♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. right now on "news 4 today" a serious accident. what we're learning about the crash that sent a person to the hospital and had the suitland parkway closed overnight. plus, the developing story we're watching right now after a body is found in a charred car in southeast d.c. good morning. hope you're having a great sunday morning so far. a beautiful start to your sunday morning. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with us. what can we expect on this day ahead, tom? >> how about the best day of the labor day weekend under way.

good morning. we have a mostly clear sky and it is fresh and cool. the humidity has dropped overnight and we'll stay with lower humidity throughout much of the day ahead. we have a turquoise and tangerine sky here at dawn this morning. sunrise, though, is still about 40 minutes away. that's going to be coming up at 6:41. and by then will be in the upper 60s through 7:00 to 8:00 and then jumping into the 70s by mid morning and hitting the low 80s by noontime. then midafternoon in the upper 80s with lower humidity, just a few clouds floating through the sky this morning and the storm team 4 radar not showing any rain anywhere in the vicinity. look at the temperatures. they've dipped down into the upper 50s to near 60 further north and west. the metro area in the fresh and cool low 60s. a look at the rest of the labor day weekend into next week coming up. >> tom, thank you so very much. new this morning, suitland parkway just reopened after being shut down for hours in both directions.

there was a bad crash between alabama avenue southeast and branch avenue. we're still working to learn more information, but we know one woman has to be extricated from her car. paramedics rushed her to united medical center no word on how many other people were involved in this crash. again, all lanes on suitland parkway back open. well, we have a developing story this morning. a call for help is now a death investigation. police in southeast d.c. say they found a body inside a burnt out vehicle. if you have your nbc washington app you got the alert from us. investigators first went to the scene on xenia street around 9:30 when someone called about the car on fire. today we could learn more about the person who died and his or her circumstances. today we may learn more about a woman who died after a car ran into her near a bus stop in fairfax county. all three people inside the car that hit her are in the hospital this morning.

police in springfield say the driver hit another car yesterday after running into the woman at the stop on old keen mill road near greeley boulevard. and today we're expecting to learn more about a drowning in ocean city. ocean city firefighters say the 7-year-old girl -- a 7-year-old girl died after drowning in the ocean. officials plan to release more information on how she drowned later today. well, in europe the quest for a better life closer than ever for thousands of refugees. the number of migrants flooding into austria and germany just staggering. nbc's bill neely updates us on the thousands still in the middle of that journey. >> reporter: made made it, cheered by german crowds, the migrants' long march is over from war in syria to freedom in germany and food. they reached western europe in torrential rain but celebrating. now we are free. running across the border no

austria, 6,000 of them after days trapped in hungary. hungary's government had tried to put them in camps, wouldn't let them leave for days, then under pressure busts them out of the country. they were exhausted after weeks on the road. finally tonight tasting victory. but in greece, they keep coming. so far europe has proved completely incapable of solving the migrant problem. it can't cope with those who have already come and it certainly can't stop these people arriving. this boatload fled syria, one teenager collapsing, afraid she'd drown at sea. they left everyone behind. muhammad couldn't pay smugglers enough to take his five children. >> now we need to go to germany. >> reporter: this woman fled after her home was bombed. >> everyone is being killed

there, being shot. whether you're in the war or you're not. >> reporter: you just have to get out? >> exactly. >> reporter: from the beach they start a 40-mile walk to a port where there's chaos. refugees desperate to keep moving, greek police trying to stop them from boarding ships from this island to the mainland firing tear gas. it's a picture of europe's failure to cope with this crisis. some refugees stuck here for a week. >> no food. no water. >> reporter: but they have escaped war. one 5-year-old beginning his journey to a new life. another boy celebrating the end of the road in germany. bill neely, nbc news, greece. today alexandria mayor bill yule will announce whether he'll lawn after write-in campaign to keep his job. the four-term mayor was defeat ed by allison silverberg.

by then it was too late to file for an independent campaign leaving a write-in campaign as euille's only option. several activists in alexandria say they expect euille will wage a campaign. everything is back to normal on the chesapeake bay bridge this morning. yesterday ten-mile backups had people just sitting in their cars instead of enjoying the labor day holiday weekend. take a look. traffic seems to be moving normally right now. all the trouble began with a power outage friday night, and that led to the signals being down preventing two-way traffic heading to the beaches. the maryland transportation authority says it's still working to figure out what caused the outage. well, the holiday weekend already over for the redskins. back to practice today ahead of next weekend's season opener against miami. can you believe it? you may be wondering about rg3's future here in washington. he's been dealing with a concussion.

the team cleared up some of the confusion surrounding him yesterday. now rg3 is on the team's 53-man roster. the skins dropped him to second string quarterback behind kirk cousins. coming up, a scare on the water this holiday weekend. firefighters rushed to the scene after this boat burst into flames. out on the water in baltimore, what we're learning about the fire and those who are onboard. a live look outside on this sunday morning. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking conditions you'll see in the day ahead. plus, your labor day forecast plus, your labor day forecast ahea

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welcome back. las vegas police say a 24-year-old man is behind bars for driving drunk and causing a deadly crash. two people died, four others were hurt yesterday morning. police say jonathan donner sped through a light and hit a minibus. the bus caught fire. two people were not able to get out in time. >> flights are back to normal in los angeles after a bomb scare. this is what it looked like after someone called in the threat. the caller said there was an explosive device near the terminal. three terminals were evacuated while the bomb squad investigated. they did not find anything suspicious. the all clear was given two hours later. now an emergency on the water. take a look at this video. news 4 will work today to learn more about what started this fire. it's incredible. look at all of that. this is at baltimore's

waterfront. look at the huge plume of smoke. firefighters say it took 40 minutes to put out the flames. no one was seriously injured. >> a scary scene there. the inner harbor of baltimore. >> you know how busy it gets, the holiday weekend in baltimore. >> right. let's take a look at our weather forecast. noticeably cooler. a hint of fall. tom kierein tells us it will warm up. >> windows open this morning. get some natural air conditioning and then close the windows by mid morning. we'll see the heat build late they are morning. off to a clear start. a live view looking at union station. you can see that tangerine sky on the horizon. the flag barely moving. a very gentle breeze early on this sunday morning. a cool morning and less humid during the afternoon. then a heat wave returns this coming week. temperatures now, look at this,

down to just near 60 degrees around the blue ridge. front royal over 61. so is gaithersburg. frederick down to a cool 59. martinsburg at 62 and out in the mountains it's down into the upper 50s and low 60s as well. and our suburbs cool. prince george's and fairfax in the low 60s. it's in the upper 60s downtown. away from the waters. eastern shore down to the low 60s. storm team 4 radar not showing any rain anywhere in the vicinity. off to a clear start. we had that sticky humidity with us yesterday. terng pleasant with the lower humidity in place you'll love it. a wider view of our sky and hour by hour through the rest of the day. by 8:00 bright sunshine and a few clouds build by noontime. low 80s and then the upper 80s around 3:00.

