>> and we're keeping on top of all of it tonight. let's head to meteorologist lauryn ricketts in the storm center. >> yeah, guys, we continue to watch waves of rain that will bg pushhrough our area, and you can see here in the d.c. metro area s we're noting much just outside montgomery county coming down through the mixing bowl and i-95. there may be a few isolated showers, and then you have tgo well back to the south and to the west to actually find some rain. so head to the west right now. you can see coming through hagerstown, eastern panhandle of west virginia, frederick and frederick county, gemaryland, ing a downpour. these are continuing to push north and east. those areas hav been worked over quite a bit. another area worked over here in southern maland, charles county also getting stronger storms right there, and this is going to continue through the night where we'll have waves of rain pushi through our area. temperatures in the low 80s right now. certainl human out there. we've got a lot of moisture in the air, bute've got some sunshine coming. we'll talk about th, and we'll

let you know when you can see it coming up. >> all right, lawyer yito back ou in a bit. meantime, with the possibility of hundreds of white supremacists coming to the district to protest next weekend, officia their plans on how to keep everybody safe. they want to avoid a deadly l confrontatioe what we saw happen in charlottesville last year. newsar4's segraves broke the news that demonstrators may be ytting escorts police, and metro is considering providing r separate trainhem to ride. mark is live in foggy bottom with more on thi mark, what have you learned? >> yeah, leon, when those white supremist protesters arrive in washington next sunday, this is where they will first step foot here in d.c. at foggy bottom. they will take the metro train from viennaere a then march to the white house and it's that trip from vienna toggy bottom that has metro officials so concerned. this was the scene last august

in charlottesville when the confrontational to deadly. from now the white supremist group is coming here, planning to hold a rally outsid the white house next sunday. d.c. council member jack evans also chairn of the metro board says police and metro officials are worried about the possibility of violence if the white supremists and counterprotesters clash. >> we have groups that are going to be clearly at odds with eac other ald like to keep the groups separate. we don't want any incidents on metro. >> according to the organizer's website the plan is for them to meet at the vienna met station sunday afternoon and then take metro to foggy bottom where they will march down pennsylvania avenue to the white house for the protest. >> evan says one idea being considered is providing separate trains for the opposing groups. >> maybe put all of the groups on one train or a certain car on a train.

we're trying to see how can we keep the groups separate so we don't have a incidents so at the same time not put in place different programs that could bu problematic f in the future. >> metro riders we spoke with reacted to the >>idea. feel like it kind of value rates their views on whitey supremill be allowed. >> there's obviously safety concerned for everyone involved d it can also b seen as providing support for that group which has weld not b a wise decision, so it's -- it will be a hard call for metro. >> evan says nsc. police p to provide an escort for the protestersrom foggy bottom metro to the white house. >> now, we reached o to the d.c. mayor buyers's office and chief newsome who did not respond for comment. they areerson said still considering their options, but their security plans are usually kept secret. s nothing has been finalized so far. i just got off the phone with an

official with metro's eyion. re issuing an alert to all safe.eir employees to stay they are worried about unsafe conditions and say if any employey feels safe on sunday during the protest ride from vienna here to foggy bottom, they should do whatever it takes totay safe including leading their post and taking safe harbor somewhere. that's the very latest. here at the foggy bottom metro, mark es. >> mark segraves reporting live. $25 million is how much the ghaisar family wants from the fs. park police, and they have filed aeral lawsuit in court. they know the money will not bring back their son bijan, but they hope it will lead to answers. eight months after officers shot and killed the unarmed account an, news 4's david culver shares th family's emotional plea. >> reporter: tonight a family demanding answers while balancing a surge of emotions. >> he was my best friend, and i

was so proud of him. >> reporter: eight months ago bijan ghaisar got rear-ended on the g.w. parkway and the simple crash turned into a deadly police pursuit.ir x county dashcam rolling as u.s. park police led the chase. ghaisar's jeep stopped twice and then continued on. at the last stop, two u.s. park police officers opened fire nine times. five of those shots ultimately killed the 25-year-old accountant. >> the reason bijan i notere right now is because two out-of-control overaggressive officers chose to shoot and kill tehim. >> rep in june the fbi was back along ft. hunt road reeating the crash scene in an attempt to answer the why. y a deadly outcome after a seemingly minor fend-bender? >> i don't care who wants to say this w just. this was not just. they did not do their job and

