. >>> we're learning a lot more about what led up to a deadly accident in northwest d.c. in which a driver hit and killed a popular restaurant owner.e armen armin was leaving when he was hit. mark segraves with more. >> reporter: good evening, a sad evening in the shaw neighborhood as people come home and learn that they've lost someone who was an integral part of the community. they say the restaurant is more than just a corner restaurant. it's a part of the fabric of the neighborhood. they said that armin amin, the owner who was killed, was a crucial part of this community. he and his partners owned chaplin's on 9th street and were planning to open another restaurant across the street. >> everyone is kind of in shock and not really sure what -- what we're doing right now. what's -- what's the next move. >> reporter: at nearby bread for the city, a neighborhood nonprofit that provides food and clothing for the less fortunate, amin was a prolific fundraiser, using his restaurants to raise thousands to help others. >> hel be remembered as somebody who captured the spirit o

alison: we are on the scene of breaking news in northwest d.c., with a serious crash involving a car and a d.c. firetruck. five people were rushed to the hospital. we will have a live report in just a moment. jonathan: first, we are talking about the storms that rolled through, leaving a path of damage at the right height of rush. hour alison: crashing down, lightning flashing in the sky, and power outages. right now, there are thousands without power in northern virginia. than 10,000 more experiencing an outage. a lot of people were watching the weather from their cars tonight. jonathan: richard reeve's and one of the hardest hit areas, but we start with steve rudin. are we out of the woods yet? of it is out of the area come all of this moving to the north and east. northern montgomery county, you are in the clear right now. ,outhern maryland, leonardtown waldorf comes to looking at moderate to heavy rain along with some lightning and thunder. d.c. metro, the capital beltway, most of this will be out of here the next half hour, 45 minutes. if you have to take the dog for a quick wal

. >> yeah, this came after a shooting in northwest d.c. s shomari stone was there. >> reporter: d.c. police are searching for a man that fired shots at this basketball court rehind me. they say it was captured on surveillance video. people that come out here, there is a playground next to the court and they say they want an end to the violence. >> we want to live in a safe neighborho neighborhood. >> reporter: brett and his 2-year-old daughter playing. heor violence in the neighborhood. >> we live three blocks from here. we play here. daycare brings the kids here during the daytime. it's rough. >> reporter: this evening, d.c. police talked to the community meeting. officers told the crowd they arrested 23-year-old jamie foster. detectives say he started going through someone's backpack on the basketball court last thursday. when the backpack owner confronted him about it, police say foster pointed a gun at him. the man walked away. at the same time surveillance video captures another man shooting. >> another individual in the background wa

visit ncicap.org] the second of the accident in northwest d.c. in just 24 hours. jummy: a hit and run investigation playing out at new hampshire and m street. less than one mile from yesterday's deadly accident, just off logan circle. scene. john? john: they don't have a good description on the vehicle. that's the unfortunate part. they say they are looking for a dark-colored sedan with the frontt damage to end. this is still an active situation and an area you definitely want to avoid. as you mentioned, there are a number of restaurants, bars, hotels, and this is where this occurred just before 3:00 this morning. like you said, it's coming off another situation yesterday. only about a mile from where we are. the difference here, this is now being investigated as a crime. a hit and run, the driver did not stay on the scene. video fromyou the where we are standing, you can see a number of these items on the street. suitcase, headphones, an adult male trying to cross here on m street. we can tell you there is a crosswalk. it's unclear if he was actually on the cross

northwest. if you recognize that man, call d.c. police. developing tonight, singer chris brown has been arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly women only the arrest came after an hour's long standoff at brown's home in california. officers came to the house after a woman called police. tmz reports the woman claims brown pulled a gun on her as she add murder a piece of jewelry. brown posted two videos on instagram from inside his house while police tried to get him to come out. i barricaded myself in my house. have you seen my house? i'm palace. i'm not going coming out for what. good you can mr. . when you get the want or whatever you need to do you can walk right up in here and you're going to see nothing you idiots. police recovered drugs and a gun from the scene. bun has taken to police headquarters to be formally booked. it starred at 3:00 in the morning and we heard from the reporter on the scene last hour. it ended ten hours later. > it was all day long. it just became more drama it seems than was necessary. >> it was a stran

