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 increase as the scattered

thunderstorms move in. the biggest concern with any storms later today, will be some heavy rain that could lead to isolated flash flooding, but more than that, it could just dampen your holiday plans on this three-day weekend. there's also a small chance of some strong winds and any thunderstorms later today. coming i'll be showing you the timing with future weather, when you can expect rain in your area. >> thank you. right now wssc is working to fix a ten inch water main break this morning. this is on brunette avenue in silver springs. 37 people are going without water until that pipe can be all patched up. take a look, a viewer sent us this picture. that main broke last night sending a river of water rushing down the street. we'll let you know when wssc says they'll turn the water back on. >> the ntsb is investigating a plane crash in our area. the pilot passed over the no-fly zone above d.c. and then crashed into the atlantic ocean. that pilot was the only person on the plane and the plane was headed to manassas from the

midwest. it appears that pilot may have passed out in the cockpit. the plane crashed 50 miles east of wallops island in virginia. we have video overnight of the airport where the plane took off. we're told at some point the pilot passed out behind the controls. >> 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 along the anacostia river trail near bladensburg road. police don't know how he died only he had significant trauma to his upper body. this has people who use the trail every day looking over their shoulders. >> any concerns about safety if? >> aeshgs yeah always. a lot of people use it at night and i mean i guess i would to if i had to. but it's kind of scary thinking something like this happened so close. >> police say an autopsy of the victim should shed more light on how he died. >> crews are working to figure out how much damage a propane

tank caused when it exploded in southeast washington. check it out. two families were forced out of their homes but fortunately no one was hurt. d.c. police trying to figure out who is responsible for setting several fires inside a northwest hotel. we brought you this breaking news yesterday morning. around 1:00 a.m., guests were startled awake by fire alarms and ordered 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 was going on. >> crazy. we're standing outside because of fire and something, nobody knows what happened. >> the hotel's response is certainly not very good. now in their defense, it was 1:00 in the morning. >> guests spent part of the night sleeping on the floor

take a look at some of the pictures we got our hands on. this as the hotel sorted everything out. police don't have a suspect. >> a reminder to always have your smoke detectors working properly. a silver spring family is lucky to be alive after their home went up in flames. this what is the home looks like now after the fire yesterday morning. investigators say the batteries were taken out of the smoke detectors. the cause of the fire has been ruled an accident. >> that's something so easy to do because when the smoke detector bat it terries die it beeps. sometimes you forget and it doesn't happen. something to keep in mind. >> four minutes after the 10:00 hour. >> news for your health, the summer flu. many of you are sniffling and sneezing and the flu season is not even here yet. what it means for the summer. >> those of you battling the allergies what you can do that will have you breathing easier. >> if you plan on grilling out this labor day, what you need. head over to our home page,

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news for your health flu season isn't supposed to start for another month but doctors say they're seeing cases. some pharmacies say to prepare they're going to start to give flu shots in the next few weeks. nbc has how bad the flu season could be for you and your family. >> reporter: the testing for the flu doesn't seem like it ended for dr. sadler. >> we were seeing many flu cases into may and june. >> reporter: and the positive flu test results didn't stop coming in either. >> i suspect that the flu is here year-un and that's how it's able to perpetuate and examine back. >> reporter: one of the positive tests came from an employee at the doctor's office just weeks

ago. it started out as a sore throat. >> didn't sleep at all. really have a bad sore throat. then next morning, i started, you know, have strep. >> reporter: she found it wasn't strep. it was the flu. >> i was very surprised. this is the second time in four months i have flu. >> back in april she was diagnosed with one strain of the virus. this time a different strain. dr. sadler says it's highly unusual to get positive flu tests at this point in the year. months away from flu season starting. >> what this tells me that the flu season is get ready here it comes. school has just begun. the kids are going to be closer together. so i suspect we may see resurgence of the flu perhaps in high numbers than before. >> and that was reza reporting there. doctors recommend getting the flu shots. flu shots usually only cover you one season.

if you get the flu during the summer you have to get a different shot from your doctor. >> it is something millions suffer from. sinus problems. if you are -- suffer from severe sinus allergies a new surgery to help solve the problem. called balloon sign new plasty. a small cable is fed foot sinus and then that helps open up the passage way to help you breathe. doctors say it's quicker and a lot less painful than other types of sinus surgery. >> it's flexible so it can follow the natural pathways not always straight. goes into the sinus and then put a balloon catheter over it almost like angio plasty in the heart. >> very interesting. so far the procedure has proven successful. patients say once the balloon is inserted, their sinuses have stayed open or they will stay open permanently. >> nine minutes after 10:00 this morning. >> we'll get insight into president obama's strategy to take on terrorists.

