students as police hunt for a gunman. into the lion's den. a man scales a fence at the national zoo. we have the photos and the story all that want to see, first on 4. but we start the labor day weekend with some afternoon storms, downpours of lightning strikes flaring up on what has been another sticky september day. meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm center tracking the radar. hey, vj. amps little busy this afternoon a few severe thunderstorm warnings already and a slight chance that we could see another warning or two issued. here's what's going on. i'm monitoring a couple areas now the one warned earlier, prince william county, as far as fauquier county as well, up to the north and east, around delaware, there could be another batch moving in. this storm around fairfax just went up. and another one around warren. but this is the area through warrenton right now with some lightning on it. i think if there's any other area that gets warned on soon it maybe culpepper county. i'm going to keep a close eye on

this area as these storms press to the south and west, very slowly again, 10 to 15 miles an hour, on toward locust -- dale and ashburn area. if you are going to be traveling, the weather will have a moderate impact on area roads for the evening, overnight. we get better by early tomorrow morning. we will have your beach forecast coming up. >> thanks, vj. now to that developing story in northern virginia. a 17-year-old high school student shot and killed in sterling. police say the gunman opened fire at east cornell drive and north duke drive as the victim walked to the bus stop this morning. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey has been working the scene all day long as officers hunt for the shooter. >> an unthinkable tragedy here in the first week of school, a 17-year-old boy was walking down that street around 8:30 this morning on his way to a school bus stop nearby when shots rang out. he was hit, three suspects fled on foot. the suspect's backpack marked the spot were he fell to the ground.

he was rushed to the hospital where he later died from his injuries. the team was a sophomore at nearby park view high school. it was on lockdown all day and five other schools were on lockout status, meaning no one could enter. initially, the sheriff said residents should be on high alert with the suspect still at large. but this afternoon came word there was no longer any public danger. residents in this quiet townhouse complex were shocked to hear the gunshots. at the same time, kids were gathered at the bus stop and adults headed to work. i was sleeping about that time and i just heard, like, around three shots. my husband just went to his car and grabbed some stuff, then he said that he was -- young man just shot right there, you know, by the office. >> coming up on news4 at 5:00, what investigators think might be the motive for this fatal shooting. in sterling, jewely carey, news4. a local family is grieving the loss of a wife and mother in that deadly hit and run in alexandria. police say a construction truck driver hit and killed deborah ann bogart yesterday afternoon

at braddock road and commonwealth avenue and kept going. bogart was 60 years old. investigators found the driver late yesterday in prince george's county. we are told charges are pending. this is the aftermath of a motorcycle crash that killed a man in montgomery county this afternoon. chopper4 over the scene just after 12 noon in the aspen hill area. you see the bike just in pieces. this is at norbeck and westbury roads. the car that hit the motorcycle did stay on the scene. police haven't released the victim's name yet. and we are working to find out more about a deadly discovery in southeast d.c. this morning. a man's body was found in a park near the intersection of martin luther king jr. avenue and malcolm x avenue. right now, police aren't releasing the victim's name or able. park police are taking the lead in this investigation. new clues have surfaced in the shooting death of an illinois police officer. authorities say they have received several more videos from residents an businesses. they hope the footage will offer

a break in their search for three suspects. they are still on the run. there is also a $50,000 reward now. police lieutena the police lieutenant was killed 45 miles north of chicago in fox lake. the probe into a hell couldn'ters a hard landing that killed a marine from virginia could take weeks or months. 31-year-old staff sergeant jonathan lewis died at camp lejeune yesterday during a training exercise. he was from fauquier county and based in norfolk with an anti-terrorism security team. 11 other marines were also hurt in that hard landing. two are still in the hospital. d.c. police are investigating a reported sex assault. a woman says she was forced into a vehicle at gunpoint along m street southwest on tuesday. she says she was driven to anacostia park in southeast and sexually assaulted. police are looking for a silver dodge ram pickup with temporary tags. the district's second alleypalooza is under way across

