the weather headlines for today, only an isolated chance for a shower or a thunderstorm today. good news is we will be cooler just in time for the holiday weekend. 75 now in washington. 73 in leesburg. 63 in culpepper. hometown forecast, kemp springs, maryland, prince george's county, 73. maybe a chance of a thunderstorm later on today. but don't count on mother nature to cool you out. at metro today, a major meeting, the board and safety committee are discussing the derailment near the smithsonian station last month. this is first time they'll speak publicly about what happened. adam tuss is live with some of the big questions they'll be talking today. good morning. >> reporter: that's right, aaron. you know, how could a track problem where the rails were out of alignment gone undetected for a month? how could metro continue to let

trains whisk people on board and roll across the tracks? those are the questions we'll get answers to this morning. remember, the track problem was actually detected in early july near the smithsonian station, but nothing was done about it. then the derailment happened in early august. metro conducted an investigat n investigation, found out that an employee mistakenly deleted the information that identified the track problem. two people so far have resigned because of this, but there's still a whole lot of safety concerns. trains are rolling slowly in numerous locations because of safety issues that were identified after this derailment. problems that metro says it has to fix immediately. metro has to answer to safety oversight officials about this. we're expected to hear more about it as the metro board meets at 10:00 this morning. >> adam tuss, thank you. developing this morning, a new report from the justice department says the police

response in ferguson, missouri, should be a lesson in how not to handle mass protests. the report details the poor relationship between the ferguson community and police that led to weeks of violent demonstrations after the death of michael brown. it found arbitrary use of police force, snipers and police dogs for crowd control. several agencies have made significant changes. molette green at the live desk. no new leads in the manhunt for a cop killer. we have learned more about a woman the sheriff's officer said flat out lied about seeing suspicious men near a cornfield. she works as a nanny. called in this fake sighting to get attention. but dozens of officer, k-9 units scrambled in the area because of this lie. now it ten -- now veteran

officer charles gliniewicz was shot and killed after following three suspicious men on foot on tuesday. back to you. hundreds of people turned out to remember the life of charles gliniewicz last month. his wife spoke saying the town lost someone special. gliniewicz's four sons stood by her as she spoke. you can check the nbc washington app later this morning. we'll be posting the latest on the kentucky county clerk who is headed to federal court today. kim davis could be held in contempt of court today. she's refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. this even after the supreme court dismissed her appeal that doing that would violate her religious beliefs. davis could go to jail for her actions. today she and he lawyers are planning to ask for more time to argue their case. 6:04 today. a funeral service will take

place in pikesville for marvin mandel. he will be buried at the lake month memorial gardens. friends will be welcomed at his former home later on today. he was 95. it is the biggest synthetic drug bust in d.c.'s history. police seized 19,000 packets of bizarro, worth about $2.3 million. those undercover officers watched two men unload 14 boxes from a shipping service and then load the drugs into a storage locker in northwest d.c. yenework tefera abera a cab driver from alexandria and siraj issa, a grocery store worker from northwest d.c. were arrested. they face up to 20 years in prison. police have a named suspect in a shooting that caused metro to consider changing one of the bus routes. police say bijon brown shot a man while he was sitting on a metrobus last month on elvans road. metro temporarily stopped the

bus routes after 7:00 p.m. but that decision was reversed. police officers are patrolling the area 24 hours a day. we'll have to wait another month to find out what the parking rules in arlington are changing. we told you about transportation officials proposing adding two hours to the parking meters. they held a public meeting last night and they'll present their proposal to the arlington county board on october 17th. if new rules are approved you have to feed meters between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. monday through saturday. 6:05. a lot of tickets still available for the redskins final preseason game. that's happening tonight. the 'skins are taking on the jacksonville jaguars. you won't see kirk cousins, but instead colt mccoy is expected to start. the 'skins have not lost a game in the preseason so far. for coverage, check out everything on nbc4. our coverage begins at 7:30 and

we'll have the postgame show after the game is over. you can watch recaps from the game on news4 at 11:00. sounding the alarm about the security of your baby monitor. the problems with many of these devices that could make them susceptible to criminals. and breaking news right now on the rails. we are single tracking on several different spots and lines. first, a different story playing out at this hour as migrants pack a train trying to get into europe. the obstacle they face in trying to get there this morning.

