severe weather chance on sunday. hourly temperatures, up, is up and away. we're in the 60s and 70s. it will be a warm up. 85 in gaitherburg, 91 in stafford. developing this morning. we just learned u.s. swimmer jimmy feegen's passport has been returned after revising his statement and making a donation to a brazilian charity. maryland, gunner bentz and jack conger on their way back home. brazilian police say ryan lochte and feegen lied about being robbed with conger and bentz. this is surveillance video. investigators say one or all of the swimmers vandalized the gas station

con confrontation with the armed security guard. a police-involved shooting under investigation in prince george's county. this happened on shady glen terrace in capitol heights just before 10:00 last night. officers were trying to stop a suspect in a series of violent crimes. the suspect drove off and jumped out of a car with a gun. the officer shot around three times and hit the suspect in the arm. a gun was recovered from the scene there. that officer involved is now on the standard leave for investigation. the search is on for the gunman who opened fire at a basketball court near the hamilton rec center in northwest washington. the man told police he saw two people opening his backpack while he was playing on that court around 7:00 last night. when he questioned them, one pulled the gun and took off with the bag and what witnesses say was some sort of motorized bike. no one was hurt. firefighters are imploring people to eevacuate right

thousands are ignoring orders, staying home even with the spread of this wildfire. the blue cut fire in san bernardino county has burned more than 50 miles of land. it is 22% contained. there has been so many fires in california, they believe too many people are treating them as though they are routine. montgomery police are on the lookout for a missing kensington man. they say aaron watkins was last seen leaving his meredith avenue home on sunday around 9:00 in the morning. the 22-year-old uses a blue wheelchair and carrying a maroon backpack. contact police if you know anything. with nine days until the start of the school year, some bowie state university students are trying to find off campus housing. more than 300 students received notice this week they won't have anywhere to stay on campus because too many freshman were admitted. the university

students than it can house. >> letters went out on students on the waiting list in early july. >> bowie state says it's working with students to find rental properties before the first day of school. donald trump and mike pence are visiting louisiana hit hard by flooding today. the republican nominee will be at an event in baton rouge. hillary clinton does not have any events scheduled for today. for the first time, we're seeing a shift in tone in donald trump. we'll have edward lawrence here at 5:50 with what donald trump now regrets. the washington monument will remain closed today so crews can fix elevator and electricity issues. it's now time to turn back to rio where it is day 14 of the 2016 olympic games. here's a

cauldron that will be extinguished sunday at the closing ceremony. we're nearing the end of the games with two days left of competition. there's still plenty of chances to watch team usa go for glory today. the women's water polo will go for gold in a match against italy. the men's basketball has a big game against spain to advance the gold medal games. and in diving, david boudia will be competing in the 10 meter platform. a >> anything else catch your

today, ashton eaton? >> he's the world's greatest athlete. >> ten different events. you are exercising all these different sorts of muscles with different sports, and so you win the decathlon, you greatest athlete moniker. bolt, 200 triple! >> and there's that, of course. >> our coverage of the summer games continues in just minutes when we go live to rio. what you missed last night as well as a look at the most current medal count. >> a different kind of first aid is making its way into schools. the program training people who work with kids day in and day out. >> and we're hours away from learning the cause of last week's deadly apartment explosion in silver springs.

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just into the live desk, we're getting word of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake in the south atlantic. the way that we're hearing this, this is about 1,500 miles east of the southern tip of argentina, whether or not this impacts a lot of people still yet to be seen. but this morning, a new report of a 7.3 magnitude quake in the south atlantic some 1500 miles south of argentina. at the live desk, i'm erica gonzalez back

we want to check in with chuck bell. don't you feel the difference this morning? >> i was almost tempted, chuck, to roll the windows down. >> almost tempted? >> it would ruin my air. i can't do that. >> that was the same thing i was thinking. i just got a cut and color yesterday. >> he was under the dryer. >> aaron, save your money. >> you'll notice it for sure. a little bit less humid today than it's been the also couple of days. that's nice. as a result of the drier air we've cooled off a bit more than normal. the few kids that have to go to school today at the bus stops, temperatures near 71 this morning. a quick warm up. outdoor recess weather for kids and adults this afternoon. what to wear, shorts and t-shirts and sunglasses. you can leave the umbrellas and rain upon chose at home. going to the pool, remember the

