david culver shows what police found as they searched her sterling house. >> reporter: a neighbor usedhear them all the time. >> cluck, cluck, cluck. >> reporter: every morning you would hear them? >> yes. >> reporter: the sound came from this townhome a few doors down from hers. you saw a lot of police out police here. >> reporter: one of the more surprising details about this case is where it allegedly happened. in this townhome here in sterling. the suspect would kill as many as 12 to 15 chickens every week in some sort of religious sacrificial offering. as first reported in the loudoun times, loudoun county animal control worked with a confidential informant. they noted everything they seized from inside. >> various tools and instruments that were used to inflict inhumane injury on chickens. >> reporter: the suspect would carry out the sacrifices tuesday, thursday, and friday each week. other details just too disturbing to mention. >> the fact that these animals were killed in an inhumane manner is what we're focusing on here. >> reporter: animal control did manage to make a rescue

. >> as reporter david culver shows us, louden county detectives are hoping it brings new clues in a>> this is a come poz is it is from somebody in the office. >> it was a sip of soda that all allowed the doctor to create this. >> we took a swab from a dr. pepper bottle. >> they came up with a detailed p profile of the colleague. >> this person has fair or very fair skin, and trying to emphasize that they have a wider jaw and chin, and narrower, and more protruding nos person whose dna was youed to make it. this is dr. steve arminja. >> and the similarities in the brow and the chin, and the lighter color as predicted. in the the past, the dna that has failed to produce a match was of no value. with snapshot, the investigators can now use the dna to narrow the list, and generate leads, and avoid a case from going cold. >> cold cases like this one that mike chapman wants solved. they paid $4,000 to generate this suspect profile. >> well, it is worth it, because it is a young girl who was sexually assaulted and abducted. >>er the crime goes back 30 years to 1987, and right here to east

northern virginia reporter david culver is live in sprins field's brookfield plaza to explain just how police tracked them down. david? >> reporter: jim, i've been speaking with several shoppers here today and they feel much more at ease and not one, but two suspects are in jail. this is a case this jewelry store and a shootout in this shopping center. it ended up in new jersey yesterday with one of the suspects about to board a flight. >> a relieved smile on his face after days of uneasiness. he says today he's feeling grateful. so very grateful. >> i thank the fairfax county police and i have faith in them. they did ray very good job. >> friday's robbery and subsequent shootout in front of his store left him in stock and without 80% of his jewelry inventory. >> he could have killed me and he also shot on a guy who was a bystander or this or that. >> the police chief announced the arrest this morning. >> through our investigative efforts with the detectives, we were able to piece together where they were and who they were. >> the two suspects both from waldorf, maryland. 24-year-old w

>> david culver, thanks, david. months of planning and hours waiting in line. tonight, we look at the challenges with the tsa's pre-check program. >>> i'm darcy spencer in prince george's county. the fire department is considering firefighters wear ballistic vests just like the police officers wear. what the union it is needs to happen first. >> beyond charity group that's more like a cult. >> we hit 80 for the first time this month and there are more 80s in the forecast and maybe a storm for memorial day. hey d.c., guess which airline added more nonstop straight-shot flights than any other out of reagan national last year? here's a hint. did ya catch it? no? here's another: their colors are yellow, red, and blue, and they save you tons of green. still nothing? that's okay. just go to southwest.com for the answer. on this airline, everybody wins. ♪ >>> oh, boy. this is going to be aggravating. you may have to get airport even earlier if you're

