developing at 5:00 -- enate of emerg. new details on safety measures in virginia and the district as white sup rally.s prepare to plus, a survivor's story. h >> i no idea that i was hit by a car at that time. i was just spinningn the and then the crash was occurring under me. >> a northern virgini woman who was sentn airborne w a white nationist plowed a car into the crowd tells her story for the first time. and making way for the highway. >> they assured , we're going to make this as easy and painless as possible. instead, it's been the totoppos. >>al idents they'vews 4 st their homes as part of the plan to expand i-66. but first up at 5:00 night, folk don't get too used to the blue skies where you are. storm team 4 tracking another al round of pot storms. >> it's the routine this week, isn't it? some areas already getting hurt.

for the rest of us they're going to be on the way. dougr cams tracking it all. joins us from the storm center. when is this all going to stop? >> i think we get some relie during the day tomorrow. if you look at the radar, c nothinrently going on in the d.c. metro area. back there right along the blue starting to move towards -- some lightning with these, very heavy rain associated with this, too. most of thi action wil stay south of 66 but we will see some of those towards n fauquier county and eventually towards prince william's county. we turn our attention to the west. tracking another area of rain and storms well back to the west that weill see come through tonight. 7:00, 8:00, 9:00. we'll talk much m e aboutthat, bring you the timing and talk about what comes next in a rminute. >> aht. see you then. doug, thank you. a frightening ordeal for ah manhought he was getting into his ride share car only to

have himself staring down the barrel of a gun. they're wanted ino connection other recent crimes. our derek ward is live along ue stonight where the crimes occurred. derek? >> reporter: ilwell, howng are you to get into the car with a stranger? now, we all do sometng like that when we do ride sharing, uber or lyft, but there are steps you can take toe make s you're safe. this a story about three victims who were a little too trusting of people in cars and it cost them. police are f looking these two suspects. they're wanted for three different kidnappings and armed robberies this summer all along the u street corridor. most recently on august 4th. 1300 block of u street around 2:30 in the morning. the victim had called for an ub. when a car pulled up, he got in thinking it was his ride. he even asked if it was and

the driver said yes. it turns out the suspect and an accomplice in the car ended up robbing the victim befe releasing him in maryland. eventually that victim made his way back to the third district police station, not far from where he started, and reported e crime. ride share customers w spoke to said they usually take steps to verify their ride share driver is legit. >> i always check the license plate and confirm the name and i make them tell me my name first. >>ooking at the app, they'll show you the license plate as well as the driver and the type of car it is. >> reporter: the cous believed to have robbed two other people. the first back on july 14th in the 1300 block of u street. this time the victim got into the c s with thepect on the pretense of smoking marijuana. instead of lighting up, the suspect robbed the victim ofet s wand cell phone and credit cards and drove him around to withdraw money from atms. the victim says he was hit with a gun seral times during hisor deal.

on july 27th, it hpened again, starting again in the 1300 block of u and ending inth maryland. man gets into the car with the suspect thinking they're going to buy marijuana but he ends up getting kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint. police hope this video will help end this spree. >> now, aside from the obvious g dangerous oting in a car with a stranger to buy marijuana, uber puts out some information that they want people to know that they can be safe whenever the use the ride sharing app. you get the name of the video. you get the make of the car and you get the license number. ythey s should check all of those things before accepting a ride from someone who says they are an uber driver. live in northwest, derek ward, news 4. >> thank you, derek. a crime occurred in montgomery county nd a15-year-old girl is charged as an adult and charged with murder. police say she and two others beat and robbed a man and then they watched as thatan stumbled on to a busy highway

and was hit and killed by aar that's where we find news 4 meagan fitzgerald in aspen hill this evening. meagan? >> reporte wendy, because of that exact scenario that you explained that happened just past the intersection of hewitt and georgia avenue. a judge ruled she will remain in jail without bond. not only that, he said she's adult o stay in the acility she's in as opposed to going with juveniles. court documents paint a disturbing picture of what happened along hewitt road a georgia avenue in the early morning hours of june 8lith. say 21-year-old kenneth, 15-year-old ashley and her classmate at kennedy high school mohammad were seen trying to open doors of parked cars in the area. just after 3:00 that morning, the three suspects saw gregory atwood, a disabled victim walking with his metal >> these three suspects encountered this 40-year-old victim on hewitt avenue.

