above the scene. you can see that the back ups continue at this hour for miles. and montgomery county police are telling us they have their suspects in custody. it is the gun found in the drivers seat of a van. that van was carrying several armed robbery suspects who crashed on the beltway wrecking the friday afternoon commute. police say the suspects were heavily armed. >> it was reported that at least a long gun was involved and also powerful handguns as well. >> reporter: chopper 4 video shows the crash scene on the inner loop, four robbery suspects taken into custody, one one suspect who bailed out of the get away van was struck and killed by an unmarked montgomery county police cruiser in the chase. >> they are conducting an investigation and when they are through they will share it with the community and the montgomery ty

allegedly robbed a check cashing store in wheaton this afternoon. when police spotted the van they chased it onto the beltway. the crash happened between greenbelt road and route 1 forcing a shut down. they believe the suspects are tied to other robberies in wheaton since last month. those robberies involved a food truck in one case as well as a gas station in another. montgomery county police say they are working to build cases against these suspects that they already have in custody. back to you. >> okay, that's darcy spencer reporting. thank you, darcy. here's another look at traffic from chopper 4, the crime scene, not only impacting the beltway but also i-95 south. traffic is backed up at least 7 miles on the beltway. a couple of lanes now getting by, but you can see it is slow going out there. we'll continue to monitor this. we'll bring you any updates on news4 and the nbc washington app. >> our other big story, folks, the weather. some isolated rain tonight, but even bigger changes int

your weekend. doug is tracking it all from storm center 4. doug. >> yeah, you see the showers down around fredericksburg. mostly of us remaining on the dry side this evening. looking at a pretty nice night heading out for friday night. look at this, cold front making its way through the area. that cold front bringing us the cloud cover and ahead of it we were nice and warm near record high temperatures today. behind it, though, much cooler weather, highs in the 70s today. we actually get 78, but here comes the cooler air. tomorrow only in the 50s. look at this, down in our southwest zones. only in the 40s. roanoke at 46 tomorrow. and i'm tracking the chance of rain for saturday, too. if you have weekend plans i have your forecast and take you hour by hour. >> we'll see you in a few minutes. thank you, doug. an elementary school teacher in d.c. is under arrest tonight for hitting a student, and now we know another employee at the same school is facing allegations of assaulting a child. news4's mark segraves is in northwest with reaction from parents who are just learning about the investigation.

happened last month. in one case, it was an after school teacher. in the most recent case, a fourth grade teacher was caught on videotape hitting a young girl. >> it's really weird. i've never had anything like that happening before at this school. >> reporter: parents at cleveland elementary school of shaw neighborhood have not been notified about either incident. police say lacy thornton, a fourth grade teacher, turned herself in to police this morning. she is charged with assaulting one of her fourth grade students. according to police, surveillance video from inside the school hallway shows the student kicking the door of the classroom. the teacher is then seen coming out of the classroom and hitting the young girl in the back of her head. then grabbing her by the neck and pushing her away. >> there may have been some words, some contact in the hallway, but it did not look like the student made any kind of assault toward the teacher. >> reporter: this parent has a child in that teacher's class and says the altercation began inside the classroom. >> she pulled or yanked the

kid's arm, which you can't do that. that could cause injuries. and she said, get out of my class. >> reporter: now, in the second incident, a student alleges that an after-school staff employee assaulted that child. police say they are not bringing charges in that case, but d.c. public schools have launched an internal investigation. both teachers remain on administrative leave. jim, back to you. >> mark segraves, thank you. troubled, outraged, confused, parents are not happy with a new audit in prince george's county that found hundreds of students graduated without meeting state requirements. now, this report found 5% of all graduates were ineligible last year. and undue pressure was placed on teachers to graduate students. but the report said there was no evidence of system wide fraud. bureau chief tracee wilkins explains what's next for the school district. >> reporter: a new independent audit into graduation records within the prince george's county school

students' grades were changed allowing them to graduate without meeting state requirements. for parents in the county. >> i think they're doing a disservice to our community and our kids without giving them the opportunity to graduate the proper way. >> reporter: according to the report, the prince george's county school system lacks policy monitoring pro siegecedud claire at this. does not consistently adhere to grading and policies, have poor record keeping and grade change irregularities. but the report did not say school ceo kevin maxwell orchestrated it. >> i have never done that. i've said all along i've never done that. my team has never done that. and this report says that we've never done it. >> reporter: the more than 200-page report came after months of interviews and records reviewed within the system. four prince george's county school board members asked maryland's governor to investigate allegations of grade tampering. two of those board members held their own press conference today. >> what i heard today was a ceo and a board chair celebrating the fact that they were not directly tied, but

