. >>> megan fitzgerald here at theb live deck. breaking news out of india. we are learning 22 people were killed at a friday morning rush at a pedestrian bridge in mumbai. officials say another 27 were injured in a stampede. people have been taking to social media offering prayers an condolences for those killed. many people are also upset saying there needs to be more t avoid this type of tragedy. of course, we will update you on this story as we learn more. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> president trump promised to drain the swamp. now one of his cabinet members is taming the people back. health and human price to him price apologized for using planes 24 times on your dime. politico reports price cost taxpayers more than $1 million in travel since may. yesterday price said he would write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for his seat on those planes. >>> house majority whip steve scalise is back at work. what a homecoming. >> yesterday, he made really an emotional return to the house floor, creating rare uplifting moment here in washington. look

i want people to know that. >> reporter: reporting in fairfax county, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> we have more on that breaking news out o after a shooting in the 8100 block of gate house road in the falls church area. >> and we understand that there was some type of pre school nearby and parents are being reunited. now jackie benson is on the phone with us on scene. jackie what are you hearing? >> reporter: we're still enroute, but luckily i have new information for you that i have been able to gather from my various contacts and the good news is is that there is no longer a threat to anyone at that scene, according to police. second thing, there was some confusion as to whether this address is a fairfax county public school facility, this gate house road address is not. so this does not involve any type of school facility where children are. this is an office building. what we're told is that there was some type of shooting incident there. i cannot tell you right now whether there were any injuries. but my sources are telling that the gunman in this case is the deceased person that

. >> i'm megan fitzgerald at the national mall, where thousands of people are expected for events andoming up, a preview of what to expect. >>> plus, he turned his part time job into a presidential meeting. this is cool. you'll meet the northern virginia kid who mowed the white house lawn. >>> and we're watching those temperatures on the rise. temperatures already at 70 degrees here in d.c. we'll continue to take them up to the 80s. feeling more like summer today. we'll talk about the weekend forecast in a few. >>> and a story that warms the heart. an incredible goal reached how news 4 viewers, you all came together to give a baby girl the burial she deserves. >> this is a sweet story. we have a lot of good stories coming up this morning. plus, facebook live, right? >> that's right. we'll fire that up in 30 minutes or so. >> great. we'll be back on air in a moment. >> announcer: news 4 today starts now. >> as we come up on 8:30, d.c. police on high alert. three major rallies planned in our area today. we're working for you this morning. we'll walk you through the road and metro closur

william county, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> sewage backs up into a renter's home. the lapped lord refuses to pay for any accommodations. tonight tracy wilkins working for you with information about your rights as a renter. >> what a mess. plus ivanka trump shares her very personal struggle, and it's something many women can but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. when i was 3, children's so i can play with my grandkids. so i can celebrate 50. when i was 14, they saved my heart so i could bring family together. so i can help cardiac patients just like me. so i can serve my country. so i can do what i love. so i can give back. so i can play in the junior olympics. so i can make plays. so i can do this. so i can race my friends. children's national didn't just help us grow up, they helped us grow up stronger. >>> check them out. these dance students from prince george's county will get

news 4 megan fitzgerald talked to some of them today at reagan national airport. >> the concern for florida continues to get stronger. >> we live there for about 18 months and made some really good frnd ones or connection to the state that's bracing for the possibility of catastrophic damage for hurricane irma, which is why so many people are worried about the potential for catastrophic damage for hurricane irma. >> it looks pretty bad for miami. >> the storm devastating parts of the caribbean, destroying homes, leaving thousands homeless and killing at least nine people. >> they're evacuating to jacksonville. >> so evacuations from florida to washington, d.c. and other locations continue as irma gets closer. >> it's too dangerous to stay. >> 86-year-old ann butler left her belongings behind to spent the next ten days with her son. >> i was in jacksonville visiting my daughter and my grand baby and my son-in-law. >> pam orlando was on vacation spending time with her 14 month old granddaughter but the trip was cut short. she ended up helping the couple pack up needed board up their home befo