he was walking. they were walking. >> reporter: that's when police say they grabbed atwood's backpack and walked away. investigators say nearby surveillance cameras captured atwood yelling at suspects to return his backpack. instead, the group beat the 40-year-old man with his metal crush, even throwingee a full can at his head before he collapsed in a wooded area. that's when police say one stole his wallet,tu cng the money inside. >> at one point he crawled out of that air gentleman in an attem -- area in an attempt to get away. theuspects watched him get struck by a vehicle. >> reporter: moments later, investigators say nearby cameras once again show the suspects trying to break into unlocked cars. now investigators say that 17-year-old suspect was indicted last wee on a first-degree murder charge. as for the 21-year-old, he is in

prison without bond being held for assault and robbery charges related to this incident but investigators tell us that more charges willik ly follow shortly. back to you. >> all right. meagan fitzgerald. meagan, thank you. this weekend will mark one year since the eadly clash between white nationalists and counterprotesters in charlottesville. developing this afternoon, virginia governor ralph northam and the city of charlottesville have declared states ofen eme. they allow state funds to help with coordinations with l a enforcemen other agencies in the event of any issues. there are no planned events in charlottesville. organizers of last year's unite afterght rally pulled out the city denied a permit. still, there will be a heavy police presence in charlottesville all weekend long. as the region is bracing for thisally this weekend, members of the d.c. council were briefed

but that information was kept secret from the public. news 4 was thenly news organization in the room when the council members voted to have the public removed. mark segraves is live this evening to tellut us a what occurred there. first off, what reason did they give to have the public removed? did they think this was too secret, too sensitive for the public t hear about it? >> reporter: yeah, in fact,f chewsham told the members of the council he didn't want the press or the public in this room for the briefing because he l information ev to the council members about how the police prepare for these types of protests and he didn't want to jeopardize any future ions for protests down the road. he said there was information he wouldtheveal , quote, unquote, he would never want revealed to the public. but he also sai to the members of the council and to reporters after the meeting that he assures the public that what happened in charlottesville will not happen here in d.c. police in d.cg are hop to avoid a repeate of th violence

that broke out one year ago in chlottesville when the same group held aally there and the protests turned deadly. today members of the d.c. council were briefed by police chief peter newsham about the department's plan to keep everyone safe on sunday when the protesters andrs counterprotes arrive outside the white house. before the briefing could begin, the council members at the meeting voted unanimously to close t briefing t the public at the request of chief newsham. newsham told t council members he was going to reveal information about preparing for the protests that he did not ever want made publi t after meeting, newsham was reluctant to provide any details on his security plans but he did tell reporters that he's learned two important les wns fromt happened in charlottesville. >> the main criticisms of happened in charlottesville, one was a failure to coordinate with other w enforcement agencies. we do that here in washingto

d.c. on a three basis. the second criticism was a failure toeep the two groups separated. i'm going t to make sure that happens in washington, d.c. >> with physical barriers? >> with whatever w need to do. >> reporter: newsham said he's coordinating with metro police, park police and the secret service for all the activities coming up this weekend. he also sd that heould have, in his cords, a full contingent of d.c. police officers on the streets for this protest. we also got word from george washington university, they sent an alert toll of their employees and students, warning them about the protests that could happen aroun the foggy bottom campus. they should expect delays and roadblocks all weekend long. that's the ver latest. wendy, back to you. >> could be a tough weekend. okay. thank you, mark. we have some breghing news now. an arrest has been made in the murder of a prince george's county youth football coach. d.c. police arrested mark price today. detectives hell us gunned down andre young here on 19th

street in southea last week. a second person was also shot survived. young was a youth football coach in glenarden. police say it'snclear why price targeted young. a candle lightil v for young will be held friday evening at the glenarden community center. important news today for pregnant women. there is a new study that says inducing laborit le early can reduce your need for a c-section. nbc's dr. john torres is going to be joining us to explainan wt it you may remember it from "seinfeld." poppy seeds causing a drug test to come back positive. how a maryland woman paid the price for her breakfast choice.f >>stration for people on the path of the purple line. now construction for that rail

