tracee wilkins was the first reporter live on the scene and joins us with more information.d morning. >> good morning. throughout the morning we have watched as more officers have come on board, more detectives here, and now, as you said, the s.w.a.t. team as well. i want you to take a look behind me and see what's going on right now. police have moved us back yet again as they have once again expanded the scene here. for the third time this morning. i want you to take a look over to the right and see what's happening here on minnesota avenue. it is now taped off. you cannot come down minnesota avenue approaching bening road right now. they have it taped off here at s and 17th. let me show you it what it looked like just a few minutes ago as s.w.a.t. team arrived coming down the street to offer support to these officers who have been here all morning long. now, the let me take you back to earlier to morning. just before 3:00 a.m. there was a shooting here at r and 17th street. a man,ed a dull ma ed a dued e killed. as they began to make their way into the apartment house whe

news4's tracee wilkins is there now live with a preview of today's hearing. tracee?porter: good morning, aaron. after all the courtroom battles and all of the appeals, today we will find out what the highest court in the nation has to say about the affordable care act. the decision is expected today. now, 26 states and a national business group challenged the law's central requirement that all americans get health insurance. so, today the supreme court will decide if congress has the right to make people purchase insurance or pay a penalty. the court may uphold the health care law, strike it down or say the requirement that most americans carry health insurance is unconstitutional. but maybe they'll keep other aspects of the law in place. if the court rules in favor of the affordable care act, it will settle the legal question surrounding president obama's plan but won't guarantee an end to the political battle. if upheld, republicans are vowing to repeal, block and slow down any momentum to make what they've labeled obama care law. on the other hand, some of the nat

tracee wilkins staying on top of that. >> right now, though, let's get to tom kierein taking a look at the forecast. tom, a little chill in the air this morning. >> quite a rude awakening when you step outside. it's really feeling more like early spring or maybe early fall to look forward here. it's unusual for late june to have it down into the 50s. that's where we are now. much of the region in the 50s. and out in fact mountains it's even in the 40s on this june 26th. amazing. there's the view from space. we have shallow high pressure moving down from the north. that's what's bringing in the chill. all those areas of blue are in the 40s. it uncovers much of western pennsylvania right down into western maryland. the hylands in west virginia, the 40s. the areas in dark green are in the 50s. you can see the northern suburb, western suburbs, parts of virginia in the 50s. areas in green are in the 60s. reagan national is at 64. anything right near the warmer waters of the potomac. low 80s, as well as the bay. anywhere around the bay it's a bit milder. away from the waters, eastern shore,

our own tracee wilkins hosted the event in fairfax. students represented several schools throughout the washington region. aaa administers the safety control program. more than 93,000 kids in our area take part. >>> still ahead, it is the hot new ride at six flags. tonight, news4's richard jordan hops aboard the apocalypse to see if maryland's first and only stand-up roller coaster lives up to the hype. >> gross these fresh herbs and make these beautiful dishes and i'll show you how with the help of the ritz-carlton coming up. >>> we have threats of thunder out there and haggerstown that >>> people now get a chance to stand up to their fears at six flags america, the theme park unveiling brand-new stand-up coaster today and boasts steep drops and hairpin turvns. richard jordan gave the apocalypse a spin. >> reporter: here-raising turns and sudden drops. the newest ride at six flags america strives to create an end of the world thriller with shooting fire and explosions. >> it definitely gives you the feeling that something bad and emin

tracee wilkins live with more. >> reporter: good morning. now that we have sunlights, you can see the markings left by investigators. you can see how far the car went out of the lane, striking another vehicle. we have an update from police. the 6-year-old girl is deceased. and police say that that 6-year-old girl was not properly restrained for her height and her age. an 8-year-old girl is in very critical condition after undergoing a number of surgeries. their mother, a 28-year-old woman, was pronounced dead on the scene. let me show what it looked like earlier in the evening. there was a honda civic traveling east on lee highway, carrying one woman and two children. police say that civic sideswiped an suv on lee highway, then hit a honda van trying to make a left-hand turn to go west. the driver of the van had to be rescued and pulled out of his van. police say the accident ended when the civic hit a median, knocked over a sign and came to rest in the eastbound lanes of lee highway. the driver, the mother, was pronounced dead. she was insi

