the d.c. attorney general says they've lived in maryland and virginia for several years while claiming a d.c. address. now the city is suing them. news4's megan fitzgerald reports. >> reporter: from 2003 to 2013, investigators with the attorney general's office say alan and candace hill sent their three children to alice deal middle school. their oldest made it to woodrow wilson high school until d.c. public schools realized the hill family was not living in the district. according to investigators, alan and candace hill told d.c. public school officials that their kids were living at this address here in northeast for years. but according to this lawsuit, that wasn't the case. the lawsuit says alan hill owned the d.c. property and in seven 2007 he filed a complaint for nonpayment against his tenant. the documents say in 2009 through 2013, the same address given to dcps was in fact leased to another tenant. now the attorney general is asking alan and candace hill to pay up. megan fitzgerald, n

d.c. surae chinn has more from the scene. >> reporter: two adults are dead, five others jurld, including several -- injured, including several firefighters who were hurd. firefighters arrived to find flames shooting from the three- story row house. cell phone video from chris mcguill shows the intensity of the fire. the response quickly escalated to a second alarm. >> found out it was the house behind me and hufng out the back of my -- hung out the back of my building. i could see the flames coming through the roof of the building. >> i was frightened. you could smell the smoke inside my unit. >> reporter: it took more than half an hour for firefighters to put out the fire. d.c. fire says to adults were found unconscious insides the home and were pronounced -- inside the home and were pronounced dead. >> this is tragic for the whole neighborhood. >> i think it's terrible. i'm just surprised at how -- you don't see these kinds of fires too often anymore. i'm guessing it's because they didn'

d.c. united are staying in d.c. tomorrow, the mayor will announce details about the plans for a new stadium. news 4 learned some of the details and we have what we know. >> i'm surprised and happy. >> justin ross owns the big stick, a sports bar near the park. the mayor and d.c. united reached a deal this evening. >> i know last week they announced they would possibly move to virginia. kind of a let down. then i'm very happy. this is a great location for it. >> the deal means d.c. united will get a new stadium near ross's restaurant at buzzard point and southwest. the city's investment was around $150 million. the new stadium approve late last year but the deal ran into trouble acquiring land. so virginia stepped up and tried to lure the team to louden county. >> tonight sources tell news 4 that d.c. unite oed agreed not to consider a move to virginia. district officials tell us they will move quickly to seize the final piece of land needed to build the new stadium at buzzard point. >> i'm happy they finally settled

many d.c. united fans tell me today they are united in opposition to any effort to lure the team away. some vowing they would never attend another game if the team left d.c. but a lot of fans live across northern virginia and say they would love a move. >> i would love that. they would be closer to me. >> the county with a lot of soccer field and soccer teams. my kids play soccerer down there. good move. >> d.c. united it's not loudoun county >> they are split on the new home for d.c. united. it would be the most expensive stadium. the team would pail for the stadium construction. >> it's a good deal. good for the city and d.c. united. >> according to the "washington post," virginia governor are making an 11th hour pitch to give the team owners a tour of the potential stadium site. >> maybe it's to say let's move this along faster. >> funny things happen as you get closer to the final deal. >> good for the governor for trying? a statement, the governor's office said he believes in competing vig

a former d.c. news anchor is expected to announce see cease running for congress -- she's running for congress in maryland. kathleen matthews has a major announcement planned in silver spring. you may know her as the wife of another familiar face. she's married to msnbc's chris matthews. she has served as a fellow at harvard's kennedy school of government. >>> virginia's working hard to bring d.c. united to loudoun county. our news partner wtop reports the team is considering that move. that's after d.c. announced plans to build a brand new soccer stadium in the district but that deal is not final. "the washington post" reports they toured possible locations in loudoun county in recent weeks. that includes a site near the planned route 606 metro station. virginia says a stadium there would cost millions less and the stadium would reportedly be ready for the team's 2017 season. now, the team reached a deal earlier this year to play at a stadium at buzzard point. those are the renderings you saw ther

d.c. area and deliver a close call to a number of our wusa9 news family. check out this tree that fell into the backyard of morning reporter delia goncalves' southeast d.c. home. it was a neighbor's tree that came down in her yard. fortunately no one was hurt. the tree did not break through her home but caused minor damage to her roof and gutters, but we are grateful that the story is playing out this way and not completely differently. good evening to everyone. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty. the severe weather now dying down. however, there are still a few storms out there. our first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is right here to show us where they are on live doppler 9000 and whether or not your morning commute could be affected. >> i think some of these may linger long enough for parts of the morning commute especially north of town. these showers in the mountains, cumberland, romney, nothing crazy heavy but going on a couple hours and heavy showers still affecting sou

