in fairfax county, adam tuss, news 4. >> when we come back, a tourism record. we have a look at how many people visitedt the distr last year and how it is helping local businesses. >>> andea new school y and that means kids may be spending more time online. but how do you keep them fe? angie takes a look at tools to keep track of their us f their usage. >>> it is not just alex ovechkin and the caps players receiving the championship rings for winning the stanley cup, caps owner says he's giving about 50y emees at monumental sports annt etainment a special ring to celebrate that achievement. the employees had to be working full time on june 7 the day the caps won. the employee rings will be different than the ones given to the players. the rings will be delivered in the fall. >>> travelers from all over the world are learning what weal ady know here, d.c. is a great place to be. and all thoseisors mean big money forocal businesses. destination d.c. says nearly 23 million people visited us in 2017. that includes 2 million people from eras. visitors spent more tha

check out this statement from fairfax county supervisor jeff mheckay. says everywhere i look in the county, we are flooded with maryland cars in rticular, and many of them are living in virginia and avoiding taxes.un that'slawful and it has to en c thenty also says florida, texas, d.c. and ptensylvania prank pretty high. if you are caught, the penalties can be pretty stiff. you can beax assessed back t for up to three years, plus the current year and a annnual penalty of $350.ho wed say military vehicles are exempt. in fairfax county, adam tuss, news4. >>> when we come back, a tourism record we have a look at just how many people visited t district last year and how it's helpin local businesses. >>> and it's a new school year and that means kids may be spending more time online, but how do youm keep t safe? angie goff takes lo at some tools to keep track of their usage. un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to wear fo

. >> we know fairfax county police have begun an investigation and th fairfax public schools are investigating. they and others, including parents, want to know more about what happenedn that bus and how that young student las life.is we have a look for you at where this happened. this was a mixed use neighborhood off of the 2300 block off dulles station boulevard. this is a newer too far from the airport here. we have a look at the school bus here. we know that boy was the only student onboard that bus. other student there. and a few other adults, as well, when he sufferedhis medical emergency of some kind, not specified what ts.t but that bus did stop and 911 wascalled. fairfax county fire and rescue raced to the scene here, tried to save that young boy. he was rhed to the hospital where he latered and back out live, again, we know police are investigating. stil early in that investigation. no word on who that student was and where he w in school or what the emergency was onboard that bus. once we no mo we'll bring that information to you. we're live in herndon, i'm justin finch, news 4. bac

fairfax westbound 66 after fairfax county parkway, right si blocked by the crash there. centerville eastbound before centreville, crash on the right shoulder. slow spots through woodbridge. normal there on 95. southbound 16th street at u street, still have that close su here this mornin you can see those flashing lights here right now. northbound doesn't seem to be an issue through that area. 12th street tunnel near constitution avenue, center of the roadblocked by the crash there.tw and the b looking pretty good right now. your travel times coming up. melissa.ight, thank you. >>> it's 6:02. breaking news right now. d.c. police say an elderly man is in critical condition after being hit by a car. the accident happened late last night on the corner of north capitol and channing streets in northwest. police say the man crossing the street when he was hit. driver of the car remained on the scene. >>> detectives are also ngti investigating a shooting in. northwest d it happened last night on lamont street near the va medical center on irving. police say therere two victims.

. >>> an leunimagin tragedy for a fairfax county police officer. >> over 70 miles to get home to even find out if his kids are alive. ent ow the law enforc community is helping this grieving father. >>> why metro's gm is on track totay with t transit agency for years to come. >>> and after a girl is e electrocuted at mgm, news 4 has obtained documents revealing that mgm was and could still be in violation of major electrica in violation of major electrica codes.l kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop. i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers. then i went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginia and passed a law to expand job training for young people. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. here in virginia, we have to build an economy that works for all. >>> police tell us a woman shot d killed one daughter and injured another in a failed murder/suicide. tonight, the law enforcement community is ra

adam tuss has that story from fairfax county. reporter: here's a question, would you turn in your neighbor if you karw their wasn't properly registered to the county? >> yeah, i think. i think it should be more fair. if they're living here the car should be registered here. >> reporter: is it fair to quote/unquote snitch on a car without properon registra >> no. they don't know your circumstance. >> reporter: obviousnions vary, but way too many out of states plaare showing up and not being properly registered. they want to have the residents to anonymously report the cars that aren't registered. a vehicle owner is reqred to register within 60 days. nobody wants to be a car snitch, a tipster about all of this, but here in fairfax county by far and away the county says the most out of state plates belong to maryland tags. check out this statement from fairfax county supervisor jeff mckay. he says everywhere i look in the county we are flooded with i maryland car particular. and many of them are living in d rginia and avoiding taxes

