>> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. >> imagine this. sleeping inside your home as a tornado rips through. that is the reality for one mom overnight.s this morning, the latest on the wild weather moving through the south. and protesters donning special jackets to voice their dislike of separation o families. >> good morning. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. thank you for joining us over the next hour. a lot of news to get to. we want to begin with what affects a lot of you.he that is fact we are in weather alert mode. >> look behind us. a dreary start to this saturday morning. it could be potentially dangerous with storms that r laurketts is tracking. >> storms later on this afternoon. right now, we're tracking some rain out there. t mainthe west. everybody is seeing a little bit of mist. definitely, everybody is s oing some f there. you can see the fog creating some lowsi lities. not the prettiest of saturday

mornings. something we're used to. n it muggy side. temperatures by 1:00 wil be in the l80s. tod. s this morning, maybe a few peeks of sunshine through the middle part of the day. showers and thunderstorms. we're seeing showers toward win chesd a little bit of lightning, as well. some thunderstormsth moving ugh winchester. lightning right there, south of winchester. we are seeing some thunderstorms. this has been therey much all morning. flood warnings up in the area, as well. this will continue to track to mrd thetinsburg area. that's the heaviest rain i'm seeing now, but i expect the radar to be a little more like this later on this afternoon. we'll time out and talk about your sunday. changes coming up for your sunday. that's coming up in a few

minutes. thank you, lauryn. 8:01. twochildren, including a baby and their mother are hurt after a possible tornado strike in alabama. the storm practically leveled their mobile home last night. you can see where it once stood. volunteers combing through what was left. police saying a baby boy and a o 7-ye girl had cuts on their face and body. their mom also had minorri in. we know all three are in the hospital right now and are expected to make a full recovery. >> to aevoping story now. a co-founder of the heavy metal band pantera has died. the band confirming the news overnight that drummer vinnie paul lost his life. no details released about how he died. paul founded pantera back in th8 early with his younger brother.ge his yobrother was meurdered on stage back in 2004. now to the ongoing crisis at the . today, protesters planning to rally against aeparation of migrant children from their families. events are planned in florida

and also ft. worth, where the texas dem iratic conventio being held. meanwhile, more than two dozen congressional democrats plan to visit detention facilities in texas. a civil rights group said yesterday marke the first time in a month arrested parents were not separated from their children. there is still no specific plan on how and when detaineen chilill be reunited with their parents. closer to home, people are protesting here in the district. yeerday, dozens of people did this. they led up and rallied outside the department of homeland security. they held up signs asking drivers to honk in support of reuniting families. we also s a lot of people wearing jackets with words taped on them. things like, yes, we care. it was likely in response to seeing first lady melania trump recently wearing a jacket saying, quote, i really don't care. do you? president trump has since said the phrase was directed as what he calls the fake news media. > they're calling it a victory for privacy advocates.

police will have to getrr a t before tracking your moves with your cell phone records. that is the result of a supreme court ruling yesterday. the decision requires police departmentso get a search warrant in order to obtain telephone company data to track a user's move nts. startling, new details about a deadly hit and run in montgomery county. police say a man was run over by two drivers on georgia avenue in aspen hills earlier this month. he had been assaulted and robbed hours before. they add that they made twoth arrests i robbery. only one of the suspects, this man, kenth mapati was over the age of 17. investigators haven't found the vehicles or suspects involved in the hit and run. a change for the former high school in falls church. the old name is gone from the buildiol. high sc the new name, justice high school, still not up. last fall, the fairfax county

school board voted to change the name of the school once named for the confederate neral. the n mascot will be the wolves. the maryland primary is happening on tuesday. if early voting is any indication, this cld be a big turnout. election officials say votersec cast ad number of 222,000 early ballots. that's a 56% increase over the lastri guberna primary in 2014. asou're making your saturday plans, a lot of you thinking about indoor activities. you may not think, let's the police station, but today, it may be an opportunity for you to stop by the one in prince william county. >> you can learn something new. they areng hol an open house at a new facility where they just cut the ribbon. i an, freshly cut the ribbon. >> brand-new. >> news 4's pat lawson takes us inside. >> reporter: a police station is open along dan s-ford road the woodbridge area. >> before, they'd h e to commute to one of our othst ion. the one in manassas or