the city the program is a push to repair 64 alice in all eight wards. today's goal, repair cracks, potholes and other problems in eight city alleys. alleypalooza two is scheduled to last through early november. serious talk today about making major changes to one of the area's most dangerous intersections. news4's derrick ward shows us the biggest concerns about m street and wisconsin avenue, the intersection at the heart of georgetown. >> reporter: of the city's ten most dangerous intersections, this one is number seven. as you can see, even when you've got a cross signal, this cross town traffic is trying to turn that you have to watch out for. change is coming but it will take some time. we are trying to overlay a 21st century multimodal transportation system on what has already been built and may not easily accommodate, you know, the new way of moving around. >> reporter: of all of the changes that are planned, none are budgeted right now, but they hope that by bringing attention

to the perilous situation here, things will speed up a bit. in georgetown, derrick ward, news4. i'm melissa mollet with your first four traffic for this labor day weekend. we are talking track work here. red line trains every ten to 20 minutes is what they will be running on metro this weekend. orange and silver line, blue line as well, those trains running every 26 minutes this weekend. this we are talking about this different schedule for the weekend, from 10:00 friday night until monday, the end of monday. yellow and green line trains will not be affected this weekend, but on monday, trains going to be operating on a sunday schedule. i hope you have great holiday weekend. for many, labor day weekend is now well under way. you're looking live at the chesapeake bay bridge there as traffic is headed out to the coast. more than 850,000 people in the washington area are expected to travel further than 50 miles from home. many will be driving, with gas prices expected tonight lowest for labor day, um, in about a decade.

coming up this hour, news4's megan mcgrath will show us the best times to leave to avoid the gridlock. well, with his wife in jail for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, new this afternoon, kim davis' husband explains why the fight isn't over. a saudi king is in town for talks in the oval office, but it is his extravagant entourage that's getting a lot of attention on social media today. plus, jumping into the lion's den. new photos of a

yes, there will be some wet roads for your evening rush and for those heading out of town, look at the radar loop the last hour here. you can see we go from a lot of

lightning to little lightning, an indication that these storms are starting to weaken in intensity. i think if there is any area to watch, it will be here, fauquier to culpeper, these storms press off to the south and southwest right over 522 toward rutgersville. so the rain intensity forecast between 5 and 6 p.m., there could be some pockets with heavy rain on area roads. by 6, 7:00, more moderate rain that we will be seeing, we will be faring better as we get into the late evening, early part of the night. some clouds around for saturday, but beach locations i think looking just fine, upper 70s to low 80s by labor day. what about right here in town, if you're sticking around? we have got your labor day forecast coming up. >> thanks, vj. this afternoon, we are hearing from the husband of the kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. rowen county clerk kim davis snail jail on contempt of court charges. davis said issuing you licenses

to same-sex couples violate hearse religious beliefs. >> we might as well be in raunch we might as well be over in iran or something, because we have no religious freedom anymore. fanned we, the people, don't take it back, we are in trouble. >> davis says the fight isn't over and his wife is prepared to stay in jail as long as it takes. meanwhile, couples are now getting licenses to marry. more on that in just a few minutes. britain and ireland say they will begin accepting more syrian migrants after an unforgettable and we will warn you disturbing photograph shocked the world into action. funeral services were held today in syria for 3-year-old away in kurdi and 5-year-old brother and mother, they drowned as they tried to make their way from turkey to greece on a smuggler's overcrowded boat. the boat capsized after the captain abandonedship. his body wash aid shore and his photos captured international attention. the next half hour, we will talk

with andrew koppel from the mercy corps about why this crisis is happening. the lavish lifestyles rich and famous a saudi king rolls into georgetown and does something that few can do, or afford, for that matter. busting over the

we are tracking a few storms for the start to your holiday weekend live.

