authorities on the scene of a fatal crash in wheaton.ult man was struck and killed at 4:00 this morning. >> the crash investigation is still under way. could be a couple more hours before we reopen. northbound, southbound georgia avenue shut down at reedie drive. the best alternate is veirs mill ad. five-mile backup, 66 near 50. we have t left lanes getting by. that's better than it was. it's very slow through tha area. >>> the weather is cooperating, at least. we're nice and cool. many areas in the 50s. tomorrow and sunday, we're going to be nice tay and tomorrow. highs near 90. look at the hot and humid summer return. and we are watching rain as we get closer to labor day weekld. wee updating it as we get closer. don't be worried just yet. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us. the "today" show is.p ne >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather and traffic and local news. >> thankspi for h out. >> absolutely. make it a great friday, everybody. every year, 3.2 million cats enter shelters and less than half of those ever getdopted.

just this morning a car struck m 41-year-old on georgia avenue in wheaton. and it's the second fatal pedestrian crash in that area this week. >> news 4 nicole jacobs is live for us at the scene. nicole, what are you today?g >> jim and wendy, montgomery county police are stillrying to get a handle on these dangs. they've launched several safety campaigns and another is starting in t coming weeks and drivers and pedestrians simply paying attention can make all the difference. >> people are always in a hurry. >> reporter: that rush mixed with more people, more rs, more congestion

we could learn more about the rson hit and killed in wheaton. the man was crossing to the metro straation when he was struck. the driver stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers. >>> new video from a developing story. protesters erupted in cheers after taking down a statue of a soldier.ate this was in chapel hill. rad roy cooper issued a statement. he says h understands that people are frustrated by the pace of change. but violent destruction of public property has no place in our >>> here's a look at other top stories. the search continues for a man wanted for threatening to kill president trump. authorities believe he as stolen two vehicles, a jeepee chern west virginia and on sunday, spotted in a siea pickup. there's a $20,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest. >>> the colorado father charged with killing his two daughters and his wife appears in court. he claimed his wife killed the kids after finding out hehaas ng an affair. he said he killed her out of rage and buried all three bodies. prosecutors say they are not buy

and parts of montgomery county near wheaton, bethesda, we have a flood warning until 8:30 thi morning. a lot of heavy rain causing issues on the road. and later today starting through noon, we have a flash flood watch areas north and west ofou d.c. t the shenandoah valley. a live look at the radar with a lo t of moisture headings way. and later today, areas north and west, we're talking about thien g where we could see the risk for severe thunderstorms. chuck, i'll she you timing on that coming up in a bit. we'll go to jack to see how all the roads are looking this morning. good morning, jack. >>> good morning. it looks like the water is pulling back. unfortunately, the trees were involved and the downed trees are blocking the roadway. this is the crash on the outer loop near the 27 spuriding through the big curve coming through georgetown road. hbe single left lane is getting by. sond on the george washington parkway, the tree that fell inside thet beltway maclaine has now cleared. so your lanes are open. still waiting to hearhe all-clear southbound on the gw parkway near the 14th st

. >> his daughters hang out at the westfield wheaton mall. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police. >>> policeound the man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old virginia girl and her grandmother. they are still missing. here's a picre of the suspect, rodriguez-sariol. they found him and the vehicle they were looking for in pennsylvania yesterday. now take a look at the picture of the girl and her grandmother. the suspect kidnapped engzabeth and rodriguez from harrisonburg on sunday. he may have been trying to take them new york. >>> the murder of a beloved student athlete has left a community in shock.n >> jus finch is outside montgomery blair high school now. justin, what do w know about this student? >> reporter: aaron, at this time montgomery county schools learned that kevinso w jr.'s death, they realize this will be a heavy loss for many at montgomery blair high school. they're now offering counseling services to students and staff who need it. taleed, hard working and smart, that's how 16-year-old kevinilson jr.s

