in charttesville, david culver, news4. >> dc mayor muriel bowser won't be in the city for the sunday srally. shn el salvador for a previously planned trade mission and told us s's goinging there to represent immigrants who live here. news 4 will have specialra co of that, telemundo 44's alberto will report for us starting tomorrow. the only enlocaleporter accompanying the mayor on this trip. >>> a brazen would be thi caught in the act. police say he tried to break into homes i rockville. police hope someone recognizes this gu he's seen her wearing gloves and trying to break in, not one, not two, but three attempts to break into homes each one of them caught o security cameras. all of these happened last month. police are offing up to a $10,000 reward for information that leads to this guy's arrest. >>> and an alert in chile tonight as au volcano has started to erupt at o onethe country's most popular ski resorts. >> there is at the resort south of santiago. it sent a 5,000oot plume of smoke into the air. there are six others nearby showing activity but none of those appear c to se to

in loudoun county, david culver, news >> wow. the brand-new academies of loudon cost $125 million.loudon start onugust 23rd. kind of makes you want to go back to school. it's wcool. >> a really cool school. >> >> "news 4 at 5:00" starts with two breaking news stories. >>> we'reollowing developments in two big stories tonight, the archbishop of the catholic church here in washington on the defensive over the issue of predatey priests. scathing report detailing allegations of rape, sexual abuse, even a forced abortion and an attempt by the church to cover it all up. >> plus, the fallout after a mistakesadmission of made and how they led to the death of a football player at th university of maryland. the death of schools now says it could have been prevented. >> we begin with that explosive report intons allegat of sexual abuse in the catholic church and the criticism nowct di towards washington archbishop donald wuerl. good evening. m doreen gentzler. >> and i'm put lawson muse. >> wuerl was named in a report that accuses more than 300 members of clergyab of e, and there could be mor

. >> david culver has a a look the new school that incarp raors the past and the new of the city. >>e're in alexandria, one of the newest schools to open. the first school to open since 2000. this was a commercial building, v vacant. the first four floors, that's where the classoms are. the top two, for ainistrative offices. we're on this high-rise crosswalk, this bridge that takes you from the school, to the playground. the school in of itself, is named for fernand t. day, a local guy, a pioneer in civil rights. we caught up with his daughter. >> walking into this building and seeing this board and wall with everything about his life and seeing his name is humbling. >> reporter: 650s stude will call this space their school. in alexandria, i'm david culver, news 4. >>> as alexandria and nearly a dozen local school districts head back to class on tuesdayin mo we're working for you. we've been sharing starting off the new year on the.ight foot if you're a parent or teacher, trying to avoid the extra affic. weosted all of the stories in the nbc 4 washingto app. i'm not ready. >> get rea

news 4's dav culver takes us to fauquier county where armed guards are a part of their new safety plan. >> reporter: students are used to seeing school resource officersike officer tyndall. new faces will be walking the halls all in an effort toee k your kids safe. fraud mailer is one of those new to the school we caught up with him near warrenton. >> when i got dressed today, i'm like, i'm starting my new career. >> repor school security officer or sso. he agreed to the position a day after he retired from virginia state police. he w a trooper for 29 years. >> a lot of times in my previous job, we're reactive and this job i can beveroactive. >> one of our schools will have at least an armed school security officer within that building. >> reporter: superintendent dr. david jacksays in high schools like kettle run, the new ssos will often work alongside a sheriff's deputy resourcece offir like officer tyndall. >> good morning. >> repngter: dr. jack is looki for candidates with a law enforcement background and those who can connect with young people. >> our school resource officers to n

. >> david culver has the story that you're only going to see here on news4. >> reporter: the start of school can be a bit overwhelming, especially when you're the new y. his new job, a school security officer or s.s.o. he a to the position a day after he retired from virginia state police, he was a t 2oper fo years. >> a lot of times in my previous job, we're reactive. in this job i can be proactive. >> reporter: following february's school shooting, community leaders moved swiftly, approving armed guards at every school, including 12 new armed officers. he will work ooalongside s resource officer,ory tindle. >> our resource officer has a very good relatiohip with the studentses, we expect that the s.s.o.s will do the same thing. >> reporter: they're not only focussing on physi safety, they're also initiating a new program whenom ites to mental tialth, making it easier for students to iden those teachers and staff members they can just talk to. some 400 staff members are now trained in mental health. >> they said that'sea but we don't know who these people are. we are providing this l

david culver, news 4. >> hoping for the best.n d.c., mayor muriel bowser will not be here for tomorrow's rally and te counterp. she's going on her long-planned oip to el salvador, leaving e e delegation a cultural exchange. our news partners is the only team going with her on the trip. we'll have daily updates from el salvador. >> we're working for you to get the word out about a new scam targeting affluent neighborhoods in our area. inammers sent out an e-mail or etter claim to know your deep, darksecrets, something that could embarrass you or even threaten your marriage. they say they'lleep it under wraps if you pay thousands in bitcoins. the letter includes personal information like user names and passwords likely taken from online accounts. the fbi says scams like these are getting more elaborate and going high tech. >> so where in the past many financial scams, black meal skeemts, extortion schemes utilize wire transfers or other type of funds transfers, now we're seeing a significant rise in the use of cryptocurrency to fac

