we are having hail. >> that'sail all right. and downpours and there were tornados too. we come on the air tonight with

a lot of neighborhoods checking for damage after a day of wild weather. >> check this out. a viewer catches thisvi eo as the leading edge of a tornado storm moves in. the nationalce weather servi has confirmed this srm did produce a tornado and howard county. >> take a look. chopper 4 u showing the damage from up above. this is in frederick county. mees slammed into this home just one ofany houses where a bibe clean up wil under way in the days to come. >> whaa mess. we have live team coverage tonight. we'll show you all the rst damage. >> the weather has moved on tonight and we're getting a look atct the destrun left behind. good evening, everyone. >> in the wolke of the vit storms this evening about 2,000 people in the dmv are without power. we're working for you with team coverage. chief meteorologist says at least one tornado touched down

today. but first our reporters are fanned out across tonight surveying the damage. >> in virginia we begin innd maryla. >> take a look over. here rocks bury road.of is one dozens of roads in this area closed due to downed trees and power lines. >> the chaaw s came out as the wind and rain died down. the afternoon violent weather left many streets and several major roads in howard county blocked by downed trees. the scope of the damage was something not seen in this area in some time. several large homes on edge wood way in glen elk had huge pieces of roof ripped off. homeowners scramble to get the holeswi covered tarp or pli plywood. expecting more rain. gerous. rain so it's da we probably have another six

roofs to tarp tonight. >> to the west. a historic farm property was hard hit. at least one huge old tree sliced through this brick home. a woman was home at the time but she escaped injury. in a field the wind pulled off the tin roof of a horse stable and flung it hundreds of yards away. national weather service is expected on th ground here friday. to do a physical survey of the damage. >> just before 7:00 p.m. a tornado warning was issued for virginia. >> live. what are you seeing? >> good evening. the storms rolled through. here are some downed trees and branchs that are down. still people are trying to survey the damage. now this storm came through here

with heavy winds and the national weather service is confirming a tornado did touch down. nearby. let's show you video. photographsthat viewers sent us. this photograph of clouds showing a small rotation. this onehe shows t tornado moving through. some people did take cover and were watching news 4. and made sure they took the precautions when they hear about what's happening. heavy winds snapped treeth blocked i 95 northbound. there tr thousandsop of pe without power. downed trees and debris closed some roads. back out re on jefferson davis highway. there are still 20 trees down in glen dale. which is nearby. chief meteorologist told me about that. >> all right. thank you. a lot of big trees downlocking roads throughout the area. >> video from chopper 4 gives us a bird eye. view winds strong enough to pull full trees right out of the ground.

>> doug joins us now. what the path of destruction tells us about the tornado in howard county r >> this waseally amazing watching this. earlier this afternoon. coming in right arou the 1:00 hour. rd through howa county and northern montgomery. that's a storm there. another one in fair fax. another one towards spots. and look at the severe storm ports with the storms. that to the north and fair fax. an. the south i want to show you the video now the video of the storm that came through with the confirmed tornado. into howard county. w this is what were seeing. look at all the trees. simply sheered off about half way up and that'sis why thas a tornado. and it has confirmed. any time you see a tree like thie complly sheered off. these aren't flipped over. they are torn right off. at the sme height. which is incredible. look here.

this damage he this was two paths. one here and here. we might have had two small rotating funnels on theround at the same time. look at the damage. look at this tree. wrapped around itself. that's the power of the tornado. amazing. we have only heard of a few injuries. not a lot of structural damage out there fom the tornado. as far as what we're expecting right now -- not much. that's very good news. a major change in what we have here and country wide. we have seen a lot of tornados over the past 16 days. that pattern finally ending. >> impressive pictures. see you in a bit. as the storm blew through this evening,iewers sent incredible images. this is a perfect example of a shelf cloud. this photograph, many of you

were stuck on the roads when the storm struck. you can hear that rain pounding on the roof. and the windshield. this driver w sopped because trees were blocking part of road. and this picture came in from fredericks burg. blocking part of i 95. road crews have a lot of cleaning up to do before the morning commute. >> when ever there is severe weather. stay with us for complete coverage. get updated forecasts for the neighborhood in our app. >> n in other news. president trump is threatening o slap a 5% tariff on all mexican imports. white house wants to pressure mexico to do more to crack down on central american migrants crossing into the the tariff will go into effect june 10. the president will boost the tariff until the imgration problem is quoteremedied. trump accused the mexican

overnment of failing to d enough to crack down on the surge of migrants. >> the live desk in he news room. 400 pages of documents from the smollett case have unsealed. and they detail a possible plea deal with the empire actor. a mon before charges were dropped. that deal would have included a munity fine and c service. but it never happened. instead chicago policend former mayor were furious that smollett was able to walk away scoua-free. in jan he reported that two men attacked him claiming they shouted racial and gay slurs. and tied a nooseround his neck. police say he faked that because he was unhappy with his salary on the show. the city slapp him with 16 counts tat prosecutors dropped.

