developing story in northern virginia where a teenager is fighting for his life after being attacked by a pit bull. i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm pat lawson muse. american airlines back online after a widespread computer outage grounded some flights today. service was restored across the country around 2:30 this afternoon. american says connectivity issues led to ground stops at hubs in chicago, dallas-ft. worth and miami. the airline took to twitter to apologize for the delays. >> with the pope arriving in just five short days and right now crews are transforming the east portico of the basilica where the pope will celebrate his first mass in the united states before 25,000 people. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live. how are things coming together? >> reporter: they're making great progress, chris. as we know they've been planning and preparing over the last several months and crews have been out here on the east

portico, working tirelessly. i want to show you what's most notable. take a look over here. you can see the roof and that's where the pope will celebrate mass. bottom line here is no detail is too small. workers have been repainting curbs, trimming trees and of course, preparing the main altar where the pope himself will be seated in less than a week. the lawn will soon be filled with 15,000 seats and just behind the chairs are these risers. this is where the media will be placed. we are even told the cell tower was installed to help ensure cell service. earlier today the cocardinal al with the monsignor toured the portico and were excited about the progress that's been made. >> the enthusiasm in this community and this city and the country for the pope's visit and there has to be a fitting place for that enthusiasm to be addressed. >> so now we are told, i want to

show you so you have a good visual of what this is going to look like. take a look at the lawn. as we told you there will be 15,000 seats that will be on this lawn and an additional 10,000 people will line the perimeter of those chairs coming in front of those risers and again, along the side. so it's certainly going to be packed and the basilica officials here, pat, tell us that this entire process should be complete by sunday. >> all right. meagan fitzgerald, thank you, meagan. cubans are getting ready for the pope's visit. workers are building a platform next to the cathedral. he will use the platform to address young people. the pope will stay until tuesday when he departs for washington. the pope and the vatican were instrumental in the warming of diplomatic relations between cuba and the u.s. you can stay up-to-date with the road closures and security alerts by downloading the nbc washington app. we'll send you a letters whenever road closures are

announced. now to this afternoon's big decision that had everyone keeping one eye on wall street and the other on their bank accounts. the federal reserve just decided to keep u.s. interest rates at their record lows. the fed hasn't raised rates in nine years, but even though the u.s. economy seems to be growing and there are increasing fears about the economic slowdown in china and a lot of uncertainty in global finance. the announcement came just two hours before the closing bell and the dow lost 65 points at closing, but it's still possible we will see an increase before the year is out and it will break down what that means for you buying a car, your credit card payment coming up in our next half hour. >> the details are out about the massive settlement between general motors and the justice department. the carmaker will pay $900 million for faulty ignition switches. it coaused more than 100 deaths. according to court documents gm agreed to hire an independent investigator to keep an eye on

safety issues at the company, and if gm complied for three years, the criminal charges could be dismissed. federal prosecutors say the automaker knew ten years ago that the switches were prone to turn off while the cars were moving, but it didn't issue an immediate recall. >> traffic can go from bad to worse on one of the most congested roads in northern virginia, today we got an update on the projects planned for i-66 and how it will impact people who live and drive in the construction zone. >> i'm adam tuss high above i-66 in northern virginia. most times 66 looks like this. it's pretty unpredictable and you can't figure it out and it's basically from the d.c. line all of the way out to gainesville when it's like this any time of the day, just unpredictable. so what's going on? vdot is talking about ways to improve the corridor and one of the big things that they're talking about is tolls. you paying a toll to get around the traffic. another thing that will change

on 66, the hov requirement from hov2 to hov3. all of that is in the works. vdot talked about it today. >> what i would say most of the residents to understand is they know they have a problem right now. they can't use it. and if something isn't done it will continue to get worse. >> reporter: coming up much more on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00, how much you could be paying in a toll and when the major construction is slated to start. adam tuss, news 4. >> this is chris gordon beside railroad tracks near the vieira station in north virginia. fairfax police are partnering with norfolk southern railroad police to issue a warning to our community. stay off the tracks. >> today if we end up catching someone on the railroad tracks and it's someone that hasn't been caught in the past they'll probably walk away with a warning or released to their parents on what we call an oral counseling. if it's someone that we've run

