back in to you in the studio. >> justin finch, live for us this morning. justin being thank you. >>> news 4 has been in contact with laura wallen's family throughout the last week and a half. her father texted kristin wright after the police broke the news here. he said simply that laura is in the loving arms of god now. laura wallen, four months pregnant, just 31 years old. >>> 6:06 now. the mother of the man accused of setting his pregnant girlfriend on fire says he's being portrayed as a monster. la quinn phillips' family don't believe that he doused his girlfriend, set her on fire. phillips has no criminal past, is a trainer and was recently accepted as a firefighter with the d.c. fire department. >> he's a coward. he's less than a man. walk away. if you don't want the responsibility, walk away. >> this is not my son. my son could not have done a heinous crime like this. >> fphillips is charged with attempted murder. his attorney maintains he is not guilty. grinage and the baby are still in critical condition. >>> if you know someone who needs help or n

. >> news 4's justin finch outside of her condo in olney with the latest. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. so much of laura wallen's story begins and ends at her condo. she was last seen here. neighbors telling us overnight, they saw police going into they are home appearing to be gathering some kind of clues. we're working with montgomery county police to confirm that fact. we can tell you, labor day morning about 8:30 a.m., she was last seen here alive d because she has not been seen or heard from since. her family now hoping that she's okay because she is also four months pregnant. often showing off her sonogram to friends and loved ones and posting it on her fridge at home. she is a well-liked teacher at wild lake high school in columbia. she did not show for the first day of class. it's a chilly development in the case. what they're calling a very troubling text. not telling us, though, what was in the text. it brought her dad to her condo. here, he found no sign of her. take a look at this as well. also missing, laura's ford suv. a

i'm justin finch. back to you. >> justin, thank you. the other breaking story this morning. the man who founded playboy has died. >> ushering in the sexual rf illusion in the 1960s. he died of natural causes at the pl playboy mansion last night. people are leaving flowers at the gate. >>> hefner is trending worldwide on twitter. >> some of hefner's friends are posting goodbyes. chris lawrence at the live desk to talk about it. >> he was a complicated man, aaron. he was praised by some, vilified by others. we're seeing tributes come in from a lot of well-known names. ryan seacrest, nancy sinatra. they're using words like legend, an original. swimmer ryan lochte -- rest in peace hef. i will forever be part of the playboy family. thank you for being witty, kind and finding beauty in ain all women. >>> kim kardashian said i'm honored to have been a part of the the playboy team. you will be greatly posted, hugh hefner was a strong supporter of the civil rights movement. we shall never forget him. may he rest in peace. >>> over on my facebook page, i shared some iconic pictures fr

i am justin finch. back to you. >> justin, thank you. a major government agency is moving into prince george's county. the washington business journal reports that part of the department of homeland security will be run out of a new headquarters near the branch avenue metro station. the 3700 employees are u.s. citizenship and immigration services will work out of that location. it's a 15-year, $256 million deal. it's expected to save the federal government more than $21 million a year. it's expected to be complete in 2020. >>> this morning, north korea responding to the latest show of force by u.s. and southeastern forces. after they few korea called them wild military acts. the bomber and fighter jets took off from japan and guam. u.s. military officials say they don't expect korea to back down after this. >>> forced out of their homes. it simply wasn't fate. the decision that will impact families in a prince george's county. >> the battle of the brews. did you grab your coffee. beforyou go, gete fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber op

we're live from on the mall, i'm justin finch. news 4. back into you in the studio, erica. >> thank you. >>> many other demonstrations in our area and around the region a closer look at those later in this broadcast. >>> now, we want to go to a possible barricade situation that is happening in the 400 block in northeast d.c. a neighbor dispute led to an aggravated assault. the suspect was in an apartment building and police set up this large perimeter as they started su searching for the suspect and the suspect was taken into custody. metro trains are bypassing as police continue to investigate. >>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> good evening. you know, we are tracking some isolated activity on the radar, but overall pretty quiet. let's go straight to the radar, shall we? a few spotty showers out towards frederick, maryland other than that, we're expected to stay pretty quiet as we head throughout the evening. here's why i need you to stick around. a few things i want to talk about. slightly muggy out there and a few isolated show

i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you in the studio. >> justin, thank you. >>> this morning a lot of you are reeling from the news that your personal information may have been compromised in a massive hack on equifax. if you have a credit report, there's a good chance hackers got ahold of your social security number, address, even driver's license number. the breach at one of the big three credit reporting agencies is impacting 143 million consumers. equifax was hacked in late july. but just reported the breach on thursday. >>> chris, that's not the only controversial issue right now, is it? >> certainly not. three senior executives at equifax saw $2 million of the companies shares within days of that security breach. the company says it was only a small percentage of their stock and they didn't know about the intrusion. >>> eun? >> all right. chris lawrence thank you. >> the army corps of engineers is trying to made 7 construction workers so sick they had to be temporarily hospitalized. according to our news p

