daughter. >> reporter: at his home in bowie, maryland, kerry told me his 22-year-old daughter kerry ann has always made him proud. but about a year ago he saw something in her behavior that prompted him to seek a court ordered mental evaluation of her. he says he was turned down three times. >> and they said they couldn't do anything. because my daughter was never diagnosed with a mental illness. and my simple answer is, well, when do we start? there does something tragic have to happen before we realize something needs to change? by golly, it's now happened to me. >> reporter: she was in miami beach with a friend celebrating her 22nd birthday. her father doesn't know why she struck three cars in miami beach before being stopped by police, refusing to get out of her vehicle, driving off, striking and injuring a police officer proch prompting another officer to shoot her. >> reporter: so you think s

had mental needs as opposed to was abusing substance of alcohol? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> reporter: i asked him what he believes prompted his daughter to hit cars and run and then fail to get out of her car when ordered to do so by a police officer. he says he thinks she panicked, feeling she was in greater danger if she didn't drive off. reporting from bowie, maryland, chris gord gordon news 4. >> news 4 has tried to shine a light on mental health with our changing minds campaign. we have a list of important resources. if you are looking for help. just go to our nbc washington app and search changing minds, then click on where to find help. >> we have some breaking news right now. it's out of montgomery county where several buildings have been evacuated because of a gas leak. these pictures from chopper 4 show fire fighters saying that a construction crew mistakenly struck a gas line near broad birch drive and plum orchard drive. this is in silver spring.

among those evacuated. they are capping that leak. >> montgomery county courtroom packed today as the driver who killed a 5 month old child in a stroller made his pleas. john miller pleaded no contest to reckless driving and guilty to failure to yield in the death of tristan schultz. the baby was in a stroller being pushed by his mother in a crosswalk. she was also hit. our northern virginia reporter david culver explains why some feel justice won't be served. >> reporter: outside the loudoun county courthouse, a mother sits quietly. eyes closed, praying, meditating, just breathing. she's here for the family of baby tristan schultz. everyone here wearing a blue ribbon, here for the family. >> we all feel like we lost -- we lost a child as well. >> reporter: august 31st, 2016, mindy schultz pushing a stroller with her 5 month old inside, crossing this lansdowne intersec

his jeep driver john miller. he turned left, hitting the mother and child. little tristan died. >> i think what's been really eye opening is that a mom with a baby can be legally crossing through a crosswalk, be hit, and a child can die, and there essentially is no punishment for that. >> reporter: in court tuesday, miller pleading no contest to reckless driving, and guilty to failure to yield. but not saying much more. in the front row for the first time, tristan's mom and dad. behind them, dozens of supporters. >> i don't think there is any point at which this is going to become easier for them, ever. >> reporter: with prosecutors dropping the involuntary manslaughter charge last month, many community members feel miller is getting off easy. >> it's not up for discussion that he hit and killed tristan. so, to us it would make a lot of sense for him to show some level of remorse whether he feels like that was purposeful or not. >> reporter: as with each of these hearings, we wanted to hear from miller

left quickly before we could ask him any questions. his attorneys have told us in the past they don't want to comment yet until this legal process is over. attorneys on both sides are going to be back here on friday. it's then they'll determine sentencing. in loudoun county, i'm david culver, news 4. >> well, we had another august-like day today rjt but we do have some rain moving in, doug. >> yes, we do have some rain that is going to be making its way here. i'm grabbing the sheet august 10, record high temperature today is 92. we hit 88 degrees today, just some incredible warmth after an extremely warm and humid day yesterday. we have rain making its way in from the south and west. nothing in our area right now, just some cloud cover, but notice the showers starting to develop now. just to our south and west just southwest of the shenandoah valley. this rain will be moving our way. temperature wise now, we are extremely warm and we're going to continue to watch not only as then

temperatures start to change. temperatures out there right now, 85 degrees d.c., 84 in hagerstown, but as we move in through the day tomorrow, everything changes in a big way. rain moving in, wet and unsettled pattern the next couple of days and we'll be seeing much cooler temperatures. temperatures the next few days, ten to 20 degrees cooler than where we were today. much more on this pattern and the change ahead for the weekend in just a minute. >> all right, we'll see you then, doug. thank you. the jefferson memorial could be getting a huge make over. the national park service has been testing a laser to clean the dark spots off the monument's stone. this afternoon they say that that test worked and now the entire memorial is going to be cleaned. the black ening is caused by microscopic organisms that cling to the stone. it's been getting worse since it was first noticed about 11 years ago. the park service hopes to complete the cleaning along with rehabilitating the monument's roof some time next year. >> the day is almost

