we are live from montgomery county, justin finch, news4. back to you. >> justin, we will stay on the top of latest in that. >>> this saturday alt raight demonon will take place at freedom plaza and d.c. police chief is worried about safe. counterprotesters are expected as well. the biggest worry is about a possible clash between the two side. >> we have staffed up, worked collaboratively with our federal partners so we will do everything wcan to make sure this is a safe event. when it comes to these type of events when y have people with opposing views, washington, d.c., as everybody knows, is the o ace where that is going happen. people will come here and exercise the first amendment rights but got to do it safely and they have to do it w spectfully. >> newsome says laenforcement learned many important lesson from the deadly chlottesville protest. his number one goal is keep the opposing groups away from each other. >> you are looking at a fourth of july protest outside the white house that led to some scuffle and arrests. a demonstrator s

most of montgomery county.os say fairfax county but i'm not worried about that. 93 in manassas and 92 over towads college park. a very warm afternoon and say stay on the warm side. 92 thursday and that, of course, the fourth of july. 89 on friday because more clouds and a good chance of some thunderstorms early next week. ally looking good after this latest heat wave. heat wave. a little cool.'s there a thing going there. for july. >> 88 is going to feel like freezing. >> yesterday was gorgeous. >> real cool wave. >> hey, here's something that's not cool at all. >> oh, no. >> socialsedia i raging after this viral video surfaced. she just licked the top of that ice cream container. a young woman lickin the top of a carton of blue buell ice crea. ah statement says police are investigating. >> some people took to social media for a lack of sealing on its ice cream. i don't think that would have stopped her. the freezing process which involves fillinghe t cartons up side down creates a natural seal. you saw that it

montgomery county police officers aseen kneeing man during an arrest is off the street. that officer kevin morris is on paid leave while theid incent is being investigated. this all unfolded outside a mcdonald's in aspen hill on wednesday. police say the man in the video was selling hallucinogenic mush rooms of before the arrest. he i charged with selling a dangerous substance resulting in his arrest. known white sem sift groups attendees ong the tomorrow at a rally and counterprotesters are expected at another rally a block away. d.c.'s police ief says the number one priority is to keep the opposing groups away from one another. fireworks sparked t s house fire overnight. d.c. fire tells us an illegal fire. several peop escaped safely and neighbors say freworks have become a problem. three vehicles considered at powder mel road and vepgtsors are still not sure what led to the crash. let's get back to more news of the do >>> to plitics now. the president is celebrating a surprise jump in both job and unemploymbnt nus. >> that's right, and mr. trump says that success is c

today the montgomery county council unanimously passed the bill that will allow montgomery county homeowners to bu itcond house or auxiliary dwelling un on their property. some home openers feel their home values could drop and that nei borhoods will turn in trailer parks, but council members saya with the averge home costing $400,000 in montgomery county, there needs ptto be more affordable oions. the bill goes into effect later icis year. >>> traffic offls in virginia looking for ways to improve your commute on i-959. a recent study found the worst bottleneck, wait for it, on the entire interstate near the aquia river. they are spending a lot of time in traffic delays on that one-mile stretch. there will be a community meeting in t fredericksburgay begins tonight at 6:00. >> our area is getting excited for the cityopen. it is one of the largest al profession tennis tournaments in the entire country. 75,000 fans are expected at rock creek park center starting this center, including there she is 15-year-old tennis sensation coco goff who stole the hearts of people all over the world while pl

right through the montgomery county mall. this is where it's heavier in through the rockville area, too. this is something we're trackinr for you ov the next hour or two as that one moves on through. more storms to the north into west virginia and parts of pennsylvania. that's going to come through later on this evening, too. tracking all of this for the day tomorrow. tomorrow we expect more stms and, of course, on your fourth of july. i'll time it out for you and see you backere in 2:00. >> stay ahead of the possibilities of storms on the 4th. download the nbc washington app. set your home page to weather. >>> now to that fourth of july and the show of military might such as we've not seenn decades. >> yeah. bring in the tanks. they arrived in the district today at the request ofid prest trump, and they are being transported by train to the national mall for the salute to americaju >> this is one part of the president's grand vision, to makes the 4th a much bigger celebration this year, bt a of these changes mean it's going

montgomery county to 60 at the airport. i hope you're enjoying your friday morning. visibility not an issue around town. some of the shelter rural areas a patch of fog and montgomery county as well but it won't last long. sun comes up at 6:04. all sunshine today with temperatures in the mid to 80s and close to 90. very low rain chances the next coupled. future weather,a no orgnized rain chances any way. nothing but a little pop-up shower or two. future weather here tries to generate one or two quick drops there between 3:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. drying out again by 8:00 or 9:00 so your sidewalk cafe dining plans tonight not likely to be interrupt by rainfall. saturday, another clear start tomorrow morning. just another small chance for a stray shower to little higher chances tomorrow along into the west of the blue ridge up into the mouains of west irginia. by and large, i think mother nature will be playin a little slow pitch with us the next couple of days. let's go back over to the news. >> thank you. >>> every year, nbc clear the shelters campaign helps animal

