maryland governor stumping for his new jersey counterpart today. maureen: larry hogan endorsed chris christie's run for the presidency. we break it down. >> it has become a familiar campaign venue for larry hogan and chris christie. the new jersey governor visited the maryland diners numerous time stumping for hogan at the time who was a heavy underdog. hogan says if it wasn't for christie he would not have become governor. >> trying our best. working hard. reporter: this time it's christie who is the candidate in the quest to become the g.o.p. nominee for president, he is formally endorsed by hogan. >> nobody has the strength of character, the strength of leadership, the guy who is honest, who tells it like it is. which is what i love about him. reporter: national polls shows christie trailing many of the g.o.p. rivals. today the new jersey governor didn't hold back taking aim at president obamas iran nuclear agreement. >> the president's announcement yesterday is nothing more than another one of his lies. >> he is clarifying how to jumpstart the

now, the song "maryland my maryland" is under fire because it was written by a confederate sympathizer in 1861. last week a delegate from frederick county proposed having the song replaced by a poem. a long time annapolis resident suggested replacing it with "my home my maryland." that was composed with the naval academy glee club. >>> we know that faulty switches were responsible for 124 deaths and 266 injuries. that's according to the fund set up to compensate victims. victims' families are being offered $1 million each. gm was aware of the faulty switches on millions of small cars for more than a decade but didn't recall them until last year. >>> check on your freezer. a major recall this morning involving stuffed chicken products. more than 1.7 million barber foods frozen chicken products are being recalled in the u.s. and canada. for a full list of the products which may be contaminated with salmonella, head to the nbc washington app. it includes stuffed chicken packaged in six individual packages per box. almost 60,000 products were recalled earlier this month and that recall is

. >>> plus, big savings for maryland drivers. why a t to the beach tomorrow will cost less than it did today. >> first up tonight at 11, rain rolling in on storm team 4 radar. check it out, folks. a severe thunderstorm warning just expired in frederick county maryland. >> we're not done yet. the showers are going to be with us for the next several hours. let's go straight to veronica johnson in our storm center. vj? >> during the 6:00 p.m. news, i said it would come through with moderate and heavy rain. it's doing just that during your evening hours you were probably tracking it on your nbc washington app. but look at this. the heavy rain around frederick county, maryland. where we just had that warning expire. now this red box from frederick county, virginia, to frederick county, maryland is a flash flood warning. it goes until 1:45 in the morning. that's the kind of rain that we've had. we've certainly had wind too. 49-miles-per-hour gusts in calvert cliffs area. with that warning in frederick county, maryland, almost 1 inch ha

or maryland area. he was last seen driving a silver 2001 ford win star van. >>> a large crowd gathered to remember a waldorf man killed in accokeek. friends and family used white candles and balloons to remember him. he was shot shortly after leaving the party early sunday morning as police search for his killer the owners of the home that hosted the party are facing a fine. prince george's county police say they were selling tickets to the party which is illegal without a permit. >>> brand new video of someone stealing from a library in d.c. d.c. police say the man stole several computers from the deanwood library. take a look here. he cut the wires holding the computers down and takes them to the window one by one. the burglary happened on saturday june 20th, at about 4:00 in the morning. police are offering a $1,000 reward in this case. >>> we expect learn today whether investigators can look at actions taken by governor scott walker's staff during his 2012 recall campaign. the question is whether w

all this is moving into southern maryland. frens and neighbors here south of town, it's a soggy start to your weekend. the seven day forecast, 85 with the rain ending by lunchtime today. near 90 with sunshine tomorrow. the second half of your weekend is looking fine. monday cloudy, 87. thunderstorms to deal with on tuesday and saying typical july hot and humid wednesday, thursday, friday. >> thanks. >>> hair stylists dentists, local bars. a few of the businesses targeted in this sophisticated scam. thousand identify if someone is pulling a fast one on you. >>> a virginia family opens up about their baby's rare medical condition. what they want every parent to know about [alarms blaring] ohhhhh... whoa whoa whoa! who's responsible for this?!? if something goes wrong, you find a scapegoat. ...rick. it's what you do. ahhhhhhhh! what'd you say? uh-oh! kelly! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. rick. don't walk away from me. ahhhhhhhh! >>> a baby in northern virginia

as far as travel times in maryland actually looking quite good. don't have any problems. 66 inbound looking quite good as well. 95 northbound to quantico, you are only a couple of minutes behind. >>> grab the umbrella. we are getting some showers right now in arlington, in the district of columbia as well as southern montgomery county. they are moving into prince george's p county. it's about to move into fed rick's -- fredericksburg as well as the shenandoah valley. the roads will likely be wet in parts of the region this morning as well as the afternoon. 70s for the morning commute. afternoon commute, into the low to mid 80s. a look at our storm chances for the fourth of july weekend. next weather and traffic on the 1s 6:51, angie. >>> thank you, thom. a daring rescue of a woman in california after she disappeared for two days. you see her car there. it had plummeted about 70 feet off the side of the malibu cliff there. a walker heard the woman screaming and called 911. rescuers had to climb down the steep cliff to get to her. she was taken to t

