area moving across the potomac river in montgomery county.outhwest, we are watching all of this moisture. it is going to be with us tonight and heavy at times. all associated with this area of low pressure over the midwest. it is pumping moisture up from the deep south. heavy weather right now across south carolina, georgia. this will be moving to the north. maybe a rumble of thunder, but do not anticipate the severe weather until tomorrow. overnight period, watch for the heavy rain. tomorrow, we will see a break in the action. we could see some sunshine and it will be milder tomorrow. the heat and sunshine could work to destabilize the atmosphere. we are going to watch for that flooding threat for the overnight, areas and green under a flood watch -- areas in green under a flood watch. tomorrow afternoon, we will keep an eye on severe weather. temperatures will be in the upper 50's around the district. rain that looks like it should wrap up tomorrow morning. if you plan to catch the bus stop tomorrow morning, you will need the umbrellas duri

montgomery county, the only accident we've been following throughout the morning. 422 westbound. there's an accident there. we've been calling to find out if it has cleared. i'll let you know when it has. it's not tying up anything in the area. drive times along 76 between the vine and the blue route looking really good. 12 minutes in both directions. can't beat that. moving into new jersey a look at your majors 295, the turnpike and 42 freeway, all free and clear of any accidents. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 20 minutes after 5 clrk:00 and rain is moving towards philadelphia. cloudy skies and temperatures that are warm. 60 degrees. 15 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. cape may, you have to wait a while for the rain. once it moves in you can see the heavier rain today. steadier rainfall is moving into chester, upper montgomery and bucks county. reading and allentown. light rain for reading and more moderate showers into the pocono mountains. not looking at an all day rainfall and not a lot of rain for the area. by 8:00 in

>>> many questions remain this morning in the death of two montgomery county citizens. we'll have the latest on the investigation. >>> and the roller coaster weather. we go up and down and back up again. we're tracking a warm up. good morning it is 6:00. this is "nbc 10 news" today"." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. it is april 1, april fool's. but no joking around about the weather. >>> serious stuff. we'll see temperatures go up but right now they are coming down. we're tracking warmer weather for tomorrow, but we're experiencing winter cold this morning. it's back down below freezing in much of the area. look at doylestown 29 degrees. wrightstown, atlantic city toms river, wilmington all below freezing. and it had to completely dry out from yesterday's rainfall. so we're getting reports of icy spots this morning. roxborough is close to the freezing mark. in northeast philadelphia at the airport, 34 degrees. so bundle up heading out the door with the wind blowing to make it feel colder. we'll see sunshine. 39 degrees at 9:00. by lunchtime we'll be near 50 deg

we're out in montgomery county. south park avenue we know and crawford road is obviously closed for accident investigation. so for the time being, if you want to take egypt road or pine road to get around it it may take you a little longer to get where you have to go but you're not going to be sitting in road closures. around susquehanna road you can see an accident taking out the left-hand lane. you can see only one lane getting by. but as we take a look at the rest of our drive times, it's good news. everything is looking okay if you're heading out on 95 southbound from woodhaven. just a 13 minute trip. >> jessica, thank you. a mother of four in philadelphia faces charges after police say she locked her kids in a basement for 12 hours as punishment. nbc 10 cameras were rolling as the children played in the lobby of the philadelphia police special victims unit last night. two boys and two girls between ages 9 and 13 years old, they lived at a home on east atlantic street in kensington. one of the kids had a cell ph

coming up autopsies are expect for montgomery county couple found dead in their homes.ore on the gruesome way that they died. >>> fbi detective with top secret clearance is facing disciplinary action after an incident he had with a uber driver. >>> and also the start of the gig of the >>> and we are awaiting to learn more information this morning about two gruesome deaths a couple found dead in their montgomery county home by one of their children. we are live with new information about the horrific crime. >>> also don't be surprised if you see this controversial message on some septa buses to day, how local leaders are combating the hate with some love. >>> it is wednesday, first day of april good morning i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm erika von tiehl. heir to an oil fortune found dead in his home, what we are learning about his sudden death, katie. >> erika today will be a day that is completely dry, we have had a lot of half and half days but now high pressure is here and we are looking at a nice warm up ill will's have full details coming up, variety tore contact. >>

and an unthinkable crime uncovered in montgomery county.discovery of two bodies mutilated perhaps with a chainsaw. more on what's going on here is coming up in live report. >> the price for prom night keeps going up. find out who spends the most and what that number is. that's next when "action news" continues i've smoked a lot and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. it's 6 o'clock on this wednesday april 1st. matt is off. nydia han is joining us. here's what's happening today. >> a montgomery county couple is found dead in their home and police believe a chainsaw was used in the crime. >> controversial ads will be displayed on the sides of septa buses starting today despite the transit ag

