a developing story in hyattsville.p to work on route 1 will be slower barry ecause of a wat main break. >> and we start with megan mcgrath. >> reporter: well, guys, within the hour, we learned the repairs are taking longer than they had hoped and this could drag on most of the day, possibly impacting not just the morning rush hour, but the evening rush hour, as well weand perhaps longer. you can get an idea of the size of the hole. they have been here all might long working. they started to dig up the pipes. and take a closer look at what they have here. just what they will need to do to fix everything. unfortunately, it's a bigger job than they were expecting. they have a section of pipe that blew out basically on both ends. it's 73 years old. they remove the pipe, but they also now need to look at other sections of pipe because they have more problems. so a lot more digging to do. they will be here for a good hunk of the day. they're not even at the point where they're repairing the pipe itself. so this will be a lon

main thoroughfare from here in hyattsville all the way to downtown washington, d.c.. >> in hyattsville, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> remember the water main break on ucla's campus? those repairs could also take days. crews just removed some cars trapped in the water. they are looking at the hole left by the gallons of rushing water. israel's army says it fears one of its soldiers is being held hostage by militants in gaza. the news broke after a short-lived cease-fire between both sides. hamas and israel are accusing each other of violating the truce. those officials say at least 35 palestinians were killed in morning fighting. another 200 were injured. two israeli soldiers were killed. john kerry issued a statement in the last hour condemning hamas for violating the cease-fire and kidnapping the israeli soldier. this afternoon, the palestinian american teenager beaten while he was in israel will be on capitol hill. ir live in florida but still has family in maryland. he was part of a riot israeli police were trying to break up. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, two americans set to co

. >>> a huge water main break in hyattsville over on rhode island avenue. our nikki burdine will give you all the information you need to know about it in just a few minutes. in the meantime, let's check out elsewhere what's going on. there's an accident on the northbound side of i-95 here in virginia in the hov lanes at the fairfax county parkway. although it's on the shoulder, it's just squeezing the right lane enough to cause delays from lorton in the hov lanes northbound on i-95. so sorry about that. in the meantime 395 looks good to the 14th street bridge. let's take a live look outside. here's beltway in college park. no irks here as you travel over to the outer loop on the 95 interchange and over into silver spring is what i'm trying to say. things look good on the westbound side of 495. back to the maps. looking good on 270 southbound. no big delays right now out of frederick. it's about a 15 minute ride. >>> a temporary cease-fire went into effect today in gaza. israel and hamas had agreed on thursday to stop fighting for 72 hours. now there's word

these guys work into the night as they fix a broken water main in hyattsville. we learned tomorrow route 1 will stay closed tomorrow morning. >> it's really going to back me up. >> reporter: nicki smith drooifdrives from hyattsville every morning. tonight the break was contained at 7:00. the trouble started when the 73-year-old pipe burst around 4:00. 6 million gallons of water lost, gushing down the roadway like rapids. right now crews are pumping water out of the hole in order to figure out what besides the pipe is possibly broken, and what they need to do to fix it. >> tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. it is going to be a nightmare here. >> reporter: but tonight nicki smith plans to have sweet dreams. this special education teacher doesn't like to be late. >> it's crucial. i got to be to work on time. if i'm not at work on time, that counts against me. >> reporter: you're looking at a live picture of the pump moving the water over there. no one knows how long it will take. people plan to avoid this area tomorrow, and i talked to wfc officials and i said, this won

school in hyattsville. he'll be joined by the ceo, dr. kevin maxwell. >>> we want you to show us your scholars and we are showing you some of ours as well. take a look at this picture. can you guess who this is? this is a first grader but you see him now on "news4 today" every single morning. >> that's a cute tom kierein there. >> with a smart bow tie. and how about this cutie? 5 years old in this picture. red lunchbox, cute baa barettes, looking so cute. guess who? our melissa mollet. >> i loved kindergarten. my mom was a teacher at my school. she was not my teacher, no, there's a rule against that. >> we love to see the pictures. thank you for sharing your photos. keep them coming. >>> first grade was traumatic for me but i got over it after about three months. and this morning there are parents taking their first graders off for the very first time. and while the weather is not traumatic, beautiful sunrise. look at that glorious lemon glow over the potomac. a live view from our city camera. reagan national now at 68. dew point comforta