a maryland state police chopper was the first to spot the boat. when the coast guard pulled up, music was still playing, the instrument still on. zintner's body was found 12:30 this afternoon, about 1,000 yards from the vessel. smarr'sdiscovered around 4:00 p.m. investigators will look at whether weather played a role. >> we did have winds up to 25 knots sustained and 27 gusts. so that is some pretty strong winds for a 19-foot boat. so it's of concern and potentially a factor. >> reporter: they also noticed a plate was overturned on the stern. investigators say it's too early to rule out possible criminal activity. this woman recalls it was the other day that zintner asked to clear some bushes for her. >> he helped out. both were a nice couple. >> reporter: this long time boater was a member of the same yacht club as the couple. he came off the news that the second body had been found. >> it's very sad. i'm really shook up about it. they were just great people. and he got along with everybody. >> reporter: in stafford county julie carey, news4. >>

in 2012, he shepherded the passage of the maryland dream act. the following year he helped beat back a challenge to that law when maryland voters overwhelmingly passed a referendum in support of the dream act. and one of his final acts as governor was to increase maryland's minimum wage one of his top priorities on policy. please join me in giving a warm welcome to governor martin o'malley. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ bennett. >> thank you very, very much. it is wonderful to be here with all of you. i want to say a special thank you to janet murguia for your kind invitation and for the ability to be with all of you here today. as many of you know, this isn't janet's 10th year at the helm of the national council of la raza. big round of applause for that. [applause] and that means 10 years of exceptional leadership and the battle for hispanic civil rights and for a humane vision for immigration that will uplift our entire nation. [applause] >> as many of you know, janet and her family have lived one of the greatest american success stories that you wi

we learned that the driver who hit this maryland state trooper is a maryland state police civilian employee. we also have an update on the trooper. he was transported in critical condition. right now he is in stable condition. he is a three and a half year veteran. a lot of the troopers out here respect him a lot, and they are keeping him in their thoughts and prayers. and this situation this traffic created a mess on i-95. >> it was just overwhelming. >> reporter: ben was at a stand still on i-95 near 175 in howard county after police shut down the southbound lanes. this traffic camera shows us the backup. >> it just felt like i really couldn't move anywhere. i had to try to turn off the other roads. nothing seemed to be working. >> reporter: the gridlock started after 3:00 when maryland state trooper wing tong pulled over a suv. he turned on his emergency light, stepped out of his car and then another car drove off the roadway, hitting tong's police car. the impact forced the suv into tong, pushing him over the guardrail. >> he was transported to shock trauma. >> reporter: tonight the oth

with volvo. >>> back to our breaking news this hour in weeden, maryland. one lane of traffic is getting by on busy georgia avenue. a 16-inch main burr thanks afternoon, flooding the roadway and nearby homes and businesses with two and a half million gallons of water. one family now has to find somewhere else to stay. tonight, we are told that pipe is 68 years old and had already been slated for replacement. crews plan to put a patch on it tonight. wssc is hoping to have georgia avenue ready to go tomorrow morning during the commute. >>> tonight, the family of a 102-year-old woman who froze to death inside her house in d.c. that family is demanding answers and suing washington gas for $10 million amid new questions about the investigation. mark segraves has our report. >> reporter: the hole in the driveway where the gas line was first dug up and cut off has now been filled back up. but according to the attorney for beatrice harley's family, washington gas isn't telling them anything about what happened. >> what happened? i just want to know what happened he

metro area, warrington, fredericksburg, southern maryland. we are not under the tornado watch here it is winchester, frederick hagerstown martinsburg, parts of jefferson county, west virginia, carroll county baltimore and all the areas to the north. right now, nothing in our immediate area. the closest storms well back to our west now coming in toward morgan county. you can see what is happening on the radar. notice where the tornado watch is well north of the area. that's where we think the best chance for severe weather will be however, with he could see some of these storms down to the south make their way across our region, too, all of the heat and humidity, it is not going to be hard for any storms that do develop to become strong. once again, yesterday we saw the flash flooding. that was the biggest threat. today, that threat still a threat but not quite as high. it is the high winds that we are going to be dealing with. yes there is a low threat of a tornado today best chance of that northern portions of maryland around the mason-dixon

among them are five people from virginia and one from maryland. the president says their sentences are outdated and they do not fit their crimes. >> i have made clear to them that reentering society is going to require responsibility on their part and hard work and smarter choices. but i believe that at its heart, america is a nation of second chances. >> norman brown, who lived in hyattsville, is among those whose sentence was commute. a letter on taped by news4 shows his attempt to get his sentence reduced back in 2008. he asked the judge at that time to, in his words, remove some of my daily fears of never coming home. brown was sentenced to life in 1993 on cocaine charges. >>> tonight, a virginia woman is suing metro for $5 million after that deadly smoke incident in january. news4's chris lawrence is here with details of her lawsuit. >> megan bledsoe boarded the yellow line train in l'enfant plaza and says what happened the next 45 minutes cause herd great emotional distress. bottom line she blames metro. after it left the station bledsoe's t

