last night we spoke to roy simmons' father... he says his son is a good person. detectives are investigation. they're now asking the public to come forward if they know about any more potential incidents involving simmons. what a difference a day makes. less than 24 hours, after carolina panthers quarterback cam newton laughed at a panthers quarterback cam newton laughed at a woman reporter-- the nfl star took to twitter to share a somber apology. newton - laughed at a female sports reporter this week- saying it was funny to hear a female talk about football routes. yogurt maker dannon terminated newton's sponsorship shortly after the comments went viral. the panthers- staying quiet but the n-f-l is not. the league- calling the comments just plain wrong. it's 7:xx. live look out at the ballpark... ((toss to break)) http://www.thoa we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. we did a lot of research online. we just need to have a designer put it all together. mmm hmm. so, it's really nice when clients come in and have... done some of

police say roy simmons turned himself in yesterday. investigation started five months ago after that girl c forward. she says it happened in november. simmons worked as a part-time para educator and worked for kids adventures. >>> three siblings waking up without their mother. she's in jail facing felony charges. the woman left them in her car in her hot car while she went in to work on wednesday in falls church. you can see the holes that one of the kids poked in the window there just to get some air. that hole got the attention of the guy who called police. this is the mom. alexa -- her kids are 5, 6 and 7 years old. news 4 spoke with her boss. we're going to hear from him coming up in the next half hour. >>> 4:34 right now. president trump is weighing in on the virginia governor's race with a tweet. the president made the false claim that democratic candidate ralph northam is fighting for the gang ms-13 and sanctuary cities. he encouraged voters to choose ed llespie. he's been running political ads accusing northam of using sanctuar

we spoke to roy simmons' father who says he is a good person.ent until until then,y, and he remains in a set. he would never do what he is accused of doing. he has won numerous awards with his work with children. jewish holidays and spring breaks at risk as montgomery county leaders try to craft a new calendar. this is because of the new rule that extends vacation until after labor day. schools have to get in 180 days of class. they will discuss it more at the school board meeting. governor hogan says it is outrageous they would consider cutting religious holidays and should cut union service days. fixing inleged grade the spotlight for prince george's county schools. a firm has set up a tip line. reports surfaced over the summer. had to our website for more. larry: we are counting down to the first night at nats part. our team is already out there. let's go to scott and suzanne. are going to get your taste buds salivating. look at this spread we have, getting you ready for first pitch. petersons now, david -- dave peterson. post season means br

authorities say roy andres simmons,ii has been accused of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl. he turned himself in last night after detectives say he admitted to the contact. according to the records, it allegedly took place last november at an after school program at carter rock elementary school in potomac. simmons was a group leader for the program called kids adventures. investigators encourage parents of kids who may have had contact with simmons to talk to them. >>> here's another picture police want to you see. this is 10-year-old daquan simpson. he has been missing in d.c. seen on rhode island avenue northeast. he was last seen wearing tan shirt pants and nike sneakers. of stephen paddock. it was found tuesday in reno at a home owned by paddock. investigators are learning about other sites and cities paddock may have reached including boston and chicago. details about paddock's autopsy will not be revealed until police finish their investigation. >>> still unclear to when the massive festival site where

last night we spoke to roy simmons' father... he says his son is a good person. nvestigation. they're now asking the public to come forward if they know about any more potential incidents involving simmons. and today school officials in montgomery county in the middle of a debate over a new school calendar. this is because of governor larry hogan's new rules that extend summer vacation until after labor day. public schools need to get in 180 days of class- so they say they may be forced to cut some days off... that means some religious holidays and spring risk. they will discuss it more at next week's school board meeting. governor hogan is responding. he says it's outrageous that schools would consider eliminating religious holidays- and should focus on cutting union service days. and today metro bus driver are demanding changes -- claiming unsafe work conditions. it comes after an incident this week when a teen threw a can at a driver. transit union members are now calling on metro to make six major safety changes. they include putting more uniformed officers on

