with details >> we're told the man travelled from dallas and was arrested this afternoon, montgomery county maryland police say michael arega's x wife contacted them warning them that arega had made threatening social media posts and had traveled to washington with the intent to kill, quote, all white police. at the executive mansion. the department issued an alert to be on the look-out. secret service said its personnel began an active search and spotted arega on the north lafayette park and detained him. we're told he was not armed with a weapon at the time. they took him to the police department, he's charged with making felony threats. tony. >>> new tonight, dc police are investigating a shooting involving one of their own, it happened just before 7:00 on tubman road in southeast. we're told an off-duty police officer fired shots during a robbery in progress, no reported injuries. unclear if a suspect is in custody. >>> a toddler is in critical condition tonight after he was found unconscious in a bathtub at a house in sterling. sheriff's deputies responded to a house on winding branch terrace,

of the average rainfall. 46 in washington. 39 in winchester, 43 in lorton, virginia. 41 montgomery county, maryland. as you're planning out the day, cloudy and cool. chilly this morning. temperatures eventually getting up to the low and mid 60s in the d.c. metro area. little cooler in the shenandoah area. west of the blue ridge into the shenandoah. keep a close eye on remainder of the day. nothing more than an occasional sprinkle, chance or two. temperatures in the 60s today. some 70s. 75 thursday, 78 friday. a little cooler over the weekend with some clouds around and chances for showers as well. enjoy thursday and friday. >> thank you, chuck. certainly will. it's now 6:56. here are four things to know before you head out the door. at least eight people are dead and nearly a dozen hurt after a man turned a bike path into a killing field. that makes this the deadliest attack in new york city since september 11th, 2001. >>> d.c. is a place where so many people come together. the open space as an easy access creates soft targets. follow news 4's justin finch for more on those red flags. >>> we are ex

. >> 6:04 now in montgomery county maryland a battle over school boundaries is over. last night the school board took steps to relief school overcrowding and voted to redraw school bouar an effort to help spread out low income students. many students are not happy and they say the move doesn't keep neighborhoods together the policy will be implemented next school year. >> red line commuters hoping for easier line today. and the next two weeks there's no red line service between silver spring and fort totten because tacoma park section is closed for majr work. it added extra shuttle buses on fly yesterday once the lines grew. >> empty tables. >> i need learn that song from lesmis. >> a little weather intro or cover or something. >> i'll tell you later. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you doing? >> i'm good, how are you? >> i'm fine, yes. >> i love the red today. i love your red. >> can't see the poinsettias but we match. >> that red. >> 6 today. how about that? >> sous >> warm actually. >> i saw people out delivering packages yesterday and they watch every

. >> reporter: it's in montgomery county, you were mentioning it's a house fire in sandy spring, marylandormation that we're getting from montgomery county firefighters. howard county we understand is coming in and assisting in this as well. it's two story house. how badly damaged it is at this point we just don't know but we know it is a heavy fire. firefighters are on the way to the scene. we also have skyfox on the way to the scene to get us a visual of w what exactly is happening in that area. several people injured as you mentioned. ems are taking a look at those folks. we don't have an update on conditions. of course this is just coming in right now but we'll continue to stay on top of it. again a house fire in sandy spring maryland montgomery county area. we'll stay on top of it. back to you guys. >> thank you sarah. >> all right, it's official. today the washington nationals welcomed their new manager. >> that's right. team officials introduced dave brody logan is live at nats par tonight to introduce us to him. hey, brody. >> reporter: hey, shawn. i wanted to show you this. so, s

maryland county not too far from d.c. around 3:00 yesterday afternoon secret service says police in montgomery county, maryland, warned them to be on the lookout for a man. secret service were told the man traveled to d.c. for the purpose of killing all white police at the white house. a few minutes ago i was able to get a copy of the arrest incident report saying that the man posted this threat on his facebook page writing that he wanted to travel to the white house as secret service said to kill all people as soon as they got that warning secret service says their team at the white house increased their posture and just started to look for the man. he was not armed when arrested. he is charged with making felony threats. he was arrested without incident. an officer overheard the suspect in this case ask a random passer by if they thought the guns the officers were holding were real. the incident said the officer recognized this man based on the lookout information that they had from those police in montgomery, county. the man was arrested about an hour after secret service initially heard about him. they say he was detai