it happened in montgomery county. the pomeranian fell into the pipe near montgomery blair high school. a lot of heavy equipment was used to free that pup. that pipe only 4 inches across. >> unbelievable. it's sunday so here is what you need to know about week ahead. tomorrow business leaders from montgomery and prince george's county will put out a new study supporting purple line. the light rail line would connect new carrollton and bethesda. it could mean a big boost for the economy. >>> in boston, runners take part in 119th boston marathon. it's now been two years since the marathon bombing that killed three people and hurt more than 80 others. police say they have been working on the event safety all of this and last year. >> we certainly have people's back. they can relax. >> if you're an apple lover, we know you have this coming friday circled on the calendar. the apple watch coming out. it should be arriving in your mailbox then. they presold more than 1 million watches. they won't be available in stores for an

montgomery county, 40s. bowie, 41 right now. right in the district northeast and southeast, hovering in the and 50s. fairfax county loudoun and into prince williams spotsylvania in the upper 40s, near 50. the east end of the mall, looking beautiful up on capitol hill. look at the cherry trees in full bloom there. keep up with all of these weather changes coming in tomorrow with the rain with the storm team 4 weather app. and the timing on that rain this area in color, this is where we'll get some showers coming on through. probably no thunder. just some showers moving through. this is around noontime. moderate showers, briefly heavy at times with some of these areas coming on through during the afternoon. 3:00 or 4:00 or a -- 5:00. we could get half an inch of rain so today the last day to enjoy the cherry blossoms. cooler with the rain tomorrow and back up to near 70 on wednesday around thursday. beautiful pattern as we get to the end of the week. the weekend looking terrific as well. highs, mid 70s, saturday. near 70 on sunday

showers at 3:00 pushing into chester, montgomery county and bucks county. evening commute, while the timing is perfect for driving through the rain that's your thing, windshield wiper manufacturers will be happy, showers and possibly some thunderstorms at 4:00 into the 5:00 hour. then those showers keep pushing to the south and east. they'll move offshore. today any sunshine is going to be limited. mostly cloudy with occasional showers and 70s this afternoon but look at tomorrow. sunny skies. summer like temperatures. near 80 saturday afternoon. the winds will be blowing saturday. that will bring the temperatures down some for sunday. it will be dry. high of 63. the seven day when i come back in ten minutes. >>> 6:39. today might be a good time to remind drivers when you're driving and your windshield wipers are going have your headlights on. >> really good point. let's check in with "nbc 10" first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. is that weather causing any problems? >> it is in some spotsd. when we look at 295 in new jersey, you can see the roadw

king successfully led the march from selma to montgomery. where he delivered speech to the al alabama state capitol where he quoted battle hymn of the republic in a song that became the anthem of the civil rights movement. here with us today is the washington performing arts children of the gospel choir who will perform a medley of spirituals. get on board, little children, oh, freedom. and america the beautiful. they will conclude with the battle hymn of the republic echoing the conclusion of dr. king's montgomery speech. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ is [ applause ] ♪ oh, freedom ♪ ♪ oh, freedom ♪ ♪ oh freedom for thee ♪ ♪ and be that i a slave and be that free in my life ♪ ♪ and the home to my lord ♪ ♪ and be free ♪ ♪ oh freedom ♪ ♪ oh, freedom ♪ ♪ oh freedom over thee and before i be a slave i'll be buried in my grave ♪ ♪ and go home to my lord and be free ♪ snoet ♪ and before i be a slave ♪ ♪ i'd be buried in my grave and go home to my lord ♪ ♪ and be free ♪ ♪ and before i be a slave ♪ ♪ i'd be buried in my grave ♪ ♪ and go home to my lord and be free ♪ ♪ oh

up through montgomery county.e're dry after 7:00 until we have that line of storms moving through later today. because of that today is a weather alert today. those storms could be strong to severe. the weather having a moderate impact on your day. biggest concerns with storms later today would be high winds and heavy rain. a flood warning just issued by the national weather service for parts of culpepper and madison county. this green blob in robinson river they'll keep a close eye on that as the river continues to rise overnight. 4:00 p.m. showing you rain around the corridor. notice this line of impressive rain through leesburg and warrenton. and continuing to push east into the district and prince george's county at 7:00. from 9:00 until midnight there could be a few more scattered thundershowers and showers. get your walking the dog done in early afternoon hours. it will be humid, doing yard work, wet ground. tomorrow partly to mostly sunny. near 70. cooler and breezy throughout the day. on wednesday, there's

nbc 10's tim furlong is live near that scene in montgomery county. tim? >> right now, the police have identified the driver killed today. but you can see it's a ways from being cleared. penndot telling me they were told the road should reopen at about 8:00 tonight. that's when the investigation and the cleanup should be complete. >> there was like white powder all over the streets and there was flames in some of the yards. >> it was quite a scene here at 6:00 this morning after two trucks collided on a small, but apparently very busy stretch of state road 4004. >> you can hear the trucks starting at 4:00 in the morning. and they'd be flying. i can't open my windows in the summertime because it's so loud. >> today's crash involved a tractor-trailer -- the aqua driver was killed the sewage didn't spill, but the cosmetic powder did. officials determined the powder isn't dangerous. >> it's apparently a substance that is utilized in the manufacturing of cosmetics. it's a smoothing agent for cosmetics. >> while this looks like a smaller side road, it's not. >>

