place. >> here's what it looks like after the storm. these are live pictures from chopper 4 which is flying over ijamesville in frederick county. you can see these stkems pac a serious punch. >> we begin live team coverage on the ground in frederick county. jackie bensen justre arrived the on the scene. we know several homes have been damaged. tell us what you're seeing there. >> reporter: we are in ijamesville. we're right under where you saw those choppertu pics. take a look behind me here. this home has been very severely damaged by multiple large tree limbs and pieces of trees that have come down on the ground. ioflost count how many big tree limbs fell here. i can tell you and you may want to passis along, we saw this all the way coming down the road. that's where we are right now in the 5000 block, we saw damage like this. this is the worst, but we saw it

coming all the way down this road. obviously this area was pretty hard hit when those storms came through this afternoon. luckily we learnedthat nobody was inside that home that you can see. they've got some people there checking on the damage and tring to figure out what's going on. there were no people inside gratefullyvery, very the family tells us the family at, who we're going to try to get you a quick little picture of, don't let him out, because you can see theeaittle sticking up. he was inside and rescued by thw young mho is -- how would are you? he's 17. at got hugh out thereof and put him safely in th car. there's no power in this area right now. i can tell you that we are seeing just every yard tat we passed on the way up here, we saw large tree branches, tree limbs. it was trash day here today, so trash cans arell over the

place. there's damage to fences. there is a lot of damage here people are just right now trying to figure out sort of exactly what they're going to do to secure their homes and make sure that in case we get more rain this afternoon or evening that no more water comes inside. so a lot of cleanup to do. live in ijieesville, jack bensen, news 4. >> jackie, once again, what road is that? >> reporter: mussetter road. >> gotcha. >> all right. that's jack keen bensen. thank you,ackie. doug and amelia were first on the air when this tornado warning first came out warning you about the dange storm as it happened. >> what's the latest? how are things looking right now? >> well, i'm just looking at some ne video. i just found this on twitter that somebody put out there.

in howard county, ellicott city, right around route 32 and i was on the air talking about if you're around 32, this is the ornado warned storm. the same storm that came through the ijamesville area. i think this was a rnado, especially into howard county. more ke to see a little damage to confirm a tornado, but i have seen someone that will confirm a tornado around the ijamesville area. the new video i'm looking at would be a definite tornado. trees are just everywhere in all differentct direns. right over 32. we were on the air live saying if you're along 32, there may be a tornado on the ground right ow. it lookske that was the case with this storm right there. storm.s a monster of a we saw another one coming through parts of fairfax county into prince george's. a lot of damage in that area. now not much going onut here, look to the south. we've got a new severe thunderstorm warning. this is for green and madison county, in tough parts of virginia. this storm makingit s way towards culpeper, over towards

orange county and eventually towards the fredericksburg region. more rain on the way. look what we've got back here vi towards westinia. we're not done yet. atmost of the severe weher is done. if you're going out tonight, make sure you have the umbrella. we'll continue to keep you posted. i'm trying to find more video, more information about the possible tornado. columbia, maryland, by the way was hit this time last week by a tornado. remember that one. two thursdays in a row. severe ny days of weather in a row across the country. remember to get the power of storm team 4 anytime anywhere you are with our nbc washington app. it's free and once you have it you can get doug's alerts about eaded your way. two young children in spotsylvania are orphan. >> somebody's killed their parents and their olotr half brr. yesterday a relative found their bodies inside a home south of fredericksbur >> news 4's drew wilder isi l now near arlene acres drive. he's got the latest on the investigation under way there.

