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in addition to the boil water advisory for part of fairfax county. water restrictions are in place for people living in montgomery and prince georges counties. the washington suburban sanitary commission is telling customers to stop all outdoor water use. they're asking people to take short showers, limit toilet flushing and postpone using washing machines and dishwash dishwashers. all water is safe to drink. fairfax county is working a big serious problem with its 911 call center. the county says right now, some calls are finally getting through. fairfax county board of supervisors say her 911 call center has what she calls a total failure. despite some progress on repairs. problems like this are just not acceptable. >> this is the first time in my memory that we've had a total failure of communications -- emergency communications in fairfax county. and i've been on the board for a long time. this is absolutely not okay. and we need to make sure that we have a permanent fix, and that this does not happen again. >> county leaders are still urging peop
in addition to the boil water advisory for part of fairfax county. water restrictions are in place for people living in montgomery and prince georges counties. the washington suburban sanitary commission is telling customers to stop all outdoor water use. they're asking people to take short showers, limit toilet flushing and postpone using washing machines and dishwash dishwashers. all water is safe to drink. fairfax county is working a big serious problem with its 911 call center. the county...
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in virginia, fairfax county government also open today. employees will be granted unscheduled leave. the loudoun county government also open but on unscheduled leave for nonessential employees. we'll have the other statuses for other cloe call governments at the bottom of your screen throughout the morning. as you see on the screen here now, some schools are closing their programs, summer programs, loudoun, alexandria cities and falls church city as well. we'll have more information on that as the day progresses. >> we're going to see if the weather cooperates today. veronica johnson has the latest on that. >> still high heat here throughout much of the eastern half of the nation. 95 degrees. does that seem cool in any way? >> not at all. >> not at all. especially if you're in a hot house, sticky howe house. >> might make a few people though kind of pause and go, um, am i going to notice the difference between yesterday's 99 or between friday's 104? >> no. >> it's a wash at that point. >> humidity is going to be so high today, too. there's
in virginia, fairfax county government also open today. employees will be granted unscheduled leave. the loudoun county government also open but on unscheduled leave for nonessential employees. we'll have the other statuses for other cloe call governments at the bottom of your screen throughout the morning. as you see on the screen here now, some schools are closing their programs, summer programs, loudoun, alexandria cities and falls church city as well. we'll have more information on that as...
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. >> i-95 in virginia northbound the crash is at fairfax county parkway as you approach fairfax county parkway and it's blocking your right lanes. here's a live look right now as you make your commute. two lanes to the left are able to get by. police and fire departments still on the scene. you can see a police officer in this area and you can see where the lanes are blocked. hitting brakes just a bit at lorton. i had seen volume northbound. close to fairfax county parkway you'll have to slow down and stick to the left to get by the accident. checking the rails. not seeing reported delays along the metro, marc or vre. over to you. >>> this morning we expect d.c. mayor vincent gray to address the third guilty plea in a corruption probe surrounding his 2010 campaign. yesterday 75-year-old jeanne harris, a veteran public relations executive plead guilty to two felonies. she's accuse of funneling $650,000 to a shadow campaign from someone identified as co-conspirator number one. news4 sources say that person is businessman jeffrey thompson who has not been charged. the u.s. attorney's offi
. >> i-95 in virginia northbound the crash is at fairfax county parkway as you approach fairfax county parkway and it's blocking your right lanes. here's a live look right now as you make your commute. two lanes to the left are able to get by. police and fire departments still on the scene. you can see a police officer in this area and you can see where the lanes are blocked. hitting brakes just a bit at lorton. i had seen volume northbound. close to fairfax county parkway you'll have to...
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meanwhile, while the fairfax county government is open today. employees, as you mentioned earlier, have been granted unscheduled leave. if you can work from home, great idea. if you happen to be out on the roadways, i-66 eastbound, during the morning commute. vdot has lifted the hov passenger requirement. that's a good thing hoping to get you on the roads faster this morning. also, vre, that's operating on a normal schedule this morning. if you want more up to date information, as far as the road closures are concerned. vdot 511 is the number to call. this kind of situation is what you're going to be running into a lot this morning. if you have to go for work, then try to just be patient, folks. that's going to be the big word for the day. we're in falls church this morning. erika gonzalez, news4. >> good advice there. 80 intersections without traffic lights across fairfax county. >> overnight. four cars crashed in tyson's corner. again, this is the problem. the lights were not working at the intersection. no injuries were reported. this is just
meanwhile, while the fairfax county government is open today. employees, as you mentioned earlier, have been granted unscheduled leave. if you can work from home, great idea. if you happen to be out on the roadways, i-66 eastbound, during the morning commute. vdot has lifted the hov passenger requirement. that's a good thing hoping to get you on the roads faster this morning. also, vre, that's operating on a normal schedule this morning. if you want more up to date information, as far as the...
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going to take a breck, but coming up, a life threatening situation in fairfax county. how news 4 helped get the power back on at a home for the disabled. and a motel 6, $500 a night? the hotel rates popping up during this disaster. >>> fairfax county tonight, patience is really wearing thin after these long hours without air-conditioning in dangerous heat. news 4 helped get the power back on for the people who need it most. melissa has the story. >> reporter: here at the agape house in fairfax, it's been a scary, frustrating ride. some like michael boysen are on di dialysis. >> it's ridiculous. >> reporter: others have severe asthma. many have no cars. they say it's been pitch-black in the halls. no one has even come by to see if they have a flashlight. >> everyone went out and got solar lights out so we could see inside. >> reporter: with power, no help and unanswered called to the corporation who runs the home -- >> that's why i called you all. we have to bring attention that this is inhumane. >> reporter: news 4 calls dominion power. within hours, the lights were ba
going to take a breck, but coming up, a life threatening situation in fairfax county. how news 4 helped get the power back on at a home for the disabled. and a motel 6, $500 a night? the hotel rates popping up during this disaster. >>> fairfax county tonight, patience is really wearing thin after these long hours without air-conditioning in dangerous heat. news 4 helped get the power back on for the people who need it most. melissa has the story. >> reporter: here at the agape...
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vernon section of fairfax county. storms are moving off to the east at 20 to 30 miles per hour and a larger line in southern pennsylvania we'll be keeping an eye on that would be arriving around 8:00. >> all right. thank you. >>> now to a developing story in arlington. a jeweller murdered inside his shop and police think this man might be the killer. take a good look, if you can. the suspect wearing a neon traffic vest. darcy has more on the search for the man police are calling dangerous tonight. >> reporter: i want to set the scene for you first. we're live along columbia pike. this is the store why this incident happened yesterday afternoon. you can see a woman is walking up here i believe to place flowers here at the scene. a man was killed inside the establishment as it turns out yesterday afternoon. police are still here on the scene because business at this point is unsecured. because he had to break into the business to gain access, there's still jewelry inside, so police are making sure no one is able to get
vernon section of fairfax county. storms are moving off to the east at 20 to 30 miles per hour and a larger line in southern pennsylvania we'll be keeping an eye on that would be arriving around 8:00. >> all right. thank you. >>> now to a developing story in arlington. a jeweller murdered inside his shop and police think this man might be the killer. take a good look, if you can. the suspect wearing a neon traffic vest. darcy has more on the search for the man police are calling...
