i'm in northwest washington. behind me, a tree that has fallen from the storms on friday night. impressive sight. old oak tree. we're estimating it was about 60 feet tall before it fell. it tore down several power lines with it and of course knocked out power to this entire neighborhood here in northwest washington. also closed the roadway. as of this time, no tree crews here yet. they'll have to deal with the tree first and they can start to restore power. i'm sure this is a sight we see again and again. it is warming up. it feels a little better. little less humidity than yesterday. bright and sunny day. reagan national was 82 degrees and 82 in quantico. much of the area in the 70s. just like the last couple of days, once the sun is up, the temperatures jump quickly. highs this afternoon in the mid- 90. satellite radar storms overnight pushing off to the

i'm in northwest washington here off 42nd avenue. of course got a big oak tree behind me that fell and devastating the damage around the area. this tree took down all the power lines with it, and of course most of these houses i think right now are not -- i think everybody has moved out here for the next couple of days, as the scene here pretty amazing with the amount of instruction with this tree -- destruction with this tree. let's do weather quick. temperatures in the upper 70s. 78degrees to the east. 79 now in washington. at dulles, 72. conditions again cooling off a little bit overnight with the showers and storms that moved through. satellite and radar, let me show you, we had a few showers move through overnight. still a few along the lower eastern shore. will clear out. should be a bright and beautiful day and a little cooler than yesterday. of course we'll continue with our heat wave. temperatures in the 90s all week. little cooler than yesterday. highs today about 95 degrees, with an isolated risk of a storm later this afte

good morning, tucker. >> reporter: sad sight in northwest washington. an old oak tree, we figure it's about 60 feet tall, fell in friday night's storm. done a lot of damage here. fortunately it fell between the houses into the street. but it's taken down several telephone poles with it, and the power lines. this entire area without power. they will be for some time to come, as it will take a tree crew, and they'll have to restore the power line. a lot of people have been asking me why are the trees so vulnerable. the canopies, the canopies of our deciduous trees aren't build to withstand the wind at 70 to 80 miles per hour. when the leaves are out as in the summertime, what happens is, works almost like a sail. the winds can get underneath the tree and lift it. we're looking at the results of some of the straight line winds that moved through and this thing repeated over and over across the area. didn't start off terribly cool, but felt a little better this morning. in the bright sun, it is a hot one. with a little less humidity today than yesterday, fe

in northwest washington, a man was electrocuted by a power line. a difficult and deadly weekend. >> tragic. right now we are keeping a close watch on another round of severe storms that may head

we're at 16th street and juniper in northwest washington. you can see industry is completely dark behind me. this is the story across downtown and in the district. many people are wondering when the power will come back on. the past couple days have been anything but haveeaven. >> its burning up. especially upstairs. >> we are living with the devil. >> thousands of pepco customers in our region are still without power. the company says it could be several days before it is restored. this man does not believe it. >> knowing pepco, it will probably be another week. >> pepco says their crews have been working around the clock since friday to restore power to thousands across d.c. and maryland and have called for extra help from as far as a wayaway as texas. and texas 92-year-old morris clark says that his health and his patience is weakening. >> it's getting worse every day i and i'm getting weaker each day. the service gets worse every year. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray says -- >> the irony is pepco has a request for a rate increase. >> resident

it wiped everything out with the incredible heavy rain it produced right over northwest washington between0 and 8:00 tonight and it was very difficult and also htvery localized. what i want to show you now is radar because we aren't seeing anything else around and most e of you did not get any rain, e but look at that skinny green line coming out of montgomery county. at is called an outflow boundary. basically it's cool air that comes out of approve thunderstorm. it acts like a mini -- an hour. we had a weather spotter in dupont circle who measured 2.38 but as close by as reagan national airport only .6-inch of rain. what a crazy two weeks it has been with temperatures today right around 90 degrees. we'll come back and talk more about what we compact for the rest of this week, but needless to say, i'm not going to forget this two week period for a long time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> back to some of the damaged trees weakened by recent storms are still making a huge mess of area roads. this is what happen in the middle of the evening rush along porter street near rock creek park. sev

unfortunately that fear is a reality for folks on arcadia place in northwest washington. >> i just nowrted restock my refrigerator. >> reporter: when jennifer vermillion's house lost electricity today after a huge tree collapsed on power lines in her northwest washington 245eubd she said her only thought was, hear we go again. >> yes, exactly. >> reporter: jennifer and most of her neighbors were in the dark for nearly a week after last month's storm uprooted several trees at least one of which, according to people here, had a hollowed out and badly damaged root system. >> they're beautiful but they take the risk. >> reporter: fortunately only one tree also with a hollowed out root same came down today. even more fortunately, nobody was injured, and only one house was damaged, and only slightly. >> we do usually lose power because we have aboveground lines. >> reporter: still residents here say they're beginning to feel jinxed. >> the tree at the end of the street had the red dot on it for it to be taken away. >> reporter: in wheaton a toppled tree was also causing serious problems. >>

