pope. from road closures to the crowds, we will tell you what impact the pope's trip could have on you. >> pope francis will arrive in washington in less than two weeks, tonight, the city is racing to make sure everything's ready. >> adam tuss is looking what the impact the pope's visit might have on your commute. but we begin tonight with mark segraves. he is reporting on the security challenges for an event said to rival any presidential inauguration. mark? >> reporter: jim that's right. mayor bowser described pope francis as the most popular person in the world and we know he draws huge crowds wherever he goes. the secret service says you should plan on tight security both on the ground and in the air. >> no drones. nowhere in the district and no -- nowhere really in the surrounding counties either. >> reporter: the airspace around d.c. won't be the only place where movement is restricted. if you're going to any of the

pope's public events, plan on getting there early and plan on going through title security checkpoints. >> there will be multiple layers of screening including mag nat tomorrow meters and bag searches at all ven news. with.with while d.c. government and schools will be opened as usual during the pope's visit, federal workers and the private sector are being encouraged to stay home. >> and if there is flexibility with those workers to telecommute, this would be a good week to do so. >> reporter: district leaders be relying on police and fire departments from outside of d.c. to help respond to the day-to-day 911 calls. >> we are gonna man the special events, but we are also going to make sure that the regular services for neighborhoods in the district of columbia are covered. >> reporter: given recent reports of ambulance delays and shortages, the mayor assured residents there will be enough ambulances to cover the large events as well as routine calls. >> we work with collaboratively with our partners in various yours is dick, a number of yours

is dicks that border the district of columbia and we have relationships with them throughout this planning process that has been going on for several months for them to be able to assist us as needed. >> reporter: the pope will have several public events while he is in washington, d.c. all of those require you to get a ticket in advance except for the papal parade around the ellipse. that's open to the general public. you don't need a ticket, but you will have to get down there hours before that parade. the gates for that will open at 4 a.m. and close off at 10 a.m. reporting live in the district, mark segraves, news4. >> thank you, mark. with so many streets closed during the pope's visit, metro is making changes to handle bigger crowds. it is already becoming clear that at least one station in that week faces an uphill challenge. our team coverage continues now with transportation reporter adam tuss. he is at catholic university. adam? >> reporter: hey, jim, yeah, from a transportation perspective, there really is only one word that you can use to talk about the three days

that the pope is here. that's patience. the pope has people thinking about their faith, but also thinking about how they will get around. >> thousands on thousands of people. they are shutting down all these streets. i live in one of these apartment, i don't even know if i will be able to get out. >> reporter: here in catholic university in northeast, the main event being held, an outdoor mass where 25,000 people will show and those are just the ones with tickets. a big concern here the brook land metro station. it is the smallest on the red line. there's only one escalator going up and one going down. that means metro has to get creative, making the station exit-only at times and entrance-only at other times. >> the mass that the pope will be having at the basilica that will certainly put a lot of pressure on the red line. part of that will be during the evening rush hour. part will be during the midday. >> reporter: students around here know a rush is coming. >> it's hard to imagine how many people are really going to be on campus. we just know it's going to be thousands.

>> reporter: the brook land station can handle about 5,000 riders per hour. again, 25,000 expected here for the mass. now, we have a closer look at metro's plans for the pope in our nbc washington app. just search metro pope. doreen, back to you. >> all right. thank you. adam tuss. the archdiocese just confirmed the pope's parade route for september 23rd after he meets with the president. thousands will line the streets along the ellipse and the national mall to catch a glimpse of the popemobile. a jumbo tron will be set up on the grounds of the washington monument to broadcast live coverage of the pope's public events that day, including the mass at the basilica. you do not need a ticket to get on to the motorcade route but you will have to go through security. you can get the details about all this on our nbc washington app. doug kammerer? >> tracking some weather. that's right, doreen. take a look at that weather out there right now. we have storms that came through

