right now class disrupted. more than 1,000 people have no power, including several schools on a day when temperatures are about to soar. >> net row riders delayed. ill tell you about the mess. >> our summer in september continues. how much longer is this going to last? i'll have it coming up. >> i'm sad that it happened to me but i'm grateful i'm living. >> a 13-year-old girl caught in the cross fire as crime concerns climb.

i'm b that teenager girl told her story as she was wounded after leaving a library. kristin wright leads us off with that. >> reporter: this 13-year-old girl and her mother are intent on being on this meeting tonight because what happened to this girl cannot happen again. >> i want them to be caught, because gun violence is ridiculous, and it can be anybody else's child next. and they might get shot and not live. i'm happy to live. >> this is a child, 13, young, to have been shot in d.c.'s escalating gun lviolence. >> my mom was saying her night before was that her biggest fear was her kids being shot. >> she was sitting on a neighbor's porch sunday doing another little girl's hair. when she heard a sound she knows too well. >> a car came and started to shoot. i was trying to cover up the

little girl because she was too young to get shot. >> reporter: she was shot in both regulars. one of the bullets is still in the left one. it's a neighborhood used to crime, but this, you can get kevin smith, around the corner, will be at a citizen's crime meeting tonight. it comes as the police department announced a crack down on crime and as the police union votes in confidence in the chief. >> she needs to stop putting police on deck for what. they're not on deck around here. >> for you to be that angry, to come out with a gun and shoot somebody or try to shoot somebody and hit innocent people is very sad. it's very sad. and i want the gun violence to end. >> reporter: police are looking for a blue car in the drive by shooting. the kristin wright, news 4.

>> back on track after a metro train is evacuated. passengers reported a bomb threat on the silver line. a rider saying that the threat was scribbled on a poster where you usually see ads on trains. officials got everybody off, and k 9 yuunits got on and searched it. they found nothing but it caused a lot of delays on the several, blue r and orange lines. service back to normal. but they're looking for the person behind the message. >> the nbc news political team is running through nearly 7,000 pages of documents, all e-mails, from hillary clinton's time as secretary of state. those e-mails from her personal server were part of a huge document released by the state department last night. the department released about 4300 e-mails, about 125 that

were upgraded to classified since they were sent. some involve israel. we have break down of the most noteworthy e-mails including the actual source documents on the nbc washington app n. >> within the past hour, the power has come back on for more than 1,000 customers in the district, including three schools. they say a blown transformer knocked out power to more than 1800 customers. plumber elementary school and kelly miller middle school were among them. they have power now. students are being given excused answer sen absence if their parents pick them up from coschool. >> u.s. stocks are taking another hit after more uncertainty in china's markets. the dow dropped about 350 points early this morning. that's where it is right now. investors blame weak manufacturing data in china. the impacts being felt, stocks

around the world have been much lower so far this morning. >> this morning a d.c. teen appeared in court on charges he murdered this woman. prosecutes say kevin lee shot and killed her in her southeast apartment last month. lee is also accused of shooting her 12-year-old son and another boy after they had an argument. >> it's the first day of september. also the first day of meet logical autumn. not feeling like it. feeling like midsummer with temperatures in the mid 80s. reagan national up to 88. it's in the mid 80s. prince george's, fairfax counties and panhandle the maryland and west virginia mid 80s. moderately human around the bay. the eastern shore, there's a live tower camera. you can see the humidity in the air. live view from our tower camera overlooking the washington monument, and the air quality alert in the areas in gray

include the metro. it's a code orange day. avoid strenuous activity. >> all right, tom. right now president obama is in alaska doing something no sitten president has done before. he's in the alaskan wilderness. a tv host is taking him on a hike to a glacier out there. today is his second day of a three-day trip to alaska. yesterday he called an world leaders to take action on climate change. >> right now, family and friends are bearing a victim of last week's on air ambush. adam ward's funeral is happening right now. ward was holding the camera for a morning live shot wen vester flanagan shot him and reporter alison parker. flanagan killed himself after several hours on the run. ward's visitation was at his high school. and yesterday they remembered

alison parker at a ceremony in martinsville. >> new information about whether speed cameras are doing their job. plus making those annoying online ads go away. some of the things coming, and what you can do to make your time online a little easier.

