fairfax county. there will be heated emotions on thursday. this is the confederate statue in oldtown alexandria. the city council hoping to tear it down for some time but unsuccessful in doing so. now the heated debate is focused in charlottesville. >> we live in turbulent times. >> that debate intensified in charlottesville where alt-right leader spencer posted this picture on twitter organized the so-called torchlight event. chants of "russia is our friend" protesters opposed a city council vote to remove the statue general robert e. lee. the move on hold by the courts. they had a message for the protesters. >> they don't want to debate. they don't believe much in democracy. they are interested in theat yacht ricks and name -- theatrics and name calling. >> we tried to track spencer down today but had no luck. old town is one of the many places you find statues, roads or schools named for or honoring leaders of the confederacy. >> it can be hurtful. >> anthony shakes his head at those fighting to preserve the confederate heritage. >> there is more to work toward. >> he thinks they should remain. >> you

delay leave early seeing sl slushish companies through fairfax as well. 91 near route 1 northbound side ul wraing around. again you jam through dale cityre traffic ewington and parked across the 14 street bridge. el ier crash on the freeway third street tunnel cleared. heavy traffic pentagon heavy traffic pentagon through. 270 southbound father hurley boulevard. northbound side southbound side heavy cop guested frederick to truck scale. heavy volume now 15 minute delay georgia avenue inner loop near coalsdale road. hydroplaning and use windshield wipers. get early started. i want to show us a look at maps. show what you else you're facing, drive times, again, even though 395 is only a ten minute drip you saw the volume once you get to the 14 street bridge. things are slot and 48 minute trip 234 to beltway. let's switch it over and show a look at police activity southeast pennsylvania avenue near southern avenue caution metro on time except for safe track. back to you guys. >> erin thanks very much nationwide "click it or ticket" campaign begins today ahead of buzzest travel and weekends of the year. police step up patrols no excuses re

city day today. familiar >>> this is where the stream flows through a historic hack duct. in fairfax county, virginia swift water first responders had to rescue a driver in high water. a little tributary of difficult flood. nobody got hurt but the car was a mess. and the district saw its share of problems like this. a big tree down in northwest. it fell during a downpour. and considering how busy the street is very lucky nobody got hurt. we're back live now taking a closer look. had some pretty ugly water right there. i just checked the river gauges on the potomac river, harpers ferry, brunswick and point rocks. the potomac river will be rising very rapidly in the next 24 hours. it will not flood but it will make things very hazardous for people like me. methamphetamine who like to -- people who like to get out in boats and canoes and tubes. county scott broom w9 -- wusa 9. >>> a manhole explosion caused quite the scare in one southeast d.c. neighborhood this morning. residents homes on independence avenue shook and smoke filled the air when that manhole exploded. the cover was an ac

city, where it is coming down pretty good. we have got another pocket of moderate rain in manassas and fairfax in the next 30 minutes or so.tures in the 60's, 68 by 11:00 a.m., rain ready throughout the day, the could even be some thunderstorms as we head into the upper's today. right now we're looking at a couple of problems on the wet roads. starting off heading into d.c., police are responding to the stalled vehicle inbound on the douglas bridge tying up the left lane across south capital street in the freeway. 295 at 11th street bridge, your lanes are open. it will be a slow roll towards 795. strict -- separate stretches out of stafford, it's a 45 minute commute from route three out of a 13 mileburg, stretch right now that you are definitely well below speed, further north coming out of dale city and the capital beltway. a 33 minute ride on this seven mile stretch leaving potomac mills. that's the traffic watch, back in 10 minutes to update that ride to the west on 66. larry? missile successful launch from north korea over the weekend. sam, kim jong un saying that this is just the tebow the iceberg? like a broken recor

city. if you have any information about this case, they would like to hear from you. in fairfax, richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. he just stopped to fill up at a gas station when 27-year-old wayne pope was shot and killed. the search is on for the person who killed him. kevin lewis is live along silver hill road kevin? kevin: they believe this was a random murder. the motive a robbery. >> a task most of us do weekly led to pope's untimely death. the 27-year-old was fueling his car at the suitland exxon station. along silver hill road when a gunman tried to rob him. pope fought back. getting shot in the process. he died before an ambulance ever arrived. today they review color surveillance video but they so far haven't made an arrest. pope lived at the andrew ridge apartment a mile from where we took his last breath. but he spent much of his time at the mother townhome. a decorative piece says, "look for the angels in life. they are ever where." retired police officer lives a new doors down and gone fishing with pope. >> his mother is a nice lady. i feel sorry

ellicott city maryland, we'll bring you the highlights >> the incredible story of how third graders in texas are doing a great deed to veterans this memorial day. z2bppz z5yz y2bppy y5yy . >>> fairfax county are revealing what happened moments before an officer shot and killed man in herndon. >>> lindsay watts was on the scene the day of the shooting. she joins us with the latest. lindsay? >> reporter: tony and sarah this happen in january, but you may remember it. a man got in a fight with his girlfriend. then shot the girlfriend's two brothers when they tried to intervene. he went on to set his townhouse on fire and hold his roommate hostage in a bathroom. this is aerial footage from the fairfax county police chopper. you can see the smoke pouring out of that house. the hostage was trapped in a bathroom on the upper level too scared to come out. suspect was armed with a knife and you can see him in the video cutting out the window screen, police say he reviewed to cooperate, and a gun and was shooting off round inside the home. later, suspect is in the doorway and you see those swat officers coming towards him. guns drawn. of you can see he still has that knife. he's not dropping

