discovery was made and all metro police are saying is that it is a male. they are indicating it does not appear to be the result of an assault. now they are awaiting autopsy results to determine the exact cause of death and the identity of the person that they found, but again no effects here on metro operations at this shade owe grieve station today as the investigation continues into that dead body found apparently in the stairwell of the north garage. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> good to hear it's not going to be impacting riders this morning. >> absolutely. right now we want to shift gears and welcome you to "news 4 today." we've been following a lot of different things and a check on your forecast for one. >> looks like we could have thunderstorms today. it's a weather alert. let's go to meteorologist amelia segal. >> good morning, richard and angie. we've been talking about this all day. unfortunately scattered rain and thunderstorms in the forecast for later today and any rain we're tracking on storm team 4 radar could be heavy.

some youns poudownpours are pos. in addition to that it's hot. it's humid. all of those factors means the weather is going to have a low to moderate impact on your day today. highs will be in the low 90s. the immediate area is dry. light showers mainly back over west virginia. further back this will be the rain that impacts our late afternoon and evening hours. so 11:00 a.m. an isolated shower possible in frederick, loudoun and fauquier counties but really not until 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 where we're tracking scattered thunderstorm potential in the d.c. metro area. more on the timing of the thunderstorms later today coming up in a bit, angie. >> thank you. right now, gaithersburg is shut down from brink road to goshen school road. montgomery county police say three people were in a serious car crash. two people were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. only one car was involved. wssc working to fix a 10 inch water main break this morning on brunette avenue in silver

springs. 37 people are going without water until the pipe can be patched up. you're looking at a picture that a viewer sent us. the main broke last night sent a river of water rushing down that street. we're going to let you know as soon at they say they're going to turn the water back on. crews will search for a pilot who passed out in the cockpit and crashed in the atlantic ocean. that pilot was the only person in the plane headed to manassas but drifted over the no-fly zone above the district and then crashed into the ocean about 50 miles east of wallops island in virginia. this is video we received from the airport in wisconsin where the plane took off. the ntsb is investigating the crash this morning. howard county police trying to figure out what caused a tree to fall on a man in woodbine. around 4:30 yesterday a man was cooking on a grill when the tree came down on him. when fire and rescue arrived it was too late. he had died. three kids at the home when the tree fell were also hurt. they are expected to be okay.

part of the tree also went through the roof of the house. the family will now have to find somewhere else to stay. there is a mystery this morning on a popular trail in cottage city. a man was found murdered and police have no idea how it happened. the body was found yesterday morning along the anacostia river trail near bladensburg road. police don't know how he died, only that he had significant trauma to his upper body. people use that trail every day looking over their shoulders. any concerns about safety. >> always. a lot of people use it at night and i would too if i had to but it's scary thinking something like this happened to close. >> prince george's county police say an autopsy of the victim should shed more light on how the man died. two d.c. families can't stay in their homes this morning after a propane tank exploded. crews are figuring out how much damage it caused. this happened on third street southeast just off atlantic street. check it out, you see all the

firefighters there over the apartment building where this happened. no one was hurt. d.c. police are trying to find out who's responsible for setting several fires inside of a northwest hotel. we first brought you this breaking news yesterday morning. around 1:00 in the morning, guests were startled awake by fire alarms and then ordered to get out of the building. according to hotel management, several fires were ignited inside the hotel while firefighters were on the scene. at least one person was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. guests were forced to stand outside for hours wondering what happened. >> we were standing outside, because fire and something. nobody knows what happened. >> the hotel's response was certainly not very good. now in their defense, it was 1:00 in the morning. >> they spent the night sleeping on the floor while the hotel sorted everything out. the pictures were sent to us. police don't have a suspect yet. a reminder to always have

your smoke detectors working properly. a family lucky to be alive after their home went up in flames. this is what the home on ben yon road looks like now after the fire yesterday morning. investigators say the batteries were taken out of the smoke detectors. the cause has been ruled an accident. after the 9:00, metro taking advantage of the long labor day weekend. >> that means you need to plan ahead to avoid being late. we'll show you which metro stations are closed for track work. >> oh, and summer is -- >> back to school is here and if the kids are asking for a laptop and you don't know which one to get, i'll break it down for you. i'm erika gonzalez. i'll tell you which is best for your students. >> we want to remind you summer is not over. we've listed 15 ways or places to visit before summer is over. your summer bucket list is on our website. just visit nbcwashington.com. we'll be back on air in a moment. how can i avoid maintenance fees?