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we have some breaking news right now o of fredericksburg, where a woman has been shot just outside of a mcdonald's. >> news 4's jackie vinson has more about the victim and the car believed to be involved in that shooting. jackie? >> reporter: well, wel can t you they have recovered that car. there is a manhunt underwayth f man who just a short time ago abandoned that vehicle. it is a gmc yukon xl. he is believed -- the suspect is believed to be on foot right now. police are searching for him.

re's what we know. take a look. you can see people still inside that mcdonald'shere. detectives have been here for quite some time. 2:00 this afteron we're told a man came here and shot a woman. we're told the part of the restaurant where the shooting took place appears to be just inside or just outside, around the kitchen door, the back door, the one not used by there publi. we told that the victim in this case is in what is described as -- her injuries are described as life-threatening but we do not have any information on her age. we to not know if w sheked here at this mcdonald's or whether she was ato cr. also questions we're trying to get answers right now. >> thank you, jacks. c-sections havth risen ugh the years and there was concern that inducing labor may be conibuting to that rise. but a new study by the national institutes for health indicate

th inducing pgnant women at 39 weeks instead of waiting for labor on its own does not increase the need for a c-section. nbc news correspondent dr. john torres is joining us from new york tonight to explain. is there something magical about the 39 weeks? should pregnant women thinking about having their pregncy induced, their labor induced, what should they make of this? >> wendy, the reason 39 weeks wake into the study here, full term for a baby they changed their standards a little bit. that's now 39 to 40 weeks and six days. there is a larger period there. at 39 weeks is when the baby is fully developed. what they didn't kno in the past and the thing that was a little confusing, if they induced labour at 39 weeks, does that mean that the woman has a bigger risk of having a c-section at the time? that's what we used to think was happening. this new study that came out of

"the new england journal of medicine." they found if they induced labor at 39 two weeks they cut their chances of having to have a c-section just by a little bit. this doesn't mean that every woman should be getting this induction of labor, but for those who want it or need it for different reasons, it seems like it's a lot safer than we thought it used to be. >> give us some reasons a woman would hav her labor induced, especially if the baby is not in distress. >> most of them, you're hitting the nail right on the head here, most of them should and will go through natural deliveries, but for some women for a variety of reasons, tonight on "nightly news" you're going to meet a woman who is doingt because of transportation issues. her husband's in a wheelchair. they h ge a difficultting to the hospital and had to arrange special transportation. there aen other w who live in rural communities that the ob-gyn doctor only comes through certain time periodings.

y something to talk to your doctor about. >> okay. thank you, dr. torres. life can be complicated even at its beginning. dr. torres will have more on "nightly news" tonight with lester holt. ripped right from the tages sitcom "seinfeld," but this was no joke, a marylanday woman she failed a drug test by eating a poppy seed bagel. elizabeth eden gave birth to her daughter beatric but the hospital reported the new mother to the state after she tested positive for opiates. apthrently because o poppy seed bagels she ate that poppy seeds come from the opium poppy plant. now, the drug is f maderom the sap of the plant, but the seeds contain trace amounts of opiate >> it was traumatizing. i was in labor. i was sitting in the bed. i was having contractions. i was on apatocin trip and the

doctor came in and said you tested positive for. opiates >> that's not good to hea's edaughter had to stay in the hospital for five days. the case eventually closed because of a false positive nsult blamed o the poppy seed bagel. >> that's crazy. or an everything. that's so crazy. can we just for a moment look at that beautiful -- that big, fat, chubby baby. >> got so fat from that bagel. that's what happened. >> fabulous. >> big cheeks there. all right. doug, we see blue skies now. where we are, yesterday we were newsroom.ing into our >> absolutely. beautifulo point out, ensemble. >> we've been working on this for 4 hours. >> we're trendtt s. we're influencers. >> there was a phone call early this morning. apparently i didn't get it. out there looking pretty good. we are tracking storms, some of them on the stronger side. nowevere storms right trst, take a look earlier

