i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk.us, the duke of edinburgh has been released from the hospital. good news from buckingham palace this morning after prince philip was admitted to the hospital yesterday for treatment of an infection. you may remember some video he was at a speaking engagement with the queen. but we're hearing, one day after he was admitted to the hospital, has been released. prince philip is 96 years old. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. back to you. >> sentencing is expected in the so-called pizzagate shooting. it brought news to everybody's attention. he brought a gun and started shooting. >> megan mcgrath is live outside the restaurant where she got a look at new photos from the night of the shooting. megan? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. those photos taken inside thomas ping-pong in northwest washington. just recently released by prosecutors. take a look here. you can see a bullet hole in a wall from one of the shots that was fired inside the northwest restaurant. you can also see weapons.

from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. >>> breaking news right now.his child could be in extreme danger. a she went missing in virginia. she's only 4 years old. >> police put out an amber alert for kimberly long. a toddler from smith county. they think she was abducted last night and could be moving toward roanoke in a maroon toyota tacoma that's nearly 20 years old. >> this is the man they're looking for. joel d. long. in his mid-20s and just over 6 feet tall. if you see either joel long, kimberly long or that toyota tacoma, call police as soon as you can. >>> you can expect a busy day on capitol hill after weeks of working behind closed doors. senate republicans are preparing to unveil their health care plan. >> president trump weighed in on the issue last night suggesting that he's willing to change the bill republicans are crafting if democrats come on board. >> if we had even a little democrat support, just a little, like a couple you'd have everything. you could give us a lot of votes and we'd be willing to change it and move it around and try t

for more on that, to the live desk with erika gonzalez. >> hey, melissa.e're taking a look at this new information just coming in to the live desk from montgomery county. fire and rescue about a vehicle in the water at the boat ramp. as you mentioned there. we've reached out to them to ask whether or not somebody is in the vehicle or in danger. can't tell you that right now. waiting for a response. we can tell you that chopper 4 is en route to the scene. we'll get you a picture as soon as we can. back over to you. >> thank you, erika. >>> at least four deaths are being blamed on the sweltering heat out west. two of the deaths happened here at carlsbad caverns national daily temperatures topped 100 degrees for nearly a week there now. a father and son from texas died while trying to hike in the area. family members say they were experienced hikers. the deaths are under investigation. >>> scary moments at the airport in flint, michigan. >> second floor inside the terminal. an officer down. >> that's a dispatcher calling for help after a man stabbed an airpor

erika gonzalez is live with more on this. what's up?protesters showed up to last night's school board meeting and let their voices be heard. >> educate, then graduate. >> this is the first school board meeting since four members of the school board made allegations the county is changing students' grades in order to boost graduation rates. so here's what some school board members are saying. >> we would not make such allegations if there were not significant proof. we wouldn't make such allegations if we didn't know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we knew what we were talking about. >> the reason that weave made the allegations we've had and been as outspoken as we've been is because we ultimately believe this will improve the outcomes of students in prince george's county. when we lower the students, we lower the bar for all of our students. >>> school ceo, dr. kevin maxwell says the u.s. department of education cleared the district of the same allegations earlier this year. back over to you. >>> erika, thank you. this morning, markell

. >> let's get to erika gonzalez. >> eun, we're hearing that fairfax county police are investigation. this is going on in the 7200 block of commerce street. we're looking at a map you can see from apartments on one side. there's a strip mall on the other. little else information is being provided right now. who this is about and exactly what side of the street this is on, we're still working to get more details. at this hour, what we know is that fair fax county police, again, are on the scene of what they are calling a death investigation. as soon as we get more details, we'll bring them to you at the live desk. back over to you. >> erika, thank for that. it's 5:02 now. whether headed to the beach or staying closer to home for the holiday, we have you covered. news 4's justin finch gets things started this morning with a look at security preparations under way on the national mall. this is just in time for this week's big concert and fireworks display. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, the tents are already in place for the festivities. this will become a checkpoint later this

