spokesperson who tells me the plaza, the old pennsylvania avenue which is now a pedestrian plaza in front of the white house and the sidewalks around the white house will be closed to p theublic completely sunday from 10:00 a.m. until sock p.m., and they are doing this so that this area can be a staging area for police and other first reonders like medics, so, again, the plaza in front of the white house and the sidewalks in front. white house on sunday will all be csed to the public. this is the type of scene police in d.c. v andginia are working to avoid. white supremacists clashing with counterprotesters in charlottesville one year ago. a clash that turned deadly. yesterday d.c. mayor muriel riefed along with police reporters on security plans for bowser won't but be here. she's going forward with a long planned trip to e salvador. bowser was asked today who will be in charge while she's gone if the protests turn violent?

>> i'm always in charge. i'm always the mayor, no matter where i am. >> bowser did s there a options should a crisis unfold while she's out of th country. >> in which case i will make a designation that th city administrator makes any decisions that i'm not able to make, but i -- i should say that we -- i will -- if i think that i need to be here i'll >> organizers of the unite the right, too, have a permit to rally in lafayette square across from the white house on sunday. multip organizations have requested organizations to sta counterprotests at the same time. based u applications from both sides,nhp mipoce suspect there to be far more counterprotesters than whiteon supremacists. he unite the white two website organizers have instructed sheirporters to bring american and confederate flags as well as wearing body cameras. they are also tellinghem not to bring weapons or shields, and they are urgingachem not to t with anger.

five groups of counterprotesters ave been issued permits for rallies in separate locations acrossheerno t before marching t lafayette square. now, again, in brand-new information thate're getting from the national park service, the pedesian plaza in front of the white house that used to be pennsylvania avenue and the sidewalk in front of the white house will all be off limits to sunday strians all day from 10:00 a.m. to sock p.m. so that that area can be a staging area for not only law enforcement but also paramedics and other first responders who will be down here on thecene nday for the rallies. that's the very latest from lafayette square marksegraves, news 4. >> interesting. so, mark, you've got tode w how that changes the optics having the white house as a backdrop. you'll still be able to see the white house. >> oh, yeah, kbsolutely. yow, we're just also getting the coordinates of where they will be staging the various protests, and they are going to have the counterprotesters on

one side of lafayette square and sts on thesuprema other side and then there will be an area of the press iee be the two groups so that's what we have to look forward to coming up on sunday? >> that will juste a little bit tense. >> yeah, okay? >> well, this evening i charlottesville there is a heavy police presence in the downtown area and news 4's david culver is there. been there all day talking with people who lived through last year's turmoil andne now year later they are hoping for something very different this weekend. >> on a summer evening, charlottesville's downto mall is the place to stroll and just be. but tonightn seemingly aceful pedestrian plaza there are markings oful a pai past just one year ago. the clash beten protestsnd counterprotesters are taking a life here.tr fourtht now carries heather haier's name, growing emorial to her and the two virginia state police ceasers

killed in a chopper crash. >> last year was terrifying, truly terrifying. >> reporter: surrounding in the anquillity of h flower shop owner karen walker struggles with the images of that day. >> it made me sad, really, really sad. >> reporter:ou're been here more than 20 years? >> mm-hmm. is this the charlottesville you know? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: you say i don't want a charlottesville happening here, to have it used in t way, does it hurt? >> yeah, yeah. it's -- it's notndicative of this town at all. >> reporter: what is this wn? >> this town is lo. >> reporter: the city will embracesh sanipashowcing thee. v

karen's shop will hand out purp flowers to honor the lives lost and the coffee house staying open. her employees wanted to be here. she says they will be serving up a local favorite, a caffeinated surge of love. in charlottesville, david culver, news 4. >> that's nice. that coffee looks good right about now. >> sure does. back in d.c. mark mentioned some of the sidewalk and road wnosures down we can also expect some delays on the rails this weekend, and melissa has a closer look with your first 4 traffic. >> here is a look at the road closures. we're talking about a pretty extensive set here. a-9-to 17th streets northwest around the white house between k and constitution and 18 and 23 between pennsylvania and e, e, f and g between 17thnd 23rd. now, let's take a look at the rails here right now. what's going to be because of the real. so orr's line unite to right

