charlottesvil charlottesville, down toward stanton, even livingston. look at the big mopocket of yellow, orange, and red. look at the direction which way it's headed. it's more toward the north up toward winchester. all this will take some time to get closer to us. i think it's really after 8:00 we'll start to see more of the moderate and heavy rain make its way into the metro area. rainfall rates around coalpepper, right now west of warr warrenton, down 29, south of 66. just over a half inch per hour. so again, there could be flooding taking place for the late evening, early part of the night. 78 treedegrees. showers falling through the area. rain likely at 7:00. heavy rain for 9:00 and 11:00 p.m., too, as we h ed into the mid 70s. we're just getting started. our rain chances really go up again for the end of the week. here's your thursday. friday a high chance. saturday, a very high chance of rain and that comes with wind, too, at the end of the week. temperatures tomorrow morning running in the 60s to low 70s. i do think it's going to be a dry morni

matthew is accused of killing college students hannah graham and morgan harrington in charlottesvilleay peggy fox tells us he waived his right to a speedily trial. >> reporter: a moment today that you don't normally see in murder cases. when the mother of a victim walked up and reached out to the mother of the accused. >> i went up to her and said i realizes this difficult for your family. my condolences and i shook her hand. >> reporter: she smiled. >> he did. >> reporter: today's hearing in charlottesville dealt with motions in graham's and harrington's murders. >> there are many people from many disturbing difficult backgrounds that have not gone on to become rapists and murderers. >> reporter: jill harrington, the mother of morgan, reacting to a letter of a former girlfriend of jesse matthew who asked a judge for mercy during his sentencing this friday for raping a woman in fairfax. >> our girls did not fly to heaven on a pink cloud. they also were pleading for mercy. they were crying and screaming and bleeding and they didn't receive mercy. i think that should factor into the jud

rain is well far southwest of into harrisonburg and charlottesville. i think that is where most of the weather will stay. going through the rest of the afternoon, what you see is what you get. cloudy and cool. it feels fall-esque. things change as far as rain chances go. even cooler. highs in the low 70's. rain chances the best on sunday. thank you. we want to check on the roadways. jamie sullivan joins us with a look at traffic. >> starting with activity you may see in montgomery county. layhill road blocked off near the icc. new hampshire avenue is the best option as an alternate. look behind me. 270 near falls road up to speed, heading towards rockville and bethesda. no issues. that's to our mapping system to give you an idea of crashes in d.c. 295 northbound at pensively net avenue, left lane blocked. behind it, 20's. right before you purchase the accident activity, we are in the teens. 66, little congestion working your way out of the city. great.e looks no delays on 95 in virginia. if you're heading out of town for the weekend, now is the time to

she disappeared in october 2009 after attending game atomic a concert in charlottesville. a remains were discovered in january 2010. >> something as heinous as taking somebody's life should have consequences. today, finally, the cascade of consequences for jesse matthew for killing morgan harrington started. investigators found a forensic link to a sex assault that happened in fairfax county in 2005. they out a sketch of the suspect, but it was not until jesse matthew was arrested and charged with the murder of hannah graham last fall they had a face and name and enough evidence, prosecutors say, to link the crimes to matthew. >> the fairfax vicm, who sentencing will happen in october, without her testimony and her determination for 10 ands to have her justice speak her proof in court, we would not be anywhere. roz: matthew was convicted of the june 2005 sex assault. he is awaiting trial on capital murder charges in the death of hannah graham. the maximum penalty for each if convicted his life in prison. accu is scheduled to make his first court appearance on these charges

line and goes to route 29 in charlottesville. it is expected to combat congestion by opening shoulder lanes when it is needed. it also puts more signs and cameras on the road helping to monitor traffic and improve emergency response. alison: one more note here. a water main break in the district has been repaired by the road is in rough. shape. look at that. the 55-year-old pipe burst this morning in northwest d.c. near the hospital main entrance. luckily the hospital has a backup entrance and the operations are not impacted but the road could remain closed to all but local traffic for up to three days while crews work on repairs to the ro roadway. a look outside. hmm, another perfect day after a cool start this morning. how long will all this last? chief meteorologist doug hill has a first look at the forecast. hi, doug. doug: it looks like the gorgeous weather will continue through the rest of the workweek and in most areas through the upcoming weekend. 96 of in leesburg. just a wonderful evening ahead. with the temperatures dr

the bulk of it is still south and west of richmond, not even up to i-64 in charlottesville. if your weekend plans take you to those areas into the carolinas, you better bring the rain gear. around here, we're looking at the threat for a couple of showers here later this afternoon, tonight and over the weekend. on and off showers here and there with the highest chances being south and southwest of washington. so culpeper, harrisonburg, fredricksburg south will have a better chance in d.c. than points north. 50s and 60s this morning. with the clouds around today, a pretty sunrise coming in. clouds around today. we'll have temperatures cooler, only the mid-70s with spotty showers this afternoon. it's 6:11. time for larry miller and timesaver traffic. >>> thank you so much. we are keeping a close eye on that accident that we were telling you about on the virginia side of town. again this is the information that we have from police. two vehicles involved in this crash on the southbound side of south van dorn street. one taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. sou

