Popping uph earlier afternoon, including one in the district. Those have since pushed off towas the east. One lone area of rainin out parts of Rappahannock County, and heres a look at the Bigger Picture when we say a better chance to the south. Ook at all the areas here in pink down around Spotsylvania County and south of fred icksburg and continuing into parts of North Carolina. We really think this activity will be concentrated south of this area today, so heres what you ca expect. About a 30 chance that youre dealing with a thunderstorm out there tonight, so that means its really looking like most of us will main dry. However, see a few hitandmiss thunderstorms stout there, and those storms that do develop could be strongto severe, and, again, that threat is much bigger down to our south so were kind k escaping i thin the brunt of the Severe Weather today, and then big changes tomorrow as a cold front moves through overnight tonight. Lee owen, somara and i will have much more on what to expct tonight and coming up on the weekend around 4 30. Dont forget, folks, have storm team 4 right at your fingertips at any time. Download the nbc washington app. Weve got a live interactive radar for you there to c ck conditions in your neighborhood at any now lets goat some breag news this. Coming just in. D. C. Council member jack evans will resign from the metro board. Shis word coming just in the last 20 minuteamid mounting pressure on evans today, including new calls from prominent democrats for hito step down. Pressure on evans gained momentum today wh h fe lekn violation of metros code of ethics. Investigation found any he wrongdoing. Evans decision to step down me from the tro board does not affectis position on the d. C. Council. Erika . Its a familiar landmark forf some, and others a symbol of church and state overlapping. The and now the Supreme Court has ruled the peace cross in maryland can remain. The giant cross is a monument built in died in world war i. Our Prince Georges County bureau chief takes a look at the decision. Reporter today the u. S. Supreme court ruled that the peace cross can continue to stand. This after a fiveyear court battle made its way to the highest court. T. 409foot tall peace cross was built in honor of Prince Georges County world war i vets many years ago. O maied about the future of the historic landmark after the American Humanist Association sued saying it was a religious monument on public land and the court ruled preserving a longstanding religious monument is very different than the building of a new one. The case was very closely watched as its outcome could vim pacted similar smorials acros the country. Peace crop prevailed 72. Were disappointed with edays dsion. The justices failed to recognize that had a Christian Cross cannot appropriately memorialize veterans of a this has been such a battle, and for years weve been coming to the peace cross and waving flags and trying to get people to see that its really about patriotism. Its about honoring theweople fought for our country in world war i who were from prince georges counte repo supporters say that now the peace cross has been safrksd the next step is to restore this monument. The Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions in other cases tomorrow as well. Among those were watching one involving the issue of gerrymandering. The high court is looking at two cases involving demoats in ryland and republicans in North Carolina and whether map drawing in the states are too partisan. The justices are also considering whether to allow the Trump Administration to put a Citizenship Question on the census. That ruling couple pact how many representatives and what portion of federal fundingach state receives. Breaking right now at 4 00. Top congressional leaders tmeeting with president mp to discuss rights tensions with iran. Wendy riegger is following developments from us after iran hot down that u. S. Droerngs right . Many of us woke up to that push alert. Rt just a shoime ago, irans staterun tv released this new it the Agency Claims that it shows the moment that drone wast shot oof the sky, but the pentagon hasnot confirmed the authenticity of this. The pentagon released video of its own. You can sesmoke in the air. Irans revolutionaryguard took out the surveillance drone in the strait of hormuz iran saying it violated its airspace and the u. S. Says this wasa an attck in t ternational airspace. I believes a general or somebody who made a mistake in shooting that drone down. How will you respond . Youll find out. This latest crisis stems from the u. S. Pulling out of that nuclear deal and imposing those crippling economicanctions against iran. Nbcs Jennifer Johnson is latest developments land have a live report for you coming up at 5 30. Back for you. Good deal. Thank you, wendy. Students and parents at Herndon High School are reeling from the news that a former drama teacher thereec stly recorded students as they undressed. Today the principal is making aiisis coseoravslbl elait. Yestday Police Revealed that the man hid recording devices inside the school. Drew wilder is in herndon with new charges in this case. Drew . Reporter thats right, erika. Just within theutlast 20 min ive confirmed that former erndon High School Drama teacher isarged with ten new felonies. The new charges are for the unlawful creation of video or images of a minor, and this all directly stems from that horrible news that we got yesterday afternoon that the 36yearold was recording il students whe they were changing inside of the highho. With the ten new felony counts, the teacher is now charged with 30 felonies and four misdemeanors for videotaping students inside herndon highoo sch and his livein nanny. School is out for summer, but inside herndon high cools main office