news 4 megan fitzgerald was with protesters in the district today. and she joins us now with some of their stories, megan. >> yeah, wendy, we've seen these protests popping up all throughout the city. you're looking at one behind me here. they all started here at the white house. you can hear their chant. they're carrying these signs. they're protesting against the trump administration to end the daca program. now, a lot of these folks you're looking at here are dreamers. they tell us they're fearful that going back to their native country could be the decision of life and death to them. >> it would have been a fight all across the country in every corner, wherever we have to stand up for justice. >> reporter: it's a fight for justice for the hundreds of people who are protesting the decision to end daca which allows people brought to the country illegally as children to stay. >> i have family members that were muer parents came here to this country. >> for folks like juan martinez, the fight is personal. >> there's no other choice, either. we stay he

megan fitzgerald has the touching story you'll see only on news 4. >> reporter: grabbing a cup of coffeeding the morning paper is routine for anne. >> my husband comes downstairs, and we read the papers. we talk -- we read out loud to each other. >> reporter: last week, pictures and an article she read in the "new york times" about shirley hines from houston spoke to her in a way she never expected. >> the piles of ruined belongings out on the sidewalk, waiting for trash disposal. and there is this woman, shirley hines, and she showed -- she was a >> reporter: hines was one of thousands of houston residents who lost everything when hurricane harvey ripped through the city, including these mugs that were given to her by her late mother. >> whenever she was feeling down, she would get one of those mugs. she said, i'd drink me some coffee. and i just realized, she had to have a new one. >> reporter: anne scoured the internet. >> i bought all three cups, actually, that were for sale. sent them to houston. >> i broke down. >> reporter: they brought back so many memories. >> we'll sit down and

reporting in anacostia, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> thank you, meagan.live to the pumpkin patch and chief meteorologist doug kammerer who is hanging out there today. >> doug, tough assignment, right? first day of fall and you get to be out in a pumpkin patch. it's 80 something out there, you have the cargo shorts on today? >> you know it. i thought about wearing the sandals today, too. if i'm going into that patch over there and actually look for some pumpkins, you do not want to have sandals on for that. we'll be doing that later on. we're talking to the owners of this place that have been here over 30 years now. some of these guys here, they saw us yesterday. they came down, saw us on facebook. they came to see what with were doing down here as well. we are live now in mitchellville at queen ann's farms on a beautiful afternoon. it is really quite i'm ready to be on tv. there you go. you made it. you made it. all right. he made it. we all made it. we're going to send it back to you guys. we'll talk about what is going on right now. believe it or not th

. >> and megan fitzgerald talked with a fairfax county woman who was worried about her family on the island, especially a pregnant relative who was just weeks away from giving birth. >> i'm concerned for them. i'm scared. because i know the situation there is not good. >> reporter: for the last week, f poloma has been trying to help her family trapped on the devastated i ed island and time running out. >> to get them here, especially my sister-in-law, her health is what we are most concerned about. >> reporter: poloma's 28-year-old sister-in-law is almost nine months pregnant. her husband and family members are doing everything they can to comfort her, but hurricane maria damaged their home, debris scattered everywhere. and resources are running low. >> they have no electrit for gas. because there is huge lines that take hours. >> reporter: poloma's father took these pictures of the devastation near their home an hour outside of san juan. entire chunks of roads are gone. neighborhoods are surrounded by water, and thick piles of mud. even young children are helping to capture rain wat

reporting in montgomery county, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> wow. >> irma is a tropical storm now andas finally left the state of florida, but not before stranding dozens of people with historic flooding in jacksonville. >> it may take weeks to restore it still some floridians are coming home from shelters to find the damage is not as bad as they neared. here's nbc's lester holt. >> well, good afternoon. irma has turned out to be a hurricane of many faces. we are watching this flooding situation developing in jacksonville. of course, lots of devastation in the florida keys. but here along the west coast, the gulf coast of florida, less damage than many had anticipated. we rode out the storm in tampa. it rocked and rolled throughout the night, even into the morning. but damage there largely minimal. that was a big surprise because everyone talked about and we talked about tampa being a highly vulnerable city. the storm surge was not as high as had been anticipated. we moved over to sarasota and you see a lot of this kind of damage. homes into trees. they've got power out. they've got s

news 4's megan fitzgerald is working for you tonight, talking to an expert about how innocent people could get caught up in these schemes. >> it was roughly 82,000, including credit cards and cash money. >> reporter: the question so many want to know is how someone could be ripped off to the tune of more than $82,000. it happened to this woman who we vulnerable. >> i was experiencing some relation difficulties and so i was looking online that, you know, to see if i can find some answers. >> reporter: brenda found self-proclaimed psychic gina marie marks who used the name natalie miller. she operated out of this rented home in bethesda. >> she claimed that she had the power to fix everything. and she said that i had something, black magic behind me, some darkness around me. >> they basically have a really good product and that product is false hope. people are going through very difficult times. >> reporter: it may sound ridiculous to some, but private investigator bob nygar says it's more common than most people think. brenda eventually realized she was getting ripped off and called