into in the past and someone that has shown that they're not learning from their experiences, then we'll give them a citation and we'll charge them with trespassing. >> reporter: ahead, what it could cost you and your family if you ignore the veadvice thes police officers are passing along for you at 5:00. back to you. taking a cross our area right now. a very nice afternoon and temperatures warmer than they've been over the past couple of days. take a look around the mid atlantic. 81 columbus and 85 d.c. and philadelphia coming in at 86 degrees and 88 degrees up there toward new york and ocean city right along the water at 77. so the great weather continues, right? >> well, we'll be on the hot side over the next couple of days and even warmer than today and that's well above our average high temperature and the cold front moves through on sunday and this will change the weather pattern fairly dramatically as we make our way into next week and that means we

could be seeing some rain or some clouds as the pope moves in just in time for the pope and it could be a rather dreary and damp conditions and we'll talk about that forecast coming up in a minute. >> thanks, doug. >> should army sergeant bowe bergdahl face criminal charges? that's the question in san antonio. today bergdahl planned for weeks to abandon his post and then in her words, snuck off under the cover of darkness. bergdahl was captured by the taliban in 2009 and was held hostage for five years. defense lawyers refused to say whether he'll testify. a top army commander will decide whether to resolve this case with a court-martial or in some other way. we expect to know soon when virginia's health board will lift strict standards on abortion clinics, including one to meet the same building standards as hospitals. critics say those moves were driven by politics and not

science. folks say they're necessary to protect women's health. terror and confusion in a grocery store when a powerful earthquake strikes and the danger may not be over yet. nine months of preparation. now the head of the secret service is talking about how his agents plan to protect the po

[ speaking spanish ] he's telling everybody to stay calm which is hard to do when an earthquake in chile strong enough to shake a swimming pool in argentina. last night's tremor had a magnitude of 8.3 and dozens of aftershocks have rattled south america. 11 people have died and the tsunami surge has swamped some of the coastal tides in chile. it's triggered 4-foot waves in hawaii and smaller waves in california. >> what do you make of this? that is a large part of the danger when you get the earthquakes. those waves they propagate outward from around the epicenter and off three feet off the ocean from the epicenter and as it continues to get closer and closer and hawaii and central parts of california as waves get higher and higher that

energy condenses right near the coastline and it's all about the height and the highways that can create so much damage throughout the area. take a look at the sky and we don't have wave clouds with the clear, blue skies and how long we can hang on to the pattern and doug will tell you in a couple of minutes. >> putin-inspired prank. how elton john fell victim to a crank call and what he's saying to the men behind the gag. he's the man behind the movie "straight outta compton" and now the produce herself a sneak peek at a project you will only see on nbc. only news 4 interviewed the director of the secret service as his agency prepares for the pope's visit. we'll reveal what he says is the

here are the stories we're working on now at 4:15. we're hearing from american airline officials who say they fixed a computer outage that grounded flights in and out of dallas, chicago and miami and now the airline is trying to

figure out what caused the problem that lasted a couple of hours. an historic ceremony in northern virginia, people have been citizens in a few hours and they've set a record. turns out elton john thought he was on the phone with vladimir putin, but who was really on the other line. >> many are anticipating the pope's arrival in just a few days, but perhaps no one has prepared more than the men and women of the secret service. they've been training for this visit for more than nine months. today director joseph clancy sat down with mark segraves to talk about how they plan to protect the pope and the throngs who will go to see him. mark joins us now with the interview you will see only on news 4. so what is it that jumped out at you during your conversation with the director? >> he was very candid, joe clancy and two things, the pope has told the secret service that he wants to engage with many people in the public as possible and he wants as many people in the public to be able to see him when they get here. clancy was very candid about

what they're preparing for and what the biggest challenges are as the pope comes to washington. >> and what are some of those challenges? >> manpower. he was very clear. manpower is the biggest because the people are having so many events at so many different locations and magnetometers and all of those places have to be manned. he says this is a lot like an inauguration because of the checkpoints and he says it's a lot different because it will be taking place in so many different places. >> last week we learned of a foiled plot. what is he saying about possible threats? >> he won't speak specifically about any threats perceived or real, but he did say that they are looking at anything and the fbi actually monitors this, but here is what he said about the last-minute preparations? >> we always have an eye certainly on any threats that may or may not be out there. the advanced team now is focused on last-minute details and what have they maced and go back and reevaluate each of the sites.