through route 29 in charlottesville. is tow system's goal improve the safety conditions on the roadways. it includes new sign gantries and link control, -- lane cont rol. you will be able to use the right shoulder lane during traffic accidents. it will ease some of the congestion we have seen during commutes. signs like those ahead will be able to direct traffic. it will be able to tell you what is going on and which lanes are closed. familiar, they have been working on it for the past two years and just wrapped up a few days ago. they tested it recently. flickr just ans few minutes ago -- signs flicker just a few minutes ago. we do know it is working. you should be able to see them later on this afternoon during your commute. reporting live, jeannette reyes, abc 7 news. melanie: thank you. jamie sullivan is in the studio with a look at the rest of the traffic midday. jamie: we don't have too many problems. i love this project they are putting into place on 66. it is going to alleviate quite a bit. right now, typical vol

look at this from harrisonburg to charlottesville. this is all moving toward the lower shenandoah valley and eastern virginia. around here i'm tracking these lighter showers that are coming in on southeasterly winds. we're a little concerned we have enough wind sheer that we could have a couple of severe storms later this evening. you are seeing these showers over the bay coming up almost 235 st. mary's into charles county. we have new showers that have popped in the last hour through port royal, coming across 301, fredricksburg in the next few minutes towards stafford. then out west the heavy rains that are headed right towards then dough yarks harrisonburg, luray -- shenandoah, harrisonburg, luray and now just south of orange. culpeper seeing some of that rain. get ready, especially to the west first. out west of i-81 it's been a wet morning. you're going to have a very wet afternoon and evening the way it looks now. the day planner we're talking about some showers here and there for the next few hours, 81. then it really starts to

the governor ordered that review after johnson's arrest at outside of a charlottesville barton march. the governor says he is for him and by law to release the report because it is a personnel matter. >> the three agents are entitled to release it. they could send a letter to us, giving a waiver that they would release the data. issues that relate to mr. johnson in the report. he could order that release. alison: a prosecutor said no investigation -- evidence of malice was found by the agents. charges against johnson were dismissed. leon: you develop its tonight in the man accused of adopting a woman in philadelphia has played guilty to a federal kids it -- kidnapping charge. it sparked national manhunt involving the fbi. melvin barnes agreed to a p -- plea deal that gave him a 35 year prison sentence. they were found five days later in jessup, maryland. random drivers targeted by gunfire. police in arizona are investigating two more shooting incidents today along that same stretch of highway in phoenix. the string of nearly a dozen shootings is being called an act of domestic terrori

he was tracked down in texas a couple of weeks before graham's remains were found outside of charlottesville. cbs "48 hours" is focused on the graimg case. >> we'll work -- graham case. >> we'll work relentless. >> reporter: videos show hannah graham in the last few hours. lloyd snook walked us through them. >> this was mcgrady's. this is a restaurant. you see hannah graham coming in from the lower left. she's highlighted. >> she seems a little unsteady on her feet both here and later on in the video. >> reporter: then she's seen on camera at the charlottesville downtown mall. surveillance tape also capture a man walking in the foreground. >> you'll notice he's a pretty distinctive looking guy. >> reporter: he is 32-year-old jesse leroy matthew, jr. in the last video hannah and matthew are seen walking together. a predator prosecutors say with his victim. 35 days after she disappeared, hannah graham's remains were found. matthew stands charged with her murder. hannah graham wasn't the first young woman in the area to go missing or to be attacked. >> we are part of a club. we're part of an ug

charlottesville police discovered herb body the next month. today her family will hold a memorial for her on the downtown mall in charlottesville. they and the community will draw her initials in chalk there as the last place graham was seen alive. >>> a loaded gun is off the streets in adams morgan. the police night life unit spotted a man clutching his waist band an when he ran away from them he dropped a semiautomat semiautomatic. they didn't replace his name but he's facing several gun charges. >>> that same community will be packed for adams morgan day. the street festival is going to be a little different though this year. homeowners and businesses came together after the original sponsor cancelled. more of the displays are indoors and 18th street is staying open to traffic. >>> 10:06 now. coming up the i-team first exposed the problems, army parents trying to ♪ hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪ introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> more arm

photos and video of the arrest outside of a charlottesville pub in march were circulated on social media, sparking public outrage. the agents involved in the arrest were cleared of any wrongdoing and are all back at work. >>> 4:36. loudoun county has a new interim supervisor following the arrest of a former supervisor, james bonfils will represent the district. also the chairman of the county's parks and recreation board. williams resigned after being arrested. a newly elected supervisor will take over january 1st. >>> in decision 2016, the republican presidential field is now down to 15 candidates with wisconsin governor scott walker pulling out yesterday. during his farewell speech, he took one last shot at donald trump. >> i encourage other republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current front-runner. >> trump tweeted that he did not get to know walker very well, that he is a nice person and has a great future. as one candidate drops out, anoth