david culver shares this story from sterling. >> reporter: as the click of her shoes echoed through the. >> reporter: this is fionna, a mini horse. at first these students each dailying with different special needs aren't quite sure how to approach fionna. >> are you willing? no? >> reporter: fionna likewise hesitant. and it may just be tha timid behavior that allows for this. >> very nice. approach slowly, hold your hand out so they can say hello. >> reporter: suddenly a connection. much of it flows from darcy's tender approach with the students. she loves kids. and her horses. >> and to have the opportunity to kind of have my two passions combined, couldn't be any better. >> reporter: she founded project horse in 2008 to help those coping with a variety of needs. three years ago, she and several volunteers began trucking the mini horses to schools. and amber sees the impact. >> joy. lots of joy. >> reporter: a recent graduate of park view high school, amber says this program changed her life. >> i seemed to open up more, i was able to cope with my anxiety better. >> it's amazing and i

in reston, i'm david culver. >> and to see this new technology search dna come ppos in the nbc app. > now, at the live desk major league baseball released a one-game fine for bryce harper, and the discipline is after the league reviewed the incint ejected returned to the field, and shouted what he called choice words at the umpire. bryce is appealing which makes him eligible to play in tonight's game against the tigers. we will have more on the suspension coming up on "news4 at 6:00." >> and now, thank you for that, and the plan to open up a high school for only at risk boys may be facing a legal challenge tonight, and the aclu says that the all boy school is a good idea, but it is going to discriminate against at risk girls who don't benefit. today, they are telling tom sherwood, they may sue. >> when we looked at all of the documentation, the just jfication for all of the boys is not there. and so we can't really explain how they came to the conclusion to address the boys. >> we have legal concerns with the program. >> the school system says that it is trying to offer a variety of p

i'm david culver, news 4. >>> this is a big party. there is plenty of room for different policy disputes. >> and we expect some of those policy disputes to play out on capitol hill today. >> house speaker paul ryan is set to sit down with donald trump and other republican leaders. trump is hoping to convince party leadership he can unify republicans ahead of the general election. edward lawrence is live now with more on what to watch. >> reporter: to be a fly on the wall in that building when they meet. donald trump is bolstered going into this meeting by the large voter support that he has. he says that he has enormous respect for the speaker of the house. trump is meeting with paul ryan and other house and senate leaders to try to unify the party, get everybody on the same page. as a self described political outsider, trump may be slowly winning traditional support here. he just received endorsements from seven republican house members who chair various committees. this is a closed door meeting that will happen here and we will not

our virginia reporter david culver has a report on the heated debate. >> reporter: for nearly 30 years the community shelter has been operating on this spot which is off of columbia pike. it is playing to close this location and to move it from here to another spot. >> that new location nestled between two subdivisions. it's just open space right now. those living around it had hoped it would stay that way. >> what this is going to become is a very unused, overbuilt partner of land. >> d to build a temporary homeless shelter here. it's not good for the homeless and not good for the seniors and it backs up to the proposed site. >> there's fear of overcrowding how 2.1 can go to a temporary fibs. they need to find a permanent place for this shelter. >> i would rather only move the shelter once, but so far we haven't been able to find that permanent site. >> reporter: mason district supervisor penny gross says they've got to move quickly it relocate the current shelter. a developer has secured financing to build apartments there. in the meantime, the homeless would be sheltered on this lan

i'm david culver. learn more about a deadly shooting early this morning on rachelle avenue in the district heights neighborhood. police tell us one man has died. they're asking for help to identify a suspect and motive. >>> d.c. police hoping this new sketch will lead them to a suspect in a brazen sexual assault case, calling the man a person of interest in an attack that happened on ingleside terrace in the mount pleasant neighborhood. police say a man got into the victim's home after midnight and seal fight the man off and he ran away, neighbors say. >>> and it is raining outside, if you have now at havertys furniture, it's our annual memorial day sale. which means it's the perfect time to create the perfect home. now through may 30th, take an extra hundred dollars off every thousand dollars you spend. plus, enjoy 36-month, no-interest financing. with havertys, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't. sfx:nocking. w

