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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 us off and we check in with the traffic.
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what do you see? >> i see another chance for showers and thunderstorms, probably not as much coverage as yesterday. >> the big area of low pressure is moving away. we had storms and unfortunately a lot of cleanup for that and ving away and only part of the area could see showers. what's so funny? >> nothing. >> i see you smirking and laughing. >> i'm in a good mood. >> i have tot find out w is in that cup chuck is always dr king. we nevow, i smell it but i'm not sure. temperatures right now in the 60s in some. are it is pretty comfortable. 70 degrees in washington. here is the area of low pressure and storms forming isy peania and showers will start to drop in northern sections as we go through mainly the afternoon. through your tuesdayor the afternoon. temperatures still in the 80s but we had that shower chance later on. over to melissa toatee happening hon the roads this morning. good morning. >> good morning. i don't smell anything in the weather and traffic center.
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we'll have to see when chuck comes back if there'sin any suspicious. bethesda, the pike, rht lane blocked. cheverly, a crash o the left and right side blocked this morning. zoing out tovirginia, woodbrid, 75 after 123, a slowdown. left lane getting by. bethesda river road near the exit getting off the outer loop you will see work zone there with some lanes blocked. >> thank you. 4:32. back to the mess left behind. chopper 4 captures wind, rain and damage caused by hail last night. university anue and college park were hit the most we saw. it took out trees and power lines. oo>> on black f road three large trees fell into two homes,
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one neighbor said it felt like a tornado hit last night. >> a tree came down in our backyard. there was hail, like a huge lightning that sounded almost like a bomb, you could feel it. the wind came out of nowhere. >> two homeseclared uninhabitable because of the damage. no one was hurt by the falling trees. >> we're following a developing story out of falls church. a toddler died after falling from a 24th floor balcony. it came months after another child fell. o hisy, 3-year-old fell death from the window on the 26th floor and in 2015, a stood ler festood -- a toddler fl from t fifth floor and survived. a man believed to beor responsible terrorizing women in d.c. and virginia in a string of sex crimes is behind bars this morning and police say
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he could be the culprit behthd several cases. since 2016, authorities have been investigating incidents a man would sneak up behind women and expose himself and sometimes try to grab the inheir private areas. last night,e pol arrested santiago campos and linked his dna to four in a another district. >> we're asking the public to come forward if they have any information about the activities of mr. campos so we can investigate them. >> in arlington, campos is a suspect in at least nine other cases. as mother of five g to visit a friend and ends up dead. this happened on rugby roadn manassas just before midnight on friday. the victim is terri jo hbrand. a man heard her and went to help and saw the suspect on top of
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her with an object and by the time the pice came she was dead in the home. th suspect was arrested and charged with murder. 45, breaking news out of the west virginia state capitol. owl four of the state's supreme justices have been impeached. >> angie is live wh this. what happened? >> virginia state lawmakers working well into the night and approving somewhat of a jaw-dropping article stating all four of the justices abused theirauthority, margaret workman, robin davis and justice elizabeth walker. ne article basically said they spent way too much money and were out of control with lavish spending of taxpayer dollars including more than $1 million in renovations to their individual offices. republican governor, jimustice ll be allowed to appoint new justices. those new judge do not nee to be from the same party as the incumbent. back to you. >> allright. thank you.
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it's now 4:3's he look at your other top stories. london police say two people are being treated after a carme sl into barriers outside the british houses of parliament. police say the driver, a man, was aested at the scene. the 'sci counter-terrorism command is leading the investation. a firefighter has died while battling the mendocino complex and no other informaon has been given. there are reports legendary singer, aretha franklin is in hospice care. her family says she is gravely ill. she canceled performances in march and april after her management team said she was ordered to rest. we will continue to bring thedi latest contions later today. president trump returns to washington just as his former
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supporter/adversary publishes a kll all b and makes several accusations againstim such as race irism racism and mental problems. fired back and called her deranged. gavin ross is a sprint canoeist from bethesda. he shows off his strength as he landed in the top 10 spot in philadelphia finals and will make a national appearance in las vegas on august 27th. i don't know how they get through one obstacle. they have to have great upper body strength. >> we should do a course. have you ever done o? a ropes course? >> i have done one a few times. >> that's probably 10 or 15 years ago. >> you said it. we will do a ropes course.