. >>> now to a diryurbing s in montgomery county. prosecutors say a former school guince counselor was using a popular dating apps s hunting ground. colin black from rockville il pleaded gu to sexually assaulting two women he met on the app tinder. news4's chris gordon has the terrifying details. >> 35-year-old colin black pleads guilty to forcing a woman to have sex with him. afte meeting her on the tinder app. >> tinder is what is called a hooking up app. it's an app where people get tother so that they can have a sexual affair. and you know, it's important to realize that no always means no and when a woman speaks out or wr that matter, any victim, that doesn't likeat's happening during a sexual activity, that no, means no. >> prosecutors say black's laptop and home computer show that he searched websites dealing with forced sex. the police report says that the victim said onstop, i d like it. get off me. it hurts. black grabbed victim a's wrist. she said get off me, i don't like it. in all, three women went to montgomery county p

montgomery county had more than 50eues and so did fairfax. arlington had more than three dozen, and the d.c. fire department had more than a ozen. >> would you look at this. frederick has seen more than 5 inches of raing today durin the morning deluge. that area has seen extensive damage in past flooding, we know, but extensive damage seems to have been avoided this time. >> back to montgomery county but the floods washed away parts of the avement, and that's the situation for one neighborhood in potomac. news 4's aimee cho joinss live just off of mcarthur boulevard. crews have been business out be there ind you, haven't they, aimee? >> wendy, absolutely. we're on belfast road. crews are having to fill this road in with rocks and gravel. that's becaus earlier today that road was completely washing away and this is the only read had to trek through the forest arnd the road if they wanted to go anywhere. a look at some of e unbelievable damage tonight todays is this is a type of scene that played out all throughout montgomery county this mornin

shockingrst at 4:00, a video that shows a montgomery county police officer slamming a man and his head. this has led to criminal charges. >> prosecutors taking action today filing charges against the officer seen in this vide from outside a mcdonald's in aspen hills. >> news 4's darcy spencer has been covering thisse and she joins us now with the very latest. darcy? > reporter: well, leon, this announcement was made today by the acting chief of police as well as the state's attorney here in montgomery county.y theay this is ahoing li offerbout accountable and restoring public trust. the video is graphic and disturbihe. it shows t montgomery county police officer kneeing a dr handcuffe suspect who was face down on the ground. that officer, kevin morris, is now facing criminal charges. >> officer morris actually slamming the video's head to the pavement jut gave me grave concern. >> morris has been charged with cond-degree assault, a misdemeanor that carries up to ten years in prison and misconduct in office. morse has been on the force for roughly seven y rs. >> it sad day when marcus a

>> reporte andwe're beginning in montgomery county where police officers are facing criminal charges. e> it all stems from this disturbing arr sri. take a look where we see the officer slam a man's head to the ground wit >> the post on social media sparked outrage and calls of excessive four. >> let's get right to darcy spencer with tales from rockville. doris? >> reporter: well, that police officer has been placed onmi adstrative leave. his police powers have been suspended, and now he's facing the possibility of up to a decade behind bars. >> agh! >> the video is graphic and disturbing. it shows a montgomery county police officer kneeing a handcuffed drug suspect w was face down on the ground. that officer, kevin moris, is now facing criminal charges. elected leaders say they support that decision. >> i believe we have a great police force here in montgomery county but this obviously was a horrible and tragic incident, and i'm happy that we've taken action so quickly. >> reporter: moris has been charged with second-degree assault, a misdemeanor had a carries up to ten yea in prison

>> we're going to demand an end to police violence. >> reporter: in support of change in the montgomery county police department >> police brutality will not be tolerated in my county. >> reporter: carl ap ponnn pond hol a sign that reads "police integrity matters." >> we do indea have cultural problem within our police department. >> reporter: controversial incents such as officer kevin morris recently kneeing a uf handcd suspect who was face down on the ground. two months ago an officer saying the n word to a group of black men upsets her. >> it makes me concerned and s worried aa person of color. >> reporter: she and these people who live in the county want council members to pass bill1419 which would create a policing advisory commission. tonight at a community meeting some council members and acting police chief marcus jones support it. >> we believe police advisory commission will assist both the council and the department. >> reporr: the crowd sits and listens as they learn the police advisory commission would advise the council on police issues but would not make disciplinary decisions

. >> you are going to have totc wafor speed on major roadways in montgomery county. the speed limits are going down n order to save lives especially in areas where there's a lot of pedestrians. news 4's chris don is live in bethesda with detailsngo where the lower limits are and when they take effect. chris? >> well,aark, it's hard for drivers to miss this large flashing sign behind me here on bradley boulevard. it's a speed limit change on or about august 2 nd it's part of vision zero. that's the program aimed at reducing pedestrian deaths to zero. motorists b arng warned that the speed on bradley boulevard ll be reduced to 25 mile an houreen wisconsin avenue and goldsboro starting next friday. >> the county and the state work together for traffic safety and we're working at speed limits h especially ingh pedestrian traffic areas to see i we can lower the speed limits to enhance the safety for the . pedestria >> reporter: montgomery county police reporthis year there have been 14 fatal crashes, six resulted in pedestrian deaths. last year of the 28 fatal crashes, ha

