. "news 4 today" starts now. as we speak, roads are shutting down as d.c. tries to get the new street car project on track. we'll tell you just how long you'll want to avoid this scene. >> and more clouds or sunny skies? look at that picture on this final day of summer break. good morning. and welcome to "news 4 today." i'm adam tuss. >> i'm molette green. the morning routine is about to change for many of you as you get the kids ready to go back to school. >> it's one more day of summer vacation. let's see what kind of weather

we can expect. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joining us. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. molette and adam. i would describe it as an outdoor recess kind of afternoon as the weather picture looks to be improving as the day wears along. still a fair amount of cloud cover out there this morning but i think these clouds are more outbound than inbound. with your forecast a live picture of capitol hill this morning. generally fair sky there. the weather impact on your sunday will be relatively low. there's still plenty of clouds around but not much if anything in the way of a rain threat. storm team 4 radar bears that out. no rain in the viewing area first thing this morning. temperatures generally in the 60s this morning. mid to upper 60s are. a pleasant enough start. a beautiful picture for sure. cloudy, still lingering damnepns this morning, highs in the upper 70s and low 80s and no chance for severe weather today. see you with the seven day in a

few minutes. police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man in okton hills. the deadly shooting happened at the townhomes on glass manor drive not far from the d.c. line. police checked for a shooting. they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead on the scene. new this morning a man was shot in temple hills maryland on good hope avenue and the man then ran to the metro station. you can see metro transit police and county police went there. the man is in serious condition in the hospital right now. police say he is expected to survive. right now, you can't drive on part of h street in northeast d.c. the road is shut down for an emergency drill about the new d.c. street car. police, fire and ems are practicing what to do if the street car derails. you'll see them between 12th and 13th streets in northeast and you'll have to use i or g

streets to get around. you can also expect parking will be limited around there. everything should be open again before noon. in the day ahead, your bus schedule could change. metro is adding new longer busses and changing some of its routes. expect changes on some s routes along the 16th street corridor and on the 70 route along georgia avenue in d.c. metro is adding more 60 foot busses along those routes. now the longer busses will give you more room during the morning and evening rush. also today you can ride the new metro wave bus service in northern virginia. buss have their own dedicated lanes linking the brad dock road and crystal city metro stations on route 1. only the alexandria section is finished. the second phase should be completed by the spring. we're following a developing story in missouri for the fourth night crowds and protesters in ferguson have remained calm. the action there began early yesterday. the unrest started when a police

officer shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown two weeks ago. he was unarmed at the time. about 500 people marched alongside cap tan ron johnson with the missouri highway patrol. >> in fact, there were several generations of marchers from veterans from the 1960 civil rights era to young children. parents explained to the children the importance of what was occurring. it filled my heart and inspired all of us who were involved. we spoke in one voice of preexpression, tolerance and understanding. >> police arrested six people last it in in a separate rally. another group supported the officer who shot brown saying the shooting was justified. tomorrow family and friends will say a final good-bye to brown. president barack obama is sending three white house leaders to the funeral. the reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. the service will happen at the friendly temple missionary church in st. louis at 11:00

a.m. we've seen these pictures of police using armored military vehicles in ferguson during the unrest. now president obama is ordering a review of the federal program that provides military equipment to local police departments. the review will look into whether the program are appropriate they will check on the training provided for using the equipment. investigators will also audit the money used to buy the military equipment. here in the district, several groups gathered to demand justice in brown's death. >> hands up don't shoot. hadn'ts up don't shoot. >> marchers gathered at mount vernon square and marched into the streets of china town. >> i'm proud to say that we saul stand against police violence. we all stand against militarization of the police. >> the protesters marched twice around china town and ended on the steps of the national

portrait gallery. today the national park service will hold a special program to remember the [ inaudible ] of washington, d.c. it happened during the war of 1812. the british burned the white house that day. you can head to the ellipse south of the white house at 11:00 and 3:00 to see a replica of the flag that inspired the star spangled banner. >> coming up this morning we have a tropical system doing some damage. this is one to watch as it moves north. we'll get chuck's outlook right after the break. chuck also has the outlook as you get the kids off to the bus stop tomorrow. his back-to-school and work forecast coming up next. .

right now a tropical depression is heading for the bahamas and it's growing bigger.

take a look at your tv. you can see all the rain dumped there causing widespread flooding in puerto rico. the storm also cut power to more than 3,000 people. i know chuck is watching all of what's going on. >> you bet. >> and how this storm is tracking. >> yeah. absolutely. because statistically speaking september 4th is the peak of hurricane season. >> yeah. >> typically right around the time of labor day is when you need to be most on alert for these type of systems. >> what does that mean like midway through? right at the middle point? >> yep. hurricane season starts june 1st and ends november 30th. if you looked at it all the most number of hurricane occurrences are right around september 4th. we're getting ready to move into the peak of hurricane season and, of course, it always corresponds with labor day. we will have to watch this very, very carefully. i'm cautiously optimistic this thing is going to stay off the east coast of the u.s. there's a long way between now and the time this thing leaves our latitude.

outside on your sunday morning, not a bad looking sky out there at all. a lot brighter picture than yesterday was. that's for sure. i still am a little bit nervous about our east wind and east to northeast wind around here typically does not make for a very clear sky, but so far so good. i think that we'll have a bit of a sunshine challenge late this morning up to about early this afternoon and the farther west you live or travel out towards the blue ridge and shenandoah valley you're probably going to have the clouds a little bit longer. for now a gorgeous picture over washington. 69 degrees at national airport. there's that northeasterly wind, 9 miles per hour and temperatures have cooled below the 70 degrees mark everywhere. 62 now in hagerstown. winchester and front royal 64 degrees. your hourly temperature chart, on the up and up today. we should be stuck in the 60s here through about 8:00 or 9:00 this morning and again the more clouds you see outside of your window right now the longer you'll stay in the 60s. most of the day, though, will be in the 70s. not bad by august standards at

all. i think partly to montgomery countily mostly cloudy at 1:00. it will become a beautiful afternoon and a gorgeous evening so if you're making your plans to go on outside and have dinner tonight it will be outdoor dining at dinner time for sure. temperatures in the 70s under a clearing sky. mild and dry. back to school, kids, yes, indeed. the mall all to myself during the afternoons shortly. mid to upper 60s are for bus stop weather first thing tomorrow morning. comfortably cool. no reason for a jacket and no rain threat for the first whole week of school. here's the tropical system now. there's puerto rico where you saw the video from. this could become tropical storm cristobal over the next 24 hours. the hurricane center keeping a close eye on it. by tuesday it's going to be just due east of the bahamas and miami florida. by wednesday due east of about cape canaveral. this is where it gets

interesting. i shouldn't say all, the consensus of the model forecasts now is for this thing to make a right turn. but anywhere inside that cone has to be watched carefully. that does still include the outer banks as a possibility. so this is going to have to be watched very, very carefully. otherwise, for us, an improving weather picture today and once we're done with the clouds today, we may not have a cloudy sky again until next weekend. we'll worry about that next weekend. for now everything is great. i haven't seen a seven-day forecast with this much sunshine on it in a long time. looking great. temperatures well below average today and tomorrow. near average tuesday. we might do three 90s in a row for only like the third time this summer. >> wow. >> yes. incredible when you talk about how few 90 degree days we've had. >> not complaining. >> thank you. >> all right. next up is "reporters notebook." a look at stories affecting our community. >> that's right. we're back in 15 minutes with

more of the morning's top stories. >> good morning, everybody. i'm jim handly. rm to "reporters notebook." a lot to get to. let's start out in virginia and this week back mcdonnell took the stand in his own defense. any bomb shells and do you think he's having any success trying to paint this picture of a marriage in trouble that they couldn't have conspired all along the way in what has become this corruption case? >> well, we now know that he has said that he is not living with his wife. in fact, he is living apparently with his parish priest, who happens, as i understand it, i believe this is correct, was his great friend of his at notre dame when they went there. and they bonded before the trial. this is part of the defense issue that they weren't that close, their marriage was in trouble, how could they conspire? against that is -- are charges, you know, he was governor, he's the leader of the state, he should have known more. that seems to be where we are on that issue. >> it just seems now it's become

an open therapy session in many ways and we're watching it and the public is seeing it. it could be embarrassing and it probably is embarrassing to the mcdonnell's, but my guess is what they're betting on, it's embarrassing, but is it something -- is it a crime? is it a crime that i don't -- i can't remember what my wife was doing. our relationship is so bad. she's sort of this person who mentally may be a bit unstable. his sister is saying this. so i think for maureen mcdonnell this has been harsh, it's been difficult and i'm surprised she will not take the stand, if only to sort of defend her character at this point. >> scandal 101. what can i sna it's very, very unfortunate this bad marriage has to be played out in public like it has. the former governor has said what he did for this businessman is what he would have done for anybody who wanted access to the government. but yet, for government opportunities. but yet, you know, he did not know or he's claiming he didn't know his wife was doing.

