mark elrich has a lead over david blair. the final count won't be certified until july 16th. a count could be requested by either sheriff's office. >>>he frederick county offe has aontract to house the detainees while they ait deportation or court hearings. this sheriff's office gets $83 per day. it costs less than $53 per day to house the detainees. last year, just over 300 people for ice. >>> the list is out and there's three filiar faces for nats fans. this is the second career all-star selection for sean doolittle. max sher s max sher ser will have his gexth-straight. ing to play in front of the hometown, even better. >> for us representing the nationals here in the home park, will be an experience unlike any other. that has you issuing to get out there and pitch and play. go out and compete for his fans. >> think bryce harper said he would do the home run and the festivities start on friday, leading up to the game at's tuesday. we'll be at nats park. i'm down there the morning of the yall-star game. it's a big deal. >> i didn't know that. >> yeah. all right. >>> behind t

. >>> the board of elections certified mark elrich a in the primary. david blare has until of the day to ask f l a recount. t by 79 votes. he would have to pay for the rebound. and that could cost nearly $200,000, depending on how the ballots of counted. >>> toto a only on news 4. we've been following the deadly crash between a food tru and the loudon county family. now, we see what the food truck is diastolic before crash. this is surveillance you can see the red truck zip past the school bus. the bus driver laid on the horn there. the kids crossing the street thre not hurt. and , the driver saw the food truck after itit aaron kaplan's car. the mother of three was killed. >> that's him. >> the vehicle tt was i the accident, almost hit two of my kids. >> theruck driver told police the crash that he knew the truck had bad brakes. but this video from s theool bus just before the crash, was a key piece of evidence, that convicted him of involuntary manslaughter. he will be going to prison for ten years. >>> what began as a typical trib to tch ended in pan

david blair lost to mark elrich.oard of elections suggests that recounts will only take one day. the process begins at 9:00 this morning and anyone can come by to watch. >> everything is done carefully. it's opened for observs. mr. blair will have his represents there. >> the winner of the democratic nam nation nomination will face two in november.to >>y will be monica goldson's first day of a job of interim ceo of county schools. goldson is no longer to the school superintendent for teaching and learning.go son is the second woman to lead t school system. kevin maxwell stepped down in ie may after a sof scandals. >>> christian broder washe sistant manager of willies. he wasaiting for an uber in atlanta. they thought the car drove up, they were robbed and broder was shot. the suspect has been arrested and charged with a crime. i >>> a communit in mourning of theg shoot of a recent church. o'connorir at the church member. the alleged shooter was taken into custody at his home. a second victim was shot in the leg. poli

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. >>> mark elrich got it by 77 votes. >>> there's a new interim school system ceo.sh is a prince george'snative. her one-ar appointment follows the exit of kevin maxwell. >>> a thunderstorm has been putting down rain in bucketloads in northern fairfax county. it's over the potomac river. the heaviest of the rain is just leaving the north side of if you live in northern montgomery county, b on the lockout because this storm is going to put down an inch and a half of rain. the best thing to do is to wait it out at home. give it 30 or 40 minutes and then leave.>> good advice this morning. that rain is causi a lot of problems on the road. jammed inn 66. several problems >>> news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> right now, 6:44. we're tracking your storm team 4 weather alert. the tornado warning that was issued in the 6:00 a.m. hour has be canceled. we're tracking severe weather for your day. >>> a dead lly stabbing in one the area's mos affluent neighborhoods. nicole jobs is athe scene with the latest. good morning, nicole. >> we've seen this scene transition over the last coupl

." >>> this week, the montgomery board of elections certified mark elrich as the winner of the primary in the election. david u blair hasil the end of the day to ask for a recount. he lost byme 79 votes. >>> we have new video in a sexual assault investigation in northwest d.c. police say the man running in this video had just assaulted a woman in her home. the man assaulted her at knifepoint and took off. >>> the aclu of d.c. has filed a lawsuit for a questionable stop and frisk. he said thate felt like the officer sexual assaulted him. >> humiliating. something i relive over and over again. it happened on my birthday. it's a memory that i will never forget. he says he wants the officer fired. at a d.c. council meeting, he said the officer was disciplined for this incident and removed from titt particular >>> first responders in the district are seeing a big increase in overdoses. >> they believe a bad batch of s.drugs is to blame with t >> we go to megan mcgrath. good morning. what happened here? >> reporter: it's causing a lot of ern. there's a concern about this drug that's out ther

. >>> mark elrich has been in the primary. blair lost by 79 votes.o pay for a recount and that could cost $200,000, depending on how theb ots are counted. >>> 5:47 now. there's a big jump in drug overdoses going on in d.c. right now. >> emts responded to almost a dozen ov rdose callsht at the corner of 4th and "e" streets. >> megan mcgrath hasdetails. what's going on? >> reporter:ly certan alarming situation, similar to a spike that the district saw in overdoses in 2016. d.c. fire and emt responding to over 100 overdoses since saturday. take a look here. 11 happened here at 4th and e. streets on wednesday. fire chief gregory dean, saying as crews responded to that initial call for help, they were walking around the krea andept finding more and more patients. it's believed that a bad batch of k2 is to blame, that's synthetic marijuana. police are concerned about the drug out on the streets and the harm it can do. >> coming back to a trend in 2016, where in the month of july, we had 597 patients. >> and the chief sayin that they're not just seeing this

