thanks, angie, for showing us fairfax.ow you worked hard at that. >>> four things to know before you head out. three months after being forced from their homes by shuchdit land, people in piscataway hills support the pn to repair the road. >>> and today general harold greene will be buried at arlington national cemetery. >>> and water should be restored to home in the alexandria in about an hour half. the water has been shut off since last night when crews worked repair water main break there. >>> and protests over the officer-involvedotg is ferguson, missouri turned violent agains po fired tear gas into the crowd. a live report coming up on the "today" show. >>> you need long sleeves now, in the 50s later today, short sleeves. low to m0s. lots of sun. low humidity in place again tomorrow and again on saturday. hot, humid weather moves in next week. how is traffic? >>> we still have the water main break shutting down russell road between west oak street and west spring street. and then usual slowing stop side of the beltwa

around fairfax at 4:55.this is really developing and we are going to continue to watch it moving to the southeast at 20 to 25 miles per hour. more rain around bethesda and rockville and coming right across the beltway. this is the one storm that is in the game right now. another storm through the north has been weakening some. there may be a few more as we move on to the rest of the evening. this storm here is very strong. that is something we are watching out for, too. look back towards west virginia, a lot of rain towards the west. not all of this reaching the ground just yet. if you live towards the shenandoah valley and west virginia if you are watching us in portions of west virginia you may see more rain throughout the night. the rain is cooling off temperatures. 77 in leesburg. 87 in d.c. the heat index upwards of 97 degrees. tomorrow 84 to about 88 degrees. clouds and sun. afternoon storms with the umbrella needed. i think tomorrow we will see a repeat of today but a wider coverage of storms. some of

fairfax county hit probably the hardest. looks like montgomery county is going to get hit equally as hard. we have storms right up 270 and continue to form. fairfax county being inundated with heavy rain even around parts of d.c. a couple of zooms and you notice the heaviest rain right now towards gaithersburg. this is a storm i'm looking at. 270 is going to be a mess because of this. there is the barnsville area. 355, as well. to the south route 7 towards great falls and fairfax and chantilly very slow. 66 is simply a mess. if you make your way out 66 or know somebody who is expect them to be late. more rain from mount vernon right across into portions of southern montgomery county. we continue to watch the rain as it moves through. nothing severe right now but we ha

scott broom is in fairfax with more. >> reporter: it appears there are at least 17 people here in fairfax county, virginia, who have voted both here and across the river over in maryland back in 2012 and in some cases it appears they've done it repeatedly over a decade. that's why the county electoral board is asking fairfax county's commonwealth attorney, the state attorney general and federal department of justice for an investigation of possible voter fraud. the cases were discovered by a volunteer conservative advocacy group called election integrity maryland. the group crunched voter data from maryland and virginia identifying nearly 44,000 people registered to vote in both states. that's no surprise because people move around and voter registration rolls don't get purged often, but what is a surprise is it appears about 164 of those people actually did vote in both states in 2012 like the 17 fairfax cases under investigation. robin saks speaks for election integrity maryland. >> it tells me that our election system is really an honor system right now leaving the door wide open for v

whether it's fairfax, rockville, d.c., or manassas. will bring thousands of people together across our community. whether they're struggling on their own or have lost someone. and they're beautiful experiences. >> you're chairing the fairfax. parting comments or wisdom. you mentioned during the break you received two calls from people struggling yesterday. what do you tell people out there who may be struggling or know someone who is? >> if you are struggling or know someone that's struggling, the biggest thing you can do is reach out to them. i think through just being able to get out there and people knowing on social media, i have a big part in this college. i'm out there. i get people to reach out to me that i don't think normally would reach out for help. and they talk to me about things because they know that i'll understand. so if someone's in crisis or anything like that, reach out to your friends. your friends will understand you. there's not going to be any judgment there. reach out to your family. it's treatable. you can mak

a severe thunderstorm warning for montgomery and fairfax county until 6:00:30.ty and fauquier county until 6:45. lots of lightning with these windstorms with wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and heavy driving rain. if you have outdoor plans this evening, unfortunately the weather not cooperating, but we've been talking about that all day today. i'll be posting the timing of these storms throughout the evening, but by around 6:38, expect rain, west gate, 6:41. if you're driving, be cautious of hydroplaning. wheaton, you're going to get pounded in about three minutes. continuing to push off to the east. we were justi issued another severe thunderstorm warning until 7:15. i'm going to step out to get rid of that dinging and focus on the rest of the forecast. moving through the evening hours, the potential for heavy rain until about 9:00, 10:00 tonight and scattered showers after that. a heat wave. it started today and runs through friday. that means high temperatures at least at 90 degrees or higher. monday and tuesday during the afternoon, feeling like temperatu

the sheriff and her deputies and volunteers took the kids on a shopping spree at target in fairfax.he kids got to pick out their own ouits and one managed to sneak in a basketball. >> you know, this program allows us to let the community know not only are we working in the courts and jails, but we do a lot of positive things and having that one on one and being able to be a role model. >> it brings a smile to my face to see the kids, see the joy on the kid's face and just to be able to imagine these children are walking in on the first day with the dignity that they need. it's so important. >> this is the 23rd year fairfax county has done the shopping with the sheriff's spree with homeless kids. >>> she's brilliant and schizophrenic. how a ivey league law professor is changing minds by learning to live with her illness. >>> and the viral craze makes its way to red skins park. >>> from oxford and yale to a psychiatric hospital. this week, we're introduced to one woman who is sharing her battle with mental illness. she has schizophrenia. she's overcome a lot of challenges to get to th

