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I tried to grab him but he ran. I chased him a little bit and he got away. Reporter that is when the kids father came down the street. She started hugging me. I walked towards her dad and they reunited with the father. Reporter minutes later lee spotted the suspect near the metro station. He called police. Luckily an offduty Police Officer was nearby and helped detain him until police arrived. All the credit and our thanks go to this Good Samaritan who did a phenomenal job. God put me in the right place at the right time. Reporter coming up at 6 00 this man was not the only one to see what was happening on the corner but was the only one to act. As for mr. Lee he is being held on attempted kidnapping charges and also Assault Charges as well as impersonating a Police Officer on 50,000 bond. On tracee wilkins, news 4. A Big Development with gay marriage in virginia. The commonwealths attorney general is calling a ruling on samesex marriage a victory for equality. A threejudge panel ruled the states ban on samesex marriage unconstitutional. Virginia will not start issuing marriage licenses to samesex couples just yet. Opponents have 21 days to file an appeal. One of the plaintiffs who filed the original lawsuit said this is a major step forward for her and her family. This is just a day to celebrate. We have just when i think about this we joined this case in september. Here we are not even a year later and this decision could go to the Supreme Court just so fast. Virginia attorney general says he believes ultimately the issue will be decided by the Supreme Court. A federal Circuit Court made a similar ruling last week in oklahoma. To the crisis at the border. It is hitting close to home. Earlier today clergy leaders in maryland met with martin omalley. Between january and early july more than 2,200 unaccompanied children arrived in maryland. Many are staying with extended family or foster care. The administration is proposing several sites for possible temporary housing facilities and that includes Montgomery County. School officials in Montgomery County are telling news 4 they have had more than 100 unaccompanied minors in the system last school year. The county Council Plans to discuss this school issue at a hearing tomorrow. Developing right now, d. C. Has filed a motion to stay a ruling that would allow just about anyone to openly carry a gun in the district. Over the weekend the federal judge declared the ban on hand guns in public is unconstitutional. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 Mark Segraves looks at what the ruling means for gun owners and why you could still expect to get attention from police if you plan to carry a gun in public. To the trial of the decade in virginia politics. Jury selection is underway as prosecutors try to prove corruption by Bob Mcdonnell and his wife. The former first couple is accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in illegal donations. Julie joins us now. Reporter it has been slow going up there in the seventh floor courtroom. Jury selection has consumed this entire day. While they are finally starting to close in on a Smaller Group of jurors that process continues at this hour. Although they are being tried together the former first couple arrived separately at the courthouse. Former governor Bob Mcdonnell entered with his legal team and wife came in a few minutes earlier walking hand in hand with daughters. When each reached the seventh floor they embraced and hugged family and friends who gathered. Inside the courtroom mcdonnell read from a prayer book. The stakes could not be higher as they face possible jail time. Steven benjamin is a defense attorney. This is a momentous trial because it involves someone who was our highest elected political leader, someone who was had an absolutely unblemished record. And the last person anyone would think could be corrupted by gifts, by money, by luxury items. Reporter prosecutors will try to show the former first couple took more than 150,000 in gifts and loans from wealthy businessman Johnny Williams in exchange for helping promote his dietary supplement company. Mcdonnell says he did nothing wrong. The jurors are being picked from a pool of 150. Hours of jury questions began aimed at finding 12 people who will fairly hear the evidence in a case involving one of the commonwealths most high profile citizens. Jury selection is very important in a case like this, a case that has received a tremendous amount of publicity and a case that people may feel very strongly about. Careful questioning is important. Reporter now, one of the questions asked of jurors late this afternoon by the judge, how many of you have heard about this case . Everyone stood up. The judge commented this is going to take a while. Again, we understand that upstairs they are starting to close. Coming up they take a look at what is likely to happen at some of the early days of the trial. Im julie carey, news 4. A d. C. Firefighter was in court today accused of dealing drugs. Al Norris Jackson pled not guilty