she is all but certain to be alexandria's next mayor. bill howell, virginia's house speaker easily beat tea party challenger susan stimpson. and mark levin wins the democratic primary. he'll run unopposed come november and represent alexandria and small parts of arlington and fairfax county. speaking of alexandria northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in the studio with us to break all this down tonight. were there signs the mayor was vulnerable? >> well, there has been pent-up discontent over some residents over development in the city, and many don't feel it fits in with the historic character of alexandria. that very motivated bloc of voters blamed mayor euille. news4's camera was the only one there tonight when allison silberberg declared victory and thanked her supporters. >> i'm very honored tonight to stand before you as the next mayor of alexandria. [ cheering ] >> silberberg has been alexandria's vice mayor. she ran on a platform of reining in developers and soliciting more citizen input on decisions on growth. virginia'

county, alexandria, arlington, across toward the mall and southeast around anacostia, seeing the heaviest rain associated with this too. on this track here, seeks actually what i'm talking about along the potomac saw the two vantage points inside the beltway here, around alexandria and making its way up toward the northeast. heads up in this region, on this mile parker at 40 miles per hour. hyattsville coming up next, claire done, 5:17 there had, really. washington, 5:21 hyattsville, 5:30. over toward bowie, 5:45 if it continues on that streak. not severe this has had a history of severe weather associated with it. more rain toward the west, shenandoah county page county this warning until 6:00 tonight. all part of a larger storm system that's moving on through here. you can see what's going on. the line itself continues to develop right around our region. now, notice up toward pennsylvania this line is really going gangbusters. severe thunderstorm warnings everywhere. we have not seen that same line develop here, however if is

. >>> today some your kids are getting a long weekend in alexandria. the air conditioning is not working at the francis hammond middle school. >>> secretary of state john kerry is waking up in a swiss hospital after a bicycle accident and it could have an impact on talks with iran. >>> and bizarre accusation against a major airline this morning. why a passenger is claiming discrimination after an airline attendant wouldn't give her a diet coke. >> sounds like something out of the movies, but what fell more than two dozen floors to the ground injuring several people. >>> some people are waking up to some wet pavement but most of the rain has stopped for you. will you need the umbrella l >>> alarming video out of new york city where a construction accident hurt ten people. take a look at the damage on the side of this skyscraper. a huge air conditioning unit broke off a crane and plummeted 30 stories down the side of the building. it rained glass and metal on to the sidewalk which was closed at the time. two construction workers and eight others were hur

. >> alexandria's 4-term mayor defeated by a wave of voters >>> big changes in alexandria. a wave of voter angst moving across the city has driven out the 4-term mayor. at this point, the democratic nominee has no one running against her in the general and i bet residents are still talking about this, bruce. >> reporter: yeah, derrick. here is the. alec andrea has an absolutely spectacular waterfront but access is cut off by this boat club and over here, there is a parking lot between the river and downtown. the whole historic downtown is cut off from access to the river but the mayor's plan to fix that, well, a lot of voters think he has really gone overboard. >> i'm so excited. i'm deeply honored. >> reporter: vice mayor allison silverberg is pretty close to mayor-elect. there is no republican candidate, and it's too late to file to run against her in the november election. >> it's a great city but we can do even better. >> reporter: she tapped a wave of voter discontent over plans to redevelop the potomac river front. >> we need to pursue thoughtful, appropriate developm

again, old alexandria ferry road. melissa mollet has been following the traffic situation, it has been closed throughout the night while police have been working the reconstruction of this acciden road to reopen at the top of the hour. we'll keep you posted throughout the morning. back to you. >>> pay attention, okay? never mind. don't play with me, okay? >> share the road. that is the message from the d.c. man who shot this video you're looking at here. the cyclist who shot the video robert fitzgerald is speaking out for the first time. he shot the video from a camera mounted on his bicycle. it shows an suv illegally parked in the "l" street bike lane. the driver who we now know is a delaware police officer walks over and tells fitzgerald the keep it moving. >> he was a bit aggressive as soon as he heard that i was making a call about it. he came up and showed a gun and a badge and to be honest at the time i thought he was a u.s. marshal. >> when fitzgerald watched the video he realized it was a delaware state police

severe thunderstorm warning continues for alexandria to prince george county. to part of the district. newly issued thunderstorm warning to montgomery county. 6:45. we will keep you updated on abc7. maureen: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir comes up next. join us at 11 >>> tonight, 45 million under watches and warnings at this hour. drivers losing control on the highway. from atlanta to d.c. and philly from new york up to boston. lightning hitting the new world trade center the alligator-infested waters. >>> abc news breaks the story. the massive security failure at american airports. undercover sneaking potential weapons and bombs. 70 tests. agents failing 67 of them. >>> you've seen the close calls. tonight, turning deadly. the american tourist killed the lion attack right through the car window. >>> the mystery fire. this evening, the funeral. and new developments. the suspect, the video, the pizza. now, the attorney who says police have the wrong man. >>> and for the first time leaving bruce jenner behind. the new name the new look. we'll tak