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hot august at shiloh house of god in hyattsville-- >> it is hot. fans,d bottled water and handheld and electric. the only relief from a 90-degree indoor temperature. >> to me, it is disgusting. this is summertime. we have over -- old people, children. >> look behind the church and you will see why. between last saturday and tuesday, someone vandalized the church's giant a.c. units. >> they jumped over the fence and took the unit out of the building pretty methodically. >> they opened the housings and stole four condenser units like this, filled with copper tubing. >> they took the copper parts and sold it. >> now joining hundreds of homes and businesses and utilities nationwide hit by copper thieves. metal theft, 95% of the copper, is now a $1 billion business. >> the furniture -- >> copper is now worth about two dollars a pound. it is on a hot streak among thieves, even from a church. >> it is sad that they had to do this. to sell copper to get money from a church. --this is a cemetery in sabbatarian church, meeting on saturdays. they hope to meet

remains after the plane went down. >> crews are still working to repair a busted water main in hyattsville. the 12-inch main ruptured thursday sending six million grallens of water -- gallons of water rushing onto rhode island avenue. it's closed in both directions between 33rd avenue and charles armentrout drive. >> fuel prices are plummeting at a rate we haven't seen in six years. the national average dropped $0.16 a gallon last month with similar drops in d.c., maryland, and virginia. they expect prices to remain low through august. >> you can expect delays on metro's red line this weekend. four stations will be closed for track work. trains will not run between fort totten and noma galicate. gallaudette. >> passengers will be getting off and on. >> it's not going to be a washout in the metro area nor north and west. the further south and east you go, the better the chance you'll have a washout in that area. what do you say we look at what's happening out? look like a plan? we have rain all afternoon. at the bottom of the screen that's areas nort richmond. most of the rain is moving mor

they managed to stop that big water main leak in hyattsville. bad news, there's still a lot of work to do. look at the size of that hole. it's nine feet deep. look at what they have to deal with down there. when this thing broke, it broke bad. it went on for more than three hours. the water came cascading down the street. route 1 looked like, well it looked like the rhode island avenue river. >> an 18-foot section of pipe, the entire section literally blew out from end-to-end and created a huge mess. >> reporter: they believe there's more compromised pipe below the street. they have to open up the road and fix that, too. the water main break there, the thrift shop here, you can imagine what this has done to this strip of businesses. how many customers have you had today? >> three today. >> reporter: how many would you normally have? >> i would say at least 12 to 15 between 11:30 and 2:00. >> reporter: your business is down. >> yes, sir. way down. yes, sir. >> reporter: what does this mean for traffic? can you say detour? in hyattsville, several

. >>> breaking newsat water main break on route 1 in hyattsville. right now crews are closing the 4800 block of rhode island avenue in both directions where that 12-inch pipe burst yesterday. nikki burdine joins us live from the scene with the latest. there was one lane getting by but it's all closed now. >> reporter: it's about to be closed. right now one lane, the southbound lane is still getting by. i'm told any moment they will be closing the southbound lane of route 1. contractors just got here within the past five minutes. they'll be closing both lanes. no one will be able to get through route 1 all day long and through tomorrow. >> it's going to be tough. >> reporter: it's going to ablong day here at crittendon and rhode island as crews work to fix a broken main. >> it blew out at both ends. >> reporter: six million gallons of water spilled on to the street thursday turning rhode island avenue into a river. detours were set up at crittendon to get around that section of rhode island. >> i thought oh, my goodness, i can't believe the whole rho

tonight rhode island avenue in hyattsville is closed and will be closed through tomorrow morning. this is the reason why. a busted water main sent millions of gallons of water gushing into the street. a pipe ruptured around 4:30 this afternoon and crews have been trying to fix testify since. mola lenghi is there with more on -- fix it since. mola lenghi is there with more on this. >> reporter: they think the age of the pipe may have been a factor in this water main break. it's 73 years old and when it busted today, it spilled 6 million gallons of water onto this street. rhode island avenue, more like rhode island r, this stretch of rhode island and credit -- r, t island and crittendon was drowning this afternoon. >> i'm looking at it thinking to myself this is a mess. >> reporter: for three hours water poured out of a broken water main as wssc crews searched for the valve closest to the break to shut off the water. once they did clean-up began clearing mud, rocks and road debris left over from when the main busted through the road. >> this is a bad situation. there's no two ways a

