northern virginia julie carey joins us from leesburg. ev i denouncing the vandalism. >> you're right, everybody we're talked to out here today, even those who want this moved, they are denouncing what happened here today, all of them also say they hope this act of vandalism is the last bit of trouble here. >> spectators at the confederate soldier's memorial curious about the vandalism all expressing the same opinion. >> i think it's sad. i think there are other ways to show you are unhappy with the issue. i don't think defacing property is any way to go. i mean, you're breaking the law. >> duane has three children who have seen some of the troubling images from charlottesville, the confederate statute toppled ndour ram, one child -- in -- durham. one child had this observation. >> he think its sad. he said it's -- it's good hi it's all american history. this is coming from a 12-year-old. >> the naacp thinks this representation of history should be moved to a nearby cemetery where confederate soldiers are buried, even so, president also c

julie carey joins us from sterling. what do we know about this so far?> reporter: take a looke starting at church on sunday and in the recent days, the entire congregation, all the camp families have been notified of this investigation.aíb @r(t&háh% in fact, it was church officials who brought the allegations to authorities as they're required to do by law and now the sheriff's office waiting to see if any more victims come forward. >> having tough conversations. these court documents lay out the case against former camp counselor rich, they say he used snap chat to send lewd photos to a camper, a boy under the age of 15 and requested sex from him. the community case allegedly took place last year, after camp had ended. but when the child retur, summes was once again a counselor, he revealed what had allegedly >>ml1 if there's anybody ]dy(+ may be a victimb#zhere, we in the process of conducting a very thorough investigation into this. >> (yÑ'z now 19 is no longer working atrfeÑ camp. the camp director and the pastor declined on camera all families at t

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey shares a father's emotional plea. >> reporter: flowers from the memorial service still fresh. for colton west's father the sudden death of his 25-year-old firstborn has changed everything. >> it's like a new world. i mean, there's before colton and after colton. >> reporter: colton's family thinks he died of a drug overdose. what they know for certain, no one with him called for help. his body was dumped in this apartment flex parking lot and that's where someone took a photo and posted it on an online forum for all to see. >> and it was extremely hurtful to me and my family. it was just -- i can't even things. >> reporter: colton's younger brother, saddened and angry. >> this makes me mad because just people think like they have the right to go out and do that and it's just wrong. it's just morally wrong. >> rep to add to the pain callous comments posted about the photo. colton's family immediately contacted the forum administrator begging that the photo be taken down. >> i feel like, you know, there should be some type of action taken. >> bu

julie carey, news 4. ?much is focused on physical health, being active, eating right, but emotional health is such a big part of it and it starts at a younger age. great to see schools taking on that challenge. >>> it is 6:50 on this saturday morning. >> you've been a busy bee this morning. >> i know. >> you're like this -- >> i've been all over the place. it's hard because i was off for two days so trying to figure out what was going on especially with all the aftermath yesterday. i actually got stuck in it a little bit because i was coming back from winchester, virginia and it followed from 66 all the way up. it's still bad out there this morning, especially if you are in prince william county that's where we have flood warnings still. look at the haze out there right now. yeah, it's bad. we have those low clouds out there as more rain showers could be around through the morning. i'm going to show you that on radar in just a second. right now 73 here in the district. temperatures pretty much in the 60s an

only on news 4, julie carey is in springfield with a father's emotional plea to get that picture taken down. julie. >> pat, this is the apartment complex where his body was found three weeks ago and where that disturbing photo was taken. nout site where it was published and we're blurring the photo in our story. but tonight that young man's father renewing his plea that the photo be taking down. but the site administrator tells me it's staying up at least for now. >> he liked fishing with his younger brothers and dad, at 25, he's gone. >> it's like a new world. i mean -- it's before colton and after colton. >> reporter: colton's family thinks he died of a drug overdose. what they know for certain, no one with him called for help. his body was dumped in this apartment complex parking lot. that's where someone took a photo and posted it on an online forum for all to see. >> they posted that picture on the web site. and it was extremely hurtful to me and my explain how much worse that made things. >> colton's younger brother saddened and angry. >> it makes me mad because just people think