alexandria quaint waterfront in for a change. something not everyone is thrilled about. >> there is too much overdevelopment in alexandria. we had to cut it down. >> the future of the historic town on the edge to the big city played large in yesterday's democratic nomination for mayor. long-time mayor lost his bid in the democratic primary. and this overwhelmingly democratic city. >> the message i heard was that you know we didn't have enough folks to come vote. >> the victimmer to alexandria vice mayor silverburg. she believes the voters sent an overriding message. >> they feel strongly we should feel strongly to pursue development. >> we are worried about quality of life. stephen: some voters tell us they are not opposed to development but they want to make sure it's done right.re concerned with preserving the historic nature of alexandria. >> a major redo of the water front is in the works. the old dominion boathouse that sat on the edge of the potomac for decades is about to go. some alexandria voters fear the historic city w

we have the water main break in alexandria king street. 395. getting by on westbound king street and then the ramp to westbound king street is closed as well because of the break. 66 is slow out of gainesville, back to you. >> thanks alexis. >>> new this morning, muncaster mill road at bowie mill road is shut down. police are investigating why two cars crashed into each over. the woman driving the white taurus was killed. police are not releasing her name right now. the driver of the black ford focus was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. >>> local lawmakers will introduce a bill aimed at saving the quickly deteriorating roads in our noon today, eleanor holmes norton along with virginia congressman don beyer and tim kaine will make an announcement on the arlington memorial bridge. the act would authorize more than $463 million to repair -- to fund repairs of the roads like the memorial bridge. >>> it's 6:56. here are four things to know before you head out the door. entrance fees are going up at the national park in mclean. >>> t

upset in alexandria. bill euille lost the democratic primary on tuesday in a contest that zeroed in on the pace of development in the city's historic district. vice mayor alison silver burg beat him in a race that also had karen donnelly. what do you make of this victory? >> it says that the voters were sort of split on which way do we want to go, how do we want to see alexandria? as a new, modern, bustling city or the small old town feel of alexandria? they said, we want the old town feel. silver burg had been known to push back against development. you had the voters saying, he had been around for a while, change let's go back to president obama in 2008. let's get some fresh ideas and new people in there. it's not as simple as this but sometimes folks want to see someone different. i think silverburg is different in their view in terms of keeping development at bay. >> dave, it's been a long-standing outstanding issue and on going issue we should say in alexandria, hasn't it? >> it has. it has gone back

today some of your kids will get a long weekend in alexandria. the air conditioning is not working at the francis hammond middle school. 12 month employees should still show up for work today. >>> following a developing story out of california this morning after a car slammed into a terminal at l.a.x. how authorities think the driver ended up plowing into the building. >>> talk about a job hazard. what this dragon did that sent a zookeeper to the hospital. >>> and some people are waking up to wet pavement. what will it be like when you drive to your job? chuck bell will join us at 5:11. >>> this morning a reptile keeper is recovering from a komodo dragon bite. the dragon bit the woman on the hand at the henry durly zoo in omaha. there's the komodo dragon right there. pretty big. they're predators and they have a poisonous bite. the woman is expected to recover. yeah, i'm not putting my hand in that cage. never. >> why people do get surprised when animals do what animals -- okay. the record rain is over apparently in the lone star state. may was t

as well as in montgomery county, mid 90s, in fairfax county, alexandria, falls church. and right in the district, inside the beltway, may actually get to the mid 90s. 94 right in washington, with some high clouds coming through. and from loudoun county into prince william, stafford culpepper and orange, it should be in the low to mid 90s this afternoon. southern maryland cooler by the bay. it will be in the 80s. but inland away from the waters it will be near 90 degrees. mid 90s, king george as well as down around fredericksburg. the panhandle of west virginia should be in the low 90s. shenandoah valley it will be in the low 90s there too. there's a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm later this around. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s your drive time forecast for this thursday. melissa has an update on serious accident. >> again, old alexandria ferry road, right now, that is completely shut down for that accident investigation with prince george's county police. so we have molette green on the way to see what is happening there and how long that closur

the city of alexandria. it was february of last year when the 69-year-old was gunned down on her doorstep. the plans were already in place, but they thought it was highly appropriate because she was involved in the cause for issues for families and kids with disabilities and access issues. this playground em bodies all that. it also imbodies the music. this is a giant keyboard. that is highly appropriate as we hear from the landscape architect. >> we wanted to incorporate music for the children. why not do that? >> now, the mayor and the city officials cut the ribbon on this playground. it was built with private funds from the group she was so involved in. it is a way for her memory to go on. people who may not have known who she was will know her name and legacy here. we are live in alexandria. >> a great tribute thank you. >>> at 9:07 we are keeping our eyes on a situation in texas. police are in a stand off with people accused of shooting at the dallas headquarters overnight. we are going to bring updates

