mark segraves, news 4. >> all right. thank you, mark. >> thankyou, mark. >>> new at 4:00, "the washington post" reports metro has reached a settlement with the family of a woman who was killed i that deadly smoke incident three years ago. you probably remember this video you see here. smoke filling the l'enfant plaza station back in 2015. 61-year-old carol glover died a inside train trapped in the tunnel. metro confirmed to "the post" that a settlement was reached with glover's family. the amount is unknown, family's initial lawsuit was asking for $50 million is damalaiming metro's negligence led to the smoke incident. >>> another familys searching for answers and searching for justice in the murder of a old girl. it's been several days, but so far no arrest in the shooting death of makiyah wilson. news 4's meagan fitzgerald joins us from northwest d.c. >> reporter: it's bee three days since makiyah wilson was gunned down on the front steps of her door behind mow here, and every day her parents get eveni more a and hopef

back to you, pat and leon. >> mark segraves, thanks, mark. >> meantime, we're answering your questions about what is safe and what's not. aimee cho picksea up our coverage with how this could impact your health. she joins us nowe. l hey, aimee, what's the story? >> reporter: hi, leon and pat. the most important thing to remember when it comes to your health is you'll want to boil your water for atee least t minutes simply using a water pitcher with a filter like this one. this isn'toing to be good enough in thise. cas after we've boiled your water d.c. water says you want to put it in a clean closed like this one and keep it in ao co environment such as near a refrigerator. all of these tips aren't just for water that you drink. they are also for brushing your teeth, cleaning and cooking preparing food and making ice and infant formula aniving water to your pet. now as far as bathing and showering, you should be okay just using tap water as long as you make sure you don't accidentally swallow that water. now as you're keeping all these tips in mind, d.c. water says to make sure you'r l

mark segraves reporting live. >> wendy? >> d.c. will consider a bill to er how loudly local street musicians can play. as more people move to the downtown area, they are seeking to turn that volume down. news4's derrick ward is live in chinatown with the details on this, andin that's of the epicenter of this. ed it is. this is one of the hot spots, and if you're familiar with this intersection, it's never quiet but if you add some amplified c to the usual rattle a hum of the city some think it's too muchnd they have the ear of the city council. they are as much an urban fixture as brick sidewalks and have been for years ander pps you've heard mike blackstone playing in his favorite venues and someone in the nearby office eas complained. >> they c out and complained when they were having meet national there and came out and told me could i cut it down. >> blackstone says that's not a problem. well, i would just leaveitnd wa and come back. >> and folksnd who live a work in other parts of d.cm say the prob much worse for them. gallery

mark segraves is live in the upper midwest where co-workers and family are praying for his recovery. reporter: good evening.er christian bro has worked for millie's for years and he ear here ho spring vale and popular this restaurant is in this neighborhood and tonight in he hospital in atlanta he's fighting for his life. he still remainsn tensive care. 34-year-old christian broder was back in hishometown of atlanta, georgia, attending a wedding at the capital city country club. just after midninit sunday ng broder and his wife along with his brother and his wife were outside of the club waiting for an uber. a car pulled up, and thisn ma got out pointing a gun at them. then he robbed them taking a cell phone, a purse, wallet and cash. as the suspect was leaving, he shot broder. >> and the guy just absolutely just flipped out and, you know, said oh, so you want to die over this, and shot him point blank in the stomach. >> we spoke by phone to the owner of mill i's restaurant and broder's brother-in-law. >> just everybody is just so devastated. all the staff and all the -- all the peop

reporting live, mark segraves, news 4. >> mark, we just saw some runners behind you. got to go catch up with them. >> thank you, mark. >> heading out for my evening run. >> sure you are. stay coole' >>> tonight learning more about the ohio man charged with plotting a terror attack in downtown cleveland on july 4th. his name is demetrius pitts. here he is. he's also kwn as abdur ramin rafik. investigators say he thought he s conspiring with a person with ties to al qaeda. he turned out to be an undercover fbi asset. at their final meeting in downtown cleveland yesterday, pitts allegedly mentioned various scenarios for a large-scale attack on the fourth of july. >> he looked for locations to park a van that would be packed with explosives, and he discussed giving remote-controlled cars packed with explosives and shrapnel the children of our military uniform members. >> investigators say no actual attack was imminent. demetrius pitts is an americanz ci with a long arrest record. radicalized inas the u.s. according to the fbi. >>> we're learning more tonight about the vic