in montgomery county, all fireworks, even sparklers are illegal. your only legal option, the snap and pop noise makers or party poppers. you can use gold label sparklers. in arlington, here's what you cannot light off. anything tt is a projectile, explodes, or has sparks greater than 12 feet. it is pretty much the same as arlington. the city of alexandria does not aly fireworks at all. in loudoun, you can use stationary sparklers on the ground. and sparklers are okay but anything that explodes is not. the bottom , lineyour best bet is to grab a lawn chair and a bottle of water and enjoy a show. >>> one man is dead ater a crash in montgomery county. police say a car collided with a truck that was puck a trailer carrying sod. the driver of the red car was pulled but he is not yet en identified. the druk driver was treat for minor injuries there on the scene. police say they don't know what caused the crash but people say this intersection was a trouble spot because of eeding in the area.ls >>> new detai on a deadly jet ski accident in anne arundel co

here's storm team 4 radar and if you're in montgomery county, rederick county and maryland and up into howard county you're dealing with some of the rain right now. up aund clarksburg and up into the city of frederick potentially starting to see some sprinkles as well with rain now following in rokhamn county and starting to move into page county and seeing veryvy hea rainfall in shenandoah county following along i-81. we're going to continue to see areas of rain.tu look at fu weather. here we are at 7:00 p.m. and still tracking rain north of washington and especially up into howard county and back around i-81 and back around the mountains. winchester and luray and potentially eing rain as that line out west tries to move towards the east. it's probably going to fizzle out in a big way.s especially a we made towards 9:00 p.m. and we make that daytime heating. maybe seeing showers in rappahannock county and parts of p.m.ier county at 9:00 beltway areas south and into parts of northern virginia, fairfax, prince william and most of fauquier county are staying dry out there tonight and may

. >>> and a sigh of relief for drivers in montgomery county. belfast road now back on in potomac nearly a week after the flash flooding just swept through that area. >> yeah, crews had to close part the road after a large sinkhole opened up. news4'sderrick ward is live in potomac with more. i know those residents, derrick, are hoping this gets back open and they can return to life as l no >> reporter: indeed they are happy. it's not as bad as barry, but it's bad enough. it was a inconvenience as well as a safety issue for folks on belfast road. there is only one way in and out of the communit behind me here. this is where the problem was. you see that massive sinkhole down there. als that sewer line. that had to be repaired permanently. right now they have the road open. that's what's important. take a look. this is vid from earlier. those torrential rains came through on monday. it made this impassable. you had flooding. this road was, inde, impassable. we did talk to some residents who say they are grateful tom tgomery county for their quick

. >> troy turner has been coming to the montgomery county courthouse for nearly five years. ever since his2-year-old son, jacob and 3-year-old daughter, sarah, were reported missing and their mother arrested. typically, he leaves the courthouse disappointed. for the past fouryeand a half ars the court has continually found katherine hoggle incompetent to staoalri g t for morning and come here and spend my son's seventh birthday here. looking, looking at the woman who murdered my children. >> search teams were never able to find the two young children. hoggle haseen in a psychiatric hospital since 2014. prosecutors say they think she's fakinthe extent of her mental illness and they want a second opinion. >> this case is so serious, i think we as a counity deserve additional input. >> today montgomery county circuit judge ruled that prosecutors can have their own psychiatrist evaluate hoggle. judge greenberg saying in court after five y it may be time for another set of eyes. hoggle's attorney tells news4, that hoggle has a long history ofental illness. >> those mental health

out power and forcing some families to get through the night without -- we che on theamage in montgomery county. >> lights flickered and came back own a kept happening and then it they went off. >> reporter: people in bethesda without power and families forced from their own and no power means it's unbearably hot inside. >> it was like fury came down. 15 minute then it was all over. >> reporter: this family is trying to figure out their next move. they came home to find their neighborhood in the dark. >> we are trying to decide whether to go to a hotel because who knows how long this is going to be out. >> reporter: montgomery county fire rescue responded to 125 it calls just whin a few hours. a tree int a house on crane . terrace a tree nearly hit a home on green tree road. wood havana and bradley boulevard hit with down treesd anutility lines. some of the area's hardest hit, bethesda, sensington, wheaton and potomac. >> pretty significant damage.of a lotpower outage like this neighborhood and aer numbof trees on houses. we will will have a number of people displaced because of the damage. >>

what the county ex promising the people of montgomery county. >>> and new health warning. what the mber of cigarettes you smoke in a day mean for your chance of developing heart disease. >>> good morning, everybody. it is 4:00a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green in for eun yang. >> let's start with storm team 4 4. >> we are lingering showers moving from the south to the north across our area and not causi any rumbles thunder but we have shower and some fog and a broader view showing that acrosshe eastern saesheaboard, rather delightful. how about 77 degrees in our nation's capital? still in the 70s for anchors town and paxnriver, i the 80s. not as hot as yesterday but close to 90 degrees. we will talk more about the weekend in a moment. for traffic, we go to jack. >> clay, we start on the beltway prince george's county before 202 accident activity has blocked two left lanes. you' find we have activity closing powder mill road. damascus a vehicle involved in a crash single vehicle. tow truck on the scene and traffic is alternating.n radolph drive remains closed be

