way. crews arrived within minutes of it breaking out. you can see from this picture here, the fireball shooting from the roof. the fire's contained to one building but we have up to 18 units evacuated. dozens are gathered in a clubhouse nearby. getting aid from the red cross. now, we know that meagan fitzgerald is headed to the scene, hoping to find out what started this fire. it is now time to check the forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking what kind of day we'll have. especially for the kids headed back to school. >> good morning. a fine looking way to get the school year started for the kids in the district and other counties today. the overall weather impact on the first day of school will be nice and low. a little hot, a little humid. there will be a chance for thunderstorms today. so as you're packing the backpack today, put the umbrella in there. nothing on storm team 4 radar yet this morning but rain chances ramp up after 3:00 or 4:00.

low 70s in and around washington. timing out the rain chances, 2:00 to 5:00 out west of the blue ridge, into the shenandoah valley. in the metro, between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. rain chances later than that as you get into southern maryland and out to the eastern shore. do have your umbrella ready to go. still dealing with a bump in the fenders out on the roads, melissa. >> yeah, 95 southbound at courthouse road, an accident there. it's not slowing anything down so you don't have to worry about that too much. just letting you know it's there in case you're leaving. 66 east of sudley, a little bit of traffic headed inbound. volume not a problem at this point. 270 south blocked at buckeystown pike. hopefully that's out of the way soon. of course, those kiddos going back to school this morning. b.w. parkway, no problem. 95 and 29 everything looking good. so is the top of the beltway here. looking at prince george's county moving along nicely.

see you at 5:11. a live look at 95. >> thank you. it's 5:02 now and today some kids in our area are headed back to school. this morning, parents and students in frederick, howard and anne arundel counties all grabbing the backpacks for the first day. d.c. kids also headed back into the classroom today. so as you head out the door, we want to remind you to watch out for kids on their way to class. at 6:30 in the district, every ward will have slowdown intersections. we have the list of locations on our nbc washington app for you. this morning as you're dragging the kids out of bed and packing the lunches we want to let you know what is happening for the first day of school. news4's molette green is live at brook land middle school with more on changes for the coming school year. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. i want you to check something out first here at brookline middle school. something striking. chuck bell will get a kick out of this. look at this art design that

sits outside this newly renovated school. the lights look like rain drops and etched in the design are weather or climate terms like groundwater, condensation. it's pretty cool. it's well lit outside this brand-new building. nearly $60 million to build this site. they're still working on a few other things but beautiful inside. we had a chance to talk to the security company working out here this morning. watching over this. dcps takes over at 7:00 a.m. and on the first day back, you can expect to see the mayor, muriel bowser, and the school chancellor out greeting students and teachers throughout the system. they will be visiting woodson high school in ward 7. rolling out -- that school rolling out two precareer programs. one in information technology. the other engineering. and we also had a chance to talk to some schoolchildren about heading back to class today. >> i'm going to see my new teacher.

i like going to school. >> i'm going to see my new friends and new teacher. and i'm going to play. >> reporter: all right. they're just cute as a button. so the brand-new school year starts off with a brand-new d.c. state superintendent. this is the eighth person to head up this troubled agency that oversees standardized test scores. a lot of expectations as many kids, thousands, head back to class today in the district. back to you. >> all right, molette, thank you. live in northeast d.c. it's transition day in prince george's county's public schools. that means some sixth and seventh graders at all new -- and all new high school freshmen, they have a day to get acclimated before classes start tomorrow. now, no matter what frayed they're in, we want you -- what grade they are in, show us your

scholars headed off to class. we'll include it in the app and possibly here on air as well. tweet us our facebook us or e-mail us. developing this morning, gratitude for the people police say cuffed a man and tended to the trooper that he shot. this morning, a louisiana state trooper is in critical condition. state police say a man with a long criminal record shot him in the head yesterday. they say two people nearby saw the shooting, pinned the suspect down and put the trooper's handcuffs on him before officers arrived. police believe the suspect was driving under the influence. also developing this morning, a new york police are questioning two people after bb pellets hit a member of the mayor's security detail. the officer is out of the hospital right now. this is not the first time that someone fired off a b-b gun near mayor de blasio's home. the mayor was not with the