i'm on arcadia place in northwest washington just off western avenue. this is a tree lined neighborhood hit pretty hard by that derecho a few weeks ago, trees down all over the place. this neighborhood was hit hard by the storm that rolled in late this afternoon. a large tree behind me came down, collapsed on several power lines knocking out power to many homes in this neighborhood. also brushing a house, one house, on arcadia place. firefighters told me about seven people were evaluated for injuries. fortunately no injuries were reported. you might be able to see the tree that collapsed has a hollowed out root system which indicates it was very prone to something like this happening. essentially the root system of this tree was dead, very much like what happened to the tree yesterday in great falls that tanically killed a person there. fortunately -- tragically killed a person there. fortunately no one was killed or even hurt here, seven people evaluated for injuries, nobody taken to the hospital. nobody was hurt d.c. fire says. power will be now the t

. >> reporter: schennay taught 2nd grade at river school in northwest washington. by all accounts an exceptional teacher for the hearing impaired. on the school's website and front there is a tribute to the beloved teacher. >> i brought my son in to see matt and to see jill and i just wanted -- in our own way -- to tell jill that we loved her. >> reporter: the school set up a tribute page and parents are writing in. one potomac family writes, jill loved our son thomas and he loved her. we don't know how to tell him she's gone. it is going to tear up his heart. she was a magical teacher. most of jill's family is in roanoke, virginia, where she will be laid to rest on monday. i'm surae chinn for 9 news now. >> a armed robbery has ended with the murder of a jewelry store employee. the victim 52-year-old herndon, virginia man failed to return home from his shift and his family notified arlington police. officers discovered the victim inside the jewelry store located in the 3200 block of columbia pike. police are not saying how the man died. they believe surveillance vi

>>> but first, the steps one district leader is taking after another round of flooding in northwest washington. >>> plus, now's your chance to catch a glimpse of some of the >>> welcome back. one city leader says he's fed up with flooding in one d.c. neighborhood. d.c. council member kenyon mcduffy wants to call an emergency meeting to address flooding in the bloomingdale area of northwest washington. the neighborhood's flooded three times now in the last two weeks. mcduffy wants city officials, utility companies and the department of public works to discuss the problem. d.c. water is blaming the city's sewer system for the flooding. a plan to fix that outdated system, though, won't be finishfinish ed for another 13 years. >>> anger from rioters forcing metro to rethink just how long the gaps between trains are allowed to grow. two weeks ago, metro staff proposed a standard that would allow gaps between trains to grow above 15 minutes during rush hour and 30 minutes during the off-peak. many riders were shocked at the length of team metro was willing to make commuters wait. the board has now r

the search for killers in northwest washington. we have two >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington" -- on your side. >> straight ahead violence in northwest d.c. leaves two men dead and four people wanted. we have the latest in the search for gunmen. thousands of customers going a six day without power. we have the latest numbers when it comes to outages. good morning to you washington. thursday, july 5. i am cynne simpson. steve chenevey has the day off. we will check in with steve rashard in just a minute. here is adam caskey with preparations for triple digits. >> we could hit 100 degrees today through saturday. on saturday, we will exceed 100 for the year temperatures. that means the heat index by saturday should be 105 integrator. as for today, it will feel like 100 degrees to 105. here is a beautiful picture of the sunup in arlington. this is a weatherbug camera at washington lee high school. 100 today. hazy. feels like 100 to 105. just a few thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. tomorrow, the same story. nea

reporting live in northwest, washington, richard jordan, news 4. >> thank you, richard. >>> that film's premiere in paris has been canceled. warner brothers issued a statement saying "warner brothers is deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident. we extend our spathies to the loved ones of the victims at this tragic time." >>> more on the mass shooting at "news 4 midday" in our next half hour. a former fbi criminal profiler will weigh in on this case, as well as a psychiatrist. you can also follow the very latest on nbcwashington.com. >>> turping to the weather now and cloudy skies this morning. tom kierein joins us with the first forecast for midday. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. we had light rain approaching the metro area over about the last hour or so. right now, where you see those areas in green, we are getting light rain in fairfax county and into loudoun county and farther south prince william and then it breaks up a bit further west and then those areas in yellow and orange, moderate downpours just north of winchester and frederick county, virginia. and nor

