years is the, 32 jail sentence handed down in rockville. the court documents tell part of the story, but he was one of two people did a series of taser robberies, one of them happened a couple blocks from where i'm standing. >> what is the emergency? >> we had a woman attacked. callrd: a midnight 911 from this rockville apartment, looks. a 32-year-old and his associate were looking for people to rob. >> did they brandish weapons? what?, they had -- they tazed her. >> that scared me. i carried first brave. richard: the female victim was walking home from the rockville metro station. she began unlocking an outside door and she was tazed three times, even after she was on the ground. >> robbed her of her purse, credit cards. richard: the two men were later seen in this clinton drugstore using her credit cards. the police recognized both summer and walker, suspects in previous robberies. both the police arrested men, summers admitted that he took part in 20 street robberies between may and june of 2011. andent and got a handgun did armed robber

. >>> the confederate statue outside a courthouse of rockville is moving.ail montgomery county by september 9th with your choice among five places. special parks in rockville, potomac, darns opportunity or silver spring or a private farm in gaithersburg. county leaders decided to move it after the church shooting in south carolina and after someone spray painted black lives matter on it two months ago. >>> we are three weeks away from pope francis' visit to d.c. and to accommodate all the extra communications when he arrives catholic university has put up a new cell tower. this tower will give you a better signal even with everyone else on their phones. it is not just cell phone signals that will be impacted by his visit. you can expect days of traffic and transit congestion. he lands at joint base andrews september 22 and would be moving around quite a bit. there will be rolling street closures. a complete list of closures has not been released. he will say mass outside of the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. if you're lucky en

in rockville, kevin lewis. alison: the structure that is going to be a bus and the rail hub at the silver spring station ran over by tens of millions of dollars. coming up at 5:00, there is a one-on-one interview with the interim general manager about the grand opening. and the problems over the years. leon: the latest now on bowe bergdahl, the soldier who walked off the base in afghanistan. he says he left the post six years ago because he thought he could bring attention to what he felt were problems in the unit's leadership. he was capture and the u.s. sent five taliban commanders in exchange to get him back. military lawyers want a court-martial in the case. if found guilty of desertion, bergdahl could spend his life behind bars. alison: more than $12 million. that is how much a d.c. construction company is being sued after an elderly man was hit and killed by a street sweeper. this is story you saw on abc7 in june. chris papst got a copy of the lawsuit. he is in the newsroom with what a family says really

temperatures now 57 in gaithersburg and rockville. 56 in charles town, west virginia. there's your skycast 4 for your friday. other than poor air quality, other the whole it's going to be a nice day. low 80s by lunch time. mid-0 mid-80ser if a high this afternoon. we'll talk about the early chances for rain next week in a couple of minutes. for now, a check on traffic. good morning. >> good morning. we still have roadwork at temple avenue. at branch avenue at curtis drive, there's roadway. it should be out of the way in just a little bit. a bit look at the beltway here. inner loop and outer loop everybody is looking good here as well. nice and green. it's just not around this morning. that's a nice little treat, bonus for us here on this friday morning. b.w. parkway looks good southbound and northbound. so does 29. no problems on 270. 66 looks good. a little slow here because of some roadwork southbound here as you're approaching dale city headed southbound. back in ten minutes. >> thank you. we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> a kentucky state trooper killed on the jo

the scene, the safeway on randolph road in rockville. take a close look at this guy. he seems like an ordinary shopper. right? he gets a cart. hea down the detergent aisle and then a quick u-turn. and boom. he starts loading the tide detergent pods into the cart and then wheels his way to the exit. watch now as the store employee uses his best stephen strasburg move to throw mangos at the thief. as he leaves the store. the robber pulls a knife and shouts out, leave me alone, as he makes his getaway. once the thieves make off with the pods, they convert it into cash like that. selling it on the down low. >> hey, buddy, want to score some pods? >> it's almost like currency on the street. they can sell it on the street corner, in different shops sometimes. pawn stores. that kind of thing. >> reporter: it's not traceable. >> no, it's not. there's no way to trace these. >> reporter: it just didn't happen at this safeway in rockville. it happened at the giant in wheaton. there's video of that, too. and i'll have it for you coming up at 6:00. wendy, back to you. >> pat colli

again, just watch out for detours on the southbound side of rockville pike. we'll have an update for you in roughly ten minutes. for now over to you. >>> new this morning, police are looking for suspects in a double shooting in temple hills. a woman was killed and a man was rushed to the hospital. police say they found the man outside a house along 23rd parkway. the woman was found inside a nearby home. the names of the victims have not been released and so far, there is no word on a motive. >>> the victim of a deadly tour bus crash in laurel has been identified. michael palomo was 45 years old. the crash happened yesterday at a busy section at laurel fort mead road and rock ridge road. investigators say the bus driver failed to yield to a pickup truck as the bus turned into a shopping center. palomo the truck driver was killed and none of the 58 people on the bus were seriously hurt. >>> due back in court today the mother of two missing montgomery county kids. the key question is whether katherine hoggle will tell a judge what happened to her children sarah

. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in rockville. the mother of two missing children from montgomery county appears in court today. she tells the judge she's competent to stand trial, but the court, doctors and her own lawyers say she's not mentally fit. >> we do not disagree with the evaluations of the doctors. >> reporter: the children's father says that's just more delay in finding 2-year-old jacob and 4-year-old sarah. >> she's the fastest route to finding out either what she did to my kids or finding out where she put them. if we find out where she put them, we can find out where they are even if they've been moved at this point and the most direct route to that is her and i don't understand how two men can stand there and try to block it. >> reporter: catherine was last seen with the children a year ago. the family believes she knows where they are and want the case to move forward. >> we're not giving up. we're goin.g to keep looking f them. >> reporter: surae chinn in rockville, wusa9. >> hoggle is charged with abduct, negle

in rockville, maryland, john gonzalez. kimberly: pope francis added another stop. he's headed to new york city central park. he will roll through the park on the 25th before holding mass at madison square garden. stay with wjla.com for coverage of pope francis in america. we have special coverage online at wjla.com. leon: a developing story in kentucky. rowen county clerk who will not issue mayor licenses has been called to a federal court hearing thursday morning. kim davis is her name. she stopped issuing licenses. the federal judge ordered her to issue it and appeals court upheld it but she is still turning away couples based on her religious beliefs. >> i pay your salary. do your job. leon: the aclu says they don't want her locked up but they want fines big enough to be persuaded to start issuing marriage licenses to all couples. see what happens on thursday. coming up at 5:00 -- >> i was like trying to cover up the little girl. >> a d.c. teenager hit with a barrage of bullets talks us to about getting caught in crossfire. kimberly: we are coming up to a full y

it's still 70 downtown, 66 in gaithersburg and rockville and also in leesburg, 67 in la plata.t's 69 already in gaithersburg, 70 in leesburg. despite the clouds coming in still 79 at 1:00 with showers on our doorstep. so you have until about 12:00 or 1:00 to do stuff outdoors if you're north of i-66, north of 50 and then boom, 6:00 big time storms develop especially to the west of us, hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester, low 70s. see all the red popping up, leesburg to manassas to winchester to hagerstown, looking at some big storms possible tomorrow even into about the midnight, 1:00 hour. day planner, 70s to start with clouds, by 1:00, 79 and a couple showers possible. we'll mold off on this for now -- hold off on this for now, but it's possible showers wednesday, 77 and more showers thursday, 68. friday will put an end to the showers unless joaquin puts some moisture our way, looks like it's wet either way for the terps and howard homecoming, looks okay right now for sunday for the burgundy ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the folks at fiat are saying the pope has answered their prayers. >> f

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

mid-60s downtown, maybe a 6:00 temperature. 61 in gaithersburg, 62 in leesburg, maybe 61 also in rockville and bowie. by 8:00 we're still cloudy, 60s and showers few and far between, all out to the west as well. by 9:30, 10:00 we're still in the 60s, no shortage of clouds but just a few showers maybe cumberland to romney. that's about it. by around 12:00 temps really only if, a warm day. temperatures go back -- nice, a warm day. temperatures go back into the 70s. >>> pope francis heading back into the vatican tonight following his 10-day tour of cuba and the united states. many catholics say his visit has renewed their faith in the church. marley hall is in philadelphia where a crowd saw him off. how was it, marley? >> reporter: well, pope francis had his final day here in philadelphia and he spent it administering to the faithful in groups both large and small. pope francis waves farewell at the airport in philadelphia as he boarded a plane for rome. vice president joe biden held the u.s. delegation to see him off. the pope made a final request to end his historic visit to the u.s. >> for

rockville, gaithersburg, wheatton about 67.hen in the morning some 50s to start. 58 in gaithersburg and leesburg. 56 in frederick, 56 also at damascus. 57 in bowie. then by 9:00 everybody is approaching 70, upper 60s to the 70s. then by lunchtime. how nice is this? 83 downtown, 84 in leesburg and comberland and romney and the low -- cumberland and romney a low humidity. take a stroll outside. by 6:00 p.m. temperatures in the low 80s. you might even be able to convince your teacher to have class outside as i loved to do that. 83 downtown, 83 in frederick and leesburg and 82 in manassas. then tomorrow night will be comfortable. in fact perfect if you want to do something outside like grill out. it won't be that cool late, so you will be comfortable. temperatures by 8:00. comfortable already. 72 in gaithersburg and manassas on future cast and 77 still downtown. another nice night tomorrow night for the nats. clear skies, cool again. open the windows. 56 to about 56 with the light wind. on the day planner, we will be close to 70 by

gorgeous weather outside the weather center and at rockville. all throughout the area. 84 in rockville right now. similars for air quality. the areas shaded in orange. this is unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups including children, elderly people, people with asthma. 84 now at reagan national. 83 at hagerstown. temperatures will start to drop this evening. the coolest areas will be out west. 55 at hancock. changes coming to the weekend weather pattern. we will highlight those in just a couple of minutes. there are contingency plans for a princess in america. it says it will be employing the safe haven plant used during that the life or set -- festivities at the national mall. public spaces like museum and government and private offices would serve as shelter for the masses. all indications are we should not be seeing severe weather next week. leon: looking good so far. the rush is on to get those last-minute touches in place before the pope touches down tuesday afternoon. kathleen kennedy is watching all these things being put into place.

