chris: gordon is the director of the maryland lottery. you want to pay out this money. >>.bsolutely the biggest marketing tool we have is when her awareness for stop there is nothing better than winners for us. chris: records obtained by the i-team found of maryland's $64 million of winnings come instant games like scratch offs make up the biggest at 43%. where does the unclaimed money go? it goesand and d.c., back into the lottery as new prizes. in virginia it goes into the state's literary fund that supports education and teacher retirements. but the national council on problem gambling thin >> this is basically free money that the state lotteries could use for other purposes. chris: studies show about 6 million americans struggle with a gambling addiction, which cost taxpayers $7 million annually, mostly from crime driven by gambling. georgia, oklahoma, and tennessee dedicate a portion of unclaimed winnings to treat addiction. despite years of lobbying, virginia, d.c., and maryland do not. you think part of the unclaimed money should go back towards solving the problem i

chris gordon spoke to one survivor by phone. >> it's very important to me that he is arrested so anything we can do to catch him is going to save a lot of other little old ladies problems. >> that woman is 75 years old and lives in a facility in waldorf. police believe all five of the suspects' victims were elderly women. >>> this morning, the university of maryland police department is mourning the passing of its former chief. he led the department for 20 years. he's credited with helping to -- the security camera. after that, he became the major in the baltimore county police department. his funeral will be next week in maryland. >>> a wildfire in utah growing at an unprecedented rate and emergency officials there are trying to get a handle on this. with only 5% of it contained. this is in southern utah in brian head. there are approximately 18,000 acres that have already burned. and there are so many fire engines there. 34 different engines. 23 crews. they had 800 personnel there on the ground trying to get this contained. again, as of last only 5% contained. back to you guys. >>> erik

. >> chris gordon about her, chris? >> her mother spoke to me today, sometimes she smiled when she was talking was the love of her life. yesterday she was struck by the train along these tracks running between berk and manassas. >> while hiking through overlook regional park, she was struck by this dre train, her brother tried to carry her out for medical treatment, but they were too deep in the woods. >> one day we'll be reunited with her. >> michael is rahan's cousin, said she was like a sister to him. he was with her when she was hit by the train on the bridge. >> we were having a blast and that train came right around the corner and started honking and i said, run. so we like -- i jumped to the other side of the tracks and i said jump. she kept running. she was in shock. she just ran and -- >> her mother says in the last month her daughter talked about her own funeral. >> she doesn't want anyone wearing black. she's like, why do people wear black to funerals mom, that's just so sad. i don't want people wearing black

. >> news 4 chris gordon talked to the family. he's near the accident site this afternoon, chris. >> this is a heartbreaking story. i spoke with her mother today at their home here and i spoke from 13-year-old cousin who was with her over the bridge yesterday afternoon. he says she was afraid of heights and didn't jump out of the way when he did. -- 13-year-old was full of life. her family said she loved cheering. she had a wonderful voice and wanted to learn the guitar

chris gordon is live at simpson field with more on the investigation. >> reporter: well, the fbi says the shooter purchased a 9 millimeter handgun last november after the presidential election. he then drove here from bellville, illinois just two days before the shooting, he texted a family member saying he was thinking of returning home, but instead he came here to simpson stadium park in alexandria carrying that hand gun and a rifle. the shooter acted alone according to the fbi. they say 66-year-old james tom hodgkinson told his family in march that he was coming to he was living in his van. he rented a storage unit in alexandria. >> we determined that the vhe visited his yununit more than 4 times. >> reporter: and the day he appeared at the field request a are not baseball team was practicing. investigators say he fired 60 times, more than 50 with an sks arriv rifle like this, the frrest froa hand gun. investigators say he had anger issues and was under train mentally. his posts include anti-republican rants. investigators say he had a list with the name of six members of congress

