montgomery still has this problem here.darnestown road shut down between black rock road and whites ferry. that's where molette green is this morning. that's because of a fatal car fire. your alternate is to take clopper road. >>> a brand new crash on i-95. inner loop at 355, wisconsin avenue. left len getting by. we are slow. 270 on the beltway, 16 minutes. on the outer loop. inner loop totally different story. 66 in bound is fine. 95 north a little slow. >>> right now all eyes are on the bahamas where a tropical storm is about to become a hurricane. tropical storm joaquin could be upgraded at any time. there is a hurricane watch in the bahamas right now. >>> chuck says the storm could move up the east coast and bring a lot of rain to our area. when and where the joaquin impact could have an affect on our weather in our area. >>> and why your next uber trip could cost you if you live in a certain nearby county. your time right now is 5:42. we leaf you with mei xiang cuddling bei bei having a very special moment this mornin

one of them is a hand named julius montgomery -- a man named julius montgomery. he was the first african-american ever hired as anything other than a janitor at cape canaveral. cape canaveral, as you all know, is where the rockets lifted off for the moon. he was hired as what was known as a range rat. and what that was was if a missile misfired, the range rats would go down range, get the missiles, figure out went wrong and fix it. julius was hired in the mid 1950s at a time when the ku klux klan controlled east central florida. the sheriff of orange county was a klansman. one person we talked with said local businessmen joined the klan almost like joining the rotary club. so considering all that, this is what julius montgomery faced on his first day of work. >> i was there, nobody was shaking my hand. i got to the last fellow -- [laughter] how are you, i'm julius montgomery. boy, you don't talk to a white man like that. [laughter] i said, oh, forgive me, oh, great white bastard. [laughter] i really did say that. [laughter] and he laughed, i laughed, and then we

certainly montgomerie's black community is thinking about filing a suit. as this is a year after brown vs. board of education, talking about the need to challenge segregation. this is all so not the first act, she is not the first person arrested on the bus. in the decade after world war ii you can see a trickle of people refusing to give up their seats, getting up arrested. in 1944 a woman named viola white is arrested, police raided her daughter. there is a s series of cases, 1974, new opportunity, in march of 1955, at first it seems this will be the case of a community that is galvanized, two things happen, the judge throws out the segregation charge and the community doesn't fully stand behind, they see her as too young and feisty. when i say it is not planned rosa parks is not a freedom riders, she doesn't get on a bus, but it is not spontaneous. it doesn't come out of nowhere. rosa parks made stand on the bus before december 1st, 1955. one of the things that galls her was many bus drivers would make black people pay and the front in the back. lewis b

your time is 6:07. >>> breaking news montgomery county. darnestown road will be shut down for several more hours because of a fatal crack between black rock road and whites ferry. brand new crash, gw parkway, the ramp to the interloop is shut down. problem in springfield, southbound burke lake road at braddock road is shut down. 270 southbound, no problems. outer loop, looks good. 66 in bound and 95 north rolling along just fine. remember to listen to our friends on 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. chuck bell, how are we doing this morning? >> so far so good. the heavy rain is over and we are contending with more rain chances later on today. there will be weather slowdowns to contend with. watch out for high and standing water. should improve a bit by later this afternoon and evening. high water and flood warnings continue until 8:00 for portions of loudoun county, culpepper and rapahaneck county. off and on rain chances into the afternoon. current temperatures in the low 70s already. commute forecast then, some puddles to contend with e

montgomery blair high school is the largest enrollment in montgomery county. there are 3,000 students. that's bigger than some colleges. that i will -- they will assemble here this morning. be watching out for students waiting for buses. with we'll have the -- we'll have the temperatures in the mid 70s and headed back home with lots of sunshine. it will be feeling like summertime. a hot afternoon. temperatures climbing into the low 90s. it's going to be rather humid as well. let's check on the commute. we have university boulevard pretty busy behind me as well as colesville. what's going on on the roads? >> new hampshire avenue northbound to the inner loop of the beltway, take a look. brand-new crash. chopper 4 got over this one. we are starting to see some delays as folks are trying to take that route here this morning. 16th street at irving a crash there. outer loop, top of the beltway, no issues there. 95 north, quantico to the beltway, a few minutes behind from fairfax county park to the beltway. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. as you

not just an extra hour. 270 at west montgomery avenue, brand-new crash. we are not seeing it on camera. it's as you're approaching shady grove. not slowing things down too much. 66 into town, out of town, you are just fine this morning. no problems there. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. 95 northbound at the truck scale, just talked with police. this was actually a disabled vehicle. it is on the right shoulder. they kept going back and forth between crash and disabled vehicle. it's a truck that blew out a tire. top of the beltway no problems. b.w. parkway, 95 and 29 rolling along nicely. see you in ten minutes. >>> the woman you may remember for driving her minivan into the ocean, her children screaming inside, is out of a florida psychiatric hospital this morning. a judge says state officials will monitor ebony wilkerson. she is taking medication for bipolar disorder. she was diagnosed after police say she drove into them -- drove into the waves along daytona beach in march of 2013. wilkerson says she feels m