georgia, a police officer is in critical condition after being shot while responding to the wrong home. police say they got a call for a suspicious person at a house in a suburb of atlanta but officers entered the wrong house and shots were fired. the homeowner was shot in the leg and his dog w killed. >> today you can learn more about how d.c.'s mayor plans to cut down on homelessness. today the mayor will announce a set of initiatives aimed at

reducing the amount of homeless people in the district. the city moved about 150 homeless families to motel rooms earlier in the year. we may learn this is part of a move around year around shelters. she's expected to lay out her plans at 2:00. >> you may not like them but a new study says speed cameras can save live and it points to montgomery county for a model. the study found drivers in the county are 60% less likely to break the speed limit by 10 miles per hour or more, and serious or deadly crashes from dropped by nearly 40%. iihs estimates 21,000 lives could be saved a year if the program were instituted nationwide. >> changes at a local airport, especially if you're not flying

>> radar not showing any rain anywhere in our vicinity, anywhere in our region. no rain up and down the atlantic seaboard. we are all dry now. it's rather humid. we're going to stay humid into the afternoon hours. temperatures already in the mid and upper 80s. near 90 by 1:00. then the low 90s and maybe briefly mid 90s downtown by 4:00. and then by this evening dropping down into the 80s. still rather humid. just a few high clouds coming through from time to time. overall, lots of sun shine. certainly feeling like summer, not autumn as we start off september. >> police drills around the u.s. capital are almost over. just one more night might slow you down. it starts at 6:30 this evening. you'll see d.c. police and park police and helicopters around the capitol. they're working on emergency

evacuation and response drills. >> if you need to pick someone up from dulles airport, there's a new place to wait. a new lot is open. it's near the economy lot. it will give drivers faster access to the terminals. the old lot was closed to make room for the silver line to dulles. >> developing right now, a court clerk gets national attention for refusing to let same sex couples wed.

today. >> based on what? why are not issuing marriage licenses today? >> because i'm not. >> under what authority? >> under god's authority. >> that is a new fight developing in a county clerk's office in kentucky. kim davis refused to give a same sex couple a marriage license today. the supreme court says she has to issue the licenses or she could go to jail. we were there to watch the whole confrontation go down. >> reporter: an intense situation in kentucky. one that started around 8:00 this morning when the first couple marched into the office to try to get a marriage license. on the one hand, you have

supporters of gay marriage asking for equality. on the other side, people are out here supporting kim davis's decision not to issue the licenses. i was here when that first couple walked in into her office this morning and they refused the marriage license. she came out. they asked her why and she said she could not give them an issue them a marriage license. she said it was immoral. obviously, i've spoken to both sides and they tell me this is something ha they firmly believe in and will fight for, jennifer mcgraw covering the news for nbc news. >> three families in prince george's county have to find somewhere else to stay. a fire caused $150,000 worth of damage to three town homes that started around 3:00 this morning. one man said he was about to go to sleep when he heard frantic knocking at his door. he was able to get out in time.

no word on what caused the fire. right now police in arizona are trying to figure out who is behind four highway shootings. a tour bus, suv and cars were all shot upon in in phoenix last weekend. when the bus driver stopped, he saw a bullet car. >> i came back and did a walk around. i'm like, that's a bullet hole. >> only the driver was on the bus when this happened. right now police are not sure whether this shootings are connectinged. >> a maryland commission could make their recommendations on how police body cameras can be used in maryland. the panel will gather today in annapolis for their second meeting. two big questions are when should an officer turn off a camera and how will departments store the video?

>> last week, i was on vacation, piking the tow path and met this man. he's 72 years old old. he and his wife road their bikes from montana to here. they're raising money for wounded warriors, a ride of about 3,000 miles. they were amazing. i chatted with them for about a half an hour. jerry and lori, you can go to their website if you want to donate to their cause. their raising money for wounded warriors. they have about 60 pounds of gear on their bikes all the way from montana to virginia beach raising money for wounded warriors. go to their website. low 90s today. and wednesday same. still humid thursday. summer in september.

