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fairfax denies those claims. according to "the washington post," he took a leave of absence when the allegations surfaced. fairfax says he waited to leave the firm until they finished the investigation. the firm says they found noce eviden of wrong doing. he plans to focus his t aengs t people of virginia. >>> developing tonight, a death estigation is under way now after the sudden death of aea majorue baseball player.re tributes a pouring in for los angeles starting pitcher tyler skaggs. a special banner was unvailed today. he was found dead inside his hotel room this morning in south lake, texas. the team was in town for a three-game series against the wngers. tonight's gameas cancelled. the cause of death with remains unknown, but police don't suspect foul play. the washington nationals aren't playing tonight but they did weet out their condolences to the skaggs' family and the angels organization. >>> one person is seriously injured after beg shot in the parking lot af northern virginia small. shoppers heards

. >>> we are working l forrn what started this fire at a home in fairfax county on friday. choppe 4 captured the flames shooting through the roof of this home. two peopleerinside. they escaped. one firefighter suffered minor injuries and is expected to be okay. >>> workers at the washington convention center cod go on strike as early as next week. workers were at the conventiont cen and already are demonstrating. they are demanding a fairn coact with aramark that took convention service about seu and health insurance. nt wetct. ce iny and to replace robots and we have no work and we have families to take care of and trying to get a fair contract98% of voters v i new s >>> bruce ar iv beat out more than 140 competitor in orlando.he 21-year-old attend career academy in northwest d in torldgo him. >>> hene world. kevin durant is leaving the corriors for the nets. prince george's dehe announcemen deamillion. he achilles.turnsa irving also on be high i broklyn. they there. sh him the best recovering from that torn achilles. >>> next on "news4 today," could ouur body shape set y

. >>> plus, some school lines are being redrawn in fairfax county but plenty of parents say they t are not oka the rules being used to make those new lines. we will break down the debate. >>> breaking news on t road in montgomery county this morning. here is a look at the crash scene on i-270 southboundin german town. montgomery county police say a tractor-traer struck one of its cruisers and pushing it into a second cruiser. the officers were conducting a traffic stop when the cruiser was hit. thankfully, no officers were injured in this. we have a crew headed that wayg rinow. this is a huge reminder that it is maryland law that you move over if you see emergency vehicles on the side of the road. >>> it's 4:00 on this friday. good morning to you. i'm ju >> i'm molette green. aaron gilchrist and eun yang will be back next week. e are looking at a very nice t. end to the workweek in terms of the weather that is. >> thank goodness. melissa mollet has eye on the road for you this friday morning. >> but, first, we get started with chuck bell and a nice looking storm team 4 forecast. feelin

big time rain around the fairfax region and down to the south. ng thisiew, though, sho is all moving off pretty quickly. as i'm talking about this, a lot less chance for that flooding. backito the west trac more storms, more flash flooding there. and look at the flash flood warnings, a ton to our no ih, some in our southern zones around madison county, green county. a flo warning inffect for fauquier county and rappahannock county. so far, amelia, we are not eeing too much in the way of flooding around the region. that is good news but we're not out of the woods just yet. >> yeah, absolutely. that flash flood warning in effect for parts of the area until around 2:00. it does look like the threat overall is going down across the area. talks ng about road condition tonight, yeah, it's going to be a wet one out there tonight. tomorrow morning, though, we're looking at dry condits ns. thi not a repeat of monday. we knew that going into this event and it's defi looking like that. now the threat level is now at high by any means, but still you never wa

fsterday, people in fairfax attended thisee e scooter safety. people learned the basics of balancing, starting, stonding, aow to use theapp. the pilot training prog tm will runrough next summer. >> i'm waiting for an accident to happen. >> some don't care. >>> if you happen to be walking near the lincoln memorial you y have seen a rare sight. baptisms took place there. the light of the world church held aus religioceremony yesterday. the church is following 5 million people worldwide and located inguadalajara, mexico. wow. a sight yousaon't necesly see a lot of the time in washington. >> hi, girl. >> we have our blue on. >> melissa said you guy have the same dress on. i think so! i like it! >> great mind think alike. >> of course! i like your tie! >> i don't know what to say. >> will talk about your meeting with megan lapino?no >> i k you have the forecast too. >> this weekend was beautiful not only because megan w in the house but it was a great weekend. ave plenty of sunshine. you may have seen a passing shower late last night. for the most pa

the fairfax native is heened into hisior year at thve unity of miami. ris glovrioso, news 4. >> read about more of our previous question by searching cekral par explosion. >> un trtunately,is weather is will go having an impact -- waiting for the festivities to begin, unfortunately. >> what are there chances that there will be longer delays and the shows will clear up and and intense lightning well death and west, into prince william county where we're seeing lightning and out towards the winchester area as well. i've circled them in red so can you see it more clearly. at the capitol and lincoln memorial, it's completely dry out there. just to show you how highly variable the weather can be in such a close distance. lking about aclose distance, about 20 miles away from the district to these really, really heavy poets of rain impacting parts of 95 up into the city of manassas. this storm systemas really not moved over the last hour, so this could also lead to some flooding concerns out there tonight and speaking of ha flooding, tt's the biggest concern t