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver has the story from sterling. >> reporter: as the click of her shoes echo through the halls of parkview high school. >> she loves the attention. she loves that it's all about her. >> reporter: all eyes on little miss popular. >> gone to her head a little bit, but all in all she's great. >> reporter: this is fiona, >> what do you think she's doing? >> yawning. >> yeah. >> reporter: at first these students each dealing with different special needs aren't quite sure how to approach fiona. >> are you willing? no. >> reporter: fiona likewise hesitant. and it just may be that shared timid behavior that allows for this. >> very nice. approach slowly. you can hold your hand out so they can say hello. >> reporter: suddenly a connection. much of it flows from darcy's approach with the students. she loves kids, and her horses. >> and to have the opportunity to kind of have my two passions combined it couldn't be any better. >> reporter: she founded project horse in 2008 to help those coping with a variety of needs. three years ago she and several vol

trouble in the culver city area southbound 405 at jefferson -- disabled tractor trailer cleared off toside. still creating quite a slowdown. oh! oh! can we just -- no, no. careful! it's okay. you know, we don't have to do this today. no! no, no. these -- these things could be used by other cats. [ loud ringing ] good morning, sergeant gabriel. gabriel: morning, chief. we just landed a body at the crenshaw community center. oh, no. isn't that father jack's place? yeah. you want me to come by and pick you up or give you directions or -- i know where it is. uh, no, no. i'll, um -- i'll be right there.

i'm angie goff, dave culver with us. sun out, clouds, for the most part, bank on seeing sun again, right, tom? >> clogging our sky with clouds and producing rain the last several days. it's finally exhausting itself. you can track all this when you're away from your tv with your washington app. wear a light jacket. rather chilly this morning, and even into the afternoon, rather cool. slacks. you'll need the sunglasses and have the umbrella ready over the next couple hours or so, because we have light showers coming in from the come into our western suburbs shortly. light rain to the north. northern suburbs, perhaps another couple of hours. still quite a chill in the air. low and mid-50s now. got my umbrella handy out on the weather deck. >> tom, thanks so much. >>> it's 9:02. >>> as president barack obama's time winds down in the white house, making his find rounds on commencement speeches. the president doesn't have to go too far today. actually speaking at howard university. this is the first of three addresses. he is

. >> and i'm david culver. it is all about times. especially those who want to do cooking out today. showers might dampen your plan, but for now, tom, looking dry. right? >> it is. starting off on this saturday morning with bright sunshine. don't have any showers anywhere in the vicinity, and we do have it rather humid, though, when you step out the door you're going to notice that. temperatures now into the low 70s. a very gentle breeze. live view from the storm team 4 capitol building overlooking union station. panhandle of west virginia, much of maryland and virginia into the low to mid-70s as well around the shes pique bay. reagan national up to 74. storm team 4 radar, all dry from the mountains across maryland to virginia, around the bay and at the eastern shore at the atlantic beaches. just a few clouds beginning to build there. showers likely, though, moving in later tomorrow, into memorial day. a look at the timing on that. that's coming up this half hour. >> tom, check in with you a little later from now, and happening right

chris culver was charged with felony possession of brass knuckles. >>> a stunning plea deal in the case of three drifters charged with two bay area murders. one of them is going to testify against the other suspects. 24-year-old shawn angold cut a deal with prosecutors he claimed his plea to guilty to second degree murder and he's going to testify against his co- defendants morrison lampley and lila alligood all these are suspected of two murders. under the plea deal angold faces 15 years to life in prison. lampley and alligood face life without the possibility of parole. >>> gunfire he aren't at a convenience store in antioch. at the clerk took a bullet trying to protect a woman. this man's son was the clerk who tried to help the woman. she was caught in the middle of a reported domestic dispute. >> my son came around the counter to protect her and the guy came back in with a gun. an shot the woman in the face and then him in the arm. >> the woman died of her wounds. the man's son is going to be okay. an hour after the shooting the suspect turned himself in. police say he is the boyfri