>> you know when you're surfing the web and all the pop up ads take over? so many of us hate that. apple's new iphone operating system will block them. it's good for us but not great for websites. >> it's one of the most common complaints amongst anyone who surfs the web. look at clothes, car shopping or vacation hunting, and then for weeks you're hounded by ads for the same products. >> you actually have ads following you everywhere you go. >> they'reannoying. >> it freaks me out. >> how do you block the ads? you can disable your cookies own turn on ad blocker software. with the cookies, it's almost as if big brother is tracking your every move. >> there's a convenience there that sudenly you're being offered ads that will maybe give you discan counts. but it's creepy that it seems

everybody and their brother knows what you're looking for. >> waiting for all the ads to load can slow internet speeds. nationwide about 45 million of us block ads. now apple is reportedly about to make it easier to block the ads on iphones as well. >> from apple's perspective, this is great. it allows you to have a better experience from. it makes it more difficult to get ads in front of people. >> all the popup ads, and banners pay for the free websites. without the ads, many websites, especially news sites, don't make any money. >> so whether or not it's the information you receive or the entertainment that you enjoy, this is vital to what funds the eco system. >> reporter: with the stakes high, they say they'll find a way to get ads to the customer

if they want them or not. >> it's a cat and mouse game. >> experts say websites may be forced to tell their customers if you don't allow the cookies, you can't use our site. the online ad says it knows it has to change the way it does business. how do you block the ads? you can disable your cookies, block popup ads and ad blocking software. >> two men went out to catch some fish in alabama and ended up going viral because the men saved two kittens instead. take a look. the pair were fishing on warrior river when they heard a splash and there were two identical kittens. they grabbed the kittens and headed back to shore, and someone has already adopted the twins. >> oh, nice to see them safe. >> cute.

>> for sure. >> this morning new claims that a huge restaurant claim isn't keeps it promises. >> and from a pineapple you should the sea to a stage.

we're watching the stories burning up the internet starting with sponge bob square pants. he's starring in a musical on broadway. and now they're writing the songs for the musical. if you an android watch, a new update is going to let you pair it with your iphone. take a look at this. google's android watches have been struggling to get a share of the wearable tech market so far. this is the big change for the competition out there, even though the iphone pairing won't let you do anything you can with an android phone right now. chipotle is facing a lawsuit

over the claim their food is gmo free. a woman says it's not true and they haven't been open about it. they do post disclaimers about sodas and animal feed

>> when school starts on thursday, a football hazing scandal you probably remember will probably be what the kids are talking about. six out of seven football players accused of attacking and sexually assaulting younger members of the team know their punishments. they were sentenced today yed and they will be on probation and serve community service. they will not have to register as six offeex offenders. >> you do something wrong, you should be punished. >> they made a mistake. they're young. >> the school district cancelled

the rest of the school's football season when the scandal broke and fired the head coach. >> phoenix is cleaning up this morning from the aftermath of a strong monsoon. swamped roads and knocking out power to thousands. high winds ripped trees out of the ground and damaged the roof of the phoenix airport. that caused a ground stop there. >> that time of year in the desert southwest. not much rain here locally. our lawns are getting brown and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. pands montgomery, mid to upper 80s. chesapeake bay, a nice summer day. we're in the mid to upper 80s. a little bit of a breeze coming. and lots of sun shine. hardly a cloud in the sky. mostly sunny afternoon with highs reaching know 90s and humid staying humid tomorrow and again on thursday. and isolated thundershower

possible tomorrow afternoon. highs reaching low 90s. kind of hot and comfortable, uncomfortably humid on thursday. greater chance of storms around as a front comes in on friday. lower humidity for the weekend. highs in the 80s. a bit cooler with sun shine saturday, sunday, and monday. >> thank you, tom. be sure to down load our app to find out the moment we learn if tom brady will have to face a four-game suspension this year. >> a judge is expected to give that decision in the deflate gate case today. right now everyone is talking act the latdest sketch of the quarterback. here's how he was depicted at his hearing yesterday. you might remember last time when her sketch was compared to et and lurch. >> the internet seems to agree with the one on the right hand side. so far people are saying neither looks like tom brady, and when you see the pictures, you have

to think who is it, but the right one is better than the left one. >> her interpretation. >> right. >> she is an artist. >> right now on news 4 midday, the pope makes an announcement about a controversial topic. >> and two of the best restaurants in the country are in washington and it turns out a few steps away from each other.