developing right now in europe a train packed with migrants has left a train station in budapest, hungary. the train is headed toward a town on the hungary-austria

border. despite the train service saying they wouldn't provide any service there. in massachusetts, a development in the man who shot at a police car. a man in a maroon pickup truck fired and drove away. schools are closed today for safety reasons. the officer was not hit by a bullet, but he did crash while trying to follow the shooter. his car then caught fire. he was not seriously hurt. breaking news, single-tracking issues this morning. blue, orange, silver lines, single-tracking between foggy bottom and mcpherson square. blue and silver single tracks between eastern market and addison. and as far as travel times go, actually looking quite good. 270 south no issue. up 66 inbound no problems. 95 north nice and clear from

quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. there's a view from the city camera this morning. some cloudiness over washington and some fogginess in the outlying suburbs this morning. be on the lookout for reduced visibility. it's a mild start. temperatures in the mid 70s around downtown washington. 66, gaithersburg, in damascus. 70 in olney. 66 now at dulles international airport and bus stop weather, sun is up at 6:39 this morning, humid. some clouds around. temperatures around in the mid 70s. seven day forecast in ten minutes. a college team under fire this morning after a picture surfaces showing several players on their way to a party. what they did that has their school apologizing this morning. but first, a new poll

showing us how americans feel about pope francis as he prepares for his first visit to our country since becoming the leader of the catholic church. what it's revealing when we go to the live desk, next. your time is 6:12.

i'm molette green at the live desk. just in a new poll shows americans like pope francis.

the quinnipiac poll just released moments ago found 18% have a very favorable opinion of him. 48% favorable. and we want you to see the popularity he has among protestants. 61%. among those with no religion, 63% have either a very favorable or favorable view of this pope who was set to make his american visit in just weeks. now, close to half, about 43% of all americans say the catholic church is moving in the right direction that's the latest from the live desk. his poll numbers may be dropping a bit, but a lot of people are expected to arrive in droves with their cell phone cameras when the pope arrives in washington. you should probably leave your selfie sticks at home though. the secret service has already banned selfie sticks and drones from the pope's event in philadelphia. we could see a similar ban here in washington.

pope francis is in d.c. from september 22nd to the 24th. today, mass will be held to celebrate the start of the academic year in the upcoming visit of pope francis. catholic university president john garvey will call on students to pray in preparation. mass is at 12:10 at the basilica at the national shrine of the immaculate conception. >> we have to wait until next week to find out if six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray will be tried in baltimore. during a series of hearings yesterday a judge refused to drop charges against the officers. and denied a motion to remove the prosecutor, marilyn mosby. but the judge did rule that the six officers should be tried separately. he also said he feels jurors can be found in baltimore for the trials. the man in charge of the officers says the police officer quote took a knee after the riots following freddie gray's death. former police commissioner anthony batts made the comments

last night. he suggested that that may have cost him his job. a former state department employee is expected to assert his fifth amendment right not to testify in front of a house committee on capitol hill. brad pagliano helped hillary clinton set up her private e-mail server. he is being called to testify on benghazi attacks in 2012. the committee is expected to hear from clinton's former chief of staff later this morning. we could soon learn whether or not donald trump will sign a pledge not to mount an independent presidential bid if he doesn't win the republican nomination. the republican national committee chairman will meet privately with trump today in new york city. the rnc has challenged each republican candidate to sign that pledge. some republicans fear a third party run by trump could hand the white house to the democratic nominee.

