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or all the lightning with this e. a ton of lightning. south of sunderland area. dun kirk. again, this one is movingd tow the north. a lot of lightning associated with this. other thunderstorm, frederick county. just to the east of kreegerstown. down to the d. metroarea, seeing heavy rain and a lot more rain to comeht ton into into the weekend. that's one thing we are watching the weekend, huge changes the next couple of days. onhave to keep an eye tropical storm florence. you're going hear more about this over the next couple of days. we have five, six, sech days to watch it, dut itoes look like an eastfaoast la. see you back here in a minute. mow to breaking news in maryland this weekend --nff duty police officer shot at a man who was trying to break into his truck in a parking lot. the officer works in baltimore
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city, but the confrontation and gunfireappened hea on silver hill road intr dt heights. >> police are sayingff the oer confronted the man, then fired anthe suspect ran off. police are actively searching for him. also, the officer was not hurt. fired up and ready to go. once again, barack obama making his debut on the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections. >> is bee a while since we have seen him out there on the his mestoday, particularly geump. to young people srk that need to get out and vote. he spoke today about where our untry finds itself now. >> this november's elections are moremportant than a i can remember in my lifetime. a glance at the recent headlines should tell thaw this moment really is different. we have the chance -- not the certainty, be you the chance -- to restore some semblance of sanity to ourpolitics.
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if you thought elections don't matter, i hope these t las years have corrected that impression. >> and the president did not shy away from calling out his successor by name. >> let's get a closer look at this speech with leon harris. he's in the tnewsroom. t was remarkable. the president for a long time has stayed on the the former president called this an extraordinary and dangerous time. saying donald trump has capitalized on fear and anger that's bee brewing for years. in his speech at the university of illinois, mr. obama addressed several contrersies, including the "new york times" op-ed that some are working a inst the president. >> they're not doing uses ae servy actively promoting 90% of the stuff that's coming out of the white house and then saying, don't worry, we are preventing the other so%. it should not be a pz issue.
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to say we did n pressure the fbi or the attorney general to use the criminal justice system as a cudgel to punish our political opponents. and we sure or heck are supposed to stand up to nazi sympathizers. how hard can that be saying that nazis are bad? >> mr. obama also mentioned the recent positive jobs report saying that while republicans may call it a miracle, it's similar to the numbers in 20 an and 2016. ts takeaway message -- the biggest threa your country is indifference, telling everyone they need to get out and vote. we should expecto seend hear more of this over the next couple of months. back to you. >> thank you. meanwhile, more than 600 miles away, president trump is gearing up for h second campaign event of the day in second-degree second down. he spoke earlier in north dakota. before the rally, he suggested he might have attorney general jeff sessions look into who
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wrote that "times" op-ed during his remarks, heenoned president obama's speech saying he fell asleep during it. he talked about needing republicans in congress. >> wed ns presence in washington, d.c. because that place is brutal. it's brutal. it's a lot of bad, bad things up here goi through peoples' heads. these are sick people. >> the president's nextsh event ld get around the way in half an hour when he stumps for the republican nominee for south dakota's governor. breaking news -- this is connecteto the russia investigation. former trump campaign member george papadopoulos was just sentenced to 14 days in jail. papadopoulos pled guilty to lying to the fbi in connection with the mueller probe. in addition to the 14 days he was sentenced to a year's
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lepervised ree and 200 hours of community service. he'll also have pay a $9,500 fine. during today's hearing os papadopoul's lawyer accused president trump of influencing his client. he says with trump calling theti russian invtion fake news and a witch-hunt, he caused papadopoulos to lie instead of cooperate with investigators. there is a troubling trend in t a district that has lot of parents keeping an extra close eye on their kids. gunfire erupting neighborhoods and children getting caught in e cross fire. as of today, 11 children have been kild this year alone. last night, ae lit girl was struck by a bullet. chris gordon is with us tonight with more on how she's doing. chris. >> reporter: this is not the first time i have been reporting from southeast washington o a child being hit by a bullet. lete tell you that poorer
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sections of our city are gripped with fear. people come up to mesaying, let me tell you what's really going and what they tell me is that young armed gunman are terrorizing neighborhoods and people are too afraid to rept it to police. people who live here say violence in this southeast bo washington neiood has become all too common. last night, a 6-year-old girl was wounded in the ank by gunfire. >> every night here. it's like a battle zone. you hear people shooting. you hear the sounds of butes. >> repor just before 9:30 last night, neighbors say they heard burst o gunfire and a car speeding away from the parking lot of this apartment emplex in 2,700 block of langston place assouthe paul tranthom came here and saip a g of young men were
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arguing and started shooting each other. >> i heard the mother and family pulled into the parking lot, got out of the car, were in their way to the home, and she was accidentally shot through them exchanginggunfire. >> reporter: d.c. police report there have been 11 homicides with juvenile victims so far this year. they don't have the number of children wounded.ne hbors here are concerned about gun violence in the city. >> we lost ttchild, my kayla wilson. >> reporter: four others, ncluding her sister were wounded. this security camera video shows the group of gunmen jumpi out of a car, shooting into the crowd. two suspectsbe have arrested and charged with murdern her death. heelieves drastic action is