team coverage with chief meteorologist doug kammerer and veronica johnson just minutes away. but first, a photo obtained by news4 shows a man taking a dangerous walk, breaching the enclosure of the lion's den at the national zoo. fortunately, he didn't get down into the enclosure and close enough to where the lions could attack him, but it did cause quite the stir at the zoo on a very busy afternoon. i'm darcy spencer at the national zoo where a man was able to climb inside the lion's den earlier this week. it was a scare here at the zoo. he was able to climb up over this fencing and walk up here along this barrier here at the lion's den. fortunately, authorities were able to grab him, get him to safety. he was then taken for an emergency psychiatric evaluation. so, what was this man thinking and what are zoo officials doing about it? i will have the story coming up, news4 at 5:00. the saudi king is in washington. he met today with president obama at the white house to talk

about the iran nuclear deal and other issues that affect the middle east. this is king solomon's first visit to washington since ascending to the throne back in january and as we reported at midday, his entourage and his accommodations are attracting a whole lot ofhfagw attention. the four seasons in georgetown has rolled out the red carpet and gold decor. the king and his entourage are reportedly occupying the entire hotel and we are joined now by politico reporter kate bennett who is following the royal visit. kate, welcome. good to see you again. >> good to sue, too. >> walk us through this visit, really taking up the entire hotel? >> that's what i hear, the hotel won't confirm because it's a guest situation and they are very private, but you know, two days ago, people started seeing these carts of gold furniture being wheeled into the hotel, we are talking end tables and hat racks and, you know, all gilded gold furniture. so the entire hotel has been -- >> redecorated? >> redecorated, especially the royal suite, which is the

4,000-square-foot suite at the top of the hotel in order to accommodate the king and his entoura entourage. his entourage can go up to, i hear, 1,000 people. so we are talking -- and there were fleets and fleets of mercedes and high-end cars at andrews air force base yesterday. >> where do they store all this gold furniture and velvets and whatever they have got? >> taken a couple of days and, you know, making the shift and also replacing guests who had been staying there are booked to stay at the four seasons and other luxury hotels. yeah, the entire hotel is apparently a buyout, as well as their red carpets everywhere, including the down stair private garage. so if he comes in underneath the hotel, never has to set food on the asphalt. >> the four seasons is able to accommodate this kind of entoura entourage? >> very popular destination for dignitaries and other royals mainly because they have six presidential suites, each on a different floor, so, if you're from even warring countries, you can stay with your entourage on

one time, floor of the hotel and never have to see the other guy. also, the windows in the royal suite are bulletproof glass and the only place in town. now the trump hotel is going to have bulletproof glass in their windows, their suites. right now, dignitaries feel safe there >> do you know how many people are in the entourage? >> based on the doors, hundreds of vehicles there could be several hundred people with the king. i know some of you are seeing a little bit of lightning out there, chances as we move forward of seeing any thunderstorms become less and less, but it is all within with that bay breeze, again, those storms, the showers tracking from east to west. you can see the trend here. and again, another area to keep our eye on is way up here, areas of delaware, northern delaware, skirting lated across areas of northern maryland, howard county, montgomery county, check out, right here, still some showers through fauquier county, around warrenton, a little

storm, right now still popping around culpepper that is all heading to the south and west, toward locusdale and the chance for a few thunderstorms throughout the area. these are producing some moderate, even heavy rain. but in terms of our rain chances, throws continue to drop, too as we make our way through the evening. the chance stays high until 7, 8, 9:00, perhaps even 10:00. by night, our chance really drops off, i think we will be very much better. we saw temperatures again today, up around 90 degrees, we will drop to the mid-70s by 11 with a shower, the storm chance starting to end and wrap up. by tomorrow morning, still some lingering clouds and can't rule out an isolated shower or two but what about tomorrow throughout day? what can you expect for the labor day weekend? we talk to chief meteorologist doug kammerer whose backyard weather at this time, nats park. doug? >> yeah, guys, i tell you, nats play tonight, 7:30 game, 7:to 5

game against the braves tonight. they are opening up the gates here at 4:30. they have already opened up the bullpen. that's where we are this evening, live throughout the rest of the evening. trust me this place is going to be packed. i'm actually excited to see just how many people show up for the game tonight being the fact we are still six games back but take a look at the bullpen here. no -- not a lot of people here just yet, they expect to see thousands of people in here, they can hold upwards of 7 to 10,000 tonight. hoping to get 1 to 2,000 before they head on in. come on down, see me here on backyard weather, a fantastic night tonight as far as the game is concerned. the storms shall as vj said, moving to the southwest. take a look at the forecast, thinking about coming down to the game tonight. temperatures on the warm side for sure but you knee, into the 80s to start off the game, what we are going to stay throughout most of the game, 85 around that 7:05 start, a thunderstorm possible and again, we can't rule out a couple of showers, you may want to bring the umbrella or poncho, i think the game is looking pretty good. last out tonight around 78 degrees. tomorrow, thinking about hitting the pool this weekend a pretty nice weekend, but we are

