it's the alexandria spirit. they expect the storm-related supplies will sell out. >> weather radio, first aid kit. all of that in a major storm event won't stay on the shelf long. >> instead of buying sand bag, nick duncan advises the customers to invest in water barrier instead. this one is cheaper than whying several sand bags. it's reusable, compact and more effective. >> you getter a better seal with the water than the sand. when you are done you empty the water out and fold it up and store it. sandbag after the storm, wants a sand bag around? they just usually dump them and it gets trashed. >> the storm only had three ohio barriers in -- hydrobarriers in stock. but as the storm is closer the supplies will be limited. today alexandria and d.c. were still assessing the forecast and stepping their storm plans. reporting live in alexandria, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. leon: thank you, mike. smart idea. fight water with water. stay with us at abc7 news as we track the weather and look for the updates the on

stephen tschida is live in alexandria with the latest. about 15 mins ago a spoke with crystal mozel of the alexandria police department. she says police have identified both the vehicle and the driver but at this time no charges have been filed. a lot of people in this very neighborhood are anxious to learn more about the woman who was killed here. witnesses described a gruesome scene. >> the accident was so horrific. she was severely mangled. reporter: the woman was hit so hard she apparently was killed instantly. >> the truck was so large. they don't know if it was technically a hit-and-run because a hit-and-run because the person might not of known they hit someone. reporter: some wonder if it was a very large truck how anyone could miss the woman. >> i'm surprised because this happened around 9:30. it was not low visibility. reporter: police tried to determine just how this hit-and-run went down. in this community some residents spent the day worrying, wondering if the woman who was killed was one of their neighbors. >> a lot of peopl

jim dunning was the alexandria sheriff at the time.id there evidence he misled investigators about the state of his marriage and calls his wife's death of murder before it was determined. megan thomas said -- it tends to show that someone else had motive to kill nancy dunning. it is admissible and relevant." thatommonwealth argued evidence is dan and it would be wrong to put the family to the pain of revealing family details. he said the commonwealth's position is not this is a dirty business. the position is that this is a filthy business that continued -- the

now to new developments from alexandria. police have arrested two men after bomb threats were made against a grocery store. the calls were made over several months. northern virginia bureau chief reports now that two people have been charged. >> there are plenty of words to describe the crimes over the summer. >> juvenile is inconsiderate. >> jason who lives next door has more than a few. >> it's ridiculous that the guys are doing that kind of stuff. >> according to alexandria police, five bomb threats were made against the store on north street in a town. through cell phone records they traced the calls to two men both of whom turned themselves in on friday. 37-year-old duane ishmael of d.c. charged with two counts of threat to bomb and 367-year-old melvin kelly of arlington charged with soliciting another to communicate the bombing threats. one of the suspects, we don't know which, was an employee of the store in the time of the call. >> each time the call came in, alexandria police and fair had to take it seriously sendin

she was owned in alexandria by w smith. at last became the property of subscribers at an auction sale. her mother in the alexandria workhouse, she had a dark colorful frog. is possible she may have obtained one clandestinely. john, left home with the pretense of going to look for work. since then i haven't seen him but frequently heard he is lurking about the city. next slide. what is that famous poll on, we lurk late, we strike straight. those of you into black lit already know what i am referring to. here we have another description of a black man who described -- who decided to take the underground railroad to freedom. next slide. poster, a large poster of a group of black folk and successfully getting away on the underground railroad. next slide. what about the people whose jobs it was to stop? they taxed slave selling establishments. let's say people of a certain mindset got into the business of returning black folks. here we have a police notice. office open from 7 a.m. to midnight. the undersigned officers of the reg

alexandria police have not yet confirmed that. we are told the construction truck was making deliverieies i this area when the victim was him. the force of the crash was so great, the victim died instantly. her body today protected by a tent, as investigators work for hours to determine what happened. >> she said she heard someone yell "hey, hey, call 911." i just called 911 and she came around the corner from her garden and saw the woman in the street and i guess the truck was still driving at that point and from what i had heard, they didn't know if the truck knew it had hit anybody but i don't know if that's the case. >> reporter: its use -- it's unknown if the woman was walking or running. this woman says she avoids the busy intersection when she is walking. >> i stein the side streets, i will get on commonwealth once in a while, i will stay off it, it is busy all the time. >> reporter: recent months, these electronic controls were added to the crosswalk, aimed at preventing this kind of accident. now, neighbors worry they pla

this is the first 9/11 heroes run in alexandria. it started off with 200 participants. nowit grown to over a thousand runners. >> it was great. it was a little wet. it kind of cooled us down. >> it's for a great cause and i am happy that we did well. >> it was a great opportunity to get out here on a saturday morning and have fun. great to remember. i was in preschool at the time. >> reporter: in alexandria, surae chen. >> the travis mannion foundation is dedicated to helping veterans and families of the fallen. >>> it is the time of year when parents are taking thundershower kids to college for the first time. claire would have started college now, but the 17-year- old passed away from adolescent melanoma in 2014. this weekend her dad, rocky, kicked off a 600 plus mile bike ride. yes. a bicycle ride for the colleges where claire was accepted to. it's his way of taking his daughter to college. the 59-year-old is doing it to honor his daughter's vivacious spirit and raise awareness for adolescent melanoma. >>> that's some long ride. and riding in the rain today. >> yeah.

