derrick ward live with the details. derrick. >> reporter: good morning, it's indeed open after a normalcy that happened yesterday after 7:00 p.m. when montgomery county police and metro transit police came to reports of shots fired. when they got here, they found an adult male who had been indeed shot in the garage. a short time later two people people montgomery county police are calling persons of interest, have been taken into custody. all. garage was indeed closed but again at last check montgomery county police are still questioning those people they call persons of interest. we expect the identity of the victim to be released later today. we're live in wheaton, derrick ward news4. >>> 5:17 your time now. police departments in our area now have a lot of new body camera options to consider. companies put some of the latest technology on display at the dulles expo center. they included cameras, one with a stealth mode and lots of different ways to store data. there were also consultants to talk about privacy and secu

derrick ward has more. and amelia segal for those going to the nats game it will be a hot one. >> it will be extremely hot. light colored loose fitting clothing. we're talking about it on twitter and facebook. first pitch at 1:35. temperature at that point around 95 degrees. hazy sun and dry throughout the game. the big focus on the heat and humidity. because of that you can bring an extra bottled water to the game but it has to be sealed and a portable fan as well. they have cooling stations at gnat park. it will feel like temperatures are around 108 degrees today at the game. extremely hot. make sure you're drinking plenty of water. just about everybody will be under a heat advisory from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. today. everybody east of to blue ridge because heat indices will be between 100 and 110 degrees. this is likely the warmest day so far this year. this is what it feels like outside right now. 97 in leesburg and washington. 92 degrees in gaithersburg, david. >> thanks. as amelia alluded to, it will feel l

. >> news4's derrick ward just spoke to a neighbor. derrick? >> reporter: well, good morning, again. we are outside the farmington woods community. a single family development tucked away off route 410, indian head highway in accokeek. see this house behind me? this is the premiere house in the development, but neighbors say it's the source of trouble. loud and boisterous parties and often block neighbors from getting to their house. outside the development is where a lot of cars parked to attend the party. there's the obligatory plastic cups to say there was a party here and there was something else last night. 1:00 a.m. when police responded to this place outside the development where they found an adult male who had been shot and that person later died at the hospital. we don't have an identity of that victim or any sort of suspect lookout. but we talked to neighbors around here, they said that last night was one of those parties that they have so often talked about. and some have complained about. this man tell us what he saw. >> when i was

we have live in prince george's county, derrick ward news 4. >> thanks, derrick. >>> kim kardashian is making twitter better. i just e-mailed twitter to see if they can add an edit feature so when you misspell something you don't have to delete and repost. the twitter co-foupder goes by jack. idea. we are always looking at ways to make things faster and easier. this might simplify our lives, especially in the news world. >> you like the feature? >> i love it. facebook and instagram have it. >> she's getting credit for it. >>> metro's silver line is turning one this weekend. they want to celebrate with you. here is what they are doing. tomorrow, you can catch a movie outside the reston east station. metro is going to screen "despicable me" at 8:45 tomorrow night. can you believe already tuning one year. >> i live out that way. a lot of development. it's going up fast there. a lot of easy parking. it looks like it is going to be a nice night for it. head over to watch minions. >> the weather is going to be cooperative. no minions in the weather. do they always do bad things? >> they have

derrick ward is joining me live there with his umbrella. you know, derrick, as people head to the park they are going to bend the rules for those willing to brave the heat. >> reporter: they are. they are going to make it easier for you to stay hydrated. it's not electricity they have to deal with today it is the heat. the lights went out yesterday. that caused them to cancel the game against the l.a. dodgers. they are going to finish up today. they are going to pick up at 2:00 this afternoon. if you are coming down for that game, you will be allowed to bring unopened water bottles into the stadium. that's something they don't normally do. they want to make sure you stay hydrated. also, there will be cooling stations throughout the stadium look for the misting fans. look for the crowds. that will be a good way to find the misting fans. people are going to gather around those. they are going to open up the roosevelt and kennedy room to take advantage of the air-conditions there as well. the game will get under way about 2:00. we expect the s

