. >>> coming up, david culver rode along with one commuter this week to see how her trip will change once the silver line opens. >>> a traffic alert you should know about in northern virginia. if you were waiting until today to go shopping, you'll probably want to leave sooner rather than later. thanks to the crystal city twilighter 5k, police will be shutting down roads. this race begins at 6:30 this evening. the mall will still be open. expect a few delays. >>> police are investigating a deadly crash in potomac yesterday morning. 83-year-old thomas brown crashed his car into this house on gainesboro road and did not survive. chopper 4 was over the scene soon after the crash. police say brown had some kind of medical emergency behind the wheel. no one inside the he hurt. >>> today you have a chance to hear from two candidates running for virginia's u.s. senate seat. democratic senator mark warner and republican ed gillespie will square off. warner, the incumbent, is running for a second term. gillespie is a former chairman of the republican national committee. the virginia bar assoc

david culver introduces us to this war hero who finally received his silver star. >> took nearly seven kekd rb decades but today ralph is wearing his silver star. >> one of the main things they live to this moment to receive it. >> the reasonablk÷ orwt ñ this humble ceremony dates back to world war ii, september 22, 1944. as forces withdrew he got orders to hold the line. he organized a plan that ultimately pushed german forces into retreat. >> we stopped a counterattack and set up a defense at that point. >> but he was never recognized for their daring actions. in fact initially the silver star for that heroism was awarded to someone else. >> 70 years ago they awarded the metal to the wrong guy and it's taken this long to get it rectified. >> with the help of senator mark warners's office that wrong is righted. alongside him his wife of 69 years. they met as he was recovering from war wounds. but that hasn't slowed him down much. >> i did 40 situps this morning. the last 15 i held for a count of five each. >> is that your daily routine. >> daily routine. >> and when i asked what e had

david culver, news 4. >> new tonight, d.c.'s the accident happened this afternoon at the enclave apartments near columbia pike and oak leaf drive. police haven't said who was at fault. so far no charges have been filed. >> a prominent immigration activist looking to bring attention to the plight of children streaming across the border is free tonight. jose antonio vargas who used to write for the washington post has worked illegally in the u.s. for years. he was detained trying to leave the texas border town of mcallen today. agents gave him a notice to appear before an immigration judge before releasing him. he's one of several border towns where the immigration debate is taking center stage. in arizona, protesters clashed while waiting for a bus carrying some children who arrived. that bus never did show up. >> some of those opposed to undocumented immigrants being brought to maryland are expressing their views with vandalism. take a look. a former military building in westminster was spray painted with what appears to be an

news4's northern virginia reporter david culver rode along with one commuter this week to see how her trip will change. >> reporter: if only nadia's daily commute from d.c. to tyson was this easy. >> i made it. >> reporter: but nadia's trek to tyson from her home took more than an hour. her route brings her over the key bridge. she's used to seeing a lot of red. does this frustrate you or is it just part of what you're used to? >> i'm used to it. >> reporter: but that doesn't mean she's not eager for another way. >> the thing with the metro, you can kind of sit down and relax. driving you can't really do that. >> reporter: i joined her on her drive. at first all looked pretty smooth. >> might be lucky today. there's almost no traffic. >> reporter: but that quickly changed and we sat and sat. >> it gets frustrating when it's not really moving. >> reporter: which is why come monday nadia wants her view to change from this to this. it's a look from on board the new silver line. she's willing to test it out. she says her commute will look something like this. taking a bus to columbia heig

reporter david culver with our nbc affiliate in washington who broke this story fills in the details.ice seized trey's iphone and ipad. they charged him with manufacturing and tributing child pornography. he's accused of sexting with another minor, his then-girlfriend. troi's court-appointed legal protector says the prosecution wants more nude pictures of the teen to compare with their evidence. >> this story absolutely blew up yesterday on the internet. it was very. news outlets. just about everyone else expressing disbelief that authorities would want to forcibly take sexually explicit photos of a teenage boy. it wasn't just the media. authorities were reportedly fielding irate calls from across the country and internationally after this story broke. the outrage seems to have had an impact. the police now say they will no longer try to take sexually explicit pictures of the teen, though, and this is important, the case against him has not been dropped. joining me now is stacey bigly, trey's aunt and legal guardian, and reporter david culver from nbc 4 in washington. stacey, can i st

