los angeles after a huge explosion downtown. the blast rocked a high rise on wilshire boulevard. this is just a few hours ago. this video just coming in. it shows firefighters going into the building, checking it out. the fire was put out quickly. it is a 19 story building. the explosion went off in the basement. reports are that a generator may have exploded. everybody pretty much okay. that is the good news. two people taken to the hospital for what sounds like not too serious of injuries. >> all right. thank you. 4:30 today. today in georgia the nation's first army rangers will graduate. kristen griest and shaye haver will receive their medals. the two women are still unable to join army special forces units. that could could change next

year after the pentagon reviews it. we'll learn when rg3 is back, he's hurt again from a concussion in the 'skins preseason game. on four possessions he managed just ten yards. he was sacked three times. after the third one he didn't get up right away. then he was able to walk off the field. the team says they're also treating rg3 for a possible shoulder injury. that's minor though. the 'skins play against the ravens next week. not what fans want to hear. >> not a good sign. >> facebook comments last night -- >> last week, he said he was the best quarterback in the league, right? 4:31 our time right now. we want to turn to meteorologist tom kierein. >> it's friday. >> so nice outside too. >> this picture -- it expresses what you did, aaron. you can see a fresh breeze

flapping that flag there. our capitol hill camera overlooking union station on this friday morning. the sky has cleared out. the breeze coming in from the north and the west, bringing in cooler temperatures. look at this. in the mid to upper 50s in western maryland and much of west virginia. shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, down to 60 degrees now. closer to washington, still rather humid but this is the lower humidity beginning to push in. it will be pushing into the metro area, still steamy around the bay and southern maryland, low to mid 70s. neighborhood highs today, upper 80s in the metro area and in the low 80s with highs for low humidity. a perfect summer day. hitting the mid 80s around the bay and across much of virginia. beautiful afternoon is coming up. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your bus stop forecast for this friday morning. melissa is checking in now with what's going on. >> we have a brand-new disabled vehicle. sounds like it could be pushed off to the right side of the roadway now. just a warning though if you're headed that way any time soon, we have that issue this morning.

inner and outer loop looking quite good, nice and green. zooming in to 66 eastbound at nutley street, do have that -- we have two right lanes blocked until 5:00 the this morning. 270 at montrose road, everything looking. >> thank you. you have to take a bus to get to potomac avenue, stadium armory, minnesota avenue and deanwood on the orange line this weekend. the changes start one minute after midnight tonight. trains on the green, blue, silver line arrive every 15 minutes. you might see or hear a full scale emergency drill. it's happening at the stadium amry metro which -- armory met roy which is closed. they'll simulate a smoke and fire in the tunnel there. same as the incident that killed a woman near l'enfant plaza earlier this year. you may need to find an alternate route if you're headed to the tidal basin.

the inlet bridge will be closed over the weekend to car, pedestrians and cyclists. it closes at 6:30 tonight. you can head to the nbc washington app for traffic updates. the park services says there may be some lane closures leading up to the bridge closure as well. developing right now, a red flag warning is in place in parts of washington state. low humidity, high winds. high temperatures. making the battle against wildfires much harder and the governor says the state is facing an unprecedented cataclysm. three firefighters died. a woman shot by a police officer after she refused to drop a knife is back in court. renita nettles will head to court for a mental observation hearing. nettles started a fire in a house on clay terrace northeast earlier this month. as police and fire crews arrived what you saw there took place.

nettles lunged toward the officer holding a knife. she had use admission chur of -- mixture of pcf -- pcp and synthetic drugs. it was supposed to be held yesterday but it was postponed. man accused of trying to cook meth will be in court today. christopher barkley triggered an explosion aal the national institute of explosion and technology. he will be in a district courtroom and he's facing a single charge of trying to manufacture methamphetamine. in convicted he could spend 20 years in prison. right now a man who has been in prison four times for threatening to kill u.s. presidents is in a jail. archie monroe glass has threatened to kill president obama, bush, obama and hillary clinton on four occasions since 1996. he was recently released from a

federal prison in oklahoma. but court records show he violated his parole and made two trips to d.c. this year. on sunday the secret service stopped him and eleanor holmes norton said somebody dropped the ball. >> i'm surprised because the secret service is known for tracking those who threaten the president. what happened now? >> and news4 learned he stopped taking his psychiatric medicine before his latest trip to d.c. today if you're currently looking for a new job you might want to head to the norton job fair. it takes place at the washington convention center in northwest. you can get some tips on outdating your -- updating your resume and learn how to dress for success. that event opens at 10:00 with the job fair starting at 11:00.

this is the annual event held by eleanor holmes norton. well, one local school district is warning parents if you don't get this done today, your student won't be allowed in the courtroom come monday. speaking of school, if the kids are headed to the bus stop, tom has your bus stop forecast at 4:41. and a tv personality publicly fessing up and apologizing. a woman's summer fashion statement being recalled.

