megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> so there is a goodhance you are covered by your auto policy. according to the insurance information institute, nearlyur fout of five drivers purchase that comprehensive coverage as part of their coverage packages. herential rain like we s this week is becoming far more common. and our changing climate is partly to blame for that. as temperatures get warmer, the atmosphere can hold and release more moisture. that leads to heavier downpours. not just here, but all across the country. pat lawson muse explains why th trend isnly expected to get worse. >> rep an essentiall part of the world's ather system. but a lot of rain in a short amount of time can overwhelm storm drains, leading to accidentad on the ro damaging homes and infrastructure. a new study in the journal water resources research shows heavy downpours are on the se. it a trend we've witnessed over the last three to five decades when global warming arted tointensify. >> the earth goes through warming and cooling processes and what we're seeing right now is that humans are reallynt cobut

megan fitzgerald, news4. >> we are working for yointhis morng to keep your kid safe whilebiking. a recent investigation by consumer reports says potentially unsafe helmets are widely available online. some helmets purchased online were missing an iortant and required safety label which means they may not meet safety standard. official say there should always be ahe labor on tnside to show the helmet has been test and meets safety standard set by the consumer product safety commission. >>> we are working for your health now with a warning about a nasty polasite in the po that could make your kid sick. it's called crypto and is chlorine tolt. it can cause day real estate that lasts for weeks. outbreak have been on rise over the past ten years. >>> a warning for pregnant women. the food you eat during pregnancy yay increaseur child's risk for autism. researchers ten university of central florida found high levels of a chemical typically found inse procesfood can taeck attack the fetal brain and change the development of a child. >>> researchers from johns hopkins research found peop

megan fitzgerald, news4. >> we are working for you this morning to keep your kids safe while biking. a recent investigation by consumer reports says al potentily unsafe helmets are widely available online. some helmets purchaseonline were missing an important and required safety label which means they may not meet safy standards. officials say there should always be a labor on the inside to show the helmet has been test and meets safety stane rd set by thnsumer product safety commission. >>> we are working for your health now with a warning about nasty parasite in the pool that could make your kid sickcr it's called to and is chlorine tolerant. people can get stick after swallowing contaminated pool water. it can caus diarrhea that lasts for weeks. outbreaks ha been on rise over the past ten years. >>> high winds blew a trampoline down the oreet. lok at this video out of north dakota. the trampoline raced down thcr street and ted spark as it moved. nobody was injured. reportsne window was broken. the national weather service said there wereind gusts more than 80 miles an hour at the

. >> "news4 today megan fitzgerald possess to tspoke to and has more on howe police figured out this was fake. >> on sunday morning, before 5:00 a.m., leonard pitts temporarily became a murder spect. pitts was sleeping when his phone rang. it was bowie police calling after a 911 aller contacted them after a crime happened in pitts' home. >> the caller on the line stated that he had murdered his wife and that eicient going to shoot the police when they arrived on scene. >> reporter: the caller gave pillts' address so police cad asking him to come outside. putting him in handcuffs before ghgetting his granddauter, daughter, and wife marilyn out of the house. bowie police chief john nestsky said it took minutes for them to a prank from the random caller. while the pitts are shaken up, they are grateful how police handled what could have been a dangerous situation. megan fitzgerald, news4. >> that ise a tible situation for that family. >> we are working for you this morning to keep your kids safe while biking. a recent investigation by consumer reports sa potentially unsafe helmets are w

"news4 today" megan fitzgerald explains how it will work and w is behind the proposal. >> two d.c. high school students robbed of their chan to live their dreams. both boys murdered in may of 2018 in two different crimes shortly after leaving school. >> it's terrible! yes, absolutely terrible. >> reporter: yest d.c. councilman introduced legislation a different approach the city can take to proteent young stud. >> right now, they are afraid to go to school and that is just is not acceptable. >> reporter: grasso is spnsoring an that would bring city agencies together to figure out ways of effectively making sure students get to and from school safely. >> there are adults that are hired be on the street with the students as they are going to and from school and that's one area i think we could see a lot of improvement. >> reporter: he is proposing a free shuttle service at metro stations tt would take students to and from school. it's legislation that grasso says will cost millions of dollars to implement, but he says if it saves lives, it's worth every dolr. >> we are talking in the

