♪ ♪ crucify you. ♪ all i really want to do ♪ is, baby, be friends with you. ♪ now at 5:00, an apology, a delayed trip home and swirling controversy from members of team usa's swim team. the new reaction pouring in, and what we've learned about what really happened inside a rio gas station. >> and i'm tracking a half and half weekend. one day is pretty nice. the other day could have a lot of rain. we'll talk about which day has the rain and what to expect next week and a big pattern change. it's been more than a week since this apartment building exploded into a ball of flames and smoke. now we know who fueled the fire. plus,ap

a look at the exotic sites and sounds of brazil before the olympic games come to an end. "news 4 at 5:00" starts now. good evening. it's still not clear exactly what happened in that gas station down in rio but two more team usa swimmers are back in the states tonight, including montgomery county native jack conger. >> his teammate ryan lochte whose comments set the drama in motion has apologized for his behavior and the fallout it caused. he said he issued a public apology once he knew his teammates would be able to leave brazil safely. their fellow swimmer james feigen is still in rio and has apparently worked out a monetary deal with officials there to get his passport and to be able to return home. >> the fourth team member, gunnar bentz, flew home last night with conger. news 4's david culver is live outside conger's home in rockville and spoke briefly with his dad. >> jim and doreen, we can tell you that jackko

yet returned here to his rockville home and behind me you can see there are signs hanging on his parent's house and signs of support. there's a few homes in this neighborhood that carry similar signs. a short time ago his parents pulled up to the house. jack was not with them but his dad did answer the door for us. >> i can't comment on anything at this time. >> dave conger cordial as retook questions regarding his son. this is video of the 20-year-old returning this morning to miami international airport. a day earlier officials in rio pulled him and teammate gunnar bentz off a u.s.-bound flight. they were brought in for questioning. not as suspects but as witnesses. they were among the four u.s. swimmers who brazilian police say vandalized a gas station bathroom while drunk. the surveillance video shows them walking towards the back of the gas station nearby the bathrooms. a minute later the four emerge along with a station employee. they were told to pay for the

that had they had been held up at gunpoint and robbed. >> and then the guy pulled out his gun. he cocked it. put it to my forehead. >> reporter: he later backed away from that claim. in a statement to brazilian investigators conger told them he saw on the news the statement ryan made and realized ryan was lying about what had happened. conger did not make any statement about what had happened. today lochte apologized in this instagram post reading in part this was a situation that could and should have been avoided. i accept responsibility for my role in this happening and have learned some valuable lessons. the one question conger's father did answer, when i asked how he felt knowing his son was back on u.s. soil. >> i'm glad he's back, yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: we did mention that fourth swimmer jimmy feigen being allowed to return to the u.s. after being ordered to pay nearly an $11,000 donation. coming up at 6:00 i'll walk you through what's next for the swimmers. jim? >> all right.

back in rio another day of competition after team usa hit triple digits in the overall medal count. >> we've added a couple more today, but it's been a little rough out there today. hour men's volleyball team will have to go for bronze after falling earlier today to italy. and american wrestler jordan burroughs lost his quest for gold. the london games champion fell in the quarterfinals of men's freestyle wrestling in just his third international loss. one bright spot, women's water polo team earned a repeat gold, crushing italy by a score of 12-5. >> lots still to come in primetime, the world's fastest man will try and go for his third threepeat of the summer games. usain bolt will anchor jaume can a in the 4 x 100 relay against justin gaitlin and team usa. we're also going to see the american women in the same women after they got an unprecedented do-over in the semis and pull

off the fastest time yet. and trying for repeat gold in the pole vault and it's men's platform diving qualifying. >> three of the seven people killed in the silver spring apartment explosion have been identified and we now have confirmation that natural gas caused the explosion and then fueled the fire. news 4's chris gordon is live outside the flower branch apartments where the investigation is far from over. chris? >> reporter: well, doreen, the ntsb says it hopes to have the entire investigation wrapped up by the anniversary date of this explosion. that means it could be up to a year before we know everything, but today we did get our first official answers as to exactly where this gas fuel explosion occurred and who was killed by it. 85 fire investigators dug through the debris and reviewed surveillance video and conducted 100

