right now at 6:00, the loudoun county supervisor arrested overnight. the text message he sent county leaders about his future. a code red at a packed zoo after a big cat escapes from its enclosure. and a brand-new nbc poll shows a big shakeup in the race for the white house. we begin with the labor day weekend shakeup in the loudoun county government. just a few hours ago, county supervisor sean williams resigned from office. the resignation comes just hours after williams was charged with assaulting a neighbor. news4's darcy spencer is live in ashburn with a look at how all

this played out. darcy? >> reporter: well, erika, what we have been able to find out from neighbors is there was a celebration out here last night, a block party right here on this street. but early this morning, this elected official here in loudoun county was charged with pushing his neighbor. he spent time in jail and when he was leased this afternoon, he resigned, via text message. this is a photo of sean williams, a republican member of the loudoun county board of supervisors taken from his government web page. this is his mugshot, taken after he was arrested on charges of simple assault and unlawful entry. after being leareleased from ja williams resigned from office via text messages. neighbors here say there had been a peaceful block party here on ashburn and it ended badly. at 1 a.m., the sheriff's office says williams forced his by this a neighbor's house then pushed the man during a dispute. deputies arrested him and took

him to jail, where he was later released on those misdemeanor charges. board chairman scott york issued a statement calling for his resignation. york told me by phone that he sent williams an e-mail and text telling him he should leave office. and williams responded to the text saying that he resigned. charlie king is a fellow republican running for board chairman. >> a lot of us have been worried about sean for a long time. by stepping down, he has taken the right step, the first step, to getting the help that he needs and i just wish him and his family the best. >> reporter: i'm told that that resignation took effect immediately. we did try to speak to some neighbors out here today. they did not want to go on camera but one did tell me when i said do you think he should have resigned from off, the person told me that he has served the community well, but he has to do what's best for himself and his family. we did knock on his door today but no one answered. erika, back to you. >> darcy spencer live in ashburn

for us. thank you so very much. this is not sean williams' first run-in with the law. williams withdraw from this year's race for board chairman. he admitted having several drunk driving and domestic disputes. one of the more serious charges came in 2006 when williams was accused of beating up his girlfriend in his grandmother's ocean city condo. police documents say williams assaulted the woman after becoming suspicious when another man called her cell phone. the charges in that case were dismissed. d.c. police make an arrest in an early-morning homicide. they say the person was shot near 7th and tuckerman streets in north best. it happened around 3:30 in the morning. the man was shot in the head. emts rushed him to the hospital but did he not survive. police say a second man was also shot at that location. he is expected to be okay. dejuanette ridge has been charged with murder. we now know the name of a woman hit and killed while

waiting for a bus in fairfax county. police say a car hit 47-year-old man yesterday afternoon and learned alcohol was a factor in the crash and this man, 22-year-old corey english has been charged with dwi. but officers say additional charges are possible. english and the driver of another car were not injured in the crash. this fire at a condo complex in howard county may have been a lot worse if the building wasn't so close to the fire department. firefighters say they arrived in seconds to the condo on wyndham way in columbia this morning because the fire department was right next door. it took more than 75 firefighters to get the flames under control. fire officials say two residents had minor injuries and one firefighter was burned. it is not clear though what caused that fire. tragedy in ocean city during this holiday weekend.

an 8-year-old girl was swimming with friends in shallow water last night when she was hit by a wave and overcome by that wave and pulled into the inlet waters. crews found her about a quarter of a mile offshore but she later died at the hospital. you can tell it was something serious, just by the looks on the faces of the employees. >> code red at the indianapolis zoo after a cheetah escaped this morning. the 4-year-old animal got over the primary wall of its enclosure and started roaming around a grassy area near the fence. zoo officials issued a code red for an escaped animal after the cheetah got close enough to visitors. everybody was ushered indoors while they tracked the animal down. they had to use a tranquilizer dart to sedate the cheetah. the lockdown was lifted after about an hour. the cheetah was airlifted back into its enclosure. bernie sanders overtakes hillary clinton in the democratic race for the

president. that according to a new nbc news/marist poll. the poll shows sand wers a nine-point lead over clinton in new hampshire. on the republican side, donald trump still ahead of the pack. the poll says he has a seven-point lead in iowa and 16-point lead in new hampshire. ohio governor john kasich and neurosurgeon ben carson ranked second and third. in less than three weeks, pope francis will be making his much-anticipated visit to the u.s. the pope will be making stops at two of d.c.'s most well-known churches and both are getting ready for his arrival. the pope will take part in midday prayer at the cathedral of st. matthew, the apostle on september 23rd, the next day, meet with people at st. patrick's. learn about the pope's visit and how it will affect traffic on the nbc washington app. well, the beginning of the college football season got off to a smashing start at one school after a drone crashed into the football stadium.

