. >> news 4's justin finch is justin >> repaaron, eun, that's right. you. a true summer morning. weotkno the lull is noing to last. it's only going to get warmer. a lot of us will look for a that heat advisory is in ple we know it's going to get hotter and feel even hotter than the s it'e kind of weather that if healthit can take a toll on your walk you through thi and keep rises, make sure you check on make sure they have access to while outside, takebreaks, 15, get away from the mix and get down. use cooling centers, too. rec centers, community centers. live here in d.c. we can tell up uools will be open nm 9:00 back inside to yo today. justin finch live in dupont circle new morning, a reminder how danger extreme heat can be. a virginia family is mourning police in richmond say someone aftern they saw the 10-mon girl was rescued an adu the baby in the no charges are filed but police also new this morning a with assaulting young right now pasay is being held invest askinga one pasay to call the montgomery i divis sterli tucker served as he also ran the washington he was 95ars ol

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here is one of them where justin finch is live f finch is live for you. only thing by this jack-knifed tractor trail is the left lane. spill across the roadway and a mess for a lot of people as they wait for these postalice to check everything before that can begin. outer loop after new hampshire avenue shup down at the of the beltway. a crh investigation this morning. at this point, what we know single vehicle crash, somebody was trapped and they got that person transported into the eyspital and now ave shut the beltway down for that investigation. alsote outer loop a old georgetown road downed tree crowding the rig t lane and problems on 270 northbound before 109. ride is blocked overtned tractor-trailer and fuel spill. southbound lanes at father hurley. la are open there right now but the response causing some delays. chuck, are you as busy as i am this morning? >> why, yes, i am. i'm tracking rained. not severe wther, that is the good news. whave been ablet get ou ourselvesut of weather alert mode. ayhigh impact of the weather on your plans tod in the

justin finch, news 4. >> i'm looking forward to the food specious. thank yjustin. you can watch live coverage starting right here at 8:00 a.m., just about two hours from now here on c we'll also stream the coverage on the nbc washington app and on our website nbcwashington.com. >>> family, friend neighbors holding a vigil last night, calling for an end to gun violence in the district. they. >> caer: together toeb 11-year-old karon brown who was thot and killed not far from his home in southeas.c. last week. brown was one of eight people who were shot and killed in the district since thursday. and as communoies areng together here to support the brown family, there were two shootings thated happenust yesterday in d.c. >> one of those shootings happened outside a home along j ny helen boroughs and street in northeast d.c. and witnesses tell us they heard five to six shots and they watched two men run off from that scene. those gunmen left a man shot in the middle of the street. neighbor linda witherspoon says she's disgusted of these . shootin >> i'm not safe. i don'

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live in the sotheast, justin finch. ba to you. thank you. >>> new this morni, a traffic alert may impa drivers in montgomery county. work crews will start a oject on the beltway this sunday and it will mean lane closures. megan mcgrath is live along connecticut avenue and the beltway with what you need to know. >> reporter: this will cause problems for people who use t is stretch of beltway in montgomery county. the work means lane closures and at times a complete closure o thebeltway. and it's going to be happening starting on sunday. take a look at the map here. you can get an idea for the area that is affected. this is going to happen on both the inner and outer loops of the avenue between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. crews are installing structural steel on the seminary bridge over the beltway. here is how it breaks down. at 9:00, one lane on the beltway will be closed. 10:00, two lan. 11:00, three lanes will close. then the total closures up to 15 minute at a time will happens needed. that will take place between mi

i'm justin finch here. i'm one-on-one with hilton carter to showcase ways to make your own plants grow. >>> if you're home this afternoon, don't miss nus at 4:. . we switched from ford. i switched from ram. i switched to chevy. wewitched to chevy. we switched to chevy. for dependability. for technology. and just look at it. fadios, lexus.. bye, bye, ford. we switched to chevy. and i couldn't be happier. see for yoursetc why people are swing at the chevy all-star open house. or add another chevy to your driveway. current gm owners can get over $5,100 below msrp on this eqnox. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >>> some of you may have a house here or there and some may couple of dozen house plants. >> here is justin finch with one of those special few who has grown his plant passion into a new book and must-follow instagram page. >> reporter: hilton carter not only knows his plants, knows what you think of them too. >this one here is a neon post and they are what you said earlier, your gran a plant,

justin finch, news 4. it might work depending on your >> it would be cooler. all right mornin >> we'll tell you how this why her resnse may have chuck? >>> good morning, everybody. it will be a hot stretch around here. i'm not sure why we're looking it will be hot it will be hot degree16 z3a5wz z y3a5wy y16fy over the last 24 hours, you finished preparing him for college. in 24 surs, you'lld him off thinking you've done everything for his well being. bu meningitis b progresses quick, sometimes within 24 hours. is uncommon,itis b about 1 in 1ieinfected will d like millionof others, your teen may not be vaccinated against meningitis b. meningit strikes quickly. be quick to talk to your teen's doctor about meningitis b vaccine. >> begin this half hour with degrees outside. alread on a wednesday morning. things only going to warm up from here, folks. 4:30 your time now. i'm gilchrist. summer in washington. reat advisories are in effect this we' in weather meliss mollet is staing by humidi chuck bell whois checking in. asl dangerouy high heat index. up over 100 wit

