they're going to add lanes to the stretch from fredericksburg from route 17ou to 13 in fredericksburg. news 4's transportation reporter adamuss has more on when this n,w relief could be coming. >> reporter: if you are one of the unlsky one that have to deal with i5 all the time, you know that it is packed most of the day. no b though, new relief cou coming in the fredericksburg area but you are going to have to deal with some construction. nothing is ever easy on i-95.ni >> it's tmare. it actually is a nightmare. >> so many people now. what do you do? >> reporter: even during a ground breaking ceremony to add new lanes, a whipping wind and rain seemed to ominously hang over this announcement. driver darcel blagman sum up i-95 this way -- >> not only pack a lunch, bring a chef. because you're going to need it. i swear you are. >> reporter: but help could be on therg way. ia governor ralph northam on hand to deliver the news. >> this is a b announcement. three new lanes coming across the rapr.hannock ri >> reporter: six new miles to be exact in the fredericksburg area, southbound traffi

still storms around fredericksburg. this is a brand-new severe thunderstorm warng including frederick county virginia, berkeley count and jefferson west virginia and extreme portions of clark county. north and west of winchester. look at all the iense lightning with this storm. this storm is moving our area. a flood warning was issued close to the winchester area, so once just like we saw on broad branch road, turnnd ardon't drown. we don't need to see any more flooded roadways out there and see more with this. heads up and any more warnings come out we'll let you know. >> we know you will. >> he was a beloved student athlete and his sudden death left fends wondering whoould shoot and kill a 16ear-old, a boy from prince george's county. >> police found kevin wilson in thearng lot of an apartment complex in hyatssville, and he was a student at montgomery blair high school. >> our bureau chief has talked witheople who say kevin is already being missed. >> to hear he died this way and hear that he was shot. >> to hear that

it will be the stretch of 95 in fredericksburg between route 17 to route 3. news4's transportation rerter, adam tuss, with when this new relief could be coming. >> reporter: man, if you are one of the unlucky ones that has to deal with 95 all the time, you know that it ke pac most of the day. now, though, new relief could be ming in the fredericksburg area, but you are going to have to deal with some construction. nothing is ever easy on i-95. >> it's a nightmare. it actually is a nightmare. >> there's so many people now. what do you >> reporter: even during a ground-breaking ceremony to add new lanes, a whipping wind and rain seemed to ominously hang over this announcement. driver darcel blaggman sums it yp this way. >> not o pack a lunch, bring a chef because you're going to need it, i sweare. you ar >> reporter: but help could be on the way. virginia governor ralph northam on hand t deliver thenews. >> this is a big announcement. three new lanes are coming across the river. >> reporter: six miles of new lanes to be exact in the fredericksrg area southbound

southbound towards fredericksburg right at the tail ternoon/evening commute.eep in mind some of those storms could pack quite a punch. the individual storm bring dow a heavy period of rain for an hour or two. we'll kee you posted on that. we'll be here this afternoon. move the rainhances up to 60%. it won't be a total waout but saturday could be rather shower impacted especially later on in the day. temperatures trending back into the early80s. might be the last 90 degree day out of the next akten. >>g a look at the beltway. still have this inner loop of the beltway before georgetown pike with the right lane getting bring the work zone. rest of the belt way, nebraska ave.. one lane getting by in each inrection this mo t in virginia as you're headed northbound here,e a look. quantico to the beltway. you get there in about 17 minutes. same situation headed in bound on 395. so from the beltway into the district, take you about 13 minutes. nice and clear. a remindser, talking about this in the live desk on marc. camden lines delays and cancellations. definitely ch

activity moving up from the south around fredericksburg into southern maryland overex the few hours. also a line of storms back to the west around i-81. arting to see a few isolated thunderstormsevelop on their own into parts of northernia virg around soc10:00 and i11:00 p.m. more severe thunderstorms >> could be a long night. >>> woman may soon find theiral anap smear test a thing of the past. released new guidenes for reenings on cervical cancer and the u.s. preventive task force recommending a method that does not include a pap smear. instead, women between the ages of 365 and who are not at high risk for cercal cancer can o to be screened with just the hpv test every five years. health experts say women young than 30 still need that pap test every three years. >>> friday is a changing of the gud at the marine barracks in washington. sergeantsty the 14th is retiring as the official mass cost marine corps. the sergeant is pedigree english bulldog who began his tour of duty five years ago. his last official duty will be marching in a parade friday evening. hireplacement will be priv

we're look at this area, but so this area around fredericksburg, we could see more develop. much more on this, what to expect the rest of the night and into tomorrow, and something else happening in the sky above us rig now. >> all right, doug, thank you. speaking of the rain, new police, maryland state say heavy rain contributed to a deadly accident this evening. a morcyclist was driving along pennsylvania avenue in upper marlboro and hit the front of another car. the cyclist was thrown from the bike and later died at the hospital. nobody in the car was injured. >>> a new york congressman defiant after getting slapped with insider trading charges. 180. he's doing a >>> and an airline employee steals a commercial plane and crashes it into an island in washington ste. washington ste. what wtae welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, so you can stream, game, and watch 4k shows all at once. kid's righ

