Roanoke area. Well have more on their lives in just a minute. State police say they were able to track the alleged shooter up i81 where it hits i 66 which is where a trooper started following him. Bruce leshan picks up the story from his live location which is just off i66 near front royal. Bruce . Reporter yeah, lesli, you know, it was just minutes after troopers started following the troubled reporter that he crashed just the other side of these trees here. All right, guys. Hes got something in his right hand and he reached for something. Reporter the troopers knew that Vester Flanagan was armed and dangerous. His picture from the shooting scene had been flashed around the world. Not yielding. Going to call it as a pursuit call. Copy in pursuit now, subject did not stop. Reporter the pursuit did not last long. 104, shots fired. Comb shots fired. Reporter within minimum copy shots fired. Reporter within minutes troopers heard a gunshot and a crash, although it is still not clear in what order. He shot himself. I just witnessed it. Reporter it was 11 year veteran pam never who first spotted Flanagan Pam Neff who first spotted flanagan. As soon as the information was entered into my license plate reader that vehicle had just came up as a hit that it passed me minutes earlier. Reporter the processor scans every license plate in its field of view. Flanagan had a troubled history as a reporter fired from several different stations including wdbj. After many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him and he did not take that well. We had to call the police to escort him from the building. Reporter on his twitter pain before it was taken down two tweets page before it was taken down two tweets seemed to refer to the slain journalist. One said adam went to hr on me after working with me one time. Another said alison made racist comments about me. They hired her after this . Hes one of the people who came to mind instantly when we heard about the incident. Reporter now plenty of tv reporters and photographers have felt vulnerable out alone in the dark in places where there have been rapes, robberies and murders, but this was a story about tourism at Smith Mountain lake and as the general manager said, he had no idea that this guy was capable of this kind of violence until he opened fire. Live in Fauquier County bruce leshan, wusa9. You just dont think it will ever happen on a story like that or at all. Yeah. Well, a 23 page manifesto Vester Flanagan sent to Media Outlets could give investigators some clues into what drove him to kill. In it he claims he bought the jun following the Church Shootings in church bought the gun following the Church Shootings in charlottesville. He claims he was picked on by white women and black men. Tonight were learning more about the journalists who died in the shooting and the lives theyre leaving behind. Ellison barber is here in the studio now to tell us more about alison and adam. The two worked as a team at wdbj over a year. People who knew him say they both were loved at work and at home. Adam and i worked the same Early Morning shift. Alison parker and adam ward spent many mornings together reporting every kind of story in every type of weather. They both grew up in virginia, went to college here and both started their careers as internals at wdbj. Colleagues say it was a place where they excelled. Alison was smart and ambitious. Adam was a capable photographer who would go the extra mile to get the job done. Reporter the station was more than for the two. It was also a place where they bothun fod love, he with a producer, she a fellow reporter. In an instant both of their lives were taken, lives on air as thousands watched, but that horrific moment isnt the one families and friends seem to remember. Its these voices. In sound adam ward news 7 sports. Hey, everyone, im Alison Parker. Reporter and these smiles of two people who lived their life to the fullest. Friends say Alison Parker adored her family and called her parents every morning. In an interview with our partners at the Washington Post her dad said their grief is unbearable and he doesnt know if there is anyone in this world or another father who could be more proud of their daughter. Our mart goes out to the entire family, both the wdbj family and the families of alison and adam and all pete who knew and loved them so much. All the people who knew and loved them so much. So many people are just heart broken over this tragedy and youre leaving your comments on our wusa9 facebook page. We invite you to continue to do that. Log on and tell us how youre feeling. Theres also some sad news from the national zoo tonight where the smaller of the panda cubs born over the weekend has died. Surae chinn joins us now live from the zoo with more. Surae . Reporter lesli, it is a sad day at the national zoo and, in fact, the Panda Care Team says they are devastated, but right now they are focused on the surviving cub thats now thriving with mei xiang. The cub that passed away was spending the night with mom in