it's already raining in montgomery mall, but the heavy activity on our storm tracker gets in about 5:29. aspen hill about 5:51 and heavy to severe storms until midnight, main threat flash flooding, okay? bus stop temperatures tomorrow mild, 64 to 74. you might not even need an umbrella tomorrow even though a cold front is moving through. we have less of a chance of showers and storms tomorrow, but that said yellow weather alert looks likely now for thursday and friday. flooding, check your sump pump, gurlets and downspouts. you know what -- gutters and downspouts. you know what i saw today checking my gutters and downspouts? my air conditioner is dead, big plume of smoke. 8:00 tonight on futurecast, look at the deal red and magenta, heavy -- deep red and magenta, heavy rainfall rates about 2 to 3 inches per hour, leesburg to manassas to culpeper big time rain. this moves through by 10:00 into fairfax county, now into fredericksburg down i-night if you've and 11:30 it's still across -- i-95 and 11:30 it's still across montgomery county. even though we're not technically under the flash

. >>> officialness montgomery county announced transportation and safety plans for a papal visit. jim melwart of our sister station kyw news radio has more now from conshohocken. >> reporter: montgomery county official from his police chiefs to communication specialist addressing comfort facilities and train stations to safety around saint charles, where pope will stay during his visit. one topic schuylkill river trail is into and out of the city. david brown with the can john of safety with anyone thinking of the using the trail need to know what they are getting into just from the philadelphia montgomery county line it is still about 10 miles to the art museum. >> that is about an hour ride on the bike from the county line and walking is three to 4 . that ace three i hour walk. >> the schuylkill expressway, closed at blue route i476 and closure of city from belmont to lancaster avenue. pennsylvania state the police will be at the 12 location as long area highway in case of medical emergency while stuck in traffic. >> we will water throughout the area. we will also have power bar

some people in montgomery county, virginia, are out of their homes tonight because of flooding. this is along route 11 where a small creek became a raging river. the department of transportation is using plows tonight to remove debris from the roads. take a look at this in downtown frederick. fast moving water flows through market street here right in front of bush wallace restaurant. you can almost see waves as cars drive right through it, no word yet how much damage may have bell caused in frederick. >>> -- been caused in frederick. >>> some areas in virginia are still under 2 feet of water. >>> several counties in north carolina will be under a flash flood watch all night long. small streams filled quickly today washing away roads and causing a muddy mess. >> fortunately no one was hurt in the flooding, but a lot of roads are still closed. so please if you see high water, don't drive through it. now would be a good time to download the wusa9 app so you can track the storms and get all the watches and warnings to keep your family safe. >>> the power is back on after people in

. >> it all started at richard montgomery high school. at the home stadium. we are live at the scene. >> reporter: we got here around 9:30 p.m. an officer on the scene told me they responded to a priority call from another officer saying there was a fight here at rockville high school. and they were surrounded. when we first pulled up, there were about 10 police cars on the scene. everyone was leaving the school. nobody was being allowed to go in. parents were actually told that they needed to pick up their student, they should give them a call and tell their children to meet them across the street at the church parking lot. that is where police say they could pick up their children. they were not being allowed to get on the school campus. we saw some students that were visibly upset leaving the area. but they were not wanting to talk. they were not thrilled to see that we were here. we did hear from a few people that at least two juveniles were taken away and patrol cars. right now a spokesman from montgomery county police tell me that they did respond to a

the debate over lawn chemicals is growing in montgomery county. scott broom tells us about the options residents could soon face of. >> reporter: there's been a strong move to water down a proposed ban on applying lawn chemicals in montgomery county. one family's beautiful lawn courtesy of chemicals. >> i can't really breathe well. >> reporter: but for kids like 12-year-old kate tan and her sister angela, one whiff of exposure is an asthma attack waiting to happen. mother lin tan said chemicals ought to be banned here in montgomery county. >> why is someone's lawn more important than the health of people, especially our kids? >> reporter: county council president george leventhal said the time has come to force homeowners to stop using pesticides and herbicides like these and ban commercial applications, too, with exceptions for golf courses and agriculture. >> prohibiting the use of toxic chemicals to maintain a green lawn is consistent with other efforts we've made in the past including banning smoking in public places. >> reporter: and now coun