a pipe burst on rhode island avenue in hyattsville and officials say repairs will not be completed today in-depth report on how to get around this mess coming up in a few minutes. another news update coming up at 8:27. for now thanks for >>> good morning, america. it's friday and could being on birth control increase your risk of breast cancer? the new report out this morning. ♪ applause plause >>> the proud pap that-to-be so excited about his wife's pregnancy he subbed in for the pregnancy picture. now his hilarious photos have gone viral. what his wife thinks and why he really did it. ♪ i don't wanna live in a world ♪ >> it's a scandal. kerry washington dropping huge hints about the sizzles first episode of the abc hit. you'll see the script pages right here. all that and enrique and sean paul heating up central park as we say -- ♪ my friends my friends now i'm hearing around that you been running around ♪ >> a crowd of thousands in central park this morning. there they are, everyone waiting for enrique iglesias. there he is coming out on the stage. this is just huge. this could be the

reporting live in hyattsville, megan mcgrath, news4. richard, back to you. >>> right now a trial is under way in a controversial child pornography case. we received some new video this morning of 17-year-old trey sims as he entered the court house. he's facing charges for sexting his 15-year-old girlfriend at a manassas high school. our northern virginia bureau learned that prosecutors will not use explicit photos of sims in the trial. be sure to watch news4 and 5:00 and 6:00 for full reports from northern bureau reporter david culver. >>> new this morning, solid hiring has stretched into a sixth month but at a slower pace than expected. employers added 209,000 jobs. the unemployment rate ticked up from 6.1 to 6.2%. experts say it's still a good sign because more people entered the labor market. >>> right now we are following two stories developing on capitol hill. lawmakers putting off their vacations to pass some kind of border bill. eric cantor's early resignation. a look at how both issues are being handled by democrats and republic

. >> hatzel vela live in hyattsville where crews continue to work on this massive wan. what this means for folks >> you're watching abc~ 7 news at 5:00, on your side. >> it could be days before a busy road is reopened in hyattsville after a massive water main break created a huge sinkhole. >> the break happened at rhode island avenue and crittenden street and crews are working to try and fix the old pipe. >> hatzel vela with which things could start to get back to normal. >> crews are working to make sure things get back to normal. they're expected to be here tonight, tomorrow and possibly into sunday. priority number one is to get the pipe fixed. number two is to reopen the road. this is rhode island avenue and this stretch of road gets you in and out of the city, so traffic is a major deal here. >> earlier today workers put in a trench so they could safely go underground and replace a 73-year-old pipe. >> there was an 18-foot section of pipe that literally blew out. >> that burst sent out six million gallons of water everywhere. pressure from the water so powerful the

androke late this afternoon it happened at hyattsville. it was so strong that it buckled the road. >> they tell us that the water coming out of the tap is brown. we have the latest. what is the latest on when the roads will reopen? >> they shut the water off three hours later and they are still trying to pump the water out of there. we are learning that they are opening a southbound lane here soon. rhode island avenue looks like a river. main broke this afternoon and an estimated 6 million gallons of water went on the road. people had to come and take a look for themselves. it is estimated that it affected 30 customers. this is one of them. >> cars attempt to drive through course of a over a half an hour. i would say it was shooting geysers throughout the road. >> there is no way to know how long it will be before it gets fixed. they will end up staying somewhere else overnight. told that this is a 73-year-old pipe that burst and it affected a number of customers. most are businesses in the area. they are rerouting traffic. burkett, abc se

all lanes on rhode island island hyattsville are back open tonight. 6 million gallons of water were spilled earlier. coming up on 15bs at 11:00, why people are being warned not to drink the tap water. plus, watch where you throw your trash, district of columbia. how much littering will cost you. >> and this weekend is a perfect excuse to go shopping in irginia >> this just coming in to the newsroom from d.c. cxfc we've learned counsel member marion berry was involved in a car accident today. no details are available on what led up to the crash or the councilmember's condition. we are working on getting an update for later in the forecast. >> growing calls for criminal charges against a new york city police officer who placed a man in a chokehold. the medical examiner ruled eric garner's death a homicide saying he died from the officer's chokehold prohibited by nypd. garner can be heard telling officers he can't breathe. today his family said the father of six deserves justice. gemini met with the prosecutors -- i met with the prosecutors and i want them to do the right thing. >> the officer