drew. >> reporter: such a he tbreaking story, leon. we are hearing from the father of one of those victims. he's actually also the grandfath to those two orphans you mentioned. tonight he's beginning the two ss of adopting those kids all while he waits to learn who killed his daughter. offibirs are still for clues a day and a half later since three people were found dead inside of their spotsylvania county home. a toddler and an infant were also found inside. they're unharmed. police say the three were killed with aha srp object. >> they're not telling us how it hpened or anything else. >> reporter: that's the voice of richard ozuna. his daughter rachel was the woman who was killed. the teen arager was her son kyr and the adult male was her boy friend. the family is devastated and at a loss. the teenager's father, the person's ex is the person who

discovered the bodies. >> broken down in tears trying to talk to te officer. three people dead, no arrest and no suspects. no answers for these families who have no idea who k them or what led up to this deadly violence. just a couple of minutes before we went on the air here at 6:00, a young girl and her grandmother drove up. they wanted to see the home where the 14-year-old lived. that young girl went to school with the 14 kyrrus. she's heartbroken tonight. says all of the kids that went to school with her sharing memories of him. we spoke with her on camera. join us for tonight's news 4 at 1:00 and you'll hear her sto and the very latest in on this ongoing investigation. drew the white house is under fire for reportedly asking the navy to hide the u.s. john mccain during president trump's trip to jan pap opinion his

dislike of the senator is well documented. the warship is named for senatoa mc, his father and grandfather. "the wall street journal" contained an email to keep the ship out of sight. nbc news has not reviewed that mail, that email. the president says he did not know about the order, but he ep told rorters that whoever issued it meant well. >> iwas i think perhaps the attempt of staff to prevent the president from having a tantrum if he saw the name. or jack reed sen of rhode island is the ranking democrat on t armed services committee. he told nbc's andrea mitchell that he is looking into the incident. it comes as the president walks back an apparent admission that russia helped him win the election. >> mixed message from the resident today on russian interference. the president also bashe what he called a biased investigation.

speaking to reporters outside the white house, president trump trashed special counsel robert mueller calling him a never trumper. >> i think he is a totalic confled person. i think mueller is a true never trumper, somebody that dislikes donald trump. >> the president on defense after mueller declined to exonerate him during his remarks on the russia investigation yesterday. and for the first time, publicly acknowledging russian election ddling tweeting i had nothing to do with russia helpin me to get elected. minutes later seeming tose rever himself. >> russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me elected? you know who got me elected? i got me elected. russia didn't help me at all. >> mueller's investigation revealed russia did interfere in the election favoring the trump campaign. mueller's remarks on obstruction have more democrats calling for impeachment. >> to me it's a dirty word, the word impeach. it's a dirty filthy disgusting

word. >> there are 46 house members and onrepublican pressuring nancy pelosi to begin the impeachment process. >> nothing is offhe table. >> in a new interview with cbs news, attorney general william barr threw the responsibility on obstruction back to the special counsel for not reaching a n on the charge. >> i personally thought he could have reached a decision. >> barr has come under fire for his characterization of le muels report. mueller says charging the president was not an option because of longstanding justice department policy. as for mueller, he made it clear he doesn't intend to make any moreut comments, congressional democrats are hoing on to hope they can get him to testify. back to you. >> thanks, craig. could d.c. become the 51st state? for the first time in more than 20 years, congress is going to be holding a hearing on that very question. as news 4 mark segraves report, local leaders say that they are now closer than they've ever been.

>> district leaders gathered atc the d war memorial on the national mall today making the case that d.c. should be the ponst state. >> we areg not askin for a hand out. we are demanding our fundamental rights as american citizens. >> washington, d.c. is the nation's capital, but it's also home to more than 700,000 people. u.s. sens wicitizens with no vo congress. a house committee will hold a hearing on d.c. statehood and where to give d.c. two senators and one member of the house. >>e come determined to become the 51st state of the united states of america. >> the district has had a long struggle when it comes to voting rights. d.c. residents didn't get to vote for president until 1964. in 1971 d.c. got a nonving delegate to congress. it was 1974 when d.c. first elected their own mayor and council. as for congressional

representation, in978 congress d pass a constitutional amendment giving d.c. a full ss vote in cong but that eventually paid. inhe 1993 t house of representatives held a vote on statehood which also failed. in 2009 a senate debate giving seat failed. >> we have the highest number of co-sponsors ever. we have grassroots groups out in the 50 states advocating for the 51st state. we have presidential candidatesg makin it part of their election platforme >> the hous hearing will be july 24th. mayor bowser urges d.c. residents to fill that hearing room. the statehood got a big boost as steny hoyer who had long opposed wrote an op-ed saying he's finally on board and it's timec. for to get the vote. >> hope springs eternal for people in the district, but what

