this is around the fredericksburg area or south of fredericksburg. you see the st mmoving in and around fredericksburg watch out. you're going to see the storm moving your way verying very soon. any more srms popping up, fredericksburg, and stafford county could be next. >> nasty. >>> we have an update to a story from earli this week. a d.c. paramedic was on the job. >> a manpe jum him as he tried to bring a patient in to the emergency room. >> this evenin he's talking with our pat collins about this rre robbery. this is a stoing you're only going to see on "news4." s when you're going to the hospital there'certain serenity about it that you feel safe and i was absolutely shocked this happened on the grounds of a hospital. >> ambushed. >> i would sayso. >> that's tim campbell.svyÑ he's been a firefighter/paramedic for 34 years. 14 in new rk, 20 here in d.c. now tim has seen a lot, but nothing quite like what happened last sunday at g.w. hospital. you see, tim was pushing a patient on a stretcher into the emergency room here when he was approached by

ouu get into the s and area from fredericksburg and charlotteslle as i mentioned, all the way up i-95 all the way up. you see this wind gust here. this was 45-miles-per-hour at the bay bridge. some of these were quite amazing. this is the first one. this is a wind gust near howard university. 58-miles-an-hour wind gust. you need 58-miles-per-hour to be called a severe thunderstorm wind gust. that's what we asve. i wnside the building but i wanted to see this. we had the warning. i went to the window to take a look at this and that wind came quicklght at you. and you saw the wind blowing. you saw the rain that was blowing sideways, the trees all moving around, and this was the same storm that brought 58 mules morgan, very ams, close to howard university, just west of howard university. but that caused a tree to come down on a house on the 300 block of ma comb tree. a tree down on aouse there. we had a crew there tonight and of course we're going to get that to you early tomorrow morning. make sure you tune in. we're live at 4:00 a.m. as far as what we're seeing throughout the rest of t

he checked out the scene at this new multi-level go-cart track, funland of fredericksburg. and you've just got to see juste is. >> all right, guys. are youuys ready? >> reporter: just down5 9 in fredericksburg, there's a brand-new racing experience like nothing else in the region. >> and i'm leadi pack! >> we wanted to do something very unique and special for the city of fnddericksburg a something that would attract people from all over the place. >> reporter: the multilevel go-cart track at funland in frederickibu of its . the closest is four hours from here. 30 feet in the air, 1,800 feet of track, and i've got to catch up. >> i'm like, howoim i gng to pass my brother without hitting him. and i wait rightehind him, drops a little bit, and see, if they go high or employelo i go opposite way. >> when weit started building , pee like, what are you building, a roller coast queer? >> kind of. >> reporter: be ready to wait your turn on friday and saturday nights, but mid-morning, you'll have to wait a lot more. >> follow-up question, how does being taller mak y faster at go-car

woo. >> we wanted to do somethingi unque and special for the city of fredericksburg and something thatract people from all over the plays. >> reporter: the go cart track is the only one of its nd. the course is just four hours from here. 30 feet in the the air, 1800 feet of t i have got to catch up.th >> ight how am i going to pass my brother without hitting him. then i waved right by him. how to draft a little bit. if they go high or low i go the opposite way they do. >> when we started building it people were like what are you building? a roller coaster. >> reporter: mid week and morning trips, you will be behind the wheel much more and have less time to smack talk with friends. >> i just meeththe heig requirement. >> reporter: how does being taller make you better at go cart racing. >> i don't know. i can reach the idals. >> love the track. >> an.in and agai i want to go again. >> reporter: in fredericksburg, i am tommy mcfly, news4. >> guaranteed to be a hit. >>> for more cool new places to see and things to do, head to the nbc 4 washington app and head to the scene. we have got it

but he knows he has to watch sedgwick over fredericksburg so he has to have a reinforced division to do that. the rest of the force moves on chancellorsville to deal with hooker and need, sorry, lee led us to the end of the war, lee is conditioned by his training in napoleonic tactics and operation he will use again and again and try to use at the end of the war when what napoleon called the strategy of the central position. in other words if you're outnumbered, don't let your enemy unite, plunge in between them, hold on one side, Ãthe other side and bring your horse to bear on the other force and defeat them in detail piece by piece so we have to take chances. he feels like he can't retreat on richmond for a variety of reasons,practical and strategic and morale wise as well . so he and jackson, the first thing they do is make sure you stop the enemy advance so on may 1 the union starts timidly advancing and the union soldiers, their full of but the commanders are getting nervous. they still want to fight, hooker is getting nervous and he is nervous already and hooker decided to stay

fredericksburg onl at 89 degrees. fredericksburg, you're feeling like 101.94, so it is warm out there. we're headed for an air temperature of 94 degrees today. we have a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms pop up. any time after 3:00 or 4:00, continue until 9:00 or 10:00 tonight. we'll have a few out there, some of them could bring heavy downpours as well, we'll continue to see them move through the area, by 10:00, 11:00, we'll be dry. everything will be out by tomorrow morning. tomorrow throughout the day, 96, feeling like 101 to 105 tomorrow. we'll have showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afrnoon, nothing on the radar right now, there's what's left of barry turning its way through the middle part of the united states. we could see some showers asr ea as wednesday afternoon, about 4:00, 5:00. we'll continue with scattered light showers. it doesn't look like anything too heavy. we could have one or ofo storms ouhat. just take a look at these temperatures, it's go g to be warm. the temperature on the right, the heat index is on the left. here's a look at y