opens for business on thursday. today city officials showed off some of the options for getting to and from the wharf. by ground or even by water. news 4's tom sherwood is there. >> reporter: hey, wendy. just take a look here. this is the new $2 billion wharf. at least the first phase of it. lots of buildings like lots of new stuff. let me show you the traffic down there on main avenue right now. rush hour traffic meets last minute construction for the wharf. how traffic will flow is a big focus right now. mayor muriel bowser stepping onto a bus, but not an ordinary bus. the new southwest shuttle, it will loop around to the mall. deposit passengers at the new $2 billion wharf redevelopment. it officially opens thursday, including the concert by the food vendors. about 20,000 people are expected. the city is promoting bus and metro, bike a

avoid as many traffic jams as possible. back on the bus, the mayor had a friendly warning. >> and just try to remember that there are many ways to get here. you can drive. there is parking available. you're going to pay for it. >> reporter: the mayor also took a brief ride on the new water taxi service. 150 passenger boats will fly the potomac to georgetown in alexandria. offering easy access and spectacular views of the nation's capital. on board, the mayor, a native washingtonian recalled her first experiences on the water. >> my father owned a boat for many years of my childhood that he docked on the other side of this bridge at the washington marina. so, i've spent a lot of time on a boat, painting boats, cleaning boats, all the things that go along with having boats. >> reporter: and, well, the waterfront of the mayor's youth is gone and now we have all of this. the mayor will be back here on thursday to do the opening ceremonies for the wharf. in southwest, tom

4. >> and that is going to be a big day. news 4 will have live coverage of the wharf's grand opening all day on thursday, starting will ette green and snaromara. hanley will be there. music, fireworks, you name it, come on down. hang out with us. you can watch it here on news 4 or you can also see it on the nbc washington app. >> i'm take iguodala that water taxi. that looks fun. meanwhile, the white house says tonight we'll hear from president trump by the end of the week about a new effort to overhaul health care yet again. mr. trump tweeted this morning about using the, quote, power of the pen to deal with this issue. this follows a number of failures by lawmakers on the hill to pass legislation to repeal and replace obamacare. we told you yesterday that the white house has drafted an executive order to expand plans offered by associations or groups of small businesses. a move like that could be destabilizing to the affordable

reasons. first, associations would likely be exempt from the ten essential health benefits required under obamacare. now, that includes services for pregnancy, hospitalization, mental health and substance abuse. experts tell us these could also be detrimental to the individual market place because they'd likely not have to sell to people with preexisting conditions. that means younger, healthier people could seek the association plans driving up premiums for those covered by aca. >> more high profile actresses say they were harassed by movie producer harvey weinstein. gweneth paltro w, angelina jolie, both say they rejected his advances early in their career. this comes as the new yorker releases a disturbing new audio from audio recording from 2015. it was part of an n.y.p.d. sting. in that recording, a foreign model appears to be

weinstein's advances inside a hotel room. >> i'm sorry, yesterday was kind of aggressive for me. i need to know a person to be touched. >> i swear i won't, just sit with me. don't embarrass me in the hotel. i'm here all the time. sit with me, i promise -- >> i know, but i don't want to. >> in a statement, weinstein spokesperson said any allegations of nonconsentual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. mr. weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances. something tells me we have not heard the last of this. >> this is not going away. i just tweeted out prominent democrats giving money that he contributed their campaigns in charity including elizabeth warren, the dnc. est was a big political donor. >> it's been a bit of a delay since we heard from anybody. yeah. >> meanwhile, coming up on news 4 at

protest steeped in controversy, but is the nfl about to take action to stop players from kneeling during our national anthem? >> also tonight a warning from police as a potential lethal drug is causing overdoses around our area. >> the parents of an officer gunned down in front of a prince george's county police station, how the picture of their son in court towed. i'm tracy which will comes coming up on news 4, the man accused of contributing to his death appeared in court. >> and a local sailor killed in an accident at sea laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. only on 4 tonit, we hear from gh

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my dear est timmy, you are the essence of what mankind should be. your unconditional love, strength and compassion towards others was like no other. >> a maryland mother today remembering her only son. he was a sailor killed in that collision at sea. timothy echols family then followed his casket to arlington national cemetery where they said a final good-bye this afternoon. >> echols died this summer when the uss john mccain crashed into a container ship, you'll remember. before today's funeral service and burial, his mother sat down with our meagan fitzgerald. rachel shared happy memories and spoke of the phone call every parent fears. it's an interview you will only see here on news 4.

