in germantown, father hurley provide between middlebrook and crystal rock. they're saying it could be two or thr weeks before this is cleared eed o >> your germantown road, instead. and you will get around just commit to this now. it is going to be very backed up through tt area. laurel, southbound 95. middle of the roadblocked b a crash there this morning. beltwayden out, the looks okay. then, very slow outer loop as you approach river road. we have an overturned vehicle on the oulder. buit's causing some significant delays here. as far as the travel n times, worries at this point. we'll talk more aboutsi the ation in germantown and the beltway, coming up in a minute. aaron? >>> now, to breaking news in canada, where there's been a mass shooting. >> let's get to chris lawrence at theive desk. >> here's the latest on what we've learned. the shooter and a young woman are dead. you're about to hear the actual gunshots. [ gunfire ] >> one shot after another. toronto police say the man lk along firing at restaurants and cafes. he shot 14 people, including the wo

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that's the latest live from the csx and t marked traincks in germantown.> all right. such a sad story there. thank you, chris. breaking news now. the whiteouse has just announced in a tweet that president trump has invited tissian leader vladimir to visit washington this fall. ntis is the presi is already under fire for not taking a stronger stand on russia's role in attacking u.s. elections. susan mcginnis is on capitol hill now to break thi d alln. a bit of a surprise. >> reporter: definitely, from tweets to interviews thega president tried to clarify his position on russian election interference. president trump fires back against critics today and seems to backtrack once again on whether russia attacked the u.s. election tweeting trump recognized russian meddling many ases and telling cbs he said much to vladimir putin. >> i let him know we can't have this. we're not going to have and it that's the way it's going to be. >> reporter: but with no record confirming that critics point to the president's words while standing next to thele russian er. >> pre

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darcy spenctinues our coverage in germantown. darcy, what are they estimating the time lse being on t thing getting repaired? >> erica, as you may know this is major commuter rout a and thia right here is also residential. what i just found out from a transportation official is going to take a couple ofeeks before this road can be reopened. let me show what you is happening here. this is the median area of the road. you can see how large the sink hole s the workers are standing around on the side as this heavy equipmentame in and i adding fill into the sink hole. and, again this is aajor jo they're trying to get everything stabilized. i want to show what you itok like before all this heavy equipment was put in place. this sink hole is about 15 to 20 feet deep. a police officer noticed itg formround 1:00 this morning. no one was hurt. the road is closed from middlebrook road to crystal rock ive. and the transportation officials tell me this happened because of yesterday's heavy rain. >> most of the roads are designed for a ten yea

two women were killed when a csx train hit him in germantown last night. happened in the area around gunner'sake and gunners brah rk. it's unclear why they were on the tracks. >>> you're looking at a massive fire that destroyed a catholic school overnight outside of philadelphia. dozens of residents and eight nones have been displaced by this fire. that school was built in the 1950s. >>>re there new developments about russia's meddling in u.s. els. "the new york times" reports that president trump was first told that vladimir putin ordered the hacking in january of 2017,h two weeks befo took office. last night, in abinterview with cbs news, trump once againit ated his report for u.s. intelligence agencies saying he does accept reports that russia me led in the2016 election. you'll hear more about that interview in a few minutes on "today." >>> this week, the montgomery board of elections certified mark elrich as the winner of the primary in the election. david u blair hasil the end of the day to ask for a recount. he lost byme 79 votes. >>> we have new vid

germantown road i your alternate. the beltway, look how wet it is.mess all over the place, and a live look 66 at vienna metro, no big issues there. le>> a weather day. your forecast is next. >>> good morning,yb evy. a possibility of another inch or more rain. heavy rain right now from washington to louden county, headed to the panhandle of west virginia. this is lifting northbound. it will be out of here in the next our two, but we're likely to have more. >> another update in 25 minutes. >> now back to "today." s? multitasking isn't for the faint of heart . i'm in! it takes experience, skill, hey babe. do you have my credit card? i can't find it. nope. i haven't seen it. i'll keep looking. and a bank that helps you take care of business from anywhere. you know, we could use more guys like jim around here. bb&t. all we see is you. >>> we are back, 7:30 on this monday morning, july 23rd, 2018. thetinnual tra of shark week is getting under way. we decided to mark the occasion and kerry sanders decided it was a good idea to go swimming in a tank live on

