justin finch is live on kennesaw street in college park where a tree is right in the middle ofe oad there, justin. >> reporter: that's right. there are neighbors waking up on kinney saw street have a lot of this on the ground. trees, branches, debris strewn everywhere. ennesaw ree blocking street and pulling down several t.wires with weave seen several sights like this at college park. chopper4 got a great view yesterday after this m stormed through. large trees pulled up from their bases, falng ontoomes and cars and pulling down power lines and leaving stretches of this area without power for some time. some customers, we derstand, are slowly coming back online weth their power as of right now. ave seen crews move about this area trying to restore powe and those lin to homes gone without for hours overnight. what caused all of this,ne hbors say it was a powerful storm. rain, heavy wind as well and the kind not seen in this area in years. the last time i saw something like this is when the tornado nt through back in early 2000s. >> as you were seeing here, several damaged wires pulled dow

we want to go back out to justin finch with the latestupdate. hi, justin. >> reporter: hey, a sad update to that shooting so far, we now know that both of those victims, the one nowtill in the hospital, they are both children. police say citing sta law they cannot release more about them at this time. dead. tell you one person another in the hospital. both of those are children. a suspect is now in custody. as i mentioned earlier, police are bringing up this information very slowly as they get more o detail,e'll bring you much more as we get it from them but again, children are those two victims that we've been bringing you all thisrn mog. back into you. >> stju, thank you. >>> ,4: here's a look at other our top story, we begin with breaking news out of california. officials in orangejuounty have identified all five victims in yesterday's deadly plane crash. all of them lived in california. that plane crashed in a busy shopping maul parking lot in santa ana. one on the ground was injured. >>> at least 91 people are dead ing a powerful earthquake

we want to go live to news4's justin finch. >> and you'reive along lincoln circle, justin, i know you've been going back and forth. i liveut that way. this is a pretty busy area. you say it's confined to the back of the complex? >> reporter: that's ght, ron, angie, most of the scene happening behind the apartment. one person dead, another in the hospital. a suspect now in custody aswe . we're awaiting the relationship between all three of these people now involved in this -n laht shooting. i do want to take you to another video of lat night .here fairfax county police spreading out across this complex, beginning their investigation. we can tell you at thishour, now on scene. the crime scene investigators, as well asmehe major c bureau detective here as well. again, this is the 1500 b

we want to go now live to news4's justin finch live at the scene. justin. >> reporter: angie, a short time ago, fairfax county police can identify the suspect, veronica youngblood, 33 years old, charged and held without bondbln the d shooting of two children here last night. one of them dyi overnight, we are told. let's get to you video from the scene here, police called to the shooting just after 10:15 or so at the post rntyson's . the scene here, 1500 block the lincoln circle. this area by the dulles toll road, not far from international drive is where this took place at this time. at this time, no word on motive. but the suspect has been randied. veronica youngblood now being bond.d and held without at this point, we have not gotten the names of those two children shot, one of them dying overnight. awaiting any information police migh give that might link her to the two children. perhaps more of a m ive as well, what prompted her to possibly shoot those two children last night. ain, she's being charged with that. we'll bring you more details enfro

justin finch, news 4. >>> justin, thank you.6: now. chris lawrence with some breaking news out of new york city. >> aaron, dozens of people. take a look. late last night firefigers and paramedics had to rush to the jazz club on 61 and broadway. firefighters say they found a leak and aired out the club. they blamed them on poor veybilation. evy is going to be okay. chris lawrence, news 4. eric a, back to you. >> chris, thank you. >>> northern virginia father is behind bars accused of throwing his toddler into a creek. that is just part of the story that played out on monday. new cell phone photos show it live. they were searching for kyle sunday. he was wanteow for tg his 2-year-old son in the creek earlier in the p day afterice tried to pull him over. neighbors were shockeds to why police were looking for him. >> i see it happen r789d what's on in their lives to make them do things like that. the little boy is not seriously hurt. the boy's mother was also arre red. sheorted her car had been stolen with her child inside. >>> a big shake

justin finch is onhe scene now. we'll have a live report in a moment. >> first, weant t check on the forecast and your commute this morning. jack taylor in for melissa with cklook at the road. let's start with cell and the forecast. a nice picture but we're in weather alert mode. >> we'll he to sta through tomorrow, as well. the rain has temporarily ended here in town. it's a pretty picture outside this morning. a lot of clouds and a lot of humidity in the air. flash flood watches have just been extended on until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. locally, not everyone is going to get rained on today. but like dulles airport got over an inch of rain dayest and more possibilities for heavy rain coming up tomorrow. right now, radar shows most rf thn off to our southwestern side. couple of sprinkles here, along the cross of northernk n into southern charles county. no heavy rain for your thursday morning commut you go ahead and download our nbc washington app, you have our forecast. and better ystill, get automatic push alert

