and virginia was found guilty of first-tree murder. she was sentenced to life in prison. >> what it really got down to was putting the facts together in a scientific, communicated fashion to a jury, and they were able to make the decision based upon the totality of the facts. >> without forensic science, virginia mcginnis today would still be looking for victims. she probably would still be killing. she would be burning houses and she would be collecting insurance with your premiums. >>> california police had several suspects in the robbery and murder of a retired couple. unfortunately, the forensic evidence was inconclusive. ten years later, a determined forensic scientist with materials used by dentists found evidence that had previously been overlooked, and in so doing, made scientific history. bakersfield, california, known for its oil fields, wide open spaces and an aggressive crime

why virginia? the family of the so-called person of interest, lloyd welch convicted sex offenders serving time in delaware, owned property in the area, a place called taylor's mountain. new evidence revealed today reported first by the washington post this morning says lloyd welch, then 18 years old, showed up at the property with a bag containing bloody clothes. it is just another piece of addition to an old sketch of 1975 that looks an awful lot like what welch looked like back in that day that is brought prosecutors around to what we believe is happening today, which is we believe that charges in this 40-year-old cold case, the disappearance of these two little girls will be announced today. this was a case that rattled the entire area. this is a place where young people played without their parents having to hover over them all the time. this crime has been labeled one of those that stole the innocence from this region. in just a minute or two, we will be hearing what this announcement is. jumm

it's now my pleasure to introduce the sheriff for bedford county, virginia, mike brown. >> thank you, john. good afternoon. my name is mike brown. i'm the sheriff of bedford county, virginia. 39 and one and a half years after their disappearance, the law enforcement community of bedford county was introduced to sheila and katherine lyon and became aware of the decades of dedicated commitment by montgomery county, maryland investigators and prosecutors to bring these killers to justice. the montgomery county police department's major crime unit detectives search led them to bedford county, virginia, on friday afternoon, september 12, 2014. these intrepid investigators arrived at bedford county sheriff's office and informed my investigators of the ongoing investigation into sheila and katherine lyon's disappearance from montgomery county, maryland on march 25, 1975. at 5:00 p.m. on september 12, i along with bedford county, commonwealth attorney randy krantz and virginia state police and each of their respective investigators met with the montgomery county police department detectives a

virginia is aiming for more achievable goals though. virginia's department of transportation would spend about $760 million in the next two years and spend another $832 million for bridges next year. >>> by about this time next year, you can see police in prince william wearing body cameras. it's partnering with fairfax county's police team to learn more. the departments hosted an expo last week with 35 vendors. >>> today many are up in pittsburgh for the annual vf convention. the convention provides lots of resources, workshops, veterans around the country. the u.s. secretary of veterans affairs will speak there. >>> right now, dr. jill biden is in vietnam. she is visiting four countries in asia. this is the second one and she sat down with vietnam's vice president. this was yesterday. they talked about the role of women there. today she's going to visit an orphan orphanage and a temple. >>> president bush is waking up back at home this morning. the 41st president was released from the hospital yesterday. he was treated for a broken bo

el bridge gary of the massachusetts and then randolph of virginia and george mason of virginia. first of all let's talk about each of them. el bridge gary. i've learned to pronounce is gary and learned to pronounce the practice that his name inspired as gary mandery not gerrymandering, you can't really say it that way, is the practice of drawing voting districts so that they snake around in such funny shapes that they look like a salamander and jerry was famous for presiding over such a structure to make sure your party wins to protect incumbents or if the state legislature is drawing up the seats to make sure their party retains powir. so jerry created a district that looks like a salamander and they called it jerry mandiers and that is what we have today. and randolph from virginia and along with george mason was not happy about the rights that were proposed. randolph and mason, interestingly, originally supported a strong central government and were supporters of the constitution, but during the course of the debates over the constitution they both became concerned it did not

gary gallagher of the university of virginia. most of your familiar with his works. he has been prolific, writing about confederate history. he has 100 articles as well as numerous book titles. some of my personal favorites, confederate war, union war. many books have had a profound impact on the field. i am a student of dr. gallagher's. in 1988, i was a historian at spotsylvania. he published earlier a biography who fought the bloody angle. he came out with his dog and we spend an afternoon walking the field and talking about civil war history in graduate school. one of the best if not one of the best decisions next ameren my wife. i decided to study under him. it was not always easy. it was not always smooth. we had disagreements. i think he's misguided about some things. he doesn't think there has been any good music after 1980. clearly wrong. [laughter] and also sometimes his use of evidence is somewhat questionable. for some time he has maintained that a book that he let me borrow, i returned it. he claims there is a copy stain on it. -- a coffee stain on it. he