avoid i-95 between maryland 175 and maryland 32 in this afternoon rush. more ahead at 4:00 -- we are keeping an eye on showers and storms that are hitting parts of the area. doug has an upd scott: getting ready to hit the roads, here is what you are facing. this is the traffic dealing with quite a bit of rain. 395 near seminary and king street area in northern virginia. it could be a tough commute home for people. >> a bad combination between wet roads. kimberly: doppler radar you can see at the bottom of the screen the area of red are the heavier area of rain. there is lightning bolts and the rumble of thunder we heard in arlington. zoom in. the area of the box is the flash flood warning. from the southeast part of the city. this is moving to clinton and farther southeast. this is an area in some spot go up to 2 inches of rain so far. more downpours expected through the evening. jump ahead in the weekend. this is the first time in a long time we have seen anything like this in the weekend outlook. saturday night it looks good for alexandria birthday bash

it includes all of maryland, most of virginia. for these storms coming through tonight, look at new timing hour by hour, next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. melissa, what's going on now? >> breaking news right now. 50 west would be at mlk highway we have two lanes blocked there. three mile backup because of a crash. 66 east at 123, that crash on the shoulder three mile backup there as well. pretty nasty both ways. american legion bridge, report of an accident. as far as travel times, in maryland actually not so bad at this point this morning. 66 inbound okay and 95 north quantico to the beltway you're on time. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >>> a new push to eliminate a major bottleneck you deal with every day. the proposal that could speed up your commute on the beltway. >>> a night of tossing and turning might have you reaching for the coffee right now, but we'll show you why >>> here at the live desk new video in out of india after 27 people are killed during a religious festiv

now the song maryland my maryland is under fire because it was written by a confederate sympathizer in 1861. last week a delegate from frederick county proposed having that song replaced by a poem. a long-time annapolis resident suggests replacing the song with my home, my maryland. that song was composed and performed in 1976 for the naval academy glee club. >>> more women who say bill cosby raped them are coming forward. two women identified themselves to ask for the full release of a deposition from ten years ago. part of it came out last week. it included testimony from cosby where he said he gave drugs to women in order to have sex with them. the women say that's not enough. >> this is about ending his on going abuse of the media, the system and women and we're the only ones who can do that. >> cosby has been accused of sexually assaulting more than a dozen different women. he denies the claims and has not been charged with any crime. >>> all right, guys give yourself a pat on the back this morning. d.c. men are apparently among some of the most handsome men in america. >> is that

mainly in parts of west virginia virginia and southern maryland. we are going to continue to monitor and update the forecast for saturday throughout the evening and tomorrow morning. tom is back in tomorrow morning. sunday, partly sunny and hot. a high of 92. monday a high temperature of 89. >> thanks amelia. >>> bosoms up at university of maryland home games for now. prince george's county gave the university the green light to serve beer at select sporting events for one year. as chris gordon shows us from college park not everyone thinks this is a great idea. >> many big ten schools do it and now the university of maryland is joining them during this one-year experiment to sell beer to fans who can then drink it in the stands here at capital one field at byrd stadium. the terrapins will kick off the experiment this season. beer will be sold and can be consumed in the stands during football games. >> it's fine to sell alcohol in the football games because we just want to have fun. we don't want to get drunk. that's it. >> beer will be sold at bas

. >> officers in maryland are already using body cameras. dc has about 400 of the cameras right now and they could add another 1200 by the end of the year. testing the camera to find out if your area uses body cameras. get the complete list. >> for a second time now congressional leaders from maryland are asking the federal government to declare ball moore a disaster area. it is to get the city to pay mounting bills from unrest back in april. >> it says the facts speak for themselves. baltimore had to spend a lot of money and spend it quickly in april. among the many bills that baltimore is facing at least $1.6 million to pay the bills of other police departments to help during the unrest. city officials tell the news 4 i team that the city will have to tap out its rainy day fund with no firm plan on how to replenish it. city officials and community activists and homeowners all say they did appreciate the extra help from the neighboring police departments. >> they were not cheering but in our heart we knew we need these people here. >> state

that's maryland 450 or the 202. we have an accident that's causing some delays all the way up toward the beltway at this point. not much in terse of the way -- in terse of information about the accident. not sure how many cars are involved just yet. of course, once we learn more, we'll be sure to pass that information along to you. meantime at the beltway at maryland 202, all lanes are open on both the inner and outer loop. southern maryland from our trafficland camera, we can show you that everything flowing freely for the most part here on 301 at route 5. no issues on route 4 or 301. 210 shaping up quite nicely. for those of you going to be making the trek up 95 going through newington, just expect some volume as you head into springfield. we'll send it over you to. >>> thanks, larry. 6:41. coming up one police officer in new mexico is left stranded on the side of the road while responding to a call. >> his car stolen by a naked man. it was caught on tape. we are every cup has a story. dunkin' k-cup packs in my li

