terror scare. a car crashes into a parliament building in london. what we're learning about the man driving the car. major up. storms left huge trees in our areaot uproed. how homeowners are deali with the damage. storm team 4 radar shows more rain across pennsylvania. we'll be under the gun for the oussibilities of more storms. we'll help you timthose chances coming right up. good morning, everyone. welcome t 4 news midday.

we begin with that clean upt after f moving storms left behind damage in parts of our area. chopper 4 over one of the hard hit neighbors in college park where trees came down. justin, what's going on behind you? >> reporter: good morning. we have b on the ground here in college park throughout the morng watching progress at every turn. lots of scenes like this one here. crews beginning or finishing up work as they have at this home here. that stump was part of a tree that fell down here and forced the family out of their home for the night. want to show you this cherry picker still going on in this area. we have our hands on cell phone rm in showing the s progress yesterday as it knocked down the tree. ngwe were there this mor for the aftermath. a neighbor cell phone rolling as she sheets of rain fell

evening as gusts of wind blew and this big finish,hat large tree there crashing down. here's wheret landed. >> looks like it's right there. >> reporter: kurtis walked into this fallen forestov cing his front yard after the storm passed. >> it was covered in trees. gone. ike the van's >> reporter: this tree fell from across the street. not only clobbering his van but grazing his house and not sitting atop his baru. >> there's glass sunroofn here that's not cracked yet. >> reporter: he's working on his car as crews work on his street treeing to repair tangle of stretched and pulled power lines. not far away news 4 saw pepco crews arrive to clean up tree that blocked the road. one of several across college park. the kind of sight some neighbors say they hav't seen in years.

>> the last time i saw something like this is when the tornado went through. >> reporter: just to give you a sense of strength of this storm, it took up this eire stump up. lift it off the grou . the large tree went across striking two homes. one of the neighbors will be able ter get back a spending the night in a e ttel. all this damage that came down, neighbors remarking what a miracle it was that no injuries re reported in that storm on monday evening. i'm justin finch, news 4. back into you. >> thank you for that. it's nice to know the will be able to get back into that home. we're going to keep an eye on storm team 4 radar throughout the day. rain could be a problem later on this evening. chuck joinss with more on the

timing. >> similar to yesterday. nothing going on out bde now. it'sutiful day where bathing and sunshine over the nation's capital but you can tell all the cold pool of air aloft ross southern pennsylvania is pin wheeling its way down over us. the combination of cooler air and the day hiem hetime heatingt surface means we'll have chance for storms later today. probably not as many storms but any individual cell could pack quite a punch. winds gusted over 50 miles an hour at several locations yesterday. temperature wise, we're now in egreesper 70s to near 80 across most of the area. today's high expected to reach 87. highest rain chances will be north of the d.c. area towards the pennsylvania border s i'w you future weather and start talking about the weekend, coming up. now we want to go to a developing story out o london where counter terrorism officials are investigating an incident outside of the british

houses of parliament. this is video of the scene here on your screen. man is iner custody a crashing a car into a number of preple be hitting barrier and coming to stop. bill neilly has the latest from london. >> reporter: outside itain's parliament, a silver car swerves left and crosses a pedestrian zone. it crashes into a sety barri barrier. armed officers surround the car. the man hriven into commuters. he's hauled out and arrest and led away in handcuffs. ne nearbyn injured cyclist on the ground. this cyclist part of the group. >> someone speds arou around the corner and barrelled through a group of five cyclists. oneas lady thrown off. he proceeded to carry on. >> reporter:yewitnesss say man in his late 20s was driving the

car deliberately fast. >> he was going maybe 40 to 50 miles an hour. maybe more. he driven into the right outside of house of rliament. my opinion it was delibete. it didn't swerve into it. it was directed. >> repter: the attack happened at the heart of britain's political light next to the houses of parliament. >> given this appears to be a deliberate act, the method and this being an iconic sighte, wee treating it as a terro. st incident >> reporter: another said the car swerved close to the railing. within minutes, dozens of armed clice officers at the scene. their concern the might be loaded with a bomb. two people were treatefor injuries at the scene. many driving to the ground. no weapons was recovered from

the car. police believe e was the onl one at the scene. they are treating him add a rror suspect. that could mean he hasmp acce and had people that knew what he was about to do. there wereive terror attacks and the government's emergency committee will be meeting shortly. back here, a toddler died afteralng from a 24th floor balcony at a high-rise apartment in falls church. this isn't first time it's we have more on the investigation along seminary road. >> teporter: this is second time a child has fallen here in the past four months. rhe third time i the ltas telli us this could have been prevented. take a look. this is what it look like monday afternoon as first responders here at the skyline tower. remember it was just back in may when a 3-year-old boy fell through a screen window from 26