the crash is at fairfax county parkway. so we're talking about several miles. it is just completely jammed. 95 northbound at fairfax county parkway quite a mess. otherwise, we're being look quite good. no major robs. the problems. there is the crash. ramp from rock creek parkway to 23rd shut down because of park police activity. i'll be back at 6:21. take a wider look. but again, no other major problems. >>> at least the weather not impacting those backups this morning. dry conditions across the area right now. 9:00 a.m., we're looking at a cloud/sun mix. nice sunrise this morning. tweet me your pictures. love to see it. mid-70s at 9:00 a.m.. as we work our way into the midday and afternoon hours, a shower possible as early as noon. 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., scattered showers. heavy rain can't be ruled out. mainly later today. about a 60% chance you're dai dealing with some rain today. that could slow the evening commute. like melissa said, we'll be back in ten minutes looking at the next seven days. >>> a 92-year-old woman targeted by thieves. >> you folks tell yo

abc7 news learned of the attack today and fairfax county police confirmed officers were called to the preschool around 1:00 in the afternoon. the school is for babies as young as 6 weeks and up to children and pre-k. a spokesperson explained a cook who was a long-time employee had a sudden burst of uncontrollable behavior. police say the cook who assaulted the staff and children is 33-year-old veronica bailey of manassas, virginia. however police did not disclose how she allegedly attacked the children and staff. she was charged with five counts of assault and battery and one county of destruction of property. >> i know who it was. she actually had my kids in her room. she was a real nice person. >> paramedics rucked to the -- rushed to the preschool, but said no employees or children required treatment. the employee is no longer with chesterbrook academy. >> i would be livid as a parent going and dealing with something like that. >> as for the suspect in this case, veronica bailey, as of this morning she was still locked up in the detention center. police tell she will undergo a ment

countryat the army navy club in fairfax. one thing you'll notice here is they had a lot of cloud cover out there. 72 right now. it feels like 77. the sunshine peeked through in several locations. you can see a few lips on the screen, an indicator of a few raindrops that have fallen. couple of sprinkles in fairfax and montgomery. the keyword is very night. a lot of clouds out there. delay theat should game. that is the latest from the belfort furniture weather center. >> stay with abc and wjla.com as we track the forecast. brian will have an update on the weather in just a few minutes and of course you can download our weather app if you want up dates at any time. following a developing story in the district, police are looking for a cab driver accused of trying to sexually assault a female passenger overnight. the woman got out of the cabin ran to a pedestrian who activated the schools bluelight emergency system. that alerted university police. officers have a vague description of the driver. alexander's police are waiting o

it's been pretty good trip all the way in through fairfax.little bit of steadier volume here by nutley street. but all in all a pretty good pace inside the beltway as well. as you head in toward the tr bridge. overall though it has been a couple of incidents and now still in progress. they are finally almost done wrapping up things over here at route 5 branch avenue north right by chad'sburg road as it goes in through the brandywine area. that should be out of the way shortly and now dealing with a new incident. this one is actually northbound on route 1 so it's again the typical flow of traffic here. but it is closed due to an incident at montevideo drive and that's going to affect the ride through jess up. mike an -- jessup. mike? >>> we want to try and keep the price of gas from driving you crazy this friday. we're checking prices in the heart affair fax county -- of fairfax county. the host expensive regular unleaded costs $3.70 a gallon at the shell on leesburg pike in vienna. >> arlington boulevard in fairfax, it will cost you $3.36 a g

from fairfax, shan tilly and hey market. an inch to 2.5 inches either side of shan tilly and northwest of fairfax. and rainfall rates well over an inch per hour. so yellow alert through tomorrow. a few storms early tonight. some of those could be heavy. morning commute will be dry on friday. we're not concerned so much about the morning commute. but it's the afternoon and evening commute could be wet and stormy. for some. not for everyone. but for some, a yellow alert again tomorrow. here's your future cast. 5:00 in the morning, a couple showers. i don't buy that. more clouds than anything. kind of muggy. temperatures 69 to 74. by 8:00, clouds in the upper 60s and mid 70s downtown. 9:30, temperatures in the 70s. by 4:00, we see showers and storms developing. i wouldn't get hiccup -- hung up on where these are. another round of showers and storms will roll through. future cast is showing some to the southeast of town. in prince georges county and maybe a storm southeastern loudon county. 8:00 tomorrow night, showers down to t

light ac tiffsty already in fairfax and manassas. again, the heaviest activity is in the i-81 corridor. that will all change tomorrow as a cold front approaches. this activity pushing off to the north and east. we have waldorf at 5:26 and bowie at 6:35. nothing crazy heavy, but enough to wet the roads and slow you down. so, here's our future cast. notice the green and showers even tonight going to be tough to watch the dog. temperatures in the mid 70s. generally light tonight which is good news and by 10:30, notice the orange and yellow developing. heavier showers begin to fire. we'll come and track heavier showers on future cast because we have a slight risk of severe weather. >> all right, some live pictures from sky 9 right now of six flags. yesterday, a ride broke down and made for a heroing day for all those folks at the park. >> i'm jim at six flags in maryland where thrill seekers got a ride they were not expecting. the jokers cho seung-hui live had had up to its name in one regard. mechanics cho seung-huied by technicals that