hyattsville at 6:02.we'll cul back and track some showers and storms for saturday but it is not going to be a washout. we will tell you what time will be the best for outside stuff. >>> trending now, the breakup of a hollywood couple. >> you may have been hearing about this. mariah care rae and nick cannon have confirmed that it's a wrap. >> today he said, quote, there is trouble in paradise. we have been living in separate houses for a few months. my main focus is my kids. they have three-year-old twins. no word on what's behind the breakup but you might recall they only dated a few weeks. >> too bad. >>> chris pratt not just a hero on the big screen. >> the actor is starring in the the guardians of the galaxy but he arranged a special screening for some sick kids. this is a photo from children's hospital in los angeles. they tweeted out, thanks for making them smile. not only did pratt show the movie and hand out toys, he took hundreds of pictures with all of those kids. i bet it made their day and thei

reporting live from hyattsville, darcy spencer, news 4. >> great spirit of forgiveness. >>> police are still actively searching the scene of a deadly shooting about dondre dyer was gunned down. we first told you about it on "news 4 today". dyer is from northwest gooes d. policeffg up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest. >>> a new look at the damage as hawaii bears the brunt of two major storms. a storm that could still affect the state. >>> and a show washington complaint get enough of, the film shoot happening right now that could give us a glimpse of what is next. >>> i'll have the latest on julio and i'll show you up close and personal storm team 4 radar hit and miss rain showers. >>> you still have time to get down to the national mall to check out production crews eason three. tourists and fans got a behind the scenes look today. the netflix series usually films in baltimore. it came to d.c. for a motorcade scene. they had a fake presidential limo complete with a realistic seal. it will be there until about 10:00 tonight. >>> believe it or not, summer is winding dow

. >> we have a brand new elementary school in hyattsville that is themed around arts education. and then we have a new aeronautics program at duval high school. >> reporter: all of this is music to the ears of parents like rhonda pew. >> this is macy, stacy and tracy, they're trip. lets they're going to first girl. >> reporter: her girls are starting their first day. what are you most excited about? >> because i get to see my new friends and i get to see my new teacher. >> reporter: is it a bittersweet day? are you sad to have the girls leave the house or are you ready? >> i'm ready. i'm ready, yes. >> reporter: in prince george's county, nikki burdine, wusa9. >> we'd like to remind you that experts will be standing by at wusa9 tomorrow to answer any back-to-school questions that you might have. dr. melissa weisner of inova fairfax hospital will be here tomorrow with advice during a live web chat in our noon newscast and a panel of inova doctors will also join us for discussion and interviews during our 5:00 p.m. newscast. we hope you can join us for that tomorrow. >>> cbs news

a water main break shut down rhode island avenue in hyattsville as 6 million gallons gushed on the streeta 73-year-old pipe ruptured and started spewing water and opened up a huge hole in the road. it took about 48 hours to fix but crews re-opened rhode island avenue just a few hours ago. >>> developing right now an american doctor infected with ebola is now back in the united states and he's getting some treatment tonight. take a look. this is new video from outside emory hospital in atlanta. one of them is kent brantly who arrived in georgia on board a specially outfitted private plane. doctors will treat dr. brantly and another infected aid worker in an isolation unit. both americans got sick while working to stop the outbreak in liberia. >>> right now at 6:00 cracking down on garbage. the law that's about to affect more of you and determine where you can put your trash. and we know we're in for some rain. rain. the question we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast. what's it like paying for internet rated 6 out of 7 in customer satisfaction? not good, it's not th

. >>> detectives are canvassing a neighborhood in hyattsville, maryland where a woman was found murderedthis morning. sky 9 with us over the scene in the 6800 -- was over the scene in the 6800 block of west forest road. the discovery was made by a relative of the victim just after 9:00 this morning. no word yet on the identity of the victim, a motive or any suspects. >>> police now believe a landover father fatally stabbed and shot his 3-year-old daughter before he was killed by officers this weekend. police say layla miller was a passengers in the car with her led authorities on a police chase. he's identified as 38-year-old frederick roy miller. he also shot layla's maternal great grandmother and grandfather before the chase. they remained hospitalized in critical condition. >>> faith leaders in prince george's county -- and prince george's county officials gather dad to call for family unity and an end to domestic violence. the rally was led by the state's attorney general. a summit will focus on issues that can lead to family violence such as economics, infidelity, and mental health.

