news 4's darcy spencer h been speaking with demonstrators who have been denouncing hate. she joins us live at lafayette square with reaction. >> reporter: that's right. i've been with the counterdemonstrators for the last several hoursan today. iell you many of them felt very good, very proud of the fact that so many turnedor out the counterdemonstration today. their numbers far outnumber the people who were he forhe unite the right rally. i'm right here at lafayette . squa you can see there are still some people milling around, but the rally is over, like you said basically before it was even set to begin. they arene, but the counterdemonstrators s hanging around here even though it's raining. i want to show you some video that we shot before the rall took place right over on 15th street, not far from the white house. people took t the streets for a demonstration. black lives matter and other organizations came together to protest in the street, saying that hate is not welcome here in the streets of washington. many were very passionate, saying not here in o city, we do

. >>> i'm darcy spencer in no hwest washington. a woman was attacked and xually assaulted inside herus apartment jt steps from the washington convention cee er. i will he story ahead. >> announcer: news4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. >>> good evening. i'm erika gonzalez. we begin with breaking news in oklahoma, where a structure collapd on fans awaiting a backstreet boys concert, sending 14 peopleo e hospital. we are now getting pictures from the scene. e collapse happened as severe weather passed through thackerville. it is a small town near the state line. it's about il80 north of dallas of that's the locate of the winstar world casino and resort. with the storm 30 minutes thene casino w everybody to find shelter testimony casino says about 150 people didn't heed that warning, and the storm hit, knocking a metuc sre onto several people there. the casino says theinds were between 70 and 80 miles an hour. but the natiol weather service tells storm team 4 it cannot confirm that. a short time ago band member kevin richardson tw

darcy spencer is live with more. darcy? >> reporter: we are here at the dull es expo center.s week on friday, one of these bigve gamings is scheduled to start. the brother of that young shooting victim told me hets wan to make sure these events are olfe. wilson high sc graduate was wounded in the mass shooting in florida. he was there for the m gaming tournament when the shooting happened. he plays for the professional gaming team called complexity. a bullet appears to have grazed his thumb. he was otherwise okay. his brother told news 4 someone sitting right next to him was shot. he sent out a series of tweets after the shooting. they appear to go from hock to gratefulness that he wasn't hurt more teriously. he w the tourney just got shot up. i'm leaving and never coming back. i am literally so lucky the bullet hit my thumb. worst day ofy life. i will never take anything for granted ever again.an lifee cut short in a second. his last tweet, if i haven't said it befo, i'll say it now, i love all you guys. drini's brother said he's concer security at these games events. there'

news4's darcy spencer is live at logan circle with more on the disruption that they caused today. darcy? >> reporter: erika, it really is a sight to see. we were over on a street tonight when dozens of these bikes came roaring through. ias able to get video on my cell phone and posted it on my twitter fee @darcy spencer. a lot of people find this tove frightening and dangerous but we can't do much to stop them. atvs, four-wheelers and dirt bikes taking over streets in d.c.nd northern virginia. here on h street, riders could be seen popping wheelies and police can't do much about it. d.c. has a no-chase policy. is video is from georgetown. the riders are making their rounds through the city and cross into arlington. back in tri di, one rider crashed into a light pole on rhode island afternoon in as nort police impounded the bike. the large group also ended u in logan circle. dozens of illegal bikes. anthony wynn is visiting from out ofwn. he grabbed his cell phone and recorded this video. >> we heard commotion. we looked over at the corner and saw literally over 100 bikers, atvs, mo

. >> i'm darcy spencer in prince george's county. a community came together tonight to remembe a popular coach and father of five who was gunned down. coming up, why some are remembering him as a hero. >>> and find out why the university of maryland is punishing members of i athletics department after the death of a football player. >> news4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> final preparations for the white supremacistow rally dow are under way this weekend. doing say they're everything they can to keep all of us safe. >> but some local businesses are adding ext security. others are shutting down all together for the day. jackie bensen starts off our coverage from lafayette square. jackie? s>> reporter: the foggy bottom metro station is usually a vibrant bussing scenear on a august evening, a crossroad of students, city dwellers and people enjoying restaurants a cafes. george washington university hospital sits a few yards away. on sunday, the shortest route for the unite the right rally participants heading from the s metrotion to lafayette