female officer when the shooting happened yesterday. 5:06. a deadly crash in laurel has two families grieving right now. two men both on motorcycles collided head on. one was this man, baltimore county fire lieutenant hubert harrison, jr., and the other was a 22-year-old. the police say he lost control of the motorcycle but not clear why. they say harrison was coming home from work. >> he was just coming home from work after a shift, so definitely our hearts go out to this -- out to the baltimore county fire department as well as his family. >> harrison worked for the baltimore county fire department for 29 years. new this morning, three americans and a british man just received france's top honor for taking down a heavily armed man on a passenger train. french president francois hollande pinned the medals on

norman, sadler and skarlatos. they said that they relied on gut instinct when they subdued the suspect on a speeding train in belgium last week. chaos on the streets as a woman runs over and kills her runner. we talk to a man who desperately tried to help the victim. and chuck bell said that hot and sticky weather missing from the

welcome back. an indycar driver is in a coma after the crash you see here. a piece of debris broke off a car during this wreck yesterday and hit justin wilson in the head. wilson's car was not the first one to spin out. a helicopter took him from the track when he veered to get out of the way of another car and hit an interior wall. right now, d.c. is working on being first place in the country to regulate personal trainers. that's according to "the washington post." the new regulations will create a registry for all personal trainers in the district only.

the post says the new regulations could lead to the ability to bill insurance companies for services like dietitians and physical therapists. we should find out the new rules next month. 11 minutes after the hour. time for a look at your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here now with a look at the day ahead. what kind of day we'll have for the first day of school in frederick. >> on the whole, a pretty good day to go back to school for all the kiddos in frederick county and in the district. humidity forecast for today, a little bit on the sticky side. but the good news is after today, the rest of the week starting tomorrow humidity levels going back down to feeling more like september than august once again. temperatures in the mid 60s to around 70s for going out the door this morning. clouds are on the increase by later on this afternoon and a chance for a shower or a thunderstorm after 4:00 or 5:00. have the umbrella ready to go. high today up near 91. four day forecast in ten minutes. for now, the latest on the crazy

crash on the roads. >> crazy crash is now clear. a lot of alliteration this morning. 95 south at courthouse, no problems there. 95 at newington, again, northbound and southbound, the express lanes open and moving. outbound key bridge, the ramp to the parkway, we have road work that could slow things down. 66, inbound, outbound, no problems east and west. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. d.c. students getting ready to return to class, how the city is making the way for their commute to be free of charge. and plus the benefits moms and dads can reap

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you're watching "news4 today." >> 5:15 your time right now. we're working to find out if a prince george's county woman will be charged for running man

over with her car. police tell us the two had an argument inside their home in lannan yesterday. the man walked out, and the woman followed him in her suv. eventually, returning him over on sea brook drive. neighbors helped the man get from underneath the car. >> so i ran in, my aunt is a doctor, i need you to come outside, because there's a man under the car and the girl is trying to pull him from under the car. >> the man died at the scene. police have not identified him. more than 100 people have died this year so far in the district. the city's 102nd homicide happened yesterday on meade street in northeast. someone stabbed bobby ellis to death and no suspects right now. d.c. police made more than 200 arrest in an effort to crack down on prostitution. nine jobs were charged with solicitation of prostitution yesterday and this crackdown program started in mid july. officials say they're finding that many of the men they're arresting are visiting the

district from other states. today the colorado movie theater shooter could address the courtroom. at least 100 victims and witnesses of the july 2012 attack will testify in front of james holmes. we sent an alert to our nbc washington app this month when a jury found him guilty but spared him the death penalty. over the next few days we expect the judge will give holmes his sentence, life without the possibility of parole. d.c. goes back to school today. there is a big effort going on to make sure everyone is safe. news4's kristin wright is live at an intersection in northwest washington will volunteers will be asking you to slow down. really important as kids are back on the sidewalks going back to school. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: yes, you're right. it's so, so very important and the bottom line is simple. the message is clear and that is slow down. we're at the intersection here of florida and rhode island avenues in northwest. it's a busy intersection.

