close eye on the weather. temperatures on the rise and it feels even hotter. we have the latest heat wave and when it will come to ak end. >> this is ridiculous. i have a job to be at. this is crazy. >> we have more frustration from metro riders. the monday morning problem that delayed the debut of a new rail car. >> and i'm at the live desk with a surprise concert today in the district. the super star who entertained for free. and we have warm

temperatures out there right now. in fact, temperatures are warming into the mid, possibly upper 80s as we continue through this day. in fact, take a look at the national harbor cam. it is a beautiful day out there. however, it is a little bit on the warm side as we will continue to see these temperatures rise. in fact, we'll will most likely into the mid 90s but it's going to feel warmer than that and he's your capital camera as well. we have clear skies. we could have a little bit of rain chances as we get into this week. we're going to talk about the rain chances coming up in a few minutes and also talk about if we can break the heat wave. we'll show you that coming up in a few minutes. at the live desk, right now crews working a massive fire. take a look at some of the video. this is a business called friendly trucks along akalon road. firefighters have been on the

scene for about two hours. they're doing an extensive overhaul on this building. no word on what started the fire. no one was hurt. hazmat crews also on scene right now. right now this man is on trial for murder. ji prince george's police say it was a robbery gone wrong. the victim died at this hour lawyers are picking a jury. we're told the mother may take the stand later today. >> d.c. police now looking for whoever killed this man who great graduated from american university last week. according to police he was not targeted. he was headed to meet a fraternity brother when he was in the caught in the gunfire. >> if you're down, he's going to

bring you up, and now he ended up being at the wrong place at the wrong time, and a precious life was taken away. >> and you can see right here, someone left a bouquet of flowers at the spot where he died. he was just 23 years old. it was supposed to be a step forward for metro after a couple of rough morning commutes. but the launch of metro's newest 7,000 series rail car did not go as planned. this morning a train broke down at the green belt station before the new rail car could even arrive. we spoke with frustrated riders who are just fed up. >> reporter: just as that new 7,000 series train car was set to roll on the green line, the train in front of it broke down causing delays. they say it was mechanical issues. it didn't take long for monday morning to get off on the wrong foot.

it was around 5:30 when this car broke down. >> this is ridiculous. i have a job to be at. this is crazy. >> the train broken down. and that's it. just get the new one, get the next one coming. >> reporter: metro officials say the next one was supposed to be the new 7,000 series train set to make its debut but 30 minutes after it was supposed to arrive and just as this train was being towed away, the 7,000 series pulls up but then the new excitement was drowned out by frustration. >> i've been through the derailment. this month has been just pathetic. >> reporter: for a lot of riders, it's been one thing after another. when it comes to taking metro, they say it's best to temper expectations. >> it's to different. it's metro. it's always disappointing.

>> reporter: they say the yellow and silver line are expected to get a 7,000 series train as well but they don't know when it will happen. at the live desk, stevie wonder surprising fans with a pop up concert at the d.c. armory mall. he played five songs. it was free and open to everyone. the idea to promote his fall concerts. he started his songs l.ast year. word is he'll be doing the same thing in philadelphia and new york city. >> looks like a good time. now let's talk decision 2016. here he is. that is presidential candidate donald trump arriving for jury duty in new york city amid a sea of cameras. take a listen. >> the wall will work, yeah.

>> trump taking a break from the campaign one day after he released his first big policy paper. the topic, immigration, and the plan is controversial. trump says he would reverse the executive orders on immigration and deport all undocumented immigrants. trump spoke exclusively with nbc's meet the press. >> we have to make a whole new set of standards and when people come in. >> so you're going to deport children. >> we're going to keep the families together. we have to keep the families together. >> but you're going to keep them together out? >> they have to go. >> trump also says he'll build a border wall and force mexico to pay for it for increasing visa and other fees. he says he'll triple the number of border agents and defund cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration roundup and he says he'll end birthright citizenship. about 1,000 miles away in iowa,

scott walker hoping to make inroads with iowa voters. he's taking questions directly from the crowd today. you're looking at a live picture. later on rising star, fiorina will take the stage. walker was leading in iowa for months. now donald trump is in first place there. >> amazon is now responding to charges of workers being mistreated. >> we grabbed the dogs and got our vehicles and drove out of here with the clothes on our back. >> and firefighters west working right now to contain another a number of wildfires like this one fuelled by drought conditions and a lot of wind. a look at the hardest-hit areas coming up.

