i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yiang. this morning, hundreds of thousand of people in our region still do not have power. pepco reports more than 245,000 customers are out right now. dominion reports more than 175,000. and bge reporting more than 31,000 without air conditioning right now. novec reports more than 4,000 people without power and, is meco more than 6,000. it could take up to a week to restore power to all customers. >>> federal government offices are open today. employees can opt for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. the dc government is also open today in maryland. montgomery county government offices are open today. prince george's county government is open but the liberal leave policy will be in effect for nonessential employees. in virginia now, fairfax county, the government there open with employees being granted unscheduled leave. the loudoun county government is open. we will have the status of other local governments at the bottom of your tv screen throughout the morning today. >>> time for

. >> don't start with me, aaron gilchrist. >> i have watched women park. >> i've watched men park. >> i'm just saying. it doesn't take me as many tries to get into that space as it might take you. i'm just saying. >> i live in washington d.c. i park very well. thank you very much. >> you whip that mommy van around. i've seen it. kudos to you definitely. >> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> we are still seeing problems this morning after a strong storm left a number of people in the district soaked. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> this morning thousands of pepco customers are without power after another storm slams the d.c. region. up to two inches of rain fell in one hour's time yesterday. in the past 30 minutes, 100 pepco customers had power restored. pepco is reporting 1,000 customers without electricity. almost all of them are in d.c. no word on how long it will take for crews to restore electricity to all customers. >> the storm left some drivers stuck in high water. the rain was so fast and furious police had to shut down some floo

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. this morning

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we begin with a live look outside on a crisp and cool wednesday morning. 72 degrees outside our studios. a beautiful sunrise off in the distance as well this morning. not a bad way to see the weather this morning, tom. >> you don't usually associate the word crisp with july. >> exactly. but it is a fresh and cool morning. we had that wonderful change that did arrive overnight. look at these temperatures. down to 63 in gaithersburg, montgomery county. mid 60s much of fairfax county. upper 60s in arlington county. prince george's county in the mid to upper 60s. in the district of columbia now, the low 70s. upper 70s on the warm waters of the bay. shenandoah valley to the mountains, a few 60s. some spots in the mountains in the 50s this morning. quite a change from yesterday's heat and humidity. by 9:00, here's your day planner, upper 70s. a mild and dry morning with lots of sun. a warm and dry noon hour. low to mid 80s by then. by mid afternoon, peaking in the upper 80s. hot and dry bri

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff in nor eun yang. metro service is expected to be back to normal this morning after a crippling computer problem stopped service twice this weekend. a glitch in the computer system that the metro rail command center left controllers blind, unable to see where trains were on the lines or the control switches remotely. metro is is stressing that the systems that keep trains spaced at a space distance worked fine during both incidents. >> i don't know all the details about -- what about what happened over the weekend, but we know that the staff will bring the board up to speed so we can get to the bottom of it. >> metro declined our repeated reques for an on-camera interview about the computer problem. in a statement, the agency says it will have additional rail and i.t. people on hand today in case something happens during the morning commute. >>> also today, transportation officials will discuss the elements of the first ever federal safety standards for rail transit systems. the bill was introduced by

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to this july 4th, 2012.appy independence day. >>> one person died in an apartment fire if fire broke out just before 2:00 this morning near 17th and r street southeast. the fire forced many families who were asleep out of their beds and into the street. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> another round of storms causing problems for our area. >> severe weather is approaching the capitol. you are instructed to leave the area. >> storms cleared crowds on the west lawn of the capitol last night. they were there for the rehearsal for tonight's capitol fourth concert. both pepco and dominion say storms caused new power outages. even before the latest round of storms customers in the dark and without air conditioning were addressing frustration. we found homemade signs in bethesda. those pepco customers there say they haven't seen a utility vehicle yet. >>> nearly five days after the storm, nearly 125,000 people in the district area do not have power. pepco reports 62,000 customers without power righ

