in the district. tom sherwood. news 4. >> news 4 at 6:00. >> and the latest victim of game violence his remains were discovered, two weeks after he vanished, now three people are under arrest tonight. >> the panic is over now but questions remain down in charleston, a hostage situation, restaurant, and by suspect and we're learning more about what led to the violence. chris lawrence is at our live desk, he'll have a live report in a few minutes. >> hurricane harvey

it's expected to be a monster, category 3 storm when it makes land fall tomorrow night. now, evacuations are in place, amid the threat of historic flooding. we're tracking its path and the timing next. >> now, to a story that's been developing over the past few hours, fbi raids in maryland. >> tonight a dozen people are facing charges and a massive credit card fraud scheme. >> agents raided two homes in prince georges county today, including one in temple hills. >> bureau chief, tracee wilkins has been going through a lengthny indictment after spending much of her day and one of those -- >> carpet, plywood and boxes upon boxes, just some of what the fbi brought out of this rented home in temple hills. it's evidence and big federal case. >> who is that agent coming here and sitting and watching and watching. >> neighbors who did not want to be identified tell me they knew something was coming. fb

out of a temple hills home in the 2,400 block of saint claire drive. the home was being rented by rodriguez norman. he's one of 12 people facing charges for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. according to 77 -- norman his coconspirators stole credit card numbers off line, made fake cards and bought and sold illegal cigarettes. >> the fbi won't confirm that, but dogs weren't taken from the house this morning. >> oh my god, he had some beautiful animals. beautiful. it was -- it was a couple of pits, he was -- he bred these things here and they use them just like that. >> after hours in the temple hills home, agents left

po poles. it's called a spring pole and it's used to strengthen dogs jaws and necks. >> we're would see all of this stuff happen at night during the day or saturday afternoon. it was jam packed out here. >> this community tell me they didn't know norman, that they had just moved in here a little less than a year ago. in addition to the raid at this home, it was one in fort washington home where at least one suspect was taken to custody and dc police confirmed for us that that was owned by a former dc police officer, but she was not a part of this investigation. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins back to you all in the studio. >> people are preparing for a potential disaster as it inches closer towards the texas coast tonight, the bulls eye for this monster storm, corpus christie. but the impact will be felt across the state for several days. tonight sandbags are in place, as others pack up and hea

of town. doug is here now tracking the hurricane and the impact it could have on our area next week, doug? >> yeah, guys, we're tracking that storm closely. it continues to strengthen. look at the last couple, look at the eye, very well defined now. the latest advisory bringing this very close to corpus christi by tomorrow. here is the advisory right now. latest advisory came out at 5:00, winds at 85 miles an hour. -- he's probably category 2, right now, it's the latest advisory. on this track, bringing it close to car pus christy as category 3 storm. winds at 125 miles an hour, here it is at 1:00. at 7:00 land fall around 7, 8:00, 9:00 tomorrow night south and east of houston around the corpus christi area. this is going to have a big impact on the state of

saturday, sunday, into monday. the wind, no longer a factor. this is a huge rain event, again, 20 to 30 inches of rain in some areas, we'll talk much more about this 6:00 hour. >> sounds ominous. thank you, doug. >> now back to the breaking news in south carolina. police there have a better idea about what motivated a man to shoot someone inside a restaurant in downtown charleston. chris lawrence is at the live desk. what are you finding out, chris. >> doreen, witnesses say he shot and killed the chef and told everyone else to leave. and officials now say, this is attack was personal. >> we're do know already at this point the shooter was a disgruntle employee. this is not an act of terrorism. this is not a hate crime. >> some of the local stations the man was a dishwasher at the restaurant. the shooting happened and about 30 people were eating at the time. witnesses say he walked

the gun and said something to the effect of, boss in town and told everyone to leave, after more than two hours the s.w.a.t. team broke in and shot him. and we're told he's been rushed to the hospital with critical injuries, again, all of this wint down a few blocks away from emanuel ame the church where white supremacist killed parishione parishioners. a maryland grandmother says tonight she's proud of her sailor, he's one of two young men from maryland, presumed dead after that navy destroyer collision this week, both sailors were on the uss john mccain on monday when it collided with an oil tanker near singapore. petty officer grew up in carol county. his grandmother, tonight, says the family is proud of that -- on a ship out to sea, vietnam and japan. the other sailor from our region as petty

