the sheriff's office says courtney ash was last seen a relative's home on saturday night.for more on this, look at the nbc washington app. >>> trying to figure out whether a driver did this on purpose. half a dozen people are recovering from the crash yesterday. the driver stayed on the screen scene. >> john kelly will be sworn in as the new chief of staff. he takes over from reince priebus. the "today" show will have a look at his day ahead, coming up. >>> senator john mccain will begin treatment for his brain tumor today. his office will begin and chemotherapy treatment at the mayo center in phoenix. >>> bless you. >> excuse me. >> had a sneezing fit there. >> sorry. >> that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather and traffic. >> it's coming. >> it's not allergy season. enjoy your day. make it a great monday everybody. >>> good morning. >>> good morning. get out. vladimir putin excels hundreds of diplomats and staff from rush after sanctions being imposed by the u.s. the sta

courtney ash has been missing since friday. she had in the car with her her own son, who is five years old, and her nine year old cousin. we showed up about 30 minute ago, to interview courtney's mother. and as we got to the door, the mother had just gotten word that a family member had discovered courtney's car in a creek. here on evergreen mills road in ashburn. you can see that huge emergency response down there. we've seen multiple ambulances, and firetrucks, arriving to the scene. we've seen some paramedic running from their car. again, a woman's body was found, but no sign of those two children. and it is unclear when the crash into the courtney ash is 27 years old. she from suffolk, virginia. she was last seen leaving a family residence here in ashburn, on friday. she had with her, her cousin, jaylen russell, nine years old, and her son, cameron martin, who is five years old. courtney had traveled from another family residence in the leesburg avenue with jaylen the cuss town pick up her son cameron. three were expected t

her mom said this is out of character, especially since courtney ash has three other children, including a two month old. this is her message to her daughter. >> courtney, please come home. we're here for you. and that, you know, when you come home, we're not going to be upset with you. we just want you to plan to hit the streets themselves to do their own searching. >> she's at her friends house, cut the phone on, at least let somebody know you're all right. don't just leave us in limbo, like in the dark. let us know something. >> reporter: now, a spokesman tells me they have no reason to believe at this stage that there's any foul play involved here or that any harm has come to this trio. they urge anyone who has heard om seen the three of them or seen that blue ford taurus to call them right away. back to you now in the studio. >> julie carey, julie, thank you. >>> we are closely watching the breaking news this evening coming from the white house. the chess pieces continue to move within the trump administration. it didn't take long, folks, after just 11 days on the job, anthony scara

sheriff's department does say that they found courtney ash's body that it is these three victims. but family members tell us they have come to the very sad tragic conclusion that the family members they have been searching for several days now have been found this evening near this overturned car in sick land creek, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, julie. >>> well, he ran into harm's way to save his comrades and today a vietnam veteran is receiving a medal of honor for that bravery. president trump awarding his first medal to 71-year-old. he was a young army medic during the war in 1969 two u.s. choppers were shot down. he was surrounded on three sides by the vietmanese troops. he waited through a rice patty while bullets were flying around him. when he was given a chance to get out, he refused to get on that >> the one thing that kept him going was knowing that he had never told his father, i love you. it was the first thing he said to his dad he he finally got home. >> tonight the legal fight over those shrinking airline seats as we work to put this story into context fo

courtney ash was last seen leaving a relative's home in ash bun on friday night. she was supposed to bring them to another relative's house in leesburg. they're likely in a blue ford taurus with tags 9844. >>> it has been a rough and violent weekend in the district. two people are dead and eight people are hurt in seven separate shootings. news 4's darcy spencer has three things to share. she tells us about the victims, the action plan from police and their desperate plea for help. >> reporter: a police officer evidence in the dark. a canine searches the area and an officer takes pictures of the scene. this after a double shooting on clay place not far from minnesota avenue in northeast d.c. the victim, the ninth and tenth to be shot in less than 24 hours in the district. >> these are some of the challenges that we're here for. we have to continue to engage the community and put a squash to some of the issues happening. >> reporter: it started just before 10:00 saturday night. two of the shootings were fatal. one man died, a second critically injured on campus ave

