and federal parks free for an entire year. that starts as the new school year gets underway. several counties in our area have already started that school year. this is really easy, aaron. all you do is go on line to sign up, and the student and a carload of their favorite peeps get into the park for free. put down that ipad. get out there, see some grizzly bears -- >> not me, just the fourth graders. >> they can bring their friends. >> i have a lot of fourth grade friends. no. 5:00 a.m. stay with us, "news4 today" continues right now. d.c.'s homicide count rising as anger in the areas it's happening. the response by the city. subway severing its ties with their "it" guy. this as jared fogle expected to plead guilty in court on child port charges. and mayor for life. how you can be a part of how the

city honors his legacy. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm angie goff. news of a man facing domestic violence charges after a s.w.a.t. team was called to a home in montgomery county. police say a woman left a house on valley bend drive in germantown and headed to a neighbor's after an argument with her boyfriend. her two young children stayed in the house with him. police tell news4 he took the kids to a house in prince george's county, and that's where he was arrested around 2:30 this morning. no one was hurt. 5:01. let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein with your wednesday weather headlines. tom? good morning. starting off, another morning of thick humidity in the air. temperatures in the low to mid 70s around the metro area, around the bay. parts of northern virginia and maryland, near 70 including shenandoah valley. in the mountains, 60s, more pleasant there. still quite humid, too. you see the city lights lighting up the humidity over washington.

live view from the tower camera. a chance of afternoon storms or thundershowers. our storm chances are much higher on thursday. right now, don't have any storms locally. no rain. maybe a couple sprinkles, specks of green far north and west of the area. next weather and traffic on the 1s. your drive-time forecast. melissa is reporting on a problem on route 7. >> eastbound leesburg pike/ro e pike/route, report of police activity. sounds like something could be blocked here. a warning there. inner loop at braddock, a disabled vehicle there for us this morning. rest of the beltway actually looks quite good. don't have any other issues at least at this point. 66 east of compton, rolling just fine here this morning. taking a look at 95 in virginia, overall good, running 55 miles per hour. see you at 5:11. >> thank you. coming up on 5:03. in d.c., a spike in violence. there were three new homicides

yesterday. someone shot and killed 21-year-old amar'e jenkins outside st. luke's catholic church on east capital street. later a woman died in a shooting on savannah street southeast. that also injured her 12-year-old son. police found william connelly's body by 17th and evart northeast. this causing concern for communities and d.c. police. molette green live with what police believe is behind the problem and how they're responding. good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning to you. a big factor we're hearing from police in this crime wave -- illegal guns on the street. city leaders pushing hard to try to take them off the streets and save lives here. mayor bowser even tweeting about it to spread the news about this campaign now. over the last 30 days, police tell us they took more than 100 illegal guns off the streets, and they're also doing some

other interesting things that are necessary. adding lights to neighborhoods where there are not a lot of street lights so you can see what is going on. and the police blaming repeat offenders, ex-cons who are released from prison, some released early from prison. and they get out and commit additional crimes. that's the latest live from mpd headquarters. back to you. >> thank you. today a former fairfax county police officer heads to court facing a murder charge. a grand jury indicted adam torres on monday, two years after john gear was shot and killed. gear was unarmed. news4's derrick ward will join us later with the latest from fairfax county. today the man known as the subway guy is expected to plead guilty to child pornography charges. the sandwich giant tweeted, "we no longer have rape with jared and have no -- have a relationship with jare and have no further comment."

this after a child pornography investigation. subway suspended its relationship with jared fogle last month after federal agents searched his home in indiana and seized computers and dvds. he shot to fame by pitching the so-called subway diet. a prince george's county police officer is not on the job this morning after being accused of assault and child abuse. corporal steven moore was arrested monday in calvert county. sheriff's deputies said he assaulted his son and ex-wife during an argument. prince george's county police have suspended him. moore is a nine-year veteran of the work force and worked in administration. a former federal police chief expected to plead guilty to manufacturing meth at a high-security government lab. the news4 i-team says christopher bartley will plead guilty on friday. prosecutors say he tried to make meth at the national institute of standards and technology in gaithersburg where he was the pleep for the agency -- the police chief for the agency. this was the same day there was a suspicious explosion there. bartley's attorney said he was

