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and you saw ite right her on nbc4.ns redski kicking off their preseason. against the mighty new england patriots. ews4 at 11:00 begins with breang news. >> breaking news. detectives on the scene of a police involved shooting in th redskins backyard. >> video from chopper 4 shows a heavy police presence near fedexfield in landover tonipot. ce have scherff roadblocked off. >> shomaritone isteps away from officers. what are you learning? >> reportere right now w in harvey drive. the entire intersection is blocked off. we're waiting for police chief harveg sowinski tgive as you update. thus far, let's roll was a shooting involving a trins georges pole officer. don't know if the officer was

in uniform or plain clothes. this happened on th 7800 block of scherff road. 9:15.ndover around no word on the condition of the man or woman who was shot.gh now, we're waiting for more information and the police chief. he is in the middle of the street with his detectives. you can see them walking toward us. we will get more information it becomes available. we don't know what led up to this shooting. there were people in this arede inheir homes right now. some of them wondering what is gog on. we're here and the police chief is on the way. we'll bring you apd newe as it becomes available. back to you. >> we'll check back then. thank you. a n growingber of counterprotests to this weekend's white sremacist rally. >> george washington university students have plain to speak out against hate and fight discriminationg. > news4' jackie bensen joins us live with a closer look.

>> reporter: w the unite the right participants will likely t walk r through the george washington university campus on their way from the foggy bottom metro station to lafayette square. weald to two gw students tonight who are raising money for annti-hate group based on every step that those rally participants take. >> it is.71 miles, 1500 steps. so we then based calculations for how many crepts per step would be for certain amountsf donations. so we did a one-cent per step donation is $15. >> george washington university students alison and kendall decided they wanted to do something to protest sunday's unite the right rally especially since participants are likely to walk through the campus. a few days yago, t created the facebook page stomp out hateat

wan. they say the idea came from a newspaper story about how residents of a city in germany protested an annual neo-nazi sed on how many steps they take. >> the southern poverty law center best known for their trying to do advocacy for hevictims. >> t space in between and aroundsunday's event is also a concern for united states park police chief rob mclain. his agency is responsible for public safety on the mall and the nation's monuments which get visitor 365 days a year. >> ours offic patrol this beech every day. they're the guardian of our democracy. we don't condone nor condemn a group orag me we provide the venue for delivery of that message. >> our nbc washington app is loaded with information about sunday's events.

you ca f alsod out more about the stomp out hate live on the george washington university campus, jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you. mayor muriel bowser raised the city's emergency level to make sure all resources are available for the demonstrations. this comes one year after a similar white supremacist rally erupted in deadly vlence in charlottesville. the downtown is going to be busy this weekend. there are a lot of road closures planned. we have everythingou need to know on our nbc washington app. >> a tragic update tonight to a shooting at a fredericksburg mcdonald's. 19-year-old ken troyia fletcher paaway. fletcher was gunned down yesterday afanrnoon. ony ellis then sped off in a stolen truck. a fewhourslarity, police found him in a wooded area miles away from the fast food restaurant. officers say he shot and killed. authorities believe fletcher knew her killer. the redskins kicked off

preseaso against the patriots tonight. >> yeah, not the start that anybody but a big injury to talk about heir young e of stars a fan favorite. sherree burruss joins us with we could have only ended it at the half, sherree orrruss. >> rr: yeah, it was a tale of two halves. tonig the redskins have a full plate after their first pre-season game here at gillette stadium against the patriots. it really did feel kind of good to be back in aootball stadium and not just talking about practice and watching them hit each her. but certainly the work is going to continue this weekend. alex smith and tom brady both getting the night off. smith redskins debut has to wait. coat mccoy gets the start. f inirst is, he was making things happen. finds byron marshall and the running back takes it 25 yards to the house. they're on board first, up 7-0.

bad news, you said it,der russ guice goes down awkwardly on ruthis n. he seems to be in pain with a left knee injury. he leaves the game according to reports, he'll have an mri tomorrow. patriots go on to beat the dskins, 26-17 after the game head coach jay gruden just now talking about his rookie running back. >> i think he's got a leg tanged up in the turf. one of those unlucky plays that unfortunately happen to all players from time to time. houtfully it's nothing if it is, i'm sure he'll rehab and get himself back. we'll find out tomorrow. >> reporter: and we did hfrr head coach jay gruden earlier saying yeah, they need to improve things. we have a crew right now in the locker room and will bri you more player reaction coming up in about 15 minutes. >> we'll see you then. a good night for ct that's for sure. let's hope derrius mends quickly. thank you, sherree burruss.