six construction workers are being treated right now after

building collapses in rhode island. take a look at some of the pictures we got. the building, this one was under construction. and you can see right there, all the steel beams, the frame of the building flattened out on the ground. this is on the campus of a private state university. we are told that those hurt are expected to be okay. they are not suffering from life threatening injuries. investigators trying to figure out what caused the accident. >> right now d.c. police say they want to speak with this moo man. he's a suspect. they say he is a suspect in a burglary that happened in northwest on august 12th. this is surveillance video from the robbery. two days later matthew shlansky was shot and killed. they say dudley is a person of interest in the race. >> a 23-year-old was also

murdered in the neighborhood just like the other. but six years later, his murder is still unsolved. back in 2009, he was visiting friends on fifth and o streets northwest. he was there to share the news that he'd been hired to teach at a d.c. charter school. all of a sudden someone started shooting in the courtyard and he was killed. his older sister says nothing was the same after her brother's moment. >> it's hard to have moments of joy and moments of excitement and celebration in our family. knowing he's not a part of it. >> there is a 25,000 reward for information leading to those responsible for his death. >> you may need to explore new places if you live in montgomery county. trails will be closed for the next several months. y also portions of theover look

and heritage trails around kroiden creek will be closed. sewer repairs from underway. the project should be finished by april. >> it's a nice day to get out on the trails. la a little bit of humidity. no rain. we are all in the clear. lots of sun shine. it's going to stay humid through the afternoon. temperatures by 1:00 should be around 90. briefly touching low 90s by mid to late afternoon. and then by the early evening hours, we'll have some sun shine still. and still rather humid. temperatures drop back into the upper 80s again. september feeling like summer. and it's going to be continuing for the next several days even though this is technically the first meteorological month of autumn. >> despite the recent hack, women are signing up to the ashley madison website in

droves. more than 80,000 women signed up to the site last week. the parent come of ashley madison says that women on the site sent nearly 3 million messages last week alone. the company says there were incorrect assumptions made about the recently leaked information. >> thousands of former convicts have their rights back. the democrat said his administration restored the voting and civil rights of more than 10,000 residents. that process allows an x oh fenlder fender to vote, run for office and serve on a jury. >> pope francis is giving priests the discretion to forgive women who have had an abortion. previously only a designated member of the clergy could forgive the act.

during the coming holy year, all priests can can forgive abortions if the woman repents. catholic university has put up a new cell tower. it will give you a better signal even with everyone else on their phone. it's going to be crowded when the pope visits. >> angels fans faced a delay against the raiders at the coliseum this week. >> near the wall and victorino can't get it. >> that pitch goes high and deep but as the outfielder takes chase, he crashes into the padding. he didn't make the catch, but he did delay the game. the grounds crew quickly jurped into action to fix the wall. it will be a night to remember when the flying hawaiian actually broke the wall. >> well, if you're dining out

for lunch, two spots in northwest washington were just named among the best in the country for food sis. they are on the top 100 list for foodies. if you want to try both, the restaurants are right across from each other on palmer alley in city center. such a beautiful spot in downto downtown, washington. the website looked at more than 20,000 restaurants and 5 million reviews to narrow down the list. we need to go out for lunch. >> i'm ready. let's go. >> want a healthy mind when you're older? the one thing you can do now to

>> your health now is good reason to watch your waistline. how much you weigh may increase your risk of developing alzheimer's disease. researchers at the national institutes of health also say more middle aged pounds may mean an earlier onset of the disease.

