i'm veronica johnson. be safe be kind be happy. bye-bye, everybody.the cherry blossoms. >>> right now on news 4, light jacket weather. temperatures are a little chilly but chuck is timing out the warm up and he will let us know when we can lose the jacket and put on the shades. >> as a local police officer fights for his in the hospital new details on the search for the person who shot him. >> it is the last weekend to enjoy the gorgeous cherry blossom festival. there is still plenty to do. >> welcome to news 4 today. it has been a dreary week and weather has been all over the

." >> hi everyone i'm veronica johnson. we're going to show you the more interesting local stories making news this week. among them new wheels days after a hartless crime. a little boy has a new wheelchair in his independence back. >>> plus from the council to the strip club the surprising new venture jim graham is getting into after decades of public service. >>> and second chances. we meet shelter dogs who are getting ready for a new home thanks to some trainers who need some healing of their own. but we begin with the story that had the entire nation talking this week. a florida man landed his gyro copter on the lawn of the u.s. capitol. he is now on house arrest in florida. the flight is raising major questions about the security of airspace above the district. news4's pat collins has some mixed reaction from capitol hill. >> this was a breach of security of the capitol that could potentially have been very serious. and we need to understand why he was able to kind of get on to the capitol grounds in an aircraft with n

i'm veronica johnson. thanks for joining us.you with incredible gopro video of a space walk. i love this. until next time, be safe be kind, be happy, everybody. if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags. >>> right now on news 4 today, celebrities, large crowds and an even larger headache trying to get around the earth day rally and concert. we have your complete guide plus what organizers are asking for anyone planning to attend. >>> and mild today but rain in the forecast for tomorrow. the latest timing, coming up. >>> developing this morning in the district, southern avenue shut down in southeast because of this crash. take a look here. two cars collided just before 1:00 a.m. the black car flipped over. six adults were involved in the crash. two r were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. we're working to find out what led to that crash. >>> let's

veronica johnson is in the storm center. what are we talking about? >> hard to believe after a fabulous day. i'm tracking showers right now on satellite and radar. the clouds have been creeping in. you've probably noticed the high clouds, the showers the green creeping into falkier county, leesburg leesburg, probably sprinkles there, culpeper seeing the line of rain advancing toward the east. it's going to run along i-66 over the next half hour. this line will be moving through areas of falkier county, through prince william county and right into the district. so we've got a little bit of wet weather to talk about this evening. we've got more wet weather to talk about for friday. it's going to rain, folks, during certain times of the day tomorrow. even a chance for some thunder. i'll give you details coming right up. >>> first at 4, an nfl star gets ready for a comeback after being charged with child abuse. the league today says it will reinstate adrian peterson with his team the minnesota vikings. he'll be able to pick up right where he left off. las

veronica johnson will have the typing and look at your weekend in just a few minutes. >>> they had doubt from the beginning. that's what investigators are saying about michael slager's version of his deadly encounter with walter scott. the state agency investigating the shooting inconsistencies in the story. in addition to the wounds in scott's back the cell phone video just confirmed the suspicions. tonight slager's mother is offering an apology. >> i just want them to know thames this happened. i know their family is grieving. our family is grieving. and i would hate for this to happen to anybody. >> walter scott's first union value scheduled for tomorrow. >>> a kansas man is in jail tonight accused of planning aed is attack against a military base. prosecutors say john booker planned to detonate a bomb at ft. riley outside of manhattan, kansas. undercover fbi agent provided booker with fake bomb material. investigators say he was planning the attack in support of isis. >> it's alleged that he told another individual that detonating a suicide bomb was his number-one aspiration because

meteorologist ver veronica johnson is going to tell you what to expect in a few minutes. >>> uncovering a layer of scandal and allegations rocking a church community in northern virginia. >> threats of blackmail have allegedly come from the pastor's son after former members of cavalry temple church went public with accusations of sexual abuse by church leaders. >> northern virginia bureau reporter david culvert first reported on this last month. he's live with new details in sterling. david? >> reporter: wendy and chris, this seems to be a controversy that is growing with each passing day. first we have those allegations of sexual abuse against the church. now claims of a facebook post that is threatening former church members with blackmail. for the past several sundays they've stood outside cavilly temple protest kwhag loudoun county deputies are investigating, allegations of sexual abuse first reported in the loudoun times. >> i left about 6 1/2 years ago. >> reporter: this former church member says he spent 27 years at cavalry temple. for about a decade leading up to his departure h

