s join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. call the verizon center for customers with disabilit. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >> taking a live look right now at the capitol beltway you are looking at lanes that have been closed on the inner loop for a couple hours. this is at maryland 202 in the landover area. you can see emergency crews there working away. it appears to be a serious accident. we're waiting to confirm if anyone was really hurt, if there is a fatal involved. this has been the case now as i mentioned for a couple hours, watching it closely. we have a call in to maryland state police and we promise to bring you the latest information as it comes in. good morning everybody. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. also this morning a big change in our weather after all that rain last fight. the downpours, thunder and

lightning forced many of you inside and we'll show you some of the damage. but first the changes you'll notice when you step outside today. >> oh, boy. that's all i have to say, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us more with that. what a difference a day make, chuck. >> boy, no kidding, angie and chris. good morning to both of you. good morning, everybody. sunday promises to be a far better day to be outside than yesterday was. yesterday was sweltering heat all afternoon and powerhouse thunderstorms by late yesterday evening. that's all gone now. here's storm team 4 radar. no rain in the immediate metro washington area. few lingering light rain showers across the southern tip of saint mary's and across lower parts of the eastern shore and delmarva. those are outbound rain drops not coming our way so we will be off to a dry albeit a cloudy start first thing this morning. 62 in hagerstown 63 martingsburg, 71 in downtown washington. your hometown forecast today, good morning, gaithersburg

maryland, nice one, 64 and cloudy out the door this morning. mid 70s by lunch time. most of the day spent in the 70s. the sweaty weather is gone the clouds slow to bunch, the return of sunshine coming up and some rain showers for your monday. more on that in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. you're going to want to keep an eye out for debris as you head out on the road is this morning. storms brought down trees and ket first responders busy. darcy spencer has more on one daring water rescue. >> reporter: the storm hit hard and fast. thunder and lightning and heavy rain gave way from the darkened sky. here in adams morgan people had to run for cover in the downpour. the storm caused tree and power line damage in montgomery county and flooded roads. this car stuck in high water on bradley boulevard. this jeep, done, filled with water on kendale drive. a tree fell into power lines on falls road.

utility crews working to remove the tree and get the lights back on. swift water boat teams had to rescue people trapped in high water on bradley boulevard. fortunately, everyone was okay. >> we did rescue a husband and wife out of the car, man and wife, out of the 8300 block of bradly an a area sus spentble to flooding. they were in a couple feet of water and couldn't get out of the vehicle. >> reporter: looks like the high waters have receded. you want to be careful as you head out of your neighborhood this morning. montgomery county fire and rescue officials say there's still a lot of tree damage and debris on the roadways. in potomac darcy spencer, "news 4 today." we've been following up and checked in and some people in our area still do not have power this morning. dominion power has about 400 customers still in the dark. pepco and bg reporting most has been restored as far as service is concerned, stay ahead of the next storm downloading our storm

team 4 weather app free on itunes or find it on google play. this morning an 11-year-old boy is recovering after he was hit by a minivan while riding his bike. the hit and run happened last night on whiskey bottom road near woodland hills way in laurel. police said a minivan hit the boy from behind, throwing him off his bike. the driver of the minivan then reportedly took off. the boy's father was also riding his bike at the time with his son. the boy is expected to be okay. s this morning investigators are trying to determine what a man was doing on the tracks when he was hit and killed by a csx train. it happened last night near shady grove's road in gaithersburg. investigators stopped train traffic on theline line during the investigation. the identity of the victim has not been released. >> new developments in the crisis in iraq. more u.s. air strikes targeting isis. the goal is to keep a vital dam

from falling into the hands of the insurgents. last month isis tried to capture the same dam but iraqi forces were able to fight them off. the pentagon released a statement this morning saying the iraqi government requested today's air strikes. the u.s. has launched 133 air strikes in iraq since the beginning of august. this morning, president obama is defending his decision to delay action on immigration until after the midterm elections. the president sat down exclusively with "meet the press" moderator chuck todd at the white house. he says his decision was for the delay, was political. the president says the surge of central americans flooding the border changed his timetable for executive action on reform. >> i want to do is when i take executive action i want to make sure it's sustainable. i want to make sure -- >> the public is not behind you, you're not taking it. that sounds you're concerned the public wouldn't support what you do. >> what i'm saying is that i'm going to act because it's the right thing for the country.

but it's going to be more sustainable and more effective if the country understands what the facts are on immigration, what we've done on unaccompanied children and why it's necessary. >> coming up at 10:00 a.m. moderator chuck todd will be here to talk more exclusively about this interview with the president. we're also going to see how he's feeling before he hosts his first sunday as moderator of "meet the press." a triathlon will make traffic tough in d.c. roads are closed for the event and you cannot drive all that purple and red, that includes part of the 14th street bridge as well as rock creek parkway independence avenue and ohio drive. now take a look. you can see cones up on the south part of the mall right now. roads won't open up again until this afternoon. a major change we learned overnight. the swimming part of the triathlon will not happen because of yesterday's heavy

rain it caused sewage to spill into the potomac river. the running and biking parts are still on, however. the race begins in less than an hour at 7:00. talk about big, an asteroid nicknamed pit bull will come mighty close to hitting earth today. hear what astronomers are saying about this thing as they track where it's headed. >> the rain is gone today but maybe not for the start of your work week. chuck will outline his seven-day forecast up next.

a object from space coming close to earth, everybody sort of gets a little uneasy. >> you think? when you have a huge rock like that, boom. we were a going to have a close call with an asteroid today, but we're supposed to be totally safe when it does pass by. the asteroid is nicknamed pit bull.

it's bug, imagine a house just spinning away at tens of thousands of miles an hour. it will be pretty close for space anyway. ten times closer to us than the moon. getting closer to us than the moon. and i guess you're not going to be able it to see it with the human eye i'm hearing. if you have a small telescope you might. >> i hope we don't see it. well there's not -- as long as it's going by. >> right. >> certainly don't want to see it with the naked eye. >> that's right. >> no kidding. so close, most of our weather orbiting satellites are at about 22000 miles up. this is coming at 25,000 miles, so remember the movie "gravity" the thing that knocks us over that's what most of the scientists are much more worried about. the trajectory is not making -- going to have it come close to earth in the hit sense. if it were to hit something in space it could have space debris. outside in our sky this morning, nothing too crazy. just some clouds around. it's going to be a bit of a cloudy challenge for your sunday today but the rain drops are

gone. so if you had stuff to do outside and you were listening i told you, today would be the better outdoor weather day for sure. physicals, of course, you just like the sweltering heat and humidity. another 95 degree day yesterday. today will be about 15 degrees cooler than that. 71 now at national airport. here's the key. winds have come back around to the north. that's pushing in drier air. humidity at only 68% this morning. this time yesterday morning it was at 90%. it's a big change. there's the last of the rain and some pretty heavy thunderstorms now. lower parts of the delmarva peninsula moving out to sea. lots of thunder and lightning all the way down to the southern tip of the peninsula. and there's another area of rain out here across parts of kentucky. the weather front that sparked the bad weather for us that front is hanging up south of the d.c. metro area. so this channel of moisture is going to stay down to our south for today. more sunshine the farther north you live or travel and more

clouds the farther down to the south and this little area of rain in kentucky is the beginning of our rain chance coming back for tomorrow, especially tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night may linger into tuesday as well. on the whole the weather impact on your sunday will be delightfully low. virtually no impact at all. thinning clouds by later this afternoon and than yesterday. 62 now in hagerstown. warrentown is at 68 degrees, degrees, manassas 66, 69 now in quantico, 68 in upper marlboro. hourly temperatures today, yeah, no more mid 90s for a while. we have one shot at 90 coming up this week. show you that in the seven day in a second. today temperatures climbing, spending most of the day in the 70s to around 80 degrees. just the way we like it. so your impact for doing things outside today, maybe taking the bike out for a ride jacket no. helmet of course. yes. absolutely. a fairly cloudy day today. we'll have more sunshine later on and good weather for running as well. here's your future weather forecast. there goes the erosion of the

