family is devastated. through her tears, a relative kept asking why, why this happened. and you're about to hear from an eyewitness who answered some of those questions. behind me, a memorial being built out of stuffed animals and balloons for little xavier, who was killed crossing livingston road. >> reporter: his family brought him to the park for a cook-out and a party. it was xavier luckey's sixth birthday, but the party ended in tragedy. >> i heard a boom and i heard a holler. >> reporter: shannon smith says she saw xavier hit by a truck while crossing livingston road. there were other kids who crossed before him. so high thought he could make it. he's only 6. >> reporter: there was no adult helping him cross? >> there were adults out here, but he's 6 years old and he's a little boy. but it's not even up to xavier, it's up to you coming down the street. you know what i'm saying. slow do,

going. >> reporter: xavier's cousin said he was like a brother to her 5-year-old son. >> why? like, why? he was such a little boy, he doesn't deserve that. >> reporter: xavier was a kindergarten student in southeast. >> it's very devastating. devastating. this tragedy of the young boy that got killed. >> reporter: what will you tell your children? >> be very careful when you're crossing the street. look both ways. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00, how the school will help its young students deal with death at such an early age, when they return to class tomorrow. that's the latest from livingston road in southeast, washington. back to you. >> such an awful story. thank you, chris. and this is an example of why all of us need to be careful about young children, especially as we have warmer weather and longer days.

killed in traffic crashes in 2015, according to the nhtsa, that showed more than 70,000 pedestrians were injured. among those killed, more than a fifth were children under the age of 14. leon harris here at the live desk with the developing story right in the heart of midtown manhattan. one person is killed, nearly two dozen are hurt when a car drove onto the sidewalk in times square. this happened in the middle of the lunch hour, one of the busiest tourist spots in our country. the car traveled three blocks, mowing down pedestrians before hitting a traffic pole. the driver is richard rojas, a 26-year-old man from the bronx, with two previous dwi charges. >> further investigation is ongoing. at this point, as the mayor said, there's no indication that this incident was terrorism related. >>

identified as an 18-year-old woman. everyone else is expected to survive. law enforcement sources are saying rojas blew a 0.0, but say he may have smoked something before the crash. we'll hear from witnesses coming up in the next ten minutes. >> thank you. new at 5:00 tonight, family and faith leaders came together today to hold a vigil for an undocumented immigrant detained by i.c.e. in fairfax county. lilliana cruz is a mother of two, she was detained at the fairfax field office during a regular check-in this morning. the group says she has no criminal record. cruz's father begged for her not to be deported. she has lived in virginia for 11 years now and she's in danger of getting moved out of the country tonight. they say this is just one example of how the trump administration is stepping up deportations of people with no criminal record. there's

today to help d.c. schools respond to fears about deportation and protect students. karl racine dereleased the guidance. he said all kids have the right to free primary and secondary education regardless of immigration status and citizenship. schools can ask for warrants before allowing police to enter school property that's not open to the public. open our nbc washington app. for more on the guidance, search immigration guidance. traffic in northwest, d.c., is still a challenge tonight because of the water main break that shut off service to hundreds of homes and businesses as well as to the pentagon. the rupture also highlights the age of our underground infrastructure. as news4's mark segraves reported yesterday, the broken pipe dates back to before the civil war. mark is live at the site of the sink hole tonight to tell us more about what happened and why every d.c. water customer has a special fee on their

mark? >> reporter: yeah, good evening, doreen. you can see work has been continuing here around the clock since this water main broke yesterday. but we just got ufa the phone with an official for d.c. water who had bad news for people whose commute has been impacted. they say this work is going to continue throughout the weekend and it's unlikely macarthur boulevard will re-open until sometime next week. the leak started breaking through the surface yesterday afternoon in the 4500 block of macarthur boulevard northwest. the trickle became a gusher, pouring thousands of gallons of water onto the street, causing this sink hole in the middle of the street. it took d.c. water crews some time to locate the correct valve to turn off the water, because there are five large water mains underneath the road, servising homes and businesses in the palisades neighborhood, and across to the