tracee wilkins is live on the scene with breaking new developments. what's going on?er: let me show you right now where the detectives are positions here. they are about a block away from the house where this shooting happened. they are standing there behind that police vehicle. we have seen some uniformed officers approach the house but let me show you what they armed themselves with just a little while ago before they did that. this is video of tse officers retrieving their rifles before going closer to the scene and going closer to that house. let me explain to you exactly what's happened up to this point. around 2:45 a.m. a man was pronounced dead after he was shot outside an apartment house here at 17th and r streets and southea southeast. now, i spoke to one young lady who was theres that happened. she said that there was a crowd of people outside the house and that a man approached what appeared to be a long black something. turns out that something was a gun. that's what that man used to shoot and kill this adult male who died on the scene earlier this morning

i'm tracee wilkins, coming up, we wrap up >>> the president of afghanistan is lashing out at nato after a deadly air strike. president hamid karzai says 18 civilians were killed and called wednesday's predawn strike unacceptable. villagers say five women, seven children and six men were killed. nato says soldiers called in the strike after they came under fire. they're now sending a team to investigate the allegations. >>> and the nato air strike is one of the issues defense secretary, leon panetta will have to deal with today during his visit to afghanistan. panetta arrived overnight to see how the war effort is going and discuss plans for the troop draw-down, his visit comes a day after a series of suicide bombings left 22 people dead. panetta admits the insurgents appear to be more organized but says overall, violence is down. and the white house is offering up money in hopes of stamping out islamic extremist groups in the war on terror. they're expected to detail a plan to offer up to $33 million in rewards for information about top members of el shabab, a militia movement linked to

tracee wilkins has the details. >> reporter: it's at the sound of d.c. storm season. trees down, homes damaged and power out. system pepco customers have grown tired of days extending into weeks without electric electricity. >> every storm is different. every storm can have a different impact on the system. >> reporter: the preparedness director says is the power company is working to have better restoration times, no matter what mother nature may bring. >> starting last year in response to some criticism on our storm preparedness and response, pepco underwent a significant emergency rest ray improvement process. >> reporter: that means better training for employees, more driving on prevent tiff maintenance, and a commitment to serving customers on every level. >> the processes did exist, there are no significantly new processes, it's simply that our employees and our management are all much more aware of the plans and processes, and participate in our drills. >> reporter: emergency management agencies and the red cross says it's important that you do the same. they w

i'm tracee wilkins, lives from the gw parkway.ive to daniela with a look at other traffic. >> good morning. a lot of wet pavement. maryland at 216. rain fogging up my camera travel lanes open connecting to the beltway. not an issue as far as volume or accidents, just wet roadways. ing traveling on the outer loop no accidents on the out every or inner. 55 miles per hour at 495. that speed not bad, but give yourself extra time this morning. and taking the rails, no reported delays. a good way to go this morning. metro, marc, çóvre, all looking good. >>> still use a paper card for metro? the agency is making you an offer hard to refuse. starting september 1st, worker who's buy smarttrip cards, they will get a $3 rebate. meaning you pay just $2 for the card. registering also means you will be able to use an auto reload feature in the fall, which will add money to the card when the balance drops to a certain level. metro says it will have smart trip vending machines at stations by september. >>> hollywood has turned into hockeywood. >>

in fairfax county, tracee wilkins, news4. >>> i have to say it, that guy looked like abe lincoln. >> don't think he hasn't heard that before. of course, the beard could get hot out there. >> it was very sticky today. >> a little soon for washington weather to be hitting us. >> normally we get some days -- a lot of folks after last week, as cool as it was, as refreshing as it was said, wait a minute, i didn't want that. we're going to get a chance to cool off. we already have a few rain showers out there as we take a look. the sky has gotten dirtied up. they'll be lowering over the over night period. we're at 87 degrees right now, reagan national airport. the dew point temperature is 61 degrees, get it over 60, it starts to feel humid, especially if there's not much wind. a pocket of higher temperatures here, including there in d.c., and we're at -- it's down here where some rain has been making its way from the southwest to the northeast. take a look at the heat down south. jackson at 92 degrees, 91 degrees in jacksonville, florida, even some higher heat in texas. you're getting the