alexandria police held a special ceremony for him last night. he pulled over a taxi in old towne alexandria two years ago and he was shot in the head. it took him months to recover. >> i was happy that everything i wanted to do i was able to do it. so -- >> because you did so many different things. >> yes, i did. >> fellow officers nicknamed him superman following his recovery. he served with the police department for 18 years. >>> apparently the winter weather is to blame for brown tap water in montgomery county. the washington suburban sanitary commission said the salt used to treat the roads and sidewalks caused significantly high levels of sodium chloride in the potomac. even though it isn't aesthetically appealing water quality tests are conducted daily and the water is safe to drink. >>> well the size of your carry-on bag is not changing, at least for now. last week, smaller bags would help to free up space in the packed overhead bins. but now it's canceling the recommendation because of a growing public outcry and criticism from the airli

well, alexandria police are investigating. and as soon as we find out that answer, we will tweet it at nbc washington and post it on our facebook page. live in alexandria shomari stone news4. >>> now to breaking news out of prince george's county tonight. we just got word the council voted to override county executive baker's veto on a budget. now this means the council's budget goes forward with no double-digit property tax increase. baker had wanted the money to pay for education. the next step could be a court battle. in a statement tonight, the council chair said it would be, quote stunning for the county executive to essentially sue for property tax revenue. >>> a crowd of protesters stopped traffic in downtown d.c. tonight. they marched against police brutality in places like mckinney, texas. that's where a white police officer pinned a black teenaged girl to the ground at a pool party two weeks ago, and later pulled his gun. he has since resigned. some streets were closed for tonight's march. but the protest was peacefu

. >> reporter: we're live along old town alexandria. the rain is coming down at this hour but it appears that the worst is over at this point. behind me you can see the ponding on the roadway here. that's what area officials are dealing with and warning folks about tonight, that there is some street level flooding going on here in alexandria as well as the district and maryland. let's go to the video posted by a viewer on instagram. it shows the flooding taking place. apparently we don't have that video but meaj jurormajor flooding occurred here. so much rain fell in a short amount of time. this was an intense storm. at the height of the storm we pulled into a parking lot area and, boy, so much lightning and thunder, the rain was coming down so hard. it was one of the most intense storms that we have seen in some time. we have been checking social media to see if there was any damage in the area. we haven't seen any reports of meaj juror damage, which is kind of surprising considering how intense these storms were. also no reports of an

morning. >>> wegmans is opening in alexandria on sunday. they'll have similar products as other stores in the area but pub. the stores will open sunday at 7:00 a.m. >> today is day two of our heat wave's hot and humid weather. this afternoon maybe an isolated shower or thunderstorm but a better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. we have the pride parade later in the day. can't rule out a thunderstorm there but you're mainly going to be contending with the heat and humidity. a high tomorrow of 92. on sunday a high of 90. still muggy and once again the chance of the late day showers and thunderstorms. any thunderstorms we see bubble up over the weekend could have heavy rain and some strong winds especially tomorrow on saturday. here you can see this afternoon at 3:00 p.m., any showers and thunderstorms mainly west of washington. >> we'll try keep it cool today. thanks for joining us. we're back tomorrow first at four. >> have a great day. we'll see you monday. that...used to be me. scratching...chewing ...lickin

live in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you. a wildlife park in africa is confirming that an american was mauled to death by a lion. the lion leapt through the window. leon: the friends, finally and the local politicians packed a d.c. church to pay respects for three members of the salve -- savapoulos family who were killed in an apparent extortion attempt two weeks ago. rebecca cooper has more. rebecca: well, the bells have been tolling here just now at st. sofia as they did after the funeral. the church was filled to capacity. so many coming together to stay farewell to a family that was beloved. the church members pay homage to a family known for the community and one another. >> i remember the son met the medical archbishop of the greek orthodox church. >> same for you and me. not because he had money. >> the dignitaries, muriel bowser and others mixed with the hundreds attending. including the young boy in the coat and tie to say goodbye to the fourth grade friend phillip. the young women holding tight to loved ones with th

it is hot. 85 degrees in alexandria. you can see the cumulus development starting to build. you want to watch out for those. those are the ones that are going to produce heavy downpours and thunderstorms within the next few hours. in laurel, 87 degrees. it feels like 91 degrees. it is the first day of meteorological summer. it feels like it. live doppler eight -- a clean sweep. wait a few hours this radar is going to look a lot different. the reason we have this thunderstorm threat is because of a cold front. it is right here. 52 degrees in pittsburgh. 85 here in d.c. we have a we need for thunderstorms to develop. this is going to give us an idea of the radar simulation. look at how much changes by 5:00. your evening commute is probably going to be wet. see where you have the yellow's and oranges, that is the indication of heavier rain that could lead to heavier flooding. by tomorrow morning, a scattered showers left over. also, some cooler temperatures. you want the umbrella for the rest of the work week, but we will not have the heavy rain that we are expecting today. pos