i'm justin finch, news 4. >> all right, justin, thank you. >>> it's ow 5:47.udge gave the order to turn a plane around after inding out a mother and daughter involved in an ongoing immration lawsuit had been deported to el salvador. >> they are headed back to the united states as that lawsuit moves foard. news 4 tracie potts has more from capitol hill. what is this all about? >> the aclu filed a lawsuit and according to the judge, no one was supposed tobe deported who is involved who is a platiff in that lawsuit before tonight at midnight but this woman and the child already on the plane, literally already on the tarmac and they touched down on el salvador but instead of deplaning them, they turned them around. the aclu is suing the justice department sang that they are not allowing people to make asylum claims and they insist that jeff sessions, the attorney general athers should be held in contempt for these deportgoions. we als an update on those children separated from their families. now, 566 kids still not reunited with their families. the bulk of those

i'm justin finch. back to you ithe udio. >> justin, thank you. >>> now, we're also of course keeping an e on your forecast this morning? >> that's right, storm team 4's rseena parveen is standing by. but jack taylor is following breaking news that's impacting your >> reporter: unfortunately, it is in lorton, it is on high-95 goingsouthbound. the good news is you see traffic now moving along the left side of the roadway past this overturned tractor trailer. the original planas to avert traffic from newington at the fairfax county parkway. having traffic now come by southbound to the left side of the roadway. get thisf they'll traffic going down. then make everybody come offth upright the tractor trailer. northbound, your lanes orp but there's a rubber necking. we've got newctity in centerville, 66 going north on 28, the testing. that will cost some time. and route 7 near mcgarrity road we've got new crash at the intersection reported. and a possibility through that tysons. in and that's it so far in traf

live in northwest d.c.ti i'm j finch, news 4. >>> justin, thank you. it's about 6:50. an update now on a growing catholic church scandal. the archbishop of the washingtoc e, cardinal donald wuerl is accused of being involved in a excover-up of abuse that lasted for decades. >> the ak sakes are among the findings in a grand juryreport. he was the long time bishop of the pittsburgh tie sedivaese. a pennsia grand jury accused several -- cardinal wuerl is accused of approving the transfer of known offenderst and hundreds ousands of dollars in confidential settlements. he said he acted with concern for the victims and prevent future acts of >>> let's get back to clarksburg, maryland. chopper 4 over the scene of a massive fire at a recycling t plas morning. >> this is on frederick road and also impacting trafficne by. news 4's chris lawrence begins our team coverage. he's been on thed. grou so chris, what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah. the worst thing i can tell you, someone was in there when the fire started and no firefighters were injured. that's been a bigissue. water

. >> news4's justin finch is at reagan this morning following it's very latest. justin. >> reporter: eka, this will be relief of those flying into or outside of reagan national. no residual impacts for that outage last night, for those he here in this mess, say just a shock when everything just went black. yeah. you can hear that? people are gasping as those lights were flickering. and then went off. this was about 10:00 or so last night. close to that time.e generator power did kick in. however, it could notly f power the airport. the ac, we're told was down. llcalators, elevators also down as dominion energy crews were called to the airport to work on that oblem, though. as they were working, flights were delayed. tarmac.were held on the close to 11:00, powerrp to the aiort was restored to relief of passengers who say the power issues here were just a shocking sight. >> no syner than bags came out of thega b thing, off the -- whatever you call it, evything shut off. and the lights went out. they flickered a couple of times. and theng the next t i knew, it was da

justin finch is following this controversy from college park justin, good morning. >> good morning. the lawyer for the family of jordan mcnairt said t coach durkin fostered aorrible culture which included the physical and verba abuse and this lawyer saying that coach fired.should be he is on paid administratl e leave as w two athletic directors are and also a strength coach. damon w evans hired durkin said he is investigating these allegations which sifirst surfad in a report. a sophomore lineman w died back in june weeks after falling ill in a practice. the family lawyer says this was an obvious case of heat stroke that he says never should have happened. back out live, we can tell you an external review is now under wa and results areue in september. the family of mcnair has yetle uit in this case against the university of maryland. we're live in college park, i'm justin finch. >> justin, thank you. >>> happening toda prosecutors in the paul manafort trial say they plan to rest their case. being tried on charges of tax evasion and bank fraud. the trial resumes this afternoon in fe

justin finch, news >> justin, thank you. an update on the growing catholic church scandal we're learning about. e archbishop of washington, cardinal donald woerl is accu d accused -- s the long time bishop of thee pittswaburg h>> diocese some of his former priests are among those accused yesterday of sexually abusing children over decades. the cardinal is accused of approving the transfer of known nders and paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in confidentialem setts with victim. >>> here's a look at the top stories this the university of maryland accepts legal and moral responsibility for the death of a football player. jordan mcnair died two weeks after suffering heat stroke during an off-season workout. strength and conditioning coach rick court is no longer with the program and hea coach dj durkin on paid leave. >>> planning to hold a rally tomorrow at metro center station calling for paul wiedefeld to resign. the metro treatment to the white supremacists, the union claims they were g en a trap to themselves. met deni

i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank u. >>> talking about the flooding. today, road crews will work to repair a shole in loudon county. the work is scheduled to be completed by tonight. but there's i a chance won't be done until friday. >>> 6 minutes after 5:00. a woman and-year-old girlre recovering after a terrifying situation. >> they had to rescued from beneath a metrobus. th way authorities phrased this, it seemed like the little girl had been picked up from school, a schl that's close by. >> reporter: that's right. the school is just down the street. she was headed home for the day. but a scary accident that serves as a reminder to both drivers and pedestrians to be extra careful now that many kids are back in school. take a look at the video here. this happened at theti inters of mckinley and broad branch road in waington. now, an 18-year-old woman and a 4-year-old girl who attends preschool at w lafayettee struck by a metro bus. this happened as school led out yesterday afternoon. the young woman was pinned under the bus for a time. the 4-year-old