"news 4's" tracee wilkins is live on what turned into a very hectic night. , good morning. >> reporter: it was down the road, down the bw parkway. this was an amazing crowd. all i could think as i was looking at this, wow. >> it closed at 2:00 a.m. they had to start turning people away at 1:00 a.m. this is just a few hours ago. now, the parking lot was packed after traffic getting in here backed all the way up to the bw parkway and beyond. if you actually made it to the casino, the line stretched beyond the casino's property. when police started turning people away, we're told that everyone was very orderly. but this was the scene. well into midnight and into the earlymorning hours as well. last night's vegas-style opening included red carpet, dancers and all kinds of cool stuff. it also includes some popular restaurants like celebrity chef bobby flay's bobby's burger palace and we're told more will be coming soon including prime rib and more live entertainment. they're expecting this place to generate $400 million in revenue. all of that will be going to mar

tracee wilkins describes why. >> as it stands, some fairfax county high school students are getting toheir bus stops at 5:45 in the morning, so they'll make it to school by 7:20. some parents say it's too hard on the kids. >> getting up so early, they can't concentrate. they get sleepy during the day. >> last april the fairfax county school board agreed that it would be better for high school to begin after 8:00 a.m. that's where the discussion ended. no actual changes were made. >> this is a matter of the health of our teen students. >> school board member sandy evans is a strong advocate of later school times, now is leading the charge for the board to actually implement them. >> two thirds of our teen students get 7 hours of sleep or less per school night. they should be getting 9 hours of sleep. that is major sleep deprivation. >> today board members were presented research showing how our school districts were able to make it -- >> the question is how do we make that happen? how do we do that in a way that ensures where you don't harm any of the other things we care deeply about.

tracee wilkins joins us live outside the supreme court with hundreds of others who waited for the bigouncement. tracee, tell us about the mood outside the court right now? >> well, good morning, barbara, we still have a crowd of hundreds gathered here outside the supreme court. take a look at these folks. some people down there. some people heading down there just to be a part of history and folks were out here and, let me tell you, when the opinions were read, whether they were for affordable health care or not, people in front of the supreme court instantly started focusing on the next step. there were hundreds of demonstrators, both for and against affordable health care who gathered in front of the supreme court this morning. some people had been camped out since yesterday, waiting to hear if the justices would decide affordable health care was constitutional. after all the courtroom battles and appeals, the highest court in the nation decided that affordable health care law could go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured americans. the court found problem

tracee wilkins joins us with more on these changes. good morning to you. >> good morning. that's the best advice. i think for some riders this morning it's going to be like the first day of school and trying to find their classrooms because you are going to have to pay very close attention to what train you're boarding. you're going to need to watch the digital message signs as well. don't board the wrong train. metro spokesman space that metro plus -- or rush plus will improve the compute for 110,000 customers on the green, yellow, blue, and orange lines. the red line is not impacted. now, 21 stations will get more frequent service with six additional trains every hour of rush hour. for example, during peek periods, orange line customers will get six per hour. three in each direction between vienna and largo town center. metro officials predict this will add more seats per hour. although blue line will have delays since they will have less trains and may be it whatting up to six minutes for additional trains. some of those folks may want to do transferring to see if they

reporting live, tracee wilkins in fairfax city. news4. >> thank you. >>> wisconsin governor scott walker survived a bitterly fought recall effort and will stay in office. the republican defeated challenger tom barrett, milwaukee's dwemocratic mayor. he told supporters his victory is an affirmation of political courage. the recall challenge was the result of governor walker's divisive measure that eliminated union rights for most public workers last year. walker is the first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall election. >>> four minutes after the hour. today the senate banking committee will hold its first hearing on jpmorgan's $2 billion trading losses. jpmorgan acknowledged the loss on may 10. the money was in a portfolio that was supposed to manage the risks the bank takes with its own money. but bank officials say the portfolio turned out to be more volatile than first thought. ceo jamie dimon is scheduled to appear before the committee next week. >>> bad credit could cost the manassas park school system thousands of do

tracee wilkins is live in falls church, virginia, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police are still here on the scene. we have the city of falls church and fairfax county police surrounding this house in the 600 block of hillwood avenue. they say this came in as a call as domestic disturbance. a lot has happened since then. they believe there was just one man inside of the househo

news 4 tracee wilkins is live at the scene and has the latest for us. tracee, good morning. >> good morning. police are still holding the scene here and continuing their investigation. they've been here all morning long, ever since this woman was discovered, but they just ruled it a homicide, literally, a few minutes ago. family members rushed to the scene after they received the news that their loved one was found dead inside the deli she ran for so many years. her son identified the deceased as his mother, 65-year-old june limb. >> a little after 6:00 this morning we got a phone call for an adult female who was unc unconscious at this location. >> discovered dead inside the store after employees reported to work this morning. she was supposed to open the deli, like she always did. people here comes call her grace because of the name of the store. as news of her death spread, there were tears, great sadness and prayers for a woman for people in this community love dearly. >> we call her on the phone and if we call her on the phone and we go in there and