take a look at this video. passengers at atlanta's international airport were shooting video of a heavy thunderstorm that had grounded planes. this is a delta plane being struck by lightning. see that across the tarmac there? show it to you in slow motion. nobody was hurt. >> incredible video. d.c.'s department of helicopter has con -- department of health has confirmed that one person has been treating for the west nile virus. you can use dug repbug repel le take extra care when out after dusk. j. crew is recalling 50,000 madewell sandals. they said a metal shank can break through the sole.

you're looking at one of the styles and there are ten styles that have this issue. madewell says you can take the sandals back to the store for a full refund. 4:41. time for a check of your weather and traffic on the 1s, of course. >> start with meteorologist tom kierein. >> finally, feeling like back to school weather. we have much lower humidity beginning to move in. a fresh breeze, so waiting for the bus it will be in the 60s throughout much of the region. much more comfortable with lower humidity. between 7:00 and 8:00. between 8:00 and 9:00, low 70s. but still very comfortable humidity. so dress accordingly. you'll be comfortable in short sleeves. won't need the umbrella. but you need the sunblock and sunglasses throughout the day plenty of sunshine. dry pattern setting up. we'll look at how long that will last. that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. melissa now looking at roads in prince george's county. >> no problem, northern northern at ritchie-marlboro, moving along nicely.

95, 29, everything looking quite good. right now looking at 66 inbound, out bound. not terrible. we have that one situation at nutley street. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car this morning. here's the problem at nutley, right lane is blocked until are 5:00.

this morning we are hearing from people who felt a big gas explosion at a school in new york city. this happened in bronx and take a look. this is a school here. pretty big one. a lot of the windows blown out this morning. just a huge scene last night with firefighters everywhere. here's what we're hearing about what may have happened. construction crews were building a chemistry lab on the school's sixth floor when suddenly there was this explosion.

they think a torch hit the gas line. people thought it was a plane crash. >> the whole house shook completely. i thought the house was going to fall down and then all of a sudden, i hear, you know, the sirens and everything. the building just moved. like there was an earthquake happening. it just shaking like it was going to collapse. >> students are supposed to go back to school on september 9th. doesn't look like they'll be going back there. back to you. >> kristin wright live for us, thank you. 15 before the hour now. more fallout from the ashley madison website. white house staff are among those who subscribed to the website. edward lawrence is following us from capitol hill. the question is, are these people with sensitive jobs listed here? >> reporter: some of them here from right behind me. but we are learning about the consequences for those of who used the ashley madison website. 15,000 websites had military or

government endings. now hackers listed more on thursday. the military is investigating the side of it. it's against the law to cheat on a spouse if you're in the military. it affects the department of state, energy and transportation. and most of the e-mail addresses were attached to google or yahoo! accounts coming in at a close second. we're talking about 28 million men, 5 million women and federal workers actually used the office system to access the website. associated press found that through the i.p. addresses. the city with the most e-mail addresses and subscribers right here in washington, d.c. the website has named washington, d.c. the least faithful city in the u.s., so the repercussions will continue over the next several weeks and months. edward lawrence. back to you, aaron.

>> thank you. republicans focusing again on immigration in decision 2016. presidential candidate donald trump will host a rally in alabama in a stadium capable of seating 40,000 supporters. jeb bush and donald trump is accused of using the term anchor babies. new polls show trump is beating bush in his home state of florida. today, a manassas man will be sen penced after pleading -- sentenced after pleading guilty for a deadly hit and run in prince george's county. jackie lewin grudge hit and killed 21-year-old janelle olney last year. police say he smelled of alcohol. we are learning that several family members will be in court today. this man pled guilty to a fire in alexandria.

this man was accused of setting fire to a crib mattress while his infant slept inside and pled guilty to failing to report a fire. the baby's mother is no longer facing charges. we were learned that the -- we have learned that the man accused of abducting a uva student may have been planning to flee to mexico. prosecutors say a map found in his sister's car in texas shows that he had planned to head over the border. matthew is charged in the death of hannah graham. the judge ruled yesterday graham supporters can wear clothing with her photo on it in court. the judge also ruled matthew must be in handcuffs for pretrial hearings but can be in personal clothing for the jury trial next july. an investigation underway into how a hand gun made into the holding cell in baltimore. the police there confirmed

somebody found a gun inside a cell at a police station. they didn't say if anyone was in the cell at the time. police are staying tight lipped about the investigation that prompted a search at the home of kiss frontman gene simmons. however, police say simmons himself is not a suspect nor are his family members. the investigators are part of a task force investigating internet crimes against children. a representative for simmons says police met with him about a crime that may have happened on their property last year while he was on tour. caitlyn jenner may be facing charges in connection to a deadly car crash in california. the los angeles county sheriff's office says it's recommending a vehicular manslaughter charge jenner rear ended another car and the driver of the car was killed. jenner was said to be driving unsafely. and if convicted jenner could spend up to a year in jail. as you get your kids ready

to go back to school, we want to remind you about a vaccine deadline. your howard county seventh grader must have the necessary shots done by today. if not, they cannot go to school on monday. howard county schools now require students to get the vaccines so make sure those are included in the records. all howard county public schools begin monday the 24th. back to school means you have to fill out a lot of forms. school athletics clubs, news4 wants to keep you safe and secure. here's how to protect your children's personal information. the federal trade commission says for starters don't give out your child's social security number. if somebody wants it, ask why and how it will be protected. and teach them not to share their personal information. >> they're targeted for their information such as social security numbers because it's not associated with an identify.