conclusion. >> this tragedy was the result of a natural gas explosion that occurred in the meter room of building 8701. this building which was located underneath apartment 101 >> reporter: meter room is similar to the one in this picture. there was no indication of criminal activity or anyone being in the meter room when the explosion occurred. some neighbors tell us they smelled gas weeks before the explosion. >> it was every day. i mean, whenever you walked by there, you could smell gas. >> reporter: now ntsb takes over the investigation to determine what ignited the leaking gas. the search team recovered seven bodies from the collapsed apartment building, but so far the remains of only three have been identified. >> augusto jimenez sr., maria castellon-martinez and saul paniagua. unfortunately, when we talk about the scienc

identification there's no quick solution. >> reporter: this man came to claim the bodies of his cousin and his cousin's wife. he leaves frustrated. >> they don't find the body. how do they know those people are dead, and we don't know how to tell their family. they saw this on social media and stuff, and they are devastated. i mean, we're not going to get the bodies of our relative today. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00, we'll hear from a resident of the building who tells us that he smelled gas leaking from the basement just moments before the explosion. that's coming up on "news 4 at 6:00." doreen, we'll send it back to you. >> all right. chris gordon reporting from silver spring. the youth pastor as one of the fastest growing churches in our region is in the prince william county jail tonight accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl at the church. northern

julie carey joins us now from manass manassas. >> reporter: the building you see behind me is a live church, one of four locations where thousands of members meet and tonight church leaders have issued a statement on behalf of the youth pastor jordan baird who says he denies the allegations against him. 25-year-old jordan baird is the youth pastor at the life church in manassas, but recently prince william county police were told he had an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl that involved text messages and improper touching. >> through the course of our investigation we determined that the youth pastor on numerous occasions between january and september of 2015 sent inappropriate text messages as well as had inappropriate touch with the juvenile on multiple occasions. one of those instances was at the church. >> reporter: the life church is a family affair. jordan's father david is the

is the associate pastor. jordan led the youth groups here. today the church issued a statement saying that a church volunteer first notified leaders of the alleged misconduct in early june. they placed jordan baird on leave of absence as they conducted an internal investigation. then on july 13th prince william county police notified the church they were investigating. jordan was arrested yesterday. >> at this point we don't believe there are any other victims, but there may be a possibility that there could be, and so our investigation is still ongoing to identify if there are any other additional victims. >> reporter: but jordan baird, he is not the only church youth group leader arrested in prince william county. coming up on "news 4 at 6:00," i'll tell you about another young man who is accused in a completely separate case of also having inappropriate relations with a 16-year-old girl that he was trusted to minister to. >> thank you, julie. new at 5:00

george's county hospital officials confirm a potentially deadly bacteria was found in the hospital's water system. officials say the bacterium was discovered in six different sinks. four of those sinks were in the hospital's neo-natal intensive care unit. the discovery of the bacteria came after sources say two babies died inside the nicu. it remains unclear if the bacteria had anything to do with the baby's deaths. this led to the discovery that three babies had traces of the bacteria. all nine babies in the hospital's nicu were moved to children's national hospital center. earlier this week a hospital spokesman said more bacteria was discovered in an adult care unit outside the nicu. >> diligent work from these epidemiologists and infectious disease experts helped identify the water system as the source of the bacteria. patients are, as you know, are

hospital with the infection but the discovery of the bacteria in our water at prince george's was of serious concern to us. >> we're told there is no contamination in the drinking water surrounding the community outside the hospital the hospital says it's working to figure out how the bacterium entered its system. in the meantime, it's creating a new water filtration system. a huge setback for a d.c. landmark. now at 5:00 we just learned how long it will take to fix a recurring problem at the washington monument, and it's not going to be a quick fix. the views of the potomac can be breathtaking, we know, but not as much as a bizarre crime that police are investigating y.this alleged crime didn't stop with a holdup. >> as the games come to a close i'm going to show you my personal highlights. >> and low humidity across the area this afternoon. checking out the weekend, we've got a chance fore

