storic amounts of rain fall in some areas that may only get wse as the storm goes on a high-speed chase and then a deadly standoff. we'll tell you how this crime spree came to an end. >> and an emotional end to a little girl who was just eating ice cream. the search for her killer. it. good morning to you,er'm david cu >> thank you so much for joining

us on what's going on another rainy sunday, looring at the sun behind us. such a contrast from last ght. several places in our rrea saw reconfall in just the last 24 hours. >> there are new concerns about rising rivers and streams and most of you in our viewing area under some sort of flood watch or washing. we havek lauren ricketts bac with us for what is another busy day on tap. the good news is it's not going to be as bad as what we saw yesterday yestere saw that organized rain moving up from the south and pushing to the north. and you can see the remnants of itoving out of here. just about midnight and then it continues to clear our area, just to the early portion of the overnight urs. there it is right around buffalo right now. it continues to spin up that

way. what we're watching today, a little less organized, coming right out of kentucky, just east p cincinnati. another area of lssure that as you can see is not quite the moisture laden that we'reei to the north. so again, showers and even a few thunderstorms as we continue through the afternoon and through the day. sose temperatuut there right now, 65 degrees, yeah, be. a lot of that rain is going to holdff until later today. we do have some fog out there right now. yesterday we made it into the mid 70s, t yt wasterday morning when you guys were watching us. today it will be a little bit warmer. we'll time out that rain for you in just about 15 minutes. all that rain overnight

really soaked up our roadway. last night police blocked the road. as you can see here driving through this, not a good idea like we always say, turn around, don't drown, don't get stuck. >> and crews have had theirnd ha full in northwest d.c., all that rain and wind caused this tree to topple down on the a busy roadway here. this is on nebraska near connecticut avenue. thankfully we can say this morning it's all clear. >> julie car rie shot a picture of this tree that fell on a pick-up truck. thankfully no one was hurt. >> bloflooded on bradley boulev.

as lauren was saying, turn 't around, don try to venture through it. according to aaa, the law requires windshield wipers to be on, in d.c. and virginia, headlights are required visibility is below 500 lepe a local man is facing a murder charge after police say he ran ove his own sister. this happened yesterday morning near the intersection. police later found marino in maryland. police have not said why he allegedly did this. one woman who was working at a trader joe's in california was

killed in an hours long hostage situation. this happened yesterday in the los angeles neighborhood of silver lake. the man shot his grandmother ane girl, he then led police on a chase through the city. that chase ended up with him crashingnta pole and then running through a packed supermarket. six people were taken to the hospital. their ages range from just 12 years old to 81 years old. >> they werell running so fast and i was going so slow, and so somebody pushed me and i fell on my face. >> police have not publicly identified t woman whose life tragically ended. th> to a tragic story now, one we have been following for almost a week. a 10-year-old girl was killed when she went i out for cream. >> her mom cradled her in her

arms as he took her last breath. nicole jacobs met with some of her family during an emotional vigil st night. >> reporter: 10-year-oldnikya on wi though police have found the suspect vehicle, the triggerman inside still at large. >> this could happen anywhere in ourity and it could be any of us. >> reporter: that's why despite the rain they stand, with umbrellas and candle light, they stand.

she was just an innocent little girl, so much life still left to live. >> her life was ripped out of her hands, taken from her. >> reporter: their only hope, their only p is for peace. for a little girl whose senseless death has left a mark and a hole in so many hearts. makya will be laid to rest next week, but those in this neighborhood are trachboutraged. they say they wil not rest until the person responsible for her murder is caught. at 6:07 on this sunday,rele image who died while protecting president trump. special agent noel remington suffered a stroke in scotland

during president trump's overseas visit. >> christian schroeder was the general manag of millie's. he passed away on friday night, schroeder was shot nearly two weeks ago in atlanta, he leaves behind a wife and a 9-year-old daughter. r6:08 is y time now, the r6:08 is y time now, the sun is up shining.

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>> the way we rent movies as changed over time clearly. and now there's onl one sto left in the country. nbc's joe friar has your ticket inside the last teblockb in bend, oregon, no red carpet is needed for this movie star, a blockbuster video store. >> i w with my friend and i said, that's the last blockbuster, let's get a picture. >> reporter: because two shops in alaska are closing their doors, causing mourners dressed in black to pause. because of netflix, business is now movies. >> if you can stream those vies, why come here? >> because i live just three blocks from here. >> i'm sad, but again, i'm happy there's a sole survivor.

