. new details about a mother charged with her own children's disappearance. i'm barbara harrison. what a judge says will happen to her in 60 days. aim aaron gilchrest, we're live at the scene of a double shooting. police release new details about what they think happened. and highs today in the mid to upper 80s. i'm tracking cooler weather for the weekend and the chance for some rain. just into the newsroom, how it's about to get easier to do business with cuba. right now, the search is on for a killer as a shooting investigation develops in prince george's county. one woman is dead and a man is

in the hospital in critical condition. megan mcgrath started working this investigation before the sun came up this morning. you have some new information, right? >> reporter: well, aaron, when the last hour or so we got an update from prince george's county police, they say they do not believe this is a random crime. investigators believe it is likely drawing related. behind me here, you can see the door to the apartment, this is where one of the victims was found dead. it is now a sealed crime scene. the search is on for the person who fired the deadly shots. an suv and a sedan towed from the parking lot. police spent the night going in and out of this ground floor unit at the gateway apartments. several items were taken from the scene in evidence bags. >> when we came in, we couldn't go in the house. everything was blocked off. they had the front blocked off, too. >> reporter: police got the call for shots fired around 10:00 thursday night. when officers arrived, they

found a woman dead inside the apartment. a man was found shot outside the building. people who heard the commotion last night were reluctant to talk on camera. off camera they told us they heard three gunshots. one resident says she heard a woman screaming as those shots rang out. >> the man who was shot, he was taken to an area hospital. the update we learned he is still listed in critical condition. back to you. >> thank you. we have new information for you about what's next for the mother of two missing children. this morning a judge sneent katherine hoggle back to 60 days more treatment. a mental competency report says she does not understand the legal process going on aid round her. hoggle may have killed her toddlers more than a year ago. they disappeared in september of 2014. hoggle faces child negligent and abduction charges in addition to counts of hindering law enforcement. a judge will consider the case again around thifing. on capitol hill, both

parties are meeting to work on a government spending deal. the deadline for a deal is less than two weeks away. if the deal is not reached by september 30th the government could shut down. we will hear from tracie potts on some of the sticking points here that could push the deal back. >> right now as we look live outside. this is our tower camera looking north. you notice on the horizon, a hazy smog hanging over most of the area. most of us are under an air quality alert. all the counties in gray this is in effect throughout the day today. this includes washington, arlington, alexandria, prince george's, fairfax and montgomery county. we're under code orange air quality alert for today. this means unhealthy for sensitive groups. if you have heart or lung issues, young children, elderly, limit their time outdoors. for more on a code orange air quality alert, you can check out my twitter and facebook pages.

right now, d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton is having a ticket lottery to see pope francis at congress. almost 25,000 tickets to attend the mass at the national basilica have been given out. pope ancis is asking for prayer force hs pope francis is asking for prayer force h for his trip to d the u.s. pope francis arrives in cuba tomorrow for a four-day visit. as pope francis addresses congress on thursdaya group of musicians and religious leaders will rally for leaders to take action on climate change. moby, sean paul, natasha beningfield are some of the performers raising awareness about climate change. they will sing at the national mall from 7:30 a.m. until noon that day. find out everything about the pope francis visit including

road closures and security alerts on the nbcwashington app. i'm kristin wright at the live desk. just in, the u.s. is making it even easier to do business with cuba as our goverent works to improve relations there. president obama announced the end of several sanctions as you remember months ago. now the treasury department says certain types of u.s. businesses can open offices and set up shop in cuba the new regulations also include changes to internet communications, and expanded travel policy. these new measures take effect monday. a very special rehearsal happening right now. the u.s. air force thunderbirds are flying around joint base andrews. they're preparing for an air show there tomorrow. today's rehearsal is only open to d.o.d. card holders. the show tomorrow is for the rest of us and it's free. gates open at 9:00 a.m. before the demonstrations at 11:30. you can park for free at fedex

field or branch avenue and take a shuttle to the base. tensions are heating up between navy and marine corps leaders and it's all over what the marines do not want women to do here at humana, we value sticking with things. when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. because we stick with them. humana medicare advantage. the plan people stick with.

