>> rain chances this morning and afternoon. thunderstorm chances this evening. be weather alert as y make your plans to go out and enjoy your tuesday. back in june, it was already daylight president not the case anymore. four things to know about the weather. oh than a brief weather picture. great weather moves in thursday and friday. some rain across parts of northwestern virginia. fauquier county, moving into loudon county. and rain drops for frederick and montgomery the temperatures in the 70s now. the afternoon highs will be thie s. to mid-80 a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. for now, let's go over to

messa. chopper 4, headed to the inner loop to show us what's going onth e. heavier than normal volume. this is a propane truck. it's hanoung . crashed there on the right shoulder. esburg, northbound 15, after mon monthsor, we have all the lanes blocked. developing ts morning, working to learn more about a road w crew member w hit by a dutch truck at a work site in fairfax county. this happened atum mt drive and monument way. o word on the condition of the worker. we'll keep on top of this for reu.

neighbors say the fed up with violence after a little girl and two people were shot there last nht. >> this happened less than a mile away that mahkai wilson was killed last month. usjustin finch has more food morning, justin. >> reporter: authorities say this car was seeniring the block before the shooting happened. police are looking for an acura or a lexus with a wing in the back and a license plate in the front window. the shooting happening close to:00 last night. not far from the capital in the right center.

three victims hurt in all of this. the elementary girl was shot. all conscioushi and breat when they were taken from that scene to the hospital. e suspects in this case are at large at this time. back out live. police are looking for a dark-colors accurate or lexus sedan. dark in color with a wingr spoiler on the back. police last night also two other shootings nearby. not believed they are the police are not leaving any stones unturned. we're live in northwest. justin finch, news 4.nk >> tyou. the search continues for a pennsylvania man wanted for threatening kill president ump. u.s. marshals believe shawn christy may be headed to d.c. hel llegedly threatened to k a district attorney on facebook. that's when he threatened to

shoot the president. christy was spotted on saturday driving a stolen jeep cherokee in west virgia.e ans spotted driving a gmc pickup truck. that truck has a license plate number of zgl-2845. there's a $20,000 reward leading to chris's arrest. a threat outside a mosque gets a compassionate response from the community. >> these guys are not leaving. i'm going to kill them inmyself. i'm to walk through the back. >> that's a facebook live video he posted nday. is facing charges for threatening everyone he encountered that night and for refusing to let people in the mosque in springfield. we're told he began to ram carsl in the parki. when police arrived, he le dly drove toward the

cruiser. he cursed and screamed at the officer, who took him into custody. apparently he has been coming to the mosque since he was a child. the folks there say sothing is wrong. >> all humans make mistakes. but our job is to have a sit down and chat with them. >> we're told there was no indication he had a weapon. despite a new letter from pore francis, many catholics conflicted about the leaders of the catholic churc pope francis condemned abuse ane said the lea failed on the issue of sex abuse. last wk, a pennsylvania grand jury report detailed abuse by 300 priests over 70 years. 99 of the priests were from the diocese of pittsburgh. it says that the bishop was part of the cover-up. rierl denies that.

the president ofty university says the report calls for an act of atonement. >> i think the cardinal should s nsider stepping aside. not to say that itlpable. some feel that he is. but that would help catholics to see there are teeth behind the words. >> they had a meeting and the church has not told us what wasc sed in that meeting. vandals hit a high school named for cardinal wuerl. there's an online petition to remove his name from thechool. he was part of a cover-up, allegedly, of sex abuse in the diocese. new fallout involved in the death of mcnair. >> boomer esiason ripped into

the handling of mcnair's death. ke a listen. >> the heartbreak that i share over the mcnair's family unspeakable tragedy is only matched by the disgust toward one university leadership. they are reportedlhaky ground. this could be a good time for them to exit. >> mcnair died in june after sufferina suspected heat stroke during practice. several members of the administration, including the head football coach are on leave. the players plan to honor mcnair by wearing a dec of his 79 on their helmets and holding a moment of silence before two mes this season. the first game is september 1st. we learn new detn a murder mystery that has the country's attention. the colodo father accused of murdering his family says he

didn't kill his kids. he said his wife killed their daughters after finding out he had an affair. he asked for a separation and that's when she killed the two girl r osecutors say he killed and buried all three bodies in an oil field near where he worked. in nar nashville, police are questioning two men they believe were in a crime spree. investigators say two men robbed, shot and killed a man on his way to work. a few days later, a man and woman were shot out a nightclubs one involved in a kidnapping. a prominent voice in the #metoo movement is alleged to have paid off her own accuser. asia argento apparently paid off actor jimmy bennett. he accused her of sexual assaulting him when he was 17 and she but 37.

