courage to tell the truth about charlottesville and condemn the leftest terrorists and black lives matter. he's referencing something specific that president trump just in the last hour where he clearly said, that there were people on both sides. >> you had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and horrible and it was a horrible thing to watch. but there is another side. there was a group on this side, you can call them the left, you've just called them the left, that came violently attacking the other group. so you can say what you want, but that's the way it is. i've condemned knee owe na zees. i've condemned many different

groups. >> on monday he called racism evil r. he said the kk neo-nazis and white supremacist are repugnant criminal thugs. just today in the last hour going back to say there is blame to go around on both sides, jim. >> chris lawrence, thank you more breaking news right now in the fall out from that weekend violence in charlottesville, maryland governor larry hogan is pointing the crowd to call for the removal of justice roger taney from the grounds of maryland state capitol. he was the chief justice and called african-americans inferior and not worthy of u.s. sin ship, meanwhile the family of the mother killed in saturday's violence in virginia is preparing tonight for her memorial service. and some of the victims who survivored injuries are filing

first lawsuits now. we have team coverage, we begin with bureau chief, she's live where hundreds gathered tomorrow to pay their respects. >> hi, jim, well there is a special tonight on the mark key of the paramount theater. it reads heather heyer gone but not forgotten. as this town tries to move on and heal from those violent clashes over the weekend. there is still also some tension here tonight that the confrontations might not, yet, be over. the robert e. lee statute marked the site of violence clashes saturday. still the scene of tension there today. this woman rushed when she learned a man with a confederate flag and rifle had showed up. she said he was instantly confronted. >> he was showing his flag. i wanted him to see my sign. there were people in his face pointing in his face and swearing at him and

a murderer, calling him a terrorist. >> the man left with the protection of police. he's stopping by several times a day. he said he's not alignd with the white supremacist, his interest preserving history. >> well, i've been coming out here every day since just to take smur nobody defaces the park. i came out here just a few blocks away. the memorial continues to grow at the spot where 32-year-old heather heyer was killed when a car plowed into a group of protesters. the man allegedly behind the wheel, james fields, facing a murder charge. this is where hundreds will come together wednesday for heyer's memorial service.

now seeking to reclaim the piece usually found here. dozens of these blue hearts are posted downtown. paper store owner created the signs heart broken, as she watched the violence unfold on tv saturday. >> wanted to flood the internet with hope and unity and just something else other than what we were seeing. >> and this afternoon the first lawsuit was filed on behalf of two residents who were injured when a car that they were in was struck by the vehicle that plowed into that group of protesters, they are seeking $3 billion from the alleged driver and the leaders of white nationalist knee owe na zee and kkk groups they were here including tesla and david

>> we're hearing from one of lee's descendants who live in our area and getting his thoughts. chris gordon is here with that part of the story. >> he believes his great grandfather would be ashamed of the violence that marked the protests in counter demonstrations that took place last weekend in charlottesville. >> in my opinion, he never would have been that started the riot. we don't need people like that in this country. >> robert e. lee, iv, believes that people these days have lost the ability to discuss in -- >> we don't have respect for any each other any more. >> i asked his reaction

remove the statute of his grandfather -- great grandfather, general lee. >> people say, take it down, take it down, i have no problem with that. >> he acknowledges for many people, the statute of robert e lee standards for the fight over slavery. but he says there were other issues, issues of states rights and that his great grandfather fought first and foremost as the son of virginia. robert e lee, the fourth, says the money that it would cost to remove confederate statutes could better be used to educate people about the history of the civil war. he hopes that will lead to a better understanding of the issues back then and reduce the hatred and violence now, wendy. >> well, seeing him and realizing that's just his great grandfather, we realize that that past is not that far behind us. >> and he has a son, the fifth, robert e lee the fifth. >> interesting.