we want to go back to news 4's derrick ward outside the navy yard with more. derrick? >> reporter: well you could say it has been about four hours to the minute since this incident started. we have an obvious conclusion. it was about 7:30 this morning. we are told an employee of the navy yard heard something that sounded like gunshots. we talked to the chief, cathy lanier, about all of this. she says within 40 minutes of that call, she was in a command center with nci fbi officials. we haven't heard what the person that called that thought she heard something that sounded like gunshots. no one is upset with this person. she did exactly as expected. let's hear from chief lanier. >> we tell people over and over again, see something, say something. you don't know what's going on. don't take things for granted. make that call. regardless of what it is, an employee thought they heard something of concern. they made a call back. that's what we tell people to do. >> reporter: of course, they are calling this a clear and coordinated response to this incident. >> reporter: ther

derrick ward has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, again. well,s we're up on bonn afont street in silver string, but if you were looking at it from colesville road you will see it's elevated. think of it as a big spiraling parking ramp. this is all about getting bus drivers ready to navigate this structure. now, it was actually started building -- they started to build this back in 2008. it was supposed to be done by late last year but in 2013, they started to find cracks and they realized that the concrete had not been reinforced enough and they were worried about chunks that were falling down once the vibrations from the vehicles on there got started. they found a way to retrofit reinforcements. there was even talk of tearing it down. what we don't have is official opening dates. the last one that we knew about was the end of last year. obviously, that didn't happen. but they still think that they can salvage this and make this the crowning jewel of transportation here in silver spring. the cost of this facility, $140 million. live in silv

news4's derrick ward live at the wiehle-reston east station with more. hey, there. >> reporter: the silver line is a year old. it seemed like only yesterday it was a twinkle in the eye of the metro engineer. to celebrate, you will get a free ride on the dulles airport silver line express. that's a bus that runs between dulles airport and wiehle station. it's usually $5 but today it's free. this has performed better than expected. especially at the wiehle station. they have had 9,000 riders on your average weekday. they only expected 8,000. that's really good considering projections are more rosy. that's good because it's been 60% of what they expected. again, that's better than they expected. to do the whole thing about how perceptions go. this silver line bus that runs between dulles and the station, they say about 270,000 riders. they have used the service in a year that it's been in place. so they have something to celebrate too. they have hooked up with metro to do it now. later today at the station, there will be a free screening of the movie "despi

news 4's derrick ward has more on what they are finding in what used to be called mt. calbert. >> charles town, the one time seat of prince george's county government in the late 1690s, buildings like this residents, shops and taverns lined the thoroughfare and the ground still yields traces. >> we have a hand made nail that could date anywhere from the 1600s. >> later after the seat moved to upper marlboro this was the site of a plantation. this tobacco field worked by servants and then later slaves, again the earth here yields relics of the time. >> these are ceramics of the early 1800s imported from europe. and these are spear points or projectile points from three to 5,000 years ago. >> so what kept this area attractive to human being for 10,000 years. part of the reason right outside of the window. that is the patuxent river. >> that gives you access to the markets in europe for the tobacco planters and resources like the wildlife fish, water fowl. >> digs like this are as close as we can come to a snapshot of life a century, ten centuries ago. >> we are able to l

news4's derrick ward spoke to residents who say this house is a trouble spot in their community. >> reporter: it was 1 a.m. when police were called to the area just outside this gated community in ac kaky for the report of a shooting. when they got there they found the victim. he had been shot. and he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. neighbors said there had been a party at a house inside the development. >> i would say there had to be at least 300 people in there. it was so many -- you couldn't even get past there really it was cars on both sides. >> reporter: some residents were apparently unable to get into their development because of the cars and the crowd. >> there were neighbors who were stuck out on indian head highway, comment even get up on the service road. >> reporter: some say they were cursed at by partygoers when they asked to move. this was hours before the shooting. >> they called the police and dispatcher asked single women who workere in their cars unable to get inside could they see weapons? of course, at that time of night, nobody is going to be able to see anyth

live in wheaton, derrick ward news4. >>> it's 6:02. in the day ahead you can head over to the public safety meeting in the nome ma neighborhood. d.c. council member charles allen said this is in response to the recent vial flens thatolence in that area. on monday, a man was shot and killed on 3rd street northeast. not far from the metro station. >>> 6:02. we're waiting to hear new developments in the lyons' sisters disappearance. we're told montgomery county police and authorities from bedford county, virginia will be at a news conference. we'll keep you up to speed with alerts through the nbc washington app. sheila and kathryn lyon vanished from wheaton in 1975. investigators have been searching a rural property in virginia for months now in connection with the case. >>> ahead, jury deliberations are expected to begin in the deadly colorado theater trial. james holmes is accused of killing and hurting people in 2012. prosecutors say holmes was legally sane at the time of the shooting. >>> the smithsonian is distancing itself again fro

