the wilson bridge. use southbound 395 is a workaround. are in springfields is mess with the inner loop still shut down. back in a 10 minutes with another update on your ride along 270. it's too pretty of a day to have the beltway shut down. usually when we talk at the nice start to the day, it's hard to get it to finish that way, but today will be a nice day with lower humidity around the area and lower temperatures compared to this past weekend, 88 to 89 degrees. lovely shot today highs are going to reach into the lower 80's tomorrow. on the cool side, tracking the possibility of an isolated shower on tuesday. i say yes, go ahead and wash the car. comingchances for rain during the weekend. with a highgs out of 94 degrees. larry? fairfax county police asking for your help. reporting missing while you were asleep, she lives on palmer a drive in fairfax. police bringing out k-9 units and helicopters to track her down. lies in blount hit -- brown hair. blue eyes in blount hit eyes and brown hair. autria: one person dead after flames raged over the weekend in n

rubberneck delay all the way back to the springfield interchange. rom that point to past that large crash scene on the inner loop and there's some traffic on the inner loop that has been stuck between the diversion point at eiser hour avenue and before van dorn street. since about 5:00 this morning so a lot of in bad track wis if we can switch it over to our maps i can show you some of those detours as you take look at that bail out traffic 295 northbound park. delays from fort washington on 210 also, in alexandria, duke street to 395 a better bet for you. but 395 also dealing with significant delays. questions erin fox5 dc on twitter. back to you, steve. >> ♪ >>> fox5 continues to lead the way in revealing new developments in a growing issue for prince george's county schools claims that counselors and teachers at several high schools in the county were pressured to change grades in order to boost graduation rates. now, after a week of our follow up reporting married governor larry hogan now calling for a state investigation into the grade fixing al

the holiday. a deadly stabbing followed by a burglary at a springfield stripmall. both allegedly committed by the same person. fairfax county police are trying to figure out what prompted one man to allegedly kill another and then break into this pet store at the springfield plaza shopping . police responded to reports of a stabbing in the 7200 block of commerce street. a man was found there with trauma to his upper body. within a half hour, police received a second call that the pet value store in spring for plaza was being burglarized. here's what police say happened. >> an altercation took place between the two locations. there is an alleyway. that's where we believe it occurred. the suspect -- >> the injured man was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. no word yet on his identity. authorities are still notifying his family. this that store -- charges against him are new rules on the roads start tomorrow. as could impact your kids in school. plus, a tennis star is in trouble today. police blame her for a deadly crash that killed an elderly man. don

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a few updates in the past couple of minutes on this death investigation that's happening near the springfield plaza. police say a man was seen breaking into a business. they found him inside. he was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. detectives were originally called to the scene about 2:00 in the morning for somebody that was hurt on the ground. they took that person to the hospital and he was pronounced dead. they're working right now to figure out if the two are correlated in any way. we've got justin finch headed to the scene. as soon as we get an update from him there from him on the ground, we'll have it for you right here. back over to you guys. >> erika, thank you. >>> 6:402. overnight breaking news in prince george's county. one person is dead, another injured after a crash. this happened just before 9:00 last night on pine drive in accokk. may have been a factor here. one of the cars was crossing indian head highway when it was hit. the driver who was hit is dead. >>> the crash comes as many of you are preparing to head out for the holiday weekend. >> megan mcg

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at the same time, fairfax county a burglary ind of the 6400 block of springfield plaza, just north of this shopping center. at that location, there was a second person who was also injured. authorities taking that person to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. authorities here at the scene not confirming that this is a stabbing. they are saying only this is a death investigation and it is in the early stages. now this area is cordoned off to the public. we will stay on top of the story and bring you more details. autria: thanks for the update. developing right now, police are looking for more victims after they arrested a high school football coach for inappropriate contact with his student. county high school in glen burnie. police say he texted a female student and also touched her inappropriately. thousands heading out for the july 4 holiday weekend, in fact, aaa predicting a record number of drivers will be out on the roads. in washington, 1.1 million people will leave their homes, about 16% of washingtonians, the most ever. the vast majority, 87%, will be traveling by