gather at 2:00 p.m. silver and orange line, no trains running between foege ttom and federal triangle. trains every 20 minutes outside of that particular closure blue line, service between franklin and arlington and no service in d.c. or in ryland. >> and those metro closuresre going to last beyond this weekend. >> that's right. >> news 4's chris gordon joins us now live at the foggy bottom station to explain how w thisl impact you even if you don't take metro. chris? >> well, jim and wendy, the ggest impact could be seen right here at the foggy bottom metro station on sunday when the unight the rightee protesters here and march to lafayette square, but for regular metro riders the impact will last for the next 16 days as they face station closures, single tracking and delays.

metro managers and supervisors are taping posters in spanish and english all around stations informing riders of the changes that are cing. free shuttle bus service will replace trains this weekend between foggy bottom and federal triangle. some trains ongehe or blue and silver lines will run less often over t next 16 days. riders worry about delays and overcrowding. >> when it's really packed, there's nowhere to sit and the heat makt more difficult for people to travel. >> reporter: metro will be working around the clock to rebuild trackun and tl infrastructure. that will affect riders in maryland, virginia and the district. metro is advising its riders to use alternate transportation. >> it's not really practical the traffic in wuchington. it's that there isn't really an effective alternative means of transportation that i t can use to to work. >> reporter: some metro riders whose workday commute will be disrupted are making other plans now. >> it's better not to even try to attempt the rail.

either best take the bus or uber or some other form of transportation. >> repter: so are you abandoning metro rail in order to get to work on time? >> yes, i willdo ab metro west. >> aaa atlantic which monitors loca commuting patterns predicts traffic congestion will increase for a while, but aaa says the track repair project is necessary for metro to remain an importantart of the w we all get around. >> the emergencyrepairs are essential to keep the ystem vital and safe, so we understand that this is all for safety to make it a much better system. >> metro says it first publicized its major traffic info and again this week tesuggesting alter travel arrangements so they imply if you haven't yet determined how it affects you, now's the time. jim, back to you. >> and speaking of that, chris,

we're working with you for to get around our closures. open up our washington app and search metro. >> thanks, chris. a brazen would-b they ha caught in the act, and police say he tried to break into homes in the falls grove area of rockville, and they are hoping someone will recognize him. there hes wearing those gloves and breaking in not one, not o, three different attempted break-ins all caught on camerad all happening last month. police are offering up to a $1000 award. we're approaching one week since an am better alert went out for a girl and their grandmother who were last seen sunday at a strip mall in harrisonburg, virginia. police picked up the suspect in their disappearance in pennsylvania. they believe the child is in extreme danger. hi swi gears a bit, a

first check of our forecast with doug and the weekend is upon us. it is nice out there right now. how is it going t look for the saturdays and sundays we'll be frolicking in? >> not quitee, as n wendy, but i'll tell you, you know, it's not all bad out there rightnow. it is nice even though we're at 92 degrees. that's, again, five degrees above average. 92 d.c. and 87 in hagerstown and 90 in richmond so, again, today, we're the warmest temperature on the match. look at these temperatur. in the 70s. rain back to the west and this is actually a cold front making it way down. here's the storms right around the pittsburgh area. these will try to move our way d overnight then into the day tomorrow. now, we're not calling for a washout, and i want tra rei that again. tracking weekend rain, yes, but not a washout. rain chances though last into early next week and yes, we are talking a littleit of a flood threat. more about that and see you back here in ten minutes. >> dangerous ride ends with a horrible crime. new videohows a m dragging an unconscious woman from his car in maryland, but what he did