derrick ward news4. >>> a second biker dies from a horrible crash in north carolina. news4's darcy spencer joins us from the newsroom with the virginia man's name and the new details about the wreck. darcy? >> reporter: erika the second victim has been identified as kenneth jefferson of chesterfield, virginia. there was a prayer service held today in richmond in his people rained today, we are hearing for the first time from the leader of that motorcycle club about this tragedy. the bikers were on their way to a motorcycle rally when the driver of a tractor trailer apparently fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into six motorcycle riders. they were all part of that club. they had stopped along the shoulder of the highway because one of the bike also a mechanical problem. that crash happened about 6:30 friday morning on i-85 in the greensboro area of north carolina. the victims were members of the black eagle riders club. they were on their way to a bikers' rally in atlanta. police there say daniel serna, pictured here, play is fallen asleep behind the wheel of his bi

news4's derrick ward talked to the family. >> reporter: sunday afternoon white caps off cove point, there's no searching now. the water's too rough. on saturday searchers found daniel brown. his brother, doug, is still out there somewhere. jason is brown is with family and friends. he has memories of his dad. >> he always brought the family together and it's good to have him you know, bring them all together in this time. >> reporter: jason was swimming with his father, daniel and uncle, doug, friday when it happened. >> the tide pulled us to you the a little bit. okay, we have to go back in. we started swimming back, we weren't making it we were swimming in place. >> reporter: doug tried to swim back and get help. >> i was standing with my dad and he was -- he just told me -- told me he loved me told me to go ahead. >> reporter: it was the last time he saw his father the last time he saw his uncle. they were two peas in a pod they did lots together. >> reporter: being on the water was always a big part of the family's together time. both brothers were excellent swimmers and even better fam

derrick ward, news4. >> thanks. it's 73 degrees right now, chuck bell, was saw in derrick's live shot, a pleasant start to the morning. >> nice morning outside. if you haven't stepped outside yesterday, you will notice lower humidity levels than yesterday. got one day humidity break around here. before it comes back into place for your monday. for now the sun shines over washington and out over reston town center as well. that's where this live picture is coming from. beautiful day outside. skies are not pure blue. they have a hazy quality to them. so the weather impacts, sunshine yes humidity not too much. mid to upper 70s in town and bayside. no rain yet. only showers today in shenandoah valley. in and around town nothing to worry about. temperatures mid 70s. up to the mid and upper 80s for a time. workweek forecast is coming right up. >> chuck, thank you very much. >>> right now, all red line stations on metro are back open. track work closed a half dozen stations yesterday. shuttles buts buses replaces towns. me

that's where news4's derrick ward jo still-developing story. derek? >> reporter: indeed, that new information just in today that this murder happened here yesterday afternoon. take a look at that picture again. police are looking for jasper spires, wanted for first-degree murder while armed and police say that he stabbed 24-year-old kevin joseph sutherland yesterday on board a red line train as it pulled into the gal laddette nome ma station. this happened about 10 minutes before 1 in the afternoon. the train was packed with people heading down to the mall for the july 4th activities there. a victim, a 2012 graduate of american university was a member of the student government there. and he had also interned for a connecticut congressman connecticut being his home state. congressman jim hines. now, heartfelt condolences have come in from american university student government association from other folks as well. and this incident has renewed concerns amongst some about security on board metro trains and throughout the system. >> it did concern me tha

in our next half hour, derrick ward takes us inside the event to talk with people on both sides of the debate. >>> that teenager ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. a judge ordered jasper spires held without bond this afternoon. mark segraves was in the courtroom as the defendant began laughing during the serious proceedings. mark? >> reporter: that video was played in court this afternoon. it shows the suspect who prosecutors say is jasper spires hanging out in the metro station, following people and just before boarding the train where kevin souther land was killed the suspect is seen putting gloves on and then when that train stops, the suspect is again seen running out of the train station. his defense attorney says it wasn't his client. and on the stand today, a detective testified that, in fact, one of the witnesses on that train identified someone else as the suspect. prosecutors are sure that jasper spires murdered kevin sutherland, the two men were on a red line train july 4th. spires' medical i.d. card was found at the scene. police who had arrested him in the past r