he spent time in fredericksburg and new york city. of course, he was born in the eastern part of the state. during the main portion of his public career, highland was his home. this represents his ministries abroad where he was twice minister to france and england and briefly to spain. it also represents his time as secretary of state. prior to that he was a four term governor when that was allowed. he was elected to four individual one-year terms. he was secretary of state and eventually a wildly popular two-term president. monroe seems to be an easy man. they say he was able to put men and women at ease in social situations. i think he enjoyed dinner table conversation. he really was kind. people say he had a great sense of humor. we see that in accounts of him. he seems to poke fun at himself and others. james monroe went to campbelltown academy, which was a good school. it really prepared colonial young men for a real professional life. john marshall was at least briefly one of his classmates. after both of his parents died by the

. >> wants to add three lanes in fredericksburg. adam tuss explains, it should help alleviate one of the worst bottle necks in the corridor.ep >>ter: if you are one of the unlucky ones that have to deal with i-95 all the time, you know that i is packed most of the day. now, though, new relief could coming in the fredericksburg area, but you are going to have to deal with some construction. i-95 is not a kina road. >> it'ghtmare. it actually is a nightmare. >> reporter: even during a ground breaking ceremony to add new lanes, a whipping wind and in seemed to ominously hang over this announcement. but help could be on the >>way. his is a big announcement. three new lanes coming across theriver. >> reporter: six miles of new lanes to be exact. in the fredericksburg area, soutound traffic will now be separated with local and through lanes. the tricky part will be building d new southbo bridge across the rap hannic river. >> it will relieve convention but you will see construction for the next four years. >> reporter: the work has starte

to fredericksburg. i have been in it. > we're always working for you. this time, the governor of virginias taking notice. the governor wants better treatments for the families that are losing their homes to the i-66 expansionproject. we told you p about someple losing their homes to eminent domain. they were not getting much hp to find a comparable home. the governor saw the story and during a radiointerview, he said he had put vdot on notice and hired a new relocation company to help those families. >> when someone says, you need to move and we're going to tear your house down, that's dramatic. t residents say they're encouraged but tt will be what they can find in the hot real estate market. >>> onen high school the district is trying to go cell phone-free. to tudents ar now required store their cell phones for the entire day. they have to hut off their phones and put them in a yonder bag. the bags are locked and left on their dk. at the end of the class, they are called up froo unlock the bags. >> if there's an emergency and i can't get t myphone, i

still storms around fredericksburg.his is a brand-new severe thunderstorm warng including frederick county virginia, berkeley count and jefferson west virginia and extreme portions of clark county. north and west of winchester. look at all the iense lightning with this storm. this storm is moving our area. a flood warning was issued close to the winchester area, so once just like we saw on broad branch road, turnnd ardon't drown. we don't need to see any more flooded roadways out there and see

we zoom outsidef fredericksburg, southbound, 95, right lane. eun. >> melissa, thank you. >>> your time is .4: the va medical center is loosing its cool, literally. news4 is shed sething light on the growing problems keeping the building cool enough fornd patients a >> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." no> most of us that exercise can be good for our bodies. >>xcept when you hurt the next day because you're sore, but that's supposed to be good fu, too. >> right. >> but itlso benefits your brain. rearchers find that active people have fewer days of impression. be careful not to go overboard. researchers who found those who worked out for more than three hours a day -- thr hours a day -- >> a workout? .> wh they had worse mental health than those that d not exercise at all. that's because you think about all the things you didn't get done three hours a day. i mean, if jury j. lo, you exercise three hours a >> she doesn't. how couldve she does, you look like that? it's >>4:25. temperature problems inside a major medical center. >> an iestig

. >>> fredericksburg to d.c.,sthat ce is 52 miles. for some, it takes three three hours, one way in rush ur. and vdot has a plan to help easy the frustrations of that. it want to add three n lanes to that stretch of i-95 in fredericksburg from route 17 to route 3. virginia governor ralph northam took part in a ground reaking ceremony earlier today. those lanes will go across the rappahannock river and there will be six miles of new lanes. drivers know taking 95 in that stretch can be a tmnie. >> not only pack a lunch, bring a chef. you're going to neny it. >> so eople now. what do you do? >> it's going to cost $132 million t widen the stretch. state leaders hope the lanes will be completed in four years. 60. a d.c. institution turns next at 11:00, the celebration continues with a guy la tonight for ben's chili bowl. classroom controversy. one local school forci studentston lock away cell phones during class. is removing the distraction also a safety risk? >>> and hometown olympian katy >>> what a fun t weeks has been and celebrations

