from fairfax county, extreme northern fairfax county and also in towards montgomery county.his storm right here. all montgomery county. i don't know if we can take that re lon cameraking right at that storm. look at this. look at the rain shaft there. you can see from the left side of your screen how it's right and how it gets light. that's the wallf an extremely heavy rainfall falling around the poolsville area. where is this, guys? this is 495 inrobinson. this is from the other severe thunderstorm right aroundfa fax county around the braddock road exit andd aro the robinson turnpike. more storms continuing. back to the map here. i want to show you where the storm is. severe thunderstorm warning for fairfax county and arlington county right here. i'm going to zoom in on this ar right here until 5:00 tonight. this thing just blew up. a big time storm south and east of pools ville. this is river road all the way ou river, and then you'll be making your way up to the quince orchard area and back towards any new storms that develop we've got them for you right here. >> got it.

y, the largest district in our district fairfax is ready.aders jumping for joy. >> go, spirit. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. whether you are sending a child back to school, a f days to avoid the traffic. just p finch and lee green are in fairfax county this morning. >>> we want t talk about the commute and the weather.l you wil feel the heat. ther was a little breeze coming in. it was pointless. it was doi nothing to help the situation. >> a warm breeze never >> the instrument of the day, the trombone. that's how it els. you're going to walk outside and melt. >> well, especially this gh afternoon, th you're going to melt and need some water and shade. if you're lucky, you're at the pool today. i wouldn't try to be outside for too long a period of time. we have a heat advisory out today. this tmorning, sun will come up here. feelseg like 81es. not only feels warmer than the actual temperature. >> mid to upper 70s. 74 in clinton. as the kids head to the bus stop, warm and humid is the story this morning. a little patchy fog. look at

live in fairfax coty.ack to molette green will be at fairfax cool, to show us how tngs are getting started there. >>> e.a. sports has canceled its three remaining madden events this year to review safety protocols. e.a. will work to establish a consistent level of security at its gaming events. >> one of the events was asheduled this weekend. the virginia eventart of a larger gaming convention that will go on as scheduled. officials there are doing everything they can to assure attendees are in a safe e vironment. wearning more about the victims in this weekend's last shooting in jacksonville. two victims died in the atck. clayton, was his name here. a former california athletthat made a career of playing the madden nfl video game. robinson from west virginia. the police are looking for a motive and whether katz knew the victims. >> the gunman is from baltimore. he wrote to a judge on his 16th birthday complaining that his mom had called police on him 20 times. those records also show katz had been in and

in fairfax, i'm justin finch, news4. >>> well, some students in fairfax county are spending their first at the newly renamed justice i high school falls church. the school was formerly known as jeb stuart high school. he new school is home of the wolves. the school made changes to signs in front of the building, the marqe, light pole banners, school boards and gymnasium to reflect this transition. a rededication ceremony is planned for next week on september 7th. >>> disappointment and disbelief, a off-duty federal police officer says those are his emotions after he says he was attacked. >> he was on a scooter, stopped at a red light in d.c., when the men attked him rightn the middle of the day. news4's shomari stone spoke with the officer about the terrifying ordeal and how you might be able to help. >> i probably have several emotions that areoing on simultaneously. one is disappointment. disbelief. >> reporter: david restsn his couch with bruises and internal injuries to his ri, abdomen, and back. >> the pain is very tense. >> reporter: he's a federal police officer who was off duty,

take a look here at fairfax station road. can tell you that the water has gone downignificantly in e last 20 minutes. you can see the i damage left behind and carried intoro the adway and all the debris. yeah, that driver, like we have been saying, do not go into water, andow many times do you need to see a carn the roadway stuck. going through water is not okay. the roadway is closed down and will be for some time. this is by wholechester road in fairfa county. all throughout this area, if you know the roads are going t flood, this is a good chance you'll see this coming across the road this morning. give yourself extra time and be careful. back to you. >> adam tuck live in fairfax. thank you. >>> 6:34 and wetart your other top stories n with information on that plane crash in mexico with more than 24 hours after the crash happened. the aeromexico planesh c with 103 people on board. the plane was flying during a crashed.n it everyone was able to escape just before a fire engulfed theft airc >>> and the man convicted of murde

i'm a public informati officer with the fairfax county police dertment. so, a mclean woman is facing charges this morning.e a murder cha specifically. officers were called to the 1500 block of lincoln circle last night around 10:15 p.m. for report of a shooting. whenever officers arrived on the scene. they discovered two juvenilevi ims. one was taken to the hospital. one was pronounced deceased on scene. within an hour, our officers were able to take the suspect, veronica youngblood, 33 of mclean into custody. and our detectives are continuing to piece together what happened that led up to the events of last night's shooting. i would like to remind everybody that we're not allowed to release juvenile information due to state law. ie don't h that information. >> here or somewhere else? >> >> another jurisdiction? >> i don't have that information for you right now. >> unfortunately, ioun't give you any information that could lead to the identity of the children. >> is she the mother? >> i can give you that information. >> was she the one who called 91 >> i