mark segraves. mark, thank you. >>> now first on 4, the school resource officer who accidentally fired his weapon inside aoo middle s in alexandria is back on regular duty. carl savoie pleaded guilty to one of two charges he faced. indicted him on reckless handling of a firearm and destruction of property. he wasllowed to plead guilty just to the destruction of property charge. voie'sun fired inside george washington middle school back in march causing damage but no injuries. he also has to do community service and pay restitution for the damage. >>> metro's largest union says tonight it's making goo progress with the transit agency after a second consecutive day of meetings. atu local 689 sat down with metro brass today to try toheron out t differences. the union says there are no formalhe agreements but t two sides will meet again next monday. union members have voted to authorize a strike. a strike is forbidden under metro's bargaining agreement with the union, but workers have been without a cont

mark segraves, news >> firewor and gunshots ring out on the fourth of july and a little girl ends up in the hospital. >> in southeast d.c. and talking to neighbors w were hit by a stray buset. >> ther whole bunch of children in the yard as well as someadults. >> reporter: neighbors who didn't want to go on camera sayf the fourth july was supposed to be a fun day with family and it turned danrous just as the sun went down. ffis woman said several kids were shooting fireworks in this backll aey n southeast. >> some of those fireworks could sound like guns. >> reporter: moments later she realizing there were guns. >> they decided to celebrate the fourth of july by discharging a firearmn public space. investigators say some 37 shell casings were found scaheered around area. one of those bullets raising the face of an 11-year-oldgirl, a woman who lives nearby saying that the child was her daughter's friend. shtly after she was struck, the young girl came backing on her back door for help this. woman says she got a call from her niece saying police were outside. >> she called me and said,h

that's the very latest here in s nort mark segraves, news 4. >> frightening.gerous despite all the warnings, it can still happen. mark, thanks so much. >> it could be more than a week before we learn who won theel cl contested primary race or the montgomery county executiv today the board of elections counted provisional ballots but they say full ballot counting may not be cometed until the middle of the month. news 4's chris gordon takes a look at this tedious process. >> this bipartisan group is called the montgomery county board of canvassers. it's counting more than 3,200 provisional ballots cast on primary day but unregistered voters. >>hen you're issued a provisional ballot it's because your name doesn't appear in the poll boo or with the cut address or party affiliation. >> reporter: the mba revead it failed to send registration t informationthe board of elections for thousand ofdr ers who thought they were registering when they changed information on their licenses. as a sult, councilman mark ri and businessman david blair are still waiting for final r

mark segraves says how they failed to withhold social security taxes. the district thoughtt affected hundreds of employees for a yr but mark segraves reports itk dates bac 30 years. >> reporter: it's a line item on everyone's pay stub, withh sding tax fial security and medicare. last year district officials acknowledged that a routine audit had hundreds of employees who did not have the taxes withheld for as long as 12 years which triggered a larger audit. what they found is the problem had been going o for longer than ten years. >> the problem goes approximate proximately 30 years. the director of the d.c. department of human resources yells news 4 her staff has gone through emploe record by hand to find out who else may have e'en impacted. >> reviewed thousands ofrd re and so now of those thousands that we reviewed,l seve hundred will receive notices. >> this was sent to hundred of currentd.nd government employees this afternoon in addition to notifying employees and correcting the proble the bowser administration has implemented several other steps.

news had's mark segraves spoke to attorneys general inur area asking that that decision be reversed. for some people like cody wilson seenhere, this is a gun rights issue and free speech. >> ion think you or anybody should have the ability to control it. the trump administration has cleared the way for plans of 3-d guns to beli ped online. attorneys general wrote a left saying allowing 3-d blueprints to be published is deeply dangerous wound haven unprecedented impact on public safety, adding that it would help terrorists and criminals get guns that would be undetectable by security screening at airports in government buildings and danger the lives of civilian, law enforcement and members of the armed forces. the left was signed by attorneys general from d.c., maryland and. virgin >> these guns are produced without a serial number. e guns themselves aren't registered, nor the ammunition, nor are the ndowners, that means that the owners haven't gone two a detailed and rigorous background examination. >> reporter:his afternoon several states including maryland asked a judge to block th