. >> checked out scene at the new multi-level go cart track in fredericksburg. just have to see it to believe how cool itis. check this out. >> all right, guys. welcome to thunder speedway. you guys ready? >> reporter: just down 5 in fredericksburg, there's a brand-new racing experience like nothing else in the .region >> and i'm leader of the pack. >> wanted to do something very unique and special for the city of fredericksburg and sething that would attract people from all over the place. >> reporter: the multi-level go fredericksburg is the only one of its kind. the closest one is four hours from here. ng >> how am i g to pass my brother without hitting him, and then i wait behind him, dropped a little bit and see if they go high or low, i usually go the opposite way that they do. y> when we started building it's like what are building, a roller coaster? like kind of. >> reporter: be ready to wait your turn onat sdays and friday nights if you visit this track but mid-week and morning trip you'll be behindhe wheel much more and have less time to smack talk wit

after you take a look after fredericksburg you can see. the rest of the beltway and op inner los looking okay. >>> yesterday's storm knocked out power to thousands of people across the d region. this morning, about 5,000 people are still without electricity. largest group is in fairfax. dominion energy says 4,200 people are without power. arlington and loudon have also people in the dark. >>> developing this mornial. a l man is behind bars charged with sexual assault nd abduction. >> polce say 62-year-old steven edwards committed those crimes in reston. he was arrested yesterday.ti investors released the sketch you see there on the left after an attack last month near reston parkway in barron cameron avenue. one woman said she was shopping aty a nearb store when they struck up a conversation with man. when she left the store she saia tht man hit her from behind and raped her on a walking path. >>> a reward is being issued in hopes of finding the men who killed a morgan state university student in prince george's county county. manny luis w

fredericksburg, quantico, manna sass and continuing see plainr n there. seesere thunderstorm watch all up and down the east coast. amelia, we could see more severe storms over the next couple of days, but today by most as far as it's concerned. >> we can't rule out a few thunderstorms. but i don't want you to think washout. plenty of drying time. right one through th weekend we start out the day with plenty of sunshine. 72 degrees. a high tomorrow of 88. our high todayas 90, making it the 36th time this year we said 90 degrees or higher. that's our averag for the entire year and we're just closing out july. anyway, back to tomorrow's forecast. there.le bit humid out maybe a few isolatedth understorms around tomorrow during the and and evening hours. when we say isolated. that means you take ten people out there and only about two of the ten are going tog be gett rain. they're going to say,h tought it was going to be dry. when we talk scattered showe nd storms. that mes five of them are getting rain. half are saying, where's the rain. the other ice saying

: down 5 in fredericksburg there is a racing track like nothg in the region. >> we wanted to do somethingnique and special for the city of foreheadburg and attract people from all over the plhite >> tis the only one of its kind. the closest is four hour from here. 30 feet in the air.fe 1 of track. i got to catch up! >> how am i going to pas my brother without hitting him? i waited behind him and probably dropped a little bit and see if they go high orlow, i go the opposite way they do. >> it's funny because wen we astarted building, peopl saying what are you building, a roller coaster? kind of. >> reporter: if you go there, be eady to wait your turn on saturdays and friday nights, but mid weekrn and g trips you'll be behind the wheel much more and have less time to sma w talkh friend. >> i have a foot on her. >> yeah. >> reporter: how does being taller make you faster at go carting? >> at least you can reach the pedal. >> it's worth the trip. i love the track. i think they love the track again. n! reporter: aga again! i want to go again! in frericksburg, tommy mcfly, news4. >> for many ne

>> down 95 in fredericksburg ere is abrand-new racing experience like nothing else in the region and i'm leading the pack. >> we wanted to do something very unique and special for the city of fredericksburg and ld something wouraek people fr attract people from all over the place.people attract people from all over the placat from all over the place. >> this is the only one of its kind. the closes is four hour from here. 30 feet in the air. 1800 feet of track. i got to ca ah up! >> howi going to pass my brother without hitting him? i waited behind him and probably dropped a little bit and see if they go high or low, i go the opposite way they do. >> it's funny because when we started building it, people are saying what are you building, a roller coaster? kind of. >> reporter: if you make a trip here to virginia's only multilevel go cart track, be ready to wait your turn on saturdays and friday nights, but mid week and morning trips be behind the wheel muc more and have less time to smack talk with friends. >> i have a foot on her. >> yeah. >> reporter: how does being ke taller maou f

leesburg and winchester to 59 degrees. 63 in german town and gaithersburg this morning. 65 fredericksburgand 65 in brandy wine, maryland. sunny and warm is your planner today. not too humid either so that is about as nice as we can make it in summer. tomorrow not super humid. warmer. close to 9degrees coming up tomorrow. rain chance satellite and radar composition across the mid-atlantic. zero rain anywhereithin 200 tof 300 miles o us. rain chances over the next feud on future weather. eoday any little chancof rain in the mountains of west virginia. tomorrow, more of the same. although closer to the virginia and west virginiane tomorrow. no rain around the city tomorrow. thursday here is thursday early afternoon. showers and storm developing along the shenandoah valley and then reaching us during the evening commute. thursday afternoon and evening, rain and thunderstorm. some of them likely to have heavy rain. then on friday, any little chances forain friday i think are over southern maryland. what about that ten-day forecast? enjoy the quiet weather the next two days. time now for a chec

