beltway. also fairfax as well as prince george's county. heavy rain moving to the east and southeast of this one slow-moving storm, just 5 miles per hour. putting out a lot of lightning, see the heaviest here between d.c., alexandria, clinton, sliding toward mount vernon, brandywine in the next couple of minutes, as well as clinton and rosaryville, also some heavy rain headed that way. another flash flood warning that continues for areas of warren county until 5:45. we could be getting some more storms moving through here. again, our main threat, seeing high winds and also potential flooding, there's already been, again, some flash flood warnings issued. we could see more until 8 or 9:00. we will have more on the forecast for this evening as well as the building heat wave for the week in just a few. developing first at 4:00, joy, resilience and mystery. a local man missing for a week found alive today, trapped under a tree. prince george's county firefighters say they discovered 66-year-old larry sade off ard wick ardmore road in spring dale. news4's pat collins is there live now. how is he doing, pat? >> reporter: so far, he is doing pretty good compared to everything that could have happened here, it is an incredible story of survival. he is 66 years old. he lived in that house. he has been missing for a week. today, he was found beneath a fallen tree, in those woods down there, about a block from his home. the case of larry murton sade, solved this afternoon when the 66-year-old vietnam vet was found trapped under a tree in the woods near his home on ard wick ardmore road in the spring dale section of prince george's county. >> this is strange, isn't it? >> it is. it is. and for him potentially being there for as long as he has been missing and no one ever noticing him in this area i'm not sure how much pedestrian traffic is by here every day, but fortunately, someone was walking this way saw him and contacted officials. >> this could have had a far more tragic ending. >> without a doubt. >> reporter: now, this is how they say it happened. around 1 a.m. last monday they say mr. sade went for a walk from his home here. what caused him to go for that walk? how did he end up in those woods? there are a lot of questions. i'm still searching for some answers. i will be back at 5. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, pat. we have a developing story about the 2024 olympics now. there could be new life in washington's efforts to host the games now that boston is pulling out of contention. boston's bid was in jeopardy from the beginning because of the low public support and active opposition. today mayor marty walsh said he wouldn't sign any document that had taxpayers footing any bill. the u.s. olympic is now considering other cities to host the games. d.c. council member jack evans just told us that washington was the best choice from the start and he says the district is still interested in getting the bid. now to new information about two missionaries stabbed at a maryland church. one man is dead, his wife may not survive. the man suspected of killing them called 911 himself. it happened at the anna prayer mountain church in frederick where that new information came out today. i'm meagan fitzgerald in frederick county, a man fatally stabbed, his wife in critical condition, it happened at anna prayer mountain church right up this road. investigators received a call of a stabbing about 7:45 sunday night. they arrived on scene and found two missionaries from south korea lying on the floor. investigators were back out on the scene today and say the suspect 30-year-old song sue kim of falls church, virginia, called police on this stretch of road, telling them he was ready to be arrested just moments after the attack happened. they say kim attacked the couple with a kitchen knife. coming up at 5:00 why the frederick county sheriff believes the suspect had this attack all planned out. this is chris gordon in rockville at the scene of vandalism. the words "black lives matter" was spray painted on this statue overnight. the confederate memorial was erected in 1913 50 years after the battle of gettysburg, as a symbol of reconciliation. but recently, it has been the focus of controversy, whether it should be removed or not. >> is a misdemeanor, punishable by 90 days incarceration or up to $1,000 fine. >> reporter: montgomery county executive ike leggett has said he wants that confederate memorial removed but he says he may allow it to be relocated if the rockville city council wants it to be moved to an area of historical significance. back to you. new at 4:00, the fire that badly damaged this house just ruled arson. investigators are looking for people who were in the house without permission. take a look at the photos posted on twitter last night after the fire on walters place in the district, district heights, that is. investigators believe the blaze started in a second floor bedroom, according to red fin. the house is in foreclosure and has been on the auction block since last march. meanwhile president obama is 7,000 miles from because right now, but the distance did not stop him from a strong reaction to the republican presidential candidates, mike huckabee, who invoked the holocaust in reference to -- as a reference to criticize the iran nuclear deal. >> you know, the particular comments of mr. huckabee would be considered ridiculous, if it weren't so sad. >> huckabee today refused to back down from his comment even after a storm of criticism from other political leaders. steve handelsman is tracking the action and will have a live report in our next