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you'll see the amazon ceo out there today because he's reacting to a scathing article about the culture at his company. that article ran in the new york times yesterday. it said the culture at amazon was ultra competitive and harsh. in an internal memo he respo responded. the article doesn't describe the amazon i know or the caring people i work with and our tolerance for any such lack of empathy needs to be zero. >> i want to turn now to sort of a family life story, and there are some new numbers out about baby names. they say a lot of you are finding inspiration in game of thrones. the tv show. the office of national statistics in england say names from the show are all growing in popularity and, in fact, 54 people named their baby kalesi last year. and i'm told that's a title for one of the characters on the

show. there you go.

at the live desk, breaking news. 15 people are now report dead at after a bomb blast ripped through a shrine in bangkok. this was caught by a closed sirk it camera. it happened during evening rush hour. woman witness said it sounded like a lightning bolt. the blast occurred at a main intersection that had been the scene of many political demonstrations in the past. it's also in front of a shrine that's popular. right now more than 100 large wildfires are burning out of control out west from california to oregon to idaho, the fires are scorching acres of

lan land.  called in to dump water but that could not stop the fire from destroying as many as 100 homes. and one destroyed one of america's biggest fruit co-ops. around here, we are still dealing with serious heat. we want to check in with lauren are w more on our forecast. >> we have the heat out there and we're heating throughout the lunch hour. i want to mention, we are still a little on the dry side for august. we need some rain. not for the year. a lot of rain in june but we could use some rain to make the lawn a little bit greener and we have some rain chances this week. no rain chances today. i think we're beckigging for th by the end of the day because it's hot. wind chester coming in at 86. headed out this afternoon, it's going to be warm and hot. in fact, by the in fact i would say mid afternoon, that heat

index, the feel like temperature is going to be around 100 degrees. we're going to talk about the rain chances as promised coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. newed a midday, we learned prince george's county is getting a big influx of jobs. they made the announcement a few hours ago saying jobs in the county are increasing for the first time in more than a decade. good news. guess what. summer vacation is over for some students in our area. how the early start could help student test scores.

>> well, it has been a while since it's been this quiet for some of you right here smack in the middle of the day. children in five of our school districts went back to class this morning. if you're thinking that's early, you're right. we are outside cougar elementary school with more on the new schedule. a lot of the parents were hoping for a smooth start. >> absolutely. and the superintendent tells me that's what happened here. it's starting extra early, breaking from tradition and starti starting really early and school leaders say this could really add up to higher achievement. >> reporter: anxious moments on the first day back to class.

this girl is starting fifth grade and her brother first grade. arriving early outside cougar elementary to get started on a new school year starting three weeks early. >> i think it's better for the students. the longer breaks tend to kind of knock them off a little bit. >> because some kids usually forget most of the stuff during summer break. >> reporter: and that's the focus this year. to raise achievement and close the gap for some students who may lag behind. that's the corner stone of this balanced calendar concept. offering two five-day special classes. the first coming after nine weeks after instruction. >> the intersessions provide students, all students in our school division an opportunity not only for remediation to get caught up but to engage enrichment as well. >> and dr. mcdade admits it

wasn't an easy sell at first to return this far ahead of labor day. >> i'm not really excited. i want more weeks back. >> reporter: some say it's worth it if it means better grades. >> it's going to be exciting. it's going to be a challenge year but we're looking forward to it. >> reporter: now just a few seconds ago, i heard the school bell ring signaling. it's almost time for lunch on the first day of school back. now, school leaders say they had to work with some families whose vacation plans really collided and they had to work things out a bit. this new concept, though, does not change when school ends in june. around the same time as it normally does. we're live in manassas park outside cougar elementary school. back to you. our hash tag today, hot and humid. lauren, will today be the hottest day of the week?