expecting a few more clouds and isolated shower on your saturday, both sunday and monday looking very good for that whole labor day weekend. both days looking great. monday a little bit warmer, high temperature close to the 90-degree mark. monday, a high temperature of 89 labor day, brea graet for the beaches, too, is next week, another heat wave move back in. 93 on our tuesday, 96 on wednesday, that's when we see the heat index into the upper 90s, close 100, close to a record high temperature as well, that is something else we will be watching for, thursday, temperatures around 93, 89 coming up on friday. again, play braves tonight, next couple of day we play the mets, kind of an important series that we are going to be talking about the next few days, took but i'm sure jason, carol who as far in for sports, will have that four. i'm looking to have fun later on. erika? >> thanks, appreciate it. speaking of fun, new

adventure for golfers this weekend in loudoun's new top golf in ashburn. it's open. it's a new sort of golf experience combining competition and entertainment. the facility has three levels, 102 stalls. there's even a 19-hole, that would be the pub, featuring local brews on tap. speaking of a pub, it's bottom's up for the kickoff. a boozy new offer at tomorrow's game. and grand slam distraction. what happens when a drone

a drone crashed into the stands at a u.s. open match last night and this afternoon, a new york city teacher is under arrest for operating it. the teacher was operating the drone from a park outside louis armstrong stadium. luckily, it crashed into an empty section and nobody was injured. one of the players of italy says that she heard the drone fly by and at first, she thought it was a bomb the match was briefly interrupted by officials checked everything out. fans attending the terps football game tomorrow afternoon will be part of a bold new experiment. the university of maryland is starting a one-year pilot program that allows a school to sell beer at its football stadium and other athletic venues this fall.

bring your i.d. anyone who looks under the age of 40 will have to prove they are over, i guess, 21 and you can only buy one beer at a time. fevering goes well, fans could see wine sales down the road. it is september 4th and may the force be with you. for "star wars" fans, retailers this morning, did you get a load of this? to celebrate the upcoming new film in the series, an influx of new merchandise in stores and available online today. the stores opened at 12:01 a.m. for all the "star wars'" fanatics. disney is turning to the power of youtube to live stream its global unboxing in hopes of bringing in a new generation of fans. >> be a part of that is really seeing this disney, "star wars" and maker understand stand the community connection, especially when it comes to "star wars," which is more than a brand to some of us it is a lifestyle. a lifestyle, did you they're? experts are watching to see if "star wars'" merchandise can

match the ever-growing popularity of disney's "frozen ""brand. we continue to work a developing story in northern virginia. an active search for a gunman after a 17-year-old was shot and killed on his way to school. heartbreaking pictures of desperate families risking everything for a better life. we talk to an expert about the crisis and how you can help. kraft expanding a major kraft expanding a major rec

what did iran's supreme leader get in the nuclear deal? to start with, $100 billion. they keep their nuclear facilities and ballistic missiles. there won't be surprise anytime-anywhere inspections. and after ten years, restrictions are lifted and iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months.

congress should reject a bad deal. we need a better deal. some until morning.t wait so i'm one of many nurses at cigna with answers, anytime, day or night. i'm lauren, and i've got your back.

