. >> news 4's darcy spencer has been covering thisse and she joins us now with the very latest. darcy? > reporter: well, leon, this announcement was made today by the acting chief of police as well as the state's attorney here in montgomery county.y theay this is ahoing li offerbout accountable and restoring public trust. the video is graphic and disturbihe. it shows t montgomery county police officer kneeing a dr handcuffe suspect who was face down on the ground. that officer, kevin morris, is now facing criminal charges. >> officer morris actually slamming the video's head to the pavement jut gave me grave concern. >> morris has been charged with cond-degree assault, a misdemeanor that carries up to ten years in prison and misconduct in office. morse has been on the force for roughly seven y rs. >> it sad day when marcus and i stand here having to charge the montgomery county police officer. >> the video shows the officer slamming the suspect's head to the ground after he hallucinogeo an undercover officer at a mcdonald's in aspen hill. according to charging documenes, th suspe

darcy spencer, news4. >> now the board chair says tonight there'seen a lotf misinformation out there. for exanole, there's been discussion of crossinown buss of students to schools outside their communities. we'll keep you updated as meetings are held in the future. >> we're workingor yourealth tonight in the last two weeks maryland's department of health has seen more thann three doze cases of intestinal illnesses caused by the parasite cyclosupport rah. you could become infected after eating food or drerking wat contaminated with the parasite. it's the same illness that's been spreading in virginia. 40 cases have been reported there since the start of may. three workplace cafeterias are part of this investigation. yocan see here that icludes twon mcclain, one in the capitol one building and one in the pvialoark building. i symptomsnclude weight loss, ea.mping, and na >> we'veta got new deils tonight he wood stock's 50th anniversary, t celebraheon of t festival could rock maryland instead of new york. howard county leaders told our nbc affiliate in baltimore that talks are under way

news 4's darcy spencer will give us a look at the cleanupis that still under way. but first doug cammerer in the storm center. are we going to need those umbrellas again tomorrow? >> you'll need them but today if you went outside even the big umbrellas a day like today really doesn't help a whole lot because that rain is coming down so hard,uch big drops now that we're in the summer months, and i think we're going to see a morbon copy ow. take a look back. this was six hours ago. watch how these storms o rumble through. numerous rounds of storms in some areas. i saw a couple of locations in montgomery county get hit one, two, three times. same deal in parts o fairfax county, around manassas. numerous storms coming on through. this line made its way through the area with numerous -- thousands without power ding the day. wider view showing even more showers and storms still out there. we're going to. stay tomorrow a carbon copy of what we saw out there today. waking up to rather nice weather at 73 degrees. it will be warm. it will be humid. so no problems early in th

new at 11:00, news 4's darcy spencer spoke to one local activist about what they're doi to help immigrants. >> reporter: protests in new york. advocates and activists rallying against i.c.e. depoations of thousands of immigrants. those immigrants undocumented and ordered to leave the country. >> we've got compassion, loyal, i.c.e. agents who are just doing their job and shows aru how f we've fallen in that it's become news that they would actually g deport people who have removal orders. >> reporter: the president says i.c.e. is rounding up criminals. >> it's not sothing i like doing, but people have come into our country illegally. we' focused on criminals. >> reporter: but critics say the president's assertions are untrue. >> the simple fact of crossing the border and, perhaps, having a technical legal violation at that point is being used as a sis foreportation of people who otherwise have nothing in their background. >> reporter: 2,000 undocumented immigrants are expected to be targeted during these raids over the next few days. a senior u.s. official confirmed to nbc news that this ha

. >> up next, news4's darcy spencer has a message from the boy's mom and helps us understand how big threat really is. >>> and here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. a few isolated showe thunderstorms making their way into parts of loudoun and fauquier counties, tomorrow more widespr d rain and storms are in the forecast. the biggest threat going to be downpours and potent lly damaging winds as well. doug and i are ting out the rain chances, plus how they could >>> warning for everyone heading to the beech this holiday cekend. a boytracted a form of flesh eating bacteria near ocean city. >> one more thing for parents to worry about is holiday weekend. news4's darcy spencer spoke to health experts to tell what you you need to do to keep your family safe. >> the facebook post shows the disturbing images a mom says her son contracted vibrio, a form of the flesh eating bacteria after swimming in the bay oside ocean city. researchers say these infections are on the rise because of our changing climate. they thrive in warmte wa. >> this is one example of the potential impact that climate

