police said 23-year-old kevin neil turned himself. we're told neil was a passenger in the car the officers were pursuing when the car ran off the road and crashed. >>> a 20-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing death of a howard county mobile home park. it happened in the 10000 block of north second street rob better tasker got no a fight with robert foster and ended up stabbing him. tasker later died. cops still aren't sure what the two were fighting about. >> it has been a warm august dray around here but not a lot of sunshine. now we're seeing a few showers pop up. take you into one of the showers just offshore of chesapeake bay to the west. showers in this direction over the chesapeake. coastal system will influence us throughout the weekend. could mean a lack of sunshine at least for saturday, especially for areas around the bay eastward. we could see quite a few showers on the first half into saturday tropical storm isaac also churning into the caribbean set to make landfall. much more on isaac coming up. in the meantime

kevin neil surrendered today. died monday following a chase that hit speeds of 100 miles per hour. neil and his alleged accomplice are charged be stealing a car. they could be upgraded to vehicular homicide. >>> the man accused of shooting an employee at the family research counsel last week says he's not. floyd entered the plea today and will stay in jail pending a trial. if convicted he faces up to 55 years in prison. >>> guilty. that's what a self-admitted car jacker told a judge. 23-year-old taron white said he's responsible for a wild police chase that was caught on camera. ken reports on the plea and the video that just went public. >> jerome white pled guilty to two counts of kidnapping. >> it happened last year on the night of july 13th and ended with this dramatic escape. >> a female jumped out of the car. >> miss samuels terrified for her life and the life of her child rolls out on the pavement. >> investigators say samuels was at a gas station and white tried to rob her car. he kidnapped samuels and her

kevin neil turned himself in two days later. both have been charged with felony theft.secutors are considering adding vehicular manslaughter as an additional charge, but none of that of course will bring officer morris back. his funeral today is set to start at 10:00 followed by that funeral procession. if you're in the area again you're going to need to plan for a few delays. expect lots of road closures because literally hundreds, possibly thousands of police officers from all over the country are expected to be attending this funeral here today. back to you. >> kristin fisher reporting live in fishelville -- in mitchellville, maryland this morning. >>> d.c. council chair phil mendelson wants to ease at least one part of the city's gun laws. ' introduce add plan -- he's introduced a plan which would allow nonresidents to avoid criminal charges if they were found with an unregistered firearm or ammunition. mendelson tells the washington examiner it would help people who make an honest mistake in violating the city's laws. he adds it would be very limited to a circumsta

in police custody. 24-year-old kenneth mitchell was arrested the day aft crash and 23-year-old kevin neil turned himself in two days later. both have been charged with felony theft for allegedly riding in a stolen car during that chase. the prosecutors say more charges could be coming, charges like vehicular manslaughter. but no matter what these men are chged with, of course nothing will bring back officer morris. this fiewrnl recall here is expected -- funeral here is expected to start at 10:00 this morning followed by a procession. it could be about a hundred cars deep so expect major traffic delays in the area. mike, andrea? >> thank you, kristin live in mitchellville, maryland this morning. >>> later today, two members of the d.c. city council will take up the issue of speed cameras and those red light cameras. council members mary shah and tommy -- [indiscernible] will monitor whether more cameras should go up. it will be held at the wilson building in room 502. >>> mitt romney today will get to watch his wife speak and get his party's presidential nomination. susan mcginnis is in t

police say they have arrested kevin neil who has been at large since the chase on monday. kenneth mitchell jr. was arrested on tuesday. the men are accused of stealing a car and leading police on a chase that killed 23-year-old officer adrian morris. investigators acknowledge morris should not have chased the man and was not wearing a seat belt at the time. police plan to hold a news conference at 1:00 today. >>> and today in ellicott city, maryland, memorial services held for two women killed in a train derailment. they died tuesday when a csx train derailed. police say the 19 year olds were sitting on one side of the train bridge. they were buried in coal when the train derailed. a funeral mass is going on for nass at this hour. she was a student at james madison university. mayr was a nursing student at the university of delaware. her viewing is this evening and her funeral will take place tomorrow. >>> a news 4 exclusive now. we're now getting a look at what happened on a ride-on bus as it slammed on to a silver spring home. the crash happened on monday morning. the dr