noticeably less humid and partly cloudy for much of the day. great pool weather today. highs in the upper 80s at the pool. don't forget the sun block. and look at this rough surf. this was at nags head taken yesterday afternoon. from louis, delaware, had this rough surf and rip currents. we had many ocean rescues especially around virginia beach yesterday afternoon because of that. the beach forecast for the afternoon it will be around 80 degrees but more rough surf at the beaches. for labor day it will be a little calmer. the surf should settle down. temperatures into the low 80s. inland away from the waters, on labor day looks nice. up around 90 degrees and partly cloudy.

just a bit more humid. then back to work and school with the heat returning and humidity on tuesday and wednesday. highs low 90s each day. partly cloudy. the next chance of needed rain, isolated showers and thundershowers with highs in the 80s. right now next weekend looks great with lower humidity returning and the heat wave over, highs in the 80s and partly cloudy. and that's the way it looks. >> perfect weather to get in the last weekend of the pool season. >> jump in. >> your pool open? >> and will close on tuesday morning. next up is reporter's notebook. a look at stories affecting our community. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. thanks for joining us for "reporters notebook." we want to start with the hot topic that is mpd brass and the battle with the union specifically coming off the heels of that vote, that no confidence vote against chief

lanier. also coming on the heels of an all hands on deck. you had every officer whether they were on vacation, whether they were on desk duty, all hands on deck over that particular weekend to try and do something to combat the spike in homicides that the district is seeing. what is fueling the fire? >> i think it's a couple of things. one is this debate over the vice squad. is this something that is sort of old-fashioned? the police chief is trying to make the argument that old-fashioned policing that we need to bring this into the 21st century. the police union, though, says this is an important way to gather intelligence of what's going on in our neighborhoods. they have this debate over the best way to fight crime. and then all of that, of course, is playing out against the backdrop of contract disputes and money all at the same time while we have this rise in crime. there are lots of issues going on here simultaneously. >> and i think, also, what's happening you had the mayor come

out saying we want to put more police on the street, battling groups like black lives matter that say we don't need police. we need more jobs. >> who can forget that protest? >> in terms of chief lanier, what's interesting here she stayed on through several mayors, very popular, but yet the union is not behind her. we have to look at the numbers. a third voted in this no confidence in lanier. we know it's difficult to get everyone in to vote, you still have two-thirds that we don't know how do they really feel about her? and i think for the chief, she can kind of use those numbers to say, okay, i know a third aren't behind me but what about the other two-thirds? >> at issue here is a big tactical dispute with the police. the eidea that the squad that gets down and dirty and is close to criminals, that kind of thing, they used to be getting intelligence, as you mentioned. but now they have more desk

work. they're doing more routine things and the feeling is they've lost touch with the community. by losing touch, they've lost the ability to see where this crime is going, where the murder are coming from, what's causing murder rates. we shouldn't forget about nonpolicing agencies have taken hits in washington and lots of cities. the cops are on the front lines in d.c. and other cities dealing with all these issues and they can only do so much. >> we were talking about a segment i leave was our chris lawrence had recently done from whur about the numbers. a number of people in the community would say, well, this remind us back in the old days when the murder rate was very high in d.c., but it is nothing like what it was 20 or 30 years ago. it may be higher than it was, let's say, this time last year. but we're not seeing a historic high in this. can you all speak to the fact what we are seeing is perhaps what catches a lot of people offguard is the randomness of these shootings and the individuals that are being affected by that. >> and i think that's what's

difficult for the mayor and the police chief that you can look at numbers and say, well, it's not as bad as it was 20 years ago, 25 years ago, but, still, if it's happening in your community or if it's your son or daughter who is walking past the metro and is shot or a stray bullet hits them, it's not going to sell. so the mayor can really never say, well, it's not as bad as it used to be. in the media we can put those numbers up and get some context to those out in the community to see that, but i think for the mayor and the police chief, they're really stuck in trying to figure out what do we say about what the problem is and how do we get those numbers down and, again, if those numbers were so astronomically high 30 years ago, it still doesn't mean these numbers aren't too high today depending on what numbers you're comparing it to. >> it plays into this dispute about the vice squad because the police union says if we were out in the neighborhoods and we had this neighborhood intelligence that we used to get on the ground with these vice squads, then we would know what was going on and could have a handle on the crime situation.

it's sort of also playing into the politics of the crime fight as well. >> the vice squad could be key to this if their tactics are changed, it could have a bad effect on their ability to perform here. they're not in the community. they're not getting intelligence. they're not knowing why there's a trend here or a trend there as well as perhaps they should know. and so these problems happen. >> all right. i want to change topics and go to something lighter. the pope's visit to d.c. late september and the office of personnel management calling on all federal agencies to allow teleworking during his visit. what do you all think of that? >> the expectation is 50,000 people are coming to d.c., so that does have the potential to totally clog the city, so you would imagine anytime you can get people to stay home, maybe even take some vacation time or work from home, that probably would be a wise idea. the high point of all of that is going to be when the pope addresses a joint house of congress. >> a joint meeting of congress.

>> a joint meeting of congress. i think that's going to be a moment when all of washington -- not all of washington but many people in washington will sort of stop what they're doing, stop work, and turn on the television and watch this. i think it will be a moment for washington, d.c. >> a snow day. that's basically what he says. let's treat this like a snow day. i don't know how many federal workers will complain about that, being able to stay home, whether or not you're catholic or just want to see the pope coming in. it's a smart move. i think with metro, that's going to be an issue. they will run on a rush hour schedule all throughout, and so they're probably going to be back in the news again. we haven't really talked about that. they need to be on their ps and qs because folks will be focusing on the metro and whether or not it's running effectively. >> this is the epicenter of tourism for the country, if you will, and then on top of that, on top of those natural travelers, then you add the pope's visit and that is just how many people will really be here in the district? the thought of that is

overwhelming how many people could be going back and forth. >> you wonder what the private sector might be doing, whether firms will say, look, we'll give you annual leave. stay at home. it will be interesting. smart move by the government. gentlemen, let's talk about mayor bowser recently announcing a plan to put $145 million towards ending or seeing in her words rare, brief, and nonrecurring homelessness in the area. and really also to close down the city's largest homeless shelter. >> she is facing a legacy issue. she wants to close the biggest homeless shelter in washington, d.c., while ending the problem of homelessness. >> how do you do that?