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needed to stop the violence. >> i would consir calling in the national guard or the guardian angels to patrol these areas and these communities where we know gun violence isde ly. >> reporter: now, the little girl who was wounded lastight was treated at a hospital. she is back home. i asked her family if they would eak about it on camera. they declined because they are earful that the gunman might return. on news4 at 6:00, i will show you surveillanceeideo that police department just sent me of the suspect in this a case and the vehicle that he was driving. that's coming up at6:00. gym, back to you. >> so many families stderstandably fruted and afraid. chris, we'll see you at 6:00. still no word on what caused this massive four-alarm fire. this is bell's point in baltimore early this morning. is started in the historic business. a 150-year-old paint store.
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neighboring a church. forced 50 people to evacuate nearby condos. a local catholic charity forced to close for the day. no injuries but the damage,s you can imagine, is extensive. a surveillance camera captures a driver slamming into a parked car, then speeding way. beltsville neighbors are not surprised by is. they have complained about speeding drivers for a long time. erika gonzalez live on the street right now. erika? hey, jim. neighbors think there's a couple of things at play. numbone, powder mill road running this way. you go arod the corner and you're practically at route 1. this video is so you take one look at it and think, oh my gosh.ei butbors tell us, this was
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bound to happen. it was here in bellsville that a car came roaring down a look last weekend, ramming another vehicle. a neighbor sending usin the edible surveillance video. the impact so forceful it send a parked car flying off the street. the driver behind the wheel then reverses and takes off. >> next thing i know, flashing lights. police were there. you see the carid on the of the road, and they were just trying to clean up the mess. >> rorter: the wimpact so loud, he heard it inside his home. his mom tells me it's no rprise. >> is that a familiar scene? >> yeah, it's a familiar scene, especially during rush hour. not in the morning, but in the ternoon, you know, rush buhour. then people go flying up and down. >> reporter: the speed limit in the area is 25 miles per hour.
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no telling how fast this driver was going. i just got off the phone with the departmentks of public w and they tell me that because of so many requests from the neighbors, now from a counsel woman as well that they are going do aurvey on this road to determine -- i should mentioex within the 60 days that will be done -- whether or notny speed mitigating items can be placed here. neighbors want speed humps. we'll see if that can be done. i'm erika gonzalez. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, erika. new at 5:00, that man that robbed a nun learned his penance. a judge sentenced him to three years in prison. this is partpl of deal. this is part of a case that dates back to april.
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ss nun told brown, god b you as she handed over the keys to her mini van. he pled guilty to the carjacking and thege char >> bless you and sentence you. the threat of bullies -- followin children home from school. a news4 i-team review find children may be more at risk after they get home. scott macfarlane is up next with the battle against cyberbullies. a high school student is praised on a viral a videoer doing something quite positive. the video that showed his surprise to a school custodian. >> love that story. if you're not on heard, now isime to jump on the band gon for what could be d.c.'s next championship team. the mystics
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we are now three days into the mansion murders trial, and the juryas in this case now been seated. today we are also learning aboue of evidence they may be hearing based on al former c mate of the man charged with members ande family their housekeeper. meagan fitzgeralds there. meagan? >> reporter: a diverse jury.he
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throughout entire process, the judge was asking these jurors questions, and legalrt ex will tell you that you can gather, from some of these questions, of who might be sitting in that witness chair. a after two-day process, a jury was seated. they will ultimately decide the fate of darren windt the only suspect charg in the murder of a had us and wife, their 10-year-old son and hoekeeper. thes jurors were asked a series of questions, like, can youus the. the of a witness who's guilty of a crime al weceive a reduced sentence if exchange for their testimony. theseum dts outline evidence and witnesses they might be used in the case. it chose darren windt'sel
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mate for five days. court records show that inmate involved ne else was in the murder. it goes on to say investigators look for that person, swapping for dna, but preliminary results show there wasn't a matchim to e scene. >> he could have gotten that information from windt's pers. >> reporter: this is a d.c. based criminal defense attorney. he se it's not uncommon for cell mates to come forward to get a lower sentence. it's not clear if witnessot 92 r contradivicted felons will coe forward, but jurors were asked ifd they co believe their testimony the judge told the jurors they cannot discuss the case or watch coverage or read the newaper until itend. it is set to start on tuesday. back to you. agan, thank you. children are just as likely to get bullied on thoirs
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as they are in the classroom or ool in the area. this is coming from a news4 i-team review. tt >> as s macfarlane tells us tonight, local schools and parents must respond to a threat that follows students home long after dismsal. >> reporter: the start of the school year could be strrsful fo all of us. we buyhe supplies, check the bus route and teachers. we can't watch our kids 24/7. ying?w many of you have sorn eel raise your hand how many have seen bullying on social media? though theyese rarely see it in hallways or neighborhoods it's online. >> i see it a lot. i don't understand why people do it. you mayot see what's going on in their lives.
