Next man. A man will be sentenced in connection with the death of a pedestrian. James chandler entered the alford plea in this case. He hit and killed philip snod grass while under the influence of pcp. Snodgrass was walking on the sidewalk while struck. Chandler may face up to 30 years in prison. Right now, we have new video of a terrible tornado in illinois. This is about 200 miles from chicago in the small rural town of cameron in warren county. The tornado hit last night, right around dusk. Look at that funnel cloud. You can see lightning and hear the voices of those stunned by looking at this. The good news, no one was hurt. Thats what we understand. But a lot of damage right now and that is what people there are waking up to. Thousands of people in that area are without power this morning. Back to you. 4 31 is our time right now. I want to get you caught up on the forecast if youre just waking up. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. This is my kind of summer weather, tom. Yeah, its still pleasant. We have just a few clouds passing over the metro area. A live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. The city lights reflecting on the bottoms of clouds passing through. Its a partly cloudy, not too humid morning. In the 60s. Near 70 in the metro area and then by 8 00 the low 70s. A few clouds beginning to build and then during the afternoon, highs will be climbing into the upper 80s. You will notice its getting more humid. Quite uncomfortable by later this afternoon. Near the bay a bit cooler. Highs in the low 80s. Farther north and west low to mid 80s. Shenandoah valley, a Beautiful Day there too. Getting more humid, upper 80s around fredericksburg over to near culpepper and charlottesville and now melissa as this road closure. Whats happening now . Again more on the road closure. Just got off the phone with Megan Mcgrath. Here is whats shut down in capitol lights. Outbound lanes shut down at addison lane and then inbound at Central Avenue shut down at pepper mill drive. So you have to work your way through the neighborhood. Wide look at the beltway, overall dont have any problems if youre looking at the beltway. B. W. Parkway, 95 29 everything rolling along nicely there. 270 at montrose, northbound and southbound looks good. Little bit of an issue northbound as you pass 27 for the descalso exit. Looks like we have road work that should be clearing up in a couple of minutes. More on the closure coming up. 4 33. Police are trying to figure out out how a woman lost control of her car before hitting and killing a mother of eight. Maria posadas was hit on a sidewalk in Montgomery County. This happened yesterday morning near randolph and veirs mill roads in wheaton. The driver hit a utility pole and then struck posadas. We learned several have been hit and killed in the same area. If you saw the Incident Police would like to hear from you. Disturbing new details about the man accused of fatly beating a maryland child over a piece of birthday cake. Hes been charged with abuse before. Police say Robert Wilson beat 9yearold jack garcia unconscious inside a hagerstown apartment after accusing him of stealing a piece of cake. The boy died five days later. In 2010, Frederick County prosecutors charged wilson with abusing the daughter of a woman he lived with. Those charges were dropped in a plea deal. Wilson and Oriana Garcia face child abuse charges in jack garcias death. In video may be hard to watch, but d. C. Police need your help catching these men. A group of violently they robbed a man for his bike near 11th and r streets on saturday. The whole thing was captured on camera. Police are offering a 5,000 reward for the men involved in this assault and robbery. Right now, Tropical Storm nangka is barrelling down on japan. Its been downgraded from a typhoon. This is in the western end of japans main island. More than 23 inches of rain has fallen. You can hear it. Two men have drowned. One of them was trying to fix a window. More than 100,000 people have been told they should get out of their homes because of the threat of flooding and landslides. Aaron . Kristin wright at the live desk, thank you. This morning we expect d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to name a new chief for the police dna testing lab. This comes at a troubled time for that facility. The last director of the department of Forensic Sciences was reportedly fired after a damning report on lab practices. A former head of the fbi will be named a new director. Also, well find out whether a former new york congressman is headed to prison. Prosecutors say Michael Grimm deserves two years in jail for dodging tax bills. He pleaded guilty last year. Hes asked a judge to spare him prison time. A broken bone in former president bushs neck will heal naturally. The doctors say the broken bone in his neck will heal on its own in three to four months. The fracture to his v2 vertebrae below the skull didnt lead to any other injuries. Were working to find out when hell be released from Maine Medical Center in portland. President obama called president bush yesterday to wish him a speedy recovery. We now have a tentative start date for construction on the purple line. The Washington Post reports that the