and we continue to talk heat across the area. not just here, but up and down the east coast. i will show you how long that heat is going to stick around. first that deadly hit and run in alexandria and a development that happened in the last few minutes. police have just reopened the busy braddock road right there at commonwealth avenue it had been shut down since this morning when a woman was hit in the intersection. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey is there live now. what are you hearing? >> reporter: this accident investigation took a long time this intersection closed down for six hours. now, look right behind me. see that crosswalk? it was just past that crosswalk where the victim's body was found. witnesses say that it appears that a large truck they describe it possibly as a dump truck struck her this morning and kept on going. dozens of officers and investigators came to the scene after witnesses called 911 around 9:20 this morning. we do not yet know the i.d. of the victim or whether she lived in this neighborhood.

i'm told the impact of the crash was so great, she was killed instantly. here's how one witness described it to a neighbor who lives nearby. >> she said she heard someone yell "hey, hey, call 911." i just called 911 and she came around the corner from her garden and saw the woman in the street and i guess the truck was still driving at that point and from what i had heard, they didn't know if the truck knew it had hit anybody but i don't know if that's the case. >> how did -- how did they describe the truck? >> just so big that it might not have known that it had hit someone. >> reporter: so police still looking for that hit and run driver at this hour. we, as i mentioned, don't know the identity of the victim yet. she did not have much i.d. on her but police told us that we may know who she is in the next few hours. coming up on news4 at 5:00, the knot in the stomachs of a lot of the people who live around this intersection, worried that this could be a friend or neighbor. back to you now. >> thank you, julie. we are going to stay in virginia where a plane sprung a leak at dulles airport.

chopper4 flew over hours ago after a jet started leaking fuel as it tax sid down a run watch maintenance crew arrived and cleaned it up. passengers and crew had to get off the plane. the airport wasn't impacted. police searched the home of a man considered a person of interest in his estranged wife's murder. you can see officers going into david black's home in the aurora hills neighborhood. black's two young children found his estranged wife, bonnie, dead in her home in the same neighborhood about four months ago. investigators today seized two bicycles. black has not been charged. the hunt is on for the gunman who terrorized workers at a pharmacy in montgomery county. he stormed into this drugstore in clarksburg in the middle of the day. news4's shomari stone is live there you have been talking to the clerk and the owner. what are you hearing? >> reporter: chris, the clerk and the owner tell me that they are absolutely scared. i mean, here you have a man coming into the pharmacy behind me and he is pointing a gun at the employee and the pharmacist.

right now, montgomery county police are searching for him. and several schools here in clinton administrationburg, maryland, were on lockdown about an hour and a half during the manhunt. let's show you the surveillance video. the owner gave it to us in hopes of catching the suspect. he hopes that someone can recognize him, it shows the masked men dressed in a striped, blue, long-sleeve shirt, khaki shorts, tan shoes, with a black backpack over his shoulder. he calmly walks into the thrive integrated pharmacy here in clarksburg, pointing the gun at the two employees. he forces him on the ground. they put up his hands. he seems to know what was looking for on the shelves and he stole a variety of medicine, including prescription painkillers and walks out. here at 5:00, you will hear from one of the employees. she actually has her hands up and listens and does exactly what the man told her to do and she shares her scary story. live here in clarksburg, i'm shomari stone, news4.

a hazy and hot afternoon in the mid-atlantic. we are also tracking a f ing ii showers and thunderstorms. chief meteorologist doug kammerer leads our coverage alongside veronica johnson in the storm center. >> another hot day across our region, currently sitting at 95 degrees at the airport, three days in a row close to 95. really hot. and have showers and thunderstorms on the radar, but not the coverage we had yesterday or the intensity with these storms. the heaviest storms in through portions of southern maryland. you notice the radar mostly on the clear side, what we have been talking about the last couple of days. most of us would stay dry, but seeing shower activity now in and around the d.c. metro area, especially southern maryland. zoom in on charles county. notice the lightning here around the charles -- the charles county/st. mary's county line, around mechanicsville. extreme prince george's county, calvert county and up toward the north, around the clinton area, we have seen a lot of showers around the oxon hill region toward clinton and upper marlboro, another shower just to the north and east of marlboro.

