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WRC News4 At 5 June 28, 2016

Diverted. Back to you. Lets check in with doug with severe thunderstorms. Its daily this time of year. Thats why we are in red mode here. We have Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. This is down to the south. New storm including Rappahannock County and fauquier county. You can see a warning in frederick, Loudoun County, Fairfax County as well as Prince Williams. Now, take a look, these are the storms that were watching. These are the strongest to the north. Very strong winds and we have chopper 4 up over Montgomery County and, wow, look at that picture here. A very ominous picture of the showers and storms moving in. You can see the very dark clouds at the top of your screen. Those are the clouds that do not have rain. The lighter clouds is where the rain is. You can see the very low cloud hanging there. Its a result of the rain cooling the air and then lifting it back up as the warm goes ahead of it. The storms move through the night tonight. Lets zoom in and do a couple of zooms here. Lets zoom in to this guy. Its going to make its way through Fairfax County and about two weeks ago, were not seeing that hail that will continue to move along 50. Its going to be near chantilly in the next 20 to 30 minutes. We continue to keep you posted on all of these storms. There could be more to come and thats why we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 10 00 all right. Well stay in close touch. Doug, thank you. Dramatic moments after secret Service Officers took down a man who walked up to a white house gate carrying a gun. An officer wound up shooting the man before taking him into custody. This happened last month and yesterday a judge ordered him held until trial. Ahead, our chris gordon will talk about how agents handled that takedown. Police pat collins is live at d. C. Headquarters where were expecting an update on a shooting soon. Pat . Reporter wendy, the investigators are looking into the possibility that this could be the case of suicide by cop. And that the man who died may have called 911 on himself. It happened on two apartment buildings on varnum street northeast. Police say a man with a gun in his hand, yelled for him to drop it but they say he raised that gun and as he did, police opened fire madeleine lives nearby. I heard, drop the gun, drop the gun, and then murmuring and maybe a few shots from the cops and then a few seconds later, six gunshots and it was very loud, very sharp and my ears were hurting a little bit. Repo incident but its unclear as to what is on it or when well get a chance to see it. Ill be back with more at 6 00. Wendy, back to you. Pat, thank you. Thanks, pat. Walter fauntroy hugged his wife after being released from jail. A judge cleared the way for him to go home. Tom sherwood is live from leesburg. Tom . Reporter jim, this has been a long ordeal for walter fauntroys family and his friends. The reverend walter fauntroy, 893 and walking carefully, leaves the loudoun wife dorothy for the first time in nearly five years. A spokesman for the civil rights leader and former member of congress from d. C. Says fauntroy is happy to be home. He was so happy to get some American Food and he wanted a hamburger, french fries and a coke when we got to the airport. Reporter hes been mysteriously in africa and the middle east nearly losing his home here in foreclosure as he pursued vague business opportunities. A Loudoun County judge released fauntroy who was arrested on monday on an outstanding warrant involving a 50,000 bad check back in 2009. Fauntroy will appear in a Prince Georges County court on that civil case in midjuly. Fauntroy, a right hand to the late Martin Luther king has worried family and friends for years about his health and wellbeing with little contact from him. He looked well, hes happy to be home. Thats the best i could say. Hes hpy reporter fauntroy may hold a press conference with reporters in the next few days. In Loudoun County, im tom sherwood, back to you, jim. Thank you, tom. Police are investigating a deadly accident between a car and a dumptruck. Chopper 4 flew over the scene. This was in bowie. A pt cruiser slammed into a dumptruck at a red light killing the driver of the pt cruiser. He hasnt been identified but he was 58 years old. Police hope new video will help them track down a man who they say shot and killed three people and wounded two other people. Surveillance video shows the suspected gunman running from the crime scene here last friday night. That shooting happened along orleans avenue in forestville. Investigators tell us this video shows the man in a Convenience Store about half an hour beforehand. A new warning to plan ahead as the impact of metr the next maintenance surge starts a week from today and could also delay your air travel. Since it will shut down service between the braddock road a, ad tuss has more about how to get around this. Reporter its going to be tough. Were calling this a double whammy because if you go to or from the airport on metro or ride the blue or yellow lines, this is going tio impact you. Its another complete shutdown of the rail system and will affect hundreds of thousands here in Northern Virginia. Here we go with another safe track surge. It will mean a little extra time for my commute. Reporter this puts Reagan International airport in the spotlight. No trains between braddoctk roa. Im going to my bus route and take two transfers