there are a lot of scols nearby, so this is where a lot of students are going to be walking to school on their first day back today. so volunteers are going to be at this intersection this morning as well as three others. these are the intersections where volunteers will be to remind everybody to just slow down. rhode island at florida where we are, albemarle street in northwest. rhode island avenue and ninth street in northeast. and the corner of pennsylvania and minnesota avenues in southeast. so volunteers are going to be in every ward across the district. they're going to be meeting at about 6:30 this morning again to remind everybody to slow down because there are going to be students back out on the roads this morning. it's very important that we be aware. they'll be holding signs to remind us. so make sure that you pay the ' -- pay attention to what you're doing this morning when you're all driving on your way in. the last thing we want is for

something terrible to happen to the students. back to you. >> important reminder. kristin wright, thank you. this morning your d.c. student can board a metro train for free. mayor muriel bowser expanded the free metrobus ride program for d.c. students to include the train. this allows the family to save some money. to get the free ride, just scan your d.c. one card at the gate. 5:19. second cancers are on the rise. nearly one in five new cases now involves someone who has had the disease before. that involves different tissue types or different sites. it's not a recurrent or a spread of the tumor. some of the treatments like radiation raise the risk of developing a new cancer later in life. new research says raising children together can improve your relationship. a study from georgia state

university surveyed 500 couples and they say that couples did most of the parenting reported lower quality relationships. couples who had a man take care of the responsibilities did not suffer, however. always important to share duties. whatever they are. house work, child care. well, a story going viral this morning. the self-proclaimed fat guy across america is riding coast to coast to lose weight. >> he's already lost 75 pounds and he's gained something better. eric heist's wife angie joins him on the ride. you can see them going side by side through connecticut. a few bumps in the road in massachusetts, but a local bike shop gave him a new bicycle when one of the wheels broke. >> so many nice people out there, so many great people i met on the road. everybody says it's -- we're seeing different. >> love it. bringing the best out of people. eric and angie say they're working on their marriage as they ride to california.

>> interesting way to do it. >> losing weight, working on your relationship. a twofer. >> life will be better in the end. >> there you go. 5:21. a live look outside for you this morning. sitting at 72 degrees here in tenleytown. >> and chuck bell, hot and humid for first day of school? >> yes, indeed. if you have one more day off before you go back to school or work, not a bad day to go out to the pool. but there's a chance for showers and storms coming our way. outside, it's a mainly dry picture. there's the view from the tow looking down towards the washington monument. 72 in washington. 66 ft. belvoir. 69 at reston town center and 65 in calvert county. what to wear for today, you'll need the sunglasses and short sleeves as we get close to 90 later on this afternoon. don't stray too far away from your umbrella as there will be a chance for showers coming in after about 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon.

so just sort of keep that in mind. here's future weather, timing out your rain chances for your monday. indeed, not much going on early in the day today, but as we get into the afternoon, here's 1:00 this afternoon on future cast. there's that line of showers. could have a rumble or two of thunder as early as 1:00 or 2:00 this afternoon. not looking for much of a severe weather threat today. but a rumble or two of thunder can't be ruled out. 2:30, rain chances from frederick to leesburg and northern fauquier county. scattered showers in howard and fairfax county and moving into the district as well. that's the reason you need that umbrella ready go. by 5:00, rain in charles county and down into the southern parts of stafford and fredericksburg. that rain chance is moving into southern maryland after 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. have the umbrellas ready to go for the second part of the day today. although rain is not a guarantee, it's a real possibility for some.