i believe so. temperatures today are going to be into the mid 90s. and i know those kids back at school today probably upset their summer is over. a little bit on the warm side. no rain out there right now on the radar. afternoon highs, a little warm but not only are we dealing with the heat. we're dealing with the humidity. it's going to make it feel warmer. 94 in manassas and we go to around the eastern store, 88 in annapolis. and it is going to be warm. as i said, temperatures will drop as we get into tuesday and wednesday. that's when we'll have rain chances leading into midweek and then it looks like we clear out just in time for the end of the workweek and early into the weekend. >> thank you, lauren. right now crews are fixing two sink holes left behind from a water main break in annandale. chopper 4 here. the fairfax county water

department was not working on the pipes yesterday when the road crumbled under two trucks. nobody was hurt. we're told the pipe has been fixed. it's not clear how long the road repairs will take. right now more than 40 men are walking from wombaltimore t washington. the trip is 35 miles. take a look at what chopper 4 caught above. up in the air, this is a group walking through college park. this is around 7:45 this afternoon. marchers are expected to arrive on the national mall around 2:00 this morning. more than 200 people have been killed in baltimore so far this year. civil rights leader julian bond was one of the strongest voices for justice and equality of our time. the former chairman of the naacp and american university and uva professor passed away this weekend. nbc has more now on bond's life

and work. >> reporter: for many, julian bond was more than just a hero of the civil rights movement. he was a vital link to the past. >> like many of you, i was privileged to be here 50 years ago, and like many of you, i am the grandson of a slave. >> reporter: from his early college days he was out front at civil rights protests. when bond was elected, white legislators voted not to seat him. >> the right to free speech and voice an opinion that may be unpopular, but i think a second and equally as important issue is the right of people in this case, my constituents, to be represented by someone they chose. >> reporter: the supreme court agreed. >> fellow delegates, the people of america are watching us now. >> reporter: during the 1968 presidential election, bond became the first african american proposed as a major party candidate for vice president. three years later, he co-founded

the southern poverty law center with morris deez. >> i think that america has lost a real champion for the cause of justice not only for african americans but for all groups and people and individuals who were oppressed and discriminated against. >> reporter: he was charismatic when hosting saturday night live. >> how are things in the peach state? >> the pits. >> reporter: he was chose ton continue his life's work at the naacp. the king center tweeted rest in power and thank you. while president obama called his widow and in a statement remembered the man he called a hero and a friend. julian bond helped change this country for the better and what better way to be remembered than that. julian bond was 75. nbc news, new york. >> reporter: he truly dedicated

his life. >> inspired many. after the break, the model breaking barriers at new york fashion week.

put away our pots and pans and make a reservation for dinner. it's restaurant week. you can enjoy a three-course lunch or dinner at a great price at any one of 250 restaurants. lunch is $22. l we put the restaurants in our nbc washington app. >> a model who has down syndrome will walk the cat walk during new york fashion week. she announced this an her instagram feed. she'll model next month in association with the christopher

and da leav leaves foundation. >> she looks beautiful. >> absolutely. >> we'll be right back.

. >> the very tool you use to avoid traffic on the beltway could be how scammers get you to hand over your conclude information. triple a says criminals find your e-mail through easy pass and send you a fake bill. so a few tips right now to spot one of these bad e-mails. look for spelling or grammatical errors. also see if you see cryptic codes of numbers instead of the actual name of a highway. if the e-mail looks like it really is from easy pass, call the customer service number just to be safe. we posted that number to call in the nbc washington app. it's a beautiful day out there. it is a little on the hazy side but we're not seeing any rain. but overlooking our live tower camera over the nbc studios.