bet. whoever takes, make sure they pays. in problem in northwest washington could be the next several hours as they investigate this fatal pedestrian crash. new hampshire avenue at m street. all lanes blocked in that area. you can see it turns purple and it will eventually turn black meaning nobody will get through this area right now. best thing douk is plan ahead here. take connecticut avenue, do that come across the bottom of the screen here on k street. those are unaffected. you are not going to have any problems there. as far as what's going obout there at the scene, we have molette green out there on the scene. what are you seeing here at this point this morning? can you hear me, molette? >> i can tell you d.c. police have confirmed this is a deadly hit-and-run accident. they have blocked off a large portion of this area that you've been talking about around new ham

and 21st. not exactly sure where the actual impact happened, where the person was struck. we have seen investigators focus in after this truck moves, week show you where we've seen investigators focus their attention since we got here a short while ago. this involved a pedestrian sometime in the 3:00 hour. we have learned the victim is a man. no other information about his age or identity or exactly why he was in this area and doing at the time when this happened. he was pronounced dead after an ambulance took him to the hospital. we don't know a whole lot about the striking vehicle sx only that it was dark in color, so of course, d.c. police out here looking for clues and hoping anyone with information, even the tiniest bit of information, could be helpful in this investigation. we're live on the scene. back to you. >> molette, thank you.

only news 4, d.c. residents are finally getting answers about crime in their neighborhood. for a year, anc commissioner denise crepe wanted to know what percentage of people arrested for robberies and burglaries actually get prosecuted. >> she filed an information request. >> the information ultimately came from senator charles grassley who chairs the senate judiciary committee. she's concerned in the increase of arrestees who are no papered which often means not prosecuted. clean-up continues on main street in ellicott city, on thursday, dozens of vehicles and hundreds of residents, merchants, and building owners returned there. it was the first of a five

extended access period to continue the clean-up and recovery process. it is the first time small trucks and vans were allowed to enter the main street no access area since the july 30th flash floods. we will be looking at the live feed this morning. astronauts will be taking a space walk. they are installing new equipment on the international space station today. it will allow new kinds of ships ck there. ♪ ♪ he makes it look easy! bolt, 200 triple. >> not even close, he does it again. usain bolt doing it again. the announcer said made it look easy. he ran away from the field to capture the gold medal. he has won the 200 meter and 100 meter in an unprecedented t

today he will go for a third straight gold in the men's 4 by 100 olympic relay. >> this is my favorite moment. rockville's helen maroulis making history. let's check in with jay gray in rio. with more. so much excitement. >> reporter: it was amazing to see last night. one of my favorite moments. she beat a competitor from japan who has been a four-time winner here was unbeaten, was considered a legend in the sport. a surprise gold medal for team usa. very exciting and emotional. you talk about usain bolt, second gold medal. no problem for him. and looking to make

have nine goad medals. ashton eaton also big yesterday. winning the decharacter -- decathlon for the second straight olympics. he's considered the best athlete in the world that ten-event venue there. muhammad taking gold in the 400 meter hurdle. then you've got ryan crouser and joe kovacs going 1, 2 in the shot put. crouser setting a new olympic record to take his throw. today, we'll siemen's basketball. a u.s. match-up. they got a rerun in the women's relay.

away from the games and four american swimmers. we learned early this morning that jimmy feegen who is still here in rio will make a donation of about $10,000. he will get his passport back and be allowed to leave the country. he will do that on friday we're told. a little controversy away from the games. a big medal haul for team usa as we begin to wrap up the olympics here in rio. >> coming up right after news 4 today, all the new champions will be on the "today" show showing off their gold medal. wendy rieger is in rio. she caught up with gold medal winner helen maroulis. >> so exciting. maryland especially. we're going to check the medal count now. >> let's see where we stand. the word domination really just seems to be a adjourned statement -- under statement right now.

