near loudoun county.ou see her picture there and then next to her are the two children. what's interesting about this is that the older child, jalen sills russell, age nine, that is her cousin. now, she was at a family residence is what loudoun county police say in ashburn. i'm sorry, in leesburg. and she took the cousin, the nine-year-old, with her to go to another family residence in ashburn to pick up her five-year-old son. that's the other child you see there on the full screen. so, they went from the house in leesburg to the house in ashburn. the three of them were there last seen at that house in ashburn sometime on friday night. and then we're told that courtney left the home with the two children, the nine-year-old and the five-year-old in her car. they were supposed to go back to the house in leesburg but wee now, that was at some point friday night. we don't know what happened on saturday but we can tell you that sunday is when courtney ash's family reported her and the two children missing. the

the loudoun county sheriff's office.nteresting there's not an amber alert out yet for these two boys. you can see first of all 27-yea the two boys next to her, nine-year-old jalen sills-russell and five-year-old cameron martin. the one in the middle jalen is actually her cousin. the one to the far side there, that is her five-year-old son. now, police say that courtney was at a family residence in leesburg on friday night. she left with the nine-year-old, her cousin, to go to another family house in ashburn. she did arrive to that family house with jalen and she did, indeed, pick up her five-year-old son, cameron. they were supposed to go back to where they started, that other family residence in leesburg, but the three of them never arrived. so, we don't know exactly what went on saturday but we can tell that you sunday is when family members came to the loudoun county sheriff's office and reported the three of them missing. they said they had not heard from any of them since friday night, since they left that place in

if this holds together it will move eastward through loudoun county and sections of montgomery countye beltway. we're watching this to see if we get a thunderstorm in the metro within the next couple hours. otherwise you've got less intense but more widespread rain as you get down to the charlottesville area over towards richmond. could see strong storms along with the rain tomorrow. right now 84 in d.c., 82 annapolis, 84 baltimore, 84 frederick. fox futurecast liking the idea that thunderstorm holding together moving through the district between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. then we kind of get a break. the actual storm system not arriving until friday afternoon. you may drive into work tomorrow it will be fine cloudy and humid but notice that showers and storms start to form with the heat of the day come midafternoon. any of these thunderstorms have the potential to be severe. all of them have the potential to bring some very heavy rain. and in fact friday night just as you want to get started on your weekend into saturday morning looks like the best time frame for a lot of heavy rain tha

the heaviest of the rain moving through loudoun county and montgomery county. all of this eventually makes it toward the district inside the capital beltway and that is going to happen over the next hour or so. if you have any plans to travel outside or go outside over the next hour or so, try to do it now before the rain becomes really heavy, at least inside the beltway. moderate rains now in the district but that is going to change very quickly. hour by hour forecast for tonight, showers, heavy rain, we are going to look for a possible embedded thunderstorm. heaviest of rain will occur during the ear wet and windy and a much cooler day for tomorrow. more on that plus the rest of the weekend coming up in a few minutes. nancy? >> thank you. crews have been out all night as this rain has created headaches. >> that includes a tree that went down in fairfax. one of many because the ground is so saturated. rich, that tree took power down fornologist the neighborhood. >> as you can see, this snabed left in the dark. the power crews left back there working on it all

a live report from loudoun county where police issued this alert just hours ago. >> big changes and new challenges as the white house tries to hit the reset button. can general john kelly bring order to the west wing. >> live look outside on this monday the 31st. it's the last day of july believe it or not. it's delightful. 66 degrees. weather and traffic on the 5s at 6:05. first we say good morning, i'm holly morris in for allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. great to be here as always on this monday morning. welcome to fox5 news morning. right off the top we start with a traffic alert in the district. there you can see it flooding closed both directions of 16th street northwest where it runs under scott circle. high water has overtaken the lanes there. crews have been on the scene for about three hours as they work to drain the tunnel but for now you'll have to stay above the 16th street area there and follow the circle around. not going to be able to go through the tunnel. >> new this morning, deputies in loudoun county need your help to find a missing woman and two >> family

live out here in loudoun county at the loudoun county fair, i'm gary mcgrady.uys. >> all right, thank you gary. >> all right. let's take a live look outside little bit -- maybe it's just the humidity that's in the air 'cause it's back. >> meh. i guess that's the best way to describe it. >> that's perfect. it's not a better word. it's just meh because we have the clouds, the haze and the humidity. wow the weather changes fast around here. we said goodbye to the beautiful weather we had tuesday and wednesday. the air mass outside is positively tropical. we've got a lot to work with and that's going to wring out the atmosphere, the storm that comes through and produces lots of rain. flash flood watch that will take effect tomorrow afternoon. it lasts through saturday afternoon so a good 24-hour period where we'll have several rounds of rain, some thunderstorms as well, some of those storms may be strong. that threat is primarily friday afternoon and evening. and then friday overnight into saturday it's just plain old rain. storm tracker radar showing some activity