montgomery's black community is thinking about filing a suit a year after brown versus board of education is wearing a different legal climate. they been talking about the need to challenge busek nation. this is also not the first, she's not the first person arrested on the bus. in the decade after world war ii you see a kind of trickle of people refusing to give up their seat getting arrested. in 1940 for a woman the name of feel a white gets arrested. police raid her daughter. there's a series of cases begin 1954 a new opportunity and as you may know in march of 1955 a. 15-year-old by the name of claudette colvin refuses to get get -- give place on the bus. the community galvanizes to two things happens. one the judge throws out the segregation charge in claudette colvin's case and second the community doesn't fully stand behind colvin and easier is too young to feisty so when i say it's not planned rosa parks is not a freedom rider. she doesn't get on the bus to make a stand but it's also not spontaneous. it doesn't come out of nowhere. rosa parks had made stands on the bus before dece

for the next ten years will help to lead the montgomery next ten years will help to lead the montgomery naacp into becoming an activist chapter. doing voter registration, working on legal cases, legal lynching cases and trying to get justice for black women who have been victims of sexual violencei by december 1, 1965 she is is a seasoned rebel if you will. >> was that planned. >> know it was not planned.y but it was a process in terms of her life and in culmination of many acts ofta rebellion. certainly montgomery's black community is thinking about filing a suit. this is a year versus brown versus education, were in a different legal climate. they have been talking about the need to challenge bus segregation. this is also not the first person arrested on thee d bus.e in the decade after world war ii you see a trickle of peoplea wo refusing to give up their seats, getting arrested. in 1944 a woman by the name of viola white refuses to give upic her seat. police rape her daughter.s, there's a series of cases, 1954 with new opportunity. in march of 1955 a woman refuses to give up her sea

. >>> hundreds gathered tonight in montgomery county to remember a teenager killed in an accident on the train tracks. they packed difference maker's church in damascus tonight, family, friends and classmates. jackie bensen was there to see many members of the community still in shock. >> reporter: the rural damascus church that formed his teen years glowed with candle for 16-year-old john. including dozens from clarksburg which john attended packed the rustic open ear difference ma r makers church clinging to each other for comfort. eyes were still red from tears 24 hours after hearing the sh k shocking news. john, his girlfriend, the two are seen in this picture, and her sister, were taking pictures along the railroad track in boyd yesterday afternoon when john was struck by an oncoming amtrak train. choking back tears, friends described him as one of those who could easily bridge the gap between high school cliques and bring people together. the church's pastor says he's aware how much the sudden tragic loss is affecting the entire community. >> he was real. he was real. and these

montgomery county, darnestown shut down between black rock road and whites ferry. fatal car crash involving a ferry. you could take clopper road. inner loop at 355 wisconsin avenue, you can see we are jammed. that's because of a tractor-trailer that got spun around blocking lanes. back with more this a couple of minutes. >> check in with you soon. first, good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for erin. >>> the weather, storm team four weather is not as crazy as last nig.

entire montgomery county population as well. matter of fine tuning now. >> we're very grateful to the first responders for the work that they've done to put this together and ensure the safety and well being of the people of montgomery county. >> reporter: emergency first responders from 50 municipalities in montgomery county attended today's summit to hear the county lay out the elaborate game plan for security during the papal visit. the primary focus is on the saint charles seminary, the pope's headquarters and home during his whirlwind and one night stay. security around the massive acreage will be massive. police swat teams and all local police lands on deck and it even more. >> we'll be such policemenned by the pennsylvania national guard in an excess of 200 national guardsmen on both days. >> reporter: lankenau hospital is ready for any possible emergencies. the law enforcement community is preparing for all sorts of possibilities. >> we will have trained bomb technicians from our unit, the atf and pennsylvania state poli

also watching a new crash in douglas township montgomery county.ong 100 northbound at jackson road because of that fire that we've been telling you about in delco. septa's route 13 trolley continues shuttle busing between moun mount horiah and yeadon. some of the bus routes will be detoured around the parkway which remains closed both drives in both directions. karen. >> getting ready for the papal visit. by 9:00 a.m., 66 degrees. we're going to see lots of clouds with a spotty shower here or there. by noon, 70 degrees, mostly cloudy skies and dry. by 3:00 p.m., 76, that's your high for today and by 6:00 p.m. coming down from that high, 73 with some peeks of sunshine at day's end. here's look at your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. lots of clouds today, 76 for your high. tomorrow it's sunny and warmer, dry and 80 for the first day of fall. thursday it's still nice, 81. friday partly sunny, 77. at this point the papal visit weekend looks dry but a bit cool but we're going have to watch it because we have an area of low pressure down to the sou

