good morning. i'm angie goff at the live desk. right now, chinese stocks plunge for a fourth day, dropping more than 7.5%. now, the country's main stock market index falling to its lowest level since december of 2014. we checked and most other asian markets rebounded from a day of major losses. here in the u.s., cnbc reporting that it looks like things are reporting to a higher open following the rough day with the dow falling more than 500 points. we'll continue to keep an eye on the foreign markets ahead of the opening bell. >> thank you. 4:30 now and car owners in montgomery county, listen up. police are looking into the vandalism of more than 25 cars in northern potomac. this happened yesterday morning. if you were a victim and you haven't reported it, police want to hear from you and they want to hear from anyone who knows something about the damaged cars. it is now 4:30 today. a big announcement in maryland, the state's attorney general brian frosh is imposing a new

standard for police investigators. it is to end racial profiling by police. we don't know the exact details of the plan right now. the announcement comes four months after freddie gray's day in police custody. and the subsequent rioting in baltimore. we'll be watching frosh's news conference closely at 11:00 this morning. 4:31 our time right now. a look at weather and traffic on the 1s coming your way. it feels nice outside. >> yeah, chuck bell here with a look at what we can expect today. did the rain cool us down a bit? >> it cooled us down a smidgen, eun. temperatures down into the 60s early this morning. more importantly, the drier and less humid air can start to move back into the region. 73 at national airport. 73 at the naval academy in annapolis. out to the north and west, the cooler and drier air is spilling. in 59 in luray. 55 in petersburg, west virginia. better still, the humidity still stickiness left in the air for now. but starting this afternoon and going into tomorrow and the next

several days, humidity, vacation return. summer vacation may be over, but humidity vacation lingers on. a mild start this morning. 60s and near 70s. melissa mollet, i think it will be a good hair day today. >> thank you very much. you know it can get humid here and i start complaining. what's going on, chuck? 66 at sycamore street, two right lanes blocked until 5:00. just some construction happening there. seeing a little bit of yellow inbound on the toll road as you approach the beltway. we'll check into that for you as welt. indian head highway, the inbound, the right lane is getting by at this point this morning. 66s don't have any problems. 95 looking good. maryland 95 at scaggsville road, northbound and southbound rolling along nicely. prince george's county overall looking quite good as well. back at 4:41.

weather and traffic on the 1s. if you're headed to college in the district you can download a new app right now to help keep you safe. the you ask app was created to stop sexual assault and rape on cam pulse and it provide -- campus and it provides a panic button and resources for victims. mary cheh and still other city agencies are holding a kickoff event for the app today happening at the university of the district of columbia at 10:45 a.m. parents in a maryland community may feel safer this school year. extra security will be added at some school events in frederick county. school officials have reached an agreement with the city's police union over frederick high school and thomas thompson high. two students were injured back in july in a shooting. another woman is recovering after an attack in arlington. it's the sixth attack in recent weeks. this time the victim was a mother with her 3-year-old daughter.

they were walking together in lubber run park around 8:00 on friday night when this happened. you may be able to help police in arlington county if you recognize this man. the woman screamed and was able to get away from her attacker. he also ran away. police tell news4 they plan to add more police to the high risk areas. >> additional officers out to some of the high traffic areas on the weekends or sending plain clothes officers out there. the subject did get scared by the cries for help, but who knows where this can escalate. >> police don't know if the same man is responsible for all six attacks. police suggest you walk in pairs or groups. d.c. police are looking for a man accused of a sex assault in northwest washington. they say that man may be an uber driver. driving a white sports car with black leather seats. police say the man forced himself on a woman early sunday morning. that attack happened around grant circle in the petworth

