Now this is a really good storm moving off to the east northeast, huntingtown, big time, rain and lightning. You hear thunder, get the kids indoors. North beach to huntington big time lightning, big time rain drifting across the bay at 14 Miles Per Hour and weve had 52 lightning strikes in just the last half hour especially between north beach and huntington, one indication storms are getting stronger. On the futurecast tonight most of the heavy activity will still be focused into Southern Maryland and well come back and talk about the potential for other folks getting hit hard tomorrow as our yellow weather alert continues through thursday. So we are warned. You can track those storms throughout the night and any time by downloading our free wusa9 app. Just click on radar. Tonight Prince Georges County police are investing two homicides just hours apart. Police say the shootings are not related. In Landover Hills a man was found dead after 5 a. M. And in Capitol Heights a triple shooting ended with another man killed. Ellison barber went to the crime scene on jade court today and has the latest on the investigation. Reporter one man now identified as 25yearold george salas was dead at the scene. Police say they do not believe the victims exchanged gunfire. They believe someone came up to them and shot all three. I didnt know where it came from because it just sounds so close. We didnt know if it was behind the house, in front of the house. We didnt know where it was at until i saw the light of. Reporter around 12 30 last night Police Responded to reports of gun shots on the 6800 block of jade court. When they got there, they found three people. All of them had been shot. One was an adult woman, two adult males. One of the adult males was pronounced dead at the scene. Reporter police say 25 yearold george salas was lying dead in a car. Witnesses say they saw it, too. I was taking my son to school this morning and i saw the car. The gentleman was in the car leaned up against the car, so we knew something was going on. Reporter the other man and woman were taken to the hospital and are still in critical condition. Police say the group was am bushed. This does look like a targeted incident. Reporter theyre looking for the shooter or shooters. Were looking for any information from the community. Reporter and any claims the victims were squatters. We are looking into whether the victim was a squatter. However, preliminarily, our detectives do not believe that had anything to do with what happened. Prince georges county police are offering a 25,000 reward for tips that could help solve this mornings murders. D. C. Police are looking for the men who shot a woman. Officers responded to the park area near the cvs store on the bladensburg road in northeast just after 1 00 this afternoon. The men got away. One of them had a bike. An alleged drunking driving accident in oxon hill that killed five people has broken up a family of eight kid. Its been nearly a year since prosecutors say Kenneth Kelley got behind the wheel and caused the crash and today they announced five counts of manslaughter and drunk driving charges. One of the victims was tameika curtis, a mother of eight children. We caught up with the father of two of those surviving children today. They still wake up at night hoping their mom will be somewhere around. They still cry for her. I mean the impact is just tremendous. In all five people were killed in that wreck including two children. Kelley is being held on a half Million Dollar bond. While congress debated the Iran Nuclear Deal inside the capitol, hundreds of people gathered outside to protest it. Gop president ial candidates donald trump and ted cruz rallied the crowd and joined forces to build up pressure against the deal. We are a country that owes 19 trillion. We lose everywhere. We lose militarily. We cant beat isis, give me a break. We cant beat anybody. It will facilitate and accelerate the nation of iran acquiring Nuclear Weapons. There is no greater threat to the safety and security of america. Not far away former secretary of state Hillary Clinton disagreed with cruz. She acknowledged the deal is not perfect but said Going Forward its the best way to keep iran from getting Nuclear Weapons. The rally brought out a mix of people for and against the deal. We talked with a few of them in the crowd today. I was not offended by what he said. I support donald trump, yes, all the way. They have hostages. How do you make a deal with a country thats Holding Americans hostage . Reporter what do you think of the Republican Leadership in congress . Allowing this to happen . They all should go. Reporter the Republican Leaders should go . Both, republicans and democrats. Im here that we can give diplomacy a chance and its kind of odd we have to protest this. A vote could come by the end of the week. After five days of dodging the inevitable Hillary Clinton said im sorry using a private email server while she was secretary of state. That was a mistake. Im sorry about that. I take responsibility. The comments are an abrupt about face for clinton who just 24 hours earlier refused to apologize for her use of a private email server saying it was allowed by the state department saying everyone knew she used a private account. Tonight the Top Executive of the European Union said the migrant crisis represents one of europes greatest challenges since world war ii. He put forth a plan to distribute 160,000 migrants among the eus member nations and he warns in more refugees from the middle east and africa are on their way. To put a face on the situation, the refugees are people just like shaza assad 20 years old married days before