>> she is putting in a proposal where folks are homeless, you could not apply until the winter months. one of the legislations she wants to have it rescinded where they had to close d.c. general and had to build apartment sites for the homeless. that's a very important issue to look at to see if she can get that passed and what they can change. that site will have to close. >> she is trying to reach out to everybody who is homeless not to have them funneled into a few places. it could be a great move or it could be a problem. we just have to wait and see. >> all right. thanks so much for joining us. we'll be back with much more of "reporters notebook."

the news of the passing of

former governor marvin mandel at the age of 95 this week really had a big impact on a lot of people in this area for personal reasons, because they used to work with the governor. they remember that time. we were talking about this earlier and this is something we said we really want to talk about this. >> oh, yeah. i covered governor mandel to the extent i covered a lot of the stories he did. he was such a huge figure politically that we got a piece of the action and, of course, it started out he was the accidental governor because spero agnew had been chosen by richard nixon. maryland did not have a lieutenant governor. speaker of the house marvin mandel, you're the guy. and he governed very well. he was one of maryland's best governs. he streamlined government agencies. he did lots of things. but one day he got involved in a serious accident in st. mary's county, maryland. what is mandel doing there?

he had an affair with jane dorsey who was married to a maryland state senator, by the way, down in st. mary's county. and he was meeting her. he was on the way to see her when this accident happened. he tried to evade the issue. it didn't work. everybody found out about it and, you know, it kind of didn't help him but it didn't really hurt him that much but the big thing is when he was accused of helping some businessmen engage in criminal conspiracy, political conspiracy, bribery, if you will, on a piece of real estate. he denied he did anything wrong. does this sound familiar? didn't governor mcdonald say the same thing? and this is maryland, not virginia. he was convicted. he never gave up. he fought his conviction and he got the judge to return an innocent verdict and he was able to serve out his term and he was able to ride that one out. an amazing turnaround. but there's so much more to talk about. >> it does -- his situation remind you of governor mcdonald

in many ways and he was very progressi progressive. i didn't cover him but i do remember when he was in office. the thing about governor mandel and in '74 is th is when a lot of information came up about him. he replaced spero agnew. remember agnew gets thrown out of office in '73. he's the governor of maryland, now mandel at 74 and they start investigating him. this was a time when maryland politics was very dicey at this time. you have the former governor being indicted possibly for taking kickbacks as vice president. he has to resign. so though he's progressive i do think what will always be attached to him was a lot of his undoing and underhandedness allegedly that was done. we can say allegedly because his conviction was overturned. >> it's interesting that you both brought up governor mcdonald, virginia governor mcdonald, who was convicted, of course, last year of corruption. the mandel story is very hopeful for governor mcauliffe. mandel was convicted on mail

fraud and racketeering, and those convictions were overturned. so his reputation when he finally died had been kind of restored and he had a reputation in maryland that was very good among democrats, anyway. and so i think mcdonald is looking at that as perhaps a template for a comeback story. everybody loves a comeback story, right? i think the mandel story offers a potential template for a comeback story for governor mcdonald. >> especially regarding gifts. that's what so much of it was and what mcdonald has to hope for, the same situation as mandel. >> let's move on to virginia because i think our time is getting short and i want to talk about attorney general mark herring saying that he will seek another four-year term as the state's top attorney. a lot of democrats thought that he would be a likely candidate for governor. so what does this do? is this a surprise really to a lot of people? was this expected? >> well, the real surprise here

is that heading into the next gubernatorial election cycle people were expecting there to be this contest between mark herring, the democratic attorney general, and the democratic lieutenant governor. and so the real question was going to be which one of those two would emerge as the candidate for governor? now that herring has made this announcement that he's going to seek re-election as attorney general that opens the way for him. on the republican side the leading contender is mark obenschein. so right now we have sort of the contours of the next gubernatorial race in virginia taking shape as a result of this announcement. >> i think most folks are probably looking saying herring is going to position himself for the 2020 race. we were talking about how liberal his policies have been, his positions have been, and he may feel like he needs to moderate those positions. gives him four years to do that. he's rolling the dice that he'll

still be able to get in the governor's mansion in 2020. some of that may be at play. >> the democrats are trying to clear the road, get ready for a tough campaign. we don't know if gillespie who almost defeated senator warner, will get in. >> all right. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us for "reporters notebook" talking about d.c., maryland, and virginia. we thank you for joining us this morning. we'll see you soon. in today's top stories, suitland parkway back open after being shut down for hours in both directions. there was a bad crash between alabama avenue southeast and branch avenue. one woman had to be extricated from her car. no word on how many other people were involved in the crash. >> we're going to learn today

about the body d.c. police found inside a burned car. news 4 went to xenia street. police told us they only found the body after firefighters put out the flames. it's back to practice today for the washington redskins. and despite a bumpy preseason robert griffin iii will be on the roster. the team opens the regular season next sunday. next sunday night at home against miami. >> that's hard to believe. >> i know! my husband is very happy about football season, let me tell you. good morning, everyone. >> that makes two of us. >> and welcome to "news 4 today." i'm molette green. >> and i'm adam tuss. you will notice when you step outside this morning pleasant conditions. >> it feels really good. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with us with your holiday weekend forecast. >> i just was out checking out the sky. got a half moon in the southern sky. venus shining brightly under a clear sky. it is fresh and cool. i didn't want to come back in. the guard had to drag me back in

kicking and screaming. starting off with some fresh and cool temperatures. in fact, it's almost chilly, dare i say. it's in the upper 50s near 60 shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge and in the mountains closer to washington. north montgomery county only around 60 degrees. dulles a cool 62. manassas now 61. clinton, prince george's county at 62. look at that gorgeous sky. mostly clear this morning. sun rise is at 6:41. and by 8:00 most of the region should be jumping into the upper 60s. then in the low 80s by noontime. upper 80s by midafternoon with the lower humidity, partly cloudy. the best day of the labor day weekend coming up today. a look at the rest of the weekend and a heat wave next week. >> looking forward to it. tom, thanks. new this morning, d.c. police investigating a shooting in southeast. it happened on southern avenue around 1:30 this morning. police say the victim is under 18 years old. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. a 22-year-old man has become the district's 106th homicide

victim. d.c. police say someone shot and killed davon wade on 25th street northeast. two other men were also shot. right now they're in the hospital with serious injuries. police are offering a $25,000 reward for information on who may have done this. the district has seen more homicides to date this year than in all of 2014. expect extra security around park view high school in sterling this week. detectives from loudoun county say the deadly shooting of a student was gang related and at least one of their suspects has connections to the school. >> what i've been told by kids themselves is we understand the ramifications of assuming our ganghood in the school, so they do what they can to leave it at the door. >> we told you this as breaking news yesterday morning, three young men face charges and 17-year-old danny moranda's

death. police won't release the name of the 17-year-old because of his age. they did give the names of the two suspects who face gun charges, 20-year-old henry vazquez and 18-year-old juan vallia will wake up in jail without bond. a county clerk opposed to same-sex marriage today will be kim davis' fourth day behind bars. the judge ordered her there after she directly defied a series of court orders to hand out marriage licenses to same-sex couples. some people see davis as a hero. some of her supporters came from far away states to gather on the lawn outside her cell in grayson, kentucky. as many as 300 people thanked davis yesterday for what they feel is doing god's work. you could soon be able to buy liquor on sundays at some storms in prince george's county. bureau chief says this is going to be a battle. >> a lot of times people are

hanging out at the liquor store who are alcoholics and have issues. we're not helping them. >> reporter: belinda queenhoward is against selling liquor in her district that borders the district of columbia. >> the people that we elect making these changes they're thinking are going to better the world but we are hurting the next generation and making things harder. >> reporter: this map provided by the liquor board shows most of the stores requesting the permit are along the d.c. line. >> i know there's an argument that we want to be competitive and be like our neighbors. >> reporter: councilmember toles represents district seven. it has a disproportionate number of liquor stores compared to the rest of the county and has what's called border crime. she wants residents to have a chance to weigh in on opening liquor stores on sundays where they live. >> i would like to see them slow down a little bit. it was just signed in july.

