alex childress was working his summer job as aancaper earlier this week when the plant brushed across his ce. said that when he went home that day, his fe started peeling. it's been spotted in different parts of virginia. the plant has small white flowers and pointy leaves that grow to five feet wide. weave been talking about this weed. >> it doesn't look tha menacing. >> more warnings involved that. >> a lot of people working in the yard. when i was a kid,is it was oak and ivy. this is more serious. >>> who is readyin for sune on a friday? >> i'm ready. >> hxactly. >> tds up on the anchor desk. going to be a fine day to be outside. a perfect day f napping. look at this picture yesterday. isn't that nice? isabella and baby luke, all curled up on the dog bed. he got his puppy shots and issa was helping nurse him back. all of the pause to the side. you want to see more puppy pictures, you can find me on instagram. you can find me on a twitt chuckbell4. there's good weather information on those posts. milder, 72 at national airport. and a warm 74 in southern maryland. a good way to get t

some of this video is hard to watc 17-year-old alex childress was working as a landscaper in w spotsylavnn he thought he was cutting down just another bush. some of i falling square on him, but it wasn't until he got home and showered that he realized something was wrong. his mom took one look at him, he says, and knew instantly he had third-degree burns. this interview tha you're about to see is from his hospital bed inside vcu's burn unit where he's recovering. >> i feltike hi sunburn and didn't pay attention to it and i got into the shower and my face started peeling and mom came home and thought it was sunburn and thought i had third-degree burns on his face and >>arms. childress is worried he'll miss college orientation and will postpone school if it doesn't affect his scholarship. all in all, dealing with things pretty well. >> glad he's going tbe okay, but what an awful experience. >> to say the least, yeah. >>> new developments in a news 4 consumer investigation. >> so we've been telling you abt the safety concerns surrounding a particular type of guardrail. new at 5:00, a major an

northern virginia is in the hospital with serious third-degree burns from that plant. 17-year-old alex childressas working as a landscaper in spotsylavnia and thought he was cutting down another bush. wasn't until he got home and h showered unt realized something was wrong. his mother took one look and noticed serious burns. andelt like i had a sunburn got in the shower and my face started peeling and mom came home and thought it was a sunburn and show said i third-degree burns on my face and arms. >> he's worried he'll miss college m orientation nextth but may be able to postpone the f art oe school year by a semester if it doesn't affect his scholarship. >> a popular breakfast cereal is making people sick. the centers for disease contr andrevention is telling people not to eat honey smackea c from kellogg's. that warning comes after 100 people in 33 states got salmonella. last month the company recalled more than a million cases of the cereal but fda reports that some boxes are still out there on store shelves. >> some splash parks and pools are now csedecause of that boil water order in d.c.

a teen from northern virginia is in the hospital with serious 17-year-old alex childress was working as a landscaper. he thought he was just cutting down another bush. it wasn't until he got home and showered that he realized w somethas very wrong. his mom took one look and burns. he had serious >> i felt like i had sunburn. then i got in the shower and my face justtarted peeling. mom came home and i told her i thought it was sunbur s shed i had third degree burns on my face and arms. >> well, he says he's worried he's going to miss collegent orion next month. he may be able to postpone the start of school by a smes for it doesn't affect h>> scholarship. major development. maryland transportation s official they'll remove hundreds of guardrails from the roadways. bowe've been telling you the concerning surrounding the guardrail end piece. several lawsuits claim it's defective and in some crash hs killed drivers and passengers. the maryland state highway administration says it will begin replacing them currently installed. there are about 1,000 on the roads. we're toldt' part of an ef

alex childress was working his summer job as a landscaper earlier this week when the plant brushed across his face. the teen says he got home that day and his face started peeling. giant hog weed has been spotted in different parts of virginia in rect weeks. the plant has clusters of small white flowers and pointyeaves that grow up to five feet wide and look a bit like a maple leaf. yeah. doesn't look all that menacing but it's deceiving. >>> a lot of folks rely on metro to get t'around, but not the easiest to navigate. a lot of people feel dizzyou heading t the escalators. they're one of the longest on the east coast andan theye dangerous. a woman tumbled down one of those escalatorsnd needed extensive physical therapy. we y showou why now more than ever you need to be alert. h >> reporter: s to be carried up the stairs and placed on a stretcher. and this is how it all happened. the ioman seen here a purple jacket helped to the bethesda escalator which wasn't operating at the time. it was functioning as stairs, more or less. the carefulo starts t walk down. this is what it looks like fro

blindness and it's been found in our area andonight a teenager is in the hospital. 17-year-old alex childresson his hands and face. he was working his summer job as a landscaper in spotsylavnia when the leafy giant hog weed plant brushed across his face. he got home that day and his face started peeling. he's in the hospital innd rich now. giant hog weed has been spotted in different parts of virginia, including here inern virginia in recent weeks. the plant has clusters of small white flowers and pointy leaves d at grow to 5 feet wide look a bit like a maple leaf. >>> a dry stretch of w for the most part, but amelia is ming up next to track our best chance for a little bit of rain. plus justicedelayed. why the government is reopening the investigation in the murder of emmett till more than 60 years offer his >>> a quick look at our top stories no in st.mary's county a 10-year-old girl was hit by a car yesterday after buyingandy rom an ice cream truck. tonight one of her relatives is being charg after police s that person assaulted the driver of the car. investigators say it's unclear if the