the rains didn't help this weekend as this hole opened up in germantown.hat road shut down between middle brook road to crystal rock drive. news4's darcy spencer with what you need to know before heading out the door tomorrow. >> reporter: crews used heavy equipment to stabilize the road. a huge sinkhole formed on father hurley boulevard in germantown after a storm dumped seven inches of rain in just 12 hours. >> i hope the fix it soon. >> reporter: but it's not going to be a quick fix. a county transportation official says the road will be shut down for at least a couple of weeks while the water line is replaced. >> a ls of people use t way to get up to the store and get to the restaurants up here. i don't know how it impacts businesses too. >> reporter: this will have a major impac on commuters and people who live close by. father hurley is shut d middle brook road to crystal rock drive. >> i knowome back roads to get around, but people that are commuting to work, it's going to ajor inconvenience for them. >> reporter: the hole is 15 to 20 feet deep. it

take a look at how fast and loud csx trains travel through this area of germantown. they can be heard only seconds before they arrive. police are conduction is an investigation into the accident that killed two womenho were walking alonghese tra es yesterdayvening. >> two females had been fatally struck by a cst train. both women livinged in the area one near the tracks. >> today we spoke with peralta's asiend. >> she such a good person, really timid, and always willing to help someone. nd, so sweet. she was a great person. >> you know what she might have been doing walk along the railroad tracks. >> reporter: i have no idea. >> reporter: it's not uncommon for people to walk along. >> there was a horn and it kept going and it was more than unusual. >> reporter: montgomery county police are trying to determine why the women were on the tracks and what happened. >> the train operator did see the females in the area of the tracks. he did sound the train horn and he d apply his brakes. >> a teaked girl came running, screaming into the neighborhood last night kremg them t

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sky fox over the scene now where a train hit and killed two people in germantown and it happened on csx tracks an hour and a half goingreear peachst drive and we don't know how this happened and we're working to get more details a emergency crews on the scene again. two people were killed when hiy b csx train or train on csx tracks and we'll keep you updated withon any informa. >> breaking news out of montgomery county. this time what's described as hazmat situation. crewsere at the scene n of a home in north pa potomac forecastoarding. and animals being removed from the house as we speak hazmat crews reevaluate immoania levels inside that home. >> "fox5" first to tell youl about a potely lethal around d.c.nic marijuana going >> firefighters are flooded of people overdosing on k 2 or keice and linfour deaths to theynthetic drug. >> lindsey watts broke theye store n and is live with shawn, jim, we're here at 3rd and d just to set the scene. d.c. police head quart certifies right down the block and then about two blocks thi way is a homeless shelter. and this has been aig area for overdos

a father in germantown has his area for his daughter. it was a massive sinkhole. belt way is looking on top of the green. that radar is showing the area. >>> pothole on the right side. you're on time, just going to take you about eight minutes. >> thank you. >>> app aching the5:00 hour. another recall to pass along to you this morning. this will mean, you'll have to repack today's lunches. pepperidge farm is warning of possible salmonella packages. c thpany says, the whey powder used in those goldfish. you uld show yoursut just in case, and this means the ritz cracke products >>> if you like chicken kels should go todinner it will start in washgton. chick-fil-a is starting them out for a whili before r ooh i out to a new location. >>> we know a grabbin tree can be dicety. the frutell held. pointing to the lipokajialco beverager will. in the benjamin bar and young, doesn't have liquor in it. it comes from a side shot over. at's a very exclusive wines caused there. >> for that, i need a side shot and a case of lime for that price. >>> today marks two years for the o

that ramp at father hurl in germantown was affected as well. taking a look at a mapor yo inner loop and outer looch the beltway, no proorems inner outer loop. everything is moving along nicely. southern avenue near 2th street in southeast, blocked each way because of that crash this morning. 95 in virginia, quantico to the beltway the speed limit, 60 miles per hour. going to take you 19 minutes. eun? >> thank you, melissa. more companies jum on the bandwagon getting rid of straws. >> the newest places ditching the straws in >>> welcome back. marriott international says it wl remove all plastic straws and stirrers from hotels around the worom. >> this one week after starbucks said it was ditching plastic straws. consumer reporter susan hogan joins us now with what she learned about this. >> think about it. his is a big deal because one single plastic straw will never decompose. >> marriott has more than 6500 properties across 3brands worldwide. once fully implemented, the condition will be eliminating the use of mo than a billion straws per year

