maryland is the fourth worst state for drivers. state made the list for the long commutes and high insurance rates. the good ns is that maryland has a very low deadly car crash rate. louisiana was the worst state in the country for drivers. >>> in "news4 your health" this morning, talking to your kids about alcohol long before they take their first sip. a new report from the american academy of pediatrics shows nearly a quarter of kids say they try alcohol before their 13th birthday. you need to start talking about drinking by the age of 9. a time when most kids start thinking positively about alcohol. the report encourages pediatricians to question preteens about alcohol use. >>> a new survey shows that alcohol and drug use is a significant problem among teens with chronic illness. researchers surveyed a group of 400 children under the age of 18 with diabetes, arthritis, cystic fibrosis or crohn's disease. they found nearly a third used alcohol and 17% used marijuana. very few of the teens knew if the drugs or alcohol interfered w

the problem with it was, that only affected maryland stop -- maryland. they needed the same victory in the supreme court of the united states. that is what they continued to work for. houston and thurgood were what we call test case lawyers. they were always looking for that perfect case to bring before the court to get the ruling they wanted to change the laws, the interpretation of the law that would bring about social change. judge hamilton had moved up to new york where he became the head of the legal for the naacp. there are wonderful letters between thurgood and houston where he says, thank you for the $75 for the work i did for you. it helped to keep the wolf off the door. is he convinced the naacp executive board to hire thurgood as his assistant. he was traveling any needed someone in the office. thurgood grabbed the job. it paid like $200 a month. he moved up to a place in harlem, he and his wife. and he does into this work, which was really is life's passion -- really was in his life passion. about 38, 39. charles -- charles houston health was

larry hogan said maryland lost a great leader a friend. he was appointed governor in 1969 after spiro agnew was elected richard nixon's vice president. he was elected to two full terms but his career ended in 1977 when he was convicted on political corruption charges. he spent time in prison and the conviction was later overturned. he passed away, surrounded by family. >>> this morning, you could see helicopters and emergency crews landing at the u.s. capitol. don't worry though, this is just a drill. u.s. park police, capitol police and other officers with the district will be conducting evacuation exercises today and tomorrow. the choppers will land on both the east and west fronts of the capitol building. this all started about 15 minutes ago so you may run into some street closures in the area up until about 8:00 this morning. >>> all right. time now to focus on the forecast. an important day for a lot of kids headed back to the bus stop. after a nice summer break. >> a-plus excitement levels because they're back to school. only a "b"

leading into maryland, right? in an effort to cut maryland off from the can key yort -- yankee north. and this was one of the bridges that booth and others were going to destroy. many of his friends in maryland did go into the army stump chose not to, he chose to go into exile in canada. stump just chose to stay in maryland and malinger during lincoln's reunion campaign. booth reached a crisis point in the summer of '61 about what he wanted to do. the story is that, of course, his politics were actively southern. the time he had spent before the war had permanently cemented his allegiance to this city and to its course with the confederacy. and he had many, many friends here. he was well received here, he loved this town. and he wanted to go into the confederate army. in fact, he had his bags packed, but john ford at ford's theater said his mother set him down and said look i've already lost four children. she had also had a premonition. when he was six months old to, she had a strong premonition that he would die

now in fred rick, maryland, the county council is reviewing a law this week. they have a deadline to repeal is a law saying that english has to be the official language there. >>> hot jetpacks are the hottest thing happening, and now the state of maryland has something to say about it. >>> this video is unbelievable. a man holds a gun up to a 72-year-old veteran's face to try to steal his car. >> we want >>> we want you to look at this home surveillance video out of florida. you can see here a man pointing a gun, threatening someone inside of a car. well, it's this man, 72-year-old lawrence williams. he is a disabled veteran. he was simply going out for groceries when these two men came up, pointed a gun at him and eventually pulled him out of his car. >> a piece of steel in front of your face, you give up anything whatsoever. he was in my face like i'm in your face. with the gun. >> can you imagine? police found his car about a mile away. but they haven't found the oxygen tank that was with him at the time. his walker or his wallet. police say they are gettin

the good news is that maryland has a low deadly car crash rate. louisiana was the worst state in the country for drivers. >>> for first time in months blue bell ice cream will be back on some store shelves today. the company is rolling out the popular ice cream in stages with starting some stores in texas and alabama where it's made. ten cases of listeria were linked to their products earlier this year including three deaths in kansas. virginia will be one of the last states to see blue bell return, but the company hasn't said when that will be. >>> and an update for you on our panda cub at the national zoo. they're starting to see his black marks develop. isn't that cute? around the ears. mei xiang's mom isn't putting him down very often. still bonding. >>> parents, a reminder for you in this back to school rush. your child needs to have up to date immunizations before entering kindergarten or sixth grade or transferring into the fairfax county public schools. there are extended hours in the clinics. school starts next week. >>> there's still tim