a developing story this morning on the wildfires burning in california. cooler temperatures are moving in, however the valley fire is still only 35% contained. the bute fire is half contained this morning. five people have died. today we expect to learn more about the actions of an army sergeant facing desertion charges. bowe bergdahl may take the stand. the general who interrogated bergdahl after he returned to the u.s. is also expected to

testify. bergdahl was held captive for five years before he was exchanged for several guantanamo detainees. the marine corps is expected to request that women not be allowed to serve on the front line of combat. this has ignited debate over whether navy officials can prohibit women from serving. no final decision has been made from pentagon leaders, but officials say the army, navy and air force are expected to allow women to self in all combat jobs and will not ask for any exceptions. he has one of the most famous clocks in the country right now. what he's finally going to be allowed to do with it

here at humana, we value sticking with things. when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. because we stick with them. humana medicare advantage. the plan people stick with. take a look, just some incredible video here. a powerful storm rolling through southern florida caught on security cameras.

that storm blew through the ft. lauderdale area on wednesday. high winds tossed pool furniture all over the place. no reports of anybody being hurt. time to check on our weather. closer to home here with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia siegel. >> a quiet day as far as precipitation is concerned. temperatures in the upper 70s in spots. gaithersburg at a warm 79. frederick holding at 706789 washington coming in at 76. highs today in the suburbs, the middle 80s. upper 80s in the district. by 3:00, 85. similar at 4:00. working our way into the evening hours, temperatures start to cool. 6:00, low 80s. 7:00, around 80 degrees. dining out tonight, friday night football, the weather looking good. temperatures generally in the 70s. dipping into the 60s. turning cool late. i'll have more on any rain potential coming up in ten minutes. >> okay. thank you. a suspension is now over for

a high schooler in texas who was arrested for taking a homemade clock to school. however ahmed mohamed is not back in school today. his family says he's not going back, not to that school. a teacher thought his clock was a bomb and called police on him earlier this week. last night his father led a rally of ahmed supporters outside the school. >> the world knows the story, but repeat it, and we repeat it until justice is done. >> the school says it stands behind the decision to call police. officers didn't charge the teen with anything. police also said that he can pick up his clock from them today. some virginia students are supposed to be serving their suspensions after bringing confederate flags to school. why are they showing up for

two dozen high schoolers in southwest virginia are serving their first day of suspension for fighting their school's ban on the confederate flag. but more students plan to rally today. the school says students can't have that flag on their clothes, lockers or cars in the school's parking lot. >> they're trying to get rid of it and not any other flags. >> it's a year of fights that occurred in 2001 to 2002. the fights were racially charged and motivated and the confederate flag was used as a

symbol. >> the flag's use came under heavy debate after a gunman killed nine people at a historically black church in charleston, south carolina. after that happened, photos came out of the gunman posting with the confederate flag. a friend of dylann roof, joey meek, is accused of failing to report a climb. the 21-year-old said roof stayed with him before the shooting. he also reportedly told the associated press that roof complained about blacks taking over the world. meek is expected to make his first court appearance later today. there is a presidential forum happening just hours from now. it's in south carolina. it features all of the republican candidates from earlier this week. donald trump has generated big controversy since that debate. we want to show you his response to the first question at a rally in new hampshire last night.

we have a problem in this country, it's called muslims. we neknow our current presidents one. >> this is our first question. >> we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. that's my question. when can we get rid of them. >> we'll look at a lot of differentthings. a lot of people are saying that, a lot of people are saying bad things are happening out there. we'll look at that and plenty of other things. >> now, democratic candidates including hillary clinton are blasting trump for not correcting the person who claimed the president was muslim. other republicans are also responding. here is new jersey governor chris christie earlier this morning on "the today show." >> she's got to decide how serious a candidate he wants to be. and how he handles different problems like this will determine that. i won't lecture him about what to do. i'll tell you what i would do i wouldn't have permitted that. if someone brought that up at a town hall meeting of mine, i would say, no listen before we answer, let's clear some things up. >> christie is also a candidate

for president right now. the entire event is drawing comparisons to john mccain's rally back in 2008 when senator mccain corrected a woman who said president obama was an arab. he said they simply differed on fundamental issues. one of the most powerful women in america is speaking at today's meeting of the congressional black caucus. both attorney general loretta lynch and national security adviser susan rice plan to speak at the washington convention center today. it's the organization's 45th annual legislative conference. dr. rice will speak to lawmakers at about 2:30 this afternoon. in the last hour, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton helped to introduce the synthetic drug act. they says dealing with these drugs is negatively impacting local law enforcement, emergency service personnel and health care providers. amelia? >> high temperatures today in the mid to upper 80s.

