most of those by the way in fairfax coin. d.c.are looking at about 800. that's according to pepco. we're still seeing a handful of people still without power in charles and saint mary's counties. we'll continue to follow up. angie goff. >>> first 4 traffic, as far as the commute, 95 northbound at 32, brand-new accident that has really starting to slow things very quickly. already a one-mile backup that's growing here. it sounds like it's off to the right side of the roadway. taking a look at 395 inbound, still very slow there from the earlier crash at glebe road. fairfax parkway, a crash blocking the express plains as well. the beltway looks pretty darn 5 north at coven tri that left side is block by a crash. >>> a huge underground transform er fire has knocked out power. the smoke hasn't stopped yet. the dangerous situation for firefighters and utility crews at 18th and l street. kristin wright is live now where the smoke is still smoerledering. how is it looking now? >> pretty much the same all morning. still smoking. just talke

. >>> we're following breaking news right now in fairfax county. police are investigating gunfire outside of a nova fairfax hospital. a witness tell us us shots were fired near the parking garage at the hospital. right now, police trying to determine if anyone was hit. the hospital we've just learned is currently on we have a crew heading to the scene, we will bring you more information >> fairfax county police tweeted out a second ago. a possible deputy involved shooting. again, fairfax county police saying this could be a possible deputy involved shooting. we will keep you posted with the latest on that. >>> talking about summer storms marching across the dc region. i'm shawn yancy >> i'm tony perkins. the heavy downpours and whipping winds did damage in maryland. several trees came crashing down in olney. as far as we know, no one was hurt. sue palka been keeping a close eye on the storm. >>> fortunately, the storms are not as strong, which means they're not creating the kind of wind that took down those trees. that was a widespread damage repor

fairfax hospital last night. this is a look at what the man was holding at the time. authorities say he threatened the deputy before he was shot. the deputy is on routine leave as police investigate. anyone with information is asked to come forward. still ahead tonight, more heat and humidity, along with it the chance of storms. doug is back with a complete storm watch forecast after this. erin: i'm erin hawksworth with sports. coming up, an olympic dive you have to see to believe. plus the ravens continue to prepare for the season. but how long will they be without the quarterback? details when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues. but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. trumenba should

haven't released the name of a man shot and killed by a fairfax deputy monday night outside in nola fairfax hospital. the 29-year-old had just been released and was escorted to a bus stop by hospital security guards. that's when get to violent and according to police charged at a deputy with a metal sign post. now it's not the first time inova health has put a troubled potentially dangerous person back on the streets. last year, natasha mckenna was released or turned away from inova several times before she was arrested and jailed. she died after fairfax deputies stunned her with a taser four times. >> it's frightening because it sounds very similar to things that happened too mckenna who went repeatedly to inova hospitals, was turned away without getting help, and ended up getting arrested and dying. so we have another death here hospital shouldn't hide behind hipaa in this case. >> a hospital spokesman says federal privacy laws called hipaa prevents releasing any information about the incident. >>> also in fairfax county tonight, a new mayor at least for now. [ applause ] >> he took the o

>>> breaking news, a shooting at nova fairfax hospital. >> we now know a fairfax county sheriffs deputy shot a man. we have more information at the live desk. >> good morning to you. we've got word from the police that the deputy who fired at that man, he felt threatened. we're taking a look right now this is near nova fairfax. we're told this is after darcy spencer broke this story, we learned that police responded, deputy responded to reports of a suspicious man who was sitting at the bus stop near the hospital. the prelimbary reports is that the man threatened the officer. where did it go from here? fairfax county sheriffs office say they are conducting an investigation and the deputy involved remains on routine administrative leave. >>> another story developing all morning. a huge underground fire in d.c. a transformer blew somewhere in the area of 18th street and l street northwest. they had to wait for an at least for power to be cut to businesses in that area. kristin wright is headed there for a live report. >>> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. another big sto

. >>> the mayor's chair empty after scandal in fairfax city.in for the first time and the city council sets a date for a special election. >>> d.c.'s police chief headed for the nfl. new tonight, what community leaders want to see in her replacement. >> news4 at 11:00 starts now. >> good evening. thank you for staying up with us. fairfax city will have a new mayor in a matter of hours and a special election in six months to name a permanent relacement for scott silverthorn. >> the former mayor resigned last week after his arrest in a sex-for-drugs sting. some called it an embarrassment. dorsey spencer reports from fairfax. >> i think we have to acknowledge the fact that we're shocked, angry, disappointed. >> reporter: residents in fairfax came together for the first public meeting sin arrest of their mayor on drugs-for-sex allegations. >> this is not the time to attack a man who has in need of help. >> reporter: the mayor's seat empty. the council selected steven stombrace to be the interim mayor. >> i'll talk to him. i'm not afraid of him. >>