seems exactly to have been the case in this situation a concerned wife actually called montgomery county police in maryland saying her husband had traveled from irving texas to silver spring where he was booked at a days inhotel but she says that he health and human services made threats to kill all white police here at the white house and unfortunately you can't see the white house now, the lights are turned off but from police. that wife called montgomery county police, and roughly about 1:30, montgomery county police officers went over to the days inn hotel off of 13th in silver spring looking for michael are a ago and they were issuing a bolo a be on the look-out. at 2:55 secret service agents received the notification with michael arega's photograph and about an hour and ten minutes later, at 4:05, secret service uniformed division right here at lafayette park on the north side of the white house, they say they spotted michael araga and booked and facing charges for making felony threats and one thing that should be pointed out. secret service airstrikes say that when they arrested him, michael arega

skyfox is over this up in montgomery county maryland.avenue it's at powder mill road. a few cars involved in that causing a bit of a backup. traffic is still getting by on the southbound side of new hampshire in the left lane. little bit of caution there but as you can see they're cleaning debris. crews are out of the vehicles aiding in that crash scene cleanone. please use caution. move scholl you what else you're up against. freeway looks good. a dip of a slow down offer the 11th street bridge. pennsylvania avenue slightly slow. other than that we're in nice shape and all metro rail lines are on time. that's your look at traffic. keep it to fox5. we're going to be right back. ♪ all right. we're back at 7:30 on friday morning looking live outside. it's a really cold start to the morning. 33 degrees. but the skies are clear out there. things looking pretty good if you're black friday shopping whatever else you're doing today. as you know black friday is in full swing even before the turkey was on the table. shoppers across america lined

maryland. montgomery county, fire and rescue provided a video and pictures of the smoke and flames on brinkwood road. several people were displaced. more than 60 fire fighters battled the flames. there were no fire hydrants in the area. the home was heavily damaged. >> neighbors say a deadly fire in prince george's county was a tragedy waiting to happen. two people died in this foreclosed home. it was supposed to be empty. it's now one of three, foreclosed properties. on just street in the area. squatters ignore signs to stay away. many have nowhere else to go. >> board this house up several times trying to keep them out. there were 50 abandoned homes in the community. the city is buying and rehabbing them. but says it will take time to address the issue. still to come tonight on news 4 at 11:00, the items iryo in you could fuel the flames of a house fire. inside look at a fire lab test. to show you how quickly it can happen and what you can dau o t give yourself time in an emergency when every second counts. coming up at 11:14. >> breaking news here at the live desk. new accusers and new fallo

this is upper montgomery county in brookeville, maryland, specifically the 1 shun blo00 b brink wood road. as chopper 4 widens out, you can see the scope of the property, the size of this house, a very large house. the back of this house is where we are really seeing a lot of the activity and the smoke ea back of the house there. chopper 4, if you can hear us, go ahead and widen out your shot there. thank you. and you're seeing, again, just a huge presence from fire fighters. not just from montgomery county, but from howard county as well, assisting in this. they were bringing in water from a nearby pump to try to get this out. and, again, reports of several people injured in brookeville, maryland at the scene of a very large house fire. doreen, leon, back to you guys in the studio. >> erika, are we hearing anything yet about who is injured? is it fire fighters, is it people who were in the house? >> no, that's still unclear right now. initially the number of people quite possibly affected was smaller. now we are hearing it is just being put as several. but we're not sure if that is

montgomery county is the first jurisdiction in maryland to require that $15 an hour minimum wage. >>> here's a look at what else we're working on. there are reports of voter intimidation at polling places in northern virginia this election day. dogs rescued after hurricane harvey are arriving in our area. for a baby's heart in thel, first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number one newborn intensive care unit in the country. and giving parents peace of mind. it's less recovering in our bed, and more jumping on yours. stronger is standing out and standing proud. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. >>> this morning a 50-year-old man called 911 to report that he killed his girlfriend. it happened just before 7:00. officers showed up to the home in the white oak area incident. we're waiting the learn the name of the accused killer an

montgomery county the minimum wage will soon be $15 an hour phased in over the next seven years with smaller companies having more time to meet that mark. montgomery county is the first jurisdiction in maryland to pass a $15 an hour minimum wage. >>> a second sex scandal is rocking the school system in charles county, maryland. another teacher is charged with having an improper relationship with a student. john henry brings us that story. >> repor it's been a year full of scandal for charles county schools. you'll likely remember this face, carlos goal. the former teacher's aide stands accused of -- bell, the former teacher's aide who stands accused of sex crimes with over 40 children. this woman, 40-year-old latoya parker, is accused of sex crimes with a minor. she taught science at high school but was recently caught sharing inappropriate photographs and electronic messages with a student. she's been hit with these charges. the timeline of this case has made people very angry. authorities accused her of committing the crimes between fall, 2016 and march, 2017. they were ultimately reported just two months later. some parents told us they didn't understand why they were just learning about

