we'll zoom in on the storm, big storms in sterling total chantilly. another one in southeast, german town, and poolsville, so dale city, heavy rain moving north to fairfax, and more storms down 15. i mean, all the way down over southwest of culpepper. the storm we're tracking now, big storm in dc, big storm just south of 7, and this is going to move to the north and east, so montgomery mall about 6:12. heavy rain the main threat. it's going to slow you down. this storm toward reston and the access road, right about now, and over toward barnsville crossing the river about 6:19. pretty big rains in it. the only storm with lightning is north of us near baltimore, so that's good. yellow alert tonight. at least early tonight for a thunderstorm. main threat heavy downpours, fewer storms tomorrow, and more sunshine and hot. much hotter tomorrow. yellow alert possible on wednesday as a cold front approaches, and that could produce not only heavy storm, but perhaps severe storms late in the day. we'll monitor that carefully so. 10:00 o'clock on futurecast, not

. >> at the nations gun show in chantilly this weekend, we heard a few different opinions on gun control. >> i am a big fan of gun control in the sense that we are at a gun show. i can buy guns without even telling them who i am. i'm opposed to that. there are probably very few things we can really do. that would be very easy to do. i don't know why we don't. >> what we should do and we shouldn't are the conversations following the president's remarks in a recent interview. >> the united states of america is the most advanced nation on earth, in which we do not have sufficient common sense gun safety laws. >> the president adding it is not something he intends to stop working on. >> it is like, if people want to get guns, whether they are legal or illegal, they will still get them. >> i would take it personally that here i am and have spent 25 years in the military and desert storm -- in desert storm and iraq and you try to take my guns away. either defend the constitution. >> this is a double rifle. >> he says when it comes to gun control - >> there is no such thing as gun control becau

, zoom into this one, chantilly, centerville area, right along, in toward chantilly, 50, cross right over 50, so some very heavy rain coming toward the airport the next 15 to 20 minutes. more down toward clifton, burke, move off towards the east here. notice right along college park heavy rain, another shower, to the south of national harbor. this one making its way up to the north may clip northeast portions of d.c. parts southeast. heading down toward the nats game, i think we will be okay tonight. take october reds, winds in our belt helping get a couple more, heading down toward the game take the umbrella, maybe the important cho game get the game in yes. we see shower activity? yes. see possible delays, the game should be okay. 85 7:05 start, 81, seventh inning, nice and humid the time we make our way through the end of the game. future weather showing things by tomorrow morning, all clear. i think starting off tomorrow should be great, temperatures into the low to middle 70s very nice start to the day then during the afternoon, we will see some cloud cover but notice, no rain a

two and a half inches or more in chantilly so far. inch and a half total fairly common now in areas that get repeat rain. we call this pattern training. this is steering the rain. winchester, marshall fairfax and part of the city. we have nod warnings up. virginia side in arlington and south arlington county. alexandria. till 8:00 p.m. maryland side until 7:30. if you look on the map from southwestern to centreville it's more heavy rain coming in the same area that have gotten drenched so far. the storm scan larger view. in the 70's with the rain. we head through the evening hours and the rain could continue on again off again to early morning hours. tomorrow we hit 90s. more showers and storms and it finally clears out for the weekend. that is the latest. what is going on in sports? report: nats trying to avoid the broom and the well against the reds. gio gonzalez takes the pound to try to pick up his fellow starter max scherzer after a rough outing. denard span will sit out because of a back injury and sit out this weekend's series

as i mentioned, this one heavy, heavy storm right around the chantilly area, making its way across 28. guess where that is going? right toward dulles airport. update you on the latest on these storms and the next chance of storms in my >> thanks, doug. >>> a maryland state trooper is locked up tonight, accused of forcing a woman to perform a sex act on him. investigators say that brian tucker agreed to pay the woman for sex but during that encounter, the woman says tucker forced hein other acts. he has been charged with first-degree sex offense and a handgun charge. the gun in question not the trooper's duty weapon. >>> a deadly stabbing on a metro train over the weekend and tonight there are new questions and answers about why the teenaged suspect was released from jail just a few hours before that crime happened. jackie bensen now with reaction from prosecutors. jack jackie? >> reporter: we asked a spokesman for the u.s. attorney's office why this suspect was still out on the streets. here's what they had to say. the u.s. attorney's office released a statement explaining why 18-year