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. they're getting what wee need, rain. >> concerns about drought leading to action on the hill. republicans on the house planning to vote next week on federal help for farmers. the drought is driving up the cost of feed, forcing livestock farmers who reduce their stocks earlier than planned. corn and soy bean are closely protected by crop insurance. >> almost everyone, again, under a heat advisory with temperatures pushing 110 degrees. >> meteorologist tom kierein is out on the storm4 weather patio. how does it feel? >> it is humid. you can see the streeaks of golden sun line. the sky above, it's a potpourri, a variety of pattern and a few breaks in the clouds allowing it to come through. near the bay. elsewhere, some of the rural areas, maryland in virginia, 60s in the mountains. as we've had a cluster of diminishing showerses in the mountains moving west of the metro area. getting sprinkles around winchester and frederick, maryland. that's drifting offer to the north and east. south a

first good morning p i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff. welcome to "news4 today" on this wednesday, july 18th. as aaron mentioned, we are bracing for that extreme heat. temperatures are once again expected to approach triple digits today. much of our area will be under a heat advisory. this could be the sixth day this month we hit 100 degrees. several d.c. pools will remain open late. trash will be picked up an hour earlier than usual. now, the heat was enough to keep many people off the national mall last night. tom kierein will join news a few minutes with details about when we'll finally be able to cool off. meanwhile, the hot weather could make your trip to work a little longer than usual, especially if you take metro. today's speed restrictions could be in place again. trains could only go 35 miles per hour when they were above ground during daylight hours yesterday. metro will allow you to bring water on board today as well to help keep yourself cool and hydrated. >>> overnight crews removed a huge 40-ton tree that fell on a car killi

i'm aaron gilchrist. we begin with a look outside first this morning though. it's. degrees outside our studios as we approach 6:01. and we -- tom kierein, we'll expect today that we're going have something similar to what we had yesterday. pretty nice. >> and you stressed the match the sky. you're wearing a nice gray -- see? >> did you do that on purpose? >> of coursei did. >> and the pink sky, with pink. a little bit of a pink glow over the eastern horizon. >> good job, aaron. >> come fat i beliepatible this. that storm4 radar picking up a few sprinkles trying to reach the ground in prince william, fairfax, montgomery counties. a few sprinkles crossing the northern neck just east of fredericksburg. that is moving into charles county and perhaps into st. mary's over the next half hour. you might need an umbrella. just a few sprinkles. these are not heavy showers by any means. getting sprinkle activity here. most of virginia and maryland and into west virginia, too. it's in the 60s this morning. here's you

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff. we had a break from the heat lately but that, my friend, is over. >> take a live look outside with us this morning. 6:00 a.m. 73 degrees right now. not too bad for july. but it is going to get much, much worse as the day progresses. >> meteorologist tom kierein says we have grapefruit in the sky. >> pink grapefruit this morning. anyone working in the yard this weekend probably took four showers just trying to get the humidity out of your system. it is a little less humid this morning, thankfully. here's what's looking like just a few hours ago. we had some lingering showers over the metro area into virginia and much of maryland. those moved east and dissipated. now the sky is beginning to clear out a bit. and it has turned a little less humid with a bit of a northwesterly breeze. temperatures around the region are into the upper 60s to near 70 in parts of howard, montgomery, frederick counties. washington county, western maryland. west virginia, much of the sh shenandoah valley. fairf

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. what you see outside this morning is a few clouds as we start to see the run rise over the area. 74 degrees outside our studios. with those clouds the big question a lot of folks might be asking, is there rain? >> are we going to see the sun at all? >> i think we will. it will take a couple hours. we have an overcast sky over the metro area. sunrise is getting later and later. also this time of year our average temperatures start cooling down. so on average we have already been through our hottest time of the year. take a look around the region. over the last several hours, the little moving speckles of green, those were a few sprinkles we had coming through the metro area a couple hours ago. now they're on the eastern shore from near kent island near chester town and queen anne's, kent county getting a few sprinkles here. breaking up a little to our south. first a look at the sun along 95 between d.c. and fredricksburg as well as northern loudoun county. a little sunshine breaking ou

i'm aaron gilchrist. if you are not ready for this. today's heat could be down right dapg rou dangerous. all the area under alert. the heat index, what it will feel like outside will be well above 100 degrees. d.c. changing vehicle inspection hours this weekend as a result trying to keep employees and customers out of the extreme heat. the department of motor vehicles is sliding operations back an hour. the inspection station will be open from 5:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. also due to the heat, metro lifting the policy on no drinks. the transit agency said passengers can bring water only to trains and buses today and tomorrow and sunday. >>> this morning more than 10,000 people in our area are still without power. nearly a week after the storm. most of those are pepco customered. utility companies hope to have the power restored for everyone this weekend. >> so here we are coming up on one minutes after the hour, veronica johnson is here with just how bad it's going to get. >> pretty bad today. if you thought yesterday was hot, w

good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, july 24th, 2012. >>> the man accused of killing 12 people in a crowded movie theater will be back in court next week. james holmes looked dazed and showed no emotion during his first court appearance yesterday. at one point, he seemed to struggle to stay awake. his hair was dyed bright red, and prosecutors say a decision about the death penalty is still months away. they plan on consulting with the victims' families first. >> it's a very long process that impacts their lives for years. and so, they will want to have and we will want to get their input before we make any kind of a decision on that. >> you have a right to remain silent. >> reporter: holmes will be formerly charged next month. >>> this morning we're learning about one of the survivors of the attack who is set to attend the university of maryland. 22-year-old petra anderson was hit by four shotgun pellets, including one in her head. according to her pastor's blog, she has a rare

