assaults and two murders, people here in the wilson building are calling it a success that exceeded expectations. >> i guess i would also like to see how they would determine success, because those mothers of the people who passed away are not going to feel like it was successful at all. >> every single homicide that happens in the city is a failure of the government and its polls. >> reporter: councilman mcduffie calls the spike in violence an epidemic that should be treated like a health crisis with more than just police. community activists who oppose putting more police on the streets agree, saying the violence is just a symptom of a much bigger problem in their community. >> poverty and joblessness and infant mortality, access to health care, those are things that hurt people and hurt people hurt people. >> reporter: that's why the mayor's office plans to start offering more services like job training and day care in neighborhoods hit hardest by the

violence. >> starting next week, the city will be reopening part of malcolm x elementary school in ward eight to bring government service to the community. >> reporter: now the deputy mayor says there will be more of these pop-up resource members opening in areas hit hardest by the uptick in violence. >> you know all this comes as the police union took a survey over the weekend and 97% of those who voted say they didn't have confidence in their police chief. how significant is that, you think? >> reporter: doreen, the most important words you just said were "of those who voted," according to the union, only about a third of their entire membership even participated in this survey and the survey came out at a time when all the police had their vacation canceled and were forced to work overtime. so even the chief of police said, it was no surprise the results of the survey were what they were, a no-confidence vote by those who did vote, but it is

non-binding, anonymous and the mayer and the chief have already dismiss it had. >> mark segraves reporting. thank you, mark. we have been mapping out the location of this year's homicides on our website. to see where it happened, search homicide map at nbcwashington.com. adam ward is the young photojournalist who was killed on live television last week. tonight, his family is holding a -- pardon me, a visitation at salem high school in salem, virginia. his family encouraged people to wear maroon, that's the color of salem high, and virginia tech, ward's alma matter. some people have stood in line as long as an hour to pay their respects. many of his former teachers were there. >> it was comforting to me to know that the young child i taught in third grade became the man that he was. >> a celebration of ward's life will be held tomorrow morning. he and reporter alison parker both were killed by a disgruntled former co-worker, a

man named vester flanagan, last week. a friend and former roommate of flanagan's says he talked to the gunman right before flanagan killed himself. robert avent tells the "new york daily news" that he also received a package from flanagan over the weekend. the package contained writings indicating that flanagan was depressed because his days as a mail escort were over. the gunman said his family didn't react when he recently talked about his own funeral. avent says he falled fl ecalled after the getting a cryptic text message the morning of the murders. he says flanagan confessed, seemed calm and after a brief phone call, flanagan hung up as the police were closing in. he shot himself on i-66 in fauquier county. the mayor promised to look into the problem when we brought it to her attention, tonight a project to make a d.c. road safer appears to be on the fast track. two women have been killed in

recent months when they were hit by drivers who didn't bother to stop and help them. this road is right in front of the united medical center and patients and employees to cross it every day to get to the hospital much today, we found crews installing a pedestrian crosswalk here. pat collins has been reporting on this story and is at the scene right now with more. pat? >> reporter: doreen, finally, finally, finally, a crosswalk here at the united medical center. it could be a life saveer. there was a lot of construction noise today outside the united medical center but nobody seemed to be complaining. happy to see it? >> yes. to see it in progress, make me want to cry. >> reporter: you see the united medical center is the only hospital in our city without a crosswalk and traffic light at its entrance. how long you been waiting for a crosswalk here? >> at least 30 years.

i've been living here 30 years. and i seen a lot happen in them 30 years. [ sirens whoop ] >> reporter: time and again, we see how dangerous this crossing can be, people dodging fast-moving cars to get from here to there. [ tires screeching ] you saw it this morning, what did you think? >> i was surprised, shocked and happy. surprised, shocked and happy. and hope that nobody else has to lose their lives. >> reporter: this year, two women were struck and killed by hit and run drivers as they were trying to leave the hospital and cross southern avenue. one of the victims, emma bet cab baddy, a suspected and loved physician's assistant here. >> took for somebody that was real close to us in in hospital, lose their life, we put a light up. we should have had a light. this was a busy intersection. >> reporter: today, action, an army of workers deployed to try and make this a safe crossing.