and that's not unusual. even in good marriages. those things can happen. >> we saw some of the first witnesses that the defense brought out, the defense brought out were all building up bob mcdonnell as boy scout, no one more honest, i'd work for him again and it seems as though the former first lady has been thrown under the bus in recent weeks. is there any risk in that, you know, where she's painted out to be the villain in all of this? >> i think you have something that's not being talked about here and it could be sort of a gender issue because we have sort of the crazy wife that we don't know anything going on where we have a governor that's a male in control of the state but yet this wife -- it can harken back, we've had these issues when hillary clinton whiz first lady, whether or not she was being demonized. i think that's sort of a story that isn't being talked about much but that could be an issue here that it could sort of go too far with that in demonizing maureen mcdonnell. >> op the law itself, as i've

said several times before on this program, what is the quid pro quo process? what's the quo for the quid pro? what did he do that violated virginia law where you may take huge sums of money apparently and at least right now that's not a serious crime in virginia. in other words, what did he do? and so far, people that court watchers i've talked to say they're wondering if the prosecution has made that case. >> sounds like at this point, exactly. >> one more quick point, remember mcdonnell says on the stand that anyone who cannot take money from a donor and then turn around and vote against that donor's interest does not belong in politics or this business. he's saying i can take money from jonnie williams but i don't have to do his bidding if i'm a good politician. i think that is an interesting point that he made on the stand. >> let's stay in virginia and the issue of same-sex marriage. 11th hour, expected 11th hour

decision from the supreme court to put on hold gay marriages and it came the day before many people were getting prepared, courthouses were getting prepared. what is the future for that hold? what's the next step and how long will some people have to wait in virginia? >> i think that's an undetermined period of time. we don't know. the supreme court is going to have to make a decision and we don't know how long it will take for them to make that decision. these kinds of appeals are coming up all across the country and i think that those folks in virginia just are going to have to hold on and wait until it could take up to a year. >> yeah. the thinking seems to be come in and stay these decisions where they permitted gay marriages to go ahead and when we get enough of them or when they come to a critical mass, it goes to the court and the court makes a decision on the basic issue. seems to be from the people i've talked to that watch the court closely seems to be the strategy at this point.

>> attorney general is saying that the ban is unconstitutional but again he wants it to go to the supreme court. he doesn't want these marriages taking place and you have to go back and roll those back. mcauliffe the governor has said this is sort of a temporary delay of the inevitable. at least from the leader of the state, he's seeing this as something i'm assuming he's thinking the supreme court is going to rule in favor of the ban being unconstitutional in virginia. >> that was my question. you raised the word inevitable. do we see it as inevitable there? >> litigants want this to go to the court most that i'm aware of. they want this court to make the final decision and this is the prelude to all of that. >> all right. we've got a lot more to get to. we're going into the district and in prince george's county and maryland as a whole when we come right back on "reporters notebook." stay with us.

welcome back to "reporters notebook." let's move back into the district and talk a little bit

about an important endorsement from the fraternal order of place to david catania independent for mayor. how much will this help, make a difference and was it a surprise that the police union endorsed him? >> well, i'm not sure how much of a surprise it was. carol schwartz might have been surprised. she thought she shed get it and has gotten their endorsement in the past for other offices. catania is very happy. doesn't hurt to have the fop behind you. the question is will it dissuade voters who wonder about catania's temperament to be mayor, he shoots from the lips sometimes, is very well organized, stands well on the issues in many people's views, but does he have the substantive if you will to really take issues one at a time and not fly off the handle. a lot of people say that's unfair hp pe says himself he's changed. lately he's had a fairly quiet

tenure where he is. remains to be seen. >> what's working against him, bowser has pretty much all of organized labor behind her. his way to say i have a little here. there's 3600 and they don't necessarily vote in one block. i think it's more it looks good for him to at least get some support from organized labor. again how effective that will be, you know, will depend on if you can get them all out to vote and get the 3600 to vote for you, at least at a majority. maybe that makes a difference in a close race. right now doesn't look like it's that close. >> i would say it probably doesn't help that much either. simply because the 3600 don't live in the district. >> that's a good point. >> good point. >> the numbers that may vote in the district may -- won't be significant enough i think to really get him the kind of return that he's looking for. of course, an endorsement is a an endorsement. it's meaningful. to the point of kattcatania's personality, one of the things i

have noticed among voters in the district of columbia, many of them like that temperament. >> yeah. >> and they feel as though if there's an issue that someone's going to be a bull dog about, they know that catania will be that person as it relates to their interest. if he's changed, there may be some voters who are -- end up being unhappy about that. but, you know, he's -- they like ta personality. >> and you say it's not close now. how do we know that and which way is it swinging? >> obviously if we just look at the numbers in terms of democrat versus independent, it helps him that he's independent and not republican. but when you have the city that's 75% a democratic, she just really has to get out the vote. if she gets out the vote she should take it. we talked about this last week. i believe her goal here now is -- she really has to slow walk this down. if catania is going to have a shot it may be in the debates, put bowser on the spot, get her

to commit to certain issue, explain certain things, talk about the $20,000 in terms of this housing issue, whether or not she should give the money back, open it up to an investigation. i think that's what it's going to boil down to. so you really -- you don't see a groundswell of support from ka nan ya, you don't hear there's a groundswell. if it's there it's probably percolating underneath. >> most observers i've talked to believe it's bowser's race to lose. and unless something drastic happens between now and election day, as you say, the debates could prove to be difficult for her or difficult for one of the other candidates. unless something doesn't -- unless something comes up that really lands against bowser and maybe this housing situation where she didn't call for an investigation, she called for a meeting, some people are accusing her of favoritism to this donor, if catania can build on that and move forward, then

he might have something. but so far it hasn't really gone in that direction. >> let's stay in the district and we've got a rise of police report in race related hate crimes they say. the latest report was 18 base hate crimes last year up from 13 the year before, 10 of those victims were white, four were black and four other races too. a surprise these numbers are moving in the wrong direction? >> any time you have a city that's changing like the district has and people are always somewhat territorial and take advantage of opportunities because there's no -- now a greater economic base here and so it's -- and you also have to take into consideration that there's better tracking. so the more you look into the basis of crimes, the more the numbers may get higher just because you're following it. >> that's being done. >> yes. >> and that question is being raised more and more, yeah, around the country. >> you know, any time you get higher figures it's obviously

cause for concern. you have to look in, as you just mentioned, what's happening in the neighborhoods, what's happening with people. what's happening nationally. is this a more tense, the times more tense than before. it's hard to say. but, you know, i think the reaction here from police should be to check into it, to examine it more closely and hope that it doesn't get any higher than it is now. >> they don't want that perception as denise mentioned, you a community that is changing and so you don't want the perception these hate crimes are rising because the community is changing, right. you can look at those numbers and depending on how you want to look at it, you can come up with sort of your own conclusions of why that's happening and so i would think from city hall, they really want to make sure that they get a handle on that and it doesn't really get out of control and the perception goes in the way that they don't want it to. >> while we're on crime and perception, moving into maryland, we saw a spike in recent weeks in domestic violence, particularly in prince george's county.

the faith based community coming out with the states attorney there. talk a little bit about what's being done and how this community is trying to nip this before it really spirals. >> i think in prince george's county it is so important in that county image has always been so important, whether or not they're the lonely stepchild to montgomery county and the little sort of stepbrother or sister to the district, so when you see the states attorney and the county executive all together in a press conference saying that we have to stop this domestic violence, it wasn't just domestic violence, but other violence going on there, that that becomes an issue. especially having angela brooks out there, the states attorney, she stood forward and said this is not a sort of police issue. >> right. >> this is a chance issue. and where she holds sway is remember she was the first full-time assistant district attorney to handle domestic violence crimes in prince george's county. her presence meant a lot. >> a forceful presence. >> denise, your thoughts?

