anne arundel county police chief condemned the donation last week . the cultural and racial issues brought to the surface by what happened in ferguson will be the focus of a special town hall tomorrow night. 7:00 on ourh it at sister station news channel 8. it will also be streamed live on wjla.com. we are getting a firsthand account tonight of one of three terrifying attacks on women in northwest washington. police believe the attacks they all be linked to the same man. we are live at the scene of one of the attacks and columbia heights. one of those three attacks happened right near here on oak street. a woman was walking down the street when a man came up from behind her, grabbed her from behind, wrote her, and then he -- groped her and then he stabbed her. >> she was screaming help, help. i looked out my window. >> he was woken up early saturday morning. the suspect was gone by the time he looked out. he must've gotten frightened and ran off. >> what happened on oak street is one of three incidents is in five days, all within a mile of each other

in red include howard, anne arundel, prince george's, calvert counties all under a flash flood warning until 6:40 five this evening. another round of thunderstorms, and we will see better weather on the way, and more rain totals from the belfort furniture weather center in just a few minutes. >> all right. better weather cannot get here soon enough. water rose on streets, and some were getting stuck and having to be rescued from their cars. sam ford is live at takoma park, maryland. he is going to tell us what went on while he was chasing the storm today. how bad was it, sam? >> it was one of those days where the umbrella did not do much good. , near sligople the streetlights have come on. low clouds and heavy rains left their banks. it was gushing water. today and other creeks around the area, causing authorities to close roads. a motorist found herself trapped in a car, and montgomery county fire and rescue came and after about one hour, they took their boat, and moments later, they returned with a woman inside. she was able to get out and walk under her own power. guess very happy t

. >> take a look at the photos from the anne arundel fire department. yesterday at this time his shop was under water. rose had to be pulled to safety. >> this is the worst since '75, '77. >> crane's restaurant which flooded for the first time is getting scrubbed from top to bottom. >> we've never had that. a lot of snow, but no water. >> this section of anne arundel county saw the heaviest rains, almost six inches. but parts of prince george's county also hit. >> i've never seen it this bad, ever. >> the bridge on kathy nickels' private drivewaysis washed out. >> -- is washed out. >> what am i supposed to do? i can't go in, i can't go out. >> imagine the power of the water running through here. this is south spring road in brandywine. a stream normally fits in that culvert, but there was so much water it overwhelmed the pipe and completely washed out this roadway. not far away busy brandywine road is shut down for repairs, residents are sent on a long detour. kenny moore has no idea how long his road to recovery will be. his auto parts business was flo

the accident again with the reconstruction ongoing here at anne arundel at route 175. so my suggestion is, yes, route 32 is slow but you want to take that across to route 1 or take route 1 off the beltway if that's where you usually go instead of the parkway. 95 is in good shape and route 29 as well all morning long. let's take a look now at another map, this time on the beltway. outer loop at new hampshire avenue where the crash was moved to the shoulder but delays out of college park now into silver spring. and again everything moved to the showldzer. your main -- shoulder. your main line is open. northbound i-95 you have slow traffic as well trying to get up toward quantico where the accident was cleared. it's going to take you about 27 minutes from aquia harbor to dumfries, so that's a lot longer than normal, especially in august with the summer traffic pattern. one you're in springfield you're okay. let's take a live look outside if you're planning to head here on the beltway. this is what i was talking about on the outer loop from 95 toward new hampshire avenue.

anne arundel county police started wanted wednesday about a month ago, profiling fugitives who wouldn't necessarily make the news, but who officers want off the streets. >> ex-girlfriends are probably some of the biggest resources out there, where a man has wronged his woman in the past and she says i knew where he is, where to find him. >> angry ex or not, the posts prompt tips. so far have the profiles of fugitives have been arrested. one wasn't happy about it, telling county police on facebook they'd never catch him. he was locked up the next day. >> that's probably not the best strategy. he brought a lot of attention to himself and made it easy to arrest him. >> prince george's county police pushed this video of a suspect walking out with an entire cell phone accessory tower to 12,000 facebook fans and 12,000 twitter followers. guess who got busted? >> seeing that interesting video prompted people to pick up the phone and report this person. hey, i know that guy. he was then arrested for robbery. >> in three years, prince george's county police have grown their social media presence

howard anne arundel, prince george's, and another line of thunderstorms later on this evening. this is over the next seven days, what to expect, coming up. >> thank you, steve. thathe most common thing was damaged in our area today, automobiles, parked at long-term lots at bwi marshall airport, and we have a look at the damage. vehicleshan several were flooded out, dozens. can you imagine coming home from your vacation or business trip and seeing this mess? heap in mind, the water has gone down about two. it was up almost to the hoods on these cars. we were watching their windows go up and down and the lights go on and off because their electronics were messed up. in the bwi satellite lots of a has given rain travelers a horrible welcome home surprise. it is up to six inches of rain. more than the drained can handle. seen it this way before. >> that is what a lot of people are saying across the region. laurel has been especially hard-hit. a motorist drove into what she surely thought was shallow water, and the fire department helped her to land. some cannot find any dry land. >

