ten of those cases are in northern virginia. ten of those cases are in northern virginia. today.. virginia governor terry mcauliffe will announce a larger-than-expecte d shortfall in the state's budget. that's what sources tell "the washington post." they say the projected shortfall is about one-and-a-half billion dollars. that's among the biggest in state history.. and it will force the state into making tough choices. one source says officials will try to keep teachers' salaries at their current levels.. but everything else is on the table. some changes in metro's safetrack program that you need to know about.. surge eight will now begin tomorrow, and will run through september 11th. on weekdays, blue line trains will single track between franconia-springfiel d and van dorn street. surge eight will now include three consecutive weekend shutdowns. free shuttle buses will replace trains along segments of the blue line. this saturday and sunday, buses will replace trains between franconia-springfiel d and van dorn street. the franconia-springfiel d station will be closed. tomorrow

ten cases are in northern virginia. the infection is believed to be caused by frozen strawberries from egypt. the chain has removed them from all of its stores. one man who was infected is suing for $100,000. >> a class action lawsuit was also filed yesterday. >>> donald trump and hillary clinton are throwing "r" word, now racism is at the center of the race for the white house. >>> a mother tells news 4 that her four-year-old son wandered away from school and it happened while head start was investigating the prince george's county school system. learn how she's feeling this morning. >> numb. it was a little numbing that he would have been able to leave school, period. he's been able to get off a play ground. there should have been someb now it's our labor day sale. where you can create the perfect home. from now until september 5th, you'll find huge savings on stylish pieces. get free delivery, plus an extra hundred-dollars off every thousand-dollars you spend. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life i

increased security on a popular trail in northern virginia, after a woman was attacked.. the woman in her thirties tells police.. she was on the w-and-o-d trail in sterling, in loudoun county last week. she says around 8:30 p.m. two men came out of the woods, and tried to sexually assault but a bicyclist came by, and the men took off. people who use the trail aren't used to hearing about such incidents there. as police search for the attacker, they're urging trail users to go in groups.. and stay alert. covering metro - and the morning brings with it new and disturbing safety concerns for metro. a new report is shining light on a series of incidents involving unsecured rail cars and equipment that rolled away. the fedearl report details two incidents involving runaway safety vehicles in 20-14 ... one slammed into another vehicle. and last december ... an empty runaway rail car at the new carrollton yard could have done serious damage if an operator hadn't acted quickly to pull the handbrake. the federal transit authority says these issues pose a significant safety risk. m

. >> 29 of the 60 cases have been found in northern virginia. health officials say only one in five people with the virus shows symptoms. >>> let's janeiro where it is day 13 of the games of the xxxi olympiad. team usa will continue its quest for gold. ashton eaton will continue his quest to once again be the world greatest athlete, heading into day two of the decathalon. and bottle will compete today in the 200 meter. in basketball, women's team will play france in the semifinals. they advance to the gold medal game if they win. so exciting! >> big days ahead still. this is not over yet. >> just because swimming and gymnastics over doesn't mean we're done. >> it is friday-eve, if you will, we're getting ready for the weekend. chuck forecast and we'll let you know if you can have dinner on the patio tomorrow night. >>> talk about going that extra mile. why the manager at a northern virginia restaurant dug through bags of trash for a customer. >>> search for a missing >>> after an active night of weather or night of weather, thgses have -- things

to make a deal for the team in northern virginia. >> the redskins are looking for a new facility. ff if it makes sense for the taxpayers then we can come up with a deal. >> reporter: at a charity event, evans went looking for the governor. do you know the number one redskins fan columbia? he wants a team in the city. mr. evans, can you persuade him? >> we're going to do all we can. having the redskins back in what is it called the washington redskins? it's a nice little city of 600,000. i have eight and a half million people that want to come to the games. >> reporter: this picture was taken with the team owner.