yesterday was installed in 1860. the turn-off valve is just as old and can't be turned off by hand. >> this is not the only valve that we had to isolate. we also had a few valves down at the key bridge. aging underground sewer systems are not unique to the district. this footage shows the sewer running beneath constitution avenue, it dates back to the 1800s as well. because it's so small, it's the reason raw sewage is forced into the potomac river during heavy rains. d.c. water officials say it was fortunate this valve had recently been checked as part of an ongoing replacement and maintenance program. >> periodically exercise those valves. turn them on, turn them off. make sure they work. and then in an emergency, if we need to shut off the water in a pinch, we can do it. thankfully that paid off. >> reporter: now you can see

aging infrastructure are replacement parts. that's of the things crews are waiting for, a part to be shipped in from massachusetts. but that probably won't happen until sometime after the weekend. how all of this is being paid for. if you're a d.c. water customer, there's a line item that we all pay every month so they can do this type of maintenance, repair, and replacement. coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you how much each one of us is paying for that, and how long that will appear on your bill. jim, back to you in the studio. >> i can't believe how old that pipe was. mark, thank you. we're getting our first look tonight at the new chelsea manning. she posted this photo on social media this afternoon. the transgender army soldier tweeted the picture with the caption, quote, so here i am, everyone. she transitioned into a woman while serving time in prison for

documents to wikileaks. president obama commuted her sentence before he left office and she served seven years of a 35-year sentence. chelsea of known as bradley manning when originally convicted back in 2013. president trump says today he respected the move to appoint a special counsel in the russia investigation, but he appeared to lash out at the decision earlier, the president calling it, quote, the single greatest witch-hunt of a politician in american history. speaking at the white house, the president denied asking former fbi director james comey to end the investigation into michael flynn. he also doubled down on his witch-hunt comments. >> there's no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign. but i can always speak for myself and the russians, zero. >> have you had any recollection where you've wondered if anything you have done is something that might be worthy of criminal charges or

are implying? >> i think it's totally ridiculous. everybody thinks so. we look forward to getting this whole situation behind us. >> the president also said he'll be announcing a new fbi director, quote, very soon. following the appointment of that special counsel for the russia investigation, deputy attorney rod rosenstein was back on capitol hill today. rosenstein spoke in a closed session, with the entire senate. one democratic senator said rosenstein told them he learned about the president's decision to fire james comey and then wrote a memo with that rationale. others say rosenstein did not answer all of their questions, saying he didn't want to step on the investigation by the special counsel. so how did we get to this point? april 25th, ros rosenstein confirmed by a overwhelming bipartisan vote to be deputy attorney general. he takes the helm of the russia investigation after attorney ge

himself. just two weeks into that new role, rosenstein was cited by the white house as the reason the president fired james comey. less than 48 hours later, the president told lester holt he already planned to fire the fbi director and mentioned the russia investigation had been on his mind. fast forward to last night when rosenstein received bipartisan praise for appointing fbi director robert mueller as special counsel to that investigation. the commute just got a bit better for the 20,000 people who drive, walk, or take the bus to the crystal city metro station. today arlington county leaders showed off the new transportation hub on 18th street south, under the route one bridge. the center has four new bus bays, new curb space for shuttles and kiss and ride drivers. the sidewalks were rebuilt with new cross walks. the thing i like the most, there is better lighting in the underpass. drivers are being warned to

weekend. crews will be doing much needed bridge deck repairs. they'll take away one southbound lane near potomac milds, and the ramps to dale boulevard will be closed. expect congestion and extensive delays. the work starts tomorrow and lasts through sunday. they want to get it all done before the memorial day weekend. a hot one out there right now, but we're tracking those storms just up to the noteworrt west. the radar now, you can see them to the northwest, around frederick, urbana, winchester. we'll zoom into this one, the strongest one. you can see it coming through mount airy, around damascus right now, heads up frederick and montgomery, around urbana. you can notice there is some lightning here and very heavy

downpours. more showers toward winchester. thunderstorm activity around middletown too. these are also going to move in this general direction. we could see more showers and thunderstorms continuing in the northwestern suburbs. temperatures still on the hot side. we get a better chance of thunderstorms tomorrow and then cooler weather. my forecast in about ten minutes. >> see you then, doug, thank you. a father now facing a jury after being accused of causing the death of his 3-year-old son by giving him a fatal drug cocktail. when we come back tonight on news4 at 5:00, the reason the prosecutors say he did it. also tonight, a tight race between the democrats vying to be virginia's next governor. they all have similar strategies, but what will be effective against the gop opponent? and a local man details his opioid addiction. he took the equivalent of 80 percocet a day. later he'll tell us ho vo: at dominion, we have a long history