instead of my usual straight shot in. Reporter shuttle buses will be running but they will have to mix in with Northern Virginia traffic and thats not always easy. Weve been fortunate in terms of the things that we are doing out there. Reporter the Airport Authority is asking people to consider uber lyft and taxis during these next surges. We have a robust group of Ground Transportation partners that will help us manage through that. Reporter Pay Attention to the street signs. The city is temporarily prohibiting some Street Parking affected by the surges and some streets will be restricted to buses only. Reporter in the meantime, the surges will pay off. As for riders staying away from the system permanently, the metro general manager is not worried about that. Everybody loves to use the system. They want it t reporter and back now here live, the Airports Authority wants you to take uber, lyft to the airport. The drive around the airport has gotten bad. Coming up in the next hour at 6 00, what they plan to do to deal with that. Adam tuss, thank you. They promised to help protect you from the vehiczika. Our susan hogan looks at whether its worth your money. Were continuing to take a look at this video of the scene unfold after the shooting near the white house last month. We can see how agents subdued that gunman in seconds. This is video youll only see on news4. Plus, a i think 25 new video just in shows a pennsylvania man shot after rushing gate last month. Reporter the shooting of a gunman who approached the white house from the south side was captured on security cameras. News4 obtained the video which prosecutors introduced in court. Its evidenced that the 31yearold of ashland, pennsylvania, you can see him walking towards the south end of the white house ignoring the order to drop the gun. He was given medical attention. We showed the video to a former d. C. Emergency services director. What she did was textbook. Unfortunately, this person wanted to get shot because he wasnt listening to the directions of dropping a weapon and stopping and unfortunately he was shot but it was thing to do by those officer. Reporter he was treated at the hospital and came to the courthouse in a wheelchair yesterday. The federal magistrate ordered him held in custody ruling that he pose as danger to the community. Ahead on news4 at 6 00, when is the secret service justified in using deadly force to protect the white house . Chris gordon, news4. Federal funding to help fight the spread of zika has hit a snag up on capitol hill. Senate democrats blocked the bill. That proposal temporarily lifts permitting requirements for pesticide spraying, permits for them. The gop measure is about half of what president obama originally requested back in february. With the fear of the zika virus spreading, you may that sprays around your home and yard. But susan hogan tells you what you need to know. Reporter mosquito ads are inundating our area. We want to see if it really works. You cant miss the ad. Businesses promising to spray your yard and get rid of mosquito. Homeowners associations spending lots of money to keep homeowners safe. How effective is it . Theres not enough evidence to determine one way or the other. Without knowing exactly what a commercial business is utilizing and of what intensity they are utilizing their method, no way to give you a definitive answer as to how effective it is. This doctor is with d. C. s department of health. When it comes to spraying your yard, he warns that chemic mosquitos. They may be pesticiderelated type chemicals and organictype chemicals. Theres no way to know the specific mosquito. When we do spray, inadvertently, you are affecting all insects in the way of the spray zone. Reporter the epa says make sure the company is licensed and is associated with the professional Pest Control Association and the company has proof of insurance. Experts do say there is one way to reduce the amount of mosquitos in your yard that wont cost any money. Remove water that collects in bird baths and remove the pet bowls daily experts say its the most effective and affordable to and if you choose to hire a company to pray for mosquitos, it may only be as effective as your surrounding neighbors are doing it as well. We have a lot of information for you, including professional Pest Control Associations right now on our nbc washington app. Just search mosquito. Im susan hogan, news4. Cancer doesnt discriminate. It can hit anyone, of course, in any community. But access to treatment can make a big difference when it comes to survival. And part of the cancer Moon Shot Initiative being led by Vice President biden is making sure that the Rural Communities have a better shot at the cuttingedge treatments. In the past, all children with high risk leukemia, regardless of their race or ethnicity, got treated with the same drug. It worked for a lot of children, a lot of children still died. The science of genetic testing, personalized discovering this incredible thing that we have to address. Joining us now is nbcs rehema ellis. How big of a problem is this and how are they changing this apparent big gap in treatment . Well, its a huge problem. Just think. 1. 