this is video from a northwest d.c. apartment building. you can see that rat pulling the fi alarm. so this happened last summer but of course the video is picking up steam because, i mean, look at it. you can see the video on the nbc washington app. they're like i'm noturprised by this. we see the rats all the time doing all kinds of things. one alarm hechili. >> did evacuate the buildings and had to go to security foo to see who pulled the alarm. somebody pulled it. there you go. >> florence is going to be an stlinefor the carolina c starting later on in the day wednesday into thursday. most likely land fafall is proby coming up thursday into friday.w that's what know. virginia, north carolina, and south carolina are going to be the three states hardest hit .right aw the impacts locally for us, northern virginia, maryland, and the district, our localized impacts may not start to be felt until saturday but could linger as late as tuesday of next week. so it won't be racing up the coastline. that is good news for us in the short-term but potentially bad news for us long-term as the

pleasant streetr n park road in northwest d.c. negotiators have been trying to get him to come we'll have the latest at 6:45. >>> the stage is set f a blockbuster hearing today on capitol hill. supreme court nomineena brett kah and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, dr. christine blasey ford, will testify before the senate judiciary committee. during her testimony, dr. ford will detail thess allegedlt that allegedly happened at a high school party in montgomery county. this is veo o dr. ford taking a polygraph test to verify her h accusations, whe passed. kavanaugh has said the incident sever happened. you can watch tmorning's hearings right here on nbc 4 and on the app. we will have an nbc news special report beginning at 9:30. >>> rachel mitchell, a prosutor, will be asking the questions at today's hearing. she runs the special v division in maricopa county. there are three other women who have accused kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. deborah ramirez claims kavanaugt exposed himse her during a party in college. julie swetn

crawford is 23 and from northwest d.c.r this area police did find the area that he used to stab martinez. what they don't know is t motive here. it just appears at this time to be unknown why crawfor they say attackedmartinez. they have learned from witnesses that crawford is said to be ani user of the synthetic drug k-2. it relies heavily on witnessac unts, police patrols and the surveillance videos. crawford was trackedown to park in northwest d.c. not far from where he livee mayor here says yesterday she hopes this capture brings comfort to the community and to the martinez family. >> logan circle, we want some people to feel safe going about their normal activities and a woman jogging on our streets is a normal activity. >> candles and flowers and also messages from fellow runners telling wendy they will run the races that they know she can no longer run. as for crawford, he's being held without bond pending his trial eor martinez's murder. we're live her in northwest, i'm justin finch, news 4, back in to >> thank you.

this is tside the vatican embassy in northwest d.c. later today, anoth emotional gathering will happen. the cathedral of matthew apostle in d.c. plans to hold two listening sessions today as well as next monday to allow people to share their thoughts with the church. these listening s sions are meant to help build transparency between the catholic church and its followers. now, at the same time,here are new calls for washington's donald op, cardina wuerl, to resign. deacon james garcia from st. matthew's here in the district is calling for wuerl to step down. he said it was not a easy decision. a recent grand jury report accuses wuerl ofp covering u priest sex abuse claims he was bishop of pittsburgh. wuerl denies the cover-up, but has askedveness for his errors in judgment. deacon garcia tells news 4, he told wuerl in a letter that he cati no longer parpate in any mass led by the cardinals. >> and i urged him, for the good of the church, that we both love so dely, to step away from h position as archbishop. >> a spokeswoman for the arc

>> but gruesome discovery this i morningn northwest d.c. a man found dead. he was pinned by hiswn carn the driveway behind his home. it happened in the alley where he parks on tunlaw road. a driveway with a bit of an incline. that's where weind chris gordon tonight. chris, what a sad story. >> reporter: doreen, it is. that c behind me is the only evidence that this trac accident occurred here today. the victim's body has been removed and police are investigating, trying to deteine how this car rolled homeownerkilling the in his own driveway. neighbors sayea they a commotion last night but didn't know what to make of it. this olmorning,e and fire rescuers filled the alleyway behind their homes in the 2300 block of tunlaw road in northwest washington. a man was pinned by his car against the back wall of his home. >> i'm shocked. i'm shocked, you know? we park behind in our driveway every day, a least one our two cars. veryop same sl >> reporter: a relative came to check on the man when he didn't answer his phone. she screamed when she saw what happened. her sc

he was at a park in northwest d.c.ut police still don't have a motive for the tack. >> weave been taking a look at not only his criminal past but ife had any mental health issues or substance abuse issues. >> crawford is an id user of the synthetic drug k-2. >> we're learning more about the moments before a woman opened fire on her co-workers in aberde aberdeen, maryland. she had an aument justefore that shooting. she killed three people and injured three others at the distributioncenter. she killed herselfic before p arrived. co-workers describe running for their lives. onemployee told his wife the shooter had an argument after a town hall meeting and then, quot went off randomly shooting people. authorities have not confirmed that account. >>> this was the nation'shird work place shooting in a 24 hour span. four people were shot at a software company in wisconsin. later four others were shot in a municipal building 50 miles south ofgh pittsb police killed the shooter in both of those >incidents. he man that shot two