and the newest one is a teacher in alexandria. around hearing centered a murder in 2003 of nancy dunning, she was a real estate agent and the wife of a sheriff at the time. the defense argued that there is some evidence linking jim at dunning as a suspect in that crime. the prosecution said that this is just the view of a few detectives at the time and it should not be admissible in the trial that is scheduled to start next month. something very similar last month saying that they did not have enough details, and now they said they did have enough details, so that evidence will now be used in the trial. many people in the court do not think that jim dunning had anything to do with the murder of his wife. that could put reasonable doubt into the minds of the jurors. important hearing today because again the trial now is coming up very fast. it is scheduled, again, for next month. concerned about getting an impartial jury in elliott -- jury in alexandria and that is why they are holding the trial over here in fairfax. reporting live

here is a roadside amount for alexandria. if you superimpose the road pattern for commerce street, duke street, on a later map. we can determine where the french forces were camped. what you also find is that the historical markers are at the wrong sites as well. toy keep on marching georgetown and across. go up 34th street. the historic marker is gone. here is the 18th century map. this is national cemetery. th across rock creek to a camp somewhere here. camp, the road to creek, andross rock here is the encampment. map, the road already has changed. it goes this way rather than that way. here is the crossing and another camp site map. maprtunately, the campsite for rock creek is the worst of all that have survived because there is really not much we can map to.he there are no houses. the road pattern has definitely changed. all you have is the creek, and the creek has not changed much because of the river banks that we have. set up camp.- -- not great in winter sure about summer. rock creek,ferry, the bend. the campsite is i

the news4 i-team investigates. >>> i'm darcy spencer in alexandria. a man is being called a good samaritan for providing critical information to police in a hit and run investigation. >> the officer told me if i wouldn't have told him anything, they would have never found her. >> i will tell ♪ hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪ introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. without the internet i would probably be like a c student. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost high speed internet into the homes of hundreds of thousands of low-income families. it lets students do homework and study at home. so far more than two million people across america have benefitted. internet essentials is going to transform the lives of families. i see myself as maybe an entrepreneur. internet essentials from comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. >>> i'm not here because i want to be here. i am here because i have to be here. i'm here because alison would want me to be here and, in fact, she wou

to school inwent alexandria later on. here we have an example of problems that show up on the march of how they are being solved along the way. then they move into alexandria. they move on to the intersection. here, i want to show you some sites you may be familiar with and how i go about tracing the .oot -- route you see the kind of brownish ones? this is done in 1781, a couple days before they get there. 1789, they made an out lists -- and atlas, and the wonderful thing, there e mile map markers on there. every mile, there is a marker and here is a mile marker, for a mile, and down here is marker, and you run it pallel to a modern roadmap and you can trace them. here is what it looks like. you go down here. you see how the road makes a bend. same s bend. you can see that you can follow it on old called chester road until you get to the bridge. here is the roadmap again and here is a house. this house is the fairfax arms tavern, which is still standing on old coal chester road, and this is the road from this way theg dow

montgomery, fairfax, alexandria, falls church. low 70s there. low to mid-70s on the bay waters.y from the water inland on the eastern shore in the upper 60s. rain way down here off the north carolina/south carolina coast. that will stay well to our south. we're just getting a few high clouds. the storm team 4 radar all clear. don't have any rain, little green batches, some clutter. play ball. the nationals take on the atlanta braves. #they'restillalive. we have great baseball weather. first pitch 1:35. a light breeze. ought to be in the mid-80s by then. high clouds. partly cloudy by the seventh inning. the hottest part. it will be in the upper 80s by then but comfortable humidity. then towards the end of the game, low to mid-80s. so wonderful baseball weather at nationals park this afternoon. and earlier last week i biked along the c&o canal. a great day to get out and enjoy the topath. afternoon highs in the upper 80s. partly cloudy. don't forget the sun block. early september sun can be strong. look at the rough surf photo taken at virginia beach yesterday. it was like that at

