david culver live downtown. this is the safe color to be wearing. rocking the red. catching up with fans, live report >>> showers over for now but tracking a cold night and more chances for rain in the forecast tomorrow. coming up. >>> and someone wanted a 19-year-old dead. >> live with a murder mystery. >>> the caps final face elimination and knock off the penguins on their home ice. now -- going to join you. gauging excitement. >> but carol has reaction to the big win. i'm running out of red dresses. >> reporter: everyone is excited tonight. caps don't just have another game, don't just extend the series but new life. nice to capitals. that's how we knew you could play. didn't look good. trailing pens, ten minutes away from eliminated but third period response changes everything. three goals. highlight when building erupts, alex ovechkin lights the lamp. ten goals in elimination games. he knows how to bring it but ovi says the goal that turned tide was nicholas backstrom earlier. that's when he knew. >> we start to believing and we start play the way we are capabl

game six tomorrow night, news 4's david culver has a look at all the celebration. >> if you didn't know the outcome to last night's game, all you have to do is walk down here downtown and you hear the chants just like that. the capitals taking the big win. z all excited rocking the red as they walked out of the verizon center.. we found a few penguin fans who are trying to cover up and get out of the way quickly. capitals fans feeling very differently from that. we caught up with a few of them. take a listen to all of the excitement. >> normally d.c. sports, we get here and, you know, we get a little sloppy. but this is great. i feel good. the city is out here. we're amazing, we're looking excited.

on the campus of george mason university, i'm david culver for news4. >>> the time right now is 10:26 on this saturday morning. here are the 4 things to know, in the last half hour we learned that the united states and saudi arabia agreed to an ovweapons deal. president trump is on his first trip abroad. >>> and breaking news, we have learned that a male was killed at the university of maryland. the male was stabbed on the campus overnight. police did not tell us the victim's name. we do know one person is in custody. >>> and fire destroyed a school bus in montgomery county. several others in the lot were damaged overnight. the fire was started by accident. no one was hurt. >>> and repair work will macarthur boulevard. the water main break happened and opened a sinkhole. >>> tom, it will be a pretty nice day to get outside. >> gorgeous day for yard work. we have to get the mowing in before the next rain comes in. it will be great today and tomorrow with temperatures near 70 degrees each afternoon. enjoy. >>> all right. that's going to do it for "news4 today." we appreciate everyone jo

we are now hearing from the victim's loved ones who spoke with david culver. he's live outside the courthouse in loudoun county this evening. david? >> reporter: hi there, wendy. here's the thing, normally folks come here to the courthouse, the leesburg courthouse, or any courthouse for that matter, in search of justice. the family of jamie lane, not getting justice today. instead they say they have found peace, knowing that the man who killed the 44-year-old father and grandfather back in 2009 has confessed to that killing. other over his grandmother. tyreke allen was nine when he learn pd someone murdered his grandfather. >> he was outgoing. he would give you the shirt off his back, the last dollar in his pocket. >> reporter: his widow remembers a happy man. >> he was a people lover. he loved everybody. >> reporter: which made his brutal killing back in march 2009 all the more baffling. who? why? >> that was the worst day of our lives. the worst day of our lives. >> reporter: jamie was murdered inside his home in leesburg. it was a few years later that the fa

i'm david culver alongside angie goff. live shot out there, tom kierein, a breeze at the flower mart. >> clouds around as well likely producing rain over the next couple hours. got the virginia cup gold races going on, great meadows in the ai

i'm david culver.k on the headlines and start many the district where it was a violent night overnight. six people in the hospital, another person dead. d.c. police telling us that seven people in all were shot on q street in northwest around 1:00 this morning. we're still trying to figure out what exactly happened here to lead to all of this. but most of the investigation seems to be centered around the parking lot in front of that apartment building. news4's derrick ward is headed to the scene and we'll have the latest at 9:00 this morning. >>> and one person is in critical condition after this horrific crash in northeast. this happened on at north capital street in front of the hyatt place hotel. three cars were involved. one of the cars did a closer look here and split in half. unbelievable. we'll get a check of the holiday weekend forecast with tom kierein right after this. >>> good morning, partly sunny with temperatures near 60 degrees. we have a cluster of showers and a little bit of thunder an

