Pete newsham is the assistant chief of police. I will say that the facts are horrific and scary i would think for families to have to deal with the set of circumstances that we have here. Reporter roberts just got out of jail last year. He was convicted of assaulting a 13yearold girl back in 2001. More about his criminal past, more about his job with the district. More reaction from the neighborhood. All coming up at 6 00. Live in northwest, pat collins, news4. Thank you. Storm team 4 is on weather alert right now. Storms moving our way may not only impact you tonight. Monica johnson, how this could extend into your morning commute. Weve been tracking this weather front. It is moving a little slower than what i anticipated. Lets look at it right now. You can soo te line are. That is a blue line t weather front. Through ohio and indiana. That front moving east southeast. So it is going to take some time to get here. Ahead were already seeing thunderstorm development. Two lines here are producing some lightning and heavy rain throughout the area. As weve had the high chooumd humidity with us today and the high temperatures right now. North and west hitting sandy hook, frederick maryland. The next couple of minutes and in and around d. C. Were talking about some storms. It will last until about 10 00 or 11 00 this evening. But at least that will break the heat. The indies through the area, 95 to 103 is what it fees like outside right now. Well take a look with the four day forecast and when all of this will break. All coming up. New at 5 00, a man accused of killing in washington is now in custody 400 miles away. U. S. Marshalls tracked down Michael Gayle in charlotte, north carolina. He stabbed and killed even donnelly an a home on queens street in southeast d. C. He is now awaiting extradition. The deadly shooting in the bank, we are learning more. They responded to a call when a man started acting eerratically. One officer has been with the Department Less than a year. The other about two years. We are told one of them shot donald baiten when he allegedly pulled a knife on the officers. Both are now on administrative leave. A woman from fairfax is one of two facing terror charges tonight accused of funneling money to a Extremist Group in africa. Federal prosecutors tell us she sent money to the Al Qaeda Linked group al sha ball based in somalia. She and another sent the money to fighters as Living Expenses using words like orphans. Shes facing 21 count of the providing support to a terror group. Right knew somber day coming to a close in the netherlands. The bodies of 40 victims returned to the netherlands during an emotional ceremony today. A majority of the 298 people on board the plane when it was shot down over ukraine last thursday were dutch. And more violence in the skyings over that region today. Missiles reportedly took down two ukraine fighter jets just 20 miles from last weeks crash site. While pro russian rebels have claimed responsibility forthat, the international dispute over russias role in all of this continues. Live from the white house now with the latest on the investigation. Kristen . Reporter i just spoke with Deputy National security visor ben rhodes who tells me the evidence against russia continuing to be damning that they supplied the heavy weaponry to those russianbacked separatist that is it is believed shot down the plane mh 17. One piece of evidence he points to is the fact he says russia continues to supply the separatists with heavy weaponry even today. As for those two fighter jets that were shot down, rhodes says it speaks to a broader trend here that the separate is are targeting aircraft. They have taken responsibility for shooting down other aircraft as you pointed out but they wont take responsibility for mh 17. So as investigation continue, the e. U. Is preparing to enact stiffer sanctions, sanctions that would target the financial, defense and energy sectors. That is significant because you will recall that the european leaders were hesitant to enact the same level of stiff sanctions the u. S. Has. Now it appears the eu. Are moving to get on same page and we anticipate those sanctions could come within a month. U. S. Officials tell me they are also prepared to enact stiffer sanctions if necessary. Back to you. Kristen walker live at the white house. Thanks. A former redskin is wanted by d. C. Police and now detectives asking for help to find fred davis. This alleged incident happened last month along 18th street and adams morgan. According to the Police Report he and his former girlfriend were arguing and she says she threw dirt at her and threat tond slap her. He was suspended indefinitely in february for violating the Substance Abuse policy and the next day arrest forward dwi in fairfax where he lives. It is officially the start of a new redskin season. They are a officially checked in. More on the excitement building around training came. Dianna . Reporter hey. A 00 record sounds good right now for the redskins team, right . This team excited to get back out on the field. But the players just checked in, went through the physicals and the con i