cloud deck down to our south during the course of the day today. cloudier in st. mary's than in frederick county, maryland, and then rain chances sneak back in late tomorrow. it isn't going to be a lot of rain. here's your seven-day forecast with all that and more. mostly cloudy today, but still a nice day to be outside. 81 our high today. 78 tomorrow. clouds back by tomorrow morning and shower chances not a washout but shower chances tomorrow afternoon lingering into at least the first half of the day on tuesday, a little wave of low pressure goes on by. thursday, 89. it's our closest run at 90 this week. >> yeah. that's not going to feel so bad compared to what we experienced. >> not at all. >> thanks. next up is "reporters notebook." that is a look at stories affecting our community. >> and we will be back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. >> good morning. welcome to "reporters notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with no help for ralisha rudd. a report by the district government says none of the reforms made by city agencies could have saved her.

the 8-year-old disappeared in march, last seen with a janitor at d.c. general, the homeless shelter she lived with her family. the city's report about her disappearance recommends more than two dozen policy changes, but the report says the review team did not find evidence that these tragic events were preventable. one of the reasons given was that her own family gave authorities misleading information in this case. joe madison what's your reaction to this report? >> my reaction is that it appears that this may be a preemption of lawsuit. let me put these recommendations out here and -- but it's really strange. we're not -- there's nothing we could do, then where did the recommendations come from? i mean the recommendations obviously address some shortcomings. >> right. >> this is a way to gloss over i feel, the responsibility that

the city does hold, indeed especially when you think that the young girl had not been in class for almost 30 days. i don't know any teacher who doesn't notice a student especially a young student who hasn't been there 30 days. there ought -- the district has a truancy policy. so they say they keep hanging their hat on the family gave them false information. people give the police false information every day. that is no excuse for not investigating a crime or finding -- i'm not saying a crime happened with the parents, but they didn't go far enough to find this child before she went missing. >> dave mcconnell, the reporter recommends the change ss in the way the school deal with the unexcused absences and back ground checks for shelter workers. new rules for the way families and shelter staff interact. how much will those changes help

other homeless children? >> again, you go back to what joe said. i mean why are there these changes if everything could have been done in the first place to the extent that even if you have changes, will that make people do what they're supposed to do? i have read, i'm aware of reports where the absences were not reported right away because quote, we wanted to give the mother time to find ralisha. if that's true, that's another serious question too. so the fact remains you can have all the regulations in the world, and we say this so often about government, not just d.c.'s, but government, you can have all the regulations in the world but if the folks dealing with them don't follow them out, keep them going, it's not going to work. >> you know, i think the biggest change that should be made this is just an opinion is that d.c. general and the environment there is not a decent environment for children. >> right. >> that's the biggest change. so you can put all the regulations you want, but the city has got to find some other way, some other place, to deal

with families over d.c. jenle. >> homeless families and we see the influx of homeless families and we also see that we have fewer and fewer affordable housing units to house parents and they don't have the livable wage to even afford what is available to them. so there's some things that the city could do to prevent this in the future. >> bike ban on h street. it could happen once street cars start rolling later this year. under proposed regulations, cyclists would be banned from riding within a street car guideway except to cross the street. the guideway takes up the whole h street corridor. d-dot is taking comments about this until 9:27 and/27. i guess it isn't a surprise the comments arllg . >> the cycs e rrd.

thk they're going goat cut off unfairly and merchants are concerned because people won't stop by for the cup of latte when they stop their bike. i think that this is, you know, an effect discrimination against bikers. others say you have to take a certain route if it's going to inconvenience you a little bit but for the long-term view and for the better of the city, the betterment of the city, that part of the city which is prospering we have to do this. >> the cyclists, adrian, want to know why there isn't room on theshe road for the bikes and street cars? >> they can't have everything. they wanted the trolleys the city wanted the trolleys to encourage tourism, for the new demographic in the city. the bikers will have to get on the other street to go across. it's not like they have to go really far. but -- >> the parallel streets will have bike lanes. >> right. i'm sitting here trying to say should i try to help the bikers out in this situation. >> yes, you should. >> i'm trying.

i'm trying. but i think -- i think you made the best point. there's millions of dollars spent because the businesses wanted these trolleys. if they wanted bikers they would have said forget the trolley lues we would rather have the bikers. my goodness people, you have a big trolley coming down the same lane. can you imagine a trolley driver trying to stop or put on brakes because he has bikers in front of him. >> and pedestrians. >> i mean i think that -- i'm sort of like you. be honest with you. i'm trying to help the bikers here. you know you can't -- you just are going to have to give up that part of h street. >> right. >> do you think the city will fix the parallel streets which cyclists say are in bad shape. >> that's the other issue. >> not in good shape. >> are the parallel streets good enough to help bikers. that seems to be in great

disrepute. -- dispute i should say. >> cut off h street to all traffic and just pedestrians, bikes and a trolley. >> all right. >> then we will hear a protest. >> christie stumps in maryland. chris christie will attend a fund-raiser for larry hogan. the fund-raiser planned for september 17th in bethesda. joe bill clinton's appearance for anthony brown which also happened to be in montgomery county raised a million dollars. do you think chris christie can do the same for larry hogan? >> we willhe'll raise a lot of money. the problem isn't money it's votes. that's what he needs. what we've learned with elected officials coming in, is that it usually doesn't translate into votes. bill clinton raises money because they're clinton and people, you know, like to be around them. with christie you don't have that kind of a real enthusiasm. so he'll raise some money.

but bottom line is, his problem right now is not going to be just money. it's got to get votes. he has to get votes. >> talk about the campaign so far. larry hogan's tv ads have hit the air. he's criticizing tax hikes signed into law by the outgoing governor. are they resonating? >> i think they resonated amongst their base. maryland is mostly democratic. i think this fund-raiser will raise money. it will motivate the people who are republican, but i think that it's more for christie than it is for hogan because christie is doing the same thing that martin o'malley is doing. he's going to other states and trying to drum up support for their -- both of their representative 2016 presidential races. >> you're absolutely right. christie is trying to put bridge gate in the background and for a lot of observers he has for now. nothing new has happened. so his fortunes are seeming to be improving. as adrian points out this is

probably more for christie than hogan. hogan has an uphill battle in a democrat -- a state run by democrats and his proposals are going to get a lot of criticism from democrats. they're afraid as a republican he'll ease restrictions that he might go against programs that democrats like very, very much, better government more government, that kind of thing. and, you know, he's got a difficult time making his point but he'll get some notice because christie is there, that will help him get the name out more and get money. >> i don't understand hogan's ads, how many of you would leave the state if you could? that is such a negative -- >> i've heard people say that. especially in that shadyside, people in anne arundel county they feel taxed out of the state and they would leave if they could. i think that's the -- that constituency is who he's playing to. >> >> we have to take a break.

