. >> remember him that he had a big heart, always there to help people. and he will definitely be missed by everyone here and i'm sure everyone in delaware. >> paul says ballard leaves behind a young wife and a child. earlier today i had a chance to speak with a man who was mentored by ballard. he said he was like a brother he never had and kept on pushing him to do the right thing. that certainly shows you that he was willing to pay it forward. in two hours, the puck drops as the caps continue the que

pittsburgh penguins. barbara harrison talked with the owner about his confidence in the team bringing a title to the district and those sometimes fickle fans. >> there's a lot of cities right now that don't have this level of excitement. people aren't coming into town. so we're blessed right now when we're the only organization that has both an nhl and an nba team that's still playing. >> at the beginning of the season, did you think you could ever be here again? i mean, you've been here before. >> yes, i had a lot of confidence in our team, our front office, our coaches, and we're right where we expected. we have very, very high expectations and aspirations and i hope we can one day bring a championship to the great fans of washington, d.c. >> reporter: tell me about these penguins. they bother you a little bit? >> no, the penguins are a great, great franchise. atlanta hawks are a great franchise. we're all in like a brotherhood. but when the puck

what they want. and they won the stanley cup last year, and that's our goal this year. >> reporter: does it bother you at all that the fans are so excited and happy and always behind the teams and then all of a sudden, there's a loss and they are so mad and they don't like the players anymore, until the next game? >> yeah, i had one fan two days ago say, i was the greatest owner in sports and the next day saying i should sell the team, the worst owner in sports. no, i love our fans. there's nothing they can say or do that would make me not want to be appreciative and understand the situation that a fan is in. they want what we want. we want to uplift our community. what i want most is really to bring a championship for our city for these great fans. a northern virginia mom asked to leave a church service because she was breast-feeding. the latestea

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your family? consumer reporter susan hogan just wrapped up a facebook live segment with a tax adviser who breaks down the plan overall and looked at how you could be impacted. he also answers a lot of questions. you can watch now on the nbc washington facebook page. reebok is getting down and dirty, so to speak, with nordstrom's. yesterday we told you about the muddy jeans the retailer is hocking for more than 400 bucks. today reebok is pretending to roll out new gear too. it posted a $424 sweatshirt. that looks like a t-shirt to me. the shirt has sweat stains, i get it, that the company says are, quote, for those that don't have time to put in the real work. oh, boy. but don't pick up your phone to try and order one. the shirt was never actually for

>> it was a joke. it was a joke. okay. >> it's way beyond april fool's. news for your health. the surprising link doctors are making between smoking and autism. an investigation under way at this middle school involving prescription drugs, one in particular, xanax, apparently being spread around to several students. ahead on news4, we get the answer to two questions in particular. one, how wides

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montgomery county. it's a car crash on i-370 in gaithersburg. apparently one person is injured at least. the ramp from the westbound 370 to southbound 270 is blocked, shut down really while police investigate. as you can imagine, traffic is backed up for quite a while in the heart of rush hour at 5:45. prescription pills are getting into the wrong hands and loudoun county sheriff is investigating an incident that involved middle schoolers. authorities are hoping it teaches parents a lesson. david culver has the story. >> reporter: it began last week here at river bend middle school in sterling, involving seven students. >> friday we had some students show some symptoms of maybe having an interaction with the drug they shouldn't have had. >> reporter: xanax, or its generic form, according to the sheriff. a pill used to treat

>> the kids get a hold of it and don't realize how harmful the drugs can be. >> reporter: the students, checked out by the nurses and sent home to parents. no reports of any serious injuries. while it's not clear where the drug came from, the school system says there's a lesson for all parents. >> people have to learn, what's in your medicine cabinet, especially if it's a painkiller or antidepressant or sedative, can be very dangerous in the wrong hands. >> reporter: mike chapman has 23 years with drug enforcement and said prescription drugs can be just just as deadly. >> some people are prescribed drugs and leave them in their medicine cabinet. if you're done with them, get rid of them. >> reporter: best way to do it, a drop

station. loudoun county is still investigating, but warns not to believe everything on social media. >> we don't want people to believe it's a widespread epidemic or that people are being poisoned. >> reporter: the sheriff has decided to shift his attention to river bend where we'll meet with the community, take any concerns from parents and give his input. that's going to be at 7:00 tonight. reporting in loudoun county, i'm david culver, news4. >> david, thank you. a northern virginia mother is getting positive and negative reaction on social media today after she says she was kicked out of church for breast-feeding. annie pagaro talked about what happened to her on sunday during a facebook live video. she says she was approached twice as she breast-fed without a cover inside summit church in springfield. she said

told her it was against church policy to nurse openly. here's what she said happened before she was escorted out. >> one woman sat next to me and started to cover up autumn with a fleece blanket. i'm like, no, please don't cover her up, she's fine. >> virginia law gives mothers the right to breast-feed anywhere they are legally allowed to be. there is no exemption for religious institutions. news4 reached out to the church for comment. we are still waiting to hear back. in news for your health, there's a new study that could link smoking to autism. researchers found a woman who smokes while pregnant may increase our granddaughter's risk of getting autism. researchers anlidsed data from 14,000 children and found that girls whose maternal grandmothers smoked while

experts think if a baby girl is exposed to smoke in the womb, it may affect her developing eggs. today is a day of action for students, alumni and friends of historically black colleges and universities. they came from all over the country to capitol hill, they held a rally on the hill to urge congress to support predominantly black institutions of higher learning. they want increased funding for students and more access to federal research grants. the group says hbcus are sustaining the middle class. to get a good teatioeducati kid has to go to class. an i belong here program is steering students toward college. >> for these students in prince george's county this bus ride was more than a field trip. >> i want to succeed, yeah. >> reporter: the optimism,

infectious. eighth grader lesley cruz says just being on the campus is inspiring. >> i'm going to be like the first person to go to college in my family. i want to succeed in what i'm doing right now. >> reporter: the pep rally at buoy state is a reward for seventh and eighth graders from ward middle school, andrew jackson academy and massy academy. officials say truancy at the three targeted schools is down, while attendance is up, from 70 to more than 90% in three years. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: state's attorney angela brooks personally congratulated them. they're part of the i belong here truancy reduction initiative. >> what we know for sure is that there is a pipeline that goes from a failed education directly to the criminal justice system, and we are here interrupting that. we know we have to do it earlier and earlier.