developing in fairfax a deadly police shooting on the inova fairfax hospital campus. this played out at a bus stop at the hospital. police say the deputy assigned to the hospital opened fire when the man would not put down a street sign that had a very sharp end on it. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has more on what who was killed. jeff? jeff: a 29-year-old hispanic male at the time this happened was suffering what they are calling a mental episode. he was carrying one of the sharp metal sign posts rather that could be found all over the campus at inova. we want to show you one. they say no smoking but the security guard drove up a couple minutes ago telling us he did not want us showing the bus stop. this is where it happened last night. according to police before 10:00 hospital security guards escorted the man to the bus stop after he was discharged from the hospital. for what we don't know. shortly after subject -- security got a call saying the man was holding a message. metal sign post in a shop end and a photo. police say security tried to calm the

huge presence from fairfax county police. the swat team, hostage negotiators, and immobile crisis unit are here. meg, first of all, what can you tell us about what is happening with negotiations with this man as he remains barricaded inside the home? >> we are attempting to make contact with him so we can bring him out and result this issue safely. jeff: this all started? >> it started just like you said. we responded about 9:08 a.m. this morning for a man that was emotionally distressed, and he reportedly had a handgun. there were family members inside, but we believe he is inside alone. we are attention to get him out of the house. jeff: thank you very much. obviously an ongoing investigation here in clifton. this is three years to the day of the situation involving john gear in springfield. a similar amount of fairfax police on the scene in that situation. that sadly resulted in the death of joh john deere. updates later on abc 7 will bring you updates later on abc 7 news. jummy: thank you. all morning long, commuters have

by 6:00 in the 60s, 66, 67 sterling, 65 manassas. 67 fairfax. comfortable in the bushes to start on wednesday. clouds west, leaseburg and manassas. sprinkles possible in the morning. by afternoon, looking at temperatures in the mid-80s. 85 in cumberland, romney and winchester by 12:30 or 1:00. 6:00, 90 downtown, 90 fredericksburg and 80s elsewhere. 87 leaseburg. 87 manassas. let's track it for you on the day planner. 70s to start. low 70s downtown, downtown won't make to it the 60s. 85 by 11:00. 88 by 1:00. pretty nice. thursday, 86 showers and storms. gorgeous on friday, low 80s. next 7 days, some showers east of town on saturday. shouldn't affect the turps game hosting howard. beautiful on sunday, warmer labor day. hot on tuesday. nats back in town on labor day. >>> now, wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> washington nationals blinked the phillies thanks to a gem of a game. tonight mat scherzer's time. we almost guaranteed a great showing. >> reporter: strikeouts, no hitters, near no hitters with the national

the deputy is an 18-year veteran of the fairfax county sheriff's office. we will certainly have updates on later editions of abc 7 news. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. jummy: thank you for the update. this also just into the newsroom involving the case of the missing lyon sisters. been foundlch has guilty of perjury. she is the wife of richard welch, the man investigators have called a person of interest in the 1975 disappearance of chilly and katherine lyon from a shopping mall in wheaton. welch was given a two-year suspended sentence. officials in prince george's county say they have cracked down on a human trafficking operation that involved at least prostitution ring under "pink pleasure entertainment." three people have been charged. >> in prince george's county, it is heartbreaking to us that many of our victims are very young. 19 to 21 years old seems very young to me. about talking not only young women, but in some instances about young children. the suspects are facing charges throughout the entire metro area. let's turn our attention now to the weath

is in fairfax with about 1,300 this morning. bge, its largest in anne arundel. pepco, in the describe of columbia, about 167 folks have still -- still some folks dealing with power outages, but not as bad as what we were witnessing last night when those big storms rolled in here. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >>> more problems at the washington monument. the monument will be closed again today. this time, a cable attached to the bottom of the elevator broke. the elevator stopped about 500 feet up. there was an employee inside at the time. 84 people up top had to use the stairs to get down. the national park service says this new problem is completely unriltd to the power issues that closed the monument earlier this week. >>> back to rewroe are -- rio where the women's track team made history with a clean sweep of the medals. in the 100 meter. >> what a race! >> love the music, the music was sweet to u.s. track and field last night. the 100 meter hurdle, a clean sweep. the first time in this event that the americans have

to shots fired at inov affaa fairfax hos.s 4's dorothy spencer is live at the scene. what have you learned? >> reporter: doreen, first i want to tell you where we are. we are along woodburn road just off the campus of the hospital. we were told by security that we had to leave the property but take a look up here, up woodburn road. you can see the police cruisers are there and the flashing lights just outside of a main entrance to the hospital, that's where the bulk of the investigation is taking place. we want to show you some video that we shot just within the last hour. we are waiting for an update from fairfax county police. what we can tell you tweets from the fairfax county police department that they were asked to respond here to the hospital right around 10:00 tonight. information very tentative, but they say it does appear there was a fairfax county sheriff's deputy involved shooting here outside of the hospital. i can tell you when we drove through initially, there was a very large police response here, again, outsi

