water rese. these are pictures from broad panch road and 32nd street in rock creekark and that street closed tonight. >> doug kammerer joins us from the storm center with the weather. the weather word for most of us, has this blown through? >> most of us in the d.c. metrom area, this s came to the d.c. metro region about an hour ago producing the vvyy h rainfall and the other warning is for culpepper county. still storms around fredericksburg. this is a brand-new severe thunderstorm warng including frederick county virginia, berkeley count and jefferson west virginia and extreme portions of clark county. north and west of winchester. look at all the iense lightning with this storm. this storm is moving our area. a flood warning was issued close to the winchester area, so once just like we saw on broad branch road, turnnd ardon't drown. we don't need to see any more flooded roadways out there and see more with this.

heads up and any more warnings come out we'll let you know. >> we know you will. >> he was a beloved student athlete and his sudden death left fends wondering whoould shoot and kill a 16ear-old, a boy from prince george's county. >> police found kevin wilson in thearng lot of an apartment complex in hyatssville, and he was a student at montgomery blair high school. >> our bureau chief has talked witheople who say kevin is already being missed. >> to hear he died this way and hear that he was shot. >> to hear that he was shot. thomasball coach jarvis still can't believe that one of his favorite players is gone. >> just greatpirits and creates energy and what he brought to this team athletically and he was a leader andt just a gr kid. >> reporter: todayge prince geor county police an investigators were back at the

belford tower apartment collecting evidence. 16-year-old kevin wilson jr. was shot behind the apartment complex around 7:00 p.m. last night. >> after officers got there and discovered him, he was taken to the hospital and later was pronounced dead. >> reporter: he was a talented athlete and captain of the maryland trial league football team jeat two ago. >> he had a bright future. he playedic bly every position, quarterback, running are back, and one of the star players on the team and heavily recruited going into high school. >> reporter: now theion is why, and who would kill this young man? >> just a great young man,ig h spirits. that's what i can't get. >> reporter: police are searching for a motive and suspects in this case. they are asking anyone with information to givm a call. meanwhile the montgomery county school system is offering anyli coun to student who may need it saying they are sad for the loss of kevin.

tracee wilkins, news 4. and a disturbing discovery this evening at the howard county fair in west friendship maryland where two workers were found dead inside locked bunkhouse. police believe the men overdosed because they f ond evidence drug use at the z.the two men worked for a food vendor at the fairs. we've been telling you about the big preparations ahead of this sunday's white supremacist rally in d.c., and today we're learning new details about the road closures that the police are planning and the big show of force planned by the counterprotesters. day spencer is live in here with new information to help you get around. darcy? >> reporter: wendy, thas right. what we've learned today is organizers of the unite the right ral believe that hundred of people are going to show up here for their event at the white house o sunday, but we also learned there's going to be

a huge contingency of counterprotesters. they will be here at the white house, too. s organizer of the unite the white supremacist rally, a update to the rally in charlottesville are expecting 300 demonstrators to show up here in o frontf the white house on sunday. some are already concerned it could lead to violence like it did last year when a counter demonstrator lost her life. >> we don't need another death. reporter: the applications say the demonstration will take place from about0 5:3 to 7:30 in theno aft. among expected speakers, david duke, former grand wizard of the kkk. will yy away from this area because of this happening? >> yeah, definite, because i wouldn't want to come around and then something happens and i get injured. on >> reporter: drators plan to take metro from vienna to foggy bottoo and marche white house. there will be street closures in those areas from 9:00

morning until 8:00 in the evening. when demonstrators arrive at lafayettepark, there will be a large group of counterprotesters who are getting permits to be there, too. >> we want to make sure that there's an opportunity for thousands of people who are opposedo the fascist hate that the unite the right people are g bringi. they have an opportunity to stand up and be counted. >> reporter: critics say theou believe the protesters will far outnumber the white supremacists. >> the far right group have been barely beble to organize. he hope there's thousands of people out there. we know there's millions of people in the d.c. metro area alone that are opposed to these messages >> reporter: it will all play he, the shadow of the white house. darcy spencer, news 4. paul manafort's longtime business protege rick gates is back on the stand tod after some damning testimony that included admitting he and manafort committed crimes. manafort's attorneys are trying to dcredit gates now saying he's told so many lies he can't

