news4's meagan fitzgerald was with his grandparents as they paid tribute to himhis week. >> it's beenhard,ause i miss him so much. >> reporter: there's nothing li the bond between grandfather and his only grandson. >> gave me a lot of life. >> reporter: he says timothy was his pride andjoy. he served in the army, so when timothy enlisted in the navy, he said their greatest thmemories were betting on the football games. >> he owed me $50 for the army/navy game but i overlooked >> reporter: it was their dream to attend the game together one gay, but irvin's life changed on august 21st of last year. >> timmy was presumed missing along with ten others. >> reporter: tim was onboard the uss mccain, heading to singapore when it collided with a merchant vessel, trapping t sailors inside. >> i got up at 5:30 in the morning because tha got the message. and i just got on my kes and said a prayer. >> reporter: the pain and emptiness still lirngers a year later, but his grand parents say they feel closer to tim here at arlington national cemetery where he was buried with full honors. r there and g

meagan fitzgerald learned there s even a robbery. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, wendy, that's exactly right. arlington police say this robbery happened at theat exxon n behind me. just imagine this area was floodewith atv riders and some of them kicking in the door of that convenience store and taking what they wanted before they say they were off back to d.c. atv riders took over the streets on sunday evening, from wn georgeto to logan circle and many other quadrants othe district. popping wheelies, weaving in and out of traffic, running red lights and in some cases nearly pedestrians. >> it was a huge number. i would say there were about 20a bikes, they just kept on coming. reporter: eric adler was on his way to the d.c. united game with his wife and young daughter when atv riders made their way past the stadium.r' adle bicycle was struck in the intersection. >> it bent the wheel so it's not able to turn. >> reporter: but he and his family are okay. >> what the [ bleep ] is going down inon arlingt what is this? >> reporter: just before 6:00,

meagan fitzgerald. meagan, thank you. >>> this weekend will mark one year since the eadly clash between white nationalists and counterprotesters in charlottesville. developing this afternoon, virginia governor ralph northam and the city of charlottesville have declared states ofen eme. they allow state funds to help with coordinations with l a enforcemen other agencies in the event of any issues. there are no planned events in charlottesville. organizers of last year's unite afterght rally pulled out the city denied a permit. still, there will be a heavy police presence in charlottesville all weekend long. >>> as the region is bracing for thisally this weekend, members of the d.c. council were briefed but that information was kept secret from the public. news 4 was thenly news organization in the room when the council members voted to have the public removed. mark segraves is live this evening to tellut us a what occurred there. first off, what reason did they give to have the public removed? did they th

ng i'm meagan fitzgerald, thank you for joi us. it's going to be a beautiful morning. if you'd like a little steam along with your saturday morning, i think you're in luck. ain't that right, lauren? >> i am thinking we are going to have steam out there today, but we'll also have showers out there today. that's going to wet everybody's whistle because we have a fewho lightrs out there right now only increasing in coverage as we go throughout the day today. 78 degrees is our temperature right now. you can see we haveloud cover, also a little fog, depending on where you are, whether you're seeing rain showers or not. we are seeing rain showers west of the district rightow and copping up through montgomery county, fairfax county and the city of manassas. we will have rain showers, just light stuff, but it will increase in coverage and get more intense as we go throughout the day. we've got rainy pattern over the next couple days. we'll time out the rain for today, for tomorrow and talk about when we dry out and heat up. we'll talk about ha in about 15 minutes. >> uren, tha

today news 4's meagan fitzgerald spoke to the mother of a fallen sailor about the tragic connection her family has with senator mccn. >> every morning i get up because i know he would want me to get upor >> reporter:onths rachel eccles has fought through the pain and heartacheha so tt she can live for her >> sam has given me that strength. >> reporter:tic think eccles was onhe "uss mccain" when it collided with a merchant vessel killing ten sailors. timothy was one of them. in the weeks and months following the crash there were so many questions as to why and how this happened. the forefront of fight -- >> he was a true crusar for the men, the men and women in the militaryen >> reporter:or john mccain. he wanted to know what happened. what is causing the u.s. navy to have all of these >> reporter: for mccain took the time to meet with the parents fallen sailors and even meeting individually >> it was a humbling experience for a pson that could relate on so many levels, on so many he literally sat across from me, and he choked back the tears. >> reporter: this crash was personal. >> and

