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more on the situati in d.c. coming up. >> all right, melissa, thank you. breaking news rightnow at 5:02. this is out of prince george's county where a police-involved shooting turned deadly. >> megan mcgrath live at police headquarters with more on what we knowbout this. good morning. >> are you there? >> having t someuble with megan's live shot. there we go. bring us up to speed here. >> sure. this started with a tip from a confidential informant. the report a man with a gun selling drugs and, quote,r tizing people in the community. that according to police. now, special operations, as well as the narcotics division responded with the emergency seteices m. they located the suspect who
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police say wasarrying this g that you see in this video here. now, it was a uniformed member of the services team that approached the suspect on sheriff road about 9:15 last night. police say the man then ranou 25 yards before weeg stopped by the officer. there was a struggle and polibe chief descwhat happened next. >> emergency services team officers is very important. oerve that individual with a handgun and that individual, by the aeblth of tho , pointing it at them and one of the owoicers believed a threat to himself and the other officer. >> now, p ice sayat that officer then fired at least three rounds striking the suspect. he was transported to t spital where heheater died. t name of the person who was killed has not yet been
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released. ack to you. >> all right, megan mcath live for you. thank you. the victim kentroyia fletcher has died. authorities tell us anthony ellis shot fletcher and sped off in a stolen truck. police found him inod a w area miles away from the restaurant and officers say he shot and killed himself. a woman is fighting for her life this morning after making a desperate escape from her boyfriend. he shot her yesterday at anap tment complex and the woman escaped and ran to a neighbor's home. her s infant was found unharmed inside the apartment. depsies say the boyfriend was found in the stairwell of the apartment building where he killed himself. all eyes on the distri as hundreds prepare to participate
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in a unite the right rally. >> three other protests happening on sunday. justin finch is live with details on the security measures being put in place. justin? >> may the mayor hasne s an emergency order operating the center andin sign to local and state and federal agencies to begin coordinating safety a security for sunday's events. as you mentioned, we now know thrst counterpro groups will be working, rather rallying on sunday at three separate locations before marching to lafayette square,hich is the site of that unite the right rally, o. holding demonstrations from on sunday. hate has no place her in d.c. she also said that she expect that protesters from each group will respect thsurules on nday. >> we want people to be able to
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exercise their rights, whether we agree with them or not. whether they'red so-cal unite the right or counterprotests and that is important. we want dissuade anybody from urposely coming to our city to destroy our city. >> and if you are traveling er downtownps on sunday, you will see some major road white house nd the from 9:00 a.m. to about 8:00 p.m. and at 5:45 when we see you, agn, the hardstance that d.c. police chief is taking on those who bring gunso that rally site. we'll have it for you when we see you next. i'm justin finch, new 4s 4. >> thank you. an effort to find a missing woman in our arisa. ch lawrence withat the live des. >> brenda hopkins is 68 years old and lives i silver springs. the last time her family saw her was wednesday night her home on eden road near columbia pike.
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sh was weari jeans and a blouse. her family is worried about her emotional and physical welfare. it's understandable. please, give police a call if you know where she might be. eun eun? >> chris, thank you. a warning about a man who sexually assaulted a woman on the street in th middle of the day. this happened on monday afternoon in northwest, not far from the conventn center. police say the man made sexual contact with the victim and exposed hi she ran into a nearby building and held the doorhut as he tried to follow her inside. ze then committed a lewd act. if you recognihim, call police. a local nonprofhter company that works to connect the community now needs the communice to help po catch a burglary suspect. you take a look at your screen here.ce d.c. pore sharing this video hoping police will nrecognize the guy the white shirt. he walked into studio theatre and stole from the theatre.
