marcus johnson, a big part of that. thanks for chatting with us. i'll be the master of ceremonies for the evening session of the silver spring jazz festival. we do it every year and every year it gets bigger and more fun. i'm derek mcginty for wusa 9. >> go see derek and marcus johnson. the jazz fest runs until tonight at 9:00 at the veterans plaza, located at the intersection of benton street and ellsworth drive in downtown silver spring. here's the best part, admission is free. . >>> you've been busy. cancel dinner plans? >> >> yeah. >> make sure you're eating indoors and you'll be fine. >> okay. >> yes, if you had outdoor plans, we've been telling you for days, if you had plans for a picnic, a barbecue, anything outdoors, it's better off doing it on sunday than saturday. >> you did. >> we have been tracking those thunderstorms through the afternoon hours. hagerstown was the first one to get hit. you had a severe thunderstorm warning at about 2:00 and then the rest of the thunderstorms started to roll on in as we headed into the afternoon. here w

. >>> over the years, marcus johnson and sandy hoffman's vision brought some of the biggest names in jazz. our derek mcginty served as master of ceremonies. the lineup resumed when the thunderstorms subsided. >>> this is a yellow alert day. now, here is wusa-9's first alert weather. >> this is serious stuff out there. i was driving in it. lots of rain, lightning. >> it was very intention, we had a few severe thunderstorm warnings including the thunderstorm thatended up postponing the event in silver springs. now, as we head into the evening hours, we saw some of those thunderstorms subside a little bit, but really what we are looking at is cooler and drier air moving in, so the worst of it is behind us. both when we talk about the thunderstorms and when we talk about the heat and humidity. right now it is cloudy and 76 at reagan national. the dewpoint is 70. it is humid out there. the humidity is 82%. a light breeze out of the west. that breeze is going to become northerly overnight. that will usher in the cooler and drier air. we're tracking a few showers making their way through th

the victim's boyfriend marcus johnson is now charged with her murder. johnson is believed to have shot the victim in the face and arm. when they arrived at her home she was bleeding from the face, she died the next day. >>> the baltimore ravens played their first game after ray rice was suspended from the team. some fans including women chose to wear his jersey, after a video was released showing him knocking out his now wife in an elevator. karen travers is here with more. >> reporter: there was support for ray rice in baltimore, some fans say that everyone deserves a second chance and his former coach and teammates say they care about him but the nfl says the punishment is not going away. the baltimore ravens crushed a bitter rival but the 26-6 win over the steelers was overshadowed by the ongoing ray rice controversy. they dedicated the preshow to a lot of ray rice coverage. >> they scrapped an opening sequence featuring rihanna, a victim of domestic abuse herself. despite the cloud of controversy, there was the typical pregame partying, some fans wo

the victim's boyfriend marcus johnson is charged with her murder. police believe he shot eugene in the face and arm on monday night. when police arrived at her home they say she was bleeding from the face. eugene was rushed to the hospital and died the next day. >>> new on "action news," police in berks county made a potentially deadly discovery during a dui arrest. police say they found a man passed out in his car boildz three makeshift bombs. -- besides three makeshift bottoms. he was parked outside a sheetz store, a concerned citizen notified police. nobody was hurt. >> if the league investigation into the rice investigation showed that roger goodell lied. reports are raising confess about his truthfulness. four sources close to rice told espn that goodell has known since june that rice punched his now wife in the face knocking her out. rice said he told him what happened. lampt the baltimore -- last night the baltimore ravens played the first game since the controversies about rice john harbaugh talked about it. >> we had a tough family situatio

marcus johnson is now charged with her murder. >> and philadelphia police need your help tracking done a trio of burglars that scored a big haul near washington square. surveillance cameras captured two men and a woman near the 400 block of south jess up street early september 1 and police say someone broke into a home there and stole a stave with 1,000 in cash than jewelry worth $20,000 and call philadelphia police if you recognize these suspects. >>> tonight we've got undate on a story we brought you earlier this week. authorities in new castle county released sketches of two boys that allegedly attacked a 12-year-old boy in a wheelchair. "action news" spoke with the victim desean mackey a few days ago he says he was exercising in his wheelchair buchanan circle when the suspects rushed him. his keys were stolen and he was hit and if you recognize either of the kids in these sketches newcastle county police would like to hear from you. >> new tonight a warning for peco customers someone is calling it pretending it to be from the utility and scam being people out of cash. they call fro