tracee wilkins live in springfield.udio. >> thank you. >>> a pedestrian shortcut in fairfax county could cost you $250. starting today, police are issuing tickets to those who don't use a crosswalk at gallows road. many people often use a shortcut to get around construction. it puts them in a dangerous path of traffic. pedestrians will have to take the longer route for quite a while. construction won't be done for another four years. >>> 15 before the hour now. a prince george's county woman lucky to be alive after a car crashed through her apartment. police say the woman was hit in the head by a flying tire. she was also thrown from her bed when they car came crashing in around 3:30 yesterday morning at the chestnut ridge apartments on riverdale road. her neighbor, a nurse, stayed with her until emergency crews got to the scene. >> went to the lady's apartment. she was disoriented, yeah. got an ice pack and put it on her head. >> that woman is expected to be okay. police are trying to figure out what caused the car to

tracee wilkins is joining us live from the greenbelt metro station with this. good morning. >> good morning. we are expecting to see the first train that's going to have huntington on it coming from greenbelt to huntington to pull up into the station in just a little bit. this is going to be the kind of morning where folks are really going to have to pay close attention. metro spokesman says rush plus will improve the commute for 110,000 customers on the green, yellow, blue, and orange lines. the red line is not impacted. 21 stations will get more frequent service with six additional trains every hour. during peak periods, orange line will get six additional trains per hour, three in each direction between vienna and largo town center. they predict this will add 2600 seats per hour. although the blue line will lose some trains. for the first time they have travel from greenbelt to franconia will traveling to the dash line. the dashed lines operating only during rush hour. largo to i have aen that. they're hope that line will help with the orange crush. this doe

tracee wilkins live on the scene for us now with the latest. tracee? >> good morning.is still going on right now. and, in fact, police are saying that what they need to do now is close more of the streets around this area because they have cars that are coming down to these streets that have been closed off and making u-turns so they are concerned about the traffic pattern and they're going to go ahead and close some more streets surrounding this incident. now, we're here on hillwood avenue. and this happened in this sixth block of hillwood avenue. police were called there for -- in the 600 block of hillwood avenue. police were called there for what they're calling a domestic disturbance. it started at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. they belief the man inside was armed but alone in his home. now, at this point several shots were fired inside of the home. police say that no one outside of the house was injured. at 9:00 p.m., they threw a chemical substance inside the house to try get that man to come out. it did not work. at 1:00 a.m. they made contact with him and have been

tracee wilkins is live on the scene with the very latest. good morning, tracee. >> this is deal for folks who live in this neighborhood. they have six blocks of hillwood avenue and some side streets closed off. people who are effected, they know who they are because they have not been allowed to leave their homes. police are really concerned about this safety of the people who live here. so soon we'll be approaching time for folks to get up and go to work. police will be offering escorts to get people out of the neighborhood and to where they need to go. so people are going to have to coordinate with police if this situation continues. now, the house is actually right past those lights, about four houses down there on the left-hand side. the s.w.a.t. team responded to the house on 600 block of hillwood avenue around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, after a call for domestic disturbance. now, police are not releasing exactly what happened with that domestic disturbance and how they knew about the domestic disturbance and who else was involved. at thi

tracee wilkins has the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. show you what it looks like behind me on telegraph road. they are still taking care of repairs there. and now we're watching this connector bus trying to find its way around this mess here. fairfax water authority is handling the water main break that happened here on telegraph road between wilton and sharon chapel road. the road is closed. telegraph, again between wilton and sharon chapel road is closed while they take care of the water main break. this happened a while ago. took time for them to find out exactly where the leak was in this 12-inch water main. and they were doing repairs overnight with the hopes of having it all cleaned up by this morning so that it wouldn't impact morning rush. the work has run over, and it look like it's going to go ahead and impact morning rush. if this is your normal route, make sure that you avoid it. the lanes are closed here, and you'll have to take a detour if you come this way. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> thank you. >>> shoe

tracee wilkins is there live with the latest there. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. as you can see here behind me, police are still here on the scene and still barricading more than six blocks here of hillwood avenue and falls church. as you said, yes, this situation has been going on for some time and we are quickly approaching the 24-hour mark. police say an armed man who's barricaded himself inside his home is communicating with them, but refuses to leave the house. and is still a danger to his neighbors. the only real movement in and out of the six-block barricade zone has been from officers relieving other officers. many people who live within this community were not allowed to return to their homes yesterday evening and they stayed somewhere else. today they came back hoping to get in. >> have to go inside my house to get my prescription for high blood pressure because yesterday i didn't take it. >> reporter: her grandson was left at the barricade while police escorted her to get her medication. she was one of the few allowed inside the hot zone. >> it's a litt