. >>> all lanes of rhode island avenue in hyattsville have reopened between 43rd street and charles troutfter this massive water main break. wssc says 6 million gallons of water spewed out when the 12- inch pipe burst thursday afternoon. >>> could be a stormy night, a wet sunday morning for some parts of the washington area. olga is up next with the forecast. all the chicken in your grocery store is inspected by the usda... but perdue asked them to go further. they verify that all our chickens are cared for in a clean, safe environment... and fed an all-veggie diet. no other chicken company does this. but at perdue we believe in a better chicken. [ perdue ] they say you are what you eat. well, say you are what you eat...eats. so we feed our chickens an all-veggie diet including corn and marigolds with no added animal by-products... hormones...or steroids. because at perdue we believe in a better chicken. . >>> yellow alert, but nothing to be afraid of, right? lot of people out there today. >> not at all. a little nuisance showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. some tapered off. a few a

our cameras spotted a thief swiping a bike seat at the west hyattsville station. the cops nab him too. metro transit police records obtained by news 4 i-team show hundreds of bike thefts each year. >> we're not seeing low-end bikes stolen. >> police say they have made some progress with the number of thefts in months but crooks are changing up. just look. stations targeted most last year. different than the stations that are targeting most this year. metro blankets the bike racks of surveillance cameras. can you watch the images of crooks. but police say you ought to check how you lock your bike to be safe. >> one for the frame and one to the rear tire on the frame. >> 90% stolen last year used either chain or cable locks. metro recommends using one of these, a metro bike locker, available past the rack outside the station. more security than a lock alone. the locks insome cases, as our investigation shows, don't scare off the crooks. what about that bike? the one you tried to take? >> it was just sitting there. >> and thieves are increasingly targeting red line s

from prince george's county killed in action will forever be remembered at his high school in hyattsvillegenerations of students can now learn about lieutenant brendan loony and his heroism. the school named its convocation center after him. brendan was one of the nine navy s.e.a.l.s. who died in 2010 when their helicopter crashed in afghanistan. lieutenant loony graduated in 1999. nine other students have become navy s.e.a.l.s. >> 10:10. coming up, some schools in d.c. have a new look ahead of the first day of school tomorrow. meet the young volunteers who helped spruce it up. >> and now to chuck. >> that's right. putting the finishing touches on the bus stop forecast for tomorrow morning. i'll let you know whether you need an umbrella and mama molette will >>> new developments this week from the terrorist group isis. tuesday it released a horrific video of the execution of american journalist james foley. now isis threatens to kill another journalist if the u.s. does not end air strikes. now the threat is putting lots of pressure on the obama administration. >> yeah. chris jansing is th

. >>> on this sunday morning one church in hyattsville practicing what they preach and forgiving a group of burglars. an associate pastor showed us the damage at the shiloh church of god seventh day. they ripped out the condenser that supply air conditioning to the chuh. looks like they were going after the copper which can be sold for cash. >> people are desperate and it doesn't matter whether it's a church or commercial property, people are going to come and do what they want to do. deviant behavior. >> some told us without the air conditioning it felt like it was 100 degrees inside the church. that's why you see a bunch of those fans set up just so they can get through the morning services. >>> 74 people displaced by a fire in d.c. getting some help this morning. that fire happened just a few days ago on belmont street northwest. news 4's derrick ward tells us how the columbia heights community is coming together to help them find a new home. >> reporter: the last of the families displaced by the fire leave on the next leg of a journey into ap uncertain future. more than 60 people fro

