there will be two stops in louden county. in fact, huge girders will go over the dulles greenway are being shipped in from pennsylvania. some are 104 feet long by 9 feet tall. you may see them coming in on 66 or the beltway. of course, all this means metro is coming. the second phase runs from reston to the airport and continues into louden county. here at the airport, travelers are ready to hop on board and forget about driving here. >> got the toll road, all sorts of traffic. never know what you're going to hit. >> easy to jump on the metro in town, straight out here. no hassle. avoid all the traffic when there's delays. it's good. >> reporter: right now digging to get to a better ride. now when the airport station is built, that's where it's going to sit over there on the other side of the parking lot. crews hope to have everything open by 2019. optimistically. and if you want to see a map of all the silver line stations on phase two, go to our nbc washington app. search "silver line map." jim, back to you. >> adam, thank

. >>> more than 1 year and $36 million later your commute should be a little easier on route 7 in louden county. a major project is wrapping up along the road just west of leesburg. as transportation reporter adam tuss found out, not everyone is cheering on the changes. >> reporter: in fast-growing louden county, the setting has gone from this to this. >> we continue to grow significantly. we grow by 33 people a day. >> reporter: yep. 33 new residents every day right here. and there's plenty of business as well. >> a third of all the jobs in the metropolitan area are in the dulles corridor. people need to get there. >> reporter: have to find ways to help everyone get around what's quickly become a crawl. >> especially out west as things have expanded it's been kind of chaotic. >> reporter: shane is a traveling salesman throughout louden county. >> ten-minute drives turn into 30, 40. >> reporter: vdot showcasing $40 million of improvements along route 7 west of leesburg. new lanes for trucks. to roundabouts. new ways for this community to get simply out of their community and on to a main

some of the games in louden and montgomery could be threatened unlike last week with just a cold rain we are talking about heavy downpours, lighting, hail and damaging wind. that's why we issued a yellow weather alert. now the big storm pushing through. saint mary's and clouds still black to the west of us. again once we get to eight no more showers generally west of i-95. we will come back. we will talk about what this front does for the weekend forecast and talk about your three degree guarantee. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the sudden leadership crisis among house republicans. we will have the latest from capitol hill. >> and he helped stop a terrorist attack in france but now he is the victim of an attack here in the united states. those stories and more ahead. stay with us. okay. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? why fios? well fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. whatever speed you need, fios has it. so if you need more streaming for more devices, fios gives you options with the fastest internet and wi-f

they have cleared montgomery and louden. about to clear fairfax. this is our first alert doppler in the last hour. notice the increase in lighting strikes south of town in -- the game of the week has been just delayed for a while. just -- the good news is they will move through in about an hour but safety first. you can't play with all this lighting. old town, just north of upper marlboro a straight line of storms all the way to culpepper. brief heavy rain but strong winds possible as well. look at all the rain. it'll be a slow go with heavy rain and gusty winds. again the good news is they are moving east southeast at 45. old town heavy rain. this is headed over toward brandywine and the storm tracker at 7:05. so, again the good news is everything is moving fast bad news it's increasing in strength. in terms of lying any -- lighting. any time you hear thunder get the kids inside lighting from there back to old town. look, northwest out to route 7 and out to 495. its quiet right now. we will come back and see if the front will leave us alone for th

. >>> and drivers who use route 7 in louden county, brace yourself for a new round of road construction. workers broke ground on a project to improve the intersection with belmont ridge road today. it's going to be a three-year project that will ultimately eliminate one of the bottlenecks along that highway. about a mile and a half of belmont ridge road will become a four-lane divided road. >> this is a great day for folks in louden who sometimes have to sit three or four cycles through the light to get through in the mornings or the afternoons. it means less time on the commute. it means more time at home with your families. >> a historic slave cemetery is near that area. officials say the sacredness of that site will not be breached by construction. >>> the university of maryland will pay tribute to a civil rights leader by renaming the art sociology building after the late parren mitchell. mitchell was the first black graduate student to take classes on the maryland campus. he was also maryland's first black congressman. this will be the school's second building named after someone i

. >>> a celebration today for major improvements to route 7 in louden county. a $37 million makeover is wrapping up on a stretch of the road. just west of leesburg. about 70,000 vehicles a day now pass through that area. it used to be an extremely quiet community. coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00, transportation reporter adam tuss shows us how these improvements will help you get through that area. and why not everybody is thrilled about the growth. >>> a nice update to a story we've been following for about a month now. we first told you about montgomery county police officer gil and his canine, chip, in september. we can tell you he and chip have been reunited. the officer was forced to give up chip after being bitten during a training exercise. he had worked with chip for four years. usually retired canines are allowed to live with their handlers. the decision not to let chip be with him sparked outrage. more than 200,000 residents signed a petition and it appears to have worked. >>> talking or texting behind the wheel turns into a costly mistake for doze

in louden county i have trump national which is a lot of success, along the potomac river. probably no place like it. e have tremendous success in virginia. the truth is, they're so good that i actually need them more than they need me. does that make sense? it's one of those things. where is carrie? get up here. come on. she's so incredible. she runs the vineyards. trump vineyards. you know what it is. a lot of people go -- in fact, one of the drivers was telling me he goes there back and forth ll the time bringing people. but carrie willard runs it and she has done such an incredible job. we took it over about four years ago. it was to put it mildly, in serious trouble. it is close to 2,000 acres and it is the largest vineyard on the east coast of this country. the largest. , it's become an incredible incredible tourist attraction. and carrie has literally from day one taken it, with love and with pride, and i'm proud because one of the things -- and i have to say this -- that vanchingea said you have to say it, my wife said touf say it and i think you'll confirm it. but