one problem spot for you in chantilly, watch out for an overturned minivan. back to you, jummy. jummy: the montgomery county council is tackling predatory towing. a pretty big issue across the area. companies get spotters to sit and watch for people parking illegally in public lots. it is illegal in maryland. montgomery county is expected to pass a law to prohibit this kind of towing. sam ford is in the meeting right now. we will have details about the decision tonight at 4:00 and 5:00. developing now, a gruesome scene at a homeless shelter just away from the u.s. capital. a stabbing victim found walking with his intestines exposed at second and be street. investigators believe that he was stabbed about one mile away. that victim was conscious and breathing and was taken to the hospital. fairfax county police are searching for answers this noon after finding two bodies on opposite sides of the county. one was found on manor drive near alexandria and is described as a badly decomposed man. police say that there is no public safety threat in this case but another body is being cal

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midland and rain fall rates about three quarters of an inch per hour, and this is a big storm around chantilly. no lightning or hail, but there's rain fall over one and a half inches per hour moving up 28 toward sterling and reston, it's held together very well. still no lightning, but we see heavy rain fall with the storm, to flash flooding is possible, and just trying to get home tonight, even cook out will be a problem early on. by 9:30 most everything is gone. couple of left over light showers indicated in green. when we return we'll talk about a cold front for wednesday, not just heavy storm, but perhaps severe storms. >>> thanks, now back to the story you saw live over the course of more than three hours this morning. >> a lock down at alter reed brought on -- walter reed brought in by reports of a gunshot. first we have a closer look at exactly what happened today, that's tonight's top story, andrea is live outside the medical center. >> reporter: after three and a half tense hours, employees were finally given the all career, thankfully there was no shooter, and there were no injuries.

bullets struck a marine station in chantilly. no one was hurt in those incidents. a 23-year-old alexandria man pled guilty to those. stay with us on 7 for continuing coverage of this investigation. though to wjla.com/text and sign up for alerts to be sent to your phone. breaking news tonight in the case against matthew. no blood was found in his car during the search for hannah graham. matthew was charged with capital murder. the new documents contain phone records for graham and matthew. seven is on your side with consumer news. according to a new audit, the federal government is still vulnerable to massive hacking attacks. that is according to "the washington post." they found vulnerabilities. the report is expected to be formally released tomorrow. we will have updates for you. happening now, a search for suspects after flights were targeted by laser pointers. this happened over the skies of new jersey last night. experts say the lasers have the potential to blind a pilot. the fbi set up a task force to look into the matter. two hackers are rewarded for helping

chantilly, three inches, over two inches camp springs. alexandria 1.5 inches.tty impressive rainfall, but it was isolated. tomorrow morning a sprinkle could linger, but tomorrow a storm potential. the latest timing when i join you with full forecast. leon: right now in prince george's county, searching for an inmate who left his job detail. he was working in a park this afternoon when he disappeared. he was serving a 15-year sentence for drug possession in a deadly weapon. if you see this man, call 911 immediately. after a bloody urine baltimore the police commissioner is out. anthony batts was fired by mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. she did not give specifics, but all of this after massive rioting grabbed national headlines. also the city has seen 155 homicides in 2015 so far 38% higher than last year. developing now, celebrity chef jose andres says he is backing out of a deal to open a restaurant in donald trump's new hotel, this after trump's comments about immigration. andres says he can know no longer do business with the presidential hopeful. the hotel h

tracking severe weather back to the west and our storm tracker headed toward aldy route 50 a mess, chantilly 7:46 yes dc 8:31. this storm could actually affect the taylor swift concert and there are more storms behind that. we will track those as well. >> thank you top. >>> we are knocking on pluto's doorstep, the >>> in rockville county city leaders plan to hold a public meeting next week, the topic should a confederate soldier statue be remeefbed? does removed? dozens pass it but don't know it is there. it is next to the red brick house on maryland avenue. local leaders have gotten more complaints in recent week and don't agree it is a long fair. >> statues that call confederate soldiers our heroes and urge us to never forget our love for the confederate army are not heartless. >> communities were white supremacists who longed for a time when african americans were subjugated. that is what what we seek in 2015. i don't think it is appropriate to have a statue like that in rockville any longer. >> county leaders are leaving it up to the community. a public meeting is scheduled monday at cit

