i'm thankful my kids weren't here. news 4 today starts now. good morning, everybody. it is 6 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. we have team coverage on the devastating tornadoes in indiana. >> the storms wiped out homes and businesses in a neighborhood that was severe damage by a twister just two years ago. >> we begin with kristin wright at the live desk. >> not a good morning in indiana today. the video we have coming in here to the newsroom, you must see. there was a starbucks in kokomo that was absolutely just leveled. take a look here. never seen a starbucks quite like this. we know everyone inside this coffee shop was able to get out safely. this is about 40 miles or so from indianapolis. byme

confirmed. at least three touching down. fast-moving storms here. middle of the afternoon. roofs just ripped off homes and buildings. governor pence who is also the gop vice-presidential nominee is expected to survey the damage there today and incredibly nobody was hurt. welcome news. we had unofficial reports, winds as much as 160 miles per hour on the border. here's radar from the time of the storm yesterday. here's indianapolis just south of here. 40 mile north, that's where kokomo, indiana is. a lot of dramatic video coming in this morning. these storms progressed farther off to the east and eventually brought a little severe weather to western parts of ohio yesterday, late last night.

for us, today, we had a clear sky out there. it's a mild and dry start to the day today. the severe weather is going to stay well to our north. we won't worry about that. however, there will be a chance for a shower or thunderstorm primarily north and west of the metro area for today. of course, haguerstown, martinsburg, that's where the rain chances are for today. staying dry for this evening. good weather for the nationals game. plus the redskins forecast coming up in a few more minutes. turning now into a busy morning with first 4 traffic. chopper 4 just got over this scene in rockville, darnstown road at key west avenue. part of that intersection is blocked here this morning. a warning for you if you are headed through 28 this morning. big problem here, 66 inbound at 29 centerville. you can see we have two lanes blocked h

four-mile backup because of that crash this morning. beltway looking quite good. nice and green. no problems on the inner or outer loop. the metro delays on the orange, blew, and silver lines at eastern market. travel times are coming up in a few minutes. drama for metro continues today as the transit agency's board prepares to meet. federal authorities are calling for more training and oversight after finding that train cars could easily roll away. megan mcgrath is live with more on the investigation and what's next, megan? >> reporter: more questions today about metro's culture of safety. the federal transportation administration releasing a report that says metro workers are not doing simple thing to prevent trains from rolling away after they are parked at the rail yards. the i

widespread failure to secure both rail cars and maintenance vehicles in those yards. there are three roll away incidents in two years. one of those incidents, there was some damage but no injuries. now, the problem, workers are not putting on hand brakes when storing trains and other vehicles in those rail yards. i spoke to one rider this morning. he says that metro has a ways to go to improve safety but he does think things are getting better. there's always room for improvement. you can definitely tell. i've been riding metro for two years, you can definitely see an improvement since i first started. >> reporter: another rider, though, says he does not feel safe. in fact, he says that he believes metro should pay him to ride the rails every day. now, this all comes as metro's board is getting ready to gather later this morning for a special meeting. they are going to get an update on the latest on the investigation into last month's derailment. that meeting scheduled

back to you all in the studio. >> megan, thank you. today, we expect a court appearance that could reveal new details about a death investigation in burtonsville, they are looking for suspects in the murder of syed ha soon. these two are facing charges and they will be in court this morning facing drug charges qeked to this case. an attempted sex assault investigation is under way in loudoun county. this happened on the washington and old dominion trail. the victim says she was walking on the trail around 8:30 last wednesday night when two men approached her. they pulled at her and her clothing before physically assaulting her. we told the suspects left after a bicyclist rode by. anyone who knows anything is asked to call the allow down's -- loudoun county sheriffs offices. what would happen if a

helicopter crashed at the pentagon? it's a scary thought. there is a drill happening on the north side of the pentagon grounds. just know it is a drill. it should be rapid up by mid afternoon news 4 has learn d.c.'s fire chief is about to announce a major shake-up in command. that includes some of the highest-ranking department officials. sources tell us that 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 and ed smith will be promoted to battalion chief. chief dean and the mayor have been looking to improve the image of the department. the changes are expected to be announced early next month. theth

after we found out about that huge earthquake in italy. 247 people have died and the damage is just incredible. three towns, accumoli, arquata del tronto are in rubble right now. many more are missing. at this hour, recovery crews are using dogs to try and find any other bodies. people across that country also dealing with the aftershocks. another big story developing overseas. the american university of afghanistan is closed until further notice after an attack. two men opened fire on the campus in kabul yesterday. we learned this morning both gunmen were killed. we also found out 13 other people died, including 7 students and three police officers.