storms on the east side of i- 81, by 9:00, in the went suburbs, fairfax, lauden and boom, through the immediate metro area, between 9:00 and 10:00, some of them are going to produce flash flooding and downpours. silver lining should be not arriving until the evening commute. >>> we are following breaking news from the ocean city area. this story is just awful. a 9 year old died today after falling out of a rented pontoon boat and got hit by the propeller. an 11 year old who also fell out was injured. natural resources police say that happened in the bay before 3:00 this afternoon. >>> we want to let you know about a serious accident in montgomery county. you are looking at the scene in burtonsville, maryland. sky 9 bringing it to us. two vehicles ran in to each other on route 198, just west th route 129. way, you need to find another route tonight. fire and rescue says it is wrapping up the on site investigation in to the silver spring apartment explosion today. the atf's report should be out in a few days. ntsb is opening an investigation. today marks one full week since the blast at

we are 74 in fairfax. 77 in fredericksburg. by the end of the game we will be in the 70s. we will talk about where the showers will >>> a guilty plea and sentencing for a man that killed a baby if prince georges county. bryant was high on k2 when she shook his girlfriend's 6-month- old daughter. it happened in january. bryant was with the child while her mom was this the shower. the state's attorney for prince georges county says bryant shouldn't have been responsible for watching the child. >> all pains must do a better job of protecting children. we are their best and only defense. >> the baby died after 3 days in the hospital. bryant will spend the next 12 years in prison. >>> bizarre robbery last night ending with the victim swimming across the potomac river. it happened on the gw parkway. the man was robbed of his wallet and cell phone and the bad guy ordered him this to the river and told him to sw dc. when he got to the other side he alerted police. no arrests in this case. >>> a shake up in donald trump's campaign staff. his chairman, manafort, resigned. prosecutor

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shots were fired outside of a nova fairfax hospital.he scene right now, one witness tells us shots were fired near the parking garage. again, police are on the scene outside of a nova fairfax hospital trying to figure out if anyone was hurt. hospital is open. we have a crew headed there. we will keep you updated. >>> some worse flooding since hurricane katrina forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in southern louisiana and more bad weather is on the way. >>> a major search and rescue operation is on the way. the latest from baton rouge. >> reporter: southern louisiana remains in a state of emergency tonight as crews continue to rescue stranded residents by helicopter, military vehicles, large enough to drive through swamp neighborhoods and by boat. this man jumping in to save a woman and their dog as at car was swept away. >> her dog >> get my dog >> crews rescued tens of thousands of stranded residents so far including her family and >> i'm heart broken. i'm heart broken. my home, this is where i grew up. my grandmother a

this happened yesterday afternoon in fairfax. the woman in the car was 24 years old and pregnant. a two- year-old was also in the car. no one was hurt. >>> a number of hepatitis a cases linked to tickets movies and virginia have grown to 17. that affirmative health has traced but illness -- the department of health has taste -- traced the illness back to tropical smoothies. all the bad strawberries were destroyed on august on august an incubation period of 15 to 50 days. the more cases -- more cases could be diagnosed. >>> donald trump is stopping in texas and hillary clinton is fundraising in california. there right 10 men -- their right 10 men are out on the trail. >> gop nominee mike pence is trying to clarify donald trump's immigration policies including the possible deportation of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. >> people who have run afoul of the law need to leave immediately. the details and how we do that, we will work that out with the congress. >> trump had suggested softening his stance, bowing to be fair but for. his opponents running mate, tim kaine,

former fairfax city council member steven stombres will be sworn in at 10:30 a.m., as the city's interim mayor. he'll replace former mayor richard "scott" silverthorne. he resigned last week after being arrested in a sex-for-meth sting. a special mayoral election is set for february seventh. an update this morning on what prompted a deadly confrontation monday night county deputy and a man who'd just been discharged from inova fairfax hospital. investigators say the man was attacking people with an "edged weapon" - made from a broken sign post. he hit a guard with it then ran at the deputy. that deputy opened fire killing the man. that deputy, an 18-year veteran of the department, is on leave, which is standard procedure while the invesigation plays out. prince george's hospital center- says it found more of a potentially dangerous bacteria in the hospital. last week - we were first to report the presence of pseudomonas in a water pipe at the nicu. nine babies were transferred out of the unit - and 2 infant deaths are now under investigation. this morning- the hospital says it found the