today, nbc 4 community barbecue in prince george's county always t funime. i was supposed to be out around that area. this is going to be one of our backyard weathers. because of the chance for storms we decided we had to stay things going off without a hitch out there. definitely on the hot side. nbc 4 loves being in your community. you seeov the cloud -- the sunshine and some clouds. just a few clouds from time to time. thatlly about it in the d.c. area. up to 94 degrees right now. a hot one for sure. heat index around 100. winds out of the west at 9 miles an hour. 93 indianapolis, 92 in baltimore. nothing around the d.c. metro area. the entire state of maryland is dry. it's these storms in through parts of northern virginia. in through parts of the culpeper area. warren counting seess storm towards page countriy and

rockingham county. this is northern areas of fauquier right along 66. if you live near marshal, these stor trying to come your way. watch out around there. they will move rht along 66. set a lot of lightning associated with t now. some of the computers modve these trying to die off before they mwae towards 95. hing an area in west virginia. just kind of blow up here in the last cup of frames. right in through there. that's what we're watching for overnight and the rest of the evening hours. in d., we're talking 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 tonight. d.c., we've been saying later conditions as far as thisd. concer temperatures very warm through the east. cooler back towards the west. yesterday, st. louis was 99. today they're at 90. slightly cooler air we will see head our way. tomorrow goingor a high temperature of 89 to 90. most of the day dry. look at noo pretty nice for lunch. one of the nicer days we've seen

so far this week as far as that luncht forecast goes. good chance of storms saturday w and sunday not a washout but techblt if you've got plans, you want to stay tuned forth that. rest of the ten-day forecast and a closer look at the storms ading our way, amelia joins me at 5:45. >> thank you, doug. for the first time tonight we're hearing f a woman badly injured during an attack with a car in charlottesville. >> i rember thinking, why are there carshe re? there aren't supposed to behe cs . >> well, tonight she talks exclusively to news about the moment of impact and how she is moving forward in this long an challengind g a you know when you'reross shopping for backpacks...

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if you're close to the marshall area, watch out f some heavy rain. severe storms farther south. again, these are going toma be ng their way east. these may actually die before the next round gets here. the next round is one we think thy affect us in the d.c. metro area. 's not coming until 7:00, 8:00, maybe eve 9:00. >> doug, thank you. it has been almost a year tence a w supremacist drove his car through the crowd of counterprotesters in ch lottesville, killing one woman and injuring others. >> one victim from northern virginia who survived that crash is telling her story f the first time. >> julie kerry joins us with the story of determination both to recove continue to fight injustice. >> i can introduce you to this surviv by her first name only. it's lisa. we spent time with her recently at her home and in a physical therapy session. we're protecting her full identity, sng her face because she fears death threats

or harassment from white supremacists if they can track her down. >> you feel s a gooetch there? >> yeah. >> daily physical therapy, part of elisa's l for almost a year now as shes fight to regain what was taken from her in several seconds on august 12th, 2017. >> when i was hit, i had no idea what was going on. i had heard screaming that nt sounded differom the rest of the day. i was just beginning to think, should i run? and then i heard -- that was him hitting bodies. >> lee is longtime animal rights activist who protested on that issue many timehebefore so decision to join theor demonstr countering the white supremacists was simply shifting theo fight human rights. >> i wanted to go and stand up against people who are violent and oppressive. >> once in charlottesville, she met a grouprom d.c.he and marcwith them. >> i felt terrified.

i was standing there as people were lining up in formation to march out and thought, well this feels like war. >> lisa stuck close to the group and was not caught up in vny of thiolent clashes that broke out. passed.d the threat had then she turned the corner on to 4th street. moments later, those screams as james fields jr. gunned his dodge up the street into the crowd. li struck and tossed upside down. in this pulitzer prize winning photo capturing the chaos and terror, those are her legs pointing straight i in the air. n the whole confusion of it, it felt like i was being swept into a tdo. i had no idea that i was hit by a car at tt time. i was just spinning in the air. >> she landed on another car and fell to the ground. >> i felt very calm. there was all this chaos going on all around me but there was nothing i could do but lay there. >> a pediatrician from richmond rushed ther side while they

awaited emergency responders. at the hospital, a frry of x-raies and -- both legs were broken. >> they put the plates and pins and screws in my legs. then i think it was wednesday when they did my hand surgery. >> pain at times excruciating and fear, especially at first, powerful. >> the first night when i tried to fall asleep, i woke up terrified that the nazis were going to come in to kill me so they put a security guard on my door. >> lisa says she also experienced joy at the outpouring of support. >> everything was taken out of my hands and people were being so good to me. ber >> but a the hospital and six weeks of inpatient treatment it was up to her with her help of her physical therapist to do the hard work of rehab. >> i can do most things now. i would like to be able to dance, but i can now do hikes.

