we're here at the site of the old laurel mall. it's been five years since new plans for this place were announced. and today, you can finally see a sign. you can see the sign that was extended in the air, is now in the ground, a sign that the $130 million project is moving forward. >> it's going to be a live, dine, play atmosphere. >> a ground breaking that has laurel business community beaming, finally plans to revitalize the old laurel mall is closer to becoming a reality. >> i'm pretty excited that we're going to have a mall now and maybe hopefully one day a movie theater again. >> the 31-year-old mall now called the laurel town center will get a mixed use makeover. there will be residential housing at cherry lane and fourth, 4,000 square feet of restaurants, spotsen to the taken and new stores and businesses including a grocery chain and cinema. >> we'll all have to travel to columbia mall or to another mall to shop. >> i feel like we have more people and more business and good to our town. >> the project's progress has been s

ross told news 4 he met with the laurel police chief and the city attorney. he says the officers off the street is and there now a criminal investigation under way. that in addition to a $3 million lawsuit filed by the victim. we reached out to the city of laurel today but have not yet heard back from them. >>> pressure is growing tonight against a republican senate candidate after his controversial comments on rape. congressman tom aiken of missouri claimed in a tv interview that women's bodies will biologically protect them from getting pregnant during a, quote, legitimate rape. he did not show up to a planned appearance on cnn tonight. republican party leaderbs are condemning those remarks. aiken did apologize saying he misspoke but also said he's not a quitter. >> from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> the gop considered missouri critical to reg

it has taken a little while to get to laurel. it strikes in the to have the there.ject over t think this will continue? >> i do. think it is a great location. they're both expanding as well. i think developers and those who money into the was the city of laurel are taking a good hard look at have to offer here. >> right now, we see a sign. going to see when this project is done? what will it be like? you see a mixture of town center. i cannot go into detail of some of the stores that are coming. public will be very see andth what they we have to offer. this is a over $130 million project. bring in over 1500 jobs to the city as over 1000 construction jobs. that is important to our economy and our region here. >> thank you very much. good to hear about new jobs and development. >> absolutely. thank you. in an effort to raise the wage, they are pushing from $7.25 toe $9.80 an hour. wide campaign to driving.n on drunk called drive us over or get pulled over. they're teaming up with local enforcement agencies. they are planning to rel

this redevelopment project is happening at the laurel mall on route 1. residents told angie goth about their excitement over the area's new addition. >>> it's going to be a live, dine, play atmosphere. >> reporter: a ground breaking that has a laurel business community beaming, finally plans to revitalize the old laurel mall is closer to becoming a reality. >> i'm pretty excited that we're going to have a mall now and maybe hopefully one day a movie theater again. >> reporter: the 31-year-old mall now called the laurel town center will get a makeover. there will be residential housing, 400,000 square feet of new restaurants, spots to entertain and 50 new stores and businesses including a grocery chain and cinema. >> i won't have to travel to colombia mall or another mall to shop. >> i feel like we have more people and more crowded and more business. good for our town. >> reporter: the project's progress has been slow following years of financial struggles. now with new developors, a new day with hopes the revamped center will become more than just a core

i'm a kid. >> as for the laurel incident, a spokesperson for the department says they are aware of it. >> the shift supervisor alerted the laurel police chief right away and an internal investigation was opened immediately. >> he says the incident doesn't change how he feels about lawyer. >> very night, quiet, calm city. but there are some bad apples. >>> coming up, tomorrow could be a landmark day for nasa. how it could help scientists discover if there was ever life on mars. >>> and a live look at london tonight where the fastest man in the >>> possible plea deal is in the works for the man accused of killing six, injurying several others. psychiatrists are expected to testify that jared lee loughner is mentally competent. if a judge accepts the plea, he will likely be sentenced to life in prison. >>> after a 350 million mile journey, nasa's mars rover expected to reach its final destination in just a matter of hours. scientists expect it to arrive on the red planet around 1:30 in the morning tomorrow. nasa says the landing with sun of the riskiest ever. if all goes well, curiosity

sasheses tell us that the suspect here is 24-year-old kenneth mitchell of laurel, maryland. there is a bench warrant out for him in d.c. superior court for possessing one marijuana joint, but he could be facing serious charges. >> absolutely, i have pride in what he did. >> morris' friends on the force taking sollice that he died doing the dream he loved for years. >> he was going to be the big man on campus one day. >> police say morris and his partner, michael, were out to catch a couple of guys suspected of trying to steal a car at a shell station in laurel. they took off after the suspects who were driving a gray or green acura. the officers chased the acura at up to 100 miles per hour. morris, apparently lost control and ejected as the cruiser rolled repeatedly into a ditch. overnight, d.c. police say they found the suspect acura and they say the man under arrest was inside. police insist that they are still trying to determine if morris was wearing his seat belt. the other officer survived. also unclear is whether the officers had permission from commanders to pursue t