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it looked like it will be another ten days before anyone can take in the view from the top of the washington monument. it's been closed since wednesday. a cable broke loose causing the elevator to stop up near the top of the monument. the elevator has broken down twice over the weekend, and issues have plagued that elevator for weeks and months now. today the park service said staff and technicians will do a thorough evaluation. elevator. a new elevator control system is in the works. a traffic alert before you head out for the night. right now hundreds of motorcyclists are on their way to the pentagon as part of america's 9/11 ride. chopper 4 over the scene today. a couple of hours ago the group barreled along the dulles toll road here in fairfax. the ride began this morning in shanksville, pennsylvania. the group heads to new york city tomorrow. this is the 16th year for the ride meant to honor first responders. here's more on how it could impact

>> i'm here with your first traffic. you could see delays of up to 90 minutes. america's 9/11 ride. we're expecting 1,500 motorcycles to be traveling this route. again, it wraps up at 6:00 this evening. this is when at least we expect these traffic slowdowns to wrap up. as far as the ride, highlighted it for you right here. here it is spelled out. 15 south to 7 and then they are going to come in on the greenway, the toll road and 66 inbound to 110 to get to the pentagon. hope have you a great weekend. i'll see you monday morning for "news 4 today." we just learned that president obama is heading to the scene of the deadly flooding down in louisiana. late this afternoon the white house announced the president will travel to baton rouge next tuesday. he's been getting updates on the response and recovery while vacationing with his family in martha's vineyard. the tet toll from that flooding stands at 13 with 40,000 homes damaged.

came a few hours after donald trump toured the flood damage in louisiana. back to rio. check it out. the u.s. has passed 100 medals overall with 103, and at 37 we also have the most gold. china is in second spot. 65 overall medals, great britain in third with 37 and russia with 47. >> we mentioned with all of the gold medals it's actually the women on the u.s. team who have earned more golds. >> and many of those are competitors from right here in our region. our wendy rieger joins us from olympic park as she looks back on her time at the games. hey, wendy. >> reporter: yeah. the other thing is the games are going to go on for the next couple of days. the park tonight is teeming. still have a lot of activity until closing ceremonies on sunday. it's still at a full boil here, but i did looking back over some of m

talked to from our area, they really told me some unexpected things about themselves. >> we know katie ledecky is a swimming phenom and will surely be a legendary talent, but did you know this? >> i'm a big news junkie. kind of what i do when i'm eating dinner or, you know, getting ready to wind down and go to bed early. i like to stay on top of the news. >> reporter: kat holmes, olympic fencer, lady with a sword but the first thing she wanted to talk about was our mutual love of cats and soon we were like two moms talking about our kids. >> a cat came up the spares and saw me and supplied both of his paws and ran right over and sat on my chest. >> reporter: let's go back to the beginning, and fairfax county jenny thrasher, olympic shooter, won the first gold medal of these games. she told

shooting. >> the mental management and be able to control your emotions and composure and what you say to yourself is a key factor. >> reporter: i learned a lot about the art of sport here at the olympics, that athletics isn't just about the body. gold medalist helen maroulis of rockville told me last night it's also about the imagination. >> wrestling, it's like art for me. it's like painting, but using my muscles, you know. it's putting colors together on the canvas. making, you know, this beautiful picture and that's how i feel when i'm on the mat. >> reporter: isn't she cool? aren't they all cool? katey is actually going to be majoring in communication at stanford. who knows, she told me during that interview she says i don't even know what's in the news and i said, honey, you're in the news. you don't even have to know it. >> all over. >>

