>> everybody turned around and look. everybody took offornd ran the exits. >> the connection involving the man behind the attacf and one the wounded. >> a big break and the mother's fight for jusce. >> i no we that she would want justice and i want justice for my baby. >> honoring an american hero. a man opened fire at a video game tournament fm the mental health to the warning signs years before the attack. >> it comes as police try to

piece together a motive. the suspect killed two pple at the competition in jacksonville before turning the gun on himself. >> we have team coverage of the sh rampage on the local connection to thisri. gunfire and three people who escaped. >> i thought it was topping. >> hosting the madden football tourname at aestaurant when the shooting started. >> i could see the shooter's hand. i could see the red beam on the gun. police say the shooter was davie

katz seen h in a previous video game tournament. >> he kee to>> himself. gamers alleging they died in the attack. fellow competitors stunned. hurt.is i'm hurt. i feel like they all are. i want them to kno they arell my brothers. we all say the same pain. >> a day of friendly competition turned to panic, pain and death all in a matter of seconds. he is back home now and recovering tonight. new sdeta immerging about the suspect and history of mental health issues. amy is in our news room with more information about all of this, amy. >> that suspect had a history of ment mental illness. he was commit tod mental

hospitals and had to takenti psychotic. documents say his parents had a decade long divorce battle. >> david katz keeps to himself. >> davidatz seen here announcers noticed he said very little. >> he is not here to makeie s. >> i remember him being awkward. >> also spoke to a former classmate of the suspect. some pro gamers practice overne hours a day. >> most think it' a game. they are enjoying it moste of th time. at a certain point it becomes traini training. >> one knows he is lucky tbe

alive. he was at the competition and shot in the thumb. >> he thaired the responders that rushed to our aid. as for me i greatly appreciate the outpouri of love and support. >> and gamers in our area also getti getting ready for a big competition. we are live in the news room. >> all right. amy, thank you. drama in the courtroom today as tempers flare and marshals

step in. it comes as court documents about what lead up to the murder. two feuding neighborhood crews were i involved a barrage of gunfire. they tell us the gunman put communities in danger and ultimately killed ten-year-old makiah wilson. we have developments this afternoon. >> it was very emotional. you imagine you have the family of an innocent ten-year-old gl who w murdered but then you the families of these two young me facing murder charges and potential for many many years behind bars. it got vy intense in that courtroom. some of them were in tears. they were hugging one another. very very. ups two men appearing in court for the first time in a

ten-year-old's murder. they were among the five masked n that opened fire outside his apartment building in northeast washington. court documents show 76 shots fired from at leastour guns in that shooting. little makiah was shot in the back. there were text messages between the two suspects talking about guns and also allegedly connecting him to t y car saw on that surveillance video. thiss theay her family had been waiting for to see the men accused in this crime. they had to leave the courtroom. >> was in the courtroom and lady saidhat was her son. that's when all of that confusion started. >> they told everybody to get out. >> y'all just calm down.

>> both suspects were ordered held they will be back there court in september. back to you. >> thank you. tonight the last words from senator john mccain to the american people. he died on saturdanight after battling brain cancer for more than aear. >> at full-times emotional as he reads a faretellr written just before his death. >> even now as i prepare for t end of my life i loved my life, all of it. > a life of service and sacrifice. >> his legacy is one of

and dignity and honor. >> that legacy celebrated teks he will lie in state in the arizona capital. on thursy a memorial at north phoenix baptist church where joe biden will speak t ne senator will make his east trip to washington where today his sen seat was draped in black. alliance state on friday followed by a full dss military funeral saturday at national cathedral. when asked how he would like to be remembereai ms response was simple. >> he served his country hopefully with the word honorably hon it. >> in the last days of his final fight the maverick said good-bye. >> i wish all of you great adventures, good company and lives as lucky as mine.