are the odds this could actually really happen? >> well, the odds that it will s pass the h are very, very goodde it's a mocratic majority. they've got more than 200 co-sponsors. but as you know, it a faces republican senate, a republican white house. what the suppoers are saying is they're hoping that 2020 mayor bowser a delegate norton hope 2020 will bring a change in theenate and a democr in the white house, but as you were saying before when we were off air, they've h b thisore with a democratic senate and a democratic president and they weren't able to get it done then. it's an uphill stiggle. s a long ways off. >> interesting reminder in your timeline that d.c. residents couldn't even vote for president. >> didn't get to vote for john kennedy. it wasn't until after kennedy was glected they that vote. it was republican richard nixon who signed that home rule act giving d.c. the ability. >> interesting. >> the struggle contins.

>> mark segraves. thanks, mark. we're tracking two big fights in the battle overegal abortion. louisiana's democratic governor has just signed a ban on abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. that can happen as early as six weeks. it can come before a woman even realizes she's pregnant. louisiana is now the fifth state to enact such a law and alabama has gone even further than thatg utlawin virtually all abortions. meanwhile, the only abortionic clinn the state of missouri could lose its license tomorrow. we are awaiting a judge's decision on that. the mgm casino in national harbor promised to bring jobs to our area. >> now some of those jobs are going away. just ahead, why dozens of local hard working casino employees are gettingk slips. >> when you think of propane, you proyobly think about ur grill, but what about your car? why some local communities want u to take propane for a spin.

and the severe weather we had a little bit earlier has already moved through the area, but now we're watching anothern rouof showers and thunderstorms. even a severe thunderstorm in the southern zone. i'll show you what to expect the hest of t

wild weather on this thursday afternooaand evening. look at the damage left behind from heavy rab and strong wins. chopper had just flew over this scene. join us. melia

>> dorothy spencer explains the push for propane in county vehicles. that's folks saving the county a lot of money. >> want to take it for a spin? >> this may look like a r ular riding mower, but if you look closer, there's a propane tan powering the mower. some local governments are moving to this alternative fuel to reduce emissions. >> we can really have an impact on not only just the physical environment in terms of ground level ozone, but the green house gas. >> prince gedrge's coaluntyso ps a green fleet resolut n in 2014. so far the county has 28 propane powere vehicles and six on order. surpassing their goal.t par of the reason prince george's countys moving more towards propane gas, they're trying to reduce the impact of climate change. workshop was held in

forestville about the advantages ofop pre fuel. representatives from governments in the region attended to see if it makesm. sense for the >> it isn't as sexy a solution as electric vehicles, but the reality is the fuel is in pensive, the maintenance costs are reduced and it's a great alternative to diesel fuel. >> reporter:he county has a propane station where buses and ucks can refuel. some critics have had concerns about the location of these tanks and they of propane. leaders say they're trying to educate the public about i benefits. >> when it burns off, it's a cleaner fuel for the children to teathe. othean sitting down at that level and sucking in diesel from school buses that run off of diesel. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. the county tells us that they're saving money on fuel and

maintenance by using propane. $70,000 in the last five years in fuel costs which may not sound like a lot of money, but $4,500 for each bus being used per year. you check out more of our stories on climate change right now on the nbc washington app. search clanhanging climate. back to a storm team 4 weather alert and the severe weather that hit our area pretty hard. >> doug and amelia join us fromm the storcenter. the worst over but it doesn't mean we need umbrellas? >> if you're out for dinner,ta the umbrella. right now you're fine for about the next one or two hours d.c. metro, but to the west already seeing rain. >> doug, we're seeing some df theage come in from chopper 4. the national weather service will have to go out and survey, but it does look like there was a tornado. >> that same storm moved over to howard county. i saw some damage and some video we're trying to turn around for you coming up.