in warrenton, virginia, i'm david culver, news4. >> let's hope they can raise that money. >>> the nextyou stay home with a migraine, you may not be paid for the time you take off work in maryland, especially if you work for a small company. governor larry hogan vetoed a bill requiring businesses with at least 15 employees to give workers five days of paid sick leave. governor hogan said it would hurt small businesses and next year, he's expected to propose a bill that would set the bar at 50 employees. on the other side, democrats are trying to pull together enough support to override his that vote could come as soon i . the kickoff to summer brings an uptick in car, boating, and biking accidents. doctors say they could be prevented with seat belts and proper helmets. and they warn never to swim alone and keep an extra eye on your kids near water. >>> hundreds of dog owners are howling about a proposal that could cut in half the size of a beloved dog park. the south four mile dog park in shirllington is by far the largest in the area. julie carey joins us live with a look at the campai

i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. you can see the showers moving through.rm team4 radar is working overtime. >> you know who else is? tom kierein. what are we thinking for timing of all of this? >>> a lot of it is tapering off as we speak back across virginia. there is just a few lingering sprinkles. in the metro area, just a little bit of lingering light rain. as you look at the radar trend here, it is moving off to the north and east quickly. the dark green is where it is raining moderately, but we have sprinkles in the nearby suburbs and maryland. this is quickly tapering off. the rest of the morning is hovering near 50 degrees and climbing into the low 50s to 50 we'll be cloudy through the afternoon. a look at your mother's day and a heat wave on the way in just a few minutes. >>> thank you, tom. the u.s. department of homeland security right now is now looking or warning american companies to be on guard. after nearly 100 countries and thousands of computers became victim of an orchestrated cyber attack. this is a look, take a look, at several of the c

tonight northern virginia bureau reporter david culver looks at what police want from you to stop childreng recruited. >> reporter: as we dug into the many recent gang cases, we've been hearing from many of you. a lot of you reaching out through social media, asking, why can't police do more? well, they tell us that enforcement is only part of tackling this issue. they say you need intervention and prevention efforts. they say that starts in your communities, with kids. the abduction, brutal beating and murders, gang relatend both local and federal law enforcement responding, but they swear by the time allegiances are sworn, it's often too late. >> i'm going to wake up today and i've become that. >> reporter: that from a man who lived the gang lifestyle for about a decade. for his and his family's safety, we can't show you his face, tell you his name, or even revealed where we interviewed him. >> when i look back to everything i did, it's like a big dream. >> reporter: this former member of ms-13 telling you his past would make you cringe. he wishes he'd known earlier about people like ram

i'm david culver. now back to you. >> have we given david some time off here? >> love the red. >>> time right now, 9:09. we are waking up to one of the chilliest mornings that we've had in a while. tom will track how sob we'll we out of the 50s and warming back up. >> one of the biggest online retailers planning to build an actual store where amazon is setting up a new shop you'll be able to check out in person. >>> you hear it here, you saw it here, always dreaming in the run for the roses. it was win for trainer todd pletcher and david velasquez. thunder snow started to buck right of the gate. some people were worried about the horse, but he was checked and he is okay. another fan favorite, the one-eyed horse finished 14th. >> always dreaming. mudder like no other. that's what they're calling him. >>> eventually, you won't have to watch for the page turners arrive in the mail. amazon is going to open a bookstore in georgetown. this is according to "the washington post." the store will be right here at the corner of m street and jefferson street. if you have t

