there's a been a blow to the event because of last night's weather. all that ahead. first, let's talk about what's going on today and if you haven't done it, step outside. make sure you come back in to finish watching the show. it feels great out there. good morning. i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris jordan. right to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with today's temperature change. >> hey, chris and angie, good morning to both of you. beautiful sunday morning outside. if you haven't had your chance to get outside and pick up the paper you're in for a really nice treat on your way out the door this morning. temperatures are noticeably cooler, humidity lower than yesterday, promises to be a far better day to be outside today than yesterday. the heat and humidity and the haze are all goe. you can actually see down over downtown washington today. yesterday even the monument was obscured by the haze out there. temperatures not too bad at all. upper 60s to low 70s for out the door weather first thing this morning. and if you're planning to be

outside much of the day, don't forget your sun block, spf 15 or better as there's plenty of sunshine getting through. it's cooler than yesterday. sun and clouds mixed. gradually i think we'll see more and more sunshine as the day wears along. afternoon temperatures today mostly in the upper 70s and low 80s. so the sweaty weather is gone. rain chances are back as soon as tomorrow and the seven-day forecast will answer the all-important question, are we done with the 90s yet. see you in a few minutes with all that. >> new this morning, police are telling us a second child has died after some sort of incident at a home in prince george's county. we saw several officers and first responders at this home on forest road in cheverly, maryland, around 2:00 this morning. police say that's when they got a call about two children that were unconscious. rescuers took both children to the hospital, but neither survived. police aren't saying how the children died. they do tell us this is not a random act. well this morning, an

11-year-old boy is recovering after he was hit by a minivan while riding his bicycle. 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 took off. the boy's father was also riding his bike at the time. the boy is expected to be okay. >> investigators are trying to figure out what a man was doing on the tracks when he was hit and killed by a csx train. this happened last night near shady grove road in grabs branch way in gaithersburg. investigators stopped all train traffic on the line during the investigation. we're waiting to get the name of the victim. rescuers facing new problems they work to find two people presumed dead in plane crash. we told you yesterday a new york developer and his wife both experienced pilots passed out while flying to florida on friday. they veered off course and crashed in the ocean near

jamaica. rescue crews found the area where the plane went down. but they haven't been able to find any 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 are involved in searching for the wreckage. >> 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 that the iraqi government requested today's air strikes. the u.s.as 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. theresident sat down 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 wanted to do is when i take executive action i want to make sure that it's sustainable. i want to make sure -- >> the public is not behind you, you're not taking it. >> no, no, no. >> you're concerned the public wouldn't support what you did. >> 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 public understands what the facts are on immigration, what we've done on unaccompanied children and why it's necessary. >> later this morning on "news 4 today," moderator chuck todd will be here to talk more about his exclusive interview with the president and we'll see how he's feeling just before he hosts his first sunday as the new moderator of "meet the press." >> right now a triathlon is tying up traffic in d.c.

take a look here. a live look, lots of roads closed off for the event including here on independence avenue along the national mall. see bikers making their way through. now it's not just by the mall where roads are closed. parts of the 14th street bridge, rock creek parkway, ohio drive, all going to be shut down until this afternoon. now overnight, we learned that all that heavy rain across the region, it ended up dumping some sewage into the potomac so the swimming portion of the triathlon is not going to happen today. too bad because this was the only time all year you could legally swim in that part of the river. you can get by on the beltway after police shut it down earlier. the new information detectives are telling us about t

happened around 3:00 at the inner loop. all the lanes are back open right now. meanwhile, the name of the victim has not been released. this morning, investigators trying to determine what caused a crash that killed two people in the district. looking at cell phone video we got our hands on. it's of a garbage truck and car that crashed on the ana costa freeway yesterday morning. investigators say that the impact so strong, take a look at this. the car nearly split in half when it hit a light pole. just horrifying pictures here. both victims were inside the car. a third passenger in the car and the driver of the truck were hurt. now to the developing ebola outbreak. the american doctor infected with the deadly virus has visited with two of his family members. dr. rick sacra is treated at the nebraska medical center. yesterday he got to see his wife

and son by video chat since arooifrg riving in the u.s. the hospital says his condition hasn't changed since arriving friday but in stable condition. he's the third american aide worker to be sickened with the virus. an annual golf outing fund raider in our area takes on new urgency tomorrow because of the ebola crisis. proceeds from the tournament will go to a chantilly based charity 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. >> sometimes businesses will put together teams, they'll invite their colleagues. other times we've seen local businesses put together a team and invite clients because it's a great opportunity to spend some time with clients and again, just 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. it you don't golf you can still participate in other ways. for more visit nbcwashington.com and search helping children worldwide. >> wow. the damage done. when a 9-year-old somehow got behind the wheel of this commuter bus. >> big weather changes. here's chuck. >> that's right. yesterday's sweat box weather has moved out. we've got a nice dry day coming today. the weekend forecast is looking great. great. you don't want to stray t