this is connecticut avenue at culver street. a motorcycle versus a car. car has been pulled out of the way. somebody was transported out of the way. it looks like it's now open. this just happened within the past couple of minutes, so thank you very much, chopper 4. wider look, we look quite good. a little slow 66 inbound inside the beltway there. and then dwoo.c. 295 be looking pretty typical. 66 at 123, a little more volume than we like to see. remember to always tweet us with your traffic issu issues @first4traffic. >>> i did not see any snow on the road there, angie. must only be snowing where angie is. and we have a gorgeous summer morning, not wintertime even though you hear the christmas music. there is the sun, a beautiful pink and blue sun advise. final day of july. 67 at reagan national. y due point now at 60. temperature now in leesburg, under way celebrating summer 61. much of fairfax county is in the upper 50s. and all across the region, a mostly clear sky this morning. there is the sun this morning. later today, most of the region will be ma

. >> david culver joining us with the new details about the silver line's first big day. how did it go? >> reporter: we are just about to hit that evening rush hour peak time where a lot of folks let us know how their round trip commute was. some went in on the silver line and some coming home on the silver line. all day we have been updating on the latest numbers. now we have the latest number. we can bring it to you with the general manager of metro. so all day we have been talking about this station in particular being a big hub for riders. is that consistent? >> we have had about 17,000 riders as of 3 p.m. all silver line stations here. the 12th highest station count is righ here for our entire system. >> reporter: that is impressive. you have been comparing it to columbia heights. >> this is right up there. we are doing really well on the entire silver line. >> any issues or concerns as we continue to work out any kinks? >> we have had no significant issues at all. it has been a smooth run for everyone. i was looking at passengers coming off they enjoyed the ride. th

david culver news4. >> thank you. the anticipation is growing. it has opinion more than 20 years since metro opened a new line. we'll have your covered here an nbc 4, washington.com is where you find all the information. >> it's nbcwashington.com. drivers be ware. the department of transportation mapped out traffic accidents between 2010 and 12 and found one of the worst places to be the new york avenue. six intersections along that road accounted for more than 900 crashes. the worst, new york avenue and bladance burg road northeast. here is a live look. 226 accident there is, in three years. the most of any intersection in our city. >> veronica joins us now. new severe thunderstorm warnings. >> all coming from the west. as we said yesterday these are storms that are going to be firing during the dinner hour and into the early part of our night. so it is going to be a little rough out there at times with some thunder. some lightning and even wind too. most of yosengh. some of you seeing this, what is showing up on rarpd. let's go to radar now. th

let's get the latest from david culver. >> police say the attack happened around 11:00 this morning. a woman says she was walking in a wooded area near patrick street and david avenue when a man came up from behind and attacked her. what you are looking at are officers gathered there. they say they searched that wooded area for the suspect but so far they have not found him. detectives are asking any possible witnesses to come forward. back to you. >>> we have learned the identity of the man shot near the dean wood reccenter. he was shot around 9:30 in the evening along minnesota avenue. police have not said why martin was shot and have not released information about who may have killed him. >>> if air travel isn't expensive enough. find out why you are paying more for a flight. >> and who is getting hurt by the latest fee hike. >>> i'm tom sherwood near catholic university. shipping in a new way to build houses with shipping >>> they are cheap, durable and popping up all over the country, shipping containers are getting a new lease on life, recycled into stores, restaurants and even

in northern virginia, david culver, news4. >>> coming up, revitalization, the major changes along one of our area's busiest roads. >>> in suburban maryland, rockville pike has led to the way of urbanization of montgomery county. news4's chris gordon says rockville pike is undergoing another transformation. >> reporter: what's it like when your neighborhood is suddenly in the middle of a development boom? it's happening all around montgomery county, leaders have to take all kinds of issues into consideration when planning growth. look no further than rockville pike and its longtime landmark white flint. it's part of the past and the future called the white flint sector plan. just up rockville pike, construction is under way on pike & rose which combines retail, residential, entertainment and office space in a walkable environment that is metro accessible. >> repikalization is what we call it, changing people's experience. >> reporter: robin mcbride zeigler of federal realty guided me through the construction site. >> this is a per se apartment building. it opens to the public about two