if you are willing to be infected with the zika virus, now might be your chance. learn new details about how quickly a vaccine could hit the market. >> there used to be a play fire engine here. it was tall and wide and long too. kids loved. it. they called it fire truck park, but now, gone. the case of the disappearing fire truck coming up. news 4. and we're kicking off a back packs for kids phone-a-thon throughout the day. you can call in to make a donation. the number 202-885-4949. we want to hear from you and help get our kids off to a great start this school year.

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sending the kids out to the bus stop to those either lucky or unlucky enough to go to school. i say lucky enough. upper 80s to near 90s for this this afternoon. it's going to be a hot day to be outside today. anything your honor going to be doing -- you are going to be doing, shorts, sunglasses, don't forget your spf. the orioles have won three in a row from us. let's hope the nationals can pull out a win tonight. gametime in the upper 80s to start. and falling into the lower 80s after that. breaking news now in first 4 traffic. take a look at this. big problems here on 66 eastbound down there at 29, centerville. this hro

backup. this is because of a crash in the two left lanes this morning. very slow through the area. rockville, darnstown road at key west avenue. still have this crash in the middle of the roadway. chopper 4 has been over there since 6:00 a.m. temperatures are -- travel times, no real problem on 66, once you get fairfax parkway. the top of the beltway is rolling along just fine. 6:13 it our time right now. kids are heading back right now. uniforms or regular clothes? it varies for students. >> the bigger question is do they help parents save money when it comes to back-to-school shopping. molette green takes a look. >> you have your colored pencils, your binder notebooks. >> reporter: school supplies fill the room.

pencils, papers, back packs. this family is mostly ready except for school uniforms. >> no, i'm not done at all. i haven't even done the uniforms yet. we're just getting started. it's a long process. >> reporter: patrice jones is getting three kids ready for school in d.c. and counseling every dollar spent. >> between the three of them i probably spent close to $700 to $800 on uniform shopping. >> reporter: in the debate, uniform versus regular clothes, for this single mom, it comes down to dollar and cents. >> i prefer uniforms because it's consistent and i know what they are wearing the next day, but as far as expenses, i think regular clothes would probably be cheaper. >> reporter: the two younger one will wear uniforms back to school. >> in the future, i want

me to have my own business, i need to do well in school. >> for many parents, uniforms doesn't mean saving any money, but it does cut down on peer pressure and keep the focus on the classroom. we want to remind you that our phone bank lines just opened. we're still taking donations in backpacks for kids. we want to hear from you on the phone to make a donation. the number on your screen 885-4949, really cool for the first time this year, you can text in your donation. nbc4 dc is what you text to the number 56512. days after a federal report revealed teachers allegedly abused and humiliated preschool children in

county. news 4 learned of past investigations that found issues with the program. a 2013 letter listed several nonkplienses. and inaccurately files were kept on personnel. >> you are not allowed to have any deficiencies. last week, the federal government strip the county of its head start grant money. five board members of the board of education are calling for the board chair and vice chair to step down. nearly 6,400 students in prince george's county are missing out on the first week of school. that is because they are students that have not been immunized or haven't proven that they have been vaccinated. according to policy, they have to stay home from school until they get that done and the deadline was the first day of school which was tuesday. >> there are about 6,300, that does not mea

immunized. it could mean that their information is not in our data system and our nurses are looking at this information every day as parents bring in the information to them. if they can prove, they are in school. if they can't prove they have i am mewization, then they are excluded they can prove it. >> the vaccinations are including measles, mumps, hepatitis b. we turn to the mystery disappearance of a toy from a play ground, a fire truck just vanished. >> what happened to that truck? we sent pat colin out to figure out what happened. >> reporter: 911, the fire truck is gone! the fire truck is gone and people are upset. >> kids refer to this as fire truck park and not walter pierce park. now our signature piece of play