inner loop super jammed up from the springfield interchange to the legion bridge. to the 25 minute delay from basically baltimore washington parkway over to georgia avenue. at least right now metro is on time except tour safetrack impacting the orange line. all other metro rail lines on time. holly and allison. >> thanks erin. >>> eight core siege seven voters are hitting the polls in 52 virginia for the primary election. voters will decide who will represent the democrats and the republicans in the primary. fox5 fosses bob barnard fifty five in sterling with more on the state's primary. good morning. bob. >> reporter: yeah, hey, guys, good morning we have to be quiet -- wait a minute there's actually nobody voting we don't have to be quiet. we're inside park view high school here in sterling. there's six polling places right here. some ballot boxes they've had 32 come in and vote on this primary election day in the first two hours at the polls have been open. opened at 6:00 o'clock. that close tonight at 7:00. for governor lieutenant governor and some state house

it happened just hours ago at the springfield plaza. eet be today? president trump touching off a social media storm after the personal attack on a cable news host yesterday. so, will be more drama stop pulling punches. >> a live look outside in stafford county virginia. boy does that look beautiful. it is friday june 30th, last friday of june. it also zip trip day. we have a lot of fun planned out in stafford county. tucker is there and in just a couple of minutes we'll check in with him for a look at your holiday forecast ahead. good morning, i'm annie yu in for allison seymour this morning. who is also hanging out in stafford county. >> i'm steve chenevey. welcome to fox5 news morning. let's get to breaking news coming out of fairfax county this morning where police remain on the scene of what they are calling a death investigation. >> it happened along commerce street in springfield plaza. police are also investigating an overnight robbery in that plaza. melanie alnwick live on scene with the latest. mel, what can you tell us. >> rep

it's near the springfield plaza. you more as we get more information. >> prince george's county police say one person is dead, another person injured after a crash that dave mentioned. happened just before 9:00 last night on pine drive in accokeek. police think reckless driving may have been a factor here. one of the cars was crossing indian head highway when it was hit. >>> people are still reacting to president trump's controversial tweets yesterday. the president leveled personal attacks against morning joe host mika brzezinski and joe scarborough. tracie potts will have a look at how the latest controversy could affect the president's agenda. >>> a limited version of president trump's travel ban took effect last night. it stops people from six muslim countries from getting a visa unless they have a close family or business tie. administration's definition of a close relationship. >>> here's a live look at traffic on the bay bridge. it's still early. not that bad right now. >> many of you were up early to hit the

we starting the morning with a closure on the capital beltway, were blocked as you travel from the springfieldixing bowl to annandale. look at this stretch pretty can see the red. we are gridlock as you make the way toward interstate 66. a live look on our cameras of what that is like. we have reopened a couple of those lanes. the accident is between gallows road and arlington boulevard. that is a very busy stretch headed into mclean and tysons. please be prepared. you are going to run into more delays. back on our maps, following a closure in the columbia heights area. we had columbia road that police investigation at adams mill road. hopefully, that will reopen shortly. of course capital beltway delays through prince, we have been accidents with two heading into greenbelt and college park. both have cleared off of the roadway but be alert. your going to run into some volume delays through that stretch as you continue into silver spring. that's the latest from traffic watch. happy friday. veronica: what a friday it is going to be weatherwise. when you look at the weekend, start planning thing

happened just hours ago at the springfield plaza. o the violence. >> plus, what will he tweet today? president trump touching off a social media storm. will there be more drama today or will the president start pulling his punches. >> live look outside in stafford county virginia. great start to the day there as it is elsewhere but we're focusing on stafford today because that is the site of today's zip trip location. we have a whole bunch of fun planned. allison holly tucker all down there this morning and we'll check in with them in a couple minutes. >> we're saying good morning to you. i'm maureen umeh. >> and i'm steve chenevey. >> if you're just waking up this morning at 7 o'clock here's a live look outside shaping up to be hot holiday weekend. look at that, just looks kind of heavy, right. >> little bit there. starting to feel that heavier air yesterday afternoon. let's get a quick check on weather and traffic right now. mike and erin standing by. >> hey guys absolutely hot and heavy out there yesterday. hot and heavy once again

we're also looking at northbound delays on interstate 95 heading towards the springfield mixing bowl. district or the into georgetown, no issues as you crash the key bridge. traffic in -- as you cross the key bridge. no issues on 394 through arlington. that is the latest from traffic watch. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. must-see video out of new jersey. a woman with her eyes on her phone falling headfirst into an open cellar. she tumbled 8 feet into a basement over a text message. a worker rush to her aid. she went to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. caught on camera, police officers kicking a man involved in a fiery crash. this happened sunday following a high-speed chase in new jersey. the man police were chasing ran into another leading to that fiery scene. the man escaped from the fire and once the police arrived to the scene, officers apparently began taking and dragging the man. was not the man they were chasing. that was the man the suspect slammed into. >> it did not look like helpful hand. soon we will go to the process for termination.