schools in the sterling area dismissed without incident, on lockdown all day following the killing of a park view high school teen who was walking to the bus stop. the unidentified 17-year-old was shot several times by three suspects who just took off running. a short time ago, authorities said there is no public danger. at the top of the hour, northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, joins us with word on a possible motive for the shooting. most of the roads that are impacted with rain, even a few thunderstorms south of 66 and out 68 also in western maryland. let me show you what's going on. these storms that we had earlier starting to diminish more and more in intensity. still some showers around our area, of course, fauquier county, prince william county, but the beltways looking drier. tracking this storm, now just a main area of moderate rain passing just south of dulles airport, moving away from dulles airport now, so, doubt there's

any delay there is, but for orange county now, those storms continue to build south down toward beaver dam area. weather headlines include some thunderstorms for the early part of our night the heat will be breaking, we have got your labor day forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. look how sticky it has been and how we are cooling off from that rain. 75 in mauchls 92 here. we will show you how cool it gets this weekend in a few minutes. the last big summer get away is shaping up to be a busy one. officials in maryland predict more than 350,000 vehicles will cross the bay bridge this weekend. news4's megan mcgrath has some advice if you're planning to go somewhere but haven't left yet. >> reporter: it's all in the timing. get across the bay bridge early and it's a breeze. this couple went through the toll booth just after 7:30 this morning with no problem. >> piece of cake. we went through just like ten minutes ago. >> we didn't have our e-zpass,

so we paid cash. >> still didn't wait? >> no. >> reporter: holiday travel is expected to be up by about 2% in our renal than year. gas prices are cheap. just $2.27 for regular at this stage in stephensville. and the bridge toll is cheaper, too, $4 instead of $6. this family from hagerstown was all smiles after crossing over to the eastern shore. they left haigers up to before the sun even came up. the car crammed full of necessities. >> we got all our luggage, pillows, blankets, tents, and our seats for camping. >> reporter: if you want to avoid delays at the bay bridge, here's advice from the experts. if you haven't left great, wait until after 10:00 tonight. on saturday, cross before 7 a.m. or after 5 p.m. and you will be in good company. 354,000 vehicles are expected to use the bridge this long holiday weekend. during the heavy peak periods,

they will be running an eastbound lane on the west span, meaning that three rains will be headed toward the beach but even so, folks should expect big delays this weekend. from the bay bridge, megan mcgrath, news4. a white house aide charged in a domestic shooting off the job, for good. roll call reports bar vet ta singletary is accused of using her boy friends service weapon to fire his direction after the two had a fight in her house in upper marlboro last month. the boyfriend is a u.s. capitol police officer. police from around the nation are among the thousands who paid their last respects to a murdered deputy in texas today. mourners packed a houston church to honor darren goforth. another person shot and killed him at a gas station seemingly without motive last week. police say that suspect, shannon miles, has a history of mental illness and a criminal record. goforth was a ten-year veteran

of the harris county sheriff's office in texas, survived by his wife and two children. growing backlash against symbols of the confederate south yielded a cop strokers change in southern virginia. the town of stuart, virginia is named for confederate general jeb stewart but a judge still ordered the removal of stewart's portrait from the town's courthouse. he argue it had makes the courthouse more neutral a statue of stewart will still stand outside the courthouse. now, we want to go to the migrant crisis that is engulfing europe and some images that a lot of people find disturbing, called the biggest movement of people since world war ii. hundreds of thousands of desperate people trying to escape war, terrorism and poverty in syria and other parts of the middle east and north africa. the humanitarian crisis has been developing for more than a year, but it exploded into the headlines this week when a syrian boy's body washed up on the shores of turkey. long-time journalist, andrea

koppel, is now the vice president of global engagement and policy at the humanitarian organization, mercy corps. we thank you so much for joining us. so the syrian civil war has been under way for four and a half years, but is it because we're seeing this that this means that things are getting worse? >> absolutely, erika. and the reason, quite simply? a humanitarian catastrophe of a magnitude that we have not seen in decades. it's actually an emergency within an emergency and should be a huge wakeup call to world leaders, especially president obama that they must end this warm as you said, it's been going on for four and a half years. you have 12 million syrians. that is roughly half of the prewar population of syria that is on the move, inside syria and flooding over the bored nears neighboring countries, like