. >>> breaking news on t road in montgomery county this morning. here is a look at the crash scene on i-270 southboundin german town. montgomery county police say a tractor-traer struck one of its cruisers and pushing it into a second cruiser. the officers were conducting a traffic stop when the cruiser was hit. thankfully, no officers were injured in this. we have a crew headed that wayg rinow. this is a huge reminder that it is maryland law that you move over if you see emergency vehicles on the side of the road. >>> it's 4:00 on this friday. good morning to you. i'm ju >> i'm molette green. aaron gilchrist and eun yang will be back next week. e are looking at a very nice t. end to the workweek in terms of the weather that is. >> thank goodness. melissa mollet has eye on the road for you this friday morning. >> but, first, we get started with chuck bell and a nice looking storm team 4 forecast. feeling gu out theood out there now. >> you have your coordinated ress with your coffee cup. you're par more put together than i on friday morning. temper

montgomery county fire and rescue officials say the heat likely exacerbated this woman's preexisting condition. >> on days like today this is really a life or death issue, it's not a comfort issu montgomery county councilman says landlords don't have to provide or fix air-conditioning units for tenants. he's working on changing the law. >> i introduced a bill yesterdao equire all rental units in montgomery county to be served ith air-conditioning. >> that's what ieds to be. the landlords will do what they can get away with. >> reporter: the bill has a long way to go but tenants like allen cassidy and his wife ella are hoping it will pass. meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> we reached out to the company that owns the building. when they say the air-conditioning did go out this aek last week but they say they called crews in right away to fix the problem. a spokespersonwent on to say when they receive complaints from the tenants they work quickly to address the problems. >>> when we come back after a break making progress, we have a status update on quarterback alex smith after that horrif

montgomery county fire tweeting out these pictures this weekend. the teamcalled maryland task force one has its bags packed and gear assembled. team leaders are monitoring the storm and then they'll determine whether local first responders hat needed to head over in area. we're going to continue tracking the storm from the storm team 4 weather center. and stay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for continuing coverage on barry. >>> the fairfax county sheriff's office wants to know how an 18-year-old inmate died. medics took cha kez ami green from the fairfax county adult detention center. he was found unconscious in his cell. green died at the hospital this morning. authorities say they found no foul play. green had been serving time since last december. an autopsy will be performed. >>> all right. let's take a turn to our weather now. lot of folks enjoying such a beautiful afternoon. storm team 4 meteorogist somara theodore joins us fromhe the weatr center to talk about whether or not this beautiful weather is going to stick around. somara? >>

if you think t satuld be against the rules in some parts of our county it is, including in montgomery county. but in fairfax county, such tows sion >> they kn thosere l. jurisdictional lines. >> the owner of the advanced towing told us since he ha contract with the property, his guys didn't neat to wait. >> 30 or 40 seconds. >> orlando argued just because it's legal, doesn't meanit fair. he says this is a prime example. scott mcfarlane, news4. >>> the apartment complex where the towing went down did not return several requestsor comment from the news4 i-team. >>> if you think you'll been illegally towed or you've got a questionsut this kind of a law, we've posted ofgs on our nbc with a washington app. >> there's a reason why tow companies are han roaches and root canals. >> a big reason. >> the weather's not popular, either. >> we're roasting outside today. >> i know and wait, guys, you think it's hot ay, just wait until the weekend. it will get hotter. >> at sounds like a threat, lauryo. >> just wait. >> it is going to get really warm out the e. and in this warm atmosphere of pourse we're s

live in montgomery county, justin finch, "news4 today." back to you. >>> update on t story we brought you as breaking newsmoi the ing. a 2-year-old is back at home this morning. virginia state police issued an amber alert r raequon ashby and thought he was danger. they say he was kidnapped in warren county. yesterday, meone returned the boy to his home unharmed. they are searching for kashar ashby and believe he kidnapped the child. >>> a murder suspect search is on. >>> this morning the stafford county sheriff's office is investigating both the murder and attempted muhaer and it ened wednesday night at the 512 gas station on garrisonville road. 20-year-old troy barnett jr. was killed and 18-year-old laura guadalupe cruz was taken t. the hospital >>> police a shooting along telegraph road could be gang-readily. you can see a bullet hole and shattered glass. two teens were shot at a playground before midnight on monday and they are expected to be okay. on wednesday, shots were fired again. a man suffered a grayed wound and bullets hit two c

the anniversary celebration. >>> justin finch is live for us this morning with details on the montgomery countyool boundaries change. >> reporter: a lot of parents are ting an issue with this and bringing their concerns right to the county school boara as they did l night and met at luther jackson middle school last night and some say they want a voice in where their kid will go to stool school and howe this should best look. we canell you many took to the podn m as you see oe video there voicing their concerns with the school board members and taking h center stageow best to handle the overcrowding issue and the policy that now stand, a policy many parent say they don't quite agree with the wording of. it includes weighing several factors such as the socioeconomic and racial composition of schools in affected schools. to some parents they say that sound like a lot like social engineering. >> here we are in july of 2019 pud this board has again tried to fly under the ic's radar and radically rewrite the boundary. this time our public woke up. >> reporter:theschool board chair weighing in here a