temperatures today hour by hour, climbing into the mid 80s by 8:00. up near the 90 degree mark. storms arriving around 2:00 or 3:00 and moving into the metro area by 4:00 or 5:00 this around this afternoon. 30% chance of showers this afternoon. and then tuesday, wednesday, ovnight lows back down into the comfy 60s. little something for folks who are headed out on to the roads this morning. more traffic troubles from melissa. >> more traffic troubles, a report of brand-new crash here. route 7 the ramp to the inner loop of the beltway, report of police activity now being reported as a crash. a warning for you this morning. does not look like at this point it's slowing things down too much this morning. outbound, ramp to g.w. parkway, road work there. until friday. kind of on and off throughout the week. so again, something you have to deal with in that area.

66 okay. 95, no major problems. beltway at ritchie-marlboro road, no problems there. 29, 95 and b.w. parkway, everything rolling into town and out of town just fine right know. coming up in ten minutes a live look at 270 of course traffic in the top part of 270 going to be probably a little bit increased today as folks are headed back to school in frederick and perhaps some parents getting off to work a tad earlier than normal. >> thank you, melissa. it's 5:24 and today president obama will give the keynote speech at the national clean energy summit. the annual summit is bringing together clean energy leaders and policy experts. they'll discuss ways to make clean energy supply like solar panels more widely available in how to create jobs within those industries. well, as students go back to school, there's a new poll that says we're putting too much emphasis on standardized testing. test scores are not the best way to judge public school students

or teachers. 64% of responders share the views. the majority of them say the best way to measure success is to see how engaged students are and how hopeful they feel about the future. a conversation about fan safety is growing after two scary incidents at baseball games this weekend. in detroit, a foul ball struck a woman above the dugout. medics had to wheel her out of the ballpark and yesterday, a foul ball at a cubs game hit a woman. she was taken off in a stretcher. one of the team's pitchers said that mlb players -- the mlb should increase the protective netting before it is too late. even if you're paying attention, they're coming out so fast it's hard to see what's coming at you. >> people take that as a part of the game or part of being a fan. you are willing to put yourself at that risk. we'll see if this will make it safer. 5:26 just about now. if you're looking for something to do tomorrow, you may want to

head over to the shenandoah national park. the park is offering free admission to celebrate the 99th anniversary. all eyes are on the asian markets this morning. how wall street is responding after chinese economic slowdowns triggered a global sell-off last week. another virginia high school under pressure to rename it. and more students will be at the bus stops this morning. the bus stops this morning. chuck b

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right now, volunteers are preparing to take to the streets of washington to keep students safe as they head back to the bus stop. >> there will be a lot more students on the side walks so you'll want to be extra vigilant. there are slowdown intersections and we have a list on the app. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to "news4 today." we want to get it started this half hour with a look at our weather headlines. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking what kind of day we'll have for back to school. chuck, good morning. >> back to school. the only thing good about the first day of school, you know you didn't forget to do your homework at least once. back to school, keep a close eye out, everybody, for extra kids

along the sides of the road -- on the way back into school. kids, you need to know you should have your umbrella ready to go because there's a chance of a shower or thunderstorm coming in on the way home today. nothing to worry about on the way out the door. and bus stop forecast, mild, 69 degrees this morning. plan on being around 90 degrees for later on this afternoon and again, that does come with a chance for thunderstorms. not looking for a big threat in the way of severe weather, but any time we'll have kiddos dodging the drops we like to make sure they know all about it. that little -- you need the little umbrella though for the -- >> small one. not the golf umbrella. >> you can leave that at home. unless you're playing golf. >> thank you, chuck. right now a problem on vre. fredericksburg line, a report of police activity. they're saying at this point that all fredericksburg line trains could be about two hours late this morning. you'll want to take an alternate. thinking of that metro option

