Unresponsive in the bathtub of her atlanta home. It is unclear how that incident happened. In fredericksburg today, a murder case is going in front of a grand jury. Fredericksburg police say that vander briel killed grace mann back in april. Police say vander briel and mann were roommates. Multiple other roommates that he confessed to the killing. A grand jury in Fairfax County will hear from prosecutors about a Controversial Police shooting. County Police Officer adam torres shot and killed john geer two years ago. Torres claimed that geer appeared to be reaching for a victim. The county paid the family nearly 3 million to settle the civil lawsuit this year. Investigators are working to find the murder weapon in a deadly stabbing. The county Sheriffs Office says a man stabbed a husband and wife at the Anna Prayer Counseling Center last night. The husband died. His wife is in serious condition at the hospital right now. According to sheriffs deputies it happened during prayer services.
Finleytown station. The Civil Rights Group and students met last night to discuss putting together a petition that would propose changing the name to Thurgood Marshall high school. Theres a counterpetition to keep the name. He was a confederate general. It started before it was prompted to remove confederate flags around the country. Today youll have a chance to buy a piece of history. The barbara fritschie house. She became a legend during the civil war era for standing up to a confederate soldier and refusing to put down her flag. She was 91 years old. Time to get the forecast. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tells us about the brutal humidity. Its still with us. You can see it on the power cam. Look at the thick haze in the air maybe a few patchy clouds. And that fog is getting thicker, so watch out for that, essentially any roads near open fields. By 6 00 a. M. , well have that haze in the sky, temperatures in the upper 70s. Near 80 by 8 00. This is in the metro area. Still
News4 today continues at 5 00 a. M. It is 5 00 a. M. Good morning, im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Were keeping an eye on a couple road closures that could really impact your drive into work today. Melissa mollet standing by with that. First, we do want to check in with tom as we enter day two of the heat . Siri do you hate heat and humidity . Ooh you didnt want to hear. Starting off with dense fog. Right now the counties in gray stratford, response veinia and Shenandoah Valley, watch out, visibility down to a quarter mile. And this dense fog is around here through 8 00 9 00 this morning. Right now, you can see a little bit of fog. Live view from the tower camera. By 7 00 a. M. Mid to upper 70s. Metro Area Temperatures will be near 80 by 8 00. Hazy sunshine through the morning. By 9 00 most of the fog will be gone. By 11 00, partly cloudy, temperatures jumping into the mid80s. Your drive time forecast coming up at 5 11. Aaron. Tom, thank you. Your first 4 traffic right now, you ma
Always be aware of your surroundings. Try to keep your distracts minimized. We see so many folks walking around, paying attention to their smartphone. Reporter police asking anyone with information about any of these cases to come forward and contact the Arlington Police department. At 6 00, we spoke with neighbors who explain how they are taking safety precautions into their own hands. Reporting in arlington, meagan fitzgera fitzgerald, news4. An historic day in havan. The American Flag now flying at the u. S. Embassy in cuba for the first name more than 50 years. How far we have come in the few short months since our president s announcements in december. Reporter secretary of state john kerry declaring the american and cuban people are no longer enemies or rivals. Time to unfurl our flags, raise them up and let the world know that we wish each other well. And nbc4 news4s david culver has been in havana all week and there as that u. S. Flag went up. He joins us live with the response
Reverend hurley, september 26, wellness day 2016. How do you plan to celebrate that day . We will have dr. Davidson there giving good advice about how to live a healthy life. We will also have have dr. Rodney ellis there. This time we decided to break it down so that the men had their own private session because sometimes men wont come to things because they dont want women to be around to hear some of the things they ask about. Youth 12 and over. We will have all kinds of activities. Games, food demonstrations, others will be there doing eye vision screenings, and Blood Pressure screenings and we will have a cooking demonstration. And its going to be an enjoyable day. Sounds like a fair and sounds like a lot of fun. Its more than a fair. Its where theyre going be empowered with some bit of knowledge when they leave. We give them a pretest before they start and a posttest to see how they fared. Statistics show that maryland has the 29th highest adult obesity rate in the nation. Is mary