give the opportunity for the public to weigh in more, have some evening meetings. >> reporter: the liquor board says this is about their opportunities for businesses in prince george's. >> our licensees felt they were losing business to the surrounding counties. >> we are struggling to survive. >> reporter: this man says that's why he's applied. he says since d.c. started selling liquor on sundays, some of his customers have changed stores altogether. >> we keep losing the sunday business and weekday businesses, too. >> reporter: more than 130 applicants but only 100 permits they're handing out in prince george's. hearings will be happening throughout september. this will be a competitive process. in capitol heights, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. in the week ahead, summer is ending for thousands more students in our area. on tuesday fairfax, spotsylvania, alexandria and arlington county schools are back in session. stafford county is also welcoming back students

september 8. on wednesday apple making a big announcement. the tech giant is expected to unveil its newest iphone model and totally revamped apple itv system. a multimillion dollar visitor center will open featuring an education center and a walkway tracing the flight's path before crashing in shanksville, pennsylvania. friday will mark 14 years since the september 11 terrorist attacks. 6:37. coming up, retired general and former secretary of state colin powell is on "meet the press." chuck todd will join us with what he's saying about the iran nuclear deal and the president's legacy because of it. and also ahead, a bold string of burglaries. what police are saying about a series of break-ins that have a montgomery county community on guard this morning. plus, it was supposed to be harmless fun. we're going to show you what we're learning about the injuries this morning after a

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well, critical deal with iran about if you can leer capabilities poised to move forward and on the campaign trail hillary clinton making a concession about those now infamous state department e-mails. >> joining us now to talk about it all, moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about iran first. this is a big deal for the president. we're talking about legacy stuff for him being able to get those votes. >> well, it is but, remember, it is to show how polarized we are celebrating the fact a majority in congress will be against the deal but they're not enough to override a veto to stop the deal. this is where we are in our p l politics they're celebrating the idea congress can't stop the being a bi-papartisan consensus.

obviously i think it would have sent shock waves internationally if somehow the president of the united states couldn't keep an agreement that he got. >> and so much work behind the scenes. >> there is and this would have created an international crisis and other issues that would have brought other problems into play. so it is a sigh of relief. >> so this looks like it's going to go forward. what is the simplest way to explain it? is there a way to easily break down this deal? >> well, look, it's an attempt to rein in iran's nuclear program. whether it's designed to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon and at the same time allow them to pursue a peaceful nuclear power program. that's what it's supposed to do. we're supposed to have inspecti inspections. there's a lot of trust but verify in here. >> and you're going to talk to colin powell about it?

>> we are. somebody we haven't heard from. there's some former bush administration officials have come out in favor of it, not many. some have come out against it. we don't know where he is. we'll find out in a few hours. >> hillary clinton is still having a tough time, not able to get away from this e-mail controversy which seems to be taking over her campaign. >> i think the problem she's facing is every time you think she's trying to deal with it in a more serious way, more contrite in her interview with andrea mitchell. there's always incremental new information. when you're dealing with a crisis management situation, the rule is always get everything out there. don't let new information trickle out. and yesterday we learned she paid a state employee privately to maintain this special server program. it only adds to the -- all of it didn't make a lot of sense. they need to make sure they've gotten everything out. >> the voters are really paying

attention at this time. >> are they paying attention to the details or how she's handling it? >> they're paying attention to the overall episode even if they're not paying attention to the episode. they are poll numbers are not that good and there's only one explanation. >> mr. trump, the big "t," he and jeb bush squared off a little bit in a youtube ad to week. does this show any sort of division between the gop, do you think? >> jeb bush is hoping that if he is the guy that stands up to trump that the 70% that aren't supporting trump will say, okay, he has some energy. he has the ability to take him on and if he's tough enough to take him on, he'll be tough enough to take hillary clinton on. everybody else has seen their poll numbers go down. it's something donald trump himself likes to point out. so we'll see. trump stumbled confusing qods and kurds.

this will take a toll on him. the question is when. >> thank you very much, chuck. >> we'll see you soon. >> have a good show. you can see "meet the press" every sunday here on nbc 4 right after "news 4 today." police in illinois say they are closer than ever to identifying a person of interest in the murder of police lieutenant charles gliniewicz. they say they have a crucial piece of evidence. they have multiple images of people who match the suspect correction thanks to pictures from intersection cameras. a series of bold burglaries has a montgomery county neighborhood on alert. police say they think the same man tried to rob three different stores in potomac. two of the burglaries happened yesterday morning. take a look at a couple of

surveillance images from the crime scene. the suspect seems to be going for cash. police say he took money from an open register yesterday morning and ten minutes earlier he hit up the sunoco gas station. they say he tried to rob the same gas station early friday morning as well. >> no arrests this morning despite a tense couple of minutes when groups of protesters overlapped downtown. >> black lives matter. black lives matter. >> you can see union station jam packed with protestors. some of them clashed with a group of people at the upper senate park voicing their support for the confederate flag. police were there to monitor the situation but both groups kept their actions peaceful. >> 24 cadets suffered concussions after an annual

pill pillow fight at west point. the tradition is supposed to be a way for first-year cadets to blow off steam after summer training. it turned violent when some cadets put hard objects in their pillowcases. the superintendent says appropriate action will be taken once the investigation is over. >> you may have noticed your ride on metro taking a bit longer than usual to get from point "a" to point "b." you see trains are slowing down to a crawl in some places because new speed restrictions are in place after metro discovered safety concerns. for as long as six to eight more weeks this is what it will look like as you roll through certain parts of the metro system. a very, very slow roll because of safety issues that need to be fixed. and patience is wearing thin. >> they need to fix a lot of things on metro. >> following that derailment last month, metro took a closer look at the tracks all over, saying it identified large

sections that need to be fixed. here the locations where the work is happening foggy bottom to farragut west, medical center to grover. this rider just got off one of the slow trains and says metro needs to fix it fast. >> have to be to work at a certain time. if not that's a write-up. i can't call because when it's in between tracks or under the tunnel there's no service. >> reporter: metro says these slowdowns will be around for a while here across the yellow line the metal fasteners holding the rails in place are being replaced. riders like andy clark say metro is in a tough spot. >> we have to put the money into it. >> for right now the patching up leading to a slow roll. and with all the recent safety issues at metro, the transit agen agency's chief officer just re-signed his position. >> all right. you'll stay on top of those.