live in montgomery county, "news4." >> thanks.arack obama in new york where he's going to meet with international leaders. they'll be together for the 70th session. president obama will address the assembly. russia's growing presence will be part of the focus with president obama. before it even starts the two sides can't agree on what this meeting is about. putin's spokesperson says it's about sear yachlt earlier this month he sent additional weapons. the white house says todaytalks sit-down. >>> the man accused of a deadly hit-and-run will face a judge this afternoon. 22-year-old ryan salandy admithood e hit william mcdaniel with a car after they got in a night. witnesses saw salandy drive way from sweet speier drive. police were able to catch up with him in germantown and arrested him and charged him with first-degree murder. >>> an assistant coach. investigators say he sent child porn to an undercover officer. bodenheimer was most recently an assistant coach for a group of middle schoolers. >>> pope francis took tough question

they were cut from the montgomery county school budget. but the board of education found money to buy them by using funds intended for another purpose. >> instead of replacing desktops, reliewe're using the desk tops and it wednesday toward chrome books. >> reporter: they've arrived at elementary schools and 150 middle school classrooms. >> basically a one on one ratio for each student. it gives us lots of flexibility in the classroom to enhance our instruction. >> reporter: these chrome books can be used for reading and writing, making videos and using graphics. and they're especially good, i am told, for esol students. >> i can translate apps for students who speak another language. they're able to access the exact same curriculum. i don't have to modify anything. they're able to read the same textbooks. >> this just gives students many more opportunities to tap into their learning styles and help teachers reach every student. >> reporter: it is being called a partial chrome book rollout. montgomery county public schools want to provide

police in montgomery are hoping you can help find him. he is 14. the last time someone saw him was around his home on park lawn terrace in rockville. he could be wearing jeans, a light grean t-shirt, socks and flip-flo flip-flops. causing ambulance shortages in the district. people are now abusing 911. they are calling for an ambulance when they don't need one. the district got more than 56,000 low priority calls this year. >>> thursday night, a baby had to be taken to the hospital in a fire truck. the closest ambulance was seven miles away. >> all over the country, in urban communities, this has been an issue, the use of 911, the abuse of the 911 system that has really drained resources. >> but the 911 abuse isn't the only problem. d.c. is not fully deploying ambulances. the mayor promised there would be 49 ambulances during the busiest shift. yesterday and thursday, there were only 39. >>> take a look at this video. you can see the burning car in the background. there's a man in there. who you saw running was a first responder. because of the bra

reporting live in montgomery county scott broom, wusa9. >> to be continued.cott, thanks a lot for that report. the council takes up debate on this issue early next month. >>> to prince george's county now and some potential good news for workers there, legislators are introducing a bill that would permit more than 130,000 employees to earn paid sick leave. now some of the impacted workers gathered in upper marlboro today to urge the county council to pass that bill. >> it is simply unacceptable and unexcusable in 2015 that any woman has to choose between their job and their sick child, their job and their ill parent or their job and their own well being and so what i want you to understand that i'm passionate about this legislation. >> the legislation would allow prince george's county residents to earn up to seven days of paid sick leave a year. it is the law of the land in montgomery county already and on labor day president obama ordered all federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to their workers. >>> the new sons of confederate veterans licenses a

that might not be the case for long in montgomery county. the school district voted to ditch final exams. chris gordon reports why school leaders think that move will make kids better prepared for college. >> reporter: montgomery county high school students with he spoke with today are happy to see an toned final exams in sight. >> i think the idea is really great because the last couple of weeks of school are dedicated to final exams and honest lakers big waste of time. >> reporter: montgomery county's new approach to grading, replacing final exams with other alternatives begins in the school year 2016 to 2017. here at richard montgomery high school in rockville, i asked this history teacher what alternatives he might use to assess his students in place of final exams. >> i think it will graea great opportunity to add in a field trip there wasn't before or experience activities that could teach them material in a different way. >> reporter: without final exam grades, how will students compete in college in the president of the board of educ

happening in montgomery county. we know the vehicles collided at old georgetown road before the beltway. three people were taken to the hospital and one has serious injuries. some lanes are blocked this noon. to the district now where we are working to figure out what caused a crane to topple near i-395. look at the video near the exit to massachusetts avenue. the crane ended up almost on its side. the crews were able to quickly pull it upright. no word on any injuries. also now, dramatic video of an arrest in prince george's county. have you seen this one? cell phone video posted to the website lively when it shows police detaining a man on drugs in riverdale park. in the video you hear the police officer make a sort of command and when the man does not comply they use a stun gun. the man you see on the ground keeps walking around so police use the stun gun again all while people and families are screaming inside that mcdonald's. finally police hit the man with a club. after several minutes he's taken down, restrai