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the impact of the influx. according to the office of refugee resettlement more than 1,000 unanticipated minors were released to sponsors in fairfax county during the first seven months of the year, one of the highest figures in the county. the question is what's the impact on fairfax county. adrian? >> i teach at northern virginia community college also and i've heard this story from my students who have had this experience and one of the things that's going to be what the schools are going to have to do to accommodate them in the school systems as they grow and also what services will be provided for them for psychological issues because some of these children have abandonment issues and have been traumatized and what we do know about them is we have to

understand they are being released to their family members contrary to what we with hear in the media they're being released to strangers when, in fact, it is the family members they're reuniting with. >> dave? >> right. i mean the issue has always been, is it going to be an influx of immigrants that are going to come in and use our services and disrupt things and in northern virginia it appears they're dealing with these people on a case-by-case basis with families with the kind of things that president, the governor of maryland wants to do in his state rather than have large warehousing of people and taking this in as part of the community and dealing with it in that way. >> this is the united states of america. we've always take immigrants in. we've built this country on the back of immigrants and i think 50 years from now, everything will play out the way it -- as 50, 100 years ago. >> we want to pay a special tribute this morning to our colleague and friend whose presence will be sorely missed

here on "reporters notebook." and in the city of washington, d.c. jerry phillips passed away last friday at the age of 75 after an extended illness. for more than two decades jerry had been a regular panelist but he had deep roots in the community from five generations of washingtonians. 50 years as a broadcast journalist in this town. he hosted morning show back in the '70s, i met him in the '80s when i worked as an intern, student at howard university at radio station and jerry was on the air in the morning there. he started met tro talk, worked as public affairs director for clear channel many stations here. he earned more than 100 professional awards and listed in the d.c. hall of fame for communications. but more importantly, jerry phillips was a kind generous human being. he was a warm man. and exuberant spirit and he will be sorely missed by all of us

here. joe madison, your thoughts? >> jerry was also very funny. i mean, one of the things a lot of people may not know we would often sit here and have friendly competition who would get the last word. >> he always wanted the last word. >> but he will be missed. there's no -- he's a -- just a professional. he really loved journalism. >> and d.c. >> and d.c. >> yeah. >> he was mr. d.c. and jerry i used to joke about jerry being my tv spouse because people would ask us questions, you know, about our relationship but i doing the morning show would open up the mike every friday morning and he would play "don't worry about a thing" and he would let everybody call in and sing "don't worry about a thing" which speaks to his uplifting spirit. >> jerry was a great reporter, but jerry had another wonderful

advantage. jerry would get out in the community and tell us what he was saying, getting the pace of the local community? he had his finger on the pulse. >> that was a unique and rare tallent in ours business. too many of us report the story, we get the facts right but there isn't that human quality to it. jerry always had the humanity. rest in peace, jerry. >> we love you, we'll miss you. thank you for being with us this morning. i'm pat lawson muse. "news 4 today" continues. >> "news 4 today" starts now. >> breaking news on the capitol beltway you're looking at lanes closed on the inner loop at maryland 202 in the landover area. you can see emergency crews there working what appears to be a serious accident. maryland state police telling us

they're diverting traffic off on route 202 and then you get back on the beltway around arena drive. we will bring you the latest information as it continues to come in, but first off good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. welcome to "news 4 today." now to the big weather changes that moved in overnight. >> no one can complain about that. ladies, your hair might be a lot more manageable with less humidity in the air today. in fact, it might be blowing around in a little breeze early on. right chuck. >> absolutely right. the winds have shifted around. yesterday we had the sweltsers southwest wind. today a refreshing north to northeast breeze. you'll notice and appreciate the change today. it's going to feel like september of all things. we've had four 95 degree days in the first week of september. that's ridiculously warm. things are getting back closer to average today. the last of the rain drops moving off the lower parts of the eastern shore away from us. we have plenty of clouds outside

this morning and there will be a sunshine challenge for the first half of the day. morning temperatures, mid 60s north and west, near 70 in town down towards parts of the northern neck and southern maryland. today and tomorrow, cloudy cooler low 80s. rain chances by the second half of your monday. more on that and back-to-work forecast. >> thanks, chuck. as expected a number of events in our area had to be rescheduled because of all of this. lightning, rain as well. the last thing that you want to do was to be out in thisg to run from it. as was the case right there. so fairfax county's orchestra, they decided to move its free family concert to today. it's going to begin at 5:30 this evening at the angelika film center. they are performing to the movie "alice in wonderland." joan rivers' family will lay her to rest today. we received this video into our

newsroom overnight. it's of melissa rivers returning to her mother's manhattan apartment. she and her son stopped to reflect on the tribute from fans to the comedian outside. earlier in the day, rivers' body was cremated. joan rivers' funeral will take place at 10:00 this morning at her synagogue in manhattan. it will be a private service. the comedian was 81 years old when she died. her fashion show her show "fashion police" it's on hold right now. in 2012, rivers wrote jokingly she wanted meryl streep crying at her funeral as well as a wind machine blowing her hair like beyonce's in the casket. in the day ahead you can walk to shine the light on suicide prevention. news 4's reporter david cull ver will emcee the out of the darkness community walk. it is happeninger. the walk begins this morning at 9:00. the money raised will go to the american foundation for suicide prevention. today, is the start of national

suicide prevention week. and we are changing mine here at news 4. you can find out more information on mental health illness on our website, nbcwashington.com all you have to do is search changing mine. there you're going to find a treatment locater and more stories on how to get help for you and your loved ones. we have a traffic alert to pass along to you. a major road project getting under way in fairfax county now. today d-dot will repave route 644 in springfield. the area you will want to avoid include elder avenue to rolling road on francona road old key road. the repaving is expected to take three months. road work will happen sundays through thursday between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. a traffic alert in montgomery county. ride on busses are changing some of their route schedules. beginning today, there are new arrival and departure times for several routes. we will post a link to the

timetables on our website, nbcwashington.com. search ride on. happening today the jerco city megachurch will install a new pastor, dr. chasmin schoolarc will be one of the youngest women in our community to lead the church. it's in landover, maryland. tonight at 7:00, bishop t.d. jakes will minister and officiate the ceremony. thousands of slaves who died during the civil war are buried here in a local cemetery. a lot were refugees trying to get behind union lines and escape to alexandria. this weekend the city dedicated a new statute in their honor. and news 4's derrick ward talked to the descendents who now have a place to honor their families. >> reporter: it's a long way from this to this. >> i never liked the gas station. >> reporter: it wasn't necessarily the aesthetics or

service it was something fran burton couldn't see, the past buried beneath the ground at south washington and church street in alexandria. >> with no idea that what was under it was a cemetery. >> reporter: nor did she know some of her ancestors were among the 1700 people buried there. since 1864 contrabands liberated from bondage at the end of their freedom were laid to rest here. >> the bur yells they received went unmarked and were too quickly forgotten. >> reporter: more than 20 years ago, records of the cemetery were found and when construction for the new woodrow wilson bridge began an archaeological survey showed graves were still there. >> despite the desecrations that took place in the 20th century that this hallowed ground survived. >> reporter: descendents pushed for the city to buy the property. she was the archeologist when the momentum began to build. >> it was the people in the community who said we need something grand here. >> reporter: the design, a bold

sculpture and compelling relief. the artist mario explains the symbolism in his work at bottom oppression, up higher, strug, above that sacrifice. >> it's the woman holding the dying child because so many children died in this process. >> reporter: done by local artist joanna campbell blake. >> it was about returning dignity to a forgotten group of people people. >> what a joyous moment to think they did discover it and they did something in honor of these people. they deserve it, believe me they deserved it. >> derrick ward, news 4. in the week ahead former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush will be back in washington to announce their new partnership. four presidential centers including their own are launching a new leadership scholars program. the programs will motivate leaders from different industries to help administration officials develop ideas and national programs.

former presidents will unveil the program tomorrow morning at the newseum in northwest washington. tomorrow virginia governor terry mcauliffe is expected to lay out his plan to increase health care coverage to the poor in the commonwealth. over the summer, the governor ordered his secretary of health and human resources to come up with options to expand coverage to low-income virginians. mcauliffe tried to expand medicaid during the legislative session. state republicans blocked that move. >> president obama will hold a moment of silence thursday to remember september 11th 2001. white house staff will join president obama and the first lady on the south lawn of the white house. then the president will attend a memorial ceremony at the pentagon. >> this morning the president's ix cluesive interview. "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will join us right after this break with his perspective on what he said. >> plus, the habit police want