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. >> he says his daughtersften hang o at the westfield wheaton mall. anyone with information is asked >> call montgomery county police. an update this morning. police found the man accused of tang a 12-year-old virginia girl and her grandmother. but they are still miss ag. here picture of the suspect. police in harrisonburg found him and the vehicle they wereor look in pennsylvania yesterday. now, take a look at the pictures of that girl and her grandmother. investigusors say thect kidnapped elizabeth and angie rodriguez from harrisonrg on sunday. they believe he may have been taking them to new york. >>> the start of th school year won't be the same at one local high school. kevin wilson jr.as murdered monday night in a parking lot in prince george's county. poce found him behind an apartment building in hi yachtsville. he was a rising junior. detectives are now looking for a motive and suspect. >>> it's 4:04. too close to call. that's how things sond in o right now. ohio has been reliably red for decades. right now, he leads o'connor by fewer than 2,

montgomery aunty where twice this week vehicles have h killed people walking along georgia avenue in wheaton. police are urging people to take it steasy. day a man in his 40s was crossing the southbound lanes when a car hit him. another man died on monday. of the last four pedestrian deaths, victims did not use the cros 3,000 pounds hing going 30 miles per hour has way more force to kill you than the handgun i carry on my side. >> the department planso sta a new campaign so as to educate those of you who walk around that area.wa >> h the face guiding americans through the ebola are during the obama administration. now the former director of the centers for disease control is accused of sexual harassment. thomas frieden isharged with groping a woman. she reported the incident last month. in court frieden did not enter a plea. he's due in court in october. >>> an update this morning out of hawaii. rithat once powerful hurne that threatened the island has been downgraded to a tropical storm. the danger, not quite over at this point. heavy rains could cause a lot of flash flooding andla ndslides

he says his daughters often hang out at the westfield wheaton mall. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery police. >>> there's no sign of a missing 12-year-old girl fro virgini and her grandmother. elizabeth and angie rodriguez were last seen sunday on south main street in harrisonburg. investigators believe this man, haerton rodriguez-sariol kidnapped them. they found him and the vehicle in pennsylnia yesterday. they believe he may have bn taking them to new york. >>> the weather did not impact all of the national night out ents in our area. it's to build a better relation relationship between police and the communities they serve. >> there was a cookout put on by lice and organizers in southeast d.c. there was also annt eve at marvin gaye park in northeast in ma kye wilson's honor. her family hopes events like these help to end gun violence in d.c. no one has been arrested in kiyah's murder. >>> now to a beloved student athlete who was murdered. police officers found 16 ear-old kevin wilson shot behind the towers apartments in hyattsvil

. >> and we have more breaking news from chopper4 now.ia a pedestr hit by a car in wheaton has now died. this happened right outside the glenn mont metro station onge gia avenue just before 8:30 tonight. police say the driver stayed on the sceneoo and didrate with officers and there is no word tonight on whether or not there will be charges. >> also from chopper4, big back up for drivers headed south on i-95. you can see the massive slow down caused near dumfries road around 9:00. this was a five-car pile up i the southbound lanes. virginia state police tell us several people were tra their vehicles, but everybody should be okay. traffic just started moving again about a half hour a. >> and let's take a look at our forecast. we have had a quietbreezy, even refreshing start to the week. and that's not going to last. >> no, don't get used to it, folks. storm team4 calling for a weather alert day tomorrow.am ia, what are we watching out for? >> well, we're going to be watching out for the potential of strong to severe thunderstorms mainly during the late afternoon and evening hours tomorro

he says they often hang out the eld wheaton mall. anybodying with information call police. >> police found the m accused of kidnapping a 12-year-oldfr gl virginia and her grandmother but that girl and grandmother are still missing tonight. here's a picture of the suspect, hareton roadry guess. they found him and the vehicle they wer looking for up in pennsylvania. now take a look at the pictures of the grandmother and this ttle girl. officers say the suspectki apped them on sunday. they believe he may have been taking them up to new york city. >> big crowdsnn pg to gather downtown marking one year since the deadly clashes in charlottesville. the second unite the right rally is bringing white nationalists and counter protests tour city. that will mean significant street closures. leon harris has a closer look what we can expect on sunday. >> if you're planning to head downtown this sunday, you may want to avoid the area around the white house. ch he can this map of theseea marked out here in red. these are streets that are going to be

