in southwest d.c. 13-year-old taije chambliss was sitting on the steps right here with her friends when a guy came running past her into the house and out the other side trying to escape three guys in a blue sedan who were coming down here shooting at him. >> devastating. >> reporter: taije chambliss is recovering in children's hospital from gunshot wounds in both legs. >> i want them to catch the guy, put him away because why would you do that when kids was right there? don't make no sense at all. >> i just told them i seen a blue sedan with three guys of. >> reporter: a neighbor says she saw one guy running right -- guys. >> reporter: a neighbor says she saw one guy running right through her house to get away from the shooters. he actually ran through your house and the blue sedan comes up and they still were -- >> shooting. >> reporter: repeatedly? >> yes. >> reporter: while the little girls were out on your doorstep. >> yes. it makes no sense. >> reporter: i spoke to taije brief on the phone from h

kimberly: tonight a 13-year-old girl is recovering after being shot in southwest d.c. this happened last night on k street. we have the latest on the investigation. was she the intended target, sam? sam: no, she was not the intended target. this is a situations that young girls on are on a stoop. guy being chased. he goes by them and runs in an apartment and one of the children is shot. a horrible situation. the scene was chaotic starting with a driveby shooting with a young man who ran to get away to a house where the 13-year-old was taking extensions out of a neighbor child hair. the child's mother says that the young male ran past the girl trying to escape more bullets. >> he came inside. through the backdoor. >> in the front and out the back? >> yes. she came to side of the house and she was immediating as well. sam: three girls out front. she was hit in her leg. >> she was trying to get in the house. >> residents point to the local young male thinking they were feuding with other males from the complexes here in southwest. >> the shooting took place, i tried to ge

bureau chief sam ford live in southwest d.c. with the finger on the pulse of the community there. sam, what are they saying about all this? sam: people are angry and frustrated. if you can imagine that you are sitting in front of a house, as the little girls were yesterday, three of them as it turns out, sitting in front of a house and along down the street comes a guy running. people shooting at him. the guy runs in front of where the girls are and into the house in front of where they are sitting. out the back door. meantime he is shot and one of the little girls. no one was killed in the incident but it has people in the community quite frustrated by what has happened. they only live a block from a police station. they are concerned about that. tonight the police have put in a portable surveillance outfitted so they can see what is going on here. there was nothing like that here last night. but again, a lot of frustration here in southwest washington. they wonder what is going on, why the police were not here. they are concerned, they are asking whether the police care about th

. >>> evidence markers lining the streets in southwest d.c. after a double shooting this evening. it happened along third and i streets. d.c. police say a young girl and a man were hit. both are expected to survive. no arrests yet in this case. >>> hunters at park in gaithersburg stumbled upon a body. now police are going through missing persons reports, trying to see if there is a match. the hunters found the man's body yesterday in great seneca stream valley park. the body was removed today. the medical examiner will do an autopsy to determine exactly how the man died. police hope to get those results within the next couple of days. >> investigators have told me they do not believe that there is reason for alarm from the public who use the park area. there is nothing to indicate that they should stop using that parkland. >> police don't know how long the body had been there. but hunters who found it were on a controlled deer hunt. >>> fire ripped through this house on dupont avenue in suitland, and the family cat is to blame. the cat knocked over a candle early this morning. the

right now a metro transit police officer is patrolling the elvins road neighborhood in southwest d.c. and officers will be stationed in the area 24 hours a day. today metro reversed a decision to reroute buses around that area at night because of safety concerns. the mayor and people who use that route expressed outrage over the detour plan. the union that represents metrobus drivers, though, supported it and said metro needs to do more to protect bus drivers and the public. >>> we could learn by the end of this week if anyone will be fired over that metro derailment earlier this month. tomorrow, metro's board will have a closed door meeting according to "the washington post." they'll review the results of an investigation into that derailment. the empty car ran off the rails because the rails were too far apart. a problem that had been found a month earlier, but was never fixed. board members are expected to discuss disciplinary action and could make everything public by friday. >>> they're a growing danger to young people experimenting with drugs. synthetic drugs with misleading nam