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>> reporter: the threat on social media can h audience of thousands. >> you might think you're innocently teasing your friend, but they maybe going through a bad thing, you strike a nerve. reporter: we wanted to know how much threatening is going on. f wend at least 60,000 local kids reported bullying last year, and found nochool district is immune to it. surveys in arlington county show one in three students harassed on social mea or b text. in montgomery county, more ninth graders t admit being bullied than older students. >> it can become v damaging. it never goes away. >> reporter: christy knows the pain online bullying can cause.
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>> we shouldn't be surprised when horrendous bullying doesn't erupt somehow. >> reporter: her daughterit cod suicide after being teed online she was told to choke and die. i hope you kl yourself. these are threats. >> i hope you somehow see this and wak up and kill yourself. you might as well. you're a lousy piece of -- aimed at a 14-year-old. >> reporter: she said grace didn'ter have a twi account, but knew the tweets have thousands of viewers. these aiming to stiffen the law. >> being good citize, not just in your school community, but also online is critically important. >> reporter: in loudon county, schools are taking a new approach to bullying after a report of supervisors said
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cyberbullying need to be addressed because nearly every kid comes with a smartphone. asia jes says they' setting up conferences to allow children to confront bullies. >> we are in the business of educating students and allowing them to takeesponsibility for their learning. >> reporter: back at bishop mcnamara, they say they know it needs to be>> addressed. people just keep doing it. i don't think that's okay. leads to more a more bad results. if people wonder whyeople uld do such things it's because they're getting bulld. >> reportechools and health departments do realize this threat. eightagears they didn't ask their students about cyberbullying. experts say when you meet your student's teachers an princip
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prinpals, ask them. this is the season for open houses. ask the teachers. >> i love the face-to-face. >> with the bullier. you have to get aggressive. face-to-face. let them se punishment. that might kush the behavior. >> they call it excludeing a kid, kick him ou you're not going to fix anything. >> just ahead at 5:00 four years since the disappearance of two young children. still no answers for their dad. >> tonight, f theher of jacob and sarah hogle talk about the pain of missing them and the lack o closure in their mother's court case. we are seeing very heavy rainfall in the d.c. metro area. some of that very heavy. now aod flash f watch until 11:00 tonight and a flood 11:00 tonight and a flood warning for fairx andfa
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camera look towards downtown. how about this sh yeah, the rain coming across. not quite yerkt but behd that's one heavy down fall. flash flood watch in effect for the the area. look at the rain around the area. big time rain back. extremely heavy showers pop up arnd the d.c. metarea. they're not moving that much so, we are seeing areasf flooding already. flood warning for alexandria. still flood warningri fore george's county. think mayhi cancel warning. but still, heavy rain right there. heavy rain through down ton. hand you were just asking, does this have lightning in it yeah, look at that. arlington, fairfax, right down
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to tbeltway. you get all the beltway, and then another one. head up in that area. up to the north,nother severe thunderstorm warning. this will expire in five minutes. some very heavy rainfall there too. the wider view showing the flash flood watch for everybodyn the green. that's all of northern virginia. our area in westgi va and maryland as well. a lot of friday night football games going on. as far as tomorrow, expect rain from noon, 2:00, 3:00 and then even 4:00 or 6:00 better chance of rein on sunday. now let's talk about tropical stormflorence. this storm is going to be one we are watching so close because this one hasot majortial for impact on the east coast. right now, still a tropical storm with wind of 65 miles per