and that rain down chantilly, stretching across i-66 north of manassas and all of that is pushing off the north, northeast. as this is just light rain and so you folks got hammered yesterday, but that's the good news for you in upper marlboro getting light rain at this hour. now, what i mean is the threat of the severe weather that seems to be gone to back that radar out. nothing back to the west and that this activity up to pennsylvania is going to stay right along the maryland border here tonight. and so i think that if you have showers to move on through that you're in pretty good shape for the rest of the night. and that tornado watch north of town and seasonable finish to the week, pretty good day tomorrow actually and a little bit less humid. just a little bit. but the ho, but mainly dry for you over the weekend. here is our future cast at 8:00 tonight with the big storms now and across southern maryland and not across the bay of the delmarva as it is still 83 downtown and leesburg and 82 in manassas. it is going to feel like a tropical rain forest out there. 82 at 10:00 and 79

this is all light activity moving essentially east, southeast, tysons, fairfax, chantilly, a little lightwer activity, but this is pretty heavy toward gold vein and garrisonville on our storm tracker at 11:43. headline yellow alert, morning showers, even thunderstorms overnight, good sleeping weather, though. okay saturday afternoon. we'll be drying out. nice on saturday night, in fact, looking at low 60s in the suburbs saturday night. make plans. sunday will be hot but a very nice day. futurecast 7 a.m. plenty of showers, get the paper. it will be on the rainy side and certainly down to the south is the heaviest activity fredericksburg into southern maryland. by noon app still some showers right along that -- 9 a.m. still some showers right along that line and by 10:00 you have breaks in clouds in hagerstown and frederick. by 1:00 maybe a couple straggler showers but skies becoming partly cloudy and by 5:00 just fantastic, low 80s with partly sunny skies. here's the day planner. this looks worse than it's going to be. 703 at 9:00, 75 at 11:00, 78, partly sunny by 1:00. sunday again very

mia and chandler from chantilly high school each received $10,000 for creating these colorful outfits nothing but duct tape. >> wow. >> it was part of the stuck at home scholarship contest. to win, the students had to wear the outfits to the prom this year. in case you were wondering, the bow tie is not a clip-on. it took 39 rolls of tape to create these outfits. this is something you got to do as a couple. you don't w ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- amy schumer, ian mckellen musical guest, alan ja

the most recent today in the chan chantilly area. if you're concerned about bears in your neighborhood, don't leave pets unattended outside, keep your trash secure and leave pet food in the house. >>> a young woman a mother of two dying of cancer. with just a month to live, she wasn't ready to give up hope. instead she found a treatment personalized just for her that doctors believe could be a cure. >> do you have it? this is what it looks like. >> reporter: christine bray said she thought the sharp pain in her side was something simple, maybe appendicitis. but when doctors took a closer look, they diagnosised the 30-year-old with ovarian cancer. >> i knew it was bad. it was one of the worst cancers that you can get. but that's about all i knew. >> reporter: that diagnosis was just the start of a roller coaster that bray and her family would face. when she was first diagnosed in 2010, she was at stage 1. doctors told her she was lucky that surgery and chemotherapy should take care of it. but within a year she'd had two more recurrenc

in chantilly virginia, i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> a developing story we'll be watching very closelyorrow. police plan to release quote, significant developments in the disappearance of the lyon sisters. we'll told montgomery police and authorities from bedford county, virginia will be there. we'll send you an alert on the nbc washington app as soon as we know what happened. sheila and katherine lyon, as you know, vanished from wheaton back in 1975. investigators have been searching a rural property in virginia for months now in connection to that case. >>> a jury of nine men and three women will decide the fate of james holmes. one of those jurors escaped columbine high school during the mass shooting there in 1999. closing arguments wrapped up just a few hours ago, and a judge picked which jurors would deliberate. attorneys argue holmes was insane when he killed 12 people and injured 70 more inside an aurora, colorado movie theater. prosecutors, though say holmes could still tell the difference between right and wrong, and they are seeking the death penalty. >>> next at 11:00 the t

