this attack. >> we're also watching developments out of chile right now where aftershocks have people on alert. new video on the damage coming out of that country. but first storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking another air quality alert for you. what's going on, chuck? >> another stagnant high pressure system has been in place all week long. as a result without a change in air masses, we've added pollution each and every day. air quality has continued to diminish. it will be a warm state to later today. that that's unhealthy for sensitive groups. no chance for rain just yet. we could use the rain showers. temperatures in the 50s in the suburbs to low 60s. bluemont, virginia, getting ready for the bluemont fair this weekend. let's hope it's a smooth ride in to work and school. a check on that now with melissa mollet and first forecast. >> fingers crossed this morning.

southbound rockville heights, police have pulled away. there's a motorcycle here. trying to find out what happened. there was a report of crash here earlier this morning. 66 66 eastbound, westbound, looking good. back with travel times in ten minutes, aaron? >> thank you. breaking news. a park lot roped off as police figure out who shot a woman to death and put a man in hospital. this investigation started at 23rd in prince george's county. we're going live to the scene and megan mcgrath. megan. >> reporter: the police have been behind me all night long. the police have been going in and out of that ground floor apartment. just a short time ago. two vehicles were towed from the scene as well.

take a look at this video. an suv and sedan taken out by a tow truck. part of this investigation. shots rank out at about 10:00 last night. when police got here on the scene, they found a woman dead inside an apartment. they found a man outside the apartment. he was shot several times, taken to the hospital. his condition, though, is up known. we don't know what if anything relationship there is between the whom was killed and the man who was shot. an ongoing investigation. police have been here all night long. they're looking for witnesses who perhaps saw or heard anything right around 10:00 last night and we'll be here giving you an update within the next 45 minutes. back to you. >> thanks, megan. a man from silver spring is dead after crashing his pickup into a tour bus. police say 44-year-old michael

polo mow was killed when the bus made a left hand turn and his truck slammed right into it. several were taken to the hospital. they were not badly hurt. close to 60 passengers waited for backup bus to come pick them up. a park police chase that began at gal you debt university turned into this crash. this all unfolded around 11:00 last night. the police say the driver hit at least one other car before he crashed. they arrested the driver after he tried to run away. at last check there were no reports of any injuries. >> the man accused of making threats on twitter to kill all the white people is trying to get his bond lower. carlos holland joo hollins says it was a joke. katherine hugle is facing abduction, neglect, and

hindering law enforcement charges for the disappearance of her son and daughter. they've been missing for more than a year and police are building a homicide case. hugle has paranoid schizophrenia. her lawyers argue she's not capable of standing trial. >> aftershocks shaking the country. take a look at this new video of the damage the country is cleaning up today. the earthquake killed 12 people. in just the laugh hour a 6.3 aftershock struck near the central coast. we're told it didn't cause any additional damage. aftershocks could keep hitting the area for the next several months. >> a kentucky state trooper killed on the job will be laid to rest. joseph ponder was shot and killed on sunday. it was supposed to be a routine traffic stop but he drove away. he fired shots into the trooper's car. the map was killed after a brief standoff.

ponder had been on the job just nine months. today we expect the house the pass the two new measures that could hold off a federal government shutdown on capitol hil hill, one would shauft the plans and the other would shut down doctors not trying to save babies' lives. i show planned parent hood officials casually describe how they give tissue for research from aborted babes. a few weeks ago the "news4" i teem exposed some miscorn exceptions about the chemical compounds. specialists said names like legal weed are misleading. the drugs are closer to bath salts and that marijuana. "news4" will monitor the as nowment. be sure toocheck back with us. >> if you work at the dod you

can go to a special preview of the air show. the thunder bird performing tomorrow. for the rest of us they're holding a rehearsal today. this is rehearsal from years past. tomorrow's show is free. it starts at 10:00 a.m. and you can park for free at fedex field and the branch ave field and take a shut toll the base. >> offensive or freedom of speech. what students are saying about the protest plans for the days ahead. >> chopper headed for a potential problem and also greenline single tracking. more coming up. first, coming up, new information from the front line. why firefighters are finally

