it is down arnold the fredericksburg area, extending into spotsylvania county to cover eastern spotsylvanianty, probably goes up until 5:30 there, i'm thinking. that storm system really with a lot of lied ning. it is making its way toward areas like fredericksburg. if you are in these areas, take shelter. if you know of someone traveling, rain rates of 1-2 inches. let folks know. maybe they can get off the road. bowling green by 5:17, port royal by 5:27. >> 5:15, stafford and spotsylvania. >> not quite as long. spotsylvania and stafford until 5:15. this is the area we are looking at right here. you can see the radar loop over the last two hours showing the storms coming in, mainly staying s strongest of storms. there are a few isolated storms right now up around winchester. i doubt they are going to be packing the punch that these do south of d.c. we are at 72 now. storms ending around 9:00 to 11:00. 1-2 inches expected across the area. higher amounts up to the north. we have really turned our rainfall deficit around. prior to last week, abnormally dry. early may, 1.3 inches. for the evenin

case broke overnight in spotsylvania county.lv >> melanie alnwick is joininglnk us now by phone with details d on this story. melanie, what can you tell us.te >> reporter: we can tell your: w the last time anyone has seen three-year-old zion clinton amir williams was -- the spotsylvania county sheriff's office again in their wordstheiw said that he could be in extreme danger.an it is believed that he is with t a man joshua christopheristoph williams, so with those same sam last names we can assume that ae there may be some relation.n. however, spotsylvaniaylvani sheriff's office has not said s that at this point. joshua williams is five-11,e- 160 pounds and we're also toldol that he apparently assaultedssed the boy's mother and then tookk the child. now,il they did flee in a 20 viennese san altima tan with virginia tags not too long ago a we learned that the vehicle had been located but so farut police have not been able to ae tell us where that vehicle was located.lote so, we are working to try tot get that information fromonro detectives but it is a critical case here.ase h we he d

this is from the town of spotsylvania.ast 45 minutes, the clouds are getting darker and closer and closer. little flash of blue in the sky. wind gusts perhaps of 50 miles an hour. small hail and torrential rain. spotsylvania, just a little touch of orange county, and that will be out. warnings pretty impressive on doppler radar with the rain extending to the north through prince william county almost to southwestern fairfax. everything generally moving to the east at 25 miles an hour. a lot of rain. the could be some small hail. the biggest threat with the system will be the very heavy downpours. rain every time we get one of the heavy downpours, creeks, streams , low-lying areas, you have to be thinking that there will be localized flooding even if a warning doesn't come out from that. that is something we will face over and over for the next couple days. futurecast shows the rain continuing to move through the evening hours and later tonight. later tonight it should feather out of it. this former p times tomorrow and thu

up there for two and a half hours before safely saf coming down around 2:45 this5 th mo >> the spotsylvaniaountya couy sheriff's office they'ref's looking for a three-year-oldearl boy. his name is zion clinton amironi williams. police say he was abducted byy joshua christopher williamsams and is in extreme danger.ger. >> police say they are in a tan 2015 nissan altima with virginia tags. if you have any information,tion you are asked to call police. pl >>> the man accused of killingng his wife and a rookie prince pri william county police officerceo is due back in court today. ronald hamilton faces first degree and capitol murderitol mr charges. police say hamilton shot andn sd killed his wife crystal backstab in february.ruar he then opened fire on responding officers killingilng officer ashley guindon. gui two other officers were also hurt. hamilton's lawyers say he is mentally impaired as a result of two tours in iraq. t >> in maryland a 39-year-old a man is dead after he was hitr hh by an amtrak train inra in rockville. police say the victim was hit va near nicholson lane around 4:30 ye

again, he was believed to haved been abducted, that's thehe words in spotsylvania county cou sheriff's office likely abducted but they say theay suspect is 28-year-old joshuaa christopher williams, 5 feet 11-inches tall 160 pounds.he joshua williams was last ss eens wearing a navy blue and gray sweatshirt and blue jeans.lue jn now, the initial alert saidlert that the two were traveling together in a 2015 tan nissan n altima with virginia plates.a at then we found -- got an update overnight saying thathe the two -- the man and the child nowhere to be seen. see we did put in a request to spotsylvania county sheriff'ser office to find out where wre exactly that vehicle was foundad and at what time.t time. so far we have not received rei any information back from themch but again, this is a critical case, a serious amber alert here so they would like peopleey to take a look at these w pictures, share them, please, around the northern virginia region and please contact virginia state police or the spotsylvania county sheriff'ssh office if you have seen eithernt of these two. live in frederi

spotsylvania heaviest is on door step about to move on through. and it will continue to work up i-95. chancellor, heart wood, fredericksburg, missed heavier batch there and showers in the area they will continue to track in our direction too. there's a little bit of light rain shower activity to the north of us as well moving across the northern areas. you can see once again that heavier slug coming on up showers possible for all day parts today certainly this morning at noontime and this evening showers around temperatures only making it up into the middle 60s hey it's tuesday morning erin como is standing by with a look at tuesday morning commute. visit toyota.com for special officers. >> quiet, 95 northbound prince william your way dale city to springfield interchange. light volume now. i'll let you know when that changes. looking back to maps. traffic looking good on way into the district. problem free 66 arlington and things look going on 7 and no issues on 50 inbound inside the beltway or 29 5. quiet 50 to eastern avenue and bottom of beltwa