investigators in bouie, maryland. >> it could become the 101st homicide of the year.ough news to wake up to on this saturday, august 22nd. we are glad to be with you. good morning, i'm david culver. >> i'm angie gosk. thank you for joining

for most of that time, it's maryland by itself saying no. technically this cannot go into effect until all 13 states have agreed and signed. maryland is feuding with mainly virginia, their neighbors, over land to the west. when the revolutionary war comes to an end we go from our old colonial boundaries which would be about the appalachian mountains, although the colonies each figured they kept going. now we end at the mississippi river. that's a lot of new land. think of all the states between the east coast and mississippi river. all the old states and colonies are looking at that land saying that would be great as part of my state. maryland and virginia are arguing over who gets the potomac river and things like that. maryland is going, i don't want to sign this until everything is settled. there's your issue that arises. and there will be others. there's a bill at one point trying to pass through this room to raise money on essentially imports. take money from imports, like a tax tariff and put that to paying the soldiers. seems logical.

in the mid to upper 50s in western maryland and much of west virginia. shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, down to 60 degrees now. closer to washington, still rather humid but this is the lower humidity beginning to push in. it will be pushing into the metro area, still steamy around the bay and southern maryland, low to mid 70s. neighborhood highs today, upper 80s in the metro area and in the low 80s with highs for low humidity. a perfect summer day. hitting the mid 80s around the bay and across much of virginia. beautiful afternoon is coming up. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your bus stop forecast for this friday morning. melissa is checking in now with what's going on. >> we have a brand-new disabled vehicle. sounds like it could be pushed off to the right side of the roadway now. just a warning though if you're headed that way any time soon, we have that issue this morning. inner and outer loop looking quite good, nice and green. zooming in to 66 eastbound at nutley street, do have that -- we have two right lanes blocked until 5:00 t

this woman lives in maryland. it was a move to prevent gastric cancer which runs in her family. >> i couldn't handle or think about my kids growing up without a mom so i decided i was going to do it. i put my mind to it and there was no turning back. >> we will have more about what it's like living woutd a stomach and the genetic mutation that's been identified ass raising the risk for stomach cancer. that's news 4:00 at 11:00. >> new concern for one of the giant panda cubs born at the national zoo. the smaller of the two cubs is getting a bit of extra love from the zoo keepers. the mom has not allowed zoo keepers to swap out the cubs. she apparently can't handle nursing both of them so zoo staff is feeding and caring for the smaller of the two. she is doing a good job caring for the larger cub but it is still a high risk period for both newborns. >> feeling the heat. how local leaders are getting a better understanding of the challenges firefighters are facing every day. >> and shu >> crawling through dark tunnel

the state of maryland says it is not only concerned what is happening above the water, but also whatappens when you go under. >> when you go in the air and you intentionally try to make yourself go under water, that is against the regulation. because of the shallows out here, that's the reason. >> you don't want people breaking their necks. absolutely. you come up, you come down and all bells are off. >> deep creek lake as restrictions on where and what time of day you can use jet packs. the i-team found a different story in new jersey, delaware, virginia, d.c. and north carolina, where some have proposed specific regulations for jet packs, but as of now, they all fall under current rules for jet skis and other water vessels. even though justin wood runs chesapeake fly boarding out of delaware, he's just up the street from the ocean city beaches, so, he says he's sticking to the maryland rules. >> i think it's a good thing. nobody should, you know, have these things and just running around. >> shawn at oc jetorators says he's glad maryland dropped the age from 16 to 14 without parent

maryland state police say they flew in a helicopter from frederick, maryland, to help him. man was on the trail near high rock, maryland, when he had a medical problem. he was near the bottom of a cliff. police had to hoist him into the helicopter to get him out of there. >>> two construction workers died after an accident. it happened at a site off father's legacy near frederick road yesterday morning. the two men were in the bucket of a lift machine when it suddenly tipped over throwing them to the ground. those men are identified as roland mendez from silver spring, and erik ortiz from hyattsville. >>> take a look forward to the week ahead now in virginia. lawmakers will be back in richmond tomorrow. they're facing a serious fight over an appointment to the state supreme court. also drawing new district lines which could turn into its own battle there. in frederick, maryland, the county council is reviewing a controversial law this week. they have a tuesday deadline to decide whether to repeal a law saying english has to be the official language there. >>> water jetpacks