half hour. this just in, a grand jury indicted a man for murder in the death of the university of mary washington student. steven van der brie is charged with first-degree murder abduction and strangulation. prosecutors say he killed his housemate grace mann back in april. last month some of the other roommates say the suspect confessed to her killing. first at 4:00 a loudoun county man a leader in a white supremacist group now admits he tried to hire someone to kill his ex-wife. dallas brum back pleaded guilty to seven charges today, including attempted murder. an undercover officer developed a relationship with brum back last year and learned about his ties to the kkk. brum back eventually offered the undercover agent $5,000 to kill his ex-wife. brum back also pleaded guilty to multiple child abuse and neglect charges for having loaded weapons in his sterling, virginia, home, in areas where children played. coming up on news4 at 6:00, northern virginia bureau chief julie carey explains why brum back wanted his ex-wife dead. a warning this afternoon if you use path or trails in loudoun county. police are looking for a man who has exposed himself to strangers several times in the past three months. all the incidents happened in ashburn, some in the morning some at night. just yesterday, the man jumped in front of two runners before taking off, although he hasn't attacked or touched anyone so far, the sheriff's office warns anyone using those trails to stay in groups, don't wear ear phones and make sure someone knows were you are and when you plan to return. a west virginia woman may have prevented her own death and solve a string of serial murders as well. a dramatic encounter at her own doorstep. plus, the cosby cover that's stirring controversy on social media. we have got some thunderstorms out there right now, producing not only high winds, but flooding and more severe thunderstorm warnings possible as well as flash flood warnings. bell we will slow-moving storms producing some high winds, also producing some flooding so we have had that flash flood warning. it continues for a while longer, right inside d.c., for areas of alexandria, for fairfax for prince george's county, that flash flood warning until 6:45 flooding has been occurring throughout much of this area, severe thunderstorm warning also until 4:30 because of the high winds that the storm system is producing. look at this, from d.c. to alexandria, still the moderate to heavy rain also upper marlboro, down toward sunderland area and again, moving east southeast with these rainfall rates at around an inch per hour. easy to see why flooding is occurring, ponding on area roads, got more heavy rain to the west there over reston headed toward fairfax. in terms to. other part of our story, it is all about the high heat and humidity coming our watch you know it is just the beginning of a heat wave. wait until you see how high temperatures top out by midweek. i will have that coming up. the investigation is now on to determine if a woman attacked in her home shot and killed a serial killer. >> police say the woman shot 45-year-old neil falls in self-defense at a home in charleston, west virginia last week. the two met online. the woman says she arranged to meet falls through an escort service. instead of bringing money place say they found weapons, trash bags and bleach in his car. according to investigators during the struggle, the woman grabbed his gun and shot him. her neighbor made the 911 call. investigators are now looking into any possible connection between falls and a number of unsolved prostitute deaths in nevada and ohio. >> investigators are frying to see if there is any possible connection between falls and a number of unsolved prostitute deaths that happened in nevada and ohio. a local transgender woman breaking ground. this afternoon, nbc's kristen welker introduces us to the former navy s.e.a.l. making a run for congress. what do you see in those pictures? >> i see the same person, a fighter, i see a patriot. >> cover story, bill cosby's accusers tell their stories w first at 4:00, an autopsy under way this afternoon on bobbi kristina brown, the only daughter of singers whitney houston and bobby brown died yesterday. the medical examiner says it will be complicated to reconstruct what happened. back in january she was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her atlanta home. her father released a statement this afternoon that reads -- new york magazine's website is up and running again. it was offline for ten hours today, shortly after publishing a cover story about bill cosby's accusers. 35 women who say they were sexually assaulted by cosby took part in the interview. they all posed for this cover. the women described in detail when they first met the comedian and how he allegedly drugged and raped them. cosby denies the allegation and has not been charged with any crime. a major shift from the boy scouts. later today the group's governing board is expected to lift the ban on gay men serving as scout leaders. the change will allow gay and bisexual leaders to work for or volunteer for the organization. today's vote comes two years after the group lifted its ban on openly gay youth members. caitlyn jenner is getting a lot of attention right now but she is not the only transgender american breaking new ground. >> a former navy s.e.a.l. is now setting her sights on a maryland congressional seat. >> nbc's kristen welker has more on kristen beck's campaign. >> reporter: pounding the pavement, she isn't your typical candidate. >> i'm running for u.s. congress in this district. >> reporter: kristen beck is built like a navy s.e.a.l. because she was one. >> i don't know if you notice that i'm a little bit different, too. >> we all different. >> reporter: kristen beck was chris part of the elite all-male s.e.a.l. team 6 with a bushy beard and broad shoulders. what did you see in those pictures? >> i see the same person. i see a fighter. i see a patriot. >> reporter: a patriot who one day showed up to work at the pog in a dress. >> some people thought they missed a party, a masquerade party or something. i went from basically being a navy s.e.a.l. with all those medals, suit and tie, the bearded hero coming in guy to walking with a dress on and long hair. >> reporter: now, beck is waging a new campaign for her country. >> shot at and i have defended our country. >> reporter: retired after 13 deployments, now she is taking on one of the top democrats in washington steny hoyer in a long-shot my mary challenge for the maryland seat he has held for 34 years. >> and what they are doing right now just doesn't make sense. >> reporter: but beck had few fighting words when we met at a restaurant in her district. how would you rate steny hoyer on his handling of lgbt issues? >> he is great. but lgbt community, are you telling me that the entire community is that shallow, that they only care about their own rights? >> reporter: and in the year that transgender -- >> are you saying that you're going to start dressing up like a lady? >> my whole life i've been dressing up like a man. >> reporter: is transcendent shall -- -- >> we are all different. >> reporter: allowing the 16000 transgender troops to serve openly. what do you say to the skeptics who say this is going to be too difficult? >> nothing too difficult for the american people. with he can do anything that we put our minds to. >> reporter: but beck hasn't held back criticism of transgender celebrities from chelsea manning to caitlyn jenner when she went from the wheaties box to "vanity fair" cover. >> caitlyn jenner has star power. if she sets a good example it will look good and bring good credit upon all of us. if she does it poorly, it is going to affect us in the street. >> reporter: now, from the back of her black pickup truck, beck continues her campaign. >> i'm going to keep fighting, 'cause this is where i need to be. we need pay the tree the i don'ts, we need veterans. no strings attached and no fear at all. >> reporter: while this former navy s.e.a.l. says her toughest struggle was to just be herself, she is a now a candidate with nothing left to run from and everything to run for. >> thank you. >> reporter: for "today," kristen welker, nbc news hyattsville maryland. we have had some pretty nasty weather out there this afternoon. >> we are hearing word about flooding, possible flooding. where veronica? >> the weather having a big impact inside the district, prince george's county fairfax county now the heaviest rain moving through areas of prince george's county and down through the southern part of the beltway, as you head down i-95. let me show you what i'm talking about, a couple of clusters with thunderstorms, yes, you can see the lightning that i put on here, fairfax right down through prince george's county and also present toward st. mary's and calvert county then we have got two other clusters, one back here, warren and shenandoah county, another farther south areas of charlottesville, all headed south southeast, very slowly, around five to ten miles per hour. slow movement of these storms producing flooding on area roads, certainly bond ponding, flash flooding continues for western fairfax county, prince george's county until 6:45 a while longer. i think this maybe the next area that may go under a severe thunderstorm warning or flash flood warning. that would be areas of eastern prince george's county. the reason why rainfall rates here well over three almost closer to four inches per hour, just south of upper marlboro, down 301 around brandywine, all this heavy rain is eventually headed into areas of st. mary's and calvert county. we continue also with the flash flood warning off to the west until 7 p.m. for shenandoah and frederick county in virginia. as far as the impact that the weather is going to have on your travel, your exercise out and about, use moderate conditions out there, umbrellas needed certainly drenching possible, very humid air. that's the other thing the air is very humid it is really juiced up. so, not going to take much to be getting those downpours across our area with city storms this week, same sort of deal, 75 degrees, storm chances continue until about 9 to 10 p.m. after that, still going to be sticky, temperatures dropping into the upper 70s. weather will have a low-to-moderate impact on your day tomorrow higher heat, higher temperatures, but with lower rain chances coming our way for tomorrow. let's go ahead and look at the seven-day forecast here, weather alert day 94 96 degrees on wednesday and thursday. but even after that, the high heat continues across our area. we have got more on the storms moving through our area coming up and should any warnings be issued, i will get right back on it. >> thanks, veronica. we are still working several developing stories at this hour, solemn ceremonies today for two women killed in last week's movie theater shooting. what we are learning that's new about the gunman's troubling past. a record fine, a record buy back. why an automaker will be forced to take back oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the 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a georgia hospital for mental health