i'm adam tuss. i'll t >>> o the hot side for sure. 92 gaithersburg and 95 raston and 92 in leesburg and 99 towards annapolis. heat index nea 100 in most locations. we'll talk about how long thist heat lnd what to expect for that labor day weekend. i'm back in justbout nine minutes. >> nearly 3,000 people died as a result of hurricane maria slamming into puerto rico. that's more than double a recent estimate. it's 45 times the original count. the new numbers com from researchers at g.w. and an independent by puerto rico's governor. they looked at the deaths betweente last ser and february and found a 22% spike in expected deaths if the storm had not hit. researchers sgi the ol number only reflected deaths directly related to the storm, ot those caused by the widespread communications and the breakdowns t >> hard to believe that this weekend is the last up official weekend of summer. a lot of us will be flying out of town one last time and news 4 got a rare look behind the scenes athat it takes to gea

news4's transportation rerter, adam tuss, with when this new relief could be coming. >> reporter: man, if you are one of the unlucky ones that has to deal with 95 all the time, you know that it ke pac most of the day. now, though, new relief could be ming in the fredericksburg area, but you are going to have to deal with some construction. nothing is ever easy on i-95. >> it's a nightmare. it actually is a nightmare. >> there's so many people now. what do you >> reporter: even during a ground-breaking ceremony to add new lanes, a whipping wind and rain seemed to ominously hang over this announcement. driver darcel blaggman sums it yp this way. >> not o pack a lunch, bring a chef because you're going to need it, i sweare. you ar >> reporter: but help could be on the way. virginia governor ralph northam on hand t deliver thenews. >> this is a big announcement. three new lanes are coming across the river. >> reporter: six miles of new lanes to be exact in the fredericksrg area southbound traffic will be separated with local and through lanes. the tri part will be building a new southboun

>>hat's what ias afraid of. >> reporter: out on road patrol, adam tuss, news 4. >>> only on news 4, ae mansion murders. the newly uncove cdrtroom evidence that could prevent this from being an open and shut case. >>> pay raise scrapped. why president trump has decided to freeze the pay of federal workers. >> and a rememberiamerican hero. ♪ the passionate tribute to john mccain by former vice president joe biden. >> i always thought of john as a brother that held a lot offa ly fights. >> and what we can expect as the services move to d.c. ♪ >> good evening, everyone. we beg tonight with exclusive new details in the notorious d.c. mansion murders less than one week before the lone suspect gets ready to go to trial. >> this was a wealthy family, and their house keep ker, all of them killed. their hom then set on fire to cover that crime. >> and now news 4 has uncovered potential missteps found in court records as investigators collected evidence from that burning mansion. >> our investigative reporter jody fleisher joins us here with a story you'll see only on news 4. >> reporter: after

adam tuss., tonight at 5, you may t have seenm laying around the sidewalks all over the city. ext month the district is planning to unveil new n regulations w it comes to thoseockless bikes that we seend everywhere, a the electric scooters, too. vdot is extending the pilot program for these rentals through december according to wamu 88.5 fm which says operator will be required to provide a method for riders to lock those buys calls to racks or poles. now the city is also planning to define more rules for bikeoond r parking. it has been a little crazy. >> they are just like -- it oks like they are just thrown on the sidewalk sometimes. it's like what's that? >> that's mine. >>eah. >> paying about6% commission to realtors when you buy or sell a home is pretty standard, but there's a new way of selling that could be a game-changer to some people. it's a 28-year-oldraduate from harvard that lau ah ed program that charges a flat fee, $5,000. one woman who used it to sell a home in st. louis and buy a

. >> i'm adam tuss. your fav gas station may be gone. this just isn't any gas station.his one sits on prime real estate. i wish you weren't so worried about moving. i'm hoping these nature sounds will help me relax a bit. at least we don't have to worry about homeowners insurance. just call geico. geico helps with homeowners insurance? good to know. feeling better? i love you, pookie bear. [parrot 1] i love you, pookie bear. [parrot 2] i love you, pookie bear! [parrots] i love you, pookie bear!!! get to know geico and see how easy homeowners and renters insurance can be. >>> when it comes to gas stations, you probably have a favorite, and one of the most regnizable ones in our area is now gone. i drive by it just about every day, but it's too price m for the key bridge exxon in georgetown is shuttered new and slatedore a big redevelopment. >> this evening our transportation reporter adam tuss will tell us what's going there next. >> this, this is the key bridge exxon behind the metal fencing. condos are supposed tthgo here. problem is nobody knows when that condo projec