s attorney general filed suit against two d.c. police officers for fraudulently enrolling their children in d.c. public schools. the suit alleges lieutenant alan hill and candace hill used false addresses to register their children at the school tuition free during 2013 while the hill family lived in various locations in maryland and virginia and their d.c. address was actually a rental property lieutenant hill owned. the lawsuit seeks recovery of more than $224,000 in unpaid nonresident tuition plus penalties. >>> the massive theft of government workers' information by hackers announced last week was far worse than had been acknowledged. that is the charge today from the nation's largest federal employee union which said in a letter to the office of personnel management they believe the personnel information of every current federal employee was exposed in that breach. garrett haake has been following the story and is live from the department of interior. >> reporter: the top line number stays the same in all this. more than 4 mi

kesler says people in the d.c. area may be more likely to injure themselves. >> i think that sort of the high intensity population does have a high susceptibility of getting these types of injuries, but also i think d.c. people are a little more food oriented maybe in some other areas and try new things. >> dr. kesler says the best way to prevent these injuries is to slow down when you're cooking. don't try to rush and use common sense like making sure you're not bringing a sharp object towards your hand. helen sprainer says she's now being more careful about what she's doing in the kitchen. >> just, you know, need to think a little more about the repercussions of what you're doing and what kind of preventive steps you can make. >> okay. can you look back now. that gave me the heebie-jeebies. >> that's why everything i cook for dinner is microwaveded. >> there you go. beep, beep beep. >> everything i cook isser is to have had me in a restaurant. >> no problem at all with that. >> outside no restaurant eating outdoo

a d.c. cop comes by, eventually flags a passing ambulance. mr. mills later died on the way to the hospital. >> when people went and knocked on the door and were told that you need to call 911 and they were saying we called 911, the man needs help and they could not one of those five people could come, one went and got back in his bed and he still has a job. if i have to call and he's in the fire station closest to my house, how i do know he's going to come? >> the city needs to be accountable for every action or lack of action that its city employees fail to take in the time of a dying man's death. >> reporter: now fire department internal probe resulted in a veteran firefighter garrett murphy being given a 60 hour suspension without pay. word is he was reading a book while mr. mills was dying on the sidewalk. another firefighter was reprimanded. another firefighter was exonerated and that lieutenant helene davis was allowed to retire. today she's making 70,000- dollar a year in pension mone

a former d.c. council aide has been sentenced tays in prison in order to repay $110,000 for first-degree fraud. neil rogers will serve the prison sentence over 12 weekends. the charge stems from the corruption case of former councilmember harry thomas jr. a federal jury convicted him of helping thomas divert taxpayers to pay for a 2009 inaugural ball. kimberly: the only person charged in connection with the d.c. mansion murders has a new attorney. daron wint was in court yesterday again today. stephen tschida was in the courtroom and spoke with wint's new attorney. he joins us live with what is new tonight. how did he get a new one? stephen: he has a new attorney. we are getting glimpses of just where the new defense may be headed. after taking over daron wint's defense from two court-pointed attorneys sean hanover talked act -- about his experience and who hired him. >> hanover: his sister mom and brother. stephen: four people died in the house, savvas savopoulos, his wife amy their son phillip an

we're live at d.c. superior court, delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> ed internal revenue service is owe he on the -- the internal revenue service is being blasted for failing to take action in the latest security breach. they failed to update dozens of security upgrades to its computer systems. the inspector said some of the up grades would have made it mo -- upgrades would have made it more difficult for hackers to steal information from hundreds of taxpayers. >>> triple crown contender american pharoah arrived at belmont park in new york yesterday during a downpour. pharoah bred in kentucky could be the first horse since affirmed went to sweep the triple crown. affirmed did that making history in 1978. >>> more than 400 people remain trapped inside a capsized cruise ship in china. >> there are some good numbers to report when it comes to the amount of adults who now have health insurance. >> we'll have those stories and more in a minute but first here's erica with a look at our wednesday weather. >> it is n

d.c. united will privately finance the $287 million to build the stadium. d.c. united officials say the team deserves a new home. >> we have the best fans in major league soccer and we have the best community and the nation. so we are very excited to be getting the land of assembled and we can't wait to break ground. suzanne: the lunchtime crowd in washington is excited about moving forward. >> soccer is getting more attention in d.c. >> it should generate some money and create some jobs for people. kellye:

as recently as last week d.c. united was said to be scouting a site in loudoun county, but now it appears the team will stay in d.c. i just tweeted this out, a lot of soccer fans happy about this news. >> they were just trying to mess with us. >> d.c. united should be in d.c. >>> tonight the search is intensifying for two convicted killers who broke out of new york's largest maximum security prison over the weekend. >> investigators are trying to figure out whether the pair may have had help from the inside as they escaped from the clinton correctional facility 20 miles from canada. david sweat and richard matt used power tools to cut through steel and brick and shimmied their way through a maze of underground steam pipes and tunnels before they popped out of a manhole and made a run for it. >> there's limited surveillance tape with the facility. we have taken a look. nothing has been fruitful at this time for our investigation. >> it all sounds very shawshank, doesn't it? governor andrew cuomo is convinced the me