county executive for montgomery and prince george's county and the president at the university of maryland. it will outline goals for goals and business for along the light rail line. the purple line should open by 2022. >>> there is a royal wedding in the works. we sure you've heard that prince harry is engaged to an american actress. like princess kate, meghan markle has become a global style icon. the nearly $800 coat she was wearing sold out within minutes yesterday. it was remaimed the meghan. we learned more about her engagement ring and how the prince designed it. >> the little diamonds are my mother's -- look crazy good together. >>> it's beautiful. and he designed t it's incredible. >> wow. it has special significance, obviously. the engagement itself is check out the reaction from one of markle's co-stars. the actor who plays her fiance on suits. playing meghan's tv partner for the better part of a decade uniquely qualifies me to say this. your royal highness, you are a lucky man. the seventh season of suits will be her last. details about when the wedding will take place will be

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maryland line to the 11th street bridge. we also have a water main break in montgomery county.hevy chase. some lanes closed there and 270 not looking so hot 36 minute trip between 70 and 121. looks a little rainy by father hurley boulevard. leave early. you can consider urbana mike. all metro rail lines are on time. we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ did you know you can still get a refreshing any size soft drink for just one dollar at mcdonald's? with the days getting shorter and your to-do list getting longer, you'll enjoy this ice-cold deliciousness more than ever. hurry over to mcdonald's. ♪♪ we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it! just kind of ties in very well. ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ they're looking at the mcpick 2... ...two for five deals all across the

before joining the army, he grew up in montgomery county and graduated from the university of maryland. he just wrote a book called 8 seconds of courage and openly talks about every detail of the attack. i recently sat down with him and he talked about now difficult it was for him. >> and the pain and the self-doubts and the survivors' guilt, it was really tough for me. i was on the brink of figuring out ways to end it all. through the support of my friends, my family, my comrades, i was able to get myself out. >> remains an extremely difficult thing for flo to talk about. tonight on news 4 at 6:00, he's going to talk more about the attack, what it was like to stare death in the face more than once really and what life was like for him after coming home. there's a transition period that's difficult and we see his fiance next to him there. recovery and -- >> when you think about any serviceman who comes back after service but what he experienced firsthand. talk about bravery and courage, if anything, captain flo is the person to write that book. >> it's a wonderful read. really well-wri

today we're looking for 64 34 now in montgomery county. 36 in frederick, maryland. 32 in fort meade.sonably chilly. bus stops, around 35 to 40 degrees early this morning. mid -- low to mid 60s at lunchtime and even mild as late as 5:00. highs in your hometown, 59 in martinsburg. >>> 65 and sunny today. 57 tomorrow with increasing clouds. chance for a little sprinkle or two late tomorrow night. then back to breezy sunshine on friday. both days this weekend will be dry. that is excellent news for all of the people putting up holiday decorations. let's go over to melissa mollet and check on traffic. >> that will be me absolutely this weekend is the weekend it's happening. southbound 295 before benning road. that has cleared out of the way. chopper 4 over that area as you're headed into the district just to show you. beltway, inner loop and outer loop looking fine. very normal up top. northbound indian head highway before old for the road. leesburg pike and bailey's crossroad, crash there. 95 north from woodbridge a little slower as well. eun? >> melissa, thank you. right now on "news 4

clouds are increasing just a bit from montgomery county into the district. southern maryland, more sunshine right now, but that sun is going to fade as we head through the afternoon hours. hourly forecast, looking at temperatures that will be in the middle 50's for daytime highs, and once the sun goes down this afternoon, we are going to look for those temperatures to drop. by the christmas tree lighting, a definite chill in the air. more on that, and we are looking ahead to the upcoming weekend, so much going on around here. comefor tots on saturday and then next week, a shot of much colder air. more on that is coming up in a few minutes. deer caused aa scare for breaking into a middle school. --ails on that while video wild video. what does it feel like? like? does fearless age? or does it simply grow... stronger? fearless looks a little different to us all. but with a new carefirst medplus medigap plan, you can find yours. call now to speak with a medigap specialist in your area, and discover the strength and security of a plan with low affordable rates, and the option to