"news4 today" justin finch is live along the national mall to talk about what is planned for today. good morning. >> good morning. we can tell you right now all of the planning going on right now is plan a. the events for today, you can see here on 15 street. wide open. the barricade are open and so are the checkpoints and ready to go f the event scheduled for today the crowd. the first event is parade on ve constitution ae. you can see down there they are ready to go as well. the barricade is up and police cruisers inplace. if you are coming down the national park service wants you to have this number on the screen. this is their text line. all you have to do is sign up for their text alerts. text the word july4dc to 888-777 and update you on the weather and checkpoints and including ways to connect with lost children. also things they don't want you to bring downre h that includes the following. no weapons, nok, fireworo drones, no laser pointers. we come back out here live. might be smart to bring a poncho or small umbrella that will be okay for today's events. one of the big one

i'm justin finch, news4. back to you. >> thank you,justin. >>> this morning, we are learning more about a crash in spotssylvania county that killed three pe le, includingtwo children. >> we are hearing from a woman i who rushn to help. take a look at the truck t wed away by the tow truck taking away that mangled car that was near unrecognable. anna was killed along with a 12-year-old girl and a bo 10-month-old y. the car they were riding in crossed the center line and hit an suv and happened near courthouse road a a lakenna on sunday afternoon. >> it sounded like an explosion went off and i ran up to the aident. and it's one of the most horrific things i've ever seen. it was really bad. r >> the drived another child who were in the car suffered life-threatening injuries. the fairfax county couple in the suv suffered serious injuries. >>> u.s. marshals need help to track down a man wanted for kill a 10-year-old girl in d.c. s name is isaiah merchantson. he is one of 11 indicted by a grand jury in connection to

we are live from montgomery county, justin finch, news4. back to you. >> justin, we will stay on the top of latest in that. >>> this saturday alt raight demonon will take place at freedom plaza and d.c. police chief is worried about safe. counterprotesters are expected as well. the biggest worry is about a possible clash between the two side. >> we have staffed up, worked collaboratively with our federal partners so we will do everything wcan to make sure this is a safe event. when it comes to these type of events when y have people with opposing views, washington, d.c., as everybody knows, is the o ace where that is going happen. people will come here and exercise the first amendment rights but got to do it safely and they have to do it w spectfully. >> newsome says laenforcement learned many important lesson from the deadly chlottesville protest. his number one goal is keep the opposing groups away from each other. >> you are looking at a fourth of july protest outside the white house that led to some scuffle and arrests. a demonstrator s

news4 justin finch is there with what we can expect. >> good morning. it's still kind of unclear what is going to happen. we are in the final countdown to the fourth of july. then one thing for sure, this year's celebration will be fferent. we are hearing from the white house down to the u.s. park police. right now, here on the mall, preparation are under way. the tents are going up. the barricade as well. we do know we will see the traditional parade and concerts and festivities and fireworks too.ea this yr, fireworks are now being set up at west potomac park and not by the lincoln memorial which will you nobody the backdrop for president trump's speech as part of hiso salute t america celebration which he spoke more about yesterday. >> we will have planes goin overhead. the best fighter jets in the world and fire trucks too and tanks stationed outside and we ibhave some incr equipment, military equipment on display, brand new and we are very proud. of it >> reporter: regarding those tanks, it's one of those details that still is kind of up clear. from

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live in southwest, justin finch, "news4 today." back to you. >>> this morning, we are continung to keep an eye on tropical depression ba that storm which had been a category 1 hurricane hit the gulf coast over the weekend. much of lisiana was drenched in rain bringing up to 6 inches in some place. the threat f oflash flooding lingered all weekend and hundreds of road became flooded and nearby ceks and rivers breached their banks. new orleans is breathing a sigh of relief. the city says it managed to make it through the storm without much trouble. >>> the d.c. region may not have been hit by a hurricane but some of us are still cleaning up from last week's flash flooding. >> it took out a big chunk ofl best road in potomac, maryland, creating a sinkhole that caused problems for dozens of familyheho lived on wrong side of the wash-out. one lane reopened s morning. crews are working on a permanent fix to the road but that work should not require another complete closure. >>> let's turn to your storm team 4 forecast with lauryn rickett

live in montgomery county, justin finch, "news4 today." back to you. >>> update on t story we brought you as breaking newsmoi the ing. a 2-year-old is back at home this morning. virginia state police issued an amber alert r raequon ashby and thought he was danger. they say he was kidnapped in warren county. yesterday, meone returned the boy to his home unharmed. they are searching for kashar ashby and believe he kidnapped the child. >>> a murder suspect search is on. >>> this morning the stafford county sheriff's office is investigating both the murder and attempted muhaer and it ened wednesday night at the 512 gas station on garrisonville road. 20-year-old troy barnett jr. was killed and 18-year-old laura guadalupe cruz was taken t. the hospital >>> police a shooting along telegraph road could be gang-readily. you can see a bullet hole and shattered glass. two teens were shot at a playground before midnight on monday and they are expected to be okay. on wednesday, shots were fired again. a man suffered a grayed wound and bullets hit two c