>> interesting. >> thanks so much. >> and our coverage from charlottesville is just getting started. in our next hour, david cull ver with the emotional remembrances for one of the fallen virginia state police troopers, who has deep roots in our area. and tracee wilkins was in annapolis today when the word came from governor hogan about his wishes to remove that controversial statute. she will be joining us with a live report a little bit later in our broadcast. >> following some breaking news right now from chopper 4 where over the scene of a deadly crash here in alexandria. take a look, this is beulah street in kings town. police just told us sh someone hit and killed a woman here. it's not clear if she was crossing the street or the sidewalk here. the driver of the car did stay on the scene and was rushed to the hospital. keep it right here and we'll give you updates as they come in to news 4. and we are following more breaking news and it has a lot of you fired up on my facebook

>> as news 4 joins us with more reaction to all of this, mark. today one of these marble columns that surrounds the memorial is roped off. covered with paper and tape. >> what do you think spray painted memorial day. >> i think it's awful. beautiful. everybody should treasure this place. >> do you expect to see something like thishe

>> does it surprise you? >> no. >> the maes sessage appears to e f word written down the column and the word "law" across the bottom. unfortunately this happens regularly enough around the mall that park services has an actual architecture team that's trained to deal with things like this. >> it's going to take weeks to completely remove that graffiti because of the delicate nature of the work and those marble columns that use liquids and materials to take it off a little bit at a time so they don't damage the marble columns. that's the latest, we're live at the lincoln memorial. mark se graves, news 4. >> thank you, mark. there have been high profile vandalisms in recent years, a district woman was arrested four years ago. she was accused of splattering green paint at the lincoln memorial and the national cathedral, you may recall, she was te

stand trial. and then just this past february, the washington monument, the world war ii memorial, lincoln memorial again and the dc war memorial all vand alized over the president's day weekend. someone used a magic marker and wrote cryptic messages making references to the death of president john f kennedy. >> some of us got a serious, now we're tracking what's in store for the rest of the week, doug is in our storm center this evening, what's the latest. >> a lot of people saw quite a bit in the way of rain, really starting to see things come across the region after flash flooding. first up. let's show you the way things look right now, you can see what's been happening over the last few hours, we had that rain really coming on through the area early this morning. take a look a

picture as we look at 5:10 in the afternoon, nothing going on, a couple of showers in our southern zone, but that's about it. i don't expect to see all that much more. this morning, though, it was a completely different picture. take a look at some video, this is around the broad branch road area. this is an area that is prone to flooding and we expect to see flooding in situations like this where we see the extremely heavy rain. but other areas, well, we're not expecting flooding all that much. it was a much different picture a little bit earlier today. amelia draper taking a look at that right now from the studio. >> well, doug, of course, during an event like this, we love to hear from you what you're seeing and taking pictures. we've gathered some of your tweets out there and take a look here, here is some video now of the werather. you can see a lot of area roads were flooded here in parts of the district and then we head to, well, more flooded roads across the area. we have some great video in, too, well, more

roads. some of this from friendship height and as well as the vanness area, remember whenever you're seeing weather in your neighborhood, let us know what you're seeing, we love to get your weather reports. i want to show you something as we head over to max one. talking about all the rain fall we've had so far in july and august. july was the seventh wettest august on record. we're only in the middle of august. july was the 7th wettest on record. we've had three inches of rain. that's normal for the entire month, guys, to give you an idea, how does this impact you, as we look further ahead, this pattern is going to continue. have the umbrella, have the rainbow, pretty well for the rest of the month. doesn't look like the rain is going everywhere. >> thanks amelia. >> another protest is in the works for the nation's capitol and this one could be huge. we'll tell you about the weekend's march o

after this past weekend's unrest in charlottesville. also, first of its kind, personal touch at a popular dc museum for people, until now, could not enjoy it the way that most people can enjoy it

right now police are back on the scene of a horrific crime involving a five--year-old girl. her family tells us she was

