ive in potomac, derrick ward, news4. back to you. >> thank you. >>> anxiety is high as tusands undocumented immigrants fear they could be arrested. president trump has ordered i.c.e. to round up 2,000 immigrants beginning today. most of them do not have a criminalry histo. the raids could last several days. demotrators have blasted the trump administration at rallies, including ones yesterday in new york and chicago. nine cities are on the lst, including baltimore. in houston a church is offering undocumented immigrants a safe place to stay. >> we're standing with pastors who have committed to opening their doors if there are those who feel that they a in jeopardy where they are. >> the immigrant roundups are not new. they were also conducd during the obama administration. >>> several local law enforcement agencies say they are prepared for today's raids. prince george's county police say officers are not allowed to cooperate with fedal immigration authorities to enforce civil deportation orders. arlington police say the

news 4's derrick ward explains whyhe actions of one resident likely saved other lives. >> reporter: it was around 5:30 in the morning. residents of the south port garden apartment complex realized something wasn't right. he smelled smoke. >> i went downstairs and saw there was a lot more smoke coming out of one of the apartments and soot around theor doso, you know, i banged on the door and i called alexandria dispatch. >> dispatch actually told the caller to pull the fire alarm so everyone could evacuate the building. >> reporter: the smwas coming from this ground floor apartment. neighbors say an elderlyoman lived here. nose who didn't know her personally said she was a fixture around the complex as he came and went from shopping errands. investigators say the fire appeared to have started in the bedroom of her apartment. fire crews were on the within five minutes of the alarm. >> they were able to pull that occupant out of the building. out ofahat bedroom. at that time a female adult her injuries. >> reporter: other residents were successfully rescued from their upper floor balconie

now as derrick ward report, traffic is flowing once again. but the fix is only temporary. >> reporter: monday's heavy rain led to flooding and that flooding took out aig chunk of belfast road in potomac creating a chasm that took away access to about 75 families who unfortunately lived on the wrong side o the washout. >> they had a shuttle service out there for us. and everything's worked out pretty well so far. >> rrnorter: by early mog sunday, a single lane had been re-opened and shortly after that, a parade of grateful residents returned from the veritable exile to retrieve cars leftt.in a nearby lo on the way, they passed crews from montgomery county fire and rescue. they wanted to check out the roadway, too, making sure it was stable enough for their equipment. had there been a fire or another emergency, they worked out a back route to get to it. luxury, that contingency wasn't needed. >> we were really happy with what they've done so far: >> reporterboth repairs are temporary. there's lots of permanent work yet to be done on the roadway

she spoke with news 4's derrick ward this afternoon. >> reporter: 62-year-old barbara koroma was a firm believing in education and achievement since coming here fm sierra leone, through studies in america and abroad, he earned a ph.d. and recjnition, places like ohns hopkins and nih where he was a scientist. >> he loved life. >> reporter: and his wife, patricia, says amid all of her husba husband's achievemts t family and three childn were his priority. >> he was a loving husband, caring father. he can do it -- he go the extra s le for anything. >> reporter: thipast friday, the elder barba koroma was found stabbed to death near the wood's edge in buoy's allentown park. his crashed infinity suv was nearby. police were first called to the scene for the report of an aunident. they the damaged vehicle and shortly after that the 17-year-old koroma emerged from the woods. police found his father's body nearby. after questioning, barba koroma was arrested. police say he stabbed his father while he was driving causing the crash and then dragged hisfa er into the woods nearby. his wife can't und

in northeast, derrick ward, news 4. >> the victim is expected to surviv survive.e tell us the suspect was last seen in a gray toyota uorolla. we're going to pt up the maryland tags here. 5cdx96. if you've seen that vehicle, please call police. >>> all right. t's go back to our top story this evening. this oppressi heat. clay nderson joining usnight to talk about, looks like we're finally going to shed this heatwave. but it's going to go out with a bang. we're now talking about storms tonight. >> we're talking about mother nature is going to bring some fireworks. >> yep. >> to the washington area. >> okay. >> we hav r storms on theadar right now. a previewomf upcg attractions as we get right to . outside right now out of our windows, we're starting to see storms deelop, move north and east to the washington metropolitan area. the heat and humity plagued us with dangerous heat throughout the weekend. and beyond. but there is relief in sight but you always have to pay that price. thatl price wil some strong storms moving in from the west. as we take a look right now,