graduated hundreds if not over a thousand students in the past year alone who did not meet the state graduation requirements and that is very troubling. >> reporter: in january the state board of education for fork will meet on how they plan to fix these issues. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> now to an alarming assault in arlington that has police on the look out and residents and commuters concerned about their safety. a woman said as she loaded items into her parked car, a guy came up from behind and grabbed her. this happened late last night near south randolph and 31st streets as news4's chris gordon reports, it's the second assault this year in arlington that has people on edge. >> reporter: passengers getting on and off buses at shirlington station, the rape occurring about 100 yards away. police say a woman visiting a friend's apartment was leaving, loading items in her parked car just after 10:30 last night.

pushing her down, sexually assaulting her before running off. >> i can only imagine how scary an incident like this must have been. we responded immediately to the call for service and canvassing the area. we utilized our canines in the search as well as fairfax county helicopter unit. >> reporter: the suspect getting away, running up the street a block from the heart of shirlington. news of this sexual assault is putting people here on edge. >> i'm upset and i hope that maybe the police department will up their patrol. >> reporter: police say this is the second unsolved rape this year. the other attack happening at the atrium high rise in rosslyn. a resident was attacked by an intruder in may. surveillance cameras caught him leaving in the elevator, but police are still trying to identify him arlington police say if you recognize the man in that video, they would like you to give them a call. reporting from shirlington station, chr

>> some new images of the man behind the bike path terror attack in manhattan, and they were taken as he was getting out of that rental truck. eight people were killed. police were able to quickly identify sayfullo saipov because his phone was not pass word protected. meantime, new barriers are in place now along the west side highway bike path to keep cars from entering. and security has been stepped up for this weekend's new york city marathon. 51,000 runners are expected. >> a man told officers he planted explosives outside the white house and sparked a serious security scare today. the secret service quickly arrested irvin petaway this morning near the northern fence line. the white house was locked down as officers evacuate the parts of pennsylvania avenue and lafayette park. no explosives were ever found. this is the 23rd white house security breach since 2014 according to our news4 i-team. but despite

most of the suspects don't -- don't do any serious jail time. the i-team found the majority of those arrested underwent mental health screenings. president trump was not at the white house at the time. he was already en route to asia. the 12-day tour will take him to five countries. trade will be top of mind for the foreign leaders. so will increasing tensions with north korea. the president will break with recent tradition. he won't visit the demilitarized zone between north and south korea. >> some of the president's top aides are skipping that asian trip to stay home and push the new republican tax plan and we're digging deeper into how it might affect your family's budget. the standard deduction is going up for everyone, but deductions for medical expenses would go away under this plan. students would lose their school loan deductions. teachers would take a hit. they would not be able to deduct money they pay out of pocket for school supplies. realtors, builders and homeowners are sounding alarms, ,

deductions for new mortgages. loudoun county has the largest home mortgage deduction in the country, according to the washington post. homeowners who itemize their taxes take a mortgage deduction of more than $6300 a year on average. >> next, a pivotal point in the russia investigation. >> as a member of president trump's team is facing new scrutiny, plus bombshell allegations rocking the democratic party and giving republicans new ammunition. >> a chain reaction crash that ended in tragedy, a woman killed and tonight her family is talking only to news4 about the moments before impact and their fight for justic e. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor,

century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.

what a beautiful fall day today. i got outside for a walk. did you take advantage of it? >> i wish i had. i missed it because it's going to get chilly. >> too late now. >> too late