>> reporter: you're all over the news. >> wonderful thing with the women superstars together. >> reporter: yes, it is. so i'll be coming back at 6:00, yes. see you then. >> we'll look forward to it, wendy. thanks so much. coming up. growing zika concerns. at 5:00 why the center of the fight got bigger. and how the newest casino is about to scale big on one very big thing. >> it's the preseason home opener for the redskins and the players have one goal in mind against the new york jets. >> and at the top of the newscast we showed you about the latest in the olympic swim team controversy. now we want you to weigh in. should ryan lochte face additional punishment? >> it's our nbc washington flash survey. vote by calling or texting the number on your screen and weigh ck and tra

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a pretty nice day out there today on our friday. happy friday, by the way. weekend right around the corner, and part of the weekend is looking pretty good. the other part not so good. we'll talk about that in a sec. take a look outside. one thing that was not there today, you probably noticed, the humidity. yes. it was still rather hot. we saw some sunshine today. high

low 90s and right now we're at 90 degrees but the dew points are in the low 60s and that means we're fairly comfortable across the region so not even talking about a heat index. it is 90 and it feels like 90. 86 in fredericks. thurmont 81. most everybody in the 80s and that's where we'll stay tomorrow. a day very similar to what we are seeing. redskins taking on the jets. 7:30 gametime. 87 degrees at gametime and 85, a perfect night for the game because once the sun goes down without the humidity it will feel quite nice and by 11:00 temperatures around 82 degrees. looking pretty good as they take on the jets. find that on cozi. a few showers back to the west and the mountains but not going to get in towards our area at all. what is coming in, a few clouds from time to time. that's really about it. the wider view just showing a

organized systems. strong storms in the carolinas and for us looking pretty good. as a matter of fact tomorrow i think another great day. just like today. a high of 91. still hot and low humidity so not feeling all that warm out there. heading down towards the beaches, a nice weekend for the beach. tomorrow looking great with a high of 85. and 84 on sunday. you'll see some afternoon and late day showers. a couple of thunderstorms, too. some of those could be on the strong side sunday evening and then that moves through and brings out an offshore flow on monday. temperature around 85 degrees. it will be breezy on monday and an offshore flow also means that the water is going to be cooler on monday, too. you've got nice water temperatures saturday and monday might be a little on the cool side. hot temperatures is what we've seen over the past week and a half. you need a big front to come through and that's what's coming on sunday and why we have a good chance of rain on sunday. still rather warm on sunday and then behind this system, high pressure moves overhead. nice cool weather moves in. when i'm talking cool, i'm saying 50s for many of you

on monday, tuesday, wednesday morning. in the city we'll still be in the 60s and in the suburbs i think you'll be in the upper 50s during the middle of the week. high temperatures into the low 80s. low to mid-80s monday, tuesday, wednesday and even thursday before we start to get a little bit warmer and back to 91. next week i'll tell you one of the best weeks we've had in quite some time. we need a little break from the heat. >> do we ever. thanks for the good news, doug. new developments tonight about the spread of the zika virus in florida. south beach now considered to be an infection zone after five cases of zika have been linked to that community in miami. there are now 36 zika cases across the state involving people who did not travel outside the u.s. it's believed all of these cases are linked to mosquitos. miami's winwood arts district in dade county was the first florida neighborhood identified as an infection zone. >> police say a man stops to take in theview of the scenic potomac when all of a sudden he's being held up at

him to do next that you may not believe. >> i'm darcy spencer in northwest washington where a pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early this morning. why people who work in this area are calling it a dangerous intersection. brand new cars crunched and even flipped over. what led to this unusual crash. >> you're watching "news 4 at 5:00" and we're