nothing much to slow you down. 422 is another problem spot in montgomery county.heading into the morning commute, for now we are still getting a green light on the )jpt eastbound side from route 29 to 76. that's going to take you 8 minutes. tracy? >>> new this morning, a free tax preparation service in delaware county is in jeopardy of shutting down if it can't find a new location before next year. the service has a space inside the grant run mall in media which is scheduled to close this year for redevelopment. the service helps more than 1300 delaware county seniors and low income residents and some are worried they'll have to pay for a private tax preparer next year. >> you've got to pay for it and only get $150 back. that doesn't make any sense. >> the irs and aarp sponsor the free tax prep service. >>> the computer pipe war is going on and consumers are coming out the winner. the battle between google and microsoft after google released two chrome laptops and that rolled out on the day microsoft started to preorder for a lower priced tablet. both are vying fo

and now montgomery county traffic planners would like you to consider g your car. montgomery county's ride-on buses transport people from their neighborhood to metro stations. prefer to drive or to take the ride-on? >> ride-on. >> reporter: why? >> it will save me on gas. and probably traffic as well too. >> reporter: rideon has a new home this $85 million bus facility. it has a green roof and solar panels with the highest environmental rating. rideon how operates poo 350 buses but needs to buy about 30 more each year to handle montgomery county's needs. >> our population is projected to grow 20% by 2040 and our employment by 45%. >> reporter: but federal funding to buy more buses is uncertain as well as money for metro rail and bridge repairs. building the purple line. and improving pedestrian infrastructure as well as possibly bringing rapid transit to rockville pike. >> it actually is going to get a lot of people to start using transit who do not today. >> reporter: today montgomery county was one of more than 100 communities across the country that held stand u

right around montgomery drive, you can see shiny roadways. potentially wet and slippery. take your time even though the speeds are not doing bad. westbound to the blue route, that's going to take you 12 minutes. 13 minutes headed eastbound so far. the west oak lane section of philadelphia we have an accident cheltenham avenue is closed. you want to take ogontz avenue to get by rosemary. >> thank you, jessica. >>> we have new information on the crash in west oak lane that jessica mentioned. this is a live picture at cheltenham avenue and 19th street. the white sedan looks like that it flipped up and hit a tree or pole there. we know that at least one person is injured. he was taken to einstein medical center but it's unclear exactly how seriously he is hurt. we'll bring you updates as soon as we get them. >>> new from overnight, we have new information on a police chase montgomery county that ended with an officer going to the hospital. we brought you this as breaking news at 11:00. now we know more about it. the officer opened fire at the suspect before the suspect's vehi

montgomery county reporter kevin lewis has details. kevin: this golf course is boarded up and the greens have gone yellow. the montgomery county golf course filed for bankruptcy. >> it would be great to walk outside of our door, take a bike and it would be right in our backyard. kevin: she thinks the development would give montgomery village and edge. >> it's a great opportunity to take our community to the next level. to compete with those other areas. kevin: but these residents contend the surrounding area is busy enough. he is going grassroots, open to keep the courts green. >> i handed out flyers for the meeting coming up in rockville. not one person was for this developer. not one out of 400. kevin: the developer played $5 million for the land and was the only interested buyer. >> 40,000 residents could have access to an 80-acre central park amenity with new housing that we have not had in the community for decades. kevin: so for the developer has the village in county support. construction would begin in 2015 if all goes to plan.

a few sprinkles in montgomery loudoun, northern shenandoah valley. a few washington frederick, montgomery northern part there and into howard county. bus stop this morning, have an umbrella ready. a few scattered showers around in the low 60s, blustery winds. pay try to open up that umbrella. temperatures will be in the mid-60s between 8:00 and 9:00 at the bus stop and metro stop this morning. so have an umbrella handy. it will be a wet day today. in addition might have a rain coat. make sure you have some boots, 00. you might have to jump over puddles heading back home by later this afternoon. new updated storm timing for the day ahead just coming in. we'll look at that hour by hour that's coming up at 5:21. now melissa is looking at -- what is going on with the street there, is that a water main break? >> it is. brand new water main break we want to mention. zachary kiesch is on his way to this. but this is in northea at 22nd. randolph not a huge street but the intersection is kind of blocked. prince george's county no major issues. 66 into town 95

. >>> we have a medical examiner trying to solve a mystery surrounding the deaths of the montgomery county couple. >> police say a teenager found his parents cut by a chain saw in their lower moreland home. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from the township police station in huntington valley jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, you mentioned it it was a gruesome scene. authorities say husband and wife were found dead inside their homes, had wound on their body a maid by a chain saw. today the autopsies will be performed, to determine their exact cause of death. the medical examiner's van left the scene in lower more land late last night preparing to conduct autopsies on a husband and wife found dead at their home on country lane. township police and montgomery county detectives spent all of tuesday inside collecting evidence. >> search warrant is being conduct right now with our forensic unit, they are on the the scene. it is a bloody scene. >> reporter: to make matters worse authorities say it was couple's four year-old son who discovered the body and called for

