right now we're following a developing story in prince george's county. morning 100,000 people cannot drnk the drink their water. >> plus get ready for the humidity. it is warm already this morning and it's only getting warmer. we'll go to tom kierein in just a moment. first, though, melissa mollet watching breaking news in your first 4 traffic. is this bw parkway southbound at the beltway. at this point, as chopper 4 sort of zooms out, we can see we have several miles of backups. very, very slow. bw parkway southbound, from earlier road work that was not out of the way in time for this morning are your. a wider look at things, we look good everywhere with the exception of that bw parkway problem here for us. 66 and 95 moving along as they

typically should. prince george's county side looking good, as well. brunswick line east 894, that train canceled this morning. it's the 7:10 train out of frederick. remember to follow us @first4traffic. one of my favorite followers, to t tom, tell me your breath is weather is being look better than my traffic. still some wet pavement, but getting a few sprinkles of light rain here. they are tracking to the east but generally breaking up by the time they get into charles, saint mary's. another short sleeve heat way in september day today. turning less humid this afternoon. no storms today like yesterday. walking the dog this morning, humidity still in the air. by 7:00, partly sunny, low 70s. mid-70s by 8:00.

by 9:00, into the upper 70s. there is the first light of dawn. by noontime, we'll be in the low 80s. not as hot as yesterday, but still a heat wave. up they're 90 midafternoon. lower humidity partly sunny through the day. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, your bus stop forecast for this wednesday morning. it is thousand 6:02. a developing story right now. listen up if you live in prince george's county county. before you turn on the water to make that pot of coffee, you will want to hear this, there a boil water advisory because of a water main break in hyattsville last night. megan mcgrath is live this morning with what you need to know if you live in one of these communities. >> reporter: well, yeah, it's a 24 inch pipe that broke. and what happened is it caused a drop in the water pressure in the lines of a certain area. when that happens, it increases the risk of contamination in the

system. there is no evidence of actual contamination, but as a precaution, people in the area impacted, they are being asked to boy their water before using it. now, this is a large area. hyattsville, bladensburg, mt. rainier, landover hills, glenarden, brentwood, a big area, about 1 # 00,000 people, you're asked to bring your water to a rolling boil for one hint before drinking it or using to cook with. before brushing your teeth. if you're wondering whether you're among those that have to boil your water, go to nbcwashington.com and we have a link, type in your address. i typed in tangle wood drive, this is the area where the water main actually broke, and you can see that it will pop up exactly the location within the zone. that address is within the red zone, so that means that i would have to boil my water. they're sayi about 48 hours is

the estimate, although that is not an exact time frame. really you should continue to boil your water in these areas until you hear that it's all clear. they will have to do testing before they allow people to just drink water straight out of the tap. back to you. >> thanks, megan. and during the storm last night, there was also a brief radio outage for montgomery county police. radio service is restored this morning. the outage only lasted about a minute. police say the issue was limited to the county and did not have any impact on 911 service. here is the reason for that outage. bolts of lightning, strong winds. you can expect to see a lot of cleanup happening today. strong storms snapped power poles causing outages in montgomery county. wind tossed trees to the ground and debris across roads, too. shall people we talked to said that the storm sounded more like a tornado than anything else. >> it was not a 50 miles an hour

miles per hour wind. it was like swoosh! and i said, oh, high gmy god, i a tornado? and i ran into my bathroom. >> that was jacqueline jackson. she lives on norbeck road where there is significant cleanup that needs to be be done. about a half an hour ago, the president wrapped up a news conference ahead of the nato summit tomorrow. one of the main topics of the news conference, terrorist group isis. this comes about two mores after the white house determined a video showing the brew tutal kig of steven sotloff is and you th authentic. this morning the bpresident is vowing justice will be served. >> wel not be intimidated. their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to fight against these

terrorists. they will learn we will not forget and that our reach is long and that justice will be served. >> president obama ordered another 350 military personnel to iraq. that brings the total number of u.s. troops on the ground to 820. jurors will be back at it again this morning in richmond. they're deliberating the fate of bob mcdonnell and his wife. the jury received 90 pages of instructions before going behind closed doors yesterday. the mcdonnells are facing 14 counts of corruption including conspiracy, obstruction and bank fraud. they're accused of taking gifts and loans in exchange for giving political favors to jonnie williams. we will bring you complete coverage of the verdict whenever it breaks. trapped by traffic. when seconds count, the new problem on the road slowing down emergency you crews trying to