. >> meagan fitzgerald is live in spotsylvania county. >> reporter: pat and chris, right now spotsylvania county deputies are working to get some of the answers to some of those questions that they have in this investigation, but joshua williams was arrested just after 1:00. we're told that his 3-year-old son zion and his ex-girlfriend are both doing last night at around 7:00. they say william and his ex-girlfriend were driving blocks away from cleveland court when they started arguing. william severely beat the woman before driving off with their 3-year-old son zion, who was in the backseat. >> we determined that we needed to have an amber alert because it was also determined and discovered that mr. williams had made previous threats to seriously injury or kill the child. >> reporter: jeff pierce with the spotsylvania county sheriff's office says an hour later the vehicle was recovered. this morning 3-year-old zion was dropped off at his grandmother's house by an unknown person. we were there when the child was met by his mother and deputies. we just had an opportunity to speak with depu

if you see him, call spotsylvania county police. >>> 6:03. developing this morning, a homicide investigation after a man was killed in temple hills. prince george's county police say he was shot along temple hills road close to crossland high school. they ha they believe it's not a random incident. >>> and a deadly shooting happened 00 darby dale avenue last night this dale city. police say when they arrived, they found a man who had been shot. he was taken to the hospital but did not make it. no suspects have been named. >>> a university of mary washington student will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his housemate. a jury found steven briel guilty of killing grace mann last year. he strangled her at their off campus home in fredericksburg. was insane at the time of the murder. the jury deliberated for only three hours before returning a conviction. prosecutors hope a guilty verdict can provide the mann family with some closure. >> i search hope that they find some closure from the verdict and the community can begin t

down to the south we had stronger and severe storms across spotsylvania, even a tornado warning earliertodayari and a lot of reports of treeses down in that region.io what's left tonight is mainly moderate rain with even ansans lated rumble of thinner. the clouds are going to be allll over the place tomorrow, some drizzle, some widely scattered showers continue in the forecast. we'll. it looks like there will be a about it more thursday as another area of low pressure low comes through we aren't going to be seeing the temperatures in the 70s because it looks leak we'll have very little sunshinee to speak p up over the next few days. here's what we're thinking with the average temperature trend 72, about 67 tomorrow. the coolest days this week thursday and friday dropping too 62-degrees and then with morewih sunshine we should be able to spike to 74-degrees on saturdayr a chance we won't see a few showers on saturday. here's what's happening tonight, though. that east wind is beginning to g take over. it does lotus up on moisture, clouds drizzle and fog. we may see a little sunshinettle

toward culpeper and fact questioner:stronger activity today took down a lot of trees around the spotsylvaniarea and will be left with cloudy conditions, scattered light showers expect to see a few more tomorrow morning and maybe some fog and drizzle at the bus stop with temperatures in the 50s to get you started on your wednesday. more forecast information coming your way as well as the seven day forecast. tony. we return to the district now, an innocent person killed during the chaotic highjacking of a crowded metro bus. tonight the suspect is in custody and we're now about how it all played out. marina maracco is life in northeast with with new details we've learned within the last hour. >>reporter: that's right, tony, police just saying minutes ago 40 year old anthony pain, the fatal victim in tonight's case northwest d.c. 30 year old keith james loving is the suspect. he's from northeast d.c. and tonight he's facing second degree murder. people running, hollering. it was just chaos. in less than three minutes police say a man singlely high jacketed metro bus u6 and struck and killed a pe

if you have any information, contact spotsylvania county sheriff's office. >>> good morning. we're following an unfolding situation in afghanistan where there are thousands, thousands ever protesters in the streets of kabul, a city that is on lk do lockdown. they're mad about the rerouting of a power line through a poor part of the country. the massive protests reflect their grows government. that's the latest from the live desk. aaron, back to you. >>> it's 6:05. verizon and its workers will return to the bargaining tail. they have been picketing for more than a month. unions believe verizon wants to freeze pensions, cut benefits and rely more on contract workers. both sides have agreed to resume negotiations. >>> the antonin scalia law school could soon be a reality. they will vote will week on final approval for the name change at george mason university. >>> we're waiting to hear what is next for this building that began to crumble because of high winds in northwest washington. look at that hole. d.c. fire says the partial collapse happened in an old tomato packing plant

so, that was part of the activity that affected spotsylvania county.e you can see that most of that heavy rain and thunderstorm activity has been to the south. but we also have to continue to watch to the west, because, we do see some newark tiff at this developing around woodstock, pushing across interstate 70. all of that will continue to be watched. but the