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we might need emergency backup. >> 4:38 our time right now. stl ahead this morning, a man nearly arrested while buying school supplies. wait until you w hear they thought she was guilty of shoplifting. gettinguns off thetreet and onto your body, a look at
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police are searching for the angry subway passenger who brutally attacked a cductor in brooklyn after announcing the train was running express. three passengers who msed eir stop approached him and started beating him. look at this. the62-year-old conductor had a black eye and scrisches on face and arms.
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warrant is going around to find the suspects. a woman was arrested for shoplifting. >> turns out she wasust pregnant. >> she went to school to buy items for her son. a police officer confronted her toassk what under her shirt. she told him she was pregnant and evener showed belly. >> i wanted to hide under the blankets and just crawl under it and hide from the world i felt so ashamed, so humiliated. >> posting about the incident on social media set off a firestorm. the officer said the store manager asked him to confront her. staples fired the mager and released a statement apologizing but she says she wants staples to directly apologize to her. >> 4:42 right now. still ahea wedding day rescue, a bride in a stranded car while still in her dress. this morning, we're hearing from her about how this happened.
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>> good morning, everybody. four things you need to know about the weather. nice and comfortable outside this morning. another chance for showers, primarily from washington northbound. it will get hot again soon. more 90 degree days in the immediate future. the 10-day coming up. nbc4 clears the shelters on a mission to find new homes for thousands of animals across our area. fees will be waived and we will be having fun a
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you're watching news for today. >> we're not the only ones dealing with the aftermath of powerful storms. heavy rain caused a lot of flooding in pennsylvania yesterday. >> it led to flooding of several vers. atne point, 30 rafters were un unaccoted for in bozeman town, pennsylvania. several different firefighters were able to pull the rafters to safety. >> you can see a newly married
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bride still in her wedding gown being rescued from fast rising flood waters. this happened over the weekend in new jersey. listen to thede describe the tricky rescue. let's listen to our sister station. >>thing was soaking wet offi had to take my heels and had to climb on top of the -- we had to climb through ice sunroof on top of the car and into their v. >> i guess you could say the police lights were her something you need something blue. that poor woman -- she'll have t story tl the rest of her life. >> looks like she kept the dress dry. hope made it to the altar. it is 4:47 rightw. president trump's working vacation is over. he's back in the district. former al comes as his top aide's tell all book hits shelvesod. >> in omarosa new book, she
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cuses the president of being racist and not mentally fit to be in office. she says she was fired between her exchange of chief of staff john kelleyre anddent trump's reaction to it. she is on a tell all book tour d president trump fired back calling her a low life, wacky and not start. news4's niki carvajal joins us. >> she was on several news sources yesterday talking about what she says is president trump's unfitness for office attacking his mental state and leasing tapes from president trump and john kelley, the chief of staff. one of those recordings made in thte house situation room. the president's current ally saying that's inappropriate questioning whether or not it's even legal and really going
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after amarosa's credibility and this te was of theresident using the "n" word. she say this tape is ut there and she heard it and the president seems comfortable using it and his treatment of african-americans. he fought back sayinghe called him a great champion of civil rights until she was fired. she says she believes that tape will be released and she says it's likely toef happene the november mid-terms. >> thanks. it's4:49 this morning. an historic trade between the district and el salvador, returning there to monitor sunday's rally. both the mayor a of el salvador hope it will rally ties
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and form a partnership between the itca college and the rosario school ina colum heights. now, to an update on that coach bus crash in new jersey. take a look atmideo f early yesterday morning. the hour bus was being opeted by coach liberty. we now know 76 people were on that bus whenrated into an overpass at newark penn station. more than a dozen are recovering from minor injuries. there was no structural damage to the overpass, just official have issued a summons to the driver for careless iving. th v.a. medical center, some veterans in need of care find their biggest battle is justetting to the front door. the unique and growing parking problems there. >> reporter: many of the 100,000 veterans who use the washington dca veteran center have mobility
