fredericksburg, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> breaking news this morning. a second person found dead after a school explosion in minneapolis. we now know it was the school's janitor. crews pulled his body from the rubble last night. the other victim has been identified as ruth berg. she worked as the receptionist for 17 years. contractors working there caused a natural gas leak yechltd students and teachers incompetent side the school had seconds to get out before that blast. >> my daughter got up and was getting ready to leave out of the counselor's office and was blown back into the counselor's office by the explosion. it was seconds after they told everybody to get out that the explosion happened. >> seven people are still in doctors say the injuries range from serious to critical. >>> new overnight, d.c. fire crews also responded to a fiery two-car crash on irving street northwest. not far from the hospital center. one person is dead and another injured. fire crews say the car was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. they say the two victims were

jackie bensen spoke to his parents tonight. live with more. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, he was just a block and a half, a block and a half from home. the security camera video from a nearby business shows in clear detail the horror outside of the exxon station at 18th and monroe street's thursday evening. another camera picked up the sounds of countless gunshots. did the gunman not see the cameras that captured images of them cold-bloodedly through the doors of the gas station wounding four people? fatally, or did they not care their faces could be clearly seen? >> very angry. >> lisa bell's son, jarvis bell, did not survive his injuries. he was less than 2 blocks from home. >> he was really kind to a lot of the helped with grotheir groceries. >> reporter: police say the vehicle is the dark colored sedan that could be seen here. now, there's a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this murder but jarvis bell's parents, they say that anybody who knows those guys should call and turn them in because getting them off the

news4 jackie bensen reports on the eclipse babies and what the astrologists believe it all means. >>e's smiling a little. >> reporter: while the rest of d.c. was putting on eclipse glasses and scanning the sky, this baby was coming into the world. three weeks early, 2:45 p.m. at ds mom china mcmiller beamed at her newborn's tiny face. >> i guess he was ready, yeah. >> we have for unused eclipse glasses in the bag. >> reporter: just six minutes earlier at the same hospital, little cecilia joined what is a fairly exclusive club. babies born during a solar eclipse. >> we definitely talked about the idea that it would be funny if she came during the eclipse. >> reporter: both sets of parents were unaware but delighted to believe that many astrologists believe that babies are believed to be endowed with great capacity for strength and leadership. prince william born during the eclipse in 1982 is often pointed to as an example. for right now, the perfection of these d.c. residents is more than enough for their tired but happy parents. >> it's pretty cool. a younger me would have thought th

jackie bensen, news 4. >>> we have much more coming up on the latest out of charlottesville. in a few minutes, a look at how the late-night television hosts used their platform. we're going to go live to capitol hill for the latest on the backlash president trump is facing in the wake of the weekend's events. stay with us. >>> right now, an officer involved shooting in the district. another story we're following. it happened near naylor road around 6:00 last night. sources tell news 4 officers were responding to a call when they saw three men in a car. one had a gun and took off running. an officer chased him. the suspect allegedly pulled out to fire at that suspect. he was taken to the hospital and he should be okay. police spoke to the other two men in the car. the name has not been released. >>> new details this morning. the fallout at united medical center in northeast. officials ordered the hospital to stop delivering babies because of what's being called dangerous mistakes that staff made with pregnant women and newborns. according to a letter obtained by the "washingto

live in northwest, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> leon harris with new information on the russia probe. tonight the "washington post" is reporting that president trump was responsible for his son's response to questions about a meeting with russians at trump tower. that response was seen as misleading and that is a move that could put the president in legal jeopardy. the president dictated his son's statement about that meeting. you remember that statement claimed the meeting was set up to talk about americans adopting russian children but e-mails later revealed that donald jr. accepted the meeting because the person was going to give damaging information about hillary clinton. >> striking about what we have learn is the president did not want to describe the actual story about what happened. and he had not just a hand in it but the most important hand in it. >> you will recall the special counsel robert mueller is looking at a possible obstruction of justice in the 2016 election. tonight the president's lawyer is calling this report in the post fake news. no response from the president