earlier. we have storms that come through later. but right now, most of the area dry. take a look at storm team4 radar, it is dry in most locations, see what happens six months ago, that rain coming on through here, annapolis saw very heavy rain, three inches for them today that has all moved out and now just seeing some dry conditions, back to the west though this is the area i'm now watching back toward lore ray, the winchester region, this next area of rain is trying to move our way, too so take the umbrella with you if you are going to be heading out and about. behind this, a much different air mass. look at these temperatures, yesterday, night 90s, 90s pushed down to the south, wait until i show what you's in store for the weekend. may need those umbrellas again. >> thank you, doug. new video from inside a fairfax county jail shows the homes when a woman was being moved into a new jail cell. natasha mckenna, a taser was used on her and she later died. prosecutors call it a tragic accident, but tonight, a top

mental health expert is weighing in and raising questions about the response. bureau chief julie carey joins us live now. julie? >> reporter: doreen that mental health activist says he was both sickened by what happened but also struck by the professionalism of deputies. it was earlier this week that the common wealth's attorney ruled that natasha mckenna's death a tragic accident brought on by something called excited delirium caused by her mental illness and that struggle with deputies. now, none of them will be charged and today, the sheriff released the video of the incident so the public can see for themselves what happened here back on february 3rd. the sheriff's emergency response team sent to get natasha mckenna out of her cell for a transport to alexandria. the 38-year-old, who suffered from schizophrenia previously assaulted a deputy and thrown urine from her cell so the sert team was given the tax. as a matter of policy, they videotape all of their work. >> we are here to take you out. >> reporter: mckenna appears

wary from the beginning. >> reporter: the video shows deputies spend more than 15 minutes trying to get mckenna in restraints and into a special transport chair,the preedly asking her to comply. >> if you resist, we are going to use the taser on you. do you understand what that means? >> reporter: a few minutes later, mckenna is tased, four times in all. >> taser! taser! >> reporter: you can see two taser probes in mckenna's leg, as they begin to wheel her to the sally port and a waiting van. once there a nurse realizes she is not responding. >> we got bad news. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with news4, the sheriff explains why it was important to release the video. >> because there was so much inaccurate information that was being put out. and it was important that we were able to show exactly the professionalism as well as the

restraint as well as the patience that the deputies demonstrated. >> reporter: pete early is a nationally known mental health activist. >> my gut is someone with mental illness, i felt sick to my stomach. >> reporter: early was surprised with the way the deputies treated mcken 1/2. >> i thought the -- they were professional. this was the least violent -- the least violent forced cell move i had ever seen. >> reporter: early says he didn't see mckenna exhibit the super human resistance described in the prosecutor's report. any questions why tasers were needed? >> the sheriff promises the mckenna case is already bringing reforms. >> natasha mckenna did not die in vain and there will be something good that comes of this tragedy and that is a better system that's going to be set up in terms of how we trite those suffering from mental illness. >> reporter: now, in july, we were with the sheriff when she led a delegation, san antonio,

texas, to see how thousands of mentally ill offenders there are channelled into treatment rather than jail. and already, a task force called die version first is under way here, expecting to do just that in the county by january 1st. now, an internal affairs investigation is under way inside the adult detention center but ever since that incident, the use of tasers suspended. back tour jim. >> julie carey, thanks, julie. protesters are already planning to rally outside the courthouse in baltimore during the trials of six police officers in the death of freddie gray. a number of people showed up today as a judge ruled that the cases will be tried in baltimore. defense lawyers had argued that the officers couldn't get a fair trial there after the riots and the city settlement with the family. but the judge believes that the defendants can find impartial jurors answered mentioned the sniper case in montgomery county as an example. the six officersc/&x will be tr separately. the first of those trials begins

next month. new details tonight about what a driver allegedly said in the moments after a deadly hit and run. that crash happened at the intersection of braddock road and commonwealth avenue in alexandria last week. and that's where we find news4's darcy spencer with more. darcy? >> reporter: doreen, the new court documents say that the driver of that dump truck after the fatal incident here at this intersection then drove to a nearby construction site. it was there that she was allegedly overheard saying she thought she hit an animal. according to court documents, the woman who was behind the wheel of a dump truck when it hit and killed an alexandria woman was later seen at a nearby construction site using a shovel to clean matter off the mud flaps and undercar raj of the truck, then covered it using gravel from the site. a worker at the site not far from the crash scene said he heard the woman say, "i think i hit an animal."