when she returned a short time later, she claimed she had been sexually assaulted. now they're back in that neighborhood, hoping to find some answers tonight. news 4 jackie benson is there with the latest. jackie. >> reporter: jim, this happened right about dinner time on sunday. this apartment complex is filled with children. we haven't seen any children. fairfax county police have released a sketch. we want to show that to you. this is a sketch of the suspect with information provided by witnesses, including, obviously, the victim. that man is said to be about 5'9", heavy set, about 200 pounds. but please take a very very good look at the picture. that is believed to be the suspect who abducted this little girl and sexually assaulted her. now, we understandth

she was missing. look for her and then a very short time later, she reappeared with giving her parents information that, obviously, horrified them and led them to call police. fairfax county detectives will be about -- out here this evening. we expect them any time they're going to go around this complex and ask people if they saw anything, if they saw this man, they're very, very disseparately trying to find him and i can tell you, this is almost a ghost town here, not seeing a lot of people outside, a lot of fear behind what happened here. live in fairfax county, jackie bensen, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. well, the people who shop at the safeway that's near dupont circle. they say they don't like. the aisles are already crowded. tom sherwood talks with customers who are already set with this proposed change. >> an 18-wheeler backs into the narrow loading dock on

street and takes a lot of deliveries to stock this grocery, a far cry from supermarket safe ways. now long-time neighbors are fighting the new bid to carve out more room for beer and wine aisles that could reduce food choices even more. >> with a reduction of the -- of the-already strong number, et cetera, it -- it would be wrong. >> susan depends on two canes, she's lived a half block away for 55 years, no other grocery within her walking distance. >> what do you want to happen with the beer and wine license. >> i think it should be rejected. >> parents at the nearby ross elementary school just across the back ally say teachers and parents need more food options, not booze. >> i think it's unnecessary, unhelpful, and it's not improvement or in addition to anything in the community that we don't already have. >> there are three or four places to buy liquor, wine and beer jus

safe way. they say it's a proud community member. we constantly look for ways we can provide great service and value. beer and wine will make up less than 4% with the store's inventory. tracee mills lives nearby and she said she depends on safe way. >> if the low cost grocery store option we have in the neighbor that makes it very convenient. i will tell safe way that we enjoy the supermarket because it's a grocery store. >> it will be the subject of hearings next month. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> the library of congress is offering a new way for people with visual impairments to experience the thomas jefferson building. as news 4 aimee cho on history. >> from the tall ceilings, to the small details, library of congress is a sight to be hold, until recently. by now, there is a new kind of

experience everything, you get to hear what things look like and you'll actually get to touch them. >> we're hoping to describe it well. >> created the touch history tour. and each work of art -- and everything from colors and going through it to the signs. 50 feet, to the expressions on the faces. >> to experience what everyone is experiencing. we have the ability to step over to the table and to have items to fill. very very -- >> it's all about helping those who are blind to feel more included. >> if you have any question that will be happy to answer. that's a great opportunity to have a building come alive for someone who doesn't have that visual experience. >> that's tremendously exciting about this. >> he's now a leader of the american for the bl

them to give tours like touch history. >> i think it's fantastic. it provides a more equal experience for folks that are blind. >> that experience now offer twice a month for free and it's one that anybody can enjoy. >> thank you so much for your time and your energy at the library of congress, aimee cho, news 4. >> lovely. well, is your wallet in need of a makeover? if you haven't gotten a different credit card in a while, you'll see why susan hogan says it might be time to mix things up in there. >> speaking of mixing it up, out there, many of us soaking today. we're tracking showers as the y