. >> news 4 chris gordon is live for us with a preview of tonight's reopening. > reporter: well, as you can see, there are some players on the field here behind me. they are warming up. the dell ray community is welcoming everyone. as you said, there was a visitor here today who took a tour because he can't make it tonight. he says this field will always have a special meaning for him. >> congressman of malcolm gegi first time since last week's shooting. he wanted to see if it is as he remembered it. >> well, i was at home when the shooting started. several numbers went to the dug out. >> so does the fence and first base dug out. >> it's just humbling to see how close we were to having massive casualties. >> michelle came to sit in the stands today on her lunch hour to think. >> why here? >> just the violence, the people. i'm just -- what happened last week, the shooting. i don't get what's going on and why we're so ugly to each other. >> reporter: for most of the community, tonight is a reason to celebrate, to pay tribute to the first responders. the five people

chris gordon be has thas the la. >> reporter: the fbi investigation reveals the shoot shooter carried a list with names on it. >> not a hit list, but more of a piece of paper with names on it. >> reporter: james hodgkinson told his family last plarnlg he was coming to the washington, d.c. area. the fbi says he went to the u.s. capitol, he visited the office of senator bernie sanders, he took pictures of himself at the u.s. supreme court, the library of congress, the washington monument and at the front entrance of the smithsonian national museum of african-american history. he also took pictures of eugene simpson stadium park where the congressional shootings occurred. the fbi says he was running out of money and under mental and financial strain. >> i know in all kinds of different ways, but i don't know the specifics of his motive at this time. >> reporter: alexandria police are working closely with the fbi on the shooting investigation. >> this begins the painting of a portrait of the shooter. that is important for us here at the local level so we can try to identify potential thre

chris gordon will have any new information right here on news4. >>> right now air force one is in the air headed to miami. this is video from an hour announce changing in policies for cuba. those will likely tamp down on travel restrictions. joining me now from engage cuba is luke. you're a seennior adviser. the biggest thing that we hear from folks when they get back and talk to us from the interest of a traveling perspective, how do we get down there? >> we need to take a step back. folks need to remember that cuba is the only country in the world where our government imposes actual restrictions on how you travel there. those are restrictions that were lessened quite a bit during the obama administration. it w m down there. it was going to be self-reporting, what you were doing. we're taking a giant step back this afternoon. it's not going to make it impossible. it's going to make it a lot harder. >> you mentioned self-reporting. >> that's the irony. what president trump has said is that he wants to do away with many regulations and help american jobs. in fact, he's adding regulatio

chris gordon has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: he was living in his van here, he took pictures of himself at the u.s. capitol, on the mall and at museums. he rebltsed a stonted a storage. >> we determine that he had visited his unit more than 43 times between april and ju 4th and june 14th. >> reporter: that is the day he appeared at the field where the republican congressional baseball team was practicing. investigators say that he fired 60 time, more than 50 with an sks rifle like this, the rest from a .9 millimeter hand gin. hodgkinson had anger issues and was under strain mentally and financially. his posts include anti-republican rants. investigators say he had a list with the names of six members of congress on it. but they are not calling it a hit list. >> if you look at his pattern of life and what he was doing on smooed accoun social media accounts, there is no indication that there was a threat associated with the names. >> reporter: some local residents helped victims to safety. >> we had individuals who directed people into locations in the y to shelter in

chris gordon is live with more on tonight's event. chris. >> reporter: well, doreen, it began with the words, welcome back. the alexandria little league today handed out these t-shirts which said alexandria is our city, simpson is our home. now the ceremony is underway right now honoring those five who were wounded here and the first responders who put their own lives on the line to save them. this afternoon, we spoke to one survivor who toured simpson stadium again. >> congressman of georgia returned to simpson stadium. the last time he was on this field he was under fire. he saw the bullet holes in the fence, the dug out, and the shed where he was pinned down. >> that bullet hole right there and i'm right here. >> he tried to help >> every time we would go out and try to help them, the shooter repositioned himself at that point and, you know, he would start concentrating fire over this way. >> he hopes his team returns here to practice for next year's congressional game and think it's great that little leaguers will be playing baseba