t.thout him admitting gu back to the documents. they tail that prosecutors told investigators h case could have settled with smollett pang the city and doing community service. detectives closed the case but never warned superiors a deal had been reached. smollett's attorney announce charges had been dropped. the city of chicago still going after the actor for $130,000 in over time expenses. that were paid to investigate his false claims as they say. thank you. staying in chicago. r kelly has been hit with nearly a dozen new sex related charges involving a te sager. ourister station in chicago he reports most recent serious charge is sexual assault. the victim was younger than 16 at the time. the singer already facing charges in cases involving four women. three minors. kelly pleaded not guilty and hai

maintainednnocence. he's out on $1 million bond. >> we have new details tonight about the mysterious triple murder in virginia. detectives say a can i recakilld two adults and a teenager found dead in a home. a classmate of the murdered teen 4.ke to news >> new tonight we're learning more about the three victims found dead inside of the home. including hearing a classmate of the 14 year-old. >> he didn't deserve that. >> he just finished eight grade. classmates have been sharing their grief. and memoes of h on social media. >> i wasn't that close to him. but i saw himthe hall way and hadth conversations wi him. >> his mother and the boyfriend were the t adults killed. police sayy a sharp object.

>> how it happened or anything else. >> her exis the one who discovered the bodies wednesday. >> he was broke down and in tears. nd trying to talk to the officers and me. >> the adult victims had two kids of their own. a toddler and infant. they were found inside the home. unharmed. but orphaned. vicious ande heartbraking. sadly mysterious. while the families wait to see who killed the three people and what led to the attack. the sheriff office would only say it appears the thee were killed with a sharp object. i reached out to the medical examiner and should have more specific information about the cause of the death on friday. >> nowb neis tell us the family re ntlymoved into that house and didn't know t other families on the street. >> ms 13 gang member pleading guilty to stabbing a man in a l parkingt. video from last april shows the

suspect approaching the victim. you can see him in the dark hooded jacket on the right side the screen walking towards the victim. who was in a white t-shirt. officials say he pulled out a knife all because of anrgument that was had happened two months before. >> herinsnto the guy in a parking lot. and recalls that situation. and he says you disrespected me. and proceeds to stab him with a different. kni >> sentencing is set for august 1. he could get up to 15 years on gang charges and another25 for theassault. >> we have more to come. including local teachers calling it quits. this evening the iteam investigates why some teachers don't plan ongoingth back t classroom after summer. >> we survived the wost of the weather. doug is ready wi another look at thedamage left

hundreds of teachers to leave for good.t >> tha according to an ioigstin sun.rveyed severalus thoand local teachers and learned why so many are walking away. everything is big in the refrigerator business. jared works for his familiesy comp in virginia. his previous job had real havy lifting. >> drivers ed. health. coached wrestling and baseball. >> they were b teachers. >> i lovedo interacting with th

kids. >> until they walked away. the i team reviewed state and district education reports and found concerns abts looming shortages of teach rs. in virginia the problem is wo e worsening. in maryland it's persisting. and d.c. a member said the nstant churn is devastating. staffing reports we obtained show some local school districts losing between 8nd 13% of the teachers in one year time. some retiring some moving to ndother districts some leaving the profession altogether. what's behind the numbers? we sur vaied teachers asking why they're leaving. and what would convince them to stay. nearly 5,000 responds. >> more than 80% acknowledge having considered changing careers in the past two years. nearly 40% cited stress. followed by lack of support. student behavior. and salary.

many also blameddistraction of student cell phone. and pressure from testing. when we asked what would make them likely to stay. pay, support, and better student behavior. >> we have not lifted up the o ro teachers the same way in society for the last 25 years that we should have. >> in fair fax county superintendent says they're taking action to cut the loss with a a rage pay hike. for teachers last year. > weut more expectations on teachers than ever before. >> to boost recruitment the they sign high school students to contracts to return to teach college. >> you get commitments from future teachers before they graduate high school. >> to keep more of their own. also raising pay. while administrators rely on mentoring programs. e just started her career.