>> reporter: she's following what's going on in court and was relieved a few weeks ago when in addition to the initial murder charge, james fields jr. now federales an additional hate crime charge. >> i think it is important he's in prison for the rest of his life. think we should keep focussing on the people who still feel the ay he does. >> reporter: on this weekend on the anniversary of heather heyer death lisa will travel to d.c. eor those planning a peaceful counterprotest of econd unite the right rally. >> i want to see a show of force of love. i want to see a lot of people. i t thinkt the important thing is to fight injustice wherever we're called to do it. >> so on sun wy, lisal be there. those broken bones healed, her spirit a determination stronger than ever. >> very strong spirit. >> incredible. >> so glad she share her story.

lisa's bills must be enormous,l the physi therapy, the medical bills. how big a challenge is that for heal >> huge med bills. her insurance only covered a fraction but she was able to lturn the h charlottesville fund and they helped cover the rest. >> whoa, we keep hearing about stuff like that. nice to see how it's actually put into place. >> more than$300,000 out to victims. >> wow! that should make peopll f good who helped donate to that. >> absolutely. >> great story. thanks, jules. staybcith news 4 and n washington for the latest news heading into this weekend, marking one year since that deadly and violent protest in charlottesville. in -- expected to be open for business. it's a 16-mile track that is t goin connect montgomery and prince george's counties. tomorrow, the construction work is going to impact commuters and residents along east-west highway. bureau chief tracy wilkins has the information you need and to tell you what you can expect.

it's hard getting out and getting in. > reporter: people who live alongeast-west highway in riverdale park are getting used living in a construction zone. >> it's terrible. k on the purple line is well underway. >> the construction has been kind of dioricult. >> rr: and it's about to get worse. >> we're getting ready to establish our work s zone tort building the foundations that will carry the purple line light rail over and down east-west wa hi >> reporter: the purple line is a 16-mile light rail system that extends froma betheo new carolson. starting tomorrow, the right-hand eastbound lane of east-west highway will close to ltraffic. it w narrow a portion of the already congested road to one lane going east for years to come. >> there wel definitely traffic impacts. >> reporter: work is also beginning to build new temporary bridges for bw parkwayucs constion on the undergroule puine tunnel begins. traffic will be on those new

temporary bridges by >>spring. n interesting fact is that we have to hand take down every single oneho of stones because it's historic. we'll end up putting those back on at the end. >> reporter: some neighbors say they fee left out of the quickly moving project and aren't sure what it to expect from day to day. >> about two years ago, they gave us a plan. afr that, next thi you know, bulldozers and stop signs --r: >> reporteo clear communication on the timeline and what to expect? >> absolutely. >> reporter: if you'd like information what's going on with the project, go o nbc washington and search "purple line updates." u can sign up there for electronic updates. lethey'll be e-maid or texted to you. in prince george's county, tracee wilkins, news m4. >> be embracing plans to expand i-66 but not everyone is happy a it. why some homeowns feel they're getting a raw deal. the secret to diet success, gender could be plarong a bigger than we first knew.

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shelter sos all cats ands d will find a home. we encourage you if you're looking for a new family member to -- it's a good time to go adopt the -- they waive a lot of the fees and a lot of the shelters will be tellimo you about that in the days ahead. >> that's a big day for u. >> it is for me and for sheena and claudia and chuck. we have a cast of thousands doing this. come outo our shelters. we're going to be at different shelters throughout the region. we clear them all empty,hich is great. >> the green eyes just pop. >> she knows that. >> she's got some cattitude. coming up, something amiss at a local library from cats to one of these, uninvited guests that forced t blding to close its doors for two days. >> sure the wall is up, but that is not stopping the expansion of i-66. in fact, it's coming right into this neighborhood taking out all of these homes. i'm david culver. just ahead, i'll show you what's