conducting "an unauthorized training experiment." bartley resigned the next day. this morning, school buses heading out in st. mary's county. the first day of class for students there. then on monday, students in d.c., anne arundel, frederick, and howard counties will head back to school, as well. classes start for kids in calvert and prince george's county tuesday. where are you with your back-to-school shopping list? if you haven't started, you're not alone. this time last year, nearly 25% of folks surveyed by the national retail federation admitted they didn't buy anything. close to 60% of back-to-school shoppers surveyed this summer say they plan to spend the same amount as last year, while nearly 30% of households with school-age children plan to spend more than last year for back to school. today, honoring former d.c. mayor marion barry wants to hear from you. there will be a forum to hear your thoughts and gather ideas. the forum starts at 7:00 this

evening. barry died in november. he's been fondly dubbed as the district's mayor for life. a guest staying at a d.c. hotel said a man tried to get into her room by pretending to be room service. this video could lead to answers. tom kierein is timing out possible showers for today. he has the drive-time forecast at 5:11.

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three men missing and presumed dead after a landslide in coastal alaska. photos show the devastation that the landslide left behind. the area had been hit bay heavy rains the day before. a witness described a sea of logs, mud, and debris. the entire landslide lasted just four minutes. take a close look at this video. this is from the embassy row hotel in dupont circle. d.c. police say a man threatened a woman there this past weekend. they say he tried to force open

the woman's hotel room door, then pulled a gun and said he would shoot her. the man ran away. police put out this video. they're asking for the public's help to find this person. if you recognize him, call d.c. police. time now is 5:11, which means we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to get your drive time forecast. tom? good morning. one of my favorite cameras that we have around the metro area is our national harbor camera in prince george's county. overlooking the capitol wheel, the potomac river on this wednesday morning. all is calm. you see the calm waters. good driving weather for morning and midday. during the afternoon, some roads may be wet. you might have a delay heading home. we'll have dry roads for the morning commute. temperatures in the mid 70s. a little bit of sunshine, clouds in the afternoon. they may be producing a passing shower or thundershower. some roads may be wet. highs reaching the upper 80s. a look at our increasing storm chances over the next 48 hours. that's next weather & traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:21.

now a look at the beltway with melissa. beltway looking good. outer loop and inner loop looking fine, nice and green. what we like to see. do still have this report of something happening here eastbound leesburg pike at route 7. right near reston -- let me start over. eastbound leesburg park/route 7 near reston parkway, report of police activity. trying to find out what's going on. could have closures inner loop at braddock. a disabled vehicle there. and then right now 95, 29, bw parkway, everything rolling just fine. see you back here at 5:21. developing now, new video of a hotel explosion overnight. right before the blast, we're learning the hotel's split decision that may have saved lives. wearable technology now fits man's best friend.

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we're watching a developing story closely. a critical search will happen in the coming hours after a motel 6 exploded in washington state. here's a picture of the devastating aftermath. this morning search and rescue will go through the rubble at daylight. they're waiting for the sun to come up so they can see. the explosion happened as the motel was already being evacuated for a gas leak. now the question -- did everyone make it out before the explosion? so far fortunately there have been no reports of anyone missing. 65 guests were staying at the motel at the time. unfortunately, a gas company worker was critically hurt. back to you. >> thanks. today a former fairfax county police officer heads to court facing a murder charge. a grand jury indicted adam torres on monday, two years after john gear was shot and killed. news4's derrick ward is in

fairfax county this morning, what's the latest? >> reporter: we can expect to hear this case take a turn essentially. you know, it's a short distance from the jail to the course house. this started in august of 2013. john gear was at his home. there had been a call for a domestic disturbance. police officers showed up from fairfax county at/i23 some poin turning this into a standoff. as they were negotiating with mr. gear to come out, officer adam torres, former officer adam torres, fired his weapon, striking and killing gear in his doorway. there have been accounts of what happened. torres said he thought gear was making a move for a weapon. other officers said he had his hand up. while this process started, as we said, shortly after that, we're ten days short of two years before we go to court.