and opening up that metro option for folks this morning. we're tweeting about it so we'll let you know what exactly is going on there. 270 old hundred road seeing more volume. kids going back to school in frederick this morning. that could be why. leesburg the ramp to the route 7 may have been a traffic stop. it's coming up as a crash. it's not slowing things down too much this morning. 66 looks good. 95 northbound through dale city is a little bit slow. aaron? >> thank you. 5:31. new this morning, international recognition for three americans who helped stop a possible terrorist. the french president recognized their bravery this morning. nbc's edward lawrence joining us from capitol hill with more on this. edward? >> reporter: good morning, aaron. yeah, three americans, french citizen and a british citizen all honored as national heros of france, with his arm in a sling and his thumb reattached, spencer stone accepted the legion of honor medal. so did all the other gentlemen that's the highest honor of france. stone said that his friends tapped him on the shoulder and

said, let's go. the french president said those two words stopped a massacre on the high speed train. belgium authorities identified the gunman as 26-year-old ayoub el khazzani. he was on a terror watch list from at least three countries for his radical beliefs but still was allowed to board the train in brussels. his lawyer said he was homeless and just wanted to rob people on the train. something that the three americans don't believe. they say the gunman had nine magazines and assault rifle, a handgun, and a box cutter. the americans do believe that he was there to commit that terrorist act. reporting live on capitol hill, edward lawrence. now back to you. >> thank you. unfolding situation on the korean peninsula as high level talks between the north and south begins. north korea has deployed about

20 -- on the border. and demanding an apology from the north for planting land mines that seriously hurt many soldiers. aaron, we'll bring you any developments as the heated negotiations between the two sides stretches into a third day. >> angie, thank you. 5:33. a pair of hollywood a-listers have joined the movement to change the name of a fairfax county high school. j.e.b. stuart high school. julianne moore and bruce cohen went there in the '70s. they have started a petition to rename the school. the confederate affiliated name came under fire after the deadly school -- rather, deadly shooting of nine black parishioners at a charlestown church in june. more fallout from the ashley madison hack. the florida prosecutor who oversaw the casey anthony case is the latest high profile person to admit he had an account.

>> i deeply regret my affiliation with the site which has caused a great amount of stress and heartache to my wife and children. >> jeffrey ashton insists he signed up because he was curious and never had an affair. meantime, two law firms in canada have launched a class action lawsuit against ashley madison. the data breach exposed some 39 million members. today, the trial of an 18-year-old who prosecutors say raped a 15-year-old is part of a -- as part of a school tradition resumes. owen labrie is accused of raping a 15-year-old just before he graduated from the elite st. paul's prep school in concord. the alleged victim gave emotional testimony last week. the alleged attack happened as part of what's called the senior salute where seniors try to have sex with underclassmen. road work to be aware of today. if you're driving between

stafford and fredericksburg, paving will close some lanes on i-95 between center court parkway. on route 1, route 17. there's construction on the fall hill overpass starting tomorrow night. that will last through the middle of next week. oil prices per barrel have dropped to their lowest prices since 2009. and we're seeing that have an effect on the local gas stations. prices today are on average about ten cents cheaper than a month ago. in d.c., you're paying $2.72 on average. it will cost you $2.48 per gallon in maryland for regular unleaded. in virginia, $2.29 and those prices are according to aaa. heads up, you may hear lot of noise this week if you live near the quantico marine base. it may be loud early. drills run from 6:00 inhe morning until 11:00 at night every week except today. this morning's exercises begin at 8:00 and end at 4:00. the marines plan to complete the

training drills as well as some range clearance operations. the papal visit to d.c. now less than a month away. musicians are getting ready. doing that today actually. the choir chosen to sing for pope francis will rehearse tonight. they will sing with choirs from catholic university and the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. only 90 people made it to the choir. very distinctive sound, right? that is one of our brand-new baby pandas with its mom at the national zoo. take a look. the other is in an incubator. as zookeepers are taking care of it. so little. can you believe that little thing turns into a gigantic panda? >> every time. >> every time. not even real. the zoo is switching out the cubs multiple times a day to make sure they're both healthy and getting quality time with their mom, mei xiang. she had two babies saturday. it's common for pandas but rare in captivity. we don't call them twins just