rig around the city of fairfax, we had another around clinton, maryland, oxon hill this one around fairfax county. not moving a lot. around fairfax and oakton. you're not going to see ny thunder or lightning out of that. a few more back to the west. once these move across the mountains we could see enhancement. once again all eyes on the fourth of july. much more on that forecast. see you back in 15 minutes. >>> the tanks that we've been hearing an awful lot about officially rolled into our national mall earlier today. >> and president trump is saying this is going to be quote the greatest fourth of july celebration ever in the nation's capital. >> but he is facing some push-back from some over the reported million-plus dollars that this could cost. it's going to cost a. lot >> news4's cory smith joins us live along the mall with details of this. it is bustling down there. >> jim and wendy as who hot as it is, it feels like the fourth of july. you go to the mall. you see the stage, the tanks. it certainly looks like the fourth of jhay. all of t is left for the president and the protesters,

same situation in fairfax. traffic lights ose becau 3,000 customers without power through that area. make sure you treat it as a tour-way stop. cambridge road a 44th street a crash reported there in arlington this morning. outer loop and inner loopo problems there. travel times here. arsten to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your c today. >>> find we will show you how eed and a lot of water are helping change the outlook of young people one of d.c.'s greenhouses. en i was diagnosed, the first thing i thought about was my family. i came he and cried. but, as i'vesseen my disease progreci the medine has progressed right alongside it. trying to make medications more affordable is important, but if washington isn't careful we might leave innovation behind. let's fix the system the right way. innovation is hope, and the last thing you want to lose in life is hope. yeah. you got yyeah?omework? hey, give me a kiss. anno ocer: what's the roa car company? [ kisses ] t announcer:o take your kids to and from school? don't f

form, the same ones that brought the flooding around baltimore actually helped our area, specially fairfax, the d.c. metro area and points to the north not see the incredibly heavy rain after those storms were through. you saw the first bout of heavy rain and it helped to stabilize the atmosphere. where wengare seei the very heavy rain, down to the south of washington, in and around mount 0ernon, a severe thunderstorm warning into 6:0. it will be allowed to expire. you may see that box actually disappear here. we're looking at this area righ here. this is a very strong storm. waiting to see. this may be a new warning in this region. numeus storms here. this one moving north in towards the beltway. this one moving to the south and this one moving to e east. heads up in and around the area around mount vernon, wood bridge, over towards waldorf. if there was any heavy flooding it would be in this area over the next half hour to an hour. watch out. it could come up very, very quickly. the line extending all the way down i-95. really just a mess out there night on i-95. going to be a mess of a

him osexual assault. >> watson came forward saying fairfax assaulted her. the letter claims there is a witness who supportsfairfax's account. it reads, in part. watson's attorney responded to the letter saying, in part. fairfax's attorneys responded to this statement saying the lieutenaer governor has nev changed his story. >>> there is a -->> two d.c. high school students robbed of their chance to live their dreams. both boys murdered in may of01 2in two different crimes shortly after leaving >> it's terrible! yes, absolutely terrible. >> reporter: yesterday, at large d.c. councilman introduced legislation a different approach the cy can take to protect young students. >> right nfw, they are aid to go to school and that is just is not acceptable. >> reporter: he isp reonsing an act that would bring city agencies together to figure out waof effectively making sure students get to and from school safely. >> there are adults that are hired to be on the street with hoe students as they are going to and from scol and one area i think we could see a lot of impro

. >>> two teens are recovering after a shooting at a playground in fairfax county. police sa the teens were shot just after 11:00 last night. hey believe attack may have been gang-related. we're told one teen has since r been eleased from the hospital. th have non-life-threatening injuries. >> a contentious meeting today at the d.c. council as embattled council member jack evans faced hours of tough questions from hiscleempingts evareation. evans is trying to convince them of not stripping him of his chairmanship of the powerful finance comndttee a as mark segraves reports evans refused questions.many of the >> reporter: last week when uncil member jack evasked for a chance to be heard before he council votes to take his committee chairmanship away evans said he would be happy to answer all their questions but today evans was only willing to answeruestions regarding the metro ethics investigation which he called flawed. when council mrs asked about possible conflicts of interest being investigated by federal prosecutors evans was less forthcoming >> the best approac

one fairfax is a joint social and racial equity policy of the board of supervisors and school itoard. some cs are calling the draft language social engineering. >> i beg you to identify and address current hspots of overcapacity now and stop this ridiculous attempt to manipulate our schools to reflect your idea of social ustice. >> reporter: the school board chair said in a statement the board is not planning to decide on a new boundary policy in september. the board has requested the superintendent to hire an oukide consultant to w with the board to identify best practices and engage the community if the had discussion. a school spokesman i says th not social engineering. a vote on the proposed policy changes has not yet been scheded. darcy spencer, news4. >> now the board chair says tonight there'seen a lotf misinformation out there. for exanole, there's been discussion of crossinown buss of students to schools outside their communities. we'll keep you updated as meetings are held in the future. >> we're workingor yourealth tonight in the last two weeks maryland's department of heal