now, i want to show you what's causing this, a little boundary helped by the bay breeze here. look at these showers developing along this line so we could see more of these over the next couple of hours. and there's actually new little line developing just off to the west, maybe mount vernon, waldorf, see showers there i mentioned the temperatures. how about this? 95 degrees right now at the airport. that heat index, close 100. i will show you when we see some cooler weather and comes in time for the weekend. guys? >> thanks, doug. human error, what they are calling it. we are learning a lot more about why a metro train derailed at the smithsonian station last month. metro held its first public hearing on the derailment today and learned a metro worker pressed a button on a device designed to evaluate track conditions. in doing so he deleted an important warning, possibly before he even read it. metro track workers failed to notice something wrong. the board of directors slammed metro officials and said there are serious concerns about the agency's culture of safety. transportation reporter adam

tuss live tweeted the hearing as it happened. he has a full report ahead in our next half hour. three people are charged this afternoon with stealing puppies from a louden county home and trying to sell them online. cheyenne hackett and jovan mallory are in custody in virginia. roger lucas is being knell new jersey on other charges. police say they stole four great pyrenees puppies from a home in lovetsville in may officials received a tip when the puppies bent on sale online. the puppies were found safe in west virginia. the redskins wrap up their preseason tonight, they are going to host the jaguars right here on nbc4. jason pugh is live at fedex field. jason, starters play is it size tonight but a lot on the line for these younger guys. >> reporter: yeah, that is absolutely right, chris. tonight is proof that the redskins actually play football and they are not just a soap opera. tonight is about the young guys, the young players, starters and even key backups will not play in this game. the redskins have certainly experienced their share of

injuries this preseason. their number one goal is to leave this game healthy. now, this saturday, the team has to cut down their roster from 75 players to 53. and those cuts can be difficult for this coaching staff. >> the toughest part of our job, to be honest with you. naming the starters and all that stuff, that's tough also, but when you're talking about cutting people this time of year, guys been with us through otas and training camp, really done nothing wrong, done everything right to make themselves a part of this washington redskins football team, it's difficult. it really is. >> reporter: now, one thing you want to watch out for tonight here at fedex field, colt mccoy, he will start the entire game for the redskins at quarterback, but since rg3 hasn't been cleared from his concussion, kirk cousins is the backup. so, if mccoy goes down, the redskins' starting quarterback, kirk cousins, will be on the field in a meaningless preseason game. let's hope colt can stay upright and this entire team can stay

healthy. chris, i will send it back to you in studio. >> i think if that happens, they just hand the ball off every play and call it a night, jason. great point. there are still plenty of tickets available and you can watch the game starting here on nbc 4 at 7:30. we will air the redskins postgame report after that and regular programming will move to cozi-tv v channel. tom brady will be on the field went nfl season kicks off on nbc4 a week from tonight a federal judge threw out his four-game suspension in that deflategate today. the judge slammed the nfl for the way it handled the scandal, citing several significant legal deficiencies. nfl commissioner roger goodell saying a statement saying the league will appeal that decision. brady and the defending super bowl champion new england patriots host the pittsburgh steelers in the season opener next thursday. well, she has been the focus of heated confrontation and court orders for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. today a federal judge had his

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hot and humid today, temperatures topping out at 95 degrees, eighth for the year of the season, whichever way you want to look at t heat index, 97, tomorrow, 93. this weekend, still a little humid, but it at least feel much better. comfortable with thoser temperatures. right now the heat and humidity. showers coming out of the mountains, some also coming off the -- or popping from the bay breeze. got a few pockets of sunshine and not bad evening at all coming our way, chance of showers and thunderstorms ending, winding down by 7:00, not done with the rain. we have got more coming up in

our seven-day forecast in just a few. all right, vj the judge sent her to jail, the kentucky court clerk who defied federal court orders to give marriage licenses same-sex couples was found in contempt of court today. she said she couldn't comply with the orders because of her religious beliefs. davis would be released when she agreed to enter the marriage licenses. a helicopter went down in north carolina and killed a marine and the governor says it is a reminder troops face danger even when they are not in come bat. the helicopter made a hard landing last night at camp lejeune while the marines were conducting a training exercise. one marine was killed, 11 were injured, officials have launched an investigation into what went wrong. school start times aren't changing, but the bus schedule is. why parents in one northern virginia county aren't happy about it. not too late to score some back-to-school deals. the consumer team has tips where you can find them and how you can save. plus, the alarming twitter threat that had a local

