the trial is set for next july. a school community is in mourning today. wootton high school principal michael warren died before the start of a new year. he was found dead inside his bethesda apartment. police believe the 64-year-old died from natural causes. a spokesperson said he was committed to his students and staff especially during tragic times. two recent graduates from the school died back in june. >> he knew every kid. he would put his arms around the kid. he would help them grieve but he wanted kids to learn from a tragedy. >> there will be a memorial service this friday at the school. the school year starts in less than two weeks. we are waiting to see what happens with your morning

commute in loudoun county. there's a chance that bus service could be disrupted again if drivers have another sickout day. they called off because of union negotiations. 14 of 58 bus runs were cancelled. take a look at the sky bee hind us, hues of orange and purple. a bit of a gloomy morning. >> storm is acoming. meteorologist tom kierein has a look at the weather headlines. >> let's just say it won't be real sunny. we have clouds around, producing some showers in the metro area. this is a line of some showers and storms that will be intensifying as it gets closer to us out of the midwest. right now, metro area we had one line of showers coming through, a little bit of thunder and lightning in the damascus and gaithersburg area. rockville getting a downpour there. another one, right near laurel that's tracking off along route 1, headed up anne arundel county. getting a few showers here in southeast washington. and then into maryland.

right along suitland parkway over to the beltway in prince george's county. these showers from clinton and up to bowie will be continuing to track off to the northea and east. we are in the 70s with 50% humidity or more. so it is quite steamy as we start off early this morning. now melissa is checking on the roads and what's happening now? >> have a problem in the district, right there at main avenue. we have a disabled truck off to the right side -- or a burr i should say. you're only getting by in the right lanes. we'll try to get some more information on that in the next couple of minutes. outer loop at new hampshire avenue, we have some construction there on the top of the beltway. b.w. parkway, 95, everything looking good. 270 into and out of town rolling along nicely. central avenue at kettering drive is blocked because of road work. see you at 4:41.

and everybody in the community and her family, whoever was close to her, you meant something to her. >> as the family mourns one of the most recent murder victim, police are conflicted on how to fight the spike in crime. cathy lanier says illegal guns are one of the major causes in the surge of murders this year. however, the police union says recent limits on officers keeping them from doing their job. they say the end of the plains clothe program earlier this year prevents sources from openly talking to officers. and the city is againsted affixed assignments on the blocks. >> there's no more proactive policing. they're putting up pop-up canopies, but not able to move around. >> chief lanier believes the programs are effective, but officers are resistant to change. this morning we are learning new details about another shooting victim. his name, johnson jonas.

we are told that a woman found his body while walking her dog near an apartment complex on stanton road southeast. jonas had been shot. the commissioner for the area said the recent spike in violence has been overwhelming. a killing of a young american university graduate near the shaw metro stop has ignited a lot of frustration in d.c. and tonight you can take your questions and concerns to a public meeting about crime and safety in that area. the advisory neighborhood commission is hosting a meeting at the thurgood marshall center tonight at 7:00 p.m. police have placed a mobile crime camera wre the shooting has happened. we are learned a judge will hear arguments in maureen mcdonnell's appeal. she and bob mcdonnell were found guilty of doing favors for a nutritional supplement executive in exchange for $165,000 in

gifts and loans and bob mcdonnell was sentenced to two years in prison and maureen mcdonnell one year and a day. today, we expect to hear the latest on the criminal invest into how two inmates escaped from prison in upstate new york. andrew wylie will brief the media. richard matt and david sweat escaped back in june. after a three-week manhunt, matt was killed and sweat was captur captured. today we will hear from president jimmy carter about his cancer diagnosis. he is speaking publicly for first time this morning. we'll stream his news conference live at 10:00 a.m. on the nbc washington app. former president announced he has cancer last week after recent surgery on his liver. he is 90 years old. all right. imagine coming home and your 12-year-old child has just whipped up a delicious meal, healthy for everybody. sounds -- >> that would be nice. >> little to food to be true,