he confessed. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan at loiterman middle school in silver spring, montgomery county public schools which have been hit repeatedly by child sex abuse cases are hit again. a teaching assistant, robert wilson, 23, accused of kissing and fondling a 14-year-old girl inside the school itself. hey, don't touch that. that's assault. you could be charged. >> get that out of my face, man. >> reporter: one of wilson's furious relatives grabbed our camera after a bail review hearing in rockville. >> and i just want justice. i don't believe he done this. i really don't believe he done this. >> reporter: police say wilson would meet the girl starting when she was 13 in the school in a stairwell where there were no cameras, that he would kiss her lips and grab her buttocks and that he went to her apartment complex and fondled her there. >> schools learn of these allegations and contacted police immediately. >> reporter: montgomery county police say if there are any more victims out there, now is a good time to come forward. in silver spring, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> wilson al

we're live here at montgomery county courthouse. wusa 9. >> those 30 files of evidence date back to 2009 but the prosecutor says in 2006, a man came forward and filed a sexual assault complaint against poindexter that complaint was later dropped which means he may have been preying on young men for as many as nine years. >>> montgomery koifrm police have arrested a young man on charges he vandalized a synagogue in gaithersburg, defacing it with swastikas and hateful stuff. they put 818-year-old sebastian espinoza caronza at the scene of the crime and more arrests are coming. >> there are three additional juvenile suspects. detectives needed to speak to those suspects and they do anticipate additional charges against those three juvenile suspects for their participation in this incident. >> and police say they are classifying this vandalism as a hate crime. >> a pedestrian bridge collapsed on metro tracks in college park this morning. no one was hurt but boy is it another headache for metro riders. >> prince george's county chief the

a lottery ticket sold in montgomery county is worth $1 million.the winning cash 5 ticket was sold at the sunoco in pottstown. it matched all five numbers in tuesday night's drawing. the store's owner will get a $10,000 bonus for selling that winning ticket. take a look. here are the winning numbers. 13 14, 15, 29 and 32. someone had those numbers, really? amazing. the winner has until april 7th of next year to claim the prize. >>> now, the pennsylvania lottery awarded nearly $103 million in prizes last fiscal year. that contributed more than $58 million in programs to serve older residents if you ever wonder where some of that lottery money is going, now you know. >>> it's official. the nfl has its first permanent full-time female referee. sarah thomas will be a line judge for the 2015 season. the 41-year-old already broke ground by becoming the first woman to officiate college games in 2007. off the field, thomas is a pharmaceutical representative and a mother of three. i bet she has to blow the whistle a lot on those kids at home. >>> connecticu

we're talking frederick, upper montgomery county, up towards the blue ridge. that's where you have the greatest concern of a frost or possibly a freeze. notice temperatures remain below our seasonal average throughout the entire seven- day. the biggest risk for rain will be saturday night into sunday morning as well. so keep that in mind. not a completely dry weekend. >> what are normal daytime highs this time of year? >> should be getting up around 70. yesterday was a little warmer than average with the high of 74. and we had temperatures remaining in itself 60s. i guess the only -- in the 60s. i guess the only good thing unless you like this really cool weather is that temperatures aren't really going crazy up and down so your hvac system will not be getting a big workout. you're not having to overbear on the heat or the cold. >> it's been a roller coaster. we think we have the technical side of the dr. phil interview figured out. it started as a secret workplace affair and ended with one husband dead and the other in jail. for the the first time ever the wi

traveling from approaching montgomery drive down to 676.tbound we are doing great right around this point at montgomery drive but not doing well at all approaching city avenue out toward gladwynn. we are seeing usual pockets. we are seeing usual pockets of volume out of the north east from academy down through the vine street expressway through construction zones. on one to 95 northbound we have an accident beyond mount holly, willingboro exit blocking right lane. be mindful of. that we are dealing with the road hazard on lincoln drive northbound, it is a large chunk of ice which is blocking one lane there. we will need to it melt that ice out there but a avoid it. if you take in this map outlook here at 90, that is betsy ross bridge but that red that is volume on i-95. definitely looking like rush hour this morning. the don't for get when on the road you can get updated information about traffic backups with the new cbs philly track app and down load the app on itunes or google play erika. >>> chester county high schoolers are doing a clas

. >>> and this morning the investigation continues into the deaths of a montgomery county couple found by their teenager son with wounds on their bodies that authorities say came from a chain saw. the teenager discovered the bodies yesterday afternoon at the family's home on country lane in lower moreland. katy zachry is live outside the lower moreland police department with more on what we should learn later today. katy fill us in. >> reporter: hi, tracy. before we get to that i can tell you we have spoken to family friends of the victims and were told the couple had three sons. they were all young, elementary or middle school. now, police say one of their sons, a 14-year-old, found his mother and father dead yesterday afternoon at 1:00. with lacerations to both their bodies. and near where they lay, investigators tell us they found a chainsaw. police are saying at least one of the deaths is a homicide. and at that time they are not looking for any suspects in this crime. it happened on huntington valley. nearby the manneighbor opened his store for a prayer vigil. >> i'm very grateful