it began on little river turnpike and ended in the parking lot where we're bureau reporter julie carey. >> i mean, it was a shattering impact. there was smoke in my car from the air bag deployment. >> the suspect's suv lost its tire, crash victims watched as the suspect bailed out with his dog and began running down the street. >> he immediately gets out of his car and i hear him say, not me, not today. he goes into the backseat, picks up his pit bull and he starts running down the road with the pit bull in hand. >> but it wasn't long before there was more mayhem and more crashed cars at the little river shopping center. the suspect approached a woman heading to work at the bank, demanding her keys. she ran to the bank security guard for help. the suspect followed, pulled a knife, cutting the grabbing the key. >> all of a sudden he got into a car and then backed up, hit a couple of cars and hit the pillar on safe way and came flying through over a median and actually hit a parked car sitting at a stop sign. >> this is cell phone video that shows the suspect on the ground still with his

julie carey, news 4. >>> cvs manager found mu employee charged in his murder. we first told you about the arrest of 76-year-old bernard on wednesday. today the times are reporting that the store manager rex had been looking into his workplace conduct. late last month, officers found olson's body in a dumpster next to the cvs where they both worked on blackwell road. he's being held without bond. >>> prince william county police have released a new video about body warn cameras as the department prepares to roll out the system. officers are going to begin wearing the cameras as early as next month. by the end of the year, patrol, k-9 and school resource officers should all have them. the equipment is a valuable tool for maintaining trust transparency and accountability. >> 49th wedding anniversary trip is ruined by a mistake that is easy to make. texas couple plan to celebrate in san lucas mexico. went to the post office and asked where they were going and explained they didn't need traditional passports. the employees said passport cards would cost less and wou

julie carey spoke to investigators just after they called off that search neighborhood where the teen was last seen, jewels. >> reporter: and this is where we spoeg to those investigators. these are the deep woods near the mount vernon lakes apartment complex that they have been searching through for the last several days. and this is where they emerged this afternoon when they called off the search for this day. take a look over here, this barricade marked with graffiti. now miguel lives just up the street off buckman road with his mom and a sibling. when he didn't come home on thursday night, the next morning they reported him missing. but what police discovered in this investigation makes them fear he could be in danger. >> that's our number one priority is to find him. >> this is the photo of 18-year-old that police want to get out on social media, want the public to see. he's an 11th grader. this was the teen searching for him today just aft the woods late this afternoon. they've been looking and investigating since saturday. the information they developed only created more conce

julie carey heard from one of them today. been working to find out what went wrong and what drivers can do about it. >> reporter: hi. this sign warns of the unmarked pavement but no warning for dr their cars would be coated with a tar-like substance that doesn't wash off. v dot tells me tonight they will do what it takes to make things right. matt goldman's pickup truck is normally a sparkling white. not anymore. not since his tuesday morning commute. rain was coming down, dark spray splashing up. >> it was black road spray coming up and that's when i started to try to move away from other people. i thought it was dirt until i got to the car wash yesterday. i had no idea it was tar. so -- it's not pretty. >> reporter: the woman at the car wash told him she had seen plenty other cars like his and this stuff wasn't coming off. he called v dot, so had 100 other drivers. >> i filed a claim. they said they get back to you in like 72 hours. >> reporter: we talked to v a spokes woman says overnight paving contractor put down a seala

julie carey met up with a proud mom and sister. we'll hear from them tonight. >> absolutely. also you've been sharing online all day, man holds his girlfriend and their two children captive for more than two years. >> yeah, tonight, he's the one behind bars and they're free, david learning more about the amazing escape. >> also, i am going to introduce you to -- it's a creature from the arctic circle. >> yes. >> and it's a new exhibit and smithsonian history it's called the unicorn of the sea. i'll tell you all about that. >> made it sound like you knew it. >> once you see it, you feel like you know it personally. it's that kind of a guy. >> how about that. >> all right. >> really cool name. thank you. >> sure. >> we'll see you in a bit. >> we are working for you. when you go on vacation, you want to shop, maybe buy a few souvenirs. >> one local couple invested quite a bit of money and jewelry. only to come home and be told by an appraiser they didn't get exactly what they paid for. >> that's when they reached out to nbc 4 response. susan hogan is here to tell us how it all t