chris gordon is there with that angle on this story, chris. >> reporter: mika is out of search.ahead. he's a former congressional aid to michigan republican congressman tim wahlberg who prayers. we want to show you some videos. mika was a volunteer with the republican congressional baseball team, baseball was his passion. he played in college. he helped the republicans by pitching, batting practice. he has been a lobbyist with tyson foods for the past six years. mika recently moved into a recently renovated condo. people there say he hasn't been there long but he seems like a terrific guy. >> he's new to this our building. he seems to pitch in right away. the first time i met him was in the front gardening. we pitch in and help out and do things on our own here. talked to him briefly. welcomed him. i saw him friday night. i was out barbecuing. he was coming home. i didn't know what he did for a living until you came and told me he was injured. he's very quiet. >> it's very sad to hear that be shot. it's startling and sad. there's no words to describe it. >> reporter: nbc news is

our chris gordon joins us live with chris?er: well, jim, as the mayor says, the flyers are meant to scare and divide our city, just like the noose found at the african american history museum. and she says it will not be tolerated. now, we found flyers here along sixth street southwest, over onto seventh street, on g street. and people told me that they found them as they biked over to fourth street, all in northwest, washington. and on some blocks, like you see right here, they're on both sides of the street. many people who live and work in southwest, washington, are relieved to learn the flyers are fake. >> it looks real. when i look at it closer, so i would assume something was up, just casually going by. >> reporter: the phony flyers are power boxes. they use the words illegal aliens, saying, harboring them could result in a prison sentence of five years. >> it's pretty outrageous. i think we've seen some pretty cowardice and hateful acts in our city this week. >> reporter: the flyers came to our attention this week, when

ahead at 5:00 tonight, our chris gordon talked to family members about how her two young children areng now that their mother is about to be deported. >>> also tonight, prince george's county celebrating along with the hometown kid kevin durant after he wins his first nba championship. tracee wilkins talking to one of durant's mentors tonight about his postgame shout-out and how his success is resonating with those who look up to the star. leon, i know we were both rooting for the cavs in this series, but every time he scored and looked good in the series, you had to smile. he's ours! you gotta love the hometown guy. good on him. >> see you at 5:00. >> thanks, jim. >>> all right, folks, back to the weather now. more extreme heat today, but a change almost here. >> we're going to get to lauryn in a moment on the weather deck to tell you what the feels are out there. but first let's check with daou in the weather center. >> i could use some ac in the weather center, it's a little warm here. once again, highs close to record levels and we're dealing with the heat index too. it got to 99

news 4's chris gordon spoke with one of the survivors by phone. >> he just ought to be caught becauseought to be caught. he's going to keep on doing this until he's too old to get through somebody's bedroom window. >> that woman was attacked six years ago. she's now 75 and lives in a long-term care facility in waldorf. >> in prince george's county school districts. >> there's shocking claims. erika gonzalez is live with more on this. what's up? >> protesters showed up to last night's school board meeting and let their voices be heard. >> educate, then graduate. >> this is the first school board meeting since four members of the school board made allegations the county is changing students' grades in order to boost graduation rates. so here's what some school board members are saying. >> we would not make such allegations if there were not significant proof. we wouldn't make such allegations if we didn't know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we knew what we were talking about. >> the reason that weave made the allegations we've had and been as outspoken as we've been is because we ultim

. >>> this new technology has been used once before, news four chris gordon talked to the 75-year-oldabout the new effort to solve her case. >> montgomer you to take a close look at this new picture of a suspect. it's a composite created from dna, showing a suspect police believe is responsible for raping an elderly woman twice in her jermantown condo. it has become a cold case over the years. today i spoke by phone with the victim who is now 75 years old, living in a long-term care facility. >> there was a time when nobody knew what dna was. and it's -- as science progresses, all the more to it. i think this individual isn't going to stop. he's going to keep on doing it and feel good about himself until he is caught. >> the same suspect is responsible for raping four other elderly women. and they are hoping that this new composite created from dna back to you. >> well, could boarding a plane be as easy as scanning a fingerprint. >> jim handily joins us now from the newsroom. >> similar to the technology you might use to unlock your cell phone it could make getting through security li

chris gordon gets reaction from dulles, to this popular store shutting its doors. >> he brought his children to the nordstrom town center today. he was surprised to hear that nordstrom plans to close this store after september 8. >> i know my wife is not going to be happy. she shops here often. >> nordstroms issued this statement. we've been fortunate to build great relationships with our customers and employees at our dulles town center store for the past 15 years. however, our operating agreement is set to expire and closing this store is the best decision for us. nordstrom did not announce the specific reason that they are closing their dulles town center store. but it comes at a very competitive time for brick and mortar stores. amazon has bec online. it commands 33% of the e commerce market. last week it announced it is by whole foods to expand into food distribution. because of amazon, sears, macy's, jcpenneys have closed a number of their stores. the dulles nordstrom is only the second store that is closing this year. the nordstrom's customers we spoke with here seem to put for the in

