rally againstep theation of m migrant children from their familien. are planned in florida and texas ft. worth where the sdemocratic convention being held. two dozen democrats plan to visit detentionit facs in texas. a civil rights group said yesterday marks the first time in a month arrested parents were not separated from their children. there are still no specific plann on how and w detained children will be reunited with their parents. c,ser to ho people are protesting here in the district. yesterday, dozens of people rallied outside the department of homeland security. they held signs asking drivers to honkn support of reiting families. several people also wore jackets that said, yes, we care. this is likely a response to seeing firsty lad melaniaherump wear t jacket saying, quote, i really don't care. do you? president trump said the phrase was directed at what he called the fake news media.

a victory for privacy advocates. police have to get a warrant before tracking your moves with your cell phone records. that is the result of a supreme courtuling sterday. the decision requires police departments nationwide to get a se parent if they want to obtain telephone company data to track a user's movement. starting details, david. >> yes, a deadly hit and run in montgomery county. police say aho manas run over by two rans in aspen hill earlier this month had beenas ulted and robbed just hours before. police say they made two arrests in that robbery. only o one those suspects, this man you're about to e, was over the age of 17. investigators have not found the people or vehicles involved in the hit and run after the robbery. 6:07. a major change for the former high school in falls church. the old name is gone from the building. the new name, justice high school, is not yet up.

just says high school there. last fall, the fairfax county school board voted to change the name, once named for a confederate general. the mascot will be the wolves. 6:07. the maryland primary is happening ontuesday. if early voting is any indication, this could be a big turnout. election officials say voters cast a record number of 220,000 early baots, 54% increase over the last gubernatori vote. prince wliam county. >> an open house at the new facility where they just cut ribbon. we go inside. >> reporter: police station is open along davis ford road in the woodbridge area. >> before, they'd have to commute to one of our other stations. e one in manassas orurther don woodbridge. this makes it a little more convenient for our community

members that live in the heart of the county. >> reporter: it's named after long-time chief charlie dean, who retired six years ago. dean was one of the original officers hired when the county established the police department in 1970. he was chief for more than 24 years. >> policing is morex com today than it has ever been. difficult inb. people spiour face. try to attack you, whatever. we always have to remember, we are the peace keepers. >> reporter: dean was chief through high-profile crimes. probably the sniper case is the biggest criminal case he dealt with, and the one that's been, i think, 22 days that october that we had complete fear in the region. and sometimes on the east coast. i felt like a military commander during those times. concerneic about os being shot and killed. school children and the average citizen. it was so random.

>> reporter: artifacts from the sniper case and other big cris are o display at the new station. like the east coast rapist. and you can see the infamous liife used by bobbit. the p can tour the station today from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. there willlso be demonstrations by canines, crash investigators and others. pat lawson, news 4. as pat showed you, one of the items on display at the police station has bigger significant today because it marks 25 years since the incident with the bobbits. we're going toake a look back on the story that swept up the nation, even the glob next on nation, even the glob next on "news 4 today."

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attention. today marking 25 years sincehe incident that made lorena and john bobbitt household names. both faced criminal charges. both were acquitted. as julie carey found seout, t involved in the case find it is till very much a part of their lives. >> reporter: thek des of john t' bobbits defense attorney, surrounded by reminders of a story that went viral before we used that word. boxes and boxes of documents. courtrm sketches. the t-shirt sold in the circus-like scene outside of the prince william county on the back, john babbitt's thanks written out. >> he said he thanked me for giving him his freedom. >> reporter: his wife was accused of cutting off his penis and throwing it in a field. it was reattached. he was viewed as the victim after lorena accused him of

years of abuse and rape. >> of course he was the victim. you don't take the law on your own hands, and you don't mutilate someone. >> reporter: this was taken when murphy visit ed bobbitt. he said the porn star days are over. murphy is writing a book, not so much about theus notor trial, but how the public can sometimes disregard the facts to support their perception. >> you cannot ignore facts. facts that are urebuttaled. an't ignore them. th is a clear case. >> lorena bobbitt is appearing in a netflix series soon. she met with angie goff a few years ago. this is what she said then about the night tha changed her life forever. >> do you feel bad for what you did? >> yes, i did. yes, i did.