she lives in new york but her suv was spotted hune in fairfax ty. no one has heard forever vianel lp a ta vera since last weekend. ficers found her vehicle in virginia. and arrested the guy they found behind the wheel. show harry stone is piecing is the story togethernd joins us live from fairfax station toteght. >> rep good evening. fair fach county police found the suv but are stillearching r this woman. now, it's unclear, what is the connection between new york, philadelphia, and here in fairfa-y 50ear-old vianella tavara, a mother of five drove from new york to philadelphia this past weekend. nypd says she's in danger. >> her family reported her 8missing july 2th because they haven't heard i from her several days which is highly unusual from what the family says. >> county police fou her acura this past monday. luis martinez was inside the sub with a handgun and needed medical attention. it's unclear why the suv tarne martinez w in fairfax. >> we're asking for public's help in figuring this out and locating vianella. >> police tell us martinez a

and boy, it is busy right now in fairfax county in vienna. fairfax county firefighters say they are just o arrivingthe scene of the water rescue on hunter mill road. and also, theve got another crew looking at a vehicle in high water at compton road and compton heights circle. i'm told we are just getting video in here. can we take a look at this? all right. there we go. now this is fromontgomery county. this is the first incident we were telling you about. the car was trapped in a creek over the road. you n see montgomery county swift water rescue team there with firefighters on the scene. that road is closed. but again, we're just getting word now of two more water rescues happening in fairfax county as well. so we'll be efforting those pictures with crews on the scene to bring you live imnlages of wt is going on. sheena arned us about this a now you're seeing the effects. >> it will cause a lot of problems this morning, i imagine, chris. thank you. >>> and we are learning more about the d.pl c killed in a possible terror attack in kajikist

fairfax county police planning a news conference with more detail tomorrow. reporting live from the fairfax county courthouse, julie carey, back for you. thank you >>> we're dealing with heat and humidity again, even a few storms popping up to outh and a sign of what could be coming for the first half of the holiday weekend. doug,t least it's little cooler or maybe there's a little bit of a breeze or something. it feels better than yesterday. >> yeah, a scientific term, doreen, wel it a smidge. a smidge cooler out there toy, d temperatures today got to 92. hit 95 yesterday with a heat index of 105. today that heat ind nowhere near that. 89 degrees right now and the only 90 on the map is toward t philadelphia area. 82 ocean city. that's looking good. ocean city, heading there.he i'll be tomorrow looking okay. nothing as far as rain is concerned. however, we're dealingith clouds. those clouds coming courtesy of big storms down to the south around the charlottesville area. there were some that are falling apart and clouds around rappahannock county and clouds ma

sh lived in new york but her suv was spotted in fairfax county. this is surveillance video of her outside of her homen ie bronx on july 28th. that day she went to philadelphia to meet a friend. family members said they never heard from her again. days later police found her vehicle in fairfax county, they arrested lewis marty neez, he's charged with grand lars any and gun position. >>> howard county police offering a reward forfo any ination that could lead to an arrest of a woman. >>> officials in chicago are asking theor community help after violence erupted over the weekend. at least 66 others were shot in less than three days. at least a dozen ofhose victims died. one hospital had to turn away victims' families because the emergency room was so crowded with mourners.it cy leaders held a press conference to assure that overall gun violence is>> down. may have y county three candidates for county executive. the current nominees are robin thicker and mark elridge. >>> president trump tweeted this message out momentsago, the u.s. has officially re

. >>> an unusual arrest in fairfax after a man ranffrom a t stop.y police tell us one of their h caninped uschas assnif easy out as it might sou. news 4's derrick ward has our story. >> reporter: this picture would be difficult to caption if youhe didn't know story behind it. it was tuesday morning. katherine daniel heard commotion in her fairfax neighborhood, squad cars on the street and a police helicopter above. >> and ited like they were right over our house. >> reporter: they wereoong for this man identified t keegan allen who ran off with police right behind. >> neighbors were directing officers, he went there. >> reporter: made his way to katherine daniels' property and sought refuge i a garbage can. >> and he flipped it open and just jumped right in head fir into the garbage can. >> reporter: now this might have seemed like a good place to hide but it wasn't for a couple of reempts fir onass. dogs sniffed the out and that's a good thing because what's in that case. one bag of garbage fullir of diapers so that man dove headfi t into hot dirty

reporter: 38-year-old fairfax county police officer jason colley is crged with child abuse resulting in the death of his 6-month-old daughteharper. she died weeks later on year.een last jessica is his neighbor. >> my youngest is 2 years old. that'scary knowing that man is two doors down. >> reporter: friends createdun go me page last fall to raise money for his family. it states harper died from a stroke. frederick county prosecutors say it was the result of blunt force trauma. in a phone interview, fairfax county police chief ed rossler speaks about the arrest of one of his officers. >> these a charges something i'm not going to tolerate. an i'm moving to separate this officer from employment with the police departr:nt. >> reporolley lived in this house in monrovia, maryland. veck ares say he assaulted his daughter september 19th of last year. mary state police launched the investigation. colleyd relie of his police duties this past april when investigators revealed he was a awsuspect. hisr said "he is asserting his innocence. we thinky in a j trial, the truth will come out and he w