>> blew my mind. >> reporter: this man, a good samaritan, andrew stutz told news4's julie carey that he alerted authorities after he heard that story from the construction crew at west may sonic drive. it was the tip that made the difference in the case. >> the officer told me if i wouldn't have told him anything, they wouldn't have never found her, they lost tracks tend of the road. >> reporter: the truck hit and killed 60-year-old deborah ann bogart at commonwealth avenue last week, the driver has not been charged. after leaving the crash scene, the driver headed to west may sonic view avenue to get construction gravel loaded into her truck. if you were in a neighborhood like this and hit an animal with your truck what would you do? >> stop. you drive for a living. i mean, your going to get in accidents, just stop. >> reporter: police found the truck in prince george's county and towed it back to alexandria. they are seeking a search war respect to check the wheels, mud flaps and undercarriage for dna. alexandra ruther ford is stutz's

supervisor. >> he did the right thing, deciding the best do is hey, go talk to that crew, they might do something. we are proud of them. these guys work it our house, it was great for him to do that. >> reporter: now, police tell thanks it could take weeks before this investigation is wrapped up. back to you, doreen. >> darcy spencer, thank you. growing calls for gun control from a virginia father whose daughter was killed on live tv the small steps already taken to save lives. sweeping changes because of an i-team investigation. we will report what the government is doing to help army families who are struggling to make ends meet after the government fell behind on payments. did you get to sleep, you have nightmares about your son. you realize's gone. >> their grief is still so raw, but tonight, they are sharing their story after a teenager was

here at the live desk, we are getting some new information about a baby who has gone missing in montgomery county. police have just issued a amber alert nor little girl. her name is farrah mohammed, she is 15 months old. investigators say farrah's father took her out of her mother's home on smooth stone way in montgomery i will have lachblt last time someone saw her, she was wearing small, round earrings. her dad's name is jason kelly but hearing he may also go by the name ishmael. he is 6 feet tall, 190, light skin, bald with a beard. he was last seen driving a white honda santa fe. it's got maryland temporary tags with the number of 453577t. if you have any information where kelly is or the baby, they are urging you to call 911. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >> chris, thank you. 15 days ago, roanoke tv reporter, alison parker, died

after being shot on live television. her father vowed do whatever it takes to reform the nation's gun laws. today, he came to capitol hill with a powerful message for congress. our steve handelsman talked to him. >> the most sympathies for your loss. >> i appreciate it. >> reporter: andy parker came to washington two weeks after his daughter, reporter alison packer, and her cameraman, were shot dead by a former station employee. andy's campaigning for tougher federal gun controls. why do you think you can succeed when so many dads and others before you have not succeeded with this? >> it is a fair question. because i am the -- sad to say, the fresh face of this. >> reporter: parker's appearance brought dozens to a capitol hill rally. >> keeping the pressure on our lawmakers until they do the right thing. >> reporter: tougher background checks, even at gun shows, is the goal and was after the shootings at sandy hook elementary in 2012. but by this year's shootings in the charleston church, congress had refused to beef up background checks. opponents point out alison's

killer passed his. they say more guns in the hands of good guys is the answer. >> mass murders, which the government defines as four or more, occur almost always in gun-free zones. why don't we go after that? >> reporter: because, andy parker says, this time, congress can be pushed toward fewer guns. it feels to you like success could result? >> i think so. i think so. >> you have got to try any way, right? >> no question. >> reporter: he says alison is watching. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. d.c. mayor bowser wants to put police on the video recorded by police body cameras. legislation now does not allow as much access as council members wanted. anyone with a police complaint can have access to the video, but video involving victims of domestic violence, sexual assaults and serious assaults will be offlimits to anyone who is not directly involved.