35 of them are gold. china is second with 58 medals. great britain has 56. >> news 4 your felingt now -- health at 5:17. there are more parents who support a requirement for students to be vaccinated for hpv. it's only if they can opt out. given a choice to vaccinate or not, support jumps to 60%. virginia will require students to get that vaccine. >> one of the first people students see in the morning is the bus driver, of course, and those drivers are learning more than just how to get kids to school safely. an effort is to train drivers in mental first aid. it's like cpr in the mind. >> it's the first one to see them in the mornings and the last one to see them in the

afternoons. >> experts stress this is about learning to recognize the signs and then refer students to professional help. a study says the pressure of being your family's bread winner may impact your health if you are a man. researchers at the university of connecticut looked at men and women incomes between 18 and 32 and they found as men took on more financial responsibility in their marriage, their mental and physical health declined. by comparison, though, women in the same study improved mental health as they became the bread winner. their physical health was not affected by those claims. maybe societal norms from long ago. >> you know i'm old fashioned, so i feel like you are a man, you are supposed to take care of your family. i'm not saying women can't do it. maybe -- you know, i'm going to go ahead and be old school on that. >> but there are plenty of women who can fully be the bread winner and have a successful life and marriage and home life

or with a man. >> all right. hi, chuck. how are you doing? how's the weather? >> i'm going to tip toe out of this conversation. yikes! can you see the third rail of this conversation from where you are? you bet. skies are clear. temperatures are in the sixs -- 60s and low 70s this morning. still a hint of a north to northwesterly breeze. we'll enjoy it today. humidity creeps back tomorrow and that brings back chances for thunderstorms on sunday. for now, there's satellite and radar combined. not much going on. too close to us. a few showers across southwestern virginia. here's future weather as we go through the course of the day today. nothing more than a few spotty fair

rain-free through your friday, friday night. 66 in gaithersburg, 69 at the airport. 76 in downtown washington. planning out the rest of the day, all sunshine, mid 80s by lunchtime. high 91 here in washington. if there's even going to be the slightest chance for a shower today, it will be out west of the area. mainly out into the shenandoah valley. if you are headed out into the mountains this weekend, tody, sunny and delightful. highs in the low 80s. the big show we're waiting on comes up on sunday. that's when we have not only a chance for rain but also a chance for some strong thunderstorms sunday afternoon and eenk. sunday likely to be a weather alert day. as you are planning out your weekend, know that sunday we could have significant weather to worry about sunday afternoon. er

the picture for monday and tuesday and really through the remainder of next week. we'll boil it all down to the four things you need to know in 10 minutes. at 5:51 we'll have your exclusive ten-day forecast. >> take a look at this problem in northwest. breaking ws continuing and probably will last well through the morning commute. new hampshire avenue at m street all lanes blocked because of a fatal pedestrian crash that happened a couple hours ago. another new accident we're making a call on right now. eastbound 3 at sherwood forest farm road. beltway not so bad here. outer loop at 50. you can see a slowdown. all lanes are opened there. metro red line delays both because of work being done there. more concern over the threat of zika in florida. new cases p

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education. the federal transit administration is taking action on a dedicated agency just for keeping an eye on metro. it's spending $900,000 on a permanent staff dedicated to metro oversight. according to the "washington post," the paper says experienced inspectors will be part of that staff and use what they learn on the future metro rail safety commission. this is not only a big critique of metro but also our local government. federal officials basically said in jurisdictions in maryland, d.c., and virginia have failed to find effective inspectors and investigators. amazon has launched prime now in virginia. they have 1 to 2 hour delivery. this is live in alexandria, springfield and arlington. it cost $7.99. the

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we're back now at 5:30. metro is opening a police investigation into last month's derailment. the results could mean major changes to the way the transit system inspects the tracks and keeps you safe. the redskins make their season debut at fedex field tonight. we have important information for those headed to the game and for those who plan to watch it at home. and just like that, bebe is about to turn one. we're ready to celebrate with all the party favors, including the frozen cake. we have to go to that party. i want to celebrate. good morning. >> that's the bear. >>m