across fairfax county, 66 beltway from springfield toward burke, verge yain. farther north and west, too, leesburg, north and west of there, moderate downpour between leesburg, toward hillsboro. we'll have this off and on here as we get into the afternoon. we have a threat of severe storms, this yellow zone, for virginia. most of maryland, eastern shore and eastern west virginia, slight risk of damaging winds. it looks like that won't be until late afternoon or early evening greater chance early to mid evening early this evening. back with a look at a big change on the way beginning tomorrow. >> thank you, tom. >>> we'll check in now with news 4's aaron gilchrist. aaron? >> a mysterious death in maryland. state medical exan now saying a mother and two daughters who were found dead in hagerstown died from heat stroke, accidental heat stroke. we told you about this back in mid june, when a car was found at the parking lot at western heights middle school there in hagerstown. police were able to determine that a 32-year-old woman and her two baby daughters, 18-mo

we learned a hissing woman last seen in fairfax has been found safe in new jersey. wendy fuji is a civil engineer. she was on a business trip when she disappeared 12 days ago. her brother posted a video on youtube. she contacted family tonight and she's okay. >> new at 11:00 a sexual assault near a busy street. d.c. police need help finding the suspect. the woman claimed she was attacked 9:00 on sunday night near randolph street northwest. that's about two blocks from the pet worth metro station. detectives hope anyone who heard or saw anything will contact them. >> a special election in virginia tonight keep s control of the virginia state senate in the hands of republicans. ben chasen won the seat left open when phil paket resigned this year. democrats held onto the house seat in northern virginia. rip sullivan beat dave foster in the 48th district including arlington and mclean. >> there are new allegations tonight of political pressure from state democrats in prince georges county. the committee in charge of getting democrats to the polls and fund-raising in the

we will zoom in on more detail and off to the west from fairfax, fairfax station, eventually to the interstate 95 corridor. this area will push and will stay in the very light rain for most of the immediate area. there is not much rain behind that. this is the only game in town as far as the rain does. the temperatures all over the place. at reaganes, 87 national. 79 in martinsburg. 82 to the east of frederick in gaithersburg. and humidity to the south. the general cooley trend across -- plenty of heat and humidity to the south. the general cooling trend. what is going to happen is the stationary front that is hung up in the atmosphere, providing the focus and guide is for the showers and storms, that is eventually going to be pushed to the south as high pressure builds in off the coast. the wind is going to turn out of the east. here is what the futurecast says is likely to happen. the clouds, it will be in 80's. showers and thunderstorms. especially in the afternoon and evening hours. as we get through friday night, things start to change. going torly winds are have a chance of showers on sa

that debate is sponsored by the fairfax chamber of commerce. nbc 4 is the broadcast partner in that debate. >>> monday will be the first day back to school for so many local children, and we recently reported enrollment will grow by thousands in montgomery county, but the news 4 i-team scott mcfarland did more checking and found the county is also facing a new surge of low income children who need the skol's help outside the classroom. scott. >> dorine district records show a skyrocketing number of county schools went into school to get a meal. in many cases a free meal. take a look at this. the district served about a quarter million free lunches or just lunches between late june and today. about double the number served in the summer of 2007. district officials tell us economic problems, the big reason. an influx of international students, including unaccompanied immigrant children among them. the soaring number of kids that might not be able to get a full meal at home go to school to get some. that tl will also be district help and the free

fairfax county and over the potomac. take a look at the forecast here and we will look at the regional radar. there is a cold front to the area and storms developed earlier. cold front and it held up things. go upper level systems miles.e miles -- 2-3 it clear things out and allows things to set in. warm temperatures create a pattern that is nonexistent. we are finally looking at warmer weather and typical summer weather. how high am i talking about? just above 88 is the average at reagan national. i would not expect much in the way of storms over the next few days. this is the end of next week and maybe off to the east. you have beaches getting a couple of lightly-scattered storms. you have humidity tomorrow and it will be hot. not just warmer. it will go into the lower 90's closer to 95, when you factor in humidity. tracks,latest forecast, and trends, listen, this will have a little affect. we have -- effect. we get nothing out of bertha. it will be a warm and humid day and then we are looking at another nice end to th