>> reporter: 911, the fire truck disappeared. sebastian weaver is sad. he has fond memories of playing here. >> the fire truck was like a unique thing to kids. i would play on it with friends. play random games. pretend the fire truck was another vehicle. it was so much fun. >> reporter: and now it's gone? >> gone. >> reporter: this is walter pierce park it's like a disney world for kids in adam morgan. the big attraction, 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. now, neighbors say the fire truck had a hole in it and tape around it to keep kids away.

fix it with you then the fire truck gone! >> all right. now to an neushul request. volunteers will be to the infected with zika virus is wanted. >> that doesn't sound like someone i would be interested in. >> researchers say they have little trouble finding volunteers and with ebola and zika taking the national stage, the vaccines could be sped up. this morning, part of main street in ellicott city maryland is back open following last month's devastating flooding there. howard county officials are asking people not to sight see. parking is limited there.

crews are paving the roads. not much of a rain threat in the area for today or the next couple of days. could have a stray shower or two today. no heavy, soaking rains coming our way any time soon. outside, we have a beautiful, early morning color to our sky. sun rise about 11 minutes away coming up after 6:30 this morning. already, some pretty oranges and yellows early on. 71 degrees at national airport. courtesy of a southerly wind. temperatures are up overnight and allow quite the warm up later on tonight. temperatures by 9:00 a.m. in the mid 70s, mid 80s by noon. upper 80s to near 90 for highs today and there is a chance for a stray shower or two. best rain chances today will be out north and west of the immediate metro area. this is the line that generated the severe weather in indiana late yesterday afternoon. it's no longer producing severe weather and our threat is

rain chances are highest through future weather as we get into the late morning, we could have a few stray showers along i-85 from winchester to martinsburg to hagerstown there. with time as those showers come farther and farther to the east, they should be drying up with time. rain chances in and around the city today are under 20%. so just know that there's a little chance but you probably could get away without the umbrella. eyes on the tropics still, hurricane gaston here in the open olympic should weaken back to tropical storm and this area of disturbed weather here, should it take on a name, it would be named hermine, we will be watching it carefully because it's proximity to south florida and gulf of mexico next week. temperatures 90 or higher tomorrow and into the weekend. i'll be back in a few more minutes to help you plan out the next ten days. breaking news still on the road this morning. eastbound 66 at 29. a five-mile backup as you are

29. we're sending chopper 4 right now to see what this looks like from above. really starting to build quite quickly here. darynstown road at key west road, a crash blocking part of the intersection. 4 after wood yard road, that lane is supposed to be open for traffic. slowing things a bit. beltway looking pretty good. outer loop as you are passing georgia avenue just a little bit slow. back here at 6:31 with more on this problem on 66. prince fans will soon be able to access a part of his life that we've never seen before. >> plus donald trump wants to change the mind of some voters with a special meeting today. find out who he wants to tarring. we're taking donations for our back packs for kids drive. our phone bank lines opened up 20 minutes ago. you can see some of our folks answering phones. give

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can buy a ticket to see paisley park on the firsthand, assisting them by the people who run graceland. it's opening up to the public. lots of people have visited there since the musician died back in april. you can see all the mementos at the gate. >> you'll be very impressed with not only the genius of prince the artist but also prince the visionary. >> paisley park will be run by the same people in charge of elvis's graceland. broken bones and concussions were just some of the injuries after a railing collapse during a snoop dogg concert in philadelphia. some injured are suing saying this could have been prevented. it was filed on wednesday. during the show earlier this month, the rapper urge fans to move toward the stage. that's when a railing gave

that there was nothing to prevent the crowd from surging forward. from the earth cam on the national monument we're celebrating the national park service. isn't that a glorious view? learn how you can get involved in the big birthday bash. plus clinton connection questions. find out why the foundation has her on defense again. feeling generous this morning? give us a call. we're still taking school supplies for back packs for kids. our phone bank lines are open. we love for you to contribute. help us partner in the community this morning. that number to call 885-4949. you can text nbc4