down into woodbridge. this makes it more convenient for our community members that live right 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 wn the county established thee p 1970.tment in he was chief for more than 24 years. >> policing is more complex today than it's ever been. difficult b. people spit in your face, try to attack you, whatever. we always have to remember thaw re the peace keepers. >> reporter: dean was chief through some high-profile crime. >> probably the sniper case was the biggest criminal case weal with. and the one that, i think, it was 22 days that october, we had complete fear in the region. sometimes on the east coast. i felt lik during those times.r concerned about officers being shot and killed.

school children and the average citizenecause it was so random. >> reporter: artifacts from the sniper case and other big crimes are on display at the station. like the east coast rapist. and you can see the infamous knife used by lorena bobbitt. the publi is invited to tour the station today fro 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. there will be csh investigators, demonstrations with canines, and more. news 4. e> one of the items on display iggere polic station has significance today. it's been 25 years since the incident with john and lorena bobbitt. we'll take a look at the story that spt up the natweio

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lk this is an incredibly popular event. g about the nbc 4 allstate community shred. derrick ward i live in rockville with what just got underway aboutin tenes ago. derrick? >> reporter: yeah, just got underway. folks we lining up here, i'm told, as early as 5:00 a.m. this is going to go until 11:00 a.m. it is an immense populevent here. with me is ilene. when this started, you didn't think it'd be this popular, did you? >> we didn't know. we did not realize how popular this event would be. now, we sure do. ter our first timeout, we figured out how wildly popular p is. i thit of it is, here in montgomery county, we really lieve in recycling. we're committed to recycling. recyclings the one thing and each and every one of us can do every single day, to do our part to protect the environment and save natural resrces for the future. these days, people are concerned about the confidentialityf their information. sort of security of

this type of event is so popular because people have the opportunit tohred a lot of documents that have importantat infon, but then also to have all of that material recycled, whiti is fant >> reporter: what are the rules? if you have stuff to shred, what do you do? how do you package it? >> folks can bring up to four boxes or bags of paper. what they would do is, come on out. we're on the parking lot number 13 of montgery colleg we're near the intersection of manke and hunger ford drive. we have a lot of volunteers and staff members directitraffic. we have police out helping us. they're going toome on t site. we'll direct them to stack on the site. when we have folks drive up to one of our 12 shred it trucks, the wone thing is, people have o stay in tir cars.

safety first. >> reporter: they'll take the lastar in line at 11:00 when it is over. >> the last car in le we serve has to be in line by 11:00. >> reporter: bring up to shred.ff good for the environment and your security. derrick ward, news 4. back t you. >> thank you. 8:12. this was a sensational case, and it captured international attention. today marking 25 years since the incident that made lorena and john bobbitt household names. >> both faced criminal charges. poet we both were acquitted. as julie carey found out, the case is still a very much a part of their lives. >> reporter: the desk of john bobbitt's defense attorney, surrounded by reminders of a at stor went viral before we used that word. boxes and boxes of documents.ur troom sketches.e t-shirt sold in the circus-like scene outside of the prince william county courthouse. on the back, john bobbitt's

thanks spelled out. >> pretty graphic, but he wrote it, thanking me for givin him hifreedom. >> reporter: this was john bobbitt 25 year ago, a young man, when his wife was accused of cutting off his penis and throwing it in a field. it was found, reattached.a ctim, he was viewed as the villain, 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 visited bobbitt. >> he came with his dog. had lunch with us. >> reporter: he said his porn star days are over. murphy is writing a book, not so much about the notorious trial, but hothe public can sometimes disregard the facts to support their perception. >> you cannot ignore facts. facts that are un-rebuttable. you can't ignore them. e this is mple of ignoring that.