meagan fitzgerald. thank you, meagan. >>>ngton cardinal donald worrell's name is being removed from a catholic hig school in pennsylvania. now, this move comes just days after the schl's marquee was vandalized here. take a good look. an online petition called for the removal and the school's trustees say cardinalwuerl also asked his name to be removed. the fallout comes after a pennsylvania grand jury report on priest sex abuse found cardinal wuerl to be part of a big cover-up. he denies that. it will now simply be north cathly high school. >>> president trump says he did nothing wrong. this comes a day after his rmer fixer michael cohen pled guilty and implicated trump in a federal crime. also, a jury convicting trump's former campaign chairman. ot say te house did whether the president is considering a pardon for paul manafort and in regards to michael cohen, the president claims payments madewo to t women who allegedly had affairs with trump were not illegal.s herehat he had to say in an interview with "fox & friends."

in courtto y, the judge referenced the gruesome and gratuitous nature of the crime news 4's meagan fitzgerald is at the scene where the crime unfolded. tell us about the day in court, meagan. >> reporter: pat, investigators tell us the 15-year-old was walking along hewitt avenue here suspects.ther that's when they encounteredle this disab victim. they not only robbed him but investigators say they also beat him in that wooded area just along georgia avenue here and hewitt. then after they beat the buy, attheyed as he crawls into georgia avenue and watch as he's struck by a car. this all happened in the early morning hours on june 8 investigators say 21-year-old kenneth, 15-year-old ashley and hermate at kennedy high school were seen in the area trying to open the doors of parked cars. just after 3:00 a.m.,st inators say the three suspects spotted gregly atwood, a disabled man walking down hewitt avenue and stole his backpack. according to court documents, atwood followed the suspects, demanding for them to return his bag. that's when he was beaten with hi walking stick. investigators say ashl

reporting in the district, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> now to the growing dangers in the tropics. you're looking live a hawaii's big island on your left there. you can see palm trees blowing inndhe already kicked up by what could be the strongest hurricane to impact the island in a quarter century. >> on the right of your screen you see a loop ofheystem on satellite and radar which is currently a category 4. expected to weaken quickly. let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper. folks should expect up to 30 inches of rain in some spots? >> exactly. that's going to be the biggesth issue w hurricane lane, the amount of rain it's dropping on hawaii. here is the latest radar image with satellite. almost all the islands getting at least som rainfall from this hurricane. now a category 4 hurricane. the good news, it'sxpected to weaken quick lip over the next day or so. maximum stained winds at 130 miles an hour, moving northwest at about seven miles an hour. here it is, early friday morning in hawaii,till max winds at 110. it is downgraded to a category two. then it mak thankf

news4's meagan fitzgerald has o more reaction to the scandal and why cardinal wuerl is being criticized. >> reporter: the attorney general for pennsylvania was asked specifically abo cardinal wuerl's involvement in the investigation since he's mentioned nearly 200 tim in the report. the attorney general says the evidence that the grand jury reviewed speaks for itself. >> this specific investigation was focused on the catholic church. and the more than a thousand victims of child sexual abuse. >> reporter: the scathing investigation led by pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro and turned over to a grand jury alleges that some 00 catholic priests sexually abused at least a thousand children, in many cases grandrs juay church leaders turned a blind eye. >> institutions acros nthis countr just the catholic church, need is to stopng prioriti their own reputations and start focusing n the people they serve and the children that thrve. >> reporter: from 1988 to 2006, cardinal donald trump wuerl was the bishop for t archdiocese of pittsburgh. he was mentioned in the grand jury reporty 170

meagan fitzgerald has new details about the man who died and a new arres made in the case. >> so the vehicle would have came into the ditch where you see the ground all torn up. >> reporter: scott mattice doesn't want to go on camera but he knew a car crashed into the ditch in his front yard on thursday because the neighbor sent him a text while he was on vacation but he wasn'txpting what he would find three days later. spotsylavnia county sheriff's deputies say jarred smith was driving the car when his friend 23-year-old deandre mier-caldwell overdosed on heroin when smith panicked and crashed his car into the ditch before carrying the body to the side of mattice's house. three days later on sunday morning. >> i went out to cut the grass because you can see it's kind o thick. walked around the side of oe house t where i store my mowers, and -- and --at >> mce made the disturbing discovery. >> around these bushes and where you see the lime all covered is where he was laid to rest. >> reporter: that's when he called police who had hoursscn e. >> the two families tragedy lost people no