david culver takes us to a place the kids in manassas simply call the center. is all new at 6:00. >> reporter: would you believe soccer could play a part in combatting gangs? at 24, daniel is part of the center staff. for three hours after school each day, it's here daniel and others help neighborhood kids, elementary through high school, tutoring and monitoring after school hangout. a refugee of sorts from the lure of gangs. he remembers the dangerous lifestyle was tough to avoid growing up. >> it was always very in your face kind of thing. there would always be like look at that gang. >> reporter: he's passing his experience on to young people. and this 12-year-old among them. how long have you known a lot of these people? >> for a long time. >> reporter: he's been coming to the center as they call it for a few years now. he remembers first hearing about it from a friend. >> i come here a lot because i have like my friend here, i do my home work and then i get to play soccer. >> reporter: daniel knows his role far more than a coach. >> they all look up to me

i'm david culver. >> and i'm angie goff.ward is live. >> reporter: a triple shooting at a hotel in alexandria. one man is fighting for his life. police are still o news4. >>> after the rain moves out, the heat moves in. storm team 4 exclusive ten-day outlook in just a few minutes. >>> and we are talking major metro delays. the work that is pushed back their plans by 45 minutes or so. we'll tell you how to get around the mess. >>> and the unforgettable present her family enjoys for decades to comb, they hope. that story and a lot more when you join us behind scenes and on facebook live. >> we're going to power that up, right? >> i am. >> we are back on air in 90 seconds. see you then. you'busted tail.rd. and impressed the boss. with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it, america. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of

david culver caught up with the vets as they passed through stafford county today. it's a journey aimed at changing minds. >> you can't miss the flags moving slowly, steadily, along route one. proudly carried by these veterans. >> i want to really try and raise some awareness for ptsd and suicide prevention amongst served as a marine, shared his message with a group outside the old stafford county courthouse. explained how his brother inspired this walk. >> i lost my brother eight years ago to ptsd, he took his own life. here's carrying this log to symbolize the mental health stress that these vets face. sent back on their journey with prayers, hugs, and tears. michael is honest about why he's walking. >> got a dark place, and i knew if i didn't get help, i'd probably take my life this time. >> reporter: so he connected with brandon, who told him -- >> to come walking. and i thought he meant around the neighborhood, clear my head. >> reporter: but brandon had a longer distance in mind. along the way, that i been encouraged, onlookers showing their support and some j

i'm david culver, news4. >>> fruits and veggies certainly are the opposite of candies and chocolates. but some of them pack quite a sugar punch. which ones you may want to avoid. >>> also first at 4:00, breaking her silence and making big plans. the big announcement from janet jackson. >>> plus, a first look at the new exhibit setting up inside the museum of african american history and culture. >>> 77 degrees right now. a beautiful afternoon, on the breezy side, but we have cooler numbers heading our way. 77 today. we don't have many 70s in the entire n- >>> janet jackson is about to find out what it's like to be a working mother. she just announced she's resuming her concern tour this fall, it includes a stop here in d.c. november 16th at verizon center. tickets go on sale this friday at 10:00 in the morning. jackson put the tour on hold in order to give birth to her son, issa, who was born in january. she noted he's such a loving and happy baby, jackson and her husband have since separated. >> beautiful photo there. >>> i shared this on my facebook page. it's just a late night host

reporter david culver introduces us to alpha. >> reporter: a.j.'rning routine takes longer than most. >> fix your band ana. >> reporter: he's gotta get himself and alpha ready for the day. >> i know, you're excited. you're going to school. >> reporter: out the door in time to catch the bus. >> he arrived at my house when he was four months old, and i've had him ever since. >> reporter: almost four years old, this black lab is a service dog, alerting a.j. when his blood sugar >> we had a big long talk before we got him. we said, when alpha alerts, you'll have to check your blood and listen to what the dog is telling you, because that's what we're getting him for. >> reporter: three years ago, they counted down the days for alpha to arrive and slowly they helped him adjust to his new role, keeping a.j.'s diabetes in check, at home and at school. the pair ride the bus together, and cruising the halls, alpha's got the following. in the classroom, he takes his seat, getting comfortable under the desk. >> where you see a.j., you see alpha and he's just o

