. >> jackie bensen spoke with the community activist that helped her overcome being a victim of human trafficking, onlyseo lo her to murder. >> it's the vulnerability and pain and trauma. >> reporter: ruby talks about the day zoe spears was brought to her northwest d.c. shelter for lbgtq youth by law enforcement. ruby did not know at that time that the then 19-year-old had been a victim ofun trafficking, but she sensed something awful, something soul troying had happened. >> didn't say much. i just sat there and listened, the officer kept talking, and i smiled. >> reporter: at tim, zoe struggled with the routine, navigating her way through living with others. night terrors haunted her sleeping hours. but slowly the love that fills the place began to bring her peace. zoe confided to ruby she wanted to ratition. ruby says when she took her for the medical care to begin the ro ss, he was like a rebirth. zoe began calling her mom. >> we had so much in common. i grew up alone. i grew up an outcast. grew up in a city that rejected me and abandoned me so many times. so when i knew that zoe w

jackie bensen, news 4. >>jackie, thank you. capital one said tight it be making free crediton mitoring and identity protection le availabo everyone affected. we'll let you know when that happens. >>> now to new details on that mass shooti at a california festival. a little while ago authorities gavenan update o their investigation. we've learned 19-year-old en no william mcgahn cut through a fence to avoid security and opened fire. three died, 12 wounded. among those killed a 6-year-old and a 13-year-old.ic offers did kill the shooter. tonight police obtained two search warrants, one for the gunman's car, a second for the house of a person who knew the shooter. >> our preeminent and principal concern at this point is motivation, ideological leani s leaninleaning leanings, was he affiliated with anyone or any group? >> to that investigators say the shooter had posted online about a-n ni manifesto. this evening organizers held a vig to remember those killed and wounded in shooting. >>> more breaking news. d.c. police are trying t

. >> news 4's jackie bensen s live at the scene and she has some new details about the getaway car. what are you learning, jackie? >> reporter: doreen, we have some pictures of the shooter's car. e looking for it right now. the are actual images of the hoa sedan involved in a terrifying incident in the i-395 ound lanes of the tunnel just before the massachusetts avenue exit about 3:00 p.m. a witness who did not want to appear on camera says it started with a rear-end collision. this ford suv struck the honda, causing significant damage to the smaller car.>> oth exited their vehicles. there was an argument that occurred on scene, on the scene of the accident. and a gun wasnoduced into this argument and someone was shot. >> reporter: the northbound lanes of the tunnel were closed for hours as police investigated. detectives requested a police p canine to hith the search of the scene. there were a number of witnesses to the original collision an the shooting. aaa mid-atlantic released a statement cautioning driverso ab road rage saying don't risk escalating a frustrating situation becau

life in northwest, jackie bensen, news4. >> quite a scene. thank you so much, jackie. >>> new tonight, lawmakers tell us that robert mueller's highly anticipated hearings on capitol hill will be delayed a week. the former special counsel will now testify before two house committees on july 24th abouthi investigation into russian attempts to influence the 2016 election. before mueller was scheduled to talk for about two hours. now lawmakerswill get to question him for andexten amount of time. mueller didn't want to testify publicly, but house democrats subpoenaed him. >>> labor secretar alex acosta stepped down today after blistering criticism over how he handled the jeffrey epstein sexual abuse case more than a tek decade ago. >> thenly reason acosta w hired, it was made clear, you have no hispanic in yo cabinet. and it was sort of a panic moment. do you remember when you get a substitute teacher? >> how much gets done? >> zero. >> we have substitute teachers in charge d of theense department, the deparmeent of ho land security, the labor dea

jackie bensen, news 4. >> police are asking for the public's help in locating that black mitsub when we get more information about that car, we'll be sure to bring it to you. >>> well, as you know, we've been talking about a spike in violence in the district sin te last year. so now that we're halfway through 2019 we wanted to take a closer look at where things stand w. according to d.c. numbers from police, it comes to homicide cases that were slightly higher than we were at this point last year. leon harris is in the newsroom with a closer look at those stats. leon? >> as you know, that kind of violence has gotten the attention of the mayor and other leaders in the district, and we took a look at all of the homicide cases between january 1st and june 30th. and at the halfway point of 2019 here is where we stand. 79 homicide cases across d.c. and when we break down those numbers byan quadrt we can see that more than half,42 of those cases, east of the an-costia in southeast. we note the police chief and the mayor have said illegal guns are eme source of the probl and the numbers bea

