. >> and they need to be loudoun residents? >> yes. >> tell us, you know, some of what you're seeing now. are your numbers increasing? there's a lot of domestic violence in the news unfortunately. >> yes. so, our numbers are always increasing in the sense of how many people are requesting services, but also the needs they have are growing more and more significant as loudoun county continues to grow as a community. >> chuck, if i were a working mother and needed child care and came to your fresh air facility, would i be able to get my child >> well, you'd have to apply to the loudoun family services department and you'd have less than 50% chance of getting subsidized child care because the need far exceeds the amount of funds that are available. >> in fact, you're bursting at the seams. you've got a long -- >> loudoun is one of the rich est counties in the u.s., we still have a large number of working poor who makeup to 45,000 a year, but can't afford safe licensed child care. >> it's so expensive. >> it is. it's hugely expensi

one storm right now into loudoun county.ing to pass right over the radar, which is out towards dulles airport. this is the storm that i'm really watching, in stafford county. look at the lightning with this storm. a tremendous amount of lightning. would not be surprised if again if we saw another warning here, in through stafford county. this is right around quantico. look at the lightning around quantico. we've seen numerous reports of hail from this storm, fauquier county, now moving into stafford. 95 is going to be a mess as you make your way through the rest of the evening hours. here it is as you look towards the latest. i'm going to zoom if we can towards remington and quantico. remington getting showers to the west of this storm. but in through stafford county, county. leesburg under the gun. and we'll continue to watch all the storms through our region. no warningsnow, republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable health care. i'm tom perriello and in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that

loudoun county as well, until 6:45 tonight. this is one of numerous storms. other storms have fired up north of thunderstorms around barnsville and all part of a wider scale. even more to the south of winchester. also continuing to develop and move off. d.c. metro, i think these will all stay to the north and west, but a much bigger chance of storms during the day tomorrow. i'll see you back here in about 15 minutes. >> thank you, doug. >>> now to a white house in crisis. a stark editorial comment today on the cover of "time" magazine. the image depicts the kremlin taking over the white house. this is the first time in ten years that "time" has published an issue without a cover line. this as the white house reelz from a series of explosive leaks while the senate gets a briefing on the russia investigation. our team is tracking all the angles and we begin with blayne alexander on capitol hill. >> reporter: and doreen, for the very first time, we're hearing directly from the president on that special counsel. over the past 24 hours, we've seen two very differe

i mean, healthy kids, unhealthy kids have a problem learning. >> reporter: but here in loudoun countyh of our area, the revised rules make much of a difference because these places already meet or exceed the stricter obama era nutrition rules. in loudoun county, julie carey, news4. ♪ >>> world renowned opera star at metropolitan opera was hailed as a show stopper but he's not your typical opera star. his name is speedo green from virginia. when he was 12 years old, green was sent to a detention center for threatening to kill his family. but one trip to the opera totally changed the trajectory of his life. as mark segraves reports, he's sharing that with other at-risk teenagers. >> i was actually shackled and put in a back of a police car and drove me 3 1/2 hours to a detention center and i and it was the scariest part of my life, like it was actually traumatizing. >> reporter: ryan speedo green was in d.c. monday afternoon talking to a small group of at-risk teens about how he was transformed from a 12-year-old on his way to prison to a young man on his way to stardom. at 6'5" tall an

tracking showers in through loudoun. fauquier county you've been seeing showers on and off.vy showers coming through warrenton. and culpeper, the strongest storm in the area now. lightning associated with this one. no warning just yet on this. we'll wait and see. a lot of these have moved to the north and died just a little bit. we'll see if this continues. but culpeper right now under the gun. there's bound to be some wind, maybe even hail with this. heads up in you're in the culpeper area, there's a line that has formed culpeper south, this is the line that we're another line back to the west and another back into portions of west virginia. we'll see how these all come together over the next few hours. we're still taking around 7:30, 8:00 in the d.c. metro area. if you're thinking about getting out, you might want to do it now if you live in d.c., to make sure you get back inside quickly before the 7:00 hour. out there now, currently some clouds, some little areas of sunshine. currently 81, winds out of the south at 18 miles an hour. they've been gusting up to 30 miles per

heads up into loudoun county, especially western loudoun.arrenton, seeing showers, and notice what's happening just down to the south. we're tracking this area, a couple of very strong, even one severe storm moving our way. we'll see these move through over the next couple of hours and continue to keep you posted. i'm back in seven minutes. >>> yay! woo! >> those are parents protesting as the trump administration's new agriculture secretary says it's time to make school meals great again. he stops by a loudoun county cafeteria today to announce he's easing up on some obama-era school lunch nutrition rules. as julie carey says, some parentre move. >> reporter: a grandfather of 14, new agriculture secretary sonny perdue looked at home lunching with catoctin elementary school students. just a week into his new job, he says there's a problem with school lunch nutritional rules that cut back on salt, require skim milk only and more whole grains. he says too much food is going in the trash, and fewer kids are eating school lunch. >> meals can't be