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the red line will be tough to get around on this morning. two stations bethesda and medical center are closed. you will have to take a bus from friendship heights or grover in instead. they last through the holidays on monday. same for longer wait times on the orange, green and silver lines. the blue and yellow lines are running normal weekend service. september starts tomorrow. lots of your kids are getting ready to head back to school if they haven't already. >> no matter what grade or level, laptops are a must have for every student. erika gonzalez tells us the best ones to buy at any budget. >> reporter: come september even the youngest students can expect some keyboard time in the classroom. consumer reports says a good choice for first through fifth graders is a low cost chrome

book. >> lightweight laptops cloem operating systems. parents can set up supervised user accounts to restrict content. >> reporter: one book the acor, c 720-2848p. that costs $200 and consumer reports says it lasts more than ten hours on a charge. homework demand, a serious computer. more high school and middle school students the $600 lenovo idea pad is a good choice. >> it's a lot of laptop for the money. it has a powerful pro sers, decent size hard drive and good performer in our lab test. >> reporter: at about four pounds won't weigh down a backpack. college bound students have loads of gear but for takes notes is a laptop or tablet a better choice? "consumer reports" says microsoft surface pro three officers the best of both. it costs a thousand dollars plus 130 more for the keyboard

accessory. >> technically a tablet but a full operating system, allows you to switch back and forth and one more like a conventional mouse and keyboard. >> reporter: and for creative thinkers the surface pro three comes with a pen that lets you write on the screen. >> that was erika gonzalez reporting there. most schools in northern virginia start class on tuesday. when i was in college there were two or three students who had a laptop. >> or a cell phone. gosh, i had a pager. >> cell phones, wasn't that long ago. >> i had a beeper in college. tells you how old we are. kids going back to school, some of your kids may not be getting enough sleep before that school bell rings. >> why doctors say your kids need more sleep. plus we'll show you what one family is doing. here's amelia with a weather alert. >> richard, we'll be talking about scattered storms later today but right now some hazy sunshine and muggy. clouds increase and again storms will follow.

i'll have more on the timing for storm potential today and tomorrow coming up.

getting back to school can be a rough transition for kids because doctors say most schoolchildren won't be getting enough sleep. >> news 4's doreen genz her has

more. >> i maybe will get six hours. >> reporter: 17-year-old ryan edwards says he's like most kids at his high school staying up too late and getting up too early which often means sleeping less than six hours a night. >> kids at my school, i mean, you know, you notice first thing in the morning nobody wants to talk to each otherp. everybody is like half awake. they just want to, you know, wander through the hallway like zombies. >> reporter: doctors say that's not surprising. studies show between 70 and 85% of 11th and 12th graders are chronically getting too little sleep. that means less than seven hours each night when they really need at least nine hours. >> it's 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 lieuen is a sleep specialist with children's national health system. he says that reaction in the blain 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 adolescence, school pressure, social pressure, sports. >> reporter: he says early school start times are to blame because the biological clocks of adolescence are naturally programmed to sleep between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., but a lot of local high schools start before 7:30 in the morning and that doesn't leave enough time for kids to sleep. >> it's her moans and it's almost a cellular level throughout the brain and body. their sleep timing is dictated. >> usually i can't get to sleep until almost 1:00 a.m. and then i will wake up about hopefully 6:15 or 6:20 and out the door by