right now developing story in california. cooler temperatures are moving in and they could help firefighters working to contain two huge wildfires in the northern part of that state. we now know five people died in the butte and valley fires there. the butte fire is more than half contained the morning. the valley fire is still just 35% contained. >> buffalo wild wings is take action after a star said he lied about having been in the tower during 9/11. earlier this week he admitted to being in the twin towers. he said he's deeply regretful about the fabricated story. >> 6:11. time for "weather & traffic on

the 1s." we're always paying more attention because it's the weekend. >> amelia segal with your forecast live at the basilica. good morning. >> reporter: hey, aaron. i have to say it's really nice at the basilica. we're here with the storm team 4. the last hour the storm team 4 actually reporting the temperature down. the temperatures coming in generally in the upper 50s and 60s. annapolis coming in at around 65 degrees. reston reporting the temperature in the upper 50s. describing to work this morning the biggest issue is going to be the sunshine. you definitely need the sunglasses but you won't need your air or heat on. coming home, you'll be turning the ear conditioning on. mid 80s. plenty of sun throughout the day. most of us are on a coair repor.

right now melissa has updates to metro. >> that's right. we have normal service. single tracking between anacostia and naylor road, no problem with that anymore. chopper 4 over the american legion bridge, those tail lights are the outer loop. nod finding anything but showing you a little bit of volume this morning. top of the beltway, outward to 70 on time at 11 minutes this morning. same thing 95 north quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. a development that may have you thunking twice about avoiding a flu shot this year. plus, new developments overnight in europe. the extreme measures being taken to teal with the rush of migrants and the latest country

he told me whatever, it doesn't matter what people say, keep that flag flying for me. >> two dozen high schoolers in southwest virginia are starting their first day of suspension for fighting their school's ban

on the confederate flag. more students could be suspended. the roanoke school says the students can not at have the flag on their clothes, school, or cars in the parking lot. >> they're trying to get rid of it. >> it was a year of fights that occurs in 2001 to 2002. the fights were racially charged and racingally motivated and if flags were a symbol. >> the flags came under debate after a man killed nine people at a church in south carolina. after the shooting he came out posing with the confederate flag. >> and a friend of roof's is under arrest. joey meek lied to the police in the aftermath of the charleston church shootings. meek said he occasionally let roof stay with him.

when he saw him on a wanted post e he called police. bowe bergdahl may take the stand at a second day of the hering in texas. the general is also expected to testify. bergdahl was held captive in afghanistan for five years before he was exchanged for several guantanamo bay detainees. the hear is to figure out whether he should obtain a court-martial. >> we're watching the migrant and refugee crisis in europe. 13,000 migrants entered croatia in the paflt two days alone and thousands more are trying to cross. croatia has shut down all but one of its serbian border crossings. they're overwhelmed after 00 grary closed off its serbian border. thousands are fleeing poverty. most are trying to get to germany and scandal navy ya.

eun? >> thank you, kristin. we're following new information in the searches in utah and arizona for people missing after deadly flooding earlier this week. zion national park said a woman we told you was missing was found dead. she was one of seven hikers who died. 19 people have died in the floods. they'll be searching for a missing 6-year-old. in arizona a man is still missing right now. a teenager accused of punching and knocking a man down an escalator is guilty. he got into an argument with the man on the metro plan. surveillance shows inside the eastern market station. that continued onto the platform. smith attacked the man as he got to the top of the escalator. the so-called yawning bank

robber was arrested. he's apparently yawning in the video you see here. investigators say the man handed a teller a note dend maing money and acted like he had a gun. when he left. he has not yet been charged though. a rabid deer is no longer walking along. the ranger shot the white-tailed deer wentz near sycamore landing. they say the 8-point buck looked sick and was having a hard time standing on its own. they say if you or your pet came in contact with this animal wednesday back to the beginning of the month, squlould report it. the board of visitors approved the request. 90 million will go toward operational funds and the other $50 million will be set aside for capital funds. nearly $13 million is going to

be reserved for cyber security upgrades. both suffered major data breaches this year. the request heads to terry mcauliffe. money troubles mean the light rail project. governor larry hogan approved the changes. they include buying fewer trains up front and increasing the amount of time between trains. former president jimmy carter has spent a lot of time on camera. hello. probably not a whole lot of that. he ended up on the kiss cam at the atlanta braves game last night. he was there with his wife, of course. he gave her a big smooth. the couple has been married 69 years. >> congratulations to them. how cute are they. how sweet. >> you know what you have to do when the camera swings your way.