water says verizon could be slapped with a fine foreign correctly dumping unclean watt near drainage culver in middletown. verizon said the water p.m. from the manholes during maintenance operations was tested for metals, and other contaminants, none were found. >> from the burlington county times, school boards interested moving elections may have option if legislation if it becomes law. >> from the press of atlantic city full house celebrating mother day at a home in margate, new jersey, joe and robin swift brought home newborn triplet, the couple now has eight children, and are thinking about adding onto their home and getting a bigger van. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> well, a dress code controversy at pennsylvania prom. >> teen makes fashion statement, getting kicked out of the school dance. see the dress that ruffled some fit nerves her school. >> rare fight in the skies watch we will see crossing the sun today for the first time in ten years. and when the best time is to watch it. judge the sun has finally come back. thank

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm david culver.e shopping center shooting. what we're finding out about the victims and the man police say is responsible. >> reporter: outpourings are grief and memorials showing up for victims of the shootings in the last several days. more coming up. >>> and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. a look at the sun and then rain returning, in a few minutes. >>> win or go home. caps face their biggest test yet as the team tries to keep its stanley cup dreams alive. home ice. all that and more when you join us live here as well as on facebook. >> we are back in a moment. about to power that up. >>> shocked this happened right close to my house and everything. >> everything was like blocked off. >> rifles, cops over here. the cops over here were like, get in, get in. >> this is really crazy. i guess he wanted to commit suicide by cop and telling me about his last meal >>> three people dead, the suspected gunman in custody. >> this morning -- what we're finding out about a spree of violence as the

chris culver was interested in connection to a head run in sandoz ag. but very >> darya: the playoff run for the warriors is going on. they hope to beat the trailblazers. >> tran: this is the third time when the azores are playing at the same time. you have to get there early before the traffic. as always public transportation. the a's game is right next door. chile's some highlights of game 1. this new version of the golden state warriors would love that steph curry on the court but they are doing just fine without him. the cause of the rockets in game 591 also against astrologers. there's a lot of confidence i do know that staff wants to play tonight and is already been ruled out. that's good news that he does feel good enough to play. of course all athletes want to play whether they're ready to or not. as far as the latest version goes we are in oracle and we ran out to a cop shop to reaction from fans and what they think of the warriors to point out. >>: the second and third stringers are played very well. we have a great team. i do not think these

very controversial, david culver. we've seen people >> it's coming out.the richmond time dispatch" reporting some 5,000 ex-felons have registered. they're taking advantage of this. this came into effect april 22nd. we're a few weeks removed, and they're starting to sign up to vote and register. it's something that will play out closer to november. >> tom sherwood, it's about politics and public policy? >> virginia is only one of 11 states in the country that says if you're a felon and even when you become an ex-felon that you cannot vote. you cannot be a full citizen again. >> he's moving to make felons have the right to vote. and some people say, republicans particularly, say, well, you know, he wants these people to vote for hillary clinton or the democrat in the fall. i'm sure he does. the fact is this is a -- bringing virginia into the 21st century. how to help people stop being criminals and get on with their lives. if you mark somebody where they cannot run for office, then they become less of a citizen that you want them to be. that's his public po

i'm david culver. >> and i'm angie goff. 17 days so far this month. 17 days. >> feels that way. >> not stopping anytime soon. tom kierein is live on the weather deck, in the elements. >> outside. >> with the latest forecast. >> yeah, and the have, i need a coat. you need a coat if heading out. chilly. in the 50s. rain tapering off to a few sprinkles. the nearby suburbs, a few sprinkles. yellows and orange, where it coming down hard now and anne arundel and crossing the bay, heading out and pulling away from the metro area. the heaviest rain is pretty much done. the hour-by-hour forecast a few sprinkles off are and on through the afternoon. temperatures hovering near 60 degrees. >> tom, thank you. >>> turning to decision 2016, at 9:31, hillary clinton in fort lauderdale, florida, tonight meeting with trayvon martin's mother and other parents of gun violence victims. you may remember trayvon's death ignite add heated debate about gun rights and florida's stand your ground law. clinton beat senator bernie sanders in florida's d