it definitely looks likehere was a tornado there. take a look as these storms ruled on through. i'm going to take you through this and show you where it was. it was right in this area. look at all that lightning right around the frederick area. then watch how this moves into howard county right there. a ght here you see this big time storm. n of lightning there. we were on the air at this time. a tornado warning in effect for howard county including the columbia area. now we're seeing some of the damage there. chopper 4 is over that sceneri t now surveying some of that damage. i have seen numerous reports or numerous areas wp rig. right there. just zoom on in to that area. i'm watching c pper as well as talking to you guys. let's take a look and show you what's happening now. here is chopper right here. u can see some damage from that house. look at these trees right there. stop right tifre. ou can hear me, look right there. i want to zoom in. they're leaving me again.

there's some moreouses. look at these trees here. once again, these trees are sheared off in the middle. these aren't thrown straight over like straight line winds. they're sheared off in the middlebout 10 to 15 feet up. that tells us there was a tornado hopping around. this was probably a very weak tornado. look at the damage here. look at all these trees down in cris area. this is some inible video showing us that there was, indeed, a tornado in this region. anytime you see trees like this that are kindeaf shed apart, notice all the little white areas? that's actually the inside of trees that have been taken off by this tornado. again, this goes along with the video i've seen. it goes along with the video i'veseen out in ijamesville as well that there was a tornado there. officially we can't say that yet until the national weather service goes out. i'm sure they'll be o there tomorrow. look at the reports here. these are all wind damage reports from that possible tornado and that storm that came

around i-70 and then more damage down around virginia, in through prince william county, in through parfa of fair county, including this one. look at woodbridge here. a tr on a house in woodbridge. we have seen numerous trees on houses as a result of the strong wind a now we're tracking more storms back to the southwest. most of this will be on the moderate to heavy side at times. once this gets out here, things change big time for tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a much nicer day, but not everybody out of the threat for thunderstorms. >> absolutely. if you're south and west of washington, in fact, the d.c. metro area, you could be seeing some widely scattered thunderstorms moving through to areas like luray, fauquier unty, down into parts of fredericksburg. high temperature tomorrow of 85. a comfortable day. the humidity levels are nicend low. mostly to partly sunny skies. here's the chance for showersd thunderstorms south and west of washington later in the day. here's future weather at noon. we're dry. we have plenty of sun.

look at what happens at 2:00 p.m. we hit 4:00 p.m. notice some rain around fredericksburg, southern fauquier county as we continue towards 6:00, the d.c. metro area, areas to the north completely dry.ng we're noticiome heavy rain and potentially some rumbles of thunder around fredericksburg and the northern neck. tomorrow night it isoing to be perfect out there. beautiful nig fire up the rill and eat al fresco. also a niceol day overall. most of us will stay completely dry. thuth and west of washington, especially norn virginia, you could be dealing with rain. an awesome pool day on saturday. upper 80s. it's a bit perfect day to take a dip on sunday. we'll have thunderstorms around later in the day. trose thunderstorms could potentially be sng but not a huge severe risk on sunday. the chance for thunderstorms on sunday coming in at about 50%. so the weekend most of it is going to be dry. but again, all the focus right now is o the damage reports

across the area. the chopper has been fantastic with getting these pictures for us. we had some new pctures right now. >> i want to show you those pictures. we've got chopper 4 right now. this is right over parts of howard county. this was definitely a tornado. there's a couple ways i know this. one, you could tell by thehe sed trees. two, you look for the path. you see the path? look at the path right there. these treesre fine. these trees are fine. there's your path of a tornado that came up through parts of howard county andar just she off the tops of these trees. this tornado went right behind this house right here, probably went right over this house. what happens, notice how these trees -- go back, chopper. go back. i want to go back to where we just were. once again, here is where a down.o touched nothing over here. nothing over here. this was definitely a tornado that came through. this looks to me, we've got one here, we've got one here. this could have been a multiple tornado meaningou have one

vortex and mini tornadoes inning around it. this might have been a very small tornado just whipping right throughere. u might have had a couple tornadoes in a much larger rotation. this is fascinating photographer weve got going on with chopper 4. i'll toss it become in to you guys. >> can i ask you? can you explain why the trees get snapped off halfway up? >> yes. absolutely. the big thing is you've got within a tornado you've got that strong wind. this tornado might have been 40, 50 feet wide. that's it. you're going from 20, 30 mile per hour winds and get the tornado with 80 mile an hour winds. normally in a severe thunderstorms, you getthinds move a tree like this and the tree is able to move and ebb and flow in that storm. you get a tornado, it goes from5 10 to to 80 just like that and it just takes the top of the trees. look at this right here. look how this is sheared around. see how that tree is all

