this was severance back in march when he was first arrested in west virginia. he fled the ashburn townhome he shared with a girlfriend once he found out police were looking for him. chief cook says there was no sudden breakthrough that led to the decision to seek murder charges now. rather a steady collection of evidence as alexandria police teamed with the fbi. >> i assure you, the last five months has been very intensive in terms of following up on the things we needed to do to see his relationship with these cases. and that evidence that we discovered in those five months largely is why we're standing here today. >> reporter: the investigation does continue. cook says the guns used in the killings still have not been recovered. the relatives of victims nancy dunning and ron kirby sat in the front row of the news conference, listening. afterward, dunning's daughter made this brief statement. >> our family is grateful to the police and investigators to continue to pursue our mother's case for these nearly 11 years. while nothing can bring her back, we're hopeful today's indictment is the beginning of a process that will offer our family and the other affected families some small amount of closure. >> reporter: obviously, a very emotional day for those families. now, although charles severance faces two capital murder charges that could carry the death penalty, the alexandria common law attorney says he does not intend to seek the death penalty in this case. maximum punishment would be life in prison were severance convicted. on news4 at 6:00, an important question in this alexandria community, were the victims targeted or killed at random? i'll have the chief's answer coming up at 6:00. for now, reporting live from alexandria, i'm julie carey. also, breaking this afternoon, a warning some viewers may find the video we're about to show disturbing. ray rice cut by the ravens, suspended indefinitely by the nfl. both come after the release of new video by tmz sports showing rice punching his then fiancee. jason p jason pugh joins us from maryland. what is the reaction out there, jason? >> reporter: well, wendy, as of right now, the ravens' organization has been pretty quiet outside of the fact they made the announcement they had released ray rice from the team. they have been pretty quiet regarding this situation. the players and the coaches, they're in the facility right now. they have practice tonight. we expect to hear from head coach john harbaugh at 8:00 after that practice session. the video we're going to show you from tmz sports, released this morning, is very, very graphic. do i want to warn our viewers, you may find this video to be disturbing. the video which was posted around 9:00 a.m. this morning by tmz sports, it shows rice actually punching his then fiancee, now wife, and knocking her unconscious. what we had seen before was the aftermath outside the elevator in response. now, the ravens, they terminated rice's contract this afternoon, followed by the nfl suspending him indefinitely. the league had earlier released a statement saying the video was not made available to them until today. rice was serving a two-game suspension imposed by the nfl, which many thought wasn't severe enough for his actions. now there was plenty of reaction from around the league today. redskins' safety dukin acho tweeted, quote, being a fan of someone that's a good player is one thing. but this is way bigger than football. don't be blind to what's really important, end quote. the reaction coming from not just the nfl today, but former usa soccer player, taylor twellman. he tweeted, quote, sorry, but i'm not applauding the ravens for today's cutting of ray rice, because fact is, he would be playing if not for tmz releasing the video. so obviously major news here at the ravens practice facility, like i said. we'll hear from head coach john harbaugh and some of ray rice's former teammates later today once they get done with practice to get their thoughts on this situation. wendy, back to you. >> all right, jason, thanks so much. outrage over the incident is also reaching the white house today. press secretary josh earnest was asked about ray rice being terminated by the ravens. earnest hadn't yet heard about the news but he says no one in the executive mansion condones domestic violence. >> you have seen the president and the vice president make very forceful public comments in talking about how important it is for men in particular to step up and step forward and make clear that violence against women is something that is not and cannot be tolerated. >> so we want to know what you think. do you think ray rice's punishment from the nfl and the ravens was appropriate today? it's our nbc washington survey of the day. weigh in on twitter or on facebook. or text or call us and vote. and we invite you to stay with us for more coverage of the ray rice story coming up in our next half hour. our kristen wright finds out how some are responding on social media today. there has been a firestorm. well, we're tracking more showers coming into our region, and you can follow along if you have the storm team 4 weather app. you may want to keep it close by all week long. could be wet out there. >> doug has got the app, the radar, he's got it all in the storm center. tell us what's happening in our neighborhood. how about it, doug? >> well, i'll tell you guys, we just