brianne carter is live in southwest d.c. with a check on the misery.that is a reliable spot where you are, brianne. brianne: absolutely, kimberly! according to the latest report, traffic in urban areas like hours has gotten so bad you are expected to plan twice as much time as it would take to get to your destination on time. proof of it right here behind me. take a look. we have eight lanes of traffic. majority of them at a slow crawl. just slowing down. we are right at the top. bumper to bumper on the beltway or congestion. d.c. is known for the constant tie-ups and the traffic troubles. now according to a new report, d.c. has the worst gridlock in the country beating out new york and l.a. according to the latest urban mobility scorecard, data collected by the researchers at texas a.m.e. church, transportation institute and the data technology company d.c. drivers waste more fuel and more time in traffic congestion. >> washington, d.c., not a surprise at all. >> according to the report in 2014, drivers wasted 82 hours and 35 gallons of gas in slowdow

she went to a birthday party in southwest d.c. and slipped away to a nearby abandoned row house for a romantic interlude with a friend. three men burst in on them and they robbed the friend and told him to leave. they dragged 26-year-old smith upstairs where d.n.a. evidence indicates two men raped her and someone shot her repeatedly and set her on fire. >> her assaillant has been brought to justice. >> it brought relief but it reopened wounds from the loss of her daughter. >> she was beat and raped and shot multiple times. then set on fire. the images still appear in my head. >> tonight, hill is behind bars charged with murder. d.n.a. evidence linked him to the rape. the other suspect was shot and killed before he could be arrested. while she is pleased with the arrest, smith does not look forward to hill's trial. and the rehashing of the details of her daughter's murder. but she says she does pray for a conviction. >> nothing would bring her back, but totally getting justice. for what has happened to latroya will make our family

she went to a birthday party in southwest d.c.ed away to a nearby abandoned row house for a romantic interlude with a friend. three men burst in on them and they robbed the friend and told him to leave. they dragged 26-year-old smith upstairs where d.n.a. evidence indicates two men raped her and someone shot her repeatedly and set her on fire. >> her assaillant has been brought to justice. >> it brought relief but it reopened wounds from the loss of her daughter. >> she was beat and raped and shot multiple times. then set on fire. the images still appear in my head. >> tonight, hill is behind bars charged with murder. d.n.a. evidence linked him to the rape. the other suspect was shot and killed before he could be arrested. while she is pleased with the arrest, smith does not look forward to

live in southwest d.c. bruce leshan, wusa9. >> the guy the shooters were apparently aiming at was also hit in the hand. >>> in the wake in the spike in violence in the district police chief cathy lanier has been hit with a no confidence vote by fop members. more than 1,100 d.c. cops say they have no confidence in their chief. only 28 officers in the online fop survey of union members actually support kathy lanier. >> it demonstrates that there's a significant problem inside of the police department. we have a toxic environment right now and the police officers have no trust in their leadership or the direction that the police department's going in. >> the vote came as lanier launched her all hands on deck initiative over the weekend putting every available cop on the streets to combat the escalating violence. two men were shot to death late friday night. >>> late this afternoon the chief issued a statement which reads in part, "i will continue to make the tough decisions that need to be made in washington,

i'm now living in southwest d.c., currently looking for a job with the federal government.y family has been spread out to such states as colorado, texas, alabama, north carolina. my ex-wife is hoping to return to new orleans, her house is in algiers, had minimal damage. thank you. >> thank you very much. ms. kieler. >> hello. my name is doreene kieler, my home is located at 5020 legions field avenue in new orleans. on saturday morning, august 28th, after watching news and weather reports the day, during the day, that day and during the week i decided to evacuate because of hurricane katrina. i contacted my in-laws, three senior citizens over 70 who refused to leave. my daughter and i prepared by disconnecting electrical items, placing treasured items on table tops, high shelves and adding to regular hurricane provisions. i went to my office to back up my computer and disconnect electrical equipment while my daughter went to the atm, got gas, started evacuation plan and the route. we convinced family to leave, packed the cars and headed east. this was 5:00 a.m. august 29. we

i'm now living in southwest d.c., currently looking for a job with the federal government. family has been spread out to such states as colorado, texas, alabama, north carolina. my ex-wife is hoping to return to new orleans, her house is in algiers, had minimal damage. thank you. >> thank you very much. ms. kieler. >> hello. my name is doreene kieler, my home is located at 5020 legions field avenue in new orleans. on saturday morning, august 28th, after watching news and weather reports the day, during the day, that day and during the week i decided to evacuate because of hurricane katrina. i contacted my in-laws, three senior citizens over 70 who refused to leave. my daughter and i prepared by disconnecting electrical items, placing treasured items on table tops, high shelves and adding to regular hurricane provisions. i went to my office to back up my computer and disconnect electrical equipment while my daughter went to the atm, got gas, started evacuation plan and the route. we convinced family to leave, packed the cars and headed east. this was 5:00 a.m. august 29. we