we are live in the rthwest, justin finch, "news4 today." >> thank you, justin. hopefully, somebody rognize them from that video. >> indeed. >>> you may be using tsa precheck for a smoother travel experience this summer but some travelers are telling the news4 i-team they are not getting what they alwaysfolay . >> scott macfarlane explains in this flyer beware report. >> reporter: f you're part of a tsa precheck program you spend extra money to make easier to get through security but some travelers tell the "news4 today" i-team the are not getting what they paid for.jo hn morris is one of 20 million americans with a mobility issue but a wheelchair after a 2012 car crash morris never thought ld giving up his passion for traveling the wor >> i am the rare person who love to fly. >> reporter: to make things simpler he enrolled in tsa precheck for a faster trip through security. but washington national is one of the a handful airports nationwide are not wheel-cleir accessib >> the down side now you have to remove the items that you're supposed to be able to leave int

live inalmer park, justin finch, xcq'news4. father and son ended in tragedy. >> a boy admitted to stap istabs father. the father was wound in a wooded area near the crash. officers say they saw the teen walking out of the wood and he was taken to a hot where he was treated foror min injuries. pls ka rr mrs. karoma can't believe what happened. >> he was going to take him to the library to do his homework because he is in summer school. >reporter: karoma told detectives he stabbed his father and dragged him into the nearby wood. he has been charged asn adult with first and second-degree murder and is in jail without bond. >> 5:35. here is a look at other top stories this morning. the. >>> the funeral for11-year-old karon brown will be held today. he was shot earier this mth. police have charged 29-year-old tony mcclam with murder. daze after he died his football coach was killed in an and related separate shooting. the team says they will play in honor of both of them next season. >>> customers in petco once again have power. 40,

i'm justin finch, news4. back inside to you. >>> laurel police are searching for the person who gunned down man yesterday afternoon along woodland court. police identified the victim asl 57-year-old dphin jackson and they are trying to figure out what led to that shooting. >>> this morning, investigators withed the fal aviation administration will be in addison, texas, searching for answers after that dead plane crash over the weekend. here is a look. ten people on board a private twin-engine jet were killed and the plane was taking off for st. petersburg, florida and crashed into unoccupied hangar. ntsb is looking into the plane's maintenance history for the cause. >> the air aft specifically, how it was maintained, how it was operated, its maintenance history, and the environment, specifically looking at the ntather that was active at the time of the accide >> the names of the ten people who were killed have not been released. >>> president trump is back in washington after making history in north korea. he

justin, finch news 4. >>> d.c. police have identified the man killed as francis savoie. he was 37 years old and lived in southeast. "news 4 at 00" with jim and erika starts right now. >>> hello, everybody. first up tonight at 5:00, a warning to wash your produce and wash your hands. >> had a nasty intestinal illness isi sweepng through our backyard, maryland, virginia, d.c. all warning the public are psychosporea. this parasite has sickened people in 11 states soth far. e fda believes the source may be tainted basil in mexico. >> news 4's corey smith joins us live tonight with a look at how to keep you and your family safe. cory? >> well, jim and erika, this has health dertments across the country really concerned. nearly 600 people have been sickened by psychopsoriasis just this year. that includes the 95 confirmed cases right here in the dmv. a spring summer are a particularly dangerous time for this illness, but when this most recent outbreak we're seeing increased numbers of pple who have gotten sick and an elevated risk so doctors across the region are telling peopl

. >>> justin finch is live with details on a new border change for school. >> reporter: a mention of chang' to childre schools will raise parents' concerns. in this case, the concerned i parents fairfax county want what is best for county schools and students and that is to relieve overcrowding. they met here a lutheran jackson middle school last night where parents voiced displeasure to the language about the school's boundary policy which calls for sev factors to be relieve overcrowding and potentially modify the school boundaries. this he ilude socioeconomic and -- a policy that doesn't sit well with many parents who were here at last night's mreting. >> he we are in july of 2019 and this board has again tried to fly under the public's ra and radly ically rewrite the boundary. >> here is a statement from the school board. at this time, the board says there is no vote on this policy set for any time in the near future. however, they do s they have had a series of public meetings on this matter and plan to keep an open back inside tyou. >> people will be following this one closely.