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ng asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. we are hearing from witnesses this evening after a scary lunch time crash in one of the busiest tourist spots in the nation ap. a woman killed and two dozen injured when a car went onto the sidewalk in times

>> reporter: it was chaos and panic in the cross roads of the world. >> we got a car running people over. >> reporter: it happened at noon, times square packed with tourists and workers getting lunch on one of the hottest days of the year. witnesses say a car turned the wrong way on seventh avenue, went onto the sidewalk and plowed into everyone in its path. >> i didn't hear any brakes or screeching sounds. >> reporter: the driver made it three blocks before slamming into some barriers. >> all i hear is a little bit of scream and the people saying, sit down, sit down, don't move. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: 23 people struck, one person, an 18-year-old woman killed. police say a traffic cop tackled the driver as he tried to get away. he's 26-year-old richard rojas of the bronx. >> in 2008 he was arrested in queens for drinking and driving, and also in 2015 he was arrested in manhattan for drinking and driving. >> reporter: rojas is being tested for drugs and alcohol. as word of the

many wondered if it was an act of terrorism mimicking other incidents around the world. >> based on what we know now, there is no indication that this was an act of terror. >> reporter: despite that, counterterrorism police are protecting sensitive sites in the city as a precaution. four people are being treated for critical injuries, but all are expected to survive. chris poll own, news4. ♪ ♪ friends and family of a rising local musician, killed in a car crash this week will say their final goodbyes next week. london dior's funeral will be held at the way of the cross church of christ in capitol heights next friday the 26th, at 10:00 in the morning. the d.c. rapper was one of three people killed in this awful crash on suitland parkway on monday. her boyfriend and

also died. their car collided with a jeep and caught fire. dior's grandmother said she was on her way home after a recording session. in virginia, a new poll tonight in the race for governor. two candidates are vying for the democratic nomination. >> that's right. just two points separate former representative tom per yolo and lieutenant governor ralph northam in "the washington post" schar school survey. perriello with 40% among democrats, northam with 38%. the poll was conducted last week and has a margin of error of plus or minus six points. but if you listen to both democrats, it might sound they're running against president trump rather than their gop opponent for governor. both men know what happens in virginia could send a strong message about the trump presidency to the refrt of the nation. >> reporter: lieutenant governor ralph northam and former congressman tom per yolo, both seeking the democratic nomination for governor. but their harsh e

another, or their gop rival. it's aimed at donald trump. in ads and campaign appearances, these sharp words. >> i think he's a narcissistic maniac. >> reporter: and in this ad critical of the obamacare appeal, perriello takes direct aim too. >> together, we can stop donald trump. >> reporter: for both candidates, nationalizing this primary makes sense. >> in a political party primary where the turnouts are relatively low, going for that energized activist base of the party is hugely important. what are those people really t activated about right now? they're against everything trump. >> reporter: polls show perriello has been able to most directly tap into young progressive voters, helped by endorsements by senator bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. >> these are the people most associated with anti-trumpism even bef a

>> reporter: northam is backed by all virginia's top democratic leaders, with nearly a decade serving in richmond, he keeps more of his campaign focus on state issues, but he too goes after the president. >> i think northam recognizing that the anti-trump message is a powerful one for democrats and that he has to tap into that and not let perriello own that territory for the primary. >> reporter: on the republican side, different streaategies in play. i'll tell you who is standing with the president every step of the way and who is keeping his distance. in arlington, i'm julie carey, news4. first, she was car jacked, now she's out thousands of dollars. she's talking only to news4 about her experience. susan hogan has the details. >> this carjacking victim is experiencing what many consumers face when they suffer a loss

expect their insurance to make them whole. well, last week, a man with a gun forced this alexandria woman out of her car at a stop light. at the intersection of telegraph road and east drive in alexandria. the suspect led police on a chase that ended when he totalled her car which was only eight months old, with 5,000 miles. elizabeth expected her insurance company to make her whole. instead, after paying off her loan, she was left with just $2,000 in cash. >> my initial thinking was, okay, i'll be out the payments i've made for the last eight months. okay, i can suck that up. but i didn't expect to be out the complete $10,000 that i put down. and what elizabeth also realized, aside from insurance, there's very little help for victims who suffer loss of property. you'll hear more from elizabeth and find out why state

victims' funds can't assist all victims of crime. >> thanks so much. it's a growing concern as we get closer to pool season. what's behind a dramatic rise in illnesses linked to swimming pools. and s