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welcome back. in news 4 your health, a pacemaker without a battery could one day keep your heart beating. this is one actually that gets power from the heart. s much like ahers developed a wrist watch. a rotor unwinds. it could mean pace makers won't need surgery to replace the batteries. and a study says removing both breasts doesn't boost

survival for most women. the study involved nearly 200,000 california patients followed for several years. ten year survival rates were nearly identical for women who chose lumpectomies plus radiation and for those women who chose double mastectomies. and this issue has become a big deal after ang lee that jolie preemptively decided to have a double mastectomy. and now other women are using the genetic tests. you really have to talk to your doctor. this is the second day back to school for many kids. >> and chuck bell took the storm team 4 x 4 out to herndon high school. >> reporter: good morning. a beautiful morning out here in herndon, virginia. home of the fighting hornets. this sign built by the class of

1991. doug and angie both graduated here. angie told me that her actual graduation date remains a classified top secret. but we will keep doing shall digging. bus stop weather, it's a muggy start outside. temperatures are right now in the upper 60s and low 70s. and by the time you come home afternoon bus stop rides will be in the upper 80s and low 90s. and plenty of humidity out here. relative humidity here in herndon, 99%. breaking news in the traffic department. good morning. breaking news, bw parkway southbound as you're approaching the beltway, very slow. it's easing a little bit in the past couple of minutes, but it was a work zone that did not get out of the way in time and we have a four mile backup. you're going about 35 miles an hour. so nasty there. also new crash 66 east at prince william parkway, you can see the slowdowns because of that. 270 at old hundred, normal volume.

wider look, we actually look quite good. no major problems. 95 in virginia running about 40 miles an hour. i'm back in ten minutes with a live look at 270. a 3-year-old behind the wheel. and he wasn't alone. the second person in the car with him that people nearby could not believe they saw. and the disappearance of 8-year-old relisha rudd, the new findings about whether the district could have done somethin

>> conflicts details now rolling in on that developing story of the cease fire between ukraine and russia. the kremlin now responding saying putin did not agree to a cease-fire as russia was not a party to the conflict. ukraine and the west have accused russia of backing pro-russian separatists in the region. russia continues s ts to deny involvement. and david cameron warning

european leaders about the risk of appeasing vladimir putin. western leaders are making similar mistakes as britain and france did with adolf hitler. he reportedly made those comments in a closed door meeting in brussels. cameron told an eu summit you putin had to be stopped from seizing all of ukraine. it is now 6:17. let's go back to angie goff with breaking news in northeast washington. >> we got this just in, 100 homes and a recreation center without water right now. this after d.c. water tells us a main broke between 13th street and sergeant road in northeast d.c.. they also say that unfortunately, we're looking at 8 to 10 hours before that water will be turned back on. but so far, no roads have been closed in the area. nothing else could have been done. those are the findings of a review into the disappearance of

relisha rudd. she went missing six months ago and has her been found. police believe she was taken by kalil tatum who worked as a janitor at her homeless shelter. a 12 page review of the case found agencies did everything they were supposed to do leading up to her disappearance. but the report also recommended better coordination and training for social worker, public school officials and staff at the d.c. general shelter. the report says there were several instances where professionals mandated to report known or suspected child abuse failed to act. we've learned the 9-year-old girl who accidently shot and killed her instructor said the uzi was, quote, too much for her and hurt her shoulder. that is according to the sheriff's report. the 39-year-old man was standing next to the girl at a firing range in arizona. the report notes when the girl pulled the trigger, the gun went over her head. at first the family did not realize the instructor had been shot. they say they are devastated by