happened just hours ago at the springfield plaza. what police are saying led up to the violence. >> plus, what will he tweet today? president trump touching off a social media storm. will there be more drama today or will the president start pulling his punches. >> live look outside in stafford county virginia. great start to the day there as it is elsewhere but we're focusing on stafford today because that is the site of today's zip trip location. we have a whole bunch of fun planned. allison holly tucker all down there this morning and we'll check in with them in a couple minutes. >> we're saying good morning to you. i'm maureen umeh. >> and i'm steve chenevey. >> if you're just waking up this morning at 7 o'clock here's a live look outside shaping up to be hot holiday weekend. look at that, just looks kind of heavy, right. >> little bit there. starting to feel that heavier air yesterday afternoon. let's get a quick check on weather and traffic right now. mike and erin standing by. >> hey guys absolutely hot and heavy out there yest

coach and special education teacher was killed this weekend when he was hit by a box truck at the springfield interchange. his nephew albert was critically injured in the crash, they had pulled onto a median. the truck driver who hit them was charged with reckless driving and was not injured. >>> it's been more than a month since these symbols of hate were found at american university. >> and more money, less service. what you need to know about metro before you walk to the turn styles next. >> d left uninsured by the senate's new fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. now with our new fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs, 20 times faster than most people have. and the price is amazing too for $79.99 a month online our fastest triple play with hbo included for 2 years. leave cable's slower internet speeds behind. so hurry up and switch to fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo and multi-room dvr service for two years all with a two year agreement. >>>

crime scene tape is unexpected sight for shoppers at the springfield plaza. a murder, they say, is unheard of. >> scary. jeff: just after 2:00, this morning, the fairfax county police got a call of lying on a ground behind fast eddie's fool hall. he was suffering from severe injuries to his upper body. 29-year-old kieron hart of springfield later died in an area hospital. while investigating the crime scene police got another call about a burglary at the pet value store. a few hundred feet behind the pool hall. inside the store, they found 30-year-old jay from springfield. >> they were having a debate. maybe heated debate. >> the co-owner of the fast eddies was not there last night but says jay is a known regular and so was kieron hart. >> they are hard broken over all of this. >> at fast eddies the staff and the cust and now deal with sadness and pain. >> we will try to get through it. >> the argument never got physical inside the pool hall. they do not know what it was about. we did speak to several people inside the pool hall today who knew kieron hart. the

swarthmore about 5:37 right by the springfield mall. trevose 5:39. olney and brookhaven later

swarthmore about 5:37 right by the springfield mall. trevose 5:39. olney and brookhaven later on. lansdale pennsylvania where i used to live 5:41 and ridley park at 5:45 and again this is the approximate time of the heavy rain arriving, some of these spots are already seeing some of the lighter rain and on the other side of that you will see some drying. however, even where this rain is not swiar you have low lying clouds and some drizzle in some spots. and let's go ahead and look at those clouds. plenty of that today. does look like we're looking at mostly cloudy skies and once we get rid of this rain over the next hour or two, we'll wind up with some lingering drizzle and eve shower still possible. visibility a bit of an issue in spots. we've got in low lying cloud cover. looks like the fog isn't too bad in most places but low enough to give you that drizzle on the windshield even if you're not in those active showers. it's also a cool start this morning. 62 degrees as you head odelphian allentown, 63 in millville. 66 a little better in wilmington and still the upper 50's in tren

but the on-ramp is backed up and traffic on the inner loop backs up from the springfield interchange own. so be prepared for that. you're sluggish across the legion bridge as well. let's switch it over show you what else you're up against. take look at our maps. westbound 50 after 197 collington road a crash causing some delays as well as you head in through the bowie area you'll hitha making your way out 95 northbound fredericksburg into stafford really nasty delays because of congestion. it's about a 35 minute delay from fredericksburg through stafford you open up and then you slow down again through dale city. southbound baltimore washington parkway as you head through riverdale park a car off the road involved in a crash before 50. delays there as well. metro still dealing with red line slow downs from safetrack. back to you maureen and steve. >> thank you. ahead this morning we know prescription drugs can get really expensive. so when it comes to over the counter meds fox medical team joins us with the most affordable and best bargains. >> we'll check in with kevin mccarthy who i