we have courtney ashe 27 years old from suffolk virginia. here's the interesting thing. courtney apparently was at a family residence somewhere in leesburg on friday night she left with cameron. i'm sorry, she left with jalen, the nine-year-old. the nine-year-old is her cousin. they went to another place in ashburn, another family home where she said she was going to pick up her son five-year-old cameron. the three of them were there in ashburn and then the three of them left together, courtney, jalen and cameron. and they did not return back to where they were supposed to go which was the house in leesburg. so, no one has seen them since friday night. we don't know exactly what went on on saturday in terms of whether the family was trying to contact them or didn't realize they were gone. really not sure here. trying to get a few more details from the loudoun county sheriff's office. on sunday, that is when the three of them were reported missing. loudoun county has also put out a description of the vehicle they were riding in, a 2002 ford t

the loudoun county sheriff's department say courtney ash was leaving someone's home on saturday night. she was supposed to bring her son and a cousin to a relative's home in leesburg but they never blue ford taurus with virginia tags, vuv 9844. >>> it's not unusual to hear about a shooting in the district. but this morning police are raising concerns after ten people were shot in less than less than 24 hours. >> two people died in separate incidents. d.c.'s police chief took to twitter to say he's disheartened by the senseless shootings. >> justin finch joins us with a look at how police are saying you might be able to stop this violence. justin? >> eun, good morning. d.c. police want the public to speak up. they also plan to exhaust their resources, too. looking now at this map, you'll see the shootings were spread across the district. police were -- these investigations here. a place northeast. that's where a man was found shot before 8:00 p.m. sunday on the 18th place and c street northeast that second man was found shot. both men were conscious and breathing at the time. hours bef

it has now been two days since 27-year-old courtney ashe, her five-year-old son, cameron martin, and nine-year-old cousin, jaylen sills-russell, have gone missing. they were reported missing sunday. loved ones and police have been canvassing the area for possible routes she might have taken. the sheriff is not sure if heavy rain may have been a factor, but he is asking drivers to keep an eye out for a tire marks on the road or anything suspicious. there are no custody issues here, but courtney's uncle has put out a desperate plea for help. >> i just don't know. haven't been sleeping. >> if there is anything out there that anybody has seen between ashburn and leesburg, where we last a suspect she was, please let us know. driving a 2002 blue ford taurus. the sheriff's office plans to put a helicopter in the air this afternoon to continue a search. anyone with information on where these three people may be is urged to contact the loudoun county police office. noon, police in d.c. are searching for the man seen here. thursday happened last on 17th street just before 4:00 a.m. the man was

. >> family members beg for courtney ash, her five-year-old son cameron and nine-year-old cousin jalen to return. >> we're hurting as a family and we want them back. >> but no one has seen them. they were last seen leaving a family member's house last week. they were expected to return to a house in leesburg, but they never showed up. >> it is just the days have gone by and it is four days now and i just can't see her being a way that have a reason to believe that anything shady is going on, but there is a concern for their well-being. >> i have a daughter that is missing and i have a grandson and a little cousin that is missing, and they are very close. >> this whole thing has just been awful for the family and they hope and pray for their safe return. >> come home. we're waiting for them with open arms and that we love them very much. >>> they may be in a 2002 ford taurus with virginia tags. >> a road-rage incident near the beltway. he is being held now after he was arrested in maryland earlier this month. this happened on the eisenhower connector road in alexandria. the woman was sh

this is 27-year-old courtney ash you'll see her in just a minute. friday night in suffix. traveling with her five-year-old son cameronn and nine-year-old cousin jaelin in the middle. three were expected to arrive at a family member's home in leesburg but they never showed up. they may be in 2002 bluford forward taurus with virginia tags vuv-9844. >>> in camp springs prince george's county state's attorney angela us a sell brook will run for county executive. she is the first woman to serve in that role in prince george's. good news for ryan zimmerman in game one loss on sunday during the third inning he hit a three-run blast. his 238th career homer. making him washington's also time homerun leader. passing former senators frank howard zimmerman is also one rbi from the most ever in the franchise. >> steve? >>> thanks very much. it is now 7:31. topping the morning briefing this morning a changing of the guard today at the white house. general john kelly will be sworn in in just a few hours as the new chief of and a half. the president tweeting kellil