news 4's mark segraves took a ride with the hyattsville police to see if these gasless cars can do the jobs o traditional police cruisers. >> reporter: on any given day could t richard hartni have to turn on the lights and sirens and hit the for an emergency call andunlike every other cop in america he isn't hitting the gas.e this policar is fully electric, b that doesn't slow him down. >> police officers for years and years and years have been driving these big macho gas-powered large vehicles and when i let officers get in it and drive it they are amazed how fast it is. 0 to 60 a little over six seconds so it's extremely fast >> reporter: while electric cars can be more expensive to buy he says they are cheaper to maintain, and the city didn't have to pay for this car. the maryland energy administration gave hyatssville a granto now police not only have an electric police car, they also have an electri police motorcycle. >> it gives myself as ace polic of a chance to talk to the public about something other than police work. >> other police stations suld thinking about doing somethin

let's start with news 4's mark segraves who tells us some splash parks and pools are closed down now because of this >> that's exactly right. normally this splash park wld be wet a filled with kid and out of anau abundance ofon they closed the reck parks and

mark segraves joins us now.ces us to two generations of parade goers who both enjoyed today's orparade. >> rr: for the past 52 years, thear palisadade has marched pass this corner on mcarthurroulevard. he last 52 years, neighbors tung and old have come here to watch. case of these two budding entrepreneurs, to make a little money. and while the two agree they were selling the best lemonade at the de, they were divided on what to do with the money they make today. >> come get your lemogede. so we ca money for charity, everybody. >> buy a toy. >> reporter: the corner where the t s up their lemonade home stand is home to a neighborhood restauran years ago when jeff mayorman was a young boy, it was neighborhood gas station. >> i used to come here for the fourth of july parades for years. when i grew up around this area. >> reporter: as a way to honor the history of the corner, he brought his 1940 gramaphone and cranked it up to play some music of yesteryear. in past years, hundreds lined the parade route to watch. a

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> i'meon harris working some breaking news here at the le desk. star pop singer demi lovato has been rushed to the hospital for an apparent drug overdose. firstnd ress gave lovato in a loc-- lovato naloxone. no confirmation on what shedo ovd on. the singer is stable, alert and breathing. our colleagues at nbc news areg workhis story and will have continuing coverage right here on news 4. wendy, back to you. >>> new at 5:00, ihe-team takes on a changing mindin stigation and what inmates are telling us is behind the rise of suicides in jail and y what te doing to turn this trend around. >> a little boy in maryland shoots his father. we're live with what set off this dangerous situation. >> and we have new deo. this is a water spout. justneore crazy bit of weather that we're enduring. doug says theicystem thatd this up is affecting our acrecast. he's going to be to tell us when we might see the heavier . >> all right. look how thick it is behind us now. the live pictures. we can't makean out hing. >> we don't know where we are. >> i think it's you k

news 4's mark segraves shows us what some of the options will be and why notveryone thinks plastic straws are so bad. >> reporter: they come in all sizes and colors. ingle use disposable plastic straws and environmentalists say they're causing a big problem, particularly in our waterways. straws, most of them plastic, andmost of t used only once then thrown away. according to environmental groups, americans throw away a half a million pla dic straws eaay. many o those straws end up inr ou rivers, bays and oceans. some of them end up choking our wildlife. this video p tted by group, the lastlastic straw, shows a sea turtle having a plastic straw removed from its nose. >> oh, man! >> reporter: that video led to a public outcry from celebrities and then large companies voluntarily kicking the plastic straw habit. >> we just adapt. you can bri your own straws. it can be a whole new market where you sell metal straws and have a little package andcaou carry it with you. >> reporter: carrying a personal reusable straw is exactly what some people are already doing. as for other alternatives for r