anne arundel county police chief kevin davis on twitter called it an outrageous crime his department is determined to solve. early today police found the driver of an suv they had been looking for seen in the video, a potential witness who may have had no idea what was happening when he drove in the gas station. >> they could glean some light on something, a direction, whether the person made a left or right, whether they entered a vehicle. while sometimes the images may be grainy, sometimes somebody may recognize a person by the way they're walking, their stature, by the way they are running. >> reporter: kumar was 49 and hoped to return to india after paying for his kids' college education there with his job here. in anne arundel county, maryland, scott broom, wusa9. >> witnesses who want to remain anonymous can contact police at 1-866-7-lockup. >>> trending now freedom of speech or religious message, a cheerleading squad looking for the court's help in this bible battle, that and some other hot topics coming your way at 5:30. >> another great day for august, below average temperat

a murder investigation in anne arundel county. chopper 4 over the crime scene right now. this is the exxon gas station at route 175 and ridge road. we have confirmation from anne arundel police that one person was found dead there at the gas station. you see it is blocked off as police conduct their investigation. still waiting to learn what the circumstances are. perhaps a robbery attempt. and who is dead there on the scene. but again, we are on top of this. we also know that there are additional officers that have been called out to join in the homicide investigation. so as soon as we learn more, we'll let you know. but a murder investigation unfolding now at that gas station. >>> closing arguments are under way in the pistorius murder trial. this is a live look inside the courtroom in pretoria. the chief prosecutors is delivering his final arts right now. he says the pistorius lied while on the stand and the defense presented two different arguments. he added that the defense has promised to call witnesses to prove pistorius sounds like a woman when he screams which ne

tomorrow as well as montgomery, charles, anne arundel, frederick, and howard county in maryland, thenin prince george's county. hank silverberg, wusa 9. >> students in northern virginia, alexandria city, arlington, fairfax, and prince william counties all go back to school the day after labor day, that's september 2nd. so what will the weather be like when the kids head out in the morning? first alert meteorologist erica grow is here with the forecast. >> it is going to be very similar to what we had this morning except it is going to be even a little bit cooler, a little bit less humid and we will see even more sunshine. you can see on satellite and radar that we have nothing coming. i wanted to show you this big picture of satellite and radar so you could see how clear it is for hundreds and hundreds of miles. no threats to our weather pattern are in the immediate future. so your bus stop forecast, we are going to see those clear and cool conditions as they're starting out the door if you have an early bus stop, temperatures will be in the low to mid-60s for you. 7:00 a.m. bus stop

facing child pornography for posting naked pictures of other students on insta gram, he attends anne arundelunty high school. he admitted to posted pictures but says they were sent to him from other students. most are selfies of underage girls posing naked or engaged in sexual activity. so far they have not charged any other student. >>> it is a jail escape they wanted the world to see. 13 brazilian inmates managed to dig their way to freedom and used a cell phone to document it. it shows the men celebrating but once they got out, the inmates made a huge mistake. someone posted the video online which led police to two of the suspects. bottom line this should never have happened because it turns out the inmates had a lot of time. no one had checked their cell in 60 days. >> wow. >> that's a lot of time and it shows what they can do in two months zpl sometimes criminals aren't the smartest. >> landed them in jail to begin with. >> we'll send our best man over to pick you up. nice day outside to enjoy that beautiful morning. >> if you work my shift, sunshine for everybody outside today. what a

. >>> in anne arundel county police are looking for a van the man fell out and hit his head and died.e say the man was white. -- police say the van was white. it's not clear how they know that color. todd thomas was lying in the intersection of meade village road and meade village circle. according to police no one in the neighborhood saw how it happened. investigators say it's possible the driver didn't realize thomas had fallen out of the car. >>> this morning a dad is facing charges accused of trying to steal pepco utility poles in montgomery county. police say martin frazier and his two sons broke into a construction site on research boulevard in rockville early yesterday morning. they tried to load those poles into a u-haul but the poles didn't fit. someone saw them and called 911. the poles are worth about $25,000. apparently they were planning to sell them for scrap metal. >>> the lions may be the coolest and the scariest thing about the zoo. this morning, a zookeeper is recovering after he was bitten by one. >> at the dallas zoo. nbc's joshlin lockwood tells us why human error

then the rest of the anne arundel students start on tuesday. that's also the first day that is for prince george's county schools in maryland and page county schools in virginia. we know you want your children looking great for that first day. well as long as they're anywhere from 5 to 18 years old, you can get them a free back to school haircut today. head over to fairfax at the alexander spa on fair lakes parkway. they are asking for donations an the money raised will go to locks of love. tune in to "news 4 today" at 4:26 tomorrow morning for everything you need to know as your kids head back to school. traffic, weather and pictures of our anchors from their first day. >> i'm sure eun is excited about that one and aaron too. >> aaron said he might not be able to dig up anything. >> got you. >> tune in tomorrow morning for that. >>> back to school is a good time to examine your child's health. the new rules that will require you to do just that before your kid steps into the a classroom. >> traffic alert. the road opening that could improve yo

there is still a lot of flooding going on in and around anne arundel and around calvert. there is still heavy rain that won't leave northern sections of calvert county. see the red? that's very heavy rain, a little bit less toward annapolis but still a lot of flooding is in the area back up to upper marlboro. further west there is a break but now we have line two trying to develop on the westside of i- 81. generally this whole line is moving east at about 20. winchester, headed your way about 5:39 on our storm tracker at prairieville. get ready for line 2. ahead of that these pop up storms are because of the warm front. we have a storm to the west of chantilly as you go out 50 and another storm south of 29 around yorkshire. these are moving almost due north at about ten miles an hour. not severe but heavy rains are still a problem with the two storms. yellow alert tonight continues for more storms. heavy downpours and damaging winds possible. showers and storms should end around 2:00 am. this will be tough to walk the dog late tonight. our reward is a very nice wednesday.