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right now at 6:po from night to the daylight hours, new video from above as the race to rescue survivors continues in italy after that deadly earthquake. plus with homes destroyed and sweeping power outages, we're seeing what families are doing this morning after tornadoes ripped through

homes. >> thanks for waking up with us. i'm erika be gonzalez. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. warmer weather returns. chuck bell has 4 things to know about our changing forecast. >> absolutely right. sun as advertised coming up here this morning. half the disk of the sun is over the horizon and a mostly clear sky out there. good looking day. the summer heat is making a comeback. we'll be back near 90 today and 90 or better for a long way into the future. i'll give you the ten-day coming up at 6:51. rain chance out across the shenandoah valley. we're rooting against the formation of hermine which could bring tropical troubles to south florida or the gulf. late this week or early next week. breaking news continues. taking a look at

we're jammed here right now. about a five-mile backup for you this morning because of a crash there that happened about 15 minutes ago now. chopper 4 on the way. beltway at colesville it's report of a crash there on the inner loop. it looks to me it might actually be on the outer loop. that's where i'm seeing response here this morning. gleib road, i'm seeing a crash here. and then inbound 4 at wood yard, a vehicle stopped on the right side of the roadway, causing delays. inbound, we'll have travel times and an update on breaking news coming up. on the national park service is gearing up for a big event today. >> we're talking about the park's centennial celebration. i want to show you a live look right now from the washington monument. later this morning it will be the site of an historic recreation. with more on what's happening today, meetingen fitzgerald is live on the mall. good morning.

so much to do for those who are able to carve out a little bit of time to come out here. look behind me here, now that the sun is up. you can see they are starting to get things in place for a week long event. there are events over the next seven days. this morning from 7:00 to 8:00, you can have lattes with lincoln north of the memorial on henry bacon drive. several events planned for the kids, including a scavenger hunt. tonight, 5:00, live music, a comedy show and a beer garden but one of the biggest events kicks off in a few hours at 8:00. the park service says they will assemble over a thousand people on the mall to create a living version of the iconic emblem, the arrowhead. >> we ve

coming down hopefully. we'll give them colored umbrellas, hopefully wind up with again the largest recreation of the emblem, take pictures of it from top of the washington monument. we're engaging with the guinness world record people and we're confident we'll have a certified world rorled by the time we're finished. >> there are iconic forever stamps that are available at your local post office that you can purchase today. back to you. i have some of them. thank you so much. in decision 2016, bill and hillary clinton are defending the clinton foundation this morning. this comes after an associated press report that more than half of those who met clinton as secretary of state gave money to the clinton foundation. the former president says he is proud of the work his foundation has done and that the criticisms are just part of the election season.

election season, but i feel good about it and i made it clear that if she becomes president, we'll have to do more than we did when she was secretary of state because if you make a mistake, there's always -- >> the clinton campaign has said the ap report is based on utterly flawed data. donald trump will continue his outreach to minority voters today. he scheduled a meeting with black and hispanic activists today at trump tower in new york city. he's made an effort to court several voters in the last week. we're hearing from people who have been truly affected by those tornadoes in indiana. we want to show you some video that we're getting in this morning. this is a shelter. you see people here lined up. people waking up here this morning trying to figure things out. this is a red cross

hundreds of people here we understand with all of the damage and all of the power outages. there is a dire need for a safe place to be. this is video we have coming in of all the damage there. just look at that. homes, roofs blown off homes. trees down. this is central indiana, the city of kokomo, about 40 miles or so from indianapolis. by some accounts, eight tornadoes confirmed. at least three touching down. fast-moving storms. we're talking about in the middle of the afternoon. we want you to listen here to some of the folks staying at that shelter. they are quite emotional. >> the police came to our property and told us we had to leave. everybody had to leave. >> all we have is all our clothes and we've been out in the soaking rain all day, i want them to know their dad is okay. >> that's the thing. people may have lost material things, but as far as we know, no one seriously hurt by

coming up within the next 15 minutes we'll have a report from on the ground there in kokomo. stay tuned for that. thank you so very much. good news in the midst of so much bad. we're going to tell you an encouraging new sign for the flood victims in louisiana. if you are about to hop on metro, we're getting new information about safety concerns on the rails. a live report coming way. we're still taking donations for back packs for kids. our phone bank line just opened about 40 minutes ago. give us a call.