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. >> we still have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect in fairfax county right now. we are watching the storm around the city of fairfax right across the area in through portions of fairfax and also towards oakton. you can see where this storm is. still a lot of lightning and very heavy rain with this. more storms around fredrick county. watch out to the north. here is the storm we are watching. fairfax right back towards the airport. this is over towards rusten and making its way towards tyson's corner here in about ten to 15 minutes. watch out for this storm this evening. high temperatures up to about 89 degrees. currently at 86 at the airport. very warm and on the muggy side. we will talk more about the thunderstorms and chances for storms through the night tonight and tomorrow. >>> a 12-year-old boy struggling for life right now. he is the sole survivor of an parent murder suicide that left his mother, father and sister dead. pat collins is live with the latest. >> reporter: when police went into that house this morning they saw things they will not soon forget. h
. >> we still have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect in fairfax county right now. we are watching the storm around the city of fairfax right across the area in through portions of fairfax and also towards oakton. you can see where this storm is. still a lot of lightning and very heavy rain with this. more storms around fredrick county. watch out to the north. here is the storm we are watching. fairfax right back towards the airport. this is over towards rusten and making its way...
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. >>> breaking news in fairfax county. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting involving one of their own officers. police tell us two officers noticed two men acting suspiciously around 11:30 last night in the fry road area of mt. vernon. when police approached the two men, they say they ran and a fight ensued and one of the men fired at the officers but missed. the officers returned fire, hitting and killing one of the men. we do have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you more information about this breaking news story throughout the morning. >>> at 5:03, we're also following a developing story in virginia this morning. did a tornado hit parts of the fredericksburg area last night? several businesses were flattened and four people were sent to the hospital, including two children, after some storms there. news4's melissa mollet is live now with more on the damage. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. whatever it was, it was very, very fast and furious. take a look here behind me. we're on flemin
. >>> breaking news in fairfax county. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting involving one of their own officers. police tell us two officers noticed two men acting suspiciously around 11:30 last night in the fry road area of mt. vernon. when police approached the two men, they say they ran and a fight ensued and one of the men fired at the officers but missed. the officers returned fire, hitting and killing one of the men. we do have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you more...
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police have not released the victim's name nor the names of the officers involved. >>> fairfax county police are investigating another attack on a horse. this attack happened at a horse facility on centreville road which is near frying pan park. the horse was moved from frying pan park because it was attacked last april. police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old from herndon, virginia in the first attack. experts say that the horse's injuries are not life- threatening and police are looking for a suspect. >>> russian officials say that they are halting arm exports to syria till the situation there calls down. the announcement comes after the united nations special enjoy kofi annan made a surprise trip to syria. annan is trying to revive the peace land he brokered which has mostly been ignored since it was agreed to three months ago. today he will meet with the syrian president who blames the united states for the violence. >> they give an umbrella and political support to those gang -- [indiscernible] >> the future to me should be abundantly clear to those who support the assad r
police have not released the victim's name nor the names of the officers involved. >>> fairfax county police are investigating another attack on a horse. this attack happened at a horse facility on centreville road which is near frying pan park. the horse was moved from frying pan park because it was attacked last april. police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old from herndon, virginia in the first attack. experts say that the horse's injuries are not life- threatening and police...
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good morning. >> fairfax county police still remain here on the scene at hours after the shooting. you can see the active investigation. what police say it was sunday night just before 11:30 p.m. when two officers were it in this area of mount vernon when they spotted two suspects that look suspicious. we are told the police approached the two suspects and tried to talk to them when one of the suspects began to run away from police. two officers then began chasing the suspect and one that caught up with him, there was an altercation. >> during the altercation, it appears the suspect is played a handgun and fired shots towards the officers. one of our officers returned fire, striking the suspect. >> when the suspect was taken to -- the suspect was taken to mount vernon hospital, where he later died. we are not told get out many times he may have been shot or who -- or who the suspect is. police remained on the scene collecting evidence and the waiting for the sun to come up and they are continuing investigating. the two officers involved were not injured. >> some quick moving storm
good morning. >> fairfax county police still remain here on the scene at hours after the shooting. you can see the active investigation. what police say it was sunday night just before 11:30 p.m. when two officers were it in this area of mount vernon when they spotted two suspects that look suspicious. we are told the police approached the two suspects and tried to talk to them when one of the suspects began to run away from police. two officers then began chasing the suspect and one that...
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vernon area of fairfax county. jennifer gomez was coming home from work when it happened. heard the shots. >> we got scared, because you know, it's like right near our house, and we have little ones. now we're going to be more cautious about coming outside. >> reporter: police say it happened about frey road, two officers on patrol approached two men who were acting in a suspicious manner. as they did, one of the men they say ran down there. the two officers ran after them. they caught up with them, tried to detame then. at they did, they say the suspect pulled a gun. one of the overs returned fire. that suspect fell to the ground. he was taken to the hospital. he was later pronounced dead. >> we saw a guy laying down there, before even the police came. >> reporter: that's janet quarby. she lives in the neighborhood. scary? >> very. >> reporter: thinking about moving? >> yes. >> a car was towed from here. there's a lot of shattered glass near the shooting scene. and a large rock sitting on some plastic. but it's unclear to what, if anything, these items may have to do with
vernon area of fairfax county. jennifer gomez was coming home from work when it happened. heard the shots. >> we got scared, because you know, it's like right near our house, and we have little ones. now we're going to be more cautious about coming outside. >> reporter: police say it happened about frey road, two officers on patrol approached two men who were acting in a suspicious manner. as they did, one of the men they say ran down there. the two officers ran after them. they...
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fairfax county police say they remain here for quite some time investigating. still an active crime scene in mount vernon. just before 11:30 last night, officers sought two say were acting suspicious. officers approached those men those men started away.g police said the officers began to chase the man and there was kind of altercation. police say that suspect pulled out a handgun and started firing at police. the officers fired back hitting the victim. police say he later died from his injuries. we're not been told that suspects identity. these officers were not injured. police are still looking for the suspect and they still remain out on the scene collecting evidence. they are waiting for the sun to collect even more evidence. this intersection behind us closed for quite some time. vernon.g live in mount >> thank you for the update. three lanes of a stretch of route 50 have now reopened. they were closed yesterday hear-related road uckling. crews were able to get the sooner than expected. >> both tracks are back in service following a partial in prince georg
fairfax county police say they remain here for quite some time investigating. still an active crime scene in mount vernon. just before 11:30 last night, officers sought two say were acting suspicious. officers approached those men those men started away.g police said the officers began to chase the man and there was kind of altercation. police say that suspect pulled out a handgun and started firing at police. the officers fired back hitting the victim. police say he later died from his...