harassing citsens not a police officer's job. >> reporter: tonight ghaisar's mother, father and sister joining their attorney hoping a federal judge will force thes. ark police to give them answers. >> this is day 259. there has not been a day that i have not cried multiple times closing my office door or at home in the morning or afternoon. i don't think i will ever recover this from the rest of my life. >> for some perhaps timeoes not heal, but only opens more painful wounds. >> there was a lot of tremendous emotion there today. some have suggested thathis is an anti-law enforcement move on the family's part, and they were asked about that today. >> and they address that had quite bluntly. in fact it was bijan's who said our grandfather, bijan's grandfather was in law

enforcemen this is a family that has always respected the law, and they came to this country admirin it and hoping to live by it, and this entire situation for them i not about police at a whole. it's about two officershe who still don't have the names of, and they want those answers. we should also mention weach out to the u.s. attorney's office as well as park police, andot we'veeard back with regards to the lawsuit. >> a lot of pain there. >> thdavid. >> thanks, guys. the 12-year-old chinese girl who tis appeared from reagan national airport and sparked an amber alert, she's been found safe in new york. erika gonzalez in our newsroom with new ndetails that story. erika? actually, we're having a problem with erika's microphone. stand by. we'll get back with more on that because it was a very interesting development with the young girl being found in new york with family.

we'll check back in with you later on. >> news 1 was first to tell you about major problems about the concrete that's along the second phase of the silver hine project to dulles. ioday t subcontractor who said he did falls yu the reports on that concrete, he pleaded guilty. the florida s residenays he doctored those reports to show that the concrete panels h an acceptable air contempt. now metro has to sreplacee of those panels and paint over thousand of others with al speccoating, and all of this is delaying this multi-billion dollar project. >> summer is winding down and back-to-school shopping is gearing up. you can get a breakin from p sales taxes on school supplies now, but you've got to keep an eye on the prices because there are some rules on what qualifies for the exemptions that you can get. virginia's tax-free weekend starts today, and you won't have pay sales tax on school supplies that cost $20 or less or on clothing that costs $100 or less. emergency preparedness items and

someenergy-saving appliances are also being exempted. and in maryland's tax-freeha holiday starts next week in clothing and shoes under $100, exem there, and get $40 off of a backpack or a book bag. we have an update on a story that resonated with strome of youhis week. seth owen will be attending georgetown in the fast. he was accepted on a partial scholarship initially, but when his parents learned that he was gay, they refuse to cover his other expenses, and they kicked him out ofouse. late this afternoon seth wrote that georgetown is now offering him a full. scholarsh his gofundme page which was helped to make him reach his education goal raised over $129,000, and seth said that that money will be used to help otherlbgtq students. a popular local business goes up in flames, and now a former employee isg fac charges. the reaction tonight from stunned customers who knew her.

the beacheslong the chesapeake bay not the only place where big cleanup is un rway. i'm julie carey in historic falmouth park. we'll show you the big mess here and tell you what they are doing and it is yet another weather alert day. storm team 4 tracking t chances of some storms and what we can expt for our weekend. ec

waves of rain moving our region.

it's getting quite family. the storm tea has issued a weather alert and lauryn ricketts will be joining us with an update in just a couple of minutes. but first we want to get back to that story we told but moments ago, the disappearance of that 12-year-old chinese girl from reagan national airport. she made her way out of the city.z erika gonzas now in the newsroom and erika hashe new details. >> reporter: jin jing ma was nund with her parents queens. that the news breaking late this afternoon and that accding to th metropolitan airport authority. the 12-year-old wasnd f today after an amber alert wasue i tuesday. the there were photos of her and a woman changing clothes at the airport and late this afternoon we got late word from the attorney's family who says that this is some sort of a isunderstanding, that this was not an abduction. the fbi is now in control of

this investigation. we'll see where this goes. >> from the wsroom, i'm erika gonzalez and back over to you guys in the studio. >> all of this rain hasse cau huge headaches at a popular park at a beach in rappahannock beach. crews are working hard to cart off truckads of debris that is washed downstream. bureau chief julie carey is live in stafford county with a look at that mess. jules? >> reporter: wendy, don't you know it's raining again, and can't you tell this is supposed to be a parking lot. i'm told there owes gravel beneath this mud some place. on a nice summer night folks will be filng up the lot heading down to the beach to watch the sunset and nobody has been allowed inside this park, and its closure having a big impact on nearby businesses. >> the rappahannock river is