news4's derrick ward has more on the training. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, you know what, this is something i can't recall ever seeing here in silver spring. but behind me we look at the top level of the transit center. now, this was supposed to be the crowning jewel of intermodal transportation, but it's turned out to be a $140 million boondoggle. they broke ground back in 2008. and back in 2013, cracks started to appear in the concrete. they realized that it had not been properly reinforced or poured in some areas. so there was a stalemate of sorts about who would pay for it. montgomery county or actually metro. and the big risk was that a falling chunk of concrete. well, they seemed to have reached an agreement on that. once this is declared safe and open, they're going to hand over the keys to metro. but what's going to happen today is that metrobus drivers and ride on drivers will get used to circumnavigating this facility. they want to make sure they can drive it when it's going to open. but we didn't know when that is yet. derrick ward, news4. >

derrick ward news4. >> thanks, derrick. >>> you have seen the devastating pictures that wildfire destroying cars right there on a california freeway. see what technology firefighters say hurt their efforts to put it all out and how things are turning around for them this morning. >>> people in the west dealing with some serious flooding. homes swept way. we'll look at the other conditions that people are dealing are right now. >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> heavy rain caused what you're about to see right here incredible flooding in arizona. these rushing floodwaters toppled motor homes and destroyed sheds. two interstates had to be shut down. looks like a river right there. more than a thousand folks without power. no word on how many people were trapped by all of that flooding. >>> and this morning, much needed rain is helping firefighters in california get a handle on all of this. these wildfires by now you have seen the images of the fire just engulfing the cars in flames on a highway outside of l.a. >> and now folks are going back to assess the damage this morning. nbc's gadi sc

we are live on constitution avenue derrick ward. >> they'll have a great time. thank you. see you soon. the fourth of july parade starts at 11:45. you can line up along constitution avenue. the parade goes from 7th to 17th street northwest. marching band, giant balloons and drill teams will bring the parade best until 2:00. at 8:00 tonight the sights and sounds of the holiday will certainly come to life on the west lawn of the capitol. it's going to be a beautiful sight, i think. a lot of you are excited about a capitol fourth concert. barry manilow hunter hayes and casey and the sunshine band are performing. the gates open at 3:00, concert goes until 9:30. it's sponsored by the national parks service and the orchestra. >>> so much going on. if you are headed out, give yourself extra time. there's going to be a lot of street closures. roads are already closed at this hour. they will remain shut down until 11:00 tonight. the parade is inbound to constitution avenue, going to be closed today. the nbc washington app, this is a good time to download that. it can be your travel

live on the mall derrick ward, news sports. >> thank you. we know that metro will be jam packed this weekend, so we're working for you to make sure you can get where you need to go. today trains are on a holiday schedule. that means metro will open at 7:00 this morning. parking is free at metro facilities. tomorrow metro will run on a saturday schedule until 2:00 p.m. and then they're going to ramp up. the smithsonian metro stop will be entrance only to help people exit the mall safely. metro will be especially packed because swrul 4th is on a saturday this year. a reminder you can take the train to the d.c. fireworks if you live in virginia. virginia railway express running its special firecracker service tomorrow. tickets cost $10. trains start leaving fredericksburg tomorrow afternoon. there will also be service back to virginia starting at 10:45 from union station. tickets must be purchased by calling vre or picking them up in person at the vre headquarters in alexandriary wra. >> when you are out and about this weekend, can you still fi

news4's derrick ward is live at the wiehle-reston station. what have you got? >> reporter: yeah, we're here in the ride line at wiehle-reston and that's where the freebie is. this represents the new mode of transportation. take a look, we have the bus terminal here and right over here, this is a big feature of this. this is a secure bike station and that gets into what they're calling the intermodal phase of this station. and you know this station sees about 9,000 people on your average weekday. planners expected 8,000. all the silver line stations got up to 60% of their expected ridership. so you'll get this free ride if you are going to dulles on the dulles airport silver line flyer today and tomorrow. that's usually a $5 ride. a bit of a savings for folks involved in this. they're having a free screening of "despicable me." something for the young folks and older ones too. silver line being one year old and they do grow mast. we're live in reston, derrick ward, news4. >> thank you. >>> so we have scary video, coming to us out of kentucky. what forced people