he taught several management classes on the manassas campus of northern virginia community college. search warrant documents said that one of the claimed he sexually assaulted her in a conference room when she came to him for tutoring. prosecutors and taleb's attorney said soon after his arrest, inconsistencies emerged in the women's stories. last month the commonwealth's attorney dropped all charges. >> he maintained his innocence from the getgo. i believed in him. i believed he was telling the truth, that he did not have these inappropriate relationships with any students. any student whatsoever. >> reporter: ahead at 5:00, we'll hear from yusef taleb himself about the ordeal he's just been through. in manassas, julie carey, news4. >>> an alarming sight that might bring back some very painful memories. first at 4:00, what was behind this emergency response at the pentagon. >>> epipens are all over the news now for their skyrocketing prices. what if we told threw are cheaper alternatives? we're looking into how much they cost and if they're just as effective. >>> temperatures on th

in northerngini nr virginia don't go back untilo bk after the holiday in the in t northern virginia area. >> old school as holly said.lyai >> the way it used to be, right.right. >> when we were kids. >> when we were kids. >> right, right. ig here's where we go. rigre's whe i want tore w setart this mornim because there's a lot going onn tropical-wise and look, thisk,hi could end up being either eithe tropical storm hermine or it could end up being tropical storm ian.storm ian. >>> right now it's tropicalow ip depression number eight. it's approaching cape hatteras but all indications are from aro the national hurricane center that it will that basically downs off of hatteras and headsa on off to sea. so, at this point it does not look like it's something we really have to worry about too o much but i think you're goingng to be hearing a lot about thisut over the next couple of days. d just so you know, just keep that in mind. shouldn't be a problem for us. 76 degrees this morning at 8:00 a.m. forecast calls for for temperatures to make it up to mt into the lower 90's. 90' little bit

it's the first time a northern virginia business has received this grant. port city qualified because it uses so many state agricultureal products in its beers. the city has a role in the expansion to benefit the residents. >> so the governor's grant program requires a local match. we're investing and we will be giving port city $155,000 in cash. >> port city brewery will be adding 26 new jobs during the expansion. >>> you may see firefighters out in the next couple of days carrying boots. this is for a good cause. news 4 working for you in the community. as we see firefighters in bethesda earlier today collecting money for the muscular dystrophy association. this is called fill the boot. the money raised will be used to help hundreds of local families affected by that disease. official, he issues an order delaying the start of school. >> we'll see what locals have to say about going back to school after labor day. >>> virginia governor tarry mcauliffe and the district are fighting over squuuuack, let's feed him let's feto the sharks!sharks! yay! and take a

. >>> trump's running mate will be in northern virginia this weekend. governor mike pe rally at patrick henry college in virginia on saturday. if you'd like to go, register for tickets. governor pence took the day off the campaign trail so he could tour the tornado damage in his home state of indiana. >>> speaking of that damage, just take a look at this. wow. there is still so much cleaning up to do in the state of indiana. more strong storms in the forecast for tonight. nbc's chris clackum takes a closer look at the damage and the effort to rebuild. >> reporter: there's more to clean up in kokomo because this is where the most damage was done. >> it will be okay. at least we're all here. >> god. >> reporter: remarkably, all did indeed survive eight tornadoes that tore through indiana wednesday. >> we are very blessed to be able to tell you that we don't have any serious injuries or casualties as a result of the storm. >> oh, my gosh. starbucks just got blown over. >> reporter: no serious injuries even among customer inside a worked together and got th

ten cases are in northern virginia. the infection is believed to be caused by frozen strawberries from egypt. one man who was infected is >> a class action lawsuit was also filed yesterday. the chain's ceo has issued an apology. there are more than 40 locations in our area. >>> new attacks from both presidential candidates. how hillary clinton and donald trump are shaping their campaigns to try to score key battleground states. havertys furniture helps even when life isn't.t pretty! hey. umm... sign here? sure, you got a pen? i do! thanks sweetie. the labor day sale is on now at havertys. life looks good. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you