news4's megan fitzgerald has who on the push to save young >> these are the faces two of d.c. high school students who were murdered in two separate crimes shortlyv after lg school in may of 2018. yshon perry, he was 16 and an honor student at. kip d college preparatory. jalen wheeler, a freshman at ballou who loves football and his family. >> they're going to have to come up with security plan. >> ysterday at-large d.c. an councilmavid grasso introduced legislation and a different approach the city can take to try to protect young y'udents. >> right now the afraid to go to school and that's not acceptable. our tenant rates are down, anxiety rates are up. >> grasso is sponsoringhe safe passage act. he says it would bring city agencies together to figure out ways of making sure students get to and from school safely. >> there are adults that are hireheto be on ttreet with students as they're going to and from school. that's one area where i think we can se a lot of improvement. >> he's alsoee proposing a fr shuttle service at metro stations that would take students to and from

megan fitzgerald, news4. o >> we reach to the company that owns the building and they said the air conditioning in the builng did go out today and last week. theyewalled crs in right away blem.x the p >>> a spokesperson went on to saywhen they received complaints from the tenants, address quickly to their problems. as we continue to track the heat and the storms, you can stay one step ahead, download the nbc weshington app for live radar, forecasts and ather alerts for your area. breaking news, a house has just voted overwhelmingly to table a resolution tore impeach psident trump effectively killing it for now. this as he heads to north carolina for a re-election rally. the rally was initially scheduled for the night that former special counsel robert mueller was set to testify to congress. but that appearance has been ed postponntil next week. so the president is expected to focus considerable energy tonight on his ongoingwibattle four democratic congresswomen. craig boswell ison capitol hill to break it hi,

. >> megan fitzgerald, news4. >>> new orleans is cleaning up after a storm caused this mess yesterday the french quarter was filled with fod water the trouble came quickly. many tourists said they became stranded at shops and reitaurants they were visg and unable to get back to their hotels. public transportation had to . shut do >>> that may be just the beginning for the gulf region. a tropical storm is brewing out in the gulf now. itias the pote to turn into a hurricane. million of people in the storm's they are preparing for the worst. flooding, storm surge and strong wind are expected there and grocery stores are picked clean. hardware stores are selling out of fenerators andshlights and batteries and people are doing their best to get ready for what is coming. >> i'm a little nervous what is coming today, chuck bell, here in the washington region. >> the last thing we need is i ra way more humid air has moved in unfortunately, overnight. the fuel that is needed for heavy rain later this afternoon. unlikely to have a total repeat performance of our monday flash flood event but mor

. >> megan fitzgerald joining us live, thank you, megan. >>> tomorrow is a big day on capitol hill. former special counsel robert mueller will be in the hot seat. >> tracie pott reports, that the trump administration is trying tout the brakes on what mueller can say. >> reporter: new from the justice department, this letter tellg russia's special counsele robrt mueller, any testimony must remain within the i boundar of your public report. no testimony concerning the redacted or blacked out portions of also off limits tomorrow, privileged information, decisions made during the ti investiga and any communication with the president. >> no, i'm not going to be watching, probably, maybe i'll see a little bit of it. >> i think i the presidents terrified. >> mueller is set to spent five hours with the judiciary and intelligence committees talking about his report on russian election interference. it didct not in or clear president trump on obstruction of justice. p mueller'somise he won't say anything new. >> the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is

"news4 today" megan fitzgerald is live where that news conference will happen. good morning. >> reporter: good rning. it's been a troubling last week to say the least. we are talking about 93 murders so far in this city since last year. the latest one coming last nht in front of the brentwood recreation center in northeast. three people shot there. thankfully,ieo one will d police say. we want to show you the face, if you will, of the last week of shootings in the district. this is 11-year-old karon brown who was shot steps awm his elementary school on wednesday. he was in a car at a gas station on nayloroad when an argument broke out and then shots were fired and striking that kid. his 12-year-old brother was with him but unharmed. no doubt, he is traumatized. the suspect in this particular case is 29-year-old tony antoine mclamb who was arrested days later. this morning, at 11:30, d.c. mayor muriel bowser along with the police chief peter newsome will be here to explain to the police to try to sto this violence. back to you. >> conversations we all need to be

. >> megan fitzgerald, news 4.an imagine how frightening that had to be for the entire family. >>> in one of the most high.w profi.t.ing cases, a man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for making dozens of hoax phone call as a resultof one of those calls, an unarmed man was shot and killed by police. >>> maryland is taking on metro. late yesterday state leaders announced they're going to be holding back some $55 million in funng. metro has not fully cooperated with a financial audit. metro leaders say they look forward to sitting down and discussing the matter. untilen questions have answered, won't be giving out any more money. >>> if you have driven around the distriou in the paste weeks, you may have noticed changes popping up at intersections. the changes are in place to keep pedestrians safe. news 4's transportation report shows us how. >> after 53 years of crossing the same intersection. e ayeda takes more time crossing rom one side to the next. > are you worried about drivers? >> yes. >> they don't see you. >> they're not looking.d.cf1 o they're speeding. >> speeding