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hour. moving west at 8 miles per hour. on that track, travels south of bermuda. out of the woods isnow. s next wednesday. ho rytewinds. that would be deaf stating if it came on shore, and it is expected too. this is a graphic i made showing e en pthtiotallandfall. north down towards florida. outer banks t toward savannah area, especially charleston, myrtle beach. could be m aor hurricane and move our way, mostly as a rainmaker. next couple of days the big change, the temperatures. 75 tomorrow. 71 on sunday. good chance of rain on sunday. that could be heavy. 83 on monday. 86 on tuesday. then lookt next thursday, friday, saturday. all of which wwill be tracking florence as it makes its way
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toward the coast. much more on that comiing up in 15 minutes. tesla's stock takes a tumble today after more wild behavior om c elon musk. smoking pot on video on a podcast. i'm darcy spencer. they have been missing for four years. now the father tells us why the goal of hea longh for sarah and jacobs cha ing
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i'm leon harris at the live desk in the newsroom. d.c. police just released a crucial piece of vidhat they hope will help them find who rlt a little .gi m colored car. points a gun and then opens fire. that happened last night on langston place in south d.c. a 6-year-old girl was struck ink the here. police say she was not the intended target, but theap shoopened right outside the front door of h home. residents tell us they hear gunfire in the neighborhood every night. chris gord season talking with the residents about the outbreak of violence happening there. his report at the top of the hour. it has been four years today since sarah and jacob hoggle -- do you remember them?le
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li children who went missing from montgomerycounty. their mother charged with murder. >> their father has never stopped searching. >> darcy is live in germantown to tell us how the father plans to honoris children tonight. >> reporter: i remember being ih parking lot four years ago. this is where they launched the search four years ago. the father is going to be back here this evening for a vigil, reminding everyone to keep looking. you could say troy turner lived on caffeine for the last four years, every since his children disappeared. >> i would stay up four, to six days over a overagain. >> reporter: turner never gave up hope they would be found alive, but with their mother be charged with murder and countless searches that hope fades. >> now here we are four years later and she has been indicted
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on doubl had had and we don't is have my kids hem i a way, shape, or form. >> reporter: state doctors say he's not okay to stand trial. he was diagnosed with schizophrenia before they disappeared. this is her attorney. >> katherine hoggle is an ill man who is sitting in a hospital who also doesn't have e her chi and she is presumed innocent. >> reporter: turner partihepate inountless vigils over the years in order to keep their sweet smiles in the media. >> until their found, i will be looking for my kids zblfrm. >> reporter: he says he's not the sam man he was four years ago. the nightmares are not to worst of . >> the worst is when you have the nightmares that feel real and they' home and i'm cuddling with them in my arms and they're not a i wake up
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and realize they're never going to be agr:n. >> reporimply heartbreaking. that vigil gets around way here parking lot fil-a at 7:00 this evening. troy says come on out. >> i don't think we realize how tough that has to beha for man. thank you, darcy. the family of the herndon mother and children who were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide are still trying to understand the loss. the father found the boys and the family found the mother upstairs. the family says the boys were intelligent and sweet and that she was a devoted mother. aew scandal for the catholic church that could lead to answers for men and women across the country who say their fathers, tir dads were
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priests. one man spent 25 years trying t proveat. he says the church threw up roadblocks along the way until one priest's remains were exhumed for dna testing. our sister boston captured the moment he learned the results. >> you have driven all the way from south carolina to find out whether thomas sullivan is your father, and i'm here to tell you that he is. >> don't miss the full story and why this man thinks it could lead to answers for more people like him. that's tonight on news4 at 11:00. a big change for local veterans the v.a. opened a new medical center in montgomery county. th pressure do so with the problems here at the v.a. in d.c. reporter: that's right. the v.a. has hundreds of clinics nationwide.