the commonwealth attorney says this shouldn't have taken that long. later on today, adam torres will make his first court appearance. he was fired after an internal investigation at the end of last month and indicted this week. live in fairfax county, eric ward, news4. 5:18. today officials in the district are ramping up efforts to warn people about the dangers of synthetic drugs. the u.s. attorney's office and the d.c. prevention center have joined forces to hold a series of talks at area shelter. the meetings come in response to a spike in synthetic drug use in the district. the session is set for 7:00 at the community for creative nonviolence shelter in northwest. by the end of the day, the transit administration will have several proposals to consider for the purple line. private companies are competing for a chance to build and operate the project to connect montgomery and prince george's counties. today is the deadline for them to submit their bids. the deadline was pushed back twice before now.

mdot said it wanted to give bidders time to see if they could save money when they built that purple line. a controversial rule to conduct all business in english will not fly in frederick county, maryland. county council members repealed the law last night 4-3. >> having something on the books that has the perception this does allows for a lot of misinterpreting from employees. i think it's something that needs to go. >> you can go out and do business in 25 language. i don't have a problem with that. i think as a basic common society you have to have rules, you have to have parameters set. >> the law first passed in 2012. supporters argued it would save money. opponents said it was hard to enforce, and it violated federal and state statutes. maryland has confirmed its first human case of the west nile virus this year. we're told the patient is an adult in the baltimore area. west nile has been found in mosquitoes in prince george's and anne arundel counties. to avoid potential exposure, avoid areas with a lot of

mosquitoes. and use insect repellant. you can also consider wearing long pants and long sleeve shirts and a hat. new details on the problems metro is having with its brand new 7000 series rail cars. the "washington post" reporting metro had to stop and offload riders on one of the new trains monday. this happened at the ft. totten station on the red line. metro did not give specifics but says it is a software issue. the transit agency expect the company that manufactured the rail cars to provide a software update soon. a big day ahead for new england quarterback tom brady. this -- this as his attorneys and lawyers representing the nfl commissioner will be in court to debate his punishment for deflategate. the league could suspend brady for four game over the incident this year. today the judge wants the two sides to go through settlement talks again. neither brady nor commissioner goodell are required to be in court. you know, there's an app for just about everything these days including one that will randomly

pick a bar for you if you can't decide where to go. it's called bar roulette. you sign into the app using the ride-sharing app uber. the app will choose a bar with a good yelp rating but won't tell you which bar. uber takes you to the random bar. >> off you go. hopefully you'll be safe. i guess if you want mystery in your friday night. spice it up. >> depends. 5:21. 75 degrees outside our studio. a live look -- >> it looks hot. it. does it's cooking. cooking out this. we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. he's also tracking some storm chances. >> yeah. for later this afternoon. they increase tomorrow. right now, don't have storms around, but we have humidity in place. you can tell that from the camera view. this view overlooking washington

off in the distance. we can see the monument, but the city lights illuminating the humidity hanging in the air over the metro area, temperatures right now are generally in the 70s. still be in the mid 70s through 8:00 a.m. then by noontime, low 80s. ought to be hitting upper 80s by 3:00 this afternoon. then it's after that that some showers and maybe some thundershowers coming through the metro area. sort of similar to yesterday. right now, don't have anything locally going. on a few showers in the carolinas, southwestern virginia, stronger storms rolling across illinois, breaking down a bit. that's part of a cool front that will be arriving tomorrow. storm team 4 radar showing a couple of sprinkles that may be trying to reach the ground in frederick, loudoun county to the north and west. temperatures are in the low 70s. in the mid 70s around the beltway and inside the beltway. mid to upper 70s around the bay, near 70 shenandoah valley. 60s in the mountains. later today peaking in the upper 80s. that chance of afternoon or maybe evening showers and thundershowers. tomorrow, partly sunny, still very humid.