this is from our maryland camera.ook at how things are shaping up on connecticut avenue at the capital beltway. still fairly light on the inner and outer loop with no incidents to slow you down. over to you. >>> at 6:18 here's what's in the news right now. south korea has turned off loud speakers broadcasting cross border anti-north korean propaganda. in the -- and the north has expressed regrets for the naming of to soldiers from the south in land mine explosions. the move averts a military confrontation. >>> an alter or hoe dox israeli accused of stabbing a girl at a gay pride parade faces murder charges. he had just been released from stabbing parade marchers just years before. the 16 year-old died of her wounds. several others were injured. >>> they gave the world a lesson in courage according to france's president. now could the americans credited with stopping a train attack be in line for more awards. the military is considering appropriate awards. the childhood friends who were on a paris-bound train when they

maryland gets more than $142,000 which pails for 368 vests to be distributed -- pays for 368 vests to be distributed. >>> a community reception is underway in salem, virginia, to honor wdbj tv photographer adam ward. he and reporter alison parker were shot to death last week during a live television interview of tonight' reception honoring ward is taking place at salem high where ward went to school. his funeral is tomorrow in roanoke. >>> the u.s. supreme court said former virginia governor bob mcconnell can stay out of prison while he appeals his convictions. the high court stayed an order that would have sent mcdonnell to prison. mcdonnell and his wife maureen were convicted last year of accepting gifts and loans from a virginia businessman in exchange for favors. the former governor received a two year sentence. >>> come tomorrow a kentucky clerk will have to decide whether to issue same sex marriage licenses or risk a foon and jail time unless the supreme court -- a fine and jail time unless the supreme court intervenes on her behalf. a federal judge has since ordered her to issu

in d.c., paying 2.69 in maryland and necessary maryland, 2.40 n virginia a gallon of gas costs $2.20.now, it will run $2.47 in west virginia, but it can vary station to station. for example, we found gas for $1.97 in spotsylvania county. >>> saturday night live returns for season 41 in october and there will be a new face in the lineup. nbc sent out this tweet today announcing that john rudd knit ski will join the long-running sketch comedy show. he's 25-year-old standup comedian from new jersey who won a college comedy contest back in 2012. he retweeted nbc's announcement and said joining the show is a lifetime dream. >>> we are working several developing stories in the newsroom right now. there were two murders and several shootings in the district during this weekend's all hands on deck initiative. now the pressure is mounting for leaders to do something to stop the murders. now, despite this weekend's shootings, d.c. police say overall, violent crime is down when compared to this same weekend last year. mark segraves has been dig nothing these numbers a -- digging into these numbe

. >>> in charles county, maryland, a new effort is underway led by the sheriff's department. the goal? having an open, honest dialogue about race and policing. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in waldorf where the new sheriff here in charles county is making tough face to face discussions with the community about trust part of training for his command staff and officers. listening to members of the naacp talk about incidents like this one in ohio where tamir rice, a black 13-year-old with a toy gun, was killed by responding white cleveland police. >> how do we get so fearful that we think deadly force is the way to stop some situation like that? >> reporter: and the community hearing responses like this from an officer. >> that the average citizen would run. if they believed that was a gun, they would run, but the police officer can't. >> we here at charles county sheriff's office are trying to learn from national incidents. >> law enforcement agencies train more in terms of firearms training rather than how to deescalate conflict resolution. >> people are really afraid if they g

-- standards and technology in gaithersburg, maryland. today his attorney told us his client was conducting an unauthorized training experiment. bartley was the only one hurt and is expected to plead guilty next week. >>> the latest on a developing story out west, tonight instead of taking on enemies of the state members of our military are moving in to fight fires burning across the landscape. hundreds of troops are joining the front lines. chris martinez with the latest from castaic, california. >> reporter: about 100 wildfires are raging across at least seven western states. >> i've been in the fire service 23 years. this is one of the worst years i've seen. >> reporter: this is what is >> they couldn't get here. n power lines came down. smoke was too thick. >> reporter: washington national guard members are filling in, some working 16 hour days, to help tame the fire and relieve firefighter fatigue. >> right now our mission is to make sure the fire creeps down to the fire line down below. >> reporter: if flames jump past that line, th