>> reporter: lorre lay -- lorena bobbitt declined an interview. she's married now with a ughter. she'erseeing funds for women's shelters. appearing in a netflix series soon. she met with angie goff a few years ago.at this is he said then about the night that changed her life forer. >> 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 os purp >> reporter: now, those involved in the case wonder if the renewed attention that comes with this anniversary will prompt some to tie it to the me too movement. otsomething that could put john and lorena back in the spotlight again. in northern virginia, i'm julie carey, news 4. 8:14 on this saturday. as we look live outside, a dreary start with some potentially strong storms moving in. lauryn ricketts is going to help you plan out today and the rest

of youren we these are hardly after school projects. kids who stll canno drive are edging their way into the business erld. se how they maded it w they're getting extra help. the story straight ahead on "news 4 toda"y.

angie's suggestion, bather the ki -- gather your kids around for

this idea. >> may inspire a bit. >> we may want to invest. >> that's right. >> how young is too young to start pnning your own business? >> how about 6 years old? how is that for you? a group of young entrepreneurs ared getting a h start with some help from our local business community. news 4's adam tuss went to northern virginia to mnot them. >> isomeone who says, you know, you should make a peacock. >> reporter: the excitement on s their faces alpable. >> we will clean the house. t we will feed pets. >> reporter: their ambition, through the roof. >> i like to sew.av my momme a few fabrics. i decided that i wanted to start a business >> reporter: kids from 6 to 16 years old, ready to make a splashn the business community. >> it's like nice, doing all thistuff. it's like, i want to be doing my favorite things. >> reporter: whether it is cutting the grass. >> over time, i became addictes. to mowing la i started my own business. >> reporter: even selling used

legos with a little ce from the parents. >> my mom said, you have to get rid of all these legos. >> reporter: these kids are part of the young entrepreneur business fair happening sunday in gainesville. >> it seems like they saw an opportunity, and they went for it. >> reporter: didou make these? dan is part of the community mentoring these kids, hopefully to achieve their dreams. >> really cool to see this type of energbehind business and entrepreneurship. >> reporter: need a pet sitter?y thave that. and they're getting the word out. >> my mom has been advertising on facebook and stuff. people see that, and they contact us. e reporter: this business fair will be held as clipse. sharp, young minds are ready to meet you. in gainesville, adam tuss, news 4. >> day -- adam told me he was impressed with the kids. they had to come with a budget plan. >> pitch it. >> like "shark tank." they wntt in f of the business leaders, and these kids

gave presentations about how they'd get off the ground, how they'd make money. see it tomorrow at the business fair. >> what did we do with our lives? >> i was looking at david. ou >> where weret 6 years old, right? >> at least you have the ms down because you're tracking the forecast. >> not doing too bad. >> yeah. they're going to be doing better than am. at 6, they're already starting that way. we'll all be doing well into sunday. sunday is a lot better than saturday, in terms of conditions for the weather. you can see here, we have showers out there right no mainly in the shenandoah valley. some are heavy. i shouldn't say showers. shouun say rstorms. that's what we're seeing out there. now, as we go through the middle part of the day, we'll have a chance for showers but also a schance to seee sunshine. after 1:00 or 2:00, that's when the chanc increase, of course, into the afternoon. stronger showers and thunderstorms headed our way. isolated chances tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be hot and humid. by the time we get to monday and tuesday, looking a lot betterth that.

you can see the showers and thunderstorms rolling right up along i-81, headed toward hagerstown. finally leaving the winchester area. saw some thunder n thecells. dropping heavy downpours around white post there in millwood. it'll continue to track up the i-81 corridor. ventually, leaves it is winchesterarea. they've been getting pounded all morning with some rain. we have the flood watches and warnings across the region from frederick county, northern shenandoah owvalley,d fredericksburg. these are ongoing flood avwarnings. we high standing water with some road closures. we also have those rivers really rather high in a lot of the region right now. we'll see when they expire some of those. current temperatures out t rit 70ern washington. 72 in anoannapolis. everybody else in the60s. had people ask me about the nationals game. playing the philliesater this afternoon. about 4:00, right in the middle afternoothe