george washington university's jumbotron fell on the court in northwest d.c. thank goodness nobody was t there. a spokesperson says the big screen was already nearly it red to the ground when then fell the rest of the way. workers were trying to do some maintenance on it when it happened. no one was hurt, but it's not clear how much damage it really caused. gw uses the court for several sports not just basketball. >>> and alexandria sports bar trying to make things right with the washington mystics and their family. natasha cloud called out the glory day grills to refuse to put game on tv.th y're planning a watch party for game three tonight. we have more. >> reporter: their blood, sweat and tears have earned them a spot in the wnba finals. the washington mystics, down two games, but fighting their way back, but guard natasha cloud finds herself fighting for ls something respect for her team. >> we can be the frgotten team in the city. >> reporter: it was sunday, game two of the finals, her family friends intended to watch the game here at glory days grill in

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demonstrators line the street in northwest d.c. they spoke out against brett kavanaugh. the mass celebrates members of the legal profession. jeff sessions was in attendance. >>> turning to the weather now, let's take look. this great weather will stick around for the beginning of your october and he joins us from the weather center to talk more ebout that. feeling more l summer this week. >> have we all been waiting for a weekend we've just had or what. plenty of sunshine. temperatur in the 70 look at the highs all across the area.h our average hight around where we were today. a high temperature of 76 degrees today. 75 in fedrick. tomorrow.reat day chance of storms coming up on tuesday. i'll walk you there that. what does october have in plan for us? is ito going be just as wet? boo we'll talk about it. >>> more than 800 people are a.ad in neindosi a ma7.5 gnudite qua strigtrigge a tsunami that reached up to 20 feet high. the majorirport was damaged. many roads are out making it harder for humanitarian aid to get to the people who desperately need this help. charities s

. >> cdinal wuerl kept speaking as the man walked out of the church in northwest d.c. the outburst dame as the cardinal asked parishioners to keep pope francis in their procedures. this is the visible sign felt by some catholic another parishioner turned her back on the cardinal as he spoke. t>> i don't thinky did this out of malice at all. but i think they ased their position. >> cardinal wuerl is facing a storm of criticism and lls for his resignation, as a grand jury accused him of covering up sex he has not been charged with wrongdoing and denies he helped in thecover-up. >> we reached out to the archdiocese for a comment on the mass interruption. they responded with this statement.ne quote, individual in the congregation expressed anger and several left during the cardinal's remas. however, the cardinal was also met with applause and expressions of support from the parishioners. this sentint was echoed as he theeted the fl who expressed their prayers and support after mass. >>> there's a hunt on for a p killer ince george's county. officers found a woman on the fl

watching news4 at 6:00. >>> park police are trying to figure out how a carp ended in a creek in northwest d.cnt into the water near the rock creek parkway and p street area.n' they d find anybody inside. we have been reminding you about this for some time now. maybe you have already seen it for yourself. the memorial bridge is closed for repairs this weekend. as news4's derrick ward explains, drivers will face some issues on monday. >> reporter: sometimes you don't realize how important something is uakil it is away. like the arlington memorial bridge, one of the iconics entranceo the nation's capital. >> it's a nice walk, especially if it's beautifuloutsid >> reporter: the bridge will be closed this weekend to cars and pedestrians and cyclists. >> for sure. taking time to figure out how to walk on a sidewalk. >> reporter: bridge was shut down friday night to prepari for s rehab on the 86-year-d span. tourists, jogger and cyclists were those mt affected since it is the weekend. like these folks from texas who got out of the uber here specifically to walk and take in the beauty of approaching

that's the latest live from northwest d.c. back to you. >> vy sad. molette thank you. >>> 6:09 right now. new details this morning about t the supreme c confirmation controversy. the lawyer for the woman accusing nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault wants additional witnesses to tesfy. right nnly two people are set for monday's hearing on the hill, judge kavanaugh and his accuser, professor christine blasey ford. dr. ford's lawyer says multiple witnesses, whose names appeared publicly, should bey included in oceeding and that the rush to a hearing is understand necessary. dr. ford has also asked for afb i investigation into the alleged assault before she will stify. missouri democratic senator clare mccaskill says she plans to vote no on judges kavanaug confirmation. >>> president trump promises federal help as the carolin struggle to bounce back from hurricane florence. in north carolina, the president thanked volunteers and helped pass out meals at a food distribution center. he then toured one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in new bern. >>