most of the activity now is into upper montgomery and louden and points north. you get a bit of a break between dc and dunkirk but more mass shooting in oregon you're to the south. this won't go away. i think the rain will get heavier overnight. moderate rain, little necks of yellow. heavier rain. as up toward leesburg. how much rain is falling? an -- about an inch. this area between laurel and bouie -- we expect another inch or so tonight. the national weather service has a flash flood watch in effect. covers most of the metro area and two to four inches of rain for the event. not just for tonight. okay. future cast, 10:00 tonight. big time rain. upper 40s in the suburbs. by seven, temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. even by say, 10:3 in the morning less activity tomorrow but not drying out. >>> because the hurricane has shifted the governor is scaling back the state of emergency. he has canceled is in several counties include canning montgomery and howard but it's still in effect along the chesapeake bay and eastern shore. the order lets the governor ge

over time, in ot scout louden awarded a penalty shot. second failed in this game. and jim was referring to new rule this xwreer three on three hockey in ot first game ever the season we dot it wide on hockey. lightning on the rush. jason garrison in on mason. flyers still get a point. they lose this one 3-2 in over sglim football eagles banged up offensive line to getting a little less banged up. tackle jason peters and lane johnson both full participateants practice today and that should make sam bradford a happy camper. one in three eagles have a prob tlom correct and a win on sunday against the saints would go a long way. they need a victory more than oxygen right now. >> everybody understands there's urgency to go out and get a win. nobody is done and acts like it's not a big deal. we have to go out and treat this game like -- >> we're 1-3. so everybody got that nasty night their mouth and sick kneeling their stomach and i know this team will go out sunday and dom sglait still ahead checking in on some former phillies during the postseason and sixers and former

they have cleared montgomery and louden. about to clear fairfax.rst alert doppler in the last hour. notice the

who stated no surname for himself, came to smith and reported he had been living with frank taylor louden since the end of the war. taylor had strict william naked and tied the boys shirt around his head and face and beat him as toh a shocking manner cut through the skin in several places. .mith examined william william reported he had always been used very badly by mr. taylor. took williammith to a justice of the peace in leesburg and said he would issue a warrant for arrest for taylor. up finding and out. they can't took the nephew to the justice of the pieces -- justice of the peace talks office, but he was out. this other justice said he had more important things to do. in the meanwhile smith had gone to the office of the initial justice of the peace, who told him taylor had went to see the aunt withee the william. smith said they had entered and no such agreement. smith returned to the justice of the peace and demanded a warrant be issued. after william arrived the justice of the peace refused to do so because he was sticking to his tail. despite smith's efforts he noted haso the pre

you go into new hampshire, vermont and maine you may expect full sunshine by the afternoon. 58 in louden and worcester at 52 for a high. joaquin intensifies. back to a category 4 hurricane. devastated islands there in the bahamas chain. down to 150 winds. the latest observation just in. and taking a path that's going to come very close to bermuda. a category 3 hurricane they'll see some wind and big waves crashing into the shoreline. tracking out to sea far away from us. i wanted to see how far. i switched over to take an arrow and draw it out to nantucket. if this wobbles west it would be 362 miles out to sea. that's too far to play a part in our forecast. at worst it'll send swells to the coastline and create rip tides. seven day forecast, keeps that sun poking out on monday, especially away from the coastline. more so on tuesday and wednesday with temperatures into the mid 60s. a light at the end of the tunnel. an update on where drizzle is and the latest track of the storm. >>>still to come. american flags banned from some front yards. the neighborhood council calling for harsh rule

louden, new hampshire, at 68 . fast forward to wednesday a front coming at us will push some clouds towards us then push some warm air in here, too. a couple of showers along the front staying twol our west and to our north will not be an issue for this forecast. here are those high temperatures on wednesday. look at this 72 lowell, 70 in boston, 73 in brockton, 60s right out on the water cape cod and the islands. you get the idea a couple mild october days coming up opens wednesday. then on thursday a little cooler behind the front with plenty of sunshine. friday is our next rainfall not significant for rain. 60% chance of getting showers or some steady rain even in here on friday. by the weekend things are looking okay. 71 with sunshine on saturday cooler a little warmer on sunday. latest info coming in right now on that weekend. >>> animals attacked by predators seen around the local neighborhood. >> a rash of coyotes has pet owners putting out the warning. our jim morelli spoke with a devastated pet owner tonig

. >>> there is a lot of controversy surrounding louden county's proposal to build a new power line. it's all up for discussion tonight. the county proposed two options. both generally aligned to route 606 and 50. dominion virginia power wants to build the line along the south side of route 50 and that's not going over well with a lot of businessowners and homeowners. they don't want massive transmission lines in that area. now tonight's public hearing is at the government center in leesburg. there's another hearing on thursday. >>> and at 4:00 we're still working several developing stories and that includes that video of that dramatic, even violent confrontation in that classroom where the officer throws a student to the floor. we're getting new information on just what led up to that dispute. >>> talk about a testy trap. what happened when local drivers were given undercover warnings to put the phone down. start paying attention. >>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> the rain has arrived in many neighborhoods and it's only going to get worse here. not so much for the the eveni