alison: witnessing history in old town alexandria. the story behind the tall ship now docked in port. alison: there is a new push to crack down on criminals that abuse the elderly. jonathan: montgomery county reporter dev kev explains how -- kevin lewis explains how a special unit of detectives are bringing swift justice. >> we are going to educate the public how to collectively work better on the project. kevin: montgomery county top prosecutor announces a commitment to protect elders. >> i certainly felt a sense of betrayal but somebody i trusted. kevin: 90-year-old roda of chevy chase is a victim herself. last year her at-home health aid stole $50000 from her bank account. her son discovered the missing funds and called police. >> she was so devoted. she was so kind. i took me totally by surprise when i learned about the withdrawals from my atm account. kevin: only 4% of abuse victims self-report to the authorities. so an elderly abuse unit has been launched. >> just last month we reported on a case where an 87-year-old woman had b

alexandria, also known as ms. lady, tells police she was unaware anything sexual was to occur. >> let me get it straight. you came up here to do what for $300. >> just for time. supposed to be hanging out. >> she says she was just tagging along with her friend renee to makes arrangements to hang out with men for phenomenon money. >> some people want to do that. some people want the company of a beautiful female. >> i never specifically agreed. i never said -- ask him, he'll tell you, i never said anything sexual out of my mouth. >> i did ask him. both of you agreed to come up here for sex, both of you offered $300. >> alexandria refuses to admit the real purpose of her visit. >> iio you dope want to talk to me but i still need to get your name and address. >> her partner admits she is five weeks pregnant and claims that her traveling companion wesley is the father. >> is that your baby? >> yes, yes. >> footman confirms renee's claim but says he has no idea what is happening or why they are all under arrest. >> eas

alexandria, oxon hill, picking up over two inches, more on the way. if you are looking at your neighborhood, given about an hour. 7:00 in the morning most of this will be gone. leon: ok. steve: take a look, this was sent to me via twitter, from fairfax. the ominous, scary looking sky a lot of folks tweeting pictures , and these are the clouds that don't a lot of rain across the area. the weatherbug network, nearly two inches in alexandria, 1.5 inches annapolis, 1.8 inches in the district, ashburn at almost 1.5. a lot of rain, localized flooding continues through the overnight. what a hot day we had for the first day of june, 92 degrees. still well above average this time of year. we down the next three days. then we warm-up the upcoming weekend. 73 at the airport at this level the dew point levels in the middle 60's. that is why it feel soupy and sticky and those will drop the next couple days. the stormscan, d.c. in the center of the screen with the heaviest activity, moving across the bay to the delmarva peninsula more showers around culpeper moving

alexandria detective also an image of their suspect within a few hours. he was carrying a bag stolen from the couple. investigators began tracking white's smart trip card. ten days later they arrested him as he stepped off a train in rosslyn. >> helped us put together a very, very strong case strong enough that the defendant was willing to plead guilty to all of the count and accept a very lengthy prison sentence. >> reporter: white was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison, a term that could keep him behind bars the rest of his life. >> he is going to be gone for a very long time and will not be able to prey and victimize any other people. >> reporter: in alexandria, i'm julie carey, news4. >>> another twist in the rachel dolezal saga. howard university has raised questions about her race back in 2002. dolezal was a graduate student in howard in 2002. she sued the school for allegedly denying her a teaching job because she was white. we just learned during a deposition for that lawsuit, howard's attorneys asked if she tried to pose as african-american wh

i'm like yeah. >> in an hour long wide ranging interview now retired alexandria police officer peter laboy talked about now he always wanted to be a motorcycle cop. >> he says he's a former marine, once a marine, always a marine and we always say once a motorman, always a motorman. >> what he remembers about the day he came face to face with the man who almost killed him. >> the last thing that i remember, i was 5 or 6 blocks away from where it happened. after this i'm just -- i wake up in the hospital. >> how he faced that gunman in court. >> we stare at each other for about 10 minutes. >> and how he may look healthy, but the past has been tough. >> no, it's not. it's still hard for me, for my wife, for the kids, for everybody. >> it was february 27th, 2013. a call went out about a man, a cab driver, acting suspiciously. laboy responded. that's when he was shot in the head left to die. the man many call superman survived. today a bullet is still lodged in laboy's head. you can see the scars, but just as prominent you can see that smile. >> one thing that i really believe now is the

alexandria police sent out these pictures in the last half hour. no one was hurt. >>> and we know that the storms are gone, moving out. but the damage has been done. hail and thunderstorms hitting mclean, virginia, pretty hard here. lightning in alexandria. while crazy, no other way to describe it. it gave people quite the show. news 4's derrick ward getting a closer look at the storms in fairfax fairfax. >> reporter: here in fairfax county, a close call, closer than you can imagine. not only did this tree come down and miss the house but it missed something much more precious. >> we were actually standing outside. my son was getting a ready to get into the car with his grandmother to go on a trip and we heard a popping noise in the vicinity. we looked to see what was happening and in slow motion it started falling. i was standing by the door of the house and i just could yell run run run. at first, he was stunned. he didn't know what to do. he took off running to the garage. thank goodness because he would have been crushed by the tree. he's stand