back to you. >> justin finch live for us at the pentagon. justin x thank you. >>> there is also a lighting tribute to mark 16 years since the september 11th attacks at the world trade center. >> nbc's chris pollone has more of the team coverage events. chris, good morning. >> good morning aaron and eun. it's been 16 years. hard to believe for some it feels like yesterday for others. a lifetime ago. there will be another memorial service here on the site of the 9/11 memorial just behind me starting a little bit before 9:00 this morning as they have for the past decade and a half or so. we're expecting that to get under way with a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane hit. in all, about six moments of silence being observed during the course of commemorating the four plane crashes and also the time that the two towers of the world trade center collapsed. as in years past, the names of all nearly 3,000 victims of this attack will be read by members of their friends and family. this will go until well after noon today. as you m

. >> news 4's justin finch live along i-66ment he's looking at the changes along the beltway. justin. >> reporter: good morning. we all know 66 backups can get ugly and end fast. especially along the beltway and especially evening commutes. smooth sailing. the governor is aiming to make the headaches we often feel a thing of the past. this afternoon the governor is set to attend an i-66 event in falls church. you're now seeing ten new transit services to make getting around 66 inside the beltway easier. those services are expected to have toll buses, enhanced car pooling and more here. the goal is to get 5,000 more people moving through 66, that corridor each day. the hope is that these changes will cut congestion by also encouraging more people to take the bus or a car full and get fewer vehicles off the roadway. of course, coming soon we told you the road is active on 66. by december single drivers can pay a toll to ride i-66 during the rush hour which will hopefully alleviate that congestion as life for drivers who take 66 each and every day. back in to you in the studio. >

back in to you in the studio. >> justin finch live in college park for us. w. today it is a gathering of hope. that is what organizers are howard county maryland teacher who hasn't been seen or heard from in more than a week. lauren wallen teaches at wild lake high school in columbia. she is four months pregnant. it's at 7:30 at the football field. >>> this morning we are seeing how big of an impact wallen has had on her students and it's clear they love her. >> something really close to me has happened recently and as you can see, i can't talk about it. >> that video was made by lindsay murray. she's one of wallen's former students and is now a freshman at university. she hopes her tribute will lead to new clues in the disappearance of wallen. she says she was more than a teacher, she was a friend. >> she's one of those people who is really close to her students. she helped me through personal family stuff, she was always there and knew when something was wrong. we developed a close relationship through those years. >> lindsay showed us this picture of her c

we're live here in laurel, i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> good to see traffic finally moving a little bit. still going to be delays this morning. watch out. >> thank you, justin. >>> a look at new video this morning of an intense fire on i-66 overnight. you take a look at the flames here. we believe this is a large vehicle that caught fire around 12:30 this morning. the fire department, you can see at the bottom of the screen, got here to the scene pretty quickly to put the flames out. we hear this may have been a street sweeper t all the westbound lanes of i-66 just before spout run were shut down for a time while the flames were put out. >>> you know, we've been covering hurricanes it seems like definitely more than a month around here. >> that's right. imagine what it's been like for the first responders in our area and their families. member of virginia task force one have been on call that entire time. some deploying hours after they got home. they received a well-deserved heroes welcome when they arrived home last night.

i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> 5:04 now. let's get a check on the forecast with meteorologist sheena parveen. hey, sheena. >> good morning guys. we're talking about temperatures this morning in the low 70s through the district. 68 dulles. 64 manassas. it's comfortable outside for most of the area right now. 72 degrees in quantico. as we go through the afternoon today, temperatures will be feeling like normal high. 76 degrees. look at 4:00 p.m., feeling like summer. by 7:00 p.m., still warm. low 80s. we're tracking hurricane maria coming up. chuck will have a look at the updated track straight ahead >> sheena, thank you. it's 5:05. we're getting a look at new video of a pretty intense fire here on i-66. look at the flames across several lanes here. as we understand it, this was from a large vehicle that caught fire around 12:30 this morning. crews got to work pretty quickly to put out the flames. we're hearing this may have been a street sweeper. all lanes on the westbound side of 66 just before spot run parkway were shut dow

. >>> team coverage continues with news 4's justin finch. he's live at paint branch high school in maryland. that's where i went to high school. go panthers. >> justin, tell us what can kids and other parents and students expect in montgomery county this year? >> reporter: hey there, eun. expect a lot of growth out here. you know, pretty soon you'll see the buses picking up students all over montgomery county bringing some here to paint branch high school. dropping them off here in this bus lot. their first stop before the new school year starts. again, the word here from montgomery county is going to be growth. they're expecting some 2400 new students to enroll this year. perhaps even that's why they've gone on a teacher hiring spree, hiring more than 950 new teachers this year. montgomery county already the state's largest public school system. but some 204 schools and 161,000 students. i can tell you this morning, we've seen the principal in our front office over here. other people starting at paint branch high and also the growth continue

