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>> good saturday morning everybody, first weekend of september feels like it's the middle of july still. temperatures in thor 70s to near 80. we're talking about heat indexes near 100 degrees before showers and thunderstorm chances start to increase late afternoon into this evening. storm team radar first thing this morning nothing to worry about just yet. timing of the rain is coming in after 3:00 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. out the door temperatures 81 in college park. 75 in manassas. 74 in rockville. plan on a steamer outside today. temperatures low to mid-90s, thunderstorm chances really starting to increase by later this afternoon. some of those storms uld be strong to severe. we'll be keeping a weather eye on the sky today and so should you. college football forecast nitta nittany lions taking on akron. more about your forecast and weekend coming up in a few. >> storm team 4 is heaping you
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track the severe weather in your neighborhood. download the app in the app store on google play. right now the coast guard is combing the ocean near jamaica to find a couple whose plane crashed. the pilot passed out at the controls. he was flying from rochester, new york to florida when it veered off course. >> nbc's tom costello is following the latest on the search and investigation into how it happened. >> reporter: on board a prominent couple from upstate new york flying to naples, florida but turned into a 1700 ghost flight. the theory is they lost cabin presse d nca from hypoxia. just before 8:30 a.m. when larry glazer and his wife jane took off from rochester for naples, florida. their plane a brand new 2014,
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but at 10:04 a.m. glazer said he needed to descend to 18,000 feet. controllers told him to turn and to descend to 25,000. glazer never declared an emergency but stopped responding to controllers flying in a straight line south. fighter pilots intercepted the plane off the east coast and saw the windows frosted, the pilot slumped over. they assumed it was hypoxia. >> you get light headed and then nauseated, vomiting, headache, body aches and then like you can't stay awake and you fall asleep. unfortunately that's it. >> the plane kept flying on auto pilot over cuba before running
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out of fuel and crashing 14 miles off the jamaican coast. >> the proper procedure would have been to don the emergency oxygen mask first, declare an emergency and then begin an emergency descent to a breathable altitude. >> it's happened before. in 1999 payne stewart and five others died when their lear jet lost cabin pressure and crashed in south dakota. in 2005, 121 people died in a greek airliner that lost pressure and crashed into a mountain. we don't know what happened in this case. they could have lost cabin pressure with an engine problem or a leak around a window or door seal. the jamaican and u.s. coast guards are resuming search operations this morning. it's highly unlikely anyone survived this crash. folks, back to you. >> tom thank you. a developing story now in ukraine as part of a cease-fire deal pro russian separatists in ukraine could begin exchanging prisoners today. the two sides have been involved
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in a five month deadly conflict and audiotape greed yesterday to put down their weapons. international monitors will supervise the prisoner exchange this weekend. president obama has said if the rebels do not hold to the cease-fire, he's ready typical pose more sanctions on russia. it's possible sanctions against russia are just one of the topics "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will cover when he sits down with the president. in his first sunday as moderator todd will talk exclusively with the president about the threat of isis, the outbreak and new poll numbers. watch that tomorrow morning on "meet the press" right after "news4 today," that's at 10:30. >> on monday a professor at american university is expected to be in d.c. superior court. company also face charges in montgomery county, maryland. dr. david pitts is wanted for a burglary there and police arrested him on thursday for a bauer glare in the district. he's accused of setting a chair on fire and then breaking in to a business at the fox-hall shopping square complex in
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northwest. police said he set a fire in a wooded area which a student caught on his cell phone. when police searched pitts home they found more than 5,000 prescription pills including ambien, oxycontin and others. pitts is on leave from the university. he's being held without bond. first on 4, next week we could find out if a former cadet with the maryland state police could be charged for a deadly crash on the beltway. as we first told you on news4 at 6:00, a report has determined that 18-year-old sebastian reyes caused a crash that killed a teacher in our region. reyes made a u turn in an emergency turn around last month. the report says reyes invoked his trite remain silent during the investigation. maryland state police would only confirm reyes was fired. >> today t navy will name its newest submarine after a virginia congressman. in newport news, they will name