so that they worked it. >> reporter: maryland delegate opposed that measure. and says that the idea that the university would roll out such a controversial proposal at the risk of young people is flat out wrong. >> regulating it is very difficult. especially when you're not going to have wristbands to follow and to see how many drinks that child has had, okay. and there are children. >> reporter: the university did not respond to our interview request. but in a statement, the president insists that this policy is about creating a healthy drinking environment. but she believes increased revenue for the school is a catalyst. >> of course, it's about that money, it really is. and that it is really sad. and that we shouldn't sacrifice our children for money. >> some strong words from that delegate and apparent right there, no doubt about it. one year provisional bases there, but they will need to show you that there will be a lot more to this as well. >> some of them do. 21 across the country, now their 22nd, but you know you need to go about it the right way. >>>

maryland governor larry hogan approved it in late june. the delay is so the four companies can adjust their bids to include some cost cutting measures. the winning bid for the 16-mile -- excuse me -- >> you got it? >> i'm okay. the rail line will be built in the washington suburbs. the winning bid will be announced next year. >> he's okay. >> i'm all right. >>> right now, we are learning more about problems with the troubled d.c. streetcar project. the new report details dozens of issues that need to be fixed before service can start. the american public transportation association says ddot has to fix broken rails and find the solution for doors that scrape against the side of station platforms. the review also says ddot needs to have one person -- one point person in control of the whole project which doesn't. there's concern there's not enough staff members with technical expertise to run the line. still no firm date to open up the service on the street corridor. >>> in "news4 your health," 5:20 people suffering from back pain and depres

"my maryland, my maryland" was written by a confederate sympathizer in 1861. last week, a delegate from frederick proposed having the song replaced by a poem. a long-time annapolis resident is pushing to replace it with "my home my maryland" a song he recorded for the naval academy in 1976. >>> now that the confederate flag is down at the north carolina -- south carolina capital, the naacp is pushing for a civil rights probe of charleston police. they hope there will be more sensity of the treatment of african-americans. they sent a letter to prosecutors listing -- four african-american suspects the last four years, that includes the killing of a man who was attacked by four white men back in 2000. the 2011 beating of a suspect in happened cuffs. handcuffs and recently the killing of walter scott in april. >>> we might know as soon as tomorrow whether donald trump's sign at his future washington hotel site will be taken down. ward six council member charles allen is questioning whether the sign has the proper permit. he sent a letter friday to the department o

most of the heavier downpours on the maryland side. tomorrow partly sunny, warm day period of showers in the morning. midday sun and the afternoon thunderstorms. steve rudin will have more on the possibility tonight at 11:00. highlight the fourth of july weekend weather in details. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: see you at 11:00. have a good on soccer. top chef. soccer. top chef. [whi stles] soccer! top chef! [shouting] disco! [singing] say it and see it. the x1 voice remote, only from xfinity. >>> tonight, the danger in the water as millions head to america's beaches. the new shark attack off the same stretch of coastline, the 7th in just three weeks. the victim in shallow water, bitten several times, barely escaping. should the beaches be closed? >>> the airline industry under fire. abc news learning the justice department is investigating major airlines. did they work together to illegally drive up prices? >>> deadly storms. tornados reported from north dakota to pennsylvania. 18 million facing extreme

. >>> plus a smoother ride into maryland. the virginia transportation leaders want to take to ease your commute across the river. >>> and some trash that literally is another man's treasure. the hunt in the district for the owners of some antique silver. >>> but first, a 40-year-old mystery possibly solved. after decades of twists and turns, an indictment announced this week in the disappearance the lyon sisters. newly unsealed warrants reveal some of the evidence against the suspect lloyd welch. welch cousin says he helped him get two large duffel bags from the trunk of a car in 1975. each weighed about 60 pounds had red stains and smelled of death. the bags were then set on fire. we have more from wheaton, where the girls vanished. >> reporter: police and prosecutors are clear the investigation into the murder of the lyon sisters is ongoing. and more people could be charged. >> in the montgomery police and all of our partners will work to hold every individual responsible who was involved with the abduction and murder of th

from our maryland cam cxfing -r we are issue and problem-free around the beltway. we'll send it over to you. >>> we are following breaking news this morning out of maryland, we are live here in the 4700 block of huron avenue. just arrived here a short time ago. this crime scene still very fresh. police say a man was stabbed here early this morning, around 2:00 this morning. and you see fire crews are, unfortunately, doing the very gruesome job of cleaning the sidewalk as they prepare to open up the area for residents and folks to begin their day and walk through. here's what we know so far. police say they responded to this area shortly after 2:00. an adult man was stabbed. they rushed him to the hospital and that is where he, unfortunately, was pronounced dead. they are telling us they do not believe this was a random act. this was a targeted attack. they are looking for information and now that the sun is out, they are hoping witnesses will come out, as well, and call police with anonymous tips. they are offering a cash reward and they do want to stress that you