so as you head out in montgomery county in maryland be prepared for that.dent and keep you posted on it. as we forward things along not the only big problem we're dealing with. northerly thee 95 at clark street crash blocking the right shoulder. you can see in the main lanes hov lanes backing up with rubberneck delay. 40 minute trip in the mai street bridge and that accident is not adding any good conditions to that portion of your drive. it's already so crowded. up to 51 minute trip 66 eastbound as you head toward the beltway from sudley road. be prepared for that heavy flow of traffic. westbound side nice and quiet. . city. no more delays in the main lanes. that congestion cleared. we also have the national tree lighting to night. beginning at noon lasting through 8:00 p.m. several road closures in the area. with constitution avenue being shut down out there. we'll see a lot of extra volume on independence avenue and other side streets. metro bus delays and adjustments in their schedule as well. so plan ahead. avoid the area if you don't have ticket and y

county, up to maryland. we will say sections of montgomery county. now that is tonight until tomorrow morning. some of the colder areas. the widespread lighter blue shade here is the freeze watch. that is tomorrow night. saturday morning. so future cast. what we are looking at tonight lingering rain showers. that clears out. the skies clear out. the cold front sweeps through. tomorrow morning is chilly. don't get me wrong. wind chills are down there but air temperatures are colder. i'll show you the wind chill forecast comes up the next time. tomorrow is a clear day, raw day. we have a weather alert day out. not because it's just cold but the first day of the season well below normal. wind chills near the freezing mark. we have been in the 70's. it will turn around and hit you wyominger size and make sure you are wearing the hat and the gloves and all those things. saturday morning, 26 with a high of 44. very chilly before we rebound up to the 50's. alison: thank you very much. as we talk about, coming up we have a drastic drop of temperatures coming if the next few days. you prepared? "7 on y

montgomery county last night. windows of several vehicls were shattered by gunfire. we now know it was either a bee bee or pellet gun. maryland state police say a total of five vehicles including a ride-on bus hit as they were drying along the interstate. thankfully no one was hurt. police are still looking for whoever fired at the vehicles. >>> in virginiaing arlington police are looking for the man who they say rape add woman near the busy shirleyington area. the woman was attacked putting items in her car thursday night. at the corner of 31st and south randolph streets. this is surveillance video, from a camera it is unclear if it captured the attack. there is a camera in the area but it's unclear if it a loudoun county public school teacher free on bond after accused of having an inappropriate he relationship with a student. andrew robinson is a teacher at the potomac false high school. the charges stem from two incidents in july at the victim's home and in a park. investigators found out about the allegations this week. >>> a substitute teacher is charged with being drunk in public after students found him passed out at

loudoun county, montgomery county and northe maryland. that will be the best opportunity to have a stray or two today. if any, we'll be under 0.1 of an inch. warmer thursanay >>> and that's your latest weather. >>> thanks very much. coming up in the allegations against kevin spacey, new questions about the future of his hit show "house of cards." the future in hollywood, savannah. >>> and matt, from here we're going to have a lot more on the terror attack in lower manhattan. what we're now learning about the suspect's past and the renewed fears of lone wolf attacks. >>> but first on wednesday morning, this is "today" on nbc. , candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. female narrator: what would john adams do to women's health? adams argued before the supreme court to give employers control over your access to birth control. adams also supports giving employers the power to block access to affordable contraception for 1.6 million virginia women. and adams opposes abortion even in cases of rape, or incest. r virginia. >>> co

you recognize the man pictured in this composite anywhere in the district, virginia, or maryland, the montgomery county police department would like to hear from you. reporting from gaithersburg, chris gordon, news4. >> is that amazing or what? >> it's pretty cool. >> the future is here. >> this is also pretty amazing. >> the past is also here. it's an ancient wonder shrouded in some mystery now that newly uncovered secretn >> we're talking baseball, the world series proposal. while the nats hope they have a marriage made in heaven with their new manager. >> we have a lot of events coming up this weekend. i'm getting the seran wrap off one. on saturday in potomac i i'm going to breakdown when rain could happen in the events. rain in the forecast tomorrow. doug has that timing people ask you, how can ayou possibly do this?e, and we say, how can we not? if these kids go through what they go through, we can support them. dr. ralph northam has been our volunteer medical director for the last eighteen years. he's made such a difference in so many families' lives. and i wanna make sure that every family in v

