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a chance of wind damage. brief heavy downpours as they move on through. no problems weatherwise for the morning commute. wear your short sleeves. waiting for the bus, 70 between now and 8:00. between 8:00 and 10:00, upper 70s to near 80 with steamy humidity. have an umbrella for the afternoon showers coming through. a look at the hour-by-hour heating as the day progresses. melissa checking on the thursday morning commute. if you're hopping on 95 northbound, you're pretty good until you make your way through triangle. slow approaching woodbridge. inner loop and outer loop just fine. just as you pass 66, fairfax, slow. it opens back up again. prince george's county side of the roadway looking good. pennsylvania avenue, everything rolling along. a live camera.

new hampshire avenue at washington circle. the west bound of the circle is still close as this tow truck tries to get two vehicles out of the way. remember to follow u us @first4traffic. >> 6:02. 13 years ago our his chand in those 9/11 attacks. megan mcgrath was one of the first people to arri at pentagon moments after the attack. she joins us live with what is planned there today. >> reporter: good morning; eun. it is turning into a beautiful mornin pentagon. we are seeing a little bit of pink in the clouds above the pentagon. this is a regular day of work for the folks who work here at the pentagon. we have seen a number of people walking down the sidewalk, making their way to their offices this morning. certainly an emotion day especially for those who were

here 13 years ago. there are a number of tributes and ceremonies planned for today. take a look here. first we are expect to go see a moving tribute here in about 45 minutes at dawn, right around 6:46 or so. a large flag is going to be unfurled from the roof of the pentagon. it will be draped down along the wall there. that is something we have seep. we saw it the first day after the attack. then at 9:30 this morning, there's going to be a remembrance ceremony. it's going to actually happen at the memorial itself here. it is closed to the public. only open to survivors and their famili. at 1:00 this afternoon, a second ceremony is taking place at the courtyard at the pentagon for pentagon employees. it is close this morning by will reopen at 11:00 to people can come and pay their respects sometime after 11:00. we'll be keeping an eye on things at the pentagon.

we will bring you live pictures of the live report as they start to unfurl the flag. megan mcgrath, news 4. eun, back to you >> today is also the 9/11 national day of service. there are a couple of service projects in d.c. volunteers will help restore engine 19 and the department of parks and recreation in southeast. and people will build a playground at the public charter school. the school does not have sufficient playgrod equ for its 300 students. 500 troops will be headed to iraq to combat the threat of isis in the middle east. the president addressed the nation with a four-tier approach. he said america is n back to work. >> our own safety, our own security depends on our

willingness to do what it takes to unhold the values. >> the president also mentioned secretary of state john kerry. his trip to the middle east to rally support. richard jordan at the live desk with more on a meeting. it started just a minute ago. >> we just got new video of secretary kerry in saudi arabia. this is his latest stop in the middle east. he will be met with the gulf cooperation cou to discuss isis terror threat. later today he will meet with the saudi king. yet was a meeting with al azadi. the first u.s. official to meet with the new prime minister to discuss ways to improve relations. that's the latest from the live desk. >> richard, thank you. "meet the press" moderator chuck

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welcome back. if your cell phone or radio are having a few issues in the coming days, the sun may be to

blame. a new solar flare launched f the sun. scientists are still working to fiut strongly it will impact the earth. we should find. they emit tons of el energy and cause dis the magnetic balance some disruptions in your cell phone service. how about that? >> the solar flare has nothing to do with all the heat returning to the area today. but it is going to be hot. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. not great weather. >> low dark clouds racing through the predawn sky over washington. a live view. they're not producing any rain now. temperatures are hovering here 70. it is very humid. hair styles by mr. humidity today. high soaring into the 80s. 90 by 3:00 p.m. storms coming through. some of them could be steer with

damaging winds in the metro area. storm team 4 radar not showing any storms here. we have showers here in the midwest. they are tracking east. a look at when storms will arrive coming up next on weather and traffic on the 1s. melissa, how is the commute? >> overall pretty good. washington circle, everything out of the way. good news there. 95 at the beltway, you can see our normal volume from chopper 4. 270 in frederick, slow through urbana, clarksburg. finally opens up in the clarksburg area. whier look at the area, looking good. pretty slow 95 northbound. it will take you 18 minutes. you're runni0 miles per hour. aaron and eun? >> thanks, melissa. the complaints for your kids that mean you do need to keep your kids at home. why a district banned lip balm and a girl who is working

karen: i think it's deplorable that the koch brothers would want to take away minimum wage. joyce: i think they got better things to do with their time than worry about the minimum wage. karen: it irritates the crap out of me that i would have to listen to somebody that has billions of dollars determine what the lowest-paid person could possibly make. joyce: that's a misuse of wealth and power and i really think it's amost evil.