and fairfax old lee highway near rebel run downed tree and power lines. head a little north, herndon, the access lanet impac as well and two right lanes. >>> 4:32. this morning amers across the country are looking ahead to tomorrow, the day we celebrate this nation's independence. >> where better toh spend t fourth of july than right here at home in the nation's capital. there is still plenty of work to be done and there's some controversy as well. take a look, new video shows military vehicles and t nks rolling through the streets of our ty overnight. this show of american might is the centerpiece of the prevdent's fourth of july eent on the mall. he's calling it salute to america, but not everyone is happy about this military display.. d delegate eleanor holmes says those tanks could cause a lot of problems. >> we're concerned that the tanks could further set us back on work we have ainfully done on the mall. >> now, there will be much more to d.c.'s independence dayra celebon than tanks and military flyovers. there will also be fireworks and music. pre

in fairfax, the fairfax high school is having a ce 7bration at00 with balloon artists and face painters and thing for the kidd kiddie. matie step anek park willave a live celebration. they say drone are not allowed which i think make sens in prince george's county they are having a celebration in parking lot 1 at umd. show up. there are many, many, many, many, more firewors all around our region.o course, we have the fireworks candar up on you on our nbc washington ap > if you thought about making d.c. a state, now u have a ance to speak your mind. >>> spping down. lieutenant governor leave his law firm months after accused of sexual assault. >>> get ready. the heat wave starts today. t's talk aout howb >>> good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. breaking news from arlington. one person taken to the hospital with serious injuries following this overnight house fire on south hayes street and we are told the fire started in a detached garage with an apartment. >> there are road closures in that area. let'shk in with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> becaus

the fairfax unty couple in the uv suffered serious injuries. >>> us marshalled need help to track down a man wanted for kill a 10-year-old girl in d.c. he is one of 11 indicted by a grand jury in connection to the death of ma kia wilson who was killed last july while on way to an ice cream truck and several feet away from her front door. police say the suspect were part of a street gang. marshals are offer on $5,000 reward leading to theatch of merchantson. >>> yesterday, a prince william county judge sentenced jordan bayer to three year and he was sentenced to three years probation. he is accused of having an indecent relationship with a 16-year-old and he is accused of touching her and sending her explicit messages. barrett was 23 at the time. >>> a man from ft. washington is accused ofce putting of at risk while driving an atv. on sunday, they say lopez was part of a group onatvs that rounded police vehicles on monume monument. they say lopez rane into th officer's rear bumper and was thrown off the atv. no word if >>> july fourth has come and gone but questions remain how president

. >>> the young person killed on a fairfax county construction site might not have been old enou work. ollapseday the person was killth that mclean constructione sid site tuesday. digs corporation is building homes remain.ab department of told news4 generally that is not construction, rather, excavation but you have to be 18 to doca tion work. digs development has not returned our calls. the department of labor is investigating. >>> we are working for your health this mornina >>> the l two weeks, maryland's department of health has seen more than three dozen cases of intestinalillnesses caused by the parasite and they still don't know what is causing it. you could become infected after eating food or drinking water that is contaminated contain this parasite. iit is the sameness we have told you has been spreading in virginia. 40 cases have been reported since the start of may. are workplace cafeteria part of their investigation and you can see here who it includes. there's still no known cause. sympto include weight loss, cramping, and nausea. >>> the rise in teen vaping is a big focu

medics took cha kez ami green from the fairfax county adult detention center. he was found unconscious in his cell. green died at the hospital this morning. authorities say they found no foul play. green had been serving time since last december. an autopsy will be performed. >>> all right. let's take a turn to our weather now. lot of folks enjoying such a beautiful afternoon. storm team 4 meteorogist somara theodore joins us fromhe the weatr center to talk about whether or not this beautiful weather is going to stick around. somara? >> yeah, you know, a lot of folks may be headed out this ev evening, going to do dinn's if. if thathe case, i made the forecast just for you. tonight not a bad one at all. temperatures falling into the low 70s. your forecast for tonight, mostly clear. stray shower. here's wh looking at the radar. we do have some activity on the board now. this is not in our area, but i how wanted to show you close it's going to be nicking us, to the south down toward virginia.nty they are seeing a severe thunderstorm. but look back toward the north

one tg to move into the city of fairfax south of 66 out around the clifton area. very heavy rainfall but i'm starting to see signs of this diminishing. there's a better chance that you're dealing with showers and thunderstorms tomorrow later in the day. 8:00 a.m., it's dry and it's a mild start. we're starting off in the 70s. w once hit 3:00 m.p.ba towards the i-8 is corridor. 5:00 p.m., notice where the storms are and where they are not. they contue to favor areas back around the mountains and re the still dry. area is think as the down at about 8:20, we might see some areas of rain moving into the metro region. here's 9:00 p.m., so most us are going to be dry during the day, but by the late afternoon and especially the evening hours se'll start to some areas of rain moving in. talking about that mild start. 7:00 a.m., we're already in 76 degrees, a hot lunch break 90. feels more like 100. at 4:00 i'm tracking storms west of the d.c. metro area. by 7:00 p.m. there's a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms area wide and hospital it's still 91 degrees