d.c.. the community just southwest of dulles in loudoun county. 94 and washington. cumberland and 95. real-time temperatures still around 90 degrees if not into the upper 80's. there is the humidity too. that shown is a measure of the dew point temperatures. these are pushing mid to upper 60's in some cases. the heat index, when it more accurately feels to you when you combine heat with that humidity. looking ahead to the next three days, showers and storms will seem to be more likely as we go middle to end of the week. we will track this heat for you and these rain chances in your entire seven-day work asked -- forecast. kellye: president obama is her membrane civil rights activist julian bond -- remembering ci vil rights activist julian bond. it was a major figure in the civil rights movement in the 1960's. bond was the founder of the southern poverty law center. bond served as a professor at american university on the university of virginia. another civil rights activist was honored this morning at the washington national cathedral, a carving of jonathan daniels was added to the ca

southwest of washington d.c. he shot himself.al reports said he killed himself but now he's in critical condition and has been transported to a local hospital. he was described as a disgruntled former employee was censored a dispute involving h.r. at the station and many people had seen what happened this morning around 6:45 a.m. eastern time. the reporter, allison parker was doing a live report when she was shot as was the camera person, the person interviewed. her name is vicki gardener. she's in stable condition. she underwent surgery after being hit in this attack. she is reported in stable condition. we will follow this and also the condition of vester lee flanagan, the man accused of shooting two coworkers today. connell: what about the timing of his employment at the station. ashley: that hasn't come out. he did apparently overnight fax or e-mail 23 pages document outlining his manifesto and why he would subside. that is passed on to authorities. we are so trying to dig into this. we do understand a 1:00 p.m. press confere

d.c. neighborhoods rocked by violence overnight. police say there were three shootings in southwest and southeast. all four male victims are expected to rvsuive. so n faro arrests have enbe made in any of the cases. >>> the man accused of killing his girlfriend's one-year-old son will be in a prince george's county court this afternoon for a bond hearing. he was arrested after a child fowas und unresponsive inside a house in riverdale on august 1. he's charged with first-degree murder and child abuse. >>> still to come on the news noon, dying to get out. as the migrant crisis continues to grip europe, arrests are made after a truck full of bodies is discovered now. >>> next, this virginia teenager finds out how long he'll be behind bars 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

southwest 5 miles per hour. other temperatures, boston 70. 79 philly. 74 in d.c. this is where you see the warmer temperatures, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. the warmer air is residing. this morning we had storms in northern new jersey and up the lower hudson valley and things are quieter and still a cold front to west of us and as that is working through, we have the potential for more showers to pop up. it is not looking like a lot will be happening. here is the cold front. again, we have the warm humid air ahead of it and when you see the colder air running in on the backside and lifting up warm humid air and that gets the storms going. not everyone is getting the rainfall. we go to dryer conditions headed to tonight and tomorrow. dryer air behind the front and taking over. we'll see a lot of sunshine, humidity is dropping down and the dew points. it is all good stuff in the overall comfort in the days to follow today. this is the last of it. party sunny coming the you. 86 in the city. showers and storms are still possible, but not everyone is going to

d.c. did not reach 100 murders until december. police did identify the 101st victim as 24-year-old antonio dean. he lived in southwest. police say around 3:00 yesterday morning, he was shot several times on stevens road. a $25,000 reward is being offered for anyone who may have had information in this case. around the same time, police december covered watson jr.'s body. the police have not released a motive for the shooting. >>> this deadly weekend in the district is something we're continuing to track on nbc washington. >>> meanwhile a man is facing charges for running his suv into the cyclist and then getting out to assault the man and throw his bike into the woods. police in anne arundel say the cyclist had a broken arm and rib. the suv driver was trying to pass him around the curve in davidsonville yesterday morning and that's when the cyclist moved to the center of the road. the driver also left the scene after the collision. >>> there may be some smoke and fire coming from the stadium armory metro station. the metro transit police and fire and ems they were testing the fans at the metro station. you may have se