look at ts spin of heavy rain now coming through frederick county moving now into northernmost montgomery couy. at least 's maintaining some forward seed so it will be moving down throughtgomery county over the next little bit. it left a bucket load of rain right over downtown frederick, a mary, this morning. that period of heavy rain is coming straight down the 270 corridor here. o mostf montgomery county and down toward northwest washington and parts of western prince george's county will get an abundance here. future weather carries that period of heavy rain from now here before 7:00 over the next four hour, straight down the length of montgomery county moving into shington, arlington and prince george's county before lunch time toda then traveling southward along into part of southern maryland and northern neck towards forehead ric forehea fredericksburg. much easier weather picture for the rest of the day after getting the rain out of here today. now over to first 4 traffic with melissa. >> as you're heading northbound on 95 after the dale city truck sales, reopened the roadway. ever

he has seven years experience with the montgomery county police force. back into you. >> justin finck thanyou. >>> in prince georges county,e th police department is tellingt officeo cooperate with nfi.c.e. to eorce civil deportation orders. the department released a training video that specifically tells officers what to do. police chief says the department is also sent letters toofficers explaining the difference between a civil summons a a criminal warrant. he says undocumented migrants who have criminal warrants will be detained and their information will be turned over o i.c.e. >>> now to the surprising turn n at virg's special session on gun violence. leaders voted to abruptly end io the sessn leaving gun right supporters happy and gun control activists vowingge for rev a the polls. this was the scene outside of the capitol in richmond. people on bothides of the gun debate demanded toir have the voices heard. inside before any action could be taken, leaders in the republican-controlled house and senate voted to end the session after 90 minutes. gop

us now, the aaforementioned congresswoman dean, democrat of pennsylvania who represents the montgomery county area. congresswoman, what is it and what is it not?

, heads up next hour in through frederick, over tooward winchester and northern virginia and montgomery county. this will be wh we watch through the rest of the evening. very unsettled and warm and humid. everywhere across the mid-a lantic region and that' why we think this going to happen again tomorrow. but we expect it to be a lot more widespread, tracking storms tonight. if you have any plans tonight, there's a locate of things goin. more widespread on the 4th. take you hour by hour. now severe possible with heavy rain. heavy rain is the biggest potential for tomorrow. >> doug you're thinking the storms we see tmorrow will be much more widespread, will they be severe? >> i think they could be severe and the biggest thing about tomorrow, they look like they could last longer into tomorrow evening and through around 8:00, 100: 10:00.an >> no one w that kind of weather t onhe 4th. thank you, doug. >>> we encourage you to make oure yave the nbc washington app. set weather as your home page and get alerts about storms in unneighborho unneighborhood. >>> you want to be ready with your rain gear

slowing in out of montgomery county. most ofll us wibe dry tonight. some patchy fog overnigh and look at the temperature at 1 is:i11:00 p.m. it's a warm start tomorrow on your saturday. it's humid out there. we have partly sunny skies. 9:00 in the upper 80s by a.m. by 11:00 a.m. we're into the upper 80s out there. we're still dry at that point. the storm chances increase tlou throughout the day. a you got it. we'll see you in bit. >>> new details on what many ar people e calling a case of excessivtforce. montgomery county executive is ordering the active police chief to investigate this case. th videohows montgomery county police officers engaging with a suspect outside a mcdonald's wednesday nigf. an ofer slammed the suspect's head to the ground with his knee. county executive released a new statement calling this video horrifying. he said the incident erodes the trust that people have in law enforcement. > police tell us he was t trying sell mushrooms and resisting arrest when he was caught. we asked the acting police chief to respond. >> i see the

in montgomery county they're doing the independence celebration and. sh this is at matty steppanek park. drones are not allowed which i thinkmakes sense. prince george's county, university of maryland is going to h bve a celebration in

the told police pasay enappr videos and invest asked anyone man call montgomery county sterli tucker served as a counci in 1969 before he went on to run as mayor >>> of the nation's longest >> justice john paul stevens court' high court leading libera mo have more on his career and good ning. you. the president and first lady they praised his service in thet navy, hum and legal acumen. his work over the course of ew legal frrk ofr ounation his passion for the law and for forgot presid ford appointed he ruled against prayer in school he opposed citizen united. that w the landmark ruling into t campaigns. he appealed the second amendment after the 2018 school shooting >> if he saw a case differently think twice about writing an opinio writing a dissent and >> rep justice stevens he died from complications he was 99 years old. aaron and eun, back to you. pr sid tweet referringto them, quote, to go back and fix came four republicans and one on last night's measure. they called the president's it carrieso legal prosec have ordered the record accord to the associated s he wa sound mind. ee

and a new look from chopper4 at this home in montgomery county. that's where shomari stone kicks off our team coverage night. >> take a look at this master bathroom here. it's not like a home ener could come and take a bath because i is a complete mess. right over here, this is a part of the ceiling,insulation, and i'm sure he would like to come itre and be able to brush his teeth. not going to happen. and look up here, that is a gaping hole in the roof. above.actually see the stars the homeowner says that he's glad that no one was injured, however, it's going to take thousands of fillars to all this damage. >> i was like, oh, my god, it's the end of the world right now. >> reporter: douglas is surrounded in branches after this huge tree crashed on his family's deck in the backyard. he was inside his house around 5:45 wednesday evening when heavy rain and wind caused the tree to also slam on the roofr focing the ceilings to fall on the tile floor. the damage and this week's heat is too much tow bare right no >> you're sweating. your skin is always