>> a full life well lived. >> senator mccain will be laid to resturing a private ceremony sunday at the u.s. nadel a in maryland. >> president trump says he respects mccain's service and flags will fly at half staff. the president's refusal to honor le ain's service is a not break from tradition. flags were at half staff all day but n at the white house. they were finally lowered this afternoon. president sought to change the subject with a trade announce. we have the latest.

today's announcement made with o me president on speakerphone. president trump said talks with canada will begin shortly. >> we'll give them a chance to probably have a separate deal. >> this deal not final without congressional approval and would impactmverything f agriculture to steel aluminum and car as the announcement wrapped up president trump ignoring repeated a questionsut the late senator john mccain, a man with whom he disagreed. over the weekend presi trump tweeting condolences but no praise of the man himself. facing criticism for returning its flag to full staff keeping it lowered event as the r of

washington flew flags at half staff. by monday afternoon the white house flag once again lowered. >> it was unsurpassed. >> began o a wea mourning for their fallen colleague. >> and one of the biggest contributing factors to that about face we saw today likely the pressure from lar veterans groups today. we flow the american legn was one of several groups who appealed to president trump to keep the flags at half staff at leastat until s mccain's internment this weekend. theresident ran on and governed as a champion, those were likcey v he would not ignore. >> thank yo thi isn't the first time president trump has been criticized for notrdering

flags lowered after theho soting the president didn't act. he got widely criticized. the mayorernally requested that the personal cl for flags to be lowered. the president issued a prak la mags several days after the shooting took place. president obama faced imilar criticism after a tennessee man shot a man back in 2015. flags were lowered i several states and at the u.s. capitol. school.ring our

our iteam digs and reveals diricts arealling short when it comes to officers. neighbor versus neighbors, turning some drivers in. see what happens if you get singled out. very hot and humid across our region today. we are tracking a couple of strong storms in parts of our western zones. we'll talk more about what to expect the next couple of days and how

more than 1 million dcatholics. the latest church it has reached there in washington and goes up to the top. claihat is pope francis flew about sex abuse allegations a summer of devastating beginning with child sex abuse claims. this month brought a disturbing

grand juryeg ag widespread abuse with over 1,000 victims. catholics struggling. a former vatican official testifying that the alleged coverup. >> the probl now is bishops all the by through korea and rome being examined because of the sheerf extente problem. >> phoned the faith institute and follows the catholic church closely. >> people are fed up and they ar grateful tha the holy father and others have spoken and said this right things. >> we arem hearing f the bishops the same thing we heard back in 2002. need more policies and we need to do that. nonsense. we need action. we don't need more policies.

nobody is listening. it is too late. >> solet's get ready for a figh. let's get readyor a fight. >> believes that any action takeneedso be done swiftly yet cautiously. >> we need to look at wloo did at and look very carefully not ay all b ahops confully sit. certain priests are guilty. we put several requests to sit down. th archdiocese says the cardinals denied the claims of a

cover up. >> they are coming out. we are following breaking news involving david, the democratic nominee says she being treated for cancer. he says doctors found a tumor the day before the state's primary. a prominent lawyer caught in the backseat with a jail inmate. she pleaded no contest today to

a disorderly conduct charge. she was busted last fall. court documents revealed she -- the couple is in the middle of a divorce. >> a fight in the club spilled into the street. pat is at the scene with more on what happenedthere, pat. >> security cameras are the cops best friend. there is hope that some of will help them solve this case of murder. homicide detectives back at the

murder scene this afternoon looking for clues and evidence in the shooting death of a 22-year-old college student. >> business to business. >> atudent studying to become a social worker. the yellow markings show where the shots were fired. it was sunday.

phillip had big plans. he had a haircut and went to a pool party. his family said he went to the seet lounge to listen to some music. the shots were fired. that's when phillip fell dead to th ground. >> he puts a big air hole in the family's hea. ody believes phillip is gone until we go. >> so far 103 murders. same time last year 74. back to you. >> suchy. trag all right. thank you. a man once named teacher of

the year facing criminal charges that he sexually assaulted a student. and the heat is on again. doug is back to tell us how hot it will feel around here and the changes that could be comingor our labo fr

it is 92, heat index o 100 degrees. hazy, hot and humid. look at that. that is a haze and smoke. that smoke coming from the california wild fires and cloud cover from stos off to the north and west. still 90 degrees though. winds at miles per hour. notice the numbers here. it is 89 here. the heat index has been the real

player. >> it is dyingff. i'm not worried about any of these. we are watching some of them. this is movin towards us. these are really dying as they mo off towards the east. a few around the leesburg area. up to the north around boonsboro we can show you this town here. you're getting rained on. you probably already know that this is down in towards parts of frederick county over the next houro. or i expect to die as it moves off to the east. all of this due to an area of high pressure. it i spinning all of the heat around our region. those storms way up to the north. that's wt we will be seeing. hot and humid weather. isolated storm chances but mes of us hot and humid with a feels like index of 105 under mostly

sunny skies. wednesday high of 96. it is 94 on thursday. strong storms possible. 50% chance of storms. much more onhe weekend. >> okay. thank you. scoodistricts struggling to hire more resourceff oers to protect classrooms. the news 4 iteam goe on patrol to see what they are facing every day. he appear to take aim at president trump. do not dispair of our present difficulties. we believe insehe promi and grateness

