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.

kindergarten student in southeast washington. today the school sent letters home informing parents that grief counsellors will be available for any students who need help dealing with his death. >> how will you help your children cope with this news? >> i'm going to talk to them. i haven't talked to them about it. and ask them their feelings. >> i told them they can come to me if they have any questions or they just want to grieve, cry, anything. >> reporter: today we found party hats on the ground by a picnic table where the family came yesterday for a cook-out. it was a party to celebrate xavier luckey's 6th birthday. >> he was such a good boy. he was so full of life. he was always excited, full of joy. he was a happy little boy. it was just such a tragedy that it happened on his birthday. >> i heard a boom and i heard a holler. >> reporter: shannon smith said she saw xavier hit by

while crossing the road. >> there were other kids that crossed before him. he thought that maybe he could make it. he was only 6. >> there was no adult helping him cross? >> there were adults out here, but he's 6 years old. he's a little boy. it's not up to xavier. it's up to you coming down the street. slow down, look where you're going. >> reporter: police worked late into the night investigating the accident. >> my cousin had to lose his life because someone was careless behind the wheel. all i can do for his mother was just hold her. >> reporter: chris gordon, news4. police say a driver accused of running down pedestrians in times square told officers he was hearing voices, and expected to die. i'm jim handly here on the the live desk. take a look at these pictures of richard rojas, the man investigators tell us was behind the wheel. authorities say he tried to run away from the scene, but police and civilians caught him.

say rojas tested negative for challenge, but drug tests are still pending. one teen was killed. nearly two dozen people injured. coming up here at 6:15, eyewitness accounts of the crash and a live report from the scene. tracking severe thunderstorm warning that just came out across our region. let's get right to the radar. you can see where it is, back towards the west, north and west of d.c., but this includes clark county and parts of loudoun county and jefferson county. back to the west, east of winchester here. i'll zoom in, show you where it is. right around the berryville region, along 340, in towards jefferson county, west virginia. loudoun county as well, until 6:45 tonight. this is one of numerous storms. other storms have fired up north of

thunderstorms around barnsville and all part of a wider scale. even more to the south of winchester. also continuing to develop and move off. d.c. metro, i think these will all stay to the north and west, but a much bigger chance of storms during the day tomorrow. i'll see you back here in about 15 minutes. >> thank you, doug. now to a white house in crisis. a stark editorial comment today on the cover of "time" magazine. the image depicts the kremlin taking over the white house. this is the first time in ten years that "time" has published an issue without a cover line. this as the white house reelz from a series of explosive leaks while the senate gets a briefing on the russia investigation. our team is tracking all the angles and we begin with blayne alexander on capitol hill. >> reporter: and doreen, for the very first time, we're hearing directly from the president on that special counsel. over the past 24 hours, we've seen two very different responses from the prent

approach. he said he looked forward to ending the matter quickly. but today, not once, but twice he likened the investigation to a witch-hunt. >> a lot of time -- >> reporter: president trump today welcoming the colombian president to the white house, but he's firing back on his critics here at home. >> the entire thing has been a witch-hunt. >> reporter: this after the justice department appointed former fbi director robert mueller as special counsel, leading an investigation into possible trump campaign ties to russia. >> i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country, because of that and many other things. >> reporter: the americ >> the american people have a right to know the tuth truth. >> the appointment of a special counsel helps assure people and the justice department that they're going to do their jobs independently and thoroughly. >> reporter: deputy attorney general rosenstein briefing senators on the comey

where the investigation is now headed under mueller. >> the biggest legal change seems to be that mr. mueller is going to proceed forward with the idea of a criminal investigation, versus a counterintelligence investigation. >> reporter: it comes during a turbulent week for the white house, still feeling the backlash from the abrupt firing of fbi director james comey. now "the new york times" is reporting, former national security adviser michael flynn told the trump transition team he was under investigation before he was appointed. raising questions about why the president gave him the job in the first place. blayne alexander, nbc news, washington. now, just because justice appointed a special counsel does not mean any crimes have been committed. so what is a special counsel? he or she is a lawyer from outside the government who is appointed to lead an independent investigation. and if the evidence warrants, they have the power to prosecute people suspected of crimes. now, they're normally brought in when the usual investigators like the fbi have a conflict of interest,