. >>> morgan harrington's parents sat a few feet away today as prosecutors in a courtroom in charlottesville, virginia, officially charged jesse matthew with their daughter's abduction and murder. our david culver spoke with harrington's mother today and joins us now to tell us more about what she had to say. david? >> today for the first time jill harrington sat in court as her own daughter's journey for justice finally got under way. i spoke with her by phone. >> i have been in the courtroom every chance i've gotten because i want him to see my face. i want him to know that i'm not going away after six years. i'm not going away, and i know what he did. and today everybody else is aware of what he's been charged with, as well. >> jesse matthew charged with hannah graham's abduction and death last year and now officially charged with morgan harrington's murder. dan and jill harrington, morgan's parents made the drive from southwest virginia to charlottesville determined to be there. >> it is imperative for both me and dan, and i don't know what kind of validation it brings, but it really was

she disappeared in 2009 after leaving a concert in charlottesville. matthew faces a maximum penalty of life in prison for each offense. >>> d.c. taxpayers may soon be paying for a new practice facility for the wizards. the city and team a nouned the $55 million deal today. the building will be built in ward 8 on the growth fuunds of d st. elizabeths hospital. >> more on what has created a frenzy, a texas student falsely accused of taking a bomb to school. even the president weighed in on this today. ahmed mohamed is suz sudanese-american after he took a homemade clock to school. he likes tinkering with things and wanted to show his teachers what he could do. >> ahmed's family believes it's a case of religious discrimination. >> i really don't think it's that at all. i brought something to school that wasn't a threat to anyone. i didn't do anything wrong, and i just showed my teachers something and i end up getting arrested. >> after hearing about it, the president sent a tweet. cool clock, ahmed. want to bring it to the white house? we should inspire

right now, petersburg toward charlottesville. not going to get much more.is for sure, our chance for this weekend has gone up a bit now. a bit of change to the weekend forecast. going to talk about that a little later. meanwhile, for next week, our chances are fairly low with what looks like, folks, a pretty cool pattern coming our way for next week. more like fall early fall, look at those temperatures again as we need 70 by 11:00. >>> david collie sentenced today, guilty of burning down his house in glendale after a judge order him to sell it in a divorce settlement. coli shot at sheriff deputies who came to evict him from his home. >>> 15 days ago, andy parker's daughter, alison parker, was shot and killed on live tv. today, he brought a powerful message to capitol hill. he challenged lawmakers to pass what he called common sense reforms to reduce gun violence. news4's steve handsman talked to him. >> reporter: the most sympathies for your loss. >> i appreciate it. >> reporter: andy parker came to washington two weeks after his daughter, reporter allison

the 20 year-old virginia tech student disappeared in 2009 after leaving a concert in charlottesville. her remains were later found on a rural farm in virginia. now jesse matthew faces first- degree murder in her death. he's charged also in the death of hannah graham. he entered an alfred plea in a ten-year-old assault case in fairfax county. police have long known the cases were connected. morgan's mother has been at every single hearing for matthew because she says she wants her to see her face. she wants him to know she knows. >> i have no category for him. it's bewildering to me. i do not hate him because to me it's -- he's like a different species. >> reporter: matthew will be in court today at 12:45. coming up at 6:30, how does morgan's mom say she feels when she sits in that courtroom every single time looking at the man charged with killing her daughter? i'll tell you and the answer might surprise you. that's coming up at 6:30. back to you. >> thank you. as we mentioned jesse matthew is already charged with the death of hannah graham. cbs's 4 hours will start the season with a

to charlottesville. a pretty catch back in the end zone. virginia takes a lead. the junior running back has space. 80 yard touchdown run. virginia survives. to annapolis. dean an reynolds loving his new confence. takes it in from two yards out. nauert quarter, more reynolds. this time 17 yard touchdown run. five tds on the game. they win it. jordan zimmermann, bases loaded jam and seven strikeouts. bryce harper hoping to find the national league mvp. monster two-run shot to right. nationals beat the marlins. with the mets loss, that's seven games back in the n.l. east. davis on second base. jones at the plate. jones rips the ball to right center. that proved to be the winner. a big congratulations to the orioles you a fill@for winning the eastern heeg championship. >> that's great. >> keep winning. and the weather is going to be nice? >> breezy, temperatures in the mid to upper 70ed. >> saturday night live is next. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome back to "the kelly file." later in the program, undeniable proof that the historical figure blackula was in fact wh