good coming out of laurel. inside the beltway there's an 202dent just after splits and new a vehiclehere's into the woods. to travel in that vicinity, and a few extra minutes. 270 has picked, construction. good around the .rea for the most part northbound as well as southbound. look at 109. no delays so far. making the drive in from 95, looking good and springfield. no delays to report. overnight construction southbound 95 making the drive beough thornburg, so prepared to tap the brakes 606.aching back to you. >> thank you. pioneering comedian phyllis diller passed away. cracks her longtime manager said monday morning in los angeles. she was 95. a comedian when she was 40 years old. she was a staple at night clubs and on television until she was for her 2002 distinctive laugh and humor. cosmetic a dozen part ofs and made them her comedy routine. comedian rosie o'donnell recovering from heart attack. the 50-year-old began symptoms a week ago, but waited to see the doctor. she was hospitalized and had a stent put

that is rain cooled, but we'll take it. 78 in laurel and 78 also in springfield. we're looking at, it should stay dry for the nats tonight. isolated showers possible. we've seen that. storms mainly south. still comfortable tonight and wednesday, looks okay again. so for tonight, shower possible, comfortable. 58 to 68. tomorrow morning, we're in great shape. partly sunny, mild, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. maybe the kids might want a sweater early in the morning at the bus stop. some kids are in school already. by afternoon, partly sunny and warm. shower and isolated thunderstorm possible, but again, mainly south. high temperatures around 85. winds easterly at 5 to 10. we'll keep it as code green, green, and green. 86 on wednesday. 87 thursday. a slight chance of a shower on friday. temperatures go up a little bit, but nothing crazy hot. 89 on friday. next seven days, saturday and sunday, i know this is counter intuitive. i also have nights. it will be nice. you don't need to change your plans for a shower. not a big deal. upper 80s saturday. and 91 on monday a

ross told news 4 he met with laurel police chief and city attorney. he says the officer is now off the street and a criminal investigation has been opened. that is in addition to a $3 million lawsuit filed by the victim. we are working to get a comment from the city but they have to yet to respond. >>> a d.c. group launching a second effort to ban all corporate campaign contributions. d.c. citizens republican trust submited a petition to put a question on the november ballot. the board of elections though ruled that it did not have enough signatures. they have gone back over the names and claims the election board was wrong in its count. citizens group is filing suit in d.c. superior court to get the measure on the ballot. >>> tickets now on sale for the state fair of virginia after months of questions about whether that event would actually happen. the virginia farm bureau federation took over the operation along with universal fairs. both took now -- this all -- that happened after the owners filed for bankruptcy. this year's state fair runs septemb

laurel, maryland, where police are asking for your help in searching for this man, 23-year- old kevon darnell neil. the second suspect in a police chase where prince georges county police lost one of their own. joey, the shell gas station manager is one of the last to see officer adrian morris alive. they were going through surveillance video when he says the crock crooks had returned to more. the officers gave chase. >> i saw the same exact car and that was it. >> joey has a good mind for remembering things and he remembered exact details about the car. and hetold them, that is the vehicle. >> police say the suspects in thstolen car were speeding down 95 and laurel and beltsville. crossing all lanes of traffic, putting other lives in danger. >> braking, changing lanes to avoid colliding. >> the chain reaction causes officer morris to lose control. his cruiser flipped several times before landing upright. in laurel, 9news now. >> a grand jury indictment today against the man accused of shooting a security guard at a conservative lobbying group last week. floyd was indicted on one fede

police officer's action during an arrest in laurel. police officer's action during an arrest in laurel. e is outrage over wha excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the squar sunnyd bottle. e town of culpeper, there's a boil water adviser -- to a water main near the safeway grocery store. the customers are experiencing pressure and the loss service. hope to have it repaired within 48 hours. >> it's tuesday, time for a check on the forecast a. >> steve rudin. >> we are watching live super radar. the heaviest showers right now in southern fauquier county into western stafford county. shall are moving toward the north and east. hagerstown is getting moderate gaithersburg.h this is the initial moisture areawill move across the next couple hours. then a break inaction by midmorning into the early a coldon, followed by front later on today. bring us a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. the areas for severe weather the district, southern maryland, best chance is off to the west. much of thenot