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we're going to see temperatures heat up, higher humidity from montgomery county, fairfax county, princeam county, areas down south. there around stafford county, that heat advisory goes up to about 8:00 p.m. today. 83 degrees right now. look at that. 7 1 degrees, the dew point temperature. last couple of days it's been much lower. so we're already starting out at a higher number for both the temperature and humidity. 70s then throughout the area for actual air temperature. but look at the heat index. fredericksburg where it feels like 86, right now it feels like 88 degrees in d.c. factor in the humidity. so again, way up already. watch the clouds, watch the thunderstorms. all making their way south and dissipating. today's sky, mostly sunny. we've got a mostly clear sky right now. then for tomorrow we're going to be heating up even more. this is the area that's under an excessive heat watch right now. it's likely to be upgraded to an excessive heat warning because temperatures will be right above, i think, a record high for tomorrow. the record right now is 102. i think we're going to m
we're going to see temperatures heat up, higher humidity from montgomery county, fairfax county, princeam county, areas down south. there around stafford county, that heat advisory goes up to about 8:00 p.m. today. 83 degrees right now. look at that. 7 1 degrees, the dew point temperature. last couple of days it's been much lower. so we're already starting out at a higher number for both the temperature and humidity. 70s then throughout the area for actual air temperature. but look at the heat...
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there have been four deaths because of downed trees in fairfax county in the last three weeks. that matches the number in the past 20 years. in great falls, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> a footnote here in laurel, the city council is scheduled to pass a bill next week that would force property owners to take care of their trees. they would have to remove dead or dying trees from their property in 30 days of being told there's a problem. if there's no action taken, the city would be able to take down the tree after 75 days and bill the property owner for the removal process. you can learn more about some of the signs a tree is sick at www.wusa9.com. >>> have you ever heard the saying not to hassle the hoff? what about just stealing him outright? that's what's happening with life size cutouts of actor david hasselhoff all over new england. here's the spokesman for a change convenience stores who says the signs are there as ads, but the owners say people just keep making off with them. >>> still ahead dealing with the drought gripping the nation in our own backyard. >>> 9 wants you
there have been four deaths because of downed trees in fairfax county in the last three weeks. that matches the number in the past 20 years. in great falls, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> a footnote here in laurel, the city council is scheduled to pass a bill next week that would force property owners to take care of their trees. they would have to remove dead or dying trees from their property in 30 days of being told there's a problem. if there's no action taken, the city would be able to...
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if it holes together, it will move into fairfax county and bring some heavier rain. some scattered thunderstorms and i want to break down, too. and up on 70. it's not severe. again, severe thunderstorm warnings for montgomery and frederick county. and that is going to go until 5:45 p.m., another severe thunderstorm warning in effect for howard county until 5:30 and heavy rain, dangerous lightning, wind gusts sometimes, more than 50 miles an hour and some fairly large hail, a possibility of these storms, laura. >> all right, guess we could -- we made the rain and we'll take what we can get. >> this runs off quickly. >> yeah. >> and then it's gone. >>> and we'll talk to you more, with more details and weather coming up. thanks. >>> coming up tonight, michael phelps makes history. >> and members of the women's gymnastics team do something that hasn't been done since the late '90s. we'll have details for you. lindsay. >>> coming up from redskins training camp, an update from day 5 and a special redskins rapid fire with the guy who is always chilling. you know him better a
if it holes together, it will move into fairfax county and bring some heavier rain. some scattered thunderstorms and i want to break down, too. and up on 70. it's not severe. again, severe thunderstorm warnings for montgomery and frederick county. and that is going to go until 5:45 p.m., another severe thunderstorm warning in effect for howard county until 5:30 and heavy rain, dangerous lightning, wind gusts sometimes, more than 50 miles an hour and some fairly large hail, a possibility of...
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this lacrosse camp and three others run by the fairfax county park authority are supposed to be at the lee district rec center, but a worn out power cable, not the bad storm, sent the facility into darkness and set off a quick change of plans. >> they scrambled, got the school. the school has been amazing helping us out. >> reporter: the kids were bussed to forestdale elementary in springfield where the indoor camps could use classroomed and the gym and the lacrosse camp could use the field, but the high sun and high temperatures this week have posed a danger for anybody outside, especially those not used to it. >> it's really hot out here, especially playing lacrosse. it can be really tiring. >> reporter: coach jason jeffries says he tells the campers to take water breaks whenever they need to and they go inside part of the day. >> you do worry, but we take plenty of water breaks. the kids are very good about telling us when they're tired and need a break. >> reporter: have you ever said coach, i need to get in the shade? >> yeah. like every day. >> just go in the shade, go inside. >>
this lacrosse camp and three others run by the fairfax county park authority are supposed to be at the lee district rec center, but a worn out power cable, not the bad storm, sent the facility into darkness and set off a quick change of plans. >> they scrambled, got the school. the school has been amazing helping us out. >> reporter: the kids were bussed to forestdale elementary in springfield where the indoor camps could use classroomed and the gym and the lacrosse camp could use...
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then there's another cell we're watching headed toward fairfax county. chuck bell is in stormcenter 4 taking a look at our damage reports. >> thanks, veronica. we have a report of three-quarter inch hail coming down just outside of rockville, maryland. merkd measured by a trained spotter. that storm is headed over into portions of prince george's county. so you need to expect not only the wind but the potential for hail and frequent lightning, so we have to watch these things very, very carefully. temperatures around the area have been soaring, up to near 100 degrees. that is going to be coming down as these showers continue to move on through. as you were seeing, this is the worst of the storm here headed out towards annapolis and the western side of the chesapeake bay so be on the lookout for that. we have had reports of trees down out towards shenandoah county and blue ridge. trees down. we could also have power outages across the area. not looking for widespread power outages, but nonetheless each one of these storms have to be taken very, very serio
then there's another cell we're watching headed toward fairfax county. chuck bell is in stormcenter 4 taking a look at our damage reports. >> thanks, veronica. we have a report of three-quarter inch hail coming down just outside of rockville, maryland. merkd measured by a trained spotter. that storm is headed over into portions of prince george's county. so you need to expect not only the wind but the potential for hail and frequent lightning, so we have to watch these things very, very...
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>> reporter: there is also a proposal to expand express metro service between montgomery and fairfax counties. of course, this is construction of the silver line, which will offer travelers an alternative going to dulles airport and beyond to louden county. chris gourd everyone, news4. >>> we're covering some breaking news right now from chopper 4. we have a live picture of a fire. this is on rockville pike in a building that a lot of people drive past every day. the marlow building. again this is a live picture from rockville of a fire. you can see that the flames are big, and you can also see that the fire department is on the scene. they're working to get this fire under control. that's a fire under way right now at 7:25 rockville pike. the mar lowe building, a great big furniture building. as we get more details. we will share them. drivers have a any was to get through the express lanes when they open later. the pass can change into an hov mode. drivers won't be charged for toes when the transponder is in that setting. it's the first of its kind. >>> that gunman held her at gunpoint yest
>> reporter: there is also a proposal to expand express metro service between montgomery and fairfax counties. of course, this is construction of the silver line, which will offer travelers an alternative going to dulles airport and beyond to louden county. chris gourd everyone, news4. >>> we're covering some breaking news right now from chopper 4. we have a live picture of a fire. this is on rockville pike in a building that a lot of people drive past every day. the marlow...