board of public works will pick a contractor by january 15th. Construction would then begin on may 16, 2016. Four teams of private companies are competing to that are 35year contract to build and operate the line. The purple line is a light rail project that would connect montgomery counties. All the rail cars are back in service today. Metro pulled all 100 rail cars for safety inspections after reports of door problems. One passenger took this video that shows the trains moving while the doors were still open. The cars were eventually replaced or will be replaced by the new 7000 series rail cars. Gridlock in congress could mean your commute wont be much shorter any time soon. Wtop reports local be put on hold if congress doesnt come up with a new highway funding. Thats according to virginias transportation secretary. Congress might end up passing a short Term Extension and thats to keep construction going through the summer. 4 37. A live look outside this morning as you get ready for your day. Some good news you made it to friday. Tom will tell us what you can expect on your walk to work at 4 41. One of googles selfdriving cars gets in an exit. If you think you know whos to blame, think again. If you or your kids have peanut allergies, relief could be on the way. In news4 your health you dont want to miss. Following breaking news, two Security Guards shot overnight in Prince Georges County. Megan mcgrath is just arriving on the scene and well you the very latest. In news4 your health if you or your children have peanut allergies, relief may be on the way. Right now a new drug called the peanut patch is being tested. The drug aims to build a tolerance to nuts in your body. The patch contains peanuts which will gradually be absorbed by your body. Those who have missed out on their favorite peanut treats may soon be enjoying them again. Basically, giving the individual small doses of what theyre allergic to. And basically that eventually tells the body that were not allergic to it anymore. These tests are successful, and the fda approves the patch, it may lead to a more to more allergy patches that could be helpful. A little warmer this morning than this time yesterday. Lets see whats on tap for the day ahead. Your weather and traffic on the 1s. Tom . Another gorgeous summer morning with temperatures in the 60s. Even 50s parts of the Shenandoah Valley. So you need long sleeves early this morning, but then later this afternoon short sleeves. You wont need your umbrella today, but sun block and sunglasses. Well be hovering in the upper 60s with clouds coming and going. Partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs reaching the upper 80s. Youll notice its getting more humid. A look at the heat wave on the way for the weekend next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 51. Now, melissa has breaking news. Breaking news in Capitol Heights. We have the section of Central Avenue shut down. This is a onemile stretch of Central Avenue. Closed at addison road, inbound shut down at pepper mill drive. As far as an alternate, not a great alternate in that area. I would say just to avoid everything altogether, take pennsylvania avenue or landover road. Either way youll get passed this issue. Prince georges county, no other issues at this point this morning so that of course is good. Everything nice and green. Beltway at the toll road, rolling along nicely. 66, 95 also looking good. Ill be back in ten minutes at 4 51. Thank you. We continue to follow breaking news in Prince Georges County where two Security Officers have been shot. One killed. Megan mcgrath is on the way to the scene and were working to get her live we have breaking news right now in Capitol Heights where a Security Guard is shot and killed on the job. News4s Megan Mcgrath just learned some new information. Shes live on the scene now. Megan . Reporter well, eun, you see behind me here that investigators are still here in the parking lot area of this apartment complex here on cindy lane. We have an investigator back there with a flash light. Hes been Walking Around in the parking lot. Hes focusing on a number of different cars here that are parked right along that tree line there. There is a vehicle that has its trunk open and door open. You can see all of the evidence markers that are here on the pavement as well as in the grassy area there next to that gray car. Heres what we can tell you. A little after 1 00 this morning, thats when shots rang out here on the 5 block of cindy lane in Capitol Heights and two people were shot. Were told that they were Security Guards. One of those Security Guards was killed. Not a lot of information beyond that however. No lookout for suspects and we do have a number of road closures in the area. Theyre focusing their attention here on this parking lot here. This apartment complex. But we do have a road closure on 214 which is down a little ways at the light. Were not exactly sure why 214 is closed, but it is at this point, closed in both directions, between addison and pepper mill. Were not sure if there was a secondary crime scene or not. Well hopefully bring you more information when we talk to you next. One person is dead, another injured. The lookout is still on going for those responsible. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, megan. 4 47. Developing this morning, you may notice more federal Police Officers on your way to work on metro. If you work at the pentagon or navy yard, security will be on high alert. This comes after yesterdays deadly shooting at two military facilities in tennessee. Nbcs Edward Lawrence live on capitol hill with more on how Law Enforcement has been preparing for attacks like these. Edward, good morning. Reporter good morning, aaron. I saw yesterday and also today Significant Police presence at Union Station which is right near, next to the u. S. Capitol here. Federal authorities are increasing security in some cities just in case. Now, the fbi has considered this a act of domestic terrorism. Several Officials Say there are indications this may have been inspired from overseas through social media and the internet. Because of that security has been stepped up at some federal buildings and military facilities across the country. Just last week, the fbi director told congress this is a pro isis group thats tweeting out of syria, calling for attacks on anyone in uniform. Security will remain in place throughout the weekend at least. Federal authorities are especially worried about today and thats because today is the last day of ramadan and those isis or pro isis tweeters have been talking about a month of destruction during ramadan, and theyre concerned because this is the last day of ramadan. On capitol hill Edward Lawrence. Thank you. We the jury find the defendant, james eeghen holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberations. The trial of the colorado Movie Theater shooter now enters a new phase. Whether james holmes should be sentenced to death for his crime. He was found guilty of killing 12 people and wounding dozens of others. Jurors rejected the idea that holmes was legally insane when he opened fire in the Movie Theater. The jury deliberated for a day and half before returning guilty verdicts on 165 counts. Among those in the courtroom yesterday were survivors of the attack. I looked at him when the verdict came out because i wanted to know, what is his response, and theres just nothing. Which i mean, thats how i feel towards him is nothing. Hes hes nothing in my life and i dont want to give him any energy. Experts say the sentencing phase could prove even more emotionally wrenching as survivors describe the impact of the shooting on their daily lives. If one juror disagrees with a death sentence, holmes will be sent to life in prison. Corrections officials investigating the death of an inmate in cumberland, maryland, prison as a possible homicide. The officials are waiting for an autopsy, but didnt find any signs of trauma. Investigators are questioning the cell mates and other inmates as well. First thing monday morning the u. N. Security council will vote on whether or not to endorse this weeks Nuclear Agreement with iran. Council members have been briefed by both iran and the countries that signed the deal. The resolution is almost certain to pass. Thats because the five countries on the council that have actual veto power were all involved in negotiating the deal. Greece is inching closer to economic calm. The banks will reopen on monday, but people will be only able to withdraw a limited amount of money. Banks have been closed for three weeks. Right now the European Central bank is offering greece emergency credits to put cash back into the greek economy. That news bolstered world markets. 4 51 and the anger and frustration was very obvious last night as federal workers whose data was stolen from the office of Personnel Management confronted agency staff. Hundreds of federal workers gathered in germantown for oneonone assistance. Many questioned how effective credit monitoring can be. Since it is publicly known the monitoring lasts only 18 months. Maryland congressman john delaney sponsored that event. He didnt mince words about his own concerns for the restimated this, we clearly underinvested in this. We clearly didnt do a good job coordinating, congress didnt take it seriously. The administration didnt take it seriously. The leadership didnt take it seriously which is why we had this breach. We know this breach affected a lot of people in this area. If youre one of the victims and youre looking for some tips to keep your data safe going forward, we have a list of tips on our website. Head to nbc washington. Com and search opm. Its 4 51 now. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Its kind of a low humidity warm weather, just what the doctor ordered tom. Yesterday was unreal. It was so nice. I kept doublechecking the calendar. Yeah. Yeah, its july. But certainly didnt feel like it. This morning, still not too humid. Quite pleasant. As you step out the door to walk the dog for the morning run, still very nice. But later today the feels like temperature is going to be getting uncomfortable by later this afternoon and tonight. Then, here comes icky sticky for the weekend. Oppressive humidity will be moving in on saturday. That is going to be in place sunday and all of the way into next week. Temperatures right now though are pleasant. Its in the upper 50s. In the Shenandoah Valley near 60. In Prince Georges County mid 60s. Right now much of Fairfax County low 60s. Only near 60 in montgomery right near the bay waters but away from the waters Eastern Shores in the low to mid 60s right now. Much of Northern Virginia as well in the mid 60s. A pleasant morning, a few clouds floating over the Washington Monument there. A live view from the tower camera. Temperatures by 8 00 will be around 70. Then getting more humid, well be into the mid to upper 80s by 4 00 or 5 00. Then for the weekend, well have hazy hot and very humid weather on saturday with highs reaching low 90s. Then a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow. Mainly in the afternoon. Might get an early light sprinkle perhaps just to our west and then on sunday, here comes the big heat. Into the upper 90s. It may feel like 105 with the humidity. Sunday night might get a passing thundershower. Into monday, highs upper 90s. The heat index that feels like temperature may be 105 or so. Afternoon storm. Then into the low to mid 90s on tuesday. Near 90 wednesday and thursday. A chance of storms both of those days. Breaking news now on the roads. Heres melissa. Breaking news in Capitol Heights. Outbound Central Avenue shut down at addison road. Inbound shut down at pepper mill drive because of the Police Investigation where Megan Mcgrath is this morning. Your alternate, best thing to avoid it altogether. Pennsylvania avenue at least for now. Well keep you updated as things change. 95 south to quantico, going to have the two right lanes blocked until 6 00 this morning. A warning there. We are seeing some slowdowns. 66 east of 123, no problems there inbound or outbound. Overall, you can see 66 looks quite good. 95 overall looking pretty good as well. 270 here out of frederick. No issues, nothing in your way northbound, nothing in your way southbound. Had earlier road work. We were kind of contending with there. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. When you hop in your car. I think thatthanks, melissa. He was accused on first degree murder so why was he released on unsecured bond . And several complaints surrounding child care. The culprit the government agency. More on that breaking news melissa just mentioned. A Security Guard shot and killed. News4s Megan Mcgrath is on the scene gathering information on the victim and the large area police now have closed to drive the news4 iteam investigation reveals dozens of u. S. Army families filed formal complaints about the agency that handles their child care. Its called the Army Fee Assistance programs. The Program Provides money to help those parents use private and pricier daycare centers. The iteam found those government subsidies are often sent late. Parents are now falling into debt and have trouble getting the phone calls returned. They failed their families and everybody here. Unfortunately in this one instance, its not working. The iteam found a backlog of 11,000 unreturned phone calls and requests from Army Families to the government. Administrators tell us theyre adding staff and working to fix those problems. A Montgomery County judge has let a man accused of first degree murder out of jail. Deion sobotker is charged with murder. The judge baird decided to release him on the 500,000 unsecuritied bond yesterday and that means he didnt have to pay to get out. Judge baird says he doesnt believe the bail system is fair. Prosecutors say theyre frustrated with the judges decision. Because of the serious nature of the charge and Public Safety concerns that we have with anyone chargeled with those kind of charges it is something we want to look at. Harris survived a kidney transplant in 2010. The exchange was profiled on the today show. The president of a popular chain of restaurants in maryland will go to jail after pleading guilty to a peeping tom case. Kyle muehlhauser was convicted of recording several women in the bathroom. The judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail. Muehlhauser was arrested in february a few months after a woman found a small camera in a bathroom stall. Activists in annapolis want to put an end to political practices known as gerrymandering. Its where legislators manipulate voting boundaries in favor of one party. In exchange, they want to have independent panels draw the lines. And stay with us. News4 today continues right now at 5 00 a. M. News4 today begins with breaking news. And that breaking news is out of Prince Georges County at 5 00 a. M. Within the last hour, we learned of a deadly shooting in Capitol Heights. A Security Guard has died and this is impacting traffic. Still a very active crime scene this morning. News4s Megan Mcgrath live in Capitol Heights. What have you learned . Reporter well, aaron, there are two scenes where police are working. Take a look behind me here. This is one of them. 5 cindy lane a parking lot associated with an apartment complex. We have investigators in the back part of the parking lot. They have been looking at a couple of the cars that are parked along the tree line. And the whole area is cordoned off. Then if we walk this way up the stairs, this is where the secondary scene is or second scene. We are not sure where this all
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