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police tonight are looking for the driver they say hit and killed a man and didn't bother to stop. >> the crash happened early this morning at the intersection of new hampshire avenue and m street northwest between dupont and washington circle. news 4's dorothy spencer joins us live with what we're learning about the victim. dorothy? >> reporter: well, this is the intersection where it hapned. you can see it's a very, very busy place. this afternoon d.c. police released a surveillance video showing the car they are hoping for. they are hoping that someone recognized that case and will help them solve this case. the video of the bright blue striking car is dark, but right now it's the best chance d.c. police have of finding the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian early friday morning. that pedestrian, david narvellas was 29 years old and lived in arlington and was hit here in new hash

and the driver didn't stop. police released the video taken from a surveillance camera and two pictures as they tried to find the car. >> we're looking for this vehicle that left the scene of the accident last night. >> reporter: it happened at an intersection that many that we spoke to describe as dangerous with heavy traffic, bikes and pedestrians all shang the road. >> when i walk to work that's the way i walk. we were talking about that in the office, like it could have been any of us, which was like pretty scary, you know. >> reporter: it's the second pedestrian fatality in two days in d.c. there have been five so far this year. thursday a popular restaurant owner was hit and killed. that driver stayed on the scene. the district is working toward a goal of having no traffic fatalities by the year 2024. it's called vision zero. >> we're being making improvement, but, again, any time there's a life lost, that's one too many. >> reporter: that's right. now coming up on "news 4 at 6:00," what one man told us today could be done to make this

>> darcy spencer, darcy, thank you. new at 5:30, a bizarre armed robbery at the george washington parkway overlook. a man called park police to tell them he'd been held up at gunpoint around 6:00 last night. he says he was forced into the potomac river and the robber told him to swim across. once that man made it to the d.c. side he alerted police. during the search they detained two people but police had to let them go because the victim could not positively identify them as the attackers. they took his cell phone and wallet. we just learned new information about the man involved in a police shooting in prince george's county. police shot and wounded terrance franklin. franklin was wanted for a series of violent crimes. he now faces even more charges. police tell us they tried to stop franklin as he drove along shady glen terrace in capital

gun and he was shot in the arm. police say a gun was recovered at the scene. now to a story you may have seen first on your phone. the news 4 i-team broke the story on twitter. there will be fewer slot machines at the mgm casino when it opens at the end of the year. they are trimming the number of slot machines by 10%. the casino was granted permission to have 3,600 slot machines. maryland's lottery and gaming agency approved the request to have just over 3,300 machines at opening. in a presentation to state regulators, mgm said the evolving nature of slot machines including multiple denomination games will actually increase revenue. well, this is definitely not the way you want to test drive to go. many of you saw this earlier on our facebook page. a woman went for a test drive at the mercedes dealership in balston and wound up hitting the gas and slammed into four vehicles at a high rate of speed. check it out. after a sharp turn you

no serious injuries. arlington police says the insurance companies will investigate since this oops on private property. >> oops. >> you break it, you buy it. i don't know how that works. the burgundy and gold faithful getting the first look at the redskins at home tonight. they are taking on the jets. >> jason pugh, live from fedex field. how does it feel to be a back there? >> reporter: feels good. seems like we've been away for a long time. tonight preseason game number two against the jets. fans should get a heavy look at the starters expecting to play at least the entire first quarter, if not the entire first quarter in this game tonight. so much to improve upon after a disappointing preseason opener a week ago. >> big day today, man. i'm ready to

going to be a good one. shout-out wild bill. >> reporter: tim foster is pump up for tonight's game. the redskins arriving at fedex field a short time ago. some of the guys behind me warming up getting ready. the head coach jay gruden is hoping for a better performance this week against the jets than last week against atlanta. namely 14 penalties that doomed the skins. here's what his players are looking at for tonight's matchup. >> honestly, just gelling together and continuing to build on what we already started in the past and things like that. got another opportunity friday to play against a pretty good team, the jets, and get to do it in front of our home crowd so it will be exciting first time in 2016. >> i feel very good about the chemistry on the team. and i think we have a great group of guys, good people, professionals. they approach their job with the kind of professionalism that we need, and, you know, we're just starting to build that understanding with some new players, you know, of what they do well and try to put them in

positions to be successful. >> you can watch tonight's game on comcast sportsnet and also on cozi-tv. kickoff is set for 7:30 against the new york jets. >> sounds like we lost jason's audio and live shot there, but what he was trying to say is the game starts at 7:30 tonight. we'll be covering the olympics here on nbc, but you can go to comcast sportsnet or cozi-tv to watch all the action. redskins/jets. coming up, a summer to remember. how some local kids are bidding farewell to a sumtrary digs as they get ready to turn in the camp equipment for school supplies. >> picture this. you picked out your dorm stuff and paid your deposit only to find out there's not enough room for you. how a local college is