this one for shenandoah frederick county virginia continues for just a while longer. look at the dots here, one dot in d.c., another dot in loudoun county. this is where we have had some storm reports already today. 58-mile-an-hour wind gusts in the cherry dale area, some trees down. and then up to the north and the middleburgh area, thunderstorms and also some trees down throughout this area. what's left? making its way into areas of calvert county right now, still moving east southeast, still producing some pretty good rain, eventually, all you this is going to head toward areas like buena vista and parker's creek. moderate rain having an impact on area roads, still may have a severe thunderstorm warning or two issued. we are going to keep an eye on that. temperatures down. but they are going up. way up. wait till you see my seven-day forecast. >>> breaking news just in to news4 about a deadly stabbing at a maryland church. >> we just obtained gives the first glimpse into a possible motive for this attack. that suspect reportedly told detectives that he wanted to at

virginia taking part of this camp out. all part of the first lady's let's move campaign. >>> breaking news on the roads right now. again, in bowie still getting reports on 50 here eastbound and westbound right near cheverly metro. a warng thereing see some slow downs. flooding in the low lying area that typically gets a lot of water and just gets nasty when we have rain like we did last night. taking a look here at 95 in virginia. actually looking pretty good in the southern part here. as you get a little bit north, just typical traffic as you approach the beltway. remember to listen to our friends for the latest on all your traffic troubles. northern virginia, power outages and a lot of traffic signals are dark and you'll want to treat those as a four-way stop. foxhall between cathedral and hawthorne. still have that section shut down and good thing canal road at foxhall has reopened. 270 at montrose road looking quite good. overall, no major problems. let you know if any other accidents or incidents pop up. we're tweetin

the panhandle of west virginia and into west virginia and shen shenandoah valleys the feels like temperatures in the low to mid 90s but unusually hot feels like temperatures by 7:00 p.m. >>> well, develops right now there are both cheers and protists today in the district as the cuban flag the raised over the new embassy. that happens just moment moments ago tmt ago. it's part of the u.s. and cuba reestablishing their diplomatic ties. >> reporter: we can still hear those cheers and protests that you alieued to behind me. it's been an hour since the flag went up. it's a rush of mixed emotions. it's the first time since we have seen this flag the cuban flag flying here in washington d.c. over the island nation's embassy since 1961. a historic moment. i want to take you back to about an hour ago. and you can see this was a rather simple ceremony with about 36 cuban officials in town and about 500 invited guests. this was something that was months in the making. negotiations between the u.s. and cuba and among those in aden answer the cuba's foreign minister, his first time in d.c. we heard from

a neighborhood in virginia on high alert after a bear attack. a dog recovering after possibly being attacked by a bear earlier this week. neighbors are taking action now. news4's megan mcgrath is live in great falls with more. megan? >> reporter: well aaron it's not the kind of thing you expect to see around here, but there have been several bear sightings in the great falls area. including behind me here at the firehouse. look at the still picture snapped here. you can see a bear, at least the back half of one as he's walking around that stone wall there and it's also believe that a bear attacked a dog on river park lane earlier this week. now, later on today trail cameras will be installed near where that dog was attacked. animal control officials are trying to figure out what they're dealing with here. now, it was tuesday that a 6-year-old lab named blue was found with claw marks on her side. her owner at first thought maybe she was attacked by a raccoon, but the vet said no likely it was a bear. now, blue's family is very concerned and they

gary gallagher of the university of virginia. most of your familiar with his works. he has been prolific, writing about confederate history. he has 100 articles as well as numerous book titles. some of my personal favorites confederate war, union war. many books have b had a profound impact on the field. i am a student of dr. gallagher's. in 1988i was a historian at spotsylvania. he published earlier a biography who fought the bloody angle. he came out with his dog and we spend an afternoon walking the field and talking about civil war history in graduate school. one of the best if not one of the best decisions next ameren my wife. i decided to study under him. it was not always easy. it was not always smooth. we had disagreements. i think he's misguided about some things. he doesn't think there has been any good music after 1980. clearly wrong. [laughter] and also sometimes his use of evidence is somewhat questionable. for some time he has maintained that a book that he let me borrow, i returned it. he claims there is a copy stain on it. he treasures his books and i

mainly in parts of west virginia virginia and southern maryland. we are going to continue to monitor and update the forecast for saturday throughout the evening and tomorrow morning. tom is back in tomorrow morning. sunday, partly sunny and hot. a high of 92. monday a high temperature of 89. >> thanks amelia. >>> bosoms up at university of maryland home games for now. prince george's county gave the university the green light to serve beer at select sporting events for one year. as chris gordon shows us from college park not everyone thinks this is a great idea. >> many big ten schools do it and now the university of maryland is joining them during this one-year experiment to sell beer to fans who can then drink it in the stands here at capital one field at byrd stadium. the terrapins will kick off the experiment this season. beer will be sold and can be consumed in the stands during football games. >> it's fine to sell alcohol in the football games because we just want to have fun. we don't want to get drunk. that's it. >> beer will be sold at bas