up in montgomery county and graduated from high school. today, the navy called off its search mission. in three days of looking, dozens of military divers were only able to recover one of the missing sailors' bodies. the fleet's commander has been relieved of his duties. the navy is reviewing safety procedures now around the world. a confederate monument in fairfax is the latest target of vandleism. city officials sent us a picture. you can see somebody splashed white paint on to the base. the paint has been removed tonight. fairfax city's mayor says that crime doesn't reflect the values of the community. there are no suspects yet. >> now, to the shutdown show down between president trump and members of congress. they're fighting over funding for a border wall, a signature promise during the campaign. let's take you back. >> i will

on our southern border. i will have mexico pay for that wall. mark my words. >> we're going to build that wall. we're going to build that wall. who is going to pay for that wall. >> mexico. >> we're will build a great wall along the southern border and mexico will pay for the wall. >> remember i said mexico is paying for the wall. >> but that was then. this is now. on tuesday in arizona, the president said he would be willing to let the government shutdown if congress doesn't provide funding for that wall. it's a story that has the potential to impact tens of thousands of federal workers in our area. we're wanted to know are you worried, right now most of you are saying, no. blayne alexander is getting reaction tonight to the president's threat. >> in a political war of will and words, president trump is firing shots at his o

today squaring off against capitol hill's two top republicans, saying he asked senate majority leader and house speaker paul ryan to make debt ceiling legislation part of a recent va bill, writing they didn't do it. could have been so easy. now a mess. this, after another swipe at mcconnell over health care. >> the relationships are fine, certainly they're going to be some policy differences, but they're also a lot of shared goals and that's what we're focused on. >> and threatening government shutdown on his controversial border wall. >> we're know that the wall and other security measures seen that take place over the last decade and committed. >>. >> it's really important the president succeeds, if he succeeds, the country succeeds. >> with congress

recess and facing a full debt ceiling and hoping to tax reform, some in the president's own party question his tactics. >> it mystifies me why would we're have this conversation about fighting, republican leaders who are trying to move many of the agenda items. >> internal battle with democrats standing by, ready to take full advantage of a fractured republican party. and a new shows that president trump -- according to poll, only 10% approve of how congress is working, back to you. blayne alexander, reporting, thank you, blayne. major development that has had emotions running high in our community for years. news 4, tweeted the news today. montgomery county council member says a ground breaking will be held for the purple line next week.

connecton has faced years of contentious debate. as we're reported earlier this week. larry hogan is expected to sign a federal funding agreement for the project soon. nobody in our area was lucky enough to take the top prize and last night's power ball. but today we've met the woman who did meet those unbelievable odds and now holds that $758 million winning ticket. she's a 53 yaeld-lon-year-old. >> the first thing i want to do, is i just want to sit back and relax and i had a pipe dream. >> that's some pipe. she works at the medical center in spring -- she's called and told them she is not coming back and she's still deciding what sh

money. that g of hers. >> her new best friend. >> exactly. >> that's the call everybody who buys a lottery tickets wants to make. >> some folks in our area missed the jackpot by one number. still got a sweet consolation prize, and million dollar ticket was sold here and a gas station in virginia here, also sold million dollar ticket. someone bought it at the parkway express station on the road, that's -- >> they haven't shown up publicly yet. >> keeping you safe and secure in your neighborhood. a local program promises to solve crimes by giving you money for extra home security. next and only on news 4, see how it's paying off. >> the president the press and the four letter word the journalists are moving -- isis is using an american

president installed security cameras, popular program that's led to some arrest. mark segraves explains how you can

>> it's beenow, involved more work for me, i encourage you to take part in this great government program. >> it's chris's job to inspect every home and business to request a rebate for the security cameras. he's racked up a lot of miles. >> i will say about 5,000 miles in the last 18 months. >> he launched the incentive program last year and provides $500 to homeowners and $750 for businesses to install the cameras. >> maintain. it's a positive thing. >> originally budgeted at $500,000. in just the first 18 months, more than $1 million in rebates have been issued, more than 7,000 cameras installed 3,000 homes and businesses, and police have documented at least nine cases where the cameras helped their investigations, including one person

stolen off his porch. >> he caught it on camera, called out and the police happen to be in the area. the sergeant noticed -- looked at the footage, recognized the person. as they were on patrol, they managed to catch the dog. >> rather you're a homeowner or business owner, you can qualify for these free security cameras. you have to place them on the outside of your home and have an inspection, but you'll qualify for either up to 500 or $750. if you're a senior or if you're a low-income family, you can get that money up front in the form of a voucher. if everything you need to know about getting a free camera is at our web site and nbc washington app. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> the investigation is over. but we're may never know what all the facts are after a woman was buried alive at the beach in ocean city. the medical examiner said today ashley o'connor suffocated in a 3-foot hole. they say she had been drinking, but they don't