the white house will wish you a happy birthday if you put in a request and once in a while they may be off by a hundred years or so. >> take a look at this letter. >> this is what the white house sent a family in utah to their 1-year-old son. they con great him for turn 1g 01. >> missed mark there. >> he witnessed the best of what our nation can accomplish. >> you never know nchl one year, you can go through a lot of changes from the time you're born until you're 1. i don't know what you're noticing. >> the family said they're going use that as a projection of how long -- >> no pressure. here's a letter from the president saying you'd better hurry up. 6:21. time for "weather & traffic on the 1s." >> chuck bell is in the weather center. good morning. >> good morning to you both. hopefully you've had a good week at work and school and hopefully you're ready for the weekend. i know i am.

outside temperatures are going to be warm. once again the air quality will be low because the same area of high pressure has been sitting on us. it will be cold yellow to cold orange. they'll take up shop off the coast of new england. instead of a warm sorlly wind we'll get the cool breeze off the western atlantic. as a result that will not only lower the temperatures but bring clouds to the picture and opportunity for rain as well. no heavy rain. just a couple of dreary days with areas of light rain and drizzle. the days that's most likely to happen is monday, tuesday, may linger into wednesday as well. today, tomorrow, and sunday is simply great. a very low impact on your plans for the weather department. plenty warm. again, poor air quality. if you're in sincive groups, the very old, the very young, it will be unhealthy for those

sensitive groups later on. right now, thick fog in parts of frederick county, maryland and out into parts of the shenandoah valley. here's that seven-day forecast. 87 today. 88 tomorrow. turning breezy and cooler on sunday with highs in the 80s and then there are rain chances. where is chop per 4? >> right there at 66. right now volume looks good. taking a look at the beltway, otherwise everything looking normal. totally typical for this time of day. taking a look here at b.w. parkway. 95, everything into town and out of town looking well.

lock breaux road shut down at dalecarlia roadway. now we have the repairs. prince george's county, no major problem. just your normal volume. back in ten minutes. this just in. an international flight has managed the make it back on the ground in the past few minutes after a very rough flight. the philippine airlines flight was headed from honolulu to manila whet it hit major turbulence so bad that 17 passengers have been hurt. not sure how badly. the flight did mappage to land in manila this morning a short time ago am medical team is there waitling for them. thank you. 6:24. no excuses after this news health update. this year's flu vaccine is doing a good job at keeping you healthy. you may remember that was definitely not the case last year. the vaccine did not match a new nasty strain of the virus.

doctors say a lost people do not get a vaccine even though it's the best way. a new mow beam app allows parents to look at the nutritional content of the school lunches. there are even photos. chartwell has teemed up with nutrislice. the nutrislice app is evenful, especially if your kid has allergies. how about this to start off your friday. more panda cubs may be coming to the national zoo. how than, aaron? >> it's like a rush, jurassic park style. >> i would actually like that. d.c. philanthropist david ruben steen has pledged another $4.r5 million so the began breedli br plan can go on. there's mei xiang.

she's been up for a while. is she sleeping? resting? >> no, not more money. more breeding. >> she's like how many cameras can you put on me. she's had three cubs. tai shan in china, bao bao and now the new baby. this is the first time the zoo has had four pandas. >> niles. >> is there great. we could have double. a lot of work for mei xiang. >> 6:26. a live like at the basilica this morning. >> also ahead, making sure an balance is ready to help you if you have an emergency. the changes d.c. leaders are pushing for after several slow responses. plt clear skies as you look at our live picture from the national harbor this morning.