. >>> a carjacking suspect who managed to steal a loudoun county deputy's gun and suv was caught with the help of some cows and farmers. northern virginia bureau chief, peggy fox with this bizarre story. >> i made a joke, maybe you case he's in our backyard. >> reporter: clark county farmers took down a man suspected of carjacking a loudoun county deputy at gunpoint. >> brian's standing out there, and he's like, i told you to stay down. boom, he shoots the gun like that as a warning shot, and the guy just takes off running across the field. so then it was foot pursuit. >> reporter: an off duty loudoun county deputy gave this man a ride at 4:00 a.m. last wednesday. he dropped him off at the citgo station and took off. then the deputy realizes he is missing his two cell phones. he turns around, comes back, and gets in an altercation. he somehow is able to take the deputy's pistol and drive away in his toyota sequoia. the deputy calls 911, a huge search ensues. the cows they were spooked. >> the cows know something's down there they don't like. the cows dart into the woods with all their

the search for a two children - reported missing this weekend in loudoun county. ryan hughes is live in mobile trak seven gathering new information. developing now, the search for violent weekend in the district. take a look at this map. 10 people shot in seven different shootings - two of those victims ended up dead. among those killed - jermain richards. he was just 17 years old. a gunman shot and killed him while he was visiting friends near the corner or quarles and 45th streets northeast. (butt) that second homicide happened saturday night when a man was shot and killed along kanasas avenue. take a look at your screen -- this surveillance video shows the moments before the shooting took place. seven is on your side, getting answers about this spike in violence. we're sitting down with d-c police chief peter new-shum. don't miss that interview, live at 9am, when good morning washington newschannel 8. happening now.. the search for a rape suspect. take a look at this composite sketech released within the past 24 hours by montgomery county police. investigators

they were reported missing to the loudoun county sheriff's office sunday and that's when loudoun countyolice put out the alert. they also put out a vehicle description. that -- they're said to be riding in a 2002 blue ford taurus with virginia tags v vuv9844. there had also been some question as to why an amber alert wasn't issued. some people on social media were asking us about that. loudoun county sheriff's say that it was not an in progress abduction. so, that's the reason why you would not see that amber alert but reay, most important is that you have these two children who are missing and people are very, very worried about all three of them, this woman and the two kids. so, they're asking anyone who has been in the area of ashburn, leesburg, anywhere really in loudoun county who perhaps has seen the three of them, anyone matching that description or that vehicle and that license plate to please call the loudoun county sheriff's office. live in leesburg, i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> also developing in the district this morning police investigating a violent string of s

developing this morning, three members much a loudoun county here. the loudoun county sheriff's department say courtney ash was last seen leaving a relative's home on friday night. she was supposed to bring her son and his cousin to another relative's home in leesburg but never arrived. deputies say they're likely in a blue ford taurus with virginia tags. vuv 9844. >>> senseless, that's how d.c.'s police chief is describing this past weekend after there were ten shootings in less than 24 hours to express his frustration on twitter yesterday. >>> justin finch joins us outside to explain what happened and how police want the community to get involved to stop the violence. justin? >> reporter: eun, that's right. d.c. police say now is not the time to keep anything to yourself. if you see something out there, they need you to say something. take a look at this. your police quite busy yesterday. spread across the district. going from another. take you to sunday, about 8:00 p.m., this is the 3500 block of clay place northeast. that's where police found a m

prince george's, prince william and loudoun counties have each conducted test runs with them. montgomery county and d-c -- already have fully-implemented programs. their cameras are supposed to be used on every call - with the exception of a strip search - or a call in a private area... like a locker room or restroom. did you shop amazon prime day last week? were you a little disappointed with some of the deals? consumer reporter john matarese shows us somethings you should probably not buy at amazon next time, so you don't waste your money. new this morning - the afghan girls robotics team is going home with a silver medal medal! going home with a silver medal medal! the team won the "courageous achievement award". it recognizes teams that exhibt a can-do' attitude, even under difficult circumstances. the girls will tour capitol hill today before returning to afghanistan tomorrow. another cool story from the robotics competition. a group of iranian teens - getting a little help from some local high schoolers. the iranian team was accepted to compete, but sanctions on their cou

loudoun county deputies transferred custody to immigration officers. immigration officers decided to transport him from louden to fairfax. this is how it all played out. we were above the scene on monday as that incident within the van turned violent. apparently his handcuffs were too tight. he asked one officer to loosen them. the officer pulled over on the dulles freeway, got out and loosened it. that is when he got hit and marlo mendez apparently took off. he was gone for more than three hours. they had several different agencies trying to help out. you had loudoun county deputies trying to help. they were able to locate him some four miles away. this is a story that has us digging a lot deeper tonight working for you because i know on the nbc washington facebook pageen several of you are asking the question how did something like this happen especially when you hear this fact that he has been deported five times before. this would have been his sixth deportation since 2007. how does that happen? court documents say in part it may have been because