. >> reporting from montgomery county, chris gordon, news 4. >>> the owner of this cartels news 4 itust have been stolen. they didn't know the car was missing until it turned up in the patomic river this morning. it appears to have gone into water off boat ramp. montgomery county ems didn't find anybody inside the car. they were able to attach some heavy chains and used a tow truck to drag it back to show. >>> today marks the anniversary. people were killed in 2009 when who red line trains collided in northeast d.c. 80 people were hurt that day. federal investigators blamed a computer malfunction for the crash metro safety has been under scrutiny ever since. they've made millions of dollars in improvements and instituted new safety procedures since that deadly metro will be open from 5:00 in the morning until 11:00 at night. on saturday the train will start at 7:00 a.m. and stop at 1:00 the following morning. sunday hours will be 8:00 in the morning until 11:00 a.m. >> depends on the time of day. it will be a 25 per ride increase during off peak hours and there will be a increase for

news4's chris gordon is at the police headquarters in gaithersburg this afternoon. chris? >> reporter: well, i sat down this afternoon with chief manger, and he told me his investigators are analyzing the evidence and going through interviews with witnesses, but still need more information from the public. chief manger tells me that this double murder. he says he can't go anywhere in the county without being asked about this case. >> reporter: police chief tom manger said it's difficult and emotional for the detectives investigating the double murder of the two teenagers. but the chief tells me he is confident police will solve this case. >> every officer that was on the scene, every detective working this case can't help but think about their own families, their own kids, and be impacted by that. >> reporter: 17-year-old shadi adi najjar and artem ziberov were gunned down in montgomery village the night before they were to graduate from northwest high school. chief manger said investigators have leads and are putting together a timeline to determine where the teenagers we

news4 chris gordon joins us live about what we know about matt mika. chris? >> reporter: matt mika is fighting for his life tonight after undergoing a very serious surgery. he's a former congressional staffer and just a short time ago at the u.s. capitol we spoke with his former boss, congressman timothy wahlberg of michigan. he gave us an update on mika's condition. >> he's still got a fight. and we're just praying that things turn out will well. i think he's been given wonderful medical care. it was a very significant injury that he received. >> reporter: matt mika's passion was baseball. he worked out with the republican congressional baseball team as a volunteer. he had played in college. mika is a lobbyist with tyson foods, washington, d.c. office located on pennsylvania avenue just blocks from the u.s. capitol. his company issued a statement saying, matt has worked for tyson foods for years and we are deeply concerned about him and his family. mika moved to this recently renovated condo building in northeast washington just a few months ago. neighbors s

chris gordon is in the courtroom right now waiting for the decision. today he talked with the sniper's first victim to get reaction to the developments. >> reporter: the sniper parking lot in clinton, maryland. the owner of what was then the margalina restaurant left for the day. when he got to his car, he was shot five times by a gunman he would later learn was teenager lee boyd malvo. the shooter robbed his bag with $3600 and his laptop. he says he later learned the money was used to buy the sniper's car and his laptop was used to track each of the sniper shootings. i asked him how he feels about the malvo's mandatory life sentence could be changed and some day he could be released from prison. >> i wasn't shocked to hear it but it's troubling that it came up this soon really. i thought it would -- might come up, but in the distant future. >> malvo's lawyers argue that his mandatory life sentence is unconstitution because the u.s. supreme court subsequently ruled that a juvenile cannot be sentenced to life without the possibility of paro parole. back