what could be the next for the student that flew it? about three months ago, alexandria's mayor lost his primary. today, he reveals his political future. well, beautiful weekend out there, but do we have some rain on the way,

people living at the north park apartments in bethesda evacuated today. small fire broke out on the seventh floor this afternoon. the apartments are on park avenue. the fire department says that it started in the kitchen of one apartment and smoke quickly started filling the hallways. alexandria mayor bill euille is launching a write-in campaign to keep his job. the four-term mayor was defeated in the june democratic primary by council vice chair, allison silverberg. it came down to just over 300 votes. by then though, it was too late for euille to file as an independent. mayor euille made the announcement surrounded by supporters at the waterfront park this afternoon. he said people were stopping him in the streets and the grocery stores, wondering if he would run. >> friends who voted for me, who many who said that -- and many who didn't vote for me that said that i need to do this write-in campaign. this city is worth fighting for. i was born and raised here.

and i will not go quietly into the night. >> euille had not been opposed for the mayor's office since 2003. many of you hit the water this weekend and these folks got to enjoy the alexandria waterfront today. lauren is up next with your big labor day forecast. are these the last days for a popular marina in ♪ hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪ introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle.

people have been setting sail from buzzard point marina for half a decade, but the d.c. marina is closing tend of the year. the national parks service is not renewing the marina's contract. they say that they will work with the community to determine the future of the area. news4's derrick ward spoke to boaters about their fond memories of the place. >> our beautiful boat is right over here. >> reporter: the sunny sunday before labor day, a great time to go down to the river and set out from the buzzard point marina. >> this little hidden gem, you don't really know that it's here until you're on top of it. >> reporter: their boat is the blue nose, 50 years on the water and still sea worthy but as they mine the cut of the jib and hoist the main sail, there will be an undercurrent of angst on this out. their main concern is this maybe

one of the last times they will be able to set sail from here. the national park service will shut the marina down. they actually own it and lease it to the marina operators. the park service says the cost of modernizing it and ensuring it's safe are too high to make it a feelsible marina. >> i love this play, i don't understand why they just made a unilateral decision to close it down. >> been requests, repeated requests from the marina to improve the marina and they have been repeatedly denied by the national park service. now the national park service is saying, well, with to have shut it down because it's not been maintained. >> reporter: even the park service acknowledges it has been part of the rivers a comeback. >> used to see a lot of interesting things float by on this river here when we were sailing. >> reporter: elizabeth stern bergers are childhood outing withes with her father, the secret coke machine. >> you press the right button, for a quarter, get a can of shah litz. >> reporter: but it has been part of linking washintonians with their waterways. . this community marina for people

of modest and moderate means is an incredible resource. >> reporter: a park service says after the december shutdown they want to keep this river as an access point with a boat launch and kayak bug the folks here are looking for twice change their minds, hogan the ship of change hasn't already sailed. in southwest, derrick ward, news4. a new list is out showing the top baby names of 2014. it turns out d.c. babies have some of the trendiest first names, while maryland and virginia, a little more traditional, according to the social security administration. alexander and elizabeth were the top baby names in the district. noah and olivia the most popular in maryland and in virginia, william was the most popular name for aby and emma was the top name for a little girl. beautiful day out there today. >> yes. sad to see summer go by. >> i know. just drifting on by, unfortunately. you know, as we continue into the labor day, looks pretty good you know, we are going to have plenty of sunshine still. we have gorgeous sunshine out there right now, blue skies, high pressure, thanks to that

continue into tomorrow, looking good, tuesday looking good as well, play is a few rain chances as we get into wednesday and thursday and friday, so enjoy it, heat and humidity moving back in. may start to feel a little bit of it tomorrow, definitely feel it tuesday and wednesday. good news is it is labor day, everybody is off, maybe take a dip in the pool as things start to heat up tomorrow. we have the rain chances, we get into wednesday and thursday, as i said. temperatures now, 84 here in washington. as we continue through the evening, if you want to go out, want to grill out, just want to hang out outside, looking good, temperatures fall through the 70s, while clear skies tonight, maybe a little patchy fog in some of the sheltered valleys and river bays. 84s again, 48, manassas, 86, leesburg, 81, gaithersburg. we had plenty of sunshine out there today, and that's what heated us up. trying to get a few clouds in here, maybe just seeing a few clouds out there, but otherwise, high pressure in charge, looking

good. some of the area beaches got a little bit of rain today, specifically down south, through the outer banks and even through wilmington, north carolina, otherwise, we were dry here today in d.c. refreshing as we go out tonight, temperatures in the 80s and 70s, here is look at the line this as we drop into the low 70s during the overnight. think d.c. will probably end up in the upper 60s, that's where i have a 68 for an overnight low here in d.c., 64, manassas, 65, leesburg, there's your labor day forecast, a touch more humidity, but all sunshine, so, make sure that you go ahead and lather on that sunscreen, going to need it. out tomorrow morning, definitely going to need it going out to nats park for the game at 1:00, yeah, definitely need it, but all sunshine tomorrow and again, you may feel a touch more humidity and temperature, a little bit warmer than today. today, we made it into the mid-80s, right around 90 degrees tomorrow a lot of places stuck in the upper 80s, stale touch warmer and going to be warm and humid for much of this week, so it's not over yet. on monday, right around 90

degrees, throw mid-90s, tuesday and wednesday. wednesday, we will have those rain chances. and then we will have some rain chances thursday night into friday, as a cold front passes through, but we are going to have to deal with the heat and humidity all through the rest of this workweek, humidity finally drop by the time we get into next weekend. erika? >> thanks. the university of kentucky and police are still decide building to charge a student whose drone crashed into the football stadium. a fan captured the drone as it hovered above. you see it there? nobody was injured and the stadium was not damaged. police quickly found the drone's owner, but have not decide blood to press charges. the biggest series of the nats' season starts tomorrow but they are feeling, let me tell you, pretty good after this you, pretty good after this weekend.