news 4's jackie bensen is near a confederate statute in old town alexandria with more on what happens next. >> reporter: the question was terry mcauliffe as he left funeral services for charlottesville victim heather heyer. hours later the governor recommended just that. in a statement reading in part as we attempt to heal and learn from the tragic events in charlottesville, i urge them to take down the monuments and relocate them to museums or more appropriate settings. >> we need to remove all signs that separate us and look for things that unite us as one america. >> many in the d.c. area are familiar with this sculpture titled appomattox in old town alexandria. it was erected in 1889 to commemorate citizens who died in the civil war. for some time now, the city has been working to come up with a plan to remove it to a nearby museum. those we spoke to hope the governor's request will speed up that process. >> well, i think i time. statues are for people who win war and do great things. this man risked his life to preserve immorality -- >> reporter: richmond has called for the reloc

in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news >>> it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. let's get an update from sheena parveen. >> hello aaron. it will be a hot one today. keep that in mind before you start running around this afternoon. stay in the shade or the ac. temperatures will be close to 90 degrees by 11:00 a.m. then we'll be feeling around 100 degrees only by lunchtime. we'll look at the afternoon forecast and the cooldown coming up next. >>> secret service in crisis. the major new concerns that's making congress come up with more money to protect the president and the first family. >>> they got him. the dangerous confrontation with a terror suspect in >>> storm team 4 weather alert day today. hazy, hot and humid for the afternoon. one of those days you do everything to stay cool. >> yes, it is aaron especially in the peak afternoon hours. each by will you have time, it's going to start to feel like 100 degrees. though it's going to be very hot this afternoon, hot and humid is going to make it feel so much hotter. we're going to have little rain relief. if you

live in rockville, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> back to charlottesville now with new information on the suspect and the victims from saturday. we told you earlier the driver charged in this deadly crash will stay behind bars. a judge denied bond for james fiel that fields' own mother called police on him in the past, one for threatening her with a knife. and we are hearing from another mother, heather heyer's mother. she is the woman killed in saturday's crash and tonight her mother says that fields robbed her of her child but he is not angry. >> i'm very sad. i'm very, very sad. but i can't be angry because angry will make me hate and hate only leads to more hate and there is no point to that. heather wouldn't have wanted that either. >> two virginia state troopers died in a helicopter crash responding to the violence saturday. the national transportation safety board released its initial report tonight saying there was no distress call before the crash happened. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, a vunt nig -- violent night in the district. two shootings in the past hour or so. that is the sam

news 4 jackie bensen continues our team coverage. live from fairfax red cross headquarters. >> reporter: we spoke to paul cardin in corpus christi, close to some of the most heavily hit coastal areas. >> we got 15-plus shelters open. we think the number of shelters will increase during the overnight. >> reporter: sobering words as officials attempt to figure out how much damage the storm has inflicted so far. shelters are in immediateee bed and hot food if possible to people who fled with the clothes on their back, clothes that are often wet when they arrive. one shelter in rockport, texas was itself damaged by the storm. paul cardin says the flow of resources from the d.c. national capitol region is ongoing. >> we've sent our chief operating officer. we have numerous staff members and volunteers who either have left the d.c. area or are en route to the d.c. area. >> and the red cross says the best way you can help is to donate through their website. live in fairfax county, jackie bensen, news 4 >>> thank you, jackie. >>> first respo

live in old town, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> more than a thousand people packed a theater tonight inrlottesville to honor heather heyer. she was killed saturday when a car plowed into that group of people protesting white nationalists. some of the most emotional comments today came from her parents. >> no father should have to do this. but i love my daughter. and as i look out on you guys, you loved her, too. >> the overwhelming message throughout this service was a call for racial justice. heyer's parents say it was a cause she was extremely passionate about. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what? you just magnified her. this is just the beginning of heather's legacy. >> james fields is charged with second degree murder in heyer's death. he's being held without bond. >>> breaking news tonight, a federal grand jury indicted the truck driver involved in a large human trafficking case that led to the deaths of ten people. the charges against james bradley jr. carry the possibility of the death penalty. we don't know yet if prosecutors will pursue that. at leas

in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news4. >>> some people who live in baltimore are fed up with the crime there. a group of residents are calling for a cease-fire to curb the violence. they are on pace with 28 homicides this year. the motto is nobody kill anybody. it is up to everyone to make this happen. >>> swimmers are sick and local pool shut down. what investigators found in the water that sent several kids to the hospital. >>> savings so good it feels like holiday but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. >>> a federal jury finds notorious sir reli guilty of fraud. he raised the price of a drug 750 bucks. not only that he looted his investors and his attorney argues they got their money back and then some. he feels exonerated. >> this is a witch hunt of epic proportions and they found one or two charges at the end of the day but w the most important. >> he t