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this is "meet the press." >> in a matter of hours chuck todd takes the reigns as moderator of "meet the press." he's starting off big with an exclusive interview with president obama. >> and we have the honor of being his first stop this sunday morning. chuck, thanks for being with us. >> where else would i come? we share a studio the wonderful building. there's everybody else, right. >> that's right. >> you inherit a great tradition and break a leg. >> thank you, snir good luck. >> not until after the show. >> many years. >> let's start by talking about your interview of the president he is facing and the world is facing challenges in a half dozen hot spots right now. >> yeah. >> he says he wants to degrade and defetrikes only, is that going to work? >> it's what's interesting. in the back and forth we have on this, he does start to lay out a little bit more detail than he had before talk about -- he talks about the fact he knows he has to deal with congress on this, that he has to essentially

rally the american people. it's not quite war, it's not quite getting america on war if footing but he comes close. and when you consider we are four days from the 13th anniversary of 9/11 that is not lost on the president either. it is a -- when you think about the various pieces of rhetoric the president has had on isis over the last ten days you'll see a much more i think defined and focused president who is on the verge of unveiling a new strategy. >> here at home the news that's been making waves this weekend was the president's decision to delay executive action on immigration until after the november elections. we have a small clip from your interview with the president. >> i'm going to act because it's the right thing for the country. but it's going to be more sustainable and more effective if the public understands what the facts are on immigration, what we've done on unaccompanied children and why it's necessary. >> okay. chuck, so the president says that this was not a tactical move but at the same time, it's

been no secret that a lot of democrats, people in his own party and very competitive senate races, have come out and said hey, we would like you to delay or abandon this altogether. >> i pushed him pretty hard on the politics of this and i'll be honest in a cynical way. >> how is this anything other than you trying to save the senate. he said politics was involved but wasn't senate politics but the politics of the summer and what happened with the crisis on the border with the up documented children from central american countries and he basically admitted it changed the calculus, changed the politics and while he didn't quite say he needed a majority of the country behind him on this issue when, but when i act i have to make sure the country understands what i was doing. i don't know where he's going to find time to be that, to be honest. >> is the president concerned about his approval rating. i have a democrat saying i voted

for him twice then i regret it, foreign policy. he killed bin laden, took the leader of al shabaab out in somalia. >> it's not getting him points, this was something interesting, he admits he's not very good at what he called the theatrics of the presidency. and maybe that's part of the problem. you know, i think some people will say no there's substantive problems i have with the president, but when you talk about what you just said he doesn't seem when he does something that seems to have universal approval he doesn't seem to get a lot of credit with it. i think some of his -- called for how he dithered on syria a year ago we're not going to get any style points he said. i think there's an acknowledgement that he could do a better job communicating with body language, sometimes with decisions he made, deciding to golf right after the statement he made on james foley. it's a very revealing answer he gives on that specific topic and on that issue. >> a gear shift but on a lighter

note some of your colleagues talking about your debut. we have a clip. >> chuck. >> he would ask another question. >> this is not a kosher question but don't hog it. >> i want to help out my colleague over here. >> he's relentless like a dog with a bone. >> if you've ever seen him on election night it's like a tour de force of political nerd fest. >> you didn't let pe geek out a little bit in florida. >> hang on chuck. >> here we go. >> we got critical calls. >> yes, we do. >> great work on the board tonight. >> chuck todd is mys best friend. people think that he only wants to talk to high-level folks at the white house or -- it's not really that at all. he wants to hear what everybody thinks. >> yeah. that's my question, i always wonder what it's like to be your wife. now you're never going to be home. >> that's the big challenge here. she's like search days a week.

>> when is the weekend now? we'll figure that out. >> it's fun to watch you. >> sunday night is my new saturday night. watch out, washington. i'm coming out tonight. >> thanks for stopping by too you got it. >> best wishes of the show. >> i appreciate it. very kind of you. >> you can see "meet the press" with chuck todd every sunday right here on nbc 4. right after "news 4 today." right now police in maryland are raising awareness over the move over law. this comes with more than $100 ticket and points on your license. you're supposed to move over an extra lane whenever you see a police officer. those flashing lights or emergency cars on the side of the road. well starting next month, you'll have to move over for tow trucks as well. and that law doesn't just protect first responders. it. >> keeps you safe too. nbc's tom costello shows us the pressure that rescuers face as they race to try to save lives. # >> from boston to chicago, only

county, california, to montgomery county, maryland. >> trouble breathing. >> we rode along as firefighters and pair medics lost precious seconds. >> he's not moving over. >> speeding up. >> behind drivers who wouldn't budge. or were stuck in gridlock. >> an area that gets a little congested for us too. >> reporter: in lake forest, california engine 29 sees it every day. critical seconds and minutes that eat into the goal of arriving at a fire or medical call within four to eight minutes. boston engine 37 of course trapped behind a city bus after the driver stopped at a 7-eleven. ladder 26, stopped cold for 28 seconds in congestion. >> chicago engine 42 in a slow march through downtown for 30 seconds this driver in maryland would not get out of the way for a paramedic unit. it matter because a fire can

double in size in just one minute. and an extra 30 seconds to a cardiac case can mean brain damage or death. a 2008 north carolina study found response times under five minutes translate into fewer deaths. while a 2012 utah study found an 8% increase in fatalities within one day of a delayed response. every crew say they've been on calls where a life could have been saved if they had gotten there sooner. the trouble more people more cars, more drivers texting and talking more gadgets. >> we've seen our response times increase over the years because people are distracted. >> some drivers simply don't want to yield. boston fire commissioner joe fin. >> unless it's affecting them they don't actually take it too seriously at times. >> reporter: in a business where every second counts the people on the front lines say it's taking longer to get there. tom costello nbc news boston. >> that should go for ambulances too. >> you bet.

>> and snow plows. >> let me tell you where they don't mess around. the dulles toll road. if you're still in that lane they'll get back in their car and pull you over as well. something happening often and we do need to be more aware of. >> people are learning because on my trip to rehow best and back on route 50 there was a police car stopped and everyone was making the effort to move left and give him some room. keep it up everybody. that's an important one. you know how scary that is if you've stood on the side of the highway and have someone not give you the extra lane that's scary. here's what's not scary about today the weather forecast. yesterday that wasn't a not scary forecast yesterday. those powerhouse storms yesterday afternoon and yesterday night, those are gone now. there's a gorgeous picture over capitol hill this morning. little early morning pink hue to your sky, going to be a nicer day today than yesterday. only 60% humidity. there's the reason, north wind

averaging ten miles per hour. north to northeastly breezes promise a far better day to be outside. last of the rain drops now southern parts of delaware, down through ocean city. so a cloudy rainy start there this morning. we're all dry here. we're going to stay dry for today. weather front slipping just down to our south today. allows the cooler, drier air in for one day before moisture starts to sneak right back in on us. so clouds will be back and rain chances will be back for your monday. so enjoy your dry sunday today. 63 now in martingsburg and charlestown, 63 winchester and front royal 66 in prince william county, 71 in burwin heights. impact for runners cloudy outside but cooler. a speedier day running. keep your pace up as temperatures will be in the cooler 70s for your morning runs. going out this afternoon to the nationals game last game of the phillies today, comfy weather, temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80. no rain delay threat for today. your football forecast the bengals and the ravens,

obviously the washington team in texas on the road. going up to the bengals ravens game, 77 degrees at kickoff and temperatures hovering near 80 all the way through the game. going out to dinner on your sunday night mild and dry. outside dining tonight for sure whether the backyard or your favorite cafe. here's the future weather forecast, there goes the erosion of the cloud deck southbound today. a lot longer before you get sun in southern maryland. northern maryland will have plenty of sunshine this afternoon. clouds sort of sneak back in on us during the overnight hours tonight and as we get into the day tomorrow there are the rain chances creeping back in. so have your umbrellas ready to go for tomorrow. seven-day forecast mostly cloudy today. again more sun north, more clouds to the south but cooler. only near 80 today. 70s the next couple days with clouds and shower chances around. not a lot of heavy rain. hit and miss rain chances. one hot day will be thursday back flirting with 90. next weekend looks amazing. >> awesome. thank you, chuck. finally today the redskins kick off their regular season.