we're live here in suitland, i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you in the studio. >> justin, thank you. take a look at storm team 4 radar. harvey is moving through tennessee and headed in our direction. we've been tracking this storm step by step for more than a week now. >> this morning, we're learning more about harvey's path of destruction through the south. this is video of flooding in mississippi yesterday. harvey has now killed 38 people and damaged nearly 100,000 homes. officers are going to continue their door to door checks today in houston. president trump has pledged a million dollars of his own money to help harv september national preparedness month. but it is congress who may be unprepared for their long to-do list. >> when lawmakers return, they'll decide were to shut down the government or raise the debt ceiling. that will affect the thousands of workers in our area. tracie potts is live on the hill with more on other issues that congress is tackling. long list, tracie. >> in addition to all of that, those are two big ones

back in to you in the studio. >> justin finch.tin, thank you. >>> now to the latest assault on a metro bus driver. metro transit police say this woman, allison thomas of northwest dc was arrested after assaulting a w 1 metro driver with a bottle of sunny delight. she got on the bus with two children and became upset after the driver drove off before they were seated. you might remember another assault that happened last month, this one on the x 2 metro bus. a different woman threw a cup of simple assault. >>> it's 5:05. now to the developing crisis in puerto rico. the governor says there is no running water. only 5% of the island has power. today ten d.c. police officers will head to san juan to help the police force. they will bring supplies and satellite phones. president trump will visit puerto rico next tuesday. >>> here on the east coast, the high surf from tropical storm maria. more than 10,000 visitors have been told to leave but some are staying behind. beach erosion could be worse than north carolina. >>> chuck bell is st

back to you guys. >> justin finch, live for us at paint branch. thanks, justin. >> i went to that high school. >> i know. >> go panthers. we have team coverage to get you ready for school now. 13 school systems plus people returning to work from the holiday. summer vacations are over. as you know, traffic will be pretty bad today. >> transportation reporter adam tuss has advice for you before you hop ihe adam, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, give yourself extra time and be patient out here. of course, we're getting back to the roads. everyone coming back from their summer vacations and all those school buses and kids and parents shuffling kids around in the morning. it's definitely going to change our routine on the roads. we're on the bw parkway. looking pretty good. if you want to get out, now is not a bad time. terrible traffic tuesday. that's what this has been known as. it's really a transition over the month of september that we start to see traffic pick back up. according to aaa, things could get 20 to 30%, especially during the morning ru

back in to you. >> justin finch. thank you. >>> a rock climber died in a national park. >> dozens of people were on or near he will captain in yosemite national park when a huge rock tumbled down. video from the time it happened. >> a rock climber was on the face of the hill when a rock peeled off and came tumbling down. >> here comes number 6. >> this boulder was the size of an a apartment building. remember, it's pitch black out there. you can see some of that white smoke getting kicked up in the air from the impact as it rumbles down the hill. the boulder shattered into a thousand pieces, killing one person and injuring a woman as well. park rangers at yosemite helped pull her out of there and get her to a hospital. aaron. >> wow. chris lawrence with crazy video there. thanks, chris. >>> 5:14 right now. this morning, we're learning that o.j. simpson could be a free man in a few days. he's expected to be released on parole as early as monday. the plan to free simpson is being finalized by officials in nevada. the p

i'm justin finch, news4. back to you in the studio. >>> when we come back, a construction update on one of our area's most popular commuter roads. >>> and even children know the number, dial 911 for emergency, but what happens if you get the wrong person when you call? it can happen around here. news4's darcy spencer tells you how to protect yourself when we come right back. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com >>> some g

justin finch live in hyattsville with more. good morning, justin. >> reporter: hey there, eun, good morning. we're here on the first day among firsts for the new fa fairmont high school. you realize how large it is. that's an auditorium. you look further there where the lights are on, red walls, that's a music classroom. this is going to be a state of the art learning experience happening at the new building off columbia park road. going to be joined in a few seconds by the principal, tori walker. she's walking out to join us live. she's got to be very excited as are many students that are here, who will be here in a short bit of time. principal walker, what in this big, brand new building? >> so it is very exciting. it is nervousness, anxiety, but it is very exciting. the community has been waiting many years to see this building open. >> there's so much to see and do. what sets it apart for students starting school today. >> what sets it apart is the technology, state of the art facility, just being a 21st century school. all

i'm justin finch, news4. back to you in the studio. >>> when we come back, a construction update on one of our area's most popular commuter roads. >>> and even children know the number, dial 911 for emergency, but what happens if you get the wrong person when you call? it can happen around here. news4's darcy spencer tells you how to protect yourself when we come right back. victory. it happens at the wall. and after eight hours of glorious sleep. the beautyrest black hybrid provides personalized back support. available exclusively at mattress firm. >>> some good news for commuters this week. a large portion of beach drive reopened, but the bad news, another large section is now closed. beach drive is now closed from tilden street to joyce road in northwest d.c. drivers will be detoured around the construction zone. you can take connecticut avenue avoid this congestion. work along beach drive is being done in segments and the entire project should be complete by 2019. >>> it's a new school year for students a