we must stand up for west virginia jobs, west virginia energy west virginia coal. and that's exactly what i'm doing in congress, as a member of the house appropriations committee. at one hearing i did ask e.p.a. administrator to come to west virginia and listen to us and she declined. so i brought logan county coal miners to washington to testify before congress. they shared how coal provides good paychecks to support their families and how their worried overregulations will will -- they're would -- they're worried overregulations will put them out of work. i'm working in congress to make sure our miners will be able to provide for their families and that our state still has access to affordable domestic energy. i will continue to fight each and every day. thank you for your leadership. i yield back. mr. mckinley: thank you for your comments. let me add before we go to congressman kely, i just want to add because you talked about education, you know the duke energy plant over in new richmond, ohio cost him $1.5 million out of their school system, out of property ta

the same area that came right across the west virginia/virginia line into shenandoah county. parts saw that flooding around woodstock area and toward culpepper counties. not done just yet as far as the flooding is concerned. in those regions, floodwaters continue until 9:30 culpepper, rappahannock, not a lot of rain now, we have the cloud cover across the area. 81 now with those clouds. we have seen temperatures well below average today. most areas look only in the mid-70s. as a result, the clouds and the showers that we have seen. as far as the radar goes, not a lot going on showers down to the south around fredericksburg. you can see something down toward southern spotsylvania county, 95. some will continue to move toward the northern neck and parts of maryland, watching shower activity, nothing heavy, but moving back into the same location, back toward shenandoah county, back down toward rockingham county here we are going to watch those, too, flood warnings in affectize mentioned areas in green western portions of culpepper county, shenandoah county creeks and streams tha

part of virginia avenue also blocked. again chopper 4 over this issue. eastbound shady grove road at crabbs branch. >>> air fresh and cool on this wednesday morning. we have sunlight flooding the capitol dome this wednesday morning. temperatures in the 60s by noon time low 80s. upper 80s for the afternoon with low humidity. enjoy. >>> 6:47, we're working to learn whether a silver spring apartment complex is safe right now. a carbon monoxide leak forced firefighters to evacuate the tacoma apartments. the montgomery county fire department has not said what caused that gas leak. firefighters have evacuated between 30 and 40 people there. they evaluated a couple of them. no one was seriously hurt. >>> new this morning, investigators are trying to determine what caused a deck to collapse in howard county. the call came in just around 11:00 last night in columbia, maryland. everyone is expected to be okay. >>> to the race to the white house now republicans are in disarray as they try to keep up with donald trump. nbc's peter alexander live from the white house

no problems into virginia. more on this crash in laurel coming up. >>> new information about the maryland state trooper accused of forcing a woman to perform a sex act at gunpoint. what's expected to happen in the case today. >>> and how low will they go? why you could see gas prices near the $2 mark soon. ♪ ♪ one day a rider made a decision. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle great rates for great rides. >>> happening now an attack by militants in kenya. we are just getting these new pictures into our newsroom. they show the wounded people being placed on to planes so that they can be treated. the photos were tweeted by red cross kenya in just the lafts -- last hour. 11 were wounded. 14 killed. al sha bob has been linked to this violent attack. they vowed to carry out attacks against the country. >>> there's less than one day now for world leaders to reach a

reporting live here in woodstock, virginia, zachary kiesch. chris, back to you in the studio. >> thanks, zach. >>> the search just ended for a killer in prince george's county. police arrested nelson howard ford in a stabbing case from suitland overnight. investigators think ford knew the victim, william smith. smith was found on huron avenue with multiple stab wounds, but no word yet on a motive. >>> an unsupervised house party, aburg rained one teen found dead. right now, a 16-year-old is at the center of it all, being questioned by police. it all started early friday at a home on sunny chapel road in odin ton, maryland. police say the 16-year-old had a power had party there. hours after the party was over, there was a burglary and the teenager stabbed two of the burglars, 19-year-old jesse rousseau died. >>> a baby is living with his grandparents after police say his mom and dad put him down for the night and walked to a store a while away. the couple were arrested last night in brooklyn park maryland. someone who lives with the couple foun

notice some rain heavy in spots especially in west virginia and virginia. coming up, doug is going to let you know when we dry out and what you can expect for temperatures because of the why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or call. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> jose andres, the celebrity chef who cut his ties with donald trump's new luxury hotel in d.c. after trump's controversial remarks about immigrants last month was in d.c. today. when asked about the decision to turn his back on trump and the ten-year lease and deal andres said no comment. in fact he had nothing but nice things to say about trump and his new project. >> this has been led by ivanka trump and donal

police say they found the truck in hamilton virginia. they're still looking for hernandez-reyes this morning. >>> 6:19. in the day ahead, there will be a ribbon dutting ceremony for a new firestation in prince george's county. that station not from from brandywine. >>> we're getting new reaction to a story you saw first on 4. the prince george's police station will not open for another year even though it will be completed within a month. opening that station requires 50 police officers and seven civilians. county executive baker said the delay is no surprise. >> i told you if you pass this budget this is what will happen. these are the cuts you can expect. >> we promised over and over that it will be bit and it will be staffed. >> the police force will be stretched thin once the mgm casino opens next year. >>> montgomery county schools is going to reprioritize which schools will be renovated or expanded. schools admit the system they used to create the list was flawed. it was unintentionally schools closer to d.c. a new list will be cre