that's usually when we see thunderstorms. we do have a 60% chance of seeing thunderstorms for the first innings and all the way through. the chances drop a little toward the e of the me. there could be a rain delay with that. it's hard to tell exactly where tiese storms are going to be and at what . during the afternoon, we'll see some storms. they'll be scattered in. natu could have a few showers during the middle part of the day. mainly, our focus is after 2:00. that's when we'll see showers d thunderstorms pop up. heavy downpours. gusty winds. that is what really the threat is we'll be watching as we head toward the evenings. ho threat will be over by 8:00 or 9:00. we have clearing overnight. if you're headed to the national capital barbecue battle today, a little on the dicey side. tomorrow, better with temperatures around 90 degrees. plenty of sunshine. still humid tomorrow. however, the humidity dro into monday. monday and tuesday, absolutely beautiful. temperatures will be in the mow 80s. we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms on wednesday and thursday.

that's when the humidomes back. look at the temperatures. they go up as we head toward t end of the work

welcome back. take a look at this. surveillce video. look at the top right-hand side of your tscreen. thck backs in and, boom, crash right into the cvsar cy. this is the aftermath. they put the u tape there

because he was able to smash -- he or she was able to ssh the windows out, literally there. police say they triedo get away with an atm machine. you can see the damage left nd be everything shattered. debris all over the ground. apparently, there were two othed attemp robberies in the area. they all could be related. authorities say they continue to want to see more dramatic video? co with us out to ohio. this is police body camera you're looking at. you can see a polic officer running to a home just moments after it exploded. he's digging through the rubble. he hears something. it is a woman yelling forhelp. >> come on. let'set her out of here. >> he says, let's get her out of here. iclunteers and another pol officer did just that. the woman in that rubble was with a man. they were rushed to the hospital with critical injuries. investigators say the holm was su -- home was supposed to be empty. they're teing to fig out why

the couple was up side adeinhe and what caused the explosion. hi> back closer to home, tough to see the wton monument there. covered in mostly fog as we are in the midst of a storm team 4 weather alert day. lauryn ricketts tracking some potentially strong storms moving you there.

>> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. >> at 8:30 we welcome you back

into "news 4 today" on this saturday morning. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. if you have to leave the house ight now, hop onto facebook live we'll be live behind the scenes all morning long. good to see you all. how about the weather? >> it y won't bring outside the house. good day to be indoors. >> lauryn ri tracking it all on this weather alert day. >> yeah, weather alert right now. we continue to watch fog out there. hey, naomi, can you g out of my ear so i can -- all right. i couldn't hear anything.ea i just directing cues. all right. >> thought you were ignoringus. >> you asked me a question? i have no idea. i'll go to weather because i can't hear anything except director's cues. all right. we have plenty of fog out there right now. low visibility. you're losing it over there. low visibility. someerhowers out as well. again, lowos visibilities a the board. be careful making your way out the door today because of the

low resibility. we seeing a few showers andto thundersrms finally making their way out of the winchester area right now. they will continue to travel up the i-81corridor. right now in frederick county, you're seeing the showers and thunderstorms. ey're moving slowly. that's where we find storm warnings. it lod to f areas. there could be more issues later on this afternoon. look at our forecast. we have therm shances out there today. tomorrow is better with plenty of sunshine. ple a rai gauge in your yard to track the amount of rain falling. it'll give you a good indication of how much you need to water. i don'td think you'll n to water your garden much this weekend because of the heavy rain. we'll talk about the heavy rain in your neighborhood and track it out. also let you know when we see a drop in humidity. that's coming up in 15 minutes.' >> lauryn, check in with you then.