. >>> montgomery county sheriff's office is fighting crime from the air with a new drone. new drone could also assist with security during the papal visit next week. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live, with more on that, walt, what have you learned. >> reporter: well, you might say that there could be very special protection, looking down from above, when the the pontiff visits. none other than a very special tool, a drone that was unveiled right here at the montgomery county fire academy this morning. take a look at this nifty little gadget called the dragon fly. sheriff's department in montgomery county put on a display of fictitious scenario where a man with the bomb strapped to him and with weapons was in the pickup truck, drone which can go 30 miles an hour overhead with a camera and even able to listen in, giving a picture back to its operator obviously instead of committing manpower that could be hurt or even killed, the drone provides very important information instantly, sheriff russell bono elaborated on that. >> i would be remiss if i were to send a

this is the upper portion of montgomery county.e again, you can see near harleysville, the rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour. with the rain spinning around in the same spot, you see it's not exactly moving out, is it. there it is right around allentown. eigh it's not showing signs of letting up there. they have had over an inch of rain in allentown. this rainfall rate is close to another inch per hour. even heavier rain now in portions of central delaware. this is kent county, parts of the dover area already had over two inches of rain before this area has come in. there will probably be localized flooding with that as well. we do have a flood -- flash flood watch for much of the area until 8:00 tonight and flood advisories for conditions already in flood stage in some areas. this is localized, poor drainage type of flooding as opposed to rivers and creeks. this is until 6:45 p.m. that goes all the way from chester county up through the lehigh valley and poconos. more on rainfall totals and when it will move out of here

we know the montgomery county district attorney's office is working with lower moreland police in the investigation and they tell us that this was deliberate act. >> surprised when i came out this morning. >> reporter: police search for clues around a home on philmont avenue 2300 block in lower more land township. officers found a man dead on the front lawn after a home invasion ended with violence. >> i heard some gunshots. but i just thought it was somebody watching something on their phone out there. i had my windows open. >> reporter: investigators say 53-year-old kevin brown was shot inside the house after 11:00 p.m. last night in a target add tack. they say brown crawled out of a top floor window and got to the lawn but died not long after. >> seemed very nice. always polite. i always said hello. treated my son well. >> montco da office says the victim's wife fled through the window to get help. >> i'm very much saddened for the victim and i'm sure the family is very much troubled. >> reporter: sources say cops are looking for the least one suspect who barged in through the back

. upper montgomery getting pounded. berks county, especially eastern portion of the county, still getting pounded. northern chester county as well. this is the same view we have been showing you for the last hour. i'm not just chasing where the heavy rain is. it's still over the same area. that goes from collegeville up through harleysville, marlboro, douglas, limerick continues to be in that rain. some of this is one to two inches per hour. so that means with it not moving, some places got one to two inches just in the past hour. allentown still in some of that heavy rain. you can see in the upper bucks county, richland, highland, that is some really heavy stuff going up toward easton right now. about an inch per hour in that portion of the area. now, this other area, heavy rain and thunderstorms, fortunately this continues to move through dover because they have had over two inches of rain before and this is one more inch per hour. there is a flood watch for much of the area until 8:00 and flood advisories right now.

in toward montgomery and howard counties.with it but this is like intermittent wiper stuff for the most part. you see the showers that are pushing toward columbia and ellicott city now. a few have redeveloped back in toward montgomery county, over toward wheaton and olney. futurecast shows the rain really picking up in the afternoon from southwest to northeast. as we get to mid late afternoon to evening, when you see the orange and red here, that's very heavy rain that the models are producing. looks like northwest of us versus southeast we'll see the heaviest total. 81 could be a couple of inches or so the next couple of days. 81 do. some storms, heavy tonight. another warmish day tomorrow, 77 with a few more showers and isolated storms. then we cool down. thursday and friday are going to be cool. showers on and off. the weekend i know the terps and burr gindy and gold are -- burgundy and gold are both home. all depends on would keen. >>> usually if we -- on joaquin. >>> usually if we have problems twitter gets to work. they

one is a man named julius montgomery. the first african-american hired anything other than a janitor at cape canaveral. he was hired with the missile misfired their range rats would fly go get it figured out what went wrong in and fix it. he was hired in the mid-50s when the kkk controlled east central florida. of the sheriff of orange county was a klansman. local businessmen joined the klan almost like joining the rotary club. so considering that that is what he faced on his first save for. >> nobody was shaking my hand how our you lie injurious montgomery. you don't talk to a white man like that. oh forgive me zero great white bastard. we laughed when we shook hands. >> working with a bunch of clansman at cape canaveral. julia's montgomery also integrated a southern college we hear stories of literature i know you have not heard the story of the florida institute of technology founded 1959 as brevard engineering school the first building was a public junior high school that many blacks were not allowed he signed up to b