more tough news coming out of the rick perry campaign. the former texas governor has no paid staff in new hampshire. this is the latest in a string of blows for perry. he failed to gain traction in the polls and missed the cut for the first primetime republican debate last month. we may learn how a baby boy died in alexandria. officers went to the bragg towers extended stay hotel early yesterday morning after a report of a baby boy in distress. an autopsy will be performed only the baby. we are told that the baby died a at a nearby hospital. a man remains in critical condition this morning in montgomery county after crashing his motorcycle while trying to avoid police. 27-year-old ronnie king, jr., was driving his motorcycle without a license plate. montgomery county police say they tried to pull king over yesterday. they say he sped off, ran a red light and crashed into two cars at parkland drive and aspen hill road in aspen rill. today, terry mcauliffe will

be in stafford county to hear your concerns about education. he's hosting a round table for parents. it's happening at brook point high school. if not invited you won't be able to serve on that panel today, but you can still go to the meeting. this is one of eight events happening throughout the state this fall. in maryland, these students at concord elementary school in district heights will be heading to school with now backpacks today. they received the backpacks as part of our backpacks for kids campaign. this year, nbc4 has given more than -- given out more than 3,000 backpacks to help students across our region and we're glad to help out. >> thank you for your support as well. today, veterans and military spouses could head to a job fair in the district. it is happening at nationals park. more than 70 employers with jobs available are expected to be there. this will be the first nats expo. hiring our heroes has held it since 2012. more than 500 veterans have preregistered for the event and it kicks off a 8:30 this

morning. another embarrassment for the redskins today. general manager's wife is apologizing for a tweet she sent. it was about espn reporter and former news4 sports reporter diana row seeny. at first they denied she sent the tweet and now she says she did. she put out a statement, saying i deeply apologize for the disparaging remarks about the espn reporter on my personal twitter account and my comments in no way reflect the opinions or attitudes of the organization, and i regret that my behavior has in any way negatively impacted the team and the loyal fan base. espn stands by their reporter and was disappointed by what happened. five soccer can players from a small private university in washington state are suspended this morning after a picture was posted online of the women dressed in black face. one of the students posted this picture on instagram and twitter. the group was dressed up as the

jackson five for a party, wearing black face and wigs. the picture was taken down. whitworth university in spokane has suspended the women from the soccer game today. they could face more punishment. 6:21 is our time right now. i want to get you caught up on the forecast this morning and this as good as it will get today. >> yeah. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tells us what we can expect for the rest of the day. good morning. >> another september sizzler is on the way, everybody. temperatures outside this morning are in the 60s and 70s. not too bad. there's the view looking northeast from our tower here in northwest washington. out over the urban landscape this morning. there are pockets of fog to be dealt with, so be careful. keep your low beams on. on whole, the weather impact on your day today will be fairly low. heat and humidity, but we're used to that. only an isolated chance at a shower or a thunderstorm to cool things off. but it's not so bad out towards the shenandoah valley. 61 in luray.

63 in martinsburg. as you get closer to the metro area, in the upper 60s and low 70s. reduced visibility from martinsburg, and also into parts of northern montgomery and western howard county. so weather slowdowns, a little. a yellow light of caution and precautionary yellow line for the afternoon chance of rain and thunderstorms. walking out the door, temperatures low to mid 70s. future weather, here's where our best chances for rain will be today. mid to late afternoon. along into the west of the blue ridge. northern maryland and the i-81 corridor a little better chance for a shower or a thunderstorm there. in around the metro area, a chance for rain, but most of us will be missed by the rain chances. temperatures near 90 at 1:00. 92 by 5:00. if you're headed out to the nationals and the braves game, may be a risk of a quick shower at first pitch but on the whole,

good weather at the game tonight. and great weather out at the coastline this weekend as well. beachgoers take heart. the weather will be cooperating. hot weather stretch does come to the end tomorrow. cooler weather for the weekend. but we go back into the high temperature, 90s next week. a check on the roads and rails. >> breaking news on the rails. blue and silver line, single-tracking still at this point this morning. we have lost our problem between foggy bottom and mcpherson square. but we're a still blue line single-tracking between addison road. and orange line is single-tracking. if you don't have the app sign up to get the alerts. right now, chopper 4 over this crash. dumfries at bristow road, still have this problem at the intersection. looks like we have a tow on the scene. hoping to get this out of the way shortly. seeing some red on dumfries red on the map this morning. big look at the beltway, no major problems inner and outer

loop. 66, typical slowdowns as you're headed inbound through manassas. 95 northbound at dale city, a tad slow. then overall prince george's county looking typical. getting the normal slowdowns, indian head highway. 6:24 right now. some compelling numbers in the battle to keep people from smoking. according to "usa today" when cvs stopped selling tobacco, it took the lead and led to a 1% drop in sales of cigarettes. that's in 13 states where cvs has a big market share. cvs says sales of the nicotine patches went up in the states. it is now 6:24. "news4 your health" this morning, new numbers from the centers for disease control about when children are diagnosed with adhd. the new report says children are 7 years on average when diagnosed. the cdc says family members typically report the symptoms but in a third of the cases teachers are the first to say something.