treatment, but houser's brother told nbc news they did not see any signs that he was capable of something like this. >> just thinking about mental illness and did we miss anything? is there something we didn't see? we say no. we saw no sign of this. >> police say he meticulously planned the rampage and atf investigators say houser bought the gun legally in alabama. it's not clear why his earlier hospitalization did not turn up in the federal database. the victim of another mass shooting was also laid to rest today. marine corps sergeant thomas sullivan was one of five service members shot and killed by gunmen earlier this month at a military center in chattanooga, tennessee. thousands attended his funeral today at a church in springfield, massachusetts, which is his hometown. developing this afternoon, a strange alert for residents in northern virginia. why they have been told to be on the lookout for a naked man. cranking up the rhetoric. mike huckabee's controversial comments about the iran deal, triggering new outrage. defective vehicles on the road. why the latest automaker recall is record breaking. and strong storms rocking several neighborhoods this afternoon a flash flood warning is now in effect. storm team4 will tell you where the downpours are moving you exercise. you choose the salad. occasionally. but staying well - physically, financially, emotionally - its hard on your own. so cigna's got your back and your knees, 24/7. cigna's there to answer your questions. or when you need some coaching. in sickness and in health, cigna's there, helping you to get well and stay well. that's having a partner, who's with you all the way. cigna. right now at 4:30, intense thunderstorms dumping buckets of rain and bringing dangerous lightning strikes to parts of virginia maryland and the district. and we are pushing out alerts from the nbc washington app. meteorologist veronica johnson has been tracking it all afternoonful she is in the storm center. vj? >> the storms started firing about two hours ago because of their slow movement and just putting out so much rain in a short period of time. we have seen some flooding around certain locations, d.c., montgomery county, you can see that the storms on radar the trend, they are starting to lose their punch as they slide more toward the southeast. so, headed toward calvert county now, some moderate-to-heavy rains w he continue with a number of flash flood warnings, all those red boxes that you see, including in d.c. i-81 around warren, shenandoah and charlottesville, inside the beltway arlington as well, fairfax, portions of prince george's county, the flooding continues until 6:45, then warren county, shenandoah, frederick as well for a while longer. here is the trend, the heavy rain, look at all the lightning there approaching areas of calvert county, just on the west side of deal the rainfall rates around two, three inches per hour. if you're going out, yes, you're going to need the big umbrella, expecting downpours. i wanted to make sure i got to this, we did hit 90. we have had 29 90-degree days this year, we hit 90 we dropped to 75 in just an hour's time with a lot of the humidity coming out of the air. yeah getting relief, only going to be brief, a heat wave building for this weekend. i will have more on that coming up. a man missing for about a week is said to be recovering right now after someone found him trapped under trees in prince george's county. someone spotted larry sade earlier along ard wick ardmore road in spring dale, down the road from the group home where he lives. >> no word how long he may have been trapped in that area. two missionaries stanned a church in frederick maryland, still a mystery why he did it song sue kim is in custody he used a kitchen knife to stab a man and his wife inside the anna prayer mountain church. the husband died and his wife may not survive. meagan fitzgerald is near the crime scene now where deputies spent hours today looking for that knife. and for now police are not calling it a hate crime. someone spray painted the words "black lives matter" and other graffiti at the base of a confederate statue that sits outside the rockville courthouse it happened overnight and we first told but it in our nbc washington app. police are still looking for suspects. right now authorities are going door to door in loudoun county, asking residents about an alleged serial flasher who is exposing himself to people out on the street. the latest incident happened just yesterday. news4's kristen wright has more on the search for the man and what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: some joggers along ashburn farm parkway in ashburn have gotten an eyeful lately. a naked man wandering even jumping out at two women on a run near golden meadow circle. >> very alarming, actually, because i take my dog for a walk every day. and, you know, i don't want to run into something like that. >> reporter: he has been spotted by several people in several places over the past couple of weeks. ashburn farm parkway and golden meadow claiborne parkway and wayside circle and just yesterday, ashburn road and louisa drive near the elementary school and hay road. >> i do try to take the precautions of checking my surroundings when i get in and out of my car and things like that. and i usually don't walk my dog unless it's, you know, daylight hours. >> reporter: loudoun deputies are looking for the man. they say so far he hasn't said a word to anybody or had any physical contact with anyone. so,s here the advice from the sheriff's office. they want runners, walkers and bikers to have a partner or