even remember them all. earlier gates testified about one instance that'lated to the trump campaign. he told jurors that manafort had asd for inauguration tickets for a banker, anv banker ived in approving a loan a that ist the center of this fraud trial. gates says mafort also floated that banker's name as secretary of the army, a job the not ultimately get. those shiny new7,000 series rail cars metro spent merely $1.5 billi on all need to be rewired. nal foundings from an int metro review today were first report bid our news partners to wtop radio. tonight news 4's mark segraves digs into e latest problem plaguing metro.in >> sce they first hit thek tracks b in 2015 the 7000 series rail cars have been oted as a critical part of metro's promise t improve safety a reliability. but this interm report from

metro's dartment of quality assurance found that every one the new cars has a wiring problem that has to be fixed. the report cited wire crimping defects that went undetect the by the manufacturer c thatld cause lengthy delaysoo and reliabilities. all 48 cars have the defects, and it's estimated that it will take one year to fix them all. the report also found that 2nt ew 7000 series cars have an additional problem that needs to be corrected. that work is so me-consuming the entire staff at this rail yard in green belt is dedicated to working on it. that work is estimated to take two years to complete. riders we spoke with today took the latest problemsor the transit system in stride. >> that's tough. i mean, it's coined of -- it's a shame. and savetter to fix it the money. >> reporter: this woman's faith was bolstered by her customer service she got today. >> i have to tell you, every

single person was helpful they will anything it out. it does not overly worry me >> reporter: a spokesperson for metro is working with the manufacturer to inspect and repair the problems. metro's 7000 series rail cars remain by far the most reliable cars in the fleet. the inspections will be performed durin the maintenance process at not additional to metro and will have no impact on service. in thedi rict, mark segraves, news 4. >> now you should know metro mans to resume delivery of the new 7000 series cars from their manufacturer sometime next month. onstruction on the purple line is moving forward, so be prepared for a slowermute. one area to avoid, the eastbound side of east-west highway, specifically all of the right-hand lane. longerm construction is underway betwe kenworth avenue and mustang avenue and the light rail line will one between bethesda and the new carrollton metro stations and is expected

four completed in about years. a decades old hotel has been demolished to make room for marriott's new headquar 4 flyina courtrterme hot today. 61 years and now it's reduced to rubble. the property is part of the future marriott international headquarters just south of wisconsin. plans include aew hotel. this is a $6 million project, and it's expected to be done by a2022. >> qui sight in. >> it's an event aimed at building the bond between pice and t communities they serve. national night out and tonight d.c. politician are holding an event just a few blocks away from where a group of menpened fire killing 10-year-old makiyah wilson. news 1's meagan fitzgerald is there live at marvin gay park northeast. >> it's all the things that they did for makiyah. >> reporr: this growing memorial where 10-year-old

makiyah wilson was shot and killed is comforting to her uncle, michael d'angelo. >> it's been extremely painful and so ny different emotions. >> reporter: through his grief he's trying to change the community where makiyah was raise and died. >> we should be filling each other with love, not bullets. we should be protecting each other. we should be building these kids and pouring it into the cup of life for these kids and their youth because they are ourtu fu leaders. >> blocks away from where she was murdered is the annual national night out event. c it's an opportunity for the police and themunity to interact. i just think it's a great night for policing. >> the chief says the mission is to no onlyring neighborsnd law enforcement together but to also try and prevent crime, but fols out here w tell you that makiyah's murder is top of mind. a lot of aking progress in the case, and our intention is to not rest until t we holdse guys accountable. >> that's something makiyah's family and the entire community is counting on.

