meagan, what did that video show? >> reporter: jim, you can see the moment where that officer pepper sprayed him inside the apartment complex behind me here. the chief says he's not looked at the video yet. we're expecting it to come out on monday and wants to give the people associated with this instance an opportunity to tell their parents that it's coming out. he said, look, this is university and says the actions of this year is the reason why they have suspended that officer for two weeks without pay. he goes on to say that pepper spray never should have been used in the first place. we'll get to video here. this incident here happened back in may. it was may 21st. officers got a call for a fight happening inside an apartment at the courtyard complex. a nearly seven-week investigation shows that it was a false report. there was never a fight happening inside the unit. cell phone video captured moments of what happened next. police knocked on the door. they asked the partygoers to leave. some people started leavin

meagan? >> reporter: that's right. if you've ever been out here, you understand why they got out here so early. they came prepared because they knew they were in store for a wet day ahead. since early this morning, people have been getting ready for the most anticipated holidays of the season. >> this is the best spot to see the fireworks. >> reporter: and families would agree. >> we've got restrooms right here the fireworks through there, parade route through there. >> reporter: michael is pataki tr -- pata patriarch of the family. >> reporter: and it's not enough to stop families have having a good time because they've experienced rain on the fourth before so they know the drill and others celebrating the holiday around them have gotten creative, too. >> has rain ever stopped freedom? >> reporter: no. and they are hoping it doesn't stop the fireworks either. >> we're looking out for things like high winds, heavy rain, low ceiling on the clouds, thunder and lightning. >> at this point, the big show is set to go on but

meagan? >> reporter: it was important for those law enforcement officers to demonstrate, they s say, that they are committed to rebuilding trust with the communities they serve. by the time they made it here, community members got a reminder of how thankless a job policing can be. >> go out with a different sense of consciousness. be very aware of your surroundings. >> policing in america officers since the police were gunned down in dallas and baton rouge while trying to keep their community safe. this morning on the campus of howard university -- >> lord, we thank you for that gathering. >> -- their sacrifice was honored. >> one blue candle to commemorate the guys in dallas, louisiana and most recently the young captain in kansas city, kansas. >> reporter: black law enforcement officers from around the country were in d.c. for an annual conference, where they discussed ideas of how to rebuild trust in many of the communities they police every day. >> we made mistakes, that we haven't been a

and meagan is here, welcome everyone. happy thursday.lasses for everyone except meagan because you see 20/20 especially in politics. so i know your dad is in a huge reelection campaign and has to focus his energy where he must. who do you like who is going and who is not. >> i like that ted cruz is going, i think his speech will be interesting. he has endorsed donald trump. >> what's he going to do, run for 2020? try to do what barack obama did in 2004? does he try to unify the party. >> might do what reagan did and set himself up for 2020. anything to do with donald trump, i really like victor cte. >> he talked about the battle between good and evil. so that's a little awkward, he's like, ip know it said you were evil but this place is great i love what you done with it. >> it's not like they have to hate each other like a sports team. >> he made it sound like the "line, witch, and wardrobe" stuff. >> so who is the lion? >> trump. >> isn't trump the witch. >> cruz created narnia. >> cruz is a lion but in reality trump is a lion. >> so y

there are thousands of them, some meagan fitzgerald has more. >> dna today is the most powerful tool law enforcement has. >> reporter: and in many cases, the only hope for frustrated sexual assault victims to get justice. in 2014, virginia received a $1.4 million grant so the more than 2,000 backlogged rape kits in the state can be stored here and tested. news4 got an exclusive look at the process. >> we try to take the equivalent of one swab from our sexual assault samples. >> reporter: each sample is marked with its own identification number. after testing, it goes back into the envelope and is sealed again, a process that can take up to two hours per kit. commonwealth attorney general mark haring says the results will be entered into a national database. >> if there are hits, that information will be communicated to the appropriate law enforcement officials >> reporter: it's been a long wait for so many survivors. but haring says scientists are working quickly so some of these crimes may finally be solved. >> this is really important for a lot of reasons. first, it can help identi