live in college park, justin finch, news4, back t you. >> thank you. >>> coming up on 5:n, we t to a developing story in falls church, virginia. a toddler is dead after famg from a balcony of an apartment building. >> this isn't the first time at has happened at that apartment building? >> reporter: it is the second time. in a matter of four months, the third time in a matter of four years. a lot of neighborsre telling us, this could have been prevented. take a look. this is what itke loo like yesterday afternoon as fairfax county police responded to the skylineowers. they got a report a toddler had fallen out of a 24 floor balcony, they think may have come out of the window citially. you see the first responders ild, ito revive the was just too late. we mentioned, this has happenedi before, bac may, a 3-year-old boy died after he fell through the screen of an open bedroom window years ago, a 3-year-old girl fell from theco bny and she survived. there are problems with the window and the balconies. >> i don't think it's good eough. if you about 4 feet, i can come over, yeah, kids are

the legendary singer died after battling pancreatic cancer.4' news justin finch is live with details on a special tribute happening. good morning, justin. >> hthere, erica, aaron. good morning. we know so many are missing aretha franklin's music, her voice and her commanding presence was here at national portrait museum. they are paying tribute t her back in 1968. her music genre, her influence going well beyond song into american culture including the civil rights movement. the singer began her career in her teens touring the country her stop included here in the d.c. area. as her fame grew, so did her venues whichould go on to include the kennedy center as well as president obama's inauguration back in 2009. when she came to our area she was also frankly part of theer ea choir. she said franklin had a voice that you could never forget. us turn that franklin 4 my head. you could have your eyes closed nd you'd know that was aretha franklin's voice. >> and from now nool augus 2nd in the a mer moral space is >> justin, thank you. >>> a northern virginia father is accused of throwing the

in iarlington, justin finch. news 4. >>> 6:10 right still ahead, continuing coverage on last night's storms and the impact on yourommute today. >>> chris lawrence joins us live with an update coming up next. chuck? >>> good morning everybody. our weather a little showery this afternoon. no heavy rain today. but all goonews. once the sun goes down today, we're 100%o dry i the weekend, including your plans to go to the mauns mountains orb the beach this weekend. so shan city to rehoe beth, not a cloud in the sky. vemperatures in the upper 70s. our ay forecast coming up next.'r >>> wee inside the home of the smoke.al chili ham chuck bell has been tking about it already. the half smoke is on the grill right now. cong up next, we'll speak with virginia ali who created ben's chill in 1958 about it turning 60. turning 60. at's coming up.th welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and

i'm justin finch here with a professional organiz >> welcome back. at4:23, a lot of eyes today on nermont's primary election because this is running to be the next governor. he is 14-year-old ethan sun born, one of four con the ballot. he said his decision to run grew out of frustration with state and national politics. vermont doesn't have a restriction for gubernatorial e ndidates as long as they h lived in the state for four years before the election. starting young. >> probably goi to revisit that law, though. >>> school still out for summer for another week for most kids in the district. >> at 13 d.c. city schools, kids are heading back to class for the second d this morning. those schools have extended school year. thto goal i give students extra time for learning and make sure they don't forgetyt everhing over the summer. kids atooke elementary northwest were anxious to get back into thewe classroom. eager. >> i come back and get to meet my friends again and getee to m my new teachers. today has been going very good. >> interim chancellor, ama

justin finch has a look at transportation and safety.molette green is at fairfax high school where there's exciteme to start thi new year, already. ng you see all of the pom-poms. >>> we're goi to check in with traffic. >>> first, storm team 4, chuck bell and sheena parveen, have your full forecast. good morning. >> i have to do spirit fingers when i seepo poms. >> okay. i didn't know what that was. >> spirit fingers. >> did you think i was drying my nails? >> yes. >> not today. earlier. >> this is not me -- > is that you drying your nails? >> that's me drying my nails. >> it is a muggy start this morning. is not going to be a pleasant day for outdoor activities. outdoor recess, okay to sit on the benches today. it isut grossde. numerous areas reporting that fog. poor air quality today. code orange. that means thee it easy. index

justin finch is liveutside of e courthouse with more on the family issues that may have led to the killing. justin. >> reporter: good moing. dive into court records shows that accused mother, veronica youngblood, ander ex-husband had some legal back and forths over the years but also that the two had been living together, sharing a home with their two children. case e details in thi continue to emerge piece by piece but we know that 33-year-old veronica youngblood of mclean,s cused of shooting her two daughters, killing 5-year-old brook wnn youngblo died after being shot in the head, seriously injuring her other child. news 4 did digging into court documents finding thiseek youngblood was set to move out of state where her ex-husband had been planning to relocate. the two had been sharing a town home with their two daughters. but sunday night those two children were found shot in an apartment unit. youngblood was found i a town home neighborhood in ashburn in loudon county. we spoke with a neighbor who tell ushe she saw arrest and she was shocked to learn the deils why. she looked young, l