guest moderator of "meet the press" andrea mitchell joins us on set with that and more next. >> to amelia with a weather alert. >> richard, scattered thunderstorms later today on into the evening hours but good news, only a 30% chance you're dealing with a thunderstorm tomorrow on labor day. i'll have the latest timing with the storms on labor day in my forecast.

this morning we are talking about the isis threat in iraq

and syria. >> joining us is guest moderator of "meet the press" today andrea mitchell. good morning. >> good morning. good to be with you guys. >> there's been a lot of criticism on the president's response to this growing terror group. >> and the fact that it is such a serious threat. i talked to dianne feinstein on "meet the press" and general anthony vinny, michele who is a former top official in the pentagon. about whether we need a stronger response and whether he framed the words wrong, arguably that was not the best way to phrase it. we don't have a strategy yet. whether they lack a strategy. >> well, what are people saying. what is the consensus as far as how the u.s. is going to respond and what the strategy depends on? >> the strategy right now is going to be to build a coalition. secretary kerry and hagel will be going to the middle east next week at the end of the nato meeting trying to get others involved. clearly we're not going to go in on our own but they are organizing surveillance, doing

the targeting right now to find out how to go after isis if they decide to go after isis in syria. >> one thing we've repeatedly heard from law make percent in washington is that -- lawmakers in washington is that isis can be compared to al qaeda and 9/11. concern about foreign fighters who may be training in iraq and syria and possibly coming back home to commit some kind of terrorist act. is that a concern in the u.s.? >> it is more of a concern for the uk because you have so many more brits than americans who were involved. 75 to 100 americans reportedly in isis in syria. but there are many more british citizens as well as others with european passports who can much more easily. there is a concern fight wears come back here but isis is different from al qaeda. they're more brutal in some regards and vicious but very involved with trying to hold territory and exed. a potentially to lebanon, jordan and elsewhere, rather than targeting the americans back home.

>> another topic you touch on is the eu now threatening the bigger sanctions against russia for their movement into ukraine. is there some worry that perhaps this might work in putin's advantage because they're already suffering from economic challenges as it is and this is a way for them to really paint a picture that look, it's the west that's after us. >> i think that's a very good point and the fact is, putin is getting more popular as the west imposes more sanctions on him. there's an argument which dianne feinstein and others make we should give putin an exit strategy. we don't have a military option. we have to figure out an exit strategy. >> among your guests chuck todd taking over next week. we want to show a clip of one of his first appearances on "meet the press." >> chuck todd of the national journal hotline what is a blog? >> blog just so the actual term is short for web log. >> how times have changed. >> read my web log.

>> sadly we no longer have tim russert but tim mentored chuck and me and it's that tradition that we are building on with chuck todd, he will be there live today and we'll talk about it. >> great to see video of them together and the future as "meet the press" looks to its next chapter. >> exactly. >> thanks so much. we can see more of andrea and chuck on "meet the press" coming up here in just a few minutes after "news 4 today." stay tuned for that at 10:30. >> that sound it's back to school in northern virginia and in prince william county be on the lookout for school zone lights. the lights were turned off during the summer at most schools. keep the speeds down while the kids and buss aren ot roadways. new vaccine requirements to tell you about in spots vain ya county. every 6th grader must get the booster for tenuous, diphtheria and whooping cough. immunization at county health

departments. >> we'll be passing out backpacks in fairfax. the backpacks from our backpacks for kids campaign. it will be tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at cameron elementary school in alexandria. 500 students will be getting backpacks and supplies from news 4 and apple federal credit union. david cull ver will be there giving out the backpacks and see that later this week on "news 4 today." >> exciting times. i'm not a meteorologist but everything i'm hearing is make sure those kids that are going back to school are layering up lightly, wearing perhaps the shorts, t-shirt. >> stick with the summer clothing. probably got new clothes for school most likely in the fall theme as you naturally would. can't wear that for the first week because we're talking about a heat wave starting today through friday. a heat wave means high temperatures hit 90 or higher. we're looking at hot conditions and that's going to be with you throughout the day today. hot and humid.

for the midday hours, hazy hot and humid. afternoon hours more cloud cover returns to the area and some scattered thunderstorms especially to the north and west of washington. for the evening hours, more widespread thunderstorms and again, we've been talking about it all morning potentially strong thunderstorms later today. the main concern being heavy rain, a great day to download the storm team 4 weather app. check the radar and if there is a severe thunderstorm warning issued today you'll get that sent to your phone. the latest check of the satellite and radar, the rain and the clouds, you can see across the d.c. area, just some hazy sunshine. a little bit of rain into western maryland but this is falling apart pretty much everybody stays dry until we start to get into the afternoon hours, not even the early afternoon hours for that matter. that's good news there. later afternoon hours as this moisture back in ohio and other parts of the midwest continues to push on into the area. so future weather 3:00 notice some shower and thunderstorm