the city says it's all about protecting privacy. the city wants every officer to have a body camera by the end of next year. doug is here looking at weather now. some of us got a bunch of rain today. some of us thought it was gone. but ain't necessarily so huh? >> ain't necessarily so. showers making their way in across the region now, back towards the west, move in later on, good idea to keep that umbrella handy, you hang out. you guys match perfectly today, by the way. really? >> that phone call we got. >> that's red and this is orange, doug. we will dwell on that later. >> nobody gave me that people moment looks sat into me. cloud cover, the cloud cover you cross the region, seen cooler mare move on in still the muggy side, again, we did see the rain earlier this morning and into the afternoon. look at the very heavy rain that we saw right around the annapolis region, down toward southern mary land and then a nice, dry hole, where we actually do need to see some

rain. look what's happening back to the west. we are seeing more rain. the rain that we saw earlier is out of here. it is this batch right now that i'm watching making its way through ports of the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. the heaviest storms, watch how they kind of dissipate, move down to the south. they are going to continue to do that i think this whole area will continue to dissipate, but they will see more shower activity, best locations for that toward northern virginia, once again, we need to see some of that rain, look at the rainfall totals today, only a tenth of an inch over toward the d.c. metro area. over half an inch in quantico, close to an inch in culpepper. nearly nothing toward fredericksburg. and look at annapolis and baltimore. baltimore, over an inch. 3374 inches of rain in annapolis. we did see flash flooding issues there. flash flood warning was issued, since canceled. temperatures, 75 degrees, winds out of the north, 16 miles per hour. high yesterday for 49. did hit 84 a little bit earlier today, we have seen those numbers come down behind this system. 68 in gaithersburg, only 69,

martinsburg, 68 in luray. some much cooler air, again, still on the muggy side, still have the dew points up, by tomorrow morning that will all sweep on out. looking at a very nice day very nice evening tonight late. i think we do have some showers between 7 and about 9:00. but then by 11:00, around 70 degrees, it will be nice by that time, as you make your way out and about tomorrow, fantastic friday. temperature 86 in d.c., a little bit above average, 81, martinsburg, 87, culpepper. see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. move on through the day on saturday, this is the issue that we have for saturday. the rain will move back in. high temperature around 82 degrees, 60% chance of that rain occurring, once again, i think some of those storms could be on the stronger side, especially down toward the south, most of this will be during the afternoon and early evening. but not an all-day rain. do not cancel those plans if you have them coming up. sunday, high temperature of 76. a look toward some fall weather. we have got that for you at 6:45. wait until you see these cooler

temperatures. >> oh, sounds good. thank you, doug. driving distracted on the way to the emergency room. see the video that got an ambulance driver in trouble for texting. disturbing allegations of sexual abuse against a child from this in-home day care in sterling. sterling. c

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they are behind the wheel. the boy's mother shot that video, posted it online on tuesday. she said she wanted to make people aware about the dangers of distracted driving. more young victims maybe out there. that's what loudoun county sheriff is warning tonight after a disturbing sex abuse allegation. the man who is charged lived in a house that served as a children's day care. one neighbor tells news4's david culver, he doesn't believe the accusations. >> reporter: hearing accusations of child sex abuse. >> it don't make sense. >> reporter: tough for this neighbor to process. >> don't even sound right. not to me. it don't sound right. >> reporter: not wanting to share his name, he did want to vocalize his support for the man who lives a few doors down, juan rodriguez. what is he like as a person? >> a good man. a good man. >> reporter: sheriff has a very different understanding of who the 52-year-old rodriguez is. >> so disduring to me that someone would take advantage of a small child. >> reporter: rodriguez lived in