to dealing outside of a barbershop. Police say he was carrying a gun and crack cocaine when they arrested him in northeast d. C. Earlier this month. He has been with the d. C. Fire department for eight years and is now on paid leave. Right now a Recovery Team is searching for a man who fell into a reservoir just south of the pennsylvania line. They have identified him and no word on what the man was doing near the dam. The early numbers are in now. 17,000 passengers so far have taken a ride on the first week day of service on metros new silver line. Did it pass the test . Northern virginia reporter joins us from reston with more on what passengers had to say about the first rides on the silver line. Reporter you said the key word test. Today is the real test. You can see folks coming off from the reston station. It has been a steady pace pretty much all day. Some folks wrapping up the round trip commute to and from work. My question for them, how did it go . It was a great commute. What was actually impressive was that the rails were actually smooth kind of like a monorail at disneyland as opposed to the old system where it is kind of rickity at times. Reporter any changes you would make . The walk from the parking garage is a little bit long but that is okay. Reporter round trip how was it . Pretty good. Glad it comes out here. Pretty quick, too. Reporter for some the trip home continues. Just going down the escalators to catch a bus. 16 new routes, 28 changed routes. For those who drove here to take metro parking in the silver lines only garage was plentiful. Of the 2,300 spots they filled 1,300 Parking Spaces leaving about 1,000 to spare. Tomorrow how are you getting to work . Taking the silver line. Reporter doing it again . Doing it again. Reporter for some folks leaving here this isnt the end of their commute home. Below this plaza is the bus depot i mentioned making several changes, a little complicated for some folks. We will talk to riders about how they were able to navigate changes. I want to take you above stations in tyson. Some folks using the rail today. We have seen a lot of luggage to get to dulles airport. I met up with one family who did just that on the first day. We will find out how that trip was for them. For now we are live in reston, virginia. Im david culver, news 4. Coming up in our next half hour transportation reporter adam tuss reports on the top four things you need to know about the silver line. A wife murdered, her husband charged and a Church Member Points Police in the right direction. A woman claims she was assaulted by her uber driver. What she says happened on her ride and how the popular car service took action. Look at the tree. The new video of the moment the deadly tornado touched down in virginia. We will take you to the eye of the storm when it hit a campground. We are talking about a line of showers and a few thunderstorms to the west. This will bring we want to go a little more in depth now in the decision ruling samesex marriage unconstitutional. Pete Williams Joins us now with more. We know this will be appealed. Talk about that and whether people can get married in the meantime. It probably will be appealed. One of the odd things about this is the state of virginia declined to defend the law so the fight has been carried on by two county clerks including the clerk of court of Prince William county. They said they likely will appeal to the fourth circuit. Until they make that decision as a legal matter samesex marriage is not legal in virginia. However, we could see the same thing happen that happened in colorado where the Appeals Court said this is the law and county clerks decide to issue marriage licenses anyway. The state probably wouldnt stop them but as a matter of what the law is right now the courts ruling doesnt go into effect until we know whether there is going to be an appeal or not. If they decide not to appeal it starts a clock. The earliest people can get married legally in virginia is in another three weeks. If county clerks want to try i dont know who would stop them. They are not being encouraged to do that by the people behind the lawsuits. I think what is interesting is this is the second federal Appeals Court to reach the same conclusion. We had the court in denver uphold rulings saying bans were unconstitutional in utah and oklahoma. So what do we make of this . A trend or is it absolutely going to go up to the Supreme Court at this point . It is a bull dozing trend right now. Every federal court that has looked at this question in the past year since the Supreme Court struck down part of the defense of marriage law has reached the same conclusion that bans on samesex marriage are unconstitutional. Normally the surest bet is when there is a split among federal courts when some parts of the country have one set of laws and other sets another the Supreme Court wants to harmonize them. If they are all coming up the same it is not a certainty the Supreme Court would jump into this although some involved think it might. Interesting. Thanks so much. Well, the same storm system