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before the new school year. and searching for survivors tonight in the rubble in central italy after the devastating earthquake. we start tonight with breaking news here at the live desk. an outbreak of at least eight tornados forced indiana governor mike pence to leave the campaign trai trail. >> oh my gosh, starbucks just got blown over. there is people in there. >> this is what it looks like after the twister completely flattened the starbucks. the company says none of its employees or customers were injured which is amazing when you look at the pictures. the mayor says tornados damaged at least 50 homes and towns and right now tens of thousands of people in indiana don't have power. the state police say no one has been seriously hurt but about a dozen people were injured including a 5 month old baby

when he got word and immediately flew home to indiana. >> we'll be home so long it takes to make sure the communities have resources and support they need to put themselves back together after these very violent storms. >> and pence is going to be on the ground tomorrow to assess damage in the town. at the live desk, i'm chris lauren. >> thank you. the sun is just starting to come up in central italy right now, and crews continue to race against the survivors. >> from bulldozers to bare hands, people are using anything to dig through the rubble. one of the more joyous moments captured when this 10-year-old girl was pulled out of the wreckage alive. she had been trapped for 17 hours. but most aren't so lucky. officials say 1 50 are

and live reports tomorrow morning and of course, we'll have an update on news 4 today starting at 4:26. >> and back here at home, concerned parents want to know if it is safe to send their kids to the local playground. >> yeah, this came after a shooting in northwest d.c. s shomari stone was there. >> reporter: d.c. police are searching for a man that fired shots at this basketball court rehind me. they say it was captured on surveillance video. people that come out here, there is a playground next to the court and they say they want an end to the violence. >> we want to live in a safe neighborho neighborhood. >> reporter: brett and his 2-year-old daughter playing. heor

violence in the neighborhood. >> we live three blocks from here. we play here. daycare brings the kids here during the daytime. it's rough. >> reporter: this evening, d.c. police talked to the community meeting. officers told the crowd they arrested 23-year-old jamie foster. detectives say he started going through someone's backpack on the basketball court last thursday. when the backpack owner confronted him about it, police say foster pointed a gun at him. the man walked away. at the same time surveillance video captures another man shooting. >> another individual in the background was firing a weapon in a different direction, not at the victim. fired several shots. >> reporter: no one was hurt. tonight, police are searching for the second suspect and say the two crimes are not related. >> you got it? >> reporter: he is tired of the violence. >> it's disturbing.

i got to bring my kids here and make sure they have a safe place to play and makes me feel upset. >> the only way to curb crime is to have the neighborhood band together. >> reporter: police say they will continue to monitor this neighborhood and some folks want to have more surveillance cameras on the basketball court. meanwhile, detectives urge anyone with information about the shooting to call d.c. police. in northwest, d.c., shomari stone. police canvass the a neighborhood looking for answers in the shooting death of an up and coming local rapper. police don't know why 18-year-old douglas brooks was shot and killed outside his apartment building sunday. investigators tell us it was an ambush style shooting. they are asking for tips to help make an arrest. first on 4 tonight, mark has learned d.c.'s fire chief is about to announce a major shakeup in command including system th

department officials. sources tell mark chief gregory dean will reassign two of his deputy chiefs, moving them away from day to day operations and replacing them. the head of the d.c. firefighters union ed smith will be promoted to battalion chief and means the union will come under new leadership. they have been working to improve the public image. the changes are expected to be announced early next month. a group of neighbors in fairfax county is fighting for a year to add a school bus route to their street. the school district says the houses are close enough for kids to walk when the new school year starts next month. but new tonight, parents tell our jackie benson the route these kids have to take is long, and not always safe. >> this is very remote as we go down the path, there are no homes. >> reporter: when her daughter began attending middle school, jennifer lopez was shocked how long the walk was.

appeared. in june, police reported a high school student was the victim of an attempted sexual assault on an adjoining section of the path. >> if you scream for help, you will not be heard during normal daylight hours since nobody is home. >> reporter: lopez learned her daughter and other middle and high school students from the development were not eligible to ride a school bus because their homes are considered to be walking distance. when she asked why they could not ride a school bus that passed a few blocks from the development, she was told that route was full a. member of the school bored says the developments' problem existed since the schools were built 11 years ago. >> for 111 kids, they can find that bus. it is the budget is there. i know it's there. i've been on that school board. i've sat on that board. >> reporter: at lopez' request, fairfax county schools transportation officials came to inspect the path. their report to her reads this path is an

free from unusual hazards. bus service is not eligible for bus service. you may continue to request. lopez said she continued to drive her daughter to school and press but learned this year her daughter will be allowed to ride a bus. she worries about the rest of the kids that will continue to make that walk to school. come fall, part of the trail will run along sections of woodland zoned for bow hurting. jackie benson, news 4. thousands of students are missing out on the first week back to school. it's because they are not immunized or haven't proven they have been vaccinated. the rule is, they have to stay home from school until they get it done. the deadline was the first day of school, which was yesterday. the school spokesman told us earlier there are still nearly 6400 students without proper documentation of their shots.

