or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. now at 11:00, getting you ready for a stormy thursday. >> strong, maybe even severe thunderstorms. >> how tomorrow compares to the storms we've already seen th week and what to expect for your

weekend. >> plus a mily's search for an emotional support dog, what he means to th 4-year-old boy. >> he's a lot more anxious. i can feel it. and a fire start by batteries in theou scooters y see around the district. new response from the manufacturer tonight. >> announcer: news4 at 11:00 starts now.>> > first tonight we begin with your storm team 4 forecast, many of us avoided the rain ton but in parts of montgomery county, hours of rain has led to a flood warning. >> tomorrow is storm team 4 day. st first late on the flood warning. this is in effect for central andn souther montgomery county. this includes the montgomery village area, clarks berg area. you see it here in green on

storm team 4 right now. in the wn also include flood warning in effect until 3:15 in the morning. two to 3 inches of rain fell in this location. still aracting showers down into prince william and fairfax counties. we could see these potentially moving inside the beltway if they hold together and potential for patchy fog overnight as well. here's the latest on the weather alert tomorro for thursday. between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m., rain and storms are likely to impact the area. next up is gusts up to 60-miles-per-hour and hail potentially the size of a . quarter i also can't rule out an isolated weak tornado. more on the timing up at 1115 tum tim. then.ll see you louden county chopper four. this is lamb rolanding square near the greenway.

u.s. mar shls where there looking for a murder suspect. he barricaded himself inside the home. the marshalls went in and found him dead from an apparent suicide. nobody else was with him. we're told no officers fired shots. we're looking for results on what he was wanted for. two trans gender women murdered. tonight some feel they're being kept in the dark about recent violence against the lgbt community in d.c. >> new at 11:00 and only on news4, jackie foundout a vital line of communication between city officials andm victi support groups had been broken l be reopened. jackie joins us from u. street with more. hi, jackie. >> reporter: hello doreen. we did speak tonight with the head of the mayor's office of

lgbtq affairs. what's known as the violence prevention and response team is now being reinstituted, effective immediately. two trans gender women murdered since march. zoe spears shot to death last week had lid in fear since witnessed the murder of her friend in march. two gay men who just moved to the distric were robb and beaten. >> i think sometimes even npd appreciated the relationship because sometimes we couldhe direct t to this or that or give them information. >> reporter:er leanudd has spent more than three decades advocating for trans gender ndividuals in the area. she received emails from d.c. police and officials when there was a eed to help a trans

gender community. >>t allowed me to make the rest of the community aware that these crimes had thappened, no just the murder but any of their thoughts or whatever the case were. >> reporter: news4 spoke toa sheilalexander reid, director of the office of lgbtq affairs. the list was only supposed to be halted temporarily. >> the minute we got wind that that hadn't been occurring, we kicked this right back into gear. >> reporter: and i have an portant update for you on the attack against the couple that happened here on u street sunday. some of it has legal language, so bear with me. a spokesman for the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. tells us the case against the 19-year-old arrested has been no paper. what that means is the government has declin to file charges against him despite his

arrest. the statement went on to say the decision does not mean the charges cannot be brought against him at a future date or the case is closed. we do not know the status of the two5- juveniles, thear-old and 13-year-old who were arrested at that same time. so, a lot to unpack here. live u on street northwest. >> jackie, thank you. tonight this former high school teacher already under aest is now accuse of secretly recording video of students while they undressed at school. worse yet, many of those students may not even know it. hern den high school's former drama teacher rafael is already in jail accused of unlawfully filming a pair in april. in may he was charged with possession of child pornography after thousands of videos were found on several devices. now more charges will be filed after polic found several

cameras inside herndon high school. >> major crimes bureau detectives have been trying to identify and make direct contact with whato appears tbe as many as ten identifiable victims. >> fairfax county police want to hear from anyone who may have seen somethi suspicious at the school between may of 2017 and june of 2018. now, parents who believe a child may have been impacted should also contact polic in the news room with a dramatic twist of the shooting of baseball legend david ortiz. big pop by was not thend inte target. it was a case of mistaken identity. the bullet was meant for a man sharing the table with ortiz in the surveillance video. fernandez and ortiz are friends

and fernandez frequents the bar. the attorney general called hit a murder for hire plot, the cartel b upsetecause fernandez rattedhem out in 2011. minican police have arrested 11 suspects including the alleged gunman. u.s. officials are helping track down several more suspects. nd able conscious now to get up and walk around.c dors in massachusetts have upgraded the former boston red sox star to good condition. doreen, back to you in the studio. >> all right, leon, thank you. tonight a local family is pleading for help in finding their dog. h js more thanst your average lost pet. he provides emotional support for their 4-year-old son who was bn with a genetic disorder. with shomari stone talks the family about the search for max.