if you have an internet connected baby monitor at may be vulnerable to hackers. rapid 7 tested nine baby monitors and found security flaws in all of them. some had hidden unchangeable pass codes that could gain access and some companies don't encrypt their data streams. a hacked monitor would two pr e pride -- provide access to other wi-fi enabled devices in the home like a security system. we know that apple is expected to come out with the newest iphone next wednesday. is now a good time to trade in the phone you have? usually if you wait until the new model is out, you'll find your old iphone has lost a lot of its value. prices at a lot of third party carriers are already set, you might end up getting a better deal if you do it sooner rather than later. >> some stores will even let you lock in the trade value. so you can keep your old phone

so basically lock in the trade value, get your new phone. this is insane. >> apple we think will unveil the rumored iphone 6 this coming wednesday. the next big thing in iphones. you know, where is it? periscoping with mine. i'm happy with the one i have. i think it will be good for years to come. >> i finally needed a new one because i ran out of space. >> it's so many pictures. >> it's everything. only two more days to catch a popular summer attraction, but we're learning that popular beach exhibit at the national building museum is not going away. where it's moving to and how you can help relocate it. but first, police in virginia are looking for a man who exposed himself to a girl as she walked to catch her school bus. breaking news right now on the rails. take a look at this. we still have single-tracking in two different spots here this

breaking news on the rails right now. blue and silver line still single-tracking between eastern market and addison road. orange line single-tracking eastern market to cheverly here this morning. beware there. you have to allow extra time. in manassas, khonner 4 over this crash. dumfries road at bristow road, we have school buses coming out here. could be slow. 270 at germantown road, this is jammed. something has to be going on. we'll let you know in the next couple of minutes. b.w. parkway, 29, 95 just fine. chuck? outside, partly to mostly cloudy sky in place. here's the view from the tower. looking out to sunrise, but there are plenty of clouds in the sky this morning. temperature now 71 at reston town center. 76 at chantilly. here's your exclusive skycast 4 for today. we'll have a break or two of sunshine. that'll bubble up a chance for a

thunderstorm coming our way by mid to late afternoon. your rain chance is at 30%. hour by hour temperatures 73 at 6:00 a.m. 90 by noon and today's high near 93. eun, back over to you. >> thank you, chuck. right now, police in prince william county are looking for a man who exposed himself to a teen age girl. news4's megan mcgrath has the latest. what's going on? >> reporter: well, eun, it's certainly a disturbing story. a 17-year-old girl was walking to the bus stop right around 7:00 in the morning when this happened. let's take a look at the map to give you an idea of where we're talking about here. this was near the intersection of savannah drive and woodway place in woodbridge. the teenager was headed to school and when she got near a wooded area, right near the

intersection, a man exposed himself to her and made obscene gestures. there was no physical contact, he did not come towards her, but certainly disturbing nevertheless. police were called. they searched that wooded area. but they did not find the man. now, people are asked to be on alert, to walk in groups if at all possible. and certainly to report anyone who seems suspicious. megan mcgrath, news4. 6:32, a frightening situation for a 3-year-old girl who is recovering after falling five stories from an apartment window. that toddler fell more than 50 feet in baileys crossroads. this happened about 8:30 last night. she was not badly hurt. a fire captain said she was able to break her fall on some trees and branches. a white house aide accused of shooting at her boyfriend has resigned. roll call reports that barvetta singletary put in a notice on august 28th and the white house received. she was put on unpaid leave three weeks ago after being indicted on assault charges.