. >>> a case of alleged police brutality in laurel is getting the attention of the naacp. this is cellphone video. it shows 27-year-old williams being led away in handcuffs outside the laurel station bar and grill after being accused of disorderly conduct. you can see it appears an officer slaps or punches him at least three times. last night the prince george's county chapter of the naacp went to laurel's town hall for some answers. >> it had been reported that the officer was attempting to correct the suspect. and correct the suspect's behavior. i wanted to know if correction was part of police procedures and responsibility. >> it's under full investigation. we've been notified that we're going to be sued. the attorney's right behind you as you're well aware of that. and the advice of our attorney, we won't make any comments. >> the mayor also would not comment on the status of the officer involved. >>> it is 4:36. ahead on "news4 today," the heart-warming show of support one local community is giving a local baseball player after a frightening accident. >>> plus -- >> w

laurel's police department says an internal investigation is in progress. williams is still facing charges of refusing to obey a police officer. >>> there is released surveillance video of a suspect kidnapping a girl from value village in july. he took her to a nearby home but she escaped. earlier this week he lured a six-year-old girl out of the store with a toy and sexually assaulted her with in a park and confessed to both crimes. >>> an amazing shot stopped a shooting at a sikh temple. fbi confirmed that wade michael page killed himself after an officer shot him in the stomach and stopped him in his tracks. police arrested page's girlfriend an often -- unrelated weapons charge. >>> a candle light vigil was held to honor the six victims. >>> virginia is still very much a battleground state. president obama leads mitt romney by 4 points in the poll but it has a margin of error of 3%. last month they were in a dead heat. the voters say the economy is the most important issue followed by health care. there is rumor about the potential running mate. on the l

about an hour ago police identified the fallen officer as 23-year-old adrian morris from laurel. morris was thrown from his cruiser when it ran off the interstate this morning. another officer in the car was also injured. fox 5's bob barnard live at police headquarters in palmer park with the surveillance photos police want you to see. >> reporter: in a moment you'll see a photo of one of two men who prince george's county police say were responsible for today's deadly crash. they were seen fleeing by police and witnesses in a gray acura tl with temporary tags, two men who have not been caught. he was killed after being ejected from his police cruiser when left the road and landed in a ditch while pursuing a cash south on i-95 south of powder mill road. 23-year-old adrian morris had been on the force 2 1/2 years born in jamaica raised in laurel. morris became a u.s. citizen in 2009. his partner not being identified tonight also a young man just a year with the department was treated and released from prince george's hospital center. >> this job is not an easy job by any means and

keep that in mind in laurel. in the meantime in virginia northbound 95 we have slow stuff across the river. then heavy and steady, we'll take a live look, northbound 395 and typical delays as you head for seminary road. back over to our map, this time to the other side of town. on the beltway outer loop it had been an accident an hour ago in the work zone there. let's take a live look at university boulevard. a quick lack live again on the beltway in prince george's county. no issues to report as you head down to the wilson bridge. i'll be back again with that accident. but first a follow-up to a story i told you about yesterday at this time. one of our senior producers learned about this new speed camera on westbound york avenue near south dakota cam rachel dc police said it is just collecting data about cars passing by. all that equipment is already there, just replace it and it will be a speed camera right? but right now it is not apparently. people are slamming on their brakes to avoid a tick. anytime you see

>> a bystander shot this video outside the laurel station bar and grill. police responded to the restaurant for a reported fight. as they were taking the man away in handcuffs, the officer clearly hits him. they thought the officer's actions were excessive. >> i ain't trying to get in that man's business, i don't want no problem with either one of them, he was handcuffed and didn't deserve to get hit upside the head three times. >> the police chief was immediately notified. laurel police have opened an internal investigation to review the officer's actions. >>> let's turn to the weather. late night showers moving in. so what does that mean for the morning commute? here's chuck bell in storm center4. >> good evening, everybody. after a busy night of waiting for more rain drops to move in, they are in fact moving in. showers are primarily to the north of the city of washington. up towards 270, into parts of southern and central frederick county and maryland. those are moving eastbound. you folks over in mount airy, they're coming your way. the strongest cell

. >> a top official in the fda arrested in laurel for soliciting prostitution. howard county police say dr. william howard mizell was busted with 10 other suspects in a recent undercover sting. fox 5's karen gray houston with the details. >> it's very public and embarrassing for the man who is the chief scientist for medical devices at fda. police say dr. william nizell was arrested july 13th after approaching a woman who happened to be an undercover police officer and offering her money for sex. the sting and bust took place along the busy route 1 corridor in laurel. female police officers in plainclothes were working undercover in areas targeted by citizen complaints. police say william mizell was caught in their net. >> how we're thinking about medical device product innovation. >> reporter: this is dr. mizell giving a speech in city. his formal title is deputy irector for the center for devices and radiological health at the fda. >> we were trying to better understand the challenges in the community. >> reporter: getting out into the community took on anothe

laurel's police department says there is an ongoing internal investigation. williams is still facing charges of refusing to obey a police officer. >>> a dramatic chase on the national mall after suspects tried to pull a fast one on tourists. police say an adult and two teens tried to distract the group while another made off with their ipad. the suspects took off running, but officers caught up with them at pennsylvania and 7th. investigators found the ipad ditched in the bushes. police say there's been a rise in ipad and iphone thefts in d.c. >>> d.c.'s inspector general is confirming a cheating scandal at noyes elementary school. a report says teachers gave students answers on standardized tests. the chancellor kaya henderson calls it disappointing and says the staff implicated do not represent what the school system stands for. the principal at noyes when the questionable testing occurred has resigned. henderson also noted that the report showed no evidence of widespread cheating at d.c. schools. >>> today penn state football players will face the media fo