quite a bit in the way of rain around fredericksburg over towards saint marry's county. by tomorrow morning we are a-okay. look what h rain in the d.c. area. it was still coming down. but how about this double rainbow shot around our area? how about that? pretty cool shot. tomorrow going to be cool for different reasons. a'll talk about tomorrow and the weekend in minute. >> good sign for tomorrow's weather. thank you doug. >>> new video shows a virginia man being beaten up by a group of men being beaten up outside the washington national hotel.hi >> tis tough to watch. d.c. police are trying to track down those shah marry stone has more about the people who took part in this vicious attack. >> good evening. police tell me that this group f 13 to 14-year-old boys and girlsat the man behind me. authorities hope that someone recognizes the suspects on oodeo. take a close lk at this surveillance video at the entrance of the washington n hilton o connecticut avenue. a teen dressed in jeans and a t-shirt walks up to two men. hepunches one of them in the face and then ten teen

these are al around fredericksburg, spotsylvania county, culpepper area. that's about it. y take a look at the wide area, you notice this line, this unsettled weather, this is a frontal boundary moving down across our region. this is a trough of low upressure. yo can see the jet stream moving down to the south and back up to the north and around our region. that's going to give us the health to provide us with those showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. some of those could be strong, possibly severe. we may be weather alert tomorrow. chuck bell will be in with you tomorrow morning starthd a 4:00 a.m. with the latest on this. as we run through 4:00 to 4:30, as we move on throu the day tomorrow through noon no problem. we're high and dry right on through the noon hour except foi areas west virginia and petersburg. around 3:00 we start to see those storms devels and they're ong. already severe at this time in parts of the area coming through the metro area around 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. of course during that evening so watch out there. of course i'll be with you all afternoon on twit

a few showers left in fredericksburg.ll of that is moving out, and behind it we've got some really nice weather. not just really nice weather. it's going to be a pretty nice night out there for a lot of activities, including ing down to fedex. i think when was it last week we had the rolling stones and this, two of the biggest soccer teams in the world playing right there! >> i mean, doug, is thi not awesome. this is coming out of chopper right now. real madrid and arsenal. kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. you can see the cars are starting to filter into the parking lot there. i mean, what an exciting game and the weather is going to deliver. going to be so nice out there tonight. dare i sayg, refreshinomething we haven't been able to say here in a long time, two weeks. we do have plenty of cloud around. temperatures for the game though s.ll be in the low to mid-70 thanks so much to chopper out there for this shot. as the rain moves out this evening, this weather is going to be gally great toet the car washed. we're not tracking a

down to the south around fredericksburg. over towards carroll county.torm warning in effect. no longer for fredericksburg, only for caeroll now and ov towards parts of southern stafford as wellas overowards king george until 6:30, 6:45, ut rather, b this storm starting to weaken a little bit so that's good news. charles county, prince george's county getting hit very, very hard here. even inside the district getting hit hard. so a rough go of things tonight for sure. you can see where some of the heaviest rain is in brandy wine, all of these areas now under a flood warning. that's aerial flood warning meaning creeks and streams coming out of their banks until 9:15. you might just want to stay away from that on until that time. the best news here is we're inarting to see this pull out to the east, mean back to the shenandoah valley. you're dry. the rest of us dry the next one to two hours. much more on this comintup over next half hour or so right here on news 4. we're also tracking to the south tropical storm -- itould come on shore on saturday. amelia

and 90 degrees for gaithersburg and down to the south and east and pa auxet rive quantico and fredericksburgshine in excess of 104 and 106 degrees. so this is what you need to know for the evening and into tomorrow. thestorms will be abating after sunset. so for us, we dodged a bullet as far as a widespread storm or severe outlook. eore storms are on tap, but there's much mor relief from the heat and humidity and monday into tuesday and notice by 11:00, wstill could have a rumble of thunder across the area, and it does weaken during the overnight hours and we'll pick up some t clouds anden some showers and that's just about it across our area. here are the numbers, everyone, forro tomor 87 degrees, as i said, we have that storm chance and another chance for some showers. monday in theng mornibut temperatures only in the mid-80s and it will stretch out to 89 egrees and take a good look, everyone. talk about the heat. that's right. we have some heat coming next weekend, as well. 91 an96 i looked at this twice. that's right. 96 and 98 degrees the heat will return and i'm lling you it will be a

she's nursing, again, in fredericksburg, virginia. she ends up taking over a hospital in petersburg, virginia, in the summer of 1864. but in 1865, as the war is drawing to a close, barton is going to find her next role. she is a woman who is -- deals with depression throughout her life. it runs in her family. her mother had issues of depression as well. barton, by 1865, is out of things to do. out of things that she can do to help. she can no longer go to the front. the battles have moved farther south. the war is drawing toward a close. she is in annapolis, maryland, though. she found another role. at a place called camp parole. this is where survivors from prison camps across the south are going to be brought back into union lines. that's why camp parole was designed. this is where paroled union prisoners will be brought in and essentially integrated back into the union army, as well as any medical attention they may need. that sort of thing will go on at camp parole in annapolis. barton is there and she is providing assistant to th

more casualties took place within 20 miles of fredericksburg, virginia, than in any other state in the confederacy. 19 of the 20 union regiments that suffered the highest percentage of casualties during the war fought in the eastern theater, as did 10 of the 15 con federal regiments and eight of the ten con federal brig aids that earned that grisly distinction. several factors conspired to focus attention on the east in the united states, in the confederacy and in in europe and by europe i mean london and paris, the rest of it didn't matter. the eastern theater among these factors are the eastern theater, and you know this, the eastern theater contained the two national capitals, they are only 100 miles apart. it also contained the war's two most famous armies, the army of the potomac and the army of northern virginia. it was the theater closest to most large cities in the loyal state and thus to newspapers with the largest circulations in the united states. british and french observers habitually gauged the progress of the war by what, if anything, happening in the eastern theater. th