now while his detectives are tting closer to the arrest they are still asking for information about makiyah wilson's case come forward. ck to you. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, thanks, megaan. still ahead, a newsroom shooting in annapolis that has police askinghat police can do to get ahead of violence and the news 4 i-team is down with the anne earundel pol chief about the changes he is making at home. >> stray bullets shatterheindows and peace of mind for residents of one neighborhood here. whe the bullets are coming from and what they hope lawmakers will do about it. >> also tonight we continue to track the storms moving thrgh. dug and amelia will tell you what to expect tonight. >> and a reminder, folks. help out students by taking part in nbc 4's annckl cks for kids. tomorrow we're going to be down at apple federal credit unions, kingstown branch from can have a.m. to noon. if you want to make a secure online donation, just search

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(sound of footsteps) (sound of car doorpening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) hello, everybody. just taking a look at the radar. it looks like the warnings have come down as this storm looks like it's weakening a little bit. we've got three storms, one ofu which a the winchester area. this storm really seeing a lot of lightnings with thi and very heavy rainfall.

anha area could see flooding. watch out around winchester and martg and another around fredericksburg. a lot of lightning with this storm that's opinion intensifying and in bowie and annapolis still some showers. baltimore, the same area that came through the.c. metro region a little earlier. college park, the campus now without power. no power right now at the ma university ofland, and we're still watching ays developing stem here. we had a water rescue. jackie benson right now, and this is an area where we've seen a lot of water rescues in a couple of weeks. >> you remember that postal truck that got washed away and same locatio i doug. with ythe newsroom and looked out that window and saw the rain pounding, pounding, pounding and the water came up very, very quickly in the creek that runs along broad branch

road. we have some video for you. they got down there and they thought they wouldave to put an inflatable boat into the water but instead they actually -- firefighters just endedowp walking to the man who was wamped in his silver gray dodge aveng right here at broad branch road and 27th ablet and then they were to walk him out to safety. but i can tell you, i'm joined veto maggiolo fromms i'm amaze at how much water that you don't imagine seeing it from acro the area with the deluge we got. >> flash flooding is a serious sue and it takes just a few inches of water to start moving a vehicle. turn around. don't nrown. it worth it. we keep having people put him selves in harm's way b attempting to drive through this type of water. >> we saw that today. luckily a beneficialoutcome for

that gentleman. 's safe and pulled out of that flooded area where he could not take his car any further because he was in danger of being washed away at the edge of rock creek park. jackie benson, news 4. >> thank you. it was one of our area's darkest time as the annapolis community continues to heal. the anne arundel police chief is looking back at what authorities believe led up to the "capital gazette" shooting and making changes within his department. >> if we're not trying to get better after every that happens, we're not doing our job, and -- and. >> now the news 4 i-team went one-on-one with police to ask why police couldn't interveneny when so eople felt threatened by that suspect for years. investigative recorder jodie fleisher is here wh the actio detectives are taking. >> reporter: it's to solve crimes thatpp already ed, not to predict whether a suspect could pose a danger in the

future, but experts tell u that's what officers are being asked to do more and more often, and they don't always have the tools and training to do it. t >>hey are responding to theti ve shooting with the tag wam. >> these ten shotsere heard. >> it florred me. >> reporter: anne arundel police chief timothy altamari knew it could happen in his community but what he didn't know is h w many people afraid he might do it. jorge ramos now charged with murdering five up in employees inside their office at the "capital gazette." five years ehier police report documented why a tective didn't believe mr. ramos was a threat to employees there. >> i trusted and still trust his judgment, you know. >> reporter: the newspaper had callednv police totigate months of threatening language in ramos' twitter feed, but ultimately they decid not t pursue charges.