. >>> news4's justin finch is live in d.c. with details on hli are planning to keep the peace here. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. d.c. police chief peter newsham said the goals to have no one hurt or property damaged. part ofhi is to keep the two groups apart. he outlined that in acl ed-door meeting yesterday. but afterwards did speak with reporters saying his office will not be escorting at all the unite the right ralliers but will be allowing allhe sides space to protest on sunday. newsham also saying he has been in touch with his laurw enforcement counterparts, lcluding the chief of police were theast year rally turned violent and aan was killed. the chief s the rally itself was lessons learnedor this event in d.c., take a listen. >> it was a failure to coordinate with other law enforcement agencies. we do that here d.c. on a daily basis. we'll be coordinating with metrc we'll be coordinating with the park police. we'll be coordinatingit the u.s. secret service. the failure was the failure t keep the two groups separated. >> reporter: the national park se

justin finch is onhe scene now.a live report in a moment. >> first, weant t check on the forecast and your commute this morning. jack taylor in for melissa with cklook at the road. let's start with cell and the forecast. a nice picture but we're in weather alert mode. >> we'll he to sta through tomorrow, as well. the rain has temporarily ended here in town. it's a pretty picture outside this morning. a lot of clouds and a lot of humidity in the air. flash flood watches have just been extended on until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. locally, not everyone is going to get rained on

news 4's justin finch begins our team coverage. he's talking with a doctor a put thinents can do now to set up childre for a healthy school year. >> reporter: vaccinations and doctors exams are your usual requirements for students enrolling in school. but don'tet that be your child's only time seeing a doctor. say, for example, they're insp t or want to start one. in that case, you should make an appointment. >> you want to make sure that the heart is in good shape, that they're ready to take on the sport. >> reporter: dr. kirk newman see yoef of children's national hospital iso a pediatric surgeon. he recommends routine back to scol doctor's visits saying they grow more important as your child grows older. >> having the conversations in thoseeetings maybe giving the child some alone time with the doctor so ify tve any questions to build that relationship, so there's trust. >> reporter: for parents of kids with allergies or other health concerns, a back to school checkup can also be critical. >> i a child gets exposed to something

justin finch arrived on the scene just a short time ago, ere cleanup has already begun. justin, what are you geing? >>d morning. that's right. we are seeing hazmat crews cleaning up the sll of fuel from the jackknifed tr tractoailer. want to show you what we are seeing. we are seeing bit of backup behind this crash. this is the beltway inner just past connecticut avenue here this tractor-trmaler has sed into the right side of the highway here, filling up three lanesetween this crash. and we have a response again. hazmat crews,irighters on the ground, cleaning up the spillage and this vehicle, and determining how they will clear this scene here. we have traffic moving slowly from the far left lane at this time. as you mention, aseople wake up to go to work or school orgi the long labor day vacations, this could be an impact. if this was a route they were counti on thismorning, we understand that a sand truck is going to make its way to clean up thefuel. but that could take some time, as well. you may not want to count r on thte as you make your way out this morning. back t

>>iv justin finch for us. >>> 5:33. man accused of killing a mother and son in loudon county is out of jail this morning.ee charges have dropped on brian welsh. investigators say the suspect and ricci were involved in a sale. nine bullets found on the victims and in that home do not match the suspect. however, bullet casings found on the scene match that gun. >>> right now, police are searching for the man who attacked a woman in a manassas park. the attack happened last saturday, as a woman was out for a morning run in stonewall park. the man walked up and assaulted her. the ctim was able to get awa and contact police. if you know anything that can help track down the suspect, contact manassas police. >>> here's a look at top stories. hurrane lane is twisting off of the coast of honolulu, hawaii, as a category 3 m hurricane. the storm is expected to weaken within the next 36 hours. even though the storm will never make alandfall, there's the risk for catastrophic flooding and landslides. >>> david pecker is the ceo of

news 4 justin finch is working for you with -- with a look at signs your basement is flooding and howld stop it. >> reporter:? northeast in her d.c. home for years and one part of her home she was avoiding. >> i love to enjoy every part of my house and i'm scared of my basement. water time it rai comes under the door, through the walls and the windows. >> reporter: she's not the only ement battle b these days. days of heavy rain have left homesos acr our area taking on water in their basements too. and if you think yours have been spared, think again. not seeing water doesn't mean it is not the says john bryant, owner of aqua guard water improvement. and so many people don't think about musty odor or white powder on the walls and cracks, discoloration or wall coverings, all of those things are warning signs that are telling you that the basement may leak one day. a simple solution to do around your home right now is keep an eye out for any of these drains, once they stt to get backed up, you could run into problems and they grow the more you ignore them. >> make sure your sub pump is