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our weekend is not going to be quite as nice as it is today.hi >> theses can't last. doug is coming back to time out the chances for rain this weekend. an uber driver i guilty of who was woman drunk -- drunk in the back of his car and now he's facing up to to years prison. surveillance video shows him dragging the woman into a hotel. our bureau chief tracee wilkins in liv is upper marlboro with this. >> reporter: the eyate's attoants to see him get more than to years for what he did. he was convicted of this crime earlier this week here in prince george's county court, and he is took the jury only two hours itin to him guilty. this is video of former uber driver westagne pierre throwing an intoxicated passenger over his shoulder and taking her into a hotel room where heould rape her. >> his defense is that he didn't realize that she wasn't enjoyin

it guess and that he felt that somehow he had gotten a c that it was consensual which, of course, nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: the 32-year-old victim was placed inside the uber by a friend in d.c. the driverseas suppod to take her home to fairfax county virginia. the driver ended the fare in fairfax and drove to college park to this budget inn. now that's when surveillance video shows him dragging the passenger's limp body out of tho vehicle and i the hotel. >> you could see that her body was limp and that she was -- and that she was unconscious. >> reporter: according to the state's attorney's office the driver then left the budget inn and came here to a nearbyel en and he's seen here inside the 7-eleven and he uses the victim's credit card to buy snacks. hours later the woman is seen leaving theotel confused. she calls 911. >> do you have an emergency, ma'am? >> i don't know how i woke up here. >> reporter: thi week a jury convicted pierre of

second-degree rape. he fes up to 20 years in prison. >> please do not put an incapacitated person into an uber one, and to be very careful. >> reporter: uber released a statement saying this was a deplorable crime that nobody should ever have to go through. our thoughts continue to be with the rider. the rider in the situation did the rig thing, contacted uber, the police and also worked with the state's attorney's office to make sure there was a conviction in this case. uber has doneng lot to c and try and make their ride-sharing had a little safer go to nbc washington and search uber safety for what they have done. reporting live in upper marlro, tracee wilkins. back to you in the stewed yes. >> some pretty awful video to see the condition that that poor woman was in.tracee. >> yeah. there is a new scam out there that claims to reveal the skeletons in your cset if you don't pay up. 're working for you now with what you need to knowo you

don't fall for this trick. erika gonzalez is live in the newsroom with a look at who is at risk. >> reporter: this could happen to anybody, but they have noticed numerous reports from people in wealthy neighborhoods. itletarts as a er, snail mail or e-mail. in it there areeb claims sody knows your deep dark crets, something that could embarrass you or ruin your marriage if it ever got out, but it will be kept under wraps if you cough up thousands of dollars in bitcoin. >> the method of delivery isn't net and often letter through the mail. >> reporr: special agent matthew disarnh e w thite lettep details on how to make the transaction, breaking with what a lot of scams used to look like. >> whereas in the past manyl financ scams, blackmail schemes, extortion schemes utilized wire transfers or other type of funds transfers, now we're seeing a significant rise

in the use of cryptocurrency to facilitate financial scams. >> reporter: you may be thinking i'd never fall for that, but fbi says the letters include personal information like a user na or password, likely stolen from the web to make you second guess whether or not it's fake. here's howou can protect yourself. the fbi says don't open-mails from unknown people. uheck your bank accounts regularly, and if or somebody you know have been a victim to this scam you can report it to the fbi at ic3.gov. we've put that information in our nbcasngton app and search bitcoin. jim and wendy, back to you. >> the latest way to scam g up. d you know now. erika, thank you. president trump is inserting himself in a debate over the nfl ayers protesting during the national anthem. several miami dolphin plars kneltbehind their teammates just before the start of last night's game and this morning the president tweeted t players should find another way to protest or be suspended without pay.in

well, dthe off-season the nfl announced a policy thatd woequire players to stand or stay in the locker room. thatolicy was then put on hold, and it has yet to take effect >> we have some break news now. the redskins lost their preseason gam as you saw last night to the patriots. that pales though in comparison to the loss of their promising running back this afternoon. chris myles isere withhe details with the details on this year's draft pick. the popular derrius guice. him already >> d.j. swearinger says derrius bowler and e a p top three rusher in the nfl this season. it will take another year before tathose expons are realized. the redskins second round pick tore his acl in his first preseason game and is out for the entire rookie ssson. geiss i expectedo be a

difference-maker for the rushing attack whichar finished tds the bottom of thefl on an explo agt new england on thursday night. this, a devastating blow to the redskins offense which is in definite need of a playmakeren wh it comes for excitement for the upcoming season there's not been a redskins player to have this muchntipation since robert griffin iii back in 2012 >> the redskins were off today and will resume training camp at 2:00. fternoon >> jim and wendy, back to you. >> in 1917 woodrow wilson was president. the average price of a home $5,000 and nina was born. >> tomorrow she turns so 1 years old. she was born in alexandria, and s lived in the commonwealth her entire life. nina worked for the state department and nasa.