more information is expected about gruesome deaths of a montgomery county couple. >> deadline has passedks to curb iran's nuclear program are expected to continue today. >> governor tom wolf is coming to philadelphia today and jobs are on the agenda. good morning it's 4:30 on this wednesday april 1st. did i expect some jokes out of you this morning nydia. >> we'll see. >> all right, let's go over to karen rogers and matt pelman. they're taking a look at your accuweather and traffic. good morning. >> i was just thinking it would be nice to do a joke but i'm too tired not going to happen from me. let's take a look at satellite6 and action radar as you're getting up and heading out the door. the rain from yesterday we actual had 4-inches of snow up in lake harmony. that's no april fool's. that's out of here currently. clouds giving way to clearing conditions and we've got a nice day ahead. it's been awhile since we have been able to say. that 36 degrees right now in philadelphia, run in allentown, 35 in millville maybe nice later but it's cold to start that's for sure so you still need to c

this was in lower providence township in montgomery county. investigators say the trailer of one of the trucks detached and slammed into the other truck. >>> authorities have busted an allege led drug smuggling operation at a local prison. investigators say a corrections officer was at the center of it all. douglas keck is accused of smuggling heroin and prescription drugs into the chester county prison to inmates for a fee. more trouble for pennsylvania's attorney general kathleen kane today. a judge released details of a grand jury report that alleges kane fired a prosecutor in her office out of retaliation. kane's lawyers have said the firing was not revenge but rather office restructuring. the case is now in the hands of the montgomery county d.a. >>> police are investigating a homicide after a woman's body was found on the side of a road in new castle county. the woman's remains were found early sunday morning lying along the road in new castle. an autopsy ruled the woman's death a homicide. police aren't saying how she died. they also ar

>>> the investigation continues into the montgomery county couple that was found by their son son. katy zachry is live with more outside the lower moreland police department with a lot of questions on how this couple died. >> reporter: that's right. people are waking up this morning to a lot of unanswered questions. what we do know is the autopsy will be done later today. with that information, investigators should know more about exactly what happened inside that home right at 1100 country lane. as it stands police describe the scene inside as brutal and gruesome. just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon, a couple was found dead in their huntington valley home discovered by their teenager son. a chainsaw was found near the bodies of the 48-year-old man and 43-year-old woman. both with lacerations to their body. police are not looking for any suspects at this time. at least one of the deaths they tell us is being described as a homicide. but investigators are waiting on more information from the medical examiner today before labeling the other death. now n the next half hour you will h

. >>> a major dilemma from dozens of families montgomery county. imagine this. their day care suddenly closed over the weekend leaving their parents with no choice to stay home with their kids. parents who would normally take their kids to goddard school in blue bell they have no place to care for those kids. "nbc 10's" katy zachry is live in east norton in a location that has stepped up to help the families, right? >> reporter: yeah chris, this goddard school is taking a few kids unfortunately. kids without a preschool, they're having to skip work. >> we got one of the last spots today. >> for many of the 100 children who attended the blue bell location, they will be home with their parents. that's because it's hard to find a new day care this late in the season with so many filled to capacity. over the weekend he goddard school managers met with them to find other options. other day cares showed up to tell parents that they have spots available. >> she's 4. she was finally to a point where she was not crying when we dropped her off. she loved her friends and t

. >>> new details in the case of the so-called free range parents in montgomery county picked up again last night by child protective services. >> wusa9's garrett haake obtained the audio from the 911 calls that alerted the police those kids were out on the streets unsupervised again and he spoke to thmily attorney. garrett haake is live from the location where those kids were picked up. so what's next? >> reporter: the meitev's family latest run-in with montgomery county police and child protective services began in this parking lot less than 1/4-mile from their home, but tonight the family's torn and openers say this ordeal may -- attorney and others say this ordeal may end with a lawsuit against the county. the call to police came before 6 p.m. on monday. >> i'm walking my dog. two kids are uncompanied and ey've been -- unaccompanied and they've been walking around probably 20 minutes by themselves. >> reporter: that man told wusa9 he din know who the two kids were. they was -- didn't know who the two kids were. he was just trying to make sure they were safe and said he did the righ

montgomery county parents who were accused of child neglect for letting their children ages 6 and 10onight. >> their children were taken into custody again today while playing unsupervised but with their parents' approval in a nearby park. >> our andrea mccarren first reported the news online this evening and is standing by live now. do the parents have the children back tonight? >> reporter: finally, bruce and debra, they do right now. those two confused and exhausted children are headed home to silver spring along with their traumatized parents. here's the sequence of events that unfolded today. 10-year-old rafi and his 6-year- old sister devore were playing on their own at a local park without an adult. their parents dropped them off at 4 p.m., told them be home by 6 p.m. when they didn't arrive by 6:30, the parents began frantically searching for them. it wasn't until well after 8 p.m. that the meitevs received a call from cps saying their children had been taken into custody. the parents rushed into rockville and waited until 10:30 tonight before they were able to be reunited wi

more than 120 acres have already burned in montgomery county so far this spring.nty fire officials tell news4 it's early for so many fires to have damaged so much land. they say a contributing factor may be the big amount of debris on the ground in the woods left behind after a rough winter. never really thought about that before. >> yeah. >> it's pretty damp out there right now though. >> indeed. >>> it really is. there was even a threat of some drought down there toward the southeast. this is the same system bringing in a ton of rain. no problems as far as that's concerned. that will help out toward the south and east. outside right now we've got shower activity and look at this, look how much green we have out there. it's like stuff just blossomed overnight. >> it happens fast. >> it does. how long do you think the grass over toward the airport will stay that green? >> maybe a month. >> all right. doreen takes a month. i'll say six weeks. take a look at the numbers right now, currently 56 degrees, winds out of the northeast at 10 miles per hour, still light sho