6:40. >> in the morning when he has too little sleep he's very grumpy, agitated, he can't focus. >> reporter: ryan is attempting to get to bed earlier so his body is prepared for the early alarm clock. >> just an extra hour of sleep can really make a difference. >> reporter: doreen genther. "news 4 today." >> i'm not a scientist but maybe losing the iphone and ipad next to the pillow might help. get more shut eye. kids try to catch up on sleep over the weekend, they try to make it up but doctors say it's only going to make things worse when they go back to the normal schedule on monday. it's the same effect as being jet lagged. >> back to school this week for many students. we're going to be covering it on air and on-line for changes coming this year to your school, go to nbcwashington.com. and search back to school. >> and so many kids going back to school in the virginia area

and the day that they return is going to be hot hot hot. i know that's something you're going to touch on. >> oh, my gosh. it's going to be 95 on tuesday. so we waited all summer for that summer like heat. well as summer starts to wind down it's here. we're talking about high temperatures in the 90s starting today and potentially staying in the 90s for highs right on through friday. right now, hazy sunshine. a live look with our city camera. clouds begin to filter back foot region around the midday hours. once again looking at more clouds than sunshine and as we get into the afternoon and evening hours, especially the late afternoon hours, starting to track scattered thunderstorms on the radar. the biggest threat would be heavy rain that could lead to some isolated flash flooding or just dampen the outdoor plans on your holiday weekend. there's a small threat that thunderstorms could contain high winds that could produce some very, very widely scattered isolated wind damage.

the odds we see hail or an isolated storm damage is low. too humid to be hail and the winds aren't right for a weak tornado to form. temperatures right now for the most part in the 70s except for washington at 80 degrees. 77 in gaithersburg and frederick, 75 manassas, 79 in annapolis. if you have not been outside yet today it is a steam bath. the humidity sticks with us right on through that first day of school tuesday. >> this batch of showers could make it as far east as parts of frederi frederick, loudoun and fauquier to about 11:00 a.m. after that it's going to fizzle out. washington, the d.c. metro area, everybody east of the line stays dry, until at least the afternoon hours. tracking scattered thunderstorm potential for the late afternoon and evening hours. show you with future weather. 3:00 notice heavy rain around hagerstown, winchester and

frederick. 5:00 the heavy rain may start to make its way into parts of the d.c. metro area including montgomery county, notice the heavier activity in loudoun. 6:00, you're out grilling, you might need to head indoors in washington as heavy rain moves over the area. 8:00, still activity potentially around luray and leesburg at that points. scattered thunderstorms and rain likely continue overnight tonight and then tomorrow, we're looking at dry conditions. about a 60% chance dealing with rain today. tomorrow the chance drops down to 30. high temperature of 92 degrees. yesterday our high temperature was 86. grilling forecast for labor day tomorrow, you could be dealing with the storm but i say still fire up the grill. just get ready to pop indoors if you hear thunder. otherwise hot and humid. look at high temperatures during the afternoon and evening hours tomorrow around 90 degrees. again today about a 60% chance that you're dealing with rain later in the day. the best chance for heavy rain

will be north and west of washington. tomorrow, maybe a shower or thunderstorm around during the afternoon hours. tuesday, a high of 95. and a 30% chance of laid late day showers and thunderstorms. for most students looking like good conditions as they head back to school. richard and angie, a high of 91 with lower humidity. >> wow. going to be hot, why they call it a heat wave. >> it is. we are ten minutes away from the half hour. we have a warning to tell you about. >> why you need to make sure to properly throw away your trash in the district. >> that's right. plus how people across the country are standing up for cancer. you won't want to miss this. >> welcome. we are fewer than 70 days until the midterm elections and about to begin the post-labor day sprint. here's the top story line in the election season. can republicans gain a net six senate seats to win back control of the chamber. right now republicans have about a 50/50 chance.

one reason why is the playing field. republicans can capture control wins six to seven democratic held seats in states president obama lost in 2012, alaska, arkansas, louisiana, montana, north carolina, south dakota and west virginia. the republicans have expanded the map. even if they lose in the red states the gop has put credible candidates in blue and purple states like colorado and iowa. won't be surprising if democrats hang on to their majority. many of the incumbents have run good races. while president obama's numbers while president obama's numbers are worse than in 2010