. >>> and take a look at this car fire in fairfax county. you can see the heavy smoke and flames there slowed down drivers on the southbou lanes of 95 past the fairfax county parkway in newington. no word on whether anyone was hurt or what led to that car fire. crews cleared the scene just before 9:00 this morning. >>> let's check back in with aaron gilchrist. he has news you you need to know before the holiday weekend. >>> expect a little have a company if you're planning to do traveling for the long holiday weekend. aaa out with their travel forecast. 842,000 people from metro d.c. expected to travel 50 miles or more away from home, up a little bit over last year. most of us will travel by car and almost 8% will hop on a plane for the labor day weekend. now, this increase in the number of people traveling is farley small. but it's actually the highest number of holid travelers from our region since 2008 which was the mid point of the big recession. eun, back to you. >> aaron, thank you. >>> we're turning now to the weather as we take a liv

and now moving into fairfax county.s we head in just a little bit closer, we'll show you what's going on with our futurecast. this is over the next 48 hours. we will look for temperatures to rebound into the middle to upper 80's for the day tomorrow. and a better chance for showers and storms as we move into the late afternoon hours with temperatures in the 80's, we could look for storms to become strong. we had a severe thunderstorm warning this afternoon, it didn't amount to a lot. fortunately no warnings out there right now. friday we will see showers and thunderstorms develop again. but once this moves out of here we're talking cooler temperatures for the upcoming weekend. by saturday and sunday, highs will only be in the upper 70's to just around 80 degrees in town. cooler to the west and the mountains. for the overnight, scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue. 67-72 degrees. winds out of the south and east at 5-10 miles per hour. for the day tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds during the morning hours. te

fairfax county police released this video of them being at three and removed locations in fairfax, alexandria, and weston. a copy personal information from the card. if you recognize anyone in these videos, call police. green, just, going not the environmental way. >> in the interim fire chief slams the fire department's recommendations after a man died right outside of the fire station. >> i'm doug hill. some areas of rain across the region. we will track that on doppler radar and look ahead to the weekend. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 6:00. >> polices say robert mendiola shot and killed howard popp before shooting himself in the head. mendiola divorced three months ago when she took out a restraining order against him. she was dating popp, who died in her arms. >> he pulled out the gun. he shot him. i was trying to block him. he shot him again. father ofa says the her seven children abused her during their 20 year relationship. mendiola is now in critical condition tonight facing first-degree murder charges. d.c.nterim chief of the far department says the punishments handed down after

a flood warning for much of fairfax county. storm team radar continues to show heavy rain along route 5301 to the annapolis area and then south. rosaryville and northern parts getting in on very heavy rain. a possibility of strong to severe thunderstorms coming in later this evening. evening temperatures in the 70s. tomorrow nothing more than a passing shower. much better weather tomorrow. seven day forecast is just a few minutes away. >>> developing right now the mystery behind two white flags on the top of the brooklyn bridge may be solved. scott macfarlane has details from the live desk. >> two german artists have come forward claiming they pulled off the stunt. new york police are taking a closer look. two all white american flags were placed atop the brooklyn bridge this summer. when they appeared rumors spread. they wanted to celebrate the beauty of a public space. the new york police department says detectives are taking a close look and manhattan's district attorney has reportedly subpoenaed the artists' twitter account

much of fairfax. rest of northern virginia, now loudoun county, prince william, fauquier, spotsylvania, cull kenneken culpepper, mid and upper 50s. labor day weekend, very humid. saturday afternoon, it will be in the upper 80s. about a 30% chance of an isolated storm. then a greater chance of an isolated afternoon storm and then some evening thunderstorms on sunday. sunday, hottest day of the labor day weekend, highs low 90s. and back up near 90 on labor day monday. and might get a morning shower, but a greater chance of an afternoon storm on monday much of the region. going to the beaches? the water temperatures are in the low 70s right now. at the atlantic beaches on saturday, highs will be near 80. and the surf is getting lower. hurricane cristobal pulling away. so lower surf in place for the weekend. highs sunday and again monday up around 80. chance of storms perhaps monday afternoon. going to the mountains? great way to get away from the heat on saturday. it will be in the low 80s. chance of an

fairfax county is welcoming new search and rescue k-9 units. the dogs just finished one year of training in southern california, and have been partnered up with firefighters. coming up, a made-for-tv motorcade draws big crowds, but "house of cards" fans missed out on maybe the biggest attraction. we will explain. >> and if the supermoon wasn't cool enough, wait until you hear what happens tomorrow night. another look at your forecast. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00 -- on your side. >> a motorcade is nothing new in d.c., but one near the national mall today was a little different. a crew was shooting scenes for the upcoming season of "house of card." street closures were in effect for most of the day. .eople stopped to watch >> "house of cards" is shooting, so we thought we would come down and look. >> they were hoping to catch a glimpse of the stars -- they were out of luck. ightn spacey and robin wr were not in town. netflix has not announced when season three will premiere. we will not see any presidential motorcade in d.c. for a whi

. >>> fairfax cnty schools welcoming new teachers. >> what parents need to know about how the new facesreparing for thousands of students on the first day of school. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in georgetown. i'll have a story coming up. >>> community leaders of prince george's county are calling for an end to domestic violence and are saying it can be done if men start to take responsibility. i'm tracee wilkins. >>> right now at 5:00 a back to school high school scare. who posted pictures of guns on instagram. >> i didn't want like sandy hook happening here. >> we'll tell you what police did next. >> parents are making their back to school lists. if your kids need a tablet we will help you make sense of it all before you spend hundreds of dollars. >>> and the d.c. region is celebrating the late great godfather of go go. we'll tell you about chuck brown's new album before you can get it. first at 5:30 domestic violence is ripping apart families and communities in prince george's county. two baby girls are among the most recent victims killed by violence there. >> one community leader

a few sprinkles off to the west, a sprinkle around the loudoun-fairfax county line. couple of sprinkles through southern maryland right now south of dunkirk and just above less by. a few showers towards frederick. here's 2 deal, the showers are very few and far between so the bigger picture, line of showers coming through the mountains but it's fizzling out as well. temperatures, very muggy. 7 downtown. in the 70's in gurg. overnight temperatures in the 60's. we're talking about showers chances coming up with the full forecast. >> thank you. police are looking for a cab driver accused of trying to sexually assault a female passenger in front of thompkins hall at g.w. university. the woman got out of the cab and alerted university police. d.c. police say they have a vague description of the cab driver. no arrests in the shooting of a man in northeast this afternoon. police say he was shot in the back on 53rd street. he was conscious and breathing at the scene. no word on what led up to that shooting. new developments in gaza to tell you about. israel defense forces sa