taking you to roy andre simmons iii.s charged with sex offense, inappropriately touching that 10-year-old girl here at the programming here a the ol. thursday afternoon, montgomery county police say simmons surrendered and confessed to touching that girl. the investigation here beginning back in may of this year. the girl says the incident itself happened last november while she was away from her fellow students. the staff here also saying that simmons has been fired from his post with the county. detectives also asking parents to speak with their children and see if they were victimized. if so, the parents are asked to call the county special victims investigation division. live from bethesda, justin finch. news 4. back to you in the studio. >> justin, thank you. breaking news out of norway. the nobel peace prize has been awarded a few minutes ago to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. this announcement came a few nominations for this year's award. decided to honor the group for its work trying to get

this is roy simmons, iii.yesterday after detectives say he admitted to contact that allegedly took place last november at an after school program at carter rock springs elementary school in the potomac area. investigators believe there could be other victims. >>> let's head to northern virginia now where a 26-year-old mother is facing felony charges for leaving her three young children in a hot car while she was at work. alexa faulkison's children are five, six and seven years old. investigators say they found those kids locked inside the car on columbia pike in falls church on tuesday suffering from heat exhaus they've -- they'd been left alone for 45 minutes as temperatures inside reached 150 degrees. the mother's employer who is an immigration attorney says she had recently started working for him as a file clerk. >>> a heads up if you live in frederick maryland and you see a lot of first responders at frederick memorial hospital its a drill. the active training exercise is going on right now. it will conti

this comes after the arrest of this man, roy simmons iii. admitted having in10-year-old g. that girl was a student at carderock spring elementary in bethesda. simmons turned himself in to police yesterday. the investigation began five months ago after the girl came forward. she says it happened in november. simmons work as a part-time para educator and also worked for an after school program called kids adventures. >>> las vegas massacre -- we now have a complete list of the 58 people who died in the worst shooting in u.s. history. the youngest just 20 years old. the oldest, 67. >> they were at the route 91 harvest festival to celebrate birthdays and wedding anniversaries and shared love of music. one of the victims of sunday's shooting had ties to the washington area. megan mcgrath has more on a touching tribute to her honor. megan? >> reporter: well, she was vacationing with her husband, tony, and the high school sweethearts had been married more than 30 years. sadly denise died in his arms that sunday night. ♪ amazing grace ♪ how sweet the sound >> reporter: last night w

roy simmons iii turned himself in and confessed to police yesterday. he faces charges related to an incident last year. a girl alleges she was grabbed by simmons during an afterschool program at carderock springs elementary school. as night we spoke to simmons' father, who says his son is a good person. is, my son is innocent, and until proven guilty become he remains innocent. my son is a perfect son, loving, caring. he is a christian young man. he would never do what he is accused of doing. he has won numerous awards for his work with children. melanie: detectives are standing by their investigation. they are now asking the public to come forward if they know of any more potential incidents involving simmons. are going to be ok, but we will not be ok if we don't take the time that has been given to us to prepare and be ready. melanie: right now the gulf coast is bracing for yet another major storm. tropical storm nate is expected to make landfall as a hurricane in the u.s. as early as saturday. more on the deadly path it has already left behind and t

the "washington post" reports that roy simmons iii was a part-time school district employee working in the school at the time he allegedly touched a 10-year-old girl. he turned himself in thursday to police. jonathan: increasing patrol at d.c. metro station after there were reports of children being mugged on the way to and from school. stephen tschida has details. what is happening out there? stephen: we have d.c. police. you can see them over the shoulder milling around here at the brentwood metro station. this is as the parents called police to keep them safe from other school children. when school get out of d.c. adults avoid metro. they f htened forruly teenagers or their kids. in the brentwood neighborhood they say the children have been bullied, assaulted and mugged. after an emergency meeting the d.c. police agreed to step up patrols around the brentwood neighborhood. in particular the metro station. >> being visible is important for children, parents and the community. i don't have a problem with it. stephen: bag live, you can see the beefed up police presence. it appears to h