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bob mcdonnell's corruption trial is wrapping up. starting tuesday a jury will decide whether virginia's former governor is innocent or guilty. he and his wife are accused of trading political favors for more than $150,000 in gifts. if convicted they could face decades in prison. >> chris brown will be back inside a courtroom this week. the sources say a singer has reached a plea deal that would likely allow him to avoid jail time. brown and his bodyguard are charged with punching a fan. the bodyguard was found guilty this year. charges still pending against chris brown.

brown's hearing is tuesday morning. you're going to want to make sure you throw that trash away. if you are caught littering, you could get a $75 ticket. this is part of the district's anti-littering pilot program. if you or a passenger tosses out trash out of your window while drive, you'll be slapped with a $100 ticket. >> a new d.c. land mark has a new look this weekend. this is the capital wheel at national harbor turned red orange and yell lo to raise awareness for stand up to cancer. there are other cities lighting up their landmarks including city hall in houston, bunker hill memorial bridge in boston, rockefeller center in new york. a great time to see these landmarks in a new way. >> it's beautiful in drawing attention to a great cause and really stretches the support stretches across the country because they're doing this in los angeles as well as niagara falls. >> yeah. >> really nice. >> the time is 9:25. as you head back home tomorrow,

a reminder to drive safely. >> virginia state police are doing to keep you safe on this holiday weekend. >> you can enjoy this, a free concert today at the capital. a look at the labor day celebrations.

looking at our top stories, your metro trip downtown will not be affected after a man was found dead at a metro station

overnight. police say this doesn't appear to be an attack. they haven't released the man's name. they are working to find out exactly how the man died. this is at the shady grove station. >> this just in, two people are dead after a crash in gaithersburg. woodfield road is shut down from brink to goshen school road. police say three people were in a serious car accident overnight. just one car was involved in that crash. news 4's derrick ward is headed to the scene and we will bring you a live report at the top of the hour. >> the ntsb investigating a plane crash. a pilot was flying to manassas and apparently passed out at the controls, the plane crashed into the atlantic ocean. the pilot was the only person on board. >> good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. thanks for joining us. a lot of news to get to. today is sunday, august 31st. we have made it through august. >> we have a weather alert. let's go to storm team 4

meteorologist amelia segal outside. >> good morning to you at home. i have to say it is puggy out here and -- muggy out here and will remain muggy through tuesday. the heat also kick ps in today. now, weather alert day because there are strong thunderstorms potentially in the forecast later today. somebody on twitter said i guess we can't shoot the messenger. the storms today will be scattered, they will be later in the day. right now around the midday hours, hazy, hot and humid for the afternoon scattered thunderstorms north and west of washington during the evening hours, scattered storms potentially across the entire area and we could see heavy rain and any storms later today maybe some isolated strong winds. planning on exercising for the midday hours into the afternoon hours make sure you have plenty of water handy. it's hot and muggy. here's how temperatures warm. by 1:00 at 90 degrees, 3:00, 4:00, when we hover around our high temperature of 92. angie and richard, there are thunderstorms in the forecast for labor day.

the good news, the threat you're dealing with a thunderstorm tomorrow not as high as today. only about 30%. more on the timing of the thunderstorms for tomorrow coming up. right now, it's a nice breeze out here but you can feel the humidity. >> we heard from one of our viewers, kings town striders on twitter, he said i got in from a run and i am soaking wet. >> i can definitely believe it. >> thank you. developing this morning, in the crisis in iraq, several countries joined the united states to deliver more food and water to iraqis under siege by isis. australia, france and britain sent the aid. the u.s. dropped more bombs on isis near the city of mosul. we will be joined by andrea mitchell to talk about the crisis in iraq and syria and what is coming up later on "meet the press" the european union is threatening tough sanctions against russia if it does not stop its invasion of ukraine.