play. why she climbed into the hole and what caused the collapse, still a mystery. o'connor is from texas and was in ocean city on vacation with her parents back in july. a new face of terror, isis is now using a little boy who claims to be an american to threaten your safety and the security of our country. the propaganda video features a ten-year-old boy who says he's the son of an american soldier. the boys speaks fluent english and said he moved to syria with his mother two years ago. he appears to be reading off a script at points. he's shown playing on deserted playground and loading an assault rifle next to an isis fighter. >> it's a word that most people, especially journalist, don't use lightly. >> since the inauguration you've probably heard it and seen it more and more often. >> those were lies, plain and simple. >> the president is a liar. >> lying every day and destroying the country. >> the president's lied to his

>> and unprecedented number of people are calling president trump a liar and the numbers may back that claim up. leon harris has a closer look. >> we've heard politicians described as being misleading, inaccurate, not entirely true, but with this president, people are starting to say the word "liar." since the inauguration, the post has been tracking what they call false or misleading claims. the washington post says the president trump has surpassed 1,000 lies during his time in office. now, let me show you here a bar graft, this one represents all the claims from january through this month. there have been some lows. take a look at this spike here towards the end of july. the post reports that president trump made 29 false claims in just 26 hours. the report says, in fact, he's averaging nearly five misleading claims per day, more than 30 of those claims have been repeated ones. mike, he's talki

haven't gone up for a long type, actually, they've been steadily rising the past few years, up more than 7% since 2014. now the false claim that he keeps going back to the most, is that obama care is dead or in a death spiral. he said that one 50 times. by the post count, the president, though, not quite on pace to break 2,000 claims in his first year. but there are still five months to go. >> the unique approach one school district is taking to welcome students before school even starts. >> you probably recognize this air traffic control tower, but you certainly don't recognize all the work that's happening right in the shadows at reagan national airport. i'm

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>> weather center tracking this monster storm that's about to come ashore in texas. what's the latest, doug. >> it's a monster, guys. you look at that picture and the one behind me right here. what i'm showing you, this is the satellite picture and infrared. take a look at it as we're look at the storm itself. the reason i'm showing you the picture, look what happens the last couple of frames here, you see a lot of high cloud and then

any time a hurricane forms an eye. and that's what's happening here. the eye starting to get very well developed, as well. the advisory at 5:00 came in with winds at 85 miles an hour. i would not be surprised if the 8:00 advisory has this over 90, could be close to 100 miles per hour as we're speak. moving to the north-northwest at 10 miles per hour, now on that track it will become category 3 hurricane. by 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, this is local time, so 2:00 our time. 125 mile an hour winds and we'll make land fall tomorrow night, most likely, as a very strong category 3 hurricane. some computer models making it category 4. moving and sitting here for days. not just one or two days, three, four, five days, it could stay right on through friday all the way through the day on thursday, rather on tuesday. they'll getting the rain already today. we'll see much more.

foca yellows is ten to, potentially 30 inches of rain and giving this area to the north of corpus christi up to 40 inches of rain. and it caused $9 billion worth of damage. . over the weekend into the day on monday. this is going to be a long-livered system for parts of the south. harvey impacts, major flooding expected, numerous homes will be lost and power can be out for weeks. we're estimating upwards of 300,000 people without power from corpus christi to houston all the way to west of san antonio area. this is going to be a major impact for them.

meteorolog d l tomorrow, let's take a look at that, she'll be out of here during the day tomorrow. she'll be live during the afternoon and sending her there during the day tomorrow hoping to -- making sure that we're keep you ahead of this weather here. it will effect us, not this weekend, temperatures in the 70s. great weather here all week long, until next week. and we are tracking harvey for the labor day holiday. it could effect part of the labor day holiday. this is something we'll watch closely. it will not have a big impact here, that's all we're expecting. it comes during labor day weekend. see you back here in a couple of minutes 6:45. just over the scene of some breaking news, a teenager's body found after he vanished, disappeared from home. we're working this story from our live desk, next. >> it's critical race getting national attention, how the violence in

the controversy over federal monuments play a role in deciding the next governor of virginia. >> imagine your kids' principal or teachers at your front door, in fairfax county, today, it's actually a great thing. on news 4. how teachers and staff are

the latest victim of gang violence. his remains were discovered two weeks after he went missing. three people have already been arrested in connection with that case. at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4, doreen back to you. >> new tonight in the race for governor of virginia, candidates are taking a stand on who is responsible for the bloodshed in charlottesville. >> and they're sparring over the future of confederate memorials. julie carey looks at how these issues might shape the race. >> the bloody clashes in