. >> just down 95 in fredericksburg, there's a brand new racing experience like nothing else in the region >> and i'm leading the pack. >> wen watted to do something unique and special for the city of fredericksburg, and something that would atrack people froe all over thace. >> theis closest four hours from here. 30 feet in the air, 1800 feetof track, and i have to catch up. >> how am i going to pass my brother without hittingh . i wait behind him, draft a little bit, and see if they go high or low, i go the opposite way they do. >> it's fun, because when we started building it, people were like, what are you building, a roller coaster. >> if you're making the trip be prepared towa it your turn. >> i have i foo on her, so hopefully -- >> i just meet th height requirement. >> how does being taller make you fster at go karting. >> it's worth the trip, i love the track, i think they'll love the track too., >> againain, i want to go again. >> news 4. >> that looks like so much fun. >>> and for so many more cool new places to see and things to do, go to the nbc washington app d search for the

a community meeting at james monroe high school in fredericksburg today that begins at 6:00 p.m. go to nbc washington app and search i-95 in virginia for details how you can weigh in. >>> u.s. marshals have doubled the reward amount to $10,000 to track down isaiah murchison who is 1 of 11 indicted in connection to the murder of 10-year-old makiyah wilson. look for more in our nbc app. ngton >>> use the interpret radar feature in the nbc washington app to track the rain in your neighborhoods today. horain off and on throug most of the day. you're beach-bound or mountain-bound for the weekend, the weather looks fantas jic. >> it it beautiful. >>> first 4 traffic alert. connecticutig avenue side blocked and mail all over the road. the postal inspector just arrived. that isprocedure in a situati like this. now the cleanup can begin. can you see the front-end loader working there. the icc might beeyorth the mon today. delays on the outer loop. thank you, chopper 4, for all of those pictures r urs. >> definitely worth the money to take that alternate route. my goodness. look at those m

berry farmer from fredericksburg.rom 10:00 to 4:00 celebrate where gorge washington grew up, tours of his home.he watch t patriotic flag retirement ceremonies and enact with colonial re-enactors. educational aspect for the whole family plus crafts, games, hands-on activities,and can you going to love it. all the info on the nbc washington app. just search scene. i'm tommy mcfly. news 4. >> all the events wrap up at 4:00, but there's fleetcenter of reason to stay in fredericksburg including fireworks. right now on the nbc washington app you can find our fireworks finder just searche scene for more information. find the fireworks. >> find the fireworks. >> find them. >> and maybe your tap dancing shoes if you have to dance between e raindrops the next couple of days. >> io think the fireworks are going to be effective especially tomorrow night. a lot of areas doing fireworks d some fireworks will get off it without a h and others will have a problemf becausehe rain and it's a matter of how many storms we have o there. a

kking a loo at 66 in and out of town, no problems. 95t northbound ou fredericksburg and wood bridge.>>> local area is cleaning up after strong storms hit urs hard yesterday. >> justin finch is on yuma street in northwest washington where the wind caused some serious damage. what are you seeing? >> right now meticulous job to break down thes large branche attached to that tree there. the wires that led to a power outage are under a lot of big branch. you can see it's a very tricky job with those wires overhead. those branches weighing them down. this damage caused byohat st we saw move through here yesterday afternoon. the neighbors in the area tell us that it was close to 6:00 p.m. yesterday when that storm was really bearing down here. lots of heavy wind and rain coming through here. wind and rain so strong it snapped somety pret large branches to this tree. the branches falling down and taking with it wires that connected to their electricity and sparked a fire in someone's yard. the fire was put out but it's quite a square for neighbors. we spoke to one neighbor who said justify i

dy brg out pcture onem u, and can understorms down to our m to the north from fredericksburg. so we're track areas of storm and rain. fireworks forecast coming 4 sack. if you're heading outto aight, u' right on your phone, i you'r out tonigh et epd things t macfarlane at the . live desk with the lateaott, a licarnia, amelia. in let's show you exa itasth cst, california.it about roque time about, our time ridge gofheound. from stores in the ea, came from swimming pools, as you can see. we also fave video i l a cresesnd broken gaswiesses dest >> was it rolling? 10or a 15 se retaed shaking. >> sounded like the car had batteries in it. were also 4.0 ring up forkeer seen.ewsroom,g aln a couple of hours, and can you see folks gathered there on the mall. on the other end of the mall, people gathering for the big capital fourth concert and huge fireworks display. we have a team of reporters downtown looking at best ways to get around ifou do plan to head that way and how they plan to manage the dueli nal mall.wn there cory? . i'll tell you. what the rain has steadily been coming down

it's still feeling 06 about 1n leesburg as well as down in fredericksburg. we don't really cool off at night either. this is why we have all of these weather alerts now. if you don't have air conditioning, there's just no time to recover because look at we start off at 82 and warm to 100. sunday we start off at 83 and warm to 99 degrees. maybe so late-day thunderstorms on sunday with storms likely on monday. i'm going to have much more on the weekend and when relief arrives coming up at 645. doreen and leon. >> amelia, thank you. >> thanks, amelia. >>> the kennedy cenitr released 2019 class of honorees today. >> and this list includes some pretty amazing performers like singer linda round stat and r & b group earth, wind & fire. ♪ >> never get tired of hearing that song. >> no. >> even though they are singing cbout september, theemony won't actually be held until r. decembe earth, wind & fire will be honored this career for sure. >> also on the list actress stally field, singer linda ronstadt and conductor michael tilson thomas. the presenters andor perfrs a