>> tim was the most compassionate individual anybody could have ever met. he loved helping people. he enjoyed cooking for individuals. >> reporter: timothy echols was rachel's only son. he was her pride, her joy, and on so many occasions the reason she smiled. >> he always wanted to serve mankind. >> reporter: that's why four years ago at just 19 years old, he chose to join the navy. he was stationed in japan on the uss mccain, and on august 20th his ship was heading towards singapore, but it never arrived. the uss mccain collided with a merchant ship, trapping ten sailors inside. >> the uss navy and marine corps divers joined the search today. >> reporter: hours later rachel received the heart breaking call. >> he just basically told us that he

[ inaudible ]. my heart had stopped that day. i literally broke down. i said, you can't come to my house. whatever you have to say, you can say it over the phone. because i don't want to hear that. i don't want to hear that my son is missing, that my son is gone. i didn't want to hear that. >> reporter: for days she waited in agony, praying that somehow timothy survived, while divers scoured the ship, trying to locate the sailors. >> additionally, the malaysian navy has reported they have located potential remains. >> reporter: and with those devastating words, hope was shattered. rachel is now forced to live in a world without her only son, grasping for memories. >> the last time i saw him was thanksgiving of last year. he surprised us. he made this apple pie that was ab -- it was so beautiful we didn't want to eat it. >> reporter: timothy echols was more than just a 23-year-old sa

laugh to remember, and a heart no one could ever forget. >> so, i have a picture of him on this bench when he was 12. and he's like got his arm reached out, because i love the fountain. and i said, let me shoot you with this fountain in the background. >> reporter: rachel says she has known her son would do anything for anyone, but now the nation knows just how brave of a man he was. >> he is a hero. but he's always been my hero. he's always been mommy's hero. so, this is just the world knowing that he's a hero. >> reporter: reporting in washington, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> next week nfl owners will consider some changes to the rules that say players should stand during the national anthem. in a letter sent to team executives, the league's commission said, quote, we like many of our fans believe everyone should stand for the naal

he's proud of players who have attempted to address issues in their communities. but he says players kneeling at the start of games is now dividing people and preventing conversations that can lead to some progress. he added, quote, we need to move past this controversy. former quarterback colin kaepernick started kneeling last season to bring attention to racial injustice and police brutality. president trump re-ignited the controversy over the issue earlier this year when he said players who don't stand or disrespecting the troops and should be fired. >> let's talk some baseball, folks. a live picture coming up now from chicago where the nats are getting ready for a do or die game against the chicago cubs. and some breaking news, in just the last few minutes about the weather and the start of tonight's game let's go live to news 4's carol maloney. she's at wrigley field. hi, carol. >> hey, jim. yeah, not a drop just yet, but

we are expecting another update from mlb on whether they'll have a start time coming in 15 minutes. but for now all these people are here. most of them don't even think they're going to get the game in because we've been comparing those fancy weather apps and it says 100% chance of rain all the way until 2:00 a.m. now, if they get it in tonight, then the nats could be facing one loss away from elimination. so, one loss away, yea, elimination games, they're so fun and they fire up the guys. >> got nothing to lose, you know. win or go home. makes it easy. we've won two before. >> we faced elimination before as well. so, nlooking forward to going ot there. >> i'd rather be up 2 to 1. >> win the game. what else you want us to do? we're going to win the game. >> meantime tonight starting