. >>> police in hyattsville is looking for an elderly man who has demeadementia.s last seen near bellcrest road along the kaiser building. mr. harkinson was wearing a light tan shirt, blue jeans and brown sandals. if you have any information about him, please call police. >>> google could be making some changes that will benefit children. >>> plus, when do you find time to exercise? we'll explain why the answer may depend on whether you went to >>> new study shows your level of education aesffects the way u exercise. if you have a college degree, you're more likely to be active on weekends. however, if you didn't finish high school, you're more likely to be active during the week. the study did not say one group was healthier than the other, however. >>> soon, there could be kid-friendly services for google products like g-mail and youtube. "the wall street journal" reports your kids would be able to set up their own accounts and you would be able to control what data google collects from your kids. the major concern with the plans is how the company can comply wi

if your saturday plans take you through route 1 in hyattsville, you're looking at a massive water main break. right now the water main is back in service. all the customers have water again. on thursday more than 6 million gallons of water rushed down rhode island avenue and created a massive hole that crews are trying to fill. you may want to drive on kennelworth avenue to avoid that area. >>> another traffic alert to tell you about in the area. repairing a sinkhole in the columbia heights neighborhood. columbia road between 13th and 14th street will be closed because of these repairs. you may want to avoid the area. >>> well, a car stuck in flooding with that water rising fast. take a look at this video. we're going to show you some efforts to save a woman trapped inside that car. >>> questions of corruption and even fidelity coming out about bob mcdonnell. the revealing text messages, photos, and other evidence. >>> some valuable information up next. how to add onto the savings on school supplies aside from this tax-free weekend. >>> we are already talking back to school. today coul

if you go through route 1 in hyattsville, crews there are repairing that stretch due to a water main break. right now it is back in service. all the customers have their water again. now, on thursday, more than 6 million gallons of water rushed down rhode island avenue. it created a massive hole. crews trying to fill that right now. may want to drive of kennelworth avenue. and another traffic alert. crews repairing a sinkhole in columbia heights. columbia road between 13th and 14th streets will be closed during the repairs. they want to avoid that area. >>> a car stuck and flooding with the water just rising so fast. we're going to show you efforts to save a woman trapped inside. >>> and questions of corruption and even infidelity coming out in the trial against bob mcdonnell. plus the next step in what has been a captivating case. >>> and how trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find

a hyattsville man has died after a crash last night. 21-year-old roberto flores. the intersection does not have a crosswalk or a stoplight. >> breaking news in the middle east. israel and palestinian delegations have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire in gaza. the delegation will head to egypt for talks on a long-term truce. this comes hours after two terrorist attacks inus)q)usalem. two people died and three others were hurt when a bus flipped on its side. an israeli soldier was shot by a person riding a motorcycle. 1900 palestinians and 700 israelis are died. >> coming up that miracle drug given to the american doctor being treated in atlanta for ebola and how he's doing. >> new research that shows video games are good for your child's health. but there's a catch. >> a summer music festival turned deadly and police say the type of concert may be in part to blame. type of concert may be in part to blame. i'm kevin lewis and i people are so impatient, right? you know what it is, it's waiting. 10 minutes or 10 hours people don't like waiting. (sheep sounds) you know at

>> whoever was behind the door of toogood's hyattsville home wasn't in the mood to talk either. >> recordsshow he relinquished his teaching license last month, but manassas school system is conducting more thorough reviews of current and prospective teachers' records. >> we are working with a clearing-house. >> still some wonder how could someone rise to school principal via a bogus background. >> that's scary to think there was no more background checks done on him. >> manassas school system has about 1,000 employees and school officials so far are stressing that so far all employees have checked out with solid credentials. stephen tschida, abc7 news. >> a date has been set to demolish the knox box apartments in college park. residents received e-mails offering them gift cards of $500 or $750 if they move out this month. there have been many safety concerns from wild parties to a fatal fire even. the knox box will be replaced with a development dubbed as terrapin row. >> the dave and busters in white flint mall closed 30 days after a court told them to clear out. that means that p.f. chan

. >>> today some you in hyattsville are saying enough is enough when it comes to teen violence.ommunity members plan to meet to discuss how to curb the problem. two weeks ago, two teens were thought while walking down the street. stray bullets even went into some houses. this is video of that scene. the suspects have not been caught. the meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at lancer drive d 30th avenue, where the shooting took place. >>> later this morning, a funeral for sprint car driver kevin ward. it will be held at his high school in upstate new york. he died saturday night after being struck by tony stewart's sprint car. detectives say stewart is not criminally reon nascar leaders are now reviewing how safe drivers are after the incident. kevin wd jr.'s father says he wants to know whether tony stewart saw his son on that track before he hit and killed him. he doesn't understand why a driver as talented as stewart was involved in a deadly crash. still not clear when or whether he will compete at michigan national speed way. >>> the lights went out on brad way last night as the theater