chipotle says, pardon me, loudoun county health says they brought in people to scrub the restaurant. at present they say, totally safe to eat there. they feel like chipotle has done a lot to try to clean up this mess, but again, they're still looking into it. so we want to let our viewers know, if you ate there, and you got sick, please give loudoun county health a call. they'll let you know what to do. so far, they say they haven't heard about any new infections since that restaurant opened back up today. or i'm sorry, wednesday. >> and 65 people are feel right now. >> reporter: at least. >> it's an infection that causes vomiting and diarrhea. most people get it from contaminated food, but as whitney told us, it can be transmitted through touch. outbreaks are common in close quarters like daycare centers, nursing homes, schools, and cruise ships. >>> attorney general jeff sessions says he has no plans to resign. he made the comment today after president trump told the "new york times" he never would have appointed the former alabama senator to that post if he knew sessions was going

brian van de graaff is at the loudoun county fair. he has prommed he will milk a cow. larry: oh, boy. steve: i guess i he is holding the mic with the other. larry: that is a trick i want to see. brian: it takes one hand. i have another for the mic. loudoun county fairgrounds on the weekend. i'm with eleanor here. she is a specialist. rhea is what type of a cow? >> red and white holstein. >> she is ready to milk. she leaking now? >> she is. brian: we have a contraption here to get the milk out for real. but you take your thumb and the forefinger top of the udder. i have milk. see that? i just milked a cow live on tv. that is how they do it in real life. they use a contraption. you pop this on her? >> yes, this is the claw. we will stick this on her. there is a vacuum. it will pull air and it will let the milk drop in the can. brian: she gets it ready. i will deal. they milk them twice a day. if you do it three times it can be too much. watch quickly. i did it briefly. i have milk. see that? i have milk. i have done it properly. milk on my hand. this contraption will bri

loudoun county, you're now in the mix as well.ent lightning, i see a little bit of hail, and some gusty winds. nothing crazy at this hour. but you're running out past leesburg, it's going to be a slow go. paris, you're running into heavy rain, and frequent lightning, or if you're dropping d we'll check out the lightning. this is lightning. 19 strikes over a pretty small area over the last ten minutes. we'll zoom back out and track this. this is headed right towards aldi on our stormtracker. it might make it all the way to the american legion bridge by 70:08. i think given the atmosphere pretty unstable right now, and still sunshine left, it probably will make it all the way to the american legion bridge. so it's a wet ride for some folks going home, and then could be a muggy night for everybody. lows in the 70s. morning camp temps 72 to 86. we're talking, that's 7:00 a.m., to 9:00 a.m. that's as cool as it gets. heat index over 100 tomorrow. thursday, dangerous heat indices, 104 to 110. you just can't be outside, exerting yourself

according to a criminal complaint, loudoun county contacted i.c.e. that placed immigration detainer on rivas-mendez monday, two days ago. on monday afternoon while being transported from loudoun county to the ice facility in -- the i.c.e. facility in fairfax, authorities say rivas-mendez told officers his handcuffs were too tight. officers stopped the vehicle on the dulles greenway in the ashburn area and opened the door. after loosening the first handcuff, rivas-mendez allegedly struck an officer and escaped on foot. the pursuit lasted for more than an hour but he was taken back into custody. this morning another immigration detainer was placed on rivas-mendez. but before he goes through immigration or deportation proceedings for the sixth time, he will have to face charges for taking off from officers on monday. live in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you. this month work will begin to elimination a major bottleneck for northern virginia commuters. the work is focused in crystal city at the intersection of 23rd and south eades s

this is happening out in loudoun county where the preparation is under way. responders there for preparing for any potential trouble. >> even with a harness on, most of us would likely pass after jumping out of a window head first. it's just another day of training for these recruits. their curriculum rapidly expanding. >> everything from liquid propane gas rescues, but this is certainly different. >> he is referring to this. it's a metro rail training simulator. >> there's no rail lines in loudoun county. >> they will use this to prepare for the silver line. preparedness doesn't wait. >> we will train from potential terrorists attacks, and a smoke that when building a simulator like this, the details, well, they matter. fire and rescue wanted to have an old railcar to use for training. everything from the distance from the car to the fence line, and the drop below. you don't always have a platform to step on to. >> they need to be able to climb on it so that's why there's no steps on it. this is designed to be not as a train station. this is men the to be th

