we're live with what you need to know about the new school year as tens of thousands head back to class this morning. we will interview the superintendent of montgomery county schools in just a minute about technology changes coming this year. >> the summer goes by fast. and things have cooled off dramatically for your kids as they step out the door this morning. >> let's get right to tom kierein with that back to school forecast. >> yeah, feeling more like fall than late summer this morning. our temperatures are down to just near 60 degrees. getting reports here in the storm team 4 "weather center" of patchy dense fog, as well in some of the rural areas. right now it's only the upper 50s to near 60. loudoun, montgomery, frederick. warri rington dowto just 55. prince george's county, only around 60. so you need long sleeves at the bus stop this morning. we will have our sunrise another

half an hour. watch out for the rural fog through 8:00, 9:00 this morning. there is the pre-dawn glow over washington now. bus stop forecast, we'll have patchy dog around through now and 8:00, in the low 60s. by recess time, mid-70s with bright sunshine. and did dismissal time, in the low 80s. so quite a dramatic change from this morning with low humidity and lots of sun. delightful late summer feeling to the air and it feels like fall now. and now let's check on traffic this morning. things beginning to slow down? good morning. hearing about some complaints about about some restriping that was done over the weekend that perhaps is not completely lining up right. that is from drivers 66 at lee highway. that is where chopper 4 is. as it gets lighter, we'll see perhaps what they are talking about. prince george's county side of the roadways, looking good. no problems will.

taking a look at bw parkway into and out of town, moving right along. top of the beltway looking good. montgomery county kids going back to school. 270 looking just fine. gw parkway into and out of town looking good. and 270 at shady grove, no issues. i'm back in ten minutes. 6:02. summer is over and school is back in session today for kids across our area. it goes by so fast. in montgomery county, 202 schools will welcome schools back to the classroom. molette green is live at walter johnson high school with montgomery county's superintendent. >> reporter: you you don't have to tell the students summer is over. they certainly know by now. the first bell rings here at walter johnson high school in bethesda the at 7:20. 2200 students at this school, is this considered one of the more

hod earn schoo modscin the system. and it sets the stage for the new technology in the classroom. joining me now is the superintendent, joshua starr. thank you so much. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> reporter: how are you feeling about the start of school in the system? >> i'm feeling great. everybody is thrilled to have the kids back. we have 154,000 kids coming out, 2800 more than last year. and we're ready to go. >> let's talk about the new student enrollment numbers just continuing to go up. >> every year we keep going up. more kids coming to montgomery county, more kids being born and we're thrilled to have them in in our system. >> what did you have to do to prepare? >> we just built or 202nd school, we'll be there later today. we're expanding schools. we have of course portables. we are bursting at the seam. but we're also ready and we have safe classrooms for everyone. >> so technology in the classroom.

you're pushing this thing. 40,000 is the goal for tablets, laptops, chrome books. >> so we're talking about 40,000 chrome books. we started with about 12,000 right now. but we are just so thrill that had we can provide our kids with the technology they need to thrive in the 21st century. >> we'll stay on top of all of it. joshua starr joining us this morning at walter johnson high. again, first bell rings at 7:20. we will be here and watch the smiling faces of the students coming in today for the start of a brand new school year. i'm know let glemolette green l bethesda. back to you. and before kids head back to school in prince george's county, they will have orientation today. they will learn school policy, how to use lockers and new bus schedules. parents make sure your kids take their classroom schedules with them for orientation today. for all your back to school needs from the new technology

your students can use to the immunizations they need, head to thbs oi nbcwashington.com. > pic princ georgs un are looking for this man, he is suspected of shooting and killing a thhan ma oxon hill. antjuon riddick is accused of murdering kenneth jones. he allegedly shot jones on glassmanor drive. they believe the suspect and victim knew each other. this morning police will be back in laurel, maryland to investigate a gruesome discovery. someone found a body stuffed in two trash bags at the arden pointe apartment complex. officers say the victim was a man. they have not identified him yet, though. they'res wo ing to find out anything they can about the killer. today the family of michael brown is asking for silence and peace as they lay him to rest.