>> we're in for a big change tonight, huh, doug? >> jim, you should take a walk tomorrow, cool and rainy. >> setting me up. >> trying to. i'll tell you, guys, it is going to be like that tomorrow. what a difference a day makes. today a high temperature near 80 degrees. that's the record high today, 80, we hit 78 degrees officially at the airport. cloud cover, a nice night tonight. jim, you have time after we begun done with the show this evening for an evening walk. temperatures 74 degrees, temperatures from the north 9 miles an hour. northerly wind behind the cold front so we will see temperatures start to cool, but it's going to be awhile. still 69 in martinsburg, 72 culpepper, fredericksburg 76 degrees. we have seen showers, not much around the metro region. a couple of sprinkles early around the 4:00 hour. now track thing area down to the south, this is just to the west of fredericksburg, south and west of fredericksburg over i-95 the next half hour. if you're around

county, the culpepper region, part of the frontal boundary making its way, you can see it clearly defined from the northeast all the way down to the southeast. it continues to move south and eastward. behind it, we are certainly getting air coming from canada. that will give us much cooler air tomorrow. we're going to be dealing with the cloud cover, too. the northeasterly wind that socks in the clouds all the time, watch what happens here. 11:00 tonight, still quite nice. if you're going out on your friday night, enjoy it, it is going to be a very nice night. here we go. 8:00 a.m., there's the cloud cover coming on in here across the region. but still dry, right on through noon, i think. but notice here we are at noon. no problems here, just cool and cloudy. but here's the rain. down to the south, coming up from the south and east, and there it is right there. a pretty good chance of rain during the afternoon, right on through about the 5:00 hour and that rain lingers right on through the overnight. if you're heading out tomorrow night, a lot of events i'm going to be hosting the kidney ball. jim said he'll be doing an event for juvenile diabetes. it's

these events as you are getting out of the car. now, by sunday morning, 8:00 in the morning, well, we are tracking a couple showers out there. that's what we'll be watching early sunday. most of the region dry. i know we have the race going over the bay bridge. that one looking like it should be okay. we're going to be talking about that, too. now, as far as the next ten days, this is what we're going to be seeing here. 69 on your sunday. 74 on monday. 58 degrees on tuesday. much more of the entire ten-day forecast, i'll see you back here in just a minute. >> sounds good. thank you, doug. now for a deeper look at this week in politics. >> yeah, it's a week that saw moscow's shadow looming over washington as special counsel's russia investigation took a landmark step forward with the indictment of former trump campaign chair paul manafort and the disclosure of a guilty plea from a former campaign aide. >> the investigation also drawing fresh scrutiny onto attorney general jeff sessions, democrats are asking him to come back to congress to explain teti

campaign's interactions with russia. >> then there is the donna brazil bombshell, the former interim chair of the dnc releases a book excerpt that reviechlz accusations of a rigged democratic primary process. >> and the virginia governor's race has turned into a no holds barred slug fest that could determine the tone of our political discourse for the foreseeable future. chuck todd is nbc news political director and moderator of meet the press. chuck, so much to talk about. >> don't know where to begin. >> we're trying to figure out what to get into the full hour on sunday. >> we have five minutes here. >> let's start with the russia investigation, a pretty big deal to see charges in this coming out so early. >> it is. and actually, though, you see there is a method to mueller's indictments here. it appears sort of an outside in strategy with papadopoulos which is he's clearly sending the message he's not getting a lot of cooperation and if he doesn't get it, he's

go after you to the fullest extent of the law. and, look, all those announcements happened on monday and suddenly two more campaign aides decided to voluntarily -- we know about this new jeff sessions issue about whether any campaign aides had any contacts with russians is because one of these other aides suddenly started talking. i think the message is getting there, don't be surprised if we see more mueller indictments, though, in the coming weeks. i think this is just the geun-hying her beginning here. it does appear to be about forcing cooperation. >> this new book from donna brazil that's been in the news past 48 hours, it's a rough time for democrats. president trump is seizing the moment, pouncing this on twitter anyway. >> i just interviewed governor terry mcauliffe of virginia. he said the timing couldn't be worse for the democratic party. he's thinking about who is replacing him in virginia at a time. so, look, it's a grenade that she threw. there's

inside the democratic party. the clinton/sanders divide has been heavy. it was papered over by united anger at trump. >> right. >> so, but it's still there. look, part of this, you know, donna brazil was never -- she was a clinton supporter over a sanders supporter. she's never been a clinton person. she came into democratic politics long before clinton. jesse jackson and michael dukakis campaigns, those. so there is part of "metrofocus" that thinks this is sort of donna brazil sending a message and others that the clinton era is over in the democratic party. there could be something about that that this is sort of almost like a period on that era. we'll see if others pile on here. >> you talked about the virginia governor. >> yes. >> that race has gotten even nastier in the last few days. >> i'm still trying to figure out what debate i moderated. >> it seemed so nice and cordial. >> it was remarkable how