yet either because we don't know who the father is. twin birth, but not quite twins. >> at least not yet, we don't know. >> yeah. >> i'm just interested in the panda politics here. >> really? >> do we get to keep both of them? they're not american, put that out there. >> mei xiang's first baby is back in china. and bao bao turned 2. >> the producer said we don't get to keep them. they're out of here. >> enjoy them. they're the best. 5:37. developing this morning, major concern after an air show crash in england was caught on camera. what crews are fearful they'll find once they start to remove debris. a pokemon convention became the sight of a major tragedy. and what time you'll want to keep the workout indoors. and breaking news on the

rails this morning. if you're taking a train on vre out of fredericksburg you're going to want to do something else. all trains are expec

5:40 right now. there's a big hole where police

in switzerland say two planes crashed during an air show. one of the pilots is dead and one of the other pilots ejected safely. yesterday's collision is the third deadly incident at the air show in the past two weeks. and the death toll from another deadly air show crash could go up this morning. we should warn you the video we're about to show you could be disturbing. british police say crews will bring in a crane today to lift the pieces of a jet that crashed over the weekend. the fighter jet slammed into a busy road in southern england. british police say the pilot didn't pull out of that maneuver soon enough. the pilot in critical condition. police say at this point, seven people who were on the ground died in that crash. today, two men will appear in court for plotting an attack on the pokemon world champions. boston police say the men from iowa showed up at the convention center heavily armed. officers found hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a rifle in their car. police knew about the plan after the men went on social media threatening to hurt people at the event.

convention security reported the threats to police. 5:41 our time. weather and traffic on the 1s. we'll turn to chuck bell. he's got an update on what we can expect when we step outside this morning. >> good morning, chuck. >> hey, good morning. outside it is a dry start to your monday. so you don't need to worry too much about your early morning activities. here's a live look over national harbor first thing this morning. current temperature 72 in washington. 70 in prince george's county. 65 in calvert county, 65 in gaithersburg. going out to get your early morning run in this morning, run early. easygoing first thing. temperatures will be in the mid 80s by lunch time. up to near 90 degrees for a high today with a chance for a couple of afternoon and early evening thunderstorms. for now, breaking news on the rails with melissa mollet. >> big problem here on the rails this morning on the fredericksburg line here on vre. all trains out of from instithree of -- all trains out

of fredericksburg are delayed two hours. as far as travel times 66 inbound, 95 inbound, no problems there. in virginia. 270 south and top of the beltway outer loop looking good. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. a fire ripped through an apartment complex in prince william county. what we're learning from crews still on the scene right now. and school is literally giving your children headaches. what they're doing in class that's contributing to more that's contributing to more visits to the doctor's of

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breaking news into the live desk. right now, vre riders take note. we are dealing with a very big delay. fredericksburg morning trains are delayed due to some police activity. we are making calls right now to find out exactly what that police activity is. meanwhile you're recommended to

find another way, to get to work or wherever you need to know. metro options are being opened up. for more on how it's impacting riders right now, let's go to melissa mollet. >> at this point, we have three trains just basically sitting in fredericksburg on the vre line, waiting to head north. you don't want to do this morning. all trains are late two hours behind at this point this morning as angie just said. that's because of police activity. chuck? all right, we are watching rain showers out in parts of ohio, but that weather front will be in our neighborhood by later on this afternoon. so have your umbrellas ready to go for the afternoon, early evening showers. your seven day forecast is minutes away. a developing story now, firefighters in prince william county are trying to figure out what sparked the flames at an apartment complex. >> news4's meagan fitzgerald arrived at the scene in lake ridge. what is happening right now? >> reporter: well, good morning.

