hurt them. mark seagraves talked with the owner and is outside that shop in alexandria, in the alexandria section of fairfax county. mark? >> wait till you see this surveillance video. this is harrowing, beauty island shop here in the mt. vernon crossroads shopping center on richmond highway. that's the store right behind me. yesterday morning a gunman walked through that door and terrorized the three people inside. >> he put the gun up here right like this. >> reporter: the store owner, who didn't want to go on camera, says she has had this shop for years and didn't have any trouble until this man walked into her shop yesterday morning. he pointed a gun at her face, the owner thought it was a joke. >> i kind of smiled because i thought he was joking and so i said may i help you? he said you better turn around. he tell

>> reporter: she quickly realized he wasn't joking. the gunman ordered the owner and another woman to the floor and asked if anyone else was there. at first, they lied. >> he said if you tell me truth, i'm not going to hurt anybody but you lie, i'm going to shoot you. >> reporter: then they told the gunman there was a 7-year-old girl in the back room of the store. the suspect held all three at gun point, forcing the owner to open a safe and then the cash register. finally, he took the women's wallets. he forced all three of the victims into the bathroom of the store and told them he would come back to kill them if they called the police. >> i believe in god. i say god and jesus please help us. i say out loud several times. >> reporter: fairfax police want your help in catching the suspect. if you recognize the suspect or perhaps you were here, give them a call. the owner tells us it's possible that the suspect fled by public transportation, catching a

out here on richmond highway. that's the very latest. jim, back to you. >> what a frightening ordeal. mark sea graves, thank you. police will be canvassing a neighborhood where an up and coming rapper lived and was killed over the weekend. they're looking fo any information in the death of 18-year-old douglas brooks, better known as swipey. ambush-style shooting but don't have a motive yet. if you know anything you're urged to call police. officers have just identified a young man shot outside a montgomery county home. they found sayed hassan with shots to his upper body along sandy spring road in burtonsville. no suspects have been identified in that shooting. two people found inside the home are now facing charges related to distribution of marijuana. police tell us jason barrios and davis will have a bond review hearing tomorrow. fairfax county man is facing felony charges, accused

10-year-old girl. police think there may be more victims. they say stansic pulled up to the girls and wanted directions and exposed himself before driving off. take a good look at the tattoo on his arm, they also released these images of two vehicles he is known to drive. they're asking anyone with a similar experience to please call them. this most recent case happened in the alexandria section of fairfax county. students abused and humiliated in prince george's county led to a federal investigation and defunding of its head start program. now, a day after a call for changes in school board leadership, there is new evidence of a pattern of deficiencies within that program. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live to explain now. >> reporter: the news 4 i-team uncovered this. they found in a past investigation, there were

with administration within the head start program. folks not doing what they were supposed to, even when it came to things as serious as criminal background checks. news has learned the county has had trouble in the past. a long list of noncompliance with the program. criminal background check files for 1036 its 129 staffers were inaccurately kept. seven employees had no complete ed criminal background checks at all. there were a lack of thorough health screenings and files for staff as well. half didn't have health exams or

tu tuberculosis screenings. it was also not properly reporting on meals and snacks. all these noncompliances were corrected by january 2014. head start funding as the program grew. one year later, deficiencies were found and federal government stripped the county of $6.4 million head start grant money. prince george's county schools were unable to provide us with someone to comment on what happened in these past investigations. with that past investigation, they were able to take care of all of those issues. it appears in the investigation that happened most recently by the federal government, prince george's county school system could not comply. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. familiar problem is coming up in the prince george's county school system. a number of students are being told to stay home until they're mu

day of school was yesterday. a school spokesman told us earlier that there are still nearly 6,400 students on record without proper documentation. >> the number is about 6,300. that does not mean that they're not immunized. it could mean their information is not in our data system. our nurses are looking at this system every day as parents bring the information to them. if they can prove, they're in school. if they can't prove they have immunization, they're excluded until they can prove it. >> the required vaccinations are for diseases including polio, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox and hepatitis b. in the race for the white house, we whoo are more than a month from the first presidential debate. donald trump is sharpening his attacks against hillary clinton and the clinton foundation. speaking at a rally in tampa, trump blasted clinton for what he calls pay for play over reports of the associated