northern virginia reporter david culver is live outside the spot of the most recent robbery. >> reporter: it lasted from start to finish only about 40 seconds as the suspects walked into the gas station, ran out with a handful of cash. it wasn't without a fight. a kralsh stroll into braddock road convenience. he is focused on one thing. look at the grip the robber has on his collar. from the front camera you can see what is in the suspect's right-hand. he is using the hand to grab the bill. try to get it out of his hand, knocking over a display. finally they get to the front door and cashier shoved to the ground on his back. who is the bold robber? police say it is this man, 51-year-old michael joiner. he may be connected to the three other nearby gas station robberies dating back to july 6. so far they have only charged him for this past saturday's robbery and one from july 19 is at sunoco. as for the clerk his colleague working tells me he will be okay. may be wondering a few questions and in particular how do police track him down and why this search warrant, something we pulled today

david culver started his day early tagging along with a d.c. commuter as she drove from her home in northwest d.c. to her office in tyson, an 18 mile drive full of brake lights and shows us why the driver is eager for other options. >> reporter: 8:00 a.m. and it's a peaceful startç to her day. but the start is about all that is peaceful. having lived in the d.c. area for some ten years nadia is used to seeing a lot of red. >> does this frustrate you or is it just kind of part of what you are used to? >> i'm used to it. >> reporter: that doesn't mean she is not eager for another way. >> i think you can just relax on the ride. driving you can't do that. >> reporter: i joined her on her drive 20 minutes to get out of d.c. and then headed down interstate 66. at first all looked pretty smooth. >> i might be lucky today, almost no traffic. >> reporter: that quickly changed and we sat and sat. >> it gets frustrating when it is not really moving and you stay still for like ten minutes. >> reporter: which is why come monday nadia wants her view to chan

. >> i'm david culver, news4. >> yeah she'll be getting a lot of books read maybe on the commute. >>> construction on maryland eats newest casino. the council voted 8 to 1 to move the plans ahead for the new casino and resort. just two years after the county voted in favor of gaming and a casino. some have complained about the proposal saying it lax a good transportation plan and it wasm time for the 2017 presidential inauguration. >> we will produce one of the great hotels anywhere in the world. it is the most exciting location, right between congress and if white house on pennsylvania avenue. it is going to produce many, many jobs, both in construction. and then a year and a half later, in operating the hotel. >> and off he goes. the old post office tower with the famous 360 degree view will remain open to visitors during construction. >>> well they are cheap, durable and popping up all over the country. shipping containers getting a new lease on life. recycled into stores, restaurants and now even homes. tom sherwood takes us to a project stacking up near catholic university. >> re

. >> when warden grant culver arrived at holeman in 2002, he instituted a zero tolerance policy for violationsf rule 38. >> was a sign of disrespect. and not only disrespect to those officers because they know the environment they're coming into, but disrespectful to expose yourself even to the man standing next to you. >> inmate johnson, ivan black, 206812, standing behind the old jail door with have of his body exposed while masturbating to officer bonds. do you understand these charges? >> yes, sir. >> do you want to plead guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> during our shoot, ivan johnson faced a disciplinary hearing for rule 38 charge. >> i looked up, this j3 was standing to the door with his body halfway behind the door. he was fully exposed and masturbating. >> i was not exposed nor was i masturbating while watching officer bonds. i stepped out with an associate who i was horse playing with. i did not see ms. bonds, my attention was not on the officer. i did not disrespect ms. bonds by exposing myself, masturbating or watching her. >> johnson is no stranger to rule 38. >> he has 39 d

david culver from fairfax. >> today jonathan phillips defends minors facing child pornography charges two years ago he sat on the other side. >> i think a lot of what younger kids doing are s not so much different from what they did a decade ago. there are just different tools in place and what remains of their stupid acts. >> the law allows them to been charged as felons. we broke the story of this 17-year-old accused of sexting and subjected to police taking nude photographs to prove their case. if convicted he could be forced to register as a sex offender or go to jail. >> this is thech doom day scenao where you can have a prosecution that continues down the road that will lead to these sort of things. >> parents, did you -- >> to help curb the fast rise of sexting school systems are trying to spread awareness through videos like this. >> and let them know that it's a crime. >> but the school system still turns over sexting cases over to resource offices who have detectives investigate. >> prosecutors and investigators are not taking these cases lightly even if the suspects are jus