>> and i'm aaron gilchrist. storm team meteorologist chuck bell is here with 4 things to know about our weather today. >> good morning, everybody. a fantastic friday coming your way for today. skies mostly clear. a full moon. nice looking day today. tomorrow, a fine day to be outside. next concern from the weather department is focused on sunday afternoon. we have a chance for severe weather on sunday. make your weekend plans accordingly. behind that severe weather threat, sunday, a little hint of early fall weather coming our way. fall, getting you in the mood for football, jets and redskins at 7:00. at fedex field. a good friday night to be on the outside. coming up in a few more minutes, i'll give you a check of hometown forecasted high temperatures. in addition to that, a chance for going out to the

your beach forecast coming up at 5:41. at 5:51, you have a chance for your ten-day forecast coming up. you are going to like it. breaking news. northwest, new hampshire avenue at m street still have all lanes blocked from an earlier pedestrian crash. likely will be that way for the morning here because it was unfortunately a deadly accident. beach drive northwest between wise road and sherril drive, all lanes blocked. stafford eastbound 3 at sherwood forest farm road. all lanes blocked. eastbound, red line delays, between silver spring and forest glen. continuing coverage on the deadly explosion in silver spring. in a few hours, we expect to learn the cause of last week's blast. kristin wright is live at the long branch community center with more on what will be revealed today.

when i look back here at the flower branch apartments, i can only thing just how sad of a situation this is and wonder how something like this could have possibly happened. well, a source close to the investigation tells news 4 that natural gas of a factor in the explosion. 7 people died. two of them children. after the explosion, they were missing, and then one by one their bodies were found. people living at the flower branch apartments say they had complained about a smell of gas. at a press briefing today at 11:30 we expect more information. police, fire, atf, and the ntsb will be all there to update us on the investigation. they will also talk about victim recovery and identification. now, back here live we have a view to show you of the flower branch apartments from the camera that is t

nine days later, after the explosion, how devastating of a situation this still is. again, aaron, eun, sources close to the investigation telling news 4 that natural gas was a factor. back to you. >> all right. thank you. rockville's jack conger is on his way home. he's one of the swimmers connected to a probe about a robbery in rio that brazilian police claim was fabricated. he's from rockville and derrick ward reports, the community remains very proud of him. >> reporter: i'm derrick ward in rockville. behind me, the house where jack conger lived. you can see it's festooned in colorful olympic symbols and red, white, and blue ribbon. there there's. folks are taking two tacks

this. some say let's wait and see what happened. others don't care. >> to me, it's wild. i don't know why it's such a big deal over there. >> he was humble and he was always like hard working and nice. >> reporter: but almost unanimously the opinion is they are going to wait to see how this all falls out. back to you. >> at 6:00 this morning, we will get the perspective of an nbc reporter who has spent a lot of time in brazil on the tension this incident with swimmers has caused. >> 3, 2, 1! and with just a push of a button mayor muriel bowser, d.c.'s francis caseonic bridge is l

cool, huh? the story you saw first on your phone. he works for the faa for eight years now an alexandria man has been suspended because of child sex charges. scott casoni attempted to meet a 10-year-old girl for sex. he has pled not guilty. an advisory group in alexandria recommends changing the name of jefferson davis highway. they task the group at looking at confederate memorialize and street names. this group is recommending that the appamatox statue remains in place. the transit agency has launched a criminal investigation into employee conduct that may have played a role in the east

derailment. general manager says a recent review raised questions about whether tracks are being properly installed. the national transportation safety board says metro's routine inspections have been infrequent. metro will continue its track work through this weekend. that means expect some delays and shuttle buses. they will be doing work like replacing track ties and other upgrades. it's finally that time again. nfl football is back at fedex field. the redskins are taking on the new york jets at 7:30 tonight. this is only a preseason game. give yourself extra time to deal with any safe trax delays. there are restrictions on what you can be bring into the stadium. th