carol is a retired fairfax county >>teacher. he kind of kid that wanted to help, wanted to do the right thing. >> she is describing the 9-yearld wesley. she never got a chance to meet him. however, she is friends with his grandmother. >> she and i talked together. ss grandmother a teacher. his mother is a teacher. wesley was killed last may while helping a teacher open the partition. his head got caught between aving partition a wall. how it happened is still unclear. the fairfax county police tell usir t investigation is ongoing. >> that's still a question i have. how could that have happened? and it shouldn'tav happened. >> she started writingletters. her letter was published in the "washington post." >> i feel like somethi has to be done. >> so how many of these are in our schools and what are the rules when it comes to who can operate them?we found there are about 500 of these d get is. out of the 2 districts that have these partitions, 17ave no formal written policy stating who is allowed toperate them. >> it is just mind-b

s thhe latest live from fairfax county, back to you. >> thank you, chris. here's a look athe probable path of hurricane florence. find this map and find updates on our nnbc washing app, just search florence. > sad news from horton kids, a local program helpi underprivileged kids graduate high school. got a lot of attention when formerirst lady michelle obama visited in 2012. their own te of gun violence. he was shot and killed sunday night on the 2800 block of stanton road and southeast. horton's kids released this photos with details on a candle light vigil for him tomorrow ni t insoutheast. the 18-year-old had finished high school and set to attend udc this semester. right now,ot of information surrounding the death including a motive or we are working on gathering those details. >>> tonight, more uncertainty in the dacatholic church as washington archbishop suggests he's closer to resigning. in a letter written to his priest, cardinal donald says he going to rome to meet with the pope and discuss the next steps for him and the wschurch. takes a look now

. >>> the fairfax county courthouse, i have come here to watch the killer make a plea. i have covered stories of murder before, but none this horrendous or complex. a sentiment shared by the virginia county prosecutor. >> do you have any sense of what went wrong? >> a lot of people come from violent backgrounds in central america and seems to get in their heads that it's a way to get. status to be a violent person and it's hard for me to understand you feel like shaking these kids. thanks, guys. >> does it bother you, what happened? do you think about it? sometimes? >> it's hard for me to fathom how and why one young girl would execute another. was it simply a love triangle that spiralled out of control? or had venus and demaryius been used in some way by ms-13. the entire murder had been recorded by one of the assailants and shown in court. venus is seen taunting her victim. then she stabs her 13 times with a serrated knife. a second assailant completes the execution with a sharpened stick. a group of gang members standby and watch. just turned 18 a couple days ago ple

rain drops are pulling outf prince william and moving out of fairfax county as well. ae cou of rain-free hours this morning. don't plan on seeing much sunshine today and there's more rain across parts of western maryland. that's what is left of the spin asso with florence. flash flood watches remain in place until 6:00. this highlighted area from washington on upe to baltimore area up the i-95 corridor, that's a flash flood warning that goes until 8:30 this morning. it fee like the tropics outside, mid 70s this morning. again, more rain and thunderstorms likely later on this afternoon. melissa, could be a slow ride home as lowell. >> a ride in for some for sure. silver spring for example, a lot of high standing water on various roads around town. southbound new hampshi avenue colesville have that flooding here with the southbound lanes blocked. richt now not as a huge impact because it's so early. the rest of the beltway is looking good but you can see the rain falling around town. arlingtock left side b by that flooding. >> melissa, thank you. your time is 4:32. clos

. >>> we're following a developing story in fairfax county this morning. a woman and two children were found dead in a home in herndon last night. >> chopper 4 was there as police began their investigation. officers came to their home after a man who was in the homemade a her if iing discovery. >> two sons were laying in the house in cold blood. >> there's no threat to anyon else inhe area. this is likely a domestic case. no names have beenreleased. >>> now, to video of a heart-stopping moment. a power line fell on a woman's car and caught fire in northwest washington. take a look. surveillance vwseo s people running to help her. this happened yesterday and the situation became more dangerous because the fires were still live and the fireas spreading. the flames engulfed the car. wealked to a couple of witnesses that ran in to help. >> it w the first time i'd seen anything like it. >> this was my first exp sience. i was ck. >> look at the damage there. the woman ista in the hos and will be okay. >>> a man was found dead when he was pinned against his home

fairfax public schools are investigating. no word on who this student is, or e they were in school what the medical emergency was that took his life. i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. > > >> justin, tha you. >>> we have information on the death of an accused kill tyler tessier was found dead just hours before he was going to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. officials from the department of corrections said early yesterday morning, tessier hanged himself using a bedsheet. the state attorney say tessier woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for tal. wa was given breakfast 45 minutes later anfound dead ten minutes after that. this is the second suicide at the jail this year. >> i don't believe there's such a thing as closure.laura, i lov you every day. police found notes in tessier' cell. in them, he contemplated suicide. those notes will be released. >>> breaking news on two, large earthquakes we're learning about. >> one in south america and the othehe in japan, families are recovering from a typhoon. nos japan