david culver has reaction from both sides. >> reporter: if you drove culpeper's main street past radioane, you heard them. dozens of students and their parents crammed along the sidewalk. >> i didn't expect it to be this big. >> reporter: we first introduced you to breklynn johnson two weeks ago. she was handing out bands to support 12 student athletes punished for alleged sexual misconduct. which is what parents of the accused say their kids received. >> we want to stand up for what's right. >> reporter: those here protesting call it an extreme punishment for several different offenses. >> all 12 are different incidents that happened in the locker room during times and time periods. they should not all be punished the same. >> reporter: after we first aired our report, a mother of one of several alleged victims reached out to us. she asked we mask her identity. she says the alleged misconduct is far more serious than horseplay. >> it was forcible and physical and totally against somebody's will. >> reporter: the attention for the accused is causing people to forget there are victims.

that's where we find david culver. >> david?> doreen and vance, police tell me that someone hit the man a few feet from where you see that electronic sign blichking behind me. that is message where they ask for help. 33-year-old ended up dying. as we found out today, it came after a neighbor's decembsperat tried to save his life. >> it is crazy man. still shocking. this is a popular used road. people use it to get to work. it's terrible. >> just feet from the home where christian lived, the markings of tragedy. >> so close to my house. so scary. >> down the street, neighbor brandon minor was walking home. >> you saw what out here? >> i just saw police cars. i guess they were investigating what happened last night. >> press say matthew was sitting on the curb here. then for some reason, stumbled into shiplett boulevard. >> one of the cars that came up was able to swerve and go around him. they say the second vehicle though hit the man and pulled over to the side of the road. witnesses thought the driver was going to stay but inst

. >> brittany: to see parts of concord and redwood city, near culver dell and santa rosa. real spotty showers throughout the area. you see the system to the east of us with this moisture. with another round of moisture moving through as we pushed into sunday, we will start to see clearing. san francisco as 63 degrees. >> brittany: 62 degrees in richmond, and it be 3 in fremont tomorrow. tomorrow highs are in the '60s. we should get rid of the chance of showers once we get through saturday and see more drier conditions by mother's day on sunday. >> pam: a deer caught in the headlights. this time it was liberal spirit and, next a devastating fire dripping through areas of canada. p?p?o?gv >> pam: a scary scene for people driving through this neighborhood in canada tuesday-- people living in the alberta city of fort mcmurray forced to evacuate their homes because of a wildfire. >> pam: it started sunday. >> pam: and so far has destroyed at least 16- hundred structures and torched more than 24- thousand acres. this dramatic video shows the out of control fire burning trees and

. >> david culver will share more about the colonel's life and the legacy he now >>> depending on your location will depend on the whether that you saw today. whether it was a nice and sunny memorial day or a little on the rainy side. if you were east of the 95, that's where a lot of that rain lined up. especially eastern shore and northern neck. temperatures also really dependent on how much sunshine you got today. northern shenandoah valley low to mid 80s. 79 right now in washington. all in all, not that bad. if you're still planning on grilling tonight, you still have some time left. a few storms along i-81. just keep an eye on the sky. this is the big picture we're looking at. you can see a few showers starting to pop up, especially around the beltway and through prince george's county into bowie. that weak front is going to come through. could trigger a few showers and thunderstorms. the main thing we've been talking about is the moisr bonnie. we're going to time out some more rain chances because that thing is not going anywhere. we'll talk about that coming up next. >>> no matte