i'm david culver.ahead, why these families feel like their voices are not being heard. >>> news today for healthy first-time mothers. why waiting longer to deliver could raise the likelihood of needing a c-section. >>> tracking storms for some of >>> if the government wants you, properven your home, sometimes they can take it. >> yeah, itan fall under eminent domain. some living along i-66 in northern virginia are now scrambling to find a ns home virginia plans to expand the interstate. >> news 4's david culver with feel likeners who their voices are being muffled. >> reporter: when many of us spend hours commuting like this, you might understand why his short walk is so >> across the street it's the metro rail station, which i take to work every day. >> reporter: we followed along, strolling from his cul-de-sac to the metro station, four minutes. his wife sue is relying on vdot for this next home because their current house along with the four homes next door will be wiped out as part of an expansion

david culv-- dana culver with >>> we have some breaking developments in the case of the missing iowa student mollie tibbetts. details from a news conference still going on. >> reporter: we're just getting this latest twist in this case. police have just announced that they have made an, arre and the man they have now is 24-year-old christian rivera. police say that he was one of thepl last p to see mollie tibbetts, and new he's charged with her murde tibbets was last seen on july 18th jogging i her hometown of brook lyn brooklyn, iowa. ever sin then investigators and family and friends haven b searching the ground from the air. they haven't confirmed if the body is mollie but they do believe it was her. police say rivera interacted with tibbetts while she was in ru >> and while he was interfacing with her he actually tells us that he ran alongside of her or behind her, and then at one int he tells us that mollie grabbed ahold of her pho and id you need to leave me alone. i'm going to call the police and then she took off running. he in turn chased her down and then he tells us that a

i'm david culver.e're going to show you around this ik redible w space. >> and the skins g finale of the preseason dreams are on the line ander she burruss brings us the excitement and the nerves deago bolar okay. okay. >>> an unusual arrest in fairfax after a man ranffrom a t stop. fairfax county police tell us one of their h caninped uschas assnif easy out as it might sou. news 4's derrick ward has our story. >> reporter: this picture would be difficult to caption if youhe didn't know story behind it. it was tuesday morning. katherine daniel heard commotion in her fairfax neighborhood, squad cars on the street and a police helicopter above. >> and ited like they were right over our house. >> reporter: they wereoong for this man identified t keegan allen who ran off with police right behind. >> neighbors were directing officers, he went there. >> reporter: made his way to katherine daniels' property and sought refuge i a garbage can. >> and he flipped it open and just jumped right in head fir into the

. >> i'm david culver in fairfax with a big honor for a local >>> a storm team 4 weather alert as the area is f under ash flood watch. amelia is back with the forecast in about two minutes. >>> a student balancing school, family, work and at the same time he'serng our country in the virginia army national guard. he's bonng praisedht. he was recently recognized as a pat tilln schol named for 4,e former nfl player killed in combat in 2 and as david culver reports, this young man has suffered my lossesnd that gives him a deeper appreciation for all that heqi come here andan join the military and become an american, you know. >> reporter: ali believes if you want it, you can achieve it. >> just remember having a eat, great amount of respect and admiration for what they did, not only forheir country bub my country as well. >> reporter: started as an early admiration for u.s. troops serving in ira ali shared dozens of photos and they captured a young boy growing up in a war-torn baghdad, enthralled by military emservice. >> iber the first time that i actually met a u.s. my ice member was th

our reporter david culver working for you tonight.she's asking for from the builder no >> reporte amanda hobb remembs the joy she felt when habitat for humanity agreed to build her a annew home. >> it was the best feeling i ever had other than my children. >> reporter: they buict the ste in three days, a so-called blitz build. she and her son worked with hundred of dedicated volunteers to finish the rest. he got r of last year the keys and moved into her new home. hashe door, as you can see, come apart. i've tried to fix it, but doors are my weakness. >> reporter: in the months since moving in,he's noticed several cracks along the walls. >> so i talked to some friends at worknd they said, no, there's something wrong. i think your house is and i said i think so, too. >> reporter: habitat for humanity initially respond to takeare of the structural issues. >> they fix the the major code violation probably within a month or two. em reporter: but more pro flowed. the water, while not contaminated, turns brown and has an odor. >> it fet lik

i'm david culver here in virginia. just ahead, t we're going share the frightening encounter one family had with the wild mushrooms and why vets tonight are warning those of you. ho have pe >>> that's a story you don't want to miss. stay right there. we are just getting stard, . >>> we've got a warning toornig as you get to eat some dinner. a family from fairfax county cooked u wild mushrooms and wound up in the hospital. david culver in nnandale with >>e alert for residents and pet owners. eporter: the soggy summer giving rise to lots of these, wild mushrooms. for adventurous eaters, they look tempting, but tonight first responders say do not do it. >> there are mushrooms that grow wildly in this area that can be incredibly toxic. it actually can cause liver failure and death within aup of days. >> reporter: this dr. with fairfax county fe and rescue recently treated a family of three. they picked mushrooms like these, cooked them into their dinner, a few hours later they were in an ambulanceith severe stomach pain. >