the montgomery county council is considering allowing adus on a lot as small as 6,000 square feet.an acre. >> this isn't just an exception anymore or a waiver to get a special in-law suite. they are claiming we knee all these in-law suites. they are not putting in-laws in them. they want to rent it out. it's been a commercial enterprise. >> the people in opposition say it will put a strain on infrastructure. they also say they object because they don't know who will moving into their neighborhoods. council member jawando has concerns. >> i they we needaccess to all parts of our community. >> reporter: the montgomery county council will vote on the proposed changes next tuesday and these homeowners say they will be there to make sure theib ctions are heard. reporting from montgomery county, chris gordon, news 4. >> you can buyc almost anywhe, but iteam of found common police drug tests might mistake it for pot. >> the i-team tests a new test that can clear up the cannabiso sion. >> at 11:00 p.m. tonight still feeling close to 90 degrees. ming up, i'll let you know when it could feel

wind, rain, lightning knocked out power in montgomery county and brought downtrees. check the nbc washington app for updates. >>> 12 hours from now we will deal with severe weather. heavy rain tonight and rainy commute tomorrow morning. then everything starts to turn to the positive. sunshine, low humidity, and dry weather fo friday on int the weekend and that includes ifre you'oing down to the beaches. >> sounds good to me. >>> thanks for joining us on "news4 today." "today" show isx ne see you in 25 minutes with your weather, traffic, and local news. >> have a great monday. ll locaowned novec has the most relble power in the region. and we all know how important being reliable is. novec provides ectricity from multiple renewable sources. groovy man! and will soon include even morr. yeah! and novec offers convenient 24/7 online services. i just paid my electric bill. novec. power you can trust. >>> good morning. the heat is off. much of the tting heat wave country finally set to break today, but severe storms are up next, with millions of american. ni breaking overg

aea and through bethesda, montgomery county. rtionsto portions of of prince george's county and northern charles county. this is moving through the i beltway andwill move along route 50 in annapolis and run parallel and head off into the chesapeakebay. but boy is this line moving fast. everything back out to the west of it now dry. you can see the severe thunderstorm warnings continue up through northern portions of baltimore, town and up through hartford county. and through ellicott city, moving through ca columbia. and baltimore, severe thunderstorm warnings roll up that way. portionshe way to into of southern maryland we're seeing this right on the edge of cal vrt counvert county. i believe the storm warnings will extend to the east. lots of lightning associated with this once this is done we'll still have a chance to see showers out there. baimore at 96, you haven't got hit with the rain yet. near d.c. we just dropped about 10 -12 degrees and temperathees are in t700s. just spoke to winchester, it dropped tothe low 70s, 73 an

this will have big impact on people who use the beltway in montgomery county. the work means that lanes are be going to losed and, at times, there is going to be a complete shutdown on both sides of the beltway. it all gets under way sunday night. take a look at the map here. you can get an idea. the work is happening on the inner and outer loops of the beway between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. crews are installing structural steel on the seminary road bridge overhe beltway. and here is how it works. :0tarting at 9 one lane will be closed. at 10:00, two lanes will be closed. at 11:00, theyhuwill s down three lanes. then total closures up up to 15 minute will start happening as a needed that will be between midnight and 4:00 a.m. for those total closures. the work is happening sundaysth ough thursdays, all of the lanes should reopen by 5:00 a.m. so in time for the morning rush hour. the work should be completely finished by mid august. that is the hope and it all starts on sunday night so july 21st, starting at 9:00, you can expect to see tho very fir

this is in effect for southern montgomery county, fairfax, orince william county, over i prince george's county, southern maryland, and then down through stafford and king george counties as well.is this ecause it will feel like 105 degrees at times, especially in these locations, tomorrow aernoon when that heat advisory is in effect. look at how uncomfortable it is outside now at 11:00 p.m. at night. still feeling like 90 degrees in and ngton, 87 in manassas, 85 up in gaithersburg. that means we're off to a mild and muggy start tomorrow, already startinging off the day :0ar 80 degrees. 83 by 9a.m. and here's the thing. it's going to feel about five, maybe even almost ten degrees warmer whe you factor in the humidity. by 11:00 a.m. that 89 is feeling like 95. i'm going to have more on what you can expect as we head throughout the rest of the workweek on into the weekend. there's more dangerous heat in the forecast and i'll let you know when it's going to feel like 110. ia.hanks, am >>> but that heatutside didn't scare people away from a red hot demonstration on the national mall tonight.