washington, d.c., and police believe they have found the vehicle that belongs to the man who shot and killed a tv news photographer and reporter live on the air near roanoke further southwest in the state, they believe he is here this morning or this afternoon, they told us earlier on that they believed that he shot and killed himself. they have retracted that statement, they believe he is shot and wounded and still alive, and they are looking for him right now. >>> fire at a hangar at the interests national airport in dublin, ireland, caused flights to be delayed this morning. there were no reports of injuries, flights were halted for an hour and a half, no word on what caused that fire. >>> more than 1,000 firefighters continue to battle the large of the firefighter in washington state history and has burned an area roughly the size of los angeles, help from around the world as poured in to help fight the fire in south central, washington. the concerns are now turning from high winds and dry weather to lightning, thunderstorms are expected in that area later in the week. >>> wall street is trying to rebound after an oversea stock slump caused panic on monday. stocks quic

d.c. stands at 105, the same as all of 2014. residents report gunfights happening in every quadrant of the city. the latest a double shooting on 3rd and k street southwest. sunday evening a 13-year-old girl who was walking home from the library was among those shot. police union members blame the uptick in violence on the dismantling of the vice squad and record number of retirements. >> we used to get members that stay here 35, 45 years. at 25 years and one day they're leaving. they're not leaving because of the union. they're leaving because of the leadership style of the current chief. if she wants to ignore that, she can ignore that at her own peril. >> reporter: the chief says the timing of this vote certainly very interesting because this was the weekend of the first all hands on deck operation. the mayor released a statement saying in good times and in the tough times, too, i have every confidence in chief lanier. in southeast, delia goncalves, wusa9. >> the police union represents nearly 3600 officers. >>> it was a violent night in wheaton, maryland. montgomery county police say a construction crew found a man shot at veirs mill road and randolp

d.c. low 80s around town. we have a couple of showers appearing on fox 5 sky guardian off to the southwest, west philadelphia to redding, pennsylvania. some of that is evaporating. it's moving due east. those of you central, southern new jersey, you have a chance of a couple of light showers later tonight, first part of tomorrow morning. for the rest of us, it's cloud cover. as you move north of the area tomorrow, particularly in the morning, there'll be more sunshine and we'll see more sun break through the city by mid to late morning. right now we're 80 in islip. 82 in town. 80 poughkeepsie. 70s to the north and west. mid 70s to belmar. that's down two degrees since the top of the hour. a north to northeasterly wind as we go into tomorrow. as we look at our weather map, again, storm center is here in kentucky. we'll slide off to the south and east. we're right on the northern fringe. you'll see how it will affect us on the futurecast. 83 new york. same at raleigh. we have temperatures in the triple digits. 103 at dallas going through the desert southwest. here's the futurecast. there are a lot of clouds tonig

d.c. police say someone shot two people. one of them a little girl. officers talked with neighbors at third street southwest around 7:00 last night. they say both the girl and the man who were shot should recover. >>> it's 6:07 now. former maryland governor marvin mandel has passed away at the age of 95. larry hogan released a statement saying that maryland lost a great leader and friend. the general assembly appointed him governor in 1969 after spiro agnew was elected nixon's vice president. he was elected to two full terms but his career ended in 1977 when he was convicted on political corruption charges. mandel passed away at home surrounded by family. >>> new year, a new school. you're looking at riverside high school where the first students will be welcomed. the changes your child will see in the coming school year. >>> and 270 at rockville, heavy volume and delays on metro. >>> but first a developing story of what's left of tropical storm erika as it pushes north. the impact it could have on your plans today as repair work begins in areas hit hard by that storm. >>> police in newark international air

d.c. metro area. it will plant itself there all week long a heat pump high. our winds will be out of the south or southwest this time of the year that's a very warm wind flow for us, we're expecting high temperatures to stay in the 90s for a long extended period of time. hot and humid if you're heading to the eagles colts game. 1:00 p.m. start time, the first preseason game of the year. kickoff temperature, 90 degrees by the 4th quarter. we'll be up to 93. the feels like temperature when you add on the humidity, maybe it feels a degree or two warmer than the actual air temperature. not dangerous, but uncomfortable than where the numbers have been over the last several days. the temperatures continue to climb in the seven-day forecast. as a matter of fact we're close to record territory by tomorrow afternoon. i'll have the details in the seven-day forecast when i see you guys again in just a few minutes, guys. >> it may feel like baseball weather, but we're excited for this, the eagles kick off the preseason. here we go again, the eagles are back and "action news" is right there along the for the ride. >> a