cardinal of d.c. say tickets will be given to clergy in surrounding parishes, but there's a contest, catholic charities is hosting it. >> we're giving up for his visit by launching you serve. a papal visit. >> service projects they're involved in. >> if you have some visual of a program that you are doing and please send it to catholic charities. >> the winners will be given special seating for the mass. the big question is will he discuss political issues in his sermon or at other appearances. >> you have to talk about politics. >> the cardinal isn't so sure. >> i won't be surprised if he focuses on the needs of the poor. >> whether political topics are mentioned or not, while in the u.s., the pope is expected to bring crowds that we haven't seen with previous popes in the past. >> the desire to be present for all these things just speaks to the extraordinary popularity of this holy father. >> now, if you'd like to learn more about how to win tickets you can log on to our nbc washington app and searc

tonight the fight over d.c.nited and who gets the build the team a new stadium. >>> and we're seeing if, the sunshine is out there. right past reston you can see the sun. we'll see more of it over the next couple days. i've got the forecast for the weekend next. mmmmmm yoplait! ♪ oh! good news everybody! there is now 25% less sugar in yoplait original. say "adieu" to that sugar. because it still tastes good ahhhh yoplait! >> reporter: when robert frees found out he would need to have part of his colon removed, he said it wasn't the surgery he was afraid of. >> the things going on the kids, all theactivities, the interruption. you know, i wasn't sure how long it was going to put me out for. >> reporter: but what robert didn't realize at the time was that his doctor was using a new approach to help him recover more quickly. something called enhanced recovery after surgery. >> we're not doing this for cost savings or hospitals per se. we're doing this to make the patient feel better, get home and recover quicker. >

it was organize bade group called all walk d.c.memory of the two pedestrians who were struck and killed in two different collisions along a roughly one-mile stretch of wisconsin avenue last week. on june 10th 31-year-old george mina of arlington, a pediatric phlebotomist was struck by a green jaguar while crossing. he died a week later. >> we wanted to come out in support of george. we love the fact that there is awareness now for pedestrians for the accident occurred. and we would like to see something done i guess by the city. >> reporter: the next day, june 11th at the intersection of wisconsin and calvert street northwest, a delivery truck making a right turn struck a pedestrian who was crossing the street. 79-year-old margaret ruth dickey died at the scene. known to friends as miss peggy, she had lived at the nearby carolan house apartments for 50 years. >> it is a special intersection. i'm scared to cross the street. the right-hand turn, the left hand turns. no one pays any attention. i was almost hit a couple weeks ago. >> r

a d.c. cop comes by, eventually flags down a passing plan, but cecil mills would later die at the -- passing ambulance, but cecil mills would later die at the hospital. >> when people knock on the door and they say you need to call 99 and they say we called 9 -- 911 and they say we called 911. if i call and he's the closest fire station to my house, how i do know he's going to come? >> we know there are a lot of good firefighters in this city and we applaud them every day. we know a lot of firefighters have been hurt by this, but those ones that took the job and don't really want to do the job, it's time to leigh. >> reporter: now there was an internal investigation by the d.c. fire department, but it was closed to the public, closed to the mills family. one of the firefighters garrett murphy was given a 60 hour suspension. he's a veteran and the word is he was reading a book while mr. mill was on the sidewalk. another -- mills was on the sidewalk. another firefighter was reprimanded. anothe

the d.c. mansion murder case are not easy to hear. investigators found a bloody baseball bat in a bedroom after someone set fire to the mansion last month. the warrant also indicates husband savvas savopoulos had injuries to the back of his head. his wife amy suffered cuts to her head and neck. daron wint is suspected of killing the couple. their 10-year-old philip and the family's housekeeper, vera figueroa. you saw the report first on news4 tonight on wint's apparent violent history with an ex-. court documents show a former girlfriend got a stay away order in 2008. she told police wint had attacked her multiple times and held her against her will. wint is the only person to be charged so far in the northwest d.c. murders. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk with a potential break in the hunt for two escaped killers who broke out of prison. now comes word the inmates may have used a ferry to get out of upstate new york. officials suggested the two men may have told someone they wanted to

joce: but the d.c. singles and other companies with the same web site claim they didn't find love they paid thousands for. they were matched up with people who didn't meet their criteria. now they want refunds because the companies we discover all list the same promise. >> i don't know what a guarantee means. if you guarantee date or you money back. i'm happy with that. but 100% guarantee give me idea what we are talking about. joce: we questioned the d.c. singles and the parent company about the guarantee. in the days after the story aired on website from city to city the guarantee was dropped. replaced with the words everyone is screen and real. >> i would never use them again. i reached out to you because i feel like the consumers should be aware with the company. >> the company changed other language on the website since the story aired on the section that it used to say the team has more than 25 years of dating experience. now it just says they have experienced team. i'm "7 on your side" investigat