right now a weather alert day on nbc 4. this is why. the storms near ohio and kentucky heading our way. storm team 4 tom kierein will go through the timing when it will hit your neighborhood at 6:21. and the september 11 memorial. live to erica hill in 15 minutes to tell us how this year's ceremony will look a different. breaking news in the district. a bad crash has part of washington things started clearing up moments ago. >> reporter: aaron, yeah, traffic is moving again along washington circle. but we still have a couple of police cars at the new hampshire avenuee theres a d.c. water track at the impact site near the park where the two cars ended up in.

the two car crashed earlier this morning. speed was a factor. seven passengers involved. three in one car, four in another, all taken to the hospital, listed in stable back to you. breaking news in the oscar pistorius trial. court has just gone into recess. before that, going into a striking statement from the judge. she does has ruled out premeditated murder. the double amputee is charged in the death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. prosecutors say he intentionally

killed her. the defense has been arguing he thought there was an intruder in the house that he shot four times in the bathroom there. the judge did also say while going over some of the testimony and evidence that she does not believe he was incapacitated as the defense claimed, claiming temporarien sanity. she does not believe that argument still waiting the final verdict. court is in recess. >> thank you, richard. 6:17. a fight between neighbors in prince william county has now turned into a hate. they have been in di six or seven months. he came home to find slur written on his . now he and his famil their home out of fe safety. >> this is like a si. basically what it sa basically is, okay, warning. the next time i may in my front yard or a

bullet in my front win >> there is no evide who wrote the slur. no one we'll learn about new developments in the ebola outbreak. doctors will hold a news conference about the american man being treated . you can see him sitting up in his hospital bed and talking to his wife throu >> they are making specially made troops to stop the spread of ebola. it is shipping hundreds of hazmat suits to liberia treatment centers. they are trying to help health care workers.

since they can only be worn once, more are needed. firefighters in maywood are told they could not have any stickers of any kind, including american flags, on their helmets or lockers. >> we felt this was important to stand up for. >> i want everyone to be clear, that that was never an issue of exposing the flag. >> yes. the chief said flag stickers are okay. other stickers will be reviewed. the suspended firefighters are allowed to return to work >> 19 minutes after 6:00. we want to get you up to speed on this weather alert day as we are anticipating storms. >> tracking the . good morning to you, tom.

>> we have all the in greed kwreps in place. a cool front sweeping through the region. all combining to give us a likelihood of storms later this afternoon. we have a weather alert day. which means we will have frequent storm tea we'll keep you fully informed. they will be lingering until mid evening. keep up with the storms and storm team 4 radar on google play and itunes. as we look at radar now, don't have any storms or rain locally. getting some showers. no storms. these are showers in ohio and kentucky. they may weaken into the mountains. by later this afternoon, that's when we will likely see some of these firing up. the areas that will likely see

the stronger storms appear to be prince william county, stafford, spotsylvania, culpepper, southern faulkier. st. mary's, southern calvert. they could see the strongest storms between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. tomorrow, a beautiful day. after we get to near 90 this afternoon before the storms arrive, tomorrow highs in the 70s. pleasant pattern next week with highs near 80. bus stop forecast at 6:30. melissa getting some delays in virginia. >> we are getting delays in virginia as you ned 95 northbound. very slow from an earlier disabled car. it is now out of the way. slowdowns north as you approach that area. 270 at democracy. not seeing it on the camera. a warning there southbound. we look pretty good.

a little bit slow just as you pass georgia avenue. 66 at lee highway is moving along. prince george's coun looking good. a tiny bit slow here as you head to the bet way. but that is typical for this time of the morning. follow us for all your traffic updates on twitter. >> melissa, thank you. 6:22. thousands of superstorm sandy victims might have to give back some of the money recd fema. fema is scrutinizing 4,500 households that rece thousands of people pay back some of the. so far they have ret collective $5.8 mill some of those were i for aid because the properties were not primary residences. others double dipped than one household m getting payments. a daring rescue camera at lake michi

take a look. lifeguards and good rushed to rescue a k fell out of his boate caught up in choppy . at one point he made of letting go of the preserver, thinking enough to shore. rescuers managed to get the preserver back to you and mappinged to get him to the shore again >> how sick is too sick to send your child to school? doctors say there are important clues to help you make that call. kids should stay home with fever over 101 degrees. also, if they're actively vomiting or have diarrhea. but things like colds can be trickier. >> without a fever i would air on the side of caution.