in fairfax county, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> well, you may notice some changes today if you use the memorial bridge in or out of the city. the park service has begun tweaking dozens of signs and adding roadway markings to try to make memorial circle a little less confusing and a lot safer. it also plans on movesing one of the crosswalks further away from the circle to keep pedestrians and bicyclists safe. park police say they have had to deal with a number of accidents at this circle, which many drivers consider one of the most confusing traffic spots in our area. >>> and speaking of traffic, let's check in with danella sealock on this friday morning. any problems out there? >> heading down i-95 in virginia making your way southbound, you'll start to see delays by route 123. pretty slow past the occoquan and this is what it continues to look like and it looks better for you along i-95 in virginia. let's look at route 50 in maryland this time. from the capital beltway as you make your way out to annapolis and even to the toll plaza. no accidents or major delays. if you're thinkin

news4's tracee wilkins has more. >> reporter: the scene clear here at the holiday inn express in elk ridge. but last night it was amazing, there were fire trucks and police cars and emergency crews here. because any time that you're dealing with a possible meth lab, you're looking at the possibility of an explosion. folks staying here overnight reacted to the fact that all of this was happening at their hotel. >> i got woke up by the fire department about quarter to 12:00th and they said we had a hazmat situation. come downstairs and later learned there was some kind of meth activity going in a room. >> reporter: it was the most unexpected wake-up call for guests of the holiday inn express and suites in the 6,000 block of marshalee boulevard. someone reported a strong, unusual order coming from a fourth-floor room. >> i didn't personally smell anything, when i come out of the room. i didn't smell anything prik prior to that. >> gene was just a few doors down from the hotel room turned alleged methamphetamine lab. he was one of many guests evacuated from the fourth floor. >> third flo

in reagan national airport, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> d.c. council chairman kwame brown is talking about the ongoing ethics probes that are becoming a big distraction in d.c. and the government here. he spoke to reporters after the council passed a new budget yesterday. brown says he has no plans to resign. he also says he did not do anything wrong in the 2008 election campaign. >> i don't think i broke any laws in the 2008 campaign. and that's all i'm going to say about the 2008 campaign. >> in the past month, the federal judge has sentenced former ward 5 councilmember harry thomas junior to prison for stealing city funds. and two former campaign aides to mayor vincent gray have pleaded guilty in a widening preeb in i the mayor's 2010 election campaign. >>> nine minutes after 11:00. coming up, breaking news on redskins training camp. plus the space shuttle "enterprise" is on the move again today, where it will end up and how it's getting there. >>> strong reaction to the results of the recall election in wisconsin. we'll have the latest on w

news4's tracee wilkins joins us live from the supreme court with a preview of today's ruling. hi, tracee. >> reporter: good morning. more than 50 million uninsured americans are standing by in anticipation to see what's going to happen here and what the supreme court will decide. the question is, is the affordable care act constitutional? after all of the courtroom battles and back-and-forth, today the highest court in the nation will make that decision. 26 states and a national business group challenged the law's central requirement that all americans get health insurance. so, the judges will decide if congress has the right to make people purchase insurance or pay a penalty. if the court rules in favor of the health act, it will settle a legal question surrounding president obama's plan, but it won't guarantee an end to all of the political battles that surround this legislation. some of the nation's largest insurance companies now say, even if the court does strike down the law, they will continue honoring a few of its requirements anyway, like letting parents keep children

reporting in rockville, i'm tracee wilkins. >>> we have breaking news in colorado. a fast-moving fire is threatening thousands of homes outed is of colorado springs. overnight it doubled in size. the waldo canyon fire engulfed more than 24,000 square miles and 24,000 people forced from their homes and already fears that whole developments may be destroyed. those leaving town say it's hard to stay ahead of the blaze. >> packed up two houses, my sister's house and our house and we just escaped with our children and our animals and thought we could stop here at another place and now we're moving on, again. >> on top of battling the flames, firefighters are also battling record heat. temperatures have been above 100 for five straight days. they're supposed to climbi into the 90s, again, with no rain in sight. >>> taking a look outside here in the washington area, beautiful out there. tom, what are you thinking? what is the rest of this day going to look like? >> dry, very low humidity and, as a result, we have a fire danger here, too. we have winds gusting around 20 to

let's go to tracee wilkins on the scene to find out what happened. >> reporter: good morning. police are holding the scene here in southeast. as you can we see, detectives are here, plain clothes officers are also here, along with uniformed officers trying to figure out what happened here. they say an adult male was shot there. he was transported to the hospital. where he was of pronounced dead. at this point they don't have any suspect information. they're still trying to figure out exactly what led to this shooting. they've been on the scene all morning here trying to figure this out. we're going to be here them as they continue this investigation. >> thank you. >>> a major traffic alert for drivers headed to the beach today. the bay bridge will shut down in both directions this afternoon. starting at 1:15 the bridge will close for about 40 minutes. the closure is not for anything happening on the bridge but for something traveling under it. a barge carrying four massive 14-story cranes will pass under the bridge, clearing it by only four feet. transportation officials were