afternoon highs in the upper 80s. a small chance of a morning shower. showers tomorrow could produce heavy downpours. we might get one to two inches of rain from some of those storms as they come on through tomorrow afternoon and evening. we might have localized flooding. after that, much better, nice weather moves in friday, saturday, sunday. highs in the 80s with lower humidity. a terrific summer weekend coming up. into the first part of next week, settled, more humid, highs in the 80s. partly cloudy each day. a look at the storm timing for later today coming up next weather & traffic on the 1s at 5:31. melissa has an update on traffic. don't lie to us. >> i'm not going lie to you now. 270 here at old hundred road -- he's making fun of something my son did yesterday. very funny. seeing volume here headed southbound at this point this morning.

leesburg pike, report of police closures and traffic. prince william parkway, no problems. prince george's county overall looking good. bw parkway, 95, and 19 everything rolling along nicely. see you back at 5:31. there's a lot of anxiety in several louisiana parishes after tests found brain-eating ameany in the water -- amoeba in the water system. they're conducteding a chlorine burn. officials with the department of health and hospital made the announcement monday. contracting this type of amoeba is extremely rare. schools? one parish are using water bottle -- bottles only. chelsea manning was found hiding several pieces of contraband in prison. manning is serving 35 years for sending classified documents to wikileaks. in her cell, she had a copy of "vanity fair" with caitlyn jenner on the cover among other

banned items. the teen who said she was raped last year by a senior at a prestigious prep school will be back on the sand. owen lebri is accused of attacking a then-15-year-old freshman graduation weekend. prosecutors say he invited the girl call to an event called senior salute. a contest to see who could take the virginity of the most students before graduation. the alleged victim said she accepted the invitation but did not think it involved any special expectations -- any sexual expectations. his lawyers say emails between the two before and after the encounter suggest the girl was a willing participant. 5:25. new, a land owner in zimbabwe facing charge over the killing of cecil the lion. prosecutors say the land owner alloweded american dentist walter palmer to illegally hunt on his land. no charges have been made against the dentist who shot the lion. palmer is back to work at his practice in minnesota. as goes the pet owner, so goes the pet apparently.

wearable technology for dogs is becoming more and more popular these days. >> the fit bit for dogs called the fit bark. that's one of a few items on display. at a show in canada. there's also a wonder woof, more stylish version. the other devices claim they can teach your old dog new tricks. there are laser toys so you can play with your pet -- i think those are fun even for us. >> no. >> come on. it will keep you occupied for days. at least it does for my 4-year-old. without playing with it, you can use the lasers. cool stuff. >> got to keep the animals occupied. >> at least they're exercising, not holed up reading an ipad. 5:26. developing, a person on video suspected of being behind a deadly explosion in bangkok. we're learning police may be searching for more than one person. tom kierein says taking the

umbrella to work today is a good idea. a look at when the storms will be arriving hour by hour at 5:31. we turned over everything that was work related. every single thing. >> hillary clinton gets testy with report insisting she did nothing wrong with her personal e-mails while secretary of state. why it could be tough to put this controversy behind her.

right now, we're watching for rain. another day of hot, sticky air. we'll get a break in the form of showers. >> right now the rain is far from us, but tom says it's just a matter of time before we all get soaked. >> 5:30, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm angie goff in for eun. welcome to "news4 today." we're bracing for rain showers scattered across the area. >> for now, deal with the humidity. >> sticking around. >> tom kierein's in the storm team 4 weather center. >> we could use a good soaking. we've only had half an inch of rain, and here it is august 19th. no storms in the area. radar showing blips in frederick and loudoun county and panhandle of west virginia, sprinkles trying to reach the ground. sheer now hour-by-hour time -- here is new hour-by-hour timing. by noon, areas in green to the west, maybe a few showers panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley by 1:00.

