i'm surae chinn in southwest with the rush coming up. >> what's closing lanes on the arlington memorial bridge? >> 4% property tax increase passed by the prince george's county council. why the county executive's grand plans for a school turnaround are in shambles despite the increase. >> our summer weather pattern continues. the best time to fire up the grill over the weekend. >> your chance to see frank underwood in action. how to try out for house of cards this weekend. >>> tonight, dc police are searching for the gunman who did this to an suv. it happened during the morning rush hour so investigators know there were plenty of witnesses around. thank you for joining us. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty. our surae chinn reports police need your help. >> reporter: police believe someone must have seen something here on 295 this morning during peak rush hour but still police don't have a suspect in custody nor a good description of the gunman's car. an suffer in the middle of 29 -- suv in the middle of 295 northbound riddled with bullet holes. the driver and passenger windows shat

i'm surae chinn in annapolis. back to you. >> thank you, surae. good luck. >>> if you love gaming, comics, science fiction, fantasies and other past times like this, then this is your weekend in d.c. awesomecon is invading the walter e. washington convention center. >> reporter: welcome to awesomecon, it's like a halloween party on steroids, an orangey of pop culture that's taken over the washington convention center. >> if you can imagine it, it's probably here somewhere. >> reporter: comic books by the truckloads, buy two, get one free. action figures worthy of wiping out your savings account and enough legos to fill your mom's basement. and you want -- >> i'm cost playing from animal crossing. it's a video game that originated in japan, found this, found that, search together and boom. >> i am cost playing as regu from final fantasy 10. i handmade absolutely everything i'm wearing including the boots. >> get to be somebody else for a day. get a lot of attention and just have fun. it's like you're a kid again. >> reporter: what kind of people do

surae chinn has more on the massive rally. >> reporter: that's right. a mass jiff march is being plan -- mass jiff march is being planned -- massive march is being planed called a victory rally after the arrest of those officers in connection with the death of freddie gray. charges range from assault to murder. >> the findings of our comprehensive, thorough and independent investigation coupled with the medical examiner's determination that mr. gray's death was a homicide which we received today has led us to believe that we have probable cause to file criminal charges. >> yes! >> reporter: cheers after state's attorney marilyn mosby announces charges against six officers. mosby says freddie gray died of spinal injuries when placed on the floor of the transport van. he was driven around handcuffed, shackled but unrestrained. his announcement triggered celebrations across west baltimore, the same streets where gray's funeral led to riots and loots days earlier. mosby is pleading that today's marches are peaceful. >> last but certainly not least, to the y

surae chinn wusa9. >> he be a navy seal. his funeral will be on friday. it was one of the eight people killed in that crash. >> a corporate real estate executive and graduate of george washington university. that they were pulled up from the wreckage today. they were an associated press software architect. >> and he was the dean of the student affairs, also among the lost. rachel jacobs the chief executive of the small tech company that it will be survived by their family, husband, and 2-year-old son, also killing the wells fargo executive, who have family nearby here in rockville. and multiple sources in italy that are reporting that the italian businessman, that he was also killed in that derailment. >>> but still today a lot of questions about amtrak and where it will be going from here. >> the company's ceo made several promises today, met with some skepticism. scott broom is in philadelphia with more on what they have said. which begs the question obviously that it will be why not here and where they would have detected the amtrak 188 speeding at 106

surae chinn is live now in rock having. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning, we're learning a little bit more about the arrest. police have given very few details about the case. i can tell you that the vilardos neighbor lives right next door, right beyond those trees. police have been standing by for days, ever since this happened, one week ago today. wusa-9 confirmed with authorities in juneau, alaska that 31-year-old scott tomaszewski was arrested on a cruise ship that was docked in juneau. he was arrested at 8:00 a.m. yesterday without incident and else courted right off -- escorted right offer that ship. he's being held without bond. tomaszewski was arrested on an outstanding arrest warrant for first degree burglary and as a fugitive from justice, according to juneau, alaska police. detectives searched his home and seemed to be concentrating in the garage back here in rockville. 65-year-old dick vilardo and 67- year-old jody vilardo were found stabbed to death on mother's day. police tell wusa-9 they were mu

