also includes northwestern fairfax county and including areas around herndon. we have it. staying on top of it for you through the evening. >>> condolencesu biden tonight, the vice president's eldest son passed away over the weekend at walter reed army medical center surrounded by his family. he was 46 years old. doctors diagnosed him with brain kanser in 2013 and the cancer returned this spring. no funeral plans released by the white house set up a memorial page for message to the biden family. >>> brain cancer is more common in adults than many of us realize. and as chris lawrence reports now, there's not been much progress in the way we treat it. chris? >> reporter: unfortunately not, this year alone nearly 15,000 americans will die from brain cancer. if you have a tumor, the survival rate is 35%. but beau biden's death raising awareness and new calls for an end to this devastating disease. 34-year-old ben fishman wearing this hat every day so no one can see the scars. >> i couldn't imagine i would be in this place a year ago. >> reporter: that's because those scars are

not worried about fairfax for this storm but you notice a lot more storms down toward dulles and herndon, reston, one coming through college park right now, over toward bowie and the south, we have got more storms there is your severe thunderstorm watch boxes, another storm around fredericksburg, continue to see these develop and it is going to be a very stormy next couple of hours. keep it here and we will keep you posted. we know you will, doug. thank you. >>> breaking news now in southeast washington. police there are at the scene of a deadly shooting here on near 51st street and h street. witnesses tell us there was a barrage of bullets and one man was shot. he died later at the hospital. police in the neighborhood say that man was well known in the community. right now investigators think robbery may have been the motive. our pat collins is at the scene gathering new information for us. look for a live report on news4 at 5 tonight. >>> and we have breaking news from gaithersburg. southbound i-270 near i-370 is closed because of a fire in a garbage truck. this is a scene from chopper

>> a brand new crash, this one is in herndon. what the report is frying pan road southbound blocked there at sully road. so again, going to have an update on this one in a second. wide look at the beltway, no major problems as you look at things. earlier road work most clearing up and out of the way. prince george's county overall actually looking quite good. don't have any major issues either. as we slide over to the west looking at 66 and 95. everything rolling along nicely there. 270 northbound and south, no major issues. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> 5:01. d.c. leaders are making an announcement today about how they plan to deal with drugs. news4's megan mcgrath live at headquarters with what we can expect from the mayor this morning. >> reporter: well, aaron, it is being billed as a significant shift in policy in the district of columbia. the mayor and chief of police are announcing a new strategy that will target drug suppliers. instead of low level users. now, the police will be allowed to crack down on the sale of syn

in one case, they say a 20-year-old herndon man died after buying drugs from gas kiss kiss. heroin deaths have doubled in recent years. >>> instead of graduating with honors this week, a prince william county teenager will be punished for his ties to terrorism. ali shukri amin used his social media skills to provide advice and encouragement to the islamic state and its supporters. you saw this breaking news earlier today in nbc washington app. so what made such a good kid take such a bad turn in northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey is live at his school in manassas. are you getting answers? >> reporter: there are two teenagers involved in this case, secret until today. they both met here at osborn park high school. now the fbi says one of them is in syria where he has gone to join islamic state fighters much the other one pleaded guilty in court today, admitting he made the connections and raised the money to help his friend get to syria. authorities say this pair's plot to help isis started even before they grant waiteded edgraduated from high school. 17-year-old ali

we have some into fairfax county near will cap once -- wolf trap and towards the herndon area. we still need a jacket for lunch hour. 57 in gaithersburg. 61 degrees in washington d.c. as we spread out to the wider view, you can see how the cooler air gives down in the mountains. in fact, is just as good today in duluth, minnesota, as it is in d.c. with the temperatures. our frontal system is installed towards the south. the pressure towards north carolina today. they are getting soaked in coastal areas of the carolinas. any rain we get around here will be pretty white. amount to much. it will be spotty and it will be misty from time to time and this weather pattern will continue through the day tomorrow. futurecast brings a chance of more moderate showers, especially across southern parts of the viewing area as we head into tomorrow afternoon. temperature around 65 degrees. tonight, more of the same, perhaps patchy fog if the winds would calm down. let's look at the seven-day forecast. we are expecting a little more sunshine. sunshine may break out before the day is done and th