he was the d.c. teacher of thor yoo in -- of the year in 2011 and many are in disbelief. >> i'm troubled and disturbed like everybody else in school. my daughter is scared. she tells me she's scared and i'm picking her up early today because of the incident. >> the victim was 9 and 10 years old as the abuse was happening according to investigators. pena was described as close family friend who travelled on vacation with his family. >>> "the washington post" reporter held in iran is headed back to court for another closed door meeting. the iranian government thinks jason rezaian is a spy. some fear that if a nuclear deal is reached before the case is resolved the u.s. will have less leverage in pushing for rezaian's release. >>> coming up on 4:36 right now. the postal service is taking steps to fire the man who fly a gyrocopter on to the capitol lawn. doug hughes says they intend to fire him for quote, unacceptable conduct. hughes landed wearing a postal service uniform and a gyrocopter labeled with t

we spoke with d.c. public schools, and they sent a statement that read in part, "as soon as we became aware of the situation, we acted promptly to remove the teacher from the school and fully cooperate with mpd in its investigation." giovanni pena, 31 years old according to the school website, a fourth grade teacher at the school. d.c. police saying this allegation involved a juvenile at the school. d.c. police are also being -- also asking anyone with information about pena or possible obligations to please contact them. live in northwest, tom roussey abc 7 news. leon: thank you, tom. also following breaking news from prince george's county. the police are investigating a homicide in district heights. a man was found suffering trauma to his body, later dying at the hospital. jay korff is live at the search for the suspect, happening right now. jay: here is what we know right now -- the focus of the homicide investigation is the housing complex behind me on walters lane in district heights. the police s

today a d.c. council vote will address transparency between the police and a public and they'll ask the mayor to allow you to view police body camera video. it is a budget issue. and news4's zachary kiesch is live outside the wilson building with more on how this program could be over before it even starts. zachary? >> reporter: hey, good morning, aaron. the vote today could delay the expansion of this pilot program planned for 2016 if it does not happen, it will not impact the 168 cameras already on the street. this was introduced by council member mcduffie who essential says if we're going to roll out the police cameras and do it in the name of transparency the public deserves to be able to see this video. he calls it public information, but people like the mayor have been pretty firm that they don't want this information released. it will come with a price tag. $1.5 million a year it will cost. it will need budget approval, it will require more money for the 2016 budget which starts in october.

d.c. news anchor. the plan she is just revealed ahead of decision 2016. >>> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. after a summery start to the month of june we're back into april again. how long do these chilly rain drops last? forecast just ahead. >> i'm angie goff at the live desk. fighting terrorism that starts on the internet in response to a recent shooting spree at an anti-muslim event. news 4 midday starts right now. >>> new video from a deadly row house fire. two people died when a fire broke out overnight along rigs place and 16th street in northwest. news 4's kristen wright is live on the scene and has more for us. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. i want to show you the row home first, it looks pretty bad. this was a devastating fire. you see fire investigators and police still here. atf here as well which is standard in an investigation like this. just got off the phone a few minutes ago with a man who lived in this row home. fortunately he is out of town right

a d.c. instructor once honored as one of the most outstanding teachers is facing charges of sexually abusing a student. giovanni pena is is a popular fourth grade english teacher at oyster-adams bilingual school. police received information he abused a student, and they arrested him and charged him with second degree sexual as salt. he was removed from his position. >>> prince george's county police know very little about who stabbed a man. it happened on walters lane. he went to the nearby state police barracks for help. police are offering a reward for information. >>> today a family plans to take legal action after a loved one died outside a firehouse. mills' family will release information about the steps they'll take next. he suffered a heart attack in january of 2014. despite repeated attempts from family members to get help police say firefighters across the street at engine 26 failed to respond and one firefighter has since been fired. >>> a massachusetts man is now under arrest in c

he is well known in d.c.ical circles having served as a alcohol beverage control board member under mayor berry and on jim grahams 1998 campaign. he's also known for saint in prison prior to his political days for tax evasion. neighbors are glad he got out of the house. >> very nice person. we're his pharmacy. when i seen it or heard it i ran over here to see if he was okay. i am so happy to hear he is okay. >> reporter: okay is a relative term. salas and another person were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. still, a better fate than the other two victims who lost their lives. >> this is sad. this is really sad. >> reporter: as you can see, this is an old solid brick building. firefighters tell me they are pretty surprised that the fire spread so quickly throughout it. but firefighters are still investigating exactly what caused this fire. >>> we are told that another person who rents the basement of the house was not home at the time of the fire and is therefore just fine. >>> police now day alcoh