and west virginia taking part in that camp. all part of the first lady's let's move campaign. >>> want to take a live look outside this morning. a lot of you might be seeing downed branches and trees on your drive to work this morning after last night's storm. but what else can you expect on your way to work? tom is putting together your drive time forecast and will bring that to us at 5:11. >>> how about the issue take center stage in arlington. why gender identity could be part of school policy. >>> get ready for a pay raise, but only if you live in d.c. and maryland. how much minimum wage is going up, starting today. >>> who has more speed cameras d.c. or prince george's county? the story new this morning that might surprise you. >>> 5:11 now. today the arlington school board will meet to consider adding gender identity. that new addition would impact teachers and other employees. it approve if approved it would prevent -- >>> also today the minimum wage is going up in the district in maryland. in the district it is going up

leon: up next on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- the man virginia governor -- the demand virginia governor makes of metro and tells the agency to get it back together. maureen: plus, rain brings problem and flooding to the area. we have a crew on the way to cover reports of a car stranded in floodwaters. doug hill shows us the problem areas ahead. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports the nats hoping to avoid the sweep against the reds. the injury bug won't go away. another national sittingout. details as "abc7 news at 6:00" leon: metro needs leadership. that is a message coming from virginia governor as he calls on the transit agency to make tough changes. bureau chief jeff goldberg joins us with a look at the governor's statement today. jeff? jeff: the governor is known for speaking with a lot of passion on any topic. that is again today when talking about a lack of leadership at metro. just as the governor was speaking in downtown washington, metro making the announcement they are moving forward to address this issue virginia governor was all smiles today chatting with the members of

why virginia is focusing on the roads across maryland state lines. leon: we have some changes in the forecast to talk about tonight. the cooler weather is sticking around. what you can expect for the weekend as well. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports cowboys fans can breathe easy. dez bryant back on board. somee haven't seen in a long time tiger smiling on the golf course. that and more as "abc7 news at leon: a vdot proposal looking to clear up roads across the river in maryland. maureen: northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has more on the push they hope will mean a less congested commute. jeff: maureen if you cross the american legion bridge you know how bad rush hour traffic can be. here it is heading north to maryland by the g.w. parkway like it is every night gridlocked. but drivers say the worst part is south of here by tyson's, where the hot lanes end and reconvene with 495. but transportation leaders -- [loss of audio] there are plenty of ways to describe the american legion ridge at rush hour. >> awful. >> parking lot. >

it's in west virginia. but there is a risk of some strong storms in this yellow zone that includes all of maryland, delaware, all of virginia. eastern west virginia for some storms that are coming through here not until this evening. looks like between 7:00 p.m. to around 11:00 p.m. a look at that hour by hour timing next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:21. melissa is looking at the commute now. >> looking at at the commute here, and a brand-new crash. 95 virginia southbound here at dale city. just found out about this one, right lane blocked. car into the guardrail. again, a warning there. expecting to start seeing a little bit of a slowdown at this point. eastbound suitland parkway again that overturned vehicle, but sounds like most is off to the right side. central avenue, no problems there. 270 northbound and southbound, no issues. up at the top of 270, remember we have the wet roads and rain falling there. back in ten minutes so see you then. >>> a developing story out of washington state

let me first officially welcome you to west virginia. we are honored to be this year's host state for the meeting which has brought governors from all across the country. we will have the opportunity to sit down with one another and discuss a number of crucial policies on a wide range of issues important to all our states, and i am confident our meeting will open pathways for new ideas. while in west virginia, i hope you experience all that is wild and wonderful about the mountain state. our team has worked hard to put together a number of exciting events all attendees to ensure that not only we showcase our history, but share true and authentic west virginia culture and hospitality. we hope you enjoy your stay here. welcome to west virginia. i look forward to another successful nga summer meeting. it is my pleasure to introduce governor john hickenlooper of colorado. governor? [applause] governor hickenlooper: thank you. he has been practicing on my name. it is a delight to kick off the summer meeting of the national governors associati

virginia we this issue on 66. let's talk about what we are seeing as far as the maryland issue on 270. heading southbound right at old georgetown one lane is blocked. we had all lanes blocked at one point. now there is one lane blocked. i want to talk about a detour. if you want to avoid it it's not that hard to do. 270 boulevard and hop off at democracy boulevard. you are still in the teens but it's moving. as far as the delays capital beltway. heavy closer to connecticut avenue. as far as the big picture, you can get a good idea here. this is a typical volume. a look at the traffic. we will keep you updated on the crash on 66 and 270. jonathan: thank you. >> i want to get to the developing story to the top of the newscast. the body of four marines killed in the shooting in tennessee making their way through virginia. on their way to dover air force base in delaware. the convoy just passed mike carter-conneen in strasburg, virginia. mike? mike: we saw them ten minutes ago, a couple of minutes after i signed off w