we are working a developing story in southernary land where police say a man tweeted a serious threat against people who lived there he is 24 years old and lives in waldorf. wednesday afternoon, he tweeted a racially motivated threat against the people in la plata. police put more officers on patrol in that community. chris gordon is talking to people there and he is going to have a live report in the next hour. former governor marvin

mandel was remembered today as the architect of modern maryland. mandel died sunday at the age of 95. his funeral was this morning in pikesville. it draw many of the state's political elite, both past and present, and from both political parties. flags across maryland will fly at half-staff until sunset tonight in mandel's honor. well, angst and anger in philadelphia this afternoon about a change in plans for pope francis' visit later this month. the secret service announce there had will be a ticketed area reserved for philly parishioners closest to the venue. the tickets are free but the reserved area puts others five blocks away from the pope. the loaders of a group traveling from iowa is now wondering if it will be worth making the trip. >> we are finding out at the 11th hour that this event is not actually going to be open to the public and that we are -- there is a pretty good chance we are going to be so far removed from the main area that the pope is saying mass, it's questionable whether it's even worth it for us to make this pilgrimage.

>> the group helping organize the event says it is not to limit participation but ensure catholic church members can get involved. this is one of the weekends where people are already looking ahead to make sure their plans over the next few days are going to hold. >> especially for monday. what about it? >> you are talking about the labor day holiday, the all-important unofficial end to summer. a lot of people trying to get to the beach one more time, the boat one more time, just get outside a couple more times. right now, well, anything but nice across our region. 95 degrees, current temperature, heat index at 99. 93, winchester, 92, fredericksburg, 85 down toward hunting town. another very hot and humid afternoon, we do have a couple of scattered showers, but that's exactly what they are. very widely scattered a few back toward the mountains here. the bulk of them actually happen to be toward southern maryland, we talked about this yesterday the bay breeze coming in, what's happening, we got a lane of showers that have developed here. one of those showers right over, a pretty good thunderstorm,

right over the mechanicsville area, in true southern maryland, st. mary's county. you can see if you live in mechanicsville, seeing them now. live in chaptico, intense lightning, same storm that came close to the national harbor earlier, shut down the capital wheel a little bit. shower activity around upper marlboro and the belt watch here is the beltway here, 495, see some heavy rain there and along 301 over toward upper marlboro. we will see a few more showers, could even affect the games tonight, both the skips game and the nationals game could see a shower but not anticipating any problems. we will get the games in. tonight, we play braves, the graves coming into town, need a couple of wins here, guys, 88, a shower by 7:00, 84 by the seventh inning, humid tonight. last out at 81 degrees. satellite and radar showing just a few clouds and again, those scattered showers, but the wider view, look up here. this is actually a cold front that's going to drift on down to the south tomorrow. a it is does, give us a better chance for showers and storms.

tomorrow morninging 8 a.m., not much going on, by 1 in the afternoon, start to see the showers moving through and then even during around 5:00, we have got a better -- a scattering of showers and thunderstorms, just like we had i think during the day yesterday a 40% chance of storms tomorrow, hive 90. 84 on saturday 86 on sunday. a really nice weekend. temperatures on the lower side, closer to average. monday, labor day, we get back close to 90, but still talking about fairly comfortable humidity. now, coming up a little bit later on, veronica is talking more heat in the seven-day forecast. she will have that for you in a couple of minutes. all right, doug. this first week of school for students in loudoun county and parents are already expressing concerns about the bus schedule. our northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is working on that story for news 4 at 5:00. >> reporter: hurry up and wait what many loudoun county elementary schoolers are have dog thanks to cut backs in bussing. parents reached out to us wondering why starting this year, kids have to be up more