some shower activity around fredericksburg. you can see what' all of this is on the light side. we only saw a couple of storms. most of us stay dry. a very unsettled pattern. it is working our way. a dry morning start. mother wi spread storms tomorrow and a good chance of a few severe storms with very heavy rain. we'll time it up for your hou by hour. we'll talk about your chances in your area. >>> we've been working for you, keeping an eye on the roads for you. this is a time lapse of the back-ups leading to the bay bridge. >> the worst congestionhe at the bridge. everything cleared up pretty quickly. let's get a live look right now. it is wide open. s just smoothiling for everybody. it makes you wonder what be back. over the weekend. if youe staying here in town for the holiday, get ready for some big canges on the road. the memorial brid and dozens of streets down will b closed a few hoursw. from melissa has more on what she needs. we're talking about sections of constitution avenue and part of rock creek parkway. we want to expect heavytraffic d delays down in general throug

already feels like 100 degrees in fredericksburg and towardhe eastern shore. now, over the next 12 hours, those temperatures are going to top out in the low to mid 90s. we've got that 70% chance of storms. timing it out for you, again, after 1:00, 2:00, seeing them roll through, places west of us. and then they'll continue to push through as we go through the ev could be heavy and strong at times. ave a flash flood watch. look at this, tuesday morning, heavy rain and ntme storms uing right along i-95. and then by the time we head into the afternoon, the frontal system will clear, maybe a chance of few showers, but that's it. let's talk about wednesday and ehe rest of the week, more humidity on th horizon. that's coming up. guys? >> we'll see you then. thank you. >>> we get an update on the safety changes at mets park. >>> plus, equifax exposed the personal data of millions of americans. now it will have to pay up. we're going to explain and show you how to protect your credit. >>> you're watching "news4 midday." >>> all right. welcome back. an update on a deve

we are in the upper 90s, near vi100 in fredericksburg, inia right now.is much cooler, nearly 11 degrees lower than what it felts like thafternoon, look up toward frederick maryland, usually we're on the cooler side of the .spectrum feeling like 107 degrees in frederick, maryland. stepping up tonight. there is a 1345u8 rain chance it's going to be between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.of some s may not see anything at all. we could see an isolated shower between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. temperatures in the 80s itovernight. 's going to be a warm night as well. your forecast for tomorrow. we may be a little on the hotter .side than it was today tomorrow we could -- we have a good run at 98, 99 for your summer. >> tomorrow i'm going to up the chances for the storms, maybe 20% chance tomorrow, we have a 30% chance of showers and storms. let's start at 9:00 p.m., try to see this develop here. maybe a storm, a few rumbles around 5:00, then we're dry, by sunday morning, this is rush time. by lunchtime, still pretty quiet, and then we start to see that chance for showers and sto

there will be a community meeting at james monroe high school in fredericksburg today and begins at6:00 this evening. >> if you have the answerthere, you're a popular person around here. >>> a virginia woman is lucky to be ave after a lawn mowing accident st her down the side of a hill. i >> i thoughtheard a goat. mistakenly, it was her. >> wow. 80 yer 80-year-old juanita when a deedvery person tri to drop a package off at her house. he found her dog and she was nowhere to be found. he called for her and she respond and he found her more than 50 feet down the hill. >> i yaelelled for juanita and heard her yell and i found her on the sidehi of the . >> she survived for water more than two days in the scorching heat. her familyenopes this couraging more people to check in on elderlyoved ones every day. >> wow. >> i'm glad he knew something was not right. >>> alcohol spiked with dangerous chemical compounds is making tourist sick. we will tell you where it's happening. >>> we all felt om taking a mental health excuse from work andow kid can make ta it happen froschool.ou we will tell yow

e are actually come up close to fredericksburg andnothe rthern neck and southern maryland over the nextouple of hours. look at this swin right here. uw it might produce more severe weather. a little farther to the west and that tells me we won't see theb chance for severe weather in our area tonight with the exception of our southern zones but we are going to see the chance for someery heavy rainfall overnight tonight and into early tomorrow and that's why the flash flood watch and flash flood threat still continues into early morning tomorrow. watch outtonight r the morning commute. could be a big problem. amelia, with a little bit more on what to expect. first round is out of here, but more to go. >> for severe wet we are meaning gusting, damaging winds and frequent lightning is diminished for a lot of us. rofnd one is out here, as you saw a lot of damage reports north of washington, similar locations that saw a lot of damage yesterday from thunderstorms. more rain out there tonight though and even through the overnight hours. it could wake you up with heavy down lurs and rain isoking

by tomorrow afternoon, look at these peak numbers. 114 heat indexmo torrow in fredericksburg and 107martinsburg and 113 by the bay in annapolis. let's go over to first four traffic d see howthat is doing for us this morning. >>> good morning. innnandale right lane geby the work zone on the beltway. rest of the beltway looks good and even that area doesn't look bad. 66, 64 miles per hour gets you there in nine minutes. >>> chances you weren't right-hander for the real moon landing in 1969. actually, a lot of you probably were. we will tell you what is coming up in "the scene." >>> keep it here all day. "ellen" at 3:00 and stay news at 4:00 for your news. ♪ this is not j. this is not just a fever. this is not just the flu. it's meningitis b... andwhile meningitis btis uncom. once symptoms appear, they can progress quickly and can be fatal... sometimes within 24 hours. before you send your teen to colle... makem.ure you help protect the talk to your teen's doctor... about meningitis b vaccination. >>> welcome back. if you know tommcf m, you know he has a pulse on the scene around the re