it is a little on the hazy side. temperatures right now. we've stuck in the 80s. we're going to be stuck in the 90s as we get into the afternoon. 85 is the temperature in d.c. college park coming in at 88. loudoun county up to 90 degrees. well on our way to a warm forecast. not only today but for the rest of this workweek. i do believe we're going to be in the mid 90s today with plenty of sun shine but with the muhammad humidity, close to 100 degrees. the white house just unveiled a new initiative to fight heroin use in the u.s. by speeding up how quickly public health data is shared among agencies. they will track where heroin is coming from, street level sales and where treatment is mostly needed. d.c. and baltimore are among the 15 areas where this program will be tested between 2001 and 2013,

there are reports of a five-fold increase in the number of deaths from heroin each year. a man faces murder charges after police in manhattan say he stabbed his girlfriend to death. the victim is 33-year-old idina heinz, and she is morgan freeman's stepdaughter. freeman spoke hours after the death. he said she had so much to offer that the world would never see. we have a developing story out of prince george's county that we continue to follow. the search for the gunman who targeted a young man outside a busy reck center. >> plus a sad story. the death of a person many considered a real life super hero. a maryland man who dressed as batman to entertain the children. >> and wrapping up red skins training camp.

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hit. it seems he was coming home from an appearance in west virginia. he visited sick children at hospitals around the area with lots of different events as well. he was 51 years old. no doubt he will be missed by many. new details right now on a developing story in suitland. we've learned the name of the victim in a shooting that happened there. maryland national cap can tall park police say someone shot j.r. franklin at the recreation center and franklin died. >> came up out of the woods over here, and then had some words, and the dude pulled the gun out and just shot him. cold blood right there. >> so that man tells us he knew the victim and who he believes is the shooter. no one has been arrested so far. he tells us that the men were walking together at the center yesterday and that they started arguing and that one shot the other. that witness told us that hundreds of people, including

many families were using the center at the time. developing in d.c. right now, police are working to find out why someone shot and killed matthew slanski. this happened near the metro station this weekends. according to police, he wasn't targeted. they're now looking for a burgundy chrysler with maryland tags news that shows us how dangerous our roads can be. the number of people who died in accidents this year is way up. as of june, we're at 19,000 deaths. that is an increase of 14%. the report says the better economy and low gas prices have more people on the road. the national safety council president also blames higher speed limits and cell phone distractions for the growing number of accidents. >> search and rescue officials say they have spotted the

wreckage of a missing passenger plane. the air service plane crashed yesterday. 54 people were on board. it's not clear if there are survivo survivors. a post office spokesman over there says the plane was carrying cash worth about $470,000 for people in remote villages. there is no indication that that large amount of money being transported to liked to the crash. the ntsb says four of the people who died in a midair collision were contractors on a military training flight. that is new information since our newscast this morning. a fifth person was also killed with a small single engine plane and a jet crashing into each other as they were about to land. you see there pieces of plane debris scattered around a quarter mile area near an airport in san diego county. right now flights at our area airports are mostly back to

normal after a disastrous weekend. a computer glitch at an air traffic control center in california delayed flights. those delays spilled over to sunday as well. the faa says they fixed the problem but they're looking into what caused the glitch in the first place. it is warm and it is humid out there right now. it's going to be hot and humid as we get into the afternoon. with that heat and humidity combine idea, it'll feel like we're in the lower 100s. we're below that advisory criteria. we're below that threshold but it's going to be warm. mike sure you hydrate. we don't have any rain chances until midweek but humidity will fall toward the end of the workweek. friday specifically. as we go through the afternoon, i said it was going to be hot. temperatures are going to be mid 90s for today. and even though our temperatures

drop into the 80s, it's going to feel warm with the humidity before it falls on friday. we'll talk more about the rain chances in a few minutes. >> we're going to stay hydrated also. we have new developments in the race for the white house. this is just coming into our news room. ohio governor john kasich is picking up a big endorsement today. alabama's two-term republican governor endorsed kasich about an hour ago in birmingham. endorsements from governors can play big among donors and party leaders. maryland governor larry hogan is backing chris christie. democrats and even some republicans are slamming a new immigration plan from donald trump. this is trump's first big policy paper. we have the look at the plan and at the response. >> reporter: donald trump plans to take a hard line on immigration reform if he becomes president.

