we're live in herndon this morning. i'm justin finch, news 4. pa back to you in the studio. >>> despite the heat, sdents will stay in class all day. every school in the county released students early because of the weather. apokesperson of the school district says 10 of its 200 school buildingsad major problems with its cooling systems. dozens of other schools had issues with the air conditioning. some fixed the issues. soer parents frustrated they had to pick up their kids early efven if the temperatures in their school wasfine. >> the health comes first. >> and the air conditioning was fine. i didn't think it was a need for l schools. >> prince george's county schools says the overall backlog for school building repairs adds up to $2 billion. >>> prince george's county is rdly alone in dealing with heating and coolingms sys there's millions of repairs planned in montgomery, frederick, arlington and loudon counties. one does acknowledge they are using band-aid approaches. but they prioritize buildings with special needs or elementary students f

we're live in herndon, i'm justin finch, news 4. back into you in the studio. >>> new details on the deaths of o children and a woman inside a home in herndon this week, sed on what we're learning from neighbors and police dispatch balls, the woman is the boys' mother. the father found his two young sons dead wednesday night. his nephews were around 9nd 11 years old. >>> new information on the death of an accused killer. tyler tessier was found dead hours before he was set to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. official from the department of corrections said earlier yesterday morning he hanged himself using a bedsheet. he said that he woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for trial. he was given breakfast 45 minutes later and was found dead ten minutes after that. wallin's family spoke out about the surprising turn of events. >> i d believe there is such a thing as closure. >> laura, you every day.i miss >> this is the second suicide at the jail this year. nlice foundes in tessier's cell. in them, he contemplated suicide. >

. >>> new details on the death ol two cn and a woman inside a home in herndon this week. based on whatroe're hearing neighbors and police dispatch calls the woman is the boys' mothernd killed them and then herself. the father found his two young sons dead and called 1. all three victims died from gunshot wounds. they found thes woma body upstairs. her brother spoke with our news partners at wtop, and said his nephews were around 9 a 11 years old. >>> an emergency on a school bus ended with a child ing. >> rignow, little is known about the incident.ju in finch is live in learn herndon, where paramedics were called. >> you hear a story like this and you hav a lotf questions. so do fairfax county police and the school system here. that's why an investigation is now taking place. here's what we know at this point. this happened after school onboard a school bus. no other students were onboard when this happened. but the student has some kind of medilmergency onboard that bus. 911 was called. fairfax county fire rescue showed up and began efforts to save his life. he was taken

live here in herndon, i'm justin finch, news 4. back into you. >> thank you. >>> it's 6:49.de loping this morning, a shocking, new "new york times" op-ed paints a vivid picture of chaos within the trump administration. the author is said to be an anonous senior administration official. the piece says, quote, meetings with him veer off-topic, off the rails and engages in repetitive rant and his impulsiveness results io ideas that have walked back. >>> it's going to be a sweltering day around here, chuck. >> absolutely right. the high heat and humidity. the heat index up around 105 this afternoon. more on that in just a second. while you were sleeping, hurricane florence reached category strength. that makes it aajor hurricane. have to watch this carefully over the next couple of days. no threat to land for the next vedays. there's bermuda. this is the end of the five-day foreca track. once it makes it past there, we have to see if it has a chance to threaten the east coast or the u.s. east storms end up making the turn back out to u

police responded to a home on safa street in herndon. chopper 4 was there, as police wereti s up a perimeter and keeping the home secure. the first 911 call came from a man who said he came home found his sons dead. a woman was also found dead. but police havnot identified r or the children. >> it appears this is st do-related. >> at last check, police were workingo notify family members. >>> students in prince george's county will stay in class all day. every district released students early because of the weather. ten of its school buildings had problems with their cooling systems. the school district says it fixed many of the issues yesterday. some parents were frustrated they hado pick their kids up early, even if temperatures in their school were fine. >> it is what it is. it's really had. and their health comes first. >> the air conditioning is fine. didn't think it was a need for all schools. > a prince george's county spokesperson says the building backlog adds t up $2 billion. >>> the use team 4 found that prince george's county