definitely through maryland on 270. so a heads up. we had the earlier midday roadwork on 270 near 121. that is where you see barrels to the side. let's move closer to the d.c. area. let's look at the congestion. through montgomery county, the teen. georgetown. on the inner loop it is a slow go. getting there from virginia a typical volume. on the g.w. parkway we have delays. keep that in mind on 395. i want to focus in on the d.c. heads up. nats game that will start at 7:05 tonight. they did close off half street and it's going to be blocked until 2:30 this evening. 395 is heavy getting past crystal city. outbound on 66 in the 20's. it will take you 20 minutes from the beltway to closer to the fairfax county parkway. back to you. jonathan: all right. thanks. traffic alert for the drivers in the district. construction of the virginia avenue tunnel will cause lane closures starting monday. officials say the lanes will be reduced on the 11th street between the i-695 off-ramp and m street in southeast d.c. be prepared. the restrictions st

bryce mckey is already out at the university of maryland. he was hired as an assistant basketball coach for the lady terrapins. friday night, brenda frese released a statement saying that had resigned his position as an assistant coach at the university of maryland. it is best that bryce 10 to his personal matters and step away from coaching at this time. he is accused of sexually abusing a woman's basketball player that he coast at savior university -- xavier university where he worked the past four years. he invited her to his home to say goodbye, gave her alcohol, and touched her inappropriately on her buttocks and legs. >> he then offered money so she would not complain. roz: the player's father says he feels betrayed. >> i trusted him with my daughter. i'm pursuing this because i want to make sure it don't happen to any other girls. said he isrt, mckey not guilty, but investigators are also looking at a second complaint against him. >> he got on the phone and called another, same night. cohol and sex on his mind. rescheduledring was for

feels like 88 in lexington park, maryland. it is dry inside the beltway. so no problem in silver springs. we head toward the south and the west, showers and an embedded thunderstorm around warrenton, new baltimore but nothing that is expected to become severe moving through the evening hours. we have a shower in between so if you are looking west, that is what you look at. the lightning is prolific, especially across western maryland. it's warm and muggy. winds from the southeast at five to ten. the thunderstorms will come to an end. the cold front that is going try to slide through tomorrow that will give us a better chance for widespread shower and thunderstorms. stall off the coast. more sunshine in the forecast. not as humid out there with the temperatures that will make it to the middle 80's. tomorrow is 85 by noontime. the upper 80's by the drive home. showers and the thunderstorms will develop wth the likely area of heavier rain and gusty winds. 87 on friday. beautiful weekend ahead. robert: the nats woke up last night. hopefully they won't fall bac

leon: students in maryland heading back to school. but one of the district is having trouble with menus at the school. we have more on that. kevin: the school is highly regarded. it's an independent statistics website that gives spcs an eight-plus for teacher, culture and diversity, a for about academics but a c with the food. >> they should shoot for the stars with the foot. kevin: on a mission to improve that braid. >> a lot of the students said they were tired of the repeated pizza and the chicken patties and the burgers and it would be impossible for a vegetarian to find something to eat. >> across the d.m.v., alexanderia city earned a's. they are urging them to place quality salad bar in every school and void the menu of all processed food. >> a lot more examples around the country of people doing it to raise this or ann cooper in boulder, the cincinnati public schools. there are all sort of school systems that are making changes and starting to cook from scratch. all on the same budget. they could do it. kevin: they told us the

reporting live in waldorf, maryland, scott broom, wusa9. >> i just love the way people are engaging in these honest conversations in the wake of that special. thank you so much, scott. by the way, you can continue to engage in that conversation hosted by bruce johnson on our website and our app, wusa9. just search honest conversation. deb? >>> there have been five attacks on women in the arlington area in the last few weeks and police are now looking for any similarities to see if they're related. >> reporter: this is hank silverberg in arlington. on this hill last night a woman was attacked on her way home from work. police say the woman saw a man following her, but that's not unusual in this area where people walk a lot at night. arlington deputy police chief jan murray said the man was carrying a stick and grabbed the woman as she walked up the hill. >> he tried to pull her into an adjacent wooded area and she started screaming and fighting. he got her there but she was very actively resisting. >> reporter: the attack was similar to four others in the region in the last few weeks go