it was a crime. it was something that -- it was done, but it was not done on purpose. >> reporter: now, those involved in the case wonder if the renewed attention tt com with this anniversary will prompt some to tie it to the me too movement. something that could put both john and lorena back in the spotlight again. in northern virginia, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> officials have the knifen bobbitt usede attack. you have a chance to see it today. pat tol us about the open house at the police station in kodbridge. thfe is among several crime and policing artifacts in the new building. the open houseod runs t from 10:00 in the morning until 2:00 this afternoon. 6:15. let's take you outside for a live look. we are in the midst of a weather alert day around here. lauryn ricketts tracking some

interesting precip that's makiny its in and how it can impact you thisekend. we'll check in with her. these are hardly afterschool projects. kids who cannot drive are edging their way into the business yrld. we'll showou how they made it and howou they cld use extra help. that's straight ahead here on summer i"s here and everyone's coupling up. with mcdonald's new hotter and juicier, 100% fresh beef quarter pounder. and any size coke for just $1. here's to one summer fling you'll want again and again. ♪

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we grow up. how young is too young to start planning your business? >> how about 6 years old? >> crazy. >> what were you doing when you were 6? >> probably asking for a clip-on light s i could imitate this in front of the mirror. >> really? >> it's actually true. >> a group of young entrepreneurs are getting a head start with some help from our local business community. our other -anchor, news 4's ad adam tuss, is in northern virginia with the story. >> i know someone who says, you know, you should make a peacock. >> reporter: the excitement on their faces isab palp. >> we will clean the house. we will feed the pets. >> reporter: theiram tion, through the roof. >> i like to sew. my mom gave me a few fabrics. i decided that i wanted to start a business. >> reporter: kids from 6 to 16 years old, ready to make a splash in theusiness community. >> it's like nice, doing all this stuff. it's like, i want to be doing my favorite things. >> reporter: whether it cu ing the grass.

>> over time, i became addicted to mowing lawns. i started my own business. >> reporter: even selling used legos with a little guidance from the parents. my mom said, you have to get rid of all these legos. >> reporter: these ks are par of the young entrepreneur business fair happening sunday in gainesville. >> it sms like they saw an opportunity, and they went for. >> reporter: did you make these? dan is part of the community mentoring these kids, hopefully to achieve their dreams. >> really coolo see this type of energy behind business and entrepreneurship. >> reporter: need a pet sitter? they have them. and they' getting the word out. advertisings been on facebook and stuff. people see ythat, and t contact us. >> reporter: this business fair will be held as club eclipse. sharp, young minds are ready to. meet in gainesville, adam tuss, news >> look at them making their pitches. >> i know. total disclaimer to the pin cushion girl, my niece. >> so cute.

>> proud our kid ceo. i'll be there tomorrow, too. the business fair, please join us. you'd love it. >> indoors, right? >> yes. >> that's where a lot of people want to be, right? >> only because it is going to be hot tomorrow. chances of storms are low through the day tomorrow. >> ok. >> what about today? >> another story? >> we have storms. that's why we're wther alert. heavy downpours and storms possible. it been hot and humid recently. yesterday wasn't that bad. today, going to be back in the '80s -- 80s. torrow, around 90s. we're more settled through next week. take a look at these mperatures. it is a mild morning. temperatures are in the 60s right now. 50s in some spots. visibility is down. the fog is outasthere. ou make your way out and about this morning, just know -- i couldn't see thee top of washington monument coming in

today -- it is a little on the foggy side. a little on the teary side. gr sunglasses. i do believe we'll have more sunshine into the middle partthf day. second part of the day, umbrella, rain jacket.oi you're likely to need it. fog encountering this morning. low 70s by 00 a.m. then we have sunshine trying to peek through. some sun throughout the midportion of the day. keep an eye to the sky as we head through the afternoon and in tev chances of showers and thunderstorms headed our way. now can see a few showers out there right now. getting going prett much along the blue ridge mountains a points to the west. we still have some flood warnings outhere. says flash flood watch, but it has flood warnings o ere. they've been ongoing throughout much of the day yesterday. they're going tonbe ing through much of the day today. 85 is going to be the temperature. fog with some showers. again, some stronger storms