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police are not saying what he took from the building. today an autopsy is planned for the man who drowned in the river after a kayak accident. it happened yesterday morning in frederick county. a group of five kayakers hit logs and debris which knocked them off their kayak. he swallowed water and lost consciousness.he died after a nurse in the group experienced cpr. he was an experienced kayaker and was wearing a lifjacket. 5:08 is our time right now. how safe is the water in your child's school. elevated levels of lead were found drinking water at a dozen montgomery publicschools. the district tested water at all 206 schools between jaary and may. out of more than 13,000 water fixtures, ju over 200 tested positive for elevated levels of lead. school officials say t affected fixtures were immediately removed but there are reports that stents had
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access to those water outlets before they were taken out of service. parents tell us they're counting on the districts to keep theki safe. >> trust that they would do the right thing and make sure it's done completel >> schoo officials say repairs to water stations are expected to be done before students start the new schoolngear. daous wildfires in california have claimed another life. mechanic was killed in a crash yesterday. this is the eighth death connected to the fireus it is more than one of a dozen large fires burning inor calnia right now. most wereaused by someone setting the fires, including the holy fire. the suspect in that re spoke with a photographer right before his arrest. >> do you know how this fire started? >> i have no idea. i was asleep. i had tw ear plugs in. >> he faces life in prison if
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convicted. kansas secretary of state kris kobach is removing himself from vote counting. he iin lead incumbent governor jeff colyer by 121 votes. kobach says the move will be sgnificant, countyll has some ballots to count. another metro project will impact your ability to get around. in fact, you moght want find an alternate route. during the week, trains will single tracking between mcpherson square and willerrun 20 minutes on the blue, silver and orangel ines. construction on those lines will st about 16 days. some stations will be closed this weekend. if you have to ride metro, expect long delays and crowded trains and make sure you plan ahead. for more information search metro shut down on our nbc washington app. you don't want to get there and realize you're going to have to
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wait to get where you'regoing. a heartbreaker to kick off the football preseason. >>his better no go this way. i don't know if i have it in me. the skins had a huge lead against the pats heading into half-time of lt night'same and then just fell apart. i don't know. news 4 sherre burress has it for us. >> what has fans worried is rookie runningback darrius guice getting hurt in the fourth quarter but after the game feeling optimistic. >> i know i'll be fine. >> i guess back i the pla when i was sti planted weirdly on the turf and my knee just hyperextended a bit.le it's fine. >> we're waiting on an injury update on guice's leg. reportedly he's having it checked on when returning back to richmond.
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just about 5:12 now and special forc in space. that's one of the goals of the trump administration. and there is something starting today at mcdonald's food ould give you fre for life. part of a new apperom th fast food giant. we'll explain nexton news 4 for today. your time is 5:12. good mornin everybody. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. a perfect evening for some friday night barbecuing in the back yard. temperatures plenty warm in the upper 80s at 6:00 this evening and sun is not down until 8:09 on your friday night.en now, we rain chances are creeping ever upwards.s creeping ever upwards.s ena will be back t
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welcome back, it's 5:15. we now know the death toll in puerto rico following hurricane aria is much higher than originally reported. you recall last year's hurricane devastated much of the island and knocked out the hurricane grid. 64 people were killed. now a new report says the death toll is closer to 1,400. many now question the effectiveness of the federal response to the hurricane and the aftermath. the trump administration said it is continuing its aid to the island. drama playing out in the courtroom during the paul manafort trial. the judge told the jury toar disr some of his criticism. allowing an irs expert to watch the trialefore testifying. yesterday the judge backed down after a transcript swed he granted permission for that witness to stay in the courtroom. the jury e alsoing a look at the scope of paul manafort's alleged tax work.