>> if kids are constantly saying they're sick, they may be afraid to go to school, don't want to go to school. a ban on lip balm is no match for a fifth grader. an 11-year-old came up with the idea after being denied lip balm when her chapped lips began bleeding. they eve now reviewing her request. the school system said it is in place for sanitary reasons following a previous disease outbreak. maybe just allow it -- you can't share. but kids in school they would share just about anything, including chap stick.

>> they are afraid she will lose it and a smaller child might get it. she could go to the bathroom. >> or nurse's office could have individual chap sticks. >> like they hold other medication. new calls for the nfl commission to step down. the controversy about the league knew about the tape of ray rice hitting his girlfriend. we're hearing about some security changes for people who work at the capitol. we are watching storms move our way. how things will look before the storms a

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history, we will also look ahead as to how the u.s. will fight isis. we go to chuck todd to hear about about the implication of president obama's speech. first, though, storm team 4 weather alert day at nbc 4. right to meteorologist tom kierein to get us ready for the day ahead. good morning. . yeah. that is part of a strong cool front sweeping the ream in the hour triggering storms. at the school bus stop, partly sunny. short sleeves. between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m., 70. when you get off work you may need the umbrella. we have the summer haze over washington. humidity is in place. have the umbrella ready. storms likely this afternoon and this evening. a weather alert day today,

meaning frequent storm team 4 updates. that is the timing when storms will be coming through. chance of wind damage, brief heavy downpours when they do roll through. a look at the timing on that and wh they' end the next weather and traffic on the 1s, 6:41. is traffic building now? >> we are definitely seeing volume build at 6:30 this morning. 95 northbound, triangle area, you're okay. very slow through dale and war ton. just a nasty day for you. i'm sorry about that. 66 at sudley road, that is moving along just fine. otherwise, looking pretty typical. a little slope top of the beltway. slow southbound inside the beltway as well. beltway at landover road, volume building there. travel times. 95 from skagville running 15

minutes. not too abouted there. >> thanks, medical sis sa. a live look at lower manhattan this morning as we remember the 9/11 terror attacks. . few hours the annual ceremony erica hill has a look at the day's events. erica, good mog to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, eun. once again or the names of the nearly 3,000 victims will be read by family members. this has become less of a large media event over the last few years. part of that is by design. the city of new york will not organize the event. it is done by the september 11th museum and memorial. you will see and hear the names being read. that just after this moment of silence. it commemorates the moment when the nort.

in d.c., the pentagon, the president will be there later this morning. he will lay a wreath, make brief remarks. and commemorations of course in shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 93 went down, remembering and honor the crew members and passengers on board that flight. the congressional gold medal will be on dis there, which is a little bit different. and the memorial will be open to in new york city for the first time they will be able to visit the national memorial on the anniversary on this day. that will open up to the public at 6:00 p.m. until midnight. it will be just open for family members and first responders. the museum opened in may. nearly 1 million people have visited the museum. and since the opening of the memorial, 15 million people have visited.

it gives you a sense of how poignant these events, not only of 2001, but of the 1993 world trade center bombing, how important they are. people do come from around the world. people ask you most often here in new york, how did they find their way to lower manhattan and to the museum. >> erica, thank you. capitol police on high alert today as the 9/11 events get under way. you can expect tighter security. park police will not share specifics. they will have enhanced security measures in place. some staffers have been told to be prepared for the possib 6:33 right now. the ravens take on the steelers for the first time since the new ray rice tape surfaced. we're learning a new independent investigation has been launched by the nfl. former fbi director robert muller will try to figure out

whether the nfl had this tape and when it may have had that tape. he will have access to all league records. the announcement comes after a law enforcement officials tell the associated press that he sent the riceape to an nfl executive in april. the official played a 12-second voice mail confirming it arrived. executives maintain they did not see it until e. the ravens owner spoke out on camera about why he didn't take things further stpwhrfplt i was picturing her wailing on him and him smacking her and maybe her head was this far from the wall and with her inebriation drop. why did i conclude all of that? because he wanted to. because i loved him. he had a stellar record. >> he went to and said pause he didn't see the video and because the court allowed him to enter a

pre-trial probation program it made him believe the incident wasn't as bad as the t. police were trying to arrest a man when he put the car in reverse and hit the officer. that officer fired one round at the man. the man took off. police did catch up with him and arrested. >> kind of scary. yes. i have my kids. they walk home from school. so kind of scary. >> both the e suspt are expected to be okay. a controversial homework assignment. the comparison students were d presid. and you can pay for your