i'm justin finch, news 4, back into you. >> justin, thank you.5: >>> 33 now. it's been nearly three years since seth rich was gunned down in d.c. and since that time, there h ve been all kinds of conspiracy theories about his death. now, according to a yahoo news investigation, those conspiracy theories trace back to iaru rich was a dnc staffer who was killed while walking home. yahoo news spokehe with former federal prosecutor who looked into this case. russian intel planted a bulletin alleging that rich had been assassinated. nbc news has not independently confirmed the yahoo story but goes on to say the russian bulletin was picked up by far wsght media and eventually reached fox neand the trump administration allies. >>> the search continues for the person who fired a gun in the direction of an on duty police officer. >> we have new details to the story we told you about yesterdayhe take a lookre. we showed you this surveillance video yesterday morning. v although theideo is dark, you can see someone shooting a gun. this happened early in the morning on 4th

news4 justin finch is live at union station with the scare that caused people to nic. justin, what happened? >> reporter: as you can imagine, thousands of people make their ay through union station every single day, especially busy on holiday weekend. you can imagine the concern, the fears people thought when they felt they were in danger here yesterday. you can see d.c. firefighters there. policeesponding tonion station just after 5:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon.t hey later learned on the scene that it as, indeed, nonactive shooter but, instead, someone set off fireworks here at the station. concerning to so many. we spoke it a witness here who was in the middle of it all. take a listen. >> sounded like a place crashing and everybody was, like, jumping over the counters and erything. so we ran behind like into the kitchen and a lot of people thiught it was l gunshots or something. >> reporter: luckily, it was not gunshots. as you heard there, peop thinking they were running for their lives, hiding in back room and holed up in bathroom. ithe end it was just fireworks set

. >> "news4 today" justin finch joins us live now from northwest d.c. on yuma w streetre the storm caused some bad damage. justin? >> seeing some progress since we saw youlast. a tree behind us here is sufficiently broken down and left of those large limbs gone so the pepco crewson can ctinue their work. the limbs attached to that large tree not only took down wires p but twer around here too. neighbors tell us close to 6:00 or 7:00 yesterday afternoon when the storm was bearing down, they heard the branches of that tree bin to break and collapse into the wires taking them down with them. that also led they say to a small fire in that neighbor's yard at yuma street in northwest. d.c. fir wighterse called to the scene and able to knock the fire out. they warn as well with the potential for more heavy storms to come we could see more hazards like that. >> any wires down are live even if they don't appear to be. okay? you don't know t wheny will reenergize or what is going to happen to them. >> reporter: youcan see that tree mostly broken down. pepco crews

live in northwest, justin finch, chu "news4 today." >>> the d.c. region brace for another round of potential flooding, new orleans is cleang up after a storm caused the french quarter was filled with flood water. many tourists said they became stranded at the shops and ts they were visiting and unable to get back to their hotels. public transportation had to be shut down. it has the potential to turn a tropical storm is brewing out in the gulf now. it has the potential to turn into a hurricane. mil'sion of people in the sto path now and they are preparing for the worst. flooding, storm surge and strong wind are expected there and grocery stores are picked clean. hardware stores are selling out of generators and flashlights and batteries and people are ir doing the best to get ready down along the gulf coast. >> we need to get ready for severe weather in our area. chuck bell has the information youeed to know. >> thursday is off to a much more hud start than we have had the last couple of mornings. a lot of cloudiness outside this morning. sticky an

news4 justin finch is live outside of d.c. police w headquartersith the latest. >> reporter: good morning. two shootings on two different side of the district. barely a day apart. that left children injured over the weekend. m and one dead. that man was killed just after.m 5:30 pon sunday afternoon right by the 14th and 15th street area. this alley here by st. augustine catholic church. he was one of two shot in that alley. after that gunfire, unnamed man died on the scene. we spoke with a neighbor who say he heard the shots. >> we walked out of our apartment and some guy was shot. we went over to the park to hang out and back this wayoet in and they had we couldn't get in. >> reporter: hours earlier, talking late saturday in southeast, three were injured after bullets blasted a bus stop in that area by the maryland line on southern avenue. two children were inj ed, a 3-year-old boy and 6-ar-old irl were hurt, including a 20-year-old man. their injuries are sa to be nonlife-threatening injury. police are looking for vehicles o

news4 justin finch is there with what we can expect. good morning. >> good morning. there are some concern about what this is going to look like. the day tick closer to the fourth of july which is thursday, by the way, we are getting a better sense of just what these celebrations are going to look like. it's safe b to say, so far, they are going to look a bit different. look out forre more than firks and flags. it appears we could see the tanks you were talking about. the associated press reportingo th tanks have arrived to the area. at least two they say from georgia. each weigh about 60 tons are now set to be locked up behind gatee in the soutt, awaiting their use on the fourth of july. we are hearing they will be not moving and stationary and on display. on the mall we are seeing the preps com together. the tents are going up and barricades. we know fireworks this time are set to launch from west potomac park instead of the lincoln memorial which is where the president will make his speech o on the fourth july. these bigger plan, of course call for someanges here