he's charged with three separate killings in alexandria over a ten-year span. >> reporter: right now chile is reeling from a huge quake and parts of the country are worried about it. it hit near the town of ail pell. new video in this hour shows the utter devastation. the earthquake was an 8 37b9. that's massive. you're looking at what used to be people's homes thiefrm gone. just rubble now. five people are dead. 1 million have had to be evacuated. right now parts of california and hawaii under a sun warning. orange county is shutting down beaches today. back to you. >> 6:03. transit specialists across the country weighing in on the metro area and they say they need major changes. the paper says a seven-member panel says the incident revealed several problems at the control center. they criticized training and communications there. >>> today both sides of the pepco/exelon merger in the district will be calling on the attention of the d.c. leaders. last month they voted unanimo unanimously to reject the merger. they say it would not benefit the public. they're holding a morning meetin

>>> about three months ago, alexandria's mayor lost his primary. today, he reveals his political future. >>> well, beautiful weekend out there, but do we have some rain on the way, >>> people living at the north park apartments in bethesda evacuated today. small fire broke out on the seventh floor this afternoon. the apartments are on park avenue. the fire department says that it started in the kitchen of one apartment and smoke quickly started filling the hallways. >>> alexandria mayor bill euille is launching a write-in campaign to keep his job. the four-term mayor was defeated in the june democratic primary by council vice chair, allison silverberg. it came down to just over 300 votes. by then though, it was too late for euille to file as an independent. mayor euille made the announcement surrounded by supporters at the waterfront park this afternoon. he said people were stopping him in the streets and the grocery stores, wondering if he would run. >> friends who voted for me, who many who said that -- and many who didn't vote for me that said t

that crash happened at the intersection of braddock road and commonwealth avenue in alexandria last week. and that's where we find news4's darcy spencer with more. darcy? >> reporter: doreen, the new court documents say that the driver of that dump truck after the fatal incident here at this intersection then drove to a nearby construction site. it was there that she was allegedly overheard saying she thought she hit an animal. according to court documents, the woman who was behind the wheel of a dump truck when it hit and killed an alexandria woman was later seen at a nearby construction site using a shovel to clean matter off the mud flaps and undercar raj of the truck, then covered it using gravel from the site. a worker at the site not far from the crash scene said he heard the woman say, "i think i hit an animal." >> blew my mind. >> reporter: this man, a good samaritan, andrew stutz told news4's julie carey that he alerted authorities after he heard that story from the construction crew at west may sonic drive. it was the tip that made the difference in the case. >> the officer tol

severance is charged with killing three prominent alexandria residents.ourt documents also say that severance discussed fire arms and his hatred of the judicial system with all four of his cell mates. his trial is set to begin on october 5th. >>> it's one of the biggest upsets in tennis history. how the woman who took down serena went from public enemy to fan favorite in a new york minute. >>> down to the final hours before the season other at fedex field. what fans can expect to be different this year. details coming up on news4. >>> and we have got some cooler weather for the game. game's going to be on the dry side for sure, but it's also going to be a little bit cooler. we have got much cooler air moving in after tomorrow's >>> you saw it right here last night on nbc4. football is back. the redskins open their season sunday against the dolphins and fans will see something missing at fedex field. derrick ward shows us what fewer seats means for ticket holders. >> reporter: when it was built, it was billed as the largest stadium in the nfl but the numbe

this is a live look from the belle haven country club in alexandria. clouds and locally in the metro area none of the clouds are producing rain. but there is a little rain south of town as well. we have been tracking this on the doppler radar. best areas of shower over the potomac river out of prince william, quantico and east to marberry and farther south. we have rains. they are brief and welcome. eastern side of the eastern slope. this is an appetizer for what will come tomorrow. that will give us rain and break the heat. we hit 90 for the 52nd time this year. look at the cooer air. this is more comfortable for friday. the heat index goes, the lower heat index west of appalachians higher east. still locked in a hot and humid air mass. this is a more global view. northeast corner of the area here. our chances of rain go from 30% chance this evening to 80% chance of the area of rain and isolated thunderstorms tomorrow. once the front goes through it will allow drier air and cooler air to move in on friday. the big question is how far south will the fr

kellye: i'm kellye lynn at thomas jefferson high school in alexandria. i'll tell you why a student here was recently honored by the white house. jonathan: coloring books making a comeback with adults. they are making it part of this year's class. coloring books join american girl dogs, battleship and jenga and twister. whiffleball and puppets are on the finalist to get in. play mobile, teenage mutant ninja turtles round out the list. two winners will be pick and inducted next month. alison: how about this? ashburn teenager going what she can to inspire girls to be champion of change. >> this is not what she expected. her goal was to become a doctor. what happened? >> i discovered how much fun they can be. >> she took a computer science class in thomas jefferson high school in alexandria and it changedher plans. >> now can help other people. >> change in non-profit organization called "everybody code now." she created to help the eighth graders learn how to cope. >> everyone uses the software in some way. everyone had to write the software. coding is abou