developing this morning, three members of a loudoun county family have disappeared. the loudoun county sheriff's department says courtney ash was last seen leaching a relative's home friday night. she was supposed to bring her son and a cousin to a relative's home in leesburg, they never arrived. they're likely in a blue ford taurus with virginia tag 9844. >> in the district, police are asking for the public's help finding the people responsible for a series of shootings. ten people were shot in less than 24 hours in 7 separate shootings all over the city. two people died. the first one happened on saturday night. that gunfire didn't end u 3:00 p.m. on sunday. deadly shootings on camden and coral street. the police chief tweeted he was disheartened with the senseless shootings. >> these are some of the challenges that we're here for. we have to continue to engage the community. put a squash to many of the issues that are happening. >> now, the police department has increased reward money offered for the tips that lead to arrests here. you can find the amounts on the

c the loudoun county health officials to understand the cause and resolve the situation as quickly as possible. the company says the symptoms are consistent with norovirus but, "norovirus did not come from our food supply and it is safe to eat at chipotle." less than two years ago an e. coli outbreak at chipotle led to temporary closing of all locations nationwide. followed soon after by a noro-virus case in boston. >> i don't know how they will bounce back for it again. >> i have to find some place else to go. >> many disappointed customers came here. jersey mike's sandwich shop a few doors down. >> we are a very busy restaurant but getting an extra business, you know, the first part of the week is great. jeff: the loudoun county health department has no confirmed cases of norovirus connected to the chipotle but the county is helping the employees fully clean the restaurant and get it ready to reopen tomorrow. in sterling, jeff goldberg, abc7 alison: republican efforts to repeal and replace obamacare appear dead for the time being. hours after a billion replacing the affordable care

this is a new warning, it includes clark county, also loudoun county. the winds up to 60 miles per hour, and heavy downpour. on our stormtracker, headed toward middleberg in about three or four minutes. could it affect dulles? flights coming in and out. fairfax, shortly after 7:00 tonight. so just keep that in mind, it will die down as the sun goes down. it's a little cooler d.c. north. still looks like it's 100 degrees in waldorf. 95 tomorrow. 98 on thursday. 92 friday. even low 90s over the weekend. the good news is, it will not be as humid over the weekend. here's a look it's going to feel like it's 88. we'll tell you when that goes above 100 tomorrow, and it could approach 110 on thursday. >>> lots of new developments to break down tonight about donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer. today in a surprise move, the president's eldest son posted an email chain that spells out why he agreed to hear the russian lawyer. tonight, there is information that robert mueller's investigation plans to look at the meeting and the emails. there are gro

clarks gap road in loudoun county, that crash cleared out of the way this morning. taking a look elsewhere, 270 flying down from 70 new york city problems from 70 to the spur. you are nice and on time here this that, of course, is good here. northbound vw parkway,that has cleared. so has 50 at 197. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. >>> a sitcom from the '80s and '90s that some are doing in real life. the golden girls trend taking hold for older women. >>> also ahead at 5:00, a warning for a lot of you before you hit the road for work. why you may want to stay out of the left lane. >>> we continue to follow the latest developments out of north korea. take a look at this video just in out of the fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. and it's just $79.99 a month online for the first year. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years. all

it is the -- loudoun county chipotle will reopen after a health scare. it is the location off of route seven. they are working with the county health department to get the restaurant sanitized to be back open today. autria: right now, a babysitter on the run, the woman police are trying to find and what she did wrong. it is already hot out there at 6:07, and it is only going to get warmer. brunner good j you each drive a ford pickup ryes.? i'm going to show you a next generation pickup. awesome. let's do this. the bed is made of high-strength steel, which is less susceptible to punctures than aluminum. stronger the better. and best of all, this new truck is actually- (all laughing) oh my.. the current chevy silverado it's the chevy summer drive. get 17% below msrp on all silverado 1500 lt pickups. that's over eight thousand two hundred dollars on this chevy silverado. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. veronica: ac on for sure today while traveling. hopefully the ac is working in your car a truck. take a look at our forecast, if you are going to b

extends through clark county and loudoun county. go to the big map to show you the picture. the yellow box here, the polly -- polygon is under warning until 6:15. there is plenty of thunder as the storm moves east/southeast. some of the rain spreading east of leesburg. closeup now to show you a timeline that is around 5:47. 6:05 for middleburg. then broad run at 6:26. a lot of lightning and the possibility of hail. a little hail that is to make a move across 17. so we will see this system hold together a little while longer. the bigger question is will the entire area of the showers make it to the d.c. metro area. we are seeing the northern end that is starting to dissipate a bit. but the southern section with most of the activity looks like it will make it maybe even to prince william county and farther west there are more showers and storms to keep an eye on for later this evening. isolated to scattered will be the coverage of the storms. the temperature wise and the humidity wise this is what it feels like outside right now. 95 in washington. 96 in quantico. it feels like