>> the young lady, miss kate, who is the face of domestic violence in prince george's county, whose husband threw gasoline on her and set her on fire and for her message not only to the government, the elected officials, police, but also to women, families, what you need to do. this new 211 number out there in prince george's county, letting folks know they need to take advantage of this phone number and all the resources that are available to help women or men and domestic violence includes children. because we talk about the 3-year-old girl. that's a domestic violence crime. and so, you know, i think it's important that she was there as well to give the face of this issue and what needs to be done. >> what a courageous woman she is too. >> think about mental, i'm thinking about mental illness again and the issues that have come out of so many cases recently and gun shootings and

large-scale gun shootings. we think what was the mental state of the individual. what's the county doing to evaluate mental health. what kind of mental health programs do they have. as you mentioned what kind of caring programs for couples can trouble who seek help perhaps. you have to wonder about those things. are they going forward, being done enough. is the population somewhat more tran gent than before. are more people coming in that might have that difty. i think the mental aspect can't be understood. >> this attempt now to make sure we get into other people's business. so if you see it, report it. even if you're not involved. >> say something. >> say something. >> all right. we have to leave it there. thank you all. great to see you again. and thanks for having us in for "reporters notebook." now back to "news 4 today." enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. "news 4 today" starts now.

>> you understand stealing for a 10-year-old doesn't send the best message for a 10-year-old. >> no, it doesn't. >> this morning, a spotlight on bike thefts. we showed you how crooks get away with it. now the news 4 i-team can tell you the metro stations where most bikes are stolen. >> cloudy skies to start off this sunday. but will it be this way all day? good morning, everyone. i'm molette green. >> i'm adam tuss. a lot of you will be doing some last-minute shopping before the kids go back to school tomorrow, maybe waking them up in the morning. >> summer vacation is over already for so many. we want to get you up to speed with your forecast as you make those ire r errands, those last-minute errands. i have to do shopping. meteorologist chuck bell is watching your forecast closely. it's the last day of fun for a lot of school kids. >> i know it. it's great, isn't it? send them back to school. >> great for me. >> learning.

it's all about learning. outside we go this morning, and absolutely stellar sunrise is in progress right now. check it out from our tower camera. look at that. the bottom of the clouds lit up with some early morning sunshine. a great-looking picture of a rising sun first thing this morning. sun's up at 6:30. it is now 6:31. yes, indeed, the sun is over the horizon. good-looking day outside, nothing on radar right now. i couldn't rule out a few sprinkles in the shenandoah valley later today but not this morning. temperatures are in the mid to upper 60s right now. hometown forecast, frederick, maryland, partly to mostly cloudy, 65 at 8:00 a.m., clearing skies, increasing amounts of sunshine, temperatures in the mid up toer 70s in frederick today. in and around town we might be able to touch 80 degrees. seven-day forecast which has three mentions of 90 degrees in it is coming up in a few more minutes. back to you. >> thank you so much, chuck. right now, there's a no-fly zone all around a volcano that's

starting to erupt. the volcano is in southwestern iceland. this video may look quiet but two big earthquakes hit there overnight. no one was hurt because no one really lives around there. soon scientists say the volcano will fully erupt and begin spewing ash into the sky. right now planes are not allowed within 100 miles of the volcano. in spite of the warnings, the university of central florida is planning to fly past iceland for a football game this week. they'll play penn state in dublin, ireland. about 900 miles from that volcano. we confirmed overnight the ucf team plans to fly on tuesday, but if the volcano erupts their flight could be among thousands that are canceled. >> i bet. today we expect to learn the name of a pilot whose plane crashed in gaithersburg. he's in serious condition in the hospital right now. this happened at the montgomery county air park off woodfield road. investigators say the pilot was

up in the air when he discovered a mechanical problem with the plane. he crashed as he tried to fly back. the faa and the ntsb are both investigating. in anne arundel county police are looking for a van the man fell out and hit his head and died. police say the man was white. todd thomas was found lying in the intersection of meade village road and meade village circle. according to police no one in the neighborhood saw how it happened. investigators say it's possible the driver didn't realize thomas had fallen out of the car. this morning a dad is facing charges accused of trying to steal pepsico utility poles in montgomery county. police say martin frazier and his two sons broke into a construction site on research boulevard in rockville early yesterday morning. they tried to load those poles into a u-haul but the poles didn't fit. someone saw them and called 911. the poles are worth about $25,000. apparently they were planning to

sell them for scrap metal. this morning, we'll show you the metro stations where most bikes are stolen. >> that's right. yesterday morning the news 4 i-team showed you how thieves actually steal the bicycles. we discovered more than 500 bikes stolen from outside metro stations in the past two years. our undercover cameras caught some of them right in the act. news 4's scott mcfarland shows us how the crooks are operating and what metro police are doing to stop them. >> reporter: you've just boarded to go to work the station is emptying, rush hour is ended. sometimes a few crooks stay behind. >> looks like the kid in the gray is going to do it. >> reporter: undercover cameras positioned outside metro rail stations in d.c., virginia and maryland watched a series of bike thieves pounce. early afternoon at the station on the red line, three guys circling. one of them scoping the scene. gives another a thumb's up. a youngerer one cuts the lock

and police converge immediately. metro transit police caught them in moments because these crooks rgeted one of metro's bait bike. metro uses the bikes to catch the thieves. >> to try to capture that crime in progress. >> reporter: undercover cops in plain clothes standing a few feet away. >> police. >> reporter: virginia brad dock road station midday. the crooks an adult, tugging and yanks the bait bike free. news 4 i-team undercover cameras rolling. he tries to ride away but metro police quickly catch him and cuff him. >> why were you trying to take that bike? i wasn't -- it was just sitting there, sir. >> reporter: he tells the news 4 i-team he's taking it for his 10-year-old. >> i wasn't even going to use it myself. i was going to give it to my son. >> you understand stealing for a 10-year-old doesn't send the best message to a 10-year-old. >> no, it doesn't, but he wasn't going to know. i was just going to say i came across a bike. >> reporter: police charged him with grand larceny in court.

the thieves from the other station charged to. one the adult has already pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft. our cameras even spotted a thief swiping a bike seat at the west hyattsville station. the cops nabbed him too. metro transit police records obtained by the news 4 i-team show hundreds of bike thefts each year since 2011. >> a lot of high dollar bikes stolen. not seeing the low-end bikes stolen. >> reporter: police say they've made some progress reducing the number of thefts in recent months but the crooks are changing up. look, the stations crooks targeted most last year, different than the stations they're targeting most this year. metro blankets the bike racks with surveillance cameras. you can watch, cameras capture the images. transit police say you ought to check how you're locking your bike to be safe. >> one to the frame and one to the rear tire and frame. >> the i-team's review found 90% of bikes stolen last year used chain or cable locks.

metro recommends using one of these, a metro bike locker available past the rack outside the stations. they can offer more security than a lock alone. those locks in so many cases as our investigation shows, don't scare off the crooks. >> what about that bike made it the one you tried to take? >> it was just sitting there. >> thieves are targeting bikes at red line stations. metro police report 7 of the most 10 most targeted stations are red line ta includes an attempt made monday a bike thief metro here outside the au station. scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> see this story again and share it on-line. go to nbcwashington.com. click on investigations. there you can also watch a full demonstration of the best way to protect your bike. here at news 4 we're ready to help you get your kids back to school. lots of your kids will be heading back tomorrow. that's the first day for d.c. schools, as well as montgomery,

frederick, charles, howard and allegheny counties. in anne arundel county school begins for first through sixth as well as ninth graders. then the rest of the anne arundel students start on tuesday. that's also the first day that is for prince george's county schools in maryland and page county schools in virginia. we know you want your children looking great for that first day. well as long as they're anywhere from 5 to 18 years old, you can get them a free back to school haircut today. head over to fairfax at the alexander spa on fair lakes parkway. they are asking for donations an the money raised will go to locks of love. tune in to "news 4 today" at 4:26 tomorrow morning for everything you need to know as your kids head back to school. traffic, weather and pictures of our anchors from their first day. >> i'm sure eun is excited about that one and aaron too.