there is a famous story in fredericksburg for that happened. what happens is, confederates send the gate after brigade into this quagmire. this quagmire turns into a problem for the union forces, because they are not enough soldiers in the refill area. the line will break, confederates will clear out the union of the wheatfield. they don't want to do that because the wheatfield is a high so, -- a high open plateau, 20 acres. this battery will be facing toward the south, toward the confederate attack. back here, we have a number of second monuments. this is where they will enter the battlefield to do battle with the confederate forces attacking the right side of this picture toward the left side. when james barnes comes into the wheatfield, this is why i say i don't know if a lot of people study this. one of the reasons i think people don't study at is because, look at all the lines. people become easily confused. the soldiers became confused. the reinforcements that will come in here are stacked up here. you don't need to remember these. they w

we're work a breakingtory in fredericksburg, virginia, right now.m is critically injured after a shooting at mcdonald's on a carilver parkway. the vehicle was found in fredericksburg but no sign of the suspect. >>> traffic i about to get worse for people who live and commute along the future purpl line starting tomorrow. one eastbound lane of the east-west highway between kennelwoeh ave and mustang drive in river dale park will close to traffic. t that's going narrow a portion of the road to one lane going east for years to come. pack ov back over to yo guys in the udio. >>> we turn to the arrest of republican congressman chris collins of new york. w hepped up his first court appearance within the hour after entering a not guilty pleach to ges connected to insider trading. blayne alexander is tracking t developments os case for us. >> his attorneys are vowing to fight all of this, but prosecutors say they've got e-mails, phone logs and just a numb of records that show the congressman committed a crime. prosecutors say that it happened atle one of th

sb88 lg and 9 is fredericksburg and 84 over towardshuntingtown. heat index 90 to 959 so extremely warm. we haven't seen much in the way of storms elsewhere. we saw them right along i-95e ad beltway. a few other storms winchester and fauquier counties. we have a sto left over sterling and another right around northern fairfax and oakton area and i'll zoom o in. this did have lightning associated with it and what happens with these storms. th, build veery quickly and throw lightning and very heavy rain and kind of and that's what is happening here. no more lightning here rig along route 7 and right along the dulles tol roodt as we make our way along 123. seeing shower activity here. all dyi out all part of a system that we're seeing all across the southeast. very hot c and humidditions all the way up towards the northeast, too, as we mentioned with temperatures in the 90s there. forhat's what we're going to see tomorrow, too. just rather warm and humid. by noon we're all still on the cry s dry side. trying to see showers and storms form. most us rem

. > we have breaking news now out of fredericksburg, where someone shot a womanf outside a mcdonald'se've just learned the gunman stole truck after police say he ditched a separate suv used in the shooting. atne the s with new details for us. jackie? > reporter: well, the active manhunt has grown more alarming with the news of that second b vehiclng stolen that you just mentioned. stolen a short time ago. we have some video from chopper olwe want to show you what it looked like whene arrived here just after 2:00 this afternoon and found a woman who had been shot. the area is described b asng right near the kitchen door. we're not sure whether it was inside or utstde the restaurant. now, this is what police tell us. they are looking for right now. they believe a shortime ago this suspect told a white 2007 chevy silverado with utility body described as having chrome wheels and stickers on the rear window. they actuallypi provided the ure with the strevehicle that they believe is in the one in question. the v-7 x 7349. if anyone t seest vehicle they are asked to call 911 immediately. a v

of fredericksburg. women, drinking. robertson turns around and his brigade is about half gone. he is furious. he starts talking to his officers. you have got to get the men back here. john bell hood happened to be nearby. this was his old brigade. he said, let them go. they will be back when you need them. that ability to not always hold tight on the reins, but let very independent men have the independence they needed to blow off steam, but also disciplined enough to be effective combat units. you can't just have guys going off doing crazy things. that is not going to work. that level of leadership is what i am talking about. the differences between the stonewall brigade and the iron brigade, was the texas brigade's ability to sustain itself. that is not a criticism of the stonewall per grade or the iron brigade by any sense. the texas brigade is able to remain intact throughout the entire war despite suffering tremendous casualties. but they are one of several elite units of the civil war. sir. >> joe

fredericksburg, at center point parkway. that crash there. your travel times in maryland, looking good. 270, no problem. top of the beltway, rolling along nicely. listen to wt103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car today. >> thanks, melissa. >>> keeping your child's identity safe. how the devices you use every day couldlp he crooks steal their information. >>> and tense moments at a beyonce and jay-z concert as a fan rushed on the stage. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. 6:22 president trump will host the president and first lady of kenya to talk trade and regional security. they will travel to the white house to meet with the president and the first lady. the white house says the leader will, quote, explore ways to bolster trade and instnt between the two tril rengthening security cooperation. >>> when it comes to cell phones, parents aren't the only on worried about how much time deeps spent with their screens. half of teens, ages 13 to 17, admit they ubi their m devices too much. a majority othem say they're cutting back on