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today nationals park is going to the dogs. the team is hosting us. in the park when it plays the phillies at 1:35. lots of fans will bring their dogs to the game and if you're thinking about bringing your pet, hold up. unfortunately all their dog tickets have been sold for today but you can still get one for the next us. in the park scheduled for september 24th. the redskins play the houston texans at 1:00 this afternoon.

>> sports jason pugh gives us a preview now of what you should look for in their first game this year. >> reporter: the redskins kick off the 014 season against the houston texans. here are four things you want to watch for in today's ball game. first off rg3 head coach gruden says his quarterback needs to make good decisions and spread the ball around and be patient. number two the texans pass rush. jj watt and jadeveon clowney present for the offensive line. how they hold up against those two could determine the outcome of the game. new punter and new coach and optimism. this is a team that needs to improve drastically from last season. first year head coach jay gruden says he's feeling the weight of his world on his shoulders as he gets ready to call his first regular season ball game as a head coach. but he's ready to ts test out his team. kickoff is at 1:00. we'll have highlights and

reaction at news 4 at 6:00 and >> yeah. we hoping for their turnaround here starting with week one right? >> it's a tough opponent. the taxexans. we're motivated and so are they. >> much more ahead on "news 4 today." we are following breaking news right now on the beltway. police trying to reopen more lanes on the outer loop in landover due to a serious crash. if you're about to head out that way, expect a detour. >> a big change in the weather. much cooler today and a chance of rain when you head back to work and school. chuck's forecast up next. trad 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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sounds like you're concerned the public wouldn't support what you did. >> i'm going to act because it's the right thing for the country. >> this morning the exclusive. hear how president obama defends his decision to delay action on immigration. >> and major streets shut down right now for the nation's triathlon. how long this may slow you down and your commute. plus, the major changes to this event announced overnight. >> good morning. i'm angie goff. big morning for chuck todd as he makes his debut as moderator of "meet the press." more from that conversation with the president in a few minutes. >> cooler weather this morning.

let's get the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning. the more people we have named chuck the better i think it gets honestly. outside this morning, we got a mostly cloudy sky, still in place but the rain drops they're out of here, everybody. we get to enjoy a far better day to be outside today than yesterday. it's a check of storm team 4 radar, rain drons across the eastern shore, these are moving away from us and have now cleared the southern tip of st. mary's county. the clouds are still fairly thick across southern maryland. much thinner clouds the farther north and west you live or travel. temperatures how about 59 in cumberland, maryland, still 70 in washington, and arlington, 70 degrees at st. mary's county. your live picture out over reston, sun coming up, going to be a beautiful day. out the door weather mostly cloudy skies 60s to near 70s, mid to upper 70s by lunch time and high upper 70s and low 80s increasing amounts of sunshine by later today.

back to work and school tomorrow, that part of the forecast is a few minutes away. back to the news. >> thank you. you're going to want it to keep an eye out for debris as you head out on the roads this morning. storms brought down trees and kept first responders very busy. that heavy rain falling in the district. this is what adams morgan looked like. people running to get out of the rain. downed trees knocking out power lines. putting people in the dark. thousands. crews worked all night to get everything turned back on. in montgomery county swift water boat teams rescued a husband and wife who got trapped by flood waters inside their car. new this morning, we are look ging working to investigate a death. two were unconscious inside their home in shev early. the kids rushed to the hospital. one didn't make it. police aren't saying how the

children were hurt or what their ages were. new developments overnight in the crisis in iraq. the u.s. has begun air strikes in western iraq targeting isis. the goal is to keep a vital dam from falling into the hands of islamic insurgents. last month isis tried to capture the same dam but iraqi forces were able to fight them off. the pentagon released a statement this morning saying, the iraqi government requested today's air strikes. the u.s. has launched 133 air strikes in iraq since the beginning of august. president obama is defending his decision to delay action on immigration until after the midterm elections. the president sat down exclusively with "meet the press" moderator chuck todd at the white house. he says his decision for the delay was political. the president says the surge of central americans flooding the border changed his timetable for executive action on reform.

>> what i want to do when i take executive action i want to make sure it's sustainable. i want to make sure -- >> the public is not behind you, you're not taking it. that sounds you're concerned the public wouldn'tuprthayou do. >> what i'm saying is that i'm going to act because it's the right thing for the country. but it's gng m sustainable and more effective if the country understands what the facts are on immigration, what we've done on unaccompanied children and why it's necessary. >> you of can watch the exclusive interview with the president this morning on "meet the press" at 10:30 a.m. today is also chuck todd's first sunday as the new moderator of the show. rescuers are facing new problems as they work to find two people presumed dead in a plane crash. we told you yesterday about a new york developer and his wife both experienced pilots who passed out while flying to florida on friday. they veered off course and crashed in the ocean near jamaica. rescue crews said they found the area where the plane went down, but now, they cannot find the

wreckage. they believe it sunk into the water which can be more than 6500 feet deep there. the u.s. coast guard and the jamaican military both involved in searching for the plane. this morning an 11-year-old boy is recovering after he was hit by a minivan. this all while he was riding his bike. the hit and run happened last night on whiskey bottom road near woodland hills way in laurel. police said a minivan hit the boy from behind throwing him off the bike. the driver took off. the boy's father was riding his bike at the time. the boy is expected to be okay. this morning investigators are trying to determine what a man was doing on the tracks when he was hit and killed by a csx train. it happened last night near shady grove road and crabs branch way in gaithersburg. investigators stopped traffic on the line during the investigation. the identity of the victim has not been released. a triathlon tying up traffic

a few minutes ago. the lots of roads are closed for this event not just by the mall. take a look at map. parts of the 14th street bridge, broad creek and ohio drive will be shut down until this afternoon. the heavy rain across the region dumped sewage into the potomac so the swimming portion of the triathlon competition will not happen today. the race raises money for the leukemia and lymphoma society. breaking news on the beltway. the inner loop shut down in landover. we're back with how to get around this mess. a student arrested for threats made on-line. how a high school rivalry may have motivated the comments. >> the asteroid nicknamed pit bull, making a close call today. hear what au stron mers are saying about this thing