fairfax old lee, 6 and 95 look okay. aaron? >> melissa, thank you.>> > don't let the rain threat stop you. there's plenty to do to celebrate the fourth of july tomorrow. next up, some of the fun ents happening around the region. >>> and tune in this afternoon for ellen starting at 3:00 p.m. and then keep it reeg here for news 4 at 4 that's all this afternoon on nbc 4. take-off. and this a loving reminder from his wife. this is will finally depositing that expense check. oh, and this is will pay zg his brother-in law ble for their annual camping trip. and this is will finally relaxing for the long flight. this is your right here, right now bank. this is wells fargo. >>> welcome back. today 14 people will compete in a burger eating contest here in d.c. at starts noon at the z burger teniallytown location. w spectatorsll receive a free burger after the competition until 2:00 p.m. one of today competitors is molly skiel ler, the number one ranked competitive eater in the world. she ate 28 burgers in 10 minutes back in 2016 at z bur

. >> well, coming up, three shootings in fairfax county this week and potentially all connected. news 4's darcy spence remember joining us with what police ar calling about police activitor. >> firewks injuries are a big problem tonight, and you might be surprised which type of injuries are on e rise. >> and this just in. a flash flood warning issued by the national weather service r parts of prince william county until 9 sack tonight. thunderstorms right now mainly back rnd i-8 is. back rnd i-8 is. more on what this mea for ns ok i'll admit. i didn't keep my place as clean as i would like 'cuz i'm way too busy. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i eee heavy duty swiffer swper and dusters. for hard-to-reach places, duster makes it easy to clean. captures dust in one sw ha! gotcha! and sweeper heavy duty cloths lockway twice as much dirt and dust. it gets stuff deepton the grooves other s can miss. y'know what? my place... is a lot cleaner now. stin cleaning. start swifferg. >>> there you go. he stage ive look at at the likon memorial where presid

. >> parents in fairfax county are fired up over a potential change where their kid can go to >> fairfax county is cons bound idganage ili poo wde hitasal s parents concerned. some of that language reads school identified for boundary adjustment shaladhere to the one fairfax policy. some critics are calling this social engineering. >> i beg you to identind address current hot spots of overcapacity now and stop this ridiculous attempt to manipulate our schools to reflect your idea of social justice. >> the school board chair said in a statement, quote. >>> in fairfax county, some say their adult children with disabilities are losing their jobs because of a change in policy. fairfax county used a local nonprofit company that employed these workers to help with recycling computers and other electronics, but now the counar has d the county to a north carolina company and those disabled workers will be out of y eir job. their parents sae county should reconsider its decision. >> a resident and a taxpayer, why my son's job that i worked very hard with him to get is now being outsourced to anot

. >>> the president of the fairfax county naacp resigned.ed po on facebook while others are promoted to dedicating equity i no longer believe the overall culture nate of the naacp prior ties the schoo. he also said his resignation is linked to his former nfrontation with the former president. sent a series of angry text messages after she had he was too confrontational when dealing with police. >>> virginia marks 400 years since the settlement of jamestown. the colony considered the first democracy. one of t attendees today is president trump. earlier this month a group of virginia democratsvowed to boycott the event if the attended. state lawmakers accuse the president of using, quote, racist and zion phobic. trump first tweeted that a group of minority female congresswomen should go back where they came from. t dn he blamedecade of trouble in baltimore city on congressman elijah cummings. >>> this morning, we are getting new reaction from faly members whose loved ones depend on the 9/11 gencompensation funding. president trump signed the law yesterday through 2092 essentially makin

thank you, justin. >>> staying in fairfax county. some families say their adult children with disabilities are losinsetheir jobs all becauof a change in policy. fairfax county use a local nonprofit company that employees these workers to helpith recycling computers and other electronics. but now the county has awarded the contract to a north carolina com and those disabled workers will be out of their jobs. parents say the county should really reconsider this decision. >> a resident and a taxpayer, toy my son's job that i worked very hard with hiet is now being outsourced to another state. >> besides the fact that we are employing people with disabilities and we are in this county and we are creating jobs for this county, all that aside, apples to apples, company a to company b, we are much better. >> the nonprofit company has opened an official protest which fairfax county has ten days to review. be county maintains it made the best decision onehalf of the taxpayers. >>> happening today. a grnd breaking f a major construction projec