news4's darcy spencer in silver spring with the emotional gathering. >> this is something i'll never, never get over. >> reporter: for the first time, he sister of robert white is speaking publicly about the police shooting that claimed her brother's life. >> we all have our problems. e have our issues, but he didn't deserve to die the way hd . he didn't. >> reporter: irene thompson says she has not viewed p theice body cameraideo showing the officer shooting white in a silver spring parking lot last june. that video shows a viole confrontation, white knocking the officer to the ground and the oinicer f several shots. >> maybe in time, when my heart is healed, i may agree with it. not right now. not right now. >> reporter: thompson came to silver spring from north carolina for a rally demanding justiceic for white and p reform. >> we must have a voice. we must speak out. >> reporter: the shooting has been ruled justified by the hour county state's attorney's office, but howard and those demanding justice say her brother should not have been stopped to begin. >> we seek justice forober

news 4's darcy spencer is at the foggy bottom metro station with a closer look at all of this. hi, darcy. re well, doreen, critics saying metro did provide special treatment to the white nationalist,rt white supreme c sifts who were here in town for the unite the right rally giving them essen oally their trained car on the ride from vienna here to the foggy bottom ion. now, metro is saying what it did was in the interest o public safety, and area officials are still trying to figure out how much all of this costs. the unite t right rally only drew a couplef white nationalists to lafayette square, even though the group leadered predict hundreds would come. police departments f d.c. and virginia deployess countle officers and other resources to keep the peace. justow much did it cost for security? that's something that's still up. add >> but i think they are still calculating the numbers of the costs, and as soon as we have that we'll make it available. it costs a lot. >> reporter: police declared their operations a success trere o injuries or deaths. one arrest in d.c. and one in

pat, back to you. >> all right, darcy spencer. darcy. u, >>> new at 5:00 a pregnant woman's boyfriend is getting released on home detenti before trial after police say he set her on fire. charged withs is two charges of attempted murder. woman gave birth to a baby girl seven weeks premgeurely. the j granted the release this morning because dna evidence has not come back. phillips has to wear an ankle device while at home. a trial is expected sometime in december. o >>> the famila manassas mother of five is mourning her death tonight. the victim's body was foundur early sy inside a home where she had been visiting an acquaintance. now the man accused of beating her is charged with murder. our bureau chief juley c has been talking to neighbors today about this shocking discovery. julie? >> reporter: hi, jim. well, neighbors here declined to do on-camera interviews today, but they have shared with us the frightening moments that woke some of them f up onday night. now the house back there with the red brick, that's where the victim's body w

>> darcy spencer rorting. thank you, darcy. >> reporter: voters in montgory count may see three names on the ballot when thee choose their next county executive. count member nancy florine submitted 20,000 signatures, more than tree times the number necessary to get her name on the ballot. she's a democrat who to run as an independent. he says tre cur nominees are flawed candidates. what does this do to the race? a lot of people think it will split the vote. >> you know, it'speot. le are concerned about that. mr. finger is going -- mr. fick going to come in third and what you're hearing is a demand and hope for unity in montgomery un coy, not for splitting the community apart. >> the board of elections will now count each signature for verification and make the final >> talk about a goal kick. the district unveils a br mini soccer pitch or field here at the reck center. it's part of the development with the u.s. soccer foundationp the gro is hoping to put the play spaces in communities all across the country to

. >> our darcy spencer has more. w >> reporter: tan was just trying to get home when she was attack on her own doorstep. police tell us a woman walking into her apartme about 12:15 in the morning was con fronted by a man who forced his way in and sexually assaulted her. then he took off running >> it i w >> i was surprised to hear about the sexual assault that happened this mning and obviously dismayed. we do want toeo encouragee to be aware of their surroundings and to look oor their neighbors and if possible, try to avoid walking alone at night. >> reporter: police are investigating the crime as a first-degree sexual abuse and disturbed his womman is for the women in the neighborhood. many of these buildings are equipped with surveillance systems so police are hoping the man may have been caught on camera. >>>th aheadman who police say posed as an uber driver to beatse a per. nunn and the woman shown in the surveillance video walked up to the woman and pretended to be an uber iver. police believe the suspects may b

hundreds of white supremacists coming to ourre nbc4's darcy spencer is outside the foggy bottom metro, where counterprotesters say they are getting ready to meet hate with love. darcy? >> reporter: that's right, erika, those that are coming from the unite the r tht rally plmeet up at the vienna metro station tomorrow afternoon. wheny get off the train, they are going to g off right here at the foggy bottom metro station. when they walk out, he they'll be greeted by these messages, including love conquers all. they come to the foggy bottom metro, that's where white a nationalistsending the unite the right rally will begin their ma when they come up theto escar, they'll find this, handwritten messages of love. >> the firsty steps the make here in washington, d.c., will be on these messages, so that they get their first rencounte here of messages of y see the words here, of love, of hope, of peaccl inion, acceptance. >> church members and people of the communityrote messages in chalk. among them, love your enemy and no white supremacy. >> one of the favorites i saw was boy no more than 8