storms hit the region tonight, one of the hardest hit areas was herndon, several trees knocked down.his was on john milton and oliver cromwell drive. reports of injuries, but a lot of cleanup will be happening in the region to get rid of the debris. similar damage in silver spring, one neighborhood looking like a disaster zone. trees scattered all over the roadways. tom roussey now live with what neighbors are saying about the mess. tom? tom: we are in colesville silver spring, and this was hard hit. this tree behind me is pretty old. look at the number it did on this home, one of six homes that we counted that were hit by giantrees or giant tree limbs. this neighborhood looks like a disaster zone. >> came fast and hard. tom: in east springbstorm sentry slamming into houses and all over the road and people's yards. >> we cannot see anything at all. it was pure white. you could hear a growl. >> it was loud. it sounded like a gunshot. tom: she was upstairs when a giant branch came through her window. >> i heard an explosion that i was covered in glass. tom: the storm took down some ver

. >>> a teenager from herndon, virginia, has been charged in a deadly accident involving a pedestrian. the teenager is 17 years old. she has been ticketed with failure to obey a red light. the girl struck and killed 58-year-old annabelle tran zavala as she was crossing herndon park bay last month. the teenager told police she was trying to beat the traffic light 'cause she was late for school. >>> metro's culture of safety in question. tonight, a growing list of problems, the needed repairs, the impact it's going to have on your commute. >>> a patient mocked during a routine medical procedure. we will heart audio that a virginia man recorded. his doctors trashed him during his colonoscopy. >>> a shift in emotions as people pay tribute to a bea >>> a shift of emotions at south carolina's state house today, in silence and sorrow as people line toupee their respects to reverend clementa pinkny, with own of nine people killed in that church massacre last week. nbc's chris clackum has more on this emotional day. >>> a horse-drawn carriage took the body of church shooting victim clementa pi

there have big some big winds. 58 miles per hour gusts in frederick. 43 miles for our in herndon. these are all commonplace numbers to the afternoon. close to two inches of rain in frederick. a lot of rain, close to an inch with these heavy storms. they continue to move at about 35 miles per hour but southern maryland, don't be surprised if you were put under a new severe thunderstorm warning and things will then calm down. maureen? leon: thanks, doug . maureen: an unspeakable tragedy after a gunman killed nine people in one of the nation's oldest african-american churches. leon: it has been called a hate crime. 13 hours after shots rang out, police captured the suspect, dylann roof, 250 miles away in north carolina. we traveled to his hometown of lexington, south carolina. maureen: brad bell is live in the community with what he found. reporter: this is the home right back here where dylann roof was living. there was no sign of any sort of an issue. we talked to the people who live in the neighborhood and they say they never saw any problems. they saw a very quiet young man and t

school officials found several vandalized areas at herndon high school yesterday. graffiti included racial slurs and offensive sexual images. if you have any information, police want to hear from you. >>> president obama will award the medial of honor to a world war i veteran. in may, 1918 johnson fawg off german soldiers in the trenches saving the live of his fellow soldier. he suffered several injuries. he received no benefits or awards from the u.s. at the time of his arrest. several people worked together so he could be honored. >> it changes history, but it's a testimony of our country and how still, even though there's so many divides and things going on something like this can still happen and remind us that we've always been one nation we've always fought together. so why not honor this man. >> in 1996 the u.s. awarded johnson the purple heart. in 2003 the u.s. army awarded him the distinguished service cross. >>> the washington monument will remain closed until thursday. a live look at the monument for you here. engineers are working to fix a problem with

and this is cleared in herndon. 270 northbound and southbound, no issues here on 270 this morningal remember to listen to our friends from wtop for the latest on traffic. virginia at 5 at 123 gordon boulevard moving along nicely. >> thanks, melissa. >>> it is what a lot of students have been waiting for -- especially those whose s.a.t. had a major misprint. when and where they can find their scores. >>> why you have to find a >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> today is the last day attorneys for the six baltimore police officers charged in freddie gray's death can hand over evidence. attorneys must hand over all evidence to the state's attorney's office today. last week, baltimore's state attorney marilyn mosby asked the judge to keep them from publicly sharing information. they said they're selectively releasing information that could jeopardize the trial. the judge rejected that request. >>> when and how is the best time to teach your children about gender identity and sexual orientation? that was the debate going on in fairfax county last night. the school board voted in favor of addin

