spoke with the prime minister overnight. both agreed on the importance of preventing north korea from launching missiles towards guam. the violence in charlottesville, maryland -- kevin plank announced he's leaving the president's american manufacturing council. >> his company will focus on unity, diversity and inclusion through sports. he joins kenneth frazier, the ceo of merck pharmaceutical and brian -- the ceo of intel who backed out yesterday. the president criticized frazier sharply at his departure on twitter. the ceos were upset that president trump did not explicitly condemn white nationalists this weekend after the rally in charlottesville turned violent. the president did condemn the group in a statement yesterday. president trump has yet to comment on the crowd that greeted him in new york.

shame as his motorcade made its way to trump tower in new york city last night. dozens of frum supporters were there as well. back here in the district, dozens of demonstrators marched from the white house to the hotel on pennsylvania avenue. they chanted no kkk, no fascist usa. >> and take a look at this scene. this is an anti-racist rally in durham, north carolina. as you can see, protesters pulled down a con fed ral statue outside of a county courthouse. the group cheered and started kicking and hitting the statue. now to the woman who has become the face of the protests that happened in charlottesville. today, there will be a memorial for heather heyer. charlottesville daily progress says the memorial will be at the paramount theater at 11:00 a.m. everyone is asked to wear purple. she was killed after a man drove his car into a group of counter protesters at the w

heyer's father says he forgives the suspect. >> he's only 20 years old. he don't have sense enough to make a lifelong decision about nothing. i forgive him. flat out. just i forgive him. the inning is, he has to live with the consequences and he has to live knowing he took somebody's life for the rest of his life. >> the suspect in the deadly crash you see here. james fields, jr. is held without bond and charged with second degree murder. the events in charlottesville appear to have set off hate-related incidents in the d.c. area. on sunday a man with swastika tattoos used a racial epithet toward a young lifeguard in the capitol hill neighborhood. montgomery county police are investigating an assault in rockville that same day. police say a man heard a couple speaking in air bic bik, made anti-muslim comments and physically a sought salted the

in northeast, a woman found someone ripped down and set fire to her gay pride flag. >> saw my gay pride flag burned. they said there's been a number of incidents in the area since this past weekend. >> the woman responded by flying the burned flag one story higher and placing the poster in her window explaining her decision. we have much more on the latest coming out of charlottesville. a look at how some of the late-night tv hosts used their platform and we'll go live to capitol hill for the latest on the backlash president trump is facing in the wake of this weekend's events. back here at the live desk, we're learning information about a man who deliberately drove his car into a pizza star. this is what happened in france. it's not terror-related at this point. a prosecutor announced that the man was high. other french officials said the man was trying to kill him search. now, we k

survive the crash, but unfortunately, a young girl died. aaron? >> angie, thank you. it's 4:34. right now, d.c. police are putting the pieces together after an officer-involved shooting. this happened near the 2500 block of naylor road around 6:00 last night. sources tell news 4 that officers were responding to a call and found three men in a car. one had a handgun and took off running. an officer chased him. that suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and the officer was forced to fire. the suspect was taken to the hospital where we're told he should be okay. police spoke to the other two men in that car with the suspect. the suspect's name has not yet been released. it is 4:34 now. new details in the fallout at the united medical center in southeast. last week officials ordered the hospital to stop delivering babies because of what's being called dangerous mistakes the hospital staff made with pregnant women and newborns. according to a letter

were a number of instances that led to that shutdown. the letter lays out two categories of violations. failure to comply with standards of good medical practice and failure to report a case of hiv infection. the shutdown will remain in place for 90 days or until the hospital implements its plan for obstetric and nursery services. develop this morning, fairfax county police are trying to find a man who kidnapped and then tried to sexually assault a person in res ton. this happened near the tall oaks shopping center off wheelie avenue. the man grabbed the woman and dragged her into the woods. he tried to remove the woman's clothes but suddenly left. montgomery county police are asking for your help to find this man. take a look at your tv screen. this is aaron jaler. he doesn't have his medication. his family and police are concernedbo

you may have noticed brown water flowing from your tap. they're trying to fix the problem but officials say it's safe to drink. you may notice the brown color if your water comes from the potomac water filtration plant. it comes from extra manganese in the water. >> let me be clear. manganese is not a health hazard. it is not regulated by the epa as a drinking water con tomorrow nant. epa considers manganese a secondary maximum contaminant level for aesthetic reasons only. fixing it, could take a few weeks. we want to get another check of weather and traffic. >> a look at your tuesday morning commute with wtop's jack taylor in a second. first, we'll check in with sheena for the weather. i was trying to get to manganese is for a

>> it doesn't look like -- have the umbrella before you leave today. here's a look at the current radar. very light rain around the beltway and parts of district. otherwise, we have steadier light rain in parts of montgomery county near gaithersburg. more rain down to the south and west and there you see even more of it heading our way. spotty showers in the forecast today. the commute so far, jack taylor, as far as the rain is concerned, not looking too bad right now. good morning. >> all right. we'll keep our fingers crossed for that. i know it's raining on 270, the frederick area. not attractive. i know crews are dealing with rain showers. the crash they're dealing with on 70 eastbound, outside of mt. airy, the left lane is getting back. the west lanes blocked with a medivac helicopter. paving had been going on maryland 50 westbound between 424 and 197 along the right side. two left lanes will get you by. they should lift hopefully by the time you hit the