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this one serves montgery county. the vets had been making the drive tohe d.c. for medical treatment there. that's been plagued by mismanagement, supply shortages postpoments and other things from an investigation by the news i-team. vets can go to this smallerin in gaithersberg. local vets told us they wanted an alternative to the d.c. center, which, among otherin has a parking shortage. >> now we have a community based facility here in montgomery, and that's where healtcare is going, community based. >> reporter: that clinic will be part of the d.c./v.a. which is looking for aew
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leader. five leadership changes sinceap l. next at 5:00, tesla's embattled ceo blowing smoke on a podcast. >> the reaction from wall street to another bizarreove from elon musk. >> reporter: a generosity from student to an onto have. >> just being able to know he would bless me touches my heart. just ahe the sto behind this unlikely friendship. >> and we are seeing a lot of hunderstorms pop up this afternoon. thunderstorm warning right near hank hankerstown. we have a lot of thunderstorms to deal with. flooding concerns. very heavy rain, a lot of lightning and a flash flood watch until 11:00 p.m. what to expect as we go through this evening. be careful driving. a lot ofe rain on roads. back in a few minutes with a
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it features five of the most nprominent african-ameri leaders at that time. white served as a resident artist and later a distinguished professor at howard. passing away in 1979. more than 100 pieces of his art will be featured in the exhibit. on wall street, shares of tesla tumbled tod in part because of the ceo of the company in this video. >> how does that work is this tobacco and marijuana in there. >> that's musk in an appearance on the joeoguen podcast show last night. it's been a bizarre month for tesla, that included high profileresignations.
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only on news4. >> when you called me you told me 8,000 people already viewed it, i was like no, way. r: watching the number of views and retweets spike. >> 31,000 views rht now. just keeps changing. >> just keeps changing. that's insane, r:n. >> reporheir friendship started two years ago, right here at stafford high school. the conversation was based on shoes. >>or was waiting f my dad to come pick me up, and he was sweeping in the gym. >> he noticed the pair of sneakers i had on at the time. he was like, i like your kicks. showing each other kicks. he was showing me what he had. just started from there. >> chris was astudent. angel was a part of the custodian staff. life's not been easy for angel, once homeless. >> yeah, homeless. met my wife. she took me out of the
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lifestyle. >> reporter: after that, friendship. this week, tristan wanted to surprise angel. tristan asked him what type of shoes he should get for himself. he said, you should by the jordan 8s. i said, do you have a pair? he said, no, i have fourkids. i can't shop for myself. >> reporter: which brings usck o that viral video. with another classmate rolling tristan walked up. >> can't believe you. you're too much. >> we weren't going video tape it. >> reporter: ael is happy that others can see tristan's generosity. >> i would have never thought anybody cou come and bless me the way he did. pl two p that could have passed each other in the hall, but that would have kept the school community from an undeniable bond.
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>> who says there's not gthd in world? >> i want to know more about angel. sound like he' got an interesting story. we should keep an eye on hip and stay in touch with him, if you will. >> he's working hard. coming up night, d.c. has a chance to bring home another championship >> if you have not been following the wnba's washington mystics you might wt to start. george wallace with a quick preview of the finals game one tonight. >> it's a great time to be a mystics fa the mystics tonight against the storm get the phenomenals under way. mystics making their first ever appearance in theal f and look to continue the winning ways around d.c. this summer. the capitals first, thenhe valor and now possibly theon washingt mystics. mystics have beenng playi really good basketball of late,ly especialn games four and five against atlanta. elena delle donne returned to
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spark her team to victory. it washington's first trip to the finals. but delle donne and the mystics feel like they're ready. >> i think we kind of just focus in on the process and what we can do in the moment. you can't look too far ahead. you can't look behind. you got to be ready for that moment. even's done a great job with their nerves. we have had a few one and done games. a few gapes where it was win or go home. so we have had some nerve racking so far and hopef can build on those. >> we'll see if they're up for the challenge. mes one and t in seattle. games three and four here in d.c. on the campus of george mason. you might think getting a new sidewalk on your street coulmebe a wel improvement, but some neighbors have been battling, trying to sp a new sidewalk project. markegraves explains why this could be an issue for your
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neighborhood as well. arizona after knvenue has a sidewalk on oneide of the street, but now the district is preping to add another sidewalk along the other side of the street. some of the residents have been trying to wlok the sidewalk from going in. >> it's not needed. we have limited pedestrian traffic. >> we have to take some trees out and -- for what in for alk sidehat nobody going walk? >> reporter: d.c. councilman mary cfe initiated a meeting last night. >> we are trying to make sure everyone with can walk in the city. >> reporter:idenant somethg we. >> we asked for the traffic to be regulated. we want that bore sidewalks.