we have a severem thunderst warning just to the south and west of fredericksburg. 'll be watching that throughout the afternoon today. now as we lookt the flash flood watches, here's where we have he have rain. this will be heading towards fret rick really seen. up towards haguers town across 81, this ithe heavy rain we have currently. it's along 81. so this is the main area and there you sigh around charlottesville, there's the severe thunderstorm warning i was just mentioning. that line is going to get closer to the area, but again, there you see it, it's just mainly to the north and west of d.c. that will continue until 8:00 tomorrow morning. we're going to keep this rain in theda forecast through th today, even tomorrow. temperatures struggling to near 80. much of the area in about the mid to upper 70s. thedugh the afternoon, scatt showers for the evening drive. could see consume of thunderstorms. tomorrow, the morning commute looks fine then after lunch, scatters showers move in. then into your weekend and we have morning rain in the forecast for saturday. sun

leesbu and fredericksburg you hit the 100 mark.orrow we'll continue to see hot and humid weather.d no storms arour area and we did talk about the chance for storms back towards the i- corridor and that's what we have right here. port royals, watching this storm slowly make its way acrossso an of the mountains over towards the blue ridge. that's few and far between. not much at all in this area and the rest of the region. right back towards chicago and chicago big storms north and westhands the big front. high pressure is dominating and going up, over and aroun that's the area of hinchlt you see it right on top of us, and that's why we've seen the heat all the way from st. louis and kansas city and new york up to the boston area. hot and humid conditions today, again for the day tomorrow and thursday tracking a system that will bring us some stormy weather thursday intoer friday. yey it was looking a little bit more like the chances of strong to severe thunderstorms and i don't see that happening on thursday.f a couple stronger stor

still over 100 degrees at 6:00 toght. 109 quantico and so 5 fredericksburg and 103 annapolis and tonightt 11:00 i expect the heat index to be close to 100 inside the city. the heat advisory continues until 8:00 tonight. now we will see it around the i-95 corridor and continuinh thro and then will be dropped and most likely will be picked up through the day and it will be hotter out there as well. no rain to speak of. the only exception down here towards page county. showers rumbling through portions of shenandoah county and areas towards the place we all love, went there in sixth great. 78 at the bus stop and speakin of t kid. 88 degrees at recess and 59 by the time you're picking up the 59 with a heat index of 105. that's why i think another heat advisory is in effect and the heat sticks around. thursday a high of 92eges and the heat index close to 100 and a little bit coole especially on when we get the front coming through.ig best chance now is looking after 4:00. just shoys lik on friday with the 83-degree temperature. a big temperature drop friday and saturday. a lot of cloud cover

you can expect significant delays on the fredericksburg and in manassas line trains. back to you. >>> it's 5:01. staying on top of the breaking news about a missingol12-yea girl from china. virginia state polaye jinjing ma is in extreme danger. a woman s abducted by at megan national airport yesterday morning. at thefinch is live airport with more on the timeline of events in this case. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun,aaron, good morning. the fbi is assisting in this rc multi-agency s to find jinjing ma. we have surveillance images lt showing the a who are linked to her abduction. first, a look here at njing. she is 4'11", 90 pounds, 12 years old. last seeing wearing a white t-shirt,la jacket and jeans. she was touring the u.s. with a group from china. we have a new image of a mann ad wo at reagan national. that woman is suspected in nseng's abduction. we have an image of that woman and jinjing. thorities say to note that woman's black dress. she'sescribed at middle age. and we're told that they traded clothes at tai ort. they may have escaped in a vehicle like

as well as in fredericksburg. the mid to upper 80sdespite t cloud cover and forecast for rain showers here and there throughout the day. mid to upper 80s. 87 at reagan national airport with waves of rain. a few showers andvy a few h downpours later this afternoon. 9:00 we see the few showers. thin is l up pretty well with this model. again, we're seeing the showers out thereou right now t clark county. looks like they dissipate. we may stae dry inshe beltway as we continue through the remainder part of the morning. the reds, yells, signifies heavier rain, maybe an isolated thunderstorm. we'll watch for more rain throughout the afternoon, throughout the evening. even a few showers overnight be a little patchy fog by tomorrow morning. then we'll have a chance for showers here or there tomorrow morning. coverage for swers is better today than tomorrow. we'll have the chance and maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow. we'll time it out. 8:00 a.m. for sunday. looking dry. if you're going to be out through the afternoo again, 'l

q108 inntity coand so 5 towards fredericksburg.had a heat advisory in effect along the back i-81 corridor. frederick and leesburg, the cities themselves are in there, and the outgoing suburbs are not in that h advisory and even in upper montgomery county and around urba, trust me, it's on the hot side as well. radar, not much to show. a shower intoai fax county earlier. the only showers are back here towards shenandoah countol we you yesterday, they would be west of the blue ridge and that's exactly where they e and towards shenandoah area and coming into portions of i-81. satellite and radar together shing that this pattern is going to stick around for the next couple of days. big ridge of high pressure sending storms to the north, and the heat continues to build. that's why we think tbeorrow may he hottest day of the week. >> absolutely. we're talking about highs tomorrow at least in the mid-90s and maybe warming into th upper 90s and when you factor in the mugginess it feels like at least 105 degrees out there during the afterno