. >> investigators were with fairfax county and loudoun's in a three-day sting, police don't want to get specific. but the operations they utilized social media sites, chat rooms and websites where they posed as kids >> 14 >> both girls and boys can be targets >> it's likely for a young boy to be solicited as it is for a young girl >> he says investigators often don't having to searching for predators >> it can be instantaneous from the time they start on. the responses, images, request. >> reporter: in this sting, eight men were busted. seven had been identified. some were arrested when they showed up to meet the so-called child. they're 20 to 64. we found some farthers, one a registered sex offender >> they found quite frankly predator >> we talked to parents how how they monitor their kids >> they won't have access online >> we use a program time and websites they're going to and limits them from going to bad places >> i monitors him with activities outside the homes this applies with computers. >> reporter: this dad says he spreads the word to help parents keep kids safe >> peopl

we really hope to see you on sunday at the loudoun elks lodge in sterling. nigel will be there. i'm andrea mccarren, wusa 9. >>> hopefully he'll be awake. the address for that collection site, 401 west holly drive in sterling. we'll be collecting items from noon until 5:00 on saturday. the elks are expecting a big turnout, and that's where you can help. they are wondering if someone might donate a storage facility and whether a vi donated items for them. if you have a lead on either, they want you to give them a call. 703-787-6820. >>> when a child goes missing, an amber alert is activated. the goal of the alert is to get the face of the child out to the public as quickly as possible and safely bring them back home. there are some misconceptions about how the system works. it's the subject of tonight's special assignment unit report. >> if they see this car, we are asking that they immediately call 911. >> the man in the area recognized his vehicle from an amber alert. >> the criteria required for amber alert is rarely met, which maintains the program as an effective tool in fin

it really started out as a huge storm back in loudoun county and then moved through loudoun county, prince william county and fairfax. when it moved across 95, it did weaken. it was 23 miles long and 16 miles wide. this is the track of the hail. and this was a monster storm back in loudoun county. and the good news, it moved across 95, notice the colors disappeared, that's the heavier hail. the bigger hail, as it went across 95, there was a little hail. it was really severe back around aldi. they had hail as big as 2.8 inches. that's unusual for us to have that size of hail around the immediate metro area. and the lightning, we talked about the strokes of lightning. look at the lightning that moved out of loudoun county, fairfax, and at one time, a minute period, between sterling and hay market. we'll come back. we'll talk about a cold front tomorrow that could produce more storms tomorrowaf ternoon. let you know what a problem could be for your morning commute. >> thanks, top, it has been a week of breaking news from the white house. tonight, for the first time, president trump stood befo

in loudoun county the day to unite americans may be dividing them.ff goldberg is live in leesburg to explain why. jeff? jeff: well, larry, today at the loudoun county government center we saw two separate events on two sides of this building. celebrating the national day of prayer. but offering two very different ideas of what this day should mean. >> we approach you now with as we confess our national sins. jeff: this was the official day of the national day of prayer -- >> to thank god and pray to god. >> then the unofficial gathering. >> so it is not about what they are doing. it's what we with doing. >> pastor michelle thomas helped organize the other event bringing together christians and jews, muslims and buddhists. >> this is about inspiring on the national day of prayer we all come together as all faith communities. >> however, organizers of the sanctioned event say the focus has been and will remain on judea christian beliefs. >> everyone is welcome to come. they just need to recognize that this, you know, the prayers are to jesus christ. >>

call the loudoun county sheriff if you know where she might be. >>> an earthquake in china. erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> search and rescue efforts underway in the northwest region of china. we do understand that as many as eight people are dead. 11 others are injured. several others may be unaccounted for. there are numerous tremors after the 5.5 magnitude quake. we understand that officially have r there have been two earthquakes two minutes after the first. the 5.5 magnitude earthquake. this is in china's shin jing region. as many as 8 people dead and 11 others injured. at the live desk i'm erika go gonzal gonzalez. >>> acting fbi director andrew mckay will testify on a hearing on worldwide threats. james comey was expected to speak. new details you're likely to see on your social media feed. wall street journal reports koe comey was concerned about information russian officials. comey is fired tuesday in the days following that request and we're learning from comey himself that he wrote a letter to colleagues saying it's done and i will be fine. coming up news 4's

fairfax county police was the lead agency with help from loudoun county and the fbi.t's a reminder to monitor your children's activity. . >>> investigating a hate. >> reporter: investigating this incidents, they say this is what the stalls looked like following the discovery, the retail theft room stalls had been covered. the graffiti was found in the rest room. in any both put out statements condemning the actions and vowing to work with law enforcement and finding the person or persons responsible. >>> three women say their cab driver took them on a terrifying ride >> the cabby wouldn't let them out. tisha lewis is live with what happened next. >> reporter: three women picked up somewhere here in the district taken to wood bridge. when they reached the destination, he locked the doors and did not let them out over a dispute about the woman could not pay. police say he kept driving. and then that the when one of the women were able to call their family member. that called police but all three women jumped out of the moving cab. he's behind bars charged with three cou

