Coming down in some locations. Well take a look at when you can expect the cooler trend to stick around. Thats all in a couple minutes. Thanks. Developing first at 4 00 a local man featured on the popular mtv show catfish is accused of making terror threats against metro. Now he is in a d. C. Jail facing some serious charges. And wentdy . Better known as kid cole. He appeared on catfish last year posing as a rapper to allegedly scam a fan online. Metro transit officers arrested him this morning and he is accused of making threats against stations buses, trains for the past five months. All of those threats turned out to be false but some had some big impacts. January he called 911 calling people from france saying he planted bombs around the potomac metro station. The station had to be shut down and was swept for bombs. Two days later, police say he called again, threatening to take hostages on a metrobus. Kill them if he wasnt paid a 15 million ransom. And according to police in his most recent call two weeks ago he claimed his nephew was planning to blow up a metro station. Transit police say they recognized his voice from that tv show and they used cell phone records from the stations and the buses to identify stone coleman. Mark will look at the threats. Thats coming up at 5 00. Back to you. Thanks. Breaking news, the department of defense is trying to get tonight bottom of a major biohazard mistake. U. S. Officials tell nbc news that live samples of the deadly anthrax bacteria were accidentally shipped from a facility in utah. Shipments were sent to maryland and virginia and seven other states. They were supposed to contain inactive samples for training and research. All samples have been secured and there is no risk to the public. First at 4 00 were seeing the first Public Comments from daron wints father. So far he is the only person charged in the murders. The Statement Reads in part i would like the flame of the victims to know that our thoughts and prayers are with them. We did not know them. But my family and friends also grieve this tragic and senseless loss. It pains me that my son who lived with me and my wife his stepmother for a brief period over the years is charged with this crime. This violence is in no way an indication of the life we live or the values that my family embraces. Dennis wint also shared his thoughts on what should happen if his son is responsible for this crime. That part of the story ahead on news4 at 5 00. A local police chief could face charges of wrongdoing while in office. Court documents accused the police chief Stephen Walker of voiding a parking ticket for the towns mayor. He is accused of telling his department to leave the mayors car alone despite an expired registration. Prosecutors say theyre looking into the case to determine whether there is enough evidence to move forward. An attorney for the chief says his client is innocent. Right now, parents in Montgomery County are concerned after a case of tuberculosis is confirmed in school. Rockville high the principal there, sent home a letter with students yesterday. The letter says the person with tb is being treated and is no longer at the school. The school is not saying if that infected person is a teacher or a student. Coming up chris gordon reports on what is being done to protect those who are still at the school. The family of a little girl beaten up on her school bus is now suing Prince Georges County. This cell phone video appears to show kids slapping and hitting the 9yearold girl. It happened three weeks ago in landover as the bus left the elementary school. The family says the bus driver told the kids to stop heckling the girl but he didnt actually step in. Today they filed a lawsuit against county, the school board and administrators. Im still concerned this type of climb that allowed this type of bullying exists. And we hope to address that through this lawsuit. Well hear from that little girl when Prince Georges County bureau chief Tracee Wilkins joins us. First at 4 00 the play ground fire in maryland. A Howard County teenager is now charged with arson. Firefighters arrived at the Huntington Park in columbia around 5 30 yesterday. The team is standing nearby with black soot on his fingers. Theyre now trying to determine if he is linked to several other play ground fires in the the county. Get toward pay more to park in the district. Today d. C. Council passed its budget with an attempt to sentence parking meter hours. The fines will go up by 5. The vote avoids the mayors proposal to trays sales tax as well as on parking garages. It takes place in october. If you have to drive through foggy bottom construction crews are repairing the damage to a garage that occurred may 1st. A former sheriff in virginia wants his old job back. Leesburg today reports Stephen Simpson will announce his run next week in Loudoun County. He will run as an incumbent challenging mike chapman. Top soccer officials cowering behind a bed sheet as theyre arrest asked taken out of the hotel. A scandal that is rocking the worlds most popular sport. The obesity epidemic appears to be getting worse. Angie goff examines the rates in the dmv and the Ripple Effect on our well being. Why are cit just into our newsroom. The orioles game against the Houston Astros has been delayed because of the weather. No word on a new start time. We are watching