sheared? definitely had a tornado today in howard coitty. we'll wand see if the weather service agrees, but it does look like a week tornadak aybe a couple of them. >> a lesson in real time on how tornado damage works. seei it live from the chopper. thank you, doug. a new lawsuit claims the fbi treated female siain unfairly. why the bureau put their careers in jeopardy just because they're women. the casino giant mgm is downsizing and mgm national

you can't really see it, but ctere is's big change under way. the refng pool is slowly being drained for repairs. a broken water line affected the water quality inol the po this spring. the lack of circulation led to the growth of algae and the noticeable green tint to the water. the park service tells us they don't use hoses for this. they just flip a switch in the pump house to drain it. it's going to take five or six days for that process. then work crews will repair the line, clean the poo and refill it. everything should be back to normal by the week of jne 16th. lgbt pride month and the capital pride alliance here in d.c. justun annoced grand marshals for next weekend's parade. the byu valedictorian who came

out during his commencement speech as well as a survivor from the orlando nightclub shooting. they will be joinedby a couple cast mbers. the parade is set for next nbc 4 is going to be there. you can read more about it at the capital pride celebration as well on our nbc washington app.> >> blinding rain, heavy winds, large hail and the chance of tornadoes. it's been a busy day for storm team 4. >> doug's tracking the damage for us. he's got the look at what's coming up next for us here. i'm adam tuss. have you ever wanted to give that driver behind you a piece of your mind?

now at 6:30 a storm team 4 weather alert as we track a chance for another round of st ams. >> it'slready been a very stormy afternoon and some of you folks out there are under a tornado warning this afternoon. take a look at this video. this just into thene wsroom. a viewer shot this for us along route 32. driving rain, multiple tr ts dore as well.ge very danrous drivingnd ions. >> reporter: doug is tracking it all in our storm center. >> that was the area of the video that ld me that was a tornado along 32. i want to update you before we get to more tornado damage. we've got another severe thunderstorm warning. this is for aneen county culpeper county until 7:15. you see that storm right ther coming towards orange county, heading towards fredericksburg. a new storm also around winchester. this one will move in towards leesburg. we're not done yet, guys.

the heaviest storms have come through. this is chopper 4, right over 32, right around where that car was. chopper is going to move up to the north here with me. i want to move up here. you see all of these treesdown. keep going, keep going, i want to go up. look at all of these trees down. look at this. the amazing part is look at these garages. these are not we l made aok at all of these trees. just destroyed here. this entire row of trees. theseare all pine trees, guys. they snap a lot faster. look at them all. just incredible damage now coming out of our area. i have not, hwever, seen muc in the way of structural damage to any of these houses that are out there. that is very good news. it is all along thissame line, though. numerous trees down. you can see the debris around this house, but right now we have not heard of any injuries either. that's very good news. we'll continue to keep you posted on what's going on. we're not done just yet.

>what's amazing is no pattern. >> thank you, doug. dozens ofe work at mgm national harbor have been dealt pink slips less than three years after it opened. >> thos layoffs at the resort and casino are part of a broader company nicinitiative. >> tracee wilkins takes a look at what's next for the affected s ployees. >> i guess thi just like you would want to know more information. why are they laying people off. >> the reaction to news that dozens of people are out of wor here at mgm national harbor. company wide mgm laid off 222 people in theof first round layoffs, mostly in las vegas. then today another 557 people were laid off. 62 here at mgm national harbor according to a company spokesperson. >> they promised all the jobs. >> the ceo says the changes we are making today brings us

closer to concluding foundational work of mgm 2020 during which we streamline our operating model and reduce our salaried staff by over 12%. part of the promise for mgm was jobs before the casino was built. there are nearly 3,500 employees at national harbor.e ompany spokesman said the layoffs do not violate their agreement to hire locally. one can sell the layoffs a brok promie. >> i th it's wrong they make promise i moved to d.c. in 2003 and my home city just openedn up a mgm last year and there's already wellof layoffs up there as in springfield, massachusetts. >> mgm spokesman say a more than half who have been laid off are managers but they would not say specifically what positions have been terminated. on saying that these are nonunion positions meaning no floor workers have been laid off.