news 4's meagan fitzgerald was at the event today. it occurrednortheast d.c. just blocks from the site where that 10-year-old girl was killed just last nth. >> reporter: it's an event kids look forward to every year and it's easy to see why. from snow cones. have lemon, sir >> reporter: to popcorn. it's all about the community and the kids. >> i'm getting my face painted. >> reporter: having a goo time an seeing the lighter side of police. >> to see them interacting wit the community is awesome. >> it's a positive interaction with the police and the community and allhe agencies in the city. it's really fun event. >> reporter: police chief peter newsham is hoping events like this will continue to build trustetween his officers and community. just a few blocks away is where 10-year-old makiyah wilson was shot and killed two weeks ago. fourunmen still on the run. >> with a case likemakiyah's, i don't think even people who are oot particularly trustful of the police are going get in the way in that case. i'm comfortable that somebody is going to come forward and g

. >> meagan fitzgerald is outsidef the waldo apartment complex and spoke to neighbors who heard what was happening. >>> just after 12:30 this afternoon this quiet waldorf apartment building turned into e crime s >> so she came in the room and i guess gasping for air, whatever, holding her chest and saying kenny had shot her. this woman didn't want to go on camera but says er friend ran to her unit desperate for help after her boyfriend was trying to kill her. moments later charles county deputies arrived on scene spending hours investigating while the woman was airlifted to the hospital. >> the officers were canvassing found thing when th man deceased. he was in the stirwell of the apartment building and had a self-inflictedd. gunshot woun >> the woman's child was found unharmed inside the apartment and neighbors are shocked that this nppened to a wo they have known for years. >> she was just so quiet. she didn't mess with anybody. li >> reporter: say the victim was talking when she was taken to the hospital. they tell us she's in serious expected but she is to survive. reporting in

meagan fitzgerald, thank iyou. >>>t is illegal to operate many bikes or all terrain vecles in any public space in the district including streets, sidewalks, alleys, bike lanes and public trails, too. despite that d.c. police have a no chaseolicy because it's too dangerous to pursue theseri rs. in montgomery county police will only pursue riders who appear intoxicated or have committed a seri crime. in prince george's county, police willnly pursue if the rider is wanted for a or carjacking, and arlington county police say it's up to the ficer in most cases. >>> asking for forgiveness and promisinghanges at the top. pope francis addressed the latest sexual abuse scandal that's rocking the catholic in a letter today writing, quote, we showed no care for the little ones. we abandoned them. those comments come nearly a week after aur grand report in pennsylvania found 300 predator priests, abused more than a thousand children and teenagers over a 70-year span. in that state alone, news 4's chris gordon is in washington

ck to you. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, thanks, megaan. still ahead, a newsroom shooting in annapolis that has police askinghat police can do to get ahead of violence and the news 4 i-team is down with the anne earundel pol chief about the changes he is making at home. >> stray bullets shatterheindows and peace of mind for residents of one neighborhood here. whe the bullets are coming from and what they hope lawmakers will do about it. >> also tonight we continue to track the storms moving thrgh. dug and amelia will tell you what to expect tonight. >> and a reminder, folks. help out students by taking part in nbc 4's annckl cks for kids. tomorrow we're going to be down at apple federal credit unions, kingstown branch from can have a.m. to noon. if you want to make a secure online donation, just search (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ z2x54z z16fz y2x54y y16fy (sound of footsteps) (sound of car doorpening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) >>> hello, everybody. just

news 4's meagan fitzgerald is in waldorf and she spoke to neighbors about what happened and didn't want to go on camera. >> so she came in the room and r gasping ir whatever, holding her chest saying kennyh shot her. >> reporter: a young mother desperate for help after police say her boyfriend was trying to kill er. it happened just after 12:30 inside this waldorf artment building. charles county deputies arrived on scene an spent hours investigating while the woman was airlifted to the thspital. > officers were canvassing the building when they found the man deceased. he was in the stairwell of the apartment buiing and appeared the he had a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> the infant was found unharmed inside the camer many neighbors didn't want to go on camera but saying they were shocked about a w man they ha known for years. >> she was so quiet and didn't mess with anybody. >> that was meagan fitzgerald reporting. the woman is in serious condition tonight but is expected to survive. police have not releas the name of the suspect or if he had any history of domestic violence. wendy?