the president's remarks, sparking a gun control debate at this weekend's gun show in chantilly, virginiahis year's attitudes may be changing. >> reporter: as you can imagine, a lot of folks inside at the dulles expo say they are pro second amendment rights and there are also a lot of people who are pro gun legislation. >> i'm a big fan of gun control in the sense that we're at a gun show here and i can buy guns without even telling them who i am. and i'm opposed to that. >> i totally think there should be gun control, but i think it needs to be the right gun control. i think that a lot of times antigun groups go after the wrong thing. they go after ar rifles. i want to keep it out of the criminals' hands, not law- abiding citizens. >> reporter: and others disagree. >> i heard the president's comments the other night and i've been talking to friends about it and it's like, you know, if people want to get guns, whether they are legal or illegal, they are still going to get them to commit crimes. >> reporter: the co-owner of the gun show? >> the big issue is mental health and we do not do p

discussed between gun buyers and sellers at the nation's gun show this weekend at the dulles expo in chantilly. camcameron constanne joins us with the latest. >> reporter: there have been several gun -- most recently the louisiana theater shooting which left two people dead and the gunman who had been denied a concealed weapons permit back in 2006, had been committed for mental health treatment back in 2008 but was able to legally buy a gun just last year at an alabama pawnshop which raises the questions about gun control legislation and the need for more. we spoke to some people who were at the nation's gun show happening this weekend at the dulles expo center and found a variety of opinions. >> i totally think there should be gun control but i think it needs to be the right gun control. i think that a lot of times antigun groups go after the wrong thing. they go after ar rifles. i want to keep it out of the criminals' hands, not the law abiding citizens. >> the president's comments the other night i've been talking to friends about it and if people want to get guns whether they are legal or

they wore them to the chantilly high school prom. jonathan: they look awesome. kellye: they got the grant rise in each will get $10,000 in scholarship money in the school gets $5,000. jonathan: i use it around the garage for everything. you cannot do better than that. kellye: i will have the make you a seat you can wear on the air. jonathan: i will do it. i am in. kellye: coming up, a traffic alert for drivers in northern virginia. the widening project underway on a busy stretch of highway. jonathan: giving new meaning to angry birds. the seagull that has some drivers running and ducking for leon: an update of the breaking news we started the newscast with. we know three marines and a government having killed in chattanooga, tennessee. reporter: here is what we know. sources are identifying the man who was shot in jail today during that shooting in chattanooga. they say his name is mohammed abdulaziz. he is 24 years old morning quake. -- kuwait. it is unclear of his citizenship. he is from dixon, tennessee across the river from chattanooga. authorities and if --

alexandria 1.37 inches. 1.5 in chantilly. no surprise about the flood warning.rger view of storm scan. the heaviest batches move through now there could be a break but more potential to tv rumble of thunder through the evening and the night. shower and the downpours for the next five or six hours moving through the area. that is the latest. kimberly: we are following breaking news out of maryland. interstate 95 south closed in jessep after a car hit a state trooper. use 29 or 1. traffic is already stuck on the highway. it's getting by slowly on the shoulder. the trooper taken by medi-vac but is expected to be okay

you can see lanes will be closed in chantilly between lee and pleasant valley roads.hat work going to start around 7:00 tonight. should wrap up by tomorrow morning. >>> an injured prince george's county police officer is back home. he was hurt on the job dragged away by a car last week. the officer pulled someone over near alberta and todd drives in district heights. the driver took off with the officer in his door. he made it 100 yards, then shoved that officer out of the car. doctors had to operate on the officer's leg but he'll be okay. >>> 9:36. today, they risk their lives to serve the country, but is the government serving them. the news4 i-team investigates. >>> and why the d.c. state fair wants to see the best marijuana plant you can grow. >>> it will get a lot hotter than it already is. already in the 90s in some places. amelia segal has more on the heat advisory for today and why tomorrow, well, it will also be a weather alert day. >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> so get this, there's going to be a pot growing contest at d.c.'s state fair this year. as

. >> reporter: in chantilly, virginia, derrick ward, news4. >>> 14 possible overdoses reported in d.c. today alone, all linked to synthetic drugs like k 2 or spice. news4's meagan fitzgerald live now to tell us what neighbors want to do about this disturbing trend. meagan? >> reporter: jim, we spoke with one woman today who says she called 911 because she feared a man like on the street was about to die. meanwhile we are told four of those 14 calls for possible overdoses of synthetic drugs came from right where we are here, close to the columbia heights metro center. it's what many d.c. officials are calling a frightening problem, firefighters and first responders rushing to help people suffering from possible sippet thissic drug overdoses, at least 14 calls in the district before 4:00 on friday afternoon. >> his feet stretched out, he was drooped over, hunched over. >> reporter: ellen sul vap saw this man who first ran from ems crews. witnesses say he was high on synthetic drugs so sullivan immediately called 911. >> i couldn't do anything for him but as a christian, i had to call 91