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itnesses testified he earned more than $30 million he llegedly reported income just $13 million. prosecutors say he failed to report on $16illion that he ent on luxuries. the trump administration is starting to count down to launch space force. announced the sixth military service branch yesterday targeting ftoff for 2020. the vice president says it is necessary tensure american dominance in space with competition and threats from a countries suchs china and russia. >> what was onceeaful and uncontested is now crowded anded h >> lawmakers stie to sign off on the plan. askingongress for $8 million over the next five years. if you like mcdonald's, you could win free food for life. launching acontest that will
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give one lucky winner two free meals a week for 50 years. you need to download the company's app and place an ordee any time overnext two weeks. every order is placed as one entry. limited to one entry per day. in addition to free food, they will receive this customized 24 karat gold plated phone case. >> that could be worth a lot of money. >> it's gold plated. meaning it's not real gold. >> that does make a differene, doesn't it? >> i think aaron is going to try out for this. >> not at all. >> share your french fries with me. >> i eat mcdonald's once a eonth. >> tw a week, i know people do do that, but it's not good for your heart or what was that movie? >> i can't remember what it was called. >> "super size me."
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and there was evidence of his health >>eteriorating. let's talk about the weather. another hot one out there. 90 degree day in the forecast. seven days in a row of that. pretty long 90 degree stretch. this is mainly low90sand not too bad and the humidity made it feel a little worse. this weekend, though, rain moving in and temperatures noll be as hot. we are going to break out of this 90 ndegree stretch the clouds and rain arrive tomorrow and sunday, unfortunately.te peratures right now across the area, 70s for the most part and 73n clinton and 79 degrees in washington.rt a warm s we are nice and dry and off to your west you do notice an area tuof died weather heading in this direction and start to see the approach of that as we go overnight tonight. for today, urthough, during y friday, things are looking good. this morning 76 degrees and sune glare onroad. as we go through the afternoon we'll heat up to 91 esdeg and if you're heading out this evening, a small chance for a shower.
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overall, mostly dry. future weather, 4:00 p.m. today and clouds move in early tomorrow and you'll see that tomorrow afternoon and evening and widespread showers and storms expected and then for sunday we still do have a chance for those scattered showers e across the if you're heading to the beach, the rain chance in the forecast bo saturday and sunday. but as we go through today, at least you can squeezen one sunny beach day. after that, the rain is going to be here. as we start off next week, monday and tuesday. those rain chances areoing to stay in the forecast. let's head or to melissa and see what's happening on the roads. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, nash southbound 295 after laboratory oad crash there and r theght n situation stanton road near oississippi avenue becau a police investigation there. as we widen out, you can see the belt way loo good thismorning. inbound branch avenue before allentown road s rige still blocked by that crash and still seeing a bit of a delay.
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fairfax drive right side still blocked by that crash and 270 sohbound down to the spur you're on time. eun? >> thank you, melissa. an event that is usually a stop for presidential hopefuls. why is stormy daniels' lawyer speaking there tonight? we'll expla after the break. keeping up with work while you're at home could be stressing out everybody in your house. a closer look at a new study xfinity mobile is a new wir designed to save you money. even when you've got
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investigators say he used a shotgun and a revolver legally owned by his father. he will not face the death penalty because he was under 18 at the time. his twin brother died defending himself from a robbery in d.c. ted now the is working to turn his family's loss into a lesson that inspires.at kelly spoke the annual right direction award ceremony last nights. his brother was shot and killed while walking home from as ve store last september. ance then he made it his mission to sprea message of nonviolence across the country. his biggest audience, mo than 800,000 at the marur for lives rally here in washington. >> i wanted my story to be heard. i wanted to represent my community and i wanted his life to impact others. > kelly also received a right direction award just one month before he waskilled. stormy daniels' attorney michael avenatti is set to speak
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at a dinnernown as key stop there those eyeing a presidential bid. avenatti sans he would er running for president if he thought democrats didn't ha c a candidapable of beating donald trump. bringing work home isn't just a hassle for you, it's apparently a problem for your family, as well. esearchers at virginia tech looked at howo omemployer expectations can affect a worker's family. when employees are expected to check their e-mail at night. it could put a strain on th or significaers. you can't use that excuse. i'm working. you have to engage. >> you are working. >> look in eachot r's eyes. >> we'll be poor and happy. i just won't worry about working any more. >> you can work when you're working. party city and amazon aremi t up for halloween. time to start talking about that, apparently. or the first time, party city
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is offering costumes on the marketplace. if proved successful, it may sell christmas and merchandise later in the year, too. >> what should my costume be r next year. summer, back taschool and then maybe i'll think about halloween. 5:26. mr. bell. >> yes, yourang. very, very mild start. almost a steamy start to the day. 79 degrees right now at national eirport. far cooler in outlying suburbs, though. we'll have a complete eck of the forecast for your tgif. stay with us. plus, a suspicious package with a message for the president. ahead at 5:30. t morhe nasa experiment ehind this bomb scare. tsa to the rescue. ents jumping into action when luggage ssmrted oking. what was inside a oncarrag that caused all this commotion.