t featherethe south, showers into fairfax county.torm a lot of lightning coming towards la plata. if you're there right now, you may see lightning out your window. take a look at it. you can see what's happening. he saw clear skies till blowoff came across the region. thers a little blip of rain around virginia. i had i this moves out of our area overnight t'night. look w behind it. clearing skies. we see sunshine tomorrow. it's timing out for you. here's 11:00 tonight. probably around 1:00, showers coming through. heavier down pours around the metro area. by 00, we're dry. ume sun tomorrow morning helps temperatures get there and forms shower activity. here's noon. somers sho around the d.c. baltimore area. most of tomorrow dry for most of us however, we are expecting a couple showers and rum bes o bl thunder, too. 86 tomorrow. showers and storms yes but not for everybody. most of the day is dry. still humid. how about the bea forecast? i'll be at the beach tomorrow 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. i'm off on the 11:00. you didn't know that? de

live in fairfax county, jackie benson, news 4. you. >> all right,ie ja thank you. >>> there's a new exhibit at arngton national cemetery honoring a century of womene in marine corps. 100 years ago the first woman enlisted in the marines. when women first started joining in world war 1 they were limited to desk jobs. a lot has changed since then. >> back when i was in, we certainly at that time, we were not train as they are now to do whatever is needed and be deployed wherever it's neeitd. >> even expanded roles women today only make up about e 8% o marines. >> serving their country. >> all right. let's get the word on the weather, folks. we have a busy weather d there, so what's the worst of it right now, guys? >> right now it's all east of the d.c. metro area from baltimore right on down through southernand and down to fredericksburg forming a bit of a line there. west of d.c. we may be out of the wds for the most part. >> we're still most of us under a flashat flood until sock tonight and we could see additional thunderstorms d

fairfax county parkway, at fairfax. 95 going to take you 19 minutes.ten to wtop when you hop in your car this morning. >>> it's aoo little out there this morning, huh? >> it sure is. >> a good kind of cool. >> you wear your suit jacket? >> no. my regular shirt. do you think i drive in shirtless? >> i don't know what you do. as long as you have clothes when you get up here. >> we don't need to g with this conversation, guys. >> very pleasant outside. the temperatures will stay below average again. yestday's high, 81, the coolest day of the month. 12 days in the month of august alone i 90s. there's more 90-degree weather ahead. it's been a wet august, almost five inches of rain about double our coverage. the dew points, thas the way we measure moisture in the atmosphere. down in the comfortable 5s this morning. anytime the number is below 60 a degrees,s pretty good. tomorrow, this point dew point is about 60. monday-on, when the dews poi go above 70, that's the sticky stuff that everybody xlcomplain about. bagh pressure for now is keeping all that at pus

fairfax, blake lane, between 50 and 29th, still have the lanes blocked right now.hut down in both directions. 66 inbound, in problems. fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 66 miles per hour, eight minutes. outbound same situation. no big worries there this morning. we'll be back in a couple minutes with a look at 95 in maryland. >>> 4:20. kidstant the are f way to school. parents want the safe way. coming up, newsoe 4 chris lawrence talks with parents and police i had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. asi serve in the general mbly and we work together across the aisle to get things done. and that's the way it is at ctca. what fred needed was a management team. not just to have ang-term sr quantity of life, but also an active strategy for quality of life. my psa is under control. ctca gave me an opportunity to accomplish my goals and my dreams. learn more at cancercenter.com/philadelphia appointments available now. >>> 4:23 right now. getting kids to school can be complicated this morning. life is easier when they can walk or bike themselves to school.

fairfax county police have confirmed one person is dead. we want to go live to news4's justin finch. >> and you'reive along lincoln circle, justin, i know you've been going back and forth. i liveut that way. this is a pretty busy area. you say it's confined to the back of the complex? >> reporter: that's ght, ron, angie, most of the scene happening behind the apartment. one person dead, another in the hospital. a suspect now in custody aswe . we're awaiting the relationship between all three of these people now involved in this -n laht shooting. i do want to take you to another video of lat night .here fairfax county police spreading out across this complex, beginning their investigation. we can tell you at thishour, now on scene. the crime scene investigators, as well asmehe major c bureau detective here as well. again, this is the 1500 b

>> reporter: here in fairfax county and fairfax high school, we're excited about rchool.redy for school? >> yeah! >> reporter: back over to yo >> i don't think my jack was as excited to go back today. new security measures greeted students in fairfax county a well. this year all classroom doors will be locked at all times. there are moreresource officers and psychologists on staff and students will also take part in enhanced lockdown drills, and some of those drills will be unannounced. hasof course, any kid who not gone back to school, you'll be heading back by next week. go to our nbc washington app for some important safety reminders for you drivers andedestrians. >>> the mass shooting in florida, it has prompted some changes a a local video game tournament. >> we'll explain what will beff ent this weekend. >>> a program for public outreach within the prince george's county police department has turned into a bit of a pr >> part of a major video gamen in virginia has been cancelled in the wake of the jacksonville shooting. ea sports has called off itsen maevent at the