. >>> we're following breaking news in cheltenham montgomery county where a fire broke out. we are live on the scene. >>> and chaos at a delaware county council meeting. this isn't the first time. only nbc 10 is there at the colwyn city council meeting spirals out of control. good morning welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. we are following an accident on the schuylkill expressway as well. but we'll start with bill henley and the first alert forecast. >>> the threat of severe weather is for later today. ahead of it we get a big warm up with temperatures up 30 degrees over yesterday. right now wet weather, fog and low clouds. that's a live view of center city from the adventure aquarium. it's a first alert weather day for the potential for late afternoon and evening. severe storms with not only damaging winds but possibly hail and heavy rain as well. right now we're seeing some thunderstorm activity. upper burlington county the storms are moving off to the northeast moving through chesterfield right now. the storms are getting started in the

also upper montgomery upper bucks county chester county lancaster county.ng temperatures tonight in these locations. now for tomorrow night, this also extends into new jersey. so we're going to be watching for just that cold spell to continue, even going into your weekend. right now, temperatures are in the mid to low 40s through the lehigh valley. 44 allentown. 43 pottstown. down to 49 right now in philadelphia. 52 degrees millville. 51 atlantic city. like i mentioned, some areas dropping below freezing as we go through tonight. coming up i'll show you how far this extends into your weekend and if we have weekend rain in the forecast too. straight ahead. >> looking forward to that sheena. >>> second time in two months a man walking his dog is targeted by a robber. turned out to be an off duty police officer. the officer fired his own gun at the armed man who fired away. happened around midnight in philadelphia's overbrook neighborhood. police are warning people too be on alert. last month, james was walking his dog in overbrook when police say three teens

still though light rain in parts of montgomery, prince george's and anne arundel counties.re storms are possible. the main concern is high winds that could produce isolated wind damage. heavy rain is possible in any storms later today. we can't rule out some hail. so your weather impacts f

this happened in montgomery county. the pomeranian fell into that pipe near montgomery blair high school. take a look. you can see quite the scene. a lot of heavy equipment was used to free him. the puppy was finally freed this morning around 1:30. >>> 9:05 coming up a colorado teacher shares notes from her third graders. how one assignment is sparking change inside the classroom. >>> a fight under the big top. you're sharing this story on our nbc washington facebook page. why police had to pull clowns off protesters in the middle of the circus. >>> get this. why critics say ben & jerry's if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags. >>> trending on facebook right now, ben and jerry's coming under fire for its latest idea. craft beer dubbed salted caramel brownie brown ale. a loftus think is sounds good but groups say they are marketing to kids. parents sha

lower providence, montgomery county. two trucks slammed into each other and things went all over the place. one truck was carrying ink and that spilled. another truck carrying sewage waste and that spilled. there's a nearby creek and they are worried about all this material getting into the waterway right now. >> let's go over to matt pellman because this will be a problem this morning. >> reporter: there's a lot of material out there, that's for sure. road being south park avenue which is closed, i don't have to tell you that. in the wake of the crash and in the cleanup we expect it to remain closed for a while. closure points eagleville road and falcon road. instead of south park which is blocked off and appears it will be for a while stay by egypt road by audubon elementary. we have a crash in plumstead township, 611 at silo hill road. we're watching a crash on the boulevard northbound side, all lanes are closed. i see a tow truck leaving right now. maybe they are in the process of wrapping this up. at this point no n

montgomery county police issued a search warrant for 26-year-old alexander soumbadze. police say their investigation also uncovered videos of soumbadze engaging in sexual acts with adolescent males at a chevy chase karate studio. they believe there could be more victims so police are asking anyone who may have been victimized to come forward. leon: an ohio man accused of plotting an attack on a u.s. military base has been -- has pled not guilty in court in his appearance today. he is charged with supporting terrorism, supporting a terrorist group and making a false statement involving international terrorism. investigators say that he bought a one-way ticket to greece and then slipped into syria. there, he trained with terrorists and planned to come back with the u.s. to kill american soldiers. execution style. >> the benefit of being american is he's able to travel. he has a u.s. passport. that is the goal. leon: he was being monitored by law enforcement officials for months. the f.b.i. says he expressed support for isil. sunday marks 20 years since the oklahoma city

. >>> a gruesome crime in montgomery county. a husband and wife found dead their bodies mutilated by a chain saw. who found the bodies. plus knocked out cold out of no where. the simple accident that may have set off a confrontation on a septa platform. >>> and let's head outside. it is still chilly on this april 1st. but will it be much brighter today? sue serio will have your full forecast. developing overnight the heir of the getty fortune found dead in his california home, the likely cause of death. >> good day everybody, it is wednesday, april 1st 2015. sue serio i understand, we have a big birthday to celebrate. good day turns 19 years old today. >> right we're still a teenager, just the last year of being a teenager until we turn 20 next year. and you can see, there is quite a breeze blowing here this morning. now, it is april fools day but i have learned through the years you don't fool around with people's weather and tell them something weird when it is not going to be that weird because weather is weird enough. so we'