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it the "uss john warner." he served as secretary of navy between 1972 and '74. he was once married to the late actress elizabeth taylor. he'll speak at the ceremony which is set to take place at 6:30 tonight. an update about the dental clinic at the university of maryland. we got off the phone with organizers who say they are not letting anyone else in today. just an hour into today's clinic and the event has reached capacity. organizers said people lined up overnight. the event started yesterday. 800 volunteers are doing everything they can to perform cleanings, inflation and even some root canals. the official numbers are not in but an estimated 1400 people will get their smiles worked on during this two day event. wow. shows the need out there. >> they had long lines yesterday. people were smart to get there early. >> too bad they closed it off
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for today. also a free health and wellness fair happening today and this is going on in prince george's county. >> this one hosted by faith united ministries and go and get free health screenings for yourself and your family. there will be people to answer questions about health care costs and community resources for mother-in-law health awareness. the event is free and is at faith united ministries on fernham lane. >> a bus out of control, a driver ran off the road and right into this house. the close call for a baby trapped in the middle of the ordeal. >> plus new questions raised about the procedure joan rivers was getting before her death. just how often do doctors see complications in this operation plus the questions to ask your own doctor. >> the event that has streets shut down in the district plus when
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look at this video. this morning 11 people are hurt after this bus crashed into the duplex in the san francisco bay area. a mother and 3-month-old baby were inside that house. police say a man hit the bus trying to get away from officers and the bus driver was trying to get out of the way but swerved and hats how he was able to slam into the house. it barely missed the baby who was sitting alone in the living room. everyone is expected to be okay. the crash meanwhile cause ad gas leak which was quickly fixed and police were able to arrest one man. more problems for the former, celo green. the singer has been dropped as a headliner for a music festival in louisiana next month. this comes less than a week after he pleaded no contest to a felony drug charge for giving a woman ecstasy in 2012 in l.a.
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he's been sentenced to probation and community service. right now you should avoid traffic around the white house. there is a 5k there that's closing roads. it's called the beat the deadline 5k and parts of pennsylvania avenue, f street and 13th street northwest will be closed for about the next hour. 3rd street by the capitol is also closed. now you can try some award-winning dishes straight from food trucks in the district today. the dmv curb side cook off is happening at 1st and m streets in northeast. more than aozen food trucks will compete for several prizes and you can grab a bite to eat from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. the cost is $5. >> one of those competitions is for dessert. and the challenge is make something with hot chili pepper. >> i would say the challenge is resist. >> people are incorporating chili peppers into their
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desserts more often now. tastes pretty good. >> i've had chili pepper in chocolate. >> you could hear a lot of events being cancelled today and it depends on the weather. >> chuck is tracking the potential for thunderstorms. he'll show us exactly when we could see the first rain drops. >> the damage already done from a severe line of storms. where the weather has hundreds of thousands of people in the dark right now. karen: hi, i'm karen. joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and we are... karen & joyce: the koch sisters. karen: we're not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. joyce: and we're not related to the koch brothers, those right-wing billionaires. karen: we're just two average women who've raised families and worked hard all our lives. joyce: we don't have billions to spend on political campaigns. karen: but we do have our convictions, and our voices. we think that's important. joyce: if you agree, then join us. we can all be a nation of koch sisters!
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as fans, friends family are preparing for joan rivers funeral tomorrow questions now are growing about her death. the clinic where rivers is now under investigation. she was undergoing through a routine endoscopy. >> what you may not know a common procedure can be risky. dr. nancy snyderman tells us the new concerns about rivers' operation and how you can prepare if you need to have one. >> joan rivers checked into the clinic for what was expected to be a routine pred it was anything but. at 9:40 a.m. the clinic called 911. six minutes later first responders arrived. 10:08 a.m., rivers was driven by ambulance to mount sinai hospital three minutes away. according to the latest figures, one in 10,000 patients a year die while having an endoscopy.