presidential candidate and former maryland governor martin o'malley says the u.s. needs to be tougher on wall street bankers. the issue appears likely to be a centerpiece of his campaign and that includes reinstating rules that separate banks commercial and investment practices. he wants to tax high frequency trading and double funding for regulators. >>> a maryland state trooper is in the hospital after being hit by a car in howard county. that state police employee hit the state trooper. his name is wing tong. this happened during a traffic stop in jessup yesterday afternoon. the car drove off the road, hitting tong and the suv he had pulled over on i-95. the other two drivers were taken to the hospital and they are expected to be okay. >>> d.c. police -- >> want your help to find a man that i say assaulted someone on 295. police department put out this new video of a person of interest. take a look. they say this man shot at a car on 295 last week near the exit to the national harbor and the beltway. you can see that he has dreadlocks but hard to tell what his f

had is near the exit for route 32 on i-95 southbound in jessup maryland. that trooper was airlifted to shock trauma in baltimore. at times, we have seen the south bound lanes shut down all together and at other times, one lane has been getting by that has all caused traffic to back up to the baltimore belt watch also causing major delays on alternate routes, such as the bw parkway. >>> more breaking news now this time in baltimore, where the police commissioner has been fired. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced today that anthony batts is out and deputy commissioner, kevin davis will take over. davis was the assistant chief in prince george's county and chief in anne arundel before going to baltimore. batts has been under fire because of the riots that followed freddy gray's death and the spike in violence that has happened in baltimore since then. the change in baltimore comes on the heels of a scathing new report over the police response to those riots much the big headline is the riots could have been prevented. the after action report was done by

>>> first, tonight at 7:00, a maryland state trooper in the hospital after being hit by a car in the line of duty. thanks for joining us. i'm derek mcginty. >> and i'm lesli foster. that crash shut down the southbound lanes of i-95 at howard county at the peak of rush-hour. our mola lenghi there. how is the trooper doing? >> reporter: we are told the trooper is in stable condition. the other two people that were also involved in the accident were also taken to the hospital. their conditions have not yet been released. now, as far as how this accident happened, that's something that maryland state police are still trying to figure out. they are on scene recreating that crash scene to try to figure out what led to it. state police say the trooper was walking to the vehicle that he pulled over in the southbound shoulder of i-95, when another vehicle that was traveling in the southbound lanes left its lane hitting the police cruiser, then the trooper and the other car that he pulled over. again, the trooper was rushed to baltimore shock trauma. the other two were taken to howard county h

learn -- maryland. it will be a slow process, but there will be occasional showers turn the day. the good news is, the winds will turn from the northeast to the northwest, bringing and dryer air. 79 in the nation's capital, 79 in annapolis, 82 in fredericksburg. we will continue to see the skies brighten, sunshine and get onto a very pleasant forecast for the next couple of days. that is the latest. jummy: coming up, tracking online deals. the war going on right now for jummy: scary crime trend. the fbi says it is growing in the area called swatting. swat teams are called to an area. >> this is a high-stakes hoax. we started digging into this after several abc 7 viewers reached out with frightening stores they were at home when swat team showed up out of nowhere. needless to say, they were shocked. coming up at 5:00, we'll introduce you to this prank where a stranger calls 911 from a fake number and claims you are holding hostages. police in turn send out the swat team. we will sit down with the acting

a maryland man at home and asleep when a swat team shows up. he tells his chilling story for the first time "7 on your side." police got him right between the eyes with a rubber bullet. a nightmare swatting situation you will see only here on 7:00 tonight after the espy awards. i'm fighting back against crime investigators jennifer donelan. see you then. kellye: okay jennifer. the anne arundel fire department has some information for you. they are going to be hiring more firefighters. now the department received a $7 million federal grant. it is part of a u.s. department of homeland security program. the money will be used to hire 52 new full-time firefighters. the department has 31 stations serving more than 550,000 residents. coming up at 4:00 "7 on your side" alert for families planning to travel this summer. how to project you and your family from thieves. now targeting hotel guests. jonathan: shark sightings usually send beach-goers running the other way. we will have the story about how some good samaritans came to the aid of a great whit

if you use a maryland e-zpass the price drops from 5.40 to 2.50. do the math here $2 a day savings over and over again quickly adds up to 10 bucks a workweek. and hey you can buy a good amount of gas with that. also buy a nice, big bag of groceries. >> this is probably an extra $1 or $2 or $4 that they can spend. >> reporter: the manager of hemingway's is the first stop right after bridge. he says this will encourage people to come see his restaurant. >> people look at the whole picture overall you know, between the toll, between the gas. >> reporter: tolls are also dropping for e-zpass customers along 95 and along the icc, where you could save about 50 cents, end to end. and back here at the bay bridge, people make their way across today, some say of course this is a good start, bringing the toll prices down, but some say the prices should go down further. hear more about that at 6:00. back to you. >> to see what the tolls will be now, head to the nbc washington app and search maryland tolls. >>> maryland governor larry hoag.says he will probably