conditioning. And the real work starts tomorrow. And nothing will keep rg3 off the field today. He came out to check out teams and he didnt speak. Hes going into his third season as quarterback but a first for his new head coach jay gruden. A brand new season. And everybody has the same expectation and goals. We just put last year behind us. Were not going talk about that and were just going to move forward and try to get guys in here that love to play and want to play and they are going to work hard and be great so fans can be proud of when they come to the stadium. They know they are going to get a effort from the players and i think we have a group of guys that will do that. And with great effort comes wins. And that is what were all about. So much optimism. Practice starts at 8 15 tomorrow. You saw Robert Griffin the third there. Why do you think he sands at this point. Well talk about that at 6 00. Well you see then. It is a family of big personalities. Grandiose ideas. Now the trump el pympire is mov to pennsylvania avenue. They join for the Ground Breaking at the Old Post Office building. We told the gsa and many of you are here today, when you are ready to turn over this building to the Trump Organization we would be ready. And today we are shovel ready. News4 tom sherwood explains the trump vision for the Historic Site and the promise to create new jobs. Tom . Reporter this hotel will be right on meerks main street and trump promises one best in the world. The old tourist shops are long gone, officers are closed up inside the towering Old Post Office building. Famous when i was the built in the late 1800s but sitting idol for decades sinces it was saved from the wreckal ball. The trump family held a ceremonial Ground Breaking today and they will turn the building into a 200 million 270 room luxury hotel. But of course with trump not just any luxury hotel. And we will produce one of the great Hotels Anywhere in the world. It is the most exciting location, right between congress and the white house. His daughter helped lead the two year battle. The building will get a complete makeover. It is an honor and privilege to be trusted and selected with this remarkable building in this key and important location. So we will not disappoint anyone. The post Office Building with a statute of Benjamin Franklin sits three blocks from the bland and secretive fbi headquarters. A commercial dead zone. Once the fbi moves out the city envisions creates blocks of new life on the main street. When the trump hotel comes here ladies and gentlemen it will add even more vibrancy to pennsylvania avenue northwest. Lets get on with the construction so we can get back here for the Ribbon Cutting in a couple years. Reporter well the plan is to open by january 2017 in time for the next president ial inaugural. Coming up at 6 00 we talk to the trumps. Well the expression crime doesnt pay could have new meaning in the district as d. C. Council member proposes new law that would charge an extra 5 bucks to anyone who pleads guilty to triem. It would go to that pot for reward money to encourage tips from the public. First of news4, they claim they were held against their will. Mentally ill and physically challenged patients were forced to live among rats and sleep on the floor. Find out how this could happen and whose locked up. And the most dangerous section in the city could be part your commute. Along the new silver line in tyson. Coming up im going show you drastic changes that companies here are making to bring your employees a little closer to the rail. And dont forget now is a perfect time to download the storm team 4 weather app. You can mopter the storms rolling in on the radar and veronica returns with a look at just three more days until the silver line starts taking new passengers. Were counting down. Some companies are making big investments. Dave culver live outside the greensboro station in tysons to tell us all about it. Reporter about four blocks from where im standing is the headquarters of a local Company Named c ven. But they are one of dozens who want to be even closer. So much so next week they are moving into that building right up there. Staircases which are kind of rare. You see this company obviously takes over its new space. And that means rent also starts today. The reason for moving here is, the view. You are going take the escalator right down there and then walk. And in a few months they are opening up a path, a sidewalk from right there to right where we are and boom you are in the billing. So whether rain or shine you only have 50 feet to walk. Right now they work just down the street. Hes moving here to make their commute to tyson smoother and to attract new employees. It just makes life easier for recruiting and their life easier in terms of convenience and gives us more access to great employees. Has worked six years for reggie. He says on the new metro hell save about ten minutes. If it goes off without glitches hes willing to sell his car. I cant ask for more. He says hes considering giving employees financial incentives to take the new line. Dozens of other companies are likewise pushing