now david culver is there to see its first graduates. >> reporter: it is a courtroom experience likeave never seen before. a judge conversing casually, comfortably, with a defendant who in these cases is a veteran accused of a non-violent crime, accepted into the program to get his or her life back on track. it can be emotional, deeply personal, but very rewarding. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: if it wasn't for the bench and seal, you wouldn't think this was part of an official court proceeding. >> thank you. >> reporter: steven daniel shaking hands, smiling for phot photos, feeling loved. >> enjoying every minute of it. >> reporter: in the past, steven's legal troubles never had him smiling in the courtroom. >> i've been in and out of the court system. >> reporter: his offenses non-violent, but still illegal. >> reporter: it was his years of army and national guard service that made him eligible for the veterans treatment docket. >> everything happens for a reason. there was a reason i was put on the docket program. >> reporter: it is a strict 12 to 18 months that includes treatm

by lunchtime heavier rain anakusis rain to the south in culver county. 5 in la plata and 55 in fredericksburg. a break and more showers roll through and evening. both commutes will be wet. day planner, rain, rain and temperatures falling. 54 at 1:00. we'll monitor wednesday for yellow weather alert. more showers, 66 and 73 pleasant on thursday. next 7 days. in fact let's focus on thursday and friday. two pleasant days in the mid- 70s and boom, another soaking rain on saturday into sunday. holding in the 60s and back to the low 70s with showers and the nats return next monday. >>> thanks, top. >>> amazon makes more moves to try to corner the online marketplace. >>> we will tell you about a brand new projection watch. >>> a carnival cruise ship docks after a heart breaking death at sea. >>> this woman watched the riots and her store was le at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of "bread." [ l

the northern virginia bureau reporter david culver received a special look inside the building. >> reporter: behind me, do you hear that sound? those are the bells of the netherlands camillion. even more beautiful is the view from on top. this is near arlington national cemetery and the u.s. marine corps war memorial. a lot of folks pass through here and don't understand what this is all about, what it symbolizes. well, we got an exclusive tour of the structure. what we are seeing here is the deterioration of the skin. we are concerned about what is happening with the bones. it needs structural help, no question. there's help underway by the national park service as well as private partners to restore this to the glory it once held. that's tonight on news4. >>> and a surprising new story about the marine corps war memorial you just saw. the marine corps is now looking into claims that it may have misidentified the people in the photo that inspired i separate flag was helped raised on iwo jima on that day but he may not have been one of the six raising the flag. >> in the past the government

in alexandria section of fairfax county, i'm david culver, news 4. >>> well, not a bad-looking day outhere. we do have a few clouds in place, and just a lonely, isolated shower is just south of d.c. otherwise, it was just a warm and humid day, and we've got some clouds out there from the tower camera and again, a good-looking evening. all right, evening planner if you want to plan the temperature right now. 84 degrees and we'll slip into the lower 80s by the time we get to 7:00 and we'll fall into the 07s and there's an isolated chance of a shower out there and most of us will stay dry. there's that shower right there coming into charles county and then also just around aquia harbor and the dunn frees area and those will continue to sink to the south and most are staying dry. you don't have a dry seven day and we'll have that coming up in just a few minutes. >>> remember when rain and storms are moving in, you can stay one step ahead of things and check out radar any time and see when rough weather is moving into your neighborhood. >>> a new distinction for the district. we'll tell you

today neighbors shared their concerns with david culver. >> the sounds of change already echoing on theeighboring land. the proposal to it served the homeless here since 1987. in its place just off columbia pike would be 375 apartment units and they acknowledge the homeless need somewhere to go. >> people who are homeless deserve to have decent housing, even if it is a shelter. >> supervisor penny gross supports a plan to move the shelter to this plot of land. it's between two subdivisions behind a senior center. >> it is designed to be temporary and it does not fulfill what you really want to do with a permanent location which is provide transitional housing. >> but the proposed move, not going over well with neighbors. >> is there any negotiating here and is there a willingness to let anything be built on this? >> no, and i say that very honestly. this is a very overbuilt parcel of land. >> debbie frazier has lived here since 2010. she's now president of her neighborhood association. she questions a temporary move that takes community's open space. >> if they think six years down the