her boyfriend worked for the capitol police. today, the union station and tsa and amtrak are all talking about your safety on the rails. jeh johnson is holding a news conference at union station at 2:00. the head of the tsa and amtrak's chief of police will be there as well. they're talking about the safety and security efforts all three agencies are working on right now. this morning we're working to find out what charges will be filed against the woman accused of trying to kidnap a toddler from the stroller on metro train. witnesses say metro riders jumped in to stop the woman as she tried to grab the 2-year-old girl. the passenger subdued the woman until the melissa arrived. the child and more are okay. the heat is tough for a lot of seniors in maryland. their air conditioning went out during one of the hottest weeks of the year.

arlington house manages the charter house. crews made a mistake and accidentally turned off a water valve causing the a.c. to break. >> and since i have been in this building three or four times i've been taken out of here because my sugar drops so low because it's so hot. >> last night they set up a temporary a.c., water in the lobby and fans on every floor. residents are pushing for a permanent issue. supervisors in stafford county are calling for an independent auditor to look over how the schools are spending money. the calls came after the school system ended the last fiscal year with an unexpected $9 million left over. supervisors said more transparency and possibly a new way of budgeting are needed. no decision has been made about how to spend that extra money. arlington county schools has said discovery elementary school will open on time.

this despite construction delays. we have confirmed this now. your students will be able to report to discovery elementary next tuesday when classes begin. the teachers moved into the classrooms the other day and they're getting ready now. a unique summer exhibit at the building museum is only around for one more day, but you can be part of helping to find a new home for it. the beach installation closes tomorrow. but "the washington post" reports that 750,000 plastic balls that make up that exhibit are being donated to the dupont underground project. the challenge is getting all those balls moved so the dupont underground is asking for volunteers to pack them up in boxes and carry them to the art space under dupont circle. volunteers are needed next monday and tuesday. >> a very popular event. a kentucky clerk at the center of the same-sex debate is due back in court in the next few hours. her legal team's new strategy

that will allow her to keep refusing the marriage licenses. expect some delays on the metro. we have two brand-new crashes that also popped up. but first, a new report out overnight that is offering discouraging numbers for kids taking the s.a.t.'s ahead of college. what stude

breaking news on the rails. still single-tracking blue and silver line between eastern market and addison road. orange line between eastern market and the cheverly. two new crashes, 395 northbound at duke street, we have a pretty decent backup there. as you're headed northbound, near duke street.

outer loop at university boulevard. sounds like we're blocking a lane this morning. starting to see the slowdowns starting to impact the travel times. 270 south taking an extra ten minutes. top of the beltway, three times as long. should take you 11 minutes but taking you 30. in virginia not so bad. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >> thank you. a corvette museum in kentucky is reopening today. you might remember when a sinkhole swallowed up eight corvettes there. look at that. all those cars, boy. >> such a shame. >> it was a tragic loss to a lot of folks. not only was the museum restored but the cars were too. that was in bowling green, kentucky. it opens at 8:00 a.m. new this morning some discouraging news for parents with high school children. while a record number of children took the s.a.t. exams this year, scores are dropping. only 42% of test takers hit a benchmark showing their -- they're ready for college or

career training programs. scores in reading and math are down two points and writing scores are down three points. the s.a.t.'s will undergo a major revamp. that will roll out next year. >> the new changes will make it easier or too easy -- >> essays are optional. >> i think we need the essays, i'm sorry. >>i only had an essay when i took it. a few clouds as we start to see the sun break through. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tells us what this means for the rest of the day. hey, chuck. >> good morning. it will be another hot and humid day today at least it's not so intolerable outside this morning. 66 now northern montgomery county. 66 out to manassas. 63 in culpepper but 75 at reagan national airport. you can't see the sun because of the clouds. outside bus stops mid 70's this morning.

low 90s on the way home this afternoon. rain chances will be highest for areas north and west of the metro. lowest in southern maryland. putting metro safety back in focus after a derailment that let many of you stranded during the evening commute. what we can expect as metro leaders try to tackle the problems uncovered after that mishap. but first, a setback overnight in the search for those men who killed a police officer in illinois. search efforts are focused on a particular area after a tip. but we'll show you why these efforts turned up empty when we go to the live desk ahead. your time is 6:42.