8:32. we want to shift gears to breaking news. this coming to us out of south carolina. republican congrsional candidate katie arrington is seriously hurt after this deay wrong-way crash. you're looking at the aftermath of that crash. police say arrington was a passenger in a car that was hit by driver who was going the wrong way on the roadway last night. arrington and the woman she was with were both rushed to the hospital. both had serious injuries, we're told. the driver of thether car died. arrington's campaign manager says that she is now ngrecove after surgery overnight. arrington, you might recall, defeated representative mark stanford in the republican primary back on june 12th. new this morning, we know two children, including a baby, and their mom are hurt. this after a possiblest tornado ke in alabama. the storm practically leveled their home. this is where it wasn't stood. halunteers combing through the degree, seeing they can find. police tell us the baby boy and

7-year-old girl had cuts on their face and body, and their momlso had minor injuries. all three, last check, are in the hospital and expected to make a full recovery. now to a story that we continue to follow. the fbi agent linked to two of the most recent politicallyar d investigations has been ordered to testify before congress. peter strzok was a lead agent in the hillary clinton e-mail probe and later joined the russia investigation. he was reassigned from the russia probe after allegedly changing anti-trump text messages witherbi layisa page. strzok was subpoenaed to testify before houses committee next wednesday. his lawyers say he was willing testify independently. the next io sto one you're reacting to on our facebook page. a woman claiming her ur driver

refused to give her a ride because of her wheelchair. stop there. she says he even charged her $6 ride.e cancelled news 4's jackie benson has her story and uber's response. >> reporter: kelly has been getting around in a wheelchair for 17 years. she said requesting an uber car after leaving an arlingtons rant wednesday stands out as particularly unpleasant. >> i opened the door, transferred myself in independently, as i always do. the driver, who had not gotten out of e car at that point or looked at me or acknowledged me turned around, got out of the car, and said, no, no, stop. you can put the wheelchair in there. i don't have space for it. >> reporter: she feels the dn driver sho have refused to take her and her wheelchair to their destination. after efforts to make him see sh reasongot out and requested another uber car. she later learned the first driver chaed her for a fare. >> after he left, i got an

indication that popped up. he had charged me, even though he would not m allow in his vehicle. >> reporter: an e-mail correspondence followed. utit resulted in a refund, kelly is frustrated, trying to tell the customer service representative, that is not her point. >> uber needs a culture where they're welcoming all customers and provide service, whether you're in a wheelchair or not. >> reporter: a spokesperson for uber released the following statement to nbc 4.ur quote,ommunity guidelines prohibit any type of discrimition in serving riders with disabilities. we have been in contact with the rider and continue to investate this matter. uber says what it refers to as s partner drivers are given information about dealing with ople with disabilities. kelly says based on the facebook contact she's had with other who have had similar experiences, she feels uber needs to take more ownership of the issue. in arlington, jackie benson, news 4.

also, we a heads up for you this weekend if you plan on traveling the rails. the arlington cemetery station will be closed. crews are installing wireless cables. busses will replace the trains at t arlington cemetery metro station. blue line trains will only operate between franconia springfield and reagannal airport. customers traveling to other stations should use silv or yellow line trains. metro is taking action on a warning from federal authorities that could mean injuries or even deaths to some passengers. the federal transit administration told metro that s rubble barriers on the 7000 series cars are unsafe for blind and visually impaired riders. last month, a woman with visio impairments was hurt after falling onto the tracks at the station. metro was ordered to get r b of the rubbriers. metro says it is, quote, working as quickly as possible to install chain barriers instead.

if you've got some sensitivu nts collecting dust in your home, we're working for you this morning. best to shred the items so as to combat identity theft. this morning, starting 27 minutes ago, our allstate community shredt. ev you're looking live at the event. it is always incredibly popular. in ct, derrick ward was telling us that people were lined up well before it started 8:00. it is happening at montgomery college's rockville campus. if you wanto take part, get in line before 11:00 this morning. 8:37. .our time on this saturd not hard to find someone in washington working on a phd, right? you take notice when the person's last name is mandela. i sat down with nelson mandela's grandson to tk about his vision for the future and what inspired him to get his edation right here in o area. that's straight ahead on "news 4