she and her husband fled territory threatened by isis and theyre among the lucky ones. They made it to germany and tomorrow they board a bus to start a new life in germany. The state department is prepared to boost its annual quote owe of refugees by at least 5,000 by next year. The fbi believes the same suspects are behind armed robberies at six different 7 elevens in maryland, d. C. And virginia. This is Surveillance Video from one of the robberies two weeks ago in the 3100 block of rhode island avenue northeast of one man with a gun goes behind the register, grabs the cash, the other with the knife staying at the door. Authorities say the same people robbed two other 7eleven stores the same morning. They all have the same individuals depicted. They look very, very familiar. Of course, they have the same style masks covering their faces, the same guns appear to be similar in each of the robberies and just the way that they carry themselves, the way that they conduct the robberies. Now the crooks dont just go after the cash register. They sometimes also rob customers. No one has been hurt so far, but the fbi is offering a 10,000 reward. A well known Little League umpire has pleaded guilty to possessing child porn gay. Donald essex worked with the Little League in alexandria pornography. Donald essex worked with the Little League in alexandria. He confessed to having hundreds of child pornography pictures. He faces up to 10 years in jail. He will be sentenced in december. Earlier today Baltimore Citys board of estimates unanimously agreed to pay a 6. 4 million settlement to the family of agree. Gray was taken into custody of freddie gray. Gray was taken into custody and of died a week later from a severe spinal cord in. Jury the settlement will resolve all civil claims against Baltimore City and anyone else responsible for grays death. This does not represent any judgment on the guilt or the innocence of the six police officers. In addition to compensation and closure to freddies mother and father, the mayor has pledged to them that body cameras bill begin deployment in the Western District in the height of will begin deployment in the Western District in the heart of where this incident took place. A judge will decide this week if the trial should be held in baltimoreor be moved to another jurisdiction. Kim davis, the Kentucky Court clerk, could be back on the clock as soon as friday. She walked out of jail yesterday to the cheers of thousands of supporters plus president ial hopefuls Mike Huckabee and ted cruz. A federal judge has warned her not to directly or indirectly interfere with licenses going out to same sex couples. Apple unveils its newest toys, after the break the upgrades and the new technology youll soon see in stores. Plus a new place to get groceries on capitol hill, the popular chain that will open its doors pretty soon. Youre watching wusa9, right now crews are fighting a huge fire at an Industrial Complex near downtown phoenix. The fire involves Hazardous Material in storage tanks and that fire is sending plumes of heavy smoke into the sky. Its also triggered explosions that have shot barrels into the air. At least one barrel damaged power lines and the area has been evacuated. A team of investigators are focusing in on a possible engine malfunction after a British Airways plane erupted into flames. At least 14 people were hurt when the engine caught fire during the taxiing at the las vegas airport on tuesday. Within minutes the 157 passengers and 13 crews evacuated the plane using the aircrafts inflatable emergency slides. Just grateful for what the captain did, how quickly he responded and his crew as well. It was a serious fire. Those firefighters had it all under control in minutes. It doesnt look like the flames reached the cabin. Apple has announced upgrades to some of its most popular products. The ipad pro has a 13inch screen and a detachable keyboard and a stylus called the apple pencil. The iphone 6 has a pressure 3d touch screen. There are more apps including games. Trader joes said it is going to open a store on capitol hill at 750 pennsylvania avenue. The store will cover about 11,000 square feet. Opening day is summer of 2017. Putting the f in finals, after the break where Montgomery County is ditching those end of the year exams. We are tracking some showers and thunderstorms on first alert doppler. The activity now is southwest of town. These are actually getting a little more intense around gold vein headed toward dale city and stafford. Well come back and talk about our yellow weat what did irans Supreme Leader get in the nuclear deal . To start with, 100 billion. They keep their Nuclear Facilities and ballistic missiles. There wont be surprise anytimeanywhere inspections. And after ten years, restrictions are lifted and iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Congress should reject a bad deal. We need a better deal. Its ford suv season. Now just sign go. With zero down. Zero due at signing. And zero first months payment. Hassle free. Choose from ford escape, edge, explorer and expedition. Every suv. Ford makes it easier for you to be unstoppable, during suv season. Now get a ford escape with zero down, zero due at signing and zero first months payment, during fords suv sign go event. Only at your local ford dealer. Parents in Fairfax County are gathering to hear some grim news. There is a big budget process. They need to cut 80 million for the budget from the 2016 2017 school year. A meeting is held at south lakes high school. Parents will consider several tough options including cutting kindergarten to a half day and Cutting School activities such as Junior Varsity sports