right now storm team 4 radar showing showers moving in out of west virginia. headed into the shenandoah valley and should be moving right along 81 between harrison burg and winchester by about 8:00 this morning. then, storms during the afternoon. melissa? >>> right now, we have a five-mile backup 270 southbound after montrose road. you can see the vehicle in the middle of the roadway. chopper 4 over the scene. we'll keep an eye on this and also metro delays in a minute. >>> 15 before the hour and right now we are seeing a slight delay on marc trains on the brunswick line. this after a crash involving a train and a truck. chopper 4 flew over the scene you see right here. the crossing on the forest glen road and seminary road. news4's molette green live at the marc station in kensington with a look at how things are now. good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. you can see passengers waiting for the next train over my shoulder. that train running about eight minutes late. it's the train with -- running with two fewer rail cars. the electronic sign said th

and virginia and mainly to the east of washington right now. getting a few sprinkles now in loudoun county. those are moving into montgomery county shortly. melissa? >> new problem here, again, we are taking about the orange line. single-tracking through west falls church. also affected silver line delays both directions because of the orange line congestion. two new crashes more on that coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> developing right now in d.c. police are looking for a teenager they say killed a man on the metro train. news4's megan mcgrath has the latest. megan? >> reporter: well, eun, it was the fourth of july and metro was crowded, lots of people headed downtown for the festivities. among them the victim of the fatal stabbing. now police have released the name and a mug shot of the suspect that they believe is responsible. take a look. investigators are looking for this man, he is 18-year-old jasper spires. he is now facing first degree murder charges in the death of 24-year-old kevin sutherland. sutherland wa

>> right now 95 southbound here, through triangle in virginia. you can see we have a bit of a slowdown here on the screen. that is because of some late-clearing road work. right now, 95 south there as you're headed kind of through quantico triangle area, going 27 miles per hour. 95 in maryland, b.w. parkway, 29 everything is rolling along nicely there. some road work in branch avenue southbound at woodyard two right lanes are blocked. 270 at germantown, no problems. >>> 5:02 is your time right now. the confederate flag above the south carolina state house is coming down in a few hours. this morning at 10:00, state troopers will remove the flag for good. governor haley signed a bill banning the flag from flying on the state house grounds yesterday. the deadly shooting in a historic black church re-ignited the debate over the flag and investigators say the shooter wore confederate flag patches during the shooting and may have wanted to start a race war. >>> the loudoun county naacp will hold a rally this morning. they'll gather at a statue that mem

in west virginia for example the e.p.a. has implemented sweeping rules and regulations that have driven out thousands of good-paying jobs, reduced demand for west virginia coal and raised energy prices for all americans. this administration is out of touch with our nation's hardworking families. this bill, the reins act, will protect our communities small businesses and workers from the administration's crushing regulatory onslaught, and i strongly urge my colleagues to vote in support. i yield back mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you mr. speaker. my colleagues have repeatedly pointed to argue to the fact -- or to the allegation that the rate of federal regulations is growing, but a recent report by the nonpartisan congressional research service reported that the length of the code of federal regulations has no baring on the scope or impact of federal regulations. so in other words, just because the volume of paper's growing, they want

a family from virginia was vacationing in a rented beach home. more than two dozen people had gathered on the deck for a picture. among those injured, a child and a 94-year-old. >> that deck had no code violations but even well made decks can have problems. montgomery county residential inspectors say to limit how many people are on their deck at once. the more weight the greater the chance your deck could fall. and every deck needs to be well maintained. make sure you get a permit before making any repairs. and before you hire a contractor maybe sure they're licensed. faulty work can be disastrous. >> some decks that were constructed without permit is and inspections may have been nailed to the house and that can result in deck failures. >> some counties offer free deck inspections. for a look at deck safety options in all of our local counties go to nbc washington.com. >>> plans for donald trump aes new hotel in the district are changing thanks to his controversial comments. the celebrity d.c. chef who is pulling his restaurant from the project

i do expect more storms to fire around northern virginia in towards the d.c. metro area over the next couple of hours. so we're not out of woods as far as rain is concerned. the potential there for heavy rain but the severe weather threat way down. i'll show you what is moving in next. finally finally something we're all going to love. i've got it for you. >> sounds good. thank you doug. >>> a maryland delegate is facing charges of indecent exposure and trespassing tonight. our news partner wtob says delegate ariana kelly is accused of exposing herself after getting into an argument with her ex-husband's fiancee last month. kelly was reportedly upset to find the other woman at her ex-'s home in bethesda maryland when she came to drop her children off. her ex recorded the incident with a cell phone. will aggressively fight the charges against her. kelly represents part of montgomery county. >>> here at the live desk, we're tracking the unmanned mission to pluto. in the last couple hours, a message arrived at mission control in maryland letting nasa know the new

southern virginia and into southern maryland. highs reaching near 80 during the afternoon with the sun back. warm comfortable sunday. highs in the upper 80s and still not very humid. >> looks good to me. as pope francis prepares for his prip to d.c. some local students are giving him a sneak peek at the local sites. the pope said children with disabilities have a treasure that membership shared with others. >> we hope that the pope francis himself and some of his others will see it and might even want to meet with some of our children with disabilities. >> the catholic coalition for special education organized this very cool project. >> sometimes when you're traveling you have to get creative and the pope is no different. after spending a half hour in his pope mobile waving to fans in bolivia, he needed to change to celebrate mass. the only place nearby was a burger king. the restaurant was not open to the public because of the pope's visit so nobody was inside. bk later put out a post thanking the pope for using that restaurant