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jay: a week ago she moved in this small apartment in northwest d.c. and says the air mattress is so luxurious she has a hard time getting out of it in the morning. before that, she was homeless for 20 years. engaged in a bizarre battle with the government. a battle that she won. >> i can't explain it any other way. you are scared to death. jay: wanda a trained paralegal moved to d.c. in 1996. she couldn't find work and ended up in a shelter. after qualifying for social security she disputed the check amounts. eventually the government stopped sending he fixed -- her checks because she didn't have a fixed address. she wrote them letters but say they were ignored. >> i'm entitled to this. jay: she used a dolly to haul around three suitcases full of social security documents and research. a few months ago a social worker pored over the papers and realized she was right. >> we got her this huge result in three months which is amazing. it's incredible. jay: daniela with the legal council of government took the case and proved the government owed her $100,0

i'm annie yu live in northwest d.c. where d.c. n scene of an incident thatentt happened around 3 o'clock thishi morning. a pedestrian walking along the 1400 block of ninth streett northwest was hit by a car.ar. d.c. police still trying toryg figure out exactly what w happened.haen sadly, the victim did not makeok it. at this hour, police have both -- excuse me -- ninth n street just the northboundorboun opened and they just reopenedjur the northbound side of ninthin street between o and pnd streets.st it was blocked off for severaler hours this morning.orning. the southbound lane remains closed.cl. meantime, police still trying sn to figure out what happened.appe they've been focusing in on this red mercedes straighterceda ahead and it appears thatand itp could be the strikineag vehiclec although police haven't hav confirmed that to us but wes can clearly see the front winro tow he is shatter, it's got a busted headlight and it's notno too far from a crosswalk andom a they have been takingg pictures, taking measurements doing what

the vigil was held outside wilson high school in northwest d.c. christopher barry was a member of the school's class of 1998. carl thomas remembers helping christopher barry with his campaign for his father's ward eight council seat. thomas says even though christopher didn't win, he was passion an update to that heartbreaking story out of baltimore. the mother who made national headlines for yanking her son away from last years riots is now fighting to find a new home. that same son accidentally burned their home down after their kitchen caught fire while he was cooking chicken tenders. but now toya is getting help from neighbors, friends and complete strangers to find her a new home. her go fund me page has raised over 53 thousand dollars and counting.. graham says the family is homeless..no place to go while repairs are made at the home she rented...and there's no word from the landlord family will be allowed to move back in the house. thunderstorms and big rains are over today will be hot, but not as humid today: am cloud, pm today will be hot

pepco crews are working to repair an underground transformer that burst into flames overnight in northwest d.c. the good news is, no one was hurt. however, the fire has knocked out power to dozens of customers in that area, along 18th and l streets. the power is not expected to be several hours. suzanne kennedy has the story. suzanne: hours after the underground transformer fire, pepco crews remain on the scene trying to figure out what happened overnight and how to restore power to more than 100 customers. the fi from the sidewalk grates. d.c. fire and ems used heavy-duty phone to distinguish the blaze, which took several hours. at 4:30 a.m., a loud boom could be heard coming from a manhole. >> it seemed like an unstable situation. suzanne: office buildings through this corridor were left without electricity. some workers learned of the situation when they arrived at their offices. >> the manager said the building is unsafe to be in, so we are not allowed to come in. we basically had to figure out what we are going to do for the rest of the day, because we still have deadlines to me. we can s

visit ncicap.org] the second of the accident in northwest d.c. in just 24 hours. jummy: a hit and run investigation playing out at new hampshire and m street. less than one mile from yesterday's deadly accident, just off logan circle.

. >>> back here at the live desk, we're learning about a fatal pedestrian accident in northwest d.c. we understand this happened at 9t in northwest. police tell us the driver did stay on the scene, but again a pedestrian truck and killed at 9th and p streets in northwest this morning. back over to you. >>> the spread of the zika virus through a south florida community has officials in fairfax county taking notice. they will hold a zika town hall meeting tonight at 7:00. 60 cases have been found across virginia, all are travel-related. the meeting is about getting ahead of the problem. >> educating people. what the symptoms are. what to look for, leth people know and get comfort as to what fairfax county is doing and we're on top of it. >> 29 of the 60 cases have been found in northern virginia. health officials say only one in five people with the virus shows symptoms. >>> let's janeiro where it is day 13 of the games of the xxxi olympiad. team usa will continue its quest for gold. ashton eaton will continue his quest to once again be the world greatest athlete, heading into day two o

right now in northwest d.c., marina maracco, fox5 local news. > also developing tonight, two us olympic swimmers are heading home from brazil after testifying about an alleged robbery in rio. they checked in for their flight just a short time ago. brazil and police say they men along with their teammates, ryan lochte and jimmy feigen lied about the rob i. tmz poked some holes in the story. i understand the us limb committee just released a statement about the controversy. >> about 40 minutes ago, the us olympic committee did release a statement saying that they are apologizing for these athletes' behavior. saying they're not acceptable. they're apologizing to their host rio and also confirming that there was an encounter. these are the four swimmers involved in thi gold medal ryan ryan lochte. swimmer james feigen is still in rio and gunnar bentz and jack conger are on a plane headed back to the us. they vandalized a gas station bathroom but left before police arrived. > this was first obtained by tmz. it doesn't show a rob, is but it does however show the four swimmers walking a gas st

