here's that big one, hail that takoma park where alex was.u get hail to the side of a golf ball, you know that mage.tating and capable of in terms of the rest, we may still track a little bit of hail with them. not severe size, which is a quarter size, but the last of the hail for now, has moved on into the bay, and let me put the whole thing in motion so you can watch our strong storm starting getting intense around leesburg and follow the purple line, it will come up again, south of rockville crossing through the district into central prince george's county and all the way into the bay. so yeah, that's a very powerful super cell storm we had. down to our south, a little bit left as we get down to the fredericksberg area and heart wood. follow that to the charlottesville area. we still have a little bit of activity, there's a frontal boundary that's going to come through and shut off most of the energy for the stronger and severe storms. there's more rain to come and you can see it pushing across the tennessee valley. that is our weekend wea

jackson avenue is an absolute mess in takoma park. last night we were on the prince george's county side of new hampshire avenue. tonight, it was the montgomery side of newy hampshire avenue the western side of the county, too. the storm slammed chevy chase. enough towas powerful send this giant old trees smashing into a home in chevy chase hills, off connecticut avenue. couple with ahe young child who lives here are ok. storm was unbelievable. >> it came very quickly, in a norm us of hail, very heavy rain. tom: another tree cause damage to this home off of beach drive. numbervy wind also did a on the east side of montgomery poley, snapping this power in takoma park and sending tree limbs all over your sligo creek parkway and jackson avenue. somewhere in the midst of this was this, two people inside of this honda. the fire department said thankfully they were not hurt. you see the power lines down here in takoma park. they are rendered safe at the moment. montgomery county fire department tells me there are about a dozen scenes like t

it's takoma park celebration of earth day.ive in takoma park, jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you, jackie. the storms that brought down the trees are gone now but a weather alert day here on nbc 4. amelia, how soon before we have more rain moving back in. >>> well, pockets of rain tomorrow but more widespread rain impacting the area. take a look at what we're tracking in the immediate area. pockets of heavier rain in parts of prince george's county. scattered showers out there and then as we look back through into tomorrow morning. let me time it out for you. 7:00 a.m., cloudy and scattered showers. still dry at that point. 9:00 a.m., we're tracking light rain across the area. stopping future weather at noon. more rain showers impacted the area at 2:00 we continue to track showers and then right on into the late afternoon and evening hours. tomorrow is looking like a washout. more information about sunday's rain chances. i'll let you know what you can expect at 11:18. >> see you then, amelia. >>> no doubt rain will impact the m

one of the largest reported out of takoma park.ll size, others said ping-pong, and here's where the storm is. it's still possibly producing hail. moving southeast. across prince george's county, just south of shady side toward till man island. if it holds together, let me tell you it has been holding together. you may still continue to see hail here across southern anne arundel county. there's a new storm, not as big, but there could be small hail around alexandria and put this in motion. it started up in montgomery county. it would diminish a little bit as it came through portions of northwest earn prince george's county and then it looks right now as though it is getting weaker. here's where that hail may be right around in here. we can even take a quick look a. the storm definitely looks like it is weaker. i know we have been having our crews scramble to get pictures of trees. this is a tree that came down on a house in chevy chase and we understand there's to significant damage to the home on linwood place, this extends from ri

here at takoma park the manager will tell you this is not over. she says she's takin steps in case this court decision is reversed and takoma park could lose federal fund >> make sure we have enough money so we can function. i'm not going to think it's over at this point, we keep our researches a little bit bigger in case we lose federal funds >> do you expect more commutes to move in a direction of becoming sanctuary cities >> absolutely. that's what i expect and we're working on that and initially people were >> you're working on that >> absolutely we're encouraging and providing information to different local jurisdictions. >> reporter: in fact, that prediction you just heard from gustava torres sooner than you think, rockville is scheduled a hearing on their sanctuary bill. that will be held june 19th. for his part. the pled weighed in on this on twitter calling the decision ridiculous and we'll see you at the supreme court. we're live in takoma park, tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news. >>> new tonight, how would you feel if you had to wear a bar

hyattsville, takoma park and washington, d.c. you can imagine they are pleased with this 49 page ruling. they will continue to receive federal funds. according to trump executive order it would take away funding if they refused to turn over the immigrants. but the judge issued an injunction to stop the president's plans for that is a step in the right direction for people we spoke to today. >> a good ruling. they should keep the funding coming to washington, d.c. the capital of the united states. it deserves a funding to keep the city top notch for visitors coming from around the world. q: president trump responded to the ruling this morning. the first ninth district court ruled against the ban. now it hits again. sanctuary cities. ridiculous rulings. i also spoke to the city manager of takoma park. wait until you hear how much they could lose. that is something i'm working on now. that is the latest from pont circle. alison: president has a new tax plan to cut corporate from 35% to 15%. we are digging into what it will mean for