>> reporter: san dreen tries to comfort her 4-year-old son during a difficult time. >> he's a lot more anxious. i can tell and i can feel it. >> reporter: he wasiagnosed with lowery syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. his best friend max, his up emotional sport companion, is itmissing. >> 's having a tremendous impact. he's obviously extremely upset. he's definitely feeling the absence. >> reporter: m ran out of the gate without his collar last monday morning. neighbors saw three men in a pick up truck take max. >> i feel awful. > reporter: a block away on cold spring road. >> three men intended to find the owners. they said they would return the next day. >> reporter: they never returned with max. he's a french bulldog beagle mix. they filed a police report, put p fliers with his pitcher, posting a $1,000 reward foris safe return. >> that's my only hope right

now, absolutely to be reunited with max and be able to get him comfort. > reporter: if you find hi call montgomery county police. >> he's dearly missed. >> reporter: in potentietomic. scott mcfarland reports they're doing so because of a r multiyea investigation by the i team. the hearing happens right here in the u.s. house oversight committee. it'll be led by a subcommittee led by committee congress. we know the director of the here.al center will be at least one of the witnesses will be sitting right at this table answering questions, will bethe inspector general of the v. o. who led somef the investigations of the troubled medical center. what will they talk about? they'll talk about several issues raised by the news4 eye team including patient safety

issues, reports about supplyta shs, and delayed patient procedures. they're going to ask about a recent t escape from psychiatric ward. a patient escaped throughhe ceiling tiles of a shower, went outside, then steack in and asked a staffer to call cam the that staffer did. >> he went through the emergency room and asked someone in the emergency troom, saff at the hospital, to call a taxi cap. >> they called him a cab? >> they called him a cab. >> he was wearing hospital clothes? >> he was wearing scrub bottoms and hospital top. >> we also asked about a man who found unresponsive. they will have at least an hour of questions about the flag ship medical center of the u.s. department of veteran's affairs. at theur ray b house office

building, scott mcfarland news4 eye team.rd >> on satu tune in for a special report. we've got an in depth look at the problems uncovered by the eye team,es the progr made, and what the head of the v.a. has to say about the few choufrt troubled facility. under scrutiny, inside the d.c. av via airs at saturday. >> next, motorized scooters coming off the street because of a fire. tonight the company's response to thenvestigation. >> and tomorrow will be a storm team four weather alert day. i'm timing out hour by hour with future weather after the break.t andhe pioneer ione local sheriff's department turns his life of service to his family and

new video out of north texas where a possible torno happened tonight. this happened in greenville dahl. 30 miles east of you can see where the storm caused damage to a church. the storm hit about 30 minutes agfore an evening service there. widespread dam in the town. so far no injuries reported. now the latest on a story you saw first on 4. some of those popular electric scooters we've see riding around town are being pulled fr the streets. d dot has suspended the permit for skip scooters for 30 days while it investigates there orts of battery fires. the company has 24 hours to remove the scooters. the re was where the batteries

were stored. the scooters were not on the road. st month, a skip scooter caught fire here outside in wntown. skip briefly suspended service while it investigated that fire. a local mother is in a fight for her life with a rare form of cancer. >> avieka black campbell is the daughter of the former sheriff. the former sheriff has a lstoric legacy in enforcement. >> but nothing could have prepared him for his daughter's diagnosis. >> i apied and went on that department as a pioneer. ts.al black is used to fi he was the firstic afran-american police officer in the prince george's county police force and t first african-american elected sheriff in prince george's county. but the first he and his wife are dealing with now was never expected. >> she's fighting for her life at this point.

>> their 38-year-old daughter i battling a rare form nc rectal ca. it's spreading quickly. she's undergoing radiation therapy. >> she's at the cancer city of america in philadelphia. >> she is a mother of five, but with her treatments she's needed her parents to do most of the parenting for now. >> i cry a lot. and i try not do it in front of the kids because i don't want them to feel what i'm feeling inside. >> for 20 years, she has worked for the federal government. but since she began her cancer fight in march -- >> she's used a lot of ng everythi up. people have donated time for her because she used her personal leave up. here d money to help out and there. but now she has nothing really to fall back on. >> my daughter is very and independent. i raised her that way.ed we raier that way. >> but nowhe strong woman, her

strong parent and strong family need help and strength from others. >> i just pray to god that they can get the cancer out of her. that's all i can pray. gofundme e linked the page to nbc washington. just search gofundme. in fo washington, i'mce trae wilkins, news4. a scholarship program is helping dozens of seniors ithe . david ruben stein awarded nearly a milon dollars to students tonight. the students have to bet, brigh motivated, and have impressive academic achievements. >> i'm an independent student who's trying to live by myself. his scholarship has taken away a big burden. >> having those $20,000 is going to the university of california with a full ride. >> david rubenstein is a