that will move to the western loudoun county before long. second severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 or 6:45 now. it has been extended out across warrenton and headed to stafford. and the potomac river. talk about the details. first up there is some detail about the southern system. that is in effect until 6:30. the other in effect until 7:00. the one coming across blue ridge as we speak. front royal just has rain but this has thunder and light anyone and the heavy precipitation to go with it. wind gusts to 60 miles per hour along the front edge as it continues southeast. shortly purcellville and then leesburg at 6:40. eventually sugar land run at 7:o 5. it will get downstream in a hurry. moving southeast at 30 miles per hour. fair amount of the lightning. not the electrical energy a half hour ago. still a potent storm. it's not far southeast of warrenton. good size hail. quarter-size hail we saw in a note we received a few minutes ago. this system heading southeast at a good clip. if you are downstream to stafford, that is what you will

. >> reporter: one these loudoun county moms connected over. >> when you find a couponer, we're best friends. >> reporter: coupons. >> it's something that not everyone gets. >> reporter: gina with her youtube channel and expertise -- >> currently in cvs to show you the deals of the week. >> reporter: and christina with her passion to help. >> i have some serious organization skills. >> she does. >> it works well with gina's ideas. >> reporter: they turned their love for saving money in to this nonprofit called loudoun coupon for hope. >> to teach families how to lower their grocery budget but at the same time we donations. >> reporter: their goal is to be there for young people and families who may need a little help. >> we hope through donations that we're giving them a financial break. it's just a little bit for them at a time. either we'll donate them to a shelter or we'll host an event where we have personal care items. >> reporter: the ladies say the loudoun county community is extremely grateful for their hard work they do every day. >> that's the generosity of our community. >

police say the bull was spotted on the loudoun county high school ball field. trying to take in a game, right? if you spot the a call. if one animal isn't enough, police had to round up three cows that escaped from a nearby farm? >> do you think they're friends, out on the town. >> i think they were something. i'm just saying. never mind. >> the caps did it. they stay alive and force game seven. the capitals are are coming back home to the verizon center. >> the caps have a chance for revenge and to rewrite their history a little bit this wednesday night. news 4's sports reporter carol maloney shows us just how high the stakes are. >> reporter: facing elimination, the caps delivered domination. five goals here in pittsburgh on monday night forcing a game seven in d.c. on wednesday. andre burakovsky netted two of those goals in a 5-2 victory over the penguins. the caps know they are on the edge of changing the playoff history of the franchise for the better. >> we step our game up a lot. i we didn't give them a lot. >> we have to be ma sure. they're not going to

both of those boys are students at potomac falls in loudoun county. the sheriff's office said the students shared a drink mixed with xanax with seven middle school students. no one was harmed. >>> it is illegal to smoke or vape at an outdoor bar or restaurant in rockville. they could be ticketed or fined up to $1,000. the city council passed the ban by a vote of 4-1. the opposing council member said smokers will move down the street in front of other businesses. >>> 11 minutes after the hour. you might not need your wipers on the drive to work. the ride home, well -- >> that's right, aaron. completely agree with you. cloudy and dry but later on today you see the rain at the bottom of your screen, that will be moving in later this afternoon, late this evening. watching that closely. timing of that and you >>> he is a convicted felon and some think a murderer, and this morning we're learning o.j. simpson could soon walk free. >>> and we continue to follow the latest unfolding developments from manchester, england, where a concert filled with teens and p

northern prince william just about to loudoun county.ther area of rain coming out of rapa han uk county moving into southern prince william and west of the 95 corridor. but this is the line of strong storms we're watching carefully here in western north carolina. there had been a warning there, but it looks like now that has sdip ated, but this is coming our way later. very low chance for tornadoes, but high wind risk for damages wind and a low-risk of any hail. maybe some brief, heavy downpours. doug is back with the hour by hour timing in just a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. >>> to the new spending plan that prevents a shutdown and keeps the government running through the end of september. but just as that potential crisis is averted, congress is also hoping to vote on a plan to repeal and replace obamacare. blayne alexander is digging through both bills to find out how your family might be affected and >> good afternoon to you. when it comes to health care, really so much of this comes down to pre-existing conditions. and how those

tisha lewis fox 5 local news. >>> the loudoun sheriff's office cleaners in virginia.s are surveillance pictures, pointed add gun at employees and ran off before police showed up. if you have information call police >>> a confrontation caught on camera between two shoppers at a trader joe's in reston is sparking outrage around the world. >> excuse me? >> i was born here. i don't know if you >> you were? >> obama is not in office anymore. >> we don't have a muslim in there anymore >> a muslim woman let another woman cut in front of her. the woman started making multiple offensive comments about muslims. the video went viral after a comedian shared it. it's been watched nearly 4 million times. he shared it because this is not isolated >> i wanted people to know that it happens. they experience these things quite often. >> the woman tells us it was actually the muslim woman who ambushed her. she says she's seeking legal counsel. >>> a tour bus targeted in annapolis find out what was stolen this weekend >> a mysterious two-year mission in space is over. the shuttle set in

