another assault and burglary that happened ten years prior to that. that's the very latest here in mt. pleasant. back to you. >> thank you, mark. chief newsham says even though they have suspect in custody, they will keep extra patrols in the mt. pleasant neighborhood forhe time being. we have more breaking news this afternoon. wiere's a new and alyadofde the tdeath of that maryland couplen the dominican republic. scott joins usiv at the l desk to tell us about this, scott. >> wendy, nbc news has confirmed a pennsylvania woman died at the same hotel under similar circumstances just fivety cople s fond dd ere. t woman in t dheay latest case s been identified as -year-old miranda warner. she's from allentown, pennsylvania. in a statement to nbc news, her brother-in-law ys shela coled on may 25th after having a drink from the mini bar at the bahia prince ho of deaths

prince george's county couple who were found dead in their hotel room at the same resort five days later. their family told shomari sto they refuse to believe res pa respiratory issues caused the couple's death. the u.s. state department confirmed the latest death in a statement writing in part at this point we're not aware ofon any cction between these incidents. we're monitoring this closely and we'll provide updates as appropriate. we svind ready to pro assistance as requested. we have a team of producers and reporters working on this story. look for updates throughout the evening right near on news 4 and in our nbc news washington app. we're also followingk breag news coming from prince george's county. >> where police just gave an update about a 16-year-old girl who has been found safe this afternoon after they say she had been kidnapped. >> our county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live i

hyattsville. she's got the latest on this story. update us on this. >> report county police just wrapped up an update just a few moments ago. they're saying tt 16-year-ol is safe. they are now in the process of interviewing her to find out exactly what happened here. let me take you back t earlier today. prince george's county police called a press conference to say that 16-year-old erica alva tez wasken from the 8100 block of 15th avenue in langley park. they also put out a descriptionr for a ck they were looking for as well saying that they want to talk to the driver of a 2005 fo explorer. what we have learned now is that erica was found thanks to social media and friends who were in contact with her. prince george's county police are asking h lot of questions. hear now from the public information officer >> she was located in prince george's county and again based on what our detectives were able to see, she does not appear to be physically harmed. but again, in terms of what actually happened to her, as of

7:49 a.m. this morning and 2:30 this afternoon when we were able to get our hands on reher, we a still trying to figure that out. >> anyone looking for a suspect or do you know if there is a suspect? >> we would still like to speak to -- that car is still part of the instigation, that dark-colored suv. we would still like to see the person who was driving that vehicle. if they recognize thate, vehicl it has been on the news, been on social media all day long to please give us a call. >> this is a 16-year-old girl who had been missing from d.c. since may 20t she was seen today in langley park. prince george's county police say they were contacted because they believe that she had been abducted from that location in langley park. but because she's 16 years old, there's a lot of information bo arut share, how all of this unfolded. thguy're still trying to f that out right now. the good news is that she's

safe. reporting live in hi, i'm trace wilkins. a career firefighter with frederick county was tund dead his morning on his property in dickerson. drew jones is his name. he was found under a tractor at e bottom of a steep bank of the discovery. a search of the property when jones didn't show up for work this morning, searchers called in the montgomery county rescue team d the medical go team, but unfortunately when it got there, they discovered that he had alrdy died from his injuries. we are still working out information on this to find out exactly how it happened. saying that t time to act is now, virginia's governor is calling lawmakers back thisessi deal with gun control legislation. his decision comes after lastti virginia beach. g,t as julie carey is report republicans have their own ideas about how to keep virginians safe. a standing ovation for govern ralph northam's announcement

he'll call for a special legislative seion, the room filled with democratic lawmakers and gun safety advocates. the governor wants newn votes more than a half dozen proposals. they include universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons,pp suressors and bump stocks,en reinstat of the one gun a month purchasend limit to give local teities to limit guns. >> i will b asking forvotes, not thoughts and prayers. >> republicans quick to fire back at the goveornr with sharp criticismd with their own legislative plans. in a statement the house speaker writes in part, we believe addressing gun violentarts withholding criminals accountable, not infringing on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. gun rights leaders also critical saying the measures the gernor pushing would not have stopped the virginia beach shooter who purchased legally. >> there is something he can do that would make a difference and

that is to allow government employees with permits to be able to carry at work concealed. that would have made a huge difference. >> one that spent the virginia tech mass shooting, she spent pushing gun safety measures only to see them fail. she thinks this latest tragedy cod bring a different outcome. >> they're going to get the message loud and clear. they can do something at a specin session or they ose their seats. >> both sides already preparing for a rare smmertime confrontation at the capital. julie carey, news 4. >> you can watch the entire news conference in the nbc washington app. fast moving developments on a story we'veen working all day today. in the deaths of twope le inside a prince george's county home they're calling a murder suicide. the couple found dead in a bedroom in clinton.