john: in rockville, maryland, john gonzalez, abc7 news. jonathan: the website is seeing a rise in business ahead of the visit. according to the latist number they have 100 guests in the district for the visit. that is a 30% increase from april. most guests come from new york, l.a. and sydney, australia. stay with wjla.com for complete coverage of the pope's visit to d.c. california lawmakers are closer to ban schools using redskins as a team nickname. the legislation passed the state senate and now it moves to the house. the officials with the change the mascot movement are urging the nfl to ban the term for the washington football team. and say the state of california finds it offensive. so should the nfl. coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- alison: after months of speculation, apple unveiled the new products. the new options and when you them. jonathan: the push to figure out what led to a catastrophe on a runway. who is credited for saving the lives of everyone on the plane that caught fire. kellye: i'm kellye lynn and i will tell you a

it is what everyone is talking about in rockville, as far as parishioners getting ready to attend daily mass. it is about to start in a few minutes. francisfore pope arrives here, he is sending shockwaves throughout the world's oldest church. here at st. mary's, there are strong opinions about abortion. in front of the chapel, there is a memorial for the unborn. it was a gift for the church given to the church by the knights of columbus. talking about this. many traditionalists view abortion is such a great sin that it warrants automatic excommunication. until now, forgiveness had to come from a high ranking official in the church, such as a bishop. pope francis, a popular figure a half years,d will allow catholic priests to absolve women who seek forgiveness for having an abortion. >> i love the pope. he is asking people to come back to the church, including everyone. even if you made a decision in your life, he wants you to be part of the church. to include everyone and bring them back to the catholic religion. it is fantastic. pope understand some may disagree, but he has met so many

more than 700 people took part in the fifth annual walk in rockville. that walk raised nearly $100,000. both sponsored by the american foundation for the prevention of suicide. >> a lot of money for a great cause. >>> haredskins fans aren't read to kill the coach or the quarterback, but no time to celebrate, this team has another game in three days. >> reporter: that's right, big three monday, everybody getting along. victory monday is over. redskins on the practice field right now for a walkthrough. normally on mondays that's not the case. they have a short turnaround, facing the giants on thursday. after a big win against the rams, what a game for rookie matt jones. 123 yards rushing. kirk cousins calling in and said, happy matt jones today. matt jones day became a hashtag on twitter and was trending modified afternoon. on the heels of this win, a bit of controversy today, a story saying cousins and rt iii not getting along. we'll have that coming up on news 4 at five. >> when is the drama going to stop? >> reporter: probably not a while. >>> viola da

they want to relocate a confederate stature to be moved from outside the downtown courthouse to rockville historical park. the county department of general services director told the "washington post" that the county will send formal request to do this to the rockville city council. alison: creepy, crawly problem caused a scramble at the baltimore national international airport. baggage handlers noticed a tarantula escaped the container. this happened on a flight wednesday night. the captain grounded the plane so it could be searched and the passengers were put on a different flight. delta air lines says the spider was inside the cargo hold and never made it inside a cabin. leon: have you seen one? alison: baboon tarantula? leon: you want to see how big they get? alison: how big? leon: that big. alison: you do not want to be a on flight and see that crawling around. leon: it has its own ticket. good grief! time for a check of the traffic situation. jamie sullivan watching. we got lucky, thinking were were going to have all kind of doom for the last couple of days but now we've got it. jam

mary's perish in rockville, memorial to the unborn. in the past women who confessed to abortion could be excommunicated. parishioner robert welcomes the message of inclusion no matter what. >> if you made a decision in your life, he wants you to be part of the church. include them in the church and bring them back to the religion. fantastic. kimberly: but a little confusing for 17-year-old adamier. >> this puts me to a place i don't innocent if i should agree with him or not. i -- don't know if i should agree or not. kimberly: there is no wavering for 24-year-old ann hendeburg. >> that is how i understand it. nice to hear him reiterate that. kimberly: it took a weight off of anders and he hopes the burden on the family members, too. >> god loves you no matter what circumstances you are. jonathan: obviously this is one of the topics that gets a lot of folks talking. on social media it was abuzz with the pope's announcement on the facebook page. rose wrote -- kimberly: coming up around 4:24, this afternoon. father tom ferguson from the a

jude catholic school in rockville.up included students from a preschool all the way to eighth grade, 4-year-old maxamiliano hernandez played the pope. other students played the cardinals and even secret service. students watched the real parade afterwards in the school auditorium. that's delightful. >>> that's all for "news4 this week," and what a week it has been. i'm veronica johnson. thanks for joining us. we'll leave you now with some more moments from the pope's historic visit right here in washington, d.c. until next time, remember, be safe, be kind, and be happy. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the pope . . >>> welcome to "redskins chronicles." i'm larry michael at redskins park. each week r"redskins chronicles takes an in-depth look at this storied legacies. we look at charley taylor. the redskins are off this weekend. we have a little bit more time to sit down with one of the greats to ever wear the burgundy and gold. charley taylor has had an incrle

in rockville, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> turning to storm team 4 now it's a gray, gloomy monday setting stage for some unsettled weather this week. chief meteorologist doug kammerer and meteorologist veronica johnson are in the storm center. doug, what's happening out there right now? >> right now tracking just a few showers. some of us saw rain over the weekend and others did not see much at all. today just a few light showers, but tomorrow. >> tomorrow we get a lot of rain and we want a busy week. this is the kind of week where folks need to stay tuned to the forecast and we'll have something of everything this week and the potential is there for some very heavy rain starting with the day tomorrow and just shower activity and storm team 4 radar picking up on these showers over the fredericksburg area right in through here coming in through the pot sylvania county and he's are for the most part light showers and right along 15 as you come right down from leesburg right on down toward the south. we want to continue to see a few of these showers and there is a ton of moisture just down t