illinois native grew up close to chicag chicago as a cubs fan. they didn't bother him for tickets for the biggest start of his life. >> it's pretty surreal. you know, the pitch in wrigley. just the history that they have here and everything. so, it's very exciting and, you know, i'm anxious to get out there. it actually hasn't been too crazy. i just have five of my family members coming plus my wife and two kids. but nobody has really reached out. they're good about getting their own tickets which is very good on me and it's a lot less stress that i have to worry about. >> dusty says he hasn't decided if this game is delayed and postponed until tomorrow. if it was tanner's tomorrow game 4 or go back to steven strassburg. he did say, though, he does want tanner with him in an alley if he ever gets

he is a warrior so he does like his chances with tanner, too. live from outside wrigley field, carol maloney. send it back to you guys. >> you have to clear that field before any play gets underway. carol, thanks so much. we'll keep our fingers crossed for the weather. >> they spent a season trying to get to the city of alexandria. now the characters of the hit show walking dead have a new place to hang here in the district. >> and storm team 4 tracking some rain here that's going to move into our area tonight. doug is back in a flash with more on howt could impac it

doug has just given us an update. if you were planning on switching over to the nats tonight, you don't think they're going to get it in at all. >> i don't. it's going to rain the next couple hours. there will be a break 7:00 or 8:00 our time, then more rain comes. even if they start at that time, get more rain as well. looking pretty good. we did something different. hanley shaved his beard off. we're going to try this and see if that works tomorrow. wendy is not having any of it so we're all good. >> maybe a wash out. what does it matter? >> which may actually help us in the end. >> there you go, right? >> may be helping us just a bit. take a look outside now, mother nature treating us pretty good on this afternoon, this tuesday afternoon. some color there, starting to show, but still mostly green around our region. not a whole lot of

85 degrees, 85. we had 88 a little bit earlier today. just amazing how warm we were. again, the reported high is 92. we were at 88 earlier. now at 86, leesburg, 85 fredericksburg, cull pepper coming in 87. the heat index at this hour is near 90 degrees in spots. again, another very hot day, not nearly as humid as if was yesterday, but still a very warm and humid day for the month of october. no rain to talk about now, but that is going to change. it is going to change in a pretty big way because over the next couple of days, wednesday, thursday and friday, going to be fairly unsettled and good idea to keep your umbrella >> henry: difficult no matter when you're leaving the house. satellite radar showing not much in our area now, a few clouds, bull there are showers already down to the south. starting to increase. take a look at the wider view here. here's the rain coming into chicago. here's the first batch. then you get the second batch coming in. the first batch is what postpones the game. the next batch is what i think will keep the game from going on. tonight much nicer in chicago by the way. as far as our weather is concerned we're watching this area of rain that will come through overnight

let's time it out for you. 7:00 tonight couple of showers. most of us on the dry side. look at a nice evening. 11:00 starting to see rain developing in the south. southern maryland, northern neck, early tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m., yeah, we've got area wide showers. that's all we're going to see tomorrow. this is not going to be all day rain, but notice around noon, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, this is when we see the heaviest rain come through. it could be kind of nasty out there. if you're thinking about getting lunch outdoors, you may want to rethink that. a couple scattered showers for the evening rush, i expect some wet roads. more rain coming through tomorrow night into thursday. that sets up something a little bit different. tomorrow cooler, 75 degrees. cooler with rain, less humid and overcast with the showers likely during the day. but look at thursday. high temperature of only 69 degrees. it will be rather breezy. that northeasterly component to the wind always keeps us cool not only gives us showers, but drizzle at times. that is something we'll be watching. high temperature of

looking nice. monday chance of storms and cool weather. if you want the cool weather back, i've got it for you. i have it for you next week. you have to wait a little bit. >> all right. >> well, a health storm of smoke and ash, that vivid description from california's wine country. the latest as fire fighters struggle to contain the deadly wildfires. >> plus new developments in a case that led to the death of a police officer by friendly fire. the reaction is two brothers plead guilty today. >> there is a warning out in alexandria about an especially potent, possibly deadly form of opioid or heroin on the streets. i'm julie carey.