agreement between republican an both condemned white supremacist and knew owe nazis. >> there is a twisted mindset rooted in oppressing certain of us. >> if we're do not welcome these kind of people to virginia and we're ask them to go home and not come back. >> but the northern campaign is challenging and allows me to go farther to denounce president trump's assertion that there was blame on all sites. >> they'll continue to remind voters they did not say anything critical of president trump or call out president trump's name for his comments after those terrible events in charlottesville. >> political analysts, said he doesn't think he'll gain much from the strategy. >> i think he continues to stay very very strong with his own position, people will recognize this guy does not condone what

apologized, ralph nartham has turned his back on his heritage in demanding monument removal. they slammed the tweet, suggesting it referred to his ancestors who were slave holders. >> it's just inappropriate. l they haven't taken a position on whether shay should stay or go. but says locals should make the

decision. >> well, the first day of school is in the books for thousands of teachers and students in louden county. high fives greeted kids at cedar lane elementary school in ash burn. the school is trying to make the first day of school memorable for all of their 850 students. we're caught up with the principle today who says every student deserves to feel like a celebrity on their first day.

something special to make their students. >> they fanned out across neighborhoods today for the traditional welcome walk. news 4 kristin wright when went along. >> i can't wait to build them. >> she teaches second grade. >> this is it. >> special ed. >> first one. oh my gosh. >> fairfax county schools. welcome walk is

>> can i have a hug? >> we're in a profession where we're have the ability to change the world with the students that are in our classrooms. >> from special messages in sidewalk chalk. >> just made us feel so welcome when we're get here. >> to small tokens of appreciation. the admiration here is a two-way street. >> they're headed to their last home before the big first day of school on monday. starting the school year on a high note. in fairfax county, kristin wright, news 4. >> parents outraged tonight an-

right at the texas coast. doug is monitoring the timing and the impact it can have on us. >> portions of texas, yes i think this will be coming our way. i'll track it for you and show you what days have the chance to -- we'll see y

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it was -- >> she wasn't the only one forced. some of you are calling this abuse. a few are defending the coach. most agree this is not the proper way to teach someone how to do a split and nbc lucy is working this story for nbc nightly news. you'll be able to see her report tonight at 7:00. . create a new terminal and a new security check point coming, too.

adam tuss got an exclusive tour of the work. from huge demolition dust and tear down, to this, a clean, bright, open environment full of glass and most importantly space. >> oh, that's super nice. >> sarah flies out of reagan national all the time. she's one of the thousands that will benefit from this new terminal on the north end of the airport. right now she doesn't even have a terminal where she catches her flight. >> i'm going to take a shuttle and back from the plane when we're land. it's kind of a hassle. >> no more shuttle. lots of new space with shops and restaurants plenty to do for

passengers. >> a brand new larger security check point, also coming here. construction is ramping up. airport leaders are working to minimize the impact to you. new security check point is expected to open in 2020. the new terminal on the north end of the airport in 2021. pat reagan national, adam tuss, news 4. >> till the end of may, calls it the m the history lesson behind this community frozen in time t giveo

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>> when you hear somebody talk about black beaches, they may not be referring to the color of the sand. >> even with the turn of a time, several local waterfront enclaves that were built as an answer are still in

>> so some forward thinking of black americans decided that we're can do better, we're can go buy our own land, bring our kids down and enjoy. >> the mayor's wife said they first came as guests here. >> i was walking through the town at a barbecue that commissioner prins

>> they bought near the pe>> i was five years old and that ulthe 50s that my parents brought us here. >> joyce prince, now one of the town's commissioners would spend summers here with her grandmother, one of the earlest owner. >> we're caught crabs, we're could fish, initially there was a huge hotel right on the river here behind this peer point. and entertainers from the district would come down. this was the hot spot. >> they were destinations for african-american families. highland beach was founded earlier in 1893 by charles douglas. the 40 acres became a summer retreat for many well-known black professionals and their families

picnics on the beach, the bathing beauty contest and the weekend shows by some of the country's most well-known performers. >> water is so beautiful here. it's just great. >> shall we're sit down. >> barbara and jack harbor say segregation meant african-americans had few options but to create their own resorts. >> we're have to be mindful for what our history was and why this was necessary. if we're had been able to go anywhere else. then this would not have been a black