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he surrendered his teaching license after she said a teacher kise. >> that former teacher of the year is on trial for sex assault. we are at the county courthouse with a key witness to the alleged victim's sister, julie. >> well, that older sister she was stunned four summers ago when she found the then 14-year-old sister with an older n sitting and lead to the teen's disclose sure she had

been planning a movie day that day and he had done far more than just kiss her. awarf d teachere year honors. in 2014 he began grooming one of his former students for a sexual relationship. the allege's older sister described what first called the to call police. i saw my saisng sit on a bench. she said she then turned to the man. i said who are you? what did he say in response to you.

timothy s replied. police and school officials were notified but att t time the victim only said she had been ussed. he gav his teaching license and resigned and left the area. it wasn't until 2017 the alleged victim revealed more, that she had been inappropriately touched by her teacher three years earlier. >> police add mied they would have notified of the charge it when they were filed last november. that alleged victim now 18 years old is expected to tell her sty to the jury tomorrow. now timothy's defense attorneyn suggested her opening statement that the reason the teen only came hforward w new allegations last year is because

she was living out of north korea -- north carolina. back to you in the studio. >> all right. thank now to the unexpected final message to the nation from the late senator john mccain. his longalime polit adviser read a farewell letter to the country. here it is in part. >> thank you. i have made mistakes. i hope m love for america will be weighed favorably > we areelped liberate more people from poverty than ever history.

do not dispair of our present difficulties. we believe in the promise and greatness of america. farell fellow americans. god bless you a god bless america. mccain will lie in state followed by a memorial service in phoenix. on sunday mccain will be laid to

rest at the u.s. naval academy ande will be overlooking the river next to his classmate and long time friend, chuck larson. he graduated in 1958. >> now to a frightening safety incident on our metro. a train with about 70 people on board literally came apart on the tracks. it was near thecclain stop. nobody was hurt. metro trying to figure out it happened. they sent news 4 this image. the transit agency said the fiftand sixth rail cars separated. inspection was done on a number of metro railar coming up, neighbors hit tht reets on plate patrol. >> here is a look at what's next. >> are you living in county but you don't have your

car properly registered? i'll tell youhy you shouldn't be surprised if your neighbors start snitching you out to the county. plus a nudist colony, a new home with the national zoo. we'll explain but first here is doug. temperatures at 92. hotter tomorrow. we'll talk about how long the heat and humidity lasts. see you back here in abt nine miounu

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fairfax county says it's a big issue and asking you to do something about it. adam is in fairfax county with she warning. >> well, here the issue. so many of us move all around right?gion, some of us live in maryland,

d.c. andavirginia. you to register your car to the county. if you don't well, your could soon d others start snitching you out to the county. someone is here probably i woul say, yeah, why not? >> no. they don't know your circumstance. >> opinions vary. way too many are showing up and not being properly registered. they want to double the stfing where residents can anonymously report cards that aren't registered. it requires an own tore register within 60 days. it is hard to say how many. a lot of them, 14% of tips we get end up being assessed.

only 14%. here is something to stir the pot a bit more. maryland plates are set to be a ading violator. it i from jeff maccay. he says we are flooded with maryland cars and many of them living in virginia and avoiding taxes that's unlawful andt has to end. the county says florida, texas and d.c. plates ranked pretty high. we should m sitary vehicles are exempt. news 4. you could say that's nudist colony in the district that will be on display to the public 14/14/ 24/7. >> this one is family friendly. the national zoo will display the naked mole rat colony.

that's what these guys are. it includes 25 feet of tunnels. >> they are not cute. >> they are not. >> some of those will be clear today give in person visitors a chance to see these rodents. the zoo also has a chip reader to display information about mol rats a-- mole rats as they by. there's information about each individual one? >> they all have huge teeth. >> they do. get ready far heat wave. doug is telling us how hot it is going to feel and how long it is going to feel that way. >> the first line of defense to protect your child in the classroom. up next why some districts don't have enough scho resource olof