lebanon, jordan, iraq and turkey. jordan and lebanon especially are incredibly fragile countries to begin with so the idea that you have hundreds of thousands of people who have either been in some of either refugee camps or living in communities in some of these other countries that have now said it is so bad, my life is so bad, i am willing to risk my life and get into a rubber boat and go across the mediterranean to try to start my life again. >> what are the chances that we will see this end soon? is that even a possibility? >> i hope that your viewers will get on the phone to their senators to their congresspeople and ask their neighbors of congress to get president obama to step up engagement, to come up with a political solution that is the only way that this crisis is going to come to an

end. having said that, the humanitarian needs are mind boggling and we need as much help as possible because this crisis, even after the war ends, is going to take years upon years to rebuild syria. >> andrea koppel, thank you so much. so many people seeing these images and stories and bondering how they can help and you can. you can do so by going to our page, you can help mercy corps and everybody that you're seeing in the graphic videos. go to our website or the nbc washington app and search help for syria. this afternoon, a nationwide cheese recall is expanding and it involves popular kraft products and we have got details on the danger straight ahead. plus, a venomous snake escapes its cage and concern grows for nearby school children. and we have breaking news at the live desk. i'm wendy rieger. george washington university just confirmed that the body of

a student who was found in south africa five days after the hhe disappeared at cape town. nick upton was study abroad, traveling about five others when he went missing. the university is

guy, sometimes i get to do some fun things. today, nats park, center field gate. actually, wither in the bullpen across from the center field gate. they opened up the gate let's see about ten minutes ago a lot of people starting to get inside the ballpark. as far as the weather is concerned, beaut. conditions. i want to take a look at the sunshine right now. sun shining through those clouds, those clouds courtesy of some storms down to the south and that's actually helping to keep things a little bit cooler. let look at those storms now on storm team4 radar, see where the storms are, mostly the southwest, been toward prince william county, culpeper county, farther to the southwest, move that way, north and east, watching another cluster of storms in toward portions of the chesapeake bay, making their way toward our region, something we will watch for later this evening, we could see a shower or maybe a thunderstorm across portions of our area this evening. over the weekend, heading down toward the beaches, some beautiful weather, more cloud cover and east wind along the beach tomorrow so could be a little bit on the cool side, especially down toward the boardwalk tomorrow night, sunday and monday looking really,

really good, if you're hitting the beaches, going to the mountains, no matter what you're doing, coming here to watch them play the braves tonight or the mets coming up this weekend, all looking pretty good. veronica and i back in a few minutes. >> the national book festival also this weekend. that's right. yes. myself and angie and tom sherwood and a hn. see you there >> great interviews there, too, that are going to happen there tomorrow. we want to give a head's up to check your refrigerator. >> kraft heinz is expanding its recall of a lunchtime staple much the company recalled 335,000 cases of kraft singles due to a potential choking hazard. that's on top of 36,000 cases already recalled back in july. the hazard comes from the film that covers the singles which can remain stuck to the slices even after you unwrap them. and if you've got the impacted singles, you can return them to the grocery store for a full refund. same-sex couples tying the knot in a kentucky county.

why the family of a defiant court clerk says they are not giving up the fight to stop the marriages. a killer snake slithering near a play ground. the escape that has an

right now in rowen county, kentucky, the eyes of the nation are on them. the clerk's office is once again issuing marriage licenses to couples, this after the clerk who refused to issue them was put in jail.

>> the first couple to apply arrive you had shortly after the office opened and they walked out of the office with a marriage license. nbc's jay gray reports. >> reporter: a couple and community celebrate this morning outside a county courthouse in kentucky. >> i feel like we are accepted. we are part of everyone else. >> reporter: the supreme court legalized same-sex marriages in june but today, was the first time gay and lesbian couples were issued a license in rowen county. >> breathe. a little relief. >> i am so ecstatic and happy and i just can't wait to get married now. >> reporter: while county clerk kim davis waits in jail, held on a contempt of court charge after refusing to issue the licenses for months because, she says, it conflicts with her apostolic christian faith. >> she will never violate her conscience and never betray her god, so she is prepared for the consequences. >> reporter: the controversy bass haas back flash point for