we have reports of flooding in most of anne arundel county. these are pop up storms moving to the north and east ahead of the warm front and this is newly issued severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30. this could have winds to 60 miles per hour and small hail. get ready in woodstock and also in ed inberg as it moves east. we will come back but i want to track this one storm moving through yorkshire and eventually toward german town across 66. if you are going on down 66 get ready for heavy downpours. we'll come back and talk about round two and what it means for your morning commute tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> today in the mcdonnell corruption child a doctor testified that johnny williams tried to impress him by introducing him to movie mogul steven spielberg. >> the former governor and his wife were accused of taking money and extravagant gifts in exchange for promoting his company's products. we hear there g;was a change in the jury, peg? >> reporter: that's right. we started this trial with three alternate jurors. today we have two alternat

. >> anne arundel county firefighters say there were at least 26 water rescues today. heavy rain also shut down 95 temporarily because of high water. >> i'm shocked, surprised. >> a driver thought she could make it across the road but ended up needing help. airport,, back at the towed truck drivers are trying to move cars out as quickly as possible before another round of rain moved in. >> would have been horrible. we have anything to complain about. >> economy latte has been closed due to the flooding. it will likely remain that way for the rest of the night. diane show, abc 7 news. >> this is just coming in from prince george's county. the sanitary commission is investigating a water outage. toht now, crews are trying identify the source. it is not tied to sewage overflows. we will pass on any new information as soon as it becomes available. you can stay connected to abc 7 any time. check out our twitter, facebook, and wjla.com. this breaking news is coming out of fairfax. the washington post reports that the nationals right fielder has been charged with reckless dri

the donation that has anne arundel >>> welcome back at 6:16. a busy morning in prince george's county as kids head back to school. here's a live look at one of the school district bus lots where the buses are running. we've seen a couple roll out already. kevin maxwell will join megan mcgrath to talk about the changes in schools there coming up in 15 minutes. >>> right now pepco is under a restraining order from a group of homeowners in the potomac because of trees in the openwne yards that are in danger of the power lines and need to come down. the neighbors say that's not okay. >> when you look at the documents, it doesn't say pepco can come into your yard and chop down the trees any time they want. >> pepco says they bought the right to cut down the trees back in the 1950s. one homeowner stood in front of pepco crews to keep them from cutting down his tree. >>> hundreds of people now focused on finding solutions after the deadly shooting of michael brown in ferguson, missouri. police made no arrests overnight. last night local and national a

a president of the anne arundel county fraternal order of police donated more than $1000. in chief davis's words, "there are occasions that an officer will agree to disagree. this is one of those moments." organizers say it is so wilson will have adequate legal representation. tuesday, a town hall on the issues raised by the outrage in ferguson. "your voice, your future: ferguson: america reaction" will be on news channel 8 and also streamed on wjla.com. get ready for a cooler weekend. you may have to dodge some rain showers. steve rudin has the first look at the forecast. >> we are pretty lucky through the evening. most of the area stayed dry, although it is warm and muggy. the satellite radar, from the belfort furniture weather center, most of the showers to the west. across extreme western maryland, into west virginia. we will stay mainly dry in the district overnight. the temperature slow to fall because of the cloud cover, middle 70's at reagan national, 72 winchester, 74 fredericksburg. through the early morning, the temperatures falling to the upper 60's, lower 70's

we had anne arundel police, maryland state police, some offed other allied police agencies that assisted with that were alert trained. >> what kind of difference does this training make? what impact does it have? >> the training is crucial. the quicker we can get police officers to the scene, it's unlike you mentioned ferguson. this is not a tactic which is specific to looting and crowd control. we have a person actively shooting. we need to get there and ming mize casualties and -- minimize casualties and loss of life. one of our strength pts is our f.b.i. part -- strengths is our f.b.i. >> where has this made a big difference. >> since 1999 when columbine started the response, police agencies went in the same direction. what we're realizing it's not inning miewnl to any -- immune to any specific area. there will are multiagencies responding and they all need to be on the same page. >> thank you very much for being with us. that's it for us at noon. the next news is at 5:00. howard andly see >> paul: [ sighs ] [ elevator door opens ] >> chief. chief williams, can i get a quote? >> chris

potentially pushes through the district, alexandria as well and then continues into prince georges and anne arundel counties. 9:00 still the potential for scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area, and that threat continues into the overnight hours. now, here we are labor day early in the day, maybe an isolated shower in the morning hours, but as we get into the afternoon hours, we'll be tracking scattered showers and thunderstorms. a better chance that your labor day is dry when you're comparing it to sunday. here's 3:3000 on future weather. notice the scattered showers across the area. as we get to the 6:00 and 7:00 hour, we get to scattered thunderstorms. if we're worried about anything, it would be heavy rain and that could lead to some areas of flash flooding. there could be some high winds as well. your grueling forecast for labor day, that chance of a thunderstorm falling mainly around the 4:00 hour. otherwise it's hot and it's humid. not just on labor day but tomorrow as well. here you see our high tomorrow of 92. 91 on monday. for tuesday, most students heading to school, high te