the private individuals that clinton met with during her time as secretary of state also donated to the clinton foundation. clinton's campaign manager, meantime, calls that report flawed and says the ap cherry picked information. clinton herself is off the campaign trail today. she's actually doing several fund-raisers in california, including one hosted by apple ceo tim cook. this weekend, clinton is expected to get her first intelligence briefing since becoming the democratic nominee. trump had his first briefing earlier this month. long-time d.c. civic organization is complaining about new video billboards popping up all over town. stop work order on some of the projects. tom sherwood reports on the controversy now. >> reporter: thomas circle downtown. heavy foot traffic and vehicles.

two huge outdoor advertising video screens flanking one thomas circle. but there's a problem. district officials have stop work orders here and at least four other locations saying the company, digi media, had no permit to put them up. >> in most basic terms, tom, it has to do with respect for this historic city. >> reporter: the department of consumer and regulatory affairs told news 4 dcra has issued stop work orders to multiple addresses due to the installation of unpermitted signage, to install large exterior signs in the district a permit is required. other officials say the company likely won't get permits to erect the signs because the signs themselves may violate city rules on such displays. nbc 4 sought to contact digi media at a northeast

there was no answer. digi media later told nbc 4 in an e-mail that the permit dispute is on appeal and it could not discuss specifics. also reviewing the dispute which may involve as many as 20 locations. tom sherwood, news 4. now storm team 4 forecast. >> and that forecast today and the rest of the afternoon really looking very nice. you already knew that. stepping out the door today, temperatures at or a little bit below average this time of year. average high is 86 degrees, right where we were in the city today. unofficial high. 85 quantico. frederick coming in at 86 degrees. beautiful today, low humidity this evening, looking great, too. nationals taking on the orioles, nats park. gorgeous around 7:00. 77 by 9:00. very nice weather right on through the evening.

heat and humidity return big time. we'll talk about our next heat wave and the tropics really getting active. much more on that coming up in a minute. discipline all students equally. a complaint now before the education department civil rights office says black and disabled students are punished more often and more severely. two students in richmond and local naacp filed the complaint saying black students were issued 97% of the expulsions although they make up -- more likely to be suspended than a white student without a disability. richmond school district has not excellented on the complaint. still ahead, elevator issues that could lead to a major shutdown at the washington monument. how long the iconic structure could be closed. there used to be a play fire engine here.

long, too. kids loved it. they called this fire truck park. but now -- gone. the case of the disappearing fire truck coming up. news 4. >> okay. he is rockin' that hat, can we just say? also ahead, a father's inspiring cross country ride to raise awareness about suicide.

now to the mysterious disappearance of a popular part of a local playground, pretend fire truck vanished from walter pierce park in the adams morgan neighborhood of d.c. we sent news 4 pat collins to figure out just what happened. he joins us live at the playground with details. hi, pat. >> reporter: jim, the case of the disappearing fire truck. but i have to warn you, this story doesn't have a happy ending. where is the fire truck that used to be here? >> um, it's taken away. >> reporter: somebody took it? >> yeah. >> reporter: do you want it back? >> yeah. >> reporter: 911. the fire truck is gone! the fire truck is gone and people are upset. >> kids refer to this as fire truck

park. now our signature piece of play equipment is gone. >> reporter: 911, the fire truck disappeared. sebastian weaver is sad. he has fond memories of playing here. >> the fire truck was just like a unique thing to kids. i would play on it with friends, play random games, like the fire truck was like another vehicle. it was so much fun. >> reporter: now it's gone. >> gone. >> reporter: this is walter pierce park. it's like a disney world for little kids in adams morgan. it has slides, it has swings, bouncy rides. but the big traction? this kid-friendly fire engine. a few days ago, that fire truck disappeared. somebody even put a picture of it on a milk container. it led to an official police investigation of what they described as a first-degree theft. neighbors say the fire truck had a hole in it and some tape around it to keep