two bus stops moved to make room for the crosswalk at the united medical center. they will be flashing pedestrianing signs and by december, they say a pedestrian acti pedestrian-activated light. they will get a crosswalk and when they get that traffic light here, safe. live in southeast, pat collins, news4. reeve out, kirk cousins n one surprise after another. jason pugh here with what this means for the team and for robert griffin iii. jason? >> reporter: yeah vance, hard to believe how far robert griffin iii has fallen since his rookie

season. his career with the redskins maybe coming to and enbefore it gets a chance to start this year. kirk cousins named quarterback by jay gruden today. kirk named the starter after jay gruden pegged griffin for the job back in february. rg3 not cleared for contact after the concussion. neither that nor his performance bayhed into the decision. >> not so much what somebody didn't do, just what kirk has done. and i think what he has done in practice and otas has opened our eyes and proven to be the best quarterback on our roster at this time. >> there's something powerful about feeling believed in and there's something powerful about knowing where you stand. jay has done that today. i will do i can to take that opportunity and run with it and provide great quarterback performance all season long. >> the redskins wrap up the season with the jaguars. colt mccoy the start that night. no cousins or griffin, barring

injury. kickoff at 7:30. postgame report after the game. catch it all right here on nbc4. now, coming up later, we go inside the redskins locker room for player reaction about this move from head coach jay gruden. doreen? >> jason, thank you. president obama becomes the first sitting president to visit the alaskan arctic today. he landed just about half an hour ago. over the next three day the president will meet with both local residents and international leaders to talk about climate change. he will also take a walk in the wilderness to tape an episode of "running wild with bear grylls." it will air some time later this year right here on nbc4. now to the presidential race where it appears voters are fed one established politician. the two republican front-runners made their names outside of politics and on the democratic side, outlier bernie sanderss is wr -- sanders is rapidly gaining ground on hillary clinton. steve handelsman has more.

>> reporter: bernie sanderss is part of the trend, a senator, but the vermont socialist, serves here on the hill, rages against politics as usual and now, he has doubled his support in iowa. it's the same liberal bernie sanders attacking the system. >> i hope every man here tonight will stand with women and fight for pay equity. >> reporter: suddenly, sanders, who leads in new hampshire, is just seven points back in iowa. hillary clinton, who had been steady at 50% in iowa, is down to 37 in the respected bloomberg des moines register survey. >> the big story from this new poll is more about hillary clinton's numbers going down rather than bernie sanders' numbers going up. >> reporter: dozens more of her emails are declared classified today, retroactively. plus, clinton is establishment. >> i think what's going on is that understand that there's something fundamentally wrong in this country. >> reporter: 71% nationally in the new quinnipiac poll say they are not satisfied with how

things are going. >> yeah. >> 71%. does that include you? >> yes. it does. >> definitely. dissatisfied. >> every time something comes up, there's more gridlock. >> reporter: so the non-politicians are rising. ben carson, chief among them, preaching a conservative war on poverty. >> fix the economy and create a ladder. >> reporter: the neurosurgeon who has never run for anything is tied in iowa with the biggest of the non-politicians, donald trump in the monmouth poll. and carson's close in the des moines register poll n a political season so far is tough on politicians. so far, but recent history teaches us that front runners of both political parties in iowa and new hampshire in august actually seldom go on to win their party's nominations. live from the hill, steve handelsman, news4. >> thanks, steve. former maryland governor marvin mandel will lie in repose