it will reduced through a savings card that will cover for a two pack. >>> residents in northern virginia how to prevent zika virus. 33 cases have been confirmed in virginia. all are related to international travel. >>> there is another case of locally transmitted zika. this is in palm beach county florida. a number of nontravel related cases in florida stands at 43 and the majority having occurred in miami dade county. zika can lead to severe related birth defects if women are infected while pregnant. >>> a mom doing her part to give back and helpless fortunate women at home and around the world. she's doing it by collecting women's lingerie and feminine hygiene products. the act of goodwill is going global. >> reporter: it's not often you find yourself in a room stock piled with many things women can buy. >> maternity bras, training bras. >> reporter: here it's just another day at the office. >> these haven't been counted yet. >> reporter: she's collected 20,000 bras and feminine hygiene products for women in need like those affected by flooding in louisiana to those displaced by the na

tim: 14 of 35 northern virginia. health officials expect the number to climb because symptoms develop 50 days after exposure. symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, and nausea. >> we figure that they met the safety requirements. tim: again, this store is not part of this, but they are 35 cases right now in 90 stores across virginia. live in arlington, tim barber, steve: leon: new developers from italy. the death toll continues to climb after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake this week. three more bodies have been found, bringing the total number of dead to 281. the mayor of the town in italy says at least 50 more people are still unaccounted for. rescuers have been working around the clock to search for survivors, but hope is fading. a notorious and brutal crime. michelle marsh has this case. michelle: the suggested sentence for andrew schmuhl, two life sentences plus 98 years. he was convicted in a violent home invasion in 2014. the couple inside, leo fisher and sue duncan, were handcuffeded with zip ties, then he beat

alison: 7 on your side tonight with a health alert about hepatitis a concerns in northern virginia. the virginia department of health is investigating a cluster of cases that may be charged with a tropical cafÉ. been tied with frozen strawberries. if you drank k-smoove the from tropical cafÉ between august 6 and 8, you are urged to see a doctor. steve: a warm and humid evening, in the 70's outside the beltway. 81side the see, 80 to degrees, the heat index values in the lower 80's. the farmers market, plenty of sunshine, 75 degrees. rebounding into the upper 80's by 11:00. we may see scattered shower south and west of the sea, but the main event -- scattered showers west of d.c., but there is a cold front coming early next week. alison: neighbors say they call the police about the park all the time. violent: aftertwo crimes in a says thenna-lysa gayle police are now looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman. anna-lysa: alison, neighbors tell me they are not surprised to hear about the sexual assault that happened in this park sunday night. they say that it is just another di

fourcases are in northern virginia. all of them are tired to a strawberry supplier used by the tropical smoothie chain. symptoms range from headaches to nausea and jaundice. tropical smoothie cafe says they are using fruit from a different supplier. there is no specific treatment for hepatitis a. it usually goes away by airports are nothing new. but now there is a new reason for majority of them. the number one reason you don't get where you are going on time. erin: i'm erin hawksworth with sports. new redskin josh norman recently called the commissioner horrible. would he stand by that today? luann bennett. after losing her husband to cancer, she raised three boys here in northern virginia and grew the family business. a single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. i'm luann bennett. in business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. congress just doesn't get that-- there's

. >>> some kids in northern virginia getting some help as they start the new school year. the arlington diocese passed out school gear. they loaded up on snacks and juice before heading on home. >> these are kids unlikely to be able to afford these things or have these things. we want to give materials they need to be ready to do well in school. >> classes in the diocese begins on monday. >>> monday is the first day of school for students in montgomery county. officials are warning drivers to stop for school busses or risk getting ticktickets. they're serious about enforcing the law about passing a school bus when the lights are not. it's not about writing tickets but keeping kids safe. >> we drop off the children every day and want to make sure they get a great education. there are a lot of things to get into place to make sure they get to school. >> you can also expect officers to be out in certain areas. students weren't even in the classroom when someone in frederick county broke into a classroom, stole a laptop and damaged the place. take a good look at the person in

trail runs through 45 miles of northern virginia, considered safe by many, but there are stories. >> i've had one bad experience on this trail so far. there was somebody following me. i had some of the make a sound. i looked up and it was a man with his pants down, dangling his privates at me. are urgingthorities trail users to go in groups and stay alert. >> i want to keep it safe. it's a beautiful trail, amazing to run on. tom: the loudoun county sheriff's office said technically this trail is just like a park in that it closes when it gets dark. they are asking folks not to use it after dark. it is definitely a much safer place to be during the daylight hours. live in sterling, loudoun county, tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: developing now, metro train cars rolling away on their own. the latest in a laundry list of issues. the past several months, security concerns and a derailment have prompted scathing reports from federal transportation officials. tim barber is live at the rail yard with more on the story. tell us what is going on here, tim. reports from the federal government.

