now at 11:00, a new hurdle for d.c.'s plan to relocate thousands of homeless people across the district. why neighbors in one community are suing to stop it. new tonight, the last of four u.s. swimmers caught up in that

their silence. why jimmy feegen says it took him so long to get that passport back in brazil. and she's throwing out the first pitch tomorrow for the nationals. but tonight, you get a sneak peek with the interview with katie ledecky. >> news4 at 11:00 starts now. first up, new developments in the fight over where to house d.c.'s homeless population. >> this is the story that you're only going to see here. we obtained a copy of the lawsuit filed to stop the plan because of controversy over how it was rolled out. jackie bensen is live in ward three to explain. jackie? >> reporter: angie, the lawsuit was just filed. it does not ask the district to relocate the homeless shelter planned here at the second district police station. instead, it claims city leaders

hand. the lawsuit, brought by a group of 21 neighbors, claims part of the 2016 homeless shelter replacement act that was passed and signed by mayor in june violates the district of columbia anc act. they say the plan to relocate the homeless shelter on idaho avenue is unlawful, because it it did not give an opportunity for input. >> what we are going to court with is not to ask the court to change the judgment in choosing the site, but to go back to the drawing board and give the anc an opportunity to present its issues and concerns. >> reporter: the plan is part of the

facilities in each ward. they placed them on city-owned land, like the second district police station. in a statement tonight, the changes haven't been requested yet and -- ask that construction be stopped pending the outcome. jackie bensen, news4. we're getting new details on what it took and how much it cost for one american olympic swimmer to buy his way out of brazil after that incident at a rio gas station. this is a new statement from james fiegen. he sai

i've ever had a gunpointed at me and i was terror feed. he admits he left out the part about he and the other swimmers key vandalized the gas station. he says he was given two options, stay in rio or do some community service and pay more than $30,000. >> reporter: he says he was able to negotiate that down to a little over $10,000 and his family helped him come one the money the next day so he was able to fly home. to normal after devastating floods. we

main stretch will be open tomorrow. the flooding last month killed two people and destroyed several businesses. tomorrow, some streets will reopen. howard county officials say that crews still have a lot of paving work to do. they hope to have part of the downtown parking lot back open by saturday. a gruesome attack in virginia has no ties to isis. that's what the justice department is telling nbc news tonight. saturday, a man yelled the arabic phrase for "god is great" as he stabbed a pan and woman. both victims were seriously injured. police say they arrested the suspect when he showed up at the hospital asking for help for himself. he claimed he was hearing voices at the time of the attack. right now he's in jail without bond. tonight, police say they've caught the guy who created this

the 16-year-old is accused of writing anti-semitic words. today, we talked to the civic group that removed the graffiti each time it showed up. >> he tagged a sidewalk in various ways. one time it was nine rats were defaced at every corner. so it was really just -- it felt very relentless. >> the suspect is also accused of drawing swastikas at a star bucks in chinatown. our tom sherwood talked to the man who will take over for the d.c. police chief cathy lanier next month. he's been with the department since 1989, and assistant chief since 2002. he said his main priority is keeping residents safe and building on an already good relationsh w

>> i think our number one prior as an organization is public safety. you go out to community meetings, most of the folks in those meetings are saying very positive things about the police department. >> he says he first became an officer after answering a newspaper classified ad. he called it the best decision he's made in his life. prince george's county executive says he has no plans to remove the leadership of the school board. last night, five members of the board sent a scathing letter calling for the resignations of the chair and vice chair. it comes after reports of abuse inside the county's head start program and the loss of federal funding. some say the board leadership failed to keep other members informed. >> i have all the confidence in the world. dr. maxwell, we've seen improvements in the schools,

graduation rates are up. so we're going to move forward. >> in a statement, the board chair said that he will remain focused on doing everything he can to make sure the head start program keeps operating. in the race for the white house tonight, hillary clinton's campaign is pushing back against an associated press report about donors to the clinton foundation getting more facetime with her when she was secretary of state. the clinton catch says the a.p. report used flawed data and cherry picked from clinton's schedule at the state department. donald trump has called for a special prosecutor to investigate whether clinton staffers gave donors more access or special treatment. >> it's a huge new target for the trump campaign to dive on top of, and a bunch of targets for the clinton campaign to have to depend. >> so far, nothing illegal has been uncovered, but it could be an issue that lasts all the way to november.

warning of a homegrown case of the zika virus in florida has popped up outside the known infection zone. five new florida zika virus cases were reported, including one in the tampa area. >> reporter: on florida's gulf coast, mosquito control teams stepped up their fight, but the governor says he's not declaring a new zika zone here yet. active transmissions are still a concern in the first identified zika zone, which today added four new cases. now, authorities are trying to figure out one zika case showed up more than 250 miles away on florida's west coast. to date, 42 homegrown zika cases in the city. anxious calls to mid wives from mothers to be

it's a time to be involved. >> reporter: jenna is due in three weeks and says labor can't come soon enough. >> i was worried about, but now that's a whole other level. >> reporter: this new study shows the range of destruction to the brain, effects beyond microcephaly. >> for people in areas where there is an outbreak, it is the scariest thing since polio. >> reporter: pregnant women now know how to protect themselves. >> i don't think this is going to be confined to florida. but it also sells us that our surveillance methods work. we can identify these outbreaks very early. >> reporter: tonight in this tourism hot spot, the unanswered question, where might the zika

mosquitos be? a cab jumped a curb and crashing into pedestrians in san francisco. no word on what caused this driver to veer off the road. she's home for a stop between rio and college. tonight, katie ledecky tells us how seriously she takes her role as a role model. alexandria city leaders celebrate the return of a boxer and coach who trained for the olympics right here in our area. and the second grade teacher with her letter home with students about homework is all over social media. another heat wave moving