his name was john montgomery ard.d stood out from the usual ballplayer of the 1980's, 1880's and 1890's. he was a graduate of columbia law school and he was not afraid to challenge the club owners. he denounced the reserve clause and he said that, it's too bad that things have come to this, but sadly the national league stands for dollars and cents. players have been bought, sold in exchange as though they were sheep instead of american citizens. there is no escape for the players, said john montgomery ward. if he attempts to elude the operation of the rule, he became at once a profession -- becomes at once a professional outlaw. but if he ever, ever reappears as a professional ballplayer, it must be at the disposition of his former club. quote, very important, the reserve clause denies him a livelihood and carries him back, bound and shackled, to the club from which he attempted to escape. this is a cartoon depicting the , player ward's words slave auction. by 1890, the heated rhetoric between the players and the own

just ask students in fairfax and montgomery county with their new later bell schedules. does it help you in those first periods in the morning? >> yeah, it does. i feel more energized. >> reporter: the later bells are having the opposite effects on sammy. the more sleep he gets, the more sleep he wants. >> i'm just more tired because i have more sleep. so i want to sleep more. >> reporter: but do you think he wants the bell schedule to go back to the way it was? >> i like the 20 minutes. it gives me more time in the morning. >> reporter: shocker. well, it hasn't taken much adjusting for vivian wright's daughter who has the same start time as last year at pile middle school. >> i do think it helps. i think that earlier would have been a struggle. >> reporter: no struggle for susie french's son at mclean high school in fairfax county. >> he's easier to wake up in the morning. >> reporter: although she does have concern. her son is now on the road during the heart of morning rush hour. >> i have a driver. he's a senior. it makes me a little more nervous there's that many mo

. >>> a montgomery county teenager is on the run tonight in a new photo scandal that has rocked north penn high school. the 18 year-old suspect is accused of posting name pictures of the female classmates many of whom were under age and tonight he faces various charges. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the montgomery county district attorney's office with the very latest in the investigation, dann? >> reporter: rick, montgomery county authorities have been working on this case as it first became known back in march. they finally connect all of the dots that would lead them to a 18 year-old man who had just graduated from north penn high a few months ago. this is the man police say is responsible for posting sexually explicit photos of other minors on the internet, identified as 18 year-old brandon t berlin, his former classmates at north penn are stunned. >> it is crazy. just can't believe it. >> yeah. >> i can't believe that, man. i mean, be in should be able to do that to anybody. >> reporter: authorities say back in early march, they have uncovered a drop box account

that was the subject of a meeting in montgomery county. kevin lewis is life with some of the issues being worked out there. kevin: there are a number of things to iron out. one in particular, how should police officers use the body cameras inside montgomery county 200-plus schools? >> police and the politicians are talking body cam. today's progress report came amid a power struggle between the school resource officers and the public schools. an s.r.o. working in german-up to was disminned for -- disciplined activating the body camera while subduing the male student. the sources say the mscs was more concern that the officer hit record. >> if they don't want it, what would they be having to hide? >> susan is a mother and public safety advocate. >> if there are students studenn the building making bad choices that warrant law enforcement intervention i don't see a problem with anybody who is part of the police department and trained to use the body cameras using them. kevin: they call the current edict temporary saying for the moment we hav

no issues on the schuylkill expressway westbound at montgomery, but we have a problem because of the made in america festival they are doing cleanup, they have temporarily blocked all lanes on the schuylkill before spring garden westbound before the schuylkill all lanes temporarily blocked while they do cleanup. we have an accident 10th and south street. so a lot happening at this early hour. don't forget we have the benjamin franklin parkway shut down at this point in the inner drive and that's between 20th and eakens oval. stick to 676 fairmont avenue or jfk boulevard. otherwise you have the blue route, schuylkill i-95 moving in nice shape, nydia. >> officials at the indianapolis zoo want to know how a cheetah escaped from its encloser. they issued a code red and staffers found and tranquilized the cheetah. it was behind a barrier that kept away from the public. keith cheetahs will be kept out of the exhibit while officials investigate. >>> a police officer who was gunned down in the line of duty will be laid to rest today. he was shot and killed last week while pursuing three susp

live from the montgomery county courthouse, sharrie williams for channel six "action news". rick. >> sharrie, thank you. >>> fire ravaged a chester county home tonight, and chopper 6hd was over the charred scene at a road on air court. fire gutted upper floors of the home. fire fighters had to sound a second alarm to help extinguish the blaze. from the ground, an "action news" viewer recorded this video as the home burned. fortunately no one was hurt. this reminder when you see news happen, you can share it with us on social media using the hashtag six abc action. >>> well, they are trying to sense the the driver of the jeep went out of control on southbound route 13, just north of the old churchman's road. it crashed through airport fence, traveled across part of the property and took out runway lights before coming to a stop. state police have not said whether it is a medical emergency that happened or mechanical malfunction, or perhaps a criminal act. that caused the eradic path. >>> former, professional wrestling star jimmy super fly snuka is facing murder charges tonigh