tomorrow very similar. highs once again tomorrow will warm to the mid to upper 80s. mostly sunny skies. feeling a bit humid tomorrow. high in washington of 88 degrees. keeping it dry for your saturday. this is future weather, very early sunday morning at 3:00 a.m., clouds in place. there's the outside chance that we'll have a passing shower or two impact the area as a weak cold front moves through. here wef are friday and sunday morning. but as quickly as this chance arrives s tshg arrives, it leaves by 6:00 p.m. there's a better chance of rain on monday and tuesday. maybe not wash the car this weekend. for the redskins game, looking good. breezy and cooler. going out for a jog looking good. i'll let you know how much cooler sunday will be in ten minutes. a silver spring man is dead and several tourists are recovering from a tour bus crash. the bus was headed from d.c. to niagara falls. it happened last night at route 198 and ft. meade road in

laurel. 45-year-old michael palumbo was killed when the bus made a left turn and his truck slammed that it. the people on the bus were not badly hurt. close to 60 passengers had to wait for a back up bus to pick them up. joseph ponder will be laid to rest today. he was shot and killed sunday night. it was supposed to be a routine traffic stop but the suspect drove away. after a high speed chase, the suspect fired shots into the trooper's car killing him. the shooter was killed after brief standoff with other officers. ponder had been on the job for just nine months. if your weekend plans have you using the metro system, you might want to hear this metro says track work will affect three of the six lines tonight through sunday. the red, blue and yellow line trains will run every 24 minutes. metro will open early, 6:00 a.m., on sunday. for customers trying to get to

the navy/air force half marathon. an exciting development on sunday for commuters, a $140 million new transit center will open at 7:00 a.m. in silver spring that facility will be next to the silver spring red line metro station in montgomery county it has spots for more than 30 buss. more americans who were raised catholic are leaving the religion. 43% of americans raised as catholic are no longer practicing catholics. three quarters of american catholics think the church should allow artificial birth control. half of catholics say the church should also recognize same-sex marriages. check out the new way metro is commemorating pope francis' visit it has a new smart card sleeve with the pope's picture on it and the date he's visiting. metro wants those cards preloaded before he gets here. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to crowd metro

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i'm eun yang, we are following the stories you're clicking on this morning. doritos has unveiled bags of rainbow colored corn chips. they are in support of the "it gets better" project. you can get the chips by donating at least 10 dollars to the organization through a special website. how do they taste? harvard is embracing general neutral pronouns. during the enrollment process students are asked what pronouns they use to describe those who are gender neutral? are they using he, she, they? harvard is not the only university considering adding gender pronouns? american university posted a guide on its website explaining how to use pronouns and how to

ask someone which pronoun they use. you won't see asee this actr in popular commercials anymore. buffalo wild wings says it is pulling all of its ads with the actor after he lied about being in the twin towers on september 11th. he's on the show "the league." he says he deeply regrets the

this is breaking now. the family of a florida college student who died after hazing incident a couple years ago reached a settlement with florida a&m university. robert champion died after band members beat him on board a bus parked outside of an orlando hotel in 2011. a university spokesman says the university, florida a&m, has reached a $1.1 million

settlement in the lawsuit. the family also reached a deal with the school for some nonmonetary terms. mobile technology being used to give you forecasts, we also use human technology in the form of amelia segal. >> temperatures in the low 70s and 80s. washington at 76. gaithersburg at 81. you can always get your hour by hour forecast with our nbc washington app. tomorrow, a hot one once again. about ten degrees above average. high of 88. mostly sunny skies. it's noticeably cooler on sunday, high of 79. low humidity, breezy conditions, a really nice day on sunday. all in all, the weekend looking good. plenty of clouds on monday with the chance of a few showers and

drizzle. 74. also the chance for rain on tuesday, mid 70s, fall starts officially early wednesday morning. >> all right. thank you. let's talk about some mobile technology being used to serve school lunch, at least show you the menu. there's a new mobile app hathat allows parents to look at nutritional components of school luch lunches. the app is helpful if your kids have allergies. more than 3,000 schools across the country now using that app. if you shop at target, listen up. 178,000 of these very popular children's water bottles are being recalled because of a choking hazard. we're talking about these zack designed water bottles sold at target. apparently the plastic straw inside the flip top portion of the cap can break. nine incidents have been reported, including some having