still 921 leesburg and 9 fredericksburg. fredericksburgt 39 degrees and winchester come in at 81. so that's why the temperatures are son the coolee of things. here's the radar. not much going on. we saw some s pretty goorms right along the i-95 corridor around 3:00 and 4:00. most of them have simply dissipated. nothing out there at all. watching this boundary. see this little line. showers developing and this is the one we're looking at from reston. here it is right here. looking across over towards sterling and a little bit of a shower starting to develop. want to zoom in first off. see this here around herndon and that is going up. lreston cameraking at that one. that's actually in virginia and then across the river.lo at this one towards rockville. we'll zoom in on this guy and this one has ptty good downpours and right around rockville and all the way out towards gaithersburg, pretty good downpairs, too. may see more develop and most remaining on the dry side. scattered showers ands thunderstormnd that's all we saw today. you see those popping up here on the satellite and rada

high today88 in gaithersburg. 91 in fredericksburg. good night to do grilling in the backyard as well. temperatures below 90egreesy 6:00 this eveningment down into the low 80s by 8:00. notice now, our sunset time. 8:03 today. tomorrow on friday, before 8:00, the sun will set before 8:00 starting friday all the way until may of next year. so good-bye to the late sunsets of summertime thres in a row today, tomorrow and friday. off and on showerchances. no total washout. your outdooho plansd be mostly unaffected. >>> chuck, thank you. it's 5:55. bon appetit released the best new restaurants list and three d.c. spots made the top0. on made it into the coveted top ten. maydan on florida avenue northwest snagged the number two it focuses on north african and middle eastern cuisine. the top spot went toah an oa city city restaurant. the three restaurants inside the line hotel with adamsorn made the top 50. at great, i love to see d.c. makingnal headlines, the love that our restaurants are getting. >> for sure. >> it's been four years since d.

a family from fredericksburg returns fro vacation to find a dead body on their lawn. today we're learning a lot more about theho died and police tell us they arrested the person who put him there. megan fitzgerald spoke to neighbors who saw this all unfold. she joins us now. they had to be stunned to find this, meagan? >> reporter: absolutely, lee owen. this all happened ight where we're standing. you can see the path and the tire marks that that car took i whveered off the side of the road this. homeowner talked with us and didn't want to go on camera and says he never imagined seeing a dead body on his property when he returned home. sunday morni short after getting home from vacation scott mattice says he decided to mow his lawn. when he walked over to the side of his house where his lawn mowers are sred he saw an image he said he's struggling to get out ofhe his . >> around these bushes and where you see the lime all covered is where he was laid to rest. >> reporter: police identified the body at 23-year-old deandre miller-caldwell. investigators say he likely ove

everybody into the low 80s and 91 lorton and 94 toward fredericksburg and 9 isn d.c. would. have been higher than that if ia 't for the storms that came through around 3:00, 4:00, 5:00p if you're sg out the front door tomorrow morning on the humid side and dry i think. 87 by noon and i think the storms start to develop around 1:00, 2:00 or 3:00 and come through the d.c. metro area, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 and into 7:00 tomorrow. going for a high around 93. 94 degrees. 14 degrees with a heat indexbe een 100 and 105. good chance and a chance of storms and thunderstorms.si storms could py be severe and isolated storm on thursday and friday. nothing to worry b.most of us should remain on the dry side and t90 onrsday and 89 degrees on friday and saturday a 60% -- a 40% chance of afternoon showers and storms with a high of 86 and85 on sunday and monday and a lot more in the way of rain chances sunday and monday. a lot more in the way of rain chances, and we dry out as we head towards the end of next all in all we're looking at a couple of chances for some strong s you toknow whe

especially downtown, and places like annapolis dhen towards quantico area and fredericksburg.e showers out to the west. tracking these down towards the shenandoah valley earlier. could see a cou more towards i-8 i-81 and most of us will remain onidhe dry a system back to the west. you see a spin in the atmosphere an area of low pressure. that's going to continue to move closer our way and give us that chance of shors and understorms during the day tomorrow. one or two of those could be on the strong side, and not too worried, however, about a lot of severe weather. let take you through hour-by-hour. 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, no problem. a few more clouds that we've today and the area that's the case right on through the midday hours. midday tomorrow. if you're thinking about getting lunch outside, the only issue, not rn. it's goingo be the humidity. you can walk to the -- to the food you're going to get but you might want to move inside. air conditioning a big deal tomorrow. during the afternoon, you start to see the storms come towards the region. you notice though these an