>> reporter: for kids, it's a a history lesson. >> home alone.r: >> reportehile corporate blockbusters all csed by 2013, this privately owned store still holds the blockbuster brand. is there a lesson we can learn from this store? >> i think talking tpeople. >> reporter: sandy harding started here in 2000. her son works here too, a chip off the old block, buster. >> pretty much everyone in the family has worked here, cousins, brothers. >> reporter: and for their customers it's a chance to rewind a classic. >> friday night will never be the same.

all right, so right now as you take a live look outside, you can seehe nationa monument there, skies look pretty calm and clear, but we do have more rain in the forecast. lauren ricketts is tracking the timing of it all

a major change is coming to some of our roads. >> we have been telling you out the safety concerns about

a particular type of guardrails. they're called x-lite guardrails. >> i'm fighting it so no other family has to be here. >> reporter: this man's 17-year-old daughte hannaas killed after crashing into an x-lite in 2016. >> a guardrail pierced her car and she wasinstantly. >> reporter: for the last year and a half he has met with state and federal officials all over the country, pushing to have the guard ras remaoveremoved. earlier this year, many mother joined his fight. sandra carter's son died on the othethan shore in february. she started her own campaign to

have the x-lites removed from maryland's roads. theta maryland highway administration has now decided to replace all x-tes currently installed in the state. >> there are about 1,000 of them, it's small percentage of the 52-plus thousand that we have out there. >> reporter: rick slater says the work will begin immediately. he tells news4 has x-lites on roads that have speed limits of 55 or faster will be removed. >> they were sympathetic, they were warm, they re kind. and they made it about -- they made it about me, my family, and my son. and the removal of thex-lite just put the icing on top of the cake. >> iid a lot o listening. you know, i wanted to talk to

mrs. carter and rnelly cker about michael and she is an amazing woman. and he was an amazing young man. and it was really important for me to hear her perspective on michael's crash. >> slater tells news4 that the fhs was unable to determine whether the guardrails faid in carter's crash. he calls the state's decision to remove the x-lites a -- >> i believe that mike's death and steve's work may have helped. with the decision. i don't think i would be here today at all without news4 helping making phone calls, and staying on the story. >> reporter: she's now shedding tears of joy instead of heart break for the first time since her son's death.

>> no one else will die the way my son died. marynd roadways areoing to be safe and that makes me happy. these are tears of joys. >> so maryland cow says ild take a couple of years to replace all of the x-lites. virginia is also in the process of removing x-lites from roads whe the speed limit there is 55 or faster. d. does not u the x-lites. now theth maker ox-lites say the guardrails were not defective. ca carter's birthday is coming up next week, and toor h him, his family is providing clean water tohose in need. >> preserving his legacy here. >> to honor h memory. it's 6:19 on this sunday. >> very busy more again?

>> yes, very busy. that rainas heavy. i told him on the way in, there was a tree, and the onl thing holding it up was the guardrail. >> you asked about the trees yesterday, and i didn't think they would fall so quickly. we had one on nebraska avenue, one in alexandria, and just because of the amount of rain we got. dulles, baltimore, reagan, all broke daily rain rates, and reagan national airport, baltimore over four inches. baltimore broke a record back from the 1800s, 1879, us in 1890, w bro a record. quite a different story out there early this morning. the sun came up about 6:00.

and you can see some blue sky, gorgeous picture right there. we're going to see some nshine, today, i there is a day to see some surge, i think today is the day to see some sunshine. we are going to have some raine out but it's not going to be similar to yesterday, however, since we have a ongoing flood warnings, any rain we get will add to the flooding concerns. more rain this week, yes. are we drying out this week? do we have a dry day? no. the driest d ahead may be this upcoming friday and i still have a chance of rain on there. current temperatures right now, 50s and 60s. it's ao little chilly start. if you're brunching out there today, temperatures are going to be in the 60s and 70s, with some veiled sunshit. a little of fog out there, here's the system that passed