to see what's changing in virginia as a result, head to our nbc washington app and search virginia flag. >>> and a battle over whether someone should be allowed to die on their own terms is now taking center stage in the district of columbia. patients fighting for their right to die with dignity. we will find out why some say a change in the law could do more harm than good. >>> for years, prince george's county government has worked to decentralize service bus could the county executive and county council soon be mmmm yoplait! i am needing to tell you something about yogurt. there is now 25% less sugar in yoplait original. poofs! ♪ that sugar is gone! so do i still love this yogurt? yes! because it still tastes good! why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go

down into the 60s, in much of the region including most of west virginia, virginia and maryland, the eastern shore. the bay waters are in the low 80s right now. the breeze off bait a bit milder mid to upper 70s there. and around the potomac it's just 75. much of the district of columbia, temperatures right now are down to around 70. and north and west, most of the cities reporting 60s. and some of the rural area, it's just in the low to mid-60s. now excellent visibility. live view from the storm team 4 watch camera. jefferson memorial we're looking at this from six or seven miles away. not much haze or humidity. low humidity you'll need your sunblock temperatures climbing to the upper 80s in the afternoon. 4:41, mel list sa is looking at the commute. >> and the road work that comes along with it, at least for around here for the next half hour. 66 west right lane blocked until 5:00 this morning. so you only have about another half hour of that. virginia, 95 here at newington, a live picture showing northbound, southbound, no issues there. 395 southbound at duke street. three lanes bl

along i-81 into the mountains of west virginia. 72 winchester, front royal and luray. and upper 70s from annapolis down to thomas point light. going out for a run the morning well, no matter how squiggly this looks here it's mild this morning. quickly rising out of the 70s to the 80s. by 6:00 or 7:00, dinner on your outdoor patio or favorite sidewalk cafe, don't want to sell short the restaurants a great place to sit outside, you go to the movies dry weather for most. future weather through the course of the iday, mid and high level clouds will move in. here we are at 4:00 today, not much of a rain threat around town. could see a couple of showers in the shenandoah valley. mid to late afternoon into the evening hours. this is 6:00 tonight. there's that little bit of a rain chance there. that's toward stanton and harrison burg. could move into luray before drying out overnight. where is it coming from? there's our clear skies for now. these are the mid clouds that will dim out our sunshine a little bit for the course of the day today. and these are the showers. most are

virginia senator. more than a dozen candidates have announced their candidacy for the party's nomination. >>> in the day ahead, martin o'malley will lay out his plan to make college free. o'malley's plan relies on using federal matching dollars to encourage states to free tuition rates. the plan calls on states to invest more money in higher education. >>> tom said some places could see some sprinkles in the next 30 minutes or so. but what will the rest of the day look like? tom is putting together the hour-by-hour forecast. >>> we're also following a developing story out of baltimore this morning four people have been shot, one killed. what we're learning about this fluid situation there. >>> and we're almost ten years away, but we just learned about one of the first bids or the 2024 summer games. this summer take flight, without having to take a flight. because all the thrills you need are right here at busch gardens, and water country usa. in williamsburg, va. like the daring new coaster tempesto. s

you can see the secondary line coming through areas of west virginia. they are under severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 p.m. that threat is high, at least moderate and there is a potential for isolated hail. future weather showing the storms as they step in and move through the area this evening. more scattered storms coming through. a lot of folks headed to the concert with outdoor plans as well by 10:30 11:00 we will continue with the storm threat. just after midnight that ended by early tomorrow morning. we will find cloud cover tomorrow afternoon. can't rule out a sprinkle or two coming through our area. look at the rain. remember, the storms were diving more to the south and east. anywhere between a quarter and half inch of rain expected across our area. tomorrow is on the sticky side. so more pleasant weather by the time we get to the edge of weather. a little cooler tomorrow. a lot of folks wondering whether it's good to wash the car or not with more rain coming into the area. yes, go ahead and do it. doug has a look ahead with your seven day f

he will be extradited to virginia in the next few days, where he will stand trial. if convicted he could face the death penalty. at 6:00, you will hear from prosecutors on why they are looking at lloyd welch possibly being involved in other child abductions across the country and you will hear from prosecutors as to why this case is being tried in virginia and not here in maryland. pat, back to you. >>> the man at the center of this case lloyd welch, is already in prison, serving time now for sexually assaulting young girls delaware and south carolina in the '90s. before that he worked as a ride operator for a carnival company that travel around the country and often set up at malls. police arrested welch in 1997 on a number of sex charges. delaware's board of pardons last august denied a commutation request for him in a case in which he admitted abusing his girlfriend's daughter. >>> still ahead we have morn the details of how the lyon sisters' case rattled the community and changed the freedoms many local children and teen also before 1975. our team coverage conti