. >> tracee wilkins is on the phone in the northeast. flash flooding there. tracee? >> i'm hoping you guys can see the pictures of the flash flooding we've seen in the northeast. this is right near benning road at blain street and 42nd street. you will see some police cars in those pictures because this is right near the sixth district police station and, so, we had some police cars that were flooded in this area and the water came very quickly. it was very high. ucou you probably could hear off in the distance we have fire trucks moving through this corridor and traffic on benning road is backed up. this is all the way down to benning road and minnesota avenue where we're seeing traffic backed up and that is one of the busiest, if not one of the busiest intersections in washington, d.c. so, this is going to be a nightmare of a commute for a lot of folks. now, when that water started to rise on blain street, it happened so quickly, a number of sixth district police officers ran out to try and move their personal vehicles and, also, police cars to try to just protect

tracee wilkins is live with more. good morning, tracee. >> good morning, eun.e is still closed off here at 17th. let me show you what it looked like a little while ago as police began to bring people from inside that apartment house and making sure they were safe. we saw a mother exit with a baby and another woman come out with her child. she's are people who live inside of that apartment house where the apparent standoff is happening. i'm tracee wilkins, reporting live in southeast. >>> also breaking news on the >>> good morning. following breaking news on 295, right now we have a crash just past 197. the good news is it was blocking all your lanes and you were only able to pass in the shoulder lane, but right now your travel delays and travel delays are serious. serious. angie, b we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. of the humor that made their talk show a hit for 15 years. later this morning for

i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> the government added more toyotas to the list of vehicles that could catch fire due to problems with power window switches. 6 6, 000 camryes are in the recall. they are looking at 2008 and 2009 camry's. some yaris subcompacts and all 2008 highlanders. there have been 161 fires so far and nine people injured. so far, no recalls. >>> we are just getting started here on news 4 as police open an investigation. reaction from hollywood to the death of rodney king. >>> jack osbourne reveals he's [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> breaking news now. a jury reached the verdict in the roger clemens trial. the verdict is expected to be read in a few minutes. we'll have it for you

in brookland, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> and authorities say about 2,000 people were seriously impacted from that severe weather. 600 have been displaced, some are taking advantage of an emergency shelter set up by the red cross, more than 100 buildings have been inspected so far, some two dozens have been deemed up safe. >>>. the supreme court released its decision today on the controversial arizona immigration law. it's a split ruling with both sides able to claim some degree of victory. nbc justice correspond pete williams is live outside the supreme court with the latest. pete, can you break down this ruling for us today? >> sure, the ruling is unanimous on the part they upheld. they upheld the part of the arizona law that says after police arrest someone or detain someone for any reason at all, they must check the immigration status of that person and detain them until they know the answer. it was 5-3 striking down three other provisions of the law that made it a crime in arizona for undocumented immigrants to look for work, to fail to carry the right papers, and that would have al

"news 4's" tracee wilkins has more on how this morning's first co commute rush plus went. >> reporter: it was one of the first mornings. one of the things we noticed, there were more greenline trains than there were yellow dash trains. so although there were people who wanted to wait and experience rush plus, it was more important to get their train. >> i think we've got green or yellow. i'll have to change. >> reporter: it was like the first day of school. riders were reading up on their rush plus books trying to figure out what to expect. >> i hope it won't be confusing. i assume it will be better for me, but i'll have to wait and see how it goes. >> reporter: instead of looking for the right class, they were looking for the right train. >> reporter: why did you get off? >> i thought it was the yellow. i have to go. >> reporter: it offers additional rush hour trains on some of its busiest lines. it will mean less transfers for some and more for others. those who got to use the yellow dash rush plus lines, they're really happy. >> it will benefit me this morning. i won't have to tran