nato says russia has moved more than 1,000 troops in ukraine with another 20,000 positioned on the border. ukraine's president says russia's aggression is pushing the conflict to the point of an all-out war. the u.s. welcomes the sanctions of russia's violation of ukraine's sovereignty. russia has one week to back out of the country. back here at home, people plan to rally for ukraine in front of the white house. today at 2:00 p.m., people will call on president obama to prevent what they are calling the world war iii. the protest will be on the lafayette park side across from the white house. protesters say they want strict sanctions against russia for its continued invasion. >> hands up don't shoot. >> people in ferguson, missouri, say they won't stop calling for justice. michael brown was shot and killed three weeks ago by a police officer. yesterday people took to the streets chanting "hands up don't shoot." that's become the slogan for the protesters.

brown's parents were at the march. the shooting set off days of violent protests and a military response from police. the officer has not been charged. a grand jury is examining the evidence and federal agents are conducting a civil rights investigation. right now, a 14-year-old boy in falls church is facing charges for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl. detectives say he attacked her on friday at the sunset cinema event in cherry hill park. an adult stopped him the first time but according to investigators he came back. that is when the girl screamed loud enough for people to hear her. the teenager ran off but police quickly arrested him. a man is behind bars this morning accused of sexually assaulting a teenager. police arrested juan carlos lopez ramirez yesterday. police say ramirez jumped a girl along the lee highway near gainesville square shopping center, allegedly pushed her down the embankment. police say the victim fought back and she was able to get away to find help.

>> anne arundel police looking for two men accused of stabbing another man. police say a 30-year-old man got into some kind of fight with a couple guys. this is one of them. this happened saturday morning on pioneer drive. during the fight the man was stabbed multiple times by suspects. the suspects are 24-year-old curtis matthew and 24-year-old gary jamal. the victim is in critical but stable condition this morning. right now three teenagers are in serious condition right now after their car crashed in olney maryland. we told you about this yesterday. you see the car is wrecked. actually flipped on its top there. the crash happened at macduff and cashell road. the three teenagers are boys. two are 17 years old. the other is 15. we're told that 15-year-old boy had life-threatening injuries. today police in northern virginia are working to prevent serious crashes this holiday weekend. police are stepping up enforce

mns as part of the drive to save lives campaign. this time last year they arrested 120 people for dui. you'll see more officers on the highways in places like this, i-66 in fairfax. if you drive on the dulles toll road starting this week, you will see changes taking place. crews will convert 19 exact change lanes to ez pass only lanes. starting with one on the edges of fairfax county parkway. the airport authority in charge of the road. they say nine out of ten of you who use the lanes use ez pass. there will still be one lane to use cash instead. the project could take more than a year to complete. if you are looking for something to do with your family today here is an option, go to the labor day concert on the national mall, on the west lawn of the capitol building. you will hear patriotic songs performed by the national symphony orchestra. that concert will start at 8:00 tonight but there's a froe dress rehearsal at 3:30 this afternoon. his is video from another labor

day concert. it was moved inside because of rain. we'll have to wait and see if that happens again today. there are showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. >> rain or shine, always a great show. >> exactly. >> time right now 9:35. a young man dreams of becoming an actor but he's looking for a forever home. >> then sewage cleanup. raw sewage spills into rock creek park.

in this week's wednesday's child we meet a talented young man with a great attitude. >> he has dreams of one day staring on the big screen but what he'd really like is a family and place to call home. barbara harrison takes us to meet malik. >> at the atlas theater a 15-year-old shared his dream. >> for a career i would like to be an actor for television an film. >> he has a map for his future

that includes the theater. we came to the atlas theater where he told me he's already had a little experience acting and singing at school. >> when i was in fifth grade i did an opera on i eta. >> did you sing? >> i sang a solo. >> he was excited to see what was happening on the stage here. >> i brought someone to meet you who would like to be on the stage himself. >> is this malik? >> yes, sir. >> hi, sir, hoy are you? >> doing good. >> he's an honor role student. his behavior at school is exemplary. he has friends and his teachers love him. >> i would like to have siblings. >> he wants to go to college to study history and acting and being on the stage here was a real thrill. >> my soul has grown deep by the rivers. >> we asked him to hear a little from the opera he sang in the fifth grade. ♪