they were hoping the city would fix it, but then --he fire truck, gone. now the city's department of general services says the fire truck was broken. they say they couldn't fix it, so they trashed it. but they didn't tell anybody about it. not the community, not the department of recreation, not the police, who were investigating it. they say they're sorry about that. they hope to have a new fire truck here soon. coming up at 6:00, we'll talk to the woman who saw the takeaway. angie, back to you. >> pat collins, hot on this case. thanks so much. today, we learn the washington monument will stay closed until at least the middle of next month as crews figure out what is wrong with its elevator. some time after that, it could be shut down again, we're told, possibly for eight to nine months. this is while crews overhaul the o

d.c. delegate eleanor holmes voiced her concerns about the impact it may have on the d.c. economy, as tourism is hitting all-time highs. in fact, the district broke several tourism records last year. more than 21 million tourists visited the district in 2015. this is according to the tourism bureau. 2 million of them came from other countries. with an influx of travelers from china. more than 19 million came from other u.s. states, we're told, in total over $7 billion were spent by tourists last year, up $300 million from 2014. now to a developing story overseas, rescue workers working nonstop, sifting through the rubble to try to find any survivors after an earthquake slammed central italy. some of the hardest hit areas less than 100 miles from

>> at least 130 people have been confirmed dead with 300 to 400 more injured. 6.2 magnitude quake hit overnight, causing old buildings to collapse on top of residents as they slept. the mayor of norice says his town no longer exists. thousands of people are now homeless. bryant university's basketball team came from rhode island to train in italy. the assistant coach described the terrifying moments when the shaking started. >> it felt like your room was shaking and swaying, almost like someone was underneath your bed, like pushing up on the mattress and the mattress was kind of shaking that way and the room felt like the entire building was swaying back and forth. it last aid long time. >> the epicenter of this quake is 80 miles northeast of m

than 250 miles away. we're still trying to find out if any of these victims are from the united states. angie? >> chris, thanks. >> also overseas right now, at least one person is dead and more than a dozen wounded in that attack on the american university of afghanistan. in the country's capital. a group of armed gunmen went into that school and witnesses say that they heard explosions before automatic gunfire. u.s. troops have deployed to the university campus but mostly in an advising role. no groups have claimed responsibility for the attacks. it is new technology that reminds you where you've parked your car. >> coming to a local garage. but is it revealing too much information about you? the privacy concerns being raised by customers. local couple paid forry home warranty for piece of mind but ran into roadblocks when they tried to make a claim.

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if they could all be like this. temperatures in the mid 80s, low humidity. plenty of sunshine. doesn't get a whole lot better than that in the month of august, looking pretty good out there across our region. we've seen a mixture of sun, few clouds have come in across porg portions of the area today. is

beautiful evening, currently sitting at 86 degrees, winds out of the south at 13 miles an hour. humidity starting to creep up a little bit. you walk outside it still feels really, really nice. 86 in leesburg. weather underground network temperatures. maryland at 82. and anarundel county at 84 degrees. heading to the nationals game as they take on the orioles. battle of the beltway series. so far orioles have the nats' number. maybe we could turn around tonight. 81 degrees at game time. 77 around that 9:00 hour. by 11:00, temperature around 73 as you're getting home from the game. looking really nice. about as good as it gets for a ball game here in the city. no rain to talk about. we'll be dry. right on through the next couple of days. slight chance of a shower, thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. most of us should remain on the dry side. you can see what's happening here. high pressure is still dominating. notice what's hapn

trying to move our way and this high pressure area, this is the heat dome. we talked about this so much over the past couple of weeks. that is moving our way, too. that's why we have some of that heat there. indiana, confirmed tornadoes and we've seen damage into portions of the indiana area, indianapolis has reported some damage. we'll get a lot more pictures from this over the next few hours but hopefully, nobody hurt in that region. something else we're watching, the tropics. this is a tropical wave. we've got tropical storm gaston could become a hurricane. this one is not very organized. central of circulation just to the east of puerto rico. no storms associated with it right now. it is expected to become a tropical storm in the next three or four days. if it does, it would be hermine. this is something we'll be watching very, very closely. eventually, it may come our way, too. if it does, it would just be a rain maker.