accident scene in the northeast to impact at union station, team coverage continues now with news4 erika gonzalez>> she's live at the train station with how this is impacting amtrak passengers this morning. erika? >> reporter: hi, aaron, eun, good morning. deba gate b behind me is now empty, this was a train to new york, 15 minutes later, everybody is on board, things are getting better. check out the board here, still lots of delays and cancellations this morning. when we got here first, we spoke to a family of three -- >> heard the horn blow and about three seconds later heard like a clunking sound. first thing in my mind was since it stopped that something -- we must have hit somebody. >> i could tell one of the workers on the train who had probably seen what happened was really i guess in shock. >> we're anticipating an update from amtrak around 7:00 a.m. as to when they will change service status or if they'll change it. we'll let you know through the nbc washington app as soon as that happens. >> coverage extends to the app. get the latest information on the home page. you can also watch th

. >> erika gonzalez at the live did he say wk details. erika. >> aaron and eun, the vatican is dealing with new sex charges against the treasurer. he's the most seen i can't remember catholic cardinal. his name is george pell. we have not heard from the pope on the charges. he's been attending a mass blessing 36 archbishops appointed over the last year. this is footage of that from this morning. police announced the charges today in melbourne without giving de cardinal pell spoke about the charges overnight calling them false and saying that he is innocent. the 76-year-old cardinal was appointed to the vatican post by pope francis in 2014. he is now on leave. back over to you. >> all right, erika, thank you. >>> it has been two weeks since the gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in alexandria. today, lawmakers will visit the alexandria police department to talk to the officers who responded to that attack. congressman don beyer of virginia will add a formal acknowledgment to the congressional record and give officers a

erika gonzalez is at the live desk with details. erika, what's going on. >> we can tell you that our crew is on the scene and we've got live pictures to show you from this area. this is the springfield plaza where at 2:00 this morning, fairfax county police got a call about a man hurt and on the they got there. they took that person to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. at that same time, they were getting calls about a burglary that was just further down from that initial location. they also took somebody from that location to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. right now they're trying to figure out if those two locations of the two incidents are related. justin finch has just made his way to the scene and he is gathering new details for you to bring you a live report next. back over to you guys. >> erika, thank you. 6:32 right now. preparations are under way for the fourth of july celebrations that will happen in the district. you can expect to see heightened security this holiday. >> security will be in full f

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. eun yang is on assignment. justin finch is live at the field where it happened. >> the lights are on as the investigation continues. we'll get more on that. first though, check on your forecast and first 4 traffic. we'll start with chuck bell and lauren rickets who have stepped outside this morning. feels a lot better today than it did yesterday. >> certainly does. definitely. going to bed earlier, it's a little more comfortable when you step outside. >> i'll take it. >> me, too. >> get outside and run this afternoon in a couple of days. four things you need to know about the forecast. number one, no 90s today. awesome. chances for some showers today. mainly out in the valley. not much of a rain threat. sunday looks like we may be back into the 90s once again. if you're planning out your thursday, temperatures in the 60s and 70s now. look at that, a much lower slope on the temperature climb for today. afternoon highs up near about 85 degrees. rain chance 30%. most of that rain threat is focused west of the d.c.

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. thanks for waking up early with us. we're going to get you caught up with all of the news since you went to bed starting with a few crashes. >> the person to check in with that is melissa mollet and after that is chuck bell and lauren rickets. >> breaking news if you're headed into or out of the district this morning and you take benning road. take a look at this. bad crash there from overnight has shut down benning road between oklahoma avenue and 295. so think about it now, what is your best way around this mess here this morning. if we can come back to my picture here right now, you can still see some of the response there in the distance. this is the closest camera we have here this morning, but just a warning for you. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking okay right now. no big problems. all of the earlier road work we were just talking about on the inner loop has just cleared. no 66, no big issues. you can see here in the warrington area, we'll talk about a little bit of rain. looks like something falli