the crash investigation here in fairfax county. >> fairfax police have not released the name of the person hit. >>> we have new information about a story you first saw on wake up washington. dc police are looking for information on a suspect in a deadly shooting overnight. police say 24 year old tony germaine gates was shot at killed at 10th and rhode island avenue east just before midnight. that's two blocks from the metro station and road island road development. at this hour they don't have a motive or the description of the suspect. >>> students in virginia are hanging on to the last days before school starts thanks to something called the king's dominion law. it passed in 1986. it blocks city and county schools from starting classes before labor day so tourist attractions in the commonwealth like amusement parks can get another week's worth of business. what's good for virginia may be good for maryland. the governor heads to eastern shore tomorrow and wusa9 learned he is expected to announce a similar plan. >> reporter: the move means students in prince georges county would start two

autria: happening today in fairfax, the city council is swearing he's a former fairfax councilmember, replacing scott silver storm. the mayoral election will be held on february 7 of next year, 2017. larry: the nats, fizzling out against colorado. to to nothing in the third, wilson ramos short-lived, tied back up in the short inning. down by one, the nats, rockies on the board. board.e on the autria: a shakeup with the gop. what did donald trump due to try to breathe some life into his push for the white larry: walking around yesterday, i wanted to have a big fan following me around. ister.: four like a m get one. we should all a personal one, over your head, dropping down on your body? [laughter] in this powered by the sun. -- and its powered by the sun. at 75.ready, leesburg hagerstown at 77. take a look at where we are going to be by 10:30 us morning. 93 is what it will feel like already. taking you through the numbers here, 98, 100 degrees, the heat index this afternoon, we want to take you all the way to the evening hours. by late evening hours the storms the best chance for thun

a shooting involving a sheriffs deputy outside inova fairfax hospital. molette green is live there with an update. the suspect had some sort of weapon we hear. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. yeah, it happened at a bus stop near the green garage right here on the hospital campus. now hospital security called fairfax county police to report a suspicious man holding what police only described as an edged weapon. they would not go into more detail about the weapon here. a sheriffs deputy already on duty here and in uniform came to the scene, got here before the other officers, and here's what police say happened next. >> county sheriffs office deputy was working at the hospital already and responded, located this suspect, and some sort of confrontation took place, and the deputy wound up shooting the suspect. >> reporter: now, right now, it is unclear how many times this 18-year sheriffs deputy fired his weapon and how many times this adult male was actually hit. no one else was injured in this. no word yet on possible charges. police say there is no know

fairfax residents had their first chance to talk about the controversy. some acknowledged the work he did for the community and focused on the embarrassment he's caused for the city. >>. [ inaudible ] >> explain to my daughter, this is -- the mayor's arrest. >> special election will pick a new -- to pick a new mayor scheduled for february 7th. >>> calling 911 may not get you help depending on your cell phone carrier. sprint customer are having trouble making emergency calls. they're working aggressively to fix the problem. the issue is connected to a power outage andi switch site. not sure whether it's transformer fire we told you about yesterday morning. road closures and detours are still set up around that area. pepco says it should be completed by 3:00 today. >>> turning now to decision 2016 where donald trump gets a first classified intelligence briefing today. conducted by the director of national intelligence. presidential candidates received these types of briefings since the 1950s. director of national intellveins james claimer says they're fairl

users in fairfax county, prince george's county, montgomery, and prince william counties have all reported problems. >> sprint is working to restore the service, but they recommend you use an emergency text 911 if you have to, and you can use another carrier with somebody else, or use a land line. >>> so after a few more storms today, some so-called cooler temperatures are on the way. we say so-called. >> meteorologist topper shutt. >> reporter: we should say less hot and save the word cooler for down the road. it's toasty. 87 downtown. when it's 87 and your average high temperature for the day at 11:00 at night, that's not a good thing. 84 in fairfax, and 83 in bowie. we have a heat index, and it feels like it's 95 downtown, and 91 in fredericksburg. we will talk about the heat index. this is a forecast of the heat index. 2:00tomorrow afternoon, and going to feel like it's 101. that's better than the 107 today, and we will advance again at 2:00 now on thursday in the afternoon, and heck, we can handle this. the heat index of 94. only 93 in fredericksburg, and it will get better, and after

fairfax county getting out the message of phone scams targeting parents and the children.ry. cheryl conner has a word of caution. cheryl: kathy already thinks she is taking the innocence away from her kids explaining how some people can be evil. now she has something else to worry about as a parent. >> is somebody calling me, telling me they have my son, screaming in the background, ransom. i think i would panic. cheryl: at least three people answered that phone call in fairfax county. >> it will probably sound like my son regares during the day when a child may be in school and they will hear a kid crying in the background. alex take his son logan to daycare. >> certainly i will panic a little bit. you hear a kid screaming. cheryl: but the father who used to work in law enforcement says you have to take a deep beth. >> my first reaction is ask for questions. cheryl: police saverfy they are safe at the school first. law enforcement has passed on tips to help you understand when a call is not real. often times they will keep you on the phone for a long period of time and di