. >> this one in rockville. a report of an accident in the intersection.this is 395 southbound, ramp to washington boulevard, crash there too. not seeing that on camera, but we know it is there. 27 south germantown, an extra ten minutes now. pretty slow there this morning. outer loop, top of the beltway slowed, 95 to 270. taking you 24 minutes. 66 inbound, no real problems there. 95 north quantico to the beltway. listen to our friends when you hop in your car. i'll see you in a couple of minutes. >>> metro says changes at this one station could benefit tens of thousands of riders. my live report from stadium armory coming up next. >>> watching a developing story in d.c. after a violent night. this morning, police are investigating three separate shootings around town that left at least one person dead. what we're learning about each >>> right now, metro riders are bracing for a longer commute. the problem centers around this station here, stadium armory south and southeast washington. we'll show you why the adjustments are being felt at stations across d.c

the view from news chopper 7 as they investigated norbeck road in rockville. jared harmon died after the motorcycle collided with a car while making a turn. the driver of the car was not hurt. we are keeping watch on the roadways as we head to the holiday weekend. in is a live look at the chesapeake bay bridge. we saw a flood of cars across the brim for the last beach weekend of the year. right now it's clearing up a bit but it is still slow-going. a wet and a stormy start to the long weekend. chief meteorologist doug hill on storm watch tonight. doug: weather is improving slowly. the showers continue. down 64 out to the richmond area. toward stonton and harrisonburg. a few showers now but weather will improve throughout the evening. this is due to the cold front from northeast to bring us cooler temperatures and the lower humidity levels. it's not magic. it will take a while. it is muggy overnight. the rain will end. for the holiday weekend cooler and less humid. we talk about the weekend weather in a few minutes. maureen: thank you. students at seven loudoun

restaurants spanning 15 hubs that include arlington, georgetown, and rockville. >> i discovered new restaurantsnd new neighborhoods because of it. >> reporter: an app feeding an appetite for something different by spinning a wheel that always gives a deal. angie goff, news4. >> talk about a win/win. and after a spin, regardless of where you land, there's always the option to get 10% off any other place on the wheel. >>> well, people plan for years to pay a lot of money for a wedding. . you don't get what you pay for it can be frustrating. two local brides spent thousands and they're still waiting for their wedding videos nearly a year later. consumer reporter erika gonzalez sits down with those brides who just want to relive their big day. >> reporter: 'emily and her husband married a year ago in a beautiful ceremony in d.c. >> it had sweeping views of the national mall. the weather was perfect, lots of family and friends. it was just the best day. >> reporter: among all the expenditures for her dream date, $3,000 for a videographer. >> the video is something we're looking forward to showing to

look behind me. 270 near falls road up to speed, heading towards rockville and bethesda. no issues. that's to our mapping system to give you an idea of crashes in d.c. 295 northbound at pensively net avenue, left lane blocked. behind it, 20's. right before you purchase the accident activity, we are in the teens. 66, little congestion working your way out of the city. great.e looks no delays on 95 in virginia. if you're heading out of town for the weekend, now is the time to go. we are alsonew and, covering metro. we are expected to learn more about the problem with this week on the blue, orange, and silver lines. service was disrupted after a fire at a power substation. tuesday night, more than 500 passengers were stuck on a train after a power outage. during the meeting today, an update will happen on the derailment that happened august 6. stay with abc seven at 4:00 for more on what comes out of the metro meeting. coming up, the latest on a deadly collision between a tour vehicle and a charter bus in seattle. what witnesses say happened right before the crash. pieces.ing up the a

leesburg 56, rockville in frederick both in the low 50's. it will be a cool evening. today, let's of sunshine, a few high cloud streaming overhead. not a big deal. but there is unsettled weather churning down here off the carolinas. through the hand of the week, towards the upcoming weekend, the clouds get closer. still tomorrow for the pope tomorrow afternoon as he addresses congress come even as he has out of andrews to new york city, but by friday we moved back into the clouds. friday, more overcast, mid-70's. .e may have a sprinkle possible heading deeper into the weekend, saturday, sunday, better likelihood of showers and cooler temperatures. there is still some disparity how this will pan out. the bottom line for the weekend, cooler, grayer, shower possibilities. 80 tomorrow, perfect for the pope's last day in d.c. the next seven days, nice weather, one more day, then we transition friday through the weekend, saturday and sunday, both near 70 at best. a fair amount of cloudiness. showers likely saturday and sunday. maybe into early next week. alison: fall is off