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez. welcome to "news4 today" today on this friday, july 20th. so another round of storms just hammers the d.c. area. >> the storms left thousands of people without power again and dozens of streets flooded. look at these pictures of a flooded rhode island avenue. this is at the height of the storm last night. one truck tried to drive-thru that high water. it got stuck, as you might imagine. the water has sin receded. >> right now more than 17,000 people are without power in our area. pepco is working to restore power to 15,000 customers. most of them are in the d.c. area. dominion reports 650 outages. dge has about 2,000 out ans. >> while pepco works to restore the power it's anticipating answers today about a possible rate hike. the utility requested a 4% hike to be approved by the maryland public service commission, that would be about an extra $5.50 on ef every bill.

i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news 4 today" on this thursday, july 5th. >>> we begin with a shooting in the 600 block of morton street in northwest d.c. news4's tracee wilkins there now with the latest. >> reporter: an unfortunate start to the day after independence day. look behind me. police are still on the scene investigating this shooting, and they're saying this all happened around 2:30 this morning. now, this is a homicide investigation. one person is now dead, another man is suffering from a gunshot to his face. let me show you what it looked like just a little while ago. the 600 block of morton street in the petworth neighborhood. the shooting happened around 2:30 this morning. police say someone shot the man in his face and shot another in his back. that is the man who died. again, police are on the scene investigating. at this point, they say they have no suspect information. they're still trying to figure out exactly what led to this shooting. reporting live in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm lin yang.come to tuesday, july 10, 2012. >>> firefighters are trying to figure out what started flames at an elementary school. the fire was difficult to fight because the school doors were welded shut. according to "the washington post," the school has been closed since 2009, but the building is still used by the d.c. public school system. >>> today, there will be a vote on sweeping taxi reforms. it would require all cabs to install credit card readers, gps trackers and buttons to alert police of a dispute. most sound like improvements for customers, some drivers are not happy and hundreds protested the gps devices yesterday. the trackers would indicate whether cabs take longer routes to inflate prices or ignore parts of town. >> we support the credit card system. we support the price system. we support everything except the tracking device. that tracking device violates our privacy and the privacy of our customers. >> more protests schedule for

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to this friday. new this morning. one person is killed in a motorcycle crash in mobt gory village. crash happened about 10:30 along east village avenue. the motorcycle driver lost control. the driver died on the scene. his name has not been released. police are trying to figure out the cause of the crash. >>> d.c. major vincent gray has a full day of public events scheduled. three council members have said the mayor should step down in light of his investigation in the 2010 election campaign. earlier this week gray aide pleaded gill toy to running a $56,000 shadow campaign. last night he acknowledged the probe whole accepting a leadership award at the national forum. he told the crowd he would get through this. he told news4 he has a job to do as mayor. >> reporter: are you not afraid that tomorrow is the day you could wake up and be pulled away in handcuffs? >> earlier this year two other aides pled gill toy to campaign conspiracy charges. eleanor holmes nor on the called the criminal activity deeply disturbing and s

good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eunian. good morning on this monday, july 23rd, 2012.uspect in the colorado shooting will make his appearance in court today. jaemg holmes was arrested for killing 12 people, ten people still in the hospital this morning. seven in critical condition. aurora police say he planned the shooting for at least four months. police say it could take month to determine a motive. >>> more than 10,000 people gathered to remember and honor the victims of the attack. the citywide vigil was held outside the century 16 movie theater in aurora last night. friends and family members released purple balloons to honor loved ones. aurora's mayor says now is the time to start the healing process. >> the pain is still raw and the healing has yet to begin. tonight is also a time to honor those who died as heroes. >> the illinois man who posted crosses for the victims of the columbine high school shooting posted 12 at the high school, about 30 minutes away from aurora. >>> president obama spent the day at the university of colorado hospital visiting with surviv