>> you have support where needed and that keeps me going. if i have people that i can count on. it helps with the load. >> they don't regret leaving the classroom. >> i coider myself a teacher still. w but miss what dre them there. workingde with stunts. >> every teacher will tell you the actual teaching in the classroom is what we love. >> manyaid the cost of living is a big factor as to where they live and teach. more than half told us they considered a longer commute. for better pay. >> a story that gripped our area and terrified people is nowe subject of a new theater production. inspired by the belt way sniper case. the production follows a fictional neighborhood. as the residents struggle with feeling unsafe a film maker puts camerasverywhere to live stream the neighborhood. the show creator tell us it's

meant to examine how the information age impacts a ty communi in crisis. yo cansee that production at the theater in northwest dc.>> hat a crazy day for all oaf you in the weather department. coming from every direction. >> it was. and we thought things had calmed down the southern areas really kicked up. those didn't see the severe weather before. so e atmosphere was prime.an andher tornado warning. quite amazing what we had today. numerous tornado warnings and thunderstorm warnings. nearly four tuzen severe storm reports and more out there we didn't see. this was the one that i saw that just really got me. take a look. this is in howard county. we had a confirmed tornado. every sngle tree there just sheered off. at about five to ten feet tall.

chally amazing what happened here. per 4 was following this damage. for a couple miles . this was one of the areas where i saw two lines of trees down. we could have had two funnels. two separate tornados. just incredible. as i mention not many injuries with this today. that's the scenario played out over thecountry. we have had 500 tornado reports over the past two weeks. and so fe wve not seen many in the way of fatality and injury. area wide. untry wide. that's really good news. really showing and giving the word out soon enough to protect people. towards hower activity southern maryland. and towardsre fricks burg.

other than that we're done. this 12 hoursago. watch what happened. boom overa.he ar that's where we saw the storms come in. watch it again. see what happens here. this areaeorth wh we saw the storms. really intensify. that's the strong storm. a lull and that litle guy there. that came through and produced a possible tornadar nd orange. just amazing. look at the country. this storm was a game changer for the country. it moves out and we have one severe thunderstorm watch here. that is it. the country breathing a sigh of relief. the severe weather finally getting out. one big problem it continues to be flooding. different.pletely we hit a high of 90th today. makes it the first official w heatave of the season. temperatures out there now 76 degrees. still warm. wind out of the west at seven miles per hour. tomorrow much nicer. h if youe plans tomorrow.

we all do. it's friday. 67 degrees no pblem there. 78 degrees by recess. 85 by the time you pick up the itds. low hum and sunshine. saturday also looking great. sunday looking great. with storms in the afternoon. most of sunday looking good. 76 monday. wow. a little below average and spring like. i as going to sayut away the coats. they're already in storage. wednesday and thursday. your brain tends to be fried. >> did you get a ance to have dinner tonight? >> i ate half a sushi roll. >> it's waiting for you. >> thank you. >> coming up. a huge honor for one of marylands stars on the lacrosse

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redskins were smart to schedule practice before the storms rolled in. >> i had a sushi roll. they got football practice in. redskins wrapping up the second week of o it, a and flying under the radar is wide receiver josh docston. as his career needs to take off. they did not pick up the ogs on his contract. he willbe a free agent next season. the pressure of being a first round draft pick and expectations is long gone. it's not longer about potential

but production. that his numbersor his entire three year career. behind the numbers are factors. his rookie season injies. and limited two g es. last year he tried to fire out four different quarterbacks. the league is not about excuses. he understands that. and the redskins position. >> i think it's just i'm hitting free agency. i won't be the first or last.t no even the fifth year. a fourth year going into the fifth season. it's nothing to be sad about or mad about. somebody wants you out there. it's all love. >> c you use that as . motivation >> no. there's no motivation. >> so lacross congratulations maryland meghan taylor. given to the nations top player. becoming the first goalto in the award. well deserving.

the most out standing player.ou a dle digit save and ten games. ten plus saves in the semi-final. and final. leading the maryland to the national championship. congratulations to her. that was fun sunday in baltimore. all right. d.c. united had toettle for a tie with chicago. bu black and red supporters celebrate a victory. return of the defender to the field after a battle. his first league game in a year. said he wanted to reward united for a standing by him through his cancer fight. and he played last night with that emotion. >> all right. the first ever nba final outside of the united states going on in ronto. raptors hosting warriors. drake is there. there's no hot line bling. the league reportedly told him to tone down the antics from the

court side seat. the warriors are not too worried. and even fans ofdrake. >> he's a great artist. do i like him aspt ras fan? no. i like him as a musician. he's talented. but i would skip the song if i don't like it. if it's a soft song i'll skip it. i'm in kryl mode. ting to get the four games. i'll ski hot line bling. >> he's not doing soft rnb songs. >> raptors lead. and drake is behaved himself. good sign. good sign. >> okay.

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that's all the time w have. after doug's he's earned a day. >> he's excited to eat more dinner.

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