employees to stay off the road. Depending on how close you are, it might be 45 to 10. It might be 35 to 10. It night be 35 of your occupants over a five year period have to do their commuting by public transportation. As for the new space, hes putting in a beer station for whose who wont be going home behind the wheel. I guess thats good for those who dont have to drive home. Right. Coming up all new at 6 00 tonight. Some local Office Complexes not too welcoming when it comes to the new silver line. Which you are watching a t ingi run live. They are not so happy so they are putting up signs and gates. Were going show you that all new at 6 00. For now were live in tyson. David culver news4. Thank you. The anticipation is growing. It has opinion more than 20 years since metro opened a new line. Well have your covered here an nbc 4, washington. Com is where you find all the information. Its nbcwashington. Com. Drivers be ware. The department of transportation mapped out traffic accidents between 2010 and 12 and found one of the worst places to be the new york avenue. Six intersections along that road accounted for more than 900 crashes. The worst, new york avenue and bladance burg road northeast. Here is a live look. 226 accident there is, in three years. The most of any intersection in our city. Veronica joins us now. New Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. All coming from the west. As we said yesterday these are storms that are going to be firing during the dinner hour and into the early part of our night. So it is going to be a little rough out there at times with some thunder. Some lightning and even wind too. Most of yosengh. Some of you seeing this, what is showing up on rarpd. Lets go to radar now. That Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 5 10. It will be impacting areas of the shenandoah, warn, Frederick County and virginia. Hardy counties in west virginia. This is the storm were tracking. From winchester to toms brook. It could be producing winds up to 50 or 60 miles per hour. Maybe even small hail. And the lightning, up north around Frederick County and headed there by 5 30. It has a lot of wind. More storms to the west so were going to have this up until i think about 11 00. Up until 6 00 p. M. This area here, hagerstown, winchester, la ray. Until 9 00 p. M. Into d. C. Baltimore, the i95 corridor and just to the west. Up until about 11 00 p. M. Storms in southern maryland, southeast maryland, eastern shore. So whams after 11 00 . Things get a little quiet were still going to see showers. And maybe even isolated showers for the morning rush. The heat index right now is over 100 in a few neighborhoods but we cool to 81 with some of this rain by 11 00 p. M. To midnight. As we track it out for you over the next 48 hours, here we are at 6 00 p. M. Frederick, maryland. 7 00 p. M. Hitting leesburg and into d. C. Storms that could produce the down pours. Maybe isolated ponded on area roads. And well still the storms around by 11 00. As they make their way out of the area tomorrow morning. Just a little bit of green. It still could be wet for a portion of tomorrow. Certainly the first part and i then i got to tell you folks, friday is absolutely beautiful. Sunshine across the area. Lower humidity and some pretty comfortable temperatures. In fact we are down to even 82, 81 degrees for a high temperature. 83 fredericksburg. 82 in culpeper. 40 chance of showers, not thunderstorms, for tomorrow. Then 85 on friday. Sunshine. Your weekend right now carries the threat of some rain and a little building heat and humidity. Well detail that weekend and take a another look at the storms moving in from the west in a couple minutes. Now at 5 00, a fire hero celebrated. At first i was kind of in shock. Then i was, like oh wait, thats like a fire. Reporter the one thing this girl did that probably saved lives. And it was an unusual request during a Job Interview, and it led to the arrest of the man who was going to be the boss. Reporter plus an unarmed teenager who was looking for help is shot and killed. The defense reveals an explanation for what happened and why the man who pulled the trigger took so long to call for help. Yes, i just shot somebody on my he is not denying he shot and killed her in his front porch but says he acted in self defense. Now on trial in detroit for seconddegree murder. 19yearold ranish amc bride knocked on his door late at night. They say he shot her and should have called police. His attorneys said he couldnt find his cell phone to make the call. Its horrible and sad in this case, a 19yearold woman is dead. The law said he was justified in what he did. The trial is expected to last two weeks. A new psychiatric bed registry created to help virginians need of Emergency Mental Health may not be working as intended. It began just four months ago. It is supposed to give real time information for how many beds are available for psychiatric patients but the hospital post reports hospitals are only updating once a day. That registry was created in response to the death of senators son. The 24yearold stabbed his father before taking his own lif back in