reached out to montgomery county department of transportation to find out>> when. >merican is among two dozen people killed in deadly attack in hotel in somalia. taking place in southern port city. car bomb exploded killin 26 people and state department is looking to see if other american citizens are amo the victs. >> alshab ab attacked a hol where local politicians were meeting to plan elections. drove a suicide car bomb into the hotel followed byly heavi armed commandos. siege ended at 7:00 a.m. this morning when local commandos killed at least five the militants. this group used to control the area in southern somalia, opposed to the government since out off ousted from the port city. election ied with the campaign. >> used to control the whole country. beaten back with africa-wide coalition of troops attacks like this show capae of inflicting damage in somalia. dojah, qatar. >> identity of the americ not jet leased. >>> protesters demanding president trump stop tomorrow's immigration raids across the united states. in new york and chicago demonstrators shouted

l all fireworks littlegal in montgomery and prince george's county. >> yeah. we put the complete listing of legal fireworks in the nbc washington app. if you want to go osh ping, just be careful. >> there's different rules everywhere. yeah. >>> now the best way to stay safe is leave th fireworks to the professionals, folks. coming up, doug is tracking a storm that could have an impact on the show onll the national this year. >> but first sharing the road. buses and pedestrians can sometimes be a dangerous mix. >> you don't b think theus saw iyou? >> no, don't think it did. >> the news 4 i-team is more than something you sleep on. it's something you live on. (giggling) and we want it to perfect. get the most out of your mattress with havertys mattress sale! our experts will help you choose from a wide selection of top braans and we'll match price. right now, save uto $500pe on tempuc breeze mattresses. f and get freeancing on mattress and foundation9.urchases over $1,99 havertys li looks good >>night the news 4 i-team investigates bus blind spots. tr ttifeahinl

now a new proposal in montgomery county could mean a lot more of thse tiny homes. we will explain the plan. how about the weather, chuck? >>> drouangerously hot odds the next coupe of days. when the outside temp is 95, that is unsafe to leavenybody in the car. never do that. that is deadly, in fact. check of the ten-day forecast is coming up. >> reporter: we know how to beat the heat in bowey, don't we? >> we do! >> we are on the ice at the bowie ice arena. we will talk to the program >>> they have become more ec popular in rt years but some residents are upset about a proposal that would allow more tiny homes to go up in montgomery county. right now, homeowners with an acre of land can get permission to detach a small garage or build a small home on thei property. the county council is consie ering a zoning chang allow tiny homes on a much smaller area. >> it isn't an exception any more or a waiver to get a special in-law suit r they want toent them out. so then it's a commercial enterprise next door. or take issue with the fact if you're creating maffordable hous

and in montgomery county, belfast road east of macarthur o evard, closed tomorrow through saturday. people be allowed to park in the bethesda metro station in the meantime. >>> two months after police found a man shot to death inside a burning car, they still know who did it and tonight they're going door to door. handing fut this lyer. hoping neighbors can lead them to a suspect. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wiins live in capital heights watching investigators canvass that neighborhood. tracee? >> prince george's county police arriving behind me there you can see the detectives, they're going to be handing outhese flyers to folks on this block. asking questions about what happened on that night in early may. right overhat way is where the body of devontae dixon was found inside the car. he was shot to death and the car set on fire. let me give you a closer look of ineos nt onde ndlinga ha e investigation and asking for anyone to come forward who may have information that can help to lead to an arrest. this all happened around 10:20 p.m. on aiken avenue in capital heig

in three hours through 9:00, it only moved through montgomery county. that's why we saw such incredible rinfall around the area, and right around 9:00, right at the heart of the morning rush. look at the incredible amount of rain falling dow through the city and how much rain did wey. >> these are radar estimates. 4.6 inches into frederick county. 5 inches of rain, and that's now confirmed with ground troops as well into month gomery and parts of frfax county, 3.4 in prince george's and just an incredible amount of rain that came on through the area, guys. the good news is this is all moving down to the south. now we're left with a few howers and even some sunshine is making its way out now. >> doug, here's the thing. we see this pattern we always get into in the summertime where it builds up during the day and then happens hat night. this this happened in thearly hours of the morning. why did that happen? >> area of low pressure sitting right to the north and west. the l area of low pressure sat down across our area and move on. down. today was theixth

place fm waldorf, northbound to upper marlboro, brandywine, fairfax county, the district, and montgomery county all under the flood warning until 1:45. as you meioned, thoug the area of heaviest rain has moved into far southern charles county, and is just n ming into st. mary's county. so i do think that flood warnings will be extended down into calvert and st. mary's county. the rain is still coming down between 2 and 3 i phes hour. the leading edge of the heavy rain now is moving into mechanicsville. it wasn't take long before it gets into leonardtown and down farther into southern maryland. in a around the city now, the heaviest of the rain has come to an end, just some lingering showers. i'll show you the time line on hen this will come to an end in the extended forecast, coming up. >> all right, cbuck. a morning. thank you. >>> first responders rescued several people in montgomery county. you can see here a water rescue tha happened earlier this morning on tuckerman lane near post oak drive in potomac. that road is closed. news4's mon news4's molelette green, what's the situation there? >>

we hear more about what's going on at this point from montgomery county police. take a look. >> there's a lot of work that goes into it with calculations. analysis and that's what they're oing right now. we want to figure out what happened here and this is a very tragic day. obviously whenever we lose somebody. and it's also a stark reminder of we're starting the july 4 weekend. >> now we're told that this intersection is somewhat of a trouble spot. if you notice the dotted line here that was put in to tell cars how far they could pull out before they could look up and down seneca toh see whic way traffic is going and there's rumble strips down river road. i'm told by a man who lives tnearby that justs past weekend, early morning sunday it was a crash where a car was overturned and right off of the road here in thisarea, so they're looking for more calming devices, some other infrastructure to help slow folks down here.n we don't k if speed was a factor in this crash yet. that's still all being investigated. dereklive in poolesville, ward, news4, back to you. >>