this sterling townhouse, almost a sterling day care. two weeks ago, the alleged victim's parents picked the child up, noticed the abuse and called deputies, they arrested rodriguez the next day. they have been running the day care out of this home since 2000, some 15 years. for that reason tonight they are looking for other possible victims. neighbor katherine hernandez stunned by the claims. >> i feel so sad at the same time. somebody would do something like that to a little kid. >> reporter: rodriguez has this man standing by him. >> that man wouldn't do nothing like tt avenues good man. >> reporter: in sterling, david culver, news4. tonight, a family in maryland talking about their journey to justice nearly a year after their son was killed in a high-speed crash. two deputies rushed to the hospital in two fire trucks. a look at the changes coming to d.c. in the months ahead. a local hospital close and it could have an impact on your

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a montgomery countyeen ter will spend 18 months in jail for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed his friend. austin hall was driving more than 100 miles an hour when his car left the road. he never applied the brakes. sean gangalmost off died.

his parents are still trying to come to grips with that tragedy. >> every morning, you wake up and you realize your son is gone and it takes you that much longer just to get out of bed. >> that crash last august propelled sean's parents into a world of grief that continues to hold on to them. >> they sat down with wendy rieger to expressed deep impact that comes with the loss of a child. wendy? >> reporter: we can diagram the anatomy of deadly crash but we can't map the course of grief that comes in its wake. the parents of sean gangalmost off hope their grief sends a message to teenagers are about the amount of suffering they cause when they get drunk and drive. >> walking around the house with all the memories bombarding the triggers and it just feels like there's this elephant on your chest or like you're itching from the inside out. >> reporter: grief is relentless when one loses a child. rick and allison have felt its crush for more than a year.

ever since the 15-year-old son, sean, was hopelessly injured in a reckless act. >> if you do get to sleep, you have nightmares about your son. you realize he is gone. you relieve the crash. we relieve the hospital situation, 'cause we had 24 hours or so with him. a little bit more than that in the hospital, trying to pray or praying that he would wake up and that there would be blood flow, but it just wasn't blood flow to the brain and so he was considered brain dead at that point. >> reporter: crash in olney, maryland, was horrific. 17-year-old austin hall was driving drunk after a party, decided to go 119 miles an hour on a residential street. he lost control and hit a tree. sean was in the back seat. >> sean was thrown from the car over 100 feet, sew wasn't even noticed right away. >> reporter: it would be hours before the gangloffs even learned. >> the kids at the party who didn't identify sean to the police because they were afraid

of getting him in trouble and so, the accident happened like at 1:30 and we didn't find out until 7:30, 8:00 the next morning. i regret that i lost hours with my son at the hospital -- our son, at the hospital. even if he would have been in surgery or something, i could have been there and felt like i was close to him. >> reporter: in the days after sean's death, austin hall, the driver, would come to their home and face them. >> he gave me a hug. he told me he was very sorry. and we cried. >> reporter: but they worry that the full impact of this recklessness is lost on teenagers. >> seems like it's just another, you know, another accident, another day, and, you know, people get on with their lives. >> once you lose your brother, you know, is not a video game. >> reporter: then kournled their friends to act wisely and up the street, the tree that stopped the speeding scar painted purple as well, in people more yum.

sean's bedroom is still unchanged. but the gangloffs life has changed completely and they want people to know just how much they miss what came before. >> the gangalmost offs emphasize sean had not been drinking that night. they think he was coming home with austin hall from a party that a teenager had thrown when his parents were out of town. back to you. >> thank you, wendy. d.c. plans to roll out 30 more ambulances to help fight the ambulance shortage in our city. for the second name a week, d.c. fire and ems crews took a baby to the hospital in a fire truck rather than wait for an ambulance. officials say people calling for an ambulance when they don't actually need swann big problem and contributing to the shortage. mayor bowser promised to put extra ambulances on the streets during peak call times, but that's been tough because of break jounce and repairs. now, crews are getting