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" on this monday, july 9th. severe storms are wreaking more havoc on our area again this morning. >> another brutal system slammed into fredricksburg, virginia, overnight, flattening several businesses and sending four people, including children, to the hospital. >> about a block and a half stretch of fleming street was the hardest hit, and that's where the roof of the sheer fusion studio was ripped off and blown into a home next door. about 20 cheerleaders and parents were inside as the storm hit and walls collapsed around them. then, just down the street, the roof of the building that houses a salon, seafood restaurant and mattress store partially collapsed with employees still inside. >> the whole roof is just caved in. the inside of it is just demolished. it's demolished. there's cinder blocks on the floor inside. definitely, you can tell a tornado hit it, but it's just, it's devastating. >> what am i going to do? this is everything that i have. i have put

but first, i'm angie goff. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.me back to "news4 today" on this monday, july 16th. as we look live outside this morning and start to see the first rays of sun on this monday. 73 degrees outside our studios as we turn to meteorologist tom kierein and talk about just how hot it's going to get today. >> yeah. another hot day. similar to yesterday but not as humid, thankfully. in fact, it turned a little bit less humid overnight and as we take a look around the region, here's what it looked like 12 hours ago 5:00 yesterday afternoon. rather stormy. heavy downpours scattered across virginia and maryland. and then overnight, a lot of that activity tapered off and ended. although some of the pavement is still wet. watch out for that. still ponding where the water and heaviest rain fell yesterday. right now things are improving dramatically. there is one thunder shower here rolling across southwestern pennsylvania. it's drifting southeast. it may make it into northern maryland. maybe in another hour or so. i'll keep an eye

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" on this july 4th, 2012. >> severe weather is approaching the capitol. you are instructed to leave the ar area. >> they cleared crowds on the west lawn of the capitol last night. they were there for the rehearsal for tonight's capitol fourth concert. both pepco and dominion say that the storms caused new power outages. >>> so in just the past hour about 3,000 people in the d.c. metro area had their power restored. most of them are pepco customers. utility company reports 59,000 customers without electricity right now. dominion says 36,000 customers are without air conditioning this morning. and bge reporting about 30,000 people in our area don't have electricity. novec, about 300 outages right now. and smeco is down to four. >> still, for people who are day five into this heat wave. >> and there were some more storms that came through last night with the wind. they did do some scattered power outages. we could see some scattered thunderstorms today. a lot of fo

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff. we begin this morning with this heat wave that is tightening its grip on much of the country. today president obama will meet with the agriculture secretary to discuss one of the country's worst droughts in decades. the relentless heat and dry conditions are decimating corn supplies it in midwest. and the price of corn is skyrocketing. that means we're going to be paying more for most items at the supermarket. >> when the price of corn goes up, that pushes up the price of just about everything that we buy at the supermarket. >> it is probably the one most important thing to just like life on the planet next to water. >> he says you may not notice much of a price hike on most items at the markets until next year. >>> we could see temperatures top 100 degrees for the sixth time this month. metro may take precautions today. speed restrictions could be in place again. trains can only go 35 miles per hour above ground during daylight hours yesterday. metro will allow you to bring water on

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. doesn't look like they're doing too bad with that wine. >> whatever it takes to get you consolation during the tough times. >> we do want to give people an update. hundreds of thousands actually still in the dark in the metro d.c. area. since this time yesterday morning, pepco has refrigerator stored power to more than 119,000 people. the utility company reports over 114,000 customers still without power right now. dominion virginia power reporting more than 79,000 outages this morning. this is down more than 73,000 from this point yesterday. bge reporting more than 50,000 customers in our area without power. novec reporting outages at more than 2,000 at this point. and smeco reporting about 1300 outages. >>> once again today, federal government offices are open but employees can opt for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. d.c. public schools are closed. so are montgomery county schools. you will find a complete list of closings on the bottom of your screen chlkt >>> if you hav

i'm angie goff. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back on this tuesday, july 17th.nd blazing hot sunshine is what we're going to deal with today. to the point where the heat could be dangerous for a lot of po folks out there. with experienced it once this summer and, tom, it's coming back. >> the sky looks like it's on fire here. the infernal heat is going to be visiting us later today. right now it's fairly pleasant as the first light of dawn spreads. all the areas of yellow are in the 70s. right on the potomac and on the bay, water temperatures are in the low 80s. so the temperatures right near the bay right near it ini80 deg. reagan national, 81. the areas in green are in the 60s. fairly pleasant this morning. parts of the pan hand until west virginia, shenandoah valley, patchy fog for me, too. along the east side of the blue ridge down towards charlottesville in the upper 60s. many of those locations there. now a view from space showing a few high clouds drifting over us coming from the north. and those will be with us here from time to time throughout the day a