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is it my imagination, or did it feel hotter today? >> it did. maybe a little more humid. >> because of the humidity? >> it makes all the difference in the world. yesterday i said it would be a comfortable 92. >> right. >> today, an uncomfortable 90 degrees. you add in more humidity and it's more uncomfortable across the region today. take a look outside. it even looks like summer. notice the haze in the atmosphere. we don't have that bright blue sky in the distance right now. we are looking through a little bit more haze. 87 degrees now, winds out of the south at 13 miles per hour. the storms have developed now. notice around frederick, maryland, montgomery county, back towards the winchester area. we are tracking these storms

view, including southern frederick county. numerous storms along brunswick, 314, damascus, zoom in towards the damascus area, you can see where the storms are here. here's damascus right here. most of the heaviest rain is moving out just off to your east. but there's more back towards the west. and notice more red back towards urbana. farther west, we're looking at these, just south of winchester, around middletown in towards clark county. if you live in clark county, heads up, more rain likely, this is the second storm of the day that you have seen. these are all remaining north and west of d.c. 87 degrees right now, d.c. winchester, because of the rain, now down to 73 degrees. so pretty heavy rain there. 90 in leesburg, but look at the heat index. in the city, at the airport, up to 91 degrees. 94 in leesburg, feels like 95 in fredericksburg

today. went back to my hometown. i went to fair view elementary, not herndon elementary. but herndon high school, i went there too, that's where most of these guys will be going. had a great time with the second graders today. in the next few days, big time storms to the west, tracking those as well. for us, we'll be watching the temperatures in the 90s. boston today, 95 degrees. boston set a record today at 95. now, as far as the future weather goes, we've got some shower activity tomorrow afternoon. here's 2:00. notice 4:00. more numerous thunderstorm activity. it's not going to be completely widespread. but i would take the umbrella just in case. notice around 8:00, more thunderstorms developing. so i think this is going to be a stormy friday afternoon. not everyone will see them, but if you do, we could see some heavy downpours. temperatures m

tomorrow 88, but that's the only 80 on the map. saturday and sunday highs in the low 70s with more cloud cover. chances of storms monday and tuesday as well. >> thank you, doug. tonight a personal look at a nationwide problem. a man who says he was taking the equivalent of 80 percocet pills a day, talks about his battle with opioid addiction and tells us what helped him break the habit. plus, a father charged with giving his child a deadly drug cocktail. tonight, a jury is trying to answer the question, did he do it to get out of paying child support?

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right now, a prince george's county jury is stdeciding the fe of a father for killing his young son. >> they are trying to determine if he intentionally drugged the little boy. he gave the boy a deadly drug cocktail, a mix of codeine, cocaine, and benadryl. and they believe he did it to get out of paying child support. our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins was in

tracee? >> reporter: this is a trial that's lasted a week and a half. deliberations so far, a day and a half. now the judge has dismissed this jury, telling them to come back on monday and continue dlirkzs. -- deliberations. -- what police called an intentional overdose back in january of 2014. >> it's the most horrific and most terrible thing i've ever experienced. >> reporter: thomas holland, jason's father, is looking at the possibility of life in prison for feeding his son the cocktail of drugs that killed him. >> the pain was so intense that this child had been taken from us in such a manner. >> reporter: the toddler was with his father on court-ordered visitation. during his trial, holland testified that he went to sleep and woke up to his son being unresponsive. but the state's attorney's office argued that he fed the child a concoction

cocaine and codeine. court records say jason was given extremely large amounts that would have killed him in four hours. the state argues thomas did it to get out of playing child support for his son. initially it was believed the child died from natural causes until the medical examiner report came back showing the large amount of drugs in jason's 3-year-old system. jason went with his dad on a friday night. they believe that he died on a saturday night. his father rushed him to the hospital sunday morning but by that time his body was already stiff from lying in the home overnight. the state is saying the father had to have done this. the defense is saying, we don't know for sure that he did, without physical evidence. coming up on news4 at 6:00, hear from the defense attorney. live in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins. >> tracee, thank you. we're learning more about the deadly police shooting on i-395 in arlington