david culver joins us from leesburg with details. really chilling sounding stuff here, david. >> absolutely. and here's that indictment that you referenced. it was initially fired under seal. it lists charges against nine people, all accused in the murder of an 18-year-old. now, in speaking with gang investigators, they say that's pretty consistent when it comes to ms-13 and how they operate. a group versus one. no desire, so to speak, for a fair fight. here's how this one case played you may remember this scene from june of last year, local and federal law enforcement moving in on this leesburg home. in the middle of the night, neighbors recording several people hands on their heads, walking out. at the time, we saw gang unit investigators on scene, yet so many questions remained unanswered, until now. >> it's pretty safe around here. it's a nice area, but, you just every know. >> reporter: two and a half weeks before that house raid, a family reported 18-year-old carlos missing. this recently unsealed indictment charges nine people

i'm david culver alongside angie goff. starting out a little chillier for some. >> you saw derrick ward's live shot out there, tom kierein, a breeze at the flower mart. >> clouds around as well likely producing rain over the next couple hours. got the virginia cup gold races going on, great meadows in the ai funk festival and parade later today, we've got the broccoli city festival. a lot of outdoor things going on and as a result you need to keep an eye on the sky, keep an eye on the nbc washington app and look for the storm team 4 radar which right now is showing a little bit of light rain panhandle of west virginia, loudoun county, our suburbs shortly. light rain showers starting to develop from these new clouds. i have the new timing on that coming up this half hour. >>> right now the new york city area preparing for knows batch of rain this afternoon. check out what it did yesterday throughout new york city as well as parts of new jersey. this is some video inside of grand central station. water just poured and drippe

on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, i'm david culver, news4. >> wow.e feel like a slacker watching that. >>> virginia mcauliffe said it's the only one of its kind in the nation, a runway dedicated to drone research and development. the governor tweeted these imagings from wallace island where he helped to launch a new $5 million runway. he flew in an aircraft piloted by a laptop controlled robot. virginia space, which manages the runway is seeking customers for the new drone airstrip. >>> tonight news4 has learned an investigation into allegations of favoritism in the d.c. school system lottery is expanding. d.c. council education chair david grasso said he'll look at all four years the student lottery has been in place. after a report that kaya henderson acted unfairly when giving out some of the waivers. news4's tom sherwood has our story. >> this is a huge amount of money. >> reporter: david grasso, his education committee votingay 2018 school budget, but grasso also is still focused on that new inspector general report, the one that contends former

i'm david culver alongside angie goff. >> in addition to it being derby day out in the plains we have the gold cup going on, a lot of events happening outside rain or shine. >> some of them will take you to other countries. >> we will tell you about that coming up. >> it's all about what's happening here, tom kierein, weatherwise. >> good morning. maybe you are thinking about mowing the grass growing rapidly with the recent rain. if you do plan on getting mowing or yard work in you might want to did it over the next couple hours because you can see on storm team 4 radar rain is beginning to get closer to us. this area in the green is rain and it is advancing off to the north, we will probably be right into the metro area around 10:00, 11:00 this morning and temperatures will be hovering in the 50s throughout the rest of the day to near 60 by midafternoon. occasional mostly light rain through 3:00 p.m. dries out by 6:00 p.m., sunset after that 8:06. by 9:00 we will be back down to the mid 50s and rather breezy throughout the day today. a look at other rain chances coming up this half h

. >> that was david culver reporting this week.t this week barbara com stock asked the justice department for $2 million to fight gangs. she called the murder of a 15-year-old -- her buddy was found in january. police say 10 members of the murder. there is a resurgence of gang activity and the gang task fort community needs help more than ever now. >> a girl is violently dragged into the water by a large sea lion. she was able to walk or swim away from this. the video may be hard to watch, but the girl was okay. she was sitting on a dock when it happened, a quick thinking bystander jumped in to save the girl. she was a little shaken up, but she appeared to be unhurt. people were feeding bread to the sea lion just before it attacked. >>> if you are out shopping for bread, you will be happy to hear this, new at 11:00, wemman's is opening their first dc store. this is according to the washington business journal and they say it will be at the old fa but you will have to wait awile, fannie mae still has to move out. >> don't go grabbin