update on this situation, that fatal pedestrian crash in wheaton.efore rockville pike, crashes on the shoulder and some delays. northbound 270 at buckeystown, crash. follow police direction. may have a closure there for a little while. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. we'll check on your forecast afr a quick break. ay w. >>> good morning, everybody. it's going to be a friday to be outside today. temperatures in the low 80s around the city. if you're planning to go to the beach for the weekend, today, tomorrow andunday all completely void of any cloud cover. temperatures in the 70s and low 80s. and if you sticking around town this weekend, 85 on saturday, 89 on sunday heat and humidity of summer return next week. >> chuck, you can get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. ♪ >>> 8:30 now. it is a friday morning. we are so happy to have a great crowd out on our plaza. 's the 24th of august 2018. beautiful day out here, and we are ready toet going. singer janelle monae is here, and she is just about ready to take this stage rht he

. >>> we could learn moree about th person hit and killed in wheaton last night.died at the hospital.go mory county police say the driver stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers. >>> we learned somatv bike riders robbed a gas station in arlington. w many riders weving in and out of traffic over the weekend. d.c. police say they arrested three atv riders and seized several vehicles. shter a gas station robbery, a restaurant worke video of the riders. >>> a woman said she was grabbed and nearly assaulted in stonewall park. >>> d.c. police are looking for a man abusing a child walking a dog in southeast. there's a $1,000 award to an arrest. >>> montgomery county police are looking for two women who were in a battle at a grocery store. eo shows two v women attacking a clerk earlier this month. now, police need your help finding these women. the formula is kept in a locked case. the clerk would not hand it over until after they paid for it.om the left empty-handed. the clerk had to be treated at e hospital. criminals often steal baby formula to sell it forrofi

. >>> we could hear more about ths guy that killed in wheaton. he died at the hospital. driver involved in the accident stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers. >>> we're following a developing story. a little girl is recovering after being shot. >> she was one of three people on 56th street southeast last night.ch justin f is live at police headquarters with more on the car, now, that police are focusing on. wha what's this, justin? >> reporter: the car is dark in color. an acura or lexus, four-door sedan, with a wing or spoiler on the back. it was seen circling the area before the shots were fired. i want to tak you to the scene here. the 100th block of 56th street. not far from the public charter school. the shooting took place just before 9:00 last night. and the three victims we know about this time, a woman and a te girl who are injured, policesay. authorities say all three were conscious and breathing when oklihe seahhes to thoital. under y for suspects in this case. police believe that the dark colored acurar lexus may lead them to answers. an older mode

. >>> we could learn more about the person hit and killed in wheaton last night. he died at the hospital. montgomery county policeer say e drer d died on the scene. >>> only use the ride hailinges servike uber and lyft is more than twice the cost ov owning car. the stud y shows the average cot is more than $21,000 per year. the average cost is $7300 a ye. triplaaa says it includes taxis calling a car service and requesting a car and service driver from an app. >>> college students taking action. even before the start of class, why the destruction of this confederate statue could land them in trouble. >>> we'reea hng from the >>> demonstrators cheering at north carolinaity of has they tore down a confederate monument. today is first day of class. >> hundreds of protestersar d out by gathering around the controversy statue. they demandednd chang then knocked it over. >> reporter: this morning a 105--year-old confederate statue at the university of north caroli carolina, no longer stands. wild cheers e trupting last nig as the mnoument k as silent sam hit the ground.

this is the third fatal accident on georgia avenue in the wheaton peea in a little less than two weeks. le say it's a dangerous stretch of road. there's lots ofnd cars lots ofde rians. >> i see pedestrians trying to get across the street any way they can and the car is traveling quickly. >> are you surprised this happened? >> it's happened in other places along this road and other places montgomery county too. people trying to cross outside of crosswalks and that's dangerous. r >>eporter: whether the victim was in the crosswalk or not is part of the i venvestigation. there's an s that's spray painted. that's where his shoes were. he was found on the other side of the intersection. one thing investigators are going to be keen to look avether are slance cameras. there are cameras on both sides of the building andppear to be where this area accident occurred. that will be something that investigators will look at. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> any minute we expect to learn more about another pedestrian killed in maryland. last night a man in his 60s was struck by a car in laur