in wood bridge, julie carey, news 4. >> the secret service is stretched thin and the bills are pilingup. tonight the chales and his large family. >> well, the rain is moving out. don't put away the umbrellas just yet. we'll break down tomorrow's storm threats and dramatic changes coming in for wednesday. >> didn't get your glasses? miss the magic moment, how about kie pat collins eclipse t? >> experiencing the excitement of today's solar eclipse, cloud cover here made it to tough to see in parts of dc at least the big moment, but others guy a rare glimpse of that historic event. >> we're got pretty lucky. >> clouds were part of it, not all of it. >> we're didn't get as lucky as doug did. we'll get back to him in just a second. but amelia is tracking rain right now storm center 4. what's the word now. >> that i can a look, not. heavy rain fall, also including the area, this storm just not moving, just sitting there. so with that, parts of the thunderstorm warning until 6:30, are now taking you down into northern virginia -- in the evening here, here are some impact times moving at abou

julie carey. >> it was the statute of robert e. lee that fuelled the chaos in charlottesville. tonight, we're hearing from one of lee's descendants who live in our area and getting his thoughts on what's happened down there. chris gordon has the interview you'll see only on news 4. >> robert e. lee, iv, is 92 years old. all of his life he has been proud of the lee family name. the statute and his place in history. i asked his reaction to the violence that occurred in charlottesvi b statute general lee. >> we don't believe in each other. we don't have any love for each other any more, we don't have any respect for each other any more. >> i asked his reaction for the decision to take down his great grandfather's reaction. >> if you want to take it down, take it down. i have no problem with it. however, as i said, i think -- if you're going to take it down, fine. i -- i'd rather you take it down if you had the choice, i would say let's take that money and build better history courses. >> he knows for many people, it's symbol of slavery. >> he owned slaves only by marriage and then

julie carey, news 4. >> thanks. a horrible storey. sort of makes you shake your head, too. >> well, turning on to a summertime tradition that returns this week in the montgomery county fair just opened over an hour ago. >> what's live at what's happening at the fairgrounds. how is it going? having fun. >> hey, pat and susan, i sure am. right now i'm trying to win me a prize. this is the bottle game. i've got four rings here, four chances. this is harder than it looks putting it out there, do not judge me. here i go, i'm told that the correct technique is to toss it like this rather than like this, here we go. okay. still got three chances. it's okay. i'm going to get it, i swear or not. didn't happen. we're still having a great time out here. let me tell you this, there's nothing that says summer like this fair. you've got your games, ride, music, people, your food and, of course, your animals. you can see over here these miniature ponies, look at them, they're so cute. people can ride them. this is just adorable. even though the fair

that's where northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live now. the man's dog was riding shotgun, is that true. >> that's right. in fact, he sort of used his dog, a pit bull, as a shield when he was in a stand off of police out here in the parking lot. you can see right behind me, one of the cars she struck this mo in and look over at the safe way. you're going to see what use to be a brick column. well, he rammed into that, too. workers have been stripping off the bricks today so no one gets hurt. the big question tonight, what caused this guy to go on a car crash rampage. >> this was the moment when police were finally forced to use a taser on the suspect and take him into custody. his dog was picked up by animal control and this is the demolition derby scene he left behind. it all started around 9:00 this morning when he came speeding down little river turnpike, hitting a pole and crashing into seven cars. he lost the tire on his black suv so he bailed out with the dog and ran into the nearby shopping center. there he entered two banks. he conf

only on news4 now bureau chief julie carey spoke with her family. >> reporter: simone has always been an achiever, a leader. at fairfax high school she was president of of the volleyball team, founder of the black student union but now at age 20 she is making history. she is the first african-american woman to lead west point's corps of cadets. her new official title, first capital. younger sister nina breaks into tears when i ask what it means. >> i'm so proud of her. she's such a big role model for me. and i'm just so proud. >> reporter: mom pam says simone was drawn to the military at a young age when as a third grader, she watched the midshipmen march into a navy football game. >> she saw them all in formation and rose up and asked me, what does it take to lead that? and that was third grade. >> reporter: simone got appointments to both the naval academy and west point but it was her love of the army that decided it, and now has taken her to the top of her class once again. >> she takes a lot of pride in and she has always been a leader. she will do what no one else will do, and d

julie carey was surprised to make that discovery. she doug deeper to find out -- she dug deeper to find out why the criminal charges doesn't lose his child care licenses. >> this is the home where he was when his operate a home day care. i've been here a couple of times this weekend and haven't seen much activity. as far as the state is concerned, he's still allowed to operate a home day care here even though he was arrested last week for sex crimes. this is claudia's mug shot taken last wednesday when he was arrested by fairfax county police, he's facing three counts of aggravated sexual battery. police investigators say two children and 11-year-old and 9-year-old allege they were improperly touched by the day care provider. news 4 has learned that criminal charges, even sex crimes don't automatically mean a day care license is revoked. a day care licensing administrator explained to us her agency has to conduct its own investigation to determine whether the allegations are valid, only then can a decision be made about whether the l