kids flitting out plastic fragments. if you have one of these bottles, stop using it, contact the maker for a replacement cap. we're hearing more from the woman who helped two convicts escape prison. coming up, she goes into detail about what she brought in to

right now, pope francis is in cuba, but we are the next

stop after he celebrates mass in havana. >> reporter: for those who frequently walk the campus of catholic university. >> i'm going to the music school. >> i'm walking to my first class. >> reporter: like students, for instance, the walk to your destination has likely changed a bit. >> i usually walk, like, up there. but i can't right now. >> reporter: but for good reason. crews are busy getting ready for the most anticipated event of the year. >> it's exciting. i'm very excited to see the pope. >> reporter: before the pope can be seen here at the basilica, things have to be perfect. >> on the ground. >> reporter: today crews are busy installing lights on the roof and focusing on decorations, since this is the place pope francis will be seated when he celebrates mass on wednesday. a sign was placed on the front of the basilica to welcome the holy father when he arrives. sure there are a few barriers in

place which may make the walk around campus longer than usual, but most of the folks we spoke with don't seem to mind. after all, it's a constant reminder that in just a few days many of us will be witnessing histor history. >> i will frame my picture and the ticket. our nbc washington app can be a great resource for you as we approach the papal visit. search pope photos and scan through some of the most important moments of his papacy when you find yourself with a minute or two, check that out. if you're looking for something to do this weekend or you already have plans to head to the beach, the weather looking terrific. today, plenty of sunshine, highs near 80s. more cloud cover on sunday. a nice breeze. temperatures on sunday in the mid 70s. water temperature coming in at 77 degrees. so pretty nice there. also nice here today. temperatures today warming into

the mid to upper 70s across the area. 85, mid to upper 80s here. 85 for a high in la plata and winchester. 84 in manassas. coming up, more on any rain chances heading our way. >> all right. thank you. a teenager accused of punching and knocking a man down on a metro escalator has pled guilty to assault charges. elijah smith pled guilty yet. smith got into an argument with a man on a metro train. surveillance video shows the exchange. that argument continues on to the platform. smith attacked the man as he got to the top of the escalator. in too deep. that's how prison seamstress joyce mitchell described her role in the escape of two murderers. the search kept upstate new york on lockdown for close to three weeks. mitchell said she helped the two escape using tools she brought

into the maximum security prison. listen to what she told authorities when they first questioned her about the escape. >> i was not completely honest with the state police at first. >> what did you lie about? >> about knowing that they had gotten out and the other parts of the story, but the next day my husband and i both went back. i had my husband go out with me, and i started to tell the state police everything, and then the day after that i went back out again and told the state police everything. >> catch the exclusive interview on date line tonight at 9:00 p.m. coming up sh, videos over t summer exposed controversial clinic practices at planned parenthood. one bill would cut off the organization's federal funding for a year. the other would slam criminal

penalties on doctors who do not try to save babies born alive during abortions. an area school student with cerebral palsy inspired a community. yesterday we told you about 19-year-old ibrahim. he is in desperate need of a new wheelchair. his teachers along with hundreds of friends threw a fund-raiser to help out. and since that story ran on news 4, they hit their goal raising $25,000. the campaign started with a bake sale, then a pep rally, an online video and a go fund me page. they also spread the word on social media with a hashtag about the chair. >> a power wheelchair would allow him to be independent. because he is 19, the ability for him to get around in the world beyond just watkins mill. >> even though the goal has been reached that fund-raiser will

continue for other medical expenses. they mount up. if you would like to donate go to nbc washington page and search wheelchair. >> happy for him. >> good to see people jump in and help out. breaking news from the live desk. the discovery

this breaking at the live desk. a man missing in terrible flooding in utah has been found. he did not survive the disaster. he disappeared near the utah/arizona border during severe flash flooding that you probably remember. this brings the death toll to 20, and a 6-year-old boy is still missing. after watching her son strike another player in the head with a helmet, the mother of a new jersey high school football player is speaking out. anita mcduffy says her son is

being treated unfairly. he's been kicked off the football team and suspended from school at this point. the video you see here shows the boy on the lyndon high school football team using a helmet to hit a player on the other team in the head. mcduffy says she will stand by her son. >> he said his hand got stuck in the helmet. i believe my child. i'm not saying he's right or wrong. >> the boy who was hit needed ten stitches in his head. no charges have been filed against the other player. it is estimated that 1 in 4 deaths in the united states will be caused by cancer. a ride for cancer is this weekend, and one woman is desperate to conquer this disease for the two most important people in her life. dawn miller, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> tell us how you got involved and tell us for whom you will be riding. >> i got involved when my husband was diagnosed with cancer.