november. Gus deeds was released from emergency custody when a Mental Health worker couldnt find him a bed for the night. Who got caught with a gun this time. Plus toxic water. Swimming banned at a local lake why it is a serious concern for yours health. A woman says she was running an assisted Living Center out of this Apartment Building but Authorities Say she was abusing and neglecting Vulnerable People and taking their money. Im going to ha a marines pregnant wife is still missing. She was forced to strip during a Job Interview but its what happened next that got the boss arrested. More recalls for drivers to deal with from gm. Severe thunderstorm warning potential. Up until about 11 00. And yes were seeing more warnings issued. This one until 6 15. It is for areas of Frederick County, maryland now. Northern loudon. The other warning continues until 6 00 for these areas. Again until 6 00 p. M. Here. Storms bringing a lot of lightning. Heavy rain and potential for winds gusting up to around 50 to 60 miles per hour. Well cut back in if any new warnings should be issued. And the case involving some most vulnerable residents. Allegedly after a woman was supposed to care for them. Accuse of neglecting clients for months inside a dirty kond minimum. Reporter investigators are telling me this is one of the worst cases of vulnerable adult abuse they have ever seen. This is where it happened right here in this condo in belatance burg. Authorities say instead of taking care of them, she took their money. It was inside this condo building where a woman apparently abused and even assaulted victims who had promised to take care and then stole their money. She would not have wanted anyone to treat they are loved ones shs her parents are her vulnerab relative in that manner. So i think its terrible. And it needs to stop. Reporter she alleged lid picked up her victims when they were released from physical rehabilitation and medical centers. Authorities say it was not legit. Roaches all over the place. As many as five to eight people in it as a time with only one bed. So others had mattresses on the floor. Authorities say she did not make good on her part of the deal providing a warm bed food, and transportation to doctors appointments. They didnt really have family in the area and there was allegation she held some of them against their will. Shes been charged with multiple crimes in a 57 count indictment. Sources say the mode appears to be greed. She allegedly pocketed the victims checks like social security. Investigators have never seen this level of targeting and preying on people who had no ability to care for themselves. Identified five victims. Some of them Senior Citizens but they believe there are more. It was a phone call from someone concerned who got this investigation going first appbye police in order to run a assisted facility you must have a license. We were told she did not have a license to operate. And authorities were on to this woman for some time but its been very hard to prosecute her. Well have more coming up on news4 at 6 00. A woman on a Job Interview discovered a hidden camera secretly taping her. Cloak enterprises in fredericksburg. This man was arrested and charged him with unlawfully videotaping a person in a state of undress. He took her to an empty office and told her to take off her clothes and try on the uniform. Police arrested hanes yesterday. Six now accuse of a murder of a man in suitlan, all six facing murder charges. He had been stabbed. A witness tells news4 he saw jones get into an argument with several people, including a young woman. Police have not said what the argument was about. All the accused are being held without bond. Police tell us they have all nit admitted to varying degree of the involvement in the murder. Park officials warning people to keep their pets out and avoid consuming water from a lake in Upper Rock Creek park. There is a concern about elevated levels of n mycocysteine. It can cause severe liver damage. Swimming is already banned but officials are saying keepet pets away and be careful eating fish caught from the lake. Hundreds of,0 thousands of t gm vehicles recalled today for six separate safety issues. Dozens of makes and models are effected, including the chevy camaro and the equinox and range from seat structure issues to problems with turn signals. Gm is aware of two crashes and three injuries related to the recalls to. See if your car is on the list, nbcwashington. Com. For fall out over the anthrax scare at the cdc. The Michael Ferrell stepped down yesterday. He was the director of the lab in atlanta. Samples taft dangerous anthrax bacteria were sent to a low security lab last month t centers for Disease Control and prevention says no one got sick after being exposed. Shes the pregnant wife of a marine and we learned what she was really doing before he went missing. Plus stub hub hacked. Find our favorite wechbz wednesd we get to tell you about one of the kids living. Now at age 21 he is flourishing and inspiring others in his situation with his success story. News4 recent caught one thomas. Thomas. Hey how are you. I havent seen you