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in fairfax, arlington, prince george's and montgomery counties. district of columbia in the low to mid-70s. low to mid-70s right around the bay. we've got a bit of a blustery southwest breeze that's kicking up to around 15, 20 miles an hour. in addition, rapidly developing cluster of thunderstorms developed southeast of pittsburgh in the last hour. those are weakening, thankfully, as they're heading into the mountains right now out in western maryland, in garrett and allegany counties. they are advancing east. we're seeing the first high clouds of those passing over the metro area right now. that is going to play a role here, those areas that do get the showers this morning might get not quite as hot as it will be in the other areas that don't get the storms around this morning. so, otherwise, up near 100 degrees. but if you do get the showers coming through, not going to be as hot this afternoon. it will feel hotter, though, with the humidity factored in. we'll look at the storm4 radar up close and the severe risk zone and your seven-day outlook
in fairfax, arlington, prince george's and montgomery counties. district of columbia in the low to mid-70s. low to mid-70s right around the bay. we've got a bit of a blustery southwest breeze that's kicking up to around 15, 20 miles an hour. in addition, rapidly developing cluster of thunderstorms developed southeast of pittsburgh in the last hour. those are weakening, thankfully, as they're heading into the mountains right now out in western maryland, in garrett and allegany counties. they are...
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. >> reporter: martina holmes claims that the fairfax county public school system disnates. >> the poor latino kids are not been identifying. african-american kids are not being identified. >> reporter: and these students are underrepresented at the crown jewel of high schools in the country. thomas jefferson high school for science and technology or t.j. together they filed a complaint against the county school system. the report indicates this year's class has 476 students, 43% are white and 64% are asian. 8% are multi racial. only 2.1% are hispanic and a bleak .6% or just 3 students are black.
. >> reporter: martina holmes claims that the fairfax county public school system disnates. >> the poor latino kids are not been identifying. african-american kids are not being identified. >> reporter: and these students are underrepresented at the crown jewel of high schools in the country. thomas jefferson high school for science and technology or t.j. together they filed a complaint against the county school system. the report indicates this year's class has 476 students,...
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montgomery county south of gaithersburg, fairfax towards charles county moving east into prince george's county. more ragged showers down to the south and west of us. a stronger line that's just now getting into west virginia. but not as fierce as it was yesterday. starting to break up. still some pockets of embedded thunderstorms and that means a chance to get some isolated heavy rain. starting about 8:00 and running up to midnight to 1:00 a.m. in the morning. 77 degrees. cool. showery and northeast wind too. 16 miles per hour. almost need a jacket out there this evening. by midnight, 11:00 p.m. drop to 75, 74 degrees. tomorrow morning right in town we'll be starting out in the low 70s. still some wet weather around and in fact a little cool on the north side of this front. so getting up to gaithersburg, get up to areas around frederick and even into northern fauquier county, chilly tomorrow morning. this weather front sticks around us through the weekend. it depends on where it sets up tomorrow afternoon. right now, though, it looks like it will be south of d.c., running right through
montgomery county south of gaithersburg, fairfax towards charles county moving east into prince george's county. more ragged showers down to the south and west of us. a stronger line that's just now getting into west virginia. but not as fierce as it was yesterday. starting to break up. still some pockets of embedded thunderstorms and that means a chance to get some isolated heavy rain. starting about 8:00 and running up to midnight to 1:00 a.m. in the morning. 77 degrees. cool. showery and...
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tonight, at-home day care center owners in fairfax county and parents can tell county leaders what theylation that is limit how many kids these day care centers can have. a town hall meeting scheduled at the fairfax county government center at 7:00 p.m. it is in response to a new rule that essentially allows at home day care centers in fairfax to watch just seven children at a time. the chairman of the fairfax county board of supervisors says she hopes to change the limit to 12, that's the state's new legal limit. >>> the white house visitors center under construction. renovations inside the herbert hoover building on pennsylvania avenue expected to last about 15 months. the park service plans to add more interactive exhibits, a museum and expand a bookstore there. a temporary white house visitor center is at 15th and e streets. it won't open until next saturday and it will stay open until the restoration is finished. >>> 5:50 right now. taking a look at the weather. it's kind of strange. it's humid and warm, a few sprinkles, but no rain right now, maybe later. >> tom? >> are you lookin
tonight, at-home day care center owners in fairfax county and parents can tell county leaders what theylation that is limit how many kids these day care centers can have. a town hall meeting scheduled at the fairfax county government center at 7:00 p.m. it is in response to a new rule that essentially allows at home day care centers in fairfax to watch just seven children at a time. the chairman of the fairfax county board of supervisors says she hopes to change the limit to 12, that's the...
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fairfax county government and courts closed. loud don county government employees can use leave, city of falls church, city hall is closed. montgomery county circuit court is closed. montgomery county schools are closed. pepco is down to 130547 outages most in montgomery county but they are also spread across the district and prince george's county. dominion power has 82963 outages in northern virginia.
fairfax county government and courts closed. loud don county government employees can use leave, city of falls church, city hall is closed. montgomery county circuit court is closed. montgomery county schools are closed. pepco is down to 130547 outages most in montgomery county but they are also spread across the district and prince george's county. dominion power has 82963 outages in northern virginia.
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there is the heat advisory for the immediate metro areas inmont domry and fairfax county. up in the philly area that heat warning looks like it is going to be going through at least saturday evening up there. temperatures this morning, way up there. 83 in town, 77 winchester,
there is the heat advisory for the immediate metro areas inmont domry and fairfax county. up in the philly area that heat warning looks like it is going to be going through at least saturday evening up there. temperatures this morning, way up there. 83 in town, 77 winchester,
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also in fairfax county patience wearing thin after long hours without air conditioning.ews 4 helped get the power back on for the people who need it most. >> reporter: here at the agape house in fairfax, independent living facility for the disabled, a scary frustrating ride. some like michael, are on dialysis. >> it is ridiculous. it's absolutely ridiculous. >> others have severe asthma. many have no cars and get their food delivered by food banks. they say it has been pitch black in the halls. >> everyone went out and got solar lights so we could see inside. >> with no power, no help and multiple unanswered calls to the wesley housing development corporation who runs the home. >> that's why i called you all. we have to bring attention to this is inhumane. >> news 4 called dominion power. within hours the lights were back on. even our viewers showed up with food and water. this was the culprit. a large tree tangled in wires. it is a similar scene across the county. >> a disaster everywhere we go. ju just mother nature. can't help it. we got to get it done. >> a long few
also in fairfax county patience wearing thin after long hours without air conditioning.ews 4 helped get the power back on for the people who need it most. >> reporter: here at the agape house in fairfax, independent living facility for the disabled, a scary frustrating ride. some like michael, are on dialysis. >> it is ridiculous. it's absolutely ridiculous. >> others have severe asthma. many have no cars and get their food delivered by food banks. they say it has been pitch...