justin finch, news 4. >> cost comparing is always a good idea, you know? >> definitely. >>> 4:26, still ahead a local construction worker is killed on the job. we're updating the investigation that is now under way. >>> plus a look at a recent robbery in maryland. we'll tell you why police think it could be connected to other crimes in your area. >>> check with the nice weather today. >>> yes, ndeed. dog-walking forecast today, ceaser, how many wrinkles does seizer have? an older dog, 10 years old. nice low energy companion for you. great weather for some extra miles today. more nice we at >> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. >>> good morning to you i'm jummy. >> i'm adam. aaron and eun have the day off. we're busy here. it's a big day in the district ypecifically on capitol hill. robert mueller, ave heard of him, he is set to testify this morning in front of two house commhtees. >> tis is all after that 22-month investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. it led to 34 indiments and it all comes down to today. we do have c

news 4 justin finch is at the tunnel this morning with the latest on the investigation. justin, what are you learning so far? >> reporter: well, eun, aaron, this of course was a crash that turned into an argument that turned into a shooting that resulted in a three-hour long investigation. a man is now fighting for his life and police are now looking for a suspect and a shooter in this case as well as a vehicle of interest. i want to take you now over the tunnel. this is where it a happenedll yesterday just before 3:00 p.m. tuesday. that left the northbound lanes of 395 closed to tffic for hours. just under that third street tunnel right by the mass avenue exit is where this all took place. d.c. police saying a beige ford ex alorer rear ended dark colored sedan then parties from both vehicles got out and that's when police say the situation here escalated. >> both exited their vehicles. there was an argument that occurred on scene, on the scene of the accident. and a gun was introduced into this argument. and our complainantas actually shot. >> reporter: and back live, p

we are live in the northwest, justin finch. back inside to you. >> hopefully, somebody can help the police. >> tough to watch tha for sure. >> justin, thank you. >>> aat dramic rescue, steps away from one the district's biggest attractions to tell you about. it was a beautiful evening at the wharf but it turned chaotic when with police say a woman went into the water off district pier and she did not come back up. it took divers about 25 minutes to find her. the woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >> since the wharf has been opened, to my knowledge, the first time we have had this kind of event. >> police are still investigating whether the woman purposely went into the water or if she fell. >>> t hours ofstimony at the end he of the russia investigation or the starteaf the impment hearings, depending on what side of the aisle you were on. democrats saying it exposed the trump campaign potenti criminal behavior. most lawmakers focussed the questions on obstruction of justice. the former special counsel dismis

. >> news4 justin finch joins us live from yuma street where the storm caused serious damage. what are you seeing? >> reporter: that's right.h first ting you notice here at 4:30 is how dark it is at yuma northwest. hey are working restore power to several customers in this area. take a loi beh me here. working under way is right now on what was a l veryrge tree that came down in yesterday's storms. crews having to frst get the tree down to work on the wires that came down with it during thest storm yeday. take you to owdeo right from late in the afternoon. close to 6:00 p.m., neighbors tell us the storm was really being down on this area and eventually they heard the snap, crackle, and collapse of those big branches to that tree there. that also took down some wires. also, too, setting off small fires, until the yard of that home where the branches fell. d.c. firefighters arrived to the scene and able to put out that small e. d.c. fire also warning all of us with the potential for more storms to come. there is a greater risk for falling trees and moredo ed wires. >> any wires

. >> news4 justin finch joins us live from the prince george's county police headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning on. you ask neighbors who live on thatá2$ñ block where the shooti happened, they will tell you ohis is simply not something they are used t(d!b and why th and prince george's county police want to know why that bh uin that shot and killed in their otherwise community. it happened in broad daylight on sunday, close tovh 2:30 p.m. sa pr1snce george's county on place in temple hill. if you know that area, you know it's very quiet. the homes have been there for ears. neighbors have been on that block for years as well. they say this is not a plac here violence is all that common. so when they heard those shots fired on sunday and saw a man lying on their sidewalk, neighbors quickly called for help.erbz >> i went in panic. i was scared. the police are working to track down a motive and suspects in this case. justinfinch, news4. >>> a local mother will bury her 11-year-old child today, a victim of gun violence. the funeral for 11-year-old karon br

we're live reporting on route 50 i'm justin finch, news 4. back inside to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> eight minutes after the hour now and the battle to get president trump's tax returns is heating up. the house waysndeans committee is now suing the treasury department and the irs. the lawsuit alleges the administration defied a congressional subpoena to hand over six years of trump financial records. in may, treasury sec stair steve the in told the committe request lacks legitimate legislative purpose. he president maintains he cannot releasehis documents because he's under an irs audit. >>> tens of thousands of people protested tside of migran detention centers across the country, calling for their cl sure. this comes as newly released pictures from the inspector general show the extent of senior managers at several facilities have raised security concerns. one manager described the situation as a, ,quo ticking time bomb. the border patrol says it is facing an unprecedented surge of migrants being apprehended. there were 144,000 in may.