gentlemen. literally within days of that debate, it was just, look, it's clearly turned into a ba base election. they're worrying about turning out their base. ed gillespie is trying to get the trump, sort of the trump base out who was never very enthusiastic about him. so what is he doing? advertising on immigration issues and the confederate memorials. and you now have i think ralph northam needing to figure out how to fire up sort of the democratic anti-trump base in northern virginia. i wouldn't be surprised if we see even tougher anti-trump ads particularly in this area of the state. the race has gotten really close. the intro is right. if ed gillespie wins, there will be cooker cutter republican campaigns across the country going okay, they have to run on the trump message. and if northam loses there will be democrats wondering this is now the second, quote, not trump campaign that they've run and lost, right? the hillary campaign was a not trump campaign. northam is a not trump campaign. that is what's at stake here, is how eithert

in 2018. it will all be based on how 2017 turns out. >> and this week our president has been making news criticizing our judicial system. and that is -- i'd like to hear your take on that because it's not sitting well with people in the justice system and now the military justice system as well. >> bowe bergdahl is not in jail because of what the president said about bowe bergdahl. the judge said as much. now you have -- it irony here is that the president complaining that the justice department, and the fbi won't investigate his political opponent. well, now if they did, the investigation would be biased and a judge would likely throw out anything because it would look like it's politically motivated. by uttering his complaints he's made it now impossible for there to be -- talk about the definition of irony. >> and saying that the guy in new york should get the death penalty, that taints that one as

>> bowe bergdahl, now that one. if there was anything happening at the justice department, they almost have to stop now because of what he did. he has now meddled in this. >> all right. more to come on sunday morning. chuck, and you know, did you know that meet the press is the longest running show on television? >> little scary. >> i don't want to be the last guy that does it. >> chuck and our nbc news colleagues will celebrate the program's 70th anniversary this weekend as we said last weekend, you -- >> this is home field. it's all of us here. >> meet the press, it's washington force first. >> 10:30 sunday morning right here on nbc 4. we'll see you, chuck. >> thank you, chuck. a homeowner paying hundreds in monthly water fees for a system she's not even using. tonight the i-team reveals how it could end up costing you, too. >> the iphone 10 is out now, but is it worth that big fat price tag? hear from people who waited in line f h

spie's independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable. will have power over your health care. adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. seniors would be charged more for health care; premiums would go up. and adams supports giving employers the power to block birth control access for female employees. john adams: wrong on health care, wrong on birth control, wrong for virginia. disclaimer: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

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the suspect was killed. four others were taken into custody. that crash caused a seven-mile back up. tonight police tell us they think the suspects are linked to similar robberies in wheaton last month. >> the search is on fror a mystery man who ran from a crash. a black mer sacedes was pulled m the woods. the driver crashed into a tree. this happened in derby shire way. the passenger ran away. investigators still don't know the man's identity. from the bright lights of hollywood to the hallways on capitol hill -- >> the growing movement empowering even more women to share their stories of sexual harassment and single out the offenders. >> she was stopped at a red light out on a routine shopping trip. but a truck blasted into the back of her car, killing her critically injuring her 80-year-old passenger. now her fiance wants to know was

will have power over your health care. adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. seniors would be charged more for health care; premiums would go up. and adams supports giving employers the power to block birth control access for female employees. john adams: wrong on health care, wrong on birth control, wrong for virginia. disclaimer: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.

tonight about a deadly collision here in virginia. >> yeah, it claimed the life of a mother of two as she waited at a stop light. a semi-truck causing a chain reaction crash on busy route 3 in fredericksburg. >> now the victim's family wants to know if this is a case of driver inattention or was it road rage. >> we want to make sure this is done for her. whatever we need to do, we will do it. >> let's go to our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey who is live at the scene. julie? >> reporter: well, this is the intersection where that fatal accident happened. now, just awhile ago i spoke by phone with the victim's fiance. he calls sherri lane the most awesome woman who cared about everybody, but not only is he mourning her

been keeping vigil at his father's bedside in icu was he was the passenger in that car that got crushed. sherri laney moved to spo spotsylvania a few years ago to reunite with her high school sweetheart. she also became the full-time caretaker of his 80-year-old dad. >> she want the to help people. she wanted to make people happy who are around here. if she saw a need that you had, she would fulfill it if she could. >> reporter: the pair was on their weekly outing thursday at noon, stopped at a red light on route 3. when a semi-truck without the trailer suddenly changed lanes and plowed into her car, setting off a chain reaction crash. laney died at the scene, three others were taken to the hospital with injuries. the truck driver james lee from georgia was also later hospitalized. investigators still looking into why he didn't see the stopped cars. >> there is no indication of any braking. >> reporter: laney's little sister and other rela