i'm tracee wilkins reporting live in southeast, news 4. >> tracee, thank you. >>> today former d.c. council member thomas harry junior will begin serving his prison sentence. he will report in alabama. he'll likely spend at least 2 1/2 years there. back in january, he pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in government grants that were supposed to go to youth programs. >>> our time right now, nine minutes after 11:00. coming up, the last line of defense. the penn state sex abuse case is expected to wrap up today. will jerry sandusky take the stand? >>> plus, he's a successful rapper and tv star and now making his dir >>> new today three u.s. service members and afghan translator have been killed in eastern afghanistan. 17 afghans died in the blast. a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy. no one is claiming responsibility yet for this attack. >>> security officials in egypt say hosni mubarak is now off life support, but in a coma. overnight state media reported the 84-year-old suffered a stroke and needed a breathing tube

in alexandria, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> also, today, arizona is holding a special election toeplace gabrielle giffords. the former congresswoman spent the last few days campaigning for her former aid, ron barber. he was shot in the leg when giffords was shot in the head last year. barber faces republican jesse kelly, who lost to giffords in the may 2010 race. giffords resigned from the house in january to focus on her recovery. >>> and right now a group of state lawmakers is meeting with an analyst looking into a proposal to allow table games in maryland casinos. the analysts are also studying the ben fits and drawbacks of adding a casino in prince george's county. if lawmakers can reach, governor o'malley will call a special legislative session to take up the issue. >>> tomorrow the d.c. council will settle a two-man battle brewing. at-large vincent orange and phil mickelson both hope to replace cuwally brown as council chair. brown resigned last week after pleading guilty in a felony fraud scheme and a misdemeanor that could send him to prison. the board will vote tomorrow o

reporting live in arlington, i'm tracee wilkins. >>> this morning a fairfax county football coach isnded without pay after his arrest in a dopingization investigation. police arrested jeffrey reagan after a six-month sting. officers say he tried to buy steroids from jeremy earlier this week. reagan coached at both west springfield and south county high schools and taught at mountain view alternative learning center. they found no evidence either men tried to sell steroids to students. >>> montgomery fire fire chief made several changes to the 911 dispatch center after a report about a dispatcher caught sleeping on the job. >> old on one second, ma'am, let me try and get them on the known again. >> okay. >> that call came back in april when a dispatcher was in the 17th hour of a 24-hour overtime shift. they held a hearing yesterday to determine whether the 24-hour shift for dispatch evers should be changed. >> i think it makes sense to go to shorter shifts and it's healthier and less likely to result in my potential problem with someone nodding off. >> the problem is not a rask here.

tracee wilkins is there live with a look at the changes. >> good morning, aaron.y all come together. you have your bike riders. it can be dangerous for them. you have your driver, it can be confusing for them. imagine what it's like for the walkers. it can all be a very big mess here. the national parks service oversee this bridge and they have commissioned a study that revealed a number of changes needed to be made spop expect to see more clearer signs explaining where you are going and how fast you are allowed to go in the area. there are also the directional arrows painted on the road to help drivers coming from the lincoln memorial, select the proper lanes before reaching the opposite side of memorial bridge. there will also be additional signage along p mt. vernon trail. and expect to see shifts in the trail as well and sidewalks and the addition of rumple strips installed to help drivers know that they are coming up to a ped industryian walkway. they explained why there's a need for all of these changes. >> our officers have handled many, many crashes relate

let's go live to tracee wilkins. >> reporter: good morning. me show you what it's looking like here on telegraph road. they still have the road closed between wilkins and sharon chapel road here in alexandria. so if this is the way that you come, know that they do have telegraph road closed here as they continue the teamwork try and repair a water main break. now, this water main break happened a little while ago. a 12-inch main. they were hoping to have this wrapped up by the morning rush. as you see, that's not going to be the case. with more information on how to get around this, we're going to go back it the studio with danella. good morning. >>> good morning. the good news in that area is that there are detours in place. i just want to urge you to approach with caution. okay? so let's head down to i-95 in virginia. other problems in virginia are really along i-95. in fact, jammed northbound at dale city. you're driving at 11 miles per hour. very slow. but then it's pretty much stop and go as you continue your commute. here's a live look f

news4's tracee wilkins is live at the franconia/springfield metro station with more.rning. >> reporter: good morning. they're hoping that this drastic change will actually improve commutes for lots of riders. the general manager will be here answering questions about the new map and change that are coming to the system. this is all supposed to be helping to ease congestion and decrease transfers. it's called rush-plus. this is the new program. this new map details some of the changes that have -- the maps have been posted throughout the system. it -- the program does not start until june 18. it will improve the commute for 110 customers on the green, yellow, blue, and orange lines. 21 stations will get more frequent service with six additional trains every hour of rush hour. for example, during peak periods, orange line customers will get six additional trains per hour. three in each direction. between vienna and largo town center. metro officials predict this will add an estimated 2,600 seats per hour. although the blue line will lose some trains. for the first time

