scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >>> a stafford county couple whose grandson faces charges of downloading child pornography is fighting those charges. they have raised 27-year-old mikey since he was a toddler. he has as beperger's syndrome. they say he's more like a 12 year old. and if he's convicted and sent to jail they worry it could kill him. >> does he fully comprehend the actions, and i think the answer is no. but does that raise to the level of not guilty by reason of insanity. >> originally they didn't think prosecutors would pursue charges based on his medical counts. news 4 called the prosecutor's office to get a response. we haven't received a response yet. >>> house fires sparked by lightning. tomorrow more dangerous weather has 25 million people across the plains states on alert tonight. school districts in danger zones will meet in the morning to decide whether to close. today the storms damaged cars and houses and lightning started several fires. the national weather service says tomorrow is expected to be worse. >> pretty intense, doug. is that going to affect us in anyway

>> i'm scott mcfarland, first at 6:30, we're following a car chase temporarily stopped. it's los angeles, that blue convertible had been weaving through and around for quite some time. earlier t mustang was driving on the wrong side of the road and got on a freeway a. tour bus tried to block them at one point. the two men were throwing things while they were passing them. our sister station in l.a. are reporting they are robbery suspects. at one point, they were doing donuts in the middle of the street. they were riding on a rim on one side of the car. >> that convertible. you see it there, dodging through highway traffic, ha has a moment ago stopped. we'll see what the police do next. we will keep you here with more details as they come in. >> scott mcfarland, thank you. >>> now metro's contract is approved, construction will likely begin at the end of this year. >> reporter: the purple line will have an impact on people who live, go to school or drive along its route. our chris cordin has more on concerns and who stands to gain the most from the new light rail line wil

. >> when our scott mcfarland started digging he found something unexpected. >> he wasn't just a federal employee with a six-figure salary he used to be the leader of a youth soccer league. >> reporter: he was a computer scientist. fairfax county police say the 53-year-old thought he was setting up a rendezvous with a 12 or 13-year-old boy. instead it was an uncover fairfax county police officer. >> he was very disappointed when he got there and found out it wasn't a 12 or 13-year-old boy he was coming to meet. it was us. >> reporter: he sent e-mails and text and suggested the boy skip out of lunch in fairfax county and meet up at a park nearby. investigators say he brought a video game for the person he thought to be a young boy. >> he shows up with a gift. >> the office of the inspector general said he brought an open bottle of red wine and drank a glass to calm his nerves op the way. police say their investigation found no evidence of prior efforts to sol active member and former board of directors member of the damascus soccer club. one of the major youth soccer programs. his attorne

scott mcfarland got his hands on kind of a statement we're expected to hear this afternoon. wiedefeld will touch on systemic issues and talk about the shaken public confidence in the system. and then, of course, t the metro shutdown. the entire system shutdown last month. and of course, board chairman jack evans also expected to be there. expected to urge congress for metro. a service that he says feels more like the flintstones, quote, than the future. we'll have more. live outside of china town metro station. i'm erika gonzalez. back to you. >>> by next month, met thrro th have a new executive to over see safety, patrick lavin. metro said he has 30 years of experience in rail operation and maintenance. >>> today, a mother accused of stabbing her 3-month-old daughter heads to court. police say leah arrington stabbed the baby in the lower wouldn't stop crying. arrington called the baby's father art stabbing and he immediately called 9/11. >>> the body of jose fetterman perez was discovered in november in beverly park. 17 year membrano has been decided for first degree murder

the news 4 i-team scott mcfarland broke this story on twitter. the secret service wants to nearly double the height of the security fence from 6 feet to 11 feet. they also want to add new the national capital plol plann commission will review this next week. >> a new web site all about helping people find the best way to pay back their student loans. at many as one in seven default on their loans within the first three years of starting to pay them off. the department of education is behind the new web site, part of the obama administration's effort to get 2 million more people to enroll in repayment programs. >> metro's new rail pass called select pass, more popular than its 28-day pass. "the washington post" reports that metro sold nearly 1,000 passes after the pilot launched in march. the new pass allows riders to pay a lump sum at the start of the month for unlimited rides. >> well, the tickets are about $100 right now to see the caps in that big game against the pittsburgh penguins tonight. this is game one of the second starts at 8:00 this

scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> if you have a story you think that the news 4 i-team should look into, visit our nbc washington app and send us an e-mail. check out all of our past stories right in the palm of your hand. >>> we're working several developing stories right now. tomorrow marks one year since baltimore descended into chaos. we're revisiting the city to find out what's changed for police and whether they moved past the tensions we witnessed last spring. >> officials are about to pour highways. we'll tell you where your ride is about to get easier. >>> i'm mark seagraves in northwest washington, about 9:30 this morning a juvenile male was stabbed outside of roosevelt high school about two hours later on upshur street witnesses say they saw at least two suspects running from police down the street when they turned down this alley along the side of that tan wall there. witnesses say they heard a commotion, people trying to climb over the fence and police yelling to stop and show us their hands. right now they have two suspects back there in custody. that alley leads to a dead

chief of staff for the longest-serving member of the house of representatives has pleade >> our scott mcfarland broke the story on the nbc washington app. her name is cynthia martin. >> that's right, barbara. she's cynthia martin, chief of staff to michigan democrat john conye conyers. investigators say martin's crime involved her savings account in the congress federal credit union with a branch in the federal capitol. in their court filings, investigators said another customer made an error on his direct deposit paperwork and mistakenly routed $16,000 of money into cynthia martin's account between 2013 and 2015 and according to the court records investigators believe martin knew about it, transferred some of that money to other accounts, withdrew cash from the account, and when the victim notified the bank about the error, initially refused to return his money. martin earned about $166,000 last year svi chief of staff. mr. conyers has served in the house for 52 years. martin pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving stolen property last week. she's been ordered to make restitution and is schedu

. >>> scott mcfarland back at the live desk.igh-speed chase we told you about at the top of the hour is now over. the two men inside the truck decided to give up without much drama and they pulled off the freeway and willingly gave themselves up. at a time, the driver reached speeds at more than 100 miles per hour. police are only saying that the truck didn't stop for police in monrovia which is a suburb east of los angeles. a high-speed chase is now over. no injuries and no damage. pat? >> thank you, scott. walmart and visa are speeding up your time at the checkout if you use a credit card with a chip. a software upgrade takes 15 seconds off your checkout time by allowing you to dip and remove the chip cards in just two seconds instead of having to leave the cards in a machine while the transaction processes. and there will be no longer -- no longer will be a prompt of your transaction. that will save you 11 more seconds. if you have to do so, you can decide what to do with all of the spare time you've just saved. >>> being a p

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