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>> chopper 4 gave us a look at the damage. heavy winds toppled trees and crushing cars and blocking rongs. good moro you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. more on the damage just anu . we will start things off with a todayt the forecast for >> melissa is standing by with a look at your we begin with our meteorologist. >> good morning. after a stormy day yesterday and i' sure people saw a little something, tree limbs down by me, it's qet this morning. >> a lot of storms didn't get around my pce yesterday but the winds the airport gusted at 40 miles an hour and bwi, with winds yesterday. the atmosphere will spin some very unsettled conditions
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primarily today across northern maryland. everyone has a chance but the highest chances are in northern maryland. keep that in mind as you're planning your tuesday. parts of the mountains down in 50s, low 60s in the shenandoahl and low 70s at the internationala airport. comfortable start for today. 30 to 40% chances for showers bulbling up in the afternoon. highs, mid to upper 80s. more sun and heat andumidity coming. now to first 4 traffic. >> good morning. in bethesda river road, lanes blocked. 270, the ramp to mtrose is closed temporarily for road work there. outer loop at the pike blocked and the rest looking good.
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an lt and right side at 202 blocked. fredericksburg, southbound in rginia, left lane blocked due to a work zone. >> thank you. it's 4:02 after a rough night. it is not what some prince george's residents want to hear. the rkf more severe weather today. one person in college park said it looked like a tornado hit. casuring a big m from wind, rain and hail. several trees crashed on top of cars. took out power lines, on block foot road, two large maple trees took out two homes. dennis lived there 40 yes. >> we heard a huge bank on the front porch, oh, boy, what's that? there's a lot of patience, blood, sweat and tears put into this house.
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>> his home w declared unlivable but no one hurt. a toddler died after a fall from a 42nd floor at a balco in virginia. in may, a 3-year-old fell to him death f the 26th floor. one resident who asked to be anonymous says he may move soon. >> in between,ny2-year-old can put their head between the gap. my wife wants me to mov and buy a house. >>quity says our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this very diffilt time and we are working with authorities on the investigation. outrage this morning for the prince george's family who was set on fire while pregnant.
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and for letting him out of jail. > don't understand how the judge would consider giving him a second chance. he doesn't deserve it. he i tried to take me and my daughter's life. >>la quinn phillips will be released with an ankle monitor. it happened in capital heights. she delivered her baby early and spent two months in the hospital. the trial is set for december. the family of an american graduate killed in d.c., matt slewslonski was the target of three groups. the shooter will spend atst l 12 months in prison. the entire family is still dealing with his loss. >> the loss of him and
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devastation to the family has affected me more thanny loss i ever had in my entire life. >> one of the shooters apologized to the family i court. a car has crashed into barriers outside of the british house of parliament. >> what do wew? k british officials working to piece together exactly what happened in westminster. we want to take you live to the scene. metropolitan polume say ar of pedestrians were hurt. they do not believe anyone is in life threatening condition. this happened about an hour ago, lol time, 8:00 in the morning. you can imagine a tuesday morning,eople headed to work, a lot of tourists headed out for sightseeing, breakfast, a very popular area. police say a driver, a man was arrested at the scene. we don't know at this point if they ain categor this as a
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terror related incident or accident. for now, i'm back to you. >> thank you. now, for a developing story about the queen of soul,in aret fran this morning, there are reports then lry senior is in hospice care. they spoke to members of hly fa whether say she is gravely ill she cancele performances in herh and april after management team said she was told by her doctor to rest. we will continue development suspects in a raid are out on bond accused of starving 11 children in the compound and said the were being trained how to load assault rifles. the judge said they're not threat to the communi. one faces abduction charges for his missing son.