by 7:00, 7:30, 84 digress, get sunshine, 18 by 11:00. 91, rockville, 92, fort belvoir, 92, dulles, areast did not see the rain today, we saw a high temperature today of 96 degrees, one of the hottest days we have seen all year and and the heat index around 100. here is the showers and thunderstorms, again, most of the area remains dry. we have a few around the beltway and more back toward the best, an area now, heaviest storm, in and around 66, back toward marshall, millburg, in through loudoun county, along 50 and then 66 here, 17 connecting the two, lightning with this one, drifting down to the south, live near marshall, heads up there front royal, seeing some of that rain along 340. now, over towards the east, one shower, look, this is over the last hour, notice right around the oxon hill reion, saw a lot of rain earlier, that is all now shifted down to the south, lining indian head highway, toward mount vernon, lining the potomac, a few more showers up toward the north up there toward maryland city the laurel region, developing toward rockville. we will continue to see these developi

at richard montgomery high school in rockville, chris gordon, news4. >> we asked what you think is it a good idea to eliminate final exams if the time is used for more instruction? here are the rules so far, 60% think it's a good idea. >>> the white house is stepping up the effort to make tuition free at community colleges across the country. today in michigan, president obama announced an independent college promise advisory board led by joe biden that will work to press for tuition-free community colleges across the country. >> whether it is a bachelor's degree, associate's degrees, journeyman's card from an apprenticeship program, having a credential above and beyond your high school diploma, that is the surest ticket to the middle class. >> according to the white house, by the year 2020, an estimated 35% of job openings will require at least a bachelor's degree and another 30% will require at least some college or an associate degree. >>> car repairs. nobody likes to deal with them or to pay for them. >> and those prices vary around the country. consumer reporter erika gonzalez te

live in rockville i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >> salandi's next court appearance will be in three weeks. >>> we begin the week with some good rain possibilities at least for the next few days. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now and tomorrow is a yellow weather alert day? >> yeah. we had to for tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night, not so much for the morning. in fact, here's futurecast. we're going to advance this all the way till 4 p.m. tomorrow, showers pretty much across the board, temperatures still warm despite clouds and showers tomorrow, another day probably toward 80 downtown, upper 70s in the burbs. reds and yellows and oranges by 6:00 which means heavy activity. by 6 p.m. we're still 78 downtown, big storms in hagerstown, martinsburg, romney and cumberland. by 8:00 more showers and storms beginning to fire between culpeper and manassas, so kind of a stormy night tomorrow. we actually kind of do need some rainfall even though it may be on the severe side. by 10:00 big time look at the red leesburg, frederick, martinsburg and hagerstown, temps around 70,

evening crash in rockville center one person to the hospital.ltiple vehicles were involved in the crash on emery lane near muncaster mill road. the victim is expected to recover. the police are investigating what caused the crash. tomorrow night, fairfax county residents can share thoughts with the commission reviewing police practices. the meeting begins at 7:30 at walt whitman middle school in alexandria. the commission was created following the death of john geer, fatally shot by fairfax county police officer adam torres, who was fired from the department and a grand jury indicted him on a second degree murder charge. one car caused a huge security scare near the pentagon this morning. to gun police spotted a vehicle stop near the south entrance, the driver into passengers passed out. they also spot it would appear to be a wire hanging from the front door, prompting multiple agencies including hazmat and the bomb squad to respond. turns out the people inside the car were heavily intoxicated and the suspicious wire was a speaker cable. 9/11,in

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

family and friends of ryan salandy join in prayer outside the courthouse in rockville.ped away tears after the 22-year-old faced a judge for the first time on a first-degree murder charge. he was described by relatives as a christian rapper and college student. >> i was in shock, you know? anything like this is obviously disturbing. >> reporter: prosecutors say he is also a killer, internally running down a young man he knew during a dispute over a transaction involving a music recording. according to charging documents he said he did it because he was angry. >> investigators believe there was some relationship where mr. mcdaniel was formatting or doing something with music given to him by mr. salandy. >> reporter: the victim, 21-year-old william mcdaniel, he was walking his german shepherd near his clarksburg home friday afternoon when witnesses say he and salandy got in a heated argument. salandy left, but then he came back. he circled back to the neighborhood and -- and struck mr. mcdaniel intentionally with his vehicle. >> police say salandy then drove away. detecti

and this guy did it at the safeway in rockville. thieves stealing tide detergent pods. bag after bag after bag. and wheeling the shopping carts out of the store just like they paid for it. the sort of thing has customers shaking their heads. >> i guess they have to make money off of it, but it's ridiculous. >> reporter: how to you get your laundry detergent? >> i buy it like everybody else did be that's unbelievable. that's incredible. >> could i do that? >> reporter: no. you have to pay for yours. >> oh, i generally do pay. >> reporter: police say when someone confronts the thieves they pay knives and shout orders to get away. at this safeway store, one employee channels his inner stephen strasburg and throws mangos at the thief as he makes his getaway. police say these crooks can turn this detergent into dollars fast. >> they may be using the proceeds to buy drugs. >> reporter: you want to track them down. >> we sure do. >> reporter: now, if someone offers you to sell you tide detergent pods on the down low, you might want to think twice about making that deal. chris,