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center. it begin 11:00 a.m. firefighters will show off the facility all day long. >> it is time to talk about the weather. it is a weather alert day. >> a live look outside here for you. you see a few clouds. the sun starts to break through. tom kierein has everything we need to know for the day ahead. >> there's a view from our tower cam. partly cloudy sky. warm and humid. near 70 by 8:00. by noon, mid-80s. storms not arriving until between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. in the metro area. temperatures in the mid-80s. up to 90. storms ending by 9:00 p.m. they'll be all gone by 11:00. near 70. this time tomorrow morning, noticeably less humid. down to just near 60 degrees. a look at rain chances for the weekend and where storms may be today coming up at 6:51.

melissa, how are the roads now? >> just seeing a lot of volume right now. that is expected for 6:40 in the morning. 95 at newington, all these headlights are coming into town. scaggsville road, no major problems. we're looking pretty good for this time of the morning. outer loop near colesville road. taking a look 66, we are in a jam. heading into town east bound, it will be quite slow. . just hours after president obama laid out his plan to fight isis, how the u.s. is already rallying support. plus, the security concern prompting gmail asking thousands of users to change their pass male announcer: experience the wonders of maryland, when you hike, bike, drive or paddle along our civil war trails driving and walking tours with plenty of stops to enjoy along the way.

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9/1 1 attacks. >> reporter: a number of ceremonies. one looks like it's about to get under way. up there if you look closely on the roof of the pentagon you can see a number of people standing there. we are awaiting the unfurling of the flag. this is something that happens on september 12th, the day after the attack that was the first time that it happened. and being here that day, it was something that was rather unexpected. all of a sudden withy fanfare, firefighters went up on the roof and unfurled this enormous flag. it hung there on the side of the pentagon next to the damage. so that's become a symbol of american determination. we were told 6:46 that's when they expect to unfurl the flag. we are seeing that movement up on the roof. it will certainly be quite a sight for folks to see as they drive on the highway and pass

the pentagon. a number of tributes taking place. a ceremony at 9:30. the president will be there. that is not open to the public. it is only for survivors and families of th 2:00 this afternoon, another ceremony taking place for people who work here at the pentagon. that will happen at the courtyard. people you can do that today but you cannot do it this morning. it will be closed for the ceremony this morning. if you're looking live here, they have started to unfurl that flag. quite a moment. we have seen people walking by, stopping to take a look at this. a tribute to those who lost their live as well as those who survived and something we have come to expect every

year. it is business as usual at the pentagon. it is a working day for the folks here. seeing people making their way to the offices. not an easday, especially those who were here 13 years ago. >> that you know, megan. a symbol of your determination and unity. during his address to the nation, president obama outlined his plan to take down isis. the question is did he make his kay to the american people? chug, good morning. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> what was your biggest take from yesterday? >> the fact that the president's speech was different than what the president normally has to do when announcing military action. he didn't have to rally the country. the country was already there. the country is very concerned about this threat. there is a real fear here. we saw the beheadings were the

most followed story we have polled on. it wasn't about convincing the country that he has to take on this threat. the question is did he convince the country this is a threat that can be h frankly a limited amount of military action. the president compared it to w qaeda, yemen, pakistan, afghanistan, and somalia. and of course if that's the case, then that's something that never goes away. he didn't talk about what happens to syria after the u.s. military is successful in getting rid of isis. he certainly made his case why he has to go after this group. the is, is this the strategy that's going to work for the long term. >> that's the question. he talked about coalitions, having other countries involved. can you talk about that and whether het s from congress. >> i think congress is fairly there. there seems to be, if anything,

some in congress would like to see is a larger u.s. military presence if anything. overall, i think you will see supporr most of this program. i think the question will be how, instead of the saudis, for instance, helping to pay for the operation, are they going to be the boots on the ground? the president mentioned there will have to be combat troops in syria. he said there will not be combat troops. are the saudis really goi to kick in? how about the turks, the jordanians. that's what the next 10 to 14 days are about. the president will go to the united nations trying to build this coalition. that's why he won't see any military action in syria until that coalition is built. >> chuck todd, "meet the press" moderator. thanks for joining us. you can see his speech coming up

next on the "today" show. the u.s. maintains they are not beginning a combat issue, some disagree. john mccain said they will be . >> they're in a combat situation. to say they're not is obviously untrue. >> if we defeat isis it will be the people syria do doing that with the support of the united states. >> virginia senator tim kaine supports the four-pronged approach the president has to dismantles isis. however, he does not believe president obama has t news 4's richard jordan has more from the live desk. >>reporter: secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia met with the gcc, gulf cooperation council. the group is discussing the isis threat and the u.s. strategy.