. >> it's been 16 years, after $25 million make over, it is backed by the national stage, chris gordon, news 4. >> are you ready for round two? what's left for tropical storm cindy isn't done just yet. tell us when we'll see the rain and what to expect for your weekend, too. >> chaotic scene on a busy street, a mega bus collides with not one, not two, but three cars but dragged one of them down the street. shutter local store that's been gutted and turned into a family fun park. wait until you see some of the exciti angct >>> you said we needed a little rain, it's not sounding like we're going to get a lot. >> no, not a lot. again, maybe one to two inches, some areas could still get that, it's mostly north and west of the city. the city maybe quarter inch to half inch over night tonight. right now, though, it will clear out if we had some cloud cover, you know what, i just asked them to take the shot because the sun was shining. it was beautiful. then the cloud got in the way. >> then the dark clouds came back in. it was a good looking shot, though, out there right now towards the airp

chris gordon is live in southeast d.c. with more on the story for us. chris? >> reporter: mrs.ll be honored for her courage tonight here at the fifth annual casa justice awards. organizers expect it to be emotional and inspiring. mrs. mendez has been separated from her family for yearly a month now, and tonight, could be facing deportation, literally at any moment. [ speaking foreign language ] >> she said she's not doing well. her heart is completely broken to be separated from her family. >> reporter: she speaks about her cousin, the 30-year-old mother of two children who were born in the u.s. mrs. mendez has been transported to louisiana where she's expecting to be deported to el salvador. for nearly a month now, she's been separated from her family. her 4--o and 11-year-old son steven, as well as her husband renee. [ speaking foreign language ] >> said they really have been destroyed by what has happened and the children really can't understand it. >> reporter: immigration records show cruz mendez was arrested by border patrol in 2006. a judge ordered her removal, but that

news4's chris gordon has reaction from the victims' there were at least two shooters and they believe that someone at northwest high school in germantown knows something about these shootings. >> reporter: police say the two teenagers were targeted. investigators found 30 shell casings at the murder scene in montgomery village. they believe there were multiple shooters and multiple caliber weapons used in a very violent act. >> we do believe that the suspects and the victims knew each other. and more importantly, we believe there are people out there that have not come forward yet and have not given us information that they know about this case. >> reporter: 17-year-old shadi najjar, and 18-year-old artem ziberov, were killed the night before they were to graduate from northwest high school. i spoke with artem's father as he was leaving to meet with detectives. have any of their fen evening, who they were meeting with? >> no. >> reporter: police are investigating a report that shadi owed someone money and that a debt collector stopped by his house, but was chased off by shadi's father

. >> i retweeted news4's chris gordon who is explaining the government's new warning for first responders. >> the dea, the drug enforcement administration, today issued a warning that there's an epidemic of fentanyl related deaths that not only endanger a user and that user's family, but also first responders. >> fentanyl can injure or kill first responders or other family members. >> reporter: the dea says even this small amount of fentanyl, two milligrams, could be dangerous, if not deadly to a user, their family, police and fire who respond. that's the latest from the dea in arlington, virginia. back to you. >>> george clooney has a whole lot to brag about today. he's won oscars, an emmy, and now he has an ella and an alexander. those are his brand-new twins. clooney's wife, amal ala mudeen delivered the bundles of joy in london today. his publicist joked that george is sedated and that it's going to take a few days for the guy to recover. the married couple hitched up in 2014 and these are their first children. ♪ ♪ >>> that's a clip from tonight's episode of "world of dance." round tw

that's tom sherwood and chris gordon passing out t-shirts. want to thank all of you for showing us all of y us. you can see them all as well as moments from the parade and festival. open the app. >> there was one person not there and notably absent. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes nor norton. she never received an invitation and she was actually put on a wait list but that she would also have to pay at least 600 bucks in fees to be on that list so she made the decision not to go. the capital pride organization said they do representative representative holmes norton very much and that they are now looking into what happened. >>> go back to molette green at the live desk now. >> she is tracking details about a lawsuit against president trump. what's going on. >> reporter: it's an unprecedented move. attorneys general in maryland and the district possibly filing the suit today going after trump over foreign payments to his anticorruption clauses in the constitution. the washington post first reported this saying if a federal judge allows this pres