. >> grow berg grew up in montgomery county and graduated from university of maryland.ote a bock and sat down with news4 darren to explain how he over came pain and grieve to honor his brothers. >> when i woke up a couple of minutes later about 20 feet away was my foot basically bleeding every where. and life changed. >> retired captain will plainty tell you that talking about august 8, 2012 is hard. it was months into his second tour in afghanistan, this time he was in charge of a protective detail for an army colonel. >> i put all of them together, walking backwards, yelled at him, screamed at him, hit him and realized he had a suicide vest on. i threw him as far away from him as i could as quickly as possible. that's the only thing i could do to protect my teammates. >> reporter: in his new book 8 seconds of courage, he says that in heartbreaking detail. four men he grew to respect and love died when that suicide vest detonated. >> when we realized we could tell the stories of those incredible individuals and all others service members that idea opportunity. >> repor

sr's the situation where the montgomery county police officer hit one of the suspects who died, that is being investigated by maryland state police tonight. reporting live on the inner loop of the beltway in prince george's county, tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: and some incredible video. this woman that you see walking inht here down the hallway the hospital, that is tina frost, the maryland woman who was wounded in the las vegas massacre. her doctors say that her she has baked cookies, kicked and thrown a rubber ball, and is walking the halls without help. she is also speaking more words thestop she lost an eye in shooting and was previously in a coma. we certainly wish her the best and will let you know how this works out. alison: wow. update and aide call for change after sensitive tax documents were dumped on the sidewalk in d.c. elegant eleanor holmes norton is getting involved in the situation. people's tax records were left on the sidewalk after u.s. marshals closed a tax office in northeast. tim barber is live at the changes norton wants to see. tim: after she watched our story on capitol hill, she addre

it will include executives from montgomery and prince george's county and the president of the university maryland. jobs and housing along the light rail line. adam tuss will break down the project for you in a live report coming up at 5:00. >>> there is a royal wedding in the works. >>> it was all over social media yesterday. prince harry is engaged to american actress meghan markle. just like kate, markle has become a global style sensation. the nearly $800 coat she was wearing, that white coat which i think is -- it sold out within minutes of their appearance. the canadian company that designed it renamed it the meghan. >> meanwhile, we learn how the prince designed the engagement >> the in the corner. and the little diamonds either side are my mother's collection. they look crazy gorgeous together. >> it's beautiful. he designed it. it's incredible. >> how close they were to their mother and the couple said the en gainment was private. that she was very surprised. >> check out the reaction from one of markle's co-stars. >> love this. >> he plays her fiance on suits. have you ever watched that

this includes the district, all of southern maryland, all of fairfax and montgomery county into frederick county. areas to the west of us. that is because your growing season has come to an end. temperatures in the upper teens. as we moved nicely into the afternoon hours to around 40 to 45 degrees as a high, but still well below average for your veterans day. vikings versus the veterans. fedex field. -- eratures are around here is your tender outlook. temperatures around 44 saturday. 50 on sunday. we build on those temperatures through the middle and end of next week. akin the mid-50's for afternoon in the mid-50's for afternoon highs. today, it is chilly out there, but it is not supercold. adrianna: you always look at the glass half-ll adrianna: cold. [laughter] adrianna: now to a consumer alert. tech giants will be at the top of the list for many shoppers. has a look at the gifts you may want to keep on your radar. >> the latest on technology could be the greatest gifts under the tree this year. innovative gadgets on the market in time for the holidays. >> they solve problems you did no

. >>> the man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend will face maryland's most severe penalty. montgomery countyseek life in prison with no chance of parole for tyler wallen in the back of the head. the teacher was 14 weeks pregnant with their child when she was murder north dakota september. tessier was living a double life and romantically involved with other women. his trial will begin in april of next year. >>> now to a controversy rocking the halls of government. senator al franken is apologizing after a woman accused him of kissing and groping her more than a decade ago. >> this comes as more women are coming forward accusing roy moore of sexual misconduct in the past. this morning, we're getting new evidence that the allegations against moore may be having an effect on his campaign. >> according to a fox news poll, the republican now trails doug jones by eight points. meanwhile, moore is digging in pledging to fight the accusations against him. the white house says that president trump believes voters should decide moore's fate. the special election is scheduled for next month. >>> the wo

before joining the army, he grew up in montgomery county and graduated from the university of maryland just wrote a book called eight seconds of courage. he talks about every detail of the attack. i recently sat down with him and his fiance and he talked about how difficult it was for him. >> and the pain and the south doubt, the self-doubt and the survivors' guilt. it was really tough obviously, i was on brink of figuring out ways to end it all. through the support of might have friends, my family, my comrades, i was able to get myself out. >> still pretty difficult for him to talk about that day. tonight at 6:00, he talks more about the attack, what it was like to stare death in the face and what life has been like for him after coming home. he's engaged to be married now. the book is incredibly well-written and an incredible story as well. he talks about what happened to him, what happened to his friends. all over the country now. it's a sort of therapy. >> i think it's so brave of him to share that story to help others. i'm very much looking forward to that interview. >>> devastati