. breaking news. expect delays on the inner loop of the beltway in landover maryland. police closing some lanes on maryland 202 telling us they are diverting some traffic off on route 202 and you're going to have to get back on the beltway around arena drive. emergency crews are working with what appears to be a serious accident. we promise to bring you more information as it comes in. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a crash that killed two people in the district. this cell phone video shows a garbage truck at a car crashed on anacostia freeway. it happened yesterday morning. investigators say the impact very, very strong. the car nearly broke in half when it hit a light pole. you can see from these images here. both victims were inside that car. a third passenger in the car and the driver of the truck were

hurt. wow. >> now to the developing ebola outbreak. the american doctor infected with the deadly virus has visited with two of his family members. dr. sack cra is being treated at the nebraska medical center in omaha. yesterday he got to see his wife and son by video chat for the first time since arrested in the u.s. the hospital says his condition hasn't changed since he arrived on friday but he is in stable condition. he is the third american aide worker to be sickened with the virus. an annual golfing fund-raiser in our area takes on new urgency tomorrow because of this ebola crisis. proceeds from the tournament will go to a chantilly based charity that's leading efforts to fight the spread of ebola in sierra leone. the charity children worldwide is working with mercy hospital to specifically focus on children who are affected by the virus. the organization calls the golf tournament a win for both the charity and the businesses that

participate. >> we've seen local businesses put together a team and invite clients, just to help people understand that while it's about the business it's also about making the world a better place. >> the golf tournament begins tomorrow at the golf club on wax pool road in dulles. >> the damage done when a 9-year-old somehow got behind the wheel of this commuter bus. >> and big weather changes. here's chuck. >> big weather changes indeed. august is gone. september has returned. what does that mean for the second half of your weekend and when do those pesky rain drops come back? the forecast just a to prove a point

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with disabilit a central california high school student was arrested for making threats to shoot up a rival school. police saying that the threats happened over social media and we're all about a football game rivalry between the two high schools. the 16-year-old boy is behind bars for making terrorist threats. meanwhile a 9-year-old boy took a bus for a joy ride in canada. police say that boy boarded the empty bus at a maintenance garage. they say he drove it for two blocks hitting a truck and another bus before stopping at the curb. a witness saw all this happen.

>> i just thought follow the bus and try to stop it because nobody else seemed like they were going to do anything. >> everybody probably -- they were all in shock i bet. nobody was hurt, though. that's the good news. canadian police say that the boy is too young to be charged. he was taken home. we are going to have a close call with an asteroid today. it is the size of thousands of miles an hour and it will be ten times closer to us than the moon. nbc's miguel almaguer tells us why you shouldn't be worried. >> reporter: this was the sonic blast that made headlines around the world. a 65-foot meteor slicing across the sky in siberia last year causing widespread damage and injury. now ans asteroid even bigger and nicknamed pit bull will whiz past planet earth again. >> any time somebody says there's an object from space

coming close to earth everybody sort of gets a little uneasy. >> reporter: astronomer ed kreps says there's no chance the asteroid will slam into us. >> it is on the cosmic scale coming fairly close to us but not close enough to do any damage. >> reporter: how close? from the earth's surface the asteroid, the size of a house s will fly by us 25,000 miles away. ten times closer than the moon. catapulting at a speed of 40000 miles an hour. >> i'm not worried about it. >> yeah. >> we're not really worried about it. >> at the griffith observatory in los angeles. >> i feel safe. hopefully. >> reporter: no alarm bells just yet. >> concerned. a little bit. scared, not much. >> reporter: when the asteroid passes over sunday it will be the middle of the afternoon. even with a high powered telescope you won't be able to see it with the naked eye but you can watch it hurl past earth on line. >> it's the size of texas, mr.

president. >> reporter: the flyby, not exactly what movies are made of. still, plenty in hollywood and beyond will be watching. miguel almaguer, nbc news los angeles. >> yeah. watching on-line probably the safest bet. that's how we like to see these things. >> that's true. >> reassurance when hes says not close enough to cause any damage. >> correct. >> but not here. you were talking about in space. if you saw the movie "gravity" that stuff can be very real. >> we brought that up because the asteroid is only going to be 25,000 miles above the surface of the earth. that's a long way. the weather satellites, the geostationary satellites we have taking the satellite pictures they're at about 22,000 miles. this is going to be really close. doesn't look like it's going to turn anything that we have up there in the sky into space junk, but it could potentially hit something. it needs to be watched very carefully. the other thing we're watching carefully, the good-bye of summertime. >> what an improvement.

>> summer in september. it's only the seventh day of the month. five of the first six days this month have been 90 degrees or higher and the other one day was 89. one of our warmest starts on record to the month of september. wasn't a record yesterday. we made 95 degrees yesterday. today's record also safe, it's 104. we're not going to get near that today. here goes the last of the rain now over the lower parts of the eastern shore going out to sea. good riddance to that. still plenty of cloud cover around from washington southbound into southern maryland. the skies are really starting to clear out a bit now. northern and western maryland into the panhandle of west virginia you're going to get the most sunshine as we go through the remained are of the day. there goes the rain drops. the next chance of rain comes back in on us by the second half of the day tomorrow. at least it's not going to be raining on your sunday. there it looks over capitol

hill. a beautiful shot of the potomac and downtown washington. lots of sunshine out there now. 70 degrees. here's another nice change a north breeze averaging 15 miles per hour. so that's going to make for a far better day today. the weather impact on your sunday, virtually no impact at all. it's not going to be raining it's not going to be hot, not going to be humid and not going to be all that windy. nice refreshing north breeze will keep things stirred up a bit. temperatures now low 60s in the shenandoah valley where the skies have cleared out. where the clouds are thicker, temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. hourly temperatures today will spend most of the day in the 70s. i think we'll make it up into the low 80s for a couple hours between about 2:00 and 4:00 but by and large 70s on tap for your afternoon activities. going out to dinner tonight, whether in the backyard or out along the sidewalk nice day for dinner outside. mild and dry. there goes the clouds during the course of the day. clouds will be last to leave southern maryland. you may never really get a lot of sunshine. southern charles down to st.

mary's county. a lot more sunshine, though, the closer to the mason-dixon line. good day for a day trip to gettysburg perhaps. the clouds are back in on us by late tonight into early tomorrow. not looking for a lot of rain tomorrow, but you can see by 4:00, 5:00 6:00 tomorrow afternoon the rain chances coming right back in on us. that will last intoes tuesday morning as well. so on the whole, not exactly a dry start to the week. bus stop weather first thing tomorrow morning as the kids go out, cloudy and cool, umbrellas will be needed but for the ride home, not for the ride in. the smart kids will have the umbrella in the backpack. your seven-day forecast, showers around second half of tomorrow first half of tuesday, again not looking for a lot of rain but it will be enough to get you wet and make you mad if you don't have the umbrella. one day near 90 that will be thursday. >> one word to describe the week amazing. >> we love it. >> thanks. >> we have more cool news. the winter classic will be in nationals park this hockey season. we knew the capitals would be all a part of it but we didn't

know exactly where. the game is played outdoors. the cap wills play the chicago blackhawks on the field in the ballpark january 1st and all totally transformed into a hockey rink then. >> all right. well let's talk about scholastics, many of you parents struggle daily with one question to your kids, and that question is, how was school today. >> fine. good. >> wells this morning. >> okay. >> this morning what could be the solution to help you get more than just that one word answer.

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tomorrow all of your kids will be in school and you're going to be wondering how they're doing. >> kate snow tells us about a new way to ask how they are without being so direct about it. >> reporter: it's all so fresh and new, the joy of school, the smiles, and the tears. it can make it hard for parents to say good-bye. which is why they ask their kids so many questions. >> is it hard sometimes when mom and dad say, how was your day at school? >> yeah a little bit. they always say it every day. >> they always say it every day. >> yeah. >> after school. >> exactly. they always say it. >> so the kids always answer the same way. >> it's good and i really like blah-blah-blah. >> if it wasn't good we would

say it's good. >> sometimes are you like tired and don't want to talk about your day. >> exactly. >> yes. >> so then we just want to take a nap instead of telling the parents. >> reporter: there it is, one of those universal truths aut kids. >> when you ask them how was your day at school? like fine. like fine. >> reporter: before she was a mom to simon, grace and ruth, liz was a teacher. she posted questions on her blog called, 25 ways to ask your kids so how was cool today without asking so how was school today. my kids went back to school this week too. after zach's first day i called him to try out the open-ended questions. >> so zach, tell me something that made you laugh today? >> well my teacher, since she's sort of new me and the other students basically helped her. we were sort of teaching the teacher, while she was teaching us. >> reporter: that's all any parents wants, to know just a little bit more about their kids world. >> i know as they get older, it

is going to be harder for me to keep those lines of communication open so i feel like while i have them now, where they want to talk to me i need to take that and run with it. our window is so small. love you. >> reporter: those back it-to-school days pass so quickly. kate snow, nbc news, new york. >> now you may want to find a full list of those questions, you can go to nbcnews.com and search how was school? >> how big announcement expected tomorrow could give many of you more health care options. plus, protecting the hard hits. next hear from the high school football players who say a small device is protecting them from concussions. and chuck bell believes summer weather is officially gone. we're going to hold him to that. in fact, you might be surprised by today's high