i'm surae chinn, that story coming up. >> we're tracking showers and thunderstorms over the weekend. we'll tell you what that means for your cookout and the preakness tomorrow. >>> but first police are on the hunt for the vicious cold blooded killer or killers of three members of a d.c. family and their housekeeper. thank you for joining us. i'm lesli foster. >> i'm derek mcginty. police say three of the victims in that mansion fire thursday near the vice president's home were beaten or cut before the house was torched and the suspects may have gotten away in the family porsche. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan at d.c. police headquarters. the chief is now pushing the timeline for there crime back. she is now interested in wednesday as well as thursday, the day of the fire, and then now questions whether that family and their housekeeper might have been held captive before being murdered. >> but i got a text note from her. >> reporter: the other housekeeper said amy savopoulos texted her not to come to the house thursday because the whole family was sick. >> i don't know why she didn't

. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn at the wilson building in northwest. there is wide support for police officers wearing body cameras, but what good is it some argue if people aren't able to view the video? >> the little girl on the front porch has a very distinct jersey on with the name of her school. >> reporter: d.c. police chief cathy lanier played video from a police officer's body camera. it shows a reenactment of a domestic dispute played we actors. >> complete -- by actors. >> completely verbal. i know i'm on meds. >> reporter: she said having to redact, blur or edit video for the public would be too time consuming. >> other police departments have found even with the best available technology it can take 17 hours to fully redact a four minute video. >> that is not an excuse to have blanket pro licks against releasing these documents. >> reporter: -- prohibition against releasing these documents. >> reporter: that's the police union chairman. some argue there needs to be middle ground, respect for privacy while balancing the need for transparency

>> reporter: in chantilly, surae chinn, wusa 9. >> sweet. >>> well, these guys are part of the team also. two k-9s also made the trip to nepal and returned separately this afternoon. >> job well done. >> absolutely. >>> we are keeping watch on fast-moving storms across the area. howard has an update, next. . >>> you said another few minutes of this, right? >> yeah, 6:15 warning may have expired. we'll check that out in a moment. this line of storms is moving east about 30. we've got lightning, torrential downpours. some cases when the storms are severe, we've had gusty winds. want to show you video shot in the last hour by photo journalist greg geist out and about, people running for cover, as the storm came in. a little rain here. in a moment, you'll see how the leaves were winding, trees getting hit by some of the gusts there. we did have some reports of minor tree damage out to the west as this line coming out of the shenandoah valley and the i- 81 corridor headed in our direction. let me show you doppler. we want to update everything for you. the storms have been pulsing up at times

surae chinn is here for that. >> and i'm thankful for my amazing mother who helps me that i wouldn't be able to do anything without her. i'm thankful for my son and for my amazing husband. and just family overall. >> i think that it is just nice to get everyone together. and celebrate the person who brought you in to the world. >> reporter: and more responsible for brightening and giving mothers more cheer on this day that some would say floorists. >> what's your favorite flower on mother's day? >> peonies. >> reporter: they have been making hundreds of deliveries this weekend. >> this is the busiest week all year round for the florists and the second busiest day after valentine's day. >> the most exciting thing is that you get to make all these moms, grandmothers, mothers-in-law so happy on such an important day for them. >> reporter: we're spending more on mom this holiday. nearly everyone who celebrates buys a card. roughly two-thirds of them will buy flowers and a third will splurge on jewelry. but what moms cherish most are not things, but the time with family. >> i couldn't ask