than 20 minutes earlier to catch the bus, especially given neath earth school nor its start time have changed. they soon learned it was so that the same bus could pick up their kids and then make a second trip to pick up more students, leaving their kids waiting close to half an hour in some cases in the school's cafeteria. >> they line up by class and sit in a multipurpose room, not allowed to do anything except sit there sometimes they have to sit on their hands. >> reporter: we did give the school system notice that we were working on this story and already this morning, we noticed some changes. ahead at 5:00, we will walk you through what the school system says they are going to be doing differently from here on out. in ashburn, david culver, news4. you know, seeing all those kids and david standing in front of those buses, you know we are getting close to the end of the sum and that means one of the year's busiest shopping a sense. "consumer reports" find college students can get significant savings by taking advantage of discounts and erika gonzalez has some of the details. >> reporter: college students need electronic and clothes and

a way to get to school. at made well, banana republic and j. crew stores it is a matter of flashing a student i.d. card to get a 15% discount. at apple, a student i.d. or acceptance letter will get you $200 off your purchase, either in the store or online. but for a lot of other merchants, there can be a hitch. >> for quite a few of the online discounts we found, tough join a student discount program. fortunately, at least one we found was free. >> reporter: the free unidays service gives you discounts on online purchases at claire's, urban outfitters, levi's and many other sites. students can get also get 10% off on amtrak on tickets purchased online or 20% on greyhound tickets purchased online or in person. but you will need to pay to joint student advantage discount program that offers those discounts. >> the student advantage discount card costs $22.50 for the first year but you might be able to make that back with all the savings you can get with it. >> reporter: check out the website student advantage.com. you will see a long list of

discounts at popular movie theaters, hotels and shoe stores, among others. and for the very lucky who will take a new car to college, the general motors college discount program offers discounts for new car purchases and leases. the amount depends on the model that you buy, but most are eligible. erika gonzalez, news4. new alarming security flaws uncovered in baby monitors. why they could put your whole home at risk for hackers. it has been the most popular exhibit of the summer but the beach at the building museum closes tomorrow. so, what the heck's gonna

if you have one of those internet-connected baby monitors it may be vulnerable to hackers a cyber security firm tested nine baby monitors recently and found security flaws in all of them. some had hidden, unchangeable passwords that could be used to gain access. and some companies don't encrypt their data streams or mobile features. a hacked monitor could also provide access to other wifi devices in your home, like your security system. tomorrow is the last day for a unique exhibit at the building museum. the beach installation is closing and taking its 700,000 plastic balls with it. the "washington post" reports those balls are being donated to the due pop the underground project. a group trying to revitalize the abandoned trolly station under

dupont circle. volunteers are needed to help pack them in boxes next monday and tuesday. educators sounding alarges about a drop in s.a.t. scores. the average s.a.t. score for the class of 2015 is a full seven points lower than the previous class, the lowest in a decade. only 42% of test takers hate benchmark showing that they are ready for college or career training programs, according to the college board. scores in reading and math are down two points, writing scores are down three points. the department of homeland security is taking over the search for three suspected cop killers. the evidence that could be the key to this case. parents keeping an extra eye on children in one local community.

alexandria are looking for the person who was driving a truck that hit and killed a pedestrian this morning. it happened not far from the braddock road metro, the busy intersection just reopened a short time ago. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, joins us live at the top of the hour. right now the man behind a drugstore holdup that kept several local school kids inside is still on the run. surveillance video shows the robber at the clarksburg pharmacy around 10:00 this morning. he forced two workers on the ground and stole prescription medications. still ahead, one of those employees talks to news4 about the scary experience. prosecutors in south carolina will pursue the death

penalty against dylann roof. he is charged with killing nine people in a bible study at mother emmanuel church and prosecutors called roof's actions the ultimate crime that deserved the ultimate punishment. roof is also facing federal hate crime charges. in illinois, authorities say they now have a video that could help them identify the three suspected cop killers who are still amount run. the video is from a resident's home security system and allegedly shows three people near the scene of tuesday's killing in fox lake. it's been turned over to the department of homeland security. coming up in the next half hour, more on the arrest of a woman who gave police a false lead. some students are looking over their shoulders as they head to school in prince william county. >> that's after reports that a man exposed himself to a high school girl as she walked to the bus stop in her woodbridge neighborhood. news4's megan mcgrath has more on what's being done to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: hilton high school students waited for the bus under the watchful eye of a