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he helped prevent a potentl slaughter. it was the school resource officer who stopped the gunman that day before the teenager could take anymore lives as we get our children ready for school the news 4 iteam began reviewing the school row source officer program >> as scott discovered there are questions about whetherol some scistricts are coming up short and how they are protecting students. >> 911 what is your emergency? >> it is the e-mail n parent ever wants to receive. >> cindy read the alert.

he later pleaded guilty. he says this is whya schools ned olice officer. of. >> you want to feel they are in a safe >> they have the most challenging job in all of law enforcement. >> don bridges isssiation of school resource officers. every school has an sro and one officer for every one thousand students. he says it contribute to one o one relationships. >> they need properly selected sro's. >> they reviewed the largest local school dtrict to see who is pleating that standard.

they have more than 2,000 students. in arlington an estimated 2,200 students. high point high about 2,600 and montgomery many are than 3,000 each with oneworn officer. proposed adding ten new officers. >> it is an uphill fight. >> with the number of schools that we have in montgomery county you can see the number starts to add up very quickly. the challenge is more than just funding. could be an even heavier

lift. >> most aren't ready for this. she has walked these halls for years. on duty every school. d myers says it includes teachers buto aanning for the worst. >> you have to look at the schoolot sgs and think they do every day. >> county sheriff says he hears from paren who want more officers. >> your community wants more. >>y t. they do. the community has been very

vocal. eight security guardlone! i showed up to the school and i know they were more into the students. >> scott mcfarland, news 4 ea >> arlington montgomery schools continue toor the level of police coverage in their schools. >> it adds they have every confidence to respond. we found d.c. assigned resource officers differently sharing responsibility at multiple schools. they do meet the nional standard. visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. doug is back with more about our back to school weather.

>> they sent videos. >> about to happen at your house. >> i'm not going to. >> i cannot wait. >> out the right now temperatures on the hot side for sure. it is actuay coming from storms just off to the west. it is still 9 drees. dropping through the 80s. definitely on the hid side. that's the take away here. humid, humid, humid. we do have the heat index. it is 101 in fredericksburg. it topped out at 105 in some areas. we could see a heat advisory issued tomorrow especially into the day on wednesday. i think it would be the two days to watch. not much but there is now one little showerit s also showers here. these were strong earlier.

they are dying off. this is the one storm right here very close here. if you're here right along route 7 as you make your way through it is making its way to the east so if you're thinking about going to the mall you live there an maybe wait about 15 minutes or find that parking garage. you know which one i'm talking about? up there starting to see another storm. heads up ere. do towards sandy hook around jefferson county. these are making their way down to the east as well. if you liv around here heads up in that area. right on 15 if you want to watch out for tha one. satellite showing showers and our region. here the big storms up around minneapolis. this isell high presshere. it is high pressure when it comes during theitummertimes. gives us heat and humidity. dome of high pressure bring us the heat and humidity.

it stays here all day tomorrow through the day wednesday and thursday. then we need a front buster or heat buster. it comes in the form of a front. it will give us good storms on thursday afternoon. cooler weather moving into the weekend. as far as temperatures tomorrow the bus stop 77 degrees. is 88 for recess. 95 for kids. heat indexbout 105 degrees tomorrow. watch ouchlt t. it will be a big factor. friday a high ofn 83 and t look towards the holiday weekend here. ermperatures in the mid-to u 80s. a good chance of storms but not a wash out. a nice lor day weekend. we'll be right b ac what if numbers tell only half the story?

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he pain to tell us we are alive. the idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting. the neseason game is the way. the anticipation of the regular season. >> this week the preseason game for the redskins before the season opener. >> there has been a sense of urgency. >> new quarterback says the team put in enough work even though most will be sidelined on thursday. >> if we had played i don't think it had a bearing i guess is my point. i don't think there's any perfect right answe you try to make it based on all of the variables.

nowelling on the fact. the openers sitting right where it is. we are stiri pre for it. >> this thursday and friday morning we have it going on. we will evaluate and see what they got going on. >> that match up only 13 days against the cardina in arizona but first the redskins heading upto 9 take on old friends and former teammates and t baltimoreavs. news 4 sports. >> all right. good stuff. they showed on sunday still can compete but even thatvi ctory came at a cost.

a torn ligament in her foot. herrera suffered while pitching. he need today work after missing some time. >> junior lin backer. it is to seven there. tonight the womens vley ball team takes on stanford. a lot going on. >> win win win. >> that's right. win win win. >> thank you, dave. >> thaos going to it for us. nightly news starts in just 60 seconds. >> wo hope see you at 11:00. have a good evening.

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