there is a barricade situation happening in northwest d.c. >> yeah, we want to get right to news 4's amy cho, who just arrived at theat scene. re you seeing out >> reporter: as we speak, negotiators are trying to get a man to come out of a house. i want to give y a look behind me at the scene. the home is down that way. this isn mt. pleasant street, northwest. police tell me it started before 10:00 last night. theyame here to serve a search warrant. then they say the person inside started threateng to harm himself. that's when it became a barricade situation. ever since then, police have been here on the scene, trying nd negotiate with him get him to come out peacefully. this whole area is blocked off, and that's caused problems for some people who live here. we've met one man who lives on this block and hasn't been able to get inside hishome. he didn't want to be inteiewed, but he says he' been standing outside waiting for ten hours now. thankfully it's not cold or rainy. he says he has some snacks with him. certainly a long wait for that man and no end in sight. again, this whole a

wealthy business man, his wife, son, and housekeeper were tied up and tortured a kille inside their northwest d.c. home, the sole suspect will go on trial. opening statements are expected this morning. we could hear for the surviving housekeeper that worked f the family for 20 years. also other family members. he faces life in prison. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the d.c. mansions murders trial. >>> d.c. police are investigating multiple shootings. two of the shootings happene overnight. take a look at the video here. deteives responded to the scene on chesapeake street around 8:00 last night. a few blocks away from there two people were shot near atlantic and 3rd street also in southeast. we'll update you on the shootings as w learn more information. >>> four people are recovering after an suv crashed into marie's diner in la plata last night. no one was seriously hurt here. no word on wha caused that crash. >> over the past week, someone has been going around parts of d.c. tampering wit fire hydrants and it's putting thousands of people at risk. high dran hydrants have been open

. >>> tequila, whisky, scotch, some of the liquor stolen from the beacon hotel in northwest d.c. security cameras caught this man going into the bar and snatching the booze. this happened before2:00 in the morning on monday. he threw a brick into the window. >> i thought you were talking about your -- >> easy. >> okay. never mind. >>> mor new video this morning showing an incredible rescue and reminder to turn around if you see standing water. look at that, a taxi driver and his elderly disabledasnger had to be pulled out of a black town car. the driver wasn't paying attention when he i droveo the water in new jersey. look at this smess. >> tha awful. >> the driver will likely be issued several summons for the incident. police also told reporters of the area regularly floods and he should have kno better. if your job is to drive in the haea -- look at all that water. you didn't see coming? >> obviously not paying attention. >> what in the rld? >> something beyond not paying attention. >> and thank goodness his passenger, who was elderly and disaed, was able toake it out. >> no ki

. >>> happening today, a family were tortured and killed in their northwest d.c. mansion more than three years ago. there's a lone suspect. he pleaded not guilty. dna evidence will be crucial in the case. you can get caught up by watching our mansion mrs, inside the investigation special. is now in our nbc washington app. we should mention that the trial beginsto y. >>> also today, the second day of confirmation hearings for supreme courtee nom brett kavanaugh. last night, protesters took to the streets v cing objection to his nomination. some were inside the hearing yesterday. >> the chaotic and contentious moments continued when democrats attempt today delay the hearin furious over what they say is a lack of documents related tona kah's time working for the bush administration. hours into the hearing kavanaugh was finally able to deliver his own opening statement. >> confirm to the supreme court, i would be part of aeam of nine committed to deciding cases according tohe constitution and laws of the united states. >> the official question and answer session start

the three were tortured andn killed their northwest d.c. mansion. the lone suspect has n plead guilty. dna evidence is going to be crucial in this ca. some key evidence may have been left behind at the crime scene. court documents show that a screwdriver hding a window open was not recovered and the f investigator was told the water bottles and gloves were discarded.n you atch our murders, inside the investigation special. it has been placed in our nbc washington app right now. aaron? nk> angie, t you. 4:34 right now. jury selection continues in the trial of a mancced of killing his pregnant girlfriend. tyler tessier is -- she was pregnant with his child she dis buried in a field in omery county. >>> it'now 4:35. the other top stories we're working for you this morning.to tropical gordon is blamed for the death of a child in pensacola, florida. the storm made landfall late iast night west of the alabama/mississiorder with wind up to 70 miles an hour. it knocked out power for thousands of people along the gulfecoast. storm is expected to weaken rapid

. >> reporter: that person of interest, 23-year-old anthony crawford of northwest d.c.s arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed. >> we feel very confident that we have in our custody the person responsible for this murder. >> reporter: crawford appeared in court today. he has not yet entered a plea. no motive or reason for this seemingly random attack has been given. martinez is the latest victim to be killed while jogging. 20-year-old molly tibets was abducted and murdered in july. the man accused of murdering the university of iowa student was indicted this week. runners are dedicating their workouts to molly and highlighting the safety concerns of running while female. in july of 2016, 31-year-old ally bruger was fatally shot in the back four times while out on a jog in rose township, michigan. one month later, this woman was sexually assaulted and strangled. her alleged killer has pled not guilty. but this woman survived. 36-year-old kelly was running when she stopped to use a public bathroom. >> as i was drying my hands, i became aware that someth