new tonight news 4's jackie bensen takes to us a peace ralle to remem that little girl's le. >>oh, fathergod, take this into their heart before they hurt their fellow man. >> reporter: the air was heavy with emotion, the hot july evening so similar to the night one year ago when the clay terrace neighborhood wasd visite by unspeakable horror.ld 10-year-o makiyah wilson died as a hail of more than 70 bullets rained down on the courtyard of her faly's home. family, friends, and neighbors gathered to pray and then walk to the spot where the little girl's life was ten. one year later her family including her father michael continues to stand strong in their efforts to ende back and forth violence that took makiyah's life. >> we lost our baby. we're not going to be quiet about that.people coming out, e love. that's god's will. >> reporter: michael wilson notes with pain in his voice that despite the widespread outcry following his daughter's death children continue to be hurt and killed by gun violenin he district. on the morning of sunday may 26th maurice scott, only five years o

here's news 4's jackie bensen with more on what'sg. happenin >> reporter: i have a lot of new information for you, and we have some new video for you. we could have that for you and show you what it looks like when that happened. we're told that two people are under arrest for what is described as a permitted flag-burning. this group was given a permit for a burning of an historic betsy ross type of flag, the one with the stars in a circle here in lafayette park. to do so legally they are required to have proper equipment and fire extinguisher, what's known as a burn pit and en they are given a permit to do that. however, we are told that the people doing this violated that -- that permit from the national park service by -- by stepping out of lafayette park and pennsylvania avenue so at that point the groups that were double there protesting for and against, but i can tell you the uniformed secret service had everybody mf ed outat area. the new bicycle racks are in police and now arrests by the secret service afer a permitted. live at

news 4's jackie bensen reports from the emotional demonstration at lafayette square. >> hate has no place herehe >> as t sun began to set hundreds of protesters held battery candles, some raising them skywardn memory of the people including children who have died at the u.s. southern border. many held signs protesting conditions under which migrants are being held. >> i've worked my entire professional life with children and families and know that this is lifelong trauma that's being inflicted upon these innocent youngsters, these ug refs. >> people arrive at our borders and we say -- we say no.o we sayre -- you know, that you're like not human. >> reporter: some told us that seeing the images of conditions being endured and hearing stories of fanly separatio have made them frustrated and angry. >> we need to be a welcoming place. we need more immigrants. >> i'm not a nurse, i'm not a lawyer, i can't help at the border but i'd love to be able to do something to helpge chan what we're doing. >> reporter: organizers estimate nearly a thousand people attended this protest, organized by socia

news 4's jackie bensen is on scene and should have an update for us live in just a few minutes.n update from corey smith on the mall who says there's a delay now in tonight's program.m the prograame over the loudspeaker which was supposed to begin with the presidential address at 6:30 p.m. has been delayed. weather is the reason. a lot o breakingws. we'll stay at the live desk. i'm scott macfarlane. >> thanks so much, scott. >>> a teenager has been arrested for throwing fireworks at a patrol car early this morning in prince george's county. police say the o teen came from a wooded area in capital heights and hurled the lit firework. it exploded beneath the cruiser's front bumper and the officer chased down the teen and arrested the incident for ckless assault ad fireworks charges. thankfully no one was hurt. >>> on saturday police sa nother prince george's county patrol car was targeted. you can see the person toss the firecracker, run off, nd explodes in this video recorded by an -- police are still looking for who did ythis, the said thisid inct happened aium of days ago, but

let's get to jackie bensen. she's got some tips for folks who may be getting prepared. >> you cannot bring umbrellas,bl porta tents, any type of shelter with you to the national mall. so if you are coming here tomorrow, you should have a severe weather plan. >> the sunset on a warm and lovely summer evening and people began streaming on to the grounds of the west front to enjoy the dress rehearsal for the pbs show, a capitol >> thursday's weather may not be as co erative. they describe their back-up plan of the. >> i d research on the internet. you only go around once. let's splurge othe hotel. i founds the embassy road hotel and they have a wonderful fourth oflyndju a wonderful roof top terrace. >> knows on or near the wall will be called irvo see in the event an evacuation becomes necessary due to weather. the park service strongly encourages eryone planning to celebrate on the national mall to sign up for the tex notification to get updates on weather and lost children aouncements. text july 4 dc to 888-777 t

jackie bensen is live one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in the county. the damage is just extensive there. >> it is. it mayov help pde financial and other assistance to those affected. and take a look at what you can see. carp hes, furnishings, people's fy treasures all piled up here along 14th street north right down the street, there all of it destroyed. >> this window exploded. >> reporter: what happened monday morning as the rain relentlessly pounded arlington is the stuff of disaster movies. no one has ever seen anything like it here before and they hope to never, ever see it again. >> we were upstairs on the main level. and we heard this crash. i mean, explosions. dour feet of water and all of that rushe into the basement within 30 seconds, the basement flooded and coming into the living room. >> reporter: on 14 street north, neighbor helping neighbor bagging soggy drywall and trying to save what they can. most ofhem have finished bases mito maxize living space. >> so the water rose to this level. >> reporter: a short distance away, this is basemen

jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you. >>> ne tonight, we now know what tomorrow's house resolution on presidenttrump is going to say. >> it will condn his, quote, racist comments directed at members of congress, end quote. that's the latest f falloutom mr. trump telling four women members of congress, who were women of color, to go back to the countries they came from. >> all four of those women are u.s. citizens. three of them were born in this country. all of them are fighting back. >> reporter: four democratic congresswomen pushing back against president trump's consider racist. >> this is simply a disruption and a distractheon from chaotic culture t ofs administration. >> if they don't like it here, they can leave. all they do is all i'm saying is, if they want to leave, they can leave. >> reporter: the double down follows these tweets telling rs four lawmakeo go back to the countries from which they came. >> he tells us that i should go back to the great burr rogue of the bronx. >> reporter: the fourth, minnesota representative ilhan omar was born ins alia. >> he's launching an attack on f

live in mclean, jackie bensen, news 4. >> what a mess. all right, jackie, thank you. >>> hard to believe, 3 1/2 inches of rain soang d.c.n just a couple of hours. >> get this. some of you folks out there saw more than that. maybe like 5 1/2 inches of rain in some spots. storm team four meteorologist doug kammerer continues our live coverage. >> doug, today definitely one for the record books. >>,really, guys just amazing. it was the most rain we've ever seen on this date, and also the 6th wettest july day ever in the history of d.c. we go back to the late 1800s. the amazing amount of rain we st saw, mo of that came in one hour. show you what's happening. this is early this morning coming through aroun 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. tremenus storm with incredible rain rates. it sat over the area. it took seven hours to go from t fredrik al way to the leonard town area. that's why we saw 3, 4, 5 you inches of rain. around 9:00 when most people were trying to get to wok, they were late because of the flooding in parts of the area. look at the incred

live at freedom plaza, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> far they hope hundreds of people show up for their rally. police say if you plann driving around downtown, you should be prepared for random road closures. >>> let's turn now to that all important weekend weather rorecast. we got a break frainy weather. we have some warnings of possible severeher coming in. >> tomorrow during the morning and midday hours we'll be dry out there but as the day wears on, the chance for rain and thunderstorms oincreases and s storms tomorrow are going to be strong even severe. damaging winds and heavy rain. i want tohow you what's happening on storm team 4 radar. i'm tracking showers out there. elsewhere mainly dry. slowing in out of montgomery county. most ofll us wibe dry tonight. some patchy fog overnigh and look at the temperature at 1 is:i11:00 p.m. it's a warm start tomorrow on your saturday. it's humid out there. we have partly sunny skies. 9:00 in the upper 80s by a.m. by 11:00 a.m. we're into the upper 80s out there. we're still dry at that point. the storm chances increase tlou throughout the da

news 4's jackie bensen with that story. new tonight. >> we as the community, we've got to do something. >> reporter: transgender activists flank d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton as she r asks to heatheir stories and their ideas for solutions to the violence that claimed the lives of ashanti carmen, rc, in and zoe spears, just 23, in june. both murders remain unsolved. >> those who have been a statistic of brutal violence and death are generally forgotten, then put in a cold file. >> reporter: the national center for transgender equality tevealed the results of a rec survey of d.c.'s trans residents. one in four have lost a job for being transgender. one in four reports being harassed on the job, forced to use a bathroom or wear a uniform that did not match their preferred gender. one in three avoid seeking medical care for fear of being harassed or rejected.ne advisorhborhood commissioner mark silverstein grew emotional as he described the results of a letter sent one week after zoe spears' murder. a gro of ancs, most of