the 18-year-old was unarmed when he was shot on you go a 9 by a ferguson, missouri police officer. a federal investigation into his death is under way right now. during today's service, as many as 4,000 people will remember him as a teen eager to start college. three white house leaders being sent to that funeral, as well, including one who went to high school with brown's mother. the service starts at 11:00 a.m.. protesters have taken to the streets of course drawing national attention on issues surrounding race and policing. now to a developing story in southern california. a state of emergency is still in effect after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit early yesterday morning. aftershocks are expected to hit for weeks. the earthquake triggered half a dozen fires and run dhptured ga lines and water mains. no one killed, but more than 200 people were hurt. the epicenter was just six miles away from napa. this is the biggest earthquake to hit san francisco bay area

since 1989. we know the first day of school can be a challenge for some kids trying to get back on to their schedules. but we'll show you why they are likely missing out on their ideal night's sleep and the impact it may be having on their school work. a taste of fall as you step outside this morning. tom kierein has your commuter forecast plus an hour are by hour look at the warm-up ahead. talk about dropping in. the mysterious item that left a maryland woman's house a mess and why the situation could have been a whole lot worse.

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schools all over the d.c. region showing signs of life again. tens of thousands of kids getting ready to hit the books again today. you're looking live at dunbar high school in northwest washington where teens will be

referring soon. we'll take a look at the longer day many will be adjusting to. and we have back to school pictures of our own. can you guess who this cutie is? it is someone on our news 4 team. think about it. it's richard jordan. he grew up in miami and is this a picture of him in first grade. you can see that's him. we'll have more back to cool guess whos later this morning. show us your first day pictures. we're using the #show us your scholars. you can share the photos on facebook or twitter. we'll put them on a slide show on nbcwashington.com and we might even show your smiling face in one of our shows. always great to see these.

sometimes sad in the eyes. >> weather and traffic on the 1s. >> for anybody who is about to walk out the door living in the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west have a varvirginvirgia, pa. throughout the morning, we'll stay just near 60 between now and 8:00. lots of sunshine, though. low humidity. by noon, upper 70s. and during the afternoon, it will feel like summer again in the low 80s with low humidity. a look at the latest with tropical storm cristobal, the newest track, coming up at 6:21. and you now melissa, some delays? seeing a slow down 66 at lee highway. take a look at this. this restriping project obviously did not go as planned. never seen thinking like this before. hopefully it gets remedied soon. but a little scary as people are

out there this morning. what happened is th? exactly. 270 looking fine. a wider look at things, no problems. i'm back in ten minutes. parents hate to see their kids suffer. we'll show you why trying to keep problems out of your child's way could be doing more harm than good. i'm kristen wright live in the district on the first day of school. coming up, why the district thinks longer school

welcome back. a lot of kids are waking up as they head back to school. you're looking live at walter johnson high school where kids will begin arriving within the next hour. along with montgomery county schools, howard, anne arundel and charles county all back in session this morning. good luck today. we're sure you're excited for your kids to head back to school today. a lot of help will start classes in the next hour or so. dunbar high school in d.c., kristen wright joins us live. and those kids will staying a bit later, too. >> reporter: and your child may be one of the ones spending have a time at schools this school year. in fact 26 schools in d.c. ps will have longer school days starting this year. now, we discussed this with the chancellor kaya henderson.