justin finch will be there this morning. we'll check in for a live report coming up. >>> remember that chant from the campaign trail? it looks like president trump's tough talk on immigration may be softening. president trump sat down with democratic leaders nantz i pelosi and chuck schumer. democrats say funding for the border wall is out. but sara sanders says on twitter, that's not true. we're told the president is considering enforcing the protections of daca. schumer and pelosi released a joint statement saying they're willing to work with president trump on a border security package that would be acceptable to both sides. last night's discussion was called a positive step towards bipartisan solutions. >>> today the president is heading to naples, florida, to look at hurricane irma's impact firsthand. for the 4 million people across the state still don't have power. in blajing t blaming of lack of air conditioning at a nursing home. they're encouraging all floridians to check on their elderly neighbors. >> conduct a wel

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i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you. >> justin being thank you. >>> 6:09 is the time now. it looks like con strugs will soon begin on the georgetown branch trail. >> despite protests and court hearings, contractors can now prepare to begin work on the purple line light rail project. fences are up but no construction started yet. a judge ruled the work could now get under way. the trail will be closed up to five years for construction. >>> 6:09 right now. the votes are in. new winner. here are the highlights. >> ♪ ♪ if you left me broken down ♪ you don't know me ♪ >> any note you can reach, i can reach higher ♪ ♪ no you can't ♪ yes, i can ♪ no, you can't ♪ yes, i can ♪ no, you can't ♪ >> yes, i can ♪ >>> darci lynne! i mean, come on. did you see that talent. >> with her mouth closed. >> that's the current winner. the new champion ventriloquist darci lynne farmer who beat out angelica hale. you saw her singing kelly clarkson and vein tril kwichl with terry fay tore who was a pretty -- >> a pretty good sport. >> she's going to have a big career. >> she congratulated darci lyn

. >> justin finch is live in columbia outside the school where wallen taught. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. her absence is being felt today. on social media, students here at the high school are asking each other to wear white shirts in tribute, a sort of symbol of the life she was for so many of them. this is what they'll remember most. her smiling face and of course, how she lived. sadly, she was found yesterday we are told in that shallow grave in a wooded area say police. that find was made off a road in damascus. wallen, of course, was four months pregnant. montgomery county police are telling us that tyler tessier, her boyfriend, was the last known person to see her about september 2nd the next day. police say she texted a friend saying tyler took her to an open field and later police believe he used her phone to text err sister to say the baby she was carrying was not his. last friday, her suv was found at an apartment complex near wild lake. tessier admitted to driving that suv and removing a tag and police say he was a person o

justin finch is live in landover as prince george's county kids prepare to go back to class. exciting morning. justin, good morning to you. >> reporter: exciting morning indeed, right now, i hear a bus going by us right now. drivers are showing up. the buses are gassing up. they'll soon be on the roads to pick up students for the first day back to school. more than 200 schools are opening today. more than 130,000 students will be heading to class this morning, a very exciting day. i am joined by john white from the school system. john, the buses here, you have to wonder, are there enough buses to serve students going back? >> we have all groups covered, do what it takes to make sure every child is picked up. we serve 85,000 students on them back and forth safely. we have more than 32,000 students coming to school. >> there's a scramble for bus drivers almost every year. >> there's big competition for people with cdl licenses to drive buses in all industries across the region. we all compete for drivers. we have enough drivers to cover routes but we need more drivers so we have

. >> justin finch is live at the courthouse in rockville with more on what's happening today. justin? >> reporter: eun, aaron, good morning. as you mentioned, for those holding out hope now a very sad term. sources telling us that catherine hoggle's children who have been missing for three years will be indicted and charged with their murders you may remember seeing her face. this is a significant development because now she's moving closer to trial, which is also a significant development because she's spent the last few years in a psychiatric hospital after being found mentally unfit to stand trial. now the mystery surrounding her children continues to grow. where is 3-year-old sarah and 2-year-old jacob. no one seems to know. she has yet to tell authorities where they are. of course, past efforts to find them have turned up nothing. it trns out that her initial charges were misdemeanors and set to expire today. the sources also telling us that in just a matter of hours, this afternoon, she will face that indictment for her children's murder in district court today. back to y

justin finch is following the story for us will he'll have the latest in the next half hour. >>> 4:34 is your time now. today we could find out the results of a mental competency report for the man accused of in antonio williams will be in court today. we could learn whether williams will be allowed out on bond. he's charged with killing his 6-year-old sister and their two young cousins at a home in clinton last month. williams confessed to the crimes but did not say why he killed them. >>> more trouble for the people who were evicted from the lynnhill condominiums last month. people given temporary hotel rooms have to vacate today. prince george's county department of social services provided the hotel rooms for the displaced residents. tracee wilkins reports that those who have been actively looking for new homes and participating in services will be allowed to stay in their rooms. the families were evicted from lynnhill because of unsafe living conditions. >>> today, the intercounty connector in maryland is expected to be renamed to honor former governor bob governor larry hogan wi