surae chinn reports how much more. >> i'm thankful for my amazing mother who helps me. i wouldn't be able to do anything without her. >> i'm thankful for my son and my amazing husband, just family overall. >> i think it's nice to get everyone together and celebrate the person who brought you into the world. >> reporter: who is more responsible for brightening and giving mothers more cheer on this day? some would say florists. what is your favorite flower on mother's day? >> i think peonies. >> which is gorgeous this time of year, very much in season, very much a mother's day flower. >> reporter: garon's florist in vienna has been making hundreds of deliveries this weekend. this is the busiest week all year-round for flories and the second busiest day after -- florists and the second busiest day after valentine's day. >> the most exciting thing is making all these moms and mothers and grandmas so happy. >> reporter: we're spending more on moms this holiday. nearly everyone who celebrates buys a card. roughly 2/3 will buy flowers and 1/3 will splurge on jewelry, but what

surae chinn is standing by. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they are now home. yes, they landed about an hour, hour and a half ago. they boarded the bus. they are on their way here to headquarters in chantilly. the urban search and rescue right here. and you can see families have gathered. we've got kids with signs welcome home dad. they are very excited to welcome home their loved ones. and nearly 60 members of virginia task force one had been in nepal for three weeks. they helped rescue a 14-year- old trapped in the rubble. in the second quake she rescued a woman buried in her amount. they've been partnering with l.a. fireworking around the clock. they're emotionally and physically drained. back out here live you can see some of the folks who are waiting to see their loved ones very soon. we'll have much more coming up later in the show. back to you. >>> we're also following breaking news overnight. eight bodies have been recovered from the site where a u.s. marine corps helicopter had crashed while on a relief mission in nepal. the u.s. military says the bodi

. >>> i'm surae chinn in silver spring with an update on a story you first saw on wusa9. the silver spring couple who gained international attention for letting their children roam free, wander the neighborhood without an adult. some good news this morning as danielle and sasha meitiv have been cleared. their children were stopped by police as they walked home from a local park. child protective services has now formally ruled out neglect in the case. >> i don't regret parenting the way i do i don't regret speaking out. i'm really sorry that my kids went through what they went through. >> the meitivs have made one change. their son now carries a cell phone. while child protective services has ruled out neglect, they haven't told the parents why and their legal troubles aren't over. i'll explain in the next half- hour. i'm chin chin in silver spring. now back to you. >>> a prince george's county police officer is facing first- degree murder charges this morning in connection with last week's deadly shooting at a mcdonald's in waldorf. that officer is 26-year-old richard co

surae chinn is live in alexandria with those details. >> reporter: that's right. don essex is not just a well known umpire, he is known across the country. he also trains other umps up and down the east coast. meanwhile little league games will go on. there's one here tonight in the fort hunt community. coaches and parents are angry and devastated. >> it's just horrifying that somebody in our community -- this is a great community. this is a great community, great families, great kids and we've been working hard to give them a really great baseball experience. >> reporter: barry muse, president of fort hunt little league, has known don essex for years as a current umpire and former chief umpire but certainly didn't know about this alleged dark secret. >> almost everybody knows don essex. he's an umpire. he's a renowned umpire. he's the go to guy in northern virginia for umpire training. >> reporter: court documents say essex pictured here on facebook agreed to meet with a 9-year-old girl. an officer posed as the father of the girl in an online chatroom. essex agre

our surae chinn is live in sterling after talking with one man who had a very close encounter of the rocky kind. >> reporter: very close and this is only a small portion of a huge rock that went through this auto store. it shattered this window and it shattered two more windows just around the corner. now state, local and federal agencies are investigating what went wrong. repairmen work on ricardo brook' home after a rock flew through the roof narrowly missing him while he was asleep. above his pillow you see where the rock left a big hole in the house. falling debris left a gash on the side of the 64-year-old man's face who needed eight inches. across from ricardo's home another big rock crashed into the napa auto parts store off old ox road. a school bus passes through around 10:45 a.m. yesterday. a second later the rock comes flying taking out a street sign going across the parking lot and into the auto parts store. a few cars were also hit including tina pham's blue sedan. she was working at the next- door nail salon. yoouu thght it was a storm. >> a storm, yeah. my car, oh, my