> man from queen village is behind bars charge with the murder of his girl friend, police say marcus johnsonhot three two-year old keisha eugene in the head and arm monday after a struggle this happened on the 900 block of south fifth street. she died at the hospital the next day. >>> starting next month people caught with small amounts of marijuana will not get in the criminal trouble. >> city leaders reaching a deal making possession of 30 grams or less of pot a civil matter. punishment will mean a $25 fine and for those caught smoking they will to have pay hundred dollars or do community service. supporters say that this will keep young people from ruining their futures but critics say potties a great way to heavier stuff. >>> if you side track a kid based on this activity, you really are doing a bad thing for the entire city because that kid will most likely stay in poverty or wind up in jail. >> i have my concerns because of the long term health issues that are involved in that sort of thing and hopefully we pay attention to this so we can put in place prevention, intervention, strategi

police say marcus johnson shot three two-year old keisha eugene in the head on monday after some sort of a struggle. it happened on the 900 block of south fifth street. she died in the hospital the the next day. >>> new jersey transit is expanding its mobile ticket program to south jersey, south jersey bus passengers will be able to use their smart phones to will travel. njt has expanded its my tics app to 59 bus routes in the south philadelphia and south jersey area. you've got to down load the free my tics app and buy monthly passes which you can display on your mobile device. mobile ticketing starts september 25th. >>> baltimore ravens fans have in the given up on ray rice why they say they are still wearing his jersey. >>> kid that gained fame for saying apparently a whole lot is back at it again, he has a new catch phrase coming >>> it is 5:40 this morning. we will take a live look by olde city. sue will be back with weather and traffic in a moment. an arriving passenger at kennedy airport had american a lap top in her compute are bag. officers stopped or telling a jihada after a

police say marcus johnson shot 32 year old nakeesha eugene in the head and arm monday after a struggle block of south fifth street. she died at the hospital the next day. >> new castle county police are hoping two just released sketches of the boys who assaulted and robbed a 12 year old in a wheelchair will help lead to them. now take look. police say these two boys atta attacked la quon mackey along buchanan circle. la quon was simply exercising trying to earn his boy scout merit badge. mackey has cerebral palsy and he says the boys pushed his chair into a storm grate where it got stuck. he says they then punched him in the face over and over and finally stole his land yard and his house key. police think the boys might live in his neighborhood. if you recognize them, please call police. >> september 11th, 22001 a day americans will never forget. while aboard battleship new jersey in camden one local service man got gift that will change his life for the better. (applause). >> army specialist augusta bruno surprised with keys to a new home, mortgage free thanks to wells fargo and the

this man marcus johnson of queen village is now behind bars charged with the murder of his girlfriendice say johnson shot 32 year old i nakeesha euge in the head and arm after a violent struggle. she died at the hospital the next day. >> new castle county police release two sketches of the teens accused and assaulting r robbing a boy in real whewly chair. these guys attacked la quon mackey along buchanan circle as he was exercising trying to earn his boy scouts merit badge. he has cerebral palsy and the boys push his wheelchair causing it to get stuck in a storm great and punched him in the face repeated and stole his land yard and house key. police believe the boys live in the neighbor. >> grabbing a fight with a few swipes of your smart phone. ride sharing apps like uber are the latest way to get around but they're also controversial. >> fox 29' is that so bean in a kuriakose takes us undercover to find it what it's really like to climb in the back seat and as you're about to see it's not always predictable. >> i can get violent. >> you don't want to. >> that's an uber ex driver thr