in northwest d.c., i'msthomari e, news 4. >> the virginatican is preparin respond it accusations. someone claimed pope francis knew theodore mccarrick was accused of sexually abusing minors. the vatican was made aware of the accusations nearly 20 years ayo. the church it is pulling together the necessary, quote, clarifications. >> tomorro will mark 17 years since the september 11 terrorist attacks. president trump andhe first la will head to the united 93 memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania for a ceremony morning. vice-president pence and defense secretary james mattis will participate in a private ceremony for victims' families at the pentagon. >>> president trump meanwhile is calling veteranis journ bob woodward a liar on twitter. woodward's tell-all book "fear: trump in the white house" hi bookshelvetomorrow. the president also tweeted today, the book is, quote, a joke. woodward is standing firm on all the explosive accounts and reporting in the book. >> it is mostly anonymous sources in here. why should people trust you? >> but the incidents are not anonymous. it gives a dat

live here in northwest d.c. by logan circle, i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> thank you, shomari. d.c. police arrested t man accused of killing wendy martinez last night. anthonyrawford appeared in court for the first time today. a judge ordered him held without bond. according to court documents, a witness told police that crawford is an avid user of the synthetic drug k-2. >>> 161 occupied apartments, a fire burning above the sprinkler system, so, it didn't activa. no alarms here going off and many of the people inside not able to escape without help. but somehow, everyone did escape this fire wednesday the arthur capperenior apartments in southeast. now, the focus turns to finding new homes for all those residents. news 4's jackie bensen is live with that story and more on the problems that made t it sogh to put out. jackie? >> reporter: well, ji we want to show you what it looks like here tonight. just look at this wrecked shell of a buiing over there. but i want you to also come over here and take aook at this. new tonight, this chain link onnce may have hindered the firefighter r

number provided for parents to call if they have any concerns about what happened.e live h in northwest d.c., back to you, jim. >> shomari, thank you. he >>> today was first day back for many students in virginia and maryland. there is n leadership in prince george's county. enter ceoonica ldson toured schools for the first day today. shein replaced k maxwell whose term was plagued with scandals over salaries and allegations of grade fixing. grading practices are now being supervised by the state auditors. auditors are here just to make sure we took thoseon recommenda seriously which we have. tm excited about wa that response will be fheir visit here and if there are things we need to work on, we will dothat. >> she says she's paying particular attention to teacher salaries and has already dismissed a number of her administrative staff. saving thechool district about a million dollars. >> new video of an arrest tonight after an hour's long standoff andarricade situation. this happened on 22nd street northeast in d.c.'s brooklyn neighborhood. jackie bensen was there for the arrest. she talke

. >> we arrested and charged 23-year-old anthony crawford of northwest d.c. >> reporter: crawford was taken into custody just one day after wendy martinez was stabbed seven times around 8:00 tuesday night. this is martinez jogging just moments before. the 35-year-old tech executive stumbles into this restaurant bleeding profusely, causing some customers to flee. but others tried unsuccessfully to save her. she later died at the hospital. >> she asked for help, so that makes us so proud to know that our girl had the energy, the strength to fight. >> reporter: her family, heartbroken. martinez had just gotten engaged last week. crawford is now being detained. the defense is calling that a rush to judgment. meanwhile, officials say that the attack was completely unprovoked. martinez's mother says that her daughter had just bought a wedding dress. david, they plan to bury her in that dress. >> all right, linsey davis tonight. linsey, thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. the school shooting, images coming in at this hour. a student and a scho

this was at 18th and p streets in northwest d.c. that woman is keshia whitaker, she lives in southeast. three other people were injed in that crash. no word yet of what caused it. >>> take a lookt this fire at a high rise apartment. you can see the flames shooting out of an upper floor window. the fire went to two alarms, firefighters were able to knock down. medics treated one person and they're still trying to figure out how it started. hurricane florence is expected to stay to our south many butl we're st concerned about the rain. some of the problems our wet summer is already causing. >>> and we hear from the 23578ly of a teenager who went out for a amda and never ce back. >>> right now, hurricane florence's heavy rains and tropical storm force winds are just starting to get north carolina's outer banks. the storm n expected to make landfall until tomorrow morning. we'll have more on florence and its impact here in a few minutes. >>> six people are dead including a shooter, includingea sp shootings in bakersfield. the suspect th

nicole is live in northwest d.c. with bfh sides the argument. >> this has been a highly debated issue for months now. those two are for initiative 77 and believe it put all minimum wage workers on a level playing field but tho that are against it say that it takes money out of service workers pockets because they're less likely to gedequate tips. either way, the majority of d.c. voters approved initiative 77 back in june and increasing minimum wage from $3.33 an hour to h15 anr and they could consider overturning the initiative but not everyone agrees with th. >> they're trying to actively suppress the vote of d.c. voters. >> council members are expected to meet at 11:00 a today we're told more than 100 people representing both sides are expected to have their voices heard. >> what finally lead to police to this suscted serial kill. >> anld notion about heart medicine is being debunked by a study. why taking an aspirinay a isn't helping as much as you may think. that's next on news 4 day. >> a flash flood watch has b