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a child's body was fou on the property but not identified yet. just days after an airline employee stole and crashed a jet in seattle, another man stole a small plane in utah and flew it into his own home on purpose. ok at the damaged home police believe he crashed into his home aft few hours being arrested in a domestic incident with his wife. the plane belonged to a company he worked for. his wife and child were inside at the time of the crash butre ble to escape. the man died. a deadly parking spot shooting will be in court. you may remember this. prosecutors say draka was charles with manslaughter. this reverses the sheriff who
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did not arrest him because of the stand your ground law saying acted in self-defense. some young activistso took capitol hill demanding changes to gun laws. they staged a sit-in andet ta the top senators who received the most money fro the nra. even though it wasn't in session they bieve their message was heard. >> this o isn't lostn us. we won't stop until we see a change. >> the students plan to be back in november before the midterm elections. >>weind out today if paul manafort defense team plans to witnesses. if they don't, closing arguments could come as early as today. late this afternoon, the prosecution rested. is on trial in alexandria on charges o tax fraud during his time with a political party in ukraine. this morning, a top fbi
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agent at the center of a scandal about damaging text messages about then presidential candidate donald trump is out of a job. stzok was fired friday. he texted messages with an f attorney with whom he was also air.ng an a he was removed from the investigation last year after reviewing the messages. after reviewing,he office of professional responsibility said stzok should be suspended for 60 days and demoted. they say his firing was from political pressure. trump wrote peter stzok wasust fired from the fbi, finally. d.c. restauran week is in full squeak with 250 restaurants participating. >> there is something special and different this year. an artist, olsen, is displaying
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hometown heroes at a restaurant that offers dinners. you can find a list of the restaurant participating in the washington app. >> i think that's very cool. something new. the google apps on your phone may bewi fol your move even if location history is turned off. >> the only way to make sureth e apps aren't tracking you. and boiled water advisory causes major confusion for thousands of families. now, the district wants to know how to makeure it does not happen again. how's it going? >>s youake up and walk outside, we are nice and dry. mild temperatures. we're in the mid-70sy 9:00 a.m., winter storm again this afternoon and chanc for showers. "clear the shelters" is coming up this saturday
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i serve in the general assembly and we work together across the aisle to get things done. and that's the way it is at ctca. what fred needed was a management team. not just to have a long-term strategy for quantity of life, but also an active strategy r quality of life. my psa is under control. ctca gave me an portunity to accomplish my goals and my dreams.
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here at the "live desk" with breaking news to report. firefighters in new jersey are battling this massive fire. take a look. a three alarm fire that began late last night at a buildg in frenchtown about an hour north of philadelphia. witnesses said the fire started raafter a tractorer slammed into a building but they haven't confirmed the information just yet or whether anybody was hurt in this fire. we will update youea as we more. that's the latest. >> angie, thank you.
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4:15 now. now details on the boiled water advisory that caused confusion and frustration in parts of d.c. last month. >> lawmakers are making sure you're bette informed if it happens again. you will see this only on news4. they figured out a better way to astify the public. the advisory l month was a precaution as officials tested the water after a found open at a pumping station. initial tests came back positive for bacteria but further tests showed there wasn't any. the d.c. water website crashed as more people went on to find out about the boildvisory. they aadding a second computer server could prevent future crashes. >> this high level of anxiety caused by what seems to be a late notice. it's imperave, i ink, we get those vulnerable populations
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contacted right away with a confirmation, yes, they know. >> find out how to sign up for the voluntary notification by visiting the washington app. alexandria leade are seeing a spike in overdoses. seven in the last eight days and one person died and a recent increase from k2 orynthetic marijuana, cheap and popular among homeless people. in a 10-day period last month, three people wereo taken the hospital for overdoses. google may be tracking your every move even if you tell itn to. google as automatically store timen locat data even with a privacy concern. the only way to stop google from
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following you may t be turn off your phone. imagine that. >> that's a lite extreme. apple users may have to wait a little longer for a feature promised in an upcoming update. a group facetime peoplellowing 32 people to video chat at once? >> why would you wantk to t to 32 people in a video chat? >> get a conference. >> ion't think inow 32 people. >> they said it would be part of the ios 12 next month. apparently they decided it isn't ready just yet. now, they say it will be released later this fall in a separate update. >> you heard bull in a china shop, how about a bull in a liquoru store. an see the bear triggered the automatic door and wghked in. toalert employee managed stop the second set of doors from opening. he's smart. another customer walked right in and didn't even see the bear.