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several physicians say being 81 alone was a risk factor and perhaps joan rivers should not have been scoped in an outpatient clinic. >> the safety of outpatient endoscopy has been well documented. this is incredibly tragic but extraordinarily rare. >> there are two ways xane the esophagus. one uses a scope inserted to the nose. the patient is seated and not sedated. another way inserts a larger scope through the mouth under iv sedation with the patient lying on its side. >> drugs are used to sedate the patient. to put them to sleep. almost all complications are related to the induction and use of anesthetic. >> before you have any procedure ask your doctor will there be sedation. is it necessary? what are the ricks associated with this. how should i prepare. should i stay on my current
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medications. what's the time cut off to having something to eat or drink. >> that was dr. nancy snyderman. about 8 million endoscopies are performed each year. >> we're helping you to get rid of documents and protect your identity. >> it's part of the all state community sled going on at prince george's community college in largo and right now strong wind from shredded joins us live. what are people bringing? good morning, everyone. all of our customers are bringing their confidential information, bank statements, tax records, old checks, anything that might, you know, bring a breach of their information. so, we're seeing tons of boxes, lots of customers, hundreds of our customers we service thus far.
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so it's been a great event thus far. >> working away. hope you'refying way to stay cool while you're out there. joining us also all state agent judy garrity. glad you can be with us. we want to know why this is so for all state. >> well, with the identity theft issues that we have now, all state is the committed to their customers and community, shredding your personal documents at an event like this is the first line of defers against that identity theft problem that we have. >> this also helping the environment? >> yes, it is. it's going paperless, first start in going paperless, cleaning up your house, your file drawers, et cetera. >> judy and john we'll check back in with the community sled going on. looks like you have a successful event under way. thanks so much for joining us early. head on over to the prince george's community college campus in largo. we're in lot b to get your documents shredded you must be in line by 11:00 a.m. at the intersection of prince place and
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campus way south. so you know the weather is okay right now, a little hot and humid but you're bringing it. >> mother nature, she's not letting go of summer at all around here. we're on course to have our fifth 90-day degree in september, keep in mind today is only the 6th. we only had three 90 degree days in the entire move august. late summer early fall heat wave is in progress. outside it looks hot and feels hot this morning. outside there's from our tower looking northbound over to bethesda, chevy chase straight up wisconsin avenue to rockville pike. fine looking day but if you go outside for a jog or walk or whatever you're going to do first thing this morning be ready. it's going to be hot, hot, hot later today. 80 degrees right now with 74% relative humidity. the impact the weather will have on your saturday will be moderate. feeling close to 100 degrees with heat indexes today so take
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your shade breaks, drink your extra water, wear like weight colored clothing. do whatever you can to stay cool. thunderstorm chances ramp up and go into this evening and some could be severe. right now it's 81 in thurmont, maryland. 80 degrees in annapolis. 76 at dulles airport. temperatures today, a spike into the throw mid-90s during the course of the afternoon. that's only half the story. the heat index will make it feel warmer than that. timing out the rain chances for you. nothing to worry about through the morning hours. by 2:00 this afternoon we could have a shower or two around town but i think greater rain chances come in after 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon into this evening. so a hit or miss thunderstorm during the peak heat cigarette possible. much more likely to see thunderstorms in here after about 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. here we are by 11:00 tonight there's that chance for thunderstorms going on through
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the metro area and then as we time it, all of this will be gone by tomorrow morning. starting off with plenty of clouds tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon looks like to be a winner. arriving of the storms today after about 2:00, really primarily out towards the shenandoah valley, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 in and around town, later than that in parts of southern maryland. going out to dinner tonight steamy to start and showery to finish. have a table ready to go inside. nothing right now on storm team 4 radar now. it should reach the i-95 corridor late tonight. college football season is back, everybody. maryland on the road at south florida down in tampa. 87 degrees the kick-off and a humid day down there for the terrapins. meanwhile michigan taking on notre dame. cool weather out in south bend. kick-off temperatures in the 60s and in the 50s by late in the gae, perfect weather for michigan fans. howard university on the road in