. >> darcy spencer, thanks, darcy. >> virginia state police investigating a hit and run that injured a motorcyclist that a biker stru on thepringfield interchange on the westbound lanes of the beltway that lead -9to i5 south. police say theyc motorcle and a box truck were involved in the crash with another car that drove away. and a big reward announced to caedh a suspect wa in of makiya. u.s. marshals are offering $5,000 for leading to the arrest of this man whose name is isaiah murchison, one of 11 indicted by a grand jur for wilson's murder. she was shot and killed while trying to buy ice cream last summer innortheast d.c. murchison is charged with first-degree murder, and he's a known member of a d.c. street crew. >>> how could you forget this image from yesterday's hfltoric h flooding? people on their way to work cddenly caught in those floodwaters onnal road here. the only place to go on top of tirke cars. dn h guy in the pink shirt there. news 4's meagan fitzgerald nalked about a day that he'll remember for awful long time. >> no one expected to start m theironday morning like

darcy spencer was the emcee. an antique and classic car show followed the parade. of that there was some dancing, musical performances, and the night concluded with fireworks. this was the41st year of tl aurel celebration. >> looked likeoo a gd time. >>> coming up, the ws4 i-team is working to keep you safe on the street. our scott macfarlane found local public buses hit nearly 20 people every year. ahead we will take you to virginia tech where researchers there are hopi to prevent these kinds of accidents. it's 7:10. good mning. or >>> at 7:12 we want to welcome you back with breaking news from the beltwa this morning. a deadly crash has stopped traffic on the inner loop right now. one person dyperson died at the scene. another rushed to the hospital. no wordhat caused this crash. out lanes on the outer loop are open. more as this develops. >>> and this morning the news4 i-team investigates bus blind spots. more people are walking local streets this time of year with residents and tourists crowding the crosswalks a it can bed angerous. now government officials and

mm darcy spencer, thanks, darcy. >>> a coment to country and good old-fashioned police work that led to a ry special reunion inrg prince geos county today. news 1's corey smith was there as a family ha loom was returned to its rightful owne moving that even whenou leave the military your service never. stop >> the handing of the simonial first plaque to the family is usually a solemn occasion but not today. >> i now return yes flag to you. >> reporter: the flag was given to the wife after the death of marcellus rris, the world war i vet. the heirloom last week disappeared and he couldn't yet tell his doubter what happened. >> she caught me by surprise when she said -- there was a hesitation and i said, no, it fell off the truck. >>eporter: you might cat a coincidence that tom jarrett happened to find it or maybe ay fate a role because in this veteran's other time ofed nenother man stepped to the plate. >> i didn't feel right. >> reporter: the flag was found along this busy stretch ofnt cel avenue in prince george's county. it was folded and in a shattered display case so jarred immed

as darcy spencer shows us, things did get heated. >> reporter: clashes between demonstrators outside international hotelt downown. officers separated the two groups who hurled insults across a police barrier antifa, or anti-fascist demonstrators, many wear ag helmets covering their faces, and trump supporters forced a shutdown of pennsylvania avenue not far from the capitol. >> i came out hereee to s the morons that are protesting our freedom. >> reporter: police took one man into custody. it's unclear if that person will face any charges. and those who attended an earlier far-right rally at freedom plaza plan to meet at trump hotel andhen go to a vip dinwer. saw some getting on a charter bus, but protesters were waiting. >> it's a suit and e tient in private. it's not a rally. it's just people sitting around and nice dinner, having drinks, and talking with one another. that's all we were trying to do. antifa shows up and tries to attack us. >>f white supremacists are coming into d.c. and ten to one show up to say we don't want this here, i think that sds a message to young people th