much-needed reinforcements. the city says public safe city a priority. >> we can manage smarter, but there's other things we need do to boost the numbers, we will do whatever it takes. >> the additional ambulances will start hitting the streets in november. firefighters say the closing of laurel hospital will increase the time it takes them to get emergency care for patients. as bureau chief tracee wilkins reports now, some people are afraid that that could put lives at risk. >> reporter: when dimensions health care announced it will be closing laurel regional hospital and opening a walk-in center for patients, it came as a shock, even to those considered stakeholders, like the prince george's county fire and ems department. >> we would have liked to have been part of some type of stakeholder meeting before an announcement was ever made. >> reporter: more than 4,000 sprarnts been transported to laurel hospital so far this year, according to prince

george's county fire and ems that's why the laurel fire chief wrote letters complaining about the closure of laurel's hospital to the "baltimore sun" saying -- dimensions health care management for laurel hospital announced late july that they will be laying off hundreds of workers and closing departments as they prepare to demolish the hospital and open a walk-in patient center with an emergency room but no overnight stays. the closest full-service emergency room will be nine-plus miles away. next week, the prince george's county council will have a briefing, explaining about what is exactly going to happen with the closing of laurel hospital, the first time that any official board has had that briefing since the announcement was made outside of the hospital's board. in laurel, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. coming up, a report on a

multimillion dollar plan to help ease traffic on one of the most congested roads in the area. also, drivers targeted sparking fear on a freeway, how here to fehr out west is bringing memories of the sniper attacks in washington. first, here is doug. >> rain off to the west, we will watch the rain move across the region. i will ♪

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there are two more shootings on an interstate that are being investigated in arizona. state police there say they consider all the shootings there domestic terrorism. at least seven cars and trucks have been hit by bullets on or near interstate 10 in the phoenix area since back on august 29th. three other cars were hit by other objects that somebody threw. only one person has been injured. those shootings have drawn comparisons to the beltway sniper shootings that killed ten people here in our area back in 2002. there is a new effort to improve one of montgomery county's most congested commuter corridors. 175,000 vehicles use interstate 270 every day. well, now the state is setting aside $100 million to try to ease traffic there. transportation leaders asked for the public's opinion at a meeting in germantown last night. one plan is for a new interchange at watkins mill road. others want more lenient rules

for drivers during congested times, including the use of hiv and shoulder lanes. city leaders in alexandria, virginia want one big change before they will agree to a commuter ferry terminal. they want more parking options. at a meeting last night, council members said there's not enough says spays in old town. they say the area would be flooded with commuters who want to cross the potomac to joint base anacostia on the other side. they say the government should have provided more parking at the base. one council member suggested putting the ferry terminal in prince william county. still ahead a tribute to the victims and the stories of heroism inside the visitors center for flight 93. this is scott macfarlane at the u.s. capitol. coming up, the news4 i-team

changes orders because of a news4 i-team investigation into a troubled federal government day care program. >> the agency in charge says it will pay back hundreds of army families the money they're ode. it's a fallout from a report thatcott macfarlane and the i-team did. they found army parents going broke because of the problems. >> reporter: u.s. army captain told us it has been a nightmare. her day care payments from the federal government were months late and her finances nearly in sham bells. calls for help unreturned. the u.s. house oversight committee saw our story and called her to the capitol today to find out why >> those who serve our country make many sacrifices but absolutely should not sacrifice the health and safety over our children. >> reporter: the jenner is advices administration today admitted it had failed its operation of the army fee assistance program, which is supposed to pay the day care bills for about 10,000 army families who can't find day care on post and must instead use