fairfax parkway. inbound on 66 no problems. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway rolling along nice and clear here this morning. and 270 southbound, nothing in your way there. eun? >> it's 4:32. oe second dayschool will be shorter for students and staff in prince george's county. schoolsoucross they will dismiss students two hours early today. >> that is because ofwehe heat. checked with several other school districts in our area. so far prince george's county is the onl county that has decided to dismiss students early because it's going to be so hot. >> hundreds of university of maryland students are really feeling the heat. four dormuiings swr no air conditioning. university leaders blame the age of the dor saying the old wiring cannot handle the ac. they've put o fans. hey students tell us provide literally. many are camping out in common rooms to stay cool. >> it's awful. we sleep on towels o the floor at night because it's so hot and we sweat in our sheets. we don't wantthat. we lay towels out and sleep on the floor.

fairfax county police say all three victimsie from gunshot wounds. the mother's dy was found upstairs. neighbors are still in shock. >> this isreally, really sad. >> the woman's brother spoke to our news partner, wtop. he said the nephews were around 9 and 11 years old. he said his sister had a law degree. >>> we have new information on the death of an accused killer. tyler tessier was found dead hours before heas set to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. official from tepartment of corrections said earlier yesterday morning he hanged himself using a bedsheet. he said that he woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for he was given breakfast 45 minutes later and was found dead ten minutes after that. this is the second suicide at the jail this year. >> anytime you have a that's a problem, hanging is the most prevalent way thauicide is committed inside a correctional environment. anytime there's a loss of life in our facilities, we take that very serisly. >> officials say police found notes in tessier's ll. in them, he contemplated suicide. eve

alyssa harrington is in fairfax. tell us what is happening and are the firefighters getting a handle on it? >> reporter: good morning. so far, firefighters said it has grown to 100 acres and is 10% contained. in fairfax, we can smell the smoke on the fire is burning 8 miles down the road. there is an evacuate -- there is an evacuation center at lagunitas school. the fire started near the samuel p. taylor state park, along sir francis drake boulevard. it's known for its redwood trees and is a popular place to and hike. firefighters are dealing with challenges. they said there is steep terrain and they are using bulldozers, bringing in water tenders and trying to prevent the flames from spreading further. the fire has grown to 100 acres and is 10% contained. evacuation orders are in effect for nearby areas to arroyo road to hiroko road. 25 structures are threatened and the fire area is not known at this time. >>> new this morning, a new look at an early morning fire at a homeless encampment in oakland. firefighters hav

fairfax county welcomes a new fire chief as the department tries toeal from several harassment and bullying complaints. school's in session for all of the remaining districts in our area. and we talk with local leadera ut what they hope to accomplish in the coming year. >>> welcome to "news 4 this week." >> hello, everyone, i'm leon harris, we're going to start this week with new and sneaky speed cameras in the district. the look of the cameras are changing and that may make them harder to ot. >> the tree is blocking the camera, take a look up on the pole, there it is, a lot ca these meras, moving to new spots. >> yes. take a good look. >> some of thecity's speed cameras now watching from a perch. >> i mig have been victim of that this weekend. we'll wait and see. >> these cameras are departure from the boxy and fixed position speed cameras that many of us have gotten used to. according to the manufacturer, american traffic solutions, v ty arry high-tech, complete with high resolution sensors and 3-d capability. >> the radar is able to track the position of 25 vehicles. >> what am i going t

we're going too live to fairfax county to show you how fairfax county to show you how local teens are doing i'm neal simon. i'm the son of amigrant and a family man. daughtal: hey, dad. neand now i'm running for the u.s. senate, unaffiliatith any party, because they're playing partisan games and getting nothing done, an crippling america. i've created high-paying jobs right here in maryland by lisng, bringing people together, and finding common ground, and i'll dsethe same thing as your tor. they s i an outsider can't do but... all: together... neal: ...we'll prove them wrong. neal simon, and i approve this message. let's finally put people over politics. and i approve this message. i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every w