stories up. then in 2015, a 3-year-old girl fell frl tom the fifth floor toe third floor. residents have been worried a bt t y -- about the balciebalconies. listen to what one man said. >> i bought the chicken gates at home dee depot. i put it around the balcony. >> reporter: in you have wider wrungs on the balcony, it's a good idea to try to cover them with plexiglass. don't rely on the reens. they're designed to keep bugs and not keep children in. ndcks. r to aro l asttal all possible, never pu furniture right up against a window. it gives kids leg up to get e. outs >> some good reminders there.

there out rage thi morning from the prince countya george when he was set on fire while pregnant. andrea can't believe the judge isetting the m accused of the crime out of jail. >> i don't know how the judge could considerg giv him a second chance. he doesn't deserve it. he tried to take me -- my life anmy daughter's life. >> he will be released with an ankle monitor until his attempted murder trial. the attack happened last september. sh is your honoresuffers burns of her body. the babysu ived. phillips was set to go on trial this week but that's now delayed until december. right now c a pressference is happening in laurel launchinp a new aimed to help victims of domestic violence.

the first of its kind in the dmv area. alert is sent to potential donors and they n donate money immediately to help victims pay for a hotel stay. it has been a rough morning for metro rail commuters. a power problem knocked out service across several lines. shortly after 5:00 a.m., metro tweeted about delays on the blue and yel line. then minutes later, metro rail tweeted about several problems. there were updated along t bluend yellow lines. two hours later service was restored on the l yellowe and now the blue line service is said to be on schedule. a huge section of a bridge collapses sending tons of twisd steel and concrete below. we'll have the latest tn

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at least 22 peopleea are after a highway bridge collapsed inhe italian port city this

morning. the bridge crumbled during a sudden and violent storm. you can see t huge portion of the bridge there gone. cars traveling between italy and france plunged nearly 150 feet to the ground. approximately ten car were on the highway when it collapsed. predent trump ramps up his insul insults toward hisormer aide. he's been on the attack. hours ago when you give a crazy crying life a break and give her a job at the white house, i guess it didn't work out. good work for general k ly for quickly firing that dog. we have mor t on president's tweet storm. >> reporter: the president is back inac washington and bk on twitter. overnight on t attac against former staffer omarosa.

saying the producer of the apprentice called to say there's no tapes where he used the n word. omarosa in a media blit says the tapes are out there and she's heard them. >> it rolled off his mouth like when you heard the access hollywood tape. >> reporter: she believes they public. made >> i believe they are using it for politically motivated things. they -- >> before bnovember? ore november. >> are they democrat sns. >> >> reporter: she's released audio between herself and president trump and her firing of john kelly. ma recordinge in the white house situation room. a situation. i don't think she belonged in the situation room. this goes to the person who hiredher. donald trump. i think this shows he's not credible either. >> reporter: the president attacks her credibility.ow >> life. she's a low life.

>> reporter: saying on twitter, omarosa was a supporter until she got fired. nbc news, washington. students across the country prepare for a new school ar, some young activists had their voices heard on capitol hill. they are deman gng change to laws. they targeted senators who received the most money from the nra. the students believe their message was heard even though the senate isn't in session. >> this isn't going to last of us. we're not going to stop until we see a change. >> the students plan to be back in november just before the mid term. electi big problems in our areas largest va medical center. some military veterans in desperate need of care. findinheir biggest battle is getting to the front door. scott mcfarland shows thein

pa problems there. >> reporter: many of the 100,000 vet verans who use theashington, d. mobility challenges. some struggle to walk and some struggle to stand. , me veterans aric e making lo grueling walks to get to the front door. plrking is limited. as they comete renovation of the garage, some of the remaining parking spots a so r away, they are the length o three and a half football fields door to door. army veteran is one of those challenged. we saw him navigating the long trek in a scooter. pointer and his wife say this ia r frustration. >> we'll have to fight through faffic and fight through a parking space andht to get in there and go where ever he's going. i've walked those halls with him. they're long. >> very long. >> reporter: the medic is added parking but the new garage isn't supposed to open until march.co ng up tonight, it's part of

our full news 4 eye tea investigation. we show you the challenges they face at medical centers nationwidet' and why so difficult and so time consuming to make the fixes. all four of west virginia state supreme court justices has impeached. the justices abused their authority, including lavh spending with taxpayer dollars on their individual offices. republican governor gym justice will be allow to appoint new justices and those new justices samot need to be from the party as the inckucumbent pmpbl the count down is on until school bells are ringing all over our area. part of the back to school routine includes getting your look thtorgt. morning i had chance to