:00 still down toward charlottesville and by 9:00 it's still moving south of fredericksburg.ome lighter showers will make it up to culpeper and i-66, but they're shades of green which indicates light activity. so walking the dog tonight you might have a shower. by 10:00 most of the showers manassas south ward down 95, by 11:00 most of the showers are gone. we'll come back and talk about the weekend and which day will be better. >> thanks, top. >>> in montgomery county there is an issue that pits property value against the health of some kids with a lot of inconclusive science in between and passions are running high on both sides. >> we're talking about lawn chemicals and a sharp divide that's developed in the county council over a proposed ban that's being considered. scott broom is in germantown tonight with new developments. scott? >> reporter: well, that divide has developed as there been a strong move now to water down a proposed ban on lawn chemicals here in montgomery county and that has amped up emotions on this very divisive issue here in green suburbia. one family's

out of areas around charlottesville. the yellows and oranges is where there's moderate rain occurring. d.c., relatively quiet. clinton getting light showers right now. look at this, rainfall rates in the area in yellow is all going to be inching this way, around a quarter of an inch or more. there have been spots down here that have picked up an inch and a half to just over 2 inches of rain in nelson county, augusta county as well. heavy rain from 6:00 to 1:1:00 p.m. gets breezy later, too. we're just getting started. we're going to give you an hourly forecast and tell you about the impacts joaquin will have. >>> unless the supreme court jumps in, virginia will kill alfredo peredo on thursday, suspected of killing nine people and three in northern virginia. dna suggests he may have killed a woman in arlington. terry mcauliffe refused to stop prieto's execution saying the case had already been decided by the court. >>> prince george's county firefighters said farewell to their chief today. carla blue was killed in a car c

charlottesville aattorney lloyd snook walked us through.steady on her feet here and later on in the video. >> reporter: then she's on camera at the charlottesville downtown mall. surveillance tapes also capture a man walking in the foreground. >> you'll notice he's a pretty distinctive looking guy. >> reporter: he is 32-year-old jesse leroy matthew jr. in the last video, hannah and matthew are seen walking together. a predator, prosecutors say, with his victim. 35 days after she disappeared, hannah graham's remains were found. matthew stands charged with her murder. hannah graham wasn't the first young woman in the area to go missing or to be attacked. >> you hadga morn harrington alexis murphy. hannah graham was the latest one. all these names, you go down the list. >> we are part of a club. we're part of an ugly little club. >> reporter: jill harrington's 20-year-old daughter morgan was abducted and murdered in 2009. and just last week a bombshell. jesse matthew also was charged with the murder of morgan harrington. >> it's been six years

in charlottesville, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you, jeff. now police first identified jesse matthew as a suspect in hannah graham's disappearance about a year ago. he was arrested in that case september 24. five days later, police announced a forensic link between graham and harrington cases but matthew wasn't charged in the harrington case until last night. heehaws convicted of three counts in an assault case in fairfax county in 2005. alison: in other news now. today marks two years since shots rang out at the washington navy yard. it also marks the deadline for the families of the 12 people killed by a government contractor to file any lawsuit against the wrongful death. sick families filed multimillion dollar lawsuits in the past two weeks. the company thatover saw the work should have known about the violent outburst before the shooting. also today new developments. in just the last hour yeah about the cases of food poisoning at a trendy d.c. restaurant. the city department of health says as many as 150 people could have fallen ill afte

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code origin effect today. 80 degrees in charlottesville. 88, hagerstown. 91 in the nation's capital.enerally, mid-atlantic to south east tennessee valley, everybody in the eastern part of the country will get in on the warmer conditions. a high of 93 today. the humidity will make it feel like 97 or 98. the air-quality alert, code orange. there you have it. a hot day, indeed. here to the south and west of washington. over madison county, one loan shower. -- one lone shower. of all see a possibility shower or thundershower along the mountains tomorrow. with high pressure off the coast, i do not think much of this will come in east towards the metro area. an isolated shower possible. thursday should be dry. friday, another chance of showers and thunderstorms, coming in from the north. it might lead to a gorgeous labor day weekend. out. it the next seven days, starting with today, 93, hot and humid. tomorrow, up in the 90's. from the west, a low end chance of some of those getting across interstate 81. friday, upper 80's. a cold front approaching. scattered showers and thunderstorms are

charlottesville marked the anniversary of her death with attenti fresh attention to her life. volunteers from the organization helped save the next girl gathered about a block away from the spotlight's security camera that last caught hannah gram graham on september 13th. they're worried the community will only remember her as a statistic. >> we want to get out here and raise awareness. hannah graham was a human being and full of life. we want people to realize that. >> we'll tell you about any developments in jesse matthew jr.'s case. >>> now to a developing story this morning, this one out of japan. take look at some of these images in the newsroom. you see the volcano erupting. the eruption sent vulcan uk rock into the air, but it doesn't look like there was any lava flow. there aren't any homes near the volcano, so there weren't any injuries or damage reported. >>> police in phoenix kojts to look for whoever's responsible for a series of freeway shootings. police did arrest three people over the weekend who admitted to hitting cars with rocks. police say they're not connec