alexandria? >> reporter: yeah, we're here at septa headquarters, and separate fact from the fiction because just like the test this issue extend far behind the bugs, we will have more on this. coming up. >>> he is man of the hour, late show with stephen colbert premiers tonight but first i'll sit down and find out what it is like to see his name in lights. kate. >>> captain wait for. that we have got some rain, finally it has been a very dry stretch of the weather but now this front ace approaching and will bring chance for showers and thunderstorms i'll tell you when and at the time we have an end to the extreme heat coming up in weather, hey, leslie. >>> six days way before chip kelly begins his third season with the bird, a a monday night match up in atlanta, and what did penn state do with the tapes of the saturday game with temple. trying to get rid of the evidence. we will have more in sports. social media is a bus after photos of bed bugs on septa. >> now more photos are coming out and con

deputies trying to restrain mckenna in a chair should she could be transported to alexandria. but according to the report, she thought they were out the get her, saying, quote, you promised me you wouldn't kill me. i didn't do anything. though she fought the deputies as hard as she could. >> people who are living at mental illness, at times their brain is not telling them the truth. >> reporter: after fighting deputies for more than 17 minutes, the report says mckenna was tased four times. she lost consciousness, and ended up dying five days later. >> it's just -- it's just a horrific tale of suffering. >> reporter: fairfax county commonwealth attorney ray murrow admits mckenna's death is tragic, but his investigation determined the deputies who tried to control her didn't do anything wrong. >> at the end, these deputies were exhausted. they were trying to push her legs down into the chair. and believe it or not, they couldn't get them in the chair. she was a fighter. and if you look at her history, god bless her, not her fault, but she is a fighter. >> reporter: now we reache

. >> woman wearing the white clerical collar i'm alexandria hoff and coming up i'll introduce you to a growing group of women functioning as catholic priests. >> and it has been a beautiful friday, we are continuing this sunny summer stretch but some cooler weather is lurking in the seven day as we head toward start of the fall next week, we will have more coming up when we come back, pat. >>> hey, kate we are getting ready for cbs-3 friday football frenzy ridley and garnett valley getting ready behind me. eagles/cowboys ready for sunday. will byron maxwell step up. sixty-three million-dollar man needs to. more in sports. tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 when you buy something with a lifetime warranty you probably expect to it last a lifetime, right? well, as this man found out, that is not always the the case. three on your side jim donovan has important information you need before your next big purchase, that is tonight, at 11:00. >>> now an update on the story we first told but yesterday, a group of homeless families set up a tent city in the kensington parking lot. housing a

the courage wall started in alexandria, moved to arlington, now it's in reston. someone needs courage to wear a bikini. another person to travel the world, but the most common response seems to start with tell my boss. not gonna finish that one. >>> we are working developing stories in the newsroom now today, officers returned to the home of a man considered a person of interest in the murder of his estranged wife. bonnie black's two young children found her murdered in her own home back in april. she lived a short distance away. please seized items from her husband, david black's home. he is not facing charges. still ahead, our pat collins talks with police and neighbors about this case that's still unsolved. >>> detectives say she led them on a wild goose chase. why this woman allegedly lied about encountering three suspects who killed an officer. >>> a mother tell us that she is very upset about what happened with her two sons when they boarded school buses here at barack obama elementary. the 7-year-old was put on the wrong bus. her 5-year-old kindergartner w

alexandria, arlington, falls church mid to upper 60s. county cool as well as torn maryland just right around 60 degrees near the bay waters, though, in the mid to upper 60s. there are a few high clouds coming in. that's a live view. temperatures by 8:00 should be in the mid-60s. then quickly jumping. a steep climb on the temperature graph. ought to be in the low 80s by around 3:00, 4:00 in the upper 80s, comfortable humidity and then by late afternoon dropping down into the low 80s. a few clouds coming and going during the afternoon. a terrific day. that's the way it looks right now. >> thank you so much, tom. d.c. police are investigating a shooting in southeast. it happened on southern avenue around 1:30 this morning. police say the victim is under 18 years old. he was taken to the hospital. a 22-year-old man has become the 10 th homicide victim. d.c. police say someone shot and called davon wade. two other men were shot. they're in the hospital with serious injuries. police say they're offering a $25,000 reward for information on who