by 3:00, they get more extensive and widespread maybe with thunder and lightning. the metro area, not seeing much until 5:00, 6:00 p.m. scattered showers or thundershowers may be popping up. but the more serious storm look like moving in during the day on thursday. next weather & traffic on the 1s at 5:41. i'll have your bus stop forecast. a lot of students going back to school this week. that's coming up in ten minutes. melissa, problems on metro? >> metro delays. take a look. talking about the yellow line to mt. vernon square. this is because of an earlier problem at huntington. a warning there. may need to allow extra time. 270 southbound out of frederick looks good right now. our earlior camera at old hunter looked like we had congestion, but that's a tricky area through hyattstown. 66, no problems, 95 northbound, slow through dale city. typical for this time of day. travel time in ten minutes. >> thank you.

amid growing political pressure and unsteady poll numbers, presidential candidate hillary clinton is on the defensive. she faces tough questions it whether the server holding her emails was wiped clean before handing it over to investigators. edward lawrence from capitol hill. seems this e-mail problem continues to consume clinton's campaign. >> reporter: exactly, hillary clinton lashed out at the reporters there saying blaming this controversy on republicans who says she can't beat her on the issues. hillary clinton after a town hall meeting in las vegas addressed the issue of using a personal e-mail server while secretary of state. she said in no uncertain term that she did not send classified material from the personal server. clinton says she used the server out of convenience so she could use one phone as opposed to two. republican marco rubio says this controversy shows incompetence. clinton says that she's not worried, and the investigation is nothing more than partisan

politics. five security agencies are reviewing now 305 emails. that number could grow as 80% of the emails that hillary clinton turned over have not been reviewed yet. sources say the fbi can recover some of the deleted emails from clinton's personal server. she says that all of those deleted emails were personal, not work related. the fbi wants to make sure that's the case. reporting live, edward lawrence, back to you. >> thank you. presidential candidate clinton also was talking about another issue -- black lives matter. talking about the movement. she said that movement should focus on policy changes rather than on changing hearts when it comes to issues impacting black americans. she had an intense exchange with members of the movement who arrived too late to get inside her town hall in new hampshire monday. >> i don't believe you change hearts. i believe you change laws, change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate. you're not going to change every

heart. you're not. but at the end of the day, we can do a whole lot to change some hearts and change some systems and create more opportunities for people who deserve to have them. >> you can see the full exchange on nbcwashington.com. clinton's democratic rival, senator bernie sanders, has also made recent headlines for his exchanges with black lives matter demonstrators. 5:34. we hear directly from some of the top republican presidential candidates on their education plans. six candidates are speaking today at a republican education summit in new hampshire. jeb bush is first. he's faced a lot of criticism for backing the controversial common core program. each candidate will have 45 minutes on stage. today in prince george's county, a murder trial is coming to an end. deandra weems is charged with killing hotel worker jesse chavez in oxon hill two years ago. prince george's county police said weems was attempting to rob the hotel when chavez tried to

intervene. prosecutors and defense lawyers will deliver closing arguments today. we'll send you a breaking news alert as soon as the jury decides on a verdict in this case. a developing story in thailand. there's a reward for information leading to the man accused of bombing a shrine in bangkok. security cameras spotted that man in a yellow shirt leaving a back pack at the shrine on monday, three minutes before the explosion. you see him in the video here. 22 people died that day. police believe the man did not act alone. and new this morning, we're getting a look at pictures of that deadly plane crash in indonesia. these are new images. the plane went down in bad weather over the weekend. all 54 people on board died. veterans at the american legion post on washington boulevard in arlington are not happy. the american flag that flies 24 hours a day in front of their building is missing. the p.o.w. flag that flies with it was also found lying on the ground. post manager sharon walker discovered that flag missing tuesday morning.

>> don't like to speculate that there could be somebody that would think of doing such a thing. >> at this point, veterans don't know if the flag was stolen by pranksters or if it's someone looking to make a statement. another symbol missing, this time in bethesda. a church says there used to be a banner that read "black lives manner" in the frame you see. the river road unitarian universalist church says it's the third banner of its kind that someone damaged or stole. once someone cut out the word "black." the church posted on facebook it is in contact with police. today the man who brought smiles to sick kids by playing batman will be laid to rest. lenny robinson was known as the route 29 batman. he died when a car hit his batmobile this weekend. robinson's funeral service is happening at the sinai synagogue at owings mills at noon. his family is asking for donations to his charity,

superheroes for kids. have you seen anything like this before? you are looking at a fire-nado. some of the most powerful video jewel see of the wildfires out -- you'll see of the wildfires out west. what's the best way to get kids do well in school? the best methods to motivate students heading back to the classroom. don't leave the house unprepared. tom kierein has the bus stop forecast. that's at 5:41. you'll want to know what he says you should take to work or class.