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nbc 4 is working for you in the community. this is the last day of summer camp for the boys and girls clubs of greater washington. >> hundreds of children were able to take advantage of the experience, thanks in part to viewers like you who donated to the nbc 4 camp for kids project. >> our barbara harrison visited one camp in northwest washington and found many of the youngsters can't wait to come back next year. >> ask the kids here what happened this summer. >> hi. >> how much fun was it? >> a lot of fu

to the water park. >> we play and the field trips, and we have fun all the time. >> we get to learn new things every single day. >> and learning is part of the fun here. in the computer room there are exciting things to master. >> games, like math. >> you're learning math at the computer? >> yeah. >> reporter: without this camp many kids here would probably have spent their summer days at home. >> maybe have an older sibling who maybe can look after them while their parents are working, but ultimately the boys and girls club provides a safe place for them. >> reporter: and a lot more than that. >> we're making sure they have the academic success. we're making sure we're enforcing healthy lifestyles and making sure they have god character and that's important across the boy. >> reporter: mike mcdonald, director of the boys and girls club, stopped

the gym. >> for me it's a great thing to spend a couple-of-hours in the clubhouse with the kids and not with the spreadsheets and e-mails. >> reporter: on those spreadsheets making the dollars count so that every kid who wants to come gets to come to camp. donations from camps for kids makes a difference, he says. >> the funds we received for camps for kids are absolutely critical for us to be able to provide the services we do for kids who need us more. >> with contributions from nbc 4, from their camp for kids, that we're able to do great things for our young people, but we need more. >> reporter: there are a lot of things the kids say they have learned here at the boys and girls club of greater washington summer camp and some are written right here on the wall here. what's your favorite thing. >> confidence. >> you? >> inspire. >> reporter: and how about you? >> hope. >> reporter: hoping you're going to get to camp again next year. >>

next year? >> me! >> reporter: barbara harrison, news 4, washington. >> so much energy. you can still give if you would like and send a kid to camp next year. during the break open up the nbc washington app and search camp for kids. the nbc 4 responds team is getting results in a big way. >> yeah. that big milestone our team just reached that shows just how hard we're working for you. >> prince george's county court, a mother's boyfriend is accused of killing her baby. coming up on news 4 the shocking 911 calls. >> 90 degrees or higher 43 days and i'm tracking the coolest weather we've seen in a while

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in prince george's county a man was sentenced to prison after he was found guilty of shaking and killing his girlfriend's baby. >> new tonight the shocking 911 call the boyfriend made after he took the child's life. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins shares a message from the county's state's attorney to all parents. >> my name is corie brown. i'm calling for my boyfriend. >> reporter: core reason bryant called 911 for help after his girlfriend's 6-month-old daughter appeared unresponsive. >> oh, my god. please, hurry up. >> reporter: he claims she may have had a seizure. >> i think she had a seizure. >> you think she had a seizure. >> reporter: feigned sort of panic in the phone where he called and requested 911 assistance when in fact as it turns out following investigation we realized that he was the person who killed this baby. >> reporter: bryant was sentenced for shaking and

girl mariah tillman. he was high on k2 at the time. the baby's mother was home when it happened and in the other room. bryant helped to care for the child. >> the message to mothers is we are the kids only defense. we are the best defense and that we must be careful about the individuals we bring into their lives. >> reporter: bryant was on probation at the time for a robbery in d.c. >> in our estimation he was a violent rid who was high at the time that this offense occurred. >> reporter: mariah is among more than a dozen babies killed in prince george's count net last two years. >> the 6-month-old baby cannot protect herself. we must protect our children. >> reporter: bryant will serve 12 years in prison. coming up on "news 4 at 6:00" the shocking words from this baby's mother after her boyfriend is convicted of killing her child. in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, news 4. >> t