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deadly.ield has turned we have been gathering new information about what led up to that suspect being shot and much more in a few minutes. right now, ao live outside as we count down to the weekend. oh, so close. we hade it to friday after a long, hot week. todawill be the seventh day in a row that we feel temperatures in the 90s and some relief on the way, though. there's always hope, right? >> s, always >> good morning, everybody. >> hope springs eterna aaron. megan mcgrath is working on that breaking news and justin finch will have what you need to know about unite the right rally. >> storm team 4 forecast before we check in w melissa on the roads. >> we know what relief means around here. >> your choices are usually 90 degrees or raining. >> the rain helps us out, oh, yeah, the clouds and the rain. we had a lot of rain.of a lot people asked me, when are we going to see a dtr ch instead of a rainy stretch. >> i think yesterday and today
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was the dry stretch. that was about it. rain chances creeping ever upwards as we headowards the weekend. four things you need to know about the forecast. likely to be another90 today. if we make it to 90 or higher that will, indeed, be seven in a row. rain chances increase for the weekend. not total wash out but hit and miss rain chances for your saturday, particularly saturday afternoon and on into your sunday. your friday morning is starting out rain free. on the muggy side. temperatures 72 in leesburg and 70 degrees in manassas. temperatures in the upper 80s to right around 90 degrees and downtown more likely to be about 91 f high on your friday. a closer look at the weekend cominup in a few more minutes. for now, let's to melissa mollet. a couple different problems and befallentown road still have the right side blocked by a crash and still eing some delays there and headed inbound here.
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stanton road near mississippi avenue lanes blocked there for a police investigation and shotss fired all we know right now. in the district, as well. soubound 295 after laboratory road crash in the right lane there andng arn inbound 66 at fairfax drive right side blocked by the crash. you can see that delay there. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:32. back to that breaking news out of prince george's county. a suspect in police-involved shooting is now dead. this happened la last night in landover. >> megancgrath is at palmer park with more on what we know. good morning. >> good morning, guys. that's right. the person in all of this that was shot by a prince george's county police officer taken to the hospital last night. we haveedow lea that he has died from those injuries. now, take a look at the video here. investigators say that the man was carrying this gun that you see here in this picture. this released by prince george's county lice.
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the man was suspected of selling drugs and, quote, terrorizing he people inneighborhood. the special operations and narcotics divisions respo along with the emergency services team. that this all began with from someone in the community. >> members of our special operation division and our narcotics enforcement division are working a joint they were there because a member of our community stepped forward and provided information about an individual who they knew to be armed, knew to be selling drugs and knew to be terrorizing a particular part of the community alonger sff road. we were able to verify that information from that informant, again, a member of our community. and stood up this operation. >> now, a uniformed police suspect.approached the the man, though, ran from that officer, ran for about 25 yards before being stopped. le.re was a strug at that point investigators say
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the suspect reached for a weapon that was in his waistband and the police officer then fired at east three rounds. and thesuspect taken to the hospital, but later dying of his inju his name, at this point, has not been released. back to you. >> megan mcgrath live for us, ou thank y now 5:34. here's a look at your other top stories. two days away fm th white nationalist unihere. police are warning people that violence will not be tolerated in the district. poli coming up, news 4 justin finch has details on the safety measus being put in place right now. another metro project will pact your ability to get around. during the week, trains will be single trackingbeeen mcpherson square and smithsonian. construction on theses will last about 16 days. if you have to ride metro,
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exct big delays and crowded wtrains. e're learning more about the moment leading up to a deadly road ra incident in woodridge. the driver of a pkup truck and sedan had a dispute on prince william parkway at a red the driver of the pickup left his car and confronted the sedan driver. policeat say th driver changed lanes and hit theck p truck driver. -year-old larry dean walker was pinned betw his car and another vehicle. he died. at this time, no charges have been filed. nt mery county schools want to hear from parents they thinkay have come in contact with a school bus driver. they posted rall theoutes that he has driven since 2006 on its webntte. some stu may have known him as mr. steve. we hav a link to more information in the nbc washington app. today marks two yeasince the deadly apartment building explosion rocked the neighborhood silver spring.