live in clinton, jackie bensen, news 4. >> such a sad story, thank you, jackie. >> we are staying on top of the breaking news at the white house now and battled chief strategist steve bannon is out. no official word on what he'll do next, but sources say he'll likely return to the right wing web site bright bart, bannon's next -- his exit brings an end to his rocky tenure in the west wing where he clashed with many of president trump's top aides. today's announcement was welcome news to the traders on the floor of new york stock is said to have submitted his resignation on august seventh. >> that live coverage on cnbc caught traders on the floor cheering. fridays are typically quiet in washington, but not this summer. sean spicer resigned as press secretary, friday july 21st. one week later, chief of staff reince priebus was out and then today, news of bannon. >> now to the other big story we're covering, the manhunt in spain for the terrorists behind back to back attacks. an american celebrating his first wedding anniversary is among the 13 people killed after a van mowed down pedes

in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> a baby girl born this morning was named after the event. eclipse eubanks was born in greenville, south carolina. she weighed in at eight pounds and three ounces and 19 inches long. >>> social media is buzzing about president trump's moment without his eclipse glasses. he stood on the front balcony with their president took a couple of peaks aft -- peeks after taking them off. that is a no-no. it could cause cornea damage. >>> 250 miles above the earth today, the noaa captured images that show the massive shadow caused by the moon. nasa also tweeted video from the international space station. we'll show you some of the best moments we gathered on the ground today in less than 10 minutes. >>> after months of legal maneuvering we could be close to construction starting on the purple line in maryland. the governor tweeted we can expect a big announcement soon. news 4's shomari stone has more on what that announcement could include. >> reporter: it looks like the purple line is back on track. it would have 21 stops connecting bethesda spr

jackie bensen has more on the damage. >> for over an hour after a storm blew through with great force, emergency responders were on the scene. torrential rain and strong winds toppled trees and large branches on to numerous homes and cars. >> when the storm first came around, it came in very heavy with wind. the wind was going i one minute, they were going that way and five seconds that way. >> first responders were forced to quickly move smaller downed trees out of the way to get to calls for service. firefighters wept from house to house look for the source of a reported natural gas leak. one neighbor described the shear volume of the rain that fell. >> very short but very hard. you couldn't see more than about 100 feet and it fell, according to my rain gauge, which i emptied this afternoon, about .9 inches in ten minutes. >> reporter: a tree forced police to close eastbound lanes of columbia pike at one point. snarling traffic around the bar croft shopping center. >> it's a huge tree that had fallen out here. within five minutes, it's a big havoc, you cannot even imagine. i hope an

jackie bensen spoke with her. >> reporter: you can see someone left flowers out here at the scene of the shooting. the 29-year-old man who died, he was just a block and half from his home. the security camera video from a nearby business shows in clear detail the horror outside the exxon station at 18th and monroe streets thursday evening. another camera picked up the sound of countless gunshots. [ gunshots ]. >> reporter: did the gunman not see the cameras that captured images of them cold-bloodedly shooting towards the bay doors of the gas station, wounding four people, one fatally or did they not care their faces could be clearly seen. >> made me very angry. made me very angry. >> reporter: lisa's son, jarvis, 29, raised and born in the neighborhood did not survive his injuries. he was less than two blocks from home. >> he was really kind to a lot of neighbors around here, help them with their groceries, he would do anything for them. >> reporter: george bell is jarvis' father. >> he was an everyday kind of guy. that's it. it was all about today. he would worry about tomorrow tomo

in gaithersburg, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> we have learned that the remains found by the malaysian navy are not those of i u.s.s. mccain sailor. so far the bodies of five of the ten sailors have been identified. the search for the missing sailors continues this morning. >>> it was only two months ago that seven sailors died off the coast of japan on the u.s.s. fitzgerald. two of those sailors were from there area. xavier martin was from baltimore county and gunner's mate sea man dakota rigsby was from palmyra, virginia. they're boast in the 7th fleet. the commander of the fleet has been relieved of duty. >>> for your safety, you're ordered to evacuate the property. >> it's bp a tough 24 hours for people who police and firefighters went door to door last night trying to get the last of the holdouts to leave their homes after the buildings were declared unsafe. news 4's aimee cho has more from the lynn hill condos. >> ma leak bracket walking through what used to be his home. not sure where he'll go. >> have to move this stuff out. supposed to give somebody notice, 24 hours. that's enough