have a few showers and that's really the operative word here, showers. we're not seeing all-day rain and most of the area has not seen much at all today. take a look at the high temperatures as a result of the rain and clouds. only 72 winchester, 73 leavesburg, 77 through the d.c. metro area and the rain, most of it, has stayed down to our south and west. southern california veteran county, around the northern neck, rain all day. but shower activity around the d.c. metro area earlier. now seeing showers back towards the winchester region. and we will see more. this is all part of a system that's making its way up toward the north. big time flooding just down to our south and east. we'll be talking much more about that. i'll let you know what to expect as far as the rain is concerned over the next couple days. this evening, though, expect some showers, but really just a few drops here and there. so the umbrellas possibly needed, but i think you'll be okay. 75 at 7:00, 73 by 11:00. 71 degrees by 11:00 tonight. i'll get you more on the rain chances for the rest of the week and also more on these temperatures going up and then way down. >> all right. we'll see you in a bit. thank you, doug. turning now to a case that is rocking a community in maryland. a mother will remain in jail hours after police say she confessed to killing her 1-year-old and 3-year-old. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live in cheverly with new details on how this tragedy unfolded. tracee? >> reporter: come to find utilize, there was a definite warning sign, considering that the mother said this is something she wanted to do just a week ago. and this social media picture, sonya spoon looks like a happy mother of a newborn. but police say something changed. >> for reasons which are still not clear, we now believe she killed both of her children. >> reporter: the first indication that something was wrong came with a call to the cheverly police department about a week ago. >> officers made contact with the grandmother who owns the residence, lives at the residence, and was advised -- she advised our officers that her daughter had suicidal thoughts and also stated she wanted to take the life of her daughter. >> reporter: spoon was taken in for mental evaluation at prince george's county hospital, but for reasons unknown, was released and allowed back into the home with her two children. >> the cheverly police department had no knowledge she was ever released from the hospital. >> reporter: then early sunday morning, prince george's county police say spoon killed her 1-year-old boy, aiden spoon, and her 3-year-old girl, kyla thompson by suffocating both children with plastic bags. it happened in the 6200 block of forest road in cheverly. she was living there with her parents. >> a family member in the residence was sought out by the suspect. it's that family member who located the victims. >> reporter: according to police, their department did all it could do legally and it's not clear who if anyone dropped the ball in this tragic case. >> when a subject claims they're having suicidal thoughts or makes threats to another person, we can transport them to the hospital for emergency petition service, but that's all the authority we have. >> reporter: it's been quiet at the spoon home for the last few days. we tried communicating with the family but it appears they are out of town. coming up on news4 at 6:00, sonya spoon did tell police what caused her to feel these feelings of suicide and also wanting to kill her daughter. we'll have details on that, coming up on news4 at 6:00. reporting live in cheverly, i'm tracee wilkins. news4. it was a former caregiver, possibly a disgruntled worker among three people in custody accused of breaking into a 95-year-old woman's home and robbing her at gunpoint. jessica johnson and two men now charged in connection with that home invasion in st. mary's county. we told you about this last week. police say johnson had recently been fired as the victim's caregiver. police arrested her at a hotel, later found the victim's belongings at a home in charles county. breaking news in the home depot hacking attack. what the popular store wants shoppers to know now. and should kids be getting more sleep? it's more than just a debate in one district. see what's on the lesson plan for some local students. and a d.c. corrections officer murdered. what police now say about the suspected killer and whether suspected killer and whether this was a random a save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.d everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motitial speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have...oh boy. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. a followup on breaking news on our top story, the murder indictment of charles severance for three murders in the alexandria neighborhoods. and in the neighborhood, there is relief from those who knew the two murder victims and hoped the families involved can finally get closure. news4's jackie bensen joins us from the community where ruthanne lodato was killed just off braddock road. jackie? >> reporter: this news confirms what many here long believed and it spreading like wild fire, as people find out these three shocking murders, three very upstanding, respected members of the community murdered over a decade time period are now officially believed by alexandria police to be connected. now short time ago, we spoke to john telly. he is a family friend, a spokesman for the lodato family. >> it's hard to overstate the -- how this has changed all of our lives. just the loss and knowing that this has happened in our community. but, you know, we think we try to take time to mourn and miss ruthan ruthanne. but we also ta tim to celebrate life and her legacy, which is moving on through her music programs that continue to this day. >> reporter: and the people we spoke to did say there has not been an overwhelming sense of fear about more of these attacks, more of these murders happening. when people heard the slow drip of information over the past several months leading to the conclusion police came to now, they said they were pretty sure they felt certain that the right person is in custody. live in alexandria, jackie bensen, news4. this has been a big debate. high schoolers in fairfax county are one step closer to hitting the snooze button. >> and a lot of them are loving it. today the school board narrowed down its options for new start times. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver was at the work station and is here to explain the proposed changes. >> reporter: school board members say they have waited a long time to change start times in our region's largest school district, some 15 years. and most are convinced the change is investable. but giving students more sleep is going to come at a loss. school is back in session for okayton high school senior, ryan edwards. >> i maybe, maybe will get six hours. >> reporter: and that means sleep is hard to come by. >> it is just impossible for me to get the amount of sleepy need. >> i get up at 5:20 and start waking him up at 5:40 so he has enough time to wake up. >> reporter: ryan's mom terri wishes her son could snooze a little longer. >> the start times are just way too early. >> reporter: that's why the fairfax county school board is considering changing the bell schedule. middle schoolers would start at 7:30, slightly earlier. high school wouldn't start until at least 8:00 a.m., potentially 40 more minutes of sleep. most every elementary school student wouldn't see any significant changes. but board members are also debating whether or not to split the bell schedule at secondary schools. that would mean middle and high school students would start at different times under the same roof. today most board members said they preferred having all secondary school students start at the same later time, even though that option is more expensive. costing the school system nearly $5 million. money aside, sleep specialist daniel lieuen expects the later start to have a positive impact. >> the later school start time works against the adolescent body and brain. >> reporter: some may wonder, where does this go from here? the school board takes a vote on the proposed start time changes next week. they hope to make a final decision on all of this by the end of october. that would affect students in the next school year. coming up on news4 at 6:00, why some teachers have mixed feelings about these changes. jim? >> all right. thank you, david. the last thing most of us want to do at the end of a long workday is spend time searching around the grocery store, right? well, in the coming months, that could change for whole foods customers. the chain is partnering with instacart to allow in-store pickups at some sites in the district. using instacart's website, you order online and then you can pick them up or get the groceries delivered for a fee. i was looking at that -- thinking for free but no there is a fee. >> when it's raining, you don't want to be running back and forth with your groceries. what's coming through and how often is it coming through? >> showers right now and really that's all they are. just little quick-hitting showers, a few -- let me talk on your mic. >> speak into my lapel. >> is my mic on now? yes, it is. let's look outside and see how things are going. yes, a few showers, but that is about it. thanks for your help, jim handly. >> any time. >> i appreciate it. real team here at news4. outside right now, easterly winds. and notice the flag there. those flags blowing at about 15 miles per hour coming out of the east. and because of that easterly wind, we're on the cool side. only 71 right now in camp springs. 70 in gaithersburg. 70 in winchester. 71 in fredericksburg. but rain all day today. take a look at the storm system. a lot of cloud cover and rain to the south. a lot of tropical moisture too. most of this rain has been well to the south and there has been a lot of flooding in the norfolk area, south of richmond today. for us, it's been of a shower variety and that's what we have now. storm team 4 radar showing most of the heavier showers toward the south and east. we still have a few areas of showers out there toward winchester, 81, 66, back towards front royal, seeing some of those in through northern fauquier county, as well and jefferson county and portions of west virginia. a few very light showers and i'm talking sprinkles here around bethes bethesda, the tyson's corner region, fairfax, a few of those. so don't be surprised if you're walking around and you do see some sprinkles. i don't think it will be enough for an umbrella around d.c. this evening. down to the south, however, a completely different