meagan? >> reporter: he was a ruthless, monster, and he's a known ms-13 gangem murders because he was trying to elevate his status in the gang. they also say that he celebrated hours after the murder. >> mourning my brother, my friend, you know. he was always there for me. >> reporter: nelson navarro describes his brother as loving and kind and would do anything for anyone. >> it's very heartless. >> reporter: nelson struggles to describe the pain his family has been feeling. court documents say that a 24-year-old entered navarro's home stabbing his 89 times, his wife and daughter found him and call called 911. >> i'm calling him but i'm with my kid. >> a footprint led police t suspect. oscar was killed so the suspect could prove himself to the gang and elevate his status. hours after the murder, this video that we're seeing for the first time shows the suspect getting an ms-13 tattoo. he was celebrating the crime. >> today's sentence is a reflection, too, of our notion that this kind of viol

news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live in howard university. meagan? >> doreen, these officers were in town to participate in a conference. we're told this march was particularly important for them and for many community members who watched this morning, they say it's a gesture they believe will go far. the recent tragedies in dallas and baton rouge are just reminders of how dangerous policing can be. >> lord, we thank you for this gathering. > law enforcement officers, those lives were remembered. >> there's one blue single candle that commemorates the loss of the guys in dallas, the guys over in louisiana and then most recently the young captain over in kansas city, kansas. >> reporter: the last five days, these officers from around the country have had conversations about how to restore trust in some communities. >> we've made mistakes. that we haven't been as good as we should have been with developing those relationships. >> we're at a time in our country where we've all got to come together. we've heard that over and over. >> reporter: this morni

meagan fitzgerald is live with more on the story. meagan?porter: the conditions the as the worst possible scenario and jose bacon hasn't taken responsibility for his actions and investigators say this woman could have died. montgomery county investigators say from january 2012 to october 2015, jose bacon jr. was stealing money from an elderly woman. >> he was in the neighborhood and able to get his foot in the door, so to speak. >> reporter: bacon was the only caregiver for 95-year-old helen. investigators say she trusted him which is how he was able to forge and cash 16 checks in a month totalling more than $11,000. investigators believe this video shows bacon withdrawing money from her atm. what police found inside her home was a scene particularly troubling. >> he left this 95-year-old victim toss own urine and leave the house to be unkempt. >> cat feces, old food covered in ants and rats on the bed. a special task force was sa designated to protect the elderly. >> they are cross-trained in both financial crimes and elder exploitation. >>

thank you, meagan.unknowingly given the app access to see and modify everything from your e-mails, your photographs and more. if you signed into the app using the google account. that's because of a coding loophole in the app, pokemon developers say they are working on a fix now and until then, we have instructions, as you just heard there, on how you can protect your google account. instructions are on our nbc washington app. no danger there. just go and search pokemon go. >> doug is over here playing. have you protected your for your google app? >> i didn't but i'm going to do that now that you did that. and literally in the studio i just got a crab. >> congratulations. >> i did. i'm not too good. >> have you had time to look at the forecast this afternoon? >> if there's anybody over 35 playing that game, let us know. i'm curious about that. >> i'm playing because -- >> him. him. >> right. other than me. >> it's kind of cool. not cool as the forecast. anything but cool. we're calling it hot. as a matt

we have definitely seen bigger crowds in the past, as meagan was mentioning. security is starting to tighten up here. in the past, we've seen a stream of people moving through here. it's going to be a bit easier getting around the challenges. >> reporter: crowds not letting today's forecast get them down. extra tarp for rain-roofing. >> reporter: ken martin and his family came all the way from colorado. tim is in the army and he's obviously prepared. >> we have a barbecue, a cooler, lots of food to keep people going as well. >> reporter: as the bells rang, they staked out their spot well in advance. now, security is tight all around the downtown core, roads blocked and lot of cars with out of state plates turning u-turns. metro carrying the load pretty well today. now, we did have to do a double-take when we saw this officer on her bike. that's police chief cathy lanier. >> i try to get out and ride and you can see a lot more and talk to people and it's >> reporter: your advice for anybody today? just be cautious, be careful? >> yeah. we always ask people when

. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank morning, take a look at this. the sedan crashed into a guardrail near the germantown road exit right in the middle of the morning rush. the accident backed up southbound traffic for hours. >>> to your local forecast now. is rain still a possibility for the fourth? your storm team 4 meteorologist lauren, say it ain't so. >> i know, unfortunately it looks like there's going to be scattered showers throughout the day on monday. not just your typical afternoon thunderstorm, but we will have showers on your fourth of july. more on that in a few minutes. right now, more on this haze. look at that haze, it's so hazy and humid out there. and warm. temperatures climb to around 80 right now. we're headed to near 90. you can see a few showers going as the warm front hanging to the south. not only do we have to worry for that for today, a cold front will also bring showers and thunderstorms. nnl area beaches. so your beach forecast and the timing on these storms, so you can plan out your evening, all coming up. >>> most roads

news4's meagan fitzgerald has that story all new at 6:00. >> reporter: black law enforcement executivesave been attending their annual conference for the last 40 years but this year was different. in the last two weeks, eight officers have been gunned down while protecting their community after protests sparked around the country when two black men were killed by police. but now it's the officers who feel they are being targeted. so over the last four days, conversations around community policing and tactics have dominated the conversation. and today, duane crawford with the national organization for black law enforcement focusing on the youth. officers talked to hundreds of teenagers throughout the day. >> where is it? >> right here. >> you moved to your pocket. so when you do that -- >> he's going to think -- >> my hand is going to go right here now. >> reporter: special guests and hip-hop mobile russell simmons spoke with students. >> like baseball, get home safe. that means when they try to pull you over, try to comply. >> i believe all people need to respect all people. >> reporter

. >> our team coverage continues with news4's meagan fitzgerald. a lot of people in our area were already tense and energized by the shootings that we saw earlier in the week. what are you hearing now in northeast d.c. about what happened in dallas? >> reporter: chris, a lot of people say that they are angry. they say they are very frustrated after seeing, like you said, what happened with the officer-involved shooting in louisiana and then the one in minnesota. but after seeing five officered gunned down in dallas while they were trying to protect a crowd of protesters, now people are saying it's time to come together. d.c. police officers and law enforcement around the country returned to work today. police responded to this call on good hope road in southeast for a homicidal and suicidal manholed up in his apartment. it ended peacefully but dallas is a reminder that some calls don't. >> it's scary out there. you never know what is going to happen. >> reporter: jamil is just 15 years old and worries about how some officers interact with people of

i saw meagan fitzgerald getting poured on down there. back edge is coming through right now and we may be looking good for the fireworks. let's get to the forecast so i can show what you is going on. through midnight, light rain and drizzle. if you see a little bit of sunshine, then you will have a chance for some thunderstorms. but until then, we're calling for light rain and drizzle. rain and storms return overnight. we get another batch of rain all through kentucky, coming through west virginia. that will the overnight. we could even have flash flooding and fog around and rain as you make your way back to work but we'll clear by tomorrow evening and then hello humidity and heatwave. we're heading into the 90s. possibly the first heatwave of 2016. there's the leading edge of rain pushing through the region and it will continue to lift towards the north and east. you will be the last to see it arrive and the last to see it go as it moves to the north and east. spotty showers out to the west. there's the heavy cell that came through d.c.

meagan fitzgerald has reaction from the sentencing from the victim's family. >> very athletic and veryice. >> reporter: his brother oscar, he says, was a lot of things but what he was most proud of was being a father of two and a >> it's hard to explain to you until you experience it. >> reporter: after his life ended in 2014, montgomery county police say that oscar was inside of his silver spring home when he walked in and stabbed him 89 times, pulling out his organs before leaving him to die. it was his wife and 9-year-old daughter who called 911. >> he's lying there and i see blood and i'm saying oscar, oscar, and i'm with my kid. >> reporter: evidence left behind at the scene led officers to this gang member. his mug shot shows that he was never remorseful. in fact, he celebrated the murder by getting a gang tattoo hours after the crime. in a courtroom, a judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> todays sentence is a reflection, too, of our notion that this kind of violence will not be tolerated in montgomery county. >> reporter: his family says th