. >>> we are working to learn what sparked this fire at a home in fairfax on friday. chopper 4 captured the flames shooting through the roof of that room on clarks ranch road in great falls. two people were inside and able to escape and one firefighter suffered a minor injury and is expected to be okay. >>> workers at tco washington ention center could go on strike as early as next week. the workers who sell food and in at the convention center are already demonstrating and demanding a fair contract with e aramark, tood and beverage contractor that took overra opeons at the convention center on april 1st. the union is concerned about pay and job insecurity and also affordable health insurance. >> we want a fair contract. aramark came in and after six years, try to replace us with robots and automation. and we have no work and we have families to take care of and trying to get a fair contract. >> 98% of union members voted in kefavor of a stri if the contract negotiation. c but thetract negotiations failed. >>> big news in the sports world now. kevin durant is leaving

today shortly before noon he :Ãt fairfax county adult.defenceop ounter keeping his silence as i asked him abt theq allegations h against im. why did you secretlyecord your students andr@tw teenage> now i tried to reach his attorney by email and phone. he's due back in court on august 9th for aok preliminary hearinba ck to you now in the studio. >> thank you, julie. julie carey reporting(?r live there. were watching in thenewsroomcu( here. chopper 4 over a massive fire in howard county. flames broke out in a barn on route r97 in.otm glenly. good news here is there are no animals or÷on# chemicals in then miles. in fact, there's so much of i

fairfax county the state have launched investigations into the accident. the virginia departmentbo of la and safety and health industry issued a message. thankfullywhe other guy was injured out here yesterday should recover from his injuries. for now that's the latestve in mclean, drew wilder, news4. >>> now an update we first saw today on our nbc washington appt the opponf the professional boxer who died last week at mgm national harbor is facing spension. the maryland state athletic commission suspended mattias for 30 days. just after the fight, dadashev ollapsed and was placed in a coma and he later died. mattias's spokesman said he's devastated by what happened and does not even want his 500 purse from the fight. mattias released a statement saying quote, fly high great warrior. only god knows the reason of things, you will always have my respects. rest in peace. eou can read his entire statement and morn thisst ory on our nbc washington app. >>> a local football program for young people devastated, hit twice by tragedy in just 72 s. hour first one of

. >>> the fairfax county sheriff's office hopes an autopsy will explain how an 18-yeaold inmate died. medics took sha-kez amir green to the hospital on monday from the fairfax county adult detention center. he was found unconscious in his cell. green died at the hospital this morning. authorities say they found no signs of foul play. green ha been serving time since last december. >>> new tonight, a driver who kept going during a attempted traffic stop in northeast d.c. lost control, flipped and crashed an suv this evening. video shows firefighters trying to free him ater he slammed into a sidewalk and hit a wall. this is at "v" street near lincoln road. that crash trapped the driver and so firefighters had to pull him out and the dog that was with him as well. we're told thate driver wasn't seriously hurt. meanwhile, the humane rescue alliance checking out things with the dog. i believe we may have an update on him later. hopefully he finds a good home. >>> a buoy man will spend a mor th decade in a prison cell after setting multiple vehicles on fire at the city of beaury's public wo

three men were shot in two separate locations in fairfax clnty. take a k. the shooting scenes just a five-minute drive apart. news 4's jackie bensen takes a closer look at how it all unfolded. er: this is a quiet residential area, and that is why the fact that there has been a second shooting here in the last six months has neig concerned. people coming to pick up their pets from the reserved barking dog daycare in the 6400 block of blegraph road were m the alarming scght of crime sene tape and police officers. >> this is interesting. i've been coming here for three i've never really seen anything like this. >> scary. you don't think of that in this area. >> reporter: fairfax county police were k5u8d t the parking lot, which is also used by the meta east recording studio just after 4:00 p.m. and found a man who had been shot. investigators believe two cars pulled into the lot and shots were fired, then both fled the scene. police are looking for th blac mitsubishi captured on security cameras as it drove laway. minuteer a second 911 call a came in aboutther

tit again, fairfax county police say the investi is still ongoing. live in mclean, amy cho, news 4. >> amy, thank you. >>> just what will former special counsel robert mueller say tomorrow up on capitol hill? you can bet his every word will be scrutinized all day ng. mueller will testify before two house committees on his report over the russia investigation news 4's leon harris is standing by at the live desk with what we can expect. and leon, some new information coming out tonight. >> yeah, tt's right, jim. long-time mueller aide aaron zebley is going to serve as his lawyer. he'll be sitting beside mueller in one hearing and he'll be sworn in for testimony in another. he's mueller's former chief of staff and top 5id on the russia investigation. thuss change comes as the jtice department is asking mueller to be talk beyond his report on russian election interference. the justice department sent a letter to mueller outlining a broad range of restrictions including testifying about only what is in the muler report. he's being zruk ing instructed talk

. >>> the president of the fairfax county naacp resigned. copon posted on facebook while others are promoted to dedicating equity, i no longer believe the overall culture nature of the naacp prioritize the schools. he also said his resignation is linked to former confrontation with the former president. sent a series of angry text messages after she had he was too confrontational when dealing with police. >>> happening today. >>> virg since the settlement of jamestown. the colony is considered the first representativera democy in america. one of the attendees today is president trump. earlier this month, a group of virginia democrats vowed to boycott the event if the president attended. state lawmakers accuse the president of using, quote, racist and zenophobic rhetoric. trump first tweeted that a group of minority female congresswomen should go back to where they came from. then he blamed decades of trouble in baltimore city on congressman elijah cummings. >>> david ortiz is sharing his first social media post since he n s shot in the domin