surae chinn is live in the newsroom. >> attorney general loretta lynch has launched a full scale federal probe into the city's police department. it comes days after the attorney general visited baltimore and the city's mayor requested an independent investigation. >> the department of justice is opening an investigation into whether the baltimore police department has engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the constitution or federal law. >> reporter: the investigation will look for discriminatory policing practices including any patterns of use of deadly force or improper stops and searches. >> if unconstitutional policies or practices are found, we will seek a court enforceable agreement to address those issues. >> reporter: the investigation follows the death of 25-year- old freddie gray fatally injured in police custody. his death sparked days of unrest in baltimore. more than 200 people were arrested as cars and businesses burned in maryland's largest city. the gray family attorney welcomed the federal probe. >> this could be a model for the nation. >> reporter: mayor st

surae chinn joins us live in sterling with more. what happened? >> reporter: something went terribly wrong with this. we are east of dulles airport. this is a small rock, just parts of a huge rock that went through this auto parts shop behind me and took out three windows. it was all caught on tape. a school bus goes by. a second later the rock comes flying by taking out a street sign and crashing into the napa auto parts store. >> everybody ducked for cover am. >> reporter: another rock came through this home, through the roof of this house. 64-year-old ricardo brooks was sleeping, his head on this pillow, when the rock came crashing down. a huge rock made a -- the huge rock made a mess, debris everywhere. it could have been a lot worse. >> only by the grace of god did nobody get hurt seriously. when we saw the rocks and realized where they came from. >> reporter: and it came about 1/2-mile away. we're telling you so many people are lucky and very fortunate tonight. ricardo went to the hospital and got eight stitches. now state investigators are

that is the very latest in fairfax county, surae chinn, wusa9. >> just unnecessary tragedy. the cops say they cannot share any more information except that they were being followed by a dark colored car as surae mentioned. >>> talk about your close calls, a plane out of reagan national airport nearly strikes a drone out of new york city this morning. the pilot for shuttle america flight 2708 had to suddenly climb 200 feet to avoid the collision as plane tried to land at lagarde why. fortunately no one was hurt. the faa -- laguardia. fortunately no one was hurt. the faa is looking into. this. >>> metro just foiled pam geller's plan to plaster carp to ans of the prophet muhammad in train stations. bruce leshan first broke the story. >> reporter: i think it's unlikely we have heard the last of this. the woman whose jihad watch muhammad cartoon contest ended with two dead in texas is now plotting her next move here in d.c. >> they have submitted to the a sass in's veto. >> reporter: by phone from new york pam geller slammed metro's decision to impose a six month moratorium on al

. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in sterling. repairs are being done a day after a blast from a rock quarry went terribly wrong. repairmen work on ricardo brooks' home after a rock flew through the roof narrowly missing heslept. above his pillow you see where a rock left a big hole in the house. ricardo needed eight stitches to repair the hole in his face from the rock. surveillance video shows a school bus passes through around 10:45 yesterday morning at sicced later the rock come flying taking -- morning. a second later the rock comes flying taking out a window in an auto parts for and windows out of this woman's sedan. you thought it was a storm. >> oh, my car. it's scary. >> reporter: chantilly crushed stone formerly known as loudon crushed quarries is roughly 1/2- mile from the intersection where the damage happened. >> state and federal agencies are investigating. it could take them up to a week. >>> a new smoking ban imposed here in the wide open spaces of the beach in ocean city, maryland. i'm scott broom in ocean city. c

surae chinn spoke with that man today. what did he tell you? >> reporter: he said a lot of things. of course, he was emotional. i did talk to the sole survivor of this horrible incident, the deadly accident and shooting on 295 yesterday during morning rush hour. two men were heading into work into the district never thinking that one of them would lose their life. that life would change forever for the worse. he came home this afternoon, late this afternoon, with a bullet still lodged in his jaw. he was emotional, crying about the loss of his brother-in-law, 50-year-old pedro alvarado. the two men drive together every day to work at a construction site, but yesterday they would never make it to work. their commute ended abruptly on 295 northbound in d.c. in a hail of bullets. alvarado's life ended there. the passenger's survived. win domes on either side of the suv were shattered. it was the result of road rage. they were followed before the barrage of bullets. he said there was no confrontation before the shooting and the violence was all on their side. neither one of them did any