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, july 6th, 2012. today's extreme heat is causing power concerns in our region. pepco is urging customers to conserve electricity as we ticked for hot, i mean really hot weather. the utility company says the weather along with damage from last week's storm in high demand for electricity are stressing pepco systems. crews are working to restore electricity to those who lost service last week, as well as in pockets of new outages. >>> d.c. is changing vehicle inspection hours this weekend to keep employees and customers out of this extreme heat. the department of motor vehicles will operate inspection station from 5:00 a.m. right now until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. this is tomorrow, actually, yeah. not today. normal hours are 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. tomorrow the inspection station 5:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. >> yikes. all right. it is so hot and muggy already at 5:00 in the morning. this does not bode well for the rest of the day. >> it's disgusting out there. >> this is the kind of day you should go outside and

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome on today, july 31st. this morning a lot of americans are learning who missy franklin is. >> missy franklin! lane five. >> the 17-year-old colorado native won her first gold medal yesterday in london in big fashion. we'll show you that thrilling win in just a bit. franklin will also be on the "today" show later this morning to talk about her olympic experience and -- >> i have chills every time i see it. >> i saw the video. it was pretty spectacular. her reaction to the win was just -- those are the little moments you like to see if you're in the olympics. >> her parents, just seems like she's such a lovely young lady. so much pressure and all the training. at 17, basking in the moment. so happy for her. >> tom kierein is here to talk about our forecast. no pressure on you, tom. we like this forecast. >> you're going to feel like you're swimming through humidity. >> yuck. >> that bad? >> it's pretty humid. it's on the mild side. around 2 region, upper 60s to low 60s out in the mountains. shenandoah valley,

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. when the sky began lighting up last night a lot of people had fingers crossed the lights would stay on. here we are five days after the big storm and more than 100,000 customers around the area are still in the dark this morning. more bad news. in the past half hour, about 3,000 people lost power. right now pepco reporting about 57,000 outages for customers in their service area. dominion virginia power says 37,000 customers are without their power this morning. bge reporting about 30,000 people in the area don't have electricity. novec reporting a little over 200 outages. and smeco holding steady at 4 this morning. >> severe weather is approaching the capitol. you are instructed to leave the area. >> this morning's outages are because of storms last night. the storms cleared crowds on the west lawn of the capitol. they were there for the rehearsal for tonight's capitol fourth concert. right now another line of storms is moving this way. we are worried about this. people still without

i'm erika gonzalez, eun yang is off today. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we are following breaking news for you this morning. mass shooting at a midnight screening of "the dark knight rises" just outside denver, colorado. 14 confirmed dead. richard john dan is live in the newsroom with the late on this story. >> the please chief is in the middle of a briefing but this turns out to be a lot worse than initial reports. 14 people are confirmed dead. ten killed at the theater. four others died at area hospitals. nearly 40 other people were taken for medical treatment. emergency responders dealing with a mass casualty incident. the shooting happened inside a movie theater in aurora, colorado, just outside of denver. the theater packed for the batman premier. witnesses are saying some kind of tear gas or smoke bomb was launched into that movie theater and then the shots went off. police say there was a lone gunman. that suspect is now in custody. it is kayous chaos at that the. unfortunately there are those who did not make it out alive. the gunman did make a st

i'm angie goff filling in for aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday, july 12th, 2012. >>> there are growing calls for d.c. mayor vincent gray to step down. three council members have called for gray's resignation following the third guilty plea in a corruption probe into his 2010 campaign. jeanne harris pled guilty tuesday to running a $650,000 shadow campaign to get gray elected. those calling for his ouster say the illegal funds are proof enough that gray should step down, even if he didn't know about the illicit campaign. >> it's time to step aside so we can have an ethical, honest government with an election that is not tainted and a chief executive that is not consumed with whether or not he's going to jail. >> we can't go forward with this huge cloud over us. it's become too much to bear, actually. >> i think it's hard to miss $600,000 in a $1.2 million reported campaign. >> well, despite those calls, mayor gray is adamant that he knew nothing about the illegal undertones of his bid for mayor. he repea

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news4 today" on this tuesday, july 17th. extreme heat is a top story. it plagued our earl earlier this summer. temperatures will hover near 100 grease again today. it's not even 4:30 in the morning and already many of the folks in our area are approaching 80 degrees. that's the reality for a lot of us. the d.c. government making adjustments to deal with the heat, a number of public pools throughout the city will remain later today. other pools will be open all together. trash will be picked up an hour earlier than usual today and tomorrow. we'll check in with tom for details on this heat wave in a couple of minutes. >> this morning the faa is on the scene of a deadly plane crash in montgomery county. one person was killed and another critically injured when the small plane went down after 7:00. this is near davis airport. the plane rolled over and went down shortly after takeoff. friends of the pilot say he was an experienced flight instructor. >> in his 70s. been flying for many, many years. >> he was a very good friend of