kelly mayhew leon:leon: d.c. police are searching for suspect after a sexual assault and kidnapping in northwest at about midnight last night on 9th street. the woman told the police a suspect forced her into his car and then drove to an alley and attacked her. if you have information, you are asked to contact the police. the police want help in identifying a person of interest in an assault case that happened at a d.c. bar. here is surveillance footage. this happened last sunday. the police say that somebody struck an intoxicated man in the head in the bathroom. the bar will shut down 96 hours after the incident. if you have information about this person of interest, the police want to hear from you. hours after plunging in, crews spent the evening searching for two men in their 20's near sandy landing along the virginia's shoreline. one made it out to safety, the other has not been found. operations were suspended at about 5:00 today and the search will resume tomorrow. the missing swimmer has not been identifi

no sleep. >> from d.c. to new york, back here to the d.c.ody. >> reporter: wint appears in superior court the next day, charged with first-degree murder while armed. >> what was interesting to me, the capture instead of almost answering questions led to even more questions. >> reporter: why? >> people kept saying, "there's no way he did this by himself." >> he couldn't pull this off on his own, no way. i don't think he's got it up here. >> the community wanted to see everybody who was responsible locked up at once, case closed. >> reporter: but this case is not closed, not by a long shot. when we come back, a man who came face to face with daron wint at the wrong end of a knife. his memories of how he wields a weapon during an attack. nexxus introduces a new movement in hair. ♪ a beautiful fluidity. restoring strength and flexibility ♪ so it moves and responds the way you do. ♪ new improved nexxus with concentrated elastin protein and precious ingredients. for hair that lives to move. [sfx: bell] but the more you learn about insurancyour cov

d.c.'s attorney general tells us how the new law passed today will help police put sellers of synthetic drugs ou >>> right now the growing problem of synthetic drugs in the district. we'll report how city lead erts are cracking down and why you could be in danger even if you don't do the drugs. >> the holiday weekend, the alert just issued about fireworks. and how you can spot trouble. >>> also, wait times could get longer on four metro lines. that would be in order to improve the wait line on just one of the lines. we'll find out who will suffer the impact of that. >>> tonight we have a team of reporters working new angles to those stories. first, we're keeping an eye on the weather radar. veronica johnson, what's the latest? >> that i am. we've been tracking strong thunderstorms. while we could see an isolated strong thunderstorm or two and, well heavy rain the next couple of hours our threat of severe weather is down now. the watch has been discontinued for our area. look at this. you do

one of d.c.'s own answers the call for "american ninja warrior" tonight. what is next for d.c. firefighter mark bernardo. >> and break from the high heat and humidity. even a short break from the rain. now thunderstorms back in the forecast. and how hot will your fourth of july weekend be? i've got it all coming up when news 4 at 11:00 returns. >> i'm melissa with your first 4 traffic tonight. maryland 95 southbound from i-98, two lanes and >>> chris lawrence at the live vaccinations mandatory for all children this is six months after a measles outbreak at disneyland affected more than 150 people. california just struck down a bill for its exemptions for beliefs. that means every public school, child day care, would have to vaccinate or homeschool kids. the only exception is kids for a a special exception like a compromised immune system. the governor has 12 days to decide. jim? >> oh, boy, there it is. >> oh he brought it big. and he made it look easy. usually trying to put out fires. but tonight mike bernardo torched the ninja warrior course. they rebounded last season and wo

a violent night on the streets of washington, d.c.people are shot in five separate shooting incidents. >>> america's cyber security under attack as thousands of documents are hacked and experts warn this could just be the beginning. >>> and finally, the sun has returned. several days. the fog is out there for areas off to the west. we have some good looking weekend weather for you. i'll track the showers. >>> thanks for waking up with us. allison has done a good job describing the same weather conditions for five straight days. >> it was pretty nasty out there. let's take a look at our michael and son camera. we have deeps fog. you can see the sup shining. we'll track showers. 67degrees. here's the dense fog through the shenandoah valley. a couple of areas through manassas. and areas off to the east, no problems. that's where you're setting the stage for the showers today. we're in the 60s right now. it's pretty comfortable. you're not going to need the jackets. 16 for manassas and 63 as you head up towards the french fork area. notic

d.c. mansion. news4's meagan fitzgerald is live outside the savopoulos home this evening as we get a new look inside this investigation. meagan? >> reporter: we do. wendy, for the first time in three weeks, this mansion is no longer considered a crime scene. if you take a look behind me you'll see a difference. police tape no longer up. police are not blocking the road. instead, really crew cars are replacing police cars and crews work on shoring up this property here, all while we learn more information about the assistant to savvas savopoulos and what was recovered at the crime scene when police arrested the suspect in this case. crews worked all day on friday putting a fence in place and securing the property that will no longer be guarded by police. but the investigation into the this quadruple murder case is far from over. court documents show one day after the mansion went up in flames savvas savopoulos' assistant jordan wallace was under police scrutiny. wallace is the person invest

