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Im eun yang, news4 midday starts right now. Im Megan Fitzgerald in reston where fire broke out at about 6 40 this morning at this townhouse behind me on Purple Sage Court. In Fairfax County firefighters arrived on scene and say they saw flames shooting out of the first floor window that is boarded up. They had to rescue a couple that were upstairs. Were told who dogs and two cats lived inside, unfortunately they did not make it out alive. Investigators tell us this all happened at around 6 40 th...

Im molette green, live outside the main gate here at ft. Meade. Just got word the suspect is now in custody. Anna rundell county Police Tweeted that information a short while ago. They found him hiding outside a wooded area close by. We want you to take a look at video we just got in. Brand new video showing the damage done to a gate at ft. Meade outside the rock in bok interest after the suspected carjacker crashed into it, into the fence there and ran inside the base. All of this touched off a...

Highs in the mid to upper 60s. 70s return tomorrow and here is larry miller. All right. Metro single tracking going on. This is south capital street. No problems. Right now over to you. South carolina is under a state of emergency following days of relentless rain. The flooding so bad in the State Capitol of columbia. Rescue crews cannot keep up at this point. 40,000 people without power across the state. South carolinas governor, nikki haley is saying the flooding is unprecedented. We have unse...

Lier. We dont know how serious the injuries are. We will stay on top. Story and you can look for uptes through the day on the wusa9 news app. Now to the latest on the high water in Prince Frederick maryland in calvert county. Sky 9 was over the scene this morning where some residents of a trailerpark are staying put despite being surrounded by floodwaters. People were evacuated last night. It took rescuers two hours to get more than a dozen people to safety out of the halloween park. There were ...

Hunt for the man who sexually assaulted a woman at knife point who had climbed in to the mans car, mistakingly thinking that he was the uber driver. Police found no evidence that he was the driver for the ride service. Bruce leshan is live on the street in northwest and bruce that she got in to the wrong car . Reporter well that is what police are saying, although that it is still unclear how she got in to the wrong car. Requested a vehicle, a ride on uber they send you a picture and name of the...

Bartender hasnt served her and i know some people say so. Reporter is it possible that she was inside . Everything is possible. Reporter the elite search and rescue Team Virginia Task Force One continues to search for graham in and around charlottesville and now 1,300 miles away in galveston, texas, where matthew was captured. No clue is too small. Its not our job to determine whether things are relevant or not. Its our job to find things, turn them over to the investigators and they determine w...

To our other top story tonight. Prince georges county Police Identify the mother of the baby thought to be abandoned. Police confirm she is the woman who claimed to have found baby in her yard in beltsville and called 911. Were hearing from our viewers who say they are happy the baby is safe but they are asking why would a mother do this . When we spoke with Khiani Jackson on wednesday, she said she discovered the baby in her grass that morning. I cleaned her off. I got her a onesie, a diaper. I...

Charlottesville tonight. Debra alfarone, wusa9. You can certainly understand all those feelings out there in charlottesville. Hannah graham is the fifth young woman in five years to have vanished within miles of route 29. Thats the main highway through charlottesville. Peggy fox talks to family members of two of those victims and she tells us about a new tool that some colleges are using to keep students safe. It feels like youre Walking Around with your skin sliding off. It is hideous. Reporter...

Carmel Research Center as well. And the full 25 letters of report the Science Committee received for this legislation. I have no other requests for time but before i reserve, i want to thank the three original cosponsors we have on the floor tonight. And i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas reserves. This is a good bill that will improve services. The results of the changes contained in this legislation, it will be more timely and accurate forecasts that will protect lives...

Seem to shift onto its right side. We know that about 200 people were on the train, 8 to 10 cars derailed, at least two on their side. We have heard reports of 50, 60 people injured, lacerations, broken bones, things like that. We know that an ntsb team is on their way, search teams, as you may be showing on the video looking with flashlights. They are hoping to get floodlights from the Police Department soon. The First Priority is search and rescue anybody inside the wreckage first. Then they w...