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day and tomorrow. we'll be watching officer a chance of storms in the d.c. area. breaking news right now, again, in first four traffic. there you go. new hampshire avenue at m street all lanes blocked here this morning. southbound bw parkway before 450, the left lane is blocked by the crash. eastbound 3 at sherwood forest is blocked. travel times, no below zero pro on 66 or 95 right now. taking a look at 270 and top of the beltway rolling along just fine. more on that breaking news in northwest coming up. donald trump surprises many expressing regret and even apologizing for causing people pain with his words. we'll have more on his shift in tone and look ahead to a big week rally in virginia. wegman's is pulling out of a plan to build its first store in d.c. and bowie state university is preparing to welcome one of

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you may have to adjust your commute home. v dot is warning of delays between 2:00 and 2:15 a.m. with nine days until the start of the school year, some bowie state university students are trying to find off campus housing. more than 300 students received notice this week they won't have anywhere to stay on campus because too many freshman were

the university admitted more students than it can house. >> some parents were caught off guard. we're planning to get a vehicle for her so she can attend as a commuter student. >> letters went out on students on the waiting list in early july. >> bowie state says it's working with students to find rental properties before the first day of school. time to get the back packs ready once again because it is back-to-school time. next week, two big school systems are back in session. students in d.c. head back on monday and prince george's county, students head back to the classroom on tuesday. school bells will start ringing on tuesday in prince george's county and this weekend, the county will hold its final free immunization clinic to make sure students are up-to-date on their shots. tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., iverson mall, beltway plaza and prince george's plaza. you can head to the county

health center. over the next three weeks, montgomery county school buses will have cameras on 25 buses. they have issued thousands of citations because of those safety cameras. >> if you a pass a school bus, the chances are you're going to get caught. if you get caught, it will be $125 fine. >> montgomery county police say officers will also be diligent in enforcing other traffic laws during the school year and looking out for distracted drivers. >> parents and students across the area are gearing up to go back to school. times have changed too and kids need more than pens and paper to excel. many are turning to technology to get them prepared. >> kids like fun cool gadgets and they are bringing their families in and trying to get them to get whatever they want. but some of this stuff is really

math and science. among the top gadgets, laptops, smart phones, and is virtual assistants like alexa. >> the kids are going to get you. i need it because it's going to help me do well in school. i need the phone. ipad. tax-free week is under way in maryland. it runs tomorrow -- it runs through tomorrow, saturday, the 20th of august. you won't have to pay tax on clothing and shoes priced at less than $100. tax exemption comes in time for back-to-school shopping. that's not what it's limited to. to see a full list of what you can buy, search tax holiday in the nbc washington app. donald trump is changing his tone ahead of tomorrow's visit to fredericksburg, virginia. force the first time, trump says he regrets some of the words he used in his campaign.

sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. edward lawrence joins us live from capitol hill how trump is turning his attending to four battleground states today. what does this mean for him? >> reporter: he's trying to say that he's a softer, gentler donald trump. this could be donald trump 2.0. maybe even a more humble donald trump. the moment he stepped on stage last night after he reshuffled his campaign, things were very different. gone is the unapologetic candidate for president. donald trump said in the heat of the debate sometimes he chooses the wrong words and he regrets that. he went on to say that he will always tell the truth and he used that change of tone to attack hillary clinton. in a statement, clinton responded saying that trump started the campaign by insulting people and continues to do

michigan. he also started running ads in four battleground states. his campaign sent $4 million to run ads in florida, north carolina, ohio, and pennsylvania. back to you. >> edward, what about trump's campaign? it's focused so much on hillary clinton's emails. does that strategy still have legs? >> that's exactly -- there's more coming out about that email controversy today. hillary clinton in email told the fbi that colon powell said she should get a personal email account. that's true. it's documented in emails from colin powell. it did not go so far saying chef a server at home. he did not recommend her having a personal server at home. he had a dedicated computer on his desk only for material and a dedicated material just for unclassified material. so that's where the differences

are. >> edward, thank you. let's turn to chuck bell and get you up to speed on the forecast into the weekend. >> friday, you worked all week for friday and friday looks to be a fantastic day to be outside today. we get to keep the great weather for the first half of the week. a hint of color in our early morning skies. sun rise about 30 minutes from now. august remains number one warmest august on record at this point. we're five degrees warmer than average. today will be number 93. tomorrow may be number 44. we will be barely over90 as opposed to those upper 90s we suffered through earlier this week. 66 in investigatorsburg, 71 in fredericksburg. a nice morning to be outside. everybody is dry under a clear sky. temperatures staying in the 70s between now and 9:0