. >> the city of laurel and one of it police officers are being sued for millions. >> filed after this video surfaced which appears to show an officer hitting a man in handcuffs. derek ward spoke with the man who is now living in fear. >> reporter: the incident caught on cell phone video shows 27-year-old diante williams struck three times as he's led away in handcuffs following an incident at the laurel station bar and grill. >> put the hand cuffs on me. as we were walking toward the car i don't know exactly what was said to the officer, what he said to me or anything. all i know is i was just getting hit. it was excruciating pain going through my head. >> they have now filed a $3 million lawsuit. >> there is no reason in the world when a person is in handcuffs to hit them repeatedly. it's on tape. we have no confidence in the city to find their officer, you know, violated my client's rights so we filed a lawsuit in court. >> reporter: the suit alleges civil rights violations. the officer called jay chavaria. a representative of the police department says the command structure was qui

g thee naacp is protestin laurel police department. this comes in the wake of a $3 million civil lawsuit. suing an officer for excessive force from an incident on august 2. witness captured this video of williams handcuffed outside a bar and an officer hitting him repeatedly. an internal police investigation is under way. >> 5:37 now, 62 degrees. very profitable on this tuesday morning. come, the latest on from a congressman's controversial congressman's hello, this is madison and .his is my little sister we would just like to say good morning, washington. >> good morning, washington. >> 5:40 a.m. on this tuesday morning. very profitable and refreshing. humidity, temperature in the '50s off northwest of washington. in martinsburg, 55 in cumberland, 61 in hagerstown, 57 gaithersburg, 67 in the district, 68 in annapolis along the water. from orange va to culpeper and piedmont and especially hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester, visibilities under half mile. infor the high temperature frostburg. 84 degrees within the beltway. partly cloudy

laurel relatively dry. today the grass is looking green at the laurel high school annex and a little bit of sun breaking through late in the day. 82 now. dew point 68. that's muggy. not oppressive humidity. still, on the muggy side. that is changing already. to the west you seat nort beginning to push in drier air. we don't have it yet on the eastern side of maryland. that dry air will continue to filter in pushing the steam bath out to sea for day or day and a half. this heat index value is gone. there will be a warm day in the upper 80s. that will hold through the first half have our friday. by friday night more humidity and showers will be in the offing. a scattered mix tonight. our trend takes us out by tomorrow morning. we're left with dry sunny conditions through the day tomorrow. friday starts out nice enough. as we go into friday evening, a new line of storms fueled by fresh humidity that will move in during the day friday. looks like another stormy scenario. it could get a little unsettled. we'll k

being struck three times as he's led away in handcuffs following an incident sunday morning at the laurel station bar and grills. >> put the hand cuffs on me. as we were walking toward the car i don't know exactly what was said to the officer, what he said to me or anything. all i know is i was just getting hit. it was excruciating pain going through my head. >> reporter: today outside court, williams wears bandages as he's joined by his attorney who filed a $3 million civil suit against laurel and the officer seen striking williams in the video. $3 million is just shy of half of the budget for fiscal 2011. >> there is no reason in the world when a person is in handcuffs for you to hit them repeatedly. out's on tape. we have no confidence in the city to find their officer violated my client's rights. >> reporter: the suit alleges assault, battery and civil rights violations. the officer is identified as private first class jay chavez chavaria. a representative of the city police department says the command structure was made aware of the incident sunday. >> the shift supervisor alerted th

light rain in eastern montgomery county moving into northern prince george's county, laurel area. and loudoun county into northern fauquier county, light rain moving along 66. 88 for the high temperature. light rain this morning will give way to sunshine this afternoon with lower humidity as well. 92 in dallas this afternoon, 95 in kansas city. 84 degrees in boston. 81 in detroit, 90 in miami. chance of storms along the gulf coastline. isaac hampering travel especially later today into tomorrow towards orleans. now to angela foster >> . 395 is heavy and slow. northbound just past duke street there is a crash causing a slow ride. on 95 northbound, there was a tractor-trailer accident and we have never recovered. it is loslow to dale city. we are slow coming in from 695 southbound on 95. back to you. >> thank you. it is 73 degrees. isaac is not making it easy to fill up the tank. how long this will persist. >> still ahead, a unique group of m >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side.