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fairfax county has about 50 intersections in the dark. a substantial change in montgomery county. the number is significantly reduced to about 140 traffic intersections that are still in the dark. about 90 of those, they have police direction. have been very busy. back inside. >> hundreds of thousands of people across the d.c. region still in the dark. many still have a long wait before the power comes back on. >> we will look at some of the latest outage numbers. pepco reporting 113,000 customers without power in the district. prince george's county and montgomery county as well. dominion says 79,000 customers in northern virginia are still in the dark. bge reporting just over 50,000 customers without power in maryland. >> 250,000 customers still are locked, but that is down significantly from its friday night. four days without power. >> many are starting to lash out at utility companies. jummy olabanji joins us from northwest washington with what customers are saying. >> we are on jupiter streets off 16th street in northwest washington. the entire street behind us has been with
fairfax county has about 50 intersections in the dark. a substantial change in montgomery county. the number is significantly reduced to about 140 traffic intersections that are still in the dark. about 90 of those, they have police direction. have been very busy. back inside. >> hundreds of thousands of people across the d.c. region still in the dark. many still have a long wait before the power comes back on. >> we will look at some of the latest outage numbers. pepco reporting...
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d.c., northern prince george's county and northeastern fairfax county until 5:00 p.m. the entire area under a watch for the possibility of severe weather until 9:00 p.m. you can see this whole area from new york, areas of the northeast, boston, new york, all the way back toward chicago under a watch too. so this is one continuous line of storms that's been making its way down to the south. look at that, tremendous amount of lightning and we've got more lightning too showing up in areas around frostburg and just off to the west in northern areas of west virginia. the line right now making its way southward but we've also got some individual cells that have jumped out ahead of that line, which is why we've got the warnings coming up now for d.c. and prince george's county. but for owings mills, you can see that area being hit in the next ten minutes with high winds, downpours toward eldersburg in the next 15 minutes and on toward randallstown in the last 41. and again, hail a possibility as well as the possibility of some high winds too coming into the area. this other c
d.c., northern prince george's county and northeastern fairfax county until 5:00 p.m. the entire area under a watch for the possibility of severe weather until 9:00 p.m. you can see this whole area from new york, areas of the northeast, boston, new york, all the way back toward chicago under a watch too. so this is one continuous line of storms that's been making its way down to the south. look at that, tremendous amount of lightning and we've got more lightning too showing up in areas around...
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care centers in fairfax county to watch just seven kids at a time t. chairman of the fairfax county board of supervisors says she hopes to change the county's limit to 12. that's the state's legal limit. >>> when news 4 at 4:00 continues, hear who police are hoping to question in their search for two girls who disappeared while riding their bikes. >>> also tonight, a potential break through that could change the way patients are treated for cancer. >>> singer elton john joins aids activist [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go? friends, donors, campaign supporters, special interest groups where did the obama stimulus money go? solyndra: 500 million taxpayer dollars. bankrupt. so where did the obama stimulus money go? windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> we won't get that vaccine to those in need if governments shun their most marginalized citizens. that is why compassion i
care centers in fairfax county to watch just seven kids at a time t. chairman of the fairfax county board of supervisors says she hopes to change the county's limit to 12. that's the state's legal limit. >>> when news 4 at 4:00 continues, hear who police are hoping to question in their search for two girls who disappeared while riding their bikes. >>> also tonight, a potential break through that could change the way patients are treated for cancer. >>> singer elton...
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in montgomery, arlington, fairf fairfax, prince george's counties, the mid-60s, mid to low 60s parts of northern virginia and rural areas of maryland and into west virginia. reagan national now at 72. it's in the low 70s right by the bay waters view from space showing cloud cover down to our south, but right over the district, points west and north, it's all clear this morning. a gorgeous summer day coming. plan accordingly. great beach and pool weather. you'll need sunblock. high humidity is gone. the low humidity has returned temporarily. and we'll have highs reaching the upper 80s to near 90 with that comfortably low humidity through the rest of the day today. so, enjoy. i'll be back in ten minutes with another weather update. right now with a traffic update, here's danella. >>> good morning. still following breaking news on the roadway. in accokeek, maryland, if you're traveling southbound 210 at pine drive, serious crash looks to be involving two vehicles. you can see police are on this scene right now still investigating. so, all your southbound lanes are blocked. and looks lik
in montgomery, arlington, fairf fairfax, prince george's counties, the mid-60s, mid to low 60s parts of northern virginia and rural areas of maryland and into west virginia. reagan national now at 72. it's in the low 70s right by the bay waters view from space showing cloud cover down to our south, but right over the district, points west and north, it's all clear this morning. a gorgeous summer day coming. plan accordingly. great beach and pool weather. you'll need sunblock. high humidity is...
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mid 60s much of fairfax county. upper 60s in arlington county. prince george's county in the mid to upper 60s. in the district of columbia now, the low 70s. upper 70s on the warm waters of the bay. shenandoah valley to the mountains, a few 60s. some spots in the mountains in the 50s this morning. quite a change from yesterday's heat and humidity. by 9:00, here's your day planner, upper 70s. a mild and dry morning with lots of sun. a warm and dry noon hour. low to mid 80s by then. by mid afternoon, peaking in the upper 80s. hot and dry briefly, but cooling down by 6:00, down to the low to mid 80s. we'll have the low humidity in place throughout the day today. i'm returning in ten minutes, but right now danella is here with first 4 traffic. as you make your way southbound, delays out of urbana, right around 80. passing clarksburg road, things looking look. a live look traveling southbound past germantown road, no issues, northbound you're clear. connecting to the lane divide, nice and clear as you connect to the beltway. a live look, outer loop loo
mid 60s much of fairfax county. upper 60s in arlington county. prince george's county in the mid to upper 60s. in the district of columbia now, the low 70s. upper 70s on the warm waters of the bay. shenandoah valley to the mountains, a few 60s. some spots in the mountains in the 50s this morning. quite a change from yesterday's heat and humidity. by 9:00, here's your day planner, upper 70s. a mild and dry morning with lots of sun. a warm and dry noon hour. low to mid 80s by then. by mid...
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under state of remains at some stormook damage in fairfax county, which to have been hit harder than parts of the area. ,> in falls church and mclean still down trees. cleanups could take neighborhoods.er jay korff reports. >> no one is accustomed to seeing this unless you are in a tornado. >> in fairfax county -- but this is a catastrophe. >> a stray thunderstorm turned gravity on its head. >> it was insane. >> what was once up is down. especially the telephone pole over the road. >> in falls church, massive trees destroyed streets, andcked cut power to half the city's residents. >> to have this from a thunderstorm is incredible. the same can be said in nearby mclean. along lemon road, blues musician wheeler is the least bitter man that you will need. ♪ i've got the power outage bluest dore's nothing i can but sit around and sweat until noon ♪ it was fireworks outside my window. >> transformers exploded. >> i am extremely grateful. i thank god that i'm still alive. >> in the middle of our --erview but there they go. >> a utility crew from georgia up.e they will be back. >> i am grat
under state of remains at some stormook damage in fairfax county, which to have been hit harder than parts of the area. ,> in falls church and mclean still down trees. cleanups could take neighborhoods.er jay korff reports. >> no one is accustomed to seeing this unless you are in a tornado. >> in fairfax county -- but this is a catastrophe. >> a stray thunderstorm turned gravity on its head. >> it was insane. >> what was once up is down. especially the telephone...