>> pat, when we hear his interview at 5:00 you'll hear him talk about some very scary scenarios that they're preparing for when the pope comes to washington. >> they've got a big job to do. >> mark segraves, thank you, mark. northern virginia is welcoming the largest group of new citizens ever naturalized in the annual citizenship day. 93 people from 33 countries took the oath of allegiance and became u.s. citizens and some of them described the years of hard work to get here and the excitement of succeeding. >> i am so glad to be here now, and i already have a job, and my family are here, so i feel thankful and safe. >> i want to thank this country for the opportunity it's giving me and the rest of the people here to be another american. i'm very proud of the u.s. >> the citizenship celebrates native, foreign and naturalized citizens and commemorates the adoption of the u.s. constitution on this day in

1787. and now your storm team 4 forecast. that's pretty cool. one area, the one thing that we've been concerned about is not really weather as far as sunshine goes or clouds and rain, but we need the rain. it's been very dry. that's the one thing that we've been looking at here over the last couple of days and notice only 1.43 inches since august 1st and we are now three inches below average and 60% of maryland and 60% of virginia is abnormally dry and we do need to see rain and it doesn't look like we have much in the forecast expect look at the sunshine out there and plenty of it and winds out of the southwest at winds at 7 miles per hour and 79 in annapolis and just another beautiful afternoon. there's orange -- orange alert as far as air quality alert, and code orange today. that's one thing to notice. so keep limited outdoor activity to a limit there, as far as storm team 4 radar is concerned

and no rain as i mentioned and we're not going to see that rain. we still have the area of high pressure over us and there's rain just down to the south, but it can't get up here and it will stay well down to our south as we stay high and dry. overnight tonight, 55 gaithersburg, and 55 manassas and 55 in culpeper and another nice, cool night and still a nice day tomorrow and a very nice way to wake up tomorrow. 87, d.c. and 87 in fredericksburg with plenty of sunshine and this dry pattern and the best time to do that early and evening and wash the car? yeah. we'll continue to be dry right on through early next week and if you're thinking of going up to the evening jog, just about perfect for that and here is the next four days and you know it's warm friday and saturday and here's the day when you see a transition and the cold front, high of 80 and dropping temperatures on sunday and most areas only in the low 70s and look at that for monday and high of only 77 with the 30% chance of showers and the pope arrives and how is that weather looking.

veronica has a look on that coming up. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. if you can think it they will most likely say it and that's what we can expect on the new nbc comedy "truth be told" and it is produced by will packer including "straight outta compton". >> thank you for having me. >> you just had such an incredible body of work. >> i can't stop now. we have to keep it going. >> sounds good to me. >> "straight outta compton," every corner that it has touched, people have loved and there's oscar buzz and what do you make of what's come from the movie? >> it is so exciting. just to think that you have a movie about what i think is the american dream. you are talking about kids who came from nothing to reach the highest pinnacles of success, to have a murphy that is made, obviously so much noise at the box office about four kids from compton. i think that it says a lot about

the fact that audiences want authentic material and want something that's organic and you don't want to jinx it, but i'm very optimistic about awards season and ice cube, dr. dre and just a tremendous job on all fronts and i'm so proud to be a part of it. >> it's touched so many different generations and genres and people came together around this film. >> absolutely. >> it sort of begs the question what's in the offing with this? do you think you will domore biopic-type movies. >> it's hard to tell a true story and especially this one where you have two of the main three members of the group that are still alive, it's tough to tell that story and to get it right, but i think if you do it and get it right it will resonate and audiences will respond. so i'm excited by the biotik world and the opportunity to tell true stories. >> we'll keep an eye out for that and let's talk about the new series "truth be told". >> speaking of being aorganic ad