- loudoun county and fairfax county. look at reton, this is i-66 in gainesville. right now, they had those storms blow through the area. let's go to our maps. we have lightning strikes on there a second ago. we just had a lightning strike. you can't see anything. we just hado sme lightning strikes, i could see the skyco me on up, that's the dulles toll road. as is our reston camera. a lot of our area roads are ges getting inundated with the heavy rain. look at lightning coming up coming up through maryland. gaithersburg, manassas, closing in on the beltway. and i-95 southbound. heavy, heavy rain. lots of lightning. very strong winds, gusting up to 60 miles per hour. that going to be enough to bring trees down and create power outages. tonneytown, we see the rain move to thnorth and east about 30 miles per hour. these aretrongs storm as well, advancing to the north and east. not as much lightning in those as to the south. in virginia look at the lightning, it's a very intense h fairfax ing thro county, getting ready to cr

in fairfax county. i'm julie carey, news 4. >> health officials in fairfax county appear to be turning the corner in a deadly outbreak over the past few days. three people at the green spring retirement community have died since the outbreaks began last month. two dozen others fell ill. health officials still don't know what caused it. >>> a wning for you a the family if you're headed to the water this weekend. >> the virginia department of health has reported aharmful anna. bloom advisory for lake the areas of concern are in the north anna and north branches of the lake. contact can cause skin rashes, vomiting and diarrhea. the hot weather is likely t blame. warm water mixes with nutrients that allow theo algae t grow. >> the washington nationals are giving the family new reason to head out to the ballpark this summer. kids get to eat free at every home game. they launched this new initiative to encourage more families to come out and enjoy america's pastime.ds kinder 12 will get a free hot dog and chi

news 4's drew wilder joins us live from the fairfax county courthouse with the latest. drew? >> reporter: jim, good evening. the man accused of killing his wife wasctually in the court today while the commonwealth presented its case against him incling some rather head-turning photos showing donna presidentek shot and killed lying in her bed. donna and lasz presidentek's 13-year-old daughter came home in january 2017 to find her dad shot but alive in the berhtub. h mom shot and killed in bed. police recovered two guns. one in donna's hand and the i other the bathtub with laszlo. the commonwealth argues that based on how donna was shot in her head s couldn't have shot herself. after a two-year investigation a grand jury dropped a valentine's day indictment charging laszlo will donna's murder. the commonwealth says he shot himself then to cover it up. at trial tuesday the commonwealth's attorney played an audio roaring of the first time fairfax detectives te iewed laszlo. still in the hospital he said he was in the bathtub and told the detective vickery i had soap in my eyes an

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in fairfax, the fairfax high school is having a celebration at 7:00 with balloon artists ann face paters and things for the kiddies. mattie stepanek park will have a live cebration. live music. they do note, drones are not allowed! which i think makes sense. in prince george's county they are having a celebration in parking lot 1 at umd. show up for the fireworks and so much more like the fun and nysic. there are many, mmany, many, more fireworks all around our region., of coursewe have the fireworks finder for you up on the nbc washington app. search fireworks. with the scene, i'm tommy mcfly, news4. >>> still ahead, if you have thoughts about the push to make d.c. a state, now you have anc ch to speak your mind. >> we will tell you when. plus stepping down. virginia's lieutenant governor leaves his law firm months after he was accused of sexual assault by two women. what he had to say about it. >>> lauryn ricketts? >> we have humidity coming back in today and starting this morning in the n60s a0s. but middle part of the morning, temperatures in the 80s. a hot day out there day. your fo

. >>> fairfax county mother convicted of infecting her own disabl son will spend two more years behind bars. she put her own blood into needles. she said she meant no harm s sheaid she did it to get doctors to be more responsive to her son. she's already served 15 months of her three-year sentence. her son's condiion has improved since her arrest.er >> one pn is hurt after a small plane missed the runway in ocean city. shortly after taking off from the ocean cy airport, the pilot tried to make an emergency landing there but the plane didn't stop. skidding dwn the runway an flipping over as you see there. the pilot was taken to the hospital, but had nonlife threatening injuries. this, by the way, comes a few days after another incident in that area. you may remember this picture here. a pilot on his way to the w airportas forced to make a tuesday.anding on he was the only one on board there and was not injured, believe it or not. >> today six flags america reopened a roller coaster that got stuck stranding passengers high above the prince george's county park last night.le chopper4 fabo

this is from manassas and prince william countynd fairfax county. take a look at this one. going to make a stronger storm as for as lightning concern. this will put it very close to clifton and in towards virginia and just south and this is over towards 123 towards woodbridge and right now this is over manassas. heads up in this area. a lot of storms ongoing in our region and again we could see a couple more. one more strong storm here and another dow towards warrenton and we'll be forced to bring this to you here in the storm center. >> several tanks and otherli miry vehicles will be on the mall for the fourth of july. the military bringing those vehicles in by train atsi prent trump's request today. critics are concerned, however, that the tanks will do damage to the district's streetsecause of their weight. this is just the latest add-on from president trump who has played a major roll in planning this year's celebration on the mall. >> and there will be fighter jets flying over, too. so when was the last timeaw we s this kind of military might in our nation's l?capita >