in prince george's county, a man was shot in hyattsville. word on what led up to that incident. no suspects. we will follow the story throughout the day. now for a check of the forecast, we head over to dave. >> a very pleasant start here sunday. it looks like a nice august day. here is a live shot of congressional country club in bethesda. you can see the blue skies with fog and haze. that is burning off. 74 in bethesda. 70 in leesburg. it feels like summer around here. it warm and sticky throughout the day. we will see a huge swath of precipitation on the north carolina border. just a little bit of precipitation now. i think we will be rain free today. to upperres in the mid 80's. seasonably warm and humid. a mix of sun and clouds. tomorrow, cloudy by the afternoon. the showers are possible. temperatures in the lower 80's. tuesday looks like a really rainy day. then look for lots of sunshine and dry air as we get into the late week. >> thank you for watching and have a great sunday. >> busess news from the capital region. this is "washingt

condenser units supply air conditioning to the sanctuary at shiloh church of god seventh day in hyattsville. and about how hot did it feel in here? >> at least a good 90 or close to about 100 degrees in here. >> reporter: pastor ray says the thieves climbed the cage and ripped out the units. >> it was well planned, well executed. >> reporter: they weigh hundreds of pounds apiece. >> the fence is bent a little bit. it could have been a rope or something they used to pull up. i'm not sure. >> reporter: pastor ray believes the thievers were after the copper inside the condenser units. which can be sold for cash. >> people areesra an doesn't matter whether it's a church or commercial property. people are going to do what they want to do, just deviant behavior. >> reporter: the morning service did go on with the help of handheld and oscillating fans. >> the service was very hot, but we did have a good servic it's something we had to endure but we did it. >> reporter: and while parishioners suffered through the service, pastor ray sa he'shafunoneasur the units can be replaced. here's his message

police in hyattsville are looking for an elderly man with dementia.is 83-year-old william edward harkens jr. disappearing yesterday afternoon. last seen near bell crest road around the kaiser building. he was wearing a light tan shirt, blue jeans and brown sandals. if you have information, please call police. >>> news4's julie carey is in richmond where bob mcdonnell's lawyers will argue innocence from corruption charges. both the former governor and his wife are on trial. you may not know that mrs. mcdonnell's lawyers will present defense separate from him. his testimony could come as early as today. >>> we are watching a scene playing out, dangerous scene playing out there in new jersey. this is in north jersey where a truck, looks like a tractor-trailer truck, an 18-wheeler, hanging over an overpass. this is the nbc chopper video that you're watching right now. and there is water below. lots of emergency crews on the scene there. we did see emergency crews with one man, put one man on a stretcher and they were hosing him down. so still working to f

store is topping the news in our region today, metro confirms a man was stabbed outside of the west hyattsvilletion overnight. it happened just before 2:30 this morning. injuries are described as non-life-threatening. no word if police have any suspects. we will update you as soon as we learn more. let's head over for a look at our forecast. few storms this afternoon. the heaviest rain activity right now still out of the carolinas. high temperatures in the low to mid 80's. >> thank you. thank you for watching. we will be back at a: 56. now back to good morning america. ♪ i'm on the edge of glory >> oh, be careful what you ask for. >> one of the many, many things we love about bianna golodryga, she will go to nearly any lengths to get a story. even, as you see here, jumping out of a plane. this morning, we're celebrating the many accomplishments of the woman who has been co-host of "weekend gma" for four terrific years. as she gets ready to move on to a terrific new challenge. as we look back at some of the most memorable, hilarious, maybe, maybe slightly embarrassing moments. >> what we didn't

. >>> a commuter alert, that water main break in hyattsville forced crews to shut down rhode island avenue route 1 both directions between 43rd street and charles almantrot drive. that stretch of road will through saturday. >>> the speed limit was officially lowered today on a dangerous stretch of route 1 in college park. drivers are not allowed to legally go over 25 miles per hour near the intersection with hardwick road. three people have been killed in downtown college park since last january, all struck by cars late at night as the bars in the area were closing. several of them were students. in addition to lowering the speed limit, the maryland state highway administration plans to introduce new measures to improve safety in that area. >>> how much would you pay to have your favorite musician play a private concert for you and your friends? >> a whole lot. we'll talk about that and other trending topics at 5:30. >> way back in college i was thinking of starting a business doing that. anyway we digress. we'll show you radar, a couple of showers and storms beginning to pop in southern m