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businessman, his wife, their young son and the housekeeper were tied up,rt ed and killed inside their northwest d.c. home, the sole suspect, daron wint, is aut to go o trial. opening statements scheduled for tomorrow. now a look at what to expect ahead. talk to us about the key players whotou exp to see testifying. >> sure. we know that it is possible we could hearing from a lot of wint. his sister, his brother, that was said to us in open court a couple days ago when the prosecution ran down a list of the potential jurors would be hearing from,anting to know that they knew any of these individuals. we knew we could be hearing from the assistant, jordan he is known to have driven savopoulos around. he is the guy who delivered the ransom money just hours before the family wkilled. the house was set on fire and then of course, asou see, the housekeeper of 20 years, the surviving housekeeper for the family. and she was there t night that sava received the phone call from his wifskg him to come back to the house and then of course, thas when the family was held hostage. and then lastly we will be heari

one person is dead aftereing pinned under a car in northwest d.c. >> news 4 chris gordon is live on the scene with more on how th happened. chris. >> reporter: d. police are calling this a crime sceav but it maybeen a tragic accident. i'm standing beside an alleyway. as you look down it, s you'll that in the 2300 block of tunl road, there are driveways that go downhl toward homes. it appears that a bmw rled down a driveway pinning a man against a wall. we heard that he was under the car. we have heard that he is pinned to the wall by car. now we are toldhat relatives became concerned when they did not hear from the man. 9:00 this morning, relive came to the scene and saw his condition, pinned to the call. called the ergency 911. d.c. firefighters say that man was dead when they got here to the scene. nehbors say that he worked for the world bank. specifically thein rnational monetary fund. we have not confirmed that or his 'rentity. not passing it along. it does appear that a bmw rolled down the droivewayinning a man here. back to you. >>> it's another weather alert day. the sun is out.

in northwest d.c. this church in which one woman turned her back on him during the homily andnother man jumped up and yelled shame on you. >> chris, thanks so much. >>> in other news thearents of a university of maryland footballlayer who died during practice could sue the university. espn reports the family filed formal papers of thentt to sue. they could seek up to $30 llion. investigations into the death and the content of the practice are under review. >> a former mgm employee admitted to stealing more than $1 million. he pled guilty. according to court documents he allowed his partners to take pictures of unshuffled cards. they'd win in on shore bet and give zhang a cut of the winnings. >> it's an ongoing view. >> and his co-conspiracy charges. >>> alexandrea sports bar is trying to make things right with the washington miss sticks and their fans. they're calling out the glory her family asked the bartender t change one of the tvs to the game but response shocked her. >> like, yeah, no, we're not

. >> megan mcgrath is live at a nlood donation center northwest d.c. where people are already lining up, we understand. >> reporter: yeah, we are here at the donation center on e street northwest and you can see already we have people giving donations. they donated blood. other people have donated plate let's. some of the people are going to need medical attention, and there are a lot of people at home wondering what they can do to help, and giving blood would be an excellent way. many blood drives previouslyhe led had to be rescheduled, so there's an urgent need for blood. the people you see here are stepping forward to do their part. >> new bern there, it's certainly a dire situation. if you are interested in giving blood, it takes about h anr to give blood, longer, of course, to give platelets, and they are lookg for all the volunteers they can get. you can come to this location or the red cross has locations all across the region. if you don't want to wait in line or anything like that, you can go online and make an apartment so you can comeight in.

d.c. police say they have arrested a man for pretending to be a cop. they stopped a carriday afternoon at 17th and f streets in northwest. the d.c. officer says the vehicle had labels on the back that says emergency 911 response, and he had an emergency light kit in the rear window. the suspect allegedly said he used theight to get his wife to the hospital because she has a machine condition. t -- medical condition. he was charged with cepersonating a police of >>> now to the u.s. senate race in virginia. news 4 hosting a live debate with democratic incumbent tim cain and cory stewart. the candidates will face off next wednesday. a debate will be moderated byew nbc political director chuck todd with questions from news 4'saron gilchrist and julie carrie. you can download the app and owatch a live stream that deba. >> all right. storm team 4 meteorologist camelia draper joining us. it seems like we blinkednd the daysothorter. i wake up in the morning. it's dark when it used to be sunny, and this is going by fast. >>know, you have a point there because we're losing about two minutes and 30 seconds of e dayligh day now. to