work continues to restore power to office buildings near 18 and l street in northwest d.c. underground transformer fire knocked out electrici course with it, air conditioning. early this morning, the fire also disrupted 911 service for sprint customers around the region. pepco does not yet know when service will be completely restored. we are on storm watch tonight. today marks one week of our heatwave. we are under a heat advisory until 8:00 tonight. and we are also watching the chance for isolated shower or storm. let's get to chief meteorologist doug hill for the outlook today. doug: it was a cooler day. we only hit 97 for the high today. the severe thunderstorm watch county by county is being peeled off. it's still in effect for montgomery county north and eastward. but in the next couple hours a lot will go away. not many storms out there. a complex not severe running through central montgomery county. weakening as it goes eastward. it's laying down a boundary as it goes. there could be an isolated shower pop here south of the city. if you have and far between will be

an event will be held today to celebrate the modernization of lafayette elementary school in northwest d.c.'s chevy chase neighborhood. mayor muriel bowser will be there. today's event begins located at 57-01 broad branch road. lafayette is the largest elementary school in d.c., with more than 700 students. the school recently underwent an expansion.. to accomodate more than 800 students. this morning we are learning much more about that deadly apartment explosion in silver spring. sam sweeney standing by with an update.. we now know that residents called in to complain about the strong smell of gas just days before that deadly explosion. take a listen.. the caller says the smell of gas lingered in the stairway of the building that exploded. the dispatcher asked several questions trying to pin point the smell which appears to have been both inside and outside of the building. many saying the reports should have been a call for caution.. 7 people died in that explosion. firefighters say they did check out the building and went door to door but didn't find any smell of natural gas. a-t-f has

say a car hit a armin amin-toomaji as he crossed ninth street near intersection with p street in northwest d.c. that was just chaplain's, the restaurant he owned. stephen tschida is live outside the restaurant that opened a short time ago. stephen? stephen: maureen, armin amin is believed to left the restaurant after closing and headed down ninth street. he was crossing ninth street when he was struck and killed. people suspected he was walking a female across the street to her car. and this vehicle right here, this b.m.w. is amin's b.m.w. it was his routine to park in front of the restaurant shortly before closing so once he locked up, he could get right into his vehicle. he and another pedestrian ran across ninth street 2:30 this morning. a mercedes struck and killed amin before he got to the other side. >> i'm completely devastated by that. i mean, they are an asset to the neighborhood. stephen: amin and his business partners, childhood friends from suburban maryland opened amin became a familiar face and a popular player in this neighborhood. >> business goes on, obviously. but it's a huge

mo this is the 1400 block off ninth street northwest d.c.an see it remains closed c at this hour. hou sadly, the victim did not make it. police have this area blockede h off to traffic and so ninthff street between o and p sictreets northwest remains closed bothh directions will remain closed for several more hourse h impacting your morning commutenc so keep that in mind.n m hours later police still policei trying to figure out exactly exa what happened, trying to putut together the pieces but itt appears that the striking strikn vehicle did remain on scene.ce in fact, if you look straight ahead there at the red the mercedes that's the car theyr t have been focusing in on alln morning long with its windowsws shattered and you can seeanu ca there's a busted headlight sitting about 50 feet from a right now where the pedestrianea was walking or how this all happened. it's also still very early on in the investigation and so s police are not repolicing information about the victim.abu sadly the victim did not makeak it. they're looking into poss

breaking overnight, two people are in the hospital with accident near the national gallery of art in northwest, d.cnd pennsylvania avenue. a driver lost control of the vehicle, jumped a curb and hit a security guard driving a cart for the museum. the driver's vehicle caught on fire. both the driver and the security guard were taken to george washington university hospital. we are waiting to get an update on their condition. >>> new documents show a problem for the man at the center of the popular serial podcast. a maryland judge is ordering a new trial forsey idea who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend years ago. the pot cast raised questions about his guilt. classmates say a witness told them she would lie to help him. >>> the latest resip yapt of a military title is less -- recipi is 3 feet tall. each visit sees an upgrade in the ranks. he is brigadier mills. >> adorable. that's a quick look at what is going on. the news at 4:30 starts right now. >>> following d.c.'s return monday, one of maryland's biggest school systems, prince george county, starts a brand- new year this morning. wake u