. >>> the man that escaped deportation in loudoun county only to be recaptured is headed back to court today. the man appeared on wednesday and asked for an attorney. his preliminary hearing set for 2:00 this afternoon. he has been deported five times before his escape. >>> molette green at the live desk. a train going through penn station to face big delays this morning. new jersey transit saying north jersey coastline train with nine cars, it was traveling in hudson river tunnel towards pen station when the derailment happened. this was just after 9:00 last night. about 180 passengers and crew members were on board. no one hurt. new jersey transit saying it's working with amtrak which owns and operates the station to find the cause of the delm station. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:35. they may not know their names or faces but last night neighbors in charles county prayed together for the ten boys reportedly abused by a teacher's aide. >> allow us to be servants, lord, to those young children, lord, whoever they may be lord, and to their families. >> local ministers and the women

. >>> a woman and two kids are missing in loudoun county right now. courtney ash was last seen friday in ashburn with her son cameron and her nephew jalen. they were supposed to go to a home in leesburg but never showed up. the sheriff's office said they are believed to blue ford taurus with virginia tags. if you have any information, call the loudoun county sheriff's office. you can find their info on the wusa9 app and website. >>> coming up this week tomorrow a new chief of staff for president donald trump, john kelly, previously the secretary of homeland security, will begin his job as top advisor to the president. he replaces reince priebus who resigned last thursday and more talk on healthcare. >> president trump tweeting today don't give up, republican senators. the world is watching. repeal and replace. three proposals from the gop failed in the senate last week. >> on tuesday it's national night out. police departments across our area are holding events and inviting their community. it's all aimed at improving the relationship between the poli

happening today-- a loudoun county chipotle will re-open after a health scare. here's what we know. at the location on route 7 in sterling.. multiple people reported getting sick after eating there. they say -- they experienced fever, nausea and vomiting. chipotle says -- it worked with the "county health department" to resolve the situation, and get the restaurant sanitized. the health scare though delivering a big blow to the entire company. chipotle's share price dropped more than six percent after word spread yesterday. coming up-- new details about the controversial shooting of a yoga teacher in minnesota. police say they heard moments before opening fire. - code orange air quality alert today - oppressive heat & humidity through monday - heat advisories may be issued late week/weekend - heat wave breaks next week today: hot and humid. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. highly isolated t-storm. highs: 92-95 winds: sw 5 mph tonight: mainly clear to partly cloudy. warm and very humid. lows: 71-77 winds: sw 5 mph thursday: still very hot and humid. partly to mostly sunny. feels like t

. >>> the man who escaped deportation in loudoun county this week only to be recaptured is haekds back to court. more lo mendes appeared and asked for an attorney. his preliminary hearing set for 2:00 this afternoon. he was deported five times before monday's escape. keep aon on courtroom today. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. with some breaking news. just learning about an apartment building collapse in italy. want you to take a look at video just in. it's a five-story building that went down there. you can see the structure is partially collapsed. this is near the southern italy city of naples. rescuers are digging by hand to find anyone trapped. firefighters believing up to seven people are buried in the rubble there in the town. witnesses say there was no exclusion before that collapse. only that a train had just passed by. we're going to keep you posted on this. back to you now. >> thank you. >>> it's 5:06. they may not know their names or faces but last night neighbors in charles county prayed together for the ten boys reportedly abused by a teacher's aide. >> allow us to

. >>> the man who escaped deportation in loudoun county only to be recaptured is heading back to court. marlon rivas-mendez asked for an attorney. his preliminary hearing is set for this afternoon. rivas-mendez was deported five times before monday's escape. keep an eye on the nbc washington app as we learn more from the courtroom today. >>> the man responsible for days of panic and confusion in prince george's and montgomery countys will be sentenced. as part of a plea deal, we expect the man to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. last month he pleaded guilty to shooting and killing his estranged wife and two strangers last year. the killings happened over two days. darcy spencer will be in the courtroom for today's sentencing and follow her on twitter @darcyce seven people have been shot and killed in prince george's county. we learned the identities of the latest two victims. we brought you this story as breaking news yesterday. prince george's police say philip michael and kenneth edmonds were part of two groups arguing with one another that started wi

the search happening right now in loudoun county plus - a new chief of staff taking the reigns today. the challenges john kelly is facing at home and abroad as he moves into the west wing. and you can't ask for much better than this - sunny, warm, and low humidity. veronica johnson is tracking a near perfect start to the week. good morning washington. i'm scott abraha. last day of the month, first day of the work week. and i'm adrianna hopkins - autria and larry have the morning off. toss to veronica

in virginia the loudoun county school system has grown the fastest. they have opened two new public schools last year and four more are slated to open next year. >> four things to know. police arrested a day care worker. >> police say a wrong way driver was involved. it happened early this morning in fort washington. both drivers died. why one of them is going in the this is at least a deadly crash on indian head highway this year. >> six months into the first year in office and he's going on a starkly different direction with messaging. he's hired wall street billionaire anthony today to run his communications team. former press secretary sean spicer's abrupt resignation today is reportedly a direct response to his arrival. >> spicer's resignation came after what was decided as chaotic morning for press in the west wing. including it being slammed in the face of the white house correspondent. here is nbc national correspondent peter alexander with first impression of spicer replacement. >> good evening tonight, a stunning staff shuffled here at the w