>> this is going to look like ireland after all out there with this rain we've been having. >> it's drenching today. >> it really has been. you saw ameallia just a while a, starting off in august, wet note this morning. some areas picking up one to two inches of rain. we saw flash flooding earlier. cloud cover across the region with the rain. showing that none of the rain is around the dc metro area. we're tracking a couple of showers, one of which down into portions of southern maryland, right around the

what i'm talking about, right in here, i'll show you what we're looking at. prince georges county, a little bit of line here, just to the north. watch out, could see some showers in that area over the next half hour to an hour or so, now. just cloud cover, it's a little bit on the humid side, 80 degrees, it's going to stay rather muggy, right on through the next couple of days and the mugginess is going to increase as we move on through the end of the week. 77 degrees winchester, 78 in manassas, average high temperature 87 degrees and nobody is close to the 87-degree mark today. there is the rain we saw earlier today. still cloud cover, the wider view showing we have some more clouds back to the west. we'll have to get these through tonight before we start to see sunshine tomorrow. something else i'm watching, right off the coast, look at it. very close between cape and bermuda, good news here, though, it's moving up and

move out, current winds at 70 miles per hour. still tracking and it's moving away. rip currents along the beaches, virginia beach up towards dell roy beaches, maybe rip currents over the next couple of days. forecast for tomorrow, warm and humid for sure. a lot more sunshine tomorrow. not just humid. i think the heat index will be in the low 90s. you'll feel the humidity. not a good beach day or pool day today. tomorrow a much better pool day. 84 at 11:00 a.m. 87 humid at 1:00, rising at about 89 degrees at 3:00. it will be a hot and humid day out there on your wednesday. we'll stay with hot and humid theme. 90 on friday saturday and sunday. 91 on monday and tuesday. good chance of storm coming up, 40% we raise this to 70%. 70% chance of rain and thunderstorm during the day on friday. most of the area dry. if you

maybe you're thinking of taking the boat. we'll see partly cloudy skies and have too much of an impact cloud wise in respects it should be good. make sure you get your glasses now. you need them, again, 82% totality here in the dc area. i'll have more on that coming up at 5:45. >> our region is coming to terms with this weekend's violent protest in charlottesville. >> now the nation's capitol is getting ready to hold another protest, this time about google, what the organizers say about potential violence. two state troopers who died when their chopper crashed during saturday's chaos. one of them has deep roots in our area, how he is, rather, being remembered. we eerp working for you this afternoon, what you need to know about scams related to the violence in charlottesvillehis t

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over the past two days about the tense situation in charlottesville. but we are not forgetting about the tragic deaths of those two virginia state police troopers. >> tonight we're learning about the ties one of those troopers

both lost their lives in that crash. northern virginia reporter spoke with his brother today through skriep. >> craig bates says his little brother always wanted to fly. >> when he was ten years old he saw top gun taken at the bates family home. >> when he was when he was two. >> few hold on to the passions into adulthood, berk started out with florida highway patrol, joining virginia state police in 2004, for a few years he protected the governor and his family. just a few weeks ago, craig says his little brother called him letting him know he got his dream job. >> he absolutely had a passion for helping people and when he got the call on july 25tht

mediation here at virginia state police, the excitement in his voice was an absolutely just incredible. >> bates was working with lieutenant jay in charlottesville, when the chopper crashed, both men died. bates a day before his 41st birthday. >> i didn't anticipate he had anything to do with it because he was in the aviation department. >> he's proudly remembering his little brother, loving dad, husband, uncle and son. don't let the photo fool you. his smile, playful attitude, that's what those who knew him remember him. >> it makes me smile at the same time. >> he leaves behind his two twin children, his wife, as well. making the way for memorial services. we heard from

police. trooper bates' memorial service will be held on friday. craig said something that was interesting, he said yesterday he had a moment where he thought something he wanted to tell his brother about. starts that text, only to realize he won't get a text back. >> we're working for you tonight with details about potential new scammers. we just wondered how long this was going to take, if you see fund-raising sites on line to help victims in charlottesville, be careful how and where you give your money. thee -- they set up campaigns. con artist may also may try to call or e-mail you for money. if you do choose to give, make sure you only donate to established charities and fund-raiser that is you know are reliable and