northern virginia reporter david culver joins us with the story of one commuter who hopes to get relief come monday morning. >> what better way to understand the pain of a commute than to sit with someone who goes through it every day. so we did that. if only nadia's daily commute from d.c. to tyson was this easy. >> i made it. >> reporter: her trek from her home in northwest took more than onhour. we timed it. her route brings her over the key bridge to 66 and route 7. nadia is used to seeing a lot of red. >> reporter: does this frustrate you or is it part of what you are used to? >> i'm used to it. >> reporter: that doesn't mean she is not eager for another way. >> the thing with metro you can sit down and relax. driving you can't really do that. >> reporter: i joined nadia with her drive. at first all looked smooth. >> i might be lucky today. there is almost no traffic. >> reporter: that changed and we sat and down. >> it is frustrating when you are not moving and you sit still for ten minutes. >> reporter: which is why come monday nadia wants her view to change from this to this, a

it was a crash on the southbound side of connecticut avenue before beach drive at culver involving a motorcycle. that has now been cleared as well although you have some residual delays. >>> this is only the third day but so far the corruption trial of bob and maureen mcdonnell has been full of fireworks. yesterday prosecutors put their star witness former star scientific ceo jonnie williams on the stand. >> williams told a much different story about the relationship he had with the mcdonnells than the mcdonnells' lawyers were telling the day before. scott broom has more. >> reporter: the mcdonnells defense is their marriage was a wreck. in comes this witness, jonnie williams, jr. and his nutritional supplement company star scientific, a guy the defense says maureen mcdonnell basically had a crush on. 's got immunity to talk freely and boy did he talk yesterday saying he was seek be the governor's help in getting virginia medical schools to help test and validate a new supplement product made from tobacco. and that's yes wanted a relationship with the mcdonnells. he said maureen aske

chris culver hope to lock did you know a spot him z.he made more news off the field than on it.member a kim years ago at the superbowl then brush with the law hit-and-run accident. coming off torn the acl on top of that. hoping to shake off a year worth of rust at this training camp. >> working and getting all the calls getting everything back down together you foe what i men. can't just i want to come in and start. can't did this. you have to get yourself ready to work and play and sp good out and compete first. >> the big attraction in the bank of the west classic this week serena williams she and sister serene russ both playing at stanford. serena returns after withdrawing from wimbledon under curious circumstances when she had to quit because of illness. >> after this happened i had kind of had the flash back of when you are in this moment. don't relevantize how sick you are until you kind of like step back and then actual look at everything and you picture everything. so wimbledon i was really disappointed because i worked so hard but i'm working hard for long-term results

earlier this month, they took their concerns to david culver. he faces child important charges for sending photos to a 15-year-old girlfriend. this was already served as investigators took photos of his private parts. a second warrant was pending to take more explicit pictures. his attorney asked the court to block the search warrant. today, an agreement. the prosecution won't use the photos taken of trey and will let the second warrant expire. >> we are very relieved, obviously. we had already had received word unofficially last week they were not planning on executing it. today, it's official and we are happy it's not going to happen. >> reporter: prosecutors declined to comment on camera. clay richardson told me over the phone, we agreed not to use the photos because we could proceed with our case without them. the controversy threw him too the national spotlight. she hopes the ordeal will help other families. >> you have to make sure your kids know sexting is a felony charge and a crime. i never new until all this happened. >> reporter: toda

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver took a ride with one commuter to see just how bad her commute is and how the silver line just might help. >> reporter: if only nadia's daily commute from d.c. to tyson's was this easy. >> i made it. >> reporter: but nadia's trek to tyson's from her home in northwest took more than an hour. we timed it. her route brings her over the key bridge onto 66 and then route 7. nadia is used to seeing a lot of red. >> does this frustrate you or is it just part of what you're used to? >> i'm used to it. >> reporter: but that doesn't mean she's not eager for ear way. >> the thing is you can relax. i didn't care to do that. >> reporter: at first her drive all looked pretty smooth. >> might be lucky today. there's almost no traffic. >> reporter: but that quickly changed and we sat and sat. >> it gets frustrating with not really moving and you can stay at one place for like ten minutes. >> reporter: which is why come monday nadia wants her view to change from this to this. she's willing to test out the silver line. she tells me her commute will look li