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live with the details of this investigation. alexandria. >> reporter: good evening, natasha, i'm told that the 17-year-old is now out of surgery but still listed in critical condition: lisa long go eyes the new markings on north hook road in pennsville. >> nothing can explain this. >> reporter: the hats, the the keys of 17-year-old family friend kyle. >> i myself and looking for anything that even remotely looks like a hyundai elantra. >> reporter: a hyundai elantra is the kind of car that hit the high school junior behind as he was riding this skateboard. >> there are no skids marks. i believe he was struck then continued on. >> reporter: a neighbor herald what he believed was a deer being hit and called police. there were no serial numbers but pieces of the car left behind revealed its model. >> they're a good family. they don't serve this. >> reporter: pennsville is a close knit town of less than 1300 and kyle a popular football player known to ride his skateboard everywhere. >> he says hi to everyone. >>> he's the nicest kid

another wegman set to open in hilltop village center in alexandria. that will be the seventh location of the chain with a cult-like following. alison: back to the rough weather we are dealing with, doug. i understand you have an update for us. doug: we have a new weather warning to give you. this severe thunderstorm warning. go to the live doppler radar. last time we showed you the storm, non-severe passing through the districts. i bowed out and it has become severe on the east side of town. so for now we have a severe thunderstorm warning for 6:00 for northeast and southeast washington and adjacent section of prince george's county. the timeline says the center of the storm will hit landover at 5:38. 5:44 in largo. 5:56 prince george's county. heavy rain and wind gusts close to 60 miles per hour. we will continue to watch it leon: we are tracking the weather for you. first you couldn't make out the capitol but now it has moved further east. that is the area that doug hill was looking at a little while ago on radar to show the northeast and the southe

kelly donely is looking to again lead the city of alexandria. in stafford county, fredericksburg area, one of the most powerful republicans in virginia faces a challenge from within his party for his house of delegates seat. house speaker bill howell has represented the district, the 28th district, since 1987. but former supervisor susan stimpson says howell is not conservative enough and she is trying to replace him. you can read all about tomorrow's primaries and find your local polling place in our nbc washington app. just search virginia primary. >>> and we have had a handful of severe thunderstorm warnings issued, mainly because of high winds, potential damaging winds, new warning now for prince georges county until 6 p.m. look at. this it's got a lot of lightning with it too the chill lamb area, silver hail lot of rain, raining pretty hard folks downpours and coming with that wind, it is eastbound into areas like lan nam kettering, buoy, 216, east northeast, moving fairly quickly, 40 miles an hour, approaching areas like kroften, 5:52 lond

alexandria. the air conditioning is not working at the francis hammond middle school. >>> secretary of state john kerry is waking up in a swiss hospital after a bicycle accident and it could have an impact on talks with iran. >>> and bizarre accusation against a major airline this morning. why a passenger is claiming discrimination after an airline attendant wouldn't give her a diet coke. >> sounds like something out of the movies, but what fell more than two dozen floors to the ground injuring several people. >>> some people are waking up to some wet pavement but most of the rain has stopped for you. will you need the umbrella l

in alexandria, kerry donley is challenging bill euille.

alexandria? >> reporter: good afternoon, we now know that pope francis will make his first papal visit to the u.s. straight from cuba to washington, dc, that will be on september 22nd, it is a tuesday, there is going to meet with un officials and the president, at that point he is going to head to new york city where he is going pay tribute at the nine 9/11 memorial before holding a mass at madison square garden, at that point all roads lead to philadelphia. >> pope francis' schedule is tight, and full of high already anticipate the emotional moments. here's what that schedule looks like. he will arrive saturday, september 26th at 9:30 a.m. hold a mass, at cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul before taking residence at saint charles borromayo seminary in lower merion. at 4:45 pope francis will visit independence mall where he is expected to discuss immigration and religious freedom. 7:30, he will take part in the world meeting of families on the parkway. that next morning, he will meet wit