learned at least one teenager is charged in connection with a chaotic and deadly shooting in fredericksburg. >> reports of a victim. going to have a gunshot wound to the leg and possibly another victim. >> this was a dispatch call you were listening to after gunfire broke out at thewood apartments around midnight. neighbors told news 4 they heard commotion and gunshots and saw at least one man run bleeding down the sidewalk. police found one man dead behind that building. now they have identified him as 21-year-old christopher williams. neighbors tell us they were shaken. >> it's scary. nothing happened like that over here. i'll be keeping my doors locked and won't be opening my doors for nobody. >> still waiting to learn what led to that gunfire. a 1-year-old was wounded at the building, and he's in jail on stolen weapons charges. an 18-year-old also shot in the incident is still in the hospital and f

arrest for an unrelated robbery earlier in the week. >> right now tens of thousands of residents in southern california are still in limbo as that blue cut fire continues to rage about 60 miles east of los angeles. it's burned more than 60 square miles now and firefighters only have it at about 26% contained. some of the evacuation orders are starting to be lifted, but affected residents may not know whether their homes are standing until they return to the scene. the weather is not helping the situation out there, is it, amelia? >> no, not at all. in fact, we have another storm ranger deployed out there, actually tracking the smoke from the fire and picking up the hot spots, incredible and unfortunate to see. as we look to our weather here this weekend, tomorrow by far the better of the two weekend days. you're really going to enjoy tomorrow. it's kind of the epitome of a summer day, a little humid, a little hot. it's not too hot out there. we'll have plenty of sunshine. do you want to

later in the day on sunday is it a washout, no? a high likelihood you'll be dealing with rain? yes. reason to look forward to monday. does anybody ever say i'm looking forward to monday and even tuesday. well, with the weather you're going to. wait until you see the numbers on our ten-day forecast. current temps right now, we're in the 80s and 90. 90 in washington and our high today 92 degrees. by love though when i got to work and you stepped out of the car, it's finally not muggy out there. really low humidity and it's not going to be too humid there this evening either. have dinner outside at around 85 degrees. perfect night for summer. dry tonight. temperature at 9:00 p.m. 82. enjoyable, taking the dog out late tonight, it's not going to feel sticky out there. saturday outlook, heading to the pools, talking about summer winding down, really nice. outdoor exercise, maybe you have a tee time planned or some tennis, hot during the afternoon and nice early.

again, it will be hot out there and you'll have the sunglasses and maybe an isolated lay day thunderstorm and keep that in mind if you have dinner plans outdoors. here's your hourly planner, 7:00 a.m., 75 degrees. that's a comfortable temperature. by noon around 86. a high tomorrow of 91. very similar to today. mostly to partly sunny skies, and a really pleasant evening aside from that isolated thunderstorm chance. 83 degrees at 8:00 p.m. as we look towards sunday, heavy rain in the forecast. yesterday talking about the potential for some severe weather. that's not looking like the case anymore as we get new information in, so some good news there, and, of course, i'll be in here sunday even tracking the weather for you and keeping you updated. i'll be on twitter and facebook as well, but notice the showers could move in as early as about 1:00 p.m., and i think they will move out pretty quickly, by 7:00, 8:00, so the timing on the rain for you for sunday, anywhere from 1:00 to 2:00 right now and, of course, doug will have updates on ew