darcy spencer has the latest. >> the acting police chief releases all of the body camera footagealromver stop. it runs more than three hours long. he said he didn't like what he heard. >> i also want to emphasize that you will hear on this tape language from our officers thed is decidly unprofessional. >> y'all been trained or something. you ain't got here faster. >> montgomery cows police officer uses the d "n" wordring an arrest of four men outside thehi mcdonald's in wte oak back in may. at least one of the men could be heard using the word as well. it.i will still say what i'm doing is repeating your words. >> chief marcus jones says nine office remain under investigation and could face disciplinary action. the officer who used the word was assigned to desk duty. officers are gettingd retraine on professional conduc that's welcome news to members of the silver spring justice coalition who say the stop should have never happened. >> a lot of retraing needso happen and officers have a difficult job and i understand that and they do a lot of good. but the ones who don't do t right th

our own darcy spencer was there. this is the 41th year for the celebration in laurel. all right, clay. you probably didn't get to take yo afternoon or early evening nap because it was so loudful will we be able to get some peaceful sleep tonight? >> i don't think we have to doi with any more thunder and lightning. we'll have a chance to settle .own and a more tranquil saturday night tomorrow, we can talk about it in a moment. we'll ow you a rather tranquil live view from our city camera and the washington monument. ose that are still enjoying their vcation here in the washington, d.c. area, the capitol region, weay welcome and don't let a little bit of rain drops cause any problems f you. the winds still bringing in that warm, moist humid air at five miles per hour. everything was tranquil today until about 4:00. s then thingstarted moving. you see line after line of showers moved across the area. as it did, it brought thunderstorms across our area. :notice by 11 p.m., the showers have moved two areas to the south of calvert county. notice the pin wheel of showers movi

darcy spencer, news4. >>> let's get the word on that beach forecast. a lot of people heading there baand to the too. guys, how are we looking out that way? >> that's an interesting thing, jim. we were tking with this earlier and we think inland from chesapeake bayback towards the blue ridge we're going to see a the although of storms tomorrow. for people heading to the beach. probably tbetter. >>re's a 20 to 30% chance of rain at the beach thursday and friday, the chances go up on saturday. su>> saturday and day, too. let's show you what's happening outside right now. take a look to the south. we're looking past the aport here this right here was an older storm that really has kind of fizzled out now across the otea. so not a l of rain going on in most of the rhett yo area with the exception of one or two spots. 91 degrees, dropping to 81 by 11:00. right now, we areot seeing anything out there that's strong new york city severe storms and if you look at the radar, just t scaing of lighter showers, we have some heavier downpowers, but a scattering of sm

. >> let's get right to darcy spencer with tales from rockville. doris? >> reporter: well, that police officer has been placed onmi adstrative leave. his police powers have been suspended, and now he's facing the possibility of up to a decade behind bars. >> agh! >> the video is graphic and disturbing. it shows a montgomery county police officer kneeing a handcuffed drug suspect w was face down on the ground. that officer, kevin moris, is now facing criminal charges. elected leaders say they support that decision. >> i believe we have a great police force here in montgomery county but this obviously was a horrible and tragic incident, and i'm happy that we've taken action so quickly. >> reporter: moris has been charged with second-degree assault, a misdemeanor had a carries up to ten yea in prison and misconduct in office. oris has been on the force for roughly seven years. >> it's a sad day when marcus and i stand here having to t chargehe montgomery county police officer. >> reporter: the video shows thi officer clam the suspect's head to the ground aft

an area that's severely painful or associated with fever. >> darcy spencer, news4. >>> well storm team 4 issue as weather alert for potentially strong storms, thunderstorms again this afternoon. >> doug, how is it looking? >> we're tracking n the storms well to the north and west this is exactly what happened yesterday before they finally moved through our area. ound 6:00,le 8:00, we're tracking them now and i'll show what youx to ect the rest of the night and the fourth of july holiday. >>> claiming her crown. last week we introduced to you the contestants in the miss senior d.c. pageant. today a message from the winner. >>> and growing safety concerns as flag football gains aapopularity. ron gilchrist shows you much protection he ad . >>> back with more on a weather alert. teams a live look at storm 4 radar right now. doug and amelia are tracking storms tooth and for the fourth of july. they're back in less than two minutes to take us through the impact hour by hour. >>> we are working for your health. with a newh study t may help you lose weight. researchers at brown university foun