beware of copy cat names that sound like reputable charities. make your check payable to the organization and not to an individual. >> organizers of another protests scheduled for this weekend. they are vowing to keep their gathering peaceful and calm because it deals with another emotional hot button issue. leon harris in our newsroom, with more on the march on google. uses as recent firing. the formal google engineer was fired by the company after he wrote and distributed a memo questioning the abilities of women in tech jobs the

posed saying, quote we condemn in the strongest possible terms any display of hatred and bigotry from any side it has no place in america, no citizens should ever fear for their safety and security in our society. there's a chance that the protest may not actually happen. usa today is reporting that no one has applied for any permits to hold the demonstration there on saturday, back to you. >> leon harris, thanks, leon. let's head overseas where survivors of these deadly mudslides in sierra leon's capitol are describing what they heard and felt when that mud and boulders flooded into their neighborhood. one resident said it sounded like an earthquake.

it's a rare site indeed, so rare you might be surprised to hear how long you have to wait to see a total solar eclipse here in washington. hopefully the weather will be okay for that eclipse. we'll have more on that coming up at 5:45. just right around the break. right now tracking the system that brought us early rain. what's it mean coming in behind this

improvements of the memorial and the memorial will be harder the statute of the men who bravely put the flag will be polished waxed and frightened and the grounds will be

marlin, he'll us all about the story live that centers around he knows a lot about the families. >> if you have some extra room in your home, you may want to add a new animal member to your family. this saturday august 19th. hundreds of shelters across the country will team up with nbc and tell mun doe stations to clear the shelters. it's third year for the special event. it's designed to find loving and to literally clear the shelters. for this one day in order to do that, adoption fees will be waved. i will be at the shelter in louden county and meteorologist will be on oglethorpe street in northwest dc. to find a participating center near you, just search clear the shelters on our nbc washington app and i will see you

saturday. every year we've been able to clear the shelters 1,700 animals adopted last year. >> amazing. >> just year in our area. >> yeah, we hope. >> and in the maryland state capitol, statutes days may be numbered, new plans to remove it and the debate over taking it down would erase the

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thrust back into the spotlight after the violence in charlottesville. >> should confederate statutes be on public display in our cities and our towns. ndour r in durham, north carolina they toppled. >> and the push to remove two confederate statutes outside of a courthouse in lexington in intensifying. in fact, the debate came to our area. news 4 tracee wilkins is in annapolis after maryland's governor to be removed from the state house today. built all of this, said he felt it was time to come down president instead of saying he will be fine with that if the governor was also was okay with it. the governor saying today that

statute to come down. for people who know what justice roger taney did in the supreme court and the statute in front of the state house is offensive and hurtful. that's what it was for joe lean, who in 2007 was a freshman delegate in prince georges county, thought to have it removed. >> i got a lot of push back from people and leadership who kept trying to tell me about history and how we couldn't erase history. i believe removing the statute from the state house grounds is the right thing to do. we will ask the state house trust to take back action

immediately. >> reporter: in his statement the governor also said the time has come and during this chapter's history. it's the same sentiment. and violence and further divide our nation. it's too soon to say what removing taney statute will mean, for activists who wanted to see it gone, they're ready to move forward. >> who we choose to honor, it really says a lot about

has never happened before. they've never removed a statute. what that process is going to look like. whether there's going to be an official vote and how long it's going to take, they'll have to figure that out as they move along. i'm tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. >> what's in your wallet. well it may be time for a credit card makeover. >> that card you've been carrying around in your wallet for years, may not be working for you. susan hogan, is, she is here what you need to know about that. consumer reports shows you how to get the biggest bang for your buck. >> when it comes to plastic, 20 billion consumers have never changed the preferred