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what are you talking about? >> i'm starting with football. it's football season. >> all the questions so, pugh, what are we starting with, football. what about it? >> all you need to know here is the thing, yesterday was my most unproductive day of the entire year and it felt awesome.

it was amazing. for those of you thought that have a significant other that loves football, i am warning you right now, after this sunday, from here on out, the rest of the year, every saturday and sunday, that special someone will be glued to the couch. don't ask me to hang out. i can't take you to the airport. nothing. no favors. i am watching football. the redskins kick off their season one week from today. the skins were out at practice this morning in ashburn. first practice session since the final cuts were made saturday afternoon. robert griffin iii still not been cleared to play in games by a neurologist. meanwhile, kirk cousins, your starting quarterback, getting the offense ready for the miami dolphins. the roster finally set, these 53 players can't wait to get the season started. >> when i came in this morning, i seen everybody, like this is my family. this is who i got to go to war with for 22 weeks. said if these the guys i got to put trust in. >> with he can start building, preparing for that first game

and solidify -- solidified our roaster and good to go through camp and do some of this stuff, but i feel like it starts over once we got that 53-man roster going. >> i'm just looking forward to getting out there sunday and putting the final product out there in front of the dmv area and giving this fan base something big, with the other distracts going on. you know, a lot of people forget that we are working, we are building, trying to get this thing turned around. let's move on to baseball now for a moment. i just want to say, thank you, atlanta. the braves came to town this weekend and the nationals did exactly what they were supposed to do. they broke out the brooms. 26 games left on the schedule. six of those coming against the mets. this division race is not over by any means. the nationals are four games back of new york. stephen strasburg finishing up summer reading in the dugout. sounds about right. nats giving them plenty to watch them bottom of the second, down a run. michael a. taylor swinging a hot

bat as of late. two runs come in to score easily here, a double for taylor, he was 2-4 at the dish, two rbi. the nates are up, 2-1. later on in the inning, the nationals keep it going, two on, two out for jason wirth, a big spot here and he delivers, a three-run blast breaking this game wide open, the seventh of the season. the nat runs, 5-1. bryce harper keeping the offense going. number 34, going for home run number 34 on the season. this of the solo variety. nats, they are up, 6-1. they go on to win this one, final score, 8-4. the mets losing today, the nationals just four games back. >> we haven't quit. that's the biggest thing. we have kept going. we kept grinding. we believe in each other. and you know, we got a long way to go, but everybody believes in each other. >> feels like we got a long way to go.

good series against the braves, guys swung the bats well, pitched well, we got a lot of work to do >> i just love how they are pulling off, clean shaved, bearded one. orioles hawaiian shirts everywhere, o's and blue jays, toronto hitting the long ball today, bottom of the first, jhje bautis bautista. he unloads, jace up 3-0. in the third, blue jays bringing more lumber. a two-run blast. toronto, a 5-0 lead. things worse for the birds, of course, tillman, in the fourth, teeing off, a solo shot, blue jays slug three home runs off tillman. major league lead, they take down the orioles by a final score of 10-4. head to new york now for a moment for the u.s. open. serena williams taking on madison key. second set, serena the near court, forces madison deep and

keys, gives up the big lob here and serena, punish that. sixth game of the set, serena now the far court. madison catches her flat footed here. you won't see this happen very often. right before match point, serena gets some help from the net. this shot bounces up perfectly, madison can't handle it. serena, a straight-set winner today, she will face her sister, venus, in the quarterfinals. >> oh, wow. >> on no kidding. one final look at the weather. >> let's go ahead. you have plans this evening or tomorrow, looking good a touch warmer tomorrow and a little bit more humidity, still looking great, you want to head to the pool or nats park. humid as we get into tuesday, wednesday and thursday, rain chances return wednesday night, thursday night and friday morning. looks like that humidity drops by early in the weekend of next weekend. >> all right. and finally tonight, a

wedding to be reckoned with today at national harbor. get a look at this, jessica lustbaiter and agesh rode an elephant to the resort this afternoon. that is an elephant. the couple is from montgomery county. nagesh is indian, jessica is jewish. elephants very traditional for indian weddings. the folks at national harbor say the first time the hotel has ever had an elephant on the property. >> i bet that stops -- >> you don't say. >> people in their tracks a little bit. >> that is the news for now. >> that is the news for now. nightly news

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