at the state house in annapolis on wednesday. his funeral will be held the next morning in pikesville, maryland. he served as governor from 1969 to 1979. he got caught up in a corruption scandal but his conviction was eventually overturn and he remained an important figure in politics in maryland. governor larry hogan called him a truly great leader, in a statement. marvin mandel died yesterday at the age of 95. turning to our weather now, the heat and humidity, they are back. doug is tracking it all from the storm center. doug, what's going on? >> heat and humidity back, as you say. tel you, the next couple of days really going to be quite warm around our region, showers out there most of the area remaining dry, the bulk of the rain off the coast of the carolinas. look at what's coming our watch nice weather this past weekend, nice temperatures across the region, mid to upper 80s, but here come the 90s. they will be making their way

in, not just during the day tomorrow but really over the next couple of days, a very hot and humid stretch in store. here's storm team4 radar, not much going on in our renal, showers back toward bin chester, shenandoah, frederick county, virginia, continue to watch those two the rest of the night tonight, rather hot and humid. wait until you see how warm, get that forecast in ten minutes. >> thanks, doug. the evening rush was even more frustrating for some drivers trying to make their way around a water main break. it happened in wheaton -- in wheaton in montgomery county. chopper4 over the scene about an hour ago. judson road near munson street, just off randolph road. the break closed down judson road. still working to find out when things there might be cleared up. a deputy am bushed and murdered at a gas pump. tonight, prosecutors lay out the disturbing evidence as the community rallies around the officer's family. a loudoun county teen who pleaded guilty in a deadly car stunt that

another lifeline for governor bob mcdonnell. the u.s. supreme court ruled the former governor can remain free from federal prison indefinitely as it considers whether to take his final appeal of his 2014 corruption conviction.

this does free him from a previous lower court order that could have forced him to start serving that two-year sentence in the next couple of weeks. in texas, a sheriff's deputy shot and killed while filling up his car with gasoline. it happened in the suburb of houston. tonight, the first time since that attack, the man accused was in court as prosecutors outlined what they believed happened in that ambush. our jay gray reports. reporter: ushered in court under a heavy police presence and locked in shackles, shannon j. miles stood quietly, showing no emotion as prosecutors described in graphic detail his alleged attack on deputy darren goforth. >> shot him in the back of the head. deputy goforth fell to the ground and the male stood over him and fired several more times. when deputies arrived, they found deputy darren goforth face down in a pool of blood, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. >> reporter: the ambush and

murder has sparked outrage and an outpouring of emotional support. >> it's not fair. >> reporter: huge crowds have gathered every day since the friday attack, some with flowers for a growing memorial at the spot where it happened. >> thank you. >> reporter: others the donation of two young children and wife the 47-year-old deputy leaves behind. in just two days, supporters have gathered more than $70,000 and tens of thousands more have been raised online. >> it breaks my heart to know that they are going to be without a father. >> reporter: a friend described the family's pain, reading a brief statement from goforth's wife. >> all the language that i know is inadequateor what i want to express. my husband was an incredibly intricate blend of toughness and gentility. he was always loyal, fiercely so. >> reporter: loyalty shared by this community as they mourn his loss.

jay gray, nbc news. doug is here with a look at our weather. pretty nice weekend until it got hot. >> until it got hot. at the nats game yesterday, from time to time, definitely on the hot and humid side. >> picked a great game. >> almost caught a foul ball. you know who did? >> your son? >> your son? >> our boss. sitting next to me h >> you could have taken him out? >> yes, could i v look and show you, very nice to tell that you story. look and show what you is going on now, woodrow wilson bridge, looking good along the potomac, a beautiful afternoon. yesterday, a lot of people out there on the open water. today, got people taking advantage of the beautiful afternoon. temperatures today though on the mild side, 85 degrees, dew point, 66. it has been rather warm and rather humid today. and that's going to be the case as we move on through the next couple of days. look at the high temperatures, rather the temperatures right now, 89, fredericksburg, we did hit 90 there earlier.