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that explosion killed 7 people at the flower branch apartment, two of them were children. today there will be a vigil to remember the victims. it starts tonight at 7:30 at a parking lot acomss from the ex. new this morning, a former oo state wrestler clarifying comments he made about whether congressman jim jordan knew about athletes being sexually abused while he was an assistantoach at the university. a conservative group that is defending jordan released a statement from mark coleman saying, quote, at no time did i ever say or he anyirect knowledge that jim jordan knew of dr. richard strauss' inappropriate behavior. coleman told "wall street journal" unless he has dementia or something that he has no recollection of what was going on at ohio state. jordan has denied knowing anything about the allegebu and currently running for speaker of the house. nbc hasor reached out comment, but h not heard back. skins lost their first
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preseason game. if you went to bed at half-time you thought maybe they could hold on to that lead. they beat the skins 26-17. rookie runningback darrius guice was hurt. the preseason games aren't the only thing you'll be hearing about across the nfl. several players continued protests during the national night. last two miami dolphins players knelt and other players raiseheir fist or did not take the field until after the anthem. the nfl announced a policy"óú
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welcome back, 5:40. university basketball coach ise facingous charges. >> demill jones is accused of throwing a fatal punch while in new yo city. on sunday s, ndor ckszabo k on the door of his car thinking he was his uber driver. szabo never regained consciousnas and wasken off life support on saturday. >> the jones family sends their epest sympathy. >> jones pleaded not guilty and his next court appearance is octobernd. well, good friday morning. we have a beautiful sunrise setting up for the area and you e the clear skiesut there. we will see plenty of sunshine as we go through your friday. 79 degrees right now, but hot, again, this afternoon.
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big weekend wechanges. ll talk about that coming up. brand-new clore in the district. we have been watching this crash and now closed hey. temporar southbound 295 after malcolm x. details on this andra yourl times else where, coming up. plus, we're heading out to the fair. the fair. the montgomery county fair kicks
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welcome back at 15 before the hour. all eyes on the district this weekend hundreds prepare to participate in the unite the right rally. >> mayor bowaier isng the city's emergency level as they descend on the white house. sunday's event will draw people from around the country and comes one year after that white nationalist rally that erupted in cha lottesville. e breaking down what officials want those participating to know beforeet sunday here. justin? >> aaron, well, first, they want them all tofenow that saty and concerns ill be major going into this weekend.