he is 23-year-old kevin darnell neil of fort washington, maryland. they say he led officer morris on that deadly chase. officer morris and his partner were looking at surveillance of thieves stealing women's purses at a gas station. that's when the suspects returned searching for more victims. they saw the police cruiser and drove off leading to the chase. >>> the funeral services are now scheduled for the two women killed in that train derailment in ellicott city earlier this week. services for elizabeth nass are planned tomorrow. on saturday friends and family will bear to say goodbye to rose mayr at bethany united methodist church. >>> the deaths of those two girls may turn out to be a case of two people simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. the latest findings suggest two friends had nothing to do with triggering the derailment of that coal train. investigators say the train was traveling at the authorized 25 miles per hour. and an engineer trainee was at the controls but when the emergency brakes went off, they did so at mat -- automatica

neil rackers. they worked out a trade for kevin barnes. the skins were able to work out a deal with the lions for an undisclosed draft pick. >> here's a football team that needs a corner. here's a third round draft pick with great speed and a couple of schemes. one team gives you a draft choice and he gets a chance to make a team. so it's a win-win situation for both teams. >>> and don't forget this wednesday the last chance to check out the skins in the pre-season. the guys fighting for their jobs as they take on the buccaneers. >>> the nationals down in florida where they will try to get back on track against the marlins tomorrow. the guys in midst of their first four-game losing streak since mid june. and the orioles against the sox tonight. lew ford his played everywhere in the last five years. bottom of the second he goes deep. his first major league home run since 2007 puts the o's up 1-0. bottom of the eight, mclouth at the dish and that's a two-run shot. the o's on top 4-3. the birds are tied with oakland on top of the wild card st

neil rackers. that greens graham will start the team as kicker. kevin barnes, in exchanges for a draft pick. they'll have to finalize their 53-man roster by this weekend. and remember, you can catch the redskins final preseason game tomorrow night right here on nbc4. they take on the buccaneers. it all starts at 7:00. and kirk cousins is going to be making his in fact starting debut. >> a lot of eyes on him. and it's here close to home and right on nbc4. >>> coming up next at 4:55 on "news4 today," new concerns this morning about teens who smoke marijuana. coming up in the next 30 minutes the impact the drug could have on how they think as adults. >>> but first, why it may soon be harder to find some of samsung's popular phones and tablets. >>> staying connected even at 30,000 feet. why you soon may be more access to your phones in flight. >>> airlines are not the only company making money on extra fees. hotels are said to rake in nearly $2 billion in surcharges and fees this year alone. many hotels charge forfeitness centers and in-room internet access. a rothotel trade group reports quarte

kevin barnes has been traded to the detroit lions, and kicker neil rackers has been cut. neil rackers, of course, brought to camp to compete for the kicking job. rackers didn't get much of a chance in preseason, with just two kicks in the games, he missed from 54 yards, just barely. the competition really came down to practice work. graham was more consistent. it hasn't been a smooth ride for graham during his redskins tenure, but once again he staved off the competition to win the job. >> definitely what i've been working for, i'm blessed to be here with this team. neil was a flee -- when i walked in, i saw him walking out. i feel confident that this is my fourth year being here, that might have played a role, but i feel like i've prepared, trained well. i'm happy to have this opportunity. >> we've been doing this for a long time. if we thought one week or one game was going to be the difference, we would have waited. obviously we didn't feel like the game would be any difference at all. >> so the kicker situation is settled, at least for now. the skins have to cut sever

shot and killed a 18-year-old outside a hot neil it happened sunday morning at are a can --outside a hotel. >> this happened sunday morning at a ramada hotel. kevinfirst lady is host 54 kids at the white house. she invited the winners of a contest to create healthy lunp time recipes part of the let's move initiative. >>> time for a check on the weather with meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. check out what we have as we go into lunchtime. some sunshine and temperatures at 75 degrees and by 3 p.m., more showers in the forecast and that will linger even as we head into the 7:00 time frame with the temperatures at 75 degrees. the 7-day forecast does have improvement but it doesn't happen until thursday. tuesday and wednesday once again we still have a chance of showers in the forecast. by thursday, temperatures will bump up to about 84 degrees. and we will stay dry and it looks dry as we head into the weekend with seasonable temperatures. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you are use the jfx to get into the city no delays from towson to downtown and everything is up to s