more storms around warrenton and new storms along the beltway towards loudoun county and a strong line between mount airy, along sencht again. this is drifting to the south. new update on this in less than five minutes. >> doug, thank you. >>> president trump is aboard air force one. >> reporter: i'm shomari stone at the brookland station where there was a shooting here. there was a man in the parking lot and police are telling me that there was a car that drove to this area. it was silver, possibly a toyota camry. someone in the car opened fire. at least five shots were fired and a man was shot, grazed in the ear. he's expected to be okay. now, the brookland station is open, but right now, police are searching for, again, a silver-colored there are people here at the time. there was a man who was here, and he was taken away in handcuffs. i asked if he was a suspect or a victim. police say at this point they believe that he is a relative of the victim. and they're trying to get all the pieces and talking to people to figure out what exactly happened. but again, the brookland station is

the loudoun county sheriff's office wants to assure parents that the threat was not immediate. .weapons belonged to a relative. >> american university police say this person is responsible for this week's hate crime that left students disgusted and distur that person came with news print and the suspect wore all black and covered his or her face. as police search for this person, students are taking their frustrations straight to the administration. >> hundreds of students marched yesterday demanding the university do more when responding to racial threats. this is at least the third time in the past eight months that bananas have been used to harass black women on campus. today, another rally is planned for 4:00 p.m. >>> loudoun county investigators believe a man used media to meet teen girls. the man solicited an ashburn, virginia, girl for sex in march. detectives say he contacted the teen and gave her transportation to meet him i since march, he's been to at least seven cities around the country and has been posing as someone in his early 20s. they want to know if he pursued other t

both are students in loudoun county. they shared a drink mixed with xanax with as many as seven eighth graders. none of the middle school students were harmed. >>> they passed a ban last night by a vote of 4-1. the opposing council member said that they will move down the street in front of other businesses. >>> new construction on beach drive could soon make a mess of your morning commute. the project will soon be shifting to its second phase in northwest washington. that involves this highlighted stretch from children's street to broad branch give an update at a public meeting tonight. this is the second to wrap up by the fall of 2019. >>> 4:37. let's get you caught up on weather and traffic. >> a look at your commute when we check back in with melissa mollet. a brief reprieve? >> a little bit, yes. we're going to see this over the next several days, clouds and showers and clouds coming in waves. >> if you really need sunshine to feel better about things, you may need to wait until friday around here. a lot of energy i

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i think in loudoun county there's something really special. you find a lot of women who maybe had careers and then they stopped working to raise their families. >> loudoun county has about 10,000 small businesses. for more information about the conference and small business head to nbc around the corn ner but it is still a good time to get them ready for the all important sats. something is available to help them get prepared. the online nonprofit khan academy is offering video lessons. it's already having a pretty big impact. >> it is a game changer. i was able to increase over 300 points on my s.a.t. >> the tutoring is free and it is unlimited. >>> it's where he learned how to become a beast on the basketball court. >> today kevin durant is giving back to the keep pleasant rec center. his mother will donate a basketball court. he donated court. >>> if you're a crab lover like me, listen up. there's something different about this year's crab season. we'll show you what we found when we headed to the shores of maryland. >>> plus, oprah winfrey

we will see upper 30s as you get closer to sterling out into loudoun county, and even in west virginia there's going to be some mid-30s out there. seven-day forecast, we talked about the dry weather for the next three it looks unsettled into next weekend. i've got highs for saturday and for sunday in the 60s, mother's day is sunday, looks like the best shower chance on your mother's day will happen in the afternoon rather than the morning. there's more wusa9 news at noon after this. >>> that's the air forces x37b orbital test vehicle, reusable vehicle landing after a two- year mission to outer space. it landed at the kennedy space center yesterday morning. the spacecra c be done on earth. the x37b is the newest and most advance the spacecraft. the air force is preparing to launch the fifth x37b mission from cape canaveral later this year. >>> well, every time you do something like this, it makes you feel pretty good, you know. nobody else has done it. >> he's feeling very good. that's delton wally. he's celebrating his 96th birthday by jumping out of an airplane. walling a pearl harbor

in loudoun county, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. lindsey: another game 7 and another heartbreaking loss for washington sports fans and this time it's the wizards falling in the nba playoffs. last night in boston the wizards and celtics battled for the ticket to the eastern conference finals. bradley beal recording a playoff high 38 points but it wasn't enough. the celtics would pull away late to win 115-105, ending the wizards' season. the team had hoped to advance to the eastern conference finals for the first time in nearly 40 years. >> it's tough. we came out here in game 7 and gave everything we had. , just came up short and isappointed. lindsey: the d.c. sports championship drought continues. last time a d.c. team in one of the four major pro sports made it to their league final four it was 1998. still to come on abc 7 news at noon, it's short sleeves and shorts weather today. we'll get a final check on the forecast with doug coming up. lindsey: one fan loved pirates of the caribbean so much he built a replica in his back yard.