you see him walk up pier intoie the doors and windows of thewind home.me fairfax county police also als believe the man may have beeny n touching himself inappropriately and we did did speak to man who lives in thate home, he was not comfortablefole showing his face on camera asama you can imagine but we are are protecting his identity butity hear what he had to say.. >> and my wife got the alert. ae i was upstairs.was utairs. she was pretty terrifiederried sitting on the couch watching the perpetrator do whatever hero was trying to do. obviously thankful for having the security i don't think it was someoneit looking to get their jollies or anything, i think it wast w someone that was either casing or looking for an opportunity. bottom line, she's still s affected by it, i'm stilli'mti affected by it and it's it' something to all of our o neighbors around here to be cognizant of. o >> reporter: no word yet if the suspect tried to tart any ty other homes in this area.in t this is an area kind of on theft border of arlington andnd alexandria. if you recognize that man in video you are urg

larry: fairfax county police are still searching for the suspect or suspects in this case. this happened just before 4:00 in the morning on sunday. it was very dark out here, so unfortunately police do not have a good description of that vehicle. john gonzalez, "good morning washington." larry: 7 is on your side, helping your family fight against crime. --ck jeb you jail a.com check wjla.com. autria: in prince george's county is under investigation. a car slammed into a house on crown street in capitol heights. the people inside the house were not hurt, but they are having to stay somewhere else because the home sustained damage, structural damage. he driver was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. larry: beach drive in rock creek -- iss open to track of open to traffic after this happened last night. a massive treat came down and crushed a passing car, trapping a man inside. it turned out to be a good thing because according to police, more than 30 people left the cars to help, lifting the tree up and sliding the car out. the driver was taken to the hos

we have 60s, 67 gaithersburg, 69 rock i will, 71 fairfax. by morning, some 50s, 59 in gathersburg, 57 frederick, 60 in fairfax. that's a pretty cool start for late august. by 9:00 we are still in the upper 60s to low 70s with pure sun. we get to the 12:30 hour, 1:00 hour, a great day, perfect day to eat lunch outside with temperatures in the low 80s. i think futurecast is gone hog wild on the clouds. a spectacular day. we'll break it down on the day planner with 60s to start, 50s in the burbs, 82 by 1:00 p.m. the next three days warmer wednesday but no 91 thursday, isolated storm possible. friday a better chance for storms, a busy week. we have the burgundy and gold in town. a nice weekend. we will be monitoring the possibility of storms around game time on friday. >> got it. >>> the flame is out and the athletes are gone, probably on vacation. rio olympics ended last night with a blast of color and music. members of team usa were all smiles with good reason. americans brought home 121 medals, the most the u.s. has won in any olympics not bo

a new safety improvement is set to debut in fairfax county.t will be the first of its kind in spriled. -- springfield. it's called the hawk. highence ---ence at this time crosswalk. it stays dark when it's not needed and when a pedestrian needs to cross the bottom signal will go from flashing yellow to solid. >>> new testing found swimming in streams and lakes in maryland [000:20:59;00] toilet. environmental alists found fee cal matter in the water in five different counties. howard, frederick and baltimore county were on the list. preliminary testing around richmond discovered the same thing. our news partner was told bacteria could come from livestock, people, and pets. >>> main street is back open in ellicott city. howard county officials are asking people not to sight see. parking is limited there. >>> bad sportsmanship is costing goalkeeper hope solo a spot on the women's soccer team. she's been suspended for things she said after the olympic lost. she called the cowards. solo's suspension starts immediately. >>> okay. what is she not goo

a non-profit serving homeless families in fairfax county. they are helping the children in the tur get in burke. each boy and girl is partnered with the sheriff deputy and they are given $250 to fill up the cart with clothes and supplies for back to school? for these kids to have brand new things, walking in to the first day of school gives them so much dignity. >> with many kids coming from an abuseive relationship, it is a chance to break down the perception that police are bad and broke apart their family. >> to engage and partner with them and let them know that we are here to help them and keep them safe is michelle: next at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a story we first brought you over the weekend. popular smoothie chain accused of being responsible for the spread of hepatitis a. some people are looking for payback. it is getting nastier on the campaign trail. what the two presidential candidates had to say about each other today. a local woman takes matters in her own hands after a drone flew over the house of her neighbor, movie star rober