>> first 4 traffic alert in wheat wheaton. talking about georgia avenue atd drive.h directions here we're shut down because of this fanal pedest crash. another vantage point showing you here, some of the closure in the distance. that closure between veirs mill and university boulevard. you're northbound or southbound on georgia avenue, that's your normal route, you want to te veirs mill road. one other closure, fairfax eastbound 66 at nuttily street. and southeast, italand parkway at stanton road. there's a crash there overnight. gan mcgrath is at the scene in wheaten right now. what are s youing from the ground there? >> there's a large police presence on georgia avenue. this began to unfold around 4:00 this morning. aedestrian struck and killed here, right near the intersection with

. >>> at 6:05, twice this week vehicles have hit and killed people walki along georgia avenue in wheaton. police are urging drive to take it easy. yesterday a man in his 40s wass cr the second base lanes when a car hit him. another m died in a separate crash on monday. of the last four pedestrian deaths in memorial dontgomery c victims did not use the crosswalk. >>> a car weighing 3,000 pounds going 30 miles per hour h way more force to kill you than the handgun i carry on my side. >> the department plans to have a new campaigno educate folks walking in that area. >>> he was the face guiding americans through the ebola care, and now he is accused of sexual harassment. dr. thomas frieden is charged with groping aoman at his brooklyn home last october. she reported the iident last month. in court yesterd n he did enter a plea. his next court appearance is in october. >>> an update out ofhawaii. the once powerful hurricane that threatened the islands, this now a tropical storm, but the danger not quite over at this point. heavy rains could still cause flash flooding and landslides. lane dum

just this morning a car struck m 41-year-old on georgia avenue in wheaton. and it's the second fatal pedestrian crash in that area this week. >> news 4 nicole jacobs is live for us at the scene. nicole, what are you today?g >> jim and wendy, montgomery county police are stillrying to get a handle on these dangs. they've launched several safety campaigns and another is starting in t coming weeks and drivers and pedestrians simply paying attention can make all the difference. >> people are always in a hurry. >> reporter: that rush mixed with more people, more rs, more congestion can be dangerous. >> it's not easyo get across. >> reporter: and for the fourth time in two weeks, this has been the scene. and, unfortunely, the same tcome. pedestrian hit and killed. the 41-year-old was the victim here. investigators say he was not in the crosswalk. the deadly trend is something montgomery county police have ed pinpoiince the spring. >> we had 11 fatal crashes since may 5th involving pedestrians. >> reporter: the traffic lights, the crosswalks, all the signs are in p

down towards the bowie and wheaton area and off and on ht now thirms and r is the only area seeing those storms. we saw some in gaithersburg and rock that storm is gone and that's what happens on a day like today. they pop up and qui ly wring themselves out and right now heavy rain right along the turnpike and reston right along restonparkway, seeing heavy rain and this one just develed here just to the north of that and as the storms die they send out al nice coo breeze and that cool breeze starts new storms and it's starting a new storm rif t heree right around route 7 and in route 28 as they move on through. look at all of the lightning associated with this. a lot of lightning and very heavyain alo route 7. have somebody coming home along route 7. let them kn or give them extra time. they may need it. to the north, one othertorm or shower. just west of frederick and right along 70 and heads up for that one, too. closeo themiddletown area. not a lot of rain. most us are dry and seeing heavier showers. scattered showers and downpours across the area. same thing expected tomorrow. this e

we saw some bigger storms over i-59 towards the wheaton area towards college park and now zooming on in you really don't see any at all. a few showers around the manassasrea and back around i-66 and north of warrenton. the wider viewng not shouch at all. sbst of tonight on the dry side. 93 lg and 92 dulles and it gets even hotter tomorrow and wednesday, and we've got a better chance of storms, too. i'll break it down for you and see you back here in a few mi htes. >> met decided it will not make separate trains available to the white supremacists coming into d.c. sunday for the unite the right rally. late this afternoonro m announced separate trains are not part of the plan now. there's concern because one woman was killed when counterp testers and while nationalists clashed at last year's unite the right rly in charlottesville. coming up at 5:30, a look at how metro and d.c. police will be working together to keep the ac >>> an inn send bystander, that's how police called an 18-year-old after a stray bullet struck her. our bureau chief tracee wilkins has the report. >> reporter: we