and fairfax county and loudoun and moderate rain mount vernon moving from triangle. sometimes will hear rain pounding on roof overnight. we seed that middleburg to cable town winchester and hancock with martinsburg getting some of that heavier rain. wow it's a big system too and will take a while to spin its way out of here. big upper level low pressure system we've got this round overnight the worst towards the end of the morning commute and as we look towards afternoon tomorrow we'll get sunshine. we'll warm up. and we could possibly pop a few more showers and storms. by the time we gets to this time tomorrow night we may collect one half to maybe as many as two and a half inches of rain in spots. quite a soaking. we change pattern up a bill for the weekend and we'll talk about that in moments. shawn. >> prince george county community is heartbroken tonight after unexpected death of popular high school football player and norman white was students glen park high school and lost control of his car last nights temple hill road and crashed into a true. maryland ina is

i think in loudoun county there is something special. a lot of women have careers and then they stop their family. >> for more information about monday's conference, search small business in the nbc 4 app. >>> school may be coming to a close. time to get your student prepared for the s.a.t.s. there's something available to get them ready. there are video lessons free of charge. they've permanently teemed up with the college boards who offer s.a.t. testing. it's having a pretty big effect. >> it is a game changer. you're practicing and i increased over 300 points on my s.a.t. >> the college board khan academy has unlimited free tutoring. >>> when you say free and college prep courses. >> picks it up a notch. >> all of a sudden the parents are listening. >>> he found his start right here in our backyard. >> prince george's county native and nba superstar kevin durant is giving back to the new basketball courts. they raised $60,000 to upgrade the baseball court. they built courts at an oakland community center. >> wouldn't that be great if

most places will be up in northern maryland and loudoun county in the shenandoah valley.ere's your ten-day forecast. 93 today. 92 tomorrow. still near 90 on friday. but the increasing clouds and the rain chance should keep us out of the 90s. look at that for the weekend, highs back down in the 70s. good running and biking weather for the weekend. sheena's got a closer look today, hour by hour, coming right up. >>> ahead at 5:00, it was a day that started like any other, when they dropped their son off at day care. but it ended tragically, how the 4-year-old managed to get his hands on a gun minutes before killing himself. >>> and it's a device giving co hope. you thousand a 3d me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. >>> in n

it may hold together and get into western loudoun over the next hour or so.re other showers in southern virginia. those may make their way into the northern neck. maybe clipping southern maryland here. another five or six hours or so and maybe at the beaches after that. general trends will be drying out here. here's hour by hour timi region. these areas in color are some showers and some storms that move into western maryland by 5:00 p.m. maybe a few lighter showers to our south. most of them are going to be out in the mountains. later in the evening around 9:00 to 10:00 p.m., scattered thunderstorms, maryland, virginia, coming out of west virginia rolling right through the metro area between around 9:00 p.m. to midnight. after that things settle down and during the day on monday for memorial day temperatures should be up near upper 80s and feeling like summertime. right now near 70 degrees. reagan national is at 71. and play ball. nats park. first pitch is 1:35. by then we'll be in the mid 70s. near 80s through the rest of the game under a partly sunny sky s

the loudoun county sheriff's office learned about the online post late tuesday. overnight - they determined it was not credible. but there will be extra deputies at the school today as a precaution. a key clue this morning bringing investigators closer to finding those responsible for a racist display on the american unversity campus. police believe this person-spotted on campus around 4 a-m monday may be the person responsible for hanging bananas with nooses across campus. investigators believe the bananas were meant to offend members of an all black sorority. right now a 1-thousand dollar reward is being offered for inform suspect leading to an arrest. last night in boston, orioles center fielder adam jones recieved a standing ovation from the red sox crowd just one day after he heard racial taunts from fans. before the game, red sox team officials met apologized to jones on behalf of the organization and assured him they are taking steps to prevent monday's incident from happening again. the red sox say they have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to racial

our frost advisory continues for areas west of 95 including much of loudoun county, frederick, upperincluding hour montgomery county. it's -- lower montgomery county. it's going to be cold, but we are going to see a gorgeous afternoon. lots of sunshine again. it's cooler than average but we're getting a nice break on that air-conditioning bill for sure. 41 degrees in leesburg right now. into the 30s. winchester at 35. the winds are a little calmer so that allows the frost to develop. it is going to be a sunny day. not as breezy as yesterday. 61 by noon. that is a few degrees warmer than we were at lunchtime yesterday. we're going to head to the mid to upper 60s today. mid-60s around the suburbs and upper 60s around the washington area. average for this time of the we're running about 5 degrees below average, but it's still going to be quite pleasant and sunny. sunglasses today, no umbrellas. the end of the week and into the weekend unsettled. we'll talk about your mother's day forecast and when the rain arrives. >> oh, yeah, it's mother's day. >> ellen, i feel like you're always on t