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >>> w have breaking news. vladimir putin's much-criticized visit to the white house is goingo be pushed back. national security adviser john bolton breaking tha news on twitter. he says, president trump believes the next meetinghould ppen after the, quote, russia witch hunt is over, end quote, and that the two leaders will meet next >>year. the trump/putin meeting earlier this month was a big topic today on capitol hill as senators grilled secretary of state mike pompeo. the president and putin, of course, met privately with only translators in that room. lawmakers want to know if mr. trump granted putin any concessions. that led to some sharp questioning from democratic senator from new jersey, bob menendez. >> did he tell you what transpired intw the hour meeting? >> i had a number of conversations with president trump about what traepired in eeting. i think i have a pretty complete understanding. >> good, did t you spe-- >> at one point, senator menendez accused the president of being misleading and . untru

mark segraves got a behind-the-scenes tour. >> no matter the sport every major league stadium has sky suites but here at audi field those sky sweets are on the field and they open up to this communal patio. no other stadium in the country will get fans as close to the action as you get right here for d.c.nited games. one of the traditions from rfk that will make its way here to audi field is that of the raccoon. for years raccoons have been spotte in and aroundhe stadium and even in the locker room. it led to some fan heckling, but d.c. united has embraced the raccoon and here you'll see raccoon gray is the color of all the metal strtures that hold up the stadium. this is the visiting team's locker room here. you can tell it's niceacnd spious, but the home team much nicer. in fact,e they will h wooden lockers. we take you in there, but they are still putting on the finishing touches. things will be going on down re until:00 so still time to come on down andeet players and get a sneak peek at t eld. the first game is saturday at 8:00 and there are still a few tickets left. there's even

>>eporter: enjoying the lemonade along the 52nd annual palisades parade, mark segraves, news 4. >>specially memorable 4th of july for 101 people who became eerican citizens at george washington'sstate of mount . vernon they hail from 50 different countries but they came together to swear allegiance t this nation. renounced ties to foreign states and dd the constitution of the laws of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >>>omhen we back, major improvements coming to a deadly stretch of road in prince gecoge's ty. crews will make the roads safer for pedestrians here. >>> plus, the sweet success story of georgetown. ten years later we talk to the sisters behind georgetown tcupcake about a businesshat is at havertys we know everyone has different tastes. and this independence da ...we're making it easy to find your style havertys independence day sale has been extended all weekend. when you spend more, you save more up to $1000. how much you save is up to you! withore styles and custom brics to choose from. havertys. life looks good celebrate your independen

news 4 mark segraves spoke with a witness who saw it all unfold. >> reporter: if you look closely, you can s the man in this surveillance video as he's falling. it turns out he was wanted for shoong another man yesterday afternoon just a few blocks from the d.c. police headquarters. w it about 6:00 yesterday evening. police say29 the ear-old suspect, who has no fixed address, shot a man on this corner. only a vf ue descriptione suspect was sent out but it was enough forol metro pe to spot him on surveil nce video minutes after the shooting. this morning, two metro police officers spoed him. >> they were able to confront him, have a brief at that point in time, he flees and jumped over the wall. >> reporter: the suspect landed angerouy close to the third rail. kit kim was standing on the platform and saw him fall. you can see kim and another man going to the suspect's aid. i saw another train that was about to come because you could see the light in the tunnel, and i thought maybe i would have about ten seconds to maybe move this man. >> reporter: now, that suspect had a semiautomatic h

mark segraves is thereo explain. mark? >> reporter: well, as you said, it turned out just to be arb threat, but two calls came into the 911 call centhr morning just after 10:00. both of them from security officialsere at washington hospital center, and boast those calls saying this was an active shooter on the washington hospital center campus inside the cancer center. that's what l to the massive police response and these buildings going on lodown. police stoppeded in full force. the call to 911 came in shortly after 10:00 this morning. the initial disfach calls to firs responders indicated an active shooter as the cancer police shut down roads in and around the washington hospital center campus. while police, some officers ard with long guns, searched the hospital inside and outside. the u.s. park police helicopter was brought in to search the roof tops. as the search continued, the campus was put nolockdown. first, one building and then three more bldings locked down. tithin minutes, police determined the siton was actu

