morale is a big thing in teaching. if you have positive morale, words sometimes don't serve. >> a nationwide search for a new chancellor begins this fall. loud done county schools return last month. today is the last day to apply for a full day kindergarten seat. a lottery will determine who gets 64 spots at four schools. last year 30% of loudon county kindergartners were in all-day program. are your kids heading back to school. we want to see how your kids or you feel about the end of summer? tweet using the #first day face. hopefully

smiles, right? >> hopefully. coming up on 4. . 31. four things to know about the forecast. >> here's chuck bell. kids back at the bus stop, apparently. >> yes i indeed, one by one. they are going back to school. it's going to be a nice week. if this is the first week for school, far easier to deal with. four things you got to know about the forecast. oh, that's better. this is much more typical what we would expect in the middle parts of august. all you get is sunshine for today, humidity on vacation for today. it looks like it could be all the way toward the end of the week before we get anything in the way for a rain chance. today, no chance for rain. highs only in the low to mid 80s. so nice, it's maybe good enough to be sitting in traffic. >> it's never good weather for that. breaking news. 28 shut down at muncaste

all lanes are blocked each way in rockville. beltway is moving along just fine this morning. and annandale, lanes blocked for downed wires there. 95 south, the ramp to westbound dale city. that cleared out of the way. no more worries there. >> 4:32 now. rush hour will be a little easier in downtown washington this morning. l street between 18th and 19th will be reopened for the first time in nearly a week. last month an under ground transformer fire knocked out power to more than 100 customers. repairs should be complete by noon today. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. i'm kristin wright at the live desk where we're watching texas this morning. parts of south texas right now cleaning up after aek

near san antonio. heavy rain falling. water rescues reported in several areas around there. cars stalled out. flood waters, people having to be rescued. read about people trapped in a walmart, as well as shelters in place so people have someplace to go. multiple road closures. the heavy rain threat has ended but there is a chance for a little bit of rain or some thunderstorms out there today but much of the week fortunately will be rain-free for south texas. still watching it. back to you. it's 4:33 right now. we're learning more about two murders in prince george's county. police say damian roulette was shot and killed. he was 22 years old. in suitland, an 18-year-old with an up-and-coming career in music

was killed. douglas brooks was a rapper. he cared about reaching out to the community. >> he took his stardom and he used it in a positive way to say, hey, kid, i'm from where you are, but i'm still doing it. >> brooks performed at wpgc's birthday bash. he was shot and killed on parkway terrace drive in suitland. this morning, police are connecting a weekend hotel robbery and a homicide in clinton. this is surveillance video or pictures rather of the man whom police say shot and killed a clerk at a 7-11 on brandy wine road sunday morning. the clerk was killed during an attempted robbery. they believe the same man robbed a comfort inn after he went to the 7-11. we'll have the latest on the investigation later in the news

cast. ♪ ♪ 4:35. take a look at the final medal tally of the rio olympics. team u.s. a. heading only with 121 gold medals. 46 of them are gold. >> twice as many as china with 70 medals. great britain, 67. the game officially ended last night with a closing ceremony. >> if you are sad it's all over, japan gave us something to look forward to. >> 3, 2, 1! >> talk about throwback. loving that. that is japan's prime minister shinzo abe dressed up as super mario. there you see the golden girl simone biles capping off the night as team s

barrier. >> president obama tweeted he con be prouder of team usa. your determination and passion inspired so many of us. you carried that flag high tonight, simone biles. congratulations for another hometown olympian, kyle snyder, the school tweeted a picture of him with his former coach and said that the school is proud of the man snyder has become. snyder said his gold medal is a bit heavier than he expected. >> it's heavy. it's actually 1.1 pounds. it's pretty heavy on my neck. but i'm going to keep it there for a little while until i put it in its box, but it's pretty special. >> snyder went 179 and 0 in matches. he skipped his senior year to move to colorado to

olympic facility. congratulations. snyder is one of many olympians from our area. you can read more from our local stars and check moments of the game. ryan lochte's run-in with the law is one of most talked about at the olympics. he made up a story of being robbed at gunpoint to cover up vandalizing a gas station. he spoke exclusively to matt lauer. >> i'm embarrassed for myself, my family, especially those guys, usa swimming, the whole olympic games. everyone watching. it's just -- i was immature and i made a stupid mistake. i'm human. i made a mistake, and i definitely learned from this. >> lochte and his three teammates still face further action. >>

2016 this morning. a hearing will be held today to address a conservative legal group's lawsuit on hillary clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state. the group wabts all of her emails from 2009 and 2013. on friday, a federal judge ordered clinton to answers. donald trump is heading to ohio today. he's facing new questions over his immigration policy. his policy for dealing with undocumented immigrants may not be set in stone. trump is expected to make a policy speech on thursday. we'll have more on whether trump is walking back on his immigration policy in a few minutes. we're off to a clear start. chuck bell is updating what you can expect looking ahead to next weekend. a bizarre series of thefts, leaving drivers stranded.