. >> and good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news4 today" on this thursday, july 26th. >>> new this morning, a woman was hurt trying to save children from a burning building in southwest d.c. the fire broke out late last night on first street, blocks from nationals park. firefighters say six kids were inside at the time. they all got out safely. doctors do expect the woman to be okay. investigators still don't know what caused that fire. >>> police are calling a double shooting in fairfax county a murder-suicide. they say alexander rios shot his roommate last night before turning the gun on himself. both men lived in an apartment on trevor house drive in oakton. >> i wouldn't go so far to call it a domestic, but the two involved in this incident both lived in that home, and it was just them that was involved. there is no danger to anyone outside of the apartment. >> police are still trying to figure out what led to that shooting. >>> a statewide search this morning for the gunman who kidnapped the mother of hall of f

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today"." breaking news. d.c. police are searching for the person who shot and killed a man an park place around midnight. the victim died. his name has not been released. >>> a jogger assaulted on a popular d.c. trail. news4 exclusive we hear from a good samaritan who answers the cries for help. the woman@was attacked along the capital crescent trail wednesday night. the suspect came up from behind the woman and put her in a choke hold. she tried to fight back but lost consciousness. she woke up a few minutes late we're her pants pulled down. liz byte williams was riding her bike when she heard the woman screaming for help. >> she had dirt on hr chest and a scrape on her face. she was hysterical. she said she had been attacked and she thought she was going to die. >> park police say the man ran almost a mile to fletchers boathouse and got away. police urge people who use the trail at night to always bring oh oenchts governor martin o'malley and future op expanded gambling if the state. he will announce whether to

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i'm angie goff in for aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday, july 12th, 2012. we'll take a live look outside at 5:00 a.m. 70 degrees. a very pleasant start to this july morning. low humidity. we like it this way. >> yeah. we say hello to warmth, but we said good-bye to humidity this morning. >> take that any day. >> yeah, we're not complaining. >> i was trying to campaign to do the weather laying on my back on the grass -- >> in a lawn chair? >> yes! >> i can see it, tom. in a lawn chair with a drink with an umbrella in it. >> beautiful. beautiful morning under way. >> soft music. >> you're still on vacation. >> i am. i am. and well, we all are. it's summer! we're all kind of mentally on vacation, aren't we? it's in the 60s in the suburbs and rural areas. yes, i said 60s. it is in the 60s. we'll take that on a july morning. right now at reagan national, though, it's at 73, and right there in annapolis on the bay, it's at 76. but elsewhere, the 60s with lower humidity in place. a beautiful morning, a

. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it is monday, july 9th. and strong storms pounded our region again overnight, bringing heavy rain, some hail, and of course, as you see here, lightning. a lot of us saw that last night. the damage nowhere near as widespread as our last big storm, but a lot of communities are feeling the effects. >> and some are waking up without power, just as they believed they had gotten it all back for good. pepco's numbers are holding steady around 360 outages right now. that's down from nearly 3,000 earlier this morning. northern virginia was the hardest hit, and dominion power is reporting about 3,700 customers are still in the dark. bge's numbers are now quickly shrinking, down almost to 900 in the past half hour to right around 1,000 customers in the dark. >> tom kierein's here now. some folks still dealing with a little rain and maybe some other things this morning, too. >> a little thunder and lightning, but most of the severe weather we had last night is long gone, and the big news is cooler weather moving in, tha

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang.elieve it's almost been a month since the storm that will forever be known as bra derecho, and now virginia is asking for federal disaster help. it left a million customers without power. the state and local government spent more than $27 million recovering from the storm at the end of june, not including the cost of damage to private property. if the request is approved, virginia could be reimbursed for activating emergency crews, opening shelters and removing debris. >> and so, the question today is will we see any storms? meteorologist tom kierein on the storm4 weather patio with some answers. hey, tom. >> yeah, by later today, you will not want to be standing outside like i am right now, but it is a beautiful morning right now. you can see behind me the first light of dawn coming through, the sunlight streaming through the trees here in northwest. and it's rather humid. the air is pretty steamy this morning. as we take a look at the view from space, we've had a wonderful clearing o