this happened on 12th street and on 13th street apparently in northwest d.c. three weeks ago about 8:30 in the morning. if you have any information, cald. are on the hunt for a stolen vehicle and -- neighbors tell news 4 they heard screams yesterday afternoon. a man and a woman were attacked as they unlokds their apartment door. at least one suspect showed a weapon and forced their way inside to search for valuables. police say that two suspects got away in the couple's vehicle, a black 2015 toyota rav4 with maryland tags. if you see the car, call police. >>> this morning, we're work to go learn how a 12-year-old boy is doing after being hit in the head by a piece of lumber. this happened yesterday at a home being remodeled on 74th avenue in landover hills. the prince george's fire department said the child was near a shed when he was hit. you see the shed there. he went unconscious and was bleeding severely from the head. he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >>> today for the first time in 50 years, the first commercial u.s. and cuba. jetblue'

this school is not connected to the american university here in northwest d.c. >>> soon you can visitesota. he died in april from a drug overdose. now his estate is being turned into a museum. plans to open the compound for october. prince's sister says when he died her brother was working on ideas to let the public in his home anyway. that is a quick look at what is going on. >> it's 4:30. news starts right now. >>> they are missing the basics. federal inspectors say metro is breaking its own rules when it comes to parking the trains. >> good thursday morning. i'm mikea turner. >> glad you are with us, i'm mike hydeck. let's talk weather and traffic. humidity is creeping in. allyson, over to you. >> it's moving back in. as we head into the heat wave, we are not talking about the dangerous heat index. we will not feel 110, 115 like we did a couple of weeks ago. this is typical august heat heading our way. a little above average. right now it's 72 degrees. the winds are out of the south. they have been out of the south for a while. that will ke humidity. high pressure is taking off to

able to geto you more information and bringrg you the latest.u e la that is the latest from f northwest d.c., annie yu fox5 f local news.l s. >> annie thank you for that. tha >>> while you slept you likely l felt the rumble ikand tumble ofo last night's storms leaving a li lot of damage in its wake,ak homes damaged, a tree kneel area house in gaithersburg and ing a the district a roof ripped offpf an apartment in southeast. sou. d.c. police are on the scenehe s when the roof came off.caff they say their main concernnrn was gathering the children playing outside. outside >> storm came through really fast. st we just making sure that thee ae the kids was still outside playing.ay >> pepco dominion power and bg&e reporting around 9300 people still without power. pow >> rushern baker says he'say he' angry and disappointed overdve the possibility that thelity county's head start program hea could be shut down. >> baker says he's assigning staff to work with the school system to gut the funding restored. the program could lose six and a half million dollar federaledr grant. the school system has 3

. >> we are live, here in northwest d.c. national dog day?e want to meet our four-legged furry friends. this is open until 7:00. bring your dog down, we want to talk about what you are going to do for your special four-legged friend. more coming up. theseare showing off precious little pooches. guy. out this little this is simon. send us your dog picks burst.com/wjla to burst.com/wjla and we will show them off right ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. subaru models during the subaru a lot to love event, now through august thirty-first. veronica: incredible stories of survival coming out of indiana, where a powerful tornado destroyed most of the small town. the starbucks being called a hero for ushering customers into safety in the bathroom. theivors that moments later sound was deafening as strong winds produced the popular coffee shop to rubble. the buildingfeel almost bre

larry: last week she moved into a small apartment in northwest d.c. the government, planning a massive grocery run. on the list? 11 million pounds of cheese. the department of agriculture's purchasing a surplus of cheese that is going to "private inventory, donated to food banks and charity groups. larry: seven is on your side, looking for viewers that want to become smart shoppers. not just for cheese. go online to survey. answer a few questions and we will see if our troubleshooter and professional shoppers at the consumer checkbook can help you save the big bucks. we will show you how the viewers became smart shoppers in the reports that we are doing later on this fall. veronica: who doesn't feel better when you save money? autria: no kidding. larry: especially on big-ticket items. veronica: we have been saving on sweating. autria: saving on deodorant. [laughter] veronica: now we are headed back to the bad hair. -- bad hair days, feeling sticky. take a look at this gorgeous dawn here. setting tonight at 7:50. isn't that pretty? a rusty golden glow.

. >> reporter: a week ago, she moved into this small apartment in northwest d.c. she said the air mattress is so luxurious, she has a hard time getting out before that, she was out for 20 years. >> i can't explain it any other way. you are just scared to death. >> reporter: winter, a trained paralegal moved to d.c. and couldn't find work. she said after qualifying for social security. she disputed the check amounts. eventually, the government stopped sending her checks because they said she did not have a fixed address. but they were ignored. >> amazingly, winter used this dolly to haul around research. a few months ago, a social worker poured over the papers and realized winter was right. we got her this huge result in three months, which is amazing. it's incredible. >> daniella delapereda, with the legal council took the case and proved that the government owed witter around $100,000. >> friday the 19 for $999was depos -- check was deposited. >> she fears she'll waste the money and a second chance at life. the street that made her so tough also made her skeptica