we don't really know. >> courtney ash and the two young boys were said to be traveling in a 2002 blue ford taurus with tags vuv9844. the county sheriff said the agency would be flying their shop they are afternoon to try and help locate this woman as well as two young children, again, if you have seen any of these three in the last 72 hours, give police a call. jim? >> tonight one every texas' most wanted men is lock up at a jail in virginia tonight. police in arlington arrested douglas herrera hernandez saturday. they call him undocumented immigrant and member of ms13. he's wanted for two murders near houston, his arrest comes e spoke about stomping out ms13. did he that in speech on long island, according to ice, the suspect will be transported to texas, but if convicted woe have to serve out that sentence before he's deported. >>> staff shake-ups becoming more and more common place at the white house these days. >> today before hitting official start date of august 15 news broke anthony scaramucci would no longer serve as the white house communications director. >> fox5 political r

courtney ashe and her 5-year-old son and 9-year-old cousin were last seen leaving ashe's mother's house. she was supposed to be on the way to her uncle's home and she never got there. stay with us for updates as soon as we get them. alison: still to come why 100 people repelled off a bridge and then ate barbecue. jonathan: plus, the uptown aconnic sign in jeopardy of going away -- iconi the moment you could put this iyourselfment. in the driver's seat of a new mercedes-benz. come to mgm national harbor and enter the choose your ride giveaway. the more you play, the more chances you earn to win your share of $350,000 in prizes including a new mercedes-benz convertible, sedan or suv. so get a move on. join m life rewards and enter the choose your ride giveaway for a chance at your share of $350,000 in prizes and freeplay®. this is monumental. giant has unbelievable pro tip produce prices. : i thought i was your favorite. that's right honey. bye! take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. alison: new details on the story now about how a dozen enmites escaped from an alabam

deputies say courtney ashe was last seen leaving a relatives home in ashburn friday night. she was supposed to go to another relatives place in leesburg, but never got there. those tags are right there at the bottom of your screen. if you have any information on them or that vehicle, please give deputies a what has been a violent 24 hours in the district. since we last saw you at 6:00, there's been another shooting. this one at clay place. we mapped out all the shooting scenes here. and our darcy spencer with more about the victims. darcy. >> reporter: erica, we are here tonight at d.c. headquarters. since we were last on at 6:00, a second shooting victim has died. it looks like there have not been any arrests made in any of these shooting investigations. a police officer uses her flashlight to look for evidence in the dark. a canine searches the area, and an officer takes pictures of the scene. this after a double shooting on clay place not far from minnesota avenue in north east d.c. the victims the ninth and tenth to be s in the district. >> we have to continue to engage

you'll see 27-year-old courtney ashe. she's the woman right there. in the middle is jalen sills-russell. he's nine years old and cameron martin, five years old. now, jalen is courtney's cousin and they were together at a home in leesburg loudoun county sheriff's office say on friday night. they left that home together to go another place in ashburn, another as they called a family residence in ashburn to pick son, cameron. they -- the three of them then left that place in ashburn, they were supposed to go back to the home in leesburg but somewhere in between those two places, that is when courtney and these two children disappeared. again, no information in terms of what time it was that they disappeared. we're still trying to get more details from the loudoun county sheriff's office even just a little bit of better location in terms of ashburn or leesburg. we know they're very large areas and we would like to give you a little bit more details so people can try to pinpoint where they're looking here, but again, anything is important. we want to also

we're talking about 27-year-old courtney ashe.mily and she disappeared with jalen sills-russell, that's the nine-year-old that you see in the picture right next to her and cameron martin, age five. that is her son. now, police say that ashe was visiting with family in the leesburg area and the nine-year-old, jalen, was there and she took him in residence, a family residence in ashburn to pick up her son, cameron. assocso, the three of them left that residence in ashburn together and they were supposed to go back to the leesburg home but they never arrived. this was sometime friday night. we don't have an exact pinpoint on the time frame here but for some reason, the family waited until sunday to report the three of them missing, said they hadn't heard from them, had no idea where they were. police also are putting out a description of the vehicle that courtney was driving, a blue 2002 ford taurus license plate vuv9844. they're asking anyone in the community, please, around leesburg, ashburn, really all of loudoun county, all the y

courtney ash was last seen leaving a relative's home in ash bun on friday night.ed to bring them to another relative's house in leesburg. they're likely in a blue ford taurus with tags 9844. >>> it has been a rough and violent weekend in the district. two people are dead and eight people are hurt in seven separate shootings. news 4's darcy spencer has three things to share. she tells us about the victims, the action plan from police and their desperate plea for help. >> reporter: a police officer