democrats have argued that anyone appointed by president trump cannot be in charge of investigating whether his presidential campaign has ties to russia. normally the special counsel would answer to the attorney general. but obviously in this case, the a.g. has recused himself from any investigations related to russia. robert mueller, he's going to report to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, and although he does have the authority to fire mueller, rosenstein would have to tell congress why. we're inviting you to weigh in. do you think it was a good idea to appoint a special counsel? most of you say yes so far. 90%, it's not even close. there's still time to cast your vote on the nbc washington facebook page. leon? >> thanks, chris. developing now, nbc news has learned that former connecticut senator joe lieberman is president trump's top choice to lead the fbi. the official announcement could come before the president leaves tomorrow on his first

trip. lieberman is a democrat, he was al gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential election. but he also has close ties to republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham. lieberman, in fact, backed mccain in the 2008 presidential election. it's been widely reported lieberman was mccain's first choice for running mate in 2008. to other top stories, a man shot by police in arlington has died. daniel bulk refused to stop for police yesterday on 395. he hit rush hour traffic, giving officers a chance to approach him. but police say he put his truck in drive, pinning an officer against another vehicle. he was shot by police and died at the hospital. we're told he was shot in the head and the chest. the medical examiner has ruled his death a homicide. the injured officer is going to be okay. two people are dead and a toddler in the hospital after a wrong-way crash on route 50. laura murphy slammed into a mercedes yesterday. the driver of the mercedes died athe

her 14-month-old son was among those injured. investigators still don't know why she was driving into oncoming traffic. the water main break under macarthur avenue is still snarling traffic and also highlighting just how old our city's pipes are. mark segraves explains how every d.c. customer pays to help maintain and replace old infrastructure. >> reporter: this is how d.c. water crews had to get to the underground valves in order to turn off the flowing water. the leak started breaking through the surface yesterday afternoon in the 4500 block of macarthur boulevard northwest. it didn't take long for a trickle to become a gusher, with thousands of gallons of water on the streets, nearly trapping cars and causing this sink hole. it took d.c. water crews time to locate the correct valve to turn off the water. because there are five lar

boulevard. >> we went to the 12 inch initially. we isolated that, the water didn't stop. we isolated the 48 inch main, drained it, the water didn't stop. we then went to the 30 inch main. >> reporter: the main that broke yesterday was installed in 1860. since 2015, d.c. water customers have paid an added fee on their monthly water bill to help repair, maintain, and replace these old pipes and water mains. for homeowners that monthly fee ranged between $6.30 and $9.67. for larger buildings like apartments and businesses, it can be more than $6,000 a month. the monthly fee generates about $40 million a year. >> we use that money to invest in some of our older infrastructure, some of it is a hundred years old or more. so that we can avoid failures like what happen

>> reporter: so we just got off the phone with d.c. water officials, who told us that while they had hoped to have macarthur boulevard re-opened in time for tomorrow's rush hour, that's looking not likely. it's more likely it will not re-open until monday at the earliest. >> not good news for folks who use that corridor. but quickly, just how long are customers going to be seeing that added fee on their bill? is that forever? >> reporter: well, as far as you and i are concerned, yes, it is forever, leon. they are doing this replacement and repair work. they get about 1% of the pipes underground done per year. so that math works out to at least 100 years that they'll be working on this project, and that fee will remain on the bill that entire time. >> thanks, mark. we've been reporting on allegations of favoritism in the

system. well, now the investigation is expanding. a d.c. inspector general report says former schools chancellor kaya henderson improperly re-assigned the children of some high ranking city officials in 2015. d.c. council education chairman david grasso wants a review of all four years of the lottery under henderson's term. not just 2015. >> 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. >> tom sherwood has been following this story for a few weeks now. is there reason to think that there's a widespread problem here? >> how do you know unless you look? the i g. looked at one year, but there are four years of this lottery system. it has wide support among parents who think they have an honest chance to get into the school they want. butt

we don't know. >> what about the election coming up? the mayor may be announcing if she'll be running again. is this going to be an issue? >> i think it could be an issue. the mayor has put in place, asked that any appointee go to the ethics board if you want a special favor from the chancellor. and she's postponed any changes in the lottery system until she can put new ethics rules in place for the chancellor to go by. that's all good. but we have thousands of parents who desperately want to get their kids in one school or another, and they don't get to go to the chancellor and say, would you fix my problem. how will they play it out in the campaign? we'll have to see who runs against muriel bowser, maybe when she announces, we'll hear more about it. but she wants to get this past her, by putting ethics rules in place. >> skoolds are so important and people need to have confidence. >> and the schools are improving. they're better run, new schools