arlington county, fairfax, loudoun, andll the way out to the valley. rainfall amounts will be measured in th inches befor all of this is done as what's on of florence comes through. >>> a border patrol agent isar behind accused of killing four women in texas. juan davideirtiz is described as a serial killer. he was arrested on saturday after a woman he allegedly tried to kidnap narrowly managed to escape. she was able to alert the four women killed were prostitutes. it's not clear whether he was on duty at the time of the alleged killing. he is a 10 year veteran with the dls. border patrol. >> a d attack by a phon phony mariachi band in mexico killed five people. the shooting could b t linked a turf war between two rival gangs. >> massachusetts residents are finally going back to what's left of their me. series and explosions and fire destroyed homes in several boston suburbs. one person was killed, 20 others injured and three communities had to be evacuated. officials say too much pressure in natural gas lines are to blame.ws utility cre worked throug

and fairfax county to the parkway, you're on time. going to take you eight minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it's 4:31. the stage is set for a blockbuster hearing today on capitol hill. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, dr. christine bla ssey ford, will testify before the senate judiciary committee during her testimony, dr. ford will deta the alleged assault that happened at a high school party in montgomery county. this is video o dr. ford taking a polygraph test to verify her accusations, which she passed. kavanaugh hasaid the incident never happened. you can watch the hearing this morning right here on nbc 4. we will have an nbc news special report at 9:30. >> rhel mitchell will be asking the questions at today's hearing. she's chief of the special victims division in maricopa county, arizona.er three oomen have also accused kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, although none of them will testify today. deborah ramirez claims kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a party in college. t

news 4's justin finch is live at their facility in fairfax with more on their mission. justin? >> reporter: chris, they're sending down a 12-member crew fr dominio energy as well as three bucket trucks like the ones you are seeing back there behind us, as well as an auger truck as thll. once o ground, they'll work around the clock to restore power in that hurricane florence region in the carolinas. this does stand to be a pretty big job, but this crew does have perience with storm relief just in their own backyard heree getting own customers back online after big storms and small storms as well as others across our region. sce they get down there, once thisrm comes through, the early estimate is that millions of customers down there could be left in the dark. that not only impacts customers but also that first response

fairfax county police parked here in this driveway. investigators now lng for answers afterou three were f dead in this home yesterday. the call coming in about 6:15 last night. a man calling from this home off the 1000 block of safa street here in herndon, came home to say he found his two children, lying in a pool of blood. a wom was later found inside the home dead, a well. just after 9:00, police got the warrant to go inside, gathering evidence inside this me. at they're not saying right now is if this was a murder/suicide. they've also not yet made public the identifications of the victims or their relationships i at this . but back out live, as you are seeing here, police will have strong presence outside of this home, which is just off the fairfax county parkwaynd route 7 here in the herndon area. e medical examiner will determine the cause of death for all threehe of people found dead inside the home. they do not believe the public isy in any saf risks because of what happened here last night. we're live in herndon. i'm justin

in through the bridge toward fairfax county. the wider view, this goes all the way to the remnants of gordon and that's another reasonng florence loo a little better as far as organization earlier. butthow look a west side. harting to get eroded a little bit. strengthened over the last six hours but now it may start to weaken here. that could be goodews and we ly see it come town a little bit. thest advisory still has it as a category 4 orm. moving west northwest, coming toward the coast. a lot of thepu cr models don't have it making landfall and drifting toward myrtle avach. that's why you the southern part of the cone here. it is no longer around d.c. the big deal is all b ause of an area of high pressure. that will not allow the storm to move our wa normally a land falling hurricane c wille up i-95. that will not be the case because of the high pressure. the storm will west, lowering our to impact, if not t great impact down south. >> our area is looking to pick up a tal of two to four inches of rainfall. because of how wet i

. >> hey, a changing of the guard in fairfax county. >> up next at 5:00, theal chnges facing new a >>> a new fire chief took the helm in fairfax county. >> he takes over as they try to recoverrom recent complaints about sexual abuse and bullying. >> congratulations. >> he brings leadership skills to the fairfax county fire anden rescue depar which is called upon to help in emergencies all around t world, but the department's reputation has been tarnished in recent years by complaints and lawsuits about sexual harassme and bullying. >> in 2016er firefig nicole mittendorf took her own life after sexually explicit comments were made on a website followed by firefighters. >> i asked chief butler how he tull handle the problem. >> there is a c of we're not going to tolerate bullying or cyber bullying. not going to tolerate it. >> as howard county marchand f butler hired the most diverse firefighter paramedic training class in history. >> i didn't do much but bring an idea that had buy-in from an organization who rallied around that idea. >> both butler and fairfax county executive brian hi