neighborhood according to police. another new development for former virginia governor bob mcdonnell. he'll stay out of prison for now. chief justice john roberts issued an order saying that mcdonnell won't have to report to prison this sunday. mcdonnell was found guilty of 11 counts of corruption last year. he is appealing to the supreme court right now. this effectively ensures that he will be free while they decide whether to take his case. in decision 2016 now, the question on a lot of people's minds is whether vice president joe biden will make a run for the white house. his two not so secret meetings have a lot of people talking. over the weekend, he met with progressive favorite elizabeth warren and he had his weekly lunch with president obama yesterday. speaking about the lunch, press secretary josh ernest did not say anything to quiet speculation. >> to add joe biden to the ticket as a running mate was the smartest decision he ever made

in politics and that should give you a sense that the -- of the president's view of president president biden's aptitude. >> the president would likely make an endorsement during the primary. responding to outrage of a fraternity's response to these sexually suggestive signs rolled out for freshmen at the start of a new semester. did you see the helicopter landing on i-395 yesterday? what prompted the

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take a look at the video here. six people hurt after this bus rammed into a building. one witness says the apartment building in queens, new york, crumble and caved in on impact. rescue teams used the jaws of life to pull the driver out. you might be able to see him trapped -- already out at this point in the video. a driver hit the building instead of a car. a group of fraternity brothers is in trouble. their so-called welcome to new students was too aggressive. you can see why some people are upset with sigma nu at old dominion university. someone hired three sexually suggestive banners where some fraternity members live across the street from the campus.

sigma nu suspended all activities at old dominion on monday. i want to get you up to speed on the forecast now. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell telling us whether we'll need that umbrella once again. good morning. >> eun, put it away. put the umbrella away. you don't need to worry about that for today. dry weather is returning to the area. here's storm team 4 radar. last of the showers out to atlantic city, new jersey. some in southern new jersey, but most aren't reaching the ground. this is just ground clutter in washington right now. it's cooled dramatically into the 60s in the shenandoah valley. 59 in luray. still 70s or higher from washington eastbound in the bay and into southern maryland. high temperatures for today with the return of the sunshine, it will be up into the low and mid 80s. if you think today is nice, that

means you'll love tomorrow as well. highs only around 81 out to martinsburg and hagerstown. then for tomorrow, temperatures again upper 70s to low and mid 80s. seven day forecast in ten minutes. >> a brand-new problem in prince george's county. technically they're telling us this is a water main break but water is not flowing right now. still have some closures ritchie-marlboro road and eastbound lanes are blocked right now. westbound, the lane is blocked. trying to get some more information about that one for you. inner loop at georgetown pike because of road work. seminary road, the two right lanes are blocked. east of compton, moving along nicely. a big look at the beltway, no major problems. back in ten minutes with more on the new problem in prince george's county. no a legal victory for a disabled veteran.

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however, the other asian markets this morning have rebounded. about 1 to 2% range. still, josh ernest says our economic leaders are taking note of this and this shows the global economy is more interconnected than ever. now, because the u.s. economy is still showing growth, financial experts also say that now may not be the time to sell. but those expert say if other markets rebound, then the stock market could have a good exchange today. we have to see what happens when the bell rings at 9:30 eastern time, but first indicators are pointing in the positive direction. the futures for the dow are actually up about 1.4% right now. reporting live in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence. back to you. >> thank you. police are looking for four men who robbed a verizon store in montgomery county. this happened yesterday at noon on spartan road in olney. the men were armed. the men drove off in a 2015 dodge charger. police followed them as they

drove on to the icc. as you can see here, chopper 4 flew over the chase as it continued on the beltway. police lost the car in prince george's county. police say they caught the guy who robbed a man in a wheelchair. the whole thing was caught on surveillance video. in the video, 47-year-old earl matthews forcefully takes something from a wheelchair bound man. officers arrested matthews on sunday and charged him with robbery. a park police officer is okay after crashing his motorcycle. take a look at this video here. the officer had to be airlifted to a hospital after the crash yesterday. the medical helicopter landed right on the 14th street bridge. the officer crashed into a jeep on 395 around 6:30 last night. the officer has a broken collarbone. a disabled marine veteran in virginia could sue the apartment complex that kicked him out and accused him of destroying property. we told you about mickey