>> and we learned he also has talent in dance. calling malik a triple threat, both were impressed. >> we got a bright future ahead of you, sir. >> thank you. >> with the proper training. we all need training with the proper training i expect to see great things from you. >> he is ready to join a permanent family. he wants to be part of finding that family. >> his wants are simple. >> i want to have a family that loves me and that i'll have a happy life with. >> barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and heart for malik or another child waiting call our special adoption hotline. that number is 188-2 adopt me or search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. i think a star is born there. >> he has a lot of promise. >> the time right now 9:40. coming up we have a news 4 i-team investigation. >> how council members spend your tax dollars on pricey hotel

rooms and what can be done to stop it. >> we're looking at scattered rain and thunderstorms later today and storms could potentially be heavy, meaning you're dealing with downpours. maybe some strong winds. i've have my updated forecast i've have my updated forecast examining up.

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lot even if they don't have to. the news 4 i-team went through years of expenses. scott mcfarland shows us where your money went. ♪ welcome inside the trump resort las vegas. this is a deluxe room. floor to ceiling views of the city, european style kitchen, italian marble baths. >> 34. >> reporter: may 17th, d.c. taxpayers spent more than $500 for one of the deluxe rooms. room 3404 for council member muriel bowser. during her four night, $1600 trip, for a conference. a year earlier at the wynn resort in vegas council member jack evans spent more than $700 for one night for one room for the same conference. a news 4 i-team review of years of out-of-town expenses found d.c. council members travel to the same event in las vegas they spend wildly different amounts. if you're living in the district and making minimum wage and trying to get by and see your

council member, the person supposed to be representing you, spending a few nights in vegas, $600 a night for a hotel room, you have lost touch. >> reporter: says david williams of the taxpayers protection alliance. d.c. council members are free to book their own travel and need only to submit forms to the council secretary to review and get a reimbursement. the money is withdrawn from a taxpayer office budget, each member gets about $20,000 a year to spend. we checked how often the council secretary rejected a trip and we found the answer. zero times. hasn't happened once. we found much of the rest of d.c.'s government must get pre-approval before traveling from the office of the city administrator. internal e-mails obtained by the news 4 i-team show the offices required would-be travelers find bargains. administrators asked one d.c. insurance agency to stay at a ramada inn during a trip to florida to save money and

require another employee submit the estimate of the cost of his rental car before approving the trip. d.c. council members are not required to. and do not book trips as a group to secure cheaper prices. in some cases we found while attending the same conference they stay at different hotels. >> from the standpoint of council members developing better relationships with each other makes sense they would stay at the same place. plus, the fact that then you don't have the disparity in rates. >> reporter: the chairman says it might be worth considering a system which council members book hotels as a group. >> if you can save money we ought to look at that. >> reporter: bowser spent more than $500 on her first night in may, she told us her average hotel rate for the trip was, quote, not far off from what others pay for the hotel at the event. council member evans admits his hotel room cost too much even though he booked last minute made the same trip to the same event over the past several years. taxpayer groups say the council ought to bring in an additional administrator. >> there needs to be an

overhaul, an ombudsman or chief financial officer to look at the receipts, prices and really rein in this spending. >> and that was scott mcfarland reporting. head to nbcwashington.com to find out what your local government spent op travel recently. >> state corruption investigators say credit card purchases by montgomery county school board members were not criminal. the state prosecutor's office finished its investigation this week. some of the purchases were first revealed by the news 4 i-team. the i-team found some board members used their taxpayer funded cards to buy pricey meals and stay in hotel rooms in d.c. despite being minutes from home. the board voted to strip their own members of the cards and place new limits on travel expenses. stay away from the water in rock creek park today. crews are still working to clean up a sewer spill and repair the line. more than 1200 gallons of raw waste spilled into rock creek. a backed up sewer line in

adams morgan overflowed friday. everyone is being told to avoid the water south of the national zoo to georgetown. >> video to show you out of louisiana this morning. more water there. it rained pretty hard and then this happened. just take a look. you can see water completely covered the first floor of some homes. this is southwest, far from the new orleans. they are expecting a drier day there today. around here we saw clouds early on this morning. i was hoping that was going to thin out the humidity we've been feeling. >> no. >> you were out there moments ago. you know. >> it's so humid outside, get outside from our studio which is chilly. i felt like a lizard, change from cold to hot out there. humid not only today but tomorrow and tuesday as well. with the heat and humidity and increased sunshine we're seeing, there will be scattered thunderstorms later today. so you'll have plans outdoors make sure you're weather ready when you hear thunder, you need to head indoors.