a retired air force reservist himself and a loudoun county resident. >> verify this e-mail photo that was sent the problem with that is, the shoes that this woman officer is wearing, they do not strike me as regulation shoes with that uniform. >> joseph sent me that picture. he got it in had this e-mail forward from a friend of his. the subject line, the future of your air force and someone crimed in perplexed saying that the air force academy is wearing tennis shoes with her class a blues. okay, so first, i was able to trace this photo back to its source. the colorado springs gazette, which is legitimate and in fact, newspaper of records for colorado springs, which is home to the united states air force academy. so, i can verify that this picture is authentic, not staged in a true and accurate representation of what happened last monday, may 15. this little girl is kristen goodone, an took over of the air force academy. the civilian in the picture with her is her wife and they have two little girls. what about this whole thing with her shoes? i connected with the chief of internal op

montgomery county to loudoun. the district. arlington, alexandria. 7:00.looking good around here. we can't rule out a chance for a few isolated thunderstorms. better news moving through the mid-morning. everything lifts toward the north and east. lingering showers and then the skies clear a little bit. you may squeeze out a sunset come tomorrow evening. a look at the day planner tomorrow. highs make it in the 70's. best chance for heavy rain. 3:00 a.m. until 9:00 and a few thunderstorms. talk about the weekend. saturday and sunday. scattered showers here and there. the better of the two days is sunday. we will see cooler temperatures as we move into next week. jonathan? >> thank you for that. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- nuclear capability. the department of energy's role in determining what other nations are able to do. inside look as questions over north korea's arsenal remain. announcer: honored with six edward r. murrow award for journalism. including the prestigious award for excellence. may think it is the main mission of the department o

the loudoun county sheriff's office wants to assure parents that the threat was not legitimate. the threat was made on social media. and found the student responsible and removed the guns from the home. the sheriff's office said the weapons belonged to a relative. >>> comic book conventions are popular but loudoun county police office said those are the places that a man in maryland is trying to meet teenage girl. they about sured the man of soliciting an ashburn girl back in march. detectives said he contacted the teen and gave her they say he's been to at least seven cities around the country. and has been posing as someone in his early 20s. they want to know if he pursued any other teens here at home or around the country. >>> now breaking news in suitland. let's check in with angie goff at the live desk. >> a reward is being announced for any information at a gas station. this is where police in the 4700 block at silver hill rode. shortly after they arrived officers found a man in the car, he'd been shot in the chest. they still are trying to figure out who did this and why.

severe thunderstorm warning in effect for loudoun, fairfax and montgomery county.s is in effect until 6:00. this is all radar indicated here with the severe thunderstorm warnings. the storms are moving northeast at 25 miles per hour. there could be wind gusts of 'miles per hour with the heaviest cells. that i are lined up now from along the potomac river along the fairfax county, montgomery county line. heads back to the southwest, east of warrenton to cull pepper. we will watch that. clearly this is the most active with the lightning strikes that are centered in the system. we will move in close. you see areas moving east and northeast until 6:00. 5:24 in rockville. gaithersburg at a:42. montgomery village eight minutes later. this system developed in the shenandoah valley and it continues to move eastward. strengthened and weakened. this strengthened again. this is the warning in effect for 45 minutes as it approaches the area. this one, the strength and the properties, the real action up to 20,000 feet or so. this is not a real high storm. likelihood not hail. b

loudoun county police say that man planned to hold up the food mart in sterling wearing sunglasses dark mask along with a hoodie. he left the store without taking any cash. >>> tonight, fairfax county are looking for the man behind two robberies, two hours party, first at cigar world on leesburg pike, the man was wearing a hoodie, demanded cash then drove to south kings highway and did the exact same thing. >>> loudoun county police investigating an atm skim device discovered at a 7-eleven cows still missing after quite an venture through a leesburg neighborhood. take a look at that's they escaped monday afternoon from the area where they were grazing along dry mill road. >>> we turn to the district now where police have released new videos of three armed robberies. targeting pharmacies and convenience stores. take a look. two masked men storm into a pennsylvania avenue 7-eleven on friday night. armed with huge handguns. they both grabbed cash before bolting out of the store. then a new mexico avenue in northwest, two suspects in black hoodies make their way to the pharmacy. the bold ro