88, leesburg, 86, winchester, 85, culpepper, we are all at or above average today the next few day when the heat really starts to build in. going to be feeling a lot more hot and humid. now, no rain around the immediate area, especially the metro region. back to the west, we are watching some shower activity back here toward the shenandoah valley, see that around shenandoah, frederick, zoom in one more time, show you what's happening in the winchester area, make that box bigger, zoom on in here, show you where this is going on, mountain falls area, 55, some of the mountains back there toward the shenandoah valleys, good downpours there, the rest, high and dry. clouds earlier, now pushing up to the north and will continue to move on out of the region, down to the south, a lot of shower activity, a lot of very heavy rain, not going to see that. we need to see rain, but not coming any time soon, at least not widely scattered rain. high temperatures tomorrow, 88, gaithersburg, 91, manassas, 92 down toward fredericksburg. once again, plenty of sunshine

tomorrow, a very hot afternoon, a humid afternoon, too, that weather outlook, best early and late in the day. probably don't want to do it during the heat of the day recess and lunch, when it is on the hot and humid side, for sure, rush hours, both looking good, no problems as far as the weather is concerned for afternoon and evening rush hours, morning and evening rush house, i think a-okay there outdoor plans, think about getting out, i mentioned the temperatures on the rise, 82 by 9 a.m., 86 by 11 up to 89 by 11. so a very hot day tomorrow. look at the next couple of days here. we get even warmer on our wednesday. high temperature of 92, a 30% chance of showers, maybe a couple of thunderstorms. 94 degrees on thursday. i think with that, we actually could see the heat index close to 100 on thursday. so, that's going to be the day that we're really seeing this real heat and humidity. 90 on friday. another very hot and humid day probably our best chance for showers and storms, but we will still be very widely scattered. so you probably still need to water the lawn. look at this weekend, looking good, saturday and sunday, no

problem. high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s on saturday and sunday, a little bit lower humidity next monday. labor day coming in a little bit up the warmer side. now, take a look at that labor day weekend, going to the beach, i have got that forecast for you. >> thanks, doug. coming up, police are looking for the guy who assaulted a woman inside his taxi cab. the pope is coming. and if you're going to be taking metro to try to see him, the

you can expect traffic to be worse than normal when the pope comes to visit d.c. in a few weeks. more people are expected to take metro when they try to avoid the congestion. if you plan on seeing the pontiff, transportation reporter adam tuss with a look now at what you need to know to make your trip a smooth one. >> reporter: rolling road closures, nearly 'round-the-clock rush hour metro service, amtrak adding trains and crowds. the pope is coming. >> i think he can do a lot and bring more people together the bay he is working things. >> reporter: he certainly will bring plenty of people together here in d.c. and that means transportation challenges, a complete list of road closures not yet announced but the pope will be landing at andrews air force base the afternoon of september 22nd and moving around quite a bit.

the main event, september 23rd here at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception as the pope will say mass outside. some students from catholic university will have to leave their dorm rooms early for security purposes. >> think basically the whole campus will be shut down. >> reporter: when pope francis says his mass here at the basilica, 25,000 people will be down there on the lawn watching. monsignor walter rossi is the rector at the basilica of the shrine, if you're lucky enough to have a ticket. >> take the metro, the easiest way and safest way. >> reporter: metro preparing like an inauguration and says you should have enough fare leaded onto your fare card or smart trip so you don't have to wait in line at the fare card machine. we have more about the pope's visit and the impact on traffic at our nbc washington app and if you have a question you want answered, leave your comment there, we will try to get you that answer. in northeast, adam tuss, news4. >> more about traffic. hundreds of thousands of us will