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a line of storms on the radar. doug and amelia will update on that in just a couple of minutes. imagine you were being kicked out of your home by the end of the year not because you couldn't pay your mortgageut cause of imminent domain. some in northern virginia are facing. vil part of plans to expand i-66. culver is live tonight where families are working to figure out what's next. >> reporter: for 47 years, dolores has called thi cul-de-sac home. >> my chuck is close by. everything and my friends. >> reporter: but the planned expansion to i-66 outside the beltway has v-dotaking down

her house. >> tomorrow's i-66 will move more people and servehe needs of northern virginia's travellers well into the future. >> reporter: promises to move dolores and her neighbors to other comparable homes. the trouble is, dolores says they want her out by the end of the year and s's got no place to go. >> it puts us in limbo. we don't know what's happening. >> reporter: her daughter travelled from texas, spent two months here thinking he was going to help her mother move. >> time is of the essence. she's about to undergo knee surgery she had been putting off and thinking she would be in her new home. >> reporter: two houses down, he and his wife are feeling the uncertainty. they have two kids in elementary school. >> vdot told us they'll try move us during the summertime so school doesn't get affected so much but it hasn't been that wa >> most pressing for them, be close to metro rail. we follod him as he made the four-minute walk to the metro station. that convenient commute is a

must in their next home. >> if it's a truly comparable home, that way we can move on with our life. >> we only have a matter of a few weeks if not months before these five families have to disrupt their lives, lerally pack everything up, find a new home, get settled in. >> reporter: delegate mark keen is pressing avdot f meeting. vdot tells us they are working individually with the property owners. adding the prorties going through a fair market appraisal and they work to find compara fe home the residents. no matter what, a move is going to set dolores back. >> probably have to go back into a mortgage which i haven't had for at least 10, 15 years. >> reporter: the fol live on this cul-de-sac know they cannot save their houses but they're hoping that they can work with vdot and perhaps find t equally convenient and comfortable pla make into a home. reporting live tonight here, davilv cuer, news 4.

all right,david, thanks so much. as we just learned, david and wendy are having dinne tonight. we know that's prone to flooding at some points. what about tonight? >> i can't tell these guys good grief. i can't tell you anything. >> if you are going to be out, i would take uherella. >> i have three umbrellas. i told david to bring four. >> good. think we're covered. >> he's ready, too. you may not need it at the o beginningthe dinner but maybe by the time you're leaving, may need it in the d.c. metro area. other people starting to showers right now. back towards fauquier county.s notice what' going on in fredericksburg, virgitia. showers st to develop along this line. earlier the was just this area. all moved into fauquier county. big storm here but it's moving to the south and east away from us. these are the storms that i've just seen pop up in the last 15 to 20 minutes.

zoom into this one here. northern fauquier county along 66, the ml area. moving right along 66. it most likelyill stay in loudoun county, could beasty ride home for people coming from d.c. having to get back towards the blue ridge. more storms? also forming in parts of west virginia. we have the best chance at 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 in the d. metro area 94 degrees right now. hot and humid. 85 by 7:00 as we're starting dinner. by the time y'weon dessert, it's 9:00, notice thunder going on out there. amelia, you might have heard wendy said they have seven abrellas between she david tonight. they should be just fine. >> totally prepared at that point. i hope at least one of thems a storm team 4 umbrella, if not, wendy, you're going to eight tonight. as the storms move through

tonight, really not at bad day all. still hot and a bit humid, but thaugust in d.c. we would expect this. we start off 7:00 a.m. at 75 degrees. by noon we're at 85. maybe an isolated shower and understorm out there tomorrow. ay is looking dry by 5:00 p.m. i love that vanla strawberry change from white to pink. how pretty is that? take a look at our temperatures versus the heat index through saturday. so thursday, rrto, a high temperature of 90 but feeling more like 95 when you factor in midity. very similar out there on friday with a high temperature of 91 feeling like 95egrees. aturday, well, temperatures are in the mid-80s and we'rein fe about 90 out there. as we take a look at the weekend, doug, the weather is dechbl definitely going to have an impact. pecially later in the day.