southwest virginia. >>> but first at 4, our team of reporters working several developing stories on this friday afternoon a former navy s.e.a.l. killed while biking on a main road in washington, d.c. metro blaming a derailment on human error and what they call a flawed process. we are going to start in northern virginia, where a teenager was just sentenced to prison in a terror case. >>> i'm julie carey at the federal courthouse in alexandria. 11 years in prison that is the sentence for a prince william county teenager who pleaded guilty earlier this year to aiding terrorists, in fact, to helping one of his good friends go abroad to join isis fighters. ali amin was a student in manassas at osborn high school when investigators found his twitter account, used to encourage support for the terror group isis. amin helped a fellow schoolmate travel to help isis fighters. amin's attorney hoped for a shorter sentence because of his able and fact he has cooperated fully with investigators. >> i think ali amin has done anything that could ever be expected of him, having committed a terrible crime. >> reporter: on news4 at 5:00, i will have more on ali amin's friend that he took to the air

southwest. even in the northeast will be in the 80s and 90s with the humidity making it feel even warmer. we are kind of just getting started on a heat wave here in the northeast. washington, d.chrough at least wednesday. new york city will stay on the hot side, too. pittsburgh a cold front will cool you down. tuesday and wednesday back into the lower 80s. we have a chance of stronger storms today especially in the western parts of the plains. it's also very unsettled across the gulf coast. lots of heavy rain. we could see downpours and tomorrow the slight risk is basically in the same general area as it is today. we're looking at scattered showers to develop across >>> good morning, i'm first alert forecast meteorologist brittney shipp. a big eagles game today. pregame temperatures at 82 degrees. kickoff at 1:05, 86 degrees. by the fourth quarter, it will feel like 95. the actual temperature at 92. seven-day forecast shows we are going to have a heat wave on our hands. by tomorrow, 94. then a chance for storms moves in tuesday night into wednesday. and sticks around for the rest of the week. >>> and that's your latest forecast. guys? >> dylan, thanks. >>> up next on "today" o

d.c.. the driver tells them he wasn't aware he hit anyone. and the 19 passengers say they didn't know either. >>> a search is under way for a gunman who shot two guys in southwest philadelphia. it happened on 30th street. two men in their 20s were sitting on a front pore much when the gunman unloaded, firing two dozen rounds at the house. both men are okay, the bullets just missed the victim's sister who's six months pregnant. to more violence in east germantown, police say someone shot three people, two men and women around 1:00 this morning. all three victims are in stable condition. police are still looking for the gunman. >>> six weeks since governor wolf vetoed the pennsylvania state budget. a group of montgomery county faith leaders met to ask for an end to the impasse. they spoke to republican senator bob mench. they say the budget delay is going to hurt schools. republicans say they won't approve tax increases. powers says both sides need to negotiate. >> fortunately you see that people are stubborn, they don't want to move on their sides or issues. which is sad. >> until a deal is reached, billions of dollars earmarked for counties nonprofit groups wil

d.c., it feels like it is 100 degrees. especially into early next week. it hasn't been that hot of a summer in the northeast. in the southwestrms in the northern plains. through florida, chance of stronger storms because of a stalled front. that could bring heavy rain to eastern florida. tomorrow, we have a chance of strong storms back to the eastern rockies. isolated large hail and damaging wind gusts. that should not be widespread. the northeast is >>> good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. temperatures are going to be hotter than yesterday. plenty of sunshine for us, ranging between 88 and 91 degrees. five to ten miles per hour. if you plan on going to the eagles game, hot and humid. 92 degrees. our temperatures keep climbing as we head into next week. so we're right at the beginning of a heat wave that could last seven days. notice our temperatures by monday at 94 degrees. we stay that way through the rest of next week. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. a political sex scandal is brewing in michigan this morning. the drama started with disclosure that two married lawmakers hav

d.c., it feels like it is 100 degrees. especially into early next week. it hasn't been that hot of a summer in the northeast. in the southwest, monsoonal moisture and stronger storms in the northern plains. through florida, chance of stronger storms because of a stalled front. that could bring heavy rain to eastern florida. tomorrow, we have a chance of strong storms back to the eastern rockies. isolated large hail and damaging wind gusts. that should not be widespread. the northeast is >>> thanks dylan. good morning everyone. lots of sun on this saturday. looks like another great weekend ahead. that trend continues right now. temperat es already in the 70s. 75 degrees up to 86 by noon. today's high temperature a toes toasty 90 degrees. we're really feeling the mugginess tomorrow. 91 and steamy with 93 on monday. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. a political sex scandal is brewing in michigan this morning. the drama started with disclosure that two married lawmakers having an affair, but it is how one of them tried to cover it up that's grabbing national headlines. nbc's christine dahlgren is here wit