in fredericksburg, adam tuss, news 4. >> new questions being raised today about what we learned during plea deal that could eventdslly be gro for impeachment for president trump. >> some big questions. yesterday, president trump's former atto, as you heard,er admitted und oath that he willfully violated those campaign finance laws at trump's rection. cohen says two payments were made in an effort to silence women heve belie would hurt mr. trump's 2016 presidential campaign. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins us now to take a look at the whole impeachment issue. can a president be impeached for something he allegedly did before hereasdent? >> that's the big question. now, this all comes up because the general t view at justice department is that you can't indict a sitting president, so he couldn'trge c with a crime. that's been the longstanding view und both republican and democratic administrations. the u.s. attorney's office that brought these charges againstn cohes bound by it, so is the special counsel. now, obviously a prosecutor, any prosecutor, robert mueller, any c

in fredericksburg, virginia, dave culver, >>> the father of jordan mcnair, the university of marylandootball player who dd after the team workout, released a statement in support of the school's president today. mcnair died in june after a suspected heat stroke. his dad is against any talk of terminating the school's president dr. waace lowe who announced earlier the university accepts responsibility for mcnair's dth. mcnair's father released a statement in part today. it would b a complete shame if after such a display ofeccy and humanity dr. lowe were to be letdeo. ncy and transparency are the nly path forward for our family, the university and its sports programs to heal and emerge as safe places fores famione trust their children. dr. lowe's leadership is critical to this happening. the father didn't mention theh coac d.j. durkin, who remains on administrative leave. >> pap smears could become a thing of th past forost women. there are new guidelines on screening for cervical cancer, and they wer released today. for the first time the u.s. preventive servicesce task is recommendin

. >>> a disturbing discovery in fredericksburg, a man returned from vacation and found a body in his yard. he found the body next to his porchn sunday morning. police say the victim was with jared smith when his car crashed into a ditch. he said smith hid thevictim's body so it could not be seen from the road. we talked to the homeowner who did notant to show his face on camera. >>wo families lost peoplew. they have bigger stress problems than what i had. >> the victim has been identified as 23-year-old deandre miller called well. >>> this morning a school bus driver is behind bars accusing of sexualityau aing a girl with special needs, police say etienne kabong assaulted the girl, and it was captured on surveillance camera. >> it's every parent's worst nightmare to have their child assaulted on a bus to school. >>cu prors say he tried to buy alane ticket aft hearing about the allegations, he's now held without >>> this morning the mendocino complex wildfire is now the largest in california's history. >> angie goff has the latest. >> this wildfire has destroyed 443 square miles of la

high winds or wind damage from th fredericksburg area through baltimore. that extends to pennsylvania. a lot of cleanup today. i think the weather will be cooperating for most of the day for cleanup. a lot of tree limbs down. the pressure is to the north and begins to pull away. and to the north of d.c. have the best chance for showers. as far as ercising is concerned, good this morning. by noon, temperatures in the low 80s, sunglasses and hat. and then a chance of shougrs th the afternoon. here's future weather. by lunchtime mostlyry and seeing a couple showers trying to pass-through as we go through the afternoon hours and best chance is northtr of the dt and even around the d.c. metro area possibly. 91 degrees, 93 thursday, 94, friday, lockt the hot conditions headed to the weekend. unfortunately we have run chances in the forecast. od morning, melissa. >> good morning. in falls chch, westbound 66, after leesburg pike, we have partnf a tree the right side of the roadway. oesn't seem to be slowing things too much. ire department activity reported in thch

fredericksburg, southbound in rginia, left lane blocked due to a work zone. >> thank you. it's 4:02 after a rough night. it is not what some prince george's residents want to hear. the rkf more severe weather today. one person in college park said it looked like a tornado hit. casuring a big m from wind, rain and hail. several trees crashed on top of cars. took out power lines, on block foot road, two large maple trees took out two homes. dennis lived there 40 yes. >> we heard a huge bank on the front porch, oh, boy, what's that? there's a lot of patience, blood, sweat and tears put into this house. >> his home w declared unlivable but no one hurt. >>> a toddler died after a fall from a 42nd floor at a balco in virginia. in may, a 3-year-old fell to him death f the 26th floor. one resident who asked to be anonymous says he may move soon. >> in between,ny2-year-old can put their head between the gap. my wife wants me to mov and buy a house. >>quity says our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this very diffilt time and we are working with authorities on the investig

a few drops down the road in fredericksburg and rain drops near warrington virginia, as well. these are lifting off to the north, and there will be more of uose during the day. we ended with a break from the humidity for a couple of hoursdayest you probably notices, that probably doesn't feel that bad. ou due point's dropped ten degrees. it allowed for a blue sky. the humidity hasom back. we are starting off in the steamy 70s this morning. afternoon temperatures will be in the mid 80s. we're carrying a 60% chance for rain on your plans, particularly later in the afternoon. a closer look at the long holiday weekend in a few minutes. >>> it's 4: road closures are around the u.s. capitol as hundreds plan to say good-bye to john mccain. if you plan to say your, respecuch of the area will be shut down to cars. his casket is going to arrive mid-morning. >>> the late senatorecved a hero's welcome. a military honor guard escorted his casket to a nearby he >> the welcome followed an emotional dayce and ser in the state he represented for six temples. >> mccain planned that arizona serv