>> she attributes her long life daily doses of co, cookies and chocolate, the three cs. her family andoi friends are to be celebrating her tomorrow at arden courts where she now lives. so 1. >> that's amazing. happy birthy, nina, and i'll binge on cola and cho cookies. >> you already ao. lot him. he's so 3. >> exactly. >> dougs ing to join us next with big changes in the weather. >> helping you plan your days off. >> consumer alert. if you're thinking about changing your cell phone plan. this one is for you. the local man's surprise bill

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recovery mission. as soon as we get more details, we'll have it for you right here from the live desk. back over to you in the studio.s >> let a look at our forecast now that friday has hey ride of. >> yeah. >> how is it looking for the weekend? >> not toobad? >> good. >> if you have plans this weekend don't cancel them. it won'tou be a wa of a weekend at all but be aware an alert that we'll seecattered showers and thunderstorms out there during the day on saturday and, of course, on oosunday, out there right now a little bit of a hazy sme. louds but a lot of sunshine, too. temperatures are2. 92 again. winds out of the west 9 at 9 mis per hour. we saw 92 yesterday. that's well above average, but the humidity is down today so it's not quite as uncomfortable past couple n the of days and this evening really nice. 89 martinsrg and 88 towards fredericksburg so it's warm everywhere. expect it to be warm this time of year. showers and storms and nothing around the d.c. metro area now.

they are all way to the north up heound the hagerstown area. you can see front right in here. here's the front making its down from the north and coming down our way. here's another spin in the atmosphere. these will come together over r region overnight tonight and tomorrow. we could see rain at any time tomorrow. e really is a chance during the day. 8:00 a.m., nice some shower activity over parts of our region and notice most of us remainwe dry. e got some showers around and most of us are on the dry side and even through the late afternoon and then we see some storms coming in during the evening hours. tomorrown o sunday we think a better chance of storms areawide sunday and once again not a washout. again, your forecast tomorrow. 86 and warm and humid, periods n rain and rain all day. we're not talking about a washout i would make sure you haveahe umbre handy and make sure you have a secondary plan, too. thinking of heading to the barb might need to head indoors as any of these storms develop

around your region. a 60 chanc of storms on tomorrow and sunday. we may bring this down a little bit. looking less likel and monday, 70% chance of showers. we do think it would be more rain showers instead of storms and any one of these days could see locally heavy rainfall over mostf these areas and that's why we have a very possible flood threat in parts of the area. not everywhere andee could localized flooding. 89 on wednesday and 90 on thursday and is next friday. we do start to warm again. temperatures back i mid-80s. not a bad quarterback. pretty typical for this time of the year. sattered thunderstorms during the day bothurday and sunday. >> thank you, doug. exosive new claims from former white house aide omarosa of usi the "n" word. preventing pregnancy in a

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blue lines until the 26th of august while work at mcpherson square and smithsonian station is completed. >> security measures in effect in charlottesville a year after the violent and deadly rio there. some roads are closed, and extra police officers are positioned downtown. a few business owners we spoke to say they wi stay open in hopes of spreading a message of love. >> and the district up for the large crowds this weekend. the white nationalistsri unite e t rally will be happening outside of the white house on , sund and several counterprotests are also scheduled. a number of streets are closed through sunday. organizersupremacist have told supporters to leave their weapons and their shields at home. >> local faith leaders and elected officials are using sunday's rally as a teachable moment. >> right now they are holding a teach-in and a vigil in the district to push backtegainst peech and these extremist groups. >> news 4's jackie benson is