jonathan: breaking news from "maryland, my maryland." rock state park. normally a beautiful place but there is a technical rescuedway. show you live pictures from the chopper. you can see the chopper is going over rocks. this is a dense area. difficult to get a helicopter in here for a rescue. we understand a 16-year-old went off one of the rocks. we're not sure how far he fell. one of the popular rock is 190-foot fall if you went off the top of that. we are hoping he didn't go off that, maybe off the side of something else. we have seen technical rescuers who have repelled down. it looks from the video we have been watching to his position. we don't have his condition of yet but we understand the technical rescue is underway to get this 16-year-old from the bottom of this area. deer creek runs through the park. it's beautiful. but going out on the edge of the rocks is not a great idea because there are slippery spots. muslim vehicles parked on the road as they try to get from the bottom. we have seen the teams repel down from the top of the rock to get

right into maryland and washington and prince georges by 5:45. by 6:00, off to the east in anna rundell and charles county and after that into calvert and st. mary's by 7:00 p.m. they cross the bay and head out over the ocean. >> for foster children, aging out of the system can be a frightening time. most of these children are not prepared to get a good job. many of them have no chance of going to college. they don't have the financial wherewithal for that. then, there is mariana who had some extra help from a program that gives foster kids an important boost. >> right here is the concert>> marie anna showed me around the campus at northern virginia community college where she just received a degree. >> if you were asked me freshman year of high school, do you think you will go to college, where do you see yourself i roblly probably wouldn't have known. >> reporter: a college education seemed an unattainable dream. phasing out of the system, she was unsure how she would manage. she heard about great expectations, a program that makes financial he

on the farm in bryant town, maryland. our scott broom is there with an update. >> reporter: a picture of these two animals tells the story huge out pours for the thorn family and the folks at this farm. at first they thought these two dogs were lost. yesterday they found them dead here on a remote section of the farm apparently shot with precision by someone with a rifle who trespassed deep on to the property. a pair of labrador retrievers, ben ellie and bear went missing dound dead yesterday on a remote corner of the farm. one in a pasture another 150 yards away in the thick woods of zakaya swamp. >> very mean hearted person. >> reporter: owner cindy thorn is grieving. >> they are like family members. >> probably the most sweetest innocent dogs. >> reporter: that is son tyler thorn, those were officially his pets but really part of the fabric of this family. listen to neighbor joe web a dog lover talk about them. >> kids can play with them and everything and those dogs, they are friendly like that. i don't know what the

southern maryland seeing the heaviest rain. but we have more rain headed your way through the afternoon hours. we are seeing lightning decrease and a few lightning bolts out there. charles county, along in la plata seeing heavy rain as well. easton at 6:39 and through denton at 7:00 6. this is -- at 7:00. this is fast moving. we have more rain headed your way this afternoon. the showers most of them will get out of here within a little bit. if you are heading out the door after 6:00 or 7:00, most of the area will be dry. highs today in the upper 80s. first here's larry miller. >>> it seems the roads are wet and we are seeing quite a few extents. westbound on 50 the biggest one, two lanes blocked still on 50 westbound before the seven river bridge. here's a live look from our traffic camera there. that is the traffic getting by on the right hand side again. be mindful. back to the maps, out who wheaton, looks like now the shoulder is blocked. this is the outer loop of the beltway. once you get past the situation you should be go

southern maryland. future weather wants to bring in rain behind that line. only a chance that the second line materializes. i think the best chance of thunderstorms is going to be from noon until 4:00 p.m. here is fireworks time. 9:00 p.m., notice the area is dry. the best chance of a thunderstorm for fireworks around areas of fredericksburg, the northern neck and parts of southern maryland. a high today of 81. for tomorrow partly sunny, a high of 86 degrees. after that, guys, it's the typical unsettled pattern with a chance of thunderstorms, warm and humid conditions just about every day. >> all right. thanks, emileamelia. >> all right. there's going to be soggy hot dogs for millions of americans when you look at the whole country this fourth of july. torrential rain and strong storms pummel areas bringing with it severe lightning and more on the way. lightning strikes peak in july and many weather experts say parts of the country may be facing the deadliest severe weather season in years. this year, 15 people died after being struck by lightning. last year

same thing looking at maryland. no delays. remember to listen to her friends at wtop 105 fm when you hop in the car. >>> and phone numbers given out, in decision 2016 which candidates are gaining the most traction. >>> and also ahead in virginia, in wake of that deadly recruitment office shooting in >>> 6:16, breaking news out of d.c.'s foggy bottom neighborhood. we're working to learn why a d.c. police officer fired his gun overnight. this happened on "h" street northwest at 23rd street. right on the gw university campus. you're looking at a live picture from that scene right now. d.c. police say they arrested two people. they did not say why. parts of "h" street and virginia avenue are closed for investigation at this hour. >>> today, jurors will begin deciding if the colorado movie theater shooter should die for his crimes. a jury convicted james holmes of first degree murder last week for the shooting death of 12 people back in 2012. well, the same jury that convicted him will decide his fate. prosecutors have said in the