soccer suspended hope solo for six months after her comments she made during the olympics following the team's loss to sweden. after the americans were defeated solo said part quote we played a bunch of cowards, u.s. soccer said those weren't acceptable and require national team player. solo said in a statement she was saddened by the decision. the goalkeeper found herself in trouble before last year she served a 30-day suspension. according to u.s. soccer, the six-month suspension is effective immediately. from the live desk, i'm jason pew. you may want to hold off on plans to visit the monument. repairs on the elevator will keep it closed until mid september. the national park service said a more extensive repair service will start soon after and that project could take eight to nine months. the d.c. delegate says it's a long time but a step in the right direction. >> it's eer

down for almost a year to be totally fixed to have it closed down periodically and not know when and when it will end. >> fixing the elevator could cost as much as $3 million. controversy overnight over nearly two dozen video billboards popping up over the district. d.c. officials issued a stop work order on some projects because they don't have a permit. community groups say the scenes violate the sign regulations. the d.c. attorney general is reviewing the controversy. the out of town company said it's challenging the stop work orders. it's something all parents have to think about now, how much screen time are your kids getting on those tablets and the smart phones? tonight, a local eye doctor explains how it could actually be effecting their vision. doug, how about the next heat wave? >> that looks to arrive tomorrow and wants to stick

quite sometime. the heat, the tornado outbreak to the west and a potential tropical storm that could impact florida and maybe our are

the search is on tonight for a brazen armed robber in fairfax county. police tell us he held two women and a 7-year-old at gunpoint inside this beauty supply store in alexandria. it happened yesterday morning at beauty island on richmond highway. the gunman forced all three into the storeroom in the back. then he asked the owner to open up the safe. after he took the cash, he threatened to kill them if they called police.

technology coming to one virginia shopping center parking garage. next month cameras at the town center will start snapping pictures of your license plate after you park to find your car later. what you do is put your tag number into a kiosk, it shows you where your car is. garage owners say this is a perk, some drivers say the process violates privacy. they are concerned it will be too easy for a person to get a license plate number and find out where someone parks. this is trending all night on twitter, the name of an actress you know from "saturday night live" and the now "ghost busters" movie. actors are coming to the defense of leslie jones. they hacked nude photos of her. jones took down the website today. it's the second time this summer she's gone offline because of cyber attacks. last month she pulled twitter over racist and sexist tweets. just about all of us have

this, right? small screens, these days, including a lot of our children. all parents now deal with the question, how much screen time is too much? tonight, one local doctor explains whether it can have an impact on your kids' vision. >> look way up high. angelina over here doing well in school but they noticed problems with vision. we want to make sure she's not nearsighted. nearsightedness is one of the biggest problems that we have in the united states today in terms of kids and vision. >> myopia is an error in the eye. close objects appear clearly but distant objects appear blurry. an estimated 30% of the u.s. population suffers from myopia. the exact kaumkpakexact causes t there is genetic components and there is research whether the scen

computers and tablets and tons of near work they are doing and also after school, they are doing a lot of homework and using their near devices up close whether it's a tablet or a phone. >> dr. andrew started tree house eyes in march land la and virginia to deal specifically with childhood myopia because they have seen an uptick in children. there is no conclusive evidence that links screen time with nearsightedness in children, he says it makes since it may interfere with long-distance vision. >> i think the kids aren't getting outside enough and the lack of the outdoor sunlight and the lack of the outdoor targets, creates a strain for the distance vision and puts more demand on the near and that's what effectively is one of the theories. we're putting a lot of near

demand on young kids at an early age and this is part of our society. >> the american academy of pediatrics discourages screen time for children under the age of two and recommends no more than two hours of screen time daily over the age of two. in addition to straining young eyes, the academy says increased screen time can contribute to sleep and social disorders. it turns out angelina is near and farsighted and the best treatment will be monitoring vision and screen time as she continues to grow. she will also change her glasses prescriptions over time to accommodate her vision. and if myopia does run in the family, parents, you can watch your kids closely for signs and as the doctor said, doesn't hurt to send them outside to play. imagine that. >> imagine that. >> do they tell you that? >> they do. doug is here weather.