. >>> this morning in people in northwest washington are cleaning up from the severe weather. last night's rain caused flooding on the streets. melissa mollet reports. >> here along rhode island avenue, this low-lying block is a mess. water logged cars along the street, sewage in the road and residents who after several major floods like this over the years say they've had enough. >> the district government needs to step up to the plate and do something about this, no one is rhode isla rhode island avenue. i'm tired of this. >> charles harris has lived here for 15 years. last night's rain pushed water into his basement and sewage into other homes here. it's enough to bring tear to his eyes as harris who suffers from parkinson's disease wonders how he'll clean up, again. >> but every time it rains, you have to wonder what is floating awai. you don't know what is going to float away. your personal effects. >> reporter: as he talks about the task ahead and look at his second water damaged car in two years, he also worries about a friend next door. >> and the lady next door, she g

streets off 16th street in northwest washington. the entire street behind us has been without power since the storm hit. a lot of these people say they have been told the power will be coming on in the coming days and they are getting very frustrated. >> it is burning up. if you go upstairs, that is hell. >> the devil is pepco. >> thousands of customers are still without electricity and power companies as it could be several days before it is restored. robert jackson says he does not believe it. >> knowing pepco, it will probably be another week. >> pepco crews have been working around the clock since friday to restore power to thousands across d.c. and maryland. they have even called in for extra help from as far away as texas and florida. but without his air-conditioner and temperatures soaring, 92- year-old morris clark says -- >> each day is making me a little weaker. >> and his patients -- >> every year the service gets a little worse. >> mayor vincent gray of d.c. visited neighborhoods and echoed the outrage of his citizens. >

suzanne kennedy is live in one of the hardest-hit areas in northwest washington. >> when the weather rolled through yesterday afternoon a lot of people on this block held their breath. they were hoping they would not be in the eye of the storm. once again they were hard hit. this one block stretch of arcadia place has the battle scars of a difficult summer. last night a huge tree came crashing down on two homes. today the oak is being removed and they are assessing the damage to a home they have lived in four decades. >> you think the lord your ok. this time we got it. >> a tree fell on this house sharing the roof off. is now uninhabitable. another tree went down on multiple cars. >> hopefully this is the end of all the tragedy that has befallen on the block. >> she lived six days without power after the storm. >> it is scary in number of trees are going down. you cannot really hear them when you go down. you look out the window and then there is a major trade that has gone down. >> neighbors just a few blocks away are also coping with the effects of a downed tree and no electricity.

kris van cleve reporting from northwest washington. >> prince george's county police need your help finding the missing man. 75-year-old oscar washington was last seen yesterday morning in the backyard of his mother's home in bowie. he suffers from high blood pressure and memory loss. call police if you see him. >> maryland governor martin o'malley and prince george's county executive rushern baker are expected to meet today to discuss efforts to expand gambling. they are meeting with local officials to talk about a possible special legislative session on the issue. lawmakers have struggled to agree on a plan to allow table games at a new casino in prince george's county. they have until august 20 to pass a bill in order to put the issue on the ballot in november. a plan to build what would be montgomery county's largest gas station, opponents are holding a meeting today to discuss a measure but that would prohibit mega fueling stations to be built near schools and other centers. opponents worry about the impact on the tennis club, swim club, and school for special needs students. >> we got

in northwest washington, dozens of homeowners are soaking up and trying to clear away debris from last night's flash flood. one of the hardest-hit areas was on a rhode island ave. >> i would like them to do whatever they need to do to make it stop flooding. >> the fire department came with boats. >> people in the neighborhood say the area is prone to flooding. an old creek once ran through it. some expected to flood again eventually. for now they are cleaning up the latest damage. what the fbi is preparing to review thousands of criminal convictions for more than a decade. they are identifying historical cases for review. the review follows stories from the washington post about potentially faulty labwork. >> the state looked into his department after the aclu says they conducted unjustified background searches on several people. the names were reportedly on an enemy's list of county executive john leopold. they will drop the investigation with the chief retires. >> still to come, another poll showing a tight race for the white house. >> and another hit to a major department store chai

>> reporter: in the sweltering heat of this july 4th, a stretch of macarthur boulevard in northwest washington'sfor the 46th time turn the into a warm, okay a little corny, hometown patriotic parade with a mishmash of everything including kids and bikes, and, of course, back pipes. >> i think it's a great d.c. parade for the fourth of july. >> this is our day, liberty, freedom, country. >> reporter: 30-year resident karen plunket raised her family. >> it's a nice, old-fashioned community parade with neighbors, politicians, churches. ♪ >> it's great. >> reporter: kind of a small-town feel to it. >> very much so. but it's a great community, as you can see. we've been here the last five years. it's exciting every year. >> reporter: the diversity of d.c. played out with the music and dance from bolivia. ♪ gay and lesbian drummers band, ang annual favor. the city's political leadership took to the streets. >> we still have peopl without power. several thous still out. one of them, it would be me. >> reporter: no power. >> i don't have power yet. >> reporter: do you have the air on in there? >> yes. >

storm damage in northwest washington. a tree fell on two houses on arcadia place. >> really two extraordinary stories of survival. i will get out of the ways you can take a look at this. we are estimating a about a 100 plus foot massive oak tree during the storm toppled and fell onto not only one but two homes here on arcadia place. i have to tell you about the stories of survival. you actually see a mother and two daughters that had just pulled into that driveway which is just under the tree trunk. it just got into the crotch and about one second later the tree came crashing down. they were thankfully not heard. -- it just got into the garage and one second later the tree came crashing down. there is a tremendous seen here. a lot of neighbors and people are very concerned. keep in mind, this whole area was without power for about one week and there were a number of homes and cars that were crushed. people here to some extent feel like they have been in harm's way for the past couple of weeks. there are grateful everybody