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>> reporter: v-dot says they'll look at that. the situation isn't unique. in fact, there are lots of streets across the city, like this one here, where there's a sidewalk on one side of the n street, bo sidewalk on the other side. in fact, th district has about 70 miles of gaps in its sidewalk system and the plan is to fill in those gaps with new sidewalks. >> in the last six or eight years we have been able to fill about ten or 12 miles ofep that >>orter: they agreed to begin the construction on mcarthur and is consideringst ping the sidewalk just short of rolo. construction is s to b next week. these navy base say they'll keep fighting. mark segraves, news4. storm team alert now. heavy rain right in through the district. other areas too. it's right in here.
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look at this extremely heavy rain. a lot of lightning. not a seve thunderstorm, although i wont be surprised to sea a lightning. u notice the lightning. very heavy rain in through d.c. s thathy we have flood warning. starting to see rising creeks here.la not a flood warning but a flood warning through 9:00. don't drive through flooded roadways. you know some of the creeks might overflow. rock creek, that's always a big one. watch out forha very heavy rainfall. look at all the eghtning. mass thunder over our studios too. this is 95 you know thatter and section. that's where this is right now. and it's not going to be good for the evening rush. severe thunderstorm warning in washington county. just wes of haguers town for this storm that's moving down to the south. more storminess in frederick
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county. these have not moved much either. there could be a lot of flooding this evening. that's why the national weather service has extendedhe watch include all of the d.c. metro area and northern virginia. watch out out there. turn around. don't drown. speaking of busy nights it is a night. we have friday night lights. this could be an issue. >> i think it's going to be a big issue. friday night football games here. looking at the thunderstorms. depending on where you are. if you'rdont yooo ue in and looking pret fine. we have games in northern virginia to talk about. chance of thunderstorms by 6:30. chance is going go up as weth g ugh the evening. 7:30 thunderstorms8: tonight. if you're heading out to the football games if you don't have the rain in your area yesterday, at least take an umbrella or poncho with you. just keep an eye to the sky.
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the gardening forecast weekend. big changes. after the round of storms tonight, we are looking at cooler temperatures. rain across your weekend. especially as we go into sunday morning. around 70 on sunday. marysville garden center tip of the day --e september is ideal time to seed your lawn. doug was seeding his lawn this morning, h said. >> yeah! >> rake up dead grass, spots. apply seed and fertilize and water. you don't need to apply water today. i had the sprinkler going on earlier after i did allthat. but now, a new flood warning in effect for prince george county and montgomery. right along 4, that whole strand under a warning. that will continue. watch put out forhis theest of the night. tomorrow, 75 for a high.
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ytiffany wes just named a fire battalion chief. >> she's the first black woman to do so in all of northern rg ia. wesley grew up in temple hills, maryland and has beeorking toward this job for decades. aimee cho has her inspiring story. >> reporter: as tiffany wley gets rea to fight fire each day, today she's also gearing up r a new j cha, becoming an arlington fire battalion chief. >> i couldn't have asked for antthing . >> reporter: she's the first black woman in history to holde job. >> never before before did i think i would be here. the hours of nonsleep and preparing and worrying it's all worth it. >> reporter: she started aorkes her way through the ranks that were mostly male throughout the department, just one in ten firefighters is female. >> people kept telling me i was
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too small and would never survive in the male dominated position. that's whatade me want to do it more. >> reporter: now whenever fire fightsshow. to the scene, chief wesley will be in charge. >> i want to send a universal message to eryone it is possible. you have to have the fire and passion inside of you and believe you can do whatever yse your mind to. >> reporter: with each fire she sets o tosl fight, chief pry blazing a trail for women everywre. >> i'm excited. just trying to take it all in. now at 6:00, showers and thunderstorms acrosshe region. the latest path of florence. plus, a war o words on the campaign trail. >> if you thought elections don't matter i hope these last two words corrected that impression. >> i'm sorry that i watched it, but i fepl as >> reporter: tonight, two presidents with opposing
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messages ahead of the crucial midterm elections. a dramatic crash and dash caught on tape. wh s neighborsay it's part of a bigger problem. the unlikely friendship with a janitor and a student and it's going viral. >> just to be able to know he s able to bless me. truly touched my heart. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 starts now. buckle up. we have some weather over us and we are tracking two big storms tonight. we are adding more to the weather map as we speak. florence inching closer to the east coast. it's expecte to become a major hurricane next week. doug ise tracking timing and the impact. >> but first, heavy rain, lightning and a flood warning for ourregion. doug, it's a busy night. very busy night. earlier 90s, sunshine, at fmed e
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