a developing story in montgomery county. why dozens are expected to show up wearing the confederate flag to school today. this is in montgomery county, virginia. we'll tell you more about that. even though some students were already suspended. >> we're just weeks away from a federal shutdown. how it could impact you ♪ >>> 4:45. to a developing story. is there another government shutdown looming? yes. if the government doesn't reach a deal by the end of this month, many of you may be affected. we have nbc's tracie potts live from the capitol this morning. tracie? >> they came out and said, yeah, we want to do this quickly. we want to reach a short-term deal so we don't hit this deadline. nancy pelosi on the house side says she's optimistic. harry reid on the opposite side is pessimistic and it would be irresponsible to let this happen again. there are already 40 conservative republicans who say they're not going to let this budget pass including money for planned parenthood. they want to pull that out. president obama said he

about 100 cameras will be purchased by montgomery county police. 20 for the leadership. 80 for patrol officers. but there are some technical and legal issues that need to be ironed out first, like what happens if the cameras stop working, how to release a video without compromising investigations, and what about privacy laws? you see, maryland is a two- party consent state which means it is illegal to record someone's audio without their consent. so how does that affect the program? police officers clearly want to record interactions but don't want to break the law. i'll have much more on that ongoing debate, the very key pivotal point in this issue. i'll have that coming up in the next half-hour. we're live outside of montgomery county police headquarters, delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> there's a new call this morning for a federal investigation into the deaths of natasha mcken na. the fairfax -- mckane in. the fair -- mckenna. the naacp fairfax county chapter is demanding the investigation. police used a stun gun on mckenna while she was handcuffed. the local naacp chapter president ar

that's montgomery county police chasing a car down university boulevard. they say around 9:30 tonight two men were shot. they say that the victims had invited the suspect into their home. everyone knew each other and they got into an argument. that's when the bullets started flying. we checked with police just a little while ago and they don't have updated information on one of the suspects, but they do believe that one of them doesn't have life threatening injuries. that person will be fine. they're still going to get more information on the other one, but still a very active scene behind me, this information just coming in as we're working this story out here. we got the crime tape up. the cops are outer talking to witnesses and we hope -- out, talking to witnesses and we hope to have more for you live later on. >>> now at 11:00 a video that shows the sheriff's deputies interaction that ended with the death of a woman in a fairfax county jail. >> 37-year-old natosha mckenna was naked v%cin shackles. she died after being tasered. tonight mckenna's family

doug: delightful outside right now, live in rockville at montgomery college. temperatures elsewhere starting to climb. 88 degrees at reagan national. 90 in fredericksburg and in frederick, maryland. same as yesterday, temperatures into the 90 to 92 degree range. the difference between yesterday and today is that the moisture content is higher. we know that because dew point temperatures are higher. index to getat around 100 degrees around portions of the metro area. 96 at reagan national, 94 at dulles. a hot day. as you mentioned before, such chance for showers and thunderstorms in the evening hours. some of that could spread eastward to the metropolitan area later this afternoon. this area of low pressure moving out and allowing the front to spread eastward, increasing the chances for scattered showers and storms. we will talk about that in more detail in a few minutes. then, thanks. developing right now, a community on alert after two overnight homicides. a triple shooting and capitol heights killed one person, as well as an overnight murder in hyattsville.

delaware county into montgomery and portions of new jersey seeing that heavy downpour activity right now. clouds over center city and we will see a rainy day ahead. not an all-day rain but the threat of rain will be with us all morning and then heavier downpours this afternoon. the temperatures will go from the low 70s where we are right now into the upper 70s at 9:00 and we will be topping out right around 80 degrees at lunch time today. neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes and let's see how the rain is affecting roads this morning. jessica boyington has first alert traffic. >> we are out in bordentown township. an accident

a ceiling collapsed on them as they battled a fire montgomery county. chopper 4 showing you the burned gaping hole where the roof crumbled. this is at the leisure world retirement community yesterday afternoon. more than a dozen residents will have to find a new home. they all escaped safely but the fire damaged eight homes in that community. >>> an emergency bill is now on the table in principles gorges county that would give the council the authority to say whether the hospitals that are funded can close. they want to turn the facility into a walk-in center for patients now. >>> 4:50. the nationals are all but malhotra mathematically out of the playoffs but that doesn't mean they're no longer having fun. >> when he figured out who did it finally, he let them have it. >> take a look at this. the players pranked the philadelphia phillies mascot. he stoeld the fanatic's keys. apparently it's like, come on. apparently he called security and the police, too. the team eventually gave him the keys back. >> i like it. >> yeah, i'm just glad they're still havi