it's just another day of training for these loudoun county groups.ir curriculum rapidly expanding. >> everything from simulators, and liquid propane gas fires and everything like this, trench rescue. but this is different. >> and he's referring to this. it's a metro trail simulator. >> this is something we have not dealt with. there's no rail lines in loudoun county. >> responders will be preparing this for silver line emergencies. preparedness doesn't wait. >> w to the other. >> from potential terrorists attacks to insulators, and the spoke that may rise. >> when building a simulator like this, details matter. they wanted to have an old railcar to use for training, and they want to position this car on tracks so it was similar to what you would find in a real life scenario. everything from the distance to the car to the fence line, and the drop below. you don't always have a platform to step on to. >> they need to be able to climb on it, so that's why there's no steps on it. this is designed to be not as a train station. this is meant to be the one

. >>> it looks like loudoun county is the richest county again.the median household income is just below $126,000. close to 10,000 residents commute into the district for work. >>> other wealthy d.c. suburbs include fairfax, arlington and howard county. loudoun is always at the top of the list. what do you mean? >> believe it. >> ask her for some money. >>> it's 5:00 a.m. that breaking news coming out of montgomery county this morning. take a look. this is where a fire has spread from a home to a police car. >> news 4's justin finch just arrived at the scene there. we'll check in with him in a second. first, we want to bring you up to speed on the friday forecast on this weather alert day. >> sheena parveen is here and an update from first 4 traffic

we could see loudoun county. we did have one around the sterling area, a little one now. look at this one, just to the east of shepherd's town area and then this guy, the strongest storm now, not severe. but a lot of lightning with this right over chevrolet, right around the area, you can see route 50 as it makes its way out of dc. and if you make a line here, this is actually a little bit of a line that's trying to make its way down towards dc. we could see more showers develop in this area here. so don't think you're out of the woods yet, we're down towards the area, may see a few more storms as we move on through the rest of the night tonight. we hit a high temperature of 90 degrees down to 87 now. but could be near 100 by the end of this week and it could be prolonged hea last week, only hot, guys. >> we're getting use to this, almost. thank you, doug. >>> terrorism has been ruled out after a security scare on capitol hill today. >> well, tonight things are slowly returning to normal as we learn more about the man who plowed into a barrier and a police cruiser. this h

. >>> three members of the same family have disappeared in loudoun county. the loudoun county sheriff's department says the last time anyone saw courtedly ash was friday night. she was supposed to bring her son and his cousin to another family's home. they're likely in a blue ford taurus with vuv-9844 tag. >>> disheartened that's how the police chief says he feels after a weekend of vile also. ten people were show the in less than 24 hours, two of those people died. justin finch joins us from police headquarters to explain how police plan to curtail this violence. justin? >> reporter: hey there, pat. good morning, as the shootings were coming in, some may have noticed they came in without any suspect information. that can be troubling for police who are trying to solve these crimes as they are happening, but they do believe in these cases there could be witnesses, people who saw or heard something, and they're hoping those people will come forward. mapped across the district, a string of shootings, ten people were shot, two killed. >> i was sitting in my hou

these storms continue to fall apart diminishing their through loudoun county and approaching montgomery county. far and away, heavier storms around hagerstown. either side of hagerstown. these are moving east on 40. hagerstown you had one storm. this will get you in 15 minutes. they are hitting hard in wilson. heavy rain and strong gusty winds but they are below a small craft advisory. heat advisory until 8:00. heat index 103 to 107. too hot to exercise. air quality is about as poor as it gets. heavy to severe storms saturday and sunday. morning outdoor plans are safer this weekend and healthier if you are doing stuff outdoors. cutting the grass, do it in the morning. heat breaks tuesday, sort of. by that we mean temps go back to of a rage. 90-degree in d.c. 67 90-degree days. we average 36 for the entire year. we average 30 for meteorological summer. 97 monday. then we kind of sort of break the heat. around 90 tuesday and wednesday. futurecast, by 10:00 most of the showers are gone 7:00 tomorrow morning residual showers and storms. it's mainly in the afternoon. strong gusty winds and h

we t river between loudoun and montgomery counties.re's a new debate about building a new potomac river crossing. of course we have so much development in our area, especially around the dulles area. all these homes and businesses out here around the route 7 corridor. a lot of those people have to get over across the potomac river to montgomery county and vice versa. now montgomery county is saying, hey, all this agricultural preserve over here, let's not ruin this. a new potomac river crossing would absolutely bring traffic through this area. you would ruin areas like this, which are picturesque. you'd have to build new highways and you'd be talking about tens of thousands of cars a day that would have to come through here. take a look at some of this land from the ground and you see how picturesque it is. if you drive across the legion bridge, you know how backed up that is and transportation planners are saying something needs to be done to ease the gridlock. loudoun county leaders thinks a new crossing needs more study. saying no w