. >>> police are investigating a pedestrian accident in fairfax county. a man was struck on fairfax county parkway near west objection road. sky 9 was over the scene. no word at this point on how the victim was doing, but he was transported from the scene in critical condition. >>> a contractor is being called in to fix the problem with the striping on i-66. look how crooked it is. it started peeling off the pavement. the striping was put there over the weekend on a bridge rehab project and then it just came loose during rush hour. the contractor went out after rush hour this morning and tried to start fixing the problem. >>> after two years of captivity, an american journalist in syria is a free man once again. peter curtis of massachusetts was released sunday by an al qaeda-linked group. he was handed over to un peacekeepers in israel and later released to american authorities. curtis was freed days after isis beheaded another american journalist, james foley. president obama said the u.s. will continue to use all of its tools at its disposal to try to

upper 60s now in fairfax and much of northern virginia. the district and by the bay, low to mid 70s. later this afternoon reaching just near 80 grees. we'll take that in august. and the rain will be ending by late tonight and tomorrow morning cloudy and sun back in the afternoon. breezy tomorrow. highs reaching the low 80s. northwest winds bringing in lower humidity that will be in place on thursday and friday. gorgeous both days. still not very humid saturd into mid 80s getting hot and humid sunday, monday upper 80s to around 90. just a small chance of scattered afternoon storms. both of those days. look at the neighborhoods where the rain will end first. that's on weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31. how is traffic now? >> a live look at chopper 4. the brake lights you see are traffic heading southbound on 295. we have an accident southbound bw parkway and annapolis road causing sluggish conditions from the beltway. people going 10 miles an hour in that area. elsewhere northbound 95 out of stafford at mountain view road, earlier car fi

check out the situation fairfax county today. no major problems but t layer of rain was enough to create a dangerous situation for drivers including the potential for hydroplaning. we saw several water rescues. take a look at this. we had one woman who got stuck in tacoma park and in chevy chase another woman had to ditch her car near beach drive. and in the district today flooding in rock creek parkway. you can see here take a look. water is flowing more like a river in some spots and in other areas it has gone up and into the walk ways. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is here to explain the new threat for tonight. >> that is the threat seeing thunderstorms, more isolated heavy rain around our area. it has been three months since we have seen water rescues like this in this type of rain falling at between two and three inches of rainfall. take a look at our flash flood watch. all of these counties shaded in green, gaithersburg to manassas. those are the ones shaded in red. northern charles county and through prince g

starting with one on the edges of fairfax county parkway. the airport authority in charge of the road says nine out of ten of you who use the lanes use ez pass anyway. there will still be one lane to use cash instead. the project could take more than a year to complete. >>> if you are looking for something to do with your family today you can go to a labor day concert at the national mall on the west lawn of the capitol building. you will hear patriotic songs performed by the national symphony orchestra. there is a free dress rehearsal at 3:30. this is video from one of the other labor day concerts which was actually moved inside because of rain. we'll have to wait and see if that happens again today. >> definitely don't bring the umbrella. because you have to get from there to here and here to there. >> and then block everyone's view. >> that's right. >> no one likes that. >>> we do have a new i 4 team investigation. >> how d.c. council members spent your tax dollars on pricey hotel rooms. >>> then insight into president obama's strategy to

wegmans is building a new store in alexandria section of fairfax county. it opens next year at the hilltop village center near telegraph road. a new maryland location will be opening in owings mills. no date when that store will open. wegmans was rated the best supermarket in the country. have you ever been in one? it is pretty cool. >>> new kind of neighborhood gaining popularity across the country. it is called an agra-hood up. one of the first is in loudoun county p northern virginia bureau chief julie carey visited the community to see what draws residents to the idea. >> fill up that whole crate. >> reporter: it doesn't take long to see what folks find appealing about living in an agra-hood. it is if food grown just down the street from your house. this is willowsburg. the first residents arrived tree yea -- three years ago. >> healthier. i think we started eating more vegetable and fruits. and eating local. >> reporter: it consists of 4,000 acres. 2,000 of that set aside in conservancy. in the middle of that a 300-acre farm. >> we have herbs and plow

another pocket of slow traffic into the fairfax area. let's take a look now at our inbound bridge, the 14th street bridge. it's moving fairly well starting to slow a little bit as the volume is picking up as folks head on into the city for that tuesday work day. mike andrea? this is a woman hesitating on a life-changing decision. yeah! at university of phoenix we- we know going back to school is a big decision. that's why we offer many first year students with limited tcollege experience a risk-free period. so you can commit to your education with confidence. get started at phoenix.edu >>> 6:23 on this muggy tuesday morning. spotty showers on the eastern shore. right now i want to show you the futurecast starting with lots of clouds. not too much in the way of rain today, though. however, as for the metro, you go to the mountains by the middle ever the afternoon with our temperatures in the low to mid-80s, we'll see the storms mainly in the mountains. could see something toward frederick and westminster. mid- to late afternoon and evenin