news 4's mark segraves is in columbia heights where broke up one display. mark?> yeah, name, you know that wasn't gunfire associated with crimes, celebratory fire shot into the air and when the bullets came down they hit innocent victims. this is 13th street in columbia heights where for years neighbors have gathered for an illegal fireworks display. fireworks like this and you can see o of the spent charges that misfired and didn't go up into the air and before fireworks show got started last night police and fire investigators got it shot down. fireworks displays like these went off into the early morni m hours andh of them sounding like gunfire. police say some of that celebratory noise last night actually was gunfire that injured innocent bystanders, including a 11-year-old girl. >> they decided that they wanted to celebrate the fourth of july by discharging a firearmn public space and injuring several people. what goes up must come down an that's the same with a bullet from a firearm. >> reporter: as for actual firewos, there were numerous illegal displays s

now that man is news 4's mark segraves spoke with the man and he has reaction from the police chief on what happened here. mark? >> reporter: good evening, leon thvideo, as you said, is graphic, and it shows tof police cer repeatedly grabbing the even his private areas, after the man protests. then they put the man in handcuffs and the officer continues searching him through his private caught on videotape as his friends and family watched. this was the scene lastpt ber, outside the home of m.w. m.b.cottingham's aunt. cottingham gave police to search him. the officer touching ctingham repeatedly in the front and rear of his crotch area. cottingham can be seen and heard obctive repeatedly. >> man, don't do that. >> he doesn't have anything on hi >> reporter: today the aclu of d.c. filed a lawsuit against that officer. >> humiliating, you know? something i reliag over and over n. it hpened on my birthday, so it's a memory that i'll never forget. >> i think it's emblematic of a larger problemicith pg culture here in the district, where mpd treats members of the commity, a particularly rer

in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> back to our weather. you can see the rar behind us as rain moves over the region. >> hope you like green because that's all we've got for a while. doug is back with a look at what's come. plus -- >> with all the rain we've been having, prince george's county is paying very close attention at its pumping station. i'm tracee wilkins, that story is next. >> this story kind of bizarre but true. some uber drivers have a sick way of making extra cash. way of making extra cash. what in the world is vom z2x56z z16fz y2x56y y16fy keeps on coming. in some areas flooding and inud others m and debris. >> this tree crushed cars and blocked streets in northwest d.c. >> several areas with rouds with flooded waters in prince george's county. public officials are monitoring and ready to respond to any issues. >>ur team now with a look at how long the flooding will lastr >> more tw night and even on thursday. right now most of the area seeing light rain. th i is how it this morning very heavy rainfall. we saw baltimore wit

mark segraves, news 4. >> when you consider how hot and dry it's been lately, that's why it could haveeen morero dong e. >> that's why they say don't use them. >> thanks, mark. >>> no easy options now to get the 12 boys and their soccer coach out of that flooded cave in thailgd. >>> comup, the race against time in what was once referred impossibleion >>> there there be a new panda cub at the national zoo? what we've just leaed about efforts to get mei jong pregnant again. >> right now it's feeling close to 100 degrees and i'm tracking the potential for severe thunderstorms. right now they are back in west virginia and far western maryland. i'll be timing them out, plus mo storerm >>> the hea wave has been here for an entire week and tonighta d storms are in the mix. flooding is possible north and west of the district. amelia draper is back in freeman with how long the rain is g lng t. that's the cloud cover and what it looks like out there right now. wel tell you how to plan for the weekend and evening. >> we'll continue to work the te-breaking news comin from the white house this even

mark segraves with that story here only on news 4. >> reporr: a line item on everyone's pay stub, withholding tax for social secity and medicare. last yearistrict officials acknowledged that a routine audit uncovered hundreds of employees who did not have the tax el and what the found was a bigger problem. >> the would be pros been going on for 30 years. >> the department offus 4 says her staff hash gone thro the records by hand to i'm who else may and out of the thousands several hundreds will receive notices. >> reporter: this notice was sent to hundreds of government and dcu employees this afternoon and in addition toif nng the ploys and correcting the problem e bower administration has offered many other steps, payroll will now be centr railed to the research president which has created aultime tax retirement team and they have established a dedicated phone line. as for how this happened. gibson says it wa the perfe storm of problems over three decades. >> it's really human error as well as technology error and migration to different types of technology. so that isro what the mistake. >>