this is what firefighters are up against. this fire tornado, fire-nado if you will, taken by a firefighter in iowa. military troops have been called in for the first time in a decade to help. firefighters at n our area back home after helping fight the wildfires out west. they're from the maryland department of natural resources. they've been in california for most of the month, and some even longer than that, battling the wildfires. you want your kids to do well in school, but finding which rewards or incentives are helpful, that could be tough. this is more complicated for kids who are not self-motivated.

family psychologies say you shouldn't use money or food as rewards. a better incentive is a long-term goal kids have to work toward. it t's also wise to make sure the lack of motivation is not signaling a larger problem like a learning disability. doctors say parents should focus on the effort, not the outcome. that means the reward is not based on the grades but on that process used to get that grade. 5:41 our time. another hot, humid day across the area. tom kierein has a look at the day ahead. >> yeah, getting ready for school. might want to put a water bottle and one of those compact umbrellas in the backpack and be comfortable in short sleeves throughout the day. might need sunglasses and sbl sunblock. the hash tag is #muggyday. it will be mild and muggy at the bus stop. then jumping to the mid to upper 70s are steamy humidity and

sunshine coming and going. a look at a much nicer weekend and our storm chances for tomorrow coming up next weather & traffic on the 1s at 5:51. melissa has a new crash to talk about. do have a crash, inner loop past van dorn. left lane still blocked from the accident. happened a little bit ago, but it's popping up on the screen. i wanted to mention that. yellow line delays to mt. vernon square because of an earlier problem at huntington. that is still hanging around. travel times, no problem, 270 south, top of the beltway, outer loop looks good. same in virginia, 66 inbound and 95 north. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 this morning. the navy s.e.a.l.s about to do a first. who they are ready to let into the ranks. a horrible feeling to hear. >> anger and confusion. a woman says she doesn't know what to think after someone held her 12-year-old son at gunpoint. police say one of the gunmen was only 8. and why people looking to lose weight are turning to a drug used by diabetics.

5:46. new, the s.w.a.t. team responds to an incident in montgomery county. ahead at 6:00, how police say an argument escalated to charges overnight. a quick weather and traffic update. good morning, i'm tom kierein with melissa mollet. another humid morning. dress accordingly. warm, humid day. temperatures by 8:00, mid 70s, partly sunny noontime, humid, low 80s. hitting upper 80s around 2:00 or 3:00. by 5:00, an isolated thundershower possible. mid 80s. >> have metro problems now. again, the yellow line delays to mt. vernon square because of an earlier problem at huntington and the inner loop past van dorn, a crash there. have to stay left to get by. developing now in d.c., investigations into several new homicides this year. yesterday, someone shot and killed 21-year-old amar'e

jenkins outside the st. luke catholic church on east capitol street. hours later, a woman died in a shooting on savannah street southeast. that shooting also injured her 12-year-old son. police found william connelly's body by 17th and ebart northeast. the total homicides in the district now, 97 this year. that's a major increase. news4's molette green live outside police headquarters now with how they're working to slow down these incidents of violent crimes. molette? >> reporter: illegal guns are at the center of these terrible scenes. here is what the city is planning to do. mayor bowser, look at this tweet yesterday, to push the campaign to take illegal guns off the streets and even offer up a cash reward as incentive. our cameras caught a slew of evidence markers outside that church shooting at east capital where a 21-year-old lost his life. not sure how many of those were