school security officer as well as a county cop. having learned what happened, denise mcland decided to walk her sister to the bus stop. just never know. anything can happen and safety the number one priority. >> reporter: parents and students are on edge after a man exposed himself to a 17-year-old girl yesterday. it happened around 7 a.m. as the teenager was walking to the bus stop. police say the man was standing near a wooded area not far from the intersection of savannah drive and woodway place in woodbridge. and while did he not approach or touch the teen, the man did make obscene gestures. >> it is a little bit -- >> reporter: ryan catches the bus at the same stop as the victim. she is happy to see the added security. >> feel a little bit safer, obviously, all the security here, nobody is going to come mess with us, then again, police isn't always going to be here it to protect us. >> reporter: the school system wants to make sure that parents next actually what happened and they have sent a note home with students, not just at hilton high school, but at other area

schools as well. in woodbridge, megan mcgrath, news4. this is chris gordon at the la plata, maryland, police department, which investigated a threat of mass violence made against the community on social media last night. the tweet said," i - -- 20-year-old carlos hollands of waldorf, maryland, has been arrested and making a threat of mass violence. >> people were scared. they were staying home, they were scared. >> reporter: all new at 5:00, we will talk to some members of the la plate ta community who shared with us how scared they were in the face of the threat of violence against this community. back to you. we have some showers out there right now, even a thunderstorm or two around frostburg and then far down to the south, around st. mary's, but those passing through do

think by 6, 7:00, all rain chances will be gone, around clinton, maryland, this thunderstorm here coming through st. mary's county, headed south east toward areas like leonardtown, society hill by 4:43. yes, there's some lightning with it, it is produce some moderate rain. i don't think we are going to have much trouble on area roads for this evening. washington redskins taking on the jacksonville jaguars, there could be a little pop-up shower around 6:00, moves on, we are dry for the game, 86 degrees, warm, still humid conditions at game time, as we check out the headline weather for us, the heat, it's gonna break. so will the humidity. doug's got when that happens coming up. a lot of county supervisors are making changes after concerns about the confederate monument at the courthouse in leesburg. the group is honoring $50,000 toward those enslaves as well as those that fought for the union. it may include creating a memorial on the courthouse

grounds. the vote follows naacp and community concerns about the monument to confederate soldiers standing there now. democratic lawmakers in virginia are pushing for more gun control following the killings of those two journal t journalists last week. northern virginia legislators unveiled a petition with nearly 3,000 signatures in arlington today. the move likely means the political battle for universal background checks in the next lidge slatetive session. right now in virginia, private sales are not subject to background checks. a new troubling report says there are 1 million veterans with pending health care application and one-third of them play is died, according to the veterans affairs inspector general. va workers may have incorrectly marked or deleted more than 10,000 applications over the past five years. they say data limitations prevent them from determining exactly how many now-deceased veterans applied for health care and when. critic says this business process has not been managed

effectively and they are calling for new record keeping plans. a report says officers' actions should be a lesson how not to handle mass protest in ferguson, missouri. there were weeks of violent demonstration after the death of michael brown last year. the report details arbitrary use of police force, armored vehicles, sunshiners and police dogs for crowd control. several agencies say they have already made significant changes. a majority of americans find 66% of people hold the pope in high regard. 61% of protestants have a similar position as do 63% of americans with no religion at all the poll was taken last weekend, a margin of error plus or minus 4.8%. new name, new hype. why the tallest mountain in north america is shorter than we thought. a federal judge orders a clerk to jail after she refuses to marry same-sex couples.