through our region, and that system continued to spin up throughad c this one is an area of low pressure, that's going to sring sowers this way into our region. that's why i don't think we'll see them untilaf this rnoon. here's a look at the ongoing flood warnings, pretty much throughhe whole washington area, up from the mason-dixon line. that is a ongoing flood wning activity out there. still some creeks, rivers, streams out of their banks. so please be careful with numerous roads closed out there. we are going to make it up to 80, which will make it more humid out there. again, w could have some stronger storms as well, as we go through the day and i do believe we'll have some showers into the overnight and then in through your day on a monday, but we willav maybe another

half an in tackedn to our total of four inches as with go through thenight. we'll talk about that 10-day forecast, and we'll time out rain for ty,orrow and tues that's coming up in a little bit,ut right now after the b

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amazon prime day. >> for some folks, it seems their packages have vanished. we look at the spike in porch theft after the sale. >> some of us logged on to our digital shopping cart and waiting for the arrival. sending push notifentification. photos of packages on doorsteps. >> what we're really reminding the public, take the opportunity away, don't leave your packages unattended. >> adrian had it happen over the holiday. >> it was delivered but amazon was good about sending another one. >> a ring video monitoring system. >> if someone walks up to my porch, i can click on my phond watch them. >> sometimes i don't get home until late soo i want make sure that no one was grabbing my

packages. >> reporter: they're both local teachers, prime day meant stocking up onir supplies. >> i actually started using the amazon locker so i wouldn't have to worry about my package coming up missing. >> reporter: police suggesting a akfew other key ways to sure no one else snags your goods. if yore expecting a package track it, if you're not going to be home, send it to a location like a friend or a family member, maybe even your place of work. >> and on this weekend, thoseck es are getting soaked on your porch. lauren ricketts is

. welcome to news 4 sunday. >> we are blessed on the lord's day. thank you for joining us. unfortunately, it looks like we're going to have another fwlo gloomy day in the works. we were out last night.

this is a birthday party who had to move from the rooftop. >>utde right now, starting out, it's kind of nice and dry out there, ts concern going to be some of the streams and rivers that may still be rising. >> for more on e what toect the rest of the day,rick -- rickets is here, keeping an eye on that radar. >> yesterday and laths night, advise to everydy was just to stay inside. let's show youuys what is going on. my mike is on. can yous not hear me? >> just don't do toe touches. >> i was trying to work out in between there. temperatures right there on in the 60s,it it is ae bit on the cool side out there. flooding warnings are out there

across the region, now you get this, this is almost our entire greaten washingarea, all the way up to the mason mix son l-d. it so again, we are looking a some flood warnings across the region, up and down i-95. still someod f roadways out there. i am seeing from the map behind, we're having atl le bi of fog out there, so you're probably going to be dealing with that as well. 65 grees, we do have some veiled sunshine, and i think they will be thet day to see some summer as we go through the next several days. temperatures again, by the time we get to 9:00, are going to be in the low 70s, let me show you gu radar, because we haven't got a lot going on right now. but we are watching another system that is coming out of the west, we're going to be watching that bringing us some rain for tomorrow and tuesday. and then we'll have some dry

days coming up. >> and t allt rain overnight really soaked up our roadways. this was rock creek park way northwest. last night police blocked traffic from gng up the hill. but water was seen sneaking in from waterside drive.gh driving throuhis stuff, not recommended, as we always say, turnround and don't drown. take a look at this, a big rain causing a giant tree to come down on connecticut avenuel thankf that mess has been cleared. >> and julie carrie catching this downed tree, that slammed into a power line and then you saw how it crashed and toppled trover that k. thankfully no one was hurt. >> here's a picture from montgomery county fire and rescue, they tweeted out some of

the flooding. as angie was saying, when you see something like this, not worth tring to ve ing ting to v. >> this is the flooding on the belt way. according to state law, when it's rainingre headlights a required to be on. in d.c. and virginia, headlights are required whe visibility is less than 500 feet. dot forget to u those wipers. we are just one month from the start o the school year, and students in washington are de -- >> pressure is proess and we can and will be heard and no one can silence us. >> this gun reform rally was held in annapolis yesterday. students fromd, great mills high school. it's there where 6-ye jalen willie was killed back in

march. and among the passionate cr d, was a "capital gazette" reporter. >> i want you to try grieving for five different people a once. try doing that when the last memory you have of theenare their videaths. >> these areists killed at the "capital gazette." in virginia, u.s. senateac candidatesoff in their first debate yesterday. their first debate was in hot springs, virginia. aenator kaine painted stewart as rubber stamp. the two also exchanged jabs over the presidens recent summit with vladimir putin projected strethweakness.