call the fairfax county police department. in fairfax station, news 4. >>> it's 6:04. $25 million. that's how much a local family wants from u.s.ark police because two officers shot and killed their the family's grief began eight months ago when someone the month of a jeep on the gw parkway. and police scene then chased him. dash cam video shows officers approaching the jeep and firing nine ti the man was not armed. his family says the government refuses to share more information about what happened that night. ey hope a wrongful death lawsuit will lead to more answers. >>> i don't care who wants to say this was just. this was not just. they did not do theirjob. >> i don't think i'll ever recover from this for the rest of my life. i don't think time in this case will help. >> we reached out to the u.s. attorney's office. theyne decto comment on the lawsuit. >>> a bizarre story on this saturday morning. an uber driver says a passenger ch her, threatened to killer a and took her car. the driver ticked up passenger early wednesday t morning neamp hotel. the driver says the woman becam

reporting from fairfax county, chrisgordan, news 4. >>> all right.e like a staple the last four weeks. mom has everything i have my deet. my corsone cream. >> beareful not to confuse the bug spray for uthwash. be mindful of that. keep it separate in your purse. >> no. >>> theme 8:25. a lot of news ahead of us. new details aboutg terrify moments in a quiet neighborhood. >> we'll show you the moment gunfire erupted on the streets that everything that happened >>> plus the wildfire battle going on right now in california. raging on. but those on the front lines are getting help from people in our area. you're going to meet them next on news 4 today. >>> missing woman. this morning fair fax police are lookin into the disace appearance of a new york woman whose suv was found in our a man was inside who is now in police custody. no one has hrd from the 50-year-old since last weekend. >>> this morning "the washington ngst" is repor that maria butina met with a trump associate before the 2016 election. j.d. gordan worked on president trump's campaign transit

two children were shot oveinight fairfax county. one of them has died. the second remains in the hospital. the suspect identified as 33-year-old veronica youngblood is in custody. >> and we're getting a look at this crash in rton. a tractor trailer has overturned on i-95 southbound as we take a closlook. this is right before lorton road. this part of the road is closed off as you can tell. and it's going to remain that way at least for another couple hours. jack taylor h >>> thatew breaking coming out of virginia as you look at ive pictures from chopper 4 over interstate 95 right now. you're looking at aor tra trailer overturned in the southbound lanes of 95 right there before t lorton exit. it looks like an amazon prime truck on its side there. also a tow truck on the scene. that could be a good sign. fairfax fire tweetin two right lanes get big as they work to clean up the scene. we don't kno anything abo injuries at this point. we're told it could take twe mahree hours to clean this up. the tow truck on the scene could be a good sign for moving out of

take a look, this is fairfax r station road nlechester road.h across the roadway, rocks and of course the driver trying to do what so manyer driv should not do. some drivers still taking chances like this guy in his pickup truck with the hitch in tow. luckily at ts point no serious injuries reported around the area. back here along the potomac,moow rain is in the forecast for this week so make sure you do not put yourself in any dangerous situation. d do notve into standing water and get yourself in trouble. back to you. >> adamuss, thank you. >>> this is not what you want to see when you go to the beach. >> that'ight. especially if you planned on taking a dip and going swimming this summer. debris littered the water and all alo the shore. >> the beach at sandy state park in annapolis is closed right now to swimmers.he that's we find news 4's chris gordon. chris? >> reporter: well, pat and leon, you can fish but you can't swim, as you say, and here's why. i'm standing on two large tree trunks that washed upor on right along the chesapeake bay.

live in fairfax county with a party with a purpose. hi, mollet!school party with all kinds of hairstyles. the buzz cut here. shave over here. stephen herere wants twoh braids, cool looking. these guys are ready to go. our grand finale, lone girl, sabrina here showing off her hair. th a is about school supplies and haircuts from a small nonprofit, facet nonprofit here in fairfax county. thanks to the mod hair salon, ashley is coming out wit her ladies to do all this hair. this is more about thanng get a new hairdo, isn't it? >> it is. we want to send them back to school feeling good and good and the confidence they need to have a successful year. so wonderful to be here. >> are you guys ready to go back to school with your new backpacks. yeah. >> okay. they're kind of ready too back to school. all right. so these parties are happening allcross fairfax county, thanks to the facets nonprofit. some 200slus k impacted by all of this. parents are reaboy happy getting extra help in communities. that is the latest live from the reagan oak community center

an update on the situation i fairfax. blake lane between 50 and nd, the northbanes are now open. we have that downed wire there. southbound lanes are still shut down here this morning. a warning for youthere. into town on 66, into town on 95, both loo ng quitegood. his radar again, that gre showing you where we have rain falling right now. 270 southbound fromtoermantown the spur is nice and clear from frederick actually headed southbound. beltway inner loop and outer loop no problem. >>> breaking news this morning. five children and six adults are waking up withoutomes after a large fire overnight. this was in the 1300 block ofrt noh capital street northwestbe een florida and new york avenues. you can see the video from d.c. fire. the american red cross isin hethose displaced families right now. still no word on what may have caused that fire. >>> school bells will be ringing morning.istrict this a fresh coat of paint, some new desks are some of the things welcoming kids back to class. final touches put on several roads and buildings in the district. also the first day of schl fo

our bureau chief julie carey is at the fairfax county courthouse with details you'll hear only on news 4. julie? >> reporter: this young woman, she should be attending her first year of classes at a virginia university. instead, show's in a fairfax county courtroom telling jurors what she heard before her and herme f teacher in 2014 and evidencers entered new that they hope will back up the claim. this is the storage closet inside the middle school where the teenager said the teacher inappropriately touch her. timothy threlkeld was once the etch teacher of the year. visibly uncomfortable the teen answered prosecutor's questions about how intimate contact began, first with kissing. did he ever touch your private areas, y,, she sa my breast, my butt and vagina and in the sh rm closet she testified threlkeld made her tou him. introduced as evidence a thick black binder containing 600 pages of texts between the two exchanged in just a few weeks time. the improp relationship was discovered in june of 2014 when the alleged victim's older system caught her with threlkeld on a planned movie da