a day after police charged roy simmons iii with inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl.out w fo so are we. the nats are heading into the playoffs for the fourth time in the last six years. they played the world series champ cubs tonight at 7:30. we'll be here at 11:00 and watch our on-air coverage throughout the day with wendy rieger, doug kammerer and carol maloney. we have chuck bell to tell us about the nats forecast. >> perfect weather baseball tonight and again tomorrow. warm weather and chicago is a cold weather team. i think the warm weather favors hometown winning around here. and the rain moves in sunday afternoon. could have a lot of rain. maybe 1 to 3 inches of rain with whatever it left from nate on monday and tuesday. gone almost a month without a drop. >> everyone come in here. >> the whole team. >> look at that. eun yang and the crew there. >> lieu an layer more is here, but she won't get in the shot. >> she's not d >>> great work at the ballpark today, guys. appreciate it. >> we're going to continue our coverage at midday. stick around there. the "today"

. >> this is very disturbing, police say roy andrew simmons, otherwise known as andy at the school. admitted to inappropriately touches a 10-year-old girl. i worked for kids adventures a program here. simmons inappropriately touched her while she was separated from other students. police issued a warrant for his arrest a couple days ago. simmons turned himself in today. charged with one count of fourth degree sex offense. and one count of second degree assault. the school sent home a letter to parents stating that he was fired from the school, once officials found out about the allegation. now, it does not say when that specifically happened. will be at the school to help students who need it. anyone with information. any parents at the school, talk to your kids, if they have come in contact with andy and he allegedly inappropriately touched them. montgomery county police want to hear from you. live in bethesda. >> thank you. >>> cam newton says he's sorry. the carolina panthers quarterback posted a video to his social media accounts tonight. calling some recent choice of words to a

authorities say roy andres simmons, iii has been accused of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girlhe turned himself in last night after detectives say he admitted to the contact. according to records, it allegedly took place last november program at carter rock springs elementary school in potomac. simmons was a group leader for the program called kids adventures. investigators think there could be other victims and encouraged parents of kids who may have had contact with simmons to talk with them. >>> keep your eyes on the screen. here's another picture police want you to see. this is 10-ye 10-year-old daquan simpson. he was last seen wearing a blue shirt, tan pants and black nike sneakers. >> this morning metro employees and union leaders are calling on d.c. council members to support their push for policy changes that protect metrobus drivers. last night they gathered at a council meeting looking for support on making all assaults on drivers felonies. according to metro there have been 67 assaults on bus drivers this year. right now the council has plans to develop legislation t

his name is roy andres simmons, iii, 41 years old from gaithersburg, maryland.was working for an after school program provider called kids adventures. the 10-year-old girl reported that she was attending an after school event run by kids adventures in november of 2016. she said simmons was leading a group activity and inappropriately touched her while she was separated from the group. police obtained an arrest warrant and simmons turned himself in yesterday. he's charged with one counter of fourth degree sex offense and one count of second degree assault. now, police are concerned there could be more i can tell you this after school program -- it actually is before and after school it runs programs in five schools here in montgomery county. and so that is why police are interested. they want parents to take look at the picture and talk with their children and if they believe that there is anything unusual, they would like parents to get in touch with police. one other thing. montgomery county public schools does require fingerprinting and background checks for a

this friday, >> in the news this morning, montgo county police say roy sim mondays inappropriately the investigation started five simmonf in >>> switching gears, people game. the nats take on the chicago it's fourth trip to the playof in the last six years. if you're going, get there early. wear red. wtop's jack taylor and your >> good morning. good morning. on the freeway eastbound you'll the after maine avenue. it moved through the right behind it, 395 northbound, semina pushed over to the to the shoulder. temper are comfortable. 66 degrees. the is up. we also have some clouds around we'll be staying on the dry side. the cl will be her today. mostly about the low is sm spots i clouds here, a few expect mid 80s and dry today. mid 80s and dry tomorrow. rain sunday. >> another local news update in 25 min >>> good morning, everybody. it's a friday morning. 7:30. doesn't that feel good? craig is here for matt. hoda's here. all is right with the world. >> a lot of breaking news overnight, including the wrath of tropical storm nate. that begins our check of the headlines. nate turns deadly. the tropical storm slams the cent