he came up to shen an doe yeah valley, took fredericksburg and all in that area for the battle.lly came do georgia avenue. >> this week d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton introduced a bill toes pve sites in d.c., maryland, and virginia. a remarkable sne playing out high above our studios. today we replaced the o antenna our building today. this is quite a sight because it took an entire helicopter to be able to do that. there were a lot of folks outside cafhing a glimpse o this on this beautiful day that we had today. so starting august 2nd, news4 and zy tv are moving to a new frequency. if you watch us using a tv anyo teniaare going to need to rescan your television or you're got going to lose the signals. if you tch us oncable, satellite or digital, you don't need to rescan. pretty cool stuff out there. >>> what a beautiful saturday it was, and we needed to dry out h after tis soggy week we just had l it seemske everybody was out doing something outside today. >> heabsolutely, as t should be. tomorrow i think we can get another repeaterformance. absolutely gorgeous weather in

southern parts of myland and down around the northern neck and fredericksburg.ome of these showers are coming your way. i do think they will make their way into your area. the rain is moving out for most of us. to the continue down south over the next couple of hours. again, we have the whole system and there it is right here coming on through. one more shower for parts of the region and then look back to the west. nothing but sunshine tomorrow. winds are out of the north tomorrow. a little breezy, but it'sto goi be some really nice weather, and amelia after what we saw, the 12 days of heat, tomorrow is looking great and so is the rest of the week. >> absolutely. the humidity levels stay in check and the temperatures are comfortable. it's a greatre night out tor a soccer game. we have real madrid versus arsenal tonight out at fedex field. we have cloudy skies out there, but look at these temperatures. it does not get any better out there than 74e dees at 7:00 p.m. as the game is wrapping up around 9:00, 10:00 p.m. we're in the low 70s. look at the chopper right

half an inch of rain at foreheaforehea fredericksburg.ot everyone is going to get rained on but like yesterday, there is a difference betweenve low chances for rain and no chance for rain. >> i like it. taking a look at the belt way. outer loop near 50 construction has disappeared. nner loop looking just fine. 66 no complaints and nothing in your as far as work zones. 270 southbound from 70 to the spur, 70 miles per hour. get there in 26 minute. nothing in youray there. northbound is looking good. road work they have had hanng around northbound near montross. >>> blood, swe and tiers are not what you think of when it comes to ice cream but what it took for a local woman to get her business off the ground and now this d.c. ice cream is helping o>>ers. looks pretty good. looks pretty good. >>> keep it here all day. ♪ when yohave nausea, heartburn, ♪ indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea ♪ try new pepto liquicaps for fast relief and ultra-coang. ♪ nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea ♪ get powerful relief with new pepto bis

ve>> berry farm ent wraps up a 4:00, but there are plenty of reasons to stay in fredericksburg including fireworks. find the fireworks finder on the nbc washington app. search "the scene" for more information. >> 4:26.n next ows 4 working for you with advice for people whose pets are afraid of fireworks. >>> plus, cell phone insurance claims bike on the fourth of july. think abour you can spill you bad. on your phone, that's your kid drops it in the pool, that's worse. we have tips and product ideas to keep your phone safe. lauren? >> well, you have to keep it safe, maybe get a little waterproof case because we have -lot of rain coming our way as we go through >> you have to protect the phone. >> there you go. absolutely. they're like $1,000. y, listen, little damp out there this morning, little wet but rain later onthis >> announcer: news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >>> we arein weather alert mode on this wednesday because more of this is likely headed our way. yesterday storms caught a lot of people off guard. is that funny? don't let it happen to you today. >> did you

fredericksburg over toward parts of southern maryland you saw that rain just about all afternoon.you can see it now. down to our southern zones. and moving on ou that's the good news. we're just about done. we had some shower activity rightow in the bay. we have a few showers back here toward parts of the shenandoah valley. but that's it. yesterday 96. today a high of 77. just amazing how much cooler we were during the day today, and that's areawide. take a look at this. a great morning start. low humidity over the next three or four days. and yes, the heat does return. it is mid july. we do have another heat wave in the forecast. i'll show you when, we'll see you back heren a few minutes. >> all right, doug, thank you. >>> tonight a family grieves after a young man died while working on a construction site today. >> chopper 4 over the scene here in mclean, virginia this evening. a second man was injuredhe in t ditch. this is on solitaire lane in fairfax county. >> news 4's amy cho has been working this story since it she's in mclean with new information on what happened here. amy

you did not have them in fredericksburg. let's hope it's reversed for the fireworks displays on thursday. but high temperature into the 90s again tom [ cheers and applause ♪ >> steve: welcome to "the tonight show! and here's your host jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause

early came up the shenandoah valley, took fredericksburg and all in that area, fought the battle, andn basically came down georgia avenue to threaten washington. >> last week d.c. delegate elnor holmes norton introduced a bill to preserve sites in d.c., maryland, and virginia. >>> we are monitoring barry as it goes over louisiana, dumping several inches of rain. >> yeah, let's turn to the weather channel meteorologist stephanie abrams. what are conditions like where you are this morning? >> reporter: you know, we are getting lucky this morning, guys, because we are right in the middle of two bands of rain on either side of us. so we are dry right now, but, you know, the heaviest rain that we have seen has been up close to seven inches in some places louisiana. re we are lucky when it came to the rainfall. where we were not lucky was with the push of water here on the river. behind me you see the water. this has gone down since 'm yesterday i guessing about threeish feet. here is the, thing guys. this river is out of the its banks. they have en having problems with this river since the