. >> reporter: khloe is a smart, quick thinking 10-year-old in fairfax county. >> i reaot a lnd i write down a lot of stuff. >> reporter: she's at home with her 21-year-old aunt dominique tuafday rnoon. dominique isn't feeling well. walks in the bathroom. suddenly -- >> she screamedam my saying, khloe. and i came. she's like, there's a baby. >> reporter: you rerd correctly, a baby. dominique gave birth in the bathroom. >> she got in the bathtub and had the baby on the floor, but she had lost a lot of blood so she fell down and she p out. so i grabbed the baby. i called 911. action,ter: khloe takes cuts the umbilical cord, wraps and holds the baby. >> what to do when a child is sick. >> rter: you may ask how does she know what to . the internet. >> i watch youtube videos. >> reporter: moments later medics arrive and drive dominique and her baby t anova fairfax hospital. meanwhile khloe's mother comes home. >> is thiss real,is happening now? did i walk in the right house? >> reporter: you are in shock? s> very much so. >> reporter: tha because no one knew dominique was pregnant. >> she di

o the effort a nonprofit in fairfax county is filling the gap. w theyk with school social workers to make sure students in need get supplies throughout the school year. but the work does not endn fall. >> what we do with the money is purchase school supplies in bulk and work really closely with our partner schools and social worker that is provide supplies to the students that have not been provided supplies by other organizations. >>> and a reminderhat news4's annual backpack for kids drive is underway. on august 8th we'll be at apple branch collecting donations of new backpacks and other school suppliesto if you can't by, always make an online donati. head to nbcwashington.com and search backpacks. >>> it is 4:26. ahd still d, a high-end heist. a luxury d.c. store, how thies stole thousands of dollars worth of purses in a matter of seconds. >>> plus, a terrifying gas station explosion. we'll show you the video where proof thatthis is this was sparked on purpose. > and good morning, everybody. you're looking outside this morning. it's cloudy. th

you can see fairfax county police here on the scene at the spre the child fell. there are a number of women out here in the parking lot talking to police. they have their own children in their arms. it's not clear whether they are residentsr whether they were inside the apartment where this happ ted, buty are obviously very, very as you mentioned, this is the second time in three months that a child hasallen to their death from this building, from seminary -- from skyline towers here on seminary road. since may we've had a number of complaints from residenbout the strength of the locks on those windows. someone who lives there thas i wapeaking to just a short tied ago describt as a flimsy l k. almost like plastic and that he says that there are a number of people in the building who have asked that those window locks be made stronger. again, we don't know whether the tried fell from a win doe or from a ball cone, but it is believed in this case tilt the did fall from the win doe. we are awaiting anrm in al press conference by fairfax county police and when we get

this is fairfax county.s a little grocery store and a suspected armed robber came in, pulled agun, got away with some money, didn't get too far, police tracked him down. about a month or so after his arrest, his own motherhowed of the store, according to investigators, told the clerk consider droppingrg the c against my son. we're not sure what happened in that exchange, but we flow a few month months later, some other people were showing up at thestore, apparently tracking down work schedules, getting to know their day to day iroutines, ands not clear what they intended to do, onlyhat some believe this may have been a murder forweire, that the going to actually try to kill the victim in this case before she could testify against him. >> any charges against anyone in this se? >> no charges, but the mother in this case is in federal custody, immigratio custody with i.c.e., she's currently behind bars, nothing c murder for hire. >> that sounds terrifying. >> it is. >> we'll be right back. >> we'll be right bac

in fairfax county, david culver news 4. >>> while the charges are dropped for now, prosecutors could rearrest w ach charge him with the murders once they get new evicence. >>> p say they caught the man who police say killed a young father. police just releasing this cture of the murder suspect. franklin scott, according to police, was set with lamont adair jr. over personal issue and shot him. this happened two weeks ago and during the day asadair was walking to a recreation center in seat pleasant. he leaves behind an 11-month-old son. >>> some very uncharitable behavior happening right here. prince william police want to ricketwo men who robbed wireless stores. you can see them sauntering in drawers behind the counter. they hit the one on dale boulevard twice this summer. >>> a victory for voters and a predomintly african-american community in georgia. they along with civil rights groups have been fighting a plan tolllose of the polling stations in their rural counity. today, elections officials in randolph county voted to scrap the controversial plan. a consultant recommended theo