let's go straight to storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson. when are we talking? >> we have just regular rain showers on the radar right now but there's a possibility we could see some isolated thunder with these as they move in and through the area over the next couple of hours. i do not think that we'll have any severe weather moving through, but hey, you sure notice the clouds moving in right? started out with lots of sunshine this morning. look at this, clouds just marching eastward into our area. now of course seeing rain showing up mainly falkier county culpeper, madison, even green county. it's all sliding from northwest to east-southeast toward areas like manassas and fred bikzrizburg. i'm tracking this heavier area just west of warrenton. it's making its way toward areas like cordova, brandy station, remington by 4:11. we'll see a lot more rain showing up and we're not done with the rain. i'll show you when rain returns, could be just before the weekend is over with. guys? >>> a martial arts instructor who taught local children is facing child pornography

let's get right to storm team 4 veronica johnson. v.j. what are we looking at? >> rain over the area. pockets of moderate rain starting to show up already. we'll see more and more waves of moderate and even heavy rain start to make its way through. again for the early morning rush take a look. flood watch it covers the, much of the viewing area. with exception of charles county st. mary's calvert county. whole areas here shaded in green. what we are expecting now out of system and by morning is between 1 and 2 inches of rain. ponding on roads possible we could be looking at flooding. with all of this kind of moving through. and then we are not done. we will be seeing thunderstorms too tomorrow afternoon. look at this. there its as a lot of moisture. south of the storm system. driving right up north. right into our area. into the mid-atlantic area. meanwhile, tomorrow again expecting a little bit of heating throughout the afternoon. we'll make our way from a flood threat early, to a severe storm threat. for the afternoon. and there is new information that is just

storm team4's veronica johnson is in the weather center tracking it all. what are we looking at here? >> the same storm system really that brought severe weather to areas well to the west, the midwest, even snow to the rockies, it arrives here going to have a lot of moisture coming to the area, quickly, too, a flood watch for all these counties shaded in green, the entire viewing area exception of southern maryland st. mary's charles county, around calvert county as well as the northern net. what that means, starting at 7:00 running there you your morning rush, moderate to heavy rainfall. as much as one to two inches flooding bonding on area roads, all possible. as the system comes into the area the rest of it tomorrow after into, the threat of severe weather. with that we could see some more wild and heavy rain coming into our area. i'm going to give you the time line of that as the rain is just now starting to make its way into our area now, but a high-impact day, weather alert day for us tomorrow afternoon severe storm risk. again, i will take you hour

let's get right to veronica johnson with the details. tell us that's not headed our way. >> no. we won't get snow. talk about a crazy, dramatic change all coming just inside of a handful of hours for folks who went to work. now when they step back outside, they'll need the jacket. i hope you have one. we've been telling you about it since material part of today. we had a handful of thunderstorms here to the north. now the actual weather front starting to make its way right through our area now. that's the line. the showers out ahead of it. not seeing any lightning. just some showers. and it is a bit breezy. right now, prince william county. that little area of rain about ready to cross over 95. some more more 301 where roads are wet. and it is gusty. we'll talk about when these winds will settle down and i'll take you hour by hour and show you what you can expect this evening. >> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. we've learned the building is back open for business as after a hazmat investigation. a powdery substance had been reported in the office of mike doyle. the office of

let's go to veronica johnson and what's the word? >> the word is get your umbrellas ready. find them know where they are and ready again to be used tomorrow. starting out early, too. yesterday's temperature was 70 degrees. today in all the sunshine the warmth around 80 degrees. the warmest of the year. tomorrow chilly conditions and wet. storm team 4 radar, dry across the area right now. we have high clouds to start moving in throughout the evening and areas of western virginia. this weather front is one that will bring rain into our area. and quite a bit of it. i'll give you the timing of it and just how much rain i think we'll get out of the system coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> drastic measures. first at 4:00 what it took to save people from their homes after the water started rising putting them and their homes in harm's way. >>> it's a long awaited change for metro and now less than 24 hours away. how a lot of commuters are about to get a whole new set of wheels. we are coming right back. >>> the suspected horse thief who was beaten during his arrest is now out