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new jersey taking on rutgers. it will be steamy with a chance of thunderstorms up there in new jersey later on today. our seven day forecast this is it. no more 90s after today. paranoia mis i promise. >> meredith vieira makes her return to daytime television. >> eun yang went to new york to chat about her new show. why meredith says she's anxious now and plus the personal touch she put on trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com
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a familiar face is looking to liven up your afternoons here on nbc 4. meredith vieira's new show debuts on mond. sfa our own eun yang sat down meredith vieira sat down with meredith at her new set at possible rock. >> reporter: strike up the band, here comes meredith vieira. she returns to television, this time debuting her very own daytime talk sho >> seeing my name over there, oh, my god. that's heavy. you know, you don't want to mess it up. i'm always anxious with television. i'm a nervous type behind-the-scenes because i do care. i want it to be good. >> reporter: meredith's openness is her calling card in a career
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that's taken her from "60 minutes" to "the view" to "who wants to be a millionaire" to the "today" show. expect games, giveaways and a lot of story telling. >> i want to showce he person. i have the ability to give people a voice to this shownd i think tt'rtt. >> to meredith that means connecting viewers with ordinary people doing extraordinary things and with people who need help. >> "30 rock" is her home base. i would love to travel the show not happen in year one but knock on whatever. >> what has been most for meredith throughout her career is her family. she was a trail blazer for women
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having it all. she still puts family first. >> what's the message i'm sending to other women. life is about priorities. they may change as you go along and that's okay but you need to do what's right for you. and if it's right for you then that's good. so i always do the spot check. >> she's trusting her gut once again to make her mark on daytime. eun yang, news4. >> meredith vieira show starts on monday and you can watch it right here on nbc 4, week days at 1:00 p.m. as you know, this area is filled with history. next the discovery archaeologists have been making for nearly two decades in alexandria. plus a special dedication for what they uncovered happening today. and get those outdoor chores done early. chuck is back to tell us when
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only from xfinity. a busy day for storm team 4. we're keeping a close watch on that line right there headed right this way. this could mean rain and storms in the hours that come. it's not just the storms that you'll be dealing with today also very hot and humid. very early this hour. feels like summer. >> very summery. meteorologist chuck bell is tracking what time we'll see the changes. he joins us now from the outside, storm team 4 weather deck. >> my biggest fan with me, my phone. it's a steam bath out here early this morning and this is the way it goes for the remainder of
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your saturday. summer holding on tight. plenty of humidity. two chances for thunderstorms today. first chance comes with peak heating during mid to late afternoon and second chance comes later this evening when that cold front reaches our area. national harbor looking back over the woodrow wilson bridge, partly sunny sky. more sunshine over reston town center. clouds coming our way for late this afternoon and rain chances are on the up and. you we're looking for a high today of 94 with strong potentially severe storms possible. keep a weather eye on the sky. we'll be here to keep you posted. college football, richmond spiders taking on virginia. temperatures up near 90 degrees. another great game coming your way, salisbury eagles taking on newport news. steamy temperatures with risk of showers or a thunderstorm there and more college football including south carolina and of course the boomer sooner
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forecast. see you in a few. right now police are looking for two men who held up a store at gunpoint in the district. we got the surveillance video. take a look if you can. you can see the two men walk into the shore on sherman avenue near euclid in the columbiaing heights neighborhood. this is back in august. if you recognize the men please call d.c. police. this morning a man connected to a series of armed robberies is off the streets in the district. police arrested 26-year-old curtis fogg. he's one of the two men seen on this surveillance video. both are accused of robbing a cricket cell phone store on georgia avenue in northwest last thursday. police believed fogg is responsible for eight armed robberies in two weeks. word of the arrest was good ingenuous a nearby business owner. >> really? >> how do you feel? >> relief. better. we have cameras all over our place to watch all the people and, you know.