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the countdown is on for pope francis's arrival in d.c. and final prep rags are under way at the basilica to make sure his visit goes off without any problem. plus what it will take to get a ticket to hear the pope. but first. air quality that you'll want to know about. take a look at this. before you get ready for the day ahead, it is code orange. chuck bell has more on this and your hour-by-hour planning. good morning, chuck. >> still about 21 minutes from now. you can see there's a little gunkiness out in the atmosphere early this morning. that stagnated air sitting right on top of us again. out-the-door weather this morning temperatures in the low 50s and 60s. might need a layer of fleece. it's shorts and t-shirts later on this afternoon for sure. temperatures will rise from the 50s and 60s this morning, back up into the 80s.

mid 80s by later on this afternoon. in ten minutes amelia seagal will be grading the forecast. she's a tough grader. >> i don't know. she's a little hard. >> she was an a-plus plus student that i student. >> i'm absolutely sure. rolling this morning. 270 southbound out of frederick, we're a little slow. this is total le normal with a lit bit of volume. no major issues. back in a few minutes with travel time. eun? >> thank you, melissa. before he comes to washington pope francis will spend the weekend in cuba. possible francis arrived there tomorrow for a four-day visit. he will sep bright mass in harch na's revolution square. that means we're the next stop

for the pope when he starts his u.s. visit next week. megan fitzgerald is live with more on the preparations meagan, good morning. >> reporter: it certainly is good luck. the majority of the 25,000 tickets for those who will be able to attend mass have already been contributed. however, today, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton will have a lottery. those tickets will be distributed when they address cob. you'll be allowed to watch it on the jumbotron. no word how how many tickets will be strikted but back here at the basilica, crews have been working since 6:00 a.m. monday trying to get the east portico ready and prepared for the pope

when he comes to town. we want to show you a little bit of what's been done so far. the roof is in place and almost complete. that's where the pope will be seated and celebrate mass. rierzs for where the medias will be broadcast. the next step is to sets up the 15,000 chairs for those who will be seat. workers are repainting curbs and trimming trees making sure everything is perfect for when the pontiff arrives. basilica officials say preparations are expected to be complete by sunday. they tell us anyone who has a ticket to participate in the mass can arrive here as early as 10:00 on wednesday. back to you. >> thank you, meagan. >> 6:33 your time now. homeland saert jeh johnson will outlied how security will work during the pope's visit to philadelphia. secret service agents and officers will protect the pope and everything who's coming to see him. >> it will be very similar to an

inauguration. there will be check points and areas where they're screening. i know there's been a lot of talk about it. washingtonians are familiar with this. we do that to provide structure so we have a good safe event for all the general public. >> some went to vatican city to follow the popemobile to learn how that process works. you can find out everything about the pope's visit on our nbc washington app. >> d.c.'s mayor bowser is ramping up efforts to cut down on the non-emergency calls to 911. the mayor has seen a surge of calls this summer. this year the average has jumped from 38,000 calls,800 to 4,400 . they could be saving lives in other instances. >> we're doing more broad public education about how and when and

where people can access transportation. in some cases they need to go to the emergency room. >> 22 graduated yesterday. 11 are call takers. 11 are dispatchers. it's the first in more than five years. >> the police are getting body cams. baltimore county police differ from the city of baltimore. this has to do with the breakout. as you're headed out of

frederick, pretty typical you have to allow for that. that and travel time. >> making head lines again. >> what he didn't say. >> the popular water bottle you may have in your home is the center of a recall. why it could

welcome back. at 6:39 we're back with a consumer alert this morning. listen to this, target shoppers. 178,000 of these very popular kids' water bottles are being recalled because of a choking hazard. they're being sold exclusively at target. apparently the inner plastic straw in the flip-top portion of that twist-off cap can break. so far there have been nine

incidents of the straws breaking. seven include children spitting out plastic fragments. if one of these bottles is in your home, stop using it. contact the maker zak for a replacement straw. an update on a texas high schooler who brought a home made clock to school. ahmed mohammed picked up his clock but the family said he won't be going back to that school. the police were called after he brought in a home made clock. they say anti-muslim rhetoric led to that, they don't blame the school. it's 6:40. "weather & traffic on the 1s." >> amelia segal is at the basilica keeping an eye on your bus stop forecast. amelia? >> reporter: it's a beautiful sky out hire. we report calm winds. a wide range of temperatures

from 55 degrees at leesburg to 65 at reagan national. wheel continue to warm up quickly. once we start to hit the 9:00 a.m. hour, temperatures flirting with that 70-degree mark. as we work our way throughout the day, we're looking at plen the oi f sunshine. recess today perfect. by the time kids are getting home tonight, a temperature of around 85. a look ahead. cooler air moves in on sunday. how cool it will be, we'll let you know in ten minutes. >> still have the closure in front of sibley hospital. this is a big problem for a lot of folks headed through the northwest. loughboro shut down at dell carl ya. the outer loop getting a little slow. inbound looking good both ways here. remember to listen to our friends at wop top 103.5 f.m. f

more. first we have breaking news in temple hills where police found two people shot. police have been on the scene throughout tonight. what they're telling us about the attack next on "news4 today."