nobody was hurt in indiana. >> yeah, indiana, and now ohio. we have a couple tornados reported in ohio. this is a little tornado outbreak in indiana. earlier today we saw devastating damage but no one seriously hurt and no deaths, even though we've seen massive destruction, entire buildings just gone, really demolished here. that's the tornado. take a look closer showing the tornado and look at the debris inside the tornado. look at the damage just a couple of houses completely off the foundations. an ef 3 even in and around indianapolis they saw a few tornados earlier today, too. these were long track tornados, very tough to see. you don't get that in this area during the month of august. look what is going on now across the country and one thing you notice, these are the storms, let's look at the severe weather report. look at the tornado reports. you notice long track. look how long the one thunderstorms

tornados all the way from indiana to ohio. that's what they are dealing with. the severe threat lingering but tornado threat diminishing. something else we're watching. we're calling this tropical satellite. we've been talking about the storm down to the south. it's just north of san juan and right now really starting to fire up here. not a tropical depression or a storm just yet but could become one over the next few days and almost all the commuter models bring it through the babahamas. they will get strong winds and heavy rainfall but if it does impact the area as a strong tropical storm or hurricane, could be more. not expected to develop all that rapidly. that could mean good news for south florida here. we'll have to watch this closely, though. some computer models bring it back into the gulf of mexico and our region. that's something we'll watch towards next week. tonight, another great night. 76 degrees.

per hour. we're warmer than we have been. we're in the 60s and low to mid 70s and that's the case tomorrow morning for many of us. radar, nothing to show. the rain not here at all and tomorrow, just a slight chance of an afternoon shower or storm. 93, hot and humid again. heat index tomorrow under 100 but look at the head indt index. tomorrow around 3:00. 97 d.c. 90 in cole pepper. that's hot. how about friday? friday will be the hottest day of the heat wave and look at the heat index above 100 in many locations from 103 d.c. and 104 in fredericksburg. that heat continues. humidity comes down for the weekend but we're not 90s through the middle of next week, everyone. again, we have a slight chance of a shower or storm tomorrow but not much after tuesday, wednesday, thursday. that could

get ready, the heat definitely going to be on. going to be a hot one. >> thank you, doug. coming up, career first for daniel murphy leads to late inning drama. >> sports is up next but first, here is jimmy fallon. >> hey, guys, aaron paul, florida georgia line are here for musical theat ander

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to. i wouldn't panic too much. they fall from the second best record to the third in all of major league baseball. the nationals had plenty of chance. it was too little too late because the big-time game changing hits didn't come until the ninth. by then orioles were up in the midst of 20 straight days without a break. katie ledecky five medals from rio and throws a perfect first pitch right down. he struggled early on. adam jones sends this ball to center field. watch trey turner track him down and layout. spectacular catch by the center fielder right there. jones only tip his hat. later in the inning, manny machado up with the man on and machado had himself a night. he was 4 for 6 at the dish with four

this 29th home run of the season the o's are up early. still in the first, a weird inning. for hitting jonathan below the bases, he then hits matt wieters to bring in a run. the orioles score four in the first inning. later in the eighth, they are up 7-3, probably should have hit we wieters here. three-run homer. the birds out to a 10-3 lead at this point. things got interesting in the bottom of the ninth. bases loaded for daniel murphy. and he unloads. give him a grand slam. the gnats are back in this ball game down three. later on in the inning. down two runs. with two on. usually mr. walk off. ryan zimmerman. hits into a gain ending double play. the gnats come back fall short and oriels win the third straight against the nationals. 10-8 the final. dusty

despite the four straight losses. >> we lost the game but they showed a lot of fight and if you keep fighting like that, you know, you're going to win a lot of ball games. i had mentioned to some of the guys that hey, man, we got a good team has to come back. in my mind, they escaped and got away. they won the game. but, you know, for the people that left, you know, that just shows you that this team is never out of a game. >> the redskins making a move today trading a conditional draft pick for patriots center brian stork. the good news it's condition because reports are after being traded the third year player is contemplating retirement. he started 17 games over the last two seasons and won a super bowl with the patriots. also tonight, d.c. united in action. they tied with montreal impact 1-1.

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a big welcome home. prince george's county organized a big party for gary antwan russell. the redskins gave them a jersey and the county counsel issued an honorary proclamation. russell lost in the quarterfinals to a fighter. many felt the judging in that fight was unfair. his dad and brother also boxers also named gary russell, gary antwan russell homes to go probut hasn't made

yet. he's always a winner here. >> there's another gary russell. >> that's not it. >> he wanted to join the family. >> something to watch for. >> that will do it for us. want to tell them wha

[ 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 -- aaron paul, tig notaro,