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so we're feeling better. >> police still searching for the second suspect. right now police in alexandria are investigating a rape case and they want to speak to this man. take a look at his picture. woman told investigators a man she didn't know raped her last sunday while she was at a bar on south reynolds street. that's near landmark mall. this man was seen with the woman and police want to know if he has any information about the attack. detectives are not saying if this is the person responsible. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell's corruption trial may have cost you a lot of money. according to "the washington post," taxpayers paid about $985,000 for a private law firm to represent several staffers who were called to the stand. believe it or not that was a big discount. staff members who testified at the trial included a former chief of staff, communications director and several aides. mcdonnell also testified and
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during his and all the other's time on the stand the jury was sworn to silence but now some are breaking that is i lens including a mother of four who said that reading the verdict was hard to bear. >> i had a lump in my throat. >> another juror said many jurors. close to tears as verdict was read. the mcdonnells are facing years possibly even decades in prison. they will be sentenced in january. it's a good time to be working for a casino in maryland. baltimore's new horse shoe casino currently bringing in $1 million a day according to the "baltimore sun". it opened august 26th and brought in more than 5 million in its first week. that's more than most make in a month. for the move august maryland casinos reached new record of more than $80 million in revenue. casino revenue in maryland has increased more than 5% in just
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one year. it's not good news for casinos in atlantic city. last week revel closed its doors after two years in the business. it's the third casino to fold in the gambling city this year and another is coming later this month. more than 5,000 people lost their jobs when revel and show boat closed. another 1100 will be unemployed when trump plaza closes later this mop it's the end of an era for long time visitors to that boardwalk and others are worried about what's coming next. >> just very emotional. it's surreal. i don't know if it's hit me yet. >> a lot much crime start coming. >> the new jersey labor department says when trump closes it will be one of the largest mass filings for unemployment in state history. atlantic city is now hoping to target convention business as it struggle tolls reinvent it spechl. this morning prince george's county police and d.c. police will take a walk together to
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keep our community safe. the two departments are taking part in a unity walk. it's mean to show the continuing cooperation between their agencies when it comes to fighting crime. it starts at 11:00 a.m. at the eastover shopping center in oxon hill, maryland. >> today the city of alexandria, virginia will honor hundreds of africans who escaped slavery during the civil war. you're looking at contraband and freeman cemetery where 2,000 people were buried in the 1800s. in just a few moments they will begin rededicating the cemetery to the memory of the people buried. it took archaeologists almost two decades to identify and mark all of the grave sites of the men, women and children. parents thought that these helmet sensors therapy good idea to prevents concussions. well, why some think the devices are linked to a long time coach getting fired. >> your invitation for you and the kids. the event happening today to celebrate the start avenue
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school year. a hot and humid day today but expect a big temperature change once the rain moves on out. out. chuck's we just need to break it down into simple steps. is that house for sale again? you're changing the subject. we looked at that house. we have so much demanding our money right now but we have to save for later. right... that's the house- -with the low ceilings. the let's stick with the subject of retirement conversation.
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>> this just in. prince george's county police have the man who murdered miguel in langley park this weekend. the man was arrested last night for first degree murder. he's suspected of stabbing him to death on 15th avenue on wednesday. the suspect met the victim during a robbery. well, you can check out a step show to get your kids excited now that school is back in session. just get over to the second annual back to school step show in the district. the group step africa is working with the d.c. parks and rec department to bring the show.
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it happens from 2:00 this afternoon until 4:00. it's at the raven recreation center on 10th street in northwest. just a few blocks from the georgia avenue metro station. also you can check out the annual indian festival happening at river bend park in great falls. i want features native american from several tribes. there's a dugout canoe demonstration. try throwing a spear if you like. dream catchers will be on sale. a lot of food. it starts at 10:00 this morning and the runs until 4:00 this afternoon. admission is just $5. today part of the kennedy center will be transformed into a shopping center. the performing arts venue will host a joint museum sidewalk sale. nearly a dozen d.c. area museums plan to participate. in teams such as books, jewelry and holiday merchandise will be available for you to buy.