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today. it will be a good night for baseball if you are going down to the nats orioles bawg. let's hope for a win tonight. back to 80 degrees by 10:00 tonight. braet the heat this weekend, by going to the beach, near 90 on friday. nid 80s on friday and sunday. back in a few more minutes with a check on the tropic and your ten-day forecast. breaking news. a six-mile backup, 66 inboub at 29, centerville. here is the crash here. it looks like it's been shoulder on the left side of the roadway. taking a live look right now. we're jammed. six miles. allow extra time there. taking a look at the top of the beltway, outer loop at colesville still have that response there.

270 not ba and the top of the beltway very slow. 95 over to 270. it will take you 20 minutes. the search for survivors continues in italy. we're going to take you to the scene where crews are using their bare hands to dig through the rubble where homes once stood. >> reporter: our metro workers doing enough to prevent roll away trains? the fta says no. plus our back packs for kids phone-a-thon going on right now. you can call in and make a donation .

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newly released video of one of massive tornadoes that hit central indiana. we've got a report on the ground. plus derailment and runaway trains. metro's safety on the rails is being questioned again and today we're getting answers. in the aftermath of the deadly flooding in louisiana, we now know what could help people back in their homes faster. 15 before the hour right now. rail cars, runaway rail

derailment drama and red light running. megan mcgrath is live with the latest on the federal investigation and a special meeting today. megan. >> reporter: well, aaron, more bad news for metro. the federal transportation administration releasing a report saying that metro workers are not doing simple things to prevent roll away trains when they are parked in the railyards. now, the investigation found that there were widespread failures to secure both rail cars as well as maintenance vehicles in those rail yards. there were three roll away incidents in two years. the problem, workers are not putting on handbrakes when storing trains and other vehicles. i've been talking to riders this morning. they say that they understand that there are some problems but they do believe that things are at least starting to go in the right direction. >> i really think they are working hard to make it safer and it's going to be a process. >> i got to the end of the

away. i'm not going to drive it. >> i think they are trying their best at this point in time to make improvements and make it safe for everybody. >> reporter: this all comes as metro's board prepares to gather for a special meeting later this morning. they are going to be discussing the latest on the investigation into last month's derailment here at the east falls church metro station. that is scheduled to take place at 10:00 this morning. back to you in the studio. today at the live desk we're still watching the situation in italy as more survivors are being pulled from the rubble. more than 24 hours after that earthquake. here, this is a little girl being rescued. she is trapped and buried underneath and you hear them just clapping as the firefighter there holds her and we do hope she's okay. that's what's happeng

the earthquake struck in central italy middle of the night. magnitude 6.2. the death toll right now, 247 people. but there are others who are still missing. how many, we just don't know. it is hard to say. three towns less than 100 miles from rome reduced to basically nothing p. and then the aftershocks. so now the race to find survivors. thank you so very much. louisiana governor john bell edwards says residents trying to recover from those devastating floods will be able to get those grants to make their homes habitable. they will allow people to live inside while making repairs. people's whose homes have more extensive damage, mobile homes are available and the registration for those programs start monday. officials say it is an

tornado that tore through cokoko yesterday. >> winds reached up to 160 miles per hour. carrie cline has more from the sight of a starbucks that was leveled. >> reporter: certainly a very devastating here in parts kokomo. we have power out to thousands of people. we have people who have lost their homes and businesses completely leveled. this is one of those businesses. i'm going to step out of the way so you can see it. right here, what you are looking at is a story of survival and her rowism. when that tornado touched down here in kokomo yesterday, it knocked this building down within seconds and unbelievably there were customers and employees inside who all walked out alive. as you see here, it's starting to rain. the wind is starting to blow again, which is really adding insult to injury for those trying to clean up. but if you look in the back part

of the starbucks here. you see where the building is still standing, that is where those inside were quickly ushered. it's really a right case place at the right time. they rode out the storm and able to survive. also a tale of her rowism a couple of construction workers saw the whole thing happen. they were able to run over after the tornado blew through when these employees and customers were trapped inside the bathroom, they were able to literally dig them out and bring them out to safety. it's going to be a day of clean-up as many people are trying to put the pieces of their lives back together again. >> carrie cline for us in indiana. montgomery county police are still looking for suspects in the death of syed hassan, he was shot in side a