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we begin in anne arundel county, where a love triangle turned it deadly. police are investigating a murder suicide in laurel. >> brianne carter spoke to the woman at the center of it all. >> it just came out of nowhere. she is grief stickering after her husband shot and killed her boyfriend before turning the gun on himself. the tragic turn of events happened around 10:40 thursday night around sellersville -- sudlersville. she was in the car with her boyfriend when robert showed up. side and herom the shot him again. he threatened to harm himself before fleeing the scene on foot. police found him a short time later barricaded in a shed. it sits beside his home. it is there that police believe he shot himself. he was taken to the hospital and was said to have life-threatening injuries. she filed a protective order against her estranged husband in july, saying her husband of violated that order several times. >> there have been conflicts in the past and that is something we will look into as part of the investigation.

that's heavy rain into anne arundel county. so that's what we are concerned about tomorrow evening and that's why we issued a yellow alert. in fact, erica gave you a big head's up on this. low 70s, temperatures don't move much. mid 70s at 11:00. 77 at 1:00. and by 1:00 in the immediate metro area, showers and storm wills be forming. yellow alert, all day storms tomorrow. that may be optimistic and very nice on wednesday. returning partly cloudy, 84. 83 with sunshine on thursday and not humid. nice stretch of weather. nats back in town friday. mid 80s on saturday. isolated storms possible sunday and monday. temperatures creeping back up around 90. kristen be back with sports hey can you fix this? sure... you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 'sup? thinks it's a speak-ing wall. this can even dim your lights. your 3-d-printed girlfriend will love that. real mature. there you go. a laser drone for cats. i wish i had lasers. pew pew pew... the new radioshack is finally here. the store of your past is now the store of you

>> i think we'll be okay in e th morning, right now a couple leftover showers in parts of anne arundel county and northern prince george's county, won't be around long. the bull's eye was out 66, not quite as big of area as this time last night, but fairfax and chantilly got pretty well hammered. around chantilly they had about 2.6 inches and dulles broke their daily rainfall record. they had 1.34 inches with two storms. futurecast tomorrow morning, at 6 a.m. no problems, fog possible, low clouds, upper 60s in the burbs, mid-70s downtown, a bit muggy. by 8:00 75 downtown, breaks in the clouds. we'll come back and give you a timetable for the afternoon storms and look ahead to the weekend. one day will be way better than the other one. >>> across the country and here in d.c. protesters took part in a day of rage. they demanded justice for michael brown, the unarmed teen shot by police in ferguson, missouri. >> the governor ordered the national guard to begin to withdraw. brown's parents spent the day planning their son's funeral monday. they want a grand jury to indict officer wilson. e

. >> reporter: this is the third domestic-related murder-suicide in anne arundel county this year alone. >> i've been with him for 20 years. i would never think that he would do such a thing like this. >> reporter: in laurel, nikki burdine, wusa9. >> at last check, mr. mendiola was in serious condition at pa. >>> -- trauma. >>> the crowds protesting the michael brown case are starting to get less. demonstrators marched around a single block calling for an end to the violence. there were some arrests but no tear gas from police and no guns were seized. police say they believe the situation is starting to get better. >>> two americans infected with ebola in liberia have been released from emory university hospital in atlanta. nancy writebol went home tuesday and dr. kent brantley was discharged today. dr. brantley thanked his doctors. >> thank you to emory university hospital and especially to the medical staff in the isolation iew hit. -- isolation unit. you treated me with expertise yet with such tenderness and compassion. for the last three weeks, you have been my friends and my family

. >> reporter: i'm scott brook hanover, maryland -- broom in hanover, maryland, where anne arundel police turned over a clue of the shocking murder of a store clerk. a memorial here continues to grow for 49-year-old night clerk rajindar kumar whose death was caught on video, no chance or warning given by a merciless suspect who pulled the trigger immediately as he entered the store a.m. thursday. early today police did find the driver of an suv they've been looking for seen in the video, a potential witness who may have had no idea what was happening when he drove in the station. >> they could glean some light on something, a direction, whether the person made a left or right, whether they entered a vehicle. somebody may recognize the person even though the images may be grainy by their walking, stature or how they run. these are little things that are important. >>> the death of james brady, president ronald reagan's press secretary wounded in the attempt on reagan's life in march of 1981 is now listed officially as a homicide. that's the ruling from the virginia medical examiner. the re

anne arundel county police say two cars collided at such a high rate of speed, you can see in this video one of them was literally split in half. the crash shut down brock ridge road around 9:00 a.m. the drivers of both cars were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the road has since reopened. >>> fans of "house of cards" are in for a thrill this weekend. the netflix series will be filming in d.c. tomorrow. the city's office of motion picture and television development says the political thriller will be filming a motorcade tomorrow along pennsylvania, constitution and independence avenues. filming will take place between noon and 10:00 p.m. >>> well, it's usually someone jumping over the white house fence that causes secret service agents patrolling the grounds to scramble. but last night, a toddler passing through slats in the gate caught the eyes of the gun toting officers who were charged with protecting the president. secret service spokesman ed win donovan says the child was returned to his parents and ;< joked that agents would have to wait to question him unt