. >> david culver had to meet him, of course, and his best pal a.j. >> good boy. >> so there's alpha on the left. he's the service dog. a.j.'s a student. >> right. got that. >> he alerts his best pal and student at stafford when his blood sugar is too low. everywhere a.j. goes, alpha goes as well. when a.j. took his senior picture he wanted alpha to be there, too. >> i just wanted to have my service dog in the year book. i thought it would be a great little thing to put in for me to have and for me to look back on when i'm older. >> the yearbook staff agreed and on school picture day alpha posed for the camera. he's wondering what the heck is going on. a.j. is a junior so the big question is, will alpha get a spot in next year's yearbook. what else do i want to know? does he get to walk across the graduation stage with a.j. >> does he have to do that? >> with him all the time. cool to get another picture -- >> ban dman. >> no, the graduation thing, the shawl. >> he's going to wear that, too? >> why not? >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >> "news 4 toda

. >> he sat down with david culver and this is someone you've known for some time. >> he's with the catholic diocese in northern virginia, i've known him almost all my life, but we never talked about his dad's position on the supreme court. he shared with us his family life, along with his eight siblings, and despite traveling to various tributes and memorials over the past year, he's also just written and released his first book. it's called "that nothing may be lost." it's that base foundation that father scalia says has gotten his family through the pain of the past year. and while many have recently focused on his father's legacy and now his replacement on the court, justice neil gorsuch, father scalia doesn't dwell on that much. >> i have not been as affected by the public dimension of all of t but my memories of my father and my siblings is him as our father. yes, he was a very influential supreme court justice, but that's not what we focus on. >> he also shared with select committee something incredibly personal that used to belong to his dad, something his dad would carry daily. i'll

he sat down recently with david culver. >> he's a arlington diocese. he's someone i have known for much of my life. yet we never talked about his dad's high profile position on the high court. recently he shared with us about his family life and upbringing in it northern virginia along with eight siblings. despite traveling to tributes and memorials over the past year, he's written and released his first book. it's called that nothing may be lost. reflections on catholic dock rin. devotion that got his family through the pain of the past year. >> it's been good, but it's not easy. there have been many different memorials and awards given to my dad and things like that. the naming of the george mason law school after my father and it's just owonderful to see my father honored in that way. it's wonderful to see how many people's lives he influenced. with father scalia tonight at 6:00. back to you. >> thank you. >>> come iing up after the breaa story you're going to love. a superstar not afraid to share a little of her good fortune. how the giving started

on the campus of george mason university in fairfax, i'm david culver, news4. >> mason nation, ang. >this morning, the first of several countries he's visiting on his first foreign trip as president. mr. trump will also visit israel, belgium and italy. >>> we are working to find out if any students were involved in an apparent stabbing at the university of maryland. one person was seriously hurt in a dorm overnight. the school's graduation is this weekend, by the way. >>> we are just seeing new photos from a school bus lot that went up in flames where a school bus in the lot went up in flames. it is not clear what started the fire in montgomery county. several buses were damaged and one was destroyed here. >>> repair work will continue this weekend on mcarthur boulevard in d.c. a central water main flooded and opened up a sinkhole. >>> 72 degrees right now, tom, how much warmer is it going to get? >> not much. this could be the warmest part of the day right now. we're going to see it holding steady in the 60s for the rest of the day. and so our july and may weather is gone for now. an