this continues to push northeast to bethesda and it will continue to movento wheaton county and prince george's county. out to the west still seeing a few storms out in winchester. have you been getting worked over all day. even through hagerstown, and that continues to pus to gettysburg and up over the mason dixon line. heavy areas of rain just to the west us, and we're stillin feedg all of this southern moisture and tabbingo i the gulf moisture from central america, so all of this moisture, this tropical moisture is moveg right into mid-atlantic, and that's why we see these rounds of heavy, heavy rain in all of this humidity. the good news is phistern will break down overnight and not until then. again, you'll expect episodes of rain with flooding the main concern. any storms that s we could bring pretty gusty winds and we also dry out this weekendth and 's good news and we still have a flash flood watch until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow so we'll keep a chae of rai tonight and through tomorrow. gardening tip, plant t wild flower seeds now because for -- for next spring and summer. tick seed,

wheaton, you're in there. benesda will get in the action and down to the south looking at this area around haymarket. these.tning with we've seen a bolt of lightning here or there, but most of the lightning has gone out of these, which means they are quick showers, and they are going to be very quick. thisom oneg through haymarket, in manassas in the minutes.o 20 behind it not much going on. as a matter of fact, once this moves through, we've got some niceeather in here for tomorrow. it was a great day today. tomorrow locking good, too. still on the high side. 92 degrees on wednesday and low humidity, not all that big of a factor the humidity, that is. a little more humid on thursday and heat index 95nd 96. friday is the day to watch for the heat and humidity. 94 for a high. heat index could be close to 100 degrees on friday and we could see a scattered shower or storm. any of those on the strong side an s same onurday. high of 91 degrees. right now most of the computer models have rain on sunday and that's th

wheaton, watkins mill, gaithersbu and northwood.we found opinion divided over ot whether orto expand the program and provide condoms at all montgomery county high scho school. >> i actually disagree withit. i think's a choice they should make with their families, their mothers and their i don't think the school system hould distribute contraceptives. >> i tend to be pretty liberal, more dge is power, the kids know the better, so why not. >> reporter: a spokesman for the montgomery county publi school system tells me they will analyze the proposal to pass out condoms to high school students and make a decision by the end of the school year. chris gordon, news4. >>> d.c. is preparing to roll out new regulations on those dockless bikes and scooters. starting january 1st, the city will require the dockless ystem ies to have a lock in place. the bikes will need to be locked to racks or postsnd this is why. city officials say the move is in response to complaints about the bikes blocking sidewalks. the public comment period begins in s >>

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because we're going to talk about cobalt and the recent acquisition, but when you talk about wheatonat are we talking about, gold? >> gold, yeah. probably 50, 55% of our revenue comes from gold. we started off as a silver focused company but most of our recent acquisitions have been in the gold space. >> canadian? >> yeah, assets all over the world. >> so cobalt is interesting. it can't have an electric -- a battery without cobalt or else the biggest fear we have of overheating comes up explain that, cobalt is used. >> yeah, it's a component of mainly electric vehicles that's where we see the biggest growth but it's batteries it's lithium batteries cobalt is a stabilizer, so it stops these batteries from overheating. you know, we see it as being a long-term component and we see a phase shift into electric vehicles so we are focused on precious metals, but we saw a great opportunity with a great asset the thing that i think appealed to us the most is that cobalt comes out of a canadian mine through a canadian smelter so it's probably some of the cleanest, greenest out there most cobal

. >>> 7:06 this morning, a person was hit and killed near the wheaton road station.river did stay on the scene, we're waiting to hear more about the person who was hit. >>> university of maryland coach d.j. dirken. mcnair's familyays he suffered at hea stroke. a group oflayers parents tell the associated press they want to meet with evans, they say that they fully support coach dirken. >>> the president calling the former "apprentice" contestant andte wouse aliisor a low . amarosa who served as a senior visor to the president, painted him as a self-absorbed misogynistic and insecure. thehite house sayshis book is riddled with vees. an excluit down with chuck todd on "meet the press." >>> the violence that marred the protests in charlottesville a year ago is still linger for some who are still there. we take a look at the >>> kate washington goes to physical therapy three times a week, and is in constant agony. >> i can't work, i can't drive for too long. >> she was diagnosed with -- last august 12, washington was when sherunninger ranz was rear ended by james steele