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. >> david culver is in ashburn with the big changeha andt parents make of this. >> you've got to snap the first-day photo. warm hugs and for some a bit of recitation. summer is out, school is in session. >> reporter: you hear that? that's the bell. the youngest of students will ere from the start of school to the very end. full day kindergarten in ldoun county. >> hugging her family good-bye, she starts her full day here. >> what's today? >> kindergarten. >>s it the fers day? and you're going to be here all day? >> yeah. >> her dad says the new sedule reassures him. >> when we go to work, we can feel safe and make s she'll be here in school. >> this is a huge deal. his is across loudoun county public schools. >> reporter: the principal feeling the excitement of day one and is prepared for the longer class days for his youngest students. >> by having our full day kindergartene're doubling our students' educational experience. >> reporter: helping these young ones get to school safety, loudoun county sheriff's deputies arepp steg up patrols in school zones, cracking down onum lingeringr

i'm david culver. i'm b myself this morning in the studio. we have lauren. arshe's not f from us this morning. she's in the weather center tracking what seems to be a mild start. >> another great day out there. it is a little on the cool side. we've been dealing with it over the last tee mornings, very cool conditions. temperatures out there right now in the 5 and 60s. the sun coming up in about 30 minutes. i looks lik might be a beautiful sun rise. we have some clouds. you can see them. we have a little disturbance. that brought us clouds. we are dry. we'll clearut as we continue through the remainder of the morning. but right now we arehe seeing clouds out there unfortunately. but a beautiful sky. temperatures 68 degrees. an again, light winds out there. sun coming up at 6:30. over the next several hours the temperatures will be in the upper 70s by the lunch hour and we'll head to the low to mid 80s. what you can see, the clouds right there on the satellite. again, no rain oer we are seeing the cloud cover. we'll talk aboutnc rain c when you can see them a

david culver, news 4. >>> super cool. we have an unusual story with a happy ending coming up after the break. a 10-year-old helps her aunt give birth. how the young lady knew what to do and w the birth was such a shock to the family. >>> a little girl from northern virginia will have the most memorable this what i did this summer story of anyone in her class. she helped deliver her baby bathroom. an apartment and she's only 10. shomari stone tells us h youtube showed the little girl whato do. >> i have a new cousin and i'll be excited when he comes home. >> reporter: chloe is a smart quick think-yg r-old in fairfax county >> i read a lot. and i write down a lot of stuff. >> reporter: she is at home her 21-year-old aunt dominique tuesday afternoon.e dominin't feeling well, walks in the bathroom. suddenly -- >> she screamed my name saying chloe and i came and she was like there is a baby. >> reporter: you heard correctly, a baby. dominique gave birth inhe bathroom. >> she got in the she had lost a lot of blood, so she fell

bureau reporter david culver explains why there are calls for more arrests. >> reporter: tonight a man who once served as a deacon a calvary temple church in sterling is behind bars. loudoun countysheriff's deputies arrested kevin o'connor thursday. they charged him in a sex abuse case dating back to 2003. >> it's about time. it's about time. >> reporter: for nearly 30 years, ellen cusarttended lvary temple. she left or got out, as former measures s members say, in 20re. >> the culs such that if you do leave you will be cut off from your family. >> reporter: deputies say o'connorbused a girl beginning when she was just 13. the alleged abuse is not believed to have happened at calvary temple. ellen says you cannot separate the two. >> and the fact that so kany peopw what had happened says to me that it is entirely connected to calvary temple. >> reporter: we beganeporting abuse allegations three years ago. that's when we first met the fosters. the family was a part of calvarr temple church decades. gary and marcia left in 2007. seven yea later, they were reunited with their son, michael

david culver, news 4. >> and within the last five minutes the u.s. attorney's office told that is it would not be commentinon this lawsuit. >>> a popular restaurant gone in prince georee's county. destroyed al's deli supreme court in upper marlboro a a poli saying this was no accident. this former employee is accused of setting the fire after show was f hed from job. news 4's aimee cho talked toop pe who know her and who are shocked to hear that she's accused of arson. >> reporter: >> for the people who live an work here, that way of life now gone. a massive fire burning through the night and destroying al's deli and several apartmentsab e. they say this former server set the fire and she worked atal until recently being let go. >> we lost everything. >> keith smith work at one of the apartments and when he heard news he raced over. >> just beyond belief. bo all of the workers and customers and a came in contact with him. he says he also used to eat attal's and had poole as his rv . >> i didn't know she was capable. >> was she a good >> when i leave