this sunday, sergeant blake and the loudoun elks are going to host a collection d andrea mccarren will be there, accepting your donation of used or gently used household items. the address for the loudoun elks lodge is 401 west holly avenue in sterling, virginia, that's this sunday, may 21. >>> speaking of serving others, it was a big day for a group of future service dogs that we are closely watching. this litter at k-9 companions got their training vests today. one of these guys is nigel. the dog joining our wusa 9 team as part of his aitrning. this photo looks sur looks sur rein. you have to look at the moments leading up to it. they were rather busy. this was the view on our live puppy cam as they tried to get the pups in they were pretty fascinated. oh wait, come on back here, now. oh fine, let's just play. it's your last chance to check out our live cam on our site. it goes dork tomorrow morning. so, take a look tonight. >> you know what we needed to see, what they were holding up to get their attention for that picture. >> it had to be something extremely compelling. >> you know

and watching this storm, no warning with this storm yet, but loudoun moving into frederick county. you know we'll keep you posted here from the storm center all evening long. >> reporter: a bizarre story out of the district now. we're awaiting the court appearance of a man who was arrested after police caught him paying people for their blood. there are still a lot of unanswered questions in this case, which is puzzling a lot of people. news4's chris gordon is working the story now. chris, what do you know? >> reporter: well, susan, police say he was running a blood bank for poor people in southwest, washington. he would draw their blood and then pay them money for but police say it's illegal. khoa nguyen is charged with practicing medicine without a license. police got a tip that blood was being bought at an abandoned apartment in southwest. donors were being paid $30 each. an officer saw a large group of people congregating. >> you know, people with $30, people going to go and do it. >> we didn't get the money, the blood drawn or nothing. i haven't even been in the house. i was j

our most recent warning is for loudoun county and it also includes clark jefferson, this is going too into 45 and you can see that that storm has a lot of lightning with it. it's moving east at about 20 miles an hour so it will be heading toward hillsborough purcellville i think you'll likely see that, it's just a little bit north of berryville. may have some winds that could gust to 60 so i'm always happens but it will also have some very heavy rain in it. the storm we're seeing here in montgomery county not severe but i did notice that there was some pea sized hail reported with that as it crossed the germantown area. that will also has heavy rain moving east at 20 and then we have one other warning to show you and that's a little bit farther north. here's some of the communities that may be in the path of the montgomery county storm including columbia here in just the next little while ellicott city catonsville between now and 6:22 and up to carroll county we have a severe thunderstorm that were until -- very big concern would be the gusty winds and very heavy rain if you happen t

call the loudoun county sheriff's office if you know where she might be. >>> on capitol hill the senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing focusing on your safety and security. acting director andrew mccabe will be speaking before the committee. he's filling in for james the news. new details around comey's investigation and the russia investigation are coming out in droves. here's what's happened since you went to bed last night. "the wall street journal" now reporting that jim comey was becoming concerned about possible collusion between trump associates and russia. comey briefed congress about requesting more details. comey was fired on tuesday. we're hearing from comey himself. in a letter to his colleagues he wrote, quote, i have long believed a president can fire an fbi director for any reason or for no reason at all. it's done and i'll be fine. >>> quick programming note for you as well. nbc's lester holt will sit down with president trump for an exclusive interview today. you can watch that on nbc nuz. >>> metro has a new watchdog. they've hired their own jeff cherringt

loudoun county sheriff's office says the 16-year-old was reported missing on april 19th but was seen as recently as tuesday at pipeline plaza in ashburn. call the loudoun county sheriff's office if you know where she might be. >>> a tragic accident in india right now. erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> reporter: the most awful incident i a wedding celebration interrupted when a 12 foot wall collapsed on the people inside. horrifically, 23 people have died. five of them are children. another 30 are injured. the video that you're seeing is, of course, a number of people outside hospitals waiting to hear about their loved ones. this is during what was supposed to be a joyous time, a wedding celebration when because of heavy rain a massive wall collapsed and has killed thus far 23 people. five of them are children. and another 30 injured in india. from the live desk i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. >>> your time is 5:06. today your safety and security will be the focus of a senate committee hearing. acting fbi director andrew mccabe will be testifying on worldwide threats. james

the area of operation was to be in loudoun county. mosby almost immediately began to display his ability to pick targets and be successful in what he was doing. so about two weeks after stuart had left with the remainder of the confederate calvary england -- calvary into fredericksburg to the winter enchantments about , two weeks later, mosby wrote down -- rode down to report to stuart and bring these nine men back who had been on loan. but with them, were about 30 captured union horses, all the attack -- all the tack that in -- and all the weaponry that had been with the union troopers who were captured. all the union troopers had been paroled. yet about 30 complete sets of calvary equipment. stuart thought that is pretty good. nowgoing to give you 15 men , not for a total of 24, but 15 instead of nine. you go back and see if you can continue to do what you were doing. mosby expresses these ideas later on in what he wanted to do as far as his mission as a partisan ranger. a great deal is made by some that mosby studied francis marion