>> aaron said he might not be able to dig up anything. >> got you. >> tune in tomorrow morning for that. back to school is a good time to examine your child's health. the new rules that will require you to do just that before your kid steps into the a classroom. >> traffic alert. the road opening that could improve your ride to work. you're watching "news 4 today."

new developments this week from the terrorist group isis. tuesday it released a horrific video of the excuse of american journalist james foley. now isis threatens to kill another journalist if the u.s. does not end air strikes and the threat is putting pressure on the obama administration for sure. >> that's right. chris jansing is the nbc senior white house correspondent and she is hosting "meet the press" this morning. thanks so much for being here. >> good to be here, molette, adam. >> give us perspective on what's going to happen now.

we're talking about isis and how the u.s. can really strike back and fknock down these guys. iraq and syria, possibility of troops on the ground. nobody wants to see that. >> the president has been saying for some time no troops on the ground. we've been doing the air strikes in iraq. will we extend those into syria. the president has a series of options that are being looked at, including some things that would involve syria. that's very complicated. it's complicated because the person who is at the head of syria, bashar al assad, is not exactly a friend to the country and however, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff signaled earlier this week that isis can't be defeated without going into syria. so how do we do that? there are problems obviously with air strikes. there are questions about how good our intelligence is on the ground. to do air strikes you have to know who you're going after and be where they are. it's not clear that we have the kind of intelligence that would allow us to do that. it's clear since the brutal

execution of the american journalist a lot of things are under review at the white house. >> what a busy time for the president. i mean he tries to go on vacation and he's got all these other issue, ferguson nonetheless, and now answering questions about the militarization of local police forces. >> yeah. >> what are we hearing about that? >> the pentagon had given many of these local police forces what was military equipment so we saw in ferguson, missouri, you saw police officers in camouflage, going in with heavy artillery, you saw them using heavy weapons and the question a lot of people are raising, including the senior senator from missouri, claire mccaskill, is do we need that? the president has ordered this review. it's going to look at mainly two things. is that the right thing to do and if they determine there is a usefulness for it, are the police being trained properly in not just how to use it but when to use it? >> a lot to talk about on "meet the press" this morning. chris jansing, thanks so much for being here. >> thank you. >> and --

>> well reminder you can watch "meet the press" right after "news 4 today" that's coming up at 10:30 this morning. and we have a traffic alert for you. your trip up north, just got easier. the northbound lanes of the interstate 495 bridge in wilmington, delaware, are back open. the bridge spans the christiana river. crews closed the bridge for repairs back in june. several supporting columns were tilting. investigators say a large dirt mound dumped next to the bridge caused the damage. your drive to fort belvoir could be getting smoother. lawmakers in virginia will officially open jeff todd way which will connect telegraph road and route 1. used to be a similar road there more than a dozen years ago. the road should improve traffic and will have a walking and biking path. the road named for jeff todd a community leader who died in a car crash three years ago. students in prince george's county public schools head back to class on tuesday. leaders will allow your children to use mobile phones, tablets

and e-readers in certain cases. students will use tablets and other dre vices for learning purposes as determined by your student's school principal. prior to the change students had to turn off all of their electronic devices in class. your kids are going to need new vaccinations if they're heading back to school. >> there are new requirements in maryland and virginia. as news 4 tells us may be time to take them to the doctor. >> ready to get started. >> reporter: the dreaded trip to the doctor's office. time to get up to date on the vaccinations. >> he is one of the kids scrambling to make sure he has his shots in time for the start of schools. incoming students are missing even one required vaccination they may not be allowed to start class. >> this time of year we have a lot of parents rushing to get their children in for their vaccinations and physicals before school starts. >> reporter: if you live in maryland you better pay extra

attention because the maryland department of health and mental hygiene is requiring new vaccinations for some students. incoming kinder garters must have two chicken pox shots before starting school this fall. seventh graders will need a per tuss sus or hooping cover booster shot called t-dap and meningitis vaccine. virginia has one new requirement this year, incoming sixth graders now need that t-dap booster as well. >> we found that a lot of the children, especially the adolescent children, were not adequately immunized because parents remember to bring their kids in to get their vaccines when they're first starting school but sometimes they don't remember they need these booster doses when they get older. >> reporter: this pediatrician of children's national health system says virginia and maryland's health requirements are in line with national recommendations. d.c. has similar requirements.

while he puts on a brave face for his shots he knows there's a good reason for them. >> so you can be healthy. >> reporter: "news 4 today." >> if your kids don't have those vaccines yet, there are lots of clinics all over our area where you can get them for free. students in the district go back to school tomorrow and you will notice the campuses look a little prettier. nearly 5,000 volunteers spread out to spruce up more than 100 schools across the district. in southwest, we found volunteers of all ages planting flowers outside amden bowwhen mentaltry school. >> to make the school clean for the first day of school on monday. >> this is d.c.'s tenth annual day. >> the first thing we're going to hand out an award for is the young scientist finalist. someone who is much smarter than i am. a big round of applause. >> we want to thank you for listening to that guy yesterday.

lots of you in montgomery county may be extra prepared because you listened to him. i was only a small part of the huge montgomery county back to school fair. in spite of the rain thousands of families showed up to learn about resources for your kids and have fun, of course. it was a really great event. the weather wasn't the best, but the entire parking lot was filled with kids dancing, playing with horses here. they had a whole thing going on. a nice scene and sight to get the kids ready. i asked a couple if they were ready to get up at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> what was that answer. >> didn't luke like they were even awake when i asked them that question. >> push the kids out to the bus top. >> but at least better weather on the final day of summer vacation for those kids. >> yeah. the last week. i wish the whole weekend could have been this nice. unfortunately you're only going to get one sweetheart of a day this weekend. good news, that will be today. if you're already up before 7:00 a.m. on a sunday morning, you know, you're already -- you're

already two steps ahead of the game. outside, on a sunday morning, there's a live view of capitol hill. plenty of early morning sunshine finding the east facing walls of the capitol building. the weather impact on your sunday will be relatively low. we have a fair amount of cloud cover that i think we're going to be dealing with from time to time. not much of a rain threat today. there's a live picture the lincoln memorial, the u.s. institute for peace on the other side of constitution avenue. what a great looking sky out there this morning. 69 degrees at national airport. northeast winds, normally i'm very nervous about a northeast wind around here because that tends to bring in the marine layer off the ocean and means clouds. yesterday was so cloudy, that the air mass coming off the water may actually help to dry things out a touch. outside weather this morning in the 60s. 63 in gaithersburg right now, 68 in edgewater, maryland. your forecast hour by hour here through the rest of the morning, partly to mostly cloudy start. more and more sunshine as the day wears along and i think by lunch time, a fair amount of sunshine coming our way.