. >> news4's derrick ward is live outside police headquarters. derrick? >> reporter: it was the police chief and the mayor that held this joint announcement here inside police head quarters a few minutes ago and they have seemed to have solved this case but there are still some questions to be anticipated. now, it was back on june 23rd when the fire department and police were called to the 1200 block of holbrook terrace in northeast. this is in the trip dad section of northeast. the call was for the fire in a trash can they put that fire out they found something much more disturbing, there was a body in that trash can and that person had been shot meltultiple times and identified that man as 19-year-old heineken mcneil. they arrested another 19-year-old zakias blanding. he has been charged with second-degree murder. it dispelled the notion that investigators and others had about this killing. >> the result of a neighborhood feud. that belief sparked several days of other instances of violence. well, with this arrest today, we have now learned that this, i

news4's derrick ward has the latest from the scene. derrick? >> reporter: yeah we understand that victim's wounds are considered life threatening. it happened at about 2:00 this morning here in the 2600 block -- 2600 block of stanton road southeast. now, it looks like multiple evidence markers on the scene. i counted at least 20. each of those doesn't necessarily mean that it is a shell casing, but as you can see this is a big crime scene that has stanton road completely closed in the 2600 block. near the suitland parkway. if you ride the 94 buss it may be affected by this because the bus cannot get through the scene. it happened early this morning at about 2:00 a.m. an adult male shot multiple times, suffering life threatening injuries. he was taken away in critical condition. no word on the identity of the victim or a suspect. live in southeast, derrick ward, news4. >> thank you. >>> it is now 6:33. new details this morning in the case against the orthodox rabbi who admitted to secretly recording women. freundel's attorney said he was wrongly

live in southeast derrick ward, news4. >> thank you. >>> 5:55. raise your hand if you have a desktop computer. what about a tablet? you may be to blame for sinking pc sales. i love that dress, landon. caught my eye, sorry. >> thank you. good morning to you, guys. the pc market continues to struggle as you mentioned. the new data sales fell the sharpest in the second quarter. but microsoft will launch windows 10 later on. >>> facebook is looking to take on youtube. "the new york times" reports that the social network giants is looking to add music videos to the news feeds and they'll share revenue. back over to you. >> thanks, landon dowdy from cnbc. >>> if you take popular pain killers like aleve, advil and motrin you will see new warnings on the labels. the fda is putting stronger warnings on the possibility of heart attacks and strokes for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. arthritis drugs like celebrex are on the list. the new warning says heart attacks and strokes can occur in the first few weeks of taking the drugs. labels just warn right

in chantilly, derrick ward news4. we just checked and things are almost back to normal at laguardia airport this evening after that major power outage there this morning. terminal c went dark when a contractor accidentally cut two power lanes. some 45 flights were canceled because of the outage. generators brought in to get things running again. now just three evening flights have been canceled. >>> new developments following that deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. turns out even if you never take the train, that crash could have cost you money. the secretary of transportation anthony fox, says the government has opened up a price gouging investigation of five airlines now. the investigators trying to figure out if delta american, united, southwest and jetblue raised airfares in the northeast right after that derailment. >>> maryland transportation officials say they will repair the marc train that collided with the truck along those tracks in silver spring this week. a lot of passengers left stranded by the crash e

. >> derrick ward, thank you. >>> a better look at the walter reed national military medical center. this map gives you an idea why it took so long for police to search that campus, 243 acres. today's scare happened in building one. that's the tower in the front of the complex. it's a prominent building that can be seen as you drive by on rockville pike. for three hours, workers inside the complex were told to shelter in place while many outside waited for any sort of group date. news4's meagan fitzgerald continues our team coverage. she was live on our air for hours today. >> reporter: many of the folk wes spoke with were leaving gate two behind me here at 2:00 when they were given the all-clear, of course, very relieved this ordeal was over and very grateful to law enforcement for their, aggressive response. >> your attention. your attention. all personnel are directed to shelter in place. >> reporter: this is not the scene anyone wants to walk into when trying to head to work or make an appointment. >> some reports of a possible active shooter but there's nothing confirmed yet. >>

derrick ward news4. >>> a woman is locked up tonight because of what investigators describe as a bad temper in an intense need for nicotine. d.c. police say she walked up to a man and asked him for a cigarette this morning. when he didn't give him one, she punched him. police arrested her for robbery. >>> let's take a live look outside at news4 city cam, we all enjoy the weather this afternoon. but what we're hearing is that this morning's rain could have an impact on tomorrow morning's weather. >> it's going to be a comfortably cool start tomorrow morning especially for those of you in the suburbs but because of the rain we had move through, mainly during the early and then morning hours that is going to cause some areas of fog to develop overnight tonight. that fog will favor a areas south of washington and it's going to burn off by 37:00, 8:00 a.m. we warm up tomorrow by 10:00 a.m., we're at 81. coming up, i'll let you know how humid it will feel tomorrow and when thunderstorms potentially severe return to the forecast. >> thanks amielia. >>> a big chunk of e street was shut aroun