. >> that was julie carey reporting. maryland, d.c.nd virginia, have easy ways to check if your daycare is licensed. head to the nbc washington app and search daycare. >>> we continue "news4 today" with aaron and erika. >>> thank you, chris. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. >>> an area police chief recovering after wiping out >>> war of word, why president trump said his previous comments on north korea were not tough enough. >>> practice makes perfect, right? what the red skiskins are sayin after the big loss to the ravens last night. we will tackle the day's top stories in just a second. first, a look at your early weather and traffic. >>> jack taylor has a look at the roads while melissa is on for vacation. >>> everybody seems to be off. it seems like i shouldn't have to come to work on a friday. we have a mostly cloudy sky overhead. clouds will lead to raindrops. it is not a wet start but likely to be a wet finish. a rainy start to your saturday as most of tomorrow's rain is in the first half of the day

julie carey looks at how these issues might shape the race. >> the bloody clashes in agreement between republican an both condemned white supremacist and knew owe nazis. >> there is a twisted mindset rooted in oppressing certain of us. >> if we're do not welcome these kind of people to virginia and we're ask them to go home and not come back. >> but the northern campaign is challenging and allows me to go farther to denounce president trump's assertion that there was blame on all sites. >> they'll continue to remind voters they did not say anything critical of president trump or call out president trump's name for his comments after those terrible events in charlottesville. >> political analysts, said he doesn't think he'll gain much from the strategy. >> i think he continues to stay very very strong with his own position, people will recognize this guy does not condone what apologized, ralph nartham has turned his back on his heritage in demanding monument removal. they slammed the tweet, suggesting it referred to his ancestors who were slave holders. >> it's just inappropriate. l the

news 4 after the reports cars covered with liquid asphalt in a nearby neighborhood, bureau chief julie careygetting some answers from them and response from vdot. >> residents also say in a neighborhood of half million dollar plus homes, it just doesn't look he comes back with asphalt rocks stuck in his wheel tires. >> the company may have done exactly what they were suppose to have done. >> a representative says this is how it always looks at this stage. >> an important tool, they contract for its use to extend streets, buying time for more costly repaving. so far this project meets their standards. i'm julie carry, news 4. >> and doing some major damage control after the health care company mailed envelopes to thousands of people revealing the hiv status, 12,000 of these letters went out at the end of last month with instructions for filling prescriptions for hiv medications. the information was clearly visible for the window on the envelopes, so far, at least 23 people have called to complain saying friends and family who didn't know they were hiv positive saw those letters and now they'v

. >> julie carey, thank you, jewels. >>> new information on a storey that had a lot of women who ride metro on edge. there's an arrest now in that up skirting case that occurred at the columbian heights metro. surveillance that we shared with you allegedly shows williams roaming around the metro station and putting his cell phone up a woman's skirt. he's also suspected another up skirting incidents. if you think you've been victimiz victimized, police wano >>> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> tough talked to from president trump as the threat potential from north korea rises. u.s. intelligence assessment has determined that the nation could put a miniaturized nuclear weapon on to a missile. let's get right to nbc with the latest from london. >> reporter: are reaction from around -- reaction from around the world with the nuclear capabilities. that's perhaps because many countries knew that north korea was trying to reach this point. the uss echos an assessment by japan published just