psychologists are available for students and their families. I cant imagine what those parents are going through. Reporter Herndon High School principal declined an interview and a issued news 4 a statement and also sent a h lettere to parents. In the letter to parents she say quote, this is an extremely disturbing event for our School Community and no way reflects the c mitment that we have to ensure our students are at a safe environment at Herndon High School. Its just i cant even imagine it happening to my own child. Tathe investigationted back in april when the teachers livein nannies went to police worried he was recording them inside thee home wher he lives with his wife and two kids. Police discovered 32 record g devices and more than 3,500 videos. In may police annound charge of 20 counts of possession of child pornography and then saying they didnt believe the crim ever took place inside of the school, but then yesterday police delivered the news, that they had since uncovered several videos from inside herndon high showing dozens upon dozens of children in various stages of undress. This is a huge disappointingv opment, one that none of my detectives, the Fairfax County police departmentr the fair faction county Public Schools wanted to be as part of the outcome. Reporter police say of the dozens of students in the ideos, they onlyelieve they will be able to identify ten of the victims. Most of the victims will never know they were recorded. The school says it will have its crisis team back here on the campusere tomorrow for any students or families who would like to speak with a counsellor from 9 00 in the morning untilin 2 00 he afternoon. Reporting live from herndon, drew wilder, news 4. Thanks so vea much. Traj accident in maryland has taken a life. A man died while cutting trees on a property off neck road nor southern Prince Georges County. Were told a group of men were clearing some large trees, and they the chainsaw got stuck. One of the workers was using some heavy equipment to try to nudge the tree and free the saw and in that process another tree uprooted and fell on the ctim. That mans name has not yet been released. The latest now on that deadly crush crash and fire. They say a crash burst the trucks fuel tank and erupted in flames and the driver died at scene. The outer loop was closed down for hours. Attending baseball games live,ormally an enjoyable experience for fans but in recent years foul ball injuries have become a more frequentc ocrence. Today the nationals making a big move to address that issue. Wendy riegger joins us from the e desk with big changes coming at the park. Reporter yeah. The baseball coming a bit of a contact sport injuring some of the fans. The nats owner mark lerner announced that the team will extend that protective netting. Right now it runs past dugout, y and when the install the new netting, it lwill extend just short of the outfield corners and for some fans who lover to get the pregame autographs the netting cabe pulled up to allow you access to the autographs. Albert mora jr. Extremely emotional after this inwhen a child wasy hit. Saing he cannot imagineow the childs family felt. The parents have not updated the girls condition after being hit. The nats will install the netting during the allstar break in july. Th will be joining the Chicago White sox this week who announced they will be extended the nettingo all of their foul poles the rest of the season. The sluggers, are reaching way up into the stands. H wonder w the season ticket holders, the guys who are bight seats down there. A little bit of a film in front of you. And you cant toss a ball, the ball girl or boy cant toss the ball to a kid in the stands. You dont want to get clocked in the noggin. Dont want that. L right. Thing you, dr. Wendy. Still ead here on news 4. A dangerous precedent, a u. S. City prepared to pay a hefty sum to hackers. And a family look for their sons support dog. Hes a lot more anxious. I can feel. What he means to this 4yearold boy coming up. And a changing climate impacting our trees. The new effort to keep our trees still green take a look at the mugginess. 95 into washi and 92 in gaithersburg. The good news. A cold front moves in overnightg and bring relief but only a few days. Im tracking aor maj heat it whos dog is this . My speci. His luxurious fur calmrrmy nerves when im wod about moving into our new apartment. Why dont we just ask geico for help with renters insurance . I didnt know geico helps with renters insurance. Yeah, and we could save a bunch too. Ni antoo fetch computer tonio . Ill get it. Get to know geico and see how much you could save on renters insurance. Back now live look at storm team 4 radar. Yocaeeu n ck s before you complainbout the rain, think about this. What the comes after these storms is going to bringome relief from the heat . Well have more from Amelia Draper just ahead. Somebody in City Government in Riviera Beach florida clicked on mail and now the city is paying 630,000 for some information that the haer encrypted. The city is nearly paying nearly 1 million to repair and replace compromised computer equipment. Some of the city also brought in dw i. T. Director as well. Baltimore alsoling with the effects of a ransomware hack. The Baltimore Sun saying it will cost the city more than 18 million. Last month hackers took over part of the citys comp er system anddemanded 76,000 in bitcoin to ereleas it. The city has refused to pay, and its led to all sorts of problems with things like tax payments and water bills as well. New at 4 00, a growing eward for a childs missing emotional support dog. A local donor saw our story and upped the reward to 2,500 now. Ama potomac fy is pleading for the return of their pet max. The dog provides emotional support for their 4yearold swh o