have a t back school party with a purpose. >> check out jason'shair. he's getting two braids. we have the mod hair salon. part o this voluntary into whats facets t non-profit does in communities in need. we got a buz cut happening here. some fades going on over here. our only girl of the morning has gotten her new hairdo. she'sst grot igot a straight hah a trim. brenda, tell me why this is important. >> everyone wants to start the school off right. to be successful, you need the right tools. we'll make sure the kids havehe everything need. the hair salon be make sure they

confident.ling >> before it's all said and done, you'll reach about 200 plus kids in fairfax how do you like your new look? >> i like it. >> she was worried too h muchr will be cut off. that part will be this evening at the reaganty oaks commu center. aging and driving. when a person should stop driving and why it should be followed up with family discussion. d wedding rescue. a bride dressed to say i do is nearly swept awa y

you never forget your wedding day. off i the distance y can see a nearly married bride still in hern wedding g still being rescued from rising flood waters. this happened oker the w in new jersey. lideen to the bri describe this tricky rescue to our sister statn. >> everything was soaking wet. i had to take m heeff and had to climb on top of the -- we hrhad to climbgh the sunroof on top of the car and into their vehicle. >> she has a great wedding day story. look at that. she's doing it in that gown. i give it up to her.

>> yeah. >> what's she going to do? no point in staying in the car at that point. hopefully the weing went smoother. >> and the marriage will go even better. t will probably be the low point for the next little while. rewith going to get another round of that crazy weather? at my house i didn't see anything. >> probably barely five or six smiles from clege park. barely a few drops. it was quite the blast of cool air and wind that came out from underneath the storm. the temperature at my house dropd about 15 degrees in about 15 minutes even though the rain never made it tost north washington. right now the sun is back. we will have another pretty high chance for some rain showers especiallyacross northern maryland later today. nowhere near the coverage andno ere near the intensity of yesterday's storm. today's rain chances are about

half as much a yesterday. right now in washington, the temperatures are heading ining. no 90s today. 31 e likely to have day above 90 tomorrow. another one thursday. before we frida fall back into the '80s for highs over the weekend. it's a poolol of air aloft across parts of pennsylvania. as the piece of cooler air tries to pivot into our area, there could be a couple showers. here is a future weather. the higher rain chances are just across the pennsylvania border. every one has a chance. nowhere nr the coverage. 7:00, 8:00 this evening. that will drift down much litter in t w eveningl after daytime heating has come to an end. these storms later today will

nobe quite as bad add yesterday. 79 in leesburg. headed out to the pool today, honestly, a really nice pool day. the humidity levels are down. a nice breeze blowing. temperatures won't be all that hot. rain chances start to creep up after 5:00. by then you'rerobably done with the pool. grilg grilling outside, you'll have to be paying attention to news 437 we'll keep you posted on the radar. ces for the nextr ne couple of days. we'll be many the 90s tomorrow and thursday. rain chances back friday and lingering into the weekend. >> thanks so much. people across the country are paying tributeuto singing tr aretha franklin. the latest on her health and some of those tributes. en an investigation finds t

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you can't even hear let alone spell the wordwi respect out thinking of aretha frar franklin. well wishes are pouring in as news spreadshat the queen of

soul isravely ill. morgan radford has the latest. >> reporter: this morning the queen of soul, arethank fran said to be gravely ill. a source confirming she's surrounded by faep amily and friend >> friends and loved ones are with her in her home in the detroit area and hoping and praying that her situation improves. ♪s >> of franklin's failing health leading to an out pouring of support. fans at the beyonce and jay-z concert singingespect before the show. the cartersin dedicat the show to franklin. stephen tyler telling tmz. >> god bless you. big prayers for you. love you. >> reporter: praying for the queen of soul.

franklin's career has spanned over half a century with massive hits like "respect," "natural woman" and "chain of fools." she sharesec herret to staying on stage. >> i think it's the love of the, busine the industry. >> reporter: 18 grammys. a presidential medal of freedom. the first woman inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. in recent years she's struggled with her health. it's part of her life she's tried to shield from the spotlight. first uer going an unspecified surgery in 2010. announcing her timent in 2017 saying she would only

return to the stage for collese thin. sherecently cancelled a number of performances. appearing noticeably thinner. in marchan herement team saying she had been ordered by her doctor to rest. >> this is one of the transform ti tive artists of the 20th and st citizen. >> reporter: this morning t music world hailing a tune. ♪ >> reporter: who provided the soundtrack to so many lives. >> morgan radford reporting. your phone may be trackingo your every even when you tell it not to. an investigation by the associated pressinds that google apps automatically store

