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your weekend, in my forecast. a transgender woman murderd maryland, and now we're learning she was the victim of human trafficking. >> i can see very little light in her eyes. >> only on 4, here from the woman who helped bring her back, only to lose her again. and what do you see? we're getting to thef bottom the internet's latest optical illusion. >> at 11:00 starts now. we begin with that heavy storm that swept through this evening. >> it was a fast-moving rain that we had to contend with. >> along with ilated flash flooding, this did bring some damage. >> shemari stone is live in chevy chase. what are you seeing out the tonight? >> reporter: hey, you guys. take a look at this damage right here. there was ar t right here and the homeowner tells me that heavy wind and rain knocked it over. look at all of theseoo rs. it was right here in the ground,

aturated, causing the tree to fall, slammingacross the fence, landing on the homeowner's house, and he was inside at the time. >> i'm still a little shaken up. >> reporter: michael is nervous. he was sitting on his couch during the severe thunderstorms, suddenly he hears -- >> this loudcracking sound >> reporter: a second later, the massive tree outside slammed on his roof. >> the whole thing came crashing down. >> reporter: falling through his skylight. he shot cell phone video, his living room a total mess. >> and then i look up, and there are branches coming through. and i was shocked. ip a >> reporter: then michael walked outside and found there were three trees that hit it. one of the other trees ripped down power lines. now michael hears the sound of rain hitting a tarp.

he put it down to cover the hole in the roof. and now he cleans up, realizing he could have died in his living room. >> if i was sitting three feet over there, i probably would have been hurt by several pounds of shattered glass. >> reporter: i'm so glad he's okay. he's such a nice guy.y see this huge tree right here? they're going have to chop it up and he' goingave to fix his fence. he plans on contacting his home insurance to see what they willr cov live here in chevy chase, shemari stone, news4. >> he's luckily to be alive. thank you. other, oer parts of the also seeing heavy rain. , covered in water avenue in earlier this ehwtevening. as we learned this week, it could have been a lot worse. amelia, while the area saw a lot of ra, it was nothing like

what we had on monday. >> absolutely. monday we had that flash flood emergency. tonight, though,t we sl dealt with heavy rainfall across the area. as you saw there in shemari's litory, that tree ly coming down a lot more easily because of the rain from monday. we had a lot of reports, the wet ground, along with wind, helped bring the trees down acaissnf arollhe tara.e totals from today. most areas under an inch. annapolis saw the most rain at just over anh incd a half. currently at 73 degrees. radar is all dry, and the good thing, is it'sry a d start tomorrow morning, but it will be humid out there. from 7:00 a.m. at 70 degreeso 9:00 a.m., we hit 80 degrees, so w tarwarm up about ten degrees

two hours. i'll have the outlookfor the weekend and let you know when the humidity isn't going to be so bad. and i havehe track on barry coming up. >> thankyou. right now, even more flooding concerns along the gulf coast as people bracetror ical storm barry. tonight, a hurricane warning is in effect for parts oh o that area. blouisiana expected to one of the hardest hit states. the outer bds have already flooded parts of new orleans earlier this week. let's go back to amelia. what's the timing of all this? >> well, louisiana really dealing with barry throughout the res of the workweek into the weekend. here's the latest on the track. it has picked up speed out there tonight, maximum winds at 50 miles an hour, moving extremely slowly ats only 3 miler hour. the track virtually .unchanged and barry only expected to retrain a tropical storm,ot strengthening to a hurricane according to the national hurt center.

but here's the thing, thatdo sn't matter. this storm is about the heavy rain. parts of louisiana, including new orleans, could see 10 to 20 inches. the mississippi river also dealing with flooding concerns. so those two elements gether, louisiana unfortunately under the gun from this storm. >> amelia, thank you. m ether it's tropical st barry or storms here at home, don'tha forget tyou can get up to the minute forecasts from storm team 4 any time,er anywhe, bcere our n washington app. new tonight, a man is in custody in d.c. accused of sexually assaulting a woman on r platform. the victim tells police the suspect assaulted her and then boarded the train. surveillance kamras tracked his path and police found him near the deanwoodstation. the victim was taken to the hospil for evaluation. ozens of residents were sick and many taken to the ospital and the fairfax health department is trying to find out

t.at is behind i it happened at greenspring in springfield. two residents died after suffering from respiratory sympt symptoms. greenring has taken several steps to control the illnesses and stop them from spreading. new tonight on the eve of funeral services for a murdered transgender woman from the district, we learn more about zoe spears and the tragic path that brought her to the nation's capital. >> jackie bensen spoke with the community activist that helped her overcome being a victim of human trafficking, onlyseo lo her to murder. >> it's the vulnerability and pain and trauma. >> reporter: ruby talks about the day zoe spears was brought to her northwest d.c. shelter for lbgtq youth by law enforcement. ruby did not know at that time that the then 19-year-old had been a victim ofun trafficking, but she sensed