hit the roads this weekend for the labor day holiday. the numbers are in and aaa says 850,000 people from our region will be traveling. nearly 90% of us will be on the roads. if you're one of those travelers, you should be able to fill up with inexpensive gas. the national average for gal-of regular unleaded, $2.47. we even found it being sold for less than $2 a gallon in fredericksburg. you're going to start seeing some changes next week at the lincoln memorial. the national park service says it is going to drain water from a 30-foot section of the reflecting pool. they will remove and repair a damaged part of the pool basin. 95% of the reflecting pool will still have water. the work should be done by next summer. next, a local teenager sentenced for his role in a deadly stunt. tonight, hear his message to others who think car surfing is harmless fun. a police officer going above

and beyond the call of cutduty help a victim of domestic violence. we will tell you how a chance encounter made it happen. i'm julie carey in loudoun a new initiative will require

now at 6:30, a teen driver

is sentenced for a deadly stunt. >> a stupid mistake. i have to deal with it police are looking for the guy who sexually assaulted a woman who got into his cab. he took an oath to protect and serve, but a police officer is going above and beyond the call of duty to help a family in need. >> i see her laying out there with the baby wrapped up. >> the change in one local school district that has some students spending less time in the classroom. an impassioned speech from a judge as he accepted a teenagers a guilty plea in court. he says that is a weight you will carry for the rest of your life. >> this comes after a deadly car surfing stunt that killed a teen aimers a friend. our david culver is outside the loudoun county courthouse now with the defendant's message to other young drivers. david? >> reporter: vance, the defendant here signed that guilty plea inside loudoun county courthouse today just over a year after his friend died in that deadly stunt.

now, i asked him as he was walking out, something the judge asked him as well, just what was he pondering over the past 12 months? >> just him, just trying to, like, move on, you know? not going to be easy. i mean, a stupid mistake, have to deal with it. >> reporter: what 19-year-old kareem calls a stupid mistake was a crushing loss for the family of amir khalid, close friend with kareem, something the prosecutors acknowledge. >> clearly this was a case no one intended that night to happen. >> reporter: it happened in the parking lot near dulles town is entering the two friends acting out movie stunts. kareem was behind the wheel. >> he was going approximately five miles an hour and the car shifted into neutral or he shift it had into neutral. that jolted momentum was enough to cause his friend to slide off. were april mere died. his family kindly shared these photos with us. it is too tough for them to talk

about. the cane jers of car surfing highlighted in one of many youtube videos. this one in no bay connected to the loudoun county case, still shows the concerning popularity among young people. the prosecutor think it is should be cuss discussed in high schools. >> particularly kids who are 16 who can drive and who have the ability and they don't always necessarily realize what the consequences of something that can seem so fun and so innocent can be. >> i'm sorry for what happened. >> reporter: kareem had a message for others his age. >> you never know what's going to happen. you got to learn, the worst could happen. >> reporter: the worst, a live cut short. the judge sentenced kareem to spend one month in jail. he also suspended his license for six months. the victim's family has filed a civil suit in this case and doreen, i just tweeted out some of those impactful words the

judge delivered today during that hearing. >> david culver reporting from leesburg. thank you. police in the district are looking for the taxi driver who attacked a bomb. the map sexually assault herd in a cab in cleveland park early yesterday morning. it happened between connecticut avenue and 34th street. the driver was operating a red and black-colored cab. the attack happened between 1 and 2 in the morning. investigators are working to figure out which taxi drivers were working in that area at that time. a move away from some testing and toward real-life problem solving is one of the changes coming to loudoun county schools this year. today was the first day of class in the county, along with students in several other districts in the area. bureau chief julie carey joins us from rock ridge high school in ashburn with more on this. julie? >> reporter: well, there's something new here at loudoun county, it's called one to the world. that's kind of a lofty title and it is pretty ambitious.