that. And watching the storm potential here in the washington area. Veronica will be along with an update in a few minutes. Todays arrests may be just the beginning. Now swiss investigators are looking into the process for the next two world cup tournaments. This afternoon 14 people involved with fifa are under arrest. It is the governing body of the soccer competitions and they are accused of numerous crime. Racketeering Money Laundering as well as bribes and kickback thats brought in 150 million. They were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and to protect the integrity of the game. Instead they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to enrich themselves and their interests. Fifa officials were arrested on friday. Fifa says they welcome the investigation. A ferry carrying fertilizer may be at risk of exploding in the north sea off the coast of a german island. The crew abandoned ship yesterday after smoke began pouring from the hold. Planes are dropping water on the ship in hopes of holding off an explosion. Residents along the coastline are reporting a strong odor possibly due to fertilizer fumes. For two schools in new jersey the school year will enwith a sexting scandal. 19 middle and High School Students in south new jersey are facing charges. This all started when a student told School Leaders that a group of guys were sharing a picture of her friend. One adult is also charged in this case. A Montgomery CountyHigh School Student tests positive for tuberculosis. How Health Officials are making sure the patients classmates dont have the disease. He is a hip hop superstar loved by millions. Why are leaders in one city taking public shots at jayz . Loudoun county virginia Frederick County dropped from our severe storm watch. What you can expect as we step into the evening early tomorrow puerto ricos Healthcare System is on life support. Putting three and a half million Puerto Ricans at risk. Its an outrage. Puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. The headlines tell the story. Unfair treatment from washington. Thousands without medications. Its a crisis that could imperil the whole economy. President obama must act now to protect care for three and a half million u. S. Citizens. Before its too late. Storm team 4 is tracking our storms this afternoon. Meteorologist Veronica Johnson will have an updated forecast in a few minutes. But first, the health scare at a Montgomery County school. One person has been confirm to have been suffering from tb. Thats right. Chris gordon reports rockville with what is being done for students and teachers on campus. Reporter here at Rockville High School they are not saying whether it was a teacher know student or staff member who came down with tb but we are told that the individual is being treated and is no longer here at the school. The school sent home a letter to parents and guardians informing them it is compiling a list of everyone who came in close contact with that person between february and may. A followup letter will be sent to anyone who needs to be tested. Free screenings will be held at the high school next thursday. It consists of a blood test sent out to a lab. If anyone needs followup testing theyll be sent for a chest xray. Today i asked the Nurse Practitioner who runs the county Tuberculosis Control Program about the symptoms of tb. A chronic cough, lasting three week or more. Night sweats coughing up blood, fever, chest pain loss of appetite weight loss. Reporter she adds that tb is treatable and the county Health Department has held screenings like the at other Public Schools before. Coming up parents react to the news that some of their students may have to undergo screening for tb. Thanks. We just posted some important fears and go facts about tuberculosis on our nbc washington app. Just search tb. Can you spell pressure . Thats what dozens of youngsters are feeling right now at the Scripps National spelling bee. The preliminary rounds are underway right now at national harbor. The championship round takes place tomorrow night. The winner walks away with a coveted title. Plus 30,000 and other prizes. 11 students from virginia maryland and the district are taking part in todays preliminary round. Well hear from some of them coming up at 5 00 and 6 00. Also think you have what it takes to beat the best spellers . We have a quiz that challenges you. Like the National Spelling bee on our nbc washington website. Simply search spelling bee. Good luck. I wish the words were as easy as pressure. Unfortunately theyre not. Officials in colorado are calling out jayz. He said water is free. The rap mogul was promoting, he said water is free music is 6. But no one wants to pay for music. You should drink free water from the tap. That got water officials pretty steamed in denver and they published an open letter giving him the 411 on the true cost and value of water. We live in the west where water is a precious resource. We bring water across the state. Folks may not think about what it takes to get it to you until it may not be there. The Denver Water Department letter goes on to fupt cost of water in business terms of it notes that his last album sold more than 500,000 companies at 6 each. Which the Officials Say is enough to buy 1 billion gallons of water. Thats a whole lot. Are we going to get some water falling from the skies . Were under a weather alert this afternoon. Its been a weather alert day. Weve had a handful of severe warnings and we could see one or two more. Were not going to see any widespread severe weather. Certainly we could see one or two more Warnings Issued for the threat of some high winds. Were on the southern tail. Areas from d. C. Right up here will hit philadelphia up into the new york area. For our friends in baltimore and around jardsville. Some moderate to heavy rain on twitter. Really coming down at times. Look at the rainfall rate earlier around columbia maryland close to two inches and a half per hour. Thats all sliding up. Back into columbia maryland right up by 29 and 95. During the Late Afternoon hours we could see another boundary set up here and then slowly start to sink southward into Southern Maryland. Not under that severe thunderstorm watch. There could be some high winds. Right on the couples there as well as the heavy rain. Were very low for a tornado watch the rest of the evening as well as hail. The highest threat for us is that seeing some high winds and heavy rain which would mean down pours and possibling on roads. Some locations have gotten a chance to cool down. Into the 60s, but not Reagan National airport. We dropped to the mid 70s by 11 00 p. M. Under a partly cloudy sky. Heres your future weather. 5 00. There are some showers and storms west of us around leesburg and frederick. These have been moving pretty slow off to the east. 20 to 30milesperhour. So it is possible that right in d. C. , we could get more rain. But it is Southern Maryland that i think well see that line kind of start to energize again a little bit during the evening hours. By the time we get on 9 00 10 00, it is pretty much gone. Early tomorrow morning, some patchy fog. Throughout the day, an isolated shower or an isolated thunderstorm. I know there are still graduations going on. Tomorrow, not as big of a day to worry about the heavy rain coming through. We start the day 66 to 72. Plenty warm. Not as muggy. By the afternoon we get once again close to 90 degrees. When can we expect this heat to break . Not a heat wave but very soupy, very steamy. Well have that coming up in a couple minutes as we take another look at the radar. Should any warnings be issued . Ill get back to you. Some new alarming obesity statistics coming in. Where your state ranks. 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Next door in virginia number 23 on this survey which is pretty consistent to where its been in past years. You dont have to go far to find one of the worst. West virginia needs the most work. Coming in at number 49. West virginia though only outdone by the state of mississippi which fared worse in the survey. If you mosey over to the islands of hawaii it ranked the least obese of all 50 states. The National Obesity rate if we look at all the numbers. This is magic number. 27 . There you go. This is the highest obesity rate by the way ever. We didnt forget about d. C. We know a lot of you live out there. This is a situation. It was ranked in the survey but we did learn about the overall obesity rate in d. C. Were talking about the washington, arlington, alexander re. A it is 14th. We want to know what this means. To break it down were talking about lower obesity rates and how theyre linked to better social relationships. Also you can add Financial Security to that list and not surprisingly physical health. Bottom line researchers say local governments need to focus on ways to lower these numbers to improve their communitys well being overall. And we posted a link to the entire study on our website. Just search obesity. With the cost health care, that will only get more and more important. A pop star just made some power player history. What taylor swift now has in common with hillary clinton. And what vehicles need to be pulled off the road and why. Government protesters released their predictions for the 2015 Hurricane Season. Why they say it could be below average. Storms are flaring up in parts of maryland and virginia. Veronica johnson is tracking it. Right now at 4 30 we are still under a weather alert. Some of the storms that are forming only the could bring heavy rain lightning, even potentially strong winds. Were seeing a lot of those heavy clouds out there. No lightning currently on storm team 4 radar but we have seen that throughout the a with the warnings up earlier. No warnings and just some moderate pockets of heavy rain. Advancing east and now more toward the northeast. Baltimore, you can see it around Montgomery CountyHoward County. Thats where some of the heavier rain is currently. 695 baltimore down toward columbia. 95 maryland city. What were seeing here around gaithersburg, that will make its way toward lleytonsville area. Our temperatures will start to come down a little bit but still, tomorrow will be plenty muggy and plenty warm. Your pedestrian forecast tomorrow morning. Upper 70s with a little bit of patchy fog around. And were quite warm between 8 00 and 10 00 with the temperatures pushing into the low to mid 80s. Ill tell when you we can get a real break from the high humidity and get another day without the thunderstorms. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Weve got some good news on the eve of Hurricane Season. Weather experts predict six to 11 Tropical Storm this is year. They expec