justin finch is live in arlington with more. justin? >> reporter: that's right. arlington national cemetery is t asking for public's input on its plan here which would call for redirecting traffic to extend much needed burial space here. we have a map showing you the draft assessment witsors on 70 acres south of cemetery here and includes the former navy incorporatesd also the air force memorial in the design. it does call for a reloy indicating and repurposing now standing roads to t createt large swath of land for burial. the focus now is on maximizing the traffic capacity of the columbia pe which drivers know already catches a lot of highway traffic and is a criticalrtery into northern virginia. but arlington national cetery sa that time is ticking. they're on track to run out of burial space within 25 years. this expansion could help them add asany as 60,000 burial spaces and would allow the cemetery to operate into year 2050. the public is invited to weighi n this proposal this evening starting at 5:00 at the sheraton pentagon hotel. we're live here in arlin

middle school will be back in >> justin finch is live outside eliot-hine middle school in northeast d.c. justin, what's the plan for today? >> hey, aaron. while crews are making repairs here today and tomorrow inside of eliot-hine, students a staff will be holding class in another school, off-caus. let's take you to a map where all of this is laid out for you. buses will transport those students to garnet-patterson middle school. boarding for the buses will begin at 8:00 a.m. and return the students back to eliot-hine by 3:15 for dismissal. students can be picked up from garnet-patterson, starting at 2:45. th be dropped off between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m. the will be limited adult supervision before 8:45 a.m. let's take you inside and show you some of the problems. you see the damaged ceiling there. thers flooding in several areas of eliot-hine as a result of the heavy rains we saw mthe ugh here on tuesday. and back live, now, a word f parents with questions. you can call that eliot-hine number. we will connect you to garnet patterson whe sff will be standing by to answer questions. >>> some

live in northwest, justin finch, news 4. >> thank you, justin. >> 5:04 right now. developing this mo ring,ring engines took over parts of the district and northern virgayia. >> yeste illegal dirt bikes and atvs were seen causing traffic disruptions. one driver even crashed. news 4 ooes nicole jacobs is live in georgetown with why police were not able to stop them in d.c. >> reporter: angie and aaron, you canct imagine the sle that's made when dozens and dozens of atvs and dirt bikes take over city streets. so many camer captured this over the weekend from georgetown to logan circle, all the way into arlington,atvs and dirt bikes were speeding, popping taeelies anding traffic all over the place. one atv even crashed into a light pole on rhode island enue in northwest d.c. police were able to confiscate that one. but that's really the only action are they could take. there is a no-chase policy in d.c. and police weren't able to pursue those riders. it stopped motorists and pedestrians in their tracks. >> we ran into them twiceni t, once was on another major artery, a

justin finch is live with more on theue family i that may have sparked this killing. >> reporter: good morning. we have learned there has been so family strife in the youngblood house hold. veronica youngblood is due to arrive in court later t s morning and the question everyone is aching to answer is what may have prompted hero allegedly shoot and kill her 5-year-old daughter. details so far a still emerging in this case. 33-year-old veronica youngblood is accused o shooting two children sunday night, one of them her 5-year-old daughter, bro brooklynn died after being shot in the head. police found both children in an apartment unit, they lat tracked down youngblood to loudon county, a townhouse there. spoke to a mother in that neighborhood who waspr sured to learn why youbeblood was g pursued sunday night and she also witnessed youngblood's arrest. take a listen. >> she looked young. she looked like she was coming from the gy she looked like someone i would never think would do such a thing. i did not know. >> reporter: and again, that mother shocked to learn the details of this inve

i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. >>> it's 6:03. breaking news out of southwest, virginia. i chris lawrenc at the live desk for the latest on this threat of a failing what's happening? >> talking about the possibility of more than 17 feet of water in a matter ofn minutes lunchburg. about 150 people have been evacuated so far. threat of the college lake dam failing. all of the rain we've been seeing in the fast few days, has overwhelmed that dam. that's been shrinking due to sedimentation. at one point, the acres and is down to about 19. state officials have liste that dam among high hazard dams. here's some images showing the flooding in that area. crews had to save a young driver fr floodwaters yesterday evening. lynchburg is about halfway between richmond ande, roan give or take, about a three-hour ride from d.c. lynchburg could see more than two inches of rain today.th >> chrisk you. >>> it's 6:05. our stormy weather may be partly to blame for a virginia family'n unimle loss. a tree crashed through the roof of a home in a neighbo

. >> justin finch is w liveh what kids can look forward to on this first day back. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. back in the classroom myself at bancroft elementary school, one of their new classrooms. the pencils are here sharpened, ready to go, crayons, too. those are things you might ecognize from your time in school. i'm joined by principal arthu mola looking at this smart board. that's a new thing for a lot of schools these ecys. >> corrt. every classroom is fitted with a smart board. we use a lot of blended learning as part of our instruction. cs, thisssroom- we're inside senior luka's math classroom. itou speaks ly to the investment of the mayor's office toro impng d.c. public schools an just educational outcomes in general. >> i do want to take a look around here. i think as viewers at home see this room, it almost has the look of a google work space or facebook. but this is a place where children learn. i'm zeeingeclining seats, bean bags, a water fountain in the corner. these are convenice yous any f ioudeand wha t makeshe classroom bette