me meagan? >> reporter: before we saw that video, they came out and said our officers got it wrong, that they never should have used pepper spray. he says the students are traumatized but he's not releasing the video to us until monday to give students an opportunity to tell their parents that it's coming out. cell phone video only captures part of the story of what ha hours of may 21st. the university of maryland officers received a call for a fight happening at a party inside this apartment complex. a nearly seven-week investigation proved that was a false report. when officers arrived, they asked the crowd several times to move out. >>> nbc has learne that donald trump will announce ma mike pence, the governor of indiana will be his vice presidential running mate. that announcement will happen tomorrow in new york. katy tur is standing by to tell us more. >> reporter: sources close to the candidate and the campaign tell me that donald trump will choose indiana governor mike pence and that ann

our meagan fitzgerald spoke with a detective about how we as a community move forward. she joins us live with details. >> reporter: people in the community are fearful, if they interact with the police or get pulled over, that they may get stopped and killed. after seeing what happened in dallas, a lot of police officers are fearful that they now are a target. officers were gunned down in dallas, many officers are saying that policing has changed. a retired homicide detective for the metropolitan police department is joining me. >> it's already a dangerous job each and every day. now there's a heightened level of fear. >> reporter: he says the concern is that the police-involved shooting in louisiana and minnesota will prompt people to take their anger out on good officer who is are just doing their job. at midnight today, chief cathy lanier says she put safety precautions in place for her officers. >> we have increased security around our facilities and lots. >> reporter: and officers now work in pairs, something that she says will continue until further notice. >> thi

news 4 meagan fitzgerald is live with more on this new grace period and new tips for the holiday communityg today riders will have 15 minutes to decide if at the present time to wait for a delayed train or they can leave and get a full refund on their fare. other important things to get to, whad]wvk to keep in mind if plan on taking the metro rails this weekend. the two week shutdown of the blue, red, and silver they will not be doing trackwork on the fourth of july to hopefully make traveling smoother. starting on july 5th, there will be no metro rail service between national airport and braddock road station on the blue and yellow line. that closure will last until july 11th and the new phase, the new surge will take place on july 12th. we have all this information with the road closures, with the metro closures, and everything you need to know thi@1j weekend and moving forward on metro on our nbc washington app. back to you. >> everything is back to normal this morning following a disruption on the red line. construction crews hit a gas line near 10th and michigan avenue in northeast d.

meagan fitzgerald has our report. >> reporter: neighbors say this family-friendly community has alwaysfe. >> my mom doesn't let them play outside since that happened. >> reporter: things changed when yvonne got home from work on friday night. fairfax county police were everywhere. >> sounded like a whole bunch of cops and everybody was outside. >> reporter: investigators say somebody opened fire at this home around 10:00. she was inside along with the two homeowners and their 7-year-old daughter. with alberto's help, she told us what happened. >> it was late and once they turned off the lights they heard the shooting. >> reporter: he came downstairs and saw this. a bullet traveled through another wall. he showed us upstairs where anot closet. he sleeps with his mattress against the wall for protection because he's afraid to live here. three days earlier, one of several bullets went through the window where the 7-year-old girl sleeps. >> i heard a really loud noise that came to our window and, like, some glass came on my arm. >> reporter: she and many other neighbors are terrified, whic

meagan fitzgerald, news4. >>> not looking too bad out there. skies and a little on the humid side. you walkout side and as we go into the next part of the weekend, that heat is here to stay compared to yesterday and over the weekend when temperatures were in the 70s. a little chilly fourth of july. but we're making up for it today with temperatures around 90 degrees. some areas have started their heatwave. national weather service here in sterling. what constitute as heatwave, three consecutive days at 90 or ab a few showers popping up and more moderate rain along route 6. coming up, south of i-56, you may see a few sprinkles if you're driving around or out and about. otherwise, you can see not really widespread and nothing too big. we're going to be talking about the ten-day forecast and show you when we can cool down, coming up. >>> a heartbreaking moment for track and field's running mom after she collapses and missed qualifying for the olympics. how she turns this defeat into a personal victory. >>> a new deal wthi prodders, shuckersers,