he was born in jamaica, raised in laurel. we are told he became a u.s. citizen in 2009, was a 2007 graduate of eleanor roosevelt high school. he was killed in this accident today. we have a second photo from prince george's county police tonight and this is one of the two suspects in this case, one of two men seen driving a gray acura with temporary tags. this photo was taken at a shell gas station in laurel as according to police this man and a man he was with tried to steal another car at that gas station. that happened on sandy spring road, route 198 in laurel around 11:50 this morning, again police saying this man caused the accident that killed officer morris. they stood at attention, some of his fellow officers, outside the emergency room at prince george's hospital center as the flag draped coffin of the fallen officer was loaded into a waiting ambulance. >> this job is not an easy job by any means and there's dangers in everything that we do just about, but these officers were dedicated to doing their duty. >> reporter: from sky fox you can see w

fromfrom 695, good to go laurel down to the capital beltway. the capital beltway, tapping brakes briefly through the between new zone hampshire avenue and university boulevard. good morning. >> good morning, angela. following breaking news right .ow extreme unrest in damascus. eight people have been killed in some southern neighborhoods of damascus. shelled andrmy has had an aerial thand bombardment. >> a man in washington state heading to federal court today killhreatening to president obama. said he made the threat an e-mail tof agency. jummy olabanji is live that the white house with the latest. the man police arrested is , ofear-old anton caluori seattle area. federal agents went to his seattle to arrest him yesterday at. showed of epidaurus armed with a shotgun. the good news is he was quickly taken into custody. also found two other inside his apartment. federal agents also found suspicious items in his apartment, so they called a bomb squad. no explosive devices were found. his mother spoke to the media outside the home yesterday. that s

in laurel, storm clouds, briefly here, sunset on the horizon. not all that far up the road from laurel. 82%, wind is calm. it's thick humidity wise. a lot of that will impact -- some of that rain will make its way through the central part of the state through the baltimore area and the numbers right now in the mid70's. with the humidity always feeling just a little more sticky out there, 87, what is feels like now. 88 -- it's an act of -- weather continues to rumble in waves and we continue to see that set up we think through tonight and into the day tomorrow. even tomorrow night. i think the overall pattern will stay active through at least early thursday because we have a frontal boundary trying to push through, a lot of humidity on the coast. first coast out of here, second coastal low. forming down in atlanta and multiple weather makers, in the first day or two of august. hit and miss -- each day of -- take a look at it timing wise on the future trend as you can see. that boundary hangs out. continues to spark showers in the meantime. the co

. >>> police in laurel now face a protest because of what's seen in this video. an officer appears to punch or slap 27-year-old dante williams who was handcuffed outside the laurel station bar and grill earlier this month. tonight, the naacp held a meeting to discuss the case and several other alleged incidents at police using excessive force. >> the purpose of tonight's meeting was to gather information to support a possible case or information that we may want to turn over to the department of justice to see if there is a pattern of police brutality here in the city of lawyer. . >> the naacp wants the police department to put the officer in question on leave. they plan to hold a demonstration at the dpt on monday. poce have not publicly commented on the case since the arrest. a warning for women tonight after a disturbing and counter on metro. right now, police are searching for a man behind an up skirting incident on rails. er erica gonzalez is live with details. >> reporter: jim, women that we talked to say the whole incident is not only weird, it's disgustin

number five, a ground breaking ceremony for the new laurel mall. the old mall will be torn down and a new center will be built in its place. the plans include an apartment, stores and restaurants, city leaders hope it will be a new community gathering place. >>> number four, americans are apparently ready to hit l mall again. retail sales rose by 0.8% in july. that's better than expected and the highest number in five months. it is good news because spending is key to the u.s. economy. >>> number three, virginia students didn't do as well on a new, more rigorous state required math test. officials say it was expected and it provides a solid foundation for future achievement. aimed at better preparing students for college approached graduation employment. >> number two, the obesity epidemic is growing. virginia ranks 15th in the nation when it comes to obesity. maryland 22nd. d.c. down near the bottom at 47. mississippi is number one, nearly 35% of the adult population is obese. >>> and number one tonight, if you pick the right numbers, you could be

and the last stop is in laurel. they were dry this morning and now you can see the wet weather around the track. the wet roads that's what's going to continue going through the morning. temperature wise coming in at 73 in baltimore but this is the future trend as we go through time here. we are waiting for the drier air to funnel in after the cold front makes its way through. and as we head through tomorrow. by thursday, things are going to be much more improved with plenty of sunshine working its way back into the forecast. speaking of the forecast. showers are out there this afternoon around 2. but we are looking at that hour by hour forecast. 86 degrees with a chance of storms by this afternoon. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. construction is in full swing on 895. expect a heavy ride traveling through the tunnel. use 95 instead but we have problems there. a disabled car is blocking one northbound lane at keith avenue. if you are using 695 we are dealing with a d

a laurel police officer hit a man in hand quufs. the witness shot this video outside early yesterday morning. police were called out at a fight at the rest rant. as they were taking this man away in handcuffs the officer hit him. the laurel police chief is now opening an internal investigation to review the officer's actions. >>> a d.c. yoga instructor beat nn a possible hate crime is now helping other people being attacked. several people grabbed their wallet, yoga mat and held a class at the park. they raised bennett for michael hall nape beat hall and his boyfriend last month in northeast washington. several local yoga groups held benefits to pay for hall's medical bills. hall said he is now donating the extra money to a yoga charity to help other victims. >> i now know firsthand how powerful yoga can be for that to affect change. and other uninsured victims to help them when this happens to them, god forbid. >> hall recovered from a broken jaw and broken cheek bone. police are still looking for his attackers. >>> 4:46. today the