alexandria police had considered him a suspect in his wife's death for years.efense made clear they would put a new spotlight on the former cher pif. other if, a 911 call calling his wife's death a murder before it was known. the defense team won a second victory in court. they will be able to question their own mental health expert at trial and coming up at 6 clk, his diagnosis of charles severance. i'm julie carey, news 4. >>> if you drive i-66 you know how tough travenlg cffic can be. it's crawling right now. adam tuss is live on i-66 to tell us how a new tolling system would help keep the traffic moving, adam. >> that's right, pat. here's the idea, you put a toll on the road and you discourage people who don't want to pay the poll from using the road. on 66, specifically inside the beltway it could cost $the for a one-way trip. $90 a week. do you think that would discourage some people? >> when you don't have room to expand a road as in the case of 66 inside the beltway, you have to make better use of it, but is a toll the solution? >> it is clear that that

you are looking at bel-air country club in alexandria p -- belle haven country club in alexandria. rain anywhere -- not much in the way of rain anywhere at the moment. but there will be three or four inches of rain by 8:30 a.m.-9:00 tomorrow morning. heavier downpours are certainly a possibility. doppler radar shows a few showers developing to the south and east of washington, pushing to the northwest, kind of the opposite of the way they normally move. there is a lot more to come as low pressure continues to spin. as it does, it will draw in more moisture. the heaviest rains will be north and west of the metro area. later tonight, we think this will make a swing through the area. -10:00 tonight, we expect heavier rain in the area. 4:00 this afternoon, some heavy rain over the northern end of the shenandoah valley. not so much toward the metro area. however, later tonight, we could have some thunderstorms to deal with. things should calm down a little overnight with some breaks in the overcast. that should get us through tomorrow morning. to thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, and

fatal pedestrian accidents are --y rare hearing ago andrea here in alexandria. one thing we should know is the speed limit here is 25 miles per hour. the fact that it killed this woman says quite a bit and officials tell me that the driver was going well over the speed limit. we will let you know when we release a description on the vehicle. larry: thank you. let's get a look at the impact this is having on traffic. jamie sullivan has more. the investigation is still underway. off at braddock road and common the avenue in both directions. not a hard work around, just make sure you follow police directions. as we move into d.c., on the freeways, a disabled truck blocking the center lane heading eastbound just before the third street tunnel. the backup already onto the 14th street bridge. a possible gas leak. we will keep you updated with that. i want to focus in on the slowing on the beltway. this is in virginia. not bad, but a disabled car has a few people hitting the brakes. you are able to get by but there is one lane blocked. slogans little bit of heading out

. >> his body was found in alexandria park where the vigil was held to bring all people of all walks of life together. >> is this not the beauty to bring people in a prayer vigil so that people are all faiths who make up communities, we have chances to be neighborly. >> is it too much to have our own town homes and still not know one another? >> it is wholesome unity and different religions come together to support us. >> it took tragedy to bring them together, it did bring them together. >> i never met the guy in my whole life but you know something? he was a father or a brother or a dad, whatever and he was something and when somebody dies that way, it hurts the whole neighborhood. >> now michael powell of alexandria is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of khalil. >> powell is being held at the fairfax county detention center without bond. >> a salmonella outbreak where so many people got sick and more coming forward. do we know what caused this? the restaurant was getting more popular after opening this spring. now, food is being served again but do we know, are we

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live in norristown with more, alexandria. >> reporter: this is not first time one of the kathleen kane's offices have been searched, it is unclear exactly what detectives were looking for or what they found, but they most certainly had a reason to take that trip to the capitol. kathleen kane's norristown office was quiet a as montgomery county detectives were escorted this afternoon into her head quarters in harrisburg. >> i have no way of knowing what they were looking for. i have no way of knowing whether it effects the the attorney general directly or whether it is somehow affects the office in another way. >> reporter: kane herself was working out of the scranton today. in august, pennsylvania first female attorney general was charged with obstruction and per jury for at alleged leaking of secret grand jury information, to a newspaper. >> if you need further comment you will have to get it from the montgomery county district attorney. >> reporter: district attorney risa vetri furhman told "eyewitness news" that she was unable to comme

. >> rush hour in alexandria, egypt, out of the heaviest traffic is a woman on a motor scooter. it is allowed, but it is an unaccustomed site for egyptian men. she has been flouting convention for three years. the scooter gets her where she's going faster than anything else. she studied english and now she runs a day care center. >> good morning. >> she have limited means, but ambitious goal, to educate girls of the next generation to be self-confident and self-sufficient. >> i want the girls in my day care center to be different for my generation. i wanted to know they have the right to do what they wish as girls, without restrictions. i want them to know their place in society. we don't distinguish between girls and boys here. >> s inhaimaa's world, may have mostly been in the driver seat. in egypt, women mostly sitting back, often sidesaddle. driving a scooter themselves is not considered proper. two women on a motor scooter is a rare sight, but it does happen. she would like to see it more often. so a year ago, she started a scooter driving school called "let's scoot." and a