that accusation is laid out in documents sen to "the new york times" and not verifiedy nbc news. m >>rosoft has identified a collection of fake websites set up by a known russian hacking group. microsoft has disabled sites. a group is behind the work. that's a group that's linked to interferencee presidential election. president trump says he could inteere with the russian investigation. now, he decided to stay out of it. he made the comment in an interview with reuters. he said any statement he gives to robert mueller could be used to bring perjury charg against him. he did not comment if he will t

down with mueller. l > and jurors deciding the fate of paul manafort whave another day of deliberations. the judge told jurors to keep deli rating until 6:15 in the evening. some say this cld be a sign they are closer to a decision. manafort is charged with 18 counts of tax evasion and bank r aud. jme are worried that president trump is swaying ty. the blame game over president trump's postponed ar militarye continues. the subject budget iing fingers council.s he scity that voted 70% against the president wouldn't want to help. yesterday, the council members fired back. they pointed out it was 95% of district voters that didn't pick mr. trump. the council says it would oppose it even if it included the

obamas, chuck brown and the statehood floats made of hemp. from social security numbers g birthdays and addresses. schools are reopend students may have to provide personal information. >> what you can do to make sure the information is protected. plus, do you have back-to-school shopping to do? we have ways to keep it easy and coast-effective. plus, some powerful and controversial moments at this tv year'swards. we'll be a storm team 4 weather alert day for th afternoon and evening. r son drops across northern virginia. but the chances for strong to severe storms go up this afternoon. temperature-wise, in the mid-70s.

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> 6:15 right now. student in prince georges county begin the new school year this september 4th. this year, s kids wi a lot of new faces in the classroom. more than 1,000 new teachers will welcome kids back to the county. they will train through tomorrow. teachers are going through all sorts of instructions including literacy and classroom management. the first day for teachers is thursday. new school year means more forms for you parents to fill out. the federaon trade commisas tips for parents to keep their kids' information safe. safeguard your child's social security number by asking how it will be used. ask if you can use only the last four digits. and parents have the option to not share information in directories.

shred any documents with your i child's personormation before throwing them away. the college football season starts and one of the head universities could lose its head coach. the board of trustees is deciding whether to keep urb meyer on as head coach. urban meyer is accused of not reporting domestic violence allegations against his former assistant coach. he admitted later he knew about abuse and insisted he followed protocol. the board of trustees will make an announcement tomorrow. today, seven former members of a penn state fraternity will be back in court in connection with the hazing death of timothy piazza. he died after a pledge event. police say he drank a dangerous amount of alcohol and fell down stairs. the men are facing a hearing on

charges including relessly endangering another person and involuntary manslaughter. one of the music ceremonies took place at rad city music hall. >> we're talking about the mtv vma awards. >> cardi b. opened up the show. she had a fake baby. she had the moon man. d otional highlights happe during the performance, she acted like, because she just had a baby, she had a performance that was big. ♪ logic performed his new song "one day." the stage was filled with immigrant children and the parents who came from behind a curtain. jennifer lopezetting the

ouchael jackson vanguard award. and the queen ofreceived a tribute from madonna, the material girl. ny people were not happy about it. saying it wasn't enough of a tribute. and madonna made it all about her own career. franklin passed away last week from cancer at the age of 76. >> a lot of the criticism came of madonna. >> the ten-minute speech was more of a tribute to madonna than aretha franklin. >> camilla can cabello had the artist of the year. >>an you work that into your forecast? >> a great song, though.