keeping it real. literally the title is "truth be told," if i tell you truth be told, you get ready and no filter and i'm going to keep it real. it's a group of friends a, diverse group of friends and cast is amazing and mark paul goes on lar from "saved by the bell" and vanessa lachey, and i'm excited about this cast and on friday nights at 8:30 on nbc, we are going there. it is literally going into the most raucous twitter conversation or instagram conversation that you can have. >> hold on, to say those things that you're thinking and we go there and we talk about race, sex and politics and all of the stuff that you're not supposed to talk about. we do it. >> will packer, thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> back to you. sir elson, hello? >> hello, dmitri, how are you?

>> comedians prank sir elton john and a new response from the music superstar. >> i'm almost scared to read this next one,

some pranksters taggered elton john and he's responding to their hoax. >> he got a call from two men

claiming to be russian president vladimir putin and his interpreter. >> hello? >> sir elton, hello. >> hello, dmitri, how are you? >> turns out it was a fake call from a couple of radio hosts in russia, but john fell for it and not only praised putin on his infragram page, but during the phone call, as well. >> it is a great priviledge to be able to speak to one of the most influential people in the whole world. >> the prank call came a week after john criticized putin for russia's law against so-called gay propaganda and today he posted a new update on instagram saying in part, pranks are funny, homophobia, however, is never funny and john hopes this puts discrimination against russia's lgbt community back into the spotlight. we are still working several developing stories. a pit bull attacks a 17-year-old in his arlington home. the boy's life is now in danger. we're asking police how this happened. >> and support pouring in from across the country for the boy

who was suspended because of his homemade clock. why school administrators are not backing down from their decision. bashing his benz in. we hope you're having a better day than

right now a teenager is recovering from serious injuries after he was mauled by a pit bull inside his home in arlington. he's 17 years old. the boy tried toic b ibreak up fight yesterday between two dogs and one of them turned on him and the dog bit him from head to toe and he had to be rushed to the hospital. the house was being used as a pit bull sitting service and there were five dogs in the home at the time. the lawyers for charles severance will be allowed to the present evidence that the sheriff james dunning murders his wife in 2003. dunning has since died. severance is also accused of

killing ron kirby and ruthann ledato and that wasn't his own victory today, julie carey explains in about an hour. right now we're getting new information on who was killed in a deadly crash in prince georges county. marcus heinz was 29 years old. his motorcycle ran into the back of a tractor trailer. the driver and the passenger in the truck are both going to be okay. and an update this morning. we now learned the name of a man found shot inside a car. police found levi davis outside of an apartment building on east capitol street. he died at the help and he was 28. police have a $25,000 reward for information that can help them find the gunmen. well, two debates down and for the first time in months the republican universe does not seem to be centered around donald trump. in fact, a lot of analysts say

the night belonged to carly fiorina, but chris christie made a good showing. chris lawrence shows us why. >> reporter: all eyes were on donald trump, but it was carly fiorina who captivated viewers who pounced on trump's comment about her face. >> think women all across this country heard what mr. trump said. she came out against vladimir putin and defunding planned parenthood. >> this is about the character of our nation. >> while highlighting her career as a dre. >> think i successfully introduced myself to those who did not know me, and demonstrated once again that i am the most qualified candidate. >> reporter: experts agree. >> she sounded well versed, presidential, up to the task. >> reporter: another standout, governor chris christie. >> they could care less about your careers. they care about theirs. >> reporter: made his mark by bringing his debate back to the middle class. >> folks understand that they want somebody in the oval office who will really understand their

problems and who will hear them. >> reporter: trump lacks specifics on policy, but still had some moment especially with jeb bush. >> he supports clinton. >> i get along with everybody. >> and when he asked florida to have casino gambling we said no. >> wrong. >> we said no and that's the simple fact. >> don't make this up, jeb. >> there is a long haul in this and i'm confident that i will pick up steam going forward. >> reporter: confidence will be the key for candidates who say their debate performance will help them pick up support. when asked flat-out if she won, carly fiorina said she was very satisfied with the debate. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. the candidates in alexandria's crowded city council fields will meet tonight for one of several debates and five incumbents and six challengers are on the november 3rd ballot. jul julie carey will moderate the debate and it will start at 7:00 at william ramzi elementary school. are you looking to the visit