the decorated kernel from alexandria, a combat veteran, was on the rise in 2013 until the army saw the allegation on shanon's blog. >> the day i started saying his name was the day i started blaming humans that of myself. day".ever got a she decided to play judge and jury. will, meetingthey in a fairfax county courtroom. he filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against his former classmate, saying that her claims of rape on what some consider a radical blog cost him his promotion. did you rate susan shannon? -- did yourape susan shannon? >> i did not, and every aspect of the story is verifiably false. joce: the blog is where she sexe about the alleged assault, something she did not report before unexpectedly dropping out of west point, denying the rape when asked during an interview. >> there was no way i waited report that. the blame would fall squarely on me. she said she originally told friends, then kept silent. the blog in 2013 followed after he was being nominated for general. >> it was euphoric. which quickly turned to fear when he was questioned by the army's criminal investigati

the website for walt whitman high school in alexandria lists a staffer, michael sweeney, as a technology teacher. we contacted fairfax county schools by e-mail and phone, but do not receive a response. in went to sweeney's home woodbridge, but it was dark and nobody answered the door. alison: a kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples dave her first interview to abc news today. >> would probably hurts me the is when someone tells me.hat my god does not love spent six days in jail for contempt, released after promising not to interfere with the issuing of licenses. she could face the possibility of more jail time after a deputy clerk said she removed her name and that of the county from marriage forms. see the full interview tomorrow on "good morning america." leon: now the race for the white house, major development, wisconsin governor scott walker has become the second republican candidate to drop out of the race. walker suspended his campaign this afternoon. he also encouraged some of the other 15 republican candidates to do the same. wal

donald essex worked with the little league in alexandria. he confessed to having hundreds of child pornography pictures. he faces up to 10 years in jail. he will be sentenced in december. >>> earlier today baltimore city's board of estimates unanimously agreed to pay a $6.4 million settlement to the family of agree. gray was taken into custody -- of freddie gray. gray was taken into custody and of died a week later from a severe spinal cord in. jury the settlement will resolve all civil claims against baltimore city and anyone else responsible for gray's death. >> this does not represent any judgment on the guilt or the innocence of the six police officers. >> in addition to compensation and closure to freddie's mother and father, the mayor has pledged to them that body cameras bill begin deployment in the western district in the height of -- will begin deployment in the western district in the heart of where this incident took place. >> a judge will decide this week if the trial should be held in baltimoreor be moved to another jurisdiction

we want to get right out to alexandria hoff, exciting day. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, erika well the world meeting of families has just officially kicked off. it happened today at noon. just couple of minutes ago, here at media press conference, obviously, they thee taking some questions and answers right now, weaver media from all over the world here right now. we just learned that 100 countries will be represented during this world meeting of families, and 17,500 people have registered to be here. making it the largest that has ever been. now this worlds meeting of families has been going on since 1992 started by john paul the second, the first time, though, a cents you know, in the united state. the first time that a country, that is not a majority catholic has hosed this event, so, as we've heard from our speakers there is event offers a great opportunity, as world, the us, can encourage a lot of thought when it comes to the family, whole point of the event, to bring families together, appreciate the union that that provides. now,

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff live along the ben franklin parkway with more on the final preparations, alex? >> good morning, nicole. thursday we found out that the inner drives of eakin's oval will be shutdown to traffic. that will came with little to no warning. but this morning, we do know that the outer drive of the ben franklin parkway will be shutdown in about an hour. that's at 6:00 a.m. it is all to make room for all of this going on behind me over here, construction of the papal stage. you can also see the jumbro-trons in you place. all of this construction continued well to the evening hours, as the one week marker of the arrival of pope francis is now here. now the traffic detours as you mention will linger until after he bids farewell. we're told the eakin's oval area will open back up on tuesday, the 29th, but roadways will not be completely clear until october 4th. obviously you will want to plan ahead. construction will not be limited, i mean, excuse me, congestion will not be limited to vehicular traffic. police also preparing for all of the foot traffic.