the detective noted ramos had not attempted toent enter the newspaper building or send a direct threat correspondence. >> reporter: i would be interested to know how many people they knew interviewed him whether it's his parents, friend, family, neighbors. >> matt doherty used to run the national threat assessment center for the secret service and note the report outlines many investigative steps the hetective did take but does not mention any suc interviews. doherty says finding a trusted source within the suspect's circle is critical. >> you look at these targeted violence cases. very rarely does someoneake a direct threat. >> reporter: but they almost always exhibit warning gns, and if those behaviors aren't identified and stopped they can escalate. he says it's up fair and potentially dangerous to ask law enforcement toutredicte behavior without extensive training. >> they can't go it alone. they have to have the full cooperation of the judicial system, social workers, health community. >> plus he says ramos hey not

have been a threat back when the newspaper calledhi >> the one t people have to keep in mind about threat assessment. you can clo a case b it need to be monitored. >> reporter: monitoring ras' later tweets could indicate textbook pre-attack behavio like the attack at the "charlie hebdo" newspap in paris and where an article onass shootings was shared saying it could not happen at the old address because t was no one there left to shoot. is that a red flag? >> absolutely. >> most average police departments know all of this. >> reporter: the chief says going something that he's to change. we're going to hire an employee this year to do nothing but monitor maybes on social media. >> reporter: he decid t to creat position after the school shooting in parkland, florida, inhi february. department gets at least a threat call a day.

183 just in the schools last year, and he says most threats now involve socia media. >> i would like to see a strengthening of the statutes as it deals with threats. for us to be able to get a criminal charge. the threat made by a h person to be extremely graphic, pointed, narrow, i'm going to k col you. >> reporter: he says his department's thorough review of the response to the shooting will also include a handling of the threat investigation five years ago to see if any policy changes are needed. >> you'll see us that tweet that to say officers need to go clan eyes tebody an talk to them. >> reporter: and he also wants talk about legislation to give officers more latitude when investigating threats to better protect the public. >> i've got to be honest. i'm frustrated every day by what we can't do. we can't guarantee anyone's safety in this world. i wish iul but tell us, and we'll move heaven and eth to help you. >> there is no record of the newspaper ever following up with

police even though those tweets continued for several years. the chief saysti v should keep calling back if language escalates and raise concern. ramos has pled not guilty in the "capital gazette" shooting and his public defender declined to mment. jodie fleisher, news 4 i-team. >> thanks, jodie. she was killed in the "capital gazette" attack this june, and yet she is still able to tell us am story. talking about wendi winters who was killed before she could file her last piece on a tunne system that runs underneath the statehouse. this week her story appears in "the gazette." in a tributees she'sibed as a prolific feature writer who andects with the communi that's so evident in this final story. lee highlights the careers of the tunnel pe the employees who spent their years under the iconic statehouse printing legislative bills and coping the library updated so that the government of the pple can be transparent and accessible as it mustp. winters also points out that the

tunnels helped lawmakers race to their offices t across street without encountering protesters or the common folk or the rain and points out that if it only orok one lawmaker falling on the linoleum bef wall-to-wall carpeting was installed. when we come right back, some severe storms out therera lg through our region this afternoon. ing dog is back on the other side. >> the message that serena tslliams wan other members to

doug kammerer is hopping on set. chair.the no more warnings you just said. >> so we're in the clear for the rest of the night? >> no,ot yet. still have showers and storms and some are still developinged and becoming stronger especially down around fredericksburg, but right now no warnings. we had warnings until 5:45 but that's been cancelled as the storm continues to weaken. the storms are around baltimore. ltimore getting crushed again. flash flood warnings in effect just east of baltimore. arou annapolis seeing shower activity, see it down around edericksburg and see it north around hagerstown. live over towards frederick county virginia or maryland, move it closer your way over the next couple of hours but this storm right here has weakened enough there's no longer a warning toward it. down towards fredericksburg. this storm has come together over the last5 to 40 minutes.