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

>> if you're here for herndon's union, i love you. i'm going to miss you guys. un crmerly i can'te this weekend. more rain into next weekend. a chance of showers tuesday and then a better chance, guys, of sunshine on wednesday. again about, a30% chance on wednesday with a chance of some storms.ow >> do you dish on the people invited you into their home? you're the type of house guest that you invite once over and then never again. >> i love you but i have to root for my herndon hornets. >> two b ways that could change the way you diet. >>> and wirtighters found in the savopoulos mansione bef they learned what that. >>> and the continuing coverage of the arrest of the man who murdered the d.c. jogg. >> gave her that >>> she reported for her workday as usual. around 9 t0 a.m. shooting began.sh ting at victims outside and inside the facility. >> no word on a motive. derrick ward is getting reaction and you will see it here at 6:00. >> firs a anest has been made in the random murder of a woman in logan circle. anthony crawford stabbed wendy martinez tuesday night wh

bus ended with the death of a child.ce pond pair mettics were called out to dulles stationbo evard in herndon. pair mettics took thehild off the bus and rushed him to the hospital where he later died. so far, it's not clear how many adults, other than the driver, may have been on the tus at time. the medical examiner is working to determine a cause of death. the school system released a statement saying it is cooperating with police. >>> breaking news in baltimore, now. a business celebrating its 150th anversary thisyear, destroyed by fire. bad one this is a we spoke with baltimore fire officials at the scene. they had to call in multipl units to try to fight this fire. look at the pictures. you can see how bad it is. this is on south broadway. th is the main drag. the call came in a little after midnight. this is a paint stop called budeke's paint. that's not the extent of the damage. the fire also got to a church. >>> closure for a family this morning. the n accused of kidnapping young girl and her grandmother led police to their bodies one month after they disappeared. they were last seen

in herndon, mark segraves, news 4. >>> now to the hearing for brett kavanaugh. once again, we saw bit are battles over whereng hol or releasing documents. republicans say the documents are confident pltected by executive privilege. democrats sayhe tare simply controversial. you susanni mcgins reports. >> reporter: on the final day of grilling of supreme court nominee brekavanaugh, senate democrats forced the release of a fewfi cntial documents that could offer clues to his position on critical issues. >> i'm releasing it -- >> reporter: cory booker released an e-mail regarding racial profiling over gop objections. >> e-mails are being withheld from the public have nothing to do with national security. >> do senatorerves to sit on this committee or serve in the senate in my view if they decide mselves and unto t bring the charges.ng >> bhe charges. >> reporter: kavanaugh was also asked about a 2003 e malt whe-m he seems to question whetherv. e ade is settled law. he writes that the court can overrule it. he remains noncommittal. >> you believe it is correctly set

rings of crime tape still circle this herndon area house. police cruisers are stillarked in the front driveway. echos hours later of a heart-breaking scene discovered inside wednesday evening. >> it appears that there is two juveniles and one adult woman inside the house that are deceased. >> after six last night a man told a 911 dispatcher he came home to finding his two children lying in a pool of blood, dead. a woman w later found dead in the house as well. police are not yet relea nng theies or relationships. the house off the 1000 block of safa stree was cordoned off as the death investigation unfolded, an investigation that ay and ers a second perhaps moves a day closer to learning what happened in what appears on th outside to be a nice, normal home. and the medical examiner in this case will determine the cause of deat for those three people. that woman and those two chedren. this te are told an update from fairfax county police could come as early as this afternoon. we're live here in herndon, i'm justin finch, news4. >> justin, tha

a herndon man is accused of exposing himself to two children. fairfax county police tell us more charges are pending. a homeless man ish charges w killing a standout college golfer. her body was found on the golf course. she plad in tournaments around the world. >>> president trump said he feels badly for his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. this afternoon t president. kavanaugh does not deserve the scrutiny he's going through. they're accusing him of -- a woman is accusing him of assaulting her in high school. r> and more days of flooding even though theain is ending. officials say it may take up to two weeks for the run-off to go away. >>> there is a new strategy to keep chiren from picking up ecigarettes. the ad campaign hits teenagers where it hurts the most. their appearance. erica explains. >> the ads sound sinister. >>cientists say kit change your brain. >> this is the food and drug administration's new campaign ailed at scaring teenagers away from ecigarettes. >> the growth has reached ave that is shocking to me. >> the fda calls t