reporting live from the pennsylvania convention center, alexandria hoff, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> touching story. count on "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the papal visit. look for live reports from todd quinones from washington dc later today and dave spunt up in new york with the pope later this week. when pope francis arrives here in philadelphia, this weekend, be an eyewitness to history. as "eyewitness news" bridges you live continuing coverage, both on air and on line on our website cbsphilly.com n other news this noon, double shooting turns deadly in philadelphia's city's kensington neighborhood. chopper three over the scene on the 1800 block of monmouth street. police say arriving officers rushed the victims, 19 year old woman and 21 year old man to temple hospital. we have just learned that male victim has died at this time, no arrests have been made. >> this noon baseball fans remembering one of the sports most enduring icons. hall of famer yogi berra passed away at a nursing home in north jersey. van eat a shows us how yogi made hit mark in baseball and beyon

live in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. alison: new tonight, making adjustments to the planned purplele line, it is the subject of a meeting designed to reduce project costs. that includes trains operating every 7 1/2 minutes during peak times instead of six minutes. the plan is to reduce the artwork budget as well and cut down the numr of tree plantings. it also means there will be one elevator instead of two at some elevations. service is slated with in 2021. and new developments when it comes to traffic on i-66. today vdot discussed its plans to ease congestion, part of the plane, two express lanes and h.o.v. occupancy from two people to three or more. the plan has gotten mixed reaction. to find out when you canway in go to wjla.com. leon: weather timelines, some great weather tonight. friday is just ahead. can we keep it for friday and for the weekend as well. meteorologist steve rudin is here with the outlook, have some good news for us. steve: i think you're going to like what i have to say. a lot of sunshine back in

alexandria hoff spoke to one man who said he saw the insects himself. >> reporter: between twitter, instagram and facebook this photo has been shared over 10,000 times in two days. >> look between the cracks of the seats. i was like, my god, in the accident a bed bug. >> robert roberts junior was sitting in the back of a route six bus friday evening. he immediately told at the driver about the discovery and shouted to fellow passengers. >> this bus got bed bugs. everybody got off the bus and ran. >> reporter: to post on social media and that said where septa was brought in the loop. >> as soon as we saw the tweets and instagram information about it. we contacted the person who took those photos, and said, where did you see this. >> reporter: this picture was apparently taken around the olney oregon area, route maps specified the bus could have been one of three. >> we took the three and going to fume gate them immediately. >> reporter: jerry williams say. >> every two weeks full housecleaning, go through and wipe down the inside of the bus, and then every month, every single month we fume gat

. >> all happening today, northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry just spoke with alexandria mayor bill euille and he will launch a write-in campaign. julie reports that euille already has the support of other democrats including the former mayor. mayor euille wa defeated in the yuan primary by allison silverburg. by then it was too late to file for an independent campaign leaving a write-in campaign as his only option. several political activists in alexandria tell julie kerry they expect euille will wage a campaign. >> a critical deal with iran about nuclear capabilities poised to move forward. and on the campaign trail hillary clinton is making a concession about those now infamous state department e-mails. >> joining us now to talk about all of it, moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. nice to see you. >> yes. the iran deal is moving forward. we discuss this had earlier, kind of funny because it's just a veto-proof measure, right? >> a vetoroof minority. they can't stop the united states from participating in the deal, and that's obviou

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff outside crozer-chester hospital where the officer is recovering this morning, alex? >> reporter: nicole, good news we are told this officer is going to be okay. he's a 15 year veteran of the force, we're told he spent much of his time chasing down hit-and-run suspect like his colleagues are trying to do right now. chester police officer daniel hoffman was on his way back to headquarters yesterday afternoon when authorities say that his harley davidson police vehicle was cut off, causing him to be thrown, that vehicle pushed far down the street, and obviously, him being injured upon impact. now, it happened around 3:00 p.m. at the intersection of wharton avenue and fourth street right in chester, that's near harrah's casino. police say that driver sped off. investigators tell us these hit-and-run cases are specially frustrating because of how little evidence is typically left at the scene. bus of but in this case enough for them to at least now have description of possible vehicle. >> those motorcycles are full size harley davidson's, now, you can'

alexandria hoff spoke to one man who said he saw the insects himself. >> reporter: between twitter, instagram and facebook this photo has been shared over 10,000 times in two days. >> look between the cracks of the seats. i was like, my god, in the accident a bed bug. >> robert roberts junior was sitting in the back of a route six bus friday evening. he immediately told at the driver about the discovery and shouted to fellow passengers. >> this bus got bed bugs. everybody got off the bus and ran. >> reporter: to post on social media and that said where septa was brought in the loop. >> as soon as we saw the tweets and instagram information about it. we contacted the person who took those photos, and said, where did you see this. >> reporter: this picture was apparently taken around the olney oregon area, route maps specified the bus could have been one of three. >> we took the three and going to fume gate them immediately. >> reporter: jerry williams says busses are cleaned every day. >> every two weeks full housecleaning, go through and wipe down the inside of the bus, and then every month,