live for us at the hebrew congregation in washington in northwest d.c. jackie? >> reporter: jim, organizs weren't sure how many people would be able to get here in the ddle of the day. hundreds of folks are inside here and filling almost every seat on the lowerel l now d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton and jamie raskins he the teach-in. the crowd include people of different faiths who want to come together to sw that there are ways to combat racism and hatred. >> the people are showing up with the swastikas and theco ederate battle flags they have a right to exercise their rights under the constitution, but g we've to be clear that if they were given the chance they would destroy our constitution and destroy our republic, a s that's an assault on all of us. before the nazis and racists

and haters get here. we're holding an event right here in a synagogue, and what we're trying to do is to give a peop opportunity not simple police to respond but to speak up. >> we're told that 160 faith institutions across the district have signed a pact of solidarity ing into this weekend. tonight at 7:00, there will be a vigi that will mark the process into this weekend. live in norwest, jackie benson. news 4. >> thank you, jackie. >> the city ofhaottesville declared of state of emergency as you know ahead of this weekend. no major events are planned, but city officials s after last year's violent clashes that ended with a woman's death,hey do not want to see any repeats. nbc's gabe gutierrez has ourst y. >> reporter: morning one year after charlottesville was under

siege by violent protesters, the city isnder a state of emergency as the anniversary nproaches this weekend. >> we willot tolerate any forms of violence in the coteunity. >> r to avoid a repeat of the violent clashes between white supremacists and st counterpros the city is issuing now demonstration permit. officials expect croill gather this weekend toat commemore the tragic death of heather haier, a young woman killed when a man drove his crowd into a car. heather's mothe is still pained. >> i should say i will forgive but i'm not there yet. >> reporter: washington, d.c. officialsre als on high alert this week. they are expecting rallies on sunday by the sam groups who were in charlottesville last year. police say they will keep the two sides apart, but bracing for trouble streets around the white house are beinglosed. >> charlottesville will be much safer this year.

>> reporter: evethone helping anniversary will pass with incidents >> definitely a little bit tense. >> reporter: business owner hunter smithne says o year later a lohiof people still tnk of charlottesville differently. h >> weird toave a company from ik l eslochevi tt that charlottesville? >> reporter: this is the makeshift memorial at the spot where the counterprotester was killed last year. at the time local authorities were heavily criticized for not anticipating t potential for violence. this year they are not taking an chances. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, charlottesville,irnia. >> d.c. mayor muriel bowser will not be in town today.ra she'sling to el salvador to promote business and cultural ties there. news s sister station telemundo 44 is sending albert e pimienta with ayor and his begin tomorrow night on telemundo 44. there are explosive new claims from onede of the pre

trump's most visible supporters during the camppign. former ntice" star and white house adviser omarosa manigault newman calls the president a racist in her upcoming book called "unhinged." erika gonzalez is in the newsroom with our story. >> in that new book okay roseau alleges that the president had been caught on microphone using the "n" word multiple times. she's not personally heard but says threeoleople have her about that recording that allegedly occurreduring a taping of "the apprentice." omarosa p writing it that it's finally sunk in that someone she thought she knew so well was actually a racist adding, quote, my certainty about the "n" word tape and his frequent uses of that word were the high mountain ofparuly ing things that i experienced with him and, quote, omarosa claims in her book she's worried about the pres mental decline citing his contradictions and responses during a sit-down interview wh

lester holt. white house press secretary sarah huck bowanders blast the allegations saying omarosa's book is, quote, riddled lies and false accusations. she also says omarosa had only positive things to say aboutum president when she worked at the white house. meantime, mgm studios which owned and produced "celebrity apprentice" says it's not commenting on the allegations. let me also mention this. late thi afternoon a contradiction to the story with omarosa giving an terview to npr and telling them that she had in fact heard the te. w, if you'll remember okay roseau will be doing a sit-down interview with chuck todd on "meet the press" on sunday. sot'sefinitely not the last time we'll be hearing about this. wendy and jim, back for you. >> i'mure not. >> we're never going to stop hearing from omarosa, i just g. have a feel >> thanks, erika. president trump's pick for the supreme couill go before the senate judiciary committee early next. mon judge brett kavanaugh's confirmation hearings are now