suburbs include fairfax, arlington and howard county. loudoun is always at the top of the list. what do you mean? >> believe it. >> ask her for some money. >>> it's 5:00 a.m. that breaking news coming out of montgomery county this morning. take a look. this is where a fire has spread from a home to a police car. >> news 4's justin finch just arrived at the scene there. we'll check in with him in a second. first, we want to bring you up to speed on the friday forecast on this weather alert day. >> sheena parveen is here and an update from first 4 traffic we have another alert today. it's not just for the heat this time, it's also for storms this afternoon. we could see potentially strong to severe storms as we go into the afternoon hours. but starting off with your friday, it is another very warm, humid morning out there. 80 degrees now in the district. 79 quantico, 80 annapolis. most of the area in the mid to low 70s elsewhere. going through the day, we have the risk for strong to severe storms. currently on the drier side. we have a few showers towards the frostburg area. take a

afternoon chance of a thunderstorm, the best chance is going tock west i-81 corridor to loudoun countytern fairfax county into those sections of central virginia charlottesville culpeper. for the rest of us 90 degrees for the high temperature. we'll have a better chance for storms tomorrow. your seven-day forecast coming up at 5:15. >> on-time traffic brought to you by toyota. visit buy a toyota.com for special offers. >> 5:07 right now. if you're skipping the roads and taking the rails no current metro delays across all of our rail lines. i'll let you know if that changes. waking up to a quiet commute for this monday morning. not seeing any problems on 295 coming from oxon hill toward the 11th street bridge. third street tunnel looks good. riverdale park traffic looks white. 66 wide opened. traffic on the way to bwi reagan national and dulles nice and quiet. we're at speed. 50 inside the beltway looks good. problem free through falls church. if you're headed to the pentagon looking really nice both directions of 395. you can see the the wilson bridge. in fact all of our area bridges a

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. >> you see, today there was a team of loudoun county health inspectors here. after that, i said will this chipotle in sterling reopen? she said, i believe not today. doreen, back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. chipotle stock down seven percent. but something similar happened on a much larger scale a couple of years ago, between late 2015 and early 2016, chipotle customers nationwide were sickened in a string of e. coli, salmonella and nurovirus out breaks. sales plummeted. the stock fail. they vowed to tighten food safety standards. they closed every store temporarily for a company wide meeting on food safety. the chain then turned to marketing and give aways to lure customers back. >> it was a two-part campaign promise repeated for two years on the care. >> he's willing to let the system collapse. he says he will not take the blame. we're not playing abcd or what. >> we're going rapidly through the alphabet on this one. >>>. >> i'm certainly disappointed for seven years i've been congress. >> scolding. >> congress needs to do their job and congress needs

if you do become sick after eating at the chipotle call the loudoun county health department. >>> you have a sinking feeling when you see a white flash in your rear view mirror it is a speed camera. new numbers show more than 2 million speed camera tickets were issued in maryland and d.c. those tickets generated nearly $100 million for d.c. aaa estimates the district has taken in more than half a billion in fines since cameras were installed. it is important to point out the the commonwealth doesn't have -- >>> vehicles to be tested in our area. federal researchers plan to put self driving cars on the i-95 and beltway hot lanes. they want to see how the vehicles function in regular highway traffic. in congress a house subcommittee has approved a measure that allows auto measures to increase testing of these driverless cars. >>> a new development just in in the battle over the much delayed purple line. according to the washington post a court ruling this afternoon paves the way for maryland to secure federal funds for the project. while a lawsuit opposing it goes forward. the state is

the loudoun county health department tells us more than 135 people reported feeling sick after visiting restaurant on triple 7 road. the customers were at the restaurant between july 13th and 16th. health officials believe the norovirus is to blame for the outbreak. >>> all right. let's take it outside for you. another humid day out there. people really digging out and cleaning out >> looks like we may have break coming up. let's check in with caitlin >> yes, thankfully we do have a welcome break from the heat. the humidity and the thunderstorms beginning tomorrow. but we've got the final push of some in stability out there. that's a cold front producing strong thunderstorms south of philadelphia back down through northern sections of delaware. and same area hit last night parts of queen anne's county, mostly clear in dc, a couple of cells across southern maryland, including one over la playa nasty line of heavy rain and lightening with a history of producing damaging wind gusts when is it moved through more western sections of both columbia and ellicott city. mainly encompasses delawar