that attack happened in a church parking lot in mount rainier, maryland. prince george's county bureau chief, tracee wilkins, spoke with a long-time homeowner on the d.c. side. >> this man, they stole his car keys. >> reporter: prince george's county police say these three teens beat and carjacked a man in a mount rainier church parking lot, just blocks from their d.c. group home. two of the suspects, akeelah carter and tyrell leonard, both 17-year-olds, are being charged as adults a third, dimarco green, is still wanted. >> not surprised because that happened. that happened many times. >> reporter: this northeast resident says since his neighbor sold his home for it to be used as a group home, this community, and even he, have had problems. >> i live here about 30, 30-plus years, i never hear nothing. but since they put it halfway house, you hear a lot of things happen. >> reporter: someone from the group home who is familiar with all three of these young men tell me that dimarco green had been here for some time, longer than the other two suspects much t

maryland officials shared their own stories of being profiled.is gordon reports. >> maryland's efforts to end racial profiling by police began before the death of freddie grey and the baltimore riots. the attorney general introduced this with guidelines ending profiling in maryland. that's illegal. violates law of the united states. >> a 14-year-old waiting for her parents, she was the victim of profiling. >> when i had an officer shine a bright light on me and yell through a megaphone, get off the lawn. move ahead. never to say to me where are your parents, are you okay. but to move me in darkness and you never forget that experience. you never do. >> she says it made her feel like a second class citizen. >> this says to me that as an american you don't have the same rights as others when you're mistreated and disrespected. >> the police chief knows. >> dropped crime to historic levels. >> ahead, we are told about another target of racial profiling as recently as november the night before he was re-elected for his third term. chris gordon, news

they made the discovery on lockport lane in bowie, maryland. they first went to the scene around 10:00. they were there for a welfare check. detectives could not tell about a motive or a possible suspect. >>> four metro stations are closed as they begin the weekend track work. they will be closed through sunday night. three shuttle buses will take you around the stops. we should mention, trains will run every 20 minutes on the red line and 15 minutes on the green line. >>> a firsthand account from american men who tackled a possible terrorist on a train to paris. these three men helped stop a gunman. they were awarded for their actions. the 26-year-old suspect is from morocco. he opened fire on the train friday. the suspect, barefoot, there he is as police took him in custody. investigators say he hooked three people. >> my last year of college. i came to see my friends. we stopped a terrorist. kind of crazy. >> they said the country's antiterrorism prosecutor is in charmg of the case. they are not narrowed down a motive. >>> the stock market s

in maryland, it looks pretty similar.he 2002 dodge caravan also the most stolen car there and the honda accord takes the second spot here a second time. thieves stole nearly 1500 of those cars combined last year. to virginia, there's the accord again, this time in the number one spot. ford pickups a hot spot in virginia. the 2014 camry was the 30 most taken and the newest car on the list as well. in fact, the camry and the honda civic were in the top five for stolen cars in all three places. we'll have the full list online for you. search stolen cars. >>> from keeping your car from your driveway to keeping it safe on the road. >> we're going to tell you which part of our area is pretty high up there on a new list of worst states for driving. can you guess? >> if you're having trouble getting a good wifi signal in a your house, keep your router away from lep pipes, glass and mirror. don't put it near a microwave or bathroom or war ware wireless printer. you can change the attenin aings as well. >> if you commute in marylan

officer. >> in maryland. i'm thinking, holy cow. >> reporter: three weeks before heidi's murder, an officer had spotted alexander bennett walking down a baltimore highway. >> when a wanted check is run by a patrolman or an officer that check remains in the computer forever. >> how important was that? >> incredibly important. >> reporter: detectives meyer and childs hopped a flight to denver. it was time to meet this alexander bennett. >> coming up -- >> a suspect's story, a surprise to even these experienced detectives. >> that's why -- it is strange. it's hard finding time to moisturize your skin every day. with micro droplets of vaseline jelly, new vaseline intensive care spray moisturizes and absorbs in seconds to help heal dry skin. so there's always time for healed skin. that's the healing power of vaseline. in seconds. you're making this up! no, no, no she came on to you? i was walking down the street and from the other side, "hey! hey! who is that? she just...she cat called you? no. he was just friends

maryland, delaware and the southern jersey beaches. warmer, the water temperature from virginia to hatteras. ideal mid-august weekend. home and at the beaches as well. once we get through the weekend, the humidity levels will creep up. temperatures creep up. lower to mid-al 90's through tuesday, wednesday, thursday with the daily chances of the showers and the thunderstorms. "abc7 news at 5:00" will horace: i'm horace holmes in the newsroom with a video racking up thousands of views. this comes from youtube. get it going. come from tube talk. the person posted it said it shows a drone flying toward that eagle. the drone was carrying the camera. it was no match for the eagle who took it down. luckily for us if drone did keep the camera. thousands on youtube. kimberly: i wouldn't want to take on eagle. jonathan: thought it made a new friend. look at this. thanks. plenty of animals to see at the montgomery county fairs. kimberly: doors opened two and a half hours ago. mike carter-conneen is there to show us what is going on. not using the