but something we'll have to watch for sure. tomorrow we're watching the heat. heat returns, 93. hot and humid again. heat index remains under 100 degrees. it may feel a little uncomfortable but nothing like where it was a couple of days ago. moving on through the next couple of days, temperatures will be on the hot side for sure. 95 friday, hottest day. heat index friday, close to 00 degrees. weekend, temperatures in the low 90s monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, all in the 90s. friday and saturday next week, go back into the 80s. we'll see how much rain we get out looking across the area, guys. i'll send it back in to you guys. >> doug, thank you. we'll see you in a bit. firefighter severely burned in the line of duty undergoes the most extensive face transplant ever performed. >> now a year into his recovery from that groundbreaking surgery. coming up, what he says is next in his life as he

you ever lose your car in one of these big garages? how would you feel about having big brother help you find it? i'll tell you more, coming up on news 4. at nats's park. hats off to bryce harper. i'll tell you about the special cause that inspired him to design these hats your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives.

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minutes ago -- >> i tell you, you not hurt anybody, i will do everything for you, take everything, whatever you please. >> we heard from a local beauty shop owner as she worked to control a scary situation, armed robber, holding three people, including a 7-year-old at gun point. >> plus a digital billboard debate in the district. tom sherwood reported on the city stopping the construction of electronic billboards popping up across town and the big problem some have with them. >> reporter: now at 5:30, it's meant to be a convenience. why a new program designed to help you remember where you parked in a big garage is raising privacy concerns. home warranty is meant to give you peace of mind. a local couple tells us a company is denying their coverage. if you've ever forgotten where you left your car in a

right? you might like a technology knew to our area at the reston town center. some say this new technology goes a little too far. news 4's derrick ward is live for us in reston. some are concerned about issues of privacy with this new system. derrick? >> yeah, jim. this has happened to me and i'm sure it's happened to a lot of you. you get in there and park and when you come back you don't know where the car is parked. the system you're talking about will be in place september 12th. the problem that some people have with them, they involve having your picture taken. these cameras are motion activated. you get out of your car, it will take a snapshot of your vehicle and your license plate. you get back to the garage, you enter that plate number in the computer kiosk, verify it to your car and shows you a map of its location. it knows because you've been photographed. >> i wasn't even aware of that. >> reporter: the system has only been tested for a brief period so far. concerns have already been raised about the candid cameras in

didn't realize that was happening. >> reporter: on the other hand there were troubles that it could be beneficial. >> if somebody is being taken by force or under the influence and is being taken, it would be easier to track them down. >> reporter: boston property, responsible for these sites, say the systems are in place 50 places worldwide and they've not heard of any problems being used to stalk motorists. it's safer to direct a lost motorist to their car than have them wandering, distracted through the garage. it's just for payment purposes, the app. you won't be able to find a car via that app from some remote location. that makes some folks feel a little bit better about it. until that goes into effect, there is a low tech way to help you find your car. these little blue cards tell you the level you're parked on and the address of the garage and also a number for security. coming up on news

these systems in place and see what they have to say about these security concerns. live in reston, derrick ward. >> thank you, derrick. this video here, police hope, will help them track down a violent thief. a robber had jumped over the counter at a gas station in germantown. that was before he attacked the clerk. it happened earlier this month at the sunoco on matny road. clerk suffered slash wounds to his torso and face but will be okay. >> investigators in prince william county say a handful of bottle bombs were discovered this week in woodbridge. the fines came after someone called in about a suspicious device. the bottles were cleared and no one was hurt but police want to remind you about the dangers of these bottle bombs, usually

household items. when they explode they can cause serious and debilitating injuries to the skin and the respiratory tract. not much luck for our nats in baltimore. >> as for the orioles, they'll try to keep up their winning ways as the series shifts here to the district. it's been a very busy day out there, carol. >> reporter: oh, my goodness. yes, it is. the beltway series to d.c. the next two are here at nasm ts park. they are glad to be home but especially thrilled to be welcoming a special guest, katie ledecky. dusty baker came out of the tunnel which he doesn't normally do, at this time, and came into the dugout to meet the four-time gold medalist, dominant player, professional et