>> i will. they're keeping me busy these days. something else keeping us busy is the weather forecast. it's a little bit cool, changing throughout the day today. >> if you slept with the windows open, you woke up a little cool this morning. >> and congested. >> we got the ragweed now and the dry air has moved in. the lower humidity now in place on this sunday morning starting off probably what is going to end up being the best day of the holiday weekend. he said optimistically. we'll know more later. right now there's the sun coming up. beautiful sunrise under way and mostly clear sky. a live view. here is another camera overlooking union station. the flag there was flapping rather briskly yesterday but now it's calm this morning. we have just a very gentle breeze coming in out of the southeast. a cool morning and then lower humidity in place through the rest of the day into the afternoon and here comes the heat wave. again it returns later this coming week. right now storm team 4 radar,

we're all clear. we don't have any rain in the vicinity. a mostly clear sky. look at these temperatures. it is downright cool and maybe even a little bit chilly. as we look now in warrenton down to just 59 degrees. around the metro area we're in the low 60s. in prince george's, montgomery and fairfax, alexandria, arlington, right by the chesapeake bay only upper 50s, near 60, shenandoah valley. the sticky humidity yesterday dropping back down into the pleasant range throughout the rest of the day. that bright sun will be mild with afternoon temperatures hitting the upper 60s by later this morning. back down to the mid-80s and partly cloudy. great weather for exercising. lower humidity in place throughout the day as we'll have that temperature really jump from the 60s into the 80s by noonti noontime. great pool weather. don't forget the sun block at

the pool, at the beaches, too. we have rough surf. this photo was taken virginia beach yesterday afternoon. there were several ocean rescues. people getting caught in the rip currents. those will be rough. today rough surf at the beaches today with highs in the low 80s. low 80s on labor day and the ocean should settle down. water temperatures in the upper 70s. inland up near 90 tomorrow afternoon. then tuesday, wednesday, here comes the heat and humidity as we get back to work and school. going to stay hot and humid all the way into thursday. the next chance of rain thursday and friday both days a chance of passing showers and thundershowers and then nice next weekend. over to you. all right. sounds good. thank you so much, tom. proof a little gesture can make a big difference. >> room with a view gives this tiny cancer patient a little distraction. the two tough guys behind this week's story. ♪

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welcome back at 6:55. proof this morning that a little gesture can make a big difference. >> we can't wait to show you what happens when two construction workers form an unexpected friendship with a tiny patient. >> reporter: sometimes what's built isn't in the blueprint. >> we got up about three floors and you could see the kids in the window waving at you. >> reporter: for vivian those waves were a therapy that helped her forget the chemotherapy. her family got the heartbreaking news that vivian had acute li lymphoblastic leukemia. >> i thought, well, i'm losing my little girl. >> reporter: a.l.l. is a cancer that affects the white blood cells, the ones that fight infection and protect the body

against disease. >> the doors remain closed. people come in with gowns and gloves and masks. >> reporter: so vivian's only way out was to look out. then on a day that was tougher than most, vivian and her mom went to the window and instead of waving saw the ironworkers pointing to this. written on one of the beams were get well soon, the little girl in the window had become a smelter for hearts. what were you thinking about? >> my kids and how precious life is. >> reporter: strangers becoming friends even though they'd never met. and then -- they finally did. >> i appreciate it. >> reporter: construction workers are known as tough guys but even they know they're not as tough as this little girl.

>> it touches you. sets you back realizing how good your own life is. >> reporter: vivian's recovery is still under construction. but she's feeling better thanks in part to two new friends and the room with a view. >> that is so special. >> i hope she makes it. that is incredible and makes you think about your own kids, too. >> much more still ahead on "news 4 today." >> that includes an hour by hour look at the forecast with meteorologist tom kierein.

right now on "news 4 today" a serious accident, what we're learning about the crash that sent a person to the hospital and had the suitland parkway closed overnight. plus, a developing story we're watching right now after a body is found in a charred car in southeast washington. good morning, everyone. i'm molette green in for angie goff. >> and i'm adam tuss. i hope you're having a great sunday morning. a beautiful start to the sunday morning. >> very nice. you don't need the air kpg this morning but if you're allergic to the rag weed, you'll be li like -- >> you need something. >> it felt great. >> tom kierein here to tell us

what to expect. >> the good feeling due to the lower humidity that did move in overnight. a very light breeze, mostly clear skies starting off early. the storm team 4 weather center seeing temperatures down into the low 60s. much of the region in fairfax, arlington, alexandria and montgomery county low 60s. mid to upper 60s by the bay water. a gorgeous morning along skyline drive and the shenandoah valley where it's only around 60 degrees. there's that sun coming up. just a few high clouds drifting in from the east and late they are morning will climb into the upper 60s. partly cloudy noontime. low 80s by then. lower humidity in place through the afternoon, just a few clouds around. a gorgeous day coming up.

labor day and next week as we get back to work and school in a few minutes. >> thanks, tom. police say the shooting happened around 3:30 on 7th street. police are calling this a murder. new this morning we're working to learn more about a crash on suitland parkway. police shut down all between branch avenue. one woman was extricated from her car there. paramedics rushed her to the medical center. no word on how many other people were involved in the crash. all lanes on suitland parkway are back open right now. >> a call for help is now a death investigation. police in southeast d.c. say they found a body inside a burnt-out vehicle. if you have our app, you got the alert. police went to xenia street.

that's when someone called about the car on fire. today we could learn more about the person who died and the circumstances of his or her death. >> today we may learn more about a woman who died after a car ran into her near a bus stop in fairfax county. all three people inside that car are in the hospital this morning. police in springfield say the driver hit another car yesterday after running into the woman at the bus stop near greeley boulevard. and today we're expected to learn more about a drowning in ocean city. they say a 7-year-old girl died after drowning in the ocean. officials plan to release more information on how the girl drowned later today. the quest for a better life is closer than ever for thousands of refugees. the number of migrants flooding into austria and germany is staggering. nbc's bill neely updates us on the thousands still in the middle of their journey.

>> reporter: they've made it. cheered by crowds the migrants' long march is over from war in syria to freedom in germany and food. they reached western europe in torrential rain but celebrating. "now we are free." running across the border into austria, 6,000 of them after days trapped in hungary. hungary's government tried to put them in camps, wouldn't let them leave for days. then under pressure busts them out of the country. they were exhausted after weeks on the road. finally tonight tasting victory. so far europe has proved completely incapable of solving the migrant problem. it can't cope with those who have already come and it can't stop these people arriving. this boatload fled syria. one teenager collapsing afraid she'd drown at sea.

they left everything behind. muhammad couldn't pay smugglers enough to take his five children. >> now we need to go to germany. >> reporter: this girl fled after her home was bombed. >> everyone is being killed there. everyone is being shot whether you're in the war or not. >> reporter: you just have to get out? >> exactly. >> reporter: from the beach they start a 40-mile walk to a port where there's chaos. refugees desperate to keep moving. greek police trying to stop them from boarding ships from this island to the mainland firing tear gas. it's the picture of europe's failure to cope with this crisis. some refugees stuck here for a week. >> no food. no water. >> reporter: they have escaped war. a boy celebrating the end of the road in germany. bill neely, nbc news, greece.

today alexandria mayor bill euille will launch whether he will start a write-in campaign. he was defeated in the june democratic primary by allison silverberg. but then it was too late to file for an independent campaign leaving a write-in campaign as his only option. they expect euille will wage a campaign. well, the holiday weekend is already over for the redskins. it's back to practice today ahead of next weekend's season opener against miami. a lot of you may be wondering about rg3's future here in d.c. concussion pretty much stopped his game before it started this preseason. the team has cleared up the confusion around the concussion saying rg3 is on the 53-man roster but the team dropped him to second string quarterback behind kirk cousins.