there are more people in the schools. so you don't want the lottery to have question marks around it. keep the questions in the classroom. >> thank you, tom sherwood. we are staying on top of the big news that happened in new york earlier today. a driver plowed into a crowd in the middle of times square. we are live at the scene with more on the suspect, his past too as police are figuring out what happened in the moments before the crash. i'm adam tuss, flying high above northern virginia. tonight we're giving you a progress report on the silver line, phase two. a lot of you wondering whether it's going to be done. i've got the answer coming up. and i continue to track some strong to severe thunderstorms. another severe thunderstorm warning. this one, including warren county, frederick county, shenandoah county. a severe thunderstorm warning until 7:00. this storm in jefferson county, moving into loudoun, a severe thunderstorm warning there until 6:45. co

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developing right now, police just identified the woman who was killed in times square today. she's from michigan. it comes amid new reaction from friends of the suspect who reportedly plowed his car into the crowd.

killed a teenager and injured 22 others. one friend told reporters that rojas hasn't been the same since he returned from active duty in the navy. he said rojas was posting, quote, crazy stuff online. nbc's chris pollone continues our coverage from the scene. chris? >> reporter: yeah, and doreen, it's an eerie and surreal quiet in time squire. look behind me. you can see the only people allowed in times square, police officers and a handful of reporters. normally this would be teeming with activity. after this happened, police were quick to say they don't believe rojas had any ties to international terrorism. they say, as a matter of fact, courses who were there when he was arrested, indicated that it appeared he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he was arrested. chaos and panic in the cross roads of the world. >> we got a car running people over.

with tourists and workers on one of the hottest days of the year. witnesses say a car turned the wrong way on seventh avenue, went up on the sidewalk and plowed into everyone in its path. >> i didn't hear any brakes or any screeching sounds. the driver made it three blocks before slamming into barriers. >> all i hear is like a little bit of scream and the people saying sit down, sit down, do not move. >> reporter: in all, 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 incident spread, many wondered if it was terrorism. >> thankr thank god, based on what we know

indication this was an act of terror. >> reporter: despite that, new york counterterrorism police are protecting sensitive sites in the city as a precaution. yeah, and tonight we have learned that that woman, the 18-year-old woman was actually a tourist from michigan. we're told there were four people who suffered critical injured, but they are expected to survive. and wnbc has learned from its police sources that rojas heads undergone an alcohol test and his blood tested negative for alcohol. no alcohol. so he's undergoing a drug test at this hour. i'm chris poll own, back to you 37. >> thank you, chris. another close call on metro as workers have to get out of the way of a moving train. the safety violation happened around noon today on the yellow train. workers were on the railway when they saw a train approaching. they cleared the track in time, and no one was hurt. but the controller and the workers have been removed from service as officials try to figure out what went

also tonight, new details that will help you navigate metro's final safetrack surge, that will take place next month and it will impact the red line in montgomery county for eight days. the surge starts on june 17th. it will shut down the shady grove and rockville stations. metro will provide shuttle buses, but they're asking you to start at twin brook, white flint, or grosvenor instead. chopper4 is up over metro silver line tonight, with a bird's eye view of the big construction for phase two of the silver line, which will take metro farther out into loudoun county. six new stations will be added, including one at dulles airport. adam tuss is in chopper4 where you can see things starting to take shape. what's it look like from up this, adam? >> it's a beautiful view, doreen, 100%. this is why we have chopper4, to give you shots like this. look at this station under construction here. this is the innovation center

from dulles airport. but you can see it's starting to take shape there in the middle of the dulles toll road. as we zoom out, you can follow the rail lines all the way through the dulles toll road. as it zips around, it's amazing to see the construction. and look right here, where it stops. this is what we have been talking about for so long in this region, the dulles airport station, which is starting to take shape right here at dulles airport. if we zoom out a little bit, you can see text proximity to the actual terminal here. the idea, when you get to this station is, you're going to take an elevator, from down here, go under a moving walkway to hit the main terminal. so that will be a little bit of a trek, but this rail line actually continues all the way out for two more stops beyond here at dulles into loudoun county. this thing is about 50% complete today. we talked to the head of the project today who said, there's been a couple of