fairfax city is also undergoing a major change. scott silver thorn left his seat. tonight the city council held a special meeting. members voted to hold a special election february 7 of next year to fill the mayor's seat. in the meantime they have appointed steven stomach prays as interim mayor. a sheriff's deputy is on administrative leave tonight following a shooting at fairfax hospital. they received 911 calls about a suspicion man outside a bus stop at a patient. the man was a patient who had been recently release. the deputy who responded to the scene says the man charged at him with a spiked metal sign post. that's when the deputy opened fire. the man was taken to the hospital where he later died. > woo 2000 we have an update now on the potentially deadly bacteria found at st. george's hospital center. they found the pseudomonas bacteria in a patient care area outside the nicu where if you remember the bacteria was initially found last week. they are treating the hospital's plumbing infrastructure. several infants were transferred out of the nicu after three

taking a look at travel times, 66 inbound, fairfax county to north. they are totally fine.fine in maryland, no major problems there. we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> a d.c. man did something pretty remarkable in memory of his teenage son. he rode his bike cross country after his son took his own life. the father road 3500 miles from seattle all the way here to the district. >> it's important that i finish for them, you know, because they weren't able to finish their ride. >> now, he hopes that people see this story and that will raise awareness about suicide prevention. if you or someone you know is suffering from depression or needs professional help, you can head to our website. we posted a list of limpings and resources as part of our changing minds initiative. >>> d d campaign is now causing her headaches. >>> safety concerns at a popular park. how police are calming patients nerves -- parents nerves after shots were fired. >>> a party a hundred years in the making. how you can join in on the fun as the park service celebrates its centennial. >>> there is one e

early morning back in the 60s. 69 fairfax. 70 del city. 9:00 75 and lots of sunshine in sterling. 70s to start and 83 by 11:00. 87 by 1:00 p.m. two more hot days tuesday and wednesday and better chance of a storm wednesday. lower 80s on thursdays with showers and look what happens, sunshine and low 80s friday, saturday, and sunday, monday nationals back in town and temperatures in the mid-80s. >>> thursday is the final preseason game and teams trying to focus and cut day is fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. only from fios. >>> now wusa nine game on sports with kristen berset bro

fairfax crash and closure withh downed wires. hum eroande between 236 and gallows road.le road. taking metro this week we haveke a break from safe track work. t. already a train malfunction atfn shady grove causing residual delays to glenmont on the reden line.li no other alerts for the restrtsh of our rail lines and things a blue line as well.in we'll keep you updated on that.that. would love though show youthou photos of is fun i had this hadi week. i got to go out to hughesville fire department and celebrateen their 70th anniversary andry installation of officers. this is me with some of the o guys that's kenny he invitednv me out to. t see the event really welcomingyn fun night as they got theirhey t awards we got to celebrateelebra with them. tm. was there for quite some name n hughesville. the food was amazing. mike roberts their presidentts with his wife t there. t this is mack he's been with's bt them for 70 years since 1946 when they launched theirunched t volunteer fire department andr i he was just so funny and so s nice.ni so, thank you to hughesville h volun

. >>> we are learn learning more about a man shot to death outside of a fairfax hospital. sheriffs deputy had just been released from the hospital. security guards had escorted him to a bus stop where witnesses saw him waving a metal sign post. he hit a guard and threatened that deputy. and that is when the deputy fired. authorities are withholding his name until they can contact his family. >>> cell phone video is going viral in the area after a d.c. police officer was caught grabbing a woman by her arms and lifting her off the ground. in the video, the officer is heard asking the woman if she was a prostitute. the woman denies that allegation and tells wusa 9 she was waiting at the bus stop with a friend when police hopped out of the car and approached her. the woman did not want to be identified but she did spea this on camera. >> i don't know what is going on. and you assume somebody is out here doing something negative. >> the woman says she hired an attorney and is is in the process of filing a claim against police. the officer did not give her a ticket or arrest her

. >>> one person is in custody after being shot by a fairfax county sheriff's deputy. fox 5 was first on the s this breaking news last night. police say they received you calls around 10:30 p.m. about a suspicious man in a bus stop outside a parking garage. man was carrying some sort of edged weapon. man acted in a threatening manner. that's when he opened fire. the suspect suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. the deputy is on routine administrative leave pend, the investigation. >>> police investigating this video. here's a dc police officer pinning a woman against a car and lifting her, the video was sent to the department twitter yesterday. still unclear what led to the encounter or where it happened. the video has been sent to the officer's commander. >>> also in the district, police are looking for this man in this surveillance video. he's wanted in connection with the shooting near the mcdonald's near the central detectives center on friday. they're also looking for a third person of interest, a 15-year-old is under arrest. police say he was shot in the face. >