later today he will meet with the the saudi king. yesterday he met with iraq's new prime minister, endorsing the new government, the new leadership in iraq talking about the strategy to bat those isis terrorists on the ground. kerry is looking to build military, political, and financial support throughout the region. we will follow his trip throughout the day. aaron and eun. >> 6:51. montgomery county police charged a missing mother with child neglect. security video shows catherine huggels inside a chick-fil-a monday evening before she slipped ou she and the children stopped there to repor 2-ye sarah missing. she was seen on diff surveillance monday early tuesday mornin 118. kevin is growing concern is growing because of her diagnosis

of a paranoid schizophrenic. >> passwords have showed up on a russian bitcoin form up. foru it appears it came for recycle passwords fr accounts or hackers spread a spam virus. we have heat, humidity, and a front sweeping through likely triggering storms. weather alert day, meaning frequent storm team 4 updates. veronica johnson news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon and doug kammerer news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00 keeping you posted. that's likely when storms will be moving through between 4:00 and as late as 9:00 p.m. for far southern, eastern suburbs. maybe wind dam as they come through. brief downpours. you can see the latest radaapp.

google play and the itunes store. keep up with the weather and ste and informed. storm team 4, no showers locally. some showers in the midwest. this is part of the front pushing into kentucky, southern pushing the rain into west virginia. it's all tracking due east, coming closer to our metro area by later this afternoon. it encounters the heat and high humidity. that's likely when storms will begin to get cooking. between 3:00 and 4:00, they will just begin to get going. around 5:00, 6:00 p.m., south of washington, that's the zone that could get the strongest storms, southern charles county, southern pe georges, st. mary's, stafford, spotsylvania, faulkier, as well as the lower neck and eastern shore later in the evening. probably no tornados. a very small chance of hail. greater chance of damaging

winds. only a small chance of flash flooding. temperatures near 70. later this afternoon, up near 90 before the storms arrive. after they leave, saturday, showers. beautiful on sunday, monday. low humidity. more showers tuesday. melissa now with breaking news. >> more breaking news. this is 66 east bound at prince william parkway. another crash here is slowing things down as you can see as you approach that area. 270 at montrose road. a crash on the right side of the lanes of the roadway. moved off to the shoulder. very slow from that earlier accident. a wider look. things l. just inside the beltway is pretty slow from that earlier crash as well. 95 in virginia. as you head out of stafford county, you look pretty good until you hit dale city. very slow all the way into woodbridge. looking pretty good. no major problems. i step back here and want to

show you indian head as you approach the beltway. a little slow. beltway at bw parkway looking pr good. remember to follow us @first4. no verdict in yet, but the judge did give an opinion saying there is not enough evidence to support a conviction of premeditated murder. it looks like murder is off the table. pistorius charged with culpable homicide. we could get that verdict before the day is up today. that would be an end to the six-month trial. he broke down as he heard the judge say she does d not find enough evidence on the premeditated murder charge. he is facing these charges because of the death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he admits to shooting her but the defense saying he was mistaken thinking it was an intruder inside the home. court is on break. it will be back in an hour. we'll be watching it from here. richard, thank you. it is 6:55. a d.c. sixth grade teacher will

apologize for an assignment that asked students to draw comparisons between former president george w. with bush and adol. students were sent h ven diagram and aske contrast bush and hi. one parent said he fo one parent says he s certain lack of respec office of the presid instructions read bo abused their powers, parent says presents "the teacher knits t poor judgment and sh sightedness and will to" if you live in white flint on the red line you probably know the area has a built of identity area. is it white flint, north bethesda, rockville? today you can let your voices be heard. two developers in that area will hold a public hearing to settle the name issue once and for all. weigh in from 6:00 to 9:00 at street sense on the bethesda offices there. it is a storm team 4 weather

alert day, meaning we could get strong storms this afternoon. be sure to tune in to nbc 4 news 4 at 4:00 with veronica johnson and news 4t 5:00 and 6 with doug kammerer. 270 at montrose, early crash out of the way. t broadcast this gr morning. thank you for spending time with us. >> the "today" show is next with more on the remembrances for 9/11. see you in 25

. good morning. no safe haven the president announces a broad expansion in the battle against isis, including for the first time, airstrikes to syria. >> we will hunt down terrorists to our country wherever they are. the former head of the fbi will lead an independent investigation of the nfl tableing of the ray rice scandal. this after a bomb shell report that someone in the league's office received the videotape of the infamous attack five months ago. happening now, oscar pistorius weeps in the courtroom as the judge prepares to make her decision. will he go to prison