. >>> we are workato go learn wh sparked this fire at a home in fairfax on friday. chopper 4 captured the flames shooting through the roof of at room on clarks ranch road in great falls. two people were inside and able to escape and one firefighter suffered a min injury and is expected to be okay. >>> workers at the washington convention center could go on tien center already ntract with insurance.a >> we want fair contract. aramark came in and after six years try to replace us with robots and we have no work and we have families to take care of and trying to get a fair contract. >> 98 i strike in the sports da scounty ra reportedly findur-year million. he is suffering from aorn achilles now but when he is back on the court he willel have hp from kyrie irving and deandre jordan who are also on board. the nets made the playoffs last season. now, the expectation in brooklyn will b even higher, i think, with that trio coming on. >> oh, yeah. what is going to happen to the r warri they spent all of those years building it. >> interesting to watch. >>> next on news4, cou

in fairfax, the fairfax high school is having a celebration st 7:00 with balloon artiand face painters and thing for the arddie. mattie stepanek pwill have a live celebration. they say drones are not allowed which i think make sense. in prince george's couthey are having a celebration in parking lot 1 at umd. show up for the fireworks and so much more. show up. there are many, many, many, many, more fireworks all around our region. of course, we have the fireworks finder for you up on the nbc washington app. searcwifireworks. th the scene, i'm tommy mcfly, newse >> if you'r looking to enjoy home, we h of july at are working for you with an important reminder. >> we want to show youju how dangerous fireworks can be. these demonstrations show in seconds how a firework can take a nasty turn. most typesf fireworks are illegal in d.c. you can see a few listed on your screen. the punishment for illegal fireworks in d.c. is a jail time or a fine. the d.c. fire marshal plains. >> these fuse tend to burn very quick and that misjudgment could be very costly. >> all fireworks are illegal in montg

in fairfax county it's pretty much the same as arlington. alexandria does not allow any fireworks at all. in loudoun, you can use s arklers in fountains or co stationary on the ground. in prince william county, an sparkler fountains are okay but anything that explodes is not. the bottom line here, your best bet is to grab a lawn chairand a bottle of water and hit your ocal fireworks display put on by the professionals. drew wilder, news 4. >>> there are plenty ofto thing do outside of the beltway. we have a list of parades and concerts and fireworks shows all across the d.c.area. open the nbc washington app and search fourth of july. >>> a 9/11 first responder who spent his final days fighting for funding for his colleagues has been laid to rest. ♪ >> hundreds gathered to pay their lasto respects tuis alvarez in new york city yesterday. the former new york police detective died surday after a long battle with cancer. his illness is connected to his time spent at ground zero. just last month, alvarez testified before congress asking lawmake

. >> reporter: this document is all the impetus that governor justin fairfax needs to show up for the anniversary of the first representative. >> this is the document that freed my great great great grandfather simon fairfax from slavery. >> the commemoration marks the arrival the first enslaved africans to north america. >> it reminds me of the incredible journey that families have taken in virginia but also that we've all taken and how hope can inspire us to be better to get through dark times, and i think we need a reminder of that now more than ever. >> reporter: fairfax says he'll show up regardless of whether president trump is there. several members of democratic leadership have taken a dif rent standsaying they will boycott any event that the president attends. in a statement this weekend members of the house and smart leadership said, quote, the current president does not represent the values that we would celeate at the00th anniversary of the oldest democrat ichabody in the western world. we offer just three words of advice, send him back. >> too often we get caught up in so

northbound fairfax county parkway near franklin farm road, a motorcycle crash and investigation. centerville eastbound66 at bull run bridge crash on the left side. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. melis >>> hope everybody had a good night's rest. temperatures have fallen into the 60s for most, even a few lucky locations down in the 50s this morning. nice golden glow to our sky on a wednesday. 65 now at dulles rport. 69 in washington. 64 in prince georges county. but look, 50s on the map. in statten and harrisonburg. 59 in petersbur west virginia. 59 in winchester, virginia. that's the good stuff right there from mother nature.t your forecfor your commute today no, weather worries for the ride, the ride around during lunchtime or ride home today sun is not down unt 8:27. car washing forecast, go for it, dry weather expected to last for another couple days. we'll be talking tanmperatures d a look at the dog-walking forecast coming right up. hank you. >>> the work speaks for itself. any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. the report is my testimony. >> to

the letter claims there is a witness who supports fairfax's account. it reads, in part. watson's attorney responded to the letter saying, in part. fairfax's attorneys responded to this statement saying the lieutenant governor has never changed his story. >>> the man who ka caught was caught on camera setting fire pleads guilty. they say he set a gas can back in april. security camera captured the suspect running from the scne. he allegedly told fbi agents he was hearing voices. >>> while the d.c.egion brace for another round of potential flooding, new orleans is cleaning up after a storm caused this mess yesterday. the french quarter was filled with flood water. the trouble came quickly. man s touristsd they became stranded at t shops and restaurants they wereti visi and unable to get back to their hotels. public transportation had to be shut down. it has the potential to turn a tropical st m is brewing out in the gulf now. it has the potential to turn into a hurricane. million of people in the storm's path now and they are preparing for the worst. flooding, storm surge