there are frost advisory for loudoun and frederick and points west.hilly start to the day on tuesday. upper 30's to lower 40's. sunglasses you are going to need them all day long. along with a warmer coat. at least in the early morning hours. highs will make it in the middle 60's. added clouds later in the day. ten-day outlook from stormwatch7 shows near 70 on wednesday. middle 60's on thursday. the d.c. united playing saturday. high then only around 60 degrees. mother's day if you have outdoor plans right now looking okay. although a chance for a few passing showers. nothing to reschedule anything for. not yet. middle to the upper 7 o's to 8 by the middle of next week. get an update on the traffic. head to julie wright. julie: the big story this afternoon and in this evening's commute has to be the battle of the beltway. our washington nationals are taking a trip up i-95 to the baltimore orioles with the first pitch at 7:o 5. that means you can anticipate delays on 295. 95 and 395 headed to camden yards. be prepared. 29 could save you time. if you wa

so warrenton eventually in toward loudoun county, everything moving in that direction here.ee some of that, also in prince william county probably in the next 30 to 40 minutes. temperature-wise we only got to 69 today and right now we sit at 65, most temps running 60 to 65. we've got clouds around, some showers moving in. we'll drop a few more degrees, but that's about it for tonight. looking at futurecast, looks like we have showers around for the monday alert. i would plan extra time. it's going to be slower than normal. going through the day the bulk of the rain by 9:00 is off to our east. however, we've got a front that's going to come through. so we still could have showers and maybe a couple storms through maybe the evening hours, much warmer tomorrow, upper 70s. more unsettled weather in the coming week. we'll detail that seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you, howard. >>> a local church celebrating its 125th year. st. james catholic church in falls church, virginia, celebrated all those years of fellowship today. the bishop of arlington celebrated a specia

loudoun county down towards luray and culpeper county. this shower coming up route 15, towards leesburg, quick downpours. there are a few more showers just down to the south. these are trying to move into the rest of the region. so we're not done with the rain just yet. this weekend, a big area of disturbed weather. giving us clouds, showers, and you mentioned much cooler air upon some of you could wake up to temperatures in the 30s. see you back here in ten minutes. >> yikes. >>> fairfax county police describe it as one of the biggest organized crime operations they've ever busted. more tha charged in connection with a tobacco smuggling scheme that raked in about $30 million. that scheme involved money laundering and bank fraud. julie carey is at the bailey's cross road area of fairfax county to tell us how this operation worked. >> wendy, that is a staggering amount of money, isn't it? this is one of the areas where the suspects were operating. this is where they were getting their money to fund criminal enterprise. and this is what the

if you see them, you need to call loudoun county animal control.n your screen. you call them, they're just simply waiting, there's no active search. they're just trying to figure out where they are. if you see them,s and you won't mistake them, you need to call that number >> you mean the helicopter is not up in the air? >> >> i don't know if it was on that matter. no, it's not. but i put my reporting cap on and got my live stock. there's the details of what we know. now you know about the missing calves >> did you ever learn how to las so growing up in texas. >> i never was part of the rodeo. everything i know about cows is because of my grandfather's farm in north carolina. i group in texas. >> keep an eye out there, gary. >> got to the bottom of i standing in my field. >> thank you, gary. >>> coming up, a federal immigration officials are apparently upset with montgomery county after they released a student accused of stealing a police weapon an car. ice said they put an immigration detainer against the teen but he was released anyway. county ex

montgomery county and western fairfax, prince william, loudoun, into fauquier, it will likely bottom out in the mid 30s, but at that point, we still could get some frost on the grassy areas for sure. as well as shenandoah valley and out in the mountains, it will be right near the freezing mark. right downtown and near the bay waters and southern maryland, low and mid 40s tomorrow morning. we have a beautiful sky this afternoon. record lows tomorrow morning, in washington, it's 34. setback in 1947. a 70-year-old record. not going to get that cold in washington, but dulles, the record low is 30 degrees for may 9, setback in 1976. may not get quite that cold. right now, low to mid 60s. reagan national is at 63. all dry on storm team4 radar. and that is bringing the pollen back up. so the tree pollen is back in the high range, but the low end of that high range and in the low range for grasses, weeds, and mold spores. tonight, play ball. battle of the beltways, yard. it's going to be a chilly night for baseball. near 50 degrees toward the end of the game. we'll have a clear sky. dress wa

if you are in areas like loudoun county, prince william county, stafford county, that is where the podto heavy rain is. a market, just over 0.8 inches of rain. just over an inch in cumberland. we will have this fossett uceting off -- fa turning off for an hour. then we have the umbrellas on standby for saturday. julie: we are looking at delays in virginia, that is where we have problems to report. for those around the capital beltway, you will still find slow traffic outbound on route 4 suitland parkway. that is where we have a crash tying up the right lane. rubbernecking delays inbound on 4 back toward d.c. busy right now out of annandale pushing northbound trying to get past 236. the crash is still in play causing an early merge. southbound activity down at quantico pushing everybody to the center in the right in order to get by. those delays are building on the southbound stretch. that is our traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes, we will update your ride. larry: breaking news, that story sample do you about, we can report breaking news, that incident in manchester is now over.