david culver is there for the >>> we'll explain how new technology being tested at air importance has helped officials capture an i'm poster trying to capture an i'm poster trying to welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios.ng is that a good tve the neighborhood! good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, so you can stream, game, and watch 4k shows all at once. kid's right about that! see! we are gonna have so much fun here. 100% fiber-optic network. 100% phenomenal. get the fastest speeds available for the best pricehe withios gigabit connection. >>> some of loudoun county's youngest students may be getting home a little tired right about now. the school system officially started full-day kindergarten countywide. david culver was at ashburn's mill runme eleary as the staff prepared for theird exten school day. >> reporter: a big welcome back for students in loudoun county. teachers and staff, their summer is overs students, t is the reality of class. there's excitement tha

in ashbu, virginia, david culver, news 4. >>> students k-12 in loudoun county are starting the career without math textbooks. months after dlefrg the new ones, the sup hasn't delivered them. while thedoun county school board works to resolve the s issue, students and teachers will have access to digital resources. >> now to the forecast. boy, what a good looking day we have had all d today. >> we have it for a while, don't we amelia. >> we do, at least into part of the weekend. currently80 degrees and barely a cloud in the sky. low humidity. it's a picture perfect evening out there. by 7:00 p.m., down to 77 degrees. we'r completely dry tonight. no worries of rain at all. another comfortable night. you can open thefres air in. take a look. this is tomorrowrn g, 7:00 a.m., 50s and 60s greet you as you step outhe or. 64 degrees in washington. 58 in frederick, 55 back in winchester and martinsburg. really comfortable again tomorrow, jim. t how long does this weather last? it's not going to last forever. i'll talk more about that coming up at 5:25. >> you've tempted us with a mini stretch.

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i'm david culver, news4. > a flying cell phone smacked a woman in the face while on a rollercoaster,ow king's dominion has a new policy. the populark theme p in virginia posted these signs banning cell phones at the twtedimbers coaster. in june a woman was hit by a flying cellhi phone on the ride. the woman says the phone came from another rider's pocket. the phone left a huge gash on her forehead. >> headaches did stop after a couple of weeks, so that was very l.help but now it's just ealing and i'm waiting for it to be 0% healed. >> reporter: and the woman asked for a refund from king's minion for her season passes and she did get her money back. >> good for her. >> i guess it's bound to happen. everybody has a cell phone and they take iteverywhere. >> there you go. >>> still ahead, a look at who is better at losing weight, men or women. >>> andn update on a libraryte orarily closed because of snakes? >>> well, this story may make your skin crawl. a d.c. public library is open again after several snakes weree discovered ins the building. now, it's believed thisetould have sng to do

i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff.e're all about the animal love this morning. a great show ahead.en las here telling us what we do need to know for anybody today.headed out you're saying if you have outside plans, having a plan b is not a bad idea. >> yeah. if you have an outdoor party, as we head tndough august getting into the end of the summer, a lot of people have outdoor itplans. summertime. but half a backup plan today. we're going to have wes of rain. it's not going to be raining all day, but waves of rain will move through the area. s we've seee areas get a little wet this morning. we had some heavy rain overnight last night. severe thunderstorm warnings. i had a couple peoplewi oner say some of the loudest thunder they'd heard. we had a few storms last night. now we're looking at justom rain. could bring heavy downpours. maybe an isolated storm later this afternoon. but what you see outside right now is what you're going to get. the gray conditions. temperatures are g the 80s. in it is going to be warm and hu

david culver is checking out some of the trouble spots, but first let's go to ameli draper in the storm center. how much more is expected? >> it allepds where you are tonight. if you're along and west of i-81, you can count on rain and understorms. frederick, loudoun, northern falk ear county, here to the west -- i think wtostay try for ght. a bigger threat of rain tomorrow in the day and l e evening hours that could lead to morn flooding concern. take a look, this is a flash flood watch in effect through 6:00 p.m. thursday. all the counties here in solid green, this also includes washington county and hague haguerstn. as well as manassas and prince william's county. the areas in red around i-81 have an 80% chance for rain and flooding. the biggest concern ise areas. most of us in green, which means we're mainly dry. more on tomorrow's thunderstorm threats coming up in 15 minutes. >> thanks, amelia. th> some streets in norn virginia are still streams, even though the rain has stopped and the sun has been out. david culver looks at some of the areas drivers should voill try to a. >> repo