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we have an update on a story we have just been telling you about the deadly hit and run on braddock road in alexandria. police just told us he they now know who hit and killed this woman this morning, but they are not releasing that information. but they do say they are no longer searching for the driver. also, the woman's name is still being withheld because they are

still trying to notify all of her family members much news4's julie carey is still working this story for us, she is going to have a live report for you at the top of the hour. a hot and humid day out there, current temperature, 95 degrees, a couple of showers and thunderstorms. again, most of us will be on the dry side, so don't worry too much about it, but we have a couple of storms out there. most of those have been in through portions of southern maryland along the bay breeze. you can actually see that line here, a very disstiptd line of storms a few more of the boundaries still around d.c. so i think we can still see a few more pop up, but most of these are starting to really get out of here now the heaviest down toward mechanicsville, chaptico and the hunting town area, south and west of hunting town a few more over toward the clinton, maryland, area, these making their way down toward the south. so they will be around clinton, but very light showers and they will continue to be so now the humidity the next couple of days, it's been uncomfortable for sure, but by the weekend a

little bit more pleasant. temperatures will come down, still a little bit on the humid side but pleasant as far as where we've been the last few days, the weekend looking quite nice out there. coming up, veronica is going to have the latest, that seven-day forecast for you coming up in just a few minutes. take a look at, this the hurricane is causing a high surf along the shores in hawaii. some waves are as high as 18 feet, attracting a number of surfers. the high surf warning is in effect though and could be extended if another hurricane moves closer to the islands. the tallest mountain in north america not only has a new name, turns out it's shorter than what we thought. alaska's peak used to be called mt. mckinley, now din nally, measuring 20,310 feet at its highest point, ten feet less than taken in the 1950s but today's climbers are using technology they didn't have back then. president obama changed the name this week while he was in alaska, it's what natives have always called it. it means "the high one "".

roads are normally jam packed over the long labor day weekend. this year though they could be even busier, because drivers rehn joying some of the cheapest labor day gas prices in over a decade. according to gasbuddy.com, the national average for gallon of gas right now is about $2.44. that's 99 cents lower than a year ago. gas buddy says as a result, motorists will save $1.4 billion over the holiday weekend, compared to last year. ordered to jail. what's next for the woman who refuses to marry same-sex couples now that she is in

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in a stunning move today, a federal decided not to issue a fine but send her to jail instead for not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> reporter: tensions and temps boiled over outside a federal courthouse in kentucky this morning inside, embattled clerk kim davis was sent to jail on contempt of court charges for her ongoing refusal to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> did god tell to you -- >> reporter: davis argued she should not have to i shall out licenses because they conflict with her a past stollic christian faith. a federal judge said today the court cannot done conn doan the

willful disobedience of its lawful lish used order. the supreme court legalized gay marriage in june. as davis was taken into custody, supporters condemn the decision. >> to the see this heroen, this won't of god, following defy the courts and defy the people who are telling her that she cannot do what is on her conscience, that she cannot follow god's word. >> reporter: on the other side, protesters argued this is not about religion but equal rights. >> just want her to do her job or resign. we want to be able to see our friends get married and love who they want. >> reporter: the judge said davis would be leased once she agrees to comply with this order and issue the marriage licenses. jay gray, nbc news. most of the area dry across our area but we do have a shower or two here and there, even a thunderstorm as well around calvert, st. mary's county, then far to the west in garrett

county, maryland. in between, a few showers popping off, again the bay breeze and some lift coming through the mountains, we focus in on this one down here because this one is dying out, still producing some pretty good rain as it heads toward leonardtown in maryland, advancing toward the south and east. temperatures today topped out in the low and mid-90s across the area. another hot one, tomorrow, not quite as hot, but 95 degrees today, our eighth of year, meanwhile, we have had many, many days at 90 degrees and higher. here is a look at 6:00 this evening. still at 89. going to keep those very high temperatures around through i think about the 7:00 hour and even at 86 degrees at 8:00, with the humidity, it's still going to be a little uncomfortable out there your evening, could you see the shower chances dying off and future weather, some clouds across tomorrow morning, maybe another start with some patchy fog, but it is looking dry right now for early tomorrow morning. chances for the afternoon with the showers and thunderstorms that will pop will start early.