will be bam inside its banks, but look at the dodge that's been done in falmouth park. some of the most recent floodwaters swept through in late june and mud covers the parking lot and coats the bike trial andri hcal markers muddied or knocked down and won't be any cookouts any time soon. >> large number of debris and trees. rees, portions of >> last weekend was the first one dry enough to start cleanup and county crees hauled away 75 dump truckloads. th trees are too big to remove and marring a beach area that normally draws hundreds of people on the weekend. park visitors are not the only ones disappointed with mher nature's mess. >> normally we get a lot of business fro the river and people coming and going or after the park itself closes. >> reporter: just up the road amy's cafe just barely escape the atfloodwers, but now is paying therice with a drop-off

in business with the park closed. >> kind of like we lost most of the summer this last month and a half that it's been closed. >> reporter: while cleanup is the priority now, the interim county supervisor for thisy are alre looking ahead. >> to me you need to look at a long-term solution of how to make this viable, and we're not close this have to all the time. >> reporter: and there's something else to look forward to. in addition to the reopening of this park, the big pile of debris down by the river come this oc ober, that' big bonfire so bring on the s'mores. back to you in the studio. >> all rit. >> what a mess. >> you look miserable out there, julie. >> actually, you look good out there. i like the boots and it's all working for you. >> i want to come inside. got red boots on. got to love that. >> stop t rain. >> yeah, and then's that. >> julie, take care. >> there's a dire warning from emergency officials in lynchburg, virginia.

the dam could fail after all the days of rain and if it does water lev7s could top feet in a matter of minutes. emgency officials are warning everyone who lives near the dam to evacuate and get outf area. severe storms passinghrough caused major flooding. they had to use inflatable rafts to help people out of their flooded homes. the area has been dealing with days of torrential rains. and in new york they are cleaning up after a tornado touched down, rooting trees and damaging homes and leaving a path of destruction three-quarters of a mile long. >> i've been in this town my whole life. i've never seen anything like this before. never even heard of a tornado here. >> dozens of homes lost power during the storm. was an ef-0. >>ut still a tornado in queens? >> yeah. >> you knew they would get hitn with in the wintertime and seen that a lot of times but aa to >> in a city like that, man,

that's crazy. i didn't hear about that. i was >> well, we're working for you. >> thank you for informing me about tornadoes on the east coast. the thing i need to ierorm ody about is the flooding concern that's real. it hasn't rained a lot out there today, but as we continue into the remainder of the evening, all of yourriday night we'll continue to see episodes of pretty heavy rain movingr into region. it's muggy outside and it's warm outside.oi a lot ofure in the air, and we're actually fhiching some of moisture from central america. i'm locking at some of the observations earlier today. a lot of this moisture not only ing from the gulf of mexico, we're reaching down into the caribbean ande pulling s of this moisture up into our area. today here inside the district it hasn't been so bad. we got ane little suns >> thank you, so much. we have a rainbow. >> a rainbow right yhere. >> tha. >> where's that rainbow that i'm

talking about. >> t thing i we had some sunshine out there. i was looking out the window earlier today. that helps to stabilize the atsphere, and that's when we can see storms popping up around the region and seeing stormsth t e right now. a few down to the south and here inrederick and through the shenandoah valley. the ones right around wobridge and right here just between virginia and marylan these are th ones i'm watching to come right in the district over the next 540, 4 minutes and these arethoving n northeast at 20 to 25 miles per hour. every storm cell is moving to the nor and eas at about 25 miles per hour, but look how far this moisture goes back. again, we'll continue to see rounds of rain here in our area. here today, there could be some isolated storms that become severe and flooding is our mai concern as we go through tonight. are we trying out this weekend? yes, finally, and do have a wet

beach week aav do a flash flood watch up for everybody, and that will continue tomorrow morn here we go and take a look at the timing and 5:00, storms inside the district. still have the heavy rain along i-81, and we continue to move it out of here by 7:00 and w have a nats game playing the reds. we'll see ifav they still storms lining up along i-81 and the late evening and rumbles of thunder and we'll keep a few showers hand thunderstorms and maybe everybody else will have some sunshine and then we'll see a few isolated showers through the day and mainly we'll stay dry. just a chance for rain tomorrow morning. ances return as we get into tuesday. if you notice the allergies may be botring you today, mold category very high, and if u're headed outo the nats park tonight against the reds, we couldave rain showend may have to watch for a delay and that game gettingt going