therinking waterribbled to the overall population in northwest d.c. oside of the retirement community is fe for people to drink. they are taking theseteps as a precaution. if you do find yourself with symptomsuch as coughing, headaches, muscle aches, fever, dookt d.c. health department if you believe that you have legionnaire's disease. shomari stone, news4. ou thank you. >>> in today we heard from a number of investigators who collected evidence from the scene of the d.c. mansion murders in upper northwest.ls we heard testimony from an expert about one of the victims' cars found burning miles away in prince george's county. >> reporter: it was a morning mostly dedicated to evidence. forensic technicians collecting it. the prosecution seemed to focus the propped open the bathroom window in the basement. they explained to jurors how the knife was sealed in a bag and transported to the forensics lab. that same officer showed a charred shirt and a piece of a panter it was rec from a room with a 10-year-old child who was killed. they also called in another

d.c. home by his own car. firefighters say it appears his rolled down the driveway of a home in northwest. tive found the man's body yesterday morning. >>> today is day two in jury selection in the case of a man accused of a high-profile murder in a d.c. mansion. the trial is expected to last .wo mont >>> despite the heat, students in prince george's county willn stay i class all day today. the district released students yesterday because of thean heat problems with cooling systems in certain schools. the district says it fixed many of the cooling >systems. school in prince william county is under way. this morning, we're learning more about how theounty school board is working to keep children safe. >> megan mcgeth is l in manassas now with more details for us. megan? >> this is a pilot program. something we'llryut for a year and see how it goes. increase security on the elementary school level. it's calling for armed, retired police officers un serve as coy safety officers in the across princehools william county. the formal approval was given by the school board. th happened lastnight. a

you can see around maryland city and then even dow here in northwest d.c. we're getting some moderate rain at this point. and it's a little on the foggy said. temperatures in the seths. i don't think we're going to budge too far in terms of temperatures. we'll talk a rain chances through the weekend. we got them. today is the first day of fall. we'll alsha talk about and lookshe rest of this week like in the 10-day in about 15 minutes. >>> we wt t get to breaking news. four people rushed to the hospital revering after someone opened fire on them. this happened around 11:00 on benning road in northeast. two men and women were shot. police tell us one vicm is in critical condition this morning, but all four are are expected to survive. investigators have made any arrest and police are trying to figure out a motive. and investigating a deadly shooting in southeast. detectives believe someone shot two menust before 10:00 last night on f street here 51stet st one of the victims died. the other is in critical condition at this hour. right now no one is in custody

by surveillance video and a video taken by neighbors and when police arrived atis apartment in northwest d.c., he barricaded himself inside. he will be extradited to arlingtorg to face chaes of rape and strangulation. >> whether or not you're pleased th metro's performance, one thing will not be changing. leadership at the agency. yesterday themetro board approved a contract extension for the general news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss broke t story. he'll stay on board until at least november of 2021 he'll also get a 10% pay increase. heail be $435,000 a year. the contract extension was controversial with union members and even board members speaking out against it. after the, vo he called metro the best job he ever had. >> parents, you need t know this information. starting monday they'll have to have a special card. in the district metro is going away from using the drrc 1 card and student i.d.s for the kidsr ride program. part of the sweeping change. >> a new sales tax he is going into effect monday in the district. it's increasing from 6% upnt to the cur 5.75% and it means you'll h

we want to checkack in wit molett kicking off the celebration in northwest d.c. >> how is it going? >> i just want to say, these dancers are really doingt up this morning. we're going to talk to them in just a second bute are with our lendo colleague this morning. we're trying to get as many cultures in as possible as we celebrate this amazing culture. >> there's many different cultures all together. that's why it's so important for us to be here and celebrate anything that we have to offer. >> all right. and mrs. fiesta dc. i want to bring over carlos rodriguez from thi group. you guys are performing tomorrow in the parade. >> we invited people to come and we are closer. >> i love it. >> her traditional dress from el salvador. let's talk about the this that u need to know. what's going on for this weekend. >> just as a reminder it will be morrow, the parade on competition avenue and on sunday we're havin theestival from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. >> all right. and then you got film festival throughout the month and then of course activities going on. frit activies at the national m

i's already 78 degrees outside our studios her upper northwest d.c. it's only going to get hotter. it's only goi to feel hotter. oppress civively so. one local school district will be sending students home today. >> we begin with the forecast with chuck and sheena before we head in with melissa for a look at the commute. this is the kind of washington weather we're known for. oppressive ht. >> the swampy humidity is what we all feel when we step outsid i mean, it's humid, it's hot. we're going to be like this for a little longer until we get a nice break. >> i know. another day you hardly know that flipped the calendar to september. blazing high temperatures yet agai very unusual for us to be so far above 90. to be 90 degre is one thing. to be 94, 95 degrees in september, that is krare. stilping an eye on what was gordon madeal lanlast night. heaviest of the rain across mississippi and alabama towards memphis. we may have to deal with thatet moisture gng towards the end of the weekend. between now and then, high pressure will be dominating our weather. today, high preure is sitting