. >>> a middle school in alexandria is open today. we are learning that the air conditioning is now working. the school will return to a normal schedule and students will continue taking their end of year tests today. >>> all right. time now to check our forecast. chilly and dreary. it does not feel like june. >> grab the umbrella before you head out the door. much of the region the pavement is wet. from just some scattered drizzle. now the areas you see in the light green, that's some very light rain that's falling. that's in prince william county into fairfax county county. that stretches up to northwest washington. southern montgomery. extreme northwestern prince george's county. so along 95 around the beltway in virginia the pavement is wet. wet around washington as well. a little bit of drizzle as well. there is the story through much of the morning and into the afternoon. temperatures are cool. we are in the 50s now. and hour by hour through the day ahead, our temperatures by 10:00 this morning just around 60 degrees. by noontim

alexandria alexandria, clinton. for the rush and the evening, it will be wet. look at the temperatures, mid-60s, 50s in ocean city. how much will our weather improve? we'll take you step by step your hourly forecast tomorrow and a look at the weekend coming up in just a few. >>> i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. the family of the man killed by police in boston this week is about to hold a news conference. we want to show you a live look now at the scene. usaamah rahim's family also has hired lawyers. they say they want to ensure that a complete investigation into rahim's death is completed. rahim was killed outside a drugstore earlier this week after officers say he pulled a knife and lunged at them. he was under 24-hour surveillance at the time because the fbi believed he was planning ang imminent attack. sources tell nbc news rahim wanted to target police officers and behead a conservative blogger who planned the prophet muhammad cartoon context in texas. police have also arrested david wright for conspiracy with rahim and have been questioning a third man

notice this one right on top of alexandria, the one that prompted the flash flood warping in d.c. and arlington county, but now got even more rain just to the north and going to continue to watch these moving down toward the south and east. noll done just yet. this will continue through prince george's anne arundel, charles county the rest of fairfax, keep you post on these storms move through the area. >> doug, thank you. >>> here he is the suspected shooter. he is young, scrawny, protected by a bulletproof vest. nine people killed inside that church never got that chance. >> tonight, we are learning just who charleston and the world lost. they loved their families and their faith. >> we begin our team coverage now from south carolina and jay gray. >> reporter: the shock and mourning outside the emanuel africa cap methodist episcopal church and charleston and across the nation has just begun. >> and to say our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families and their community doesn't say enough to convey the heartache and the sadness and the anger that we feel. >> reporter

>> we're here in rehoboth beach where renters could soon be banned from using, swimming pools, i'm alexandria hoff and i'll explain coming up. >>> we will begin with a shock photo, atlantic county worker found this noose hanging inside his truck. tonight an investigation is underway but one local politician says it took too long to get to that point. >>> well, good evening i'm chris may. >>> i'm jessica dean. tonight we are hearing from that work shore said that he is now living in fear. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has the store friday egg harbor township, new jersey. with all of the stuff in south carolina this stuff is serious. >> reporter: scott henry is thinking about getting a new job after finding a noose2 weeks ago. >> i felt threaten. i felt like somebody was tarring me. black guy that goes open up a truck and see noose there. that is nothing fun bye that. >> reporter: henry's bosses say they are taking matter another justly and launched an internal investigation immediately but they didn't contact the police until 15 days later after county leaders pressured them to make t

but romo the dog, he is moving with his human roommates to alexandria. the 150 pound bullmastiff-pit bull mix will have more space in his new home. he'll even have a backyard. you got to be happy for him. that won't help any of the neighborhood regulars who have become friends with the pooch known as the king of adams morgan. >> big dog in arlington. that's going to do it for us. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- mark ruffalo. alan rickman. musical guest, james taylor.

we have team three coverage tonight lets begin with "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff with the latest on the big announcement alexandria. >> reporter: todd, philadelphia officials were given a rough look at possible events while they were in vatican city last week but today that schedule was made official and it is a busy one. >> when you look at overall papal itinerary for washington d.c., new york, as well as philadelphia, philadelphia shines. we have all of the large events. >> reporter: those events will begin at 9:30 in the morning of saturday, september 26th, once pope francis touches down in atlantic aviation. 10:30 a.m. mass license held at cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. following that pope francis will take temporary residents at sales chart seminary. later he is expect to talk immigration and religious freedom at independent mall. by 7:30 it is off to ben franklin parkway where he will take part in the massive world meeting of families. >> i think what he has demonstrated to the world is that he cares about those who are lift out locked out and in this p

alexandria. >>> a major spike in heroin overdose necessary camden, so much so police issued a warning we will take a closer look coming up. >>> organizers are calling it the most ambitious aid educational project in philadelphia history we will tell you about the first of its kind conference in the fight against the illness kate? >>> things are quiet in philadelphia for now but not for long strong storms heading our way, we will an eye on the storm tonight these severe then are storm could bring damaging wind hail and flash flooding we will have the latest, coming up, leslie. >>> chip kelly had a special guest at practice and sam bradford continues to increase his work load rehabbing from that torn acl. we will have more on his come back later in sports. we work weekends here. because it works for our patients. here, at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, we give our patients the freedom to make appointments that fit their schedules, even on weekends. because we believe in being here when our patients need us, so they can keep living their busy lives. weekend appointm