i'm justin finch. back in to you. >>> switching gears, hurricane maria continues her deadly tear across the caribbean. the storm battering the dominican republic this morning. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in puerto rico where the long-term devastation is just coming into focus. >> reporter: it is extremely difficult to get around san juan this morning, and this is part of the reason why. power lines are down throughout this area. power is out virtually to the entire island. many roads here are impassable as well. some streets are flooded, and we're just starting to get our first look at the extent of the damage as the sun comes up. this building torn apart, the siding crushing this car. now, puerto rico's governor has imposed an overnight curfew as authorities here just begin to assess the damage. this was a powerful category 4 hurricane that slammed into puerto rico, the first category 4 to hit the island since 1932. now, maria is continuing on its path through the reintensifying into a category 3 storm as

coming up, we'll check in with news 4's justin finch on what her family wants you to know about her. >>> a spectacular weekend ahead. make it one for the beach. look at the beach forecast. temperatures in the low to mid-70s along the coast. nothing but sunshine. we'll look at how the day panning out in a moment. >>> and we are tracking irma. the newest advisory came in while you were sleeping. sheena parveen is back to break down what it could m >>> it is 6:29. we're tracking irma. that category 5 storm. sustained winds at 180 miles an hour. still swirling through the atlantic. the u.s. in the next few days. >> video of the damage is already done to islands across the caribbean. it's frightening. take a look at the homes destroyed. mass flooding. entire towns just wiped out. we know at least ten people have died and more than half of all people in puerto rico have no power this morning. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist start off our team coverage with the latest look at the advisories coming in. sheena snimt snooi. >> it's still a category 5 hurricane. it's headed towards the turks and

news 4's justin finch is live with what investigators have found so far. justin?: aaron, good morning. ashanti's old assistant principal at wise high says they're working to keep her face and her story out there. meantime, the fbi has released some new video that they and her loved ones hope lead to ashanti and some answers. taking you to a candlelight vigil held sunday where her parents have said they are not leaving virginia without their daughter. they're hoping that this $10,000 reward will turn up some tips that lead to ashanti's safe return. fr surveillance video showing ashanti's car, a new white mini cooper, that's her car leaving the j.e.b. naval creek base where she works. what happens next here is the mystery. we have some other points investigators are looking at including where work jerps found her phone working and then her car, that mini koocher found five miles from the base. a ashante's mother says she has questions. >> you can't see who was in that car. you can't see if she was driving it. you can't see if someone was in there forcing her out. >>

. >> news 4's justin finch is live at the courthouse in rockville with more on what's happening today. just justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. our sources are telling us that when hoggle enters district court today, she will be met with a formal indictment, formally charged with the murder of her son and daughter. you might recall that catherine hoggle has long been the focal point in her children's disappears. she faces several charges, including abduction and neglect. however, she has several questions raised about the state of her mental faculties. could she stand trial. for years, the answer has been no. she's spent the time in the psychiatric meantime, never found, still out there her two children, 3-year-old sara and 2-year-old jacob. hoggle has been known to tell conflicting stories about their whereabouts. after several searches, she has still not yet given up where they could be or if they are alive or not. this reported indictment comes as we're hearing the initial charges against hoggle that kept her in custody were set to expire. today, our sources telli

. >> justin finch is live in woodbridge with more on what happened and the family's plea for justice. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. here at police headquarters, no matter the outcome today, that boy's mother is saying it will be of little comfort to her because she says she's still reliving the moment that her son was shot and killed outside of their home. this all happened friday about mid-morning. a call to 911 of a person wearing a gun and hng police arrived, they found that teen boy brandishing a crowbar outside of his town home. police asked him several times to drop that crowbar, but he refused, they say and was shot in his upper body and died on scene. speaking to darcy spencer, his mother says that is not what she thought would happen. >> they come. i was saying okay, they're going to talk to him first and something else. but i mean, they used like -- he was not -- >> reporter: at last check, commonwealth attorney paul eave evert based on the findings, it looks like it was justified. the final results are due out this morning in a matter of hours. back

news 4 ra's justin finch is at convention center where there's a few hours left. sounds like a big deal down >> wait until you see the job fair you have never seen anything like it. it's also for a very serious cause. the organizers tell us in the d.c. metro area there are 70,000 young people 16 to 24 who need to find work and many live east of the anna costa river and people of color and today they are getting a chance to find some much needed work. there's music playing, low lights and young faces all around. the d.c. opportunity fair and forum almost feels like a club. >> look at it. all these job opportunities. i told my friends to come and everything. >> reporter: once the music is off and the lights are up the hope is that the young faces here at the washington convention center leave as members of a club of sorts, the warm ranks of the employed. >> nice to meet you. >> hey. >> reporter: max and jordan are in from maryland. >> what type of opportunities are you interested in. >> i'm a video editor/producer. 1800 job interviews from applicants 16 to 24 who ma