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las vegas police say a 24-year-old man is behind bars for drunk driving and causing a deadly crash. two people died and four others were hurt in the crash yesterday morning. police say jonathan donner sped through a light and hit a minibus causing it to flip over. the bus then caught fire. two people were not able to get out in time.

everything is back to normal on the chesapeake bay bridge. a ten-mile backup had people sitting in their cars instead of enjoying the labor day holiday week. take a look at traffic. it seems to be moving normally. right now at least. a power outage friday night that led to the signals being down preventing two-way traffic heading to the beaches. the maryland transportation authority is working on what caused the outage. flights are back to normal in los angeles after a bomb scare there. this is what it looked like after someone called in the threat. the call earp said there was an explosive device. three terminals were evacuated while the bomb squad investigated. they did not find anything suspicious. the all clear was given two hours later. a weekend party interrupted by gunfire.

>> the shooting in north carolina that left several people dead late last night including a young child. >> we're also helping you prepare for your holiday weekend. as you wake up to mostly sunny skies. the conditions plus your labor day weekend forecast.

a 9-year-old boy in north carolina is dead this morning after being shot in the front

yard. police say the family was having a party and were in that front regard. someone started shooting. the boy died right there in the yard. the other victims are expected to be okay. detectives spent the night looking for witnesses. a maryland man charged with drunk driving and manslaughter after a crash killed a passenger in his truck friday night in. they say he ran a stop sign hitting another car. the man inside his truck was ejected and died on the scene. police quickly arrested the driver. two other people in the truck and three people in the second vehicle also went to the hospital. everyone is okay after this emergency on the water. take a look at this incredible video here. they will work to learn more about what start this had fire on a boat in baltimore's waterfront. you can see the huge black plume of smoke and the fire.

firefighters say it took 40 minutes to put out the flames. yikes. we want to alert you about a deadly salmonella outbreak affecting half the country. cucumbers are blamed imported from mexico. it says one person in virginia has symptoms but we do want to make it clear the cdc says the company did not distribute the tainted produce to stores in virginia, d.c., or maryland. if you are concerned health o officials say you can always ask your grocer where they got their produce. >> if they came from the united states or here locally in arizona, they are safe to eat. if you don't know where the cucumbers are from you should throw them away. >> sa student is in trouble thi morning for crashing a drone into part of the university of kentucky's newly renovated football stadium. no one was hurt.

police are considering the steps to take next. this is the second incident this week where a drone interrupted a game. we told you friday about this drone at the u.s. open crashed into the armstrong stadium thursday night in the middle of a match. both players heard the crash and stopped. a high school science teacher now faces charges there. >> celebrating the art of the written word at the 15th annual library of congress national book festival. more than 170 authors, poets, illustrators all there to display their stuff yesterday. poem lined up to meet some of their favorites. eun yang, angie goff and tom sherwood were there. is that why she's not here this morning? a proud sponsor of the pest val. >> she read one too many books and is taking a break. >> tired of talking and reading.

>> yes, exactly. are we in a drought? >> we really had kind of a wet june and july but we could use some rain. some of the area lawns are getting parched as we've not had a lot of rain since the first of august. we've only had about an inch or two of rain around the metro area. as we take a look at the sky. no rain. a few high clouds coming in from the east this morning. and your weather headlines, there is union station with a light breeze, a cool morning and lower humidity in place here all the way through the afternoon. then a heat wave this coming week. as we look at radar, no rain anywhere in the vicinity from the atlantic beaches into the mountains. a gorgeous day for outdoor recreation. temperatures are fresh and cool

near the low 60s in our nearby suburbs. look at dulles down to 61. manassas, clinton, ft. meade down to 59 degrees. shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge mountains as well just in the low 60s this morning. by 8:00 upper 60s with a few high clouds and partly cloudy by noontime. by then in the low 80s. should be in the upper 80s and by 5:00 p.m. back down to the mid-80s with the lower humidity in place. a delightful day. probably the best day of our labor day weekend. so enjoy as these temperatures will be quickly climbing as we get into midafternoon. great pool weather. you still need the sun block with lower humidity in place. sun angle high in early september. the waves, four and five foot waves coming in to the atlantic beaches. this from virginia beach. this was posted yesterday by jen

johnson on my twitter page. post your recreation fun pics on this holiday weekend on my facebook and twitter. a lot of rip currents as well. several ocean rescues because of people getting caught at the beaches. here is the beach forecast. for today rough surf down through ocean city and around the outer banks, too, right around 80 degrees this afternoon. a few clouds around then. mostly sunny for labor day. water temperature is swimmable, still. mid and upper 70s. up around 0 on labor day, tomorrow afternoon, more humid. then sweltering humidity returns as we get into tuesday and wednesday with highs low to mid-90s back to work and school. the next chance of some of that needed rain maybe on thursday and friday. could get a few passing showers and thundershowers both days with highs in the 80s. lower humidity returning. >> we'll keep our eye on that.

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welcome back. an excuse this morning to let your kids get out there and get dirty. researchers in europe say dirt could help protect children from

developing asthma and allergies. they found dust from dairy farms fires up an immune response in mice. that response keeps those mice from developing asthma later in their lives. they hope the discovery will lead them to a vaccination for children. take a selfie and get treatment for your acne. that's the concept of some of the newest apps for your smartphone called teledermatology. it seems easy and convenient but as doreen gentzler reports the convenience may not be worth the risk. >> she played three varsity sports, the violin, student government. every minute of the day i feel like is full. >> reporter: when eileen needs to take her daughter olivia to the dermatologist's office, trying to find an appointment time that fits in with all of her activities seems impossible. >> anything that we can do to ease the schedule for our family. >> reporter: this app could

help, called dermatologist on call, one promising to treat and diagnose skin problems within days all without leaving your home. >> essentially a photograph is taken of a region and then it's stored online and then forwarded to the board certified dermatologist who will prescribe appropriate prescriptions. >> reporter: dr. joanne simpson is an alexandria dermatologist who works with the app. she says she reviews patient information on her smartphone. typically she sees conditions like acne, warts, athlete's foot and rosacea. >> it's what i experience in the office. >> reporter: it gives patients quick access to a dermatologist. she is required to diagnose them within 72 hours. compare that to calling around to get an office appointment. patients often have to wait days