there was a barbeque earlier in the day at the home on springfield street. several hours later this was small group of teenager namely females standing on the front stems after home there. well, just after midnight, someone sprayed bullet directly at the teens, at least five of them, hit a 16 year old in her right arm. two other fly through a first floor window, right into the living room, where four other people were. the teen ran inside, leaving the home bloodied. >> it appears that the shots were intentionally fired at this group. there is not only was this female struck multiple times, two bullets enters a window after house, right where she was standing, and there is also strike marks, on the front steps of the house, where she was standig. so, we don't know if the 16 year old victim was the intended target. but it, appears that the shooter was firing into the crowd of people that the 16 year old was with. >> another question police are trying to answer, if the shooter fired the shots from a car, and in a drive by, or if this was someone on foot. but wit

the next 10 minutes. autria: back to that breaking news at 6:02. police swarming a shopping center in fairfax. dead afterne person an incident that happened while you were asleep. suzanne kennedy is live in springfield with the breaking details just coming in. good morning.

stepping outside to give you a at sky track 7 at the springfield mixing bowl, heading past of the little river turnpike, you can see those delays on the left side of your screen. slow going for you from the mixing bowl through annandale continuing toward 606i wanted to give you a quick peek at the traffic land cameras show you once again the trouble spots for the folks making the drive now on 270. volume delays are the problem. it's a slow ride towards the spur. adriano? adrianna: another big day on capitol hill as jeff sessions is to be in the hot seat. scott thuman is here now with what you can expect. >> did he have more meetings with russians that it -- then disclosed? what was the role in james comey's firing? some of the questions likely to be thrown at jeff sessions later today. he already took himself out of the russian investigation process. myself in thecues matter. >> he's attempting to send the message that he has nothing to hide by requesting that his testimony be public. after the comey testimony of last week, fresh concerns by lawmakers. aware of can't discuss in an open s

earlier, it was active across the region. springfield township with that a severe line moving through. an air conditioning unit off the roof. princeton junction, 3.25-inches of rain. power poles were knocked down. gloucester city, camden county, treetrees knocked on to a house. 67 from millville, upper 60s, cape may. satellite 6 along with satellite and radar, partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. the northwest suburb, fizzling out tonight. things dry out as far as the atmosphere is concerned. for the next 12 hours, mostly clear. we bottom out at 60 in the suburb, 58 in philadelphia with northwesterly winds. tomorrow morning, you have mostly clear sky, lots of sunshine at 8:00 a.m. nothing to complain about. for the afternoon hour, instability showers likely north of philadelphia, spotty showers in allentown, something firing up in the poconos. it's a dry day and humidity sundays low as well. 84 for the high. sunshine and clouds, comfortable, 83 allentown, 80 cape may. dewpoint numbers as you wake up tomorrow morning, 8:00 in the lower 50

outer loop backed up from the springfield interchange past van dorn street. two-hour delay from saint barnabas road to eisenhower avenue where they're forcing you to dee to. you can see this is the perspective of those people parked. you can see some their vehicles right now. this crash happened just before 5:00 a.m. they were initially letting the left lane sneak by. there are dozens of cars stuck between eisenhower and van dorn waiting to get through that closure scene. if you're headed from prince george's county don't get stuck in that backup unless you have about two hours to spare. we'll take a look at our maps. we're seeing big delays on duke street 35 getting parked up. anything in the alexandria area because of this huge stretch of the inner loop that's closed it's completely backed up. delays on 295 northbound, 210 from fort washington backed up. if you have any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we want to help get you around that huge backup right now on the inner loop. inner loop top of the beltway a disabled vehicle at university boulevard l

the spirit of delaware county, morton borough council wants the morton name to be included in the springfield school district name, matter every pride. been more than 50 years since the pennsylvania department of education ordered the morton school district be merged with springfield. >> and in the news journal, an overheated delmarva electrical cable is to be blamed for shattered piece of the roadway at west thirds and north monroe street in wilmington. like a tree route growing underneath concrete sidewalk, the heat actually cause the the cable to push up, and it broke through the street above. and that's a look at some newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> well, coming up in the next half hour every "eyewitness news," president trump is under fire from republicans and democrats a look, for twitter attack on two cable tv news hoses. and now, harry potter author jk rolling is even weighing in. anita? >> for those every us planning to take a holiday road trip, some good news for your wallet. that next, meisha? >> all right, and looking outside, beautiful day, nice driving co