southwest, harrisonburg, charlottesville, the rain coming in.nright chilly in some places, could be 49 hagerstown and frederick. downtown washington about 60. manassas may be cooler, culpeper, in the 50's. forecastmore of the light rain over the media washington metro. that is the latest info. the interesting part with this a northeaste it is wind, it is almost a marine layer. that is bringing moisture and putting in the higher elevations. west,ashington to points beyond the bay and east, the rain is not as likely. a little bit of sunshine coming through. the high temperature spread tomorrow is huge. upper 50's in the shenandoah valley, socked in with cloud, drizzle, light rain. lower to mid 60's around washington, upper 60's downtown. they even pop 70 at the eastern shore with the sunshine coming through. , theay, the rain lets up sunlight bleeds true, and that pushes us over 70 degrees as well. possibly mid to upper 70's with the bright sunshine. the seven-day forecast, rainy day, but not until the afternoon, evening. start monday, definitely

. >> next month marks six years morgan harrington disappeared from a charlottesville concert. her mother has watched for some time without answers. prosecutors charged messy matthew with hannah graham's murder and they convicted him of a sex assault in fairfax and today he's officially charged with killing morgan. >> six years of no answers, no justice. jill harrington hoping today marks a new chapter. >> we have believed that jesse matthew was responsible for morgan's murder for some time. >> reporter: telling me by home, her and her husband dan prayed for this moment. >> it was imperative for both me ask dan, and i don't know what kind of validation it brings, but it really was a gut-level need for us to have acknowledgement of the tremendous injury that has been caused to our family. >> reporter: october 2009, their only child, morgan, visiting charlottesville for a concert. the virginia tech student disappeared. her remains found a few months later on a farm in nearby albemarle conte. it was through the tragedy that the harringtons got a glimpse who might be linked to thei

. >> abducted and murdered on october 17, 2009 after leaving a concert in charlottesville. today a judge unknowingly set the trial date for the anniversary and then changed it. the harringtons said they'd be open for a plea. >> matthew faces up to three life sentences for a 2005 attempted murder and sex assault in fairfax. prosecutors say they'll be watching on. >> that's a completely separate case and won't impact what happens here. >> reporter: we will be back up in fairfax for this friday's ruling to see what the judge decides. in charlottesville, virginia, i'm david culver, news 4. >> a woman attacked just steps from an arlington high school and police are trying to figure out if it could be connected to a series of other cases. >> it happened last night along north quincy street near washington lee high school. we are told a man grabbed a woman and dragged her into the bushes and she screamed and ran off. in the past few months we've seen five similar assaults all in north arlington. police put out two separate sketches, but have not definitively connected these cases.

the second little bats coming through charlottesville and then on the other side of the mountains skies are clearing. you see the influence of the heavy clouds. temperatures in the 70's but down south temperatures have not reached yet. across the mountains we are in the much cooler air in the 70's. warming into the 80's. that will be our weather tomorrow. lower 80's here. that is where the good news and's tomorrow he goes this whole complex of low pressure along the front will move out and give us this wedge of clearing skies tomorrow and the women of a cold front to do with on saturday. another area of low pressure will develop saturday afternoon and evening, bringing in more rain. this is the way it looks later tonight with the rain moving out of the area. a beautiful day tomorrow. comfortable temperatures but you can see by saturday morning the next front area of rain moving off and another storm system developing. a good that of showers and isolated thunderstorms late friday and saturday night. overnight looks good. clearing skies before sunrise. 67 degrees. at prettier day tomorrow

e's just hoping now at a hospital in charlottesville gets better. >> she can move a little bit more. an nd not the kind of thing 11-year-old boy should go through. department of a health says one oust of 150 the sef varity. she can move her fingers, feet and ankles. partial recovery may take months or even years. abc11 the news room, news. >> all that from a single mosquito bite. another actually possible case of west nile irus, this time they're spraying for mosquitos in the somerset neighborhood. to cut down on the pop significance. everyone out there is encouraged prevent from being bitten. new at 11 ainge are over housing in two of the cities d.c. and arlington. hey want to make them more available. but it's a locations of these homes that's coming under fire fuss here. ll the we're live now with the debate that is happening now. us about it. >> it's becoming a big issue everywhere. arlington a long columbia pike more than a third of the affordable housing in the county exists right now. is concerns about whether in the future it will be more spread out and also concerns in a mom

looking at a few fair weather clouds, sunshine in damascus. 89 at reagan national. 90 in charlottesville. 88 in baltimore. the all-important dewpoint temperatures, already at 70 degrees in spots. it will be a little warmer and noticeably more human than yesterday. with that comes these heat index readings. 95 is what it feels like in washington. 93 degrees in frederick. getting close to 100 degree heat index at times. then the question of showers and storms. the way things are set up in the atmosphere, most of the storm activity should be west of the blue ridge mountains. that said, it will not take much for one of these cells to drift to the metro area. futurecast shows through the afternoon most of the storms are to the west, a couple coming eastward through the early evening hours. then tomorrow things start to change. notice the change of the wind direction bringing in a cold front. the wind will start coming out of the east, so the best chance of rain is for the to the west for the blue ridge and appalachian. through the evening hours, isolated showers and storms are possible in por