shot and killed by officers as daniel bulk from centreville. they say he was a wanted suspect. officers spotted his car on jefferson davis highway. they tried to stop him and he kept going onto 395 and there he ran into afternoon rush hour traffic. officers were forced to open fire after he pinned an approaching officer between his car and a second vehicle. that officer is expected to survive his injuries. part of wisconsin avenue in northwest, democrat, was shut down this afternoon because of this horrible crash. the driver in this suv hit a parked car and flipped over on its side. first responders rescued the driver trapped inside the vehicle. that driver has serious injuries. wisconsin avenue re-opened just about an hour ago. more of you and your co-workers are choosing to

even as prices of the express lanes in northern virginia have gone up, the number of people using them has also jumped. adam tuss is tracking this story from chopper4 tonight. up over the express lanes in tyson's. hey, adam. >> reporter: hey, jim. let me show you why this story is so important. take a look down here on the beltway express lanes tonight. right here, these are the regular lanes of the beltway. you can see how jammed up they are on any given night. now take a look at the express lanes here, which are free flowing, and that's why so many people are choosing to use the express lanes time and time again, even as the price has gone up. we have a graphic to show you, how the usage and the prices have changed. on the beltway express lanes, usage went from 36,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2016 to 44,000 vehicles at the same time this year. the average toll went from

in 2016 to $4.81 this year. switch it over to the 95 express lanes over the same time period. 42,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2016, up to 47,000 vehicles this year. average toll from $5.97 in 2016, up to $6.72 in 2017. again, taking a live look at the beltway tonight, the regular lanes here absolutely jammed up with all sorts of traffic. this traffic here headed towards the legion bridge, this traffic here down towards marefield, and the lanes in the middle, the express lanes, you can pay to get around the traffic and even as the prices have gone up, people have chosen to use those lanes. and the operator of the express lanes just expects that's going to continue as the years progress. we'll continue to follow this story for you. live from chopper4, back to you. by the way, it's hot up here.

heat rises. adam tuss, thank you. a troubling trend as we look forward to the pool season. up next, why outbreaks of an infection linked to swimming pools have doubled in the past two years. >> and how's this for an achievement, she's george mason university's youngest graduate, and technically she hasn't even graduated from high school yet. we'll ve her amazing story ha

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our area continues to see skyrocketing deaths and overdoses caused by opioids. we're working for you to provide important information on this crisis. we'll hear from a local man who was taking the equivalent of 80 percocet pills a day. >> it started when i was 17. i had a knee surgery. i loved it when i was 17. i was hooked. it just turned into a habit. i couldn't stop. it was anything i could get my hands on. >> reporter: chris will only let us use his first name. that knee injury started him on a path to a crippling addiction. >> it was great at first, it numbed everything, but it turned into a nightmare trying to feed the habit.

brain's reward system by flooding the brain's circuit rye with dopea mean, producing a yufric feeling. too much makes the user crave more and more opioids to stay high. >> i'd have to dose in the middle of the night. i'd wake up at 2:00 in the morning and have to dose. it was pretty bad. i was spending a ton of money on it. >> reporter: when chris decided he wanted to get clean, relief came in the form of oral therapy. sub ox own pills. he took them daily to block the effect of opioids and the withdrawal symptoms. but recently -- >> put them in your arm and it's great, no ups and downs, i feel normal. feel like i'm not on anything. >> reporter: last year, this device was approved by the fda. it's implanted under the skin and delivers a low dose over a six-month

it means not having to worry about taking meds every day. and chris says it's helped him kick a destructive habit. >> i don't want to be dependent on drugs. nobody does. >> the company that makes probufeen told us since they started manufacturing it, more and more medical professionals across the country are using it. when we come back on news4 at 5:00, virginia's governor soaring to new heights today. >> still ahead, how he hopes his ride in an unmanned drone will attract new business to the commonwealth. and new storms out there, one near gaithersburg, and one back to the west. let you know about the chanc ofe