when they got the terrible news. today they came to the crash scene to try to figure out what might have happened. laney's fiance tells me investigators are exploring whether it's a case of road rage. >> we're angry. we're hurt. we're in shock. we're in grief. and we're angry that this could happen. she was doing everything right. and she was just sitting at a stop light. >> reporter: the family glad to know the truck driver is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter. they are determined to closely track the criminal case that's ahead. >> we're not going to let it go. we want to make sure that there is justice done for her. and whatever we need to do, we will do it. >> reporter: i learned today the semi-truck involved in that crash was owned by a company called jones and jones llc based in camden, new jersey. when i called that company today to get comment, they

have no comment and hung up the phone. doreen and jichl, back m, back the studio. >> julie carey. julie, thank you. >> our highways are crowded with semi-trucks. the purple lines on this map are major trucking routes because so many trucks travel through our area, we see a lot of crashes. each blue dot marks a deadly truck crash from 2015. nationwide the numbers are slowly trending upward. there are about 3500 deadly truck crashes every year. three people were killed in large truck crashes in d.c. in 2015. numbers were much larger in maryland and virginia where there are more highways. >> walking and kicking a soccer ball, small things for most people, but miraculous accomplishments for the maryland woman who was shot in the head in the las vegas massacre. tina frost's dad says his daughter dribbled and passed the ball with him during physical therapy today. richard frost also tells us ta

the 27-year-old is recovering at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. that's great to hear. >> four more women have come forward to talk about sexual harassment in the halls of congress. congresswoman linda sanchez is the only one of four who is still in office. she told the associated press when she first came to congress, a married male colleague repeatedly propositioned her. he's still in office. last week congresswoman jackie spear said when she served as an aide to a member of congress, the chief of staff stuck his tongue in her mouth. a house committee plans to hold a hearing this month on sexual harassment awareness among congressional staff and members. the lines were long, the price tag was big, and the excitement spans all around the world. >> doreen bought five of them. up next, the first reviews from folks who bought those new iphone 10s. so, was it really worth it? >> she was able to save a histo

widening road project here in loudoun county. but now one local pastor has a new mission. she wants to remember and honor the lives at rest here. wait till you see who is helping her with the project. >> today maybe was the short sleeves if you're making your way out doing a little exercising today. but tomorrow you'll need the coats and the umbrellas. we'll talk more about that. see you next righhere:t

will have power over your health care. adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. seniors would be charged more for health care; premiums would go up. and adams supports giving employers the power to block birth control access for female employees. john adams: wrong on health care, wrong on birth control, wrong for virginia. disclaimer: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high.

could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. as soon as apple stores opened their doors this morning, your cell phone became obsolete. the line outside the apple in tyson's corner keeps going and going. look at all that. across the globe people waited hours to buy the iphone 10. the new cameras in these phones are a big draw. they're sharp, but with a price tag starting at a thousand dollars. we want to know, is it really worth it? >> they're the best cameras apple has on an iphone. wh

that money to go to the 10 to get them, people are not going to need to do that. >> i'm a big photo guy so i like the new camera. i like the fact it's going to take much better pictures. you don't always have your slr with you. it will be nice to have it in your pocket. >> along with better cameras you get a bigger screen, facial recognition, and an mated emojis that memorandum i can your facial expressions. who wouldn't love to have that, right? all week wiece've been working you from cell phones to video games. find out how to limit this exposure and search digital addictions. >> i want to know what kind of filters they have on that thing. >> it's like your super sharp cell phone pictures can look even more amazing. >> exactly, like a movie. hey, well, the school grocery store and pool all part of what was once colton plantation. >> you know it as the lansdowne community in loudoun county. a pastor wantso