of few showers southeast of washington and heavy rain in the charlottesville area. likely to see thunderstorm activity, but it is not moving toward the metro area right now. it is moving north and northwest, but there is a lot of rain to watch. a lot in the atmosphere. if you look at the coast of the carolinas, this system is pulling moisture in from the atlantic area there is the potential for a lot of rain. be west most of it will of the metro area. if that's not enough to keep an eye on, we have a tropical storm as well. it is north of the bahamas. the latest projections from the hurricane center have the center off the outer banks by sunday. even with the system far away, it could still produce a lot of rain. a lot on our play to cover, and we will do that for you. we will have the seven-day forecast as well in just a few minutes. jummy: service changes on the blue, orange, and silver lines put to the test this morning. takes a look at how things went so you know what to expect. change ofa major stations on three metro lines. during the morning and evening rush

alison: new developments after an arrest in charlottesville. martese johnson was arrested by agents from abc back in march. a photo of his bloody had went viral and drew questions. today, a final review found officers acted properly and within their orders when they arrested him. the alcohol average control board ordered that the officers back on unrestricted status. charges against johnson were dropped. split betweenial hillary clinton and the obama administration. clinton says she opposes restrictions on the keystone xl pipeline. president obama has not said that he will approve the pipeline. supporters argue that it will boost energy up and create jobs. up and say the environment the risk is too grateful stop a government review of the project began when clinton was secretary of state. ministers have agreed to a plan for them to take in 120,000 refugees. four countries in central europe -- hungary, slovakia, and the czech republic among them, voted no. they are dealing with their worst refugee crisis since world war ii, as tens of thousands

jesse matthew is accused of murdering harrington in charlottesville in 2009.news 4's david culver is outside the albemarle county courthouse. david? >> reporter: today jesse matthew waived his right to a speedy trial in the harrington case and the trial date is set for october of next year. >> there's definitely relief in it. >> reporter: october 24, 2016, that's the date now set for the murder trial of jesse matthew charged with killing morgan harrington and not soon enough for her mom and dad. >> we have the next year to still be swinging on this pendulum, slow-moving process of court. that's a long time for us to keep this ball rolling. >> that would be seven years. seven years after the event. >> abducted and murdered on october 17, 2009, here in charlottesville after leaving a concert. the judge, unknowingly, first set the trial date for the anniversary and then changed it. >> more pain and suffering. >> reporter: today's hearing also included matthew's defense motion in hannah graham's case. it's been a year since hannah's death. that trial is set to beg

news 4 is live in charlottesville where a hearing just wrapped up. david? >> reporter: barbara, that case has now been set for trial, jesse matthew waving his right for a speedy trial and the trial date october 24, 2016. you'll note it's after the case for hannah graham which is set for next summer. eachime there is a court appearance for jesse matthew, morgan's parents wearing purple and orange to remember their daughter as well as hannah graham. matthew is accused of abducting and murdering morgan in 2009. just two weeks ago, prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder. in court we learned of another conflict of interest involving the judge in this case. plus the very personal reason that the first trial date that was set earlier today had to be changed. i'll share that with you when i see you on news 4 at 5:00. for now reporting live in charlottesville. >> thank you, david. >>> a young marine dies while trying to help a driver on the side of a busy highway. news 4 speaks with a longtime friend of the victim. >>> the controversial kentucky court cler

a steady parade of showers moving from the charlottesville area north east to melt row area. so far, most stayed in the city and the northern suburbs. not so much the eastern suburbs. that could change. the cool temperatures will continue. no strong winds. as we get through tomorrow, we will be in the low to the mid-50's with the cloudy skies. then the sun comes back tomorrow an and much improving weather forecast as we head through tomorrow and wednesday and thursday. we will give you the weather coming up as it pertains to the pope's visit. back to you. leon: all right, doug. happening now. impact of metro commute to the evening. there was an electrical problem found outside a parking lot at r.f.k. stadium to delay service on three lines throughout the day. brad bell live in southeast washington on the story for us. brad, how does it look out there now? >> well, some good news. i want to show you live right away now. take a look on the tracks back here. you can see here come the train. rolling down the tracks heading to the tunnel. pan to the right. behind the portable gene

and by 4:00, showers are even south of fredericksburg toward i-64 around charlottesville.urday probably the best day. we get into saturday night. i think it will be dry saturday night if you want to grill out. late saturday night. temperatures in the 60s. showers well to the south and the west. how much rain is possible. we'll put one of these modems through the weekend. maybe we get 6/100 of an inch of rain. that's a passing shower. all the passing activity in the mountains and the shenandoah valley. 68 by 11:00. and 70 with clouds by 1:00. sunday, again, better chance for a few showers. 72. the concert on the mall will be okay. certainly tomorrow. maybe a passing shower on sunday. 80 better chance for showers and storms on monday. next seven days, more storms on tuesday, 82. still pretty toasty. low 80s on wednesday. upper 60s 70s thursday with some storms. >>> it's a passion they've had since they were little and now some wilson high school students are giving back. >>> they're teaching dc fourth graders how stem can be cool in school. mike explains how the program is m