according to state, mgm national harbor is showing a profit every quarter. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. a group of women is suing the fbi saying their careers were derailed because they're women. just ahead, how they say their male colleagues received a second chance while they were left behind. plus hundreds of area teachers are expected to resign in coming weeks. the news 4 i-team uncovers why so many ofhem are walking away from their jobs. >> we have not lifted up the role of teachers the same way in role of teachers the same way in this society fo trhe

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there are some choice words you can use to describe traffic ound here. but get this. now youll can actuay spell out a message to the driver behind yo it's a device calledoa rd wave. adam tuss shows us a lot of people think putting words in the window is a good idea.

>> now this is a rhetorical question. but have you ever wanted to tell that driver behind you exactly what you think of them? how will you describe the drivers around here? >> crazy, aggressive, angry. not fun at all. >> everybody here likes to blow theirorn. >> guilty as charged. how about a kinder experience on th road. this is where road wave comes in, a bright l.e.d. sign you put on the back windshield that connects to bluetooth and lets thutdriver know more abo what you are thinking. for example, i'm sorry, i didn't f.an to cut you or let me merge. >> i can get. with that at the end of the day, not everyo f ism the area. >> john stanley is the oceo the company. he says he had this idea after his mother was a victim of road rage. >> it was created to connect unknown drives in mere seconds. s road rage ca can get out

of control like this rent episode in the boston area where a man jumped on the hood of car that sideswiped him. or here locally where this woman attacked a bus an f thenng the bus driver off her ca as he tried to jump on the hood. the national highway traffic safety transportation says 50% honk the horn, flash the lights, make rude gestures or shout. 2% adm to revenge, like tailgating, bumping, even attempting to run another driver off the road. >> if you have an audi or a cadillac, or a tesla, you are going to run me off the road. >> something like a simple thank you to a kind gesture on the road could make the difference. in alexandria, adam tuss. news 4. >> all you have to do is wait. just wait. >> just be friendly? little courtesy goes a longway, doesn't it? well, a lot of area teachers are calling it quid s. diou know that? >> well, the reason for that

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challenging. tonight several womare suing the bureau. they said they got kicked out of a training program at quantico because they're women. they spoke with nbc's stephanie gosk. >> when i asked if i could be recycled into a class behind me for additional training, theyr ponded to me that they did not do that. i had an instructor inform me after the fact that they, in fact, did do that. >> there were male colleagues of yrs who were given second, third chances? >> correct. yes. fbifficials say they cannot comment on the lawsuit, but they say they value diversity and are committed to fostering an environment where all employees are valued and respected. stephanie gosk has more this story just ahead on nbc nightly news. we are at the end of may. school is almost out for the summer for most folks. for hundreds of area teachers, they may not be coming back this fall >> that's according to an investigation by scott macfarlane and our news 4

i-team. the i team several teachers and learned why they say they're walking away. e rything is big in the refrigeration business. jared mounds works for his family company in frederick county, virginia. his previous job had some real heavy lifting. >> i thought driver's ed, health, p.e., coached wrestling and coached baseball. >> jared and his wife carrie were both tehers. >> i loved interacting with the kids. >> until they walked away. just like heather in county, maryland, who is planting seeds for a new career. hnter a decade teaching math at thomas jon high, she left the classroom to start a farm windh her husband and spemore time with her kids. >> i thought for 12 years and if i could have figured out a way to leave work at work, i would have figured it out in that