darcy spencer joins us live with update to a story you saw first news4. darcy. >> reporter: erika, jack evans told me tonight that this whole idea of having separate trains for these protesters w very controversial. he wanted to speak to us tontd to make it clear that this is not going to happen. . metrooard chairma jack evans says there is no plan to provide separate trains for unite the right rally next sunday. avenues 4 broke this story about evans original suggestion it sparked a backlash. >> i want to make it very clear that metro will not have a separate train or sarate cars for anybody at this event next sunday or frankly i don't anti hpate that everpening any time ever. >> reporter: the white supremacist group plans to take metro to foggy bot ton and march tohe white house. officials are concerned there cob violence like intt chesville when a demotrator was killed one year ago. he says he doesn't know how dem ate ors can be kept separate. >> if you start drawing lines or making choice, i'm not sure it would be legal. >> reporter: the partnership fo

back to yo >> darcy spencer live outside the white house. >>> traffic slowing a different scgee tomorrowthe latest information about the rally on the nbc app, search road closures. ahead, we'll show you how churches mere the protest are preparing for tomorrow's demonstration. rc> this stolen coml plane circling the sky near seattle te yesterday evening. for morene than how traffic controllers tried to get the pilot poland and then scrambled two f-15 pilots to chase down the plane. dramatic images and the pilot who refused to cooperate. >> reporter: friday night in the skies above seattle a sight that stopped people in their tracks. >> tt is n a drone. that is a real plane. >> reporter: a horizon airles turboprop airplane flying aimlessly over the region performing stunts flaed by t military fighter jets. >> alaska airlines, [ bleep ] are you doing over here? >> reporter: a 29-year-old airline groun service agent stole the empty 76-seat plane, somehow got it in the air and i fl around more than an hour. air traffic controllers trying in vain to convince him to land. >> justg fly around an

tkaur darcy spencer. >> having lost her beautiful 10-year-old daughter to a senseless act of gun violence, but today finally a little bit of good news, when she got that call she had beenaing for for so long from police that an arrest had been made in her daughter's murder. >> the killer is still outand i cansleep, you know. i think about it every day, and it would never be ok. it's good knowing they are doing their jobs. >> tom wilson was in good sirits. just tfternoon she said she wants the second suspect to have a heart and turn himself in. police say michaels is wanted forir-degree murder. as you said, thomas, the one suspect was charged with her murder. police say the 10-year-old was shot when five masked men pulled up to her apartment complex and open fire, and she was eating ice cream outside her ownep doorhen this all happened. the mayor and police chief held a press conference announcing the arrest just this afternoon. >> she should still be with us. she should have returned to school this week and thi weekend she should be with her family and friends doing the things ea10old gir

darcie spencer has her reaction tonight. >> basically, overwhelmed with the news. >> and for once it was good news ar done wilson. police made an arrest in the death of her 10-year-old daughter. police arrested qawan thomas. and they have warrant for a second man. >> what would you want to say to is person to convince him that he needs to turn himself in. >> you broke me. that was my heart, my baby. >> according to online court records, both men were indicted in prince georgesg county on d charges. both men were released on bond aythree before makiyah was killed. ve men in masks pulled up a of the ire in front apartment building. >> there are at least three other men who are responsible for this little girl's death. we will not rest until all of them are held accountable for makiyah's murder. >> this murder was devastating, this was a beautiful 10-year-old child. d we called onhe public to help us. >> there is a small shrine honoring makiyan in letter mother's home. >> she's looking over us and watching us i know that she would want i justice, and want justice for my baby. >>arcie sp

news 4 darcy spencer is live avenue inher southeast where one of the victims lost his life early this morning. darcy? >> erica, so far ts yearhere have been 99 homicides in the district. that is a 33 increase over this time last year. the latest oneapning here on southern avenue early this morning. now police say that they were flagged down here in the 3900 block of southern avenue. that was about 1:30 a.m. they found aan suffering from gunshot wounds. he later died at the hospital. he was keith douglas. he was 35 years old and lived in southeast washington. this was the second murder just this weekend here in the district. a man was stabbed to death on rhode island avee in northeast. that happened about 4:30 yesterday morning. the victim was identified as franklin buyers. he was also 35 years old and had no fixed address. so fa there is not an arrest in either one of the homicides. d.c. police off $25,000 in ward money in help in solve offisolveing th ae cases. >>15-year-old boy is recovering from a gunshot wound. he was shot this morning in northeast near kennelworth avenue. no word