since adoption day. A day that was incredibly moving as we heard the story of thomas being adopted by his best friends mother. I just remember the emotion. Just the tears, the happy moments, the joy. I couldnt believe it was happening. Thomas who had been featured as a wednesdays child twice in years before had given up any hope of being adopted until his classmate Dawson Morris asked his mom to please help. I got to know thomas through dawson. As they were good friends. And thomas started going on outings with us and became part of the family. When he was about to be transferred to yet another home he spoke up. It was no, you know, other words to say but look im in a bad situation right now and you all been the only family that i really had. So, you know, can you just adopt me and without a hesitation . Yes. Hes now a College Senior interning this family. Says his story helps the foster kids he is working with to have hope. I think its sort of inspiring to say, you know, i could come from this place. I could make it. And, you know, i have a pretty good chance to overcoming the statistics thatla on foster youth. And he is an inspiration to all who know him. Barbara harris, news4 for wednesdays child. And if you have ram room in your home or heart for another child waiting, call our special hotline. 18882 adopt me. Or search wednesdays child on nbcwashington. Com. One thing this fire hero did we can all learn from. For the second time in less than a week someone is caught bringing an. For you folks in Northern Virginia we have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. It includes loudoun county, virginia. Were seeing the warnings from Frederick County maryland over to Frederick County virginia. You can see the boxes highlighted in yellow. Lets zoom in. And look at the tremendous amount of lightning firing off with these storms too. This one area were watching as it approaches frederik county maryland, that warning goes until 6 15 and its northern loudon it includes. And well track in tighter and track it for you as it is heads east at 20 to 25 miles per hour. Hamilton by 6 31 and leesburg by 6 44. Heavy rain and potential high winds too. Up to 50 or 60 miles per hour. If you are around any of those locations, best thing is stay put and get away from windows and doors. Well keep you updated all evening long with that potential. We lose the storm threat by 10 00 to 11 00. After that just isolated showers around the area, including tomorrow morning. Were cool, cloudy, 6 to 75. One thing thiswill pass right t morning rush. Dont think well see lot of win but a big drop in humidity. And the temperatures al come down. From heat index of around 100 this afternoon to feeling like 82. Warm tomorrow. Right now your impactfocas is low. Could be a slow commute tugh th recpt roawet roa aund the ar. If include ds o 90 deees this year wve had 15, including today. Right now the best chance of storms this weekend will be sunday afternoon. It happened again in less than a week someone bringing a gun into a Capitol Office buidig. But this time it was ant staffer. Found a gun in a mans b this morning at the Canon House Office ilding. News more mark segravesoins us with details. Reporter last week it was a staff member to a member of congress from pennsylvania who was caught bringing an unloaded 9 mm into the canon Office Building. Today it was a lobbyist who went into the same congressional Office Building, this time with a load eed 9 mm. It started here at the rot d rotunda entrance. He came tough this Security Check poi stoppe s. Capitol plice found a loaded mmruger like thene picred re in his bag. He as tak ito custod and charged with carrying a gun without a licen a pennsylvania congressman w9 capitol but guns in the nations capitol. She was on her his staff was unaware of the rice and not sure why he was coming to their office. Hes the president elect for the National Pork producers council. A spokesperson tells news4 he was not representing them today. Now hell spend tonight locked up in the District Central cell block and appear before a d. C. Superior court judge some time tomorrow. Now, coming up at 6 00 well tell you why delicate norton things that some good could actually come from all these recent gun skint incidents at the capitol. Mark segraves, news4. Thank you mark. An arlgington is one million richer today but one number from 50 million. Hes looking at the bright side and says hes thrill th his luck. Boht a tick for the july 1 power ball drawing. Tim has been playing the same numbers for the past 25 years. Well i just felt great. I mean it just was terrific. Like i said, i had to do a fred nford and go like is. Tims going to invest most of that moy but he plans one big sprurj. Hes a huge georgetown basketball fan and uses prick patrick ewingsld jersey hes going to buy tickets with really good seats. A 15yearld mont velopmenmry county gird beinhonored i was like kind o shock. But i acted quickly and told my mom. When shsaw oke rolling out of a neighbos hse bk in may she knew something was wrong. She quickly alerted her mom, patricia, and instructed her to contact 911. The se belonged