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that's why the mayor has signed off on an orderactivating d.c.'s emergency operation centers, as wellas partnerships between local, state and federal agencies. all will be ready to act, we're told, as needed on sunday. the district threeounter events taking place on sunday at three separate locations that will then move to lafayette square which is the site of that unite the r rally, too. that event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on sunday night. on thursday, we did see the mayor flanked by law enforcement leaders saying they will respect the rights of those who come to the area to protest on sunday and demonstrate. however d.c.'s police chief saying there i one thing they will not tolerate saying no guns will be allowed at all. >> this sunday, cgurying will also be prohibited in and around the demonstrationea so, in other words, on sunday, carrying a firearmithout a
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carry permit in and around these events will be illegal and if you are found in possession of a firearm, you'll be subject to arrest. >> thief also saying he ornts to keep all counterdemonstrand the actual unite the right rally separate throughout the events on suay. al saying that any one who pe breaks py or hurts another person will also be subject to arrest. if you are traveling in downtown see on sunday, you will road closures around the white house from 9:00 a.m. until p.m. on sunday. we're live from freedom plaza. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> all right, justin, thank you. it's ow 5:47. a federal judge gave the order to turn a plane around after inding out a mother and daughter involved in an ongoing immration lawsuit had been deported to el salvador. >> they are headed back to the united states as that lawsuit moves foard. news 4 tracie potts has more from capitol hill. what is this all about? >> the aclu filed a lawsuit and
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according to the judge, no one was supposed tobe deported who is involved who is a platiff in that lawsuit before tonight at midnight but this woman and the child already on the plane, literally already on the tarmac and they touched down on el salvador but instead of deplaning them, they turned them around. the aclu is suing the justice department sang that they are not allowing people to make asylum claims and they insist that jeff sessions, the attorney general athers should be held in contempt for these deportgoions. we als an update on those children separated from their families. now, 566 kids still not reunited with their families. the bulk of those parents have already been deported. many of them have contacted the vernment, but there are 26 where the trump administration says they can't figure out where the parents are.gh >> all tracie potts on the hill, thank you.
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may have helped his in-laws become american citizens. her pents took the oathof citizenship yesterday in new york. "washington post" re rts they likely relied on what the trumpc administratil chain migration. a legal process that allows america to sponsor family members for immigration. a lawyer for mrs. trump's parents say they did not receive any special treatment. wel a nasa experiment set jersey.omb scare in new >> the staff at a solar panel field called police after a styrofoam box parachuted to the ground there with a message for the president. >> there'a note o the side that says i find disturbing. it references something about the president and call this number if this lands near you. >> this happened on tuesday in south brunswick. the note on that box read, quot nasa research instrument, not a bomb.
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if found, please call. if this lands nar the president, we at nasa wish him a great round of golf. concerning since president trump isn new jersey. turns out it was part of a nasa ozone experiment and that note y was written summer intern meant to be a joke. nasa says that person has been removed from this project. nasa is still waiting for four more balloons to land. on monday, the trial begins for an army veteran charged with killing his wife and a police officer who responded to his woodbridge, virginia home. 34-year-old ronald hamilton is cused of killing his wife and officer. she was working r first shift. the officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call. two other officers wer shot and wounded. the couple's 11-year-old son was home at theime of that shooting. hamilton has pleaded not guilty. new video out of california. this.a look at new video of the holy fire
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burning in the cleveland naonal forest. you can see how close it's burning near some of the homes. residents have been warned to get out while they can. but some of them have decided to stay behind and try to save their homes. governor jerry brown declared a te of emergency for the areas affected by this rapidly growing fire. keep an eye on what happens later this morning when the man suspected of start is expected to be arraigned on arson charges. he got a fe you got to feel few the fire out in california. this is just one of a dozen fires burning around the state. >> yoris, thank . 5:51 right now. new video this morning showing chaos at an airport security checkpoint when a carry-on bag started moking. you see it right here. just gone through the scanner at the savilnnahn head airport. you can see some of the tsa agents backing onay. ran over and grabbed the bag and then ran it to a safe area outside the terminal. turns out, that was a malfunctioning battery from a