. >>> right now spotsylvania sheriff deputies need your help finding a missing man. is this ronald eugene jackson. he was last seen sunday morning, wearing a yellow t-shirt, dark blue pants and dark blue baseball cap. he's driving a silver 2009 ford escape with virginia plate kv 1666. if you have any information, you're asked to contact spotsylvania sheriff's office. >>> good morning. i'm angie goff here at the live desk. and this just in out of the far east. we're hearing south korea, the u.s. as well as japan will hold their first joint military training next month. this is to increase the ability to detect signs of north korean missile launches. the exercise is quite significant because this is going to be the first time that tokyo and seoul work together following decades of resentiment from japan's past of korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945. that's the latest from the live desk. >>> it is now 4:31. community leaders are demanding action after the recent csx derailment in northeast washington. the advisory neighborhood commission wants to meet today with d.c. cou

what happens here is moving up to spotsylvania county and stafford county and closer to d.c.will weaken a little bit because we're more stable here and forecast this week is all about this frontal system the stationary frontal system where it is and where it is not will dictate what our weather will be. we're north of front now. keeps us in the cooler more stable air down south we're talking about thunderstorms in the warm or unstable air. what is this front going to do? i think we'll have a hard time trying to be perfectly honest with you figure out where that frontal system will be once on the south side thursday to friday temperatures warmp a bit and have a chance for thunderstorms. showers this morning, showers noontime and showers later this evening. we may have some wet roads this morning and wet roads th i think that will be the case. i don't think everybody will be wet for both morning commutes and definitely showers out there and widening rift between air and apparently this morning i didn't know it existd hm, 4:47 gary grab your emumbrella. >> little bit, light fog

if you see him, calling spotsylvania county police. >>> it's 4:7. everybody. >> we want to check our forecast, as well. chuck bell telling us what to expect. are we drying out ever, chuck? >> you already know the answer to that question. it's not going to be a pretty day to be outside again today. you will be puddle jumping again today and for tomorrow. still no sunshine in the forecast until we get to the weekend. saturday and sunday looking a little nicer now, a whole lot nicer than we've been for sure. early this morning, nothing heavy as far as rainfall is concerned, just a couple light rain showers from martinsburg and winchester down to fredericksburg. everybody kind of cold and wet this morning. we're only in the upper 40s to and thanks to the clouds and drizzle chances, temperatures won't budge much. we'll talk about any potential improvements coming up. for now, trouble on a thursday morning commute. >>> brand new problem here. 50 east after 410, do have a crash with the left lane the only thing getting by. you can see a little bit of a slo

debra alfarone is live in spotsylvania tonight, to connect all of the dots. deb? >> and legs li -- lesli, 17 thundershower -- hours that, little boy was dead. after the toddler was found, police closed in on joshua williams pretty quickly. here's how this >> this man is considered dangerous at this time he may be armed and dangerous. >> 7:00 p.m. wednesday night. police say 28-year-old joshua williams visits his ex, and their 3-year-old son zion. they take a ride in her nissan altima. >> we got a call from a female victim who had just escaped a severe beating. an attack from her ex- boyfriend. mr. williams. >> she runs for help, leaving zion in the car. an amber alert goes out. police spread out. >> we're also getting help from the virginia state police. and the united states secret service. >> police say by morning, williams had abandoned the car. >> bring the child to us. bring the child to safety. >> reporter: around noon, the news that took 17 long, tense hours to arrive, zion williams was safe. >> what do you have to say to him now, that the child is safe and

. >>> right now spotsylvania sheriff deputies need your help finding a missing man. jackson. he was last seen sunday morning, wearing a yellow t-shirt, dark blue pants and dark blue baseball cap. he's driving a silver 2009 ford escape with virginia plate kv 1666. if you have any information, you're asked to contact spotsylvania sheriff's office. >>> good morning. i'm angie goff here at the live desk. and this just in out of the far east. we're hearing south korea, the u.s. as well as japan will hold their first joint military training next month. this is to increase the ability to detect signs of north korean missile launches. the exercise is quite significant because this is going to be the first time that tokyo and seoul work together following decades of resentiment from japan's past

he's believed to have been taken by joshua williams this spotsylvania county. if you have any information, call police right away. >>> and breaking news on the roads, a problem on 50. stronger is blasting without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. >>> 20 before the top of the hour. want to get a look at weather and traffic on the 1s. >> chuck bell telling us about what we can expect in the day ahead. looking gloomy out there. >> this is the view from the tower looking past nearby neighbors. national cathedral, washington monument. view from our city camera, there is capitol hill all under cloud cover this morning. an even though it's not raining all that hard here in

let's start with breakingstart det missing spotsylvania countyaou three-year-old.e now know the man he isw the s believed to be with is theith e child's father. fhe >> now he was last seen thats e young boy 12 hours ago and a police fear, though, he is inn extreme danger. fox5's melanie alnwick is live in spotsylvania countynia o with the latest.thhe l just a troubling story, mel. ste >> reporter: it is>> troubling, steve and allison and really we're trying to put together some odd pieces here. h the house we were at earlier eai is the address that spotsylvania county sheriff'sy h office said where the boy wasthw last seen. we talked to the neighbors there. we talked to the people at thehe house. they said that's not where the little boy lived and we cameoy v here to the end of the street se and what did we find? that nissan altima. a that police said that the boy by and his mother were last in along with the suspect in this abduction 28-year-old joshuaoshu williams.willia the license plate is exactly exa the same as the one that wasat put out on that amber alert.