later on today let's time it out. 8:30. a look at the showers. not everybody getting wet, but we'll have some showers. after lunchtime, we see the storms develop. you know how it is. in the summertime, wetart to see these develop as we head into the afternoon. osain, some of those could be strong tobly severe. that is why we're weather alert. again, if you want to head out today, keep an eye to the sky th the threat of some storms coming later on this afternoon. tomorrow, much better. temperatures around 90. only an isolated chance of sher. it will humid. this is not the ten-day forecast obviously, with the temperatures in the 50s and 60s. letee me if we can get to it. i don't have it. it is coming up right after the br tk. you'll hav stick around for that. stick around for more news with

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vide for you, coming from a police body camera. watch here. you cane see a pol officer running to a home just moments after that homeod exples. this is in ohio. you can see him there. digging throughhe rubble. he hears something. he w hears aoman yelling for help. >> get out of here. >> verunteers and anoth officer helped free the she and a man were rusheth to hospital with critical injuries. investigators say the home was supposed to . vaca authorities trying to figure out why they were inside thatexplos. unbelievable video there. wow. let's take you outside for a live look on thiaturday morning, as we are in weather alert mode. foggy out , it is there this morning. lauryn ricketts is tracking some storms that could be movg through. through. we'll check in with her. (birds chirping, a running brook,) through. we'll check in with her. ahh. the new deer park sparkling is made with real spring water. ♪ it's so refreshing and delicious,

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>> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. >> 6:30. welcome back to "news 4 today" on this saturday morning, the 23rd of june, 2018. i'm david culver. >> i'm aie goff. he's real. >> i'm real. >> he's here. >> don't act like- you were with tuss. it's like you were with the same person. >> iawarry and meghan before i saw you. >> we all saw you allver the international papers, as you were yelling at harry walking by. >> we cake on the head. >> we saw it.

>> yeah, you knew what you were getting. >> welcome back, by the y. >> so much to catch up on. >> yeah. >> we've been talking about the big weather story bse there's a lot going on outside, including with what's going to be in the air. >> the weather alert day here at news 4. we have lauryn ricketts with us, tracking potentially strong storms. >> stormer storms potentially later on this afternoon. showers could be dropping a lot of rain, especially for the flood-warned areas. we have aoo lot of ongoing warnings to the west. we have rain streaming into the area. look at the camera behind this map. a lot of fog out there, too. temperatures in the upper 60s. northeast wind at 7 miles an hour. still on the muggy side. today, we're on the hot side with temperaturesn theid 80s. showers rolling by early this morning. later on this hoafternoon,rs and thunderstorms. that is why we're weather alert. once again, thetorms could be a little on the stronger side.

something we'll have to track into the afternoon. i'll be with you coming up in about 15 minutes, aou we'll talk the timing of the storms. we'll talk about when we get a break all comg up i a few minutes. 6:32. want to get to breaking news. this coming in out of south republican congressional candidate kie arringt is seriously hurt after a deadly wrong-way crash. arrington was a passenger in a car that was hit. arrington and the womanth she w ere rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. the driver of the other car died. arrington is recovering after surgery.ng arn defeated sanford in the republican primary on june 12th. >> we're hoping for the best for her.