you have to continue and be pushed off at a massive response p erika gonzalez at the live desk for us> we are off to a bad start on this friday morning. you've got accident reconstruction crews on the scene. this is now a deadly accident that can now tell you that at least one person has been pronounced dead on the scene. two others have been transported to area hospitals. this is a nasty crash. definitely something that looks like it will impact the morning. stay with us as we monitor the situation. justin finch is on his way there. back over to you guys. >> erika, thank you. we have breaking news out of north korea following the death of a uva student, otto warmbier. what the country is saying about torture claims. >> another person vies for maryland governor. who just announced his candidacy? >> the philadelphia 76ers select markelle fultz. making prince george's after being drafted as the number one nba pick. >>> oh, yeah. full plate this morning. but before that, we want to look at your forecast. >> we want to check in with sheena parveen and amelia draper. >> showers moving into

i'm erika gonzalez. back to you. >>> news4 was first to report this situation overnight. we sent out an alert in the nbc washington app minutes after it happened. make sure you have that free app downloaded on your phone to stay up to date with everything happening in our area. >>> one more beautiful day before all that heat and humidi humidity start moving back in. sheena parveen is here with what we can excepect. >> it is fantastic out there. few friendly clouds, nothing very ominous in store for today, even tomorrow, even friday. it's not going to be until the weekend when the rain chances come back. 76 in the district, complete sunshine across the area and had humidity's low too. leesburg is at 73 degrees, upper mor marlboro 71, and through outside, good 79 degrees by lunchtime. happy hour, looking at about the mid to low 80s, very nice as we go through the afternoon, more heat and humidity into the weekend. i'll show you the storm chances too coming up. >>> developing right now, d.c. police are investigating a shooting in the trinidad neighborhood. police say around

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. we begin with the latest on weather and traffic. we'll start with weather. >> chuck and lauren are outside for us this morning. it feels a whole lot better out there, guys. >> yes, definitely. >> open window weather. i've been sealed up in the ac for days. >> only one day because we have the humidity coming back and warmer temperatures coming back as well. >> unfortunately. it is summer in washington so such is life. sun came up at 5:42. 72 in arlington, 67 though in springfield, virginia. 67 degrees in poolsville. 70 in frederick, maryland. a mix of clouds and sunshine today. afternoon highs up in the low to mid 80s. only a slight chance for a shower today mainly out in the shenandoah valley. if you're wondering about the weekend, saturday and sunday, little warmer, little more humid, storm chances saturday and sunday hot one sunday, 93 degrees. for now let's go to melissa mollet. >> good morning, guys. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway for us looking quite good. outer loop, headlights on new hampshire avenue. just got off the

i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. we are working to get you to school on time. chuck and lauren kick off our coverage outside. less humid this morning, right? >> si, senior and seniorita. that's all the spanish i know. >> that's true. this weekend is hot and humid. >> brought our umbrella to play it on the safe side. you'll want to find yours as well. there are rain drops. cloudy skies. it looks like it's just about ready to start sprinkling. on the top side of the capitol beltway. rain drops on i-66 east of the plains now. western fairfax county. >> hay market. >> i couldn't think of that for some reason. a bit of a muggy start this morning. 60s to 70s. today's high 85 degrees. chance you'll get rained on maybe twice stands at 60%. be ready for rain chances today. cooling up in a few minutes we'll look at the whole weekend forecast and lauren will have the break out of the father's day forecast. first 4 traffic and miss melissa mollet. >> we're going to get to that in a moment. >> first, here's megan fitzgerald at the live desk following a very bad crash. >> re

i'm erika gonzalez. tonight a community is remembering a woman who touched so many lives. >> reporter: friends and family gather at the house of praise in the deanwood neighborhood in northeast d.c., the place where rob robin fitzgerald spent some of her final hours. >> she will always find her way to church. >> reporter: a few hours after leaving the was killed by a stray bullet friday morning. her pastor broke the news to her pastor the next day. >> i dropped the phone. we talked a little bit, and he gave me some encouraging words. >> reporter: fitzgerald was visiting a friend when the friend's brother allegedly fired shots through the wall during an argument. fitzgerald was hit. the friend said it was an accident. >> our kids are supposed to bury us. we're burrying our own children. so it's time to take a stand. >> reporter: fitzgerald was the mom of three kids, and one of them had just graduated from college. she and this little girl used to call one another pink. she released these balloons in her h