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leon harris here at the live desk where we just got word of a u.s. park police chase in the district that ended on connecticut avenue at up ton street, north west. police were telling us they were able to flatten the tires of the car. he tried to run away from the scene. both were eventually caught. traffic light now, partially blocked on connecticut avenue. we have a crew heading to the scene so we'll give you an update on the very latest shortly. jim, back to you. >> leon, thanks so much. today two brothers pleaded guilty for their roles in the attack on a prince george's county police station. detective jacai colson died in that shootout. our bureau chief tracee wilkins has details from today's hearing. >> i don't think there is anyway we can ever make sense of this

and kill innocent individuals. >> reporter: elijah and malik ford say they are guilty of contributing to the death of prince george's county detective jacai colson. they also admitted to aiding their brother michael in his deadly plot to shoot and kill as many police officers as possible. michael ford sprayed the prince george's county district 3 station in bullets in march of 2016. his brother malik ford was looking at the possibility of life in prison for recording the shootout as it unfolded. and miss directing officers who searched for the gun men as he fired. but through a plea deal, his time in jail is capped at 20 years and his brother elijah at 12 years. >> it does help. closure, however it comes, is beneficial to healing. >> reporter: during an exchange of gun fire, plain clothes detective jacai colson was shot and killed by friendly fire. that landed two of the brothers with conspir city and second degree murder charges. as it stands

is the only one looking at life in prison. the shooting is the hardest thing he's dealt with as chief. >> i am personally gratified by the fact that the people who set this chain of events in motion are being held accountable. >> reporter: michael ford, the actual shooter in this case, is going to have a full trial. that is expected to happen in 2018. all three brothers will be sentenced after that. the parents of jacai colson told me today they are never going to be satisfied since their son was taken away from them. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> team coverage now on the fight to put out deadly wildfires in northern california, hundreds more fire fighters from throughout the state join the battle against more than a dozen wildfires today. at least 15 people have died. dozens of people are missing and hundreds of buildings have burned. choppers are rescuing people trapped by flames in their vehicles. one person was killed trying to flee the fires in a vehicle that ran off the

got engulfed in the blaze. >> it's like armageddon out here. >> insane, i've never seen anything like it. >> literally this went up in seconds. >> the fires are raging through northern california's wine country, whipped by strong winds and dry conditions. our team coverage continues now with storm team 4's amelia draper live in the weather center. are they going to get any relief? >> well, unfortunately, wendy, the weather conditions are going to deteriorate throughout the day tomorrow into thursday. what you're seeing right now, a red-flag warning and this is issued when conditions are favorable for fires to spread easily. it's when you combine dry conditions with stronger winds and that's going to be the case tomorrow on into thursday. we are going to get winds coming out of the northeast and that is not going to help areas like santa rosa, which has just been ravaged by these fires down through areas like napa and sonoma as well. now, extremely dry weather coupled again with winds that are going to increase tomorrow and when we talk about winds increasing, gusts up to 45 miles

and that's what we saw over the weekend when the fires started that really helped them spread quite quickly. now, for the most part unfortunately, the fire is largely contained. the exact cause still unknown at this time. so far we are hearing about 2000 structures destroyed. the exact vineyard damage still unknown. i was talking to a friend out there. he actually used to be a loudoun county fire fighter so he kind of knows what he's dealing with. he's now in the vineyard business. talking about the grapes, wendy, he's saying most of them have already been harvested so good news there. but if they have to replant the vines, that's a five year process so that is going to have a huge impact down the road on wine prices coming out of california. >> just awful, just absolutely awful out there. thanks, amelia. >> the case against a man accused of setting his pregnant girlfriend on fire will move ahead. today a judge found enough evidence against la quin phillips to keep the attempted murder and arson charges against him. prosecutors say he doused andrea greenwich with gasoline and

phillips' defense attorney says there is no proof the victim identified him as the man who burned her. greenwich is still in critical condition and unable to communicate. >> a first of its kind alert, this for alexandria tonight. it's a warning that a potent yoe opioid is in the community ask it is causing ape spike in overdoses. our julie carey spoke to first responders about what they are seeing and how they are working to try to save lives. she is live at the fire department's training center. >> reporter: hey, wendy. well, alexandria decided to sound the alarm because of a spike in opioid overdoses. unlike any they had ever seen before. they're hoping now by palomino putting first responders and the community alike on alert, they can stop this disturbing trend. >> mother reports that she is unable to wake her son. >> reporter: first responders training for a scenario they see