this is in takoma park. fortunately, nobody got hurt. >>> and the rally for today's march for science gets underway in about a half hour from now. the march has been fueled by what some say are president trump's anti-environment policies. we'll be live. >>> a late and exciting night for a lot of folks. the cavs leading the series against toronto 3-2. they beat the maple leafs in overtime thanks to a goal by justin williams. game six is happening tomorrow up in toronto. >>> welcome back in on this april 22nd, earth day. >> it should be every day. >> well, we're certainly seeing it today. at least when we look behind us, we see a lot of green happening >>> and we have that much kind of precipitation and some rain in the air. and that's why we want to bring in news4's meteorologist lauryn ricketts who has more on the timing of all of this. >> yeah, timing is pretty much all throughout the day where we could expect the rain showers to move through the area. not only today, but we also bring in the forecast for t

. >> being a sanctuary city, takoma park could lose $2 million in the federal funding if the trump administration had its way. the judge mentioned this in the ruling. >> that would be a weapon. >> calling the executive order a weapon on the tv was a stark difference to the nonaggressive presentation it received in court to send up a red flag to th >> they would be telling the city what to do on a local level. jonathan: q mccray reporting. today, if you saw folks out there in the law enforcement, this is what is going on. a full scale terror attack drill is underway. they are training in the six different locations to prepare for any kind of possible terror threat. two include nats park and george mason university. michelle: caught on video, danger in the sky. the daring rescue to save a woman trapped on a crane. how did she get there? jonathan: risking a life to save another. this was only getting started when somebody else was pulled to safety. doug: after a few days of weather that felt like what you'd find in ireland now we are going to feel like it's but this is washington. it will be terrifi

anyone who has seen her should call takoma park police. >>> for weeks, d.c.'sing children were brought into the police debunked the social media rumors that large numbers of young black children were missing from the city, but as in every city, there are runaways, and all this week, we've been sharing stories about how to keep our kids home. today the perspective of a runaway and a group that helps teens in need. here's news4's justin finch. >> reporter: often the young faces on these flyers are running from something. >> many young people don't feel safe, don't feel safe in their community, and don't feel safe in their school. >> they just need to go. >> reporter: just last month, news4 was there as a mom and daughter were reunited. when asked why teens leave home -- >> they're leaving, they don't know what they're looking for, what they're trying to find. >> reporter: debby shore, founder of a d.c. non-profit, helping at-risk kids since missing cases went viral. with many wondering why they're of color. >> where we see the young children who are missing or c

we have a fallen tree time that traffic in takoma park. sligo creek parkway is blocked between new hampshire avenue and old carroll avenue in both directions. not a lot of red on the map but we are seeing some slow spots george washington parkway between the key bridge as you head to the roosevelt bridge. we have a work zone set up on the capital beltway's inner loop past university boulevard, not too bad traveling near the american legion bridge into fairfax county. creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. we've reduced carbon emissions by nearly 25%, which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. cleaner air and cleaner water. it's good for all of us. dominion. depend on us for more than energy. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. lindsey: now to the return of bill o'reilly, the cable host speaking out overnight about his dismissal from fox news in a podcast. amy roebuck has the latest. >> i miss you guys. welcome to thenews on ll back. i

sanctuary cities across our region, sanctuary law, the city of rockville is considering one and takoma park has been since 80's. >>> one ap provides data about who is and isn't at a job site. >>> president trump may have released his new tax plan down count on him to release his personal tax information, in the past, the president said he cannot release them because they're under audit by the irs >> if you swiped your credit card at chipotle, listen up. it recently detected unau supports its payment system in restaurants. ♪ ♪ >>> uber believes the sky is the limit for the future of ride sharing, the company partnered with the cities of dallas and dubai to start uber elevate. the project is designed to introduce flying cars by the year 2023. not sure i'm ready but we'll see >> ronica cleary here. i'll be back talking more about taxes. we're not getting into details. we want to hear from you, favorite thing to do on 5at630. the pulse of the people. use the #5at630. >>> we love prom season, out who they should ask to the big dance, one wisconsin high school student decided to bring a different

jonathan: skytrak7 over takoma park, maryland. take a look at the picture. see the tree.on avenue. the storm that blew through was a small cell but a powerful one. we are getting reports of damage. we saw a tree down into a house. we also have seen the trees that were falling into cars. so there has been some damage done out is there. we are keeping an eye on things to let you know. so far no injuries reported. erin: we are about 30 minutes away from game five here at the verizon center. fans are just strolling in right now. i want to show you all of these leaf fans here this time. take a look at this see of blue. i tell you, these fans were not here for games one and two. but they must have realized that we have got a seri i don't think anybody expected all the games to be one-goal affairs. the leafs have ten players who have never been to the playoffs before. so they really don't know any better. they had no pressure coming in to this series. on the flip side, the caps, they were built to win this year. they know what pressure is all about. which makes tonight's game fi