that is 6:15 for loudoun frederick and virginia. robert? robert: the goal for this season is to take the team tennis title number six. two of the notable stars on the roster are venus and serena williams. serena will play next tuesday after taking her grand slam this weekend. the other system will play venus murphy. we talked to the coach today and he is ready to get going. >> forgoal about the career but it's hard to rattle the guys. especially with this crowd it will go bananas. robert: we like bananas. the british open, the first time the defending champ will not play. rory midelined with a an ankle injury. that is okay. it leaves more room for our favorite tiger woods who is hoping to turn things around at st. andrews. fans might lose their patients but tiger is not. it might be time for tiger to hang it up but here is what tiger says about that. >> i'm still young. i'm not 40 yet. i know some of you guys think i'm buried and but i'm still in front of you. i love laying -- playing and competing. robert: tonight is the all-star game. aft

look at shenandoah valley, west virginia, only about 60 degrees. in the mountains, it's dipped in the 50s in higher locations. oakland, 54 degrees. davison at 61. nearby suburbs around the beltway mid-60s. that includes fairfax county prince george's county upper 60s. still warm around the eastern shore. upper 70s. reagan national is at 72. you will not need the umbrella today. but you will need the sunblock sunglasses and short sleeves as it's still going to be rather warm. look at this hummingbird feasting on this flower. this photo posted on twitter. you can post your photos on twitter and facebook. and i'll share as well on instagram. going to the game today. it's an early afternoon game at nats park. they're playing the mets. first pitch at 12:35. by then, it will be in the low to mid-80s. great day for baseball. great weather for any outdoor activities. working playing tennis. playing golf. beautiful day for that. not much wind. low 80s by the seventh inning and then upper 80s by mid to late afternoon. nice weather continues with low humidity

list -- west virginia is a beautiful place. i am a number of the fourth generation of a family run newspaper publishing company. we are headquartered here in west virginia with newspapers magazines, and 13 states. i have an appreciation for what so many of you do as leaders and ceos of your states. it was fascinating to hear the earlier session talking about delivering results because i live in a world where we have to build a culture around customer service every day. nobody has to go to a baseball game. no one has to buy a newspaper and putting the customer first is a pretty revolutionary idea for state government and i think west virginia certainly has taken that seriously. what a great message for all of us. it is an honor to be here with really smart presenters and i'm not sure exactly how you got me on the list but i sheeted. one of the things i will but to talk about is my role at the newspaper. i service chairman of the board for the pittsburgh pirates, a very important asset for our family to take care of and steward.

deep to west virginia. in central virginia we have seen sprinkles. a good way to check this out with the storm watch 7 doppler radar. head to the website wjla.com. click on the weather tab. click on the radar tab to watch the radar streaming all the time. so a couple sprinkles. if you are heading out 66 showers out to strasburg. winner chester. -- winner chester. this may try to rush in here overtime. but as far as the showers are concerned the best chance is tomorrow morning. 80 degrees. that is the high tomorrow. right around either side at 80 degrees. 88 is typical. we are cooler than average because of the showers that will be lifting across to keep a close eye on. this is the future cast. that looks forward for the next 26 to 34 hours. spotty sprinkles here and there. later tonight, bedtime through tomorrow morning there could be heavier rain. we could have a wet start tomorrow. by the middle of the afternoon the showers are pushing south. could linger down to central virginia. by the evening tomorrow 9:00 most of us should be dry. which key for

it is a deep pleasure to welcome all of you to west virginia. i know several of you have heard this before, but we are so honored to have you here in west virginia. it has been a total of 65 years since west virginia has hosted the nga. i think it's about time. we hope you are finding your accommodations here at the greenbrier up to standards. we are doing our best to make u.s. company as possible. we have a lot of great things planned today and tomorrow. we would love to have you stay around for another week or two if you'd like to. we have plenty to do here. thank you for coming to west virginia. enjoy yourselves and we are very pleased you are here. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, governor tomlin. now we come to the short but bittersweet portion of our program, recognizing and saying farewell to our colleagues who will depart after the fall elections. this year, we are bidding farewell to two of our colleagues, one of whom is with us this weekend. unfortunately, louisiana governor bobby jindal could not be with us for his final

a moderate shower in virginia. and then things will begin to dry out and then we'll have sunshine returning and beautiful weather on tap for sunday this afternoon, the highs mid 80s on saturday. sunday a little bit more humid, but overall great weather for outdoor activities on the weekend. except for tomorrow morning showers. then on monday back to work it will be hot and humid again. could get some storms on tuesday and wednesday and hot and humid through much of the rest of the week. melissa, what's happening on the roads? >> >> right now, we're looking good overall. 66 inbound here at 123, just a little bit of volume as chopper zooms out for you. a little bit this morning. fox mill road at foxvale, the downed wires traffic is being pushed on to hunt road. it could be several hours before that's out of the way. as we get wide here this morning, overall the beltway looks good. prince george's county rolling along nicely. live picture there. beltway at kenilworth no problems. 270, at montrose no problems. and now