. >> let's go straight to meteorologist veronica johnson in the weather center. how bad did it get? >> it is all about the mold count. i'll show that you in a moment. at least it is down for trees running at moderate levels. a little down from where it was over the weekend. temperaturewise, even though we have other the high clouds around we've gotten to the upper 60s. 68 degrees in d.c. 64 manassas warrenton. germantown sandy spring and with the clouds i was keeping an eye on the showers to the south. while the clouds are over the area and it does look like this rain is advancing northward. we have an area of high pressure just north of us that's keeping a lot of this at bay. still could see light showers, culpepper, fredericksburg. look at the count. the mold spore count. high for today. moderate for trees. still enough warmth where we could see the levels continue to rise over the next couple of days. i'll have that and our rain chances coming up over the next seven. >> thanks. >>> gone but not forgotten. remembering the terror in boston two years ago today. how the nation's capi

. >> let's get the weather word from storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson in the weather center t. was blustery out there today. >> wasn't it? i'm using the word "cold" for tonight. i've broken out the long sleeves again. little bit of a change in wardrobe. always different than what we tell you about it which was of course yesterday. the cold air coming than when you feel it. boy, the change is here. take a look at the freeze warning. these are the areas where temperatures will drop down to around the freezing mark, right around i-81. your counties up there washington areas of frederick county, carol county, baltimore county. make sure you cover those tender plants. frost and freeze conditions in those areas. of course it's been blustery today from 74 to 57 in just a couple of minutes. i'll give you an hour-by-hour forecast and show you just how low the temperatures will go and the coldest spots and how long it will take us tomorrow before it will feel a little better. >> thanks. >>> a bus filled with students catches fire. >> and they were on their way to the district. up next

. >> let's go straight to storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson in the storm center. i'm hoping for it because we need the pollen to wash away. >> that we do. of course, the pollen has been blowing all around today. it's been breezy breezy sunshine and cooler today. nowhere near the 80 degree warmth we had across the area yesterday. satellite and radar, we are in the clear here, watching some showers well to the west across areas of northern virginia. i think very late, around 9:00, 10:00, there might be a sprinkle around the border of maryland and pennsylvania, could sneak down as far south as frederick county maryland. not a big deal at all. it's the showers that will come tomorrow, especially this time tomorrow, could even be isolated thunder. look at the wind around 20 miles per hour it's really brought up the pollen count. very high today the tree count and oak is way high on the list. meanwhile, we have showers to talk about and showers to talk about, meteor showers. when you can see those i'll give you the details. >>> we are just now getting in some breaking n

let's go to storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson in the weather center. >> some of those thunderstorms bringing some brief, heavy rain in what we've seen today, some isolated hail as well as some lightning throughout the area. now we told you yesterday not everyone would be getting the wet weather or those thunderstorms. in fact you can see where that line of storms is really starting to kind of detail itself, right here hagerstown warrenton charlottesville up through luray, right in this area here. as we zoom in, we have showers in the beltway headed toward petworth, ledroit, mt. pleasant as well. and the showers and thunderstorms that i'm tracking off to the west right now these will continue making their way, more west-northwest into leesburg hamilton, leave itsville and purcellville. if you go out this evening, what you can expect scattered rains with the heaviest ending around 8:00 or so. 63 to 57 your temperatures, we'll talk more about what's in store for us tomorrow. more rain and how heavy it will be. >>> it was a surprise lesson for students at an alexandria elementary school

veronica johnson joins us with an update in a few minutes. >>> six new terror arrests are raising concerns today about successful isis recruitment efforts in this country. all six men were from minnesota. federal investigators say they were preparing to travel to syria to join isis. >> prosecutors say they were not impressionable young men. they knew what they were doing. brian mooar is live on capitol hill with details. >> reporter: they knew what they were and not terribly add at one. one trying to travel without luggage. another booked a trip to spain for one day. federal court documents described six minnesota men on a mission, a coordinated but amateurish effort to travel to sir why and join isis. >> these are focused men who are intent on joining a terrorist organization by any means possible. >> reporter: ages 19 to 21 the men recruited through social media by a friend now believed to be in syria. one had second thoughts and turned informant. >> it's a combination of online recruitment with an individual that they know and trust. this is how many of these radicals are now being lure