e will be a community meeting at james monroe high school in fredericksburg this evening. it begins at 6:00. >> there's major progress on metro's silver line extension to du fes airport, the first time actual metro trains have moved into louden coun. esterday i was able to get up in chopper 4 to get a birds eye view of it all. > a look at this momentum milestone, really not just for louden county, but for our entire region. take a look, this is the louden gateway metro station, phase two of the silver lining, you see what's hanging out there in the station, that is a metro train, yes, louden county forhe first time, you actually have a meo train in your property, and it is not far from the crown jewel of phase two, dulles international airport which is rit over here. this is why this project was envisioned all along, to b able to bring metro service all the airport.here to the and then into louden county, and with all the problems, the con kree issues we detailed. all the issues regarding the labor management. we are starting to se physical reality that this project is com

fredericksburg police arrested the store owner for selling marijuana and he told the i-team it was all cbd. >> we didn't want to place people in legal jeopardy. >> reporter: it's tough for police and prosecutors to be aware of every new law almediately, and when the state lab init tested some of kyle's products they did have thc, we just don't know how much.te to camp k things even further, the field tests police use to identify marijuana alsom cback positive for cbd. we can't tell the difference because they are designed to detect cannabinoids and now they are trying to use the field tests in court. >> the only thing we can do as legislators is urge our executive branch partners to ensure that this ishi somet that they should >> they also test the product andemp products. this says cbd andhe question is is it a plant or a product? >> do you think th there will be a criminal justice look at nd marijuana cbd las. >> thanks to the -- >>> evidence that requires the more advanced test will go actually now be on hold until those teste up and running and in the meantime she's warned police a

southward along into part of southern maryland and northern neck towards forehead ric forehea fredericksburg. much easier weather picture for the rest of the day after getting the rain out of here today. now over to first 4 traffic with melissa. >> as you're heading northbound on 95 after the dale city truck sales, reopened the roadway. everything wast down temporarily because of a crash there on le ride. we a debris across the road causing that big delay and closure. northbound through wood bridge, still have the slow down. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >>> arad titio often appears on a lot of people's st bucket li but usually end in ca some injurye look at the scene here! yi're running bulls! and they are going to gore you. this year, two americans were hurt at the running of thebulls in spain. the california man needed surgery for neck injuries and a d n from kentucky was gorein the thigh. four others were hospitalized. you have to know going in this is a resk. >> risk. >> i used to want to do this. >> then you grew up? >> exactly. another buck list item for you

visibility could is reduced but not an impact on the city. 71 baltimore, 72 fredericksburg. shenandoah valley temperature in the 60s. your commute today a mid afternoon rain shower. no severe weather day. temperature will climb from the low 70s at 7:00 a.m. to near 90 degrees. car washing forecast. dry for most of us but try all of us the weekend but hot. we will talk weekend s temperatureming up. jack taylor, good friday morning. >>> good morning. you will find, uortunately, ur closure remain from monday's storm damage. canal road is blocked between reservoir and foxhall. it is closed until further notice. road was compromised from monday's storm. on the freeway downtown delay building quickly off the 11th street width. third street tunnel staying right to get by. activity fr the storms in davidsonville in this area. >>> breaking news from fairfax. police are invtigating a deadly accident involving a pedestrian. this happened ne leesburg pike andet payne stre in an area that was closed off for the investigation overnight but open now. the police are only saying thes victima

includes fairfax, montgome montgomery, fairfax and portions of the district. 92 in huntington, 88in fredericksburg. 64 down thwart stanton. kind of amazing what's happening with the rain. g it's allng to push our way as we move on through the rest of the evening tonight as i said earlier from 66 and 50 down to the south. that's where we have the best chance of seeing the torms. tomorrow this system remains. it's fairly unsettled. but i'm not expectingmuch rain. a chance of 35%. friday's an interesting day. have a little system early in the morning. it could give us showers but inhibit owunderstorm threat. more of a threat on saturday afternoon but more of a threat of 89 degrees. looking dry o saturday. now, any new warnings that come in, we're expecting more as we come on through, i'll continue to keep you posted through the storm center. >> thanks, doug. >>> the 84-year-old woman said thieves arerg taing her yard and they're goint after her hana decord lawn ornaments. later we share her message with whoever's taking her shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? l that's

the highest risk begins in fredericksburg and washington cridond avrain nighdt. t tha f nlashor floodst watchea f. metro anoa and points th and west and goes into effect late this evening and extreme heat is pushed farther to the south. heat advisories in place across parts of southern maryland. the rain is locally as much as d a 3 inches in spots. 70s this morning. 93 your expected high tempeture this afternoon. future weather is coming u >>> southbound connecticut avenue at veir is mill road has a tree blocking the way is out of the w. beltway, no major problemsnner loop and outer loop. do trees causing problems on line.runswick cancellations and delays on the has plagued e. d.c. for days w. and killed all over the district. >> that includes 11-year-old karon brown that you see here. hours fro now, d.c. mayor muriel bowschief peter newsome willer address th violence gng on. meagan tzgerald is live for us to tell us what to expect today. >> reporter: we are expecting to hear from d.c. police chief peter newsome and the mayor will how citizens can work with polic