right? but that's the scene at one maryland home. >> this is because their young daughter taught herself to cook so the whole family would eat more healthy meals. she is trying to show off her talents as she competes on nbc's "food fighters." check her out as she meets one of her favorite celebrity chefs. this is a dream -- >> how cute is she? >> a dream come true for the 12-year-old because she's passionate about cooking. even making family dinners three to four nights a week. >> so i work full-time and i come home and dinner is made, oh, my gosh, every mom in america would give money for that. >> what prompted me to cook for myself was knowing that food could taste a lot better than what it was, you know, being served right now. and so i really wanted my mom to know that healthy food can taste good because i wanted to make it all for her really. >> oh. >> she's 12. she sounds like she's 23.

tonight at 6:00, angie goff has more on what inspired her to start cooking. >> can you imagine three to four nights a week? i'd imagine what car i want in the near future. you can find out how she landed the spot on "food fighters" later tonight. well, take a look, the redskins will take on the detroit lions tonight. it's the second preseason game. they won game 1. but lost two players for the season. the game begins at 7:30 of course at fedex field. you can watch the game right here on nbc4. we'll have a live reporter there and you can watch the redskins postgame report after the game. you want to watch our regular programming, that's going to be airing on cozy tv tonight. developing from the live desk this morning, details pouring in about an overnight shooting in upstate new york that turned deadly. what we're learning about the victims and the shooting's connection to a boys and girls

club. what officials in rio are admitting about the water sewage problem ahead of the 2016 olympics. you may have already seen some morning sprinkles outside y

hey, take a look at this incredible video here. you can see the moment part of a washington state motel was destroyed by a gas explosion. that explosion happened last night or two nights ago at a motel 6 near seattle.

firefighters say the fast actions of the manager there may have saved dozens of lives. she pulled the fire alarm after being told the gas line might be leaking. and she tried to make sure everybody was out. gas workers and firefighters were actually blown back by that blast. nobody seriously hurt though. officials in brazil are now acknowledging they have a sewage problem in the bay where several olympic events will be held next summer. however, they are denying it is affecting olympic test events taking place this week. the rio state sanitary company said the water was not to blame when a south korean athlete well ill. but four athletes have become sick after test events. >> got 13 american rowers who got sick. anyway, weather and traffic on the 1s. might need the umbrella today. >> hi, tom. >> good morning. we have had some showers and thundershowers come through over the last hour and now they're

moving off to the north and east. we're getting showers in montgomery county. these are headed off to the north and east and wet pavement around. later today, all the areas in green include the metro area into anne arundel up to baltimo baltimore, a flood watch. for the morning commute though, some roads are damp. a little sunshine breaking out. some roads wet from the thundershowers heading through during the afternoon. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, 4:51, a look at our hour by hour storm timing for the day ahead. now melissa has a new crash. what's going on? >> brand-new crash in the district here. just got off the phone with police. 295 in northbound at malcolm x avenue. where we need the report of a disabled bus, i'm wondering if it's the same thing. they're saying this is a crash here. you can see a little bit of a slowdown, 295 northbound.

395 southbound, at seminary road, the road work is happening all week. 95, no problems. live picture in prince george's county in a couple of minutes. seeing some rain there. >> see you in a little bit. it's the story everybody in the office is talking about. hackers exposing cheaters on the ashley madison website and now we are learning some government workers are in trouble. a woman is suing baltimore pol what do a nascar® driver... a comedian... and a professional golfer have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® has also been proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin,