news4's derrick ward is live with the latest on what happened overnight. hey there, derrick. >> something went wrong at that pepco power station. a substation, actually, on florida avenue in northwest. that cut power to se 39,000 customers. in northwest in the areas around shaw, mount vernon square, generally that part of downtown. now, trafs,c light cash registers, and of course those air w conditionere not working. pepco says they know what happened. they think the crews have been working on the problem. it was a transformer. we heard from a pepco executive in a conference call earlier this morning. they now have a handle on things. take a look. >> the event resulted in multiple equipment issues that we had that impacted electric service toxi apptely 39,000 customers in northwest d.c. our crews were able to restore service through alternate switching to restore service to the majority of those customers impact 5:00 p.m. yesterday. >> and the last t ofse customers who were left in the dark were back online by this morning. early hours of this morning. now,

in college park, derrick ward, news 4. the back to you. >> thanks, derrick. tomorrow on "news 4 today" we're helping you beat the heat. see how a community ice rink is giving back as the teerature rises. other mollette green is throwing on some skates and she will have details on a tripou'll want to make. so check that out. >> still ahead here. cyber security experts wanted. a new hiring push by the federal government un r way. >> plus, cove and cats. we're taking you inside loudoun county's newest cat cafe. >> maybe you crossed over the bridges in and out of district all the time, but have you ever hought of getting on the water for a little fun? maybe this weekend. maybe this weekend. i'm tommy mcfly just between us, you know what's better than mopping? anything! at the end of a long day, it's the last thing i want to do. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. it's an all-inwhne so it's ready to go i am. the cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. and the pad absorbs it deep inside. so, it prevents streaks and haze better than my

. >> news4 derrick ward is on the scene now with the latest from fire official. good rning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. crews have been the scene here since about 3:30. we are in the 3500 block of street southeast. the good news, both occupants of safely.use got out and how that all happened is sort of a tale about the importance ofthings like smoke widetectors. th sme is veto. you had it was a smoke detectors that made this is not intaed as it could have been? >> sure. when you get a call at 3:30 in the morning about a fire alarm, fortunately they had working smoke dettors that activated. the daughter was able t get to her mom and drag t herthe safety of the front door and we helped them out the rest the way. >> wend the fire was containene to ooom in this house? >> it was contained to one bedroom. the investigators searching for thecause. we have evaluated both occupants medically and they are fine and eclined further medical treatment. we have got the red cross coming to assist them. >> excellent.or this is a sty that could have been a lot worse than it

. >>> coming up in our next half hour, news 4's derrick ward will have more on a quadruple shooting at the brentwood reck center in northwest d.c. over the weekend. >> following breaking news. t presidentrump announcing that the white house an top lawmakers on the hill have reached atwo-year budget deal no. details have been released yet, but in a tweet the president says it contains, quote, n joison pills. "the wall street urnal" reports the deal would include $80 billion ints offsetting cos and earlier today ace sour familiar with the negotiations told nbc news the new final ul debtment wod suspend the ceiling until the end of july in 2021. >>> in puerto rico, hundreds of usands of protesters shut down san juan's largest highway today as they called for their governor to resign. ♪ governor ricardo rosello saidhe would not step down even though he's facing major backlash over leaked chats. the nearly 900 pages chris misonist and homophobic comments along with jokes about death following theevastation following hurricane maria. a panel of appointed lawyers is looking into the chats to