be in a group, have your phone with you and let someone know your route and when you will be back. in loudoun county kristen wright, news4. an incredible turnout right now in loudoun county in memory of a local teen. madison small died in april from meningitis. now, her family and friends are hosting a golf tournament and dinner at the 1757 golf club in ashburn. the event sold out and will raise more than $20,000 for scholarships and meningitis research and awareness. >> our big goal right now is just to make a positive now. that's the biggest thing that we are thinking about. >> kind of came up with the idea of a golf tournament, i knew we could raise money but all come together, year after year and remember her, celebrate her, so her memory is going to live on. >> the scholarships will be granted to students at broad run high school where madison attended. ed -- the family says the event is so successful, they expect it to continue every year. apple and google are pledging billions in efforts to fight climate change. the white house announced the new initiative in the run-up to the summit in paris on climate change. apple, google bank of america general motors and other major companies will spend more than $140 billion to cut carbon emission and produce more renewable energy. and now to presidential politics and unpopularity. nearly all the candidates in both parties are struggling with a lack of support, leaving some to push the boundaries, like others like hillary clinton are trying to reverse a worrisome trend. steve handelsman is tracking all this on capitol hill. steve? >> reporter: hi, barbara. hillary clinton is where no presidential candidate wants to be, upside down in popularity with general election voters. she has still got a big lead with democrats in new hampshire and in iowa, where hillary clinton today made a pitch for climate control. >> i want to get back to our country setting big, ambitious goals. >> reporter: she got bad news astroversyies continues. clintonen's unfavorable rabbles are 20% above her favorables in a new nbc/marist poll. >> this has to give republican some pause. >> reporter: donald trump is higher with voters in early states but polls show him leading in new hampshire and almost tied for the iowa lead with scott walker in the 16-candidate gop field. the party chair sounds okay with trump. he is speaking to you the to people that are really frustrated with washington, frustrated, i think in many cases, with both parties. >> reporter: frustrated rivals are desperate to get attention. mike huckabee invoking the holocaust, charged the obama nuclear deal with iran that marched israelis to the door of the oven. from ethiopia, the president fired back. >> ridiculous, if it weren't so sad. >> reporter: barack obama knows poll problems. his were in the upper 30s, lower 40s in iowa and new hampshire in 2011 but he went on to win both states in 2012. the kind of comeback that hillary clinton is counting on. >> love the bike racks. >> reporter: every major candidate, excluding democrat bernie sanders, is more unpopular than popular in the key early states. rubio, bush, walker trump and clinton. i'm steve handlesin' ma, news4. breaking news just in on the death of bobbi kristina brown. the medical examiner releases its initial autopsy. we will have it for you. a story you're going to want to share about a little boy who loves to read and the global the cherry dale area, a 58-mile-an-hour wind gust reported. all these flash flood boxes in the doist strict until 6:45 continue with the potential of flooding as well as warren county shenandoah, frederick county, now, don't have any severe thunderstorm warnings but could see one or two. possible they could be issued, thunderstorms starting to decrease in intensity, watch calvert county this storm presses off to the east and southeast right across to south of sunderland area. more on the evening storms and upcoming heat wave in a couple of minutes. ♪ we have heard him sing, now we are seeing president obama's dance moves. that's the president to the right of the singer dressed in white. he took time out of his historic east africa visit to have a little fun today. president obama danced with members of an afro pop group at a state dinner saturday night in kenya. >> i bet you he practiced those moves. >> probably. >> looks good. a 12-year-old boy who loves to read suddenly has more books than he ever dreamed of. >> i love this story. and it's all thanks to a kind-hearted postman and the power of social media. i posted this story today on my facebook page. ron lynch is the mail carrier. young matthew flores lives in his -- on his route in sandy utah. last week little matthew asked him if he had any spare junk mail that he could read because he doesn't have any books to read and he can't afford a bus pass to get to the library. so lynch posted matthew's picture on facebook thinking a dozen friends might donate a few books. >> gone crazy from there, i've heard from the uk, from australia, from india. >> they said these are books from you. i thought they were mistaken, but they were for me. >> matthew's growing book collection already includes hundreds of donated books. he says he plans to read every single one of them and he hopes to share them with other children. again i shared this on my facebook page. if you would like to spread the word great story. >> it is a great story. and we are following breaking news in the death of bobbi kristina brown. the medical examiner's haufs has just released its initial autopsy. so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank. from wind, thunder