revealed today, alexandria? >> reporter: chris and jessica, ntsb has determined that the train's engineer was not calling texting or using data on his phone around the time of the crash but that does not necessarily mean the phone was off. >> we have another client who is in critical condition. >> reporter: larry bendeski are representing 12 of the 200 people injured when amtrak train 188 derailed near port richmond last month. as 106 miles an hour, it was going more than twice the posted speed limit around a curve. >> so it answers at least for now the question of is he on his phone? it doesn't answer why this happened. >> reporter: bendesky is referring to the latest fine goes stating that train engineer brandon bostian was not talking texting or using the internet on the phone in the moments before the crash. >> we have determined that there were no talking and texting or data usage involve however. >> reporter: that however point to the possibility that bostian was using the phone in other ways like browsing

just district arlington, alexandria and falls church. there is the line of showers and thunderstorms that are bubbling up to west of us. capable of producing heavy downpours and maybe a little bit of hail. no warnings on us right now. this will continue to move our way as we head through the evening hours. most of this will sizzle out over the next few hours. it will stay warm and humid all night long. temperatures hour-by-hour, 80 at 11:00. 75 degrees early tomorrow morning. daytime highs in the lore 90's. feels like temperatures in the middle 90's. the next seven days, a little bit of a break. not until the middle of next week. lower humidities and highs in the upper 80's. jonathan: that will feel pleasant. steve: feel nice. alison: really nice. steve: wear a coat. jonathan: not so much. thanks. if you're heading to the beach to beat the heat consider this. the maryland transportation authority warning drivers to be ready for delays tomorrow between 8:30 and 11:00. that is when 500 motorcyclists are expected to take part for the bridge

reporting live from southwest detectives alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right alexandria, thank you. >>> members of the emmanuel ame church in south carolina will the georgia are for their weekly sunday worship this happened days after gunman shot and killed nine members of the congregation. this is a live look at scene. bells will toll nine times during that service in honor of those lost in the tragedy. a all this as investigators try to confirmed if the manifesto uncovered on line was written wyatt ledge gunman. craig boswem has the very latest on this investigation. >> ♪ >> reporter: some came to sing others placed flowers outside of the emmanuel ame church in charleston on saturday. eva gallagher had to be her her sister 87 year-old susan jackson, was the oldest of the nine victims killed during the church massacre wednesday night. >> we will all miss her. >> reporter: for hundreds of people passing by here it was a chance to begin the healing process. >> what he tried to do, to start an incident, all did he was bring us closer together. >> reporter: twenty-one yea

i want to talk about alexandria mayor bill euille. unless he runs a successful write-in campaign in november which can half given the small margin -- the number of votes he lost by, something like 500. alison silver allison silberberg will likely be the next mayor. is this a good thing in your eyes if you're a developer? >> no you're probably worried and you hope that write-in campaign goes somewhere. that's the big issue in that city. how much development, how much green space, how much residential. silberberg ran on the issue also she said she's not anti-growth, but she wants to put the brakes on some of the development they have. lots of people like that but again, those who are not comfortable with that will be rooting for euille. >> listen, when you think of alexandria, it's old town charm so she ran on that. you know, maybe we need to slow down and have alexandria the way we want it. do we want the high rises and so much development that it changes the nature of the town? today's point, she has said i'm not anti-business. i just

look at this a live look from the belle haven country club in alexandria. a little bit of a rainbow here but it is anything but sunshine and lollipops southeast of the city. they are getting crushed by extremely heavy rains. moving rapidly at about 35 most for our from chesapeake bay and then south are calvert county prince george's county, and northern sections of charleston county. torrential rain and a lot of lightning with severe thunderstorm warnings remain in effect until 6:15. just to the east on the chesapeake bay, as this line of torrential rain moves out a little road shower popping up near fairfax now. after this main area pushes through, things will calm down dramatically and those he getting crushed with severe weather right now -- over the next hour you will see sunshine in your area. these are severe storms with a warning continuing until 6:15 this evening. we will continue to track all of this very closely for you. taking a look at the rainbow here. that will be a common site. the torrential rain and lightning and thunder a concern southeast

lightning in alexandria. also giving quite the show. you can see here, wow. just cracking in the sky. >> yeah. well, we have team coverage of the aftermath. scorching hot today and chuck bell said we're going for the record for rain. >> but it will be quieter out there. we want to begin with derrick ward, getting a closer look at all the damage from the storms. what's in fairfax where there's there's there's a tale behind this tree. look at that tree, it fell from between these two houses here and sort of came across the street. now, that looks lucky, but when you hear else what happened i want to tell you how lucky the people who live here. your son was in the path of the tree. you heard it coming down. >> we were standing outside, my son was getting ready to get into the car with my grandmother to head on a trip. we started to hear a up poing noise and we were looking to see what was happening. then slow motion it started to fall. i was standing by the door of the house. i could yell run run run run. at first he was very stunned. looking around didn't know