. >> erika gonzalez at the live desk with details. >> most senior catholic cardinal announced he's beento face serious charges. the cardinal being charged with sex today in melbourne without giving details. guard nall pell talked about the charges calling them false. >> i'm looking forward finally to having my day in court. i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. >> the 76-year-old cardinal was appointed to his vatican post by pope francis in 2014. back over to you. >>> erika, thank you. new details in a shooting in northeast washington. we've learned the man found shot on trinidad avenue has died. police were called to the scene around 8:00 yesterday morning. they've confirmed to us overnight this is now a homicide investigation. so far, no suspects but there is a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. >> in district heights, a man was found dead last avenue. prince george's county police say he was shot. they have not released information about a suspect or a motive. >>> why were they on an active train track? that's one of the many unanswered

erika gonzalez at the live desk with the latest. >> the new name. james shea entering the race for maryland governor. he's one of maryland's largest law firms. he chaired the university system of maryland board of regents. he's the 6th democrat to challenge larry hogan. the others are baker, state senator richard met lynn owe and ben jellies. the primary still a year away. in 2018. >>> it looks like former president obama is getting back into politics to help the man who could be virginia's next governor. the huffington post reports that obama will hit the trail for ralph northam. an obama aide confirmed that he made a congratulatory call to northa m. ed gillespie will go up against him for that seat. >>> time is 4:32. a district icon will be remembered. former d.c. councilman jim graham was a staunch advocate for gay rights and pioneer for hiv research funding. he served four terms starting in 1998. until 5:00 today his body will lie in repose. after noon, the mayor and his family will be part of a service there. at 12:30, the public will be allowe

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. eun yang is on assignment.n finch is live at the field where it happened. >> the lights are on as the investigation continues. we'll get more on that. first though, check on your forecast and first 4 traffic. we'll start with chuck bell and lauren rickets who have stepped outside this morning. feels a lot better today than it did yesterday. >> certainly does. definitely. going to bed earlier, it's a little more comfortable when you step outside. >> i'll take it. >> me, too. >>

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. we will get you caught up on all of the news.st with a few crashes that could impact your commute this morning. >> to do that we'll head over to melissa mollet before we get this to the forecast from chuck bell and lauren rickets. >> as you're headed into the district this morning, breaking news benning road shut down between oklahoma avenue and 295. very hard to see this in the distance. th i inner loop between little river turnpike and gallows road, blocking the left lane. outbound river road after little falls parkway, have some road work happening there. some lanes on the left sometimes are blocked and then one on the right so just be careful as you're headed that way. guys? >>> thanks, melissa. quiet start for the day today. rain chances creeping up a smidgen. >> yes, and humidity creeping up as well, and the heat. >> and the other thing, if we could just find our clicker. lauren is going to push the button because i'll be doggon if i can find the remote control to move the maps this morning. like looking for your glasses in

. >>> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. we have an update to a story we've been following. a resort town in brian head in utah, that town was evacuated for two weeks due to the massive brian head fire. you can see how people have had to live in tents. as of late last night, the fire had burned more than 58,000 acres and 20% contained. meanwhile, firefighters are battling wild fires in california, new mexico and arizona and washington state. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. >>> it is now 4:36. another >> we'll check in with chuck in a second. first breaking news from the traffic. >> unfortunately, we've got indian head highway closed in both ways because of the crash investigation at points between maryland 227 and 228, south of pine lane and north of independence road. this crash investigation is ongoing and the indian head highway remains blocked. now, in virginia a crash involving a truck southbound, south of thornburgh. mile 118. all southbound traffic is held south of fredericksburg. that's the latest from the traffic center. weather with chuck bell is here. i tho