students hope their new friends follow in their foot steps. >> i got an opportunity to come to a university. not many people get the chance to come to the university and i'm very happy that i can come and be like a college person. >> i want to, like, come back 30 years and let my mom say to me, i'm proud of you. >> reporter: mark these students present. kristin wright, news4. a rare total solar eclipse happening this summer. you are not gonna want to miss it, folks. the first total eclipse visible from coast to coast since 1918. check it out on the summer solstice in june and the u.s. postal service is celebrating it with a unique stamp. this forever stamp is the first of its kind to use heat sensitive ink. touch the stamp with your finger and the heat transforms the image of the black-out

and the eclipse -- >> it reappears. >> it reappears when you remove your finger. there's also a map on the back of the stamp showing the eclipse's diagonal path across the u.s. so use your finger, do not try to lick that stamp. i wouldn't. that's pretty cool looking. >> and probably that's the safest way to see an eclipse. i remember we had to make these contraptions, little boxes. >> and in our area, you'd want to head down to charleston, that would be a good spot to view it. >> road trip, june, charleston. >> reservations now for dinner. >> and a good christmas present, the stamps are for me. i'll take them. >> check her off the list. got it. >> we finally warmed up. talked about it feeling like june into the weekend. we have our first

hitting 90 on saturday. that's your second weather headline. for tomorrow, it's warm, it's nice, though. today it did feel a little bit ug my out there. we'll lose the mugginess tomorrow. maybe a late-day thunderstorm on saturday with the heat and and humidity. not a huge threat, but we'll be monitoring it for you. and we're watching sunday not for severe weather, but it's a tricky forecast. right now, it looks like we'll have highs around 80 degrees and for the most part, part lly to mostly cloudy skies. outdoor eating, it's a little too muggy for my liking. that's why tomorrow is going to be wonderful. not only is it a friday night, it will feel more refreshing and with the chance for a storm on saturday, might not be the best day. but if you have that barbecue, friends coming over, download our app, check the cadar and see if there's any storms. pollen report today, the trees back in the high range. mold spores, low to moderate. trees will stay high into the weekend. temperatures also goio

right now, we're around 80 degrees. a high tomorrow, still in the low 80s. despite this area of rain, a cold front that will bring scattered showers overnight tonight. the time period for the present, 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. by tomorrow morning, we're dry, the sunshine's out. lunch time, mid 70s and a high tomorrow of 82. very similar today except for the lower humidity levels. take a look at your ten-day forecast and the weekend, 90 on saturday, scattered late-day thunderstorms possible. plenty of clouds, mainly dry on sunday, 80. and more late-day showers, maybe strong winds on monday with a high of 83. >> and we are continuing to follow our breaking news from gaithersburg. major traffic issues onnure thursday afternoon on i-370 afte

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there is a new message in frederick county, to show the impact of opiate and heroin addiction and the lives it's claiming in the region. jordan lindsay has our story. >> as the numbers go up on this signage, i believe that the community will see the impact it's making throughout the community and this is a nationwide problem. >> reporter: those who pass by will be able to know the exact number of overdoses and lives lost on a daily ba

heroin and opioid use in frederick county, maryland. >> on average, we have one overdose every day, and on average, one fatality about every ten days. and the statistics are getting worse. some of the drugs that are being mixed in with heroin and opioids and fentanyl are becoming more powerful. >> reporter: so powerful that it impacts family members as well. >> my son was an addict. about four years ago, he had become clean eight months before. he passed away about four months ago. >> my son was taking prescription painkillers and he was unfortunately moved on to shoot up heroin. and my husband was addicted to percocet prescribed by the doctor. >> reporter: officials who put the sign together say the numbers are interchangeable, showing just how serious the heroin issue is. >> we're fearful of seeing more fatalities. we wanted

is not an urban or rural problem. it's a problem that's here. and we need people to be aware of it, to talk about it, and we need the entire community to engage in the fight against the epidemic. >> reporter: similar signs are also located in ann arundal and hartford counties to represent the toll addiction has there. news4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> that's right. we're following breaking news in gaithersburg at this hour. chopper 4 is over the scene of a crash on i-370, a car and a motorcycle collided. both ended up off the high into the woods. one person was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. traffic is being turned around on the highway. and the ramp from westbound 370 to southbound 270 is blocked off while police investigate. as you can imagine, the accident is causing big delays during the evening rush. also tonight, a

office building targeted twice. an investigation is under way after a small blast sparked a big police presence and threatening messages were left behind. still a lot of questions as we come on the air tonight. >> what we know, someone set off fireworks and left bomb threats inside a building that includes a health clinic that performs abortions. and although no one was hurt, there's a possibility it could be connected to another threat t at the same clinic months ago. jules? >> reporter: well, good evening, this aging office building along south washington street, just a few blocks from downtown falls church, well known to police and passers by, because it's the scene of daily anti-abortion demonstrations. up on the third floor, there's an abortion clinic and already they're blaming today's threats on a spike in protest activity here and across