story. we've seen rain most of the day, steady side, leonardtown, calvert beach and the northern neck. it is shifting toward the south and east, but may start coming back as we move on through the overnight hours tonight. so here it is. future weather showing those showers down to the south. watch how they move south. so by 8:00, most of the area dry. if you're going to the philly -- nationals game tonight, as we just played the phillies, now playing the braves, a good game tonight. they should get that in no problem. could be a few showers, but again not an issue. tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., could see some issues on the roads as far as wet roads, maybe even some fog out there. we're not talking a lot of rain. just that very light shower activity for the bus stop, maybe out toward your early morning walk. and then tomorrow afternoon, i think a better chance of showers, once again, south and east of i-95. not heavy, but we will see some shower activity tomorrow as the storm system moves out. and by wednesday, things start to clear out a little bit. so high temperatures tomorrow still on the cooler side. only in the low to mid 70s, most locations maybe 79 degrees towards the d.c. metro area. once again, we are going to stay on that cooler side tomorrow. 82. that's about average this time of year on wednesday. 89 on thursday ahead of a front. that could come in with a few thunderstorms late in the afternoon into the evening. and then watch this, guys. really cooldown for the weekend. most areas stay in the 60s on saturday and sunday. chance of showers, but not a lot on saturday. >> major update in the home depot hacking investigation. late this afternoon, home depot confirmed to news4, its payment data systems were indeed breached and that means customers' payment cards may be at risk. here is what home depot is saying this evening. that breach began this past april. the company would not divulge when it it ended. if you shopped at home depot in the last five months, the company is offering you free credit monitoring. home depot says there is no evidence that debit pins were stolen. and we are told that online shoppers not affected. no word yet on exactly how many customers were indeed affected by this breach. new developments coming in on the fate of a former school bus driver. we'll tell you what happened to the man who left kids alone on a bus that began to roll down the street out of control. >> reporter: live at redskins park. the coolly report is back. we talk all things redskins. but we had to ask cooley about his reaction to baltimore ravens indefinite suspension to ray welcome back to news4 at 5:00, i'm diane russini. chris cooley and i talk all things redskins. but today we had to address the nfl's indefinite suspension of former baltimore raven ray rice today. you see, chris cooley is actually expecting his first daughter in just a few days. his fiancee is. and he said when he watched this video today, when he saw it for the first time, it broke his heart. when your daughter does get older, is this something you would talk to her about, how this is not right? >> well, it's just unacceptable that any man would treat any woman that way. and it's just such -- it's just such an unfair situation for her. how is she honestly going to defend herself. and i understand they're working through whatever they're working through and everyone makes their own choices. but in my world, it wouldn't be something that would be acceptable for me. it wouldn't be something i would want my daughter involved in. i wouldn't want her in that situation. i just don't feel comfortable having anyone treat a woman that way, especially a guy like ray rice. it's just -- a guy like anybody. >> reporter: quick transition. you're talking about the redskins yesterday. their loss to the houston texans. for you, the biggest takeaway for this team. what was your immediate reaction? >> immediately, i thought it was a team that had a chance to win a football game and just didn't quite have the confidence. going back to last year, seven losses in a row last year. and the team that i played for in 2012 that went on to win all the games had confidence to win a game like that. it's a confidence or swagger that this team needs to get back. >> reporter: how do you recover from this? >> well, a couple of mistakes are really coachable mistakes. getting tackled from behind and fumbling from behind. if robert griffin is getting stopped on from the line of scrimmage, you don't have those things happen very often. you maybe want him to eat it or go down. overall, i saw a much better football team. i saw a team that had a chance to win a game and it's a group of guys that just has to find a way to finish and win games like that. and they can. >> reporter: all right. so cooley there with lots of good points. head coach jay gruden in a press conference going in hard on not only his own performance but his players' performance and coming up at 6:00, jay gruden exclusively talks to nbc 4 about his thoughts on ray rice. what the redskins would do if there was a domestic abuse problem here at the park. that at 6:00. >> thanks, dianna. the other big story in sports over the weekend is co-owner of the atlanta hawks. he's selling his portion of the team after he made some racially charged remarks. and he has strong ties to our area here in d.c. >> graduated