a call for an unconscious person with symptoms that suggest an opioid overdose. >> pinpoint shallow respirations. let's go ahead and give him some narcan for a possible opioid overdose. >> reporter: last week it was reality. six times. fire, police, mental health departments, they all share information as part of what they call an opioid work group. they decided to issue a warning that there was some type of very potent opioid in alexandria. >> this is the first time that something has officially been sent out saying, hey, we had a spike here. >> reporter: battalion chief brian risik is the operations manager here. he says alexandria has not seen as serious an opioid epidemic as other areas. the trend is going up. last week especially worrisome. >> it gets the hair standing up on the back of your neck. are we dealing with we haven't dealt with before, is this a new

something like that. >> have the narcan on board. let's continue to reassess. >> reporter: training is always included how to administer the overdose reversal drug narcan or naloxone. it is now being used by first responders at least once or twice a week. >> we've given him some narcan with a positive response. >> reporter: now, the hope is the alert they've issued may make some opioid users think twice, or at least arm their loved ones with important information. in alexandria, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> you're having a baby, you request an epidural to help with the pain. >> but there's a misunderstanding about that procedure. what doctors are now saying about how it affects labor. >> i'm darcy spencer in middletown, virginia. this is where the battle of cedar creek was fought during the civil war. there is a reenactment planned for this weekend but now there's been a

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some good news for expectant mothers. there is a new study that finds epidurals do provide the most effective pain relief during childbirth and it doesn't slow down labor. researchers compared the effects of epidural anesthesia to a placebo in women who were entering the second stage of labor. didn't want to be the person getting the placebo, do you? not surprisingly, the placebo group reported significantly more pain, but the length of

groups. also epidurals did not increase the risk of c-section or a fetal distress. a news 4 consumer investigation exposing a possible scheme that may be coming to your neighborhood. >> yeah, this one involves tree cutters. we are working for you tonight, getting action and answers after hearing from a number of viewers who tell us they paid for a service that was never completed. our consumer reporter susan hogan is in our newsroom to tell us what she's uncovered. susan? >> well, that's right, jim. we heard from three people who all had the same story. they got a knock at the door from a tree cutting service offering to take care of their dead trees, while the customers don't dispute the trees were dead, they say the crew never returned to remove the stump, something they paid for. and there's more. what allegedly happened at this woman's house is now part of a fraud investigation after numerous attempts by us to contact the owner of the company, news 4 went under cover.

>> so, my name is actually susan hogan. >> susan? >> i'm with nbc 4. >> okay. >> we've been trying to get in touch with you a lot. >> so tonight at 11:00, we confront the owner of the company. you will hear more from him and how our investigation got the attention of local police. jim? >> all right, we'll look forward to it, susan. thanks so much. a big gift to the smithsonian today. items from the popular tv series "the walking dead" are donated. ooh yuck. >> creepy. >> but will you ever see them in an exhibit? >> plus some rain is now moving into the area. doug is tracking what's coming. he's going to have the lest time latin

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153 years after the civil war battle of cedar creek in virginia, there are concerns over a new brewing battle. this time it comes in the form of a threat ahead of this weekend's reenactment celebration in middletown. news 4's darcy spencer shows us what's being done to keep people safe. >> reporter: he is setting up his artwork and tent getting ready for reenactment weekend on the cedar creek battle field in middletown, virginia. it is an event that has been threatened with violence. >> not concerned at all. first of all, the nature of the threat was so immature and unsophisticated it depth gget a credibility. >> reporter: the foundation that runs the battle field and event posted a threat on the website that it received a letter threatening bodily harm to attendants of this event. the frederick county sheriff's

security for the reenactment. those who came early to set up told me they won't be intimidated. >> we're not threatened. as a matter of fact, what we're hearing is more and more people are saying because of this we are going to come out this weekend. we'll be prepared. we'll protect ourselves and looking forward to another big event. >> reporter: thousands of reenacters are expected to act out the battle on a field where it happened october 1864 and it can draws a large crowd of spectators. those we spoke to here today on the battle field tell me they consider what they do to be a hobby, a sort of live demonstration of history. that's how chuck johnson describes the threat. the former reenacter is setting up his tent to sell wares this weekend. he's been doing it more than a decade. >> i'm not worried about it. none of us are. same threats were made up at gettysburg and nothing happened. >> reporter: in middletown, virginia, darcy spencer, news 4. >> a cross bow, ka tan a