news 4 meagan fitzgerald is live at the scene there in fairfax coin with more. >> reporter: fairfax countye say the crash scene is just behind us here. the woman was crossing the street when she was struck by a vehicle that continued on. now she's in hospital fighting for her life. i want to show you some video shortly after this accident happened. police officers gathering as much information as they can, talking to witnesses. we spoke with neighbors around here. just to paint the picture for you. very active community here. we know there's a senior citizen community. a lot of people that like to get out and about, walk around, especially around that time, this accident happened, which is 5:30 last night. people out walking and riding their bicycles which is why people are concerned about their own safety and the idea that a driver would hit someone and continue on. we want to show you a description or a look of what the vehicle looked like. police tell us it was a black nissan altima with silver trim along the front of the vehicle. possibly with front end damage. anyone with information

news from inova fairfax hospital. a fairfax county deputy shooting a man on campus after the man reportedly threatened him with what appeared to be a knife. this all happened at 10:00 last night. security got a call about a man with an edged weapon at a bus stop on campus. the suspect threatened the deputy, who then opened fire. the suspect is being treated and his injuries are said to be non-life-threatening. ,appening today in over spring officials are coming to two or the site of the deadly apartment explosion. they will be visiting the flower ranch apartments to see the destruction firsthand. washington gas is testing nearby busy -- buildings after residents told investigators that they smelled gas many times before the deadly explosion. the cause still remains under investigation. larry: the new video just coming in (jet engine reving up) you hear that? that's the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as 69 dollars one-way. so get ready to take off ... because sale prices as low as thes

fox's tom fitzgerald live in fairfax, virginia. back to your fox 29 weather authority and, boy, was it a gorgeous day, kathy. >> a beautiful day. with low humidity, deep blue skies and mild temperatures that were pretty comfortable. 83 right now. the high today 87. dew point temperatures in the lower 60s making it very comfortable. pottstown 80. wilmington 80. down the shore little bit of a sea breeze so temperatures in the 70s. ocean city 78. avalon 79. wildwood 79. cape may point checking in with temperatures in the upper 70s as well. if you look at the wind direction you can see what's going on here. in atlantic city we have on shore flow. a strong sustained wind at 15 miles an hour with a cooler ocean waters so that's why we have the cooler temperatures with a sea breeze down the shore. warm and pleasant with fair weather high pressure off the coast. the flow around it is clockwise so you're getting this ocean influence. keeping temperatures little bit below average but nevertheless mentee of sunshine. tomorrow in the mid 80s a

that is fairfax county government center. our big story, though, this noon is the aftermath of violent weather overnight. all around the region, people are cleaning up after storms knocked down trees and power lines. but perhaps, the worst of the damage is in the district where a rough was blown off the apartment building. now, dozens of people are looking far there is no live. our john gonzalez has the story. >> i am glad everybody got out. got out all right. >> reporter: a violent combination of thunder, rain, wind, rumbled through southeast and partially ripping the roof off of the building here in capital hill. the debris landing feet from a children's playground. >> it looked like somebody just lifted a sheet or blanket or something off of the top of the building. reporter: gar lan foster ap that when they felt the roof ripping away. the first thing i thought, the rain going to come through the windows. reporter: the overhead shot, you can see a section where layers of material came off and the chimney cracked in seconds

. >>> a group of neighbors in fairfax county is fighting for a year to add a school bus route to their street. the school district says the houses are close enough for kids to walk when the new school year starts next month. but new tonight, parents tell our jackie benson the route these kids have to take is long, and not always safe. >> this is very remote as we go down the path, there are no homes. >> reporter: when her daughter began attending middle school, jennifer lopez was shocked how long the walk was. appeared. in june, police reported a high school student was the victim of an attempted sexual assault on an adjoining section of the path. >> if you scream for help, you will not be heard during normal daylight hours since nobody is home. >> reporter: lopez learned her daughter and other middle and high school students from the development were not eligible to ride a school bus because their homes are considered to be walking distance. when she asked why they could not ride a school bus that passed a few blocks from the development, she was told that route was full a. member of

you can see the light green, and there's a little bit of rain, rockville south, and fairfax east, and nothing crazy heavy. the heavy jest is going out to bowie and annapolis. noted there in orange and no lightning and winds. just steady rain, and you folks will see the rain end at 1:30 or 2:00. the back edge, rockville to tyson, and it's done raining out to poolsville and leesburg. yellow weather alert tomorrow, again for heat, heat indexes 105 to 109. the heat advisory has been posted. not dangerously hot wednesday through friday. yipppee. still hot but not dangerously hot. isolated thunderstorms possible. the cold front begins to go through. we will talk about the heat index going through. 106 tomorrow. the forecast the heat index. 97 on thursday, and 94 on friday, and 92 on saturday. we are going in the right direction. we can get the heat index under 100, and we will be fine. the day planner going like this, upper 70s to start, and 93, and that's 93 by 1:00, and wednesday, we are down to 90, and thursday, down to 91, and a couple of storms day. the next 7 days? around 90. friday a