. >> reporting in southeast, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> flexing his muscle. >> loved it. and we love working for you. we'd like to thank everybody that came out for nb biggest event ever. >> set a new attendance record people. congratulations. more than 4,000 cars came out to fed ex field. pat lawson, and other members of the news 4 family said hello to some of you. if you missed this one don't worry. we have community shreds every few months and you can get all of your documents safely shredded for free. time is 10:16. lauren it's hot. >> yes. >> humid. >> football. >> football. it's getting hot. we have been out there. >> yeah. >> we're going to need a lot of cool drinks. >> yes. when is this warm weather going to be over? it's beautiful. this is the way it's going to look all day today. make sure that you have that sunscreen if you're out and about at any of the local events we have. 78 degrees is our current temperature. can you believe it? 80 already in annapolis. those temperatures are going to keep going up and up. we are topping out at 90 degrees today so grab the

megan fitzgerald talked with the private investigator who helped track her down. n joins us in the newsroom with details on the rather bizarre story. megan? >> reporter: pat, it really is. the victim is in her 20s. she asked not to be identified. she said it started in may of 2016. she was looking for a psyching across a woman named gina marie marks who went by the name natalie miller. marks convinced the victim that she had bad energy around her and in order to fix the problem she had to fork over thousands of dollars. >> and she claimed that she had the power to fix everything and she said that i have something, black magic behind me, some darkness around me, that i need to be removed. and she just, you know, kept asking me for money and money, and over and over again and said, you know, she needs more money to do the rituals. >> reporter: brenda says in november of 2016 after she gave marks more than $82,000, she realized she was being scammed. the so-called psychic stopped answering her calls, so brenda called police and private investigator bob nygard. a warra

it's crazy how quickly these kids are coming back. >> reporter: reporting in loudoun county, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> we want to take a second to say thank you to everyone who stepped up to help a homeless family give a proper burial to their baby girl. we first told you about baby ida on friday night. she died last month of sudden infant death syndrome. after our report, donations began pouring into a gofundme page set up by a local activist. in just a few hours that page raised more than a thousand dollars. you can still donate if you wish to. go to the nbc washington app and search baby ida and you'll get a link to that >> an important date tomorrow in virginia, as two new polls show the governor's race is neck and neck. democrat ralph northam holds a five-point lead over his gop opponent ed gillespie in today's university of mary washington survey of likely voters. but that edge is within the margin of error. another suffolk university poll shows an actual dead heat with both northam and gillespie at 2%. coming up in our next hour bureau chief julie carey takes a closer look at the ra

our megan fitzgerald talked with the victim today and the man who helped track down that psychic in a stor on news 4. >> i was experiencing some relation difficulties and so i was looking online that, you know, to see if i could find some answers. >> brenda doesn't want to be identified, but wants everyone to hear her story. she was looking for love and turned to a psychic whose real name is gina marie marks but went by natalie miller. >> and she claimed that she had the power to fix everything and she said that i have something, black magic behind me, some darkness around me. snoosh over the course of six months very visited marks at this bethoesda home and paid $82,000. it wasn't until she stopped answering her calls she realized she was being ripped off. brenda called private investigator bob nygard and the montgomery county police department. a warrant was issued for her arrest, but investigators say she fled. miami international airport and contacted police. he was rolling when officers approached just moments before her flight was set to take off. it's safe to say she didn't see

back to you. >> megan fitzgerald, such an awful story and we have much more coverage both on air and online still ahead at 6:30. the next step in the investigation as we get more insight into tyler tessier's reaction in court today after he learned he would not be released on bond. >> from florida to the caribbean, the clean-up of hurricane irma is daunting and slow, but there are signs of progress. power crews are working round the clock and now millions have their power back, but there is still a long way to go. president trump and the first lady toured hard-hit naples and ft. myers shaking hands with survivors and praising first responders. in hollywood, florida, eight families desperate for answers after their loved ones died in an overheated nursing home without power. today we learned one of the seniors died on tuesday, a day before the other heat related deaths. a state senator says temperatures in the rehabilitation center soared over 106 degrees, well above the legal mandate. an island in the caribbean took the brunt of the storm on tortula. 90% of the businesses are gone. t

megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> a disgusting and unhealthy problem. a man says sewage is seeping into his apartment and he says the landlords won't help. what's going on there? and what to do if it happens to you? >> going public, ivanka trump shares her personal struggle and it is something many women can relate to. >> as we head to the break, here are live pictures from mexico city, the massive rescue operation at a collapsed school thereafter reports that children may be trapped. we are going to watch this for you. in the meantime, see which stories are trending on our ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. but the living room's pretty blank. it'

as news 4's megan fitzgerald reports, neighbors are doing what they can to help the family. >> reporterors in this community are really coming together. just take a look at this driveway here. they've created this sign welcoming home sophia and emma coming home from the hospital recovering from broken bones. neighbors have gone in and out of the house trying to make sure that this family has everything they need. >>> this intersection brings back painful reminders of how dangerous watson and evergreen mills road can be. >> very scary every day they're going on that road. >> reporter: neighbors want to see more changes after the latest crash which killed their friend erin caplan and injured her three children and their grandmother. >> my heart breaks for them. >> reporter: vdot says their engineers are studying the area to determine if they need to put up a traffic signal a. he i'm going to head in there. >> reporter: meanwhile, all throughout the day neighbors have been in and out of the caplan's home. >> but we've all come together within the community to help them out in a time of nee

we are continuing to investigate. >> reporter: reporting on capitol hill, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >new study that could be alarming to some parents. doctors are making a link between youth football and behavioral problems later in that child's life. >> could new carrollton be one of the new locations for amazon headquarters? if not the county check i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. john adams: the best attorney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. ralpand i sponsoredralph northam, canthis adfor governor narrator: ed gillespie says dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph northam was an army doctor and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law requi

reporting on capitol hill, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> a new study paints a troubling picture about >> wendy rigger standing by in the newsroom and let me guess. moms are not going to like this. >> no, this is kind of scary. dad's aren't going to like it either. this study finds a link between children who have played tackle football before they turned 12 and mood or behavioral problems later in their lives. doreen gentzler has what parents need to look out for. >>> also we are following breaking news from mexico. earthquake rocking mexico city. more than 40 people dead. buildings have collapsed. many may be trapped in the rubble. again, this comes on the 32nd anniversary to the day of that massive earthquake in 1985 that killed so many people in mexico city. we will see you soon with those stories and more. of course, jim handily is at the dee bates. see you in a bit. >> you got it, wendy. imagine you're stopped for a minor traffic violation. you've never been in trouble before, you have no criminal record, but suddenly you're told there is a warrant out for your arrest. >> consume

news 4's megan fitzgerald explains. >> reporter: the one iconic landmark mall has turned into a bit ofonly one store remains and people are hoping for a change. >> retail residential sounds like a nice idea for revitalization. >> reporter: many say they never expected a temporary homeless shelter to occupy this. >> it seems odd but at the same time there's a need. here's an opportunity. >> reporter: for years the plan has been to redevelop the old mall but the owners say it will take them about two years to figure it out. >> the time line seemed to match up in terms of their redevelopment plans and our need for a temporary site current shelter. >> reporter: former alexandria mayor, kerry donnelly, said it will take two years to renovate their current location so he called it an ideal situation but some neighbors disagree. >> i don't know. i just don't think this is a very good idea. >> reporter: donnelly says neighbors can expect anywhere between 60 and 80 residents to occupy the temporary homeless shelter. they will likely sign the lease in the next two weeks. they can expect resident

. >> megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> washington's taste of georgetown event kicks off at 11:00 this morning. if wines from more than 90 sellers. >> well, this is the time for everybody to get out. outside and we love it when you go out and we're working for you and we'd like to give everyone a big thank you for coming to the nbc 4 allstate community shred. by the way, breaking records here, biggest event ever. oh my goodness. pat on the back. >> you set a new attendance record with 4,000 cars that came to fed ex field. take a look here. pat lawson muse. >> that's the reason. they all wanted to see you can get your personal documents shredded. >> oh, yeah. my kind of competitions. you guys like the beer gardens. the final day of the d.c. coffee fest, the preliminary for the u.s. coffee champs cup and the folks you see are competing in the same competition in denver but they decided to do something special. they held a contest this week to raise money for hurricane victims so all going toward a great cause all while getting really caffeinated. it does sound up my ally. >> look at that. love a