fancier, philanthropist, and the chairman of the smithsonian institution. >> that's exciting.ad big hetart there. >> nice opportunity for those young people. so, dry here, but some pekple were getting a buchlf rain tonight. >> it was one of those instances where you saw rain develop over 'trtain areas and it just did move for a few hours. we saw two to 3 inches in those locations. most of us though were completely dry. now, tomorrow we're ing to be in storm team a 4 weatherrt mode. it's hot, it's humid, and we have a cold front moving through the area, that cold front acting as the trigger to fe up storms during the afternoon and evening hours. that's the first weather headline. today we had there ients to make the cookies plus but the t oven wasn'rking. tomorrow the oven is going to be on that. that's why we're going to be in weather alert mode. as we talk a look atour second weather headline, the cold front

sets us up for a beautiful dayton fday. summer begins on friday officially and we're looking at a nice weekend as well. one more day of this. we start at 72 degrees on thursday. it's hot and humid at lunch, temperature of 87. it's still dry. if you're running errands on your lunch break, still no worries of rain. but once we hit the afternoon hours, we'll be trackinged scattered showers and thunde0torms until about 7:0 p.m. high tomorrow of 91 degrees. even at 7:00 in the evening 88.e still at here's the lawsuitest on storm team 4 radar tracking storm activity in northern virginia right now. most of us are in for a pretty quiet evening, but all this t unsetd weather is moving through the area tomorrow afternoon and evening. future weather action it o been allr the place. this is just one computer model. i want to give you an idea of what it's thinking. i'm thinking storms between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. especially.

y.re we are at noon. it's still dr we have a mix of clouds and sunshine. here's 2:00 p.m., notice thunderstorms developing potentiay in the d.c. metro area, heavy rain, hail, and winds are going to be the big potential players tomorrow. once we hit 4:00 p.m. though notice that future weather is for the most part pretty dry.s i think it' having a tough time picking up on the heat and humidity and the convection potential out there. but even at 8:00 notice how it's showing heavy rain. so, the chance that you're dealing with rain tomorrow at about 60 to 70%. if you're heading to the pool, head about 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. and you should be fine. friday, great pool day. breezy and nice for the weekend. maybe a thunderstorm sunday. aside from that it's a dry n eekend. the look to next week. we're in the low 90s monday through friday. storm ggy, not a lot of chances out there. but again tomorrow is going to

be a storm team 4 weather alert day, heavy rain, winds, and hail all poteially impacting us and storms moving through the area. >> we get it, tomorrow is sketchy. we've got breaking news coming in. iran, is that right? >> that's right. a region fraught with tension now. tensions between the u.s. and iran just took another troubling turn. the a.p. is reporting that ir state run media says the country's revolutionary guard has shot down a u.s. drone. soar the u.s. military has declined to comment. the u.s. central command did tell the associated press there was no drone over iranian territory. the two countries have been locked in stand off over economic sanctions on tehran. watch for more on this tomorr owmo

th is theinity sports desk. >> that shine through with his shiner and dave is lending some moral support. >> well, i brought band aids. we need to start a trend here. we need to start in the nation's capital to show support.ot >> you've g a double. >> the nose is the most protruding part of the face. it is mostly madeof cartilage. sherzer it seems is made of steel. it's the only way to explain it. he took the mound tonight foa scheduled star sporting a black eye, he left the phillies seeing red. l right. the mad max nickname of course

is something that was obviously created for max sherzer. sherzer canreathe. he can pitch. it showed early on. top of the first, man on, two outs reese hoskins. catches him looking. maybe that was throwing him off. in the second, his offense showing up for him. brian dozier takes off deep to left o batsr the fence. big aday. h homer in the afternoon game. that's up 1-0. that's all max needed. in the 7th lead off double, but o ad miller can't catch up that 98-miles-per-hour fas ball. andrew swinging at 97. sherzer getting better as the night goes more intimidating. doesn't evenstand a chance. strikes him out. gets out of the jam. max sherzer, broken nose, black eye, doesn't matter. 88th career double digit strike out game.

nationals beat the phillies in game two, 2-0. >> i knew it wasn't that bad. i knew i took a good shot to the nose, but for me, it didn't matter. i felt pretty good everywhere else. and so even when they're going to the hospital and everything to get the x-rays was more for oe doctors to make sure they wereay with it than i was. >> just for the doctors. he didn't ce. brice harper says hello to old friends. brian zier, at home. starting game one 2-1 homer for dozier. very next batter, new walkp strong, baby shark. you get the idea. worked out for him. parawith a long home run to right. patric corbin turning things

around. allowing one run. nats win it 4-2. hosting new york city. we knowhat guy. wayne rooney. he scored hisenfirst u.s. op goal last game. wants the second. wants the finish. 1-0 lead. he knows how to get it done. things are lookingr t. didn't stay that way. 41st minute, tied at he's got three names but scored one goal. he finds the back of the net to go ahead. they beat d.c. united 2 to that ends united's open cup run. >> we're going to keep these band aids handy. >> it worked. of savings and service.

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