nationals took one on the chin from the giants last night. hopefully today will be a little better result. 1:35 for the first pitch. a mix of clouds and sunshine but perfect weather for baseball. temperatures climbing into the upper 70s and low 80s. future weather forecast and the model, your computer model is super optimistic about how much sunshine we're going to get today. i'm going to buy in more than i want to and say yes, i think we have a good amount of sunshine all day long. it's so pretty outside first thing this morning. do know little daytime heating sometimes helps cook up a few showers towards the shenandoah valley as well. keep that in mind as you're making your plans for today. not 100% dry forecast but not looking too bad at all. keeping a close eye on what could become tropical storm cristobal the hurricane center is going to be watching this very carefully as are we at storm team 4. as for now the official forecast track from the hurricane center does keep the center of this storm off the coastline but we're going to have to watch this carefully as it could be

thursday, friday, time frame somewhere off the outer banks or virginia cape. worth watching for labor day weekend around the corner. seven-day forecast time, increasing sunshine today, i didn't break it. it was a mirror and i didn't break it. that's the most important thing. seven-day forecast, 90 degree days wednesday, thursday and friday. i'll figure out how to put this mirror back together. >> it was my fault. thank you, chuck. i'll take the hit. >> thanks. some announcements this morning after a poor showing from the redskins. >> the changes we heard from head coach jay gruden, after the game last night.

good sunday morning, everyone. if you're a redskins fan it was not a great night for you last night. many questions about the redskins' arting quarterback robert griffin iii after the

team lost in preseason game number three. not pretty at all for rg3 and the redskins. they never got into a rhythm. griffin was sacked three times in the game by that ravens' defense and completed five of eight passes for 20 yards and intercepted in the third quarter. rg3 taking responsibility but knows he and his teammates can improve. >> we didn't play very well. the offense goes as i go. i have to play better. i think we shot ourselves in the foot too many times, had too many mistakes. whenever we can get 11 guys working in one direction we're going to be something special and we'll get it fixed by the time houston comes around. skins backup quarterback curt cousins was impressive against baltimore. cousins completed 14 of 20 passes for 122 yards and a pair of touchdowns. don't start the chatter yet as jay druiden says he's confident griffin will get it done week one. redskins are back on the field tomorrow getting close to

their preseason game against tampa bay which will take place on nurs tampa. watch that game here on nbc 4. ha was a look at your morning sports. hope your sunday is a good one. late last night skins head coach jay gruden said this morning staff will begin making cuts to the roster. gruden says the starters will not play on thursday in tampa bay. do they have a quarterback controversy. >> possibly. a terrifying moment for a mother and her kids. she got pulled over, ended up in handcuf handcuffs. why police are c this a big misunderstanding. clouds for now but maybe not later. your hour by hour look at your forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell coming up next. stay with us.

"news 4 today" starts now. new this morning, police swarm a town home community. the crime we're learning that happened there that has officers there much of the night. and more clouds or sunny skies on this final day of summer break? >> good morning. >> good morning. welcome to "news 4 today" in stereo. i'm adam tuss. >> i am molette green. it is sunday morning. let's check the forecast after yesterday. >> we paid the price yesterday. >> yeah. >> that was a full day of rain,

chuck. >> we deserve better. >> you're right. whoever gave that rain forecast for yesterday, take them back and beat them. wait, that's me. give them full credit it's going to be nice outside for the second half of the weekend as adverti advertised. sunshine alreadyg a comack acros the area first thing this morning. that's going to be the case for the remainder of the day. i think we'll have more clouds back into our sky later this morning but on the whole, the trenz is your friend and the trend is for the weather to get better and better as the day goes along. mid 60s shenandoah valley, upper 60s in and around town. bikers get ready to go out on your morning ride today, hour by hour, temperatures climbing through the 70s today, much of the day will be spent in the 70s. not the 80s or 90s. high today around 80 degrees. back into the low and mid 80s tomorrow with full sunshine coming our way. looks like a sunny week ahead but we're watching the tropics, more on that with your seven day coming up. >> new this morning, police are looking for the person who shot

and killed a man in oxon hill. the deadly shooting happened before midnight at the town holmes on glass mapper drive not far from the d.c. line. police checked out a call for a shooting. they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. he was pronounced dead at the scene. new this morning a man was shot in temple hills, maryland, overnight on good hope avenue near the nailer road metro station. police say after he was shot, the man ran to the station. you can see metro transit police as well as county police responded. the man is in serious condition in the hospital right now. police say he is expected to survive. right now, you cannot drive on part of h street in northeast d.c. in less than an hour, police, fire and ems will have an emergency drill there about the new d.c. streetcar. they're practicing what to do if the streetcar derails. you'll see them between 12th and 13th streets in northeast and you'll have to use i or g streets to get around. you can expect parking will be

limited around there. it already is. on a regular day. everything should be open again though before noon. >> in the day ahead your bus schedule could change. metro is adding new longer busses and changing some of its routes. expect changes on some s routes along the 16th street corridor and on the 70 route along georgia avenue in the district. metro is adding more 60 foot busses. the longer busses will give you more room during the morning and evening rush. you can ride the new metro way bus service in northern virginia. buss have their own dedicated lanes on route 1. right now only the alexandria section is finished. the second phase should be completed by the spring. we're following a developing story in missouri for the fourth night crowds and protesters in ferguson have remained calm. the action there began early yesterday. the unrest started when a police officer shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown two weeks ago. he was unarmed at the time.

about 500 people marched alongside captain ron johnson with the missouri highway patrol. >> in fact, there were several generations of marchers from veterans from the 1960 civil rights era to young children. parents explained to the children the importance of what was occurring. it filled my heart and inspired all of us who were involved. we spoke in one voice of free expression, tolerance and understanding. >> police arrested six people last night in a separate rally. another group supported the officer who shot brown saying the shooting was justified. tomorrow family and friends will say a final good-bye to brown. president barack obama is sending three white house leaders to the funeral. the reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. the service will happen at the friendly temple missionary church in st. louis at 11:00 a.m. we've seen these pictures of police using armored military vehicles in ferguson during the unrest.

president obama is ordering a review of the federal program that provides military equipment to local police departments. the review will look into whether the program are appropriate and also check on the training provided for using the equipment. investigators will also audit the money used to buy the military equipment. later today the naacp will join community members and hold a prayer vigil for the family of michael brown and the city of ferguson. the vigil will happen tonight at 6:00 at the montgomery county office building on maryland avenue in rockville. >> hands up don't shoot. several groups gathered to demand justice in brown's death. marchers gathered at mount vernon square and marched into the streets of chinatown. >> and i'm proud to say that we all stand against police violence. we all stand against militarization of the police. >> the protesters marched twice around chinatown and ended on

the steps of the national portrait gallery. they were asking for peace. 7:05. this morning a police department's explanation for mistakenly pulling over a mother and putting her in handcuffs. >> how you can join an event marking 200 years today since one of the most recognizable landmarks in our region was destroyed. >> out with the old, how the fbi is making a major transition as it looks to catch up with the digital age.

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if you're looking for something to do with your kids today, head to the white house where the national park service will remember the war of 1812. 200 years ago today the british sacked the city and burned the white house. head to the ellipse south of the white house at 11:00 and 3:00 to

hold a replica of the huge flag that inspired "the star-spangled banner." if you go there at 1:30 this afternoon you can talk to a park ranger, dress up like francis scott key. as the fbi decides where to put its new headquarters, another one of its offices is going digital. the agency shredded millions, yes millions, and millions, of paper files at a facility at in west virginia. all of these filing cabinets had the files, the huge collection of fingerprints helped catch criminals but often took a long time to process. >> if it was an identical print, they would have the jacket pulled. they would add that information manually into the criminal history record and then prepare the responses to go out. >> now a few cards were preserved like the one for al capone. other than that, more than 30 million records and 80 million fingerprint cards were shredded.

a program to help families in need buy fresh fruits and vegetables is getting attention. the program called double up food bucks. it start ded michigan. people living on food stamps can buy $40 worth of fruits and vegetables for $20 at participating farmers markets. >> the fruit, you know, faster than i can keep it in the refrigerator or on the table which isn't a bad thing. it replaces all the candy, all the chips, the pop. >> not a bad thing at all. oklahoma, new york, and new jersey have started similar programs. this morning a man is recovering after getting bitten by a lion. how a zoo says that incident happened. >> now to chuck. >> that's right. a little bit of sunshine depending on where you live right now. who's seeing sun already, who gets the sunshine last and more important than anything else, back to school time. all that forecast information

just minutes away. .