we have a larger road building program in prince william county than in fairfax county, and we're less than one-half the size. we hut an additional $80 million towards our schools to road up with this we have over 90 schools, over 95,000 kids in our schools. our kids in our schools arego . you would have people believe that they're not good schools. you are insulting our school teachers. we've been hiring thousands of new ,teacheundreds of -- partly because you got nothing done as governor. f we've had tod for ourselves. >> thank you. mr. stewart? >> senatortokane, i wan ask you about something, our colleagues at telemundo 44ve ha d extensively. even some of your colleagues and activists are calling for ice, the agency in charge of immigration andustoms enforcement, to be abolishabioi. my que is two-fold. one, what is your view of that position, and, two, where would you draw t line on ice enforcement? >> the problem with our immigration laws is not the agencies or people. it's the policies. d we have note immigration reform in this country since 1986, and it's well pastime. ll past ti

area inside thisom tasting we have all the breweries from fairfax county bringing unique beers for the vip area. we've got four guest brieewerie. >> we recognized how very popular craft breweries have become and we really wanted to highlight the seven that we have here inairfax county. >> brewfest will be held atg mustsally's in chantilly. details on the event and the field guidebc are in the n washington app. just go there and search brewfee. >>> when come back, buy a ticket, place a wager. d.c. trying to takantage of a recent supreme court ruling that legalizes sports betting. >>> and hospital sticker shock. one family got a $34,000 surprise after a tri to the e.r. how you can avoid the same fate. oh, nice. nice. nice. nice. found a dollar? that's the price of any size mccafe brewed coffee. enjoy more favorites on the 123 dollar menu at mcdonald's. ♪ 123 dollar menu at mcdonald's. enough with mouthwash that burns. in fac most mouthwashes contain more alcohol than you think. but colgate mouthwash is alcohol free... and kills 99% of germs without the burn. colgate total, mouthwash wi

wood acre, fairfax, san anselmo. we could get gusts up to 20 miles per hour. the elevation combined with occasion ad wind gusts is what makes it the hardest for the firefighters. now it is moving into our new weather changes. a system developin offshore and that will cool it down. the good thing, at least right now, it won't push in a lot of clou cover. a mostly sunny start and cool 50s. not that much in the way of fog for the north bay, san francisco. numbers cooling off. the system beginning to develop to the north. that will leave with us beautiful weather. to morgan hill. san jose, 79. right over through contra costa, looking good in hayward at faye. redwood city, 76 degrees. we have the cold wind with us. 67 for the embarcadero and for the north bay, 86 in napa. 85 in santa rosa. we've been talking about the tropics. across hawaii, a trip planned there, tropical storm conditions with olivia. 5:00 a.m. with olivia. of course the huge storm that is the likely catastrophic. check it out. this is hurricane florence. it is expected to stay a category 4 tuesday

i know some are and are doing that. >> rendered, obviously city of fairfax is a lot smaller than cook county, although probably bigger than a good percentage of election jurisdictions in the united states. do you want to talk with anything that no one mention? hasn't been sharing in virginia between smaller localities and bigger localities? >> i think the advantage that we have in the city of fairfax is that we're close to d.c., so we are a little more aware of the different resources and partnerships that we can do. the all localities that on my size or smaller who do not have i.t. departments, and so as no one was saying you are being asked to ingest and respond to an awful lot of information that you really don't understand. i think i get a more e-mails a day about election security. i think the resources and these partnerships would be really helpful, and i think it is important to note that while cook county is in the top five, there are a whole lot more state of fairfax small localities and the united states than they are and we need resources. >> we've had on the news recently

right around burke, toward fairfax ty, t stiff fairfax and herndon. back toward sterling and centervil centerville. heavier rain and steadier rain toward hagerstown. keep the umbrella tonight and tomorrow. you can see we've got a lot more to go. you can see what's going on. we have a frontal boundary that will move to the north. we may t to get in the warm sector tomorrow. that's where the temperatures start to rise. here's noon from d.c. northward. we have a good chance of owers. most will be light again. then by the afternoon we'll break out a little bi maybe some sunshine through the south. temperatures will rise a little bit. more fog early. we see some sunshine. again, very warm air. we have a chance of some storms. you can see parts of the area with a chance of severe weather. that is something we'll be watching very, v carefully in the next couple days. tomorrow, the temperatures early. a hig of yoif. 72 on tuesday with a chance of showers. better friday. not bad saturday. a chance of showers. really noe sunday i monday. right now, you wanted t

fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 67 miles per hour. that's going to take you eight minuteserthis morning. headed outbound on 66, you're looking good as wel no big problems this morning. beltway, inner loop and outer loop nice and green. everything is rolling along. this has just cleared. leesburg e eastbound 7 was diverted at river creek parkway. that is now out of the way. >> melissa, thank you. >>> it's 5:01. we have breaking news right now. d.c. police say a elderly man is in critical condition after being hit by car. the accident happened late last night at the corner of north capital andhanning streets in northwest. police say the man was crossing the street when he wasthit. driver of the car remained on the scene. anyone who may have seen tci dent should call d.c. police. >>> crews from our area a rushing down south to help communities that will be impacted by hurricane florence. terday as ere y maryland task force one deployed to south carolina. >> today virginia dominion energy is dispatching its crews to head south so they can