if you see him you're urged tour call the spotsylvania county cot sheriff's department. known as safe track is supposed to be finalized. >> that was before the federalbo government ordered metro to make emergency fixes in atrdcy least three locations all ofcao this as there were more track ta problems over the weekend. week. let's get the run down fromdow f melanie alnwick at l'enfant l'e plaza. good morning, mel.ni >> reporter: good morning,ter: yes, so two incidentsncidents yesterday that brought fireughtr and rescue crews to metroo tr stations. the were unhere at l'enfant plaza was around 11 o'clock in ' the morning.the there was some smoke becauseke u of a small track fire that wasas caused by debris on the t tracks. tr now, we understand that metrothm employees were able to putble pt that fire out with a fire extinguisher.ex d.c. fire and rescue crews notot needed but they were here just in case. also, later sunday night atight the bethesda metro stationta montgomery county fire andmery rescue crews responding topog this one where a suspected arcing insulator caused

spotsylvania by 5:05. maybe a rain delay at the beginning of the nats game and around the seven inning. >>> the nbc washington app will help you track the rain all evening. you can track it on storm team 4 radar and get alerts when heavy rain and lightning are coming towards your neighborhood. >>> a baltimore judge has found officer edward nero not guilty on all charges for his role in freddie gray's death. >> the charges included assault and misconduct. nero did not put a seat belt on gray in the back of that pe van, but the judge said it is ultimately the responsibility of the van driver to oversee gray's safety. gray died after suffering a back injury during transport. the trial of the next officer charged starts in two weeks. >>> right now, president obama is in the middle of a three-day visit to vietnam. >> it's his first visit to that nation and he's already making a major policy move. the president says the u.s. is lifting the ban on selling military equipment to vietnam which has been in place for

stephanie ramirez reports from spotsylvania county. >> reporter: the affidavit says the child arrived deceased. economy was -- he was revived after a half hour of cpr. his name is elijah. he lives with his father. the neighbors tell us they hardly saw him. >> the only sign i could tell is that the little boy was never outside. unless he was going from the house to the car or the house to the trash can. >> when i saw him it was weekends. >> reporter: last wednesday police say the boy's dad brought elijah to the hospital unresponsive. doctors found bruising and a ruptured spleen. he was flown to richmond. meanwhile, in questioning, court documents say jennings admitted to investigators three days before he made his son lay face down on the bed with underwear on and struck him electrical cord, broken black belt found in the room. and he had scars on his body from previous beatings. >> it's tragic. i will hold comment on what i would do. >> what could that little boy at 9 years old done to deserve that. >> reporter: there is documented history here. the affidavit says jennings was investi

and spotsylvania county, police say joshua christopher williams attack to the boys mother and she escaped to get help but williams drove off with the little john gonzalez is live as search units are trying to find the boy. john: a desperate search. a new update at the sheriff's office, u.s. marshals are now involved. the secret service assisting. you have a mother who is still recovering from a very serious injuries after police say her ex-boyfriend severely beat her last night. at this hour, that ex-boyfriend and their three-year-old son still missing. the boy abducted at around 7:00 last night only wearing diapers. take a look at pictures police want you to look at. the 28-year-old joshua christopher williams is the biological father but does not have custody of zion. meetx-boyfriend wanted to with the mother yesterday, they did in his neighborhood. he was behind the wheel of her vehicle, that nissan while driving, williams allegedly punched her repeatedly, zion was in a car seat in the back. the mother jumped out and looking -- looked for help, that is when williams took off with her c

the search is on for a missing man in spotsylvania county.st information on police, as they try to track him down. good morning washington. today: mostly sunny. breezy and unseasonably cool. highs: 64-68 winds: w 5-15 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. not as cold. lows: 46-53 tuesday: cloudy and cool. periods of rain. highs: 57-60 winds: e 5 mph developing right now-- safety inspectors will be busy trying to assess the

police in spotsylvania county say it was wednesday night when 28-year-old joshua williams beat up his ex, took off in his nissan altima, with their 3- year-old son zi zeon's life. an amber alert was issued, some 17 hours later, zeon has been reunited with his mom. and not long after, police took williams into custody. >> the child is safe and home with mom. mr. williams was taken into custody. no one was injured. and i would look at that as a win-win for everybody. >> police say that tonight, williams now faces two felony charges. one for assaulting his ex. and one for abducting zeon. friends of a woodbridge virginia teen, murdered outside a school tonight. >> outside godman middle school. police say he met a group of men on the school yard when they shot him. prince williams county police say they have several suspects in custody. >> no beef is worth somebody's life. and our generation has to learn this the hard way. >> the suspects have not yet been named and so far, no charges have been filedful >>> lawyers for the man accused of shooting to death his wife and a rookie police offic