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♪ humility and a big contagious smile. you would expect nothing less from katie ledecky. >> if you were like us, you had so much fun watching our hometown girl crush the competition in rio. finally back in bethesda she hung out with news4. they talked about the medals, five of them, four of them gold. but what's really cool about the soon-to-be college freshman, she knows she's inspiring a new generation of swimmers and doesn't take her job as a role model lightly. >> it's really special when i get videos tweeted at me or posted on my f

and cheering me on or messages saying their daughter is starting to swim to you because of watching the olympics. >> she really does truly care. such a kind person. not a whole lot of down time. tomorrow night, she'll throw out the ceremonial first pitch at nats park. then off to stanford. she told me she wants to get her driver's license. >> i'll bet she does. i want to see that pitch. make sure you're with us tomorrow night to see more. and find more of it on our nbc washington app. another olympian with local ties got a welcome home tonight in alexandria. he took home silver in boxing. >> tonight, there was a big homecoming for him and his coach. shamari stone was there. >> reporte

celebration for a u.s. olympic silver medalist. he's greeted with cheers at the alexandria boxing club, inside the charles houston recreation center. how does it feel to be back in alexandria? >> it feels good. >> reporter: he lost by a split decision in the bantamweight division against cuba. >> i'm still disappointed in it. >> reporter: but tonight, he celebrates in the gym where he trained for four years. >> i appreciate everyone that's out here. they're the reason i went out there and performed the way i did. >> reporter: they honored him and his coach. >> you know, involve the kids a little bit more. you don't have to box, just come in here and hang out. it's a big thing to have the kids be involved with something.

something, you can do anything with god in your life. >> reporter: he is signing autographs here for these children. he says he's going to continue to work hard here in the city of alexandria. shomari stone, news4. tonight, one teacher's decision not to assign homework has people on both sides weighing in. second grade teacher brandy young says she can't prove does much of anything to improve student performance. instead, she wants kids to eat dinner as a family, play outside, or go to bed early. she sent a letter home ahead of the first day back in the classroom. >> take what you learn in the classroom and apply it outside of the classroom. that's what i hope they're doing from the learning they get in my room. i hope they go home and use it. >> one parent shared the letter on

the school's superintendent says he's final with the no homework plan. six teachers are trying it out and will evaluate the results later. >> second grade, i don't remember how it works. >> i know. >> i remember. well, that's where my son is. >> a lot of memorization. where were those teachers when we were in school? >> what is coming is the heat. it's coming as kids go back to school. we're tracking the tropics. we have a lot going on in weather, even though today was picture perfect. take a look at the numbers. highs today, 84 degrees. a lot of people out enjoying the steps of the jefferson memorial. a beautiful, beautiful evening. 84 the high today in d.c. all in all,

average. we haven't seen that very much over the haste two months. currently sitting at 74 degrees, wind s out of the south at 7 miles per hour. temperatures in the mid 60s in some areas. tom lives right about here just around the frederick, gaithersburg area. he saw temperatures of 57 earlier this morning. now, storm team 4 radar not showing any rain. we talked about this high pressure last week, dominating the area. that's what is happening now. look back to the west. clouds moving our way, that's a warm front on thursday. and that brings the heat right back. tomorrow, more clouds, highs into the mid to upper 80s, then the 90s. watching the tropics. this is what could become a tropical storm or a depression. right

the guidance all has it going towards the bahamas and close to miami, depending on how strong it is. so much out there right now. what will this storm do? this is something we'll be tracking very closely over the next couple of days. for our weather, nice tomorrow. getting hot today but not humid. as we move on through the next couple of days, the heat returns and then back into the mid fridays by friday. 95 on friday. saturday and sunday, into the low 90s. notice monday, back to 95. one thing of note, the storms

models bring that storm up here on thursday. >> that's incredible. coming up, some bad breaks in charmty. >> sports is up next. but first here's jimmy fallon. >> we're playing a new game called hungry, hungry humans.

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the nats again. >> the nationals probably happy to be coming back to d.c. in the second half of this series. the orioles took care of business, now it's the nationals' turn when they play in d.c. the next two nights. unlike the opening game, tonight's contest wasn't even close. the pitcher could not recapture the magic he was playing with against the braves. he was knocked around off and early. video evidence that the nationals and orioles fans can get along. top of the first, trey turner trying to steal second here. the throw, not in time. the orioles challenge and the ump calls him out. a missed opportunity for the nationals here. bottom of the seconds lopez on the mound. weeders crushes this ball to the corner. bryce harper gets to it, but not in time.

the orioles up a pair of runs. the throw sails over the head of ryan zimmerman. the orioles out to a 3-0 lead. in the third, 4 for 4 at the plate, but thrown out twice trying to steal second. it was one of those nights for the nationals. you don't believe me, check out this play. the orioles were 3 for 3 on challenges tonight by the way. bases loaded for j.j. hardy, this off the glove of daniel murphy. two runs store. the orioles go on to take game two 8-1. afterwards, dusty baker happy to be heading back to d.c. >> it seems like we haven't been home in a month. so we're home just a short period of time, like five days a

but you go home, regroup. you got people that love you when you go home, and the guys want to see their kids and their lives and you can regroup. >> redskins corner back josh norman has a lot of people talking, where norman said he was the best corner back on earth and said he's part native american. he called commissioner roger goodell horrible and continues his feud with odell beckham, jr. and rookie receiver josh dotson, jay gruden growing more confident with him. >> we're going to push him when we can. he did the route three today, which is very positive. not 100% yet, but he's doing a lot more now than he did a week ago.

i have total expectation he's going to be ready week one. >> great news. a hot dog is a sandwich. so is a hamburger. >> no, no. >> case is closed. [ overlapping speakers ]

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- dolly parton, donald golver,