d.c., we know cedar tree academy is closed for today. that's because they're experiencing a power outage. still no timetable when the lights will come back on. we'll keep you posted. eun? >> thank you angie. >>> 6:03. a patient is at the national institutes of health in bethesda with a rare drug resistant type of tuberculosis. in april, the woman flew to the u.s. from india through chicago o'hare. she stopped in our area for seven weeks and then travelled to missouri and tennessee before going to a doctor. officials are tracking down flight manifests to notify people that could have been exposed to tb. tb spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. this morning, that patient is being treated in a specialized isolated room at nih. >>> a man killed a mother in front of her kids and will stand trial in prince george's county. bell is accused of killing wilson in front of her children. bell went to the victim's home in oxon hill looking for her boyfriend. bell believed t

the d.c. police department. >> my only son, a good person. jennifer: they played basketball every chance they got. >> we shared a lot of time together. >> he did nothing wrong on that night. for no reason, he was kikilled like an animal. jennifer: the detective e explains when he left the club that night, someone bumped into the back of his car. >> realized there was no damage so he got back in the car and they drove off. jennifer: policbelieve whoever bumped him is the same person that opened fire and is the killer among us. there were plenty of young witnesses. >> you would think some of these people are more mature. we need people to tell us what happenened and what they know. jennififer: we did not get the tips we needed after the story first ran, so your help is still needed. unfounately, thehere are many other families like this in our area so we will continue the work. we will keep searching for the killer amongng us. leon: cominup next, a hagerstown mother reached out to "7 on your sid

d.c.'s largest homeless shelter. we learned city officials knew about it for a year but didn't take any action. we broke the story and we take a look at the next step for hundreds of families. >> the district of columbia should have addressed this issue sooner. it is not appropriate. something occurred in 2014 that it could be dealt with in 2015. that is not appropriate. and we make no excuses about that. >> after two young children here at the d.c. general shelter tested positive for elevated lead levels, the mayor ordered a complete inspectionst building. not only did that inspection uncover traces of lead throughout the facility, they found an inspection from 2014 had found seven rooms with dangerous lead levels. but nothing was done. >> we are notifying residents in the building of the results of our test. we will still continue to offer any resident or their child that wants it a test. >> families were moved out of the rooms and the lead levels were remediated after they found out abo

now the rain, nothing around d.c. notice back to the west, we are looking at some showers coming through and they are starting to actually intensify a little bit just south of winchester, frederick county virginia seeing that rain up toward berkeley county, martinsburg, down i-81, toward shenandoah county. southeast, near front royal in the next 20 to 30 minutes. along 66. see some areas that are wet, especially in through northern virginia over the next couple of hours. why i say you may want to keep that umbrella handy. some may come in toward d.c. around the 7:30, 8:00 hour. here is the remnants of bill circulating south of st. louis, a lot of rain associated with this, a couple of tornado warnings with these storms. that's the kind of system making its way our way during the day tomorrow. 8 a.m. tomorrow clouds a couple of showers but not much, not too worried. if you have games tomorrow, kids have games, 10:00 softball game 11:00 soccer game, i'm okay with that i think that's going to be okay, just on the warm an

we have d.c. police, which seemed to be taking the lead in this investigation federal police, park police, homeland security, metro transit officers. there are helicopters overhead and fire trucks standing by. this has been going on for more than an hour. the question is why. all we have been able to get from police right now is that they are investigating something. i think you have to assume it is something that they believe they need this large a presence to get some understanding and get to the bottom of what is going on. they are offering no details about what they are investigating, but a massive police presence here. all these agencies, fire and rescue trucks standing by. again, tourists standing along the street here, gawking at all of this because it never seen anything like it. many of them have their cars parked in this area, they have not been able to get to them. police tell us they are investigating something here in this area avenue here in southwest. we don't know the details about

d.c. leaders will unveil how they hope to keep dangerous synthetic drugs off the streets after a number of recent deaths. >>> let's go to tom kierein and the changes you'll see over the next six hours. >> getting a line of some showers and lightning flashing in the sky, about to move into howard county and northern montgomery county. these are some brief downpours a little bit of thunder and lightning. farther south and west of there near winchester, near 81 through martinsburg and hagerstown, a few of the showers are moving on through. the general trend is they're weakening by the time they get closer to the metro area. we're all dry in the metro area for now. but the northern suburbs may get a few passing light showers over the next hour. temperatures low to mid 70s. nearby suburbs in virginia and in maryland as well. prince george's, low 70s. falls district and the church, upper 70s. a few breaks in the clouds, live view, overlooking the potomac river. over the next six hours but 8:00 n