triplett last week. he was charged with destruction of property after he painted a picnic table in woodbridge. well, just yesterday the state dropped the charges against him. prosecutors said there wasn't any kind of criminal intent. >> today was a glorious day where the law exceeded all that i could have imagined. i think it's because of him. >> now, triplett said he painted it white to get ready for a visit from his daughter and granddaughter and his lawyer may sue the complex for malicious prosecution now. the indycar driver hit in the head during this crash has died. justin wilson was 37 years old. pocono raceway officials say he was behind the initial crash sunday when a piece of debris hit him and sent him into the wall. wilson died in the hospital last night. the last time an indycar driver died because of an accident was on the track in 2011.

well, it's back to normal for the three americans who stopped the possible terror attack on a train headed to paris. anthony sadler is getting ready for his senior year at sacramento state. u.s. airmen spencer stone and alek skarlatos are together right now. yesterday, france's president gave all three young men and a british man the highest honor for bravery. sacramento will host a parade for them when they come back to the states. 4:48. as your junior or senior gets ready to go back to school, they're thinking of the s.a.t.'s. most parents don't know the test is changing. kaplan announced the new changes. and among the changes, the test is going back to the 1600 point scale. the essay will be optional. wrong answers won't be penalized and multiple choice will list four possible answers instead of five.

mei xiang. she's sleeping. >> live look at the panda camera. that's just an awkward position to sleep in. her neck is going to be -- >> i know. she'll do some yoga when she wakes up and it will be good. >> mei xiang and the new cubs are doing great. but not out of the woods just yet. the zoo says the newborns are still vulnerable, especially during the first week. that's why the panda team is working around the clock to monitor the cubs' progress. here we go. still going to be a while before we find out their genders or who the father is. the cubs won't receive their name until 100 days after their birth in naming ceremony. that's a tradition. if you can't get enough of them -- >> who can? who amongst us? >> check out the photo gallery on the nbc washington app any time. if you wake up in the middle of the night and you need a panda fix, we have you covered. >> right. today is national park

services 99th birthday to celebrate, it's offering free entry at all 408 national parks across the country. we have some beautiful parks, right? >> yes. >> that includes shenandoah national park. not a far drive from here. you'll receive a 10% discount at the dickey ridge and bird visitor centers. if you can't make it to the park, head down to the mall for birthday cake and games. always a good time to have birthday cake. >> cake? even at 4:30 in the morning. cake is good. >> yeah. >> so the weather, an improving weather picture. >> excellent. >> i think what need around here is more steady rain showers. what we're not going to get are steady rain showers. lower humidity. increasing amounts of sunshine and temperatures staying at or below average i think for most of the remainder of the work and of course for many now, school week. bye-bye kids, off to school you

go. outside -- [ laughter ] >> that was maniacal, wow. >> i love watching other people's kids go back to school. [ laughter ] 73 right now. winds north at nine miles per hour. cooler, less humid air is moving in. there are still plenty of leftover puddles first thing morning. but those are drying up quickly. plenty of sunshine this afternoon and humidity on its way down. temperatures are well back into the 60s in the northern and western suburbs. from i-95 south and eastbound, temperatures are still above 70. hourly temperatures 74 at 9:00 a.m. into the 80s before lunch time, but we'll stay in the mid 8 0s for highs later on this afternoon. lower 80s out to the panhandle of west virginia. on the whole, a nice day coming up. perfect day for maybe enjoying a nice day at the office and when you're done today go out to the nationals game, nationals and the padres, first pitch at 7:05 this evening.