is when they expect it to open. that is what they're saying right now. so couple more years to fly above it tonight and give you some great shots, but it's coming along here in northern virginia. back to you. >> adam tuss, good to see all that progress being made out there, thank you. up next, a father charged with an unthinkable crime. why investigators say a dispute over child support drove a man to murder. most homes add solar power to lower their electric bills, but the i-team found that could cost you time in an emergency. we'll tell you how it could slow down firefighters. >> first lester holt has a look ahead on "nbc nightly news." ahead for uses, president trump's reaction to the appointment of a special counsel to investigate all matters russia. a new study throws shade on spf on some sunscreen. and the buddy bench,aking the m

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storm team4 continuing to track a couple of strong thunderstorms. if you're inside the i-95 corridor, i

worries, i think about storm cover across our region. they're all well to the west. but we are tracking severe weather, back towards 81, winchester. we've had a couple of stronger storms for frederick, montgomery county, now shower activity there. farther west, western loudoun, south of sandy hook, right around the charlestown raceway, this was a severe thunderstorm. the warning has been dropped. no lightning with this storm. but this storm here, this is the storm that dropped the warning. so between brunswick and cabletown, heads up there. this is the storm, look at the lightning associated with this one. it's two storms, now three. i was expecting this. a new thunderstorm warning issued. let me turn off the beeping and move this to the right. this is for the second storm was talking about around the millwood area. most likely until about 7:30. it does include portions of northern fqu

white post area, the bluemont region. a ton of lightning, and when you see that explosion of lightning, that shows you that a storm is strengthening. and that's what this is doing. these are moving east, but they are tending to die as they make their way east of the mountains. i expect these to do the same. this one looked just like the one around white post about 15 minutes ago. intense lightning, since then, it's stopped. we'll watch these closely, but warnings for fauquier, clark, loudoun and jefferson counties heads up in that region to the west. you can see it's a little boundary that extends in the western zone. to the north and west, a couple more boundaries. that's what we'll be dealing with tomorrow. and i think better coverage tomorrow of thunderstorm activity during the day. high temperatures, around where they are right now tomorrow.

south at 16 miles per hour. has been a little bit on the breezy side at times. you can see where the rain has fallen. only 72 in winchester. frederick down to 79. because of the rain. but most all the other areas, upward 80s to 90 degrees. let's show you future weather here. this is tomorrow, 2:00, notice scattered showers and storms developing in and around 4 or 5:00. that's when i expect to see the most, we could even see them during the evening hours. could be a tough go of things tomorrow for the evening rush and dinner outdoors. heads up for that. friday a stormy afternoon, 60% chance. not everybody will see the storms, but 88 and humid tomorrow. saturday and sunday temperatures below average, but low 70s for the weekend, we'll take it. chance for more storms on monday. and nice spring weather moving into next week. >> thank you, doug. >> sounds good. a special counsel is

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no way a child could have swallowed so many different drugs, including cocaine. well, now it's up to a jury to decide. tracee wilkins has the developments from court. >> reporter: today the jury deciding the fate of a father accused of killing his son, did not reach a decision. they will be back on monday. >> obviously the jury is trying to take this seriously and come to the right conclusion. >> reporter: 3-year-old jason holland was killed in what police called an intentional overdose 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 weekend visitation at his home. during his trial, holla

and woke up to his son being unresponsive. but the state's attorney's office argued that he fed the child a concoction including cocaine and codeine. jason was given extremely large amounts that would have killed him in four hours. the state argues thomas did it to get out of paying child support for his son, support that was expected to increase now that he was entering daycare. initially it was believed the child died of natural causes until the medical examiner's report came back. >> they don't think that mr. holland had anything to do with this and i hope the jury will reach the right decision. some breaking news in prince george's county. police are on the scene of a deadly accident, involving a car and a school bus. no passengers were on the school bus. this is happening right now on temple hills road near henderson road in temple hills. we'll bring you any new

new at 6:00, montgomery county schools are getting $2 million for security upgrades. the money is being set aside in this year's budget. the chairman of the county council education committee tells news4 there are proposals for new cameras, lighting, door access, buzzers and communication systems. the issue of student safety got a lot of attention after reports of an attack at rockville high school in march. rape charges have been dropped because of a lack of evidence. some say the governor's race will be a referendum on the trump presidency. the latest poll shows a tight race on the democratic side. among republicans, ed gillespie is the front-runner. >> anybody here from prince william county originally? >> reporter: prince william county board chairman, new gubernatorial candidate corey