355 southbound, also the work in the right lane getting by. aaron, eun, back to you. >> jack, thank you. if you're using metro this morning, you may want to head to your station early. why some trains are running slower. new details into the investigation of d.c. firefighter assaulted on the job. what he's accused of doing on a call. a bizarre burgeon the

this morning we're learning about a bizarre crime at the university of maryland. an employee reported that two toxic substances were stolen from a lab inside the chemistry building. this happened between wednesday and thursday last week. detectives are looking at video to pinpoint the suspects. police say the substances are highly diluted and do not pose a health risk to the public. a d.c. firefighter is accused of showing up drunk to help a hurt child. we're told he was then attacked. news 4's mark segraves worked to get cell phone video. it starts after t-- owe it ends before the attack. >> doing your job. huh? >> so there you can hear neighbors taunting the firefighter on sunday asking him whether he's drunk on the job. right now, he's in the hospital with a broken jaw. the fire department

he's already the focus of an internal investigation. it's not clear where the firefighter's partner was during the altercation. we're told the child was treated and is okay. let's give you a look at storm team 4 radar this morning where you can see some rain moving into, across our area. sheena pinpointing whether you can see showers where you live. our coverage on the violence in charlottesville continues. what the brother of one of the

we're following breaking news out of the district right now. >> a police chase has ended in southeast and a couple of people are now in custody. we're going to go to news 4's justin finch who is live this morning to explain what's happening. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

wrapping up. on scene, two people were taken into custody who apparently are young woman. not clear if they're juveniles. looking at the scene behind us or behind police at 19th and p streets southeast, perhaps you can see an investigation under way. flashlights being aimed at a home near just off of 19th street as they begin their police pursuit investigation. we know that just after 3:00 or so this morning, this began as a police pursuit involving park police. as you can see, they're still here on scene at this time. the vehicle in question, we've seen them around this morning is that pickup truck back there. we've seen heavy police attention on that vehicle. unclear if that is the vehicle involved in this at this time. now, what we're trying to sort out here is just how this all began. we do know initially it did begin as a traffic stop after 3:00 a.m. we don't know what happened in between. what brought them to this area. but, again, a

people detained. both appear to be young women. i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you in studio. >> justin, thank you. president trump will wake up at his home in trump tower this morning. >> this comes hours after he delivered a message condemning white nationalist groups for the violence in charlottesville. a message many people wanted sooner. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk. neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> the president later tweeted about his remarks saying he realized, quote, once again that the fake news media will never be satisfied. news 4's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill now. how are these remarks being received? >> it depends who you ask. some of the critics are saying, points to the tweets he sent

out. they were sent within hours of him making his revised comments yet it took him two days to revise his comments related to the condemnation of the hate groups there. it depends who you ask. senator mark warner from virginia says it was two days too late in terms of how he should have responded to this initially. people wanted him to stay stronger terms, specifically mentioning the hate groups like he did yesterday. >> edward, we know the richmond office of the fbi launched a civil rights investigation. what's the latest on that? >> at the moment the attorney general, jeff sessions has updated the president on where that is. they talked with the fbi about that investigation. that investigation, according to the attorney general is not just going into the person who committed the act, but also possibly expanding to the groups that created the atmosphere that allowed this act to happen. the attorney general saying he's going to vigorously go after the people and groups responsible for that attack. all right. edward lawrence on the hill

us. edward, thanks. we're learning more details about the helicopter crash that killed two virginia state troopers in charlottesville on saturday. the ntsb says the troopers did not send out a distress call before the crash. they were in the air to record video of the activities happening on the ground at the white nationalist rally. just before the crash, they moved to provide air support for the governor's motorcade. the helicopter was not equipped with a flight data recorder or a cockpit voice recorder. virginia state police officers jay cullen and berke bates were killed in that crash on saturday. >> trooper pilot bates would have turned 41 the next day. bates' father says his son was recruited by the state police from florida. he was ohm on the job a few weeks. his brother says it was his dream job. >> for us, you never expect to hear it. that was the hardest part about it. >> bates leaves bin

and 12-year-old twins. cullen also had a wife and two children. a teenager days away from starting her new life in college is being remembered this morning. she was shot in the head while she was driving on saratoga avenue in northeast last week. she died over the weekend from the bullet not intended for her. now, teachers and students at her alma mater, wilson high school, are prepared to start the new school year with heavy hearts. >> we're still a family. prayers, it's going to be hard. it's a hard thing knowing that she was on her way. she was on her way. >> she was set to attend florida a&m university. police have arrested and charged philip mcdaniel in her death. officers are still looking for two other people in connection with the shooting. 4:49 now. police are working right now to find the person who sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl in the alexandria section of

drive near lynn claire park around 5:00 sunday night. a relative noticed she was missing. when she rejoined the family, she told them what happened. they're offering a reward in the case. prince william county family needs your help finding a 16-year-old girl. this is her picture. from bristow, been missing since august 5th. she's 5'4" with black hair and brown eyes. she was seen wearing a black hoodie, black sweatpants and a tan head wrap. work begins today at the iwo jima memorial in arlington. the rehabilitation project will cost $5 million and last several months. david rueben stein is paying for the upgrades that will pay for better lighting and the roads. if you plan to visit, take public transportation to access the area from mooed street. you may need to leave early if you take metro.