>> derrick ward, news 4. >> not the only house fire caused by fireworks. a home in anendale was damaged, too. five people were forced out of this structure. fairfax county fire investigators tell us the fire was started by fireworks not properly disposed of. if you're throwing out fireworks, make sure to place them out of reach. >> one officer is seeneo on vid kneeing a man's head during the arrest and the incident playing out on wednesday and the officer kevin more sis n off the streets while they investigate whether he used excessive force. police say the man in the video was selling hallucinogenic mushrooms. his family says theyill seek justice. >> there are security concerns s around yterday ealt right rally. counterpush exercise. >> authorities say it could be two weeks before -- heav rain and the road bed creating the sinkhole. it's larger during the day and dragging a vehicle into the pit. it took all way to fish it out. be. >>> and an entire travel corridor in northern virginia getting some new toll lines. i-66 is well under construction at every t

we have team coverage of this tragic story for you this eving beginning withnews 4's derrick ward. derrick, you spoke with ka's >> is, you know, and it's still starting to resonate with she's still figuring out what happened. it's unmge nabiimaginable what going through. the program that she was enrolled in here at stanton school, taught him patience and on the other side of the school he ran into somebody who probably hadn't learned those lessons of patience, c and itt poor karon his life. karon brown's mother doesn't i want herntity shown but she wants people to know what her son was like. >> funny, ving, very outgoing.ve he lo babe is. >> reporter: karon and his brother hadn't ventured far from home when they found them selves in the midst of deadly gunfire. >> he ran one way and karon the other way. reporter: it started with an station.at the gas karon wasn't among those arguing.ot >> it's a lf emotional infighting that's happening. sieberg with sons the alliance of concerned men. t they set outo quell the kind of violence that's alleged to have claimed another bystander, karon

we've live, derrick ward, news 4. doreenback for you. >> derrick, thank you. i know a l people are happy to see how hard police are lve this case. >>> violence against transgender women al particu transgender women of color is an issue nationwide. according to a human rights campaign 11 transgender women have been killed so far in 209. all of this year's victims are black. last year the hrc says advocates tracked the murders of more than two dozen transgender people. >>> we turn now to some breaking news coming in the ongoing tensions between the u.s. and iran. >> a short a time president trump announced a u.s. navy ship shot down an iranian drone over the strait of hormgz. he said that the "uss bow," took defensive action after the drone closed within 1,000 yards and ignored multiple calls to stand down. this is just the latest incident to be report near the strai of hormuz. iran shot down a u.s. surveillance dronen the region last month, and the white house has blamed tehran for recent mine attacks on oil tankers. >>> developing now, our first look at newly

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news 4's derrick ward h the story from prince william county. >>> jordan baird, the up-time youth andlery ader is going to spend the next three years in priss onlt earlin.o earlier this month he met guilty to taking liberties withouth. he was 23 at the time. he's charged with touching a girl inappropriately and texting her with sexually explicit messages and requests. today at a sentencing hearing a court-appointed clinical psychologist testified that baird suffered from a condition that made him sexually attracted to late adolescent girls and that heacked impulse control to refrain from acting on that attraction. the victim's family said how baird had won their trust and betrayed the trust. already served five months in jail for an offense involving another underage girl from his church. he didn't take the stand in today's sentencinin heand did tearfully apologize in court to the victim and his own wife and daughter but the state's attorney called him a dekiefer,l manipor and sexual predator. meanwhile baird stressed three points to the judge before the sentence was handed down telling

derrick ward, news 4. >>> today an entire california community is in mourning after a mass shooting in what's already been a family friendly event? >> three young people are dead and more than a dozen more injured. the youngest victim just six years old. n hisme was stephen romero. his mother and grandmother were also shot, but they survived. >> the gunman opened fire yesrday afternoon at the gilroy garlic festival. it's 0 miles south of san jose at northern california, and that is where nbc's jennifer bjork n bjorklund joins us live. in reporter: good even. the gates were about to close and the people were coming out here when the gunfire started. investigator this morning swarmed a house a mile, mile and a half from here looking for clues. it was the family home of the leged shooter, and they say even with all their investigation they are not very much closer to figuring out why he oened fire here.s >> someone' shooting. >> reporter: gunfire at gilroy garlic >> this is actually crazy. >> reporter: confusion and terror rippling through the crowd and witness say as many as 40 rounds fi