i'm david culver, news 4. >> coming up in our next half hour transportation reporter adam tuss reports on the top four things you need to know about the silver line. >>> a wife murdered, her husband charged and a church member points police in the right direction. >>> a woman claims she was assaulted by her uber driver. what she says happened on her ride and how the popular car service took action. >>> look at the tree. >> the new video of the moment the deadly tornado touched down in virginia. we will take you to the eye of the storm when it hit a campground. >>> we are talking about a line of showers and a few thunderstorms to the west. this will bring >>> we want to go a little more in depth now in the decision ruling same-sex marriage unconstitutional. >> pete williams joins us now with more. we know this will be appealed. talk about that and whether people can get married in the meantime. >> it probably will be appealed. one of the odd things about this is the state of virginia declined to defend the law so the fight has been carried on by two county clerks including the clerk of

we had a 900 million-dollar projected budget deficit, statewide unemployment was over 6%, governor culver the debt game that's going to cost us $55 million a year for the next 25 years to pay back. but i once spoke on election day and shows new conservative leadership to lead iowa's comeback and we rolled up our sleeves and we got to work right away. with the help of the republican house of representatives and the republicans in the senate who are close to becoming the majority hopefully in the next election, we put together a biannual two-year budget with five-year projections and we went to work on revitalizing economic development with our new iowa partnership for economic progress and our economic development authority under the leadership of our dynamic director debbie durham and now more iowans are working than at any point in our state's history. we have reduce the unemployment rate by nearly 30%. investments that have been made with the help of economic development now exceed $9 billion trade we have made government more efficient, effective and accountable and reduced in size. in

culver will be here to the end of the year. i wish he was staying longer. we're going to make sure every day he's here and this committee is around we'll stay on top of this. if it's 80% or 90%, that's better than certainly 50 or 60%. >> better than zero >> a lot better than zero, but it's not 100%. we want to get as close to 100% as we can, and we want to be helpful and not a problem in getting to that goal. senator tester, and when dr. coburn comes back, he'll be chairing. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all the witnesses for being here. you know, on the banks committee we talk about banks that are too big to fail. i don't know how we got to this point, but maybe the d.o.d. has gotten too big to audit. i certainly hope not, because i don't think anyone around here disagrees that a full audit of the pentagon's books is critical for moving forward. it will not only identify ways to increase operational efficiencies, it will bring a more appropriate level of oversight to the department of defense, and in a budget environment in which we continue

. >> it is just a building and culver's is much more than that. it is the people. >> i love that.that he spent, but went right back. and it kept on going. >> it did. >> love to have that perspective. it is just a building. when you know everything you put into it, so important and amazing to me. >> and realize what it means to the people that work there, they need it to keep going for their families and so on and so on. it is a powerful statement. >> loyalty now of the employees. >> they'll be showing up on time for a while. >> exactly. >> we have a very fun way of ending the day. not only the good stuff, but more good stuff. we can welcome a new member, our senior producer of new media, aka, the genius behind many of our -- >> way new media right here. >> they just had a baby, christine delivered layla shell reisner on july 4th. the "new day" baby boom continues. >> proud papa. >> beautiful. what a head of hair too. >> i know. >> love the name. >> congratulations, guys. >> yea. >> just so excited. yea, yea, yea. baby bawill have a lot of frien to play with. let's get the latest n

david culver, news4. >>> she became a social media sensation after being spotted walking along road throughout the southeast and midwest. tonight it appears the woman in black has completed her journey in winchester virginia. news4 chris lawrence is here with more. >> you hear so happen to anyone on any career website and has warnings now posted for;t7t÷ users. david never sent the money and while he's still looking for work he's warning others. >> people like me are desperately looking for work so we don't reel have time for this. >> you should always confirm by calling the company directly. never give money as part of the job hiring process and limit what private information you do release. we have more if you think you are being targeted by one of these amhcan go after the prese game against the patriots. so good news for the defense on this team. >>> let's go to the diamond. trade deadline is storm at 4:00. the nats are exploring trade options potentially to replace an injured ryan zimmerman dealing with a severe hamstring injury. no word when he'll be ready to go back. but they did play t