news4's chris gordon has more on the investigation. >> i think anyone who is a parent just sees this case and is really emotionally impacted by it. >> reporter: the police chief tells me investigators are working on leads. shadi adi najjar and artem ziberov were gunned d montgomery village the night before they were to graduate from northwest high school. investigators are putting together a timeline to determine where the teenagers were before the shootings. >> track that information down, talk to the family, talk to their friends, talk to folks they might have been correspond with. >> reporter: the chief said there are few random murders in montgomery county. usually there's some association between victims and their killer. some say the gun shots recorded monday night shows how personal this attack was. [ repeated gunfire ]. >> to shoot that many times, it's usually there's some emotion that causes somebody to shoot that many times. again, we just don't know at this point. >> reporter: shadi's funeral was held yesterday. artem's family is planning a service for germantown. leon? >

news4's chris gordon is in southwest, d.c., a neighborhood that's been plastered with the flyers. >>r: these flyers are fake, because they are not authorized by i.c.e. or the d.c. government. they contain a phone number urging people to call and report undocumented immigrants so they can be deported. i dialed that number just short time ago, and i got a recorded message that sounded like it was from i.c.e., but i.c.e. is disavowing these flyers. >> it's hurtful to see this. >> reporter: carlos said his parents are immigrants and he's worried about the message on the flyers posted all around his southwest neighborhood. >> whoever is doing this, should be ashamed of themselves. and they're causing concern for these illegal immigrants. >> reporter: the phony flyer are glued onto light poles and power boxes. they are entitled u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, using the words them could result in a prison sentence of five years. d.c. mayor muriel bowser immediately called the flyers fake, she said they are meant to scare and divide the city. >> we know over the last year, year and

. >> and our chris gordon is taking a closer look at the impact of the casino on people living in thoseeighborhoods there. and he finds out what the casinos biggest problems are. >> so we will see you with those stories and more in just a few minutes. >> this is the only place in the world where you can actually that question, what do you drink when you're watching the fbi testimony. >> that has washington written all over it. >> exactly. >> thank you. >>> if you're feeling lucky today, pick up a powerball ticket. up to $375 million. if you choose the cash payout you'll still bring home 235 million bucks. this is the 12th biggest jackpot in the history of powerball. >> now we turn to a warning you may want to think about t next time you're at the gas station. >> police say thieves have this new trick. they steal from you at the pump. kristin wright is working for you on how to protect your money. >> reporter: now we have to worry about skimmers that you can't even see because they're hidden inside the gas pump. if you look just close enough right here in the credit card slot you might j

chris gordon joins us live with more on what went wrong. what havu this? >> reporter: well, d.c. police, metro transit police and ddot are all investigating the cause of this accident. ever since street cars started running along h street in northeast, there have been critics that called the design dangerous. take a look why. they say the tracks run too close to parked cars. today a car leaving a spot may have caused this street car to hit the metro bus. this passenger wore a neck brace as she was accompanied off the bus. belinda king hobbled off in pain. she says the crash caused her to hit a rail on the same side where she had a total hip replacement. >> when it hit, we just flew. didn't no one coming until just now. so we all going to the hospital. >> reporter: there is no rear window on the metro bus. for passengers, the crash came as a total shock. >> i was sitting on the back of the bus, all of a sudden i felt a hard bump. >> reporter: d.c. f a crews received an emergency call at 11:00 a.m., reporting a d.c. street car had hit the back of a metro bus injuring ten passengers

because thursday our bruce gordon was telling us, chris, they raced back to their rooms to be able to watch one of those games. and i know that on wednesday i believe stanley cup parade in pittsburgh. do you think at all that this may be factors into them working four hours into the night tonight? >> reporter: i hope it doesn' doesn't. the judge did make it a point, a couple of tile, to mention the pittsburgh penguins. the game they wanted to watch. now they probably want to get home and watch that parade on wednesday. but right now, they are four hours into deliberations the judge said tonight they're asking good questions. they seem attentive so let's hope they're you judging this case basically on the facts and the testimony of what they heard in court. >> absolutely. you know they're taking it very seriously. thank you very much, chris o'connell. we have of course brought you every twist and turn in the courtroom and cosby fans former and current have been glued to the case. for some as hard as square the whole some image cosby presented in public with what they heard in court. da