. >> i'm david culver. just ahead, we're going to walk you through what is the newest school in 20 years to open right here in alexandria. >>> and a canine chase ends in a local neighborhood with a suspect getting trashed. >> so that man dove hea what if numbers tell only half the story? at t. rowe price, hundreds of our experts go beyond the numbers to examine investment opportunities firsthand. like a biotech firm that engineers a patient's own cells to fight cancer. this is strategic investing. because your investments deserve the full story. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. >>> a closed door meeting for the maryland board of regents. board members were called to discuss the death of football player jordan mcnair who died of heat stroke two weeks after a practice earlier this year. the board took control of theig inveion after the university decided to put several members of thethtics department on leave. that includes head coach d.j.rk du. today we learned the board received a letter from school o

i'm david culver. >> i'm mgean fild. i think it's going to be a beautiful start to the morning.bout. i stepped outside. it's a little o steamy there. >> is it? >> hugs you a little bit. >> looks like 80 at reagan national airport, right lauryn ricketts? what are we thinking for today? >> you can see the clouds out there. behind this graphic we have a little haze and definitely cloud cover. i do believe we'll have peeks of tnshine. you go the shenandoah valley. temperatures right around 80 degrees at this point, reagan national airport. as we go through the next severale'hours, have sprinkles, plenty of dry time, butevhen some stormsoping later this afternoon. you can see nothing happening on the radar right now. we've got a few isolated sprinkles down through fauquier county and closer to orange county right by fredricksburg ea. here in the d.c. area, we're looking goodnd dr a frontal system draped to the north of us is waving back and forth. probably not dropping through our area, staying put as we go through the weekend. again, that's going to reinforce our rain chances ase go

in loudoun county, did culver, news 4. >> really impressive. place. want to go back to that >> me, too. >>> well, we've gotore still ahead. more trouble for veterans who rely on the v.a. for medical care. itr news 4 i-team exposes the challenges these my members face before they even het through t >>> veterans are telling the news 4 i-teamhey are forced to walk long distances just to see their doctor. turns out it's because of the huge parking problem here at the cal center here in washington. >> tonight scott macfarlane show us how even wh an appointment some military heroes say they can't always get to their care on time. >> getting most places takes just a little longer for sequoia pointer these days. >> when you have a traumatic situation happen to you, you -- you just -- you just don't recover as fast as you think. ad>> three d after serving in the u.s. army, pointer is fighting another battle. he's recovering from a stroke and still struggles to use hisr left and leg >> you set aside 30 minutes just to find paoing. >> jus find parking. >> 0 minu

only on news4, bureau reporter david culver introduces us to with who are tasked now keeping teachers and students safe. reporter: the start of school can be a bit overwhelming especially when you're the new guy. meet franz mailer. >> when i got dressed today, i was like, i'm starting my new career. >> reporter: his new job, a school security officer or sso. he agreed to the position a day after he retired from virginia state police. he was a trooper for 29 years. >> a lot of times in my previous job, we're reactive. in this job, i can be proactive. >> reporter: following february's deadly school shooting in parkland, florida, the fauquier school board and community leaders mov swiftly, each ing armed guards at school. mailer will likely start carrying his gun nextmo h. we'll work alongside school resource officer corporal tyndall. >> our school resource officers up to nowe built very good relationships with students. we expect and anticipate the ssos will do the same thing. >> reporter: they're not only focusing on students' physical safety. they're also focusing on mental health, ma

our northern virginia reporter david culver is working for you tonight with h habitat for humanity plansts commitment. >> that one right there is me. >> reporter: remembering her time in boot camp and early years serving in the army, amanda hobbs says main teague her new stafford home has become a battle sheever anticipated. >> they kind of put us in these homes and then they dump us. there's no real partnership. >> reporter: it started last year as a dream offer. amanda could move from her $dated mobile he into a house built by habitat for humanity. hundreds of volunteers built the structure in three days, a so-called blitz build. november of last year she got thkeys. >> thedoor, as you can see, has come apart. >> reporter: shortly after moving in amanda noticed several issues with the foundation and reached oit to h for humanity. w they fixed a major code violation probablhin a month or two. >> reporter: but more problems arted flowing. >> and this tells exactly what's wrong with my water right here. >> reporter: the water, while not contaminated, turns brown and has an odor and stains

wh congrats to them all. >>> coming up next, david culver with the warning tonight after all this rain en. >>> tonight, fairfax county firi and rescue war folks of encounters with these, wild mushroom just ahead right here on news 4, we're going to share the frightening encounter one family had with them and the warning for those of w yh pets. >>> delicious changes in the fo lcast. ameliaive at wolf trap this afternoon to tell us when we get a taste of fall and how long it lasts. >>> it's no secret we have had a very rainy augt. wild mushrooms like these love the wet weather we've had but tonight first responders in fairfax county are warning you to keep away. if your pet gets ahold of one, news 4's david culveryxplains you need to act fast. >> do you have any other questions? >> reporter: a doctor's visit made more challenging when the patriot cannot talk. ensued columbia a pikenimal hospital and emergency center, e vets see it all, including dogs going after wild growth ke mushrooms. >> because it's something new to the animal. it smells funny. it looks different. they're going to tr