. >>> a crack down on towing is underway in montgomery county. officials want to stop tow truck operators from waiting on you to leave your car and then grabbing it as fast as they can. a new bill would ban so called spotters who look out for cars to hook. aggressive towing is the number one complaint in the county. >> people use spotters. so people will walk into a store and two minutes later, their car is gone. because somebody has been paid to say, i think you can get this one. we need to be done with that. >> well you could end up about paying about $160 for a tow. search towing on the nbc washington app. >>> today the long road to the stanley cup begins at the verizon center. the capitals will take on the new york islanders in game 1 of the eastern conference divisional playoffs. this is the first time the capitals have faced the islanders since 1993. game 1 is at 7:00 p.m. if you want to catch a playoff game you can get a pretty affordable ticket. we looked on stub hub and found tickets at $40. >>> another arrests sparking debate this morni

montgomery county police are concerned there could be more victims. if you or someone you know feels they are a victim, contact your local police department immediately. giddings has a pretrial date for june 19th. his trial begins in august. stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. >> giddings is currently held on a $150,000 bond. >>> we've got some new information tonight on the search for a man accused of killing his wife at a dunkin' donuts store. this happened in hanover earlier this month. police are now offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the capture of bhadreskumar patel. he was last seen at hotel in newark and then at central station in newark. >>> there was a memorial service today for the virginia mother and daughter killed in the germanwings plane crash in the french alps. yvonne and emily selke were remembered for the way they lived. family and friends gathered for a mass at sacred heart catholic church in manassas. >> the memorial was beautiful. i think it was exactly what they could have wanted. described them perfectly, both grea

. >>> new information on a controversial case of two so- called free range kids in montgomery county whose parents let them walk around their neighborhood without an adult. late this afternoon police released a 911 call that led to officers picking them up yesterday. turns out a man walking his dog first noticed them wandering around. take a listen. >> two kids that are unaccompanied and they've been walking around for probably about 20 minutes by themselves. >> okay. how old do they look? >> maybe 7, the little boy maybe about 7, 8, the little girl maybe about 6. >> okay. you don't see any parents around them? >> no, ma'am. >> the kids are 6 and 10. their walk around the neighborhood ended with them spending several hours at child protective services. >> reporter: i'm andrea mccarren in silver spring where montgomery county police now say a homeless man was eyeing the meitev children which prompted a concerned citizen to call 911 and police to take them into custody. >> i can't believe we're going through this again. >> reporter: an emotional danielle meitev late last night after he

it under control near the montgomery knolls elementary school in silver spring. leon: the police are investigating a crash that killed a man in waldorf this morning. it started as a traffic stop on actin lane. the trooper tried to plover the driver for a burned out headlight, and the driver sped off. the driver lost control and was thrown from the car and thrown 30 feet and killed. the man was wanted for a prayer crime but has not yet been identified. a day lineong celebration of emancipation day in the district wrapped up just a little while ago. the fireworks display at freedoms plaza cap the events. the holiday marks the day back in 1852 when 3100 slaves and washington, d.c., were freed. it was also a concert, candlelight vigil, and parade. alison: nats fans turned out in droves for the game tonight against the phillies, but for drivers there is some frustration because as leon said d.c. emancipation day, so parking was free and most of the district, but not near nationals park. richard reeve is live in southwest washington with the confusion. rich? richard: t

upper montgomery and bucks county to start with. a steady rain will eventually move into philadelphia. 9:00 in the morning, light showers in philadelphia that will be with us at 10:00, 11:00. by lunchtime the showers will be tapering off for pennsylvania and still going in delaware and south jersey. parts of delaware and south jersey on track to see heavier downpours today. grab an umbrella rain jacket. you don't need a heavy colt. 60s this afternoon. seven day forecast with some sunshine heading our way. back in ten. >>> beaten by police after this horseback pursuit right through the desert. this morning we hear from the man at the center of the video who says he didn't think he would survive. this morning he explains why it was so hard to keep breathing through the beating. >>> and i'm katy zachry with a look at your roads. it is starting to be a rainy commute for drivers in the lehigh valley. we'll take a look at some of our roads throughout the area coming up. looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the

he's 30 years old and has worked with the montgomery county police force eight years. aging anyone with any information to give them a call. >>> people have been dreaming of a metro station at potomac yard in alexandria almost since metro opened nearly 40 years ago. could the multi-million dollar station finally open in 2018 and is it worth the huge price? bruce leshan looks at what would be only the second station added on rededicated land since they built metro. >> reporter: alexandria predicts 26,000 new jobs will pour into potomac yard over the next three decades. to move those workers it wants a new metro stop here along the tracks between the gw and route 1. >> we know once we add a critical piece of infrastructure like a rail station the jobs will follow. >> reporter: the city is looking at four different options, building the station right here and closer to potomac yard which would cost around $200 million. pushing it down this way closer to the airport as much as $500 million, but it might encourage more commercial and retail development in here. still the ci