megan fitzgerald is in the newsroom now with what other kind of help is headed that way to puerto rico. megan. >> on the for folk-based hospital shift, the uss comfort will depart to the island today. navy officials say the usns comfort, it has 1,000 beds will have 522ed for this mission. it is being sent to puerto rico, after it was devastated by hurricane maria. residents and emergency workers believe it could take months to restore power. residents in northern virginia are dock their help. a group of strangers used social media to collect supplies to send to the island. they call themselves united for puerto rico. among them are a few loudoun county sheriffs deputies working on their own time to help out t. puerto rican national guard is taking the items to the island later on today. that's the latest in the newsroom, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, megan. >> along with puerto rico, the u.s. virgin islands are in a dire need of help. we compiled a bunch of charities, 7 ways to help. stafford, there are no plan foss remove this confederate plans because it's on private prope

megan fitzgerald was with some of those protesters. we'll join them live to share some of their emotional stories. >>> first at 4:00, a look from chopper 4 as crews clear up a hazmat situation in tacoma park. a spill there forced the hospital to close down a emergency room. the spill was contained 0 a lab and no patients were involved. the right now this afternoon. >>> first at 4:00, fairfax county family may finally get some answers after the murder of their son. today, i.c.e. agents announced the arrest of ms 13 gang member in georgia. he's accused of killing 11th grader carrillo last month. police arrested him outside a gas station last friday. >>> a man suspected of killing one person and seriously wounding another is now in custody after a huge manhunt in maryland. brian pierce turned himself in this morning. deputies say he shot two men outside of his home in indian head in charles county yesterday. one of the victims, robert branson, died. investigators tell us pierce knew both of the victims but they're still trying to figure o

. >>> megan fitzgerald is at the live desk now following developments. what itself going on here? >> d.c. police say three men were shot just before 3:00 this morning on martin let's luther king near malcolm x avenue. police cleared the scene. i want to show you about an hour ago. meanwhile, investigators are looking no ar blue lexus spotted leaving the scene. i want to give you a map for perspective where this happened t. scene is near a crown gas station. this is still a developing story. as we learn more information, we will be sure to update you. back to you. >> megan, thank you. >>> more help is headed to puerto rico today. the acting secretary of homeland security, elaine duke, will travel to the island devastated by hurricane maria. also on the way, a one exam of that, thousands of relief supplies are sitting in a san juan port t. governor says he cannot find truck drivers to deliver the containers to areas in need. making the search tougher, 90% of the cell towers in the island remain out of service. >>> residents in northern virginia doing their part to help the folks dow

. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> d.c. police now confirm two people died following a double stabbing late last night. we are told one of the victims was a man and the other victim was a 16-year-old boy. this is video from that scene at the intersection of 13th and downing streets northeast. at last check, police don't have any suspect information and the victims' names have not yet been released. but check our nbc washington app for updates on this story as the day continues >>> there were a lot of upset passengers on metro this morning. metro sent out an alert there would be fewer eight-car t concern with the union. passengers noticed the overcrowded trains immediately. there were lots of tweets complaining about the crowds and long waits between trains. metro has suspended mechanical inspections on 7,000 series rail cars which means they can't operate. metro is hoping to resolve the issue today during a meeting with the union and rail car manufacturers >>> and we are waiting to find out what the new name of jeb stuart h

. >>> like blayne, megan fitzgerald was on the streets of the districts with a group of protesters today. she joins us now from the white house with some of the stories she heard from those directly impacted by this decision. megan. >> reporter: yeah, doreen, many of those dreamers have very personal and at times emotional stories as they were sharing them with us. part of the protest, started right here outside of the white house and then they made their way down the streets of dc. >> reporter: streets, stopping traffic and blocking the 12th street tunnel to protest president trump's decision to end daca, which allows young people brought to the country illegally as children to stay. >> and i want them to know that i'm here for them. i support keeping them in this country. >> we're going to fight all across this country in every corner wherever we have to to stand up for justice. >> i had family members that were murdered, that's why i came here to this country. >> reporter: for folks like juan martinez, the fight is personal. >> there's no other choice, either, we stay here or face our