. >> surae chinn was in the courtroom and reports from stafford, virginia. >> reporter: the 28-year-old former math teacher of colonial forge high school told the judge she was sorry about the bad decisions and bad choices. she faced 22 years in jail, but the judge gave her much less. the judge told her no sentence would unring the bell of damage. parents and students of colonial forge high school are ready to put this final chapter of the teacher scandal behind them. >> i'm ready for it to be done, too much drama. i think she probably got the right thing happened. >> reporter: mesa's mother and defense attorney wouldn't talk on camera, but garner said he's shocked and disappointed hoping erica mesa would get probation and time served. the high school teacher admitted to having sex with as many as four students. rather than teach math, the prosecutor said the educator taught teen-agers to have sex with married people, sneak around and lie about it. mesa's husband has to face those teenagers in school because he's a teach are there, too. -- teacher there, too. >> i thought it was ridicul

chinn with more on how investigators busted 66-year- old donald essex. >> reporter: parents and coaches and the little league are in shock. they're angry about this. don essex is a well known umpire, not just here in alexandria but across the country. >> almost everybody knows don essex. he's a renowned umpire. he's the go to guy in northern virginia for umpire training. >> reporter: the president of fort hunt little league has known don essex for years as an umpire and chief umpire. court documents say essex agreed to meet with a 9-year- old girl. an officer with the metropolitan police child exploitation task force posed as the girl's father in an online chatroom. essex agreed to meet them for a rendezvous last week. the officers say essex sent more than a dozen images of child porn of girls younger than 5 years old. >> it's horrifying. this is a great community, great families, great kids. we've been working hard to give them a great babe experience. >> reporter: the league does -- baseball experience. >> reporter: the league does criminal background checks on all of its volunteers a

our surae chinn was one lined up in annapolis today. everyone was all dressed up to have pictures snapped. the casting directors were looking to boost their database with a diverse crowd of would- be extras and they say being available is important because you never know when they are going to call. >>> is this may or july? what's going on out there? >> 90 once again and we are this close to breaking the record for the warmest may. >> i'm not complaining. >> i want a gradual ramp-up. i want cool to gradually warmer spring weather. i don't want the heat just yet. my electric bill's going to be high. i'm complaining, bruce. let's show you what's going on. we've got showers and storms. i'm always complaining about something. let's get a radar and show you doppler 9000. big storms up in pennsylvania and points west. we had heavier showers and storms across western maryland, west virginia. right now, a couple of lighter showers in the winchester area, northwest side of town. you see them here, west of strasburg we've got light showers. this

surae chinn, wusa9. >> if you have any information, any at all that, could help find unique, just go to our wusa9 app or website where we have the information on who you should call. as for kelsey marsh's documentary called noncritical, it has been accepted a the diversity conn -- at the diversity con film festival in france. >>> george zimmerman told the cops he was injured by flying glass when a bullet came through the window of his suv in lake mary, florida. >> stated he had been involved in a shooting and someone had shot at him and his vehicle. simultaneously we received a third-party 911 call from a matthew apperson who stated he was the other party involved. >> zimmerman was treated and released from the hospital. no charges have been filed. last year apperson accused zimmerman of threatening to kill him during a road rage incident but decided not to press charges. >>> at christie's auction house in new york city a pablo picasso painting set a world record tonight. women of algiers version o sold for $179.4 million. a sculpture called pointing man sold for more than $141 milli