news4's derrick ward has more local reaction from alexandria. derrick? >> reporter: twiceary i don't this area around this statue is adorned with confederate flag and this has stood here since 1889. could this be the year where alexandria rethinks where they rethink what it stands for. every year january 19th robert e lee's birth day three of these flags were raised at the site of this statue, the same each may when confederate memorial day is observed. personally for me, i think it is time to stop flag the flag what we don't do a lot in this city. >> reporter: the mayor wants to reconsider the practice in september. >> regards to the status for the statue itself, i think it would be more appropriate to relocate it to a park or a building, some type of museum for folks to sit but not the heart of old town. >> reporter: statue is officially known as appomattox, depicts a rebel soldier, a weary gaze cast 200 miles south where the confederate army surrender and ended the civil warm the war ended but not the controversy. today on the streets, you can find ho

we begin tonight with news4's derrick ward with more on how this unfolded for the police officers who rushed to the scene. derrick? >> reporter: jim and doreen, there were a lot of resources brought to bear on this facility. they were varied. they came from as far away as howard county and had fbi, fire and ems, even though this is a medical facility. even though there was one specific is threat thatfully turned out not to be real there was more than one specific threat prepared for and what we might say, this is an example of the emerging science of safety. >> attention. attention. all personnel are directed to shelter in place. >> reporter: the siren and the recorded message was clear, something was up. an employee at this facility heard what sounded like a gunshot. an employee did what was expected, reported it first responders did what they are trained do here. a systemic search floor by floor of the 20-story tower that is building one. theirs was just the first phase of the sweep. >> then dogs trained in the detection of explosive devices will enter those floors and look for expl

he tells derrick ward two men followed him, asked him for money and then attacked him. the victim ran to the nearby building. someone led him in and the crooks ran ey still haven't been caught. >>> we learned that former president george h. w. bush will not need surgery to repair a broken bone in his neck. mr. bush's 91 years old now. he was rushed to the hospital yesterday after he fell at a sum her home in kennebunkport maine. he is said to be in fair condition tonight. mr. bush's office says he fractured a vertebrae but it is expected to heal on its own. he has a form of parkinson's disease and uses a motorized scooter to get around. >> >>> we told you before about the dangers those laundry pods can pose to children. now, manufacturers are promising to make some changes. in the first six months of this year, poise.control centers have god.more than 6,000 reports of children ingesting the con tents of the pods or getting the stuff in their eyes. companies have changed their packaging so the kids won't be tempted to reach for the colorful pods. some are even making cha

live in old town el alexandria, derrick ward news4. >> he thinks the issue may be going too far on some fronts. one example he cited was calls to dig up confederate cemeteries. hogan says if maryland wants to be sensitive to people's feelings, but the civil war is part of our history. >> i support what's going on in south carolina with the removal of flags from there. some of this other stuff to me is really going too far. it's political correctness run amuck. people say we can't pretend as if there wasn't a civil war and we'll remove every civil war person out of our history books. >> governor hogan did pull state license tags or featuring the confederate flag. more than 150 drivers have those plates. >>> there was a violent crash that killed two young women in maryland. tonight there is video that shows the moment of impact. the man behind the wheel that caused the accident is now going to prison for more than ten years. tracee wilkins was in court today when he was sentenced. she joins us with the emotional reaction to that video. >> reporter: that accident happened in the intersecti

and now he is talking with news4's derrick ward. >> reporter: a local man fends off a pair of would-be muggers here along 16th street. he ran to the first place where he felt he could be safe, this apartment building. he is oh he didn't get robbed. but he want others people to know what happened and he wants the muggers caught because he doesn't want it to happen to anyone else. we will have details coming up later on news4. >>> we are getting another look at dylann roof the man who confessed to killing nine people inside an historic black church. >> find out what happ >>> the gunman who killed nine people inside a charleston church last month was back in court today. dylann roof was formally indicted on nine counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. nbc's sara daloff has our report. >> reporter: shackle and wearing a striped prison jump suit dylann roof was formally indicted on nine counts of first-degree murder at a hearing less than a mile from where he allegedly shot and killed nine people inside the emanuel african meth though disebusiness co-pal chur church. >> base