researchers say in general a healthy weight at every age is best for your overall health. marijuana is becoming the smoke of choice for college students. a new study by the university of michigan found about 6% of full-time students who were regular smokers use pot 20 times a month. it is the first time in the more than 30-year history of the study that researchers have seen this trend. >> some parents in ohio communities are not happy that every school will have a gender neutral bathroom. a school superintendent near date season facing backlash from parents but he has 46 students to educate and care about. some parents are in support but many don't agree with the newly proposed bathrooms. >> my older son is in kindergarten. i do not think it's a good idea for them to share bathrooms. >> students in the school district will also be able to

use bathrooms that match their gender. that means a student who was born male but identifies as a female can now use a girl's bathroom. >> many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day.

>> apple may be moving into netflix territory. they have held meetings about developing new original programming. they have expected to unveil the new apple tv next week. it's unclear if they would work with outside producers or work on their own. we have an air quality alert. code orange for poor air quality this afternoon. if you have a respiratory ailment, always counties in gray, it's excessive poor quality for the air because of

the pollution that kind of builds. air. we don't have much movement in the air. it stagnates. have f you have a heart or respiratory ailment, stay inside. drive time forecast, it's all green lights for afternoon, this evening, and for tomorrow. weatherwise, anyway, no travel problems around the most heavy traffic in the nation in the metro area. that's the way it looks right now. good travel weather. >> as soon as tonight, los angeles could vote to enter the competition to host the olympic games. others are contenders. international olympic committee will pick the host city in 2017. some financial analysts say they're concerned about the price tag. it could go over estimates of $1 billion. >> the 2020 olympics need a new logo. they decided to ditch the emblem

for the summer gapes ovme. they say it was copied. it is the latest embarrassment for the committee who had to scrap plans because of skyroc t skyrocketing costs. president obama goes where no president has gone before. plus why the fate of tax increases rests with one college

sniper. officials are arizona are trying to figure out if they have a serial sniper on their hands. >> shootings on a highway miles apart. joe fryer has more on that developing story this morning. >> reporter: the search is on this morning after the state patrol says four vehicles were shot within 48 hours all along a single stretch of interstate so in phoenix. >> next thing i know i hear a loud bang. >> then when robert mcdonald stopped for a coke, he noticed something unusual. >> i came back and did a walk around. i'm like, oh, that's a bullet hole. >> that bullet tore through the side piercing the bus's seats which were empty. >> i almost fated. the wind got knocked out of me. >> reporter: minutes earlier, an suv was hit. >> parties advising their window

was possibly shot at. >> reporter: a 13-year-old girl in the front seat suffered a cut to her ear. >> one injury, minor. treat on the scene. >> reporter: the first two shootings happened thursday morning, one saturday night and monday morning. all of them within an eight-mile strep of i 10. they're trying to figure out if the same gunmen is responsible for all four. this comes after fatal roadside shootings in colorado. on monday a truck driver was injured when his front windshield shattered but it's unclear if a bullet is to blame. >> when somebody is taking pot shots at you for doing what you're supposed to do, minding your own business, we definitely have a problem. >> reporter: and the only solution is a quick arrest. nbc news. >> right now leaders across washington are brainstorming how they can lower a recent crime in

d.c. 40% jump in the murder rate. tonight community commenmembers talk about how it is is affecting their neighbors. the meeting starts at 7:00 at police head quarters in the first district. 300 feet above northwest washington, is the storm team 4 tower camera. we have it zoomed in on the washington monument. you can barely make out the jefferson memorial in the haze. humid as we are starting off september feeling a lot like summer. the metro forecast for the rest of the afternoon will be reaching the low 90s. it's going to be rather humid. not the really sweltering high humidity that we got a couple of weeks ago but it's going to be rather humid. on wednesday, we'll have a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. otherwise partly sunny with afternoon 90s.