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college students are putting on the cap and gown, getting ready for that next big step. our northern virginia reporter david culver met a teenager at george mason university who is not even finished with high school, yet she's graduating saturday with her master's. >> reporter: students on the fairfax campus of george mason university, posing for pictures, proud of their successes. ready for what's next. among them, stephanie moore. >> i didn't know what to expect coming here. >> reporter: stephanie started here in 2014. she'd already completed an associate's at nova. she decided to pursue her bachelor, always keeping her age quiet unless you asked. sheeds 17 now. it all started in preschool. >> my dad began training me, using his program. he taught me addition, subtraction, all done. >> reporter: by kinder

geometry. >> somewhere in fifth grade, i decided i didn't want to become rusty in math. i decided to sign up for community college classes. >> reporter: then set her sights on mason, following a passion for math. it's impressed the dean. >> her incredible poise and demeanor and intellect are all balanced in stephanie. she is extremely bright, knows what she wants, and is really fearless. >> reporter: stephanie tells me her best friends are those she made in elementary school and she strives for balance. >> i like going to movies and swimming. >> reporter: do you ever sit on a count and binge-watch a show and realize that seven episodes have passed? >> i don't really watch tv. >> that doesn't happen to me either. do you realize you're that far ahead of everybody else? >> not really. it's just life to

everyone else might see it as weird, but it's just life. >> how do you keep humble, that humility? >> um, just looking at other people, you know, they've all done really great things. i don't think i deserve to be called a genius or anything. >> reporter: her advice to other young people. >> don't give up. always look at the end goal, you know. everyone makes mistakes sometimes. i made a lot. so, yeah, just keep going. >> reporter: this saturday, stephanie will join the other members of the class of 2017 in the commencement ceremonies. she would be receiving her master's. in june, sthhe gets her high school diploma. then heads to the big apple to start working on her ph.d. at nyu. from there, well, stay tuned. on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, i'm david culver, news4. >> wow. sure makes me feel like a slacker watching that. virginia

mcauliffe said it's the only one of its kind in the nation, a runway dedicated to drone research and development. the governor tweeted these imagings from wallace island where he helped to launch a new $5 million runway. he flew in an aircraft piloted by a laptop controlled robot. virginia space, which manages the runway is seeking customers for the new drone airstrip. tonight news4 has learned an investigation into allegations of favoritism in the d.c. school system lottery is expanding. d.c. council education chair david grasso said he'll look at all four years the student lottery has been in place. after a report that kaya henderson acted unfairly when giving out some of the waivers. news4's tom sherwood has our story. >> this is a huge amount of money. >> reporter: david grasso, his education committee votingay

2018 school budget, but grasso also is still focused on that new inspector general report, the one that contends former school chancellor kaya henderson in 2015 gave improper favoritism to a handful of city officials, by reassigning their children outside of the school lottery. grasso told news4 today he wants a review of all four years the school lottery has been in place. >> we've had 2014 and 2016 school years that have also been affected here. we'll look at it in the committee on education and see if we need to refer then to the i.g. to take a look deeper and go from there. >> reporter: mayor bowser, whose administration has been responding to public anger over the alleged favoritism was told of grasso's plan to expand the probe. would that be something that would be all right with you? >> well, i certainly am willing to work with the council, but for our point of view moving forward is what's important. and i want the public to have full confidence in our system. >> have you

chancellor to change someone's school assignment? >> i have not. >> reporter: the i.g. report doesn't allege illegal acts by henderson, but has shaken confidence in the lottery system among parents. the mayor has ordered the current chancellor to not make any referrals until new ethics guidelines are in place. >> i hear their frustrations and i want them to know we're putting a system in place moving forward where there will be no question. couple of hot days in the old town lately, but that's about to change. >> for the better, or the cooler anyway, huh, doug? >> depends on who you talk to. i say, yeah, for the better. it's not going to be as hot. then i get e-mails say, i love it hot! >> i love the heat. >> there's one there. and you're going to run in the heat later on. >> that's the plan. but we'll see the cooler air over the weekend, but it's dry saturday and sunday

>> weekend is looking pretty good if you like it cooler and cloudy. outside now, this is our chopper4 high above downtown. actually, they're sitting over virginia, looking at this shot right down the mall. how about that. looking really great. washington monument there, the capitol in the distance. a really great shot as they hover over fairfax county right now. but look at our lens, able to get right on in there. take a look at what we're dealing with storm wise. we have thunderstorm activity around the area. the strongest of which is in towards montgomery county, but we have a couple, there's a severe thunderstorm warning for carole county. but look at this storm here. north of gaithersburg, light of lightning with this storm. let's zoom in here. exactly where this storm is. if you live around lionsvillionsvill lionsville ---alalionsville -- latonsvi