. >>> right now, in germantown, we're going to talk a lot about this twtoday. n about middlebroo road and crystal rock drive. all les blocked because of a sink hole. >> ramp to eastbound 50 there, broken down vehicle on the right shoulder. overall, the beltway is looking good. that problem ima g town will likely grow throughout the morning, as t folks hit roads. we'll keep you updated on things are ppening. >>> let's take a closerat loo the sink hole that melissa just talked about. middle brook road. we'll have a live report on the sinkhole at 5:00. >>> metroer r made neat more patience than usual. two metro stations are closed for 45 days of repairs. today could be a problem for those of you who did not plan ahead. there's bus-only lanes on parts of rhode islando speed things along there. >>> now, to a horrifying city from ocean city. a woman in theaealed in the chest. >> gust of wind lifted the ucu umbrella. come report wind gusts at 28 miles per hour at a time. >>> now, to come breaking news from canada where there's been a mass shooting. >> let's go to chri

germantown at about 7:35. montgomery village, 7:45. gaithersburg, 7:50.hat, wre going to really start to see this line break up and hopefully completely fizzle out. current heat index right now still in the 90s. feeling about 94 degrees in washington. for tomorrow, 80 degrees to start off your day at 7:00.m. lunchtime, close to 100 with the thermometer reading 88. scattered showers tomorrow ternoon with the high temperature around 90 degrees. as we look to friday, of rain and thunderstorms at time. rain could move in as early as the midday hours on friday. not a great outdoor day. th is all with a cold front. small chance for severe weather on friday. r garden ing like y variety thunderstorms moving through with a cold front. look at what that does for saturday and sunday. it is spectacular saturday and sunday. breezy on saturday. low humidity both day plenty of sunshine. highs in the low to mid-80s. next week, we're not even going to talk about next week. tonight, though,ercattered sh for fireworks, guys. >> we're focussing on thatee improvednd forecast.

. >> this happened in germantown off wearing station road and peach crest dry. news 4's chris gord op spoke with a friendf one of the victim chris? >> well, leanne and doreen, in the past two hours h wee seen seven marked trains and two csx trains rollast u on these tracks. when you consider the frequency and the force of these trains you wonder why anyone would walk along the tracks, and yet i am told it is not uncommon. tat a look how fast and loud csx trains travel through this area of germanwn. they can be heard at least seconds before they arrive.po ce are conducting a death investigation into the accident that killed two women who were walk along these tracksye erday evening. >> and i'm just saying what have you been doing tre? can't figure it out. i don't know. i don't understand. >> this woman lost a friend. 25-year-old dedna peralta d when she was hit by the csx train yesterday evening alongra the ts near her germantown home. her companion, 30-year-old christina of gaithersburg was also killed in the accident. neighbors in the apartment mplex adjacent t

details e learning new about a deadly csx train accident in germantown. this morning, deanna peralta's family is remembering what a beautiful peeon she was. ied after she was hit by a train on friday night. our sister station, telemundo, returned to the tracks with her family. they left flowers and said prayers for both women. a family friend said the women were probably on the tracks because they wanted to record something for social media. police have not confirmed that report. >>> many of you followed the live repor a of live shooter at the hospital. >> that sent people into a frenzy. this is after a man threatened to shoot there was a verbal threat and no active shooter. police locked dn four buildings and swept the entire campus. security experts say hospitals have a particular reason to be on high alert. >> i think that was an impulse of violence. for threatening behavior that might turn into mass shooting, they have concerns from all of these different angles. >> no one was hurt and the lockdown was lifted aboutn hour after the initial call went ou

can you seeround sterling and up towards poolsville and gaithersburg and germantown and clarksburg alsoapturing this beautiful vantage point from ooking west and just off the edge of those thunderstorms. we'll have scattered rms until about 8:00 tonight and then the chance for some scatter thunderstorms. more on that>> coming up. amelia, thank you. >> strangers compelled to help and stepping up big time. >> tonight an online fund-raiser for the family of a murder gasi stclerk has reached nearly $30,000. this as we'rein lea new details about the the murder. n >> reporter: david culver reports tonight from herndon. >> reporter: >> fur first look at the man accused of a disturbing crime. mohammedbdullahi attacked and killedesham bajgain. tonight flowers are placed onur the cb by strangers. lorraine hanco among them. >> very sad for the family and our area. >> reporter: a similar sadness shared by these three friends. they did not know resham bajgain personally but as they learned about his life's journey working two jobs to provide for his wife and little girls regular customers are rememb