"remember the titans" and as news 4's jackie bensen explains it was that team that helped break downacial barriers here. >> >> youuys love each other but don e respecth shower. >> this video was addresed by alexandria public ci schools when he retired as a security officer om 2018. the man immortalized in the move "remember the titans" spent the last three decades of his life as the heart and soul of his school retiring this month bere his death from cancer. the movie was denzel washington portraying coach herman boon was the story of the school's improbable heroic 1971 state football championship just months after three reluctant city high schools have h been fused into one racially tegrated school. >> he truly will be missed. >> former alexandria mayor who sees thead gruates says the teen's struggle, bonding and eventualriumph leave their mark on the city to this day and always petey jones was there. >> petey would always greet me in the mayor and say some day i want to like and i would say, no, some day i want to be here. >> the actor who played jones in "remember the titans" says

in thwest, jackie bensen, news4. >>> the celebration of zoe spears' life set for friday.4 at 5 starts now. a >>> now 5:00, a night out with a new date turns into a nightmare for women. p >>ice say they were prayed on bay former montgomery county school guidance counselor who found them on the dating app, tinder. >> and they sayac colin bl invited those women out and raped them. news4's chris gordon has the terrifying detai >> 35-year-old colin black pleads guilty to forcing a woman to have sex with him. after meeting her on the tinder app. >> continued certificate what is called a hooking up app. it's an app where peoplge tether so that they can have a sexual affair. and you know it's important to realize that no always means no and when a woman speaks out or for that matter. any victim, that doesn't like what's happening. during a sexual activity, that no means no. >> prosecutors say that black's laptop and home computer show that he searched websites dealing with forced sex. the police report says that the victim said stop, i don't like it get off it hurts. black grabbe

. >> news4 jackie bensen joins us live from telegraph road. what are we seeing now. >> reporter: wtll show you wha it looks like. the downspur puttingpour is putf a cramp on the investigation. we were told earlier this ntafternoon right in fro of the dog day care which has the red borders that you can see over here, and police are actually inside that building that has the red awning. a car pulled into this parking lot and backed in,ng accordio police. another car pulled in, a black mitsubishi we understand, andan beghooting after the people in the first car. both vehicles left this area. we understand that it's possible that gunfire may have been exchanged back and forth but police are right now trying to yt together exactl what happened. up of those cars ended up on james drive notfa too r from here. three people injured, and at this time we do nny have ages. all we're told is the injuries to the three are not life-threatening. live in fairfax county, jackiee bens news 4. >> a woman in the district says this act of vandalism will not stop he

live in northwest, jackie bensen, news4. >>> ed don't nenything more than the live foirkts show us how dangerous it can be out there. >>> when it's this hot out your airconditioning could be putting your energy bill and the environment to the test. pepco says to save money, set your thermostat at 78 degree that may seem warm, but compared to the outside, it's quite comfortable. also when the ac is onr keep you outside doors and windows closed kd consider closing your blinds a curtains toeep the sun out. you cano turn off or unplug any lighting devices and appliances you're not using and runpl apnces that produce heat like your dryer, your oven, youe dishwasat night when it cools down. >> finally, use ceiling fans and make sure air ducts and fans aren't blocked by furniture. >>> heat showers storms no matter what the summer weather brings you can stay a step ahead with the nbc washington app. check out our hour-by-hour forecast andlook at live radar any time, anywhere you are. pe james fields is sing the rest of his life behind bars after getting multiple life sentences for plowing his

take a look at the scene in rock creek park where jackie bensen found somes,ast-moving water causing team coverage of all of this tonight. let's head over to the storm r center with doug. how long is this going to be and as goi to be as bad as monday? >> definitely not going to be as bad as monday, wendy.t i wan make sure everybody knows that, but at the same time you cannot let your guard down. we've got the very heavy rain coming through the area. st likely this is probably -- 5:00 right now, probably until about 8:00 before we can let our guard down. we've got a couple of hours here we really have to watch out for and flooding is the factor. i ant to showu what's happening now. getting aport of another warning possibly around our area. we're going to be watching out for that. no warnings, amelia? okay. we'reood. no new warnings here. were tracking this line that made its way through brorjs county, d.c. and arundel and we're watching this line back to the wehe. this is t one that has had flash flooding concerns all the way back into west virginia. you see these warnings back here?

colle jackie bensen, news4. >> since jackie filed this s story,ervice arrangements have been announced. >> a service this friday at baptist . at bethlehem church in alexandria. >> in lieu of flowers the family is asking donations to the in'7 or titans fund. what an inspiration. i drive past that high school all the time. cool to see the history there. you are an alexandria residents? yes, and our high school in t back in the day played them. yeah, out in winchester. pretty interesting. >> cool. >>> so is this forecast. i was outside having dinner last nighthe wall of a sudden torrential downpour. >> it was crazy. i told you not to eat outside. i don't know what you are doing. >> not listening to you. >> yeah, i i mean,was supposed to rain yesterday afternoon, yesterday evening. >> andd. it di >> we got the nats game in. >> it was hit ass and miss though. we were talking with chuck. some places lost power. >> there were still some power outages this morning. a lot of that came through last night as a frontal system came through the area. but showers and thunderstorms are possible once a