ry a montgome county woman is in critical condition after crashing her bike here on river road. whr friends say an aggressive driver is to blame. >> only on news 4, an ndepth

look at -1mss influence in our area. i break down their recruitment tools and see whato you can d to curve the notoriously violent gang's impact. >> the severe weather threat has passed and we're tracking what you can expect when you wake up monday morning and most of us can't remember our college graduation speaker but these grads have about 40 million reasons toever forget theirs. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> new tonight we're hearing from friends ofm a woan nthrow from a bike and critically injured. good evening. an aggressive iver caused the cyclist to wreck on r riveroad and old river road. da da pcy spencer spoke tople that caused the crash. >> this is where sadly the victim landed.

>> it was here on river road where their friend and fellow riderped out crashing her bike on the shoulder. >> you can see the orange marks of her tire marks breaking. >> they say it wasnaused by a aggressive driver that was honking, cursing and swerving clos to the three ofem as they road here before noon on thursday. >> aggressively honking. not beep, beep, i'm here. this was -- >> the driver was angry and after their friend crashed he kept going. the cyclist is in critical condition and with several broken bones and a head inry. >> they are thankful to the many people that stopped to offer help including a man with medical training. he may have saved her life. >> this guy took control. hiok care of her and we're thankful for m.

>> the family wants to hold off on releasing the name for now but they want to hope the driver will be caught. >> if it's you, be a human g. bei fess up. own it. >> rosalynn brown was riding right behind the woman that crashedno >> they're sure if the driver actually hit their friend. they say she could have panicked as he was swerving close to her. >> i've had situationsin which it's gotten scary but nothing near to this. >> the group was ridinwith the potomac pedalers. they want anyone that may have seen thelluv to ca montgomery county police. thisst ju in, fairfax ci lice are searching for a detainee that walked away from a detention facility without

permission. he wasast seen wearing a yellow button up shirt.ls we're ao working to figure out wha jhe was inail for. please call police if you have seen him.al >> l right. so most of those forms we told you about at 6:00 have moved out but we are tracking a few that havetuck around and some more for the start of your work we. that storm moved into carol county. this line of showers and storms continues to pull to the northeast. therefore tonight's forecast does ca for a few isolated

showers and storms to possibly push through the d.c. metro area and maybe see a few sprinkles but like i said, summer-like weather ahead for your monday. i'll detail it and have the timing on tomorrow's rain as well. >> thank you. a scary few hours for people living inse a columbia heights apartment building. first a man was shot andnjured around 1:00 this morning and then hours later a fire on the very same floor. several peop had to be rescued. that's just a few blocks. fire officials haven't said what started the fire they're trying to figure out ifo the soting and the fire are related. >> rising tensions between the united states and iran. president trump threatening to quote end iran if that country attacked the united states military facilities and today a rocket landed near the u.s.

embassy in iraq. it's not clear who launched it we're tracking developmen from iran. >> tensions between tehran and washington have been racheting up and down. tonight president trump turning heat up again if iran wants to fight that will be the official iran.f never threaten the united states again. but with these two old enemies as always, there are two competing narratives. the white house says that tehran is up to no good and if they target u.s. assets whetherec dirtly or by proxy they will be met with a significant military response. >> the counter narrative is that this is entirely manufactured by the united states. a view shared by u.s. allies in europe and wholeheartedly by

russia and china. iran is saying it doesn't want a war but does say it's ready to deal with one if it happens. this current climate puts us at a higher risk of some sort of military confrontation. m y not be on the precipice of a war by design but in the absence of dialogue and diplomacy there is a danger of stumbling into some sort of conflict by miscalculation. nbc news. >> if the president wanted war with iran he may not need congressional approval. mr. trump could use a 2001 use of force resolution.re tonight psident trump sat down news.fox he tackled a widef range o topics. hed discus the immigration plan he discussed on thursday. the pl would enhance border security and also create a merit system favoring young educated workers with family ties to the u.s.

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help. >> savannah guthri talks to george washington university graduates. hear her message about competing with peers and commencement speaker shocker.e on schools entire class enjoyed a gift they will never forget. >> it's sportsfinal. giving us an inside look at what coaches will be expecting from rookie quarterbacks dewayne haskins. we'll introduce you to the new team in town old glory. how the captain of this rugby squad embraces chaos on and off the pitch. plus heros and hockey. armed forces tenke cter stage and center ice all for a great cause.

we're tracking with notorious ms-13 gang. several years ago i went to l salvador to learn more about the gang. tonight we're reisiting that trip to get a better understanding of how ms-13 evolved and why we're seeing so many gruesome crimes. me a naynonymous with murder. >> two of the city's four murders last year ms-13. >> is ba in the headlines. >> these blue and white bags t color of ms-13.

>> more tn five years ago my eam and i were given a special invitation to travel with law enforcement to el salvador to learn about the gang and it's ties to our area.ke we wald through theos mt dangerous neighborhood and visited the prison cells of ms-13 members. >> he investigated theang for about the last 20 years. his expertise used in state and federal cases. we sat down toch cat up. >> since theime that we went to el saldor to now, would you say the gang has a larger presence in our area or smaller presence. >> lahaer. >> w would you attribute that to? >> recruitment. >> he says the gang is hiding in plain sight, suburba rural and urban areas across the country. he says social media is being used as a recruitment tool for the gang and he says kids are entering the gang m at auch

younger age. >> youn have see ms-13 gang as members young as 9 years o s. >>rting the process. butou look at them as inocence. he may not know right from wrong but the gang knows that so they'll take that for their benefit. these are just some of the victims of ms-13 from across our area, all of them lubdgeoned to death. >> their goal is to become the largestost violent gang in the world. that's their mission. they do that by recruitment. >> she was the victim of a savage murder by a pack of killers, ten of them. one of whom gave cops this confession. >> and then what did you do? >> i killedr he >> they feel or they believe that juveniles can cmmit the same violence an adult would but they think nothing is going to happen to them in the