news 4's meagan fitzgerald spoke to one of her friends that leres in nor virginia about her legacy. >> you know, aretha franklin is unquestionably the most talented female singer tt i think on the face of the earth. >> she's known as the queen of soul. arota franklin has left her mark on the world. >> this is aretha at the kennedy center, and she was there to honor obama. >> and wasano sr to washington, d.c. >> aretha franklin has been my magazine four times on the cover. >> sidney milr is the founder of black radio magazine who is dedicated to the entertainers of color. >> she is the ultimate diva, okay. you know when a diva is. she created the word, all right. she's very, very specific about what she wants from her band. >> ready. >> w that's dr. joyce garrett, longtime and former director of the eastern high schoon choir i d.c. says, franklin would often ask for her students to perform as backup singers on stage when she had concerts in d.c., butor the is now bracing for the worst. >> i have been bracing with this for seven months because this didn't just happen yesterday. aretha h

she's going to go down in thebo history s. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> former presidentute to aretha franklin today in a tweet that reads inart aretha helped define the ican experience. in her voice we could feel our history. he also posted pictures from h some of memories of her, including her performance at his first inauguration in began and some of her visits to the white house. you have to go all the way back to 1993 to put this picture in context. jim vance and producerargie ruttenberg and i were at the lincoln memorial to cover aretha franklin's performance at president clinton's pre-inaugural concert at the lincoln memorial. margie doesn't work in washington anymore, but she will always be a part of our news 4 family, an this is a favorite memory. jim? >> doreen, thank you. >>> fans around the world are remembering the music icon. some placed flowers and balloons on her star at the hollywood walk of fame today. others posted tributes onocl media. take a look. diana today called her the golden, wonderful spirit. carole king who co-wrote one of the singer's biggest

meagan fitzgerald with more on this story. >> reporter: police have identified the m who was shot and killed in this liquor store behind me here at 25-year-old rollin whitfield. nelice say he went inside to make a purchase anr made it out alive. cracked glass and boarded up windows, a reminder that this austin hill liquor scene was a homicide scene less than 36 hours ago. 25-year-old rollin whitfield who went by the name pine was shot and killed inside. >> he made me feel like family when i was little. used to help me when people used to pick on me back in high school. >> reporter: jeremiah says he was like a brother to him. >> it's crazy, crazy. last time i seen him, he td me to be safe. that's it. >> reporter: he saw whitfield yesterday afternoon. an hour ler he was dead. police say 27-year-old david edntrd hall walked this liquor store and shot and killed whitfield who had just mad a purchase. prince georgs county police chief hank sawinsky had this to share. >> he was asked to stop, the individual pays into heed to the commands and the officer has to discharge his weapon several t

back to you. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank youi ther more fallout from that bombshell report. a maryland catholic school is stripping the name a late cardinal accused of covering up sex abuseallegations. cardinal william h. keeler had a reputati a for transparency archbishop of baltimore. but yesterday's grand jury report accused keeler of failing to act on priest abuse cases when as bishop in pennsyania. in a statement, the baltimore archbishop says it will no longer bear keeler'sname. >>> a return to the 90s for a lot of us. >> doug kammererot in the storm center today, he's actually out in manassas, enjoying some of one of the best days we've had in quite someme doug. >> yeah, it is a gorgeous day out here. any day iutet o to do backyard weather, i always have a great time. obviously when the wer is like this, low humidity, temperature around 90, and i got a pool, it's prettyod go. it was supposed to be a dive but that did not quite work out. let's show you what'sappening weather-wise right now. we're sitting at the 90-degree mark or at least we were over the last couple of

reporting in northeast, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> ate symbolic p over breastfeeding outside of the white house today. protesters say they want the government to stop trying to derail breastfeeding inpi deve countries. peta organized the demonstration. it says u.s. officials are putting business interests with infant formula manufacturers first. earlier this spring the united nations affiliated world health asmbly approved a resolution saying breast milk is healthier for bmuies than forla and the u.s. delegation did not agree th that language. >>> another dramatic day of testimony at the trial of former trump campaignau manager manafort. his former protege back on the stand and even after manafort left the campaign hesked gates r a lot of favors, including keeping tabs on cabinet hires. blayne alexander is tracking the testimony for us this evening. >> reporr: yeah, even triedo get a cabinet level position. secretary of the army for a baer that he once worked with. paul manafort p hd not guilty to all of these charges, but for two days we've watched his one-time protege give testimo