adam tuss explains, it should help alleviate one of the worst bottle necks in the corridor.ep >>ter: if you are one of the unlucky ones that have to deal with i-95 all the time, you know that i is packed most of the day. now, though, new relief could coming in the fredericksburg area, but you are going to have to deal with some construction. i-95 is not a kina road. >> it'ghtmare. it actually is a nightmare. >> reporter: even during a ground breaking ceremony to add new lanes, a whipping wind and in seemed to ominously hang over this announcement. but help could be on the >>way. his is a big announcement. three new lanes coming across theriver. >> reporter: six miles of new lanes to be exact. in the fredericksburg area, soutound traffic will now be separated with local and through lanes. the tricky part will be building d new southbo bridge across the rap hannic river. >> it will relieve convention but you will see construction for the next four years. >> reporter: the work has started and the hope is that you get a smoother ride. in fredericksburg, adam tuss, news 4. >>> another thi

in alexandria, adam tuss, news 4. >>> now at 6:00, new video showv riders wreaking havoc and spreading>> you heard just the huge idundering like roar, and i looked ou and it was shocking. >> so why is it so hard for police to track them down? >> crime cover-up in the catholurch. >> we get it. been there. done it. what are you doing to fix it. on >> reporter: tht pope francis addresses the scandal of involving predator priests as the cvatican promises not to repeat its past. >> reporter: and the news 4 i-team looks into the safety of school zones. theti alarming sics on crashes and violations and what's being done to try and prevent it. >> reporter:aking news. wheelies, dodging traffic and atvs swaed on the roads from d.c. to vir nia thisweekend. >> yeah, and now police are looking at video like this rying to track down those riders. but it's not going to be easy. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald looks at the challenges facing police. showing no regard for the law the safety of others, atv riders saturated several quadrants of the city, poppingwh lies, and weaving in and out of traff and r

adam tuss is there where he spoke to some of th passengers. >> reporter: quite a ride for a lot of these passengers and we just checked the delay board and there's actually residual delays through the northeast corridor and south of the district. alsovreriders, you might want to check your schedule because some trains there have been impacted. guys, all of this happened just after noon, and it is still shaking out. the wheels coming off the tracks. >> we were getting our stuff and it shifted a lot and the power went out.>> he train almost to union station and then some riders described llpanic. >> we heard was the loud noise and then we felt it and he stopped and the fire department an everybo stormed the train. people were freaking out wondering what was going on.n that's we conductor told to us stay calm, everything is fine. >> reporter: according tod.c. fire and ems the lead engine of the train had one set of wheels come off the tracks. it happened in a tunnel below union station about a football fieldynd a half arom the platform. the train had made its way all the way from new orlean

> reporter: check the gas tank. >> that's what i was afraid of. >> reporter: out on road p nrol, adam tuss 4. ai >> john m is making his last trip to washington tonight as we speak. up next at 6:00, a closer look back at the final fare well in his adopted he statef arizona. >> and doug is back with a closer look at the weather forecast, and he'll >>> if you're just joining , a ick look at some of our top stories. 's been more than three years, but next week the man charged in the murders of four people in the d.c. mansion i set to go on trial. through court records news 4 has discovered new questions about how evidence may have been handled, and items that were not collected fro the crime scene. darren wendt remains the only pers charged inhis case. >> breaking tonight, the f ex-boyfriend o murdered teen now charged in the case. 18-year-old nabiu ibrahim is accused of killing joleen musa who died ofnd asphyxia a blunt force trauma. she was found in fairfax county back in january. >>> the late senator john mccain of arizona making his final retuo the nation's capitol at this hour. a militar

. >> adam tuss reports from there now. >> adam still having a ripple effect hours later. tell us about it. >> reporter: absolutely, leon. all up and down t northeast corridor there's delays that formed because of this derailment. you mentioned, thankfully, that everybody is okabut vre passengers are also being told to check their schedules now. people on board this trai it depends on who you talk to and where they were sitting. some say it was complete panic while others say it wasn't that lmd. the traint to union station and that's when it happened. >> all we heard was the loud noise and then we felt it and then he stopped and then the te fire department and everybody stormed the train. people were freaking out wondering what was going on and that's when the conductor told to us stay calm, everything is fire. >> according to fire and ems the lead train had one set of whemes ff the train. it happened in a tunnel below union statio about football field and a half below the platform. the train had made its way all the way from new orleans. >> i was actually standing up gett