. >> that's why officials in montgomery county are considering what would e the first law of its kind. news4's megan fitzgerald explains the new air conditiing bill and has some video proof of just how dangeroushese temperatures can be. >> when temperatures soar into the 90s. >> it's really hot outside.d hyrating and staying cool is highly re ammended. >>ll buildings should have central air and heat. >> most buildings should have a's but thatot always the case, we went inside one unit that war >> allen cassidy d his wife are in their 70s, for years they've been living at the charter house, which is a 55 and o apartment community in silver spring. >> if it was on, you would hear it. >> allen does have an air conditioning unit, but lately he says it hasn't been working and having a negative effect on im and other tenants. we were inside his apartment for several minutes and were also feeling the heat. >> that's why a lot of people downairs on the seventh floor. >> we followed allen to the mezzanine level and this is what we saw, an empty water jug and neighbors fanning a woman who had p

and parts of the blue ridge here.ss the progreion of those storms by 4:00, loudoun county and montgomery county and by 5:00 storms western parts of fairfax county. just in time for the evening commute. time stop on 6:00, severe weather possible in fairfax down to prince william county parkway between 5:00 and 7:00. e flash flood watch in effect at 2:00 this afternoon and until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. moisture fromarry could bring us heavy rain thursday of next week. now let's go to wtop. >>> yunfortunatelcanal road remains closed until further notice. now between reservoir and foxhall. big sinkhole there and unfortunately it's closed until further notice. expect a lot more traffic along arizona avenue and macarthur as everybody trying to avoid this closure. outer loop before kenilworth avenue, a truck upright now. back to you. >>> all in favor of equal pay say aye! the women's national soccer team! >> another win for the u.s. women's soccer tealast night at espy's award. the show honors the year's greesest athletes and coach world cup champions, it wrapped up a long day of celebrating that

one includes the vast majority of montgomery county until 11:15 in the morning.of frederick, maryland. until 9:30 this morning. radar shows blinding rain coming down ov270, mg intogalth gaithersburg area. either tdelayvel or know that you're going to be driving out into what is probably going to be the heaviest rain of the day. nces drop later today. back to suns >> thank you. developiiv overnight, fe people were shot in two separate shootings in the district. s video from the scene on south capit street in eoutheast. four people wer shot there around midnight. just before th, a man was shots in columbia heights. no arrests have been made. >> today at noon, a stretch of route 29 will isclose. thill impact the northbound lanes from riley road to vint hill road. we'll take a break now. c we'llck your traffic when we come back.. >>> good morning. i'm melissa mollet with a look at your first 4 traffic.r inneloop, outer loop, no problem, except look at this rain. this radar shows you a big mess across the area. 40 at willowdale drive, lane shut dn because of flooding.

tree down on the power linis thisown around the green belt area.t s is the same storm in the montgomery county and prince george's county that is now out around the annapolis aa and we have a new severe thunderstorm warning. storm team 4 radar showing up around the hagerstown area and around frederick, maryland. new storms down towards the northe parts of rginia, too. that's where we're continuing to watch those storms. again, we've g a line here. we've got another line right here coming on down. i want to zoom on in down here. severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:45 including washington county and frederick county and this o is going right on down towards frederick and it's really for this one right here that's going to cross right over 15 and heads up around emmitsburg. you'll be seeing that pretty good down towards hagerstown. really weakening. bowie, rain in upper marlboro, up in diehl. follow this line back to the west and mt. vernon seeing some of the rain and then another line from leesburg right on back towards port royal. warrenton seeing rain and right over the city of manas

two montgomery county elementary schools in silver spring are testing this extended shool year pilot program. >> only bad thing is that we can't go on a family vacation but it's good to get a against the other kid that have not started yet. >> reporter: this is a title 1 school and means high number of kids from low income families. the extended school year program is meant to increase their performance in literacy and imagi imagine. they will serve a pents and teachers here to determine if the stinextended school year sh be introduced in other schools in the future. reporting from silver spring, chris gordon, news4. >>> old town alexandria has been forced to close up shop after flash floods caused damage. they are trying to get thing back in order but they have a long road ahead. she says two inches of standing water in that store and all of the carpeting needs to be replaced. the water reached more than 300 books about to be donated to a local charity. e i'm sure the store will survive because wve a very loving community. all we have gotten are best wishes, offers to volunteer time

we are live in montgomery county, derrick ward. back to you. >> thank you. >>> ahead, a new twist in the of case two american teens accused of killing an italian police officer. >>> news4 molette green is working for you in the community this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to y . it's all falling in love with jiggly puff who ise ready to b adopted and have a wonderful life like max here who is rescue pet. max where a mohawk. we are ready to clearhe shelters. more coming up how you can adopt a pet today at the sunrise senior center here in bethesda. you ready to clear the shelters? >> woo! >> details coming up and a entation.r >>> good tuesday morning. hope you didn't just have one but we know that sleepless nights can be frustrating.th but can se sleep apps that are popular really help you get the shut eye you need? >> i can't get to sleep and i've tried everything. >> we are working 4 your health and showing you >>> one of the o california eens accused of killing an italian police officer say he did it in