responsible for the winds in our region spawned a tornado with winds up to 120 Miles Per Hour just north of boston this morning. The National Weather service confirmed a tornado touched down in revere about 15 minutes outside the city and uprooted trees and blew roofs of off of several businesses and homes. There are no reports of serious injuries. We are getting a look at what it was like when a tornado touched down in virginia last thursday morning. Danielle rivera was in her camper when she says softball sized hail began to fall and she began reporting it. Im in the camper right now and something crazy is going on outside. Im so scared. You cant even see it outside. Its hailing. And my awning on my camper just came off. Theres a tree down. Look at the tree on that guys camper. A new jersey couple was killed when a fallen tree crushed their tent. We have wind gusts this morning that took down a pretty massive tree here in the district in the Spring Valley area around american university. You can see the tree landed on that car. No one was inside the car at the time. It is fairly breezy and blustery out there right now. We have a front coming in . We have a cold front coming through. Winds upwards of 30 Miles Per Hour came through. That helped that tree to come down. However, we are still seeing winds gusting to 30 Miles Per Hour outside right now. Those winds are winds of change. Take a look out there towards the National Harbor and the wheel out there looking pretty good out there this afternoon. Plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies. We are dealing with a little bit of that wind. It is bringing in much cooler weather. 85 degrees the current number. Union station you can see the flag blowing in the wind. Winds gusting upwards of 28 Miles Per Hour at this time with the temperature at 85. The dew point well below where it has been. Look at the numbers down to 73 in cumberland. 69 in petersburg, West Virginia. 77 in gaithersburg. That is the cooler air. No real areas of rain. A few showers towards baltimore county. A few more back towards western portions of maryland. There is another little system here all part of the same system that came through yesterday. We saw Severe Weather all across the region in through pennsylvania, West Virginia. We have not seen the Severe Weather here. It moved towards the boston area. A tornado early this morning to the north of boston with that storm right there as it raced towards the north. For us you can see what is coming in behind this. Air right across the great lakes and the area in canada meaning we are in for a cool morning. Tonight no problems. Few clouds this evening. By tomorrow morning plenty of sunshine. We start off on the cool side. Temperatures in the upper 70s to around the low 80s. Maybe a stray isolated shower but once again most of us remain on the drier side of things. Tomorrow morning partly sunny and seasonably cool. 56 to 63. Winds upwards of 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour it may be fairly cool and then the sun does what it does and heats things right back up. 79 degrees in winchester. 83 towards fredericksburg. It will be five to ten degrees cooler. Forecast winds tomorrow a very mild afternoon. As we move on the weather is going to remain on the tranquil side. 81 on tuesday and 84 on wednesday with plenty of sunshine. Wednesday looking like a gorgeous day. Thursday we get warmer with a high of 87. 84 degrees on friday. 30 chance of storms on friday. Watch what happens for the weekend, saturday and sunday something we are going to watch. Chance of showers and storms both days. Right now really looking at the day on saturday with a High Temperature of 84 degrees. It does look like we have a chance for some of that not too hot for the weekend. Watch for a system that may move up the coast. Right now we are looking pretty good across the region. Not a lot to talk about as far as weather is concerned. Remember 88 degrees the average high. Right now we are going below average every day over the next seven. Not bad. Now, at 5 00 when Lightning Strikes on the beach. It literally sounded like a bomb went off. One swimmer didnt make it and now a mother is mourning the loss of her only child. We will take you to the chaos on the shore. It is one of the most deadly viruses in the world. Now two americans who got infected trying to save others are fighting for their own loves. We explain the real concern about the spread of ebola. Some robbers took on the wrong clerk. How they turned the tables in an instant. Out of control how Health Officials are describing the latest Ebola Outbreak after a worker was confirmed to have the deadly virus. Nancy ribold and dr. Brantly are fighting for their lives. They are just two of the 100 Health Care Workers who caught the virus which has killed nearly 700 people since march. What are the chances of ebola being spread to this country . Thats the question a lot of people are asking right now. Doctors tell us one of the biggest concerns is travel. Could an infected person fly from africa and spark an outbreak here