7:05. temperatures right around 90 degreed, boy, will it be humid out there. we stick around with the nd humidity, , tuesday, wednesday, tuesday into witness as the frontalysm comes through. temperatures still in the upper 80s towards the end of next week. >> thanks, lauryn. a decorated combat veteran who served three tours overseas and his service wasn't enough to keep his family together. coming up next the saga of an immigrant marin f and theht to keep the wife in theountry. >> c>

the woman who scaled the statue of liberty forcing it to shut down on the fourth of july is back in court, and she seemed to take a jab at first ladya mela trump. in court today the woman wore a green dress paint with the words i really don't care, do you? it's a reference to th jacket the first lady wore on her visit to an immigration detention center in june. she says she scaled theto statu protest the separation of children from their parents at the southern border,nd she pleaded not guilty to trespassing and disorderly conduct. >> yeah. a florida family torn apart after a traffic stop reveals the mother has been living in the country illegally. she's married to a marine, they have two daughters, but

tonight she is back in mexico. amanda plasencia was there as the family said good-bye. >> reporter: heartbreak for a family torn apart with an indefinite departure. >> all we said is that we love her and that you're doing everything for the military. my husband and best friend, he fought for this country thr times. you yourself are thinking that you'rehi pun me. you're not just punishing me but you're punishing my husband. >> reporter: this woman boarded a plane from orlando bac to mexico. >> when i see a family being separated from her spouse and two girls there's just no purpose. >> this bill is a specificry lev bill for her to remain in the country and apply for residency. >> reporter: her husband is a

naturalized citizen and decorated u.s. former marine. >> loving this country so much that he would risk his life three tours of duty including operation iraq. >> how do we y thank you for your service and how do we say thank you for you service to tameo. >> reporter: his wife was living in davenrt, ohio without any issues for 20 years until a traffic stop forced her removing. i said that she re-entered the u.s. again after being removed which is considered a federal felony. >> that was amand plasencia reporting, and you might be asking what's next for the juarez family? they are going to be split right now the middle in two. both daughters are american citizens but the 9-year-old girl is going to least u.s., the only country she's ever known and

will be living in mexico a the 16-year-old will be staying with her father. >> what stunned customers. >> the case of west nile diseasi here year, and here at the health department they are putting uin traps cat mosquitos and trying to determine how widespread this disease may become. >> and we've got a lot more rain to get through. we're starting to see pockets of heaviy rain to the west us in the shenandoah valley and even coming into portions of hagerstown and then maybe a stronger cell coming through d.c. in a matr otef

welcome back, everybody. we still are seeing waves of some heavy rain pushing through the regthn. one o waves right now coming right through bluemont between clk county and frederick county, virginia. this will continue to lift north through char and then also heavy rain to the north of that moving into portions of washington county. this is what i watching coming into the district, the southeastern portione district right around mt. vernon and back to woodbridge a i stretchio portions of southern maryland. action traia with heavy s. downpo this will push north inside the beltway over the next 15 minutes

or so. e heavy rainected in the district and heavy rain across the area tonight. we'll time it outor you coming up. >> thanks, lauryn. a popular restaurant burns down. >> police are saying it's no accident. >> it was a former accident according to police accused of setting al's deli supreme on fire. aimee cho talked to those who knew her and are shocked to hear she's now accused of arson. >> reporter: this is the fire that broke out at al's deli supreme, the restaroant ded and burning through the night. this 26-year-old jesca poole worked at al's deli until she was recently let go. >> awful just beyond belief. >> reporter: keith smith says as soon as he heard the news about al's deli he raced to see it for himself. he's eaten there beforend had jessica poole at his server. >> you wouldn't see it in her. k i didn'tw she was capable. >> was she a good server? >> absolutely. >> when i leave a $5 tip you've

