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the officer, what he said to me or anything. all i know is i was just getting hit. it was excruciating pain going through my head. >> reporter: today outside court, williams wears bandages as he's joined by his attorney who filed a $3 million civil suit against laurel and the officer seen striking williams in the video. $3 million is just shy of half of the budget for fiscal 2011. >> there is no reason in the world when a person is in handcuffs for you to hit them repeatedly. out's on tape. we have no confidence in the city to find their officer violated my client's rights. >> reporter: the suit alleges assault, battery and civil rights violations. the officer is identified as private first class jay chavez chavaria. a representative of the city police department says the command structure was made aware of the incident sunday. >> the shift supervisor alerted the laurel police chief and an internal investigation was opened immediately. >> emotionally distressed like. it's been hard to sleep. i wake up with, you know, cold sweats. >> reporter: williams and the other man involved in the incident that brought police to the laurel station bar and grill were both arrestarrested. williams was charged in connection with that incident. he was charged with failing to obey a police officer. his attorney said he's troubled that the officer that wrote up the charges is the one accused of striking his client. back to you. >> a man is charged with more than 50 counts of prostitution and human trafficking. police arrested 27-year-old freddy leguisimamo. he was picking up women in prince georges county and driving them to homes in the annapolis area to work as a prostitute. he'd make as many as 20 deliveries a day, five days a week. a couple teenagers snatching ipads on the national mall learned their lesson after a dramatic takedown. richard jordan tells us how it all unfolded. richard? >> it happened fast. a lot of people are often carrying around the ipad because they are used to take pictures. police say they are a popular target for thieves. according to the cops this group of guys tried to get one of these today and ended up with with their faces pushed into the ground. these teens and an adult male handcuffed, put under arrest after police say the group attempted a rip-off and take-off. the boys stopped in their tracks at 7th and pennsylvania northwest. that's three blocks from where police say two out of towners had their ipads snatched right out of their hands. police say the men distracted their victims before making their move. >> running from this way. a guy ran right here. >> reporter: quinn pitman says the officers got the upper hand fast. he saw police catch the teens and drop them to the ground and then police pulled out weapons. >> kind of scary when they're pulling pistols out though. >> reporter: the suspects separated and put in the back of squad cars. >> a little young kid was part of it, too. >> reporter: the youngest wasn't cuffed but the boy was questioned by police and taken away. the ipad they allegedly tried to steal, ditched in bushes nearby. the latest snatched tablet picked up and processed by crime scene investigators. but police say tablet thefts are on the rise. >> i think ipad, iphone thefts have been a problem throughout the i city. not particularly the mall. >> i guess this has been going around in this area. >> reporter: the adult suspect and the three juveniles are now in police custody. the charges against them are pending. police say they still don't know when they will be able to return the ipad to the tourists. reporting live at the national mall, richard jordan, news 4. >> a d.c. police officer filed a $12 million lawsuit in connection with the charlie sheen escort controversy. captain burton filed a whistle blower suit against the police department. he says police chief kathy leneer demoted him to captain after he publically contradicted her last year. the incident began a in april of 2011 when sheen tweeted about getting a high speed police escort to a show saying he broke department protocol. burton told the d.c. city council that police escorts for celebrities were common practice. he was demoted a month later. she says the demotion was not connected to his testimony. >> another hot, humid afternoon. we have storms later in the week. let's check the latest with doug. >> we have seen areas of heavier showers today. some of you drove in to work with heavier showers, especially in montgomery county and northern virginia saw the rain. most of the rain down to the south, but still isolated shower activity including one shower right now in through prince william county right around menasis to the right. you are seeing rain along 66. we're going to continue to watch for showers throughout the rest of the evening. once again it is hot out there. 88 degrees with a dew point of 67. winds from the south at 12. we have 91 again today. 90 in winchester. now culpepper at 90 degrees. fredricksburg at 77. they have seen rain, too. we'll talk about our rain chances and the threat of severe weather. the threat increasing by the day. >> he's accused of sexually assaulting a young girl at a playground. now police reveal the video clue that links him to the abductions of two girls. news 4's pat law son joins us with more on the story. >> reporter: it's a chilling story. the images are disturbing. the good news tonight is that the suspect is no longer a threat to children in one community. this is surveillance video of a child abduction. the suspect at the bottom right of the screen is seen walking out of the value village thrift store on university boulevard with an 8-year-old girl the evening of july 9. tonight, 25-year-old charles emofa is charged in the case and a similar incident involving a 6-year-old girl at the same store monday afternoon. he reportedly lured her out of the store by being nice and offering her a toy. >> police say the suspect brought the child to a nearby park and assaulted her here. meanwhile the girl's father reported her missing to the store security guard. he got a description and searched the neighborhood. he spotted the suspect with the child here. >> she seemed very desperate. the only thing coming out of her mouth was, i