. >> julie carey, thank you, jewels. well the tensions is reached the home of president trump, after african-american cabinet member. >> someone vandalized dr. ben carson's house. they were away when it happened. dr. carson talked to only news 4 megan fitzgerald about this weekend's vai leiolence and howe bridged the racial divide. >> it's not about pointing fingers. about who should have done what and when they should have done it and when they should have said >> marching and rallying. he believes that he should take the high road. he says that it's important to look the other way and to not, you know, get in the trenches of anything and to just ignore it, he says. >> he talked with you for almost an hour and we've all seen the president's tweets, megan, about what is happening to confederate statutes all over the country and here, too. he called them beautiful. he said that it's sad that they're being removed, what did dr. carson say about the president's tweets and feelings on these statutes. >> you know, as we're kn

. >> julie carey, thank you, julie. >>> he lurked behind women getting cash from the atm. cameras captured everything, including a decent shot of his faith and that helped fairfax city police catch him. police say richard scott meyers tried to still money from two women at wells fargo bank. the first woman refused to give up her cash. so police say meyer's jumped into passenger seat of another woman's car. she screamed and he ran off. meyers tried to steal money from cash register at nearby aldi supermarket. he's now facing attempted robbery and larceny charges. >>> new details in the case of maryland man accused of shooting a woman during a road rage incident in earnst told the judge he was trying to hire his own attorney. his bond hearing was delayed until next week. last month he shot a woman after confrontation on theizen haur connecter. the woman who was shot is expected to be okay. >>> ocean city police are trying to figure out how the body of that texas woman ended up buried in the sand on the beach in their city. while police say the death doesn't appear to be susp

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from where the service will take place, julie. >> hi, pat, this is paramount theater, it is the place that they've decided to hold the memorial, hundreds are expected to gather here and the family has asked that the mourners wear purple. up today you can see several messages that convey the town's attempt to begin the healing process in the center it reads, gone but not forgotten, heather heyer. on the other side, stand. we notice something new up and down main street today, posters with blue hearts bearing that nickname, c'ville. a store owner tells us she began designing that at home as she watched the terrible images unfolded. she and her business partner began to print the symbols into posters yesterday and now they have gone up in dozens of store windows. >> and i just pulled out my pen and my computer and created it, i just wanted to flood the internet with some love and some hope and some unity and just something else, other than what we were seeing. >> i hope the posters can give people hope. you know, to a certain extent

. >> our team coverage begins with julie carey in charlottesville. >> reporter: that memorial servicer some hours ago. the tributes to heather heyer, the messages continue to extend half way up this street where she was killed and this one that reads heyer purpose seems to fit the day. that was a strong message at today's memorial service that her death continued to inspire action. i have aged ten years in the last week is what heather heyer's mother told mourners as she walked with difficulty to the podium. her words about her daughter powerful. >> this

. >> reporter: i'm julie carey, where the home day care inside that townhouse is still allowed to operateeven though the man who runs was just arrested on sex crime charges. coming up, a look at whether that mean some kind of change is needed in state rules. >>> and i'm tracking a few sprinkles on storm team 4 rar radar right now. however, have the umbrella handy friday >>> she has some answers and some reaction, jewels. >> reporter: wendy, it's unclear whether anyone is bringing their kid to the day care since the operator was charged. his wife takes care of kids, too. state license tonight still in place and still active in spite of the fact that the husband was charged with improperly touching kids. no obvious sign of children at this day care home that might be because the operator, claudia is chd of improperly touching two girls. in spite of that, these state records show his day care license is still active, child care here is permitted. >> i was surprised. >> that was the reaction of one long-time northern virginia home day care provider. he's a leader in the field, a stickler for

that is where julie carey is live with answers on why it happened and what drivers can do about it. >, these pieces of asphalt that i just picked up are rock solid. yesterday morning when a special sealant was sprayed on the road it didn't dry before the rain started to fall and it turned into tar slush. dozens of drivers face a big mess and v dot contractor faces a big cleanup job. >> i really don't know what happened, but it's not pretty. >> reporter: matt goldman's bright white pickup truck is not a pretty sight. it happened tuesday morning as he drove along the road. rain was coming down, dark sprays splashing up. >> that is when i started to try to move away from other people. i thought it was dirt until i got to the car wash yesterday. >> reporter: the black stuff didn't wash off. he called v dot. so did at least 100 other on the website they will get back to you in like 72 hours. >> reporter: we talked about what went wrong. a spokes woman says the overnight paving contractor had just put down a sealant that contains liquid asphalt but it didn't cure in time before the rain cam