right around quantity quo, watching me from stafford or the quantico area, watch out. you'll probably hear the thunder and stay indoors and right on down towards king george's county, all inharles county, especially in western charles county. fredericksburg, 95 and just a mess. we know 95 always a mess, especially from quantico dow towards quantitiesburg and really going to be a mess and look at all the washington and you can see the area right in here about to come right through downtownredericksburg as they move east. to the west, looking at martinsburg and hagerstown with some rain and the thunderstorm activity starting to wind down here. it's around winchester though as we zoom t on inards winchester and southern portions of berkeley county and west virginia right along i-21, 17te and r as you make your way towards winchester. very heavy rainfall. this is the same location that saw heavier rain earlier today and a flood warning fut area creeks and streams and watch out in this area.

could see more ofhat asar as flooded roadways. give yourself extra time. never drive throughlooded roadways. can't say it enough. once again today another water rescue andhat coming in d.c. along broad branch road. watching this line and making its way east. dissipate aing to little bit, but i wouldn't be surprised to see more showers and storms develop. a lot of people asking about the nationals game. first game in. a win. good news. second game coming at 7:05. i think we'll be okay but could see a couple of storms for that game, too. i'll be checking tt out as well. follow mow on my facebook and twitter pages. in the 80s right now. haven't seen rain in eton and pawtucket river at 90 degrees. everyone else withr a shower thunderstorm. baltimore down to 74 with that rain, and how about the ht index. look at this. 108, 100 in annapolis and quantico at 104 and 96 degre the current heat index over towards manassas. another hot h andid day tomorrow and high around 93 with

another storm chance tomorrow afternoon. as we move on the next couple of days, storm chances thursday and friday, too, but only isolated andn thexpecting much. tomorrow with a high of 94 and saturday that has the best chance of rtn in the n ten days. >> more at 5:45. >> thanks, doug. coming up, we sit down with soccer superstar wayne rooney who is quickly getting to know and to love d.c. >> imagine this. standing in your home aboutme ts of day and settling in for the evening and suddenly a bullet comes piercing through your living room. a reality for several homeowners just outside of leaseburg. culvevid just ahead we go to the sheriff's office to see what they are doing about it and what county leaders say really needs to be done to fix the problem. it?plus, why did she do new details tonight in the case of that mother accused of of that mother accused of shooting h two young

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time from a family member of a little girl shot to death on sunday nighd' >> the ch own mother is accused of the murder. inonica youngblood appeared court today appearing dejected and telling the judge she doesn't want a lawyer. our bureau chief julie carey reports now from fairfax county's courthouse. >> reporter: well, this was supposed to be a week of new beginnings for youngblood family. they were supposed to move to missouriar instead, the mourning a child's death. i spoke it a relative in midst midst by phone today. the victim's paternal great-grandmother says they are devastated by what happened and hoping and praying now that tha teenageister who was also shot will somehow pull through. >> the police distch call sunday night chilling. >> advising the suspect is there saying she just killed her two daughters and currently has a gone. >> reporter: a subdued veronica court ond appeared in a tv monitor hanging her head and refusing to look into the camera. the judge told her she faced a

second-degree murder charge for the shooting death of her daughter, 5-year-old brooklyn found zuntuny night in this apartment dead from a gunshot wound to the head. when the judge asked youngblood about an attorney she said quietly i don't want counsel. said the judge, you understand th is a very serious judge. youngblood repeated i don't want counsel and due to the seriousness of the charge the court is going appoint counsel. the public defender's office will handle the case, and morer charges likely in connection with the shooting of youngblood's oldergh dr. as news 4 reported yesterday youngblood was involved in an ongoing contentus custody dispute with her exhusbd and undehe court agreement the entire family was tlocating missouri so both girls could stay involved in the girls' young. the ex-husband agreed to pay represent the and other expenses and a w fewks ago she moved into the new apartment after filing court papers saying she