more showers fire up here but right now, taking a look at a couple of the showers around bethesda, rockville, 270, 495, right on down 495 to the east of oxon hill, clinton, an area that has seen storm after storm, so you have got another one down there, this is where we are seeing lightning, too, we can't rule out an isolated shower for the games this evening. 91 degrees, heat index up to 94. as you move on through the rest of the night tonight, jaguars taking on redskins at 7:30 out at fedex, once again, can't rule out an isolated shower, the most part, going to be hot and humid for the game. guys? >> all right. that final preseason game with the skins kicking off here on nbc4 in about two and a half hours. >> there are a lot of jobs on the line, as you know, but a lot of the talk at fedex field is about this big change at quarterback. >> our jason pugh and carol maloney are on the field right now. >> yeah the wild week for the redskins kicked off on monday when head coach jay gruden announced the team early that morning that robert griffin iii was no longer the starting quarterback, going

last tuesday they stole about $100,000 worth of merchandise from the van jewelry store in rockville. one man wore a burka. the other man wore a middle eastern style cap and fake beard. police do not believe either man is muslim. the fbi and montgomery county police are offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest. >>> a black eye for one of the world's biggest carmakers. how volkswagon is accused of cheating on car tests. that's after the break. >> next, a lawyer's request draws sneers in court. and when you bundle your home and auto insurance through progressive, you'll save a bundle! [ laughs ] jamie. right. make a bad bundle joke, a buck goes in the jar. i guess that's just how the cookie bundles. now, you're gonna have two bundles of joy! i'm not pregnant. i'm gonna go. [ tapping, cash register dings ] there you go. [ buzzing ] bundle bee coming! it was worth it! saving you a bundle when you bundle -- now, that's progressive. everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your de

in rockville stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. >> starting the two year two hour finals will not be given at the end of the year and classes where state tests are also given next year all high school levels will transition to quarterly assessments. >>> when pope francis sets foot on american soil, the first family will be there to greet him. today the white house confirmed president obama and michelle obama will lead the welcoming committee at andrews air force base when the pontiff gets into town in a couple weeks. >>> the queen has thanked well wishers around the world for their touching messages of kindness as she becomes britain's longest reigning monarch. she became queen at 25 and today she's ruled for over 23,226 days or 63 years, seven months and two days if you're counting. that, of course, surpasses queen victoria which was her great great grandmother. the queen and her husband traveled on board a steam train today. she opened a new train line along the scottish border. >>> today is a yellow weather alert. wusa9 first alert weather, d.c.'s most accurate. >> she was queen when ch

heaviest rain now rockville to fairfax out toward manassas down toward dale city. around the beltway light to moderate rain from fedex to college park to silver spring, heaviest rain south and west and down towards burke. in fact, this little area around burke is producing rainfall about 1.16 inches, so over 1 inch per hour. again, we're kind of concerned about flash flooding from now until midnight. heavy to severe storms until midnight. main threat will be flash flooding. bus stop temperatures temperatures mid-60s to mid- 70s, pretty darn warm tomorrow. yellow weather alert thursday and friday, flooding. we go over there and over there, but remember never cross a flooded street by car or foot. if your windshield wipers are on, lights should be on, too. by 10:00 the rain is into fairfax pulling out of loudoun county and across the river into montgomery county by 11:30. we're talking heavy rainfall with temperatures still in the low 70s, so a very warm sultry night with tropical rains until about midnight. day planner, 74 at 9:00, up to 77 by 1:00. another warm day

perhaps you get to 69 or 68 in frederick, leesburg, damascus and maybe out in rockville. okay.y 9 a.m. upper 70s already to around 80 and then by 1:00 some showers popping primarily around the i- 81 corridor and temperatures either spied of 90, pretty toasty again tomorrow. some of the storms make it a little further east tomorrow, so they will get into some of our viewing area, which is good, a couple showers possible south and west of manassas as you go out 66, nothing crazy heavy at this point but still 91 at 5:30 tomorrow, about 24 hours from now. by 9:30 we're still in the low 80s downtown. storms wane, upper 70s in manassas and also in leesburg by about 9:00 or 10:00 tomorrow. on the day planner remember these are downtown temperatures, already 81 by 1:00 and 90 with a few showers to the south later in the day. 94 on thursday, 89 on friday and the best chance of showers and storms and yes, a slight chance an isolated storm could affect the nats game and the burgundy and gold on thursday. next seven days, saturday a cloud, maybe a sprinkle, looks okay for the terps game an

all of it came from a liquor store in rockville. some was purchased by a teenage boy with what sources describe as a very good fake id. the rest of the alcohol was bought by a 21-year-old sibling of both of those partygoers. >> both that sibling and the store can be held responsible, right? >> they do not have receipts proving it was purchased at this store. they have it from interviews. >> okay. andrea, thanks. ellis also tested positive for marijuana and a drug known as benzo found in medications like xanax. both sam ellis and kenneth salzman's charges are likely to be filed against them in october. >>> it was another day in court for the mother of two missing children from montgomery county, but the family is no closer to finding sarah and jacob hoggle. catherine hoggle told the judge today that she is mentally fit to stand trial, but the court and even her own lawyers say she's still incompetent. 2-year-old jacob and 4-year-old sarah went missing last september from gaithersburg. the children were last seen with their mother and