ne 4's mark segraves is at thef wh to show us what some of the options will be.he >> reporter: ty'reryday life, straws. most ofst them p and most of those used only once then thrown away. according to an environmental group, americans throw away -- some straws even end up in our wildlife. this video posted by an environmental group, the last plastic straw, shows a sea turtle havintr a plastic removed from its nose. that video led to an outcry from celebrities then large compaes voluntarily kicking the plastic straw habit. >> good for the environment. people can learn to do it other ways. >> reporter: as for the alternatives, paper straws that can be recycled and even biodegradable plastic straws are now available. at restaurants like fiolamare, they've started m usingal straws. >> long-term a little more cost but irs a bet solution. >> reporter: the d.c. council will hold hearings later this year. if approved, the plastictraw ban could go into effect by march >> there is one large group that depends on single use pstic straws, hospitals and nursing homes where resents need to use the

in the newsroom, mark segraves, news 4. >> national law enforcementns museum o this october. much more coverage behind the scenes can be found in our ppc washington >> our photographer shot most of those images. >>> back to our forecast. we're again in weather alert modele tonight. s check back in with doug and amelia in storm center 4. hello, again. >> hello to the rain that contins to fall oarts of the area. some of us have stayed dry almost all day.hi wa this line moving closer to the d.c. metro area moving west to eas and all of a sudden it's going back to the west. it's what happens with this kind of a scenario and i'll show you the rain in just a second. we expect more rain tomorrow. >> just because we didn't see a lot of rain tonight mean we won't see a lot tomorrow and wednesday. storm team weather alert days as well. the loudoun county fr gets underway today, a littlef bit o rain in through parts of loudoun county and tomorrow a little bit more in the way of widespread rain and not the same fair days and will have days thursday, friday and saturday as they wind down

have to have an advanced 3-d print their could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars n.district, mark segraves, news 4. >> u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg says she's not going anywhere any time soon. the 85-year-old told cnn yesterday she plans stay on the bench at least five more years and noted that former justice john paul stevens stayed on until he wasbe 90. gi is not in favor of setting term limits on justices. she says tt do te constitution would need to be amended. >>> new fallout over a sexual abuse scandal that sent shock waves through theatholic church. >> it's a tragedy on many levels so we're dealing with that. >> tonight cardinal's mccarri accuser shares his story as local leaders take action in the wake of the allegations. >> and there's rain in the forecast for almost every day this week and, folks, that's not all bad news. amelia is tracking the impact for us. >> big changes on a busy commuter route. what you need to know to >>> now at 6:30, storm team 4 tracking rain i much of th region and you'll have to keep the umbrellas close all week long. >> you'll have ra

mark segraves on the internal discipline that two firefighters nuld now face. the fight for equality in america during the civil rights era wasn't limitedo lunch counters and bus bascotts. there also a massive effort to integrate beaches and swimming pools. ahead ght, the story of the desegregation of one local town swimming pool. it becomes a powerful performance on stage and ourme cho will have that story. those stories and good deal more joining you at 5:00. thank you. >> thank you. >> americans are having fewer babies, that's according to a recent pl by the "new york times." it surveyed about 2,000 adults and foundone-third who did not want children were reluctant to give up free time or. freedom a similar perceage felt't they couldnfford child care. most people were concerned about having enough time and money, and about a quarter of those hho alread childre wanted more. >> what goesomp must down and the people who go away on july 4th must return and here's a look at the busiest time on th road. if you're sitting watching news 4 at home stayhere because ri

news 4's mark segraves got an exclusive look. >> it was a bitter cold day in january 1982. 78 peopleter air florids flight 9d into the 14th street bridge plunging into the potomac river. thanks to the heroicts of chopper pilot don usher and bs partner gene windsor, five of those people onrd the plane were saved, literally plucked from the frozen river bh two men and helicopter in what many consider one of the greatest rescues in aviation history. a few years after the rescue, the chopper was retired from police service replaced by larger, stronger helicopters. gle 1 was sent to the department of interior where it was used for decades. but a few years ago it was scheduled to be scrapped. aw t's when the national enforcement museum stepped in and restored the chopper to its original condition. the last time we showed u the helicopter, it hadeen reassembled and stored and sitting at a hangar in the park headquarters. it had to be taken apart again and reassembled here inside the museum. that's t only way they could get it to fit inside. g >>ting this helicopter from its storage hangar i