this was darcy spencer's live with a protest held in northwest d.c. and whatemstrators are demanding.rc >> erica, i can tell you that protesters are not satisfied a with apology from the pope. and today they'ren calling world, the cardinal, archbishop of wassington to amid this scandal. the group is catholics for they say he is part of the problem facing the catholic church right now. they protested after an unscheduled homly here in northwest. this is video of that service from facebook. this all come as that former a vaticaassador abused pope pr frances knowing about the wlegations. he a former archbishop of washington that was forced to resign by cardinal. recent grand jury rep that there was poor handling over the priests in pennsylvania and protesters say more resignations are needed. >> iis time for him to step down. he knew what he was doing in pittsburgh. here.ows what he's done it's time for him to leave. >> i am not only infuriated but convinced that the institutional catholic church needs to underga ery deep radical reaft reaffirmation. >>

news4's darcy spencer is live where the mayor and d.c.'s poutce chief spoke a today's events. > rsorter: erika, tha right. the mayor and chief of police spoke here at the wilson building this evening, basically saying that their strategy paid off. that strategy was to keep these two groups separed to prevent violence like what we saw in charlottesville one year ago. like you , only a couple of dozen people actually turned out for the unite the right rally, but there were so many more counterproamsters who chere to fight a message of hate. demonstrators took over freedom plaza long before the unite tri ght rally came to town. >> they're not going to put fear in our hearts. >> reporter: they far outnumbered the couple of dozen ite supremacists who did show upor the rally at lafayette square. the protesters also marched to lafayette square in a showf force against hate. e protesters and white supremacists could see each other but were sep aated by polind barriers. >> shame! shame! >> reporter: the mayor and chief of police called the city's response a ccess. the chief said that se

in foggy bottom, darcy spencer. >>> a man was killed afteryeing hit a car on route 202.ppened just before1:00 last night in the northbound lanes near landover and bright seat roads. the driver of the car that hit him did stay on the scene did stay to cooperate with responding officers. his name has not been >>release. police found two men shot inside of a car in rockville. one man died on the scene, the other is said to be in grave condition right now. the crime scene is at a park and ride lot that doesn'teem to be operational. it's at norbeck road. >> polic believe t scene is contained to possibly inside the car if not the car itself. a firearm was recovered from within the car. >> and police don know if thatwa s the weapon used in the shooting and they have not yet released the name of the man who died. >>> out of venezuela, nicholas u says hean survived a assassination attempt. here'sexplosion. they thought this was sosi sort of asstion attempt. meduro and his wife were not hurt. fire officials say this was all part of a gas explosion a half a block away. >>> 7:06 thi

>> l hope they catch him soon, darcy spencer. darcy, thank you. >>> there are apps for just about and now there's one available in our area to help domestic violence survivors. it allows anyone to make an anonymous donation that could help save someone's life. our prince georges county bureau chiefxpracee wilkinsins how it works. >> i was in a very stressful and trying abusive situation. >> reporter: this woman is two months' removed from her abusive relationship. we're protecting her identity for her safety. >> i needed somewre to turn >> reporter: when she finally called for help, sheot it through the safe night app, first launched in california and now available here. >> we really believe that we can place hundreds of people, that we can be in a position where no one is turned away when they're trying to get out of danger or trying to leave a domestic violence situation. >> reporter: when a victim contactscathy, they can be placed immediately in a safe hotel room paid for by an anonymous donor through the app. how many people h

the arrest brought some comfort to makiyah's mother, she spoke to darcy spencer after the arst was made>> reporter: was there a sense of relief too you get that phone call? >> yes, definitely, it was. >> reporter: police arrested kuan thomashe and have a warrant for the arrest of a second man, quinton michaels on aur second-degreer charge. >> what would you say to this man to convince him that he needs to turn himself in? >> i would say that you broke me, that was my heart, you know, my baby. men wereer: bot indicted in prince george's county on drug charges a both men were releas on bond just three days before makiyah was glled. one m out of a car and fired a gun into a group of people on thesidewalk. >> there are at least three other men that are responsible for this little girl's death and you can rest assured that will not rest until all of them are held accountable for makiyah's murder. >> this murder was devastating, this was a beautiful 10-year-old child and we are called on the public to help us. >> reporter: there a shrine honoring makiyah in her mother's home, h drawings and c