d.c. ps tried it out at a handful of it lowest performing schools last year and decided that it worked at improving test scores. >> those teachers have been planning all summer to ensure that this extra time is not wasted time. but is really enriching time. and we have highlighted the extended school day at a number of our schools and seen tremendous results. so i'm excited about that. >> reporter: now, in the next half hour here, chancellor henderson promised to parents and students on this first day of school. live in northwest, kristen wright, news 4. and some kids aren't back in school yet. they will meet an nfl player today. desean jackson will host the d jack backpack give away tonight. 250 boys and girls will receive new backpacks and school

supplies. school begins a week from tonight. the event is not open to the public. a tropical storm is glowing b growing bigger in the atlantic. it is hitting the bahamas now. take a look. this is what it did to puerto rico. more than 3 thourgs peop,000 pe power. but it won't hit the u.s.. we're working to find out when an american hostage just freed will return to the u.s.. theo curtis was handed over yesterday. we know the united states was not involved this negotiations. curtis' family expects to see him soon. and the news of his release comes just days after the execution of james foley. they have identified the man who killed foley, but they are not

ready to release that militant's nail. isis claims it executed foley last week in retaliation for u.s. air strikes in iraq. yesterday hundreds of people tappeded a special mass in foley's hometown in new hampshire. the pope extended his condolences. >> can you imagine how shocked you would be if something came into your house like part of a plane? that is what happened at a home in bowie. beverly sim smons says she came home to find a piece of a plane in her dining room. turns out simmons is usually at home with her family on sunday nights. last night she was at a church retreat. >> i was shocked. i was in absolute shock that this happened. but i just said thank god i wasn't here. you know, thank god we wasn't at home. >> nobody was hurt here. the faa thousa achla now invest. a traffic alert could make

your drive easier. lawmakers will officially open jeff todd way. it opens after rush hour. the ribbon cutting is at 9:30. the road named for a community leader who died in a car crash. it will also have a walking and biking path. some of tv and the internet's biggest stars will shrine brighter than others tonight. >> they're hoping to walk away winners at the 66th prime time emmy awards. the show is right here on nbc 4. >> tracie potts is live in north hollywood now with a preview. and everybody wants to know who you have your money on. >> reporter: well, you have to figure "game of thrones" will troebl probably do very well. they have 19 nominations. more than anyone else. but they have stiff competition. "breaking bad" won that category last year. bryan cranston is up for best actor. if he wins for a fourth time, that will be a tie for him for

that fourth. and then also for best comedy, some interesting comedies. we have modern family, fifth year they're up for best comedy. they won four years before. orange is the new black is in the comedy category. and then what we're expecting to be a pretty emotional moment, tribute to robin williams are billy crystal. all eyes on seth meyers hosting the prime time emmys for the first time. he says he's excited about that. we're up in north hollywood today at the academy where all of those nominations, decisions on who is being nominated, those decisions have made that and now it's time to unveil the winners. and that is happening in just a few hours. it's actually early afternoon here in l.a., early evening back home in d.c.. live in north hollywood, tracie pot potts. back to you. >> loong forwa tohe show. thank you. well, we will have everything emmys right here on nbc 4 and the coverage begins at

7:30 p.m.. seth meyers will honor the stars at 8:00 p.m.. he's excited about it, too. melissa mollet tracking an unusual problem on the roads. >> yeah, you could say so. a striping mess. this is 66 at 29 in centerville. have you ever seen anything like this some we have calls in to figure out what happened here. but obviously the lanes very, very confusing here. getting calls about this confusion here in the first 4 traffic center early this morning. tom, tell me we'll have nice weather for the bus stops. >> we are, except parts of the shenandoah valley have dense fog. and you were talking about tropical storm cristobal. it's way down in the bahamas. getting better organized.

it has a lot of rain with it, but still a tropical storm. 50-mile-an-hour winds. moving off toward the north at about 15, 20 miles an hour. it will stay a tropical storm through the day today, but look at this turn taking it well away from the outer banks. heading near bermuda by thursday, and after that, it stays off the atlantic seaboard out to sea as a category 1 hurricane. thank goodness. it is a cool morning. you need long sleeves or a light jacket. only near 60. light fog hanging in the air here. 67 now at reagan national. nicely jumping into the low 80s midafternoon with low humidity and lots of sunshine. still beautiful tomorrow after a school sta cool start. h on wedneay thursday, with highs near 90. still steamy on friday into the

weekend. hot temperatures during the afternoons. next chance evof storms on frid and again into labor day. there is a new theory about parenting methods that might raise some eyebrows. it's called snowplow parents. it's where you clear every obstacle and pile on the pressure to achieve. it's just as bad as hovering. they say it can lead kids anxious, dependent and narcicisstic. he says micro managing children can also leave them unable to cope in the real world. is it ma it makes a lot of accepts. our job as parents is to create individual human beings that can make smart decisions on your own, but it's hard not to intervene when you feel like they need help.