in the u. S. Officials at the centers for Disease Control say that is unlikely but others disagree saying we dont know a lot about ebola because there havent been very many cases until now. The first case was detected in africa nearly four years ago. Until recently most contained to rural areas. Now the most recent outbreak spread to four african countries. More than 1,000 people have been infected since march. Symptoms of the ebola virus are similar to the flu, high fever, headaches, vomiting, diarrhea. Some patients lose the ability to form blood clots so they end up hemorrhaging blood. The death rate is between 60 and 90 . That means that some people do survive the virus but it is unclear why, who survives and who doesnt. One of the biggest questions is how contagious is the ebola virus. We know it is only spread through bodily fluids, blood, urine and sweat. You can only catch it from a person actively if you are in close contact with an infected victim there is a high risk of getting sick. This is a situation that the World Health Community and our cdc are watching very, very closely. I understand that nbc nightly news is working on the story, as well, and will have more coming up at 7 00. Taking it seriously. There are major new developments in the effort to address the scandal at the department of veteran affairs. House and Senate Lawmakers worked to reach a bipartisan deal to end the long waits. The plan includes 1. 5 billion for 27 new clinics and adds 5 billion for more v. A. Doctors and 10 billion for outside care for private doctors. Congress will have to pass emergency spending to make this work. Negotiators say they can get it passed this week before Congress Takes its summer break. A manhunt after a wife is found murdered. Her husband is the accused killer. We will find out how far police will have to go to bring him back to Montgomery County. A shootout involving an accused child molester. We will tell you who was hurt in right now at 5 30 Sexual Assault accusations against a trendy car service. We have the document revealing what one woman says happened during her ride with uber. Howard university plagued with rocky finances and a drop in academic standing. A new president speaks out about how he plans to revive the college. A father is killed during a walk along the beach. It is what killed him that is fuelling outrage. We are declaring an emergency. A local woman found dead in her home over the weekend and now her husband is charged with her murder. A phone conversation and a concerned Church Member helped police catch up with cola veal. New details emerging about what happened inside the couples gaithersburg home. Chris gordon is in the neighborhood cht. Reporter here is the latest on what is happening. Within the past 15 minutes two Montgomery County detectives arrived here in the parking lot about to enter the crime scene, that townhouse behind me. They believe they know what led to this murder, a domestic dispute turned deadly. Police were led to the murder scene at this gaithersburg townhouse by a call from a parishioner at the church the couple attends. Detectives found the body of 47yearold june carly. Police tell us her husband, 51yearold cola beal called the parishioner saying he believed he had killed his wife. The parishioner gave police beals cell phone number. They called beal who told police he was in norfolk, virginia. Norfolk police picked him up. Took him into custody without incident. We were able to get a search warrant for the home and investigate the scene fully. Reporter beal is awaiting extradition to Montgomery County where he could be charged with first degree murder. Neighbors who live along hall mark court did not know the beals well. Tony hanford has lived here 20 years. I was a bit shocked and stunned and sad. Its a sad situation. Reporter records indicate police had been called to the beals townhouse before to break up an argument between them. The information i was provided and the records we had is that one time last year we were called to that address for allegation of domestic violence. Reporter police tell me the officers at that time spoke with the couple and resolved the dispute. No written report was filed. However, this sunday, yesterday, 10 30 a. M. They were called back here and discovered the dead body. We reached out and i called the church the couple attended. I was told they know nothing about this and declined my request for an interview. Developing right now in new york city an accused child molester is dead after getting into a shootout with law enforcement. It happened this afternoon in Greenwich Village as police tried to arrest the suspect who was wanted for the Sexual Assault of a child in california. Two u. S. Marshales were wounded in the gun battle. About an hour from now a decision will be made about redeveloping a d. C. Community. The Zoning Commission is set to take up the plan to tear down 25 acres of Public Housing at berry farm. About 400 families live there now. Developers want to turn the land into a mixed use neighborhood. It would include about 60,000 square