and some timing as it moves to the northeast at about 20 mile-per-hour and alexandria about 6:25. and college park about 6:45. this is the remnants of what was tropical storm bill impacting our area and it's the outer most band that will be our big weather maker this evening over 1,000 lightning strikes and this will bring lots of lightning and maybe a tornado or two. the timing with future weather 7:00 p.m. fredric, loud oen and 8:00, it continues to move towards the east. notice the bright colors. that is torrential rain. you want to avoid driving during the evening hours tonight. moving through the district between 8:00 and 9:00. 9:00 p.m. still impacting st. george counties. and outd of here by midnight and still some areas of rain and a few thunderstorms possible overnight. my biggest weather concern this evening high winds, heavy rain. very low threat of hail and low threat of tornado. high today was about 92 degrees. tomorrow, father's day, the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day. it switches from severe thunderstorms to hooet and humidity humidity. it will

mid to upper 60s near 70 inside the belt ware, alexandria, arlington and falls church. and eastern shore around 60 degrees. upper 60s along the bay. into virginia, loudoun county into prince william, spotsylvania, only in the 50s. and there's that sun from last evening's photos coming in. then it got really red right before sunset last evening. then the live tower cam this morning at 6:00 a.m. showed the sun rising in this very red color as well. all due to smoke in the high atmosphere coming in from canadian wildfires. a couple thousand miles away. right now, storm team 4 radar scanning the sky. no rain anywhere in the vicinity. by 8:00 in the low 70s. lots of sunshine for the day. upper 80s by late afternoon with low humidity. beautiful day coming up. overnight tonight, it will still be comfort about with low humidity. low 70s by dawn tomorrow. then the hottest day of the next several days. that is likely tomorrow, the mid-90s on thursday. getting more humid on thursday afternoon. sweltering humidity on friday and saturday. highs low 90s. we'll get an afternoon storm

live in alexandria, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you. amtrak's ceo got emotional on capitol hill in a hearing about the deadly derailment in philadelphia. lawmakers grilled the amtrak officials about why the technology to slow the train was not in place. since the accident, amtrak has installed the technology on tracks it owns. in the northeast corridor. the amtrak ceo vowed to make sure it was operational. >> the greatest contribution. >> they released the preliminary report. it provided no new information on the cost of the crash. leon: another travel safety issue focused on recall of the takata air bags after a top executive dropped a bombshell saying some vehicles may need to have the air bags replaced more than once. elizabeth hur has more information. elizabeth: takata is now clear that the danger posed by the air bag is real and the outcome can be deadly. the recall involving 34 million takata air bagsliched to at least six deaths an more than 100 injuries. 11 honda makers are -- 11 auto makers are identifying which of their cars

we just got the writings of an accused serial killer in alexandria. find out what it reveals about a motive. >>> prince george's county police say there were times they >>> we have seen again and again how crucial dash cam video can be for justice but in prince george's county one-third of the dash cams are broken and that leads to revelations of missing video in investigations. there's now a plan to get those cameras if i canned. to you are boo bureau chief tracee wilkins live in palmer park. tracy? >> reporter: important to know that prince george's county was one of the first police departments to actually embrace using these dashboard cameras and so they have gotten a little old. when citizens see a camera like this one in a cop car, they are expecting it to be recording whatever is happening important not only to the officers but the chief of this department. it is a problem they are trying to fix. >> i think transparency is certainly one of the overriding factors for our use of the cameras. >> reporter: prince george's county police say they wan

we're going to break world records. >> together. >> together. >> in alexandria, david culver news 4. >> and the brothers are raising money in shoeps of competing at the world youth championship in colombia. learn more about their efforts online. >>> get ready to see brice harper live you've never seen him before. he's expected to pose nude in this year's edition of espn body magazine. he said he's always wanted to do the body issue saying, quote, i want to put baseball out there. let's hope that's all that's out there. the issue comes out on july 6th. you may remember john also posed news for this magazine back in 2013. also expected to feature northern virginia native and u.s. women's soccer player alley kreeger. got to check that out. that's all for "news4 this week." thanks for joining us. we'll leave you now with pictures that some of you have been snapping around the area of bears roaming. i know right around this area. until next time remember be safe be kind, be happy, everybody. bye-bye. >>> breaking news. there is an amber alert for three missing prince george's children. an

three and a half in alexandria. definitely an active night. more on that in a bit. kelley: cutting short plans and sending people running, rebecca cooper is live right now. certainly a quick change of plans for a lot of people. rebecca: that is right. take a look at downtown bethesda. saturday night is a night of a count on. normally the sidewalk is packed. it has been raining heavily. people tried to make the best of it. >>by 8:00 p.m., the sidewalks of downtown bethesda were deserted. heavy rain, wind, and areas of flash flooding impacted the entire region. earlier their worries and diners were determined to enjoy the evening. >> we were told you can sit outside but the rain is going to come. we braved it. >> we are having a good time. rebecca: just about everyone was forced to take cover as restaurants closed and severe weather came in. nothing could save the lost dollars usually brought in on a saturday night. >> normally we are packed. things are going off quickly. with the rain, people are running inside. rebecca: people made the best of it, trying to steer cl