if he is convicted, he could face up to the death penalty in virginia. vance, back to you. >>> for family members of the victims and others living in montgomery county, the]5 announcement today was welcomed. tisha thompson continues our coverage now with a look at the decades long investigation. tisha? >> reporter: jim it is rare for a cold case to have as much of an impact as the lyons sister case had here in the d.c. area. it frightened so many people and it changed the way kids grew up in this town. it was spring break when 12-year-old shelia and her 10-year-old sister katherine, walked to wheaton plaza. they hung out at the mall. they ate pizza and then they vanished, setting off a massive search that would last for decades. >> you ask anybody that lived in montgomery county, they can tell you a personal story about how they or their family was impacted. >> reporter: montgomery county police chief tom manger was a college student went sisters disappeared. >> this was something that had an enormous impact on this community and the feeling of safety fo

that has been sent to the fbi crime lab in quantico virginia. in chattanooga tennessee dave wagner, nbc news. >>> we all know that as you get older, it gets tougher to lose weight. now we are learning exactly how much women should work out so you can look good in your golden years. >>> losing weight and sugar sure don't mix. we will reveal one government's >>> here is something you want to know about, we have got an better idea how much women need to exercise later in life to really shed pounds. researchers in canada studied 400 women who will had gone through menopause. none of the participants were regular exercisers. results found 40 minutes of working out a day 40 minutes is the magic number. that helped the women lose more weight, especially around their midsections. losing body fat also had the added possible benefit of lowering the risk of breast cancer. >>> the uk an advisory committee put out a recommendation for everyone in the uk to cut sugar intake by 50%. scientists say we should only have about seven tea spoons of sugar per day but

the storm team radar across west virginia, virginia and maryland. the eastern shore and around the bay a few clouds. no rain around. for the rest of the day, low humidity in place by 1:00. should be around 80 degrees. then, to jump into the low to mid-80s by around 4:00 p.m. then this evening still warm and comfortably dry, not a lot of humidity. we will have that sunshine this evening. we'll be back down into the low 80s by late evening to 70s overnight tonight. back to you z. >> baltimore's harvard tunnel back open after an armored truck spilled cash all over the road weigh-in side. a significant amount of cash began falling out of the rear door of a brinks truck around 8:00 last night. it took crews seven hours to grab all those bills from the road. storm drains under the tunnel. the tunnel reopened just before 4:00 this morning. >>> melissa, everyone is buzzing about caitlyn jenner's speech at the espys last night. her most high-profile speech since coming out last may. they had more about her powerful speech and how some of the attendees felt a

right at dawn in falling waters west virginia. post yours on twitter and facebook and share on instagram. here's the feels like temperature, beautiful. matching the afternoon high and then tomorrow a little bit above the afternoon high with more humidity in. then on saturday the feels like temperature, that combination of the temperature and humidity may be reaching mid 90s and mid 90s on sunday as we get the humidity creeping back in beginning on saturday and sunday. today and tomorrow, gorgeous day for the pool or shooting some hoops. headed to the parks or getting into the beaches over the weekend pretty nice on saturday. more humid though. then getting rather steamy on sunday. a small chance of an afternoon storm. that's the next chance of any storms around is sunday afternoon. it's a small chance, but then a greater chance of afternoon storms with the humidity in place monday, tuesday and wednesday. each day reaching up around 90 or so and a chance of those afternoon storms. we have had problems on 95 this morning, causing so

same thing in virginia, not bad at all. remember to listen to our friends wtop 105 in your car. >>> federal investigators are downloading safety technology from a plane in d.c. nine people died including two from montgomery county, they lived in north potomac, they were on a cruise and taking an aerial tour when that plane crashed. >> 6:41, we're talking about an interesting forecast shall we say? >> not so bad as we look out at this hour but things can change. tom. >>> shenandoah valley storm team 4 radar in the mountain, tending to be crowd, moving into loudoun county montgomery and frederick in maryland. but the roads will likely be wet around much of the region during the afternoon-just wet roads out to the west. metro area will stay dry for the morning commute. a nicer forecast for the weekend. next weather and traffic at 6:51. >>> subway's well-known pitch man taking some time off after finding himself at the center of a federal investigation. >>> we're also tracking breaking news in montgomery county this morning whe

except for the shenandoah valley, out to the mountains of west virginia. but otherwise a nice morning. your weather headlines for sunday morning, plenty of sunshine and near perfect afternoon for outdoor activities here in the metro area. clouds coming back in tonight and tomorrow and stronger storms as we get into tuesday afternoon. more on that coming up. out the door some thick fog, half mile visibility in frederick, maryland. a mile visibility in culpepper and over a mile in winchester. so locally dense fog first thing this morning. temperatures cool 60s to around 70 downtown. nice morning, 60s for most of the morning. might touch 90 degrees at national airport. more about the rain chances increasing as we go back to work tomorrow coming up. >> all right chuck, thank you. >>> we are following a developing story in prince george's county right now. police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man. it happened on hickory knolls circle not far from indian head highway. >>> and right now, reinforcement reinforcements are being called in to help ba