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with xarelto® there is no regular blood monitoring, and no known dietary restrictions. treatment with xarelto® was the right move for us. ask your doctor about xarelto®. new this morning, at least six police officers were hurt in a massive car bomb explosion in cairo. the bomb damaged a nearby national security building a few hours ago. so far no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. a developing story right now from the live desk. deadly violence outside a boys and girls club in rochester, new york. it was a drive by shooting. we have video from the crime

scene. it happened after a basketball game last night. police say one or more people fired from the car. into a crowd. three people were killed. witnesses say one of them was a teenager. four others were shot and wounded. police right now are calling this outrageous and they're looking for whoever did it. back to you. >> all right, thank you. 14 before the hour now and head to head town halls. several republicans vying for the spotlight there, but donald trump once again stole the show. edward lawrence has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. each of the 17 candidates on the republican side are trying to get the spotlight. they're trying to spwing voters in new hampshire. donald trump slammed jeb bush during dueling town hall

meetings. trump said that the crowd at bush's event was sleeping. still, trump is centered around immigration. he said he'd eventually have a wall that could be dubbed the trump wall between the u.s. and mexican border. he also promised to kick out illegal immigrants with criminal records. his first day on the job. on the democratic side, hillary clinton's fallen under 50% among democrat voters. bernie sanders as in narrowed the vote between them. in a head to head match-up with donald trump, hillary clinton's lead has dwindled. reporting in washington, edward lawrence. back to you, aaron. rick santorum is in d.c. today to lay out his plan to fix the immigration system. in the past, santorum has said both legal and undocumented immigrants have taken jobs from americans. he is expected to take questions

from the crowd today. a baltimore police officer facing attempted murder charges this morning. the case is totally unrelated to freddie gray's death. baltimore's state attorney marilyn mosby said an officer shot the man who had been shot twice by other officers. he survived. a woman is suing the baltimore police department. she says she was beaten, illegally arrested and injured during a so-called rough ride in the police van. that's when they don't buckle someone in. brooks said she was waiting for a ride when an officer assaulted and handcuffed her and never buckled her into the van. shocked and profoundly disappointed. that is how the family of jared fogle describes their emotions. fogle's family said they're glad he's pleading guilty to child porn and sex charges and that he's seeking help. the former subway spokesman had

admitted to traveling to have sex with minors and having child porn on home computers. you know that hackers posted the personal information of millions of married people who they claim were using the cheating website, ashley madison. we are learning that d.c. had the highest amount of members. 15,000 of the addresses posted may belong to government workers. 22 with d.c. government e-mail addresses were included in the post and 22 in montgomery county were also involved. 4:49 right now. you have to see what somebody did on their farm in frederick county, maryland. they created -- yep, it's a corn maze. they have done this to support governor larry hogan who was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma this year. the farm's owner said they lost

their father to cancer. they wanted to support him in a special way. >> that is great. >> good for you. well, kids in frederick county head back to school this coming monday. the county fire department sent us a list of reminders for how you can stay safe with students and buses on the roads. of course this applies no matter where you live. firefighters say your children should always wait for a bus to come to a complete stop before walking toward it. now, if you're driving through a neighborhood watch out for children in driveways and maybe moving around parked cars on the street. also, never pass a stopped school bus with the stop lights on and that stop sign extended. that's illegal and cameras in several counties can catch you doing it if you do and there's a huge fine. today is #school tbt. we are showing you our old back to school pictures. >> who is that? >> who is that? that is me. >> cute. >> i think i was about 5, 6 years old there. >> look at you. >> yeah.

>> baby face. >> thank you. oh. hand on the hip. always the pose. >> quintessential pose. >> did you cry when you went off to first grade? >> i loved school. i loved school. but i was of course always -- i had the note, erika is a bit of a distraction. >> what? >> she's a bit of a chatter box. right, who would have thunk it? >> look where it got you. a good thing. >> listen, weatherwise we're starting off with a lot of humidity still with us and as you head out the door, grab the umbrella. we have rain falling in the metro area and there's a front producing some showers there. right now, getting some moderate to heavy downpours. now the areas in orange in prince george's county and into northern montgomery county. this is tracking off to howard county. this line of some heavy downpours now maybe a little lightning too in prince george's county. heading off up towards anne

arundel county shortly. so it will be moving into bowie, coming into laurel, upper marlboro. we have a flash flood watch in effect for the metro area. all the counties in green for southern montgomery, all of fairfax, the district, alexandria, arlingtonington, -- arlington, anne arundel. some of the storms coming through could unload rain. rainfall totals could be an inch to two inches by the time this ends by late tonight. here's the hour by hour storm timing, no problems through much of the afternoon. but by around 3:00 or 4:00 some of the storms will get going in the shenandoah valley, then by 5:00 p.m., they start to cross the blue ridge and come into loudoun county, frederick county, maryland. then move farther to the east by 6:00 p.m. not into the metro area, so maybe around 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. some heavy downpours with thunder and lightning may cause flooding. in is as of 8:00 p.m.