veronica johnson is tracking rain, maybe a few storms out there right now. >> that's right.ing some moderate rains on storm team4 radar right now. for your evening your temperature at 50 degrees, we're going to drop to the mid-40s by 9:00. a chance of an isolated storm thunderstorm or two, up until 9:00. then it's just general areas of rain that will continue to move through right into and through your morning rush. here is the latest storm team4 radar. hagerstown forward warrenton and charlottesville. it's been weakening at least the northern extent of it. i'm seeing high winds in western maryland headed toward frostburg and mt. savage in the next couple of minutes southern end of the line leesburg to manassas pushing toward fairfax bethesda and d.c. couple more waves of rain now through the end of the week. even the threat of severe weather. more coming up. >>> first at 6:30, tonight for the first time we are hearing from one of the firefighters who was injured while battling a huge warehouse fire in maryland. >> he was burned after the wind shifted suddenly sending the fl

veronica johnson and storm team4 tracking this wet weather.have the latest changes coming up straight ahead. >>> wendy this week's wednesday's child is a 12-year-old with some chal for examples chblt but we think his whole life could be very different in the future with a parent or parents to love him. i want you to meet jeremiah. >> who's this? who is that? ernie? >> ernie. >> jeremiah recognized ernie by touch. he is blind and his speech is lacking perhaps because of a lack of attention paid to him as a younger child. 2 1/2 years ago jeremiah finally was brought into foster care. >> where's the water? can you turn the water on? when he was finally placed in treatment foster care at 10 years old his real personality began to come into focus. >> jeremiah is a very loving, affectionate boy who, as you can see, loves to interact and engage with you, walk around, hold your hand. he is visually impaired and he is also autistic. that, of course brings some challenges into finding a home. we want to find a family that could be loving and patient and

meteorologist veronica johnson's watching it all from storm team 4. what can we expect v.j.? >> some of us, some neighborhoods will see some moderate rains in just the next couple minutes. i've been tracking the storm team 4 radar all afternoon. this is all part of a weather system to our north. we're seeing right along just down to the south of that front, some of this rain. frederick, maryland, into faulkier county as we zoom in. you can see some of the more moderate rains around leesburg heading into western montgomery county so you folks in gaithersburg you'll be seeing that moderate rain before long and yes, there could be big puddles on area roads. down south around northern faulkier county this is another area that i'm tracking. it's headed eastbound with rainfall rates around a half inch per hour to woolsley to haymarket to conklin within the next 20 to 25 minutes. it will bring down the temperatures. we're at 70 degrees right now. many neighborhoods upper 60s. we drop to the 50s and don't budge much tomorrow. i'll show you what kind of day it's going to be. big diffe

. >> veronica johnson is in the weather center. how much more are we going to get? >> a little more. it will be a sloppy afternoon and evening rush. the rain has been covering the radar ever since early this morning from light showers north to more moderate, heavy rains to the south. of course, storm team4 told you about that yesterday, that we were going to see areas at least south of d.c. getting the more moderate rains. you can see by the dark greens, the yellows showing up. they're the moderate and heavy rains, fredericksburg all this advancing north-northeast ward. we're seeing it pufl into clinton, maryland, oxen hill, annapolis and bowie. anywhere from 1/2 to 3/4 inch, maybe a 1/10 or 14 inch more. if you're going out this evening, wet roidads for a while. and yes more rain in the forecast. >>> heavy rain and flooding kaizing major head dsaches for drivers in charleston, west virginia. some spots saw as much as 3 inches of rain. some found themselves stranded as they tried to drive through it. police shut down roads. rivers and creeks rose but the problems we

veronica johnson is tracking the rain for us now. hi v.j. >> that i am. keeping a close eye on storm team 4 radar where we saw a little lightning off to the west. i-66 pretty good moderate rainmaking its way eastward in the next couple minutes, from millwood and huntley east towards marshall middleburgh and halfway in the next couple minutes. earlier i saw a little lightning. not seeing that right now. but it extend towards big spring and hamburg in virginia headed toward areas like luray, wakefield manor in the next 15 to 20 minutes. good thing with all the power outages this was not a day in the middle of summer. no high heat but plenty warm 70 in d.c. 70 in fredericksburg 73 in frederick, maryland. we'll see the temperatures come down. mid-60s with showers at 11:00. more rain and much cooler. i'll show you how long we'll stay locked into this wet pattern. once that rain moves in. >>> those who knew him called him a good kid. tonight the search is on for the person who gunned down a 16-year-old outside an apartment complex here along 37th street in sout