my mother was diagnosed with cancer. most recently when he was finished his battle and he was cured of his disease the physician's assistant of our doctor asked me to join the ride. i couldn't think of a more perfect way to pay honor to my husband and the people who helped save him. >> how is your mother? >> my mother has multiple myeloma, not a curable cancer, but she is continuing to get treatment. >> you are batting for all the people out there. tell us about the ride. >> well, it starts at rfk. it's two days, 150 miles. i've been training for months. i absolutely am excited to crush this. i think it will be a terrific two-day event. it's -- it's just design ed ed

raise awareness and get as much money into cancer research and new treatments. >> is it still possible to get involved? >> you bet. all you have do is go to ridetovictory.org. and all the information is on that website. >> well, last year over 1,000 people participated and raised $2.6 million for cancer research. i know you're hoping to beat that this year. >> you bet. it's been -- my team captain actually has raised $84,000 himsel himself. >> i've raised $12,000. that's just a drop in the bucket. we need every penny we can get from everyone watching. i implore everyone to get online and donate today. >> dawn miller, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> good luck with the ride. >> thank you. back to you. >> great effort there. how do you feel about

see that guy there? there could be more coming to the national zoo. david rubenstein has pledged more than $4.5 millions so the panda reproduction research effort can go on. the mama panda here has given birth to two healthy cubs at this point. the newest cub born last month. this is the first time the zoo has had four pandas. >> how about that. >> hey. >> great to see the president back at the ballpark. >> former president jimmy carter took a trip out in public and made it on to the jumbotron that was him and his wife rosalyn on the kiss cam last night. they seemed to have a good time even though the braves were shut

out and lost. the couple have been married for 69 years. moms have to deal with a lot. now doctors have identified a strange source of some of the stress that they have, and it's inside your child's

a deadly shooting is one of our top stories on news 4 midday. one woman is dead and a man in critical condition after a shooting in temple hills, maryland. prince george's county police are searching for suspects.

we asked but officers have not said anything about a motive about the gunfire which happened last night. a judgep;]sz ordered more treatment for a mother who police think killed her two toddlers more than a year ago. news 4 was in court this morning. the judge questioned cath thin hoggle's ability to understand the process. another potential government shutdown is looming and that could mean problem fors shutdown is looming and that could mean problem for for thousands of government workers. tracie potts is standing by with what could hold up this particular deal. >> reporter: we're waiting to see where congress may be headed with this. there are at least 40 conservative republicans right now who say they won't vote for funding. they'll let the government shut down if these funding bills i clued money for planned parenthood. they're concerned about abortion

and those videos. the president is promising a veto he brought in top democrats to talk about it. they're willing to do something democrat prayer, a continuing resolution to avoid that deadline at the end of the month. right now no idea if they'll be able to work it out. >> here's your storm team 4 seven-day forecast. for today, high of 87. plenty of sunshine, but some cloud cover tomorrow, a little bit of humidity tomorrow. temperatures about 10 degrees above where they should be. highs near 90. a cold front moves through saturday night into sunday morning. maybe an isolated shower sunday morning. sunday looking great. a mix of clouds and sun. a nice breeze. high temperature on sunday of 79. for monday, plenty of clouds, a chance for showers and maybe some drizzle around.

cooler temperatures, 74 on monday. tuesday, plenty of clouds, still the potential for drizzle. mid 70s. fall begins early wednesday morning. today homeland security secretary jay johnson will outline how everyone will be protected during pope francis' visit to philadelphia. training has done on for nine months to protect the pope and everybody coming to see him. >> will be similar to an inauguration there will be checkpoints, areas where they are screened. i knows there been talk about fencing. washingtonians are familiar with this. we do that to provide structure so we have a good, safe event for all the general public. >> and some secret service members actually went to vatican city to take a look at how the pope rides on that popemobile. in news 4 your health, there's a new link between stressed out moms and bad dental health in kids.