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the stage. begins in march 1849. lincoln returns to springfield to practice law. 1849. and then 1856, no-nothing party, nominates bill moore for president, national convention for the republican party. we have that blackdrop. what's the title about? >> host: "wrestling with his angel" is a title i took from the story of jacob in the bible in the bible, jacob wrestles through a long night, possible my with himself. the bible says an angel. and at the end of the night, and with the break of dawn, he comes to a realization of who he is and he adopts a new name. israel. lincoln wrestles through a long night, it's his long, dark night of the soul, for lincoln. the last years. he enters it coming home to springfield after one term in the congress, and he ends it by founding the illinois republican party, and adopting his own new identity, and emerging with husband -- his cause against slavery. this is the story of how lincoln became the man that is recognizable to us today. if we met lincoln at the beginning of the story we would not recognize him as lincoln of history. by the

leaves you with heavy volume in the springfield mixing bowl. l slow. put on sun glasses, open the top enjoy the sunny weather. this is the inner loop for the earl ier crash, outer loop right lanes for an accident. there back now to ♪ >>> welcome back to "gma," everybody. we're so happy to have everybody in our audience with us. mighty crowd. you know what else i'm happy to share with everybody which this made me smile. this passionate 4-year-old singing a song from "moana." take a look. ♪ the sea it calls me ♪ no one knows where it goes ♪ it's the wind in my sail that i leave behind me ♪ ♪ one day i'll know >> that is 4-year-old sofia. i love the namesake. same name as one of my daughters singing the song "how far i'll go" from "moana." she didn't even practice at home. she just showed up and did it. i think this girl has a future on broadway or something. >> they were videotaping it to send it to her grandmother and realized how hysterical it is and he said you should post it and it has gotten 12 million views on facebook. >> she was supposed t

other jam areas, this is a crowded jam camera, look at this one, completely parked from the springfieldange past the georgetown pike because of a crash and completely parked on the outer loop because of a crash on van darn street. 100 both directions out by glen burny backed up and also jammed areas on 270 southbound. unfortunately busy morning, holly and steve. >>> 7:27, story a lot of people are talking about. allegations of grade fixing to boost graduation rates in prince george's county >>> a closer look at the investigation, we're going to sit down with maryland state senator, 7:27 is our time, fox 5 news morning. [ crickets chirping ] [ light music playing ] you've wished upon it all year, and now it's finally here. the mercedes-benz summer event is back, with incredible offers on the mercedes-benz you've always longed for. but hurry, these shooting stars fly by fast. lease the c300 for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

the springfield soccer club said the statement was a a misprint on the roster listing her as a boy.correct the error on that roster, organizers would not allow the team to play. >> an insurance card was not enough. >> not enough. they didn't want to see a doctor's note or prescription that listed her as a girl. mia ham, soccer legends have tweeted and posted instagram videos encouraging her that no matter what, to be who she is and invited her to hang out with them as well. >> plays on the 11-year-old team that's how good she is. >>> white house wants to get a message on health care meetings. but instead we're talking about this. >> talk about one tweet. let's spend the whole program on it. >> i think to call it a tweet is to run away from its significance. >> what is it? a bowl of pe ttunias? >> the president's travel ban tweet storm once again has aids on the defensive. living up to the hype? one jar shatters the competition. olay regenerist hydrates skin better than creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay. ageless. afi sure had

really slow role from the springfield interchange up really to the bridge.de that's very slow. let's swift over for a look at our maps not the only problem. southbound three out in crofton there's crash on the 450 defense highway that cleared so those delays are starting to ease. aside from that 295 southbound we're still dealing with a crash blocking the right lane near benning road. 50 inbound very slow. metro the orange line getting back to normal will he son and wisdom. >> ♪ >>> in this morning's briefing, mike pence has lawyered up. >> the vice-president has reportedly hired outside legal counsel to deal with the investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. the washington post reports he hired richard cullen who served as us attorney in virginia. pence's decision cups less than month after president trump hired his own private attorney to deal with the russian probe. >>> and today president trump is expected to make an announcement about a policy shift concerning cuba. according to the white house it's aimed at stopping t