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challenges. some struggle to walk and stand. yet a review shows some veterans nevertheless are makingue long ng walks just to get to the front door. parking at the center i limited. as it completes aenovation to its garage, some of the remaining parking spots are so ar away, they're the length of 3 1/2 football fields door-to-door. from waldorf, he's one of those challenged and we see him in a scooter. >> he has to fight through traffic and fight for a parking space and fight to get there in and get wherever he's going. i've walked those halls with him. they're long. long.y >> the medical center tells us they are adding parking but the new garage they're renovating isn't supposed to open until march. we show you the challenges, patients and veterans with disabilities speak at medical it's s nationwide and why
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so difficult and in some cases so time consuming to make the fixes. for now, scott mcfarland, news4 iteam. >> 4:52 right now. one mother on a mission to get streetsguns off the >> she's turning guns into jewelry calling them a symbol of peace. she created the caliber collection, they're from guns and shell casings swept up from crimeshcenes. also works with police departments to finance gun buyback programs. >> when i look at it, i think to myself, these are beautiful. we have turned destruction and hate and intimidation into beauty. >> she startednewark but now works across the country. each piece of jewelry has a special touch bearing the serial number andity where t weapon was taken off the streets. coming up at 4:53. sheena is with us this morning. i think it feels pretty good
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outsid >> especially compared to yesterday. >> it feels comfortable. i got out of my car, thinking it's pretty pleasant, not too warm or muggy. but some spots a in the 60s. we had a little bit of a cooldown this morning but i'll take it. get ready for a very hot day. th morning, comparabfortable an dry. we have shower chances later not frybody but part of etoday. area. tomorrow, we're back in the 90s. part of the reason i feel so comfortable is because of the wind flow comingto u the north. 70 in washington. 65, dulles. 60 degreesen norton. and 70n annapolis. temperatures are lower than they have been recently. high winds or wind damage from th fredericksburg area through
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baltimore. that extends to pennsylvania. a lot of cleanup today. i think the weather will be cooperating for most of the day for cleanup. a lot of tree limbs down. the pressure is to the north and begins to pull away. and to the north of d.c. have the best chance for showers. as far as ercising is concerned, good this morning. by noon, temperatures in the low 80s, sunglasses and hat. and then a chance of shougrs th the afternoon. here's future weather. by lunchtime mostlyry and seeing a couple showers trying to pass-through as we go through the afternoon hours and best chance is northtr of the dt and even around the d.c. metro area possibly. 91 degrees, 93 thursday, 94, friday, lockt the hot conditions headed to the weekend. unfortunately we have run chances in the forecast. od morning, melissa. >> good morning. in falls chch, westbound 66,
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after leesburg pike, we have partnf a tree the right side of the roadway. oesn't seem to be slowing things too much. ire department activity reported in thcheverly n the left lane blocked and should be clearing pretty soon. woodbridge southbound after i95 should be wrapping up with the left lane as >> a 3-1 pitch. walk it out! >> dagger. for the second morning in a row we are waking up to another tough loss for the nats. they faced the cardinals in st. louis, trailed by two in the eighthnd came back in the nint c then theds responded with a walk-off home run. there was a grand slam bottom of theinth withe chicago cubs,
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remember that? >> yeah. >> we were to -- >> painful. >> this happens and now i think third place now. we're just -- you know, it's very disappointing. >> you have to hope they can turn things around. the regular football season hasn't started yet b big super bowl predictions.di >> these preions are coming out of the training camp in richmond from the former safety athletic director and redskinsg and nfl hall of famer green sayshey could have a shot this year. >> it's not like basketball, the same team continues to win, with the parity here, you have an opportunity. and right now they have a great opportunity to win a super bowl this year. >> darren green, one of the greatest skins to ever grace the
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team, spoken like a die-hard fan, every season there is a chance to win. i'm with you, we can win! 4:57 rig now. our headlines this morning we will tell you more about a mand accuf setting a pregnant woman on fire as a judge is letting him out of jail. his alleged victim isng deman to know why. a man flies a plane into his own home on purpo while his wife and child were
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for the second day in a row, strong storms made a mess of neighborhoods across our region.
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one of the hardest hit areas, college park, maryland. >> chopper 4 gave us a l the damage taking down trees and crashing power lines and blocking road good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> it's 5:00 a.m. we'll have more on the damage in a few minutes. a look at your forast for today. >> melissa mollet is standing bi th a check on your commute but first to our meteorologists. what too we expect today. what do we expect today? >> it will be different totay. a of people doing cleanup. >> veryty g wind gusts over 40 miles an hour at bwi0 and miles an hour at the national airport. a lot of wind energy yesterday, lower storm coverage tod. p

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