this is right outside our station in northwest washington.lag not blowing a whole lot in the wind so, we need to see a little bit of a breeze out there, too, to help us out every now and then. out there down towards the potomac, a nice day maybe to get out on the boat and maybe a quick dip in the potomac river if you can do that kind of thing. 97 degrees the current temperature out there. dew point of 53. it's come down during the day. that's very good news. humidity only 23%. once again, humidity very, very low, winds out of the northwest at about 7 miles per hour. around the region, 98 right now in rockville. reston coming in at 91 degrees, 96 in ft. belvoir and hunting town coming in at 93 degrees. warm just about everywhere. look at our map here. this is the warmest temperature on the map in d.c. 93 in richmond, 93 in virginia beach, 95 in roanoke. out towards ocean city, some relief, current temperature at 85. look up at pittsburgh. last hour they were 73 with some rain. now the sun's come back up and they've jumped right back up to 90 d

investigators say she was last seen last night around 11:30 in northwest washington on farragut st.. she needs medical attention. if you have information, please give police a call. >> and pedestrians struck and killed in prince william county as the man was crossing lee county in gainesville. the driver of the vehicle did stay at the scene. there is an investigation under way to figure out if there should be any charges. police have not released the name of the victim. >> and we are learning more about the man killed inside and arlington jewelry store. abc 7 talked to some of the friends, and we are joined at the columbia pike store. they did have a message for the public, is that right? >> yes. understand their reluctance, because the suspected killer is still out there and they have not released to the victim's identity. his family said they want his killer brought to justice. friends of the victim's daughter dropped by to pay respects. >> a great person. she is always fun to be around. my heart goes out. some terrible. >> arlington county police were backed out in force at the je

. >> last nights storms damaged several houses in northwest washington. we talked to some of the residents who are left trying to clean up this mess. >> take a look for yourself, water and in some cases ross sewage several inches deep. we cannot begin to describe the smell. the kind of homecoming this woman never expected. >> we need help. can't nobody sleeps in a house like this. it is crazy. all messed up. >> the flooding is the result of a hard rain coming down fast. it was too much for these two words to handle. more than a dozen houses near florida avenue were hit. all had basements, some of which were apartments. the neighbors across the street were luckier. >> i feel sorry for them. >> firefighters are bringing the equipment to pump out the waste but the family has had enough and is looking for another place to spend the night. >> it smells awful, like something is dead. it is horrible. at this moment, we are getting ready to leave. >> those problems that plague many communities during the recent storms are getting a closer look now. there is a pla

this is on foxhall road in northwest northwest washington.ou can see the tree that's taken down the power lines. it's a huge job. they have to chop up those trees first before they can even start to repair the electrical lines. so we have hundreds of thousands of people who are still without power as a result of friday's storm. now, earlier this morning we heard from the president of pepco. he said it's a big job and he's asking people to be patient but said it could be a week before some people get their power back. >> it takes time. there are a lot of trees down. there are a lot of wires down. we just ask our customers to be patient. we know it's a very uncomfortable period of time. but i cans a sure you every -- i can assure you every resource we're working on bringing it here as quickly as possible. >> they're asking for patience, but that's difficult to do when you're stuck in your house with no electricity. no air conditioning and of course we're expecting extremely hot temperatures again today. so not a good situation. if you know is s

in northwest washington, a man was electrocuted by a power line. a difficult and deadly weekend. >> tragic. right now we are keeping a close watch on another round of severe storms that may head >> a combination of the intense heat and lack of air conditioning has made bottled water of valued commodity. take a look at this photograph. the bottled water section at the potomac yard target is bare. we have seen that many pictures like this. >> it seems like folks are not testing any relief those without power. >> if people are stuck without power and it is hot. a lot of folks have refrigerators full of food thinking, if i do not open it up it is said. tonight will be the 48 hour mark. everything is gone. time to start new. look at the beach. a lot of folks were able to head out of town to get away from the heat, the nasty weather. a lot of folks went to the beach. just to find a hotel room that was cool. look at rahal. a beautiful evening ahead for them. -- in rehoboth. 10 degrees above average for this day. the record -- 102 in 1901. 98 at at the air

regular trash collection pick up can drop off food key elementary and wilson high school in northwest washington and fair bee hope elementary in southeast washington. the collection service runs from 3:00 p.m. through 7:00 p.m. today. >>> in health news this morning, new findings show many heart attack patients are usually rehospitalized within a month for other issues. the study in the internal medicine looked at patients and found diabetes and anemia were behind about 60% of the rehospitalizations. more than three quarters of a million people are hospitalized every year. >>> research says there is an increased risk of autism if a parent or sibling suffers from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. autism is estimated to affect 1 in 88 children. >>> the first ever study on the public health impact of sexting shows close to 30% of teens send nude pictures of themselves via e-mail or text. research looked at 1000 students in texas and say nearly all the girls and half the boys who sent photos did so even though the request bothered them. the study said teens who sent nude photos were more likely to