adriana: the springfield man who made it to the top of mount everest.g about an enduring 60-mile-per-hour wind and temperatures 30 below zero. he's back home now and he says it was hard to eat, sleep and recover each day but it was all worth it and she says she's not done with the adventures yet. >> to literally be staying on top of incredible feeling. there's definitely a lot of challenges out there that i'd like to continue to do and just adventures to look forward to. adriana: he's got his eye on climbing the highest mountain in north africa. we'll talk to him later. don't miss that interview at 8:15 when we all move over to news channel 8. all this week "good morning washington" is celebrating fairfax, abc 7 and news channel 8 are proud sponsors of this weekend's festival and we're giving tickets away every day this week. all the number on your screen. 703-528-7334. caller number seven wins four general admission tickets. if you don't win right now, we have even more to give away next hour and of course we're doing it all week long. -- : we celebrat

the officers here in springfield say they loved the visit..,because bonding with childrenis important. kurt ringgold we have to reach out to the children. and show them that the police guy and the fire guys are there to help them.we see so many bad things throughout the day. and to have someone come from another state to give hugs - that's amazing. rosalyn has hugged police officers in about a dozen states and is still on the road. the family will head back to louisiana soon....but eventually, they'll be out there again.......and they're serious about visiting all 50 states.. grant? (grant) up next - overcoming the odds.. meet an east bay student who went from living in her car -- to graduating college. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] (vicki) as hundreds of students graduate from college

delays have been extensive along with that inner loop crash that extends all the way back to the springfield you can see that heavy delay there. skyfox maybe? it has been over that crash that has now cleared. never mind. all right, moving. into the district here inbound new york avenue disabled vehicle blocks. disabled vehicle on route 50 trying to get into the city. a second disabled vehicle suiinbound suitland parkway. you got at least moderate delays spilling onto route five branch avenue there coming in northbound. route 210 northbound in southern maryland still heavy from an earlier crash that closed 210 at palmer road although delays seem to be easing. this reopened about an hour ago. metrobus still tweeting, though that they're a little slow. 270 southbound let's check n here. really actually great considering this is after 7:00 a.m. and just seeing some delays through gaithersburg germantown you break free rockville to the spur. finally 295 southbound route 50 to pennsylvania avenue very heavy there. let's go to our cameras if we can. those are just some delays that we'll show you on

they've been out here 16 hours now. >> if you're one of the many springfield plaza shoppers, your friday run forrer rand, blocked off in part like crime scene tape. >> i'm shocked. not in my area. i'm shocked. >> reporter: shocked and confused. walk through the evidence with us, you've got shirt, headphones, grocery cart, pet cushion, shattered glass. what does it all mean? timeline might help. let's take you back to thursday night inside this cafe. but the new name is revolution. >> we really enjoy all the customers that come in and something like this just truly breaks our heart. >> police say among those inside last night, a well-liked regular, hart and another somewhat familiar face. >> he never had a problem there. he never had an altercation there before. >> owner katherine martel said they noticed the two arguing about something. >> it never became physical. no one ever thought that anything would come from it. >> something did come from it outside the pool hall in this ally between the strip mall. here police spent the day marking evidence. it's here he attacked him leaving him t

also jammed up on the inner loop through annandale from the springfield interchange to 66. at this point. from there let's move it over to our maps other issues now i just got tweet about this one. colesville road southbound person was hit by a car at the intersection of timber wood avenue in silver spring. right now it's still shut down southbound between timber wood avenue and university boulevard they're detouring all traffic at lorraine avenue because of this road as well as secondaries.le- please plan your route a head of time and have patience as you travel through that area. off to the shoulder southbound connecticut. it was pretty blocking two lanes after beach drive. inner loop looks good through kensington but big outer loop delays 95 to just past georgia avenue about 30 minute slow down. take look at your drive times. eighths slow roll through virginia right now 60 eastbound from 234 prince william parkway to the beltway little over an hour and then another really big delay, 395 northbound red zone 30 minute trip from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. back t

and the loss, "you don't have to say you love me," the dusty springfield song. of the sadder songs ever recorded. one of the -- it encapsulates all my grief in one image. >> why did you go with that title? >> you know, i searched and searched and searched, and then i looked up the top ten hits of my birth year, 1966. >> uh-huh. >> and "you don't have to say you love me" was number two. and as soon as i read it on the well, i remember hearing it from my youth. my mom saying a lot. so my mom was always singing the top 40 songs. i remember her singing, "you don't have to say you love me." and in fact, as soon as i titled that, then i started remembering other songs she used to sing that i include in the book. she sang, "i'm not lisa," by jess colter. she sang a lot of linda ronstadt, dolly parton. the idea of naming this book after a -- a pop song just seemed perfect. >> yeah. this -- there's a piece on page 1, page 113, i think. a piece that i want you to read. i think it's probably -- encapsulates nicely what the story is that you tell in the book. but the piece i