>> we were standing up to the russians, now we have senor kaine, who wants to declare the russians are enemies. he wants to imperil that relationship. if there' anything that demonstrates the difference between us, it's cory stewart standing up hereinnd s that president trump is standing up to the russians. esident trump is caving to the russians. >> well kaine is seeking his seco term in th senate, stewart is the incumbent. a iva -- is not going as a smooth he planned. markhort was the president's legislative professor.

"the washington post" reports an online petition wants the school to revoke his appointment. factuality and students are still angry about the president's response to last year's white supremacist rally in charlottesville. a quickreminder for some red line riders this morning, if you're heade into the workweek and plan to ride the rails, the brooklyn and rhode island avenue stations are closed and will be september because of repairs are going on. now the city is declaring buss only lanes. that means no parking during the day. we posted all the details in our nbc washington app. it sure has been aonent year for the royal family, from the wedding back in may to the birth of prince louie, the newest member of thfamily. and today the royals have another milestone to lebrate.

u're looking at a newly released picture of prince george, heir to the throne, the first sovereign, they turns 5 years old. he's seen here at clarence house in lond.th duke and duchess are believed to be in the caribbean, ce.brating as a fami the prince is so sweet. he always steals the show ath e public events. >> did you get invited to the birthday party? >> i did. fortunately i had to work with you. the world cup may be over, but do not tell it to these guys right here. the puppies taking part in the d.c. pupal lpy bowl. some of the puppiesven got dressed up in the jerseys and colors of the actua world cup team. >> so adorable. >> i think i like watching them

better thathe actual world cup. >> they're all o team cuteness. 6:38 right now. we're back after this, stay with us. coming up next week on news4 today, backpacks for kids and school supplies, we're taking ur donations and we'll

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today marks one year since our colleague and dear friend jim vance pasayd >> we want to take a moment this sunday morning to let you all know how much we miss him. >> i hav had t extraordinary privilege of working for almost half a century with some absolutely marvelous professionals. >> today we mark one yea since the world lost a light and d.c. lost a monumt and we at news 4 lost our leader.

we took a moment this past week to remember our friend and colleague. vance left behind a legacy with folks from all walks of life. vance, when we think about all that's happened this past year, we can only imagine your commentary evoking the tears and cheers. vance's last interview was with lonnie bunch, as it turned out it was an emmy award winning interview, vance earning his own place in that very smithsonian. it's a place where we can all go one day to see and hear that laugh. a year later, and we still miss the soul of our newsroom,he grateful forime we had with you. and news4 took a moment to remember our friend and colleague as you know.

and we also wanted to ask your thoughts and we wanted y to share your favorite memories or what you missed and what you loved most abo the man who was truly our heart here another news4. many of those are on the screen right here, joan burgess writes, losing vance last year was like losing my dad, i grew up watching vance with e my dadry night. >> and george and michael could not help but laugh. that of course going viral. >> you cannot getnough of that, watching it over and over. his voice and hiss laugh is w somethin miss so much. ernie wrote, vance spoke at my high school graduation, senior class of 19, he waso inspirational. he was so cool, we gave him a well deserved standing ovation, his spirit is still with us andw indeed it alwal be.

>> you can continue to share them online and on social media. we want to see them. just #vanc lauren ricketts will join us again to talk about theweather, meanwhile we remember jim vance. continue to share your sentiments with us online.