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a central california high school student was arrested for make threats to shoot up a rival school. police say the threats happened over social media. the 16-year-old is behind bars right now for making terrorist threats. a 9-year-old boy took this bus for a joy ride in canada. police say the boy boarded the empty bus at a maintenance garage. they say they drove it for two blocks hitting a truck and another bus before stopping it at a curb. a witness saw all of this happen. >> i just thought follow the bus and try to stop it.

nobody else seemed like they were going to do anything. >> nobody was hurt. police say the boy is too young to be charged. he was taken home. >> we are going to have a close call with an asteroid today. the size of a house moving at tens of thousands of miles an hour and ten times closer than the moon is. 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 an 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, will fly by us 25,000 miles away. ten times closer than the moon. catapulting at a speed of 40,000 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 texa 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. >> and the asteroid is expected to pass closest to earth shortly after 2:00 this afternoon. and when they say it's the size of a house i have this image of dorothy's house in "wizard of oz" spinning around and the witch biking by. >> it's close, though. i like chuck picked up the one bite the sound bite in that piece where he says, i feel safe. hopefully. >> hopefully. there's no reason to panic about this particular asteroid, that is good news, but 25,000 miles that is close. on the cosmic scale. our weather satellites 22,000 miles above the earth. the international space station flies between 2 and 500 miles up. nonetheless on our sunday morning, the second half of your weekend, the second half of the weekend would be far and away the better half to be outside and that is, indeed, the case.

plenty of clouds outside first thing this morning but these are not rain making clouds. more important than anything today will be about 15 degrees cooler in temperature than yesterday. add in the added comfort factor lower humidity is going to feel abili about 25 degrees cooler than yesterday. 72 at national airport. 59% humidity. yesterday the humidity in the 70% range. this is a big improvement and also a change in the wind direction. a north wind at 15 miles per hour. a good kite flying day if you're going outside down to the national pal mall. haynes point another great place to fly kites. thunderstorms off the outer banks of the north carolina and virginia cape. this area of rain in kentucky needs to be watched. guess where that's going to be on monday afternoon. exactly. it's going to be over us tomorrow. a little wave of low pressure coming our way will bring clouds back into our skies tonight and rain chances back to our

forecast be for tomorrow. enjoy your dry sunday. still in the mid to upper 60s. martingsburg, west virginia, 67 now, 70 manassas and quantico, 72 capital heights. the impact on your running this morning, mild weather for now, cooler than yesterday. you should be just a touch speedier today. if you're going to be running during the afternoon don't forget to put your sun black on. going out it to nats ballpark, sunscreen required for this one, a mix of clouds and sunshine but comfy weather outside today. no chance for any rain delays. temperatures near 80. good weather for the ravens and ben gals in baltimore as well. here's our future weather forecast. there goes the erosion of the cloud deck to our south, but just as we get ready to finish the afternoon and go into the evening, that area of rain i showed you in kentucky the leading edge of those clouds will start moving back in this evening. so skies -- clouds will thin out during the daylight hours. once the sun goes down, clouds will thicken back up. skies will be partly to mach by

early tomorrow morning, out the door weather early on your monday going to be a dry morning commute in washington. could see sprinkles in southern maryland first thing in the morning. by lunch time tomorrow everybody's rain chances on the up and up. the commute home from work and school tomorrow afternoon and evening will be win filled with rain showers. that rain shower continues this is 8:00 tomorrow night. rain showers lingering through. your rain chances on monday, will be highest from washington southbound and lowest farther to the north. everybody has a chance of getting rained on tomorrow. so as a result, have that umbrella ready to go. seven-day forecast, a beauty of a day to finish off the second half of your wkend. 95 yesterday. only 81 today. that's a nice improvement there. showery weather for your monday and tuesday. wednesday, looks awesome. thursday a little warm and humid, near 90 degrees. i don't think we'll have a chance to get to 90, ahead of