showerfirst isolated starting with doppler radar towards prince william and fairfax. isolated showers, 66 and just moving south, southeast is where you will see that. most of the rainbow becoming an overnight tomorrow night going into tuesday with that return of rain. i would not expect much with those isolated showers out tonight. there's a chance of rain every day. it is most likely you will not get rain everyday, but there is at least a chance. >> next weekend not looking all that great. [indiscernible] unusual summer. >> the summer that never was. [inaudible] >> thank you for joining us. hope to see you tonight at 11:00. bergeron: here's a sneak peek at tonight's "afv." we dare you not to laugh. [ screaming ] aah! [ laughter ] man: aah!! aah!! welcome to... and now, here he is, the host of "afv"... tom bergeron! [ cheers and applause ]

in fairfax county, kristen wright, news4. >> parents in d.c. may not need to worry about sending their chipper chi a different school any time soon. the mayor's plan to change school boundaries is being pushed back. the plan was supposed to take effect next year. council education chairman david catania says the plan is unbaltd and needs work. >> there arunanswered questions and additional work that needs tbe done. you're settinme schools up to fail by virtue of how these schools are bei rearranged. >> by the way, muriel bowser said she wouldn't implement that plan either. >>> they haveo so much. now one local group is finding homes for the homeless in hopes of bringing them some healing. >>> and channeling the bay. the pressure that players are putting on their manager to >>> people who live on the street have not only lost their job and their home, many are struggling with mental illness. in fact it'a cae homeles homele. t l oup has a strategy for rescuing their lost souls and giving them a pathway to healthy mind and body. wendy rieger repor

metro down into the low 60s. 63 in d.c. 62 around alexandria, arlington. 59 in fairfax and yes, it is tock very fall like, very crisp and cool for early tomorrow morning. as far as northern virginia goes, those temperatures, 56 in warrenton. 56 degrees in orange. 60s kwan co-down south. bomb, h boomttw temperatures for friday morn, for saturday morning too. commuter forecast, 63 degrees between 6 and 8:00 a.m. some folks may want the long sleeves early in the morning. still cool but close to 70-degree mark ben 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. out of the door forecast. we have hi pressure moving in. still tomorrow, very few clouds. i think you will remember it as a day with l se. and even more sunshine coming our way on friday. there is a lot of sunshine and temperatures thl be getting into thanmi 80s. yes, but still running a few degrees below average. thing about tomorrow, if you are exercising, hitting the black top, hitting the going for a run, good air quality tomorrow. 60s is where we start out. hitting mid 70s by 11:00 a.m. low 80s by 1:00 in the afternoon. as far as weekend goes, best day o

some more activity in fairfax county. also some right here in washington. mainly in northwest. making its way towards bethesda. if you are dealing with a shower tonight expect to it last only 45 minutes at the most. about a 20% to 30% chance you're dealing with shower. isolated activity. if you're going out this evening keep that umbrella handy. you might not need to use it. we'll keep an eye on this area of rain too that could be bringing some more steady rain to southern maryland overnight tonight but you can see how dry future weather is this evening. more rain in the forecast for tomorrow. i'll that have timing coming up. >>> tonight a man is dead after he apparently overdosed on drugs at a maryland music festival. paramedic-to rush 20 people to the hospital. now all this happened on friday at the mad decent block party at merriweather post pavilion. investigators say nearly all these cases are related to drugs but we don't know what drugs were involved. the man who died is from north carolina. he was 20 years old. >>> less than a week before the redskins first pre-season g

so montgomery in toward loudoun is fairly quiet right now, the northern half of fairfax..j heavier showers have developed just northeast of sperryville and amissville. it will move in toward fauquier county. i want to take you to the east and south. everybody is socked in. temperatures being held down due to the rain. only 73 in fredricksburg. 70 in orange. we're 79. we might squeak to 80 but looks like the showers will be on and off for a good portion of the afternoon and potentially on and off for a good portion of the weekend. at times you may need plan b for the weekend. >>> breaking newsat water main break on route 1 in hyattsville. right now crews are closing the 4800 block of rhode island avenue in both directions where that 12-inch pipe burst yesterday. nikki burdine joins us live from the scene with the latest. there was one lane getting by but it's all closed now. >> reporter: it's about to be closed. right now one lane, the southbound lane is still getting by. i'm told any moment they will be closing the southbound lane of route 1. contractors just got here within the past five