. >> yeah it looked pretty hazy on that live look in northwest d.c..d a hot august i know it's hot every year in august but unusually warm. we had three days of 100 plus. yeah, pretty mild. let's start it off now at the airport. reagan national 75. dulles, bwi mar thal jumping to 70s last hour in the mid 60s. with that sun peaking up you you know we worm up quickly. 72 quantico and 72 leonardtown and 77 annapolis and 73 in baltimore. beautiful day to be along the water out at the beach. it's gorgeous if you don't minding in the heat. satellite and radar now showing a few clouds on periphery of anchored over mid atlantic and we're expecting another hot one. high probably around 90. smith cooler than yesterday. and humidity should not be too unbearable. nice easterly flow around that high keeping things on drier side. sunday setup looks great. mostly sunny. warm. do enjoy this one. 85 by 11 a.m. and another hot day alternates park. that looks like long game for the fans yesterday. extra innings and hot, 88 by 2 . 90 by 5 . nice full forecast. don't forge

guys. >>> i'm kristin wright in northwest d.c. going on all night and it is still smoking. take a look here behind me, right in front of this office building. you can see it is still smoking pretty good. we understand that the fire itself is out, but it is still smoldering. d.c. fire and ems tweeted this video overnight. it shows big flames from when the fire was really going, red glowing flames shooting up into the sky. we understand that it took some time because firefighters had to wait for pepco to come out before they could actually really attack the fire. there are over 100 customer outages in this area. we've heard from several people who say their entire office building is out of power right now and pepco is saying it could be until 4:00 before power is restored. we'll update you on the nbc >>> good morning, i'm landon dowdy. a major health insurancer is quitting most of the obamacare health exchanges. aetna losing hundreds of millions of dollars after it says the policyholders turned out to be sicker. it will only stay in

>> this time it's a letter carrier from northwest d.c. his name is everick moore. home was raided last week and 17 marijuana plants were in the basement surrounded by high-intensity lights and fans. enough to suspect that he was dealing it. no comment from his lawyer but moore now faces a federal charge. this is after a separate case surface ds. the acting manager on north capitol street in d.c. was charged with a scheme to accept marijuana. two employees were charged, too. they have all pleaded not guilty. and the feds today asked them to hold the manager behind bars until trial. >> scott, thank you. >>> the first career firefighter in the history of manassas is about to retire. he has been in firestations for 52 years. wade says he's witnessed lots of improvements in equipment and techniques but this favorite thing about the job is helping people. >> people need help and we show up and provide that help to them. >> tonight's city council will honor house for his service and you can expect to see him located right in his old firehouse. >>> we're following a develo

of the bigger cases under her watch were disappearance of relisha rudd, the mansion murders in northwest d.c. and the deadly shootings at the washington navy yard. what advice does she have for the next chief? chief lanier: you can't always tell the public everything because there are some things that confidential when you are furthering an investigation. but there is never a time you can't tell the public anything. there is always something you can say. i would say be yourself, be honest and give as much information as you can. alison: if you would like to read the letter that chief lanier wrote to d.c. residents about her decision it's on the website wjla.com. jonathan: we are following a developing story this afternoon out of montgomery. prince george's, fairfax and arlington county all of them, that is where the sprint customers may not be able to get through if they are calling 911. the company says the customers are getting a busy signal. reach 911 if you use a land line or cell phone with another provider. again, this is sprint customers. in the last hour and a half sprint told us the

. >> and plus a man hitnd killed by a car on the streets of northwest d.c. and the driver just kept ongoing. tonight police need your help finding the person behind the wheel ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. cent on select subaru models during the subaru a lot to love event, now through august thirty-first. >> it's the weekend i know many of you are headed to the national mall. heads up before you do, the washington monument is closed yet again. if you liver in this area you know this is nothing new. crews will give the elevator a full evaluation to see why it's experiencing all these outages. sarah simmons is live on the national mall tonight with the latest. sarah simmons after. >>> shawn i have to tell you it's a beautiful night a lot of people are here taking in the monument any way they can. if you look here someone is laying down looking straight up i hope they enjoy that view tha