another strong cold front which means real september weather is here for next weekend. >> i thought the streak would never end. >> as for today, 100% dry. >> 100%. >> and more rain coming. >> yeah. >> can't go back on that you know. >> i know. guaranteed. >> i know where to find you. >> a student publicly shamed for what she wore to school. the school's response for giving her the dress code punishment. and we want to take you out live to fairfax virginia, where news 4's northern virginia reporter david cullver is emceeing the out of the darkness community walk. more on shedding a light on mental illness coming up. >> i'm mark murray. >> i'm carrie dan. >> following the primary season but coming to an end on tuesday when forestates, delaware, massachusetts, new hampshire and rhode island will hold contests. >> new hampshire former massachusetts senator scott brown running for his party's

nomination, expected he'll easily win to face incumbent senator jeanne shaheen. >> maybe the most notable. the best race and my favorite the democratic gubernatorial primary in rhode island where three candidates angel tavares three candidates angel tavares gene romando and clay pel is

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right now hundreds are walking to shine the light on suicide prevention. the out of the darkness community walk is going on in fairfax. news 4's northern virginia reporter david cullver is live there. >> you can hear the crowd behind me in fairfax corner. this is where i was born and raised. we've got about 700 walkers, 200 coming more. we are going to be close to 1,000 walkers today. all about awareness and prevention. these folks here, these folks are incredible. they have raised just in fairfax alone, $105,000. to prevent suicides in the northern virginia, d.c. and maryland area. we've got awareness, education, prevention, that's why we're doing this. that's why they're raise raising

money and kicking off the walk which will start after this. this launches suicide prevention week in the u.s. and these folks are out here to bring the support, to bring the energy which we have felt all morning. and continuing to bring. and so we're excited to have trem them and we're going to kick off that walk right now. a lot of excitement here in fair fax. >> thank you so much, david. good luck out there. we want to remind you we are changing minds here at news 4. find out more information on mental health illness on 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. >> how a big announcement expected tomorrow could give many of you more health care options. plus, a school's public punishment for a student who violated the dress code. also, a makeup day for all those chores and events canceled because of last fight's rain.

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how did two children from the same home end up dead overnight in prime ministernce county. that's the question police are trying to answer. >> derrick ward joins us live from the home on forest road in cheverly. what have you learned? >> well, good morning. this all started at about 2:13 this morning in this house you

see behind me in the 6200 block of forest road. it started out as a medical call to prince george's fire. for unresponsive people. when they got here, they found two children unresponsive. prince george's police were called in to assist both of those children were taken to the hospital, both have subsequently died. now police aren't releasing information about the ages of the children or the circumstances of their deaths, only to say this is does not appear to be random act. this is sending a wave of shock through the neighborhood as we hear from one neighbor. >> i'm very surprised as a mother, i'm just shocked. i kind of -- i can't believe this happened. it's very hard to comprehend. >> reporter: now this is a neighborhood of long-time resident. i've spoke to a resident who lived here 40 years and there's never been anything like this. we're not far from the county executive's house and the home of the former states attorney glen ivy.

that gives you a sense of what kind of neighborhood this is. a stable community of well kept homes but apparently death has been visited on this house. investigation is continuing and police want anyone with any information to give them a call. live in cheverly, news 4, back to you. >> thank you. such a horrible story. obviously a lot of unanswered questions and it's going to be one story we will follow closely on news 4. we want to switch gears and talk about your forecast. >> let's check in with meteorologist chuck bell and he has no complaints today about being outside on the storm team 4 weather deck, do you? >> no, no, no. >> do the show out there. >> the complaint department is closed for the second half of the weekend. the heat, haze and humidity of yesterday were cleared out by the strong thunderstorms last evening and now in the wake of that cold front gone by a north wind has returned and temperatures nicer now than they were yesterday. there's the view from our tower here on nbc 4 and northwest d.c. looking past the national