on i-95 north of the spotsylvania border, we found a 10% spike in traffic volume since 2011.rg, up 6%. in maryland, too, i-95 and howard county near 103, an increase on the beltway in montgomery county at 5:00 a.m. sleep experts say the early wakeups are driving our area's increased risk driving. >> people aren't getting enough sleep during their normal workweek. >> reporter: charlie clower is a research scientist at the transportation institute specializing on the impact of sleep on driving. her team studied more than 100 d.c. area drivers over the course of a year. they found about 20% suffered accidents caused at least in part by drowsiness. >> we have lots of data and examples showing where people are starting to fall asleep and veer out of their lanes. >> reporter: how dramatically does sleepiness impact us? we found out. i'm going to stay up for five more hours. getting no more than two hours sleep over two days -- no coffee -- we wired up our hotel room with cameras to ensure we followed the rules. going out for walks, watching late-night tv while standing up. changing

a spotsylvania county man is in custody tonight.he's accused of kidnapping his son and assaulted his estranged girlfriend and the mother of his child. the sheriff's office tells us that josh yeah williams and his ex girlfriend went for a drive. investigators say he attacked her and then drove off with their three year old son. they issued an amber alert and then canceled it when they learned the toddler was dropped off at a relative's life. they later arrested williams. the urgency that was created by his former threats against the combined along with some really good police work by our detectives and those assisting us lead to a successful resolution in this case. captain jeff pierce says williams gave up piecefully after investigators found him in a home they had under surveillance. not everyone is seeing rain at this hour but we'll all be seeing it in the day tomorrow. it starts as showers and the intensity increases for a rainy afternoon and evening. most of the rain tonight is west of interstate 95 and et cetera ' on the light

. >>> a missing spotsylvania toddler and safe and back home with his mom tonight and his dad has been charged with abducting him. >> 28 year old joshua williams allegedly beat up his ex- girlfriend in front of their son in her car. when she jumped out to try to get help, he drove off with zion inside. williams threatened to kill his son before. 17 hours and several police agencies later, the toddler is back with his mom and williams is in >> right now he's facing a felony abduction charge and malicious wounding, which is also a felony. additional charges may be pending. it all depends on how the investigation turns out. >> police checked out zion. he is safe and in good condition tonight. >>> we are continuing to follow breaking news. a domestic related shooting. let's go to ellison. >> reporter: we just heard from the police chief and we're hearing a little bit more information about the victims in today's shooting. two people were shot. both of them were adults. the person who died re was a woman. they believe she was at this school picking up her children. she was confronted by a m

so, that was part of the activity that affected spotsylvania county. closer to home you can see that most of that heavy rain and thunderstorm activity has been to the south. but we also have to continue to watch to the west, because, we do see some newark tiff at this developing around woodstock, pushing across interstate 70. all of that will continue to be watched. but the severe wet letter stay to the south tonight. have hour by hour look at your forecast for tonight as well as tomorrow in just a few minutes. toney? >> look at this. perhaps the most fascinating story of the day. this was chaotic bus jacking came to an end in the district. suspect drove the bus a few blocks, jumped a curb, and hit a pedestrian, at an intersection on nanny helenborough avenue. paul wagner live on the scene to take us through what was a very wild ride. paul? >> reporter: absolutely, tony, you can imagine, the fear of the passengers who were on the u6 bus this morning, about 10:30, in the 3800 block of j street, which is just across the railroad tracks, and 295 from wher

spotsylvania county police are asking for help to find this man. his name is robert jackson. he's 81 years old and last seen 10:30 this morning. he has alzheimer's and he was driving the family car. the car is a 2009 silver ford escape with virginia plates kv-1666. please call 911 or local police if you have seen him or if you have seen that vehicle. >>> ntsb investigators are trying to figure out what caused yesterday's bus crash that killed eight people and injured dozens more. they are in laredo, texas, right now and that's where we find sara, who shows how a trip to a casino ended in tragedy. we're told the majority of victims are in their 60s and one as old as 83. they were traveling to a casino on the texas-mexico border. they were on a charter bus when it rolled just before noon. the county medical examiner describing it as the worst commercial vehicle accident she's seen in ten years. the ntsb is on scene. they have launched their own investigation looking in to what caused this accident. one possibility, slick roads. we're told it was raining at the time of the accid

park police say the man is kevin osborne from spotsylvania, he's received 20 -- 250 dollar ticket. threats.made he was just concerned. he had been exposed to the stains while at a virginia farm. turned out to be a and the man may be suffering from a mental illness. >>> suspected drunk driver accused of killing montgomery police officer appeared in doubter. pled guilty to see i can hickan leer manslaughter inside a courtroom this afternoon. aft he struck and killed officer noah leotta last december. he is facing up to five years in prison. he is expect haded to be sentence haded at later date.lae >>> a young man given a thirdir chance at life after receivingng kidney trans plants was kilterl today his murder learned he will spend four decades in victim. he was sentenced in montgomery for first degree murder. judge sentenced him to life spending all but 40 years in prison. eilled harris during home invasion in silver spring.prin over a playstation and two tv's. >> jonathon was the other half i have two heart. one in heaven and one right here with me now. so, the only thing that i can

live in spotsylvania, paul wagner, fox5 local news. >>> happy ending with this one, paul, thank you. >>> to fairfax county now tonight we still don't know the identity of a man who drove his hummer into the silver diner in mcclane. it happened yesterday afternoon. the man driving the suv worked at the restaurant. he was hurt along with three other people. police tell us no charges will be filed against the driver until he recovers from his injuries. the hummer as you can see burst into flames after it hit the restaurant. witnesses say it was ju a chaotic scene. good samaritans helped the victim. >> the whole thing was up in flames. so we heard a bang, then we came out, but he had repeatedly apparently rammed the building and there was just flames, and chaos. they had the driver on the grounds, they had pulled him out, apparently, he was resisting, i don't know wt was trying to do, but they had him on the ground, and they were trying to subdue him. >> a spokesman for the diner says workers are cleaning up the mess, and hoping they can get that restaurant open in time for mothers day.