want my daddy, i want my daddy. >> reporter: a police officer working a security job said the suspect offered no resistance. >> the girl was running toward him. he started crying and got down on his knees, hugged the girl. >> reporter: police say in the july 9 incident the suspect lured the 8-year-old out of the store and to a vacant house nearby where he attempted to assault her. she got away and ran back to the store where her parents were reporting her missing. >> it's scary, you know. >> reporter: today, parents who use the west park play ground located in louis dale were relieved of the arrest but disturbed. >> it's more shocking to know someone is here than it is to know it is a relief that the police caught him. the child was assaulted. >> reporter: he confessed to both assaults and faces multiple charges including kidnapping of a minor, first and second degree sex offenses and assault. he's in jail being held without bond. >> thanks, pat. a fairfax man is behind bars charged with murdering his roommate. police arrested jose castro this morning, a day after the victim, 38-year-old oscar rivera was found stabbed to death in the apartment on barracks street in the merrifield area. police believe they were arguing just moments before the victim was killed. >> now to presidential politics. both candidates campaigned in battleground states. mitt romney was in iowa, president obama in colorado. romney continued to attack economic policies while the president embraced a term republicans have tried to use against him. >> the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. [ cheers and applause ] >> i actually like the name. because i do care. >> what's happening in washington is you have a president and bureaucrats around him who have never worked in small business, who never worked in the private sector, who don't understand what it's like to have these burdens come from washington day in, day out. >> reporter: new polls suggest the president trailing mitt romney by five points in colorado, but leading in the swing states of virginia and wisconsin. >> in the district today mayor gray helped re-open a rebuilt play ground in the city. but grateful neighbors were quick to point out an abandoned library next door they say being used as a drug den, discouraging children from using the new play ground. tom sherwood has the story. >> it's any mayor's life. get one good thing done and then there is something else. children were bounding all around a uh newly rebuilt play ground in near northwest washington just off north capital next to dunbar high school. for major vincent gray it was an opportunity to praise renewal in a neighborhood he once called his own. >> just on a personal note, this is really like coming home for me. i went to high school across the street. >> reporter: while the mayor and neighbors praised the play ground others say the abandoned building is more than an eyesore. >> guys go there and do everything they can do if they are homeless, on drugs, you can go there and see that nightly. this is not just an occasional occurrence. >> they are smoking pot, drinking. it keeps the kids away from the park. so it can squander this big investment the city made. >> smells like a bathroom here. >> yeah. >> reporter: the neighbors showed the space saying police come but not enough to get rid of the squatters and drug dealing. >> here is a nice bottle of rubbing alcohol. these guys sit here. >> reporter: informed of the nuisance mayor gray said he wouldn't let it stay that way. >> we don't want anything we have done here to be detracted from by virtue of an eyesore or a nuisance that's adjacent to this. >> the neighbors said they would be watching the old library space tonight to see what happens. wendy? >> thanks, tom. >> police say the man who killed six people inside a wisconsin sikh temple died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the fbi confirms wade michael page shot himself after a police officer shot him in the stomach. today officials credited the officer with stopping page. >> the second responding officer who shot page in the stomach thereby neutralizing the threat. and, by the way, i have seen the video. it is an amazing shot. thank goodness. >> the officer who shot page was injured but police say he's recovering. detectives arrested page's ex-girlfriend on an unrelated weapons violation charge. they don't believe she or anyone else was involved in the attack but still have not determined a motive. >> it was a false alarm in new york city when a caller saw smoke and feared there was a fire at one world trade center in manhattan. the building that's under construction replacing the twin towers destroyed in the september 11th attacks. investigators found smoke was coming from the 88th floor but it was coming from welding equipment in operation. the building is now the tallest skyscraper in the big apple. on the west coast residents felt a jolt last night and again today. an earthquake shook the area near norba linda near los angeles. it was followed by after shocks including a 4.1 this morning. so far, no reports of damage or injuries. >> it was a miserable morning commute for almost anyone on the capital beltway in maryland. the morning was filled with accidents, all along the inner and outer loops. that brought most of the beltway to a crawl for the morning. at one point there was, get this, a 16-mile backup. now to london and another spirited day at the 2012 olympic games. beach volleyball stirred up a lot of interest in these games. >> today, without spoiling anything we can tell you the u.s. is guaranteed to get a gold medal in the women's final. phil rogers joins us. he's live in london with a look at highs and lows. hi, phil. >> hi, wendy. as you watch the game tonight you make the point exactly. keep two things in mind. no matter who wins, history will be made and the united states will absolutely win the gold medal. it will be a night at the beach tonight for the united states. the horse guard's palace, the scene of an all american show down for beach volleyball gold. kerry walsh jennings and misty may trainer against olympic rookies april ross and jen kessy. >> we have only been on the podium once this year and not at all with them. it will be a nice experience to hear