bullet casings. these gunshots came during a summer afternoon. the police chief says more cops are out on the streets patrolling. and they're getting illegal guns away from people, recovering more than 100 in the last 30 days. more than ten over the past weekend. live this morning outside police headquarters. i'm molette green, news4. >> thank you. going to be in the penitentiary if they don't straighten up. maybe they need to learn a lesson. >> tough words for two children who pointed guns at a 12-year-old boy on his walk home from school. he took his cell phone and then they rode off on their bikes. we went through the police report. two armed robbery suspects, one was 8 to 10 years old, about 4'5" tall, the weapon was a handgun. the other suspect was taller and older, between 13 and 14 years old. same weapon, a handgun. the crime happened at the

intersection of madison and 4th streets in northwest. the victim's myrth told us she's -- victim's mother told us shies angry. >> i don't understand why these kids are out here doing this sort of thing. >> people in the neighborhood were upset when news4 told them about last week's crime. two women said this is the kind of problem that starts at home. a d.c. worker heads to court charged with first-degree cruelty. shante smith worked at a daycare on nanny helen boroughs east in northeast. she was arrested this month. a former federal police chief expected to plead guilty to manufacturing meth at a high-security government lab. christopher batteredly was in charge of the police force at the national institute of standards and technology. prosecutors say that he tried to make meth there the same day as an explosion that they said was suspicious. bartley resigned the next day. the news4 i-team says he's expected to plead guilty on friday charges that could put

eliminate prison for 20 years -- could put him in prison for 20 years. a prince george's county police officer is not on the job this morning after being accused of assault and child abuse. corporal steven moore was arrested on monday in calvert county. sheriff's deputies say he assaulted his son and ex-wife during an argument. prince george's county police have suspended him. moure is a nine-year veteran of the force and works in administration. 5:50 now. more back and forth battling in the virginia general assembly. the state senate adjourned the other day in an attempt to push through one of governor terry mcauliffe's appointments to the state supreme court. however, republicans say the general assembly is still in session because the house has not adjourned. they say if mcauliffe reappoint his pick, it could be against the law. maryland governor larry hogan is halfway through his cancer treatment and says he's 95% cancer free. that announcement coming via twitter. hogan was diagnosed with

non-hodgkins lymphoma this year. doctors said it was aggressive but treatable. the "washington post" said the update surprised doctors treating him. hogan has gone through three rounds of chemotherapy so far. a transformative announcement for women in the military. the navy's top officer said elite s.e.a.l. teams will be open to women if they can get past the grueling training. admiral john greener didn't say when it would happen but announced it to the defense news hours after word that two women had passed the army's arduous ranger course. i've been reading "red circle" detailing just tremendously difficult task it is going through the training. >> yeah. >> most people wash out. >> yes. >> and then it's just -- it's -- >> even talking about the army rangers school, only 40% of the guys that go through it pass. >> get through it. >> yeah. marine corps also reviewing their standards. military integrating more women into roles typically held by men.

tom, the humidity, still uncomfortable. >> talking about humidity. >> stop calling. >> we can see the humidity, look at the live view from our tower cam hanging over washington now. first faint light of day showing up. sunrise getting later and later. not until 6:25. later this morning, mid 70s by 8:00 a.m. then it should be jumping into the low 80s by around noontime, hitting upper 80s around 2:00, 3:00. clouds will bubble up like they did yesterday afternoon. might produce a shower or maybe a thundershower later in the afternoon into the metro area. temperatures are muggy. hash tagging this #muggyday. our social media producer and i came up with that earlier this morning. mid to upper 70s in the metro area and bay. low to mid 70s in the suburbs and rural areas. look at this beautiful sunrise from yesterday morning over

manassas, virginia. this one posted by lloyd ferguson on my twitter page. post yours on facebook, love to see your photos, as well as on instagram. storm team 4 radar not showing showers, no storms around here now. getting a few showers here in the carolinas. storms in illinois. that's a cool front that will be arriving tomorrow. a greater chance of storms coming our way tomorrow. right now, don't have anything moving in. look at the rainfall totals by 4:00 in the afternoon tomorrow. we'll still generally be under about a half inch. but it's after that that we'll get higher amounts, and the heaviest rains between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on thursday. could get over an inch to maybe two inches around the metro area. may cause flooding. highs in the upper 80s tomorrow. finally, a break from the high humidity as we get into friday and the weekend. high 80s, comfortable humidity. a great weekend coming up. we'll keep that going into the first part of next week, as well, with highs in the 80s. melissa, what's happening with the water main break? breaking news in bethesda.