they know what it took for her to become the world's best swimmer. they were super excited to see her here and players think she's a rock star. >> definitely saw her and saw what she did. obviously, really impressive. it would be cool to talk with her a little bit. not so much about her swimming but the experience that it was like down there. >> the hard work, dedication all those athletes put in to what they do. to go and be the best in the entire world, and to be 19 years old to do it, it's impressive. >> bryce harper hosted a press conference today to unveil new era hats he helped design. proceeds benefit his charity, harper's heroes, to support kids battling cancer. this is a cause close to his heart. >> this is something that, you know, it's home for me. sorry, gets me a little bit emotional talking about it. but, you know, i had

friends and couple family members that have gone through it. so, you know, when i was growing up, i never wanted to do it for the camera or for the tvs, anything like that. this was all just for me and to be able to bring the families in. just see the smile. >> reporter: these hats will be available in team stores here at the park and also online. i loved it when bryce said he designed a ski cap special because it has an october look to it, see how the fans can wear it during the playoffs. >> you rock the hat like nobody else. >> do you think we could get a katie ledecky bobblehead? >> if i see one i'm going to grab one for you. >> do it. you're working it. thank you, carol. we'll see you at 6:00 and 11:00 tonight. it's been a busy few weeks for katie

has fallen in love with the golden girl from bethesda. she is still excited about her effort, including breaking her own world record in the 800-meter free style. at one point she looked to be alone in that swimming pool but still didn't slow down. >> you can't take anything for granted when you're out front, favored to win or anything like that. i had to focus on how i wanted to put together that race. it was my last race in rio and i wanted to make it count. >> boy, did she. at 6:00 tonight more on eun's one on one interview. what's up next for the swimmer and why she cried her last night in rio. >> questions being raised tonight in a community dealing with zika. why some say the effort to stop the outbreak is worse than the virus itself. father apedals to the finis of a

part of historic main street in ellicott city is back open now for the first time since the deadly flooding. howard county leaders are asking people who don't have business in that area not to come just to sightsee. much of main street remains shut down. two people died in that flooding and dozens of buildings

in louisiana, the number of people requesting help from the federal government is climbing today. state officials say the number of people who have requested and registered for help from fema has now reached 119,000. the federal agency has already approved $132 million in aid, including grants for temporary rental assistance, home repairs and other response. more than a dozen people died in those historic floods. right now, think about your eyes. are you or your kids squinting to see the tv? you may be one of an estimated 30% of the u.s. population that suffers from the irreversible eye condition known as myopia. more and more kids are developing myopia, which allows them to see things clearly upclose but distance objects are blurry, also known as nearsightedness. >> kids aren't getting outside enough. lack of

outdoor targets they get to look at while outdoors creates a strain for that distance vision and puts more demand on the near. and that's what, effectively, is one of the theories of causing nearsightedness. >> one thing you may be doing as parents that could be contributing to myopia as well as sleep issues. that story news 4 at 11:00. coming up next on news 4 at 5:00, a judge throws cold water on a lawsuit against coffee maker starbucs. up next, what he says about the claims the popular chain is misrepresenting the sizes of its cold drinks. homeowner frustrated with its home warranty company when they denied their claim for repairs. it may have felt more like fall the last couple of afternoons. summer not done with us yet. we're heating things up as we n

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underfilling its iced coffees and teas. the judge decided there were no viable claims against the company. meantime, a separate ice-related lawsuit in illinois has yet to be settled. in both cases starbucks responded by saying customers who are not satisfied with how their drink was prepared can always ask for to be remade. homeowner whose frustrations hit an all-time high, claiming his home warranty company denied a claim that should have been covered. that's when he turned to susan hogan for help. >> a home warranty is supposed to give you peace of mind above and beyond home insurance. this homeowner says his claim to fix a broken ac was denied. before he got too over heated he called nbc 4 responds. >> when he fixed it, he blew this box burnt out. they didn't cover it. >> they are burning up,