news 4 is live in northwest washington and has more for us now.eagan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, barbara. secretary of state hillary rodham clinton is calling for a generation free of hiv and aids, and that's actually a goal that everyone attending this conference is working toward, but until it can happen, (t&háhp &h%ay that tr continue their efforts to push for access to medical care and treatment as well as0ddvno carr is much more that needs to be done. >> here in the u.s. and other places in the world, people are -- if they get the treatment, but a lot of people and most of the people in the world are not getting treatment and are still dying, so having hiv is not a fixed thing yet. >> it is the first time since 1990 that the international conference has been held at the united states paving the way the lifting of travel restrictions on hiv infected people seeking to enter the u.s. >> i think that this is really sfw great and that we should be able to work in partnership because we know the americans are very generous, and

and a half for people who live along the rhode island avenue corridor around 1st street and northwest washington. as you just mentioned, three times in the last ten days their homes and basements have flooded because of all the excessive rain that we've gotten. now, right now things have receded. we're not seeing the water in the street. last night though a completely different story. we had water that came out into the streets and unfortunately poured down into the basements of some of the homes in this area. and quite a mess was left behind as you would imagine. and people are not happy about the situation. apparently the storm drains are not working properly. that's causing the rain to back up. go out into the streets and down into people's homes here. it's not the first time. they had flooding last night. they had flooding on wednesday. take a look at this video. this is from last week when they also had flooding. now, we've been talking to folks who are getting really tired of taking everything out of their basements, drying it out, washing rugs and then having to do it all over again becau

this is how it looked looking out over northwest washington from here. in a time lapse you could see that -- sort of a convergence. it was indeed like being under niagara falls for a time. 74 degrees right now. the official rate about half an inch. i record but boy, for people in northeast washington it felt well over 2 inches of rain in some spots. about 2 inches on wisconsin avenue in northeast washington. look at bethesda -- about half of an inch. at the same time out in sterling, 707 inch. there you can see how it really converged in and around us to the south. it is all gone. there are aware that front is it finally brought us some relief. more showers and thundershowers. here we are in washington. almost impossible to see what has been left over us. temperature today -- 90 degrees. temperatures today were into the 70's and 80's. overnight tonight our temperatures will be on the muddy side because of the rain. -- muggy side. that jet stream will still be around us. i cannot rule out completely there will not be again tomorrow some pop of showers and

. >> at this station on wisconsin avenue in northwest washington, tempers occasionally flaired. >> i hate it, i'm hot. we're running out of gas. >> reporter: we saw that twitter was an amazing tool. which gas stations were open, which ones had the shortest lines, i think it was helpful to a lot of people. we thanked that little blue bird that helped us out today. jackie benson, news 4. >> people without power looking to escape the heat in hotels tonight. they were in for a big surprise. those hotels are full, and those who found rooms may have paid a premium. when we logged on to hotels.com tonight. the motel 6 in northwest was listed at 5$500 for one night. motel 6 told us they were going for a little better than $400 per night. >>> we're going to have extreme heat again tomorrow, we have so many people without ac. we lost so many historic trees as well. we love our trees, when they have winds like this, the wind load is very high. we lost the champion white o oak. it's one of the historic trees in virginia, it was around when george washington was president. it toppled from last ni

. >> reporter: she taught second grade at river school in northwest washington. by all accounts an exceptional teacher for the hearing impaired. on the school's website, there's a tribute to their beloved teacher. >> i brought my son in to see matt and jill. and i just wanted in our own way to tell jill we loved her. >> reporter: the school set up a tribute page, and parents are writing in. one family writes, jill loved our son tomorrow marks and he loved her. we don't know how to tell him she's going. she was a magical teacher. most of jill's family is in roanoke, virginia, where she will be laid to rest on monday. >>> it was over a month ago the two children were struck and injured by flying bullets in their southeast washington neighborhood. at the time, dc police were confident they would find the two men who were apparently ex-changing gunfire in the middle of the day. those men still out there this evening. , nobody has been arrested. >> reporter: the two children and their adult counsel sorry were shot june 25 while waiting for free meals at is an van and