. >>> alexandria is ramping up efforts to cross-train firefighters and paramedics. the program is voluntary for some workers. some emergency workers were concerned they will be looked over for promotions if they don't choose to cross-train as firefighters. the program will save the city $3 million a year. >>> that is not the only ruling coming out of that meeting coming up in a few minutes. first, let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. hot once again? >> yeah, i know, i'm not happy about that. i refuse to run in 90 degree weather. that means another day i get to sit around and wait for the cooler weather. overall weather impact on the day will be fairly low. hot and humid, yes. rain chances arriving probably the metro area, not so well after the sun goes down. waking up this morning, it's sticky and feels like summer outside. temperatures are in the low to mid-70s in much of the area. 76 in washington. 72 in manassas. even know the cool spots out in the shenandoah valley are close to 70. your hometown forecast, wheaton, maryland for today, warm a

right taught "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff live outside federal court in center sit which the latest on this morning's hearing. alex? >> reporter: erika, linda ann weston has now entered guilty flea all 196 counts against her, in doing society federal government has promised not to seek the death penalty, instead, they have recommended life in prison plus 80 years. now, dow want to say one of the interesting parts about this hearing this morning, is that most of it was spent with the judge trying to determine if miss weston understood what was going on here today and what she has entered this plea for. it was revealed that miss weston only holds a fourth graduate action, she was very soft spoken, almost child like, tough to except when you remember the charges against her in the 2011 case. weston pleading guilty to kidnapping ten people include being six children, that were then held without their will with other, so that they could take social security disability checks, that were coming to them, several were mentally handicapped. several others, also, sold as prostitutes

seive answer is charged with kill -- severance is charged with killing three prominent people in alexandria. al dunning and two victims were found dead in their homes over a ten-year period. dunning's late husband jim was once alexandria sheriff and he was investigating for her -- was investigated for her murder but was never charged. a psychologist is also expected to testify about some of severance's bizarre behavior. prosecutors say the testimony is irrelevant because severance is not using an insanity defense. severance's trial is set for next month. >>> since the deadly smoke- filled incident at l'enfant plaza's metro station, there have been several reports out of what went -- about what went wrong and what needs to be done so the problem doesn't happen again. now a new report out shows quite simply metro needs to prepare its employees better. nikki burdine has a look at what else is in the review. >> reporter: training or lack thereof is a big problem for metro, this according to a new report just released. the report done by an outside panel of transit experts from across the countr

6:00, some bizarre twists in the pretrial motions for a man accused of killing three people in alexandria. an expert whose diagnosis could play a large role in the trial admitted today it was the first time he's ever seen charles severance in person, but that wasn't the moment that got one victim's family so upset that they left the courtroom. here's julie carey. >> reporter: the family of nancy dunning last year just after charles severance was indicted for the popular the realsor's murder and those of two other well known alexandria residents, ron kishy and ruth ann ledato, it finally meant exoneration for the sheriff jim dunning. today the defense made it clear they will put a new spotlight on evidence against the former sheriff. for example a 911 call in which he's heard calling his wife's death a murder before the cause of death was known. a prosecutor fought the cause of death calling it a continued denigration of of a dead man in front of his friends and family. the dunning family i haves believy upset left the courtroom after the judge ruled in favor of the lawyers got the go ahea

. >>> alexandria is getting rid of a local tradition. the city council voted to ban the flying of confederate flags twice a year in old town. in the past the flag was raised for robert e. lee's birthday and confederate day in may. flags will no longer be flown on city property. >>> new steps being taken to make community college free. the president will make that announcement. $175 million being set aside to hiring more apprentices at community colleges. that's 35,000 in all. a new college advisory board is going to be created. that will be led by dr. jill biden. the administration also launching a campaign to highlight success stories. the president is expected to emphasize the impact this is going to have on the hispanic community. >>> we know how full grades for your students matter to you and now you can have a little more control over how exactly that happens at least in montgomery county's public school system. the board of education wants to know what you think about would specific items. number one, whether you think students sho

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria joins us over at the oval, alex, a lot of work behind you there. how is it looking? >> whole lot of work, erika. we new these closures would be coming soon, just weren't sure how soon. but then not too long ago we learned that the time is apparently now, around 10:15, we got traffic advisory, letting us know the inner drives both east and west of the ben franklin parkway, now closed from eakin's oval to 20th street. that did seem to catch some commuters by surprise this morning, let's take a lock from chopper three. closures going to remain in effect philadelphia tuesday, september 29th, so that's 12 days from now, two days post pope departure, notice, also, that the outer drives are still open, at least, for now. and this is all likely to make room for the massive construction project that's going on behind me. this is accustom stage being built. we know it is 100 feet wide, 90 feet deep. tens of thousands of feet of cable, have to be pulled in, and they'll be using the manpower of about 3,000, i think you can see some of them up there on the sca