to use fans, window air condition units. >> reporter: their central air conditioning system wasn't working. they weren't worried because they had purchased a home warranty and are even paying $38 a month since last august to choice home warranty and, according to their contract, systems such as air conditioners are covered. at first, the company did send someone out. >> he put something on. it worked a while and then went out again. >> reporter: the warranty company sent out another repairman. that's when james says things went from bad to worse. >> the electrical box blew up. flames shot out. i said whoa, wait a minute. he said we don't fix those. >> reporter: james says he was getting the cold shoulder from the warranty company who, according to him, refused to send anyone back out to fix the ac. that's when james called nbc 4 responds. >> i watch channel 4 and see all the things you guys didfo

i was like well, let's give it a shot. >> we did a little digging on choice home warranty and learned in june of 2015, new jersey attorney general, after receiving more than 1,000 complaints, reached a settlement with the company to pay the state nearly $800,000, including consumer restitution. according to the ag's office, choice home warranty allegedly used creative and deceptive means to deny their customers' claims. the complaint also alleged the company induced consumers to buy the so-called home warranties, which were actually service contracts. we contacted choice home warranty numerous times by e-mail and phone. while they never answered our questions, they did reach out to james. >> your guys stayed on them. sooner or later, the tech came back out. >> reporter: as of today, their tempers have cooled off. >> without you guys i believe we would be in the same boat we are -- were

>> reporter: choice home warranty, we reached out to them for a comment but they've still not responded to any of our requests. jim? >> hot time of year for all this to happen. susan, thank you so much. warning from aaa. if you have automatic braking systems in your car, there are a lot of misconceptions about braking systems. aaa says you should fully understand them before getting behind the wheel. not all emergency braking systems are designed to prevent collisions. some systems only lessen the impact of the crash by cutting the car's speed. new aaa study found systems designed to prevent crashes cut speeds twice as much as those designed to merely lessen the impact of the crash. mississippi man says he finally feels normal again. one year after receiving the most extensive face transplant ever performed. firefighter patrick hardison was severely burned. last year, doctors at nyu trans

tremendous amount of soft tissue including working eyelids, lips and a nose. today they announced it was a success. patrick says he would like to offer support to others who have experienced severe facial injury. >> now that i have hope, i know where those guys are at and i can give hope to help them know there is hope. push through it and it will be great. >> reporter: patrick hopes to get into motivational speaking. his priority is spending time with his wife and five children. >> what a transformation. d.c. man wrapped up an emotional cross country bike ride and did it in memory of his teenage son who took his own life. news 4's darcy spencer has more on the ride and what happened along the way. >> i feel great to be back home. >> reporter: home from a 3,200-mile bike ride. he calls it a journey to bring awareness about teen depression and suicide.

do with his teenage son. >> since his passing, i said i'm still going to do it anyway. i grabbed his ashes with me and carried them from seattle to washington. >> reporter: his son, sule, took his own life at the age of 16 in july last year. his body was found in the anacostia river. >> i wish he could have really been with me physically and we could have done it together. >> reporter: during the ride, he reflected on his son and thousands of teens battling depression, especially those who have succumbed to their illness. >> for me, it was just important that i finish for them, you know. because they weren't able to finish their ride. >> reporter: he saw the ride's ups and downs as metaphors for life, something developed shared to his son and would like to pass on to youth facing mental health issues. >> i had to deal with mechanic issues, personal injuries

but that's life. >> reporter: he had his own struggles along the way. he lost a front tooth and sprained his wrist when he crashed his bike. >> i'm flying off my bike and i landed on my mouth. >> reporter: but pedaling on to the finish was never a second thought. plenty of family members were waiting for him. now that he's home, he wants to continue to spread his message. >> suicide is the problem and life is the solution. we want to work to give teens a reason to live and give them hope. >> reporter: in the district, darcy spencer, news 4. well, the heat is on. >> it is. >> the way. >> it's hot out there. >> it's been so nice because fall, feels like it. football. kids going back to school. >> i like the word crisp. >> and refreshing in the morning. not going to be quite like that as we get into at

humidity. definitely friday you'll feel the heat and humidity through the weekend. summer's not done with us quite yet as we head out of august. beautiful-looking day. it's breezy. so breezy out there. help to make it a little more bearable, humidity is starting to come up ever so slightly. you'll feel it tomorrow morning. we'll keep the sunshine around, though, for quite some time. this evening, gorgeous. going to be a little breezy out there. that wind will die down overnight. we're just a touch warmer tomorrow. still muggy tomorrow and definitely muggy and hot by the time we get into friday. current temperatures out there right now. yesterday we made it to about 84 degrees. a little warmer out there today. mid to upper 80s is what we're really experiencing. lonely 70 out there. otherwise not looking too bad especially if you're headed out to nats park tonight hopefully. battle of the beltway resumes. temperatures falling into the s.