right now around falls church and back towards herndon and reston. more towards leesburg. farther to the south, a little more widespread heavy rain in through culpeper county fauquier county and to the west of fredericksburg, a thunderstorm did have some lightning associated with it a little earlier. and there are some bigger storms just down to the south. look at the lightning on the southern fringe here. this is all one little system that will move through over the next couple of hours. right on through the 2:00, 3:00 hour. and then we turn the attention back to the west. look at this area back through the west. we're going to watch this area too try to make its way through by early tomorrow morning that could affect the early morning rush. and let's show it to you on future weather. here is 12:30 tonight. still dealing with the rain across the region. but by 8:00 most of us on the dry side. but notice some showers up to the north and west. even around 8:00. and by 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, we have more showers. i do think we'll see scattered showers tomorrow morning into the

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. >> tonight herndon is celebrating. improved storm drainage, underground utilities and raddy for new street lights. vdot helped fund the project. >> hundreds of homeless students are going to have new access to books thanks to the efforts of this seventh grader. he has been collecting money to buy kindles as part of his bar mitzvah project. we told you that zach wanted to bring reading to his fellow students who are homeless and today he reached his $40,000 goal. >> i never expected so much overwhelming support from my community. it was just the best thing ever. i never felt so alive. >> go zach. amazon teamed up with zach to help with this effort. this non-profit will be distributing the 200 kindles to the youth that it serves. >> wow. he's getting it done. a rock star welcome. a meeting with a prince and an inspiring speech today. the first lady's message to a group of girls during a visit to london. >> the first day of minicamp is wrapped up and i will t >>> michael sam is out of the canadian football league less tha

. >>> herndon high school students in virginia are on notice, stop having food delivered to school. fairfax time reports the number of deliveries has been growing the closer we get to the end of the school year but goes against school regulation and the front office can't keep up with all the delivery people coming to the door. if a student gets caught receiving an order on campus, they will get afterschool detention. >>> could hackers get in the way of your drive time? >>> fredericksburg hammered now, king george county, southern charles, another storm developing through southern prince george's county, i have it all for, tracking the storms and the heat, next. >>> some people wonder whether hackers could cause havoc on city streets. one person recently claimed he could change a red light to green right here in the city. and his claim is made just as the city is in the middle of a huge traffic signal retiming project. our transportation reporter adam tuss reports. >> reporter: the last thing you want is someone playing tricks about your commute, but a researcher from argentina says

middleburgh area along route 50 here, going to make its way around the dulles airport, over toward herndon and reston the next half hour or so. once again this is still on the light side. i do not expect to see any heavy rain this evening. however over the next few hours what we are watching, back to the west, notice the strong storms moving our way, now, we are a little bit too cool, atmosphere too stable here to continue to see these strong storms move here but as they do come in we will see some heavier rain. no real thunderstorms, maybe a little rumble of thunder or two, built strongest storms should weaken, but still seeing the phones for heavy rain tonight. as i mentioned the whole pattern brings bill our way. here's bill down to the south bill came on around the houston area, now making its way up through dallas, as it continues on that track it will move around toward st. louis toward cincinnati, right toward our region for the weekend. if you have weekend maps, want toforecast. future weather overnight tonight not too bad, 7:30, once again, light showers moving through, same thing

this is a band of showers making its way around the reston and herndon area. right now, downtown no rain across our region, current temperature, 84 degrees. dew point 64. on the moist side, yeah, we don't have that high heat and high humidity. we would have seen sunshine today work we have seen temperatures close to 90 degrees. with did hethat, we did not get that. with those cooler numbers we are not going to get severe weather there for sure. all seeing the rain back to the area. here is that little shower coming through the reston area, on through bethesda, northwest, very light shower activity for the most part. heaviest rain back to the west and then just to the north and east. wider picture, we saw sunshine earlier today, we have severe thunderstorms, around the richmond area severe thunderstorm watch orange county, spotsylvania, st. mary's county in our region, nobody else to the north in that watch, not expecting more in the bay of severe weather, because of this system, pretty strong system making its way on will youthrough here. wasn't able to scour