the national anthem all together. >> reporter: there will be no anthem for the u.s. men's indoor volleyball team. 18 gold medalists were eliminated by italy today. >> they played well and we didn't play to our level. >> reporter: still in the hunt the u.s. soccer women looking to avenge a loss with japan. >> it's redemption but also an opportunity to show the world that we are the number one team in the world. >> reporter: medals weren't the point for saudi runner sara atarb. >> to have people support me is a huge honor. i can't believe i'm here. >> reporter: last in her heat in the 800 meters she was the first female olympian in track and field. from her nation. here is a piece of the track from track and field. this is made of a material called voramer. even in this soggy london weather the track is designed to last at least ten years. you will see track and field this evening along with women's platform diving and, of course, beach volleyball as we roll through evening 12 of these london olympic games. that's the latest from the olympics. i'm phil rogers. nbc 4 reporting live from london. back to you. >> they dug up that piece of track so nobody trips tonight, right? you cut that up yourself? i think we lost him. >> satellite delay. >> all right. >> i think that is -- we didn't want to incriminate anybody. >> don't say a word. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> hey, i can't hear you. >> that's right. i did nothing wrong. >> it's muggy today. >> it is. >> it's muggy in here. >> very. >> make the call. >> right now. let the engineers know what's going on. we hit 90 again. it's almost like we can hit 90 when we wake up in the morning. temperatures very warm. yeah, the humidity is out there today. it feels muggy. that shot looks muggy as you look out toward the washington monument, the jefferson memorial. a warm, humid day. 88 degrees. the heat index coming in at 91 degrees out there now with winds out of the south at 11 miles per hour. mostly cloudy skies as a result of showers trying to develop around the region. back to the west, more sunshine. 90 in martinsburg, winchester. 88 in leesburg. 78 in fredricksburg. a lot of cloud cover in the area. they have stayed much cooler there. there are a few showers including this one south into portions of culpepper county to the west of fredricksburg here. numerous around richmond. for us, maybe one little shower right here along 66, just to the west of vanasis. any showers that develop because of the warm, sticky atmosphere will have the potential to produce locally heavy downs. that's it. i don't expect many out of this. look at the boundary. i-95 east cloud cover. west, sunshine during the day today. we saw the numbers back up into the 90s today. notice this back here. this is a frontal boundary and a cold front coming in during the day tomorrow into friday. a much better chance of thunderstorms on friday. some of those will be quite strong. temperatures today, 91 for a high in washington. 90 in hagerstown. 80 in ocean city with cloud cover. the heat is going to move in for us tomorrow. i'm forecasting 95 tomorrow for us in the region. thunder during the evening tonight. a good chance of thunderstorms tomorrow, some strong. not everybody will see the storms. anything that develops will be on the strong side. the potential is there for a stormy friday. a lot of the day could see a lot of rain. some areas picking up half an inch to an inch of rain. we'll watch for friday. very, very closely. the rest of the evening, clearing to the west. clouds and showers to the east. 79 to 85 degrees. tomorrow morning, not bad. partly sunny. not bad at all. we'll be on the clear side. i don't think we'll see the showers we saw this morning. tomorrow afternoon, 95 degrees with a 40% chance of rain. 70% on friday. i think just about everybody will see storms on friday. most of them get out of here by early on saturday morning. then we see nice weather potentially on sunday and monday. everybody would like that, i think. >> we need that, yes. we need a break. >> we're ready. >> thank you, doug. this extreme heat prompted martin o'malley to ask federal officials for drought aid for 13 of the state's 23 counties. >> this after a scientists declared july the hottest month on record across the country. here's more on how farmers are dealing with the extreme drought. >> reporter: noaa scientists say july was the hottest month ever in the lower 48. for much of the country it was also the driest month ever. >> temperatures are warmer. it dries the soil, worsening the drought. the drought increase it is temperatures. >> triple digit heat was common place in even more places contributing to the drought that's become the largest natural disaster ever. covering 63% of the contiguous u.s., draining rivers and lakes nationwide. >> we are losing about a foot a day. we really didn't expect that we would be out of business the end of july this year. >> reporter: they say it was the heat more than the drought that fuelled wildfires that consumed two million acres in july. while agriculture continues to suffer the most, analysts expect the smallest corn crop in years. >> we ha had droughts before, but not this much heat. >> reporter: wayne gray's crop in virginia started out promising but looks like this now. >> the heat came at a time when the stalks were green and they were starting to pollinate. the heat shut the pollination down on the corn. it pretty much baked the corn. >> reporter: july was the 14th straight month of above average temperatures which is another record. >> that stretch -- that long of a stretch of months has not happened in our period of record of having temperatures this warm for this long of a period. >> reporter: forecasters predict the heat will remain on for at least august. and probably beyond. breaking news out of prince georges county. the fire spokesman says there is a major fire. threele people were home at the time. firefighters say all three were pulled from the home unconscious. news 4 has a crew on the way to the scene. we'll update you with new information as it comes in. >> still ahead on news 4 at 5:00, a teenager's generous decision with her bat mitzvah money after the pennsylvania state scandal. 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