starting at 6:00 tomorrow morning, a couple of left over clouds in anne arundel county. mid-60s to low 70s so the cool air is not here just yet. 8:00, upper 60s in the gaithersburg area in the burbs. by lunch time, a perfect day to walk to lunch. upper 70s in the burbs. there will be a couple of showers west of the divide toward oakland. heading home, temps low 80s. if you want to exercise or take a walk tomorrow night, perfect. temperatures in the 70s with low humidity. so here we go, 70s to start. 77 by 11:00 a.m., 81 with sunshine by 1:00. next three days, morning clouds tomorrow, nice, very nice thursday, 84. what a finish to the week. sunshine 82 on friday and nats come back in town friday too. next couple of day, a little warmer on saturday, back into the mid-80s. a very nice weekend and we'll call it hot monday and tuesday, isolated storms monday and buyer chance of storms on tuesday. >> as long as our basements aren't flooded. we'll have nothing to complain about the rest of the week. >>> we're going to be talking about a baseball player in sports turned race car

. >>> police turned up a potential witness to a case of cold blooded murder in anne arundel county. 49-year-old rahinder kumar was gunned down early thursday at an exxon station on route 175 and hanover. there was no warning given, no mercy shown by the armed robber who just pulled the trigger. today police found the driver of the suv seen in the security video, a driver who might steer police to more key clues. >> they could glean some light on something, a direction, whether the person made a left or right, whether they entered a vehicle. sometimes the images are grainy but somebody may recognize the person by the way they were walking, by their stature, how they ran. these little things are important. >> you see how the guy went in there like he was targeting kumar, but his customers are so stunned he was gunned down because they say he was a gentle sweet man who worked so he could send money back to india vÑofor his children. >>> did the former virginia governor mcdonnell and his wife try to hide the loans and lavish gifts from jonnie williams, ceo of star scientific? today the mc

heavy activity overnight and early tomorrow morning will be in places like prince george's county, anne arundel county, calvert county and charles county and northern neck. heavy activity is just south of bowie down toward dunn kick, over toward waldorf -- dunkirk over toward waldorf down into the northern neck. this cell will head toward college park shortly. just expect heavy rain with these, rainfall rates maybe an inch or so per hour, headed toward college park at 11:24 and at 11:34 on the storm tracker. let's break this down. not a washout. plan around showers. you'll have some windows of activity, the heaviest activity early in the morning east of i- 95. we'll have a respite tomorrow night except along i-81 when the focus shifts back to the shenandoah valley into the mountains. the window of opportunity for a bike ride, mr. mcbegin it i, or a jog or round -- mcginty, or a jog or round of golf, 10 a.m. to late afternoon. 6:00 in the morning the heavy rain has exited the immediate metro area, leftover showers down into southern maryland and temps in the 60s. by 8:00 clouds, but temps in the

. >>> a few hundred people in anne arundel county woke up without power sunday all thanks to a thief. someone broke into a power station and made off with copper wires. the suspect pay have burned themselves. 6,000 people around glen bernie were left without electricity. the light rail to bwi had to be shut down. investigators are checking with area hospitals to see if any burn patients have turned up in the last 24 hours. >>> it is 7 after the hour. coming up, we'll take you insides an archeological dig at the site of a recently discovered slave barracks in maryland. >>> wusa9 is back after this. every mercedes-benz is made with the highest level of engineering... design... safety... and performance. our latest creation is no different. with one exception... introducing the mercedes-benz asb-cls. it's electric! it's electric! the first electric vehicle from mercedes-benz. webuyanycar.com lling your car, truck or suv? takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying ce

. >> we have all heard the saying "my dog ate my homework," but students and in anne arundel county's school can say the cap close my school. students and teachers went outside as animal control officers searched for a cat. theanimal is not found, so school was closed. animal control officers will set traps in hopes of catching the cat. >> if you are the kids, you say thank you, cat. it was a beautiful day. >> i think someone must have called that end, one of the kids. because it was gorgeous. >> fantastic. if only we could hold onto this wonderful weather. not that it will be that bad, but hey, take a look this great shot from news choppers seven right a long the bay bridge. we have beautiful conditions. cars are moving. not to bad. as we get a little bit lows are, yeah, looks like there's a good bit of traffic. for that chopper 7 great view. a lot of people heading to the eastern shore. i will actually show you the weatherbug camera -- this is in boardwalk here. a lot of people on the boardwalk, getting closer to the water. i am sure this will be a busy scene as we head through the

frederick, charles, anne arundel schools. >> if your child happens to be among the thousands in fact. especially in montgomery kim jong unity, there are some changes. >> this affects a lot of people 150,000 students in montgomery county, in the state of maryland, growth said we just broke with that. joshua star, the head of the school district, said they are expecting about 2800 more students. we talked to them about a lot of the other changes. one of them being the disciplinary code of conduct. more of that is another question i asked him with his the american pediatric association recommended students start at a later time. pediatric joshua star has been a big proponent of the later start time he said the school board is taking another look at that option, saying if they can work it back into the system. it is something he says they hope to work toward. >>> a positive change he told me about was a new technology. >> a big push this year is of course technology. we are rolling out 40,000 laptops throughout the year, we are reducing styrofoam trays in the system. morphine and ready to