. welcome back ne to your health that's surprising to a lot of us. >> the world health organization says that more women die in childbirth than any other countryn the rld. >> now local leaders want to find out why. here's the story. thinking you to start about this now. >> reporter: tam meitamira poet >> my sisters, compared to the assistance i'm getting, they didn't have good birth care. so i'm the first of s myen sisters to go natural and be properly educated and supported. >> their mission was to provide support and access for wen of

color, particularly low income women of color whoidn't have access to these types of services and didn't actually kny t had thisind of options.to >> mam provides prenatal education, birthing plans and social services. still servis like this one still aren't reaching d.c. mothers who need support. >> why are we seeing a higherra of maternal mortality compared to our neighbors? not only our neighbors, but why do we see a disparity in different parts of our city. >> reporter: in a city with some of the best medical care in the world, neay 41 deaths for every 1,000 births in d.c., the most recent statistics in the decade that ended in 2014. that's double the national average. >> if you were to break that number down east and west, alon

lot of other lines, you're going to see a disparity between the east and the west. >> reporter: some of the identify,re easy to the lack of access to care on the city's east se where hospitalsd or stopped offering maternity services or mothers who do not know what services are available. also new mothers must take care of themselves and their babies. this is the head of women's health and beneath neonatal services. >> about 50% of women die after they leave the hospital. and that's a scary number. >> reporter: councilman allen has created a committee solutions. >> whether you're looking at a midlife, or a more traditional

obgyn, thosere the providers that can create that entire network. so every mother and mother-to-be is going to have the access they need. >> the ncouncilman's p to save mother's lives has been passed and aroved by congress. >> and maryland andirginia already have similar panels that are in place now, hopefully to try to get those numbers down. it is startling. 6:450 is your time now on this sunday morning. yesterday we h a deluge that seemed like it was never ending. >> all through the day yesterday it was pouring. i think it was through 1:00 wn the mornin things started to taper down a little bit. >> it wa definitely 1:00 in the morning when we started to see things push out of emaryland. wetuck in this pattern and

we're still going to be soggy for much of this week. we are going to warm up a little bit. we are going to he that humidity uptick a little bit. look at this, we've gotou just four inches of rain, a little over that yesterday at reagan natiol airport. baltimore, over 4 1/2, in fact their number came in at 4.75 inches. dulles receiving 5 inches, annapolis receiving over 5 inches, and flooding warnings will continue for much of the region. they'rending at their you times during the morning, it's just whether these rivers and streams and creeks are going to rece reced recede. but please do not drive across any flooded roadway. a little bit of fog out there, to thestem has moved off north and it's still spinning out near the great this is a system we're watching

that crawled out of the ohio valley yesterday. right now in theennessee valley, it's going to push this way.nn g into that warm air mass sparking showers and thunderstorms. mainly foronhe s half of the day, but we could see a few at 11:00 and noon. and we have a few at that game at 1:35. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s right now. it's a little chilly when you walk out there this morning, we'rearming up to around 80 degrees for the daytime highs. going through the day, we still willave some scattered showers and thunderstorms. at 12: 30, you got a few showers out tere, nothing bad, and then as we go through the early part of the afternoon, a few showers athunderstorms, some of them are a little bit on the stronger side. we'll keep that chance, not everybody's gng to see thems we go through the day, and some areas are going to get some sunshine as w t go through day. here's a look at the nats game

as we go through the day, we are going to have about a 40% chance ofgh some rain throon, and at first pitch at 1:35, about 50% chance of rain. it's just hard to tell txactly wherse storms are going to pop-up, it's a typical summer pattern. as you isaid,s not going to be that widespread swathe of rain like we had yesterday. 83 will be our high tomorrow. i do believe we'll have some showers and thunderstorms overnight tonig into tomorrow morning, again this is a look at your mondayho a fewrs out there, a little bit of fog and we'll continue with showers and thunderstorms throughout theay on your monday and we'll continue throughout the day on tuesday, not only tuesday, but also on wednesday, so again, some showers and thunderstorms, monday, tuesday, wednesday, scattered, as we get into your thursday, isolated chances on

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for many years, jim vance c woulse out friday newscasts with the song "my mood." it was one of his favorites. >> and when you're working on the weekends, sometimes sunday is your friday. so we're going to leave you witg

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good morning back home. a beautiful butrey ampionship sunday has dawned on the east coast of scotland, where in just a few hours, golf's latest major winner will be crowned. and it could be the man who has held this title the last 52 weeks. today, jordan spieth his fourth major at age 24. that's the same age as xander schauffele. rom rookie of the year to winner of the tour championship. is he ready to be a