news 4's darcy spencer at the scene right n. darcy, i understand you've got some information from the woman who knew -- a woman who knew the suspect. is that right? >> that's right, leon. we have been able to confirm a lot of new information just within the last couple of hours. i i want want to show you where crime took place right inside this townhouse. you can see the caution tape and do not enter sign. e have learned that the victim was a montgomery county school teacher. the alleged shooter was an air force veteran. annika brown was with montgomery county schools since 1998. cation a special ed teacher at the blair alternative program. she as found dead here inside her clinton home monday night. police say her boyfriend shot her, then took his own life. >> they was good people. but you never know what's doors. ng behind closed >> reporter: police say the shooter was her gordon johnson.

this lady had a child with johnson. she said he served 20 years in the air force and described him as abusive. >> he threatened to kill me back in 2012. again, he put his hands on me several times. he threatened to kill me again t 2013 regarding havingo pay child support. >> she says their daughter was not at the homehen the murder/suicide happened. police went to the house after 10:00 monday night. that's when they discovered both bodies in a bedroom. both had en shot. neighbors say there was no sign of trouble. >> it's a quiet neighborhood. everybody minds their ownbu siness and we take care of our homes. so this is >> ben says she had been denied protective orders in the past. she says this should be a warning to believe women who say they're being abused. >> for women that are struggling with domestic violence that people begin to listen to us.

that we're not making it up. we are not crazy. ur children are not telling tales. we just want help for ourselves, for our partners or former partners and our children.t hat's it. >> reporter: prince george's county police say they are still searching for a motive in this murder/suicide. back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you, darcy. well, everyone seems to have one of tho fitness trackers. how many steps do you need to be taking in order t stay healthy? >> good question. still ahead, the new study revealing that 10,000 steps a day could be erstepping it. we've all become familiar with cars that can talk outside of the vehicle. they may be tting smarter. i'll tell you n whenew technology could be coming to yo>r vehicle. coming up, turning sorrow into hope. a prince george's county pastor creating a community of

gratitude. her year long online journey that is inspiring others. it has been gorgeous again today. but we've got a chance for severe weather tomorrow. i'll break it down for you and take you hour by hour a shownd

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>>eaking news here. the former parkland florida school safety officer who failed to confront a high school gunman was arrested today. scott peterson is his name. he worked as a security guard a marjory stoneman douglas high he's facing mull petiple charge ncluding child neglect and rjury. he retreated while students were being shot in february of 2018. 17 people were shot that day. peterson was the only other person there at the school when the gunmanne oped fire.

like a race to put aan on ate moon, automakers are racing on tmeo p uco m wakes cars smarteral but safer. today news 4 got a chance to see some of that technology up close with a car that can communicate with everything around it. transportation reporter adam tuss went along for the ride. >> the cars are getting smarter. how about cars that not nly talked to one another and traffics, signal but they also talked to you. for instance, as the scooter comes from out of sight -- >> we can't necessarily see what's coming from the side, but we can see we have a messa here, there was lots of beeping, you can see on the heads up di display depen on the lights that there is a scooter that we needed to avoid. >> this is ford's latest rollout which should be in cars in abous

three yea. >> it stands for cellur vehicle to everything technology. >> to everything? >> yes. >> that's right. lieverything around you a lane closed for construction or a pedestrian that simply wants to cross theal road. talking to the car. and it can also help with some let's just say less than cordiua ons. >> so we've all been in this scenario before where you come to a four way stop. nobody knows who's pposed to go first. all these cars are communicating with one anotater. one gets the green dot and gotells that one to . this one over here gets the green dot and tells it to go becausthose cars were here before we were in the intersection. we're still told to op. now we get to go through and everybody is safe. >> we got a firsthand look on a closed d.c. parking lot. ford insists this isn't pie in the sky, but there are still some hurdles to clear. >> one of the reasons we here in d.c., the spectrum has been set aside for this communication. cisrently our technology not allowed to operate within that