. >>> time right now, 6:37 a take look at this surveillance video of an attempted burglarly in northwest d.c. it happened at a smile dental center in brightwood park. police say the suspect used a brick to shatter a front glass door and tried to rip the tv from the wall. they weren't able to get the tv. if you recognize the suspects here, police want to hear from you. those things are hard to get off the wall. you need some screwdrivers and stuff for that. >> yeah. or more muscle >>> tables full of edible marijuana are off the d.c. police seizing this thursday in a raid on a marijuana popup pay. you can't sell weed in d.c. but you can give it away as agift. at pop up parties vendors give pot away with a purchase of things like t shirts or stickers. this was taken from a pop up on w street northwest around the corner fro rhode island metro stop. >>> well, the battle against bullies in the digital age. dozens of school reports show who is most likely to be who is most likely to be targeted online or by phone. fast, reliable internet is crucial. does it every go down? yes. can't do my job. busi

this morning family and friends are remembering the woman killed in northwest d.c.tinez was a georgetown graduate and had also recently been engaged. right now the search is on her killer. news 4's molette green is live in the l nan circleghborhood where that stabbing happened. she has more on the suspect search. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. we're at the cner of 11th and p, right in front of this makeshift memorial of flowers wendy martinez's parents came here last night. they wanted to see the spot where their fatally injured daughter took her last breath inside this restaurant behind me. this morning police want you to take a close look at this surveillance video.s i know iard to see, but this is the man police believe is behind the fatal stabbing on tues night. there is other footage that shows this same guy with a knife in his hand. now, this is a vibrant community. this low beggan circle neighbor jogged,rtinez lived, where she looked forward to getting married, and the brutal attack has shaken up this community. >> this is a place where you walk every

news 4's megan mcgrath is live at the vatican embassy in northwest d.c. with the latest. , reporter: we cardinal donald wuerl has been facing growing criticism that he hasn't done enough to protect children from predator priests back when pittsburg bishop of now comes word that cardinal wuerl will go to the vatican to ask the pope to accept his resignation. it's standard procedure for bishops to offer their resignation when they turn5. wuerl did that nearly three years ago, but the pope did not act on that resignation lette at the time. now cardinal wuerl is going t fly to the vatican today to personally ask the pope to allow him to step down. it remains to be seen what pope francis will do. meanwhile, we spoke to a ofessor at catholic university about the reaction that young catholics have on campus. >> what i hear a lot of my students saying is that it's time to get all the truth out. let's get it all out. g let' this all out because if we get it all out, we can t begido the work that the church iso called do. >> reporter: now, a recent pennsylvia grand

. >>> it was a tragic scene uncovered today in northwest d.c. a man's body foundin pned underneath his car. this happened not far from 37th street in upper northwest. a relative made this gruesome discovery. n'investigators say the body may have been there for some time. news 4's chris gordon with the rest of this story. >> reporter: a neighbor called 911 just before 10:00 this morning when she heardmi scr coming from behind her home in the 2300 block in northwest washington. a man was pinned by his car against the back wall of his home. the screaming the neighbor heard me from a relative of the man who had come to check on him when he didn't answer his phone. fire rescuers say the man had been dead for some time, possibly overnight. his bmw apparently rold backwards down the steep slope of his driveway, pinning him to the wall. members of the police crash team areestigating to determine if there was a mechanical failurer what elsould have caused the car to roll downhill. >> it does appea toe an accident based upon preliminarily indicators. >> r

this iur vantage point from here in northwest d.c. looking out to the wes look at this.rstorm. look at thenvle cloud way down from southeat maryland. th how far south. there's the storm. well south of laplata. in the dahlgren area until around 5:00. >> you can see not nearly as much lightning as there was before. extremely heavy rain along 301. another storm which has prompt had little bit of lightning right parayng a herelo just e t ofi-95. that's moving south and another shower here in the gainesville area and another rumble of thunder. a couple of those. shower activit along 66. that's not it. we're not done yet. heat index, 88 d.c. because of that cool rhen. look, all way around the area so 5. right now in manassas and that's why we did have the heat advisory. you and i were just talking, we fully expect to see another heat advisory tomorrow andbably thursday, too. >> because the temperatures will go right on up. let's talk tboutm for your wednesday. the temperatures in yellow. 94 degrees i where we top out. in the mid-90s and once again sweltering heat as we coninnu