from pope francis? that's the question posed in a new national poll and the results suggest a little over a third of americans are looking forward to the upcoming visit while half are not particularly looking forward to it. as for what people think of pope francis, 42% of all americans have a favorable opinion of him, 6% hold an unfavorable view and 52% have no opinion. >> pope francis now has his own baseball card. major league baseball's philadelphia phillies were handing out pope francis rookie cards for free at last night's game against the nationals. the pope will make his first trip to the united states as we know next week. the pontiff will arrive in d.c. tuesday afternoon and then head to new york and philly on thursday. this is how much some people want to get their hands on take tickets to the papal mass in philly. this group is camping out outside a parish in havertown, pennsylvania. they will tick out mass tickets

next thursday on a first come, first serve basis. we always look for just the right balance, right? we like the nice, summary days with low humidity. today another one, and i think tomorrow will be five as we round out the workweek, but we get that also, some dry conditions and i showed you this last week and it was only western maryland and southern maryland that were getting a little dry and now we're seeing those conditions expand through the west of maryland down through virj sirj and 60% of maryland and normally dry in 60% of virginia and we can stand the rain. here is the reason why and the high pressure system is still over us and by the weekend, it's off the coast of new england. we get the easterly wind and with the weather system coming up the coast, moving very slo slowly, we've got rain chances to talk about for not just monday and tuesday of next week. when the pope is here in town we will have dreary conditions and a few showers and even a little bit of wind and we'll talk about the details and how high or low

the temperatures will be for next week coming up in a few. thanks, veronica. this will get you going in the morning, unlimited cups of coffee for just a quarter. the popular store behind this big-time promotion. plus a window-smashing, door-denting rampage on a mercedes benz. what set this guy off.

take a look at this bizarre act of vandalism. this guy is smashing up his own brand new mercedes benz in south korea. yes, this is his car. he bought it for half a million dollars earlier this year, but its had engine problems and he says he's had such a bad experience with customer service at the dealership he decided to just park the thing outside and take his frustrations out this way with a baseball bat. while the dealership says it is now negotiating with this guy to try to calm him down. a lot of us have wanted to do that and never quite gone through with it to that extent. all right. actor and producer matt damon is apologizing for what he said about diversity in the film industry. this was the talk around town yesterday with troy johnson. david was addressing a concern about how a white director would handle a sensitive scene with a

white character and he said diversity should be held in the casting of the film and not in the casting of the show. that set off a social media backlash. damon released a statement saying he believes deeply that there should be more diverse filmmakers making movie. he did say he's glad what he said sparked a conversation. need a morn organization afternoon pick me up? whole foods is selling unlimited cups of coffee for just 25 cents this month. customers can get as many 12-ounce cups of joe throughout the month of september. this perk is part of the upscale supermarket's lovefest, it includes $500 gift cards for lucky customers and other giveaways and discounts throughout early november. a boy suspended from his school for bringing a homemade clock to class has a few choice words for administrators. the federal reserve says it is not raising the interest rate and we we'll tell you what you

no, an increase to interest rates. i'm erika gonzalez. the federal reserve announced this afternoon it's delaying a rate hike. all indications are the fed is waiting for signs of inflation to pick up. it will eventually happen so what can you do now? well, for starters, cardhub.com suggests putting extra cash toward credit cards with high interest rates. it will help minimize the interest charges and pay off debt faster and now is the time to take advantage of 0% will bahhance transfers. as the fed moves away from 0% interest so will credit card issuers. today's delay is good news for anybody looking to buy a car. kelly blue book says loan rates are better now than after a fed hike. september is a good month to buy a car because dealerships are trying to make room for new model sglo models. finally something everyone can