derrick ward, news 4. pat, back to you. >> there's a lot of good that's going on in bal.more city thank you so much. >>> folks, you may want to be careful and watch what you say around your iphone. >> still ahead on news 4, apple admits its voice assistant sirio listens in your conversations. we'll share a response from the company. >>> and adve on how to protect your privacy. 5- -colofdco gof o tennis phenom marks another career milestone right here in d.c. >>> plus, right now on storm team 4radar, i'm tracking some isolated showers, one out around the fairfax-year and some along the top of thenc beltwayding lle heaton and the vans area. i'll let you know how long they last. last. i'll be i switched from dodge. we switched from ford. i switched from ram. i switched to chevy.rd. we switched to cvy. we switched to chevy. for dependability. for technology. for the muscle. and just look at it. adios, lexus. bye, bye, ford. we switched to chevy. and i couldn't be happier. see for yourself why people are switch

derrick ward reports on special event today in bethesda. >> well, here at sunrise senior living in bethesda they arepp wraing up a big event today to make sure some loving animals go to loving homes of they have teamed up with the humanec r alliance, sunrise senior living hand news 1 to clear the shelters. these pets are up for adoption as is this cute little pit bull puppy who has already found a home. weked to the folks here at sunrise about how important this kind of companionship is for the residents. >> i think we can all agree that animals make great companions buhatt's especially so for seniors and thatve cats and dogs in each of r communities and why we're excited to adopt ten pets over the next two weeks which we're super excited about. animals provide amazing benefits to seniors, lowering blood pressure and emotional benefits. >> you can go by any sunrise facility in the dmv through august 11. they make you fill out a bit of a form and will do some back and forth and make sure you and the animal are the right mix and if all goes well, pick a pet and o take it hme that same day n.p

news4's derrick ward is live in the newsroom with the latest on the overnight outage. what happened, derrick? >> yu know, it was about 2:45 yesterday afternoon when something went wrong at a pepco substation on floridavenue in northwest. that cut power to some 39,000 customers in northwest, areaske shaw, mount vernon square, around howard university. traffic lights, cashgi rers, and of course air conditioners were out for those customers. we hadelhone conference this morning with pepco's chief operating officer. he says they now know what happened. crews work overnight to restore the problem. it was a transformer blew with that substation and they got the first batch of customers,or 5,0 so, up by 5:00 p.m. the last of those customers were restored this morning. onow, pepc crews rebuilt some oa the tformers on site and brought in some backup units from del mar hamarva power and sources. now,in thabout transformers. they are the things that make the power, the voltage that power companies use to send the power out over the line safe to usein your home like when you charge

derrick ward, news 4. >> the officer involved in that kneeing incident is due in court next monthn an assault charge. >>> montgomery county mark el rid elrich is defending his choice. he nominated tonya chapman, a e 30-year laworcement veteran. chapman most recently served as the chief of portsmouth, ia virginrom 2016 to this year. she also served in arlington and in richmond, was the first black woman to lead a municipal police force in virginia. apman was forced to resign earlier this year because of learship issues. the month gomery county council still has to >> clhesith poce innr. copu eri herico as police continue to ca for the resignation of governor ricardo rosello. police fired tear gas into the crowd last night as they gathere outside thegovernor's mansion in old san juan. it came after the march filled the streets and brought the communitanto a sttill. the governor is under fire for a series of inflammatory group chats where he appeared tos dirage hurricane maria victims. lawmakers are now considering impeachment proceedings. >> new research found perplexing differences in

derrick ward, news 4. back for you. >> thank you, derrick. those cameras may not be a deterrent,ut perhaps they will help solve these cases. wendy? >> president trump continuing his attacks today on the four congresswomen. he calledthem racist and, quote, not very smart. this comes after more than a week when he told them to go home if they don't like this country, evenhough all four are u.s. citizens. soon attention is going to turn to another presidential nsntroversy. former special c robert mueller is going to be testifying before congress this wednesday. republicans are promisingnsough questor the former fbi director. democrats hoping his testimony will sway public opinion when it comes to hold being the president accountable. nbc's craig boswell will be joining us to get us caught up on this at 4:30. don't miss c's coverage of mueller's testimony. it is hesd again wedne morning starting at 8:15. >> meantime, let's go over right now and get some live pictures prrom the u.s. sue court. you're seeing that scene right there. that's where for