from au law school. bruce levinson sent an e-mail to his colleagues back in 2012. he suggested slow season ticket sales were due to black fans scaring off white fans in atlanta. he's now selling his stake in the team. levinson is still listed as co founder of a specialty publishing firm here in the district. he also owns a home in maryland. levinson said he came forward with the e-mails a couple months ago, because, quote, there should be no tolerance for racism in the nba. >> right now at 5:00, children want their voices heard. so many young protesters came to the white house today to fight for the rights of their parents. >> plus, a high-ranking d.c. corrections officer murdered. why police tell us her killer did not have to go far to attack. >> reporter: i'm mark segraves in the district where some fire stations don't have enough fire trucks. i'll tell you how it's playing out for public safety and why it's impacting maryland and virginia as well know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning 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trying to figure out why a man allegedly killed a high-ranking d.c. corrections official. news4's pat collins live at the victim's apartment complex in alexandria this evening. pat? >> reporter: indeed, wendy. a high-ranking d.c. official murdered, and a neighbor tells a chilling story about the murder suspect. our story begins now. the victim, carolyn cross, the deputy director of the district's department of corrections, murdered in her election alexandria apartment. she was 64 years old. she worked for the department of corrections for 35 years. hear now from director tom faust. >> she was a number-two person here in the department of corrections. and was just a rock for our agency. it's hard to imagine us going forward without her being here. >> reporter: charged in the case, 29-year-old dawit seyoum. he appeared in court today with bandages on his wrist and forearms, wearing what was described as a suicide smock, an article of clothing jailers use to keep inmates from harming themselves. ms. cross lived in this building. suspect seyoum lived in the building next door. today i talked to a woman whose lived here for some time. she remembers seyoum hanging out in his gym in his street clothes staring at women while they work out. the neighbor asked we not show her face. >> and he would just be staring at people while they're working out, not saying a word. not friendly. just standing there. it was like she stopped going to the gym in my building for that reason. >> reporter: police say they found no evidence of any prior contact between ms. cross and the murder suspect. >> we have no reason to believe they knew each other, and no reason to believe that this was connected to her work with d.c. corrections. >> reporter: so how well respected was carolyn cross? a testimonial from a former inmate coming up at 6:00. live in alexandria, pat collins, news4. >> thank you. it will be another week for the american university professor charged with setting fires near campus appears before a judge. david pitts was due in court today, but his case was continued until next monday. last week, pitts was arrested at the fox hole square shopping center. police tell us he broke into some stores there and set a chair on fire, then lit another fire in a wooded area. police say when they went to his home, officers found thousands of prescription pills, including ambien, oxycodone and cialis. nearly half of the district's hook and ladder fire trucks are out of service tonight after they failed a safety inspection this weekend. neighboring departments in maryland and virtginia are on stand by and ready to help out. but this is raising concern about response times. news4's mark segraves is live in northwest with new reaction tonight from the fire chief. mark? >> reporter: that's right, wendy. across the street from us is the tenleytown firehouse, one of the few stations to have one of the hook and ladder trucks today. typically, there are 16 of these trucks on duty throughout the city. and even more in reserve. but as of today, there are only ten available for any 911 calls. >> it's a shame it's come to this crisis point. but you can't gamble on safety. >> reporter: union officials say the annual inspections of the ladder trucks were overdue. those inspections found rust at the base of the ladders, so bad in some cases it will take months to repair them. >> where the ladder has to be replaced or repaired, that's a two to three-month fix. >> reporter: 7 of the 17 front line ladder trucks failed the inspections and were taken to a repair facility in western maryland. d.c. has asked montgomery and prince george's counties to be on stand-by, should d.c. need help responding to big fires or rescue operations. >> maybe even some virginia units to come over and assist us. >> reporter: last year, the department was plagued by ambulances breaking down and even catching fire. since then, the department has added 30 new ambulances. but union officials point out during that crisis they warned about problems with the rest of the fleet. >> and this is a problem that's been building for years. we have been very vocal about the fleet and the state of the fleet and the need to buy new apparatus and maintain apparatus that we currently have. and it's just all coming home to roost. >> we are looking at purchasing other