do to improve your credit score. i'm erika gonzalez. general motors will pay $900 million to settle criminal charges. under the agreement two charges will be dropped after three years if gm fully cooperates. the department of justice says gm designed the ignition switch in some of its vehicles with such low torque that it could slip out of the drive position cutting power to the engine and the air bags. at least 169 deaths have been linked toed defect. >> not until 2012 did they realize it was a safety issue after all, but they did not disclose it at the time they discovered that connection. >> gm will also spend $575 million to settle many of the civil lawsuits that have been piled. federal prosecutors say it would have cost gm less than a dollar per car to just fix the problem. and now your storm team 4

forecast. >> it's a warm evening for us during the open, and we could see more pockets of fog setting up and let's talk about the forecast and where we go from here, because it is nice right now. we are expecting clouds for several days and even better rain chances. so we're clear by 11:00 as we fall from 7:00 to 8:00. for tomorrow we have ample sunshine. once again, it will be a code orange day for us, but plenty of warm and the impacts will be low from the weather and the 56 and we're cool to 70 degrees with sunshine by 9:00 a.m. and great weather there for waiting at the bus stop. this is the skycast, very few clouds around the area early tomorrow morning and we get into the afternoon again and the sunshine expected across the area and we are going to warm very quickly once again and the temperature hitting 87 degrees by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, and dropping to 77 degrees.

87 in fredericksburg and culpeper at 87 degrees and mid-80s up to the north and still pretty comfortable as far as late summer conditions go. for your friday, there it is, just a few clouds throughout the area and our rain chances and this is what's so important, we get into a wet pattern starting next week and even next weekend. so right now, tuesday a chance for some rain. we're hot for the weekend, on saturday, overcast and cool with a sprinkle possible. keep that in mind. the best chance for locations to see any sprinkles will be in the mountains and bluemont fair, it's rain or shine for saturday and sunday and you can see the forecast we've got going. the cool pattern and we're in the 70s, guys so get your fall jackets ready and that is the trend after a little bit of heat coming our way for tomorrow. we have more coming up on news 4 at 5:00. serve hikers have been killed in flash flooding in utah and police say they have found the last body. earlier this week, four men and

three women were swept away in zion national park. rangers say they told the hikers that there was a danger of potential flooding before they went down into the canyon and there was no way to warn them once those waters started to rise. hundreds gathered at a candlelight vigil to remember a state trooper killed in the line of duty. they remembered joseph ponder as a kind person who went out of his way to help others. ponder was shot and killed sunday night during a traffic stop. the suspect was later fatally shot by police after pointing a gun at officers. an aide to andrew cuomo has died about ten days after someone shot him just before a parade in brooklyn. the nypd says carey gabay died in the hospital. he was caught in the cross fire when two gangs started shooting each orth labor day and police are searching for two men in connection with the murder. five police officers are on administrative leave following the death of a man in custody in north carolina.

52-year-old carl king died in raleigh on monday shortly after officers detained him in his home. his roommate says she called the police because king had been acting erratically after drinking while on medication. she described the arrest as chaotic. >> he broke a lamp so they had him on glass on his back so, you know, he was just, like, i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i'm -- i said i'm calling the police and don't do that and they came in here running. >> raleigh authorities said paramedics performed cpr on king, but his condition only got worse. police expect to release more details about what happened next week. tomorrow is a big day for oscar pistorius because south africa's parole review board will review whether he gets out of prison. he served ten months for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. the justice minister blocked his

initial release saying procedures had not been followed. it was a visit to the white house for the three men on who interrupted the train attack. alec skarlatos and u.s. airman spencer stone and anthony sadler. they stopped a gunman on a paris-bound train last month. the childhood friends represent the best of america. >> airman stone was injured in the attack, but he is now recovering. today amazon unveiled seven new devices including a new 7-inch fire tablet priced under $50. the low price marks amazon's most aggressive attempt to undercut apple since the ipad went on sale five years ago. amazon unveiled new fire hd tab'lls with 8 and 10-inch

displays and a fire stick with voice-activated remote control. we are working several developing stories in our newsroom right now. only news 4 spoke to the director of the secret service today ahead of the pope's visit. joseph clancy says manpower is the big of the challenge next week. he also revealed scary scenarios that they're preparing for and we'll tell you what those are in ten minutes. right now in fairfax county, a warning for police, stay off the tracks and last year three people died walking on train tracks and two of them with children. police are monitoring some of those rails and handing out sight eggs and just ahead at 5:30 and what it will cost you if you're caught a second time. >> right now at 4:00, we are being troising the latest death attributed to west nile virus in maryland. tracee wilkins has this update. >> reporter: dorothy mount was a 94-year-old woman who had lived in laurel for most of her life. that was her home.