. >>> this morning a neighborhood is on edge after three menwere shot in two separateocations in fairfax county.ic pole officers found a man shot in a parking lot on telegraph road yeterday afternoon, minutes later they received a call for another shooting on james drive just a couple miles away. all of the victims are expected to survive and right no police are trying to figure out whether the shootings are gang related. >>> meanwhile, we've learned a deadly shooting inside a pentagon city mall parking garage was an act of self defense. arlington county police now saya the man who s shot and killed was trying to rob another man. police say the spect pulled out a gun and tried to steal the victim's cell phone inside of a garage on army navy drive on . monday the victim fought back and during the struggle the gun went off and hit suspect. police say he died at the hospital. his name has not been released. >>> we've been talking about a in the violence district since late last year nd this morning we take a closer look at the numbers. halfway through 2019, there have been 79 homicide cases

fairfax old lee highway near rebel run road closed because of downed wires.on constitutind independence fencing for the independence festivities down in the middle blocked adway and lane there. eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> the country is getting ready to celebrate tomorrow could be the busiest independence day in d.c. in a long time. it will include the annual capitol fourth concert, drs rehearsals begin in a few hours. our megan mcgrath will have a preview in just a few minutes. >>> the biggest headline will come with the president's salute to america event particularly the display of this country's military power. look at new cell phone video shows miliry tanks moving rough the streets of d.c. late last night in the southwest. check this out, this video shows those tanks inat place the lincoln memorial. tomorrow's program will include 24 different aircraft representing each brach of the military. president trump will make a 0-minute speech at the lincoln memorial. all of the events will be open to the public and there is a ticketed section for reserve for vips. there will also be p

. >>> fairfax county is working to repair damaged roads as well. chopper 4 showing you the damage on prosperity avenue on morningside drive. this road near a bridge has huge cracks because o monday's rai the road is shut down while crews work to repair it. flooding, kind of there will be scenes like this everywhere. you don't want to take any risks. i don'tant to drive on that. >> that's what the road looked like while the water was running over it. that's why we say don't drive on a -cwatered road. you really can dmot know how deep the water will get. one minute you're driving over muddy water. the next minute it goes from a little bit deepo to way to deep. >> if you can't see the road, why are you driving on it. >>ood question, chuck bell. >> do you do that all the time? i don't think so. any way. soap box aside. >> gotch ya. >> let's get back to the forecast today. another day perfect for cleaning up. i didn't have to water my yard yesterday, but there sure were an awful lot ofnd sticks a twigs that i needed to me out of way so that myfl owers c

and loudoun and fairfax county. the city of fairfax, fauquier, manassas, prince william and manassas park. oru can see the ms blowing up around here. look at the lightning, it's intensifying. if you're in this area north and west, getting ready to head inside the beltway. you'll want to take a minute. in ce you're getting ready to head out. these things are flying by at about 45 miles per hour to the t.rth and e behind it, with just some lighter stuff and clearer stuff. so wait until these move through. we'll continue to watch it quickly, but these severe thunderstorm warnings going at least until 5:30. i'm sure they'll continue t take the time later as they continue to advance to the north and east. severe thunderstorm watchntil midnight tonight. let's time it out and talk about impact and talk about when we get relief from the storm coming up in a little bit. guys? >> thank you, lauren. this extreme heat is causing people to head indoors to keep cool. that is why officials in montgomery county are considering what

one of the hardest hit areas was in fairfax county. rla flores from our sister station telemundo 44 will tell us how ng it willke to clean up this race. >> reporter: crews are still assessing the damage from rd yeste's rain and on the other side of the bridge residents haven't been able to leave their homes with their vehicles. >> reporter: this is what this road looked like after yesterday's historic accumulat n. last night damaged the trap nd trapped people in their neighborhood. but officials tell us today the worst part of kirby rod could be closed for weeks or even>> mont. we're still doing assessments. we still have structure and bridges going around to all different locations that have been impacted andly real kind of taking an inventory of everything that's damaged and starting the recovery process in terms of what needs to be rebuilt, how is it going to be ebuilt and what are our resources and allof that kind of thing. >> reporter: drivers in fairfax will also need to take detours around prosperity avenue for at least a couple

howard county, montgomery county and fairfax county continuegh throu4:00. the coverage area begins to increase by 5:00. a stout l of thunderstorm likely here from winchester to leesburg to warrenton and culpeper. that stiff line of storms into the d.c. metro in time for the tail end of them evening te. any of these individual storms, the storms themselves, they could have wind gusting over 60 es per hour. that is threat number one. also hail and lightning. the other problem is after we had so much ra across much of the area on monday, our ability to absorb moisture is limited, so the flash flood threat is high today. i don't think any of the stormsl today w dump the amount of rain we had monday. monday's eventual was 3 to iinch rainfall. this one probably in the 1 1/2 to 2 inches localized. local problem, probablyot going to have widespread emergency type weather we had monday but don't turn your back on the opportunity for some bad weather today. we are in the mid-70s this morning. our high temperature today close to 90 before the storms get gn . going goi