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impacted by boating tragedies and hear why safety experts are sounding the alarm. we will be revealing more details on news 4. it's going to be starting at 6:00 in the morning and again at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and you can follow along with us on our facebook page for all of our reports out there for you, as well. it really is an unprecedented about how we'll be rolling this story out. it's so much to tell you. we wanted to do it right and this is the way we feel to do it at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. this is a huge voting area. large boating community here. >> and whether you are renting, buying, or a passenger on, you'll want to hear this. >> you know it. all right. thanks so much. we'll so look forward to that. >> well, the solar eclipse that you're waiting to see what the rest of us, six days out now and we've got you covered on nbc 4. news 4 and nbc news will have all day coverage, that will be on the air and online at our nbc washington app. of courseur

meteorologistist doug cammerer he's headed south he'll be live in clemson south carolina which will be one of the best places to view the eclipse. >> yeah. and as we've been mentioning here in the dc area, we will not get the total solar eclipse, in fact, it's actually been hundreds of years since our area has seen a total eclipse. >> so right now if you have our nbc washington app, you can check out just how old you will actually be if you want to know, when the next one happens. so we took a look at what that means for the three of us and it's not so good, depending on your perspective. >> there i am, i will be 243 and i'm going to look exactly like that. >> you look great. >> i haven't aged yet. >> i'll -- no, wait, we had a glitch there. i think it's suppose to be 138. >> you're going

>> 222, you're too young to remember. >> the thing about this one, we don't have to go far. so we can actually drive to it now. the next one comes in 2024 just seven years away. that one is totality from texas up towards maine. i'm actually thinking about -- i want to go to maine so bad, thinking about a trip there, now.

bit more. we cannot stress this enough, make sure you use proper eye ware. so we will see a very good show in the dc area. most exciting time between 2:20 and 3:00, we have 82% at around 2:42 in the afternoon on monday. what's the weather going to be like, mostly sunny, this hot and humid. it will be hot and humid for all the activities. a lot of activities in the air and space museum. amelia draper will be live tomorrow afternoon during the show. she's going to tell you where you can get your own sunglasses, there's still a ton of places that will be giving them out the day of the event again. she'll be on with us. out there right now, hey, we have some sunshine. we haven't seen much of it today. 80 degrees i expect to go up over the next hour or so with that sunshine in here. finally seeing some sun after all the clouds and rain

but south and east, tracking a shower or thunderstorm just to the east of the suck lant area, down towards mckennonsville. just some showers moving in. we'll call it a little heat wave on saturday. saturday chance of storms most of those s

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>> some pretty terrifying moments this morning in one of our country's most famous parts. >> a woman carrying an infant and pushing a stroller with two children in it when a tree fell on her. >> she's in critical condition. row san caught up with the witnesses. >> hot goers told us they heard it falling before they saw it. >> we heard the tree crackling and coming down and coming down nice and slow in slow motion. came down nice and easy. >> crashing down on a woman and her three young sons. the two and four-year-old in a stroller, the infant in a carrier. jack and tammy jones staired in disbelief. >> she was walking in. she had never heard it coming, saw it coming. it just fell on her. >> my reaction was to get the kids out of the stroller so we could get to the mom. >> the woman pinned on her back under the branches, the couple rushed to

so did two police officers who also heard the crash and saw the stroller twisted in the branches. >> she wasn't bleeding. her eyes were open. she was breathing and moving her hands. >> civilian passed off two-year-old baby to me. he had bumps and bruises. he was conscious. >> there are trees pointed which maintains them, the trees. so far no word on why this one fell. >> two minutes ago i was right over there before it happened, so it's -- it's scary. >> news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking

blaming both sides. >> his comments are already sparking a new fire storm. let's get right to blayne alexander at the white house [ blaine alexander ] blain. >> reporter: the hate groups behind that rally. today he appeared to be defending the white supremacist groups who started that rally in virginia. president trump today returning to his controversial statement from saturday, suggesting that the blame for the deadly violence in charlottesville virginia falls on many sides. >> you had a group on one side that was group and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. i think mr. there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it either. >> president defending his initial unwillingness to call out white supremacists and other hate groups by name. >> unlike you and the media, before i make a statement, i like to know the facts. >> the president denouncing the driver o t