. >>> back nowo our ea, a deadly discovery inside a home in herndon. a man coming homein to fd his two young sons st to death. now police are providing some new information about what they think happened inside that house. news 4's mark mark sethaves has details. >> reporter: jus 24 hours since the call first came in, police tape still surrounds this is house here in herndon and polici are t us that they believe what happened inside this ho, murder/suicide. police would not identify any of the victims because of privacy laws regarding children. but basedn what neighbors tell us and what recordings from police dispatches, it appears the 42 jld mothho-year-old mothd here shot her two young sons and then went up stairs and took her own life. >> shot in cold blood. >> reporter: while the father only found his two young sons when he came home, when police arrived, they found the mother. >> the homeowner went into the wohouse, saw the juveniles and that is when he backed out and called t911. the woman was upstairs. ourt officers win, discovered the two juven

and police and paramedicsth responded t call on dulles station boulevard and herndon. but asnews4's jackie bensen reports tonigh the child did not survive. >> reporter: fairfax county school bus 653 remains stopped on dulles station boulevard at exactly the spot where first responders is fire and police boarded in response to an emergency call to help young boy in medical distress. >> there was a juvenile on the bus that was transported to a hospital and unfortunately, you can succumbed to the condition or circumstances of the case. >> police say the child whose age was not made public was the only passenger on the bus at the time. it's not clear how many adults were on board other than the driver. the bus was taking a route through an apartment and re-tay complex not far from dulles airport. people who live and work here exprsed shock and sadness at the flus. >> you don't want to see anybody that young, you know,st to be ck down. it's very unfortunate. >> reporter: the school system released a statement saying it is cooperating with theolice investigation into what ha

a life scout from herndon isad g the effort. more than 150 volunteers joined in, spanning generations from 5 years old to over 80 years old. including students from more than ten different schools and three different scout districts. together, clearing 120 bags of the grass. >> it really is provid where a nice area for us to make it be what it needs to be. so the impact has been really great. >> all right. well, let's hope he gets his eagle award for that hard work. >>> who wins, the tortoise or the hare walking or running? well, it's not about a foot race, but really staying healthy. we'll break down the benefits and draw backs before yo morning urwo it's time for the 'biggest sale of the year' on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses tiur movement and automally adjusts to keep you both comfortable. and now, all beds are on sale. it's the last chance to save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. ends labor day. >>> all right. when it comes to exercise do yod like a g run or do you prefer to take a v

." >> parents in herndon are using a group chat to track the suspect down. they arrested adamor williams f indecent exposure. parents went on the lookout when a man began showing up in their neighborhood exposing himself to kids outside. here's what they did, when any parent saw him in the eighborhood, they were sucked in. it was just aze who go everyone pitched in. >> parents mt community tell news 4 they're still keeping a watchful eye. >>> she held elizabeth smart hostage for months. details on the release of this convicted >>> good morning, everybody. storm team 4 radar scanning the skies and fiepgd nothing. nothing to worry about. rulesus, changing the local football teams could soon be getting usaller. the phing to shrink the kirosters at your ds' school. when a new breast cancer patient comes to cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, the specialists form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team that would help us decide the we have so many tools at our center. this is what attracted amy all the way from new york. thre

a w and two children found in their herndon home. >>> keeping your children safe. that's the reasoning behind a local school district's recentut decision to armed guards in thes. buildi >>> and a game-changing flu drug. what its creator says n happen before it's available to you. storm s 4 begins with a team 4 weather alert. >> there's no sign of this cooling down. we're going again with this hot weatheid i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. this could be the hottest day oe th week. cklissa and c bell is here with the forecast. >> the good and the bad news is, one more day to get through the intense heat and it's the last day of an incredible stretch of hot weather to get the month of september going. mostly cloudy sky. a heat index of 85 degrees at 4:00 in the morn

she thought was a boy met online kidnapped her, h taking from her home near pittsburgh to a house in herndon, where he held and tortured her for days. >> reporter: alesha was luckily rescued. cybersecurery expert dr. cole says parents should show real life stories like this to their kids and should never feel bad about checking their phones without warning. >> that's the part that parents miss is that it is not private. if you're monitoring your child's social media account and you see inappropriate picture, so does the rest of the world. >> reporter: in addition tone random p checks, dr. cole says designated public charging stations, restridevices in the room at bed time, and create a contract between you and you child with realistic rules. free downloads are available at commonense media.org. in shannon lee's house, having a phone is a privilege. >> we have rules with the kids, just in terms ofhey're not le to be on their devices during dinner. >> reporter: she also used parental controls and timers to monitor activity.ft re like mspy, web watcher and net nanny can track things like text m