via a credit history or a utility bill or or records. >> and the federal privacy act requires the parents to know about the directory possibility and gives the parents an opportunity to opt out of information being released to third parties. man who taunted a police officer is in jail. logan hail was wanted in connection with a home burglary and now the online twitter battle has gone viral. >> i like a little levity in life and i appreciate him giving us something to giggle about today. >> how do you like that? the sheriff tweeted, you are on your way to jail. your attempts to hide were to no avail, #epic fail. there you go. showing the sheriff can get on twitter too. >> social media makes it much

easier to be stupid these days. 4:51. i want to turn to tom kierein. we stepped outside. the humidity is gone. it felt nice. a little breeze going. >> noticeable change. a welcome change. for this time of the year for us to have low humidity moving in, and then staying for a while, this is a true gift. or just dreaming. >> gift. >> we'll know more later. but right now though, you will notice a few clouds around and as we look at skycast 4, the clouds clearing out much of the day. the rest of the afternoon, a blue sky, not that hazy, milky sky. beautiful. a little bit of a breeze in the afternoon and evening hours. then it will settle down overnight. the thunder and lightning we had yesterday, now that's exiting the atlantic seaboard and pulling out the sea. we had flooding, parts of northern virginia and northeastern maryland.

now we're trying out and the storm team 4 radar all clear now. the temperatures are really dropping, it's down into the 50s now in western maryland. much of west virginia. only the low 60s, shenandoah valley. western and northern suburbs right in washington, right in the 70s. low to mid 70s around the bay where it's still humid. but the lower humidity is coming your way as well. so we went from uncomfortable humidity to pleasant humidity that'll be in place here for the next seven days. can you stand it? comfortable humidity will be with us for an extended period. afternoon highs will be reaching the mid 80s. beautiful summer day coming up. a bit of a breeze through midday and then it will be gorgeous here. unreal. all the way into next week. maybe a little more humid on monday, but still very pleasant and look what's missing on the storm team 4 seven day outlook, no storms or rain. looks dry for the next seven days.

we have light volume, right, melissa? >> light volume. i can't promise good traffic. good weather, but not good traffic. 66 west at the toll road that right lane is still blocked. that should be cleared up out of the way here in a little bit. 95 northbound, you're fine. southbound, right around 234 there, we have a little bit of a slowdown because of road work hanging around. prince george's county overall looking quite good. 95 in maryland at powder mill road, northbound and southbound. everything rolling along just fine. remember in prince william we have this downed tree. aidan road at keenan ridge court. weather and traffic on the 1s, see you back here at 5:01. well, because of increasing fears of injuries which extracurricular activities parents are trying to pull their children out of there. >> he was resisting at first, but he had given up. >> that makes me chuckle. i'm sorry. a thief walks into the wrong bar

in the district. he didn't expect to come face to face with an mma trained bartender. it gets so muc

you're watching "news4 today." >> a would-be robber being held without bond after he was punched out after trying to rob a bar. he walked into barcelona wearing a mask, wielding a knife and

demanding cash. the bartender told news4 what happened next. >> he was coming in in a real menacing manner so i followed him. he announced his intentions at some of the guys at the bar. i just clocked him in the jaw. >> didn't see that coming. >> he said clocked. i love it. i love it. >> cohen than involved with mixed martial arts since he was 16. just give it up. the bartender managed to get the knife away from the man and to hold him until police got there. >> best story of the day. love it. he said he clocked him. all right. you will see several gyrocopter flying over d.c. this sunday. norad is flying them between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., so a heads up on that. that's according to our news partners at wtop. this is what a gyrocopter looks

like. you're looking at video when a man flew one in the capitol. concussion issues for the nfl have many of you parents taking notice. a new associated press poll found that 50% of parents are not comfortable with their children playing football. only 5% of you said you would actually discourage your child from actually playing though. national numbers show fewer kids are suiting up for the grid iron. 10,000 fewer students played football than the year before. maryland state officials will introduce a new way to make sure your car is drivable. the new vehicle emission inspection machines will be self-service. they'll be available 24 hours a day at a station in glenbury. officials will release more information at a demonstration at 11:00 today. the winner of this food fight is -- >> oh. culinary prodigy from frederick, maryland, took losing in stride

on nbc's "food fighters." danielle taught herself how to cook at the age of 7 after her mother was diagnosed with a rare cancer. danielle won a trip to a girl's science camp at stanford university and walmart donated $20,000 to her mother's cancer fund. in "news4 your health" you may want to listen up if you're wearing contact lenses. the cdc says almost all of you are doing it wrong. a survey found that of the 41 million contact wearers in the country, a third have seen a doctor for red or painful eyes. that may be because 99% of wearers report at least one risky behavior like keeping contact lenses on longer than you should. or wearing lenses while sleeping. those behaviors raise the risk of eye infection by five times or more. stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. "news4 today" starts now.