feeling like midsummer. hazy sun shine and highs reaching the mid 90s on thursday. >> we're rking to find out if an online report is real. friends of dt posted donald trump will be in our area next movr month. well, hours after the post went up, it was changed and now the group's website says only coming soon. we'll let you know on our app once any kind of visit is confirmed. >> so you have donald trump now the is the leader of the polls. is that a surprise to you? >> no. i completely expected that. didn't you? >> no. >> of course. everything he does is wonderful, amazing. i didn't think that was appropriate for that night. >> chris christie is getting some attention this morning for his appearance on the tonight show last night. you heard the new jersey governor weigh in on the surprise surge of donald trump. christie is far behind trump in

the polls and he joked about the number of jimmys living in nj nmg. >> he's going where no president has done before. president obama is hiking in the alaskan wilderness. the problem, he says, 75 glaciers the same size may melt every year, or do melt every year. tracie potts as more on his journey. >> reporter: scientists say melting ice will leave this alaskan island complete he under water in a decade. today bear grylls will lead the president on a trek through alaska's wilderness. they're hiking through a groishgroislacier and taking a boat ride to see the issue. >> we embrace our responsibility to help solve this problem. >> reporter: there are plenty of

people who dispute the science. secretary of state john kerry tells leaders in alaska, the damage is already underway. >> infrastructures beginning to be challenged. houses and other buildings, literally collapsing into rubble. already this is happening. >> reporter: he'll be front and center at a conference in paris in december. aimed at reaching a global agreement on climate change. for the u.s., that means capping emissions to keep the climate from warming and melting. >> oil is another big issue that could come up while the president is in alaska. he's pushing a clean energy program but folks in alaska are concerned about more drilling. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> for years politicians have been accused of manipulating district lines. in missouri, it's backfired. they convinced lawmakers to create a voting district without

voters. it was to avoid putting a sales increase on the ballot. they missed one voter who lives in the district who had the power to single handedly approve or disapprove the plan. she is not in favor, so lawmakers have to postpone the vote. >> an emotional good-bye to two fallen journalists from virginia. how people are remembering their vibrant lives and careers.

>> the community in western west virginia is remembering the journalists killed last week. we have four special ways they're coming together to honor adam ward and alison parker. the governor is showing his support. just last night they attended the ceremony to remember parker. hundreds of people showed up yesterday gathering for this ceremony that her family said was a celebration of her life.

second, we told you about the memorial fund at james madison university where parker graduated a few years ago. the fund has received more than $25,000 now. the school will hold a vigil tomorrow morning at one week to the minute since she died. second,ed a ward's virginia tech, they will hail a sticker for their first game. as v it has ribbons with their favorite colors and a 7 for the station where they worked. finally, ward's funeral is happening right now. you look agent his visitation at his former high school yesterday. people were encouraged to wear colors of the sports teams he loved. >> meanwhile, a popular d.c. destination gets ready to close its doors.

you have one month left to visit the crime and punishment

museum. the museum is closing after the end of september. the people in charge say they were asked to leave their building and didn't have a choice. they said d.c.'s real estate market is the main reason this is happening. we're told the museum curators will help with other things in the city. >> let us know what you decide on our app. some protfessors at washington state threat ton fail their student if they use certain words in the classroom. the forbidden words are female, male, color people and illegal immigrants. >> i think that's unfair. i mean, a lot of students look at it as illegal immigrants. >> a little harsh, but you have to live with it. >> over the weekend the university president reassured students they would not fail for using the terms.

they did not say anything about the plans to do away with the restrictions. >> okay. now it is getting hot and getting uncomfortable. we're in the upper 80s to 90. panhandle of west virginia and the shenandoah valley, upper 80s. mid 80s around the bay. lots of sun shine. highs reaching low 90s. humid tomorrow and again on thursday. highs low to mid 90s. it's not the really high humidity but enough to be uncomfortable. maybe an isolated thundershower tomorrow afternoon and on friday, it looks like a greater chance of a few storms coming through with highs around 90. here's a look at your weekend. it looks nicer, cooler on saturday and sunday and monday. highs in the 80s. a little bit less humid. have a great day. see you tomorrow morning. >> that does it for news 4 midday. thank you for joining us. we've back on the air this afternoon.

>> have a great day. we'll see you not morning

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