three members of a loudoun county family has disappeared. the loudoun county sheriff's department say courtney ash was leaving someone's home on saturday night. she was supposed to bring her son and a cousin to a relative's home in leesburg but they never blue ford taurus with virginia tags, vuv 9844. >>> it's not unusual to hear about a shooting in the district. but this morning police are raising concerns after ten people were shot in less than less than 24 hours. >> two people died in separate incidents. d.c.'s police chief took to twitter to say he's disheartened by the senseless shootings. >> justin finch joins us with a look at how police are saying you might be able to stop this violence. justin? >> eun, good morning. d.c. police want the public to speak up. they also plan to exhaust their resources, too. looking now at this map, you'll see the shootings were spread across the district. police were -- these investigations here. a place northeast. that's where a man was found shot before 8:00 p.m. sunday on the 18th place and c street

loudoun county fair is underway. alison: it's family fun for everybody.an van de graaff is there live with a look at what is in store. i see you made friends out there, too. brian: i do. there are a lot of animals here. this is the loudoun county fair. 82nd animal. all about the agriculture. jacquelyn here is showing her prize rabbit. what is your rabbit's name? >> lema. brian: she won an award last year but this year we didn't find yet? >> last year we were champion se hope to repeat it this year. brian listen what do you look for in champion showman in rabbit? >> it's knowledge and handling based so the showman are judged on the skill to handle the rabbits how well we flip them over and the knowledge about the breed and if breed specific. brian: we have big to small animals. look at this duckling here. doesn't have a name yet? >> no. brian: boy or a girl? >> we don't know yet. brian: look here. so cute. animals of all ages. 4h is cool to teach kids about the agriculture, pets, responsibility, animals. we'll show you about monster trucks and something ut

now a loudoun county sheriff's deputy could be in trouble after being carjacked and having his service weapon stolen. the deputy was off duty at the time and in his own suv. investigators say the deputy had dropped off the man at a convenience store when he realized his cell phones were missing. he confronted him. that's when police say the guy stole his suv and service weapon and eventually crashed nearby. police say 22-year-old zachariah -- was taken into custody after trying to steal another vehicle. the sheriff's office started an internal affairs investigation. the deputy was on sick leave at the time >>> assisted suicide is now legal but it could be a matter of time before congress steps in to stop it. the death with dignity act became official yesterday. auto doctors can prescribe life ending drugs. the patients must be over the age of 18 and have fewer than six months to live. it will require the approval of both the full house and senate and president trump to repeal. >>> from chopper 4, you can see how picturesque the area around the potomac between loudoun and montgomery cou

you get down into charles county, you can see down towards stafford county, out to the west, loudoun county flood watch here until 7 o'clock tonight. conditions are unfortunately perfect for some flash flooding to occur. we've already seen that in parts of stafford and prince william county and erin is going to tell you about what's happening. i know there's some road closures just to the south of the city. all right, 74 now in washington. temperatures will be about 80 today. the real story the heavy rain we're getting this morning. unfortunately your morning commute not going to be fun as we've got extremely heavy rain just to the south of the city there now pushing across the potomac into southern maryland. so, charles county thinking you and really very heavy rain north and west of washington as well up into loudoun county and parts of montgomery county at this moment. so, the bottom line, this is all blossoming just on the northeast side of our stationary front and we're going have heavy rain for the next several hours and then later this afternoon things should taper off but we're stil

forbes looked and found loudoun county, virginia takes the top spot. median household income is $126,000 and median home value almost half a million. many work there at loudoun airport, home, schools and department of home security. other suburbs including falls church, fairfax, prince william and arlington counties, montgomery, calvert and howard counties in maryland. we have posted the entire list in our nbc washington app. >> we just got this this morning, working with you with the latest recall coming in. you want to listen if you you're firing up the dpril. marathon enterprise calling 7 million pounds of sabrchl ett hot dog products. these are sold in maryland. they may be bone fragments. we know one person has gotten hurt. items made between march 17th and july 4th this year. we posted the list of items in our nbc washington app. >>> important trouble for metro. we'll show you what a new review is uncovering about employees and overtime abuse and the action the agency is now taking. >>> a sign of freedom and a community coming together. how neigh

we know that something that loudoun county detectives are looking into.want to give you the information about her vehicle. it's a 2002 ford taurus, blue, and it is said to be license plate vuv hi 9844. so i'm told that detectives from the loudoun county sheriff's office spent much of the day yesterday going up and down any of the possible routes that would have taken them from here in ashburn to ad address in leesburg trying to see if there's any clue as to where this car might have gone. they're also asking the public in addition to looking out for the vehicle, looking out for these people if they see anything along these roots that may perhaps light might look like a car that went off into a ditch or some tire tracks, things like that, to please report that as well to the and one last thing, guys. we always ask about first of all the amber alerts. a number of people mentioned that online asked why there wasn't an amber alert watch we're told is she had permission to carry -- to transport the nine-year-old cousin and because the boy was also the five-yea