staunchest defenders. he stood by trump even after the campaign fired him last fall as virginia's co-chair, when he lashed out at the rnc for not doing enough. now the appointment of a special counsel doesn't shake his support. >> well, i think it is a witch-hunt. i think that as soon as there's a special counsel named, their job is to find something wrong. they justify their whole existence. >> reporter: frank wagner who trails the field is a trump supporter too, but ed gillespie has kept his distance. but he told me he'd accept the president's help if he becomes the gop nominee as expected. >> i want anybody who can help me to help me. so obviously help from president trump, vice president pence, i'm happy to have all the help i can get. >> reporter: political analyst mark rozelle says

dims his chances. >> the closer he is to trump, i think is significantly hurts its candidacy. >> reporter: once the gop nominee is selected, the month-long special counsel probe could be a drag on the republican candidate. >> the investigations do harm any republican running this year and just may be a matter of bad timing for gillespie or whoever is the republican nominee. >> reporter: and the latest poll by george mason, schar school, and "the washington post" has this bit of bad news for the republicans. if the election held today, either one of the democrats would beat the republican front-runner. up next, promising new research in the fight against cancer. and the one thing credited with helping people live longer. all of us who are parents think our children are amazing, don't we? but this local teenager is a cut above the rest. how she was able to graduate with her master's before finishing high school, and what she's going t d

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algebra and moved to geometry by the second grade. >> do you realize you're that far ahead of everybody else? >> not really. it's just life to me. everyone else may see it as weird, but it's just life. >> how about that. in june, she'll graduate high school and head off to nyu to pursue a ph.d. in, of course, math. >> so impressive. i barely made it through math 101 in college. my goodness. >> we're going to work for her one day. >> i think so. it can save you money on your electric bill, but it could cost valuable time in an emergency. tonight we look at the risk that firefighters face dealing with lar panels ansod

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well, chopper4 is putting in the miles this morning. it's now over breaking news in montgomery county. a pedestrian accident in gaithersburg there is what we're looking at. you're seeing the corner of emery grove and woodfield road. if you know that area. right now we don't have much information on what's happening there and how long this tie-up will last, but we'll stay on top of it and bring you information throughout the night here. a roof engulfed with flames made even harder to fight because of solar panels. this fire last month near boston is one of the latest cases showing how hi-tech homes could be at higher risk in an emergency. >> that's right. firefighters across the d.c. region tell us they're facing increased danger as more and more homes install sole are panels. >> jody fleischer is here with the risks and a never before seen tool that will combat them. jody? >> we found

have a standard operating procedure for houses with solar panels. or even regular training protocols. the firefighters make decisions on a house by house basis. if your solar panels are energized, the decision could be to let it burn. >> from a warehouse in new jersey -- >> we can't get on it, because they're energized. r r to a home in san francisco. >> a firefighter is recovering after getting shocked by solar panels. >> reporter: it's a hazard firefighters are seeing more and more. >> it changes everything about our strategies and tactics. >> reporter: electricity coursing through the veins of a home. unforgiving when hit with water or other firefighting tools. donnie fletcher said it's a constant risk. >> the power we cannot secure is the panels themselves. as long as the sun is shining, they will stay energized. >> reporter: and they can block firefighters's access to the roof which is critical f

crews inside there are heavy panels above. >> the weight of the panels will make the roof collapse faster. >> reporter: larry mckenna works for the u.s. fire administration and helped shape a study on firefighter safety with solar power systems. he said the chief at this new jersey warehouse fire did the right thing by letting it burn to the ground. >> they couldn't get to to because the solar panels on the roof were so large. >> reporter: he said these houses are different from regular homes where the power company can flip a switch to kill all the power. parts of a solar home can still be energized. >> we can turn this off going into the home, but we can't turn between here and the panel off. >> reporter: until now, there's been no way to test whether any direct current is live. >> this is the first of its kind in the world. the only one that exists right now. >> reporter: his agency developed this device, which lights up when held against an energized wire. frederick county firefighters will be the first anywhere to try it