your time is 6:45. right now a kentucky clerk at the center of that controversy over same-sex marriage is preparing to make her case. her legal team is fighting contempt of court charges. >> is one of the stories we're working on the get you up to the minute. we start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning, everyone. we have a partly cloudy sky outside. it will be another hot afternoon to be outside today. temperatures mid 70s at 8:00. near 90 by noontime. highs today in the low to mid 90s. there's an outside chance at a shower or thunderstorm but not the coverage we saw yesterday. >> we are still single-tracking between east earn market and cheverly.

top of the beltway starting to get quite slow. we have two lanes blocked right now. aaron? >> thank you. 6:46 now and the elected kentucky county clerk who won't give marriage licenses to same-sex couples will be back in federal court today. kim davis has a hearing at 11:00 this morning. gabe gutierrez has more on what can happen at that hearing. good morning to you. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. kim davis will go before that federal judge to explain why she should not be held in contempt of court for defying several court orders. on wednesday, she denied another marriage lee -- license to another same-sex couple. she said her religion prevents her from giving out the licenses. for davis, this is a heaven or held decision and now two other county clerks in kentucky are also denying same-sex marriage

licenses. now today, davis faces stiff fines and even jail time although that's unlikely. the federal judge has also ordered her deputy clerk to court, suggesting that he could possibly explore other alternatives like having one of the deputy clerks issue the licenses on her behalf. back to you. >> gabe gutierrez, see more of his reporting on the "today" show in a couple of minutes. thanks, gabe. developing this morning a new report from the justice department says that the police response in ferguson, missouri, should be a lesson in how not to handle mass protests. the report details the poor relationship between the ferguson community and police that led to weeks of violent demonstrations after the death of michael brown. it found arbitrary use of police force, armored vehicles, snipers and police dogs for crowd control. several agencies said they made significant changes. a massive search for a cop

killer in illinois cornfields turned up nothing but a big fat lie. federal, state and local officers searched for hours last night and into this morning after sheriff's deputies say this woman reported seeing suspicious men in the area 60 miles north of chicago but she later admitted to making it all up. no new leads in this case, that left a community in mourning. a 30 year veteran police officer was shot and killed after following threw men on foot. back to you. hundreds of people turned out to remember the life of lieutenant joseph gliniewicz last night. his wife spoke, saying that the town lost someone special. >> we all lost somebody yesterday. a husband, a mentor, a leader. a role model and a friend. and of course, our brother in blue. >> strong woman. gliniewicz made a huge mark in

the explores program there which taught young people the skills to become police officers. it is the biggest synthetic drug bust in history. d.c. police seized 19,000 packets of bizarro, worth about $2.3 million. undercover officers watched two men unload 14 boxes from a shipping service, then unloaded the drugs into a storage locker in northwest washington. yenework tefera abera, a cab driver from alexandria and siraj issa, a grocery store worker from northwest were arrested and now face up to 20 years in prison. police now have a named suspect in a shooting that caused metro to consider changing one of the bus routes. police say bijon brown shot a man while he was sitting on a metrobus last month in north southeast. they're still looking for brown. metro temporarily stopped bus routes through that area after 7:00 p.m., but the decision was reversed. police officers are now patrolling that area 24 hours a day. today, a funeral service will take place in pikesville

for former maryland governor marvin mandel. he will be buried at the lakemont memorial gardens. his family will welcome friends in annapolis later on today. mandel died on sunday, he was 95 years old. all right. just ten days until the redskins regular season begins. the team has one more chance for final adjustments at the last preseason game tonight. the 'skins haven't lost a game in the preseason so far. they take on the jaguars at 7:30. today, colt mccoy is expected to play the whole game at quarterback. you will only see kirk cousins who was just named the starting quarterback for the whole season. that's only if colt gets injured. we hope that's not happening. >> why would you say that out loud? >> i know. i wish him the best. tickets are still available. you can watch the game right here on nbc4 at 7:30.