new at 4:30 julie carey joins us live. >> reporter: this is a section that has been undergoing a pavingject. you can see unmarked asphalt. the big trouble came yesterday when the contractor just laid down a fresh sealant. the rain began to fall and it turned into a tarry slush that splashed on to more than 100 vehicles. one of those vehicles belongs to matt goldman. his typically bright white pickup is covered with black gunk. he drove the road yesterday morning around 6:00 and noticed the road spray was a little dark but he didn't get alarmed until after work when he took his truck to the car straight to the car wash and that is when the lady at the car wash said did you drive on miniville road and she said it's not going to come off. it's not pretty. >> reporter: matt called v-dot right away and filed a claim and they have been in touch with him today. the headline, they will make things right with all of these drivers who got this stuff splashed on to their cars. since we are working for you we wanted to check in with an expert about what any of us can do when we get tar on our vehic

. >> our team coverage begins with julie carey in charlottesville. >> reporter: that memorial service over some hours ago. the tributes to heather heyer, the messages continue to extend half way up this street where she was killed and this one that reads heyer purpose seems to fit the day. that was a strong message at today's memorial service that her death continued to inspire action. i have aged ten years in the last week is what heather heyer's mother told mourners as she walked with difficulty to the podium. her words about her daughter powerful. >> this heather's legacy. this is not the end of heather's legacy. >> her only daughter was killed saturday. heather joined a group protesting the white nationalist rally when a car plowed into the crowd killing her. >> no father should have to do this. but i love my daughter and as i look out on you guys you loved her, too. >> reporter: family members, pastors, heather's boss at a law firm where she was a paralegal all recalling her lively spirit and fierce commitment to social justice. >> heather was always there for everyone. >> report

our bureau chief julie carey is live at the shopping center where it all came to an end, julie. >> reporter: hi, jim, well look over there. that use to match that brick pillar, but workers had to tear down the bricks after this guy crashed into it today. you think that would stop him, but he hit at least a dozen cars, including this one right here before he finally crashed his car in the parking lot. now, he is in the hospital tonight and what we're don't know is what caused him to drive his car speeding downturn pike in the first place. >> it looked like a scene from a movie car chase, 8 vehicles smashed up, bumpers litteringty the street. the car tire on the grass. the black jeep liberty and the center of this cluster cng came speeding up from behind striking cars stopped at the light. >> i know it's -- i sit there. i brace for impact and it hits our car. it wasn't too bad with us, but i see like that he seriously damaged other cars. >> i mean, it was shattering impact. there was smoke in my car for the air bag deployment. it pushed me over to the left side and i think i hit another vehic

. >> julie carey joins us live now with word from several drivers who say that clean up isn't going too >> reporter: that's right. this car, though, clean up is just fine when this suv rolled in this morning, it was covered in that tarp. it was one of four companies that was contract today do the clean up. most of the tar cars like this one coming outlooking shiny again. but a few drivers have contacted us to say their clean up process, was not quite as lucky. before and after. matt goldman's pickup trucks and better than they did two weeks ago. that's when they were among hundreds of drivers who splashed through tar slush and got spattered. it's now up to the vdot paving company to make things right, to pay for cleaning. but goldman is not satisfied with the work. there are still star specks in many spots on both vehicles and take a look at the under carriage, still a mess. >> vdot told me it was 100% satisfaction guaranteed. i know it's going to be hard to get everything off, but i think, well, i know i need some more cleaning. >> brenda's nearly new chevy cruise. she contacted us wit

well today bureau chief julie carey sat down with lieutenant governor northam. >> the violence in charlottesville prompting strong statements from the -- from government alike, both place the blame squarely on white supremacist, here is republican. >> theirs is a twisted mindset rooted in hating and oppressing certain of us. and my fellow virginiians and my fellow conservatives reject that kind of twisted mindset. [ applause ] >> democrat. >> we have made it clear we're do not welcome these kind of people to virginia and we're ask them to go home and not come back. >> on the issue of memorials a sharp coop trantras says they should remain in place. northam says they belong in museums that position is what the republican party attacks, accusing him of turning his back on his an scestoancestor, a gre grandfather who they say fought. they say, that was out of line. >> well, let's think about this before we're make tweets like that and that are going to be divisive and continue to promote hatred. let's not put them out there in the first place. >> he doesn't know whether his great grandfather fought