>> we're actually pretty excited to be able to partner and give this thing a spin on the street, if you will. >> reporter: if needed, they could use in downtown frederick, where at least one whole neighborhood is outfitted with solar panels, or on the county's new buses which are also electric. >> we treat everything as if it's electrified until it's proven that it's not. >> that allows us to cut the amount of time standing in the front yard waiting fora determination before we can go to work. >> reporter: good news for rob robinson, his was one of the first homes to go solar. he's cut his energy bill by 40%. >> i think it's a wonderful thing. i think it will make people aware. it will provide an additional measure of safety. >> reporter: he said fire departments everywhere should be training to properly handle solar homes. the solar energy association said installations grew by 97% last year, up to about 100,000 homes in the d.c. metro area. >> as things change, people and the way they

change. >> reporter: president abbey hopper says the industry has been working with national firefighter organizations to improve safety. >> we can set the best standards in the world, but if no one know what is they are, it doesn't really matter. so standards and keagedz aeduca the two key elements. >> reporter: the frederick chief says that's something he'll push for going forward. >> i don't know that we've had specific training on specific systems at this point, and that's something we have to look at in the future. >> reporter: the solar industry president told me she understands the safety concerns from firefighters. she used to be one. she said the industry will continue to work with national agencies and urge them to develop state and local standards. the u.s. fire stragedz says after the testing is done, it will work to license that technology to a manufacturer to produce. >> here's hoping they make a lot of them. >> absolutely. every department needs one of them. >> you never would think of that issue. >>

>> good story, thank you, jody. back to doug now in the storm center with some stormy weather rolling through. doug? >> and a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning. this for fauquier county, including 66 and north rappahannock county and watching this line of storms, which is developing, another one down to the south, we could see this continue through parts of northern virginia. again, just a ton of lightning, this may be a new warning right here, including leesburg. let's see if that's what that is. we are getting another warning. let me turn off the sound here, so you can see what this is. this is a severe thunderstorm warning. that's actually a flash flood. i'm going to see where that could be here. hold on one second for me. i'm going to take the radar off, the lightning off. so this also includes, you can see it in this area, in the red here, right around portions of the cabletown area. that's where we see the flash flood w

creeks and streams. they could quickly overflow banks, and we could be seeing flash flooding. heads up around bluemont. this is an incredible amount of lightning, all coming into central loudoun county. a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 7:30. the national weather service said it could have half dollar size hail. that's a large hail storm. incredible amounts of lightning. i would not be surprised to see a new thunderstorm warning for leesburg, but on this track, you can see the area here, right along route 7, just to the east of millwood, around bluemont and towards the east. arounds the leesburg area, at about 7:18. hughesville, 7:03. and the storms have increased down to the south. so this track, heads up around mshl, 7:22. severe thunderstorms to the western zones, they all continue to move to the west. i would not be surprised to see these a little bit closer to the d.c. metro area as we move on towards the next one to two hours

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today marked only the third time all season for the best team in baseball. no panic for the nats and no worries for dusty baker. that dad has his hands full. >> yes, he does. >> so did tanner rork. pirates jump on him first, josh bell unloads, a two-run home run, puts pittsburgh up 2-0. bell's second home run in as many days. but the nats strike back in the next inning. daniel murphy at the plate, he launches a solo shot to right. nats tie this game at 4. rork's struggles continues. john jaso breaks the tie with a solo homer. tanner tagged for eight hits, seven runs, four walks. nats fall, 10-4. eye spy a brooks robinson jersey on the

birthday. happy birthday, brooks. former national's pitcher jordan zimmermann pitching for detroit. a man on for chris davis and crushed, a two-run shot, five homers in the last five games. birds up 2-0. to the fifth, tied at three. not for long. adam jones unloading on this one is it gonna go? yes, i does. off the glo of justin upton and over. sixth homer for jones. but the tigers can hit home runs too. bottom five, man on, victor martinez just smokes this pitch. a two-run homer. tigers would add a run and win, 6-5. o's lose 7 of 8 games on this road trip. john wall's one of those great players who is fueled by disrespect. today he finally gets some well deserved rec to use this too. announced today, wall nb

but he's named to the third team, guys, the third! not the first, the second. had a career year, 25 points, 10 assists, his average. now many think wall should have been at least a second team selection instead of isaiah thomas. 50 double-doubles, only point guard in the league with more, russell westbrook who averaged a triple-double this year. so wall has something to fuel him this summer, i think. >> you're right. that's going to eat at him. and it's going to be good for us. >> thank you, carol.

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