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pattern over a short period of not going to feel anything at all like yesterday did. there goes the heat and humidity and storminess off the eastern shore of maryland and eastern shore and peninsula. it's going to be a nice morning around here. already there's a live picture from prince george's county. another plane load of folks making an on time arrival at regan national airport at the river. temperatures are in the 60s and 70s. low to mid 60s northern maryland where there will be a lot more sunshine today. upper 60s and low 70s to the south of the metro, a little more of a cloud cover challenge during the course of the day. your hometown forecast gaithersburg, maryland 65 at 8:00 a.m., 76 lunch time 72 at dinner time today. perfect day to be outside and enjoying it. the look ahead tomorrow clouds are coming back, rain chances too. more about the timing of those back-to-work drops when i see you next. >> thanks, chuck. as expected, a number of events in our area had to be rescheduled because of all of this last night. the last thing you wanted to do was to be running around in this

kind of weather. so fairfax county's orchestra decided to move its free family concert to today. it's going to begin at 5:30 happening at the angelika film center in fairfax. the orchestra is performing to the 1915 silent movie adaptation of "alice in wonderland." >> joan rivers' family will lay her to rest today and we received this video in our newsroom overnight of melissa rivers returning to her mother's manhattan apartment. she and her son stopped to reflect on the tribute from fans to the comedian outside. earlier in the dayve' dy was cremated. rivers' funeral will take place at 11:00 at her synagogue in manhattan. it will be a private service. the comedian was 81 years old when she. her fashion show, her show "fashion police" it's on hold right now. rivers' star on the walk of fame

has a growing tribute as fans remember her. it in the day ahead your can walk to shine the light on suicide pretension. news 4 reporter david cullver will emcee the walk. it is happening at fairfax corner. the walk begins at 9:00 and the money raised will go to the american foundation for suicide prevention. today is the start of national suicide prevention week. and a reminder, we are constantly changing minds here at news 4. you can find out more information on mental health illness on our website nbcwashington.com. search changing minds. there you will find a treatment locater and more stories on how to get help for you and your loved ones. in the week ahead former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush will be back in washington to announce their new partnership. four presidential centers including their own are launching a new leadership scholars program. the programs will motivate

leaders from different industries to help administration officials develop ideas and national programs. the former presidents will unveil the program tomorrow morning at the newseum in northwest d.c. tomorrow virginia governor terry mcauliffe is expected to lay out his plan to increase health care coverage to the poor in the commonwealth. over the summer the governor ordered his secretary of health and human resources to come up with options to expand coverage to low-income virginians. mcauliffe tried to expand medicaid during the legislative state republicans blocked that move. the president will hold a moment of silence thursday to remember september 11th, 2001. white house staff will join president obama and the first lady on the south lawn of the white house. then the president will attend a memorial ceremony at the pentagon. right now, concussions are a growing concern across football. from the nfl to your child's high school. news 4 sport's jason pew tells

us how one high school in our area is now using sensors to keep its players safe. >> when i got the concussion i didn't know where i was. i couldn't do mental math. i couldn't remember three words. it was pretty bad. >> nobody knew about it and i just went to the coach and said my head was hurting. he said we'll take you out. if i hadn't gone to the coach and talked about it i would have stayed in. >> reporter: this year, players won't have a choice when it comes to staying in. the team is using these sensor strips on the back of players' helmets. the device indicates how many impactful hits a player has taken. once the sensor flashes a red light the concussion protocol should be assessed. >> kids don't understand the severity of a concussion so a lot of times they don't report symptoms until it's too late. this way i can take a look. always maybe i got to watch joe. he took three really big hits this week and watch him that way and then let the parents know. he doesn't have a concussion,

but he did take three hard hits this week. let's take an eye and watch him. >> a lot of times we let our competitiveness misguide a lot of our judgment. you need someone there to be the level head person and balance it all. >> reporter: players, coaches, trainers and parents are all in agreement. this is a step in the right direction for high school athletes. >> i just am worried about my head. that's my future. no matter what ends with your head. i have to have my brain in good senses to go with me for the rest of my life. >> that was jason pew reporting. today part of alexandria will be decked out in pink. take a look. this is what it's going to look like at today's pink heels tour. first responders will be riding around in pink cars to show their support for women who are battling cancer. you can see the pink fire trucks and the police cruisers starting at 10:00 this morning on north royal street in alexandria.

exactly what do you do when an emergency vehicle is coming up behind you? what first responders say you should never do. even if the sirens are blaring around you. >> taking a live look outside, a chance for rainy weather ahead as you head back to school and work.

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of their route schedules. beginning departure times for several routes will be posted. we're going to post a link to the timetables on nbcwashington.com. search ride on. heapingappening today the jericho city of praise megachurch will install dr. skewlark. one of the youngest woman in our area to lead a mega clutch. jericho is on jericho city and bishop peoples drive in landover maryland. tonight at 7:00, the bishop jakes will minister and officiate the ceremony. this morning, the new rule that some call an unpatriotic poll itsy in fairfax county. will you see rain drops in the week ahead? here's truck. >> the sunshine trying to break out right now. updating my rain chance forecast for tomorrow. rain chances are better for some than others. who will get hit the hardest on

your monday coming up next. >> reminder "the meredith vieira show" debuts tomorrow. the guest lineup for week one include

the "today" show is next on nbc 4. >> once again, jose diaz erica

hill from new york. great to see you. >> good to see both of you this morning. just ahead this morning, doing further damage assessment this morning after another round of violent thunderstorms rolled through the northeast on saturday. trees down tens of thousands of people left without power. debris everywhere as you can see in the pictures. dillon will have the latest. >> new details about joan rivers' private funeral service which will be held later this morning. will it be the spectacle rivers have wanted? our inspirational story of the day. this little guy. a golfer who at 3 years old, plenty of adult golfers to shame. it's a very sweet story. looking forward to sharing that with you. >> just in time for sunday football kickoff throwing a tailgates party on the plaza. >> we are. which means there's going to be food, which means we're going to be extra happy. >> and hungry. >> i smell hot dogs already, guys. thanks. >> good morning. >> have great one. right now, police in maryland, raising awareness on the move over law.