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that's according to a new aaa study to start the discussion long before any accidents or injuries. nbc sarah has that story. a year ago 94-year-old earnest hunter knew it was time to retire from the road. >> i felt like i was not quite oo as alert. >> reporter: he opted not to new h license. >> i figured this was a good it up. give >> reporter: seep seniors out live their ability to drive safely by seven to ten years. more than 80% of older drivers viy they're not talking about their d with their families and doctors. >> famils should start planning around the time they start to make other plans for other major life changes. retiring from work. making change to a different house or even going to an sisted living facility.

>> reporter: aaa suggest families start t often difficult discussion before any red flags occur. have one terson speak wit driver so they don't attackoi a generalizations about senior drivers. >> the time to give up the skey is dierent. it's not the age as well as a circumstances conditions. >> reporter: hunter has adjusted the life as a passenger. >> no regrets. it was the right decision. >> reporter: safer and still ytting around. we're work fr health this morning. the best hospitals list is out. hn hop kkins is ranked number three overall. med star georgetown university was ranked number one in d. her high ranking hospitals include mary washington hospital and holy cross hospital in silver spring. in all, ten local hospitals scored well on this list. each hospital was evaluated in

25 different areas of care. every one has a story in the arlington county sheriff's office and the non-profit program heard is giving inmates a l creative out with a creative writing contest. one writer never knew he had t talent until now. >> reporter: some never understood the power ofwords. >> it was a beautiful sunday morning in july of1980. >> reporter: until their own words become healin >> i the words i speak. >> reporter: putting pen to paper, inmates at the arlington county detention facility speak their truth. >> i dream abo the future. i dream about the par:. >> reporte theirit words whereamong 98 entri nine winners were chosen. >> i dream about thepeace.

i dream of all the places that i would rather be. >> reporter: 26 years old, locked up for possession of heroin has beenre here be >> this isn't my first time. i struggle witon addicor a while. i'm trying to overcome it >> reporter: recently, he began writing. his first place poem written foh his b who is serving life. >> he pretty much told me that sometimes he feels wrong for having big dreams because he's not going to be able to fulfill them. >> reporter: even his dreams are stalle by the jump institute and his time behind bars. it's time he uses to explore creativity. >> i have hard time talking about feelings and emorions. >> repr: because it's true. every one does have a story, but he hopes to make a this just part of his a not how e eit end. >> i'm looking at writing as a

career. >> reporter: in arlington, nicole jacobs, news 4. >> awesome. virginia lift off. the latest mission from the commonwealth and the payload. heating up again. chuck's back th the latest on the

another successful rocket launch for nasa. this was hours ago. it carries eeriments from college students across the country. it reached more than 90 miles in altitude. very educational. hands on. >> absolutely. young budding rocket scientists all over the place.

don't you worry, heat and humidity lovers. it's not done. august is noth done w us just yet. it will be hot and humid probably add early add ritomorr. t now it's not a problem. winds out of the west at 13 miles an hour. that's keeping the atmosphere relatively dry. a temperature of only 80 degrees. it's a lovely day to be outside. there's the rain chance way out to our north. the rain chances will be closer

to us. i showed you or short range model.er sh going before 5:00 especially up near the pennsylvania border. chances of hit and miss showers around the d.c. area between about 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. evening. fading away after 9:00 or 10:00 evening. by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, a all is is gone. there's future weather for tomorrow. that was the whole day right there. hardly a cloud the be foundto rrow. the return of 100% sunshine. high w temperatures todl be m the mid-80s for most. again hit ands showers are possible later today but nowhere near the intensity of the coverage. watching for pm showers tom sun more 90s on thursday. storms likely to dom bacome bac