and 95 in maryland, nice and green. staple thingz]() on 29. and bw parkway this morning. 270, no issues. we had earlier road washing. wtop, remember to listen to them, 103 fm in the car. ramps from southbound gw parkway to the inbound key bridge will be shut down through friday for the paving project. you'll have to go a little farther and take the roosevelt bridge instead. back in ten minutes. >>> a developing story here at the live desk, two nato troops shot and killed at a military base in afghanistan. this is in the helmand province in the southern part of the country. few details right now but it does appear to be an insider attack. two men wearing uniforms opened fire carrying international troops. the shooters were killed when nato troops fired back. nato right now has not said the nationalities of the troops who were killed. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. >>> marion bowser is planning another big move, to ask for d.c. council to give officers more power. specifically, parole officers would be able to search former convicts at anyt

former maryland governor marvin mandel has died. he was 95. the family says mandel passed away after a two day visit to st. mary's county for his son's birthday celebration. marvin mandel served as governor from 1969 until 1977 when he was convicted of political corruption charges. maryland governor hogan has ordered all flags to fly at of had staff in mandel's honor. funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. >>> an elderly dumfries, virginia man is found alive and okay after being lost on a mountain in maine for several days. 78-year-old john lyons went missing thursday at baxter state park. maine forest rangers spotted him on a rockslide early this morning and rescued lyons by helicopter. >> he was tired. you could tell he was real tired. >> he was kind of disoriented at first. i think when we first flew over him, he put on his pack and started to walk back into the woods. we found him on the backside of fort mountain. there's the drainage this goes in through there. he was walking along the drainage, looked like he was trying to get

why virginia is staking a claim to maryland's famed blue crabs. >>> and battling the bite. what works, what doesn't when it comes to protecting your skip from those dreaded mosquitos. >>> first, two years and more than four miles of work underneath d.c. is now complete. the goal is to prevent neighborhood flooding and make our rivers clean enough to fish and swim in. but it will come at a cost. to most of us, that is, news4's mark segraves takes us inside the big dig. >> reporter: the milestone for the d.c. clean rivers project that will be complete in 2022 has the enormous borehead from the underground drill was removed from the tunnel. >> about four and a half miles. it's taken several years to do. we're on time, we're underbudget. >> reporter: that budget is more than $2 billion. >> there's an item on everybody's bill. next year it's going to be $20. it's going to continue to go up. >> reporter: while water bills will continue to go up each year, our rivers and creeks will continue to get cleaner. the new tunnels will supplement the existing tunnels which were built in t

as you all know, maryland does not leave the union. buchanan, thef secretary of the navy with the united states says that was a little hasty, can i have my job back echo of course he gets a job back? of course he gets a big no. on buchanan's letter, "you are dismissed from the service or co-he's a free agent -- from the servants -- from a service." he's a free agent. then he becomes the commander of the james river defenses with the css virginia as his flagship. it is buchanan, who on the morning of march 8, 1862 will calleds ship on what is a shakedown cruise. when they get to craney island he will call the men onto the gun deck and say, men, today we will do not just our duty but more than our duty. today we will attack the union fleet. to your cannon, to your death, we will sink before surrender." we are supposed to be practicing our ship, not fighting. as a result of buchanan's virginia would come out and sink the uss cumberland by 3:30 on the afternoon of march 8. that moment really creates that ironclad revolution that was so fin

he died when another vehicle hit his baobile along i-70 in western maryland. pat collins caught up with the man who knew him and has more about the man behind the mask. >> reporter: wendy, he lived outside baltimore, but his reach went far beyond that. he would visit sick children in hospitals all around our area. his name, lenny robinson, but you may know him as batman. >> anybody who knew him, he was batman. for my kids, to the neighborhood kids and they loved him. ♪ ♪ batman >> reporter: i remember some time ago seeing lenny robinson in action. he dressed like batman, he drove a batmobile weaned go around to hospitals trying to cheer up sick children. this is lenny robinson's bat cave, a prestigious home in the owings mills section of baltimore county. his neighbors very proud of their batman and sometimes, they would play alfred to help him get ready for his exploits. >> high wife and his wife would have to help him dress into the costume, literally, have to come up, zip the costume up, the rubber suit, and then he would struggle to get into the car and he