in fairfax county, jackie bensen, news 4. >> next at 11:00, a congressman arrested outside the white house in an immigration protest today. why the clock is ticking on the program called daca. >> plus a new voice tonight in the fight to remove a controversial statue from maryland state house grounds. >> and only on news 4, the great grandson of robert e. lee gives his >>> arrests in front of the white house today, we are told protesters deliberately sat in a closed off section of pennsylvania avenue to send a message about immigration. news 4 crews saw park police give three warnings before making the arrest. at least 15 people were handcuffed, including an illinois congressman. they were calling on the trump administration to protect the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, commonly called daca. you probably heard that name daca went into effect under president obama. it offers some protection from deportation for undocumented children who are brought to this country, usually by their parents. the so-called dreamers have to reapply for daca status. that's every two years.

. >> in fredericksburg, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> n robbery suspects they say held a family hostage for 12 hours. this happened inside a silver spring apartment. this man, whose name is orlando, says five men went into the home by saying they were there to paint. over the next few hours, they tied everyone up, stabbed orlando's son-in-law and stole his car. a 7-year-old was among the hostages. police say the family was targeted because orlando's daughter works at a check cashing business. the men took her to the business and tried to rob it but didn't get any money. >>> now we want to give you a look at other things happening in the news today in fairfax county. police will be back at a popular trail looking for answers. officers will be in the area not far from the vienna metro station. they're looking for clues after a woman was randomly attacked and stabbed along the trail last week. >>> remember that powerful torpedo that ripped t week. there's a meeting on the recovery process in queen anne's county. neighbors can expect rebuilding updates and answers from first response agenci

live in fairfax county, jackie bensen, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. >>> well, the people who shop at the safeway that's near dupont circle. they say they don't like. the aisles are already crowded. tom sherwood talks with customers who are already set with this proposed change. >> an 18-wheeler backs into the narrow loading dock on street and takes a lot of deliveries to stock this grocery, a far cry from supermarket safe ways. now long-time neighbors are fighting the new bid to carve out more room for beer and wine aisles that could reduce food choices even more. >> with a reduction of the -- of the-already strong number, et cetera, it -- it would be wrong. >> susan depends on two canes, she's lived a half block away for 55 years, no other grocery within her walking distance. >> what do you want to happen with the beer and wine license. >> i think it should be rejected. >> parents at the nearby ross elementary school just across the back ally say teachers and parents need more food options, not booze. >> i think it's unnecessary, unhelpful, and it's not improvement or in addition to

live in clinton maryland, jackie bensen, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. >>> from 1987 to 2015, more than 1,700 people died from domestic violence in maryland. from 2015 to 2016, there were 55 domestic violence deaths. last year 50% of all domestic related deaths in maryland who were in prince georges county, news 4 is working for you, to raise awareness about domestic violence. we're call it safe at home. go to our nbc washington app and search safe at home and there you will learn how prince georges county delegate is fighting to change the state law to prevent domestic violence. >> it's happened again on a friday, we're continue to follow that breaking news out of the white house now. chief strategists steve bannon is out. the white house says it was a mutual decision and chief of staff general john kelly. it's just the latest friday farewell and the trump administration, press secretary sean spicer left back on july 21st, the following friday we're learned reince priebus was out as chief of staff. now, today, bannon bomb shell. there was one exception to that friday rule with anthony,

. >> jackie bensen, news 4. >> so if neither seran o cecilia do become leaders, still have a good storyo tell about the day they were born. jim and angie, the best thing that everybody in america is going to know their birthday. >> very few will share that birthday, leon, thanks so much. >> all right, guys take care. >>> coming up now at 5:00. families forced out. the emotional rollercoaster today after they're given 24 hours to find a new place to live. >> a one minute on a popular trail and police believe there may be more victims. >> local moms furious tonight over an ad for an app that was suppose to make their lives easier. why they say the school system that approved it, has a lesson to learn. first up at 5:00 tonight we're have new information just in on the horrific past of a local priest making national headlines. >> he's coming clean, admitting he was once a member of the klu klux klan. i'm angie sitting in for wendy. >> father william atchinson. he w i before becoming a priest. he wrote an article for the arlington catholic herald and asked for forgiveness saying he was promp