most of those in fairfax county. in maryland, pepco reporting nearly 3,000 outages. prince george's county, bge is looking at 1445 and we can see there are some outages in saint mary's as well as charles county. we'll continue to track it. >>> thank you. turn back to meteorologist chuck bell this morning and storms -- a few stormed rolled through here last night to speed things up. >> i thought when i opened the door, i would feel refreshing air. >> no. that's part of the trouble, the air mass that we've had has been so crazy, crazy humid, even w you get the thunderstorms, you can only cool off as far as the

pedestrian has been killed in fairfax county. we have new information about this morning's deadly accident on richmond highway in the mt. vernon area. >> police tell us a 56-year-old was not in a crosswalk and was struck by an suv and killed. the driver did remain on the scene. this afternoon, police say neither speed nor alcohol were involved and no charges are pending. >>> but in another part of the county, elected officials, leaders and residents are celebrating the opening of a high-tech crosswalk meant to prevent pedestrian deaths or injuries. >> it's near a school. julie carey is live from springfield where this new signal is now working. hi, julie. >> reporter: guys, what you see behind me is called the hawk pedestrian beacon. it's really an electronic crosswalk. what's unusual is it is not at a lighted intersection. these are not the very first to be stalled in fairfax county. take a look at this morning as pedestrians punched the button for the first time and put it to the test. the signal then activates the overheadligh

two people dead in fairfax. it happened last month. investigators tell us 58 year old roy rumsey shot and killed his 2 year old daughter. police believe he set the house on fire before killing himself. firefighters found several gas cans in the home. the girl's name wasn't released until today. the family asked po identify the child. >>> sprint cell phone users in our area weren't able to connect after dialing 911 today. prince georges, montgomery and fairfax ended up with busy signals when they dialed the emergency number. >> they should not repeat dialing on that phone but go straight to a landline or use another cell phone covered by a different carrier. >> sprint official says they are working to fix the problem, they blame the outages on a fire and power outage. >>> we lost a local legend today. >> john mc laughlin. he hosted the political round table show for 34 years. many of those right theory in this wusa9 studio. missed his first show ever last week saying he was under the weather. punditry. sayings, issue one and out of time

children in fairfax county will be back in school next week. am of them want to be look good for the first day. some youngsters got theirr haircut. it was held at the gun springs. the fairfax county fire andire police departments and the sheriff's office helped sponsor the event.t it is more than a haircut. not only does it take someake stress off the parents, but if you look good, you feel good. these kids are really enjoying themselves.t we've got the crime doing out. mow convenience the clown. the kids are getting their faces painted. we've got police cruisers, firee trucks on display. > about about 100 kids got their haircut for free today. they voluted to help the kids out. > a win win for everybody.rybo > thanks so much for joining ug tonight at 6. the 5@6:30 is coming up right after the break. stay with us. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things fferently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not workin

two right lanes getting by that work zone but not slowing anything this morning. 66 inbound from fairfax county to the parkway, it takes you eight minutes. 66 miles per hour to get into town and out of town. 95 northbound and southbound no problems. 95 in maryland, live picture coming up. >> melissa, thank you. >>> the fight against zika taking a new turn. details on the vaccines just approved to be tested. >>> and an snl's again. >>> a piece of equipment disappears. it turns out it was thpark's

police say the driver of the maxima ran off. 23-year-old nicholas hammond of fairfax is charged with manslaughter, hit-and-run, and driving under the influence. >>> metro launching free wifi at least for awhile at a few stations. we will tell you how to be part of the testing process. >>> a number of hepatitis a. cases is going up again. why more people are getting sick. >>> dr. frankenstein. >> frankenstein. >> it's movie that gene wilder said made him laugh the z2392z zi0z y2392y yi0y luann bennett. after losing her husband to cancer, she raised three boys here in northern virginia and grew the family business. a single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. i'm luann bennett. in business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. congress just doesn't get that-- there's too much partisanship. i approve this message because washington needs more common-sense problem solvers. z23cwz zi0z y23cwy yi0y >>> new information hepatitis a. outbreak c

areas like fairfax counties allow you to text 911. >>> it's not what you want to see when you get onot in hand cuffs. a flight could have been a disaster. >> reporter: the two pilots are 35 and 45. their identities still not confirmed. they were supposed to be frying united people on board. but thenconfusion. one passenger tweeting, what is going on? police in the tunnel, very little information. it turns out sha, the pilots we arrested, for being drunk. >> if you are uncomfortable with a member of your crew, you don't fry with the-- fly with them. >> reporter: other passengers voiced concern. >> a pilot getting on a plane drunk absolutely concerned me. >> reporter: the two pilots have been removed from service and their flying duties. we are cooperating with the authorities and will conduct our own investigation as well. just yesterday, a reminder of the great responsibility pilots have. after an engine problem forced a southwest flight to make an emergency landing in florida, passge