private day care in the community. the backlog of late payments, unreturned calls and e-mails has now topped 26,000. the house oversight panel hammered the agency for it. >> pay the bill. this is shameful. >> we in the public sector have a sacred obligation to do the very best we can for that child and that family. >> it's just totally and wholly unacceptable. >> reporter: the agency today says it will catch up on all of those late pages within 30 days and offer loans to families who need them. >> i want to apologize for the two families represented here today and all of the army families who have suffered frustration and financial hard ships. >> reporter: at least one army family says it filed bankruptcy because of those delays. the backlog of unreturned calls was so severe, the agency admitted deleting 4,000 voice mails from parents instead of responding to them. nobody's been fired and members of congress say the agency should have fixed these problems before the news4 i-team's story

went on the air this summer. >> this matter was not rectified until it came to the attention of the public through an nbc4 investigation. >> we do appreciate the good work of channel four, the nbc affiliate here in washington, d.c., because it sparked a lot of action, quite frankly, here in congress. >> reporter: we also learned today that jenner is advices administration is getting out of this business. it will no longer handle army day care payment, instead hiring a contractor do so, likely beginning in december. at the capitol, scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >> we want to you know this story started with a tip. if you have something would you like the i-team to look into, call the number on your screen or send an e-mail to tips at news4 i-team com. the new visitor center at the flight 93 memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania, is now open. flight 93 is the only one of a

hijacked flights that did not reach its target during the terror attack on september 11th. the center tells the story of the passengers who fought with four highjackers on that plane to gain control of it. it features photos, videos and interactive displays, half a million visitors are expected to visit the memorial each year. looks like it was raining in shanksville and rain for a lot of people around here today, but is it all clear? >> just about for most of us, but we still have some showers out there right now, those showers moving in mostly to our west and to our southwest, down toward northern virginia, if you live in northern virginia, you have the best chance of seeing some more shower activity as we move on through the night tonight. it's just cloud cover across the region right now, sun going down, 7:25 tonight. not going to see that sun with these clouds though, 75 degrees right now, clouds around 7. showers come back in around 8, 9:00 and then they are out of here again by 11 and we are quite nice at 11:00, nice, mild temperatures around 70, once again, all-clear around the d.c.

metro area, a few showers around the potomac, moving in toward st. mary's county. this is the area i'm watching now, making its way off towards the east, what you can see around winchester, front royal, lore ray culpeper the next half hour and on this track, they are making their way toward the i-95 corridor and will be there right around two hours, two hours five minutes or so, so, two hours from now right around that 8:45, 9:00 hour. so, that's when we will see some. so if you have some activities to do outdoors this evening, make sure you take the umbrella with you. that is the last of the rain. you can see it moving on through. our front moving on through, we have much different conditions tomorrow. tomorrow, a beautiful day, plenty of sunshine, nice and warm, a great day with low humidity. 82 to 87 degrees some, temperatures at or a little bit above average tomorrow, but that is it for those above-average days, 69 a great start tomorrow, sunshine, 28 by noon. 86 by 4:00, it's been way too hot the last couple of days, get lunch outdoors, tomorrow, get

out there. 86 tomorrow, 82 on saturday, saturday, a good chance of rain and thunderstorms during the afternoon. but like today, not an all-day rain, 76 degrees on sunday a chance of a shower, 78 on monday, look at next week, tuesday, wednesday and thursday looking great. look at the low on monday, 59 degrees, that's in the city. how about lows in the low to middle 50s for most of the suburbs? some cooler air moving in. >> thanks, doug. sports coming up. are you ready for some football, folks? kicks off tonight. we will hear how some of the rookies in burgundy and gold rookies in burgundy and gold plan to

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.