>> you have to let them stumble and fall and pick themselves up. cut the cord. >> if your kids are enjoying back to school this morning, talking about cutting the cord, you might be see something tired faces. >> a good chance they might be a little grumpy, too. doctors say not getting enough sleep can impact them mentally, emotionally and physically. >> doctors tell us children are biologically programmed to sleep between certain hours. but with schools starting so early, children are missing that window and that can affect their grades and mental health. >> kids at my school, i mean, you notice first thing in the morning, nobody wants to talk to each other. everybody is half awake. they just want to with an dear through the you hallway like zombies. >> reporter: did doctors say that's not surprise. studies show between 70% and 85%

are chronically getting too little sleep. that means less than seven hours each might when they really need at least nine hours. >> when we don't sleep well, or when our sleep is deprived, recent science shows that parts of the brain actually go to sleep during the day to catch up during the day. >> reporter: dr. daniel is a sleep specialist. he says that reaction in the brain can cause lapses in attention, poor judgment, aggression, and depression. and that can affect a child's learning and social behavior. >> one of the issues with sleep time is simply that kids' lives are so full. there is so much to do. particularly the adolescents. school pressure, social pressure, sports. >> reporter: he says early school start times are also to blame. that is because the biological clocks offed a lessed a less events are naturally programmed to sleep between 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., but a lot of high schools start before 7:30 in the

morning. a chronic lack of sleep can cause lapses in attention, poor judgment, aggression and depression and can affect learning and behavior socially. we'll have more at 5:00. whether they got enough sleep or not, the bell will ring at high schools in montgomery county this about an hour. we'll show you what changes your kids can expect when they show up for class. it certainly feels like back to school outside as we take a live look at the horizon. tom kierein shows us what the kids can expect as they wait for the bus. and we're tracking breaking you news out of fairfax county where a hotel has become a crime scene after a guest is robbed at gunpoint. who police want you to be on the lookouto

school with uses arou s school with uscolurpiinup tensths u ing live at walter johnson high school. there go as school bus. one of four area districts back in session today. children at d.c. public schools also heading back to class. chancellor kaya henderson addresses some of the pressing issues that face her students in the year ahead a little later in our broadcast. your kids might need a light jacket as they head out this morning. >> tom kierein is here with your kids' back to school forecast. not a bad way to start the day. >> feeling more like us a autumn. 25th of august. as we take a look outside, we have the sun now just beginning to rise. live view from the tower camera overlooking northeast washington and students getting back to school there and teachers back to school in washington, as well. there is the sunrise over the potomac river.

at the bus stop this morning, we'll have temperatures hovering in the low to mid-60s between now and around 8:00 this morning and patchy fog in some of the rural areas. by recess time, should be in the mid-70s. by late morning and early afternoon, lots of sunshine by dismissal time, low humidity. by then in the low 80s. nd post your pictures like this one just taken of some light fog over the manassas battlefield. posted by frank beany. post yours and we'll share. these counties in gray under a dense fog advisory. visibility under a quarter of a mile for another half hour or hour. and then it will quickly improve. a look at the next day 12 hour, 24 hour forecast hour by hour, that is coming up at 6:41. what is going on on 66 and the other roads? >> put down your coffee, take a look at this. 66 at 29, a major road striping

mishap. you can see this is very ko confusing for a lot of drivers. so a warning 66 at 29. gw parkway, look just fine. 395 across the 14th street bridge, you can see a little slow. 95 down through dale city, very slow. 17 miles per hour. no accident, but very slow. top of the beltway by colesville slow, as well. 270 at mondtrose looking good. we're less than an hour away from the start of school in montgomery county. 202 schools throughout the county will welcome students back to the classroom this morning. molette green is live now at walter i don't know son high school in bethesda with more on what students can expect this school year. >> reporter: yes, we are starting to she school buses roll into get set to go out and pick up the students to come