>> not on 270, first 4 traffic germantown from into dave usburg.pper 4 showing the dbeays use of a crash. the crash still causing delays from earlier. best alternate is going to frederick avenue. 355 there through that same section. miles per hour approaching gaithersburg. on the beltway, no big issues this morning. i di put an arrow here to show you the american legion bridge. one probable lenleprlem:. >> phivedelphiae shut down between boston avenue and chicago avenue because of a -- aspen hill, lay hill road near the icc, new crash reported there. >>> it's 6:32. following a developing story out college park this morning. >> chris lawrence joins us live with the latest on the search for possible predator near chasm pus. chris, what happened? >> reporter: eun, basically a woman says a man tried tottack r on the trail. less than a quarter of a mile from college park's campus between pierce and rhode island. she was out for a jogast night at 7:00. still plent of daylight outside. isas she passed guy, he of came back around and at her. she was able t

sky fox t abovehe scene here a train at killed two people in germantown happened csx tracks 8:30 warren iost pneach crest thupda d with new information. >> and more braeinging news out of montgomery country this time for awhat appeareding to a 60 cats have been removg nweetbo crtth i potomac. the hazmat team was sent out late night and thermometer provide respirat and gear. power has been surround off to the house becauserofotentia potentially dangs electrical issues. >> fox5" was first to tell you about a lethal batch of syntheticng marijuana around d.c.. firefighters are tloded with people overdosing on k 2 o spice. >> we now learned they linked four deaths to the synthetic drug. "fox5" lindsey watts broke this story. she joins us live from ownorthwest n,aitlin. korey, shawn we're here at third and d. d c. pocers is behind us and two blocks homs t. this has been a big area for overdoses. we have seen people caulk around lookingike sdom business. an hour ago four people were treated on the cornernd this morning not too far awayhe this we'll show video from dead. earlier this evening. a

this is a massivee sinkh that is that's patched up on father hurley boulevard in germantown. they are trying to patch it up. it was caused by a metalth pipe at rusted and collapsed creating a 20-feet deep >> wow. >> all that rain also saturated the ground, and that's causing trees toopplever. this fell on a home on sleepy hollow road in annendale starting last tuesday, just an incredible amount of rain that we've seen from tuesday on. over 8 inches. >> record rainfall last tuesday. record rainfall on saturday, anw yesterda didn't break a record, but we saw over an inch, even up to 4 inches across the region. >> we'll get a lot more. we've been talking about this for the better portion of a week talking about the moisture train making its way from the south. all of this rain is moving from south to north and all the way to partsf new england. big-time flooding into parts of pennsylvania and emergency is there are for us.te scd showers and heavier storms from time to time. baltimoreaw a littleit of rain and hagerstown, saw a pretty amount, too. c jeffersonnty and berkeley count

. >>> we are learning new details about a deadly train accident in germantown. two were killed walking along the tracks wednesday night. two women m have died over a social media video. a friend that contacted news4 saying she believes the women were on the tracks recording something for social media. policere not confirming the report but say the train operator saw the women, sounded the horn and slammed the brakes. the train was not able to stop in>> time. many of you followed the alerts from the nbc washington app wit theeported shooter. >> that sent patients and staff into a frenzy. this after a man tsheatened to t doctors. turns out it was a verbal threat and there was no active shooter. police still looked down four buildings and swept the entire campus. seayrity experts hospitals have particular reason to be on high ert. >> the are a high risk environment just for impulsive violence. for threatening behavior that might turn into something like a mass shooting. >> no one was hurt and thewn lock lifted after an hour. >> it's now4:09 crews rescued 50 to 60 c

this is germantown, maryland. according to the workers there, look at it, it gave way.y no o was hurt. there was a metal pipe, of course, that actually had a leak nd that was the area of the crater. it stopped traffic on both sides and rivers and streams are swolle r from heavyns and that obviously didn't help. >>> let's get into the week ahead forecast. not a lot will change.s dangerheat. 63 million people under heat advisories, warnings and watchem texas all the way up through much of the west coast. monday, tuesday, we keep it going into wednesday. obviously the rivers are getng to more and more full so we worry about flading. still stey in areas of the west. by the time we end the week we'll dry out the southeast a little bit. >>> when we come back, we have a story about the bonds of baseball. the story of the day next. but there's one... that blows them all out of the water. hydro boost water gel from neutrogena®. with hyaluronic acid it goes beneath the surface to plump skin cells from within and lock in hydration leaving skin so supple, it actually bounces back.