period of time. >> we reviewed district reports and found concerns about the looming shortages of teachers. in virginia it is considered worsening. in maryland it is caed persistent. in d.c. a state board of education member said the constant churn is devastating. staffing reports with the freedom of information act shows some school districts losine betwe8% and 13% of school teachers in one year's time, some retiring, some moving to nother district, some leaving the profession all together. >> the i-team wanted to know what's the numbers. we surveyed teachersro thhout our region asking why they're leaving and what would convince them to say. the results came flooding in. nearly 5,000 responses. more than 80% of those teachers cknowledge having considered changingeers the past two years alone. nearly 40% cited stress as a factor folwed by lack of support, student behavior, and salary. many also blamed distractions o student cell phones and

pressures from testing. when we asked what would makemo them likely to stay, the majority cited pay, more support, and bette student behavior. >> we have not lifted up the role of teachers the same way in this society for the last 25 years that we shouldhave. >> in fairfax county the superintendent says they're taking action to cut the losses with% a 6erage pay hike for teachers last year. >> we put smore expectations on teasters over the la 20 years than ever before. >> the school signd some of its own high school students to return to fairf>> to teach. if you can convince future achers before they graduate high school. >> before they graduate. >> to keep more of their own, prince george's county and frederick cou y maryland are also raising. while in loudoun county, school administrators rely on mentoring programs to lp new teachers grow. like tatyana who just started her teaching career. >> we have support where needed and that's what keeps me going. i have people that i can count

on. it definitely helps with th load. >> jared and carrie say they don't regret leaving the classroom. >> i consider myself a teacher still. >> but still miss what drew them there. working with students. >> i think every teacher will tell you the actual teaching in the classroom is what we all love. >> many teachers said pay is not their top concern. cost of living does play into where they tea live.where they we asked they trade a longer commute for better pay, about half said yeah. >> wow. that tells you something special. there are peole who dedicate themselves to teaching kids. you want to see more results on the survey? go to our nbc washington app and select nfinvestigations. back to the coverage of the storms that hit our area. >> that includes a possible tornado. doug. >> i really think thiswas a tornado into parts of howard county, parts of frederick county. the more i see this damage coming out of howard unty, it really does look like a tornado.

maybe a multiple tornado,a er tornadoes around a larger center of circulation. right now we have a thunderstorm warning coming into green and orange county, southern culpeper county as well as madison countm ing its way very close to fredericksburg. another area aurround here. you can see what's happening with these stor ashey may have off toward the east. here's this one. a lot of lightning with this. you may be seeing hail out of this. on this track, this will move right close to fredericksburg and spotsylvania county. watch out there. the other avea of he rain, right here through clark county. as you widen out, we're not done just yet. i want to show you guysore of the chopper video. i want to show you what's happening. look at this video. this is outnt of howard cou this is right out of dayton which is close to ellicott city and columbia. let's zoom on in. look at this garage. this is a large farm out here toward the dayton area. look at that garage.

here's the wall right here that used to go right here covering this. now let's show you a shed that has been taken off too. look at allhe damage here. then look at this. a lot of people out here, they're surveying the damage. here's where the shed. was here's where it is now. you can see it all over the place. they're gogeg through the dama right now trying to figure out exactly what's going on in that area after what i think was a on through its way the area, but these people out there cleaning up what they think is -- cleaning up their damage. it los like everybody there is okay. back to the map and we'll show you what's happening over the ncome couple of days. temperature wise we're going down as we make our way through the next couple of days. i've got to get back it. i went right by the 10-day forecast. iug going thro about every graphic g've in the stack. th is all i wanted show you. we're going to have beautiful weather tomorrow. here it comes, hold on, hold on, 85. 87 on saturday. look at monday and tuesday after a chance of storms on sunday.

monday and tuesday looking great. >> all right. thanks, doug. comingup, one redskin is in the most important off-season of this is annie.