. >> fairfax station, this is northbound 123 at fairfax county parkway. a reminder of a couple of other th

. >> fairfax station, this is northbound 123 at fairfax county parkway. a reminder of a couple of otherg things happe right now. the beltway is fine. no overnight hoad worke this morning. white's fowry shu causing that closure this morning. we'll keep you updated on that.e burg, do have flooding there closing the road.ti water trail north of landsdowne. we hope that will be out o the way by.m 7:00 a >> you probably heard that rainfall too yesterday. if you were out on the roads over the weekenou y made good use of your windshield wipers. pounding rain here and made it treacherous on the road and rain is in the forecast for most of this week. people inld town alexandria were keeping an eye on the forecast and the water. >> the river topped it's banks flooding the street. what are you seeing right now? >> well, some good news out here being that the flood water has receded. take a look though you can kind see where the water was, though. dirt and debris on the sidewalks out here. a little bit further down king street you can see sandbagsut o here right in f

fairfax county police tell us their investigation is on going. >> that's still a question i have. how could that have happened and it shouldn't. >> retired fairfaxounty teacher carol bailey wants to makeure it doesn't happen again. what she is doing to try toec pr students and find out what their investigation uncovered that prompted this reaction from her. >> it's just mind boggling. you can't imagine and particularly after this? >> plus we're working for you with an easy way to finf out your child's school has one of these motorized walls. that's tonight at 5:00. >> 4:22, coming up a fire sparked by a bst inside a bethesda apartment. now we know which electronics caused this explosion. >>> storm team 4 weather alert agn today because of the possibility of heavy rain and flash flooding, especially this afternoon and evening. so your commuting forecast, grab that umbrella and be prepared to use those wipers again today. stay with us, news 4 today coming back soon. >> plus we continue to follow the breaking news. a deadly shooting inside a silver springs home. what we're learning a

. >>> the fairfax county courthouse, i've come here to watch demaris' killer, venus, make a plea. i've covered stories of murder before but none this horrendous or complex. a sentiment shared by the virginia county prosecutor. >> do you have any sense of what went wrong with her? >> a lot of these young people in this situation come from violent backgrounds in central america. it just seems to get in their heads it's a way to get status, to be a violent person. it's hard for me to understand. you feel like shaking these kids. thanks, guys. [speaking non-english]. >> does it bother you, what happened? do you think about it? sometimes? >> it's hard for me to fathom how and why one young girl would execute another. was it simply a love triangle that spiralled out of control or had venus and demaris been used in some way by ms-13? the entire murder had been recorded by one of the assailants and was shown in court. venus is seen taunting her victim. then, she stabs demaris 13 times with a serrated knife. a second assailant completes the execution with a sharpened stick. a group of gang

coaches in fairfax county say football participation is dropping so severely not just because of the risk of injury but because students are specialists. they are playing one sport year round to seek scholarships or championships. >> it is harder for to you get a basketball player to play. >> we don't get any of them. >> we've learned the virginia high school athletic association is considering allowing eight-man teams, eight-ma f footba smaller school districts. that's a smaller version of the ga that requires fewer players, obviously. it would really impact the smaller school districts. >>> to watch our entire high school football report and to hearrom both parents and htaches, you can visit our nbc washington app row. >> thank you. they're the people we trust to pick up and drop off our mail. sometimes with something valuable. one u.s. postal carrier stole several iphones and resold them. he is accused of stealing and reselling them over a year and a half. they were ten from the main post office in arlington. the court documents sw reid is no long we are the postal service. his at

we do know this happened on safa street i hernd just off of route 7 in the fairfax county parkway. the 911 call came in around 6:15 tonight. chopper 4 shows police block the driveway to the home. another officer standing at a side door. >> news4's shomari stone has been gathering information.ul this is a news for this community. >> reporter: awful indeed. i talked to some people in this community and they are incredibly sad, surprised by what happened. this is early in the investigation and police are still trying to put together all the pieces withthis. they say, however, that this was a domestic incident butai they won't go into detail. >> walks in the house, two sons are laying on the floor full of bld. >> 911 dispatchal from fairfax county paint a disturbing picture. the homeowner came home finding his two sons dead. police say a woman was als found inside but won't identify her or say whether this was a murder/suicide. they say they're still trying to notify relatives of the victimst police up crime scene tape around the house on the 1,000 block of safa street. investigators a