this comes with more than $100 ticket. also points on your license. you're supposed to move over an extra lane whenever you see police or emergency cars on the side of the roadway. starting next month you will have to move over for trucks as well. part of the problem it can be hard to hear and see emergency vehicles which can make things more dangerous. >> nbc's tom costello tells us why that's the case and shares the story of a man from our area who was saved thanks to a quick response. >> reporter: the bystander who called 911 last may. >> his body is shaking. >> reporter: was already doing cpr on michael lieu who collapsed in full cardiac arrest while jogging. >> reporter: paramedics call it a priority one call. >> what are you going to right now? >> chest pain call. >> reporter: a patient's chances of surviving dropped 10% with every minute that passes. >> he's not moving. >> reporter: which is why we were surprised to see drivers who simply wouldn't move over

for emergency vehicles. >> the red truck wouldn't move. didn't want to go the wrong way. >> failing to yield would be dangerous. nationwide in 2012, 60 people died in accidents involving emergency vehicles. >> they don't see us or hear us. >> sometimes until the sirens are 20 feet away. today's modern krars so soundproof with the radio on i didn't hear the fire engine until he's on my bumper. >> drivers not sure if they should go through a red light to make room. no say firefighters. >> you should not risk your own safety by pulling out into a particularly a blind intersection. >> most states the law requires you to signal, yield by pointing to the right or the nearest curb and stop. beware, once one unit passes, another could be following right behind. >> because nationwide, modern ems and fire fighting tactics require many more units on the

initial response. back in maryland, michael celebrated his 32nd birthday with firefighters and the woman who saved him. >> if the medics had been delayed what would have happened? >> i would have died. if they had been any later in getting there, i wouldn't have made it. >> because the system worked a little boy named nathan has his dad back. tom costello, nbc news, gaithersburg, maryland. >> it's been called an unpatriotic policy in fairfax county. according to the "washington post" police officers no longer allowed to wear the american flag patches on their ballistic vests. the police department says they're trying to create guidelines for what officers can display. the department's names tags are the only approved patches to be worn. that could change in the future. meanwhile some officers say the policy is un-american and they will continue to wear the american flag patches. check out the time lapse now. see a massive dust storm move into the phoenix area.

drivers couldn't see much as they were looking at a wall of dust as it moved t area. thunderstorms followed the dust storm. >> take a look at this. some strong winds, heavy rain, caused a tree to fall on a car in new york. bam, right there. security camera capturing it all. powerful thunderstorms moved through the area leaving a huge mess and thousands of people without power. a lot of us had our share of thunder boomers as well. >> you bet. >> it spread so quickly. that was the great. >> it sure did. the timing, worked out well. sort of gave the breakdown 2:00, 5:00 7:00, and really the tilinge inging timing worked out. knowing when it's going to happen doesn't help you to be all the ready for the instant the rain drops come down and a lot of people were caught running for cover yesterday afternoon. you won't have to be doing any running unless volg tarry on your sunday because today's weather will be cooperative. outside a beautiful sunday

morning. the sweaty weather, somebody sent me on twitter, said they could have worn a bathing suit outside yesterday and friday because of the heat and humidity. wouldn't have been a bad thing. clouds outside will be slow to bunl, moving out but going slower in southern than northern maryland and rain showers are not far away from coming right back. in fact, within 24 hours rain drops will be back in our skies once again. this is all ground clutter in the metro area. no rain. 100% dry. 100% of the time for your sunday. yesterday's storms are going off the virginia capes. here's monday's rain chance back across parts of kentucky. that's a wave of low pressure that's going to be arriving here second part of tomorrow into the overnight hours monday night into early tuesday. but it won't have as much rain as we saw yesterday with the thunderstorms. what a nice morning. clear skies 61 in hagerstown and winchester, 70 degrees in arlington, 68, 66 manassas, 68

degrees in maryland this morning. here's your future weather forecast. these are the clouds in southern maryland by noontime today, these clouds will continue to try to inch farther down to the south. by 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. mostly sunny along the mason-dixon line. partly to mostly cloudy today. the farther south and east you live for travel today the longer you'll be dealing with the clouds. by after sunset tonight clouds will start to thicken up again. 11:00 into the early morning hours tomorrow, skies go back over to mostly cloudy. 6:30 monday morning. shower chances back, especially into southern maryland and then during the course of the day tomorrow, this is our newer computer model run which brings the rain in a little earlier and a little steadier into southern maryland tomorrow. by lunch time tomorrow rain chances really on the up and up around here and by monday commute home from work and school you will want to have that umbrella tore sure and a showery monday into tuesday. for today get out and enjoy it.

a cooler speedier morning run for runners today as temperatures will be mainly in the 60s are and 70s. going out this afternoon, the phillies and nationals, 1:35 pitch at nats ballpark. comfy weather for baseball today. temperatures upper 70s to near 80 degrees. and if you're making the drive up to the other beltway in baltimore, the bengals and the ravens today a kickoff at 1:00 77 degrees at kickoff time and temperatures near 80 by the end of the game. back to school tomorrow morning. the smart kids will have the umbrellas in the backpack for the commute home. not so much the wet start but a wet looking finish to your monday. your seven-day forecast, also includes a change for rain on tuesday. wednesday will be dry and pleasant temperatures near average. thursday will be the one day this week with a little touch of heat and humidity back. 89, not 95. we'll like that. next weekend looks like it's going to be amazing. >> wow. it's such an improvement over what we've seen. >> if you haven't been outside yet this morning go out and take in a deep breath. >> you might not go back in.

thanks. somep top stories we're following. prince george's county investigating a child death. police tell us around 2:00 in the morning they got a call about two children that were unconscious inside their home on forest road in cheverly. the kids were rushed to the hospital. one did not make it. police aren't saying how the children were hurt or what their ages are. >> right now, the nation's triathlon is closing a lot of roads in downtown d.c. and we have learned just hours ago that seeped into the potomac canceling the swimming part of the race this year. if you're driving parts of the 14th street bridge, rock creek parkway and independence avenue, are all shut down. >> in an exclusive interview with "meet the press" moderator chuck todd president obama defends his decision to delay action on immigration reform. the full conversation is coming up on "meet the press" this morning. next on the "today" show we're

football that counts is back. the redskins start their season off against the houston texans today. under new coach jay xwrudsgruden we're waiting to see how the game will perform. washington won't be the only game today. >> nbc's sunday night football

returns with a marquis matchup at 8:15 tonight. nbc's mark barger gives us a preview. ♪ sunday night where are ♪ >> reporter: carrie underwood sunday's football anthem urbers in a new season. ♪ the show's back in town ♪ >> we want to bring energy to the game and we want people to hear it and get ready for it. >> reporter: nbc enlisted nfl stars for the song's music video. >> it's just an amazing vibe. everybody was excited. >> reporter: that includes a three-time video participant the packers' clay matthews. >> this year they've got me stage diving and crowd surfing. that's new. >> reporter: the sunday night season starts with denver quarterback peyton manning and the broncos battling his old team the indianapolis colts and rising star andrew luck. >> regular season season opener it doesn't get any much bigger than this aside from the post season. >> it's snapped. >> reporter: the broncos were looking for redemption from last

post-season, an super bowl loss to seattle. >> opening day, opening night, is a playoff type atmosphere. i am tired of talking. i am looking forward to playing some real football. >> the broncos and colts are expected to return to the playoffs but generally half the teams don't make it back. >> there's going to be surprises this year that you have no idea that we're coming. >> they just add to the excitement for the return of sunday night football. mark barger, nbc news. >> "football night in america" no more waiting. >> washington hopefully we have an healthy rg3. it's going to be a new season. time to turn this thing around. >> i agree. i have faith in rg3, the year he's going to turn the corner. the injuries behind him the experience behind him you know. >> yeah. >> we're rooting for the home team. >> speaking of home, the weather really refreshing out there. >> you got 50 cents. >> i'll give you a dollar for what i'm feeling. >> for a dollar i'll give you a ten day forecast. i needed 50 cents for the seven

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good morning. deadly storms dark skies move in on millions leaving a massive path of destruction behind destroying cars and homes. at least one person is dead in a system that showed no mercy from the midwest to the northeast. immigration delay.

a controversial decision by president obama to wait at least two months before making any decision on immigration reform. >> the country is going to be better off if we have an immigration system that works. >> the president speaking exclusively with chuck todd the new moderator of "meet the press." we'll talk to chuck about their conversation. final farewell. a star studded affair today, family friends and celebrities expected at the funeral for the late joan rivers. what we're learning about