goldsboro road right now between massachusetts avenue and macarthur boulevard. the initial report of a water main break. molette green is headed out to figure out what is going on. you'll have to stay on river, you have to stay on macarthur. you're not going to want to take the cut-through to mass if you're headed into town. yellow line, on time now to mt. vernon square. inner loop past van dorn, a crash, stay left to get by. the beltway, inner loop and outer loop everything rolling along fine. no major issues. 66 at west ox, again looking good right now. more on the initial bethesda coming up. >> thanks. in "news 4 your health" right now, a drug used to control blood sugar in diabetics may help people lose weight. british researchers assigned a group of overweight adults with type 2 diabetes a daily injection of a drug or a placebo. the participant were asked to eat a low-calorie diet and exercise more. after one year, people treated with the drug lost more weight than the placebo group.

especially those who got the highest dose. on friday, we might have a ticket for you. wolftrap hosting a disney singalong. the wolftrap orchestra will perform your favorites from "frozen," "aladdin," "the lion king, "and "beauty and the beast" with synchronized video from the movies on the huge screens. the show starts at 8:00. tickets still available. prices range from $25 to $60. >> funny, you'll see parents singing. they know every word. american express is out with a card that could make you money. cnbc's landon dowdy here to explain how it works. we're all ears. >> reporter: good morning. american express adding a cash-back feature to its prepaid debit cards as it seeks new users beyond the traditional customers. the new serve cards are out today. it gives users 1% cash back on all purchases. the first time that's been offered on a prepaid card. the monthly fee is $5.95. you have to spend about $600 to

break even. the u.s. government want to know how it's doing. yelp has started letting users post reviews of government agencies such as the u.s. postal service and the tsa. the government will respond to those comments and use the ratings to try to improve services. people will be able to among other things review their experiences with the irs or rate the bathrooms at national parks. back to you. >> all right. thank you. a memorial service scheduled to remember civil rights leader julian bond who died this weekend. the ceremony set for saturday at 3:00 p.m. at the taicidal h99b. similar amendments will be going on around the -- similar memorials will be going on around the country at the same time. he was head of the naacp at one time and head of the georgia house of representatives. recently he taught at american university and at uva. today is the last day you can donate to help families in rockville go back to school. rockville taking donations through the end of the day for the back-to-school jam event.

that's this friday. the event provides backpacks filled with school supplies to rockville students for $2 each. the people are asking for all sorts of supplies, pens, glue sticks, folders, so on. you can donated at several locations. we have the full list on the nbc washington app. good news if you have fourth graders in the family. fourth graders and their families can get into national and federal parks for free. yes, free, for the entire year. this starts as the new school year gets underway. several county in our area have already started the new school year as you know. two years after his former officer say he killed a man, a former fairfax county police officer heads to court. >> what's expected to happen in a matter of hours in the case against adam torres. a live report ahead.

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at 6:00 a.m., we know them as victims 95, 96, and 97. family and friends call them william, amar'e, and tanika. what we learned about the recent homicide victims. while you were sleeping, police were out looking for a man behind a s.w.a.t. situation. wait until you hear who he had with him. plus, you will want to download the nbc washington app for updates on this story. in a matter of hours, the former

fairfax county police officer accused of killing an unarmed man heads to court. first we have breaking news on the roads this morning. in bethesda, report of a water main break sound nasty. goldboro record now between mismass avenue and macarthur -- between massachusetts avenue and macarthur boulevard. molette green heading out to see what is closed. if that section is closed, stay on river, stay on macarthur and not take the cutthrough of goldsboro to mass. nasty this morning. prince george's county overall, no major problems. 66 looks good. 95 northbound slow headed through dale city. otherwise no major issues. 95 and maryland at 198 rolling nicely northbound and southbound. angie? >> thank you. something else we're keeping tabs on for you this morning, check it out, rain moving through. the blue and green headed our way. wl