temperatures right now s balmy. even hot. 82 in washington. 77 in rockville, reston, dulles, leesburg, 79 manassas, 81 in camp springs. now high temperatures today will warm into the low 90s. the best chance for strong to severe thunderstorms later today will be in northern maryland. areas like frederick and washington counties. high temperatures there in the upper 80s. now the d.c. metro area, high temperatures for the most part in the low 90s. 92 for a high in washington, bethesda, 91 in gaithersburg and alexandria. we will notice a little more sunshine today than we had yesterday but overall, when you average it out we're looking at more clouds today than sunshine. partly to mach skies, clouds around for this afternoon. the latest on storm team 4 radar, continuing to track the showery activity in west virginia and far western maryland that could continue to hold together until about 11:00 a.m. and make it ways into

frederick, loudoun and fauquier. it's going to fizzle not being able to hold together as it tries to move into areas like montgomery and fairfax counties. you're dry until we get into the afternoon hours, potentially the late afternoon hours. here we are at 5:00 during the evening, notice how most of the area, the d.c. metro area through the northern neck and southern maryland, still dry, but that heavy rain impacting parts of loudoun, northern prince william and frederick counties, parts of montgomery and the district at 6:00 p.m. notice how southern maryland could potentially remain mainly dry for the evening, even into the overnight hours. but at 10:00, it's not dry in montgomery county. in fact, heavy rain potentially at that point by the brighter colors there on future weather. now as we get into our labor day holiday, maybe you're heading to the beach today, well, mainly dry at the beach today and a little breezy. an afternoon thunderstorm is possible there on monday. back at home tomorrow, chance of an isolated morning shower at

7:00 a.m. but most if not all of the morning and midday hours, then a widely scattered thunderstorm possible during the afternoon and evening hours. a high temperature tomorrow of 91. we're talking about our fourth heat wave of the year and starts today. the 90s. the heat wave continues through friday. for tuesday a high temperature of 95 degrees. it's still humid. weather looking good for the bus stop and at recess but by dismissal you could be dealing with an isolated thunderstorm and then showers and thunderstorms are likely tuesday night, potentially strong as a cold front moves through the area. hold off on getting the car washed until wednesday where it's still hot with a high of 91. it's refreshing, it's not as humid outside. showers and thunderstorms remove the humidity fromhe air. it remains hot but not oppressive thursday and friday. >> overall we can't xran. this has been one cool summer. >> even though the odds of thunderstorms in the forecast later today are high it's still

scattered and we're not looking at a washout today. >> thanks ashgs meal ya. >> the redskins make their final cuts. who got cut from the team. >> you're watching "news 4 today." apple preparing for a big announcement in a few days. what could it be?

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"news 4 today" starts now. right now we're working to find out the name of a man found dead at a metro station. if you plan on heading downtown, this is not affecting the rails. the man was found in a stairwell in the parking lot of the shady

grove metro station. police say they do not believe the man was attacked or assaulted. that investigation continues this morning. right now we want to get a check of your forecast. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is here with a weather alert. hi. >> good morning, angie. that weather alert because we're expecting thunderstorms and rain later today. especially during the late afternoon and evening hours. because of this scattered activity later today, and the heat and humidity, the weather having a low to moderate impact on your sunday. walking the dog forecast not a great afternoon to walk your dog. it's going to be hot and humid. plan on a short walk for today. 1:00 you can see it's already hot. at 91 degrees. temperatures remain in the low 90s. through 3:00 even 4:00 we're still sitting around 90. seeing some sunshine now and the sun we're seeing now will only help to allow any thunderstorms later today to bubble up. as we get into the afternoon hours, the clouds will start to increases