something awful, something soul troying had happened. >> didn't say much. i just sat there and listened, the officer kept talking, and i smiled. >> reporter: at tim, zoe struggled with the routine, navigating her way through living with others. night terrors haunted her sleeping hours. but slowly the love that fills the place began to bring her peace. zoe confided to ruby she wanted to ratition. ruby says when she took her for the medical care to begin the ro ss, he was like a rebirth. zoe began calling her mom. >> we had so much in common. i grew up alone. i grew up an outcast. grew up in a city that rejected me and abandoned me so many times. so when i knew that zoe wasng go through the same, we

bonded. >> reporter: my age 22 and with ry's help, zoe moved out on her own, living near eastern avenue, where she met othe transgenders, and befriended ashan'te corman, who was d murderearch 30th in fairmont heights, maryland, a crime zoe saishe witnessed. ruby received the ne months later that zoe was dead, she had been shot to death. ruby reacted to the 23-year-old's death the way a mother would. >> it hurt me evetime she would telle how someone could hurt her. >> reporter: at friday's funeral services, ranged by transgender activists, ruby will be escorted into the church as zoe's mother. in northwest, jackie bensen, news4.

turning to national news, the trump administration has given up on effortsto put a citizenship queion on the 2020 census, but the president says that he's not giving up in his o efforts tet a count of how many citizens and non-citizins are he country. the president is taking executive action to direct every agency to make datao available the commerce department. this could still play a role in political redecting. >> we'll collect all the we informationneed to conduct an accurate census and make responsible decisions about public policy, voting rights and representation in congress. >>torney general william barr suggested the data could be used for apportionment. this weekend, thousands of undocumented people could be the target of a series of immigration enforcement raids. two senior homeland security officials tell nbc news that

i.c.e. is scheduled to carry out previously postponed raids this sunday. things could change, but these are the ten cities previously mentioned, including baltimore, the d.c. area isis not on t list. but the police department in prince george's county has taken extra steps to ensure officers kn it is not their job to enforce immigration, saying they do no cooperate with i.c.e. on civil matters. turning now to the presidential raise for some of the previous tom democratic candidates who have separated themselves from a crowded pack. in the first survey since the debates, joe biden remains on top. elizabeth warren has moved up to second, with kamala harris and bernie sanders rounding out the top four. this poll found among voter's secondhehoice, harris being t leader, followed by warren and sanders. this remains pretty wide open, because just 12% of those polled definitely y have made up their mind. still ahead on news4, d.c.

police areig investating the city's latest homicide. >>but a group of teens is finding a nique way to cope with the violence. ♪ > still ahead, how these d.c. kids are sending a message through their music. plus, we'll go inde the operating room. a look at a cutting edge knee surgery helping pele get back on their feet. this had everybody in our newsroom doing a double take. why this image is almost definitely not what you think it is. and here's the latest imagery ofbatropical storm rry, coming up, i'm going to let you coming up, i'm going to let you know how this s we are sisters. and we just moved in together. why alissa and aleah chose fios. we stream sooo much.

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washington, d.c. police investigating ather norm side at north capital and m streets. they were called to the scene about 4:0. the victim, an adult male, it is the 85th murder this year in the district. > the latest killing in an outbreak of violence in our cit lately. he deaths are forcing many community stos cies the confron trauma ofxd gun violence. >> one group is turning to music to help people cope. >> young one, carry yourself with grace. >> you can concentrate your powerful idas, emotions into something transformative. ♪ >> reporter: music has the power to transform lives. even enti communities. local poet eye e--

♪ >> part ofwa what went is to focus on, you know, giving out a positive message. >> reporter: it's more than music, it's therapy. f >>acing it head on in that ay w, that's sometimes the only way you're able to really cope with what's able to go on in your environment. >> reporter: for princess, the arts provide a way of coping with those emotions, which she believes are at the root of the violence. >> the art ishe spark that  reflect without being held to the trauma. art connects to the heart. >> reporter: most people will rt, the message to he because there it truly has the power to make a difference. >> there is a way to concentrate that energy and useto it do good. >> reporter: corey smith, news4. the group is going to beng perforive at saturday's peace and positively block party

in the southeast. >> new technology is bringing relief to people suffering with debilitating knee pain. dorothy beckett hurt her knee two years ago training for a n marathon andeeded surgery. herrthopedic surgeon was able to repair the cartilage tear. in the past, repairs like this were very difficult if not possible. the doctor says it's better to repair the maniscus than remove it. >> can only imagine what would have happened if i hadn't had the surgery. >> there is onedrawback to this procedure. there's a longer recovery time. patients spend six weeks on crutches and wearing a brace to allow the tissue to fully tale. after thaak it can up to five months for patients to

return to normal activities, compared to other repair methods, which have back to normal in a month or so. >> five months of inconvenience or decades of no pain.>> nice to have that option. a right. we've got to get to this thing. it's been driving us crazy. first, we had thedress, was it blue, black, gold, white? turns outit was blue. >> we talked about that for . weeks then the debate ovaw y and laurel. this next one had a lot of us scratching our heads tonight. >> so we'll let you f judge yourself here. what do you see when you look at this? the unscientific polling of our newsroom found that everyone thought they were looking at a stormy day or night at the beach. but turnsutthis is a trick that's all tied into the angles here. this istually a busted up car door. the bottom of that littleouge there is the bottom of the door. that's the ground under the car