today on drug charges connected to this case. an attempted sexual assault case is now under way in loudoun county. the victim says she was walking on the trail around 8:30 last wednesday night when she was approached by two men. they allegedly pulled at her, at her clothing before physically assaulting her. we're told the suspects left after a bicyclist rode by. anybody who knows anything is asked to call police. if you are about to get ready to head out this morning, i want you to get up to date on the forecast. >> hi. >> good morning. >> i was going to introduce you and i turned and there you were. >> i didn't know that you were startled that i was here. >> no, no, no. so heading out to living lavita

loco. >> you can get crazy with ricky martin. he's a good dancer and singer. sun rise in progress across the area. it's now 71 degrees in washington. winds out of the south right now at 12. humidity building into tomorrow as well and it looks like a sticky, steamy weekend. right now, temperatures are in the upper 60s in the suburbs to low 70s around town. forecasting 90 degrees today. it will be hot, a little bit more humid than yesterday. rain chance 30% or less. closer to 40% in the shenandoah valley. here's future weather. our high resolution model is updated every hour. this hour, it shows a chance for showers around the panhandle of west virginia. with time, it fades out. we could see more in the afternoon hours. rain chances are really low today but they are not quite zero. as far as thepi

eyes now, hurricane gaston weakening back to tropical storm. we think this area of disturbed weather here near puerto rico and the dominican republic, that may become hermine over the next couple of days. we'll keep a close eye on that. 95 tomorrow if you are going out to the redskins game tomorrow night against the bills at 7:30, it will be hot on your way out to fedex field. game time temperatures in the 80s. no real great chances for rain until the middle parks of next week. here's melissa to help you navigate the troubles. breaking news on 66. right now, inbound, 66 at 29, a six-mile backup. 66, again at 29. this is looking a little bit better. still has a bit of a delay there this morning. top of the beltway at colesville you can see the righ

bit. big look at the beltway. you can see everything else looks good but we have those slowdowns, outer loop as you are approaching colesville because of that problem there on the right shoulder. as far as travel times, looking good overall. 95 north from qun tickco to the beltway, no major issues there and looking at maryland, 270 southbound is okay. top of the beltway, we're in red right now. it's going to take you 30 minutes to get from 95 over to 270. guys. 6:54. here are 4 things to know this morning. two people who were found at a -- two people who were found at a homicide scene in montgomery county will be in

court today, they are facing drug charges. the washington monument will be closed until mid september for elevator repairs. more extensive repairs will be needed and that could take about nine months. >> hundreds of people are in shelters and they are dealing with widespread power outages after tornadoes touched down in indiana yesterday. the governor will survey the damage. metro's board is holding a special meeting this morning. members will be briefed on the july derailment at the east falls church station and other recent safety concerns. we'll be dealing with the heat around here. all eyes down toward the tropics right in the middle of the screen, that's where puerto rico and that area of storminess around puerto rico may try and organize into a tropical, if it takes on a name, it will be hermine. if it were to organizet

late sunday monday. we can see it in the gulf the in the middle park of the next week. local forecast, 90 high today. highs mid 90s tomorrow, feeling closer to 100 degrees tomorrow on into saturday. after a little chance for a shower today, almost no chance for rain friday, saturday, or sunday here and around town, but nice weather if you are going to the beach or the mountains. it will be cooler there. a good way to beat the heat here in the city. >> stay in the water for sure. take a look at chopper 4 over 66. inbound at 29 in centerville still had a pretty good backup. right now, another picture from the kind of rear end of the backup there. 66 inbound at 29, still has about a six-mile delay. outer loop of the beltway, slow

takes you 30 minutes right now because of a crash at the top of of your scen arlington ridge road, that crash at the intersection. we have a bunch of red through that. you have to work your way around that one. northbound, 4, pennsylvania, just after wood yard still have those delays inbound because of the car on inbound lane. that's supposed to be an active lane. that's the news. >> a reminder that the donation drive for back packs for kids is skill goin

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good morning. death toll rises. good morning. death toll rising. now at least 247 killed in that powerful earthquake in central italy. residents desperately trying to dig out more survivors with their bare hands. moments like this one bringing hope. fighting words. donald trump goes after hillary clinton questioning her true intentions when it comes to minority voters. >> hillary clinton is a bigot. >> this as she dismisses claims clinton foundation donors were given special access to her when she was secretary of state. >> what trump has said is ridiculous. my work as secretary of state