his family here in laurel, maryland want answers. richard jordan has talk to the rely it was. >> reporter: 45-year-old dwight henri killed in a brutal struggle, the jamaican native found dead in may, thousands of miles from his laurel home in a backseat of a white chevy blazer parked in a parking lot in los angeles county. police don't know why he was in california, so they have come to investigate. his grieving family is at a loss, turning to his faith and comforting his six children. >> live is not the same anymore, you know? we're living in a different world all of a sudden. >> reporter: the l.a. county cops aren't just meeting with the victim's family. police coming a long distance trying to get information, and they are hoping perhaps the answer from in murder mystery will come from the soccer field. >> apparently he's popular in the soccer community out here in maryland. we're hoping he might have told some friends why he was going to california. >> we just have a feeling that somebody knows. >> but the grieving relatives belie

. >>> police in laurel will face a protest of naacp members monday morning. this stems from allegations of police brutality captured in this video. in it the officer appears to punch or slap 27-year-old williams at least three times while he's in handcuffs. last night the naacp held a meeting to discuss this case and several similar allegations -- alleged incidents to see if there is a pattern of police abuse. they called for the officer in question to be placed on leave. the laurel police department has not publicly commented on this case. >>> 4:35. expect delays on metro this weekend. track work on four of the systems' five lines. they will all be closed. take a free shuttle bus between silver spring and noma. green and yellow line trains will be open. single tracking on the orange, blue, and green lines. work starts tonight at 10:00 and should be finished monday morning. >>> metro is heading back to school. representatives from the system will visit six local colleges over next two weeks to encourage students to buy smart cards. it will start this morning.

details to come on that but look at laurel. laurel is one of the dry spots this morning. we see a few clouds and we see a few peeks of sunshine and that's the scenario as we go throughout the day. hopefully, we will get scattered showers and storms and it's going to be very humid once again with the dew points in the upper 60s. future trend pickling up on the scattered showers -- picking up on the scattered showers. hopefully numerous scattered showers and the trend continues through tomorrow. but for today, the hour by hour foreforecast comings in at 8 -- forecast comes in by 87 by 4 p.m. you can eat lunch outdoors but we have a chance for scattered storms in the forecast for us. 7-day forecast gets hotter going through time. temperatures coming in right around 90. let's check the abc2 type saver traffic -- timesaver track with lauren cook. >> reporter: a disabled car along northbound lanes at caton avenue on 95 no problems on 695 where there's a crash on the the inner loop at 97. heading north up towards old court road, the beltway is conjested in this area. outer loop

handcuff me. >> reporter: he says he likes laurel police, calls them good guys and this officer? >> he probably ain't no bad guy, just had a bad night. we all have bad days but you can't hit a handcuff dude. >> reporter: not in the age of cell phone cameras without facing the prospect of a multimillion dollar lawsuit and eventually paying out picked up by the taxpayers. gary nurenberg, 9news now. >>> 4:35. a ticking time bomb. that's how relatives described the man who gunned down two people near texas a&m university on monday. it all started when a constable went to serve eviction papers to 35-year-old thomas caffall. caffall shot and killed the constable and kept firing. a bystander also died in the attack. four others also injured. caffall was eventually killed by police. his stepfather told reporters, quote, he was crazy as hell. at one point we were worried he was going to come up here and do something to me and his mother. >>> verizon admits it didn't do enough to respond to the 911 outage after the june derecho. the emergency service was down in parts of northern virginia

you don't have to beat him down. >> reporter: he says he likes laurel police. he calls them good guys. this officer. >> he probably had a bad night. you can't hit no handcuffed dude. >> reporter: can't hit no handcuffed dude in the age of cell phone cameras without the prospect of a multimillion dollar lawsuit. the cost picked up by the taxpayers. anita. >> thank you, gary. >>> tonight a touching vigil to remember the lives of two men shot and killed in arlington last week. ♪ i am on the battlefield ♪ ♪ for my lord >> dozens of people came out to remember them at the hhh vp memorial garden on lehigh way. friends and family condemned the senseless violence that marked the third and fourth homicide of the year. they were found dead inside their apartment on north culpeper street. >>> it looks like virginia state employees will be getting bonuses at the end of the year. that's according to a couple unnamed officials. they apparently saved enough money during the first half of the year to make the one time 3% bonuses happen. governor bob mcdonald is expected

around jessup columbia arbutus laurel getting wet weather. we are dealing with slick roadways and you need to take it easy. we look at manchester's temperature at 69 and yes we are warm this morning. and we are very humid. we walk you through the hour by hour forecast and it will look like this as we head through the rest of today. by 8:00 temperatures right around 77 and i am keeping the showers in the forecast then. and we begin to dry out get gradual clearing by lunchtime and 3 p.m., and we will be less humid as we go into the 7:00 hour tonight. a good time to head out to the game. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. 95 is a mess southbound right after exit 74 beyond 695. be aware of that. just into the timesaver traffic center 270 an accident on 270 one mile north of exit 22. be aware of that and on the maps as you see, 97 right along i-97 at exit 15, we do have a disabled vehicle tying things up and down towards the south, this is 895 near glen burnie here dealing with debris on the road slo