the accident during their summer vacation. p. when you need an ambulance, minutes can fadid feel like hou. and for first responders, getting to the call is harder than ever. >> he's not moving over. >> things like congestion and volume, especially distracted drivers who aren't paying attention, those are slowing down emergency response times. take a look at this, a driver in montgomery county didn't move out of the left lane for an ambulance for 30 seconds. first responders say you should be thinking about the people waiting for the ambulance while you're driving. >> unless it's affecting them, they don't actually take it too seriously at times. >> vehicles meant to keep sound out also delay a driver's ability to hear an ambulance or emergency vehicle. response times under five minutes reduce deaths. today mayor gray is headed to china taking part in a ten day trade mission there.

the mayor will celebrate the 0th anniversary of d.c.'s sister city relationship with beijing. gray will also push the world tourism federation to select d.c. as next year's host city. there will be meetings to discuss the way the two sisters can form economic and cultural partnership. in just about an hour, would candidates for congress will offer their plans to increase business in northern virginia. barbara comstock and john foust in a town hall. both are vying for the 10th district seat left open by congressman frank wolf who will retire at the end of his term. as the new school year gets in to actual swing, districts across the country are dealing with a growing problem. male students outthumb male teachers almost 2:1, meaning a short supply of male role models

in the classroom. the male educator network was created to help. >> it bridges the gap between kids who would know nothing besides their own individual community and seeing there is a whole world outside for them if they make those connections. >> tonight on news 4 at 5:00, the man spearheading the effort to grow the ranks of male teachers explains how he plans to do that and we'll hear how students are responding to this effort. there is a three pronged approach they're taking to try to recruit more male teachers address be those positive role models. >> absolutely an important part of the issue. and right now we want to go to breaking news on the outer loop. melissa mollet with your first 4 traffic now. outer loop just before georgia avenue, take a look at this crash. two left lanes here being taken up. so very, very slow. we have about a one mile backup at this point, but it is growing of course because of the slowdowns.

it just happened a coupkup ecou minutes ago. also v street, downed wires from a car crash. otherwise looking pretty normal for this time of morning. you can see the slowdown top of the beltway at colesville and then the problem bw parkway southbound still about 22 miles an hour from the earlier road work that just did not get out of the way in time. prince george's county side of the roadways looking pretty good. again reminder, brunswick train east 894 completely canceled this morning. much of the region we're beginning to dry out after the overnight showers. still a few pockets where some roadways may be a little damp this morning. so watch out for that. here is a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. look up there your granola and look at this gorgeous blueberry apricot dawn under way. live view from tower camera this morning. and radar showing some wet pavement still in prince william county, parts of stafford,

spotsylvania. just a few sprinkles heading east. temperatures are mild and muggy again this morning. low to mid-70s in prince george's county. upper 60s to near 70 montgomery. most of fairfax county in the mid-70s. rest of northern virginia, loudoun, fauquier, culculpepper hovering around 70. this afternoon, noticeably less humid. highs reaching near 90 again. so the september heat wave continues. and it will continue tomorrow, too, as we'll get humidity back. storm team 4 four day forecast, could get storms south of the metro area, maybe around fredericksburg, southern maryland, highs mere 90. again on friday. hazy sunshine. humid into saturday. highs low 90s. likely storms saturday afternoon into saturday evening. and then a pressure change sunday, monday, tuesday, heat wave ends, low humidity, cooler.