scheduled to start stember 4th. republicans are hoping to confirm him before the start of the high court ears nextan sessn the mid-term elections. democrats have criticized the gop forot allowing enough time or enoughen docum out to that doesvet cavanaugh for come with a lifetimeap intment. >> the president's policy under increased scrutiny. so aplane is turned aroun woman and her doubt ker come back to the united states. at 6:00, fallout from this unusual decision. and tomorrow night we have concerts outside and for all the concerts some thundstorms are possible but not a guarantee. doug and i will bre

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olling through his tablet to initial and sign so the takeaway her is no matter how much you're promised verbally make sure you take the time to read everything that you're given. back to you. >> well, susan and the nbc 4 responds team has helped our consumers save nearly $1.5 million. if you have a consumer issue submit your information o the m nbcwashington. app/responds. >> all right, doug. are we having a 50/50 weekend? >> saturday is looking a little -- >> someone had sugar at lunch today. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's friday, right? >> kindf a 50/50 weekend. >> the one takeaway that we continue to say is. >> yeah, turn around, don't drown. >> jim. >> it's not a washout, everyone.

>> that's right. >> out there right now let's take a look at what we're dealing, burks yes, that's obviously important to the tournament. we actually do have some flood potential over the next couple of days and that's only because of all the rain we've seen in the past month sunshine, temperature-wise and at 92 degrees and 87 at 7:00 and a really nice nht tonight. really going to be quite nice if you're getting dinner outside td taking dog for walk. will 6 in gaithersburg and 89 in manassasipnd list coming in at 87 degrees. nothing on the radar in our immeate area, but take a look up north. if you live up in our northern coroty here,d the hagerstown area and washington county, back towards allegheny county. we're seeing thunderstorms there. you can see the fnt trying to make its way down. trying to make its way and another little system movg our way and those will combine tomorrow, and as we said, not a

washout, and that's the most important factor here. we're goi6. if we get a little bit more sun tomorrrs, could see num in the upper 80s. warm and humid and periods of rain and not rain a day though. again, not rain all day and that's very important, amelia because so many of us have a plan as we make o way out towards the weekend. not going to be a washout. >> you don't want to cancel those. definitely have a backup plan. montgomery county fair, going einto the afternoon andning hours. definitely comes prepared for a chance for the rain and the rain jacket and bring the shoes that can handle s out there. the earlier the better. if you're dealing with anything it's only going to be a shower, no thunderstorms in the hour at that point. if you're heading to the beach there's a chance for some thunderstorms, and as you go to was saying the takeaway not a washout. temperatures at the beach in the low 80s both days for highs. here use your gardening forecast

and we start off saturday at 75 degrees. about a 75% chance for a and scattered showers and thunderstorms hate in the day wi iths a hig looking likely dry and chance for showers and thunderstorms increases as the day wearsn with a high temperature and the experts at merrifield garden center say if 60% of your lawn is takenver weeds, consider a total renovation and get started byki ing existing weeds and then seed in september. watchingug, we'll be for maybe flooding this weekend while it's not a washout. some heavy rain is possible in any thunderstorm. >> i d have over 60% weeds over five years ago and did the exact same took all the grass up all by myself and had io redo again. didn't know what i was doing. 86 degrees for tomorrow and on sund. not awashout of a weekend, but watch out for the showers and storms. 84 on monday and 87 on tuesday. next week, well, warm again. we get back to 90 degrees.