on meet the press trump says he would reverse all of president obama's executive orders related to immigration and deport all undocumented immigrants. trump says he will force mexico to build the wall on the u.s. border. he says the government profits from the drug trade and can afford the cost of the wall. if they refuse to pay, he says he would raise fees on visaings and border crossing cards. >> we have to make a whole new set of standards and when people come in -- >> so you're going to deport children and split up familys? >> we're going to keep the families together. >> but you're going to keep them together out. >> they have to go. >> reporter: the details angered some of his opponents. lindsey gram says this would take us backwards on the immigration issue. groups are lining up against trump. after releasing the plan, he's taking a day off for jury duty

in new york city. back to you. as you head out for lunch today in ros ross lin, your favorite food truck will be there. it's a pilot program. it reserves spots for the food trucks for four hours. the goal is to keep the piece between food trucks and restaurants. check out our app for locations. after the break, star wars th

>> all red skins practices are closed to the public ahead of the first preseason game against the detroit lions. at the close of training camp news conference this morning, an announcement that they'll find fund a second play 60 playground. they also addressed the topic of

a new stadium and they say the team has had great conversations about a stadium but at this point, there's still no leading candidate. a slew of star wars news blowing up online right now. one of the biggest announcements is that a star wars theme park is on its way to disney world. take a look at some of the images here. mockups. there is a larger than live falcon. disney also released the first poster for the upcoming film. you'll have to check out this image. the story coming from instagram. a post from rihanna. it came from reaction to an interview that tmz did with barns. he said there was a possible future between him and reyaihan. she says they've never met.

>> look at this. that's a bear. as you can tell. he got stuck in a cat door. this is at a house in washington state. the guy who posted this says the bear has visited him several times. he said the bear likes flower, brownie mix.

. >> a sad development this morning. a u.s. army sky diver who collided with another diver midair has died. cory hood was in the chicago air and water show saturday after somehow colliding with the over diver, he was knocked unconscious, hit the side of a building and fell. he died at the hospital. the other sky diver has a broken leg. hood served five tours in iraq and afghanistan. >> an alexandria woman is waking up at a hospital after she crashed her small plane in bris

toe. it crashed yesterday morning. virginia state police say for some reason the plane lost power. ma amaze. >> i she miss the house by 20 yards. >> she could have tried to do something else but she hit a tree instead of my house. i couldn't be more happy that she missed my house and kept control. >> the pilot, a 50-year-old was taken to the hospital in serious but stable conditions the latest right now is we have clear skies out there. a little bit of haze because we have that humidity. other than that, no rain to speak of. from our storm team 4 radar, looking good. it's warm. it's mid 80s. this should be our daytime high. maybe 87. still not far off. it is pretty warm for right now

and, in fact, as we head into the afternoon, it's going to get warmer with the humidity out there, closer to 100 degrees. we're going to be on the dry side today. we could have a few storms overnight and tomorrow late in the day and a few into wednesday and thursday. we have this humidity to finish out this workweek before we kind of lower that humidity by friday. all right. if you thought twitter was just for people or organizations, the tauj ma hall is about to prove you wrong. the famous palace made its debut over the weekend. it's the first monument to have its own twitter handle. officials in india hope all of your tweets to at tjmahal will bring more visitors. >> it's a beautiful place, and they always say if walls could talk. now they can. we'll be listening. and a lot more people will be as well. >> after the break, we have some

new informationed into news room on a cyber tack at the university of virginia.