a young man's grandfather is cons among the great world leaders of the last century. this man is not relying on his famous last name to make a name for himself. >> pushing against it all wgether. i spokeh the george mason university graduate student this past week and found tt he has an ambition rooted in humility. >> reporter: since april, this is likely where you would find siyabulela mandela. in his office at george mason university, working on his phd. the pic? conflict analysis and resolution. do people give you a second glance and say, wait a minute, mandela, are you related? >> oh, yes. it is always a dominant question. >> reporter: at 25, he goes by madiba, like his grandfather, the late nelson mandela. the famed leader spent 27 years in prison. t he went on to nation's first black president. in december 2013, our jim vanceo traveled to h africa to

cover mandela's funel. he describes mandela's legacy. >> nelson mandela. the freedom fighter, the cemaker, is gone from this land he loved so much, but the iconic figure, the conscious of this nation, remains here today in spirit. accordg to the conversations of many people in south africa, will remain so forever. >> grandchildren, he was always happto be around. >> reporter: the younger mandiba is already a lecturer, but he is not willing to live off his grandfather's successes. it seems there is no entitlement. how is it that's not part of your ego? >> well, i think it's be engrained within me by great leaders, such as nelson mandelam what meant tt, you must exercise a high level of humility. >> reporter: it is that humilita that atted madiba to george mason.

some may have thought he'd go to harvard or oxford, based on his name alone. but a mediator who worked in south africa attracted his focus. >> i seek the prestige of the name, but i think the influence and contribution of the individuals within. that is what led me here. hi reporter: as he forges own career in diplomacy, he aims tocho his grandfather's humility and leadership. >> you must extend a hand to those who disagree with you. >> reporter: that fr young academic who, like his grandfather, believes you cannot achieve greatness alon >> at a time, and in a city that's so divisive, it isal , really nice to hear those words. he's so eloquent in how he speaks. comes from a family of mediators. he said it was aeorge mason university professor, professor burton, who the library is named after in the school we were sitting at, who went to south

africa and helped in mediating a few things in the early '90 hs that w over. he saw it and said, i want to go to m mason. >> never know how you'll impact people. >> pretty >>cool. the scene hasn't changed behind us. still at 70 degrees. visibility still low in parts. rain on the way for others. stay with us. lauryn ricketts and her forecast for the weekend and a little ahead at the up.rk week is coming

hi there. do you have a bunch of papers, maybe bills, envelopes,so pl information stacking up somewhere in your house? don't worry. we're working for you. we want to helpou declutter your life. >> it is the allstate nbc 4 community shred. a popular event that's been going on for 45 minutes this morning. derrick ward said the line started earlier than that. you're live in rockville this morning. >> reporter: oh, yeah. i'm told the first line was here at 5:00. do you can see behind me, it is moving. t be intimidated when you see the line thoutside campus here at montgomery college. with me are a couple folks this.ved in we have dr. kim kelly. you are, what, the vice president of montgomery college. >> at rockville's campus. yes, i am. good morning. >> reporter: how important is

this event to what you do here? >> very important. we really supportev ting identity theft and getting the opportunity for the community. thank you to nbc 4 for having us here today. i th one of the largest events we st for shredding. the community needs it. we teach courses in cyber wcurity. we khat paper can be a problem. getting it shredded is your best line of defense. >> reporter: indeed. audia with allstate, thank you for being here. you guys are concerned about identity theft and security, asl aren't you? >> yes. allstate committed to the community, and as an allstate agent in the county, i am, as well. it ismportant to me because it isst the fine of defense against identity theft. >> reporter: they don't have to break into a computer or anything.

they can't get ahold of a trash can or anything. >> you can bring up to four boxes. >> reporter: they'll take boxes, paper. the larger paper clips may not work. bag it up and bringt out. get in line. the last person in line at 11:0 will be allowed to come in. great environmental great event for your own personal security. we're live here in rockville, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> i cannot believethat. 5:00 in the morning, the first person showed up. three hours ahead of the start. popular event. >> smart person. they know how it is. rain or shine, people show up. >> for sure. a local father has been serving in afghanistan for almost a before he left, he told his 8-year-old son one thing. he made him a promise,hat he'd home before the school year wrapped up. >> it was a tough promise to keep. the days were counting down. with one day left before summeri va, he made good on the promise. mark segraves was there for the