maryland suspended mckey indefinitely. he is due in court early next month for a pretrial hearing. >>> two parents from silver spring are in jail, accused of second degree murderer and child neglect in the death of their 2-year-old son. montgomery county police arrested jonathan turcios and blanca reyes yesterday. they brought him to the hospital battered. but it wasn't until the last month that the medical examiner determine he had died from dehydration and pneumonia. the parents admit they didn't get medical care for matthew when he was sick or hurt. >>> today, our second warmest day out of the workweek. we have been pretty lucky this bomb, week, but now going to see the temperatures move up, way up, for the weekend. right now, got 87 degrees, reagan national, sunshine, the south wind helping to push the warmer air our way. across the area, high pressure, nice, clear skies, so a good evening. nice and starry during the overnight period early tomorrow morning. maybe see another meteor shower or two come through the area.

i'm scott broom in owings mills, maryland. beloved man behind the mask. >> and if you get an e-mail that looks like it's from e-z pass, it may be a scam. >>> but first we have breaking news from fairfax county. former police officer adam torres has been indicted in the murder of john geer. we understand it's the first time in the department's 75 year history that an officer will face prosecution for an onduty shooting. geer was shot and killed as he stood in his springfield townhouse door two years ago. torres was recently fired from the department and geer's father tells wusa9 he's happy the grand jury did this so quickly, but he figured justice would eventually prevail. >>> a huge loss now shaking the children's medical community in our region this evening, a machine who spread joy to thousands of serious -- man who spread joy to thousands of seriously ill kids was killed in an accident last night. he's the guy we knew as the route 29 batman after a video in 2012 that made him famous. scott broom is live in owings mills, mar

moving through maryland right now. heavy rainfall in northeastern maryland.ding towards delaware. in fact, severe thunderstorm warnings in effect for portions of kent and new castle counties. these storms are fast movers like the first line of storms. they're moving to the east at 40 miles an hour which could have them in middletown in just 22 minutes. at 6:22 this morning and then by 6:29 in the smyrna area. this is why i've issued a first alert for today. part of why the chance of severe thunderstorms not only this morning but we could see more storms developing later today. potential already damaging winds can't rule out tornadoes or hail with these storms. the storm threat is greatest from philadelphia to the south and east across delaware and south jersey for later today. it's not going to it be an all-day rainfall. the clouds are already breaking here. the nbc 10 studios will lead to a quick

. >>> maryland's u.s. attorney says a former federal police officer was trying to make meth the very same day an explosion went off inside of a building at the national institute of standards and technology. that officer, 41-year-old christopher bartley, was taken to the hospital following the explosion in gaithersburg and now he's been charged with one count of attempt at manufacturing methamphetamine. bartley faces up to 20 years. >>> we're settling into a rainy pattern for the next couple of days and first alert meteorologist topper shutt tracking what is in store. so what is hitting people right now, top? >> we have a couple showers and thunderstorms in parts of the metro area, debra, not quite warranted enough for a yellow weather alert just yet, but we have showers that moved across i-66 and tracking steadily west of loudoun county. heavier activity moved out of howard county into baltimore, see a little lightning there, so nothing severe certainly. we have this storm which is running just west of le

in maryland, montgomery county schools and charles go back to school. loudoun county and prince william students go back to school. and you can stay in bed earlier. >> the school board decided to change the starting times. >>> today, school officials may decide whether to push back the start of classes at stafford high school. we told you that hess construction is having a hard time getting the permits it needs to allow administrators to move in. "the free lance-star" reports it was supposed to get a temporary permit yesterday, but did not. they may push the first day from september 8th to 14th. >>> ten years since hurricane katrina ravaged new orleans. today, president bush will visit the city. the former president and his wife will visit a charter school there and a library funded by the laura bush foundation. coming up on the "today" show a live report on how that city continues to recover a decade later. >>> here are 4 things to know before you head out the door at 6:56. tropical storm erika is over puerto rico and it's setting its sights on florida

not too bad. >> very nice. >>> and now at 5:00, a barn explodes in southern maryland.firefighters in harm's watch we will tell you what we found when we return to the scene. >>> sweating it out on metro? you are not the only one y some stations are sweltering and what metro says went wrong. >>> and d.c.'s mayor talking about the violent sumner our city and what is b >>> they are offering more reward money for people to come forward with information that could help them solve some of these deadly shootings in the district. >> mayor muriel bows and police chief cathy lanier just spoke about the new initiative today. news4's tom sherwood has the details about the plan that helped close some of these cases. >> reporter: mayor bowser called community leaders and police together to announce new efforts to combat gun violence and homicides, saying crime is taking a personal toll on communities and on her, too. >> we gave a press availability at congress park yesterday. and it was among the saddest experiences of my life. after that press briefing, to walk around and talk to n