. >>> take a look at some surveillance video of an attempted particularly in northwest d.c. it didn't work out quite the way they were planning. this happened at the smile dental center. they just can't get the tv off the wall on georgia avenue and bright wood park. police say the suspect used a brick to shatter the front glass door and tried to get the mounted flat screen from the wall but they couldn't. >> you need a screwdriver. >> at one point they turned it on. >> it's mounted to the wall. not with duct tape. >> if you recognize these guys, police want to hear from you.n' i know why it's so funny. >> tables full of edible marijuana are u the street. d.c. police seized all of this thursday in a raid on a marijuana popup party. you can't sell weed in d.c., but you canive it awa as a gift. and pop up parties,endors give pot away with the purchase of things like t shirts and stonkers. policeder that transaction, and, therefore, illegal. this was all taken from a popup wreet on street northwest around the corner from the rhode island metro stop. >>> 8:38. theattle against bu

now, hazy, h and hum conditions across our region as we look well off into thenc dis here from northwest d.c. all the way down towards the airpo s. yo the kennedy center off to the left there. as we move through the afternoon, it's on the hot side. 92 degrees again. winds out of the south at 8 miles an hour. currt temperatures. annapolis coming in at 94. the heat index ove 100 in most locations. tomorrow may be hotter. again, thater recess teure, this is the noon temperature, by the way. some kids have recess a llitle bit e than that. feeling like 98 degrees. eling like 104 tomorrow afternoon on thursday. a very hot day for sure. as far at storms go, yesterday we had a number of storms during the afternoon to help cool things down. i saw o around gaithersburg earlier but most of us remain on the dry side. the big picture here, you see how we are on the dry side with all the sunshine. still havere an of high pressure over us. that means the storms are going way to the north up into canada. we are tracking this storm down here. this is what's left of gordon. now a tropical depressio gordon mak

. >> this morning police identified the suspect as 23-year-old anthony crawford of northwest d.c.e is charged withir-degree murder. >> investigators say he stabbed 35-year-old wendy martine tuesday night during her evening run. police say they do not have a move at this point and martinez did not know the man charged with her murder. >>> erika gonlez here at the live desk. we have a lot more to tell you about the situation happening in harford county, maryland. we now know thatft a shooting on the 1500 block of perryman road, it appears to be some sort of a distribution center, i believe it's thed rit istribution center in that area, that four people are according to pete williams, a spect is detained, it is a female suspect, and they are alive at this point. we're also hearing that multiple other people are injured. right now the fbi and other local agencies arein sweep buildings, looking for other clues. this started unfolding at 9:00 this morning in that business area jt south of aberdeen, maryland. it appears to be a rite aid distribution center. p again, multiplple are injure

this was on 18th and p streets in northwest d.c. have been injured and one of them life-threatening. no word on what may have caused the crash. >>> right now we are preparing for hurricanelorence. dominion energy crews are preparing to hd south to the hurricane zone this morning. after the storm passes. 12-member crew will help restore any lost power. m handly is working for you on socialdia. in >>> let's check in with meteorolist chuck bell. good morning to you, chuck. >> florence continuing to inch towards the north carolina coastline. hurricane watch and warnings have been post along out of the outer banks and charleston, north carolina. here it's a cloudy morning. a couple of sprinkles early, higher chance of rain and thunder showers later in the afternoon. low-to-mid 70s now. today's high temperature near 83 degrees. even higher chance for rain and temperatures in the 70s coming up for tomorrow. sheena will have your ten-day forecast after the half hour. >>> a check on your traffic is next. first 4 traffic. metro blue, s yellow

. >> we arrested and charged 23-year-old anthony crawford of northwest d.c. >> reporter: crawford wasy just one day after wendy martinez was stabbed seven times around 8:00 tuesday night. this is martinez jogging just moments before. the 35-year-old tech executive stumbles into this restaurant, bleeding profusely, causing some customers to flee, but others tried unsuccessfully to save her. she later died at the hospital. >> she asked makes us so proud to know that our girl had the energy, the strength and the odyssey to fight. >> reporter: her family heartbroken. martinez had just gotten engaged last week. >> crawford is now being detained. the defense is calling that a rush to judgement. meanwhile, officials say that the attack was completely unprovoked. martinez's mother says that her daughter had just bought a wedding dress. they now plan to bury her in that dress. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> it just gets increasingly sad there. our thanks to linsey. >>> former rap mogul suge knight has agreed to plead no contest to a murder charge and will spend 28 years in prison for vol

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d.c. to the northwest, loudon county, around frederick. this is under a slight risk for severe weather. normally this means about 30% chance of storms in our area. i'll take you hour-by-hour, in minutes. >> thank you, doug. >>> in the district of columbia two men were s the northeast. five other people have been shot onre that et. jackie bensen has new details from police tonight. we can tell you 119 people have been mdered so far this year that's compared to 116 in all of last year. the two shootinge victims w sitting inside the suv on hip-hop fish and chicken when a gunmanre opened . d.c. police were on the scene almost immediately. a man was shot in the 1800 block. >> the chief gave me aon briefi hat happened over the weekend, which was dramatic, outreous. and i happened in different places across the city. all nonrandom acts., all pe likely, who knew each other. most people who have been involved with the criminal justice system. >> reporter: the itoestigation he double-shooting forced the temporary faulti ihalting o d.c. streetcar line. it's not clear if this dashboard camera captu

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