toofficer nico was actually a minute away enout. An i went hey that address sounds familiar. Wait i know y th sounds miliar. Day she s gin a public saety award for her instincts. Reporter the one wh may have benefitted the most was this little girl t. Ques there was a l to appreciate. The fact that a yearold did it when some adults ailed to do it is very is kind of s i guess s what youre ppdo. One dog didnt make it. Evas actions may have been Second Nature but they innocent world to a neighbor in need. Sweet dog. E is soled andshl be going into ninth gradeh ye. Prince georgestycounas a an newief aministrive is the secon est post in thcounty. Job offially today. T hed been acting chief. He was confirmed today by unanimous vote. Once served a d. C. s departme of the nsumer a regulate i affairs. His old bossent to uper mar bro today to speak on his balf during this hearing. He has a set of qualities virtually unmatched and it was an honor for me to come it skpoout and sak on his behalf. Were going to go a lot more Economic Development to brick more business and jobs here. He lift in Prince Georges County for 21 years before taking the job. Shes pregnant and missing. The case of a wife of a marine who vanished just got a lot more complicated. Its ban way of life for thousands of families in prince. Stories trending, a north korean ader kim jongun fight his way through a series of absurd situations in this new parody. The south korean media reports that as china couldnt stop the video from going viral because it undermines the Young Leaders dignity. You think . Cyber thieves targets stub hubnd aessed about a ousandustomer accots. They were able to Million Dollars in tickets for shows. The hackersy used log in information from other sites to access user accots. Ad of an era for broncos. The s long time owner is stepping down for alshiemzheime. He bought the team years ago br won more than 300 games and two super bowls. The hope is one of his children will take over. On capitol hill lawmakers are fighting foreql right disabled theyanthsento pa treaty thatoulde extnd prosis fo t 1990 acans for dits t. At e e of 91 form sen llsaysent take noor an weans ss pregnant and hasnt been seen in a nrly month. But r disappeance is co lated by an alleged affair. She vished lat last mnth after telling her husband she was going hiking in Joshua Tree National park. But Court Documents reveal she was having an affair with a neighbor. Documents show she intended to meet him there. Reporter search and rescue teams continue to scour the area in and around joshua tree for aaron kor when. Think felt it was necessary for those investigators to get involved early on in the investigation. And they said that there were some suspicious circumstances. The missing 19yearold is said to be 3 mths pregnant is is married to Corporal Jonathan wayne corwin. Missing on sunday. She left base saturday morning to scout a vacation for a family outing and never returned. Her car was found on monday still in in area. They are oking in thatrea for any possib evence anything that might indicate her whereabouts. Aarons family has set up a Facebook Page called locate aaron, asking for the publics help but they turned down our request for an interview. Investigators say there is no indition ofoul play was involved bothing has been ruled out. They found no evidence that leads them to believe that a crime has occurred. But shes still missing. Investigators have not named the boyfriend in this case as a possible suspect. And friends say hes moved back to his home state in alaska. They are also saying they are still looking for a crime scene and have not ruled out the possibiliy that corwin is as they put it, voluntarily missing. Now at 6 00, a teen targeted by a convicted sex offender. Disturbing new details about the suspects past as Police Reveal how he lured her in and even gained her mothers trust. For the second time a week a guy showed up at a house Office Building with a 9 mm. Plus Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are moving closer right now. Storm team 4 reveals who could see the damaging winds tonight. First tonight a tragedy of the malaysia air flight 17. Tomorrow marks one week since the passenger plane was shot down over ukraine. Some of the victims bodies are just now being returned to their families. 40 coffins returned to the netherlands. That country bears the heaviest death toll from the disaster. But with the pain of the crash still fresh, two more planes were shot down by pro russian rebels today. Those were fighter jets and one pilot was killed. News4 steve handelsmans on capitol hill with the latest. Reporter here on the hill today and in europe today, the finger pointing continued about whose to blame. But the scene in netherlands was a moving reminder of the human cost in the war in ukraine. Seven days after the tragedy t first 40 of the coffins carrying the remains of those killed on flight 17 came home to the netherlands in a solemn ceremony, attended by the dutch king and queen and relatives of those lost. We want the children back. That is the important for
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