6 Million People are diagnosed with cancer every year and of that, as you pointed out, as the lead into this, cancer doesnt discriminate where it goes. Even if youre in a community that doesnt have cuttingedge technology and treatment, cancer goes there, too. And what they found is that in new mexico, thats the native american and hispanic population, those children were not responding to the standard treatment. She made it her mission and shes a real force of nature. She made it her mission to do something. What happened was, she collaborated in a rare collaboration and thats part of what this Cancer Initiative moonshot is all about, and that is creating collaboration with some of the top scientists in the country. And they found out that as a result of mutating genes and then sequencing the genes, that they could then personalize the kind of Cancer Treatment for children who are native american and hispanic and theyve increased survival rates. All right. Rehema ellis, thanks so much. We invite you to stay tuned for more on rehemas reporting on this cancer moonshot program. Thats tonight at 7 00 on nightly news. Were keeping an eye on storms popping up around our region. You can see it live on the app and and dougs full forecast next. The explosions at turkeys airport being called a terrorist at the extra crispy colonel. My extra crispy, twenty dollar fillup feeds a family of four. Its crunchy juicy and oh so tasty. Kfc. Its extra crispy good. Woman i have a masurprise for you. Are you . Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. 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It now includes fauquier county, Charles County in through the Southern Maryland area. Frederick county was in the watch. Now theyve been allowed to take that watch out. The reason is, the storms were moving off to the east and you can see a new warning for northern howard county, up towards baltimore. Watching this storm down to the south and west and to the west of d. C. Along 66. This is one of the stronger storms in mt. Airy and right over damascus. Strong winds and lightning. There is a gust front that comes through central Montgomery County. And then there is this storm and there is a warning on it and its not showing a lot here. You can see this gust front right there coming through. There is wind out ahead of the storm itself making its way off towards the south and east. Ch ch chantilly and manassas. Its part of a cold front making its way through the area tonight. This is out ahead of that cold front. Behind that cold front, we see a big change in our weather. First off, lets show you the severe risks tonight. Tornado risk, we take very, very low. High winds, a medium threat. Heavy rain is a big threat there, too. Hail has a lower risk. Really, its the wind and rain that well see. Dark skies, 86 degrees now at the airport. Dew point of 74. So very humid. The heat index is actually 95 degrees right now and now tracking a new warning. Were going to show you that in just a second. 86 degrees in d. C. 85 in quantico. This one right here, i mentioned it coming through portions of Fairfax County. Severe thunderstorm warning for this storm, for faax it does include the city of manassas until 6 15. These have been moving at 25 Miles Per Hour and on this track, as i zoom on in, as you move on down to the south and east, tracking this storm. It will be in places like suddenley springs and cliffton at 5 56. Around sudden sudley springs, thats going to be there in the next 26 minutes or so. Heads up, chantilly, heading your way. Much cooler, lower humidity, high temperatures in the 80s. Another chance on friday. Amelia and i will continue to watch the radar for you. Busy night, thank you, doug. After the deadly flooding in West Virginia we have local crews answering the call for help tonight. Find out how. The getaway driver and the lookout from that terrible r are sent we have new developments on the deadly attack in istanbul, turkey. 28 people are dead and as many as 60 wounded after three up at the airport there. Take a look at this new video coming in. Its believed to show the moment as many as three explosions went off at the airport. Nbcs Richard Engel just arrived at the airport. Reporter a witness told us, a reporter weve been using for many years, that there were three explosions. He was very close to the first one, started to run and then a Police Officer had wrestled an attacker to the ground and then while they were on the ground a short while later, the suicide bomber detonated his device, which its believed that the Police Officer was killed in that attack more panic and more people started to run and then sometime after that we heard and you can see a third explosion which was also a suicide attack. Nbcs Richard Engel who is stationed in 28 people dead after three suicide bombers blew themselves up at the airport in istanbul. At least 60 others wounded. U. S. Officials are saying this bears all of the hallmarks of an isis attack but no group as officially taken responsibility for the attack yet. Well have continuing coverage on the air and nbc washingtons app. And it was an emotional day in court as the getaway driver at the lookout and Clarion Hotel murder were sentenced. The gunman charged with killing the bar manager jesse chavez has already received life for the crime. Tracee wilkins was in court today. Shes live in Upper Marlboro with reaction from the victims family and families of the codefendants. Reporter this has been a long road to justice. October of 201 overthecounter of the Clarion Hotel, holds a gun to a pregnant womans head and demands cash. Wings is serving a life sentence for that brazen robberyturned murder. Today, the lookout and getaway driver got the

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