cathedral. little cloud cover out there but still an awfully nice morning. this is looking to the northeast from the reston town center. plenty of those mid-level clouds around but these are not rain making clouds. a dry forecast for your sunday. 72 in washington, 68 leesburg, 66 winchester, virginia, hometown forecast, beautiful poolsville, maryland, western montgomery county on the eastern side of the potomac. a beautiful day, 71 degrees at 10:00 a.m. 79 the high in poolsville today. 81 the high in washington. again a fair amount of clouds around. with the lower humidity and nice breeze perfect day to be outside. rain chances are back for your monday afternoon and monday evening. more about that with your seven-day forecast and some of your graphics coming up in a few more minutes. back to you. >> thanks, chuck. a number of events in our area have to be rescheduled because of this rain last night. the last thing you wanted to do was get stuck in this. you can see they're running away

from that. well this is why fairfax county's orchestra decided to move its free family concert to today. so it's going to begin at 5:30 this evening at the angelika film center. the orchestra is performing to the 1915 silent movie adaptation of "alice in wonderland." >> joan rivers' family will lay her to rest. we received this video 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 day, rivers' body was cremated. rivers' star on the walk of fame also has a growing tribute around it as fans remember her. take a look now. you can see it here. her funeral will take place in just ability an hour and a half at 11:00. it will be a private service at her synagogue in manhattan. the comedian was 81 years old

when she died. >> florida mother upset with how school leaders punished her daughter for a dress code violation. the mother said her daughter wore a suit of shame. >> first impressions, you know. they're really important and i had a really bad one. >> reporter: when 15-year-old miranda went to school in this black skirt she says she didn't know she was in violation of oak leaf high school's dress code. >> she pointed at me from across the hall. your skirt is too shirt. >> reporter: the teacher sent her to the nurse who told her she had to put on this outfit, neon yellow t-shirt and bright sweatpants written were the words dress code violation. larkin moved to clay county from seattle and on her third day at a new school. >> she put on the outside in theback bathe room and looked and broke down. she started sobbing. she broke out in hives. >> reporter: a spokesperson from the clay county school district says students who violate the dress code are given the option

to stay in their clothes and go to inschool suspension, wear the sweats and t-shirt as punishment and go to class or arrange for someone to bring them other clothes. larkin says she was only given one option. >> i feel by putting a kid in an outfit that says what they did wrong, across their chest and down their leg, is taking their private records and making them public and clear violation of their privacy rights. >> reporter: larkin was able to leave school early and not face suspension but her mother says the outfit she calls a shame suit violated her daughters rights and says she's filing a complaint with the family educational rights and privacy act, for making her daughter's discipline public. >> well that was michele kisska reporting. the school district says the intent is to get students back to class as quickly as possible and an attorney for the school board says the punishment is not a violation because it does not go on the student's record. sgloots week ahead, former

presidents bill clinton and george bush will be back in washington to announce their 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 and commonwealth. over the summer the governor ordered the 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 session. the state republicans blocked that move. >> the president will hold a moment of sighs lens 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. >> caught on camera, exactly what homeowners did not want to happen during the storms this weekend. wait until you see how

our wednesday's child this week, is a teen who spent most of his life in a foster care facility. we met demiamante this year and he's still waiting to be adopted. we think that maybe the right family might not have been watching before. news 4's barbara harrison has his story. >> diamante, how are you? how was your night. >> reporter: he is one that helps care for diamante in this home a treatment center for children in foster care. he says while diamante can't get

around on his own he has lots of people who have helped him here for years. >> he's very happy. >> reporter: she says diamante is a terrific young man she looks forward to seeing every day when she comes to work. >> diamante, we're going to your room. >> reporter: tim is another familiar face here for diamante. he helps him get to school each day. tim showed off a photo on the wall in diamante's room. >> october 2013. >> reporter: in his bedroom soft and cuddly characters to share his life with but his social worker says he needs more than that. >> every individual person needs some form of permanency in their mind irrespective, i think he needs a permanent caring and loving family. >> while there are many here who love diamante like nurse frost who is also diamante's barber, everyone comes in and out of his life each day. in the long run, there is no

permanence. this has been his story since he was abandoned at just a year old. >> he needs a loving family that can take care of them. >> he has a wonderful family here but i know you're all hoping he gets a family, a real family. >> yes. >> that will be his forever. >> reporter: a forever family is what all children deserve. barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. >> if you room in your home and heart for diamante or perhaps another child who's waiting, call our special adoption hotline. that number on your screen 1-888-2-adopt me or search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. >> this morn the new rule that some call an unpatriotic policy in fairfax county. and the restaurant that serves sandwiches fries but won't allow ketchup. you will want to hear from the head chef. plus when you see rain drops in the weeks ahead. the weeks ahead. >> no ketchup policy that cou