news 4's meagan fitzgerald continues our local coveragethow one of the choir directors who frankli oftened when she was in town. ♪ >> reporter: her songs transsended ra transsended race and nationality. aretha franklin the queen of soul was loved around the world for her v incredibleoice and timeless song. ♪ >> reporter: two of her biggest hits "see-saw" and "chain of fools." >> don't you hear chain, chain, chain. written by an r & song writer who grew up in d.c. and worked with alleg endry artists like jimi hendrix, smokey robinson and aretha franklin. >> aretha was looking for songs, a little frustrated because she wasn't getting the right material so my father happened to be walking by and he hey, i got a song for you. ♪ r-e-s-pt -c-t >>s the color in the voice. it was the w she knew how to improvise with the voice. it was the wailing on the high s notes that did. ♪ >> reporter: joyce garrett was the choir collector at eastern high school in d.c. f nearly 30 years. her students have played wanh for several celebrities and dignitaries. but aretha franklin was different. >> the first ti

back to you. >> thankou meagan fitzgerald. >>> the woman keeping the books for paul manafort says she didn't know about his foreign bank accounts. records show manafort used those accounts to pay for millions in luxury items. prosecutors allege that manafort began committing bank fraud and tax evasion to keep up his lavish lifestylefter lucrative dealsn ukraine dried up on him. he once ran president trump's campaign forive months. his alleged financial crimes were uncovered during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. >>> when we come back, another look at what's going on with this rain and thiser weath alert right now. >> storm team 4 tracking storms that are going to be hitting us during the evening commute and also looking ahead to flooding concer for tonight and tomorrow. >>> after the tomorrow, cleaning out the chesapeake. crews at the bay working quickly to clear after debris took over the waterway. >>> and passengers describe their sense that something was wrong before their plane took off in mexico. why one woman says she can't believe she >>> flood

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. >> tha was meagan fitzgerald reportal. metro is drcracking down on sex offenses on the rails. >> reporter: metro says a woman rider saw a man on the blue line train exposing himself. sh took his picture andti ed metro transit police. her quick action resulted in the arrest of this man, 31-year-old la lafonso davis. >> somebody doing a lewd act, exposing himself. we got the information and with the help of the pun lilk, we were able toe loc the person within hours and make an arrest. >> davis is the seventh suspect arrested this month for indecent exposure or misdemeanor sexual abuse. metro riders we spoke with today welcome the news. >> ihink that's good. they shouldn't be going around exposing emselves. >> i think they should get them off the trains. i don't want to ride the mro an see that. >> they're asking for helpfi ing jonathan steel who is wanted for assault and exposure. police want to identify these two wuspects are considered perps of interest in other incidentshey are investigating. >> we haven't identified them

. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> what an impact john mccain made. >>> rachel says t plaquendural honoring the ten fallen sailors will be permanently on display inside the ss mccain." >> when we come back at 6:00 tonight, thousand of f fansm far and wide pay their respects to the queen of soul. we'll take you inside the tribute for aretha franklin. >> plus a young girl with a heart of gold. promising news after the visit from the drake and why she thinks the rapper may be her good luck charm. >> adoug? i'm continuing to tract heat across our area. another hea wave continuing across our region. >> 103 annapolis and 109 antico and tomorrow just as t ifho i wish you weren't so worried about moving. i'm hoping these nature sounds will help me relax a bit. at least we don't have to worry about homeowners insurance. just call geico. geico helps with homeowners insurance? good to know. feeling better? i love you, pookie bear. [parrot 1] i love you, pookie bear. [parrot 2] i love you, pookie bear! [parrots] i love you, pookie bear!!! get to know geico and see how easy homeowners and r