believe he stole tide pods from wheaton and want this man for doing the same thing at safe way in rockville. montgomery police say the guys did pull knives when someone tried to stop them at the safe way, an employee tried to stop them by throwing mangos at them. police say tide detergent, i didn't know this, is worth big money on the black market. >> they may be using the proc d proceeds to buy drugs. >> reporter: you want to track them down. >> we sure do. >> police are offering a 10,0$10 reward for tips that lead to arrest in these cases. >>> the fbi wants to know if you recognize this man accused of trying to rob a bank yesterday afternoon at the citibank on connecticut avenue near chevy chase circle. he passed the teller a note and then walked out. he is considered armed and dangerous. if you have any information call police. >>> tomorrow is the last day you can visit the crime museum at gallery place. it will close and been there seven years. the people said they were asked to leave their building and didn't have a choice. d.c.'s real estate market is the main reason for the move, it'

by 9:00 we are 80 downtown, 77 gaithersburg, rockville, 77 frederick and 79 already in leesburg. 79 in fredericksburg by 9:00. so it's going to get hot again tomorrow probably the last day in the 90s again tomorrow. 90 by 1:00. frederick, leesburg, downtown, 89 in hagerstown and even 89 in cumberland by 1:00 which is toasty for you guys. 6:00 upper 80s, showers back to the west not too many in the immediate metro area tomorrow. we'll see a few more than futurecast is painting but tomorrow night is not the main event. late tomorrow night and thursday is the main event. by 10:00, some showers now to the south of us which i agree with and big showers and storms out to the west as the cold front begins to move in. tonight clear to partly cloudy just muggy low temperatures in the 70s south winds at 5 to 10. on the day planner, we are up to 80 by 9:00. 86 by 11. 90 by 1:00. but we're dry. that's through 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon. thursday is the best day for widespread showers and storms. yellow weather alert days on wednesday and thursday. okay friday, skies sunny, 85. clouds in the morni

>> investigators came out to the scene in rockville. one of them, officer jack breckenridge. and even he could not believe it. >> he said, there is an alligator in the pond. and when he popped his head up, i was like, there is an alligator in the pond. >> it is this 3-foot gator. the first one officers have seen here and 18 years. and one that was not easy to capture. >> we have the pond surrounded by people with capture devices, nets, catch poles and things of that nature. >> when they got him on the land, everybody jumped out. >> tonight, officers are still investigating exactly how the gator got into this pond. especially because they are illegal in montgomery county and in the state of maryland. >> it could be an escaped pet. they could be in intentionally -- in intentionally released that. this backs up to a reservoir. there is no telling where this animal came from. >> this gator is now safe and sound at the zoo. and did leave the pond hungry. >> the gator had a good lunch. >> a good lunch that is costing this homeowner hundreds of dollars and a good laugh. >> wusa9. >>

many storms develop. 10:00 tonight, low 80s downtown, 70s in leesburg, 76 in manassas and fairfax, rockville, toasty by 10:00 tonight. by 6 a.m. primarily low 70s in the suburbs, mid-70s downtown. by 9:00 81 downtown, 77 in hagerstown, toasty for september. by 1:00 we're seeing some showers on futurecast to the west, cumberland, romney, petersburg and we expect that west of i-81. by 5:30 a couple showers and storms in parts of the immediate metro area either side of culpeper perhaps and see a little yellow and orange there, heavier downpour, still 90 by 5:30 tomorrow evening in frederick. on the day planner 76 at 7:00, 81 by 9:00, 87 by 11:00 and 90 already by 1 p.m. so some storms tomorrow, a few storms thursday, low to mid-90s both days, much better chance of storms on friday, near 90. we'll watch thursday carefully. we've got the game at fedex and nats back in town as well. next seven days, the terps in town on saturday hosting the spiders, just a slight chance of a sprinkle, but only 85, only 86 on sunday, labor day 88 with sunshine and 90 with sunshine next tuesday. >>> we are all wonde

. >>> today, a woman in rockville accused of killing her roommate by stabbing her in the back will be in court. montgomery county police said she had a journal that said that her roommate practiced witchcraft. >>> we're expecting to hear new reaction today from the multimillion-dollar settlement for freddie gray's death. gray died in baltimore in police custody earlier this year. we learned yesterday the city will give his family $6.4 million to settle its wrongful death claim. they will make that official in city hall this morning. and lawyers for freddie gray's family will hold a news conference about the settlement. >>> a new poll out this morning how much people believe that police officers treat black people differently than white. the poll comes from the national bar association. half of all responders say they do treat black people differently. however, 88% of black people agreed with the idea, compared to 59% of white people. >>> you will no longer see the flying of the confederate flag in alexandria. >>> to decision 2016 now, a live look at the hill where later today, preside

if you're in fairfax, bowie, rockville or mitchellville, it's dry. then at lunchtime notice the yellow and oranges, some of the heavy fairly heavy. we could see gusty winds and heavy downpours with these storms. noon is the start time of the terps game. they're on the doorstep of byrd stadium. they will roll through during the game, no escaping that. by 3:00 heavy activity now across the bay, but look back west. we have another line of showers and storms trying to develop and it has a little red just south of winchester. that will roll through and weaken a little bit. you're looking at showers up i- 270 through the evening hours, but then it will clear out and get kind of cool. for the game at byrd stadium mostly cloudy and warm but showers and storms, temperatures in the 70s to near 80. >>> campaign 2016 has its first dropout, former texas governor rick perry just announced his plans during a speech in st. louis. he said some things have become clear and he's stepping aside knowing he's leaving the republican party in good hands. this was perry's se

they're looking for a second man who is wanted for doing the same thing in a safe way in rockville. montgomery county police say the guys pulled knives when someone tried to stop them at the safe way store surveillance video shows an employee using mangos to try and stop the thief. >> using the proceeds to buy drugs. >> you want to track them down? >> we sure do. >> police are offering a $10,000 reward for any tips that lead to an arrest in either case. >>> "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >> breaking news on the roads right now. montgomery county, darnestown shut down between black rock road and whites ferry. fatal car crash involving a ferry. you could take clopper road. inner loop at 355 wisconsin avenue, you can see we are jammed. that's because of a tractor-trailer that got spun around blocking lanes. back with more this a couple of minutes. >> check in with you soon. first, good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for erin. >>> the weather, storm team four weather is not as crazy as last nig.