and d.c.will move to permanently revoke its business license. >> reporter: in the segraves, news4. >>> jeb bush made it official he is running for president and tomorrow, he heads right for new hampshire. bush made the announcement near his home in florida. on the issue of immigration, bush said the next president of the u.s. will pass meaningful immigration reform so that that issue will be solved, not by executive order. after the trip to new hampshire tomorrow, bush will go to iowa on wednesday. >>> donald trump is taking a big step toward entering the presidential race. the "washington post" reports that trump will release a summary of his assets tomorrow. the document values his fortune at $9 billion. that's double what forbes has said he is worth. sources tell the post that trump is releasing the testimony mop demonstrate his success as a businessman and show he is serious about running. >>> hillary clinton held her first open campaign rally concord, new hampshire, started an hour before

d.c. police identified a second person killed in wednesday's fire in northwest. 25-year-old nina blickalsman of northwest. they say brickalman and michael died at the rowhouse. five others were hurt including three firefighters. the cause is under investigation. alison: a d.c. teacher charged with child sex abuse is in court today for a preliminary hearing. giavanni pena worked at oyster-adams bilingual school in northwest d.c. a student came forward alleging that pena touched him when he was a fourth grader last year. pena admitted to touching the boil or sending imappropriate vim imagines via snap chat. leon: the weather now could it be that the importation of ireland could finally come to an end? alison: that would be nice. i do see the sun which is a nice change. just in time for the weekend. meteorologist steve rudin has an early look. steve: everyone was sprinting when the sun came out for the first time. for the first time in three or four days. brighter skies and it will get better

the d.c. council will introduce a resolution to make november 22 lieutenant kevin mcrae day this year. that's his birthday. he would have been turned 45 years old. >>> the high water advisory for the upper potomac river has been extended. boaters are urged to avoid it. high rushing water can be dangerous for boaters and swimmers. that advisory will last through thursday. >>> so we'll see an uptick in the humidity and the heat. >> yeah. >> that good weather that started off the workweek can't last forever. >> that old june and july thing gets you every year. let's turn to tom kierein and get a look at the weather headlines. >> it's not terribly humid but it's gotten steamier overnight. right now, don't have any rain or around the bay of the eastern shore. but to the west the patches of moving green, some light showers now, panhandle of west virginia. some of the pavement may be wet along 81 between winchester and hagerstown. a few of the light sprinkles will be passing off to the north and the

. >>> we're learning that a d.c. teacher charged with sexual abuse of a student will remain in student. giovanni pena inappropriately touched an 11-year-old boy in the classroom during the 2013-14 school year. pena taught at oyster-adams bilingual school in northwest. at a hearing, he waived his right to the preliminary hearing. that case may head now to the grand jury. >>> it is now 4:31. developing right now a union representing federal workers claims a massive data breach is even worse than the obama administration will admit. the union says hackers stole personnel data and social security numbers for every federal worker. but the office of personnel management said it's not true. opm says 4 million active and former federal workers may have had their information compromised. in ten minutes we'll hear from tracie potts on what the hackers managed to steal. >>> right now, we want to hear from tom kierein about the heat coming our way. >> a heat wave yesterday got into the low mid 90s. felt like upper 90s. right now

reporter: all hands on deck is the d.c. crime initiative, where virtually all of the cities 3800 police officers blankets the streets, especially on the weekends. the chief also talking about having foot patrols in high crime areas. clearly, these drug disputes, that is a rising concern here. richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: family and friends were out tonight for a candlelight vigil in honor of the murder victims. mourners gathered in d c southeast, where antonio lee bryant was shot to death last wednesday night. family members urged anyone with information to come forward. >> if you see something, if you heard something, please say something. it could be one of your family members next. leon: d.c. police are offering a reward of up to $25,000. anyone with information should call police. new at 11:00, several senators have signed onto an effort. senator tom carper of delaware reintroduced the bill. that bill would shrink the district, making it an enclave including the white house, capitol, supreme court, and national mall

d.c. police tell us after 6:00 p.m. someone hit a woman walking on wisconsin avenue near wyndham street northwest. she's the third pedestrian hit on wisconsin avenue in the past three weeks. two people died after being hit. a pedestrian safety group wants changes along the road to make it safer for people crossing the street. >>> 5:01 is your time right now. he began preaching at 13. he was ordained at 18. and today a funeral will be held for 42-year-old clementa pinckney. he was a south carolina state senator and the senior pastor at the church where nine worshipers were gunned down. thousands have paid their respects. as you may know, the president and the first lady, hillary clinton and the bidens will be at the funeral today. president obama spent last night working on the eulogy and in a few minutes we'll go live to south carolina for a look at how the community there is planning to say good-bye. >>> here in our area, you can join mourners at a vigil hosted by the stafford county naac