we're going to see some rain today probably. >> yes, indeed. some are dealing with rain drops. everybody needs to grab the umbrella out the door. a weather alert is an opportunity for some strong and severe storms coming our way. the main threat will be damage g ing wind gusts. localized flooding will be a possibility. the slow-moving heavy rainmakers uld cause issues. tomorrow, we're getting a humidity vacation. that's going to knock the humidity out of here. more rain through fauquier county. a little burst of rain. if you're traveling in on route 29 here early this morning, just

note it's likely to be on the wet side. most of i-95 is rain-free at the ment. after 5:00, or 6:00, these storms out of the mountains could pack a punch. om 4:00 or 5:00, some of the torms could be strong to severe. we're in the low to mid-70s.ch there's an 80ce for rain. the humidity is going bye-bye tomorrow. theuburbs will be deep into the 50s by thursday and friday morning. >> that's so surprising to me. chopper 4 had the earli delays. we're nice and clear now.

thank you for the shot. showing all is well. stafford, route 1, after telegraph. we had a gas leak. lanes are ope fairfax station, 23 near hatchton road. westbound 70 with some delays. 270, no problems from germantown down to the spur. travel times in virginia, inbound 9566quantico to the beltway, looking nice. still ahead, animal crackers changing the look of its packaging. and also ahead -- >> back to school doesn't have to be stressful. i'm going seopping with my i'm going seopping with my nd gra de

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pink puppies to peace, love and glitter. >> do you like that? no. >> reporter: amy jackson is t tryioutfit her girl for first grade. >> sometimes my mom picks out backpacks that i don't like.'m >>ot going to pay that kind of money. we try to find something between. >> reporter: if it's a good price, buy more than you need. things break or get st. >> crayons are usually3 or $4. >> reporter: your phone can be invaluable. michelle says notebooks and binders may be marked down one day. backpacks and lunch boxes a week later.ou >>ee it on sale. >> reporter: you can use apps that collect coupons from the big retailers and puts them in one place.

>> that's the most important thing. >> reporter: adding to the eenfusion, every classroom something specific. >> we int out the list and see what's here. >> reporter: with rget's scllol list assist, you can up what each school requires and add the list to your cart in one click. chris laence, news 4. a grocery store scuffle caught on .camera this brawl is all over a baby product. we'll tell you which one. and dog walking damage. a woman killed during her morning walk. details on the bizarre animal attack. it will be a storm team 4 weather alert day. weekend, if out the you thought about going to the beach, that's a great idea. perfect weather for the weekend. more about today's severe weather threat coming up. a new look for an old

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"news 4 today" starts now. >> right now, a lye look from chopper 4 on this tuesday. as you head out the door, you might wanto grab the umbrella. the view from the sky there for you. storms are heading this way, just in time for your ride home tonight. >> you could see rain drops earlier than that. oood morning, everyone. we're going look at the forecast. let's check in with chuck bell to keep things going this half-hour. kind of gray, chk. rain isin c northbound. be on the lookout here. eventually, northern prince william county, into loudon

county. there's rain into loudon county. that's into frederickcounty, maryland. it is an ugly shade of gray outside this morning. t low mid-70s. the forecast, 84 for a high today. you get sun in the late afternoon. strong thunderstorms possible late this afternoon and this evening. itill be storm team 4 weather alert day. a chance of you getting rained on, 80%. chopper 4 looking at the spur. no major complaints on my part this morning. ijamsville, only one thingg gett by the crash. you're headed out soon, allow a litt extra time or not. not sure when this is going to be cleared outf e way. fairfaxio statn, a vehicle off

the road there. 66 and 95 look okay. you see the rain moving . the bottom of the beltway here, inner loop coming across the wo woodrow wilsoidge. a search is under way for this pennsylvania man. he'santed for threatening to kill president trump. >>.s. marshals believe he may be heading to d.c. nicole jacobs is on scene for us. >> reporter: according to police, this is a man who posted on facebook he would kill an elected official in pennsylvania after killing president trump. l of these are accusations. i want you to get to a mughahot of richard christy. christy was spotted in maryland.

he allegedly stole a pickup truck with tags. he could still be in that puckup truck at this point. criminal warrant that was issued in june for his arrest. unristy is described as a white man, 5'10", 160 with dark brown hair and a beard. he has a cross tattoo on his arm. he speaks with a noticeable lisp. he is considered armed and dangerous. believed to be in a red pickup truck with pennsylvania tags zgl-2845. there's a $20,000 award for any information leading to his arrest. back to you.>> hank you, nicole.