door there. if you focusda on the side, you'll see the damaged seal panel there. he says in his estimation, those of us who see beaches are artists. >> that's all. we're all creative artists, we all saw the beach. >> that's pretty much what we saw here. what did you think? >> of course i saw the beach. i'm going to takeupclose photos of something and a what you guys think. >> it shows how creative you are. >> maybe that's why you're so od at reading radar. >> and speaking of the radar, we have cleared out. i mean, we had rain tonight. we h around an inch in some locatioer irli this week, we had over three in many locations. the goods, new your friday, your weekend is looking mainly dry out there. that's going to be one of your weather headlines. and it's going to be hot.

the humidity, though, not all that bad. i am keeping an eye on tropical storm barry. it will impact louisiana through the weekend. and then continue northward. potentially simpacting u later next week. i'll point that out to you on the ten-day. here's your planner for tomorrow. start off the day. not that big of a deal. it is humid, stepping out your door on friday. 07 degrees, heading out to lunch. temperature around lunchtime was 86. we rm up to91. but the humidity levels are lower throughout the day tomorrow. that means your friday nig is looking really nice. the air will be crisp for early we'll have plenty of sunshine at 7:00 p.m. we'll keep clearth skies i forecast overnight tomorrow. if you're having people over tomorrow night, the weather is looking fantastic. se chance. notice how spotty and unlikely it is, but it is there. i know some of us do projects during the summer. i'm hearing i from folks, cannot

have any rain in the forecast. our temperatures right now are in the low 70s. they'll hang out there overnight tonight. and this weekend, we have highs in the low 90s. if you're heading to the beach, looking great there, as well. highs in the upper 80s. the weather just having a low impact on our weekend. yard work, no issues, heading to the pool, you have the right idea. here's the storm team ten-day forecast. notice the weekend is dry but hot. 80s. i talked about barry. that's going to be next thursday where we could maybe see some rain from barr maybe some rumbles of thundr. obviously not what louisiana is thinking but something we'll be keeping an eyeon. >> dry and hot looks good for the weekend. thanks. still ahead, the wild nba off-seon takes another crazy turn tonight. turn tonight. sports is next.

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if i had any left, i would be pulling hair out still. >> you know, you just came back from vacation. a lot of people do fun things on vacation. >> you think that's fun? >> it's a subjective term here. in two weeks, guys, the redskins kick off training camp, and their star quarterback is jumping over live bulls. yeah. quite the off-season for josh norman, who has been to paris to watch soccer, detroit to helpth water crisis. afghanistan to meetth the minister of education. the u.s.-mexico border to help asylumseekers. flown with the blue angels. and now catching heat in pamplona, spain. he took part in the running of the bulls, called it one of the grtest days of hi life. he sprinted through the streets of pamplona and jumped over a bull twice. critics called him out for

animal cruelty and being irresponsible. he's set to make $1 .5 million this season. the team had no comment, but they did retweet the video of norman jumping the bull. and fivett people geing hurt out there. according to reports, the thunder have traded russell westbrook to the houston rockets.ño' okc getting chris paul and a slew of first round picks. the thunder say goodbye to westbrook after 11 seasons. he averaged a triple-double each of the last three seasons, now reunited with james harden in houston. the thunder, after trading paul george to the clippers last weekend, they're inuiull reb mode and have 15 first round picks between 2020 and 2026. that is a haul, folks. summer league action. bruno fernando and the hawks taking on rui hachimura and the wizards.

hac ha hac.mura had himself a day in the third, this time from downtown. he had 25 points to go with 9 boa ss. nicehowing from the rook. and to close out late for the wizz, justin robinson, former virginia tech store. the steal and the lay-in. the wizz win it 76-71. to tennis. standing in her way, unseated the player from the czech republic. serena, just td. goo she cruises 6-1 in the first set. in the second set, cruising again. serena, serving for match point. her opponent gets a racket on the return,but this is serena. she wins 6-2 there. the match lasted just 59 minutes. she avances to her fourth straight wimbledon final and

with the win, she can tie for the most grand slam singles titles ever, male or female. finally, to the pitch, d.c. united getting ready to host new england tomrow night. the black and red, have won just two ofheir last 11 games. paul areola coming back from playing with the u.s. men's national team in the gold cup. ben olsonants to see his team play hungry. >> the urgency is real. in some ways, we have not had the hunger and urgen si for the last, you know, i would say month. we really need to understand thishould be a desperation and urgency and how we go about games now. when we do that, we give ourselves a of getting results. >> also i want to mention ele dilidon, the top vote getter for the all-star game. but her coach will be aching the opposite team in the

all-star game. >> she's playing even with a broken nose. >> yes, shewill be playing. >> she's going to do a scherzer. >> he's as tough as he is. no doub>>t.

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and we are keepling an eye on barry. >> that looks like a weekend plan on.we c >> exactly. >> tnks,amelia. >> great bull jumping weather. >> thankó.ryr joining us.

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