. >> news 4 justin finch is live from one of the many bars that are opening early for thell mue testimony. surprised there's not already a line out there this morning, justin. >> reporter: hey there, adam, jummy. good mueller morning. a lot of people right now are waking up not for work but for bars like this one here at union pub. no doubt these sea are going to be filled this morning because for many this is a moment in history thatthey are choosing to watch on the big screens in bars with breakfast and booze. we have a list of sps that ll be opening in just a few hours spread across the district from northwest to southeast here. the bars will opostly between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. they include shaw tavern on fo avenue and northwest. duffy's irish pub. union pub we're here in northeast close to the capitol h miadd. hawk n-dove between third and fourth streets in southeast. also a place where you'll likely find a lot of capitol hill influence, too. as we come backut hereive anoth wo toearn mind, other bars will also be opening perhaps as well and for this e list, mordetail is on our nbc

justin finch ise at the county administration building, he's in largo with more on this, justin? as of right now, the announcement not yet formally eeade, you can s behind me a lot of people in this room, several high ranking members in t fire department here awaiting that announcement. you mentioned the county executives set to make a hu announcement today. we're hearing from multiple sources that tiffany green will take over as the new chief of the prince georges county fire department. we have a look at her now on the screen here, she would replace the outgoing chief who is reportedly set to retire in a matter of months. green comes to her chief title with deces of experience in firefighting and emergency rescue experience here. as we come back out,ll you' see the police chief is here, among other notable names gathering for this big announcement day. tiffany green, the current chief deputy set to become chief in thefire department would be first black woman to hold that post here in prince georges county. that's theatest live largo, justin finch, news 4, back in to you. >> th

right now we talk with justin i finch w down on the ground. what are you seeing where you are in a different spot? >> reporter: not seeing much in the way of cleanup yet regarding that crash. behind me i want to show you what we are seeing now. we do have sinkhole in the traffic on the far l that is moving but as you might expect, there is a great deal of backup behind tha so knowhat coming up here. this is the inner loop by exit 33. onnecticut avenue. a tractor-trailer crashing overnight. also with it lots of magazines on board creating quite a mess here this morning. we have not seen much yet in thp way of clean at this time but you're seeing here on the scene there are three tow vehicles here standing by ready to move that truck and trailer with it when the time is right. looking to the far right here you can see on theuter loop the traffic is moving. if you're making walker way out this morning know outer loop and inner loop you might encounter backup. it looks like they are beginning to do something here with the tractor-trailer removal.

justin finch is there. and so is the little boy and his mother. justin tell us all about it. reporter: the metro transit officer who stepped in last week, to help her 4-year-old son andrew. the story had since gone viral he's having a bad day on metro ah, a bad day that got even worse. he has autism. he went into a meltdown. the mom was by herself. that's when officer kay stepped in, to calm down andrew. he says, honor and recognition aside, he would have done it all again. >> it's been heartwarming, i never expected any of this to i thought you know, i was doing what any other officer did atm the that's what we're here for? >> was there any part of you that could have allowed you to walk away that day? >> no, not as an officer, not as a parent. i'm glad i was able to help. >> officer case is also the father of a 4-year-old, so he knows what taylor was going through that day. metro also saying too, this story has gotten recognition country.he many glad to see the way the officer stepped in and helped this family, and helped that little boy andrew, as he dealing with his autis

in a few minutes, justin finch will have a live report from capital one headquarters in mclean. in the meantime, you can open the nbc washington app and search capital one if you think you've been affected. >>> update this morning on a murder case. a 17-year-old who admitted to stabbing his own father to death will take a psychological evaluation. the decision was made yesterday by a judge. it came after the son said in court that his father was controlling his mind. detectives say he stabbehis father as he was driving, forcing him to crash his suv near allen pond park. bowie.ened in >>> we are following some developing news in northeast washington this morning. police are trying to find the person behind several armed abbberies. >> news4 jummy olji is in the newsroom with details on the crimes and the people being targeted right now. good morning. >> good morning. police say the man they believe behind these robbery appears to be argeting transgender woayn. officers se is targeting them overnight each time after about 2:00 in the morning. all of this started about a week ago be

we'll bring you more on this justin fch, konews4. >> justin finch in açóspen hill thank you so much. >>> d.c.'s chief of police is worried aboutÑi saffty ahead o tomorrow's planned alt-right demonstration in freedom plaza. own whiteÑi supremacist groups may be there along with ã=zueu "n biggest worry for officerst. s a possible clash. federal partners. we'll do everythinga5 we can t when you have people with d.c., as everybody knows, is the place where that is ing to [ vappen. and exercise their first amendment rights.ot they've ju to do it safely and respectively.c >> theñr chief says law enforcement learned manya5 important lessons from the deadly charlotteville protests. chief ewsham says his number one goal is to keep the opposing to find they had no one way or d.c. water tells usñr they're mn, affectingkog 1500 blockt(ok at the u street metro station. the hospital in prince george's county. one person+q is fighting to li. it caused a5a mess for drivers powder mill road and beltsville drive.Ñi news4's meagan fitzgerald has the latest from thexd scene<# >> reporter: th