back here. classes start at 7:25. first bell will ring at 7:20 on a brand new school year here in montgomery county. some 154,000 students in the system. here at walter johnson high, the wildcats, there are 2200 students who will be coming back today. this school is big. it's modern, sets the stage perfectly for what is to come this entire school year. technology in the classroom, rolling it out in phases. the goal is 40,000 computers, laptop, tablets. but right now, 12,000 of them in third, fifth and 6sixth grade. and we just spoke with joshua starr about what all of this means for learning. >> it will enable our kids to collaborate online. teachers can collaborate online, as well. we also know they will be able

to access different kinds of information and just we know the technology engages our kids in different ways and we're thrilled that we're able to provide this to our kids. >> reporter: a lot going on this school year in montgomery county. 2900 new students. mostly elementary. they have had to roll out portable classrooms to accommodate all of them. we're live in bethesda. i'm molette green. back to you. this morning police will be out and ready to ticket drivers for passing school buses. in montgomery county, if you pass a bus with an activated stop sign like the one you see here with the flashing red light, it will cost you $570. and also three points on your license. if one of the new bus cameras catch you, it's $125 for the fine and no points on your license. some of us here at you news 4 went back to school at one point in time. this is one of our reporters. any guesses? not a red head anymore. is th this is megan mcgrath this

kindergarten. you can see the same face. >> yeah. >> we'll have one more news 4 back to cool guess who a little later in the broadcast. >> it's been fun seeing the back to school pictures this morning. show us yours. we're using the #show us your scholars. share your photos on facebook or twitter. you can find them in a slide show on nbcwashington.com. and we might even show your smiling faces in one of our shows. stay tuned. some breaking news now at 6:36. this out of falls church where we're learning of a hotel robbery. richard jordan has been gathering details. he joins us with the search. >> reporter: fairfax county police have been here throughout the morning, but just within the past few minutes, we've seen additional detectives arrive. crime scene investigators are on their way. this is arlington boulevard at patrick henry drive. very busy intersection. large shopping centers at every corner this morning. the focus is at the comfort inn

here. early this morning, police say a man walked this with a gun. he demanded money. the money was turned over. no one injured. all of it confined to the lobby of the hotel. likely the guests didn't even realize and maybe still don't even know the hotel was robbed overnight. police are going through any critical evidence that they can collect here from the lobby, talking with the hotel staff. also looking at any video available to them. but again, he got away with an undisclosed amount of money. no one was hurt. but a robbery at will this hotel very early this morning. reporting live in falls church, richard jordan, news 4. d.c. police are asking for your help to solve a series of sex assaults.

a man groped a woman along kenyon street, second attack on oat street when a man held you a woman up with a knife. and another one along park road. police are offering up to a $1,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest. today a ban on magic arts and fortune telling will enter a new chapter in front royal. town co they will take seot th the issue has people divided. those in favor of reversing that ban say freedom of religion is at stake. some residents fear that repealing the ban could bring crime. the meeting at the warren county government center at 7:00 p.m.. a developing story in california after a strong earthquake hits the state. the problems people are wake up to there. chilly start, cool start we should say for a lot of folks. don't get used to it, though.