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when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. because we stick with them. humana medicare advantage. the plan people stick with. >> a developing story in china right now. residents whose homes were damaged in last week's mass i have explosion are demanding compensation from the government. wednesday's blast killed at

least 114 people, another 70 are still missing. crews are now racing to collect the chemicals housed in the wear house. with storms moving into the region, environmental officials raise concerns that the chemical could release poisonous chemicals into the air. right now the extreme heat is fueling wildfires burning out of control. one of the most dangerous is in eastern washington state. now, because this wildfire is moving so quickly, firefighters still aren't sure how many homes have been lost. here are the current conditions there. >> reporter: this morning in washington state, this is what they face. a fire fight so explosive, the national guard has been called in to h help from the air and on

the ground, the sfire has been nearly impossible to stop. what began has four lightning fires merged into a monster blaze. 2700 people forced to flee. the fire stretched 15 miles in some spots jumping a river, hopscotching toward homes. >> there was fire everywhere around you could look. >> this morning the west is raging out of control. more than 100 large wildfires spreading resources dangerously thin. in oregon, idaho, and california, dozens of homes swallowed by flames. many of those wildfires are wind driven with mother nature in control, the outlook isn't pretty. in nine western states, what was once beautiful is now in ruins. >> and that was miguel almaguer reporting. firefighters may get a break

today because the hot temperatures are expected to cool down a little bit. around here, it feels like looks like mid august here. it does. the temperatures moving into the mid 90s today. it's a little on the warm side. it's a little on the hazy side. here's a look over the national harbor. you can also see the haze out in the air because we have the humidity. walk outside and feel the humidity immediately. it hits you like a ton of bricks and the temperatures hit you like a ton of bricks. they're on their way up. 89 in reston. 85 in the d.c. metro area. for the bus stop, a lot of kids back to school. if they want to go out and play later, it's going to feel more like 100 degrees. a trip to the pool might be necessary. temperatures in the mid 90s. it's hot with a little relief. we'll show you the seven-day in a few minutes. >> a recent attack at the university of virginia may have

had its sights on two specific employees. the hack came from china and zoomed in on the it specifically two employee's accounts. they say the school is adjusting the pass kword, change program to guard against the attacks in the future. the computer network is back up this morning. all right. another monday. another group of students now back in school. and if you live in jefferson county, west virginia, warren, or frederick county in virginia, we bet you're missing your kids or perhaps enjoying your down time. the school district received $50,000 to try a year around calendar. >> so now we are just about a month away from seeing pope francis celebrate mass here in d.c. today we'll get a special

preview of the alter built for the outdoor service when the wood working shop is opened to the media. students at catholic mediake9ñ designed the furnishings. >> a lot of excitement in our area today. in just a few hours, donny simpson is back on the d.c. air waves. he came out of retirement to join radio one. he'll host a show on magic 102 .3. the week day program is on the air waves 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. welcome back. >> your chance to name a bust. we have the details after this we have the details after this bre life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day.

life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. a big moment in sports history. and it has nothing to do with stats. major league baseball has its

first openly gay player. david densen told the milwaukee journal that support from his teammates gave him the confidence to talk about his sexual orientation. >> megabus is giving you a chance to name one of their buses after washington d.c. the company is naming one bus for every state in the district in which they operate. the name options for d.c. are cherry blossom, george washington or capital city. you can vote on mega bus's website. very cool. we're back in one minute with the latest on self-driving cars. >> weird for me. i'm not ready for that.

apple's self-driving car may be closer to reality. the guardian now saying documents actually show the tech giant is scouting for secure locations in california to test out the vehicle. apple has been hiring people in recent months with backgrounds in auto safety as well as power

train systems but apple has declined to comment. >> we want to send out a big thank you and hug to you for helping us clear the shelters. saturday's event resulted in more than 1,000 pet adoptions in the area. and nationwide, more than 17,000 pets were adopted. you can get all your information on our website. just search clear the shelters. great effort out there. >> absolutely. great numbers. afternoon high, warm and close to the lower 100s another afternoon. good news is that humidity will start to go down after we have rain chances tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. the humidity will drop into friday. >> thanks so much. and that's going to do it for today. we'll be back on this afternoon at 4:00. >> and you can get news and weather, up any time on the nbc washington app.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ makes you feel real g.ed ♪ >> meredith: hi, everybody. welcome. we have a great show today. oscar winning actress mo'nique is here. and how to protect yourself from being ripped off this spring. first headline so outrageous it is hard to believe they are true. all right. hold your thought