was born with a genetic disorder. News 4s shomar stone reports. Reporter sandrine tries to comfort her 4yearold son during a difficult time. Hes a lot more anxious and i can tell and feel it. Reporter he wasdiagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. His best friend max, his emotional support companion, is missios well, iving a tremendous impact. I mean, hesbviously extremely upset d definitely feeling the absence. Reporter max ran out of the backyard gate without his collar last monday morning. Neighbors said they saw three men in a pickup truck take max. Ifeel awful. Reporter a lock away on over rie and cold spring road in potomac. Three men tried to find the owner and said they would return the next day. Reporter ttuy never reed max, a French Bulldog and beagle mix. A Police Report was filed and put up fliers when this picture. My only hope, to be reunited with max and to give him some comfort. Reporter if you call him, call Montgomery County police. Hes dearly missed. Reporter in potomac, shomarw stone,4. Wish them well. Weve got to get back to this eaorm team 4 wer alert. A chance for strong storms throughout our area. Storm team 4 meteorologist Amelia Draper track all of this for us in the weather center. How is it looking. Chance is a key word. 30 chance that youre dealing with stormsthis afternoon and this evening. That threat lasting until about 8 00 p. M. , but i still cant rule out an isolated shower t overnightnight until a cold front clears the area. That means were looking breeze and beautiful out there tomorrow. A nice weekend saturday and sunday and then next week im tracking a major heat wave. Wait until you see thete day forecast. Ill have that couple at 4 45. Future weather. Fast forward to 5 00 p. M. And less than an hour tonight, look at how meager the rai is. Theres some cloudiness. Thats the white. The green is the rain. Not seeing any brightou colors there. 6 30, maybe tom pockets of heavier rain into parts of northern virginia, we could see gusty winds as well. By 8 00 p. M. , notice the shower chance for the most part diminish across the air yaerks september down into southern myland and well be clearing out. The winds pick up. Its breezy and beautiful throughout the day tomorrow with a mix of cloudsin and sunsh after warming to around 92 degrees today. A good tende grees cooler tomorrow with that breeze and low humidity. Sps going to feel refreshing and eaking of the humidity levs, look at the smiley faces rohere. Tomorand saturday the humidity is nice. Slightly humid out there on sunday andhen it just gets downright muggy next monday, tuesday, wednesday, pretty must entire next week is hot and humid. So heres your storm team 4 fourday forecast, a high tomorrow of 8 84 tomorrow on saturday and breeze on friday and gusts tomorrow up to 30, 35 miles per hour, and you will be noticing those winds. On sunday a high of 87 degrees. It will be a little bit humid out the with a mix of clouds and sunshine, and as we look to monday a High Temperature of 92 degrees with about a 40 chance for some storms later in the day on monday, and, again, tonight, were going to keep a close eye on storm team 4 radar trackise tain chance out there. Here is the latest right now with what im tracking. You can see some rain right around 66 back into Fauquier County. Again, keeping a close eye on this all night, but by the looks of it weve dodged a bullet once again. Erika . All right. Amelia, thank you so very muc stilahead on news 4, collecting food in Fauquier County. Mollette green is working with you in the county to help you get what you need. And a basebrawl. Wild punches thrown at a kids baseball game. Come on, yall. Were home lets go k whatd of suv is that . Lave. Its a brand new buick enc it really makes it easy to unload all those little maniacs. Sure does. Hey honey we should really get one of those, and have like a ton more kids. Yeah, id love that. More kids. Yeah. Buick enclave. Tomorrows suv for todays family. Current eligiblem w ners get up to 16 belomsrp on most of these buick models. V or get just 7600 on this 2019 enclave avenir, thats 13 . Ping families in need is the number one goal for the Fauquier County food bank. Ns thats right. They feed doze of families every day, and donations help keep their shelves stocked. News 4s mollette green is working with more on their food drive and how you can hp. Were inside the food bank here, and, look, when people come here, they get a real Grocery Store like experience. It feels really good in here, but the shelves, many of them, are empty, so what do we want to do today . Stock the shelves. Stock the shelves reporter but you can donate tat any time tha they are open. I want to bring in the Fauquier CommunityFood Bank Director sharon ames to talk about the need, and one particular story that comes to mind, a father and son that you met. A father and a 4yearold son came to the store and told me they hadnt eaten for two days. I gave them cracker around soup and the little boy put the crackers in his mouth so fast that he choked on it and the fathan couldnt open the c of soup because he didnt have a can opener. Reporter you need not just food donations and diapers, but things that will help families. Absolutely reporter in some ways. Absolutely. Can openers, diapers, many, many things. Reporter all right. So we have so ny people in the community who helped throughout the year, but we want to continue that support and even croppmecalfe is in on this and tim cropp is here. We would like to present you with a check for 2,000 and hopefully that will help you stock your shelves. Reporter thank you very, very much. And for every dollar that is donated we c 4 buy worth of food. We can do that, and when can we do with that money . Stock the shelves. A great story. You dont often thin