. >>> late in the game, bridget whitaker from springfield scored and they trailed by a goal and carololds on to win their first state championship nine to eight the final. on the boys side springfield took on west chester henderson. springfield held on to beat west chester henderson nine hive eight and win their second straight state crown. so, congratulations to them. >> very nice. congratulations. thank you so much lez leaving still ahead on "eyewitness news" a little girl is on a mission to make the world a better place. >> ♪ >> see what she does. i see her face lines when she hugged them and when she's with her. >> how her hugs for officers are inspiring police forces from coast to coast. that's next. >> ♪ ♪ sun to the farm ♪ ♪ to the seeds in a row ♪ ♪ goodness begins with the seed that you sow ♪ ♪ plant that oat and watch it grow ♪ ♪ good goes around and around and around ♪ ♪ seed to the oat ♪ to get made to an o ♪ ♪ o from the farm ♪ ♪ straight into your bowl ♪ put in the good and the good will grow ♪ ♪ good goes around and around and around ♪ ♪ good goes around and around... ♪

man was found with injuries on the ground near springfield plaza early this morning. rm, you can choose the leg. we couldn't be any happier. bmilk and fresh cream,a. and only sustainably farmed vanilla. what is this? a vanilla bean? mmm! breyers the good vanilla. we use non-gmo sourced ingredients in some of america's favorite flavors. mmm! >>> up up away, the temperatures are liming to the upper 70s. martinsburg and warrenton up to 80 already. certainly going to be a hot and more humid day than we have seen in the last couple. highs in the upper 80s and 90s. a higher chance of thunderstorms up across maryl the i-81 corridor. even better chance around d.c. as we get into tomorrow. >> chuck, thank you. get the latest news and weather any time on the nbc washington app. >>> he is famously known as >>> he's famously known as the red meat loving wood working manly man, ron swanson. of course, we're talking about nick offerman who appeared for seven glorious seasons on "parks and recreation" as the director of the parks department.

oh the places you'll go... like springfieldhusetts.( james ) over the weekend, hundreds of people gathered for the grand opening for the "amazing world of the doctor seuss museum." it was a sea of striped hats as relatives of the famed author and fans of dr. seuss were there. loved ones donated personal letters and drawings from the late author. they say the museum gives people a better idea of the man behind the beloved children's books. (james) ahead at nine on the kron 4 morning news... bill cosby is in court right now as his trial begins in a rape case from more than a decade ago. we'll get a report from pennsylvania . and breaking news out of orlando. multiple people killed in a shooting at a business. we'll have the latest information. plus... more arrests made in london following a terror attack that killed seven people and injured dozens of other people. the new overnight developments. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. lets start the morning with a check of traffic with robin... major residual delays into san fran

the shooter. we're just told that a car was last seen speeding off west on springfield towards 60th street. rivate surveillance cameras in the neighborhood and those cameras are facing in the direction towards where the ballistic evidence is. >> reporter: and the girl is listed in stable condition at the hospital right now. meanwhile police are reviewing that surveillance camera footage and of course anyone with information is asked to contact police. the investigation is ongoing. reporting live at southwest detectives jeanette reyes channel6 "action news." >> thank you jeanette. >>> a construction site in philadelphia is now a crime scene. private contractors have been digging up a lot in tioga-nicetown and came across a set of bones including a human skull. "action news" reporter congratulations coastal -- kathe scott is live. >> reporter: matt, the remains were buried about 6 feet underground based on the teeth, the hair a-the clothing, investigators believe this may be, may have been an adult woman but further testing and further examination is needed. let's go to video from tioga-niceto

this is along the 5900 block fox5 of springfield avenue. s began and then a barrage of bullets p she was hit multiple times. other bullets pierced a home and shattered windows. the 16-year-old girl was hit multiple times in the car and was rushed to pen presbyterian by police. the shooter sped off. friends were taken to be interviewed in hopes of getting a suspect description. >> a description of the shooter. we're just told that a car was last seen speeding off west on springfield towards 60th street. now, we did find some private surveillance cameras in the neighborhood and those cameras are facing in the direction towards where the ballistic evidence is. >> reporter: now, the victim is listed in stable condition. she was the only one injured by the gunfire. we just know that the suspects, police say, sped westbound towards 60th street on springfield a they're trying to get ahold of that of surveillance video. jeanette reyes channel6 "action news." >> police are investigating the discovery of a human skeleton in the tioga-nicetown section.