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first morning rush hour for the new metrobus way service or metro way bus service will start. buss have their own dedicated lanes linking braddock road and crystal city metro station on route one. right now only the alexandria section is finished. the second phase should be completed by the spring. >> let's get you you up to speed on the forecast. >> push away are your pancakes.

beautiful maple sunrise. much of the region is in the low 60s. by 5:00 p.m., low 80s. lots of sun throughout the day. looking ahead, 60s by late evening, this time tomorrow morning, mid-50s. next weather and traffic on the 1s, a look at the humidity changes. what is happening on the 66? >> road striping nightmare. 66 at 29 in centreville, trying to find out what in the world issing for on. beltway at colesville, a little slow. normal volume. travel times, 270 south there germantown road to the beltway, 17 minutes. quantico to the beltway, 32 minutes. the school bells will be ringing in the district this morning. the pressing issues facing your children at d.c. public schools. kaya henderson hoping to address

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tens of thousands of kids are getting ready to go back to school. >> for some, the first bell rings in less than an hour.

we're working to get you up to the minute the meant you'inute . >> we start with kristen wright. >> reporter: among many of pressing issues, we sat down with kaya henderson and we asked her one very important question and she gave us a somewhat personal response. we sat down with chancellor henderson at capitol hill montessori school at logan in northeast. henderson told us back to school is her favorite time of the year besides christmas. we sat down one-on-one so that we could discuss the most important issues on the minds of d.c. ps families and ask the really important questions. our first to her, what is her promise to parents and students. >> my promise to parents is that i want the very best for my child. i want them to have opportunities for rich academic

experiences, i want them to go on field trips that maximize the city as their classroom. i want them to have amazing teachers and i want them to love school. that's what i want for my kids. and so my commitment to parents is that's what we'll whichever for their kids, too, because their kids are our kids. >> reporter: we covered a lot p topics with the chancellor. you can see the entire interview on nbcwashington.com. kristen wright, news 4. and now that school is back in for students in d.c., you can ride metrobus and circulator buss for free. ddot says you should double check that your child has an run to date d.c. 1 card. the program started last year. the free bus rides apply between 5:30 and 9:00 in the morning and 2:00 2:00 to 8:00 at nig alor on h days or if they're dismissed early. and before kids head back to school tomorrow in prince george's county, they will have

orientation today. there will ben all day transition program. they will learn school policy, how to use lockers, the new bus schedules. and make sure they take their schedules with them. they have to figure out which class to go to. prince george's county is requiring new vaccines, too. we have all your back to school needs right on our website, go to nbcwashington.com and look for back to school at the top of the page. 11 minutes before the hour now. and today the family of michael brown is pleading for no protests so that they can lay their son to rest in peace. his funeral is today in st. louis. the 18-year-old was unarmed when he was shot on august 9th by a ferguson, missouri police officer. his death sparked outrage in the community and spawned two week of sometimes violent protests. the justice department among those conducting an investigation right now. people in d.c. will join others in cities across the country peacefully demonstrating today. one group is gathering outside

the white house at 8:00 tonight to draw attention to michael brown's funeral. yes supporters in rockville showed their support for brown's family. the naacp joined local faith based groups for a prayer vigil and prayed for healing in the ferguson community. right now police in prince george's county are looking for this man. he is suspected of shooting and killing a man in oxon hill. 36-year-old antjuon riddick is accused of murdering kenneth jones saturday night on glassmanor drive. police aren't saying what led to the shooting, but they believe the suspect and victim knew each other. people in california still assessing the damage from a 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck in the heart of the wine country. angie goff has more on the cleanup effort from the live desk. >> we still have aftershocks still going on. crews assessing the damage as

you mentioned from fires and buildings rattled by the quake. a look at the destruction there. this napa, 90 to 100 homes are uninhabitable. no deaths, but more than 200 were hurt. a state of emergency is still in effect for the area. and we are hearing that aftershocks are expected to continue for weeks. eun. >> angie, thank you. forget about weather or traffic scrams. apparently the real headache is the quickly growing list of hotel surcharges even for items you'll never use. a study out of new york says hotels will take in a record $2.25 billion this year in revenue. and some of that money is from new surcharges and hotels increasing the amount of existing fees like guaranteeing two queen beds, checking in early are or checking out late. you probably are still paying for an in-room safe whether you use it or not. and if you want to avoid some of these fee, check the fine police department before you you check

in. i had no idea they could charge you you for the safe even if you didn't use it. >> business travelers are a larger portion of the hotel population. so if the company is paying for it, sometimes they figure you can charge you for whatever. but the rest of us -- tom gives a free forecast every morning. >> that's right. no charge. and every morning we'll be here all throughout the school year. we have beautiful weather this morning, but you know we will have snowy mornings, rainy mornings. but this morning, excellent weather at the bus stop. you do need long sleeves or a light jacket if you're waiting for more than 10, 15 minutes. patchy fog out to our west. densest fog shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, all these county this is gray. visibility down belowchester re. farther south, generally about a quarter mile visibility there.