we begin with news 4's derrick ward who spoke with the boy's father. derrick?ally, we spoke with his mother, and as you can imagine this is a tough time for that family and for the people who new karon, his young classmates behind us at the stanton school, one of the places that he loved and now she's trying to come to terms o with the l of her youngest child. you know, it's never easy to talk to a mother inmourning. you took a lot away from us. >> reporter: a mother's message to the person who killed her youngest son, 11-year-old karon brown. police believe this is the gunman, that's a still frame

i tries 4's derrick ward to get answers to >>> well, artists are already starting to drop out of the c woodstock 50cert to celebrate the anniversary of the historic lineup. it's probably because the show won't happen in woodstock. >> instead it's 300 merles clos to us at merriweather post pavilion in columbia, virginia. a look n at the last-minute decision to relocate. >> reporter: it may be to believe since the days of peace andove in upstate new york when a place called woodstock became partof a jen raise's collective history and for those of us who came later a ledge endry place that we missed out. >> my dad had friends w whot to the original woodstock up in new york and i wish i could have been there. >> reporter: the 50th anniversary concert was planned for next month in watkins glen, new york. and that led promoters to our area. >> we're excitedto be able to have a conversation with the promoter of woodstock, with merriweather about the opportunity ofi celebrat woodstock 50. >> reporter: merriweather post operators have put out a statement that says the oodstock folks are worki

derrick ward has a look. >> reporter: the national airnd a safety museum is planning to do somethinspecial. >> for people like me who weren't around to see it first hand. >> a life size projection of the saturn rocket that first got men to the moon will appear on the national mal it will be projected on the east front of the washington monumest. >> it i 363 feet tall and it fits perfectl against the monument. it will display the first steps on the surface. >> one small step for man kind. >> including something for the nightowls. saturday night, the eagle has landed. >> a late night celebration from 8:00 p.m. >> very cool. >> talk about all the rain. the timing of all of this. >> i am tracking a vry good chance of potentially severe storms. after a pretty nice day out there, it's pretty good. making the way out toward the potomac river. >> a very nice shot. this is the calm before the storm type deal. boy, do we have storms out there we could see some showers. nothing out there right now. i want tohow what's happening to the west here. we're looking at more storms and look how these flare u

. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. >> the teenager is being held without bd on first and second degree murder charg. >>> northwest d.c. are enjoying the nice air-conditioning inside their home. a luxury they did not have this time last night. we were kind of looking throu the neighborhood last night. we learned that a show at the lincoln theater had to be can l cancelled and there were bust boys and poets, they had to close. it le thousands of residence and businesses witut power for hours. ns>>> two american tee charged with killing an italian police officer. what authorities now admit to doing. the suspects before he interrogated. >> they ar billinuilding a big surveillance enomy that makes its money on you and me. >> voice assistance listening in. >>> meghan markle making history again. the move that's turning heads and expected to turn pages. we'll reveal her big plans. >>> tonight on "sportsna fils," we are going camping with the redskins, to the burgundy and gold. the student intervie the teacher. we give derrs guice the mic. that's all on ""sport finals." >>> breaking news out o

news4's derrick ward explains. >> repor left of the barry farms dwelling now. the streets are eerily silent, but this land is steeped in the african-american experience. long before there was public housing here there was private ownership. >> when landas allocated for purchase by emancipated people after the civil war, and they bought the lots, built their private residences. >> reporter:arry farms that we're familiar with, the public housing part, is just a small portion of the original property. it stretched from garfield heights all the way down to the anacostia river. and there are few buildings in the neighborhood that reflectwh you would have found on the property before these structures went up in the early 1940s. long afr that change, there was a sense of community here. >> we had a ball together. i liked my back porch, and we would get on our back porch, she would talk to me, and i would talk to her. it was a nice neighborhd. >> reporter: planners say it would be a nice neighborhood when they're done. theae are those who don't wnt to see the history h