speed restriction in place. this restriction is in place on the track between medical center and union station on the red line and between the minnesota avenue and benning road station on the orange and blue lines. last may, there was 45 mile per hour speed restriction i implemented. most people won't notice a change. everybody wants to see it so badly. they're willing to risk their eyesight. >> not worth it. >> no, it's not. we're talking about the total solar eclipse. eye doctors are reminding folks in order to see the eclipse and preserve your eyes, you need the special glasses. without them, looking directly into the sun or the eclipse can severely damage your eyes. >> what you would damage would be the central part of your vision. that is the most important part of our vision. that's what allows us to see clearly. >> we have a list of ways you can get your hands on the special glasses for the eclipse in the nbc washington ap

expensive sunglasses super dark, they're not dark enough. >> no. this is your eyesight we're talking about. we don't want to damage that. >> i tried on some of the eclipse glasses yesterday. if you can see anything lieu the eclipse glasses you have, they're not the right ones. these things are black. >> here's the problem. we can't find them. they're sold out everywhere. >> walmart. >> which walmart? >> the ones i tried ton yesterday came from walmart. >> next break. >> do they have the thing on them the iso number? >> they have the right number on them. they were pitch black. >> there's the fake ones going around. we're going to hope for good weather for the eclipse. the worst thing that can happen, we have clouds and showers around. kind of like today. but of course, we'll update the forecast as we get closer. spot showers today. low clouds. patchy fog. not too bad. it's going to be a day where you wa y

better tomorrow, though. tomorrow is going to look good watching the weekend rain chances, though. as we go o into next monday, that's a solar eclipse much we'll wch that forecast closely too. we have light rain in parts of frederick county, mt. airy, all moving in the direction of baltimore. very light sprinkles around the beltway in parts of charles county. spring unless prince george's county, fauquier county. as we go through the morning hours, more moisture from the west. a wider view shows us we're not going to be getting out of this pattern any time soon. make sure you have the umbrella an hand. 73 for clinton. it's warm as you walk outside, but if you're grilling today, keep the clouds in the forecast and the spotty showers. at 1:00 p.m. today, we go through the afternoon and evening hours. we start to see things wind down. that leads us to a better

bad. today 84 degrees. the spotty showers around. tomorrow, closer to 90 with more sunshine. we go to the weekend. the rain chances stay up. so far, monday is looking good for the solar eclipse. let's check your roads for your tuesday morning. good morning, jack. good morning, sheena. a little bit of the moisture out there. be careful if you head out early. crews have been dealing with the rain. carroll county side. 70 eastbound outside of mt. airy. the left lane is getting by the crash. westbound lanes reopened. the medivac helicopter has left the scene. crews working in northwest. rock way parkway. traffic alternates by one direction at a time. brief delay and the paving project, milling and paving, 50 westbound the john hanson highway between 424 and 197 right now. two left lanes gets you by. jack, thank you. they're behind a series of controversial videos. now the man and woman dubbed the

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controversial videos pulling dark pranks on their children. these videos show mike and heather martin screaming and cursing at the kids. sometimes even pushing them. the couple has officially been charged with child neglect and the fredericksburg news post says that they've reached a plea deal. the child neglect charges carry a maximum of five years in prison and $5,000 fine. the plea hearing is set for september 11th. in frederick county, maryland, the board of education is dealing with a lawsuit according to the frederick news post as well over a recently approved transgender policy for the district. the policy allows students to use the bathroom aligned with their gender identity. in the lawsuit, a 15-year-old girl says her right to privacy is being violated. they say it's too early in the process to comment on the lawsu. you can say cheers to this new study on alcohol. ch l

35,000 adults. they discovered light to moderate drinkers lowered their risk for heart disease. that's defined as two drinks a day for men, one for women. but heavy drinking was found to increase the risk of death, particularly in men. that's two a day. not glasses like this. >> a regular portion of wine. >> my regular and your regular. we're probably about the same. it might be august still. but it already looks like summer is over in the candy aisle. >> white pumpkin pie is the new flavor. >> these things are actually made of white chocolate with pumpkin pie flavored coating. >> this is from an expert. >> that's right. >> only dark chocolate. >> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now. >>

breaking news out of the district. two people in custody after i police chase. you're looking at live pictures. news 4 is there with the impact it could have on your drive to work. >> charlottesville fallout hours after condemning the violence. they say the president isn't doing enough. >> the cruel crimes targeting our local communities. and could this be the answer to some unity. the presidential impersonator hoping to unify the u.s. from the stage. good morning everybody. it is 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. we want to get right back to the breaking news. first, we're working to help you get out the door on time on this tuesday. >> wtop's jack taylor in the box down there, he's going to have a look at the commute in a moment. first, though, the storm cast from