>> david culver shows us who she is recruiting to help. >> reporter: it may look like a simple elementary school presentation, but this is basically a recruitment of young story tellers and future historians. pastor michelle thomas leading the way. >> anybody excited about history this morning? >> yes. >> reporter: we first introduced you to pastor michelle last year. she showed our julie carey a slave cemetery she helped discover near route 7. a road widening project threatened the hallowed ground. it was much more than preserving the cemetery. she wanted to remember and honor the lives that rest here. and boy did she do her homework. >> vincent, young tony. >> announcer: that's pastor michelle reading off 17 names of those who were enslaved. the fourth graders at landing elementary represent each person. >> this look familiar,

this? yes? what is this? harris peter. >> reporter: from the local grocery store to the pool and even the very school building where serldon sits, this was th coaton plantation. >> this connects them because this is where they live. it connects them to the present. >> i want to do archeology. it's cool to find out how they lived and compare how differently we live. >> reporter: with her own young daughter by her side, pastor michelle believes educating this diverse group will yield much more than elite researchers. >> this project will help them not be a part of hate that's present, and eventually they will ee raid cat it through -- eradicate it. >> reporter: in loudoun county, david culver, news4. >> there are history lessons all around us, aren't there? >> big lesson there. >> a crisis for property owners unable to pay their ballooning water bill. >>

s to the winom ralpand as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all.

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every month for a system she doesn't use, and the news4 i-team found the same thing could be happening to you. >> i think i drive by that house every day. you might have noticed your water bill going up over the last several years. well, our investigative reporter jody fleischer is here now with a warning that was largely ignored until now. jody? >> reporter: that warning came from the brookings institution, a nonprofit research group that took a close look at what was then a fairly new d.c. water program. the cost, $2.6 billion, and the researcher warned that d.c. residents were not going to be able to pay for it. now five years later, that prediction has come true. as the rain pours down, the water piles up, running off of parking lots and sidewalks, filling the district's storm drains and sewers. but not from this property, says

>> this flows down directly into that green area over there. >> reporter: the retiree also showed the news4 i-team how the water from her downspouts is redirected into drains that connect to her septic system. her home doesn't get a sewer bill because she doesn't use the sewers, but her water bill is still nearly $400 a month. >> this is quite a lot of money. >> reporter: and nearly 90% of that bill comes from one fee, it's called the clean rivers iac and it's supposed to charge for the stormwater runoff your property creates based on the square footage of your rooftops, roadways and parking areas that do not absorb water. >> they're charging a fee and they're probably -- perfectly right to do that if you're overburdening the system. >> reporter: but she says she isn't. this letter from an engineer review says her property is not connected to the d.c. sewer system or the city storm drains. but she says d.c. water ignored that argument when she took her case to a hearing officer last year. and she lost. even though the agency's own website says the fee is based

rainwater to the district's sewer system. >> it is a ridiculous burden on an issue which is quite clear. >> reporter: todd had the same thought when the ball was in his court. this is his backyard with the weeds growing up through the porous surface. >> this requires water on it to be playable. >> reporter: he, too, has an engineering report and letter from the company that manufactures the court. >> it was more permeable than normal backyard grass. >> reporter: but the same d.c. water hearing officer who ruled against shandra ruled against todd, too. >> to get it fixed is pretty hopeless. i mean, it's very difficult. >> reporter: so, the news4 i team requested the records and didn't find one customer who appealed their iac fees and won. >> d.c. water says tennis courts by definition are impermeable. it doesn't matter if i show that it's permeable because the hearing examiner can't change the rules. >> reporter: d.c. water did finally agree to settle and lower todd's future bills, but not

and thousands of dollars fighting. >> well, of course it seems silly. but, you know, what can you do? >> reporter: carol says d.c. water can do a lot, and she said it five years ago in this trort for the brookings institution. she wrote d.c. water customers will notice the impact since the fees increase exponentially every year. >> i think you have to ask is this sustainable, can you keep going like this. >> is it fair to the rate payers. >> of course it's not fair. >> reporter: she raised several possible concerns with the present iac structure noting that d.c. water should explore whether the square footage alone is sufficiently related to runoff levels. what kind of traction did it get? >> not a lot. i was kind of disappointed. but you know, then it was maybe a nerdy issue. now it's a pocketbook issue. >> reporter: and a big one, a

federal mandate that it stop overflow of sewage and waste water into our rivers. >> we have to raise questions whether there is capacity in the district to pay for this. >> reporter: after the news4 i-team exposed the impact the iac fees are having, d.c. water announced it would examine the fairness of the current rate structure. some churches told us they'll have to cut community programs to afford water bills in the thousands, and the district's most historic cemetery says it could have to shut down. >> every discount we give to one customer is money we have to raise from everybody else. it's a painful reality for what is necessary to improve our system. >> reporter: the heads of d.c. water says properties that are mainly green space like cemeteries or the national a arboretum might deserve a break. they spend thousands of dollars into iac fees and not hooked into the city storm drain like shandra. >> this is illogical. >> reporter:

the court system. she says she isn't backing down because it's a matter of principle. and you can bet the arboretum is watching her case closely, so are d.c. councilmembers they are planning to hold a hearing on the growing d.c. water bills in a couple weeks. >> matter of principle and big money. >> it absolutely is. they need to figure this out because like he said, if they save money for some, others have to make up the difference. >> it does seem unsustainable to continue. >> it's a lot of money and it is supposed to go up and up and uneveup every year until 2030. >> glad you're shining a light on this. thank you, jody. >> you can follow every step with the news4 i-team. all on your phone. go on your app and click investigations. doug are we going to be adding any rainwater to the system this weekend? >> probably tomorrow. i think we're going to get some rain. we saw a couple of showers this evening with the cold front. tomorrow big difference, you know, high temperatures today close to record highs and t

tomorrow, well, we're back into the 50s. and we kind of get colder next week. let's show you what we're dealing without there now. pretty nice night. here's your friday. if you're heading out right after my weather report -- actually we have sports left, too. you have to wait for both. and then you can head out because it's looking like a very nice night. temperature right now 74 degrees, dropping into the 60s. by around 9:00, 10:00 tonight mid 60s, low 60s around 11:00. very nice conditions. 70 rockville, 72 right now manassas, 69 over toward the annapolis area. you look towards the radar, we have not seen much in the way of rain. we saw a couple of showers earlier. the only area of rain we have seen is down to the south, south of fredericksburg. that is an area we've been watching for some rain. continues to move south and eastward. most of the region, not entire region, there is the area of rain right here, coming through south of fredericksburg now. continuing to move south and east. all part of a cold front. that cold front dropping in and dropping the temperatures behind it. temperatures today out ahead of

only 53 back towards pittsburgh. these are the numbers we'll see tomorrow. a much cooler day out there on your saturday. high temperatures in the afternoon only around 59. 53 at 7:00 a.m., 55 by noon, chance of showers during the day tomorrow. especially after, say, around 2:00, 3:00. i think you're fine, we're drooi through 1:00 in the d.c. metro a area and the rain comes tomorrow night. set your clock back. some clearing, 74 on monday, 58 on tuesday, and notice the really chilly air coming in. we have a high of 50 next friday. but for many of you you're only in the 40s. 30s for overnight lows. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: they call him enron ed. because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst. lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. corporations sending jobs overseas. and of course the enron scandal.

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> oh, it's big night at the capital one arena. >> yes, it is. chris miles joins us from the nbc sports washington studio to get us

hi, chris. >> how is it going so far this season? cleveland hasn't looked like a team that's been the finals the last three years. lebron james and company three of five so far this year. that's his worst start since his rookie season in 2003. what's interesting is through the tough start in cleveland, lebron has kept his eyes on washington, in particular the wizard's 24-year-old otto porter who signed a contract this summer. >> first of all, you can't give otto porter no daylight these days. he shot well from the perimeter. which has ultimately created a lot of opportunity and space for john, you know, which is great for john. he's worked on his game extremely well. and he's earned the paycheckt. >> now, otto missed the game on wednesday night with illness. he'll play tonight. forward marf mo his season well.

he will be on a minutes restriction tonight, though. the wizards have lost three of their last four. the return of their starting frontcourt could not have come at a better time. >> it's good to join my brothers earlier than what i was supposed to be, you know. i could have been out problemab probably another month or so. it feels great to be back and ready to win it tonight for the fans. >> wizards stipulate off at 7:00, cavs have lost five of their last six. it's early in the season with both teams coming in desperate for a win. should make for a great game tonight. jim, doreen, doug, it's going to be a good one. >> all right. let's hope. chris, thanks a lot. >> all right. thank you, chris. >> and we thank you for joining us. but first we have a weekend wrap up. >> oh, but first i want to -- >> but first, just in. >> i want to show you something. you know what, can i show you something? >> okay, yeah. >> take a look. ten-day forecast for you. oh, wait, that's not the right one. we're not showing you anything

>> how cold is it going to be tomorrow, doug? >> it's going to be cold, doreen. 59 degrees. back to you. >> nightly ne narrator: ed gillespie's false attacks. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable.

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