. >>> the naacp is calling for an outside agency to investigate complaints against the laurel maryland police department, that according to "the washington times." the push comes after a 27-year- old man claimed he was beaten by an officer after he was arrested and in handcuffs. the naacp says it's been contacted for advice in at least 20 cases, all of them involved allegations against laurel police officers. >>> virginia crews are now helping to fight the wildfires in four western states. they're in idaho, arizona, california, and nevada. right now at least 70 wildfires are burning west of the mississippi charring tens of thousands of acres. >>> our time now is 4:38. olga is in for howard. her forecast is up next. >> plus, if you own a chrysler, jessica doyle has details on a recall that could affect you. >> plus, we'll take a look at today's question of the morning. you're watching 9news now. >>> the time is 4:40. i'm olga breese in for howard this morning. increasing clouds. temperature shoes make it into the lower 90s before the showers and storms arrive later on this afternoon. >>

he was raised in laurel and spent a litt more than two years on the force. jessica doyle is outside the prince george's county police headquarters with more on what happened. jess? >> reporter: such an incredibly sad story. good morning to you, mike and andrea. this is a huge loss for the prince george's county police department. they are mourning the loss of one of your own. as you were saying he is officer adrian morris, just 23 years old, only on the police force for two years. the officer lost his life after a police chase yesterday. two prince george's county police officers were alerted to a car that may have been involved in annual attempt the car break-in at a gas station earlier in the day. they sur sued the suspect in -- pursued the suspect in their cruiser but then the police officer went off the road on i- 95 south landing in a ditch. witnesses say the alleged suspect may have tried to run that police car off the road. officer morris was ejected from the vehicle and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. >> this job is not an easy job by any

a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new laurel mall. old one will be torn down and a new town center will be built in its place. plans include apartments, a movie theater and stores and restaurants. leaders hope it bill be a new community gathering -- it will be a new community gathering place. >>> big on price but in some cases, low on safety. some luxury cars put to the crash test j a few top models got some not so great results. details of some newly designed crash tests. stay with us. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex. >>> the national museum of american history is celebrating

tracking breaking news in laurel. if you're traveling southbound route 197, laurel bowie road is closed between 295 and powder mill road due to an accident in that area involving two vo vehicles. let's head down i-95 and talk about delays out of dale city. i'll give you a live look past lorton. you can see some congestion here as you continue northbound. that's where you see the volume. actually no accidents. that's good. travel speed, 37 miles per hour from prince william parkway to the beltway. 21 minutes. over to the rails. two on the vre, both are along the fredericksburg line. aaron, over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> the gay marriage debate could give chick-fil-a more business than usual today. more than half a million people expected to crowd locations around the country. chick-fil-a's president recently reiterated the company's religious beliefs that include marriage only between a man and a woman. supporters will hold a peaceful sit-in today. on friday, same-sex couples will hold a kissing at the restaur

surae chin with the latest from laurel. >> reporter: police are asking for your help in searching for this man, 23-year-old kavan darnell neil of fort washington. police say the chase started here at this shell gas station in laurel, maryland, off route 198 and bower lane. the owner, one of the last people to see officer

right now the temperature in laurel 64 degrees. the winds out of the northwest are light at miles per hour and the dew point around 62 degrees. churchville at 61 and this is at harford tech high school. now we look at maryland's most powerful radar where we are nice and dry this morning and that will continue even into the afternoon. you're wondering if you need the rain gear for today? you don't. you can put it away it's going to be a dry day with plenty of sunshine and a few clouds filtering in here and there but all in all in the too bad. nice this morning, few clouds trying to move in but by lunchtime still nice and dry. temperature at 83-degrees and as we head into the afternoon we'll be right arou 88 degrees, yes temperatures a little bit warmer outside. as we check out the traffic with lauren cook, good morning lauren. how are the roads you've been talking about the grand prix. >>> the grand prix race is already shut down many roads including 395 at mlk. and beginning at 7:00 tonight, there will be some new traffic changes t

a 41-acre plot joust south of laurel -- just south of laurel is recognized as a dinosaur park. fossils found there are said to be more than 60 million years old. >>> thank you for finding and watching us on 9news now. >>> i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. good morning, monika. >> good morning. >> howard? >> i'm well. it's a nice morning, pretty morning. just looking at our weather camera, check this shot out. a couple of clouds out there. nr