spectrum. >> today a sign of the changing times as the car industry shifts into next gear. in the district, adam tuss. news 4. >> you like that idea. >> i thought it was kind of cool, yeah. it can figure out the four-way stop for me. when the going gets tough, a change in attitude, leon, can make all the difference. a local pastor recently took her facebook followers on a ou year-long jey to discover the power of gratitude. news 4's pat lawson muse has at story. >> that's areat h g to bury and hide the fact that my brotherte commit suicide. >> i would go back and replay the instances that i had in my fe where i was raped and molested as achild. i was depressed. i wanted to self-harm and i was suicidal. >> these women are on a journey to find the positive in some pretty tough circumstances. >> the deaths of my immediate family, i have four siblings, my

mom and dad to go back-to-back-to-back. >> me and my mother were struck by a drunk driver and my mother passed away in the. >> they're part of a group o learning t replace feelings of loss, depression, anger and insecurity with expressions of gratitude. >> it improves one's mental health, physiological health. >> the pastor, a p city ofaise family ministry, has put the principle into practice. >> don't ever forget the number one. look back and tell god thank you. >> in january of 2018, she did a fort facebook live broadcast encouraginglowers to practice gratitude as a way to change their response to the circumstances in their lives. >> instead of everybody being gry, let's start a new shade of gratitude and holiness and love. >> after reading a letter fr a

woman in bo woman, everybody knew she was on >> something. in her letter she said it gave me hope to live. >> good evening. we live for a full hour sharing messages. hope. >> get off the ferris wheel of pain. makeove your first response and your first choice. choose forgiveness oerall things. >> my name is denise holmes. i joineden the movemt. >> the group grew with so-called gratituders logging in all over the world and sharing their own post. >> depression is just a name and that i can rise up from it. knowing that my injury, nor my wheelchair defines me. >> there's nowhere to begin to tell you how much this gratitude journey has changed and altered my life. >> last january she held a graduation ceremony complete with caps, gowns, and diplomas for some 200 women who had t ed in to the daily broadcast.

>> they did homework. they wrote in their journals. they showed us their events. they deserve a graduation. >> they also formed a close bond. grew stronger in their faith and learned to see themselves differently. >> everyorning i look in the mirror and i say god, thank you, you gave me the eyes to see your beauty in me. >> i think i've gotten healthier emotionally and mentally. i know i've gotten healthier physically. i learned to love myself and forgive the people that hurt me. >> and they say practicing gratitude has made life a whole lot better. ♪ >> now thero gratitude gup has grown. there's now some 15 strong and they're women and men.ye this ar the pastor is doing ose facebook gratitude live

broadcas twice a week rather than every single day. there was a huge commission and sacrifice the time for her to do that. >> but look at the reach. look at how far her voice went and that messagen we >> very simple principle. >> what doe that tell you? i think people are really hungry for something to uplift them in these times. >> there's a need out there. >> i think it's just fantastic. >> yeah. great. tell t we got a chance to that story. >> thank you, pat. >> you're welcome. >> we're grateful for that. >> y're welcome. now coiing up we're to clear up the confusion on cannabis and why the d.c. uncil is backing down on that new medical marijuana bill. and another gorgeous evening outside tonight. but storm t iam 4s tracking a chase for strong storm moving in. in.

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have you seen the ldfire smek sk smoke coming down from canada? >> you can see it right there. go outside the studio. the sky is almost white. it's kind of amazing. that's the smoke from the wildfires. there are numerous fires buing well above, three times as many fires now as burning this time last year, one of which has

about 600,000 acres. that's what we have out there right now.s that'e haze that you're seeing that's going to make for a nice sunset. look at this picture. that's the reston camera. we saw blue skies earlier and now they are white from that smoke making its way down from canada. it's only going to here a day. you should not smell it. it's all in the upper atmosphere. again, it is going to make an impact tonight for the sunset as we talked about last night. 77right now. winds out of the southwest at 12 miles per hour. a really nice day again. 78 gaithersburg. martinsburg right there at 75. just beautaul. rage high temperesat 8 1.on the radar, nothing to show. currentl take a look. i wish this visible satellite picture, because i have something that shows the smoke coming in, we w areching a storm system up toward the north and towards minneapolis. a little bit o unsettled weather, chicago to minneapolis.