>> absolutely. new this morning, two children, including an infant, and their mother weroshurt after able tornado strike in alabama. the storm practically leveled their mobile home. you canee volunteers combing through the debris. the baby boy and a 7-year-old gi had cuts all over their face and body. their mother had minor injuries, as well. all three though in the hospital this morningnd are expected to make a full .recove tomorrow marks one week since a 19-year-old teenager gifrom northern va disappeared. his family says they are not giving up until cees home. they are desperate. >> they are. they've put out a plea on facebook that' been shared thousands of times. we'll walk you through the time line for raymond mcgavin. he w at capital one arena for a u2 concert. 8:00, thebeoncert n. 11:00, he talks with a friend. it sounds like he is near the metro. 11. 11:30, he texts someone that he

found a way home. at 1:00, he posted asnapchat near train tracks. nobody knows where that was. his family is concerned that criminal activity may be volved. >> in our mind, he's been gone four days. he's ateenager. he hasn't used his phone. to me, that's evidence of criminal activity. he's a great person. we miss him. we want him to come home. >> i've heard from a lot of people from the gone community who echo thctcho that. he graduated from the high school last fall. he was in theocal band with a classmate. friends say he was excited, oking forward to attending the college of william & mary in the fall. now to a developing story. the fbi agent linked to two of the most recent politically chargednvestigations has been ordered to testify before congress. peter strzok was aead agent in the hillary clinton e-mail probe

and later joined the russia probe. he was found exchangg anti-trump text messages and removed from the russia investigation. strzok was subpoenaed to testify in front of congress. his lawyer said he will do it voluntanily. a waid her uber driver refused to give her a ride because of her wheelchato. it doesn't there. he charged her $6 fo capps ncelg the ride. jackie benson has her story and uber's response. >> reporter: kelly has been getting arod in a wheelchair for 17 years. she said the experience sen had e requested an uber car after leaving an arlington restaurant wednesday stands out as particularly unpleasant. >> i opened the front door, transferred myself indo. the driver, who had not gotten out of the car at that point or looked at me or acknowledd me,

turned around, got out of the car and said, no, no, stop, you can't put the wheelchair in there. i don't have space for it. >> reporter: she feels the iver shouldn't have refused to take her and her wheelchair to their destination. after efforts to make him see reason, she got out and requested a new driv. she later learned the first driver charged her for a fare. >> he had charged me, even though he wouldotllow me in his vehicle. >> reporter: an e-mail kor -- correspondence followed. >> they need to provide arv e, regardless if you're in a wheelchair or not. >> reporter: a spokesperson for uber released the flowing statement to nbc 4. quote, our community guidelines prohib any type of discrimination in serving riders

with disabilities. we have beenh n contact we rider and continue to investigate this matter. uber says what it refers to as its partner drivers are given information about dealing with people with disabilities. kelly says based on the facebook co she's had with others who have had similar experiences, she feels uber needs to take more ownership of the issue. in arlington,ackie nson, news 4. a heads up for your weekend travel on metro. the arlingtony cemettation will be closed. crews arell insg wireless cables. blue line trains will onlyen operate bet franconia and reagan national airport. customers other stations should use silver or yellow line trains. metro i takin action on a warning from federal authorities that could lead to injuries or even death. the federal transit administration told metro rubber-style barriers on the

7000 series cars are unsafe for blind and visually impaired riders. a woman was hurt after falli off the tracks. in a statement, metro says it is working as quickly as possible to install chain barriers instead. it is not hard to find someone in washington worki on a phd, right? you take notice when the person's last name is mandela. i sat down with nelson mandela's grandsonko tal about his vision for theuture and what inspired him to get his education right here in our area. at's straight ahead on "news today." 4

a young man's grandfather is considered among t great world leaders of the last century, but the man is not relying on his famous last ne to be successful. >> he's not. i spoke with the george mason university graduate student this last year.

another alum. >> fist bump. >> he found he hasio this amb that's honestly rooted in humility.ce >> reporter: sapril, this is likely where you would find mandela. in his office at george mason university, working on his phd. the topic? condlict analysis resolution. do people give you a second glance and wait a minute, mandela, are you related? >> oh, yes. it is always a dominant question. >> reporter: at 25, he goes byt e same nickname as his grandfather. our jim vance traveled to south africa to cover mandela's legacy. >> the freedom fighter, diplomat, peacemaker, is gone from this land he loved so much, but the iconic figure, the conscious of this nation,