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>>ews 4's meagan fitzgerald joins us live where the community is rallying around his family. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, susan and leon. friends and family are expected to gather just behind me here for a candlelight vigil tonight. that's the same location where lamont was gunned down. after that they say they're going to walk to the rec center that he never made it to that his mother tells me she's doing this because she wants the community to know that her son's memory lives on. it's been two weeks since 24-year-old lamont adair was gunned down in broad while walking for a rec center near grieg stree police say they've been aggressively investigating and they know adair was targeted but so far no arrests have been made. >> come on. go to sleep. >> whatever it- may have been >> reporter: meanwhile, hid mom darlene and other family mbers are left to care for his only son who will celebrate his 1st birthday in two weeks without his dad. >> it's always going t be a void because the family circle was broken, but you have to livy on know? >> reporter: darlene says her son loved to

news 4's meagan fitzgerald joins us live with the story. meagan? >> reporter: jim, i talked to makiyah wilson's family today. they are hopeful that the community and neighbors who came are or thi event today inspired by makiyah wilson's death to stop the violence. national night out is an event neighbors look forward to. there's barbecue, music and several fun activities, but the mission is to try andcrecrease e. >> it's an opportunity for the police and the community to interact. i think it's a great night for policing. >> reporter: this year makiyah wilson's murder isop o mind for some neighbors who came out. the police chief says he's confident his detectives will make anes a >> we're making a lot of progress in the case, and our intention is to not restwe unti old these guys accountable. >> reporter: blocks away from this event is where the-y r-old was murdered in front of her home on 52rd street. >> these are all the things from makiyah. >> reporter: this growing memorial gives her uncle mikefo d'angelo com and also fuels his mission to try to

. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. a beautiful day so far. expected to be another hot one.ts is standing by to let us know if and when rain is coming through. >> we've got a few showers out therht now, a few sprinkles out there right now. we also havelo a lot of cover here in d.c. i see plenty of sunshine, especily west of d.c. into loudoun county, back towards the shenandoah valley where things up.heating already up to 82 degrees right now. we're going to continue to see those temperatures right up into the mid to upper w 80s as continue through the day. chances ofhave a few some rain. it will be more --re iing as we get into the afteoon. in chances increasing threw out the day. you can see nothing out there right now except for a few sprinkles except to t south of us, lining up along i-. a few thunderstorms possible later today. we'll talk about the timing ofu moreine and when we can dry out. we have self days of rain coming our wa i'll talk about all that on the ten-day forecast in a bit. >> a lot to talk about. at 9:32, a developing story out of washington state from ov

ne 4's meagan fitzgerald reports on why. >> reporter: parkview high was where football stars were made. st ask alumni like laurie sheehan. >> it was a powerhouse and it was back then. >> laurie she 00 remembers a day big nfl stars like jeff loggerman and alan pinkett. >> first down, touchdown. >> reporter: used to play here at ,parkvi but the heyday is over, at least for now. >> parkview has had trouble on the football lield for theast few years. they have not been successful. they were 0-10 last year. >> reporter: wade byard is a spokesperson for loudoun county public schools and says they are eliminating the varsity program because tsn't enough interest in the sport. 18 students came out for the team and 9 never even played before. this year parkview will only have a jv team. >> what it came down to us not what caused this but what the situations right now and the situation right now is not safe. this is an extremely competitive yrea in football. >> i was pre upset. >> parents like cindy kelly were upset because herd son playe varsity last year but she nd many other parents realid th

reporting in montgomery county, meagan fitzgerald, news 4.h an update on the in prince george's county for two men in connection with the murder of a teenager in hyattsville yesterday. police say 22-year-old terrell mcarthur 22-year-old rashon williams have something to do with the murder of 16-year-old vin wilson jr. he was found dead in a parking lot off new hampshire avenue this week. wilson lived in mtytgomery counnd was a standout athlete. detectives say they're also looking for a third suspect in the case. >>> tensions are high security is tight for this weekend's white supremacist district.he >> next on news 4 at 6:00 tonight a woman who survived last year's violence in charlottesville speaks for the first time only to news 4. >> i don't know how many times i turned in the air. i know at some points my legs were straight up ithe air. >> also ahead, we are watching n for heavy r and gusty winds for the rest of the night. >> it could mean flooding and damage, folks. s're tracking >>> storm team tracking strong storms for many of us. so s