. >> reporter: elementary school, you wouldn't think that a crook would target one but in northwest d.c., there were valuables for the taking and thieves took 25 laptops. >> computers are used every day. parents have fought tooth and nail. >> this spring, four cameras caught the thieves in action. we found at least 300 computers or laptops stolen. some reported on the weekends in the dark of night or in the middle of the school day. at neighboring school districts with similar or larger enrollment, there were 70 taken in fairfax. doug supervises the schools. >> the laptops that we hand out, they are everywhere and easily grabbed and taken. >> each one is given a bar code so it can only be used if someone logs on to the network. >> you can find out where they are? >> correct. >> administrators declined multiple requests to talk about computer thefts. instead, issuing a statement saying the buildings have alarms and cameras and each digital device, including computers, is set up with a tracking tool that monitors the location of the device when it's online. in addition, all dcps school co

held at roosevelt in northwest d.c..a henderson end of next month and john davis will serve in interim while the system searches for the replacement. >> one of the leading university is under fire for hiring a former selfly proclaimed islamic extremist the man is unis muhammad and will go by jessie morton. he add kaitd violence in the name of radical islam. he was snntsed to 1 years behind bars and served four years after calling for down fall of united states. he was released in 2015 and now he's on gw payroll working for the program on extremism where they're hoping to understand and develop ways to prevent others from being radicalized by islamic extremists like this manziel he once was. >> there's a risk all of hiring someone new. i'm sure he has a past and everybody does. >> at first that's crazy. then i was like well he's reformed i don't know. >> do you think he could serve a positive purpose in the long run or questionable. >> apparently they've done it in europe before. i don't know maybe he could serve a purpos

when we jonathan: update now on the efforts to restore power of buildings near 18 and l street in northwest d.cs has been going on for a while. pepco hopes to have electricity with air conditioning, everybody needs it turned back on as early as tonight. underground transformer power knocked out power to the area early tuesday morning. the sprint 911 service disrupted by the fire. it came back online this morning. alison: remember toya graham, the baltimore mother who made news for this? yanking her 16-year-old son from the riots last year. well, tonight, she doesn't know when she will be able to go back home after a kitchen fire over the weekend left them with no power and plenty of smoke damage. keith daniels shows us how graham's neighbors and complete strangers are stepping in to help. >> graham and her on it's a day of gratitude. >> i first want to say thank you. i want to say thank you because at the end of the day did you know it's good people out there? >> the family has established a go fund me page with more than $5,000 raised by 150 people in less than 24 hours. graham and michael stu

ay weekend -- jummy: we have learned a string of stabbings, all in close range of each other in northwest d.c. the first stabbing is at georgia avenue and blair road just after midnight. one man was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. less than an hour later, police responded to another stabbing, this time in the 1700 block of columbia road. another stabbing was reported at 16th and lamont street, as well as another at irving street 14th street. these are all happening within three hours of each other. anyone has on if been arrested, but we will keep you updated. larry: developing now, a voter hacking alert. therding to an fbi warning, report comes amid new concerns that russian hackers may be trying to disrupt a number of presidential elections. the fbi is warning officials to enhance security of their computer systems. autria: now to the campaign trail. a new poll shows hillary clinton's lead over donald trump is narrowing. the poll shows clinton currently holds a seven-point lead. that is down substantially from last month when she held a 13-point advantage. in the bat

in northwest d.c., amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: still ahead at 5:00 -- >> this is where i was raised. this is where home was and where i belong. amy: where the united states is recognizing the first set of so-called climate refugees. leon: plus changing lanes. why some a about a new location of a local speed cam. >> six-figure payout after a triple fatal crash. i'm kevin lewis. with that story coming up. say, have you seen all the amazing technology in geico's mobile app? mobile app? look. electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. wow... yep, geico's mobile app works like a charm. geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. >>> the maryland state highway -- maryland state highway administration says the improvements are based on studies, logic and facts but safe driving is paramount. >> we can engineer and do whatever we want at any intersection across the state. if the voter's behavior isn't what it should be then it won't matter what we do. it won't work. >> m

details are emerging about the death of a democratic national committeemit employee murdered in northwest d.c. one of the last people to see the victim alive spoke to fox5. > prince george's county publie schools at risk of losing billsn of dollars in funding because of mistreatment of students. a head start program serves multiple students. > tonight, a member of the school board tells fox5 he was blindsided by the investigation. > plus, ryan lochte and three other you s olympic swimmers called on their lie.. turns out they were never robbed at gun point in right oh. so what really happened. the news at 10 starts right now. we begin tonight, though, with the latest in that murder investigation into a democraticm national committee staffer. thanks for joining us at 10, i'm shawn yancy and i'm tony perkins. tonight new details about the final hours of setting richeshes life as told by who knew rich as a frequent customer. fox 5's marina maracco joins us life in northwest with the haters. >>reporter: tony, h this is columbia heights sports bar. seth rich was a regular here. he was sitting that

. >>> we're looking at the south and west from northwest d.c. you see clearing out there. it looks like a nice sight tonight. a very nice forecast. the days after that, wait until you see wh i have coming. at woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. "dominion. depend on us for more than energy." ♪ stand by me. >>> tonight, we could find about the timing for a special election to replace the fairfax city mayor. scott silverthorne resigned after charges that he gave an undercover officer meth in exchange for sex. tonight at 7:00, the city council will meet to approve a date for a specs election. jeffrey greenfield is serving as the acting mayor right now. as for silverthorne, he's due back in court in october.