news 4's justin finch is following the story and will have the latest in a few minutes ziefrnts today, we could find out the ruts of a mental competency report for the man accused of killing three little girls. antonio williams will be in court today and whether he will be out on bond. he's charged with killing his 6-year-old sister and their two young cousins at a home in clinton last month. williams confessed to the crimes but did not say why he killed them. >>> back here at the live desk, we're getting new video of the wildfire burning in oregon. we've been talking about this for a few days now. conditions from the eagle creek fire were getting better. now firefighters thinks going to get worse again. it is threatening hundreds of homes. they only have it 5% contained right now. there are winds in forecast that could whip this fire up even more. the red cross is helping evacuees. they've accounted for them in the shelters. i just tweeted out a picture of a firefighter. 18-year-old firefighter completely collapsed from all the work of fighting this fire. kudos to all the folks out t

justin finch is following this from the white house. justin, this is going to affect thousands of families in the area. >> reporter: that's right, chris. it will indeed. no matter which way the white house goes, there will be major implications. today a decision is tad to be coming from the white house. we're hearing from others that the president is poised to end daca with a six-month delay. a kind of window of time for congress to take up the issue themselves. either way, the final call will be resting with the president who is set to make his decision tomorrow. now, republican state prosecutors actually set that deadline, threatening a legal challenge if the. it is an obama-era program giving the children of undocumented parents access to work and sometimes education opportunities since the year 2012. now, close to 800,000 of them often called dreamers, could seen see themselves at greater risk for deportation. those against daca say the policy long overreached giving too much -- this is not a cut and dry issue at this time. there are

. >> news 4's justin finch is live. big changes set to be announced by virginia's governor today. in, it seems like it's always busy on 66 any time of the day. >> reporter: oh, yeah. it is always busy, eun, indeed. you ask any driver who relies on i-66 and they will tell you it just has got to change. the backup getting especially bad in the beltway area as you may know. as you mentioned, the governor will announce a solution, as many as ten ways to help. the goal is to get 5,000 more drivers moving along the i-66 corridor getting them out of their cars into a safe and efficient way to their jobs and also to school. as we look out on i of 66 east going east we can see the traffic beginning to build up out here. that's why there's also talk of enhanced car pools moving the requirement from two occup december we are going to find the rollout. we did speak to drivers this morning who say they like the idea of change coming out of here, they're just not so sure about the buses. >> by 5:30 in the morning and then 3:30 in the evening. so it's very heavy. >> would you ever take a bus to b

i'm justin finch in the newsroom. now back to the studio. >> justin, thank you. >>> i want to give a shoutout to d.c. public schools. maybe. maybe it will be turned in this morning too. >> it's been trending overnight and into this morning. we told you how t our local district in the spotlight. angie goff is here in the studio with how this all went done. this is so funny. this is a monday motivation. it started, of course, with dave chappelle here. he went to duke ellington school of the arts decades ago. he gave a shoutout. but then things took a turn with john oliver. he got this thing going. he wanted d.c. public skoolgs to be trending and that's exactly what happened. that's all he said. people were just doing it just to do it. people congratulating our school syst system. some saying that john oliver is totally in control of the internet. the memes are so funny coming out. this is our favor. >> houmt can we lick this one. i'll get to that in a minute. people have had a call for action asking heme to support the t

we're live here, justin finch, news 4, back to you. >>> justin, thanks so much. it's 5:09. the votes are in. "america's got talent" crowns a brand new winner. >> darcy >> we called it, right? the fan favorite. 12-year-old vein trntriloquist ohm the $1 million prize. hard to believe she started it four years agoment. >> that's ridiculous. she's only 12 years old. farmer beat out the 10-year-old singer angelica hale. you haven't heard the last of angelica. she wowed the crowd last night. and another contestant kevin i opened the show with kelly clarkson. she had two puppets, two different voices and she was funny. >> good for her. >> she's 12. >> she's going to headline the show. sounds like she'll have a nice repertoire to work with. >> makes me think what, did i do when i was 12? >> you were working on this. for years. >> thanks for making me feel better. >> 5:11 is your time right now. >>> no dogs allowed. your four-legged friends are not allowed to join you when you're out on the town. but that may soon change. >>> plus, she's the first daughter and a mother. the health s

justin finch is near powell elementary school. what are you hearing from parents? >> reporter: chris, good morning. if only this crossing were this calm, parents say it's far from that. during the morning and evening commutes they are seeing additional traffic out here, traffic they're not used to seeing. more cars, more gridlock, more unknowns around their children. you can understand why they are so concerned. the traffic flow at 14th and upshur streets gets tight in the morning. slow going as work and parents take their children to nearby powell elementary where more than 500 students learn each school day. >> i wish the department of transportation would do a study and try to potentially come up with some solutions because the amount of traffic that goes through this area is incredible. >> reporter: and perhaps worsening after road construction closed off a cut through at rock creek park. some say it's made the morning commute hastier for drivers and riskier crossing the street. >> just her and i going through, you have to be careful. >> they do not wait when w