t to be a goo server. >> across the street at the barbecue, workers say they knew theec su too. >> i always thought she was a nice job, reallylice gnd pretty surprised she did something like that, but you never know andun had good at the table and everything like that. enjoyed a huge supreme court fast andreat t you know, just beunlievable. >> no one was hurt in the fire and several people's apartments were destroyed. >> poole is facing charges of arson and reckless endangerment. >> all the business owners onis lock say they are close friends and they say the owners of heal's helped over the years and that's why they agreed to pay it forward by helping al's rebuild. aimee cho, news 4. >> we also learned that poole was arrested for fdui a weeks ago and theft back in 2011. she will be appearing in court for the arson charge at the end of august. >> paul manafort repeatedly told tax prerers h did not control foreign bank accounts, that

teimony today from h longtime accountant. he's an trial in alexandria charged with tax evasion and tax fraud. prosecutor say heid millions from consulting work that he did for the ukrainian government. his lawyers are a blaming illegal activity on manafort's puty rick gates. >> the president austin powers to be at odds with his ownchntel fs over the issue of russian meddling and china is escalating the trade war between our two nations, but asnbc's susan mcginnis reports, the big focus for the white house today is jobs. >> reporter: the naeron's empl continue adding jobs to the economy. he white house cheered today' numbers showing another drop in the jobless rate. >> these are good numbers, another strong jobs recor in a series of strong employment reports. >> reporter: but an economic threat lies on the horizon. chinaar wdne today if president the continues to escalate trade war, it will retaliate, hiking tariffs on u.s. beef, a

seafoo thousands of other goods totaling $60 billion. china hitting back after president trump's threat to more than double his proposed tariff on $200 billion worth of chinese goods if china doesn't back do . >> a tear of problem and lack of reciprocity and they are technology-stealing, they better take psident trumpseriously. >> reporter: meanwhile more evidence that the president doesn't take the threat from russia seriously. soon after his top intelligence officials affirmed that the u.s. attacks on u.s. elections. >> it's real and it's . cont >> reporter: the president threw cold water on it. >> now we're being hindered by the russian hoax, it's a hoax. reporter: analysts puzzled by the disconnect. >> this is a time when you really expect the prethdent of united states to be speaking to the american police, so let's real underline the strange aspects of this historically. >> reporter: still, the president's intel chiefs continue to insist it's the president leadingrg the c against russian meddling.

>> this week the senate voted against additional funding for ates to shore u their election system. in washington, susan mcginnis, news 4. >> president trump will be actually out of town next week. currently a he's his golf resort in new jersey in what the white house is calling a working vacation. >> he's a monk on a bike and he grew up in virginia and he's been biking across the country to raise money. he recently had a ccer scare and wanted too something for others. he said biking across the country hasn't been's, but hes regrets. >> cannot ride the bicycle on the road up there and cannot ridenhe bicycle the road back there. the only place to ride the bicycle is the road under the res, so this kind of thought was really important for me. >> his ride started in san francisco and ended at u.s. capitol. he sayse didn't raise as much money for the hospital as he had hoped, so if you would like to

donate we've posted a like in the nbc washington app. just search monk, veryeasy. >> these guys aren't using bikes, the little lea e team fromhe t district but the tea from ward 7 won the d.c. championship here a liver a week or so ago, and they are now on their way to connecticut a to playe regionals there, and they will be the first predominantly black team to represent the nation's capital at that competition. they are just four wins away from making it to the little ague world series a they got a sendoff from nationa player anthony rendon and a few of his teammates. the first same is thisday at 10:00 a.m. we'll wait to see what happens. we wish them luck. >> they will be great. >> you know it. aal consumeert. why the makers of a popular brand of almond milk are telling their product. >> and nasa's excitement over a new team of

e've got temperatures out there in the 70s and 80s and alsoreas of heavy rain as well. we'll continue to see areas of heavy rain throughout the evening and even thughout tonight. flash flood watch in effect. we'll talk about the timing of this rainup coming the beach looks quite different compared to a few days

ago. sandy point state park in annapolisenas re. it had been closed to swimmers because of the heavy debris and all the trash i chesapeake bay that had washed down from all the rains. it took state and local officials and volunteers to clear theater and clear the shore line. there is a warning from the state. these heavy rai caused the -- they causeds the debriuld have elevated natural bacteria levels in the swimmers should avoidin swallowg water and wear shoes so you don't get at cut or puncture. >> yourrive to the beach was maybe even faster. news 4 shows the expansion of route 40 is speeding up the flow of traffic from-to-and from the. beach crews expanded 404 last year as one of the series of major new road projects oute there. tate measured sunday afternoon traffic flow, and they say they foundpe averages jumped from 49 miles per hour to 55. that's from those going