area, developing on the boundaries that the storms themselves set off. another one around the lunkets region and northern clark county. berryville also seeing that. heads up, there are more storms through the evening. most of them north and west of d.c. but you notice severe thunderstorm watch to the north. more storms to the west. and we'll see a better chance of storms tomorrow. might not be the best day to take the afternoon run tomorrow. the bike ride in is looking great. the bike ride home, maybe not the best. take a look at your hourly planner. mild, low 70s, 85 by noon. 4:00, 88 degrees, that will be our high. at that point, we are tracking thunderstorms and some showers. doug, not a huge threat for widespread severe weather, but any storms could have heavy rainfall, maybe some hail, and those storms continue on into the evening. >> and that storm is actually a cold front that's going to work through. that's why we'll be cooler saturday and sunday and all o

we've been in the 80s and 90s the last two days. we'll get there again tomorrow, but much cooler temperatures at or below average as we head into next week. couple of chances of storms too. one on monday, another on wednesday. >> all right, thank you, doug. most families who add solar power to their homes do it to save on their electric bill, or to help the environment. but the news4 i-team's jody fleisch fleischer found that technology could cost you valuable time in an emergency. >> reporter: firefighters across the d.c. region say they're facing increased danger as more and more homes install sole area panels. >> it changes everything about our strategies and tactics. >> do they cause a delay? >> absolutely. >> reporter: risks include electrocution if the home can't be deenergized or roof collapse under the weight of heavy solar panels. we found most ar

departments don't have a standard operating procedure. >> we can have the best standards in the world, but if no one knows what they are, it doesn't matter. >> reporter: the two things that could keep firefighters safe and a never before seen tools local firefighters are testing to ease the risk they face, that's coming up. i'm jody fleischer. if you're headed to the pool this weekend and it would be surprising if the pool was open this weekend, but heads up from the centers for disease control. outbreaks linked to a parasite in swimming pool water has doubled over the past couple of years. the parasite is called crypto. it spreads by drinking swimming pool water contaminated with fecal material. scientists are not sure if there are more cases these days, or if detection methods have improved. if you or your children have been sick with diarrhea, scientists say avoid the swimming pool.

at 5:00, a deadly crash caused by a wrong-way driver on route 50. >> still ahead, how 911 calls could p

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911 calls may play a crucial role into figuring out what happened in the moments before a deadly crash on a busy roadway in maryland. two people killed in a wrong-way

rund -- anne arundel county. >> reporter: route 50, an incredibly busy stretch of roadway, barely any breaks in the flow of traffic, a fact which underscores the outstanding questions for investigators one day after a horrible wrong-way crash that has claimed the life of two people. how in the world did 22-year-old laura ashley murphy manage to enter the highway in the first place, and then manage to keep driving the wrong way, traveling westbound in the eastbound lane for so long? >> still looking at how long she had been traveling in the wrong direction. so that's why we're really asking people if they happen to see her driving this black volkswagen and get on 50 in the wrong direction, please call. >> reporter: state police say thanks to 911 calls just before the deadly crash, investigators have been able to narrow down the possible point of

29-a, lots of traffic, a car just went the wrong way. >> reporter: police speculate laura murphy may have gotten on route 50 around bay dale drive since that's where the 911 calls first placed her. >> it was going westbound in our lanes of traffic, and it was totally out of control. >> reporter: in addition to where and how, crash team investigators are also working on the why. >> we're collaborating with family and friends of this woman to see, you know, where she was going that day, what she may have been doing while driving. there were looking for distractions, impairment, which will come from the autopsy results. now at 6:00, chaos in times square today as a car plows into a crowd of people. what the driver told police. crisis at the white house as president trump calls the special counsel looking into russia theig

the clean-up continues after a broken water main snarls traffic on a busy commuter route. tonight we're digging deeper into the problem with d.c.'s aging infrastructure. news4 at 6:00 starts now. first at 6:00, a family tragedy. >> a 6-year-old boy hit by a car and killed on his birthday. we brought you this story last night. >> now neighbors are raising concerns about safety and speed on this stretch of road. news4's chris gordon joins us from southeast washington. chris? >> reporter: doreen and leon, this memorial has been building all afternoon. people are asking for donated balloons and teddy bears and toys. they're holding a candle light vigil here at 7:00 tonight for xavier luckey. he's the little boy who was killed last night crossing livingston road.