for the first few weeks of school students from laurel elementary will report to greenbelt middle school waiting for their school. 125,000 students, 205 schools, 9,000 teachers, and they're going to be dealing with one of these transitions again. but dr. height had been with the school system for a longer period than many of their superintendents had been in the past. so they're on a road here for success. and we'll see what happens with this new interim superintendent who will be followed by a superintendent who will be taking this position. they will discuss that on august 21st at bowie high school. they will allow the community to have discussions at who the new superintendent should be. >> thank you. >>> back to school also means drivers in prince george's county should be on the lookout for school zone speed cameras. the cameras were set up last year. nearly 350,000 automated speed camera tickets were issued. all school zone speed camera tickets are 40. >>> new this morning, prince george's county police shot a man who they say threatened to kill an officer. police were called to th

at the laurel boys' and girls' club. >>> a reminder for drivers as students head back to school. obey school bus signs or face a ticket. all school buses in frederic county, maryland, that will have cameras that record or ticket drivers who go past them illegally. violators face up to a $125 fine. frederic county is the first in the state to install cameras on school buses to record moving violations. >>> national's outfielder, bryce harper, is helping young kids become great ballplayers. he's hosting a free baseball camp at fairfax high school today. news 4's megan mcgrath is live there and tell us what's going on. how many kids showed up for that? >> reporter: well, good morning. you can just imagine how excited the kids are here. i'll step out of the way. you can see that they've gathered to hear some words of wisdom from their hero, bryce harper. a little while ago, he was actually working one on one with some of the kids. we saw him throwing balls, helping the kids out with the bat, and just giving them some advice. a lot of these kids, they have dreams to play in high schoo

last night the prince george's county chapt ert of the naacp visited laurel's town hall. the mayor refused to comment. the city faces a $3 million lawsuit. >>> this morning investigators trying to figure out if a diplomat's daughter was in a crosswalk when a metrobus hit her. she was struck last night near wisconsin and jennifer street in northwest washington. she was conscious and alert after the accident. her family says she's the daughter of an argentinean diplomat. >>> investigators are still trying to determine what caused an assisted living center in stratford county to go up in flames. this is what it looked like yesterday afternoon at the facility on whispering pines lane. the fire reduced the building to a smoldering pile of rubble. no one was inside when the fire broke out. >>> this morning, three men are a i live after falling three stories from a church if men were working on a church under construction in evergreen mills -- on evergreen mills road yesterday. they were working on the beams that support the roof when they collapsed. the heavy beams trapped one

. >> he is president and ceo of the national laurel project on asian and believes it there are more cat and recordings out there. >> hopefully more and more people will come over and say that i promise forward finding these rare findings of what dr. martin the irking said about 1962, 1963. >> the words are just as reluctant to date as they were years ago. >> brian that fog it not last long cured it was blasted out. and it cleared along the coast but it was complete opposite of hot usually take a look at the fog along half moon bay but it is forecasted to move in that later tonight and go all the way inland. once that will reformulate later this evening. gray skies for this evening. expect temperatures in the mid-60s. '70s. and even 80s in some areas in san jose carlos santa rosa, concord. all of these temperatures are up quite a bit over what we have seen. we will see those numbers on the increase with the fog at the coast. it is reformulating. this storm and the pacific-northwest is producing wrinkle. usually in this system producing cash-rainfall. however, it is blown out--entirely. w

laurel's police department says there's an ongoing internal investigation. williams is still facing charges of refusing to obey a police officer. >>> a d.c. police officer is suing the department over a demotion he received. hilton burton says he was punished for telling the d.c. council that celebrities often receive police escorts. that was in response to the escort charlie sheen received last year from dulles to the constitutional hall where he was performing. chief cathy lanier says burton was demoted because of his performance. burton is seeking at least $6 million in damages and also wants his old position back. >>> 6:34 now. police arrested three people accused of targeting tourists for their ipads. police say an adult and two teens tried to distract the group on the national mall while someone else made off with their ipad. the suspects took off running, but officers caught up with them at pennsylvania and 7th. police later found the ipads ditched in the bushes. >>> prince george's county police say this surveillance video shows a child sex predator

. >> a sign of brand new things to laurel. the city of [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. i think mitt romney's really out of touch with t the average woman's health issues... this is not the 1950s. contraception is so important to women... it's aut woman being able to make decisions... i don't remember anyone as extreme as romney... ll cut off funding to planned parenthood. i don't think mitt romney can even understand the mindset of someone who has to go to planned parenthood. planned parenthood. we're going to gto rid of that. i think romney would definitely drag us back... >> a redevelopment project in the works. laurel mall is getting a makeover. is alle new town center about. dirt is flipped and the come down. thetruction starts now on center. awaited town center comes at a cost about her $38 400,000and will feature of places to live, work, and play. >> we have a sporting goods, retailers. expect the biggest in dining and a shopping. be anchored by a 12 screened send them up. have friday night's 2 wil