didn't want to go to missouri. she had found a new job here and wanted to get primary custody of the 5-year-oldaughter. the shooting sunday night came just days before she was supposed to leave for missouri. now even though veronica youngblood's older daughter is seom a previous relationship her ex-husband has r that had child as his own and he's now left to keep vigil f as shehts for her life. wendy, back to you in the caudio. >> julie y, thanks, julie. >> reporter: a relaxing evening was shattered by gunfire and now the loudoun county sheriff's office is trying to determine who fired the stray bullets into several homes. it happened over the weekend outside of leesburg os aaro view court in a development that's just off bald hill road and loyalty road in leesburg. news 4's bureau reporter david culver is taking us inside one of the homes with a look at what's being done to prent similar incidents. >> reporter: a shattered window

hlls the frightening story. tonight aband and wife who live in this leesburg area home tell us how iten all haed. >> it sounded like one of the light fixtures fell off the wall and smashed on the grown. it was very loud smooth crash caused by at least two bullets, maybe more, hitting family's home sunday evening around 5:00. >> so i rap back in and told my wife to call 911. the homeowners not wanting us to show their faces but saying they have even considered leaving their brand-new home. >> clearly the people who were target shooting had no care for safety. >> common sense dictates that if bullets are going int occupied residences on a repeated basis we should look at the ordinan to see if it's still valid. >> reporter: the loudoun county board of supervisors i considerin changing the n discharge ordinance. staff is reviewing suggestions. it would require more space between a guneing firednd a home. currently the minimum is 100 >> go back just a few years,

that's why they could do things like target practicing. they could do huptding here. today that's not the case. you've got families moving in call this home. >> reporter: bacn may similar cases, bullets from an outdoor range hitting homes in the community. thiser weekend's shots fired believed to be from a nearby farm. >> it's either neglige or reckless behavior. >> the sheriff mike chapman is investigating but says it's difficult to stop cases by creating a longer distance ordinance. >> i don't know that there's any one distance you can establish that will solve the problem. >> reporter: residents hoping for answers fast before a missed target turns deadly . in ldoun county, david culver, news 4. >> kwell, wenowie here ase on the tennis court, but she admits she has some struggles off of it. >> just ahea you d,know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag?

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weather and diminishing somewhat as we continue on into the rest of the evening hours. the otherig weather story, heat and humidity, take a look, ing 108 degrees at the 88 ucket river and feeling in the district. more heat and humidity in the forecast tomorrow and more strong to severe thunderstorms are also possible. doug and i will have the latest ting in about ten minutes. tennis sensation serena williams is putting her job as r mo first. she has withdrawn from this week's rogers cup in canada. williaed personal reasons and took to social media posting media.al quote, last week was not easy for me. i was just in a funk. mostly i felt like i was not a good mom. lliams has been struggling with post-partum emotions and wants other new mothers to know that they are, quote, totally normal, and that' a very powerful profound thing for her to be sayin a lot of women are going to relate to that. >> good for her to sharedhat e open about it.

a lot of people wonder if she will play in the u.s. open whict wa lead group that. >> yeah. wayne rooney is one of the biggest superstars to ever sign on with th d.c. team. he may be internationally famous but here in o community. ght. >>y with ear still getting to know him. >> yes, we are. dave johnson is helping us do that talking family and football with rooney in a one-on-one television exclusive. >> a wendy riegerost sounds like lionel messi. moving to d.c. is whatay rooney calls the next chapter. he married his childhood h sweethead now his wife and their sons their new surroundings. lots to catch up on because wayne rooney has been very busy. >> here comes rooney. >> i've really enjoyed it. it's fantastic and made me feel very welcome and settle in really quick and the the only

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i think it's obviously challenging at times but enjoyable, and -- and it's great to, you know, knowt t you've got people that you have to look after and just watching them grow, it's great. . >> reporter: after six weeks in a hote another par of the next chantry home. the reasonies aooneys and the f familyf x might soon be your neighbor. >> that would be nice. a business promised to helpb sellers mak bucks on amazon, and now it's been shut down. susan hogan joins us with this consumer alert. plugs, thedevoice the size plugs, thedevoice the size of a tic