he's believed to have been taken by joshua williams in spotsylvania county. if you have any are informati, call polonic well, this is the time. and your ford dealer is the place to get into a new ford escape. escape leads the way with the convenience of a foot-activated rear liftgate. plus, the power and efficiency of ecoboost technology. you'll find a full lineup of ford suvs designed to help you be unstoppable. right now you can drive a new escape and get 0% financing for 72 months plus $500 cash. hurry, this offer is for a limited time only. see your ford dealer today. >>> all cloudy, chilly and wet outside again today. school day forecast, cold and wet near 50 here early this morning. indoor recess, we'll give recess an "f" because it will be nasty to be outside. temperatures staying in the 50s all day. that's more typical of march than may. this poor kid hasn't had a smile on his face for ten days, but he and you will be smiling soon as temperatures will soar into the 80s next week. "7-day forecast" coming up in ten minutes. it is traffic time. >> should

but again, breaking news right now, the 3-year-old, the subject of an amber alert, in spotsylvania countyzion williams has been found. we will continue to follow this story throughout the day. you can get it on the wusa 9 app. and also on television throughout the day too. let's talk weather. >>> today is not going to terrible. more rain south and west. and culpepper and charlottesville. and the lower part of shenandoah valley. and then into friday, steadier rains. better over the weekend. we are keeping our fingers crossed for the seven-day forecast. and turning things around. 68 on saturday. with a few showers. and mother's day, could see an early shower and then i think not a bad day for mom. 72. we have a warming trend but did you notice next week, we have showers and storms possible tuesday and wednesday. so i'm just fearing having to mow the lawn, it is looking angry at me >> i think so. >> even the afternoon barbecue. it should be all right. >> your reservations should hold if you make one. >> and continue to follow us on the wusa p?p?o?gv >> sharon: you're not alone, nick. you hav

spotsylvania county sheriff's office says joshua williams severely beat the boy's mother and then drove off with zion in the back seat of the car. detectives found the boy at his grandmother's house, less than an hour later they found joshua williams and arrested him. >>> a silver diner in fairfax county says it is compensating workers for lost wages addrend as it works to reopen. a cook at the diner slammed his hummer three times in to the front of the restaurant on wednesday pinning a man against the front door. on the third strike, his hummer burst into flames. some customers soppeded by the diner yesterday as crews made repairs. >> i wasn't paying that close attention. i actually walked in and they were definitely shut down. >> i'm feeling sorry for the people that were involved. not just the business, but i feel bad for them. >> the diner wants to be open in time it for mother's day on sunday. no charges have been filed against the 2kr50i67driverer dr. >>> the yacht club will reopen. during a recent membership meeting, the club said repairs will be done by early next year. >>> a ra

an amber alert was issued earlier this morning for a toddler in spotsylvania county, virginia. >> theoking for scion clinton amir williams. he was seen at 421 cleveland court. investigators believe the boy was kidnapped by his father. that's the picture on the right, joshua christopher williams. the boy's mother was injured in some sort of domestic incident. >>> also william county are investigating a murder in woodbridge. they say a man was shot along darbydale avenue, possibly at or near god win middle school. arriving officers discovered the victim was taken to a hospital and later died. the school sent out an advisory that classes will start on time. police know the victim is not a student or staff member. >>> canada's government is rushing in to help tens of thousands of people forced to evacuate because of a fast moving enormous fire. it tore through the alberta oil sands town of fort mcmurray. it's estimated 1600 structures have already burned to the ground. so far attempts to get significant parts of the fire contained have failed. >>> the justice department is sending a warni

staffed for county getting raini all of spotsylvania gettinget rain.nds up to the north andoh northwest.. bigger picture will show you wew don't have the rain but we havea the clouds thickening up and thd rain will come on through. showers at 11am.m. showers at 2:00 o'clock.k showers all the way into thethwe evening commute.evenincomm so again not everybody is goingg to be getting wet all day but definitely you have a chanc of these showers. the here's your seven day forecast.r very very unsettled. unsettled. i think just showers around on wednesday i don't think it's aih great chance to get lot of rainr much showers possible thursday,p friday and even into saturday.ar right now we're hoping that even as weighed good aetna sunday s things will be better and drierd an little bit drier.. unsettled this week not nearly n as bad as what it was last week. >> okay. >> last week was awful.ast we >> it was. was >> we concur.>> we c >> this is semi awful.is semwful we'll take it. >> thanks, gary. >>> coffee is morning habit forr whole lost people millions ofllo