eastbound. a bigger increase if you're heading well. the data does not include safety ther ash results and f studies in data are expecting the coming month. >> with traff going upwards, nasa is making plans for the first commercia trip into space. here's the crow that's going to usher in a new era in american space flight. oney were introduced today at the joh space center and since the program ended in 2011 nasa has been partnering with russia to send astronauts to the space station. >> for the first time sce 2011 we're on the brink of launching american astronauts on american rockets from american soil. >> this crew of nin includes eight current astronauts and the ninth crew member is a formerau astr who is coming out of retirement to get back into the game. potentially dangerous back the yeah, superbugs, are already sistant to antibiotics, and now they may have learned a new

trick. >> the last two cases of west nile virus in our are in the past two weeks andealth h

all thisaphas causin has ca increase in mosquitos. news 4's chris gordon has more on how fairfaxy cou wants to control its business. >> reporter: this is serious business because fairfax county has its first reported case of west nile disease this summer. it starts with setting traps all around fairfax county, catching mosquitoes and then bringing the traps into the mosquito lab for analysis. most variety of mosquitos are not dangerous and technicians here are looking for mosquitos to see if they are infected with hthe virus. s currently counting and identifying the contents of the trap and looking for the

fferent types of mosquitos we could be finding, and if we have enough of the right kind of mosquitos those will be put into a tube and will be tested for west nile virus. >> reporter: fairfax county has been averaging four severees c of west nile disease a year. people over 50 are considered high risk. >> we know that most people who get mosquito bites do not get west nile virus disease, and most of the people who get bit by a mosquito that carries west nile don't get the severe disease b rarely somebody can get veriy is rear infection that may endfatally. >> reporter: his advice on avoiding mosquitos bes use mosquito repellant and wear long pants and sleeves to cover exposed skinnd avoid areas where mosquitos are common during peak biting times a dusk and dawn. >> when i do get bit, it's pretty annoying, like i try to wa it and just put ice on it just to make it feel tter. >> the recent rain is causing an

increase in the number of mohouitos thro our area. reporting from fairfax county, chris gordon, news 4. >> and experts say you can reduce the number of breedings mosquin your property by tipping or tossing anything that holds water. d tires, buckets, planters, birdbaths, even bottlecaps, they can breed in th. >> do yourself a favor to walk around. you never know. >> you'll be surprised how much water is standing on your property. >> i had a few surprises under the desk so you might be surprised out there collecting. >> and rain is only going to collect tonight because we'll iontinue to see more rain across our r it's relentless. >> and the humidity is so bad. 's like i woke up on the equator. >> it's bad out there. >> look at that. >> the good news is even though we'llry out, the humidity will stay with us, i don't know if that's good news or bad news. depends on whether you want rain or humidity. can't have both because we 'in

august. like that humidity is staying with us today and look at this. can't even see anything on the live cam. >> yes. >> any of e storms tha we see, the rain is going to bring low hevisibility, becauseare bringing heavy downpours and look at the fog out there. you can see the potomac river underneath that ithe bottom of the screen, so, yeah, we've got some fog out there forming. we've got some heavy rain. ju south of the beltway right now getting ready to move inside the district, it's actually moving into portions of the district and southeast d.c. and gett ready to move into northwest d.c. again, heavy in this. some gusty winds and i've got my lightning radar turned off. none of that right now. this continues to push northeast to bethesda and it will continue to movento wheaton county and prince george's county. out to the west still seeing a few storms out in winchester. have you been getting worked over all day.

even through hagerstown, and that continues to pus to gettysburg and up over the mason dixon line. heavy areas of rain just to the west us, and we're stillin feedg all of this southern moisture and tabbingo i the gulf moisture from central america, so all of this moisture, this tropical moisture is moveg right into mid-atlantic, and that's why we see these rounds of heavy, heavy rain in all of this humidity. the good news is phistern will break down overnight and not until then. again, you'll expect episodes of rain with flooding the main concern. any storms that s we could bring pretty gusty winds and we also dry out this weekendth and 's good news and we still have a flash flood watch until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow so we'll keep a chae of rai tonight and through tomorrow. gardening tip, plant t wild flower seeds now because for -- for next spring and summer. tick seed, comb flower, blanket