feet of stores and restaurants. The berry Farm Community wants to make sure current residents can have a place in the new homes. The meeting is set to take place at 6 30 tonight. Whether you take metro every day or never been on a train there are several things you need to know about the new silver line. Our news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss continues our Team Coverage and has a look at the top four. Reporter a few things for riders to work out here along the silver line. Number one, you cant eat or drink on the system. We saw some people trying to bring a cup of coffee or food. You cant bring a bicycle during rush hour. That is something people will have to work out. In honor of all of that here are the four things you need to know about the silver line. The only permanent parking station is at the reston east stop. Get a smart trip card. We watched new metro riders fiddle and fumble with the fare machine. A paper fare card comes with a 1 surcharge. The Tysons Corner station close to the mall, an elevated walk way will take you straight to the mall. The silver line is new but the trains are not. Metro does have a plan to put new trains on the tracks but not until the end of the year. This is the first silver line ride for patricia on her way to a doctors appointment. This is 30 minutes in. Reporter some saw todays opening as a business opportunity. Giving away cookies and menus to riders. This is going to be an economic boom to the entire area. We are excited about the opening. Reporter some say they like the new line but it has to work for their commute. If the testing doesnt work for the first week i will have to think of other ways. Reporter metro reports a smooth commute on the silver line. The focus is on this evening commute. In Tysons Corner, adam tuss, news 4. Well, we have our food trucks. Now d. C. Has a food boat. The districts first food boat launched this weekend on the potomac anchored just north of the key bridge. Boaters, kayakers and canoers can float up and order hot dogs, cool drinks and other local treats. Sarah palin is ready for more of the National Spot light. How the former Vice President ial candidate and mother is giving the public more access to her life than ever before. Reporter there are die hard fans and then redskins fans. Looking like a nice evening. A few showers trying to make their way in. You want to save money on Car Insurance . No problem. You want to save money on rv insurance . No problem. You want to save money on motorcycle insurance . No problem. You want to find a place to park all these things . Fuggedaboud it. This is new york. Hey little guy, wake up aw, come off it mate geico. Saving people money on more than just Car Insurance. Welcome back to news 4 at 5 00. Day five of Training Camp for the redskins and today was the toughest practice. The fans were loving the physicality. Do the players hear them and see that . There is only one way to find out. We strapped on the go pro. Is that a go pro . You want to get my perspective. Smile for the camera. Take a selfie. The kids are going crazy with the selfies. Reporter rg iii passed the camera to ryan clark. Right away some strange requests. You are messing me up. You messed me up when you said that. So you can make sure there is no unwanted contact. It was weird for her to say it that way. A good friend of mine told me maybe i should have asked where her husband was. Hail to the redskins im not singing. You see this, right . Not only is it not my name. Does anybody need the autograph give it to me. How you doing . Not doing too good. I had a right shoulder replacement. Reporter trying to put smiles on everyones face. All in a days work. Diana will have live reports from richmond. You can keep up with her coverage and interviews on nbcwashington. Com. To some it will always be the house gary built. But now the home of maryland basketball and a few other sports has a new name. Effective today the Comcast Center being called the xfinity center. All signs in and outside the building will be changed by the middle of next month. Gary Williams Court will not be changed. The coach Won National Championship in 2002. If you think you have to clock serious miles to see Health Benefits from running put down the tracker. A new study says jogging five minutes a day helps your heart. The journal of college of cardiology published the findings. Runners on average lived three years longer than others. Doctors are hoping that by showing a small amount of effort getting big results will have more people lacing up the sneakers. Reporter a woman out celebrating her birthday says she was sexually assaulted by an uber car driver after she passed out. Reporter im kristin wright. After very public challenges over the past few years howard has a new president. His promise to parents and students coming up on news 4. She says she simply wanted a ride home after a night celebrating her birthday here in d. C. Instead a woman claims she blacked out and woke up to find her uber driver sexually assaulting her in the car. Tonight we are learning more about