host: before you leave, and we'll talk about your points, hat's the situation in hyattsville, maryland? can you see something like that happening there? >> i used to live in landover, maryland, but the metropolitan d.c. area is going through the same sort of shift so what you have is a lot of working class and low-income people being forced to be removed from washington, d.c. proper, and they're coming out into the suburbs. there is in fact -- well, there's no evidence of an increase in crime. but the perception is that hese areas are now being inundated with people with criminal behaviors. that's not me tembings d out in evidence but it is there and the stereotypes we have. guest: a lot of good points there that i'll speak to in the order they were raised. one, the housing market shifts that may be contributing to these trends, particularly in certain markets like the washington, d.c. area, the san rancisco bay area, new york, boston, where we've even housing price pressures increasing and the shortage of affordable housing. that definitely factors into these trends as low income and

. >>> police trying to figure out what led to a stabbing outside the west hyattsville metro station onine. police say someone stabbed a woman just before 2:30 this morning. he was rushed to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >>> expect to hit closed roads today if you are driving in downtown d.c. the u.s./africa leader's summit will close the roads. >>> it is sunday "today." and football is back. nbc's sunday night football returns tonight with the hall of fame game between the new york giants and buffalo bills. then the full nfl pre-season starts thursday. in other words, starting today, you'll be able to watch football every sunday from now until the super bowl. >> so many people getting excited for that. i cannot believe summer is almost over. >> next month we'll be talking about fall beginning. >> and pumky pkin lattes. right? >>> that's go to do it for this edition of "news4 today." we'll be back in 25 minutes with more news and especially more on the case of marion barry being in a car accident. >> a lot of of news to update. we'll get to that. we'll of course join

our cameras even spotted a thief swiping a bike seat at the west hyattsville station. the cops nabbed him too. metro transit police records obtained by the news 4 i-team show hundreds of bike thefts each year since 2011. >> a lot of high dollar bikes stolen. not seeing the low-end bikes stolen. >> reporter: police say they've made some progress reducing the number of thefts in recent months but the crooks are changing up. look, the stations crooks targeted most last year, different than the stations they're targeting most this year. metro blankets the bike racks with surveillance cameras. you can watch, cameras capture the images. transit police say you ought to check how you're locking your bike to be safe. >> one to the frame and one to the rear tire and frame. >> the i-team's review found 90% of bikes stolen last year used chain or cable locks. metro recommends using one of these, a metro bike locker available past the rack outside the stations. they can offer more security than a lock alone. those locks in so many cases as our investigation shows, don't scare off t

host: angela, hyattsville, go ahead. caller: i am calling on independent line, but i am what you would describe as conservative. when the republican party started being conservative i voted for them, but now they spend on wars with money we don't have, so i am an independent now. this just reminds me of what my dad did in paris. stations, on radio this president, it is true, he has done quite a lot that is significant. stick with that. a lot for the terrorists not coming here. i am comfortable with them killing themselves over there, i'm sorry. i'd rather have them do that and bring the fight here. the dow jones is fantastic. the s&p is great. we should avoid hatred and deal with fact. until the republican party goes not to its values and interfering in other countries, i would not. good morning, giles. independent caller. go ahead, sir. caller: hello, good morning. i just want to make a statement of fact. number one, there are people in the congress who swore an oath to try to stop everything that the president did. num

times" has this, 77 patient at the phoenix va who committed suicide -- host: >> host: angel in hyattsville maryland. go ahead. >> caller: hi, good morning. i'm calling on independent line but i am what you describe as conservative but not republican. i felt voting republican when republican party stopped being conservative, they spend money we don't have. so i'm an independent now. what i'd like to say is listening to c-span, listening to the republicans calling in, this just nicely of what my dad did. [inaudible] dumbing down america. we call in on a radio station. we don't have our facts. the president come is to come he's done quite a lot. let's just stick with it. he has done a lot and now we have a terrorist not come here. he's taking the fight to the. i'm comfortable within killing themselves over there, i'm sorry. i'd rather have them do that than to bring the fight here. economy is doing much better. the dow jones a fantastic. the s&p is great. we should stop being so hatred and deal with facts. until the republican party goes back to its values of being conservative, of not interf