the national debate over same-sex marriage and religious freedom. >> we might as well be in russia. we might as well be over in iran or something because we have no religious freedom anymore. if we, the people, don't take it back, we are in trouble. >> reporter: while those on the other side argue it is not about prejudice but progress. >> this is our civil right. this right here. she has the right, according to the constitution, and first amendment, to embrace any religion that she wishes. but as a government entity, as a clerk, the law has to come first. >> reporter: until she abides by that law, federal judge says davis will remain behind bars. jay gray, nbc news. well, from stormy earlier to just plain old wet on a lot of area roads, especially south of 66, we did have some reports of

a few trees snap, heavy rain, prince william county, just northeast after 3:00. storm team4 radar, showers and storms down to our south and west, right now, orange county, moving to the southwest, lightning with those, i'm keeping my eyes on this area right here, northeast pocket of maryland, because we see more storms, isolated storms skirt across northern maryland, howard county, montgomery county, here is the satellite and radar put together, i want to open it up and show you way to our north, area, where the weather front is and that's the weather front that is going to late tonight, across southern virginia, give us some better air, i know it's been plenty sticky and steamy thought with the heat, mid-70s, 80 at 9:00, the storms, any chance of storms should be ending, wrapping up to 11 p.m. at midnight, mid-70s, still

early tomorrow, i think we are going to have a bit of humidity left around, really, the temperatures going to come down, compared to where they have been the last couple of days, even on labor day itself, for tuesday, wednesday, thursday of next week, chance even friday that we could be dealing with more heat. so wake up weather for tomorrow, 69 to 76, really want to enjoy this weekend, can't rule out a little shower coming through parts of the area, very light for early tomorrow morning, but as a whole, the weather is going to have a low impact on our area for tomorrow. there's a look at your saturday and sunday, monday even better, pretty decent looking sky coming up for sunday and monday, but i do think that sunday, we will see clouds move through our area, temperatures held down again, only into the mid-80s for high temperature on saturday. right now sunday, higher at 86 degrees, see those temperatures go up, make our way through the weekend. labor day itself right now will be topping out at 88, close to 90 degrees. we will have another look at the seven-day forecast coming up on news4 at 5:00.

all right, vj, thank you. we have another important car recall to tell you about. nissan is recalling 300,000 of its versa and versa note vehicles so it can adjust a console panel. the problem is in rare cases, the edge of the driver's shoe can get caught in that panel when the driver tries step on the brake. at least one accident is blamed on this issue. the recall affects model years 2012 through 2015. learn more information on this recall and the nbc washington app, search nissan recalls. nervous neighbors in orange county, florida. a king cobra escaped from a cable at its orlando area home on tuesday. since then, officials have been searching about 60 acres of land trying to find the eight-foot-long venomous snake. >> i'm nervous. i mean, it's a king cobra, for goodness shake sake. >> howl will they look for before they give up if they don't find it? will everybody around here have to watch their yards and their backs for the next 20 years?

>> not a good thought. the snake's owner is licensed to have it, but may face charges for not reporting it missing sooner. some muslim billboards in portland, oregon are sparking conversation, that was the idea of it all. they focused on islam and the religion's position on peace, social justice and women's rights. the man behind the billboards is a muslim advocate who says a lot of americans don't know any muslims. and he wants to provide a source of information so people will ask questions and learn more. >> what they have is an anonymous way to call a phone number or go onto muslims for peace.org to find out what about is a true islam, it's great. people have christianity billboards everywhere, so, you know, what's the difference? >> harris says the bill board is not an effort to attract more people to the islamic faith, but an effort to change perceptions. we are working several

developing stories in the newsroom now. there are growing questions about an ambulance shortage in the district after a 5-month-old died. that baby had to be transported to the hospital by fire truck because there weren't any available ambulances. d.c. officials point to a surge in 911 calls, many for non-emergencies. coming up in the next ten minutes, our mark segraves will take you inside numbers and how it's impacting our whole region. fairfax county public schools considering this to be one of their biggest successes on the field. it's got nothing do with the school board, nothing to do with championships or the title it is all about deucing the number of injuries for their high school football players and they are seeing some great successes. we showed you the program launched some two years ago, called the head's up program it has to do with changing the technique of tackling on the field and already, the numbers are in and they are showing this to be a really positive

improvement. we are going to break don't numbers for you and show you ahead at 5:00 how this is moving into other sports, not just football. a white virginia officer charged with murder in the killing of black 18-yea

emotions rap high when someone posted video online of a sacramento college student receiving cpr just before he died after the being shot during a fight on campus.