julie carey speaks with her incredible she was captain of the volleyball team, founder of black studentunion. now at age 20, she's making history, simone is the first african-american woman to lead west point's core cadets. her new official title, first captain. younger sister when i asked what it all means. >> i'm so proud of her. she's such a big role model for me. and i'm just so proud. >> mom says simone was drawn to the military at a young age, when as a third grader she watched the midshipman march into football game. >> she saw them all in formation and rose up and asked me what does it take to lead and that was third grade. >> simone got appointments to both naval academy at west point. it was the love of the army has decided it and taken her to the top of her class once again. >> she takes a lot of pride in west point and she has always been a leader. she will do what no one else will do and it doesn't matter who is watching if it needs to get done, she'll do it. >> her family says simone is well aware of the significance of her new position, she knows many will be watching. th

julie carey spoke to her family and mentor.the storey you're only going to see here on news 4. >>> this is the picture that has simone's family and friends bursting with pride. it comes with west point's announcement that they'll leave the core cadets, the first african-american woman to hold the top position. i'm so proud of her. she's a big role moodle for me. i'm so proud. >> she's always been an achiever, a leader at fairfax high school, she was president of her class, captain of the black student union. but now at age 20, which is making history. she says simone was drawn to the military at young age third grader she watched it march into a football game. >> she saw them all in formation and rose up and asked me, what does it take to lead that. >> simone got -- the naval academy and west point, it was her love of the army that decided she takes a lot of pride in west point and she has always been a leader. >> pat was simone's mentor. she made history herself four decades ago as one of the west point's first females. >> thi

julie carey will be explaining the impact of this drug on that hospital staff and the patients who needed er. we'll see you in just a few minutes with more on t sound like a plan. see you in a minute. >>> so, doug, what's happening up there right now. >> nothing. >> nothing. >> and you hate that, don't you. >> no, i need a rest. >> what a week you've had. it's been fairly stormy. we've had one severe thunderstorm each day, so, yeah, i'm woek wiokay with this today. you want to ease into the weekend. out side right now, you can see it, it's hot, humid. we've got the haze. three hs out there today. current temperature sitting at 89 degrees. temperatures dropping this evening, not all that much. fairly comfortable, 86 at 7:00. i'm showing you the planner. i'm going to show you this every time i'm on. i want to make sure you know you can eat dinner outside. if you're thinking about taking the kids to local ice cream shop. you can do that, too, maybe you want to eat in the backyard. by 11:00, that's when i think we'll see some thunderstorms in and around the dc metro the northwest zones. i'm t

. >> i'm julie carey, news 4. >>> the city of seen a record level of violence, more than 200 killings this year. as the police department works to make changes, some citizens are trying to make an impact by calling for a three-day cease fire beginning this weekend. >>> mediator tells our new partners that no individual or group will be taking credit for the cease fire because they want this decision to put down your guns for three days, to belong to everyone who lives in that city. >>> family is making funeral arrangements for a 14-year-old girl who was killed in those short but powerful storms we had last night. a tree fell on this car in lutherville just outside of baltimore. it's -- it absolutely crushed the car, as you can see, the 14-year-old girl in the backseat died instantly. two others teens ended up in critical condition. the girl's mother was driving and she is expected to survive. >>> well, they're the ones we call on in times of crisis, police officers they witness the most trauic day, putting up the crime scene tape and shielding the public from what they see. and it's i

well our julie carey working for you this everybodying with more on that story and what drivers needo do next. we'll see you with those stories plus a good deal more and that weather alert coming up on news 4 at 5:00 in just a few. >> in the meantime we're want to get to storm team 4 right now we're in weather alert mode because of all this extreme heat outside. >>> dangers at that. we're haven't felt it lieke thi in a lauren and amelia working for you starting off with amelia, hey, what's the word. >>> right now we're finding our temperatures in the low to mid-90s. when you add in the oppressive humidity. it's feeling over 100. kids want to take it easy outdoors during the late afternoon and early evening hours. this is it on the ten-day extreme heat or humidity in the forecast. right now 95 in frederick. 92 in washington as well as -- and look at the feels like temperature. this is when you add in that tropical moisture out there that's over the area. feeling about 103, as well as leesburg and ma nas sas right now. here is what i'm tracking. this line of thunderstorm out ahead of a