surprise reunion. >> reporter: commander jonathan blight has served in the navy reserves for 17 years. he's been employed in afghanistan the last nine nths. he missed christmas, and he missed his son's 8th birthday. >> at the airport, i picked him up. realized that this was the last time i would probay beble to pick him up. when i got back, i presumed he'd be taller and mucheavier. it was important for me to hold him the one last time. >> reporter: before he left, commander blyth sat david down and told him where he was going. >> he asked whether i was going to war. i said, yeah, i am going to war. he said, well, daddy, if that's what you have to do, you have to do it. >> reporter: he also made a promise, that he'd be home t before last day of school. today, the second to the last day of school, commander blyth snuck into david's classroom and reited.

>> come on in he >> how are you? kept my promise, right? >> yup. >> look what i brought you. >> reporter: blyth didn't come home empty handed. he brought home a hat and a scorpion. while seeingis dad was a thrill for david, his classmates were clearly more interested in the scorison. >> ireepy looking. if it was alive, i would just scream. >> if it was alive, it would sting you. >> reporter: tonight, the ytblhs will have their first family dinner together in ninhemonths. thenhave a trip planned. >> then we're going to disney world. >> reporter: mark segraves, news 4. >> what a great story. never get tired of watching those. they'reeaded toorlando.

we got florida-type weather headed our way for this weekend. you can see outthere, pretty foggy right now. that's the way it'll be as we continue through the morning. we are seeing a few showers out there. really just in the shenandoahey va along i-81. these rolled through winchester. seeing some heavy rain in charleston, hagerstown. also seeing rainfall through frederick. coming eastbound. again, some heavy rain. it'll continue to lift up toward the mon-dixon line. that is the heaviest rain i'm seeing right now. we're still seeing some fog and definitely some misty conditions. winchester is having their first ide parade as we head into the afternoon. starting at noon and until 4:00. ju some storm chances o there. they had some rain earlier this morning. hopefully it'll stabilize everything. in winchester, tempe atures will und 80 degrees. closer to d.c., temperatures in the mid 80s.re that's w we also find some flood warnings. from fredericksburg up to the winchester area. some of the roads have closed down from the rain we've gotten over the past couple days. also, we're seeing rivers pretty

high right now. again, those flood warnings a ongoing. current temperatures out there right now, 70 here in washington. clinton at 70. annapolis at 72. outside thelt y, everybody else in the 60s. not looking like the best pool day out ifthere. ou want to get out there this morning, we'll see a few showers. that might be your best bet. by thisrn afn, scattered showers and thunderstorms headed our way. that's why we were weather aler some of the could be strong. now we get to sunday. your sunday looking a lot tter. it'll be hot. plenty of sunshine and an isolated chancf shower or storm. today, more widespread out there. he'll have some fog as we continue through morning. we'll watch for the storms after about 2:00/3:0 we'll keep a chance for storms until 7:00 or 8:00. we'll get some clearing that rolls across the area. we'll time it out for you. there's the shower right there. this model is doing a good job of p oking up it. that'll lift to the north. could have a few isolated showers here and there through the middle portion of the day. maybe even a few pops of

sunshine. then some more scattered showers and storms as we continue throughteour saturday oon. some of those could be heavy, bringing heavy downpours. again, some to e d.c. area. we'll see if the nats game can get in. it'll be a i good chancll be dry for some of the time with storms the rest of the time. that'll be something we watch. today in the 80s. tomorrow, 90 degrees. monday and tuesday looki better. lower humidity and temperatures are going to be in the low to mid 80s. nextithance of rain higher humidity, wednesday and thursday.

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woodbridge. runs from 10:00 until 2:00 this afternoo we have community shred going on today. ot a bad morning to line up your car. >> really not. i mean, after that, maybe a good movie day. we are going toer have a wea alert day because of storms later on this afternoon. we're dealing with fog out there right now. a few mid 80s for day time highs today. showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. an time after 1:00 or 2:00. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. >> thank you for joining us, everyone. >> thank you for doing it today. you guys are back ootomorrow. >> to have you back. >> to have you back. >> good to be

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