virginia and grew the family business. a single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. i'm luann bennett. in business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. congress just doesn't get that-- there's too much partisanship. i approve this message because washington needs more common-sense problem solvers. >>> tomorrow on e.t. our miley cyrus exclusive, behind the scenes of "the voice" >>> their own doctor mcdreamy and who better than rob lowe. come on. >> and it takes more than a pretty face to make it in o.r. >> this is medical boot camp. the hardest thing is getting the gloves on. >> rob lowe joined the cast as a military doctor to train the doctor on new techniques. now he's the student and marcia gay harden is the teacher. >> it's a battle of looking good and looking like you know what you're doing. >> this is not a battle for you. not a battle for rob lowe. >> i'm learning from the master. >> rob is ready. ths is

after lead wreaked havoc on flint, michigan's, water supply, some schools in northern virginia deciding to act. >> we took a proactive measure. we're not required to do this by any regulatory agency. we decided that we would go ahead and test all of our schools. >> reporter: andy hawkins helped oversee the work for manassas city public schools. >> push it open and put the cup about anything that allowed water into the body. >> this is what we call a bubbleler here. this is just a way for children to drink water inside the classroom. 99% of them came back negative. we only had one that was above the epa standard of 20 parts per billion. >> reporter: they found two others with slightly elevated lead levels. but a second round of testing showed all three were actually within the standard. even still -- >> that didn't satisfy us, so we went back and took the other -- those three devices out and replaced them. >> one drinking fountain at jamestown did test above recommended levels from the virginia department of health. >> reporter: arlington community officials likewise replacing fountains

. >> and popular smoothie chain linked to several dozen hepatitis a case as cross northern virginia and what the company ceo is saying about the infection. is it safe to eat their now. good evening, everyone, thanks so much for joining us i'm matt ackland lauren has the evening off. we gib 11:00 in montgomery country tonight. take a look at this from earlier today aix drunk driver plowed into a maryland mar state trooper car was a trooper was conducting a traffic stop on i 270 near montrose road and this is just latest example a driver failing to move over for emergency responders. and "fox5" lindsay watts has more on this problem and a closer look at that damage. >> reporter: fortunately the trooper was noted in the car at the time of the crash he was out with the driver he initia initially pulled over you can see the side of the car dented in like a tin can and this rear tire type out and this is not the only patrol car on the lot damaged in exactly the same wa way. >> making contact and you don't know what is in the vehicle and the harm they can do to you as well. in the meantime we

as we fly up for a look in prince william county once we goat northern virginia traffic moving nicely. we take a look in maryland next and safe track taking a break and meto gearing up. back to you. >> 4:47 is the time president obama is headed to louisiana to visit flood damaged areas president is facing criticism over the last we're for not going to the state sooner. >> anjali hemphill is live with the latest now. anjali. >> president obama is expected to get an update on recovery efforts in patron ruth and expected to meet with flood victims and local officials. not the first politician to visit the flood torn area. his visit is five days after gop presidential nominee donald trump and his running mate mike area and trump suggesting golf is more important than visiting the state and obama received criticism like that from republicans and others about not cust his summer vacation trip to martha vineyard short to show solidarity with the state. trying to deal now with countr country's worst natural disaster since hurricane sandy and some local and state officials also complaining not