however, the court inhe town of herndon and civil commitment hearings will go on as scheduled. for those i the northeast d.c. area, pepco reporting a scheduled outage affecting 1,293 customers. restoration expected by 8:00 a.m. we'll get more information to you. >>> angie, thank you. it's 4:54.d as you h out this morning, keep an eye on your speed. not only are more students andu school on the roads this week, but so are new speed cameras. >>> you may think youho kno to spot them. as adam tuss shows us, they'nl not oy in new locaons, they have a different look, too. >> a lot of d.c. speed cameras there getting n locations. you don't see b itind me here because the tree is blocking it. take a look up on the pole. a lot of the cameras moving to new spots.e ameras are a departure from the boxy and fixed posamion speed ceras that many of us have gotten used to. manufacturer, he american traffic solutions, they are very high tech. complete with high resolution sensors and 3d capability. >> the radar can track the exact position of up t 20-plus vehicles before and after the violation

thought was a boy she met online kidnapped her, taking her from her home near pittsburgh to a house in herndon, where he held and tortured her to days. >> reporter: alicia was luckily rescued. cyber security exper dr. eric cole said parents should show real-life stories like this to their kids and should never feel bad about checking their phones without warning. >> that's p thet that parents miss is that it's not private. if you're monitoring your ild's social media account and you see an inappropriate picture, s o does the rest the world. >> reporter: in addition to random phone checks,ed design public charging station, restrict devices in the room at bedtime andreate a contract between you and your child with realistic rules. free downloads are available at commonsensemedia.org. in shannon lee's house, having a phone i a privilege. >> we have rules with theids just in terms that they're not able to be on their devices during dinner. >> reporter: the lees also use parental controls and timers to monitor activit software mike norton family, web watcher and net nanny block the bad stuff and ca

the fairfax county fire department tells us thaswoman was anger sitting in a car on grant street in herndon. the incident happened about 3:30 this afternoon. they flew her to a local burn center. no word on the severity of her burns. we're told tet no one e was injured in this. >>> think back to when you were learning to drive. so things were a little tricky, right? but chances e, this probably didn't happen to you. take a look at these incredible pictures of a driving lesson gone wrong. this carni ended up in a comty pool in montgomery village. the driver and another person got out saly. this is at the north creek community center. a fire department spokesperson says this appears to be driver error. at driver was apparently practicing how to park. > just not good day all around for drivers in montgomery county. this brand-new wcar, stillh the tags on it and everything, flipped over right in front of tzgerald subaru in gaithersburg. the driver managed to get out before rescuers got there. driver was the only one in the car and we're told will be okn. no word o how the car managed to fli ove

john is in herndon, virginia. a democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call. -- most ofa person arevictims of terrorism countries that are majority muslim and we see that if you look at the problem right now, they are stronger than before. when he to find a way to fight terrorism because it looks like terrorism caused by economic issues. the terrorists train young people who have no future where they live. we have no accountability. when you look at what is happening right now, in yemen, the government destroying this country, there is no accountability and people expect the united states to do something about it when something goes wrong but if we -- they don't pay responsibility and this issue will never stop. it becomes a symptom that keeps coming back. host: mr. jenkins? the unitedt of all, states is blamed for the world problems and for not solving the world problems. the united states cannot take this on and has not taken this burden. exclusive increasingly realizing that this is a long struggle, united states effort

live heren herndon, shomari stone. >> thank you. >>> now to a story about keeping children safe at school. we've been telling yount for now about plans to put armed retired pice officers in elementary schools in prince william county. >> with the new school year under way, two of the armed guardsre already in place. news4's jackie bensen explains how the program will work this schoolyear. >> this pilot program is already under way and the way it's described is more low key than many people were expecting. >> the prince william county scho board gave formal approval to a memorandum of understanding with the county lice department. retired cops are now filling up the six positions five school community safety officers or csos and one supervisor to provide increased security in elementary schools. >> we've hired three total. two community safety officers and one supervisor. we're in the process of hiring the remaining three. >> the $500,000 to fundlo the program was approved by e county board of supervisors last spring in the wak of the mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school i