>> 15 miles an hour. that's pretty slow, though, they're planning to do some development, they say, they bought it and incorporated small stretch of beach. we're launched to share the untold all just washed away from -- that's why they say they like it so much. but nobody really wants to sell and they definitely want -- don't want any developers. >> and how and where we're spend our leisure time, together those are where the most important family traditions are created. >> that's incredible. >> that's wonderful. >> thanks for

barbara. >> thank you. so, doug, all eyes are on harvey and we are a little worried about how it might effect our holiday leisure time weekend. >> it's not this weekend, it's next weekend that it would come. it's hitting parts of texas tomorrow night. it is next week. i want to show you what's happening in our area right now. we're do have an area of storms back to the west. we're talked about these yesterday. areas most likely to see some showers back around frederick county virginia, into portions of northern maryland, that's where you're seeing these right in here. they're trying to move across the mountains, they'll have a hard time doing so. i think by the time they do, the sun will be down and they don't lose any daytime heating. it's getting us up to 80 degrees. 81 by 4:00. beautiful day, fantastic afternoon, the kids are still out of school so far, like mine. looking pretty good for the pool day. this weekend, again, 79 on

saturday, 78 on monday. monday 77, look at most next week in the 70s. then we're start to warm and we're warm as a result of harvey, actually, bringing up some warmer air and tropical moisture. chance of showers on thursday and on friday. 80 on saturday. again, this is labor day weekend. we're tracking the forecast, of course, tracking harvey. rain does look likely, as of right now, i don't think it looks too heavy. but if it comes on friday, that's one thing. if it comes on saturday, that's another. if it lingers just a little bit, attack forecast has to be worked out here. we'll be tracking it for you over the next couple of days again. as far as harvey is concerned, we're sending amelia draper down there. >> all right. thank you, doug. we're preparing to honor our late colleague jim vance in a couple of weeks an we're want to share some new details about that with you tonight. there will be a celebration of vance's life on tuesday september 12th at

mornin t broadcast the service live on nbc 4 and online at nbc washington, as well. there will be a limited number of tickets available for the public to join us. we're would like to invite you, if you want to come, you'll need to sign up online. you can do that by going to our app and web site

>> he's returning even his stretching is making teammate smile. jaw dropping and watching his route running. he's still a game time decision for sunday versus the bengals. jordan looks crisp, fast and sudden, quite the compliments you see. now, none of those words apply to the redskins ground attack. sherree burruss has more. >> reporter: redskins run game, nonexiste nonexistent. the running backs totalled 64 yards. >> we're need to break more tackles and make more plays and help the quarterback out. >> you're not frustrated with the way the run game is going, that's not the word you use. >> last year, i was, what -- when we're got to the season, it wasn't that. >> it takes all 11 to get the ball moving up andow

there are things that we're felt like we're can make it on -- make corrections on and it's our job to go out sunday and prove again. >> the team can feel the fan's frustration and from his experience, chris thompson reminds us to relax. >> my rookie year, we were 4-0 in the preseason and ended 3-13, so for the fans and people out there that's panicking, there's no reason why. at the end of the day, you know, you fix those things in preseason and then you get it together. >> thompson's biggest key to success against the bengals will be not going 3 and out on that first drive like we've seen them do in the first two preseason game. from redskins park. >> who is ready for some high school football. the season opens up with a big-time event tomorrow. with the tough tasks, trying snap of the second longest winning streak in the country. bishop, high school in las vegas. they've won

going to be national tv. head coach elijah brooks. >> the guys are excited. the stage isn't too big for us. we're excited to show what we're can do. >> can this be one of the biggest wins in school history. >> i think it will be up there. i think it will rival basketball power memorial win and, you know, karim abdul-jabbar years ago, hopefully we're land over the positive side of the coin. >> do they go to vegas. >> tomorrow night. and then, one night later, it's the spectacle of all speck tagles. the winner of may weather gets this money belt. has 3,000 diamonds in it. it's made of italian alligator leather. are you going to be watching, saturday night. >> i'm really excited about it. i think it can be a pretty good match for the first couple o

>> whoa. >> well, this is a fight. >> there's another fight. >> it was the yankees and the tigers and it was getting into it with miguel. you see it's a base brawl, what precipitated this was a yankee who was hit by a pitch after hitting home run. bench is cleared later in the game after more players were hit. we'll keep our eye out for suspensions which we are sure to come. the nationals are wrapping up their series in houston tonight, back home tomorrow for mlb players weekend. it was a new event. you'll see players wearing customized jerseys. he's out pitching tomorrow night. he'll get to wear this jersey all weekend, we're made some for you guys, doreen, you queen d like queen b, beyonce. >> oh, yeah. >> i hammerer, he's always eating up my time. and jim, you play a lot of tell misand we're need somebody o

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