the crash happened overnight and we are joined by megan fitzgerald. >> the call came in after 2:00 this morning. three vehicles invoed in a crash on powder mill road. you can see how bad after crash we are talking about. want to draw y attention to that blue car right there. it certainly appears as though the roof of the car was cut off. it's just on the ground just next to it. we know two people were extracted fm a vehicle. a total of seven people were injured, rushed to the hospital. one person experiencing life-threatening injury. we talk are three cars so show e you over this is the third vehicle that was involved in thisrash that happened just after 2:00 this morning. a total of seven people rushed to the hospital. one person has life threaten jurs. police stress this is a still active and otioing investion and unclear what contributed to the trash and the things they will sort out as they continue this investigation. the latest out here. throw it over to jack taylor with a first look atou y traffic. >> thank you. we can see in your live shot traffic detouring at beltsville drive o

news4's megan fitzgerald ha more. >> two d.c.udigh school stts robbed of their chance to live their dreams. both boys murdered in may of 2018, in o different crimes. shortly after leaving school. >> terrible. yes, absolutely terrible. >> tyshonn perry was 16 and an honor student. jalen wheeler, a freshman at the ballou who loved football and his family. >> yesterday, at large d.c. councilman david grasso introducedegislation and a different approach the city can take to protect young students. >> right now they're afraid to go to school and that'ot just n acceptable so we see our tenants rates are down. anxiety rates are up. >> grasso sponsoring the safe passage act. he says it would bring city agencies together toigure out ways of effectively making sure students get to and from school safely. >> adults that are hired to be on th sstreet withdents as they're going to and from school. that's one area where we could see a lot of >>improvement. e's proposing a freetl shut service at metro station that would take students to and from school. many d.c. parents and neighbors we spoke with think

saturday showing them announcing an arrest in the murder of 11-year-old caron brow >> news 4's megan fitzgerald joins us from the north west with more e on what we cect to hear 30 minutes from now, megan. >> reporter: that's right. that press conference about to get started here. an what we're expecting to hear is an announcement of how the community can work with police to try and stop the violence in th city, andn tell you, a lot of people i've spoken with say they are counting on hearing some sort of solution, because they're outraged. it has been a deadlynd dangerous past week in d.c. several families left with the unbearable grief of losing a loved oneli fa like 11-year-old caron brown. he was inside a car at a gas station on nailor road southeast. police say people started arguing. the young boy was killed. the suspect, 29-year-old tony antoine mclamb, arrested days later. this weekend, more violence. multiple shootings and homicides on saturday. 34-year-old ericird lost his life after being shot to death on the popular u-street corridor in northwest after getting into an argument with a

"news4 today" megan fitzgerald is live where that newco erence will happen. >> reporter: it's been a dangerous week in d.c. we are talking about 93 murders so far this year. we saw 8 of them just within the past week. the latest shooting happening last night just in front of the brentwood recreational center. three men were shot there but we are told they are expected to survive. we to give you a look what this senseless violence is doing. this is 11-year-old karon brown who was shot steps away from his elementarychool on wednesday. he was in a car at a gas station on naylor road and shots were fired and striking that kid. his 12-year-old brother was with him but unharmed. the suspect in this particular case is 29-year-old tony antoine mclamb who was arrested days later. this morning, at 11:30, d.c. mayor muriel bowser along with the police chief peter newsome will be here to explainic to th puow they can work with police to try to stop this violence. back to you. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> today, the public will have a chance to pay final respect to the late supreme court

news4's megan fitzgerald a explains new air conditioning bill and has video proof of how dangerous these extreme temperatures can be. >> there are many ways to describe the latest heat wave. >> it's vicious hot out here. >> viciously hot wi the potential to be very dangerous. i go insidethe house. >> what happens when going inside isn't much better? allen cassidy and his wife are in their 70fo years they've been living at the charter house, which is a 55 d olderpartment community in silver spring. >> if it was on, you would hear it. >> and lately, their air conditioning unit hasn't been working. we were inside his apartment for about 15 minutes and we also started to sweat. >> that's why a lot of people n downstairs othe second floor. >> we followed allen downstairs to the mezzanine. this is when we saw, an empty water jug and neighbors fanning a woman who had passed out it felt as though the air wasn't working on this levelf the building, either. >> she got too hot. d an drink. and we're having to work together because the water bottle was out. >> she fated. >> she fainted. >> that woma

news4's megan fitzgerald a explains new air conditioning bill and has video proof of how dangerous theseres can be. >> there are many ways to describe the latest heat