and the spotsylvania police department says he could be in severe danger. >> we brought this picturel throughout the morning. we want to make sure you see his face and know it wel there's a frantic search going on right now. if you see the little boy or his father, please call police. >> and we're tracking reaction to an announcement made. new oversight for the makers of electronic cigarettes. they'll have to undergo federal review to stay on the market. the e-cigarette industry is strongly opposed to these changes which public health investigates are applauding. >> developing right now, a state of emergency in canada. we told you tens of thousands of people were evacuated for those major wildfires. this video. today the spreading fires meant some of them had to move a second time. some 1,600 houses and buildings have been torched, absolutely destroyed by those flames. >> and dramatic video out of kenya where rescuers freed a collapsed woman. you can see them pulling her out alive. after six for six days. the multiple story building that collapsed on friday after heavy storms in nair

. >> reporter: at one of the exchanges last auctions, they brought a bull from their spotsylvania farmfinal bids aren't what they used to be. >> the purpose was to have a place for local producers to sell their cattle. there's not just as many local producers anymore. >> when i saw it in the paper, i almost started crying because it was that emotional. it is someplace we've been coming so long. >> reporter: families like the bennetts say the children of many farmers they know are choosing different careers. >> they're just not it's a hard life. you don't make that much money. it is just hard. >> this one is a monster truck tractor. >> reporter: if a 3-year-old's playful spirit is any indication, they may have this place for a sixth generation. he'll have to do without the local exchange. in fredericksburg, virginia, david culver, news4. >> beautiful, beautiful scene out there. we don't see enough of it anymore. >> it is all changing all around us. >> it is. i guess farmers who are busy taking advantage of the little sunshine opportunities we've had. >> back in april, i heard from some

he was last seen yesterday in spotsylvania county.-girlfriend, wolves zion's mother. police say he has made threats to harm the 3-year-old in the past. if you see either of them, calm police right away. we will tak ♪ music plays ♪ music plays ♪ music plays ♪ music plays >> well, we still have rain out there showing up on our storm team 4 radar. we're looking at a little of that drizzle and that mix. be prepared for that all rest of the day. so temperatures aren't making it out of the 50s. we have rain chances tomorrow. a slight chance saturday morning. l in all,al ♪ stand b ty me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. >>> this morning on "today's take," ethan hawke brings romance to the modern screen. he's here to tell us about it. >>> then, in the ultimate carpool karaoke. >>> and dana carvey on wh

the widely heralded grants was soundly defeated in the wilderness, beaten back in spotsylvania, and almost massacred at cold harbor. grant managed to slip across the chains and pulled up from the eastern outskirts of petersburg. grant's 100 mile overland campaign contained the most vicious fighting in the war. the once powerful army of the potomac stuck with 65,000 losses in six weeks. northern moral limited. democrats were announcing grant is a bullheaded butcher. they declared, patriotism is played out. we are gone. another union official proclaimed, each hour is sinking us deeper into bankruptcy and desolation. atlanta stood defiant. grant was no closer this summer than george mcclellan had been two years earlier. while northern republicans made excuses, northern democrats again searching for an 1864 presidential candidates. in midsummer, president lincoln admitted publicly that he expended -- expected to lose. jefferson davis's offense of-defense of strategy was working. the union army was held back at every corner. if the two southern armies could hold their own until the november ele

park police say kevin osbourne of spotsylvania was cited for driving a vehicle onto public land withoututhorization. it carries a $250 fine. police say osbourne was not arrested, was released from the hospital this morning. officers say osborn told them he saw anthrax being spread on a farm field in virginia. he said he collected some and drove to the national mall and called police for help. officers say he never threatened anyone. back to you. >>> well, this is an unusual topic. donald trump just released a list of 11 possible supreme court picks. they're all conservative and it might help unite the republican party. demands he quit the race everyone thoueven though hillary clinton is ahead of him by more than 3 million votes. how quickly things change. >> just like that. hillary clinton in 2008 in her struggle against barack obama contested every single primary down to the end, the bitter end, but bernie sanders is now saying he will fight her all the way to their convention. fresh off another victory, bernie sanders sounds driven. >> we're going to have to defeat secretary clinton.

diane cho is live in spotsylvania county where the dad was arrested. i understand a lot of people didn't get a notification about the amber alert. diane: alison, typically when an amber alert goes out you get a notification on your phone. in this case the troopers admit it did not happen for a reason. >> an intense search involving local state, and federal investigators was launched after deputies say 3-year-old zion williams was taken by his biological father joshua williams who did not have custody of him. >> mr. williams has a violent history and has made open threats to injure or kill the child in the past. diane: they felt it was necessary to issue amber alert for the missing child. started last night when williams and his ex-girlfriend got in a domestic dispute in the car. >> he attacked her physically and she received injuries. >> authorities say the victim was able to run for help but the 3-year-old son was in the car when williams took off. just before 2:30 thursday morning the amber alert was issued. later that day authorities say unharmed. >