. >> and i'm angie goff in for aaron gilchrist. taking a live look outside, we are dealing with a beautiful skyline across washington. low humidity, no complaints early on this thursday morning. >> that's right, tom. hope it stays this way! >> is that a renaissance painting or is that the city camera? >> does look like a masterpiece. >> yeah, just a gorgeous morning on the way. it feels just as beautiful as it looks, as it's down into the 60s much of the area. in montgomery, arlington, fairf fairfax, prince george's counties, the mid-60s, mid to low 60s parts of northern virginia and rural areas of maryland and into west virginia. reagan national now at 72. it's in the low 70s right by the bay waters view from space showing cloud cover down to our south, but right over the district, points west and north, it's all clear this morning. a gorgeous summer day coming. plan accordingly. great beach and pool weather. you'll need sunblock. high humidity is gone. the low humidity has returned temporarily. and we'll have highs reaching the u

i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to "news4 today" on this wednesday, july 18th.nd this morning the extreme heat continues to be the big story this month. today we could hit our sixth day of triple digit temperatures this july. the heat left the national mall deserted last night. much of our area will be under a heat advisory today. a lot of pools in the district staying hope late this evening to help residents cool off and trash will be picked up early today to avoid some of the extreme heat. >> possibly triple digits again. >> dress like your going to a pool party. having highs reach near 100. pleasant, all of these areas in yellow in the 70s that include most of virginia, west virginia, and maryland. near 80 by the bay in the tidal potomac. we do have a weak front that's moving across michigan now but it's going to strengthen as it gets closer to us later today as a result. all of these areas in yellow under a risk for severe storms that includes the washington metro area, points west, north, and east. and that would be for the risk of strong storms producing d

good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this monday,

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, july 24th, 2012. let's take a live look outside right now at 5:00 a.m. 75 sticky degrees out there, not too bad, but sounds like it's going to be another hot day. >> and i didn't think it was too oppressive right now. feels decent out there right now. >> feels nice. >> at 3:00 a.m. >> 3:00 p.m. is a different story. >> we have no thunder, no lightning, no flooding, no strong winds. we'll take that. >> all right, let's just stop there. >> yeah. >> let's not go any further. >> but later today, we might. >> uh-oh, all right. >> so, b prepared for that, but right now we don't have any problems travelwise, if you're just about ready to head out the door. you're heading out under a clear sky. we'll have a beautiful start to the day, lots of sunshine, but we do have the possibility of some strong storms developing later today. right now, all these areas in yellow are in the 70s, and that includes most of virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, even s

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i eun yang. we're going to look outside now at 4:30. it is 73 degrees out there. a little bit muggy. want to know how the weather is shaping up? >> actually, fairly pleasant morning as we have the humidity drop a little bit yesterday. any storminess yesterday and now overnight with weak high pressure over the region, we've got a mostly clear sky. those bright spots in the eastern sky, that's jupiter and venus rising this morning in a clear sky. it's very pleasant temperaturewise. all those areas in green are in the 60s. the pleasant 60s across most of virginia and maryland and west virginia. few locations upper 50s western maryland. right now, nearby suburbs, prince george's county, the 60s. mid 70 nasdaq washington. but by 7:00, upper 60s. beautiful morning by noontime. mid 80s. late afternoon, there's a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm popping up. still not terribly humid throughout the day today. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. danella is here now with the first4 traffic. >> thanks, tom. right now i'm checkin

eun yang is off this morning. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to "news 4 today" on this monday, july 9th. off to a busy start indeed. we begin with a look at the weather. you look outside. it's also busy in the skies, filled with lightning and thunder for a lot of folks, still seeing rain across much of the area right now. meteorologist tom kierein is here to break it down for us. >> the good news, it's cooler. >> yes. >> yes. >> no more 100-degree heat. >> say it again, tom! >> i say it again, no more 100-degree heat. we should create a song and keep singing it all day long, because in the foreseeable future, i don't think we're going to have anymore extreme heat, thankfully. along with that showers and thunder and lightning, but no severe weather. storm4 radar showing this conveyor belt of moving color. these are all showers and thunder showers rolling west to east out of west virginia, and in northern virginia and much of maryland. eastern shore, though, are getting the heaviest rains with thunder and lightning. right now, closer

good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this thursday, july 26th, 2012. first, though, it is going to be another hot one in the nation's capital. a heat advisory is in effect for most of the d.c. area from noon until 8:00 tonight. the heat index is expected to reach the triple digits. charles county announced it will open up six cooling centers today. and remember to drink plenty of water, avoid the excessive heat for long periods of time, and also check on neighbors and relatives, especially the elderly. >> and you can plan ahead if you're riding metro, in case the heat forces metro to impose those speed restrictions on rail service. those restrictions would limit trains to just 35 miles per hour while they're above ground. metro announced possible restrictions to prevent a similar derailment like the one that happened on the green line because of the heat. so, let's go to tom kierein now and get a look at exactly what we're in for today, tom. >>> be glad you don't have to put on pads and a hel