east of the blue ridge, just a little bit of light fog. but in that denies for area, use your low beams and don't forget to slow down a bit. you'll be seeing maybe deer. i saw some deer this morning. only in the 50s where the dense fog is. locally around washington, nearby suburb, montgomery, fairfax, prince george's county, right around 60. so a cool start this morning. milder by the bay waters. mid-60s there. i took this picture yesterday afternoon. it was a glorious summer afternoon. this is northern montgomery county. partly sunny your pictures. humidity changes this week, it will be low today and tomorrow. getting moderate humidity wednesday, thursday. then it gets more humid friday, satury into the weekend. highs mid-80s tomorrow, low 80s today. so beautiful autumn this august weather. but then it will feel like summer again on wednesday, thursday, about into the

weekend. highs near 90 each day. next chance of storms around maybe friday afternoon and again sunday afternoon. melissa is looking at the monday commute. still looking at this road striping night mayor in centreville. take a look at this roadway and the vip dway and the vips s the viptripes. weryg find out from vdot what happened here. it's causing some confusion. wider look, generally pretty good. slow top of the beltway. fair pax county parkway at west ox road, apparently a pedestrian hit. medical helicopter has been called in for that. 270 through montgomery village, gaithersburg, it opens up after that. and indian head highway at beltway, 32 to the beltway, 11 minutes. 66 east running at 12 minutes. back to you. we'll be watching carefully

to see whether prosecutors take over and begin to cross-examine bob mcdonnell. first he will face questions from his wife's lawyer. bob and maureen are facing federal corruption charges together, but they have separate defense teams. the couple says that they could not have conspired together because their marriage was falling apart. right now northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is in richmo richmond. you canearyast happens by owi her on twitter @juliecareynbc. seth meyers hosts the emmy awards tonight. they air at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. the funel for michael brown is today in st. louis. president obama sending three white house officials to the service. the 18-year-old was unarmed when he was shot to death by a ferguson, missouri police officer. state of emergency in california. people still assessing the damage after the worst

earthquake there in 25 years. look for live reports on the "today" show. >> reporter: school bell rings here at walter johnson high at 7:20 this morning. montgomery county welcoming 154,000 in the system and 40,000 mobile computers throughout its schools. and one of our reporters went to school in northern virginia. she graduated from herndon high school. she's in our newsroom right now. it's angie goff, of course. that is an adorable picture. >> how old are you there in. >> i don't know, six, seven. just showing a little more forehead these days. getting rave reviews on that jackets. sounds like everybody had them. >> of course. all the cool kids, members only. >> i remember that. thanks, angie. don't forget, you can send us your first day pics.

we're using the #show us your scholars. share them on facebook, tweet using the hash tag, there will be a slide show on nbcwashington.com. >> and you will need long sleeves or light jacket. only around 60 degrees. but by the afternoon, you will be comfortable sleeveless. sunshine, low humidity. another gorgeous day tomorrow. hot and humid weather moves in wednesday, thursday. looking typical most spots. 66 at 29 in centreville, a mess with a road stripping problem. >> thank you, melissa. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is n

good morning. the moment it struck. new images this morning of california's worst earthquake in 25 years. the 6.0 quake injuring more than 200 people. hundreds of buildings damages, some of them on the verge of collapsing. we're live in napa. threat in the sky. hackers force an american airlines plane to make an emergency landing with a bomb threat directed at a top video game executive on that flight. why was he being targeted? churning. tropical storm cristobal expected to bring rough