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david culver, news 4. >> news 4 and nbcwashington.com will be on the developments throughout the weekend. >> for the latest, search rally in our nbc washington app. >> let's go now to storm team 4 chief team meteorologist doug kammerer traeing changes in weekend forecast. doug? >> changes out there over the next couplef days. no problems out there. u temperatur around 80, 90 degrees. 89 degrees in the city after a hi so far of 90 degrees. the rest of the area though, not quite at hot. beautiful day down towards the beaches. 89 philly and 86 up towards state collea. ittle shower made its way through hagerstown but most of us will stay on thery side. we're looking at showers. this is a front to the north and we have a system down to the south that will come together over the weekend to give us a mu better chance of showers and thunderstorms. take a look at what we're talking about for the next cole of days. moving on through. tracking weekend rain. yes, we'll see weekend rain but not a washout. i cannot say this enough. not a washout. i would not cancel any plans. i'd be red for rain just

in charlottesville, david culver, news 4. >> that's nice. that coffee looks good right about now. >> sure does. back in d.c. mark mentioned some of the sidewalk and road wnosures down we can also expect some delays on the rails this weekend, and melissa has a closer look with your first 4 traffic. >> here is a look at the road closures. we're talking about a pretty extensive set here. a-9-to 17th streets northwest around the white house between k and constitution and 18 and 23 between pennsylvania and e, e, f and g between 17thnd 23rd. now, let's take a look at the rails here right now. what's going to be because of the real. so orr's line unite to right gather at 2:00 p.m. silver and orange line, no trains running between foege ttom and federal triangle. trains every 20 minutes outside of that particular closure blue line, service between franklin and arlington and no service in d.c. or in ryland. >> and those metro closuresre going to last beyond this weekend. >> that's right. >> news 4's chris gordon joins us now live at the foggy bottom

in fredericksburg, virginia, dave culver, >>> the father of jordan mcnair, the university of marylandootball player who dd after the team workout, released a statement in support of the school's president today. mcnair died in june after a suspected heat stroke. his dad is against any talk of terminating the school's president dr. waace lowe who announced earlier the university accepts responsibility for mcnair's dth. mcnair's father released a statement in part today. it would b a complete shame if after such a display ofeccy and humanity dr. lowe were to be letdeo. ncy and transparency are the nly path forward for our family, the university and its sports programs to heal and emerge as safe places fores famione trust their children. dr. lowe's leadership is critical to this happening. the father didn't mention theh coac d.j. durkin, who remains on administrative leave. >> pap smears could become a thing of th past forost women. there are new guidelines on screening for cervical cancer, and they wer released today. for the first time the u.s. preventive servicesce task is recommendin

. >> reporter: this is david culver in fairfax with a big honor for a local student whose you loss will bring gratitude. >> war isn't something that goes on from 9:00 to 5:00. it's 24/7, 365 daysar >> reporter: see how he's channeling his pain int somethinog >>> aficant change announced by the catholic church and a pope is strengthening the church's language against the death penalty calling it inadmissible. the new policy published today but was approved back in may. the previous church teaching allowed for capital punishment it was the only way of possibly fecting human lives against an unjust aggressor. this is an evolution of the former policy. >> what pope francis is saying that says hows griev the crime there's nothing so bad that it t takes away human dignity and certainly the church always teaches about reception,too, and some hope for redemption. >> pope francis has ong been against the death penalty and new york governor andrew cuomo is already using the announcement to spur policy change. he says he plans to introduce a bill to ban the death penalty in new york state. >>> ohi

northern virginia reporter david culver has the story you'll see only on 4 tonight. >> good morning! >> it's going to be a great dayr >> rr: the first day back to school. a mix of excitement and joy on these young faces. >> good morning! >> reporter:ie fauqu county superintendent dr. david jack eeting the kids outside greenville elementa b. butehind that smile, a determination to shield these students from traged following february's deadly school shooting in parkland, florida. the fauquier county school board and community leaders moved swiftly, approving armed guards at every school including 12 new school security officers or ssos. starting today, as you pull up to any of the h high schoolse in fauquier county, you'll not only notice the school resource officer from the sheriff's office, but this new school security officer. and soon they will be carrying guns. >> and i'll tell you that the group of individuals who probably deserve the most credit are the studts. >>r. jack is great about listening to us. >> reporter: senior harper among the students who wanted more security and pr