. >>> extra security at herndon high school today after a threat. the principal sent a note out to parents this morning alerting them to stepped up security at the school. police wouldn't give any other details about the threat, but the principal told parents they don't think that it's credible. classes went on as scheduled today. >>> oxen hill high school took down another art display today featuring a pair of coffins and grave stones saying "here lies our freedom of speech" and "here lies our freedom of expression." the new display was in response to another exhibit that was pulled earlier this week. that one showed a white police officer reading the obituary section of a newspaper. the officer was next to an african-american man in a blood-stained t-shirt with his hands up. prince george's public schools tell us both were discussed today. >>> metal gates and deadbolt locks not enough to keep people from breaking into homes. how to keep the daylight intruders away. >>> big changes coming to your commute. why you could see more delays on metro, eve

. >>> herndon high school put its students on notice stop getting food delivered to the school. the fairfax time reports the number of deliveries has been growing the closer we get to the end of the school year but goes against school regulation and the front office can't keep up with all the delivery people coming to the door f a student gets caught receiving an order on campus they will get afterschool detention. >>> two separate shark attacks on the east coast. we have just got an update on the conditions of two injured children and how the bystanders saved their lives. >>> and why >>> the heat wave and that heat index a little bit on the brutal side again this afternoon. look at those numbers, 101 fells like in d.c. 103 now in fredericksburg. 96 in leesburg and 96 culpepper. extremely hot day and we have some storms, too look at the storm. the strongest in toward west virginia. this is the strongest storm right here another strong one along 270 montgomery county, moving down 270 around bartonsville, toward the clarksburg area, move right toward gaithersburg the next 20 to 30

severe thunderstorms making their way through a new effect in prince county, fairfax county, loudoun, herndonthe city of fairfax. fairfax county and the city of fairfax under a warping for the second time today. look at the line of storms. you continue to watch this line making its way through fairly quickly, the entire area under a tornado watch until 8:00. here is one warning, includes northern fauquier county. western loudoun. this storm has died down. the primary storm is toward front royal, back toward the west. we can see that storm be warped storm and the other storm. right now, this storm starting to have a bow and we could see winds punching through northern prince william county along 15 in through portions of loudoun county, south of the sterling areas. this is the airport right here. this is going to go right across dulles over toward reston and reston town center. heads up if you live in this area. this storm could be packing a big punch. frederick county, the lightning associated with this, frederick county, carroll county, the city of frederick mount airy, this strong a strong

this is the one we will focus on, 'cause it's in our area herndon, back toward great falls bethesda, shower activity through d.c., seeing showers. i-95 a mess this time of day, as well as the 495. the woodrow wilson bridge, yeah, sloppy there too, move on through the rest of the evening hours, notice where this is going, straight to the east, heads up, if you live in prince george's county, about to get rain in your area, too. same deal another hot day, high temperature, 92, a good chance, isolated or scattered shower, same deal on sunday, not a washout though, 90 degrees on sunday, 91 monday keep the heat wave going on tuesday, a high of 92. then a little cooler but still rather warm and humid high temperatures in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. >> thanks, doug. >>> coming up in sport, a homecoming for jordan zimmermann. why his return to wisconsin >>> dave johnson pitching in to give us a hand looks like the nats are -- they are missing this heat wave because they are up in wisconsin it is 50 degrees. >> water slide. >> yeah. most of the day wandering around this building, nats

look at some of the heavier rain coming through herndon, back toward reston. we just showed you the roasten shot. more heavy rain through the district, down 30 wrun toward king george county. let's zoom in toward washington show you where that is in and around the beltway now. just about every location on the beltway seeing some of that heavy rain the exception toward the southeastern portions of the beltway, right around andrews. the reason? they've already seen the heavy rain. heavy rain coming right on through downtown now right across 50. toward northeast, northwest as well show you right along 50 toward the cheverly area toward kenilworth avenue seeing that this will continue for the next few hours because of an area of low pressure. look at it. you can see the low. look at the spin right here. that is just bringing all of this moisture right off of the atlantic, right into our area. and it does get more of a showery variety instead of a more steady rain. we go from showers later on in tonight. but it's just wet there. your road impacts overnight, this ev

who is in out -- with ty herndon who is a country artist. we sold out. we had over 30 press outlets. it was the first of its kind and it was accepted very well. no protests. we went on to alabama where we met with community activist's then we went to meet with lgbt military families to find out how life is now after the repeal of don't ask don't tell and how we can help through media bring those stories to light and shine a light on any issues they were so having. and then we were premiered to many documentaries. one of south carolina, charleston and then columbia and then in georgia a , mini documentary on georgia. they are doing exactly what her job is a glaad, which is taking trials and triumphs of people who live extraordinary lives. we met with a lot of leaders in now -- we met with a lot of faith leaders. that was very interesting to me. they really are at a point of acceptance trying to figure out how to bring the congregation along been the most successful people have done a year or two journey with the congregation, having conversat

