Blocked there by a police vehicle. In fact, we have several roads blocked in the county because of situations like this. First 4 traffic, jack taylor, hes been tracking the road closures. Follow them on twitter. Aaron, back to you. Angie, thank you. Wild weather causing havoc across our area overnight. There were strong winds, lightning, each some hail in some spots. Look at that. Some of the wild weather left a mess behind. Derrick ward is live in northwest with a look at the storm damage. Derrick . Good morning. Were actually in southwest. Were at the 400 block of o street. I can see the Washington Channel from here. You can imagine what kind of winds came through the area. If you cant imagine, heres proof. This tree came up, it looks like it was snapped off at the root base. The roots are actually still underground. Did a little damage to the sidewalk there. Take a look back here. You can see what it did to the landscaping and some of the railings. You see that car back there. Theyr
The storm was intense, and what it left behind is the big problem today. Take a look, power lines closing roads. Trees taking out houses. It is a mess out there. News4s derrick ward is live along pierce drive in Silver Spring, one of the hardesthit spots. Derrick . Reporter well, indeed it was. Take a look. You see this crew from the tree service just finishing up. That doesnt look like a lot of work, but i tell you it was a lot of work here to get big trees off of houses and reduced them pretty much now to chips. But its been a tough morning for these guys. Take a listen. The damage in this Silver Spring neighborhood runs the gamut. Some residents saw little to moderate damage, mostly branches. Mostly branches here too. The problem is it was still attached to the tree when they came down. The shadegiving days are over for this one. Thtr neighbors yard. Before crashing down on his roof, it did a number to this back porch. Its been heck all morning. This is a mess. Reporter this oak cou
The last raindrops near st. George island and way far southern maryland. Planning out the rest of your day, plenty of sunshine this afternoon. Afternoon highs in the mid80s. 86 degrees in leesburg and manassas. 87 in washington. Grilling in the backyard, the perfect night to do it. Have your baseball forecast and help on what to wear today in ten minutes. Lets go over to jack taylor at the glass enclosed news center. Beach drive once again closed. Authorities had opened them and then closed them again. Northbound on route 1 near beechwood road, weve got all lanes blocked off there because of a downed tree. Here, you will be under police direction. Be aware, also this morning, starts surge number five of metros continuous work. Orange and silver line single tracking through july 31st. Aaron, eun, back to you. Its my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. Congratulations, dad, we love you. It is official. The gop ticket is set for november now.
He had a heart of gold. He was really a brilliant dude. Whatever you could say to him, he could put on papers. Reporter fell lish sha remembers her father as an inspired writer who couldnt make a go out of it outside the prison walls but found his voice from inside a prison. It helped him put it on paper. He did it well. Reporter those who knew him said irby was a prolific writer. One of the short stories was included in a 2007 called d. C. Noir. He suffered a stroke inside the d. C. Jail. Inmates tell news4 the temperatures in the cells have reached the upper 80s and low 90s. Its a mess up in that jail. No air conditioners. I mean, the people over there inmates well. They are just living under foul conditions. Reporter department of corrections officials have said that the cooling system cannot keep up with the ongoing heatwave. A spokesperson tells news4 a heating and air conditioning contractor has been on site and completed work to enhance the air flow and circulation systems. We h
Congratulations, dad, we love you. Donald trump, officially the republican candidate forcan president. Were life at the nationalatio Republican Convention in cleveland. A fox5 exclusive interview. Nte Domestic Violence is real. A Domestic Violence survivor su explains how she was arrestedrrs and even lost her job. Plus, pokemon go traffic trouble. What happened when one vehicleei crashed right into a Baltimore Police crewser. Thanks for joining us, everyone, im Sarah Simmons in for shawn yancy and im jim lokay in for tony perkins. It is official, donald trump earning the delegates needed too become the gop at the Republican National convention. Ti right now the speakers continuing the evening at thehe convention. Right now were going to check in with tom fitzge life rat the rnc. Good evening on what has been a very celebratory, but a little night with some contentions forr sure. Reporter he went over the top around 8 00 tonight. That was when the state of newfn york, by tradition, the