apparatus that may be out there on the market. so i've been informed by the deputy mayor not to look at the cost, but look at what we need to do to get this under control. >> reporter: the failed inspections of the ladder trucks prompted us to ask if the pumper truck fleet was up to date on their annual inspections. >> all of that is being looked at, especially as a result of this process. >> reporter: now, chief jones stresses that he does not believe this will impact public safety in a negative way at all. he also says that it will take months to fix some of the trucks, some of the other trucks could be back online within a few weeks. now, the union which is normally critical of the chief in the past has actually had high praise for the new interim chief, saying he's gotten in front of this problem and it's being proactive. reporting live in northwest, mark segraves, news4. >> mark, thank you. just into our news room right now, a scathing report that claims officers in d.c. are unfairly ticketing drivers. pat lawson muse with details for us. >> reporter: the inspector general's office released a report within the last half h r hour. it is a review of the city's three major ticketing agencies, and here's what was found. d.c. speed cameras often issue tickets without conclusive evidence of a vehicle violation. it also criticized the ticket-writing practices of public works and transportation department employees. and it suggests the city places more value on its $172 million ticket revenue than its ticket accuracy. the inspector general goes on to say, quote, motorists deserve reasonable assurances that tickets emphasis diligence and accuracy over volume and revenue, end quote. the report is being sent to city officials with recommendations for tightening up the ticket-writing process, which has been criticized for many years by the public. back to you. >> pat, thank you. right now, our team coverage on the outrage over the violent attack caught on tape. new fallout coming in after the video of the ray rice knockout. how even the governor of maryland is weighing in. a potential ebola case in america. how this worldwide health scare continues to expand. a maryland governor, martin o'malley is hoping something good can come from the attention now on the ray rice domestic violence case. he released a statement that reads, the video was horrible, shocking and reprehensible and is urging people to support the house of ruth. that's a domestic abuse shelter. he hopes they will support it as an outlet for their anger. kristin wright joins us now with more reaction to today's video release. kristen? >> wendy, social media is buzzing with reaction to the video and also strong feelings about how the nfl has handled the situation. again, a warning. some of the video you will see is disturbing. there is outrage over the virtual video that appears to show ray rice assaulting his then fiancee in an elevator, and there is anger over how the nfl has handled it. initially, the league suspended rice for two games. the indefinite suspension came only after more of the video surfaced today. news4 viewer maria writes on our facebook page, they should have done that from the beginning. stephanie says, how about some domestic violence charges? anyone else would have been locked up and charged. and kathryn writes, the ravens did the right thing, finally. frustration on twitter also, and immediate calls for rice's firing in the hours leading up to the ravens' announcement he's cut from the team. james wrote, fire the guy already! and a fire ray rice hash tag appeared. >> and you can share your comments on the nbc washington facebook page or tweet u us @nbcwashington. >> viewers have been doing that all afternoon, the survey of the day. a rare virus outbreak is sending children across the country to the hospital. our doreen gentzler explains the symptoms and what parents should know. this is worse than a common cold. and a university freshman dies in the first few weeks of school. why the cause of this death is still a mystery. a guilty plea today in the case of a school bus driver charged in an accident that injured five children. this happened in beltsville this past april. arturo harris got off his bus to use a bathroom, leaving four children alone inside. at some point, the bus began to roll down that hill, crossing four lanes of traffic and hitting a 6-year-old waiting for a bus on the other side of the road. harris pleaded guilty today to numerous charges. prosecutors are asking he be sentenced to 15 years with all but 30 days suspended. his sentencing is scheduled for early november. we have a developing story. it's out of miami tonight. the centers for disease control is investigating a potential case of ebola at a hospital in miami. other details about the patient or this case not known. since december, there have been more than 2,100 cases of ebola across africa with more than 1,800 deaths. the cdc says it is the largest ebola outbreak in history. doctors here in d.c. say they're being extra vigilant tonight after hundreds of children wound up in the hospital from a mysterious virus. >> doreen gentzler is here now with more on this outbreak. >> wendy, jim, it hasn't reached our area yet, but it is a possibility and it's a concern for parents with children going back to school right now. hospitals across ten states have reported a rising number of cases of a rare respiratory infection known as enterovirus d-68. doctors say symptoms are similar to that of a cold. there's coughing, sneezing, a runny nose. but for some, that cough turns severe, leading to difficulty breathing. evd-6 can also be accompanied by a fever, rash or wheezing and it appears to be worse for kids with asthma. they're at the highest risk. there have not been any reported cases of this virus in our area, but the there's for disease control is investigating upwards of 1,000 cases from colorado to north carolina. 