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it's being called an unpatriot policy in fairfax. according to the "washington post" police officers are no longer allowed to wear american flag patches on their ballistic vest. the police department says they're trying to create some guidelines for what officers can display. the department says right now, name tags are the only approved patches to be worn on the velcro, but that could change in

the future. some officers say the policy is un-american and they will continue to wear the american flag patches. >> what do you think of this? a florida restaurant owner and chef is refusing to let his customers use a popular condiment at his restaurant. he's gone so far to ban ketchup from the list. joe has more on the ketchup controversy. >> reporter: the lunch rush at mad fresh bistro. >> you guys are going to share this. >> reporter: this fort meyers for some is serving up few of its best dishes. >> we came because it was my birlgts day. >> reporter: as she looks over the menu like countless others she can't help but notice this. >> i do like ketchup. >> reporter: the chef and owner at mad fresh will get mad fresh if you ask for ketchup with his creative concoctions. he doesn't even keep the con condiment in his restaurant. >> the worst a woman who pulled out parmesan cheese and ketchup

and asked her not do do that and she never came back. >> reporter: born in new york city and raised in france he spent two years studying fine french cuisine and wants people to trust his cooking capabilities. >> it's a lifestyle. people don't just, you know, eat because it's served. it's a tradition. >> reporter: even though french fries and burgers make up a good chunk of his menu it's his way or the highway. >> we did learn the hard way. i'm a customer service oriented kind of person and for us it was odd that there were rules. >> reporter: which means he rarely lets you make any other changes to his menu. he says since he opened here in 2012, he's built a base of customers who like his rules. >> that's the way i make it. you like it you eat it, and if you don't you don't have to come back. >> reporter: and in that there is something uniquely american. >> ketchup as you may remember is no longer the most popular condiment in america. in february it was passed by.

>> the mayo which i probably contributed to. mayo with fries any day over the ketchup. >> some say salsa is in that category but salsa is a dip not a condiment. >> there you go. i think that mayo is by far better with -- >> what do you think of the ban on ketchup. >> i'm not a big fan of ketchup. doesn't bother me. >> i take ketchup with fries. i like the option. he better have darn good fries. >> there you go. >> the next time you're outside look around and you might see more yoga pants than jeans. jeans sales fell 6% last year as more of you are buying the athletic gear instead. sales of the leggings, sweatpants and other active wear went up by 7%. denim makes up about one-fifth of all department store sales. take a look at this. strong winds, heavy rain causing that tree, bam, to fall on that car out in new york. security camera capturing it all.

powerful thunderstorms moved through the area leaving a mess and thousands without power. also check out this time lapse. you can see a massive dust storm moving to the phoenix area. drivers couldn't see much as the wall of dust moved through. thunderstorms followed the dust storm. wow. having severe weather. >> i know. >> parts of this country. >> looks like something out of a movie. >> i've been through a couple dust storms in oklahoma and it is weird to see that dust cloud that's out there in the desert southwest and oklahoma more of a black cloud but it is really spooky and erie to see that coming at you. a thunderstorm on the other side of that, the outflow from the thunderstorm that's picking up the dust so a lot of times you get the thick layer of dust and it rains on you and you're caked in mud and car is impossible to get clean. >> basically what you're saying this is your cue to get out of here. >> correct. that's your sign when you see the dust cloud coming get the car in the garage. outside on a sunday morning in

the nation's capital, sunshine streaming down on the roof of the jefferson memorial and a little sunshine all over the place this morning. that's going to be the case for much of the day today. we'll have a fair amount of sunshine. it looks sunnier in this picture here than it looked when i was standing on the front lawn about 15 minutes ago. our skies which are partly to mostly cloudy right now will increase the amount of sunshine later on today. it's a beautiful day out there. 72 degrees. north breeze now at 15 miles per hour. bringing in that cooler and drier air. it's going to keep us dry today. there are rain chances back as early as tomorrow about lunch time from this little wave of low pressure here. basically the cold front that went through last night is now down along the virginia/north carolina border and that kind of waivers back up here and that's the little area of low pressure that's got the rain chances coming back on us as we get into especially the second half of tomorrow. i suspect that the morning commute will be dry. but you'll want to have your umbrellas ready to go for the