i'm david culver, news 4. >> new developments now o a grisly discovery made at laguardia airport.n anmeri airlines cleaning crew found a dead fetus in an airplane bathroom this morning. the flight arrivedrom charlotte, north carolina last night. the fetus appeared to be about 20 to 30 weeks. the medical examiner will make a finalpoetermination. authority police along with theueens district attorney are now investigating to determine what happened. >> a business that promised to help some people make big bugs on amazon is being shut down. >> jim and went rein the hanewsroom with a look ats new tonight at 5:00. >> hi, wendy. >> hi there. you know that business collect more than $15 million from customers >> and now its owners are under investigation. officials tell us it was part of a get rich quick scheme. >> susan hogan is going to explain how it works and what's next for people who may have fallen victim to this. >>ahlso d at 5, n as 4 iteam investigation into the mass shooting in the annapolis newsroom. >> and a police chief who was frustrated by the limits of the tonight he'll tell

good morningo you, i'm david cu culv culver. >> and i'm angie goss.t we see a full page ad and this is with that heart that we have seen so often, it says charlottes ville stands for the people of washington, d.c. >> you would see that everywhere down there, as shop owners have put that in their store front. a lot of folks are hoping this is nothing but a peaceful weekend. but there's a lot of concern for many and d.c. police taking this very seriously. but we do want toit begin wh se yesterday bec we had that heat and humidity. showers popping up today. another august day, it seems? >> yes, we're going t have some showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon. with a fewin ses out the

in fairfax, david culver, news4. >> an a story. what an amazing childhood. what amazing life. >> he's april pressive young man. >> he is. what a great legacy for the tillman family. it's awesome good luck, man. >>> several members of a virginia family had to be rescued after gettit caup in rip currents this afternoon. the family was a vacationing emerald isle north carolina and that area had wned about dangerous ocean conditions for 11 straight gapz they lifted that flag warning today. mother notic her teenagers were getting d pulled intoeep we'res and began to struggle out there in the surf. the combination of lifeguards and firefighters had to go out there and pull everybody to safety. >> it was pretty rough and i was really scared that i like last week when the guy passed away, i was really scared that something bad would happen to me or my cster. >> thald be terrifying. firefighters say no one had to be sent to the hospital. au okay. >> maybe had he put the flags back up. >> a packed public mee fairfax county tonight to talk about a major vdot p close a

i'm david culver. just ahead, i'll show you what's planned i'm a small busiss, but i have..lans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? how can i downloadn e-file? virtual tours? zip-file? really big files? in seconds, not minutes... just like that. like everying... the answer is simple. i'll do what i've always done... dream more, dream faster, and above all... now, now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. now, 'comcast, building americs largest gig-speed network. >>> a line of storms on the radar. doug and amelia will update on that in just a couple of minutes. >>> imagine you were being kicked out of your home by the end of the year not because you couldn't pay your mortgageut cause of imminent domain. some in northern virginia are facing. vil part of plans to expand i-66. culver is live tonight where families are working to figure out what's next. >> reporter: for 47 years, dolores has called thi cul-de-sac home. >> my chuck is close by. everything and my friends. >> reporter: but the planned

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v-dot they could find an equally convenient and comfortable place to make a in dunn loring, i'm david culver, news 4. >>> a grassroots campaign on the streets of d.c. aims to trand saveives after a huge spike in overses involving synthetic drugs known as k-2. jackie bensen has the emergency awareness after hundreds of people wore rushed to the hospital last month alr:e. >> repor people who witness this fatal outbreak say it was soorrifying they had to do something, anything, to try and keep it from happeninggain. inside of the clinic area of hips on northeast d.c. nonprofit that helps workers and others, it was like an army battlefield hospital three weeks ago. when clients started overdosing one after another after another. >> we had 15 overdoses withins. two day and they managed to save them thanks to having narcan. >> reporter: news 4 was there as d.c. fire and ems crewspl tende to p who overdosed on what officials believe is a possibly fatal batch of ugs, sometimes called k-2 or synthetic majuana even though its chemical composition is different. >> we've had two regular guests that have

in fairfa david culver, news4. >> that story by david there. time right nows 6:49. capital wheel behind us. >> yes, a good dayo get outside and take it for a spin. >> why not? >> it doesn't go tha fast. >> but it's nice, a lot of great plac to eat outthere, a carousel. definitely want the spf? >> yes, hot and humid conditions, you want to make sure you stay hydrated today. the actual high is going to be in the mid 90s, so a hot day on tap for us, but at least once again we' nice and dry, so we continue to dry out. here's a closer lookt our live city camera and yht can see br surgenshinedy makine ining its way through the area. by tuesday, i'm already tracking our next best chance of rain a closer look at our four things to know over the next few days. today, sunny, hot and humid through tomorrow. and if you take a look at your tuesday, we're tcking not only heat but rain chances and we have a chanc for showers as we go into thursday and friday of next week. notr scanning that is finding anything, so a dry weekend. we could see yet again another stray shower to the s