not a washout at least but you definitely want toave that backup plan for the weekend. >> you really want to make sure you stay tuned to storm team 4. we're monitoring when the storms will most likely happen. tomorrow through friday, just isolated. high temperatures around 90. as amelia said, a little less humid. watching the weekend andeally watching sunday, monday and tuesday. these are days we think we could see fairly stormy conentions. the pal is there for another round of flooding rain. that's something we're going to be tracking for you as w move into the middle part of next week. things looking a little b better. looking okay for the rest of the night tonight, too. >> we're sending you the bill. redskins football is back tomorrow and we are getting ready for the preseason ownertr against the ts. dave johnson joins us with more on what you can expect. >> you might say the plotth kens, maybe that is a bit sramatic but it is different. the redsk get to play against

players they don't have lunch with and play video gas with. don' get me wrong -- that has entertainment value. at least a glimpse of what we might expect in 2018. yeah, you seeta srters like alex smith, notd expecte to play much. just get in sync. for the offenseet hopefully some points on the board. for the rookies and youer players, it's their opportunity o mak the case for the final 53-man roster. the preseason game is certainly abous evaluation, ibout keeping the guys with the clip boards on their toes. >> i think it'sor important us as coaches to handle it like a game, obviously, withhe substitutions and trying to get in a play on time. making sure we have as little chaos as there can be. with all the substitutions of guys somewhere gut of theame, we have to communicate that wouh r special team coaches and to coorrs. so i think try to keep it as calm and as poised as we can, but also get a lot of work done and getting a look at a lot of

guys. >> chaos not as much fun as he used to b the4 is your home for redskins opener. reaction with a postgame report followed by news 4 at 11:00. we have a lot of work to do. coming up on news 4 sports at 6:00, when jay fwrudgruden is tg babysitters, we know it's time for the preseasontao. in recent years, libraries in our area have been closed ge because of b cuts, remodelling, even fires. >> the reason behind the latest shutdown. kind of creepy. up

a d.c. public library had to close its doors because some sninvited bests showed up. erica gonzalez in our newsroom to tell us what that was all about and if the library is back open. >> wendy, so, yes, the d.c. public library in georgetown is back open ever snakes were found inside the building, several of them. it may make your skin crawl, but as it turns out, the ones we are talk harmless.re pretty in we go to the d.c. public library ineorgetown and curled up with a good book isn't who or

what i should say you might think, snakes. over the weekend, several ou guarder snakes in the library's basement. >> i would just wet my pants.ld i just wt -- >> reporter: here is the type of snake we're talking about. while they're not the actual ones found in the library, these are guarder snakes. a library spokesperson says the snakes were found down here by the meeting room, steps away from thedr ch's section. i'm told four snakes were found. three alive and one dead. >> i think barreder snakes are terrific. >> reporter: why so many and how did they get in? >> i'm not a meteorologist or an expert -- >> reporter: it's the rain. >> they're trying to get out of the rain. >> reporter: matthew evans is assistant kecurator of reptiles with thethsonian view. >> i think with the whacky weather they're looking for a dry place. they're harmless. they're eating all the creepy crawly things that we don't like. they're okay.

>> reporter: the lserary clo a few days for pest control but is once again open for all kinds of readers, minus the ones that slither. to reiterate what evan said, these snakes are nottoangerous people. they just want to be put back in the wild and left alone. it doesn take away from the fright for a lot of people but, again, this kisnake and harmless. now at 6:00 -- state o >> new safety measures taken just days before white supremacists descend on the district. >> only on news >> in the whole confusion of it, it felt like i was beingin swep to a tornado. >> a survivor of last year's deadly rally opens up for the first time. she describesomhet of impact. hit had no idea that i was by a car. >> reporter: and her determination to stop the hate. new insight into a pregnancy dilemma that many women exnorience. er round of storms. thunder, lightning and downpours rolling through parts of our

region right now. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. live pictures looking over downtown d.c. right now. the district feeling the heat and humidity, but we seem to be spared from the rain, at least at the moment. >> but check out what is rolling in on radar. other parts o of region already experiencing some strong storms. hi, everybody. >> let's headr to the weather center. chief meteorologist doug cammer re tracking where the storms popping up right now. hi, doug. >> hi, guys. we're starting t see those come toimther. big te thunderstorms around charlottesville and down to fitchburg. we're sew toatch as the whole area works our way. one area through here in andar nd fauquier county. i'll zoom in on this one. no around d.c. yet, but look at all the lightning here over the last couple of minutes, l thet ten minutes or so