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county. much of southern maryland is dry. manassas is at 70. montgomer montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, western maryland in the upper 60s, most of those locations. a lot of clouds around this morning. you may need an umbrella because we do have a few of these scattered light sprinkles around likely for the next few hours and maybe by 9:00. still a chance of a passing light shower in the upper 70s by then. by noontime, for your lunch hour, probably you won't need an umbrella but have it handy. slight chance of a sure. 80 by noon. late afternoon, greater chance of a passing shower. cloudy. temperatures dropping from the mid 80 by presunset. after sun is it back down to the 70s and 60s by dawn tomorrow. saturday looks to be mostly cloudy. hot and humid up near 90. a likelihood of afternoon thunder showers. don't anticipate any bad storms. monday's hot and humid up around 90. could get scattered mainly afternoon storms as well as toward the end of next week and remaining hot and humid through much of next week. danella, how's traffic? >> construction in our area s
county. much of southern maryland is dry. manassas is at 70. montgomer montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, western maryland in the upper 60s, most of those locations. a lot of clouds around this morning. you may need an umbrella because we do have a few of these scattered light sprinkles around likely for the next few hours and maybe by 9:00. still a chance of a passing light shower in the upper 70s by then. by noontime, for your lunch hour, probably you won't need an...
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majority has been south of town, we had an earlier pop in culpeper, we are seeing some action into fairfax countywe have a little cell up to the north and that could approach portions of and around counsel -- anne arundel county. so far, just looking at heavy downpours in portions of the region. so far, winds have been fairly moderate, although in the cells we're seeing a bit of gust at times, maybe 30, 35 miles an hour. no hail associated with it, but annapolis is getting pummeled with a strong cell. this sort of thing is going to continue in the next couple of hours, it's going to be hit or miss due to the nature of the storms, it's ahead of this upper level system which is off to the north and toward the east. the brunt is going through the western pennsylvania area, but some at the tail end is spurring enough action into our region, and that's why we see that set up as we head towards sunset. getting into the evening hours, most of this activity will start to die down, and i think we're going to be left with a nice evening, a little on the muggy and humid side because of the moisture, but we
majority has been south of town, we had an earlier pop in culpeper, we are seeing some action into fairfax countywe have a little cell up to the north and that could approach portions of and around counsel -- anne arundel county. so far, just looking at heavy downpours in portions of the region. so far, winds have been fairly moderate, although in the cells we're seeing a bit of gust at times, maybe 30, 35 miles an hour. no hail associated with it, but annapolis is getting pummeled with a...
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. >> a busy news night begins with breaking news in fairfax county, virginia, a quiet neighborhood in the oakton section is the scene of a double shooting. one person is dead, another is in the hospital. >> it happened around 8:00 on trever house drive. it's off of germantown road. audrey, what can you tell us? >> ryan, i just talked to a very tearful relative moments ago and all he could say, all he could get out was that his little brother has passed away here. people living here at the trever house condominium complex say crimes like this don't happen around here. one neighbor told me he did hear a very loud shot and within minutes, the place was swarming with fairfax county police. >> the call was for shooting, for shots fired. that is what got us here in the first place. >> and those victims were found inside the apartment? >> there was one deceased person found in the residence. the other was taken to to the hospital. >> police and that relative are confirming that one male has died here at the scene. officers also tell me that a second male in extremely grave condition was tran
. >> a busy news night begins with breaking news in fairfax county, virginia, a quiet neighborhood in the oakton section is the scene of a double shooting. one person is dead, another is in the hospital. >> it happened around 8:00 on trever house drive. it's off of germantown road. audrey, what can you tell us? >> ryan, i just talked to a very tearful relative moments ago and all he could say, all he could get out was that his little brother has passed away here. people living...
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. >> fairfax county police say the two officers were not injured. but both have been placed on administrative duties, which is procedure in these types of investigations. >> new at noon, a horse out of fairfax county farm has been attacked again. it happened over the weekend you're frying pan park. it is the same farm where several animals were injured in a series of attacks in april and may. the 17-year-old was arrested two weeks ago, charged with using a machete to cut the animals. police tell us that teenager was still in jail when the most recent attack occurred. >> and today on the campaign trail, the focus once again is money. president obama is pushing for congress to extend the bush era tax cuts for households earning less than $250,000 a year. the president is scheduled to speak at the white house in a few minutes. we are getting ready in the east room for his arrival. we'll continue to keep an eye on the situation there at the white house. here is the president approaching the podium now. let's listen in. [applause] >> thank you. thank you
. >> fairfax county police say the two officers were not injured. but both have been placed on administrative duties, which is procedure in these types of investigations. >> new at noon, a horse out of fairfax county farm has been attacked again. it happened over the weekend you're frying pan park. it is the same farm where several animals were injured in a series of attacks in april and may. the 17-year-old was arrested two weeks ago, charged with using a machete to cut the...
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fairfax county governments are closed. loud don county government employees can use unscheduled leave. montgomery county circuit court is closed and montgomery county schools are closed and we are putting together a string of 90 plus degree days. olga is in for howard to let us know what is happening. >> this morning we are okay. a little bit on the muggy side. humidity has gone up over the past 24 hours. showers and storms are popping up each even evening and -- each evening and we could see steady storms tomorrow roll in here by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. for right now, be prepared for more heat, especially if you don't have that ac cranking or a fan going. it will be quite muggy into the afternoon. we'll start out with partly cloudy skies this morning and we'll clear out with a lot of sunshine by lunch time. later on, this will be another sultry night tonight as temperatures will stay in the 70s in the city center and we'll see upper 60s out in the suburbs. here's what you need to know as you get yourself o
fairfax county governments are closed. loud don county government employees can use unscheduled leave. montgomery county circuit court is closed and montgomery county schools are closed and we are putting together a string of 90 plus degree days. olga is in for howard to let us know what is happening. >> this morning we are okay. a little bit on the muggy side. humidity has gone up over the past 24 hours. showers and storms are popping up each even evening and -- each evening and we could...
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again at the fairfax county parkway. we'll take a live look there right now. there had been an accident along the right side. it's already looking better on the northbound side of i-95 as you pass 7100 up into springfield. let's go back over to our maps. this time we'll head out west. no problems to report coming in on the dulles toll road, from the airport, 66 in from manassas, centreville and fairfax. we'll take a live look right at 66 and the beltway. looking good here whether you're going through the beltway to annan dal or tie -- annandale or tysons or inside to the district. back to you. >> thanks, monika. >>> the phrase that now being tossed around when it comes to the investigation of d.c. mayor vincent gray shadow campaign. >> the latest former gray campaign aide to plead guilty admits she helped run such a campaign. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building with more on the plea and its implications. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andre that. this is by far the most severe of the allegations we've seen co
again at the fairfax county parkway. we'll take a live look there right now. there had been an accident along the right side. it's already looking better on the northbound side of i-95 as you pass 7100 up into springfield. let's go back over to our maps. this time we'll head out west. no problems to report coming in on the dulles toll road, from the airport, 66 in from manassas, centreville and fairfax. we'll take a live look right at 66 and the beltway. looking good here whether you're going...