about during that ball game. radar not seeing anything right now. few clouds pushing in. you may be experiencing that but otherwise mostly sunny and clear through the overnight. one area of concern up here in indiana. there have been several tornadoes reported on the ground near indianapolis. we'll continue with dry and nice conditions into the overnight. go ahead and open up those windows. that humidity starting to creep in tomorrow. look at your daytime highs tomorrow. over that 90-degree mark. heat and humidity return. that heat index will stay in check, below 100. it will still be on the muggy side tomorrow. by the time we get to friday, definitely hot and humid. saturday, that humidity drops off a little bit more and sunday it comes back and it's going to be with us early next week. here is that heat index number. wake up tomorrow morning, 82 is what it will feel like outside. by tomorrow afternoon in

90s. friday morning, already feeling like 90 degrees. heat index near triple digits by the time we get into friday afternoon. this weekend not looking too bad. it will be more humid saturday -- i'm sorry on sunday than saturday. most days we'll be stuck in the 90s. get ready for that heat and humidity return. it will stick with us. next chance of rain will be tuesday, wednesday, thursday. may have a spotty shower around tomorrow. for the most part, looking at rain chances mid next week. guys? >> thanks, lauren. >> big effort under way to stop the spread of the zika virus. >> city's effort involves the use of a controversial chemical and questions being raised now about the p es

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this dash cam video shows the trio pulling the man from his burning car. investigators say the driver lost control of his vehicle and wound up slamming into a guardrail and a bridge. that impact caused the car to burst into flames. no one else was hurt. a controversial chemical banned in europe and puerto rico is being spread in southwest florida as a way to fight the spread of zika. it has some floridians asking

the chemical is a far greater risk than the virus itself. >> reporter: she says the chemical is scarier to her than the zika virus. the chemical is the active ingredient in mosquito spraying throughout lee and collier county. >> they're spraying while we're out walking, sitting at sporting events. >> reporter: marshall says she was upset with spraying near the high school while children and families were out during a sporting event. she says everyone is getting exposed whether they want to or not. >> if we spray it's potentially harmful. and if we don't there's a the chance people come down with the virus. >> reporter: it's been controversial because of the effect it could have on pets, people and agriculture. patrick lynn tells us he can't say the chemical is perfectly safe. with travel-related cases of zika within the community the main concern is minimizing the

sword. >> reporter: collier county uses it in small doses which the u.s. environmental protection agency says is safe in higher quanti quantities, it could cause difficulty breathing, nausea, tremors. >> in limited doses it could make sense. >> let's take a look at what we're spraying with. this is a very toxic chemical. >> mosquito control officials say they have used this for decades. residents are told to stay inside during scheduled sprays. tonight at 6:00, two big stories still unfolding as we come on the air. >> in italy, the death toll is rising hours after a powerful earthquake rattled the region. the destruction is widespread. lives lost. entire towns demolished and crews are racing to find survivors trapped in the rubble. >> therar

afghanistan after a militant attack on the american university of afghanistan. some students there were jumping from windows. some scaled other buildings in an effort to escape the gunfire. at least one person is dead. >> and we are working new angles to both stories tonight. first to the quake that hit central italy, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its path. it's impacting towns that are popular with tourists this time of year. >> here is what we know so far. at least 159 people have died. hundreds more are injured. drone video shot by the italian fire brigade shows streets of rubble where shops and homes once stood. the focus now is on an effort to find survivors. rescuers are looking for people who might still be alive under the mounds of debris. lucy kavanov has the latest. >> reporter: we are in