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live in prince george's county, erika gonzalez, back to you. >>> people are preparing for a serious stormfirst day of summer, but in new orleans people are thinking about rain. take a live look. tropical storm cindy is targeting itself. 's could cause flooding and other problems. >> kerry sanders is live in new orleans. can you give us an idea what it is like there now? >> reporter: good morning. you look at the shot behind me and you see the waves coming over on the walkway, you might think i am at the beach on the gulf of mexico. this is lake uppontchartrain. the wind is expected to hit 60 miles per hour. it will be a serious threat along with rain, rain that's already flooding some parking lots here and we're expecting upwards of 12 inches of rain. the amount of rain that will drop depends how fast or slow cindy moves. the concern is this is a slow moving storm. because it is slow moving, there will be more rain. more rain will cause more problems. there have already been evacuations in parishes in louisiana. this threat is not just in new orleans, it extends from florida l chris, eun?

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez in for wendy rieger. doug?r alert night because we're expecting heavy rain. it's not going to be severe weather. we're not expecting a ton of lightning with these storms or hail or even high winds. this is just going to be a rain event. we have a flash flood watch in effect for northern virginia. the rain is all to the west of i-95. we don't even expect it here until about 8/9:00. toward the shenandoah and around the blue ridge, this area already seeing flash-flood warnings to the south. can you see where the rain is trying to make its way to the east. this is what i'm watching, these storms right here. this is moving right up the boundary toward our region and the heavy rain moves in during the evening. fauquier and rappahannock, shenandoah valley, flash-flood warning in effect until 8:00. much more on the timing of the rain, amelia draper and i are in throughout the rest of the evening. >>> he was at imminent risk of death, that's how doctors described the condition of house majority whip steve scalise, as he

from the live desk, erika gonzalez. >>> educate, then graduate.testers are letting their voices be heard in porjs county. it was the first meeting since alss were made that they're changing grades to increase graduation cleared the district of the same allegations earlier this year. >>> we want to go back to first 4 traffic. melissa mollet still tracking that accident on new york avenue. >> a big problem for a lot of people in the news. delays inbound 350 at 295. take a look at that. almost a two-mile backup. this is the actual problem. new york avenue on the anacostia river braj still has all lanes blocked there. alternates are the diversion points. at kenilworth, bw parkway continues on to kenilworth. this morning, one option. the orange line. you can try landover or new caroll tan stations. just a thought for you there. no delays on the orange line. inner loop at 50, arlington boulevard, crash blocking two right lanes. inner loop, crash fairfax county parkway, debris in the roadway. a slow go near fairfax county parkway. because of that, maryla

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. so let's get started with that hot and humid weather that lauryn just mentioned. temperatures expected in the 90s today. >> some spots are nearly there already. lauryn's in the weather center. what can we expect the rest of the day? >> continuing with hot and humid conditions this first full today day of summer definitely feeling like summer. we've had a few clouds moving into the region and we'll see clouds, times of sunshine but again just looking like a hazy day out there, 84 degrees is the temperature out there. as chris said, there's a lot places already upwards of that 90-degree mark. southerly winds bringing in humidity. it is back in place. and it's here to stay for a little bit but i do have more comfortable conditions on the ten-day forecast. rain moving in. of course that is coming from what is now tropical depression cindy. tropical storm cindy made land fall earlier this morning. sunday looks good but to get through the next three days. we're going it would be talking abo

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. let's kick off your holiday weekend with a quick check of the forecast. hopefully good news for the fourth of july. >> we got to get through a couple of days between now and the fourth and it's going to be a hot and steamy stretch for the next couple days. here's a live look from the tower, hazy kind of gray color to the sky out there. air quality is not the best, and until we get a good cleansing rain shower around here, that's going to continue to be an issue. right now, temperatures have warmed into low sp mid 80s across the area. we that's unhealthy for sensitive groups, including the very young, the elderly and those are heart and respiratory ailments to limit your outdoor time today. afternoon temperatures today will be in the upper 80s and low 90s and there is a chance for thunderstorms today, highest chances out into northern maryland. i'll show you future weather and start talking about temperatures through the whole holiday weekend coming up. >>> chopper 4 just left the scen