justin finch is live at the white house with more on this. justin, good morning. >> reporter: molette, good morning. in recent months, lots of families in our area and across the country tracking the future of daca, a future that now appears to be in jeopardy. the associated press reporting the president plans to dismantle daca with a six-month window giving congress time to work on a policy. but it was just friday we saw a rally for daca outside the white house there. urging the president to keep it as it is. since 2012, this obama-era program has given children of undocumented immigrants access to education opportunities and work permits. they're called dreamers oftentimes. close to 800,000 of them are going to work, to college and helping grow the economy. but others branch alone does not have the power to grant legal status or work permission. the president will likely have until tomorrow to make his decision because that is the deadline set by republican state lawmakers. they say if he does not move to remove daca, they will continue thei

we are live here in suitland, justin finch, news 4. become to you. >> thanks, justin. >>> later today in court a fight over a monument that has already caused heated debate. a judge is expected to hear arguments concerning charlottesville decision to remove a statue of general robert e. lee. charlottesville city council voted this year to remove the statue. but the decision if you remember rocked the area with violent chaos last month in a unite the right rally. one person were injured in the violence. >>> this week we told you about the church that was targeted with racist signs and messages of hate. now for the first time, we ore hearing from the church pastor. apostle william thompson jr. said he doesn't understand why anyone posts hateful things on this church and this is not the first time to happen. earlier this year pastor thompson said shots were fired and for the natalie nobody was hurt. despite threats, he says he has no hate in his heart. >> to know that we forgive them and love them, as well, and praying for them. >> senator

. >> justin finch is live outside what is now westfield wheaton mall with more on this possible plea. what do you know, justin? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. 42 years ago katherine and sheila lion made their way to the mall here but they never made their way back home and today lloyd lee welch is expected to admit his role in taking their lives. now take a look here. you may recall seeing these faces way back when. the sisters disappeared back in march of 1975 and search after search turned up nothing and now today the sisters loved ones may begin to get some closure here. lloyd lee welch is expected to enter a guilty plea in bedford county, virginia court. the end on this case. cold case investigators lock in on welch back in 2013 and that's where the lion sisters they were never found. it is believed that welch abducted them and also sexually assaulted them. prosecutors also allege that welch burned their bodies on his family's bedford county virginia property. now this deal also is said to afford welch the opportunity to forego a trial, also a potential death penalty as well. w

. >> >> justin finch is is gathering reaction to this controversial move. >> reporter: good morning, that's right. we spoke with several people this morning who say they are okay with tax paying noncitizens showing up to vote on local issues like where a new bus. stop might go. what they are not okay with is that same group of voters showing up at the ballot box for bigger races like a statewide election or presidency. those terms were never on the table. but many who gathered here last night say this vote is giving in way too much. noncitizens college park, local elections has got a lot of people talking. >> at this level, i'm supportive. >> not in political elections, but local issues. >> local elections, not statewide. those are the terms the council approved minutes before midnight. >> one extense, the vote passes. >> the measure permits noncitizens like undocumented immigrants or legal to vote on city level issues like trash pickup or snow removal. as time ticked towards the vote, the council chambers were packed with residents on both sides of the issue. some fearing possible p

i'm justin finch, news 4.k in to you in the studio. >> justin finch live for us at the pentagon. justin, thank you. [ bell tolls ] >>> thousands also gathered for services at ground zero. the new york city commemoration began with a moment of silence and the tolling of bells starting at 8:46 a.m., the exact time the first plane hit the world trade center. then as they have in previous years, victims' relatives began reading the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed on that fateful day. >>> and in pennsylvania, a somber ritual to remember the brave victims of united flight 93. vice president mike pence talked about the 33 passengers and seven crew members who revolted against the hijackers who ended up crashing that plane in shanksville. that plane may have been headed toward the u.s. capitol. >> the men and women who looked evil squarely in the eye and without regard to their personal safety they rushed forward to save lives. they were mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters, sons and daughters from e

justin finch is live with more on this family's plea for justice. justin? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. this mother is heartbroken right now, leaning on her loved ones as she prepares to bury her son. she tells us what she wants now is justice. but her mind keeps going back to last friday morning when she last saw her son alive. when prince william county police got a call of a person with a bomb. possibly holding members of their family hostage. in that case, it was her son. once they arrived to the scene on hearts he will hill lane, they found her son outside the town home brandishing a crowbar and making his way towards police. police say they asked him several times to put the crowbar done and he refused. at that point, an officer did open fire striking him in his upper body scene. speaking with news 4's darcy spencer, that mother tells us she heard the shots and right now she's struggling. >> my family was here. i'm kind of calm. because i mean, they are helping me a lot. when everybody leaves and go off, what am i going to do? i got only one son.