remains here today in spir. according to the conversations of many people in south africa, will remain so forever. >> grandchildren, he was always happy to be around. >> reporter: the younger mandela is already a electat but he is not living off his grandfather's legacy. how i it that's not part of your ego? >> well, i think it's bee by great within me leaders, such as nelson mandelaa what the most, you must exercise a high level of humility. >> is that that humility that attracted him to george mason. some thought maybe he'd go to oxnao oxford or stanford. but his focus was attracted. >> i don't think the prestige of hee name, but i think influence and contribution of

those individuals within. that is what led me here. >> reporter: as he forges his own career in diplomacy, he aims to echo his grandfather's leadership and humility. >> you must extend a hand to those who disagree with you. >> reporter: that from a young ac lemic who,e his grandfather, believes you cannot achieve greatness alone. >> he's so omeloquent. >> people have the calming presence. he just has that. 25 years old, you can tell there is potential for a world leader there. >> yes. what was his majoragain, conflict resolution? >> doing his dseratio dissertat conflict resolution. >> seems he has a greatfo presee that. you have to remain calm and cari -- carry on. 6:43. seeing if we can see theyoutside better. waking up on this saturday morning to a haze out there. some spots still mfoggy. it is going to be hot. there's some storms in the

forecast. lauryn ricketts is here to brea down the tim it all. st with us.ay

welcome back. a local father has been serving in afghanitan for alm a year before he left. he promised his 8-year-old son he'd be home before the end of the school year. >> with one day left before summer vacation started, he made good on his promise this week. news 4's mar segraves was there for the surprise reunion.

>> reporter: commander blight has served in the nay army rese for 18 years. he's been deployed to afghanistan. he missed christmas and his son's eighth birthday. >> at the airport, i picked him up andd reali probably this was going to be the last time i could ever pick him up. i presumed by theot time i back, he would be much taller, much heavier. but it was important for me to hold him the oneast time. >> reporter: before he left, commanderat blight david down and explained where he was going. >> wn i told him i was going to afghanistan, he asked if i was going to war. i said, yeah. he said, tdaddy, if that's wha you have to do, you have to do it. >> reporter: he made a promise that he'd be home before the last day of school. today, the second to the last day of school, commander blight snuck into david's classroom and waited. >> come on in here.

>> how are you? kept my promise, right? >> yeah. >> look what i broug you. >> reporter: he didn't come home empty handed. he brought david a hat and a scorpion. while seeing had was a thrill for david, his classmates interested imore the scorpion. >> it'sy very cre looking. i would just scream if it was live. >> if it was live, it could sting you. >> reporter: tonight, the blights will have their first family dinner together in nine months. then they have a trip planned. >> we're going to walt disney worl >> reporter: in arlington, mark segraves, ns 4. >> always say we enjoy seeing these reunions so much. it is alsoo important to remember that it is a reminder that there are so many other families out there who are separated wneh a loved

overseas, and they're going through it. really, it is a moment of rejoicing, but it lso a moment of true appreciation for dot our servicemen and wom for us every single day, and what their family sacrifices are. >> including lauryn ricketts' husband, and your sacrifice at home. >> i appreciate that. >> we appreciate homecomings like that. today wouldn't necessarily be a pool day to mmjoy , right? >> not really today. there's going to be some times g the afternoon where you might be able to outside. might have a little bit of sunshine. mainly, clouds across the area we are looking at temperatures a little on the warm side. you'll want toit the pool. again, you'll have to keep a weather eye to thesky. we have stronger storms this afternoon passing by. that's why we're weather alert into this afternoon. because we could see some stronger storms with some gusty winds and heavydo pours. now, the humidity drops into monday. monday and tuesday look absolutely fabulous. current temperatures out theret