news 4's meagan fitzgerald wtalked to the homeowner made the call to police. >> scott maas ice doesn'ttis says neighbor told him about what happened on h yard. jarred smith was driving a car when his frienea dre miller-caldwell overdosed on heroin causing smith to crash into the ditn and t leaving the body on the side of mattice's house. >> i was going to cut the grass because it's kind of thick. walked arohed to the side of house where i store mymowers. >> reporter: mattice made theng disturbi discovery. >> around these bushes and where you see the lime all covered is where he was laid to rest. >> reporter: that's when he called police who spent hours on scene investigating. >> two families tragically lost people now, and, youow, they have bigger stress problems than what i had. >> reporting in fredericksburg, mean fitzgerald, news 4. >> smith has been charged with concealing a bold which is a felony ang is bei held without bond. >>> told you about it for weeks. moviass is coming up with a new plan now to stay in business. what will and won't be changing with the popular subscription

. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald is in our newsroom with more on the impact of what we learned today. >> reporter: yeah. within these court d iuments he something that some experts are calling a bombshell because it could weakeniohe prosecs case. we're talking about forensic experts who didn't collect some pieces of evscence from the e. >> reporter: when you go into a crime ene, a crime scene means no one can tou anything under any circumstances. >> reporter: but according to these court documents filed by prosecutors describing the collection of dna evidence that wasn't the case, and lotime criminal defense attorney bernard grimm says when a crime scene is not flawlesy preserved that can have a major impact on the outcome of a trial. this entire case was centered around a domino's pizza and a piece of pizza crust t t had dna on it. police were able to link that to darren wendt. he was eventually arrested as their only suspect, but now there are new questions about how forensic experts collected that dna, and now it was processed. this document says when a forensic expert recovered th

reporting in sea pleasant, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> the catholic high school named afterardinal donald woerl is changing its name. now simply going to be cled nort catholic high school. earlier this week, the sign out front was vandalized. this came after a grand jury report on priest sex abuse. that report accused cardinal wuerl of helping cover up the abuse, an accusation the cardinal has denied. e school board of trustees said it was cardinal wuerl who asked to have his name removed so he would no longer be a distraction. >>> arlington national cemetery re-opened to the plic just a few hours ago after shutting down this morning for a bomb threat. that threat involved the entire site, not jt one particular area, so hundreds of staffers and law enforcement had to com through that massive 624-acre operty before giving the all-clear. funerals athe cemeteryal were lowed to proceed. we're told the cemetery has 10,000 visitors everday. >>> the cleanup is still going on after last night's severe storms. eliot high middle school is going to be closed for the rest of theeek because of

meagan fitzgerald reporting live. >>> the senate could wind up voting on president trump's supreme court nominee without imeing all the documents related to in his career. the national archives sent a letter to the judiciary chair saying they won't be able to complete a review of documenl unate october, later than grassley's requeed deadline of mid-august and just daysthefore mid-term elections. despite that, a republican aide to the committee says they are planning to move forward with the confirmation hearing in early septe ser. democratay grassley's request cludes documents related to cavanaugh's time as staff secretary to former presint george w. bush. >> ivanka trump, the president's daughter and advise doesot believe that the press is, quote, themy ene of the people, contrary to the rhetoric from her father president trump andd otheristration officials. asked whether she would see the media is not the enemy, press secretary sarah huckabee sandern de side stepped the issue accusing journalists of not covering the story and said she hadeen personally threatened and claims to be the o

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> now at 6:00 will hate groups get an escort inasngton? first on news 4, a safety proposal for the unite the righa y here this month that could generate conversye. >>> and a virginia dam is inng daer with more rain on the way. the latest on evacuations in lynchburg and when will people there be out of harm's way? >> and storm debris cleared out by the truckloads, but one local park is closed because of heavy rain and flooding. >> that rain is not over. just look behind us. several more hours to go befor we finally start to dry out. good evening, i'm wendy religioner. >> and iorn gensler. that's a live picture of what's going on outside. a lot of gray and a whole lot of rain, and here's a look at our storm team 4 radar and waves of rain rolling over the mid-atlantic. it's been worse for west virginia and southwestern virginia and lauryn ricketts, there's more to come? >> more to come guys, i know. uncle already, right? it is bad out there, and as you were sayin doreen, foggy nditions as we condition through the wet friday evening. let's sho