we are back with breaking news in california. we're learning of a 6.0 earthquake. the epicenter was about 50 miles from sacramento. right now there are no reports of damage or anyone getting hurt. also there are no tsunami warnings. keep it here for the updates as they come in to our newsroom. this morning a group of police officers is remembering their chief.

he was in charge of a department near san antonio and was killed by a man he pulled over. the man shot the chief in the stomach and the scheef is the third police officer to die in texas this year. this morning, we're getting a look at a mother and her kids who were wrongly stopped by police in texas. >> come on back. >> what is wrong? >> talk to you in a minute. >> my kids. >> hold on. >> they're 6 and 8 and 10, 9, what are we doing? >> now you can hear the mother crying, telling police she just took her children to walmart to buy them slurpees. this happened two weeks ago in texas. the forney police department released the dash cam video. police handcuffed the woman and then a little boy comes out of the car with his hands in the air. >> gun down, gun down. >> come back here, son. come on back here. >> police say they were looking

for four men in a beige or tan toyota going 100 miles an hour. one of the men was waving a gun. when police realized their mistake they tried to calm the family down. the officer even apologized. two people attacked a man with a machete outside baltimore. this morning we're working to find out their names. police arrested the men but have not released anything about them. the men slashed another man's arm in a grocery store parking lot on friday. he is expected to survive. this morning, a lioness is back in its exclosure after it bit a man at the dallas zoo. the man was a zookeeper and is recovering. nbc tells us what happened. >> i'm always totally shocked and worried for the employee first off. >> reporter: worry oods of a lion bit a zookeeper at the dallas zoo into these are big animals. they weigh 300 plus pounds.

they're powerful. if you're ever in the sme space with them it can be a dangerous situation and we try to do everything we can to avoid that. >> reporter: a zookeeper didn't secure a door and the 35-year-old man was caught in the same space as a female lion. >> the lion was doing nothing but being a lion. this was a human error. we try to do everything we can to minimize that. >> reporter: the keeper suffered a bite to his shoulder and scratches on his chest. >> experienced keeper, been working with these lions since they got here over five years ago. >> reporter: the 7-year-old lioness is one of four lions at the zoo. it's not being identified but was sedated and put in a secure enclou sure before being back into the giants of the savannah exhibit. >> it was never in a public area. there was no -- any public safety issues at all. new developments in the israel/gaza conflict this morning. overnight five rockets hit israel from syria. they landed in the northern part

of the country. no one was killed. in gaza, 22 people are recovering after an israeli air strike hit and demolished an apartment building yesterday. 11 of those people are children. witnesses say before the blast, there was a warning rocket that fired at the roof. the israeli military said it targeted the apartments because hamas was running operations inside. got a trip to the bahamas coming up. might have bad news for you. right now under a tropical storm warning as a tropical depression heads there. not officially a tropical storm yet, but it's expected to become one. take a look, the depression dumped a lot of water on puerto rico, caused all this flooding and also cut power to more than 3,000 people. we're going to be keeping a close eye on that storm as it makes its way up here. chuck was tracking it. it is seeming like it's coming up. maybe the outer banks. >> yeah. honestly the outer banks are in play for later on this week for

where the storm could go. doesn't look like that's where it's most likely to be, but nonetheless the cone of uncertainty to touch your coastline you need to pay careful attention to this. that's what he'll be doing over the next couple days. in the short term, though, we are ready to start in on a stretch of sunny weather, the likes of which we haven't seen around here in a while and in addition to the sunshi, it may actually feel like august. we've only hit 90 degrees twice in the month of august. we might hit it three more times before labor day weekend even gets here. outside this morning, what a great looking day outside. the view from prince george's county looking over the river, back towards alexandria. the george washington memorial right there. woodrow wilson bridge, beautiful day outside, puffy clouds hanging over the district, but out farther to the west, here we go. reston town center looking north and westbound full cloud cover out there this morning. no sunshine in parts of loudoun county, western fairfax, it's a

bit of a tale of two places right now. more sunshine at the east, more clouds to the west. sunshine will eventually win later on today. there's the lincoln memorial with plenty of sunshine on the east facing abe lincoln's face in sun light this morning. 68 degrees the current temperature. winds northeast at 8 miles per hour. northeasterly winds will help to drive in some slightly drier air. scour these clouds out a bit. any time we get that east to northeasterly wind that's the marine layer of moisture coming off the ocean. it does have a tendency to leave a little bit more cloud cover out in the higher terrain. so from western loudoun county in the blue ridge westbound into the shenandoah valley you may be sunshine challenged later on today. outside temperatures are in the 60s now. we're in store for a pleasant warmup today, in the low to mid 70s by lunch time. afternoon temperatures today upper 70s, maybe even low 80s around the area as well. no real big area of rain anywhere near us. couple showers off the outer banks of north carolina. keeping a close eye farther down to the south.

this is the disturbance now what is tropical depression number four. if it continues to show signs of organization and gets there, it will become cristobal, the next name on the list. currently winds are at 45 miles per hour so it's just a tropical depression as of now. but as soon as they get over 50 miles per hour it becomes a tropical storm. the track on this, east of miami by early tuesday morning, east of cape canaveral by wednesday morning and here's where it gets interesting for the mid-atlantic. by thursday it's expected to be making the all-important curve, the right-hand hook back out to sea. notice the cone of uncertainty does touch the outer banks of north carolina on thursday. that means that the storm could come a little bit closer to the coastline. need tloz say we have to watch this carefully. i remain cautiously optimistic the curve is real answered will stay out to sea. sunshine this afternoon, will lead to a beautiful evening going outside and eating dinner. outdoor dining is recommended for tonight. getting first thing started

tomorrow morning temperatures in the upper 60s, comfortably cool at bus stops first thing tomorrow. there's our future weather forecast. increasing amounts of sunshine today. should be a very pleasant day if you're headed down to the beach, good week at the beach. might be the best week at the beach all summer long. >> wow. >> that's how confident i am that this weather is going to be this nice. sunshine back today and full sunshine monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday maybe on into friday as well. it does come with a bit of a heat threat. 90 or better three days in a row for only the third time this summer. >> you know, at least we can have a good day today to finish up that school supply list. >> or a nap in the hammock. just saying. >> i'll take that. >> and what you're really saying there is a cone of certainty around the beach. >> a big cone of certainty. >> thank you, chuck. >> a major d.c. bridge is about to shut down but this isn't your average repaving project. i'll show you exactly how this

construction can help keep you safe. >> how a d.c. family is making a difference for some orphaned baby birds. you're watching "news 4 today."