in fairfax county, darcy spencer, news4. >>> on thursday, prince george's county reply s a teenager tossed a lit fireworks at a patrol car in capital heights. the explosive went off under the car. one person has been arrested for reckless endangerment. >>> officers are still looking for the people involved in this case. somebody hurled a firework at a passing police car and someone else was filming. no evidence these case are related. either of the officers was hurt. >>> thousands gathered to celebrate the nation's birthday yesterday but there was one big spoiler. >> yeah. people who made the trip to the district to celebrate the fourth of july, some of them saw nothing but smoke. >> now the display startedf fine. those sitting to e theast of the washington monunt saw a few nute of dazzle be firorks theas the program continued fireworks became obscured by earlier smoke >> the first two minutes was good. after that a cot ofloud and we couldn'tee anything. >> this is video from where crowd had a pretty great view. why the difference? storm team 4 amelia draper is working for you to explain w

darcy spencer spoke to a witnesh who heard the chaos. >> reporter: human show many sh you hear? five. >> reporter: neighbors heard gunfire that saw a young man on the sidewalk suffering with gunshot wound. >> my granddaughter, i told her to 911, i sen a body across the street. after that i went into a little panic cause i wasscared. >> reporter: the gunfire erupted at 2:30 in the afternoon on 21st place as many were enjoying a quiet, but hot sunday. >> i heard the shots it sounded like three shots. pop, pop, pop. i told my niece, it sound like somebody is shooting. >> reporter: was it pretty quiet here? >> yeah. i've been here 40 year and no problem. >> reporter: police are looking for any s homeecurity camera video that may have captured the murd darcyne spencer4. >>> karon brown was shot to death in southeast washington earlier this month. police have chared 29-year-old tony mccclam with murder. the boy's coach was killed weeks before that. the team say they will play in honor of both of them this week. >>> there were eight shootings over the weekend. most were centered in sou

darcy spencer spoke to health experts what you need to do to keep your fame safe this holiday. >> reporterfacebook post shows the disturbing images. a mom says her son contracted a form ofhe flesh eating bacteria after swimming in a ba jusoutside ocean city. researchers say these nsks are infections are on the rise because of our thriving climate. they live in warm water. >> it's something that you'll see in the chesapeake bay or other areas around here when the water is lukewarm. >> reporter: they say you need to cover your ts. >> infections happen a lot out in the water and people just need to be aware of that and make sure that they -- if they have a cut or a sore, especially have a waterproof bandage on it. >> reporter: here is the name of the bacteria. the cdc says up to 1 in three peopleswith this fascitis di even with treatment. the mom of the boy in maryland affected with the bacteria is happy with how his wound are healing. >> although rare case of the deadly infection are on the water because of the changing climate as we mentioned and that it thrives in warm water. >> this is on

in bethesda, darcy spencer, "news4 today." >>> more severe weather is expected to blow through our area this afternoon so be sure your family is prepared and download the nbc washington app. >>> we have learned 59-year-old ckville woman was hit and killed yesterday morning on woods borough p and good intent road in ceic county, maryland. police say diane shields was participateing in a cycling event when she was hit by a car. no one has been charged. >>> take a hardook at your screen. police say this man is a suspect in the shooting death of 22-year-old george hendricks on saturday. hendrick died after shot multiples times on k street. if you have any information, call the police.ma >>> a was shot and killed in the 1300 block of congress street. is cond person was shot but expected to be okay. today, the mayor and police chief will talk to the public about this recent rash of gun violence in the district. addition to thehooting on congress street, p sixeople were shot and killed in d. over 60-hour stretch between wednesday afternoon and saturday morning. the shootings were spread out ac