news 1's derrick ward takes a closer look at the change in venue. >op> it w ahaaslf converged on for three days of peace and music, and woodstock became a household word. now two years earlier opened in columbia, maryland. it's likely no one insidered mentioning the two the same breath. now the pavilion maybe the salvation for the 50th anniversary concert. after a planned woot stock 50th new york, howard county executive is jumping in to change the day or more teef ce acwe'r thexcited atto bec ableury tel promoters of woodstock, with merriweatherbout the opportunity of cebrating woodstock 50. >> the operator of merriweather post pavilion are working together on a rather tight tight line. e concert will be held august 16th through the pa tat the woodstock foks are working on securing the artists now and the bands co will produce the show. that is good news f columbia residents but not so much for others. anything that brings a lot of people in the area and shows what a ni place this. tens of thousands of people that would just descenthi on ts small s

but if you can't wait until then, let's head back to news 4's derrick ward live in bethesda. details on how you can add a nu er member to your family today. >> that's right, a new member with four legs. even eight legs if you're being adventurous. we are with the humane rescue alliance at sunrise senior living. thse are some of the cats up for option, merlot, muffin, coco erico,l and smokes, who is hiding. there are dogs here as well. lots of things for people to seme and and find out if you're a good match for the animal. with me now is jennifer clark here with sunrise senior living. jess anderson, you're with the humane alliance. let's talk about what these animals mean to the folks here at sunrise. >> animals make great companions, that's especially so for seniors, that's why we have cats and dogs, each of our communities and we're excited to adopt nearly 10 pets throughout the next two weeks which we're super excited about. animals provide amazing benefits to seniors,owering blood pressure. this partnership makes a lot of sense and we're super excited to be a part of it.

we are live in montgomery county, derrick ward. back to you. >> thank you. >>> ahead, a new twist in the of case two american teens accused of killing an italian police officer. >>> news4 molette green is working for you in the community this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to y . it's all falling in love with jiggly puff who ise ready to b adopted and have a wonderful life like max here who is rescue pet. max where a mohawk. we are ready to clearhe shelters. more coming up how you can adopt a pet today at the sunrise senior center here in bethesda. you ready to clear the shelters? >> woo! >> details coming up and a entation.r >>> good tuesday morning. hope you didn't just have one but we know that sleepless nights can be frustrating.th but can se sleep apps that are popular really help you get the shut eye you need? >> i can't get to sleep and i've tried everything. >> we are working 4 your health and showing you >>> one of the o california eens accused of killing an italian police officer say he did it in

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news 4's derrick ward joins us live in northwest d.c. where everyone was thankfully able too get out that house. derrick? >> indeed they, and when you look at this you know how thankful they must be.e ta look. you see the fireworks and see the house that's burned out and then y see the fireworks on the curb. people come by and look at the house and the fireworks and kind of surmise whatthappened. 's essentially what investigators did, but with a lot more deliberations. in any case it's clear that someone's fourth of july revelry went out the whack. >> there's usually these types of viacti. >> reporter: now this home is uninhabitable. four people and pets were able to get o ahead of the flames with no injuries. >> could have been far worse implications if the people had been asleep. >> reporter: residents in the neighborhood get worried around this time of year when displays like there are common. they are usually just followed or flames. t embers >> we're concerned every year. we find bits of the stuff on the front porch and ro b andk por

we begin with news 4's derrick ward who spoke with the boy's father. derrick? >> reporter: actually, we spoke with his mother, and as you can imagine this is a tough time for that family and for the people who new karon, his young classmates behind us at the stanton school, one of the places that he loved and now she's trying to come to terms o with the l of her youngest child. you know, it's never easy to talk to a mother inmourning. you took a lot away from us. >> reporter: a mother's message to the person who killed her youngest son, 11-year-old karon brown. police believe this is the gunman, that's a still frame frozen from sustains video at t scene. thursday evening around 7:00, that time is frozen in the hearts and minds of those who new caron, but it shares a space with the memory of who he was. >> funny, loving, veryoutgoing. >> the war is on now. it's war time now because we lost another young person that should not have happened. >> r morter:dred king is a pastor and they t take t streets daily. you may have seen their vehicles around town. the sign s