there because they had this coming but thanks for the time tonight that was human rights lawyer dan culver back. thank you and thank you for watching today we're going to be back with more news in the headlines and often . you know world of big partisan movies. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. because of this is the kaiser report yes i looked up you from the dest because that's the way mainstream media anchors connote seriousness. i'm serious i say oh let's go to stacy. that's true is specially prevalent i've noticed on the b.b.c. they always do that oh yeah i'm working oh hey hey. actually i have a headline here quick tweet about santa because we do often mock the corporate media but they did come through with quite an amazing piece and i don't know if it was just on thei

cu culv culver. >> and i'm angie goss. every newspaper is talking about the charlottesville rally, this is the front page of thest "washington and also noting that we see a full page ad and this is with that heart that we have seen so often, it says charlottes ville stands for the people of washington, d.c. >> you would see that everywhere down there, as shop owners have put that in their store front. a lot of folks are hoping this is nothing but a peaceful weekend. but there's a lot of concern for many and d.c. police taking this very seriously. but we do want toit begin wh se yesterday bec we had that heat and humidity. showers popping up today. another august day, it seems? >> yes, we're going t have some showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon. with a fewin ses out there in the morning. we got a little haze or d.c. with some cloud cover. temperatures right now, 78 t degrees, t northeast wind not doing anything to suppress the humidity, theumidity is still out there and you caneel it right now you're n

david culver has a look at the new school that incorporates the past and the new of the city.et's go to melissa and that alertn e beltway. is it any better? >> no. actually not. we he the jackknifed tractor-trailer. we have crews on the scene trying to get this out of the way. here's the problem, we're adding delays on the outer loop because folks are looking to the left saying, what's going on there? the inner loop is where the problem is. two lanes are opened with the tractor-trailer. the rest of the beltway looks great right now. nice and green andsdry, well. mclean, northbound g.w. parkway. a crash there. in the district, southbound north c aital street wit overturned vehicle. 270 looks okay. inner loop, not so hot because of that issue near concticut avenue. 66 inbound, 95 northbound, no issues. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in yourcar. >>> hi, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. a fine day to be ready for your big trap to the beaches or the mountains. honestly, weather will be pretty good for most of the holiday weekend. we'll be hitting and missing on somehower c

david culver brings us an inspiring sto of determination that you'll only see right here on news4. >> reporter: even in th midst of war, photos can capture a young boy's curiosity. picture after picture of this young child with u.s. and ooalition forces, from military check points inside the u.s. embassy, some must have wondered who is he? >> i just remember having a great amount of respect and admiration for what they did. >> reporter: the young military fan is ali nyad. he's now working to get his masters infairfax, virginia. >> seeing all sorts ofattuff kid of that age shouldn't see or shouldn't experience at all. >> reporter: ali's father amir served u.s. and coaliti forces, he could not shield his son from bloodshed, he took the take your son to work day. >> we were clo, we were very close. >> reporter: in january 2008, while taking his daughter to school, al qaeda killed amir. wi and his family turned to the soldiers withm his dad worked. >> they saw something in me and really took the risk of saying, hey, this is somebody who's worthy of comin to the united states and worthy to

. >> reporter: in falls church, d virginiaid culver, news 4. >>> a growing number of students in northernnia are getting more time on the playground. a new state law allows for two rece periods a day. the fairfax, loudoun county and stafford county schools are all taking advantage of it. the judge change after a push by several local parents in uchmond. the exercise a structured activity benefitted a student's health and learning. you want to be doing that ithe gym today boy though with ac. >> got to grease that or at least water down that slide. >> for sure. >> that could be a pro wem. >> i just thinking there's not acreen o that playground. love seeing that. >> hot d today. on the hot side and humidity way up there. heat index way over 100 degrees. upwards of so 5 and even is 10 in some locations. if you're out and about you felt utit. how abolong the mall. just a nasty day to walk out there for sure and getting the sweat away and having a little bitat of w and, hey, why not take an umbrella with you. i like this guy though. he found a great place to be. iuarantee that sprinkler was not

. >>> our david culver is there today talking with residents and business owners marking one year since deadly demonstrations. his reports will be this afternoon on news 4. >>> a warning from d.c. pice about a man who sexual assaulted a woman on the street in the middle of the day monday afternoon on 7 stheet in northwest not far from the convention center. the manmade sexual contact with the victim and exposed himself. she ran to a nearby building and held the door shut as he tried to follow her inside. he then committed a lewd act. f you recognize him, call the police. >>> well, the prosecution is case in therest its paul manofort trial y,tout not before there was drama in the courtroom. yesterday, the judge told the jury to diegard courtroom iticism. wednesday, the judge scolded prosecutors to allow an irs agent to watch before testifying. he granted permission for the witness to remain in the the jury is looking at the scope of his alleged tax fraud during his politic consulting work in ukraine, he earned more than $30 million. the allegedly quote of income of $13 million, prosecuto