live in germantown, shomari stone, news4. >> thank you. >>> the life of a 10-year-old girl gone in an instant. her killers still out there tonight. >> police do have the vehicle the suspects used to drive off after shooting and killing makiyah wilson monday night. her mothers talking about those final moments with her child. >> news4's megal fitzg with more on this extremely difficult interview. wehowed you live at 6:00. >> reporter: >> she actually passed and took her last breathhe was laying in front of herdo way. i saw blood, i saw my baby you know what i'm saying? paniced. i don't really know what to do at this point. >> reporter: these are the last memories danetta wilson has of her beautiful little girl, a -y r-old girl who just returned home from the pool monday night and was excited to get a tre from the ice cream man down the street. >> i was doing one of my neighbor's hair. >> reporter: before she could make it off the step of her door, four gunman pulled up and opened fire. >> i held my baby. she kept saying mommy, calm do . it's burning. >> reporter: she had been struck in

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in's cg up the road.bound side of germantown luckily moved over to the you head towards 70.he brakesbe you're headed to deep creek this morning. does loobound side good from frederick into montgomery county. keep in mind if you're skipping theoads taking the rails all metro rail lines on time except these ongoing red line problem extended red line shut down brookland and rhode island stationsaiemlon csed. shuttle ss train service ben noma-gallaudet and fort tten. any questionser arioxin5 c. >> katie ledecky's dinance in the pool has her fin fnriday, e lbove l. s ig after75 de >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back to fox5 morning. beautiful picture there of the capitol building at this ely hour. now.is our time right we'ret 75 degrees on this friday. >>> developing overnight, a u.s. military plane has departed north korea with the remains of what is believed to be u.s. service men that we iner the korean war. the soldiers will honored at a ceremony next wednesday at a base in south korea. after wednesday's ceremony the remains will be transferred to base in hawaii for testing. today marks th

a csx train hit and killed two young wom were walking along the train's path in germantown last night. today we learned the victims are 30-year-old christina segovia and 25-year-old dianna peralta. tonight a friendf f one oe victims contacted us and she believes the women were on the track shooting something for social media. police are looking into the tragedy as a death investigation. they say the train operator saw the women, sounded his horn, and slammed on the brakes. >> we are just 24 hours away now from a big shutdown on metro's red line. it will mean big changes to the way riders get around at least till labor day. saturday will be thenn beg, of 45 days of improvements from the gallaudet station to fort tott totten. take the green line tott fort from gallery place. shuttle buss will also be provided to replace t train service. >>> the nfl and its players union released a joint statement on a new national anthem controversy just hourswo after leaked that a team planned to suspend violators u to four games. the two sides say they're working together on a resolutioning to a hot b

germantown has the sinkhole and you want to take 118, instead. at theoop and outer loop ball way, no big reporters dow there. chris? >> thank you, melissa. >>> we're looking at how a womaha womanl womanle was pinned under the tree and tied. italian keep take sayst t he was prepared for a lollipop sickle. >> the roofs of the trees have really stabilize. >>> the wind and the rain caused problems elsewhere. look at the damage done when another tree kachl crashing down. no one was serioly hurt. >>> today, fderick citynd park officials are going toeep an eye open. the mayor of raywarded are putting up a lot of frederick they don't fall . >>> sinkholes are go s are comi. gaithersburg road caused the gaithersburg to full in the hole. you can see they filled it in this morning. >>> the heavy rain has left great falls swoolen and over his some winks. stay with news 4n air and in our app, and the impact it will have where you wl live. >>> we further brought you this story. the howard county fire department btled while huging the first year he is being reme

watching al-jazeera live from london and still to come after the break leaving it all to chance the germantown using a lottery to decide who gets a final resting place in the local cemetery plus. i'm going to hold on board a train to nowhere with allegations of political corruption in this you should be time media and civil society. welcome back let's start by looking at whether crossed central southern china and indochina on taiwan this circulation is a tropical storm storm some tin which is going to get further heavy rain across indochina next twenty four hours in the could be some significant flooding across this region so it's certainly going to impact annoy and really further south into more central parts of the country and then it's going to work its way across los we've got some heavy rain affecting hong kong but once you get further north to shanghai is all again dry and fine so over the next twenty four hours the system will be moving through into laos is a very enhanced the sherry to it is well in the bay of bengal side so i think for much of yang gone through lies into vietnam there