you know, i'm glad carol is talking about football now, 'cause i swear i don't know what else you can say about the nats. so let's just say -- >> turn the page. moving on. >> hard to watch them. >> why do you menning? >> i had to. the last time. go ahead, carol. >> i hope we talk about the nats the rest of the year. we will see. not mathematically -- >> not over. >> not possible. >> about the redskins, here we go, this weekend, still waiting on written report from robert griffin's clearance, talk about

that still waiting, they don't know why, they don't have the written report, so the backup qb situation for this weekend, miami coming to town to take on the redskins for week one. now, that's still tbd. but a lot of other questions have been answered. redskins, dolphins are going to kick it off on sunday. you have probably heard ad nauseam about all the new guys on the skin's roster, 18 new face and how much more competitive and aggressive they are going to be this year. we are a mere 66 hours away from finding out if that is a reality. the skins' brain trust, the scene today at practice, they can only watch and react like the rest of us, anything can happen, which is why a number of guys to make the redskins debut couldn't contain their excitement. >> feels like, you know, the first day of school. you kind of put on your new clothes, your new gear and things like that you know, obviously changing jerseys and things like that, so us, a good feeling and i'm already decided to get out there. >> a all right of guys will go out and blow their tanks on the first two drives because they are excited, and their

adrenaline, but i will be excited, probably happen to me, but right now, i'm just focus on the process, sunday, i'm just -- i will just be happy to get out there and see what type of team we have. >> this week of practice is most important for this guy, kirk can you cousins, he only has tomorrow's walk through now, focusing on his timing rhythm with receivers, desean jackson, preseason game with the shoulder injury. cousin also some interesting things to say today about take the reins of the first-team offense when he sat down with our own jason pugh. >> your teammates, some of them have called you a natural-born leader, what makes a great leader in your opinion? >> i think leadership at the end of the day is influence, having an influence on people around you, as a quarterback, means having an influence the offense and the influence of the players without you. always tried to be a gay i step in the huddle, other ten players in the huddle able to elevate their level of play, but at the end of the day you got to lead from the hear. gout to be gay that cares about people and wants to build relationships with his teammates and doesn't just use his

teammates, i'm always on a quest to become a better and better leader. >> always a leader who doesn't just use his teammates. cousins cares, that's coming, coming. you can get more of jason's one-on-one with redskins qb kirk cousins tomorrow, news4 at 5 and 6. i feel that segment coming. tom brady is taking on the tonight as he tries take down the steelers. the defending super bowl champ not defending himself anymore, the deflategate saga is over, thankfully, too time play football. gillette stadium tonight, fans ready to give a warm welcome to their super bow champions. despite taking home their fourth lombardi throw fishing it's been a wild offseason for the pats. controversy, court date, no return suspensions, taking up the headlines around the country. but tonight, it's finally just about football. patriots and steelers, both ready to get back at it. >> obviously, been a long seven months for everybody. but i think the goal was to focus on what my job is and what

i need to go out there and help our team win. zz1x,rtz out and control your s emotion, there is going to be a lot of emotion flowing and the nerves will be flying around, even guys like myself for a long time will be nervous, how fast can we get rid of the jitters and the nish was and just play football? >> the vets get nervous, huh? the ago gets started at 7:30 with preview show at nbc4, kickoff at 8:30. you are looking for "access hollywood" tonight, you will find it on our other regular programming over on cozi-tv v. if you called up forest park middle school in springfield, massachusetts, today, you heard someone answer the phone. tom brady middle school. school temporarily changed its name and dress code to honor their four-time super bowl champion. the school principal had the idea at antsy assembly this morning to kick it off. tomorrow, i think they will be calling the school i'm too tire good to school, since it's on so late tonight. i never let my kids stay up that late. >> the weather is going to be

horrible. they could see rain almost the entire game. heavy downpours. that's going to affect the running game. i have got the patriots. >> i have the steelers. >> news4 right after the game. drink some c

tonight in the cross hairs, drivers afraid for their lives as more shots are fired at cars in a city already on edge. police trying to find whoever is pulling the trigger before someone is killed. face-off, donald trump once again accused of attacking women, while he denies the new fight he picked with the only woman in the gop race is it about her looks? coming to america, thousands more refugees will be allowed into the u.s. on orders from the white house. the crisis hitting home while so many are left out in the cold overseas. and long lost relative, the discovery making news around the world, meet the distant cousin man kind never knew it had until this moment. "nightly news" begins right now.