judicial systet' thas why the target is juveniles. >> while on our travels we learned much of what the gang does in el salvaor trickles s beeno the u.s. and tha a concern. >> they're killing police officers. in 2018 they killed 38 officers. >> in el dosalvar. >> yes. >> he focuses on teaching law enforcement about the gang in an effort to keep them and the e communitithey serve safe. however he says police can't do it all. he's calling on the community to be alert and gave this special message to parents, particularly latino parents. >> before ms-13 is ever at their doorstep, what would you say to? parents >> don't turn a blind eye to the situation. face it and deal with it. because these families are losing these kids to these gangs, specifically thisg.g and we can't have that. >> it's not leimpossib to leave the gang but it is difficult.

he says there are positive storiesf gang members completely severing ties and starting anew.we l continue monitoring the gang's influence right here in our area. all right.in switchg gears, the "today" show's savannah guthrie had simple advice for graduates today at george washington university. she was the commencement speaker for the class of 2019. she said shemb didn't remeer the speakers at her gruations including her law school graduation atearby georgetown. she told the new graduates that if they don't remember what she says today they should remember how they felt. >> don't stress when other peopleeem to be going higher and faster. they're gettin married sooner, having kids when you can't, when thers are getting that promotion, buying that house, going on that trip, having those friends. don't you worry. the life you're mang is enough. it is enough. you are enough. >> that isolid advice there.

>> gw awarded guthrie with an honorary doctorate degree in public service. a life changin gift for theo se college commencement speaker. he started their future debt free. >> we're going to put a little fuel in your bus. this isla my 2019 and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> everybody was stunned. look at the people back there on the stage. that's exactly right. this is costing smith about $40 million. moore house is a historically black college in atlanta, georgia. congtulations to all the graduates in our area. that'san amazingtory and we hope that other billionaires will try to one up that. >> for those of us maybe retroactively help us. >> not one class but two class.

let's talk a little severe weather. the threat dying down. what we look forward to on monday. > so yeah, the heat was really our trigger and because the sun is set things have improved as far as the severe threat goes however there is some thunderstorms still popping in the region i want to take you to the radar just to give you the latest on that. that storm we were tracking has now pushed through carol county and died down. back west, all of that green, that's rain. do we still have lightningst kes up there? you can see the thunderstorms fizzling out as well. that's going to continue to pull toward the northeast like this. so as it does that, a few people in our neighborhood may see -- or in our area, may see an isolated shower or maybe sprinkles. but nothing big to worry about tonight. looking back, i mean, this is ont is going to continue to ld drive ilininging us another chance and trigger for showers tomorrow afternoon. i'm pushing through at 2:00 a.m.

done drying out. by 11:00 a.m. lunchtime tomorrow it's a lot of sunshine for your monday afterroon and here ad the evening rush is when it's going to provide a few showers or storms pop tomorrow afternoon. they'll be brief so m yst ofur day is spent dry. temperatures will be another talker as they are today. today's high at 87 in washington d.v. of course just to the south of us it did hit the low 90s. tomorrow not much of a difference there until the front passes through. back to work, bck to school, it is a humid start. temperatures in the 70s. by the afternoon, that's when we're going to see that threat for storms between 3:00 and 6:00. that's your window there and temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s on the backnd of that starting to cool things down. take a look ate th temperature trend beyond monday.

it's supposed to be cool and less muggy on tuesday and wednesday but we're on the rise. thursday headed to the low 80s. te norm 76. getting throughorrow afternoon. beyond that temperatures in the 70s and then the 80s and near 90 next weekend. next wkend is a holiday weekend. we'll keep a close eye on that. i don't want thatain cloud on sunday to scare you. just a chance so we'll let you know as that >> thank you so much >> some localbe dancers have hand picked to perform with andy grammer. the dance troop is made up of dancers with down syndrome. it's in bethesda and empowers

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they were down and then they were up and then they were down again which is where we have seen them for the past, i don't know, like since the season sta ned. >> thisational season is a roller coaster and a ride that national fans would like to get off. they were putting on a good show in front of a crowd that sounded more like they were at wrigley

field. problematic. already up 2-0. adds to it. his 11th of the year comes up 3-0. but in the 6th, down 6-1, here comes anthony and the nats 2 on and he blasts this one to center. a three runnd home run a y'all we have ourselves a ball ga. 6-5, cubs take the series. >> now over in adventure bay. i mea syracuse, new york, paw patrol day featuring tim tebow still chasing his baseball dream. tebow ski this one for his first aaa home run. it's beenocky at times but working h way up the mets

minor league system. celebrations? silent treatment from his teammates, bt' tha no good way to reward the guy so come on, teammates finally. ey gave him his due. hitting just 157 but maybe the paw patrol will get him on a roll. >> now koepka had a commanding 7 shot lead heading into today's final. it's a two man race between koepka and dustin johnson. he gets within a foot of the cup. birdied to get 8 under and he had some problems. rolling just past the hole. he is in for his fourth straight bogey. 7 stroke lead now down to just one. the winning bogey putt at 8

under. >> amanda escapes the pitch and throws anas absolute strike she dts hit. so deepwn field, hauling it in. she goes all the way scoring as time runs out. 26-20.vas win how about a walk offil ha mary that was cool. that was cool.

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the washington nationals have not done many things right this season or lead mlb in many stat categories. thanks for joining us for sports final. you'll be surprised to know the nats lead in one. they have the most wins in baseball when trailing in the 8th or later.fo r washington, he's on the mound while three straight batters watch