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vape causing the smoke there. remember, e-cigarettes and vaporizers are not allodn carry-on bags. 5:51. a live look outside right now. often a beautiful picture. the views across d.c. from ourt r camera and yesterday we had a little visitor and not just the sky line. a tak look during our evening shows. this bird photo bombed us trying to get the spotlight there. >> settled up next to the camero there durin 6:00 p.m. newscast. just treatedce to some cream when the bird appeared there.ou check wendy. trying to share her ice cream. >> i love she's just eating on the set. i'm just gog to bre out my ice cream. >> you know what kind of bird that i tweet me. something in the hawk family. >> i'm going to go with what you say. >> it has that face to it. >> absolutely. >> looks like if it were really that big perscale, it would have
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eaten wendy. >> agreed. >> outside on a friday morning. it f. what? i thought you were talking to me. all right. so a little gold glow in our eastern sky here on a friday morning. 90 degree day count inching ever upwards. 4 in may, 6 in june, 1 in july and 6 in a row for august. 28 in a total. today likely to be 7 in a row. but after today, i don't have any more 90s on the ten-day forecast. 66 to get your friday going. and 66 in a lot warmer if dwrour inside the city or next to the bay. eventually rain chances creeping up. area of low pressure out across ohio valley and rather unsettled weather pattern for the weekend. relatively high rain chances. 50%, 60% chance both saturday
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and sunday but neither day is going tpl be a ce washout. let me walk t yourough your friday first of all. s gradual increase in clouds and any chances for rain hold off until probably lunchtime or later on saturday. so, most of your saturday morniplans, soccer games and baseball games and the like likely not to be affected. but by saturday afternoon and evening. showers, some bubbling up of thunderstorms quiteli ely. your saturday evening is likely to be on the stormy side and that pattern will inrepeat, ag coming up on sunday. there's your friday planner, though. sunny, hot a humid today. sun is officially up at 6:17 and down atto 8:09ay and your ten-day forecast is going to be not quite as hot. here you go. unsettled weathe highs back in the mid-80s for saturday, sunday, monday and tulday. back upe to 90 for the middle and later par of next week. let's go over to melissa mollet and see how a friday morning commute is getti started. >> right now chopper 4 headed to
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this problem we have been watching. inbound branch avenue before allentownroad. lane blocked on the right side and good delays as you're headed inbound. inner loop before branch avenue disabled vehicle there on the left shoulder and no major delays there. southbound 295 after mallm x and traffic temporarily stopped and that sounds like itis rolling, once again, and you can tell by the map.mi sissippi lanes blocked for the police investigation. and arlington, inbound. 66 and fairback drive blocked by the crash there. taking a look at your travel times. 270 looks good. inbound on 66 and problems and 95 north even behaving on this friday morning. remember toen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >> thank you. your time is 5:5 the final days of summer don't have to be sad.
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they can be big fun for your entire family. just soak it all in. >> we're working for you at the montgomery county fair. molette green is there at some of the new attractions this yea >> old mcdonald had a farm.hi when you about fairs, you think about the food, the rides and theanimals. and you know this fair is one of the largest in the state of maryland, bringing y so much education about animals and i want to take theseu g right over here t these cute goats. one of the attractions here. you can come in here and learn about the goats, but before we wrap up, i know, we ave somuch in ell you coming up next the 6:00 hour, i'll showou tank. 2,300 pound cow. it will be a lot of fun. stay with me in the 6:00 hour.
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right? also ahead, tests that found something dangerous in th m watr ore than 200 places inm tgomery county schools. the problem is being fixed, but some parents are still concerned. the skins took the field for the first time this year andyo laeu see how the game ended, you'll be gd the preseason gamedon't count. more on that, coming up nxt on news 4 today at 6:00 a.m.
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now police need your help finding the suspect. good morning, everybody. it's 00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. ng i'm eun yang. thank you for jois on a friday. another hot day. we have been feeling it all week, but this early august heal wave robably get a break when the showers move in this weekend. >> melissa mollet has a look at theweather. >> more on our forecast. good morning. >> good morning. happy friday, everybody. these two-day >> friday for you. yesterday was your monday and you wake up and it'sfriday. i normally do that with tuesday and then i get depressed. >> this is the kind week i could have every day of the summer. >>forunfortunately, you're workg weekends. but, the friday forecast looks good, especially if you're heading to the beaches. today looks good. the roads will be dry but the weekend we have some big changes. 76 degrees right now in washington and upper 60sr
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