>> we're expecting a pretty nice day tomorrow wigh around 90 degrees. >> here we go again. chief meteorologist doug cammerer tells us rain chances move back in for the weekend. >> a pretty good friday. the rain chance dozen move back insaturday, sunday. probably early next week, too. today a high of 92 degrees but without the humidity or as much asidesterday it,t feel quite as hot as during the day yesterday. we saw andeat of 100. today 95. still on the hot side with an actual highf 92. average high is 87 this time of year. really aay very much tomorrow like what we saw during the day today. if you like today, you'll like tomorrow. 77 rockville, 73 manassas. looking great on your tfriday. ut not bad. scattered weekend showers and storms and we're tracking the flood threat. yeah, that's been tracking a lot lately. we'll talk much more about thisn i'll see about ten minutes.

>> the i-team reveals how alo cal hospital is threatening our veterans safety. how long will it take to fix the problems? we're workingor you to get answers. a man's trip to the beach in texas takes a terrifying turn. we'll show you what a shark did to his leg. and a life a death struggle between auspect and s

veterans i fairs promising fixes inside its flagship medical cter here in washington. >> an investigation earlier tonight by the i-tm revealed a series of failures inside and as

fott mcfarland reports, all of thees at the va center here in d.c. won't be easy. >> and tns has b a story scott has been following really for a year or two. but the problem has been extending easily more than 12 years there. and he had thateport at 6:00. we're waiting on that tape right now, folks. we'll bring that to you as soon as it comes in. meanwhile, we wantoove on to other stories right now. shomari stone is standing by in prince george's county with an update to the shooting involving police. what can you tell us now? you've heard from the chief. is that right? >> reporter: that is correct. good evening.

prince george's county police chief sowinski told us this was coming about as an internal affairs special ops investigation. tip from a d a confidential informant in this area saying there was a man who was armedelling drugs in this community. and the chief says the informant told officers this man was "terrorizing people." policeame outhere. they believe that this man was conducting illegal activities and there was a uniformed officer who con fron this had and they the man took off sn. running at lea w 25 yards. ann that happened, that's when police say they had to stop him. they tried t tackle him. and they believe he had a gun on him. they say that the suspect tried gto grab the and that's when an officer discharged at least three rounds. right now, there was a medic unit on the ground. ey were able to resuscitate this person and got him to the hospital. is he r sht now inble

condition. police have not released his name, his age. we do know he was they say an armed suspect who was alledly selling drugs. police chief hank stawinski tell us police recovered a gun and narcotics. they would not tell me how much narcotics they found. they say again, this is just two hours into the investigation. i hope that answers some of the questions that people have. the prince george's county police department is trying to be transparent as the chief say to let the community know what exactly happened out here. they are expec d to release more information as it becomes available. live here in landover, shomari stone, news4.yo >> thank and just to let you know, we'll hear from the i-team's scott mcfarland on the va medical center problems in a couple minutes. stunning video reminds us of the dangersole officers face every day. watch what happens when pesylvania state troopers tried to arrest a man who failed

three field sobriety tests. >> i got him. keep the taser on. >> bothfficers tased the man several times but he managed to pull a gunrohis car and he began shooting. died.fficer nearly the video was played at that man's trial. a jury convicted him counts of attempted murder. a relaxing trip to the beach turned into a nightmare for a man in galveston, texas. is the pictures you're about to e are graphic. police say a shark bit the guy just bob his knee this morning. you can see the i big gash left there. people in the s area they do see sharks from time to time here. th is still in the hospital but he's listed in stable condition. wow. pretty scary. >> doug is here with more about ar weather and today w little better than yesterday. what can we look forward to tomorrow.

>> it's weird when you say we were ea95 in the index and you go relief. thank goodness. >> but it's >> yesterday was 100 degrees with the heat index. it was 108 in places like quantico. we did see some relief today even though still on the warm side with an actual high temperature of 92. temperature sitting at 82 right now. night.a very warm winds out of the east at 3 miles an hour. clear skies right now. d rees in leesburg. 73 culpeper. most areas wille down in the upper 60s to low 70s for the most part. the city in the low to mid-70s during the evening tonight and early torrow mornin radar nothing to show. no rainfall overnight tonight. not tomorrow. we didee a couple isolated showers today. i do mean extremely isolated about this big making their way across. we might see one or two of tho tomorrow. i can't rule out a stray sprichingal but most of the day will be dry and just like today. most of us will see a fantastic

tday. to the wlouds and rain down to the west and a front to the north. thes come togethertomorrow. a little bit more cloud cover late in the day. much betterhance of rain in the weekend. 74 tomorr n. e start. warm, not too muggy. 85 byno . lunch will be really nice outside. hots going to start getting after the noontime hour up to 90 by around 3:00 with an isolated shower possible. most of us should remain dry. don't worry about the rainfall tomorrow night. you goter di date night friday night? looking good. 86 at 7:00.at tempes dropping a little bit through the evening. your weekend forecast, playing some golf? scatters storms. everything in yellow. notice i don't have any reds for the weekend. i'm not talking about a washout. for thee got plans beach, a good chance of showers and thunderstorms each day. barbecues,ave a backup plan. you've got people coming over 5:00, 6:00, download the nbc