mark segraves came with the hyatssville police to see ifth is gasless car can do the traditional job of a cruiser. this is a story you can see here only on news 4. >> only any given day d dr. hartnit would turn on the sirens and hit the gas for an emergency call, except up like just about every other car ina amer hartnit isn't hitting the gas. his police car is fully electric, but that doesn't slow him down. >> it's zero to 60 and a little over six seconds so it's. extremely fa >> while electric cars can be more expensive to buy they are cheaper to maintaihe and t city doesn't have to pay for this car. the maryland energy administration gave hyatssville a grant and they now haven electric police car as well an an electric s police motorg cycle. >> it gives myself a chance to talk about things other than police work. >> other police stations should be thinking about doing things like that. >> other departments like los angeles heeav bn experimenting with electric vehicles for some time but oy for non-emergency use. since putting this car into service eight months ago he says other pol

let's start with news 4's mark segraves who tells us some splash parks and pools are closed down now because of this >> that's exactly right. normally this splash park wld be wet a filled with kid and out of anau abundance ofon they closed the reck parks and pools. they didn't want the kid to be drinking the water that might possibly be contaminated this. started last night with with a malfunctioning pump at a pumping station in northwest washington, but it took eight hours for d.c. water to alert ridents that their drinking water could be dangerous. >> signs like these were the nplace all across district today as a boil water alert is impacting tens of thousands o the problem started here at the bryant street pumping station which handles about 60 million gallons of water each d and when a huge valve like this one was opened by mistake. at caused a major loss of water pressure resulting in some homes and businesses losing water completely.ro theem was discovered about 8:30 last night. it only took aut one hour to fix and restore pressure, but that was long enough to raise concerns t

news 4's mark segraves is outside of millie's with reaction from his friends and mfamily.restaurant here and a very popular guy. i spoke to atlanta police department today. they tell me that they are getting more clues. the surveillance views from outsid the country club and ever since they released a sketch of the public. >> christian broder was back in fhis hometown o atlanta, georgia attending a wedding at the capital city country club. dnight sunday morning that broder and his wife along with his brother and his wife were outside ofhe club waiting for an uber when a car pulled up and this man got out pointing a gun at them. then he robbed them. >> from what i understand, christian said something to the fact that, you know, are you re, you know -- are you sure you want to do this, or why are you doing this? and the guy just absolely just flipped out and, you know, said oh, so you want die over this, and shot him point blank in the stomach. >> we spoke by phone to the owner of millie's restaant and broder's brother-in-law. >> just everybody is just so devastated. all the

mark segraves caught up with familiar faces alo the parade route. >> reporter: it's been a part of the now. people start setting up along mcarthur boulevard hours before the festivitiegin. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the palispaes de mixes a little bit of everything that makes up the d.c. community among those on the sidelines taking it all in today, longtime nbc 4ournalist tom surewood. who has attended about 30 of these parades as a reporter or today as an onlooker. >> there is a lot of g history. itd to see people with their families and friends. meet new people. it's a great thing. it's the part of washington the restthe world doesn't see. >> rngorter: with it bei an election year, lots of politicians taking advantage of the crowds. leading today's parade, d.c. police chief who is dawning something we don't usual see the chief weari i, a sash. >>'t it nice? people don't know who i am unless i wear this sash. so they gave me a sash this year so everyone could know i'm the chief of police. >> that's not true. >> reporter: bowser surrounded by her campaign volunteers echoed the sentiments about

news 4's mar segraves is live outside where broad's friends and co-workersgre prayor the best. mark? >> reporter: good afternoon. you can see we're in spring vale. that's millie's right across the street there, and today as you lyid his fain atlanta and d.s friends and colleagues here in washington, c. are all hoping for the same thing, that he'll be able to pull through. >> 34-year-old christian brodier wasack in hishometown of atlanta, georgia over the weekend attending a wedding at afe capital city country club. it was justr midnight sunday morning broder and his wife along with his brother and his wife were outside the clubw ing for an uber. when a car pulledup they thought it was their uber ride until this man got out of a car, pointed a silver and black handg them and then robbed them taking a cell phone, a purse, wallets and cash. as the suspect was leaving, he shot broder. we spoke by phone to bo blair the owne of the restaurant and broder's brother-in-law. >> frm what i unand christian said something to the effect of, you know, are you sure -- a w you sure yount to do this