. >>> erika gonzalez at the live did he say he can. >> aaron, eun, good morning to the treasurer. he's the most senior catholic p cardinal. his name is george pell. we have not heard from the pope on the charges. he's at the vatican attending a mass blessing 36 bishops appointed over the last year. these are some live images, i believe, that we have this morning? police announced the charges this morning in melbourne without giving details. cardinal pell spoke about the charges overnight. he called them false. >> i'm looking forward finally to having my day in court. i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. >> the 76-year-old cardinal was appointed to the vatican post by pope francis. he is now on leave. back over to you. >>> all right, erika, thank you. new details on a shooting in northeast washington. we've learned the man found shot on trinidad avenue has died. police were called to that scene that this is now a homicide investigation. so far, there is no suspect, but there is a reward for information that leads to an arrest and a conviction in this case. >>> police are

i'm erika gonzalez. it is 7:56 on this thursday morning.d. >> take a look at this right now. northbound 95 before gar usville. this is finally out of the way. this was something hanging around this morning. southbound 15 after the point of rocks bridge all lanes open. remember, we still have delays on the silver line, the orange and blue lines here because of the issue we've been dealing with in prince george's county. >> all right. we'll get a check on the forecast next. z2e2hz z1a2z y2e2hy y1a2y hi guys. in the desert.be here. at the mall. on the mountain. at school. at the beach. in the big easy. yeah yeah today i want to show you guys the next-gen chevy equinox. what do you think? that's pretty. pretty sexy. it looks aggressive. but not overbearing. it's not too big. not too small. seems like the perfect car for anybody. i would take it anywhere. she's a bad mama jama. (laughter) current qualified gm lessees can get this introductory lease on the all-new 2018 chevy equinox for around $249 a month. find new roads at your local chevy deal

erika gonzalez joining us on the set here to help us continue to walk through this as we wait for theng what is likely positive and uplifting news. our investigative producer tweeted out that congressman scalise's office says he is in surgery. he was in good spirits prior to the surgery and has even spoken to his wife by phone. so some promising details there in regard to the condition of the congressman. let me ask you this. one of the pictures we're seeing, a moving image of several democratic congressional members huddled up, and the tweets said that they were at their practice this morning. so is this at a different field? where exactly is this taking place? we understand that that shot that we were showing was the democratic congressional members at their practice this morning. >> yes. it's a different field. i'm not sure if it's a different part of the area. we had one local member of congress who had been practicing for a while but was not going to play tomorrow night from northern virginia. otherwise the participants are all members of the house and senate. the republicans pra

erika: muy bien, los hijos de la seÑora maribel gonzÁlez son arte de los niÑos beneficiados.renden a nadar, disfrutan de un rato con este calor. y lo mejor de todo, es gratis. erika: asÍ es, y el propÓsito de este programa es enseÑar a los niÑos habilidades bÁsicas de nado, tambiÉn de prevenciÓn de ahogamiento. y sobre todo, como dijo la seÑora maribel, disfrutar de este calor en el agua. esto es todo ni reporte desde san fernando. yo soy erika flores, regresamos con mÁs contigo yarel. yarel: gracias por la informaciÓn, erika, buenÍsimo ese programa. bueno, los "fidget spinner", estÁn en la lista de los juguetes que no son seguros para sus hijos . por quÉ? lo que ocurre es que las partes se pueden desprender y representan un riesgo de asfixia para pequeÑos si se las llevan a la boca. ya se han dado dos casos, uno en texas y otro en australia, donde los niÑos subieron que ser hospitalizados tras haberse comido una pieza del juguete. tenga mucho cuidado. casos de la enfermedad conocida como "legenaries" estÁn creciendo en reciÉn nacidos mayas se cuestionan los partos en agua. u