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. >>> this morning some fairfax county residents are under a boil water advisory. falls church, tyson's corner and vienna, dunn loring, they should boil their water. the customers who don't boil the water can suffer stomach or intestinal problems. >>> in maryland montgomery and prince georges county have emergency water restrictions. people should take shorter showers, limit toilet flushing and hold off on using dishwas r dishwashers and washing machines. the water is safe to drink, but power problems have slowed down the distribution systems. >>> the time is now 9:11. coming up, what needs to be trashed after a long power outage. >>> plus why people are standing in line for hours just to get some gas. some ga[ male announcer ] are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less? upgrade to verizon fios internet, tv and phone for just $99.99 a month, guaranteed for a year with no annual contract. or choose a two-year contract and get $200 back and a two-year price guarantee. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers america's fastest, mos
. >>> this morning some fairfax county residents are under a boil water advisory. falls church, tyson's corner and vienna, dunn loring, they should boil their water. the customers who don't boil the water can suffer stomach or intestinal problems. >>> in maryland montgomery and prince georges county have emergency water restrictions. people should take shorter showers, limit toilet flushing and hold off on using dishwas r dishwashers and washing machines. the water is safe to...
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fairfax county down to 50 intersection in the dark. 240 in montgomery county.5:54, time for traffic and weather after the break. >> a different tool in the fight against drunk driving. i cannot believe we are talking about this. a talking urinal >> welcome back. the state of michigan hopes to make a big splash with its latest public service announcement. >> it involved a talking urinal deodorizer case in the men's bathroom. here it is. >> hi there, big guy. having a few drinks, then listen up. >> it is motion-activated. a recorded message plays to remind men to call a cab to get home safely. >> don't drive drunk. if you do and you get arrested, you will be in jail with a hairy guy named to bubba asking you to pick up the soap and [beep.} >> my goodness. >> they have been paid for with a federal grant. >> be keptth
fairfax county down to 50 intersection in the dark. 240 in montgomery county.5:54, time for traffic and weather after the break. >> a different tool in the fight against drunk driving. i cannot believe we are talking about this. a talking urinal >> welcome back. the state of michigan hopes to make a big splash with its latest public service announcement. >> it involved a talking urinal deodorizer case in the men's bathroom. here it is. >> hi there, big guy. having a few...
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let's take a live look as you travel along i-66 at fairfax county parkway. heading eastbound, nice and clear. westbound clear as well. eastbound from fairfax county parkway, travel speed as you head to the beltway. 61 miles per hour. that drive is 11 minutes. not bad. inside the beltway on 66, nice as well. look at spout run parkway. color in both collections. eastbound seeds here, nice again. 61 miles hour. this time to gw parkway. if you're taking the rails i'm checking them. they're open with no reported delays along the metro, marc, or vre. eun, over to you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news. right now police are investigating four separate shootings in the d.c. metro area. one of them deadly. the shootings happened within 30 minutes of each other. tracee wilkins is live in northeast now with more. tracee, good morning. >> good morning, eun. i'm here on the scene of a homicide that happened overnight. we had several shootings overnight. one person killed and a number of people are now in the hospital. let me tell you about what happened here overnight. 470
let's take a live look as you travel along i-66 at fairfax county parkway. heading eastbound, nice and clear. westbound clear as well. eastbound from fairfax county parkway, travel speed as you head to the beltway. 61 miles per hour. that drive is 11 minutes. not bad. inside the beltway on 66, nice as well. look at spout run parkway. color in both collections. eastbound seeds here, nice again. 61 miles hour. this time to gw parkway. if you're taking the rails i'm checking them. they're open...
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no one was seriously hurt. >>> fairfax county says its 911 service has been partially restored. ting in after friday night's storm. county leaders are still urging people to call the dispatch number or go to the local fire or police station in case of emergency. that dispatch number 703-691-7561. >>> and those are just some of the stories that are making news today. up next, nbc4's viewpoint. >> we'll be back in a couple of minutes. stay with us. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to viewpoint. today we are talking about prince georges county schools, changes in leadership and the challenges ahead. and our guest this morning, dwayne arbagas and the chair of the board of education, gina jacobs. welcome to you both. great to see you. i want to get to the successes, the recent successes and there have been many in the school system. let's talk about what everybody has been talking about for a week or two now and that's the superintendent possibly leaving. we do tape on thursday, but should he leave, having just had the deputy superintendent leave, what type of vacuum does this cre
no one was seriously hurt. >>> fairfax county says its 911 service has been partially restored. ting in after friday night's storm. county leaders are still urging people to call the dispatch number or go to the local fire or police station in case of emergency. that dispatch number 703-691-7561. >>> and those are just some of the stories that are making news today. up next, nbc4's viewpoint. >> we'll be back in a couple of minutes. stay with us. >>> good...
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. >> witnesses described a horrifying scene in fairfax county. a fallen tree brushes a car killing the driver. >> 8 heat wave continues. more delays on metro. ♪ >> lindsnity is leaving, call-in fans to take to the internet. "good morning washington." begins now at 5:00 a.m.. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> this is wednesday, july 18. i n cynnÉ simpson . >> i and steve chenevey. there -- i n steve chenevey. >> let me tell you -- i cannot remember. such a long time. hot weather outside right now. air temperatures are going to soar. a heat advisory will go into effect at 11:00 until 9:00 this evening. montgomery county, silver spring -- you are looking at a heat advisory. the heat index may rise to 109 degrees. it is a very warm start 2 hour day -- 81 degrees at reagan national airport. highs today are 95 to 100. it will feel about 5 to 8 degrees warmer than that. showers and thunderstorms in the mid to upper 70 posture night. tomorrow, temperatures remain in the upper 80's to lure 90's, with temperatures high
. >> witnesses described a horrifying scene in fairfax county. a fallen tree brushes a car killing the driver. >> 8 heat wave continues. more delays on metro. ♪ >> lindsnity is leaving, call-in fans to take to the internet. "good morning washington." begins now at 5:00 a.m.. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> this is wednesday, july 18. i n cynnÉ simpson . >> i and steve chenevey. there -- i n steve...
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montgomery county 199, fairfax 75 and in the district about 55. again treat those intersections as a four way stop. let's take you outside live right now. if you are planning to head over to route 108 and prince philip, traffic volumes are very, very light this morning again. the outages are scattered, so you may come upon an intersection unknowingly that is out. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 5:09. back to you guys. >>> congratulations. you have power if you are watching us or you are at least in a shelter where you can be cool. there are still hundreds of thousands of your neighbors without power. >> here are the latest power outage numbers. dominion, virginia has a total of 138,000 customers. 83,000 of them are in northern virginia. in the last hour pepco reported more than 130,000 customers out, 76,000 in montgomery county. 31,000 in prince george's county and 23,000 in the district. >>> in verge individual anyonian power welcomed the arrival of crews last night. >> crew as arrived from other states and even canada. the
montgomery county 199, fairfax 75 and in the district about 55. again treat those intersections as a four way stop. let's take you outside live right now. if you are planning to head over to route 108 and prince philip, traffic volumes are very, very light this morning again. the outages are scattered, so you may come upon an intersection unknowingly that is out. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 5:09. back to you guys. >>> congratulations. you have power if you...