at this point, you can see the fire truck just arrived on scene, but fire investigators have remained here since that fire call in at 11:45. you can see that charred out top floor unit. the investigators tell us they believe the fire started behind the unit. and spread from there. we had an opportunity to speak with neighbors who said they smelled the smoke, they went door to door, uh-nit. you can get a good idea of what the firefighters were faced with. they had black smoke pouring out of the unit. we're told that the fire was able to be contained to one apartment building but crews had to cut the roof away on the adjoining building in order to contain the blaze. the red cross is on scene working with 58 people and their pets who had to evacuate. now, again, the fire marshal is out here along with fire

investigators. they say they'll begin their aggressive investigation to find out how this started as soon as the sun rises. back to you. >> all right, megan, thank you. and we now know the names of two men involved in a deadly motorcycle crash in laurel. we brought you the developing news yesterday when we learned the men died. baltimore county fire lieutenant hubert harrison, jr., was going home to bowie when this accident happened. prince george's county police say fahad iqbal crossed a center lane and ran into him head on. both men were riding motorcycles. >> he was coming home from work after a shift, so definitely our hearts go out to the baltimore county fire department as well as his family. >> harrison worked for the baltimore county fire department for 29 years. investigators are now working to figure out the cause of this crash. d.c. police now investigating a shooting that happened on 29th street southeast. they believed a domestic fight started there and someone fired shots. you can see heavily armed

officers responded here. they're still looking for the shooter. right now, shocked after oklahoma's labor commissioner is stabbed to death. allegedly by his son. police say the 26-year-old stabbed his father, mark costello, in the neck and head after they got into an argument at the restaurant. the attack apparently started inside and has spilled out into the parking lot. the son now charged with first degree murder. we'll let you know if we get word of a motive. aaron? 5:50. students are headed back to school tournament in prince george's county. it's transition day today. any students going to new school have to get acclimated so they'll have today for that. that includes the ninth graders and some in sixth and seventh grade. the district has programs for kindergarten and prekindergarten parents today. getting back into the

routine can be stressful. early wake-up times and more homework. >> that can bring on intense headaches. researchers in columbus, ohio, say that e.r. visits for headaches go up by more than a third when school starts. tension headaches, migraines are the two most common. academic stressors play a significant role. >> playing sports, maybe starting a job, they're getting involved with football, band, it's a hectic time of year for them. >> now, doctors say the best line of defense is eating a healthy diet, getting a full night's sleep and drinking plenty of liquids. >> all that follow-up will happen for the kids who don't go back to school until after labor day. >> absolutely. typically back to school means heat, haze and humidity. today another day above the 90 degree mark around the area. so yeah, hot start to the school year. summer has been a hot one for sure. we have had 44 days, 90 or higher this year.

today, likely to be number 45. our average number for an entire summer is only in the upper 30s so we're above average. we are not done with 90s just yet. we have one more shot today and more on that in a second. for now though, a quiet start. 72 now is the temperature at national airport. the measure of moisture in the atmosphere as long as this is below 60 it feels comfy. knew that dew point temperatures are back up, think of having a dry morning and hot and humid afternoon. there's a chance for thunderstorms today starting after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon, going into the early evening hours. take your umbrella as a precaution. 68 now in hagerstown and smiths burg. 63 in beautiful luray, virginia. 66, manassas. 72 in annapolis. if you have a chance to get out to the pool, poolside

temperatures 85 to 90 today. keep a careful weather ear out. the minute you hear thunder get away from the pool. doing backyard drilling, you'll be dodging the shower chances between 5:00 and 6:00 and 7:00 evening. here's future weather and the timing out of this line of rain showers. that's part of a weather front that comes through here. mid to late afternoon. by 3:00, western suburbs. right through the heart of the metro. so umbrellas at the ready. seven day forecast time, today's the only day of the work and potential school week that you may have to worry about the umbrellas. next chance for 90 and our next chance for rain coming up on sunday. more breaking news in first 4 traffic with melissa mollet. >> breaking news on the rails, if you take vre out of fredericksburg do something different today. we have police activity on the tracks. awful three trains are -- all three trains are late. do something else.