. >> frustrationt tonight an apartment complex in fairfax county once again.ld a c has died there falling from one of the high rise apartments athe samecomplex. this time it was a 2-year-old boy. he fell fm a 24th floor balcony at the skyline towers apartments on seminary false church. the adult in the apartment was caring for another child when it happenedft yesterdaynoon. just three months ago, another little boy fell to his death. a window screen apparently gave out in thatcase. today his family's lawyers filed suit acclaiming theomplex was negligent. a spokesman for skyline towers says the complex isooperating. > tonight, muriel bowser ended her diplomatic mission to el salvad salvador. she visited a city home to many livadoran immigrants w in d.c. alberto from our sister station telemundo was traveling with the mayor. >> it's a small town in el v salvador. the mayr of the c says i think there are around 25,000 people in d.c., maryland and vineinia. he wasf them. he lived in alexandria before winning the election. the first immigrant to go to d.c. in 1967 made mt. pleasant his home. >

we're tracking flood issues in parts of prince william, fairfax, loudoun, montgomery, frederick, carroll, washington county and parts of vest wa. a lot oflood warnings are in effect through the early morning hours.ur 76 degreesntly right now. maybe an isolated shower out there or during the morning hours. for most of us, looking dry. though.umd partly sunny with a temperature around 82. windy coming up. mohr on how today's thunderstorms and rain will impact the forecast tomorrow with humidity andain chances at 11:18. >> thanks amelia. >>> a d.c. communi is reeling after another cld is shot less than a milere from whe a 10-year-old girl was rdered. in both cases can witnesses say in suspects drove off and both cases there have been no arrests. new at 11 can:00, jackie bensen oke to vincent gray about the two shootings in ward 7. >> reporter: the 100 block of 56th street southeast where a 6-year-old girl was shot when someone sprayed with gunfire the jeep she was sitting in with her mother and older sister mondaye evening than a mile from where another little gl was shot about six weeks ag

from april unt october they' busy at the fairfax county health department's mosquito lab. for mosquitos infected with a virus that can tr tsmit disease. their numbers are growing because of the recent rains. >> meaning there is the potential for more increased west nile virus activity in our area. >> reporter: the work to find infected mosquitos starts by setting upraps in parks adds storm water management facilities and water sheds. on the average there are four cases each year of west nile disease throughout the county over the past few years. now, the current patient i from the northeast portion of the county. g> we did a recent analysis and found that hav a case in a particular area of the country wase predict of having a second or third or fourth case inhat same area. >> reporter: he says to avoid mosquito bites, use mosquito repellant. wear long pants and long sleeves to cover exposed skin. and avoid areas where mosquitos are common during peak biting timest dusk and dawn. are you getting bit a lot? >> yep. definitely. a little bit every time i take a walk in the woo

fairfax county, one moving to the east towards the city of fairfax and another back around sowards therling area. we're watching them and could see more >>> a man went out to mow his lawn hand a fouody in his yard. tonight the homeowner who lives on enchanted woods way i fredericksburg is talking about the disturbingry discove. meagan fitzgerald has new details about the man who died and a new arres made in the case. >> so the vehicle would have came into the ditch where you see the ground all torn up. >> reporter: scott mattice doesn't want to go on camera but he knew a car crashed into the ditch in his front yard on thursday because the neighbor sent him a text while he was on vacation but he wasn'txpting what he would find three days later. spotsylavnia county sheriff's deputies say jarred smith was driving the car when his friend 23-year-old deandre mier-caldwell overdosed on heroin when smith panicked and crashed his car into the ditch before carrying the body to the side of mattice's house. three days later on sunday morning. >> i went out to cut the grass because you can see it's kin

should find all your travel lanes open we have ash new c in virginia. 56 eastbound before fairfax, a new crash blocking the left lane. >>> 5:01 right n and a 5-year-old girl from fairfax county is dead, her sister in grave condition in the hospital and their mother accusoo of ng them. >> we brought you the breaking news yestetoay morning. day the mother, veronica youngblood, will make her first pearance in court. justin finch is live with more on theue family i that may have sparked this killing. >> reporter: good morning. we have learned there has been so family strife in the youngblood house hold. veronica youngblood is due to arrive in court later t s morning and the question everyone is aching to answer is what may have prompted hero allegedly shoot and kill her 5-year-old daughter. details so far a still emerging in this case. 33-year-old veronica youngblood is accused o shooting two children sunday night, one of them her 5-year-old daughter, bro brooklynn died after being shot in the head. police found both children in an apartment unit, they lat tracked down youngblood to loud

we are seeing rain showers west of the district rightow and copping up through montgomery county, fairfax county and the city of manassas. we will have rain showers, just light stuff, but it will increase in coverage and get more intense as we go throughout the day. we've got rainy pattern over the next couple days. we'll time out the rain for today, for tomorrow and talk about when we dry out and heat up. we'll talk about ha in about 15 minutes. >> uren, thanks. following a developing story out of washington state. airline officials say a plane mechanic stole an airliner and diedurg a joy ride last night. the plane crashed on a small island mere theai ort. the mechanic has been identified as a 29-year-old employee for horizon air. witnesses s the airport -- say the man took a small plane, ignored the control tower, took off. all other flights in and out seattle sea-tac air port. a local sheriff said the mechanic's lack of flying skills ultimately caused that krarn. >>> final preparations are under wayor tomorrow's white supremacist rally right outside the white house. d.c.ay officialshey