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live super doppler 7 radar showing the areas with rain were fredericksburg, stanton, charlottesville.0's this time of the night coming uniform temperatures, a little cool. we have seen that ends with the daily forecast suggesting we are staying dry, which means we are warming. the rain still falling, but all of us have another chance of widespread showers coming in, much cooler temperatures thereafter. we will let you know when that is in the complete forecast from the belfort furniture weather center and a few minutes. final: pope francis' night of his american trip has been memorable. e-mobile lit up as he made his way to the world meeting of families. spoke one-on-one with many of the tens of thousands in attendance. referenceslso heard to the mark web movie "ted," and also heard from singing sensation aretha franklin. he also stopped at the birthplace of the declaration of independence. john gonzales reports. one of the more touching moments, the first unscripted candid act. the play father jumps out of his famous fiat, talks to a 10-year-old with cerebral palsy and his family. >>

friday night college football, charlottesville, uva hosting boise state. broncos.tart with the ball on the first play, matt johns gets hit and throws an interception here to justin. gets it to the end zone, broncos go up a touchdown early but he would rebound. later on in the quarter h e s w slows one up to t.j. thorpe and thorpe does the rest. this a 75-yard touchdown. he had two trd touchdowns in th game and threw three interceptions and gets benched in the third quarter. boise state led by this guy, nephew of super bowl winning quarterback, mark rypien, can't mess that one up. the 30 yard touchdown, virginia trailing 56-14 in the fourth quarter. that game has gone final, 56-14, boise state really good, boise state really good, virginia not the too okay. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? why fios? well fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. whatever speed you need, fios has it. so if you need more streaming for more devices, fios gives you options with the fastest internet and wi-fi availab

. >> charlottesville marked one year since graham's disappearance with fresh attention to her life andother young women facing the same risk. organizations helped save the next girl about a block away from the security camera. one woman says she's concerned the community will remember graham only as a statistic. >> i think a lot of people want to sweep it under the rug unfortunately. so we want to get out here and raise awareness. hannah graham was a person. she was a human being and she had a life. we want people to realize that. >> you can stay on top of the developments. we'll let you know as soon is that come in. >>> right now a family is desperately searching for a missing girl from greenbelt. she suffers from seizures and doesn't have her medicine with her. if you have any information that can help find her, please call police. >>> metro transit police arrest and charmed this man or the man wanted for lajedly sexually assaulting a woman at the metro station. when the police got there, the 23-year-old jumped onto the tracks and ran toward glenmont. officers chased him, but he got

her he remains were found on a rural farm nine miles south of charlottesville. jesse matthews was a suspect in harrington's murder after he was implicated in last year's ab just and occurred of uva student hannah graham. he was convicted in a 2005 fairfax rape case. now the harringtons say it's their turn for justice. >> i wanted him to see for all intents and purposes this is the face of justice for jesse matthews because i've known and believed for some time that he killed our morgan. >> reporter: peggy fox, wusa9. >> matthew does face the death penalty if convicted of killing hannah graham. the commonwealth attorney says there are no plans to upgrade the case to capital murder. >>> moments before a popular high school athlete was hit and killed by an amtrak drain. john derejji was on the tracks with his girlfriend monday posing for photos. family and friends said some of the photos were for a school photo assignment. the girls darted in one direction, witnesses say, while derejji went into the path of the train which was traveling at 70 miles per hour. invest

a little red. 7:00 tonight most of the showers heavy activity is south and it stays south in charlottesville and i agree with that, temps in the 70s. by 9:00 some showers develop by culpeper, almost to winchester. notice they're all green, so nothing crazy heavy. by 10:00 we're in the 60s already, manassas, 68 leesburg, still showers manassas south i- 66 down 95 toward fredericksburg and by 11:00 still a few leftover showers into southern maryland but again nothing crazy heavy. we'll come back. we're not done with the showers just yet. we'll tell you what that means to our weekend forecast. >>> a new national poll from cnn shows donald trump leading among republican voters with 32% support well ahead of dr. ben carson at 19% and jeb bush in third with 9%. >> trump got to the top because voters say he speaks his mind and while that can be a positive craig boswell shows us why it can also have some drawbacks. >> thank you. >> reporter: donald truffle's latest comments have opened the -- trump's latest comments have opened the door for his rivals to go on attack when he seemed to suggest that c