i'm david culver alongside angie goff. >> tom kierein is standing by with the holiday weekend forecastl thing or cool start to our weekend we should say. >>> it really is. we are in the 50s to around 60 now here just after dawn on this saturday morning. there's a live view from our storm team 4 tower camera showing the sun now coming up. a partly cloudy sky in the metro area. and we have some clusters of showers and thundershowers pulling out into pennsylvania and west virginia. some of those are just to our north. and that will be another couple of hours or so by mid to late morning. temperatures right now in the 50s to near 60. reagan national at 62. want to get exercise today? a good day shower. by 9:00 a.m., the 60s. then by noon, partly sunny. and a pretty good chance of mild to afternoon storms. 3:00 p.m., temperatures in the mid-70s. a look at the hour-by-hour timing of storms is coming up in a few minutes. >>> and developing this morning, take a look at the pictures. a terrible, terrible crash in northeast d.c. on new york avenue and north capital street in front of the hyatt p

good morning to you, i'm david culver. >>> and i'm angie goff. we are talking about the rain showers, some we could see this morning. >> we are tracking it all. meteorologist tom kierein is joining us now. what about the timing of all of this? >> those storms are likely late this afternoon and maybe a few passing light to moderate showers here over the next couple of hours. right now, the clouds are closing in over washington. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. they are moving in from the north and west. and the clouds are producing some showers and a little bit of thunder and lightning way out here in west virginia. and just to the north up into howard county and north frederick getting a few sprinkles. but just as the area of some showers coming into the northern shenandoah valley over the next half hour or so. they may make their way into the metro area around 11:00 or so this morning. temperatures will be climbing to near 70 by then. mid-afternoon. some passing storms will be likely after that into the early evening hours. a look a

david culver introduces us to a remarkable young teenager. >> reporter: students on the fairfax campus of george mason university are proud of their successes, ready for what is next. among them, stephanie moore. >> i didn't know what to expect coming here. >> reporter: stephanie started here in 2014 and completed an associates at nova and decided to pursue her bachelor's always keeping her age rather quiet unless you asked. she's 17 now. it all started back in using his program/math. he taught me additional, multiplication, subtraction by then. >> reporter: by kindergarten, ang b alg b algebra, second grade, geometrg. >> reporter: i decided to sign up for community classes. following her passion for math, this trajectory is from tracy mason. >> her poise and intellect are all balanced in stephanie. she's extremely bright, knows what she wants and it's really fearless. >> reporter: stephanie tells me her best friends are those she made back in elementary school. and she strives for balance. >> i like going to movies, i like swimming and doing normal stuff. >> reporter: do you ever just

david culver is live to explain how this plays out into the growing gang problem. david? >> reporter: hi there, jim. we have covered extensively the rising gang activity in neighboring fairfax and prince william counties. but tonight, the indictment gives us new insight into how one click, as they're ms-13 was operating right here in leesburg. federal officials have told us in order for a gang to survive, it needs funding, it needs cash. where is that money coming from? extortion of younger gang members is one way. tonight, this indictment, it chronicles one victim's experience. june 2016, neighbors recording from across the street as police and federal agents escorted several people out of there leesburg home. their hands up, lifting their shirts to show they weren't armed. it stunned those watching. >> it was extremely scary, only because we were not expecting such a thing. >> reporter: today you can see that home sits quiet. but according to the indictment, the woman who lived here would allow her home to be used by ms-13 gang members. there they would plan and meet an

. >> david culver sat down with a former member of ms-13 who is hoping his life can be a lesson for young: for list safety, his family's safety, we kbts tell you his name or show you his face or even reveal where we interviewed him but we met a man whose background would make you cringe. and eats wohe's working to shed past. to some they are markings of belongings. to others ownership by a crime ridden gang. here they are removed spot by 1309. it's painful. >> every one will feel like a really nasty rubber band slapping you. >> reporter: the doctor asked we not show her face, among those here vol unit tearing her time, helping former gang members erase a past >> when i look back to everything, it's like a big dream. >> reporter: for a man who spent near areally a decade on the streets, gang tattoo removal was the last step before moving on. if i were to look at you today and you were to tell me about your history without me having seen a file, i wouldn't believe it. >> yeah, most people say that. >> reporter: his identity we're keeping hidden for his own safety. he admits the life led one

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