back towards fauquier county.s notice what' going on in fredericksburg, virgitia.long this line. earlier the was just this area. all moved into fauquier county. big storm here but it's moving to the south and east away from us. these are the storms that i've just seen pop up in the last 15 to 20 minutes. zoom into this one here. northern fauquier county along 66, the ml area. moving right along 66. it most likelyill stay in loudoun county, could beasty ride home for people coming from d.c. having to get back towards the blue ridge. more storms? also forming in parts of west virginia. we have the best chance at 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 in the d. metro area 94 degrees right now. hot and humid. 85 by 7:00 as we're starting dinner. by the time y'weon dessert, it's 9:00, notice thunder going on out there. amelia, you might have heard wendy said they have seven abrellas between she david tonight. they should be just fine. >> totally prepared at that point. i hope at least one of thems a storm team 4 umbrella, if not, wendy, you're going to eight tonight. as the storms move throu

. >>> an update now to a shooting at a fredericksburg mcdonald's. the victim has died. fletcher was gunned down wednesday afternoon. an anthony ellis shot her and ran away from the officer. he shot and killed >>> a woman is fighting for her life this morning after making a desperate escape from her boyfriend. he shot her yesterday in waldorf right in front of her child. that woman escaped and ran to a neighbor's home. athe boyfriend was found stairwell of an apartment building. >>> police are implementing tight security measures and we are telling people that violence will not be tolerated in the strict. police are determined to avoid scenes like this one from charlottesville a yearago. that rally turnedvi olent. one woman was run over by a car here in the district roads will be blocked t off andse attending the rally will be separated from people protesting their message. a direct message to those heading to any of the rallies. >> even if you a permit to carry a firearm in the district of coc colomb colombia. >> d.c. mayor said in g sterday's safety briefinthe district

on vre, a regular morning service.t you can exp delays on fredericksburg and ma nnassas le trains. passengers should consider terminating their trips at alandria, crystal city, to avoid those delays. aaron, eun, back to you. >>> it's 4:55 this morning. we have good news about a that's been tugging on our heart strings on social media. he is terminally ill. and so far,e' hs visited nats park, ate a doughnut and went on a ride along with arlington i didn't know dogs like doughnuts. he's adorable. i'm glad to see him livinghi ou last days with happiness. >>> we probably all dreamed of winning theottery at one point or another. one couple saw that dream ripped apart, literally. >> the clerk told them it was not a winner ad ript in two. >>e tore the ticket off the top, and put it in the bin,nd the winning slip you get when you win the lottery. no figures on it. >> the ticket was worth $67 million. >> no. >> as you can see here, from the celebrations, they were able to piece it back together and claim their jackpot. the scottish couple is retired. they plan to buy a vacation home somewhe

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still story in the suspect std gunman apparently took his own life in this wded area outside fredericksburg as police closed in. the search for anthony ellis believed fon responsible for a shooting outside a mcdonald's around 2:00 p.m. came to an end hours later in a wooded area next to a town house developme in spotsylvania county. investigators believe this is ee the vehicle sn speeding away from the shootgcene in the central park area just after witnesses reported the sound of gunshots near the restaurant's ckdoor about 2:00 p.m. police say the truck later determined to have been stolen was recovered about a mile from th shooting scene not long after the shooting but officers quickly learned a secondruck had been stolen. >> at around the same time, another vehicle w reported stolen wufs within walking distance where the suspect abandoned his vehicle. >> the widely broadcast loout r the chevrolet silverado seen here led to the tip that led police to ellis. police say the shooting was not a random crime, that he and the other.knew each it's not clear whether the victim worked at the mcdona

it was near fredericksburg, virginia. they didn't find them. it was a complete waste. now they are cold, wet, miserable, and angry. they're coming into camp and robertson is at the head of the brigade. once they reach the outskirts, the men visited what sometimes you found at the outskirts of fredericksburg. women, drinking. he turns around and his brigade is about half gone. he is furious. he starts talking to his officers. you've got to get the men back here. john bell hood happened to be nearby. this was his old brigade. he said, let them go. they will be back when you need them. that ability to not always hold tight on the reins, but let independent men have the independence they needed to blow off steam, but also disciplined enough to be effective combat units. you can't just have guys going off doing crazy things. that is not going to work. that level of leadership is what i am talking about. the difference between the stonewall brigade and the iron brigade, was the texas brigade's ability to sustain itself. that is not a criticism of the other two, but the texas