in maryland the minimum wage went up by a quarter to $ 8.25. by 2018 it should rise to $10.10 an hour. >>> well metro wants to add more trains and reduce o-wait times on the blue line based on their plan, which they'll propose today. riders would see trains every eight minutes during rush hour instead of every 12 minutes, meaning longer wait times. metro says that the changes are meant to ease the bottleneck at the tunnel, which serves all three lines. >>> starting today drivers in maryland are paying less at toll booths. how long has it been since you said that? they were lowered on several bridges, tunnels, toll roads and the easy pass. they have also been scrapped. >>> but while you say on tolls, plan on saving more at the pump in maryland. sales tax is jumping from 2% to 3%. maryland drivers will pay a little more than $0.08 more for gas because of the legislation. >>> howard bernstein is back with us. the storms have passed overnight, doing their damage, another round of rain tonight? >> maybe a couple of showers here tonight. it doesn't l

also in maryland, tolls are going down. a trip across the bay bridge will cost you $3 less if you use an ez pass or two with cash per mile fees on the icc are also less today. however gas prices are going up in maryland. the state is now taxing gas an at extra 1.8 cents per gallon. roughly 32 cents of every gallon you buy. 32 cents will go to the state. >>> a wake will be held today for one of the two high school seniors killed in a crash. visitation for alex murk is. both died in a wreck while on their way home from a party last week. police believe speed and alcohol contributed to that crash. visitation for calvin li will happen at hines memorial funeral home on thursday. >>> in the day ahead, you can check out a new exhibit at the museum. the innovation wing. inventing in america american enterprise and the value of money. also help build the world's largest american flag built out of legos. the innovation wing is the first piece of a six-year overhaul. >>> breaking news on the roads. a lot of problems around town becaus

it's already impacting the big event in maryland. health officials are warning people attending artscape in baltimore to be prepared for the extreme conditions. artscape will have some air conditioning venues or air condition venues around the festival and several misting estimates. >> vj is here to tell us just how hot it is going to get. >> yeah, temperatures will ease lilt heat din top out over 100 degrees for several hours which is why it's going to be a weather alert day for storm team4 likely on sunday. have to make one for monday next week. let's talk about today, because we are starting to see the clouds thin a little bit more, but we stay in the mid-80s today, hot conditions for the entire weekend and even for a good chunk of next week, as you will see the next moment. cloud cover out there, might get sprinkles from clouds late 9, 10 11:00. 78, 787 degrees pretty good evening all in all considering storm team 4 radar. see how dry it s showers coming through areas of frostburg but pretty pleasant now, get the stick kiss by to

you might get a few showers in parts of virginia and southern maryland. monday back to work as well as on tuesday, up to 90 both days. it should be dry. another chance of storms on wednesday. the next weather and traffic on the 1s. the hour by hour breakdown, melissa is checking on that watermain break. >> it will at least last as far as closures go through this morning's commute. take a live look right now. here is what we have going on. southbound georgia shut down between shorefield road and arcola avenue. so all traffic right now using those northbound lanes, if you want to just this you can use kevin mill or veirs mill road. 95 south this back-up really has started to build 4 miles. at this point this morning only about 15 miles per hour to get through this area. it will not be wrapped up until after 6:00 a.m. headed into town, out of town you don't have any problems. listen to our friends for the latest on traffic when you hop in the car. >>> new this morning, we have learned that 12 people have been detained in that deadly beach resort attack in tu

lloyd welch told investigators he abducted two young girls in maryland back in 1975 so they could be sexually exploited. >> that is the latest headline in the case of the lyons sisters and it's today's top headline tonight at 7:00. >> relatives knew welch had sheila and katherine lyon with them, yet none of them called the cops that might have saved those young girls lives. >> one relative said welch wanted her to launder a bag of dirty clothes and a second relative said he helped welch burn two 60 to 70-pound duffel bags with reddish brown stains and the odor of death. >> welch who has been charged with murdering those two little girls remains in prison in delaware, but he could be transported within the next couple of months. some portion of the crimes happened there, but investigators so far are keeping any more details close to their vests. >> there is still more ahead on this story for you. in the years since those two young girls vanished the technology to track missing children has grown by leaps and bounds. we'll take a closer look at that a bit later in the broadcast. >>> me

out in western maryland, this area is all the way into areas of west virginia. most of our storms will be between 7:00 p.m. and midnight. with them high winds and for sure some downpours. as a matter of fact, much of our viewing area shaded in green is under a flash flood watch until 2:00 a.m. so, the storms come through and they will be slow moving and some could produce as much as one to two inches of rain. we have got the severe thunderstorm for areas. they are eastbound to areas of winchester ask just north of i-81. in the springs you can get another look at that line of storms once again.