2:00 this afternoon, upper 80s. downtown temperature today 91 or 2. most outlying suburbs only in the mid to upper 80s. going to do a little grilling in the backyard this evening, perfect weather for that. most of the rain will be well down to our south and west and that's where it stays. watching out for a chance of severe weather on sunday. sunday is a weather alert day. sun afternoon, we could have impactful storms to be concerned with. we'll keep you ahead of that on all of our social media platforms as well as our nbc washington app. don't miss it. cooler weather returns next week. we'll see you in ten minutes. good morning, melissa. breaking news in first 4 traffic. new hampshire avenue at m street in northwest, all lanes still blocked and you can see now connecticut avenue is getting a bit slow here because of all -- this is all headed northbound there are taking connecticut instead. southbound bw

crash on the shoulder. a three-mile backup there. beach drive northwest between wise rise and sherril drive. all lanes blocked there because of a downed tree. and stafford has cleared out of the way. delays on red and orange lines, we'll have details coming up. news 4 for your health this morning. a new survey says parents don't want to be required to vaccinate their children for the hpv virus. a new national survey shows only 20% of parents think laws requiring the vaccine for school entry are a good idea. support increased to nearly 60% if they were provisioned to opt out of the vaccine. these loopholes would make the law ineffective and fail to raise i mmunization rates. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarter. the

making her debut in detroit. nine-year-old melanie ellisson. she will be available by catalog nationwide starting next thursday. you'll have to go to virginia or maryland if you want to shop at wegman's, the grocery chain is pulling out of plans to build in d.c. in northwest. we explain why. >> the famous walter reed army hospital closed five years ago. now, wegman's, a major anchor tenant has pulled out. neighbors are worried about the lack of upkeep on the property. proposed redevelopment will take five to seven years whenever redevelopment starts. the city says the grocer may relocate elsewhere in the city.

and the deputy mayor for economic development told nbc4 that the city will skier another -- secure another grocer for the spot. on the scene of a deadly accident in the district right on new hampshire avenue. what we've just learned about the victim. new information on three of the swimmers involved in what usa swimming is calling a lapse in judgment and conduct. rio police now say the story we heard about a robbery was actually one of vandalism by u.s. athletes. i'm in the clouds right now. >> a much happier story out of rio. a local wrestler celebrating a first for an american woman. and we'll show you how the national zoo is getting ready for beibei's birthday

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breaking news in northwest washington. a pedestrian hit and killed. police are searching for the driver of the vehicle that hit the man. we're also getting brand-new information about the final -- four swimmers inspect rio connected to a false report of a robbery. how james feegen will finally be allowed to leave the country. we start with weather and meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, everybody. off to a quiet start here. 6:00 a.m. sharp on a friday

morning. skies are mostly clear. early morning color. nice and dry for friday morning. this afternoon, nothing to worry about. tons of sunshine. if you need something to worry about and something to focus on in the future, sunday could be a severe weather day around here. we'll have weather alert mode for your sun. pretty significant storms to worry about as we get the hot, humid air out and a hint of early fall weather in for next week. highs upper 80s to 90 degrees. up to about 90 degrees both days. we're keeping a close eye on sunday. more before the threats on on sunday in a few more minutes as well as the redskins forecast. new hampshire avenue at m street all lanes blocked here this morning because of the fatal pedestrian crash. right now, you can see some folks taking connecticut avenue instead. seeing volume there on connecticut avenue because of that trying to take it as an alternate. chopper 4 over this probable, southbound bw pay