mark elrich has a slight lead own david blair. that's according to the latest tally.nal ballots one at a time. the final count will not be certified until july 16th. >>> new details rightnow. president trump's legal team wants new conditions met befored agreeing to sn for an interview with robert mueller. rudy giuliani told "the new york times" two conditions must be met. the special counsould have to prove mr. trump committed a crime and must show trump's testimony is vital to finishi the russia probe. >> back in march president trump tweetedhat the tradears can be in his words, good and easy to win. we may be about to find out if it's true. president trump's administration imposed tariffs on $34 billion worth of chinese products. beijing immediately launching what it calls the biggest trade war in economic history. china hit a range of american products with new tariffs. produc include steel, pork, and soy>> beans. coming up, it's a phrase we've all heard before. you see something, you say t something. >>uld be overused at times. it's meant to keep you safe. now one

right now mark elrich and david blare are tied. >>> big fourth of july celebrations across the country and right here in our d.c. area. >>> this year america marked 242 years of independence and celebrated as it normally does with fireworks. a huge crowd packed the national mall andhe capital grounds for the fourth celebrations. tens of thousands braved the heat and humidity for the concert and, of course, the huge fireworks show that followed. u.s. park police tell us everything went just as planned. >>> president trump took time to watch the fireworks today. he is off to montana as we get word three people are now his top choices for the supreme court. we're going to take a look at those candidates coming up. >>> rescue crewsre working faster to try to free a soccer team from that cave in thailand. a major rain storm is expected to hit i >>> there is video that shows w complicatedhe cave rescue will be in thailand. >> crews are drilling through rock to ted to fee water pipes and power cables into the cave to help that young soccer team until they c get them out. >> with more rain com

bee too close to call until now including the county executive race in montgomery county where mark elrichly tied. more than 80,000oters were forced to file provisional ballots after a motor vehicle administration computer problem. the board of elections says that some races may not be certified until july 16th. >>> warning for drivers after a woman pumping gas becomes the victim of a carjacking. >> that's really crazy video. jim handly is here with that and what's coming up at 5:00 >> reporter: that video may have you looking over your shoulder the next time you pump gas. comingtop at 5:00 ght, what we're learning this evening about the victim in this case and what police say you can do to keep yourself fromin becoma victim. plus, nbc 4 respond to a woman who says she bought baby wipes online for 20 bucks but then was charged more than $400 for them to be shipped. our susan hogan working to help get that money back and what y need to know so that you don't end up in a similar kind of situation. all about helping you tonight right here at 5:00. got a busy thursday coming up. back to you gu

david blair lost tha race t mark elrich by just 79 votes. david blair said that affected some 80,000 voters and could have an effecttc on the e of the race. the board of elections anticipates the recount wil ly take one day. the winner of the democratic republican ill face robin fixer and independent nancy flourine. >>> today will be dr. monica goldson's first day on onas the interim ceo of prince george's county schoils. shebe appointed this afternoon. goldson is the second woman to lead the princegeorge's county school system. the former ceo kevin maxwell stepped down in may, this following several scandals. >>> metro rider are working around a big shutdown because two station on the red line are closed for repairs. and will be this way for week. justin finch has details. >> reporter: red line service out from now until september, affecting the rhode island avenue and brooklyn stations. crews actually get off the upper track. perhaps you can hear the hammering. and no trains will be on the tracks for several weeks. now, meantime, workers a

right now councilember mark elrich is leading businessman david blair by a razor thin margin.ewer than 200 votes. the fate of the race hangs with thousands ofrosional ballots. news 4's chris gordon is there as election officials started this tedious countg process. the montgomery county board of canvassers is counting more than 3,200 provisional ballots cast by unregistered voters in last tuesday's primary. >> i'm estimating that we'll be working over part or all of the weekend to get this all. do >> reporter: just before last tuesday's maryland primary, the mda revealed it failed to send registration information to the board of elections for thousands of drivers who thought theyere registering when they changed information on their licenses. state lawmakers want to hold hearings to determine how this mistake was made. >> we have a lot of races that care still toose to count and every vote council. >> reporter: the two are still neck and neck more than a week after the democratic primary for montgomery county executive. since the primary, council member nancy florine has signa

council member mark elrich has a slight lead over david blair. the board of elections is reviewing provisional ballots one by one. they hope to have most of them counted by the end of today, and they hope to finish counting all provisional andal absentee bts by sunday. the final count won't be certified until july 16th. >>> remember back in march president trump tweeting then that trade wars can be in his words, good and easy to win. we may be about to find out if that's true. just after midnight, president trump' administration imposed tariffs on $34 billion worth of chinese products. beijing immediately iaunched wh called the biggest trade war in economic history. china a hit range of american products with new tariffs, products including ksteel, p and soybeans. even the lobster market could pinchhe >>> coming up, the resignation of president trump's epast chie the tip. iceberg in a by week at the whitecouse. ews political director and "meet the press" moderator chuck todd breaks it all down with us next. >>> aob aing reality check in the effor

. >> t w results't be official for another week or so, but mark elrich is claiming victory in the race for the democratic nominati to be the next county executive. fewer than 100 votesow separate elrich from david blair in thatal race. the f count will be certified next monday. either candidate could were a recount. >> after 30 years in business thve be american city diner in northwest d.c. is now closed. jeffre gildenhorn opened that diner on connecticut avenue in 1988ynd fam members say it was his passion, but he passed away last year and relatives say it'seen a struggle to keep the business going it. never quite recovered from that recent elect call outage. >> it was out, you know, biggest wish that we kept this going for as long as we could and i hope we did him proud. so heartwarming, so heartwarming to know it touched so many peoplellnd so many people miss it. >> what happens to that space now in the fily tells new 4 they would be happy inmeomeone cos and reopens the dine they are to keep the legacy alive. >> it was at sight tha was too close to comfort and the frightening scene