second half of the day. what a beautiful way to get the day started. swiss burg, maryland, 64, rtingsburg, martinsville in west virginia mid to upper 60s this morning, mid to upper 60s front royal and manassas at 70 degrees. biking impact plenty of clouds around but going out for a late afternoon or early evening bike ride today, temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s. jacket no, helmet of course yes. you're riding you should have your helmet on. going outside, going up to baltimore, bengals and va vens, kickoff at 1:00 at m and t bank stadium. 76 degrees for the 1:00 kickoff and 80 degrees by 4:30 when the game is ending and a dry forecast. washington down in houston playing the texans today. good weather down there but steamy. here's our future weather forecast. watch what happens over the next 24 hours. by lunch time today the drier air filtering in pushes the cloud deck farther to the south but as soon as the sun goes down tonight the return of clouds starts to move back into the

picture. we'll be dry through much if not all of the overnight hours. cloudy skies, rain chances speaking back into the picture, rain looking more likely by about lunch time or later, moderate rain across southern maryland. that's where the bulk of the rain with the next system gizzing to be. the shower chances will linger through monday and first half of your tuesday. here's your seven-day forecast. 81 with a mix of clouds and sunshine today but a lovely day to be outside. showery weather tomorrow, tomorrow night into tuesday, a little dry out time on wednesday. warm and humid with a risk of shower or thunderstorm on friday. another serious canadian cold front arrives friday. next weekend crisp and cool. >> and break out the fall scarves maybe. >> a ska afes. >> it's a girl thing. >> fair enough. extend a big thank you to our allstate community shred. huge success.

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football that counts is back. the redskins play the houston texans at 1:00 this afternoon. >> and news 4 sport jason pew gives us a preview of what you should be looking for in the first game this year. >> first off, rg3, head coach, jay gruden says his quarterback needs to make good decisions and spread the ball around and be patient. number two, the texans pass rush. jj was and jadeveon clowney present a test for the offensive line. how they hold up against those

two could determine the outcome of this game. then we have special teams, new returner, new punter, new coach and a lot of optimism, this is a unit that needs to improve drastically from last season and finally, first year head coach jay gruden says he's feeling the weight of the 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 test out his team. kickoff is at 1:00. we'll have highlights and reaction on news 4 at 6:00 and 11:00. don't forget to join us on redskins final after news. >> we'll be watching and, of course, the skins aren't the only game on today. sunday night football returns tonight with a big match jup between the broncos and colts. peyton manning says he's eager to get it started. >> tonight is a playoff time atmosphere. i am tired of talking. i am looking forward to playing real football. >> watch the game tonight 8:15

p.m. right here on nbc 4. >> this morning, word of rescues after storms forced many of you inside last night. and that weather gave us some big weather changes this morning. chuck is going to tell us how long it will stick around. >> plus a big athletic event shutting down streets right now. it's the nation's triathlon. it's the nation's triathlon. we'll tell you to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down?

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believe me, you don't want to drive around the national mall right now, the nation's triathlon going on, roads closed. you can see some of the bikers making their way through, independence avenue along the national mall. live look at conditions. we learned all the heavy rains in our area forced organizers to cancel the swimming section of this competition because sewage flowed into the potomaci river. here are areas you want to avoid. parts of the 14th street bridge, independence avenue, shut down until this afternoon. >> last night's storm brought down trees and kept first responders very busy. heavy rain fell here in the district. this is what adams morgan looked like last night when the storm moved through. downed trees knocked out power for thousandses.

crews worked all night to get everything turned back on. in montgomery county swift water boat teams rescued a husband and wife inside their car. >> the storms have started to move away but leaving behind quite the cools if and we're not complaining. >> no. 100% dry is the guarantee we're getting from storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> we're loving it. >> once i'm willing to give you 100% on anything i mean it. 99% is not the same. we will be 100% rain-free on your sunday. you can get outside and enjoy the day. we will have a fair amount of clouds in from time to time but that's not going to interrupt your day, i don't suspect. refreshing breeze out there for now. the view looking northbound straight up wisconsin avenue towards bethesda, chevy chase, rockville pike, good looking morning, more sunshine in northern maryland than southern maryland. the view from prince george's county over the district and parts of arlington as well, nice looking morning outside. temperatures here in the metro 66 rockville