but fairfax county police are being tight-lipped about the details they are releasing at this time. for example, they he not said if this was a murder/suicide or what the relationshi are between those three people that were found dead inside the home. what they are saying, though, is that it does not appear to be a threat to the public at this time. back out live, we can tell you that a medical examiner will determine the cause of death, just what happened inside that home remains a mystery, though, at this we're live here in dohea i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you. >> today, despite the heat, students in prince george's county will stay in class all day. every school in the county released s of the weather.ause a spokesperson of the school district says 10 of its 200 school buildings had major problems with its cooling system dozens of other schools had issues with the air conditioning. some fixed the issues. some parents were frustrated they had to pick up their kids esrly even if the temperat in their school was fine. >> theealth comes first. >> and the air conditioning was

ross, 52, fairfax, 54. the breeze will pick up l storm storm, olivia, heading toward the hawaiian islands. it was hurricane yesterday and decreased in intensity. 70 miles per hour and the track is taking it. it might go over maui with rain. with tropical storm late tonight into tomorrow. call ahead. the eyes will be on the southeast coast with florence, continuing to intensify. ng toward nor but eitherit will be a tremendous rain is is rarefied far north. usually you don't get this far north with this intensity. looking for about three days to see how it develops but everything points to north carolina. a little bit of patchy fog but the system is digging in at the pacific northwest with some higher clouds and a cooler pattern with breeze picking up later. 40s, 50s and 60s. mid-50s over freeman, 53 in half moon bay and a cool 49 with water temps going down. the north wind on the coast will do it. 57 in ukiah, 52 in monterey. mostly sunny and the big drop will be tomorrow with the temps. 60s and 70s inland a

fairfax county police were called to a home finding three people dead. they believe the mother shot her two children and turned the gun on herself. news 4 has discovered a police search warrant, and in it, it says the children's father came home, made the gruesome discovery. officers were called, started cpr on the kids, but they could not be saved. the warrant says investigators did see items from the home that include a revolver, paperwork, telling where the gun was purchased, a a journal. >>> coverage of hurricane florence continues at 6:30 as we look live at the carolina coastline. >>> doug is tracking the worm's path ahat it means for our area. he's coming up next. >> reporter: the rain we already hadgs comver the banks and filling places like this, and now the new concern is that it could go to parkingra s. and flood carsthere. what's being done about that coming up. >>> and all this rain in the weather forecast, too, having an impact on sports. tonight, the changes local school districts are ting to school districts are ting to saaklv school distr

residents in fairfax and san geronimo are being warned that smoke from this fire could impact the area. (ken)lawrence, is the wind playing a big role in this fire lawrence karnow: it was a gorgeous suumer day around the bay area with sunshine all the way to the coast. hgihs today were in the 80s and 90s inland with 70s and 80s around the bay and 60s at the coast. hurricane florence is a very dangerous storm and headed toward the carolinas. olivia is about to hit the hawaiian islands. high pressure will bring another round of nice weather but it will be a little cooler tomorrow. highs will be in the 80s inland with 60s at the coast. it will continue to cool with a few clouds on tuesday throught thursday. it will be slightly warmer next weekend. (pam) the department of justice has arrested nearly 3 - dozen suspects... following a years- long investigation that included multiple state agencies.(ken) the gang related scheme targeted credit card terminals from businesses in 13 different northern california counties. kron 4's ali reid joins us live from city carpets in san rafael ... and we'

there is smoke in the san geronimo and fairfax areas... but right now no structures but right now fairfax areas... but right now no structures are threatened... we'll continue to monitor this story throughout the hour and will bring you the latest updates... (vicki) new tonight at nine... video of a kansas city police officer hitting a woman while breaking up a fight over the weekend -- is spreading online. reporter robert townsend spoke to some people... who are raising questions about use of force. "she probably provoked him." raquel diaz and her sister were shocked to see the cell phone video.in this video, a kansas city police officer appears to strike a woman with his right hand on her left arm... and immediately after---she fell face down to the ground.raquel diaz/kansas city:"he should have handled it a different way than pushing her to the ground." andrea diaz/kansas city:"he is using excessive force."robert townsend/reporting:"why do you say that?"andrea diaz/kansas city:"because of the way that he's hitting her, the way he's hurt

live in fairfax county. i'm justin finch. news 4, eun, angie, back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> scary situation this morning. people near richmond are hicleaning up after t deadly tornado moved through last night. the wind lifted the roof old dominion florist and ripped it apart midair. you can see hunks of debris flying all over the place. one person died when that business collaps and another was hurt. this was one of a number of tornadoes reported in the richmond area last night. the tornadoes were the remnants of what was hurricane florence. here's a look at the damage once the tornado moved through chesterfield last nitht. roof of the old dominion -- it ended up in the lawns of homes. it caused a gas leak and cars.ye the powerful winds also knocked down several power lines. >>> today, parts o north carolina are experiencing serious flooding, even though orence has left the area. today officials will begin distributing food water and tarps. the city is mostly cut off by the floodwaters. the death toll from florence h