. >>> a popular playground in northwest d.c. is supposed to be a safe haven for neighborhood kids. parents are now worried after two incidents involving guns near the hamilton rec center. in one case, someone pointed a gun at a person on the basketball person. that person was arrested. in a second case, shots were fired. parents are tired of the violence. >> i got to bring my kids here. i got to make sure they have a safe place to play and it makes me upset. >> the only way to curb crime is to have the neighborhood band together. >> neighbors are calling for more surveillance cameras near the rec center. >>> a developing story at 5:03 out of prince george's county, police are turning to neighbors to help 18-year-old rapper douglas brooks. >>> nearly 5,400 students in prince george's county are missing out on the first week of school and that's because they are not immunized or they have not proven they have been vaccinated. they have to stay home from school until they get this done according to policy. the deadline was tuesday, the first day of school. >>> days after a federal rep

derrick ward was at an elementary school in northwest d.c. it will take part in blending learning this year. students wil tools to help them learn. some students in the district are walking into brand-new buildings today. one of those schools comes with a bit of couldnntroversy. mark segraves is outside the all-boys school. >> reporter: this is in northeast washington and it's part of mayor bowser's program to empower young men of color but when this was first announced, it met with resistance by those who questioned publicly funding programs that aren't available to every student. >> this is a dream come true for a lot of us. >> reporter: standing outside of the all-male high school, the chancellor and mayor defended their plan to focus on a school solely of color. >> stay tuned. you'll see empowering women of color shortly. >> if we invest in them early, we'll have less intervention to deal with families down the line. >> reporter: one of those young men is 14-year-old abselon bowling who lives in anacostia. >> i felt like this would be a g

. > life tonight in northwest d.c., marina maracco, fox5 local news. > question, can you rely on 911 1 #? well, after this his weekend's outage in thethe district, fox5 has been asking what is being done to make suree that y need just in case of an emergency? a maintenance contractor accidentally flippedn the wrong switch and caused the outage. the calls should have been rerouted to a backup center, the outage also impacted communication for the police and fire departments so we asked d.c. mayor muriel bowser what is in place now to prevent thisre from happening again.g we're very obviously concerned c about any systems that aren't working. we have identified the rootntif cause of this outage and we are investigating the root cause oft the equipment failure. so i've ordered our teams to do a top to bottom review of the technology problems and we're actually going to have our chief technology officer lead that effort. > the district is now workingo to test a new fail/safe program. in the meantime d.c. will have two 911 call centers. developing tonight, police arepo investigating a thr

we're staying on top of a fatal pedestrian accident investigation in northwest d.c. ned a few minutes shy of the 3:00 hour early this morning. this is the intersection of ninth and p streets northwest. police tell us that the driver did in fact stay on the scene, but one person was struck and killed there at the corner of ninth and p streets. we're still working the phones to try and find out exactly who this person was. at the live desk, gonzalez. >>> the secretary of homeland security is heading to louisiana today. jeh johnson will assess the damage in the awful widespread flooding there. 6,000 people are living in shelters there. 13 people have dialed. >>> the blue cut fire is growing and forcing more people from their home and it's only 4% contained. nbc is in inten county with more d san bernardino county with more. >> the wildfire here in southern california won't quit. overnight, it tripled in size. it went up to 30,000 acres. 82,000 people have had to leave the area, leaving behind more than 30,000 structures. firefighters have been launching an air campaign t

i'm in northwest d.c. when out and about, check the weather with the nbc washington app.e don't have anything on radar now. there is haze in the air. there is humidity in the air. it's a underway. that's a live view from the storm team 4 city camera this morning. we are starting off with the temperatures now beginning to climb up to near 80 degrees. if it does continue to climb, we'll have it hovering generally in the perhaps low 80s to mid 80s another couple hours. if i can get my computer to run -- it doesn't want to function -- it's going to be nice afternoon for outdoor activities. just be aware there's going to be a lot of sunshine. up around 90 degrees during the afternoon. there is a slight chance of a thundershower around the sha shanadoa valley. we'll have a chance of storms tomorrow night. i'll show you the timing on that this half hour. >>> 9:31. in the race for the white house, gop nominee donald trump is making a campaign stop in virginia. he'll hold a rally at the fredricericksburg expo center 6 p.m. hillary clinton has no stops scheduled today. >>> hundreds

there are traffic light in northwest d.c. make sure that any of the areas where you see malfunctions or the lights are out treat it at a four-way stop. that is a look at traffic. alison: coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a cautionary tale. when it comes to the annual back to school shopping. how you spot a when you are trying to save money online. that's next. michelle: we are on storm watch this evening. severe storms popping up right now. warning covering loudoun and part of fauquier and prescription william county in virginia. the immediate d.c. metro area is under a severe thunderstorm watch. that will last until 11:00 at night. doug hill will have an update at the top of the hour. the uncertainties of hep c. i don't want to live with or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients...