and why bag a good spot for your final resting place it's a lottery in a lot of germantown. and then sported a double small. thomas on stage eleven of the tour de france details later in this program. hello most of europe is still enjoying a rather warm summer for some a bit too warm going to keep sticky in scandinavia and then the interest of peace is this massive tabs been wandering around for quite a long time now there's a cold front going in this direction but this circulation is just within a regime or twenty twenty five degrees typically up to thirty even his followers moments because beyond this chart now this obviously just briefly cooler but to be honest not cold by any means it's just a potential for a bit of flash flooding but what the whole it's just rain in the form showers and these showers are developing now in the increasingly warm weston's out of europe passes thirty represents good our temperatures thirty four in madrid you see the blue around the bay of biscay well that is showers developing and they're going to be more likely over land over fronts maybe

travel times now. 270 isn't horrible, but it will take 9 minutes, germantown to the spur.e allow s extraait if you possibly can. 66 northboundnd 95 is going to take you 25 minutes. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you pop in your car. >>> here's four things to wekno. 're just hours away from the next megamillions drawing. theot jackp has jumped to $5.5 million. the drawis i tonight at 11:00. >>> a man wa strabbed to death at the metro heights station. the station is open for riders this morn you can look for updates on the nbc washington app. >>> deadly twin wildfires are ripping through athens, greece. people are trying to evacuate. look for the latest on "today." >>> we've got a storm team weather alert. the tornado warning has been canceled. the national weather center sent out a warning just before 6:00 a.m. it expiredinbout 15es later. we're working to find out if there's any reports of damage. >>> and got some live pictures here, out from northern virginia, where the rain has eased up for now. that h heavy rain moved into parts of montgomery county. that's headed into frederick count

for breaking competition was leaving it all to chance to germantown using a lottery to decide who gets a final resting place at the local cemetery. and in sports we're going to hear from the female golfer preparing to make history by competing on the men's tour this week. but first the syrian activists say a rebel held town in the southern province of the ra has come under heavy bombardment by government forces there have been dozens of air strikes and heavy shelling on the rebel held city of najaf the city's only hospital has been bombed with reports of dozens of casualties now is the largest urban center in southern syria still controlled by rebel fighters well the fighting has forced hundreds of civilians to flee west towards the israeli occupied golan heights many displaced syrians are still gathered along the border in makeshift camps after the israeli army turned them away stephanie decker is there for us at least six airstrikes have just come in and this is all part of the syrian government's campaign to get this area back from the rebels and you can also see just how close it i

looking at your travel time. 27 southbound, germantown to the spur. no issues. and then, a little bit of red snaking across the top. outer loop, between 95 and 270, just going 23 miles per hour.in. and 95 north, quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. >>>today, d.c. will get a mural honoring key members of the african-american negro league. peanut johnson and josh gibson will be on a mural. in is historic next to ben's chili bowl. johnson was the first woman to pitch in the leagues and one of only three women to ever play in th. leag josh gibson was a 12-time all-star. he was siphogned by the homeste grays and g played hoes here in d.c. >> that's a great time for baball in the city.> all-star fanfest kibcks off tomorrow. we got a sneak peek with one of the utndors. checkhat she saw. >> we have the senators here. tell me about the jersey and the value here. >> this is one of the items wher we offer local flavor. this is from the 1961 washington senators. rollie hemsley, not a star player but gives you a sense. early fla

police have confirmed tt two women were killed by a csx train in germantown last night between 8:00 between gunner lake and gunner's branch park at the scene from chopper 4. the conductor told police he sounded the horn and hit the brakes but couldn't stop in time. the train track hard to reach and they are trying to find out why those two women were there. their names haveot been released. >>> this morning, these two women face prostitution and human trafficking charges in rockville.nn chen and guihong wei were arrested after they found out they would provide sexual services to male clients at a massage parlor. police found out about suspicious activities taking place at four places in t county. a few days later one of the rerlors reopened and prostitution had sumed. both women were released after posting bo. >>> a welcomed surprise in july. i'm sure you noticed this ler humidity, sunshine. >> a welcomedsurprise. meteorologist amelia draper joins us now. >> we are tracking changes for the weekend but right now in the upper 70s, lower 80s. 82 in washington. 77 in frederick and the best thin