news4's darcy spencer is speaking with neighbors rightnd now, you'll see her live report next on news4 at 00. i'm erika gonzalez from the live desk. >>> it's theac first day to school for students in fauquier county. and they're welcoming some new faces. and we're not talking about the faces of students. rather, security guards. this time next month, thoseds gu will likely be carrying guns. only on 4, bureau reporter david colbert introduce us to those tasked wh keep students safe this year. >> reporter: students are used to seeing school resource officers. but now new faces will be walking the halls, all in an effort to keep your kids safe. franz is one of those new to the school this year. we caught up with him near en warrn. >> when i got dressed today, was like, i'm starting my new career. >> reporter: his new job, school security officer or sso. t agreedthe position a day after r heetired from virginia state police. he was a trooper for 28 years. >> a few times in my previous job, we're reactive. in this b, i can be proactive. >> every one of our schools will have at least an arme

day spencer is live in here with new information to help you get around. darcy? >> reporter: wendy, thas right. what we've learned today is organizers of the unite the right ral believe that hundred of people are going to show up here for their event at the white house o sunday, but we also learned there's going to be a huge contingency of counterprotesters. they will be here at the white house, too. s organizer of the unite the white supremacist rally, a update to the rally in charlottesville are expecting 300 demonstrators to show up here in o frontf the white house on sunday. some are already concerned it could lead to violence like it did last year when a counter demonstrator lost her life. >> we don't need another death. reporter: the applications say the demonstration will take place from about0 5:3 to 7:30 in theno aft. among expected speakers, david duke, former grand wizard of the kkk. will yy away from this area because of this happening? >> yeah, definite, because i wouldn't want to come around and then something happens and i get injured. on >> report

. >> darcy spencer, we'll h lot more about this story in the days to come. >>> the fbi agent who sentnti-trump text messages has been fired. pete strzok was a senior fbi official and led the investigation invanving russia the trump campaign until the text messages were discovered. he also worked on the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. her texts revealed pro-clinton views. the texts were exchanged with fbi lawyer lisa page with whom he had an affair. today strzok's lawyer says the firing should be deeply troubling to americans because none of strzok's testimony before congress showed evidence that his personal views affected his> work. ore than two years after a prince william county worker was murdered first day on the job. jury selection is under way for ronald hamilton. army vet is charged with killing his wife crystal,hen officer ashley guindon who arrived on the scene in februaryf 2016. jury selection is expected to take about three weeks, and the trial is expected to last three months. >>> matthew sclohlonsky wanted do more with his wife, but the grad studentersity was gunne

news 4's darcy spencer is live anotser the white h with important inforption to h you get around. darcy? >> well, dim, organizers of thi une right rally believe that hundreds of people are going to show up here at the white house for their demonstration, but i also spoke to some of those counterdemonstrators today. they believe they are also going to have big numbers but with a very big message. there are tourists here now, but come suny this area could be filled with hundreds of white supremacists for the unight the right real. many are concerned that violee could break out like it did last year when the first rally was held in charlottesville, a counterdemonstrator was killed. >> that was a very low point and personal personally obviously a non-white, i take that very personally. >> reporter: rally organizers expect 200 to 300 poem to show up. d.c.'s police chief says he wants to make sure that no one >> whenever you have an event like this emotions can run high. washington, d.c., has been very good, even when we controversial situations here in the district. they almost always e

news4's darcy spencer joins us from newington station as police canvass the area looking for the suspect. usrcy? >> reporter: we'ret down the street from that soccer field. fairfax county police began their canvass in the eighborhood, handing out those fliers a couple of minutes ago i was able to speak to a with me who says she was out here when this 15-year-old girl was attacked. she says that this woman called1 and she stayed with this er until her mother and police arrived. police gather at a nearby school to pla out their neighborhood canvass. they're trying to identify a man who exposed himself to a teenager. they'll hand out these fliers with a composite sketch. >> it was like a scream of surprise, kind of. and it was more like a shriek. >> reporter: the scream that he heard was coming from this soccer field. a manad just exposed himself to a teenaged girl who was practicing soccer here. when this neighbor looked out his windo>> -- saw a young lady running through the neighborhood with -- it appeared to be not playing but more in a panicked state. >>eporter: police say it happened

trains will not be available to white supremacists who will be protesting in d.c>> news 4 owes darcy spencer the other measures that metro is taking, doris? >> wendy, metro has a major security challenge on its hands. the white supremabests wil heading here to washington and use the metro system. ey will get off right here at the foggy bottom station and head to the white house for this real. officials are scrambling to try to make sure this protest doesn't turn violent like it did in charlottesville. this map has run the souvenir stand outside the foggy bottom metro for 38 years and will be selling his hats and t-shirts when wte supremacists attend the unite the right rally and nt off the train on sunday. >> there'ser been a group hike that for a long time come here to protest against anything. >> reporter: metro has not said exactly how it will keep riders safe as participants carrying signs and confederate flags enter the system in vienna and get off at foggy bottom before marching to the white house for the rally. last year's demonstration in charlottesville resulted in violent clashes a