severed head, some of the new additions to the smithsonian collection. they are from the cable show the walking dead. cast and crew turned up at the american history museum to show off the memorabilia. the show's executive producer said despite the violence, he hopes the walking dead brings people together. >> something that strangers on the street can talk about, that families with tvma with appropriate age teens can discuss and groups of friends can get together in real life and in real time, and they can scream together and they can occasionally curse my name together. >> the artifacts will be part of the museum's tv collections exhibit. no word yet when they will be displayed. >> nice choppers there. let's get the word on the weather. doug joins us once again and we had a pretty muggy day just as predicted. when is this stuff going to be gone? >> are you guys -- >> done? yeah, i'm done. >> done with it? >> done,

>> mother nature is done, too. >> excellent. >> get the heat out of here. we don't want it any more. it's been on the hot and humid side. high temperature 88 degrees today. we're going to be 20 degrees cooler by this time thursday. let's take a look outside now. pretty nice afternoon, really not too bad now. though it has been very warm and humid, still temperatures sitting at 85. that heat index up around 90 degrees in many areas. 28 be dropping tonight, humid conditions 7:00, 9:00, pretty nice around lyf11:00. it has been extremely warm. we set a couple record high-low temperatures. it was 74 at dulles airport early in the morning the other day. that is a record low high. high low. anyway, 84 in potomac, 87 leesburg, 83 right now riverdale, over towards prince george's county looking good underground weather new york. what are we going to see the next couple of days? it it is going to be raining. no pattern change. take a look at the wider picture. here's what we're watching. we're watching this area of

the north and east. developing into parts of kentucky, parts of west virginia, parts of southern portions of virginia, too. by the way, nationals game, not looking good. i don't think they're going to get this in tonight. one round of rain about to move in and then maybe a break and then another heavier round throughout the evening. so maybe they play this game tomorrow. it does look a little bit better there. our weather, again this afternoon, not bad. but tomorrow not good. showers, showers, and more showers. that is going to be the case. it's not all day rain, but a good idea to keep the umbrella handy. 65 degrees at the bus stop. 75 degrees pickup. the next couple of days, it is a pattern change, amelia. one fall weather lovers will like. >> which i think at this point is 80 to 90% of people. doug, i have to commend you for going there. our weather producer came over and said, should we talk about the record warm nights? i said, there's no way on air i'm going to say record low high because it is so tricky and confusing.

the weather is going to have a moderate to high impact on your wednesday tomorrow. at the bus stop, might be one of those days where you wait with the kids, they can wait in the car until the bus comes with some showers already possible. recess likely indoors tomorrow, you want to keep that in mind for after school sports. if they're going to try to get it in outdoors, make sure you're throwing the rain gear into the bag tonight to get the kids ready for tomorrow. if the kids are coming home after school tomorrow, right after school, they don't have those after school sports, plan the indoor activities. be prepared. be ahead of the weather because showers are very likely. and then we look to thursday, the opening of the wharf doug is going to be down there i think with jim. it's going to be cool, breezy, some showers and drizzle possible. in fact, i think some showers likely. look at the temperature, we go from 88 today to about 69 on thursday and, doug, that's that 20 degree temperature drop you're talking about. >> that's exactly right. much cooler on thursday. that north easterly flow coming from. wednesday, thursday friday a little on the dreary side. especially thursday and friday. look at the weekend, pretty nice

on sunday. pretty good weekend. then another pretty strong front moves in monday. if you really want the fall like weather, there it is for you. highs in the 60s, lows in the 40s for our suburbs, 50s in the city. >> thanks, doug. two men are now in custody after a police chase ends on connecticut avenue in northwest. >> our mark segraves was first on the scene. mark, what have you learned? >> reporter: yeah, this all started over an arlington county. let me give you a shot of the suspect vehicle. you can see it is actually missing its front tire. was driving on its rim. we were told by park police they got a call from arlington county police earlier this evening before 5:00 p.m. to be on the look out for this vehicle because of a felony warrant. they did not go into specifics of what that felony was, but they had a look out for a felony warrant. park police spotted the car on beach drive near rock creek, chased the car here. along the way it hit one if not more cars on the way. i can t