first out of 28, the over aer 50 fairfax. accident activities have been moved over to the shoulder. we still have slow traffic. now, on the parkway, as you merge on to the broken down on one side of theight side of the roadway. you will be approaching at speed, please to use caution if this is normal path of travel for you. >>> 6:55. this morning, we have good news abt a dog that's been tugging at our heart strings on social media. he is terminally ill. he has found a forever home. and so far, he's visited nats pa , ate a doughnut and went onde a rilong with arlington police. >>> we probably all dreamed of winning the lottery at o point or another. one couple saw that dream ripped >>> you can find a full list on ourebsite for tax-free day in virginia. >>> battled football coach, urban bfire, coulde firedrom ohio state university, for what he knew but didn't report. he said he was unaffair of domestic abuse involving one of his coaches. his contract requiresim to report violations of the sexualc duct policy. >>> 12-year-old ji

lanes are ope fairfax station, 23 near hatchton road.estbound 70 with some delays. 270, no problems from germantown down to the spur. travel times in virginia, inbound 9566quantico to the beltway, looking nice. >>> still ahead, animal crackers changing the look of its packaging. >>> and also ahead -- >> back to school doesn't have to be stressful. i'm going seopping with my i'm going seopping with my nd gra de (birds chirping, a running brook,) i'm going seopping with my nd gra de ahh. the new deer park sparkling is made with real spring wat. ♪ it's so refreshing and delicious, you don't need slo-mo models to sell it. real sing water, real fruit flavors and refreshing bubbles. just what's refresngly real. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> from backpacks to binders, there's a lot of supplies that kids need for the new school year. >> that shopping doesn't have to stressful. chris lawrence shows how to save time and money as you go back to school.te >> repr: i hit the back-to-school ale in target with my second grader in tow, trying t

. >> what happened after that initial fender bender caught on fairfax county police important to note they were assisting u.s. park police in this pursuit. the video shows ghaisar's jeep heopping twice during pursuit and continuing to drive as police tried to pull him over. this year t final few minutes of the clip. you can see two u.s. park pole officers approaching the driver's site. they have the guns a drawn they fire several times hitting ghaisar five times. his mother says her son was likely terrified and did not pose a threat. >> i don't care who wants to say this was just. this was not just. they did not do their job. >> reporter: is also demanding $25 million as part of the federal lawsuit, money they plan to use in part to help trainfi rs. >> when you pick up your gun and you aim, don't just see a body, see a whole world explong in every shot you fire when you pull the trigger. >> b they knowinning the suit will not bring bijan back. >> i don't think i'll ever recover from this the rt of my life. >> i don't think time in this case would help. >> for some perhaps time does no

that's the latest live in fairfax county. jim,acto you. >> just awful. >> chris gordon, thank you. >>> new intrigue tonight in apparent terror attack in london. a car slammed into people walking and biking here near listminster abbey and the house of pent. police arrested the driver and revealed the car was driven minutes is area for 90 before the attack. now they are trying to figure out why. nbc's bill neely picks up the story. >> reporter: british countertrorism say the man is 29 years old, a british national though born overseas, and he is, ey say, not cooperating with detectives. >> given that this appears to be a deliberate act, the method and this being an iconic site we are treating it as a terrorist incident. >> reporter: they say last night he drove his car from birmingham, that's a city in the english miands to london where at 7:37 this morning he suddenly swerved left, accelerated and crashe into a group of cyclists and pedestrians, injuring two of them before crashing his car barriers.curi he was then surrounded

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montgomery fairfax county the county government and the school district adopted the policyg to br equity into everything that we're delivering to our students and trying to break down the barriers and provide whatever they need, a meal or clean clothes so that they come to school ready to learn. that's what our focus will be. >> barbara, how about the challenges in prince george's? >> we look at challenges. we have amazing programs from the academic of health scidces an opportunity to go into the schools itself with our career programs and some consist of students learning how to operate and build a car. students are being celebrity artists. they'll get the education but get hands-on training and progms. many of them haveertificates or an associate degree through the collegehat can propel them to greater opportunities as well. >> areraduation rates movin in the right direction? >> we're excited about that. >> each oficour dis has private/public partner opportunities to help students and their families to prepare. you have a very unique program. >> the programlled collect for kids. it is

reporting from fairfax county, chris gordon, news 4. >> and experts say you can reduce the number of breedings mosquin your property by tipping or tossing anything that holds water. d tires, buckets, planters, birdbaths, even bottlecaps, they can breed in th. >> do yourself a favor to walk around. you never know. >> you'll be surprised how much water is standing on your property. >> i had a few surprises under the desk so you might be surprised out there collecting. >> and rain is only going to collect tonight because we'll iontinue to see more rain across our r it's relentless. >> and the humidity is so bad. 's like i woke up on the equator. >> it's bad out there. >> look at that. >> the good news is even though we'llry out, the humidity will stay with us, i don't know if that's good news or bad news. depends on whether you want rain or humidity. can't have both because we 'in august. like that humidity is staying with us today and look at this. can't even see anything on the live cam. >> yes. >> any of e storms tha we see, the rain is going to bring low hevisibility, becauseare bri