. >> let's get to some breaking news coming in from northwest washington where four people were shot this evening. this happened on gallatin street between capital and new hampshire ave. two people suffer serious injuries the others were minor. the suspect remains on the loose. our other main story, a situation at a local restaurant. a man with a gun confronts police. that man is now dead. police have to investigate their own on this fourth of july. the shooting happened at 5:00 this evening at the urban bar-b- que in a olney maryland people --. people in the restaurant tell a friend and story of what they saw with their own eyes. she joins us live with what went down in that restaurant. >> leon a lot more questions than answers tonight. what we do know is that the man had a handgun. police say that he refused to drop his weapon and one eye witness even said it seemed like the man was just daring police to shoot an. >> he was pointing at his forehead with his right hand. i think he was saying, should the right here. >> gunfire disrupted the dinner rush at urban bar-b-que in olney. >>

surae chin is live in northwest washington with more on the cleanup. some of the pictures of the flooding are just unbelievable that you were showing us earlier. how high that water got. >> it got very high, actually. flood some basements here. i'll show you the flied flood line in a moment. i want to show you 24 hours after the flood and the rain rolled through. i'm going to show you what's been going on. people are still hard at work cleaning up a lot of basements all along northwest here and rhode island avenue. so the fast moving storms may have moved swiftly across d.c., but it left a lasting impression and a smelly mess for folks to clean up. >> it gets real bad. >> last night, heavy rain flooded cars and streets, raw sewage backed up into basements and t street in the blooming dale area of northwest d.c. >> i had the pump in the toilet trying to keep pace of it coming out and the wet vac going, filling 15-gallons every minute. >> ryan says sewage came shooting out of his toilet. >> i have seen this happen before. relief is coming to the century

it's in northwest washington where the old sutton place used to be on new mexico avenue. and it is called la forcetta. if you want homemade pasta -- the chef is letting me stir this sausage and garlic. it smells so good. >> rosemary, a little bit of spice. we have the potato dumpling cooking. very soon we're going to take them out. >> i'm going to let you do your thing, chef. i was just helping. >> thank you, thank you. this is very tasty. [indiscernible] i brought you some crab, span yich, tomato, cream and then baked. for appetizers, our vegetable, we do -- [indiscernible] all vegetable. this is eggplant salad. capers, green olives, onions. then the tiramisu. >> is that tiramisu? >> yes. it's cream. >> what is that? >> you do it like this. >> i've never seen hot chocolate. >> you put it on the top. it became a little bit warm staying in there. then you dig inside. this is 18 hours slow roasted tomato and olive oil. then for fish, we have rosemary thyme served on a bed of broccoli saute. >> you left the head on. i don't like the eyes looking at me. >> but you eat everyth

. >>> following a developing story in northwest washington this evening. a body found in an alley in a busy part of the circle. the man found unconscious around 9:30 at the corner of 17th and p streets. police pronounced him dead at the scene. they're still trying to figure out exactly how he died. >>> d.c. police are looking for a man who robbed and sexually assault add woman at gunpoint. police say a man attacked the victim just before 5:00 this morning, thursday morning, i should say. a photo of him. this happened at 18th street southeast. the victim said the man pulled a gun, demanded money and sexually assaulted her. afterwards she said he walked her to a nearby atm and forced her to withdraw cash. the man was last seen walking east in the 1300 block of good hope road southeast. >>> d.c. mayor vince gray isn't staying out of the public eye even in the wake of a campaign scandal. the mayor spoke at a community art event in northeast. earlier this week a former aide pleaded guilty to running a shadow campaign for gray back in 2010. three d.c. council me

. >>> now to breaking news in northwest washington. four people shot tonight. the bullets aimed at a courtyard full of people watching a small fireworks show. jackie bensen has our report. >> reporter: police say the four victims were part of a group standing together near shopping center on first street northwest when someone opened fire on them. two victims ran to the unit block of gallatin street northwest. it happened as fireworks many of them large enough to be illegal in the district were exploding overhead. >> there was individuals on foot who walking down the street and opened fire on a group of another individuals that were up against the apartments. >> it's not clear whether some or all of the victims were deliberately targeted. investigators are questioning the less seriously injured. sources tell news4 investigators are looking into whether this shooting is connected to one that happened tuesday night in the sherman circle area. jackie bensen, news4. >>> as we noted the fireworks down at the mall provided a welcome distraction from the heat and the

toby, the rare blue american lobster, was lowered into a tank at the national aquarium in northwest washington. aquarium officials say visitors are already clawing for a chance to see toby. >> we're really interest today see how he does on the exhibit. you know how he interacts with the other animals and you know just anxious for folks to come down and be able to see him. >> toby will share the tank with other creatures found on the atlantic coast. his blue pigment is the result of a genetic mutation which happens once in every two million lobsters. the lobstermen who hauled him in last month decided to donate him to the national acquire numb. >> a good addition. >> i'd like to go see him. >> a nice day to go over there. it's air conditioned inside because outside not air conditioned at all. >> going to be hot. hot. hot. >> going to get hotter. saturday is going to be the worst of the heat days. and we're going to have some problems with that but then next week things are going to get much more comfortable around here. only 80s by monday but we have to get there first. we have the heat advisor