highs just near 80. 6:23. new surveillance video showing the woman known as the serial stowaway trying to get past airport security. marilyn hartman wandering around the airport in phoenix. officers gave her a citation. police have have arrested hartman several times for similar incidents and even boarding planes without tickets. the 62-year-old says she suffers from a mental illness and blamed authorities. caught on surveillance, thieves tried ramming their truck six times in to an atm in an attempt to steal it. it happened this kansas. they were not successful. the two masked men ransacked the machine and only got away with the computer. no cash. they it cause thousands of dollars in damage as you can see there. most people are trying to keep the car keys away there their toddlers. but one grandmother in florida is accused of allowing her 3-year-old to drive her car. that's right. will this happened over the

weekend. the car crashed as you can imagine into several other parked cars at an orlando apartment complex. a witness says that he could clearly see the child standing on the lap of the grandmother steering the car. she now pafaces charges of chil abuse and careless driving. the 3-year-old can't drive. >> a dangerous situation. i remember i was like 7 or 8 sitting on my dad's lap, but he was in control. >> you can put the child's life at risk, as well. very dangerous. we're counting down the days, meredith vieira's new show debuts right here on nbc 4 on monday. >> and she topped by the "tonight show" and says everything about the though sho authentic. >> and this is modeled roughly after my real family room. this chair is from my real family home. take a look at this. you have a dog, gary. >> gary is my dog. >> we have a dog and two cats

and they have ruined our furniture. >> meredith's show set is just down the hall from the "tonight show". they actually ran down the hallway to take a look at the new set. >> very cool. and i was in that hallway on the set talking to meredith just last week. i'll have more about her new show, how she is feeling, what she is expecting. coming up later this week right here on you news 4. jennifer lopez is her first guest. but she said she really wants to bring real people to her show. she's so real, just feel like you know her. meredith vieira show starting at 1:00 right here nbc wi4 on monday. an alexandria man cannot go in his own backyard because of a swarm of hornets. why there is nothing he can do to get rid of them. >> and check out this time lapse we put together. stores rolled in and out last night, but things will look

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we're following a developing story in prince george's county. more than 100,000 people cannot drink their water unless they boil it first. >> look at this map. this about 15 minutes, megan mcgrath will look at how long the warning could last. but first melissa mollet has breaking news on the outer loop. >> this is outer loop at georgia avenue. still jammed, but the crash that was in the left lanes there did get out of the way. police, fire, out of the way but still seeing real backups. again, very slow at this point. otherwise looking pretty

typical. also bw parkway southbound as you approach the beltway from road work that just doesnidn't out of the way when it should have. 70 this clarksburg, you are very, very slow all the way down until you make your way pretty much into germantown. tom, is your weather better than my traffic? >> the sky is looking better for sure. look at this pink sun advirise the potomac. the air still rather humid when you step out the door walking to the metro or bus. we'll have maybe some area roads a little damp especially south of the metro area. then between 8:00 and 10:00, as the commute really ramps up, mild and muggy. and partly sunny in the afternoon hours. by midday, temperatures in the

low 80s for your lunch hour and noticeably less you humid and more comfortable. heading back home, we'll be up around 90. so the heigat wave continues. a look at the school day forecast at 6:41. montgomery county police need your help to find a missing girl. similar lat chan hcharlotte cha for more than a week. she's from montgomery village. a woodbridge man is in jail accused of trying to kidnap a 2-year-old girl. patrick rooney picked her up at a playground on geraldine court. we're told the girl's 14-year-old brother stopped rooney before he got away. another person called police. officers arrested him just a few blocks away. they say he was drunk.

rooney is charged with attempted abduction. an update expect dad on a third missionary doctor who has tested positive for the kree bol ebola virus. he was treating pregnant women and unknown how he contracted the virus. this is the same hospital where dr. brantly contracted the disease. brantly spoke with matt lauer about the danger workers face trying to fight the drought bre drought break. >> are you worried that so many health care workers and physicians are contracting the virus that it will be increasingly hard to get other people to go there? >> it's a very real difficulty that we're facing. >> matt will have much more of his conversation on the "today"