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mia and chandler from chantilly high school each received $10,000 for creating these colorful outfits using nothing but duct tape. that stuff is -- it's just a miracle worker, right? this is part of a stuck at home scholarship where the students had to wear the outfits to prom this year. the bow tie is not a clip on either. it took 39 rolls to create the outfits. i love the colors, the style. >> ten grand, wow. >> looks good. >> they nailed it. or taped it. 6:26 now. >>> coming together to take a stand the steps a group of homeowners are taking to keep power lines out of their community. >>> plus, jobs on the chopping block in maryland. the state agency that's facing layoffs. >>> and breaking news in the first 4 traffic center right now. the red line is single-tracking. we got this in. also have the red light bypassing a c >>> we have breaking news on the rails right now. metro trains are single-tracking on the red line right now. >> there is an issue is on the track between the grosvenor and white flint stations. it could be fixed soon but we learned it will be worse before it gets b

right now at route 7 and route 28 to show you how things are shaping up in areas like sterling, chantillyssues out there this morning. dulles toll road, even the greenway free and clear of any problems this morning. in town we're still in great shape right now. here's a live shot of wisconsin avenue at calvert street. over to you. >>> some retailers are hoping to get you into the holiday shopping spirit. it's mid-july. >> amazon and wal-mart involved in a battle for your business in what's be called prime day. we'll tell you all life's morning multitasking. it's multiple ideas for growing families and drawers with many layers to show exactly what you need. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. >>> 6:15. we were just talking about how the swifties dodged the raindrops yesterday. >> she was listening to you. >> we have one more round of showers to get to till a beautiful close t

in chantilly, derrick ward news4. checked and things are almost back to normal at laguardia airport this evening after that major power outage there this morning. terminal c went dark when a contractor accidentally cut two power lanes. some 45 flights were canceled because of the outage. generators brought in to get things running again. now just three evening flights have been canceled. >>> new developments following that deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. turns out even if you never take the train, that crash could have cost you money. the secretary of transportation anthony fox, says the government has opened up a price gouging investigation of five airlines now. the investigators trying to figure out if delta american, united, southwest and jetblue raised airfares in the northeast right after that derailment. >>> maryland transportation officials say they will repair the marc train that collided with the truck along those tracks in silver spring this week. a lot of passengers left stranded by the crash eventuall

suitland parkway is blocking a couple of lanes, still with a crash and then -- chantilly and fair oaksrepublican party holds the first in the nation urban state party straw poll tonight. the event begins at 6:00 at the wonder bread factory on at street in northwest. presidential candidate and carson is the keynote speaker. other presidential candidates are expected to attend. today the scene there -- d.c. mayor muriel bowser will kick off the underage tricking prevention campaign. the youth behavior risk survey finds 25% of young people in d.c. report alcohol use before the age of 13. for more n [ cheers and applause ] >>> look up there on the big board right now. there they are. the cast of "pixels." a little pacman tournament right there. looks like kevin james just won. that is huge. he takes ohm the joointgiant pacman. >>> we have these especially made for us. our own pixels figurines. very nicely done thanks guys. the film bring something many animated characters to life. we'll see how they made it all happen. >> you're wearing the one shoulder. >> is that a problem? >> oh yes. we

you will see lanes closed in chantilly. that's going to be between lee and pleasant valley roads. the work will start around 7:00 tonight and ends tomorrow morning. >>> a prince george's county police officer is now back home. he was hurt on the job, dragged away by a car last week. the police officer pulled someone over, this is near alberta drive in district heights. the driver then took off with the officer inside caught in his door. he made it 100 yards, shoved the officer out of the car. prince george's county police say doctors had to operate on the officer's leg but he'll be okay. >>> violence spiking in d.c. we'll crunch the numbers to show you how a dramatic rise this will be when we look at 2015. >>> 6:37 right now. why the d.c. state fair wants to see the best marijuana plant you can grow. >>> it's a weather alert day. the mercury is rising out there. especially over the next few hours. today could be potentially the hottest day so far this year. we'll check in with amelia segal. she'll time out just how long this heat w oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?!