we areomlive freedom plaza, i'm justin finch, news 4.un, aaron, back to you >> thank you. >>> 6:35. today marks two years since a me deadly apa building explosion rocked a neighborhood in silver springs. that explosion killed seven people at the flower branch apartment and two were children. today there will be a vigil to remember ose killed i starts tonight at 7:30 at aaing lot across from the parking complex. >>> it's now 6:35. here is a look at your other top story. find out more about the guilty verdict of a former uber driver. prin george's county police say pierre picked up the woman from a d.c. barte and ad of driving her home, he drove her to a college park motel. >>> an armyeteranccused of killing his wife and a police officer has pleaded not guilty. ryan hamilton was formally st arraigned day. hamilton allegedly confessed to killing ashley after his 2016 arrest. it was guinden's first shift as a police officer. hamilton's trial begins on monday. g>bowser will travel to el salvador and durher three-day trip she will sign a siste

news4 justin finch is there. hi there, justin.r: >> reporey good morning there, aaron, erika, virtually, every flight is taking off onme hich is good news for today. but it must have been so jarring when this big airport suddenly went look. we have a a look that moment when captured on social media. take a look here. you hear the gasps and see thel ts flickering before they go completely off. this was just before 1 night at reagan national. we can tell you that the backup nerator power did eventually come on. eventually within more than an hour ace time, the power came back on but the airport was without power for some time. so the escalator, for example, was not working. the ac was out, to a so many could do was wait. we had flights that were delayed. others were held on the tarmac. we also met a fatheraiting for his children to fly in from dallas. take a listen to what he has to say. >> we were walking through the dark from the parking garage into therport. so we knew that power was out at least in part oorthe

usjustin finch has more food morning, justin. >> reporter: authorities say this car was seeniring the block before the shooting happened. police are looking for an acura or a lexus with a wing in the back and a license plate in the front window. the shooting happening close to:00 last night. not far from the capital in the right center. three victims hurt in all of this. the elementary girl was shot. all conscioushi and breat when they were taken from that scene to the hospital. e suspects in this case are at large at this time. back out live. police are looking for a dark-colors accurate or lexus sedan. dark in color with a wingr spoiler on the back. police last night also two other shootings nearby. not believed they are the police are not leaving any stones unturned. we're live in northwest. justin finch, news 4.nk >> tyou. >>> the search continues for a pennsylvania man wanted for threatening kill president ump. u.s. marshals believe shawn christy may be headed to d.c. hel llegedly threatened to k a district attorney on facebook. that's when he threatened to shoot the president. c

live in arlington, i'm justin fimplg. news finchk you. >>> trouble for feccher and relief for parents.e1 >> a fairfax county teacher has been charged with sending inappropriate pictures to + children.Ñi l not be re. the school wmi not be that students at kcameron elementary was involved. he also worked at ae1i] church woodbridge. he wanted to start a children's choir but there weren't enough kids. >>> wefágve information on a girl thatied atnd say point state park. they were inan area marked for no swimminft water pulled her der. three other children were able to make it out of the e1water. >>>fápolice hope this vid willi help them track down @ó person who threatened ae.c crossing g at an elementary school. the driver of this blue suv yelled racial slurs and threatened to run over the guard earlier this week. a witness tells us thesame driver also threatened to shoot peoe at a nearby market. nginvestigators are loot this as a possible hate crime.r the suv had california plates. ( >>> the immigrationÑi debate facing charges. jose m

justin finch, news 4. >>> justin, thankyo >>> 5:35 right now.me the other top stories we're following this morning. the fairfax county mother accused of shooting and killing her 5-year-old daut he were didn't want a lawyer during her court appearance. she didn't want counsel. she was assigned a public defender anyway. youngblood is accused of shooting both of her daughters inside an apartment in mclean on sunday night. her other daut ner grave condition in the hospital. > a special election getting special attention. too close to call. ohio's 12th district has beeny solirepublican. now troy balderson leads danny o'conn by fewer than2,000 votes. election hfficials ne to certify and count more than 3,000si provial ballots before a winner can be determined. >>> the government's starn witness ihe paul manafort trial will be back on the stand this morning. yesterday ricates told a jury that manafort tried to secure a cabinet level posit for a banker who loaned him money after the election. more on what gates is pecis expected to s on the stand later.

justin finch is live at the dulles po center in northern virginia. justin, good morning. >> good morning. we reached out to the organizers of the tournament. they say after what happened in jacksonville, they worked with the dulles expo to enhance security, which starts at their event here on ouriday. re looking at the wilson high graduate at the jacksonville tournament when the gunfire beganmrast iblasting. he was playing next to someone. and he was ithb. jacksonville authorities getting to work quickly on this investigation. reporting that two victims were killed. 11 were hurt and the gunman, david katz of blaltimore, turne the gun on himself and shooting himself. this happened at a mall area yesterday afternoon. ind. , we met with his brother, his brother is going ta bey but he's heartbroken about what happened in florida. >> sad, for all of the people that, you know, their families, the ones that have to go throt h whey're going through. and yet, a little relieved. so, just mixed emotions. >> reporter: inalmore, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and

justin finch just got out there at the scene. justin, tell me what you're seeing there, in terms of the cleanup and the whole progress. >> reporter: hey, melissa. asou can see behind us, quite a big mess here. that tractor-trailer hitting the median over here and taking up three lanes ofc, traf as well. i'll step out of the way and give you more of a look at the scene. we have firefighters beginning the cleanup process. we saw them dropping sand around that truck. there's been a spilling of the fuel from that truck. that makes this a bigger mess. they have to get this truck towed away from the scene and also make sure that the