show. chris christie is coming to maryland later this month to help larry hogan. he will participate in a fund-raiser on september 17. hogan opted for public financing which limits his own spending, but does not limit the spending of supporters on his behalf. a man in fairfax county says hornets are keeping him from going in to his own backyard. john albert tellsi insects are in a tree on his neighbor's property, but his neighbor won't remove them and when he tried taking matters in to his own hands, that didn't work either. the homeowners association says there is nothing that they can do because they are not responsible for any individual homes. a new data breach likely at home depot and it could be worse than the one at target. the new offer the company just made in the last 30 minutes. plus caught breaking the rules. the undercover mission to make sure d.c. taxi drivers right you

as they should. and we're live at herndon high school acid cans get ready to leave for the day. take a look at that beautiful sky. chuck bell will break down what you can expect on the way out and on the way home.

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a new data breach likely at home tdepot. the new offer the company just made in the last 30 minutes. the store says that it is working with its banking partners and law enforcement and cyber security firm found stolen credit and debit card numbers used at home depot for sale online. the hacking could date back to april or may. >> this could make it larger than the target data breach which was only during a three week period. home depot says if it confirms the breach, it will offer free credit monitoring services to

any impacted customers. starting today, you will find a big change behind the counter at cvs stores. richard jordan joining us live in northwest to explain this. >> reporter: cvs is also changing its name, it will be called cvs health. but a lot of people may not even realize that change because a lot of the signs above the sores will stay the same. tobacco will no longer be sold inside cvs. this was a company initiative. the goal was to get all tobacco products off the shelves by october 1. they were ahead of schedule on that and now cvs says all 7700 stores are tobacco free. replacing those will be products to help people quit smoking. this is why they're changing their name. ey want to focus on health care. they are advertising their minute clinic where people can just walk in without an appointment, see a nurse practitioner, have their ailment

assessed and get a better understanding of what kind of care they need. so cvs says this is all rebranding, they don't want to be known as a convenience store anymore or just a convenience store, but they really want to emphasize what they're doing for the hundredity as far as providing health care. richard jordan, news 4. a lot of you getting ready to head off to school or work. it will be humid outside. >> it is the second day of school in northern virginia and second day of the heat and humidity, too. chuck bell took the storm team 4 x 4 to herndon high school. how is it looking out there? >> reporter: it's a nice morning outside. temperatures are still in the low and mid-70s. plenty of humidity in the air. and a beautiful sky. it was ablaze with orange about three minutes ago. i tweeted it out,@chuck bell 4. planes going into dull les

airport. nice day. out the door weather this morning, in the 70s. lunchtime temperatures, upper 80s to near 90. recess grade today, only a b because of the heat and humidity. eyes today upper 80s and low '90s. so the heat wave continues for at least one more day. and now breaking traffic news. >> we're talking about outer room still coming down 95 for that southbound merge. we are very, very slow. this is from an earlier crash near georgia. so we're still very scramm edja south. also a pedestrian hit gloucester parkway at tournament parkway, medevac on the way to the scene. otherwise looking pretty normal for this time of morning. still slow bw parkway southbound from the earlier road work that did not get out of the way. 66 east at suddenly, typical volume headed from the beltway

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we're following a developing story in prince george's county. it's one of the stories we're watching closely to get you you up to the minute the himinute you're up. >> and we start with megan mcgrath in hyattsville. >> reporter: it's a 24 inch pipe that burst and that is what is causing the problem. it actually caused water pressure in the area to drop. when that happens, there is increased risk for contamination. wssc says they have no evidence of contamination, but as a precaution, they are asking people in the affected areas to boil their water before using it. take a look at this area. it's a wide one. hyattsville, bladensburg, mt. rainier, landover hills, glenarden, fairmont heights, 100,000 people they estimate that many people have been

impacted. so they're asking to you boil your water. bring to a boiling roll for about one minute, then let it cool down before doing things like drinking, cooking, washing and brushing your teeth and the like. just as a precaution. if you're curious whether you're in the area impacted, you can go to nbcwashington.com, we have a link on our website, you can type in your address, i've typed in 4600 block of tangle wood drive, this is the area where the pipe is, and you can see that it came up inside the red zone there on the map. that means that i need to boil my water. wssc estimates it will be about 48 hours to get things back to normal, but that is not precise. you're asked to hold off drinking directly from the tap until they give the all clear. meg megan mcgrath, news 4. the white house has confirmed that the video showing the killing of american journalist steven sotloff is authentic. you're looking at a still picture from the video.