moving through the district, northern maryland,n areas fredericksburg potentially. that continues to swing through tonight. into the weekend, we have rain chances on saturday. looks like a higher chance. into sunday, we'll be wating th closely with temperatures in the 80s because of that rain. tomorrow and friday,k we l dry. highs around 90. you'll have a little break in nge humidity g into tomorrow afternoon and for next week, we're watching rain to start. let check in with melissa mollet back from her time off. good morning. >> good morning. bw parkway before powder mill road. single lane getting by the you can see a little bit of red here. but it is slow as you head northbound.ut ound, not affected. inbound branch avenue. the rp through the inner loop, it was blocked. sounds like that's now out of the way.bl a p on the beltway. outer loop, chevy chase through connecticut, two lanes get through. southbound connecticut, the ramp closed for t work zone there. >>> thank you, melissa. >>> it's probably the most basic piece of cooking equipment in your kitchen. but is

we saw some through oat fredericksburg area. those a moving down towards the richmond area. you see those moving down to the south. moving shower activity into western portions of loudoun county towards portions of winchester, martinsburg. more showers and storms to the north. all in all this whole thing moves out tomorrow. we're looking at a great wednesday, but the heat and storms return. i'll show you when. t's focus on tomorrow. that's great. >> the thank you, doug. >>> a reality show of sorts is playing out on television and twitter between two former reality stars. o on them the president of the united states. er white house staffer omarosa manigault-newman says there is audio of president trump using the "n" word while they were on the "apprentice" show together. isn't ins that word his vocabulary. but today press secretary sarah sanders could not guarantee had he never said it. >> i can't guarantee anything but i can tell you that thet presid addressed this question directly. i can tell that you i've never heard it. >> manigault-newman was fired from her job at the w

teures just shy of 90. 88 at reagan national. 89 annapolis. 89 fredericksburg.ridge on the eastern shore. future weather temperatures showing one thing about humid air, it doesn't cool off quickly. we're goi to see a gradual decline in temps into the evening and dropping down into the upper 60s with a lot of maryland and northern virginia, probably around 75 in d.c. hat will be close to dew point temperatures. we're expecting fog to form as well. the airunsaturated, the g has lot is of moisture. by tomorrow afternoon, back into the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. what's changed? that blocked weather pattern, in's not so blocked anymore. or at least it's of moved a little bit to the east. high pressure building in right now. more of a westerly flow. we'reo longer getting moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico. the next system starting to show in the nation's midsection and the plains. at will be the next front that starts to get here as we head into the middle of next week.he heading toool is a good idea for tomorrow. by noon we're already in the mid to upper

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. >> a tragic update tonight to a shooting at a fredericksburg mcdonald's. 19-year-old ken troyia fletcher paaway. fletcher was gunned down yesterday afanrnoon. ony ellis then sped off in a stolen truck. a fewhourslarity, police found him in a wooded area miles away from the fast food restaurant. officers say he shot and killed. authorities believe fletcher knew her killer. >>> the redskins kicked off preseaso against the patriots tonight. >> yeah, not the start that anybody but a big injury to talk about heir young e of stars a fan favorite. sherree burruss joins us with we could have only ended it at the half, sherree orrruss. >> rr: yeah, it was a tale of two halves. tonig the redskins have a full plate after their first pre-season game here at gillette stadium against the patriots. it really did feel kind of good to be back in aootball stadium and not just talking about practice and watching them hit each her. but certainly the work is going to continue this weekend. alex smith and tom brady both getting the night off. smith redskins debut has to wait. coat mccoy gets the start. f inir

around theeest of region 68, baltimore 66, 68martinsburg down towards fredericksburg. going to be a nice night and nice day tomorrow, too. on the radar, the only action out there towards the eastern shore, some showers, thunderstorms out there towards the ocean city area, the rest of us high and dry. this is ground clutter around our region now. ske a look at this. i'll widen out you can see it. look at this motion here. this is a big upper-level low. this is the kind of storm that we get from october to rch, vearely do we see this during the summer. but it's already happened twice. that's why we have been so wet over the course of the last month and a half. we'vwi seen it, once in the month of july, now in theth m of august as well. we seen saw something similar back in may. amazing how much rain we've seen out of these stormsti we cone to watch as if chance comes tomorrow as this upper-level lo continues to sit around our region. it will move off, r however, finally by wednesday. here we are going through noon. notice the cloud cover around most of the area on the dr

it feels like 104 i fredericksburg. it is nasty today. i think we getore souring the day tomorrow and wednesday as well. so this heat wave is going stick around. one thing we won't see a lot of, showers and storms. back to the west. we are looking at storms here. getti getting hit pretty hard right no a little bit of lightning and thunder. this ishe aroundable town area as you make your way to the north isre. is on the virginia and west border. the rest of us will most likely stay on the dry side. a big ridge of dry measure. giving us a hot and humid a too. a lot of 90s in this. regi when this sits over us for a while it builds onid hy. every day is hotter and hotter. some stormsould be strong and possibly severe. heat index 105. that's here tomorrow. we could be a heat advisory that's something to watch out ffor. high 94. a good chance of strong storms there. much coo as that front moves by. >> still ahead, commercials, changes coming to a popular site and how they will effect you. >> we are i lookingo school resource officers in our the