. >> this happened around 8:00 last night, in germantown. look at the scene from chopper 4. you can see police officers combing that area in the dark. the train tracks are pretty hard to reach. and they're tryino figure out how the two people got there, why they were nere. noes have been released at this point. >>> this morning, a d.c. mother is planning her 10-year-old daughter's funeral. she says her life will never be the same n that she is gone. >> she died on her doorstep. she was the unintended victim of a shooting. justin finch has more on thehi heartbreak family is going through this morning. your heartheoes out to family. >> you're right. such a sad sty. we'l hear from her mom in a second. we can tel the investigation into this shooting is moving forward. yesterday, the police did find the black dan used in the shooting. but the four suspects are still out there. her mother tsaid, four suspects arewacos. yesterday, family and friends did come together outsideer of home. they prayed together and said that she was a friend, young girl. they urged anyone who knows anyt

slowing down and we're good germantown to the spur. >> it's 5:32. developing this morning, want you to look at these pictures. d.c. police are searching for the black car you see here, inn tion with the murder of a 10-year-d. the sedan was at the shooting scene. neighbors were outside enjoying e night and kids were playing nearby, when police say that car pulled up. four men jumped out and started shooting. that little girl is now the 83rd murder in the district this year. it is 5:33 now. and criticism continues to come in, p followisident trump's summit in finland, during a joint news conference with t russian presidadimir putin. trump discredited u.s. intelligence reports a accepted putin's denial that russia interviewed in the 2016 presidential election. that infuriated lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on the hill. hear what the president' party had to say aboutmm the . >>> bahere at home, the fbi arrested a russian grad student in d.c. she is charged as an unregistered agent for russia remain in jail until tomorrow. >>> and members of metro'

maryland, 270, germantown to the spur. 60 miles per hour is the speed. get there in 12 minutes.f the beltway, 33 hour.s per 66 inbound, 95 northbound in virginia. both of those lo remember to listen to wtop 102.5 f.m. when you hop in your car today. >>> thank you, melissa. still ahe, what's good for your heart may be good for your head. another reason to keep the blood pressure low. stay with us. ou >>>e watching "news 4 today." >> there's a new feature once ok that will let you simultaneously watch videos with your friends and family. it's called watch party. it allows people i groups to watch live or recorded videos together while interacting in real-time. they just took this from a real watch party when you have people sitting in a room. >> what is ol is new again. >> i'll tell you. you will be able to comment and reacto the comment there, as the host adds more videos for ngu to watch. the feature is bffered to all facebook groups around the world. >> when you host one of those parties, youav don't to shove everything in a closet so people don't see how dirty your place is >>

4 after richie marlboro road, the right lane blocked because of the crash. 270 southbound from germantowno the spur, not terrible. top of the beltway, outer op, 95 to 270 okay. inbound 66 and 95here this morning, still rolling along okay. wtop, 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. today is july 11th. that means 7-eleven is celebrating by giving out free slurpees. you can get them from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. be ready for a wait. it gives away 9 million slurpees on 7-eleven day every year. >>> menthol foam shaving cream healing a sunburn rather quickly? she said leaving the foam on for 30 minutes made the sunburn disappear in about a day. what doxperts have to say about this? >> one says anything with menthol may do the trick to soothe the burn. >> there's no realenefit with doing the saving cream or finding menthol in other products. it's available in several products over-the-counter >>xperts sayhere's no scientifha evidence t anything can heal sunburn faster. vitamin d can lessen the serity of burns before going into the sun. >> you know what you need before g

and on270 southbound here, germantown to the spur going along nicely. 95 to 270, no issue there's.isten to wtop when you hop in car. >> thank you. >>> the metro station in bethesda has some ofonhe lgest escalators in the world. m a fewonths ago, a woman tumbled down them. this is securit video from march. the woman in the purple jacket started to walk down the escalator that was not working at the time. somewhere on the stairs, woman may have been bumped and that caused a long and hard fall down to the platform. since that fall, metro's chrman says new safety announcements are being made at some stations to remind people hold on to the escalator railing. >> we had looked at stations with particular es. that's why we put them there first. we're rolling that out throughout the system. station s in the met did not catch the woman's fall. but hopes sharing this will help people pay more attention the next time they're using metro. the woman's family says she needed extensive physical therapy aer that fall. >>> w warnings about a poisonous plant we've been telling you about, the giant g

police in montgomery county are looking for four people they say took photos of men at the south germantown indoor swim center in maryland. three women were encouraged to go into the men's locker room and snap photos early whier this month. they may be from the baltimore area. >>> justin finch has a look at signs that your basement could be flooding, and how t stop it. >> though ashaw sim somp has lift in this home for years there was one h part of thee she was avoiding. >> i would love to enjoy every part of my house but i'm scared of mybasement. each time it rains water comes under the doors, throu the walls, and the windows. >> reporter: she's not the only one with a basement battle these days. days of heavy rains homes across our area taking on water in their basements, too. if you think you has been spared, think again. not seeing water doesn't mean it's not there says john bryant, owner of auction with a guard waterproofing and president the basement health association. >> people don't think about a microsofty odor or white powder on the walls, cracks, discoloration on wall s.coveri a