a live look outside at tower cam and in to northwest, washington, d.c. an interesting part in the morning. >> sure. listen to this. >> yes. >> music legends have teamed up and you have a chance to see them for free and we're talking about rod stewart and stevie knicks. >> and for a chance to win two tickets to the show, come to our website. you must be 18 to enter and a legal resident of d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> and every time i think of him, i think of if you want my body and you think i'm sexy. >> you ruined a perfectly good stevie knicks song going through my head. >> i know rod stewart. >> and that is a good song. >> yes. >> and what are you trying to stay say? >> yeah. >> and that is fantastic. >> and now the weather. and -- >> you're right. a flash flood warning and into the county and we'll go out sledding here in frederick. otherwise, all that is getting much, much needed rain and some parts of the area with some heavy rain. to the south and east, to cambridge and that is a good thunderstorm. all of this is associated with a cold front th

in northwest washington. andrea mccarron, 9news now. >> i heard from northern virginia dominion power. they were saying maybe by friday night they'll have all their customers on. so much ill will with pepco, they are not getting the benefit of the doubt as virginia is but they are in the same boat. >>> we have a recap now of key closings today. all federal agencies are open. employees can take unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. george washington university biostatistic location in rockville is closed. dc public schools closed. dc p.s. administrate stiff sites open, essential employees should report to work there. >> in virginia alexandria public schools are closed. every northern virginia college campus is closed. the university of northern virginia is also closed. alexandria city workers can take leave but essential employees must report to work. the city of falls church is on liberal leave. >>> in maryland montgomery and prince george's county schools closed. this is summer school and some of the co

live in northwest washington. kris van cleave, abc 7 news. >> perhaps hitting the road may be a better option for tomorrow. gas prices continued to fall. the national average for regular unleaded is $3.40 per gallon, as a 7 cent drop in the past few weeks. 27 cents lower than a year ago. gas in the district is averaging $3.60 in maryland and $3.40 in virginia and $3.27. crude oil prices are rising overall. that means gas prices could continue to go up soon. coming up on abc 7 news, and armed robbery takes a deadly turn. one person is dead. you may be surprised how the victim died. 07-year-old girl killed by drunk drivers. tonight, her memory lives on. we will tell you how to weeks after the big storm why this one prince george's county family still is not able to >> want to get to the weather situation to start out the work week because it will be ugly and dangerous sometimes this week. >> no heat advisory notright now but that could change. early this morning, we had some awesome northern lights in northern wisco

. >> reporter: she taught second grade at river school on northwest washington, by all accounts an exceptional teacher for the hearing impaired. on the front door there is a tribute to their beloved teacher. >> i brought my son in to see matt and to see jill and i wanted in our own way to be able to tell jill that we loved her. >> reporter: the school set up a tribute page and parents are writing in. one family writes jill loved our son, thomas, and he loved her. we don't know how to tell him she is gone, it will tear up his heart. most of jail's family is in roanoke, virginia where she will be laid to rest sunday. >>> stopping iran from becoming a nuclear nation should be a top objective of israel and america. that is according to mitt romney. he made that comment during his speech in israel this weekend. he also said he supports israel's right to defend itself. the stop in israel is part of an overseas tour romney is making. he heads to poland today. >>> the battle is intensifying. thousands having fleeing as government troops battle troops. >> secretary of defense leon panetta says presiden

. >> let's go to erika gonzalez live from one of the hardest hit areas in northwest washington. >> reporteris area the road was just completely flooded. so much that cars were stuck in the middle of the road. let me show you. check out the water line here on this car. that is minimal. there were some cars where the line was about here and inside the vehicle at least three inches of standing water. but that is not the only example of how much rain came into this area. >> it's insane. >> reporter: a few choice words on how tonight's rain caught people off guard. on first street in northwest the roads flooded causing multiple cars, their owners and their pets to become stranded. >> the water was probly a little bit higher than my doors. >> reporter: katrina bueller was having dinner when it started to pour. >> i have important documents in the trunk of my car. i came running out here and tried to save what i could from the trunk. >> reporter: but the real whammy is for josh. >> my landlord mentioned something about this and we have sandbags. >> he comes home to find his apartment, you guessed

as you can see behind me, it's a bad scene in arcadia place in northwest washington, but it could have been a whole lot worse. this afternoon during the storm that barreled through the area a tree toppled over onto some power lines, knocked out power and did minor damage to a house. fortunately nobody was injured. residents were out of power nearly a week after ther ther it rach -- after the derecho. when you lost your power today, were you thinking here we go again? >> yes, exactly because i just now started restocking my refrigerator and here i am again back where i started. >> i'm wondering if we should start booking hotels yet or leave town or start throwing things out. our kids suggested eating all the ice cream preemptive strike. >> reporter: i'm sure they did. one man's power outage is another man's ice cream festival. >>> the storms already knocking out power to thousands of people throughout the area. right now pepco has more than 8,100 customers in the dark, most of them in d.c. and moat mack edison has more than -- and potomac edison has more than 1,300 outages in northweste