13-year-old will was one of those. he had to be airlifted to an emergency room when he couldn't breathe. >> he was unresponsive. he was lying on the couch and couldn't speak to me. was turning white and had blue lips. >> he is a young man who has asthma, one of the highest risks for this virus. enterovirus d-68 was first identified in the '60s. but before this outbreak, fewer than 100 reported cases. the cdc is trying to find out the cause of this new spike. there is no treatment or vaccine for the virus. health officials say the best way to reduce the risk is wash hands thoroughly. this has spread just like the common cold. and if you are sick, stay home. wendy, jim. >> all right. thanks, doreen. a painful admission tonight from virginia's governor, terry mcauliffe. he is not going to deliver on his promise to expand health care. he campaigned on expanding president obama's health care reforms. the governor now says he realizes he doesn't have the authority to expand medicaid without the approval of the general assembly. he says the situation leaves the state at a disadvantage. >> many of these states are now seeing a dramatic increase in job creation and economic growth. their safety net hospitals are now being stabilized. and thousands of formerly uninsured workers and families are getting healthier because they now have access to affordable health care. >> the governor says he and state health officials have come up with a ten-point plan that will provide more coverage to mental health patients by maximizing their participation in the existing programs. playing politics with immigration. that's the accusation president obama is facing from some in congress tonight after he delayed his plan to use executive orders to introduce reform. >> this is an attempt to protect his democratic senate candidates. his a few moments ago said it would be wrong to inject into the election this issue. when should issues be talked about? great issues facing america, if not during the election cycle. >> sessions says the executive orders being planned are illegal and unconstitutional. well, a lot of immigrants had hoped that action from the president would keep them from being deported. today children whose parents have been deported rallied at the white house. they're calling for president obama to keep their families together. news4's zachary kiesch spoke to some of those children. >> reporter: more than 40 children, many whose parents have been deported, personalized the debate over immigration reform. >> i want to talk about my father. and why he's deported. >> reporter: 9-year-old brandi hernandez father was deported to gaut mall three years ago. this weekend, white house officials announced the president will delay taking executive action on immigration until after the november midterm elections. in response, children, some not even old enough to take their first steps, but all impacted by deportation jumped on a bus with chaperones and made the trek from south florida to the white house. to tell their stories. >> i came here because i want to talk about my father. >> reporter: the president defended his decision on "meet the press." >> a surge of kids who are showing up at the border. got a lot of attention. and a lot of americans started thinking, we've got this immigration crises on our hands. and what i want to do is, when i take executive action, i want to make sure that it's sustainable. >> reporter: the plan asks the president to halt deportations and drum up support with u.s. representatives. tina alana marquez says she misses her father even more now that she's in her teen years. >> when he was here, he would say you guys have homework, i don't know that much english, but i'll help you. >> i want to tell president obama to stop taking people's parents, because children are crying about their parents. >> reporter: in a unique role reversal, young people advocating for their parents by taking their message straight to the white house. reporting in northwest d.c., zachary kiesch, news4. >> let's get the forecast now. looked worse than it felt out there, doug. >> yeah, plenty of cloud cover, a little in the way of a breeze. you look outside and wonder where the rain is. we haven't seen a lot of it across most of the region today. others quite a bit. radar showing where the showers are now, out to the west and south. and really south and east of d.c. is where the bulk of the rain has been. we're looking at a few showers back towards winchester. we have seen those back around the martinsburg area. we're watching these move along 81. these are moving to the west, away from the region. a few other very light showers around d.c. and then these showers to the sou are actually moving off towards the east. so a little bit of a different air mass as the storm system to the south is creating a locality of moisture around our region. we'll see a few more showers tonight but that's all. a few sprinkles here and there. clouds and sprinkles now. 75 degrees. temperatures dropping through the low 70s and any rain that develops will be mainly light across the region. if you're heading to the nationals game, should not have a problem there at all. yes, we'll get the game in. look at the numbers. take a jacket. 