what happened. Darcy spencer is live with the details. Reporter we are live in the 1400 block of rhode island avenue in northwest. According to the Court Documents the victim was heading back here to her hotel after celebrating her birthday. It was during that ride back here that she says she was sexually assaulted after she passed out. The 25yearold new york woman had gone to the lux lounge on new york avenue in northwest to celebrate her birthday with friends, but that celebration turned into the worst night of her life. She says the uber driver hired to take her back to her hotel on rhode island avenue on northwest sexually assaulted her. The woman told detectives she had several drinks here to celebrate her birthday. According to these Court Documents she says she doesnt remember much and that some things are a blur but she definitely remembers she was sexually assaulted. She says she passed out and when she woke up the driver was rubbing her breasts. She fell back asleep and woke up when she heard the doors lock. The cab was stopped and the driver once again was touching her and pulled down her underwear. The victim says the driver refused to let her out of his car. She sent two Text Messages to a friend who had arranged the cab ride. When the friend called her phone she says it startled the driver and he agreed to take her to the hotel. That driver reshad chakari charged with Second Degree sex abuse. He told police he had been driving his camry for about a year and says the woman was super drunk and when he dropped her off he says she was happy, appreciative and thanked him. He denied touching her inappropriately and said she must be making a mistake. We spoke to women who are concerned. I take uber more often because it is easier and convenient and love it. I never thought about the risk i guess and i should be more aware of it. Reporter uber released a statement that says in part it is our policy to immediately suspend a drivers account following any serious allegations which we have done. We stand ready to assist authorities in any investigation. One d. C. Council member wants to change things to make these cars safer for riders. We will have that story coming up on news 4 at 6 00. The sacred grounds of Arlington National cemetery are getting a little tlc from hundreds of voluntee. Aw care and landscaping professionals donated services today. The National Landscape Industry Group organizes to spread mulch and plant flowers. Volunteers from all over the country and right here at home say they are proud to get the ground into shape. We find it really important to come here and support the cause of people who have given everything to us to come here and respect them and take care of their final home. Volunteers worked on close to 200 acres today or about a third of arlingtons entire ground. We have a blustery monday afternoon and that means it is the leading edge of a cold front. Tonight is on the cool side for sure. You can probably open up windows is many areas. This is actually our reston camera behind me. It is looking towards the north and east towards bethesda. That is bethesda you can see the taller buildings and you notice a little bit of shake. That is because of the winds gusting upwards of 30 Miles Per Hour. This is down to the southwest, Tysons Corner. You can see a few clouds across our region. 85 degrees, a little on the breezy side. It is not windy. Those winds gusting upwards of 30 Miles Per Hour today and will be there through about 7 00 and start to calm. 75 degrees around 9 00. Down to 71 and start to feel cooler around 11. It will be cooler down to 79 in leesburg. 79 in ruston and gaithersburg. 83 towards prince georges and camp springs. Radar picking up showers towards the west with a system that will try to move through. That is the frontal boundary that will really cool things off. Behind it after an isolated shower or two 63 in d. C. The average low close to 70. 58 in fairfax. Look at areas Like Northern maryland, the panhandle of West Virginia down to 56 in martinsburg and 56 in frederick. It will feel chilly almost like Early September rather than middle of july. A cool start but not bad. Tomorrow afternoon beautiful. Nice and mild partly sunny. Tomorrow looking fantastic and looking great the next few days. 84 on your wednesday. 87 on thursday and then showers on friday. Watching a system on saturday could bring a better chance of rain. Right now weekend not looking too bad. He describes Howard University as a national treasure. Today the schools new president laid out his vision for the future. While enrollment is up he admitted a lot of challenges remain. Reporter new leadership at Howard University. Im really excited that he is the new president. Reporter dr. Wayne fredrick is howards new president stepping in during a trying time, among the issues, staff cuts and a past president who resigned amid allegations of mismanaging money. My top priority is to make sure that i connect with the alum and that i really make sure there is a full spirit of shared governance. Reporter he started college at howard at 16 