news 4's tracee wilkins has more from the frank cone ya springfield station. >> good morning, sir.ood morning, miss. have a great day. >> reporter: some may say metro is handing out a bit of good news this morning. >> have a great day. >> reporter: metro spokesmen say rush plus will improve the commute for 110,000 customers on the green, yellow, blue, and orange lines. the red line will not be impacted. 21 stations will get more frequent service with six additional trains every hour of rush hour. >> part of this is getting ready for the summer line service which begins about a year and a half from now. this is the first step. we have to get trains, more trains switched off of the tunnel from rosalind and put them on the bridge that goes over into la font plaza. >> reporter: additional lines created for rush hour only are indicated with dashes. there is one for the orange line that will carry people from largo to vienna and there is one for the yellow line that will travel from greenbelt to franconia springfield without transfer. bus transfers are one benefit. here is an example of

. >>> our own tracee wilkins had the honor of delivering the commencement address for northwestern high school's class of 2012. more than 400 students graduated. the ceremony took place at the university of maryland's comcast center. the class presented her with a plaque thanking her for making the day a memorable one. congrats. >>> the first passenger flight ever with the new boeing 747-8 is on its way to washington. the flight took off a few hours ago from frankfurt, germany, scheduled to land about 12:45 today. there is more eco-friendly and considerably larger than past models apparently. >> all right. cool. makes me want to go on a trip. >>> now tom kierein telling bus what's starting off to be a nice day if we could see changes, tom. >>> yeah, starting off with clouds around this morning. temperatures are in the 60s. good morning at 6:11. on storm 4 radar, the patches of green are areas of light rain scattered across northern virginia, the district, into maryland. the area of yellow and orange in eastern charles county is one moderate shower. that's passing off south to north. and

in brookland, i'm tracee wilkins, "news 4." >> that same microburst knocked out power and several buildings in bradenburg. it displayed 600 people. >> are you able to get into your building? >> no. the roof is gone. you can't get inside. >> reporter: in near by cheverly, the strong winds knocked down trees on homes and power lines. one woman told us a 7,000-pound power line fell down on her fence. fortunately no one was hurt. microbursts, little cells here and there and all kinds of things happen. >> cold air aloft. it gets very heavy and when it hits the ground it spreads out and that's sort of what happened with the storm. it can happen very quickly and in matter of a few seconds it's over, but it's certainly intense when it does happen and we had a lot of power outages and a lot of people without power this morning. they're working hard to get power back from the storms we had on friday. this morning we have the clouds returning and a few showers coming through, but nothing like we saw over the first part of the weekend late friday night. that is certainly not going be the situation now.

tracee wilkins has a rundown at the news4 superscreen. >> reporter: traffic has been a nightmare. the past couple of days. and unfortunately, this weekend, it's going to be hard to find any relief. first, a major closure is happening on the inner loop in alexandria. at the wilson bridge, through lanes for maryland into virginia are already narrowed down to just one lane. tonight, they'll shut down completely. that's going to happen between route 1 and telegraph road. the lanes closed at 8:00 punxsutawney and will reopen in time for monday morning's commute. so there's the good news. but then, just less than ten miles down the road, at mixing bowl, more closures. starting at 9:00 tonight you're not going to be able to take i-95 north to i-395. and so here's how that's going to look. if you're traveling up 95 north, this is where you're going to have to stop and then make a decision, you can take the inner loop or the outer loop of 95. but you are not going to be able to continue on to 395. now that work should be done by 7:00 tomorrow. so make sure that you're paying attention and

news4's tracee wilkins is at the franconia metro station. she has some information that may clear up a little bit of the confusion. >> reporter: it is the most dramatic change metro has attempted in years. the idea behind it is to try ease congestion and alleviate transfers that customers have to make. over the next few weeks, you are going to hear a lot about it. >> good morning, sir. have a are great day. >> reporter: some say metro is handing out good news this morning. >> adding trains. >> reporter: pokes say rush plus will improve the commute for 110,000 customers on the green, yellow, blue and orange lines. the red line will not be impacted. 21 stations will get more frequent service with six additional trains every hour of rush hour. >> part of this is getting ready for the silver line service which begins in about a we are and a half from now. this is the first step we have to get trains, more trains switched off of the tunnel under from rosslyn. put them on the bridge that goes over the plaza. >> reporter: it is indicated with dashe