what it means is all students from high schoolers down to elementary aged kids are going to have to take what they have learned to the classroom and bring it out into the community. >> the answers are -- >> reporter: high schoolers in loudoun county return to a big change, erased from the school calendar, those mandated midterm and final exams. testing isn't gone for good, but it's up to teachers to decide when and how to assess students. >> we want students still to learn the content of the curriculum but also want them to develop the competencies that they need in order to make meaningful contribution to the world. >> reporter: enter the new one to the world initiative. students across the district will spend more time on collaborative projects, required to take what they learned in the classroom outside. this government teacher can't wait. she will challenge her students to solve a community problem. >> have to take it the extra step, whether they go to their

prison and talk to somebody, congressman and talk to somebody. they have to present it to somebody. who knows. maybe it will become something. paint it to go beyond the school. >> reporter: this rock ridge high school junior is thinking about the hands-on opportunities. >> i love it in some aspects, especially the science and histori histories, you need field research and in-depth knowledge rather than test. >> discuss your answers together. >> reporter: this school may share enthusiasm for the projects to couple b projects to come, but as college-bound sear or, his concern is the tests. >> i feel like we are going off to college and this isn't preparing us for college. they have term midterms and fi >> reporter: i promise i'm coming back here to rock ridge high school tend of the school year to see how their projects turn out and wish if they could take a few more final exams. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, julie. kids in montgomery county also returned to school, but

with one big change. many of them are a little more rested. school start times changed this year. middle and high schools start 20 minutes later than last year and elementary schools ten minutes later. the school system is it relaunching its search for a new leader. montgomery county expects to have a new up at superintendent in place by next july. first day of school will be memorable for the wrong reason for a group of students in potomac. about 20 kids were involved in a crash this morning. two of them were injured. chopper4 flew over the scene. it happened on falls road. one bus ran into another on the way to winston churchill high school. medical workers evaluated 15 other students on board. evan expected to be okay. police gave one of those bus driver's ticket. new plans to move a controversial confederate statue in maryland. coming up, some of the phones new location. a new list of the most stolen cars in the country. but first, doug, hot out

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the two men behind a brazen armed robbery attempt of an armored truck here in northern virginia have pled guilty. jesse lee roberts and jared williams opened fire trying to rob this truck in february. it happened in the middle of the day at a busy shopping center in south riding. one of the guards returned fire and wounded roberts. he pled guilty to three felony charges and will be sentenced next year. williams pled guilty in june and will be sentenced next week.

are a new list out ranking the most stolen cars in the country. it was broken down state by state. the cars stolen the most in our area include the 2006 ford pickup, the 2002 dodge caravan, the 1996 honda accord, and the 2014 toyota camry. older models are stolen more than newer ones because of the demand for parts for ar complete break xbroun of the list, search stolen cars on our nbc washington app. public sometime has time to offer an opinion on where to move a confederate statue. right now that statue at the courthouse in rockville. many people want it removed from there after the shooting in south carolina, someone spray painted black lives matter on that statue. five locations have been considered. they include a private farm in gaithersburg, the darns town

historic park and the hoistoric park in rockville. e-mail your opinion by september 9th. still ahead, another milestone for the national zoo's new panda cub. a lot of videos about have been going viral from the prince george's county police department. just normal, from our aspect. it's not -- it's part of our

new at 6:00 there are several videos of prince george's county police officers people across the country can't stop watching, from jumping rope to helping a homeless family. our bureau chief, tracee wilkins, looks at ways officers are going beyond the basketball to serve their community. >> the first time ever double dutching. >> reporter: video of prince george's county officer alan jones' first attempt at double dutch has gone viral because while on the rope -- >> she told me to cross, i crossed. what ever i was told do i did it, to stay in rhythm. >> reporter: he did since the video of this moment was posted on social media comments from people in colorado, massachusetts and across the country who say this made their day. just like these pictures, prince george's county police corporal jay atkinson, helping a woman and her 1-year-old. >> she said she was in a domestic incident and she had nowhere to go.