car and the passenger are both in custody. in fact, the passenger of the car is in the back seat of this d.c. police car right behind me. now, the driver of the car was just taken away in an ambulance. we do not know, again, why arlington county police was looking for this car or the occupants of this car. we can tell you that no one else other than the two occupants of the car were injured. we do see over here to our right some unmarked police pickup trucks that have virginia tags that have arrived on the scene and of course you can see traffic on connecticut avenue is just gridlocked in both directions. that's the very latest. we are live just below the van ness metro station on connecticut avenue in northwest washington. back to you guys in the studio. >> thank you, mark. that's got to be a messy rush hour there. more than 100 mayors from our area and from across the country are joining together in an initiative to bring parks closer to people. it's called ten minute walks. the campaign aims to have all americans within a ten minute walk of a g

organizers say having nearby green space can benefit mental health. help the community and, of course, helps the environment. mayors in our area are taking part include d.c., arlington, alexandria, frederick, baltimore and richmond. >> great idea. i like that. a rise in threats against employees at two government agencies. >> news 4 i-team broke the story. tonight there are calls for change because of their investigation.

calls for change because of a news team 4 i-team investigation, brought security for some of our area federal workers. >> the new request comes days after scott macfarlane revealed a fast rising number of threats against local employees of two major government agencies. scott? >> yeah, jim, members of the u.s. house and senate are weighing in on this now requesting a budget boost if necessary to deploy more protection for workers at the irs and the epa. last week our news 4 i-team investigation revealed more than 1500 threats investigated against irs employees. this year alone. and recent concern among employees about protests and unscreened vehicles near irs headquarters in d.c., we also found a spike in the number of threats against epa employees and at least one major police response at their d.c. headquarters just a few months ago. both agencies have armed security to protect workers and both have

investigate threats, but local members of congress say it is time to consider beefing up those forces. >> we don't have a government if we don't have an irs and we don't have an irs if we don't have people who are tax collectors. but that doesn't mean that there can be an open season on tax collectors. that's a real job and these are moms and dads and people with kids and members of the community and it's the same thing with the people trying to enforce the clean water laws and the clean air laws at the epa. >> and more reaction coming in. in a statement to the i-team, senator mark warner said providing adequate funding to keep employees at these agencies secure is in fact an investment in the well-being of all federal employees. and md ed in senator chris van holland said we must ensure they have a work environment free from threats and intimidation. congress will resume deliberations over what to spend on federal workers and the agents who protect them this spring. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >>

>> it's insane. i've never seen anything like it. >> the death toll rises as wildfires race across california. families forced out as fierce flames devour thousands of homes. and the threat is far from over. >> a maryland family desperate for answers. their daughter shot and killed by police while celebrating her birthday in south beach. why her parents worried about her health in the months before her death. >> dramatic new video as masked men robb a local gas station. why their appetite could eventually lead to their arrest. >> plus, a battle of the brains as president trump appears to question the i-q of his secretary of state. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> and good evening. first tonight at 6:00, a father's worst fears realized. his daughter shot by police in miami beach. >> cariann

she was celebrating her birthday. police say she ran over an officer with her car and another officer killed her. >> news 4 spoke with the woman's father who says he believes his daughter was suffering and needed help. >> my daughter is gone. >> reporter: kerry is defending his daughter's death. it is breaking his heart. >> it will hit me every day for the rest of my life. it will hit me the rest of my life. that girl is my name sake. that's me. >> reporter: he doesn't believe the video of the shooting tells the whole story. it seems to show his daughter cariann in a bmw refusing a police order to get out of the car, driving off, striking and injur injuring one officer. police say that prompted another officer to shoot her. >> something was going on mental health wise with my

>> reporter: cariann was a temple university student who was in miami beach with a friend celebrating her 22nd birthday. her father says she dreamed of becoming a lawyer fighting against social injustice. >> the best thing her father can do is tell people about her. so, they won't have the memory of what's on social media of the incident. >> reporter: he says a year ago he started noticing something strange in his daughter's behavior. he asked for help, seeking a mental evaluation for her. >> i tried to do it on three separate occasions with the court in prince george's county and they said they couldn't do anything because my daughter was never diagnosed with a mental illness. and my simple answer is, well, when do we start? there is something tragic have to happen before we realize something needs to change? and by golly, it's now happened to me. >> reporter: he says he was told that because his daughter was over 1he