justin finch is live with what we are learning, hi, justin. >> d.c. police are right on the case of another deadly shooting here in the district. this one happening closeo 11:00 or so last night, a man now dead. st as law enforcement forced a new partnership in our region to stamp out these illegal firearms. sun up and crime scene investigatos out. a man gunned down overnight on the 300 block of 50th street northeast. police searching for a suspect in a white suv with tints on h windows and sunroof. the suv pulled off into the darkness. the victim left for dead at the lincoln heights house development earlierthis week, a special agent in charge from atf theup gro came together with tougher prosecution. turns out more than a third of the illegal guns turn out in virginia. >> we're going to have to get after this, andake it extremely hard for individuals to get guns and that's our commitment. as then homicide rate i d.c. is up. l year, 2018 the number was at 88. the rate is now abruptly 9% higher inching toward triple digeis. >> two nbors over lincoln h

. >> "news4 today" justin finch is libr with d-new detail on the suspect and how police tracked him down. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good g.mornin a chilling story for anyone, especially for metrorider. worried that a woman was raped in broad daylight yesterday and quick action tracking down the man who is allegedly behind all of this and got awayn a train car. this man abraham is in custody here. he was found at the metro station that a train was rolling as he goton a red line train on another stop where he exited and arrested a short time later. he reportedly assaulted a woman close to 12:30 p.m. yesterday on a platform here at a metro station. metro police telling us no other witnesswes or riders who nearby at the time. the woman was there alone. luckily, those cameras were rolling. we can tellyou that woman was taken to a hospital where she was given an evaluation as for abraham, he is fac a charge of first-degree rape pending his extradition from d.c. to here. riders are relieved to hear an arrest wase. mad >>> a northwest d.c. neighborhood is on edge this morning after the

news4 justin finch is joining us live from d.c. police headquarters with the test. good morning. >> reporter: on good morning imagine this officer could have been hurt or much worse. that is why the search is on for th suspect that that officer and others in danger. we have a look at those scary second caught on surveillance videki loong at that right now, this is the early morning on the fourth of july close to 4:00 a.m. on e clip you willsee that suspect walking a dog. authority say that was passing by an officer he told him "fu" as he passed by. minutes later he comes back and the second clip you will see crouching behind the tree and firing shots in the direction of that officer who was duty and with people moments before the suspect escaped through an alley and was not caught. the good newss that no one was hurt. now a closer look at where this happened. we are talking about 4600 block of hillside road in southeast near 46th and hillside and not far fromoa benning r and not far from the maryland line. d.c. police and fbi going after this suspect. thetw fbi ting

justin finch is live at union station with details on the scare. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this happened close to 5:00 p.m. on sunday. coming home to a noise that many thought was gunfire. they werenning for cover and fearing the worst. d.c. fire and police rang here to union station as crowd were filing out running from what they thought were gunfire being fired insidebut it turned out there were fireworks that had gone off. instead likely amplified by the echoes of the station. spoke to a witness who heard those sound and they got st of the story. >> they were just laughing and people saw them laughing and they knew it was nothing but 's just like why would you do that, you kn r? >>orter: it turn out this witness says it soupeded like it may have been a prank at the station but not funny at all. everything has calmed down since and the station is operating as normal but three people had to be treated for episode triggered by medical conditions so a very real scare that happeed yesterday but all back to normal now. back to you. >> t

. >> news4 justin finch is live at the cheverally station and how authorities were able to track him down. >> it turns out the key to tracking this station at cameras that were rolling at this station and suspect in the case got on a red line train and tried to maken escapebut he did not get far. looking at your screen that is him alabama taddesse who went one stop over into d.c. where he exited and later taken into y custod this was minutes after metro transit police say that he xually assaulted a moment at a platform here at cheverly in yesterday afternoon in broad daylight. you might wonder why no one else stopped to hlp or sawny aing. it turn out official say no other rider were on that platform at the time. the woman was taken to the hospital for evaluation. for abham he is prepared for extradition back to maryland from d.c. where now being held for a first-degree rape charge. you have to imagine a lot of rider here at this station for metro are happye to h quick action was taken in this case and an arrest has been made.o back tyou. >> thank you, justin. >>> this morning, northw

we are live here in northwest, outside of the ice office building, justin finch, ws4. back inside to you. >> thank you, justin. >>> this morning, we are continuing to keep an tropical depression barry. the storm which has been a category 1 hurricane hit the gulf coast or the weekend. much of louisiana was drenched in rain and bringing up to 6 inches in laces. flash flooding and nearby road ere flooded as nearby creeks and rivers breached their. banks >> the forecast has rain again all the way up the lower mississippi valley. that rain will get into the valley and come backwn to louisiana so we want to make sure we watch the water levels. >> this morning, tens of thousands of people are still without power. in new orleans, a big sigh of relief. the city said it managed to make it through the storm without much trouble. >>> the d.c. region may not have been hit with hurricane but some of us are still cleaning up a big chunk of flooding. >> it created a sinkhuse that is cag problems for dozens of people who live on the wrong side of that wash-out. >> they had a shuttle se