president obama blasting isis vowing that justice will be served. tracie potts live on capitol hill now with more on that. >> reporter: justice will be served he said but when? the president doesn't seem to be speaking of a time line for air strikes or any other military action in syria after the beheading of the second american journalist which was authenticated this morning. the president called it horrific, but said it will take time and effort and a compaalit of nations to go after isis. he is speaking there estonia, there to reassure the baltic nations that if russia pushes further into ukraine, they won't be threatened. the president announced more air power headed that way for exercises for now. he said nato needs to beef up their defenses and while ukraine is saying yes we're working on a deal to end the violence with russia, russia is saying this morning there is no such deal in place. two different stories on the eve of this nato summit.

>> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. 6:47. d.c. police are looking for a man accused of trying to sexually assault a woman over the weekend. this happened late saturday night near oliver street and western avenue. the man approached the woman with a knife and attempted to take her clothes off. the woman got away before the suspect was away to assault her. police need your help catching thieves who stole hundreds of dollars worth of jeans in grmg town. you cgeorgetown. they walk right out of of the store. each pair costs about $200. this is surveillance video from the diesel store on m street. theft happened sunday afternoon. if you recognize any of those men, call d.c. police. in just a few hours, jury deliberations resume behind closed door this is richmond. the jury will decide the fate of bob mcdonnell and his wife. they received 90 pages of instructions yesterday. the mcdonnells are facing 14 counts of corruption including

conspiracy, obstruction and bank fraud. they're accused of taking gifts and loans from former ceo jonnie williams. we'll be in court for as long as it takes the jury to reach a verdict. you can follow julie carey and david culver on twitter for the very latest from richmond. plans for a gun range have been scrapped. sugarloaf alliance posted that old line ors naturarsenal dropp application. they had planned to build two outdoor ranges, an indoor range and a shooting tower. the alliance challenged the plan because of the potential impact on businesses and wildlife. a burger restaurant is under fire this morning for eliminating america's top condiment from its menu. the mad fresh bistro banned

ketchup even though most of the menu is burger and fries. the chef was apparently raised in france and he says he wants people to trust his cooking and that means no ketchup. he says if the customer doesn't like the way he makes something, he or she does not have to come back. so it will be interesting to see -- >> how dare he. >> you don't have to go there. >> you said it. absolutely right. >> he has his right and we'll see if business holds up without cu cu ketchup on my tries. >> i don't like not having the option. just cook it and make sure it doesn't kill me. >> you tell em. >> you like kitchen, don't you. >> we had a ketchup colored sun advise, but how quickly it changes. now being blocked by loclouds.

still have humidity in the air. we've had a few sprinkles passing south of the metro area, but those have dissipated. it's in the low to mid-70s around most of the region. northern virginia, maryland, around the bay. and we'll stay this way for another couple of hours. post your pictures. this angry thunderstorm cloud rolled through yesterday afternoon. did produce a lot of wind and produced heavy downpours and a lot of lightning, too. but not today. won't have any lightning bolts coming from the sky this afternoon. just a few clouds coming and going. partly sunny, not as hot, but still unusually hot for early september. we'll be up near 90 in the metro area. elsewhere, should be reaching the mid-80s. shenandoah valley into to upper. this afternoon, noticeably less humid.