that's the area that's making its way our way. we've got an enhanced risk of thunderstorms. that means a lot of severe wther around minneapolis. a slight risk of weather to chicago to st. louis th area of yellow right over our area. a slight risk of sever forstorm. about two, maybe three severe thunderstorm warnings during the day. that's something we're going to be tracking for you tomorrow. noea an outbrof severe weather, but take a look at this. by around noon, not seeing much around our area. it's in the afternoon arod 2:00 they start to fire up. right around 4:00 you can see the line beginning to develop. stronger storms arnd 5:00 or 6:00 in the city. will these be as bad as sunday? no, they will not be nearly as bad sunday. sunday we had the extremely large hail. yes, we could see hail, but most likly smallerize. the big deal will be very heavy rainfall. this is 11:00 tomorrow night and we still have some of the strongecr storms, esplly in our southern zone. tomorrow 84 degrees, warmer. more humid, increasing clouds.

afternoon storms likely during the day tomorw. 30% chance on thursday. high of 88. 87 on friday. saturday looking great.id capital pr no problem at all. a lot of things goin othn. the cancer walk going on. wendy rieger says she's going to be there too. >> yes, i am. >> i'm just going to be there > saturday. >ou are going to be there? >> yes. still ahead here on news 4, the new research that may have g you thinki twice before you order your next meal. reaction to the news 4 i-team inveigation into mplaints against a special police officer. that is coming up. there is new legislation that could brin some new scrutiny. if you've got three people with those complaints and it just goes into

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5:30.ur top story at a man suspect of raping two women on the same street last month has been captured. .c. police say lester will conson tried attacking two other women at a home on irving street yesterday. the mother and daughter inside screamed. a neighbor chased after on wilkersntil police arrested him. right now police are talking with a 16-year-old girl who they llieve was kidnapped this morning inngley park.

just a short time ago investigators say they located the rl late this afternoon. she is now safe. but at this point they're not sure where she had been beforehand. a new deadly twist in the investigation of the deaths of a prince george's county couple in the dominican republic. nbc news has confirmed that a pennsylvania woman also died at that samel ho under similar circumstances just five days before nathaniel holmes and cynthia day were found dead there. the cause of deat in all three cases, respiratory failure and pulmonary edema. a news 4 i-team investigation exposed a lack of records andre failuo investigate special police officers even after repeated complaints from the public. >> they sure look like a police oicer, but they're treated completely differently. we need to clean that up. >> well, now that could be changing with some new legislation that was introduced today to take that responsibility away from d.c.'s

metropolitan police department. >> investigative reporter die leischer has more on what the i-team uncovered that led to all of this. >> we've been trying to follow the mpd paper trail since last decembe but we found there isn't one. it took nearly five months for the agency to tell us it had no records of complaint filed against special police officers, because it didn't keep track of them or investigate them. eney instead s those complaints to the security companies that employ those officers letting them police themselves. it all started with this video. his encounter with special police officer john simon changed his life forever. >> he was veryaggressive and he's not a person you want to run across. >> other residents and guests at the frederick douglas apartments in southeast said they had similar encounters with simon. they all say he pepper sprayed them, then had them arrested saying thatassaulted him. prosecutors dropped all three

cases and all three tried to file complaints against the officer. >> i call back to follow-up. no answer. >> the i-team had trouble getting answers too. we filed a freedom of informationequest back in december. mpd finally responded in april. a week after we aired three news stories on simon's behavior,di inclu new lawsuits from those citizens. >> officer simon, we'd just like to speak with you for a moment. >> officer simon didn't want to answer our questions and at the time mpd didn't eitr, denying our request for complaints against simon calling it an invasion of personal privacy. it took anothero mh and a half dozen more emails for the agency to admit it did not maintain a complaints made. >> if you've got three people with those complaints and it just goes into the ether, that's a broken system and that needs to be fix sfw. >> we shared the responses with the chairman of the public safety committee. he wasoncerned about the