i saw some damage with that, trees around the herndon area, that around chantilly, ping pong ball sizedail, too, southern maryland, southern prince george's, charles county calvert county, southern portions of ann aroundel county, wall cover, the clinton area deal zoom in around the deal area, see what we are talking about, down through 2, route 2 from just west of deal down toward is under land, extremely heavy rain here back toward the west. this is the storm that has had the most damage with it piscataway brandywine, one storm move through, another band move through and to the south of brandywine, the pipe field area, lower marlboro, that's where you're going to continue to see this right now. now, tracking this out of the next hour or so wall cover, getting hit right now around the stokley area 6:01, oaks around 6:11 golden beach around 6:13, right there 6:19 coming up around st. leonard's. a dangerous system as this continues to move down toward the south. right here fairfax county, looking a this the storm storm that formed here, zoom in again on this storm. this is a storm formin

this will come right through reston and herndon in the next 20 minutes or so. then look at this guy, a really strong storm just north and west of gatorsburg we will continue to watch that. frederick, lewis town, over toward thurmont, more rain. zoom on in. this is the area right here that if you live in this area, look at all the lightning this is right over urbana, right over thurston, right over clarks berg this one will be a lot stronger than that. this is moving quickly to the east now, heads up around damascus we will see wind associated with these two. down to the south, these storms just developing and starting to blossom now just to the west of fredericksburg over toward culpepper, culpepper county they will move toward fredericksburg the next hour or two. so a lot of storminess out there, it will affect us as we move on through the rest of the night. all of, this the heat and the storms courtesy of an area of high pressure down to our south and west. what that allows is for these storms just move up and right around this area of high pressure. they jus

herndon, 5:52 5 a 58 something to know and realize as you make your way out. look where the storms are just some rain around leesburg, the heaviest rain right to the north of middlesburg -- middleburgh, right now, this looks like it will come close to the airport. here's dulles airport, come right over dulles. you track 15, right on down to the south, you notice around the gainesville area marshall seeing that rain. some of that very heavy right along 66. continue to watch that, too. more showers and storms developing farther down to the south map nasa, gainesville, this storm right here is traveling right up 28 right toward manassas see that most like lit next 15 20 minutes. get ready for that, quick downpour, move on through. future weather tomorrow, showing future cloud cover tomorrow, the after into and then we will see a chance for storms. notice they are all south and east of d.c., in through northern virginia biggest chance to see showers and storms north of this region. i'm really not expecting much, do not expect much in the way of storms tomorrow may

i'm peggy fox reporting live in herndon. >> thank peggy. the airport authority put out a statement concerning the name argument saying it lacks merit and should not impact the airport authority's ability to pursue toll road users who unlike the vast majority fail to pay. >>> more fallout in the wake of that prison escape in new york. the prison boss and 11 other staffers are on administrative leave while officials investigate. david sweat is still recovering after being shot during his arrest. richard matt was killed. tonight we're getting a lack at the camper in franklin county, new york, where matt spent some time. the rescue vehicle is in the woods hidden by deep brush. we've also learned that sweat left matt five days before he was captured because matt was slowing him down. >>> same-sex couples would want to get married in texas may still encounter roadblocks. despite the u.s. supreme court's historic ruling. over the weekend the attorney general of texas told clerks and judges they may object to issuing marriage licenses if it goes ag

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nashville and we did the first ever country music concert for the lbgt affirming concert with ty herndonho is an out texas artist. we had to stop taking artists on because it was going to be an all day affair. that was the first of its kind and it was accepted really, really well. no pro tests or anything of that nature. we were thrilled with that. we went on to alabama where we met with community activists and then we went on to meet with military families, lbgt . /* military families, families and how we could bring stories to light and shine the light on any issues they were still having. and then we premiered two mini documentaries one on south carolina. we were in charleston and then we were in coloradombia and then umbia and then georgia. but i think we met with a lot of faith leaders and that was interesting to me. because they really are at a point of acceptance and they're trying to figure out how to bring their congregation along and most of the most successful people or faith leaders have done about a year or two journey with their congregation, having these conversations abou

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