courtney ash was last seen friday in ashburn with her son cameron and her nephew jalen. they were supposed to go to a home in leesburg but never showed up. the sheriff's office said they are believed to blue ford taurus with virginia tags. if you have any information, call the loudoun county sheriff's office. you can find their info on the wusa9 app and website. >>> coming up this week tomorrow a new chief of staff for president donald trump, john kelly, previously the secretary of homeland security, will begin his job as top advisor to the president. he replaces reince priebus who resigned last thursday and more talk on healthcare. >> president trump tweeting today don't give up, republican senators. the world is watching. repeal and replace. three proposals from the gop failed in the senate last week. >> on tuesday it's national night out. police departments across our area are holding events and inviting their community. it's all aimed at improving the relationship between the police and people. >>> it was a perfect summer sunday today, just a few days after rain real

police are looking for a missing mother and two young childrenful fweven year old courtney ash was seen she never made it to a family home in the vaned are bilt terrace area of leesburg. courtney and her son and cousin were all last seen friday in ashburn. she is believed to be driving? blue ford taur usus:now 7th strt northwest is closed at r street cruiser and a kafrm officer was responding to a call when the crash happened the officer and driver of the vehicle were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. got a great looking day on tap. >> bryan: it will warm up. it will feel comfortable out there. the number 58, 65 delis and 60s from andrews. through the afternoon, temperatures upper 80s from win chesttory leeburg. 84 at andrews a stellar afternoon. tomorrow pleasant, a bit more heat around and then later. more humiditied with could be a straight storm. that's the forecast. angela? >> reporter: on the roads we remain blocked northbound 16th after scott circle for flooding there are a few accidents on the green way and toll road. multiple vehicles involved with the cr

start with courtney ash, 27 years old. her son is 5-year-old cameron martin. and their 9-year-old cousin jaylin sills russell jr. we found out that ash and her son are visiting from southern virginia but the drive to her uncle house is one she has made dozens of times in the past because she used to live in ashburn. so as far as the disappearance is concerned the grandmother sabrina jewel doesn't know what to think. >> maybe they had a car accident. maybe they are at a friend's house and hasn't charged up the phone and hasn't called me. hopeful things. i don't want to think anything bad. q: now jewel told me this is very unusual for her daughter. when she goes anywhere, she lets them know. especially when she has the children with her. the loudoun county sheriff department have been passing around this flyer around town to make sure people know who they are looking for. helicopter overhead to look for crews over the route. we did the drive to leesburg. we will tell you more coming up in the 5:00 hour. that's the latest live from ashburn, i'm q mccray, abc7 news

when her daughter courtney ash, her grandson cameron martin and her cousin jaylin sills russell jr. left the house. >> that is the last time i saw or heard from them. since. the loudoun county sheriff office passing around a flyer. jewel is staying optimistic. >> i don't want to think anything bad. so i'm trying not to think negatively. i want to be positive about the whole ordeal. q: jewel told us they left her house at 11:30 p.m. in a rainstorm to drive to the relatives house. we decided to make the drive for ourselves from a parking lot in ashburn to her uncle's place in leesburg. there are only a couple of options to the drive. 12-mile trek that takes 20 minutes. a drive that ashe made dozens of times times in the past. that is why the grand mother is confused and concerned. >> we want to let her know we love her very much and we want her to come home. no one is upset with her. q: another look at the flye if you have any information give them a call. jonathan: tropical storm emily is bringing rain and kicking up the wind for sure. it will be coast to coast soon. at this hour the

let's show you the we're talking about 27-year-old courtney ash of suffolk, virginia apparently up hereday visiting with family, and she was at a residence in leesburg in the downtown leesburg area and apparently she left that residence with the nine-year-old the one you see next to her his name is jaelin sills russell. and she drove about 20 miles to ashburn to pick up her son, her five-year-old son cameron that's the one you see over there on the far side of the screen. he's five years old. they did arrive here in ashburn safely and she picked up her son, and then they left here ashburn but sometime between 11:00 and 11:30 friday night. they were supposed to go back to that residence in leesburg, but they never made it. it should have only been about a 25 minute drive but i will tell you 11:30, between 11:00 and 11:30 at night on friday it was windy, there was a possibility of flash floods from rain that is had gone on all day long. so it's possible, maybe, that weather might have played a role in their disappearance. we know that something that loudoun county detectives are looking i

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