revelation that any complaints received were referred to the company for which the subject spo was employed. >> that doesn't typically lead to good outcomes. >> special police officers can carry gun and make arrests on the property they're assigned to protect, basically a private arm of metro police. butthe citizen whose complained about this officer told us spo complaints are not handled like those against mpd ificer. >>f we don't have accountability for those individuals, it will remain unchecked. >> mike tobin investigates mpd offic offiadr. it's alre stretched thin with two dozen employees handlg out 800 cases ar. yea we don't know how many more of the spos would add. >> we're operating in the blind. we don't know how many resources we need to allocate. >> he says mpd should be tracking every use of force like it does for actual mpd officer. >> today i amroud to introduce

with unanimous introduction from my colleague the oversight amendment act of 2019. >> councilman allen hopes greats greater accountability will help breed greater trust. these three citizens came forward hoping their stories would make a difference. they say the new legislation is a great first step. >> before it does i want it stopped. il the entire d.c. coun signed on to support the new ldislation. mp told the i te-team it starte tracking after we reported about it so we filed a new request and mpd has not yet responded. >> this story originally started with a tip from a viewer.th you watch i-team's full report and send t visiting our nbc washington app. now straight to a heartbreaking storynd a tragic

reminder of the importance of having working smoke detectors in your home. a woman in her 80s died after having flames engulf her northeast washington home ovrnight. firefighters pulled epahanna williams out of the second floor of her home on lawrence street in the brookland neighborhood, but she later died of her injuries. her son escaped that fire, though. a investigators now trying figure out exactly what started it. they say the home had smoke detectors, but no batteries were in them. there is a new permanent reminder of a life lost to senseless gun violence. there is a mural congress heights that now memorializes the life of 15-year-old maurice scott. someone shot the teenager outside a convenitore on wheeler road in southeast on memorial dayweekend. the mural is painted on the side of that store. scott was an honor stude at somerset prep. olice believe he was hit by a

straight bullet. a setback for government employees who use medical marijuana. the d.c. council wasxcted to approval emergency legislation that would protect d government workers from being fired for legally using medical marijuana. ut it was abruptly pulled off the tail. the mayor someil some cou members worry about allowing workers in safety sensitive jobs to use medical pot. the legislation is going to beo brught up again later this year we're told, but several d.c. employees are facing termination days. next 30 a major retailer is trying to entice young talent with a new pitch. coming up, what walmart is now offering to high school students. it's a familiar sound here in washington. go go music, y w knowhat it sounds like. new ext on news 4, t place to honor go go's history in d.c. plus here's a live look outsidswith our ren camera. this white haze moving in from

wildres burning in western canada. another nice night out there tonight. we're going to get a pretty likely intense sunset from this r smoke. afteat i'm tracking our temperatures going up and storms movg in. doinug

walmart is hoping to recruit high school teens to work for the company by offering college prep perks. they're going to be offering free s.a.t. and a.c.t. tours and

twoti on three general educa classes through an educational startup. the number of teens who work has fallen across the u.s. teens make up 2%. walmart's u.s. employees. one council member wants go go music recognized as the official music of the district. council member kenyan mcduffy introduced legislation today. we've seen the protests sin april after someone complained about the loud go go music at a metro pcs score. theusic was eventually turned back on. mcduffy's legislation also requires the mayor to come up with a plan to preserve this form of muse they can originated here in our town. speaking of hearing things, you have probably heard the warnings about cholesterol cut back on the red meat, but could chicken be just as bad? nbc medical correspondent dr.

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redskins. they just told us. we're about to go do something else. they said go to redskins. >> okay. >> here we go. over to redskins park. >> lets me take you there. >>kay. take us there. >> we are going to go to ashburn. >> i love it. >> right now. in our minds. in our hearts. we're going to go to ashburn. right now skins getting everybody back together. mandatory mini camp kicking off today and all the guys are showing up for the first time,h rig >> except for one of them,

right, sherree? >> who is that? >> exactly. today was the first mandatory practice of the summer. one of the redskins most important players was not here. seven time pro bowler trent williams holding out from practice. reportedly wanteding a new contract, so instead of talking about that back to school he feeling of t first practice, his teammas fielded questions about his absence. >> what can we miss with him not here? he's the best tackle in pro football. he's a great player, a great leader. we'd love to have him here. i know the teammates support him and we support him without a doubt, but hopefuly we get situated where he comes back. >> i know he's the best left tackle. imwould love to have h back, but i don't know what's going on. >> i know how the business goes. and it ended the day after, youl know, theyl get things squared away. i do know he's the best left tackle in the nfl.