if not weeks for one of those. >> it can be fraught with danger. >> dale isaacson says he's concerned patients won't get the follow-up care they need and pictures don't provide enough information. >> especially if the photograph is poor quality. i've had patients e-mail me a photograph of their rash and i may have one diagnosis when i look at the photograph but when they come in in person i have a totally different diagnosis. >> reporter: but dr. simpson says she will recommend an office visit if she can't make a firm diagnosis or if the condition might be serious making potential patients feel safe. this girl suffered from embarrassing acne for years. >> it's kind of nice to know if i don't have time to make an appointment i can take a selfie and send it in for them to help point me in the right direction and write a prescription. >> doreen gentzler reporting

there. most insurance doesn't cover these online visits which can cost anywhere from 30 to close to $100. also, states have different regulations regarding telemedicine. in maryland it has to be done real time like over a program like skype. it is okay, though, to use these apps in virginia and the district. >> telemedicine. >> it's a new day. >> what's next? >> a high school community actually just shaken after the shooting death of a student. >> what police are telling us about the people arrested for the murder and the precautions put in place in sterling. also ahead, a show of support, the rally for that kentucky clerk who remains behind bars for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. >> and take a look out your window. a day you want to spend outdoors. meteorologist tom kierein has the conditions we're going to see today plus the labor day forecast

in today's top stories, suitland parkway back open after being shut down for hours in both directions. a bad crash in southeast. one woman had to be extricated from her car. no word on how many other people were involved in the crash. >> we're going to work to learn

more about the body d.c. police found inside a burned car. news 4 went to xenia street. police told us they found the body after firefighters put out the flames. >> back to practice for the washington redskins. robert griffin iii will be on the roster. the team opens the regular season next sunday night at home against miami. i'm molette green in for angie goff. >> and i'm adam tuss. i hope you're having a great sunday morning. the morning is cool and crisp. >> very nice. >> i think we're going to have a nice day. tom kierein here to tell us what we can expect. hey, tom. on the verge of celebrating that, i stepped outside. the birds are chirping so loudly they're wincing. setting off this morning on the best day of this labor day weekend here in the storm team 4 weather center looking at some almost fall like temperatures. down in the upper 50s to near 60. shenandoah valley and blue ridge

skyline drive, low 60s in montgomery county, much of fairfax. alexandria, arlington, falls church mid to upper 60s. much of prince george's county cool as well as torn maryland just right around 60 degrees near the bay waters, though, in the mid to upper 60s. there are a few high clouds coming in. that's a live view. temperatures by 8:00 should be in the mid-60s. then quickly jumping. a steep climb on the temperature graph. ought to be in the low 80s by around 3:00, 4:00 in the upper 80s, comfortable humidity and then by late afternoon dropping down into the low 80s. a few clouds coming and going during the afternoon. a terrific day. that's the way it looks right now. >> thank you so much, tom. d.c. police are investigating a shooting in southeast. it happened on southern avenue around 1:30 this morning. police say the victim is under 18 years old. he was taken to the hospital. a 22-year-old man has become the 10 th homicide victim.

d.c. police say someone shot and called davon wade. two other men were shot. they're in the hospital with serious injuries. police say they're offering a $25,000 reward for information on who may have done this. d.c. has seen more homicides to date this year than in all of 2014. park view high school in sterling, detectives say the deadly shooting of a student friday morning was likely gang related. at least one of their suspects has connections to the school. >> what i've been told by kids themselves is we understand the ramifications of our ganghood in the schools. they do what they can to leave it at the door. >> we told you as breaking news yesterday morning three young men face charges in 17-year-old danny miranda's death. they won't release the

17-year-old's name because of his age. they did give the names of the two suspects who face gun charges, 20-year-old henry vazquez and 18-year-old juan will wake up in jail without bond. support is not slowing down for a kentucky county clerk opposed to same-sex marriage. today will be kim davis' fourth day behind bars. a judge ordered her there after she defied a series of court orders to hand out marriage licenses to same sex couples. some see davis as a hero. some supporters came from faraway states to gather on the lawn outside her sell yesterday. as many as 300 people thanked davis for what they feel is doing god's work. >> you could soon be able to buy liquor on sundays. tracee wilkins says this will be a battle. take a listen to the arguments. a lot of times people are hanging out at the liquor stores who are loitering, who are alcoholics and have issues.

we're not helping them. >> reporter: belinda howard is against selling liquor on sundays in prince george's county in her district that borders the district of columbia. >> the people we elect that think they're going to better the world but we're making things harder. >> reporter: this map shows that most of the liquor stores requesting the permits are along the d.c. line. >> i know there's an argument that we want to be competitive and be like our neighbors. >> reporter: county councilmember karen toles represents district seven, borders the d.c. line. it has a disproportionate number of liquor stores compared to the rest of the county and also has what's called border crime. she wants residents to have a chance to weigh in on opening liquor stores on sundays where they live. >> i just like to see them kind of slow down a little bit. it was just signed in july. give the public a chance to have evening meetings. >> this is about their

opportunity for businesses in prince george's. >> we felt we were losing businesses to surrounding counties. >> we are struggling to survive. >> reporter: he says since d.c. started selling liquor on sundays, some of his customers have changed stores altogether. >> we keep losing the sunday business. >> reporter: there are more than 130 applicants but only 100 permits that they're handing out. hearings will be happening throughout the month of september. this is going to be a competitive process. in capitol heights, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. coming up, summer is ending for thousands more students in our area. fairfax, spotsylvania and arlington county schools are back in session. stafford county welcoming students back. on wednesday apple is making a big announcement. the tech giant is expected to

unveil its newest iphone model and a totally revamped apple tv system. on thursday a multimillion dollar visitor center will open featuring an education center and a walkway tracing the flight's path before crashing in shanksville, pennsylvania. friday, this is incredible, it will mark 14 years since the september 11 terrorist attack. hard to believe that. 7:36 on this sunday morning. coming up, it's being called a bold string of burglaries. >> what police are saying about a series of break-ins that has a community en garde this morning. >> plus, it was supposed to be just harmless fun. what we're learning about the injuries this morning after this pillow fight got out of hand at west point.

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take a look at surveillance here from the crime scene. police say he took money from an open register yesterday morning. ten minutes earlier he held up the sue know togas station. he tried to rob it early friday as well. 24 cadets suffered concussion after an annual pillow fight at west point. the superintendent of the school there says other injuries included a broken nose, dislocated shoulder and cheekbone fracture. the tradition is suppose d to b a way for first-year cadets to blow off steam. it turned violent when some cadets put hard objects inside their pillowcases. the superintendent says appropriate action will be taken once the investigation is over. well, there's trouble on the tracks for metro. the transit agency is slowing down the commute to help keep you safe. we'll tell you about the rails in need of immediate attention.

a live look outside on this sunday morning. tom kierein is tracking conditions. you'll see in the day ahead. you'll like it. you'll like it. 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. hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪

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peter hill joining us. nice to see you today. just ahead on a sunday morning, the race for the white house anything but stale. bernie sanders seeing a new surge in the polls as fellow democrat remains on the defensive over e-mail scandal. fireworks for you. we are live with the latest. also ahead, a tragic accident on the high seas. a sailor has died in the first week of an around the world voyage. the latest on what went wrong. plus, finding confidence with some help. kids learning to read and inspiring a new love of learning. >> also, move over puff. we have piff the magic dragon in the house. he stops by along with his beloved chihuahua. getting it started on "today."