two other students were injured in that fight which involved at least one gun and at least a knife. police say the gunman and the victims all knew each other but their relationship is still up clear. >> it is so hard to tell nowadays, everything has a gun. and we are just out here shooting each other. for what reason, i don't know. but now, somebody claimed this kid's life, not coming home. >> the vick them two children. his family says this was his first semester at sacramento city college. police are still looking for the gunmen. the woman who survived the on-air ambush that killed two journalists is doing much better. vicki gardner lost a kidney and part of her colon after being shot in the back. while she recovers, a fund has been started in her honor to build a community center at smith mountain lake. a post on gardner's facebook recovery page says gardner envisioned the center for a long time and it could really help the community heal together. a former portsmouth,

virginia, police officer in jail this afternoon, charged with murder. steven rankin is accused of shooting an unarmed teen in april. liz palka has reaction from the victim's mother and officer's attorney. >> reporter: steven ranken, the defendant is now charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm with the commission of a felony. portsmouth attorney stephanie morales makes a short statement as she takes on a case involving a now-former city police officer. >> that it is paramount for everyone to respect the judicial process. >> reporter: the jude kischal process just beginning after more than four months of investigation. a grad met thursday and charged rankin in the death of 18-year-old william chapman ii. rankin shot the teenager outside the walmart on frederick boulevard in april. his mother says she is thanking god. >> i feel justice. i'm just so grateful. and thank god. to god be the glory. >> reporter: sally chapman has

defended her son since the day he died. >> it never should have happened. i had to bury my son. my son supposed to bury me. >> reporter: virginia state police says chapman was suspected of shoplifting from the wal-mart. witnesses say the teenager became aggressive with the officer. >> no woe never do anything wrong. woe never steal. no fighting back. >> we were quite surprised at the charge that was returned as a true bill by the grand jury. >> reporter: ranken's attorney, nicole belote, says she and her team had been preparing for this case. she tells us rankin is surprised by first-degree murder charge but ready for a trial. >> it's our belief that the fact does not at all support a charge of first-degree murder. but it doesn't change the evidence we will present and the defense that we will put on. >> reporter: sally chapman says the indictment is a step in the right direction and it also sends a message. >> if you a police officer, that don't give you the right to do anything. all lives matter and had you no right to take him away.

news4 at 5:00 starts right now with wendy and barbara. >> now at 5:00, a teenager shot and killed. schools put on lockdown and we just learned that there is no longer a public danger. plus, response time trouble. why it took longer phone an ambulance to get to a child that later died in d.c. and from social media to sit-ins. the hashtag take back howard is putting the nation's largest historically black university in the middle of a new controversy. we begin first with storm team4 coverage of the afternoon storms delayed the dismissal of schools in prince william county. >> veronica johnson tracking the radar. wet roads out there >> thunderstorms came through between 2:30 and 4:30, did deliver some hail and high winds, some folks sending in some pictures of some high winds that came through their backyard, but nickel-sized hail in bull run area this little area right here, also in prince

william county that had the high winds, did have several trees and tree limbs reported down around mint hill road, nextville, so right now, just left with a few showers around alexandria, springfield, doing a little better, a report there, a little ding, so, a new warning just issued in areas of west virginia. meanwhile, you can see on our road impact forecast here for the evening, i think the weather will continue to have a moderate impact on area roads overnight, not quite as heavy and by early saturday morning, dry for most. we have got a lot more coming up on the possibility of some more showers and even a storm or two for your evening in just a few minutes. [ beeping ] now to big new developments in the killing of a loudoun county teenager on his way to the bus stop. >> we have team coverage. we just learned the boy's name and we also spoke with his family. this is where the shooting took place this morning. it woke up neighbors, led to several schools being on lockdown. this is in sterling. let's start with northern virginia bureau chieew