i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. >>> it's 5:03. we have breaking news out of virginia right now. >> oh. >> we're talking about the possibility of 17 feet of water 0n 7 minutes. about 15 people have been evacuated so far, due to the threat of the college lake dam failing. all of the rain we've been seeing in the fast few days, has overwhelmed that dam. and the folks whoiv downstream have been told to get out. lynchburg is about halfway between richmond and roanoke, given give or take, about a three-hour ride from d. lynchburg could see more than two inches of rain today. >> chs, thank you. >>> our stormy weather may be partly to blame for a virginia family's unimaginable loss. a tree crashed through the roof of a home in a neighborhood, just outside of warringtonwe esday evenin lydia gherghis' parents had just tucked her io bed. she was pinned by the tree and died in her ro. she playe violin and loved softball. om my heartbreaks as a mom, to have to go throughhing like that. definitely having met her a few times, she's a sweet girl.

. >> justin finch is outside montgomery blair high school now. justin, what do we know about this young man? >> aaron, we know that he was belov beloved. that's why grief counselors bre standi at the high school for students and staff who knew kevin wilson jr., who was a rising jr. lhere. wi many gather with their grief. investigators were hunting f >> he's described as athletic and hard working. he was the former captainth o maryland seahawks travel football team and a rising jr. here at montgomery blair high school. hen monday night his bright future goes dark. prince george's police find his body off new hampshire avenue. he was pronoced dead at the spital. we had a chance to speak to kevin's coach. he tells us it's hard to believe it happened to someone who was well-liked. >> just a great young man, high irited. alwa made you laugh. always had us laughing. plr police believe there are more people out there who know what happened to a kevin ao involved in his death. they're hoping people come forward and have a cash reward to sell the house as

justin finch is at the scene. what do you seenow? >> it appears we are getting close to the scene being clear. we have both parts of that tractor-ailer on tows. look behind me. at's the front end of this tow, t closest the camera. and further back is the back end of that trailer. as melissa, traffic is moving in three lanes now. just the shoulr in this area and the far right lane are impacted by tw.s preparation to tow away this scene here. we have an environmental services truck on stand-byo likely finish up the rest of the standing fuel spill that resulted here, as well. this crash happening at 3:30 this morning. a tractor-trailer, jackknifing and striking the wall here of the beltway. again, in just the past few hours, seeing progress out here, traffic moving at speed. seeingthe wreck, we're some slowdown. a far cry from what we saw a few hours ago. traffic movingt a much greater clip. back to you in the studio. >> all right. juyoin, thank u. >>> that crash may impact some travel plans. the holiday weekend is and millions are expe

justin finch is live in chantilly with his experience. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what an expience that s. dangerously close to that gunfire. so close, he was almost hurt himself. he was in jacksonville when the gunfire was goingon. he shared what that was like. just got shot up. i'mnever comingwac. i'm so lucky, the bullet hit my worst day of my life. he said the player nex to him was shot. and authorities say two people were shot and killed. 11 others were hurt. in the d.c. area, gjka says that he has done several of the tournaments. he hopes that t afteris tragedy, video gamers and their events are going to besafer. >> for the tournament itself, they need to start applying some police force within the area toe make sure this't happen again. >> reporter: here at the dulles expo, they're gearing up for a convention starting in a few s. d the organizers say after what happened in cksonville, they worked with the expo to figure out ways to make this event safer. coming to ll who are feel safer afteat happened in jacksonville. >> justin, thank you. >>> new details th

justin finch, news 4. >> everybody's different.f y have any special sleep concerns about yourself or your child, talk to a doctor. >> hard to get them back on the schedule. >>> back to the new school year from sleep to supplies. we're working to get you ready for school at 6:30. we'll fill you in on the tax-free deals you can take advantage.f all we >>> the most important thing on a monday morning to start thinking about the weekend. if you're beach bound, friday, saturday and nday. could be a little showery the first half of the weekend and sunday is a looking like fine day to be at the beaches. what about your forecast for right here at home today. that is coming up next. > plus, we are tracking some breaking news at this hour. a crash involving a coach bus that left d.c. just a few hours ag theris a place where everyone is a member of the board anorshareholders are known fsh. where coins don't make change where wealth is measured by the number of lives touched and the size of a check is powerless against the size of a heart. in

news4's justin finch is live with details how police are planning to keep the peace here. justin, good moing. >> reporter: eun, good morning, the national park service processing three protests this weekend. the site othat unite the rally two on sunday. we can tell you it's going to be a very busy week and also very interesting because d.c. police si say part of their plans so far is to keepup the g separated on sunday. that was just one point that d.c. police chief peter newsham prdoented in a close meeting with the district council yesterday. afterwards, he did tell reporters that he's been in touch with his counterpart ich lottesville, the chief of police there and say that the lessons to be learned in that rally last year that did leave one woman dead. the chief of police alsoat sayi .c. police are uniquely qualified to handle an eve of this nature. citing the march for our lives rally as well at the capital's championship run and resulting larade. the pn so far they say is not to prioritize anysf the gro demonstrating. >> there's no intention to accommodate one side or