transportation reporter adam tuss shows you how metro says it has strengthened their system. >> reporter: this has bee painful work along the red line this sum never. it's been happening since ju. it continues tonight. as you see the workers out there on the tracks. a lot of metro riders want to know will this all wrap up in a we a half. we can tell you that it will. >> i wanted to show you a little bit of thek we've had to do. all ok our wor is progressing on or ahead of plan. this area to service on september 4th. >> most importantly, the uneven platform which used to be so a apparerhode island avenue is leveled out. we met rider dolly king on the platform not long ago. you can see how the uneven surface affected her ability to get on and off a train. she literally had to push and force her wheelchair uto the train. >> sometimes i have to do a 360 and go on backwards before they close the doors. >> reporter: instead of demolishing the entire platforml and reng it, metro says it's lowered the rails in spots to achieve a level surface. >> the floor of the trane has to be the same level a

back to you. >> our thanks to adam tuss.look now from this view from chopper 4 showing more flooding. you can see a car surrounded by water on brownsville road in vienna. now let's get look at the morning commute with wtop's jack taylor. a lot of problems becausef the rain overnight, jack. >> we certainly do. one of the big ones if you're familiar with ridingn 7 near the mill, eastbound lanes closed and all traffic has to divert on to colvin run road. walker road putting you on to georgetown pike. westbound lanes are open. difficult run. a lot of water running across the roadway this morning. >> thanks, jack. we'll take a break now. your forecast is nex stay with us. >>> the heavy rain overnight is gone, but we still have a slight risk f strong to severe storms this evening especially out in the shenandoah valley. keep that in mind. stay weather alert during the day.tu current tempes mid 70s. mid to upper 80s today. tomorrow, very high rain chances. download our nbc washington app. stay ahead of the forecast any time with it

w it'st riders on the blue line train quickly realizes during this morning's and news 4's adam tuss joins with us more. >> reporter: that train this morning was supposed to continue on the blue line and instead it wentthe orange line and passengers had to get off at courthouse. they are a okay, but just yesterday a similar issue silver line the where a silver line train was actually routed to the blue line and went towards franconia springfield. both of these issues, met tell us, stem from a signal problem at the rosalind administration and they don't know the cause of the problem. it happened yesterday and it's happening again. talk about the issueedhat happ here at the mcare clean station where therain literally separated and came apart, the fifth and sixth rail cars. metro said it had to take 36 rail cars out of servicebeoday use it wanted to do. it's been a troubling of daysd they do say. it wouldn't be a head on top of thinking? you have to going the right way when you get on a train. >> adam, help u >> trains. >> the driver, doreen, is actually supposedot toe the transit control cen

our transportation reporter adam tuss is live for us at the old exxon site to tell us what's coming next >> reporter: jim, this is the key bridge exxon, the exxon we all know s much. it's now behind this metal mesh fencing. of course, a lot of people here along canal strt and m street, they rely on this gas station. condos are slatedo go here afterwards, but the problem i nobody seems to no when that condo development project is actually goingo start here, and that causes some concern. >> when is a gas station more than a gags station? when it sits on prime rea estate? iconic may be too strong of a word here, but t key bridge exxon in georgetown certainly has had plenty of recognition and use,he fact that it's gone has some drivers, well, concerned. >> yeah, i ermean, right in this location, i don't think it's a big deal. >> reporter: in place of the gas station new condos slated to go in, but as you enter or leave the district using the key bridge now, no place to fuel up. >> if you're running out of gas, you need som place to get gas or otherwise you're out of luck. >> such an issuehat

in frfax county, adam tuss, news4. >>> well, spraying for bugs, what you should know before the trucksive in you. neighborho >>> and an update on our weather alert. starting at noon, we are under a heat a look at when t heat wave he whpa a new breast cancer ent comes to cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the multimodal therapy where the specialists form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team that would help us decide the best course of action. this is what attracted amy all the way from new york. these were people who were experts in their field and for us that was the best choice. learn more about our east center at cancercenter.comhiladelphia >>> today officials in maryland plan to spray for mosquitos and it might impact your evening outdoor plans if you wanted to be outside tonight. the spraying is scheduled to have an after 7:30 this evening in the lanham and temple hills areas of prince georges county. an epa-approved pesticide will be used but officials recommend people avoid outdoor activities. i abundance of caution regar