this going to interrupt the 'skins game at fedex field. thunder and lightning right in the metro area and then it will continue until around 11:00 or so. still across northern virginia and around the bay. very low threat for any tornadoes but might get a little bit of gust -- strong gusts of wind briefly. but the main threat is that heavy rain that may be causing some flooding. then a nice break. lower humidity with highs in the 80s and sunshine back friday into sunday and pleasant in the next week as well. melissa has a new crash to talk about. >> brand-new crash, bottom of the beltway, inner loop at 295. sounds like it's a single car crash. police saying it's out of the roadways so don't have to worry about this one. maybe a bit of a response if you're headed out any time soon. still have this problem, 295 northbound at malcolm x. police out on the scene because of that. outer loop at new hampshire, some road work is hanging around there. you have the two left lanes blocked this morning.

270 inner and outer loop, no problems. and beltway at landover, that rain is falling there. be careful in the area as well. back in ten minutes. >> see you then, melissa, thank you. well, some of you have complained about metro stations being too hot, but in the effort to keep you cool we'll explain why it will slow down traffic. what doctors say you're doing too much of at work that can lead to some health problems

you're watching "news4 today." >> it's going to be hot, steamy and uncomfortable in two metro stations for the rest of the summer. the chiller systems that cool it at the dupont systems, those are filled with leaks. adam tuss found temperatures in both stations hovering right around 90 degrees. a fix could be months away and could disrupt thousands of commuters. paul cram from metro explains. >> it has to be dug up 400 feet in each direction. the supply launch to the cooling tower underneath connecticut avenue. >> metro hopes to have the chillers fixed by spring. the army is facing a $750 million wrongful death suit over claims that toxins from both ft. detrick have caused cancer. for years, they have faced criticism for the handling of chemical and biological agents.

groundwater contamination along with anthrax and agent orange testing led to neighbors getting sick. family members of a woman who died in 2008 from brain cancer are leading the suit. it asks for compensation for others who have died or been sickened by living near ft. detrick. in "news4 your health," it seems all work and no play may make you sick. working 55 or more hours per week may increase your chances of having a stroke or a heart attack. the research team followed more than half a million people over a nine-year period. the new study says there's a 13% chance of developing heart disease if you work long hours. we here at nbc4 are helping our kids get ready for the school year with our tenth annual backpack drive. we'll have a phone bank at 11:00 just in time for news4 midday and you can donate now on the

facebook page. click on the donate tabb. bethesda's own katie ledecky will be on the "today" show. she swept four events in swimming. it is something no one has done before. news4's angie goff is in new york city. she will talk with angie in rockefeller center. watch that at 6:45 this morning. she is a rock star. >> no kidding. she's just humble. she's so humble. >> it hasn't gone to her head, the -- you know, the accolades coming from every direction all over the world. >> instant stardom. she has worked for it. stay with us, "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> we are tracking some rain showers that could gain strength over the next six hours. hear what tom has to say about the rain chances if you're headed out to the redskins game.

excitement over the first day of classes replaced with sadness. a school district mourns a principal's sudden death. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. and we turn to the weather. >> tom kierein is talking about some showers. >> yeah, came through the metro area, getting some moderate rain right here in the area in orange in prince george's county. this stretches all the way from where 301 meets route 5 and all the way up to near bowie, laurel, that's tracking right into anne arundel county. also this one area of some downpours now near laytonsville and that's moving away. later today, late afternoon and this evening some heavy downpours in this area. in green. could give us some flash flooding, including the immediate metro