breaking news at 6:45. breaking news. they found a woman dead and a man hurt at an apartment complex. megan mcgrath is there on the scene with the latest. what's going on? >> it looks like police are starting to wrap up their investigation on the scene. the crime tech vans have left. we do, however, still have a few police officers here. there's one standing there by the open door to that ground floor apartment. police have been going in and out of that apartment all night long. now, a short time ago i spoke to residents who live here at the gateway square parents. they didn't want to go on camera but last night they heard a woman scream and then they heard about three gunshots. that i say that was about 10:00 last night when all the commotion began. when police got here, they found a woman dead inside an apartment. they also found man shot several

times outside of the biuilding. he was taken to the hospital. no word on him at this point. police have been on the scene collecting evidence. they just left a short time ago. they also towed away an suv and a sedan from the parking lot here as part of this investigation. no word on the name or age of the woman who was killed or any information on the man. whether there with us some sort of a relationship between those two or the circumstances leading up to the shooting. all of that still under investigation. police are looking for witnesses and you're asking to call if you heard or saw anything suspicious around 10:00 last night. back to you all in the studio. >> thanks, megan. a chase at gallaudet university. this happened around 11:00 last night. police say the driver hit at least one other car before he

crashed. they arrested the driver after he tried to run away. at last check there were injuries reported. a man from silver spring is dead after crashing his pickup into a tour bus. this happened last night at route 198 in ft. meade. 45-year-old mike oh polo moe was killed when the bus made a left turn and his truck slammed right into it. several were taken to the hospital, none seriously hurt. the bus was headed to niagara false. close to 60 passengers waited for a backup bus to pick them up. it's a resurge of course. 15u8 1 candidates will be at an event in south carolina this afternoon, however, we are expected expecteding that donald trump could face a lot of questions. >> a lots coming out after

donald trump did not question a questioner at one of his town halls, a rally here in new hampshire who called president obama a muslim and said muslims are a problem in this country. take a listen. we want to play it out. >> we have a problem in this country. it's called muslims. know our current president is one. >> right. >> you know he's not even an american. >> we need this first question -- >> but anyway, we have training camps rolling where they want to kill us. >> mm-hmm. >> that's my question. when can we get rid of them? >> we're going to be looking at a lot of different things. a lot of people are saying that and a lot of bad things are happening out there. we're going to look at plenty of things. >> so trump not responding -- not questioning that questioner at the q & a and at the same time echoing what we saw in 2008 when john mccain recommend

corrected a woman who called obama a, quote, arab. mccain quickly responded. we heard from his campaign overnight. we're going to have all of that coming up in a little bit on the "today" show. >> hallie jackson. thanks. we expect the house to pass two new measures that could hold off a shutdown. both of them target planned parenthood. the white house is already threatening a veto. there were a series of videos. they were casually describing how they give researchers tissue from aborted fetuses. the other would slam critical penalties on doctors who do not try to save babes born alive during abortions. also on capitol hill, new legislation and the effort to slow the spread of synthetic drugs. a few weeks ago the nuz 4 iteam

exposed some of the compounds. they say names like legal weed are misleading. they're closing to bath sat than marijuana. "news4" will monitor the announcements, be sure to check back with us. >> 6:50. the man accused of making threats on twitter is trying to get his bond lowered. police put more patrols out after the threat spread online. holland said the tweet was a joke. a maryland woman will face a judge this morning. katherine hugle facing abduction, any gleft and hindering law enforcement charges for the disappearance of her son and daughter. police are building a homicide case. her lawyers argue she's not competent to stand trial >> aftershocks are adding to the chaos in chile as they're