and the postseason game is after that, you can watch the rest of the programming at cozi tv. breaking news, silver line only running between wheelie and ballston. and orange line single-tracking between eastern market and cheverly morning. outer loop at university, starting to see some backups. we have two lanes blocked. that is a report at this point. 270 is very slow this morning. we just got off the phone with police and said what's going on? they said we don't have a report of anything, we are just slow all the way through germantown. opens up once you get into the rockville area. 66 inbound is okay. 95 virginia northbound just fine. taking a look at prince george's county, inbound indian head higher, slow where you go ten miles around hour and then pick it up again and inbound branch avenue, 25 mile per hour. no major problem from the

beltway up top here, but once you get to the beltway again it is quite slow. chopper on the way to new crash. chuck? >> all right. outside we have a beautiful picture of the rising sun in the eastern sky this morning. this kind of tells you what kind of day it will be. it looks like it will be a sizzler and it is. temperatures are already in the mid 70s around town. 75 at reagan national at arlington county. dew point temperatures near 70. so the muggies are still out there for sure. yesterday, we made 94. that was our 47th day at 90 or higher. today is number 48. areas of fog, that won't lost long now that sun has come up and a chance of a shower or storm to cool you off but not as much of a chance as yesterday. 73 now in edge water, maryland. going out for your run, jog or bike ride, get it done quickly. another very hot and humid afternoon coming your way.

upper 80s in the shenandoah valley to low 9 0s in and around most of the metro area. rain chances at 30% area wide. a better chance out in the shenandoah valley. going to the redskins game, redskins and jaguars kick it off and can't rule out a sprinkle early on. weather is not the problem at the game tonight other than the fact it will be warm and muggy. this is the weather change coming our way. that will take the heat and the humidity out of here for a couple of days. that is welcome news. here's your seven day forecast. barely 90 tomorrow and mid 80s over the weekend, back into the heat next week. eun? thank you, chuck. it is now 6:53. at metro today, a big meeting about the derailment at the smithsonian station last month. the metro board scheduled it early to talk about the big problems the derailment caused and the questions it raised. news4's adam tuss will be at this meeting, he's live outside

metro headquarters right now with a preview of what's expected to happen. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. throughout all of this the question has been about metro's safety culture. is the metro doing what it can do to keep you safe and that's legitimate considering what happened here. when you consider that metro found a track problem in early july near the smithsonian station where the rails were actually out of alignment. but they didn't do anything about it, and then a train derailed a month later. even more incredible to think that metro allowed trains to continue to roll across that section of track for a month with riders on board. now, luckily no passengers were on board. the train that did derail, only the operator, he was not hurt. but the metro board is going to meet here today. one of the things they'll be told is that a metro employee mistakenly deleted the information that pointed to the track problem. so far, two people have stepped down from metro. there have been calls for the chairman of metro's board of

directors to step down. we expect a feisty debate as the board meets at 10:00 this morning. back to you. >> thank you. 6:55 now. we have to wait another month to find out whether the parking rules in arlington county are going to change. we told you about that public meeting last night where some transportation officials proposed adding two hours to the county's parking meters. they say they'll present the proposals to the arlington county board on october 17th. if the new rules are approved you would have to pay those meters an additional two hours 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. monday through saturday. new details now about the heart breaking v.a. scandal. a new internal report shows the department of veterans affairs has nearly 1 million pending applications from vets needing to be seen by a doctor. the applications go back nearly two decades, and about a third of the applicants are likely dead. many of them passing away years ago. but due to quote serious problems with enrollment data, it is impossible to say whether they died while waiting for care.

the report also says the v.a. workers incorrectly worked many applications completed and many important transactions may have been deleted. 6:56. time for 4 things to know this morning. s.a.t. scores dropped again. only 42% of test takers hit a benchmark showing they're ready for college. a 3-year-old girl is recovering this morning after falling five stories from an apartment window. this happened at the skyline tower apartments complex in baileys crossroads. she wasn't badly hurt. trees and branches broke her fall. the tsa, homeland security, amtrak all talking about your safety on the rails today. there are groups holding a joint news conference at 2:00. a potential break in the search for the three accused cop killers turned out to be a lie. a woman made up a report about two suspicious men to attract attention. right now, we have a big problem on metro. silver line right now only running between wiehle and

ballston. and the orange line, single tracking between eastern market and cheverly. chopper 4 is going to show you a shot, headed to the beltway here this morning. if we can get that up. but right now headed to the top of the beltway because of the university of boulevard problem. that's the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. >> make it a great thursday, ev

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