>> reporter: he thought she was going to get help from social service bus after finding out she spent the night inside his police station, he paid for her to get a hotel room. >> took her out there. checked her into a room for her and her baby. >> reporter: so far on facebook, the story has more than 14,000 likes and more than 1300 comments. people are calling atkinson a hero, thanking him for his kindness and blessing him. >> i'm very appreciative for all the people who wrote the comments. >> reporter: these were just brief moments in time at a church community day. >> pastor asked me to come. >> reporter: a police station lobby. >> i see her laying out there with the baby all wrapped up. >> reporter: these officers made decision and it turns out that it made a lot of people a little happier. >> not all communities have bad relationships with their police officers. and it's very important. like i said, i can't do my job without the community. >> reporter: prince george's county police chief mark mcgaw had first to serve placed on the back of all police cruisers to remind not only the force but also the community that service

is a vital part of this department n palmer park, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. pluto used to be our smallest planet, it is a downgraded, i think they call it a planeter to or something like that we sent this machine up there, a spacecraft, it's called the new horizons mission. it has been senting back amazing pictures and information from the planeter to. a local university professor is among 30 people who created the machine and sold nasa on its importance. so far, that spacecraft has been traveling for about a decade and it has gone 3 billion miles. >> we are finding whole new planets. some are earth-like, many are not, but whole new worlds and then to be a part of a project where you see something, you see a picture of a planet that has never been seen by humans before. >> that has got to be so incredibly gratifying.

anyway, summers will share the latest from the pluto mission tonight at 7:30 at george mason's fairfax campus. our favorite little panda cub at the national zoo is nine days old now, beginning to get his black and white markings, the markings are visible around his arm, high aye and one of his ears much the cub's eyes won't actually open for another couple of months. and getting a glimpse of him is not easy. that's bus his mother, mei xiang, does not put him down very often. the cub's twin died last wednesday. this little guy still does not have a name. panda cubs are traditionally named at 100 days of age. and it's still hard to get on that panda cam and try to get a glimpse of the little guy. we are glad he is doing well so far. >> so cool. so, we got some heat and humidity, lots of it to come, huh? >> yeah, lots of it. today, this, today, the end of august, obviously, a little bit

above average a little bit below average with rainfall, the last day of meteorological summer. summer officially goes for another three weeks, but the first start of the next couple of days, well, it looks like meteorological fall is going to feel a lot like summer. you got that? >> kind of. >> like the planner eter to and dwarf planet. you see a few bugs outside. the bugs in full force the last couple of days. look at this shot, beautiful shot at the cathedral. 85 degrees. temperatures 9:00, 82, 78 around 11. humid this evening and the humidity is only going to creep up the next few days. 87 right now at dulles, 87, warrenton, 86, fort bell voir, huntington, 83. as far as the radar is concerned, really nothing on the radar, we have s a few showers back here toward the shenandoah valley, that has been about it during the day, a if you more toward frederick county, most of us on the dry side, we will stay that way tonight and really for the next couple of days we do need to see

some rain, two and a half inches below average since july 1st love to see rainfall, not tomorrow, few clouds hot and humid, 86 to 92 degrees. if you are heading out he werely for the bus stop, the kids, 77 degrees, very humid between that 7, 8, 9:00 hour tomorrow and even tomorrow afternoon, kids getting off the bus,ed 1 at that time. make sure kids are drinking plenty of water tomorrow. heading down to the beach this labor day weekend, looking very good for that the beaches looking great, bay looking good, temperatures upper 70s, low 80s, make our way through friday, saturday, sunday, happens to be the day on monday, too, labor day, looking very, very nice. speaking of that look at the heat, 92, wednesday, 94, thursday, the heat continues through friday, but the weekend looking great. here at the live desk, getting new information that will help you put the rash of murderers that have been occurring in the district of columbia into some better perspective. our darcy spencer has been calling around with her sources

trying to get more information on how many of these scrapcases been solved. we got that information some far, the number is 44. that means 105 total murders in the district so far this year. 44 of them have been closed. that's just a little over 40%. the rise in violence a hot-bunt issue in the city today, the police union announced that the officers have no confidence in chief cathy lanier. this minute, 100 a & c commissioners across the city meeting to discuss possible solutions to this crime spree. i'm chris lawrence. we got sports coming up, we know rg3 is no longer the starter. what