. >> tonight, news4's derrick ward and myself talked to the man about how it all went down. >> reporter: a local man is bruised and frightened but he is okay after fending off a pair of muggers. it was all captured on video. the bruises still sore after a week but it could have been worse a lot worse for this mugging victim. only wants us to use his first name pedro. his faceoff with a would-be attacker july 10th was call the by surveillance cameras. the video released by the metropolitan police department. speaking through a translater, he talks about how he was coming home from his second job, it was late sew walked a co-worker home for his own safety. he didn't know soon his own safety would be in jeopardy. he says after seeing the co-worker off safely he missed his bus and wasn't familiar with the neighborhood or bus route social started walking. as he walks along 16th street near euclid two men approach him from the street corner and they ask for money. he says he has none and keeps walking. as he crossed the street, he noticed he was being followed. he picked up his pace but so di

you're live on the mall, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> thank you. >>> travel experts warn holiday travel will be busy and dangerous. drivers like nisha jordan say they're going to be extra careful, and that's because the national safety council say around 400 people will be killed on roads this weekend. that is the most since july 4 of 2008. >> >>. >> that has to do with the fact -- >> local triple-a officials are concerned because this year's fourth of july falls on a saturday. gas prices are low. people have a few drinks, lots of factors mixed in there and you can't forget the rain in the forecast this weekend as well. >> you won't have any trouble hitting the roads in wheaton this weekend. crews are done putting georgia avenue back together after a water main break. things went back to normal before 10:00 last night. the southbound lanes had been lossed since wednesday afternoon near arcola avenue when a huge water main broke and flooded the street with 2.5 million gallons of water. >>> developing this morning alexandri

derrick ward news4. >>> this just in at 4, jose andres says he is pulling out of his deal with donald trump and won't open a restaurant in trump's new d.c. hotel. the celebrity chef says he is severing ties because of what trump said recentably mexican immigrant. he said "more than half of my team are hispanic, as are many of our guests. as a proud spanish immigrant and recently naturalized american myself, i believe every human being deer is was respect regardless of immigration status." trump is building a hotel at the old post office pavilion site downtown. >>> first at 4, they plan to appeal. general manager bruce allen says washington's football team looks forward to winning an appeal after a federal judge today canceled the trademark on the team's name. the judge said he agreed with the plaintiffs who said the name is disparaging to native americans. the ruling doesn't mean the team can't continue to use the name but the organization loses the right to exclusively market products with that name. news4's chris gordon is working this story and will join us live with more reaction

news4's derrick ward shows us how things could be changing in leesburg. >> reporter: a gathering at the front of the courthouse. a gathering nearby at a civil war memorial. at one sight slaves were sold. at another, confederate dead were honored. >> at this point, we're looking for balance. >> reporter: philip thompson president of the loudoun county naacp said at the town center, the dynamic civil war history is only partially recognized. >> union soldiers fell bravely to liberate loudoun county and there's nothing -- even soldiers from loudoun county including african-american soldiers, and there's no monuments or anything. >> i have nothing but respect for the plight of the african-americans. >> reporter: harry cummins believes that this flag has been co-oped by those bent on dividing the races. he said there's room to remember his ancestors who fought for the confederacy and those who fought to save themselves from the bondage. >> and i have even made a small donation. >> loudoun county is changing. >> reporter: phyllis randall seeking the chairmanship she'd be the first african-ame

man and the back yard creek and other ways to get to the point he had to go through a gate or fenced derrick that when we are calling a distinction between the two creek very vague suspect description is so we are simply not shore. >> catherine: every ward is given due to a robbery at a bakery. in san jose precipitancy the video footage with a man: a gun from his waist ordering the two young clerks to empty the registered creek as he runs off with money. he is in life span his bet with a slender build wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans and running shoes. >> catherine: concord police have been looking for 31 year old jason harris they say that he burglarized more than one dozen concord homes creek police spotted him riding in that car. they pulled over and arrested him. bill is that bill is set at $1,500. >> catherine: because of the extreme drought conditions are very dry and the state. >> the numbers that we have seen what cost must saving 40 per cent from june 2013 which is above the 20% goal that we have set by the state starting june and going into february of next year. >> catherine