in effect from 2:00 until 2:00 a.m., from areas everywhere here in the green, doe not include fredericksburginchester, yes, you could see fash flooding too, but it's going to be more appreciatenb lann the tho same areas that got hit hard todaynd monday. you can see the line xdhere, lo at this line that's developing wck to the west, that's what we're going to ching come through, we have a first line out ahead of it, this may die off a little bit, give us a lite bit of rain, here we are at 11:00, no problem, watch whar happens by und 1:00, 2:00. here comes the line, notice some areas in red and pink. those would be str to potentially severe storms. coming in through the metro area, right around 5:00, 6:00, i thats during the evening rush, this is when we could see some real problems this afternoon. and the potential is there for severe weather as well as 50 to 60 mile an hour by 7:00, this computermodel moving everything out. we may get okay with dinner, more showers coming down.th be we ready, download the nbc washington app, you can watch the radar on there yourself. very heavy rainfall,las

look at these ers for tomorrow. 112 heat index in gaithersburg and washington tomorrow. 114 fredericksburg zone. stay hydrated and take good care of yourself and your neighbor tomorrow. tho chanc no chances for rain. type pool into your nbc washington app and let you know where your nearest pool is so you can get in the water and stay cool and don't forget your spf! next week will be perfect summer weather. >>> fairfax 28 south at orchard bridge drive south of 66. right now, you can see chopper 4 circling this pole and serious damage there and tis is a crash investigation but we don't see a vehicle. some lanes getting by in each direction so as soon as we kw more, we will tweet about it from first 4 traffic this morning. as far as anything else happening, here is left lane still getting by this crash. outer loop and inner loop good remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in you today. >>> almost everybo is looking for place to beat the heat the next couple of days. >> if you're running out of idea, don't worry. we have you covered. molette green is live in bow a o stay cool. hey t

there will be a community meeting at james monroe high ol scho in fredericksburg today and that meeting begins at 6:00 this evening. >>> >>> a virginia woman is lucky to be alive after a lawn mowing accident sent her down the side of a hill. >> i thought i heard a goat. mistakenly, it was her. >> 80-year-old juanita mullins lives in virginia. when a livery person tried to drop a package off at her house, he found her dog and she was nowhere to be found. he called for her and she responded and he found her more than 50 feet down the hill. >> i yelled for juanita and i heard her yell and i found her on the side of the hill. i saw the mower beyond it. i found her. >> mullins survived without water for more than two days in the scorching heat if you can believe that. her family horas this encng more people to check in on elderly loved ones every day. >> something we always suggest. >>> next on "news4 today," we are going to check back in with that breaking tra ic newst on the beltway. it is just one of several crash out there this morning that could make ithard to get to work >>> alcohol sp

fredericksburg, quantico, 96. another reason why we've got thr weathe advisory or the weather alert going on. but as i mentioned, nothing around d.c. now. it's all to theorth and west and once again this is something an area that we're going to be watching makingay its w down from areas like hagerstown. we're starting to see them form into frederick county, to the west of frederick and around mount arie. towardsampshire and hardy counties, moving to frederick county, virginia over the next hour and any of tse could become strong very quickly just like they did during the day yesterday. something for tonight. we say the scene this is definitely the scene. we've got the rolling stones out there at fedex. 89 degre at 6:00 this is when the storms would be coming in, around 6:00, 7:00. we're thinking we should b around the 9:00. right around the time the stones are taking the stage. patchy fog by 11:00. tonight, scattering of storms, look at tomorrow, here's noon, plenty of cloud cover ely. breaking out no sunshine and

in leesburg but 55 in the panhandle of west virginia and 55 in upper montgomery ou cy. 62 in fredericksburghe good stuff for summertime for sure. here is your planner for plenty of sunshine the first part of the day and like yesterday, there will be a small chance for a quick little shower between 3:00 and 7:00 today. coming up in a bit, we will give you the baseball game forecast and future on weather with your hour-by-hour rain chance planner that is coming up. >> 95 in marand southbound in beltsville before powder mill road overturnedehicle on the ride of the shoulder. tow truck is on the seen and should get it out of the way the next 30 minutes. difficult because of where it is down that embankment and overturned. we have two and a half mile backup there at 95 southbound in powder mill. brand-new problem here in centerville northbound 25 afterf wesield. police active.>> > new this morning. a virginia man faces charges after a storeemployee found child pornography on his phone. police arrested 46-year-old jose luis torres and found the porn on his phone last saturday. the manager called

. >> from a store owner in fredericksburg, virginia, to a great grandmother in girl in k.orida. >> i was in shoc i didn't know what was going on. >> police around the country keep arresting users and sellers of hemp-derived cbd and is deved from the same plant used to create marijuana, and now it's very difficult for officers to tell whic i which without testing it in a lab. these field tests only detect cannabinoids so they testp ositive whether you're using either product. >> we saw people suspected of possessing the cannabis but it's actually just a hemp product. >> police have no way to differentiae between th two products. >> reporter: meet dr. michael bovens and news on a new test. similar to the old one but the samples will turn mostly blue if it's marijuana andink if it's hemp. >> bd resultswere close to ep100%. >> rorter: they found a company to manufacture the test. the news 4es i-team requted a shipment so we could try them out, too. the marijuana was the only thing to turn blue. all of the cbd products from gummies to flowers to dog treats turned pink. now the florida lab