. >> reporter: a neighboring fairfax county, they tell us they recently seized more than 50 pounds of molly pills. 50 pounds. they say they also have suspects. and those suspects are in the ages of 20-year-olds. and they are saying tonight that investigation is still ongoing. in the meantime the reason we're here in front of hilton high school is because this is where the candle light vigil will get started for 17-year-old daniel anders. passing away from what is believed to have been a molly overdose. >> reporter: the loss is still so raw for christopher and daniel gonzalez. >> i felt we were still a family. it was so close that when he would introduce me to his friends or i would introduce him we would introduce ourselves as cousins. >> he was just the kind of guy you never saw down no matter what. >> what i didn't ever expect this would happen to him. >> reporter: this past weekend, daniel among a group partying a the merry weather post pavilion, police say the drug molly was being passed around. it might have led to daniel and another man's death. >> molly is really a concern in t

the latest came through fairfax county into portions of southern maryland. right around annapolis, st. mary's around the northern neck continuing to move south and east. i'm not expecting much in the way of rain. we could see fog. as we widen out here, there is more rain and storms to the west. this train of moisture continues to move in from the great lakes. i will update you on what it means for friday evening and that all important weekend in a minute. >> doug, thank you. just one day after the video of the killing of american journalist james foley came out the u.s. and are britain are racing to identify his killer. the man who murdered foley was well disguised. intelligence officials say he lost clues about his identity. based on his voice and accent, linguists believe he's from the london area, is in his 20s and is well educated. investigators plan to match his voice to other recordings or videos. britain's muslim community is asking anyone who knows him to come forward. >> james foley has a direct connection to the district. it was here he honed his c

in fairfax county, kristen wright news4. >> fairfax has a plan for managing the surge of students inschool system. more than 30 portable classrooms will be dispeedugue county. eit elementary schools including four in the hernden rusten area. >> and we want to remind you in a tip to share with the news4 iteam you can visit nbcwashington.c and click on investigations. tod feeling a lot more like summer but the thing to really really stress is if you are heading out ith heat and you are heading out to the beaches this week the surf. >> rip currents and the heat. but the heat won't start until saturday. it's going the ab long weekend. some folks are ones heat all summer long. and so here we are at the end, unofficial end or official, whichever way you want to look at it. a lot of folks gn it's over now. and of course the kids go back to school and we get heat. and the other things some of you may be suffering from the spore count. it's on the high side. yet again today with grass and the weed count low 92 degrees around the area. prince george's county, 88 degrees currently. camp springs

fairfax county also under the county.rain now for the next 15 minutes to half hour. they are not moving very quickly so you could pick up a quick half inch of rain. also coming through the beltway in and around the northwest d.c. portions, bethesda and arlington and through southwest d.c. in the next half hour this will impact portions of the national game. maybe a late start. as we#loÑ widen out, this is it line of showers and thunderstorms moving through. we're going talk more about this. and we'll be back at 5:15 to let you know what too expect. >>> breaking news in richmond where former virginia governor bob mcdonnell has just wrapped up testimony. both he and his wife are accuse of taking loans in exchange for helping a businessman's company. outside the courthouse now. >> reporter: certainly was one of the most dramatic moments in this case came at 3:25 when defense attorneys called former governor bob mcdonnell to the stand. so far they have mostly been walking him through family history and political resume. in th

zoom in a little bit more here along fairfax county, montgomery county line. these showers and storms will move to the southeast through the district. we'll watch these. a better chance. we have new news coming up for you. >> breaking news out of prince georges county. we are told a man was hit by a car and killed on pennsylvania avenue. it happened near the intersection with water street. pennsylvania avenue in the area is closed while the police investigate this. we learned the driver involved stayed on the scene. you can expect more updates tomorrow morning on news 4 today. >> right now in virginia an amber alert is in effect for a three-year old boy who might be in danger. tommy ingall was last seen at his home in southwest virginia last night. investigators say the child is with his father who has made suicidal and homicidal threats toward the police. he may also be armed with an ak-47 and bullpen vest. the father and son are believed to be in a 2001 four-door, navy blue dodge neon with virginia tags wnz-9169. if you see them or the car call 911. >> there

the national firearms museum is -- is atheadquarters the nra headquarters in fairfax, virginia. we are custodians of about 7000 firearms that have been donated to us over the past 75 years. we have about 3000 on display here. what i want people to come away with the museum with beyond the, that is a lot of cool guidance, --ch is very important to us it's an understanding of the unique relationship between americans and their firearms and the very integral role firearms have played in the history of america. we have phil schreier, senior curator at the national firearms museum, and we are starting in the robert e petersen gallery. mr. peterson was a magazine publisher and had one of the finest if not the finest firearms collections in the country. what you see is the robert peterson gallery, the finest single room of firearms anywhere in the country. firearms she 2011 left, the museum kicked what we could display. -- picked what we could display. perhaps one of the finest he royal, was the grand winchester model 21 which is considered the finest winchester side-by-side shotgun ev

into the city of fairfax, then dry from there on in.yone is going to be wet by 8:00 or 9:00 at the latest. have your umbrellas ready to go. overnight loys generally holding in the upper 60s and low 70s. it's going to be a mild night. cloudy, mild, light to moderate rain. be ready for the morning commute. tomorrow afternoon, high temperatures hold in the upper 70s to barely near 80 degrees. there will be rain, heavy at times, possibility of strong to severe thunderstorms tomorrow as well. keep that in mind as you are planning. how much rain might we get? a lot of rainfall. some places could get north of two inches of rain or more. be ready for the potential of moderate to heavy rain during the course of the day tomorrow. showers moving in tonight and sticking around all day tomorrow. sun up to sun down rain chances on your tuesday. seven day forecast time. that's it for rain. all of it is stacked up on your tuesday z. skies clear out wednesday. thursday, friday, into the weekend look amazing. saturday and sunday, highs in the mid to uppe