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we're going to look outside right now at 4:30. 73 degrees. clouds in the sky. looks like tom kierein joining us now with a look at our forecast. good morning. >> a little humidity in the air. a settled pattern for the next couple of days but maybe a few scattered isolated showers. all around the region, generally holding steady right around the mid 60s in the suburbs to upper 60 nasdaq many locations there. near 60 out of the mountains. right now around washington, low 70 nasdaq montgomery, arlington. mid 70s in the district. right near the bay, mid and upper 60s as well as at the atlantic beaches. scattered showers and a little bit of thunder. generally dissipating. there's still om par cyst teers showers here. partly cloudy sky. final day of july. by 7:00 we'll be in the low 70s. a little sunshine in and out. partly sunny noontime. mid afternoon, isolated shower maybe with a downpour and some thunder and lightning. that may linger into late afternoon. i'm back in ten minutes. danella is here now with your first4 traffic. >> thanks, tom. com

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, july 27th, 2012. we are under an extreme heat advisory here in the d.c. area today. today's advisory focuses on the district as well as areas south and east of the city will be in place from noon until 7:00. >>> meteog

and i'm aaron gilchrist. look at prth incredible, exclusive video at the moment a microburst tore through parts of northern virginia on sunday. this is from a camera at an auto shop in fredericksburg. see the strength of wind and pounding rain. it brought down trees and power lines, damage in the fredericksburg area expected to take weeks, if not months to clean up. >> serious damage there. >>> right now, no storms to speak of. cooler july morning. what a welcome change. yesterday felt nice as well. and we're hoping the pattern lasts longer. we need reloaf. >> a real blessing to those who have to work outside, doing roofing work or raying asphalt or any outside work. nice break for mid july. around the storm 4 hometown network. jessup, 66. manass manassas, 68. germantown, 65, alexandria, 74. pleasant temperatures. we have rain falling as we look at radar and the cloud cover. getting heavy downpours here in far southern maryland, near lexington park. and far north as solomon, off to the east and down to the no

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff. and it is hot, hot, hot outside. i mean, we've got a beautiful picture behind us. don't be deceived. this is where the temperatures are right now. some people are waking up to the 80s. >> we're going to push 100 degrees come later in the day. tom kierein is here with the details. >> it's 6:00 in the morning. do you know where your local pool is? >> jump? >> yeah. get familiar with it because that will be the best place to cool down today is to take a dip in the cool, cool waters. you will feel so much better. if you have to work outside, of course, try to get into the shade and take frequent breaks, drink plenty of water because we are going to have extreme heat again this afternoon. here are the local metro area temperatures. it's at 74 over on camp springs and prince george's county, montgomery county, most locations in the low to mid 70s. arlington into fairfax county, most locations, low to mid 70s there as well. wider view showing temperatures in the shen dan noah valley and out in the mountains. many locations

. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist.ht out there, and we can look forward to the fact that this sun is not going to be beating down on us the way it did last week. >> that's right. we are very, very relieved for that. it was unbearable. we need a little bit of cooling. >> most of the power back on and we need a.c. later on today. not now. you can have windows open and let the natural air conditioning take over. temperatures in the western and northern suburbs in the 60s, and the satellite and radar composi composite. patches of color, light showers near fredericksburg to stafford, spotsylvania counties, sprinkles to the east. and areas of orange and red, far southern maryland from pax river in st. mary's county. and potomac, and drifting farther east. partly cloudy, beautiful morning under way. western and northern suburbs, howard, montgomery, montgomery county. northern fairfax and loudoun. and southern fairfax, prince william, prince georges county. low 70s and the day planner for this tuesday, we'll be into the low to

i'm aaron gilchrist and the heat wave continues today. s really outrageous, aaron, how many days we've seen temperatures 95 degrees and up and so many people had to deal with it without the power. 85 right now and light winds throughout the area. we'll see some pretty stagnant air today and poor air quality as we reach for 100 degrees. saturday we could hit 102 or higher throughout the area and next week, a pattern change for us all and cooler conditions and lower humidity with highs between 85 and 89. aaron? >> we like >>> in frederick county dealing with a serious accident right now. all eastbound lanes of liberty road are shut down right now. police are on the scene. it is causing a bit of a rubber necking delay right now on the westbound side. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, mike. >>> more traffic and weather coming your way in 25 minutes. we will now send you back to new york >>> i'm very competitive and i just love racing. once the starter says step up on the blocks, something switches. i know i put in the extra work and i'v