a concert -- harrington was the virginia tech student that disappeared following a concert in charlottesville. if he's convicted, he faces life in >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> the burgundy and gold have been busy the last couple days shuffling the roster trying to figure out how to fill some holes by injuries and signed veteran quarterback will blackmon. they created a roster spot for him by placing safety duke ihenacho on injured reserve. they have no safeties on their practice squad. coach gruden says the remaining players will have to fill the void. >> we have three other guys in place there that are capable to step up and play and one of them will. looks like it could be trent, could be jerome. all four of them will probably play. >> so when a team loses, especially this team, it's easy to focus on the loss and not the positive, but there is plenty of good to be taken from their loss to miami. one of the biggest is the performance of the offensive line. yes, bruce, there are positives. many eyes are on the right tackle morgan moses and roo

today, in charlottesville matthew waived his right to a speedy trail in the morgan hairington murder case. peggy fox is there and she tells us about the interesting date that was first chosen for the trial. it's since been changed right though? >> reporter: yes lesli, the first date that was chosen was october 17th, 2016. october 17th has great significance for the harringtons and it didn't take long for the rest of the courtroom to realize and remember that october 17th, 2009, was the day morgan harrington was abducted. >> there are many people from many disturbing difficult backgrounds that have not gone on to become rapists and murderers. >> reporter: jill harrington, the mother of morgan, reacting to a letter of a former girlfriend of jesse matthew who asked a judge for mercy during his sentencing this friday for raping a woman in fire fax. >> our girls did not -- fly to heaven on a pink cloud. they also were pleading for mercy. they were crying and screaming. bleeding. they did not receive mercy. i think that should factor into the judge's sentencing. >> reporter: today's hearin

in terms of your first comment about charlottesville, i really appreciate charlottesville. for your information uvh has the lone china initiatives, open office this spring. i think in april there are four things of different schools that attended that grand opening office in shanghai, but thank you for mentioning my alma mater. >>> taking a look at congress this week, the senate is back tomorrow, and they will take another procedural vote on the disapproval resolution for the iran nuclear agreement. they gravel in tuesday at 1:00 p.m. eastern, and the vote is scheduled for 6:00 eastern. later in the week, senators are expected to debate a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks. the house returns for legislative business on wednesday. members will take up a number of bills including one directing the tsa to enhance security at airports. and on thursday, the house will attempt to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood unless that organization agrees to stopper forming or funding abortions. follow the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. meanwhile

charlottesville police discovered her body the month after disappearing. her family will draw an hg for hannah graham in chalk there with members of the community. >>> a loaded gun is off the street in adams morgan. the police spotted a man on 18th street clutching his waistband. police say when he ran away from them, he dropped a loaded semiautomatic. the man from lorton is facing several gun charges. >>> in just a few hours, that same community will be packed for adams morgan day. the street festival is going to be a little bit different this year though. homeowners and businesses came together after the original sponsor cancelled. more music and art displays will be indoors. adams morgan day runs from noon to 6:00. a lot of people happy about that. >> absolutely. >>> 6:07. coming up, several prison inmates dead this morning in oklahoma. new details on what may have happened there. >>> and we are continuing to track this, new developments from california. wildfires spreading faster than firefighters can keep up. ♪ this fall at dunkin donuts, get lost in

metallica concert at the university of virginia and a couple months later her body was discovered in charlottesville. the case went uninvolved fm an naw graham disappeared about five miles away. even though harrington was already charged with killing graham, jill hager son embraced this jury's decision. >> it was very important and i don't know why it was so important for both dan, me and our son, alex, to have some acknowledgement of the fact that morgan's life was taken, she was robbed from us. >> it's only been a couple months since matthew pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting another woman in fairfax 10 years ago and will be back in court tomorrow on these harrington charges. >> thank you. >>> hundreds gathered tonight in montgomery county to remember a teenager killed in an accident on the train tracks. they packed difference maker's church in damascus tonight, family, friends and classmates. jackie bensen was there to see many members of the community still in shock. >> reporter: the rural damascus church that formed his teen years glowed with candle for 16-year-old john. including dozens

harrington, a virginia tech student, disappeared following a concert in charlottesville. tomorrow matthew will be arraigned on murder and abduction charges. >>> tonight senior citizens forced to leave their homes tonight. the blaze broke out at leisure world apartments around 4:00 this afternoon. one firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation, but none of the residents were injured. >>> developing right now a new jersey teen has been arrested for an isis inspired threat against the pope during his upcoming u.s. trip. secret service arrested the 15- year-old last month for planning the attack on the pontiff next week. the teen was allegedly communitying with someone from isis online and was urged to research how to build an explosive. intellig there are no known credible threats currently against the pope. >>> a community in shock tonight. >> this all comes after the death of a popular high school athlete from boyds, maryland. 16-year-old john deregi jr. was lit by an amtrak train near -- hit by an amtrak train near his home yesterday around 5:00. the clarkbsurg high sch