maryland. it was about 8:00 saturday night when a car was spotted near a prison facility in cumberland, maryland. they had been under surveillance. police found inside the vehicle two people and a drone that was u to be used to drop things into the prison facilities. they were able to arrest two people in the cars and investigate an inmate where they went in and found more cont contraba contraband. take a look at what the state's secretary of public safety had to say. >> this is the first case in maryland where a drone is suspected in a contraband delivery plot. we have been ahead of this issue recognizing as it an merging problem and have been working on legislative solutions with our law enforcement partners. >> the secretary saying it's going to cost upwards of $350,000 to implement some of the done detection technology. we expect more information as the investigation continues. >>> i'm chuck bell. plenty of sun shine. waiting on a chance of thunder showers. right now it's all 86. 82 in gait

two days of concerts and fun on a farm of river road in potomac, maryland.usands of people showed up. >> to me, it was the end of an era. >> reporter: they graduated from wooten high school. because of encroaching development, they knew it would be the last. >> we sacrificed our freedom for someone els idea. we got a bunch of bands together from all different genres. >> reporter: the neighbors called police. because the party was on private land, the police couldn't shut it down. >> reporter: well, the party is over, but it was this past weekend for 34 hours straight. >> reporter: much of the party was captured on video tape, something rare for 1985. a few years ago, a local film maker got his hands on that footage. >> high quality, professional footage of this wild party going on in potomac, maryland. >> rock and roll, party. >> they took that footage and produced a documentary, heavy metal picnic. >> a look back at a time period where you didn't have cameras, nobody was documenting it. >> reporter: today the home is for a millionaire mansion. >> 1985 heavy

in a desperate search in maryland. a former inmate on the loose. what police want you to know to and the campaign contract -- once you know. and the campaign trail. linking jeb bush and stephen colbert. 11:00, onc 7 news at your side. >> parts across central virginia across central virginia tonight are broken as people are remembering the two young journalists gunned down during a live broadcast yesterday morning. richard has been in roanoke since the story broke. he has the latest on the tribute to alison parker and adam ward and what we are learning about the killers past. tears were a and big part of the news. >> just grief and sadness. >> the sorrow is setting in. richard: only a day since reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward lost their lives doing what they loved. >> you hope it was a bad nightmare. richard: there was also talk about vester flanagan, a former reporter, fired in 2014. >> he had a lot of anger, a lot of rage. richard: confrontational behavior that got so bad that, before his firing, they had him enrolled in a progra

. >>> and they call it maryland's own woodstock. it was 30 years ago this week. how you can relive it tomorrow night. >> "news4 at 11" starts now. >> first tonight, a sea of candles in roanoke, virginia. hundreds gathering outside wdbj television. just a few hours ago to pay tribute to alison parker and adam ward. it was one of two vigils tonight for the slain journalists. another was held at the high school where parker graduated. virginia attorney general mark herring spoke at this vigil outside of the station. there was also a prayer service for the third victim, vicky gardner. she is still recovering from that shooting, and she is now listed in good condition. >> and it's been another tough day for the staff of that tv station. they held a moment of silence on air and attempted to carry on as best they can. the news director said it's now small things people are finding around the station making the absence of alison and adam that much harder to cope with. >> my sports director just said to me i lost it when i walked out and saw his car in the parking lot and

continues to rally around maryland governor larry hogan who is battling non- hodgkin's lymphoma. >> organizers at lawyers farm in thurmond completed this corn maze complete with hogan's likeness at the top there, the state of maryland, the flag and #hoganstrong. money raised will go toward the american cancer set to. >>> coming your way a bit later they graduated -- cancer society. >>> coming your way a bit later they graduated with an elite fighting school, but the two women will not get to graduate with the rangers of. >> reporter: for the first time in fairfax county history a police officer is indicted for a shooting. i'm peggy fox. coming up today we'll have reaction from the victim's family. you exercise. you choose the salad. occasionally. but staying well - physically, financially, emotionally - its hard on your own. so cigna's got your back, and your knees, 24/7. cigna's there to answer your questions. or when you need some coaching. in sickness and in health, cigna's there, helping you to get well and stay well. that's having a partner, who's with you all the way. cigna. >