. >> reporter: this is arcadia place in northwest washington, a street that lost power again. it was dark and hot six days thanks to the june 29th storm. >> they said it would be within seven days and that's what they said and they did actually hit seven days. >> reporter: margaret lidstone and her family are still recovering from the derecho with this tree that stood in their front yard. >> someone lost their house three weeks ago. we lost a car, rather a car than a house. >> reporter: around the corner here's another tree uprooted by this afternoon's weather, this one at tennyson and utah, yet another reminder there are untold numbers of trees in this area standing now just waiting for the next sweeping of the winds. >> obviously one of the attractive parts of the neighborhood are the beautiful trees. during storms like this you kind of wish you didn't have nearly as many trees. so we've had our rash of tree fallings over the past 3 1/2 weeks. >> reporter: the lights are out on this street as well. >> we hope pepco responds quickly. >> reporter: back on arcadia place manny t

jennifer's house lost electricity today after a huge tree collapsed on power lines in her northwest washingtoneighborhood, she said her only thought was here we go again. >> yes, exactly. >> reporter: jennifer and most of her neighbors were in the dark for nearly a week after last month's derecho uprooted several trees around arcadia place. at least one of which according to people here had a hollowed out and therefore badly damaged root system. >> they're beautiful but it takes a risk. >> reporter: fortunately only one tree also with a hollowed out root system came down during today's late afternoon storm and even more fortunately nobody was injured and only one house was damaged and only slightly. >> we do usually lose power because we have above ground lines. >> reporter: still residents here say they're beginning to feel jinxed and beginning to wonder when the next tree will fall. >> the tree that fell down at the end of the street had the red dot on it to be taken away. there's another one next door that makes me wonder whether a lot of these trees are in good shape. >> reporter: in wheat

yesterday the motel 6 in northwest washington was going for $500 a night. at the days inn in college park, $600. news4 called area hotels and office shlgs say they don't have control for the price for sites including hotels.com or expedia. >>> this is a problem we see and when we have power outages. before you open your refrigerator, a few tips for what's safe to eat and what you should throw away if you lost power. if you kept the doors closed, a full freezer will stay at freezing temperatures for about two days. half full freezer, about one day. refrigerated foods should be safe as long as power is only out for a few hours. here's a quick list of what foods should be worrying about spoiling. meat, fish, poultry, all dairy and egg products as well, soft cheeses, and your cooked foods. these foods should be thrown away if they warm up above 40 degrees. >> if you're in doubt, just throw it out. if it smells funny, looks funny, just don't take the risk because you don't want to be sick on top of not having power. >>> 4:25. 77 degrees. ahead on "news4 today,"

in northwest washington, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> we're told that crews from all over the country are pouring into the washington area to help pepco get the power back on. workers from oklahoma, florida, georgia, missouri, canada, and parts of the northeast all in town to help with those efforts. one thing a lot of our viewers want to know tonight, where are the pepco crews. ken molestina live in landover, maryland with some answers. >> reporter: yeah, bruce, many people that you talk to out here, they will tell you that they have yet to see a pepco crew on their streets. we did see a couple of them out there today. i will tell you something, they are slowly but surely starting to make their presence. here is what is making a big presence. take a look at this. the trucks from across the country, crews who have come to help us all arriving. this is the cavalry, the first group that has showed up here to help us out with this problem. they're expected to go to their hotel rooms, get some rest, and start the work tomorrow morning. it's been more than 48 hours since the storms devasta

in northwest washington, water stood several inches deep covering everything. more than a dozen row homes already had their basements pumped out because of massive flooding. this was the scene last night. those storms skirted south of us, lynette, hitting our nation's capital. >> exactly. so mainly the storms were to the south, but we did get a couple of snreelted storms in carroll county yesterday and across the eastern shore. today most of the storms probably stay off to the west of i-95. so there is the possibility of that, but we should be mainly dry today. so we look at the big picture here and the satellite and radar once again showing those showers and storms mainly to the south of us as of now. that stationary front still doing damage across that part, again, to the south of baltimore. we're looking at north carolina and also the virginias. now we look at the satellite and radar and we are seeing a little bit of cloud cover out there, but also a few peeks of some sunshine as we go through the morning and also the afternoon. let me take you outside to el

. >> police are looking for >> it was a violent fourth of july in northwest washington. >> six peopleast night and two of them have died. sam ford with the latest. >> said this. police are looking for up to five gunmen -- at this point police are looking for up to five gunmen in what marred what was supposed to be a time of celebration. residents said it was difficult to distinguish the sound of gunfire from the fireworks. >> people were running all over the place. >> why i teens were seen running for their lives chased by three gunmen. >> i came out and saw the kid's body sitting out here for close to two hours. >> three others were shot and wounded. >> we are reaching out to the public to see if anybody saw anything or know anything. >> around 2:00 this morning gunfire erupted on board the street while residents had a cut out. >> residents drove up in a car and started firing at the individuals at the cut out. -- cookout. a trail of blood led up three flights to his apartment where a wife declined to interview. >> it is a shame. fourth of july is supposed to be celebrated. >> we hav