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kirk cousins will be the starter for 2015. >> hmm. >> hmm. >> what in the world is going on with this franchise? >> a lot of people -- what we have been talking about. >> a lot of people agree with the move, clamoring for kirk cousins a long time. now your starting quarterback. >> just seems like a dysfunctional operation year after year after year. >> we will talk about that in a second. let's get to what's going on for today. the end might be near -- we will talk about it in a second, vance. the end might be near for robert griffin iii when it comes to his

tenure with the redskins. today, jay gruden informed the team kirk cousins would be the starting quarterback this upcoming season. rg3 is still recovering from his concussion. the question is what do you do with griffin? here's coach gruden on that. >> robert's on our football team and he's a washington redskins and we believe in robert. you know, it's -- it's a problem, it's a good problem to have, to have three quarterbacks that are competing and working their butts off, i feel like all three of them are capable quarterbacks, but i just feel lake kirk right now gives us the best chance. >> i can't say enough about the class act robert has been from the day i was drafted to now and the way he has treated me, the way he has handled a lot of adversity. he has always been a guy who remains classy, works very, very hard, and i have learned from that example.

>> lots of reports about griffin's status as the starter the last few day gruden putting an end to the spec lachlgs redskins players looking if aed to backing cousins, week one matchup against the miami dolphins, right around the corner for the redskins. >> think the good thing is somebody was named. that's all that matters to me, somebody was named. now we know who to rally behind and now, just not in the air anymore. >> really crap to me, people saying like the kardashian show and all that, like this is our -- this is our livelihood. this is not a joke. you know, we take our job very serious. >> russell will support robert, a time for him, we will continue to uplift him and right now, we just have to go with cutter and that's coach's decision and hopefully, he leads us all the way. >> people talk about it and come up with whatever conclusion they want to. but the end of the day, it's my job to play defensive line here

and support all my family. >> do you believe this is the right move for the redskins to go with cousins over rg3? what do you do with robert griffin iii going on now? can't be in the locker room? too much of a distraction. >> worth all that money, too them. stick around, pay him $16 million. can't do that >> why is he practicing? >> that's the mystery. he is practiced the entire time, hasn't missed one second of practice. >> i wish i was smart enough to know that i don't know. i don't care. i haven't gotten anything, what, 15, 20 years. >> do you like going with cousins over robert griffin iii? do you at least like that move? >> you trying to pin me down, huh? >> yeah. >> you want a talk a few minutes ago. >> cousins has shown tonight better quarterback in the last couple of weeks. cousins has played well. cousins seems to have performed well. if i'm not mistake, in terms of regular season games, cousins is not all that consistent over any given period of time. >> thrown a lot of interceptions. >> the five-interception game

versus the giants? >> not going to say that cousins is a better quarterback than rg3 but he has been more success envelope this preseason. how about that? >> potential than rg3 right now with jail grouy gruden and this offense? >> rg3 is an incredibly gifted athlete. >> think they have given up on him? >> caught up in a whole bunch of crap. a lot of it self- -- what's word? self-imposed. so, you know, i don't know. what do you think? you asking me. >> here is the thing i couldn't imagine griffin falling this far after -- >> so fast. >> so fast. he was amazing as a rookie. >> injuries have killed him. knee injuries and then the comeback from the knee injury, ankle injury, what sealed it for most of us. >> he happens really humbled himself. >> that part about him saying he is the best quarterback in the nfl, that didn't help. >> everything snowballs. >> that thing was taken so far out of context, you know what i mean? a lot of people read that all

wrong. anyway, i don't know. this is a bad situation for us one more time. one more year. going into the season with all going into the season with all kinds of stuff piled

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