this is light rain toward the south, charlestown, berriville moving west into fairfax county into loudon county. not a big deal there. he thi pretty heavy. you see all the lightning strikes, heading toward boston at about 11:36 on our storm tracker. some good news, they are dwindling. if you didn't see this earlier, this is worth another look. look at the rainfall and the legend. we're talking 3-10 inches of rain. everybody around 95 and east of 95 had at least three inches of rain. in fact, 10 inches unofficially south of baltimore, to the eastern part of montgomery county, 3 inches. and some places 6.5 inches of rain. we will come back and tell you whether you need the umbrella the rest of this week. >>> heavy rains did a lot of damage in prince georges county. check out this basement on blackstone avenue in cheltonham. >> it moved beds in the basement and refrigerators in the basement. that's how forceful the water was when it came in and it broke the storm glass. >> the homeowner's teenage son says he had to swim to safety. she blames the clogged drain and says this is not the first

he joins us with the search. >> reporter: fairfax county police have been here throughout the morning, but just within the past few minutes, we've seen additional detectives arrive. crime scene investigators are on their way. this is arlington boulevard at patrick henry drive. very busy intersection. large shopping centers at every corner this morning. the focus is at the comfort inn here. early this morning, police say a man walked this with a gun. he demanded money. the money was turned over. no one injured. all of it confined to the lobby of the hotel. likely the guests didn't even realize and maybe still don't even know the hotel was robbed overnight. police are going through any critical evidence that they can collect here from the lobby, talking with the hotel staff. also looking at any video available to them. but again, he got away with an undisclosed amount of money. no one was hurt. but a robbery at will this hotel very early this morning. reporting live in falls church, richard jordan, news 4. >>> d.c. police are asking for your help to solve a series of sex assaults. a man

continuing to tack heavy rain over fairfax.trict continuing to see more of a steady lighter rain, a soaking rain. +coming to an end 7:30 8:00 p.m. >>> d.c.'s police chief is drawing similarities between ferguson and here in washington twenty years ago. >> in 1991 mount pleasant erupted in violence. a and. >> kathy lanier was a rookie cop back in 1991 when another rookie cop shot a man in mount pleasanting resulting in several days of the rioting in the capital. there are similarities between the two incidents. >> there is never any one thing that can cause a explosion of emotion like this. so it is a combination of a lot of things. >> as the clashes between police and protesters in ferguson continue, d.c. police which i have -- chief lanier talks. >> we didn't have a good relationship largely because of the misunderstanding and a lack of cultural understanding. >> and like in ferguson today t d.c. police in 1991 was not reflective of the racial makeup of the community. >> language barriers. we didn't get information out quickly

metro areas like montgomery and fairfax, 5:00. washington holding off until maybe 7:00.eavy rain is possible later today so be ready, have that second plan to head indoors quickly, maybe stay in there for about 45 minutes as the storm rolls through the area. it's muggy outside. it's 92 degrees for a high today. tomorrow, about a 30% chance that you're dealing with an afternoon thunderstorm. so most people should be able to get in their labor day festivities fine for tomorrow, high of 91 and 95 on tuesday with storms possible late in the day. mainly in the overnight hours. >> so you think the storms will move through pretty quick. >> i think they're going to be quickly moving but heavy rain in them. >> a lot of events going on as you mentioned before, the concert on the capitol which is free, rain or shine goes on. they will move it inside. no excuse to get out there and enjoy your holiday weekend. >> at 8:00 tonight. that's going to do it for "news 4 today." "meet the press" coming up next. >> wake up with us monday morning we begin at 4:26 a.m. have a good day. to prove

. >>> police are the public's help finding a woman who went missing while visiting fairfax on business. >> this is a picture of 43-year- old wendy fougy of philadelphia. her brother says she was last seen on the 7th. >> she works for an engineering firm. she didn't show up for work. >> she may be driving a red hyundai with tags jks-3697. if you have any information, please call police. >>> workers at the tsa are being trained to recognize d.c. drivers licenses. >> this training comes in the wake of a "washington post" report that d.c. teacher was questioned about her license when she was boarding a plane in phoenix. there have been more than a few stories that have surfaced like this. >> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton asked for a meeting between the tsa officials last week. >>> it's 6:00 after the hour. one of the country's most popular department stores is ordered to make some changes. >> newest member of the big ten conference will soon honor all four years of (vo) ours is a world of passengers. the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid numb

you should watch out in montgomery and fairfax as well. state police are teaming up to promote safety awareness on the highway in both maryland and virginia. this is part of a multistate safety campaign called drive to save lives. troopers are looking for aggressive and reckless drivers an for all of you who text from behind the wheel. >> this morning, engineering crews in d.c. trying to figure out what caused a building's roof to collapse. no one was hurt and that building collapse which happened on stents street and the building has been vacant for years. the roof, part came down along with part of the wall. firefighters evacuated the building to be safe. >> what they told us this morning, there were gentlemen working and five minutes later after they started working, the building collapsed. >> neighbors tell news 4 the building has been empty at least ten years and they say it was a magnet for drug use and squatters. they also say they've made a lot of calls to have something done about the building before that collapse happened. >> rig