activity, western maryland and loudoun county, starts to pick up in intensity toward the evening. the oranges, yellows and reds here indicating heavy rain, some downpours. having people over, grilling out trying to get last moments in at the pool be prepared to head indoors. 6:00, heavy rain, including partings of montgomery county and the district. continuing to track rain moving through the area overnight tonight. southern maryland only a 40% chance you're dealing with thunderstorms today but everybody else looking at a 60 to 70% chance of rain this afternoon. tomorrow grilling forecast is hot, humid, high temperatures will be around 90 degrees for the afternoon and evening hours. there's the chance of a thunderstorm but that threat tomorrow greatly reduced. only about 30%. still could contain a downpour but not as widespread as we're expecting later today. high temperature tomorrow 91 degrees. it only goes up from there.

95 for a high temperature on tuesday. it's going to be a dry start but as we get into the late afternoon and evening hours a shower or thunderstorm is possible. tuesday night when i'm forecasting rain to move through with a cold front. bus stop forecast on tuesday, might not want to hear this but you will have it, looking good. recess looking good. dismissal though, storms likely to hold off but we can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm and it will be hot when students are getting out of school on tuesday. again, some rain tuesday night, but for wednesday, lower humidity from that rain. a high temperature of 91 degrees. mostly sunny skies. wednesday is the day you start to get back into the fall routine, get the car washed, because we're looking at dry weather for thursday and friday, although stays hot with highs in the low 90s. it's not going to be humid. it's going to be that dry heat. mostly sunny skies. next saturday a high of 89. right now a chance of thunderstorms next saturday. >> great.

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crash. no word on what caused the accident or continue of the third person in the car. police investigating how someone died at the shady grove metro station. if you are heading downtown the station is open. the man was found in a stairwell of the parking garage there. we're working to learn his name. police do not believe that this man was attacked or assaulted. right now the ntsb is investigating a plane crash in our area. a pilot was flying to manassas, passed out at the controls and then drifted over the no-fly zone above d.c. then the plane crashed into the atlantic ocean. the pilot was the only person on board. ♪ this weekend, the town of brookville, maryland, celebrating its w s role in the of 1812. 200 years ago the town provided refuge to president james madison while the british occupied washington. doing that made brookville the

u.s. capital for a day. from noon until 6:00 re-enactments like this, tour of the town and a lot of games for the kids. the washington convention center may have the new book smell hanging around this morning. lots of you enjoyed the national book festival yesterday. it was the festival's first year inside after several years on the national mall. the library of congress organized the event and tom sherwood was there introduced congressman james clyburnwho's releasing a new memoir. >> september starts tomorrow. here's what you should know. as you take a look the at the week ahead, tomorrow you can start taking more flights between dulles airport and london. british airways is adding the extra service and the new flights will be on an air bus 380 plane the biggest passenger airplane. >> herndon having labor day festival on monday. enjoy bear and wine from local rhine wineries and micro breweries, craft show, cooking demonstrations at the herndon

municipal center. $20 for adults with the beer and wine tasting, kids under 12 will get in free. >> go to the labor day parade with your family tomorrow in ghaith urs berg. the parade is now in its 76th year. you'll see it along east diamond and russell avenue. it begin at 1:00 in the afternoon. >> this is supposed to be the last weekend of summer. it's going to be a hot one. >> it's going to feel like summer. as meteorological fall starts still feels like summer outside. >> and so hot for the kids. heading back to school hot and humid. for today looking at scattered thunderstorms for areas well west of the d.c. metro area as early as 3:00 p.m. d.c. metro areas like montgomery and fairfax, 5:00. washington holding off until maybe 7:00. heavy rain is possible later today so be ready, have that second plan to head indoors quickly, maybe stay in there for about 45 minutes as the storm rolls through the area.

it's muggy outside. it's 92 degrees for a high today. tomorrow, about a 30% chance that you're dealing with an afternoon thunderstorm. so most people should be able to get in their labor day festivities fine for tomorrow, high of 91 and 95 on tuesday with storms possible late in the day. mainly in the overnight hours. >> so you think the storms will move through pretty quick. >> i think they're going to be quickly moving but heavy rain in them. >> a lot of events going on as you mentioned before, the concert on the capitol which is free, rain or shine goes on. they will move it inside. no excuse to get out there and enjoy your holiday weekend. >> at 8:00 tonight. that's going to do it for "news 4 today." "meet the press" coming up next. >> wake up with us monday morning we begin at 4:26 a.m. have a good day.

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huge challenges for president obama this holiday weekend from enemies old and new. the president admits he does not yet have a strategy for defeating isis as britain raises its terror threat level. i'll ask dianne feinstein, chair of the inlligence committee about the threat posed to the u.s. and whether the president's recent comments so weakness. facing doup an old adversary. ukraine says itsco