amelia segal will be in all week and veronica johnson sunday night to track that for you. high tomorrow, 80 in d.c., 81 in fredericksburg, 78 in easton. beautiful weather just in time for the weekend. let's continue to make it through the rest of the workweek. for next week, 72 on monday after a high of 66 with those clouds on sunday. most of next week really looking nice, too, high of 70 on tuesday, 66 on wednesday. i don't see another 80 in the forecast, but, again i see it tomorrow on saturday. >> nice. >>> well doug mentioned a very very busy saturday and sunday. big crowds are expected on the national mall this weekend. what you should know if you're going to the earth day concert tomorrow. >>> and first at 4 traffic melissa malay is getting to the bottom of the mystery >>> it's a road that winds its way through our area. its roots are in the district, but it stretches to prince george's and charles counties. first 4 traffic reporter melissa mollet opens up the history books in this edition of "meet your street" as she tracks down the origin of livingston road. >> rep

let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. how cloudy is it? >> fairly cloudy. the clouds holding down the temperatures today. we have been in the upper 50s to right around 60 degrees. looking at satellite and radar, last couple of hours. see those clouds moving in from northwest to southeast. all the way down into areas of southern maryland. central virginia the clean, that's where we're seeing showers now and this area will inch just a little more to the south and east and could be some isolated showers coming into the area. leesburg frederick, hagerstown and western maryland right now. and the wind not helping any either. winds up around 20 miles per hour. gusting a little higher and those winds still start to diminish but not until late so we have got some milder days ahead and the potential also for a coastal storm system. i'll show you when and how much rain and wind that could bring to the area. >> thank you. >>> we'll go back live now to the situation in baltimore. it's a tense situation right now where police have encountered groups of youngsters trying

veronica, following the events here, there was a private burial service for the family only at oak hill memorial park. >> thank you, len. >>> officers from around the country came to pay tribute to officer johnson. kpix 5's maria medina has the story. >> reporter: and veronica, it has been such an emotional day for the san jose police department. some officers i spoke to said they didn't want to go on camera to do an interview because they thought they would just lose it but they are so grateful and so thankful for the support from the law enforcement community. >> guy doing exactly what he loved to do. >> reporter: from those who knew him to those who never met officer johnson -- >> it impacts all of us deeply. >> reporter: the law enforcement community stood together today to say good-bye to one of their own. >> it's nice to see so many agencies from across the country show up and honor mike. >> reporter: they came from across the country a tradition in the law enforcement world to support a department, family and community of a fallen hero. >> it's tragic. it's something you don't want to have to do. >> he is an all-star. >> reporter: the lieutenant supervised officer johnson. he said we're

veronica, a fundraiser here is underway. and every person here is helping to directly benefit officer johnson's family. as the money gets handed over the bar, everybody knows it is going to a very important cause. and the co-owner says he would not have it any other way. >> it is nice to see the community come together. and support a tragic thing that has happened and try and raise some money here. >> reporter: every dollar made at the bar's two locations is going directly to the family of officer michael johnson. there are bag pipes, camaraderie ... >> $6,000 going twice! sold! >> reporter: and auction and a raffle with prizes donated from businesses as far away as the napa valley. most importantly, people who never knew officer johnson say they just had to be here to show their support in any way they could. >> we are out here to support michael. and his family. and i know he was out there protecting the community. so we want to make sure to show our support. >> i feel these men put their lives at risk everydayened i feel like i need to be here to show my appreciation. >> reporter: at last check, thi

johnson. >> he was known for his honor and courage on and off the job. in solemn tribute his family, friends and the public he served gave their final farewell. >> good evening, i'm i'm veronicatin. a difficult day for the san jose police department. but there was an outpouring of support. we are going to begin our coverage with len ramirez and the tributes to a fallen hero. len. >> reporter: allen, for sure, an outpouring of support. officers came from throughout the country and the people of san jose came out of their homes, their offices and schools to pay tribute to the fallen officers michael johnson. [ taps ] ♪[ music ]♪ >> reporter: nine days after he was gunned down while answering the call of duty, officer michael johnson was given a final farewell by his sisters and brothers in law enforcement. ♪[ music ]♪ ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found ♪ >> reporter: it was an emotionally charged ceremony inside the darkened s.a.p. center where thousands came from as far away as new york to pay tribute to johnson. >> you're forever stitched to us, bonded to us, and now your heart will be through ours. >> reporter: officer johnson was ambushed on march 24 as he arrived on the s