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he walked right off. >> i wonder if he wanted bourbon? i thought, why? >> the b&b? >> i would think a brown bear would like a brown liquor and lar bears would be the clear liquor. maybe the bear drinks vodka. the polarre bear -- w going off the rails. talk about the forecast. >> we can do that. nothing major. not the super soakers we've been facing. nonetheless chance for a few showers. there are 90 degree days in the forecast. so far for thiumr we had 30 days 90 degrees or higher but haven't had any day over a hundred yet, welcomes. n low pressure in the upper levels will keep it very unsettled. much like yesterday, dry through the morning hours, as w get
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into the afternoon daytime heating and pocket of cooler air aloft brings rain chances in the highest is north of the city border. pennsylvania not much this morning, a few showers in western frostburg and western maryland. it is comfortable outside. mid-60s to upper 60s to around 70s in the city. plenty of sunshine, afternoon temperatures well up into t mid-80s. highest rain chances are in northe maryland. here's 2:00, showers fromer frk and washington counties and maryland. later on today, a little chance for showers south of the best chances for getting rained on are inri fre county, montgomery county and points north. thing to worry about from a severe perspective today. heat is back, sunshine, 90s, mid-90s befe afternoon storms
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cool things off a bit for the weekend. good morning, g melissa. d morning, mr. bell. taking a look at into town and out of town, no worries. nice a clear. chevere a crash o t right side still blocked. no major delays. prince george's county looking pretty good. bethesda some lanes blocked there and southbound the ramp to montrose, the right side ramp closeding to get off to the potomac. and the left lane bcked a rockville pike with the rest of the roadway just fine. >> thank you. getting ready to go back to ernor. and running for g this teen isn't old enough to vote but ion the ballot today in vermont. >> time is ticking and soon summer will be over and school starting.
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>> welcome back. at4:23, a lot of eyes today on nermont's primary election because this is running to be the next governor. he is 14-year-old ethan sun born, one of four con the ballot. he said his decision to run grew out of frustration with state and national politics. vermont doesn't have a restriction for gubernatorial e ndidates as long as they h lived in the state for four years before the election. starting young. >> probably goi to revisit that law, though.
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school still out for summer for another week for most kids in the district. >> at 13 d.c. city schools, kids are heading back to class for the second d this morning. those schools have extended school year. thto goal i give students extra time for learning and make sure they don't forgetyt everhing over the summer. kids atooke elementary northwest were anxious to get back into thewe classroom. eager. >> i come back and get to meet my friends again and getee to m my new teachers. today has been going very good. >> interim chancellor, amanda alexander stops by to welcome the new kids. to remaining will head back class on monday. >> nice to see those kids' happy faces. > check the calendars, we're getting closer to the first day of schoo for many kids in our area. >> for many famils the biggest shock can be getting back in the school routine.
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justin finch has good advice. >> in the morning it's reall hectic and we're trying to get out the door, what are the routines to keep in mind before we hit the road. >> the best thing is prepare the s> reporter: cecilia jones knows what sh talking about. she was a teacher and now a professional organizer, man out your morning. o get there in time, leave by 6:30. >> reporter: it starts with taking out the guesswo and as sure you're as ready possible. >> if there is soccer practice after school, make sure it has everythingn it including a water bottle and everything go.dy to >> reporter: after kids are at ngme. >> openi up the backpack and if there inc lu drop that in the kitchen to get cleaned up and pulling out any home. wo >> reporter: keep a special foer for school notices and permission slips and what's on thoseorms might need to make the calendar. why is this visual sota imp?
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>> the visual is important so the whole family can have a gooa view is coming up. any child can see what is on f their schedul the week if they know that's their calendar. >> reporter: remember, it's a group effort with regular checks on your calendar and smartphones. >> everything you put in there will help support you not forget and bes and appointments on time. >> reporter: the best spot for your calendar, your kitchen or behind your main door. >> we have a whiteboard inur kitchen and you have to write everything down in my day planner. if i don't write it done it won't happen. you hav to write it down. tomorrow, more tips on the school year. >> and doctorsnd what you can do nor befe your kids head back to class>> > a mother nearly arrested o accuse shoplifting school supplies. wait until you hear what this confusio was all about. sheena. as you get ready to head out the door, know we are dry.
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all the storms from yesterday are gone. we are stillatching our rai chances today for part of the area. we will talk about the timing and how warm it will get outside all coming up. the shirt comes off. he's getting serious for the lightning bolt. >> plus, a local man bearing all -- most, not all, as he tries to become "american ninja warrior." >> that that kind of program. >> not yet. xt at net
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righ now at 4:30, another afternoon storms sent trees into homes at college park. >> we heard from a bride from this now viral video showi her being rescued from a flood while still in her wedding dress. that interview in just a few first, we have to get to our local forecast and much calmer radar than yesterday. >> sheena starts u
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