near the i-95 springfield interchange. a box truck hit a boat and two men who were in trying to secure the boat to a pickup truck. they were taken to the hospital after they were struck. one man has died, the other has life-threatening injuries. the box truck driver was initially charged with reckless driving. all lanes of the bentley reopened -- all lanes of the beltway have reopened. despite some early rain, we had a beautiful day. tomorrow we shaping up to be even better. we get a first look at the forecast with meteorologist alex liggitt. alex: it was warm for a little while today. near 90 degrees, but right now the radar is sweeping clear and temps are dropping. degrees at the moment at reagan national. we will drop into the 60's even downtown, 71 reston and fredericksburg, annapolis 73, woodbridge boundary to the east. showers developing to the south of richmond. we will stay dry overnight. i think we will see temperatures drop into the lower 60's in the outlying suburbs, upper 60's, near 70 in town, but low humidity,

the 16-year-old girl was hit multiple times before the shooter sped off westbound on springfield toward 60th street. she was rushed to penn presbyterian by police. meanwhile her friends were quickly taken to southwest detectives here to be interviewed in hopes of getting the suspect's description. take a listen to what police had to say. >> she has multiple gunshot wounds to her right arm. we don't know if some of those gunshot wounds are through and through but she has at least five gunshot injuries to her arm. so we know she was hit multiple times. she's the only victim that was hit. >> reporter: and police have not released a suspect description at this point or a motive. that girl is in stable condition and again, she was the only one injured. police are trying to get ahold of that surveillance camera footage and hopefully that will lead them to the shooter. reporting live at southwest detectives, jeanette reyes channel6 "action news." tam. >> all right, jeanette, thank you for that. >>> and also breaking overnight, a pedestrian was hit and killed by two cars on the roosevelt boulev

police say a pickup truck hauling a boat was pulled over in the median just before the split in springfield. two men were out working to secure the boat to the truck, when a tractor trailer h the impact of the crash injured the other man as well. state place say both men have life-threatening injuries. we're told the area will be closed for at least two more hours. wi >>> a mother faces charges tonight for killing her two young children. investigators say she locked them in the car as punishment, then went inside to do drugs and take a nap. temperatures reached the mid 90s on that day back in may. police say the mother first told them the children locked themselves inside the car. she came clean yesterday and she was arrested. >>> d.c. police need help finding a missing mom and her toddler. michelle manley and 21-month-old daysy have been missing since thursda thursday, june 15th. the pair was just reported missing today. we've posted all the details on your nbc washington facebook page to encourage you >>> people in prince george's county say the newly proposed health care law is, quote, e

shots rang out on the 5900 block of springfield monday night. the 16-year-old victim was standing with the group of 15 and 16-year-olds outside a home where they attended a barbecue yesterday. >> about 1:30 in the afternoon. drinking and smoking. and having a nice time before the kids even came out. >> the victim was rushed to the hospital where she remains in stable condition. the motive for the shooting has not been released. >>> service has resumed on amtrak's northeast corridor between washington and philadelphia after two people were struck and killed by an amtrak train. the victims worked for csx and it causes several delays and cancellations. katherine scott spoke to passengers impacted by the changes. >> reporter: passengers here at 30th street station saw delays and cancellations this morning after the fatal accident outside of washington, d.c. >> passengers boarded a washington, d.c. bound train from 30th street station as travel began to resume. service had been temporarily suspended during the morning rush and after an investigation i

group of mostly 15 and 16-year-old girls were standing i don't it side of a home along the 5900 block of springfieldvenue. they just had a basketball caw there earlier in the day. those shots suddenly rang out and the victim was hit multiple times by a large caliber handgun. other bullets pierced the home and shattered windows. she ended up getting hit five times. the 16-year-old girl was shot several times before the shooter sped off. she was rushed to penn presbyterian by police. meanwhile her friends were quickly taken to southwest detectives to be interviewed in hopes of getting a suspect description. >> we don't have a description of the shooter. we're just told that a car was last seen speeding off rest on springfield towards 60th street westampton did find some private surveillance cameras in the neighborhood and those cameras are facing in the direction towards where the ballistic evidence is. >> reporter: the girl is listed in stable condition. she was the only one injured by the gunfire. anyone with informationally is asked to contact police. reporting live at southwest detectives jeanette

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