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a potential traffic nightmare is on the way. hate to bring you the bad news. driving northwest d.c. the bridge on 16th street over military road is full of cracks. it needs to be repaired. i headed there. it's right on the edge of rock

creek park and the d.c. department of transportation gave us a revealing look at it. you can certainly see from the top why the nearly 60-year-old 16th street bridge over military road needs a facelift but it isn't until you climb under that you truly find out what's going on. >> when you see the water coming through from above that means the water has gotten to the reinforcing steel. there is no coating on that steel. it is bare. it is rusting within this concrete and the end result will be we'll either lose pieces of the concrete down or a crack pushing out like here. we have a working crack. >> that's a pretty big crack. >> yeah, it is. it's inspected every two years and we know it's at the end of its useful life. >> reporter: there will be traffic pain. the bridge will be shut down in sections. the southbound side closes first and one lane will get by in each direction on the other side. once the southbound side is finished the work will switch to the northbound side. >> they have to fix the bridges

and keep the infrastructurof the city up to date. i think it's great. >> reporter: nancy lives a few doors down and keeping an open mind about the traffic impact. about 50,000 vehicles a day use the bridge and military road below. >> we know that that will be a delay, but that's what life is. you just do your best. and not worry about the rest. >> reporter: the contract is being finalized and work is expected to start in the fall. >> you'll also see parts of military road closed during the work. the project expected to cost $15 million. adam, another traffic alert to tell you about. the road opening that could actually improve your ride to work tomorrow. plus, the threat of a volcano that's putting a big football game in jeopardy. chuck says we could see the clouds go away today. the question is when. we'll get a look at his sunday forecast next.

gee an update to the graen in california. the epicenter is about 60 miles from sacramento. 6.0 is large even for california which gets quakes often. >> we're hearing from emergency officials, they say they're checking overpasses and bridges and so far no damage. they're also responding to downed power poles. near sew mow ma there are several power outages, asking drivers to treat the dark

intersections as a four-way stop. it's about 4:30 in the morning there. >> here in this region we want to get your forecast for this sudd sunday. no earthquakes here. at least chuck is not predicting an earthquake today. he is predicting sunshine today. >> let's see sun. earthquake and weather predictions are two different things. weather anything that falls out of the sky. our earthquake here three years ago yesterday was a 5.8. so they just had a 6.0 out in california this morning. outside it is a fine looking start, but it depends where you live as to how much sunshine you're seeing. east of i-95 a mostly sunny skies. this is looking northbound over chevy chase, bethesda, gaithersburg. cloud cover north and west of town as well. temperatures are in the comfortable 60s this morning. your hour by hour forecast here, 60s through 8:00, low 70s by 9:00, mid to upper 70s by about

lunch time today and out and about this afternoon, what a nice afternoon it's going to be, upper 70s to around 80 degrees for high temperatures later today. back to work, back to school, seven-day forecast, and tropical storm cristobal all coming up. >> thank you so much. right now there's a no-fly zone all around the volcano that's starting to erupt. the volcano is in southwestern iceland. this video may look quiet but two big earthquakes hit there overnight. no one was hurt because no one lives around there. soon scientists say the volcano will fully erupt and begin spewing ash into the sky. at this hour, planes aren't allowed within 100 miles of the volcano. in spite of the warnings, the university of central florida is planning to fly past iceland for a football game this week. they'll play penn state in dublin, ireland. about 900 miles from that volcano. we confirmed overnight the ucf team plans to fly on tuesday, but if the volcano erupts their flight could be among thousands that are canceled.

today we expect to learn the name of a pilot whose plane crashed in gaithersburg. he's in serious condition in the hospital right now. this happened at the montgomery county air park off woodfield road. investigators say the pilot was up in the air when he discovered a mechanical problem with the plane. he turned back and crashed as he tried to land. the faa and the ntsb are both investigating. in anne arundel county police are looking for a van the say a man fell out, hit his head and died. police say the van was white although it's not clear how they know that color. todd thomas was found lying in the intersection of meade village road and meade village circle. according to police no one in the neighborhood saw how it happened. investigators say it's possible the driver didn't realize thomas had fallen out of the car. this morning a dad is facing charges accused of trying to steal pepco utility poles in montgomery county. police say martin frazier and his two sons broke into a construction site on research boulevard in rockville early

yesterday morning. they say they tried to load those poles into a u-haul but the poles didn't fit. someone saw them and called 911. the poles are worth about $25,000. apparently they were planning to sell them for scrap metal. we have a traffic alert. your trip up north may have gotten easier. the northbound lanes of the interstate 495 bridge in wilmington, delaware r back open. the bridge spans the christian ta river. crews repaired the bridge back in june. several columns were tilting. investigators say a large dirt mound dumped next to the bridge caused that damage. and starting tomorrow, you'll have a new way to get to fort belvoir. tomorrow morning lawmakers will officially open jeff todd way which will connect telegraph road and route 1. there used to be a similar road there more than a dozen years ago. the new road should improve traffic. it will have a walking and a biking path. the road is named for jeff todd,

a community leader who died in a car crash three years ago. a d.c. family is helping orphaned baby birds survive. the family is one of several weaving nests out of yarn. nbc's lester holt shows us how they're making a difference. >> reporter: they look like cozy winter hats, knitted, crocheted, from wool and cotton yarns. but they're actually bird nests. handmade by volunteers for orphaned baby birds. >> i was really glad that i made something and it's helping an animal live. >> reporter: 10-year-old adam is just one of thousands of knitters this year who donated nests to wild care, a wildlife hospital just north of san francisco. caregivers say the soft nests are the next best thing to natural byrd nests. >> hi. >> reporter: unlike the cardboard boxes they used in the past these nests don't bruise

the fragile birds and the material helps maintain their body temperature giving the little guys the best possible chance of survival. >> really does make a significant difference for how these guys do in care and their successes as adult wild birds. >> reporter: which is why the organization put out an all call for knitted nests this april. over 3,000 poured in. some from as far away as melbourne, australia, and kiev, ukraine. back in washington, d.c., adam has made nest making a family affair. >> i think it's special to have my whole family knitting with me and to see what they think about my project. >> reporter: adam's dad says the project gives his kids a real sense of accomplishment. >> the kids get to see a real impact of what they've done, a tangible thing that was here in my hands, i put it together and now it's somewhere else making a difference. that's cool. >> eventually you can take him back to where you came from and open the box and he can fly out

and it is the most heartwarming, wonderful, amazing thing. >> reporter: saving thousands of birds one stitch at a time. coming up we've seen tons of implosions, but maybe none like this. how demolition crews got creative when they destroyed this building. >> and we know about the cloudy skies, maybe some sun for today but what to expect when the kids go back to school tomorrow. we'll get chuck's forecast straight ahead. school supplies moves to the technology aisle. which tablet is the right one? i'm erika gonzalez. i'll help you break down what is most cost effective and age appropriate for your student.

s this morning a couple from new hampshire is celebrating a big vegas win. the duo won a whopping $2.4

million at the legendary lions share slot machine at the mgm grand. for the past 20 years the lions share hasn't paid out. the lucky winners only played 5 minutes when they hit the jackpot. >> like any good american i'm going to give a big chunk of it to uncle sam and after that is done, we've been blessed in our lives. i don't know that our lifestyle will change much but i've got two children and five grandchildren and they will certainly benefit from it. >> i think he wore his lucky shirt. >> how about it. >> that machine is now going to be retired. the casino was waiting for someone to hit the jackpot, so it can replace that particular machine. >> check this out. a building in new york state is in rubble this morning, but it went down in style. this was a planned n.

demolition crews started with fireworks and used colorful smoke to spell out their agency's initials and then really lit it up. listen to the show. wow. down the building went. the whole thing took only about a minute and a half. it took crews three weeks to set everything up just the way they wanted there. that's like, you know, when you set up all the dominos and it takes forever and then you push one down and it's done in two seconds. >> that was the coolest looking thing. that is so cool. >> very nice. you have the school supply, the new clothes but what about a haircut? >> you got to get that together. how one hair salon wants to help you out this morning. and now over to chuck. hey. >> i got my hair cut on friday. i'm ready to go back to school myself. and we'll have your back-to-school weather and a look at the seven day and by the way, a new tropical storm is born in the atlantic. all that and more coming right up. .

the "today" show is next on nbc 4. let's find out what they're working on. >> erica hill and lester holt join us live from new york. welcome back, erika. >> nice to be back. good morning to both of you. just ahead we are following the developing story out of northern california. there's been a 6.0 magnitude

quake. the latest from london where there are reports that britain may have identified the person responsible for the murder of american journalist james foley. >> we are keeping a close eye on the caribbean, atlantic where this morning a big weather system strength and no tropical storm cristobal. we're all asking, could it make landfall in the u.s.? we're going to show you the latest forecast projections. >> a community coming together to help a disable the veds ran who lost everything in a devastating fire. >> another main street make-over. shine a light city of baltimore to help out a corner store owner so generous with his customers it's hard to make ends sneets a little primer for you on the big award shows coming up, the mtv, vmas and emmys which will air on nbc. >> sounds good. thank you, both. >> okay. >> here at news 4 we're ready to help get your kids back to school. lots of your kids will be heading back tomorrow.