cleaning up. we know 12 people died in the earthquake days ago. in the last several hours multiple big aftershocks struck there. one hit just a couple of hours ago. it shook the central coast. we're told it didn't cause any additional damage. the country kpould experience more aftershocks over the next several months. a kentucky trooper was shot and killed sunday night. it was supposed to be a routine traffic stop but the suspect drove way. after a high-speed chase he fired shots into the trooper's car. it was a brief standoff. ponder had been on the job for nine months. >> tomorrow some of you look forward to the air show. the u.s. thunderbirds are holding their last rehearsal today. if you work for the didn't of defense, you can go see it starting at 9:00. tomorrow's show beginning at 1

11:30. the convenient is free. it's terrific. a spectacular site to see. >> off we go into the wild blue yonder. >> that's right. fast and loud. that's the way they like it at the air force. beautiful tomorrow. so many things. eight street festival in northeast washington. so many things to do. what we want is a weekend filled with sunshine like we've had all weekend. the forecast is looking a-okay. sun just about ready to squeak up over our eastern horizon there. the sun rises at 6:51. right now a little fog in some of the rural areas this morning. that's the only weather slowdown for today and great weather is going on for the weekend as well. saturday and sunday should be rain-free. saturday will be warm like today and the last few days have started to get much cooler on sunday. fog this morning, third mile

visibility. manassas toward culpeper and blue ridge and the shenandoah valley. hourly temperatures today, another big jump coming from 50s and 60s now. well into the mid-80s for most of the afternoon with not much of a breeze out there. so as a result t air quality will stay fairly poor. 84 your high. 86 in stafford and fredericksburg. let's hope it's good. no rain near us. lots of rain down across parts of florida and if you're changing planes in the midwest, you could have weather slowdowns in that part of the world. around here we'll be rain-free through the weekend. sunday will turn breezy and cooler. highs near 80 around lunchtime and highs in the 70s. lots of clouds and a chance for rain monday and tuesday.

melissa? >> taking a look alt chopper 4 over the mixing bowl, nice light volume. we have a brand-new report of a water main break. we're trying to get information on that. we'll tweet that. keep updated. 270 southbound. typical slowdowns as you're headed down. so is 95 here. again, going about 40 miles an hour everywhere here. inbound here in prince george's county, probably volume that's a tad lighter than normal. top of the bent way here getting a little bit red. no real issue. 270 and montrose road looking good as well. remember in front of sibley, loughboro and dell carl ya. metro says track work will affect three of the six lines tonight through sushld. the red, blue, and yellow line trains will run every 24

minutes. and another, they'll open at 6:00 a.m. sunday morning for those trying to get to the half marathon. good luck. an excites development sunday for commuters in silver spring. a $140 million transit center will open at 7:00 a.m. more than three buses that will serve metro, montgomery ride on and the university of maryland. >> good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. a new survey finds that's not the biggest obstacle keeping people from buying a home. the chances of a married couple with no student loans earning a home is about 70% if at least one of them has a bachelor's degree. if the same couple has $30,000 in debt, it slips.

high rental makes it hard to save for a down payment. that's your cnbc money report. i'm landon dowdy. >> thank you. you won't see actor steve rannazzisi anymore on commercials. he's the main character on the show "the league." he says he deeply regrets the fabricated story. 6:56. four things to know. high schoolers are serving the first day of their suspension. more students at christianburg plan to rally today. almost 5,000 tickets to attend the pope's mass have been given up. congress w congresswoman plans to hold a lottery. we now know 12 people died. prince george's police are

looking for a suspect in the double shooting. medics took a man to the hospital last night after police found him outside the home with multiple bullet wounds. >> sunny and very warm today. and tomorrow, breezy and turning cooler on sunday. rain chances on monday. >> thank you, chuck. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you wakes up with us. us. >> the

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supporters controversial statement about president obama. >> we have a problem in this country. it's called muslims. we know our current president is one. you know he's not even an american. >> this morning, terse words from hillary clinton and trump's camp has issued a statement and it's no apology. nbc news exclusive. woman who admits helping two convicted murderers escape from prison opens up about the night it happens. >> i was scared because i knew that was the night that it was going to happen and i was -- i didn't even really know what to do