flower, black-eyed susan and go out and plant this weekend and this weekend is going to be nice. a few early morng showers and uth and east of i-59 and next chance of rain on tuesday. pollen report, maybe the allergies getting you today, mold spore very high category. everything else is low, spores are very high. if your allergies are bothering you, that's what it is. temperatures in the 70s and 80s and once we get rain we'll rain-cool a little bit and we'll get a good deal of rain going through 11:00. we'll continue with storms as well through the overnight and i think most of this will be out here tomorrownd showers sou and east of d.c. early tomorrow morning. for the evening plane, temperatures falling through the 70s and we'll keep that storm chance out a until least 11:00. for tomorrow we'll have sunshine and maybe a morning fog sunshine by afternoon, and the gturday plans for everything you need to out and look hot and humid. >> as far as the tereday

st is concerned, drying day ations, sunday and m next chance of rain tuesday and wednesday and humidity didn't drop too much thursday and friday and temperatures back into the upper 80s. >> ings kil us, mosquitos, moisture and mold. >> tr oecta. >> guys, thanks. a consumer alert. more than 145 half gallon cartons of vanilla almond breeze milk have been recalled because the product might contain mk milk. if you're allergic to milk, you should throw it out. h a iishee sell-by date of september 2nd and they have been distributed to maryland and rginia so check the fridge now. according to president trump, veteran affairs are not used to hearing the phrase you're fired, but as aaron coleman explain, our partners at fact-check.org say the support wrong. >> you couldn't fire anybody in the v.a. they could be sadists.

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a weather alert, showers and isolated storms and even fog rolling through the area tonight. lauryn ricketts is going to break down how it limb pact your friday night so keep it right here. lee boyd malvo is serving four life sentences for helping

john allen muhammad carry out several killings back in 2002. he was 17 at the time and his attorney says his sentence was unfair because of recent rules that don't allow juveniles to serve life sentences. there is a new twist in the high-profile mansion murder cas that left four people dead in northwest d.c. three years ago. today age ruling from the j that stunned those sitting in the courtroom.me an fitzgerald has the new developments. >> for more than three years darren wendt has been the only suspect accused of torturing and killing the savopoulos family inside the d.c. mansion and today in courtef theense presented evidence to the judge to suggest that someone else carried out the murder, not only did the judge agreehat the evidence is permissible, and she also ruled wepd'so attorneys

not have to explain the evidence to the procution befor the trial. >> if the defense had any, any chance to win whatsoever, it was this ruling. >> legal expert and d.c. based criminal defense attorney bernard grimm says this is a turning point in the case. >> and the government not oy needs to prove that wendt is guilty beyond a reasonable doubh but tha other guy didn't do it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: the judge says the evidence attorneys ang is the same evidence that the prosecution collected. >> it's evidence that the government turned over in it the course of discovery, so they think it's liable to some extent. they just didn't believe it was enough to charge that person because they had wet. >> dna places darren wendt inside the home and when the trial starts next month the jury will decide if he's killer or not. reporting in d.c. meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> now at 6:00 will hate groups

get an escort inasngton? first on news 4, a safety proposal for the unite the righa y here this month that could generate conversye. and a virginia dam is inng daer with more rain on the way. the latest on evacuations in lynchburg and when will people there be out of harm's way? >> and storm debris cleared out by the truckloads, but one local park is closed because of heavy rain and flooding. >> that rain is not over. just look behind us. several more hours to go befor we finally start to dry out. good evening, i'm wendy religioner. >> and iorn gensler. that's a live picture of what's going on outside. a lot of gray and a whole lot of rain, and here's a look at our storm team 4 radar and waves of rain rolling over the mid-atlantic. it's been worse for west virginia and southwestern virginia and lauryn ricketts, there's more to come?

>> more to come guys, i know. uncle already, right? it is bad out there, and as you were sayin doreen, foggy nditions as we condition through the wet friday evening. let's show you what's going on out there so you can plan out the rest of your friday evening. >> let me tell you the weekend looked a lot bette and some rain for weekend, so let's first talk about theriain out there t now. we're seeing some stronger downpours just inside the beltway right nowe and outs the beltway though you can see pretty much montgomery county and prince george's county coming all the way do you fauquier county and dry for now. more rain off to the rest and this is where we're seeing heavier rain andot seeing any lightning. can't see any lightning out there and definitely heavy rain from winston to charleston and leaving alexandria and pushing its way right into the district. this will continue to funnel intour