. 4:41 your time now on this monday morning. off to a decent start here. >> here's chuck bell with more on the current temperatures right now. looking cool out there. >> so nice in the area. still 73 at national airport. once you get west of the beltway, temperatures are well back into the 60s. 67 now at dulles. 64 in manassas. 64

maryland, oakland, 55 degrees. today and tomorrow look great. sunny and mild. temperatures in the low to mid 80s around here for the next couple of days and if it's a monday, that means you are thinking about the week, the coming weekend looks nice too. temperatures this weekend will be in the 80s. i'll show you our ten-day forecast coming up in 10 minutes. let's head over to melissa mollet. >> 28 here at muncaster road, all lanes blocked each direction in rockville this morning. 270 is rolling along just fine. no problems northbound or southbound. as you head into 66, you can see from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 8 minutes. eastbound is fine, westbound is fine as well. elsewhere, we're looking good in prince george county. more information on that breaking news in rockville coming

>> maybe there's something going on. >> i think aaron, do you have it? >> i had my eyebrow brush. you could use it, i guess, if you like. imagine getting ready to leave home from work only to find out someone has stolen all four wheels off of his car. >> he said this happened to him and he believes someone knew exactly what they were doing. someone took off the wheels of a chevy tahoe on sunday morning. the thieves did not leave any fingerprints. donald trump takes a new approach in decision 2016. how hillary clinton is responding as both candidates try to win key battleground states. >> controversy over allowing former felons to vote.

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decision 2016 now at 4:46. donald trump starting a new week, hoping to stay on message but his campaign is dealing with questions on whether he's softening his approach on the issue that's defined his campaign. immigration. edward lawrence is live on capitol hill for us this morning. the issue as trump stands on deportation, is he shifting his position? >> he may be shifting his position. his campaign said he had his best week ever, after meeting with his newly formed hispanic advisory council, he may be shifting his position on deporting 11 million undocumented workers. his new campaign manager, kelly ann conway says his position is to be determined as donald trump comes

would help hispanic businesses grow. >> hillary clinton still dealing with the controversy with her email, is her campaign still worried that their lead in the polls might slip? >> they are campaign is very worried. they are trying to shift debate over that. an interview with cold lynn -- colon powell she had said she should get a personal email account not a server. he sent that email one year after she had already set up the server. he believes the campaign is trying to pin the controversy on him. president obama is back in washington after a two-week vacation. he has a packed schedule ahead of him.

he's still locked in a fight with republicans over the zika funding. governor mcall you live -- mcaulif mcauliffe will have a announcement on voting rights restorgs. gop's critics say his move was designed to help democrats in the november election. we're learning more about the shooting of an off duty firefighter in the district over the weekend. according to the police report he was shot in the left side of his face by someone on a motorcycle. this happened while he was sitting in his car with his young daughter on southern avenue in southeast. the little girl was not hurt. the firefighters union says he was airlifted to baltimore shock trauma and is expected to recover. police have not released a possible motive or any suspect information. working to find out more about the person who was found dead in the

the body was pulled from the river. police have not said who the person is or how the person died. the families displaced by the silver spring apartment explosion are making progress on finding a place to live. they are out of shelters and in temporary housing. ntsb says its investigation could take several months. seven people killed there. because of the conditions of the bodies, officials are still working to identify four of those people. there is a brand-new red light camera to watch out for. if you live in alexandria, look at this map. duke street near west taylor parkway. if it catches you, you will receive a warning for the next 30 days. after that, it's $50. the national park service is celebrating its 100th anniversary

events on the national mall. on sunday, people got to join park rangers on a bike ride learning about the history of the national park. one of today's activities includes a centennial scavager hunt. nbc4 continues working for you in the community. >> we spent time yesterday helping parents and their kids get ready for back to school. yea! in the rain, there was plenty of applause for people who finished the back packs for kids fun run. we hosted the group along the running collective. many braved the rain. remember all that rain and gathered at the yard park and laced shoes up and ran 2.5 millions. the back packs will be donated to students in