. >> students in anne arundel him a charles and howard counties also went to school today. in montgomery county, students will see some noticeable adjustments. >> have enlisted live in rockville to explain what's new. >> what is life without a little change. to keep things simple, we've acrosshted three montgomery county. >> day one at walter johnson high school and the jitters are on display. >> they are excited. they saw a record enrollment -- 154,000 students, greater than the population of alexandria. this -- aowth spurred brand-new building home to 650 students. hearty is pretty education. >> they say the vegetative roof will lessen rainwater runoff and the metal shades will reduce sunlight and lower electric hills. but he's most proud about technology inside the classroom lookshese google chrome -- some 12,000 districtwide. x my student can see what i'm doing real-time and give me feedback while everyone is in a small group will stop >> also, healthier lunchtime when it comes to the environment. and the cps service 15 million meals each school year and is doing away w

. >> happening nucleaser to home home -- now closer to home, anne arundel police issued a silver alert a missing 79 year old. she was last scene in gambles maryland. she's about 4'11" and weighs about 150 lbs. she drives a 2002 silver toyota with maryland tags. >> 5:46 and happening in prince george's county, funeral services will be held for teacher karen holtz williams who was killed during a rush hour collision this month with a maryland state vehicle. the wake will take place in northeast d.c. at 1:00 p.m. today followed by a funeral service at 2:00. >> developing news out of northwest d.c. this morning. the american red cross is helping more than 60 residents displaced by an apartment fire. investigators say 16 units were damaged when the fire broke out at the intersection of 14th and belmont. people were evacuated but no one was seriously injured. >> extended practice is rare. an opportunity to determine where you are going forward. a good job of coming out and executing. >> it was the battle of the brothers in a game featured here on abc7. john har bow got the best of his -- joh

along with montgomery county schools, howard, anne arundel and charles county all back in session this morning. good luck today. >>> we're sure you're excited for your kids to head back to school today. a lot of help will start classes in the next hour or so. dunbar high school in d.c., kristen wright joins us live. and those kids will staying a bit later, too. >> reporter: and your child may be one of the ones spending have a time at schools this school year. in fact 26 schools in d.c. ps will have longer school days starting this year. now, we discussed this with the chancellor kaya henderson. d.c. ps tried it out at a handful of it lowest performing schools last year and decided that it worked at improving test scores. >> those teachers have been planning all summer to ensure that this extra time is not wasted time. but is really enriching time. and we have highlighted the extended school day at a number of our schools and seen tremendous results. so i'm excited about that. >> reporter: now, in the next half hour here, chancellor henderson promised to parents and students on this fi

. >> newschopper 7 was over a serious crash of the anne arundel section of lowell this morning.what you're seeing is at about 9:00 a.m. near whiskey bottom road. the force of the crash split one of the vehicles in half. one person was airlifted to the hospital and we have no word on that person's condition at this time. let's get a check on what's happening in traffic this hour with bob immler standing by in the w.t.o.p. trafficv .e÷ cente. how's it looking this friday? >> on a friday afternoon with a lot of people trying to get to the bay bridge, long backups getting there because of a serious crash that has the ramp from eastbound route 50 to northbound i-97 blocked. a medvac helicopter is landing there as we speak. now traffic can't get on northbound 97 from the westbound side they should be able to do that. on 66 on the virginia side just volume delays trying to move west from the beltway and east into falls church. not bad between tysons and 270, just some volume here and there. outer loop quite slow from springfield to the wilson bridge. there are some stretches of slow tr

. >>> the anne arundel county police union just made an online donation supporting the officer who shotnd killed michael brown. the police union donated $1,000 to officer darren wilson's go fund me campaign. the goal is to raise $250,000. so far more than $200,000 has been donated to that fund. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> hands up -- >> things may be calmer in ferguson but protests are popping up across the country, including right ear in d.c. dozens of people gathered yo outside the white house. one woman says the police should protect everyone, no matter what race or economic status they are. >> when someone does something wrong to me, i call the police in america and i expect them to be there for me. but if i have a hoodie on and i'm walking at night, i don't expect them to judge me. what about me is so threatening? >> there were no problems between police and protesters at last night's event. >>> fighting extremists, the new warnings on how big a threat isis is to the united states. >>> plus late summer travel deals and weather is a big factor on how