i think rockville will be 50. laytonsville could be 49, but 49 in sterling, 48 in leesburg, percyville and round hill, manassas and also in haymarket. so one of our cooler nights. this morning, by the way, was as cool as it's been since june 4th. on the day planner 66 by 9:00 and up to 80 with sunshine by 1 p.m. so next three days like this. still gorgeous on wednesday, 85. it's going to warm up, but it's not going to become humid and then mid-80s on thursday, still great, warming up a little bit but still not humid. now next seven days friday we're in good shape, upper 80s. there will be a cold front over the weekend, not much to this front, maybe it squeezes out a shower overnight saturday. terps back in town, got another home game at fedex, again upper 80s on saturday when the front goes through dropping temps back to 80 on sunday and back to 79 with sunday on monday, not a huge chance of showers over the weekend. nats come back into town thursday and are here for quite some time, a long homestand. >> thank you

pretty good rain in warrenton and manassas and over toward fairfax and up 270 around rockville and jermantowngood rain through haymarket, 234, fauquier county, everything pushing off north and east. this little batch of moderate activity will roll through sterling on our storm tracker at about 12:05 all the way to clarkbsurg a little after 1 a.m. so we aren't done with the rain just yet. looks like this. cool with some morning showers on tuesday, bus stop temperatures 56 to 68 and a couple showers possible, nothing heavy tomorrow. bring your umbrella if you want to. maybe sun late tomorrow evening just in time as the pontiff rolls in about 4 or 4:30 at andrews. very nice for the pope. early in the morning the computer keeps going back and forth, some showers, some not showers, a couple light showers possible, mid-50s to low 60s and headed for a high of about 75 tuesday. day planner, clouds hang tough through 1:00 at least, back to 72 by 1:00. nice wednesday for the pope, 80 and still nice on thursday, upper 70s with sunshine. then it gets a little unsettled friday, saturday, sunday, monday, n

cbs2's jennifer mclogan with a story from rockville center. >> reporter: bells tolled at the cathedral as catholics received word from the pope. he urged the world to open its arms to refugees fleeing death from civil war or hunger. >> as a catholic we are so happy that the pope has made that commitment before the world and that the world is able to listen to his message. >> people in need. you got to suppose. >> reporter: many say their eyes are now open to the crisis as video pours in showing the agony. nearly 3,000 perishing. many women and children drowning in the sea crossing the mediterranean from north africa. >> seeing a children's dead body floating into the water, it's heartbreaking. doesn't matter which religious group they are. >> reporter: he says despite religious differences, muslim asylum seekers need immediate aid and congressman peter king agrees there must be compassion. >> the reality is when you have isis and al-qaeda in syria, we have no way of knowing which of the refugees are real, which al-qaeda. is fair. so is giving their relatives a chance at new life. we ar

most of the suburbs, 52 gaithersburg. 55 in rockville. milder inside the urban center, 62 in arlington, virginia. 60 degrees at camp springs. bus stop weather, sun up at 6:49. early busgoers, temperatures around 53. we'll give recess another a plus today. a plus traffic, i hope. >> a minus traffic. a little volume here at 95 northbound headed to stafford. it clears after stafford and southbound you're okay. this is late clearing road work causing a little bit of a slowdown here this morning. otherwise, in major problems there on 95. 66 at fairfax county parkway, everything rolling along fine eastbound and westbound. 270 middle brock road through germantown north and south looking good. bowie, crane highway, the ramp at 50, we have that blocked at this point this morning because of road work there. prince george's county, lower part, overall looking good and nice and green. see you at 4:51. >>> just into the live desk, threatening words from north korea. what the country just announced that has some tensions here in the u.s. running high.

northbound 355 tonight at cedar lane into rockville, two left lanes shut down until 5:00 tomorrow morning >>> i've seen the crowd he hangs out with. he actually has a lot of white friends. >> a friend of man investigators say threatened to kill white people in our region says the suspect may have just been playing around. but police tonight say the twitter threat was no laughing matter. in fact, la plata's police chief considered it a terrorist threat. carlos hollins was arrested last night after police tell us he posted a message promising to, quote, purge white people in the town. police say some people didn't go out to shopping centers last night as word of the threat spread. hollins faces a misdemeanor charge tonight of threatening mass violence. he is expected to appear in court for a bond hearing tomorrow. >>> new tonight, a massachusetts police officer was fired for making up a story in which he was shot at. the officer said the shooting forced him to crash his cruiser which then caught fire. the swat team scoured neighborhoods for hours looking for the guy. area schools were even