>>> for the second time in 24 hours, a man was hit and killed at a northwest d.c. ver didn't stop. the crash was early this morning at new hampshire avenue and m street northwest. news 4's darcy spencer is at the scene with the concernsf people who work nearby. darcy? >> reporter: well, doreen, this is the intersection where it happened. the man who died here was a bartender and waiter at a bar right here in d.c. i spoke to his boss earlier today and described him as a fantastic guy and a great employee. when i spoke to people who work in this area about the incident here, they ptolemy they are not surprised. that intersection new hampshire avenue and m street northwest where a popular bartender was killed and marcus kelly who works in the area says something needs to happen. >> maybe they could have the crossing guards like i see times i see down by the nats stadium. maybe something like that may help. it's a pretty bad intersection >> reporter: video of the bright blue striking car is dark, but right now it's the best chance that d.c. police have of finding the dr

northwest d.c. what are they charged with? jeff: well, jonathan, three u.s. postal workers are accused of running an illegal marijuana distribution ring out of two separate post office locations in washington, d.c. now, according to the "washington post," a male u.s. postal employee was overseeing the ring while two females were making deliveries of marijuana while on the job. here is video of one of the suspects. one of the female suspects leaving court today. her name is kendra brantley. not wanting to speak with us after the hearing this afternoon in federal court. then this is the other female suspect. alicia norman, covering her face while leaving court with a friend or family member not wanting to speak to us other. the male suspect dean vaughn row is being held on felony drug charges. we are told he is the manager at the river terrace post office in northeast washington where a source says he was arrested there this morning. now the two women are employees at the lamon riggs post office in northwest would allegedly monitor the arrival of marijuana pack

monday, a few thunderstorms fire up later in the afternoon, to the northwest of d.c., west of interstateet showers and thunderstorms worked but most towards town, of us will stay dry. the best chance of rain this week will be wednesday. in the night sky come off to the west, what you will see his venus and jupiter. they'll most look like they will be the brightest objects in the sky just after sunset, but you need a view of the horizon just after sunset. this is courtesy of "sky and telescope," close to the horizon come something neat. the next time venus and jupiter will be that close will not be until 2065. 65 degrees overnight, 73 closer to downtown. increasing clouds, warm and muggy. tomorrow morning, extra cloud cover at 6:00 a.m., clouds. 80 degrees, then the sunshine really builds. high of 90 tomorrow, with the afternoon sunshine. a couple degrees cooler than last night. still in easily above average high for us, 85. in monday,ves back chance of late showers or thunderstorms, predominantly after sunset. i thinkand wednesday, the storms for most of us are dry tuesday, the better ch

next, we travel 15 miles northwest of washington d.c.o great falls tavern visitors center where we'll take a boat ride to learn about the history of the chesapeake and ohio canal. >> i would like to introduce myself. my name is cassandra, and i am a seasonal park ranger here at the chesapeake and ohio canal. i think we're going to cast off here shortly, but we'll go ahead and start and give you a brief history here on the canal. all right? it is called the chesapeake in ohio canal, but definitely doesn't reach the chesapeake bay or it doesn't go all the way up to the ohio river, which is our intention of the canal when we first started building it here in july 4th of 1828. we wanted to try to connect the eastern shore with what was considered the west back then. the west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. we wanted to connect pittsburgh to the chesapeake bay, and so we started going on this canal. we tried earlier. it was george washington's dream to actually use the potomac river and transport goods. back then it was seen as a ver

he works in northwest d.c. paul is an area neighborhood commissioner.at police need to focus more attention on getting guns outfit of the street. >> we need a special group out here so they can locate these guns and take them off our streets. >>> chief gregory dean of dc fire and ems released this statement, the prayers of our entire department with our fellow firefighter and his family and we are grateful his prognosis is good. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe expected to make an announcement tomorrow on the voting rights for former felons. the court ruled that the governor can only restore rights on a case-by-case basis. gop critics, including donald trump saying mcauliffe's move was designed to help democrats in the november election. >>> 7:18. hey, grab your back packs, lace up your tennis shoes. >> nbc4 working for you in the community, holding a backpacks for kids fun run. it starts add yards park at capital riverfront. food and drink specials available for aqua 301. customers who bring a backpack will get 10% of their runners will receive 15

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