investigators say they got away with cash at the bank of america in -- on laurel bowie road. both had guns but nobody was hurt. witnesses believe both robbers are men. >>> a woman is in the hospital in critical condition this morning after she was hit by a car. this happened last night on balk road. the driver who hit the woman did stay on the scene. the road was closed for hours, but is back open this morning. >>> you or someone you may have probably been a victim of predatory towing. where tow truck operators grab cars as fast as they can. montgomery county officials are saying no more. a new bill aims to crack down on the aggressive towings that would ban spotters who look out for cars to hook. a council members say it's the number one complaint in the county. >> i was literally there for an hour and a half. my car got towed. >> it's not okay how this business is done and we need to step in and clean it up. >> now, if you want to see all of the proposals, search towing on the nbc washington app. and i did. there's actually 17 pages. this is something they're taking very ve

they robbed the bank of america on laurel bowie road in bowie. witnesses believe both robbers are men. >>> and one of the members of the so-called black hat bandits has confessed. 66-year-old thomas george admitted he was part of a robbery at the wells fargo on connecticut avenue. witnesses say he threatened to kill a customer if he didn't get the money. a possible accomplice was also arrested. they're known for using high powered rifles and black hats to rob banks. >>> 5:04. we'll find out how long a man will stay in jail for allegedly raping men. he lured men he met at beer pong tournaments to his home in gaithersburg after getting them drunk and raping them. poindexter is believed to be a sexual predator who has been targeting young men for a decade. he is expected to be sentenced today at 1:30. >>> for the first time a good samaritan is talking about the day he found a quadriplegic man abandoned in the woods with just a blanket and a bible. police say the 21-year-old victim's mother left him in a philadelphia park on friday so she could visit

the hazmat heist, the fbi on the lookout for two people who held up the bank of america on laurel road in bowie this morning wearing full protective suits and masks. both robbers were armed. at least one of them pulled out a gun. the robbers threatened employees and demanded cash. witnesses do believe the robbers were both men. nobody was hurt. >>> the district is currently trying out body cameras on some metropolitan police officers. after all, mayor muriel bowser's 2016 budget proposal actually includes funds to equip all officers with those cams, bottleneck helping is here to tell us she's also -- but mola lenghi is here to tell us she's also making the video difficult to see. >> reporter: the player is exempting body -- the mayor is exempting body cam video from public access. critics say that would negate the whole point. bode cameras on officers is part of a -- body cameras on officers is part of a new policing tested around the country to protect citizens and police against false complaints, a goal that may go unrealized if the public has no access to that video. >> we have to have a rob

stayed dry, but a couple of showers came right through downtown and betz did a and laurel area and over towards bowie. right now the only shower is towards the culpepper region and one more just popped up west of quantico in through stafford county. not quite done with the showers yet. this one making a bee-line down towards fredericksburg an area that's already seen a lot of rain today. what are we watching? tonight's headlines, great saturday and much cooler on sunday and big changes come in because then we're talking rain. some of it will be heavy. i'll mention when that is in my forecast in just a minute. >> all right. thanks doug. >>> tonight we're learning new details about an explosion out in california. more than a dozen people are in the hospital recovering after a gas pipeline burst near fresno. a work crew was using heavy equipment at the fresno county sheriff's gun range, and they hit a pipeline carrying natural gas. witnesses saw a huge fireball shoot 200 feet in the air, and the explosion shut down a major highway for hours. at least three people have been severely burned. >> that's why

and doppler radar shows the area getting close to laurel stretching southeast to bowie. we'll see the rain come and go over the next couple of hours. by 6:30 7:00, the rain threat will pretty much end as drier air filters in behind the cold front. some of the storms are rather heavy moving across long island but in our area lingering showers and falling temperatures. half of the wind advisory gone now, been cancelled. but farther south along the i-81 corridor it will stay up until 8:00 tonight. temperatures, still 60's south and east everybody will turn chilly tonight through the nats game tonight, it will be partly cloudy, breezy and chilly. take a jacket or sweater as we drop into the 50's and wind up in the 30's in many areas by morning. scott? scott: all right, doug. municipalities around the country are looking for ways to make ends meet. they were considering construction on a cell phone tower at a 12th county school all to increase revenue. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live in germantown tonight and has more on this plan. kevin? kevin: hi there, scott

bowie as well. pockets of heavier rain but for the most part we are tracking this green stuff south of columbia, near laurel. pockets of heavier rain as well. down here further south near bowie as well. you can see how warm we get during the day with the help of southwest wind. but by 6:00 we are tracking thunderstorms. some severe. we'll track that coming up in just a bit. first let's go to larry with traffic. >>> i want to let me metro riders know the trains are running on schedule this morning. no issues to report. as well as the buses. we are definitely off to a good star. looks like the flood water have a problem in the metro. i want to take you right now to i-27 0 for those of you in frederick traveling south toward the beltway, no major issues. we have slowdowns as you get closer to clarksburg, so you want to account for that as well. flooding water taking place on the 1500 block of east he were avenue at addison road. where we had three cars stuck as a result of the flood waters out there we have been seeing this issue of rising water throughout the metro causing problems for drivers and various acc

some of these storms right now around the laurel area just to the west of bowie. charles county area that's the strongest shower stronger thunderstorm right now. nothing severe and i'm watching this line. back towards char slotlotsville. >>> six young men from minnesota now facing federal charges accused of trying to fly to syria to join and fight with isis. four of them taken in custody in st. paul. another two picked up in san diego driving from minnesota. investigators say the two in california wandy rodriguez trying to get fake passports. all of them are between 19 and 21 years old and charged with conspireing and attempting to provide material support to a terror group. >> they were not confused young men. they were not easily influenced. these are focused men who are intent on joining a terrorist organization by any means possible. >> investigators say there is no indication any of the men planned an attack here in the states. >>> new beginnings at the washington navy yard. 19 months after a gunman killed 12 people there. today a dedication ceremony for the

meanwhile two robbers who held up a bank of america branch in bowie are on the run this morning. it happened on laurel f.b.i. says both robbers were arpd and wearing full -- armed and wearing full protective suits and masks. investigators say they threatened employees and demanded money but no one was hurt. >>> the man police called the beer pong rapist is expected to be sentenced today. joey poindexter faces up to 200 years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting five men. prosecutors say he met them at beer pong tournaments and later assaulted them at his house in gaithersburg. the men were so drunk they didn't know they had been assaulted till investigators showed them videos they found on his computer. >>> reenactors have spent the night in and around ford's theatre marking the 150th anniversary of president abraham lincoln's assassination. president lincoln was shot by john wilkes booth during a performance on april 14, 1865 at the theater. he was taken to a home across the street of. he lived through the night but died that morning at 7:22. the national park service will host a wr

laurel road, flashed guns. employees forked over cash and the fellows took off, nobody hurt, but if you know anything, call the fbi or bowie city police. >>> imagine not being able to save money for your future. that's been a serious problem for people living with disabilities in america. now in virginia at least inning this are changing. peggy fox is in tysons corner to explain. >> reporter: the governor was in town today signing groundbreaking legislation. it will allow for tax free savings accounts with children with disables and it took 8 years to get the law passed. >> reporter: katheryn beck's husband steve died suddenly after this picture was taken, but he left behind a legacy and the people in this room now have brighter futures. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: virginia's governor signed the act today that will allow people with disabilities in their families is to allow them to save for their future. >> the biggest fear is what will lap when i'm not alone -- happen when i'm not alone. >> reporter: they have two children, jason who is 9 and nicholas who is 6 who has downs syndrome. to qualify for disability