. >> most history of the civil rights movement focus on the montgomery to memphis years, the king years. they focus on what happened in terms of how facilities integrated. and that's important. it's an important story to tell. but what i was most interested in is what happens in communities that didn't grab national headlines, which is most southern communities, number one, and number two, what happened when the television cameras went away in most parts of the region? and pensacola, florida, was one of the perfect places to exam both of those questions. i found that the majority of the struggles that pensacola encountered, the more serious struggles happened after facilities integrated, happened after the lunch counters integrated, happened after employers began to hire more african-americans. it actually happened after king's designation in 1968. so i think -- assassination in 1968. so i think the pensacola story is important to tell because its gets us involved in what happened in most southern communities after integration. they realized that integration was mandated by law, that if

the numbers are fluid as they're based on estimates. >> a montgomery county mother wants more children to be able to walk to school. danielle meitiv is known for her free-range parenting style. she believes parents choose to drive their kids to school instead of letting them walk because they're scared about strangers. >> but, of course, what we really need is confidence. the number one cause of death for children is over 4,000 a year, in 2014. so people say i'm going to drive my kids to school rather than walk, well, actually we're leading our children there. >> she and her husband were charged with neglect for letting their two children ages 10 and 6 walk a mile from their home. a judge cleared the couple of the charges. >>> we've learned an infant was in the car that officers were shooting in over the weekend. we've learned that the baby's mother india kaiger was from india park, maryland. police say perry was a person of interest in a homicide investigation and started shooting at police when officers approached. kaiger's mother said her daughter's death was unjustified. baby was n

alison: leon, a crime alert in montgomery county. this right here is video of an armed robbery at a gas station. you can see here terrifying video of a suspect holding a gun to the man running the register, using the other hand to hold something covering his face. another grabs the cash. this is all at the shell station at west lake drive in bethesda. this happened on the 9th at 2:00 in the morning. so if you know the men in the video, montgomery county police want to hear from you. leon: preparations for the pope's visits is nearly upon us. if you have been looking around lately, you can see pretty much all that is going into in terms of the preparation. abc7's suzanne kennedy is live outside of st. matthews in northwest washington. she has a look at more to prepare for the visits. suzanne: this is where the pope will be on wednesday at st. matthews cathedral. he will participate in a prayer service with the bishop. they are putting up the security barriers here in road island in preparation for the visit by the leader of the cathol

a lot has to happen before people some montgomery county say they'll be satisfied on plans to develop the rock spring area of bethesda. neighbors and developers agree it needs a makeover. right now, though, it's mostly office buildings and pretty much nowhere to walk for lunch. both sides also agree it's no longer appealing. what people argued about at a planning meeting last night is what the development would mean for the award-winning schools. >> it needs development. very little elementary school land has been dedicated and no known school land. >> we know in this area schools are there. we get it but we don't have the answers. >> now, developers admitted they did not set aside any space to accommodate any students who come to that area as it expands. there there be another meeting talking about that later this month. >>> more than $130 million of your tax dollars are going to data theft act. credit mon are to to employees and their children for three years but some workers want lifetime protection. tracie potts will join us from capitol hill with more on the conflict in about 30

to move in the philadelphia area as we zoom in you can see heavy rain right now over northern, montgomery county, northern chester county and even some heavy rain, lightening and thunder in kent county, delaware at the moment, all continuing to push east ward through this evening, so within the next hour or so, we do expect it to be raining very heavily in the city of philadelphia, just in time for the evening rush. the heavy rain is right now upper montgomery county, right toward tredyffrin township and main line and right along, 76 and that will make is what a challenging commute the on the best of days even more challenging this evening. doppler estimated rainfall totals you can see these bull's eye of yellow here, two plus inches of rain, already fallen across the the city of philadelphia and into portions of philadelphia as well, and we can expect, and another inch or two, and, and, and, check for the, area, and 8:00 o'clock tonight. the good news is after 8:00 p.m., things will wind down with a lingering shower toward the overnight hours and urban and small stream flood advisories e

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. >>> a montgomery county father, fighting cancer, and tonight, the woman accused of taking advantage of his family and generosity of people who wanted to help. it is a charity scam that is causing shock and disbelief, this evening. >>> tuesday night, and jim's off i'm rick williams. the big story on "action news" is the arrest of the east norriton woman accused of ripping off donors to the tune of thousands. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live at montgomery county courthouse with the the sorted tail, sharrie. >> reporter: and rick, investigators say that tracie small kratzer pretended to be a friend, but she was only a crook. they say that she robbed this family blind and then used this charity money, on herself. devon henson loves her husband, and when asked, she's moved to tears. >> just a hard working, good father, and just a great, amazing man. >> reporter: two have been married for five years and they have two children. but last christmas, jay was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer and the cancer has spread to his liver. >> he is a fighter. he is fighting. he