and heavy rain, now seeing temperatures come back up in some location. humidity as well. look at storm team4 radar, quieting down a little bit from what was over d.c. those storms starting to wane as they make their way toward areas of calvert county, areas of charles county, may see some of the more moderate rains coming in. but again, all the red boxes, the flash flood warnings, these will continue about another hour or so inside the beltway for arlington, fairfax again, until 6:45, the flash flood warning, same thing off to the west shenandoah frederick county, just seeing warren county now drop, but there's the thunder. you can see this storm system, less lightning to an indication to us as we head into calvert county, it is starting to weaken. still moderate rain toward sunderland, crossing right over, too. moving slowly these storms really put out a lot of rain. we could see more severe thunderstorm warnings issued is right here in this area. so for areas like rappahannock greene county, for orange county, that's where there is the possibility. the other story this week along with isolated storm chances, a better chance of storms on thursday, is the extreme heat. we have had twice the number of 90-degree days compared to last year and look at this hot stretch that we have got coming up, the heat index wednesday, thursday, 102, 106 on thursday. it is going to be a sizzler out there. meanwhile, evening planner forecast, 79 degrees, as i said, temperatures drop from 90. now they are starting to come back up i think by 7:00, around 85 degrees, then into the upper 70s to low 80s by 9:00. still, your storm chances sticking around now until 8 to 9 p.m. so the weather tomorrow will have a low to moderate impact on our area but with lower rain chances across our area. let me show you what i mean. here is a snapshot of 7:30 in the morning cloud cover once again will rain, but any locations where the clouds will start to thin or filter out we could see an isolated thunderstorm. wednesday isolated storms continue, that heat index at 102, actual temperature at 94 degrees. so like in the banner, going to be a weather alert day for storm team4, be on the air doing frequent updates, talking about the heat and how you can stay safe and of course with any storms moving through always a good idea to download the nbc washington app you can stay ahead of it all. we will be updating our weather on that app very frequently. even though our highest heat comes wednesday and thursday, you can see the 90-degree stretch with lower humidity will continue through the weekend. we have got more on this evening's storms and hot stretch coming up on news4 at 5:00. >> thanks, veronica. some breaking news involving the death of bobbi kristina brown now. the medical examiner says the initial portion of its autopsy found no obvious cause of death or significant injuries. >> they say is more tests are planned to help determine how she died. the final ruling could take weeks. here is nbc's mark barger. >> reporter: eerie similarities between mother and child. a pop icon found dead in a hotel bathtub in 2012. and on january 31st of this year her only child, bobbi kristina brown discovered face down and unresponsive in the bathtub of her atlanta home. for months her family and close friends kept vigil as she was placed on a ventilator moved to rehab and finally, placed in hospice care. sunday, brown's family announced the 22-year-old's passing saying "she is finally at peace in the arms of god." bobbi kristina had struggled with her mother's death talking to oprah winfrey soon after. >> does it seem real? >> sometimes no. >> mm-hmm. >> sometimes it's so surreal that i still walk in the house, like, mom? >> reporter: hours after bobbi kristina's death, whitney houston's cousin dionne warwick, appeared on bravo's "watch what happens live." >> she was a sweetheart. she will be missed. that's for sure. she was a good girl. >> it's terrible, to think about what this family has been through and i -- it probably is a relief in some ways at least to let her go. >> reporter: funeral plans for bobbi kristina brown have yet to be announced. mark barger nbc news. news4 first report it happened and today the governor appointed a high-fro file fairfax county to the supreme court. judge jane roush provided over the trial of lee boyd malvo and currently involved with the charles severance case. catching a lion in milwaukee is proving to be a real challenge. armed police converged on a bridge on sunday morning after several people, including two officers, said they spotted the animal over the weekend. a resident shot video last monday showing what looked like a big, wildcat walking across a lawn. after a week it's still on the run out there. police say they have preferred to just tranquilize the animal but they are also armed with guns, just in case. now to some powerful video shot from a drone over the site of that massive warehouse fire that burned for days in new jersey. residents of a nearby condominium building were finally allowed to return home yesterday. they were evacuated, as a precaution early wednesday morning when the fire first broke out. investigators still don't know what sparked that fair. the navy has now joined the coast guard in the search for two teen sailors off the dose of florida. perry cohen and austin stephan knows are 14. they have been missing since they went fishing in a small boat on friday. the coast guard found their damaged capsized boat about 170 miles north of the boy's last-known position. the families say they are confident in the teens' ability to survive at sea. people on