justin finch is live outside montgomery county circuit court with the latest on that. justin? >> reporter: hey there, good morning. in just a few hours katherine hoggle is due in court for a bond hearing in which her lawyers are expecting that indictment to come down formally charging her with the murder of her children. as you mentioned for three years prosecutors say that catherine hoggle has not told authorities where her children are. they say that she was the last to see 3-year-old sara and september, 2014. she did face several charges, including neglect and abduction but with a paranoid schizophrenic diagnosis, she was held in a psychiatric hospital and deemed unfit to stand trial. for years her loved ones and volunteers went out searching for sara and jacob to no avail. and then word of her indictment came down last night as a surprise, we have learned, to her legal team. and then they say came another surprise. >> my biggest concern is i don't know where our client is. miss hoggle has been dealing with significant mental health issues even before her arrest in this cas

i'm justin finch. back in to you, chris. >> thank you, justin. moms and dads always looking for good schools. i sent my oldest daughter off to first grade today and a lot of you did the same. students went back to school in calvert, charles, and st. mary, and kids from washington and howard counties are about halfway through their first day as wal alexandria, fredericksburg and frederick, maryland. so many hustling parents and school buses back on the road, traffic was bumper to bumper. transportation reporter adam tuss was working for you this morning, high in the sky from chopper 4. >> reporter: terrible traffic tuesday, september slowdown, september shock, whatever you call it, be prepared for more traffic on the roads and it's because, yes, we have the school bulg bul buses out here mixing with the regular traffic and everyone's trying to get in their directions at the same time. we've got a lot of people who need to pay attention to these school buses that are out here as they make stops and pick people up. i want to show you a look at the o

news 4's justin finch joined this man for his annual walk of reflection. >> pentagon about 100 yards from where the airplane hit. so, on that day -- >> reporter: every september 11, bruce powers walks the same six miles. >> that day you may know that the subways and buses all closed down. so, i had to walk home through the walk i think about them and chat about things that occurred on that day which in this case my daughter who is is along on the walk. >> reporter: a walk that takes him back to that crisp cool tuesday morning. >> here at the top of the hill that day there was a marine gunnery sergeant in the street shouting that another plane was inbound. >> reporter: he said there was confusion and crying. ten of his colleagues were killed. he was quite close to three of them. >> he was 26. i went to his funeral a few days later. >> reporter: powers worked in naval aviation planning for 16 years at the pentagon just before the attack powers saw on trade center. his fears confirmed what american airlines flight 77 crashed into the building. 184 killed. this morning at the pentagon, t

news 4's justin finch talked to students to say this act is particularly painful, coming right after a jewish holy day. >> it is not a great thing to wake up to especially after celebrating rash ha shana last night. i'm glad we know it is going on. >> reporter: sara lives at georgetown's lxr dorm where wednesday night a swastika and hateful graffiti towards women were found in a women's rest room stall. for sara, a disturbing message made even more so by the perpetrator's timing. >> because it's not just someone who is like ignorant about it. it's someone who knows enough about the jewish community and it's deliberate. >> reporter: sara joined a group of jewish students to post what they call counter graffiti overnight. here at georgetown's red square right by the inter cultural center, signs of support, this one reading fight hate with love. that o intimidated. and even on the ground, this one reading, be strong, be strong, and we will be strengthened. messages to, for and from georgetown's jewish community. >>> university president john sent a campus-wide e-mail about the incident.

news4 east justin finch talked with students in montgomery county. >> there you go. have a good day. >> reporter: the school superintendent jack smith serving up a back to school bite. >> how about you. what would you like? one of those? >> good morning. >> reporter: on post card perfect morning, smith joined the elementary as it opened its doors, welcoming students who could not wait to get back and those a bit slow tore let go. but soon like brother and sister anthony and nancy, excited to start a final school year together. new school year, new opportunities. what are you two looking forward to the most this school year? >> i guess just creating lasting experiences because this i as much as i don't want to see it, i'm going the nisz it. >> i'm going to miss my brother. this is the last year i can spend with him. >> reporter: superintendent smith stopped at one of montgomery's 205 schools, the largest school district is glowing. enrollment at 161,000, up by more than 2,000 students. so they've hired more teachers. the count now close to 1,000 and they're not finish

. >> we have much more on the ongoing investigation justin finch will be at the high school later this morning. >>> build that wall. >> remember that chant from the trump campaign trail. it could be that president trump's tough talk on immigration may be softening. last night, president trump sat down with top democratic leaders, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, at the white house. democrats say funding for the wall is out but press secretary sara sanders says on t we're told the president is also considering making the protections of daca law. schumer and pelosi released a joint statement saying they would work with the president on a border security package that will be acceptable to both sides. the white house calls last night's discussion a positive step toward bipartisan solutions. >>> 4:31. let's go to chris lawrence at the live desk. breaking news out of india. >> yeah. a boat full of construction workers is capsized in a river there. at least 19 people have drowned. police are still looking for more than 30 missing passengers. ten people did manage to swim to safety. india has b