across virginia and southern maryland should be in the upper 80s again. should be in the mid 80s around the chesapeake bay. lots of sunshine. low humidity today. great weather for all kinds of outdoor activities or if you have to work outside this is a blessing. enjoy. melissa, what's going on? volume building now? >> we have some volume building especially the bottom of the beltway. outer loop of the beltway, telegraph, we have volume building at the site of the crash. that might be cleared out of the lanes at this point this morning. so just waiting on a tow truck there. 295 northbound at the 11th street bridge seeing some volume build. northbound on 295 because of that accident. 270 at middlebrook, northbound and southbound, no problems. overall prince george's county nice and green. not even a speck of yellow there. wide look at the beltway, looking good. >>> breaking news in indiana. five people are dead after a crash involving two tractor-trailers and three cars. this happened early this morning on i-65 that's just north of lafayette, indiana. a tru

maryland 95 northbound, that's not slowing anything down. wide look at the beltway, overall looking good. 66 rolling along, so is 95. don't have any problems there. if you're perhaps trying to go home somewhere away from this area this morning. 95 northbound southbound, no problems. northbound, buckeystown pike at 270, the right lane is blocked because of road work that popped up. back in ten minutes. >>> we know a lot of you will be watching your 401(k)s closely today after a vote on the greece debt crisis. as global markets are rattled. european markets opened sharply lower, but they're recovering some ground. yesterday, greek citizens celebrated after rejecting a strict bailout plan. now there's a summit tomorrow. there's no clear pathway to save greece's economy and keep them in the eurozone. just hours ago the greece finance minister resigned. find out who will replace him later on today. >>> today, police in south carolina are investigating four people's death. there was gun fire involved but not clear if or why anyone was shot. police

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we explain later. >>> a farm family in maryland, two of their pet labradors shot and killed on their own farm. i am scott broom. what authorities here in maryland are doing about it. >>> another reason donald trump may want to call mulligan on his presidential launch, how his white house dreams are once again impacting his bottom why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or call. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> more than 400 people are sending condolences to a farm family in maryland. they are shocked that someone appears to have shot and killed 2 of the family's beloved dogs. they told our scott broom they don't know why anyone would do this. >> reporter: a fresh grave at the entrance to the farm in b

the rest of north central maryland and the eastern shore. that's due to high ozone levels in the atmosphere. code orange. any children or elderly that are -- that definitely have a heart or respiratory ailment should stay inside. if you have asthma stay inside this afternoon. it is mild and muggy in the 70s to low 80s around the metro area. right near the bay waters. the water temperatures are near 80. by noon, the low 90s and then mid 90s mid afternoon. very hot and humid. only a small chance of an isolated thundershower coming through in the evening hours and then dropping back down into the 80s and tomorrow, upper 70s. another hot day tomorrow. maybe not quite as hot as today. but then finally relief on the way. lower humidity moves in. hurray, wednesday, thursday and friday. a nice break from high heat and humidity. low humidity. more humid. next chance of any storms of significance, not until next sunday. dry roads this morning on the commute. what's going on melissa? >> nice, dry roads. right now, fingers crossed. no major problems. a

the last drops reached northern maryland. plenty of rain chances around the metro area and points to the south. prince william county, fredericksburg getting rain this morning. central fauquier county headed to quantico and wood bridge and charles county. waldorff waldorf, be on the lookout, rain for the next several hours. rain in southern parts of st. mary's county. that's headed to the open waters of the bay. for us, light to briefly moderate rain this morning. temperatures, as i mentioned, low to mid-70s right now. we stay in the mid to upper 70s for the morning with the clouds and shower chances. if you are going up to baltimore, the nationals and orioles, first pitch at 7:15. perfect weather for baseball in baltimore tonight. future wersather, the rain will be over in the metro. rain in southern maryland. by noontime coming to an end. with time the weather will start to improve the second half of today and tomorrow are looking fine for your outdoor activities over the weekend. mid-80s with the sun back today. near 90 wi

he lives in hyattsville, maryland. a grand jury has indicted lloyd lee welch for the murder of the two children. he's currently in jail in delaware on an unrelated sex offense. >>> disturbing new details about the man accused of fatally beating a maryland child over a piece of birthday cake. he's been charged with abuse before. police say robert wilson beat 9-year-old jack garcia unconscious in june after accusing him of stealing a piece of cake. the boy died five days later. in 2010, prosecutors charged him with abusing the daughter of a woman he lived with. those charges were dropped in a plea deal. wilson faces murder and child abuse charges in jack garcia's death. >>> this next video may be hard to watch, but d.c. police need your help catching these men. the group violently robbed a man for his bike. this was near 11th and "r" streets in northwest washington on saturday. the whole thing was caught on camera. police are offering a $5,000 reward for the men involved in this assault and robbery. >>> 5:49 now. officia