69 right now in dulles. 71 in buoy. 69 in huntington. definitely cool air. and that's because of the cloud cover and that easterly flow. that easterly flow coming in as a result of that area of low pressure to the south. that will continue to be in the area even during the day tomorrow. so as we move on through future weather, notice tomorrow morning a few showers maybe some areas of fog. tomorrow afternoon, a better chance of some of these showers moving in, and once again, just like today, south and east meaning southern maryland, fredericksburg, even the d.c. metro area, a little bit better chance of seeing those showers during the day. so carry the umbrella with you over the next 24 hours or so. high of 79 tomorrow, if we get there. 82 on your wednesday. 89 thursday, a chance of a storm late in the evening. and then much cooler as we head towards the weekend. we're talking about most of you staying in the upper 60s inside the city around 71 degrees on saturday with another chance for some light rain. >> doug, thank you. she was just a freshman. how the life of a teenager just starting her career in college was cut short. and new at 6:00, don't you hate getting parking tickets in the city? we all do. and now there's a new scathing report out about the district's ticketing program. what the findings could mean for drivers in the future. some are calling it the spare to the air, and all day, there's been an outpouring of well wishes for britain's prince william and kate, who are expecting their second child. that baby will become north in line to the throne, behind big brother george who turned 1 a few weeks ago. they made the big aannouncement early in the pregnancy to put rumors to rest. and don't pack your pistol at panera. panera is now asking customers to refrain from bringing their firearms into the cafe. the chain's ceo says they recognize everyone's rights, but believe these cafes are a place where people come to relax. panera will not ask employees to enforce this new request and there won't be any signs out. they just want you to know, starbucks and chipotle have made similar requests recently. they don't suspect foul play, but tonight police say they want the more information about the circumstances that led to the death of a maryland college freshman. the victim found in an off-campus apartment near to us thaosen university. >> reporter: an ems crew responded to a 911 call for a possible overdose at this apartment building in the 300 block of east jobba road. they found 18-year-old julia margaret unresponsive. she was a freshman. julia is from sewell, new jersey. she was taken to st. joseph medical center for treatment and later died. these university students didn't know julia personally, but were surprised and saddened to learned she passed away. >> it really shocks me, because i've lived here a year and never heard of anything like that happening. so -- kind of crazy. >> reporter: according to the police incident report, three of julia's friends told them she had been drinking breyer prior to arriving at the apartment. the paperwork indicates she hadn't taken any illegal drugs but had spoke tobacco with the hooka. police believe she drank an unknown quantity of alcohol before she died. towsen university requires freshman to complete an online alcohol education program. >> i feel they educate us well. it's whether or not students decide to follow it. >> each year more than 1,800 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from unintentional alcohol-related injuries. news4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. tonht, new reaction to video of ray rice punching his then fiancee from the white house to nfl players to men and women everywhere. there is outrage over this video. and tonight, calls are growing louder for action against the nfl commissioner. plus, the break in one of the biggest mysteries in our area. now a man who once ran for mayor of alexandria is charged with three murders spanning a decade. how police connected him to the high-profile crimes and the crucial piece of evidence that's still missing. we have been working hard in the last hour to gather new details on two big stories. >> one had the community of alexandria on edge for a long time. the other has captured the nation's attention. our team is working some new leads right now. let's begin with jason pugh in baltimore with the fallout about ray rice. jason. >> reporter: yeah, wendy. when nfl commissioner roger goodell firsthanded out a two-game suspension to ray rice for his domestic violence incident, people in the nfl and outside of the nfl were outraged by the lack of severity of that punishment. now up until that point, we didn't see the video of what took place inside that elevator on that night in atlantic city. we only saw the aftermath of it. now that this new video has been released by tmz sports, it's only added fuel to the fire, and people are demanding answers from the commissioner. i do want to warn our viewers before we show you this vide