condi have already led to some challenges for drivers from downedrees to this gynormous sinkhole in germantown, and there's a second one nearby. news 4's aimee cho has more on e cleanup. >> let's start with doug who is in the storm center to tell us what's happening right now. ug in. >> reporter: you mentioned the cleanup. that will be something that we'll be talking about for days because of the continuous flooding a rain that we're seeing of the right now, not everybody is seeing the rain. most of us are on the dry side and it hasn't been all that wet of a day in most locations. seeing heavy downpours and here's some of those downpours and this is out towards the falls church area right now seeing sne of that r coming down. you can see that rain there and can see it on the radar picture. storm team 4 radar showing that rain making its way up to ne south aice the line right here. this line right here continues to move up to the north, but earlier it was moving a little east and now it's starting to migrate back to the west and that tells m this rain here to parts of charles county about to hi

officers say this happened july 8th at the south germantown indoor swim center in boise, la ma.icers say the men encouraged the women to go into the locker room and then take pictures. officers say they may be from the baltimore area. >>> covering montgomery county now, a death investigation in gaithersburg after police found a personin a school parking lot. officers found the man friday afternoon at south lake elementary school on contour road. they don't think foul play is involved. he's believed to be between the age of 15 and 20 years old. school personnel say they saw im on school property earli in the day they had seen him before playing basketball in the school. >>> we have new j informationt into our newsroom. the driver who police say crashed int aoman killing her is now facing charges. that crash happened in the southbound lanes of i-95us before fairfax county parkway early yesterday morning. police say david toble was drunk whene rear-ended an such causing it to flip. the woman drivingas died, toe charged with manslaughter. additional charges are also pemiing. >>> , f

and the sinkhole is causing problems still in germantown,an. you can see jus how big it is there. this was discovered by a police officer early yesterday morning. they are reporting that a metal pipe that is supposed to drain watter into a creek a rustednd collapsed. the hole is 15 to 20 feet deep. and repairs are expected to tak two weeks. >> i live right nearby here. so i can take a back road around, but people commuting to work,t's going to be a major inconvenience for them. >> the road is shut down near crystal ooke road and rocks drive. you can use md 118 as your alternate. >>> nearly 1 million gallons of diluted waste water dumped into the creek in fort washington this weekend. the sanitation commission says the broad creek wastewater pumping station overflowed from all the rain we gotsa on rday. you can see where that pumping station is located right here on our map. it's important to note that they say the drinking water and wasts watetem are separate. so this overflow did not affect the drinking water. >>> right now the recount in the race fory montgomery cou executive is

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drive camera around the germantown area. i just got off the phone with our photographer who is nowiv g in the truck. told him to go down quins orchard road. light to moderate rain right now. the streets are extremely wet. that's going to be the case overnight tonight, and, of course, we're heading into the evening rush. make sure y to giverself plenty of time and your loved ones extra time to get home as well. if you have your windshield pers on, by the way, make sure you have those lights on. let's stop this right here. ti want zoom into this area right here. did i not put that in play m pe? go ahead a it in play tode, amelia, then we can zoom in. riround sterling. here is the big storm right here right over 16th street ints through pf fairfax. but this area right here, lightning, thunder. this are here all seeing very, very heavy rain. because of that, we have a flood warning now in effect for creeks an streams until 10:45 tonight. easternlo oun, western fairfax and most of prince william. it's going to be a long night nig

travel times. 270 southbound, germantown to the spur, no problem.op of the beltway as you just saw, nice and clear inner loop and outer loop. 66 inbound, 62 miles per hour from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. 95 in virginia, northbound quantico to the beltway going to take you 18 minutes. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:53en now. >>> coit comes to fast food, what isr y favorite? chick-fil-a reclaimed its title as the top-rated fast-food restaurant for the thi straight year. panera bread came in as a close second, followed by subway. mcdonald's came in last place for the third straight year. fast-food customers sayhe speed ocheckout or delivery improved most this year. >>> well, call it food at your g tips. more people are trading dining out for dining in. >> and they're not just looking takeout anymore, like pizza for instance, orse chi food. restaurant delivery is really ing on up and up these days, expected to surge nearly 80% in the next five years, and restaurant heowners, tre taking notic