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aoc l man who nrowly missed making team usa in the olympics now has a shot. he's a sprint canoeist. he didn't finished the obstacle course but showed off his strength. that means he'll mak experience in the national finals in vegas on august 27th. go gavin. as you prepare your own kids for school, we have been working for you collecting backpacks. we want to give 4,000 backpacks

full of supplies to children in need this year. we're getting a lot of help from the community to reach that goal. the reverend kathy alexander joins us this morning with aig donation standing beside h inii with big backpacks. tell me how you congregation has jumped on board. >> we find this to be an amazing effort we can participateev in y year. we want to get or friends and families and have gotten them together. we've been able to give funds and backpacks to outfit about 250 children. >> let's findt out w that is. >> we have a check for 3,1$3,1 o

give towards this effort. >> that's going to go a long way. why is this important for the church to lead the congregation and the community because you know the community's needs. >> we feel like we need to be we want to keer out not only in words and prayer but physical ways as well. this is an opportunity for us to do that. >> we can't say it enough. backpacks full ofs suppl get young people started out of gate. assignments like a small gesture for a lot of people but it goes wa long >> it does. it's more than physical needs. it's the hopes and a dream the intentions of every child that's going to carry a backpack. how off that backpack. i love them at the beginning f the schooyear. they're so beautiful and clean. by midway they get all grungy.

i'm going to take that check. thank you so much. there's so many people who still want to help out with this campaign. we want you to be able to do that. all you have to do is go online at hinbcwton.com. search backpacks and you can donate right there. quick, fast,ea . thank you so much for coming in. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>here's the check. i'm going to turn it rightno. i looked at my daughters and my wife and i said i want to spend more time with them. >> transplant survivor isart of a new study that could result in more people getting life saving kidneys. his sto u comingp

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right now there are thousands of peopleng wai for a kidney transplant and sadly some won't survive the long waiting process. there's a new stud that finds there's hundreds of kidneys available but they're not all being used for transplants. >> i was on hooked to a machine for four hours, three days a week which after treatment from the isdialafter being off that machine, my day was pretty much done. i couldn't do anything at the

house. all i could do was get in the bed and rest. >> reporter: elliot stephens is talk about the kidney dialysis that kept him live while he waitedor a kidney atransplant. he's married father of tw long delivering packages for fedex with that dialysis schedule he couldn't workld he ct travel. >> it just drained my body. i couldn't do things with my daughters and go out with my wife to dinner and things like that. >> reporter: about 1ths after he went on the transplant list, he got the late night phone call he had been hoping for. >>t was georgetown hospital saying they found a match for me as f as akidney. would i be interested in it. me and my wife embraced and we were thankful. there was a catch and a big one the donoridc.ne k wyas

it's a virus that can slowly desty your ver. he had to make a quick choice. reject the offer and spend years or ing for another donor take the infected kidney and spend the next three months taking medications to cure the hepatitis c. >> i took the chance because il oked at my daughters and my wife and i said, i want to spent more time with them. >> we looked for ways to not waste the kidneys. the last thing we want to do with a hundred thousands people waiting is to waste any of them. his team managed the transplant. >> we wouldn't want to give it to anybody. lpatients who don't do w on dialysis who have long times to it, their parents who may -- their only choice may be to get

a hepatitis c positive. >> reporter: he was a candidate only because h had hepatitis c from a childhood blood transfusion. now more than a year after his transplant, he has a new kidney and free from hep c. there's two things that make this alifeline. there's powerful new drugs available that the cure hepatitis c quickly andsi with w effects. this new study followed people who volunteered to take the infected kidney. after treatment all the people were free of the virus. >> which was remarkable. >> reporter: they are hopeful about this chance to help more people who need kidney transplants. he wants to spread the word this optionworks.

>> i feel graful to get back what someone has given me and that's a second chance at life. >> there's a lot more information about kidney transplants on hospital website. we've posted a link on the nbc washington app. all right. let's check out the forecast once again and see how we're doing. >> all right. temperatures are hovering around 75 to 80 degrees now. headed for a high near 87 which is average for the middle of august. warmer weatherac comesfor the next couple of days. the coverage and the intensity probably not going to be match compared to yesterday.p we'll k you posted on that. back in trhe 90s we go. hit and miss showers for the weekend. w no toth out. rain chances hanging on for your

saturday and sunday. thank you. not again. we're talking about another tough loss by the nats. last night the nats faced the cardinals in st. louis. they trail by two in the 8th and came back in the 9th . the cards responded with a walk off home run. final score 7-6. op sunday night the nats lost on a grand slam. we are keeping our fingers crossed today. game time is 8: tonight. questi we can do this. that's going to do it for ns 4 midday. thanks for joining us. we'll be back on the air this aftern first at n

♪ we are live, in five, four, three, two, one. maybe my favorite revelation from omarosa was she says she walked in on trump eating a piece of paper - some kind of in criminating document and he ate it. you know when your presidential stationary is the back of the mcdonald's extra value meal, things like that >>happen. no surprise, it was a softball t. ease s easy topic for the late night shows. >> natalie isff today. welcome to "access live." omarosa.y we spoke about whatid you make of everything going on? >>