megan fitzgerald will join us live from the national mall at 8:30 this morning. >>> it's a little humid but it'll be nice. >> temperatures low to mid 80s today. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. a little on the muggy side. make sure you hydrate if you're outside at the events. >> sounds good. that'll do it for this edition of news 4 today. we're not going anywhere. we're going to be back in 25 minutes with another local news update. >> and we'll be back at 8:30. few hour of your news and weather. thtil en, have a great from fields and factories they came looking for opportunity. we helped them work harder. they are the students of strayer university. for 125 years, we've supported as they've rewritten the future. and to all who seek their true potential, we say, let's get it, america. >>> good morning. breaking news. captured. police in london make an arrest in connection with that terror attack inside a london subway. the arrest coming just a day after dozens were hurt in an incident that could have been far worse. while authorities there warn another attack could be imminent. >>> breaking

news 4 megan fitzgerald continues our team coverage with a closer look at his story and how text messages ultimate ly ld to his arrest. megan? >> reporter: that's exactly right. text messages are what led to the arrest of tyler. what makes the case so disturbing or one of the things that makes it so disturbing is just a couple days ago on monday he was here standing alongside laura's parents as kristin just mentioned, pleading for her to return, but all the while police say they knew that he was a prime suspect. >> i don't know where she is. that's all -- i don't know. like, i don't -- >> reporter: this is what tyler tessier said on monday, but police say he knew exactly where 31-year-old laura wallen investigators say tyler murdered his girlfriend who was pregnant with their child and buried her body in a field just off pieces distillery road in damascus. investigators say tyler used laura's phone to send messages to her sister, saying things like, quote, i am 95% sure tyler is not the father. improbably going to lose my job. and tyler is never going to forgive me. police say tyler denie

megan fitzgerald has the story in an interview you'll see only on news 4. >> reporter: it was certainly an emotional day inside the courtroom. lloyd lee welsh's victims were there and he sat there as both of them confronted him, telling him how much he destroyed their lives. >> i'm angry. i'm scared. >> reporter: it has been more than 20 years since ashley welsh was sexually abused by lloyd lee welsh. but she says the emotional trauma feels like time hasn't passed at all. welsh is speaking with news 4 because she believes there could be more victims. >> and if there are more victims out there, i absolutely believe that they should come forward. >> reporter: she met lloyd lee welsh when she was just six years old. she thought he was a nice man until one night in march of 1996. >> for some strange reason when i woke up, he was in my bed. >> reporter: it wasn't until a few years ago when police started investigating welsh for the murderf realized he was her cousin. >> and the fact that it was a family member is just even more horrific. it's just pitiful, it's sad. he's just, like i said, h

news 4's megan fitzgerald continues our coverage now from that very spot where that news conference happened on monday. megan, chilling to look at >> reporter: yeah, exactly, jim. that's what makes this entire case so troubling, is the fact that tyler tessier was standing right here just a couple of days ago next to laura's parents, pleading for her to come back. but police say at that moment they already knew that tessier was the prime suspect in this case. >> complete shock. >> reporter: police say from the beginning of their investigation, they knew tyler tessier was a prime suspect because he told several different lies. >> i don't know where she is. that's all. i don't know. >> reporter: but over the course of the police investigation, detectives say tyler knew exactly where 31-year-old laura wallen was. on saturday, september 2nd, two days before labor day, police say tyler took laura to this field off of price's distillery road in damascus. court documents say she sent a text message to her sister saying, quote, tyler has me on an adventure in the country. don't know why i'm here, but

news 4's megan fitzgerald show us the efforts underway now to make that notorious corner safer. >> reporter: vdot says they've made a number of changes here on watson road to try and make things safer after that latest crash. for instance, they say they've made this sign right here bigger and closer to the intersection to warn drivers that there is a stop sign ahead. they also say that they've cleared the debris and the brush around that stop sign to make it more visible. they are hoping this helps them prevent another tragedy. >>> you don't have to look far to find someone concerned about the evergreen mills and watson intersection in loudoun county. >> on watson, especially that intersection is terrible. >> i would love something done. >> reporter: neighbors want action after last week's crash which killed their friend erin caplan, and injured her three children and their grandmother. vdot says their engineers are studying the area to determine if they need to put up a traffic signal. >> i'm going to head in there. >> reporter: meanwhile, all throughout the day neighbors have been in and