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we've got another tornado warning. this is an ongoing tornado. this i drchtifferent than everything before. this is for orange county and spotsylvania county. i said early this would be comg very close to fredericksburg. this tornado warning is until 7:30. again, a tornado warning nowth wihis storm right here. this one's going to have a lot of hail associated with it too. you tell by thesera two sepa cores. you can see a little bit of a

spin. on this track moving off toward the east at about 35 miles per hour around the lahore area. it has been an incredibly busy day. we've got some rain around the culpeper rea. this is just south of culpeper along 522. look at the hail core with ts. 2 inch hail. 2 inch hail aassociatssociated s storm. a tornado warning now for orange county and spotsylvania county. if you live in thisar ea, and let's go ahead and zoom on in, i'm not as familiar with orangeo county into this area, so right around 5:22, i believe that's 20 right tere. or 29. coming out of and in towards co spotsylvania unty, 5:22 and 29 -- 20 rather, 5:20 and 20. if hou live in t area, you need to make sure you get undercover. this is right around the town of orange just east of orange.

you're looking at a possible tornado with this storm right now. a tornado warning in effect for orange here's the county line between orange and spotsythania county. until 7:30 tonight. once again, until 7:30 tonight a tornado warning. you want to get into the lowest level ofur yo home. i have been showing you video of damage from trees on top of roofs throughout the rest of the afternoon. that's w you want toet to the lowest level of your house. again, the lowest level of your house. the hesement is t best place to be. if you have a two story, get into the bottom level of your home instead of a top level. if aee comes through, it's going to hit the top level first. go to an interior room. if you don't have aem bast, go to an interior room, maybe a bathroom or closet. anything to give yourself a lot of walls between you and the storm itself. never open any woiindows and .nt get clo please don't get close.ming, we've already seen videos today

of people who put themselves in harm's way. anytime you see this pink, anytime you see that pink, that tells me we've got a very large hail core, meaning a very large upflow and down flow into this storm. that's why we've got the o.rnntial toad haway. under tnit tornado warng until 7:30. we're going to stay on with you for a couple minutes. this storm making its way towards the east. how fast is this moving amelia? moving to the east at 40 miles per hour. that's the only storm we've got. we've got rain in culpeperou cnty. it's the tornado warning that has all of our attention and will continue to have all of our attention right on through the 7:30 hour. i'm going to stay re. we're going to be live. i'm going to go on twitter and facebook. tllow me there. we'll continue keep you posted. let's see if it's showing up on rotation. it may be tougher since this is a little farther away from the

radar. when you're farther away from the radar, the radar is not able to see all the toy down in the storm. it's looking a little bit higher into the atmosphere. because of that, we're showing that rotation thereis is th on the ground or not? we don't have confirmation right now. this is just radar indicated. you can see it's about 55, 60 atles away from the radar site, so at th level you're shooting over the rotation. you're seeing the whole symptom is rotating. if you're in spoylvania county, this is a very impressive storm. we showed you video coming through columbia area a little bit earlier as the storms ran on through. you're going to see those low clouds first and then the rain is going to be making its way docu. on this rrent path you'll be making its way towards the granite springs area and around jonesby 7:17. watch out for this region right here. this is is going to go just north. right along 20. if you live along and south of 20, this is where any damage would be from this storm would

be along and just to the south 2 20. this is routein through orange county right now and making its way intowards spotsylvania county area. i think this should go, the tornado rather, the tornado on this path will most likely go just south of fredericksburg. just south of fredericksburg. is the rest of the storm going to hit into fredericksburg. if you're in and around spotsylvania county, go ahead and zm on in, here's spotsylvania. this is spotsylvania right there. coming through the chancellor area at 7:22, spotsylvania at 7:29 and fredericksburg. a tornado warning in effect for orange county and spotsylvanil unt 7:30. you can see a hook right in here. this storm system continues to move off to thet east a about 35 miles per hour. it will make its way through orange in towards spotsylvania unty over the next half an hour or so. we're going to continue to watch

this for you guys. we'll continue to give youda ups on our air as well as on twitter and on facebook. for right now i'm storm team 4 chief meteorolog . breaking news breaking news tonight, protests and arrest as the clock ticks down. missouri could become the first state without an abortion clinic and moments ago, another major abortion restriction signed into law this time by the democratic governor of louisiana. tonight the fallout and big names threatening to stop making movies in georgia over the abortion law. the flood emergency exploding across several states, entire neighborhoods under water, home after home destroyed and fears the worst is to come as communities brace foe rivers to crest. growing calls tonight for more safety nets at major league baseball parks te afa 4-year-old girl was hit hard in the fa but a foul ball. tonight, how she's doing. nightmare in