washington app and che radar before you put things on the grill. nteaking of rain, another chance on sunday monday. monday the best chance for all-day rain, i think we'll see enough rain at times, we could see localized flooding. that's something we'll watch out for. normally in a pattern like this wouldn't talk about so much flooding. it looks like any rain we get into early next weekould promot flooding in parts of the area. better wednesday, more chances for showers and thunderstorms next thursday, friday and saturday. i don't see any big storm. the best chance fur all day is monday. all in au, kee your phones out there with that nbc washington app. >> augustn track to be almost as wet as july. >> thank you, doug. >> let's hope not. now we want t go back to the i-team report on problems at the va hospital here. >> here's scott mcfarland. >> reporter: during the dog days of summer, highs

reach 947 degrees in d.c. edgar gleason says it was just patientssive inside his room at the dc va medical inter. >> i w my room. it was that hot in there. >> reporter: air conditioning failed inside the giant medical center whicherves 100,000 patients a year including in a major auditorium andon sec of the third floor. >> you have 90 degrees weather with 90% humidity in the middle auof july and st, that can lead to a real, a terrible f situatio the patients in these rooms. it can run into refrigerator isr:es. >> repornd it has. the news4 i-team found refrigerator failures in octobeu ined flu vaccines costing a quarter of a million dollars and an fda inspection in marjorie vealed room temperature problems in the blood bank. during the inspectionfi an al acknowledged blad banke temperaturoncerns have been brought up since 2004. but they have not been successfully addressed. and records obtained under

the freedom of information act show about $20 million of air conditioning, heat and refrigeratiodates are needed at the d.c. medical center. they say spot clers and fans are being used where air conditioning mag functions. >> we want an agencyta leader t about the issues but they declined any interviews. instead issuing us a written statement in which they said there re under way but are.more to come. and that finishing them could take years. >> how bad is the backlog. >> millions? >> billions of dollars. >> the vfw t says problems exist at other va facilities nationwide. the backlog of rarnz maintenance is > they physically can't perform all these tackles in a yearly basis. it would involve a major effort to do so. >> as for edgar gleason, he's a healthyin but was so frustrated that hot night in july he left. before being discharged. >> 36 hou later, you're

walking out. >> right. >> those discarded flu shots were replaced and the fda tells the i-teamnu it will con to inspect the blood bank at the center. we'll keep watching the medical center, too. >>cott mcfarland, news4 i-team. e> when we come back, more reaction from th redskins game including the rookie star on his injury and it's sounding like good news. it was always my parents dream for me to go to college.

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in the locker room. >> we'll get to derrius the locker room. he even said it with a lollipop in his mouth. one if by land, two if by sea. our hearst are fullle of with football back. the redskins preseason opener was in foxboro, land of tom brady who was on the sideline tonight. so was alex smith. as longfellow p it a hurry of hoobs in age vil street or maybe gillette street. alex smith, boy, that yuch looks good. that means mccoy gets the start and he got it started finds hird marshall and the year running back takes it to the end zone. redskins a 7-0lead. and you know what? the defense also showing upte in the quarter. brian hoyer back to pass. pocket collapses. matt ionnidis comes up with the sack. he unfortunately left with ain

kneejury. not from the dance. another big injury. this is a bconcern. rookie derrius guice dose down awkwardly on his left leg. went to the locker room. apparently wil have an mri tomorrow. encouraging news coming up. second quarter, mccoy still iat quarterback. he'soing to find maurice harris for thetouchdown. they're up 17-0. patriots scored 26 unanswered points and win it 26-17. we checked with the nfl, the preseason doeco't t. what does count is sherree burress is in foxborough, massachusetts with more on the story tonight including more on be guice. >> reporter: well did, exactly as you said. we mentioned it earlier tonight. it didn't matter if the redskins won or lost this game to the patriots. fat was most important w these guys who problem they could be a contributor on thisa i just saw head coach jay gruden. he walked by,d smi and said

how you doing? i said good. how are you? he gave me like a al, he was sort of frustrated with the fact his team was more injured than they were with the loss. one of the mainur is wasder russ guice. we just spoke with him in the lock w room aboutt happened getting his ankle rolled on. go i i want -- knew i would be fine. d built me for this. i can walk fine. i guess at the back e of the play, my feet kind of planted weirdly on the my knee hyper extended a little bit. yeah, it's fine. >> is hard this is a tough game. nyu hate to see anybody get hurt on a team really. but especially on your own team. you say the way the guys are working in practice nd limpi around is not good. but that's >> reportedly guice having an mri tomorrow. so a sigh of relief everything is okay >> happy birthday, sherree burress. it's her birthday. >> thank you.

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