her daughter was here with her when her mother became violently ill. she took her to the hospital and she died there and the doctors told her daughter that it was west nile virus that killed her mother. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00. the city of laurel is responding to this news and we'll show you how. in laurel, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. the boy known as the clock kid says he's switching schools. yet 14-year-old says he's not expecting to get an apology from administrators any time soon. and what happens after a police officer opens fire in a busy gas station parking lot?

>> kansas city police are defending an officer's decision to open fire in a busy gas station. he was involved in a high-speed chase and tried to pin the stolen car in, but the driver rammed him and that's when the officer started shooting even as customers stood a few feet away. three people in the car were arrested after the car spun out after hitting stop sticks and one person had been shot and was taken to the hospital. a fast food burger shop worker had a beef with police and now he doesn't r a job. two north texas police officers said an am employee at whatta burger didn't serve them and he didn't give them an explanation why. >> we do feel it was just that one individual. it's not a conspiracy, you know?

to hate law enforcement or just to hate period. we just think that was just that one person. >> what thea burger called this an isolated incident and asked those officers to come back for a free lunch. support is still pouring in for the kid in texas who was handcuffed and suspended from school just for showing teachers his homemade clock. now he's a star on social media and even got an invitation to the white house. as reporter ellen brian found out, the school knew that clock was not an explosive and called the cops anyway. >> 14-year-old ahmed mohamed said he doesn't expect to get an apology from irving isb. >> they won't apologize and they know they were wrong in front of millions of supporters out there. >> reporter: teachers and administrators at macarthur high school did the right thing. >> is there something to be sorry for? >> at this point, we stand behind our teacher. she followed the correct procedure. >> irving reached out to

mohamed's family on several looks, but the family has canceled their meeting. this morning we are learning that the school did know early on that the clock wasn't a bomb. >> the teacher was able to make an assessment that it wasn't an explosive device. >> i certainly hope our teachers would follow the same procedure to get someone else involved and ask experts to take a look at it for us. >> called a terrorist and bomb maker. >> mohamed won't be going back to mack arthur high school saying school has been a hostile environment. >> if he was called any of those things and we knew about it we certainly would have looked into it. news 4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and pat. now at 5:00, a local teenager hospitalized after an attack by a pit bull and police say this wasn't his first encounter with the dogs. a lone wolf attack, not only the concern for secret service for the pope's visit.

we'll have an exclusive one-on-one with the director. >> and new details tonight about the man arrested for shooting up a metro bus and why he was allowed to walk out of jail just weeks earlier. first, to a pit bull that mauled a teenager. >> right now he's in pretty bad shape in the hospital and we're learning this all happened at the home of a dog center. news 4's pat collins live in arlington and he found out this is not the first time the teen was attacked. pat? >> jim, he's 17 years old. police said he has dog bites to his arm, legs, to his chest, they say it's serious. >> our victim sustained bite wounds literally from head to toe tp. >> police say it happened at this home on eighth street south in arlgton, a home that police say was used as a sitting service for pit bulls. they say there were five dogs in the house at the time. police say two other dogs got into a fight.

a 17-year-old tries to break it up and when he does he's attacked. >> his intervention resulted in the fact that one of the dogs turned on him, and him suffering severe injuries landing him in the hospital. >> reporter: police say the victim had a history with the attacking dog. they say last december he was trying to train the dog, that he ended up kicking the dog and the dog ended up biting him. that was last december. >> so do you think that dog remembered that incident from in december and that may have contributed to what happened yesterday? >> that's definitely a possibility. >> i'm pat collins. i'm with channel 4. >> no comment from the people we found at that house today. >> but at one point they did protest the police account of the incident, standing on the lawn with signs that said false story. false story. now there are no charges here. it's not illegal to