here's news 4's justin finch with the latest on the search to find the person responsible. >> this very easily could have ended much diferently. thofficer could have been hurt or far worse, now, d.c. police and the fbi as well are searching for the suspect that put that officer and others in danger. we have a look at those scary seconds captured on surveillance video. this is the morning of the 4th of july, roughly 4:00 a.m. or so. ou're looking at surveillance video, showing on one side, the spect walking a dog. that may seem benign, there's more too it. the suspect with thatog said fu as he passed the officer who was with people aim short before, minutes later, that suspect back on the scene as you will see there, crouching behind the tree, and firing shots in the direction of that officer, that officer aain was on duty, the suspect escaping through an allle and was to get away, the relief is that no one was hurt. i want to give you a look at where this happened. loser look here, this is roughly 46 and hillside road. it's not far from benningd, roa and not far from the maryland line.

let's begin with justin finch who is live in southeast washington. good morning. >> reporter: on good morning. flis now looki police looking to the public to fill in the gaps of this investigation and lead to a suspected killer. the victim in this case is now identified as -yr-old karon brown of southeast, shot they say inside of a vehicle near alabama avenue and naylor road close to 7:00 p.m. so still daylight outside when this police say this shooting likely followed a dispute earlier involving group of people as many as five they say, a mix of adults, including children as young as 10ears old and shots were fired were fired inside the asvehicle that brown w in. police are calling this a suspect in the case. you can see in the image he is shirtless and running believed to be in his 20s or 30s. police are urging anyone who lives or works nearby to review their camera footage. > we are asking residents who live in this area, if you have video cameras, please review those cameras. we want to see if there are any young men specifically a group of maybe

justin finch is live along the national mall for us this morning. good morning to you, justin. >> reporter: happy fourth. it might be smart t bring a poncho if you come out later. so far the weather is holding up. we got here a few moments ago and we have been watching police clear off this area for all of the celebration set to begin later today. a line of police cruisers out here clearing away a lot of the cars that were parked. are expecting people across the country an a lot of them have weather on their mind, including a couple that we met from north carolina who tell us they are coming prepared. >> rain plan is i did research on the internet and i said you only go aund once. et's splurge a little bit on the hotel so i found a embassy row hotel and they have a party -- not a party. t a package. and they have a wonderful rooftop terrace! >> joo. >> reporter: that is pretty smart idea for her family here is a list of things not to bring if you plan on coming down. and leave your weapons at home too. if you plan on coming out, you can sign up for

we're live here in northwest, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you, justin. >>> 6:33is now and th morning a local btq activist is speaking out after threeob rberies of transgender women in the district. police believe each crime wasd commit the same man. the suspect was captured in surveillance photos you see here. the first robbery happened last monday on second street northeast. the second and third happened two dayslater within about 30 minutes of each other near sixth and k streets and hunt place llrtheast. police say in a three robberies the suspect hopped out of a car, flashed a gun, demanded the victim's property and then took off in that dark colored suv. >>> we don't know all of the details yet, but it is good to see the police parering with e community and reaching out for more information. >> theobberies happened just as the lgbtq community is mourning the recent murders of two transgender women. >>> we're getting new details out a murder mystery in fairfax county. >> a man is on trial accused of killing his wife and tryi to cover it up. prosecutors say he shot and killed his w

back inside to you. >> all right, justin finch for us in silver springhis morning. thanks. >>> deadly crash. the latest on what caused a asane to crash into a building in killing ten people. ithappened just after takeoff. how that information will steer the investigation. >>> plus, we will get you ready to hit the roads or airports for 4th of july holiday.ow the crds and information that could make your trip smoother. >>> right now, investigators with the federal aviation administration are busy searchg for answers after aly dead crash, plane crash, in a addison, texas. >> this video from the scene yesterday morning. all ten people aboard the private twin engine plane were killed. here is nbc's steve gutierrez with more on the investigation. >> reporter: this morning, tragedy in texas. >> everybody stand by. we had an accident on the field. so expect not to go out any time soon. >> reporter: ntsb officialsv cestigating what caused a fiery planesh that killed all ten on board. >> we'd like to start by expressing our most sincere codolences to the familynd friends who

news 4 justin finch is live e oads for us. justin, tell us where you are and what you're seeing. >> reporter: hey there, eun. we're approaching 270 southbound heading back into the d.c. area. weare seeing the roads look pretty good but keep in mind that roads like this, main roads, are going to be pretty busy over the long holiday weekend. and pretty much everywhere you go for the next few days is going to be impacted by some kind of traffic. so know this as well more than 1 million people are expected to be on the road for the holay weekend. that number is up from last year which means a lot more people will be out there as well. gas also about 20 cents cheaper is also said to be why more people will be out on t roads again. expect congestion on our main hi hiways here, beltway, 270 as well as route 50 with your busiest traveday likely t be aaa says happening between sunday 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. starng as soon as 9:00 a.m. a: parts of 95. something different this year for holiday travelers, we're going to see flight traff