justin finch, news 4. >>> developing this morning, an outbreak of. violen d.c. police are looking for the person who shot two men on mounr pleasant st northwest near the powell rec center. the shooting happened around 9 on:00 last night. both victims are expected to recover. about an hour before that, police say someone shot a man ct thener of 12th andse massachus avenue nir thomear ths circle. police say the suspect may have gotten around in a car, but they are not really saying a sdrips. >>> and we now know the name of a man killed inside a barber shop in northeast. kayvon herder was 25 years old. he was killed yesterday afternoon. police believe that it was targeted attack.>> > right now in alexandria, closingre arguments under way in the paul manafort trial. the former trump campaign chair is accused of hiding millions of dollars in income earned while he was helping ukranian politicians. manafort's legal team did not offer a defense sayin prosecutors hadot met the burden of proof needed to put him in prison. the charges don't invol manafort's time working o

justin finch is looking into the plan to keep kids in dallas. >> reporter: so this is the routine today and tomorrow, buses arriving here to elliott high middle schoolo transpo students to another campus for classes as crews work inside on that flood damage there. let's take you to a man showip you how it will play out. bus boarding will begin lear at 8:. at elliott high and transport students to garnett patterson middle school in northwest. those buses willtu bringnts back here to elliott hine and tomorrow as well at dismissal.an studentse dropped off directly, but there will be limited adultupervision there. dropoff between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m. on thursdaay and fr an students can also be picked up directly from the school as ll startingt 2:45 from garnett patterson. we also have a look inside at the damage that contractors are hw up against, ceiling damage because ofvy rain that came in on tuesday afternoon. also causing flooding in several areas of the school as well. now, we can tells you at t point if you have you any questions, parents, you can still call the number that will connec

justin finch is outside district heights elementary.s the plan here. >> reporter: parents a relieved to hear this plan. they say they had children here who have breathing problems at district heights elementary. dey are relieve to know the children will be bussed to a new location while this location undergoes mold repairs. that was the plaoutlined by the interim ceo. ofshe called for evaluatiohe air quality here. they came back with levels that were deemed unsuitable. the call was made to locate classes for the school year. in 2017, news 4 told you about the air quality concerns here from students and staff here at district h breathing issues here, as well. serious action was needed here to make sure that mold was gone all. and for >> the best option was to move district ts from heights elementary school to forestville high school. >> those students serve a clean and safe environment to learn in. ere tea deserve a clean environment to teach in. they're going to get that. >> repter: and the prince george's school board has about $2.5 mi

back to you. >> justin finch live for us in georgetown. thank you. >>> for the second time in a month, thieves made off with a car left unlocked with the keys inside at the same southeast gas statio this was lasweek's surveillance video from pennsylvania avenue and eastern market. you can see a man get out of the passenger side of the black suv. detectives say the man thenns jumpede a car at a nearby ga pump and drives away. this was the same situation on july 4th. a thief was caught on camera taking a car at the same gas station. the man gets out of the car in thered, then went over to the black mercedes and just takes of >>> wow. so you still can't swim at sandy point state park this morning as officials issued a no swimming advisory yesterday until further notice because there's so much debr floating aroun the bay. the park and parts of the s bea arll open. boaters are being asked to take precautions in the area until the crews can get it all cleaned up. we'll let you know when they lift the >visory. >> 6:50 now. and back to the storm te

justin finch just got out there at the scene. justin, tell me what you're seeing there, in terms of the cleanup and the whole progress. >> reporter: hey, melissa. asou can see behind us, quite a big mess here. that tractor-trailer hitting the median over here and taking up three lanes ofc, traf as well. i'll step out of the way and give you more of a look at the scene. we have firefighters beginning the cleanup process. we saw them dropping sand around that truck. there's been a spilling of the fuel from that truck. that makes this a bigger mess. they have to get this truck towed away from the scene and also make sure that the roadw is safe and secure for other drivers. that means theye will ho bring in the sand truck to begin to absorb some of that fuel to reopen the lanes entirely. as for right now, we're not getting an et when that might be. but traffic is moving in that r left lane. as for a cleanup time, just bear in mind that as we start the holiday, as more cars enter the roadway, this can take quite a long time to revolve.

. >> justin finch has more on tt damage. >> from the outside, it'sard tell anything's wrong, that there is any reason at all that elliot h middle school is closed on this first wednesday of the new school year,ut flooding in several areas of the building forced the northeast d.c. school to close i doors. outside, school staff stood by to break the news to students who may tave missed alerts. on twitter tuesday night, thishe update from elliot high middle school account, special notice, ehmsill be closed tomorrow, august 22nd, 2018. the district's public school office tells news 4 is taking students' safety and security seriously and working with ther dent of general services. the district says contractors ar on site assessing water damage and makingth repairs. r hope is to have those fixes finished soon so classes can resume as qulekly as poss here in northeast, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> here is something good to report on that regard, weather won't be a problem for the guys doing the work there. >> igsha j roining us live from wolf trap, and amelia, it looksnn pretty out there right