health officials tell us there are 35 confirmed cases statewide including 14 in northern virginia. it is linked to contaminated strawberries from egypt. they have stopped using hepatitis a is rare but nearly everyone who contracts it recovers without lasting damage. customers who may still benefit from a vaccine up to two weeks after exposure. the officials telling us they expect number of congress firmed cases to climb higher. ryan news, abc7 news. michelle: police arrested a man who they believe ran coast to coast operation. miller had drug dealers ship drugs from oregon and california to this area through the u.s. postal service. it was an attack as bizarre as brutal. two local att wearing a diaper forcing their way to the home of a former boss for revenge. tonight a sentence that sends a message. two life sentences plus 98 years for andrew schmuhl. richard reeve was in the courtroom. while the case is over the story is far from complete. richard: the judge with scathing words in court after a violent home invasion in 2014. this dramatic police chase ended with the capture of an

he could not conduct business up in northern virginia. he got into sugar speculation. he was not a farmer, as many people will put out. he got into sugar speculation, and this area was convenient because he could access the south side railroad and make trips through the south to deal in that sugar. he owned the house here at the time of the surrender, and then in 1867, they are not able to keep up with the payments on the house, and the house is sold and the family moves back to northern virginia. after the house is sold, the raglan family owns it for a time, but in the early 1890s, a group of union veterans have a plan. they're going to start a retirement community for union soldiers here at appomattox courthouse, and they buy up land west of the village. they are unsuccessful in selling off these lots to union veterans, and they decide they're going to dismantle the house in 1893 and move it to washington, d.c. and create a civil war museum out of it. the house is dismantled. parts of the house are stacked out in the yard. unfortunately, there is a financial panic in

northern virginia bureau chief peggy fox is in stafford county where the bars. >> reporter: the family tells me the boy is 6'2" 280 pounds. tonight he is locked up here at the juvenile detention center charged with attacking the person who took him in. >> this kid took a wooden baseball bat and smashed her face. >> reporter: alfredo thompson jr.'s wife, 41-year-old anne marie francis, is in critical condition after being attacked in her own home friday night. >> all of this was full of blood. >> reporter: thompson's 86-year- old aunt was also attacked, but his wife, ann, took the brunt of it. >> her arms are broken, her two wrists are broken. her face is completely shattered. when she came running out screaming -- >> somehow she made it out the front door. her cries alerted their next door neighbor. >> she couldn't talk. there was blood everywhere. her eyes was popping out. her hands was broke. >> reporter: the suspect is 15-year-old foster child that the thompsons took in six months ago. they have taken in five other foster children over the years all because of his wife. >> how could

the drill comes after a month of a metro trail's derailment in northern virginia. but metro said this event had been planned long before that. one volunteer told us that he was happy to see that it appears that metro is interested in rider safety. >> it is important that our emergency preparedness is really at its highest. >> reporter: the volunteers also had plenty of compliments for the effort put forth by rescue crews. we saw firefighters walk across the bridge and load actors into ambulances. >> i feel sorry for the fire people who were dressed in 16 layers of gear. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: either way there were no complaints. most people we talked to believes this was a great step forward for metro in the future. >> if everything goes smoothly, that's great. if something doesn't, then that means we learned something in that frame. >> reporter: metro transit police chief told us this particular drill is very useful because it takes place over a water way. with that said, he couldn't remember a history where metro has haov th john henry wusa9. >> metro c

. >>> commuters in northern virginia brace yourselves. safe track surge eight starts today and we're going to be live with what you need to know on how to get around. >>> good morning and welcome to fox5 news morning on this saturday. i'm annie yu. >> and i'm caitlin roth. good morning to you. >> i haven't seen you in like a month. >> it has been over a month since i've been doing this shift with you. so wonderful to see you and to be back. >> caitlin was on a slightly different schedule. happy to have you back. >> it's been good. i think i counted 26 days away from summer -- or fall. i think we're like less than a month away. it's so sad. >> it's rapidly approaching. this is our last weekend of full summer. next weekends is labor day weekend the unofficial end to summer so many kids headed back to school this week and the next week and following after labor day so winding down as we take a live look outside on this saturday morning, august 27th. beautiful shot of the capitol with some clouds streaking through that sunrise right behind it