. >>> plus, a severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of pots spotsylvania county.oug, what's the latest? >> that warning has now expired. king george county seeing some strong thunderstorms. in through southern maryland, very heavy rain. stay indoors for the next hour or so as this pushes on through. we're just getting started. more shows and thunderstormers >>> the caps are back to work after dropping game 3. the nhl is punishing a penguin for a late hit last night. the caps are not too happy. carol maloney has the story from the steel city. >> reporter: the focus at caps practice today, trained not on who's there but who wasn't. marcus johansson on the receiving end, a brutal hit by >> i didn't see him coming. he hits me in the head and that is the play they want out of the league. it doesn't look good. >> reporter: letang suspended one game. caps locker room reaction mixed. >> i've been in the situation before where i am full pli committed to hit a guy and he jumps in the way and trying to get a piece of him and it doesn't go the way he expected. >> the intent i

advancing off prince william and fauquier, and coming into spotsylvania, and fairfax, and loudon countyunties. seeing still lingering moderate showers, south and east of us coming down harder. it's going to taper off across the rest of virginia as the morning goes on. noontime, areas in green. very light rain. metro area, much of the region. continuing, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. still light rain. most of the showers crossing the bay pulling east. this evening, just clouds around. might have a few scattered sprinkles through this saturday evening and patchy fog around as well. temperatures now in the 50s, and the upper 50s, staying steady. upper 50s into the afternoon. for the preakness, we'll have steady rain this morning for folks gathering early. noontime a few light showers. then a few sprinkles and temperatures in the upper 50s during the afternoon and by race time in the upper 50s, a few sprinkles around. sunday, cloudy day. not as much rain as today but a likelihood of a few monday, but warmer. here comes summer. tuesday, wednesday into friday, 70s tuesday it 80s wednesday, thurs

captain jeff pierce with the spotsylvania county sheriff's department says the assault happened inside the car while the toddler was in the backseat. the mother got out and that's when deputies say williams drove off with zion and an amber alert went out. >> it was also determined and discovered that mr. williams made previous threats to seriously serious seriously injure or kill the child. >> reporter: he was dropped off at his grandmother's house. >> we don't know who dropped the child off, but he was returned >> reporter: moments later investigators found and arrested williams who was hiding in a home a few miles away. >> we made contact and he came out and surrendered. >> reporter: neighbors who live in the suspect's hold neighborhood say they're shocked. >> i've had a couple of encounters with that guy. he's always been a nice guy. >> reporter: joshua williams is facing serious charges for abducting his son and beating his ex-girlfriend. deputies say williams will be charged with felony abduction and malicious attack for allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend. coming up at 6:00, de

withheld evidence and leaked secret gran jury information to find additional victims.icti > a spotsylvaniaty man is in custody tonight charged with kidnapping his son and say salting his estrangedge girlfriend. this began last night, the sheriff's office tell us joshs yeah williams and his exhi girlfriend went torah grief. investigators say he attacked her and drove off with their three year old son. old they issued an amber alert but then canceled it this afternoon when they learned the toddlerto was dropped off at a relative's house. a short time later they arrested williams. the urgency that was created bya his former threats against the child. i think all combined, along with some really good police work by our detectives and those assisting us lead to a successful resolution in this case.ase captain pierce goes onto say that williams gave up piecefully after investigators found him in a home that was under surveillance. a trial date is now set for a man accused of killing his wifee and a prince william county police officer. ronald hamilton appeared inppe court today. effaces first de

at 5:00 a.m., on i-95 north at spotsylvania caroline county border, we found a 10% spike in traffic volume 2010. in fredericksburg, up 6%. in maryland, too, i-95 in howard county near 103 an increase on the beltway in montgomery county at 5:00 a.m. sleep experts say the early wake-ups are driving our area's increased risk of drowsy driving. >> people aren't getting enough sleep during their normal workweek. >> reporter: a research scientist at the virginia tech transportation specializes on the impact of sleep. her team studied more than 100 d.c. area drivers over the course of a year and they found about 20% suffered accidents caused at least this part by drowsiness. >> we have lots of examples showing where people are starting to fall asleep and veer off the lane. we found out. >> i'm going to stay up for about five more hours. >> reporter: getting no more than two hours sleep over two days, and absolutely no coffee, we wired up our hotel room with cameras to ensure we followed the rules. >> pretty nice outside. >> reporter: going out for walks, watching late night tv while standing up.

he was arrested just a few hours after the child was safely reunited with his mother in spotsylvania county, virginia. meagan fitzgerald was there and has this report. >> mr. williams previous threats to seriously injure or kill the child. >> reporter: investigators say on wednesday night zion's father, 28-year-old joshua williams, severely beat his ex-girlfriend, who is also zion's mother. captain jeff pierce says the assault happened inside a car while the toddler was in the backseat. the mother got out and that's when deputies say williams drove off with zion and an amber alert went out. an hour later, the vehicle williams was driving was found on the 400 block of cleveland court where deputies say he used to live. then this morning zion was dropped off at his grandmother's house. his mother arrived moments later. >> we don't know who dropped the child off at the house, but he was returned to her safely unharmed. >> reporter: our cameras were rolling when zion and his mother were met by deputies who less than an hour later after interviewing several people, investigators were able