once again, from the bay breeze. i think as early as 1:00, we could see some scattered showers, thunderstorms around the area, then a better chance tomorrow with the actual weather front that will start kick nothing our area around 3, 4:00. so, they will be everywhere popping tomorrow afternoon and they could be pretty strong and hefty as we even get into the late evening hours, produce some moderate to heavy rain and some lightning across the area. tomorrow's one of those days also, again, where we could see maybe a severe thunderstorm warning or two issued. culpepper, fredericksburg, even up to the north could be some heavy cells coming through our area, but again, early tomorrow morning, it's looking dry. foggy in sports, 75 between 7 and 8 a.m. by the 9:00 hour in the morning, warm, muggy, sticky, back to -- the kids are going to want to wear their short sleeves and short pants heading to school. here is the rain chances, start as early as 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. a 30 to 40% chance, highest during the late afternoon and during the evening hours, by 10:00 that chance of any rain will really curtail and come

down. i do think that saturday morning is looking dry, but some clouds across the area. exercise early again, at least when temperatures are in the 70s, plier to about 10 a.m. in the morning. heading to the beach, water temperatures still at 80 degrees, there's a look at ocean city as well as duey. breezy and nice for saturday a few clouds on sunday, maybe even a passing storm for friday. virginia beach, better chance for some showers and thunderstorms coming through the area. so all in all, guys, it's looking like a nice weekend coming our way, including labor day, that high, 89 degrees. more details on labor day coming up on news4 at 5:00. >> thanks, vj. now to a growing crisis overseas where hundreds of thousands of migrants are trying to get to europe and escape a war. now, we want to warn you, some of these images you are going to see are disturbing. there is a distressed man being dragged from his wife and baby after police forced migrants off a train bound for germany. and then there's this, a picture that really puts this entire

crisis in perspective, a turkish policeman on a beach cradling a 3-year-old boy. that little boy drowned as his family tried to escape syria and this one photo has broken hearts around the world. >> anyone who saw those pictures overnight couldn't help but be moved, as father, i feel deeply moved by the sight of that young boy on a beach in turkey. >> british prime minister david cameron says the uk is taking in thousands of syrian refugees. it will continue to do so. and first at 4:00, macadamia nuts sold on amazon.com may be contaminated about salmonella. sincerely nuts is recalling bags of raw, whole, macadamia nuts and raw, unsalted macadamia nuts and pieces some far, no one has reported any illnesses. salmonella can cause serious and deadly infections in young children, elderly and the people with weak and immune systems. if you bought the nuts, you can return them for a full refund. five female college soccer

players have been suspended from the opening game of the season for direction up in blackface as the jackson five. the players attend built worth university in spokane, washington, they were attempting to appear as members of the jackson 5 at an informal event at a local bowling alley. the picture went viral after they posted it on instagram. a professor at the university says this is sad news. >> my first thought is, yes, we're doing better -- we are doing better as a society, but like other incidents have shown throughout the summer, we have a ways to go. >> the university's athletic director says the players were not aware of the racist implications of the use of blackpaying face, according to the spokane review. a corvette museum is reopened in bowling green, kentucky. take a look. you may remember what happened about a year and a half ago when a sinkhole swallowed eight core vets. it seemed like a tragic loss at the time but officials managed to restore the museum and the cars. in news for your health, you may need more than just a box of

tissues to treat that broken heart. data shows so-called broken heart syndrome is an ailment brought on by emotional stress but can mimic a heart attack. symptoms are treatable and many of the patients have neurological and psychiatric disorders as well. 90% of broken heart syndrome patients are women. when it comes to seeing the pope cell phone cameras, sure. selfie stick, probably not. the secret service has already banned selfie sticks for pope francis' visit to philadelphia and we can see a similar ban here in d.c. the pope lives here in washington on tuesday, the 22nd. chalk talk, something new for metro riders in reston. >> yeah, they got a giant chalkboard on a walkway outside the wheelie station and the head shrine "i wish i had the courage to." anyone can grab a stick of chalk and write their thoughts to finish that sentence. the courage wall started in alexandria, moved to arlington, now it's in reston. someone needs courage to wear a

bikini. another person to travel the world, but the most common response seems to start with tell my boss. not gonna finish that one. we are working developing stories in the newsroom now today, officers returned to the home of a man considered a person of interest in the murder of his estranged wife. bonnie black's two young children found her murdered in her own home back in april. she lived a short distance away. please seized items from her husband, david black's home. he is not facing charges. still ahead, our pat collins talks with police and neighbors about this case that's still unsolved. detectives say she led them on a wild goose chase. why this woman allegedly lied about encountering three suspects who killed an officer. a mother tell us that she is very upset about what happened with her two sons when they boarded school buses here at barack obama elementary. the 7-year-old was put on the wrong bus. her 5-year-old kindergartner was

allowed to get off of the bus without his big brother. now, that is a violation of school policy. coming up on news4 at 5:00, how a good samaritan, in fact, two good sam mar tans, helped get these boys home. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. a quick reminder, about to kick off the 15th national book festival, hosted by the library of congress and tom, erika, ahn and angie will be there this saturday. join in the fun at the washington convention center.