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just moving now out of fairfax county and that is toward the lorton area.rms are drifting to the south and producing a 10th of an inch of rain. not everyone is seeing them and they tend to pulse up and weaken out. and that is not a shower but the wind. the outflow boundary and that is almost a mini cool front. they tend to indicate where more showers and storms can fire up and there might be another one here and have one or two spotty showers -- showers in anne arundel county and on the other side of the bay bridge and that is weakening out a bit and this is tough on the bay bridge if ask you me, anyway, and that is because of the height. we have isolated showers and storms and built up a deck of clouds. in general, we're seeing the bigger storms stay with the frontal boundary and stayed farther south than expected and that allowed us to get sunnier and warmer and the temperature did touch 90 degrees briefly and they need the rain across the carolinas and they glad for it. it's dry and not many reports of severe weather down there and touch briefly at 90 re
just moving now out of fairfax county and that is toward the lorton area.rms are drifting to the south and producing a 10th of an inch of rain. not everyone is seeing them and they tend to pulse up and weaken out. and that is not a shower but the wind. the outflow boundary and that is almost a mini cool front. they tend to indicate where more showers and storms can fire up and there might be another one here and have one or two spotty showers -- showers in anne arundel county and on the other...
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this started following a request by fairfax county chairwoman children bulva. officials say that since 911 centers are served by multiple, redundant systems, not just one should have knocked out networks in fax. either way, after a decades of improvements in emergency systems after 9-11, losing 911 service to a some of storms is really a cause of concern. >> it's technical, complicated,n icbut essentially, the centers lost power, backup systems for power didn't kick in, and some back ups to the back ups didn't kick in, after that, we had a cascade of technical failure, hardware failures.fa issues. >> so they have a lot to looko at. verizon officials told us theyu took part in the council investigation, meeting instig fairfax county. where all sides briefed eachea other about what went right. officials want an answer in days, not weeks. as you know, another storm could hit as quickly as this last. >> what are they at right now? >> they are focusing on thatthat arlington 911 center.ngnt this could go down as small as a microprocessor in a computer boards, so the
this started following a request by fairfax county chairwoman children bulva. officials say that since 911 centers are served by multiple, redundant systems, not just one should have knocked out networks in fax. either way, after a decades of improvements in emergency systems after 9-11, losing 911 service to a some of storms is really a cause of concern. >> it's technical, complicated,n icbut essentially, the centers lost power, backup systems for power didn't kick in, and some back ups...
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fairfax county police tell fox 5 it happened over the weekend inside a barn they believe it happened between 8:00 p.m. saturday night and 10:00 a.m. sunday morning this is not the first time an animal was slashed at this barn not the first time this horse was attacked. >> this is the same horse that was slashed a couple months ago, now police did make an arrest in that case, so we know that the same individual accused of slashing several animals including the horses is not the same person but that person is incarcerated right now. >> the horses name, lieu sin da, her injuries are not serious if you saw anyone suspicious near the park or barn call fairfax county police. >>> our surrey john cleaning up after -- our region cleaning up aftermath powerful storm rolled through. maureen ume live in fredericksburg with the latest. >> reporter: well, brian, the national weather service has just confirmed it was a micro burst that caused all of this damage, 7 people were injured, in this mess. but miraculously no one was killed. the storm seemed to hit the strip mall first taking out the cheer
fairfax county police tell fox 5 it happened over the weekend inside a barn they believe it happened between 8:00 p.m. saturday night and 10:00 a.m. sunday morning this is not the first time an animal was slashed at this barn not the first time this horse was attacked. >> this is the same horse that was slashed a couple months ago, now police did make an arrest in that case, so we know that the same individual accused of slashing several animals including the horses is not the same person...
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. >>> we're learning more about the man killed in a shootout with fairfax county police. the man opened fire on two police officers after they approached him in mount vernon last night. court records show this wasn't his first run in with the law. in january of last year, he was charged with possession of child pornography. meanwhile the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave. >>> a maryland community is in mourning after the deaths of three young boys in what police call a tragic swimming accident in federals burg on the eastern shore. two 12-years-old and an 8-year-old were playing basketball at this church and went to a creek to cool down. the boys didn't know how to swim and all of them drowned. the boys' relatives say they don't think it was an accident. they say the children were afraid of the water and would not have gone swimming. >>> four guilty pleas in connection with the videotaped attack on a tourist from virginia. the video shows the tourist being beaten robbed and stripped in front of a city courthouse in baltimore. the v
. >>> we're learning more about the man killed in a shootout with fairfax county police. the man opened fire on two police officers after they approached him in mount vernon last night. court records show this wasn't his first run in with the law. in january of last year, he was charged with possession of child pornography. meanwhile the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave. >>> a maryland community is in mourning after the deaths of three...
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fairfax county the service wasn't fully restored until earlier this week. with us this morning the director of the fairfax county department of public safety communications essentially overseeing the 911 system. thank you for coming in. my first question is, in fact is the system fully up and running, 911, the 10 digit phone number, all of that? >> good morning, tony. i'm happy to say on behalf of the 911 personnel as well as the citizens of fairfax, that verizon was able to restore 911 service to the county fully a little before noon on tuesday. >> all right, very good. let's talk about verizon. my understanding is that when the storm hit friday night, an arlington facility that verizon has suffered damage and damage to the primary and the backup systems. my question, you know, as a layman, how can that happen? shouldn't the backup system be separate from the primary system? >> indeed it should be. when the storm struck at about 10:30 friday evening, 911 worked very, very well. actually in fairfax county, and i don't think we're unique, our 911 calls becau
fairfax county the service wasn't fully restored until earlier this week. with us this morning the director of the fairfax county department of public safety communications essentially overseeing the 911 system. thank you for coming in. my first question is, in fact is the system fully up and running, 911, the 10 digit phone number, all of that? >> good morning, tony. i'm happy to say on behalf of the 911 personnel as well as the citizens of fairfax, that verizon was able to restore 911...
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mid- to upper 60s in fairfax county to around 70 in college park and andrews and up in rockville and over upper marlboro. your high temperatures today, mid- to upper 80s. 89 in d.c. 88 sterling and 86 in rockville. it is 6:00 a.m. time for monika and time saver traffic. >>> a couple of closures you'll want to know about with the storms that we had last night. beach drive remains closed between broad branch and joyce. and if you're planning to use 23rd street at virginia avenue northwest or 12th street at varn numb northeast -- varnum northeast, i know the signals are out. there's a tree leaning from one building to another at massachusetts avenue and they'll head out and take care of that. you have the slow traffic crossing the occoquan river and newington into springfield. let's take a live look there. the lanes are open. it's just bunching up trying to get over to 395 or the beltway. let's take a look at 66. if you're planning to head here, it looks great at the beltway but you have the slow stuff out of manassas. we'll go back over to our maps this time to the other side of town.
mid- to upper 60s in fairfax county to around 70 in college park and andrews and up in rockville and over upper marlboro. your high temperatures today, mid- to upper 80s. 89 in d.c. 88 sterling and 86 in rockville. it is 6:00 a.m. time for monika and time saver traffic. >>> a couple of closures you'll want to know about with the storms that we had last night. beach drive remains closed between broad branch and joyce. and if you're planning to use 23rd street at virginia avenue...