. >>> the police union in anne arundel county has given a large donation to support officer wilson. a go fund me page shows a $1,070 donation. it is the third largest donation for the fund. the lodge president told the baltimore sun that officers wanted to send money to feed fellow officers working long shifts but the national order of police suggested donating to the legal fund instead. minutes ago chief davis released a statement disagreeing with the fop president. >>> one thing that might have prevented the entire confrontation in ferguson is the use of cameras oarnt the patrol car dash board or the latest trend, body cameras. in laurel, 20 officers now patrol with a body cam. it is mount on the police officer's glasses or a bulletproof vest. the cameras record video and audio of every encounter the officer has with the public. and police in laurel say it puts the citizens and the police on their best behavior. >> i know i'm not doing anything wrong out there. i know that fipple doing something wrong, it is going to end up a complaint so i prefer to have the camera on so that it'

anne arundel cant and calvert county. by 8:00, a couple left over stray showers out toward leesburg. for the most part, begin to thin out by 9:00. and then we get into 10:00 hour, probably walk the dog around the beltway. a couple showers down toward la plata. a couple showers toward frederic and that's about it. by 11:00, maybe some lingering storms down toward calvert county. for the most part, after 8:00 or 9:00, things will be winding down. so, day planner. it will be dry to start the day tomorrow. 75 by 9:00. 81 by 11:00 and 86 by 1:00. but dry through the early afternoon. so next three days, yellow alert tomorrow. scattered storms 87. yellow alert. and right now, we'll keep saturday okay. some showers and storms 84. i keep your times for now. most of the storms in the mountains. of course, the big game. the nats in town saturday and saturday night burgundy and gold. should be okay. a few storms on sunday. not a huge deal. an isolated storm on monday and then dry on tuesday and wednesday. back in the mid to upper 80s

. >> anne arundel police looking for two men accused of stabbing another man. police say a 30-year-old man got into some kind of fight with a couple guys. this is one of them. this happened saturday morning on pioneer drive. during the fight the man was stabbed multiple times by suspects. the suspects are 24-year-old curtis matthew and 24-year-old gary jamal. the victim is in critical but stable condition this morning. >>> right now three teenagers are in serious condition right now after their car crashed in olney maryland. we told you about this yesterday. you see the car is wrecked. actually flipped on its top there. the crash happened at macduff and cashell road. the three teenagers are boys. two are 17 years old. the other is 15. we're told that 15-year-old boy had life-threatening injuries. >>> today police in northern virginia are working to prevent serious crashes this holiday weekend. police are stepping up enforce mns as part of the drive to save lives campaign. this time last year they arrested 120 people for dui. you'll see more officers on the high

a feral cat canceled classes at an anne arundel school this morning. richard henry lee elementary in glen burnie shut down shortly after students got there because animal control officials couldn't catch up with the feral cat that somehow got inside. students who ride the bus were sent home at 9:45 a.m. i bet they weren't complaining and parents of walkers were called to pick their kids up. the parents probably were complaining. >>> coming up president obama draws criticism from capitol hill for his choice of words about whether the u.s. has a pl an for military action against isis in syria. >> also ahead race car driver tony stewart speaking out for the very first time about that dirt track accident that claimed the life of another driver. >> but up next tbreak of the deadly ebola virus spreads n is in the hospital and quarantined in senegal with a confirmed case of the virus. the man traveled from senegal to guinea where the outbreak began last year. senegal is a popular tourist destination and its capital is a major transportation hub for the region

. >> anne arundel county police released surveillance video of the shooting the video shows the gunmanwalking in and just opening fire. he killed 49-year-old raj kumar. a customer discovered cue mar's body and called 911. police say the gunman only got away with a small amount of cash. >>> a tennessee couple has been convicted of killing the man's ex-wife in germantown. a montgomery county jury found 63-year-old baldeo taneja and his wife 63-year-old raminder curara guilty of first degree murder. his ex-wife preeta gabba was found shot to death last october near her home. police say the couple drove there nashville to germantown to kill the woman and they face life in prison when sentenced the october. >>> prince george's county police are looking for a man who assaulted a jogger in mitchellville. a woman was jogging around 6:20 yesterday when a man appeared in front of her and hit her in the head with a stick. he beat her several more times before she could fight him off. the attack happened in the 1500 block of silverado court. if you have any information, you're asked to call police

;o mary's qscounty, calvert, prince george's county and anne arundel. saturday night it wanes.e have a break. you'll be able to probably do some stuff outdoors saturday night and i think in the afternoon tomorrow you'll be able to do some stuff outdoors. the farther west you go, the better off you are in the morning. the farther east, the better off you are in the afternoon. futurecast, 5:00 in the morning, there's that little swath of moisture, the heaviest activity in southern maryland and the northern neck. by 8:00 it moves away. you'll be able to do some stuff outside. 9:30 still clouds, a couple sprinkles popping up. if you're jogging, it's refreshing. temps are in the 70s. by 4:00 a couple showers here and there popping up, especially in the afternoon. the focus shifts to the west around i-81 corridor and by 6 p.m. maybe a shower gaithersburg, leesburg to manassas, all light activity. then they begin to push off to the mountains going nighttime hours saturday. again saturday night i think you'll be able to have that cookout without any worries. so day planner, this is a l

can see the clusters of thunderstorms indicated in yellow right near andrews and heading into anne arundel county. and also down toward orange. that would be a part of the evening commute. it could also be in the beltway. so keep that in mind that this might affect your plans to head out of town or if you're heading down to shore. there could be some showers and thunderstorms down there as well as we head into tonight. some more showers arriving in the overnight hours. you can see some showers popping here on the beltway at 9:00 p.m. tonight. and then saturday, starts out wet. you can see all this rain moving through at 7:30 in the morning on saturday. but things start to clear out in the afternoon. we'll see some breaks in the cloud cover and the green little spots that you see here on 9 futurecast, i think are an indication of just that moisture we're going to have at the surface. we get those little pop-up cumulus clouds bubbling up and that's generally just a fair weather kind of pattern. that happens on saturday afternoon and continues on sunday. forecast high for today 86 in manassas