d.c. family and their housekeeper. what police are expected to release in hours. >>> new information just in about the ship that capsized in china. why the search for any survivors has been called off. >>> and take a live look outside now where clouds and chilly temperatures are lingering but are we in for another day of june gloom? >>> let's get right to tom with the answer. good morning, tom. how does it look? >> yeah, it is rather gloomy. we've got the low clouds passing over us now. they're producing some light rain here on the storm team 4 radar. couple pockets of moderate rain. little patches of yellow in prince william county and on the line with fairfax county. southern fauquier county and north and west of fredericksburg. elsewhere, just some sprinkles, a little bit of a light drizzle. enough to make the pavement wet throughout much of the metro area. another chilly morning. only in the mid 50s, most of the region for now. we'll stay this way through 8 clock or so. the hour by hou

. >>> now to the latest in the d.c. mansion murders case. it has now been three weeks since four people were found murdered inside that home. and late this afternoon prosecutors and potential defense attorneys returned to the crime scene. news4's pat collins live now in northwest with more on that and a newly released unsealed affidavit in this case. pat? >> reporter: jim they'll do battle in court but today they met at the scene. the prosecutor and the defense attorneys in this quadruple murder case. also, another affidavit unsealed, this one for the search of the assistant's car. he's the guy who brought the $40,000 in ransom money to the house here. three weeks now, and the investigation continues on. at the scene today, assistant u.s. attorney emily miller. she's the prosecutor in this quadruple murder case. she's hands-on. she's been here before, surveying the crime scene looking for evidence and information in this troubling case of murder. also at the scene today, members of the public defender service. they represent daron wint, the

a new fight over parking in d.c. the proposed changes that could make it harder for handicapped drivers to find a spot. >>> new developments in the growing fifa scandal. one of the top ones implicated in the investigation is speaking out again. the new accusations he's making. >>> a brand-new crash at the top of the beltway. that's coming up. >>> we are now six hours into a 24-hour fund-raising marathon. today is do more 24. a full day of online fund-raising to help charities associated with the united way. as you can see here, year up national capital region has raised the most so far today. do to our website, nbcwashington.com, to learn how to give. puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support... putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story.... "unfair treatment from washington"... "thousands without medications"...

d.c. park is now a murder investigation. the man shot at bening park in southeast d.c. has died. this happened yesterday afternoon. a second man was shot but survived. d.c. police are working to accomplish a motive and a suspect. >>> breaking overnight, the famed prosecutor in the charles manson trial has died. vincent bugliosi was best known for the book "helter-skelter." he struggled with cancer for years and died in the l.a. hospital. he was 80 years old. now back to you, aaron. >>> dna experts will take the stand in the trial against jesse matthew. day two of his attempted murder, abduction and sexual assault trial. dna evidence from the fingernail connected matthew to the attack. he is linked but not charged in morgan harrington's murder. her parents were in court to offer support. >> i hope that she finds the closure andton justice -- and the justice that this great system of ours can deliver. >> matthew is also charged with the murder of uva student hannah graham however it is unlik

d.c.ut down streets and sidewalks for hours, but some big questions still remain tonight. thanks for joining us. i'm bruce johnson. >> i'm debra alfarone. the streets are clear now, but the cause of that massive police present isn't. garrett haake has been at sixth and maryland southwest all evening and joins us in front of the capitol gallery building. what do we know at this point? sorry, garrett has that information now. >> reporter: by midafternoon the scene had begun to draw a crowd from the air and space museum across the street. what were so many police from an alphabet soup of agencies doing at sixth and maryland? a source with knowledge of the investigation tells wusa9 there was a threat made here possibly against a federal office inside the building. mpd, capitol police and dhs agents swarmed. helicopters circled and k-9 units were deployed to search the building. eventually they found something unexpected, this man greg collins, brought from the building in handcuffs questioned

across the street come into 26, d.c. firehouse. she ran over there and there were five firefighters in the building but none of them would across the street. they said, oh, you have got to call 911. frantic, the woman rhinebeck and a police officer flag down a passing entrance but it was too late. mr. mills was taken to hospital and pronounced dead. the family has always believed that if something was done, his life could have been saved. now this lawsuit demands change. this is what the lawyer has to say. >> we assert that the district has engaged in a historic on long-standing pattern of practice of carelessness and culture of substandard care and that this practice and custom of directing those who come to the fire station for help to call 911 rather than provide help is so pervasive that it is in fact the policy. brad: there is some question as to whether or not this lawsuit can go forward. there is policy doctrine that protects firefighters from losses like this. the lawyer says that change needs to happen and that is why they