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you can find this sidewalk sale at the kennedy atrium center. the event is free and bring your parking stub inside to be validated for two free hours. a free shuttle will also run every 15 minutes to and from the foggy bottom metro station. neat way to see the kennedy center. >> it is. free parking. >> just wear light clothing. hot out there. unusual sight to show you on the golden gate bridge. we'll show you what brought aic to a standstill right in the middle of rush hour. >> let's go to chuck. >> heat and humidity in abundance for your saturday if you're going to do stuff outside you need to keep a weather eye on the sky. have your storm team 4 weather app ready to trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com
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check it out. people dropping off their personal documents and getting them shredded for free in largo. our nbc 4 all state community sled is well under way. >> we're helping you protect yourself from identity theft. all of this happening at prince george's community college in largo's maryland. right now the director of the county's department of environment joins us now live. you got about 900 people there. what's the county doing to help in this recycling project? >> well we got a team of great volunteers here directing traffic and working with our partners to make sure it goes smoothly and get as much material as possible and pleasantly as possible.
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>> this is also helping the environment as well, right, adam? >> yeah. absolutely. every year we get about 100 tons of material. cardboard and paper that we end up recycling. that's good in two ways. i want reduces our carbon footprint, manufacturing paper but also helps us sell this material and bring more resources back into the county for recycling and environmental programs. >> let's bring in brenda mitchell from prince george's community college now. classes recently began on campus so what is the school doing to reengage with the students? >> well, one of the ways that we try to engage with our students are through events like this, as a provider of higher education in prince george's county we're pleased to serve our community and also bring awareness to issues such as identity theft and how our students can participate to help our county residents better protect themselves against identity
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theft. >> brent darks we're hearing already 900 people have shown up? >> absolutely. in the past, we're so pleased that we have been a partner with nbc 4 to bring this nbc 4 all state community shred to prince george's county for a number of times now and we have served in the past some 3,000 or more residents of the county. so we're very proud to be able to provide that service today. >> all right. adam and brent darks thank you so much for joining us and we do want to remind everybody you have a little more than an hour to get out there and shreddocum. go to prince george's community college campus in largo, we're in lot b. you must be in line by 11:00 a.m. at the intersection of prince place and campus way south. today parents at loudoun valley high school are upset. their children's football season started without a long time coach. danny mcgrath was fired after seven years on the job. some parents say it happened
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because of his stance on safety such as students playing overpowered opponents. >> coach mcgrath has been extremely outspoken on safety issues here. years ago when woodgrove and valley split we only had about 900 students and at that time still playing schools better at 1900. >> we're told mcgrath support ad helmet sensor that the school system overruled. school representatives told us under virginia law the school could not say the reason why mcgrath was let go. >> former nba player shaquille o'neal looking to join the police force in south florida. "the miami herald" reports shaq applied to be a reserve officer. the county will have to run a background check. shaq has a history of working for law enforcement. he was a reserve officer in miami beach and last year and he was part time officer. now here's something we don't get to see every day.
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deer on the golden gate bridge in san francisco. you can see the two deer, deers are running across -- the deer are running across the bridge. drivers stopped their cars to let the animals go by. to complicate matters this happened during the evening rush on friday on the busiest side of the bridge. the deer got to the other side safely. no one was hurt. which answers the question why did the deer cross the bridge. >> don't they know they are not supposed to run with traffic. >> they taught be on the pedestrian walkway. >> bad deer. >> they broke nearly every rule in the book. >> what a sight out there. okay. so the big question out here, we're waiting for relief because i think pretty much every day this week we hit 90. >> four out of the first five days we were 90 or higher in september. today five out of the first six. but that may be it nope more 90s in the seven day after today.