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a business that promised to help sellers make some big bucks on amazon has been ordered shut down. the federal trade commission investigating the company for what it calls a get-rich quick scheme. consumer reporter susan hogan is here to tell us about it. susan? >> a complaint filed by the ftc says the cpany called sellers' "playbook" defrauded consumers so here's what we know f so. it claimed it could help people and small businesses make thousands of dollars per selling products on amazon, but a complaint filed by the ftc sayshe company deceived consumers by overselling its results, and that i reality most people actually lost money in the schem the filing also claims the husband and wife who owned the company get this m ande more than $15 million between april 2017 and 2018. now the company will remain shut down while the ftc cometes its investigation. we've of course tried to conct

sellers' t playbook andir website has been taken down and heir phone number is not working. >> all right, doug. you've been busy this afternoon. >> yeah. >> things were just popping up all over the place. >> they were, and when they came extremelyin came down hard. quite a bit in the way of lightning and something we don't need. saw another water rescue and so mu ran. it's raining, don't take that road. that's for sure. >> out there right now we're starting to calm things down, at let around the d.c. metro area. cloud cover and not all that bad now in d.c. we can dry out in d.c. storms around btimore and back towards hagerstown and big tomorrows now to oe east fredericksburg and moving into charles county in towards maryland. you can see m of the region. all dry right now and frederick county, you'll get in on some of the rape and the heavy storms that were coming through, they are startg to die off that will be the general trend now as we move on through the next few hours. e onexception could be in

our southern jones towards charles county around the king george area, rig around 301, so heads up here. this storm is makingts way across the potomac and northern marys county and this storm trying to form its way up towards the north towards wood bridge and it stays south of wood bridge as it stays across the potomac and then just plain rain. moderate rain. gerstown and winchester. may see a rumble of thunder. storminess in ft. royal and you can see what's been happening here the last few hours. satellite and radar, watch the explosion of showers andhe stor in our area. look back to the rest, an explosion back here, too, showers and thunderstorms. that tells you we're not done with this severeeaer threat just yet. we have it again tomorrow. amelia is taking a look tomorrow. >> it's hot and humid out there tomorrow and throughout t entire day. you already step out the door and the humidity hits you like a sponge, and the heed and humidity among other factors are

going to helpuel showers and tomorrow.rms mainly between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. on wednesday. once again there's potential for strong t severe thunderstorms. the biggest threat i'm seeing is heavy rainfaea. that could to some isolated flooding concerns out there and also can't rule out gusty wind tomorrow. that could lead tosolated wind damage and pretty low threat for some hail and a small weak tornado and the threat isn't at zero. that's why you're seeing that iw ye there. as we move throughout the day, it's really all about the heat and humidity from start to finish and outdoor exeise. do i in the morning when it's dry and cooler. if you're headed to the pool, you can squeeze that in a the earlier the better and make it it a lunchtime pool day and for the evening commute there's going to be more scattered thunderstorms out there once hi again slowings down and as we take a look at humidity levels, we're in the dog days of summer. hudity levels come down a

little bit on your thursday and friday and as we look to the weekend it's oppressive out there. once again tomorrow another afternoon where it's feeling like 100 degrees outside and the storms tha move through only provide a little o bit relief. >> yeah, because when they do move through, they drop the tempatures and the humidity comes right back when you see the sunshine return. that's what we can expectto rrow. high of 94 and a heat index of 90 to 95. 89 on friday. isolated storms. can't rule them out, but most of them will s a better chance on saturday of seeing storminess. a 40% chance there, but much better chance on sunday. we think sunday and mondayould see numerous storms on sunday and monday. nothing severe. heavy rain that could lead flash flooding again and as we move in towards late next weeke temperatry out with temperatures back into the upper 80s again. the warm air and very juicy atmosphere continuing the next coup days. >> thanks, doug. the kids from mamie johnson little league they will never forget the summer of 2018, a