our averege high tempera in the middle of next week closer to 85 now as we start to coo things as we head towards fall. >> doug, thank you. a woman from jamaica will spend the next s years in prison for scamming americans, includg an 85-year-old woman from our area out of theirsa ngs. prosecutors say she posed as a worker with publisher's clearing house and called elderly individualslaiming they had won but would have to pay taxes and fees before gettingheir prize. she then instructed the people to wirer send cash by mail. a woman from great fallsst who $300,000 in the scheme. >> new at 5, there are arrests tonight linled to those b holes found in those homes in loudoun county earlier this week. nathan lasher and a teenager are accused of handling guns. the two were target shooting

near taylors town and the bullets ended up striking twoho s. no one was hurt. help is on the way for patients of the troubled washington, d.c. v.a. medicer ce a series of recent news 4 i-team investigations have revealed that equipment breakdownsd dela surgeries and starlization problems at the giant hospital in d.c. and have gone on for years. as scott macfarlane reports, ths agency about to open a smaller new facility in maryland to help divert thousands o its current patients. >> scott? >> the v.a. hast acknowledged its d.c. medical center, there's nd an allly shortages of lot of turnover in the management. meantime, they must handle more than 100,000 patients this year and to ease the patient load they are building a newsa llite clinic in montgomery county. off gaither road near i-270. it will provide an alternative to making the trek to the d.c.c me center.

it opens just after labor day, but patient will be able to make their appointments beginning this monday. primary care doctors, lab work, mental health care will be offered there. that will replace some of the service that vets get in d.c. >> our veterans in this couy have been asking for something like this for decades, and -- and so we're -- that's why we're so appreciative of the v.a. for doing this because we can nowm get that medical attention that they need. >> the v.a. has dozens of these clinics nationwide. they say it helps ease there presn the major medical centers and also acknowledge that there is still much to do improve the d.c. facility. our i-team reporting has shownt air coning still needs to be fixed even amid the summer heat. there's refrigeration systems that must be improved and stilli aw the hiring of a new full-time director there. wendy, b ak for you. right. a laundry list there. we have a story. it's all new a 5:00, and it's coming up next. >> maryland artists putting up

and pulling their talents together to honor those lost in the "capital gazette" shooting. >> everyone in this small town was kind of coming together. we're going to show you how you can support this local effort. >> and then at6:00, som big changes for some young athletes in our area. a looal high s is punting on its once powerhouse football team. we'll tell you why.

a coffee shop in aapolis is paying tribute to the "capital gazette" shooting victims raising money through art. megan pringle through our ltimore statement has a display benefiting the scholarship in their memory. >> 49 westis stree part coffeehouse, part wine bar and partallery. it's different than what they have done and instead of featuring one artist they have many. >> we had 20, 25 artists who had yes. and i'm donating a piece. >> reporter: local artists mped at the piece to donate because 100% of the proceeds will support a fund to honor the victims of the "capital gazette" shooting. >> there's also beautif feeling to it, too, and i also knew that our town, everyone in the smaown was kind of coming together. >> reporter: the show was called love napolis. it's silent auction. >> i don't have money to like donate so i art to donate.

>> reporter: mark uses smoke in his painting. >> a mixture of potassium nitrate and sugar. >> rorter: and more ingredients were required for this piece. >> i wanted to create emotions, sadness and confusion and a little bit of anger and like all that of together and i didn't know how to process it, and this it one way of dealing with >> healing through art. good for them. >> "news 4 at 6:00" starts now with the tight securities ahead of rallies in washington. >> new at 6:00, new calls for peace awho'd of the this weekene white scist rally in the shadows of the white house. >> a painful reminder for everyone here. >> bear kids are up and security is tight and crowds will soon be pouring into our city as police brace for potential trouble. others reflect on tragedy. >> we've opinion through a lot in charlottesville. >> including the victim's mother whose wounds are still raw o

year after the unthinkable. >> you better be in a position where you can adapt quickly because changes come quickly. >> sometimes in the flash of a car driving int a crowd. >> tonight news 4 has every angle covered from the growing tension in the air to the show force on our streets. >> haunting images of the past of local police step up security to keep people safe this time around. officials are around our region have been preparing for the protesters and for the counterprotesters this sunday hoping to avoid the deadly violence that broke out in charlottesville when the same group held that rally there. >> but one topd.c. official won't be in town f the rally. news 4's mark segraves starts of. our covera >> the national park service now tells us that the pedestrian plaza that used to be pennsylvania avenue that runs in front of the white house as well as the sidewalks in front of the white house will be closed to theub