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we just have to make it through today. today's heat and humidity will come with a risk of strong thunderstorms later this afternoon and this evening. go to the google play store, itunestore. download our absolutely positively free and up to date storm team 4 weather app and you can have it in the palm of your hand. if you're outside, whatever you're doing keep a weather eye on the sky. you need to take precaution to stay ahead of the weather yourself. 80 degrees already with 71% humidity. 84 now in frederick, maryland. winchester, virginia, 81. fredericksburg, 81. st. mary's county 81. temperatures 90 by noon. throw mid-90s. hot, hazy and humid. there's an opportunity for some of those storms to be severe as well. the other side o index. by noon time heat indices in the low 90s, by middle of the
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afternoon how about 96 for a heat index in manassas and fredericksburg. 94, 95 degree heat index hear in town. by this evening things will start to cool off a bit and by tomorrow morning 6:30 tomorrow morning feels like factors back down into the 50s and 60s and tomorrow afternoon a far more pleasant day. storms arriving after about 2:00 or 3:00 in the shenandoah valley. after about 4:00 or 5:00 in the metro and after about 4:00 or 6:00 in southern maryland. could bubble up earlier than these times. by noon just a couple of showers in the shenandoah valley as 0 a possible philippine here's that first little opportunity, peek daytime heating one or two stray thunderstorms in the 2:00 to 5:00 time frame. authors not likely to be widespread or severe. stronger storms are far more likely after the sun goes down when the cold front itself actually makes its way through. by 10:00, 11:00 this evening an opportunity for a light show for mother nature to come on
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through. that will be gone by tomorrow morning and tomorrow will be a far better day to be on the outside. enjoy. nothing on storm team 4 radar but cloud cover in prince george's county. there's the cold front right there. it should be making its way over the i-95 corridor before you wake up tomorrow morning and that will clear things out. by tomorrow cloudy, 70s in the morning and highs tomorrow only in the 70s and low 80s and far less humid. seven day forecast before we get to your college football. 94 today. 82 tomorrow. then in the 70s monday with clouds and showers say round and staying nice and cool all through the rest of the upcoming week. three forecasts to go. virginia tech big one in the horse shoe, ohio state, kick-off temperatures in the 70s. great weather for football. the carolina gamecocks took one on the chin. 85 degrees. a warm one. game of the day sooners taking on the golden hurricanes of
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tulsa. temperatures in the 60s in oklahoma during the middle of the day. that's a real break. >> gamecocks are against east carolina. >> yes. i have to say gamecocks or else i get in trouble. >> hopefully we'll win this one. if we do it's the 50th home game win. >> 0-2 and he's out the door. >> speaking of '99 not exactly 99 bottles of beer on the wall but pretty close. see the rush to get what could be a collector's item
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well what could be left on your bucket list after becoming president? well for president obama it was visiting this place, stonehenge, england. the president visited the ancient stone circle yesterday and he was pretty excited to be there. stonehenge is one of the most famous historical sites in the world and this was a surprise visit the president squeezed in after wrapping up the nato summit. excuse me. obviously i need a drink of water. if you need some beer -- or maybe a beer. if you need some beer for your football party buy enough for the whole season. >> you can do that with a new kind of case. a huge one. we tell you about the pack of 99 beers. >> reporter: beyond these doors
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a find so rare few have seen one. >> such an awesome thing. >> reporter: the 99 pack. 99 stories from the beer lovers seeking it. >> last night i tried to form a plan. >> i went to about six different stores but they were all first come first serve. >> every single place -- >> i would considerate joke and one that took off on its own and now we have to treat it seriously. >> reporter: co-founder says the idea came from an attempt to get more beer customers to drink its peacemaker beer. >> it comes in at more than seven feet and doesn't begin to measure the impact this box is having. >> reporter: it's getting attention nationally. cnn, "esquire," internationally with headlines in the uk. for a place that usually deals in kegs and six packs, a lot of work. >> man, i think we're done with crazy ideas for a why.
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>> reporter: while they last the packs at food plus are going by lottery. how you get this behemoth of a craft brewery back home? in this case two people and a change of car. >> yeah. i was wondering do you have to have a trailer thoich get that thing to the party. >> everybody in texas drives a pickup truck. >> costs $99. >> that will do it for news today. hey, jennar fuzz mike troober munny sling... awwwwww scram! i'm crust mike jubby roll bond chow gonna lean up an kiss bet. peas charty get town down. [laughter] ♪ borf a liver tute face stummy wag ♪ pow pam sha-beeps stella nerf berms. saxa-nay nay? badumps a head. temexiss gurrin. juppa left. fluppa jown! brone a brood. what? catch up on what everyone's talking about with the x1 entertainment operating system.
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