6:00" and at 11:00 as well. monday 85, tuesday 84, we'll take it. it's breezy, too. on wednesday mid-80s. after that we do start to warm back up. like i said, some weather to look forward to monday, tuesday and wednesday. guys? >> looks wonderful. thanks, amelia. >> nbc 4 responds to hundreds of viewers who reach out to us each week looking for consumer help and answers. >> and the numbers continue to grow. consumer reporter susan hogan and our team are getting the results for us. susan. >> you bet we are. well, we have heard from so many of you who have really felt you had nowhere else to turn, including a man who bought what he called a lemon lawn meer and a woman who we helped get her health coverage back for life-saving drugs. nbc 4 responds. >> this man called nbc 4 responds when his brand new lawn meer turned out to be a lemon. we contacted the retailer and helped him get a full refund

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it's an out for us who need help and can't find it. >> if you have a consumer problem you need help with, open up our nbc washington app and search responds. we're keeping track of how much money we've gotten back for viewers. i feel like we should have a drum roll here. we have past the half million dollar mark. >> whoa! >> more than $586,000. >> you know. all in a day's work. piece of cake. >> good stuff. >> keep up the good work. >> thank you. we're really psyched. >> a lot of happy customers out there. >> absolutely. >> thanks so much. >> well, our favorite anda cup bei bei is turning 1, and what better way to celebrate than with a anda birthday party. you're invited to celebrate, bei i and bao, bao ands tian tian's birthday. it will begin with a anda t.

>> zoo workers will place three objects in his yard. whichever bei bei goes near is said to determine his future. his handlers say it's already a bright one. >> he is kind of the perfect child. he's got tian tian's laid back character so it makes for an interesting bear. >> the national zoo been streaming the ceremony at 8:00 a.m. i'm wake up for t.join the fun starting at 11:00. all three andas will be given a special panda cake. by the way the real birthday is monday. bao bao turns 3 on tuesday and tian tian is turning 19 next saturday. they are lining them up all this week. >> doesn't seem like that long ago he was

of butter. >> that didn't take long either, right. >> so cute. >> he looks very playful right now. talk about growing pains on a local college campus. its residence halls bursting at the seams and how they are trying to accommodate the influx of students and why some are mad about it. >> it's annoying and it seems to happen at the worst possible time. how some major tech and cable hempanies are coming togetr to

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bowie state university says a plan to attract more students has them on track to welcome one of its largest freshman classes ever. >> it also means some students wasn't get on-campus housing this year. and there are some who didn't find out about it until this week. >> my first biology class was in the library. >> reporter: for a lot of young people college is something they look forward to. >> yes, i like college. >> reporter: at least that's the way tiffany freeman feels, an arriving sophomore here at bowie state university and was eager to return. that is, until she received a notice from the university. >> this is received two days ago with some news she wasn't expected. >> because your name is included on the bowie state university housing wait list. >> reporter: she and more than 300 students, mostly freshman, won't have anywhere to stay when they return to school next week. >> we have a booming

among freshmen students? cassandra robinson is the director of university relations and marketing. she says the university enrolled more freshmen students than they could house and insists students were notified weeks ago about the university's dilemma. >> letters went out to students on the waiting list in early july. >> reporter: but tiffany and her mom say they were caught off guard. >> and i'm thinking, okay, what do you mean there's no housing for returning students? >> reporter: the university says they are working with students to try and find rental properties around town, but since classes start on august 29th, less than two weeks away lashayn says she's already scrambling to work out a backup plan. >> so what we plan to do is maybe obtain a vehicle for her so that she can attend school as a commuter student. >> reporter: reporting in bowie, megan fitzgerald, news 4. now at 6:00 we'll hear from a resident who said he smelled gas just moments

silver spring apartment building exploded into smoke and fire. >> court documents revealing what was said to police about the controversy surrounding four u.s. swimmers. it was their job to minister to teenagers at their church. now two youth group leaders in prince william county accused of having inappropriate relations with teenage girls. >> new includes in a deadly apartment building explosion in silver springs. investigators say natural gas in a meter rom is to blame. >> it's been more than a week and the painstaking task of identifying the seven victims continues. >> reporter: news 4's chris gordon is outside the flower branch apartments talking to one resident who says he smelled gas moments before the building blew up. chris? >> doreen and jim, that resident was taking out the trash here, and he says he not only smelled g b