. >>> we have new sdeta in a double murder-suicide involving a herndon family. fairfax county police responded to the home earlier this month and found threeeople dead. detectives believe a mother shot her two children before turning the gun on herself. news 4 uncovered a police search warrant. it says thechildren's father arrived home and made the terrible discovery. officers started cpr of the children, but they cod not be saved. the warrant says investigators seized items from the home, including a revolver, paperwork showing where the gun was bought, a a journal. >>> now to the trial of the man charged in the d.c. mansion murders case. >> it was a pretty emotional dau in yesterday. the father of one of the four victims spoke. news 4's megan fitzgerald has more on what he had to say.r: >> reporames martin remembered his daughter, son-in-law, a 10-year-old grandson. he talked about the close relationship with his family and said he learned that their house was on fire after getting a call from a reporter. notable testimony came from a woman who wked for a pet

leesburg, gaithersburg, towards herndon, fairfax, heavy rain, there, too. all pushing east. watch what happens as we move west. this is just a line of storms, a line of very heavy rainfall. this right here, you can see a little swirl, bigger thunderstorms. that's the remnants of tropical storm irdon. that going to move across our area,o, just to our north and that's why we're going to see all this rain here. take a look overnight tonight, here it is 11:00 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 a.m., more rain. southern maryland, down around fred aicksburg points south, lot less for you. watch what happens all day long. 00, yeah, sti raining. tomorrow afternoon 5:00, everybody still raining. that's why i think wre going be dealing with the potential for flooding. national weather service putting out a flood watch different than a flash flood watch. a flood watch simply meansee and streams will be rising and may overflow their banks. it won't happen quickly but it may help happen. 1 to 3 inches possible. turn around, don't drown. we definitely don't want to see any of more of those water resc

saturday, herndon's home coming. also the reunion of the class of 1993. you know i'm not that old. that's 25 years ago. it can't be -- >> yeah. you are 25. >> he's amillennial. >> i'll going to miss you guys at the reunion. sorry, guys. >>> first, heart break after a woman is killed while jogging near her home. >> she was a good girl. i never imagined what was going to happen. >> when we come back, the victim's family is speaking out ow as police make a quick arrest in what appears to be a random attack. >> the crime sparking concern. the four things do you know to protect yourself. protect yourself. >> the i'm neal simon. i'm the son of an immigrant and a family man. daughter: hey, dad. neal: and now i'm running for the u.s. sene, unaffiliated with any party, becaey're playing partisan games and getting nothing done, and it's crippling america. i've created high-paying jobs and gright here in maryland by listening, bringing people together, and findincommon ground, and i'll do the same thing as your senator. they say an outsider can't do it, but... all: together... neal: ...we'll

police and paramedics we called to the school bus in herndon. we're told there was only one child. paramedics took the child off the bus where he later passed away. it's not clear how many other adults other than the driver m have been on the bus. the medical examiner is working to determine what caused the boy's death. the school system says it's cooperating with police. >>> fire investigators are working to learn what caused this massiveow fire inown balt. this baltimore. this is the scene.. baltimore. this is the scene. baltimore. this is the scene. a national historic district where buildings go back 200 years. fire also spread to a neighboring church. thankfully no injuries have been reported. >>> now time to look at the weather the storm team 4 is tracking some rain. >> we'll hear when it's going to arrive along with coolerat tempes. >> reporter: cooler temperatures but any time we're still in summer we'realng about temperatures. you know that comes along with rain. 84 degrees.e feeling l88. we have the clouds around. that's theeginning och our changes. we're watching a line

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

daniel, from herndon, virginia. this question is about turning points that did not happen. events like the rejection of the first 13 the amendment which would have guaranteed slavery or the inability to take vicksburg in 1862 which we have opened up the mississippi a year earlier. burt, can you think of any other offense that did not happen that would have been classified as a merger -- major turning point? >> maybe if mcculloch captures richmond in 1852? [laughter] >> let us not talk complete fantasy. [laughter] your point. it is dangerous to speculate, but that is what jumps out at me. momentum, theyhe penetrate a kentucky, tennessee, they are going to mississippi. they're coming up the peninsula. if richmond falls a year into the war, what does that mean? does it mean the war is over? wounded,hnson getting yet. what if robert e lee decided to leave his army off into the wilderness instead of going to appomattox? lecture he said the quote so quickly i did not get the original source, it was a quote war and politics by other means. did i lose my credibility? [laughter] wha