will benefit billionaires and worrying about soaring deficits >> tom fitzgerald is live tonight in takoma park with more on what the tax plan means for us regular every day folks >> you hit it at the top. you called this the biggest tax cut in the history, the secretary of treasure added that it is the biggest tax reform in history. it's reform this is and how much more it isn't a cut because when you go through this one page today, you see these tax rates dropping. now, this was essential campaign promise that he had made on the campaign trail. essentially this is nothing new. a lot goes back 30 years ago to the reagan bush administration back in 1980. back then, it was called trickle down economics during their republican primary campaign in 1980. george hw bush called it voodo economics. if you lessen the tax burned on the corporate level, well, then those companies will essentially have more money to invest in the businesses, have more money to invest in hiring employees, good for the economy, the employees have more money in their pockets and then if they have jobs, they too are paying mo

the federal agents and the police in montgomery county now arrested a suspected drug dealer in takoma park. the suspect laced heroin with fentanyl. they found drugs, three guns and nearly $40,000 in cash in the bust. >> falls church police say they found no explosives at a clinic providing abortions. >> it was an accident college park fire from earlier this week. thigh spent a fourth day there. they were concerned that the winds can cause a flare-up. they need your help. the fire crews will stay on the scene until 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. then after that, they will do the checks at the scene. while this is accidental, this could take the days or weeks to find the cause. larry: time on the hill for lawmakers to make a deal to avoid government shutdown. scott thuman is tracking a showdown over the shut down. congress coming up with the last-minute budget agreements one week extension looked a given, they are suddenly a snag. after the newfound republican part the white house wants a healthcare vote this week. democrats threaten in that case they will table budget talks. >> just bring it up i

host: representative suzanne bonamici we go to helen in takoma park. good morning and thank you for waiting. caller: good morning, congresswoman. i just wanted to ask some questions. there are so many things that bother me. i'm a democrat. a lot of democrats in the ongress, they don't fight like -- they just lay down and they keep on going over us. i don't like things like that. like all the things that they do is just lie and talk and a lot of things that come that a ump has done or said, if democrat said it we'd go going hrough the roof. people that call to support him, i was not even a democrat. i voted for obama before the first time. that black man cannot go into the white house they said and stay there. just, please. can we try to come together? and democrats, please stand up and speak out for the things that are not right. thank you so much. guest: thank you for your call, helen. i really appreciate not only the call to stand up and speak out as my constituents are talking about back home in oregon. there are a lot of issues, whether it's the ru

michelle: this was video from takoma park and another in kensington. it came down loud and fast.moved right now. we are hearing a tree came down on a house in chevy chase. we have a reporter on the way to the scene. jonathan: start out with meteorologist brian van de graaff. he is joining us and we have seen the last of the storms for tonight. correct? brian: this is the last of it, i think. this is one cell that tracked from western loudoun county, fairfax, montgomery county, prince george, the district to anne arundel. there are a couple of the thunderstorms there. stafford to 95 and southern maryland. across on the line of charles county and st. mary's. a little cell on the southeastern side of the beltway. the heaviest is here east of du bay. that severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 6:30. we have seen the hail the size of golfballs in places and we have seen dangerous wind gusts. under the gun from 468 to 2. and to chesapeake beach, the heaviest cell is pushing over the bay and will dissipate. in the evening, the showers will taper off. 70's give way to 60's an eve

right now cleanup continues in takoma park. look at the images here after fast and furious storms swept through the area. this is what it looked like friday evening. the utility pole actually snapped in half on carroll avenue. neighbors telling news4 they also experienced marble-sized hail. the trees came crashing down in one neighborhood alone. luckily, nobody >>> today is earth day. thousands of folks are expected to descend on washington for the march on science. demonstrators will march from the washington monument, down constitution avenue to the foot of capitol hill. this is meant to be political, not partisan. the idea is in response to what some say is president trump's environment environmentalpolicy. but some say there's been an empty science sentiment on both sides of the aisle. >> the these have been enacted by people on both sides of the aisle for a long time. but acting like this is a new thing is giving too much credit to the local administration. >> hundreds of other rallies are planned around the world. expect