the den overnight, but when the Panda Care Team went to retrieve the little cub this morning, they noticed it was weak are and had breathing weaker and had breathing issues. They tried some techniques, thought it was getting better, but then it died at 2 05 this afternoon. May xiong was having trouble mei xiang was having trouble caring for both of the cubs at the same time. The cubs were born on saturday. The Panda Care Team has been here when bao bao had a twin that was still born. Despite their great efforts, they couldnt save the cub. You have the awesome responsibility of helping a mother panda care for those cubs, i mean its such an honor and at the same time the superhuman efforts that that staff made to keep this cub alive, i mean the entire panda house was filled with the best medical, the best Animal Care Team in the world. Reporter we do know that there is a very low success rate when it comes to panda cub twins being born in the wild and that is why that they used the swapping out method one cub at a time. That is the technique that the chinese use to hopefully have both cubs survive, but in this instance unfortunately that did not happen. A necropsy will be underway to determine exactly why and how this little cub died. At the national zoo surae chinn, wusa9. We were just pulling for both of them, but sadly it was not to be. Surae, thank you. It was another wild day on wall street. The dow climbed more than 600 points. That is the third biggest gain ever as the market finally breaks its losing streak. Lets take a look at the numbers. The dow finished up 619 points, the s p up nearly 73 points and the nasdaq up 191 points. Youre looking live at the Washington Monument which reopened to visitors today after an elevator outage left several people stuck at the top of the structure tuesday evening including two pregnant women who had to be carried down the stairs. Earlier this summer the monument was closed for several days due to electrical problems including elevator outages. Today a judge formally sentenced colorado Movie Theater gunman james holmes to live in prison. That was the judges only option after a split jury decided the sentence earlier this month. A unanimous jury verdict is required for a death sentence in. 2012 holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 others when he opened fire in a crowded Movie Theater. Were learning more tonight about a peaceful end to yesterdays hostage situation at a West Virginia high school. It took a preacher, teacher and police to persuade the 14year old to release 27 fellow students. Not a single shot was fired. It was the pastor who finally convinced the teen to drop his weapon. The pastor said that student snapped after excessive bullying. We are just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. A new report confirms what many of us already know. Scott broom tells us about the traffic misery in d. C. Coming up at 5 30. Howard . Well, a beautiful day, ragweed high, but im telling you it is gorgeous. Question have temperatures which barely made it into the 80s in spots. Im tracking the 5 00 update and ill show you when its going to get hot again in a few minutes in weather. Plus 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, well revisit one of the towns hardest hit by the deadly storm. Plus a day after an on air confrontation, donald trump isnt backing down, the latest from the campaign trail coming up. i aerial footage from indianapolis where a suspect in a stabbing stole a victims car and sped through downtown streets as commuters walked to work this morning. People were hit in what the citys police chief called a rush hour mini reign of terror that only l ended when the man crashed only ended when the man crashed the car leading to the arrest. This man helped one of the victims out on the street. I seen the girl get struck, you know. It freaked me out, you know. Now the woman who was stabbed is in the hospital in stable condition. The hit and run injuries vary. The most serious was a person who sustained a severe led injury after being hit on the sidewalk head injury after being lit on the sidewalk. Business mogul done hit on the sidewalk. Business mogul donald trump is not backing down after a dustup with a journalist over immigration. Mark albert has the latest. Reporter donald trump is leading his republican rivals in every poll and holding the largest gop rallies. Hes also continuing to pick his biggest fights with journalists. Sit down. Go ahead. I have the right to ask a question. No, you dont. You havent been called. I have a right to ask a question. Go back to univision. Reporter trump dismissed jorge ramos at a News Conference after he did not wait to be called on and started questioning trump cutting off another journalist. He just stands up and starts screaming, so, you know, maybe hes at fall, also. Ive been a journalist for 30 years. Ive been all over the world. Ive never been thrown out of any press conference from any interview. This is not cuba or venezuela. Reporter trump is also continuing his