and earned his medical degree there at 22. Now dr. Fredrick is 43 and a cancer surgeon. Fredrick faces many challenges starting with what some worry is a loss of prestige at one of the top historically black colleges. From 2010 to 2014 howards ranking fell 22 points. Dr. Fredrick says that is just one list. The academic product that we are producing is extremely high. All of that cannot be captured in ranking a or b. Reporter he adds that last year howard produced the most Phd Candidates in its history. Another hurdle university hospital, howards Credit Rating downgraded twice by moodys. Moodys cited an estimated 32 million in operating losses at the hospital this fiscal year. Dr. Fredrick said the university is searching for a partner in running the teaching hospital. If we were part of a larger system or had a larger buying power we could buy talent as well as materials at a higher cost. It is a national treasure. A deadly Lightning Strike on the beach. A 20yearold swimmer is killed in an instant. Witnesses explain how it happened and why a mother is now making plans to bury her only chi she started as a hockey mom and then became a politician and now an internet tv host. It is former Vice President ial candidate sarah palin looking for more attention. This is a news channel that really is a lot more than news. This is a community where we are going to be able to share ideas. Today palin launched a subscription based Internet Tv Network that promises to feature her commentary on political issues as well as a behind the scenes look into her personal life. The sarah palin channel will cost about 10 a month or 100 a month. Check out what hoappened. One employee happened to be trained in mixed martial arts and came out kicking and punching and it got ugly. This happened in houston earlier this month. Two of the thieves got away but the clerk managed to pin the other one until police got there and arrested him. For the first time we are hearing what it was like when a sunday stroll on the beach turned into horror for a military family from georgia. Army sergeant and his wife and 9yearold daughter oceania were taking a walk on the beach when they were hit by a small plane that crash landed on the sand. The father was killed and the daughter was critically injured. The first 911 callers were frantic. Are you involved in the situation at all . We are on the way right now. We have multiple calls about this. Are you involved in the situation other than a by stander . Im sorry . Are you involved in the situation other than a witness . Its my friends husband. His daughter was hit and he is hit. It is not clear whether they were hit by the plane or by debris. We know the plane is largely intact. The pilot and his passenger escaped without injuries. Now to another tragedy on the beach. This time it was a deadly Lightning Strike in southern california. A young man died and at least a dozen others were hurt when lightning hit the water. That victim identified as nick fonyono. You heard this crackle and this giant bolt up in the sky. Felt heat and pressure on the top of my head and just kind of electric through my body. It sounded like a bomb went off. I thought the building next door blew up. Reporter alexandria thompson was at home near the beach when she inadvertently recorded the thunder. And then it actually sounded like there was debris falling. I mean, it was the craziest thing i had heard. Reporter thompson went straight to the beach where life guards and firefighters were treating more than a dozen patients. They had people with oxygen masks on. One guy had those eelectrode things pinned on him. When i arrived one of the units was leaving with lights and s e sires on. Reporter eight people were in or around the water. One of them a 20yearold man pulled from the water died. Just astonishing. It just doesnt happen here. The National Weather service says over the past three decades an average of 51 people have died each year from Lightning Strikes. A large number of the victims have been male. So far this year there have been 16 deadly strikes and none happened in our region. Now at 6 00 the mcdonnells arrive to court separately on the first day of the corruption trial. He jumped into action when others turned a blind eye. Meet the Good Samaritan who stopped a man dressed as a Police Officer from snatching two children. Extensive damage to our north, trees down. Douis here to explain the wind and show us what is next. First tonight two major Court Rulings impacting people all across our region. In virginia where a federal Appeals Court struck down the states samesex marriage ban. Pat lawson muse joins us with the details. This is a victory for gays and lesbians in virginia. The court ruled the states ban on samesex marriage is unconstitutional. In the decision denying samesex couples the choice prohibits them from participating fully in our society. The ruling does not mean gays and lesbians can get married. This case first has to be resolved. Virginia has 21 days to request a rehearing or a stay in the case. In the appeal it may pick up the case as