on this track, look at all the lightning here, on that track around takoma park, 4:49, college park,and east river dale, 4:58. heads up, get inside, get the kids inside. move furniture off the back deck as well. because we are seeing winds up to even 60 miles an hour with this storm. amelia back in under ten minutes. >> thanks, doug. >>> a local school will be featured on "the tonight show" starring jimmy fallon later tonight. fields road elementary held a read-a-thon to help raise money for their school. they promised if they reached their goal, the principal and vice principal would face off in egg russian roulette. >> here we go. >> here she there we go. that's what i'm talking about. that's one for the kids, right? good to see their principals do that. >> yeah, messy fun with that. the segment airs tonight right after news4 at 11:00. and if you watch, you'll find out how much money the school raised. >> i love it. that's how you get kids excited about reading. >>> tomorrow in d.c. and around the world, scientists and their supporters will hit the streets, what this protest is all

if you think you've seen her call takoma park police. >>> closing out our week long look to find missing, we're talking to mayor muriel bowser. >> some d.c. area charities are receiving a big portion of the grant money to find teens. >> i think we're adding an additional $600,000 in grant funds to trusted nonprofit groups working in this space and have been very effective and then we'll add additional resources to the police department. >> this year metropolitan police logged more than 700 missing juvenile cases. police say those are typically youth who leave home and often come back. right now mayor bowser says police are still searching for at least five children. no foul play is suspected. >>> and while the recent focus has been mostly o this is a region wide problem. we have resources on where kids in d.c., maryland and virginia can get help right now in the nfc washington app. search help for teens. >>> trooper killed. new details emerge about the man who had local ties to our area. >> reporter: what's in your medicine cabinet? and do your children have access to your prescriptions?

. >>> and staying in maryland, cleanup is continuing in takoma park and other parts of montgomery county what it looked like friday evening. a utility pole snap in half on carroll avenue as the storm came through. they so marble-sized hail. fortunately, no injuries. >>> and thousands of people are going to be marching on the streets of washington. this is for the march for science. organizers say it's meant to be nonpartisan. it's been fueled by what some say are president trump's anti-environment policies. >>> a fallen officer is bringing people together once again. jacai colson invitational tournament is continuing at oxon high school today. he was a police officer accidentally shot and killed by another officer during the shoot-out. the tournament costs $2 to attend and ends tomorrow. >>> and we'll get a check on the forecast with lauren ricketts right after this. >>> lauren ricketts is standing by. when we go to live pictures outside, it's hard to see. >> we do have fog out there. and the rain. so just a nasty situation as you head out the door on this saturday morning. unfortunately

. >>> and chopper 4, live right now, over a fallen tree on jackson avenue in takoma park. we're tracking these storms as they move o >>> we're seeing more and more damage caused by the storms that have moved through tonight. this is a live picture from chopper 4. this is lynnwood place in chevy chase, and as you can see, that's a very large tree on top of somebody's house there. we'll keep you posted on new developments with that storm damage as we get it. >>> one week until government funding runs out, and suddenly the prospect of a shutdown seems more likely. the white house budget director indicating yesterday that obamacare insurance could become a bargaining chip to force the funding of the border wall. the last government shutdown lasted for 16 days, cut off paychecks for thousands of federal workers and contractors in our area. shut down city services and closed federal tourist attractions such as the national zoo and the smithsonian. >> chuck todd joins us now from "meet the press." can you see any scenario in which democrats would agree to fund that wall between u

police looking for a missing teen from takoma park. -year-old kiari moore was last seen by her father. she's 58, 155 pounds. park police are handling the case. >> strong fumes from that a construction site forced students to evacuate dunbar high school today. around 9:30 this morning officials say there was a leak on first street releasing fumes into the school building. one school employee was taken to the hospital for observation. no students were hurt. everyone was allowed to go back in the building around 11 o'clock this morning. >> ♪ >> new tonight there is a new investigation into michael flynn's work with the russian government. >> just 23 days into the trump administration flynn was fired from his position as the national security adviser. the reason was for misleading the stripes about vice president withconversatione russian ambassador. ronica cleary has more on the investigation and what the white house is saying about it. >> reporter: two very different stories about some documents that many people leave are important to unc

. >>> the storm also knocked down trees and power lines in takoma park. this tree fell on a bakery.o one on the street or inside the store was hurt. the downed trees blocked streets and made it pretty difficult for drivers to get around. >>> it could be months before a chevy chase maryland family is back in their home after last night's storm knocked a tree into their home o nobody was injured just a lot of debris an displaced family. tisha lewis has the story. taken during the powerfuldúrain- storm that took down this tree in this chevy chase neighborhood. >> we were inside the house and all of a sudden heard this crackling against the windows. went to look and it was hail, big of golf balls pelting our windows. >> reporter: but joshua grim made out just fine compared to his neighbor. >> then you hear this big crack boom and our neighbor's live oak tree fell down. branches were flying everywhere. >> reporter: the homeowner didn't want to talk on camera but told me off camera he was home with his family when the tree came crashing down. >> it's greater than $150,000 worth of damage