and even school band. In Montgomery County parents are celebrating, but some have concerns about ditching final exams of Stephanie Ramirez tells us whats changing and why. Reporter instead of the two hour end of semester exams for core classes the board voted to center assessments the end of each marking periods. The assessments could be a project or exam and it would be done during class time. The board of education president said this will give students more time to learn. We do want them to be prepared for college and for the world of work, but i do know that two hour final exams necessarily is demonstrating that you are college or career ready. I think it is not a good idea because it helps people to prepare in a certain way for, you know, the Higher Education that theyre going to get. Reporter the school board plans to have a section on their website open for comments. They especially want to hear from parents on how they would like to see the new tests and grades be implemented. In rockville Stephanie Ramirez, wusa9 news. Starting the two year two hour finals will not be given at the end of the year and classes where state tests are also given next year all High School Levels will transition to quarterly assessments. When pope francis sets foot on american soil, the first family will be there to greet him. Today the white house confirmed president obama and Michelle Obama will lead the welcoming committee at Andrews Air Force base when the pontiff gets into town in a couple weeks. The queen has thanked well wishers around the world for their touching messages of kindness as she becomes britains longest reigning monarch. She became queen at 25 and today shes ruled for over 23,226 days or 63 years, seven months and two days if youre counting. That, of course, surpasses Queen Victoria which was her great great grandmother. The queen and her husband traveled on board a steam train today. She opened a new train line along the scottish border. Today is a yellow weather alert. Wusa9 first alert weather, d. C. s most accurate. She was queen when churchill was in office. Thats a long time. Shes been queen for a very, very long tie. Seen some history. We havent seen rain in a long time. We havent. Its not going to rain everywhere tonight, but i think by this time tomorrow night everyone will have received something. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, still 87, relative humidity 53 , so its a pretty toasty evening. In fact, our average high is 82, 83 now. This is running well above average. We hit 90s today, our 52nd time this year we hit 90 or higher. Heres first alert doppler. Heres all the activity were really following generally south of town, Southern Maryland. This has been a pretty big storm moving off north and east. Look at all the lightning around north beach. We dont see hail but heavy rain, rainfall rates 1 to 2 inch per hour headed away from dunkirk and still moderate rain in huntington. How much lightning . 107 strikes in the last 10 minutes between north beach and south of huntington. Back south around goldvein west of fredericksburg, moderate rain down stafford up toward quantico and a little heavy storm toward la plata. Well zoom in a little bit. This storm was going to move off north and east by 8 46 at bell fair and quantico at 8 29. 10 12 arrival time in town. If the nats dont get things done in a timely fashion, we could see a shower before the game is over with. Bus stop temperatures in the 70s and a shower is possible on your thursday morning. Yellow weather alert thursday, the morning and the evening commute could both be affected with showers and storms. In fact, by 10 00 tonight most of the activity is still south of town, maybe a shower southwest of the ballpark. Notice the reds tothe west of fredericksburg into Southern Maryland. Again that is 10 00 tonight. Well advance this. By Early Morning 6 00 some showers left over in the Prince Georges County, bowie, mitchellville down toward la plata and Charles County and showers out to the west. By 8 30 still some showers east, martinsburg, up toward hagerstown and frederick and big storms into Southern Maryland, going to be a stormy day on and off all day tomorrow. 70s across the board on the day planner, maybe 81 by 1 00 and a shower or storm possible at any time. Nice friday, sunshine, 84. Im still worried about some storms on saturday, 81 for the terps game, but fine for football on sunday, 77, upper 70s monday, a little warmer next week but pleasant, blow 80s tuesday and wednesday. All right, top. Were closing in on the start of the nfl regular season. Sunday afternoon the burgundy and gold host the Miami Dolphins at fedex field. No team would like to start their seen more than washington ready to make last years 412 record a thing of the past. Kurt cousins and his team will put the final pieces of their game plan together for sundays opener. We feel like hes got the tools to be a very successful quarterback. Now its just a matter of going out there and him showing he can do it on a consistent basis. Its that ability to make the right decision in a split second, is it the time to dump it off or throw it away or take it . Those desperate decisions make a Great Quarterback from that is all for us at 7 00. Well be back at 11 00. Make it a Sandra Bullock out with her new man. Details on her double date with jennifer aniston. Sandra was close to brian. He was very handy. Inside sandras night out. We have eyewitness details. They walked out arm and arm together. Our mission is to make a healthy environment for our kids. Jessica alba under fire again. Two class action lawsuits in one week. 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