>> the sky opened up literally 20 minutes before. >> it felt like a monsoon. >> it cleaned up pretty nicely. the sun came out about 5:30 where i live. >> it was a crazy day yesterday. in the sun, out of the sun. in the rain, out of the rain. finally that's all gone and now we get to sit back and relax. i get paid the same whether it's good weather or bad weather. i get paid to give you nothing but good news for the next couple of days. high pressure from our friends up north in canada have pushed the rain, heat, humidity all away from us and we're going to be sitting on the right side of things for the next calmative couple of days. mostly clear skies. august is five degrees warmer than average, as of now, anyway, still in first place for the warmest august on record. we've been 90 or higher 15 out of the last 16 days. yesterday was another day in the 90s. that makes 45 days 90 or higher so far this year.

back above 90 again. right now, it's 73 degrees behind that cold front. northwest winds averaging 10 miles per hour has pushed temperatures back to 60s and 70s where. high pressure is blowing all the rain chances off the eastern half of the country really outside new england for the next couple of days. here's future weather then all the way through the course of today, nothing more than a few fair weather clouds from time to time. that's it. no chance for rain the next couple of days. for today, temperatures will be in the upper 70s. by lunchtime and only in the low to mid 80s tor highs today and here's your first peek at the all exclusive ten-day forecast. nary a chance for rain for the next several days. a slight chance for a shower on friday. week ahead looks good. see you in ten more minutes with a high temperature with a check hometown. taking a look right now, an update on this crash, 28th at

lanes shut down. one lane is getting by in each direction. a bit of an improvement there. hummer road in annandale between little river turnpike and gallows, all lanes blocked because of an earlier crash. we have road work outer loop. left lane getting by. taking a live look at the beltway, it switched for me. i wanted beltway at river. that's what it is. no problems right now. an historic local home that could face a wrecking ball. the new effort and the controversy over preserving a big part of civil war history. a mother and a young son on the edge of disaster, the remarkable and difficult rescue and

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a woman and a six-year-old son has only minor injuries. their car went over a concrete barrier and dangled over a busy road. firefighters used a series of webs and strings to secure it. both the mother and son were wearing seatbelts. police charged the mom with careless driving. people should be able to see

take a look at this dust storm that filled the skies last night. you couldn't see more than about a couple thousand feet in some places. that's a big problem on a highway, of course. the national weather service had to issue a warning to several communities, including the entire phoenix metro area. i think they call it a haboob. >> all that dust? >> chuck will check me on it. don't worry. an appeal hearing from former penn state assistant football coach jerry san dusk can i will be held. they want his 2012 conviction overturned because of errors in his national trial. he was convicted of sexually abusing ten different boys between 1994 and 2008. he's currently serving 30 to 60 years in prison. an app that should speed up your travel experience is now good to go at bwi marshall airport. you have to search mobile passport. an officerca

you get to the front of the line. you can scored a bargain if you are planning to travel during the little bit of summer we have left. driving is the best way to save with extra low gas prices at the pump. plane tickets are also at the lowest prices in several years. that's a blackout date for a lot of frequent flyer programs but you might want to think about using those if you can. >> they have changed everything around. suddenly you need to amass even more to get there. >> many airlines are changing their terms for earning and redeeming frequent flyer miles. in some cases they expire. double check and use them before they do. a northern virginia home that played a big role in american history could soon be knocked down. the mclean house dates back to the 1730s, but soon new homes could be put in its place. historians say the

north notingham street was a hide out for dolley madison. neighbors are trying to stop a developer who has permits to demolish it. >> it just be three more modern houses and this historic site would disappear forever and a piece of american heritage would be lost. it would be really tragic. my hope is that somebody out there will come forward, somebody with the ability will come forward and assist to save the property. >> despite its significance, the house was never preserved or placed on an historic registry. the developer did not respond to news 4's requests for comments and it's unclear when the demolition will occur. right now at 5:00 a.m., it is back-to-school for thousands of local students today. chuck and melissa are tracking what you can expect at the bus stop and on the roads. derrick ward looking at what students can expect this year. good mornin

aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. i cannot believe it's the start of school season. here we go. summer went by like that! >> let's start with a look at the forecast this morning. chung -- chuck bell is in the storm team 4 weather center. >> good morning, everybody. i hope you had a nice weekend. your monday morning off to a delightfully quiet start here. temperatures in the 60s and suburbs right now. unlike the last couple of weeks, where we would have been nearly 90 by noontime. today we'll be nearly 80 by noontime and afternoon highs will be nice. living in gaithersburg, 82 degrees in winchester, 80. tons of sunshine, the only thing that could mess up a monday this beautiful is possibly traffic. let's head to melissa. >> in annandale, still have -- >> i can't get out of there that fast. >> you think ducking