>> unfortunatelhe he's not , but at then of the day we've got a team to put our work in and i know they have full confidence that whenever he comes back he's going. to be ready to go >> i've really got to comment on that because it's a situation that's personal. i support trent all the way and whatever is on his mind i'm sure he'll get it resolved soon and ick enough. >> it's personal between him ang his aent and the organization and we' handle it accordingly. trent knows that we all want him back. i want him back in the worst way. s teammates want him back in the worst way. at the end of the day, there is a business side of pro football and that's what heabout right now. >> williams stillas two years on his current contract. coming up in the next week, the redskins have three more sractices, this is certainly a developing story we'll be keeping our eye on. back to you. >> thank you, sherree. >> it's fun going to ashburn. now we're back. it's a popular substitution a

lot of us make. we swap chicken for beef. >> we swap beef for the chicken. some people do. researchers are now saying that could be just as bad for your cholesters levels a anything else when it comes to walking. fitbits and smart watches, they encourage us to get u to 10,000 steps a day. >> now researches are saying the digital devices could be causing us to overstep. to clear up these two new studies isnbc's medical correspondent dr. john torrez. please help us out here. so let's look that step challenge. doing 10,000 steps a day is actually not necessary, but if you do it, and his wife is doing 18,000, is it not healthy? >> it's not necessarily unhealthy. the more you do, the better. d but youon't want to basically go home and try and just walk round your living room to get

those miles. i think we all do that. i'm going to walk around the house to try to get the extra 4,000 steps. you don't nedo to that. myth udy is busting the and we'll bust a couple myths on nightly news. in this one it turns outs that 10,000 number came from a marketing campaign and it's been with us ever since. there's been no real science behind it.ne a study came out saying it looks like the number is lower than we need to reaeyh. th looked at women average age 72 and they found out as they go 4,400 steps a day they cut their chances of dying. the more steps they got the better until they got to 7,500, and they kind of plateaus. if you try to run a marathon, try to lose weight, trying to get in better shape, you need to do more obviously. >> interesting. very interesting. let's talk about the dieting thing here. for those of us who are brat

lovers, a lot of us folks believe switching over to white meat is healthier. what does this study reveal and should we be reconsidering what we're putting on your plates? >> that's another one that is probably a little bit of a myth we've all thought of. u you want to eat healthy, keep your cholesterolnder control, pick the chicken or the turkey. the studlooked at red meat, beef and pork versus chicken and turkey. it wasn't so much the type of meat you ate. it's how lean that meat was. the saturated fat is m whatde the difference. if you get a lean beef versus a lean chicken, it's go to do the same to your cholesterol. if you get a fatty meat versus a chicken with skin on it and fat on it, that's going to cause cholesterol issues as well. no surprise to anybody, the study also found out that if you have a plant based diet, vegetables, beans, nuts, that's the best thing to do overall. >> no cheetos?

>> the lean is the important part. saturated fat. that marbling in thee, try and avoid that as much as you can. >> all right. dr. torrez will be talking about this more on nightly news. thankmuou so ch. that starts at 7:00 right here, everybody. >> the unlean part is the fun part. >> just wash it down with a fine cabernet. >> that was a study on one. thatorks just fine, doesn't it? >> just oneottle. >> reporter: it's going to be a good night to do that too. >> wouldn't tonight be a great tonight? eat outdoors >> it would be, absolutely. we're going to have a great sunset due toethe wildfmoke in the atmosphere above us. you probably notice the white. if you walk outside right now, i'll pause so you can look gh outside ri now. it is white above us. why? again, we've got some of the wildfire smoke coming in from alberta, canada. amelia is going to talk more