nearly three week long fight with fox news anchor megyn kelly tweeting his displeasure with her questions at the first gop debate. Its difficult to think of anything that is comparable in modern president ial politics. Reporter larry savatos studies politics at the university of virginia. He says trumps battles will likely catch up with him. The more controversies that donald trump is in, the less likely it will be that voters concerned about electability will choose him 36789. Reporter mark albert for cbs news, washington. The latest poll from New Hampshire this week shows trump with his most commanding lead there yet at 35 , three times as much as Ohio Governor john kasich who is in second place. This weekend marks a decade since Hurricane Katrina slammed into mississippi and today those scars remain. They are still working to bounce back. A new bridge welcomes visitors and habitat for humanity has built 140 new homes there. May have some houses we can actually live in as opposed to tents in our yard and tents. All the new mes built by habitat for humanity are in a flood free zone. Katrina did hit mississippi. People think it hit louisiana, but they were the breach of the levee system and they were spared the brunt. I lived there from p. M. 89 to 94, so its very painful from knowing that place as intimately as i do what happened in that place a decade ago still knowing people that live there at the time. I had a friend that called up and said should we evacuate . I said youve got four kids. Why wouldnt you evacuate . They went to vicksburg, mississippi, and stayed with family in an apartment. My uncle stayed with family in detroit for a good long time, so you can see when you go back theres still a lot of change coming. And a lot of scars that have not healed yet. We have a Tropical Storm were watching and it may threaten parts of the u. S. Next week. This is Tropical Storm erica and we look at it on satellite first, kind of ragged, a little weak. Its had some dry air to battle. So its not gotten stronger. Thats a good thing. In despite of that we do have some watches and warnings. Currently winds are at 45 Miles Per Hour sustained right at the center. That may be generous from the Hurricane Center. In any event, Tropical Storm warnings in Antigua And Barbuda late tonight about 45 Miles Per Hour. Theres no strengthening forecast by the Hurricane Center for a few days, but the virgian islands, puerto rico all under Tropical Storm warnings. Expect the storm to pass near the port of puerto rico thursday about 8 15 eastern time. Tropical storm watch in parts of the bahamas. Erica will track right over those areas as we head toward friday and saturday and potentially into the central and northern bahamas in the weekend up toward the north. Now earlier the trek was toward miami. Now its been turned more to the north. This is five days out. This will change as to where exactly its going. If youve got any interest in florida, relatives down there, this is something to watch. Its not panic time because this could curve out to sea or slide south, but definitely we got to watch this. Itcould be near hurricane strength as it approaches ft. Pierce here monday afternoon, but it could still go west, straight, east. Weve got a lot of time to watch this. What were watching around here, some beautiful weather, great evening. Humidity levels were only at the 30 range right now, 80 14 and it just feels really at nice out there. Were at 80. Its only 79 in frederick, the mountains in the 50s in the highest elevations, 79 in fredericksburg. Its just gorgeous. I mean this potentially is going to be the nicest stretch of the summer because i still think weve got a couple days before the heat and humidity really start to return. For tonight well see homes in town in the 60s and right on the bay in annapolis, but most of the suburbs especially north and west will be in the mid to upper 50s. Southern maryland will be 60s and a beautiful stretch of weather for a couple days. Nats are in town, got a homestand and saturday night its a preseason game in baltimore. Weather should be fine for that. Tonight general range 55 to 65 and we could see a few spots toward 50. We will see 40s in the mountains, clear to partly cloudy, nice and cool again. Tomorrow great morning, get out, enjoy it, sunny and pleasant. In the afternoon if you can cut out of work were, do it, low 80s, partly sunny early, do it, low 80s, partly sunny. Thursday 85, friday a stray storm and rain chances staying low through the weekend, 88. Sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday its going to get hot again. It is august, after all. Theyre in the low 90s and isolated to stray storms in the afternoon. Thanks, howard. A Northern Virginia bridge has a new name honoring a trooper who died in the line of duty. Right after the break as entertaining as those crash tests are to look at, there are some new methods to tell you which vehicles are the safest. Plus were on twitter right now. Tweet us wow. 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