but humidity returns tomorrow. could get storms south of the metro area during the afternoon tomorrow. small chance of that. partly sunny and hot and humid on thursday. afternoon highs around 90. low 90s on saturday. still steamy on saturday with likelihood of scattered storms during the afternoon and evening on saturday. that is the price we will pay for an amazing big change coming our way sunday into monday and tuesday. heat wave will be over. lots of sunshine, low humidity. highs near 80. sunday, monday and tuesday. melissa still has breaking news on the roads this wednesday morning. >> yeah, still breaking news. talking about the outer loop of the beltway as you merge on from 95 south, very slow there from an earlier crash. you can see the backups stretch about four miles back. so very slow 95 south on to the beltway there. our other slow spot bw parkway southbound as you're approaching the beltway, slow from earlier road work that did not get out of the way in time. you can see that about 21 miles per hour is what you're running

right how. otherwise looking pretty typical. d.c. 295 just past 50, slow. 395 as you approach the 14th street bridge, also a little bit slow this morning. getting on to 66 in centreville and heading into town, you can see fairly slow. pretty much until you get to vienna. then opens back up as you you hits the beltway. no major problem there. 270 at montrose moving right along. 270 south, 21 minutes. poll us at first 4 traffic. clean up in will continue today. bolts of lightning, rain and strong winds got the best of us. strong storms snapped power poles causing outages, as well. >> it was not a 50-mile-per-hour wind. it was like swoosh! and i said oh, my god, is that a tornado? it was so bad, i saw everything bending and i ran in to my

bathroom. > . >> crews had to replace the power pole in the area of norbeck road. it is now 6:53. during the storm, there was a brief radio outage for montgomery county police. radio service is restored this morning. the outage only lasted for about a minute. police say the issue was limited to the county and did not have any impact on 911 service. stay on top of severe weather even when your power goes out. just download the weather app on your smartphone. search nbc 4 weather in the app store or google play. police say the same man may be exposing himself in busy stores. last week a woman saw a man pull down his pants in the harris teeter in manassas. a few days before that, a man exposed positihimself inside th barnes & noble. police only have a vague description of the person they're looking for. unbelievable video of a jet crash here. that plane slammed in to a

series of buildings in libya. two people actually died. the crash happened yesterday during a memorial service for another pilot. the cause of the crash is under investigation. later tonight, you'll have a chance to speak out about the ferguson protests. there is a special dialogue focused on what happens now in ferguson, what we've learned and how we move on. the dialogue starts at 5:00. if you'd like to take part, call 1-800-230-1085. and you can be a part of that discussion. there was an undercover operation to make sure you get a fair cab ride in the district. over the labor day weekend, the taxicab commission went undercover on find rule breakers. they issued 31 tickets, ten cited for refusing service to passengers, five for credit card readers that were not working, other drivers were ticketed for driving an unsafe car.

and during the operation, the commission notes most drivers, more than 6,000 cabs in the city, most were following the rules. four things to know before you head out this morning, home depot says it's working with banks and law enforcement to investigate a possible hacking. we'll send you an alert from the mobile app at the first word of any confirmation. status update expected on the third american aid worker who tested positive for ebola. and matt lauer sits down with dr. brantly. don't miss that on the "today" show. and jurors are headed back in to deliberations in the mcdonnell corruption trial. they have to sort through 14 counts against the former governor and his wife. julie carey and david culver will bring us the verdict when it comes down. and people in large swathes of prince george's county need to boil your water because of a water main break in hyattsville. find out whether you're one of those people by heading to

nbcwashington.com. and the heat wave continues. p around 90 this afternoon and again tomorrow and friday. saturday the low '90s. and it will be getting a lot more humid again tomorrow after we get a break today. remaining humid into the first part of the weekend, and then a nice break sunday, monday, tuesday. >> i wish we had a break in the traffic. outer loop at 95, very slow. four or five mile backup from an earlier crash. also gw parkway southbound as you approach the beltway. that is from earlier road work that would not get out of the way in time. otherwise looking pretty good. >> thank you. and that is the broadcast for this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back will 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news.

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