i'm meagan fitzgerald. want to get straight to some of the top stories this moing.ally. the unite the right 2 rally will be in lafayette square across from the white house. at least five groups of counterprotesters plan to rally nearby. mayor muriel bowser will be out of town but says she'll be monitoring the situation. >>> a metro project is starting today, the work will affect the bl silver and orange lines. some stations are closed for the weekend. you can get more information in our nbc washington app. just search metro shutdown. we will have a look at your forecast coming up. stay with us. >>>we few sho out there right now, just some isolated ones coming out of baltimore at this point, but for the most part, we'reust seeing a little built of cloud cover. some areas getting some sunshine. our frontal system is stalled across the region. heaviest rain to the north. the frontalysm will stay with us all through out the weekend. we'll have areas of showers but areas of dry time. it won't rain all day. pect more to fill in through the afternoon and evening. even a fe

meagan fitzgerald has the developments. >> reporter: darren wendt has ten only person of keling th savopoulosheir d.c. mansion and today in court evidence was presented to the court to suggest else carried out the murder. not only did the judge agree sayi the evidence was permissible but she also ruled the defense does not have to explain their evidence. >> if these defenad any chance to wint iwas this ruling. >> reporter: legal expert and criminal defense attorney bernard grimm sai this is a turning point in the case. >> the government needs to prove that wendt is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the other guy didn't do it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> the judge says that the evidence attorneys are using is the same evidence that the prosecution collected. >> it's evidence that the government turned over in the cour of discovery so they think it's reliable to some extent. they just didn't believe it was enough to charge that person baud they h-- because they had . prosecutors say ithe placed man in the house. when the trial startext month, the jury will decide whether he's the kille

the news 4's meagan fitzgerald explains. >> reporter: the parkview football team was onretty big dealn bounty. powerhouse. it was back then. >> reporter: lauriean sheeh remembers big nfl stars like jeff loerman and alan pinkett. >> first down, touchdown. >> reporter: used to play here at paview, but those days are over, at least for now. >> parkview has had trouble on the footbal l field forast few years. they have not been successful. they were 0-10ar last >> reporter: a spokesperson for loudoun county public schools says they are eliminating the varsity program because there isn't enough interest in the sport. 18 students came out for the team and 9 never even playe before, so this year parkview will only have a jv heam. >> it came down to us is not what caused this but what the situation is this now and the situation rightotow is n safe. this is an extremely competitive area in football. >> i was pretty upset. >> reporter: parents like cindy kelly were upset because her sor played vty last year, but she and manyen other parts realize that football just isn't as popular as it used t

. >> meagan fitzgerald continues our local coverage with one.nklin often visited when she w r in town. orter: you knew who she was the moment you hrd her song. ♪-t r-e-s-p-e >> reporter: because there was something special about aretha franklin. >> it was the color in the voice. it was the way she knew how toi ovise with the voice. it was the wailing on the high note that s did. >> reporter: joyce garrett was the choir director at eastern high schooln d.c. for nearly 30 years. her sdents have played with and for several dig tis and aretha franklin was different. >> the first time i met aretha franklin was at a christmas in washington performance. >> reporter: tas in the early '90s. ever since then wannever klin came to town, she would fll garrett asking her choir to join her on>> stage. he was -- you would say, oh, um um, and then, no, while i was talking, i wou be like this is aretha franklin. >> reporter: it was unimaginable, but garrett's grous of kid was aretha franklin's choir of choice. it's an honor that means even more today because just

fitzgerald spoke to neighbors who saw this all unfold. she joins us now. they had to be stunned to find this, meagan? >> reporter: absolutely, lee owen. this all happened ight where we're standing. you can see the path and the tire marks that that car took i whveered off the side of the road this. homeowner talked with us and didn't want to go on camera and says he never imagined seeing a dead body on his property when he returned home. sunday morni short after getting home from vacation scott mattice says he decided to mow his lawn. when he walked over to the side of his house where his lawn mowers are sred he saw an image he said he's struggling to get out ofhe his . >> around these bushes and where you see the lime all covered is where he was laid to rest. >> reporter: police identified the body at 23-year-old deandre miller-caldwell. investigators say he likely overdosed on heroin in the carr his fend jarred smith was driving on thursday. police say smith panicked crashing his car in the ditch and then hiding caldwell's body in mattice's yard before running from the sne. nowmith has been charged with a felony. >> two families trag