in fairfax county, jackie bensen, news4. >>> leon harris in the newsroomp president t accuses "the new york times" of treason w ans of a dire future for the country if he's impeached. >> have a country that's going to turn in a to third world country because if thertpposite pa becomes president, they'll say we want to impeach him. >> the presidentis rallied supporters and stumped for a senate candidate in billings, montana tonight and toldor surs if he is impeached it would be their fault because they didn't vote in the midterms. here is some video from his taping of a fox news interview right before erally. in that, he says "the new york times" decision to publish op-ed from an anonymous administration official backfired. he claims he's picked l up a of support because of it and continues to demand the "times" name theauthor. >>> president trump says the person could be an unelected deep state operative. some two dozen members of his administration have publicly denied writing it. jim, back to you. >> thank you. >>> now to the stunning end to the prosecution of an accused killer. hour

a tradition he hopes to continue in fairfax county >>> it's5:50. first day of school back for so many of us yesterday. including me. those are my kids. i can't believe my own eyes. look howighey are. seriously. who? are you peop me.a still loves ben and jake tolerate me. stop taking pictures, mom. >> they love you. >> i hope so. deepnside. remember to share your photos with us. nbc washington on social media. >> ben has a pained look on his face, boy. >> it was also so hot yesterday, right? hurry up,mom. need to get out of the heat. >> nbc4 is commiaked to sure kids are ready for school in the area. molette gre visited landover yesterday. >> we want to make surehaveryone what they needed for a successful school year. >> molette is a member of the nbc4 team. showed up with 500onated backpacks. filled with school supplies. there's our donna community affairs. enough for every student at columbia park to receive aw brad ne backpack. it's so important to have the right gear. it puts the right mind frame. >> you can use the backpacks at advisors to -- >

already some raindrops near manassas and fairfax this morning. those are going to be impacting your morning commute. your ten-day forecast. we might be sunny and dry tomorrow. >> that's your latest forecast. comg up, here is a wrd one. new details on that alleged mark burnett.le between tom what they are staying and the police investigation. >>> an important new rossen reports. after thosec tra gas explosions in massachusetts, who to do if you smell gasn your home. first, day" on nbc. hey! hey! congrats on ranking highest by jd power for tv service satisfaction this year. oh, thank you! and on being ranked highest in internet service satisfaction by jd power for the 5th year in a row. well, the 100% fiber-optic network deserves the credit, so... and he's humble! so, um...i should probably go get started. you need me to watch the van? no, i'm good! you deserve the best. get fios, the most awarded network. 100% fiber-optic network. 100% phenomenal. >>> stilld, ahwo billionaires, two big >>>n elosk introduces us to the first tourist for a trip aroun

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we do kw that fairfax county has 127 motorizedn partitions its schools. the maker of these safe path device tells us ises between $5,000 and 6,000 iotall each one. fairfax county did revise its policy rng the operation of these partations right after sley's death you can hear more about that in our nbc washington app. just search "partition." back to you. >> susan, thanks so much zwlnchlgts facebook and twitter under the microscope on capitol hill. executives from both companies explained to senators wha they're doing to secure your social media from influence by foreign governments. twitter's considering labelli bot accounts. facebook says social media companies are in a,ot arms race to protect democracy. >> i think facebook and twitter have upped their game. i think they are much more away of the threat that russians, iranians, other foreign actors may play, but t i alsonk that our adversaries, for example, the russians have upped their game as ll. >> there was an open seat at ri today's heangs because google refused to send a representative. the compy'

we do know that fairfax county has 127 motorized partitions in its schools. theeaker of device tells us it costs between $5,000 and $6,000 to install each one. fairfax county did revise its policy regarding thepetion of these partitions right after wesley's death. you can read more about that in our nbc washingto app just search "partitions." back to you. >> all right. susan, hogank you. >>> facebook and twitter under the microscope today on capitol hill. executives from both companies explained to senators what they're doing to secure yr social media from influence from foreign governments. twitter is considering labelling bot accounts. facebook says social media companies are in, quote, an arms race to protect democracy. >> i think facebook and twitter upped their game. i think they are much more aware of the thrt thatrussians, iranians, other foreign actors may play, but i also thinkur that adversaries, for example, the russians have upped their game as well. >> there is a name you didn't hear mentionedhere. an open seat at the hearing today because google