we know smartphones can do a lot of interesting things but stop a bullet? a phone in california may have stopped a bullet and save a man's life. the roche was not caught. >> he was shocked and sweating and said to me, i got mugged, the american who mugged me shot me in the leg. he showed me his iphone like this and the bullet was really clear on it. >> his room mate, the victim, was so shaken by the close call, he has already packed up his stuff and moved back in with his parents. a surveillance video has just surfaced that may provide some valuable clues about the

three suspects who are suspected of killing a police officer in illinois. investigators have had little to go on in their search for the suspects and their efforts were wasted last night when a woman phoned in a false lead. reporter michelle relford has more on the elaborate story she made up and the trouble it caused. >> reporter: 30-year-old kristen kiefer in bond court this morning charged with felony disorderly conduct and falsifying a police report. police say she intentionally misdirected valuable police resources hunting for the three suspects who killed lieutenant joe gliniewicz to get attention. >> any knowing false information that either obstructs or in any way thunder investigation is going to be taken very seriouslism. >> reporter: prosecutors say wednesday night, kiefer called fox lake police and said she had a lead in the search for the cop killers and that she was having car trouble and pulled over along route 12 south of route 120 when two men, one white, one black, approached her car and asked for a ride to wisconsin. one tried to open her door and

get n she said when she grabbed her phone, she ran off. 85 officers on the ground, three choppers and 11 k-9 units searched for five hours before she admitted it was a lie. >> they are frustrated but they are going to stay focused and professionals and keep working untilthy find these people. >> reporter: her neighbors in the westwood subdivision of vernon hills questioning other stories they say she has told. >> suspicious people. u suspicious cars. now i'm wondering if those reports were true, if they were just a way, you know, for her to get more attention in the neighborhood. >> reporter: police say kiefer admittedly chose a location in volo to fabricate the event because she knew lieutenant glenn know wits was killed in the area. just can't believe that, you know, she would go that far. >> how you could justify doing this, i don't understand. news4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. now at 5:00, exclusive video

of an armed robbery at a pharmacy in a quiet maryland suburb. what the clerk is telling news4 and the one drug the robber was after. plus, a twitter threat puts a community on edge tonight. how social media is changing the way local police handle security concerns that go viral. a deadly hit and run, a woman killed in alexandria. and in the last 30 minutes, a big break in this investigation. and first up tonight at 5:00, we just learned that police have identified the driver of that large truck that hit the victim. >> now they are working to find out what happened in the seconds just before that deadly collision. this accident closed braddock road and commonwealth avenue for several hours today. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey lives just minutes from that intersection and joins us there now. jules? >> reporter: i live by the scene, i often travel these roads so i can tell you, i've had a knot in my stomach all day

wondering who it was they found lying there on commonwealth avenue today. sources tell us that that truck driver that has been identified as being involved in this deadly hit and run is a woman, a woman who worked at a nearby construction site. now, police have not yet named the victim and that leaves residents in this area wondering, is it a neighbor that they knew who was out walking or jogging when winn she was killed? just outside the crosswalk at busy braddock road and commonwealth avenue, the victim's body was hidden by a tent. it was around 9:20 this morning when she was struck by a large truck that kept on going. this is what a witness told her neighbor. >> she said she heard someone yell "hey, hey, call 911." i just called 911 and she came around the corner from her garden and saw the woman in the street and i guess the truck was still driving at that point and from what i had heard, they didn't know if the truck knew it had hit anybody, but i don't know if that's the case. >> reporter: investigators spent six hours at the scene reconstructing what might have happened. the force