that's the first day for d.c. schools, frederick, montgomery and charles, anne arundel, first through sixth and ninth graders and the rest of the students start on tuesday. that's also the first day for prince george's county schools in maryland and page county schools in virginia. back-to-school shopping is fun, isn't it, molette. >> if you do it early. >> you got to be prepared. and it's expanded to the technology departments in many stores now. now tablets run the gamut in size and cost. >> it can be overwhelming trying to pick the right one. news 4 consumer reporter erika gonzalez helps you navigate through the aisles and pick the right device for your family. >> i think the skocost is too h. >> she has three kids. a tablet for each better be priced right. >> really consider it expensive toy. >> reporter: same for a.j.

but not every tablet is created equal. as you consider tablets for your student as they go back to school, one size does not fit al. >> the education community has embraced technology. >> reporter: laura of the consumer electronics association teamed up to help decide which is best for your students. little ones prekindergarten to second grade an item like the v tech inknowtab priced at $80. >> you can decide how much screen time, seeing, monitoring their progress on apps. really educational. >> next on the list the amazon kindle fire. >> this is for reading. >> a great option for all students, little ones parents downloading stories up to college students for textbooks with a price tag of about $300 on to the item that started the revolution. the ipad. suitable for the elementary student given wi-fi and app

prestrixs or for the most mature pupil. 3 $9 to $929. >> you can download apps that allow you to have microsoft word, excel, power point on an ipad. >> reporter: but one major downfall is the ipad does not have a usb port. a safe bet for middle school students and up the cea says dell's venue 8 is a solid option and one of the most affordable at 150 to 00. >> -- 200. >> it's a smaller is. >> for the high school student and those transitioning to college the two in one, the asis transformer is a laptop tablet compact combo that detachs and starts at $299. if your preference is samsung, galaxy tablets are another good option for all students given parental controls and a select amount of apps for the younger ones and start at $399. no person especially children are exempt from clumsiness or

forgetfulness. >> yes. he could lose it, break it. he could forget it in the school. >> in the end putting a tablet however low or high on the expense scale in your student's backpack can be a gamble. erika gonzalez, news 4. now one general rule of thumb the cea says the more processing power storage capability and 4g network ability your tablet has the more it's going to cost you. a refurbished tablet or one you can pass down to your student also a great idea. >> something that should cost a little less for that first day a haircut. in fact, you can get your child one for free today. just head to fairfax at the alexander de paris spa. your child has to be between 5 and 18 for the free cut. the spa is asking for donations and all of the money raised will go to locks of love which is a great, great charity. >> how cool is that. >> great organization. >> awesome charity. people fighting cancer sometimes

a little real natural hair up there really helps yourself esteem and spirit a little bit. >> and for the kids they need the grooming, back-to-school haircut and a lot of people may not be able to afford. >> i was going to donate mine. no one wanted to take the gray hair. locks of love, no gray. >> yeah. >> our gray day is looking a little brighter. >> exactly right. >> from gray to blonde during the course of the day today. i say gray to blue but what wants blue hair. never mind. i'm sure there's someone. >> a lot of people. >> we have a bit of a nice looking sky out there. plenty of blue sky to the east and gray sky to the west for now. that trend will be increasingly blue as the day wears along. the weather impact on your day today, will be relatively low. not anywhere near as big of an impact as yesterday. clouds around this morning not much if anything in the way of a rain threat. can't rule out a few sprinkles or showers in the shenandoah valley but by and large it's an improving weather picture.

you saw the sunshine over capitol hill but look over reston town center that is full cloud cover across northern virginia and the higher in elevation you are the longer it's going to take to see sunshine. over downtown, sun light splashing off the eastern facing of the buildings this morning. lincoln memorial included. 68 degrees right now at national airport. northeast winds at 8 miles per hour. mostly in the 60s with a few lone exceptions. cambridge, maryland, 70, and thermonth, maryland, good morning, 59 degrees. there will be a whole lot more 50s on the map tomorrow morning than today. your sunday afternoon looks good. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy early on but more and more sunshine as the day wears along. temperatures climbing in the upper 70s and low 80s. a chance of a sprinkle or two well west of the metro. not much of a rain threat in town. no big weather system close to us but, of course, all eyes now that we have a new named tropical system down here in the western atlantic, this is now tropical storm cristobal with 45

mine per hour sustained winds. not a lot of organization but moving into a little bit more favorable of an area for organization. the hurricane center does have this official track now that will keep it off the coast of florida through weps well off the coast at that. it's how quickly does it make the right-hand turn back out into the ocean. it could get really close to the outer banks or the virginia cape about thursday, friday. we'll be keeping you posted on that. going outside going to the nationals and giants game, they won last night, thank you twitter followers for that correction, temperatures during the game time upper 70s and lower 80s. our future weather forecast is optimistic than me for how much sunshine we'll get butit does hint at an opportunity for a sprinkle in the shenandoah valley. it is seven-day forecast time. it's been a long time since we've had a seven day that looked near things summery. temperatures upper 80s, even low 90s. could do three 90 m 0s in a row the third time this summer,

wednesday, thursday, friday. hairer day weekend in play because we have to see what cristobal does. >> we will be watching. you will be on top of it. thank you. > >>. >> thanks, chuck. >> everyone has their favorite to win an emmy but who's going to probably walk away with an award. >> see if your predictions match

the emmys are maepg tomorrow like you were wondering who will

take home the goods. >> nbc's mike wilbur talked to an expert and says just because someone should win, there are no guarantees. >> many fan favorites are nominate for lead actor in a drama series. "mad men" jon hamm has seven but no trophy. matthew mcconna hi and woody harrelson for "true detective" and brian canton has won three for "breaking bad". >> you are a genius. >> who should win is brian cranston for "breaking bad" given probably one of the top five tv performances in the history of television who will win is probably matthew mcconaughey, let's face it, was his entire emmy reel every scene. >> this is what i'm talking about. >> reporter: to the dramatic leading ladies. "homeland's" claire danes and juliana margolius have won in the past. this year maybe the statute will go to someone new. >> how many times did we sleep

together? three, five, how many would you be okay with? >> who should win is keri washington who acted her butt or bump off doing challenging scenes while seven or eight months pregnant on "scandal." who will win i think will be robin wright on "house of cards reques ". >> ricky gervais, jim parsons. >> it's insane good fortune. >> reporter: don cheel cheadle, william h. massey and matt leblanc, episodes. >> who should win is louie ck. he writes, acts, directs. who will win is jim parsons. it's the number one comedy on television and he's a big reason for that. won last year, think he's going to do it again. >> reporter: lead actress in a comedy series. >> i can't tell you anything. >> reporter: julia louis-dreyfus, amy po her, taylor schilling for orange is the new black, edie falco for "nurse jackie," melissa mccarthy

and lena dunham for girls. >> who should win is amy po her. roll back this tape for the last five years. i said that every time. she has never won an emmy. who will win is going to be julia louis-dreyfus. emmy voters love her. >> mike will bur, nbc news. >> a special coverage before tomorrow's show. news 4 will still be at 6:00 p.m. and then watch "nightly news" at 6:30, emmy coverage at 7:00 on nbc 4. >> and before you tune in to the tv. >> yeah. >> good weather today. >> improving weather picture today. some cloudiness now but sunshine is coming. >> the "today" show coming up next. >> back in 25 minutes with local news update and then at 9:00.

good morning. breaking news. california earthquake. a 6.0 magnitude quake rattled the san francisco bay area early this morning. tens of thousands without power as crews begin to assess the damage there. we are live with the very latest. gaining strength. a slow-moving system is now tropical storm cristobal and it could strengthen into a hurricane in a matter of days. we'll take a look at if and when it could hit the u.s. and the boys of summer. it's unbelievable win for chicago's jackie robinson west little league team. next up for these guys, south korea. as the team chases its