. >> rr: darcy spencer, news 4. >>> in d.c. a city dealing with eight shootings from yesterday afternoon into early this morning. the shooting took place in southeastand northeast d.c. some of the gunfire have left multiple people. four people shot on northwest early thismorning. we are working to learn more on how the vick is doing. yesterday afternoon police sayi gunf on kennedy street left a man wounded. officers foundan as m near ingram street. the juvenile walked to the hospital for help. >>> the country's intelligence chief is stepping down. dan coats. he often clashes with president trump. the two not seeing eye to eye involving issues on iran and russia. hansth nichols has latest from the white house. >> reporter: he's often at odds with president trump over issues of north korea and russia. >> the white house announced on twitter that vladimir putin iso coming the white house in the fall. >> say that again? [ laughter ] >> vladimir putin is coming -- >> did i hear you? >> okay. >> yeah. >> reporter: coats contradicted

news 4 darcy spencer is live on the scene. what have you learned? >> reporter: jim, things are ck to normal right now here at the wharf. you can see it's very quiet. it's very peaceful. but earlier this evening it was pure panic when a woman ended up in the water and had to be rescued. the wharf isf onec.'s biggest attractions, but somehow this beautiful evening turned tragic. a woman ended up in the water off the district pier. you could see police and medics responding to the area after a witness called 911 and said a woman went in from the district pier and never came back up. >> i have no idea how she got in the water. all i know is we received a ca for a person in the water. somebody had gone in and we began our rescue efforts. >> reporter: it tookhe d.c. police harbor control about 25 minutes to make thedirescue. vers were able to find her in the area where she went in and pull her from the water. >> since the wharf is open, to my knowledge, this is the first time we've had is kind of event. >> reporter: the woman was taken to the hospitaln cr

news4's darcy spencer is live oi u street more on the folks affected and what areas. darcy? >> reporter: there is never a good day to lose power, but you defily don't want to lose it on a day like today. it is extremely hot out here. and you can't help but think about the people who are stuck inside without air conditioning. we are here on georgia avenue in n wthwest where power just restored to this intersection. there are many intersectionsfe afed by the power outage where there are no lights, and you have to treat that as a four-way stop. we want to show you a photo. this was a moment during the pou r outage. yocan imagine how frightening it would be to be inside an elevator when the power goes out. d.c. fire a ems were able to rescue numerous people who got trapped inde elevators when the lights went out earlier this afternoon. the outage is affecting also washington hospital center and howard university hospital. d.c. fire and ems says ambulances are being diverted away from those hospitals because they are on backup power. numerous intersections like i said do not have

darcy spencer is live with how this happeed andhen electricity is going to be xd restored.it looks like youy qw3 in an ara where the lights>2ñ are not exay quite backñr on yet. >> reporter: that's r> we actually just moved here yesterday. and so we were in the middle of unpacking boxes. >> welcome to washington. >> thank you. >> reporte thet( outage, 39,000 pepco customers were affected. ose numbers droppedt( steadily throughout the day. >> we understand t.%e impact tht around the clock to gete1 all o oure1 customers >> reporter: the problem was trace today to

news 4's darcy spencer joins us with more on this tragedy but we begin with meteorologist clay anderson on this storm team 4 weather alert. clay? >> and what we have, erika, not only do we have theeat but also thunderstorms creeping back into our area, as we showed you right now. national weather service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning and it stretches in areas just to our nortpicking up they long 270 and as we have dragged out to show you heading toward leesburg moving, again, bluemont, leesburg, gaithersburg, at about 7:00. the good news as you look closer to these storms, they are ac weakeningss our area. so down to our south, there are some thunderstorms moving in from the shenandoah valley and rnthat one wag, but as it moves closer and closer to gaithersburg, it will be weakening. t temperatures as we mentioned, yes, we have the century mark in annapolis. 101. huntington down to touth and east, 100 degrees. plenty of 90s to go around. the story, of course, theed abo. some areas exceeded 115 degrees. with that, excessive unat warning til 9:00. on all the details when the he

darcy spencer, news 4. >> the eerience that she went through shaped who she is but it doesn't define her. she hasn't decided what direction she willo in theca medil field but she wanted to help people orcome illnesses. >>> warning tonight if you plan to enjoy some more fireworks this holiday weekend. fireworks sparked severair in our region in recent days. the latest one broke out in northwest washington. the flames forced several people out of their home in the middle of the night. every one inside and their pets did get out safely. d.c. fire says the fireworks were illegal and improperly used. nei tbors tell us fireworks problem there has gotten bigger in recent years. >> we're concerned every year. we find bits of stuff on the fr tt porch, on proof, in the backyard even. >> they explode. if they move, ify. they fl you're going to hurt yourself. t you're going hurt somebody el se. >> fire nearly gutted that home. it's now uninhabitable and because of things like that police are working to keep people safe from the dangers fireworks. just last night d.c. police went out an confiscat