nearly half were reported in northern virginia. area residents will learn more about the virus and how to prevent infection and transmission. >>> a live look at the washington monument which will once again remain closed today after yet more elevator issues. on wednesday, a cable broke in the elevator trapping an weekend also because of elevator issues. >>> still ahead on the news at noon, mcdonald's attempt to promote fitness is back firing. why this happy meal toy is being pulled from the stores now. >> you might want to avoid roads in pittsburgh when uber celebrated a milestone. we will explain. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99<

virginia and grew the family business. a single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. i'm luann bennett. in business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. congress just doesn't get that-- there's too much partisanship. i approve this message because washington needs more common-sense problem solvers. jummy: we are back with more on the breaking news we told you we told you about a few minutes ago. and blast went off in mogadishu, outside the main checkpoint at the president's home at a nearby hotel. i am seeing there are reports of some people injured and even damage, but we are waiting for more confirmation from authorities. the al qaeda-linked group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. we will keep you updated as we learn more. now we head over to veronica johnson for more on the forecast. veronica: tracking two tropical depressions. tropical depression number 8, outside the outer banks, is expected to power u

the chairman of the northern virginia republican political action committee joins us. thanks for being here. is sarah palin right? she went in a little bit on him being wish she wash she, saying if he did it the outcome wouldn't be right. >> i think it may have been portrayed in the beginning as a tougher policy than it was. he's been consistent on he wants, whether you like the idea or not, people can see he's been consistent on wanting to build a wall, wanting to secure the borders >> didn't he is he wanted to support the 11 million undocumented immigrants >> what he's talked about is when people are brought in by the justice system for other reasons, then you send them back. so that the been mainly sending folks who have committed crimes, you know, back. not, you know, not, not general deportation. that has not generally been what he's been saying. >> i think you might be able to admit he came out of the box really, really tough on in his word and has softened a little bit. wouldn't you agree with that? >> he does a lot of press conferences and i think we should not

he could not conduct business up in northern virginia. he got into sugar speculation. he was not a farmer, as many people will put out. he got into sugar speculation, and this area was convenient because he could access the south side railroad and make trips through the south to deal in that sugar. he owned the house here at the time of the surrender, and then in 1867, they are not able to keep up with the payments on the house, and the house is sold and the family moves back to northern virginia. after the house is sold, the raglan family owns it for a time, but in the early 1890s, a group of union veterans have a plan. they're going to start a retirement community for union soldiers here at appomattox courthouse, and they buy up land west of the village. they are unsuccessful in selling off these lots to union veterans, and they decide they're going to dismantle the house in 1893 and move it to washington, d.c. and create a civil war museum out of it. the house is dismantled. parts of the house are stacked out in the yard. unfortunately, there is a financial panic in

surge 8 will last through september 11 and will affect blue line service in northern virginia. right now the franconia springfield and vandoren street stations are closed and will remain closed through the weekend and weekend of september 10. next weekend metro will close all stations between franconia springfield and king street during the week single tracking will take place between franconia springfield and vandoren street and trains will not run as often and passenger can expect delays. >> and developing tonight help site is a outbreak in virginia is growing. health officials say 35 people contracted hepatitis a after visiting tropical smoothie cafes across north virginia. on friday we learned that includes a worker in the chain's gains virginia health department says froze strawberries from egypt likely cause the the kout break of hepatitis a. ceo of the company learned of the contamination august 5 but the health department did not issue alert until the 19th. some customers say, though, they feel safe eating there. >> on august 5 the virginia department of health contacte

virginia and grew the family business. a single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. i'm luann bennett. in business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. congress just doesn't get that-- there's too much partisanship. i approve this message because washington needs more common-sense problem solvers. >>> good morning. weiner's woes. anthony weiner dumped from two dumped from two jobs on the same day his wife announces she's leaving him. the question now could this lead to a new investigation. >>> double whmy. two big storms churning in the atlantic, both expected to intensify today. why she's opening up now, what she thinks about owen labrie's sentence and the cam she hopes will bring good from her