i'm surae chinn in southwest with the rush coming up. >> what's closing lanes on the arlington memorial bridge? >> 4% property tax increase passed by the prince george's county council. why the county executive's grand plans for a school turnaround are in shambles despite the increase. >> our summer weather pattern continues. the best time to fire up the grill over the weekend. >> your chance to see frank underwood in action. how to try out for house of cards this weekend. >>> tonight, dc police are searching for the gunman who did this to an suv. it happened during the morning

i'm surae chinn, that story coming up. >> we're tracking showers and thunderstorms over the weekend. we'll tell you what that means for your cookout and the preakness tomorrow. >>> but first police are on the hunt for the vicious cold blooded killer or killers of three members of a d.c. family and their housekeeper. thank you for joining us. i'm lesli foster. >>

in annapolis, surae chinn, wusa9. >>> and justin turns out to be heading home to new york after hoping to train them at the academy. he wanted to be a navy seal. his funeral is tomorrow. >> and so now the question, what is next for amtrak and the coming days and in the long run. today amtrak's ceo took questions for the first time and scott broom joins us to talk about an executive on the defense. >> very much so that this executive's name, that he actually used to be a federal railway regulator. today he found himself and what felt like an awkward and uncomfortable position of defending the safety record of amtrak here in the northeast corridor. >> 28 years ago was the last time there was a derailment on the northeast corridor. 28 years and 300 million people that have ridden amtrak since then. >> reporter: but the tragedy would not have happened had that safety system called ptc or positive train control have been installed that they would have detected them going 106 miles per hour. and automatically slowed down before the 60 miles per hour curve. today a promise from amtrak. >> tod

surae chinn is live where the funeral took place. >> reporter: it was an incredible tribute and show of respect. lieutenant mcrae's casket was placed on the bed of engine 6. lieutenant mcrae's last drive through the district. firefighters gave a salute. his company watched over him, stood over him as well as they passed by his firehouse on new jersey avenue and finally arriving at his engine company 6 on new jersey avenue and finally arriving at ft. lincoln cemetery going through the arch of ladders. the mayor, police cliff and city council were in attendance. here's more of the celebration. music filled the d.c. armory and brought mourners to their feet. >> truly exemplified the best of the best in this great department. >> his last alarm was on may 6th, 2015, serving the citizens of the district. >> reporter: lieutenant mcrae collapsed. >> we're getting out of that report because the mayor has come to the podium to give us the latest on the murders in northwest d.c. >> northwest washington d.c. yesterday, 3200 block. about 1:30 p.m. there we told you we discovered three adult resid

our surae chinn is live from the wilson building where any number of our city residents were not shy about voicing their opposition. >> reporter: not at all. this is all about balancing transparency and privacy. many agree that these body cameras are a positive between police officers and the public, but now this latest move by the mayor only adds to the mistrust and also the suspicion with police officers. >> the little girl on the front porch has a very distinct jersey on. >> reporter: this body camera shows a reenactment of a domestic dispute. >> i know i'm abusing those medicine meds. -- meds. >> reporter: she said having to redact and blur video can be too time consuming. >> it can take 17 hours to fully redact a four minute video. >> that is not an excuse to have this blanket prohibition against releasing these documents. >> reporter: that is the chairman not alone in his disapp

in upper marlboro, surae chinn, wusa9. >> joyner bell has already spent nearly a year in jail. co-defendant michael hollingsworth who drove bell to each theater will be sentenced in june. >>> topper will be back after the break with a look at your all important weekend forecast. >> coming up in our weekly high school feature see how one local lacrosse team is learning the value of service to >>> we want to give you another live look of the streets of baltimore where protests have been peaceful today. we do have crews all over charm city bringing you the latest developments on the day that the baltimore city state's attorney marilyn mosby decided to charge six officers in the death of freddie gray. >>> d.c. police are looking for clues to the murder of a man in columbia heights. 21-year-old greg mcbride was found shot to death on harbor street. his mother came home to a sea of red lights last night and discovered it was her son shot just steps from their front door. mcbride had been out of jail on an armed robbery charge about a year and his an unsays her nephew was turning his