riw in the 50s and 60s. 59 in leesburg. 69 in thedistrict. everybody in the 60s right now. poolooou if you want to hit the pool, a few showers out there, mainly to the west. might be able to get your xercise in this morning. afterlunchtime, that's when ma'll start to see the scattered storms. e download the nbc washington app. we have a good radar show you where the storms are in relation to where you ar tand where yoe is. sunday, i think it'll be a-okay. the pooloutlook, hot and sunny conditions. chance of a passing shower. tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day. egain, hot and humid. here are s of the showers, blowing up across the region. frederick county to loudoun county, we're seeing the showers. heavier rain possible along the i-81 corridor in the northern shenandoah valley. that's where we find flood watches and warnings. these are ongoing. most of these trying to go until 10:00. they may go ahead and extend

that, depending on what the situation is like around these areas. system of thre rivers arey high. some of the roads, the back roads,re flooded or waterlogged. again, flood watches and warnings ongoing, mainly west of the district, for a lot of our counties and friends off to the west. ife headed to the giantson na capital barbecue battle today downtown, we'll have the chan of showers and thunderstorms spot afternoon in. we see showers and thunderstorms into the mo after lunchtime, that's when we'll start to' a b see a bette chance of showers and thunderstorms getting underway. could be o the strong side. this comes 3:30 this afternoon. that'll continue to edge toward the washington, d.c. area. by be5:00, mome showers behind it. we will continue to have someow s and thunderstorms here and there as we go until about

8:00 or 9:00. e threat will end as we head into the midnight hour. then we're much drier through the day tomorrow. capital barbecue, sticky with scattered storms. winchester, my hometown, having their pride festival. nationals game, hot and humid. some storms. see if i can get underway despite it being in the afternoon when we usually see storms. the marine corps, rum amuck, foggy and shower. ig put a green on it. when you run that, you'll probably welcome some rain out there. 90 degrees as we head through the day tomorrow. look at the fog for today. nd for tomorrow. it'll be hot humid with some sunshine. again, an isolated chance of a passing shower. tomorrow looks like the better day o this weekend, though we'll still have the heat and humidity out there. humidity drops into monday.

it'll fall. monday is. rather ni temperatures in the low to mid 80s. we have low humidity on humidity starts to creep back in for wednesday. he next y will be chance of rain of tomorrow. just the isolated chance. 'll keep a chance through thursday night. next week looking a lot more settled than our last week. another chance for showers and thunderstorms as we get into saturday. look howtu the tempe goes right on up for the weekend. we may have to take the temperature even up more for next weekend with some of the guidance i was looking at today. maybe trie digits i guess we'll see. all right. hewe have more news on t other hewe have more news on t other side of this. thanks for financing the new space.

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for every generation. you've heard the expression, there's no such thing as a free lunch, but that's not the case for children in our >> with school out, many are missing out on a regular meal e each ary day. julie carey reports on a fairfax program that feeds the children. >> when i was young, they had programs like kthis. i tdvantage of it. i enjoyed it. >> reporter: former redskin wsyan mitchell k the importance of eating a good year. for years, he's been spreading the message to a younger generation. his current push, making sure fairfax county kids know a free meal is available each weekday for kids 18 and under. adults can also eat for $2. >> it's a way of providing a n safe for those children who might be at risk of hunger and not sure where their meals come from during the summer.

>> we tell ds, go to school and do well, but a lot of kids go to school without a al. if you go without a meal, how do you expect them to be cc sful. we tell them to run around and play. if you have no energy to play, you can't g it done. >> reporter: a few bovine friends and others focus on the total health of children. mitchell sharing advice that helps him stay healthy. >> instead of grabbing chips, grab aca ot. eat a salad instead of eating the wrong stuff. drink a lot of milk. >> julie carey, news 4. >> the f federal governmends lunch programs like this throughout the area. if you want to find out where there is one near you, search summer meals in the nbc washington app. >> taking a live look outside. a shoutout to all of you taking partn the run amuck race today for the marine corps. we hope you can see whereinou're right now, we're waking up to haze. muggy, foggy,ry mostly

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>> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. >> the search continues this morning for this teen who wen to a concert at capital one not beent week and has seen since. a mother and her two kids were inside this mobile home sible tornado ripped

through the south overnight. protesters donned special jackets to voice their obctions to family separation here in the district. at 7:00, we welcome y