magical ride, but today that journey came too to an end. mamie johnson taking it on the team from berlin, maryland, in an g eliminationame. we told but this d.c. squad, about becoming the first predominantly african-american team to advance tthe mid-atlantic regionals. today starting strong scoring five rs in the first inning, but they could not hold on, and maryland wins 18-7. the season is over, but the mamie johnson team certainly making the district quite proud. >> what a run. re well, out the chips and dip, folks. redskins football is back this week, and today final preps before thursday's preseason opener up in new england. erree burruss is live us in richmond with more on today's practice, the last one. how did they look? >> yeah, jim, they looked pretty good. redskins wrapping up the final practice before heading to new england for the firstse pason game, is and you're seeing

josh dotson out here on the ri field after sng a shoulder and heel injury last wednesday, also the first round draftick der payne out here on the practice field for the first time in over a week, but neither one of those guys we will see on thursday for that game against the patriots. there was a special guest at practice today. scar's denny hamlin, a lifelong redskins fan, and driver for joe gibbs racing made a pitt stop at trainingar camp. rback alex smith and hamlin hang out exchanging uniforms. the nascar driver got a ll footrs we his name on -- football jersey wh his name on it and thel footblayer a nascar suit. all the dells are sam at like the combine, the vertical jump, 40-yard dash and some catching drills, a chance ton put ia

different type of work for our military heroes and for a chance for some of these guys to mimic their favorite players. >> i've grown up a redskins fan, so it was absolutely the best opportunity i could have, and i'm excited to meet the players. it was cool to do the drills to e them don tv. very cool. >> it means that people actually care what we're doing out there in the fields and actuallyare about us coming back home. >> we know what it means, the serving, we know what the long day of work could be, serving overseas, anywhere, but today they are here representing their kind of park and having fun. >> afterwards some of the military members getting to meet the redskins player s a it's pretty cool thing to see. it was really hot so they are working hard this morning. live from richmond, sherree s, news 4 sports. >> i'll tell you. what a hot run you've had. nice work down there, sherree. >> when you're out side with the kids it's easy to

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later in african which means it's more difficult to cure at that stage. >> and when it pops up, it's often back again for many people. lots of lightning and thunder a the area gets hit with the pop-up storms today. couple of back in a minutes with a look at the forecast and what we can expect next as

continue to follow some breaking news.

an amber alert was justssued in the state of virginia where police are looking for a 12-year-old caroline rodriguez rubio of harrisonburg and her grandmother 48-year-old elizabeth rodriguez rubio. investigators say jaime rodriguezseriol kidnapped the pair this weekend on south main street in harrisonburg.d they are belie to be in a 2000 volvo tractor trailer with virginia license 21739pz. they could be headed to new york. investigators say the suspect has a htory of infatuation with elizabeth rodriguez rubio but didn't release further details about any kind of re tionship. th12-year-old girl has long curly brown hair and brown eyes as you see there. it 5 foot is and last seen wearing a black blouse with flowers onckt and b leggings. we're going to continue to monitor this situation. we'll update you as we learn more.

now at 6:00, the rape was coming down fast and furious, andldhe timing c not have been much worse.ur downpo at the height of the evening rush causing delays for people on their way home. this is video taken just about an hour ago off of vanness street here in the district. outside our news 4 studios, you can hear the rumbles of thunder as the rain came down ik s. don't adjust your volume. it was just that loud. parts of our area under the risk of flash flooding tonight. >>nd the conditions led to some dramatic moments, too. this is video of water rushing down broad branch rd in upper northwest. a car was trapped in the high water of the driver who had to be rescued. he was able to walk away this to safety but it's an extensive lesson that we warnou about. tonight we're tracking conditions all across the region.