he taught himself his older half-brother had married into a very wealthy fairfax family fairfax county, virginia and it is all over and they were true british superiors the keying of being but had given the family ancestors 5 million acres of virginia land. we have our half acre monster if you think a 5 million acres if you map that out it would be a square 90 miles by 90 miles that is how much land that fairfax is held they were selling off of the frontierland on the edge with the big survey party and george went out on there to learn how to survey in a formal way and got some experience on the frontier and difficult conditions. by the age of 18 he goes by himself he sets himself up in business to survey the frontierland and is making good money buying his own frontierland but is still ambitious to climb the aristocracy. so it age 21 he takes a post as a part-time officer in the virginia military national guard. the lower officer part-time. at this point the british governor of virginia needed someone to deliver a message over the appellations into the wilderness to the french. and ge

a lot of rain over a short amount of time has caused flood warnings for fauquier and fairfax and alexandria and the district. these are going to go until 8:00 p.m.meonight. er, you never want to drive through a flooded roadway. storm teama look at 4 radar right now, i'm still tracking showers mainly in parts of anneel aru county. a few sprinkles falling in parts of prince george's county, and then look back to the west. starting to see more areas of rain developing aroundep areas cur, into northern rappahannock county and western parts of waldon county and all of this moving into theo area we'll still have scattered rain overnight tonightrw ote mild and mig. a temperature of 77 degrees by 11 p.m. more rain in the forecast tomorrow. more oniming and impacts coming up in about 15 minutes. >> thanks, amelia. n>>> athern virginia family coming to grips with an le unimaginoss and our terrible weather may to be blame. >> yeah. a 10-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree. it happened in a neighborhood just outside warrenton during last night's storm. bureau chief julie carey reports this trage

. >>> an update in the traffic shooting ofwo girls in fairfax county.econd daughter allegedly shot by her mother has died. veronica youngblooded with shooting both girls inside their apartment in mclean last week. youngblood's-o 5-year daughter brooklynn died at the scene. fairfax county police say her older daughter sharon castro died early this morning. castroas a freshman cheerleader last year. aor lengthy d proceeding with her husband, at one point he got a protective order against>>her. switching gears. parents in the area experiencing empty nest sis droyndrome as skd back to school, and incominghm fres moved into dorms today. loading up bins of clothes, toiletrity, facul and alumni welcomed them into their >residence. e continue to follow our top story tonight. maryland football coach placed on leave. tmr sportsent working so urces, late-breaking details ahead. >> reporter: this church across the street from lafayette park pretty much ground zero at sunday's protests and also open. as are other >> concern tomorrow for worshippers headed to church

fairfax county, is today. >> that is 188,000 kids and teenagers.hey are not going to need jackets today. >> no. the kidsalre f getting back in the groove. and some are them would be concerned about the hair. that's the older kids. justic >> kids, do they care about their heads? >> the older >> when did you start caring? >> when i was older. temperature-wise, it is veryth humid outsid morning. 73 at78 dulles. n annapolis and right here in downtown. heat indexes are in the low- 0

. >>> re accused kil of a fairfax county teen is behind bars.he 18-year-old is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, hjine moussa. look for uates in the nbc washington app. >>> d.c. police have found a person suspected of threatening a school crossing guard. witnesses say he threatened to shoot or run over the crossing guard a told h he shouldn't be working with white children. parents gave police cell phone video os the man' car. >>> the skins fall short in the baf the beltway last night. they lost to the ravens, 30-20. coming up, we'll tell you about the roster deadline that will involve cutting dozens of players from the team. >>> todays the busiest travel day of the labor dayay hol weekend. look at reagan national airport. doesn't it look busy already. an estimated 2.7illion americans will board airplanes today. and 16.5 million americans are expected to fly somewhere for a final summer vacation. >>> back to the look at the road a lot of people will be driving this holiday weekend. >> no matter how youlan to travel

we spotted high water in fairfax water. u can see the fast movingte war nearly covering the car. >> there were reports of a high water rescue in vienna. >> reporter: what a mess thismo ing, pat. good morning to you. absolutely you can take look here at the water as it continues to race through the area. some of those roads have re-opened. some people were in a very dangerous situation today. all across the area,ocal roads turned into rivers. a driver stranded completely surrounded by water. chopper 4 capturing the scene. >> you c see the vehicle is stuck in the middle of about a 200 yard closure ofil browns road. the road completely flooded out right now. >> reporter: fairfax county tescue team removed the driver but the car l to stay in the off. and run john has lived in the vienna area for 50 years. he came to take pictures and said last night was roughthith e rain. >> i measud 3.25 inches in a rain bucket i put out. >> reporter: the rain pounded windshields leaving a mess. this is the debris that's bee left over by flash

that's what we want for every child in fairfax county. it's >> it's amazing that so many kids are in need and we can do our part to help out. >> absolutely what at's amazing is apple federal credit union has been part of fairfax family. we're a family here. >>we are family. nbc 4 proud to partner up year after year. look at the pile here. we're here until noon come on out and see us. drop off your school supplies. make a dation or you can go online to nbcwashington.com. all the informationill be there for you. we want to meet the needs of the kids in the dmv who need our help. we'll see you in a little bit with muc more. >> supply. it's all the stuff that's in the backpack. so important to the kids. great job. >>> right now the trial of paul manafort is wrapping up its first full week. hi dfrs team hefense team has t prosecution's star witness on the stand for cross-examinatio peteilliams is there. >> reporter: it's day three on the witness stand for rick gates. his trusted aid who admits stealing hundred of thousands of dollars from his