news 4's derrick ward is live on the scene in northwest washington to tell us more about this. derrick, what in the world his house?t >> well, you know, i've had a neighbor come out and say they think a rocket might have ricochetted into a window upstairs. the investigators are still trying to determine what happened, but as you can see, the folks here, theyav might h expected to have to do some cleaning up but not boarding up after this fire that happened here early this morning. take a look. the red glare that lit up a darkened sky last nht on varmum street wasn't from the rocket, at least not directly. >> they were able to determine that it was improper use of illegal fireworksing that i nighted this fire. >> reporter: this staty old queen anne home went up infl es around 10:00 a.m. the pets got out safely. things like the exactpot where the fire took hold are still under investigation. >> the fireworks thou've seen over here on the street directly in front of the home, these are all illegal items. many of them are aerial type devices which had prohibited in the district. >>

in columbia, derrick ward, news 4. >> pretty interesti >> i hope it works. >> me, too. >> by moving itz, one of th headliners for that, they said he's not going to comp he's not going to do it in maryland. >> supposed to do it up there but not down here. >> because it loses some of its luster. >> i have no idea. >> because youe actually at a >> i think he's have to travel more than a state or two. we're not bussed, only en each other at clubs. >> oh, boy. >> let's tell you what's going onout there at beautiful afternoon. >> 99 problems today. >> that's right. >> out there right now, we've got some plenty of sunshine, nice and warm, too. temperatures at 88 degrees and dropping through the 80s and down to around 79 around 11:00. reallyice evening tonight if you're staying for the nats game. no problem. temperatures 58 and gaithersburg and 86n i reston and currently huntingtown coming in at 80. a lot of 880s, huntingtownand baltimore and dulles airport, warrenton, all at 88 degrees. tomorrow we'll get to 90.co a le of storms back to the west, back towards petersburg and west virginia. wat

news 4 owes derrick ward explains what the department is doing now to turn things around. >> reporter: montgocory ty's acting police chief didn't leave ything to the imagination when the council asked him today about how he felt about some incidents involving county o ricers lately. lly aggravation and disappointment on our performance. >> reporter: this past mao an icer in an exchange with several man outside a white oak mcdonald's caught using the "n" word and he and several others remain under investigat >> these investigations take time. >> reporter: earer this month during the arrest of a drug suspect at another county mcdonald's, an officer is seene knng the suspect in the head and cuffing him on the ground. the suspect is facing drug charges, and the officer is facing assault charges. >> there wilntbe no iernal review started until the criminal case has been adjudicated. >> reporter: it would seem that this would be a department in turmoil, but that's not the case, according to the chief as well as members of the county council. the chief testified today. >> they riskheir lives

derrick ward, news4. >> this reminds me of when i had an opportunity to interview jgee cernan.e to hear from these guys. so many of them are gone. about what that experience was like. that's going to be cool. >> aof lot eople looking forward to that. >>> not looking forward to the heat though. yesterday was, i was melting. >> it's not triple digit heat. it ain't too bad. for me it's the humidity. s i'mll not used to it. >> the humidity is coming back. that's going to make it feel like the triple digits as we go through this week.to it's going feel like 104 as we get to midweek. >> the hu yesterday?t there >> no, not really. >> i was dying, it was so ho >> and you were probably out in full sunshine. >> exactly. >> it's hot. but the humidity levels are rise wright now. you will feel a little bit more muggy this morning as you walk out the door. we will contue to see that humidity on the up wednesday, thursday, friday with that tropical moisture that's tting ready to go through our area. right now hazy but beautiful. clear skies. temperatures in the 70s. upper 70s to near 80 den.

derrick ward explains. >> reporter: there is not much left of the barry farms dwellings now. this land steeped in the african-american experience. long before there was public housing he, there was private ownership. >> when land was allocated for pch byma encipated people's after the civil war, they bought the lot. liilt their private residences. >> reporter: pub housing, it's just a small portion of the original property. it stretched from garfield heights down to the anacostia river.h ande are a few buildings in the neighborhood that reflect what you would have found on the property before these structures went up in the early 1940s.n eong after that change, there was a sense of community here. >> she was wonderful. we had al balogether. and on my back porch, she would talk to me and i would talk to her. it was just a nice neighborhood. >> reporter: planners say it would be a nice neighborhood when they are done, but there a those who don't want see the history here get buried beneat the rubble. >> a >> reporter: i don't thiamong t suggestions, redo the husing on stevens r

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