. >> at the same time not very far away from the white house in northern virginia, donald trump p held a campaign event where he was given a gift from a veteran in the crowd. >> something very nice just happened to me. a man came up to me and he handed me his purple heart. now, i said to him, is that like the real one, or is that a copy? and he said, that's my real purple heart. i have such confidence in you. and i said, man, that's like big stuff. i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was much easier. >> we'll talk more about the purple heart in a few moments but first donald trump also took a direct swipe at his democratic opponent over her latest fund-raising numbers. >> she raised like $50 million or $60 million, and 20 people gave it. i think it was -- let's see. 20 people gave her $60 million in her fund. $60 million from 20 people. i'm going to get a list of those 20 people. oh, those 20 people, i want to find out who they are. i want to find out how many i know. i want to find out -- i want to find out how many i know. but i'll tell you what, 20 people gave her $60 mill

and so, unfortunately, drivers are very distracted in northern virginia and we need to make sure that pedestrians are aware of that and, at a minimum, are crossing the street where there's a crosswalk. >> reporter: now, until today, they didn't really have that crosswalk option here in springfield. now they do. it's going to be a learning process for both drivers and pedestrians. coming up on news4 at 6:00, you'll hear from the property manager down on route 1 that shared the security camera video with us. >>> it's not back six branchs of the usda that were closed down after the fda received anonymous threats. this includes the research center in beltsville as well as in colorado, north carolina and two branches in west virginia. the usda received messages last night and raised concerns about the safety of usda personnel and facilities in a letter to staff today officials told employees to report anything suspicious. the fbi is investigating to see if the threats are credible. >>> a day after dozens of people at virginia tech received threatening e-mails, police did not elaborate but

as we takeover view look you can see once we get to northern virginia 95 northbound quiet and 395 g if taking key roz tloyn georgetown could slow you down. center lanes blocked. 50 from annapolis and quiet. if you have an early morning flight, traffic cruising to bwi and dulles and union station and capitol. you can see secondarys picking up with congestion out of the freeway near the tunnel. and a quick look outside to show you how things are shaping inner loop towards wilson bridge to maryland to prince george r george county volume still light. >> and a gold wedding olympic gymnast land aid temporary job. >> and a suicide bomber stopped before trying to carry out a deadly mission. >> live across the d.c. region. you're listening to beautiful now♪ time 5:08 it's 59 outside. weaver back >> happening now unitsed nations humanitarian chief is calling on 48 hour cease-fire in syria so aid can be tlivrd to wartorn area a civil war has been raging there for at past five years now and things are so bad millions of people do not have access to clean water and carnage in light last week aft

. >> crews will begin heading to northern virginia and you know the drill, plan ahead and expect delays. >> i'm melissa mollet with a look at metro this weekend because surge number eight starts saturday running through sunday september 11th. this is the blue line situation, single tracking between franconia. we'll update you as that progresses. on the red line, trains every 8 to 16 minutes here this weekend. on orange, silver and green lines, nl line, regular service on saturday and sunday between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. between huntington and national airport way. >>> a man convicted of torturing a northern virginia couple will spend the rest of his life in prison. a judge handed down two life sentences plus 98 years to andrew earlier today. he had been convicted of breaking into the couple's home in mclean and holding them captive for hours while he shot, stabbed and tased them. prosecutors called it a case of revenge against the victim who had fired his wife weeks before. his wife will face trial next month. >>> summer vacation is about to end for thousands of local kids. first at 4

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. >> and an update nowp on the outbreak of hepatitis a in northern virginia and health authorities tell us 40 people have now contracted the diseas disease. eave of the people that tested positive say they drank a smoothie at tropical smoothie cafe prior to getting sick. virginia department of health says frozen strawberry from egypt caused that outbreak. >>> and developing tonight it was a major debate brewing over nfl star decision to protist the national anthem. >> colin kaepernick said he will continue to sit during the national anthem because the tradition represent as i country that still allows racial oppress pretion. >> ultimately it's to bring awareness and realize what's going on in the country. there's a lot of things going on unjust and people are not held accountable for and that's something that needs to change. that's something that you know this country stands this country stands for freedom, liberty, juste for all. and it's not happening for all right now. >> and kaepernick was asked if he thought his stand may jeopardize his standing on the team and he said if he is ul