also, metro yellow line delays to mt. vernon square, a warning there. b.w. parkway southbound, green belt road we are slow because of the crash there. take a look at the beltway overall, no major problems on the beltway. d.c. 295 as you pass 50 that's starting toet slow. normal volume here at this point this morning. 66 a tad slow through manassas. otherwise, just fine. and then northbound on 95, dale city is your slow spot at 44 miles per hour. see you at the top of the hour, 6:01. >> thank you, melissa, see you then. if your iphone 6 plus photos have been coming out blurry it may not be your fall. apple is recalling a is a small percentage of the devices. they have a component that could fail making your photos look plurry. they're mainly sold between september of 2014 and this year. the company will replace the cameras on the bad phones. 5:55. developing now, wall street may be jittery this morning. nasiamarkets plunged overnight

and american traders are hoping to recover from last week. cnbc's landon dowdy has more on this. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. it was a tough week on wall street. another day, another declining and we can expect to see more red arrows following friday's sell-off. the dow tumbled 531 points. that's the worst day in four years and that was keyed by worries a slowdown in china's economy can affect the rest of the world. speculation over when the fed will hike the interest rates and the slide in oil prices. crude is trading below $39 a barrel today. that's the lowest mark since 2009. asian markets fell sharply overnight. nikkei had the biggest decline in two years and shanghai fell to the five month low. european markets are in the red by more than 2%. aaron, back over you. >> thank you, landon dowdy. five foods will cost you more at the grocery store. eggs are one of them. the worst outbreak of bird flu hit supplies hard, causes prices

to -- causing prices to jump. also, lamb, bacon and pork chops. get ready to pay more. >> bacon. >> butter. >> can't cut back on that. you have to pay. in "news4 your health," a new steady can help predict your child's risk of becoming overweight. researchers at the university of minnesota say parents often encourage kids to eat or hold back food based on how much they the parents weigh. they say doing that can influence your child's behavior around food, including whether they gain or lose weight over time. and if the textbooks don't have to be new, you can consider looking online. an entire industry for students looking for textbooks on the cheap. you can also rent or electronic books. i like to write in the books though.

that won't work for me. we want to remind you about nbc4's backpack drive. you can go to apple federal credit union to donate a backpack and we have more information on how to donate on the nbc washington app. just a great cause. get kids ready. today in d.c. the city is preparing your high school for college with more advanced placement classes. all city classes are required to offer six a.p. classes. if your student does well enough on the exam he or she can get a college credit. and a busy day ahead for a number of area kids as ty head back to school. looking live outside brooklyn middle school where the first school bell of the day will be ringing pretty soon. we're live with what your kids can expect as they head back to class next on "news4 today" at 6:00. breaking news on the rails,

a major problem on vre. we'll talk about this a lot

"news4 today" starts now. >> a brand-new d.c. public middle school could keep

students from enrolling in the charter schools. that's coming up. we are watching a developing story in prince william county. this picture showing the scene of an intense fire broke out at the apartment complex at lake ridge overnight. we're live with more on the damage left behind. and breaking news on the rails. melissa mollet is watching a problem that has vre passengers stuck in a holding pattern. >> a major problem here. fredericksburg line. so right now, we have three trains just sitting in fredericksburg this is because of police activity, a report of a train possibly hitting something. so right now, all trains are late up to two hours this morning. you're going to want to take an alternate if you ride vre out of fredericksburg. yellow line delays to mt. vernon square this morning. we have a brand-new crash slowing things just a tad in the area. prince george's county, overall, no major issues. getting volume here, inbound branch avenue and outbound pennsylvania avenue. and then 270 here getting a little bit of slow volume all the way down. pretty much from