about that. temperature wise, it's been beautiful. dropping thugh the 70s into the upper 60s. nice night tonight. now, i can't say that same thing for torrow. 've got some changes coming in. right now 76 in gaithersburg. 74 in annapolis.ow 78 dtowards huntington. average high 61. no rain currently. we're not going to see rain until about tomorrow afternoon. but we are going to see it and it's all going to come from a storm system which right now is ba towards the west providing some severe weather around minneapolis into minnesota, in towards wisconsin. this whole upper system is going to meander down around our region and we have a chance for some strong to severe storms. with more on that, let's go over to amelia. we're talking about the chance oir severe weather. we think we're to see the heavy rain. hail as well. we're not talking what we saw on sunday >> right. absolutely. we could be in a storm team 4 weather alert tomorrow. especially between about 2:00 and 9:00 as we see thisis drbance move through bringing with it potentially

some very heavy rainfall that could lead to some isolated flooding. some strong gustywinds. we could see wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour out there. that could lead to some wind damage. also can't rule out some hail likely on the smaller side, but it's still a possibility. and maybe a weak isolated tornado. the biggest ccern tomorrow is going to be very heavy rainfall, some strong winds and some smaller hai here's the timing, 7:00 a.m., it's beautiful. the sun is still out. it's comfortable. it's not too hot. the clouds, the heat, the humidity and the wind all increase throughout the day tomorrow. here's lunchtime. the clouds have moved in. youee here the d.c. metro area still mainly dry. back to the west storms are starting to fire. here we are between about 3:00 and 4:00.rs brighter colo showing up on future weather right around 5:00 p.m. and in the d.c. metro area. this could slow down that evening commute. 6:00e're still tracking scattered thunderstorms and then maybe some rain overnight wednesday into very early thursday. this is not ture weather. this is showing you the smoke from the wildfires.

sunday at 5:00 p.m., the green is going to be the smoke. these are up in alberta, canada. this smoke making its way down intoour area. it's been impacting us sunday, yesterday, and it continues to do so today, doug. again, we think it's going make for a nice sunset. that meaning that the colors, the reds, the oranges are goingo to be much m intense out there tonight. >> it really could be quite nice as wendy is drinking her bottle of wine outside. that. looking good for for the school kids, bus stop tomorrow. 65. nice weather there. 76 at recess. 84 degrees by the time you're picking up the kids. the chance of storms will be there. slight chance on thursday. only 30% chance. not really worried about that. 88 degrees on thursday. 87 friday. 84 on turday. the weekend looking great saturday and sunday. yesterday had a chance of rain on sunday. looks like sunday sd be mostly dry. we'll continue to keep watching that. that same storm system is bringing us some showers ay mond into. tuesday

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sund dead in the dominican republic at theme resort under the same circumstances as a local couple. what hers relative say happened right before she ded. womeattacked in their o home. the long rap sheet of the man accused of preying on local women for years and the hero who came to the rescue. >> i confronte him at any time he could have hit me, shot me. >> plus a neighborhood a teenager taken in broa daylight leads to a frantic search. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news.r fi at 6:00, a repeat rape suspect captured as police say he tried to attack a mother and her daughter. >> police have been looking for this suspect for weeks. it turns out it's someone with a long criminal history. >> let's go right to news 4's mark segraves. mark, you spoke to the woman who bravely stopped them before it was too late. what did you find t? >> reporter: i did. i spoke to her and her daughter.

her daughter says that her mother is a hero. the police chief say the guy next door who chased down the suspect is also a hero. what we know now from court records is this suspect has a violent criminal history of sexual assault and other crimes that date back to the 1980s. this is surveillance video of theuspect police say sexually assaulted tn women i the same mt. pleasant neighborhood over the course of just a few days last month. the attack happened on the same block just a few doors apart. police say 58-year-old lesterwi kerson broke into the homes on irving street through rear windows. according to police, yterday wilkerson broke into a third home on the same block and confronted a mother and her ughter. the women did not want to show their identity. >> he said don't scream and i screamed again. i just turned around, hoped that i wasn't going to be shot dead on the spot, unlocked the door, ran into the foyer and screamed

even louder than i had before t.d screamed for my daughter to run ou run, run, get out, get out, get out. >> after the mother confronted the suspect and screamed, a neighbor cameth to ir assistance and chased the suspect through the alley. ol