we begin our top stories with breaking nee from the whuse. the u.s. has deported the last known nazi collaborator living in the u.s. to germany. he was an armed guard in poland. he's been living in the u.s. since 1949. he claimed he was working on a farm and a factory.ai he admitted trning as a nazi 17 years ago. took until now to deport him. it was a violent night in the directistrict. police are searching for an der color acura or lexus. a man was shot near 8:30 p.m. 40 minuteslater, man was shot on east capital street northeast. all of the victims are expected

to survive. we could learn moree about th person hit and killed in wheaton last night. he died at the hospital.go mory county police say the driver stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers. we learned somatv bike riders robbed a gas station in arlington. w many riders weving in and out of traffic over the weekend. d.c. police say they arrested three atv riders and seized several vehicles. shter a gas station robbery, a restaurant worke video of the riders. a woman said she was grabbed and nearly assaulted in stonewall park. d.c. police are looking for a man abusing a child walking a dog in southeast.

there's a $1,000 award to an arrest. montgomery county police are looking for two women who were in a battle at a grocery store. eo shows two v women attacking a clerk earlier this month. now, police need your help finding these women. the formula is kept in a locked case. the clerk would not hand it over until after they paid for it.om the left empty-handed. the clerk had to be treated at e hospital. criminals often steal baby formula to sell it forrofit. new video overnight of a chaotic scene on a college

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you're watching news 4 today. protesters erupted in cheers after taking down a statue of a confederate soldier. the university of north carolina va chapel hill. many had wanted reof the statue. it had been there since 1913.ve the uity called the actions of the protesters yangerous. another dea alligator attack. a south carolina woman tried to

from an alligator yesterday. the woman was trying to safe her dog from the gator yesterday. she was walking her dog when the gator grabbed the dog's leash. they could hear her scaming for help as she tried the fight off the nine-foot alligator.nt it elly pulled her under the water. the dog survived. good mornin meteorologist chuck bell. a weather alert the possibility for strong storms later. temperatures in the mid-70s now. high near 84 degrees. thunrstorms likely today. don't leave home without that big umbrella. a look at a ten-day forecast and the return of high summer heat. two new problems on the beltway. chopper 4

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shpresident trump in an edterview with reuters. he said if he wao, he can run the russia investigation. he made the comment in an interview with reuters. >> kristen welker is at the white house. >> reporter: good morning to trump is sending a new message to robert mueller. the present, who slammed the investigation as a witch hunt, saying he could take charge and run it if he wanted to. but he's decided to stay out. he is i concerned tha could be a perjury trap. present trump telling reuters could pit his words against james comey. after the report that don mcgahn spoke to the special counsel for

30 hours, the trump legal people wanted to make sure he did not incriminate the president in the discussions. and microsoft is saying it uncovered fake sites set up to look like conservative sites. we'll have all of that to yy. >> see in a few minutes. kristen welker, thanks. a little girl in the district is rekoving after being shot. >> she was one of three team shot. justin finch is live at police headquarters with more on a car that's the focus of the investigation for now. >> reporter: the car is dark in color.r an acuraxus, four-door sedan, with a wing or spoiler on the back. a license plate in the front window.

distinctive details there.wa police say iseen rc ng the area before the shots were fired. the 100th block of 56th street.m not far frhe public charter school. three victims in this a girl was shot, two others with her. a woman and a teen girl injured in this, as well. all taken to the hospital. they were conscious and breathing. but the suspects remain at large. back out live, centering on the dark color sedan with the spoiler on the back. a busyer night, with two o shootings. it does not ahere. not ruling out anything, as they investigate all three of the shootinglast night.