. >> reporter: wl schools opening for a new academic year, many such as those in anne arundel county,aryland, are seeing a surge of new students. unaccompanied minors who recently crossed our border. >> they may have only gone to second or third grade, have limited literacy in their first language. that does create a different kind of teaching impact on a school than our traditional immigrant families. >> reporter: the children are sent to sponsors, typically extended family members, who take care of them while they await immigration proceedings. for example, health and human services says harris county, texas, the houston area received 2866 children. nassau county, new york, on long island has taken on 1,096. essex county, massachusetts, has added 204 children. a local mayor says she's proud to represent a diverse community but she's taken a lot of heat by expressing her concern. >> i have been called a racist, i have been called a hater. that is not the case. i'm simply looking at this from the point of view of the economic impact it has had on my city. >> reporter: louisiana govern

anne arundel police are investigating this. it was a two-car crash on brock ridge road near dorsey run road. crews had to shut down a stretch of that street as theyonducted their investigation. two cars involved in that crash. we're told it's early in the investigation but we're told speed was a factor here. one person had to be sent to the hospital with serious injuries. there is a creek nearby and in that creek a third vehicle was found. not clear at this pointing if that vehicle in the creek was involved in that crash or perhaps it was there from earlier on. we're still waiting to get more on that but the investigation continues for now. that's the latest from the live desk, barbara, back over to you. >>> right now extra police are patrolling the beltway this weekend waiting and watching for you to break the rules. news4's megan mcgrath is near the beltway and route 50 to explain this new crackdown that's under way. >> reporter: barbara, if you're out driving on the capital beltway in either maryland or virginia this weekend

. >> you talk about english as a sec language in the anne arundel school. have seven teachers for that. you need about 20. where do the teachers come from? who is going to pay their salaries, everyone says, look at these kids, there is a feed. what is more important american kids for the american taxpayer or the rest of the world? you can't have both. here's an example of what some people are dealing with now. here's kelly of anne arundel county on teaching illegal kids. >> they pay have only gone to 2nd or 3rd grade, have limited literacy if their first language. that does create a different kind of teaching impact on a school than our traditional immigrant family. >> take a look at this map, derek. here's the impact on various states across the country. maryland gets hit the worst. then have you virginia, california and texas. where do you sound off if your skid suffering? >> well, you know, brian, i have been thinkingle of this myself. i have three kids. my county has been asked to take three immigration children. the federal government is not doing its

it will stretch into anne arundel. that is going out of the region. most of today will be drive.. >> police have a name of a man killed in maryland. junior.ichard the shooter is in the hospital with a self afflicted -- self-inflicted gunshot wound. ♪ this is going to be the best day of my life. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 and the first day back to school like you've never seen from a child's point of view and it might just change the way you send them off. ♪ it's a beautiful night >>> could a big fat wedding be the secret to a happy marriage? >> oopa. >>> new research revealing the size of your wedding could make you happier. >>> the key to losing weight. the mom revealing the surprising technique that mesmerized her into losing 140 pounds. wait until you see how she looks now. ♪ i got a feeling >>> we got a feeling this could be great. the brand-new judge tangoing into "dancing with the stars" so who is joining bruno, len and carrie ann? we're revealing it live here. >>> all that and vine superstar shawn mendes with devoted fans taking over times square as we say -- >>

the reward increased to $27,000 to the person who helps police find this man, anne arundel looking for clues in the murder of rajinedar kumar gunned down at the exxon last thursday. anyone with information should call police at 410-222-8610. >>> keep your eyes on the screen again because there is a $25,000 reward if you can help prince george's county find this man, devon wallace, charged with first degree murder in the death of 3-year- old kannisha bibb. police say wallace lives near the crime scene in landover but haven't been able to track him down. you know where he is, call or text prince george's county police. you can find all this information on our website www.wusa9.com. >>> in court today we learned about the enormity of the credit card debt that former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen were facing. >> when he took office, they owed $75,000. >> reporter: according to an fbi act just on the stand, the mcdonnells had a peak credit card debt of more than $90,000. >> governor, you came into office with $74,000 in credit card debt. do you ever regret being gover

the biggest player by far, maryland live anne arundel mills, raking in more than a half billion in its second year. but during the political fight to bring a sixth casino to prince georges, maryland live developer, joseph wineberg had a warning. >> we think it's beyond insane, because this is already a saturated market. >> now comes the horseshoe with projections of sucking business away from maryland live and another hit when mgm comes online in 2016. three smaller maryla casinos like hollywood along with ocean downs near the beach and rocky near cumberland are minor players by comparison. industry analysts predict when it is done, gambling will eventually settle into being a sustainable business in maryland. a business projected to push over a billion dollars a year in revenue with the opening of the horseshoe in baltimore tonight. >> and despite all the concern about casinos taking business from each other, the big local story in baltimore here where the unemployment rate is 10% is all the new jobs that are being created here at the horseshoe. 1700 new jobs. the employees all on the