perfect weather for baseball and let's hope it's perfect weather for a nats win. 85 tomorrow. 85 on thursday. 85 is our average high temperature. so this is exactly what it's supposed to feel like around here in august. minus the humidity. humidity will start to increase as well as the temperatures as we head into the weekend. only real chance for rain is on sunday. that's even hit and miss. check of the weather with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. we still have this problem in upper marlboro. ritchie-marlboro road at the beltway. we had a report that a contractor hit a pipe, so they're calling it a water main break technically. though no water is flowing. wssc is on the scene. right now, eastbound lanes are blocked and westbound just have that left lane blocked this morning. we'll keep you updated on that one. 66 west at sycamore, probably blocked for the next ten minutes or so. other than that looking good. 95 here northbound, southbound,

everything rolling along quite nicely. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car this morning. top of the beltway is nice and green. b.w. parkway, 95 and 29, everything there flowing just fine. don't have any worries or any road work really to worry about in that area this morning. again, 66, 95, everything looking quite good at this point. 270 at old hundred road also flowing well northbound and southbound through hyattsville. it will back up in the next hour or so. otherwise, looking quite good. see you back here in ten minutes. emergency. >> i just been shot. >> you can hear for yourself the chilling 911 phone call from a montgomery co

you're watching "news4 today." >> 911, what is the address of the emergency? >> i just been shot. >> sir, i'm sorry, you have been shot? >> yes, yes. >> this is the first time we are hearing the dramatic 911 calls from a double shooting in montgomery county. an elderly man and woman were both shot. man now facing decades in jail for that violent crime. montgomery county police say they're looking for another suspect in the case right now too. police say that kervon noel said

that a cleaning company in gaithersburg kept tens of thousands of dollars of cash in the office. two people shot through the glass door of the office and demanded money from the employees inside and then shot the employees. one of the shooters, michael robb was accused of attempted murder last week. >> she was admitted on wednesday to the hospital with a stroke. she came from discharge from that hospital, testified, key piece of evidence that allowed us to obtain the convictions. >> police believe that noel is living in the trinidad neighborhood. if you think you recognize him, call the montgomery county police. a bridge listen named for fallen state trooper. the i-95 overpass will be designated the bridge. it will mark 26 years since

trooper vernon was killed by a commuter bus. vernon was the first woman and african-american trooper to die in the line of duty. the city council in seattle, washington, has implemented a gun violence tax. now, the national rifle association is pushing back. it requires people to pay an extra $25 for every gun sold in the city and five cents for each round of ammunition. the money goes to gun safety research and gun violence programs. >> the nra and several other groups says it violates laws. the law restricting passing gun regulations. we want to tell you about a choir that will perform for pope francis when what he visits d.c. next month. they let us in for a sneak peek at the rehearsals yesterday. the group will sing at the mass celebrated by the holy father at the basilica of the -- the national shrine of the

immaculate conception. we'll show you the video later. you may have a tough time laying your eyes on the pope once he's here in the district. the tickets for the canonization mass are very limited. the venue only holds 25,000 people. the mass will be streamed online though. the pope's address to come will be broadcast live on the national mall. the two previous popes attracted crowds of at least 50,000 people. stay with us. "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> a metrobus goes under heavy gunfire. metro's new strategy to protect the passengers. and the winners and losers of a new budget battle as prince george's county students head back to classes today. >> good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. puddles are drying up this morning. things will warm up without

yesterday's humidity. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with the weather headlines. chuck? >> that's right. all the good news in the forecast is that temperatures will be at or below average for this afternoon. and more importantly, the rain chances are gone. and the humidity is leaving as well. last of the drops out to atlantic city. couldn't rule out a few stray sprinkles across southern most st. mary's county. but by and large, 99% of us will be rain free for today. temperatures 71 in washington. 63 in manassas and ashburn. 61 in front royal and martinsburg. a nice start this morning. here's the way your day breaks out hour by hour. temperatures staying in the mid to upper 60s through 7:00. mid to upper 70s by 11:00 and then full sunshine, low humidity. temperatures mid 80s and a perfect night for doing everything from backyard barbecuing. how is the ride on 270? >> it is good this morning. no problems re