florida's gulf coast may get a lot more of this over the next few days a low-pressure front stall over the gulf of mexico and it's triggering showers and thunderstorms, even more rain than south florida usually gets on hot, summer days. residents are advised to be on the alert for flash flooding from overflowing waterways. news4 is the first to report that after years of anticipation and millions of dollars the county is deciding no tohee inging not to staff the district 7 police station. they will take care of southern prince george's county. it has been highly anticipated. some residents will tell you they have been fighting for the station for more than 15 years, hoping it will decrease response time from police and also make sure they have better protection on the southern end of the county. now, the county executive's office is saying there is simply not enough money to staff this building. this he cannot move in the police officers nor the civilians necessary. so what we are hearing now is the county is expecting to delay staffing this building for another year, not until september of 2016. coming up on news4 at 5:00 we hear from the county executive's office and also, the chair of the county council. he is saying all of this is a bunch of malarky. he wants to see this building staffed. in fort washington, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. the federal government slams chrysler with a record fine for a botched recall. what the auto giant has to do now and how you can cash in. tracking the silver line one year in. i'm adam tuss oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? 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well, champion surfer nick manning is back on the board, just a week after he fought off a shark attack on live television. fanning was seen surfing today off the coast of his native australia. he was in a surfing competition last week in south africa when he was attacked by the shark. as you can see he did not suffer any lasting injuries. well, record fine and one of the toughest penalties ever this after intoen for the world's seventh largest auto maker and there's a twist in the punishment. nbc's jay gray reports on the price to be paid by fiat chrysler for delaying action on recalls. it's a road the auto industry has rarely been down before, massive fines, as much as $105 million, but here is the twist. fiat chrysler will also have to buy back nearly half a million recalled vehicles. >> this is about making sure that what's out on the marketplace and on the street is safe and we take that responsibility seriously. >> reporter: the national highway traffic safety administration says the automaker failed to notify customers of recalls delayed making and distributing repair parts and in some cases, failed to come up with repairs to fix the problem all together. the buy back includes dodge suvs and ram pickups built between 2008 and 2012. plus, more than 1 million jeep cherokees from the '90s prone to catch fire due to rear-mounted fuel tanks. owners will be able to trade in their vehicles for above market value or receive a financial incentive and have them repaired. >> this is what we are supposed to do. this is our responsibility to do everything we can to ensure that when a customer turns that switch, that what's going to happen after that is going to be safe. >> reporter: in a written statement, fee yacht chrysler agreed to the record penalties and said, in part -- the penalties take effect immediately. jay gray, nbc news. right now at 5:00, two missionaries stabbed inside a church. i'm meagan fitzgerald. coming up, why the investigators think the attacker had this all planned out. >> we'd stormy afternoon, reports of roads closed and trees down. are the storms over? i will tell you and more on their upcoming heat wave. >> boston is out. cot nation's capital get a new chance at landing the olympic games? not a good night to be outside. heavy rain, wind thunder, lightning, all tearing through parts of the nation's capital this afternoon. take a look at what a mess these storms caused in d.c. just within the past hour. >> it has been a busy couple of hours for storm team4. we have been tracking every storm as it moves across the adar,a radar monitoring all the watches and warnings as they come in. what is it looking like now vj? >> storms showing up on storm team4 radar, still business circumstance not quite as busy as it was two, three hours ago. the storms starting to wane as they make their way through prince george's county and down toward calvert county a lot less lightning right now and gone is the flash flood warning that was out for the district, still hanging on to that flash flood warning, way over here in areas of shenandoah down to the south areas like greene county in virginia. this one for shenandoah frederick county virginia continues for just a while longer. look at the dots here, one dot in d.c., another dot in loudoun county. this is where we have had some storm reports already today. 58-mile-an-hour wind gusts in the cherry dale area, some trees down. and then up to the north and the middleburgh area, thunderstorms and also some trees down throughout this area. what's left? making its way into areas of calvert county right now, still moving east southeast, still producing some pretty good rain, eventually, all you this is going to head toward areas like buena vista and parker's creek. moderate rain having an impact on area roads, still may have a severe thunderstorm warning or two issued. we are going to keep an eye on that. temperatures down. but they are going up. way up. wait till you