6:48 right now. we learn new detailsten a murder m that has the country's attention. the colorado father accused of murdering his family says he di't kill his kids.fe he said his killed their chilen. he asked for a separation and 's thathen she killed the two girls.sa prosecutorhe killed her and buried all three bodies. neighbors who knew the family are stunned. >> it's hard to imagine. >> prosecutors say, they're not buying his story. a report of detailed abuse victimizing 1,000 chirp. pope francis condemned a lse and said tders failed on the issue of sex abuse. last week, a pennsylvania grand jury report detailed abuse by 300 priests over 70 years. 99 of the priests were froofthe diocesittsburgh. it says that the bishop was part

of the cover-up. wuerl has denied that. no word on what waerdiscussed yey. hreat outside a mosque i northern virginia prompts a compassionate responsm f the community. >> these guys are not leaving. i'm going to kill thelf. me started to ram cars in the parking lot. when police arrived, he drove toward the police cruiser. hee been coming to the mosque suns he was a child. you ditch your car in fafr of ride hailing servsies. only the services is more than twice the cost of owning a car. the average cost to use only

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the name isn't changing despe the fact that the circus shut down last year. >> it's missing the string, too. >> kids these days. let's look at our forecast. >> i think aaron needs a cracker. >> no doubt abo that give me a box. a cloudy sky over your house early this morning. rain drops not for everybody just yet. but everyone has a high likelihood of getting rain and thunderstorms today. big area of storminess out across the gat lakes. right now, just a little light , ra pushing towards frederick, maryland. down across parts of virginia here. up towards front royal. these are headed toward marshal and warrington. a high chance you'l light rain this morning.

looking at future weather. once you pass noontime, hit and miss showers after lunch. any of the storms could pack quite a punch. the light line of storms, between 7:00 and 10:0 tonigh could be severe in spots. teerature-wise, sosticky and humid outside, you wonder when we're going to get a break. tomorrow, the humidity will start to dro away. there's the planner today. warm and humid.n lowest r chances right around lunchtime. and rain chances go back t 80% by 5:00. stormy weather for yourng eve plans. have your app downloaded and ready to go. follow me on social media, as well. tomorrow planner, a cloudy stt. it's not about the rain by the

falling humidity level low humidity. the you likesu ertime, i know they love the flitp-flop weathe. >> before 4:40. anothe crash. o problems in this area here this morning. it's on the left shoulder. showing some slowdowns. also, another problem, inner loop near georgetow t reported crare. the rest of the beltway pretty good. use that city.et over to the fairfax station, a vehicle off the roadway the this morning. travel time looking good. 66 inbound and 95 northbound.

no major issues there. 270 soutlooks great. just a little slow there. the mural outside n's chili bowl is lalmost as iconic as the restaurant. the latest design was unveiled last spring.ea itres prominent verican americans tied to d.c. >> for the 60th anrsary celebration, molette green spoke to the artist himself. >> reporter: the mural that's a big part of the d.c. restaurant's history and upcoming anniversary celebration. >> ben's chili bowl, 60 years black-owned business. >> reporter: images of legends past and present.

he has a story to tell in all of the faces. >> wh harriet tubman, you know, holding a torch. that's the title of this mural, "the torch." it starts with her. it trickles down. everybody is significant the favorite has to be prince he's pointin he has a look on his face and looking at the viewer. he's pointing at you like, hey. there you go. >> you're going to be at t 60th anniversary event. >> we're going to be there toff kickhe festivities, with the maker of ben's chili hopefully we'll get some news on the renamingest in front of the street. finalization on that.

maybe. we'll see. >> the time is 6:55. four things to know. the u.sdeported the last known nazi collaborator livingn the u.s. back to germany. he is now 5 and has been living in the u.s. since 1945. he became ay citizen c he was a factory worker tomorrow. s bwn christy may headed to d.c. he's the pennsylvania man wanted forea thrtening to kill president trump. we have information on the nbc washington app. this mornin jors will return for day four deliberations in the paul manafort trial. jurors stayed until 6:15 in the ening and couldn't reach a desion. he's charged with 18 counts of tax and bank d.c. police are searching n r a car involved in a shooting of a little girlutheast.

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good morning. stunning new twists. that colorado man accused of murdering his family, now blaming his wife for killing his children. prosecutors not buying it as police reveal he was allegedly having an affair. the susct set to appear in court toy. we are live with the latest. breaking overnight,toppled, protesters care down a statue on the university of north carolina. police a the school now investigating and calling for calm. couldhis be a start of aew waive of violent demonstrations. perjury trap. in a new interview overnight, president trump revealed why he is against sitting