. >>> the family of the herndon mother and children who were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide are still trying to understand the loss. the father found the boys and the family found the mother upstairs. the family says the boys were intelligent and sweet and that she was a devoted mother. >>> aew scandal for the catholic church that could lead to answers for men and women across the country who say their fathers, tir dads were priests. one man spent 25 years trying t proveat. he says the church threw up roadblocks along the way until one priest's remains were exhumed for dna testing. our sister boston captured the moment he learned the results. >> you have driven all the way from south carolina to find out whether thomas sullivan is your father, and i'm here to tell you that he is. >> don't miss the full story and why this man thinks it could lead to answers for more people like him. that's tonight on news4 at 11:00. >>> a big change for local veterans the v.a. opened a new medical center in montgomery county. th pressure do so with the problems here at the v.a. in d.c. report

more stormsun a the herndon area, ,bethes potomac.ri t around downtown. seeing rain for the last two hours. because of that we have a flash flood flash flood watch. or flash flood warning in effect in through d.c. just about the entire district and then areas of arlingtonnd alexandria. don't drive. turn around. don't own. more rain, heavy rain around damascus. area has just blown up with heavy rain and lightning. around frederick, it's been raining for an hourrso. hagerestown. warned lightning storm. right in through this area, i expect to see very heavy rain ythere. haven't seen it yet, it's come yourg way. all this courtesy of a boundary that'sustitting around the area and is going to say here fowedays. l see rainier and cooler conditions. tropical storm florence. you think tropical storm, that's okay no, no, the national hurricane center has this going bk to category 4 status. now it has wind of 65 miles per hour. here's the lates track. next wednesday at 2:00, bringing it up to a 135 miles per hour category 4 storm. if you extrapolate this -- i aoked

but a scout is leading a clean-up near herndon. the project was a big succes david culver has the update. >> it looks great down there. >> reporter: over the course of the past few saturdays, a up dedicated gro of volunteers turning woods that looked like this into this. life scout from troop 159 is leading the effort. it's focused on clearing the invasive species. more than 150 volunteers joined in. from 5 years old to over years old. including three different scout districts. together, clearing 120 bags of stilt grlys. >> it res providing us with a nice area for us to make it needs to b so the impact has been really great. t one thing david discovered the project is goihelp life scout john thune earn his eagle award and a hornada award. he earned that by making a significant contribution. o conservati >> a place that's great for the family. one of my favorites. >>> look outside, this angelic view of the skylinehere. hard to believe that yesterday, gosh, we were dealing with of thunderstorms, heavy rain. flooding, high water. what

he was off-dut >> matthew herndon was off duty when he noticed a car stuck in rising floodwaters in massachusetts. and she was afraid to get out of the car. and he carried her to safety before her car was swallowed up by the water. ago fund the page will find a new car. he has been a here on multiple fronts. as we watch around the clock for the latest twist and turns in the brett kavanaugh case, we wait to hear from doctor ford, whether she will show up on monday privately or publicly and whether she will take the committee upon its invitation to take her side of the story. as a sworn statement the judge is done so, we await the next move by doctor ford and her legal team. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent the evening with us, i am shannon bream. heather: this is "fox and friends first". a fox news alert, the war on cops escalating nationwide. four police officers in two states shot in the line of duty. what sparked the string of violence against the heroes in blue. confirmation circus, brett kavanaugh's accuser told to let the senate do its job. will the fbi investigate? live i

police later found a woman's as wellthe home this is unfolding in a herndon neighborhood. mark segraves reports this police areli cal it a murder-suici murder-suicide. >> reporter: police are still on the scene this evening. investigators inside a a call came in from a man saying that he had come home to find his two young sons dead in a pool of blood. the homeowneric called p just after 6:00 in the evening after making the gruesome discovery. police would not identify a the victims because of privacy laws regbuding children. based on w t appears the 42-year-old mother who lived here shot her two young sons and then went upstairs and took her own life. >> as the homeowner went in, saw the twouveniles and that is when he backed out and called 911. e woman was upstairs, our officers went in discovered the two juveniles and also the woman upstairs. >> reporter: polree say all victims appear to have died of gunshot wounds. the mother's wound self-inflicted. the family was known to worship at this mosque not far from their home. this woman also attends that mosque. she came by

tragic incident on a fairfax county school bus.d a student dfter a medical emergency on that bus in herndon yesterday afternoon. paramedics rushed the child from ae bus to hospital where he died. police have not said what school that boy attended. > a child is recovering after a stray bullet hit her in southeast. this was the scene around 11:00 last night on langston place. the child was hit in the ankle ond is expected to be okay. we'll continue update this story inbc the washington app. now let's check on the commute with melissa mollet and your "first 4 traffic." good morning, melissa. >>> good morning. a couple of problems. laurel northund bw parkway at 197, still have a crash really slowing things. southbound lanes being impacted as well virginia,d lorton northboun 95 before lorton, right side blocked by the crash there this morning. and in mclean, look at that. southbound gw parkway after 123, crash in the left lane. >> melissa, thank you. >>> a check your forecast iup . ome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-o

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