. >> adam tuss, thank you. >>> one of our country's most iiconic bridges is bad shape. in a couple weeks the meml ial bridge wut down for one full week end. the closure will not only impact cars, cyclists and petostrians, but boaters on the river as well. the bridge will close at 7:00 p.m. on friday, september 14th and stay closed until 5:00 a.m. on monday. crews will move barges onto the potomac river and lower support beams down. the entire project to replace the bridge deck is expected to take 2 1/2 years. >>> a story you'll only seews o 4, we confirmed district heights elementary in prince george's county wl be temporarily closed when the school year starts in two weeks. the students will be bused to an empty school instead,ossibly the forestville high school. there are concerns about air quality in the a school the possibility of mold at district heights elementary. wexpect to learn more about the decision at tonight's school board meeting. news 4's shomari stone will have tonight at 11:00. >>> for two years in a row, prince george's county has had the highest job

transportation reporter adam tuss is gathering new he'll join us live with the report at 5:00.ll soon see you with those stories and a good deal more and more on this heat wave, too, that should have everybodyg keept indoors today. >> yes. >> thanks, jim. >> hugging the air conditioner. >> yeah. >> 55 years ago today, one of the most famous speeches in our country' history delivered here in washington. martin luther king jr. gave his "i he adream" speech on steps of the lincoln memorial calling for an end to racism, making a push for civil and economic rights. text from that speech carve in stone in west potomac park and today visitors braving the heat to visit the site t miles from where the speech was given. >>> s, it's a hot day to be out on the national mall. storm center th with a look at what's in store for us. > we've got the heat advisory once again until 8:00 for just about the entire area, and even areas lcke frede and leesburg, you're not in the heat advisory, still extremely hot and humid and the heat index well overos 100 in locations. next couple of days, what are

adam tuss reports from the potomac in northern virginia where a lot of that water is heading. >> reporteressda of a after all that rain. all you have to do is take a look behind me here at the in fast-mov waters to see how much is now flowing through the area. some roads have re-opened, but it haseen at times a scary situation today. all across the area, localntoads turned irivers. perhaps the most dramatic moment of the day, a driver stranded on browns mill road in vienna completely surrounded by water. chopper 4 capturing the sne. you can kind of see in the center of the shot right here, sat vehicle isck basically in the middle of about a 200-yard closure of browns mill road. the road completely flooded out right now. fairfax county rescue teams eventually removed the driver safely buthe car left to stay and wait for the water to run off. hn has lived in the vienna area for 50 years. he cameo take some pictures and he said last night was rough with the rain. >> i measured 3 1/4 inches in a rain bucket that i had put out. >> reporter: the rain pounding windshields early this morning, lea

in fredericksburg, adam tuss, news 4. >> 2022? that is testingpa our ence. >> four years from now. >> the recent rain, folks, may be causing wild mushrooms to rout up in your yard. >> an urgent warning after a local family gets sick. don't eat them. you need to protect your pet as well. we have the information for you. >>> an undocumented immigrant is charged tonight in the high-profile murder ool age student from iowa. about how w clues the e tracked him down and one question that remains unanswered. welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, so you can stream, game, and watch 4k shows all at once. kid's right about that! see! we are gonna have so much fun here. 100% fiber-optic network. 100% phenomenal. get the fastest speeds available for the best price with the fios gigabit connection. >>> heartbreak in the heartland. we're hearing from the parents of t

in fredericksburg, adam tuss, news 4. >> new questions being raised today about what we learned during plea deal that could eventdslly be gro for impeachment for president trump. >> some big questions. yesterday, president trump's former atto, as you heard,er admitted und oath that he willfully violated those campaign finance laws at trump's rection. cohen says two payments were made in an effort to silence women heve belie would hurt mr. trump's 2016 presidential campaign. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins us now to take a look at the whole impeachment issue. can a president be impeached for something he allegedly did before hereasdent? >> that's the big question. now, this all comes up because the general t view at justice department is that you can't indict a sitting president, so he couldn'trge c with a crime. that's been the longstanding view und both republican and democratic administrations. the u.s. attorney's office that brought these charges againstn cohes bound by it, so is the special counsel. now, obviously a prosecutor, any prosecutor, robert mueller, any c

tr asportation reporterm tuss is at union station and has had a chance to talk wit some of those passengers. i'm going to guess they were pretty freaked out, adam. >> reporter: absolutely. a scary situation, leon, as you can imagine. as far as delays are concerned, we're still seeing residual delays after this incident which happened just after noon, especially for train ssovice h of d.c. vre riders you're being asked to check your schedules. as for the incident itself, you can imagine were some tense moments on board that train, but it really depends who you talk to. some say there was panic and calm. say there was the train almost to union station, and that's when it happened. >> all we heard was a loud noise and then we fel it and then he stopped and the fire department and everybody stormed the train. people were freakin out wondering what was going onnd that's when the conductor told us to stayyt calm. evng is fine. >> reporter: according to d.c. fire and ems the lead engine t thein had one set of wheels get off the track. it happened i t anel below union station about a football field envelope awa from the platform and the train had made