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county, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> breaking news, the mayor of a california town says fire e fightersr working at least five fires. as a strong quake ratles that area. ll back to scott macflane who has been foing developments from the live desk. scott, what are the damage reports from this? >> reporter: right there's scattered reports of damage from the 6.4 magnitude quake.i was from l vegas. the strongest quake was near the mojave desert and theay m told cnn utility workers were assessing broken gas lines and turning off the gags where ne'ssary. sheworking to see if there's any ideas right now. video coming into the newsroom shows a damage inside the storm like this one. bottled items fell from the shelves and people have described and intense shaking and rolling that lasted about s. ten second >> this is an isolated enough location that that's going to have greatly reduc the damage. >> reporter: three aftershockse havppened and experts say there will be more those this coming ho, days and weeks. at the live desk, scott max flynn. >> here's amelia with a check of our weather for us.

. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. >> we are working for yourl hea on america's birthday with a warning tonight p aseople set their eyes to the sky. so get this. e number of eye injuries due to fireworks nearly doubled from 2016 2017 with 1,200 people getting hurt. the danger doesn't end tonight. 28 people a day will be rushed to the emergency room and the week after the july 4th holiday. most of the injuries involve sparklers which can heat up to e 2,000 degres and melt through some metals sending more people to the hospital ea year than any other type of fireworks. >> you know, it's not just the fireworks. the heat we're experiencing this oek can be dangerous, too. maryland healthicials say the state had its first heatled death of 2019. woman passed away this past sunday afternoon in anne arundel county. the state did not identify her, but they say she's over the age of 65. health experts say the tragic reminder to check in on your older neighbors and relatives to make sure they have got a cool place to stay. >> and it has beenso, so hot in the past couple of days, and today, i mean,

tonya chapman was not willing to talk with news 4's darcy spencer as she arrived for a meeting in rockville today that. meeting was withnt a c council member. chapman is the county executive's choice, but she comes with some controversy after she was forced to resign as chief in portsmouth, virginia. in a memo, chapman said bias, abuse of authority and racism were factors in her resignation last march. >> you were push out because you were making change and there was race involved. that's actually a qualification for me. i mean, think that's someone ho is not sdird confront the status quo. >> there's usually multiple sides to every story. i'm looking forwaan to having opportunity to talk about what happened there and in her previous jobs. >> reporter: chapman would have to be confirmed by the council. a public hearing is expected after the council returns from august recess. >>> a new ranking by "u.s. news & world report" has one of our region's hospitals among topsn the nation. johns hopkins in baltimore ranked number three in the country just behind the mayo clinic in minnesota and massac

. >> dorothy spencer, thank you, darcy. >>> developing tonight people along the gulf coast are drying to up and clean out after heavy rain and flooding. >> that's a water spout. a watertornado. >> this snurns this morning. this is bad enough. but it's only a lot worse could be on the way down there. the national hurricane center is tracking what could bneome hur barry. n track to hit the gulf coast late they are week. >> amelia draper will give us an update on the tropics, but doug kammerer, we understand we could see rough weather of our own this time tomorrow. is this the stuff that's in new orleans right now? >> nothing to doh with t at all. but we are tracking a good chance for severe storms during date tomorrow. storm team 4 not in weather alert now. alert will be in weather tomorrow. we've got a cold front making its way toward us. here's the storm coming through, two, 2:00, 3 :00, watch what happens, a ton of rain, severe potential is way up during thea rnoon and tomorrow. the biggest potential will be the potential for flash flooding as well as strong winds. storm predicon cen