warning for parts of stafford county, prince william county and fairfax addition severe thunderstorm warning until 9:30 now includes the cityntioned, montgomery, prince george's county under that severe thunderstorm warning and as we get down into saint mary's county we have one as well. there's your flood warning and again this will go till noon because of heavy downpours we're seeing. we could have ponding on the roadways and we could have localized flooding as this has been extremely heavy rain coming through and it's coming right through the city as we speak. up into northwest d.c. extending down into southern maryland and this is where we've seen winds gust hemoglobin a report when it crossed the potomac of winds gusting to 70 miles an hour. lots of gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour and starting to see cloud to ground lightning in the half half hour or so bottom line this is a severe line of thunderstorms coming through. it will all lift off to the north and east racing to the north and east about 30 to 40 miles an hour. get out of here pretty quick. we've got drier conditions off to the south and west it won't be raining a

city, clearing from that left side. we are seeing those delays. tt prince george's county in town and out of town looking good. taking a look at 66 fairfax county parkway, no problems. eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> if you're just getting ready to walk to metro, you might want to wait. adam tuss shows us three ways people who ride the rails can make the commute a lot less stressful. >>> the fallout continues after a video shot inside an area grocery store goes viral. what the man behind the checkout counter has to say about the intense encounter. >>> ellen welcomes nicole kidman who was the executive producer and starred in the hit "big little lies." >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> 5:24 now. a new survey shows what many peop about metro. you are not happy with current service. metro received a 74% in a new satisfaction survey on bus riders. for those who ride the rails it's 69%. the transit agency wants to get that up to 85%. safe track has put a strain on the system and fewer people are using the trains or buses. all this week we're trying to make your commute a little bit more bearable with our gridlock game changer. >> today

fairfax county officials are getting ready. just how soon they think it will happen coming up. >> what are 8 track players, tony perkins. >> i don't >> d.c. rat program is growing the cityew plan to crackdown on restaurants when we come back. >> take a live look outside. a little cooler out there today. it's feeling like early spring. still there was plenty of sunshine. sxek more of same this mor morning. >> a little twist on tomorrow. expect the same type of temperature range feeling like early spring with a lot of places in 6 0s and we'll start with sunshine and then the clouds thickening as the day goes on and around 8:00 or so rain moves in and that may get heavy tomorrow night into friday mean while these are high temperatures today 63 dulles and way below the average 72 this time avenue year and some plates are into the 40s. check out winchester 4. martinsburg 47 and mannasas 46. so there are two reasons you may not want to have windows wide on tonight. and pollen is high. a little pollen washing rain in the forecast for us. you can see a few showers closing in on ohio and we're still clear. here is the big system that will be affecting us and it could produce inc

fairfax county, prince georges and prince william's, including st. mary's. this whole area, essentially, southern maryland under a severe thunderstorm warning. hail an inch in you can actually see some of the citieshat are in the morning. >> we just got a warning till 5:45. >> just kind of clipping is a little bit. moving up i-95. not terribly fast. heavy rain and flash flooding possible. downtown dc at about 5:41. a little less than a half hour from now. a pretty big storm for brunswick. it just crossed over now and it's going to continue to move off to the northeast. frederick, get ready. it's going to head your way at about 10 -- in about 10 or 15 minutes. us logo once you get around clarksburg. going into southern maryland and also down i-95 south. if you can stop, i probably would stop for a bit. keep your photos coming. please tell us where you are. i believe maryland. if you know this is from bunker hill. the storms went through their earlier about 3:50 in the afternoon. showers and storms tonight, some heavy, some severe. they should shut off around 8:00 or 9:00. a few late lingering showers possible. bus stop temps tomorrow, 52 to 72. nice. nice tomorrow. friday, that the lobar. still a

fairfax country parkway. northbound traffic light making its way smoothly to the beltway and once you get to mixing bowl quiet through annandale and from that point good richmond to fred fredericksburg making way to dale city. no areas of congestion making delays and southbound side is wide on. we'll switch and go to maps. what else you're face this is morning as you go to road even rails. use blue or yellow as alternates. safe track and green line impacted green belt station closed. shuttle service other than metro rail, metro bus on time and erin fox d.c. i'll keep you updated throughout the morning holly and wisdom. >> sounds good, thanks, airport, a5:26. coming up. ry searchers claim to be one step closer to finding a cure for hiv and aids. >> law makers in expected to find a budget through september. >> a live look across the d.c. region wednesday morning. come on, dance into wednesday. a good way to look at the day. you can do. it get moving. "fox news morning" back after this this for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. farm, and store. we're focusing on fresh... ...so y