this was in montgomery county. the fire broke out at a complex on blackburn lane.t's not far from columbia pike in burtonsville. the fire right now is out. >>> protesters say they will shut down baltimore. demonstrators demanding answers over the unexplained death of freddie gray. gray died in police custody after his arrest earlier this month. >>> download the nbc washington app to see our coverage of the white house correspondents dinner tonight. we have "snl" cecily strong headlining the party. celebrities from all of your favorite shows, they're going to be out and about as well. >> and they might be dodging rain drops, right, chuck? >> yeah. an indoor night for sure across the area. it's going to rain pretty much all night. >> thanks. that's going to do it for news4 today. - if you've come lookin' for some fun or a chance to be most anyone there's a little shop i know you'll find it on the chica show follow me and step inside imagination is your guide pick a costume off you go now you're on the chica show cowboys dancers astronauts and much more adventure is a

kevin: 11 montgomery county public schools have cell phone towers on their property. if approved, this would be the 12. this parents coalition of montgomery county argues schools with high poverty rates are more likely to get stuck with the antennas. 81% of the cell phone towers are at schools where at least a third of students are eligible for free or reduced meals. that in perspective, less than 5% of students at walt whitman high school in bethesda which successfully fought off construction of a cell tower are in financial need. >> they are going up in the poorer neighborhoods in the baltimore city, anne arundel county, and the same trend is occurring across the state. kevin: but they contend that the program makes money. administrators insist that they listen to parents telling us, "if the community does not want a tower at the school, it is not built there, plain and simple." >> plain and simple, the community did not what this tower edits up. the fact is this community did not want this cell tower and it stands behind us. kellye: still ahead -- for decades, engi

montgomery county vehicle fire in norris town taking up pine street and quaker alley. checking in with mass transit, everything free and in the clear there as well. no problems for accept at that new jersey transit or the patco transit. >>> check this out, a somersaulting baby whale. video -- ariel video from san diego. this gray whale calf was spotted swimming off the coast yesterday. life guards had to make sure no boats got too close. >>> four days to go until the blue cross broad street run takes over the streets of philadelphia. we're proud to bring it to you live for the first time ever showing you the whole race from start to finish. we were there yesterday morning when mayor michael nutter kicked things off with a pep rally. "nbc 10's" renee chenault-fattah was there. they showed off some of their upcoming projects. >> race started in 1980 with a vision from a gentleman at the philadelphia daily news and our parks and rec commissioner at the time. they said why don't we do a race down broad street. they thought about it said, okay sounds like a good idea. >> no

this happened near montgomery college. some of the students there tell stephanie ramirez that is where they are so afraid to use those online dating sites. >> i just think there's better forms of connections with people. >> i wouldn't recommend it. >> reporter: not all feel the same. >> my mom does. she married my stepdad from meeting him on online dating, the christian site, but we never discussed safety about it. >> reporter: weighing in on online dating, these montgomery county college students actually live blocks from a young woman who became a victim of it this past february when police say 23-year-old warren giddings of waldorf took advantage of a 20-year-old with learning disabilities and sexually assaulted her in her rockville home. charging documents say they met using the online dating site plenty. fish. captain paul starks on the victim. >> she functions at the level of a middle schooler, so she had a different idea what this meet was going to be about. he came to her residence and with threats of violence assa

so. >> reporter: for montgomery county schools there is a history of disagreements of apparents with students with special needs, some snowballing into litigation. this spring the district launched an outside audit of its $350 million special education program. >> montgomery county public schools has a pretty good reputation for special education services. we have a lot of people who move her because of the programs that we -- here because of the programs that we offer. >> reporter: the goal of the audit is to fix what doesn't work well. garrett haake, wusa9. >> the findings of that audit are expected by the end of this year. the district is hosting a special education summit may 16th. there's more information on our wusa9 news app. >>> a verdict of not guilty for a former school principal in prince george's county. dwight jefferson was accused of repeatedly punching a student at eisenhower middle school last fall. today the jury deliberated six hours before finding him not guilty of child abuse and second degree assault. jefferson's legal team told wusa9 they were hopeful he would b

i've been told in montgomery county too.an issue that needs to be addressed, how much parking is available. you see a lot of folks parking in areas they shouldn't. sometimes that happens because parking is so limited in montgomery county. i know that's another issue. >> same thing in washington, d.c. chinatown, let me tell you on 7th avenue the tow truck is waiting for that hour. they go immediately. >> all right. got to take a break. we'll be right back. >>> to see or not to see, body cam video. most believe, many believe, cell phone video of the shooting of walter scott in south carolina played heavily in the decision to fire and prosecute the officer who shot him. while there are calls for more body cams around the country, d.c. mayor muriel bowser wants to limit public acin order to protect privacy. dave there's a heated debate now about whether privacy trumps public's right to know to see the video there's an argument i understand why she wants to do this for privacy. there's a case by case approach you want to take cer