cavities are more common in kids whose mothers had two biological markers of chronic stress. moms in this study were also less likely to breast feed. no excuseses after this health update. the cdc says this year's flu vaccine is doing a good job of keeping you healthy. you might remember that was not the case last year. the vaccine did not match a new nasty strain of the virus. doctors say a lot of people do not get the vaccine even though it is the best way you can keep yourself and your family safe from the flu. the next u.s. president are targeting each other this morning. now hillary clinton is responding after carly fiorina called her out at this week's republican debate. andrea mitchell tells us what they're saying and what it means for their campaigns. >> i'm just thrilled to be with you. >> reporter: hllary clinton in new hampshire firing back at the republicans for their debate. >> lots of bickering, lots of

personal, you know, insults, attacks. >> reporter: it was carly fiorina who had the sharpest edge, challenging clinton over the controversial videos released by an activist group, purporting to exposed planned parenthood. >> i dare hillary clinton, barack obama to watch these tapes. watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain. >> reporter: clinton responded on cnn. >> i think we ought to be very clear that planned parenthood has served to provide health care, necessary health care for millions of women. >> reporter: and in a letter to fiorina the women's health group told her your claims are completely false, claiming the videos were heavily edited and that they charge only to cover costs of providing fetal tissues to medical researchers, but fiorina is standing by her comments. >> she says all of us are equal in the eyes of god.

>> reporter: fiorina has cast herself as clinton's chief republican critic. on the debate stage hammering clinton's record as secretary of state. >> mrs. clinton, if you wanted to stump a democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of mrs. clinton. >> if anybody is interested, you know, there's a long list about what i have done and i'm very proud of it. >> reporter: about clinton now trailing vermont senator bernie sanders in new hampshire she's spending three days trying to shore up her base, women voters across the state. >> oh, it's great to talk to you. thank you all very much. >> andrea mitchell reporting there. are you a bacon lover, it could help you find that one true love. how

i'm eun yang here are some stories lighting up social media. are you a bacon lover and single? oscar mayer has unveiled a dating app for bacon lovers.

it's called sizzle. you can upload a photo of yourself and then tell them about your bacon preferences. the app is free. man, dating apps for just about everyone. it has taken ten months to build, it's half a million pieces. look at this ahead of the pope's visit in the u.s., a priest in philly recreated an elaborate model of the vatican made from legos. the replica is on display at the franklin institute's science museum. if you like singing the blues, social media editor britney johnson has the perfect weekend for you. >> head down to the 23rd bl blueburg blues festival tomorrow. it will be from 12:00 to 6:00. there will be plenty of activities for you and your

children. all the information is on our facebook page. >> good time for sure. thank you. back to you. have you ever heard of asthma coaching? it's a new way parents are pulling together to

this is breaking now at the live desk. the friend of the accused charleston chuh shooter has pleaded not guilty in court. joey meek is charged with lying to authorities and hiding information about the crime. meek is accused of knowing what dylann roof was planning to do this past june. roof is accused of killing nine people at that church. that historically black church in charleston this past june. he's charged with murder. meek's bond has been set at $100,000. a new kind of treatment is helping kids living with asthma. it's called asthma coaching. parents are trained to help

other moms and dads look for signs and symptoms. the goal is to be proactive with this condition. sides whose parents were coached had three more weeks a year of symptom-free days. >> you don't realize that it's a chronic illness. and you have to stay on top of it every single day, every hour, every minute. >> for kids on medicaid, the coaching knowledge helped cut er visits for asthma by 40%, and drop hospital visits by 60%. you may notice something different when you run your afternoon errands, businesses will transform street parking outside of their buildings into temporary public spaces called parklets. lettal pa a little parks. arlington, d.c. and montgomery county are participating. it's part of the goal to get a natural space within a ten-minute walk of all residents. this is a san francisco-incised event.

the bay area put this into action for the first time in 200 2005. >> temperatures right now coming in the 70s and 80s. most of the area is under a code orange air quality alert. all the counties here in gray or orange. the best chance of rain is monday and tuesday. with future weather, it has rain moving in mainly during the midday and afternoon hours. updating the forecast, so your weekend outlook, washing the car, maybe hold off because of showers and drizzle monday and tuesday. on sunday, redskins game, looking great. high conditions near 80. heading out for that evening jog, looking nice. >> not exactly football temperatures. >> you know, you take what you can get. >> absolutely. that is it for news 4 midday. we appreciate you joining us. we're back on the air this

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