>> he has quite the following. >> they have the craziest acts on the show. >> and that's just how it's been. >> we'll be watching. moving on to other news of the day, no arrests this morning despite a tense couple of minutes when groups of protesters overlapped downtown. >> black lives matter. you can see union station jammed from the black lives matter movement. some of them clashed voicing their support for the confederate flag. police were there to monitor the situation. both groups kept their actions peaceful. >> this weekend on metro you'll see double digit because of track work. red line trains running 24 minutes. you could wait 26 minutes for a

train on the blue line. some of you have noticed it's taken a lot longer to get from point "a" to point "b." metro discovered safety concerns. for as long as six to eight more weeks, this is what it will look like as you roll through certain parts of the metro system, a very, very slow roll because of safety issues that need to be fixed. and patience is wearing thin. following that metro derailment, metro took a closer look at the tracks all over, identifying large sections that need to be fixed. in a lot of places the actual rail has to be better secured. here the locations where the work is happening. foggy bottom to farragut west, union station to noma, dupont

circumstanle to woodley park. this rider just got off one of the slow trains and says metro needs to fix it fast. >> you have to be to work at a certain time and it's a write-up. i can't call because when it's in between or under the tunnel there's no service. >> metro tells us the slowdowns will be around for a while. across the yellow line bridge, the metal fasteners holding the rails in place are being replaced. riders like andy clark saying metro is in a tough spot. >> we have to put the money into it. >> and with all the recent safety issues, the transit agency chief safety officer just resigned his position. >> you're going to have an opportunity to welcome a new pet in your family. at noon the lost dog and cat refuge foundation will kick off what it's calling a two-day mega adoption event. it will run until 3:00 this afternoon at the pet smart on

arlington boulevard in the seven corners area of falls church. if you can't make it out, they will host from noon to 3:00 as well. great weather to go and find the pet to bring to your family. >> that's actually on my way home. do you think my wife would appreciate another dog in the house. >> if you talk to my kids, they want another pet. don't do it. >> it's only one more. >> you already have a dog. >> i have a dog. i have a fish. >> good for you and we've got all kinds of weather for walking your dog or your fish this morning as you head out the door. we start off with sunshine greeting us, the best day of the holiday weekend, a live view. this view is northwest washington overlooking northeast washington in the far distance on the horizon it's prince george's county.

there's a flag near union station. flapping in a gentle breeze out of the east now. cool morning, less humid during the afternoon. then here comes another heat wave. that will be moving in starting next week. a nice break from the high heat and humidity. right now hovering right near 60 degrees. a great day for a hike. i was there last week. gorgeous there now. great weather for boating on the bay. temperatures right now are in the mid-60s. nearby suburbs, prince george's, right now near 60 degrees. the only rain near us is at the outer banks and the carolina coast that will stay well to our south. the local radar not showing any rain in the vicinity. for morning exercise get out for a bike ride or go kayaking, hiking, biking, take a morning

run. jumping mid-70s by 9:00. by 1:00 the mid-80s. just a few clouds coming through. at the pool, too, a great day for that. we'll be in the upper 80s. don't forget the sun block as the lower humidity will be in place. this was taken at virginia beach and from the mouth rough surf. people getting caught in the rip currents and they'll be there again today down through ocean city. water temperatures in the upper 70s and right there at the beach around 80 degrees today and then on labor day the low 80s tomorrow. up near 0 monday afternoon. another heat wave moving in

tuesday, wednesday heat and humidity. thursday, our next chance of needed rain. partly cloudy. highs near 90. shower or thundershower and then dries out again for next weekend with lower humidity returning. that's the way it looks. >> all right. we love that september weather all over the place. thank you, ten before the hour. four things to know today. everything is back to normal on the chesapeake bay bridge this morning. yesterday ten-mile backups had people sitting in their cars for hours. a power outage affected the signals. a deadly salmonella outbreak spreading across the country. the cdc blames shipments of cucumbers from mexico. they do not distribute to our area. if you're concerned, double-check with your grocer. derrick ward will ask police for more information about a body they found late last night in southeast. officers tell us they discovered it inside a burnt out vehicle. suitland parkway open after being shut down in both

directions. there was a bad crash between alabama avenue and branch avenue. one woman had to be rescued from her car. a little gesture can make a big difference. >> room with a view gives this tiny cancer patient a little distraction. the two tough guys behind this week's story.

today you can tinsel brit ing the holiday weekend, the labor day concert on the national mall. this is video of a concert from previous years. the orchestra performing tonight. it begins at 6:00 on the front lawn. the gates open at 3:00 p.m. the concert is totally free. we've got some proof this morning that a little jegesture can really make a big difference. >> yeah. we can't wait to show you what happens when two construction workers form an unexpected friendship with a tiny cancer patient. >> reporter: sometimes what's built isn't in the blueprint. >> we got up about three floors there and you could see the kids in the window waving at you. >> reporter: for vivian, those waves were therapy that helped her forget the chemotherapy. this past winter her family got

the heartbreaking news vivian had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. >> i thought, i'm losing my little girl. >> reporter: a.l.l. is a cancer that affects the white blood cells, the ones that fight infection and help protect the body against disease. >> soap the doors remain closed. people come in with gowns and gloves and masks. >> reporter: so vivian's only way out was to look out. then, on a day that was tougher than most, vivian and her mom went to the window and instead of waving they saw the ironworkers pointing. to this. written on one of the beams were the words get well soon, the little girl in the window had become a smelter for hearts. what were you thinking about? my kids and how precious life is.

>> reporter: strangers becoming friends even though they'd never met. and then they finally did. >> i appreciate it. good to meet you two guys. >> reporter: construction workers are known as tough guys, but even they know they're not as tough as this little girl. >> it touches you. it sets you back realizing how good your own life is. >> reporter: vivian's life is still under construction but but she's feeling better thanks in part -- >> be sure to wave at us. >> reporter: -- to two new friends and a room with a view. >> precious. oh, man. >> a great story. >> what a connection there. all right. let's take one final check of our forecast as we head into sunday. >> with pleasure. the best day of the holiday weekend. the low humidity in place.

when you step out you'll notice it's much more comfortable. low 60s now. mid to upper 80s but comfortable humidity, just a few clouds around. then for labor day great beach and pool weather, afternoon highs around 90. a little more humid but not sweltering humidity. wait for that. that will be coming in on tuesday and wednesday. another heat wave. the next chance of needed rain thursday and friday next week. >> got a lot going on. >> that's going to do it for "news 4 today." thanks for joining us. >> we'll be back at 9:00. you exercise.

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